• Reference
    HF41/2/16/66b
  • Title
    Bundle of Correspondence regarding sale of St Andrews, Biggleswade
  • Date free text
    24 Mar 1901 - 30 Oct 1902
  • Production date
    From: 1901 To: 1902
  • Scope and Content
    J C H Daniel to T J Hooper appears price they want for only part of the estate is excessive are they prepared to grant lease on increased rental? if no modification will “have to leave it alone” 24 Mar 1901 Same to same consider full value of property he now occupies [St Andrews] + St Andrews Schoolroom to be £2500 3 Apr 1900 (sic) Same to same if threw in Bellamy’s cottage would give price required viz. £3000 15 Jun 1901 Pencil note bit of garden occupied by Miss Ramsden to wall at back of greenhouse, also Bellamy’s cottage £3050 complete at Christmas C S Lindsell of Holme, Biggleswade to Hooper others consent to sale of St Andrews to Daniel for £3050, is to have cottage opposite in which Miss Groom lives and piece of garden between and the cottage in which an old woman lives (could be Ramsden) 20 Jun 1901 Daniel to [Bank] agree to give up possession of that part of the Bear Garden not arranged to purchase, next Christmas, if sold in meantime 21 Jun 1901 C L Lindsell to Hooper small piece of land occupied by Miss Ramsden not included in sale to Mr Daniel 27 Jun 1901 J Daniel to Hooper pity to sever Bear Garden from rest of property, offers £400 for rest of property on E. side of street including schoolroom 27 Jul 1901 List of Rent Payments for St Andrews properties 1889-1892 Letter, Daniel to Hooper and Company Cheque £53 deposit on property bought last night. should like to put little piece of garden attached to Miss Ramsden’s in with the conveyance of Bear Garden immediately opposite the house. Conveyance of 2 houses should prefer to keep separate as intends to sell one occupied by Mrs Howe as soon as possible. wants £400 lot completed at Christmas asks Hooper under what terms St Andrews Schoolroom is let to Plymouth Brethren 29 Aug 1901 Same to same asks Hooper to arrange mortgage of £300 to £350 on house opposite 10 Sep 1901 letter from C H Daniel of Ashington, Morpeth, Northumberland written to accountants saying wants to lend his brother [J C H Daniel] sum asked for 9 Sep 1901 Clifford H Daniel of Ashington, Morpeth, Northumberland written to estate agents (Manchester) to sell Chief rents – as soon as completed will send £1000 10 Oct 1901 letter from S F Cotton, Brydone, Bitterne, Hampshire to Hooper and Company encloses £600 to make up with £1500 paid off by Josiah King the £2000 ... on mortgage of St Andrews, Biggleswade 3 Oct 1901 letter from Robert C Haworth of Haworth and Company, 19 Cooper Street, Manchester, accountants, estate and insurance agents, to T J Hooper trying to sell Chief Rents – written to gentleman in Liverpool – sometime before £1000 can be sent 25 Oct 1901 C S Lindsell to T J Hooper pay over £2000 received from Daniel to the Bank 31 Oct 1901 Haworth etc. to Hooper and Company Cooper, Graves and Company just completed purchase, presume they are acting for Reverend C H Daniel and brother J C H Daniel 22 Jan 1902 (full name Reverend Clifford Haworth Daniel) J P Anderson of 184 Stapleton Hall Road, Stroud Green, London N. to Hooper invested £150 in two companies lately so can only put his hand on £100 at the moment, requested £100 at 5% loan if need to get children to sign, Maria does not object 21 Mar 1902 from Frederick Archdale of 3 Grosvenor Square, Southampton to Hooper discusses investments of £1000 received from FitzRoy’s Trust. London and Blackwall 4¼% or Forth Bridge 4% debenture Stocks are good securities, the former pays a rather higher rate. They were both much higher in price than they are now 5 Apr 1902
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