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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)
32 - Lists of deeds - 1774-1955
33 - Estate - 1911-1945
34 - Sites and buildings - 1877-1887
1 - Bye-laws of the Local (Derby) Board of Health confirmed 1859 with extract from Glen's Public Health and Local Government Laws Fifth Edition - (1869)
2 - Estimates for building new dining room and dormitory at Whitecross Fields House Jun 1877 - 1877
3 - Articles of agreement for Thomas Bakewell of Derby builder and contractor for the construction of additions to Whitecross Fields House 25 Jun 1877 - 1877
4 - Articles of agreement for Charles Richardson of Derby painter to do painters work at Whitecross Fields House according to specifications (included) 14 Aug 1877 - 1877
5 - Notices to the Orphanage to pave parts of Handford Street and Richardson Street on to which the premises adjoined, 4 May 1878 and draft undertaking by the Orphanage relating to the paving of these streets 22 Aug 1878 - 1878
6 - Suggestions as to extension and for new building nd with letter setting out the Local Government Board's standards for the construction of workhouses 28 Aug 1879 - nd, 1879
7 - Notice of non-approval by the Sanitary Authority of plan and notice submitted for erection of a shed in Stepping Lane, 1 Nov 1882 - 1882
8 - Ground plan of the Orphanage, Edward Fryer architect and surveyor, Derby, Dec 1883 - 1883
9 - Plan of site and buildings, Jun 1884 - 1884
10 - Letter reporting the letting of the contract for alterations and additions to the Orphanage building to E Wood on 24 Apr, who began work a few days later, 8 Jun 1885 - 1885
11-16 - Architect's reports on progress of works Sep 1885-Sep 1886 - 1885-1886
17-20 - Specification, tender, letter, concerning hot water supply Jun and estimate of extra costs of work in connection with heating apparatus and hot water supply, Jul 1886 - 1886
21 - Memorandum concerning cost of building for fire insurance - 1886
22 - Extension accounts - 1885-1887
23 - Letter from Lord Hartington accepting invitation to open the completed buildings 30 Jun 1887 - 1887
24 - Printed account of the opening, 20 Jul 1887, including a brief history of the building, a coloured illustration and contributions in response to Lord Hartington's appeal - 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
Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier
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