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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D4976/1
TitleCarpenter and builder's accounts
Date1778-1782
Descriptionlncludes valuation of the Methodist meeting house in Nottingham (p7); instructions on how to construct a staircase and correct proportions for a fireplace opening (pp12-13); accounts for extensive work on 'Mr Hawood's house', Repton (p19); cost of felling two trees at Wilne mill; fitting out of cheese warehouse for Peter Fletcher, 8 May 1778; specification for Thomas Draper's cupboard (p21); payments to nailers (p25); accounts for work done for Edward Barton, churchwarden, of Lockington, Leicestershire (pp25-26); specification for Mrs Trussal's screen (p28); accounts for work at Locko Park, Spondon, 1782 (p29); note of purchase of 37 oak trees from Gresley Wood for £21 1s on 17 July 1780 (p33); list of scantling (p34); amount paid for poor's levy, 1782 (p37); purchase of elm tree from Mr Thacker for £2 10s, 6 Dec 1780 (p40); note of 7s paid to Thomas Wright 'for hors hire to Austrey [Warwickshire] on sister Suffolk account' (p40); note of 1s 6d paid for journey by 'John' [Swain] on 'Thomas Wright's mare' to Loughborough [Leicestershire]' to seek a man' (p40); accounts for 28 Nov 1779 including 1s to sawyers, 2s 6d for 'thrall' [shelf] for Methodist preacher, 11s for 'new oak screen table for Methodist meeting' (p43); note of 3s 6d to be paid by 'Brother Suffolk' to John Swain (p42); account for work done for Mr Hull of Emington [Hemington, Leicestershire] (p46); money paid to brazier and tinman, nd (p48).
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorUnidentified of South East Derbyshire, carpenter and builder
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