Chapel Cottage, Llanishen, Chepstow NP16
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Abstract of Arkwright/Davenport Marriage
Settlement
This 1871 abstract supplies us with all the important bits in an 1866
settlement on the marriage of John Hungerford Arkwright of Hampton Court and Charlotte
Lucy Davenport of Foxley. Charlotte brought almost £15,000 to the marriage -
roughly £900,000 in today's money. Manuscript on 3 large paper sheets. (ref
73/1) £10.00 post-free
Not for export
[Lloyd documents] Papers re the
Late Henry Lloyd of Glewstone
A small bundle of papers resulting from the death of Henry Lloyd of The
Yell, who died in 1929. The papers include an office copy of his will,
some draft copies of estate duty forms, some original signed receipts for
legacies, and an interesting collection of tradesmen's bills, the whole lot
dated 1929. (ref 91/18) £15.00 post-free
Not for export
A Roll of the Household Expenses of Richard de
Swinfield Bishop of Hereford during part of the Years 1289 & 1290
Ed by Rev Thomas Webb, The Camden Society, 1854. Large 8vo, usual green cloth
with gilt lettering etc, blind stamped boards, 242pp. An insight into the character &
mode of ecclesiastical life 700 years ago. The text is in the original abbreviated Latin.
Some spotting but generally VG. (ref 2274) £24.00
[Watkins documents] Paperwork
following the Death of George Henry Watkins of Bromsash
Draft and office copies of papers
resulting from the 1924 death of George Henry Watkins, including a carbon
typescript copy of his 1922 will. The paperwork ranges in dates from 1924
to 1932, the bulk of it 1925, and all routine stuff. In all there are 23
items. (ref 91/26) £12.50 post-free
Not for export
[Webb documents] Paperwork
concerning The Oxlet, Walford
A small group of papers dated 1898 and 1899, mostly drafts and office
copies, concerning a cottage and land described as being' all that cottage (now
in ruins) with the garden and piece or parcel of rough arable or pasture land
situate at The Oxlet.....formerly in the possession of James Webb the
grandfather and afterwards in the possession of Edward Webb the father.....and
now in possession of the said Edward Webb party hereto.....'. One of the
draft documents is an affidavit by someone who'd known all three generations of
Webbs; another item is an office copy of an admon granted on the death of
James Webb, and perhaps most interesting of all a letter from an affronted
brother of Edward accusing him of selling off the family property on the quiet
and threatening legal action. '.....I should be ashamed to treat a brother in
the way you are treating one.....'. 12 items altogether. (ref 91/19)
£10.00 post-free
Not for export
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[Abbey Dore document] List of
Owners/Occupiers
This is an undated but approx 1865 schedule headed 'The apportionment of half
a year's rent charge of £680 in lieu of tithes from the land within the Parish of Abbey
Dore in the County of Hereford due 1st April to the Revd J James the Rector'. The
schedule lists 16 or so landowners, 50 or so occupiers, acreages, and amounts assessed.
The schedule is in manuscript and occupies 6 of 14 pages. The brown paper
cover and 1st page are crumpled and will require careful flattening. An accompanying
schedule - undated and perhaps 20 or 30 years younger than the other one, and only
concerned with the lands of T Freke Lewis - shows names of farms and quite a few field
numbers from the tithe map. The two schedules complement each other and provide much
useful 19th century detail on the parish. The pair (ref 5474) £20.00
post-free Not for export
[Abbey Dore] Sale Particulars for Lower
Jury and Newbrook Farms
Printed particulars for the 1918 sale of the 185 acre Lower Jury Farm,
tenanted by Mrs M J Watkins, and the 175 acre Newbrook Farm, tenanted by Charles Taylor.
Accompanying the particulars is a multifolding coloured location plan scaled at
1:5000. Exceptionally nice clean copy. (ref 446/20) £28.00
post-free within UK
[Amberley and Marden] Sale Poster
This printed poster advertises the 1891 sale of 12 acres of pasture and
orchard land in Amberley, tenanted by James Hodges. Also a 3 acre plot of land in
Amberley adjoining the Hereford/Small Ashes road (also James Hodges). Also an 8 acre
piece of meadow land in Lugg Meadow, Marden, tenanted by William Bennet of Sutton Walls.
Large poster [approx 17"x22"] minor splits along old folds, nevertheless
in nice condition and being single-sided the poster is eminently suitable for
framing. (ref 469/3) £15.00 post-free within UK
[Bartestree/Weston Beggard/Dormington] Sale
Particulars for the Bartestree Estate
Printed particulars for the 1908 sale of the 186 acre Bartestree Estate of
which 155 acres lay in the parish of Bartestree. A sorry looking document with
the location plan missing and a large part (about 4"x2") of the lower corner
eaten away by mice. Priced accordingly - probably worth it for the photo of the
mansion house viewed from a large fishpond. (ref 446/24) £5.00
post-free within UK
[Bishops Frome document] Unfinished Deed
of Conveyance of Police Cottage
This is an uncompleted and unstamped 1919 conveyance of 'all that
cottage or tenement and garden adjoining the main road leading from Ledbury to
Bromyard.....which said premises were formerly part of the garden belonging to 'The Court'
and are now used as a Constabulary.....'. The parties were due to have been Pudge
and Woodward. Manuscript on paper. (ref 270/15) £5.00 post-free Not for export
[Bosbury] Sale Particulars of Lower Cold
Green Farm
Printed particulars for the 1912 sale of this 99 acre farm, tenanted by T C
Bosley. Accompanying the particulars is a large [approx 28"x18"]
multifolding coloured plan. The plan is nice and clean, the particulars a bit
grubby. (ref 135/19) £12.00 post-free within UK
[Bosbury/Munsley/Pixley/Putley] Sale
Particulars of Farms & Cottages
Printed particulars for the 1899 sale of:-
Munsley & Bosbury - Paunceford House, Little Nelmes Cottages, The Verne
Cottages, Shirkway Cottage, together with other un-named cottages and many named fields
& plots of land, altogether 276 acres.
Pixley - The 201 acre Court-y-Park Farm, tenanted by Henry Scott of Dormington
Court.
Putley - A small piece of woodland adjoining the main road from Putley to
Ledbury.
With the particulars comes a very large (approx 33"x26") multifolding coloured
plan. Inevitably there is some dogearing of this large 100 year old item but we
think you'd be hard pressed to find another copy on the market. (ref 446/11)
£38.00 post-free within UK
[Breinton] Sale Particulars of Upper
Breinton Farm
Printed particulars for the 1900 sale of the 233 acre Upper Breinton Farm
[tenanted by Robert O Bennett]. Accompanying the particulars is a large [approx
18"x22"] coloured multifolding plan showing the various fields and also the
locations of 4 cottages included in the sale. Some damp-marking but overall decent
condition. (ref 135/15) £15.00 post-free within UK
[Breinton and Holmer] Sale Particulars
of Church Farm plus Adjoining Land
Printed particulars for the 1915 sale of the 128 acre Church Farm [let to
Thomas Lewis & John Bott] and 6 acres of Lammas Land [Charles Perkins].
Accompanying the particulars is a large [approx 15"x14"] multifolding coloured
plan showing the farm lands completely surrounding the church & churchyard.
Nice clean condition. (ref 135/20) £15.00 post-free within UK
[Breinton document] Statement of Tithe
Rent Charges
A very detailed statement - covering 14 double-width pages - of 397 plots of
land showing landowner, occupier, plot number, state of cultivation, acreage and amount
payable. The statement, which is undated (our best guess would be about 1909/10) is
dogeared and the outer leaves are torn - indeed the back page is missing a large part of
the top corner, though fortunately it is a blank page. The statement is accompanied
by a key, in numerical order, telling the reader which page of the schedule each of the
plot numbers is to be found. A useful - if rather down-at-heel looking - piece of
local history for this small Wye-side village. (ref 270/25) £15.00 post-free Not
for export
[Brilley] Sale Particulars of the Cefn
Farm
Printed particulars for the 1906 sale of the 248 acre Cefn Farm (tenanted by
W O Mainwaring) which included three stone-built cottages as well as the recently
re-roofed farmhouse. The schedule lists many old field names. Accompanying
the particulars is a large [approx 31"x23"] multifolding coloured location plan
identifying the many plots of land, also the locations of 3 cottages (one of them
specifically shown as Trenewydd Cottage). The outside (as folded) is grubby but the
rest of the particulars and plan are nice and clean. (ref 135/16) £15.00
post-free within UK
Another copy - a bit grubby but the plan is very clean and crisp. (ref 349/19) £18.00 post-free within UK
A 3rd copy - The outside (as folded) is grubby but the rest (inc the plan) is nice and clean. (ref 446/44) £18.00 post-free within UK
[ Clyro (Radnorshire) and Brilley
(Herefordshire)] Sale Particulars for the Cabalva
Estate
Printed particulars for the 1913 sale of this 958 acre estate
straddling the Radnorshire/Herefordshire county boundary. For the purposes
of the sale, the estate was broken up into 10 lots as follows:
1. Cabalva House (vacant) & 49 acres of meadow let to S Meredith and M
Crump.
2. 22 acres of pasture let to J W Jones.
3. Cabalva Cottage (M Crump).
4. Lower Bettws & Cwm-y-Rafor (S Meredith).
5. The 157 acre Chapel Farm (J W Jones).
6. Old Chapel House & Smith (C Nott).
7. The 102 acre Penrheol Farm (J W Jones).
8. The 233 acre Pentwyn & Pencesty Farms (W D Prosser)
9. The 172 acre Wern Farm (T B Prosser).
10. 10 acres of pasture land (G Davies).
A particularly important item of local history as it not only describes the
various lots in quite some detail but it contains 4 photos and a 36"x29"
multicoloured multifolding location plan in a flap inside the back cover.
Card covers, overall size 10"x14". Covers grubby and detached
from contents, and spine torn to the extent that the front and back covers are
almost separated; also the map has gained an extra crease due to careless return
to its pouch. We've recently sold a very nice copy at £40, and by
comparison this copy (ref 446/48) is priced at £20.00 post-free within UK
[Brilley paperwork] Account of the
Receipt of the Rectorial Tithe of the Parish of Brilley in the County of Hereford Held at
the New Inn Brilley on Saturday November 12th 1887
Manuscript statement covering 3 double-width pages listing 72 properties
showing occupier, owner, and amounts due and paid. Over the years one leaf has
become detached but it remains an excellent piece of local history. With the
statement comes a wadge of paperwork from 1892 - mostly correspondence concerning the
Brilley tithes. In all there are about 30 items. The collection (ref 270/23)
£20.00 post-free
Not for export
[Burghill] Small Group of Documents
Relating to Elton's Marsh
Elton's Marsh is on the modern A4110 road heading North from Hereford. This
nice little group of 5 documents comprises 2 abstracts of title [c1805 and 1861], a copy
mortgage of 1843 and 2 actual deeds [an 1842 mortgage assignment and an 1861 conveyance].
Between them, they record events from 1742 to 1881. For the first 50 years or so the
property concerned was part of a much larger estate owned by the Salway family of Richards
Castle, but in 1799 butcher John Powell acquired 6 acres of then meadow land adjoining the
then Hereford-Dilwyn turnpike road. By 1811 5 houses had been 'lately erected' when farmer
James Floyd of Pipe & Lyde acquired the property, which in turn passed to the Lane
family through mortgage. In 1861 it was sold to John Turner, and 20 years later sold to
labourer John Powell. It is intriguing to speculate on whether he knew of the involvement
of his namesake & possible relative 80 years earlier. All in all an interesting
chronicle of local events spanning 140 years. The group (ref 172/C) £35.00
post-free Not for export
[Contemporary Copy of Coddington Poor Rate 1837]
An Assessment for the Necessary Relief of the Poor and for other purposes.....
Manuscript entries on printed form detailing names of occupiers, names of
owners, type of property, name of house or land and amounts to be collected as at 7th June
1837. Paper, two large sheets folded down to about 6"x6", bearing 1833
watermarks so it is safe to assume this copy was made out in 1837. With the list
running to 51 entries this is a very nice piece of local history dating from a few years
before the earliest detailed census. (ref 502/14) £35.00
post-free Not for export
[Dilwyn] Sale Particulars for the
Townsend Estate
Printed particulars for the 1889 sale of the 54 acre Townsend Estate,
comprising Townsend House (let to T Lambert Hall Esq) and the Townsend Farm (let to James
Williams). With the particulars comes a 22"x16" multifolding coloured
location plan scaled at 25" to the mile. We have three copies avaliable (refs
446/36, 37, 38) each at £15.00 post-free within UK
[Dorstone] Property Deeds relating to
Whitehouse, 1819-1836
Five large multi-page parchment deeds as follows:
1819 Deed of trust Higgins to Jones & Higgins
1819 Assignment & further mortgage Higgins to Griffiths
1831 Mortgage transfer Griffiths to Price
1832 Release & assignment Price to Powell
1836 Mortgage Powell to Wilde
Whitehouse is described as being 'in the Township of Bach in the Parish of Dorstone'. The
group (ref 50/19) £65.00 post-free Not for export
[Eaton Bishop/Kingstone/Madley] Sale
Particulars of The Marsh, Lower House and Parkway Farms
Printed particulars for the 1905 sale of the 69 acre Marsh Farm (almost all
in Eaton Bishop), the 9 acre Lower House Farm, Madley, and the 14 acre Parkway Farm
'situate on the road leading from Madley to Great Brampton'. Tenants were Charles
Wall, A Bevan and B Hughes respectively. Included are 2 large multifolding plans
showing the locations of the 24 lots in the sale (with the 3 farms came 21 small plots of
land). Thick paper covers, large size (approx 11"x18"), decent condition for age,
contents and plans nice and clean. (ref 446/12) £35.00 post-free
within UK
[Elsdon] Sale Particulars of Elsdon and
Little Rodds Estates
Printed particulars for the 1875 sale of the Mansion House together with 430
acres of land, the Little Rodds farm and 7 labourers' cottages. Accompanying the
particulars is a large [approx 29"x21"] hand-coloured plan showing the locations
of the various buildings, ponds, springs, quarry, roads and railway lines.
Interestingly the plan also contains a lithograph of a large house which we take to be the
Mansion House - if so this is the first time we've seen such an illustration on a plan
like this. The printed particulars are almost entirely split down the fold - the
plan, however, is unaffected and in good condition. (ref 135/10) £15.00
post-free within UK
[Ewyas Harold/Rowlstone] Sale
Particulars of Arable, Meadow, Pasture, Orchard and Building Land
Printed particulars for the 1897 sale of 140 acres of land, much of it
already tenanted by Mrs Morgan of Pontrilas Farm. Evidently these particular
particulars were at the sale as the hammer prices are pencilled in the margins. Two
double pages, the outer sheet is almost completely torn (and very worn) down the fold but
the inner sheet is ok. Loosely inserted is a quite large [approx 24"x35"]
muitifolding muticoloured location plan scaled at 25" to the mile, rather worn,
particularly so at the edges and with some holes along old folds. Not in the best of
health but lucky to have survived in any condition. (ref 446/34) £15.00
post-free within UK
[Fownhope] Sale Particulars of Cottage
and Land
Printed particulars for the 1910 sale of Lechmere's Ley, a 19 acre
smallholding on the Hereford road and also fronting the Wye, let to Thomas Pugh, and a
couple of other plots of land, one known as Long Meadow - a 9 acre plot let to Messrs E S
& J R Pontifex, the other a very small orchard let to P Morgan. With the
particulars comes a multifolding multicoloured location plan scaled at 1:2500. Nice
clean condition. (ref 446/43) £18.00 post-free within UK
[Fownhope/Kings Caple] Sale Particulars
of Yew Tree Inn and Wye Meadows & Woodland
Printed particulars for the 1898 sale of a 57 acre strip of land inc the best
part of a mile fronting the Wye and inc the Yew Tree Inn, all of it apparently tenanted by
Edmund Bellamy. With the particulars comes a multifolding coloured location plan.
Very nice clean condition. (ref 446/45) £20.00 post-free
within UK
[Goodrich documents] Paperwork
concerning George William Watson, Chapel Cottage, Myrtle Cottage, Hillend and
other Ruined Cottages on Coppett Hill
A bundle of papers, all of them dated 1926, consisting of a flurry of
correspondence and draft/office copy documents following the death of George
William Watson of Chapel Cottage. Much of the paperwork concerns the
children, but a few are specifically about Chapel Cottage itself, several others
relate to a pair of cottages (Myrtle Cottage and the close-by Hillend which was
in ruins) sold for £100, and another few papers concern a pair of un-named
ruined cottages sold for just £15. 31 papers of all shapes and sizes plus
a bundle of perhaps 50 day-to-day small papers stapled together and entitled
'correspondence'. The property documents provide evidence of
cottages which presumably no longer exist, but we felt we couldn't separate them
from what is essentially a family collection. (ref 91/16) £22.50
post-free Not
for export
[Hereford] Papers Mentioning The Old
Harp Inn, Widemarsh Street
In passing, these few papers trace the ownership of The Old Harp from James
Price (d1822?) to his son James Price (d1845?), his daughter Elizabeth Waring and her two
daughters Mary Ann Waring and Eliza Watkins, who appear to have sold the inn to William
Preece in 1858. His daughters were Eliza Morris (d1887) and Mary Ann Taylor.
Mary Ann seems to have emigrated to New York. 7 documents ranging in dates from 1858
to 1904 together with a brief sketch-plan dating from 1817. 4 of the documents are
Inland Revenue succession duty forms. The collection (ref 405/25) £15.00
post-free Not for export
[Hereford] Sale Particulars of Property
in Broad Street
Printed particulars for the 1907 sale of No 4 Broad Street (The Queens Arms
Tavern, tenanted by James C Dean) and No 5 Broad Street (then a fruiterers shop, William
Edwards) which failed to sell on the day. The particulars incorporate a coloured
plan, size approx 7"x10". (ref 135/26) £10.00 post-free
within UK
[Hereford] Sale Particulars of 22 &
24 Cotterell Street
Printed particulars for the 1907 sale of this 'pair of brick & slated
cottages' occupied by Mr Rawlins and Mr Treherne. Single sheet, printed on one side
only so ideal for framing, size approx 8"x10". The sheet shows the bidding
progression, the cottages selling for £375. (ref 135/27) £6.00
post-free within UK
[Hereford] Sale Particulars of House,
Cottage and Land at Aylestone Hill
Printed particulars for the 1908 sale of Uplands and Ivy Cottage, occupied by
George Croft. Included are 2 large multifolding plans. A little dogeared but
nice and clean. (ref 349/11) £20.00 post-free within UK
[Hereford] Sale Particulars of The Elms,
Aylestone Hill
Printed particulars for the 1912 sale of The Elms, described as a 'well built
modern freehold mansion.....with the delightful and well laid out grounds and meadow land
extending to 5a 2r 6p or thereabouts situate on the brow of Aylestone Hill.....'.
Incorporated in the particulars is a coloured site plan and two photographs. A
couple of small tears along old folds, text unaffected. (ref 349/14) £15.00
post-free within UK
[Hereford] Sale Particulars of Property
in Green Street, Nelson Street and on Aylestone Hill
Printed particulars for the 1894 sale of:
1. 83 Green Street.
2. 82 Green Street.
3. 3 plots of land in Nelson Street.
4. 2 cottages in Venn Road, Aylestone Hill occupied by Mr Bush and Mr Pitt. A
large coloured multifolding plan shows all the properties except the Aylestone Hill
cottages at the corner of Green Street/Nelson Street. (ref 394/21) £18.00
post-free within UK
[Hereford] Sale Particulars of Gas Works
Meadows
Printed particulars for the 1919 sale of a couple of meadows totalling 6
acres which, as seen on the accompanying coloured plan, is set out for 65 artisans
dwellings intended to be known as Prince Edward Street. The outside (as folded) is
grubby, but the rest - including the plan - is nice and clean. (ref 349/23) £12.00
post-free within UK
[Hereford] Sale Particulars of The Hop
Pole Inn, Cottages, House and Shops
Printed particulars for the 1896 sale of:-
The Hope Pole Inn, Commercial Road, tenanted by Joseph Jupp
4 cottages known as Hop Pole Place
4 cottages known as Hop Bine Place
55-58 Commercial Road, tenanted variously by Emanual Bayley, Alfred Jones, John Davies and
Daniel Roberts
36-39 Monkmoor Street, tenanted variously by Andrew Phillips, James Hatton, Henry Phipps
and Henry Tyler
With the particulars comes a 19"x24" multifolding coloured location plan.
Small tears along old folds, a bit dogeared but a nice clean copy. (ref
446/46) £20.00 post-free within UK
[Hereford/Madley/Fownhope] Sale
Particulars
Printed particulars for the 1886 sale of Middle Cublington Farm, Madley, (a
large colored multifolding plan shows this scttered farm broken into 9 lots) tenanted by
Daniel Watkins, the 3 acre 'Little Byfields' Fownhope and in Hereford 35 Bridge Street (J
L Stephens}. These particulars have been opened & close so many times that the
pages have all been detached and every one is dogeard. Clean though. (ref
349/16)
[Hereford] Documents concerning Eign
Mill & Lands
In 1796 John Vevers took out a 21 year lease of Eign Mill from the Dean &
Chapter of Hereford Cathedral. Four years later the lease was taken over by Richard
Thomas. On offer here is an 1824 assignment of a mortgage taken out in 1811, and the
counterpart copy of a 21 year lease taken by Samuel Carless in 1839. These two
ostensibly routine property deeds provide much incidental detail on names, dates and legal
transactions etc during a 40-odd year period before the mill's decline and eventual
demolition. The 1824 assignment is quite a lengthy document on 5 large parchment
sheets, the 1839 lease on a single large paper sheet. With these two deeds comes 2
small papers dated 1847 and 1854 and an undated but we'd say early 19c vaulation of the
mill and lands. The 5 items (ref 4700) £35.00 post-free Not for export
[Hereford] Sale Particulars for Elmhurst
& Castle Pool House
Printed particulars for the 1909 sale of Elmhurst, described as a 'small
mansion' at Aylstone Hill, and of 'a large family residence known as Castle Pool House
situate in Castle Street'. An accompanying plan shows the tow properties within the
triange formed by Vann Road, Bromyard Road and Overbury Road. On the front of the
particulars is a photo of the front of Elmhurst and inside is a photo of Castle Pool
House, perhaps the only surviving 100 year old photos of these properties. Loosely
inserted is a 5pp typescript inventory of the fixtures and fittings of Elmhurst.
Paper covers rather marked and spotted, contents clean, old crease across top
corner. (ref 446/16) £20.00 post-free within UK
[Hereford] Sale Particulars for the
Hinton Court Estate
Printed particulars for the 1927 sale of the 208 acre Hinton Court Estate in
the parish of St Martin. The particulars provide a breakdown of the 208 acres
forming 27 lots, the various sitting tenants being W G Howells, A H Powell, Mrs Davies, H
Morgan, J Preston, P H Slann, Mrs A L Perry, W C Minton, W J Andrews, H P Williams, A E
Andrews and (principally) R H Clutterbuck. Thick paper covers, approx
10"x15", old folds down the entire document, the plan which accompanied the
particulars is missing. (ref 446/19) £12.00 post-free within UK
[Hereford] Deeds to Property in Wye
Bridge Street
These 3 parchment deeds chronicle owners & occupiers of a former
malthouse which had been converted into one or more dwellinghouses. Between them,
they cover the period 1803-1847, the two principal parties being Jones & then Roberts.
The 3 (ref 270/18) £30.00 post-free Not for export
[Hereford document re Widemarsh
Street] Copies of Entries of Leases in the Lease Book of the
Corporation of Hereford Relative to a Piece of Orchard Land sold by the said
Corporation to Mr Daniel Ridgway
Copies of the important bits of successive leases dated 1748 [to Philip Symonds
of Preston-on-Wye]; 1758 [to Rev John Jones and William Gwillim]; 1766 [also to
Rev John Jones and William Gwillim]; 1773 [to Elizabeth widow of Rev John Jones
and William Gwillim]; and 1780 [also to Elizabeth Jones and William Gwillim] of
a plot of garden/orchard on the West side of Widemarsh Street and a 10 acre
field in Holmer. The rent included 'one couple of Fat Capons to the Mayor
at Easter yearly'. Manuscript on 5 large paper sheets with a 6th as the
covering sheet. Undated but the paper bears 1822 watermarks which would
indicate the copies were made c1825 in connection with a sale of the lands.
Nice condition. (ref 219/22) £15.00
post-free Not for export
[Holmer] Sale Particulars of Various
Properties
Printed particulars for the 1895 sale of:
1. Hopbine Villa [occupied by Mrs Packwood].
2. 4 acres of land next to the Hereford & Worcester Railway [H Cresswell].
3. An acre of land next to Holmer Old School [H Cresswell].
4. 24 acres of meadow land near Lugg Bridge [A B Brain].
5. 2 acres of rich meadow land bordering the river Lugg [A B Brain].
Hopbine Villa would appear to be on today's A4103
Decent copy accompanied by a nice clean coloured multifolding plan [size approx
27"x18"]. (ref 135/23) £15.00 post-free within UK
[Holmer] Sale Particulars of The Moor
Estate
Printed particulars for the 1867 sale of the 150+ acre Moor Estate, mostly
lying in Holmer parish although small parts overlapped into All Saints, St Margarets and
Tupsley. Accompanying the particulars is a large multifolding hand-coloured site
plan. A little grubby but acceptable given the age of this document. (ref
349/18) £18.00 post-free within UK
[Ivington] Deed of Exchange of Lands
This is an 1814 agreement between Thomas & John Berington of Winsley
and William & Anne Wall of Ryelands, for an exchange of lands. This
lengthy document concerns several plots of land including Baker's Plock, Fleet Field,
Quarry Field, Marsh Field etc. Manuscript on 5 large parchment sheets. The
outside (as folded) is grubby. (ref 270/14) £25.00 post-free Not for export
[Kingsland document] Lease of The
Dayhouse
This 1766 deed records the leasing by William Wanklin of 'All that capital
messuage tenement and farm commonly called and known by the name of The Dayhouse
together with all houses outhouses edifices buildings barns stables.....all
which premises are now in the tenure or occupation of the said William Wanklin'
for an intended 12 years. Manuscript on single parchment sheet and with
the clear signature William Wanklin, (ref 104/15) £20.00
post-free Not for export
[Kingstone] Sale Particulars for White
House Farm
Printed particulars for the 1911 sale of the 50 acre White House Farm,
tenanted by Edward H Hancorn. Included with the particulars is a folding location
plan showing the farmhouse just a short distance from the church. Rather the worse
for wear - grubby, creased and dogeared, but at least the folding plan is clean.
(ref 446/31) £10.00 post-free within UK
[Kinnersley] Sale Particulars of the
Newton Estate
Printed particulars for the 1869 sale of the Newton Estate which consisted of
the 286 acre Old Castle Farm [tenanted by Richard Gough and Thomas Goodwin] and the 267
acre Upper Newton Farm [Thomas Deakins]. In addition there were several cottages
variously tenanted by John Jones, Richard Taylor, William Preece, Richard Gough, W
Williams and William Knight. Accompanying the particulars is a large [approx
19"x27"] multifolding hand-coloured plan. The plan is clean but there are
inevitably one or two marginal tears. Considering the age, quite a decent copy.
(ref 135/18) £25.00 post-free within UK
[Kinnersley] Sale Particulars for Hotel
Printed particulars for the 1926 sale of The Kinnersley Arms (also known as
the Belle Vue Hotel), a blacksmith's shop & cottage tenanted by J Randle, a 7 acre
smallholding, and Elm Cottage. No plan - this was made available on site.
Front quite grubby. (ref 446/33) £10.00 post-free within UK
[Contemporary Copy of Little Marcle Poor Rate
1837] An Assessment for the Necessary Relief of the Poor and for other
purposes.....
Manuscript entries on printed form detailing names of occupiers, names of
owners, type of property, name of house or land, amounts assessed and amounts collected as
at 4th July 1837. Paper, single large sheet folded down to about 6"x6",
bears 1833 watermark so it is safe to assume this copy was made out in 1837. The
details cover just 15 lines, nevertheless this is a very nice piece of local history
dating from a few years before the earliest detailed census. (ref 502/12) £25.00
post-free Not for export
[Llangarron documents] Papers concerning Little Kilreague and Tre-Essey
A bundle of papers ranging in dates from 1932 to 1948, the principal parties
being Wood and to a much lesser extent Miles. Quite a proportion of the
documents are only drafts or office copies, nevertheless there's much for the
local historian, including a 1948 sale brochure and three or four map/plans.
34 items altogether. (ref 91/15) £20.00 post-free
Not for export
[Lugwardine] Sale Particulars of Farm,
House & Cottages
Printed particulars for the 1906 sale of:-
The 105 acre Upper House Farm, tenanted by James Hoddell
Sweetbriar Cottage (Edmund Brookes)
Un-named cottage at Hemhill (C J Barnes)
A row of three cottages at Hemhill (J J Williams & W Thomas)
The Laurels (C J Johnstone)
Rosebank - unoccupied
A Pair of cottages at Hagley (Mrs H Morgan & Joseph Howells)
Hagley Cottage (E Hill)
Middle Court (Mary Cresswell)
Lugg House (Miss S A Phillips)
Rowland Cottage (William Holloway)
Spion Cottage - unoccupied
A pair of cottages in Lower Wilcroft Road (W Mapp & W Mansell)
Good Reste (A F Godwin)
Hagley House (George Lowe)
The Ferns (W H Godwin)
Included with the particulars is a large (approx 33"x26") multifolding coloured
location plan. Thick paper covers, overall size 10"x15", scatted spotting
inside though the location plan is unaffected. (ref 446/14) £35.00
post-free within UK
[Luston] Sale Particulars &
Conditions of 3 Cottages
The exact location of these 3 cottages, which came up for sale in 1821, isn't
shown. Only the names of the 3 occupants - William Ward, John Price and Thomas
Burton - give us, looking back from 180-odd years later, any clue as to where they
were. This is a very unusual arrangement inasmuch as John Price - presumably the
John Price shown as occupant of one of the cottages - was effectively selling his life
interest in the cottages which, on his death, would revert back to the next 'life'.
This is reflected in the purchase price - just £20 - paid by Edward Scarlet of nearby
Eye. The sheet containing details - such as they are - of the cottages is a
cut-down version of a larger sheet, the top half of which (undoubtedly cut away in 1821
& not here present) related to other Luston property in another sale. Printed
particulars, now on a single 8"x6" paper sheet, accompanied by printed conditions with manuscript
insertions on 2 sheets each approx 8"x13" and bearing the signature Edward
Scarlet, he having paid £4 deposit. Well worth buying if Edward Scarlet
was an ancestor, perhaps not so for descendants of William Ward or Thomas Burton
as their names only appear the once. (ref 3006) £28.00 post-free
within UK
[Madley/Much Birch/Much Marcle] Sale
Particulars for Houses and Land
Printed particulars for the 1928 sale of a house known as Swinmore (Madley)
tenanted by Miss A C M Shepherd, Yewtree Cottage (Madley) tenanted by Mrs Preece,
Churchfield Cottage (Madley) late G H Watts, Tabor Court (Much Birch) tenanted by Mrs
Jones and 7 acres of pasture orcharding in Much Marcle let to F Powell. No plan
accompanied these particulars - prospective bidders had to obtain them from the
auctioneer's offices. You have a choice of two copies:-
446/26 is quite grubby at £10.00 post-free within UK
446/27 is merely grubby around the margins at £12.00 post-free within UK
[Marden] Sale Poster - Timber & Poles from
Coppice Wood at Burlingate Farm
This poster announces the 1935 sale of the timber and poles standing on 15
acres of coppice wood in Burling Coppice. Tenders were to be submitted by post and
pre-sale viewing had to be arranged with tenant farmer H Panniers. Printed on paper,
approx 10"x16", good clean condition and highly suitable for framing. (ref
469/1) £9.00 post-free within UK
[Marden] Sale Particulars of The Small
Ashes
Printed particulars for the 1903 sale of the 72 acre Small Ashes Farm.
Accompanying the particulars is a coloured multifolding plan, size approx
18"x14". The particulars have a couple of marginal tears on old folds, the
plan is unaffected. (ref 135/25) £12.00 post-free within UK
[Monnington on Wye deed] Conveyance of
23 Acres of Glebe Land
This 1921 deed concerns 4 plots of glebe land (numbered 64, 65, 80 & 84)
adjoining Monnington Walk being sold for £947. Manuscript on parchment, bears
signatures G Herbert Jones and Geoffrey Cornwallis and a useful full-page hand-coloured
location plan. (ref 270/19) £8.00 post-free Not for export
[Norton Canon] Sale Particulars of Lands
Printed particulars for the 1903 sale of a 10 acre property at Calver Hill
together with 2 other pieces of land totalling 16 acres, all tenanted by J F W Pearce.
Accompanyinbg the particulars is a large [approx 17"x17"] multifolding
coloured plan. Both particulars and plan are in nice clean condition. (ref
135/21) £15.00 post-free within UK
[Orcop] Property Deeds to Cottage(s)
& 8 Acres of Land
6 parchment deeds ranging in dates from 1798 to 1852. An 1852 conveyance
mentions 'two cottages or tenements' though clearly one was in a very dilapidated state -
even as far back as 1833 it was described as ' decayed'. With the cottage(s) came 8 acres
of land & although there is no continuity of ownership between deeds of 1798 and 1833
the '8 acres or thereabouts' is a common theme. (ref 16/23) £30.00
post-free Not for export
[Pencoyd - see St Weonards]
[Peterchurch & Dorstone] Abstract of
Title to 2 Plots of Land bordering the Golden Valley Railway
This 1894 abstract lists property transactions going back to 1882, though the
story really starts with the death of Walter Gilbert Price (of Holmer) in 1851. He left
the 98 acre Snodhill Mill Farm (and the watermill) to his nephew Nicholas Gilbert Price.
Latterly, and heavily mortgaged, the farm devolved to other parties. All this is
background to the presumably intended sale of 2 small plots of land which appear to have
formed part of the original 98 acre farm. Plots no's 311 (in Peterchurch) and 922 (in
Dorstone) on the tithe map are both described as meadow, and a small accompanying map
shows them bordering the then Golden Valley Railway. Manuscript on 9 large paper sheets.
(ref 3680) £8.00 post-free Not for
export
[Preston Wynne paperwork] Tithe Rental
Statements & Correspondence
A large quantity (over 50 items) of papers dating mainly from the period
1910-1916, though there's also a large (albeit very dogeared) detailed statement dated
1903. Separate annual statements for each of the years from 1910 to 1916 provide
details of landowners, occupiers and plot numbers which chronicle a variety of changes
just prior to, and during WW1. Though the collection includes a fair few receipts
for payments made, there's several items of correspondence from Preston Wynne residents
themselves - all in all a very useful collection for the local historian. (ref
270/24) £35.00 post-free Not for export
Reflections of Ross-on-Wye
M H Morris, 1973. Tall 8vo in photo card cocers enclosing 53pp, the only ill
is the frontis portrait of John Kyrle [1637-1724] whose house still stands across High
Street from the Market Place. History, anecdote and personalities by a long time
resident. Covers creased, G. (ref 210/29) £4.50 post-free
within UK
[Ross-on-Wye documents]
Documents concerning 1 Kent Avenue
A bundle of 28 documents, ranging in
dates from 1929 to 1951. Once part of the Royal Cross Estate and used as
allotments, this former 'two pieces or parcels of land', formerly known as
Brica-Brac but by 1951 called Sunnyhulm, is most often referred to as No 1 Kent
Avenue. It must be stressed that the majority of these papers are either
drafts or office copies; nevertheless there's much detail in them for the
local historian. (ref 91/11) £20.00 post-free Not for export
[Ross-on-Wye documents]
Documents concerning Merrivale House
A bundle of 30 documents, ranging in
dates from 1904 to 1925, mostly 1920s. Principal parties are Blake
and Best. Predominantly draft or office copy documents including much
legal correspondence. There are two or three maps, a couple on very flimsy
orange tracing paper which have largely fallen apart, but one that has survived
is on waxed linen. (ref 91/14) £20.00
post-free Not for export
[Ross on Wye and Walford]
Documents concerning Arbour Hill Farm
A small group of documents ranging in
dates from 1929 to 1934 on this 94 acre farm which seems always to have been a
financial burden. Mostly draft or office copy documents, and there are two
or three tax papers of Albert Edward Griffin in there as well. 25 items in
all, two or three with rodent damage. (ref 91/12)
£15.00 post-free Not for export
[Ross on Wye documents] Papers
concerning Gresley Meadows
Small bundle of papers concerning 'all that piece or parcel of meadow or
pasture land containing 3.412 acres or thereabouts formerly called Upper Alton
Brook Meadow and also all that strip of land part of the adjoining meadow
formerly called Lower Alton Brook meadow containing .060 acres or thereabouts
all which premises are part of two several pieces or parcels of land called The
Gresleys or Gresley meadows....'. 7 loose draft or office copy papers
together with a small group of a dozen or so items of minor correspondence.
(ref 91/17) £10.00 post-free Not for export
[Ross on Wye documents] Paperwork concerning the Ross Dispensary and
Cottage Hospital
A fairly large accumulation of documents [admittedly they are mostly drafts and
office copies] ranging in dates from 1921 to 1937. These are predominantly
administrative concerns rather than property
transactions - for example a flurry of paperwork resulted from the local
electricity board's decision in 1926 to change the electricity supply from DC to
AC and its effect on the x-ray equipment. There are also groups of papers
concerned with bequests left in the wills of benefactors, the 1922
appointment of Lloyd's Bank as trustee of the real estate, printed annual
reports in brochures dated 1914, 1923 and 1937, and the acquisition by the
Hospital of a small strip of adjoining land in 1925. Difficult to count the
number of papers as they are mostly in small groups, but there are hundreds. We
understand the Hospital buildings were demolished about 10 or 12 years ago and
the site now occupied by retirement flats. (ref 91/21) £60.00 post-free Not for export
[Ross on Wye documents] Paperwork
concerning 'Leigh', Camp Road
A small accumulation of mostly draft or office copy papers, all of them
dated 1935 and concerning 'all that piece of land fronting Camp Road.....bounded
on the North by other land of the vendor.....on the East by the said road, on
the South by a dwellinghouse and premises called 'Gebba' and on the West by the
Chase Estate together with the dwellinghouse and premises recently erected on
the said piece of land by the vendor called 'Leigh'.....'. 9 items
altogether, though one of those is a small group of original day-to-day legal
correspondence. (ref 91/23) £10.00 post-free Not for export
[Ross on Wye documents] Paperwork
concerning The Roxy Cinema Cafe
Draft and office copies of documentation, together with some original
day-to-day legal correspondence, concerning the Roxy Cafe which occupied
premises on the ground floor of the Roxy Cinema. The bulk of this
collection is dated 1941, brought about by an intended (but apparently not
carried through) transfer of the business lease. 11 items altogether.
(ref 91/25) £10.00 post-free Not for export
[Ross on Wye documents] Paperwork
concerning House and Photographic Studio on Gloucester Road/Chase Lane
A small number of draft and copy documents dated 1896/1897 concerning a £400
mortgage of 'All that messuage or dwellinghouse known as "Warrendale"
situate in the Gloucester Road and Chase Lane.....with the garden and premises
thereto belonging Also all that building for many years past used as a
photographic studio with the office adjoining together with the garden ground
thereto belonging all in the possession & occupation of the said A H
Pearson.....'. 5 items altogether with a duplicate copy of one of
the five. (ref 91/26) £10.00 post-free Not for export
[Ross on Wye document] Papers
Concerning The White Hart Inn
A small group of 8 items, a mix of draft or office copy documents with some
original legal correspondence concerning 'All that messuage tenement or
beerhouse called The White Hart Inn situate at the corner of Henry Street and
The Crofts.....and now in the occupation of Charles Albert Price as tenant
thereof'. The paperwork is variously dated 1922 and 1925. NB two of
these items are drafts of the same 14 year lease to Alfred Harry Llewellyn.
(ref 91/28) £10.00 post-free Not for export
[Ross on Wye documents] Paperwork
concerning Cottage at Tudorville
A small group of 1943 and 1945 papers concerning the sale of 'All that
semi-detached messuage or dwellinghouse with the outbuildings and garden thereto
belonging situate in and fronting Walford Road.....called No 1 Erdington
Villas.....'. A small hand-drawn plan shows the property to be at a
crossroads in Tudorville. 9 items, all very small stuff being office
copies and/or draft documents. (ref 91/52) £8.00
post-free
Not for export
[St Weonards & Pencoyd] Conveyances
3 items consisting of conveyances of 1826 & 1873, and the schedule of an
1826 survey (a plan almost certainly accompanied it but this appears to have been recently
removed). The 1826 conveyance is a large parchment deed concerning three separate
properties belonging to the Gwatkin family of Pencoyd:
1. Blue Enstone, Llanwarne, 31 acres.
2. Partridges Nest, St Weonards, 19 acres
3. The Marsh, Pencoyd, 3 acres.
and Partridges Nest & The Marsh, still the concern of the Gwatkin family, are the
subject of the 1873 conveyance.
The survey is merely a breakdown of the 7 plots of land making up 'a small Farm called the
Partridges Nest...'.
The three items (ref 172/D) £20.00 post-free Not for export
[Sellack document] Paperwork
concerning The Grove
A small group of papers, mostly drafts or office copies but including some
original correspondence, relating to 'all that freehold cottage called 'The
Grove' (formerly called Pool Cottage) and the garden adjoining thereto situate
at the Lower Grove Common.....'. A carbon copy of a typescript abstract of
tile provides details of property transactions going back to 1907. 11
items altogether including a couple of small but useful plans. (ref 91/22)
£10.00 post-free Not for export
[Shobdon documents] Deeds to
Property at The Downwood
An 1827 conveyance and an 1830 lease (for possession) and conveyance all
concerning 'All that piece or parcel of land late part of the Downwood Common
and being the allotment made to the said Charles Hopton by the award of the
Commissioners under the said Inclosure and whereas the said William Beavan hath
lately erected and fenced out a messuage and dwelling house barn cowhouse and
garden.....'. The 1827 conveyance bears the mark of Charles Hopton and the
1830 deeds are both signed Wm Beavan. The 3 deeds (ref 104/22)
£25.00 post-free Not for export
[Sollershope/Woolhope/Fownhope] Sale
Particulars for 114 Acres of Woodland
Printed particulars for the 1920 sale of:-
The 7 acre Round Wood, Sollershope
The 16 acre Long Wood, Sollershope
The 15 acre Fulmore's or Fulmer's Wood, Woolhope
8 acres of Buckenhill & Jockey's Woods, Woolhope
Another 11 acres of Jockey's Wood, Woolhope
The 24 acre Mabley Grove, Woolhope/Fownhope
The 6 acre Paget's Wood, Fownhope
24 acres of Lea Wood, Fownhope.
Produced without plan. 2 nice clean copies available (refs 446/29 and 30), each at £10.00
post-free within UK
[Stoke Prior] Sale Particulars of The
Heath
Printed particulars for the 1914 sale of The Heath 'comprising a capital
house with garden, farm buildings and several enclosures of fertile pasture, orchard and
arable land, the whole extending to an area of about 44 acres 2 roods 37 perches situate
one mile and a half from Steens Bridge Station and three miles and a half from the
excellent market town of Leominster'. Included is a large multifiolding coloured
plan. (ref 394/22) £16.00 post-free within UK
[Stoke Prior document] Papers Concerning
Blocwardine Cottage
A small collection of papers from 1922 to do with Luther James' purchase of
the cottage from George William Godfrey. 6 items in all. (ref 270/27) £5.00 post-free Not
for export
[Tillington] Sale Poster - the former
Live and Let Live
Small printed poster announcing the 1913 sale of 'a Dwelling House
(formerly Licensed Premises) known as The Live & Let Live with productive garden &
pasture orchard, in all about 2 acres in extent'.....'about 2 miles from Credenhill
Station and 5 miles from Hereford'. The sitting tenant at the time was Charles
Langford. Paper, single sheet, approx 8"x11", and highly suitable for
framing. (ref 423) £9.00 post-free within UK
[Tupsley] Sale Particulars for 2 Houses
and Building Land, Folly Road
Printed particulars for the 1908 sale of Uplands and Ivy Cottage. With
Ivy Cottage [tenanted by George Croft] came 13 acres of meadow let to David Jones.
There are two multofolding multicoloured location plans, one of Uplands (inc ground
plan), the other for Ivy Cottage and the 4 blocks of meadow. Overall size
10"x12". Thick paper covers, a decent clean copy. (ref 446/25)
£22.00 post-free within UK
[Ullingswick] Sale Particulars for The
Steppes Farm
Printed particulars for the 1913 sale of The Steppes Farm, the particulars
containing a schedule breaking the 57 acres down into 16 parts, each with the OS no, state
of cultivation and acreage. Incorporated is a large [approx 25"x19"]
multifolding location plan scaled at 1:2500 showing a rather scattered farm
(tenanted by R W Benbow). Very nice clean copy, especially the plan. (ref
446/41) £12.00 post-free within UK
[Walford documents] Papers
concerning Land at Coughton
A small group of papers - mostly office copy and draft documents - to do
with 'all that piece or parcel of land.....fronting the road leading from
Walford to Hope Mansel containing four acres or thereabouts....'. and
which at least from 1919 was known as Mud Pool Lawn, alternatively Mudpool
Meadow. All the papers date from 1943 (when it was put up for sale at The
Kings Head in Ross) and 1944. One of those papers is a carbon copy
typescript abstract of title providing details of property transactions going
back to 1862. Some of the paperwork is damaged halfway down the right-hand
edge due to over-tight red tape - nothing serious though. 16 items in all.
(ref 91/20) £12.50 post-free Not for export
[Weston Under Penyard papers] Paperwork
concerning House in School Lane
A small group of predominantly draft or office copies of documents but
including some original legal correspondence, relating to 'All that
dwellinghouse with the gardens outbuildings thereto belonging situate in School
Lane.....called Brynrhias all which premises contain 1 rood or thereabouts and
are bounded on the North West side by Hyded Orchard, on the South East side by
the School Lane and on the South West side by the Church path and are now in the
occupation of the vendor.'. 9 items altogether, one of which bears a
location plan. (ref 91/24) £10.00 post-free Not for export
[Whitchurch] Conveyance of Cottage of Great
Doward Hill
This 1841 conveyance is accompanied by a 9pp abstract of title giving details
of previous property deeds going back to 1819. The property came to Burges Bryan from the
Hudson family in 1819 and in 1830 his brother sold it to James & William T Horniblow.
The conveyance records their selling the property to John Watson, the only local person
involved. The 2 items (ref 16/72) £12.00 post-free Not for export
[Woolhope papers] Correspondence &
Tithe Statements
Item 1 - Three short letters from landowner Sir Robert Lighton's agent in
London (1881), one of them containing a statement detailing Sir Robert's 37 plots of land
in Woolhope, their acreages and occupiers/tenants.
Item 2 - An undated 3pp statement containing a long list of tenants and landowners (though
not identifying which plots of land).
Item 3 - A scrappy pencilled 2pp list of names and amounts dated 1878.
Item 4 - What appears to have been the draft of an 1856 list - very useful as it is in
alphabetical order by name of occupier, also shows landowner and arrears if any.
A nice little collection all on paper. (ref 270/22) £15.00 post-free Not for export
[Yarkhill] Sale Particulars for the
Upper Castle Estate
Printed particulars for the 1911 sale of this 128 acre estate, 97 acres of
which comprised Castle Farm, tenanted by Mrs Smith. Also in the sale was The Wharf,
Cruses Pitch (Charles Taylor, Mrs Baker and Mrs Bradstock) which included half a mile of
the old canal, a cottage at Newtown (William Sturman) and a cottage at Ashperton (Mrs
Vernall). The particulars contain a large [approx 28"x21"] coloured
multifolding location plan. Paper covers grubby and spotted though contents are
clean. (ref 446/23) £20.00 post-free within UK
Index to Transactions of the Woolhope Club
1973-1975
Pp377-383. 4to, matching green card covers, VG. (ref 4512) £2.50
post-free within UK
Index to Transactions of the Woolhope Club
1976-1978
Pp313-324. 4to, matching green card covers, corner bent o/w VG. (ref 4513)
£2.50 post-free within UK