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D1884 - Hodgkiss family of Hawthorne Dene, Baslow - [late 18th cent]-1977

1 - Joseph Arthur Hodgkiss (c1894-1917), personal papers - 1911-1923

2 - Alfred Hodgkiss (died 1943) and Hodgkiss family, miscellaneous papers - (early 20th cent)-1929

3 - Miss E Gladys Hodgkiss (died 1976) and Miss A Mabel Hodgkiss (died c1977), personal papers and letters from relatives - 1913-1977

4 - Clark, Wilson, Hughes, Broomhead, Bower, Baggalley and Bunting family papers - (late 18th cent)-1977

1 - Bundle of loose MS cookery, medicinal and household recipes - (late 18th cent-mid 19th cent)

2 - Tombstone inscription [?], 'In Memory of Mary the Wife of Samuel Bower who died the 22nd Day of March 1802 Aged 32 Years' - (19th cent)

3 - Notice of auction of freehold property at Dronfield on 16 May 1814 - 1814

4 - Engraving of Dronfield Church published in the Gentleman's Magazine, Apr 1819 - 1819

5 - Notice addressed to Mr Samuel Bower to quit lands at Whittington rented from Charles H May, 14 Sep - 1820

6 - Pattern book of Elizabeth Clark; name 'Jane' added to front cover in different hand - 1826

7 - Horoscope for a lady born at Sheffield, 9.30 am on 13 Apr 1820 - (mid 19th cent)

8-9 - Notebook inscribed 'Miss Jane Wilson, Dronfield', containing arithmetic exercises and poetry; with bundle of manuscript poetry found loose in volume - (mid 19th cent)

10 - Prospectus for Broom Bank House school, Sheffield - (mid 19th cent)

11 - Notebook containing copies of religious poems - (mid 19th cent)

12 - Manuscript recipe book belonging to Elizabeth Bower - 1837-1843

13 - Letter from E Bower at Holmesfield Parsonage to her mother Mrs Bower, South Street, Sheffield, 28 Oct n.y. - (mid 19th cent)

14 - Memorandum of agreement for lease of eight closes of land near Dronfield from Tedbar Tinker of Wakefield to Samuel Baggaley, butcher, of Dronfield, 7 Feb - 1843

15 - Letter from Thomas Broomhead in London to his sister in Dronfield, containing family news, 24 Jun - 1847

16 - Declaration of merger of rent-charge on land owned by Samuel Baggaley of Dronfield, butcher, 5 Jul 1848, confirmed 28 Sep 1848 - 1848

17 - In Memoriam card for Samuel Bower, died 17 Jan 1849 - 1849

18 - Note of baptism of John son of John and Sarah Baggalley on 3 Mar 1793, and of marriage of John Baggalley and Anne alias Martha Bower at Whittington on 25 Dec 1814, by 'R R', 28 Aug 1850 - 1850

19 - Letter from William Richard Hughes, Windsor, to his cousin Jane Hughes at 2 Nelson Street, Liverpool, 27 Dec - 1850

20 - Letter from Mrs Hugh to her daughter Jane Hugh at 2 Nelson Street, Liverpool, 28 Feb - 1851

21-22 - Bill for accommodation at St George's Inn and Eagle Hotel, Fenwick Street, Liverpool, n.d; found with empty envelope addressed to Miss J Hughs at Mr Abbot's, upholsterer, Duke Street, Liverpool, postmarked May 1852 - c1852

23 - Memorandum of agreement contracting Thomas Gore and Samuel Staveley in the erection of eight houses at Dronfield for Samuel Baggaley of Dronfield, butcher, 31 Dec - 1856

24 - Account book listing expenditure on building and repair work relating to eight houses at Homely Common/Coal Aston - 1856-1873

25 - Copy certificate of baptism of Emily, daughter of John and Mary Cheetham of Wooleymoor, in the parish of North Wingfield, 31 May 1835; certified 5 May 1856 - 1856

26 - Copy will of George Bower of Whittington, farmer (uncle of Samuel Baggalley of Dronfield), 12 Apr 1858 - c1858

27 - Residuary account of George Bower of Whittington, 16 Apr - 1859

28 - Kingston's Annual for Boys 1860 [frontispiece and contents page only], inscribed 'Presented to George Bower Baggalley by Robert Whall 17th December 1859' - 1859

29 - Arithmetic exercise book of Master G B Baggaly of the Classical and Commercial School, Chesterfield, 14 Aug - 1861

30 - 'A Manuel of Private Devotion and Companion to the Altar', given by the Rev. W D B Bertles to E Baggalley, 15 May 1861; printed in London, n.d. - c1861

31 - Account book - 1868-1905

32 - Copy will of Samuel Bower of Dych Lane in the parish of Norton (Derbyshire), farmer, mentioning daughter Elizabeth Baggalley and son-in-law Samuel Baggalley of Dronfield, butcher, 26 Oct - 1869

33 - In Memoriam card for Samuel Bower, died 31 Jan 1870 and buried at St Mary's Church, Sheffield, 2 Feb 1870 - 1870

34 - Valuation of tenantright and stock at Dyche Lane in the parish of Norton on 25 Mar 1870, drawn up by the executors of the late Mr Samuel Bower to the incoming tenant Mr Samuel Baggaley - 1870

35-36 - Letters from George B Baggalley and Doro[thy] at the spa in Scarborough, to their mother, n.d. and 17 Aug 1872 - 1872

37 - Bundle of bills for household goods and furniture bought by Mr S Baggalley - 1872-1873

38 - In memoriam card for George Bower Baggalley, died 27 Jul 1873 aged 25 years and buried at St John's Church, Dronfield, on 30 Jul - 1873

39-42 - Four letters to Mr and Mrs Baggalley expressing sympathy on death of their son, Jul 1873 - 1873

43 - Notebook containing financial calculations including rents received on [-] Green, 19 Jan 1874; name 'George W Baggalley, Dronfield' appears on second page [but may be a reference rather than a signature] - c1874

44 - In Memoriam card for Fanny, relict of Samuel Bower, died 25 Feb 1876 and buried at St Mary's Church, Sheffield, 29 Feb - 1876

45 - In Memoriam card for Ann Barbara, wife of Samuel S Bower, died 12 Oct 1878 and buried at Ecclesall Church on 16 Oct - 1878

46 - Notice of freehold and leasehold properties at Dronfield for sale at auction on 2 May 1898 in re Jane Wilson, Samuel Wilson and Eliza Broomhead, deceased - 1898

47 - Notebook containing three pages of MS household hints [in same hand as D1884/4/49-50 and parts of D1884/4/31] - (early 20th cent)

48 - Dorothy Bunting's interest and dividend accounts for money invested in railway companies. - 1895-1915

49 - Alma and Coal Aston rent book [in same hand as D1884/4/47 and D1884/4/50 and parts of D1884/4/31] - 1904-1905

50 - Notebook containing notes on deeds and papers relating to property at Matlock and Coal Aston, sent to the bank, Nov 1905 [in same hand as D1884/4/47 and D1884/4/49 and parts of D1884/4/31]; at back, upside down, is inventory of furniture at 58 Crescent Road, Sheffield, Nov 1905 - 1905

51 - Schedule of deeds and documents (1659-1846, property unspecified), received by Mr Lucas, 3 Nov 1905 - 1905

52 - Bill for removal, storage and repair of furniture charged by T B and W Cockayne Ltd of Sheffield to Mrs Bunting, Jasmine Cottage, Calver, Oct 1906 - 1906

53 - Provisional valuations of nos 124 to 133 Sheffield Road, Dronfield (owned by Mrs Dorothy Bunting of Knowleston Place, Matlock), sent 21 Oct 1912 - 1912

54 - Specification and estimate for erection of four houses in Green Lane, Dronfield, to plan supplied by Alfred H Bunting, architect, 29 Oct - 1935

55 - Letter from King and Mills, solicitors, of Birmingham, to Alfred H Bunting Esq., in relation to completion of conveyances of land in Dronfield, 18 Jan - 1936

56 - Conveyance of freehold land fronting Green Lane in the parish of Dronfield, from Alfred Henry Bunting of Stechford, Birmingham, architect and surveyor, to his wife Agnes Helen Bunting, 5 Feb 1936 - 1936

57 - Schedule of documents relating to land at Green Lane, Dronfield (1935-1936), received from Messrs King and Mills by Docker, Hosgood and Co. of Birmingham, 22 Feb 1936 - 1936

58 - Two plans of party walls, gullies and pipes affecting nos 32, 34 and 36 Wilson Road - (1936)

59 - Account book listing Gladys and Mabel's investments (including in the Kenya Building Society) and income tax, 1943-1974; also lists car expenses 1947-1949 - 1943-1974

60 - Cash account book containing rent, insurance and repair accounts relating to houses at 78 Green Lane, Dronfield, and 132 Downall Green Road, Bryn, 1947-1964 (Bryn only from 1957-1964); book also used for listing investments under the names Gladys and Mabel [Hodgkiss], 1960-1970 - 1947-1970

61 - Cash account book inscribed 'A P Bunting, Newbold, Chesterfield', containing rent and repair accounts relating to houses at 124-133 Sheffield Road and 74-78 Green Lane, Dronfield, and 28, 34 and 36 Wilson Road, Coal Aston - 1958-1977

62 - Bundle of solicitors' letters, bills and estate accounts sent to the executors of the late Mr A H Bunting in 1957 and to the executrix of the late Mrs A H Bunting (E G Hodgkiss) in 1962 - 1957-1962

5 - Photographs - (mid 19th cent-early 20th cent)

6 - Derbyshire postcards and ephemera, presumably collected by members of the Hodgkiss family - 1870-1970s

Florence Nightingale

Tweets by DRO

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

Florence Nightingale

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

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