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the Midland Railway, and can be readily seen by looking east- 
ward from the railway when between Toton and Sandiacre. It 
was built by the late Mr. W. Harrison, a much-respected miller 
of Nottingham, for his own private residence, but unfortunately 
he died and never fully occupied it. It is a comfortable and 
convenient house, pleasantly situated on a hill-side overlooking 
the valley of the river Erewash, and across to the ruins of Dale 
Abbey and the village of Stanton~by-Dale. The villages of 
Stapleford and Sandiacre have a numerous population, who are 
employed at some of the silk, lace, hosiery, or starch factories, 
or in railway-carriage or iron- works ; and among these Mr. 
Rossell finds a market for some of his milk. Busy and 
prosperous Nottingham, with its lace and hosiery trades, its 
beautiful University Buildings, its castle (now an art museum), 
its interesting history, and its 188,035 inhabitants, is six miles 
distant, and is the market town. 
The tenant has several pieces of land in addition to the home 
farm, the particulars of which we copy from the certificate of 
entry : — 
Owners. 
Mrs. Harrison, Radford, Nottingliam 
(Entered 1878.) 
Mrs. Hodgkinson, Chesterfield 
(Entered 1880.) 
Rev. D. Smith, Sandiacre 
(Entered 1878.) 
Mr. Evans, Sutton-Coldfield .. .. 
(Given up March, 1881.) 
141 a. = 70 arable and 71 grass 
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Being a total of 196J acres of moderately strong land over a 
clay subsoil. The 28-acre lot of grass-land lies near the Trent 
at Attenborough ; some of it has frequently been flooded in the 
past winter, and is used only for grazing cattle and young 
horses. 
There is stabling for 6 horses and standings for 32 cows, with 
a fair supply of other sheds, yards, and buildings, though more 
would be useful where so many cattle are kept. 
Cottages. — There are two cottages, but they are not included 
in the rent of the farm, but are taken separately at a rent of 
14/., and re-let on the same terms to labourers. 
Tenure. — The tenant is not under the Agricultural Holdings 
Act, but has a yearly agreement with allowances to the outgoing 
tenant for unexhausted improvements in accordance with the 
Nottinghamshire custom, such as ^^th of cost and carriage of 
cake used during the last year of the tenancy, and \t\v of that 
used in the previous year ; also payment for all " orders " (acts 
of husbandry), rent, and rates on root-land ; but where the 
