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D2536 - James Oakes of Riddings, ironworks - 1720-1946

1 - Bundles of deeds in numbered series - 19th-20th cent

1 - Deeds bundle no. 1. Land in Bullock Lane, Riddings bought from Elizabeth Maltby 1892 - 1892

2 - Deeds bundle no. 2. Cottages and land in Riddings bought from Mr and Mrs Herbert Knighton and others (late property of Thomas Johnson) 1884 - 1884

3 - Deeds bundle no. 3. Spring Close and cottages at Riddings bought from Abraham Taylor and another 1839 - 1839

4 - Deeds bundle no. 4. Two shares in real and personal property of the late John Farnsworth of Riddings - sub-titled land above the Wesleyan Chapel Hill Hurst Lane [Riddings] bought from Joseph Farnsworth 1874 - 1874

5 - Deeds bundle no. 5. Messuages and land [in Water Lane] Riddings bought from John and Jonathan Dobb wives 1860 - 1860

6 - Deeds bundle no. 6. Seven cottages in Dobbs Row, Riddings bought from trustees of late Jonathan Dobb, 1877 - 1877

7 - Deeds bundle no. 7. Walker Croft, Green lane, Riddings, bought from John Wagstaff 1867 - 1867

8 - Deeds bundle no. 8. Two messuages in Holly Hurst Lane, Riddings bought from Messrs Richardson, Marriott and others, 1845 - 1845

9 - Deeds bundle no. 9. Land and hereditaments, subtitled Holly Hurst, bought from Thomas Parsons, 1838 - 1838

10 - Deeds bundle no. 10. Five messuages in [Riddings Road] Riddings bought from Charles Robert Colvile, 1875 - 1875

11 - Deeds bundle no. 11. Two messuages and land [adjoining Methodist Chapel Club and Townside] in Riddings bought from James Naylor, 1839 - 1839

12 - Deeds bundle no. 12. Cottage and garden in Town Side, Riddings bought from Elizabeth Eaton and others 1853 - 1953

13 - Deeds bundle no. 13. Cottages mainly in the Town Street, Riddings bought from William Wilson and Joseph George Wilson, 1875 - 1875

14 - Deeds bundle no. 14. Plot of land adjoining premises purchased from William Wass in Riddings, bought from Abraham Taylor, 1840 - 1840

15 - Deeds bundle no. 16. House and land at ridings bought from James Farnsworth, 1844 - 1844

16 - Deeds bundle no. 16. House and land at Riddings bought from John and William Farnsworth, 1844 - 1844

17 - Deeds bundle no. 17. House and land in [Spring Lane] Riddings, subtitled House No 203, bought from Thomas Cutler, 1823 - 1823

18 - Deeds bundle no. 18. Land and premises in Riddings, subtitled Deeds bundle no. 430 Inclosure Plan, and 1 Greenhill Lane, bought from Timothy Richardson, 1843 - 1843

19 - Deeds bundle no. 19. Property in High Street, Riddings subtitled next to Cinema [bought as at Greenhill Lane], bought from John Smith and wife, 1872 - 1872

20 - Deeds bundle no. 20. Deeds belonging to owners of messuages in Greenhill Lane, Alfreton, deposited with James Oakes for safekeeping 1819-1836, annotated with notes of subsequent purchases from Reverend J Bincliff and his trustees, n.d.

21 - Deeds bundle no. 21. Five messuages in [Riddings Road] Riddings, bought from Robert Askew, 1840 - 1840

22 - Deeds bundle no. 22. Portions of houses and land in Riddings Street and West Lane, Riddings [subtitled………….…and oppose Bothy] bought from Joseph and George Hodgson, 1863 - 1863

23 - Deeds bundle no. 23. Five cottages in Cinder Road, Somercotes bought from Trustees of late Anne Hall, 1921 - 1921

24 - Deeds bundle no. 24. Piece of land in [Far Long Close], Riddings, bought from William Fletcher, 1843 - 1843

25 - Deeds bundle no. 25. Four dwelling houses and premises in Riddings, bought from William Wass and wife, 1840 - 1840

26 - Deeds bundle no. 26. House and premises at Riddings, bought from Joseph Evans, 1840 - 1840

27 - Deeds bundle no. 27. House and land called Nether croft in Riddings, bought from Joseph Walker, 1845 - 1845

28 - Deeds bundle no. 28. House and land adjoining Maltby's Croft and running between Nottingham Lane, and Town Street, Riddings, bought from Thomas Sutton, 1861 - 1861

29 - Deeds bundle no. 29. Long Closes, Riddings, subtitled land between Bullock Lane and Nottingham Lane, bought from Reverend Thomas Snell and mortgagees, 1831 - 1831

30 - Deeds bundle no. 30. Manor of Riddings with certain Ironstone and Coal mines under the same, bought from Lancelot Rolleston, 1832, and remaining coal beds from Lancelot Rolleston, 1850, [with rough sketch map of later date] and further re-conveyance to Oakes of mineral rights mortgaged by Rollestone by Sir Oswald Mosley, 1874 - 1832-1874

31 - Deeds bundle no. 30A. Re-conveyance to Oakes of mines at Riddings mortgaged by Rolleston in 1833 to Reverend I Rolleston, 1864 - 1864

32 - Deeds bundle no. 30B. Riddings Mineral leases by Lancelot Rolleston to Saxelbye and Co 1808, and James Oakes 1832 with abstract of Rolleston title to manor of Riddings, and Joseph Dawes' supplemental abstract of title to an estate at Riddings 1809 and 1829-30, with Rolleston mineral a/cs etc, early 19c - 1808-1832

33 - Deeds bundle no. 30C. Rolleston Deeds of manor of Riddings, associated minerals, and other properties in Riddings mid 16 cent - 1843 - 1843

34 - Deeds bundle no. 31. Messuages and land at Riddings bought from John Wagstaff 1878, and copy of conveyance of messuage and frontage in Church Street, Riddings by James Oakes and Co. to Alfreton UDC [plan missing] 1895, subtitled "Cottage in front of Lygons public house now pulled down". - 1878-1895

35 - Deeds bundle no. 32. Part of close formerly called Chapel Yard with 5 messuages in Riddings, subtitled "Well Lane", bought from Nathan Mellors and wife, 1876 - 1876

36 - Deeds bundle no. 33. Land in Greenhill Lane near Mill Lane Alfreton bought from Mrs Phebe Langton, 1844 - 1844

37 - Deeds bundle no. 42. [Parcels of land called The Smith's Long Close, The Cotton Croft and Barn Croft with 4 cottages at Riddings] entitled 7 cottages and land at Spring Terrace, Nottingham Holly Hurst Lane, Riddings, bought from Mrs Elizabeth Maltby, 1891 - 1891

39 - Deeds bundle no. 57. Seven dwelling houses, shop and premises in Greenhill Lane in Riddings, subtitled "adjoining Infant School", bought from James Bugg and Mark Shipley and wife, 1855 - 1855

40 - Deeds bundle no. 58. Four closes of land at Riddings, subtitled "Land below Holly Hurst in the meadow, and Vicars Close, Greenhill", bought from Miss Anne Hall, 1899 - 1899

41 - Deeds bundle no. 59. Land at Greenhill Lane, Riddings, [3 messuages, Barn Close, The Allotment, and Great Vickers], subtitled "Field, Vicars and others at top of plan", bought from Thomas Lener, 1849 - 1849

42 - Deeds bundle no. 64. Cottages and Fields in Cinder Road, Somercotes, bought from Martha Platt's Trustees, 1857 - 1857

43 - Deeds bundle no. 99/1 "Old deeds relating to land at Selston" [Nottinghamshire]: actually loose deeds relating to purchase of anthill family of lands at Selston and Rolleston property in Riddings, 1806-1809, Anthill sales to Oakes in 1818, and Oakes mortgages 1818-1827; and bundle of Anthill and Rolleston deeds for Snelston, Riddings, 18 cent; and schedule of deeds to be produced to Great Northern Railway - 1806-1827

44 - Deeds bundle no. 99/2. "Several closes of land at Selston, Notts, and Riddings, Derbys, together 26 acres 3 roods 5 perches together with 76 houses erected thereon" being messuage and lands bought from Charles Anthill in 1818 and subsequent Oakes mortgages 1834-1842 - 1834-1842

45 - Deeds bundle no. 103. Plot of land in Alma Street, Alfreton, with 4 houses erected thereon, bought from Mrs Ann Hopkinson, 1902 - 1902

46 - Deeds bundle no. 104. House and garden in Greenhill Lane, Riddings, bought with William Barlow, 1887 - 1887

47 - Deeds bundle no. 106. Land and 2 houses in Shaw Street, Greenhill Lane, Riddings, bought from Thomas Skinner Carlin and Samuel Littlewood, 1846 - 1846

48 - Deeds bundle no. 56. Piece of land at Greenhill Lane, in parish of Alfreton, subtitled "Infant School and Croft", bought from James Walters 1844 [Note that property contained in Family Deeds of 1845] - 1844

48 - Deeds bundle no. 108. Land at Snelston, also described as land at Pyehill bought from Great Northern Railway Co, 1878 - 1878

49 - Deeds bundle no. 113. Cottage in Hodgins Row [fronting Town Street] Riddings, bought from Alfred Shaw, 1875 - 1875

50 - Deeds bundle no. 114. Two messuages and garden [piece of land formerly part of the near Over close later known as Robinsons Close, bounded northwardly by highway from Riddings to Greenhill Lane] Riddings, bought from John Riley, 1874 - 1874

51 - Deeds bundle no. 118. School Croft, [messuage and small dwelling house, and croft, plan attached] Riddings, bought from Barnett Goulder 1863 - 1863

52 - Deeds bundle no. 119. Church Street East of Congregational Chapel [Messuages and premises], Riddings, bought from Messrs Boothby, parsons, 1836 - 1836

53 - Deeds bundle no. 120. [Several closes, Long Close, Near Hall Croft, and 2 messuages and land at Greenhill Lane, Riddings, bought from Joseph Tomlinson, 1847] - 1847

54 - Deeds bundle no. 121. Close called Edmund Croft, subtitled "now part of Kitchen garden Mill Ground," bought from William Hollingworth, 1846 - 1846

55 - Deeds bundle no. 122. Mill Close or Upper Town Croft, Riddings, bought from Eramus Thomas Horsley 1847 and duplicate conveyance to Derbyshire County Council of land adjoining Riddings, 1933 - 1847-1933

56 - Deeds bundle no. 123. Brinsley Gin Farm, Brinsley, p. Greasley, Notts, bought from Trustees under will of Christopher Royston, dec. 1918 - 1918

57 - Deeds bundle no. 124. Deed of exchange between James and Charles Henry Oakes and Albert Green of part of the Brinsley Gin Farm [minerals reserved], 1919 - 1919

58 - Deeds bundle no. 125. Crowfield and Brinsley Hall estates at Heanor, Derbys, and Greasley, Notts [bought from trustee of late James Christopher Royston 1907]. Label also refers to mortgage to T J Watson and subsequent which are missing, and cross references to B6 529 for old deeds - 1907

59 - Deeds bundle no. 125A. (formerly 529) Old deeds to Crowfield and Brinsley Hall estates 1786-1872 - 1786-1872

60 - Deeds bundle no. 126. [Four closes] at Brinsley, Notts., bought from Musson Frederick George Stubbs, 1919 - 1919

61 - Deeds bundle no. 133. Three dwelling houses and gardens, Riddings, bought from Mrs Hannah Shelton, 1859 - 1859

2 - Leases to Messrs Oakes & Co, 19th cent, unless otherwise stated - 19th cent

3 - Bundles of personal and business papers, 19th cent - 19th cent

4 - Unnumbered deeds and bundles - 19th-20th cent

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