Freehold land society gains ground in Tunbridge meeting
A Tunbridge gathering described the National Freehold Land Society aims and progress, noting 3,500 members with 6,300 shares and weekly takings of £1,000. Speakers urged local enrolment to secure freeholds near town, detailing transfer rights and monthly drawings to favor residents and small capitalists.
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Wuirt Tincu Ham
Freehold Land Society
County of
Kent
Chatham
Tunbridge
West Kent
Whittingham
Harris
C. Pugh
Primrosevilla Land Purchase Led by Huddersfield Society
Huddersfield society members held a land purchase at a meeting in the Fleece Inn Kirkgate. They bought two acres at Primrosehill for £400 with 77 shares allotted and 27 allotments awarded. The land is near town, clay stocked, coal nearby and water ample for domestic use.
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Primrosehill
John Leverage
Newcastle Freehold Land Society takes possession at Gateshead Mount Pleasant
Members led by Sir John Fife and T. E. Headlam march from the lecture room to the Gateshead field, declare its name Mount Pleasant, and survey allotments. A public meeting follows with Cobden’s letter read and a resolution praising Freehold Land Societies as tools for moral, social, and political progress.
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Newcastle Freehold Land Society
Gateshead
T. E. Headlam
M.P
John Fife
High Level
High-street
Headlam
Harle
Mount Pleasant
Nelson-street
T. KE. Headlam
Sunderland
Tindal Atkinson
London
J. Williams
W. L. Harle
J. Mawson
Galloway
Joan Fife
Cobden
Manchester
Sir John
Wales
Birmingham
Richard Cobden
Mr. Watters
Freehold Land Society
Newcastle
Sunderland Society
J. Willliams
T. KE. Heaplam
Freehold Land Societies lauded for workers’ stake in land
A speaker urges laborers to rise by frugality and industry back a Freehold Land Society. He criticizes land transfer costs as a national evil and pledges legislative aid to reduce them, envisioning workers occupying purchased ground with social comforts and modern luxuries. The meeting ends with cheers.
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G. M. Crawsuny
W. J. Haug
Ross and Archenfield Society Buys Land On Formation Day
The society completed its first land purchase on its first anniversary, acquiring a large modern residence with seven acres near the parish church. Public possession is set for February 3 and the property will be renamed Arch enfield. In the past year £529 was subscribed on 230 shares with few forfeitures and only two withdrawals. The committee seeks building plans and constructive advice from supporters.
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Duxmere
Archenfield
Darlington Doolmire Estate allotments drawn at meeting
On Monday January 13 a large crowd attended a Town hall drawing for Doolmire Estate allotments. President H Prass announced rules banning beer houses and soap-boilers with bricks for personal use. On January 15 Freehold Land Society members toured the 46 acre site on Yarmlane, 144 lots priced from £16 10s to £45. A tea gathering followed at Central Hall with hundreds present.
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Doolmire
H. Prass
Freehold Land Society
Darlington
Dodlmire
Mason
Yarmlane
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