Local land registration urged to stay cheap deals
A 1851 appeal argues against a centralised registration bill. It urges local registry offices in England to keep conveyance costs down, noting Yorkshire and Middlesex offices raise fees. Petition supports local births, deaths, marriages offices serving as registries and calls for simple entry and certificate transfer for real property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkshire
Middlesex
Durham
Freenoup Land and Buripine Society
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Cottage at Enville Essex Built of Clay Lumps For Ten Pounds
Description of a three room cottage near Ongar constructed by Mr. Clay and a farm labourer using farm produced materials. Walls of clay lumps, thatched roof, lead window bars, folding door, concrete floor, clay lamps chimney, and a cross window with coloured glass. Total cost £8 10s 6d, rent 4d weekly, potential 45s yearly.
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Enville
Ongar
Essex
Clay
Meeting on Balloting for Shares in selovement estate
A meeting at the Guildhall on Tuesday April 8 discussed allotments in the Hereford side Hunderton estate. Twenty nine plots average about a quarter acre, costing around £27 each plus conveyance. Each share yields 40s annual value and possession for farming begins soon. T. Jenkins plans to use one share for a model hollow brick cottage and to exchange another with a backward-working member. The Ross Society president has sold two shares at a premium and given surplus to the society. The president and supporters may advance modest loans to poorer members for improved self built dwellings, secured until liquidation.
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Guildhall
Hereford
Hunderton
T. Jenkins
Ross Society
Reform Dinner in Luton Celebrates Freehold Land Movement
About 200 gentlemen attended a public dinner at Luton Town Hall to celebrate reform work and the Freehold Land Movement for Bedfordshire. Speakers included R. Vyse, J. Bright, and J. Houghton, with Bright praised for his efforts and Cobden’s absence noted due to Mrs. Cobden’s illness.
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Town
Luton
County Bedford
Town Hall
R. Vyse
J. Bright
M.P
J. Houghton
C. H. Lattimore
J. Waller
J. Baylis
R. Gutteridge
KE. Brickwood
Messrs
J. Gutteridge
R. How
J. Muir
W. Willis
J. Everitt
Mead
Osborne
J. Brett
Clark
Princes Risboro
B. Johnson
Suffolk
N. Welsh
W. Bolton
J. Davis
R. Robinson
Mr. Bright
House of Commons
Bright
Bricut
Mr. Cobden
Cobden
West Riding of
York
Culling Eardley
Beckett Denison
Nottinghamshire
Barrow
Lord
Newark
Latrimonrr
Bedfordshire Liberal Meeting Ends with Toasts to Houghton
A Bedfordshire Liberal gathering in Luton features cheers for Mr Houghton as the popular county candidate. Speakers praise Free Trade, tenant rights, and the Freehold Land Society while urging continued registration and electoral effort. An evening meeting at the Town Hall draws about 600 attendees with letters from notable mayors and MPs read aloud.
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Vyne
Willuis
Houghton
Bedford
George Hotel
County of Bedford
Register
Freehold Land Society
HouGuTon
Luton
Mr. Cobden
Waller
Vyse
Everitt
Palgrave
H. Brandeth
Joshua Walmsley
White
Blythe Foster
C. Payne
Scholefield
M.P
J. Taylor
Birmingham
Thomas Vyse
Lattimore
Cobden
Hovanton
Brickwood
Lanca
Shire
Sussex
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