WL1000/1/LUT/5/6

Mortgage

1 Oct 1883

From: 1883 To: 1940

Mortgage Parties: (i) Thomas Sworder of Holly Street, Luton, brewer; (ii) Samuel Oliver of Park Street West, Luton, gentleman; Charles Arthur Keeling of Market Hill, Luton, ironmonger Operative Part: - (i) mortgaged (a) and (b) to (ii) for £400 at 5% interest Property: (a) public house with yard, stable and outbuildings called The Harrow, formerly The New Inn at the corner of Hitchin Road and Cobden Street, Luton in the occupation of (ii)’s under tenant and bounded SE by Hitchin Road with a frontage of 38 feet and on NE by Cobden Street with a frontage of 25 feet; NW by (b) and the Iron Foundry of McLaren and Walker and SW by cottages of Frederick Simpkins; (b) cottage with gateway entrance, yard, stable and outbuildings called 1 Cobden Street adjoining (a), bounded NE by Cobden Street, with a frontage of 45 feet, NW by the Iron Foundry, SW and SE by (a) Witness: - Richard Cooke of Luton, solicitor Attached is a piece of paper reading: The attached Deed was damaged by Water, our Strong Room having been flooded as a result of Enemy Action on the night of Sunday, 29th December, 1940 – Lawrance, Messer & Co., 16 Coleman Street, London EC2. NOTE – The Deed Boxes reached by Water in the Strong Room were removed as soon as possible and the Deeds affected, including this Deed were opened out and dried by Electric fan Damage appears minimal.

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Lawrance, Messer & Company,
Sworder, Thomas,
Oliver, Samuel,
Keeling, Charles Arthur,
McLaren & Walker,
Simpkins, Frederick,
Cooke, Richard

LUTON, Luton Harrow, Luton Hitchin Road, Messer & Company Lawrance, air raids over UK, City of London Coleman Street, solicitors' clerks, specific solicitors, William Medland, Luton Cobden Street, brewer, iron founding, ironmonger, McLaren & Walker, Richard Cooke