206 TWYFORD, LEICESTERSHIRE 



There are some large farms ; the bulk of them 

 are from 100 to 200 acres, and are given up to 

 grazing and dairy-farming. On the latter type 

 Stilton cheese is made. 



The rent of the larger farms averages about 25s. 

 an acre, and the smaller ones go up to 2. 



Price paid for Small Holdings. 



The price paid for the lots was the original 30 

 an acre, plus 4 per cent, interest for ten years on 

 the unpaid capital, which works out at 37 10s. per 

 acre. The annual payment for the ten years was 

 3 15s. per acre, at the end of which time the lot 

 became the freehold of the purchaser. 



Some Conditions of Sale. 



No power was given the buyers, until they became 

 owners of the freehold, to let or mortgage their 

 holdings without consent. 



They could erect buildings or houses on the land 

 provided they were not for the sale of intoxicating 

 liquors. 



Applicants for land were restricted to bona fide 

 agricultural labourers, tenant farmers of the village, 

 shopkeepers or tradesmen born or resident for two 

 years within a radius of three miles. 



Each holder was restricted to 3 acres. 



Character of Purchasers. 



Of the 22 purchasers, 11 were agricultural 

 labourers, 5 were tradesmen and shopkeepers, and 

 6 were tenant farmers. 



