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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...
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...
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 relating to trustees, shareholding, property rights and finance
Apr 1887-May 1899
Includes: a press cutting from the Yorkshire Post, 8 Oct 1894, re a reported dispute on allowing external contrators to work on the cemetery site; 15 letters related to the death of William H. Rinder,...
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 ...
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 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...
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 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...
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...