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X552/9/5/14/8
Title
Copy correspopndence between Stafford & Rogers Ltd and Crowders, Vizard, Oldham & Co, with copy of letter from Bedfordshire County Council.
Date free text
20, 24, 28 & 30 Jan 1914
Production date
From: 1914 To: 1914
Scope and Content
Copy letter from H T Eve, surveyor for Bedfordshire County Council; prepared to offer £37 10s per acre for the land. If this is not accepted, a compulsory purchase order will be issued. 20 Jan 1914 Copy letter from Stafford & Rogers Ltd to Crowders, Vizard, Oldham & Co., Enclosing copy of letter from H T Eve. Reference to Land Tax and the effect on the sale price. Suggests asking a total of £4,500. Refers to the possibility of a compulsory purchase order. 24 Jan 1914. Copy letter to Stafford & Rogers Ltd from Crowders, Vizard, Oldham & Co. Agree with proposed course of action. Refers to the possibility of a claim for severance if a compulsory purchase order is served. 28 Jan 1914 Copy letter from Stafford & Rogers Ltd to Crowders, Vizard, Oldham & Co. Field 52 is not included in the area for proposed sale. Consider it desirable that no compulsory purchase order is served, and explain reasons for this. 29 Jan 1914. Copy letter to Stafford & Rogers Ltd from Crowders, Vizard, Oldham & Co. Discusses whether if the house and buildings were excluded, their subsequent sale by auction would bring more than if the property were included in a compulsory purchase order. 30 Jan 1914
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