Item Y/LEG/2/6/48 - Lease for land on Skeldergate Postern

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Y/LEG/2/6/48

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Lease for land on Skeldergate Postern

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  • 27 January 1820 (Creation)

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1 lease

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(1974-1996)

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(1996-present)

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Lease for a term of 60 years at a yearly rent of £12 10s (1) the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York and (2) Christopher Watson, jeweller
" . . . all that piece or parcel of land [] situate lying and being in the parish of Saint Mary Bishophill the elder in the suburbs of the city of York aforesaid being part of the rampart and moat of the City Walls and extending [] Skeldergate postern to another part of the said rampart and moat now in the occupation of Matthew Walker which said piece or parcel of land or ground contains by estimation one acre [] . . . and is more fully distinguished or delineated on a plan . . ."
Plan drawn on margin of third sheet.

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  • English

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    legacy

    186.48

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