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D267 - Pashley Collection: artificial collection - [c1250s]-1960s

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D267
Title	Pashley Collection: artificial collection
Date	[c1250s]-1960s
Description	The collection consists mostly of papers relating to north east Derbyshire. They include records on legal cases, conveyancing and leasing, coal mining, lead mining, Brampton Pottery, estate surveys, household accounts, turnpikes, parishes, maps and plans, Chesterfield Canal, Brampton Mechanics Institute, and the Wheatcroft family of Ashover.
Extent	27 boxes, 6 outsize rolls, 2 outsize folders
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Pashley Collection: artificial collection
Administrative History	The papers were collected by John Walker Pashley (1880-1967). He worked in telecommunications (being described in 1911 as a Telephone Inspector, and as a skilled workman in the Engineering Department of the Post Office in 1939. His father, John, was a grocer in Chesterfield originally from Darley Dale, who had retired by the age of 48 (1891 census).
Custodial History	These records were deposited in several instalments starting in April 1964, and continuing in June 1964 (two deposits), April 1965, November 1966, February 1969 (two deposits), May 1969, June 1969, March 1970, June 1972 and August 1972. Some items that had strayed from the Pashley collection before deposit, and these were later acquired in March 1984 and March 1996.
Organisation Sub-Type	Family and estate
Finding Aids	This collection is currently being revised and relisted. See interim list below for ooriginal list
Related Material	Muniments of the Duke of Leeds relating to his Yorkshire estates, that had been deposited in August 1972 with other Derbyshire papers, were transferred to South Yorkshire County Council in July 1974. See Sheffield Archives, reference SY5.
Document	D267.doc
Archivist Note	Before the deposit of the collection many of the documents had been given their own reference number by Mr Pashley, starting or ending with letters A, B or C. The original listing reflected this, but the poorly executed and often very confusing catalogue meant that it was decided to replace it. A straightfoward numbering system was adopted rather one with a classified structure due to the disparate and miscellaneous nature of the collection. Mr Pashley's original reference numbers are retained in the Previous Number field, as are some later reference numbers applied by archive staff but which were superceded.