In November 1911 the duo of The Reverend John Birch
Reynardson and Colonel Charles Birch Reynardson put up for sale by Public
Auction their large and dispersed Landed Estate which was to be found across a sizeable swath of the County of Lincolnshire in the East of England.
The Estate comprised Farms, Cottages, Workshops, Pasture Land, marsh and good
quality arable fields and was advertised by the Selling Agents to be some of the best
in the County of Lincoln.
The 53 Lots (numbered 1 to 50 with a couple of a’s)
are listed below in abbreviated form for conciseness.
Fortunately the owner of
the bulky Sales Particulars glued to the inside cover the Newspaper report of
the auction sale including the actual realised prices and names of the
purchasers making it a unique and valuable record of the land and property
market in 1911.
The sale was well attended with around 500 in attendance at The
George Hotel, Spilsby on the 13th of November.
Lots 1 and 2. Carpenters Shop, Buildings and Cottage , adjacent to The Haven, Wainfleet All Saints. Annual Rents £11.00 . Sold £300 to Mr F Midgellow of
Wainfleet who was the tenant of the cottage.
Lots 3, 4 and 5 of Bullock Land, Pasture and arable
producing a combined rent of £63.10s were withdrawn.
Lot 6. Meadow Lane at Thorpe St Peter. 7 acres, 35
perches.Rent £18.10s. Sold £360. Mr Turner of Wainfleet who owned adjoining land. South of Wodland Lane and close to Thorpe Brick and Tile Works.
Lot 6a. Small meadow known as Rout Yard, Thorpe St Peter. 2
acres 29 perches, Rent £1.15s. Sold to Mr J W Codd for £37.
Lot 7. Farmhouse, buildings and 99 acres of Fenland farmland
at Thorpe Fen, Rent £157. Sold to Mr G Payne of Boston for £4,600.
Lot 8. Arable land known as Friday Wong, Firsby at just over
7 acres, £170 purchase by Mr R Francis of Mablethorpe. Adjacent to the Railway Station in the village.
Lot 9. Firsby Smallholding with double cottage, garden and over
26 acres purchased by Lindsey County Council at £725.
Lot 10. Two enclosures of arable land, 32 acres, known as
Signal Post Close and West Town End withdrawn at £575.
Lot 11. Firsby and Irby, Small Farm of 56 acres with
Homestead. Sold £1750 to Mr Killingworth of Boston. West of All Saints Church.
Lot 12. Firsby. Farmhouse and 54 acres. Bought by Mr Riggall
of Ulceby. £2,200. Good central location in relation to the village. Bounded to the east by the course of the Great Northern Railway.
Lot 12a. Garden Plot. 24 perches in area. Sold £7.10s to Mr
Kemp of Firsby.
Lot 12b. Firsby Parish, 2 acres plus of Pasture. £25
acquisition by Mr Chapman of Firsby.
Lot 13. Firsby. Just over 16 acres of tenanted agricultural
land part known as Stonelands. Sold to Mr Thomas Wilkinson of Wainfleet for
£240.
Lot 14. Firsby. Arable land of 6 acres. Bought by Robert
Wilkinson £125.
Lot 15. Dale Gowt Close and road, 16 acres- unsold at £290.
Lot 16. Irby Parish. 4 acre close of land, part of Outfield
Allotment. Sold £120. Mr Ely of Firsby.
Lot 17. Irby, as above location, 5 acres plus. £130 purchase
by Reverend G.W Ridley of Irby.
Lot 18. Crewyard and 21 acres in Irby. £800. Mr C Hunt of
Irby
Lots 19 and 20. Irby, The Four Acres producing £7 rent and
The Six Acres at £12 rent bought by the same Mr F R Bennett of Spilsby at total
of £445.
Lot 21. 30 acres of pasture and arable land in three parcels
in Irby, Rent £52.10s. Purchaser, Mr Dunkley for £1000.
Lot 22. Small Farm with house, buildings, paddock in all 75
acres in Burgh le Marsh and Croft. £2300 to Messrs Lloyd Brothers of Wainfleet. Good frontage to Billgate Lane.
Lot 23. Burgh le Marsh. Nine Acres known as. Bought for £380
by Mr Walter Bradley of Thorpe. He already owned most of the adjoining land.
Lot 24. As above, Ten Acre Field, another acquisition by
Messrs Lloyd Brothers at £290. Magdalen College, Oxford owned an adjoining parcel of land.
Lot 25. Sloothby Parish. The resident tenant, Mr B Simpson
bought the freehold of his farmhouse , buildings and 68 acres of land including
an 8 acre fishpool for £2500. Located east of The Manor House.
Lots 26 and 27 both in Sloothby and comprising single and
double cottages produced a combined lot for £139 and Mr Simpson, tenant was the
successful bidder.
Lot 28. Hogsthorpe Parish. 17 acres of pasture and arable
land in five fields. Rent £22. Unsold at £440. North of Sloothby High Lane. Adjoining owners included Alford Grammar School, G Walker's Mortgagees and Bethlem Hospital.
Lot 29. Helsey. Smallholding with Cottage and buildings, 25
acres of land. £825 Mr Thomas Oliver. Adjacent land was owned by Bethlem Hospital and Helsey House.
Lot 30. Hogsthorpe. 35 Acres in two parcels. Realised £1600.
Mr George Payne (also bought Lot 7). Boundary to North Drain with right of way alongside.
Lot 31. Pasture. Hogsthorpe. 12 acres plus. £630 to Mr W S
Rainey of Spilsby.
Lot 32. Hogsthorpe. Two parcels of land, 29 acres. Bought by
Mr Payne (again) £1210
Lot 33. As above. Just under 60 acres of pasture. Acquired
for £1850 by W S Rainey
Lot 34. Pyewipe Hall, Hogsthorpe. Residence and 27 acres or thereabouts.
£1410. Mr Payne.
Lot 35. Meadow of 4 acres in Hogsthorpe. Rent £9. Sold to Mr
B Sharpley of Louth for £165.
Lot 36. Cow Close known as, 23 acres, in Addlethorpe, £920
to Messrs Clarke Brothers, Boston.
Lot 37. Addlethorpe, The Hill bullock field. 7 acres making
£480 with purchaser, Mr Muston of Alford. Near Marsh Lane and "Look in Gowt".
Lot 38. Feeding Field known as Home Close, 9 acres. £465
purchased by Mr Sharpley.
Lot 39. Small Farm of House and land, 68 acres approx. in
Addlethorpe. Purchased by Clarke Brothers for £1800 after bidding started at
£1500.
Lot 40. In Addlethorpe, 27 plus acres of arable and pasture.
Sale for £750 to Joseph Bowser of Frithville. Located south east of Whitehouse Farm.
Lot 41. Marsh Farmstead, Orby. Cottage, garden, stackyard
and 8 parcels of land amounting to 67 acres withdrawn at £2200. East of Firtree Farm.
Lot 42. Ingoldmells, Skegness. One small meadow of 4 acres.
£160 to Mr C Bycroft of Skegness. South east of St Peter and St Pauls Church.
Lot 43. 26 acres of Ingoldmells marsh pasture. Rent £60.
Bought by Mr J W Clark of Bratoft. Good frontage to Walls's Lane.
Lot 44. Mill Lane, Winthorpe. Old Cottage and garden. Tenant Mr Eno
Jacklin paying £8 including Lot 45 land. £12 purchase by Mr Joseph Lewin of
Skegness also acquiring;
Lot 45 for £260 being land beyond curtilage of the old Cottage, east side of Mill Lane.
Lot 46. Compact farm with house, paddock, woodland and
meadow. Ashby by Partney. 104 acres in total. This was bid up to £3000 by
Captain W Hoff of Grebby.
Lot 47. Moat House Residence, farmstead, double cottage and 167 acres
across 17 parcels with such names as Bottom Sand Hills, Part of Bents, Back
Yard, Seven Acres Ming Piece and Botany Bay Nineteen Acres. A prime property
achieving £5100 with the successful bidder being a Mr Walter Stickney from
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.
Lot 48. Dairy Farm with house and 25 acres in the Parish of
Ashby by Partney. Rent £36. Sold at £895 to Mr Fred Tyson of Ashby. North East of Moat House.
Lot 49. Gorse at Botany Bay, Plantation and Pasture. 10
acres. Withdrawn. Landlocked position only accessible in conjunction with Lots 46 and 47.
Lot 50. Arable land in two parts at Sibsey totalling 19
acres. Sold to Mr Strickland of Boston for £600. Adjacent to the Great Northern Railway line just south of Ferry Lane.
At the final fall of the auctioneers hammer the aggregated proceeds of the disposal was reported to be
£41,716 and 10 shillings which in today's money would be around £3,346,000.
Not
a bad day for the Birch Reynardsons.
It would be interesting to follow up on
each and every one of the successful buyers to see what they made of their
acquisitions and how it impacted on their outlook and lives. 1911 was a year of relative peace in England allowing plans and dreams to be pursued by those individuals and families with funds at their disposal. Circumstances would however change dramatically in the course of only a few short years.
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