ELLESMERE FARM SOLD
A 619-acre property at Ellesmere which has been farmed by the same family for the last 60 years was sold at auction in Christchurch yesterday afternoon for £24,760. The property is 20 miles from Christchurch and four miles from the Burnham railway station. On it are a four-bedroom bungalow and a cottage. Wheat crops of up to 80 bushels to the acre and barley crops of up to 108 bushels to the acre have been grown on the farm. Recently it has been stocked with 1600 sheep and 72 head of cattle.
The buyer intends to use the farm as a sheep run and for breeding pacers. More than 80 persons attended the sale and although the property was offered in two lots, bidding was the same for each. It started at £35 an acre, and the successful bid of £4O secured both lots for the same purchaser.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27396, 8 July 1954, Page 14
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151ELLESMERE FARM SOLD Press, Volume XC, Issue 27396, 8 July 1954, Page 14
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