Some examples of Tickhill's property market in the early 20th Century
Only a small minority of Tickhill's householders at this time were property owners, as was the case generally in England. Tickhill property owners in some cases owned several properties and were not always local residents. The following seven accounts of local property sales, six in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph and one for 3/12/1900 in the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, give an idea of the properties changing hands at public auctions, the prices obtained for them and who the new owners were. The properties were sold by the auctioneers John Dawson and Sons who were based in St George's Gate, Doncaster since the 1880s.
Tuesday, 11 September 1900
Messrs John Dawson and Sons sold by auction several lots of valuable property formerly belonging to the late Mr John White. Three dwelling houses and outbuildings were purchased by Mr Edward White for £330. A plot of building land fronting Castlegate was sold to Mr Deakin for £31. Three cottages with gardens and outbuildings in Hill's Yard, Castlegate, were sold to Mr White for £105. A dwelling house in Castlegate with large garden and outbuildings was sold to Joseph Cooper for £92. Messrs Cartwright and Walker were the solicitors.
Monday, 3 December 1900
Messrs J Dawson and Sons on Friday sold at the Carpenters Arms, Tickhill, the freehold dwelling house, together with cottage, maltkiln, yard, garden, barn, stabling, etc, situate at the junction of West Gate and Dam Road, Tickhill,late in the occupancy of Mr JW Lee and another. Mr Guest, Tickhill, was the purchaser for £410.
Saturday, 26 January 1901
Messrs John Dawson and Sons offered for sale several lots of freehold property at the Scarbrough Arms Inn, Tickhill, on Thursday night. Two houses in Sunderland Street were bought by Mr Bottom of Carlton-on-Trent for £360. A dwelling house in Castlegate and five cottages in St Mary's Gate were bought by Mr Tom Jenkinson for £395. The solicitors were Messrs Atkinson and Sons, Doncaster.
Thursday, 31 January 1901
On Tuesday night Mr John Dawson sold by auction at the Carpenters Arms Inn a freehold dwelling house on West Gate with large yard, garden and homestead. It was knocked down to Mr William Hancock for £230. The solicitor was Mr George Pye, of Doncaster.
Friday, 9 May 1902
At the Red Lion Hotel, Tickhill, Messrs John Dawson and Sons offered for sale 14 freehold cottages in Mangham Lane let at an aggregate weekly rent of £1/8/-. They were knocked down to Mr Bingham of Mexborough for £560. Messrs Saunders and Nicholson of Wath-Upon-Dearne were the solicitors.
Thursday, 18 August 1904
Messrs J Dawson and Sons offered for sale on Tuesday evening at the Red Lion Hotel two freehold cottages with garden and orchard also a close of arable land at the rear of Northgate, Tickhill, containing altogether about 1 acre. At £300 it was knocked down to Mr John Wibberley of Tickhill. Mr Theodore Morton of Grantham was the solicitor. The estate of the Sports Field off Sunderland Street, about 7 acres, was afterwards put up and realised £6/17/6.
Wednesday, 19 October 1904
Messrs J Dawson and Sons, of Doncaster, offered by auction at the Carpenters Arms Inn, on Monday evening, three messuages, with homestead, yard, garden, barn, stables and outbuildings in Castlegate, Tickhill, containing with the sites of the buildings, half an acre or thereabouts, with a gross rental of £22. The property was sold to Mr Fred Wigginton for £390. Messrs Cartwright and Walker were the solicitors.