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Newspaper
Freeholder
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 01, 1851
Page
11
A letter from GxO. Jones of Redland Bristol argues against empirical cures for pauperism via spade labour, warning such remedies raise production costs. It contends unemployment stems from bad social arrangements and that cheap production requires proper policy, not restriction of machinery.
A letter to The Freeholder editor urges reform of housing rules for Freehold Land Society allotments. It argues two storey £75 minimum houses unjust, risks excluding working men from homes and franchise aims, and calls for guidance on terra cotta use and model estates. The piece notes forthcoming coverage and invites reader inquiries.
To the Editor of The Freeholder the writer asks for building plans better suited to the Bradford region noting current plans fit agricultural or southern towns using bricks and tiles while stone dominates in Bradford Halifax and Huddersfield and seeks locality appropriate designs.
A specimen model cottage has been erected at Pedlar's Acre near Hungerford Bridge by Eastwood using Hertslett's hollow bricks. The March plan shows a cost of £30, touting economy, cleanliness, and superior ventilation compared with clay materials. Signed by a Citizen of the World in June 1851.
The discussion reports Mr Charles Southwell’s lecture at the Factory Inn Merton on Freehold Land Societies. He cites the four hundred year old right of voting for freeholders of forty shillings, notes support from James Taylor George Thompson and Richard Cobden, and discusses historical views on franchise and reform.
The passage argues that from Henry VI to the Reform Act the forty shilling freehold qualified voters, excluding copyhold tenures, and that Freehold Land Societies rely on this legal basis. It claims the Forty-shilling Freehold was survived by the Reform Act and supports radical Commons reform via county constituencies.
A letter from a London reader describes paying ground rent on a leasehold plot near Walthamstow where two cottages stand. The writer cites £ 6 6s per year, plus £ 7 7s for the lease, equating to six guineas yearly ground rent. He notes neighbours gained freehold plots for about £ 30 including costs, after which four years of rent exceed the land’s value. He cautions workers against leasehold building.
The proposed scale sets water charges for dwellings by room count, up to 4s per room for large houses, plus 5s per bath. no charge for water closets. Stables priced per stall at 3s 6d, coach-houses per carriage at 3s 6d, and manufacturing use at rates up to 6d per 1000 gallons after agreement.
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