1921 saw the largest upheaval that the village had experienced for several centuries, Kirkby Mallory the village, was to be sold. !! Up until this time, every cottage, house and farm, garden and allotment had belonged to the Kirkby Hall Estate, and these were now about to be sold off to the highest bidder. For those tenants unable to purchase, anxious months lay ahead.. The only exception being, that property held by the church i.e. the Rectory, Glebe Farm and Church Cottages. The auction was to be held at the Manchester Club, 39 Humberstone Gate, Leicester, on Wednesday 16th. March, 1921. The auctioneers being Messrs Mabbett & Edge in conjunction with W. H. Whitton.
The estate was divided into 56 Lots, 22 of these were sold by private sale prior to the auction, and as such I have been unable to verify their exact locations or identify the tenants concerned . The remaining 1,607 acres which extended from Hunts Lane, Newbold Verdon in the North, down to the Barwell / Shilton Road brook in the South was to be sold in plots as indicated in the maps below.
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Kirkby Hall | Hall and grounds 160 acres |
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New Parks Farm | 169 acres Tenant R. Lewin |
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Manor Farm | 187 acres Tenant J & H. Swain |
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Brockey Farm | 46 acres Tenant W. Price |
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Kirkby Lodge Farm | 221 acres Tenant W. Crane |
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Hill Farm | 64 acres. Tenant T. Summers |
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field name - Mill Hill | 19 acres. pasture and woodland |
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field names-Cows Close, & Asps Close. | 19 acres. pasture and woodland Tenant J.Bown |
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field names- First Field, Second Field and Big Hill. | 23 acres. arable and pasture Tenants E. Bown & J. Wigston |
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Gravel pit/ & field | 25 acres. |
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Fox Coverts | 23 acres. woodland. (not sold) |
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Kirkby Moats | 12 acres. some oak woodland |
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The Becks Farm | 63 acres. Tenant Percy W.Land |
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corner plot. (Brascote Lane) | 27 acres Tenant Jesse Wigston |
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Kirkby Old Parks Farm | 378 acres. Tenant B. Bostock |
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School House Farm (Newbold Verdon) | 58 Acres. includes 4 acres of Newbold spinney. Tenant. Thomas Godfrey |
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Allotment & garden (Newbold Road) | 20 acres |
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Cottages ( Stapleton lane) | ? |
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3 brick & slated cottages + paddock | Tenants W. Crane, M. Wigston, E. Bown: paddock M.Wigston |
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Thatched Cottage, ( corner Newbold Road.) | ? |
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Pair of cottages (Main Street) | ? |
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Building Plot (Main Street) | ? |
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Pair of newly erected red brick cottages ( Newbold Road) | with vacant possession. Right to take water from Lot 23. |
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House (Main Street) | ? |
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5 Cottages (Main Street) | ? |
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House (Desford Lane) | ? |
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Thatched Cottage (corner Desford Lane) | ? |
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2 cottages & Smithy | 1st. cottage -brick & slated with watches and pigsty. 2nd. cottage. thatched. Smithy- brick and slated with 1 hearth. + Workshop. Tenants J. Talbot and B.Talbot |
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2 red brick cottages + workshop | 1st.cottage. 6 rooms with adjoining carpenters shop. 2nd.cottage 6 rooms + challises and pigsty + 2 bay storehouse. Tenants- Jas. Nelson. and John Gibson. |
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Corner House (old Roebuck Inn) | ? |
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House (off Desford Lane) | ? |
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4 Cottages Church Road | ? |
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House (Church Road) | ? |
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Village School (Presented to Parish) | ? |
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4 terraced cottages | 1st.cottage- brick & tiled -5 rooms, others thatched & 1/2 timbered with 4 rooms. all had Wash houses + pigsty at rear. Tenants- Jas Preston, Mrs Birch, John Vann and G. Stains. Right to take water from pump between this and Lot 47. |
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2 cottages | Brick and thatched, good gardens and outbuildings. H.C.Hartly, J.P.&H.A. Swain. Right to take water between this and Lot 46. |
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House/ Cottage & buildings | ? |
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Cottage | ? |
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Pair of modern cottages | ? |
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Plot of Land | ? |
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The Estate also owned property in the village of Peckleton, ie. Peckleton House Farm and Hancocks Farm,
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