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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...
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...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
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...
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 ...