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DEEDS OF PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY IN NEW MALDEN, INCLUDING...
Catalogue reference: KX61
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This record is about the DEEDS OF PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY IN NEW MALDEN, INCLUDING... dating from 1850-1900.
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- KX61
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Title (The name of the record)
- DEEDS OF PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY IN NEW MALDEN, INCLUDING THE SITE OF "ALBION VILLA", LATER "MARAZION", SYCAMORE GROVE.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1850-1900
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Description (What the record is about)
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Deeds
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>For other records relating to the National Freehold Land Society, see SRO 507, 511, 556.</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Kingston History Centre
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- <corpname>National Freehold Land Society</corpname>
- <corpname>National Permanent Mutual Benefit Society</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 Files
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Presented by Mrs H Offer of West Sussex, per the West Sussex Record Office in March 1987.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The deeds were found with the records of Mr F D Offer, formerly a solicitor in Westminster.
The National Freehold Land Society was the more common name of the National Permanent Mutual Benefit Society. It was founded in 1849 by, among others, Richard Cobden, Samuel Morley and John Bright. Its purpose was to enable men of small means to acquire freehold property, thereby gaining the vote.
The Society's property in New Malden (57 acres) was acquired in 1850 from John King, who was Mayor of Kingston in 1840. In 1835 he had bought for £3900 an estate of 93 acres in New Malden bounded on the west by what became Elm Road and on the east by the present Coombe Road. With the exception of one house, later the Railway Tavern, the land was totally undeveloped. When the National Freehold Land Society acquired their portion of the estate they built new roads, planted trees and divided it into allotments.
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DEEDS OF PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY IN NEW MALDEN, INCLUDING THE SITE OF "ALBION VILLA", LATER "MARAZION", SYCAMORE GROVE.