• Reference
    HN7/1/HCQ1
  • Title
    The freehold agricultural estate known as Houghton Conquest, including the ancient ruins of Houghton House, with the Park, the whole extending to about 2398 acres, with a rent roll, exclusive of woodlands and lands in hand of over £1400 per annum. Includes property in Ampthill, Clophill, Haynes, Houghton Conquest and Maulden. For sale by auction at the Town Hall, Bedford by Messrs Knight, Frank & Rutley.
  • Date free text
    31 Oct 1918
  • Production date
    From: 1918 To: 1918
  • Scope and Content
    Includes the following: Brickhill Pastures Farm – tenant J W Crisp; Houghton Park Farm – tenant C Ridgway; Conquestbury Farm – tenant representatives of Mrs Franklin; How End Farm (part of ) – tenant F Brown; Road Farm – tenant J B Brown; Limbersey North Farm – tenant W F Upton; Limbersey South Farm – tenant Palmer Brothers; King’s Farm – tenant E E Phillips; Old Farm – tenant A Robinson; Lodge Farm – tenant J Manyweathers; land – tenant W T Sharpe; house & land – Thomas Quenby; land – John Mann; Houghton House ruins; Houghton House Gardens; Woodlands; garden, Houghton Conquest – tenant George Gillett; cottage and garden, Houghton Conquest – tenant George Robinson; cottage and garden, Houghton Conquest – tenant Walter Thompson; two cottages and gardens, Houghton Conquest – tenants Charles Webb & Charles Simpkins; garden, Houghton Conquest – tenant Walter Thompson; cottage & garden , Ampthill – tenant Arthur Henson; two cottages and gardens at Maulden – tenants Charles Summerfield and James Sharp; four cottages and gardens, Houghton Conquest – tenants John J Odell, Thomas Facer, James Wooding, Peter Wooding; three cottages and gardens, Houghton Conquest – tenants Walter Wooding, George Wooding, Joseph Smith; cottage and garden, Houghton Conquest – tenant George Gillett; Wood Lodge, Maulden.
  • Level of description
    item