Reference
R6/5/20/22/2
Title
Copy grant
Date free text
8 August 1894
Production date
From: 1894 To: 1894
Scope and Content
Copy Grant
Parties:
(i) Herbrand, 11th Duke of Bedford ;
(ii) Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Bedford
Operative Part:
- (i) conveyed (a) to (ii) for 5/-
Property [as shown on attached plan]:
(a) close or arable in Bedford, Saint Cuthbert containing 23 acres, 2 roods, 3 poles bounded: N by the Bower Estate and Saint Cuthbert’s glebe; S by the Ouse Embankment Road; E by the Campion Estate; W by the Bower Estate
Habendum:
- to (ii) in trust (a) to be “dedicated and devoted to and for ever hereafter maintained and kept for the purpose of public walks or pleasure grounds or otherwise for the recreation of the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Bedford and the general public and purposes incidental thereto in such manner as the Urban Authority or their successors or assigns mat from time to time think fit and for no other purpose whatsoever”
Witnesses:
- Thomas Tacy Wing of Bedford Office, Bloomsbury [Middlesex], gentleman; Edward Rundle of Bedford Office, Tavistock [Devon], gentleman
Level of description
item