… Privately business has been a little better, but not much. The Wergs Hall estate of 700 acres, near Wolverhampton, which failed to change hands last autumn, has now been sold to Sir Alfred Hickman, Bart., by Messrs. Barnett and Son, and the old house, Burton Pynsent, near Landport, Somerset, with 250 acres, has been placed by Messrs. Nicholas Denver and Co. Once Lord Chatham lived on and owned this latter estate. In a corner of its grounds still stands a monument erected by him and commemorating a former owner, Sir William Pynsent, from whom he derived the property. …
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DRO0076 Combe