At the Globe Hotel, Newton Abbot, on Wednesday, Messrs. Rendell and Symons offered for sale, to a large attendance, Widdicombe Manor with the manorial rights. The bidding started at £3,000 and reaching £5,350 was bought in by the vendors; £5490, Messrs. Racken, Ford, and Co., were the solicitors for the vendors. The Two Mile Oak Inn, situated on the Totnes Road, was sold to Messrs. Pinsent and Sons for £750. Bidding was again brisk, starting at £200 by Mr. Geo. Nicholls, late of Dornafield Farm, Newton Abbot. The solicitors for the vendors were Messrs. Kitson and Hext.
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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920