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The Wakefield Estate Sale
By auction,
at the Guildhall Northampton
Monday & Tuesday, Oct. 13th. & 14th. 1919
Commencing at twelve noon precisely
each day
Peirce and Thorpe
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Blisworth
LOT 1
(coloured PINK on Plan No. 1.)

Grafton Villa
Adjoining the bridge on the Northampton road. A stone and slated semi - detached small residence standing well back from the road in a pleasant garden and having a detached surgery and waiting room, stabling, coach house, kitchen garden and paddock, in all about an acre in extent.
The House contains five bedrooms, dining and drawing room, hall, w.c., china pantry, lamp room, kitchen with good range, pantry and scullery with pump.
Tenant :- Dr. D. Jefferson, at £28 per annum.
Outgoings :- Land Tax, 12/10.
This Lot sewers into boundary ditch on the north under revocable licence paying 6d. per annum to the L.N.W.R. reserved for Lot 2, right to continue sewage into this ditch. Water supply from Lot 3.
LOT 2
(coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 1)

The adjoining and very similar small residence with pleasant garden, let to Mr. T.C. Sargeant at £26 per annum.
Outgoings :- Land Tax 11/5½
This Lot sewers into the ditch (see against Lot 1) on the same conditions and terms as in Lot 1. Water Supply from Lot 3.
LOT 3
(coloured GREEN on Plan No. 1.)

Cliff Hill, Blisworth.
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right-hand side, left to right : Lots 3, 39 & 40
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A nice old stone and tiled house of nine rooms and domestic offices, standing on the crest of the hill at the entrance to the village, with garden, gravel drive to front door, yard, coach house and motor house.
A set of farm premises consisting of a barn, wagon hovel, cow house, pigstyes, foddering yard, rick yard, kitchen garden and orchard above, and several enclosures of excellent pasture and arable land covering in all 34a. 0r. 10p. which, with its fine situation and long frontage to the Northampton Road, forms a valuable building site.
The Paddock 207 is let to Mr. J.T. Lepper at £2, and the rest to Mr. J. Griffith at £70 5s 2d., both apportioned yearly rents.
Timber to be taken to at £163
| Outgoings :- |
| Land Tax |
£1 12s 3½d
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| Do. (on 207) |
1s 9d
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£1 14s 0½
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The right for Lots 1 and 2 to take water by pipes from the springs on field 195 and 194 is reserved.
LOT 4
(coloured GREEN on Plan No. 2)

The Hill Farm extending to 174a. 2r. 3p. with a very good Homestead standing on high ground above Blisworth village, adjoining the road to Gayton.
With the exception of the Fox Cover, which has always been kept in hand, this Farm is let to Mr. T. Hallett, at the apportioned rent of £228 on a Lady Day tenancy.
The Timber is to be taken at £770
Outgoings :- Land Tax £5 4s 9d
The well built house occupies a nice situation, and contains six good bedrooms, large landing, w.c. 2 men's rooms, hall, dining, drawing and breakfast rooms, kitchen, scullery, pantry and cellar.
There is an excellent garden and a paved yard with a dairy, coal house, wash house, tool house, store room and coach-house.
The excellent set of farm buildings, are stone built and slated, and consist of cow-houses for 23, nag and cart horse stabling, granary, deep and long open sheds; root, chaff and cake houses, capital barn with four pairs of doors, rick, horse and foddering yards, large fowl house, etc.
A valuable bed of ironstone is believed to underlie a part of this lot.
LOT 5
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 1.)

A pleasantly situated Small Holding with good frontages to either side of the Gayton Road, adjoining Blisworth village, consisting of a stone and slated house of 7 rooms, kitchen, dairy and wash-house with large garden, well of good water, and large soft water tank. Also the adjoining piece of garden ground below, and the enclosure of accommodation pasture land adjoining, with the stone and slated building thereon, and another enclosure on the opposite side of the road, the whole covering an area of 6a. 3r. 11p.
The House, garden and field 177, are let to
| Mr. C. Burbidge's Exors. |
£15 10s 0d
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| One Garden to H. Carter |
1s 6d
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| The field 155 to Mr. T. Hallett |
£12 0s 0d
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apportioned |
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£27 11s 6d
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The Timber is to be taken at £50
| Outgoings :- |
Land Tax |
6s 0s
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Do. (on 155) |
5s 6d
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LOT 6
(Coloured BROWN on Plan No. 2.)

The stone and tiled family residence known as Grafton House with range of premises, yards, wharfs, three cottages and 91a. 2r. 33p. of pasture and arable land adjoining Blisworth village on either side of the road to Towcester.
The House occupies a sheltered position on the South-West side of the village, and contains eleven good rooms, besides bathroom (hot and cold), w.c., three attic bedrooms and the usual domestic offices, with a paved yard, capital garden and orchard.
Adjoining are large yards with a long range of stone and tiled buildings, comprising nag and cart horse stabling with harness room and loft over, a good barn, two foddering yards and a slated open shed (now enclosed and made into boxes by the tenants). Another cart hose stable and covered way, a stone and tiled five roomed Cottage, boiling house, coach house, cart shed, cow house for 7, hen roost, 2 pigstyes and a large rickyard.
Across the road adjoining the canal are three yards with long wharfs, a 5-bay slated open hovel, motor garage with sliding doors, three brick and slated warehouses (one with an extra granary floor put in by Tenant) and two more brick and slated Cottages, and piece of garden ground.
This Lot is all in the occupation of Messrs. Westley Bros. & Clark on a yearly Lady Day tenancy at the apportioned rent of £180.
The Timber is to be taken at £200
| Land Tax :- |
Blisworth |
£3 14s 7½d
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Tiffield |
19s 7d
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Ironstone is believed to underlie this lot.
LOT 7
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 1)

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BLISWORTH HOUSE
above left - view from the entrance gates
above right - view from the gardens
left - view from the rear of house
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A singularly attractive residential property known as Blisworth House occupying a most pleasant situation on a high plateau just above Blisworth Church with nicely shaded delightful lawns, excellent kitchen garden and paddocks, covering in all 13a. 2r. 21p. practically the whole of which is splendidly screen from the village by a high stone wall.
THE HOUSE, which is approached by Entrance gates and a carriage sweep, is a substantially-built three story building of stone with slated roof, and possess good views. It contains a spacious hall (35´x17½´) and porch, dining room (19½´x 19´) with bay, smoke room (16´x12´), drawing-room (20´x19´). Twelve good bedrooms, bathroom, two w.c's.
THE DOMESTIC OFFICES include a servant's hall, kitchen with good range, hot plates, dresser, and two cupboards; scullery with force pump, soft-water pump and copper; well fitted butler's pantry with separate staircase to bedroom over; larders and dairy.
In the adjoining back yard are boot, oil and store rooms, a brushing room, apple room, coal house, and w.c., and beyond there is a stable yard, harness and saddle rooms, boiling room, and pump of good water.
Excellent stone and slated stabling, three boxes and four stalls, large coach house, store-room and granary.
In the highly productive walled kitchen garden is a wooden potting shed, and across the first paddock is a capital stone and slated Cottage and garden, two loose boxes, two pigstyes, meal room and yard, and an open brick and slated hovel in the second paddock.
This Lot is let on a yearly Lady Day tenancy to R.B. Sparrow, Esq., at £120.
The Timber is to be taken at £36
Outgoings :- Land Tax, £2 15s 0d.
Reserved to Lot 81 the right of entry over strip of land from road to front doors.
LOT 8
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No.1.)

Crieff House in the centre of Blisworth village, opposite the Post Office. With nice gardens. Long range of stabling and premises, and convenient paddock, about 3 acres in all, late to Mr. Alfred Westley on a Lady Day tenancy, at £34 10s 0d per annum.
This nice old Brown Stone House stands at right-angles to the road, and contains dining room with bay, drawing and smoking rooms, hall, china pantry, kitchen, cellar, four bedrooms and store room.
Out Going :- Land Tax, 12/2
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LOT 9
(Coloured BROWN on Plan No. 1.)

A valuable accommodation Holding of 61a. 2r. 14p. comprising several enclosures adjoining Blisworth village, possessing very promising Building Sites, and a rich bed of Ironstone, which is now being worked by the Exors. of the late Mr. Pickering Phipps.
Also an Allotment Field let to various tenants, a stone & slated Farm House, set of farm premises, and two Cottages.
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| Land and Homestead |
H. Perkins |
£100 0s 0d
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| Cottage and Garden (163) |
Arthur Robinson |
£2 10s 0d
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| Cottage (163) |
Vacant |
£2 0s 0d
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estimated |
| Garden (163) |
Chambers |
2s 0d
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apportioned |
| Allotments (193) |
Various |
£23 12s 0d
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£128 4s 0d
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| Timber is to be taken at £105 |
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| Outgoings :- |
£1 18s 11½
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| Land Tax |
£4 3s 2d
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| Do. On Royalty |
15s 7d
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| Do. On Allotments |
£6 17s 8½
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Subject to the maintenance by the R.D.C. of the sewage tank and the pipes there-from for the benefit of the village on Parcel 168, and to the overflow there-from into and down the boundary ditch.
LOT 10
(Coloured BLUE on Plan No. 1. )

An accommodation Close of arable land covering 10 a. 3r. 3p., known as the New Allotment Field.
There is believed to be a valuable Bed of Ironstone underlying it (adjoining the bed now being worked on Lot 9), and there are two roomy Cottages and gardens thereon.
This Lot , which adjoins the Southern side of Blisworth village, and has a long frontage to the Stoke Bruerne Road, and an excellent water supply, forms a good prospective building site.
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| Allotments |
Various Tenants |
£29 17s 8d
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| 1 Cottage |
E.M. Clarke |
£2 12s 0d
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| 1 Cottage |
A.H. Dunkley |
£2 12s 0d
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£35 1s 8d
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This Lot is sold subject to the lease to the Exors. of P. Phipps to work and carry ironstone from this and Lot 9.
The Timber is to be taken at £43
Outgoings :- Land Tax, £1, apportioned.
LOT 11
(Coloured MAUVE on Plan No. 2. )

Blisworth Stone Works
Near the village, and adjoining the road to Stoke Bruerne. A stone and slated house of ten rooms (now let to two sub-tenants) with open yard, pump of excellent water, open shed and wash-house, farm yard with brick and slated barn and range of buildings (which require re-roofing), a stone and slated cart hovel, and shut-up place, kitchen garden and several enclosures of pasture and arable, covering 24a. 2r. 10p.
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| House and Land |
J.T. Lepper |
11a. 1r. 30p. |
£27 0s 0d
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C.E. Burbidge's Exors. |
1a. 2r. 10p. |
£2 12s 6d
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A. Howe |
11a. 2r. 10p. |
£15 0s 0d
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A. 24.2.10 |
£44 12s 6d
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All are Lady Day Tenancies
Outgoings :- Land Tax, £1 0s 6d., apportioned.
LOT 12
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 2.) [picture]

Tunnel Hill Farm extending to 259a. 0r. 20p. with a capital stone and slated House, Homestead, and two Cottages, close to Blisworth village. Let to Mr. A.H. Dunkley on a yearly Michaelmas tenancy at a rental of £233 4s 2d. and £2 4s 3d. for Shooting.
The convenient set of Farm Premises, surrounding four foddering yards with good shelter hovels, and include several cow houses, good calf house, cart horse stable, chaff house, capital barn with four pairs of doors, pigstyes, hen roosts, large rick yard, wagon hovels, implement store, granary, coach house, a bricked yard with nag stable, harness room, 4 chicken pens, milk cooling room and splendid well of water.
The House has six bedrooms, hall, dining and drawing rooms, well fitted kitchen, larder and dairy, with outside wash-house, and man's room over, lawn in front, kitchen garden and summer house.
The pair of stone and tiled five roomed Cottages, standing in the Home Field adjoining the road, and have good gardens.
There is reserved for the owners and occupiers of Lot 14 and 15 respectively and all persons by them across Field No. 41 as marked on plan from E to F, for a width of 20 feet from the stools of the fence, rights of passage to and from the High Road at F with or without carts, wagons, lorries, motor, engines and other vehicles laden or unladen.
Portion of this farm are believed to contain valuable beds of ironstone and limestone.
The Timber is to be taken at £318
LOT 13
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 2.) [picture]

Blisworth Hill Farm and Buttermilk Hall
Covering 284a. 0r. 2p. of medium and stiff arable and healthy grazing pasture, lying on either side of the road to Stoke Bruerne
The House and Homestead are brick built and slated, and stand about 100 yards away from the road, and one mile from the village.
The House which is in very good decorative repair, has six bedrooms, two staircases, hall dining and drawing rooms, good domestic offices, a capital garden with tennis lawn, well planted orchard, open yard with stable, coach house and saddle room, boiling house and chicken pens.
The farm premises comprise two nearly covered yards, cow houses, root house, loose box, open sheds, open and enclosed wagon and implement sheds, cart horse stable. Men's room, fowl houses, etc.
Adjoining the road are three Cottage (two brick and tiles and one stone and thatched), and at a distance another very useful set of premises, and good Cottage, with large garden.
With the exception of this cottage, which is occupied by the Estate Woodman, the whole of the above is let to Mr. T.S. Stops on a yearly Lady Day tenancy at the very low apportioned rents of £164 and £3 for shooting.
The Timber is to be taken to at £430
Outgoings :- Land Tax, £5 apportioned.
There is reserved for the benefit of Lot 15:
First, similar rights of access, etc. to those mentioned against Lot 12 over Field 25 to and from the High Road leading past Buttermilk Hall;
Second, similar rights along the line shown by the points A,B,C,D,E, and F, to and from the other high road at F.
And for the benefit of Lot 14 similar rights along the line C,B.D, and E, and F.
LOT 14
(Coloured GREEN on Plan 2.)

A part of the valuable oak woodland known as The Plain Woods which with the grass field adjoining covers an area of 62a. 2r. 8p. all in the parish of Stoke BruerneThe Woodlands have always been kept in hand, but the Pasture Field is let to Mr. S. Martin on a yearly Lady Day tenancy at the apportioned rent of £6.
LOT 15
(Coloured BLUE on Plan No. 2.)

Another portion of The Plain Woods known as Old Covert containing an area of 20a. 0r. 4p. in the parish of Blisworth, with a carting way across field 25 on Lot 13 to and from the road from Blisworth to Stoke Bruerne, reaching it at a point less than ¾ of a mile from the Stoke Bruerne Goods Station.
Outgoings :- Tithe Apportioned 7/9
Land Tax 5/5
With rights of access (see against Lots 12 and 13).
LOT 16
(Coloured BROWN on Plan No. 2.)

Blisworth Lodge Farm covering 237a. 2r. 16p. with stone and slated House and Homestead and 2 Cottages, near the village, on the road to Courteenhall, and an off-lying barn, foddering yard and premises, let to Mr. A. Howe at the apportioned rent of £237 11s 4d. the L & N.W. Railway Company pay 5/- a year for right of cartway to their cottages.
The House, which is compact and well built, has six bedrooms, dining and drawing rooms, well fitted kitchen, larder, dairy and dry cellar. The garden in front is well planted with fruit trees and in the yards at the rear is a wash house or cooling room, coal house, fowl house, store room, granary, coach house and stable. The farm premises comprise three good yards with shelter hovels, several cow houses, calf pen, loose box, cart horse stable, large barn with four pairs of doors, pigstyes, rickyard with Dutch barn and deep wagon hovel. The off-lying building include a stone and slated barn with a walled foddering yard, open hovel and large store room.
At a short distance from the Homestead are two capital two stone and tiled five roomed Cottages.
The Timber is to be taken to at £395
Outgoings :- Land Tax £5 9s 6d
LOT 17
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 1.)

A belt of larch and spruce fir of about 15 years growth, suitable for pit props, rustic work and fencing. This covers an area of about two acres close to Blisworth village, adjoining the road to Roade, and has been kept in hand.
LOT 18
(Coloured BLUE on Plan No. 2.)

A particularly attractive Holding of 133a. 1r. 7p. adjoining both sides of the railway and also the roads near Milton village and Blisworth Arm, where there is a brick and slated Cottage and a very useful range of Farm Premises including cart-horse stable, wagon hovel, loft, root house, 3 open sheds, good barn, long cow house, and large foddering yard.
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| Carthorse Stable for 4 and loft (A. E. Abram) |
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£201 3s 2d
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£205 3s 2d
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Outgoings :- Land Tax, £4 14s 0d apportioned
The Timber to be taken to at £116
The Farm is let on a Lady Day tenancy and the Cottage on a Michaelmas one.
Subject to the overflow from the tank on Lot 9 (see that Lot) down brook.
LOT 19
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 2.)

A fully-licensed property known as "The Navigation Inn", adjoining the Canal Bridge at Blisworth Arm, with three gardens (one garden adjoining and two over the bridge), open yards, large coal cellar, pigstye, stable for 4 with loft over, and another stable for 2 and cart shed across the road.
The House, which is brick built and slated, contains porch, tap-room, small bar, kitchen, scullery, parlour, 5 bedrooms and box-room, and is let to Mr. A.E. Abram at the apportioned rent of £18.
Outgoings :- Land Tax 8/3
LOT 20
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 2-inset.)

Brickyard and pasture field in Blisworth parish, covering an area of 8a. 3r. 4p., bound one side by the Grand Junction Canal and on the other by the road to Milton and Rothersthorpe.It contains a deep bed of excellent Blue Clay, and is let to Mr. W. Asplin on a yearly Michaelmas tenancy on a royalty of 1/- on every 1,000 bricks or tiles , with a minimum of £22, apportioned.
All the buildings and chimney shaft belong to the tenant, but the landlord has the right to take them by Valuation.
The Timber is to be taken at £32.
Land Tax, 10/-
LOT 21
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 2-inset)

A strip of land adjoining the last lot and with frontages to the road and canal, and used as a loading wharf.
It covers an area of 2r. 6p., in Blisworth parish, though near Milton village, and is let to Mr. W. Asplin at the apportioned rent of £1.
Lot 22 (Coloured GREEN on Plan No.2. )
A capital Close of pasture land in Blisworth parish, adjoining the Railway and the road near Milton village, with the bed of splendid sand thereon, let to Mr. W. Asplin, at a surface rent of £20 10s 0d., and a Royalty on Sand or Gravel of 6d. a cubic yard.
272. Pasture and Sand Pit 13.535
Land Tax, 9/2
LOT 23
(Coloured MAUVE on Plan No. 2.)

Four accommodation Closes of pasture land covering 40a. 2r. 38p. adjoining the East side of the Northampton Road next to the railway bridge, and let to Mr. A. Howe at the apportioned rent of £70.
The Timber is to be taken at £150
Outgoings :- Land Tax, 30/4 apportioned.
LOT 24
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 2. )

An accommodation Close of pasture adjoining the West side of the Northampton Road next to the railway Bridge.
It contains just over 2 acres, and is let to Mr. J.T. Lepper at the apportioned rent of £4.
Land Tax, :- 3/4 apportioned.
LOT 25
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 2.)

Three Closes of accommodation pasture covering 18a. 3r. 6p, adjoining the last Lot and the Northampton Road, and watered by ponds and a stream. Tenants, Messrs. Westley Bros. & Clark.
Land Tax:- 3/4 apportioned.
Subject to the overflow down the brook (see lot 9)
LOT 26
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 2.)

2a. 3r. 3p. Accommodation pasture adjoining the last lot on the Northampton Road, and watered by a pond.
Tenant :- Mr. H. Wallington
Apportioned rent :- £10 10s 0d.
Land Tax :- 4/10 apportioned.
LOT 27
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 2.)

11a. 1r. 17p. Accommodation pasture adjoining the last Lot on the Northampton Road, and watered by a stream and pond.
Tenant :- Mr. J. Griffith. Apportioned rent :- £22
The Timber is to be taken at £40
Land Tax :- 10/- apportioned
Subject to the overflow into an down the brook (see Lot 9)
LOT 28
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 2.)

5a. 1r. 32p. Accommodation pasture adjoining the last Lot on the Northampton Road. Tenants :- Mr. C. Burbidge's Exors.
Apportioned rent :- £13
Land Tax :- 6/- apportioned.
LOT 29
(Coloured MAUVE on Plan No. 2. )

18a. 2r. 32p. Accommodation pasture in two enclosures, adjoining the last Lot on the Northampton Road, and watered by a stream running between them.
Tenant :- Mr. T. S. Stops. Apportioned rent :- £36
The Timber is to be taken at £33.
Land Tax :- 20/8 apportioned
Subject to the overflow down the brook (see Lot 9).
LOT 29a
(Coloured BROWN on Plan No. 2.)

5a. 1r. 27p. Accommodation pasture on the East side of the Northampton Road let to Mrs. Birch at the apportioned yearly rent of £10.
Outgoings :- Land Tax, 8/4.
LOT 30
(Coloured BROWN on Plan No. 1.)

5a. 0r. 32p. Accommodation pasture with long frontage to the Station Road and watered by a stream.
Tenant:- Mr. T. Hallett. Apportioned Rent :- £15.
Land Tax :- 7/- apportioned.
Subject to the overflow down the brook (see Lot 9).
LOT 31
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 1.)

2r. 30p. of Accommodation pasture between Grafton Villa and the last Lot.
Tenant:- Mr. J.T. Lepper. Apportioned Rent :- £1 15s 0d.
Land Tax :- 9d apportioned.
Subject to the overflow down the brook (see lot 9).
LOT 32
(Coloured MAUVE on Plan No. 1.)

An Accommodation Close of pasture land containing 5a. 2r. 24p. with long building frontage to the Northampton and Station Roads.
Tenants :- The Exors. of Mr. C. Burbidge. Apportioned Rent :- £18
The Timber is to be taken at £33
Land Tax :- 8/3 apportioned.
Subject to the overflow down the brook (see Lot 9).
LOT 33
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 1.)

7a. 0r. 11p. Accommodation pasture an adjoining and similar Lot, with frontage to the Station Road.
Tenant :- Mr. T. Hallett. Apportioned Rent :- £20
Land Tax :- 9/2 apportioned.
Subject to the overflow down the brook (see Lot 9).
LOT 34
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 1.)

A valuable Freehold & Full-licensed property situate at the cross roads in the center of Blisworth village, and known as "The Royal Oak". It contains four bedrooms, sitting room, dining room, bar, tap room, club room, kitchen, scullery and dairy with open yard, stable, cow house, good barn, 2 pigstyes, capital kitchen garden, rick yard, and paddock of 1½ acres.
Tenant :- Mr. T. Wallington on a yearly tenancy. Apportioned Rent :- £50
Messrs. Westley Bros. & Clark's apportioned Rent for a Loft let with Lot 55 is 3/-.
The Timber is to be taken at £23.
Outgoings :- Land Tax £1 2s 11d. apportioned.
LOT 35
(Coloured BLUE on Plan No. 1.)

5a. 3r. 17p. of Accommodation arable and pasture. Adjoining the road to Gayton and the canal, with the small Cottage and garden thereon close to the bridge.
Tenant :- Mr. H. Wallington. Apportion Rent :- £14 10s 0d.
The Timber is to be taken at £6 10s 0d.
Land Tax :- 6/8 apportioned.
Subject to overflow down the brook (see lot 9).
LOT 36
(Coloured BROWN on Plan No. 1.)

3a. 3r. 30p. Accommodation pasture forming an ideal Building Site, most pleasantly situated on the rising ground above the Canal, and bounded on two sides by the roads to Gayton.Tenant :- Mr. H. Wallington. Apportioned Rent :- £15.
The Timber is to be taken at £15.
Land Tax :- 6/10 apportioned.
LOT 37
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 1.)

An Accommodation Close of pasture land adjoining the village, with a stone and slated range of buildings and a piece of garden ground, on the main street opposite the Church, and formerly the site of the Manor House. This covers an area of about 6a. 1r. 4p, and the buildings consist of a workshop or dairy, boiling house, stable for 3 trap house, 2 pigstyes, and a corrugated open cow shed with open yards, garden and pump of good water.
Tenant :- Mr. C. Burbidge's Exors.. Apportioned rent :- £25
The Timber is to be taken at £58
Land Tax :- 11/4 apportioned.
LOT 38
(Coloured MAUVE on Plan No. 1.)

A valuable building site with about 130 feet frontage to the main street opposite the Church. It is now used as a garden, and is let to Mr. C. Burbidge's Exors.
Apportioned rent :- £2
The Timber is to be taken at £5
Land Tax :- 1/- apportioned.
LOT 38a.
(Coloured BLUE on Plan No. 1.)

About 1 rood of garden ground behind the "Moon and Stars" Public House, in the Main Street, let to Messrs. P. Phipps & Co. at £3 per annum and 1/- for use of pathway.
LOT 39
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 1.)

A stone built House of 6 rooms store-room and pantry, with Butcher's Shop, paved and open yards, wash house, stable, trap house, slaughter house, fasting pen, fowl house, pigstyes, garden and orchard, the whole covering an area of about one acre, pleasantly situated at the entrance to the village.
Tenant :- Mr. J.T. Lepper. Apportioned Rent :- £15 5s 0d.
The Timber is to be taken at £30.
Land Tax :- 4/6
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right-hand side, left to right : Lots 3, 39 & 40
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LOT 40
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 1.)

A row of three stone built Cottages adjoining Lot 39, with gardens, barns, etc. let to:-
| H. Leach |
£2 12s 0d
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| Mrs. Malin |
£2 10s 0d
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| Mr. J. Griffiths |
£1 8s 0d
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Land Tax :- 2/6
Access - see Lot 41
LOT 41
(Coloured BLUE on Plan No. 1.)

The four stone built Cottages adjoining , with gardens and barns, let to :-
| Mrs. Chalice Carter |
£4 0s 0d
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| Fred Pacey |
£2 12s 0d
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| Percy Warren |
£4 0s 0d
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| J.T. Lepper |
£6 10s 0d
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gross |
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£17 2s 0d
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Land Tax :- 5/-
The Common Way between the Lots 40 and 41 goes to each Lot ad medium felix, but each Lot has access thereover.
LOT 42
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 1.)

Two large stone and slated Cottages each with five rooms and pantry, with barns and long piece of garden ground running right through to the hedge.
| Mrs. Young |
£4 0s 0d
|
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| Mrs. Robinson |
£3 10s 0d
|
|
|
£7 10s 0d
|
net |
LOT 43
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 1.)

A row of four stone and tiled 5 roomed Cottages with long gardens at the front and rear and good well of water.
| Mrs. Paxton |
£5 0s 0d
|
| Mrs. Douglas |
£8 0s 0d
|
| J. Griffiths |
£5 0s 0d
|
| Fred Kirby |
£5 0s 0d
|
|
£23 0s 0d
|
LOT 44
(Coloured BLUE on Plan No. 1.)

Two stone and tiled Cottages pleasantly situated at the entrance to the village, with gardens at front and rear, covering in all 1 rood 13 poles, and let to :-
| Mrs. Carvell |
£6 0s 0d
|
|
| Mrs. Pacy |
£2 12s 0d
|
|
| Mrs. Malin (garden) |
2s 0d
|
apportioned |
| John Griffin (garden) |
2s 0d
|
apportioned |
| Mrs. Betsy Clark (garden) |
2s 0d
|
apportioned |
|
£8 18s 0d
|
net |
LOT 45
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 1.)

A block of six stone built Cottages in two rows of three each, with gardens, barns and well of water. These are situate in Chapel Lane, and are let to :-
| H. Monk |
£5 0s 0d
|
net |
| Mrs. E. Pacey |
£3 0s 0d
|
net |
| Cain Perkins |
£2 12s 0d
|
net |
| Mrs. Sarah Harris |
£3 0s 0d
|
net |
| David Brown |
£2 12s 0d
|
net |
| Mr. T. Hallett |
£6 10s 0d
|
gross |
|
£22 14s 0d
|
|
LOT 46
(Coloured BLUE on Plan No. 1.)

A row of three stone built Cottages opposite the Chapel, with barns, well of good water, and extensive gardens front and rear.
| Francis Mallard |
£3 0s 0d
|
|
| Henry Ploughman |
£2 0s 0d
|
|
| William Carter |
£4 10s 0d
|
|
|
£9 10s 0d
|
net |
LOT 47
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 1.)

A row of three stone built Cottages adjoining the Chapel, with gardens, barns, outbuildings, and good well of water.
| Henry Townsend |
£2 12s 0d
|
|
| Joseph Clarke |
£2 12s 0d
|
|
| Mrs. Woolven |
£4 0s 0d
|
|
|
£9 4s 0d
|
net |
LOT 48
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 1.)

A double Cottage of six rooms with well of water, barns and long garden, on Main Street , at the corner of Chapel Lane, let to Joseph Carter at £2 12s 0d net.
Land Tax :- 1/-
LOT 49
(Coloured BROWN on Plan No. 1.)

Three stone built Cottages adjoining the last Lot, with tiled barns and long gardens, let to :-
| Joseph Judge |
£2 12s 0d
|
|
| Francis White |
£2 12s 0d
|
|
| H. Warren |
£3 10s 0d
|
|
|
£8 14s 0d
|
net |
Land Tax :- 3/3
One bedroom excluded from this and part of the next lot (Mrs. Clarke's house) comes over this Lot. Warren only has two rooms, both on the ground floor, and Mrs. Clarke's bedroom comes over these.
The purchaser of this Lot shall covenant to repair so as to give adequate support to this bedroom. The purchaser of lot 50 shall covenant to repair the bedroom and the walls and roof thereto so as to protect this Lot. There shall accordingly be cross burden of repair between these Lots.
LOT 50
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 1.)

Two stone built Cottages with gardens and barn, and an extra piece of garden let to :-
| Mrs. Clarke |
£2 10s 0d
|
apportioned |
| Mrs. S. Mallard |
£3 0s 0d
|
|
| Arthur Robinson |
2s 0d
|
apportioned |
|
£5 12s 0d
|
net |
See against Lot 49
Land Tax :- 2/-
These tenants have right to use the well on Lot 51, and the passage to the street.
LOT 51
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 1.)

A stone built Cottage with garden and well of good water at the rear and another well of good water and pump in front, and brick and corrugated stable. Let to Wm. Pinfold at £3 net.
Land Tax :- 1/2
Reserved for benefit of Lots 50 and 52 in especial use of wells on this Lot in common with this Lot and back entrance for Lot 52 this well with pump in street is believed to be never failing, and is resorted to by the north part of the village in time of drought. The conveyance of this lot will be expressed as subject to this quasi right or custom, and the purchaser shall covenant to give effect to it.
LOT 52
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 1.)

A stone built Cottage of six rooms, and wash house with good garden and barn, and back entrance across lot 51, and right to use the wells there. Let to Alfred Alexander at £3 net.
Land Tax :-1/2
LOT 53
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 1.)

A stone built Cottage of four rooms and pantry, good tiled wash house, pigstye, garden and well of water, let to the County Police at £6 gross.
Land Tax :- 1/8
LOT 54
(Coloured BROWN on Plan No. 1)

Two four roomed Cottages at the corner of Chapel Lane, with good gardens, wash houses, barns, and well of water, let to :-
| J. Faulkner |
£3 0s 0d
|
|
| Fred. Collins |
£2 12s 0d
|
|
|
£5 12s 0d
|
net |
LOT 55
(Coloured BLUE on Plan No. 1.)

Two stone built Cottages adjoining " Royal Oak", with gardens, barns and back entrance, let to :-
| Mrs. Huggett |
£4 0s 0d
|
|
| Messrs. Westley Bros. & Clark |
£4 17s 0d
|
apportioned |
|
£8 17s 0d
|
net |
Land Tax :- 2/-.
The loft over a building on the "Royal Oak" property is not included.
LOT 56
(Coloured BROWN on Plan No. 1.)

Two stone built Cottages and a brick and slated Blacksmith's Shop and Shoeing Shed, gardens, barns, and well of good water, let to :-
| Alfred Goodridge |
£5 0s 0d
|
|
| Alfred Clarke |
£3 0s 0d
|
|
|
£8 0s 0d
|
net |
Land Tax :- 3/-
Reserved for Lot 55 right of entrance to the back of that Lot from the road.
Reserved for Lot 57 similar right of entrance to the back of that Lot.
LOT 57
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 1.)

Four stone built Cottages half slated and half tiled, with gardens, barns and back entrance, let to :-
| J.G. Durrant (2), at |
£5 4s 0d
|
net |
| T. Hallett |
£6 10s 0d
|
gross |
| J. Green |
£3 0s 0d
|
net |
|
£14 14s 0d
|
|
Land Tax :- 4/10
See against last Lot.
LOT 58
(Coloured BROWN on Plan No. 1.)

A large stone built Cottage of five rooms, pantry, cellar, back kitchen and store room over, with a capital garden, brick and corrugated stable, and well of good water, let to Thos. Marriott at £7 10s 0d. net.
Land Tax :- 2/10
A back entrance right over Lot 59 is included.
LOT 59
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 1.)

A nice old stone built House of 5 rooms, scullery and cellar, with the detached bakehouse, slated stabling, yards, good garden and capital paddock.
Tenant, Mrs. Birch, at £18 apportioned.
The Timber is to be taken at £44
Land Tax :- 4/6
Reserved for Lot 58 a right of joint entrance.
LOT 60
(Coloured MAUVE on Plan No. 1.)

Two Cottages with gardens and brick and slated barns, let to :-
| Jos. Paxton |
£3 0s 0d
|
|
| Jos. Townsend |
£2 12s 0d
|
|
|
£5 12s 0d
|
net |
Land Tax :- 2/-
Right to use well on lot 61 and entrance thereover is included.
LOT 61
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 1.)

Two Cottages with garden, barns and back entrance, let to :-
| Fred Pacey |
£2 12s 0d
|
|
| H. Gibbs |
£2 0s 0d
|
|
|
£4 12s 0d
|
net |
Land Tax :- 1/8
Reserved for Lot 60 and 62 respectively right to use the well on this Lot, and right of entrance from road.
LOT 62
(Coloured BLUE on Plan No. 1.)

A stone built Cottage of four rooms with barn, garden at rear, and back entrance and right to use the well on Lot 61; let to Alfred Harris, at £5 net.
Land Tax :- 1/10
See last Lot.
LOT 63
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No.1.)

Pair stone built Cottages opposite the Church, with tiled barns, a slated wash house and good gardens, let to
| Mrs. Capell |
£2 12s 0d
|
|
| G. Harris |
£3 0s 0d
|
|
|
£5 12s 0d
|
net |
LOT 64
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 1.)

A capital stone and thatched Cottage of 5 rooms, very pleasantly situated at the corner above the Church, with the large garden, barn, etc. let to J.E. Robinson at £10 net.
Note.- A brick and slated barn on the boundary wall of the garden belongs to and is removable by the Tenant.
The Timber is to be taken at £10
Land Tax :- 3/9
LOT 65
(Coloured BROWN on Plan No. 1.)

Three very pleasant stone and tiled Cottages with capital gardens, barns, and good well of water, situate in the Main Street, just above the Church, and let to :-
| W.T. Ayres |
£6 0s 0d
|
|
| Mrs. Hare |
£8 0s 0d
|
|
| E.T. Ayres |
£8 0s 0d
|
|
|
£22 0s 0d
|
net |
LOT 66
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 1.)

Two stone built Cottages with gardens, pigstyes, wash house, and well of good water, let to :-
| John H. Lack |
£1 10s 0d
|
|
| B. Clarke |
£3 0s 0d
|
|
|
£ 4 10s 0d
|
net |
LOT 67
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 1.)

Pair of stone and tiled Cottages with good gardens, slated barns, brick and corrugated wash house, and back entrance on east side, let to :-
| J.H. Lack |
£5 2s 10d
|
apportioned |
| F. Warren |
£5 0s 0d
|
do |
|
£10 2s 10d
|
net |
Land Tax :- 3/9
With right to well on Lot 68
LOT 68
(Coloured BLUE on Plan No. 1.)

A stone and slated House in the centre of the village, containing 7 rooms, 2 attics, larder, w.c. and lavatory with wash house, front sale shop and room over, a long wheelwright's shop, paint shop, trap house, open yard (with right of way across Lot 69 to the Main Street), and a very large garden, two small pieces of which are occupied by adjoining tenants, the remainder of the Lot being in the occupation of Mr. E.T. Freestone.
| E.T. Freestone |
£20 0s 0d
|
|
| J.H. Lack |
1s 6d
|
apportioned |
| F. Warren |
4s 8d
|
apportioned |
|
£20 6s 2d
|
net |
Land Tax :- 6/4
The Timber is to be taken at £10
Reserved for Lot 67 and 69, and the tenant of adjoining House and Shop, the right to use in common the well nearest each on this Lot; and entrance to road over Lot 69 by the gateway is reserved to this lot.
LOT 69
(Coloured BROWN on Plan No. 1.)

The adjoining stone and slated Corner Shop (now used as the village post and telegraph office) and House of seven rooms and cellar, occupying a commanding position at the corner of the four cross-roads, with yard and gateway to street, long tiled shed, slated barn and garden, and right to use the well on Lot 68.
Tenant :- Mr. Alfred Pike, at £12 net.
Land Tax :- 4/6
Right of way reserved for Lot 68 to the Main Street and the right to use the nearest well on that Lot.
LOT 70
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 1.)

A stone built Cottage of 4 rooms and pantry, with large garden, well of good water, a large barn and a Shoemaker's Shop, let to Wm. Hill at £6 net.
Land Tax :- 2/3
LOT 71
(coloured BROWN on Plan No. 1.)

Two five roomed Cottage with gardens, barns and wash house adjoining the last Lot on the Main Street, and let to :-
| Edmund Sturgess |
£3 12s 0d
|
|
| Miss A. Carter |
£2 0s 0d
|
|
|
£5 12s 0d
|
net |
LOT 72
(Coloured MAUVE on Plan No. 1. )

A fine old stone and thatched Cottage of some eight rooms, store room and cellar, with two small gardens, and well of water, yard, barn, and a stone and slated Blacksmith's Shop & shoeing shed, let to Richard Goodridge at £14 net.
Land tax :- 6/5.
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LOT 73
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 1.)
A block of five stone built Cottages adjoining the Stoke Road, near the center of Blisworth village, with common yard, well of excellent water, barns, premises, stable, coach house and gardens, let to :
| John Mallard |
£3 10s 0d
|
|
| Wm. Johnson |
£2 12s 0d
|
|
| Mrs. Sarah Chambers |
£1 8s 0d
|
apportioned |
| Mrs. Cave |
£7 0s 0d
|
|
| Thos. Jas. Dent |
£2 12s 0d
|
|
|
£17 2s 0d
|
net |
LOT 74
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 1.)

Stone built House and Cottage large open yard, capital Butcher's Shop, large scullery, stable for 3, slaughter house, fasting pen, good pigstyes, trap house, and open shed with garden and paddock beyond. The whole covers an area of over one acre, and is let to Mr. H.Perkins at £23 net.
Land Tax :- 9/3½.
LOT 75
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 1.)

Three stone and slated Cottages with gardens and barns, let to :-
| H. Perkins |
£2 12s 0d
|
| S. Ploughman |
£2 12s 0d
|
| Edward Ploughman |
£2 12s 0d
|
|
£7 16s 0d
|
LOT 76
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 1.)

Four stone and slated Cottages with yard, well of good water, barns, stable, loft, trap house, gardens and pigstyes, let to :-
| Arthur Clarke |
£2 12s 0d
|
|
| Fanny Pinfold |
£1 5s 0d
|
gross |
| Richard Ratledge |
£3 12s 6d
|
net |
|
£7 12s 0d
|
|
LOT 77
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 1.)

Four large stone built Cottages with large open yard, well of good water, stable, barn, wash house and other outbuildings and gardens, let to :-
| Wm. French |
£2 12s 0d
|
|
| Messrs. Westley Bros. & Clark |
£5 10s 0d
|
|
| Wm. Packwood |
£6 0s 0d
|
|
| Jos. Valentine |
£2 14s 0d
|
|
|
£16 14s 0d
|
net |
LOT 78
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 1.)

A stone and slated House of five good rooms, with garden, good well of water, outside larder, barn with loft, and a covered gateway entrance for a motor or trap. Tenant, Miss Mary Whitlock, at £6 4s 8d.
Land Tax :- 2/3
Note.- Reserved for Lot 79 the right to use the well on this Lot.
LOT 79
(Coloured BROWN on Plan No. 1.)

The two adjoining stone and thatched Cottages with gardens and barns, let to :-
| Bert Pacey |
£2 12s 0d
|
|
| Wm. Pacey |
£3 2s 0d
|
|
|
£6 2s 0d
|
net |
Land Tax :- 2/3
With a right to use well on Lot 78.
LOT 80
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 1.)

A small orchard and piece of garden ground with long frontage to the Stoke Road, containing together about 1 rood 27 poles, and let to :-
| Joseph Hatch |
£1 0s 0d
|
|
| Westley Bros. & Clark |
4s 0d
|
apportioned |
|
£1 4s 0d
|
|
Subject to the maintenance by the R.D.C. of the sewage tank for the benefit of the village and the overflow therefrom.
LOT 81
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 1.)

Three stone and slated four roomed Cottages with yard, gardens, barns and well of water, let to :-
| G. Butler |
£2 12s 0d
|
| Jos. Stewart |
£3 0s 0d
|
| Geo. Billingham |
£5 0s 0d
|
|
£10 12s 0d
|
Land Tax :- 4/-
Reserved right of entry from the road over Lot 7 to the front doors.
LOT 82
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 1.)

Four stone built Cottages with barns and gardens, let to :-
| H. Perkins |
£2 12s 0d
|
| G. Capell |
£2 12s 0d
|
| T. Hallett |
£6 10s 0d
|
| H. Monk |
£3 5s 0d
|
|
£14 19s 0d
|
LOT 83
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 1.)

A pair of capital stone and slated Cottages each of 5 rooms, scullery and pantry, with good long gardens and a well of good water (common to this and the next lot) let to :-
| Fk. W. Marriott |
£5 2s 6d
|
|
| W.J. Whitlock |
£4 17s 6d
|
|
|
£10 0s 0d
|
net |
LOT 84
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 1.)

A similar pair of Cottages and gardens, let to :-
| Miss Williams |
£6 0s 0d
|
|
| H.H. Kendal |
£6 0s 0d
|
|
|
£12 0s 0d
|
net |
|