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Particulars of the Hexton Manor Estate, Hertfordshire About 6 miles West from the Old-World Market Town of Hitchin on the Main G.N. Line, and about 7 miles from Luton on the Main Midland Line with excellent Express Service to London from each in about 45 minutes: 4½ miles from Harlington Station, about 1½ miles from Barton Village, and about 14 miles from Bedford.
The Estate. and is delightfully situated, nestling under the Barton Hills, which form the Eastern end of the well-known Chiltern Range. It comprises useful arable lands and valuable old park and grasslands and woodlands, together with superior Houses and Model Homesteads, let to a substantial and old established tenantry, with Model Village Public House and Cottages. The Northern portion of the Estate lies at an elevation of about 250-ft above sea level: the Southern portion rises in hills to varying heights, from 300-ft to 500-ft above sea level. |
< Sales Catalogue from 1918 |
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Hexton Manor is a Grade 2 Listed Building
Parks & Gardens has some history, etc., of the manor
Hexton Manor is now a venue for weddings.
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