Artwork : ArchiveNo00094

Property Deeds 1879

ContributionForm
Contributor Name	George Brading
Contributor Image	No_00094_George_Brading.jpg
Profession
Location	Eastney
Collection Date	22.02.08 11.36am
Artefact Name	Property Deeds
Artefact Description	Bundle of property deeds. Paper. Wax seals. Very good condition.
Artefact Date	1879
Artefact Stored	Upstairs in wardrobe
Artefact Form
Artefact Image	Deeds_00094.jpg
Sample Taken	Paper from back of 1846 document and map. Paper from 1879.
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History of Artefact	Relating to 103 Eastney Road and adjacent properties (Lumps Lane – a mud track to Eastney Barracks, Fort Cumberland Terrace, Eastney Road). Houses on Eastney Road had three or four bedrooms with three rooms downstairs and a scullery at the back. 'Looking at maps of how the city developed – you can see that houses were being built towards the east of the island.'Historian
Historian	Catherine Smith
Previous Owners	Mother / brother
Special Memories	Memories of how the city has developed - Bransbury Park used to be Bransbury Farm and Goldsmiths Avenue used to Goldsmith’s Farm. ‘I’ve hardly moved from the area. They remind me of my brother and mother.’
Artwork Image	00094_Final.jpg

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jpg	00094_Final.jpg	manage	159.0 K
jpg	Deeds_00094.jpg	manage	54.4 K
jpg	Deeds_2_00094.jpg	manage	42.9 K
jpg	No_00094_George_Brading.jpg	manage	42.5 K