| Description | Copy of the will of Sir Roger Manners of Whitwell, 1632.
Copy of the Aldwarke sheep walk bounder, 1688.
Valuation of the roofs, pipes, wainscots and window stanchions, at Haddon, 1731.
Case concerning Ragman’s Vein, 1752.
Note of land taken from the Duke of Rutland for the Chesterfield-Ernstone Lane Head Turnpike, 1759.
List of men enlisted by Lord Robert Sutton for the Royal Forresters at Bakewell, 1760.
Bond from John Smith, the elder and John his son to John Barker for good behaviour after being guilty of defrauding in their payments of tithe, 1761.
Quarters sessions presentments for the repair of a milldam and lime-kiln at Bakewell, 1770.
Copies of letters about an old house in Bakewell built in 1591. 1771.
Observations on the manor of Haddon, 1775.
Measurements taken on the public road between Bakewell and Youlgreave, 1776.
Copies of letters from Gell about the lease of cotton mills at Alport, 1778.
Barker’s observations on the Curbar Road, 1778.
The following appear to be personal papers of John Barker:-
Note on the Grassington lead mines, 1770.
Declaration by Joseph Skidmore of Monsall Dale that he will deliver to John Barker a receipt (when found) for £70 paid to Barker as Treasurer of the Chesterfield-Ernstone Lane Head Turnpike, 1761. |