Category: 1918 Property Sale
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Church Lawford Village Lots
Keith Sinfield in his 2014 Village Newsletter history of Church Lawford notes that from the sale map of 1918 where particular businesses were located: ‘The Smithy’, at the bottom of what we now know as Smithy Lane; ‘The White Lion Inn’, occupying the same site as the present ‘The Old Smithy’ public house; Butcher’s Premises’,… Read more
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Church Lawford Farm Lots
The following lots were listed on day one of the Auction relating to the various farm properties of Church Lawford See the related pages for other lots Church Lawford Village Lots Kings Newnham Sale Lots The six columns on the right show the acreage in the first three columns – in units of acres, roods… Read more
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King’s Newnham Sale Lots
King’s Newnham Sale Lots are detailed here – see the related pages for other lots Church Lawford Farm Lots Church Lawford Village Lots. The lots were detailed in the coloured map below Lots 5 and 6 are next to the Fosse Way. Lot 5 is coloured yellow, and lot 6 (purple) is sandwiched between the… Read more
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Properties In the 1918 Sale
This list references the properties that were included in the 1918 sale. See a separate list here for details of the various existing tenants of these properties. The 1918 Sale Catalogue Indexed the Properties to be sold, thus: Within the above lots various cottages were included. More details are covered in the following linked pages… Read more
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Sale of Land and Property to Samuel Waring
Ownership of much of the property and land Church Lawford and Kings Newnham had been with the Montagu family since 1688 and joined with the Buccleuch family since the third Duke in 1767 – with the remainder owned by the Church of England. At the start of the 20th Century a series of changes began… Read more
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Transfer of Land and Property to the Earl of Dalkeith
Ownership of much of the property and land Church Lawford and Kings Newnham had been with the Montagu family since 1688 and joined with the Buccleuch family since the third Duke in 1767 – with the remainder owned by the Church of England. At the start of the 20th Century a series of changes began… Read more
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The Montagu and Buccleuch Family Era
Following the period of ownership by the Leigh family discussed here, the estates of Sir Francis Leigh (1598-1653) were inherited by his eldest daughter, Lady Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Wrothesley, fourth Earl of Southampton, of Beaulieu Abbey, Hants, whose only surviving child, Lady Elizabeth, brought the estates to her second husband, Ralph Montagu, son of… Read more