W3976

Bundle of papers marked "Southill & Cardington 1831-1911"

1831-1911

From: 1831 To: 1911

including papers relating to: Letter about proposed sale of lands belonging to the Marquis of Exeter in the Barony of Bedford, 19 Sept. 1831. Letters concerning services at Cardington church and misconduct of the Rev. C.F.Bromhead, 1836-7. Agreement concerning exchange of lands in Haynes open fields between W.H. Whitbread and Sir George R. Osborn, Bart. [details of property given], 2 April 1851. Letter from Gen. F. Willis about repairs to Fenlake Barns, 4 Nov. 1877. Valuation of the effects of the late S.C. Whitbread Esq at Southill, Cardington, Purfleet, and 49 St.George's Square, London at £10,916 19s - 1 July 1879. Letter of advice from the Duke of Bedford to Samuel Whitbread on farm management etc., with figures for Maulden Great Farm, 1881. Letter from R.H. Kinsey soliciting subscriptions for proposed girls Training home in Bedford, and copy reply, 1911. Note on appeal against the provisional valuation of the estate, 1911. Statement showing the average cost of new estate cottages at Southill, Broom and Cardington, 1911. Notes on the occurrence of the tufted duck and other birds on the lake at Southill, 1911.

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Exeter, Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of,
Bromhead, Charles French,
Whitbread, William Henry,
Osborn, George Robert,
Willis, F,
Whitbread, Samuel Charles,
Duke of Bedford,
Whitbread, Samuel,
Kinsey, Robert Henry

estates correspondence, SOUTHILL, CARDINGTON, private land use, barony, BEDFORD, church services, clergy, misconduct, Haynes fields, HAYNES, building work, Fenlake Barns, Fenlake, valuations, Purfleet, Middlesex St George's Square, farming practice, Maulden Great Farm, MAULDEN, schools, HOUSING, cottages, Broom, ducks, birds