• Reference
    PCRavensden4/1
  • Title
    Correspondence relating to sale of freehold land with two cottages. Cottages had been built on highway land by brothers Benjamin and Ezra Wiles. They were claimed by the Highway Board and passed into possession of the Parish Council 1895. One cottage was declared unfit for human habitation in 1952. Includes certified copy of conveyance dated 31st May 1961 as follows:
  • Date free text
    1960-1961
  • Production date
    From: 1895 To: 1961
  • Scope and Content
    Parties: (i) Parish Council of Ravensden; (ii) Reginald Herbert Wiles Property: (a) Land at Church End, Ravensden as delineated on attached plan with two cottages (one derelict and the other in occupation of (ii)) with outbuildings Operative part: - (ii) pays £35 to (i) - (i) conveys (a) to (ii) with consent of Minister of Housing and Local Government by written instrument dated 14 April 1961 Habendum: - (ii) to hold in fee simple Signed: Benjamin Jefferies and John Gilchrist Langley on behalf of Ravensden Parish Council Witness: J. W. McKie, Church End, Ravensden, farmer
  • Level of description
    item