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Collapse D4417 - Forman family of Chellaston - 18th-20th cent

D4417 - Forman family of Chellaston - 18th-20th cent

Expand 1 - Probate records - 1831-1840

1 - Probate records - 1831-1840

Expand 2 - Correspondence - 1791-1811

2 - Correspondence - 1791-1811

Expand 3 - Exercise books and diaries - c1809-1914

3 - Exercise books and diaries - c1809-1914

Expand 4 - Family papers - 19th cent

4 - Family papers - 19th cent

Expand 5 - Farming - 1773-1825

5 - Farming - 1773-1825

Expand 6 - Financial papers - 18th-19th cent

6 - Financial papers - 18th-19th cent

Expand 7 - Farming technology

7 - Farming technology

Expand 8 - Quarrying - 1833-1915

8 - Quarrying - 1833-1915

Expand 9 - H Forman - early 19th cent

9 - H Forman - early 19th cent

Collapse 10 - Photographs - 19th-20th cent

10 - Photographs - 19th-20th cent

1-3 - Five photographs, including three mounted on one board, of the Leys Alabaster Quarry showing quarry face, cutting equipment and lifting gear - 1908-1919

4-5 - Two photographs of R R and E M Forman in Leys Quarry, Chellaston - [c1910s]

6 - Photograph of a sample of the products of turned alabaster displayed in showcase inside entrance gate of quarry - [early 20th cent]

7 - Photograph of "an effigy of Our Saviour", sculpted from a block of alabaster from H Forman's quarry - quarried out of a field near Fox Corner - 1876

8 - Photograph of old earthenware jug found in Leys Quarry - 1913

9 - Photograph of reredos in Salisbury Cathedral - 1877

10 - Photograph of Dr Hawtry's monument at Eton College 1877 T Nicholls, Sculptor - 1877

11 - Photograph of the font at St Mary's Brighton 1878 T Nicholls, Sculptor - 1878

12 - Photograph of Bishop Wilberforce' s monument in nd Winchester Cathedral

13 - Photograph of nave pulpit in Worcester Cathedral carved from Chellaston alabaster

14 - Photograph of alabaster monument in Roman Catholic church in Manchester - 1912

15 - Photograph of alabaster in Windsor Hotel, Victoria Street, Westminster

16 - Photograph of alabaster pulpit in Christ Church, Westminster, erected 1878

Expand 11 - Historical articles - 1916

11 - Historical articles - 1916

Expand 12 - Civil parish records - 1795-1849

12 - Civil parish records - 1795-1849

Expand 13 - Rate collection records - 1853

13 - Rate collection records - 1853

Expand 14 - Methodist papers - 1801-1861

14 - Methodist papers - 1801-1861

Expand 15 - Bills - 1793-1827

15 - Bills - 1793-1827

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

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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