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Above sign 2016.

From the Morning Advertiser, Wednesday 18 July 1860.

In and near Rochester, Kent.

Messrs. Cobb are instruct to sell by auction at the "Crown Inn," Rochester, on Tuesday, July 24th, at one, in five lots, the following freehold properties, with early possession.

A freehold house, situated in Eastgate, Rochester, in the occupation of Miss Balfour; Three Freehold Cottages, adjoining the free Grammar School, Eastgate, Rochester, in the occupation of H. Lane and others; the "Darnley Arms" public house, at Cobham, the "Stone Horse" public house, at Higham, and a freehold Messuage and Forge, at Milton-next-Sittingbourne.

Particulars, with conditions of sale, may be had of Messrs Farefoot, Webb, and D'Aeth, Solicitors, 13, Clement's Inn; and of Messrs, Cobb, Surveyors and Land Agents, 25, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London, and Rochester.