Thomas Benson Pease, plans and related materials from the Sheepscar estate

Description

Includes samples of cloth, plans of the estate, sketches of properties on the estate and a schedule of purchased from the estate.

Biography or history

Thomas Benson Pease was born in Darlington in 1782. Benson came to Leeds in 1802. A stuff merchant, he became the principal of the Leeds firm Aldam, Pease & Co (later Pease, Heaton & Co). First elected to the town council in 1836, Benson became an alderman in 1841. He owned property north of the centre of Leeds, in the area known as Sheepscar off the main road to Harrogate. A member of the Society of Friends, he died on 23rd May 1846.

Provenance

Thomas Benson Pease's son-in-law was Robert Lawson Ford, solicitor, of Park Place, Leeds. These papers were presented to the Library in January 1975 by Mrs Eleanor M Ford, nee Pease, the widow of Robert's grandson.

System of arrangement

The MS 356 catalogue is based on an historic inventory, created in 1975. The arrangement of material does not necessarily represent the original order of the archive and it is considered partly processed by an archivist. When making requests to consult, please be aware that there may be discrepancies between description and physical arrangement. The retrievable unit for this collection is file level.

Access and usage

Access

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