Record

Document Reference	Os C 332
Title	Letter from [W.H. Bentinck], 4th Duke of Portland, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, to J.E. Denison; 6 April n.y. [1851]
Date	6 April 1851 (c)
Extent	2ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to Denison's enquiry about renting land; informs him that Sansom Wood farm can be rented from Lady Day; states that present tenants have no capital to invest in 'sand land'; comments on fertilizing methods required to produce return; refers to crop returns and land quality and gives example from his farm at Clipstone in 1846. Dated from Os C 309 and content.
Term	agriculture, crops
	agricultural improvements
	agriculture, fertilizers
	land, use of
	estate business, tenants
	estate business, rentals

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1045	Bentinck; William H. Cavendish-Scott- (1768-1854); 4th Duke of Portland; styled Marquess of Titchfield 1768-1809	1768-1854
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873

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