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Archive Reference / Library Class No.Q/UBOX/23
TitleBox 23 - Enclosure Awards Questionnaries; Land Drainage; Other
Date1635-1928
DescriptionMemorial to be registered: Indenture between Maria Louisa Whyte of Barrow Hill, Staffordshire, widow and Henry Dawson of Launde Abbey, Leicestershire re land at Hackstone Rice, Offcote and Underwood, 1 Jan 1842

Petitions against removal of Quarter Sessions from Chesterfield to Derby (7 items)
- from inhabitants of the Hundred of High Peak (several hundred signatures), 15 Jan 1828
- from mayor, aldermen and burgesses of Chesterfield [c1849-c1852]
- from inhabitants of Glossop (about 90 signatures), 4 Apr 1800 - sessions being moved from Bakewell
- from inhabitants of Totley (14 signatures), 1827
- from inhabitants of Dore (85 signatures), 1827
- from inhabitants of Hundreds of Scarsdale and High Peak (about 300 signatures), 26 Nov 1827
- from inhabitants of the Hundred of Scarsdale (about 500 signatures), 15 Jan 1828

Letters from parish incumbents giving details of location of Enclosure Plans and Awards, Oct 1873-Sep1874
- approx. 130 replies to enquiry from John Barber, clerk of the peace, on behalf of committee of magistrates appointed to arrange the county records. Some replies are written on the reverse of enquiry circular letters dated 27 Oct 1873 or 10 Sep 1874

- Interrogatories in a suit between Philip, Earl Chesterfield and Sir Edward Leech, with respect to the manor of Sawley, 1635

- Telegram from secretary, Royal Agricultural Society to clerk of the peace re request to bring to the meeting details of number of cases of animal disease, 26 May 1881. With Return of Foot and Mouth Disease in Derby District, 27 May 1881

- Report of George Bridgart, county surveyor, including references to Aston bridge (accumulation of sediment), Burton bridge (proposal by Mr Ratcliff to build baths nearby) and Ilkeston bridge (proposal to improve the bridge and nearby road), Jan 1872

- Notice of meeting of Police Committee and Cattle Diseases Act Committee, 16 Jul 1881

Letters to John Barber, clerk of the peace
- from David E Lakin, Holly Cottage, Newton Solney re intention to keep a milking cow and wishes to register himself as a milk seller, 24 Nov 1879
- from George Robinson, veterinary surgeon, Chesterfield asking to be added to the list of qualified veterinary surgeons, 12 Sep 1879
- from Joseph Slater, Heanor re erection of a cow house on Loscoe Road, Heanor and requesting inspection, 6 Nov 1879

Bundle labelled "Traverses 1710-1721" (17 items)
Including the following documents re land drainage:
- Consent by Dame Anne Beatrix Wilmot Horton of Catton Hall to Charles Robert Colvile of Lullington for a drain through a field in Coton in the Elms, 29 Jul 1862. With plan (scale: six chains to one inch) and section (scale: three chains to one inch) by John Shaw, surveyor, Derby; and approval by John Shaw of Derby and George Troutbeck of Barton under Needwood, land agent
- Certificate by John Shaw and John Parkin, appointed as arbitrators in relation to proposed drain in South Wingfield (parties John Pearson and Rev. Imanuel Halton), 19 Jun 1863
- Consent by John Curzon of Derby to Charles Robert Colvile of Lullington to a drain in a field at Coton in the Elms, 30 Aug 1862. With plan (scale: six chains to one inch) and section (scale: three chains to one inch) by John Shaw, surveyor, Derby

Justices’ certificates of road completion (5 items)
- Manor Road, Fanny Avenue and Dumbleton Road, Killamarsh,27 Nov 1928. With plan (scale: 41.66 feet to one inch) by B D Thompson, architect and surveyor, Worksop
- Rosemary Road, Cairns Road and The Avenue, Beighton, 8 Jun 1828. With related correspondence
- Road from Upper Langwith to Station Road, Shirebrook, 26 Jun 1905. With plan (scale: 1/2500) by Engineers’ Office, Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway
- Gladstone Street, Albert Street, Duke Street, Victoria Street, South Street and Peel Street, South Normanton, 2 Mar 1897
- Bowmer Road, Osmaston, 19 Mar 1895

Judgement re allocation of responsibility between townships of Barlow and Brampton for a section of road from Oxton Rake Road and Freebirch, 12 Nov 1831. With plan (no scale)

Letters re search for definitive documents about bridge and road at Whaley Bridge, May1875-Jun 1875. With undated plan; and summary, 19 Jul 1875, by C R Colvile, chairman, county Record Committee

Envelope labelled “Queen Victoria Memorial”, containing:
- Minutes Derbyshire Easter Sessions, Apr 1901
- Minutes Derbyshire County Council, 17 Apr 1901
- Correspondence relating to meetings of Victoria Memorial Committee; enquiries of and replies from various county councils about memorial activity, 1901
- Summary sheet indicating actions, if any, of county councils
Extent1 box
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorDerbyshire County Quarter Sessions
FormatDocument
AcknowledgementsWith thanks to Roger Jennens for box-listing, February 2026.
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