The Battle for Broxhead Common
BW47 the viaduct
The Case for Hampshire County Council – PART 74
- 4th September 1974 Bradley Trimmer, Solicitors for the Broxhead Commoners, convey verification of the rights of two individuals. Mr Connell is found to have rights over the whole common. Mrs Cooke has grazing rights over the land owned by Mr Whitfield.
1974 September Bradley Trimmer confirmation of rights_000021 - 22nd November 1974 The Chief Commons Commissioner publishes his FINAL Decision. It is six pages longer than the Interim Decision as it sets out the rights of those found to have rights of common over the ‘said land’ that being the land disputed by Mr Whitfield, the ‘said owner’. These are in addition to the Manorial Rights already existing.
BROXHEAD COMMON – WHITEHILL AND HEADLEY NO.CL.147.pdf FINAL 1974 RIGHTS
Broxhead Final LAND Decision 197417072020 (2) - 3rd December 1974. A letter from the BCA’s Solicitor to a commoner confirms her rights over the west side of the common. He also confirms that there is now no danger of the applicants having to pay costs for Mr Whitfield.
The Commoner, Mrs Nicholson will hotly contest her rights exist only to the west side of the common and eventually has them confirmed over the whole, by the Office of the Commons Commissioner
1974 September Bradley Trimmer confirmation of land_000022 - 3rd November 1974. John Ellis contacts members of the Broxhead Commoners Association to say the common now has ‘the full status of a common’. However the decision is subject to appeal.
1974 December, John Ellis contacts BCA_000023 - 9th January 1975 is the date of a report from Hampshire County Council’s County Secretary to the Rights of Way Sub-Committee. Paragraph 3 is fundamentally incorrect because the FINAL DETERMINATION of the Chief Commons Commissioner showed that rights exist over the whole of the common land rather than fifteen on the west side of the B3004 Sleaford – Lindford Road. The repetition of this mistake is troublesome.
1975 January HCC Report of the County Secretary re Broxhead Common - 1st March 1975 John Ellis writes to Mr Nicholson, thanking him for his support and pointing out that the costs were considerably higher than expected.
1975 March, John Ellis contacts one of the commoners_000024
BW47 an unofficial diversion to the viaduct
Next time: More mistakes or misunderstandings.