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Collapse D2536 - James Oakes of Riddings, ironworks - 1720-1946

D2536 - James Oakes of Riddings, ironworks - 1720-1946

Expand 1 - Bundles of deeds in numbered series - 19th-20th cent

1 - Bundles of deeds in numbered series - 19th-20th cent

Expand 2 - Leases to Messrs Oakes & Co, 19th cent, unless otherwise stated - 19th cent

2 - Leases to Messrs Oakes & Co, 19th cent, unless otherwise stated - 19th cent

Collapse 3 - Bundles of personal and business papers, 19th cent - 19th cent

3 - Bundles of personal and business papers, 19th cent - 19th cent

2 - Bundle 3. Copy will and codicil of John Hardcastle Mousley Esq of Hilton (Derbys), 1875 - 1875

3 - Bundle 4. Samuel Hollingworth's property in Riddings. Mortgages, correspondence, inventory, legacy duty receipts and related papers, 1797-1836 - 1797-1836

4 - Bundle 5. Acts of Parliament re Cromford Canal and local railways, 1789-1894 - 1789-1894

5 - Bundle 6. 'Title deeds of John Griffith's house', 1720-1782 in St Peter's parish, Derby. Includes a copy of will 1802 appointing James Oakes of Derby his devisee and executor - 1720-1782

6 - Bundle 7. Counterpart underlease, Oakes - Storer, 2 houses in St Peters parish, Derby, 1841 - 1841

7 - Bundle 9. Mortgage and transfer of mortgage, property in (Exeter Street) Derby, 1826-31. Oakes and foster to Eaton - 1826-1831

8 - Bundle 10. Letters of admin of Sarah Oakes, 1861, with correspondence between James Oakes, his Alfreton solicitors and various Haden relatives in receipt of payments. Correspondence with estate duty office. 1861-1864 - 1861-1864

9 - Correspondence between James and Thomas Oakes and Dr Lyon Playfair. Includes an advance of money to pay for house building at Somercotes, and a covenant relating to a marriage settlement, 1855-1877 - 1855-1877

10 - Bundle 13. Epitome of settlement (Col Robert MacGregory Stewart R A and Miss Jessie Ann Peel) and related correspondence, 1889-1919 - 1889-1919

11 - Bundle 14. Schedule of deeds re Riddings and Summercoates estate, belonging to James Oakes, 1852. Abstract to 1787 - 1852

12 - Bundle 15. Draft settlement, release and dissolution of co-partnership between James Oakes senior and James Oakes junior, 1825-26 - 1825-1826

13 - Bundle 16. Miscellaneous accounts, inventories, correspondence, draft conveyances and plans relating to property in Riddings, 1820s-1870s. Includes faculty for gallery at Derby St Peters, c1790, and a number of lists of title deeds (some relate to deeds in 1/ ) - 1820-1870

14 - Bundle 19. Plan of ironstone from Home Closes at Snelston 1828; section of proposed railroad, n.d.

15 - Bundle 20. Draft agreements and correspondence for exchange of land at Waterloo meadow with the Butterley Co, 1818-20. Include plans - 1818-1820

16 - Bundle 21. Merger of tithe rent charges in Alfreton parish: James and Thomas Haden Oakes; James Oakes and Timothy Richardson, 1847-49 - 1847-1849

17 - No reference. Bundle of jottings and calculations, from pocket book. Includes Alfreton Iron Works receipts. 1825-1840. Some in hand of James Oakes - 1825-1840

18 - [Former wrapper for 3/1-17] Draft plan, 1946 of Blackshale seam with projected development - 1946

Expand 4 - Unnumbered deeds and bundles - 19th-20th cent

4 - Unnumbered deeds and bundles - 19th-20th cent

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