Building Lease for 99 years

Reference Number: 0810/1/20
Level of Description: Item
Title: Building Lease for 99 years
Date: 30 November 1728
Extent: Extent: 1 item
Description: 1. Robert Gay of Hatton Garden, p. St. Andrew, Holborne, c. Middlesex, Esq., and Thomas Gay of the Temple, London, Esq.
2. John Wood of Bath, Gent.

2 parcels of ground on the east and south sides of a new intended square called Queen Square, part of a field called Lower Ground in Barton Fields, p. Walcot; on which 8 houses are to be built. Covenants not to permit offensive trades, and to share in costs of railings to the square.
Includes a plan of Queen Square and proposed surrounding street, named, but many not executed.

Consideration: £20 p.a.