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Total number of records: 14
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 and documents relating to appointing new Company trustees and producing a new trust deed
7 May-31 Dec 1873
Includes: 1. Letter from Robert Lawson Ford to ?Charles Bulmer, re declining an invitation, 7 May 1873, with pencil notes on verso. 2-7. Draft notice for an extraordinary general meeting to appoin...
Accounts for cemetery construction work, and accounts with company solicitors Payne & Eddison
10 Jul 1833-12 Jun 1835
1. Bound bill of costs from Payne & Eddison listing work undertaken for the Company between 10 Jul-31 Dec 1833, with attached payment receipt dated 4 Jul 1834. 2. Page of account with Joshua Mitchel...
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 documents relating to the case of Baines & others v John Wainwright
9 Mar-27 Dec 1838
Includes: 1. Notes on the case of Baines & others v Wainwright, [n.d.] 2. Draft document relating to the case of Baines & others v Wainwright [n.d.] 3. Letter to Thomas Toller Luccock from Edwin...
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...
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 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...
Correspondence and papers relating to cemetery maintenance, and information on regulations and charges at other cemeteries
1910-1955
Includes: 1. Typescript monthly summary of wages and insurance for year-ending 31 Dec 1955. 2. Typescript list of stone stock in hand on 31st December 1955. 3. Estimate from W M Coates & Son, ...
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...
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 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...