WOBURN SANDS COLLECTION Auctions

Local Auctions

A collection of original auction programmes and posters, as used in sales by George Wigley, the auctioneer from Winslow, was discovered, and I was able to obtain these examples of the local sales.

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	May 6^th 1878 12 Lots of building land near the Station, and adjoining Mr Hanscombes Nurseries.
	June 4^th 1878 12 Lots of building land, one near the 'new' Weslyan Chapel.
	August 14^th 1879 Mr Hanscombes Woburn Sands Nurseries, building plots, Samuel Hacks grocers shop, Cottages.
	July 2^nd 1880 Mr Hanscombes Woburn Sands Nurseries and building plots.
	June 13^th 1881 44 plots of building land, along a new street, (which was to become Wood Street) Some with frontage to Chapel Street.
	June 14^th 1894 Woodbine Cottage at Aspley Guise, shares in the Aspley Guise and Woburn Sands Gas Company, Joseph Crawleys butchers shop in Wavendon and Primrose Villa in Wavendon.
	April 29^th 1897 Cottages, Cottages in West Road, building land and Horse Grove House in Station Road.
	November 11^th 1897 Horse Grove House, Station Road
	November 21st 1902 The Leys Terrace, Woburn Sands, and the house on the corner of West Hill and Duke Street, Aspley Guise [J. Gough]
	April 19^th 1907 J W Steers butchers shop in Station Road, cottage, G E Popples ironmongers in the High Street, Hortons chemist in the High Street, E G Doveys stationery shop in the High Street, Bizzells butcher and fishmongers in the High Street, Cottages in Aspley Hill, Cottage in Russell Street, Working Mens Club in Russell Street, Fir Grove Villa in Fir Grove (Wood Street), Shop and bakehouse in Station Road, Cottages in Station Grove, Brickyard Cottages of Station Road and a barn in Sheep Lane, Potsgrove.
	July 14^th 1908 Woodview House, Station Road.
	May 8^th 1913 Horse Grove House, Station Road.
	November 26^th 1920 Fairleigh Cottage, Hardwick Road, building plot Hardwick Road and J W Pratts butchers shop on Aspley Hill.