New book captures Stalbridge’s historic sale a century on

New book captures Stalbridge’s historic sale a century on

In September 1918, just two months before the end of the First World War, Lord Stalbridge placed his entire estate under the hammer. Homes, farms, cottages, businesses and fields across Stalbridge and Stalbridge Weston were sold off in individual lots. For the first time, many local residents had the chance to own their homes – though for others it meant losing the properties rented by their families for generations.A century later, Stalbridge H…