[PW] site in Hertfordshire

[Bratton, Phyllis]

Thank you so much for this.  If you do have more information, I would
appreciate getting it.  One of the names of the solicitors is Morris;
possibly the one I am looking for -- something else for me to look into!

Phyllis

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Hello,


Something perhaps to start with:


The Times, Tuesday, Mar 01, 1921; pg. 24; Issue 42657; col B
     Hampton & Sons
Category: Property

Within Easy Reach of Golf and Excellent Hunting
HERTS.
A GEORGIAN HOUSE of distinction
known as
"THE WILDERNESS" BALDOCK,
Containing 12 familty bed and ressing rooms ...
15 ACRES
To be offered for SALE at auction at the ...
Solicitors, --Messsrs. ASHURST, MORRIS, CRISP
and Co. 17, Throgmorton-avenue, E.C.2

There is more detail, if you need it.

Regards,

Jeff Graf
Wells Library
Indiana University - Bloomington







Quoting "Bratton, Phyllis" <pbratton at jc.edu>:

> Dear Friends -
>
>
>
> I am trying to find information about a house or cottage or residence
in
> Baldock, Herts, called The Wilderness.  Specifically, I would like to
> know who was living there in 1904.  It may have been a W. Morris Jr.,
or
> he may have been a guest.  We are trying to track the provenance of a
> book by its inscriptions.  It always amazes me how books wound up in
> North Dakota from many different starting points.
>
>
>
> I have been getting nowhere looking through websites on Baldock and
have
> no print resources in the area.
>
>
>
> Many thanks in advance!
>
>
>
> Phyllis Bratton
>
>
>
> Phyllis Ann K. Bratton
>
> Director, Raugust Library
>
> Jamestown College
>
> 6070 College Lane
>
> Jamestown, ND    58405
>
> 701-252-3467, ext. 2433
>
>
>
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