Freehold land appeal stirs Lancashire workers for estates
Speakers urge working men to join the Freehold Land Society and avoid rent-day by securing plots of land. They praise earth as a safe asset, compare costs to Birmingham, and note allotments on Freehold Park estate with members eager to acquire more. Tea-hosts thanked for hospitality.
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Lancashire
Birmingham
Taylor
Freehold Land Society
Cobden
Wm. LivesEye
Freehold Park
BraDley
W. Livesey
Brewer
Preston
Manchester Freehold Land Society celebrates Freetown estate sale
A demonstration tea party in Manchester marks the purchase of the 14 acre Freetown estate at Sale Moor. 109 plots for 44 members are laid out with new streets and aligned bounds, while sale proceeds and early sales are noted. The meeting highlights the society as a vehicle for collective land purchase and reform potential, with speeches by George Wilson and MP John Bright urging expansion of freehold societies to influence elections.
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Manchester Exchange Rooms
Freetown
Northern Counties’ Freehold Land Society
Sale Moor
Manchester
Marsden Bridge
Northenden
Trim
Oxford Road
George Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Dr. Beard
Messrs.w. Shuttleworth
T. Woolley
William M’call
W. M’cartney
Ivie Mackie
Wainwright
J. R. Beard
D.D
William Morris
Harrison
W. A. Cunningham
H. Shields
W. M.cartney
W. H. Johnson
Society
C.S. Grundy
W. M'Call
E. S. Green
A. Prentice
G. Stonier
W. Shuttleworth
Abel Heywood
Jos. Hickin
J. Sigley
J. Buxton
John Bright
Esq
M.P
Mr. Taylor
Birmingham
Bright
John Russell
Lord John Russell
Buxton
Inauguration of Freehold Land Society in Hull
Leonard West chaired a meeting at the Mechanics’ Institute on Wednesday evening the 14th with 200 to 300 attendees. He noted the society’s rapid growth, stating over £4,000 had been paid towards allotments in just over a year and praising the quality of the plots secured by the committee.
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Mechanics’ Institute
Leonard West
Freehold allotments touted to lift workers and health
A meeting extols freehold allotments as safe investments and moral progress. Speakers praise using £25 000 from Birmingham society savings on allotments and housing, outline house health standards, and report 460 members with 327 allotments and 16 acres bought at Beverley road.
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Manchester and Northern Counties
Hull and East-Riding
Birmingham Society
Joan Richardson
Hull
Benjamin Bovulter
Lowgate
Kane
F. Hopwoop
Jas. Taylor
B. Glover
Edward VI
Temperance
Mytongate
Kingston
Beverley Road
Wellington-lane
Kingston Estate
Webster
Grammar School
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