Our Land at War: A Portrait of Rural Britain 1939–45

Perhaps it was a sense of achievement, coupled with hope that the war might not last long, which lent buoyancy to the sale of farms early in the war. Estate agents cheerfully reported good business, ‘and plenty of eager applicants for good holdings, either for investment or occupation’. Prices seem ridiculously low. In March 1940 a freehold, ‘highly farmed’ holding of 163 acres in Suffolk, including an ‘excellent residence’ with five bedrooms, ‘splendid premises’ and two ‘superior cottages’, was advertised at £2500. A 170-acre grass farm in Nottinghamshire, including a cottage, could be had for £1750. In July Country Life reported that ‘The investor’s quest for first-rate farms goes on with increasing vigour’. The Yews Farm, near Rugby, with 215 acres, went at auction for £4800. On the other hand, with cement scarce, and bags of it described as ‘precious as gold dust’, repairs were difficult and farm buildings were tending to fall into decay.

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