| Description | Most items in this box concern the sale of the Willersley Castle Estate by Richard Alleyne Arkwright following the death in 1923 of his father Frederick Charles Arkwright. As well as Willersley Castle the estate included many properties in the village of Cromford.
Conditions of sale: 1924
Receipt book: stub entries: 1932
Westminster Bank paying-in books: stub entries 1924 and 1925-1928
Sale particulars: 1927: Willersley Cottage Farm: with estate plan including Matlock Bath and Cromford: 57cm x 57cm: scale: 1 cm to 0.05 km
Letter and copy reply: 1936: from Moody & Woolley: seeking old lease of Lovers' Walk, Matlock Bath
Accounts:
1924: in relation to tenancy of Cromford Cricket and Football clubs
1926: legal work for Willersley Estate Sale
1927: out of pocket expenses
Letters and copy replies: 1924, 1927-1929: correspondents include: J S Potter, solicitors, Matlock; Country Gentlemen's Association; Messrs Williams & James, London; Mrs Emily Wilkinson; H Berrisford, Cromford Old Allotments Association; H Gillott, Cromford New Allotments Ltd
Plans (2): 1924: Cromford: 53cm x 75cm: scale: 1: 1600
Original bundle: letters and copy replies: 1924, 1927-1929: probably several hundred letters relating to sale of Arkwright properties
The following items have no apparent connection with the Willersley Castle Estate:
Booklet: 1926: South Darley Urban District Council: Bye-laws: new streets and buildings
Abstract of Title: 1925: (5 copies): property in Wirksworth, Carsington, Callow, Hopton and Griffe Grange: related to the will of Henry Chandos Pole Gell, (died 1902) |