This has been an education!
I was thinking this is so out of date it’s not going to be worth much at all, and even though I might still only get around the original price of the frame only for the whole thing - it’s still far more than I would have expected!
I’ve looked at hybrids on line and in just one shop so far, Halfords - and if I put the same again to a new bike - let’s say a £1400 job, I don’t think it could be any better than this and it certainly wouldn’t have an XTR groupset.
So now I’m thinking I have a stem for sale! I will change it, it needs doing anyway, then I’ll see.
I obviously got my dates wrong in my first post but I do know it didn’t get built until after 2000 - so that would be the date of first registration so to speak - and then it spent 20 years gathering dust in the garage.
What a great forum this is - thanks for all your help.