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D3732 - St Christopher's Railway Home, [Railway Servants Orphanage], Derby - 1874-1992

A - Administration - 1874-1993

B - Finance - 1875-1979

C - Property and Estate - 1774-1990

31 - Documents relating to title - (1831-1919)

1 - ?Draft lease by Charles H King of Nottingham gent to the Orphanage Society trustees of 2 houses with yards, gardens etc (nos 102 and 104) on the London Road, parish of St Peter, Derby in the occupation of the Orphanage, for 3 years at annual rent of £56, Feb 1875 - 1875

2 - Particulars and plan of building land to be auctioned marked to show properties in deed below, 18 Feb 1876 - 1876

3 - Copy marked A of conveyance by Abraham Woodiwiss of Litchurch contractor to John Bailey, Walter Boden, Frederick Longdon, John Renals and Francis N Smith of Derby esquires for £2,200 of 1) house with coachhouses, stables, yards, garden etc (1 acre 20 perches) called Whitecross Fields, parish of St Werburgh, Derby 2) pieces of land (3 roods 16 perches) on south side of Ashbourne Road, same parish Derby, 5 Jun 1877, shown to Robert Broughall 18 Jan 1878 and enrolled in Chancery Division 4 Feb 1878 - (1877)

4 - Copy of conveyance by Elizabeth Richardson of Derby widow, Frederick Richardson of Derby publisher and George J Richardson of 26 Paternoster Row, London, publisher to persons as D3732/31/3 for £1,404 14s 9d of 10 pieces of land (3,709 sq yards) between Ashbourne Road and Stepping Lane parish St Werburgh, Derby including schedule of deeds 1842-1867 and plan, 1 Oct 1877. Enrolled in the Chancery Division 4 Feb 1878 - (1877)

5 - Plan of Orphanage Estate Whitecross Fields endorsed First and Second Purchases

6 - Copy marked B of declaration of trusts relating to documents enrolled in Chancery held by purchasers in trust to build, finish or enlarge etc a Railway Servants' Orphanage with school house and residence for school master/mistress or master and matron upon the grounds involved (further detail). Includes objects of the charity, sets out the government, constitution, rules 1 Jan 1878 Enrolled in Chancery 4 Feb 1878 - (1878)

7 - Copy of conveyance by Stephen Bagshaw of Derby solicitor's clerk to the trustees of the Railway Benevolent Institution for £125 of pieces of land `410 sq yards) at the top of Handford Street, parish St Werburgh, Derby (formerly part of Brickyard Close) with plan, 19 Dec 1882 - (1882)

8-9 - Plan 26 Feb 1884 and copy of conveyance by the Reverend Philip Gell of Buxted Rectory, Sussex to persons as in D3732/31/7 for £1,367 10s of piece of land (5,470 sq yards) next to Stepping Lane, parish St Werburgh, Derby, with plan, 25 Mar 1884. Endorsed Boys' Playground - (1884)

10-11 - Storer's land purchased in 1885 Memorandum of conveyance by Mr W E Mousley to Mr George Eaton for the benefit of Mr James Storer and his children for £100 of plot of land, part of White Cross Field (979 sq yards) with summerhouse and out-buildings lately erected on it. 6 Apr 1831 and plan - (1831-1885)

12 - Copy conveyance by Charles J Storer of the Cornmarket, Derby, grocer to persons in D3732/31/7 for £625 of piece of land (700 sq yards) near Ashbourne Road, parish St Werburgh, Derby, with plan, 17 Jun 1885

13 - Copy of conveyance by Reverend John Philip Gell as D3732/31/8-9 and to persons as D3732/31/7 for £1,003 12s of piece of land (3,088 sq yards) near the Ashbourne Road, parish of St Werburgh with plan 15 Apr 1886 - (1886)

14 - Correspondence and valuation concerning Mr Williamson's property (see also D3732/31/20) - 1891-1893

15 - Copy conveyance by the Reverend John P Gell of Buxted Rectory, Sussex to trustees of the Orphanage for £1,242 13s of land with frontage of 101 ft 6 inches to Ashbourne Road (1,714 sq yards) with plan, 25 Jun 1897 - (1897)

16 - Copy conveyance by William Goodall of Mackworth farmer to trustees of Railway Servants' Orphanage for £1,400 of piece of land on south west side of Ashbourne Road (600 sq yards) and 2 houses on the land (69 and 71 Ashbourne Road) in parish St Werburgh, Derby 13 May 1897 - (1897)

17 - Copy agreement by trustees of Orphanage to give up to Derby Urban Sanitary Authority 270 sq yards in Stepping Lane in order to widen the lane (further details) with plan 13 May 1900 - (1900)

18 - Copy of conveyance by Anne Warhurst of Bognor widow and Joseph Porter the younger of Weston on Trent farmer to the trustees of the Orphanage for £925 of five houses (10, 11, 12, 13 and 14) Richardson Street, Derby with garden, yard etc (566 sq yards) 23 Dec 1901 - (1901)

19 - Copy of conveyance by Emily M G Mundy of Markeaton Hall widow to trustees of Railway Benevolent Institution for £1,000 of piece of land at the rear of Windmill Hill Lane, parish Markeaton (4 acres 23 perches) with detailed covenants, with 2 plans - (11 Apr 1905)

20 - Copy conveyance by William Williamson of 20 Friar Gate, Derby butcher to trustees of the Orphanage for £1,700 of 2 houses with gardens etc fronting to Ashbourne Road (613 sq yards) garden adjoining (350 sq yards) 7 Dec 1906 - (1906)

21 - Copy conveyance by Reverend Alfred W F Blunt of the vicarage and parish of St Werburgh with the consent of the Bishop of Derby and Archbishop of Canterbury to the trustees of the Railway Benevolent Institution for £1,975 paid to the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty of St Werburgh's Vicarage (over 1 acre) with plans 28 Mar 1919 - (1919)

32 - Lists of deeds - 1774-1955

33 - Estate - 1911-1945

34 - Sites and buildings - 1877-1887

35 - Widening of Stepping Lane - 1885-1895

36 - Sites and buildings - 1887-1934

37 - Furniture and furnishings - (1888)-1976

38 - Proposals, architects' drawings and other records concerning the redevelopment of St Christopher's - 1971-1980

39 - Reports and Architect's plans concerning building projects - 1982-1988

40 - Correspondence regarding site and buildings - 1989-1990

41 - Insurances - 1913-1933

42 - Insurances - 1904-1937

D - Children's Home - 1875-[1992]

E - Old Persons' Home - 1984-1993

F - History and Memorabilia - 1867-1990

G - Employment records - 1966-1981

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Tweets by DRO

Strutt family of Belper

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George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

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

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