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Progress of the s lovement Freehold Land Society annual report
The Birmingham Freehold Land Society reports 2,023 members, 2,927 shares, and a year of rising subscriptions with £11,533 receipts. It mourns T. B. Beeseley, notes 824 allotments, and urges covenant building to streets. The Freehold Union is formed, offices move, and stamp act relief cuts costs. The committee proposes major rule changes to replace rotation with a bidding system to broaden access and equity.
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Freehold Land Society
T. B. Beeseley
South
Staffordshire
Warwickshire
Bloomsbury
Court of Common Pleas
F. Harris
E. T. Greves
Freehold Union
Freeholder
Freehold Land Societies
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Freeholders’ Building Society
Warwick
John Vale
Mill Lane
Coventry
William Scholefield
North Warwick
South Staffordshire
St. Matthew’s Church
Great Lister-street
Heneage Street
Birmingham and Midland Banking Company
D’israeli
Hume
Stanley
Russell
Newdegate
Duncombe
M.P
Brooke Smith
Birmingham Freehold Land Society
Birmingham Building Society
Chew
Eurly