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D6910 - Harpur-Crewe family of Calke Abbey: Ticknall Estate Office - 19th-20th cent

1 - Title deeds - c.1810-1962

2 - Leases and Tenancy Agreements - 1881-1908

3 - Railway Company Records

4 - Chellaston Alabaster Co. - 1909-1923

5 - Estate ledgers and rental accounts - 1787-1968

6 - Estate Administration - 1814-1920

1 - Valuation of lands and other property proposed to be exchanged between Lord Viscount Melbourne and Sir Henry Harpur, situate at Melbourne and other Lordships - 1789

2 - Letter from Richard Turbutt to Sir George Crewe re the purchase of a field known as "Thunder Pitts" at Wensley in the parish of Darley and a miscalculation in the measurement of the land, Oct - 1822

3 - Bundle of papers relating to the repair of Swarkestone Bridge. Incudes copies of Orders of Sessions and briefs for the prosecution - 1834-1842

4 - Brief for the prosecution on behalf of Sir John Harpur Crewe re a conspiracy to make a forcible entry, riot and afray upon certain land in Swarkestone - 1846

5 - Bundle of papers re public claim to roads and footpaths in Melbourne. Includes extracts from Enclosure Award and plan of lands on Melbourne owned by Sir John Harpur Crewe - 1852

6 - Bundle of papers re repairs to the Cavendish Bridge and Brassington Road and for making a branch road on the London to Brassington Road - 1854-1855

7 - Bundle of papers re the prosecution of Thomas Smedley and Thomas Turner for removing gravel from the bed of the River Trent at Sawley - 1862-1864

8 - Copy of case brought against Sir John Harpur Crewe following an injury to Mr Parker who was hit by a falling tree on the Turnpike Road at Breadsall, Mar - 1866

9 - Brief for the prosecution re a case brought by Sir John Harpur Crewe against Henry Bird, Charles Hanslow, Joseph Lunn, Thomas Barefoot, John Street and Samuel Tagg for night poaching at Repton, Dec - 1868

10 - Draft appointment of William Lloyd as Game Keeper for the Manors of Swarkestone, Stanton by Bridge, Sinfin, Stenson, Arleston, Potlock, Findern, Twyford, Calke, Ticknall, Repton and Smisby - 1869

11 - Bundle of papers concerning claims of exclusivity to the right of fishery in the River Trent between Sir John Harpur Crewe and the Countess of London. Includes extract from the Melbourne Inclosure Map, 1787 - 1872-1873

12 - Draft appointment of John Tipping as Gamekeeper to kill and preserve game within the Manor of Swarkestone, Nov - 1873

13 - Appointment of John Hudson as Gamekeeper to kill and preserve game within the Manors of Calke, Ticknall, Repton, Smisby, Twyford, Stenson, Swarkestone, Potlocks, Sinfin, Arleston and Stanton by Bridge - 1878

14 - Correspondence between the Rural Sanitary Authority, Burton-on-Trent District, and John Shaw, Land Agent for Harpur Crewe Estates, re the cleansing of the Brook Course of stagnant water, Jul - 1885

15 - Agreement as to the diversion of part of Wisgreaves Road, Alvaston between Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe and Emma Robotham - Mar 1895

16 - Bundle of papers re dispute between Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe and Shardlow Rural District Council regarding the removal of thorn trees from Harpur Crewe land. Includes judgement and terms of settlement - 1902

17 - Bundle of papers re dispute concerning existence of footpaths on Harpur Crewe land in Melbourne. Includes draft case for counsel, plan of area and extracts taken from Melbourne Enclosure Award 1791 - 1902

18 - Bundle of papers and correspondence between the estate of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe and Repton Rural District Council re the Repton to Burton Road becoming a county road and removal of encroachments along that section of public highway - 1919-1920

19 - Wensley Sales account sheet, Oct & Nov - 1814

20 - "An account of all the Ore Measured in the Liberty of Brassington from June 24 1823 to Sept 29 1823 Inclusive" - 1823

21 - Bundle of papers regarding East Midlands Gas Board's request to lay a gas main on land belonging to the Benifice of Smisby - 1968-1974

22 - Draft agreement between Sir J H Crewe and Mrs Edmond L Crewe re tenancy of Repton Park - 1876

24 - Letter from L C Picton, Ingelby Estate Office, to Messrs Taylor, Simpson and Mosely, solicitors, regarding the sale of water rights in the Milton Brook, Jun - 1909

26 - Letter from James Doughty, Longnor Sawmill, to G Mosely, solicitor, expalining why the wages bills have increased. Inlcudes a list of each profession employed - 1912

27 - Draft letter presumably from Taylor, Simpson and Mosely, solicitors, on behalf of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, to tenants and farmers regarding various issues including the hunting of rabbits on Harpur Crewe land and keeping quiet to encourage wild bird life - c1920

28 - Accounts of C A R Jenney, Nov 1949-Jan 1950 - 1949-1950

29 - Letters regarding the history of houses in Alstonfield, Ashbourne: 1 - Alstonfield Old Hall/Hall Farm, Mar 1950 2 - Fynderne House, n.d [copy] - 1950

30 - Bundle of land charges for Harpur Crewe settled estates - 1954-1984

31 - Letter from L C Cox of Shaw & Fuller, Land Agents, to Taylor, Simpson and Mosely, solicitors, regarding the suitability of ground at Calke for training horses - 1983

7 - Manor Court records - 1705-1885

8 - Parishes

9 - Schools

10 - Charities

11 - Wills and Probate

12 - Valuations

13 - Sale Particulars

14 - Maps and plans

15 - Miscellaneous

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