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Collapse D6710 - Dr Mike Langham of Buxton, historianD6710 - Dr Mike Langham of Buxton, historian
Collapse 1 - Duke Collection1 - Duke Collection
Expand 1 - Architectural Practice1 - Architectural Practice
Expand 2 - Devonshire Buxton Estate2 - Devonshire Buxton Estate
Expand 3 - Buxton Improvements Company, later Buxton Gardens Company3 - Buxton Improvements Company, later Buxton Gardens Company
Expand 4 - Devonshire Hospital4 - Devonshire Hospital
Expand 5 - Palace Hotel5 - Palace Hotel
Expand 6 - Buxton Local Board6 - Buxton Local Board
Expand 7 - Buxton, Fairfield and Burbage Mechanics and Literary Institute7 - Buxton, Fairfield and Burbage Mechanics and Literary Institute
Expand 8 - Freemasonry8 - Freemasonry
Expand 9 - Heraldry9 - Heraldry
Expand 10 - Miscellaneous10 - Miscellaneous
Expand 11 - AW Smith & Sons of Liverpool and Gadley, Buxton, Railway Contractors11 - AW Smith & Sons of Liverpool and Gadley, Buxton, Railway Contractors
Expand 12 - Robert Rippon Duke, Builder and Architect of Hull and Buxton, and family - [c1838]-190912 - Robert Rippon Duke, Builder and Architect of Hull and Buxton, and family - [c1838]-1909
Expand 13 - Sarah Meggitt and AW Smith of Grimsby and Buxton13 - Sarah Meggitt and AW Smith of Grimsby and Buxton
Expand 14 - Family history papers re Duke, Rippon, Smith, Meggitt, Benton and other families - c1889-199614 - Family history papers re Duke, Rippon, Smith, Meggitt, Benton and other families - c1889-1996
Expand 15 - Letterbooks of AW and SM Smith15 - Letterbooks of AW and SM Smith
Expand 16 - Sarah Meggitt Smith - General Correspondence16 - Sarah Meggitt Smith - General Correspondence
Collapse 17 - Sarah Meggitt Smith - Family and Family Affairs17 - Sarah Meggitt Smith - Family and Family Affairs
1 - Leaf of a diary - Mar 1863
2 - Diary including re family comings and goings - 24 Oct - 4 Dec 1863
3 - Note containing William Smith's itinerary - Oct - Nov 1863
4 - Post book recording letters written and received - Jan - Dec 1896
5 - Address book - [early 20th cent]
6 - Notebook including re family crests - [c1895-c1896]
7-11 - Letters to [Aston] William Smith, husband
12-19 - Letters to [Aston] William Smith, husband, from Sarah Meggitt - 1869-1871
20-48 - Letters to [Aston] William Smith, husband - 1872-1879
49-73 - Letters to [Aston] William Smith, husband - 1880-1888
74-111 - Letters to [Aston] William Smith, husband - 1890-1895
112-137 - Letters from Emily M Smith, sister-in-law - 1875-1899
138-186 - Letters from Smith nieces, Harriet, Emily, Lucy, Clara and Maggie - 1876-1898
187-192 - Letters from Edith Cannings [School Mistress] re Adelaide Duke Smith's schooling - 1896-1898
193-214 - Letters from Margaret and Janet Cowie and Fanny C Beaumont [School Mistresses] re Adelaide Duke Smith's school lodgings - 1894-1899
215-222 - Letters from Margaret Gibson and Mary Allan re schooling of Mildred and Evelyn Essie Smith - 1884-1894
223-246 - Letters mostly from Alice M Aldom of The Grange, Buxton re the schooling of Harriet Hilda Duke and Bertha Duke Smith - 1894-1899
247-250 - Letters from the Duke family - Jan - Dec 1894
251 - [Number not used]
252 - Letter from Clara Dorrington [? of Bootle, musican, daughter of Jane, school mistress] re children - [c1875]
253 - List of Essie's furniture, with list of Harold's school linen on reverse - 1890-1891
254 - List of articles to be sent to William Smith, Edge Hill Goods station, Liverpool per [London and North West Railway]
255 - List of horses and equine equipment with values - 6-9 Aug 1889
256 - List of 24 marble specimens, including details of where obtained
257 - Christmas present list by Sarah Meggitt Smith - 1913
258 - Note in pencil by Sarah Meggitt Smith possible recording letters received, Nov-Dec
259 - Guest list with additional notes for unknown event - [c1894-1895]
260 - Note by Sarah Meggitt Smith re her old school, including teacher Miss Cobb
261 - Envelope containing a copy of the letter to Mr Grange written at the time of her husband's death - 1906
262 - Note by Sarah Meggitt Smith re her children
263 - Note of notice of death in The Times, 1 Oct 1929, of Jane wife of Thomas Sissons of Hull - 1929
264 - Copy letter by Sarah Meggitt Smith, possibly to her husband, AW Smith - 1 Oct 1888
265 - Letter from Sarah Meggitt Smith to Miss Richards, with reply, re rooms at 1 Acacia Grove, West Kirby [Wirral, Merseyside] - 28 Jun 1884
266 - Scrap of letter from uncle Ned, presumably to Sarah Meggitt Smith
267 - Letter from Sarah Meggit Smith to her cousin Joe re work done by the latter - 13 Jan 1890
268 - Letter from ?Gillah Shepherd, cousin of Sheffield - 16 Nov 1910
269-270 - Letters from SE Curwood, cousin at Rockside Hydropathic and Boarding Establishment, Matlock Bank, re the ill health of sister-in-law - Feb 1894
271 - Letter from Thomas ?Haller of Hull [shoe maker] - 22 Dec 1898
272 - Letter from Lily A James, cousin - 28 Aug 1909
273-274 - Letters from M[ary] D Dowell, sister[-in-law] and Lucy Dowell, niece, 1915 and undated - [1910s]
275-289 - Letters from the Taylor family - 1877-1894
290-298 - Letters from the Flowerday family of Sheffield - 1894-1899
299 - Notes of wages for Sarah Mycock and Sarah Ratcliffe - 1875-1876
300-302 - Letters from Mrs E[lizabeth] Hornby of Bootle [laundress] - 1893-1899
303 - Washing account from Elizabeth Laidlaw
304 - Letter from Mary Archer of Tewkesbury re declining offer of employment - 9 Jul 1896
305 - Letter from Lottie Selwyn re work for herself and Kate [Selwyn] as cooks - 8 Oct 1890
306 - Correspondence re potential employment and duties of Ruth Neale as cook - 1896
307-308 - Letters from Ellinor Williams of Eardisland [Herefordshire] re application for post of cook Feb - Mar [no year given]
309 - Letter from MP ?Deyleen re provision of character references 9 July [no year given]
310 - Letter from A Britland of Matlock Dale re position as cook - [20th cent]
311 - Letter from Mary Woolley re application for position of cook, with note by Sarah Meggitt Smith - Oct 1895
312 - Letter from Sarah, servant at Norton Canes, nr Cannock [Staffordshire] 22 Aug [no year given]
313 - Letter from Bertha Gale of ?Everton [Merseyside], ?former servant
314-315 - Letters from M[ary] Hawker of Derby [cook] 1895 and undated - [1890s]
316-318 - Correspondence from and re C A Corbitt of Lymm, nr Walsall [Warwickshire] re position as domestic servant - c1896
319 - Letter from H Richards re position as domestic servant - 29 Nov 1895
320 - Letter from M Cannor of Worksop
321 - Letter from E Barker of Stafford re position as cook - Feb 1896
322-323 - Letter from and ?agency note re S Roberts of Overton - c1896
324 - Letter from MA Davies containing character reference for Kate Selwyn - 8 May 1889
325 - Note by Sarah Meggitt Smith to record some difficulties she is having with Suzanne [?servant/governess] - 24 Jun 1899
326 - Letter of introduction for a cook, from an agency in Edgbaston [Birmingham]
327 - Letter from Lizzie Pritchard of Brownhills [?Shropshire] re request for a reference - 13 Sep 1894
328 - Letter from BW Trevelyan of Liverpool [Merseyside] re request for a reference for Emily Gossage
329 - Note of potential servants
330-331 - Copy letter by Sarah Meggitt Smith and response from S Morgan re reference for Sarah Hill - 10-12 May 1892
332 - Note containing address details of Kate Selwyn, servant with comments by Sarah Meggitt Smith
333 - Copy letter by Sarah Meggitt Smith re reference for ?FP - 8 May 1896
334 - Letter from Mrs Gwynne of Abergele [Conwy, Wales] re request for reference for Miss Leach as governess
335 - Copy letter from Sarah Meggitt Smith to Miss Roxburgh re reference for Miss Rankin as governess - 25 Jul 1894
336-340 - Correspondence and notes from recruitment agency - [1896]
341 - Correspondence between Sarah Meggitt Smith and MC Smith of Hyde Park re reference for Ellen Wilkins - 26-28 Feb 1896
342-363 - Correspondence and other notes re recruitment agencies, Mrs Massey of Derby, The Ladies Registry of Birmingham, Miss FJ Moseley Registry for Servants of Derby, Edgbaston Registry, including details of potential servants, job descriptions and notes about servants and duties written by Sarah Meggitt Smith - 1890-1896
364-381 - Correspondence between Sarah Meggitt Smith and Alma and Shark (Sadie) Dudley who describe themselves as "forty second cousins" - 1928-1930
382 - [Number not used]
383 - Photographic minature of Annie Rimmington in a gold frame
384 - [Number not used]
385 - Volume titled "Arms, Crests and Monograms" containing examples of seals, crests, stamps, letterheads etc. from Sarah Meggitt Smith's own family, as well as Robert Rippon Duke; the Duke of Devonshire; several Buxton and other Derbyshire families; banks and schools
386 - Unidentified family photograph, 'Mr B[?] and his family' - [early 20th cent]
387-389 - Newspaper cuttings re sale of Park House, Manchester Road, Buxton and sales by private contract - 1921
390 - Sale particulars for Park House, 8 Manchester Road, Buxton - 30 Apr 1973
18 - Unlisted: Adelaide Duke Smith - Correspondence
19 - Unlisted: Amy Benton Smith - Correspondence
20 - Unlisted: Aston William Smith - Family Affairs
21 - Unlisted: Bertha Duke Smith - Correspondence
22 - Unlisted: Evelyn Essie Smith - Correspondence
23 - Unlisted: Gilbert Rippon Smith - Correspondence
24 - Unlisted: Harriet Hilda Duke Smith - Correspondence
25 - Unlisted: Mildred Ethel Smith - Correspondence
26 - Unlisted: Harold Duke Smith - Correspondence
27 - Unlisted: Wilfred Duke Smith - Correspondence
2 - Hampson Collection - unlisted
Expand 3 - Challinors and Shaw, Solicitors of Leek, Staffordshire and General3 - Challinors and Shaw, Solicitors of Leek, Staffordshire and General
Expand 4 - Turnpike Papers - 1822-18654 - Turnpike Papers - 1822-1865
Expand 5 - Fairfield Local Board of Health (1858-1872) - 1859-19135 - Fairfield Local Board of Health (1858-1872) - 1859-1913
Expand 6 - Miscellaneous6 - Miscellaneous
Expand 7 - Photographs7 - Photographs
8 - Maps and Plans - unlisted
Expand UL - Mike Langham: Unlisted recordsUL - Mike Langham: Unlisted records
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