Just in case any others may be interested, this is the full advert that appeared in the Maitland Mercury for the Bowthorne Estate ... Sale by Auction 11th January, 1843 Includes in the Title Deeds an area of some 2,000 acres Lot 1 : House, Premises and Farm : 137 acres, 3 roods, 12 perches. The house (fronting the Hunter River) contains 10 rooms with detached kitchen and servant's room. Contiguous to the house is the Barn, 60 x 20; 2 large Wheat Sheds, each 60 x 22; stone dairy, shoemaker's shop, coach-house; harness house; overseer's house consisting of 4 rooms with lofts above. Tobacco shed, granary and provision stores, three stables, stockyards, milking yards, men's huts. Fronting the house is the garden of two and a quarter acres, with fruit trees and a vinery of nearly an acre. Lot 2 : 76½ acres. Slabbed house and barn in the course of erection. Leased. Lot 3 : 53 ¾ acres. Two slabbed huts. Lot 4 : 45 ½ acres. Leased. Lot 5 : 39¼ acres. House, barn and other buildings. Leased. Lot 6 : 52¼ acres. Good hut. Leased. Lot 7 : 84¼ acres. Leased Lot 8 : 135 acres, known as "Selwood", now occupied by ------ MACQUARIE Esq. and others. Four roomed cottage, with kitchen, barn, stockyards, piggery, men's huts. Lot 9 : This portion of the Estate is called "Hopewell" and contains 205½ acres. The cottage on this portion is leased to Mrs. SIMPSON, as a seminary for Young Ladies.Garden at front, out-buildings in the rear, with a well of water. Remainder leased. Lot 10 : 242 acres. Has three tenants, one of whom has commenced a nursery. Well watered, a chain of ponds running through it. Lot 11 : 170 acres of forest land. Lot 12 : 91 acres (similar to Lot 11), partially fenced. Lot 13 : 164½ acres, adjoining the village of Abbotsford Lot 14 : 333¼ acres. Bounded on the North by "Loch Gayle", the property of Capt. TAGGART; on the South by Wallalong, the Estate of Walter SCOTT Esq.; on the East by the road leading to the crossing place of the Hunter and Paterson Rivers, to the Paterson Township, Williams River; and on the West by "Woodville", the property of John Galt SMITH Esq. Wonder how many £'s it fetched ? Diane