Cambridge ABSTRACT OF TITLE of Julian Skrine to several Messuage or Dwelling Houses in Downing Terrace, in the Parish of St. Andrew the Less in the Town of Cambridge. 25p., folio, held with tape at corner. Details title from 1805 to 1848. 1848. £30.00
¶ Refers to Manor of Barnwell, Mansion House called Barnwell Abbey, Rectory of Barnwell, cottages, rights of common, right of fishery etc. of Peter Lord Gwyder, Baroness Willoughby and Peter Drummond Burrell, formerly of Thomas Panton, grandfather of Baroness Willoughby.

Cambridge MORTGAGE of number 10 Downing Terrace, John Hodson to John Ulph. 2«p. folio, small wax seal. 1894. £6.00

Cambridge MORTGAGE of two messuages and premises in Downing Terrace and two messuages in Parker street, John Hodson to John Watts. Copy on 3p folio... together with A Memorandum of Agreement between the same parties relating to ten acres of land at Rampton. 2p., folio. 1894 and 1896. £10.00

Cambridge PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of Valuable Freehold & Leasehold Estates... to be sold by Auction... June 27th, 1888. 5pp., folio, plus completed memorandum on back page. Folds. 1888. £18.00
¶ Includes Brick and Slated Factory in Fitzroy Street, Villa Residences in Mortimer Road, houses in Searle Street and Blossom Street.

Cambridge University THREE PHOTOGRAPHS by Messrs. Stearn of Cambridge of a tennis team posed in white flannels with their racquets. Each photograph 8" x 11". Two of the photographs appear to be in the Great Court of Trinity, where some are wearing all white flannels, and some white trousers and dark blazers, and one is in front of a pavillion, where all are in white. In the Trinity photographs some are wearing caps which appear to have the Trinity badge. Two of the players in those photographs figure in the Pavillion group (possibly the College and the University team). c1890. £95.00
¶ Fine crisp photographs by Stearn of Cambridge.

Cary (John) A NEW MAP OF CAMBRIDGE Divided into Hundreds, Exhibiting, Its Roads, Rivers, Parks &c. Folding engraved map, fully hand coloured. Mounted on linen, size approx. 19" x 21«", folding into 12mo marbled wraps, inserted in paper-covered slipcase, rubbed at corners. 1808. £60.00

Castor PHOTOGRAPH of a fine newly-built wooden barn, team of horses in front, large hay-cart at side, man on horseback. Size 6" x 8", mounted on buff mount, mount slightly rubbed. In white at corner of plate is name (indistinct) 'F. McCurdie(?), Castor, Photo.' Note on verso 'Barn built by Ed. Yeats, Gibby and R.B.W.' with key to names of 4 men in photo. c1910. £20.00
¶ There are no other buildings visible, or any trees.

Chatteris Ferry, Wisbech, Tid Gote and Downham Bridge TURNPIKE Notice is hereby given, That the General Annual Meeting of the Trustees will be held at the Griffin Inn... composition will be paid... for four shares or securities... to such Creditors on the Tolls of the said Turnpike Road... Poster, size 15" x 10", folds, brownish off-setting. Leach, Printer and Stationer, Wisbech. 28th January, 1856. £28.00

Ely CATALOGUE of The Stock-in-Trade of a Wine Merchant, 51 Dozen of Choice Wines, A Gray Mare... Household Furniture... Auction sale catalogue, 23pp., 8vo, printed wraps. 1907. £10.00
¶ Includes many bottles, casks, corking machines etc as well as manzanilla, hock etc.

Ely STOCK-IN-TRADE OF A TAILOR late the property of Mr Benjamin Bailey, of Ely, deceased, consisting of 452 Yards of Woollen Cloths, Grandrills, Velveteens... Antique and Modern Furniture, Quantity of This Season Poppies in Bags... Auction sale particular, 4p., 8vo. 1885. £7.00

Guilden Morden OBLIGATION BOND James Coxall of Guilden Morden, Carpenter, to Hale Wortham the Younger of Royston, for £200. Printed with MS inserts, 1p., small folio, record of 6 payments on conjoint leaf. Signed by Coxall and two witnesses, small wax seal. 1749. £22.00
¶ Refers to a mortgage between Mary Sell, James Coxall and Hale Wortham.

Guilden Morden OBLIGATION BOND of James Coxall of Guilden Morden, Carpenter, to Anne Clerke of Thorfield in Hertford spinster, for £90. 1p., sm. folio, printed with manuscript inserts, Small papered seal. Blank conjoint leaf. 1736. £24.00

Haddenham AUCTION POSTER. To be Sold by Auction, by George Legge at the Three-Kings Inn, in Haddenham, On Monday, the 29th day of June, 1846.... The following Valuable Parcels of Land, Copyhold of the Manor of Haddenham.... Printed on one side only, size approx. 17" x 13«", few folds, attractive printing with small hands pointing to lines naming occupiers. Small piece torn from top right margin approx. 1" sq. Clements. Printers, Ely: 1846. £22.00

Haslingfield PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of 2 Farm Homesteads and 2 Cottages, Haslingfield, also 2 Life Policies, to be sold by Auction... Aug. 20, 1881, at the Lion Hotel, Petty Cury, Cambridge. 4pp., folio, including completed memorandum and docket title on last page. 1881. £12.00

CAMBRIDGESHIRE Manuscripts, Maps, Engravings, Ephemera, etc. For a further selection and to receive my latest catalogue please email :- lesley@localhistory.co.uk

FAMILY OF JOHN WILKES

Outwell ACCOUNT BOOK for rents of an estate at Outwell. Size approx. 9" x 4", 31p, plus blanks, ruled in red vertically throughout. Contemporary blind-stamped reversed calf with brass clasps. 13 pages of entries at the front, comprising timber accounts, e.g. 'Walnut Trees sold Matthews and Camm... £39.17.6d... Poplar at 7d per foot... ash and elm bodys at 12d per foot...'; bills received for repairs; rents received listed under tenants name, including John Johnson, Jane Towson, H. Lea, Thomas Green. At the other end of the book are 18p of accounts, many entries signed 'Sarah Wilkes', listing payments for land tax by tenants in Outwell, their names heading the page, and money for draining, for example, 'for 40 acres of Mrs Wilkes Lands in Upwell on the North Side of Pophams Eau.', 'a dyke greve rate for lands of Mrs Sarah Wilkes in Burbeach Field in Outwell in the Isle of Ely' etc. 1758-1779. £250.00
¶ On the front end paper she notes 'The following is the Copy of a proper receipt (drawn up for me by my dear Son Mr Hayley for me to transmit to Mr Dixon every time I Ballance accounts with him and two such receipts I have sent him since the Estates came into my possession... Sarah Wilkes'. Mr Dixon appears to have been the manager or steward of the estate (she notes sums received from Mr. Dixon 'when he was in town', and that he 'has 5 per for all timber fell'd'), and there is a label on the front board 'Drawer No. 1, Mr. Dixon'. The Wilkes Estate was in Outwell and Upwell. Mentions various There is a plan 'A Map of the Estate of Israel Wilkes Esq. situate in the parishes of Upwell, Outwell and Emneth in the Isle of Ely and County of Norfolk. 1760' in the Cambridgeshire Record Office. John Wilkes was the second son of Sarah and her husband Israel, Malt Distiller.

Rampton Lyles (Manor of) SURRENDER of lands in Mill Field, Brook Field and Snout Common in Rampton, William Ivatt of Cottenham, Farmer, to Thomas Smith, Butler of Pembroke College. 3p., folio. 1865. £12.00

Rampton (Manor of) ATTESTED COPY DEED OF ENFRANCHISEMENT of Estates at Rampton. Osmond Barnard of Earls Colne, Essex, Lord of the Manor to William Ivatt of Cottenham, farmer. Manuscript on 7 pages large folio, tied at corner with tape, with schedule listing in detail farm and various pieces of land at Nether Irams. 1874. £20.00

Sawston, Whittlesford, Stapleford, Hildersham PARTICULARS, PLANS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Sawston and Hildersham Estates, comprising Superior Dairy, Stock and Corn Farms, Building Sites, Cottage and Shop Property... for Sale by Auction... 23rd September, 1922. 31pp., folio, staples rusty hence wraps loose. 2 large folding plans in pocket. With a bundle of correspondence, 1923-4, relating to sales, tithe apportionment, tenants, etc. 1922. £40.00
¶ Includes Huntington's Farm, Cook's Pen Farm, Plumb's Place Farm, Cook's Pen Farm, etc.

Tid St. Giles TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION At the Bull Inn, Long Sutton, March 20th, 1868.... All that Freehold Farm.... containing 55 Acres, situate in Tid St. Giles Fen.... Auction notice printed on one side of blue small folio sheet. 1868. £10.00

Webster & Waters, Engineers BILL OF QUANTITIES for Corporation of Cambridge and The Local Board of Chesterton, New Roadway, Contract No. 3. Sm. folio, 8p. printed in cursive, prices in ink. Front wrap loose. n.d. late 19th cent. £15.00
¶ Includes prices for excavating, banking, metalling, granite macadam, kerbs, drains, fencing, etc.

Wilburton, Ely GROWING CROPS OF CORN With the straw.... to be Sold by Auction at the Chequers in Wilburton.... August the 22nd, 1854.... Poster, sm. 4to, with acreage and Cultivation of 26 plots in New Cut, Flexon Field, etc. Traces of folds, 1" tear at fold, neatly repaired on verso. 1854. £16.00

Witcham AUCTION POSTER. To be Sold by Auction, by Geo. Legge at the Plough, in Witcham, On Tuesday, the 30th day of June, 1846.... The following Valuable Parcels of Land.... Size approx. 17" x 13", a few folds. The word 'Witcham' at the top is in a very decorative type face, 'shadowed', and with floral motif within the letters. Clements. Printers, Ely: 1846. £22.00