| Content Description | Bundle includes the following items:
Mostly cover letters regarding estate business and agendas for general company meetings, collected in bundles over the following dates:
Ne 6 Co 1/12/1/1: correspondence regarding the following: setting up the proposed estates company [the London and Fort George Land company Ltd]; Nottingham Park valuations; charges at the Newcastle estates; initial figures relating to the London and Fort George Land Company; transfer of shares and bonds in the company; lease of Clumber House [Nottinghamshire]; private accounts to the year end 25 Mar. 1926; purchase of Lot 2400 Cariboo [British Colombia, Canada]; dated 7 Apr. 1925 - 12 Apr. 1927.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/1/2: correspondence regarding the following: farm agreements; Nottingham Park fines account; purchase of shares; correspondence with the Inspector of Taxes; dated 12 Apr. 1927 - 3 May 1928.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/1/3: correspondence regarding the following: improvements to the Nottingham Park estate; Green Mile farm valuation; map of Farndon [Nottinghamshire]; fishing on the river Trent in the manor of Newark [Nottinghamshire]; notes for agenda for the meeting of directors; Clumber pensioners; correspondence with the Inspector of Taxes; copies of the Nottingham Corporation Bill; Nottingham Castle; Bothamsall and Elkesley churches [Nottinghamshire]; donation to Mr. W. H. Getliff on his retirement as headmaster of Shireoaks school; dated 5 Jan. 1928 - 6 Apr. 1929.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/1/4: correspondence regarding the following: Bothamsall and Elkesley churches; Nottingham Park estate and improvements to; estate prosecutions; summary of company expenditure to Jun. 1929; Clumber cottage; treasury bills; Nottinghamshire and Derby electric power company; insurance of no.16 Lombard Street, Newark; poaching cases; Shireoaks church [Nottinghamshire]; memorandum as to the custody of awards under enclosure acts; estimate of expenditure for quarter ending 31 Dec. 1929; statements of bank balance; dated 6 Apr. 1929 - 2 Nov. 1929.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/1/5: correspondence regarding the following: estate prosecutions; Clumber cottage; loan to the 8th Duke of Newcastle [under Lyne]; specification of work regarding Bothamsall church; map of the electric line at Worksop [Nottinghamshire] and Whitwell [Derbyshire]; Worksop urban district council's planned overhead electric power line at Shireoaks, correspondence and agreement; Bothamsall church; summary of the management expenses claim; income tax appeal; schedule of assessments for Clumber House; list of salaried staff on the Newcastle estates; estimates of company expenditure for the quarter ending 25 Mar. 1930; lot 2400 Carriboo; proposed incorporation of Worksop; mineral owner's joint committee; Hardwick Hall farm [Clumber Park]; the Harrowlands Investment Company; dated 5 Nov. 1929 - 28 Feb. 1930.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/2/1: correspondence regarding the following: Clumber cottage; Nottingham Park estate; lists of cheques for signature for the Nottingham Park estate; Sparken House [Worksop]; lists of cheques for signature for the London and Fort George Land Company; statements of bank balance; Lincoln Terrace [The Park, Nottingham]; lists of cheques for signature for the Worksop and Newark estates; dated 3 Mar. 1930 - 30 Jul. 1930.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/2/2: correspondence regarding: London and Fort George Land Company statements of bank balance; accounts for Nov. 1930; Harrowlands Investment Company; London and Fort George Land Company tradesman's bills; Clumber cottage; lists of cheques for signature for the London and Fort George Land Company; Newcastle Arms, Basford [Nottinghamshire]; Sparken House; Shireoaks Row; request for information on the rent of agricultural land from the Royal Statistical Society; Clumber Fishing Club; Manton Forest Farm; dated 2 Aug. 1930 - 8 Dec. 1930.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/2/3: correspondence regarding the following: the London and Fort George Land Company Ltd trading accounts for Nov. 1930 and Apr. 1931; the parliamentary bills: London Midland and Scottish Railway and London North Eastern Railway for the session 1930-31; statements of bank balance for the London and Fort George Land Company Ltd; Clumber estate shooting; company accounts for Dec. 1930, Jan. - Mar. 1931; sale of bonds and stocks; Newark manor; schedule of sales at the Newark estate 3 Mar. 1931; dated 10 Dec. 1930 - 29 Jun. 1931.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/2/4: correspondence regarding the following: statements of bank balance for the London and Fort George Land Company Ltd; Worksop and Nottingham Park estates; Shireoaks Colliery Company Ltd; letter from the 8th Duke of Newcastle [under Lyne] regarding the use of Clumber Home Farm; the parliamentary bills: Nottingham Corporation, Trent Navigation, Worksop Corporation, for the session 1931-32; dated 1 Jul. 1931 - 31 Dec. 1931.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/2/5: correspondence regarding the following: statements of bank balance for the London and Fort George Land Company Ltd; Mr. A.E. Elliott's pension; repairs to estates; Clumber cottage; Mr. L.C. Paget's lease of the Chantry, Clumber Park; Hardwick Home Farm; dated 4 Jan. 1932 - 2 Jul. 1932.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/3/1: correspondence regarding the following: statements of bank balance for the London and Fort George Land Company Ltd; Mr. L.C. Paget's lease of the Chantry, Clumber Park; Wigan coal corporation Ltd; the Nottingham Park estate and the executors of the will of the 7th Duke of Newcastle [under Lyne]; working accounts of the London and Fort George Land Company Ltd, Nov. 1932; the parliamentary bill: Worksop Corporation, for the session 1931-32; Newcastle insurance accounts for 1931-2; dated 5 Jul. 1932 - 6 Feb. 1933.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/3/2: correspondence regarding the following: statements of bank balance for the London and Fort George Land Company Ltd; the Nottingham Park estate and the Hope settled estates and the executors of the will of the 7th Duke of Newcastle [under Lyne]; sur tax and the London and Fort George Land Company; Clumber water supply; copy of the Bylaws published by the River Trent Catchment Board; purchase of bonds; dated 8 Feb. 1933 - 11 Oct. 1933.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/3/3: correspondence regarding the following: details of company accounts of the year ended 25 Mar. 1933; the Nottingham Park estate and the Hope settled estates and the executors of the will of the 7th Duke of Newcastle [under Lyne]; Shireoaks Colliery Company Ltd; copy of additional bylaw's in connection with the Trent Navigation Company; purchase and sale of bonds; copy of the mineral owners association of Great Britian's statement of receipts and payments for the year ended 31 Dec. 1933; dated 12 Oct. 1933 - 11 May 1934.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/3/4: correspondence regarding the following: sale of land at Basford to W. J. and E. F. Evans; the Nottingham Park estate and the Hope settled estates and the executors of the will of the 7th Duke of Newcastle [under Lyne]; purchase of stocks and shares; statement of payment of interim dividend to the shareholders of the London and Fort George Land Company Ltd; poaching cases; Worksop estates; W. Raines' rent; sale of Kilton Hill estate, Worksop to James Turner and Son Ltd; proposed purchase of the Markham Clinton [Nottinghamshire] glebe land; dated 11 May 1934 - 27 Oct. 1934.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/3/5: correspondence regarding the following: proposals at the meeting of directors regarding Clumber chapel; proposed purchase of the Markham Clinton glebe land; Newark estate; notice of blank cheques, filled as follows: income tax, statement of income and expenditure for the London and Fort George Land Company Ltd for the period 25 Mar. to 30 Nov. 1934; the Nottingham Park estate and the executors of the will of the 7th Duke of Newcastle [under Lyne]; the mineral owners association; Clumber chaplaincy; schedule of investments held by the company c. 1935; Worksop Parish Church; Worksop development; dated 30 Oct. 1934 - 12 Jul. 1935.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/4/1:correspondence regarding the following: the mineral owner's association of Great Britain; the Nottingham Park estate and the Hope settled estates and the executors of the will of the 7th Duke of Newcastle [under Lyne]; Shireoaks Hall; East Markham [Nottinghamshire] estate; chief rents on the Worksop and Newark estates; Worksop industrial development; investments and mineral royalties; Bridge House farm; Walter Cupit; dated 16 Jul. 1935 - 31 Dec. 1935.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/4/2:correspondence regarding the following: the Nottingham Park estate and the executors of the will of the 7th Duke of Newcastle [under Lyne]; statement of the Newcastle insurance account for the year ending 31 Dec. 1935; the Manor of Newark and the Trent Navigation bylaws; the mineral owner's association of Great Britain; Haughton school farm; Markham Clinton mausoleum; the Wigan Coal Corporation; new road to priory church - Memorial Avenue; Clumber chaplaincy; analysis of balance sheets of the General Electric Company Ltd; High Street Place, Nottingham; accident of J.Sloane, Worksop, Nottingham; Shireoaks Colliery Company; contributions by frontagers to public sewers; Freeholders' Society; Mr. W. Raines' rent arrears, Worksop; Kilton Farm, Worksop; Eel Pie Farm, Markham Moor [Nottinghamshire]; dated 1 Jan. 1936 - 22 Jul. 1936.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/4/3:correspondence regarding the following: copy of the statement of securities for the trustees of the 7th Duke of Newcastle [under Lyne] and the London and Fort George Land Company Ltd; Mr. W. Raines' rent arrears, Worksop; copy of the auction catalogue of the Hardwick Farm dispersal sale, including a herd of dairy cattle; sur tax; Hardwick Grange Farm; Clumber cottage; Hardwick school fire; compensation for J. Sloane; dated 23 Jul. 1936 - 19 Feb. 1937.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/4/4:correspondence regarding the following: appointment of a keeper for the Clumber estate; Mr. W. Raines' rent arrears; printed information on investments, Tube Investments Ltd, Turner and Newall, and United Glass Bottle Manufacturers Ltd; accident of F.W. Wright; compensation for J. Sloane; S. Holmes' rent; Bothamsall additional burial ground [Nottinghamshire]; sale of plot of land on Clumber Ave [Nottingham] to Joseph Webster, inc. plan; development of the Sparken Hill estate and the Bridge House estate, Worksop; conveyance concerning property no.2 Sherwood Rise, Nottingham; dated 23 Feb. 1937 - 13 Oct. 1937.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/4/5:correspondence regarding the following: sale of a house at Sparken Hill; fishing at Farndon in the Manor of Newark; copy of the list of Bills deposited during the parliamentary session 1937-1938; Clumber House; sale to the Nottingham Corporation of land at Basford; proposed new house for [Henry Edward Hugh Pelham-Clinton-Hope] Earl of Lincoln, the Wigan lease; maintenance of bridges on the Chesterfield Canal at Shireoaks; mineral rights in the Manor of Newark; dated 14 Oct. 1937 - 24 Feb. 1938.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/5/1:correspondence regarding the following: proposed new house for [Henry Edward Hugh Pelham-Clinton-Hope] Earl of Lincoln, the Wigan lease; assessment of profit for income tax of the proposed building estate development [Worksop]; consent to the temporary supply of water to East Retford; copy of an instrument of proxy for the British Sugar Corporation Ltd; the condition of Haughton Farm House; probate of Mrs. Mary Smith, Sleaford Road, Newark; dated 28 Feb. 1938 - 29 Jul. 1938.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/5/2:correspondence regarding the following: sale of shares; probate of Mrs. Mary Smith, Sleaford Road, Newark; statement of investments; statement of the midsummer quarter 1938 for the London and Fort George Land Company Limited's insurance account; development at the Bridge House estate, tax; maintenance of bridge on the Chesterfield Canal at Shireoaks; Tithe Act 1936 in relation to repairs on the chancel of East Markham church, Southwell; tenancy of the Bloom brothers, farmers, West Drayton [Bothamsall, Nottingham]; dated 2 Aug. 1938 - 25 Jan. 1939.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/5/3:correspondence regarding the following: tenancy of the Bloom brothers, farmers, West Drayton [Bothamsall, Nottingham]; minerals in the Manor of Newark; the English Place-name Society's forthcoming book; sale of the Nottingham Park estate and the Oxford University Chest; Mr. S. Holmes' rent arrears; Sparken Hill building estate, Worksop; gravel on the bed of the river Trent; the Badger Hall estate, Shropshire; statement of investments made by the London and Fort George Land Company Ltd; transfers of purchase of stocks and shares; 6 Girton Road, Basford, Nottingham; 4,000 acre agricultural estate in Yorkshire; Holborn Viaduct Land Company; dated 26 Jan. 1939 - 22 Jun. 1939.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/5/4:correspondence regarding the following: Wigan Coal Corporation; the trustees of the 7th Duke of Newcastle [under Lyne] and the London and Fort George Land Company Ltd; proposed shares and investments; Mr. J.F.J. Goodacre's pension; tenancy of A.J. Townrow at 51, Millgate, Newark; the Orient Line Cruise to Iceland, Norwegian fjords and northern capitals on the 29 Jul. 1939; Finance Act 1939 as it applies to the Company; petrol reserve at Hardwick; Mr. K. Murray-Walker's appointment as Assistant Military Liason Officer to No. 3 (North Midland) Region, Nottingham as from the 29 Aug. 1939; loan secured on 277 Sandy Lane, Worksop; Mr. Isitt's surgery; dated 23 Jun. 1939 - 28 Oct. 1939.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/5/5:correspondence regarding the following: minerals and gravel rights in the Manor of Newark; loan secured on 277 Sandy Lane, Worksop; shares and investments; tenancy of Normanton Inn and Farm; Mr. Isitt's death and probate; 497 Hucknall Road, Basford, Nottingham; notice that Mr. B.J. Haines services are no-longer required by the Game Department at Bothamsall (with a copy of the initial job offer, 1935); Mr. R.D. Meanley's accident and compensation; notice of the effect of emergency powers (defence) regulations 1939, and compensation (defence) act 1939 and the requisition of Sparken House; the Wigan Coal Corporation Ltd and the proposed borehole at West Drayton [Nottinghamshire]; horse with yew poisoning at Shireoaks Hall Farm; blank copy of an estate rent audit; Mr. S. Holmes' rent arrears; purchase of a war loan of £7000; dated 27 Oct. 1939 - 18 Mar. 1940.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/6/1: correspondence regarding the following: the compensation (defence) act 1939 and the land at Babworth [Worksop]; tenancy of Normanton Inn and Farm; horse with yew poisoning at Shireoaks Hall Farm; purchase of defence bonds; repairs to Shireoaks school; Clumber Park military occupation; water supply to the military camp at Clumber Park; Newcastle fishery on the river Trent; keeping court rolls safe from the threat of bombing; National Defence contribution; dated 19 Mar. 1940 - 9 Sept. 1940.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/6/2: correspondence regarding the following: the use of Lound Hall [Nottinghamshire] as a military hospital; purchase of war bonds; tenancy of C. Dixon at Manton Farm; tenancy of Mrs. Beatrice Brown of a 94 acre farm at West Drayton; National Defence contributions; sur tax and section 21 of the Finance Act; appointment of Mr. K. Murray Walker as SAQC (sub area quartering commandant); list of bills deposited for the parliamentary session 1940-1941; Mrs. G. Drakes tenancy at 123, Millgate, Newark; requisition of Parkside, Worksop; statement of N.D.C. accounts for the years ending 31 Mar. 1938, 1939 and 1940; list of the London and Fort George Land Company Limited's investment income for these years; statement of account, 31 Dec. 1940; full N.D.C. accounts for the year end 31 Mar. 1940; excess profits tax; list of descriptions of premises requistioned by the military authorities in Clumber Park; military occupation of Clumber Park; N.D.C. and E.P.T. tax; claim form for compensation following the requisition of Netherthorpe Farm under the Compensation (Defence) Act 1939; proposed bore hole at West Drayton; Nutwell estate, Lympstone [Devon]; calculation of E.P.T. taxation on woodlands; copy of the report from the AGM of the Midland Counties Electric Supply Company, Limited, 12 Mar. 1941; 6 inches to 1 mile scale map of plots 1194 and 1186 near Manton Wood, Worksop; sale of timber in Manton Wood; dated 13 Sept. 1940 - 24 Apr. 1941.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/6/3: correspondence regarding the following: investments and savings bonds; military requisition of Sparken House; game department and agreement with His Grace regarding licence to shoot; tenancy of Clumber parsonage, pleasure grounds and Clumber gardens; lease to Butterley Company of minerals at Wellow [Nottinghamshire]; sale of timber in Manton Wood; War Damage Act 1941; sale of gravel at Besthorpe, Newark; list of species of trees to be sold as standing timber at Budby Corner, Clumber Park; final assessment of N.D.C. for the years ended 31 Mar. 1938, 1939, and 1940; tenancy of Mr. W. Lamb at Grange Farm, Bevercotes [Nottinghamshire]; requisition of land at Gateford Farm, Shireoaks Hall Farm, Kilton Farm [Worksop] and Hardwick Grange Farm; copy of form of release from military service on compassionate grounds for Major K. Murray Walker, owing to the extra work on the estate induced by the death of the 8th Duke in Apr., 1941 and the absence of the 9th Duke, a Wing Commander in the R.A.F., and the fact that more than half of the estate staff at Worksop have volunteered or been called up, approved 22 Nov. 1941; agricultural requisites assistance scheme; sale of gravel at Cromwell [East Nottinghamshire]; dated 26 Apr. 1941 - 25 Nov. 1941.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/6/4:correspondence regarding the following: the Wigan Coal Corporation; buildings at lot 5, block 99 in the Cariboo district, Fort George, B.C. and their possible reconstruction; Mr. W.C. Scott's tenancy of Bletsoe Castle House, requisitioned; B.A. Colliery and land at Basford; the London and Fort George Land Company statement of bank balance dated 7 Aug. 1942; sale of gravel at Cromwell [East Nottinghamshire]; compensation for manorial incidents on land rented to Mrs. M.E. Dyke at Girton, near Newark; dated 3 Dec. 1941 - 30 Dec. 1942.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/6/5: correspondence regarding the following: war bonds; sale of gravel at Besthorpe [South Nottinghamshire]; Sparkenholme, Worksop; amalgamation of company bank accounts; section 42 of the finance act and land tax; statement of bank balance dated 7 May. 1943; sale of gravel and sand underlying a field in the parish of Holme [Nottinghamshire]; Hill Crest, Barnby Moor [Nottinghamshire] and the Mining Lease; H. Bagshaw's compensation agreement; benefice of Shireoaks; requisition of land in Canada for the purpose of practicing bridge operations; copy of the balance sheet and profit and loss account of Dorking Halls Ltd. for the year to 31 Dec. 1942; list of bills deposited to the parliamentary session 1943-1944; purchase of gravel rights in Farndon in the Manor of Newark; 58, Bagnall Road, Nottingham and a mining lease of 1915 to the Babbington Coal Company; Basing Park Estate, Hampshire; future operations of the Clumber estate, the company, and its trustees; possible increase to J. Sloane's pension following accident of 1936; dated 1 Jan. 1943 - 6 Apr. 1944.
Ne 6 Co 1/12/6/6: correspondence regarding the following: the liquidation of Clumber Park and approx. 3000 acres; draft advertisement for Clumber Park; letters from the family regarding the sale of Clumber Park; company liability to N.D.C. tax; savings and bonds; proposed sale of the Newark estate, and problem with the right of way over Tolney Lane; offer of £75,000 for Clumber Park from timber merchants Godley and Goulding, and Oates Ltd.; option on Clumber Park until the end of 1944 at £70,00 to the National Trust; letter from the 9th Duke regarding the replacement of the Clumber estate; Mr H. Hartley's sale of land at Girton in the Manor of Newark; dated 14 Apr. 1944 - 25 Jan. 1945.
Prepared by Francis and Crookenden. |