Advertisement Aug 1761 taken from a London newspaper

To be sold by Auction at the Red Lyon in Blandford, on Thursday the 19^th day of August Inst., between the hours of twelve and one o’clock.

An Estate at Spetisbury in the County of Dorset, of the Yearly value of about £200, with a Manor annexed. There is an entire new Farm House, & appurtenances on the Premises; a Mansion House elegantly fronted & proper Outhouses; with a large Garden, both ornamental & useful, stored with the best of Fruits of all Sorts, & bounded by the River Stour. The Mansion House is within half a Mile of the Downs, and in as fine a sporting Country as any in England.

NB The Furniture of the House will be sold immediately after the Sale of the Estate.

For further Particulars, enquire of Mr. Humfreys, Attorney at Law in Blandford, Dorset, or of Mr. Hamilton, No. 6 Holborn Row, Lincoln Inn Fields.

Copy Particulars

A Particular of an estate at Spetisbury in the County of Dorset.

A Mansion House, Outhouses & garden containing Two Acres or there abouts, let with the Furniture at £50 p.ann.

A small Meadow by the Smith Shop containing an Acre & an half and the Slope before the House, let with the House to Mr. Drax.

A Farm with necessary Outhouses & let to Farmer Williams at £148 p.annum.

NB Of the Farm about 24^th part in Leasehold & 12^th part Copyhold, the rest Freehold.

Note. There is about four years unexpired of the Lease of the said Farm, but in the mean time, the Tenant is obliged to quit a large Field continguous to the Mansion House, if required.

A Plantation containing ten Acres or thereabouts of Five years growth.

One twelfth part of a fourth of the Manor of Sturminster Marshall, with Privilege of Hunting and Hawking, and an extensive Fishery in the River Stour.

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