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Collapse D389 - W Jacques of Chesterfield - 1781-1928D389 - W Jacques of Chesterfield - 1781-1928
Collapse ZZ - Papers collected by William Jacques of Chesterfield (d.1931) - 1781-1928ZZ - Papers collected by William Jacques of Chesterfield (d.1931) - 1781-1928
1 - Handbill advertising coaches leaving from the Angel Inn, Chesterfield, viz. Royal Mail Coach, London Post Coach and Birmingham Post Coach. Printed by J Bradley, Chesterfield. - 1791
2 - Advertisement for R Turner and J Tompson's "old stage waggon" from Chesterfield. Printed. - 1789
3 - Handbill advertising the Chesterfield Stage Waggon, from the Windmill Inn, Deansgate, Manchester [Lancs]. Printed. - 1788
4 - Handbill issued by J Bradley, mayor of Chesterfield, re the prevalence of forestalling, regrating and ingrossing. Printed. - 1795
5 - Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Co. five pound note - 1854
6 - Nottingham Journal and Newark, Gainsborough, Retford, Mansfield, Chesterfield, Grantham and Sheffield General Advertiser, 31 Jul - 1802
7 - Apprenticeship indenture of Andrew Graham, son of Jacob Graham of Stanton, in Youlgreave, miner, to Joseph Graham of Chesterfield, currier, 29 Sep - 1781
8 - A new map of Derbyshire divided into hundreds, showing roads, rivers, parks and c. by John Cary, engineer. Scale 2½ chains : 1 inch. 53 x 62 cm. Printed. - 1801
9-13 - Chesterfield Waterworks and Gas Light Company: Balance sheets - 1828-1833
14 - Chesterfield Waterworks and Gas Light Company: Handbill of W B Thomas - has heard that the mayor has been canvassing votes to get his town clerk elected clerk to the proposed waterworks and gas light company - intends to offer himself as a candidate. Printed. 8 Dec - 1824
15 - Chesterfield Waterworks and Gas Light Company: Handbill of W B Thomas - has received much support for his candidature. Printed. 11 Dec - 1824
16 - Chesterfield Waterworks and Gas Light Company: Election address of W B Thomas. Printed. 15 Dec - 1824
17 - Chesterfield Waterworks and Gas Light Company: Handbill of W B Thomas maintaining that he should have been elected by a 7 vote majority and not rejected by 5 votes as the poll purports to show. Printed. 8 Dec - 1824
18 - Chesterfield Waterworks and Gas Light Company: Handbill of W B Thomas withdrawing from election. 17 Jun - 1825
19 - Chesterfield Waterworks and Gas Light Company: Handbill - address at a public dinner at the Angel Inn, upon the completion of the works. Printed. 28 Dec - 1826
20 - Chesterfield Waterworks and Gas Light Company: Handbill of J Gratton re a movement to call a meeting to force him to submit the company's accounts - [c.1830]
21-23 - Chesterfield Waterworks and Gas Light Company: Receipts for payment of lawyer's bill for passing of Chesterfield Lighting Act - 1825
24 - Chesterfield Waterworks and Gas Light Company: Copy letter from W Jacques re the reconstruction of the gas works and the history of gas lighting in Chesterfield - 1925
25 - Pages from T P Wood's Almanack - "The Arms of Chesterfield" reprinted from the Derbyshire Courier. Printed. - [c.1890]
26 - Page from T P Wood's Almanack - "The Arms of the Borough of Chesterfield" re decision of the borough to adopt a new seal. Printed. - 1893
27 - Letter - Town Clerk to W Jacques - the committee mean to go forward with the adoption of a coat of arms and would be glad of any suggestions from Jacques, 29 Mar - 1928
28 - Copy letter of W Jacques to Mr Morris re seal and arms of Chesterfield, 29 Dec - 1927
29-31 - Photographs of Chesterfield Market Place during Mayor's Sunday, 14 Nov - 1909
32 - Pages from T P Wood's Almanac re celebrations of Queen Victoria's Jubilee and the formation of Queen's Park - 1897
33 - List of mayors - [c.1890]
34 - Monthly return of the third company of Chesterfield Volunteers, 1803 (printed in T P Wood's Almanac) - [c.1890]
35-36 - Prefaces from T P Wood's Almanac - 1890-1895
37 - Chesterfield, I - The Parish Church by H Ryde, II - Gilds and Corporation Insignia by W Jacques (reprinted from the Derbyshire Archaeological Journal)
38 - Beauchief Abbey - notes on excavations - 1924
39 - Electricity Supply - Twenty-Five Years' Developments in Central Stations by R E Hammond (reprinted from the Electricity Review) - 1897
40 - History of Mount St Mary's College, Chesterfield - [c.1900]
41 - A Remarkable Story of Industry - The Clay Cross Company (reprinted from The Times) - 1913
42 - Typescript notes on Markham and Co, Broad Oaks Iron Works - [c.1914]
42 - Typescript notes on the Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co - [c.1914]
43 - Copy report of Chesterfield Watch Committee - 1836
44 - Typescript note on the prosecution of Alice Pearson - 1738
45 - Some Notes on the Manor of Ashover by Cecil E Lugard (reprinted from The Derbyshire Times) - [1925]
46 - Envelope of press cuttings re French prisoners of war at Chesterfield during the Napoleonic Wars - 1902
47 - Press cutting re General Henry Gladwin of Wingerworth (d. 1791) - [c1900]
48 - Notes on the Hunloke family - [c.1900]
49 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Volume of notes on quarter sessions - [20th cent]
50 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Dethick - [20th cent]
51 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: The Royal Forests of Derbyshire - [20th cent]
52 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Lead Mining in Derbyshire - [20th cent]
53 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Bolsover Castle - [20th cent]
54 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Prehistoric Man in Derbyshire - [20th cent]
55 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Roman Derbyshire - 1909
56 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Field House, Chesterfield - [20th cent]
57 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Notes on the History of the Chesterfield Grammar School, part II - [20th cent]
58 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Chesterfield Guilds - 1921
59 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Some notes on the Early History of Chesterfield and District - [20th cent]
60 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Chesterfield - [20th cent]
61 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Whittington Glass House - [20th cent]
62 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Chesterfield hospitals - [20th cent]
63 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Chesterfield Parish Church - [20th cent]
64 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Notes on Brimington, part I - [20th cent]
65 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: List of Derby and Derbyshire newspapers, 1719-1881 - [20th cent]
66 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Notes on Chesterfield manor and borough court - [20th cent]
67 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Notes on Chesterfield Corporation - [20th cent]
68 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Notes on a visit to Chesterfield by Professor Dixon Ryan Fox, Columbia University [United States of America] - [20th cent]
69 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Notes on the use of Bolsover stone in the building of the Houses of Parliament - [20th cent]
70 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Notes on a building in the north west corner of New Square, Chesterfield - [20th cent]
71 - Manuscript article by W Jacques: Letter from Parker Morris, town clerk, to W Jacques, asking for information on coaching inns in Chesterfield, with Jacques' reply - 1926
72 - Manuscript preface to T P Wood's almanac - [c.1890]
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