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Catalogue reference: AMS6153/10/1-36

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This record is a file about the Deeds dating from 1798-1958.

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Reference

AMS6153/10/1-36

Title

Deeds

Date

1798-1958

Description

The property was formerly copyhold of the Manor of Brighton and was enfranchised on 17 & 18 Jan 1798. The bundle includes a plan of proposed alterations to 33 St James's Street for Messrs Dollond and Aitchison in 1958 (AMS6153/10/36). In 1798 the site was described as -

Piece of land (4 pauls) in Upper Furlong, Little Laine, formerly Humphry Paine (W: 4 pauls of Richard Lemon Wichelo and formerly Benjamin Master, E: partly to 2 pauls of Charles Scrase Dickins and formerly Thomas Scutt and partly to 2 pauls of John Ackerson and formerly Thomas Grinstead)

In 1885 the property was described as -

Piece of land (E-W (N) 25' 3" (S) 24' 6", N-S 117' 4") with messuages and shops 33 St James Street and 1-4 Cavendish Street

MEPC reference 21977

Held by
East Sussex Record Office
Language

English

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/d9151be7-e043-453c-8839-ba0aba2a44a4/

Series information

AMS6153/10

Deeds of 33 and 33a St James Street and 1 and 1a Cavendish Street, Brighton

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METROPOLITAN ESTATES AND PROPERTY CORPORATION plc: DEEDS OF EAST SUSSEX PROPERTIES

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Within the series: AMS6153/10

Deeds of 33 and 33a St James Street and 1 and 1a Cavendish Street, Brighton

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Deeds