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From the Sussex Express, 10th August 1895
TO BE LET, from Michaelmas next, RANSCOMBE
FARM, near LEWES, SUSSEX, about 1½ miles
from Lewes, containing as follows:- Brookland, 129a
3r 25p; pasture, 6a 1r 23p; down pasture, 171a 1r 4p;
arable, 159a 2r 27p; homestead, 9a 1r 29p; acres, 476a 2r
28p. There is a good house, four cottages, convenient farm
buildings, with accommodation for cows; good sheep and
dairy farm. Rent £300. Tithe free. - Apply to Messrs
POWELL and Co, St Swithun's Estate Offices, Lewes

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