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The History of Borley Rectory |
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After Harry Price's tenancy of Borley Rectory came to a close on 19th May 1938, the Ecclesiastical Commission decided to sell the building as on his induction to the living, the Rev. Alfred Henning had decided that the rectory was too big for himself and his wife to maintain and he had made his home at Liston. In order to ascertain what reserve figure should be placed if the infamous Rectory went to auction, the Commission instructed Stanley Moger, an estate agent and valuer of nearby Halstead to visit the premises and carry out a valuation. Mr Moger prepared an inventory of the Rectory and its grounds during his visit and this was duly presented to the Ecclesiastical Commission on the 26th May 1938. The price which was advised was £450 but in actual fact the proposed auction did not take place as Capt. Gregson offered £500 for the title and on 16th December 1938 became the owner and last tenant of 'the Most Haunted House in England'. Reproduced below is Stanley Moger's 1938 inventory of Borley Rectory which gives a thorough description of the building and its grounds at the time that Harry Price wound up his tenancy in May 1938. Grateful thanks go to Richard Lee van den Daele for supplying the images.
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