Manuscripts and Special Collections
Ma S 16 : Report of Mr Thomas Huskinson recommending enclosure of Laxton, 1862
Drainage of 627 acres @ £5
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The Interest of this Outlay at 4 per cent would require 350£ yearly.
The 627 acres of Open Field are now valued at an average of about 16s/- and when drained, inclosed, and supplied with suitable Buildings conveniently placed, would be worth at least 26s/- per acre yielding an increased yearly rental of £313
| There are not less than 800 acres of the inclosed Lands now distant from the Buildings which by re-arrangement might be allotted near to Buildings and thereby increased in value 5/- per acre, or per annum | 200 |
| There would be an Allotment of about 30 acres of Common and Common Balks, now unproductive, worth per annum | 35 |
| 548 |
This would give nearly 6½ per cent Interest on the Outlay, which though ample in itself, is of small consideration in comparison of the foundation it would lay for the gradual improvement of the Estate, the increased comfort and profit it would give to the Occupiers, and the comfortable Cottages and increased employment to the Labourer. I may also add that it would remove a state of things which can hardly continue without being in some degree a reproach to those who are responsible for them.
It may also be desirable to mention that by recent Acts of Parliament, all these
