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Collapse D318 - Hubert Harrison's collection of papers regarding Middleton By Wirksworth And Wirksworth - 1579-1943

D318 - Hubert Harrison's collection of papers regarding Middleton By Wirksworth And Wirksworth - 1579-1943

Expand 1 - Title deeds bequeathed to Mr Harrison by Mrs Meade-Waldo (nee Gell) - 1579-1693

1 - Title deeds bequeathed to Mr Harrison by Mrs Meade-Waldo (nee Gell) - 1579-1693

Collapse 2 - Lease and will - 1754-1780

2 - Lease and will - 1754-1780

1 - Lease for 21 years. Stable in Blind Lane adj south side of Robert Blount jr's house; garden on east side of stable adj closed called The Hannage, all in Wirksworth. Philip Gell of Hopton/Charles Peal of Wirksworth, cordwainer with covenant by Peal to demolish stable and build house in its place - 4 Apr 1754

2 - Will of Charles Peal sr of Wirksworth devising real and personal estate to testator's wife for life and then ½ to testator's son Charles and other ½ to testator's son William and daughter Martha in equal shares - 15 Sep 1780

3 - Probate of Luke Oakley of Wirksworth devising all personal estate to testator's wife Ann Date of will: 19 Jun 1870; Date of probate: 14 Mar 1879 - 1879

Expand 4 - Wirksworth and Eckington charities - 19th century-1943

4 - Wirksworth and Eckington charities - 19th century-1943

Expand 5 - Rifle shooting and Mr H Douglas - 1910-1913

5 - Rifle shooting and Mr H Douglas - 1910-1913

6 - Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment - c1915

7 - Calendar of Prisoners in Derby Gaol - 17 Mar 1819

8 - Press cuttings on well dressing by Hubert Harrison, nd; election of W J Harrison as County Councillor for Wirksworth ward, 16 Mar 1926; long service award to W J Harrison as 'Wirksworth's Chairman' 20 Mar 1926 - 1926

9 - History and customs of lead mining in the Wapentake of Wirksworth' by Mrs Meade-Waldo, reprinted from the Derbyshire Archaeological Journal - 1910

10 - Wirksworth history by Mrs Meade-Waldo, an address to Bolehill women (typescript) - 20th cent

11 - Blue John - what makes the famous fluorspar blue' by Hubert Harrison (typescript) - 20th cent

12 - Press cutting on Joseph Weston of Wirksworth 'Old Joseph - the story of a Peakland Artist-Craftsman' 17 Feb - 1928

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

National Coal Board

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

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