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Draft documents, agreements, meeting minutes and correspondence relating to the formation of the Leeds General Cemetery Company
24 Jun 1833-1834
Includes: 1. Third annual report of Westgate Hill General Cemetery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,1834. 2. Abstract of the trust deed dated 1825 of Low Hill General Cemetery, Liverpool [n.d.] 3. List of Co...
Estimates and price lists for the supply of trees and shrubs for the Leeds General Cemetery site
01 Dec 1829-13 Dec 1834
The estimates are labelled from 'No.2' through to 'No. 8'. Three of the estimates are written on printed price lists. The estimates are from the following suppliers: William & Francis Pontey, Kirkhe...
Notes by and correspondence sent to Payne & Eddison, relating to building work on the Cemetery and the dispute with John Wainwright
May-Nov 1834
Includes: 1-2. Notes on estimates and costs for work on the Cemetery buildings, 1834 3. Notice served to John Wainwright concerning labour and progress, from John Clark, 5 May 1834 4. Letter fro...
Papers and correspondence relating to an agreement with the Leeds General Cemetery Company for a proposed extension of the buildings of the Yorkshire College
9 Jan 1884-25 Nov 1886
Includes: 1 & 3. Design for a section of a proposed extension of the Yorkshire College Textile Industries building, by Alfred Waterhouse, architect, 9 Jan 1884 [on tracing paper]; and accompanying l...
Register of shareholders
1833-7 Dec 1956
Leather bound, manuscript register listing shareholders and details of share transfers. The volume begins with an alphabetical index. After the index section the register has three printed fields on...
Correspondence and papers relating to various company agreements, land rights and other business
11 Sep 1846-18 Oct 1917
Includes: 1. Draft schedule of documents given up to the Company by the solicitors Payne, Eddison & Ford, 1847. 2. Page with four press-cuttings from the Yorkshire Post attached, relating to a com...
Agreements and associated documents relating to various property, encroachments and rights of way on the Leeds General Cemetery site
24 Dec 1833-25 Sep 1911
Includes: 1. Memorandum of agreement between John Spence and the Company as to drainage, 24 Dec 1833. 2. Draft agreement between John Spence and the Company as to access, 1835. 3. Memorandum of ...
Correspondence from architects and others in connection with the architectural competition for the design of the Leeds General Cemetery
21 Sep-13 Dec 1833
The details of the correspondents for each letter sent to Payne & Eddison are as follows: 1. Thomas J Hadfield, Liverpool, 21 Sep 1833 2. James White, Manchester, 24 Sep 1833 3. Richard Forrest,...
Letters of application for the post of Registrar at the Leeds General Cemetery Company sent to the treasurer, Thomas Toller Luccock, and associated papers
25 May-20 Jul 1835
The applicants or correspondents are as follows: 1. Application from Reverend James Rawson, Pontefract, 25 May 1835 2. Application from J B Smales, Bradford, 19 Jun 1835 3. Application from John...
Papers and correspondence relating to the Leeds General Cemetery Company finances, and accounts with contractors
c.1833-c.1836
Includes: 1. A list of shareholders of the company, n.d. [c.1833-1834] 2-4. Three memoranda listing various payments, including for land purchased and work on the cemetery site, n.d. [c.1833-1835]...
Correspondence and notes on agreements relating to cemetery land, drainage and boundaries
12 Jul-26 Dec 1833
Includes: 1. Note of an offer from Mrs S Barron to sell land to the Company [n.d.] 2. Notes on drainage at the Cemetery site [n.d.] 3. Offer letter of land to the Company from Thomas E Upton of ...
Notes by and correspondence sent to Payne & Eddison, mainly relating to the dispute with John Wainwright
6 Feb-3 Sep 1835
Includes: 1. Two extracts from the birth and death registers from Marylebone parish, 1835, as examples for creating the Cemetery burial registers 2. Printed notice of committee meeting, 6 Feb 1835...