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D5867 - Weston-on-Trent: letters concerning enclosure - 1760-1778

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5867
Title	Weston-on-Trent: letters concerning enclosure
Date	1760-1778
Description	These letters are chiefly from the Brown family, then tenants of Weston Hall Farm to the estate owner, the Hon. William Lee concerning proposed enclosures. The Enclosure Act for Weston-on-Trent was passed in 1786 and the Hall Farm was sold to the Pares family of Hopwell about 1790.
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Unidentified
Custodial History	These letters were transferred from Derby Library in November 2002 (formerly DL MS 9763).
Organisation Sub-Type	Enclosure commissions
Related Material	See also D5804. For Weston-on-Trent estate survey, see D5804. For Pares of Hopwell estate papers, see D5336.

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