Auction
19th December 1865 FREEHOLD
DWELLING-HOUSE (now Rialto) With the Yard, Tallow Chandler's Shop, and Outhouses
at the rear thereof, situate in St. Margaret Street, Bradford, aforesaid, occupied
by MR. THOMAS SMART, Grocer and Tallow Chandler, and MR. CHARLES LONG, Builder.
The house occupied by Mr. Smart comprises a Front Shop, large Sitting Room, Wash- house
and Scullery, with 3 front and 1 back Bedrooms, and there is a Tallow Chandler's
Boiling House, and Candle or Store Room in the Yard at the rear; and the House
occupied by Mr. C. Long contains a Front Sitting Room, large Kitchen, and 4 Bedrooms
over. There is a capital Pump and Well of Water on the premises, and a back
entrance and right of way, from No-where Lane |
Land
Tax 1870 This is an interesting List showing Henry Fricker owning 6,7 (Shrapnell
House) which he had bought in 1858 from Henry Shrapnell. It also shows him
owning 9,10 (Rialto) with Thomas Smart as tenant that he had bought in the 1865
Auction. The entry referring to late Bath, is the 5 cottages (t.no.485) which
he had bought from Anne Rayner`s daughter. James Budgett owned a group of cottages
on St. Margarets Hill and the reference to him as "late Budget" refers
to Henry`s purchase of these. |