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D6710 - Dr Mike Langham of Buxton, historian

1 - Duke Collection

2 - Hampson Collection - unlisted

3 - Challinors and Shaw, Solicitors of Leek, Staffordshire and General

1 - Lawson v Buxton Local Board - 1870-1876

2 - Lomas - 1877-1880

3 - Cheddleton Park Farm, Leek - 1884-1900

4 - Peak Hydropathic Establishment, Buxton - 1887-1924

5 - Elizabeth Grindley - 1896-1897

6 - Property of Mrs Alsop at Chelmorton - 1914-1924

7 - Grovensor and Kensington Hotels - 1920-1921

8 - William Tweed Hannah et al of Buxton Labour Society v The Leek and Moorlands Building Society - 1921

9 - Probate - 1816-1900

10 - Buxton Law Society - 1895-1904

11 - Other

1 - Letter from E Thornycroft to Mr Challinor thanking him for the money sent - 16 Sep 1793

2 - Fairfield near Buxton to Winton’s Wood Bridge, in Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, with a branch from Leek Frith, Leek, Staffordshire to Congleton, Cheshire - 10 Dec 1845

3 - Correspondence from JH Hilliard of Hyde Cottage, Buxton to Mr Barlow at Longsdon Grange re request for money towards rent and trusteeship and history of Hyde Cottage, Buxton - nd, 1846-[1847]

4 - Conditions of sale for freehold property belonging to the Township of Buxton to be sold by the Guardians of the Chapel-en-le-Frith Union on 11 Apr 1848. Including all three cottage houses situate at or near to Cote Heath in Buxton, in the occupations of James Pearson, Martha Whalley and Joseph Fidler, and a plot of land formerly used as a Pinfold in Buxton - 28 Apr 1848

5 - Letter from Joseph Cooke of Buxton re account of Mr Smith of Cheadleton - 14 Feb 1855

6 - Letter from Rupert Bowers of Cheadle to Thomas Shaw re George [?]Derose and receipt of £31 10s - 15 Jul 1864

7 - Bill to Mr Challinor from George Hobson at Queen’s Head Inn, Buxton - 1 Nov 1865

8 - Letter from Walter Eddy of Buxton to Edward Williams Esq. re trespass fees - 15 Oct 1867

9 - Letter from H. Chandos-Pole-Gell of 6 Broad Walk, Buxton re North Eastern Debenture - 19 Jun 1872

10 - Letter from HA Hubbersty of the Buxton Lime Company to Davenport Goodman Esq. of Chapel-en-le-Frith re summons for G [?]Limer - 9 Jul 1874

11 - Printed notice of retirement of E Ball, including copy of a note from E Ball to Mr Goodman - Aug 1874

12 - Bill to Mr Goodman from BW Bentley, Photographic Institutes - 4 Aug 1875

13 - Order from Francis Cocker of Ashwood Dale, Saw Mill, Buxton to Mr Norton for half a pig - 13 Dec 1875

14 - No. Not Used

15 - No. Not Used

16 - Letter from Henry Marten at The Palace Hotel, Buxton re water supply - 1 Jun 1878

17 - Letter from FK [?]Dickson at Wye House, Buxton to FB Hand Esq. re Broughton - 21 Jan 1880

18 - Letter with receipt from FK [?]Dickson at Wye House, Buxton to FB Hand Esq. - 8 Apr 1881

19 - Bill from The Buxton Place Hotel Company Limited - Aug 1881

20 - Letter from Alan Sandilands, Manager The Palace Hotel Buxton to A Gibbs re enclosed cheque - 20 Jan 1882

21 - Letter from Thomas Marsden of Buxton to Messrs Challinor & Co. re payment of interest of John Salt - 2 Feb 1883

22 - Letter from Sam[ue]l Taylor of Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Buxton to Messrs Challinor & Co. Solicitors, Leek [Staffordshire] re deposits of James Finney - 27 Aug 1883

23 - Letter from J. Coutts Antrobus of Eaton Hall, Congleton to Mr Brocter re unidentified well extension - 27 Nov 1885

24 - Letter of receipt from Mary Johnson to Messrs Challinor & Co., Leek [Staffordshire] - 12 Mar 1886

25 - Draft Further Charge of a piece of land and messuage or dwellinghouse situate in Devonshire Park, Buxton between Easop Herbert Hulley of Buxton and the Leek and Moorlands Building Society - 10 Feb 1887

26 - Letter from Dr Dickson at Wye House, Buxton re Broughton - 11 May 1887

27-29 - Correspondence from J & R Harvey, solicitors of Leicester and G Crumbie to Messrs Challinor & Co re Buxton sale and mortgages - Oct 1887

30-31 - Correspondence from Taylor and Brown Solicitors of Buxton to Messrs Challinor & Co. Solicitors of Leek [Staffordshire] re conveyance from Taylor to Wardle [property unknown] - 11-23 Feb 1888

32 - Bill to William ?Bucaly from George Hobson of Queen’s Head Inn, Buxton - 30 May 1889

33 - Bill to TW Buttram from WD Sutton & Sons of Buxton, Printers, etc. - 1 Jun 1889

34-36 - Correspondence between TW Brittain of 71 Spring Gardens, Buxton, house furnisher, coal merchant, etc. to CF Wardley of 9 Hall Bank, Buxton, Lessee of The Buxton and High Peak Publishing and General Printing Company Limited, with bill - 11 Jun 1889

37 - Order from Messrs Challinor of Leek for advertisement in the Buxton Herald - 6 Aug 1889

38 - Letter from James [?]Jones of Buxton to Messrs Challinors & Shaw re incorrect bill - 21 Aug 1889

39 - Correspondence from J J Bolton of Hamilton Villa, Devonshire Road, Buxton to Mr Forster re the former’s father - Aug-Sep 1889

40 - Letter of receipt from Taylor & Brown of Buxton, Solicitors to Messrs Challinors & Shaw, Solicitors re Yardley - 30 Jan 1890

41 - Letter from Mary Johnson of Buxton re interest owed - 24 Nov 1891

42-44 - Correspondence from Godfrey D Goodman of Bennett, Boycott & Orme Solicitors, Terrace Road, Buxton to ‘Uncle’ W. Challinor Esq. re purchasing a partnership, 6 Mar 1893; purchase rate of unidentified property - Mar 1895

45-47 - Correspondence from Winnie Prince and E Prince to ‘Edward’ - 29 Jul - 6 Aug 1893

48 - Letter from Hilda to her father - 9 Sep 1893

49 - Letter from G [?] of Buxton to Messrs [?]Blaggson & [?]Masefield re enclosed cheque - 15 Sep 1895

50 - Abstract of conveyance of a national school and premises at Dore from the Bishop of Lichfield to the Southwell Diocesan Finance Association - (1896)

51 - Letter from J Buxton of Croker Farm, Sutton, Macclesfield to Mr Shaw re farm to be [?]occupied by Mrs Goodman - 24 Sep 1896

52 - Letter from R Millward of Fairfield to Mr Robinson re the former’s brothers affairs - 7 Dec 1896

53 - Letter from Samuel Selby, boot maker of Buxton to Mrs Finney requesting his bill - 25 Oct 1897

54 - Parcels Way Bill from the Midland Railway - 1897

55 - Bill to Master F[?] Finney from E H Hulley, Tailor of Buxton - Jan –Dec 1898

56-57 - Correspondence from EH Hulley of 9 Spring Gardens, Buxton, Outfitter, Tailor, Hatter, etc. to J Robinson Esq. of 10 Derby Street, Leek [Staffordshire] re outstanding account - Oct-Dec 1898

58 - Letter from James [?]Mellor of Taddington to Mr Robinson re payment of rent - 14 Dec 1898

59 - Receipt to Mrs Wood from John S Simpson, Park Brewery, Chapel-en-le-Frith - 9 Jan 1899

60 - Bill to Messrs JR Crompton & Bros Ltd from The Buxton Lime Firms Co. Ltd - 31 Jan 1899

61-69 - Bills, with receipt, to Mrs Wood of Highfield House, Buxton, from Hatton and Holden, Wine and Spirit Merchants - Jun 1898-Sep 1900

70 - Letter from GD Goodman at Bennett, Boycott, Orme and Goodman of Buxton, solicitors, to Mr Blagg re Worthington account - 5 Jan 1900

71 - Letter from Thomas Land of White Hall Farm, Buxton to JRB Masefield Esq. re the former’s intended visit to the latter’s office - 12 May 1901

72 - Great George Street, Westminster and Sterling and Swann of Chapel-en-le-Frith, W and WM Bell of 27 Great George Street, and Bennett, Boycott, Orme and Goodman of Buxton and Chapel-en-le-Frith to combine as The Derbyshire and District Traction Syndicate for the purpose of promoting tramways and light railways, in particular the High Peak and District Light Railways embracing lines from Chinley or Chapel-en-le-Frith through Fairfield and Buxton to Macclesfield - 1902

73 - Bill to Messrs Heath & Lowe, builders of Cruso Street, Leek from The Buxton Lime Firms Company Ltd - 28 Feb 1902

74-76 - Correspondence from Taylor and Brown, solicitors of Buxton to Messrs Challinors & Shaw re Haddon Hall Hydro - Aug-Sep 1903

77 - Letter from Elizabeth Hall of Haddon Hall, Buxton re fire policy - 17 Sep 1903

78 - Notice to Mr Wooddisse of Foreside Farm, Longnor, Buxton from Brierlow Lime Works, Hindlow re despatch of wagons of small lime to Hindlow Station - 27 Dec 1904

79 - Letter sent with cheque from [?] Prockenhull of Buxton to J Robinson Esq of Leek - 10 Nov 1905

80 - Bill to Brown Esq. of The Hollies from John Dicken, Riding Master of London Road, Buxton - 30 Apr 1906

81 - Copy of correspondence between Bennett & Co. and HL & W Reader as to lost document - Oct-Nov 1907

82 - Letter from Bennett & Co. to Messrs Challinors & Shaw re Lomas and [Leek and Moorland] Building Society and lost deed - 6 Nov 1907

83 - Note from John W Wardley at the Duke of Devonshire’s Offices to Thomas Hall re enclosed cheque - 21 Dec 1907

84-89 - Correspondence from Thomas Cooper, and Caroline his wife, ham and bacon curer of Market Place, Buxton With compliments card, and book of blank credit notes Thomas Cooper, ale, stout and wine merchant of Buxton - nd, 1907

90-91 - Correspondence from TW Brittain & Sons, merchants of Buxton to Messrs Challinor & Shaw re defective gully trap and mortgage of £2500 - Feb-Mar 1908

92 - Letter from GD Goodman - 13 Mar 1908

93 - Letter from GD Goodman to Mr Shaw re note to follow tomorrow - 17 Mar 1908

94 - Interim share dividend notice from The Buxton Lime Firms Company Ltd to Executors of John Brealey - 26 Mar 1908

95 - Letter from [?]H Sheldon of The Brund, Sheen, Buxton to Mr Shaw re unidentified highway - 13 Apr 1908

96 - Bill from the Buxton Advertiser to Messrs Challinors & Shaw - 6 Jun 1908

97-99 - Correspondence from Bennett, Boycott, Orme and Goodman, solicitors of Buxton to Messrs Challinors and Shaw re Red Lion, Thorncliffe - Jun-Jul 1908

100 - Letter from George H [?]Hiles at Haddon Hall Hydro, Buxton to Francis Billing Esq. re Haddon Hall Hydro - 25 Oct 1909

101-102 - Correpondence from HRP Lomas of Malvern House, Buxton to Messrs Challinors and Shaw re 20 Spring Gardens, Buxton - 1910

103 - Letter from Arthur Nicholson of Highfield Hall, Leek to Mr Shaw - 12 Nov 1910

104 - Notice of Chief Rents from Devonshire Estate Office to William Blackwood - 17 Mar 1911

105-107 - Correspondence from Sydney Taylor of Buxton to RS Milner Esq., or Secretary of Cottage Hospital, Leek, solicitor and AH Shaw Esq. of Leek, solicitor re Cottage Hospital - Mar-Apr 1911

108 - Bill to ?Mr J Robinson of Leek from Zadok Cooper, Stonemason and builder of Warslow, Buxton - 10 Jan 1912

109 - Bill to Mr Thomas Heathcote of The Farm, Earl Sterndale from John W Bassett - Nov 1912

110 - Letter from Bennett & Co. to Messrs Challinor & Shaw re building [?]log and Mrs Walker - 22 Jan 1915

111 - Bill to Messrs [?] Coiser Bros, Motor Haulage Service of [?] from Wm C Henshaw, wheelwright and smith of Stockport Lurry Works - 27 Dec 1919

112 - Marriage certificate of Albert Mose, railway clerk of Burbage and Jessie Guy of Reading in the parish of Burbage - 10 July 1920

113 - Printed letter from Shipton & Ainsworth, Buxton, Solicitors to Messrs Challinors & Shaw, Leek, Solicitors re 4 Hardwick Street, Buxton - 11 Feb 1925

114 - Letter from Herbert Sleigh of Buxton to Reginald [?] re lease and rent concerning [?]Mr Brassington - 19 Apr 1927

115 - Letter from Herbert Sleigh of Buxton to Messrs Thomas Brealey & Son of Leek re expressions of sympathy to Mr and Mrs Sleigh - 5 May 1930

116 - Bill and receipt to Mr T Simpson from Holme & Ash, Ironmongers, Market Place, Buxton - Apr 1928

117 - No. not used

118 - Letter from Sydney Taylor & Daughter, solicitors of Buxton to Messrs Challinors & Shaw re Parnell to Garlick agreement - 14 Dec 1929

119 - Notes by Mr Lomas about the case, with a note reading ‘Quite our best witness’ - c1930

120 - Letter from [?]FVF Bateman of Buxton to Eddowes re legacy duty of the former’s grandmother, Mrs [?]Bicknell - 4 Apr 1937

121 - Letter from HH Speakman of Ganavan, Temple Road, Buxton to Mr Wain re Craven Terrace - 30 Dec 1939

122 - Demand notice for General Rate levied by Borough of Buxton, to J Cooper’s Executors, Messrs Hampson Bros, with receipt of 26 Jun - 1950

123 - Letter to Mr Forster from Mary Bolton of Harefield, Devonshire Road, Buxton regarding keys and payment of bills

124 - List of Goodmans business papers in Mr Challinors Rooms Nos 3 and 4

125 - Compliments card of EC Scott & Co. Ltd, 55 Spring Gardens, Buxton

126 - Calling card of Mrs Gilman of 3 Cromwell Terrace, Fairfield Road, Buxton

127 - Card containing unidentified coat of arms ‘Benedicite fontes domino’

4 - Turnpike Papers - 1822-1865

5 - Fairfield Local Board of Health (1858-1872) - 1859-1913

6 - Miscellaneous

7 - Photographs

8 - Maps and Plans - unlisted

UL - Mike Langham: Unlisted records

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

Tweets by DRO

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

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

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

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