1918 Lincoln catalogue

1918 Catalogue for Sale of Lincoln Estate in Hanslope

Summary

The catalogue contains details of the farms owned by the City of Lincoln which were sold by auction at the Grand Hotel, Northampton on Saturday 14 September, 1918. Lincoln had owned land in Hanslope and Castlethorpe for 372 years.

The farms sold were:

Salcey Green Farm
Woad Farm
Church or Rectory Farm
Milford Leys Farm
Lincoln Lodge Farm
Castlethorpe Lodge Farm

Archive holding original: Lincoln Archive; reference: Town Clerks No 247

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Image displayed by kind permission of the City of Lincoln Council.

Provided by: City of Lincoln Date: 1 July 2008

People mentioned

Name Detail   Year       Property & Probability Page
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Clara Cook joint tenant, Woad Farm
1918
joint tenant: Woad Farm 100%
Harry Cook tenant Milford Leys Farm
1918
tenant: Millford Leys Farm House 100%
W G Keggin tenant Salcey Green Farm
1918
tenant: Salcey Green or Forest Road Farm 100%
James Ruff joint tenant, Woad Farm
hand written note in catalogue suggest Mr Ruff was the sucessful bidder at £2,825
1918
tenant; prob.puchase: Woad Farm 100%
Alf Sawbridge pobable purchaser, Rectory Fm.
1918
probable purchaser: Rectory Farm, now Old Manor House 100%
C H Weston tenant Lincoln Lodge Farm
1918
tenant: Lincoln Lodge 100%
C R Whiting tenant Rectory Farm
1918
tenant: Rectory Farm, now Old Manor House 100%
T Wren probable purchaser Lincoln L.
Hand written note on catalogue suggests Mr Wren was the sucessful bidder at £6,000
1918
probable purchaser: Lincoln Lodge 100%

Property mentioned

Year Detail Property & Probability Page
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1918 sold as lot 1
  Salcey Green or Forest Road Farm 100%
1918 sold as lot 2
Woad Farm 100%
1918 sold as lot 3
Rectory Farm, now Old Manor House 100%
1918 sold as lot 4;
hand written note in catalogue suggests Milford Leys was withdrawn from sale after bidding reached only £2,580.
Millford Leys Farm House 100%
1918 sold as lot 5
Lincoln Lodge 100%