Berry Head for the Public? Brixham Council to Consider Purchase: Offer to Owners: Brixham Urban Council last night decided to hold a special meeting to consider the purchase of Berry Head as a public open space. The matter arose on a letter received from Mr. F. W. H. Pinsent, district valuer, of Plymouth, informing the Council that his informal estimate of the value of lands at Berry Head scheduled as a public open space, Namely £9,000 was no longer operative. The Clerk (Mr. Sanders Lear) stated he had written asking to be informed what steps he should take on behalf of the Council to obtain either a renewal of the informal estimate or its revision. Mr. Pinsent has replied that whenever a valuation was required by a government department, he would be glad to supply a revised estimate. In the meantime, he was not in a position to take further action … …
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GRO0322 Hennock: Francis Wingfield Homfray Pinsent: 1875 – 1948