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Identification note: annotated in manuscript “From Devizes Gazette, July 24 1873, The MF Estate was put up to auction in London on Tuesday but was not sold. The highest bidding was £45,000 – the reserve was £48,000 at which sum it was bought in. HEM”

Summary: Sale Catalogue, 1873, for the sale by auction of the Monkton Farleigh Estate (Monkton Farleigh, Box and Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire), including the mansion house, 3 farms, bailiff’s house, woods and plantations and cottages, 685 acres in total; includes plan and information on acreages, rents and tenants.

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