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- 1 November 1911 - 6 March 1912 (Creation)
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1 file, paper
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File concerning an offer by the Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely Territorial Force Association to buy the freehold of land on the open side of the square to build headquarters. Includes:
(1) letters from Lieutenant Colonel Louis Tebbutt detailing the offer;
(2) a plan showing the outline of the area under offer;
(3) a petition against the sale signed by all of the residents of New Square;
(4) a report by J. Carter Jonas & Sons recommending the College refuse the offer of £1,500 as it was not large enough to compensate the College for the depreciation in value of the rest of the houses.
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The plan has been removed from the file and catalogued separately. See: JCAD/3/CAM/NEWSQ/GEN/1/1911
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Originally in a Box labelled "Cambridge Barnwell 10A. New Square 2"
In a folder entitled "1912 New Square. Offer by Cambs & Isle of Ely Territorial Force to Purchase Site or H. Q."