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The Teacher's Cottage and the School house are shown in the yellow box and the new School in the white rectangle. Photo by Neil B. Maw
The Indenture setting out the sale of the cottage
A summary of the sale and the price
Indenture Silvester Willis to Oliver Harris
Indenture Oliver Harris to Amariah Fairthorne
The Abstract of Title listing the chain of events that sold the property

Jasmine Cottage/Teacher's Cottage

This listing consists of several Indentures that were purchased by SHS from Ebay in April 2021. They explain the sale of the cottage that was built to accomodate the teacher who taught at the school building next door. It is located on the western edge of the churchyard  and today it is called Jasmine Cottage. The sale was brought about by the opening of the new National School in the High Street that had a new Master's House built alongside it. This rendered the old school and the teacher's cottage redundant. To read a precis of the documents in PDF format, please go HERE

To read a transcription of the document that transferred the school room and teacher's cottage from Edward Berens to the Vicar and Churchwardens of St Andrew's, Shrivenham, please go HERE.

 

Ebay documents

 

 

  • Year:
    1864
  • Place:
    Shrivenham
  • Ref:
    Chest1
  • Item Ref:
    N627
  • Find it:
    Chest1

 

 

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