| Reference Number | DSCAM/4/7/1-28 |
| Title | Bundle of material relating to the Tibbington Collieries and Brickworks Ltd |
| Description | DSCAM/4/7/1: Notice advertising sale of Patent Fire Brickworks at Tipton on 2 Dec. 1870. |
| DSCAM/4/7/2: Copy draft agreement (4 May 1870) for the sale by William, Earl of Dudley, to Jonathan Edwards Howl of Tibbington Colliery, Tipton, Staffordshire, coalmaster, of 3r. 7p. of land at Tibbington, and all engines, pumps, buildings etc. thereupon, minerals and the use of water levels; for £3100 payable in 13 annual instalments of £230 and a final payment of £110, without interest, unless sooner paid under the terms of a lease to be granted of coal, ironstone and fireclay under 11a. 2r. 16p. of land adjoining Tibbington Colliery, for 14 years at a minimum rental of £333 p.a. |
| DSCAM/4/7/3: Copy agreement (7 Mar. 1874) between Jonathan Edwards Howl of Tipton, Staffordshire, coal master and brick manufacturer and John Unwin Wing of Sheffield, Yorkshire, public accountant (as trustee for the promoters of the intended Tibbington Collieries and Brickworks Co. Ltd), for the sale of Tibbington colliery and brickworks, assignment of leases etc.; consideration of £120000 to be paid as specified in instalments by 7 Feb. 1875, except for £15000 to remain on mortgage |
| DSCAM/4/7/4: Draft conveyance (1874) pursuant to the agreement #3. |
| DSCAM/4/7/5: Copy draft deed of covenant (1874) between The Tibbington Collieries and Brickworks Ltd and Howl for the production of title deeds specified on annexed schedule. |
| DSCAM/4/7/6: Copy draft further charge of £5000 (1 Feb. 1878) by the Tibbington Collieries and Brickworks Ltd to Edmund Howl, coal master, Jonathan Edwards Howl, stock broker, Oliver Howl, gentleman, amd Frank Howl, gentleman, all of the Quarries, parish of Sedgley, Staffordshire (executors of Jonathan Edwards Howl the father); recites the £80000 purchase money owed to John Edwards Howl the father, arrangements for its payment under deed of 29 Aug. 1874, his will and death (1875), the payment of the instalments of the £80000 until the balance was reduced to £15000 etc. |
| DSCAM/4/7/7: Plan of the Tibbington Brickworks and environs by Richard Latham, mining engineer, Dudley, Aug. 1876. |
| DSCAM/4/7/8: Memorandum and Articles of Association of Tibbington Collieries and Brickworks Ltd, 21 July 1874. |
| DSCAM/4/7/9: Illustrated catalogue and price list (1885) of the company's wares (vitrified blue bricks, glazed stoneware sanitary pipes, terra cotta goods, Stourbridge red bricks, agricultural drain pipes, common and best red facing bricks, buff facing bricks, etc.), with vignette of the works. |
| DSCAM/4/7/10-27: Balance sheet and annual accounts for 1885 and 1888; notices to shareholders, forms of proxy, etc; report of to the directors (16 Feb. 1886) by John Mills, Secretary on the possible restructuring of the company and its sale to the London and North Western Railway [with which he has some connexion], likely commercial prospects, commercial policy, etc.; letter from Mills, 8 Tibbington Road, Princes End, to J.S. Bourne (27 Feb. 1886) asking for a testimonial to assist his applications for a new position in view of the directors' not accepting his report/advice, and enclosing copies of various testimonials he has received. |
| DSCAM/4/7/28: Rough memorandum concerning the possible sale of the business, 1886; endorsed list of [the board of directors of the London and North Western Railway Company]. |
| Date | 1870-1889 |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Printed document |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 28 items |
| Level | Item |