The land at Leathet, Preston Patrick was offered for sale by Auction on Thursday 7th November on behalf of the Executors of the late Mrs Olive Clarke and a packed Damson Room in the Exhibition Hall at J36 saw it sell for £284,000 an average of £6,640 per acre. The land consisted of 42.77 acres in total with 8.14 Acres of meadow 30.15 acres of pasture and 4.48 acres of wood