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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D3226/1
TitlePartnership account book of William Carrington of Ashen Clough [Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside] John Mottram and William Bennett concerning their copartnership in the coal mines leased them by John Shallcross esq,
Date1711-1757
DescriptionBeginning 1 May 1711.
[When the partners sign the accounts, John Mottram may designate himself John Mottram Junior.]

Gives "scores" of coal "gotten" value, expenses, profit, names and banksmen and pits.
The pits may have been in the New Mills area as they include pits called New Miln, Beard Moor and Top of Beard Moor. Others named were Burn' Edge, Acre Nook, Deep Gaskill, Edward Bennett's Acre Piece, Engine, Dirthole, Little Pit, ith Hare holes Lane, Little Pit Acre Piece, Collier's, Top (p) oth' moor , New Dirt Hole.
Extent1 volume
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorUnidentified
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