Identity area
Reference code
JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/13/6
Title
Sale of Preston estate
Date(s)
- 12 January 1902-21 December 1904 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
15 letters
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letters from the Vicar, Arthur C. Vidler, about the farm in Preston, its bad state and reasons why it is losing money. There is a building on the farm which was paid for by a mortgage from Queen Anne's Bounty, not yet paid off. A new tenant took over in 1902. Two offers to buy the land were received in late1902. Much discussion ensued, including consultations with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and a report from A.G. Grain, land agent, recommending a sale. In 1904 the farm was to be leased again, but by the end of that year, a sale for £600 was agreed.