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Sale Catalogue - outlying portions of Waresley Park Estate. Auctioneers J Carter Jones. Formerly estate of Colonel Walter Henry Octavius Duncombe, sold by direction of Miss Emily Duncombe and executors of Colonel Duncombe. Auction held at Board Schools, Green End, Gamlingay

27 Jul 1917

From: 1917 To: 1917

Lot 1 Market Garden land called Stub Oak Field abutting Cinques Road, close to Gamlingay [3 acres 2 roods 12 perches] in occupation W W C Wale. Sold to C Wale for £305 Lot 2 adjoining Market garden land [3 acres 10 perches] in occupation Mark Meeks. Sold to M Meeks for £220 Lot 3 adjoining market garden land [2 acres] let to Mark Meeks. Purchased by M Meeks for £250 Lots 4-11 let as allotments (all purchased by Tyrell for £300) Lot 4 Building and garden land part of New Piece Allotments, frontage of 63 feet to Cinques Road and depth of 293 feet [1rood 33 perches] Lot 5 adjoining plot (frontage 50 ft, depth 293 ft)[1 rood 14 perches] Lot 6 adjoining plot (same size) Lot 7 adjoining plot (same size) Lot 8 adjoining plot (same size) Lot 9 adjoining plot frontage 50 ft, depth 300 ft [1rood 14 perches] Lot 10 adjoining plot frontage 50 ft, depth 310 ft Purchaser of Lots 11 to 24 to have right of way over road 15 ft in width adjoining these lots. Road will be conveyed to those plots abutting on same Lot 11 adjoining plot frontage 50 ft, depth 320 ft [1rood 17 perches] Lot 12 Plot of Market Garden land (3 roods 34 perches) Tenant S Jakes, Rent £2..4s, sold to tenant for £55 Lot 13 adjoining garden land (3 roods 30 perches) tenant A Theoballs same rent, sold to tenant for £55 Lot 14 adjoining garden land (3 roods 38 perches) tenant T Careless same rent, sold to M Meeks for £60 Lot 15 adjoining garden land (3 roods 37 perches) tenant F Todd same rent, sold to M Meeks for £60 Lot 16 adjoining garden land (same size) tenant E Dickerson same rent, sold to tenant for £75 Lot 17 adjoining garden land (same size) tenant F Careless same rent, sold to M Meeks for £70 Lot 18 adjoining garden land (3 roods 30 perches) tenant Richardson, apportioned annual rent £2, sold to S Richardson for £60 Lot 19 Market garden land, fronting Sandy Road [1acre 2 roods 30 perches] tenant Mrs Richardson, apportioned annual rent £3..10s, sold to A Jakes for £110 Lot 20 adjoining plot of market garden land [1 acre 2 perches] tenant A Jakes, annual rent £2..4s, sold to tenant for £70 Lot 21 adjoining plot of market garden land [1 acre 5perches] tenant Vincent, annual rent £2..4s, sold to H Gore for £80 Lot 22 adjoining market garden land [1 acre 2 roods 20 perches] tenant J Cross, rent £3..6s, sold to tenant for £95 Lot 23 adjoining of market garden land [2 roods 7 perches] tenant D Bird, rent £1..2s, sold to J Cross for £40 Lot 24 adjoining market garden land [1 acre 20 perches] tenant W Daisley, rent £2..4s, sold to W Daisley for £80 Lot 25 Market garden land known as “Five Acre Field” with frontage to Sandy Road and access from Cinques Road as No 146 Ordnance Survey [5 acres 1 rood 22 perches] tenant Mrs Richardson at rent of £11 per annum, sold to tenant for £410 Lot 26 Arable land called Norman’s Field” No 151 on OS at corner of Roads leading from Sandy and Gamlingay to Waresley (valuable as either Building site or market garden) [9 acres 1 rood 19 perches] in occupation of C Wale at rent of £12 per annum, sold to W Lavings for £600 Lots 27-31 sold to W Roberts for £260 Lot 27 plot of building and garden land in White Wood Field on a frontage of 100ft to Sandy Road, a depth of 198 ft and area of 1 rood 32 perches, tenant Mrs Peck, apportioned rent 17s Lot 28 Plot of building and garden land, frontage of 100ft, depth about 199 ft (1 rood 33 perches), tenant Mrs Peck, apportioned rent 17s, Lot 29 adjoining plot of building and garden land, frontage of 100ft depth about 200ft [1 rood 33 perches] Purchasers of following 9 lots, 30-38, are to have a right of way over roadway, 15 ft in width on NE. side of these lots and site of roadway in so far as they abut. Lot 30 Plot of building and garden land, (frontage of 87 ft, depth about 200 ft (1 rood 37 perches), in occupation Mrs Peck and J Jarvis, rent 17s, Lot 31 Market garden land [1 acre 3 roods 12 perches] in occupation of Mrs Peck, J Jarvis and Mrs Westrope. Apportioned rent £2..10s Lot 32 adjoining piece of market garden land [2 acres 4 perches], tenant Mrs Westrope, Apportioned rent £2..10s, sold to W Richardson £140 Lot 33 adjoining piece of market garden land [2 acres 4 perches], tenant Mrs Westrope, Apportioned rent £2..10s, sold to S Darlow £130 Lot 34 adjoining market garden land [2 acres 4 perches], tenant Mrs Westrope. Rent £2, sold to J Jakes £100 Lot 35 adjoining market garden land [3 acres 2perches],in occupation of Mrs Westrope and W Lowings. Rent £4..7s, sold to H Giddens for £165 Lot 36 adjoining market garden land [same size], tenant Mrs Westrope, Apportioned rent £3..15s, sold to J Jakes £160 Lot 37 adjoining market garden land [2 acres 2 roods 5 perches], tenant Mrs Westrope, Apportioned rent £3..2s..6d, sold to J Jakes £105 Lot 38 adjoining market garden land [2 acres 2 roods 5 perches], in occupation of S Darlow, W Lowings and S Jakes, apportioned rent £3..17s..6d. Lot 39 Enclosure of market garden land called Fountain’s Field, Park Lane, No 291 OS containing an area of 4 acres 3 roods 35 perches, tenant J Boness, rent £9 per annum.sold to M Meeks for £410 Lot 40 market garden holding and pair of cottages called Dixey’s Field, Little Heath (5 acres 15 roods). Cottages are brick built and tiled, each contain 2 upper and 2 lower rooms with good outbuildings. OS469 Dixey’s Field (3 acres 3 roods 30 perches) let to J Paine and S Hodge at rents of £10..10s..8d, (tenant paying rates). Sold to W Roberts £460 Lot 41 Mount Pleasant Brickworks and land at Mount Pleasant, Heath Road, Gamlingay (30¾ acres) including House, Farm Buildings, Brick Yard and land (House, brick and tiled, with front entrance passage, living room, office, sitting room, with bay window, kitchen, large landing, and 3 bedrooms, lean-to dairy and scullery). Farm Buildings with detached brick and tile building, with coal and wood barn and harness room, chaise house, Boilinghouse, detached cartshed (3 bays timber and tiled) with onion loft over and lean-to piggeries at end, detached brick, timber and tiled piggeries and loose box stable, chaff house, and barn with cement floor and lean-to drill shed at end (timber and tiled). Building of open shed (2 bays) with mixing house and cow house (tenant claims brick kiln, various drying sheds, engine shed and other buildings) Clay of which there is an “almost” inexhaustible supply, is suitable for the manufacture of good class red facing and fancy bricks, tiles and pipes. Sand also available. Schedule of land OS 293 Grass Close and Sand Pit (3 acres 2 perches) OS 294 House, Farm Buildings, Brick Yard, Clay Pit and land (7 acres 1 rood 17 perches) OS part 479 Arable land (1 acre 2 roods 35 perches) OS 476 Piggots Batt Piece, arable (5 acres 1 rood 26 perches) OS 482 Piggots Batt Piece, arable (13 acres 1 rood 12 perches) Total 30 acres 3 roods 12 perches (land excellent quality, suitable for market garden crops, soil varying from a light sandy soil to a stony red land on clay) This and part of following lot in occupation of Mrs Plowman (sold subject to right of way, 15 ft for owner of 48 below) Rent £54 per annum (sold after sale with 48 below to M Meeks for £1700) Lot 42 Piece of Mount Pleasant Holding, at Gamlingay Great Heath, about 2 miles from Potton, fronting the Heath Road OS part 479 valuable arable land, suitable for market garden crops (15 acres 8 perches) OS 480 site of plantation (4 acres 3 roods 24 perches), sold subject to timber being cleared before 29 September 1919. Lot sold subject to right of way for owner of 48 below over roadway 15 ft in width Arable let to Mrs Plowman, plantation in hand sold to Gray £780 Lot 43 Garden land on Gamlingay Great Heath, fronting the Heath Road, close to Gamlingay [15 acres 3 roods 2 perches] comprising various small holdings, all cultivated as garden land and a brick and slated barn. (lot let to Gamlingay Small Holders Association at a rent of £31..10s.) Sold to Saville for £840 Lot 44 Adjoining garden land (4 acres 2 roods 20 perches) “About 4 acres let to John Peck, yearly apportioned rent £6..8s, and about 1 acre let to J Jarvis at a yearly apportioned rent of £1..12s “(sic). Sold to M Meeks for £340 Lot 45 Small holding on Gamlingay Great Heath, on Heath Road, close to Gamlingay: House, brick and tiled building with living room, kitchen, larder and 3 bedrooms with lean-to washhouse at end. Homestead includes range of brick and tiled buildings adjoining house consisting of Barn, stable, loose box, barn and pigsty with open shed, 5 bays adjoining (timber and iron) detached are 3 loose boxes (boarded and tiled) with closet (brick and tile) at end. (OS487 Home and Homestead – 1 rood 20 perches) Grass paddock (1 acre 2 roods 13 perches) Arable land, suitable for market garden crops OS 490 Garden ground (arable) 17 acres 2 roods 7 perches part of OS 485 site of part of Heath Plantation (4 acres 1 rood 35 perches) standing timber to be cleared by 29 September 1919. part of OS 484 part meadow (2 acres 2 roods) Total 26 acres 1 rood 35 perches let to John Brittain for £20 per annum Sold to Saville for £1550 Lot 46 Garden land, Gamlingay Great Heath, on Heath Road, close to Gamlingay OS 492 Garden ground (arable) and site of circular Plantation (10 acres 1 rood 19 perches) OS 493 Garden ground as above (5 acres 2 roods 38 perches) Total 16 acres 17 perches Timber to be cleared from circular plantation before 29 September 1919 occupied by Messrs J Brittain, David Cross and Walter Roberts apportioned rent £16..10s Sold to W Roberts for £1000 Lot 47 Small holding on Heath Road, Gamlingay Great Heath a) House (brick and tiled) contains living room, kitchen, small scullery, larder and 3 bedrooms with lean to washhouse at end b) Buildings (brick and tiled) and include harness room with loft over, barn with lean to timber and tiled stable in front (OS 499 house, Buildings and garden – 2 roods 2 perches) c) land:- OS 498 Paddock 3 roods 14 perches OS 497 Arable garden ground 9acres 1 rood 21 perches OS 494 formerly Plantation 1 rood 34 perches part OS 485 part Heath Plantation 4 acres 3 roods 22 perches part OS 484 part meadow 1 rood 27 perches Total 16 acres 2 roods Nos 497, 498, 499 are let to Mrs Purser, Nos 494, and part of 485 are in hand, and part of 484 is let to J Brittain apportioned rent £18 Sold to – Gray for £600 Lot 48 a) Site of plantation included in this lot is in hand and consists of c.46 acres, timber to be removed before 29 September 1919. Soil: light sandy soil “which could, with a reasonable outlay, be brought into cultivation” b) Cottage, brick and tiled, contains living room, kitchen, pantry, 3 bedrooms, detached outbuildings at back and large garden [OS483 3 roods 20 perches] c) land part OS484 in occupation of Mrs Plowman (arable 5 acres 3 roods 7 perches) Total (including Roadway 20 ft in width [1 rood 5 perches] apportioned annual rent for portion let £6 Sold with 48 Lot 49 Pair of cottages and gardens, brick and tiled, on N. side of Heath Road, (OS478 1 rood 28 perches) tenants Mrs Panter , rent £5..10s, and H Emery, rent £6. Consists of living room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms (Mrs Panter’s tenancy has one additional bedroom), barn and closet at end, good gardens. Sold to G Brittain for £240 Lot 50 Havelock House, Gamlingay. “Old fashioned building of red brick with heavy ornamental cornice and tiled roof. Contains entrance Hall, Drawing Room (front) with ornamental iron chimney piece and tiled grate, Dining Room (front) with wood chimney piece, tiled grate and hearth and old moulded ceiling. Breakfast Room (back) with paved floor, tiled grate and hearth and 3 cupboards. Kitchen with paved floor, fitted with modern cooking range, with high pressure boiler and dresser communicating with large scullery with paved floor, open fire place, copper, sink and force pump. House Maid’s Pantry fitted with white glazed sink with hot and cold water, and shelving. Adjoining is brick and slated building comprising surgery (tiled floor) and consulting room with tiled floor and register grate. 1st Floor approached by front and back stairs. Front landing with ornamental plaster ceiling. Bedroom over Drawing room with fireplace, bedroom over dining room with fireplace and fine richly moulded plaster ceiling and overmantle designed with festoons of flowers, figures of cupids, coat of arms with Masonic emblems and initials FNA. Bedroom over breakfast room with fireplace and cupboard. Back staircase and passage leading to bathroom 2nd Floor 3 attic bedrooms Stabling (brick and slate) approached from street by covered gateway entrance and comprises 2 stall stable, harness room, chaff house and coach house (now used as a motor house with loft over) coal house and closet. Large garden at back including tennis court and flower garden. Let to W F Buckle MD on yearly tenancy of £35 per annum. Map of all lots for sale

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Carter-Jonas, J,
Bird, D.,
Boness, J.,
Brittain, John,
Brittain, J.,
Brittain, G.,
Buckle, W.F.,
Careless, T.,
Careless, F.,
Cross, J,
Cross, David,
Darlow, S,
Daisley, W.,
Dickerson, E.,
Duncombe, Walter Henry Octavius,
Duncombe, Emily,
Emery, H.,
Gamlingay Small Holders Association,
Giddens, H.,
Gray,
Gore, H.,
Hodge, S.,
Jakes, S.,
Jakes, A.,
Jakes, J.,
Jarvis, J.,
Lavings, W.,
Lowings, W.,
Meeks, Mark,
Meeks, M.,
Paine, J,
Panter,
Peck,
Peck, John,
Plowman,
Richardson, S.,
Richardson, W.,
Richardson,
Roberts, W.,
Roberts, Walter,
Saville,
Theoballs, A,
Todd, F.,
Tyrrell,
Vincent,
Wale, W.W.C.,
Wale, C.,
Webb, George,
Westrope

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