Ethel Street Rent 1898

The Western Mail from 1898 carried many advertisements for the sale by auction of properties in Ethel street Rents ranged from 5s to 6 shilling per week

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Here is the transcript:

Mr J.E Gunn has received instructions to sell.

At The Royal Hotel Cardiff on Monday 17^th day of June 1896

Lot of all the four lease hold cottages and being numbers 21 ,23,25,27, Ethel street, Canton, Cardiff held on a term for 90 years from Feb. 1881 at an annual rate of £2 10 shillings each house

The properties have recently been thoroughly renovated and are all well let at 5 shillings per week. They contain front and back room kitchen , scullery, wc? on the ground floor and three bedrooms on the first floor.