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The Deane family remained at Webbery until 1912 when the "Agricultural portion of the Webbery Estate in Alverdiscott, Fremington and Westleigh" comprising five farms, a smallholding and cottages, 1,068 acres in total, was put up for sale by Lt-Col. C.A. Clare Deane, comprising the following lands: [32]
Small-holdings were grouped in communities which were expected to run agricultural production as cooperative market gardens, with materials bought and produce sold exclusively through the Association. Applicants were vetted and given agricultural training before being assigned a property. [1] [6]
The logo of Clinton Devon Estates is the arms of the ancient de Clinton family, Barons Clinton and Earls of Lincoln, used today by the Trefusis Barons Clinton: Argent, six crosses crosslet fitchée sable three two and one on a chief azure two mullets or pierced gules Hon. Mark Rolle (d.1907) (born Trefusis), the largest private landowner in Devon, with 55,000 acres.
A smallholding or smallholder is a small farm operating under a small-scale agriculture model. [2] Definitions vary widely for what constitutes a smallholder or small-scale farm, including factors such as size, food production technique or technology, involvement of family in labor and economic impact. [ 3 ]
The Small Holdings Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 31) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by Lord Salisbury's Conservative government.. The Act intended to help agricultural labourers purchase small holdings of land by giving County Councils the power to advance money to the labourer up to the limit of one penny in the pound of the county rate. [1]
The estate was divided into 49 lots comprising a total of 2786 acres, and included 12 farms, 22 small holdings, 2 inns and about 50 cottages. [9] With the estate sold, Charles retired to Devon where he died in 1961. [9] The farms and small holdings were mainly sold to their tenants. [9]
Agricultural Holdings Act is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to agricultural tenancies. List. Agricultural Holdings ...
The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation plc (AMC) was formed in 1928 under the Agricultural Credits Act, to provide long term mortgages for land and redeveloping farming and rural-based businesses. Initially jointly owned by the Bank of England and the main clearing banks, it was purchased outright by Lloyds Bank in 1993 and is currently a wholly ...