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Applications for land - Eastern Area No.1' file Application cards and printed form...

Catalogue reference: AO/E1/3/3

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Reference
AO/E1/3/3
Date
1908-1926
Description

Applications for land - Eastern Area No.1' file Application cards and printed form postcard replies to printed letters from the County Land Agent asking applicants if they still wish to take land in the county having made application 'sometime ago', including the following information: applicants name and address; date of application; the amount of land applied for and in which parish; details of buildings required; whether the applicant is an ex-serviceman, either overseas or home service; and details of Committee approval (if granted) giving date, amount of land, price, and date of settling on the land.

Application forms (a few) as in AO/E 1/3/1-2; letters of enquiry, re- applications and references in respect of the same, arranged in parish order: Beeston, Biggleswade, Blunham, Broom, Caldecote, Dunton, Ickwell, Moggerhanger/Chalton, Northill/Sandy, Stanford and Stotfold.

Includes letters from tenants giving notice to quit in respect of : Portobello Farm, Sutton; Stanford Farm, Sutton; Inskip's Land, Shefford; Bartram's land at Southill and Sandy; and Garden Field, Broom.

Held by
Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
Language
English
Immediate source of acquisition

Acc.23895

Custodial history

[ex AOC packet 108; formerly catalogued as AO/A1/3]

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/190a1d4b-9789-4a2b-bedd-9eb45161b543/

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AO/E1

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Applications for land - Eastern Area No.1' file Application cards and printed form...