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

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

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

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

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

1 - Riddings minerals correspondence and agreements re sale of ironstone and coal leases in Riddings (including letter book copy replies): Lancelot Rolleston, W E Mousley 1830-33 - 1830-1833

2 - Abstract of title (from 1675) of Edward Waters to property at Somercoates in Alfreton, sold in 1816 to John Wild; and 'Great Wheat Close', Pye Bridge (also to 1675). 1819 - 1816-1819

3 - Abstract of title (to 1787) of Samuel and Mrs Ann Hollingworth to premises at Riddings, sold by them to James Oakes, Esq. 1845 - 1845

4 - Abstract of title (to 1809) of James Oakes to an estate at Riddings purchased from Richard Elnor 1819 - 1819

5 - Abstract of will of Rev Jonathan Bincliff, 1841 - 1841

6 - Correspondence between James Oakes and the Butterley Co, re property in Riddings and Somercotes, 1836-49 - 1836-1849

7 - Newlands minerals and Portland Collieries in Alfreton (Derbs) and Kirkby (Notts), Correspondence and agreements between Butterley Co and James Oakes. 1837-54 - 1837-1854

8 - Estimate of coal on Riddings estate 1843, with draft leases, correspondence with Jessop of Butterley re siting of houses, and minutes of meetings to settle a dispute between Wood and Morewood, 1836-1843 (some copy docs to 1771) - 1836-1843

9 - Correspondence and abstract reservations of coal and ironstone of Lancelot Rolleston on property at Riddings, 1836-41 - 1836-1841

10 - Bundle marked 'Cotes Park leases'. Leases and underleases of seams of coal at Outseats and in Alfreton, 1903-28 - 1903-1928

11 - Erewash Valley Railway Co., agreement with James Oakes, 1845, passage through Newlands estate. Correspondence and draft bill, 1845-52 - 1845-1852

12 - Bundle of bills and acts: bill to inclose lands in Alfreton, 1812; act for powers to repair roads, 1822; act to better pave the borough of Derby, 1825 - 1812-1825

13 - Stopping-up notice, Alfreton in-closure, 1815 - 1815

14 - Conveyance of Pye Bridge tollhouse, Nottingham and Newhaven turnpike trustees to Thomas Haden Oakes, 1870 - 1870

15 - Bundle of share certificates and receipts, with related correspondence, c1880-1920. James Oakes Esq - 1880-1920

16 - Copy conveyance of Mill Close, Riddings with tithes, coal ironstone and minerals. George Bett to Erasmus Horsley, 1843 - 1843

17 - Brinsley estate (Royston family) in Greasley, Notts and Heanor. Coal leases to Oakes, conveyances plans and correspondence. Crowfield and Brinsley Gin Farm. 1872-1913 - 1872-1913

18 - Lease of colliery on Brinsley Hall and Brinsley Gin Farm, 1871. Royston to Oakes - 1871

19 - Abstracts of title and conveyances of minerals under land at Selston (including some belonging to the Notts Congregational Union and Home Brewery Co) 1894-1932 - 1894-1932

20 - Plans, specifications and draft leases, property at Selston. 50 houses leased by the Selsdon Housing Co to James Oakes & Co (Riddings Collieries) Ltd, 1926 - 1926

21 - 1859, 1863 and 1865, lease and agreement of coal mines and ironstone in Selston, Notts Vsct and Vsctess Palmerston and Messrs James Oakes and Thomas Haden Oakes - 1859-1865

22 - Licence to manufacture the 'Ebor Rust Trap' granted by Robert Hagyard, Moor Cottage, Dringhouses, York to James Oakes & Co, 1915. Paten 107/13 for the ventilation of drains - 1915

23 - 1810-1822. Copy documents (including abstract of title to coal and ironstone in Alfreton, Zouch to Turner, 1596-1620, survey of Alfreton, 1652). Accounts agreements and Alfreton Iron Works Funds 1819 - 1810-1822

24 - Copy bargain and sale, Masters - Wright, estate at Somercoates Sleet Moor, Greenhill Lane and Pye Bridge in Alfreton, 1801. Enrolled in Common Pleas Easter 41 Geo III, roll 80 - 1801

25 - Lease, agreement and assignment, wharf at Wenlock Basin, City Road (Mx), Messrs Oakes & Co, 1900-14 - 1900-1914

26 - Lease, property as in 4/25. Vaughan Barlow, 1832 - 1832

27 - Lease for 40 years of coal and iron mines in Selston Dixie to Oakes, 1817 - 1817

28 - Leases of coal in Greasley (Notts): E of Mexborough to Woolley, and to Oakes & Co, 1863, 1875 - 1863-1875

29 - Mrs Georgina Oakes (dec). Estate accounts, 1913 - 1913

30 - Agreement to execute contracts, 1925. James Oakes with HM Postmaster General - 1925

31 - Letters of administration, Arthur Waring of Church Street, Derby, 1903 (including copy marriage cert 1899) - 1903

32 - Legal fees, 1854. James Oakes Esq to John Martin - 1854

33 - Legal fees, 1899. James Oakes Esq to W Wooding Nelson, solicitor, Alfreton - 1899

34 - Agreement re land at Jacksdale, Notts, 1942, Messrs James Oakes and Co with the War Office - 1942

35 - Mortgage, Edward Jerdein Esq, to Messrs James Oakes and Co

36 - Lease of a house in parish of St Peter's, Derby for 51 years, Trustees of Liversage charity to James Oakes - Aug 1805

37 - Agreement accepting compensation for damage caused by subsidence, Copthorne Villas and Mansfield Road, Alfreton. 1930, 1931 - 1930-1931

38 - Agreement between the Butterley Co and Messrs James Oakes & Co as to proving fireclay at Codnor park (Derbs), 1940 - 1940

39 - Agreement (with related correspondence) between the Great Northern Railway Co and James Oakes and co; Riddings Colliery 1899. Permission to carry steam pipes and a telephone wire over the railway, and a water underneath, near Pye Hill station - 1899

40 - Correspondence, search certificate, and legal charge (second mortgage) on property at Northwood Lane, Darley Dale, 1931 - 1931

41 - (Bundle numbered 2042). Deeds relating to Westwood minerals: conveyances of mines and minerals under property at Old and New Westwood (Notts), 1930-33. 58 items - 1930-1933

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