| Description | The documents in this box can be considered as two clusters: one concerning property transactions by members of the Curzon family; and one concerning administration of property owned by Francis Arthur Spilsbury (1859-1926) of Findern.
Ordnance Survey Maps: 6 inches to one mile: each map has a number of fields numbered and highlighted in coloured ink
1884: including Lullington and Edingale
1887: including Donisthorpe and Measham
1887: including Netherseal
Ledger: bound: 1849/1860: "An account of Mr John Curzon's Estates in 1849": lists property and tenants' names: bears later annotations and alterations including an amended date of 1860: pinned at end of ledger: "Survey of an Estate at Nobutt, parish of Leigh 1825" signed by Robert Bromley, Derby: with annotations dated 1846
Sale particulars: 1904: with plans: devisees of the late Samuel Peach: Shepshed, Belton, Osgathorpe, Thringstone
Sale particulars (2): 1904: with plans: Tonge Hall Estate: with annotations about sales and associated correspondence
Sale particulars (2): 1898: with plans: Alvaston and Boulton: with related notes written on reverse of halved monthly statements of Poor Rate collection for Shardlow Union
Cheque books:
W Curzon and C E Newton (trustees of estate of J Curzon): stubs with entries 1899-1903
"Long Eaton Property Account": stubs with entries 1883-1900
Sale catalogue: 1903: with plans: Ilsey Walton; Breedon; Tonge; Wilson; Melbourne; Castle Donington: with associated correspondence and notes
Receipted accounts: various dates 1881-1906: for work by solicitors and land agents in relation to Curzon property transactions: also includes a schedule of cheques paid, 1865-1879
Note: the following documents appear to have been the property of Francis Arthur Spilsbury (1859-1926) of Findern. Several of the bundles are enclosed in idiosyncratic wrapping: including a page from the Daily Mail (23 January 1925); and the "Derby Shopping Guide and Blotter, 1922"
Documents concerning Moat Farm and cottage, Kings Coughton, Warwickshire: 1921-1925:
correspondence and notes about tenancy and possible sale: F A Spilsbury with S[ydney] T[homas] Griffin and A Scattergood
correspondence, estimates and working notes about repairs: F A Spilsbury with The Alcester Builders Ltd and S[ydney] T[homas] Griffin
Documents concerning application by G E Mather, Yew Tree Farm. Findern, for arbitration in relation to farm rent: 1922: correspondence; arbitration notice; tenancy agreement G E Mather and Hannah Warren Spilsbury
Notebook: 1879/1904: list of Spilsbury properties and tenants: includes a brief family tree; notes about history of land acquisition (18th century onwards) and ownership by subsequent generations; plus list of relevant deeds and other documents and details of their storage containers and location: a subsequent property list is dated 1904
Bank book: entries 1898-1911: F A Spilsbury: Samuel Smith & Co, Derby
Documents relating to property at Willington: 1920: about Willington Post Office; and 1923: correspondence, notes, income tax and Inhabited House Duty forms
Accounts: 1912; 1913; 1917: F M Spilsbury's Charity
Notebook: 1922-1923: tracing paper bearing copies of correspondence about financial matters
Notices to Quit, rent agreements and associated correspondence: 1920-1921: tenants' names: Parker, (Townsend Farm, Findern); Fanny Blackshaw, Fraser; Renshaw; Watson; Burwell; Granger; Otterwill; Hennesey, Towers: all at Willington:
Correspondence, notes and newspaper advertisement: 1926: with Arnold & Son, Burton on Trent: about sale of grass keeping
Documents about tenancy of Top Farm, Dalbury: 1923-1924: correspondence and notes; includes information, (including applications and references), about tenancy applicants: Joseph Wood; William Sessions; Mary Hood; John Ludlam; Tom Stevenson |