Notes for: Charles Scott
Cambridge Chronicle 26 Jul 1879:
PROPERTY SALE. On the 16th instant, Mr. John Swan sold at the Lion Hotel certain free hold property situate at Trumpington, pursuant to a judgment given by Mr. Justice Fry in an action entitled "Re Charles Cuming, deceased, Kemp v Peed".
Lot 1, an allotment of freehold pasture land, containing 1a. 3r. 23p. in the occupation of Mr. Holmes, near Trumpington-road was sold to Mr. Nockolds, Saffron Walden, for £540.
Lot 2, 2r. 15p. of freehold building land with 290 feet frontage to proposed new roadway, was sold to Mr. G. Peck, Trumpington-street, for £320.
Lot 3, a plot of 1r. 31p., opposite the last lot, with 307 feet frontage, was sold to Mr. Mansel, Trumpington, for £330.
Lot 4, 1r. 11p., adjoining lot 2, with 143 feet frontage, sold to Mr. Scott, Trumpington, for £320.
Lot 5, freehold house, tenement, and garden, occupied by Mr. S. Brooks and his undertenants, sold to Mr. A. J. Lyon, solicitor, for £660.
Cambridge Independent Press 13 Oct 1883:
Property Sale. - On Thursday evening last, Messrs. Catling and Mann sold several properties at their sale rooms. . . .
They also sold nine plots of building ground in the parish of Trumpington, with frontages of 32 feet each, and with depths varying from 100 feet 9 inches to 72 feet 6 inches. They were sold as follows: - Lot 1 - Mr. Arthur Gentle, £61. - Lot 2 - Mr. Saml. Gentle, £60. Lot 3 - Mr. Thos. Harrington, £60. Lot 4 - Mr. Thomas Peters, £60. Lot 5 - Mr. Harry Benton, £53. Lot 6 - Mr. Elijah Lawrence, £51. Lot 7 - Mr. Charles Scott, £50. Lots 8 and 9 - Mr. C Scott, £92.
In 1902 he bought land on the eastern side of the High Street - Shelford Road junction (nos. 18 and 19 on Inclosure Award map) from Sarah and Frances Goodwin. He immediately sold it all on to William Warboys