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Total number of records: 19
Burial Register
04 Mar 1924-15 Jan 1930
The burial number sequence 3348-3447 is repeated in error [for entries during Sep-Dec 1928].
Burial Register
01 Jan 1930-14 Apr 1936
The first page of register entries is a photocopy of the final page of the previous register [MS 421/3/1/22].
Correspondence file: various codes
19 Sep-20 Oct 1965
Letters are numbered: A 22 (6); A 20 (16); A 14 (10); XC 6 (4); A 28 (3); A 1 (16); A 25 (16); A 1 (30); C 7 (1); and other non-coded letters
Correspondence relating to the disinterment of graves at the Leeds General Cemetery
12 Jun-22 Aug 1882
Includes: a letter from Joseph Walker to the Committee reporting the alleged disinterment of bodies at the cemetery without permission, 12 Jun 1882; a letter to the Company from the Home Secretary rel...
Lists of shareholders
c.1833-17 Jan 1956
Draft printed and manuscript lists drawn up by the Company solicitors containing shareholders details, such as: name, address, occupation, number of shares owned, dividends, and any remarks. The ind...
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,...
Papers of Payne & Eddison, solicitors, including various agreements as to cemetery property, drafts of Company documents and resolutions, and shareholders circulars
c.1832-c.1867
Includes: 1. Lease of Sexton's house at Leeds General Cemetery to Charles Jackman, 1 Aug 1835. 2. Memorandum of agreement in respect of a proposed drain in Woodhouse Lane, 23 Dec 1833. 3. Letter...
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 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...
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...
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...