Dudley Freehold Land Society Reports Growth and Land Holdings
The Dudley Freehold Land Society formed in 1848 reports rising membership from 124 to 164 and 224 shares, with £1,965 6s 10d in contributions. It owns 148 freehold plots on three estates plus Kate's Hill allotment, average cost £22–£23 per plot. Members build homes, some sells at premiums. meeting notes a planned Freeholders Building Society event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate’s Hill
Anderson
Cuarizs Russent
D. K. Shoebotham
Blair
Brooke
Phillips
W. Rogers
J. Palmer
Hipkiss
J. Riches
Wolverhampton Society
Millward
Freeholders’ Building Society
James Taylor
Birmingham
Dudley Society
SRI Verhis
H. Vickers
S. F. Holmes
Ironside
W. Harvey
C. Alcock
Inonside
Europe
Republic
Italy
Austria
J. Intineworta
T. N. Bardwell
Vickers and Jervis
Park-Wood Springs
Rivelin
Don
Loxley
Duke of Norfolk
Leader
Richard Cobden
Coventry Society Celebrates Second Anniversary Tea
Coventry society marks its second anniversary with a public tea party at City Hall chaired by Charles H. Bracebridge. Mayor Bryan Dunn and several MPs and aldermen speak. The institution has raised over £7,000, sold 800 to 900 shares, and purchased 80 to 100 acres of land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Bracebridge
Bryan Dunn
Charles Whittem
Charles Bray
William Scholefield
M.P
Thos. Weston
T. L. Johnson
James Taylor
Birmingham
Oldham Society Expands Membership and Land Purchases
The Oldham society reports continual growth in members and a surge of new share subscriptions. A third parcel of land, adjoining earlier holdings, totaling about eight acres, was bought from Joseph Jones, Esq., for £1,030. Applications exceed available divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Jones
Freehold Land Movement Formed in Dublin
A meeting in Dublin aims to establish the Irish Freehold Land Investment Society modeled after English societies. The group intends to leverage the Encumbered Estates Commission to buy land in large quantities on moderate terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
England
Encumbered Estates Commission
Park Wood Springs Freehold Benefit Building Society defines allotments at Neepsend
The Park Wood Springs Freehold Benefit Building Society purchased 27 acres at Old Park Wood Side Neepsend for £ 4 866. The transfer completed January 7 with a celebratory dinner at the Victoria Gardens Tavern. The 95 allotments lie on a rise with good drainage and salubrious air, offering building sites near the railway and river Don.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. N. Bardwell
Old Park Wood Side
Neepsend
Don
Walkley Bank
Fir View
New California
Park Wood Springs Freehold Benefit Building Society Dinner
A Sheffield gathering of over a hundred guests marks the Park Wood Springs Freehold Benefit Building Society dinner. Highlights include speeches on the society’s aims, the value of freehold plots, and notes on local industry, governance, and moral uplift, with plans for 27 acres of plots and future investment.
The Forty-Shilling Franchise for Scotland Explained
The article contrasts England and Scotland on the forty shilling county franchise. It traces its origin to Tudor statutes in 1405 and 1429 that limited knights of the shire to landholders of forty shillings annual value. It notes the franchise as the historic county vote system, unchanged for centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Anti-Corn Law League
England
Henry IV
Henry VI
Adolphus
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Coventry
Oldham
THE
Park Wood Springs
Freehold Benefit Building Society
James.Taylor
Illingworth
Vickers
Sheffield
Hear
Revixl
Holmes
Hollmes
Epward Loxey
Harvey
John Thompson
Josuru Loy
Atcock
America
Chamber of Commerce
Cutlers’ Company
Ronside
C. Caruisuz
Crookesmoor-side
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