In 1897 the Dame Mary Kerrison Trust Estate was put up for auction. This consisted of property in Eye, Yaxley, Hoxne, Oakley, Brome, Thrandeston, Stuston, Denham, Horham, Laxfield, Thorndon and Redgrave in Suffolk and Thorpe Abbots, Billingford, Thorpe Parva, Dickleburgh and Needham in Norfolk. The auction was held at the Town Hall in Eye on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 13th and 14th of July in 1897. The auctioneers were Stafford and Rogers of Bedford.
There were 10 Public Houses, 16 farms with about 1747 acres of land, various other enclosures of land, several private residences, 80 small houses, cottages and smiths' shops.
For the auction catalogue follow this link - 1897 Dame Mary Kerrison Trust Estate Sale Catalogue.→
On the 31st December 1897 the Morning Post, in its round up of the year's property market, recorded that a portion on the Dame Mary Kerrison Trust Estate, in Norfolk and Suffolk, with 1,747 acres, had sold for £45,057.
All but one of the Public Houses were bought by their lessee Mr Charles J. Fisher, the owner of the Eye Brewery, which was later taken over by Messrs. Adnams and Co Ltd. and then by Messrs. Steward and Patterson Ltd.
The results of this sale as reported by the Norfolk Chronicle on the 24th July 1897 were as follows:
Lot No. | Property | Buyer | Purchase Price | Notes |
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1 | Queens Head, Eye | Mr Fisher | £1800 | |
2 | Duke of Wellington, Eye | Mr Fisher | £500 | |
3 | Red Lion, Eye | Mr Fisher | £2150 | |
4 | Swan Inn, Stuston | Mr Fisher | £1250 | |
5 | Three Horseshoes, Billingford | Mr Fisher | £950 | |
6 | The King's Head, Dickleburgh | Mr Fisher | £2000 | |
7 | The Black Horse, Thorndon | Mr Fisher | £2350 | |
8 | Fishmonger's Arms, Needham | Mr Fisher | £900 | |
9 | Fox and Hounds, Redgrave | Mr Fisher | £1000 | |
10 | The General Wolfe, Laxfield | Mr Kendal-Chapman for the Prince of Wales Brewery, Halesworth | £3000 | This included a Saddler's premises |
11 | Meadow | Mr D C Warnes | £85 | |
17 | Stanley House, Eye | Rev George Phillips | £510 | |
21 | House and Chemist's shop, Eye | Mr W S Nurse | £925 | |
22 | Cottage, Eye | Colcher Brewing Company | £215 | |
23 | 4 cottages and wheelwright's, Eye | Mr H Rowling | £300 | |
24 | Hill House, Eye | Dr E G Barnes | £600 | |
25 | 6 cottages, Eye | Dr E G Barnes | £300 | |
26 | Oak Lawn House, Hoxne | Mr W Matthews | £2000 | |
27 | 68 acres and Pit Barn | Mr W Matthews | £450 | |
28 | Oak Lawn Farm, Eye | Mr W Matthews | £2000 | sold after auction |
30 | Burnt House Farm, Eye | Mr H W Cullum | £2500 | |
33 | 2 cottages, Langton Green, Eye | Mr Matthews | £750 | |
34 | Waterloo Cottage and land | Mr Boxall | £200 | |
36 | 3 cottages, Langton Green, Eye | Mr C Gibbs | £205 | |
41 | 10 acres of land at Yaxley | Mr C Tacon | £200 | |
42 | 7 acres of land in Brome | Mr Matthews | £290 |
Lot No. | Property | Buyer | Purchase Price | Notes |
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52 | Poplar Farm, Oakley | Mr Matthews | £500 | |
53 | 2 Cottages and 13 Acres of land, Oakley | Mr Matthews | £220 | |
55 | 2 Cottages and 6 Acres of land, Oakley | Mr Matthews | £250 | |
69 | Waveney House and Mill, Hoxne and Thorpe Abbots | Mr J Chase | £500 | |
72 | 2 Cottages and 4 Acres of land, Hoxne | Mr N B Garrard | £200 | |
78 | 5 Cottages and Saddlers, Low Street, Hoxne | Mr H R Theobald | £250 | |
83 | House and Shop, Hoxne | Messr. Cracknell | £370 | |
84 | 3 Cottages and Shop, Low Street, Hoxne | Mr J Lawrence | £250 | |
89 | 23 Cross Street, Hoxne | Mr A. Baxter | £165 | |
103 | Shreeves Farm, Hoxne | Mr G W Green | £500 | |
104 | Clubbes Farm, Hoxne and Denham | Mr W Howlett | £800 | |
106 | 3 Cottages and corner property, Denham | Mr T H Tacon | £800 | |
108 | Standwell House Farm, Denham and Hoxne | Mr C Tacon | £1300 | sold after auction |
115 | Bush Farm, Denham | Mr Matthews | £325 | |
117 | Hall Farm, Horham | Mr Alfred Preston | £1225 | |
118 | Boats Hall Farm, Laxfield | Mr G Martin | £1175 | |
120 | 2 Cottages and 24 Acres of land, Laxfield | Mr Matthews | £350 |
Presumably some of the other lots did not sell or were sold for under £200 and not worth reporting. Some appear in later sales of the Oakley Park Estate. Some of the lots that were sold appear in later sales of the Brome and Oakley Estate. It is presumed that these properties were bought by agents for the Estate or were later repurchased by the Estate.