Documents concerning No. 5 and 6 Johns Place Eastcourt (Lower Rainham road) Gillingham. Ranging in date from 1869 to 1959. 1: Mortgage for properties in Gillingham, to secure £50 and interest. Mr John Swan and his wife Eleanora (Ellen) Swan to George Brindley Acworth. 2: Reconveyance of hereditaments and premises at Eastcourt in Gillingham, Kent. Between James Acworth (of Bradford, York), and Revd William Pelham Acworth (of Christ Church Parsonage, Glouster) and James Vincent Bell (of Rochester, Kent), and Charlotte Emily Acworth (of Rochester, widow of William Pelham Acworth) and James Vincent Bell, and John William Swan (of no. 15 Prospect Row Chatham, Kent) and George William Swan (of no. 36 Connaught Road, Chatham, a wheelwright). 3: Deed of Partition of two cottages and hereditaments at Johns Place Eastcourt in Gillingham. Between John William Swan ('fitter'), George William Swan ('wheelwright') and Alfred Morgan ('Gentleman'). Dividing up inherited property. 4: Miss Lilian May Swan (of Gildas House No.185 Rock Avenue, Gillingham, 'Spinster') to Mr Arthur Thomas Mudge (of No. 6 Johns Place, Eastcourt, 'Blacksmith'), the conveyance of No. 5 Johns Place Eastcourt, Gillingham. John William Swan was her father, died 9th April 1905, leaving all his property estate and effects to his daughter Lilian. Lilian May Swan selling No.5 John Place to Arthur Thomas Mudge for £55. 5: Abstract of the title of Mrs Betty Hatton regarding No. 5 Johns Place Gillingham. Lists history of ownership of the property from 1905. 6: Application form for an official search of the alphabetical index of the registers kept under the Land Charges Act 1925 and Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1926, about 5 Johns Place Eastcourt, Gillingham, Kent. Signed by Frank Hill, Town Clerk, Municipal Buildings, Gillingham. 7: Conveyance between Betty Hatton and the Mayor Alderman and Burgesses of the borough of Gillingham about the sale of No. 5 John's Place Lower Rainham road, Gillingham, for £70. Signed by Betty Hatton. Includes a plan of the property, surrounding properties (No's 1-7, No's 8-10, and Eastcourt bungalow) and buildings (5x sheds, 5x WCs, 2x derelict WCs, and a barn), roads and the Orchard of Manor Farm. 8: Copy of the death certificate of William Henry Johnson (died in No. 6 Johns Place on 27th February 1953 aged 69). 9: Requisitions of title of No. 5 John's Place, Lower Rainham Rd. List of requitions and replies between previous owner and buyer. Signed by Frank Hill, Town clerk 15th March 1958 and the vendor's solicitor on 28th May 1958. 10: Two documents, both seem to be part of larger document/s. First is Caroline Mannering signing in favour of William Henry Johnson "and his wife" as tenants of cottages No. 5 and 6. Also references the 8th August 1953 morandum by conveyance between Ellen Maud Johnson and Frank Balmer and Sylvia Majorie Balmer about No. 6 John's Place. Second document the month of the date isn't clear. Caroline Mannering signing to acknowledge that Betty Hatton has the same rights as her to the documents of the title of No. 5 John's Place. 1869-1959