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D5430 - Wright family of Eyam Hall - [14th cent]-1994
1 - Title deeds to the main Wright family estate at Eyam and Foolow - 1628-1951
2 - Title deeds to the Wright family estate at Brampton and Newbold - 1642-1679
3 - Title deed to land at Unthank, parish of Dronfield - 1678
4 - Marriage settlements and deeds concerned with sales and purchases of land between Wright family members - 1635-1873
5 - Mortgage deeds - 1703-1869
6 - Leases and tenancy agreements - 1747-1932
7 - Rentals and rent accounts - 1640-1974
8 - Estate and household account books - 1723-1844
9 - Loose financial papers - 1644-1983
10 - Schedules, surveys and valuations of land - 17th cent-1880s
11 - Estate plans - 18th cent-1932
12 - Sale particulars and auction papers - 1797-1911
13 - Lead mining papers - 1647-1985
14 - Inventories and accounts relating to items at Eyam Hall and other family dwellings - 1641-1973
15 - Estate correspondence - 1797-1976
16 - Miscellaneous estate papers - 1834-1985
17 - Enclosure - 1676-1888
18 - Eyam tithes - 1824-1966
19 - Eyam Churchwardens' papers - 1702-1766
20 - Eyam Parish Church property - 1808-1872
21 - Eyam Poor Law and settlement papers - 1690-1794
22 - Eyam roads - 1750-c1801
23 - Eyam School - 1813-1876
24 - Miscellaneous Eyam parish and taxation papers - 1767-mid 19th cent
25 - Miscellaneous enclosure, turnpike and school papers - 1770-1878
26 - Thomas Wright of Unthank (c1608-1673) - 1651-1676
27 - Thomas Wright of Eyam (1674-1704) - 1700-1704
28 - John Wright of Eyam and Great Longstone (1700-1780) - 1723-1776
29 - Thomas Wright (1723-1759) - 1742-1759
30 - Major John Wright (1724-1779) - 1739-1779
31 - James Farewell Wright of Eyam (1738-1805) - 1770-1806
32 - Jane Wright (née Sisum) and the Sisum family of Kensington - 1767-1840
33 - Dorothy Wright (1729-1824) - 1809-1824
34 - John William Wright of Eyam and Sheffield (1771-1853) - 1798-1859
35 - Peter Wright of Eyam (1781-1862) - 1808-1882
36 - Dorothy Wright (1772-1858) and Mary Wright (1774-1860) of Eyam - 1823-1853
37 - James Farewell Wright of Sheffield (1800-1879) - 1816-1881
38 - John Wright of Tamworth (1805-1861) - 1836-1907
39 - Martha Hammond Thornewill, née Wright (died 1889) - 1840-1896
40 - Dorothy Wilkinson, née Wright - 1843-1880
41 - Mary Wright (died c1882) and Jane Wright (died 1868) - 1840-1892
42 - Revd Charles Sisum Wright (1840-1903) - c1860-1904
43 - Charlotte Elizabeth Wright, née Jervis (1841-1919) - c1910-1920
44 - Margaret Jane Wright (1843-1906) and Harriet Elizabeth Wright (1845-1915) - 1851-1915
45 - Revd William Peter Wright (1864-1944) - 1864-1981
46 - Charlotte Winifred Wright, née Eardley (1869-1937) - 1869-1938
47 - Emily Georgina Wright (1868-1925) - 1889-c1925
48 - Charles Sisum Wright (1894-1985) - 1880s-1982
49 - Dorothy Thornewill, née Wright (1895-1993) - 1907-1975
1 - Childhood and education - 1910-1916
2 - Charity and voluntary work - 1914-1975
3 - Holidays - 1930-1938
4 - Personal correspondence - 1907-1973
1 - Letter, Dorothy Wright to 'Neille', thanks for Christmas card, 18 Feb - 1907
2 - Letter, Dorothy [Wright] in London, to her mother and father (sent to Revd W Peter Wright of Hemingbrough Vicarage), describing the King's coronation, 25 Jun 1911. Is staying with Mr Delevingne - 1911
3 - Letters from father [Revd William Peter Wright] at Hemingbrough Vicarage, to Dorothy, Oct-Dec - 1913
4 - Letters from aunt Emily G Wright at The Manor House, Cliffe, Selby, to Dorothy, Oct-Dec - 1913
5 - Letters to Dorothy Wright from friends and acquaintances - 1913-1916
6 - Bundle of letters sent to Dorothy Wright - 1915-1919
7 - Correspondence between Dorothy Wright and F Stanton Eardley concerning the Boy Scouts, Aug 1924-Jul 1925 - 1924-1925
8 - Poem accepting invitation to preach at Eyam, from R Darbyshire of The Vicarage, Sheffield, to Miss D Wright, posted 19 Apr 1926 - 1926
9 - Letter, Malcolm Delevingne of the Home Office to Dorothy Wright, 3 Sep 1926, offering to buy her an Austin 7 - 1926
10 - Postcard from Malcolm [Delevingne] to Miss Wright, 3 Aug - 1937
11 - Postcards sent from Malcolm Delevingne to Miss Dorothy Wright, 29 Mar and 13 Apr 1927 (from Kensington) and 23 Nov and 2 Dec 1931 (from Siam) - 1927-1931
12 - Postcard sent to Miss Wright from 'M' at Leysin, Switzerland, 13 Oct - 1930
13 - Circular letter from John Salwey of Westhampnett Vicarage, Chichester, to his old friends, in envelope addressed to Miss D Wright, postmarked 18 Mar - 1932
14 - Postcard from Alice at Brindisi to Miss D Wright at Eyam Hall, 9 Feb - 1934
15 - Letter from the Deputy Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens to Miss D Wright, relating to a seed specimen, 2 Aug - 1935
16 - Letter in sympathyfrom Lucy Lathbury [headmistress of The Cliff] to Miss Dorothy Wright, 8 Jan - 1937
17 - Letter from Hilda at Handsworth Rectory, Sheffield, to Miss Wright, 4 Jun 1941, enclosing typescript copy story written by Joan in 1932 (aged 13), set in Eyam Hall - 1941
18 - MS notes on the coupon system for buying clothes and shoes, n.d. - [1939-1945]
19 - Postcard, Malcolm [Delevingne] to Dorothy Wright, 21 Jan - 1944
20 - Letter, signature illegible, from a friend to Dorothy Wright, 19 Dec - 1949
21 - Photograph of The Firs, Eyam, made into Christmas card for 1950 to be sent by members of the family - 1950
22 - Christmas card from Muriel Cockrem, containing photograph of her sister Gwendoline with their mother Mary Eardley Cockrem, taken Aug - 1949
23a - Postcard from Irene [Wright] to Dot, n.d. - 20th cent
23b - Letters from Sidney Cooper, John Gibbs and Co., solicitors, to Dorothy Thornewill, relating to shares, Nov 1959-Feb 1966 - 1959-1966
24 - Photograph of Miss Vera Eardley as an English language teacher in Isfahan(?), Iran, Oct 1959, and another photograph of a summer holiday 'school' of mixed religion, known as the 'Joy Centre' in Shiraz, Iran, Jul 1955, with accompanying letter, Christmas 1959 - 1955-1959
25 - Three photographs of Mr and Mrs Birchenough[?], with accompanying letter, Jun - [1960]
26 - Photograph of Miss Janet Copley, with accompanying letter, Jul - 1963
27 - Letters to Dorothy Thornewill from Thomas and Barbara Maltby at Hollis Farm, John Smallman and Co., chartered auctioneers and estate agents, and Brooke-Taylor and Co., solicitors, relating to Hollis Farm, Mar 1964-Aug 1971 - 1964-1971
28 - Letters to Dorothy Thornewill from Kirkby Son and Atkinson, solicitors, relating to sale of paddock and passing of Mr Thornewill, Jun 1965-Nov 1967 - 1965-1967
29 - Personal letters from J Hood and Angela Neill to Dorothy Thornewill, Jul 1965-Feb 1971 - 1965-1971
30 - Postcard from Hilaria in Denver to Dorothy Thornewill, relating to Mark's arrival at Haynes - c1965
31 - Personal letters from Gertrude to Dorothy Thornewill, Jun 1965-Jan 1966 - 1965-1966
32 - Personal letters from Mabel in Pipes Place, Shore nr Gravesend, Kent, to Dorothy Thornewill, Sep 1966-Jan 1967 - 1966-1967
33 - Various personal letters to Dorothy Thornewill, Feb 1966-Feb 1973 - 1966-1973
34 - Personal letters from Hilaria and Mark in Richmond, United States of America, to Dorothy Thornewill, Sep 1967-Jan 1970 - 1967-1970
35 - Two photographs of Hilaria and Mark's children (including. Joanna), with accompanying letter to Dorothy Thornewill from Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Sep - 1960s?
36 - Personal letters from Elsie Thornewill in England, Feb-Nov 1870, and from Elsie in Canada, Jul 1967-Sep 1971, to Dorothy Thornewill - 1967-1971
37 - Personal letters from Judy Jackson to Dorothy Thornewill, Apr 1970-Mar 1971 - 1970-1971
38 - Personal letters from Norwood Greaves to Dorothy Thornewill, Jan 1970-Jan 1972 - 1970-1972
39 - Two photographs of Joanna, aged 5, and Shane, aged 3, two of Hilaria and Mark's children, with accompanying letters to Dorothy Thornewill from Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, May - 1971
40 - Four photographs of Val [Valerie Selby?] and her husband, with Dorothy's parents, at Dyserth near Rhyl, 1930s, with accompanying letter to Dorothy Thornewill, 15 Aug - 1972
41 - Letters to sister Dorothy from Charles Sisum Wright, from school at Aysgarth, Mar 1907-Jul 1908 and from Repton School, Sep 1908-May 1913, with postcards of Repton School and Tidworth Pennings Camp, 1913 - 1907-1913
42 - Letters to sister Dorothy from Charles at Repton School and Oxford University, May-Dec - 1913
43 - Letters to sister Dorothy from Charles Sisum Wright at Oxford University, Mar-Nov 1914, with postcards of the Public Schools Special Corps at Epsom Downs Camp, Sep, colleges' arms and rowing information, programme cards for The Torpids, and rowing crews - 1914
44 - Letters to sister Dorothy from Charles Sisum Wright at Oxford University, May-Nov 1919 and Feb-Mar 1920 - 1919-1920
45 - Letters to sister Dorothy from Charles Sisum Wright at Stokesley, Mar 1920 and Eastbourne, Jun 1922 - 1920-1922
46 - Postcard from Charles Sisum Wright at Whitby to Miss Wright at Eyam Hall, 12 May - 1935
47 - Letters to sister Dorothy Thornewill from Charles Sisum Wright, Feb-Dec 1973 - 1973
5 - Diaries and address books - 1907-1945
6 - Miscellaneous personal papers - 1911-1971
50 - Cookery books and recipes - 17th cent-19th cent
51 - Papers relating to the Wright family pedigree - c1776-1978
52 - Wright family photographs and pictures - 1849-1982
53 - Wright family of Great Longstone - 1637-1932
54 - Shiercliffe family of Ecclesfield, Yorkshire - 1635-1647
55 - Kniveton family of Kniveton, Ashbourne and Castleton, Derbyshire - 1656-1679
56 - Morton family of Ecclesfield, Yorkshire - 1656-1683
57 - Newton family of Newton (Cheshire) and Castleton (Lancashire) - 1703-1750
58 - Potts family of Castleton (Derbyshire) - 1656-1725
59 - Sherratt family of Tideswell, and Farewell family of Nuthall and Nottingham - 1597-1763
60 - Green family of Manchester and Trafford family of Trafford (Lancashire) - 1704-1758
61 - Rawson family of Philadelphia near Sheffield, Yorkshire - 1763-1934
62 - Ratcliff family of Nottingham - 1819-1970
63 - Thornewill family of Burton on Trent and elsewhere - c1800-1963
64 - Jervis and Livesey families of Sheffield - 18th cent-1946
65 - Evill, Eardley and Cockrem families - 1858-1974
66 - Yeoman family of Stokesley, Yorkshire - late 19th cent-1982
67 - Possible legal practice papers of Thomas Wright of Eyam - c1620-1833
68 - Further possible legal practice papers - [14th cent]-1824
69 - Papers relating to the Downes family of Tideswell - 1726-1841
70 - Papers relating to Eyam Church - early 20th cent-1991
71 - Papers relating to Eyam plague commemorations - 1915-1983
72 - Papers relating to Eyam well-dressings - 1955-1994
73 - Eyam groups, clubs and societies - 1924-1981
74 - Miscellaneous papers relating to Eyam and surrounding area - 1880-1994
75 - Pictures and photographs of Eyam and surrounding area - 19th cent-1959
76 - Miscellaneous papers - c1630-20th cent
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