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D7107 - Andrew MacBeth, Cash and Company of Wirksworth, solicitors - 19th-20th cent
7 - Court: Steward's correspondence, Barmote Court - 1929-1947
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D7107/7/1
Title
Correspondence and related papers of Major C B Symonds, Steward of the Wirksworth Barmote Courts, re lead mining, 1929-1939, 1947
Date
1929-1947
Description
Subjects covered include:
the re-opening of historic lead mines including Blobber Mine; dangerous mine shafts in need of repair, fencing etc.; requests to view the historic lead mining standard dish housed at the Moot Hall, Wirksworth; death of barmaster George Eagle and appointment of John Mort as successor, 1931; arrangements to mark the death of King George V and coronation of Edward VIII, 1936; request from the British Broadcasting Corporation to broadcast from a meeting of the Barmote Court, 1936; Copy of Lord Chief Justice's judgment in the case of Wake and another v. Redfearn and another re lead mining in the King's Field district, Queen's Bench Division, April 9 and July 5 [1878]
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Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Andrew MacBeth, Cash and Company of Wirksworth, solicitors
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