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Total number of records: 13
Insurance policies for the cemetery buildings and company employees, with related correspondence
26 Oct 1904-16 Nov 1937
Includes: A fire insurance policy with the Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Co Ltd for the Cemetery buildings (the Registrar's House, the Sexton's house and the Chapel), dated 26 May 1920, with t...
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...
Copy and original deeds relating to property owned by the Wainwright family
1833-1834
1. Copy abstract of title of John Wainwright to messuages and premises in Woodhouse in the parish of Leeds, 1833. By solicitors Payne & Eddison. 2. Copy abstract of title of Joseph Wainwright and hi...
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,...
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 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, ...
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...
Correspondence and papers relating to transferring shares
1846-1877
The papers are arranged by the name of the principal vendor or testator, and in roughly chronological order: 1-12. Letters and documents re Richard Ward, 1846-1850 13-14. Two notes re George Barr...
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...
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 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...