| Description | Family and Estate Papers
Summary of contents
Title deeds D3580/T
Estate papers, general D3580/E
Estate papers, and accounts, by family member D3580/EF
Plans D3580/P
Office and public service D3580/O
Personal papers D3580/FP
Family papers, general D3580/FZ
Papers of associated families D3580/ZF
Longsdon family history D3580/ZP
Legal papers D3580/ZL
Miscellaneous D3580/ZZ
Correspondence D3580/C
Index to correspondence D3580/CA
Additional miscellaneous estate, family and personal papers, 20th century D3580/X
Index of Contents
D3580/T Title deeds
D3580/T1-18 Medieval deeds
D3580/T19 Estate of Robert Longsdon
D3580/T20-22 Estate of Anthony Longsdon 1, 1571-1604
D3580/T23-24 Estate of Stephen Longsdon, before Mar, 1608-1613
D3580/T25-43 Estate of Anthony Longsdon II, 1626-1653
D3580/T44-52 Estate of William Longsdon, 1653-1658
D3580/T53-58 Estate of Thomas Longsdon I
D3580/T59-73 Estate of Thomas Longsdon II, 1684-1750
D3580/T74-79 Estate of Thomas Longsdon III, 1750-1780
D3580/T80-116 Estate of James Longsdon I, 1775-1822
D3580/T117-122 Longstone tithe estate, 1786-1829
D3580/T123-166 Estate of James Longsdon II, 1822-1829
D3580/T167-235 Estate of William Longsdon, 1829-1876
D3580/T236-276 Estate of Henry John Longsdon and trust under will of William Longsdon, 1847-1900
D3580/E Estate, general
D3580/E1-27 Enclosure, Ashford, Little Longsdon
D3580/E28-77 Land Tax, Little Longstone
D3580/E78-114 Tithes, Little Longstone Estate papers
D3580/E115-286 Before William Longsdon, 1829
D3590/E287-366 William Longsdon
D3580/E367-1429 William Longsdon's trust
Family estate files including Life tenancies in Longstone estate
D3580/E1430 - 1607 Revd Henry John Longsdon
D3580/E1680 - 1641 Henry Crofts Longsdon
D3580/E1642 - 1738 Ernest Morewood Longsdon
D3580/E1739-1791 Anthony EC Longsdon
D3580/EF Estate papers and accounts, by family member
D3580/EF1-3 Anthony Longsdon of Longstone
D3580/EF4-5 Thomas Longsdon of London
D3580/EF6-16 Thomas Longsdon I, senior of Longstone & Armley
D3580/EF17-29 Thomas Longsdon II
D3580/EF30-33 William Longsdon of Eyam
D3580/EF34-76 Thomas Longsdon of Goatcliffe
D3580/EF77-503 James Longsdon senior and family
D3580/EF504-549 James Longsdon, senior, Cotton enterprise
D3580/EF551-563 Elizabeth Longsdon
D3580/EF564-569 William Longsdon
D3580/EF570 Emma Jane Longsdon
D3580/EF571-575 Charles James Longsdon
D3580/EF576-668 William Longsdon's trust
D3580/EF669-687 Mrs FD Longsdon & family
D3580/EF688-847 Mrs EM Longsdon's trust
D3580/EF848-876 Mrs EC Longsdon
D3580/EF877-878 AEC Longsdon
See also D3580/X/1
D3580/P Plans
D3580/P1-18 Field plans
D3580/P19-24 Drainage plans
D3580/P25-31 Plans of Great Longstone Hall
D3580/P32-38 Plans of the Grotto Cottage, also The Hollow
D3580/P39-54 Plans of farms, cottages and other buildings
D3580/P55-57 Plans from EM Longsdon's architectural practice
D3580/P58-59 Little Longstone plans
D3580/O Office and Public Service
D3580/O1-16 General: tithe, militia
D3580/O17-23 Association for the Prosecution of Felons, Ashford, Longstone
Little Longstone township:
D3580/O24-30 Accounts and rates
D3580/O31-33 Apprenticeship
D3580/O34-36 Bastardy
D3580/O37-41 Settlement
D3580/O42-44 Highways
D3580/O45-212 Longstone church including note on registers
D3580/O213-214 Ashford charities
D3580/O215-284 Longstone charities
D3580/FP Personal papers
D3580/FP1 Stephen Longsdon
[James Longsdon]
William Longsdon and Emma J Longsdon:
D3580/FP2-5 Journals
D3580/FP6-12 Political correspondence
D3580/FP13-35 Tax notes and speeches
D3580/FP36-40 Other interests
D3580/FP41-80 Henry John Longsdon
D3580/FP81-83 Mrs F D Longsdon née Lace
D3580/FP84-130 EM Longsdon
D3580/FP131-141 Mrs EC Longsdon nee Crosse
D3580/FP142-147 Miss B Longsdon
D3580/FP148-158 AEC Longsdon
See also D3580/X/1
D3580/FZ Family papers: general
D3580/FZ1-5 Right to bear arms
D3580/FZ6-62 Papers regarding family baptisms, marriages, burials, etc
D3580/FZ64-77 Invitations and associated Papers
D3580/ZF Papers regarding families associated with the Longsdon family
D3580/ZF1-8 Wynt or Wyant of Middleton by Youlgreave
D3580/ZF9-21 Bunting of Ashover etc
D3580/ZF22-47 Finney of Longstone
D3580/ZF48-50 Gardom of Bakewell
D3580/ZF51-85 Smithers of Ashford
D3580/ZF86-98 Lace of Doncaster
D3580/ZF99-123 Broomhead family
D3580/ZF124-172 Morewood family
D3580/ZF173-183 Chappe Cross family
D3580/ZF184-366 Goodwin and Swetnam Family of Bakewell
D3580/ZP Longsdon family history papers
D3580/ZP1-22 Longsdon pedigree
D3580/ZP23-29 17th cent translations and copies of early deeds
D3580/ZP30-749 EM Longsdon's working papers of family history
D3580/ZL Legal miscellanea
D3580/ZL1-3 Legal practice of Thomas Longsdon of Armley, Yorkshire
D3580/ZL4-15 Legal instruments
D3580/ZZ Miscellaneous papers
D3580/ZZ1-3 Estate accounts, place unidentified
D3580/ZZ4-20 Verse
D3580/ZZ21-23 Recipes, medical and horticultural
D3580/ZZ24 Advertisement regarding appointment of taxing agent
D3580/ZZ25-32 Genealogical notes on Twigge family of Holme near Bakewell, etc
D3580/ZZ33-47 Historical notes on Longstone and district
D3580/ZZ48-57 Concert programmes, chiefly 19th century
D3580/ZZ58-59 Post Office Jubilee postcard
D3580/ZZ60-64 Church order of service, 19th-20th century
D3580/ZZ65-67 miscellaneous notes, chiefly 19th century
D3580/ZZ68-86 Photographs of Longsdon family members and friends
D3580/ZZ87-113 Views of Longstone buildings, etc
D3580/ZZ114-120 Miscellaneous photographs
D3580/ZZ121-129 Scenic views, prints, sketches, postcards, etc
D3580/ZZ131-134 Newspapers
D3580/ZZ135-137 Printed calendars
D3580/ZZ138-141 Printed maps
D3580/ZZ142-150 Printed books & journals
D3580/C1-1200 Correspondence
D3580/CA/1 Index to correspondence
D3580/X Additional papers, early-mid 20th cent
D3580/X/1/1-36 Diaries of AEC Longsdon. 1948-1983
D3580/X/2/1-2 Miscellaneous Estate, family and personal accounts, 1970-1975
D3580/X/3/1 EM Longsdon's architect's drawing of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Ashbourne |
| Administrative History | The Longsdon family were established in Little Longstone from the 13th century, but their fortunes improved in the early 17th century when Stephen Longsdon and his son Anthony exchanged lands with the Countess of Shrewsbury, `Bess of Hardwick'. By this they gained access to commons and woods and free grazing on Longsdon Moor for 200 sheep. The family benefited from the wool trade so that by the early 19th century James Longsdon (1745-1821) had 450 acres of rented land and 150 freehold acres. From the 1780s his farming activities including buying cattle for fattening from fairs in Derbyshire and later Lancaster.
In the 1770s and 1780s James Longsdon became involved in the cotton industry in partnership with the Morewood family of Alfreton and the High Peak. Together they opened a trading agency in St Petersburg in Russia. When Richard Arkwright's patent claims were dismissed, they decided to expand their interests in cotton manufacturing. In 1785 the partners built a carding mill and warehouse, plus a bleaching croft, in Great Longstone, but two years later the partnership was dissolved. The business then devolved on three brothers James Longsdon II (1786-1827), John Longsdon (1788-1819), and William Longsdon (1790 - 1878). Trading difficulties led to James's withdrawal from the cotton manufacturing industry in 1812, but his two brothers developed a textile merchants' business in Charleston, South Carolina, from 1819. One of the strengths of this collection is the extensive series of family and business correspondence for the late 18th and 19th centuries (D3580/C1-1200). For further information, see `James Longsdon, farmer and fustian manufacturer' by SD Chapman, Textile History.
In the early 20th century Ernest Morewood Longsdon (1868-1940) developed a successful architect's practice in Derbyshire. Commissions undertaken by him included new buildings for Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Green Road, Ashbourne. |
| Custodial History | These papers were deposited in Derbyshire Record Office in February 1992. |