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D5206 - Alport and Magpie Lead Mines: Toft Collection - 1699-1886
1 - Lease (part of a lease and release) of a messuage and 30 acres of land at Knyveton, Samuel Aulte of Tatenhill (Staffs.) and Mary his wife to Thomas Bentley the elder of Kedlaston [Kedleston] - 1699
2 - Thomas and George Barker's lead ore account book for ore purchased from mines in Haddon, Harthill, Youlgreave, Winster, Middleton by Youlgreave, Elton, Matlock (Flints Vein), Bonsall (Danton Mine), Brassington (Long Edge Mine) Alport (Blythe Sough) and elsewhere in Derbyshire; references to purchases from Staffordshire Mines at the back - 1744-1760
3 - List of mineral customs in the Duke of Rutland's lordships of Haddon and Hartle [Harthill] and in Stanton - 1791
4 - "The Miners Guide or Complete Miner", printed and published by J Cotes of Wirksworth - 1810
5 - "Hoppus's Tables for Measuring" (printed), inscribed 'Alport Mines' - 1837
6 - Abstract of title of the devisees under the will of the late William Melland Esq. to Holemouth Close, Youlgreave, post-1841 - 19th cent
7 - Account book of the Magpie Mine [Sheldon]; includes reports on the state of the mine addressed to the proprietors and statements of account - 1842-1844
8 - Copy deed of partition of cottages at Youlgreave between Mary Norman of Bakewell, spinster, and George Toft of Youlgreave, miner, and Elizabeth his wife (formerly Elizabeth Norman, spinster) - 1844
9 - Act of Parliament to amend the mineral customs in the Wapentake of Wirksworth and within the manors of Crich, Ashford, Stoney Middleton and Eyam, Hartington, Litton, Peak Forest, Tideswell and Youlgreave. Inscribed with the names of George Toft (1852), Hy Toft (nd) and Philip Toft (1911) - 1852
10 - Sale catalogue for auction of plant, utensils and materials from the Alport Mines near Bakewell, annotated with details of purchasers and prices. - 1852
11 - Articles of working practices at the Alport Mines - mid 19th cent
12 - Ready reckoner to calculate 1/15th of various sums of money - mid 19th cent
13 - Table of weights of various measures of lead ore - mid 19th cent
14 - Instructions on how to assay copper ores - mid 19th cent
15 - Table of weights of a cubit foot of various metals and ores - mid 19th cent
16 - List of shareholders' names and addresses (/1-2) - 1875
17 - Transfer certificates assigning shares in the Hartington Moor Lead Mining Company from Henry Toft of Alport to four named individuals (/1-4) - 1878
18 - Business records - 1872-1882
19 - Conveyance of a messuage and 48½ acres of land in the parish of Shirland, Catherine Mary Broomhead of Chesterfield, spinster, to Edmund Lloyd Owen of 41 Threadneedle Street, City of London, civil engineer - 1886
20 - Transfer certificate assigning shares in the Alport Mining Company and interests in veins in Nether Haddon, from the executors of the late William Teasdale to William Norman Toft of Derby, 15 Jul 1909 - 1841-1909
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