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The Manor of Alderton 3 rd edition
from whom Joseph purchased Grittleton in 1828 387 , also owned estates at
“Farley” 388 and so was a neighbour of Joseph when he was at Norton St Philip
(see above).
Exact details of the manor at the time Joseph bought it are not available but a
survey was carried out two years previously 389 and again the names of the
tenant farmers can be found (see Appendix 2 Table 7). The farms total about
1700 acres.
Alderton was in a terrible state by the time it became Neeld’s property, it had
been in Chancery for years and had
Suffered all the evils of non resident proprietorship. Its
noble house had been pulled down and the materials and
furnishings sold, its stately timber everywhere felled and
fences neglected 390
The old Manor house was demolished sometime between 1814 and 1845, the
exact date is unknown 391 although it may be that it was “taken down not long
before 1828” 392 .
387 W&SHC 1142/1 deed between John Houlton and Joseph Neeld
“The said Manor of Grittleton… in the said county of Wilts were in the year one
thousand eight hundred and twenty eight sold conveyed and assured by the said John
Houlton & John Forraine ? Houlton to Joseph Neeld esquire”
388 Jackson JE (unknown, after 1856) Mss WANHS box 120 Mss 1298
389 From data in Raynes, I (1825) Particulars of sundry estates in the County of Wilts
W&SHC 1305/16
390 Thomson, J (undated