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Correspondence relating to the dispute with John Wainwright and other legal matters, and draft circulars
28 Dec 1833-25 Nov 1835
Includes: 1. List of shareholders in the Leeds General Cemetery Company, 1 Jan 1835 2. Letter from John Wainwright to Thomas Benson Pease re payment for work undertaken on the Cemetery site, 22 Ja...
Correspondence sent to Payne & Eddison relating to shareholding and work on the cemetery site, and circulars for committee meetings
Jan 1834-Jan 1835
Includes: 1-17. Seventeen printed notices of committee meetings, some with agenda, Jan 1834-Jan 1835 18. Letter from William Wildsmith re shares, 8 Jan 1834 19. Letter from Thomas E Upton re dra...
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...
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,...
Correspondence and papers mainly relating to land rights, valuations, cemetery management and maintenance
c.1884-c.1973
Includes: 1-7. Licences for the removal of remains, certificates for burial of ashes and Registrar's certificates of disposal, 1921-1973. 8. Pages of extracts from the Company minute book relating...
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...
Correspondence with solicitors Payne, Eddison & Ford, mainly relating to a purchase of land by Joseph Ogden March
28 Jun 1839-1856
Includes: 1. Letter to Payne, Eddison & Ford from Charles Naylor as to costs in the case of Baines and others vs John Wainwright, 28 Jun 1839. 2. Letter to the Company Trustees from William Nicho...
Correspondence received by the Committee relating to cemetery business
29 Mar 1833-29 Mar 1836
Includes: 1 & 2. Letters from Richard Johnson, Liverpool, relating to plans of cemetery land, 29 Mar and 1 Aug 1833. 3. Letter from James Honeyman, Liverpool, relating to buying shares in the Com...
Correspondence and papers relating to share ownership and transfer
1852-1892
The papers are grouped by the name of the principal shareholder, vendor or testator and are arranged roughly in chronological order: 1. Letter from Susanna Reynolds [n.d.] 2. Letter from William W...
Papers and correspondence relating to the dispute with Reverend Thomas Storey, Registrar of the Leeds General Cemetery Company
1887-1892
Includes: 1. Depositor's pass book Yorkshire Penny Bank, no. 9021, in the name of Mrs Mary Storey, with entries dated 1887-1891. 2. Letter to the Cemetery Committee from H.W & J Blackburn, charter...
Papers and correspondence relating to employment at the Leeds General Cemetery, charges and regulations, and relating to cemetery property
c.1833-c.1847
Includes: 1-21. Twenty-one copies of printed charges and regulations for the Cemetery [n.d., c.1835-40] 22-23. Two copies of another version of printed charges and regulations for the Cemetery , 2...