1832 will - freehold property

[sueky71]

i have a copy of a will dated october 1832
in it (isaac bulman) leaves his household goods and furniture and a yearly payment to his wife, a yearly payment to his two daughters and his freehold property is to be shared between his two sons as equal tenants.
no where on the will does it say where/what this property is.
i know he lived and died in ashton under lyne, so presumably the property is somewhere in this area.
on the 1841 census i've found one of his sons (john. occ tailor) living in stanford street, ashton under lyne and one daughter (pamela, also living in stanford street and married to a tailor)
is it possible that the freehold property is a shop? - i always imagined freehold property to include land, ie, a farm etc
any suggestions on how to find out more?
thanks

[Maggott]

I'm sure somebody will be able to tell you All About It, but Freehold surely describes the way in which someone owns a property - ie it's theirs absolutely (apart possibly for mineral rights & such) & they don't pay ground rent & the property will not revert to another party at some stage in the future.  Doesn't have to be land - could be house, shop, business premises.  Remember that in early 19th cen it was unusual to own property - most people rented (as indeed they did until half way thru 20th century).
Maggott

[sueky71]

thanks maggott.
speaking personally, i know that on the deeds to my house it is referred to as freehold, meaning that i own the house and the (tiny!) bit of land its built on.
but with regard to this will, it struck me as strange that no address was given as to where/what this property was, especially when he's quite specific in his other bequests.

[Siamese Girl]

I'm guessing the property wasn't actually named because there was just the one property and everyone involved  all knew which it was. I've found wills get more specific if there is more than one property left to more than one person.

Carole

[sueky71]

thanks carole,
i'm beginning to think that its the property in stanford street, so i'll do some further digging

[sueky71]

just a quick update - i found the property   

i googled isaac bullman and up he popped in an 1832 tameside trade directory:
bullman, isaac & sons, tailors and drapiers, 56 stamford street, ashton under lyne.
i'm certain that this must be the property mentioned in the will.