170 WILLINGTON LAND COMPANY 



acquired, a method of procedure resembling that 

 which it was intended the Small Farm and 

 Labourers' Land Company should adopt. 



THE WILLINGTON LAND COMPANY. 



Mr. A. J. Keeble is another company promoter 

 for selling small quantities of land. Amongst his 

 ventures is the Willington Land Company, formed 

 for the resale of an estate bought in 1904 from the 

 Duke of Bedford. The estate is 2,900 acres, and 

 includes the village of Willington of 200 inhabi- 

 tants, lying four miles east of Bedford and four 

 miles west of Sandy. Although bordering on the 

 market-gardening districts of Sandy mentioned in 

 Chapter II., this land had all been let in large 

 farms, and the soil is not so good as that nearer 

 Sandy. It is now being bought up largely for 

 market-gardening purposes. 



The price ranges from 30 to 180 an acre, the 

 agricultural land being from 30 to 80, and the 

 higher price is asked for building-sites on road 

 frontages. 



One hundred and fifty lots have been bought 

 right out. The agent informed me that the pur- 

 chasers were mostly market-gardeners ; except for 

 a very few, they would appear to be men with a 

 certain amount of capital to start with. The un- 

 sold land is let in 5 and 6 acre lots to local men 

 until purchasers are found, at a rate of l 10s. to 

 3 an acre. 



