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This important disposal was followed in 1918 by the public sale of land owned by
Viscount Bertie’s Estate which included land now known as Elm Tree Farm, Leys Farm,
the Old Dairy, The Old Bakery, and Bates Leys. This “break up” of long established
holdings obviously created an opportunity for others to buy land and/or property, but it
would be some time yet before those who had farmed the land as tenants of the great
estates would themselves be able to aspire to land or property purchase.

Some details of Valuable
Freehold Estates, Small
holdings, Cottages,
Allotments and Woodland
put up for auction in 1918
by the Bertie Estate.