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- 17 January 1921 – 5 February 1921 (Creation)
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1 file, paper
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Contains the following correspondence:
(1) 17th January 1921 – letter from Papworth & French (solicitors) to the College writing on behalf of the Cambridge Town Football Club. They inform the College that arrangements have been made to buy 3.171 acres of land in Purbeck Road which had been conveyed by the College to Mr Stevenson on 1st August 1911 subject to certain restrictions regarding buildings. Before completing the purchase they want he College’s permission to build a grandstand and pavilion of the eastern boundary
(2) 29th January 1921 – letter from Scruby & Gray (Auctioneers, Valuers, Surveyors, Land & Estate Agents) to B. L. Manning (Bursar) writing on behalf of Mr William Pryor (lessee of Penwith) objecting to the proposed grandstand which would border his garden and block out all of the afternoon sun
(3) 27th January 1921 – letter form Ginn & Co (solicitors) to B. L. Manning (Bursar) writing on behalf of Dr Searle (lessee of Wyncote) objecting to the grandstand being erected right on the eastern boundary of the field. They propose that a gap of at least 20 feet be left between the grandstand and the boundary
(4) 5th February 1921 - letter from Charles Ray (tenant of Penwith) to B. L. Manning (Bursar) setting out his conditions for the grandstand
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Originally in a box called "Station Estate 5. Hills Road 2. Trumpington Inclosure 1877-1986. 99 Year Leases expiring 1985" in a folder labelled “1921 Purbeck Road Football Ground Proposed Grand Stand"