HOMESTEADS LIMITED 167 



THE ESTATE OF HOMESTEADS LIMITED AT 

 CARTERTON, CLANFIELD, OXFORDSHIRE. 



This estate of 740 acres was bought by Home- 

 steads Limited in 1901 to resell in small lots. 



It is situated fifteen miles west of Oxford, in an 

 open, undulating country. There are two stations 

 within two miles Bampton and Alvescot. The 

 nearest market towns are Witney, five miles away, 

 Faringdon, seven miles, and Fairford, eight miles. 



The property is very well adapted for cutting 

 up ; two good roads intersect it at right angles, 

 giving nearly six miles of frontage for building- 

 sites, and affording an easy approach. There appears 

 to be plenty of water at a moderate depth ; several 

 wells have been made 15 feet deep, and the property 

 is bounded for two miles by a stream. 



The buildings at the time of purchase were a 

 good farmhouse and two cottages. 



Forty houses have now been built, and over two 

 hundred people are living on the land. The com- 

 pany are at present converting one of the farm 

 buildings a large cart shed into a cottage. 



All the purchasers so far have been strangers to 

 the district, and are largely town men with a little 

 capital. No lots have been purchased by local 

 agriculturists. The character of the purchasers 

 and their occupations is very varied. 



There are now three small dairy farmers one of 

 whom holds 6 acres and one 12 acres who supply 

 milk and butter to the other inhabitants. Two 



