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Archive Reference / Library Class No.DA/T/ILK/1912
TitleAgreements and related papers concerning land on St Mary Street/New Lawn Road, Ilkeston
Date1912-1954
DescriptionContaining
- Agreement, with plan, for sale of land from Duke of Rutland to Ernest Clifford Prior, 24 Jun 1912
- Agreement, with plan, between Prior and the Borough of Ilkeston regarding the grant and dedication to the public of a piece of land to form part of New Lawn Road, 10 Aug 1950
- Undated Plan showing area between St Mary Street and Pimlico, with water mains and sewer marked. The area shown in pink matches the area on the 1912 plan (and also now includes the print works built by Prior)
- Executors accounts, 1954
Extent4 items
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorErnest Clifford Prior (1867-1953), printer
Administrative HistoryPrior built a house and printing works on the land purchased in 1912. The print works are listed under Ernest's name until 1936. The 1941 Kelly's trade directory records the business as Prior Printers. Originally from Buckinghamshire, Prior had moved to Derbyshire by 1901 (he is boarding in Ashbourne at the time of the census).
Custodial HistoryThese records were donated to Derbyshire Record Office by a descendant of E. C. Prior in March 2023.
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Places
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Ilkeston 
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