The Coventry Evening Telegraph reported on the 1918 Estate Sale with details of the various transactions.
SALE OF PROPERTY OF THE DUKE OR BUCCLEUCH.
A feature of the first day’s sale at Rugby of 4,550 acres, comprising part of the estate formerly owned by the Duke of Buccleuch, was the number of farms that were purchased by their present tenants.
The Dunchurch estate of the Duke of Buccleuch, comprising some 7,500 acres, and including five villages and about 50 farms, was purchased by Mr. H. L. Waring last autumn, Mr. Waring is disposing of 4,550 acres of it, including 18 farms and the villages of Church Lawford and Kings Newnham.
Among tenants purchasing their properties were Messrs. J. and H. L. Brierly, £18,250 for Newnham Hall; Mr. T. Chalmers, £10,000 for Church Lawford Lodge; Mr. Simeon Robinson, £5,350 for the Manor House Farm, Church Lawford; Mr. T. Wainwright. £5,400 for Limestone Hall, Church Lawford; Mr. W. Eales. £4,250 for Ling Hail, Church Lawford; and Mr. R. Woodford, £3,300 tor the Village Farm, Church Lawford. Mr. Brierly’s purchase was made on his 81st birthday.
Other transactions included: £2,600 for Goodes Farm, Brinklow, by Mr. J. Eborall, Far Gosford Street, Coventry; £6,750 for Abbey Hall Farm, Brinklow, by the tenant, Mr. Harry Johnson; Highfields Farm, Kings Newnham, £5,000 by Mr. Boughton-Leigh; The Laurels Farm, Kings Newnham, £6,600 by the Rev. Bridgeman Boughton-Leigh; Manor House Farm. Kings Newnham, £8,600 by the Rev. Boughton-Leigh; The Grange Farm, Church Lawford, £7,500 by Mr. Reay; Mount Pleasant Farm, Church Lawford, £4,250 by Mr, Thomas Strong, Coventry.
The auctioneer said he believed some people thought the Duke of Buccleuch was a very unkind person to have sold the estate as a whole. He did not hold a brief for the Duke, but they could be pretty well sure that for the last twenty years any money that had been paid by way of rent had probably been put back into the estate in the way of buildings, and the tenants had had the benefit of it. The mineral rights were sold with the properties.
Further details of the ownership of various village cottages are discussed here, and details of subsequent sales are here. An insight into how the village looked following the sale is also suggested here.
The Banbury Guardian also reported on the sale
