Collection browser

DE - THE EARL OF DUDLEY ESTATE COLLECTION

1 - TITLE DEEDS

2 - WILLS, SETTLEMENTS AND MORTGAGES

3 - MANORIAL RECORDS

4 - ESTATE RECORDS

5 - HIMLEY ESTATES LTD RECORDS

6 - BUSINESS RECORDS: MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LORD DUDLEY'S SETTLED ESTATES (MINES DEPARTMENT)

1 - LEGAL RECORDS

2 - SCHEDULES OF PROPERTY AND RECORDS

3 - REPORTS, VALUATIONS AND REGISTRATIONS

4 - LEASES

5 - AGREEMENTS

6 - MEMORANDA OF AGREEMENTS NOT TO WORK MINES

7 - ACCOUNTS AND RENTALS

8 - ROYALTIES AND DAMAGED LAND

9 - SALES

10 - CORRESPONDENCE AND RELATED PAPERS

1 - GENERAL

1 - Papers and correspondence relating to the Pensnett Chase and Dudley Wood Enclosure Acts (Special Packet 309)

2 - Papers and correspondence concerning mine property and leases

3 - Copy letters concerning water at Tipton Colliery and the use of Lord Dudley's Coneygree Colliery Engine, with draft Articles of Agreement between Messrs Hateley and Jesson and Lord Dudley [15 Feb 1797]

4 - Letter, reply and notice regarding the Wrens Nest Lime Works of Charles Norton

5 - Mr Robert's observations on Messrs Grazebrook's Clay Mine Lease

6 - Correspondence and papers regarding George Parker and Coneygre Old Furnaces and Colliery

7 - Loose letters

8 - Letter to John Maughan from Richard Smith regarding the Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway, with reply [on same sheet]

9 - Receipt from the Trustees and Executors of the late James Pearson

10 - Correspondence and papers regarding deeds in Himley Muniment Room

11 - Copy correspondence regarding Netherton Tunnel Mines, with particulars

12 - Correspondence and papers regarding deeds in Himley Muniment Room (Packet 345)

13 - Correspondence and papers regarding Sedgley and Coseley U.D.C., Coseley Local Board, Lower Sedgley Council and Upper Sedgley Local Board

14 - Correspndence regarding Brierley Hill Improvement Bill

15 - Letter to Frederick Smith, Mines Department from William H. Richards, Dudley Borough Surveyor regarding crownings in (No.5993 Dudley Parish Plan), with copy reply

16 - Correspondence and papers regarding Dudley Corporation, with reference to the drainage of Dudley and arbitration of same

17 - Papers regarding Dudley Cattle Market

18 - Printed copy letters from Edward Fisher Smith regarding prices of limestone and coal

19 - Colliery Income Tax Appeal (Knowles and others v McAdam)

20 - Correspondence and papers relating to the Brierley Hill Local Board, with reference to purchase of mines under High Street

21 - Correspondence regarding marl under Pensnett Chase Enclosure and the Earl of Dudley's ownership of proposed brickyard

22 - Letters to John Hughes, Round Oak Offices, relating to the tenancy of Richard Deeley and Thomas Darby at Ravensitch, with memoranda

23 - Page from 'The Colliery Guardian', showing 'Law Intelligence'

24 - Correspondence and papers relating to the enlargement of St Thomas's Church, Dudley and proposed church at The Delph

25 - Correspondence and papers regarding mine subsidence and purchase scheme at Quarry Bank

26 - Correspondence and papers (including plans) regarding property at Mason's Bank, Coseley and Amblecote Road, Brierley Hill

27 - Empty bundle cover endorsed: '413 - The Dudley & Wolverhampton Tramways Limited - [Certificate for 93 £1 shares.] - Contents of this packet given to Mr Dudding Nov 2/27 - Special - B.16'

28 - Copy notice of working mines and minerals in Kingswinford

29 - Correspondence with B. Gibbons Junior Ltd regarding proposed wharfage room at Wallows and siding arrangements

30 - Letters and copy letters regarding sale of land in George Street, Wordsley by Mrs Smart

31 - Correspondence regarding damage to property in Gill Street, Withymoor

32 - Correspondence and papers regarding Penn Common mines and Baggeridge Colliery

33 - Correspondence and related papers regarding Rowley Regis Granite Quarries Ltd

34 - Correspondence and papers relating to the Guest Hospital, Dudley, including reference to dividends [G. H. Claughton]

35 - Correspondence between Graham Balfour and G. H. Claughton relating to Pensnett School accommodation, with plan [tracing]

36 - Correspondence regarding site for Mission Room at Coneygre

37 - Correspondence relating to diversion of water main, David Street, Coseley and mining underneath (South Staffordshire Waterworks Co.)

38 - Copy letters regarding sale of mines at the Delph to E. P. Jobson

39 - Correspondence and papers regarding repairs to Pensnett Church and Vicarage

40 - Correspondence relating to the South Staffordshire Mond Gas Co. and service pipe over canal at Tipton (Birmingham Canal Co.)

41 - Draft form of letter for G. H. Claughton to sign (cover letter and excerpt from conveyance) regarding support of buildings from mining

42 - Letter and copy reply regarding the tenancy of Cochrane and Co. for wayleave for Cable under Canal Bridge above their offices at Woodside

43 - Correspondence and papers regarding Guest Hospital (financial) securities [G. H. Claughton]

44 - Correspondence regarding Barrow Hill Brick Works (B. Gibbons Junior Ltd)

45 - Letter to John Hughes from W. F. Taylor regarding damaged land at Portway Farm, Rowley Regis

46 - Various Correspondence' regarding Ravensitch lease ('Old') to E. J. & J. Pearson Ltd

47 - Letter and plans [tracings] regarding damaged land on Jesse Cartwright's holding at Harts Hill

48 - Correspondence regarding F. A. Kirkham's lease of cinder mound at Ladymoor Deepfields, Bilston

49 - Copy letter to M. W. Jenkinson from Mr Graham, Coneygree Foundry, regarding cylinder foundries, with covering letter to Lord Ednam

50 - Papers and correspondence on 'various' matters

51 - Correspondence concerning Dudley Wood Enclosure Act, Coneygre Foundry, Woodall's property at Cradley [schedule of deeds], Warrens Hall Mines and Russells Hall Mines

52 - Correspondence with E. J. & J. Pearson Ltd regarding Ravensitch Pit

53 - Correspondence with John Cashmore Ltd regarding damaged land at Woodside, Dudley with plan

54 - Correspondence and papers concerning Round Oak Works Ltd

55 - Correspondence regarding the purchase of clay by the Stourbridge Fire Co. Ltd

56 - Correspondence and papers concerning mining plans

57 - Papers and correspondence regarding Coal Mines Scheme 1930

58 - Letter to F. D. Margetts, Mining Office from W. F. Clark requesting documents or information for use in his valuation (2 copies), with copy reply

59 - Various loose letters and papers [Mining Office]

60 - Letters, memoranda and plan [tracing] regarding agreement of Deans & Worton for coal at Hockley Colliery

61 - Empty bundle cover endorsed: '1931 - Pensnett Railway & Pensnett Canal - F. Margetts' Report as to Bridges'

62 - Correspondence file: Joseph Round

63 - Miscellaneous letters from and to Mr F. B. Clark' (mainly with F. Margetts, Estate Office, Dudley)

64 - Correspondence regarding ash mound near Ramrod Cottages (D. Haden)

65 - Copy correspondence regarding Joseph Round and damaged property in Turners Lane

66 - Letter regarding agreement with W. H. Allen to work slag on the Wolverhampton to Birmingham New Road

67 - Correspondence and papers concerning sandstone workings at Ruiton (David Hyde Ltd)

68 - Correspondence regarding alleged mining damage to house no.36, Amblecote Road

69 - Correspondence regarding newspaper cutting 'Black Country Children Risk Burial Alive'

70 - File concerning Central Coal Mines Scheme 1930

71 - Letter to F. B. Clark from Baggeridge Colliery Co., with reply, regarding 'Jones - Mines at Penn'

72 - Correspondence with Dudley Corporation regarding plans of thick coal workings at Old Park Colliery (No.22 and 25) and fire at Baptist End allotments

73 - Correspondence with Brierley Hill U.D.C.

74 - Correspondence with Dudley Gas Co. regarding damage to main at Merry Hill and mines at Himley Road, Dudley

75 - Correspondence with Dudley Corporation

76 - Correspondence with Brierley Hill U.D.C.

77 - Correspondence with S. Hickman, Brierley Hill, including associated memoranda

78 - Correspondence with G. H. Corbett regarding manufacture of strong glass for domestic use

79 - Copy letters and memoranda regarding mines offered for sale by auction

80 - Correspondence regarding Dudley Wood Enclosure Act and Counsel's opinion as to pit mounds

81 - Correspondence with Brierley Hill U.D.C. regarding mines near the Nine Locks, Mill Street, with plan

82 - Correspondence regarding William Rollason (Gornal) Ltd and Gornal stone at Vale Street, Upper Gornal (Copyhold of Sedgley Manor), with plan

83 - Correspondence with Dudley Corporation regarding Woodside Slum Clearance scheme, with plans

84 - Correspondence and papers concerning the Mineral Owners' Association of Great Britain

85 - Correspondence and papers concerning Marsh & Baxter

86 - Correspondence regarding H. B. Skelland and Wren's Nest Limestone Quarry

87 - Correspondence with Johnson, Son & Bloomer/Johnson, Poole & Bloomer

88 - Correspondence, memoranda and plans regarding Jury Holloware (Stevens) Ltd.

89 - Correspondence concerning dangerous pit shafts

90 - Copy of Professor W. S. Boulton's report regarding land and gravel mines and water supply, with associated correspondence

91 - Correspondence regarding Charles George, Lord Lyttleton and Oakham Farm Mines, with Taylor & Humbert's Opinion as to Rowley Ragstone

92 - Correspondence with British Quarrying Co. Ltd regarding Rowley ragstone

93 - Particulars of Mines Sales [1927 - 1936]

94 - Correspondence regarding Rowley Regis Granite Quarries Ltd and the Midland Slag Co.

95 - Correspondence and papers regarding the Coal (Registration of Ownership) Act 1937

96 - Correspondence with the Midland Slag Company Ltd, with plans

97 - Correspondence and papers regarding W. Elwell & Sons Ltd

98 - Correspodence regarding regarding land at Chad Road, Coseley and proposed sale of land and mines to Coseley U.D.C.

99 - Correspondence regarding land adjacent to Coneygre Foundry's land, with plan

100 - Correspondence regarding the Grosvenor Colliery Co. Ltd, with plan

101 - Correspondence with B. H. Hill, Rough Hill Quarry, Oakham, regarding working Rowley Ragstone, lease and sale, with related papers

102 - Plans and letters concerning sale of mines at Nine Locks and proposed sale of Saltwells House area including John Stevens Ltd lease (to E. A. Marsh)

103 - Copy letter to Thorns Colliery Co. Ltd from F. B. Clarke regarding minimum rents at Turners Lane and The Delph

104 - Letters and copy letters from F. B. Clark regarding Alfred James Allen (Straits Colliery Co.) and charges, etc.

105 - Copy letters sent to Rev. J. O. Ellis regarding land near the Guest Hospital, Dudley, with plan [tracing]

106 - Correspondence and papers regarding minimum royalties payable by lessees

107 - Correspondence with Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Company Ltd regarding sale of land at Forge Lane, Cradley

108 - Correspondence and papers concerning Saltwells and Marsh & Baxter Ltd at Brierley Hill

109 - Correspondence file regarding Joseph Chance, No.19, Caledonia, Quarry Bank (legal case over subterranean fire)

110 - Correspondence regarding fire under No.19 'Clent View', Caledonia, Quarry Bank (Joseph Chance)

111 - Correspondence with Sedgley U.D.C.

112 - Correspondence regarding Mousehall Farm, Quarry Bank, regarding mining damage

113 - Correspondence regarding trial holes for Rowley ragstone by T. & S. Element Ltd at Turners Hill Farm

114 - Letter and copy letter regarding agreement with E. J. &. J. Pearson Ltd regarding new mine clays at Ashtree

115 - Letters regarding Joseph Round and the slack mound at Saltwells, Dudley

116 - Correspondence concerning B. H. Bate and the sale of land at Rowley Regis

117 - Correspondence regarding Jesse Wright & Co. And mining damage to property at no.5a, 5b and 6 The Alley, Lower Gornal

118 - Correspondence regarding property at the Alley, Lower Gornal

119 - Correspondence file regarding support for Mr Round's coal shafts and mutual boundary with E. J. & J. Pearson Ltd

120 - Correspondence regarding Midland Slag Co. and Turners Hill Quarry

121 - Correspondence with the Birmingham Canal Navigation Co., including plans

122 - Correspondence with William Rollason (Gornal) Ltd regarding working sale of Gornal sandstone in Ruiton, Sedgley, with related papers and memoranda

123 - Letter from T. & S. Element Ltd regarding workings at Holly Hall and Netherton

124 - Copy Mining Subsidence Bill 1939, with related notes and correspondence

125 - Correspondence file regarding Coal Act 1938 fire clay exemptions

126 - Correspondence with Taylor & Humbert regarding Coal Act 1938 and sale of royalties

127 - Correspondence and papers regarding Mineral Rights Duty and Royalties Welfare Levy assessments

128 - Correspondence with J. T. Kite relating to the Warrens Hall Colliery Basin and Wharf and land near Bullfield Bridge

129 - Correspondence, memoranda, notes and related papers [labelled 'Miscellaneous Matters']

130 - Small folder of notes labelled 'Rough Miscellaneous Notes' of F. M[argetts]

131 - Correspondence regarding agreement with the Midland Slag Company Ltd for stone at Turner's Hill

132 - Correspondence and memoranda regarding caverns at Dudley Castle and Wrens Nest

133 - Correspondence and related papers regarding the employment of staff (Hudson Senior and Junior)

134 - Correspondence regarding Bore Hole for water at blackhills (Bilston Corporation)

135 - Correspondence regarding mining agreements (revised standard form)

136 - Correspondence regarding area around Dudley Golf Club (Rowley ragstone)

137 - Correspondence, with Statement of Evidence of H. E. Jewkes, regarding case Earl of Dudley v John Raybould Roberts

138 - Correspondence regarding land damaged by Midland Slag Co. at Portway Farm (Joseph Cooks)

139 - Correspondence concerning the Ministry of Fuel & Power and the Ministry of Works

140 - Correspondence with the Coal Commission regarding A. J. Allen's leases and shafts at Cradley Road, Dudley Wood

141 - Correspondence with Brierley Hill U.D.C. regarding fire under no.19, Caledonia, Quarry Bank and tip at no.3 Talbot Lane, Quarry Bank

142 - Correspondence file concerning matters exchanged between W. F. Clark & Son and Himley Estate Mines Office

143 - Correspondence with Clulow & Rudge regarding mining damage to G. H. Shakespeare's property off Amblecote Road, Brierley Hill

144 - Memoranda and letter regarding T. & S. Element Ltd and the old spoil bank at Rowley

145 - Correspondence with Taylor & Humbert regarding Cottage Sales Liability

146 - Correspondence regarding spoil clay from Mousesweet Bank/Mound (Harris & Pearson Ltd/E. J. & J. Pearson)

147 - Correspondence with Rowley Regis Borough Council regarding post war housing and dangerous pit shafts at Ramrod Hall Colliery, with plans [tracings]

148 - Correspondence with Upper Stour Valley Main Sewerage Board regarding proposed acquisition of land at Caledonia

149 - Correspondence file of W. F. Clark & Son regarding reports to Mr Thompson ('General and our fees')

150 - Copy letter to the Inland Revenue Valuation Office (Mineral Section) from F. B. Clark regarding plans of land at Wrens Nest Hill, Dudley (Ministry of Education)

151 - Correspondence and memoranda regarding bridges on the estate

152 - Correspondence with the British Oxygen Co. Ltd regarding oxygen cylinders at the Earl of Dudley's Sand and Gravel Mines

153 - Correspondence regarding water pumping at Bob's Brook Shafts (No.23 Pit), the Straits

154 - Correspondence with the National Coal Board regarding filling disused pit shafts, with plans

155 - Papers regarding theft of timber at Turners Lane, the Delph (Brierley Hill Police)

156 - Letter from Stephen Bagley and memorandum regarding working stone [2 copies]

157 - Correspondence file regarding the Town and Country Planning Act 1947 ('Articles & Newspaper Cuttings')

158 - Correspondence file: 'Himley Estates Ltd. Town and Country Planning Act Minerals General Correspondence'

159 - Correspondence regarding timber at Freehold Farm, Caledonia (J. E. Chance)

160 - Correspondence with Baggeridge Brick Co. Ltd regarding shale mound at Coseley

161 - Correspondence with Mr Perrins of Halesowen Brick Co. regarding purchase of fireclays, with plan [print]

162 - Correspondence file regarding compensation for damaged land at the Delph worked by Joseph Round [Himley Estates Ltd]

163 - Correspondence file regarding claim under the Town and Country Planning Act 1947 by E. J. & J. Pearson Ltd (Ravensitch)

164 - Correspondence regarding Messrs John Stevens (Stourbridge) Ltd and fences erected by the Ministry of Fuel & Power

165 - Correspondence file regarding claim under the Town and Country Planning Act 1947 by Stourbridge Refractories Ltd

166 - Correspondence file regarding preparation of Royalty and Damaged Land Accounts and Collection of Money Due ('General') [Himley Estates Ltd]

167 - Correspondence file regarding Mineral Rights Duty [Himley Estates Ltd]

168 - Correspondence file regarding E. J. & J. Pearson's Royalties (Ravensitch Colliery)

169 - Correspondence file regarding 'old documents' [Himley Estates Ltd]

170 - Correspondence file regarding red ash mound at Forge Lane, Cradley ('Current') [Himley Estates Ltd]

171 - Correspondence file regarding Mines and Quarries Act 1954 and work done to comply with the provisions of the act

172 - Correspondence file correspondence regarding proposed sale of mines at Ravensitch ('Current') [Himley Estates Ltd]

173 - Correspondence file regarding valuation of mines under land at Mousehall Farm proposed to be sold to Grosvenor Colliery

174 - Correspondence file regarding land at Pensnett ('Current') [Himley Estates Ltd]

175 - Unlabelled plan showing land at [road] junction

14 - REFERENCE AND PRINTED MATERIAL

15 - MAPS AND PLANS

7 - BUSINESS RECORDS: COMPANY/DIRECTORSHIP RECORDS

8 - ECCLESIASTICAL RECORDS

9 - RECORDS RELATING TO THE BOROUGH OF DUDLEY

10 - OFFICIAL RECORDS: GENERAL

11 - OFFICIAL RECORDS: MILITARY

12 - OFFICIAL RECORDS: POLITICAL

13 - ILLUMINATED ADDRESSES

14 - HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS OF THE WARD FAMILY

15 - PERSONAL RECORDS

16 - MAPS AND PLANS

Hierarchy Browser