WIDECOMBE MANOR AT AUCTION: At the Globe Hotel, Newton Abbot, before a splendid attendance, Messrs. Rendell and Symons offered for sale Widecombe Manor, with the manorial rights. The bidding was spirited, starting at £3,000, and reaching £5,350, and was bought in by the vendors at £5,490. Messrs. Racken, Ford, Ford, and Co. were the solicitors for the vendors. The two-mile oak 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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