| Description | Includes: list of tithes payable to the Rector of Kingswinford and the Rector of Brierley Hill in the Quarry Bank District (rough lists including tithe no., acreage, tithe CV, purchases, acreage, tithe appointed and remarks); rough notes and calculations; correspondence between land purchasers and Himley Estates Ltd regarding the redemption of tithes on their property, tithe liabilities and annuities; example of effect of redemption of tithe on agricultural holdings; particulars of tithe apportioned on various sales and which purchasers have been asked to join in redemption; schedule of tithes to be redeemed by Himley Estates Ltd in Kingswinford giving number on tithe map, area and rentcharge payable; Brierley Urban District Council Houseing Act: Brierley Hill, Gills Fod, Brockmore (No. 16) Compulsory Purchase Order 1936 with schedule [Jul 1937]; list of tithe redemption money received [1930 - 1938]; list of tithe redemption annuities [1937 - 1938]; printed 'Statutory Rules and Orders 1937 No. 557 Tithes, England and Wales Redemption Annuities' [1937]; printed copy of the Tithe Commission's 'Tithe Act, 1936, Table for calculating the amount of a redemption annuity' [1936]; typescript and draft copy list of land tax on property belonging to Himley Estate Ltd giving Asst No., Parish, Tenant or particulars of property and annual tax [1932]; schedules of annuities giving no. of tithe area and amount of annuity for Kingswinford and Brierley Hill and for Tipton [1939]; application form for voluntary redemption of annuities in Himley (with attached schedule) [c.1937]; correspondence, etc., regarding the redemption of annuities in Oldbury and Langley, Halesowen, Salop. [1939] and of Wombourne, Enville and Bobbington, Staffs. [1939 - 1940]. |