Abstract of title of The British Land Company Ltd to land at Norbiton

Kingston No. 5 [Pencilled "Lots 8 & 9"]

[At first, corner Pk Rd/Hog Lane later just Dagmer Road and Elm Rd, St George's Rd]

A May 1862: Conveyance

1 George Head Head of Cumberland

2 John Guy of Norbiton Hall, esq

(a) Land, 3a, (in deeds 3 roods) in a place anciently known as Manningale [(sic] Shott

(b) Land, anciently 5a, in same shott, east on a road, a Worple Way, now known as Manningale Lane, which was then called Park Road

(c) Land, 3½acres, in same shott. All which were in 1811 enclosed in 2 closes adjoining, and abut east on Manningale Lane, west on land of George Hardinge, north on Hog Lane (then Elm Road), south on close formerly of Hon. Edw Bouverie, then John Hind, then Thomas Jackson now John Guy.

All which had been formed into one enclosure, 11a 2r 24p. and occ by Wm Sudlow Roots, then John Guy

Plan (corner field between Hog Lane and Park Road)

B 24 June 1867

1 John Guy of Kent

2 William Hardman of Noribiton Hall

Inter al:

Close of arable land, 11a 2r 24p, occ by William Sudlow Roots, then John Guy now Hezekia Newman

C June 25 1867: Conveyance (mortgage)

1 William Hardman

2 John Guy

Plan

D 21 Dec 1867

1 William Hardman

2 Palmer William Porter of Kingston, builder

2 John Guy

Porter takes over Hardman's interest and mortgage

E 23 Dec 1867

1 John Guy of Kent

2 Palmer William Porter

2 purchased the above property for £10,500

F 24 Dec 1867 Mortgage

1 P W Porter

2 Wm Hardman

3 John Guy

Guy lent Porter £9000

G 26 Dec 1867 Mortgage

1 P W Porter

2 Charles Francis Evelyn of Surbiton Cpt in 3rd Surrey Militia

H Jan 1870 Mortgage

1 John Guy

2 P W Porter

3 Lewis Pugh Pugh of Lincoln's Inn

Part of the land in Park Road

Plan (now shows Elton Road and Clifton Road)

I Jan 1870 Release of lands

1 Charles Francis Evelyn

2 Palmer Wm Porter

3 Lewis Pugh Pugh Portion next to the first land

J Jan 1870 Mortgage

1 P W Porter

2 L P Pugh

First land

K Aug 1872

1 P W Porter

2 James Bell of London

Some lands have been sold by Pugh to reduce mortgage - rest to be sold to Bell

Plan (showing Park Rd/Elm Rd, St George's Road, Clifton Road north, Elton Road)

1872-1873: Deeds between Bell, Evelyn and Pugh for reducing mortgages - Clifton Road development (now with houses)

Sept 1873 Lewis P Pugh mortgage £12,000, to Francis Beil by Alston and Hon Rbt Henry Meade both of Middx.

Land with houses built or in erection, and plots contracted to be sold

Schedule

Inter al: Plots in Clifton Road to be sold to Mr Butcher

6a 1r 24p of nursery ground let to Mr George Jackson and 2 other acres.

Other plots for building (7a 2r 0p) remainder of the premises

L Oct 1889 Transfer of mortgage

1 Sir F B Alston & Rbt Hy Meade

2 L Pugh Pugh

3 Jonathan Fallowfield of Brixton Hill, gent

Transfer of £3,180 debt for lands in Clifton Road and St George's Rd, Elm Road

M 1897 Statutory declaration of James Bell, solicitor of K and Charles Oldridge jnr of Norbiton, estate agent

Recites his agreement with Porter on land laid out for bldg, part leased as nursery gardens (1872) and that he conveyed all to Lewis Pugh Pugh. That Pugh took whole estate (Clifton Rd. North was not formed); he fenced in part intersected by the intended road and had Samuel Brook Kemp Johnson to manage the estate. The land was let to Thomas Jackson, paying rent to Johnson for Pugh.

Bell acted as Pugh's solicitor to 1887.

Oldridge states Johnson d 11 or 12 years after and his widow took rents for Pugh until 1887 when Oldridge took over. Jackson d 1888 and Oldridge let off land as garden allotments for houses in neighbourhood.

Bell also says Butcher was to purchase a lot fronting road then called Dagmar Rd to be completed 1882 but abandoned.

N March 1897

1 L P Pugh

2 Jonathan Fallowfield

As the land had not been split up for building as agreed and Pugh had all rents and profits, now conveyed to Fallowfield.

Strips of land to be roads called St George's Rd, Clifton Rd North, York Road (formerly Elm Vale) and Dagmar Road.

O March 1897 Sale for £2,000

Fallowfield to British Land Co. Ltd

Land between Dagmar Rd, York Rd, Elm Road and St George's Road, with rights to use road and all sewers etc under the roads.

P Abstract of Deed of Settlement of BLC Ltd as before