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Document ReferenceMi 3 E 260
TitleLease by Lord Middleton to the Wollaton Colliery Company Ltd of coal seams lying beneath lands in the parishes of Wollaton, Beeston, Trowell, Bilborough, Lenton and Radford, Nottinghamshire [with plans]; 15 Dec. 1900
Date15 December 1900
Extent3 items
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionFirst Party: Digby Wentworth Bayard Willoughby, 9th Baron Middleton (1).

Second Party: Godfrey Ernest Percival Willoughby [later 10th Baron Middleton] (2).

Third Party: The Wollaton Colliery Company (3).

Lease from (1) and (2) to (3) of seams of coal known as the 'Bottom Hard Coal Seam' and the 'Bottom Soft Coal Seam' lying beneath lands in the parishes of Wollaton, Beeston, Trowell, Bilborough, Lenton and Radford [edged green on plan]. For a term of 60 years. Includes the right to work the coal. Also includes a right of way along a Colliery Road. Excludes the right to work the coal underlying the area hatched blue on the plan, being in the village of Wollaton.

Three copies of a plan showing the property in question edged green. Shows the pillar of coal to be left underneath Wollaton Church and Rectory. Also shows Wollaton Park [not included in the lease]. Shows the supposed outcrop of the Top Hard or Rifler Coal, supposed extent of the old workings in the Deep Soft Coal Seam, and fault lines.
Termmining and extraction, coal
estate business, leases, coal
mining and extraction, coal, support pillar
maps and plans, Wollaton (Nottinghamshire)
maps and plans, Beeston (Nottinghamshire)
maps and plans, Trowell (Nottinghamshire)
maps and plans, Bilborough (Nottinghamshire)
maps and plans, Lenton (Nottinghamshire)
maps and plans, Radford (Nottinghamshire)

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA468Willoughby; Godfrey Ernest Percival (1847-1924); 10th Baron Middleton1847-1924
NA27833Willoughby; Digby Wentworth Bayard (1844-1922); 9th Baron Middleton; succeeded 18771844-1922
NA77039Wollaton Colliery Company Limited
Places
CodeSet
PL375/Wollaton/Nottinghamshire/England
PL67/Beeston/Nottinghamshire/England
PL12297/Bilborough/Nottinghamshire/England
PL18071/Trowell/Nottinghamshire/England
PL473/Lenton/Nottinghamshire/England
PL483/Radford/Nottinghamshire/England
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