Cane End is located in the south-east of Oxfordshire, a few miles north of Reading.
From the mid-18th century, Cane End House and Estate was owned by the Vanderstegen family. The Vanderstegens enlarged their estate through purchases of land and premises in nearby Reading, Basildon (Berkshire) and Shambridge. Upon the death of Henry Brigham Douglas Vanderstegen in 1940, the majority of the estate was sold to Milton Harris of Little Milton Manor, who sold it off in sections throughout the 1940s. In 1947, Cane End House and over 500 acres of land were purchased by Anthony Hordern.
The collection relates primarily to the valuation and sale of the estate of H.B.D. Vanderstegen in the early 1940s, and subsequent property transactions within the tenure of Milton Harris.
The records were deposited in 2001 as accession 4906. Catalogued by Katherine Kinrade in March 2019.