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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D127/MT/1-30
TitleProperties known as the Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, lying on Masson Common, enclosed in 1780. Parcels by various hands to lsaac Wilkinson of Chesterfield, merchant; sold to Charles Vernon of Lichfield 1789; sold to Benjamin Wyatt of Sutton Coldfield, architect, 1808; sold to John Gilbert of Derby, surgeon, 1810; mortgage to Wyatt, 1810, assigned to Powell 1819; mortgage to Craddock 1833; Gilbert family settlement in part exchange for interest in houses in Darley Lane, Derby, 1833; certified extract from inclosure award with plans 1838; certificate of sale of part by Borough of Chesterfield to Wilkinson, 1839; mortgages assigned 1839; Heights of Abraham sold to Petchell, Atkinson and others 1839; Atkinson share mortgaged and sold 1859; whole by mortgages and sales to Robert Chadwick; mortgaged 1866 and 1878; part reconveyed and redeemed 1882; covenants and release of covenants 1862-1864.
Date1780-1882
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorHeights of Abraham, Matlock Bath
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