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Auctioneer Messrs Foster & Son at Auction Mart, near Bank of England
Printed by John Davy & Sons, Printers 137 Long Acre
Solicitors John and Charles Cole of Adelphi Terrace
Sandy Place Estate
Lot 1)
Brick Mansion rooms and their measurements listed
outbuildings hotel
Kitchen gardens, pleasure grounds including sloping walls secured by "valuable Iron Fencing"
Green Halse and Grapery - 60 feet long 2 fish ponds on banks of rivers
AND farm in village: Farm House (Rooms listed) and farm buildings listed.
WITH 212 acres, 3 roods, 29 poles of meadow and arable. Let to Samuel Newton
AND Cottage Farm (rooms listed) farm buildings listed WITH 63A, OR, 2P of arable and 52A, OR, SP of meadow, divided into Enclosures
let to James Sargeant, yearly tenant at 147.10s pa.
AND Water Mill - 4 pair of stones WITH stone built residence (erected a few years since) (rooms listed) farm buidlings listed. To 6A 3R 27P let to Sarah Pope, annual tenant at rent of 130 pa
AND Dwelling House and Carpenter's Yard in the village of Sandy (rooms listed); outbuildings listed (4A, 2R, 29P)
WITH 6 acres of arable on East of Potton Road let to Mr Usher, Carpenter, yearly tenant at 44,10s pa
AND Cottage formerly Keeper's House farm buildings listed let to Samuel Goss, yearly tenant at 14 pa
AND The Lodge House (rooms listed), Stable, Shed, 2 Barns and Sundry lands let to Samuel Barker at 62 pa
AND House in Woolfield Lane [4A 3R OP] let to Thomas Jeeves
AND 7 Cottages in Woolfield Lane with orchard, garden and premises let to Sutton, Dalley, Odell, Lawson, Aynott, Cook and Tilcock, some with small allotments in Chester Field, amounting to 24,16s pa
AND House and wheelwright's shop and yard in village (House contains 4 rooms) garden opening to the road, occupied by Charles Judd (part of road of land in Northcroft at rent of 12,12s pa
8 stone cottages in the village of Sandy (erected 1839) with slated roofs (4 rooms each) with small barn, pigstye and garden at back let to Odell, Fane and others at rents of 56 pa
WITH 2 pieces of land at back of cottage occupied by W M Skeleter, yearly tenant, 10 pa
AND Cabbage Hall, Potton Road, Sandy (rooms listed), outbuildings listed (including well) WITH 5A of garden land in Simond and Long Field (5A, 1R, 39P) of arable and 10A of Heath land let to Jn Sutton, yearly tenant at Annual Rent of 67 including Chester Field (mentioned as forming part of lot a) - apportioned at 9 pa
AND Simond's Long Field (arable or garden land) (54A, 1R, 31P) culltivated principally for growing vegetables and seeds let to various yearly tenants at Rents of 266 pa
WITH several closes of land and a cottage in Girtford Road (let to James Sutton etc)
WITH 5 cottages and garden let to Messrs Dean, Dilly and others
IN Lane leading to Mansion are several houses and cottages with gardens and small portions of land in the occupation of Barnes, Lamboon, Lawson, Dixey, Dunton, Whittemore, Tilcock, Wagstaff, Barker, Clark, Jill and Marshall
AND The Stone Axe Public House at Stratford (rooms and outbuildings listed)
AND several pieces of meadow and arable land (25A, OR, 16P) let to George Nelson, yearly tenant, at 50 pa
[A footpath from Biggleswade to Stratford across the premises)
WITH Chester Field in the Stratford Road containing 6A, 1R, 37P
AND pieces of meadow
AND Warren Farm (rooms listed)
WITH outbuildings (listed)
WITH 257A OR 9P of arable, meadow and pasture
(let to Crowder Nayler on lease for 8 years from Michaelmas 1845 at 260 pa rent
AND Manor of Sandy
DETAILED SUMMARY OF ABOVE Tenants, Field Name, Cultivation, Quantity, Annual Rent, Additional Remarks Numbers refer to attached Plan of Sandy Place Estate on scale of an inch to 10 chains
(includes Hamlet End, Girtford, Cox Hill, Caesar's Camp, Stratford, Sandy Place, Sandy Heath, Lowfield Barn)
Total 1432 A, 2R, OP [677A, 2R 20P Arable 221A, Or, 31P Grass; 518A, 1R, 18P wood; 15A, 1R, 11P Buildings, Garden 15A, 1R, 11P. TOTAL 1432A, 2R, OP
Lot 2) Dwelling House (rooms listed) Farm Buildings listed. Orchard and Closes of arable and meadow land (8A, 3R, 39P) let to William Sutton, yearly tenant at rent of 40 pa
Lot 3) Slip of Freehold land on opposite side of road called The Spinney (37P) in occupation of Widow Marshall yearly tenant at rent of 1
Lot 4) part of Freehold Meadow with frontage next Girtford Road called The Park Horse Close (6A) adjoining Wm Sutton's land let to Joseph Adams, yearly tenant at rent of 36 for this and lot 5)
Lot 5) part of freehold meadow adj lot 4) (6 acres)
Lot 6) 5 Freehold Cottages, 3 in middle of the Street in Sandy and 2 adjoining Mr Usher's premises in occ of Wm Brabrook, Norman, Lawson, Bluett and Whitfield, and others at rents amounting to 20,10s pa
Lot 7) Farm House, Stratford (No 196 on Plan) (rooms and outbuildings listed) Garden and piece of arable at back of house (2A, 3R, 10P) Let to Mr Collier at 20 pa
Lot 8) Slip of freehold garden ground (20P) (No 195 on plan) in front of Road opposite Lot 7)
in occupation of Thomas Jeeves, yearly tenant at rent of 10s pa
Lot 9) piece of freehold arable land called Chester Field (120 on plan) on Stratford Road (1A, OR, 21P) Let with Cabbage Hall (presumed annual value of 7 pa)
Lot 10) Freehold property in Stratford Road (180 and 181 Dn Plan) (3A, 1R, 39P) of arable and meadow land. Late in occ of Mrs Papworthy at presumed annual value of 6
Lot 11) Freehold arable land (now Barley) part of Bunting's Field, Sandy adjoining land (No 81 on plan) (9A 3R 8P)
Lot 12) similar (4A, 13R, 29P) (now Wheat)
Lot 13) similar (7A, OR, 4P)
Lots 11-13 let to Mr William Tilcocks as yearly tenant at 60 pa includes Farm Yard and buildings sold with Lot 14
Lot 14) Dwelling House in Village (Post Office) (rooms listed outbuildings listed incl small farm yard; part occupied by B Bunting, yearly tenant at 17 pa, and part by Mr Tilcocks
Lot 15) Swading Cottages and land (123, 124, 147, 128 in plan:- 4 thatched cottages with outbuildings, gardens and arable land (3A, 2R, 35P) now in the occupation of Edward Cocking, Jeremiah Goss, James Jeeves, Sarah Spring, yearly tenants at rent of 21,10s pa Cocking and Spring each have a small garden on opposite of road
Extract from Enclosure Award re allotments to Monoux for tithes1851