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Auction: 9014 - Bond & Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 405

Brean Down Harbour Company, £10 share, 186(5), no. 314, issued to Sir John Eardley Wilmot, black, extremely fine. Proposed harbour near Burnham on Sea, Somerset. The foundation stone was laid in November 1864 by Lady Wilmot but sadly was washed away by an overnight storm. Beset by problems and the death of the contractor, the scheme was abandoned in 1868. Estimate £ 40-50

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