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Auctions in Redditch

(Document Farms, Timber, Live and Dead Stock, on Sale in Redditch 1800 – 1895)

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To be sold by auction Timber numbered and marked on Batchley Farm. - 1800 6

Lot 1 Lower part of Holend Farm – To be sold by auction - 1835 7

Very Valuable and Improvable Mills, Farms &c. – To be sold by auction, continued with Potend Farm House, Hole Farm - 1835 8

Redditch Mills –All the excellent and modern Household Furniture, Plate, Linent, China and Glass, &c. - Hay, Horses, Cows – and all other effects, of the late Mr William Balden. - To be sold by auction - 1840 9

Livery and Bait Stables belonging to the Red Lion Inn – For particulars apply to William Cox, Livery Stable-keeper - To be sold and entered upon immediately. - 1845 10

Important Sale at Easemore Farm, by the executors of the late Mr Charles Whadcoat. – To be sold by auction - 1850 11

Woodrow Farm , Ipsley – Live and Dead Farming Stock – To be sold by auction. - belonging to Mr Richard Field, who is leaving the farm. - 1852 12

Hill Top Farm, Webheath – The property of Mr John Tipping - Live and Dead Farming Stock - To be sold by auction – 1865 13

Headless Cross Farm – The property of Mr Cartwright – Valuable Live and Dead Farm Stock – Implements – Drawing, Dining and Bedroom Furniture - To be sold by public auction 14

Lot 2–Whorplace Farm – In the occupation of Mr John Andrews - Lot 3-Three fields of valuable accommodation land, also in the occupation of Mr John Andrews, and adjoining Lot 2 - Lot 4-Allotment Land – In the occupation of Mr Thomas Aldington – All to be sold by auction - 1874 15

Mount Pleasant Farm – To be sold by auction - 1875 16

For sale at High House Farm, Mappleborough Green – Farm Stock & Agricultural Implements – by order of the representatives of the late Mr Thomas Boswell. - 1878 17 Surplus Live and Dead Farming Stock, etc. in the field and lower yard adjoining the British Needles Mills. – Instructed by the representatives of the late Samuel Thomas, Esq. - 1878 17

Farm – Holt End, Beoley - 1879 18

32nd Sale for Mr John Cotterell – A choice herd of 10 pure-bred Ayrshire cows and heifers. Importer to the Royal Farm, Windsor. - Sold by auction - 1879 18

Foxlydiate House, Foxlydiate, Redditch – Livestock & Garden Constructions - To be sold by auction – By order of John Doherty, Esq., who is leaving. - 1880 19

Holloway Farm, Ipsley – Household Furniture & Live and Dead Farming Stock – In the occupation of Mr William Tolley. - To be sold by auction - 1880 20

Important Sale of Prime – Well Seasoned Timber – In the Railway Station Yard, Redditch. - 1880 21

Downshill Wood, Feckenham – 150 Maiden Oaks - To be sold by auction - 1880 21

The Hall & Poplar Farms, Beoley – Grass and Seed Keeping – To be sold by auction – 1880

Field Farm, Ipsley – Important sale of horned stock, &c – Submit to public competition. - 1880 23

Holloway Farm Redditch – Fifty Acres of Rich Old Grass Keeping – To be sold by auction - 1880 24

Bentley House Farm – Growing Crops – Sold by auction - 1880 25

“Breaches Farm,” Mappleborough Green - Sale Withdrawn - 1880 26

Barton Farm Beoley – Live and Dead Farm Stock – Instruction from Mr John Foster, Jun. - To be sold by auction - 1880 27

Redditch – Important Sale of Timber – At the Railway Station, Redditch - To be sold by auction - 1880 28

Sale on Wednesday Next – Spring Hill Farm Foxlydiate – Instruction from Mrs M. A. Morgan, who is giving up the farm. - Live and Dead Farming Stock – Agricultural Implements – To sell by auction - 1880 29

Redditch Auction Mart – Sales of Christmas poultry – December 1880 30

Special Notice – In Liquidation – Re D Macfarlane – Holt End Farm, Beoley – To be sold by auction - 1881 31 Special Notice – In Liquidation – Re D Macfarlane – Holt End Farm, Beoley – To be sold by auction - 1881continued 32

Lilly Green Farm, Beoley – Sale of 150 Acres of Sound Grass Keeping – By order of J. F. Aleston, Esq. - To be sold by auction - 1881 33

Property Sales – “Trapp’s Green Farm”- The whole was knocked down to Mr W. Reader, of Solihull, for £2250. - 1881 34

For sale 70 Fat and Store Beasts – Oakenshaw, Headless Cross – To be sold by auction - 1881 35

Sale on Tuesday Next – The Old Mills, Redditch – Instructions from R. S. Bartleet, Exq., J.P. - Dairy Stock - 1882 36

Valuable Copyhold Estate, Webheath, Tardebigg – Hill Top Farm – For sale by private treaty – In the occupation of Mr John Hencher. - 1882 37

Property Sale – “Tanhouse Farm” – Not Sold as it didn’t reach the reserve. - 1882 37

Holloway Farm, Ipsley – By instructions from Messrs. J. F. and V. Milward – Surplus Stock - To sell by auction - 1883 38

The Weights Farm, Redditch – 200 Pure Bred Shropshire Ewes and Lambs. – By direction of Mr Henry T. Spencer, who is leaving. - 1884 39

Church Hill Farm – By order of the representatives of the late Mr Joseph Finson - Live and Dead Farming Stock – To be sold by auction - 1890 39

Moat House Farm – Live and Dead Farming Stock - Faming Implements – By order of Mr T. W. Baldwin, who is leaving. - 1893 40

Valuable Freehold Farms –“The Great Pheasant Farm, Crabbs Cross – In the occupation of Mr J. H. Clark. To be sold by auction - 1894 41

Valuable Freehold Farms – “The Priory Farm - To be sold by auction – 1894 continued 42

Farmhouse Apartments – Lodge Farm, Ipsley - 1895 43

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Auctions in Redditch

(Document Farms, Timber, Live and Dead Stock, on Sale in Redditch 1900 – 1934)

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Sept 9th – Yew Tree House, Astwood Bank – For the executors of the late Mr G. Hollington. - Sale Fixtures - 1914 5

Sale of Livestock at Charity Farm, Astwood Bank – Instructions from the executors of the late Mr G. Hollington - To be sold by Auction - 1914 6

Upper Grinsty Farm, Walkwood, Headless Cross – Instructions from Mr William Crook, who is declining farming. - Farm Stock – To be sold by auction - 1915 7

Sale on Friday, October 6th, 1916 – Woodrow Farm Ipsley – Instructions from Mrs Mosford, who is leaving. - Valuable Live and Dead Farm Stock - 1916 8

Sale at Woodrow Farm, Ipsley – Instructions from Mrs Mosford, who is leaving. - Farm Stock – To Sell by Auction 9

Sale On – Saturday Next, January 20th, 1917 – Walkwood Road, Hunt End Livestock, &c – Instructions from Mr P. Batson, who has been called up for military service. - To sell by auction - 1917 10

Ipsley Court, Redditch – Instructions from Mr T. H. Croft, who is leaving. - Dairy and Strong Store Cattle – To sell by Auction 11

Arrowdale Farm, Ipsley – Instructions from Mr G. W. Leech. - Farm Stock and Agricultural Implements – For sale on March 9th, 1917 12

Property Sale – 1918 13

For Sale The Ipsley Estate comprising of Arrodale Farm, The Lodge Farm, Greenlands Farm, Oakenshaw Farm, Woodrow Farm and Crabtree Farm. – To sell by auction - 1918 14

Chapple Farm, Mappleboro’ Green Instructions from Mr W. Theaker, who is declining farming. – 13 Dairy and Store Cattle – Implements and Dairy Utensils and 100 lots of Household Furniture. - Sell by auction - 1918 15

Callow Hill, Near Redditch – Instructions from Mr F. Newbould, who is leaving. - Valuable Farm Stock – Sell by auction - 1918 16

Callow Hill Farm, Callow Hill – Instructions from Mr B . J. Huntley. - 58 Acres of Capital Grass Keep – To sell by auction - 1919 17 Sale by Direction of the Earl of Plymouth – Cofton Common Farm, Cofton Richards Farm, Cooper’s Hill Farm, Cofton Hall, Bittell Farm, Kendall end, Callow Hill Farm and High House Farm. - 1919 18

High House Farm, Mappleborough – Instructions from Mr J. Hicks and Mrs Garfield, who are leaving. - Live & Dead Farm Stock – To be sold by auction 19

Freehold Farm with Possession – Billesley Farm, Beoley – To be sold by auction - 1919 20

Beoley Properties Sold – “Billesley Farm” – comprising two farm houses, well arranged homestead and twelve enclosures of rich pasture and arable land. Sold for £3125 – 1919

By Direction of the Earl of Plymouth, Valuable Freehold Property for Sale – “The Old Farm” and “Easemore Farm” - 1922 22

Sale at Greenlands Farm, Ipsley – Antique and Modern Furniture - 1930 23

Cider Mill Cottage, Bradley Green, Redditch – By order of Mrs Inett - Sale of Cattle and Poultry, &c. – 500 gallons of cider and casks. - 1934 24

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Auctions in Redditch

(Document Household Furniture Etc. for Sale in Redditch 1800 – 1884)

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Sale at the “Red Lion Inn”, Redditch – By order of the Assignees of Tobias Tay, a bankrupt. - Household Furniture – To be sold by auction - 1835 5

Extensive Sale of Household Furniture, Wines Spirituous Liquors, Ale, Casks &c. at the “Fox and Goose Inn” – To be sold by auction - 1836 6

Extensive Sale of Household Furniture, Wines Spirituous Liquors, Ale, Casks &c.at the “Fox and Goose Inn” – To be Sold by Auction - 1836continued 7

Redditch Mills – By order of the Trustee under a deed of assignement for the benefit of creditors. – Effects of the late Mr William Balden. - Household Furniture – Dairy Cows, 3 Horses, neat Gig and Harness, &c. - To be sold by auction - 1840 8

Important Sale at Littleworth House – By direction of Mrs E. Guardner, who is leaving the place. - 1864 9

Important Sale at the Unicorn Hotel, Redditch – By the executors of the late Mr Jesse Castree of the above hotel. - Collection of Oil Paintings, Engravings by old Masters &c. – To be sold by auction - 1864 10

To Soda Water Manufacturers and Others – Plant, Machinery, Stock in Trade – Now being carried on by Mr William Court, at Headless Cross. - 1874 10

The Poplars, Redditch – Important Sale of the Household Furniture, Library of Books, Small Cellar of High Class Wines, &c. – By the executors of the late Henry Milward, Esq. – To sell by auction - 1878 11

For Sale at The Poplars, Redditch – Household Furniture, Paintings and Effects - 1878 12

Peremptory Unreserved Sale at 24 Evesham Street – China, Glass, Earthenware. - To be sold by auction - 1880 13

The Wharf, Hewell Road, Redditch – By order of the representatives of the late Mr Luke Houghton. - Household Furniture – To be sold by auction - 1880 14

Storrage House, Beoley – By order of the Misses Phillips, who are leaving. – The Modern and Expensive Dining, Drawing and Sitting Room Furniture. – To be sold by auction - 1880 15 Odd Fellows’ Hall, Fox & Goose, Redditch – Household Furniture, &c, &c, – To be sold by auction - 1880 16

Beoley Road Estate – Recently worked by Messrs. Huins and Lewis. - Working Plant, Tools, &c. – To be sold by auction - 1880 17

Sale at Prospect House, Mount Pleasant – Instructions from Mr J. W. Lewis, who is leaving the above house. - Modern Furniture - To be sold by auction - 1880 18

Park Road Room – Instructions from Rev. A. S. Porter. - Unreserved Sale of Furniture, China and Pictures – To be sold by auction - 1880 19

Sale on Wednesday Next – Redditch Auction Mart – Furniture, China and Earthenware - To be sold by auction - 1880 20

Boot Inn, Mappleborough Green, Studley – By the representatives of the late Mr Joshua Cooper. - Household Furniture – To be sold by auction - 1880 21

In Liquidation – D. Macfarlane, Drill Hall – Household Furniture – To be sold by auction - 1881 22

Household Furniture - To be sold by auction - 1881 23

Sale on Monday Next At Unicorn Hotel, Redditch – By order of the Redditch Highway Board. - To be sold by auction - 1881 24

Feckenham Road, Astwood Bank – By order of Mr Edward Morrall, who is declining trade. Machinery & Working Plant – To be sold by auction - 1881 25

The Vicarage, Beoley – The representatives of the late Rev. C. F. Sculthorpe. - Household Furniture – To sell by auction - 1881 26

In Liquidation – re Henry Wall – Sale this day (Saturday) – Stock in Trade – To be sold by auction - 1881 28

Household Furniture –By order of a Lady who is going abroad. - Sale on Monday next, Drill Hall, Red Lion Hotel – To be sold by auction - 1881 29

Sale at Belmont House, Webheath – In the occupation of Mr G. C. Richards – Household Furniture – To be sold by auction - 1881 30

Queen Street Redditch – By order of the representatives of the late Mr Joseph Powell. - Household Furniture – To be sold by auction - 1882 31

Windsor Street – In the occupation of Mr Cross, Machinist, &c., by the direction of the High Sheriff of Worcestershire. - Stock-In-Trade and Plant – Sale by auction - 1883 32 Sale in the Park Road, Redditch – By order of the representatives of the late Mr Young. – Household Furniture - 1884 33

Sale at 7 Church Green West, Redditch – By order of the representatives of the late Mrs English. – Household Furniture - 1884 34

First Class Shop and Premises – Apply to W. Harbon, near the Railway Station, Redditch. - 1884 35

Market Stalls – Sold by auction - 1884 35

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Auctions in Redditch

(Document Household Furniture Etc. for Sale in Redditch 1914 – 1937)

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Yew Tree House, Astwood - 1914 4

Household Furniture - Yew Tree House, Astwood Bank – Instructions from the executors of the late Mr George Hollington. - To be sold by auction- 1914 5

Shakespeare Brewery, Evesham Street – Clear Out Sale of Five Quarter Brewing Plant and Effects. – By direction of Messrs. Brown and Co., who have disposed of the business to Messrs. Ind., Coope and Co. (1912) Limited. - 1915 6

Sale on Monday – November 29th 1915 – Easemore Mews, Redditch – Instructions from Mr F. H. Hyde, who is giving up the business. - Valuable Posting Stock – To be sold by auction - 1915 7

Sale on Monday and Tuesday – June 5th and 6th, 1916 – 11 Church Green East, Redditch – Instructions from Mr William Gorton, who is retiring from business. - Large Stock – To sell by auction - 1916 8

Builder’s Plant and Stock-In-Trade – Instructions from Mr A. G. Avery, who is giving up the building trade owing to ill health. - 88 Evesham Street – To sell by auction - 1916 9

The Vicarage, Redditch – By direction of the Rev. A. Cardross Grant, who is leaving for East London, East Africa. - Antique and Modern Furniture – To sell by auction - 1916 10

The Vicarage, Tardebigge – Instructions by the executors of the late Rev. Canon Dickins. - Household Furniture – To be sold by auction - 1917 11

Tardebigge Vicarage – Instructions by the Executors of the late Rev. Canon Dickins. - For Sale Household Furniture – Live Stock and Out-Door Effects To be sold by auction - 1917 12

Tardebigge Vicarage – Instructions by the Executors of the late Rev. Canon Dickins. - For Sale Household Furniture – Live Stock and Out-Door Effects To be sold by auction – 1917 continued 13

Cricketers’ Arms Hotel, Redditch – Instructions from Mr Albert P. Edwards, who is removing to the “Royal Exchange,” Droitwich. - Household Furniture – To sell by auction - 1919 14

Rose and Crown, Webheath – Instructions from Mrs Hadgkiss, who is leaving. - Household Furniture – To sell by auction - 1919 15 Tardebigge Hospital – Surplus Equipment – To sell by auction - 1919 16

“The Cedars” – Instructions from Miss Shrimpton. - Household Furniture – To sell by auction - 1937 17

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Auctions in Redditch

(Document Land and Property Sales and To Let in Redditch 1800 – 1899)

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Copyhold Estates in or near Redditch - Lot 1-Valuable piece of land or garden at Littleworth and 5 other Lots – To be sold by Auction - 1824 9

Littleworth, near Redditch – To be sold by Auction - 1827 10

Ten newly erected Freehold Houses or Tenements at Crabbs Cross and four other Lots – To be sold by Auction - 1828 11

Valuable Freehold Property to be sold by Auction - 1828 12

Eligible Building Land and Other Premises, in the most desirable part of Redditch – To be sold by Auction - 1834 13

Beoley Hall, Worcestershire - To be Let - 1834 14

Valuable Freehold and Copyhold Land near Redditch – To be sold by Auction - 1834 15

Very Valuable and Improvable Mills, Farms &c. – To be sold by Auction - 1835 16

Very Valuable and Improvable Mills, Farms &c. – To be sold by Auction – 1835 continued 17

“The Red Lion” – To Be Let - 1835 18

Crabbs Cross – All Those Three Messuages or Tenements – To be sold by Auction - 1838 19

Desirable Freehold and Copyhold Property –Redditch, Headless Cross and Crabbs Cross - 1839 20

Desirable Freehold and Copyhold Property – Redditch, Headless Cross and Crabbs Cross – 1839 continued 21

Desirable Freehold and Copyhold Property Property – Redditch, Headless Cross and Crabbs Cross – 1839 continued 22

Redditch Mills – Messuage, Corn and Needle Mills, Cottages Land and Wharf - To be sold by Auction - 1840 23

Sale of Valuable Freehold Property at Littleworth – To be sold by Auction - 1846 24

Sale of Valuable Freehold Property at Redditch – 1846 continued 25 Most Desirable Copyhold Investment - Five Capital Substantially Erected, Roomy, and Convenient Messuages in William Street – To be sold by Auction - 1846 26

Genteel Cottage, Building and Accommodation Land, Superior Mine of Clay &c. – To be sold by Auction - 1846 27

Substantial and desirable Freehold houses and Copyhold Land in Wellington Street– To be sold by Auction - 1851 28

Public House and Premises, at Redditch – “White Lion,” Red Lion Street – To be sold by Auction - 1851 29

Land called “The Townsend Close” and piece of Land called “The Fierney Hills” – For sale by Auction - 1853 30

Valuable Building Land and Clay Mine, Redditch – Tardebigge , Worcestershire – 1854 31

Two respectable and most substantially-built Messuages situate nearly opposite the Catholic Chapel Redditch - To be sold by Auction - 1857 32

Advert – To Innkeepers and Others – “Red Lion Inn,” Redditch – To be Let - 1857 33

Valuable Freehold Property – Eleven newly erected Dwellings situated in Peakman Street and Wellington Street, Redditch - 1858 33

Spirited Investment 33

Important and Valuable Freehold and Copyhold Properties, Brockhill Road and Peakman Street – To be sold by Auction - 1859 34

Important and Valuable Freehold and Copyhold Properties – To be sold by Auction – 1859 continued 35

Important and Valuable Freehold and Copyhold Properties, Brockhill Road, Unicorn Hill, Hill Street and Wellington Street – To be sold by Auction – 1859 continued 36

The Fox and Goose Inn – To be sold by Private Treaty - 1860 37

Sale Without Reserve – Freehold Dwelling Houses with Needle Scouring and Pointing Steam Mills &c., Hunt End, near Redditch – To be Peremptorily sold by Auction - 1862 40

Studley Castle – Prepare for Sale - 1863 41

Studley Castle – Prepare for Sale – 1863 continued 42

Studley Castle – Prepare for Sale – 1863 continued 43

Studley Castle – Prepare for Sale – 1863 continued 44 Redditch Valuable Property - Two Capital Messuages and Premises situate in Evesham Street – To be sold by Auction - 1863 45

To be Disposed of, an old established Drug, Grocer and Provision Business – 1 Alcester Street - 1864 46

Good House and Shop to be Let - 1865 46

To Butchers – A good Business to be Disposed of – Evesham Street - 1865 46

The Beoley Hall Estate – Purchased by Robert Mole, Esq. - 1865 46

To Drapers – To be Disposed of - 1865 47

To be Let and Disposed of Immediately – House & Business – Alcester Street - 1865 47

To be Let, with Immediate possession a House and Shop – 3 Evesham Street 47

To be Let – “Warwick Arms” - 1865 48

Sales by Private Contract &c. – The Warwick Arms, Ipsley Street - 1866 48

To be Let – Warwick Arms - 1866 49

Headless Cross House – Household Furniture – To be sold by Auction - 1866 50

Freehold Estate situate in the Parish of Ipsley – To be Sold by Auction - 1866 51

Freehold Public House - “The Gate Inn” – To be Sold by Auction - 1867 52

Property Sale – Three Freehold Messuages and a piece of land known as the “Rookery” Headless Cross - 1867 52

Valuable Freehold Property – “The Warwick Arms Inn” – To be Sold by Auction - 1867 53

Sale of Property – 1868 53

Lot 1, an established beer-house, in Walford Street 53

Property Sale – Valuable Freehold Property - 1869 54

The Beoley Lane Estate – To be Sold by Auction - 1871 55

Headless Cross, Redditch – Six substantial and well-situated Dwelling houses, with Building Land – To be sold by Auction - 1871 56

Ipsley, near Redditch - Old-Licensed Public House – “Star and Garter” – To be sold by Auction - 1874 57

Important Country Inn, “The White Hart” – To be sold by Private Contract - 1874 58 Mount Pleasant Farm – Lot 1-Eight enclosures of rich old Pasture and arable land plus 3 Dwelling Houses/ Lot 2-Valuable Land and Dwelling House - To be sold by Auction – 1875

“Montville,” Mount Pleasant – To Be Sold by Auction - 1875 60

To Let, at Church Green East - 1877 61

To be Disposed of Fruit and Greengrocery Business in Alcester Street - 1878 61

“Plymouth Arms Hotel”, Tardebigge – Modern Household Furniture/Trade Effects/Live and Dead Farm Stock/Agricultural Implements – To Sell by Auction - 1878 62

Retail Business and Residential Premises in Alcester Street and Wellington Street, Redditch – To be Sold by Auction - 1878 63

Property Sale- Two houses in Alcester Street and two houses in Evesham Street - 1878 63

Malthouse, Red Lion street - To Let - 1878 63

“The Poplars” and “Washford Mills Estate” – To be Sold by Auction - 1878 64

“The Poplars” and “Washford Mills Estate” – To be Sold by Auction – 1878 continued 65

Excellent Freehold Family Residence situated in Ipsley Street – To be Sold by Auction - 1878 66

Property Sale – several properties of the late Mr Henry Milward – Offered by Auction - 1878 67

To be Let – The Poplars - 1878 67

Drapery Business to be Disposed of – Market Place - 1878 67

Properties in Herbert Street and Walford Street, Beoley Road and Prospect Road – To be Sold by Auction - 1880 68

Properties in Herbert Street and Walford Street, Beoley Road and Prospect Road – To be Sold by Auction – 1880 continued 69

Park House, Headless Cross – Surplus Furniture – To be Sold by Auction - 1880 70

In Liquidation – Re George Crossley – Stock-In-Trade and Effects – To be Sold by Auction - 1880 71

Bordesley Hall, Redditch – 39 Acres of Excellent Mowing Grass – To be Sold by Auction - 1880 72 Hunt End, Parish of Feckenham – Sale of Freehold Property – To be Sold by Auction - 1880 74

Property Sales of the late Mr T. Field – “The King’s Arms” beerhouse - 1881 74

Two Freehold villa Residences, Hunt End, Feckenham – To be Sold by Auction - 1881 75

Freehold Dwelling Houses, Prospect Road, in Beoley Road – To be Sold by Auction - 1881 76

Valuable Freehold Dwelling Houses & Building Land – Lot 1-Four Freehold Dwelling Houses, Orchard Street/ Lot 2-Four Freehold Dwelling Houses adjoining Lot 1/ Lot 3-Plot of Freehold Building Land, frontage Prospect Road/ Lot 4-Plot of Freehold Building Land adjoining Lot 3. – To be Sold by Auction - 1881 77

Properties in Orchard Street, and Prospect and Arrow Roads, Redditch – To be Sold by Auction - 1881 78

Property Sales – 6 & 8 Hewell Road - 1881 79

Property Sale – Plot of Freehold Land in Prospect Road - 1881 79

Property Sale – Dwelling house and manufactory at Crabb’s Cross - 1881 80

For Sale – “The Seven Stars” situate at Headless Cross - 1881 80

Headless Cross, near Redditch – Freehold Beerhouse, “Seven Stars” and Dwelling Houses - 1881 81

Sale of Property – “Seven Stars” Public House and five dwelling houses - 1881 82

Property Sale – 37, Beoley Road - 1881 82

In Liquidation –re H. Wall – Dwelling Houses & Shopping – To be sold by Auction - 1881 83

Highly Important Freehold Properties – Evesham Street, New Street, Edward Street and Britten Street – To be Sold by Auction - 1881 84

Highly Important Freehold Properties – 1881 continued 85

George Street – Freehold Beerhouse – “Bird-in-Hand” – To be Sold by Auction - 1882 86

For Sale “Bird-in-Hand, George Street, Redditch – To be Sold by Auction - 1882 87

Property Sale – “Bird in Hand” – Not Sold - 1882 87

Bromsgrove Road – Two Freehold Well-Situated Dwelling Houses – To be sold by Auction - 1882 88 Queen Street – Freehold Villa Residences and Building Land – To be sold by Auction - 1882 89

Property Sale – Two houses in Bromsgrove Road - 1882 90

Valuable Copyhold Property – “The Crown” – To be Sold by Auction - 1882 90

Property Sale – “The Crown Hotel” – Sold - 1882 91

Highly Important Freehold Properties – To be sold by Auction - 1882 91

Property Sale – Edward Street, Britten Street, Evesham Street and New Street – Not Sold - 1882 92

Ferney Hill, Redditch - 1883 93

Property Sale – Red Lion Street, Ipsley Row, Crabbs Cross – Sold by Auction - 1884 94

Valuable Freehold Properties - Unicorn Hill, Bates Hill, and Adelaide Street, Redditch – Valuable Freehold Properties – To Sell by Auction - 1886 95

To Let, furnished – St Leonard’s Beoley - 1886 96

“Beoley Hall” Estate - Sales By Auction - 1886 96

Clive Road, Redditch – To Manufacturers, Brewers and Others – To be Sold by Auction - 1887 97

To Let – Highfields, Headless Cross - 1888 97

To Rent - Excellent Country Residence, known as Foxlydiate - 1888 98

The Windsor Estates, Barnt Green and Blackwell, Worcestershire – To Sell or Lease the above in Lots by Private Treaty - 1888 98

The Proposed Purchase of the Public Hall - 1888 99

The Proposed Purchase of the Public Hall – 1888 continued 100

For Sale – In Liquidation, the Redditch Public Hall Company (Limited) – To be sold by Auction - 1889 101

Sale this Day – Bromsgrove road, Bridge Street, Alcester Street, Beoley Road and Headless Cross – 1890 102

Hertford Works, Crabbs Cross, Redditch – To be Sold by Auction - 1890 103 Valuable Freehold and Copyhold Properties - Church Green East, Peakman Street, Beoley Road, Adelaide Street, William Street and South Street, Hunt End, Bates Hill and Redditch Gas Shares – 1892 continued 104

Properties for Sale – Church Green East, Peakman Street, Beoley Road, Adelaide Street, William Street, South Street, Hunt End, Bates Hill and Redditch Gas Shares – 1892 continued 105

Properties for Sale – Church Green East, Peakman Street, Beoley Road, Adelaide Street, William Street, South Street, Hunt End, Bates Hill and Redditch Gas Shares – 1892 continued 106

To Cycle and Needle Manufacturers and others – “Ixion Works,” Crabb’s Cross - Sales by Private Contract - 1893 106

Properties for Sale – Lot 1-Two Freehold Dwelling houses with retail shops - Beoley Road/ Lot 2-Two enclosures of pastureland with cottages adjoining in Mappleborough Green/ Lot 3-Freehold Cottage and Garden near to Lot 2/ Lot 4 Two Freehold Dwelling Houses situated at 31 & 33 Walford Street/ Lot 5-Freehold Manufacturing Premises known as “The Ixion Works” Crabbs Cross. – To be sold by Auction - 1893 107

Properties for Sale continued with Lot 6-Two Freehold Dwelling Houses in Prospect Road/ Lot 7-Freehold Dwelling House with shop in George Street/ Lot 8-Two Freehold Dwelling Houses and Retail shops, corner Unicorn Hill and Hill Street/ Lot 9-Two Freehold Cottages Hill Street/ Lot 10 – 21-Sixty fully paid £10 shares Gas Company - 1893 108

The Birches, near Redditch – 1893 109

The Birches, near Redditch – To be Let or Sold - 1894 109

“The Bell Inn” Britten Street – To be sold by auction - 1895 110

For Sale – Fox and Goose Hotel - 1895 111

For Sale – Fox and Goose Hotel – 1895 continued 112

To Let, the Redditch Cocoa (public) House - 1895 112

Ipsley Estate, Warwickshire - 1898 113

For Sale – The Ipsley Estate - 1898 114

For Sale – The Ipsley Estate – 1898 continued 115

Property Sale – 1899 116

Acknowledgements 117 Auctions in Redditch

(Document Land and Property Sales and To Let in Redditch 1900 – 2015)

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For sale in Adelaide Street the property formerly used as the Primitive Methodist Chapel - 1900 6

Valuable Freehold Properties in Studley and Headless Cross – To be sold by Auction - 1914 7

Valuable Freehold Properties continued with Victoria Street, Alcester Road, Studley and Tom’s Town, Studley - 1914 8

Valuable Freehold Properties – Beoley & Prospect Roads, Edward Street, Clive Road, Birmingham Road, Holt Road, Studley and Evesham Road, Crabbs Cross - 1914 9

The Business of George Huins & Son – Builder and Contractor - 1915 10

Redditch Market Place – Modern Business Premises - 1916 10

For Sale – “The Unicorn Hotel” and “The Unicorn Tap” Redditch – To be Sold by Auction - 1917 11

Property Sale – 1918 12

A sum of £1100 was given for the freehold fields 12

Six enclosures of freehold pasture and arable land 12

Headless Cross Farm freehold, 12

A sum of £680 was given for two freehold fields 12

For a freehold holding of pasture land of 32 acres 12

A sum of £475 was given for freehold arable land 12

Freehold Properties – 1918 13

Freehold Properties – 1918 continued 14

Important Sale of Attractive Freehold and Copyhold Properties – To Sell by Auction - 1918 15

For Sale Yew Tree House and Elmsdale, Astwood Bank – To be Sold by Auction - 1919 16 Redditch and District – A number of valuable freehold properties at Redditch, Callow Hill, Astwood Bank, Crabbs Cross, Headless Cross, Feckenham, and Webheath – To be Sold by Auction - 1919 17

For Sale by the Earl of Plymouth – Upper Bittell, Lower Bittell and Cofton Reservoirs, Small Holdings, Allotments, Cottages and Accommodation Land – To be sold by Auction – 1919

For Sale at Astwood Bank and Crabbs Cross - 1919 19

By Direction of the Earl of Plymouth, Valuable Freehold Property for Sale comprising Residence, Needle Scouring Mill, Pasture Land etc. - 1922 20

Freehold Properties for Sale – To be Sold by Auction - 1937 22

Freehold Properties for Sale – To be Sold by Auction – 1937 continued 23

For Sale – Semi Detached Modern Houses, The Meadway, Headless Cross - 1937 24

For Sale – Newly Built Houses, Jubilee Road, Headless Cross - 1937 24

Thomas Hemming & Son – Houses for Sale - 1937 25

Loveday, Smith and Perrins – Houses for Sale - 1937 26

The Estate Market – Properties Sold by Bath Firm - 1938 27

To Let and For Sale - 1939 28

Cedar Park Estate, Redditch – Quality Houses - 1939 29

For Sale and To Let – Thos. 30

For Sale and to Let – 1939 continued 31

For Sale and to Let – 1939 continued 32

Loveday, Smith and Perrins – For Sale and To Let - 1939 33

Sale on Thursday Next, April 4th – “The Birches” - 1940 34

Houses sold at Redditch - 1940 35

To be Sold by Auction - 1941 36

The Property Market – Houses and Land at Redditch - 1941 37

Sale on Tuesday next, February 17th – Freehold Properties - 1942 38 Bentley Manor, Upper Bentley, Nr. Redditch – Sale by Auction of Household Furniture and Effects - 1942 39

By Direction of H. T. Milward, Esq., who is removing – The Holloway - 1942 40

Hardening or Annealing Muffle for Sale – Clarkes Limited, Sinew Works - 1942 40

Short Notice of Sale – 246 Birchfield Road – Superior Household Furniture - 1943 41

Freehold Properties – Sale by Auction - 1943 42

The Estates of the late William and Walter Brown - 1943 43

Freehold Building Estate - 1943 44

For Sale “Broad Oaks,” 10 Salop Road - 1944 45

Valuable Freehold Residential and Investment Properties - 1944 46

Valuable Freehold Residential and Investment Properties – 1944 continued 47

A Redditch Sale - 1944 48

Sale on Tuesday, July 4, 1944 – Valuable Freehold Residential and Investment Properties

Sale on Tuesday, July 4, 1944 – Valuable Freehold Residential and Investment Properties continued 50

Sale of Freehold Properties at Redditch and Crabbs Cross – To be sold by Auction - 1945 51

By Direction of Captain the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Plymouth – Sale of a Portion of the contents of the Mansion - 1945 52

The remaining portion of the Freehold Ipsley Mill Estate, all with Possession, Residence - 1945 53

By Order of the Owner – “Marmere” 18 The Meadway, Headless Cross - 1945 54

Ipsley Court Farm – For Sale by Auction - 1945 54

Agricultural Estate known as Ipsley Court Farm – For sale by Auction - 1945 55

By order of the Owners – Hoborn Farm, Pump House Lane, Webheath - 1945 55

Death Duties Force Duke To Sell Midland Estate - 1945 56

For Sale – “Pasadena” 118 Easemore Road, Redditch - 1945 57 Greenways,” 16 Malvern Road, Headless Cross – To be Sold by Auction - 1945 58

18 Windsor Street – To be Sold by Auction - 1953 59

Redditch Baths, Hewell Road – Government Surplus Office Furniture etc. – To be Sold by Auction - 1953 60

23 Church Road – To be sold by Auction - 1953 61

Freehold Properties for Sale - 1953 62

Neasom & White – Auctioneers and Valuers - 1953 63

23 Glover Street – To be sold by Auction - 1953 63

Several Properties for Sale - 1957 64

For Sale by Private Treaty – 206 Studley Road - 1957 65

For Sale by Private Treaty – 1957 continued 66

For Sale by Private Treaty – 1957 continued 67

For Sale by Private Treaty - 1957continued 68

Thos. F. Hemming & Son – Houses for Sale - 1957 69

Bungalows to be Built – Evesham Road, Headless Cross - 1959 70

Railway Inn is up for sale - 2011 70

A New dance school life for St George’s - 2015 71

Acknowledgements 72

Acknowledgements

In the research and compilation of this document the author acknowledges the following sources:

www.bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk - Martin Stephens who digitised the Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger for Bromsgrove BMSGH web

www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk – British Library Images

www.redditchstandard.co.uk - The Redditch Standard archives

www.redditchadvertiser.co.uk - The Redditch Advertiser archives