Book contents
- Fronmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps and Illustrations
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Auctions and Auction Houses in England: a brief history
- Chapter One The Beginning
- Chapter Two Horne Lane Sale Yards, Bedford
- Chapter Three 10 Lime Street, Bedford
- Chapter Four The Sale Rooms, Lime Street, Bedford
- Chapter Five 6 Dame Alice Street, Bedford
- Chapter Six 58 St Loyes Street, Bedford
- Chapter Seven 26 Newnham Street, Bedford
- Chapter Eight Baldock and the A1 Offices
- Chapter Nine Property Auction Sales
- Chapter Ten Surveys
- Chapter Eleven Lettings and Property Management
- Chapter Twelve Advertising and Publicity
- Chapter Thirteen Fun and Games
- Chapter Fourteen Ministry of Supply Sales, Peacock, Merry and Swaffield
- Chapter Fifteen The Egg Packing Station, Bedford
- Chapter Sixteen The Rutland Road Store, Bedford
- Chapter Seventeen 121–123 Midland Road, Bedford, Bartle Potter & Son
- Chapter Eighteen The Surveyors Club
- Chapter Nineteen W. & H. Peacock Reborn
- Appendix 1 Compilation of the Property Auction Records, 1902–1988
- Appendix 2 Property Auction Records, 1902–1988
- Works Cited
- Index of Personal Names
- Index of Places
- Subject Index
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 June 2023
- Fronmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps and Illustrations
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Auctions and Auction Houses in England: a brief history
- Chapter One The Beginning
- Chapter Two Horne Lane Sale Yards, Bedford
- Chapter Three 10 Lime Street, Bedford
- Chapter Four The Sale Rooms, Lime Street, Bedford
- Chapter Five 6 Dame Alice Street, Bedford
- Chapter Six 58 St Loyes Street, Bedford
- Chapter Seven 26 Newnham Street, Bedford
- Chapter Eight Baldock and the A1 Offices
- Chapter Nine Property Auction Sales
- Chapter Ten Surveys
- Chapter Eleven Lettings and Property Management
- Chapter Twelve Advertising and Publicity
- Chapter Thirteen Fun and Games
- Chapter Fourteen Ministry of Supply Sales, Peacock, Merry and Swaffield
- Chapter Fifteen The Egg Packing Station, Bedford
- Chapter Sixteen The Rutland Road Store, Bedford
- Chapter Seventeen 121–123 Midland Road, Bedford, Bartle Potter & Son
- Chapter Eighteen The Surveyors Club
- Chapter Nineteen W. & H. Peacock Reborn
- Appendix 1 Compilation of the Property Auction Records, 1902–1988
- Appendix 2 Property Auction Records, 1902–1988
- Works Cited
- Index of Personal Names
- Index of Places
- Subject Index
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- Pride of PeacocksA Memoir of a Bedford Firm of Auctioneers, Estate Agents and Surveyors, pp. xv - xviPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2014