| Description | Includes: notes regarding the borrowing of documents and reports [11 Nov 1929]; letter to P. Dudding from F. Margetts regarding land needed for Stallings Lane and Dudley Road diversions [21 Oct 1930]; lists of illuminated addressed etc. received with papers of the Earl of Dudley from Himley Hall (draft and typescript copies); notes by F. M[argetts] regarding conveyance relating to the Birmingham to Wolverhampton Road [13 Jan 1933]; extracts from a Law Journal and Robert Dymond's book regarding Succession Duties (specifically mines) [21 Dec 1932]; list of deeds relating to the Manors of Sedgley, Himley, etc. and the Advowson of Churches and other lands in Himley for information required by Canon Wilson [17 Jun 1935]; copy report on outcrops in the Himley, Tipton and Coseley areas sent to W. F. Clark [Jan 1931]; letters regarding mining damage to property [Jun 1935 - Sep 1937]; memorandum regarding land at Holly Hall (suitability of for brick making) [19 Mar 1935]; conditions for Midland Slag Co. lease; complaint of Mrs Westwood regarding shed used as a garage, Mousesweet [20 Nov 1935]; letter to Messr Taylor and Humbert [from F. B. Clark] regarding use of term 'Shaft Rent' [31 Jan 1936]; Mr Clark's interview of Mr Porter regarding the Saltwells area [6 Dec 1937]; report of damaged properties in Turners Lane, The Delph and Delph Lane [Feb - Apr 1937]; letter to Mr F. B. Clark from P. Dudding, regarding areas taken from farms in Swindon and Kingswinford for Sand and Gravel Mine workings [25 Nov 1937];
Letter to Mr Margetts from J. Foxall regarding buying the mines [9 Jun 1937]; receipts, letters, etc. regarding the purchase of the 'Coal (Registration of Ownership) Bill' from H. M. Stationary Office [Jun 1937]; notes of telephone calls including from Mr L. Holland regarding mines in Sedgley of land bought by a Mr Jones [7 Jun 1937]; letter from F. B. Clark to F. Margetts, Himley Estate Mines Office regarding refusal of mining operations in the Baggeridge and Himley Estates, with associated notes [13 May 1937]; extracts of conveyances including to Cochrane & Co. [19 Mar 1892]; copy plan of 'The Alley' [Lower Gornal] on linen; notes regarding subsistence on land on Tipton Road purchased by Guest Hospital, with plan [17 Jan 1938]; notes on Saltwells House and Wood Area regarding valuations and clay content [4 Feb 1938]; notes on mining subsitence (including land at Swan Street, Pensnett); memoranda; letter to J. T. Bloomer from F. B. Clark regarding pit sunk near Bower Lane [23 May 1938]; note on mines let by Dudley Corporation (David Baker, Foxyards) [27 Feb 1939]; letter regarding fixing 'stationery fixture in Basement' for Himley Estates Ltd. [10 Feb 1939]; letter from G. Eaton regarding vacancies for blasting [28 Apr 1938]; letter to F. B. Clark from P. Dudding regarding workings on tenant's land, the Coppice, Lower Gornal [24 Jun 1939]; letter to F. B. Clark from F. Margetts regarding air raid shelter, Castle Mill [1 Sep 1939]; letter to H. K. Round from F. Margetts regarding payment for the cutting of weeds, etc., in his fields [10 Aug 1940]; correspondence between E. Sawyer and F. Margetts regarding scrap metal for war effort in Thorns Road [Jul 1940]; list of applications for Clay Saltwells area; order from Hoover Ltd to Messrs S. W. & S. Power Company, Dudley for one Hoover Cleaner [19 Apr 1939];
Extracts from Civil Defence Act 1939 regarding Provision of Air Raid Shelter at Factories and Mines [21 Aug 1939]; copy letters to the Divisional Officer (Petroleum Board), Birmingham from F. B. Clark regarding supplementary petrol [Jul 1940 - Feb 1942]; list of minimum royalties from Rowley Ragston [6 Feb 1937]; memorandum regarding underground store space in the Caverns on the Castle and Wrens nest for the Air Ministry [21 Apr 1941]; letters regarding sale of lands in Sedgley [Mar - Apr 1941]; list of Great and Cottage Rentals for Himley Estates Limited lent to Salt Library, Stafford [1 Jan 1942]; reports on house inspections (Caledonia) and subsidence [Jun - Oct 1942]; letter to P. Dudding from Fras. C. Briggs regarding experiment on Coke Boiler [18 Nov 1942]; notes regarding fixtures and buildings of Stiffs Concrete Co. Ltd [29 Jan 1943]; correspondence between P. Dudding, I. C. Hannah and H. R. Thomas ('a Wolverhampton archivist') regarding the viewing and lending of historic documents (including reference to Horse Fair accounts) [Jun 1943]; memorandum to Mr Dudding regarding Sister Tribe's request to locate a well containing brine suitable for brine baths to start a spa [9 Nov 1943]; correspondence regarding tenancy of Holloway Quarry, Upper Gornal [13 Dec - 14 Dec 1944]; memorandum regarding trial holes in Mr Waterfield's field [10 Apr 1945]; letters to I. Holland from P. Dudding regarding inspection of mining plans and of O.S. sheet [Jul 1945]; extracts from leases/etc. regarding damaged land; details of the Roving Bridge over the Two Locks Line Canal, Woodside [14 Aug 1945]; correspondence between P. Dudding and Hickman Contractors regarding the sale of red ash [Mar 1946]; inspections of premises including No. 4a Pit, Himley Colliery, by F. M[argetts] for P. Dudding [31 Jan 1946]; list of buildings at Tintam Abbey Farm (Bert Green) [18 Jul 1946]; inspection of Conqueror's Farm House, The Straits [26 Nov 1946];
Correspondence regarding permission to work a seam of coal between J. Paswell and P. Dudding [25 Mar 1947]; letter to J. H. Owen, Esq., Mining Engineer from F. Margetts regarding the taking of opencast coal from land near the Bran Pits, Coseley [20 May 1947]; memorandum regarding John Hill Galvanizing Co. Ltd's wish to acquire a plot of land [30 Jul 1947]; correspondence between P. Dudding and B. Rhys Perrott regarding the examination of estate plans and schedules for historical research [Oct 1946 - Jan 1947]; copy letter to F. W. Kenchington from the Mining Office regarding mining leases in connection with the forthcoming sale of Conqueror's Farm, The Straits [21 Apr 1947]; memorandum for Mr Margetts regarding the state of a bridge over the road at Meers Coppice [14 Feb 1948]; memorandum for Mr Dudding regarding the watercourse in a disused arm of the canal connected with the old limestone kilns at Castle Mill [28 Feb 1949]; list of pits in Kingswinford, Old Hill and Saltwells District and coding for map; letter to F. Margetts from T. H. Nicholls regarding examination of the Sedgeley Manor Rolls [11 Aug 1936]; memorandum regarding water in the gardens of Messrs Bowen and Parrish, Amblecote Road [28 Jan 1936]. |