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Collapse D4417 - Forman family of Chellaston - 18th-20th cent

D4417 - Forman family of Chellaston - 18th-20th cent

Expand 1 - Probate records - 1831-1840

1 - Probate records - 1831-1840

Expand 2 - Correspondence - 1791-1811

2 - Correspondence - 1791-1811

Expand 3 - Exercise books and diaries - c1809-1914

3 - Exercise books and diaries - c1809-1914

Expand 4 - Family papers - 19th cent

4 - Family papers - 19th cent

Expand 5 - Farming - 1773-1825

5 - Farming - 1773-1825

Expand 6 - Financial papers - 18th-19th cent

6 - Financial papers - 18th-19th cent

Expand 7 - Farming technology

7 - Farming technology

Expand 8 - Quarrying - 1833-1915

8 - Quarrying - 1833-1915

Expand 9 - H Forman - early 19th cent

9 - H Forman - early 19th cent

Collapse 10 - Photographs - 19th-20th cent

10 - Photographs - 19th-20th cent

1-3 - Five photographs, including three mounted on one board, of the Leys Alabaster Quarry showing quarry face, cutting equipment and lifting gear - 1908-1919

4-5 - Two photographs of R R and E M Forman in Leys Quarry, Chellaston - [c1910s]

6 - Photograph of a sample of the products of turned alabaster displayed in showcase inside entrance gate of quarry - [early 20th cent]

7 - Photograph of "an effigy of Our Saviour", sculpted from a block of alabaster from H Forman's quarry - quarried out of a field near Fox Corner - 1876

8 - Photograph of old earthenware jug found in Leys Quarry - 1913

9 - Photograph of reredos in Salisbury Cathedral - 1877

10 - Photograph of Dr Hawtry's monument at Eton College 1877 T Nicholls, Sculptor - 1877

11 - Photograph of the font at St Mary's Brighton 1878 T Nicholls, Sculptor - 1878

12 - Photograph of Bishop Wilberforce' s monument in nd Winchester Cathedral

13 - Photograph of nave pulpit in Worcester Cathedral carved from Chellaston alabaster

14 - Photograph of alabaster monument in Roman Catholic church in Manchester - 1912

15 - Photograph of alabaster in Windsor Hotel, Victoria Street, Westminster

16 - Photograph of alabaster pulpit in Christ Church, Westminster, erected 1878

Expand 11 - Historical articles - 1916

11 - Historical articles - 1916

Expand 12 - Civil parish records - 1795-1849

12 - Civil parish records - 1795-1849

Expand 13 - Rate collection records - 1853

13 - Rate collection records - 1853

Expand 14 - Methodist papers - 1801-1861

14 - Methodist papers - 1801-1861

Expand 15 - Bills - 1793-1827

15 - Bills - 1793-1827

Local Studies Periodicals

Local Studies Periodicals

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Local Studies Periodicals

Local Studies Periodicals

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

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