WY929/1

Correspondence relating to land taken into possession by the Bedfordshire War Agricultural Committee for cultivation.

1917 – 21

From: 1917 To: 1921

The land taken included Ordnance Survey field numbers 103 & 104 and 171, which had formed part of the tenancies of Alexander Randall (Lamcourt End Farm) and Jack Chesham (Marshes). The correspondence refers to: clearing out of 'the Big Brook'; whether the rent and rates should be payable to the landlord or to Randall and Chesham; and the valuation when possession is withdrawn [the War Agricultural Committee may claim for all acts of cultivation or adaptation for cultivation]. Also reference to incoming tenant Thomas Smith and A E Stocker, the resident steward for Col W D Stuart.

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War Agricultural Committee,
Randall, Alexander,
Chesham, Jack,
Smith, Thomas,
Stocker, A E

TEMPSFORD, estates correspondence, Tempsford Lambcourt End Farm, War Agricultural Committee, ditching, World War One home front, agricultural leases