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Berkshire
Eton ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 25" to 1 mile, size 26" x 37", Sheet Berks. XXXII.5/Bucks. LVI.5. Revision of 1932. £16.00
¶ Shows River Thames, part of Eton, Windsor Race Course with grandstand etc.
Snelsmore CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE LIVE & DEAD FARMING STOCK Horses, Pigs, Growing Crops of Wheat and Oats... 4 Powerful Cart Horses... 23 Acres of Nursery & Trump Wheat.... 4pp., sm. 8vo. 1863. £12.00
¶ Prices entered in ink.
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Bristol
Ashmead (Geo. C.), Surveyor PLANS OF PREMISES in and adjoining to the City of Bristol belonging to the Feoffees of Terrill & Foskett's Estate, and the Feoffees of The Bodenham Estate, and Broadmead Meeting House &c. Size 14" x 19", with 6 pages of detailed lithographed plans, including Broadmead Meeting House, King Street Baptist Meeting House, Castle Green, West St., Bedford Place, plus 2pp. of text, 5pp. of Schedules, decorative lithographed title page. Plain wraps, traces of two vertical folds. 1878. £45.00
¶ Not in Matthews's Bristol Bibiography, or Hyett & Bazeley's Manual of Gloucestershire Literature.
Bedford (T), Published by COOKE'S FOLLY Sketched from Nature by T. Hulley. Lithograph, printed surface size 7" x 10", plus margins, in a buff mount, size of mount 12" x 16". c1840. £80.00
¶ Shows a stone wall in the foreground with a man leaning on it looking at the view, ships on the Avon, and the Severn and the Welsh hills in the distance. Cooke's Folly slightly to the right of the picture.
Bristol Boundaries REPORT UPON THE PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY of the City of Bristol. 10pp, with 4 hand-coloured plans by R.K. Dawson, on 2 sheets. Scales 4" and 1" to 1 mile. Folio, recent paper boards. 1832. £36.00
Earl of Aberdeen LETTER to a Mr Wilson, signed 'Aberdeen', on notepaper printed with 'Haddo House, Aberdeen', asking him if he can recommend a hotel in Clifton where he can stay with his wife, who has been recovering from a serious illness. 4p., 8vo. Jan. 8, 1890. £8.00
¶ 'What my wife requires is as much seclusion as possible with quiet drives and walks, with sketching etc.'
Friese Greene CARTE DE VISITE PORTRAIT Showing a lady with a little girl. Photograph faded and spotty. Name 'Friese Greene' printed below photograph, and on verso printed with 'Friese Greene Photographic Institute, opposite Buckingham Place, Queens' Road, Clifton' with address in Bath and Plymouth in smaller lettering. c1880. £20.00
¶ In pencil on the back is 'Elsie Mary Bennett with nannie circa 1881.'
Horner (Joshua), lith. VIEW OF THE ROCKS FROM CLIFTON DOWN Lithograph from a drawing by S. Jackson, showing a view up the gorge from a view-point near the Observatory, three figures in foreground, Cook's Folly in the distance. Size 7" x 9", in green card mount. Published by G. Davey, Bristol. Lithographed by Day & Haghe. c1840. £60.00
Queen Square ASSIGNMENT by way of Mortgage of a Messuage or Dwelling House Warehouse Lofts and Premises in Queen Square and Little King Street. William Winter to Sarah Taylor and others. Two large vellum sheets, some browning, small wax seal. 1835. £15.00
¶ Concerned the site on the north side of Queen Square where some buildings had burnt down.
Tucker Street, St. Thomas ASSIGNMENT by Peregrine Palmer, of Fairfield in Somerset, of his part and share in Brewhouse in Tucker Street Bristol to Mr Isaac Hobhouse, Merchant, of Bristol. 3 vellum sheets, size 26" x 31", 2 good armorial wax seals. First page with some light damp spotting and short splits at folds in two places. Outside where titled rather dustmarked. 1743. £30.00
¶ Concerns 'all that late sugarhouse with five several messuages thereto belonging... two old messuages in Tucker Street purchased of John Rayner Paper Merchant...' The old messuages had been pulled down and a 'Malthouse, Brewhouse and Distillhouse.... for the carrying on of the Arts Mysteries of Maltmaking, Brewing and Distilling' was built. Seven people became partners in the business.
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Buckinghamshire
Astley family PRESENTATION VOLUME recording subscribers to the gift of a Silver Inkstand to H.J. Delaval Astley on the occasion of his Coming of Age, March 3rd 1909, with list of Residents and Tenant Farmers, and for a Silver Cigarette Case, with names of the Cottage Tenants. 4 card leaves, plus blanks, in morocco bound 4to volume. Written in red and blue. 1909. £15.00
¶ The Ellesborough Golf Club is listed among the first group of Subscribers.
High Wycombe REPORT UPON THE PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY Sm. folio, disbound, 2pp and plan, coloured in outline, scale 4" to 1 mile. Off-setting on last page. 1837. £20.00
Winchenden, Chearsley etc. ABSTRACT of the Settlement on the Marriage of Revd. G. Gorham with Miss Jane Martyn. 7 pages, folio, folded with docket title. 1855. £15.00
¶ Details indentures from 1827 and relates to lands in Winchenden, Chearsley, Shabbington and Oakley.
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Cambridgeshire
Cambridge, Swaffham Prior ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet No. LI S.W., size 13" x 19" plus wide margins. O.S. blindstamp 1867. £20.00
Chatteris, Dodington AN ACT for imbanking and draining certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, within the Parishes of Chatteris and Dodington, and Hamlet of Wimblington, in the Isle of Ely... and for dividing... the Commons and Waste Lands... of Wimblington. 56pp., plus cover leaf. Black letter, disbound. 1791. £22.00
Ely AN ACT for more effectual Draining and Preserving of several Fen Lands and Field Lands in the Bounds of Whitlesey in the Isle of Ely.... 20pp., plus cover leaf, Black letter, slight off-setting, disbound. 1749. £12.00
Ely, Cottenham ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet No. LI N.W., size 13" x 19" plus wide margins. O.S. blindstamp 1859. £20.00
¶ Also covers a part of Huntingdon, including most of St. Ives.
Tid St. Giles TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION At the Bull Inn, Long Sutton, March 20th, 1868.... All that Freehold Farm.... containing 55 Acres, situate in Tid St. Giles Fen.... Auction notice printed on one side of blue small folio sheet. 1868. £10.00
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Cheshire
Alsager AN ACT for enclosing the Commons and Waste Lands in the Manor and Township of Alsager in the Parish of Barthomley.... 29pp, docket title dusty, disbound. 1821. £20.00
Lymm PARTICULARS OF FREEHOLD FARMS AND LANDS, In Lymm.... which will be sold by Auction by Mr. R. Winstanley, At Ladyman's Hotel, in Bridge Street, Manchester, On Wednesday, the 25th day of July, 1838. Small folio, 3pp, docket title, folds. Swinnerton, Printer, Knutsford. 1838. £20.00
¶ Comprises Little Heatley, Great Heatley Farms, 10 fields. Lists details of the acreage and the property in the 3 lots.
Lymm PARTICULARS of Freehold Farms and Lands at Lymm.... which will be Sold by Auction..... at the House of Mr Gilbert, The Jolly Thrasher, at Broom Edge.... 27th day of October, 1836.... 3pp., folio, plus docket title, which is at top and bottom. 1836. £30.00
¶ With Schedules of 4 Lots listing field names and acreage.
Middlewich ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet LXXX N.E. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 13" x 14", plus wide margins. Small blue 'Record Map' stamp in margin. O.S. blindstamp 1897. £18.00
Nantwich Station (?) PHOTOGRAPH of a group of 16 station staff posed as a group on a platform, track on the left with steam train approaching in the distance, the men wearing uniform have 'L & N.W' on their hats and lapels. Others wear bowler or flat caps. One is obviously the station master. Size 6" x 8", mounted on thick card, one corner of card chipped away. Some very slight browning at centre of image, but details very crisp. Inscribed on verso 'Nantwich (courtesy J.B. Gandern)'. c1900 or slightly earlier. £26.00
¶ There is no Nantwich sign visible in the photo, but it should be possible from the architecture to check that attribution.
Sandbach PARTICULARS OF SALE AND PLAN of Valuable Freehold Land, House, Smith & Buildings at Arclid, near Sandbach..... to be Sold by Auction.... 26th day of October, 1887. 2pp., folio, plus docket title, 1p. hand-coloured plan, 2p. Conditions of Sale on blue paper sewn in at rear. Attractively printed in blue. 1887. £35.00
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Cornwall
Bodmin area ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet No. XXX, covering the area from Boscastle to Luxulyan. Trimmed to border at left and right edges, folded vertically in three, tear 4" into engraved surface at bottom, neatly repaired on verso. Whatman watermark 1855. £32.00
Bodmin REPORT ON THE BOROUGH AND TOWN OF BODMIN 2pp., with folding map, coloured in outline. Scale 2" to 1 mile. Folio, disbound. 1832. £24.00
Camborne LETTER from Mr. Geo. Jeffery to Mr. Stephens of Devonport, saying he is determined to get out of mining and listing three lots of shares resigned on which the Calls are paid to October. 1p 4to, folded, integral address panel, Camborne postmark, tear where seal broken, repaired. 1838. £16.00
Camelford LEASE of a dwelling house lately erected, with 'pump place.... lately dugg in late John Fords Garden hedge', John Wallis of Lanteglos by Camelford to John Sloggat of the Burrough of Camelford, Cordwinder (cordwainer?). Vellum, 14" x 17", chipped wax seal, some foxing spots. Various later receipts for sale of remainder of lease etc. on verso. 1736. £24.00
Cornish Tin Mines OFFER OF THE EMPLOYERS' FEDERATION to the Workers on the Mines. Printed 4to sheet detailing the present wages, rise per week etc for 7 grades of men, with additional concessions. States that if these terms are not accepted "the responsibility must rest with the men of certain Mines closing down never to re-open again". Mar. 16th 1920.... With.... Employers Federation. Schedule of Wages adopted.... March 5th 1920. List upwards of 40 jobs at the Mines with rates. 2p, fscp., gestetnered, signed by Secretary. 1920. £14.00
Cornwall Railway CERTIFICATE OF £50 SHARE Printed on green paper, size 7" x 9", made out to John Nuttal of Pimlico. Signed by Secretary. Good impressed seal diameter 2", showing shield with besants, mining tools, Prince of Wales feathers. Three small stab holes top left, in blank area. 1846. £65.00
¶ The seal has the lettering 'Incorporated 1847'.
Feock and Stithians ASSIGNMENT of a tenement in Kellignothan in Feock, and a tenement called Carne in Stithians, William Hill of Falmouth to James Lenhathren. Two large vellum sheets, browned but completely legible, two wax seals. 1738. £16.00
¶ With record of payments on verso.
Gwennap BELL MINE, MERCHANTS LEDGER NO. 1 Ledger, sm. folio, half reversed calf, titled as above on morocco lettering piece. 118 pages of entries, plus many blanks at end, alphabetical Index. The first 60 pages are double page spreads with Debit on left, Credit on Right, later pages have both on same page. Includes payments made for cartridges, candles, different types of timber, tools, rope, fuse, stationery, drawing materials, printing, long lists of equipment bought from Harvey & Co. ('Arm for flywheel... £1.11s.8d', 'Tooth wheel for driving stamps... £5.14s.6d'). Firms include John Martyn & Son, East Basset Adventurers, Cornwall Blasting Powder Co., Cornwall Gunpowder Co. The latter part of the ledger has pages headed with the names of a large number of mines, with entries for explosives supplied (territe, detonators). Mines include: West Godolphin, Mounts Bay Consols, Pheonix Mines, New Great Work, Breage TIn Mine, Dolcoath, East Tregembo, New Trumpet, Kit Hill Tunnel Mine. 1871 - 1887. £280.00
Helston AUCTION POSTER advertising sale of house, workshop and stores in Wendron Street, in the occupation of Richard Hosking and James Hawke. Size 30" x 21", folds, some slight wear at one fold, off-setting of type. 1900. £14.00
Helston ORDER to the Overseers of the Poor of Helston by Thomas Glynn, J.P., to pay Mary Tonkin 1s a week being the 'usual and ordinary Price of one days Labour in Husbandry in the said County'. 18 lines, small folio, signed by Glynn, small papered seal, repaired 1" tear in blank area. Paper creased. 1782. £24.00
¶ Joseph Tonkin the husband was serving in the County Militia as a Substitute for Gilbert Hele Chilcott Gentleman.
Helston RECTOR'S COMMUTATION RENT CHARGE DUE 1st July 1846. 9 double-page spreads in manuscript on folio notebook with plain wraps, manuscript title, ruled in columns for Occupier, Situation of Property, Rent Charge Apportioned, Arrears, etc. 1846. £45.00
¶ Lists 123 occupiers. Families include Borlase, Bartle, Chynoweth, Dobb, Grylls, Libby, Priske, Penaluna, Vinicombe, Wedlock.
Helston THE CHURCHWARDENS AND OVERSEERS OF THE BOROUGH in acc. with G. Grylls & Co., Helston, on purchase of corn. 2p., sm. 4to, listing money due for 'samples of Barley', 'Capn. Clarks bill for freight', etc. Together with receipt of 1874 for corn ricks purchased by R. Mathews. 1801 and 1874. £12.00
Lanhydrock Estates PARTICULARS, PLANS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Freehold Agricultural Estates... within the Manor of Trevills, situate in the Parishes of St. Pinnock, Braddock and Liskeard, and the Borough of Liskeard.... extending to about 726 Acres comprising Three Valuable Pasture and Arable Farms, Tenements, Cottages.... 102 Acres of Woodland. To be Offered By Auction at Webbs Hotel, Liskeard.... 13th April 1912. 20pp., folio, printed paper wraps, four only (of five) large coloured folding plans in pocket at rear. Prices realised and purchasers added in ink by each lot, some slight waterstaining to edges of a few pages and front wrap, back wrap with map pocket detached. 1912. £50.00
¶ Includes Penhole Farm, West and East Trevillis Farms, St. Pinnock, Emlyn's Park, Cricket Field, Stone Yard etc. at Liskeard. The missing plan showed the Liskeard Lots.
Liskeard REPORT ON THE BOROUGH AND TOWN OF LISKEARD. 2pp, with a folding plan by R.K. Dawson, coloured in outline. Scale 2" to 1 mile. Folio, disbound. 1832. £22.00
Lostwithiel BILL the Corporation of Lostwithiel to Richd. Rundle Constable. For expenses of Jury of the Inquest on the Body of Harry Goldsworthy, Constables fee, telegraph messuages to coroner etc. single 4to sheet, signed by Coroner. Oct. 1st. 1867. £16.00
Lostwithiel GENERAL STATEMENT of the Receipts and Expenditure on account of the Highways of the Parish of Lostwithiel from 7th May 1849 to 11 April 1850. Printed sheet with manuscript inserts, folio, printed on one side only, signed by John Bennett, Clerk to the Justices. 30th January 1852. £18.00
Manaccan INVENTORY and Valuation of Farm Stock, Household Furniture and Effects at Kestle in the Parish of Manaccan. 3pp., folio. 1899. £9.00
¶ Refers to the estate of Joseph Jenkin, occupier, Colonel Tremayne owner.
Markets in Helston and Breage COPY OF CASE for Mr Burrough's opinion as to the right of holding a Market in Breage. Manuscript in a neat hand, 4 pages, small folio. 1814, this copy c1820. £35.00
¶ The writer says of Breage 'within a Short Distance of the village... is a mine called Wheal Veor, in which upwards of 400 persons are daily employed, who till within these few weeks must have applied to the Helston Market that being their nearest...' The writer quotes an anonymous Notice issued advertising the Market in Breage on Saturdays (miners' pay day) 'no doubt set afoot by some of the principal Agents in the Mines who have sufficient influence over the Tinners to command their attendance at whatever Market they may think proper' A person was sent by a Committee of Helston tradespeople to spy out Breage Market and saw 'Butchers Gardeners Bakers and a shoemaker'.
Mount's Bay Harbour AN ACT for extending the Term, and altering.... several Acts.... for constructing an Harbour in Mount's Bay... 7pp, disbound. 1821. £13.00
Parson (Thomas) Estates of AN ACT for Vesting Part of the settled Estate of Thomas Parson, Gentleman, and Honour, his Wife, in Trustees, to be sold for raising Portions for younger Children, and for laying out the Surplus, if any, in the Purchase of other Lands to be settled to the Uses of their Marriage-Settlement. 7pp, edges of paper ragged and brittle, disbound. (1756) £20.00
¶ Concerns lands within the parishes of Crowan, Illogan, Manackan, Saint Ives, Endellion, Kea, Penzance, and Manor of Trecarrell.
Penzance, Helston, Truro BILLS 21 bills with printed headings, 1891-3, sizes vary from small 8vo to 4to. Mostly made out to Mathews family of Marazion. Some headings very plain, others more decorative, such as one for J. Polglase, Furnishing Ironmongers, Falmouth, which illustrates firegrate, fender, range. Some with stab holes through heading. 1891-3. £35.00
¶ Includes John Toy, Meneage St. Iron and Brass Foundry, Helston; Camborne Posting Company; J. Bennetts, Colliery Agent, Penzance; Hill Grocers, Penzance.
Perranarworthal PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of Freehold Properties which Messrs. Johns & Hocking will offer for Sale by Auction.... Truro, the 29th day of July, 1902. Folio, 6pp., folded. Two large coloured folding plans. 1902. £35.00
¶ Concerns properties in parishes of Perranarworthal, Kea, Gwennap. Includes tenement of Chycoose, Cusgarne; tenement at Terrandean; Miners' Arms Inn, Higher Bissoe, part of Greenwith, etc. at Perranarworthal.
Saint Keverne APPORTIONMENT OF THE RENT CHARGE IN LIEU OF TITHES in the Parish of Saint Keverne in the County of Cornwall. (xiii) + 59pp., large folio, lacks wraps. Printed in columns with Landowners, Occupiers, no. on Plan, Description, State of Cultivation, Quantity, Amount of Rent Charge. Wraps creased, front wrap ragged down right hand edge, pages dog-eared and dusty at corners, 3" tear in top margin throughout the volume. 1842 and 1844. £180.00
¶ Comprises three 'Schedules', 'Remainder of Lands', 'Summary'.
St. Agnes CONVEYANCE in fee of a tenement near Penhalls Mine, part of the Manor of Lambourne. Joshua Davey of Bochym to Alfred Penrose. 3p, folio, on vellum. Small sketch map on verso. 1897. £12.00
St. Minver BOND OF AWARD of Charles Ivey of St. Minver yeomen to Michael Gummow, Blacksmith, for £500. 1p. folio. Good black seal with bust. Not signed. 1801. £17.00
Stannary Administration AN ACT to make Provision for the better and more expeditious Administration of Justice in the Stannaries of Cornwall... 18pp, disbound. 1836. £13.00
Stannary Court A BILL Intituled An Act to amend and extend the Jurisdiction of the Stannary Court. 19pp., on blue paper. 1855. £14.00
Tresmeere A DIVISION made by Phillip Upton and Edmond Dodge of a tenement late in the tenure of John Launder of Tresmeere situate.... in Tresmeere consented to by John Speccott of Penheale and the said John Launder.... Bond of John Speccott whereby he consents to allow Launder enjoyment of his share. 1p., sm. folio, blank adjoining leaf with docket title. Sets out the partition of the property with lists of fields 'the boat Park' etc. Small wax seal, two diamond shaped damp stains obscuring a few words, ink slightly faded, but completely legible. 2nd Feb. 1672. £25.00
Wendron RENTAL OF GWEALHELLIS AND CASTERILLS the property of the Representative of the late William & Henry Jenkin due Michaelmas 1912, 1913, 1914.... up to 1936. 10 double-page spreads, with columns for Tenements, Occupiers, Owners, Yearly Rent, Receipts etc. Folio, sewn in wraps with Ms title, wraps dusty, pages dog-eared with some dustmarking and a brown stain in the margin of some pages. 1912-36. £20.00
Wendron TITHES 1895 Manuscript, size 18" x 11", printed in columns for Tenement, Occupier, Owner, Rent Charge apportioned, Receipts, Allowances etc., with entries in ink listing details for 387 occupiers. 15 double-page spreads, sewn, lacks wraps, some page corners curled. 1895. £50.00
¶ Tenements include Bodilly, Boskenwyn, Calvadnack, Combellack, Porkellis, Rame, Selina, Tregoose, Trussall.
Wheal Medlyn STANNARIES OF CORNWALL In the Vice Warden's Court. Decress 'pro confesso' against Thomas Tresidder, Defendant, Thomas Phillips Tyacke, Francis Pender and other surviving partners of Henry Borlase deceased, plaintiff, 2 large folio pages, together with affadavit of service of a copy of the Decree, 1 small folio page, Stannary stamp. 1849. £24.00
¶ Tyacke's company has supplied goods to the mine, and were owed money by the Adventurers.
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Cumberland
Kirkland AUCTION POSTER. To Be Sold by Auction, On Thursday, the 15th day of September.... at the Black Swan, in Culgaith the following Closes of Land.... High Kit Moor.... Poster, size approx. 17" x 11", small hole slightly affecting one letter, folded, folds, two repaired edge tears. B.T. Sweeten, Printer, Penrith. c1860. £16.00
¶ Very attractive printing, with the word 'Land' in letters 2" high, shadowed and filled with an unusual tapestry style blocking.
Manor of Dufton ADMISSION at a Court Baron of Edward Millward, 11th July, 1772, of William Ellwood to a messuage and part of a tenement formerly belonging to John Lowes and Two Cattlegaits in Dufton Pike and two in Flaskhow. Printed form with manuscript inserts, oblong foolscap. 1772. £15.00
Ullswater, Appleby ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet 30. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 13" x 19". Small piece of yellow colouring at extreme bottom edge, (about 1") and 'West Ward' written in red ink in border. Printed from an Electrotype 1878. £20.00
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Derbyshire
Alvaston, Hollington RECORDS OF THE NEWHAM FAMILY Collected and arranged by E.H. Newham. Manuscript in 8vo notebook, approx. 40 pages of information including wills, births etc., plus 2 coloured postcards, 7 real photo postcards and two small photos tipped in. Some correspondence regarding the Newham genealogy loosely inserted. Boclair, Cheltenham, 1908. £35.00
¶ The real photo postcards are of Hollington and Brailsford.
Bakewell, Buxton ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet LXXXI.S.E. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 13" x 14", wide margins. Railways inserted to 1867. £18.00
Derby AN ACT for paving, cleansing, lighting and otherwise improving, the Streets, Lanes, and other publick Passages within the Borough of Derby and for selling a cetain Piece of Waste Ground called Nun's Green.... 44pp, disbound. plus cover sheet. 1792. £16.00
Derby AN ACT for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Borough of Derby... 17pp., plus cover leaf. First few leaves slightly foxed, disbound. 1766. £14.00
Scropton CONVEYANCE of a piece of Land at Scropton as a site for the erection of a Methodist Chapel. Thomas Orme of Hoon, Farmer, to Samuel Faulkner, Timber Merchant and others and Rev. Robert Brown, Superintendant preacher. Large vellum sheet, signed by 14 parties with small wax seals... together with.... Conveyance of the property, Henry Cumming to Egerton Orme, 1901. 3 large vellum sheets, with inset manuscript coloured plan. 1862 & 1901. £17.00
Stavely WATERCOLOUR titled in bottom margin, 'Stavely Church, Derbyshire. S.' Competent watercolour in grey tones and pen and ink, size 4" x 6", ruled border, margins trimmed. Small edge tear. c1820. £14.00
Walker (J & C) DERBYSHIRE Map with outline colour, size 12"x 17", plus margins. Shows the areas covered by various Hunts, with small circles showing place of meets. Parkland, railways, borders of hunting areas coloured. c1836. £28.00
¶ From 'Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas'.
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Devon
Ashton, Kenn, Thorverton AN ACT for Confirming and Establishing the Partition of the Estates late of Sir George Chudleigh.... Tryphena Davie and John Pollexfen; and for settling the several specifick Shares thereof.... and for authorizing Leases to be made of divers Parts of the Premises. 25pp, small folio, attractive engraved headpiece showing pelican and young, disbound. 1745. £18.00
Barnstaple INFORMATION TO OBTAIN A WARRANT Printed form, sm. folio, folded and rather creased, with details in MS., setting out how Count Melkiewicz of Barnstaple falsely obtained 2 gold watches from John Gaydon of Barnstaple, Silversmith, and then offered one to John Gould, Pawnbroker. Signed by Justice. 1863. £12.00
Barnstaple Musical Instrument dealers INSURANCE CERTIFICATE for insurance of stock in trade 'consisiting principally of musical instruments' of Nicklin & Sons, The Square. Large folio, large engraved vignette showing a King, possibly Alfred, with Exeter Cathedral, a fire engine, and a classical building in the background. 1891. £10.00
Bedford (Francis) PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF DARTMOUTH AND THE DART 10 photographs, mounted on card leaves with red border, page edges gilt, printed title page. Size of views 3" x 3". Decorative gilt and blind-stamped boards, cloth slightly faded, size 4" x 6". c1870. £90.00
Berrynarbor, Combmartin etc. DRAFT BOND of Henry Cleve Buller of Tiverton and the Surveyors of Highways of Arlington, Kentisbury, Loxhore and other parishes, for the execution of the office of District Surveyor. Manuscript, 3p, folio, comprising draft bond and an accompanying letter on third page from John Barry to J.P. Chichester, M.P., asking him to make any amendments as 'it is a new Instrument' and discussing the new Act 'I have been looking over the Act and think it susceptible of one great improvement....' Address panel with 'Free' postmark on verso. 1837. £22.00
Bideford ORIGINAL COPPER PLATE for printing billhead of 'Arnold Perrett & Co. Limited, Successors to Mathew Gloag. Wine Merchants. Whisky. Established 1839. Telephone 22a.' Size 3" x 5", in card slipcase with printed label as on plate, stained. c1910. £16.00
Bradworthy ACCOUNT LEDGERS of J.L. Martin, Furnishing Ironmonger, Bradworthy. Two narrow folio account books. One records the sale of all kinds of boots and shoes, repairs of shoes, general ironmongery such as nails, putty, stair rods, etc, covering 1905-1911, 714 pages of entries, index of names at front, cloth boards, very rubbed, lacks spine. Loosely inserted is a letter with printed heading from German and Sons, Sole Makers of the Dartmoor Boot, to J.L. Martin, saying 'we cannot do leggings from stock'. The other ledger covers 1907-1916, approx. 170 pages of entries, recording sales of manures. Cloth boards, half calf, worn. 1905-1911. £80.00
¶ Records customers at Hartland, Pulford, Middlehill, Stowford, Berridon, etc.
Bratton Clovelly TO BE SOLD The Fee Simple and Inheritance of the first three Lots, and the residue of a Term of 600 Years commencing the 13th of August 1793, in the last six Lots.... The Measure of the different Estates is taken from actual Surveys... and each is presumer to be correct, but not warranted to be so. For Which Purpose A survey will be held at the House of Mrs. Palmer, at Lifton, on Tuesday the 12th day of June 1804.... Handbill, size 12" x 15", traces of folds, with 9 Lots listed, with columns for Tenants, Tenements, Acreages, Lives, Rents, Heriots. 1804. £40.00
¶ Includes tenements in Woolacott, Frankaborough, Maina Moor, Cobton, Thrushelton, Broadwoodwidger.
Burnard (Robert) LETTER to Fabyan Amory Esq., on 3p sm. 8vo, paper embossed with address and crest, thanking him for J.S. Amory's paper on Holne and discussing age of County Bridge at Dartmeet etc, enquiring for any information they might have which he could use in Vol 3 of 'Dartmoor Pictorial Records'. 1892. £20.00
¶ 'There was an old pack horse road however which crossed the East Dart by the Clapper at Dartmeet and very perfect remains of this may be seen on top of Dartmeet Hill near Ouldsbroom Cross...'
Chittlehampton MORTGAGE of messuage called Hawkeridge, with Hawkeridge Wood and other lands, in Chittlehampton, with various other cottages, etc. in Goodleigh and Swymbridge, Malett Hals to Charles Davie and Robert Furledon. Vellum, size 20" x 29", hole in vellum with loss of about four words, another small hole with loss of half a word. Wax seal. 1731. £22.00
¶ The original mortgage was by Baldwin Hals and John Honycombe.
Collins' RAILWAY AND TELEGRAPH MAP of Devonshire. Divided into Hundreds Containing the District Divisions and other Local Arrangements effected by the Reform Bill. Lithographed map, fully handcoloured in hundreds, hachures showing high ground. Scale 3" = 20 miles. Size 14" x 17", central fold. With Reference to the Hundreds, Explanation, compass rose. c1850. £45.00
¶ Shows Telegraph Offices 'Open day only', and 'Open day and night'.
Dartmoor National Park Authority INFORMAL LOCAL PLAN for the Yelverton, Horrabridge, Buckland Monachorum Area. 32pp., spiral binding, oblong small folio. Many illusts. and plans. 1976. £7.00
Dartmoor ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XXV. Scale 1" to 1 mile, size 24" x 36". Margins trimmed to border except at bottom. Three vertical folds, one small edge tear. Printed from an Electrotype, c1870. £28.00
Devon County Council TOTNES and Dartington Outline Plan. 16pp., oblong small folio. Folding plan, illusts. Wraps. January 1972. £7.00
Dibdin (T.C) and Vivian (Edward) TOR CHURCH. Tinted lithograph. Drawn by T.C. Dibdin from a sketch by E. Vivian. On stone by E. Gauci. Size approx. 8" x 12", plus margins. Printed by M. & N. Hanhart, c1841. £38.00
¶ A view of the church with a man holding a stick leaning against a tomb looking at the church.
Dibdin (T.C) and Vivian (Edward) TORBAY, FROM TOR ABBEY SANDS. Tinted lithograph. Drawn by T.C. Dibdin from a sketch by E. Vivian. On stone by E. Gauci. Size approx. 8" x 12", plus margins. Printed by M. & N. Hanhart, c1841. £48.00
¶ A view across the bay towards terrace of houses in distance, with ships in the middle ground, and women standing by a fence in the foreground.
Dibdin (T.C) and Vivian (Edward) TORQUAY, FROM PARK HILL. Tinted lithograph. Drawn by T.C. Dibdin from a sketch by E. Vivian. On stone by E. Gauci. Size approx. 8" x 11", plus margins. Printed by M. & N. Hanhart, c1841. £55.00
¶ A very attractive view showing sailing ships in the harbour, with men in the foreground.
Exeter and Exmouth Railway AN ACT to amend the Acts relating to the Exeter and Exmouth Railway Company. 3pp, disbound. 1848. £10.00
Exeter, Dartmouth ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XXII and XXIII. Composite map. Scale 1" to 1 mile. With geological symbols. Size 36" x 36". Hand-coloured, with blue shading along coast, land shaded pink with deeper pink at coast and county boundary, parkland and roads coloured. Linen-backed and folding into marbled 8vo wraps, cloth-covered slip-case with Stanford label. c1860 (Watermark 1858.) £35.00
¶ Also shows Lyme Regis. Much of the map is sea area.
Frith's Photo-Pictures TEIGNMOUTH, ETC. Eleven photographic views, size 4" x 6", red borders, printed titles with number, printed title page. Album size 9" x 11", cloth covered boards with gilt title, front board detached, spine worn, some spotting of mounts. Pasted to the verso of the card leaves are 16 views of the area, some amateur, some professional, some rather faded. Sold by B.O. May, Teignmouth £90.00
¶ The Frith views include Powderham Terrace, Holcombe Villas, Teignmouth harbour, Club on the Den. The other (untitled) views include a fine view of the beach; small cove with thatched cottages, bathing machine, figures; water-mill; close-up of ships in harbour.
Great Western Railway LAUNCESTON BRANCH. 2 Chain Survey Vol. 147. Surveyed 1908. Containing 16 sheets Nos. 1-16. Hand-coloured lithographically printed, each sheet mounted on linen, size of the volume approx. 25" x 41". 2 lines of track on each page. Scale 2 chains to 1". Compass rose and scale bar on each sheet. Original maroon stiff cloth wraps, rubbed at edges, with gilt title on front wrap. 4" tear in front wrap, and piece missing from bottom right-hand corner. One third of back wrap missing. 1" on down left-hand edge of map sheets dusty, Sheet 4 has a scratch across the blank area between the 2 plans, rucking up the surface of the paper, but without loss. On the last sheet the printed 'County of Devon' has been changed to 'Devon' in neat red wash. Waterlow & Sons Limited, London Wall. Surveyed 1908. £280.00
¶ The plans show the whole route of the railway through Marsh Mills Station, Bickleigh Station, Yelverton, Station, Tavistock Station, Mary Tavy and Blackdown Station, Brentor Station, Lydford Station, Launceston Station and the junction with L & S.W.R. Padstow Branch . Shows numerous viaducts such as Magpie Viaduct, Cann Viaduct, large properties along the route such as Grenofen House, Whitchurch, The Retreat, Buckland Monachorum, Quarries, Yeoland Consols and Walkham United Mines. There is much detail in Tavistock including foundry, water wheel, old shafts, saw mills etc. The detail on all the maps includes adjacent buildings, houses, signal boxes, goods sheds, cranes (with tonnage), bouys in the water, taps, troughs, platforms, etc. The plans also show viaducts, bridges and their span, tunnels, parish boundaries, woodland, wells, etc. The names of the landowners adjacent are shown with details of leases or conveyances, mineral rights. There are occasional later details of land transactions neatly written in red ink, up to the 1950's.
Halberton INSTRUCTIONS FOR COVENANT from Mrs Joanna Cowlen to Mr. Thomas Baker for Halstree, Abbots Wood, Court Fields, Purtons and Stones Ground in Halberton. Manuscript conditions for lease, 3 foolscap pages, signed and witnessed. Folded. 1797. £20.00
¶ Includes instructions for cutting trees, sowing crops, dressing fields etc. 'Tenant to deliver to Lessor 200 of reed sheaves yearly.... and spars that shall be wanted for thatching the premises....'
Harwood (J), Publisher BABBICOMBE FROM THE ROCK Vignette view on 4to letter sheet, engraved surface approx. 3" x 6". 1845. £8.00
¶ Attractive view with a boat being beached and people on the shore.
Hemiock PARTICULARS OF THE MANOR OF HEMIOCK, CASTLE FARM, AND OTHER LANDS, In Hemiock Aforesaid, Which Will Be Sold by Auction, By Messrs. Hussey & Son, at The Star Inn, In Hemiock, On Wednesday the 23rd June, 1869. Lot 1 comprises the Lordship and Hundred of Hemiock, with Castle Farm, and the other 5 Lots include lands at Coniger, Newlands, Fourways, with Schedules for each Lot. Folio, 5pp, folded. 1869. £24.00
Honiton and Sidmouth AN ACT to continue the Honiton and Sidmouth Turnpike Trust.... 8pp, disbound. 1856. £11.00
Honiton Roads AN ACT to repeal an Act for making, widening, repairing, and maintaining certain Roads leading to and from the Town of Honiton.... 14pp, disbound. 1855. £12.00
Incledon (B) RENT RECEIPTS Record of yearly rents received from Mrs Sharland, May 1761,65,67,68,69,72,77,81. Five receipts signed by Benjamin Incledon, 4 on his behalf. 2p, sm. folio. 1761-81. £18.00
¶ Benjamin Incledon was a genealogist and Recorder for Barnstaple.
Kilbury DEED OF COVENANT Messrs Willcocks, owners of Kilbury Mills, to Jeffery Edwards of Kilbury Farm. Copy on 7 folio pages. 1892. £14.00
¶ The mill owners undertook to construct a new leat, part of Kilbury Fender was to be filled up and a new leat called 'New Kilbury Fender', details construction of overflows, regulation of water flow, etc., in 17 points.
Newton Poppleford BOND of William Rugg of Sidmouth, Chair Maker, to John Robins, for £300. 1p, printed with manuscript inserts, small wax seal has been torn off. Signed by Rugg and 2 witnesses. 1792. £12.00
North Devon AN ACT to enable Her Majesty's Paymaster General to repay to the North Devon Railway and Dock Company a Sum of Three thousand Pounds. 3pp, disbound. 1862. £8.00
North Devon Infirmary Ladies' Association MINUTE BOOK 35p, in manuscript. Small folio notebook, half calf. December 1942 - June 1948. Many blanks. 5 printed Reports inserted. 1942-48. £26.00
Plymouth GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY. 2 Chain Survey 1905-6. 242 M to Millbay Docks. Vol. 134. Containing 5 sheets Nos. 26-30, hand-coloured lithographically printed, each sheet mounted on linen, size of the volume approx. 25" x 41". Scale 2 chains to 1". Compass rose and scale bar on each sheet. Stiff maroon cloth wraps with morocco spine and gilt lettering piece on front wrap. City of London Lithographic Co., Harp Alley. 1905. £250.00
¶ The plans show the route of the railway from Crabtree, along the River Plym, Laira Halt, Mullet Pond, Mutley Station, Lipson Vale Halt, North Road Station, Mutley Station. The last sheet is a fine plan of the Great Western Docks from Camber Road to King Street, showing Inner and Outer Basin, Royal Marine Barracks, Graving Dock, Millbay Barracks, Piers, South Quay, Millbay Station, Duke of Cornwall Hotel. The detal includes adjacent buildings, houses, signal boxes, goods sheds, cranes (with tonnage), bouys in the water, taps, troughs, platforms, etc. The plans also show viaducts, bridges and their span, tunnels, parish boundaries, woodland, wells, etc. The names of the landowners adjacent are shown with details of leases or conveyances, mineral rights. There are occasional later details of land transactions neatly written in red ink, up to the 1950's. The distance from Paddington is shown at quarter of a mile intervals. Sheet 38 has a linen plan attached, scale 1/2500, showing Laira Crescent area, with schedules of land sales in 1945-6.
Plymouth Improvements AN ACT for paving, lighting, and watching the Town of Plymouth, in the County of Devon; and for regulating the Carmen and Porters within the said Town. Black Letter. Cover leaf + 32pp, disbound. 1770. £18.00
Plymouth Land AN ACT to enable His Majesty to grant certain Parcels of Land, situate between Great Prince Rock and the Village of Crab Tree, called Tothill Bay, and Lipson Bay... to certain Persons therein named, for the Purpose of embanking and Preserving the same from the sea. 27pp, disbound. 1802. £16.00
Plymouth, Devonport and District Tramways AN ACT for making tramways in the county of Devon to be called "The Plymouth Devonport and District Tramways" 35pp, sewing loose, held down edge with archival tape, disbound. 1882. £16.00
Plymouth, Kingsbridge ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XXIV, folded in three vertically, trimmed to border on three sides, but with marginal information at bottom. Whatman watermark 1857. £38.00
¶ Shows area from Looe to Prawle Point, as far inland as Diptford, Eddystone Lighthouse. Much of the map is sea area.
Plympton, Brent, Ivybridge GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY. 2 Chain Survey Vol. 120. 1905-6. 227 M to 242.. Vol. 120. Containing 5 sheets Nos. 18-25, hand-coloured lithographically printed, each sheet mounted on linen, size of the volume approx. 25" x 41". 2 lines of track on each page. Scale 2 chains to 1". Compass rose and scale bar on each sheet. Original morocc wraps with gilt title on front wrap, front wrap chipped and ragged down right hand edge, and rubbed and cracked near spine, back wrap with tear almost the whole width, and part about 10" sq. missing, edge very frayed and worn. Right hand edges of sheets chipped and worn, particularly at top corner, but not affecting any printing. Thos. Kell & Son, Lith. Covent Garden. 1905. £250.00
¶ The plans show the route of the railway from Ladies Bridge and Rattery Mill, Brent Station, Wrangaton Station, Bittaford, Ivybridge Station, Conrwood Station, Sparkwell Bridge, Plympton Station. The detail includes adjacent buildings, houses, signal boxes, goods sheds, cranes (with tonnage), bouys in the water, taps, troughs, platforms, etc. The plans also show viaducts, bridges and their span, tunnels, parish boundaries, woodland, wells, etc. The names of the landowners adjacent are shown with details of leases or conveyances, mineral rights. There are occasional later details of land transactions neatly written in red ink, up to the 1950's. The distance from Paddington is shown at quarter of a mile intervals.
Red Funnel Line SAILINGS FROM ILFRACOMBE AND LYNMOUTH Poster listing 7 trips on the Gwalia, Devonia & Westonia Steamers, with information on fares, timings, etc. Small picture of the steamer Gwalia. Printed in red, size 17" x 9". Traces of a few horizontal folds. c1907. £20.00
¶ Includes trips to Lundy Island, Clovelly, St. Ives.
Reed & Smith, Paper Manufacturers, Cullompton CORRESPONDENCE Two letters from the Financial Times, with 4 filmsy copies of replies from Reed & Smith, three from Reed and Smith at the Silverton Works, Collumpton, printed headings. Held at corner with rusty pin, some minor tears. 1891. £8.00
¶ Relates to the supply of paper.
Sidmouth Railway and Harbour (New Works) BOOK OF REFERENCE Session 1864-5. 9p folio, printed with columns for No on Plan., Description of Property, Name of Owner, Lessee, Occupier, with details filled in in MS. Original printed wraps, tears at top of back wrap, traces of vertical folds. 1865. £40.00
¶ Lists 69 properties.
Teignmouth LETTER from Eliz. Motton to a Mr. Rowell, Builder, asking 'how things is Stled for the Maintenance of my Child as its now gowing on 2 months old'. Asks him to intreat the Chairman to send it 'as it will in sume Measure allevate my spirits under my opresed situation... Sir i have receved one Pound since i left Tengnmouth'. 1p, 8vo., folded with Rowell's name on outside leaf, but no address. n.d. c1840? £8.00
Torquay LETTER from Edward Vivian, secretary of Torquay Horticultural Society to Sir Lawrence Vaughan Palk, saying that the Society would like to obtain some land for Public Gardens and for a building for their exhibitions. They would like to know if he would grant them 'Mr Garrow's water meadows.... at a nominal rent'. The land would be laid out in walks and shrubberies and will also be available to the public for payment of a small subscription. 3p, 4to., posted to an address in Paris, integral address panel and small wax seal. 21st Feb. 1844. £20.00
Vivian (Edward) TORQUAY, FROM PARK HILL. Tinted lithograph. Drawn by E. Vivian. On stone by E. Gauci. Size approx. 8" x 11", plus margins. Printed by M. & N. Hanhart, c1841. £60.00
¶ A very attractive view looking across the harbour to a terrace of houses, and a few houses on the hill behind, sailing ships in the harbour, with men in the foreground standing by a low wall.
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Dorset
Abbotsbury WILL of Garland Richards of Abbotsbury. Vellum, size 12" x 14", smaller certificate in Latin attached, large papered seal. 1699. £28.00
¶ Leaves his farm at Beaminster to his nephew William Chilcott. In exceptional crisp condition.
Beaminster and area ACCOUNT BOOK 1773-1822. Entries in 2 hands in ledger with vellum boards, size 16" x 7", in two parts. The first part comprises 40 pages of entries 1773-1776, entries filling up the whole page in most cases, in a small hand, one page of entries in 1776 being in a different, larger hand. This section contains entries recording sale of a wide range of fabrics and haberdashery items, including expensive silk, etc. Customers include Robert Hallett, Hannah Orchard, Richard Broderibb, Thos. Napper, Thos. Hine Jnr., John Barton of Clothier of Beaminster, Benjamin Bowring of Porton, (a few noted as 'insolvent', 'this debt is John Tuck's who is gone to Newfoundland', 'The representatives of this man live in Virginia'). Items sold include '6 yds of silk att 3/6', '2 pair of Hoses @ 3/10d', '13 yds of Crape', 'ell of Damas', '4 yds durry', 'shroud and winding sheet', 12 yds Bombasin', 2 yds printed linen', hat bands in 'hollins', crepe and silk, buttons, ribbons, sheeting etc.The debts are receipted as paid by 'Richd. Symes'. The second part of the ledger comprises account for a farm 1813-1822, with 177 double-page debit and credit spreads, with name of customer at top. Customers include Swain & Son of Bridport Harbour, Francis Hoare of Beaminster, J. Symes, Miller, Netherbury, Miller Smith of Rampisham, Beaminster Turnpike, Tucker's Charity, etc. Records sums for hops, malt, cider, bark, bundles of willows, sheaves of reed, apple trees, cows etc. There are also accounts for sawing, trenching, hedging, and purchase of champagne, brandy, claret, etc. 1773-1822. £400.00
Beaminster Prima and Secunda, Manors of CONDITIONAL SURRENDER moieties of Higher Meerhay Farm in Beaminster, Emily and Sophie Steele to Harriet Crode. Vellum, size 23" x 27". 1859. £12.00
Beaminster PROBATE COPY OF THE WILL of Sarah Rendle of Beaminster. Manuscript on vellum , with large heading, size 18" x 26", smaller printed certificate attached, with ms. inserts, large papered seal. 1846. £18.00
¶ The executors were Phillip Hine, Wine Merchant, and Benjamin Seymour, Ironmonger. She leaves her sister Anne Cleal her largest shawl, to her sister Rebecca Rendle a box with glass and earthenware, and her likeness, a pound to the London Missionary Society, etc.
Bridport THE GREAT JUBILEE of Her Majesty Queen Victoria's Reign. Hymns to be Used at the Thanksgiving Services, St. Mary's Bridport. 7pp, 8vo, illustrated top wrap... together with national 'Form of Prayer' 3p, 4to. 1897. £8.00
Bryanston WILL of William Straight of Bryanston, Gent. 2p., small folio, conjoing leaf had been used as address panel by Robert Gapper to send the will to John Long at Whalley, near Frome, with small round stamp with letters 'AP'. Conjoint leaf torn right across, splits down main fold, paper creased. 1724. £17.00
¶ Extracted copy with Probate details in Latin. Refers to his Manor of Compton in Wiltshire, messuage in Stourpaine.
Dorchester, Wareham GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Sheet No. 328. Drift. Colour-printed, size 13" x 19", plus margins, key, section. Linen backed and folding to 4to, blue endpapers. 1958. £17.00
Gillingham PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of a Desirable Estate called Barnabys and Priesthays.... containing 90a.3r.15p.... which will be Sold by Auction.... 5th day of February, 1855. 4pp., folio, plus docket title, folding plan which includes town of Gillingham. Small portion torn from top left corner, not affecting any text, split at spine. 1855. £38.00
¶ Part of the premises was used by a Carrier, 'an opportunity is now offered of continuing and increasing such Trade in connexion with the intended Salisbury and Yeovil Railway....'
Parker (L) SHERBORNE PAGEANT June 12,13,14,15 1905. 40pp., 4to, decorative wraps, which are slightly ragged at bottom edge. Gives text of pageant. Printed at Sawtell's Factory, Sherborne, 1905. £20.00
¶ The latter part of the pageant was written by Walter Raymond.
Portland ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet No. XVII. Scale 1" to 1 -mile, size 24" x 31", sea area hand-coloured, yellow shading around coast. Dissected and mounted on linen, folding to 4to, marbled endpapers. A red line has been drawn from the railway near Broadway to Abbotsbury. Electrotyped 1872. £30.00
¶ Covers Dorchester, Bridport, Lulworth Cove.
Quakers TIMES AND PLACES FOR HOLDING THE MEETINGS for discipline of Friends of Shaftesbury and Sherborne Monthly Meetings for 1873. Lists meetings at Bridport, Marnhull etc., and Quarterly Meetings of Bristol and Somerset. Small 8vo sheet printed on one side only. 1873. £12.00
Shipton Gorge TEXT OF A LECTURE on Shipton Gorge given to Bridport Ramblers Club, Nov. 21, 1907. 12 pages in manuscript, written on rectos only, held by pin at top corner. First and last pages loose and rather ragged. Name John Alderton Collins on verso. 1907. £14.00
Stourpaine FEOFFMENT of messuage and lands, and commons of pasture, in Stourpaine, late in the tenure of William Byles deceased, now in the occupation Edith Biles, William Byles of Broadway to Thomas Mew of Iwerne Courtney. Vellum, size 12" x 25", signed by Biles with papered seal on tag. Memorandum on verso, signed by attornies, recording peaceable seisin and possession. 1663. £35.00
¶ Appoints Edmond Frampton and Joseph Hussey his attornies.
Stourpaine RELEASE of messuage at France in Stourpaine, George Long to John Parker, Surgeon, of Blandford. Vellum, 18" x 22", armorial wax seal. 1727. £25.00
Weymouth LIST OF PROPERTIES Belonging to the Corporation. 16pp., 4to, printed in columns with Property, Lessee, Term of Lease etc. 1925. £12.00
Weymouth WEYMOUTH COLLEGE LOWER SCHOOL Prize Distribution. December 1888. Programme printed on pink paper, 3p., 4to, folds. Wheeler, Weymouth. 1888. £6.00
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Durham
Bacon's MAP OF DURHAM colour printed map size approx. 12" x 18", central fold. Reduced from the Ordnance Survey, scale " to 1 mile. c1885. £8.00
¶ From 'Bacon's Atlas of The British Isles'.
Durham PROBATE of the Will of Jane Blackburn formerly of Durham and later of Islington. 3 large vellum pages with printed certificate attached. Large papered seal on tag. 1854. £12.00
Fulwell PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of a Freehold Mansion known as Fulwell West House, and Freehold Building Land opposite....To Be Sold by Auction at the Queen's Hotel, Sunderland, on Tuesday, 24th March, 1896. Folio, 4pp, docket title, with a five photographic illustrations on one sheet, including 2 of a windmill, 2 folding coloured plans. 1896. £34.00
South Shields AN ACT for vesting in the Dean and Chapter of Durham a certain Piece of Ground adjoining to the Town of South Shields... and for enabling the said Dean and Chapter to remove the Fairs and Market.... 6pp, small folio, fine woodcut headpiece with church, some slight browning at edges, disbound. 1767. £14.00
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Essex
Epping, Little Hallingbury ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet 240. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 13" x 19", plus margins. Feint 'Record Map' in top margin. Some very slight darkening of paper over about 2 square inches. Revised 1893. £18.00
Harwich, Shottisham ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet XLVIII N.E., size 13" x 19", plus wide margins. Paper slightly darkened at edges, a line of light brownish off-setting in sea area. O.S. blindstamp 1866. £17.00
Little Wakering Hall OBLIGATION BOND of John Holgate of Harkwell, yeoman, to Christopher Parsons of North Shobury, for £80. 1p., sm folio, folded. Small papered seal. 1765. £26.00
¶ Refers to a Surrender in the Court Baron of the Manor of Little Wakering Hall of tenements called Sayers and closes called Furze Croft and Parksides.
Much Waltham COPY SURRENDER of Lease of the Parsonage House, Glebe and Tithes to the Intent a New Lease may be granted to Henry Sanford Esq., Sir Wm. Adby Bart., to The President Fellows and Scholars of Trinity College Oxford. 3p., small folio, waterstaining, paper worn at top right corner affecting a few words. 1815. £10.00
Walthamstow AN ACT to Enable Joseph Fell, Esquire, to make a Lease of a Farm and Lands at Walthamstowe, in the County of Essex, for a Term of Ninety-nine Years. 3pp, plus cover leaf with docket title, decorative initial letter, disbound. 1762. £16.00
West Ham, Billericay ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet 257. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 13" x 19", plus margins. Feint 'Record Map' in top margin. Some very slight darkening of paper over about 2 square inches. Blue Admiralty stamp in right margin, just obtruding onto border. Railways inserted to 1911. £20.00
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Gloucestershire
Alkington and North Nibley FEOFFMENT of messuage, garden, orchard, and close of pasture called Clay Pitts, a close called Galgrove in Goldswick in the tithing of Alkington, Berkeley, land at a place called Rugge Bagge adjoining the highway leading from Crossways to Berkeley Heath, and a close of land at Myneley in North Nibley, William Curnock of North Nibley, yeoman, to Richard Curnock of North Nibley, broadweaver, his son. Vellum, size 15" x 23", heavy wax seal on tag. Witnessed on verso. 1637. £36.00
¶ Gives occupiers and adjoining lands.
Cirencester and Siddington Improvements AN ACT for paving, cleansing, lighting, watching, regulating, and improving the Town of Cirencester, and for disposing of certain Common and Waste Lands and Common Rights within the Parishes of Cirencester and Preston and for making Drains through the said Parishes, and the Parish of Siddington.... 62pp, disbound. 1825. £16.00
Coleford LEASE FOR A YEAR of a tenement called Poolway in Coleford, with lands once part of Pool field, closes called Oak Piece, Ferney Leazes, Ann Collins of Ross and Robert Yarworth of Coleford to Mary Collins of Monmouth. Large vellum sheet, wax seals. 1803. £15.00
Dursley BILL of John B. Champion, Hemp, Jute, Flax, Coir Manufacturers, Reliance Works, Dursley. 4to printed letter giving prices, with good view of the mills at head. Folded, stab hole in blank area. 1893. £6.00
Forest of Dean Poor AN ACT to provide for the Relief of the Poor in the Forest of Dean and other Extra-parochial Places in and near the Hundred of Saint Briavel's in the County of Gloucester. 6pp, disbound. 1842. £14.00
Frampton upon Severn WILL of John Hieron of Frampton, 1776. 2p, folio, attested copy taken in 1787. Leaves his estate at Frampton 'lately purchased of Thomas Loveday of Painswick' to his three sons. 1787. £18.00
¶ Also refers to 'one acre of land in the Nassfield'.
Hawling AN ACT for vesting the Manor and Estate of Hawling.... belonging to John Locke Stratton an Infant, in Trustees, to be sold.... 18pp, disbound. 1820. £15.00
Henbury ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Composite map, scale 25in. to 1 mile, size 86" x 28", linen-backed, dissected, folding to 14" x 6", marbled wraps, labelled 'Henbury. Eastern Portion'. Covers the area between the Filton and Avonmouth Railway line, and the line at Pilning Station. c1900. £35.00
¶ Marked in pencil with the line of a proposed water-main.
Iron Acton CONVEYANCE IN FEE of an acre of ground in Iron Acton, lately awarded to John Purnell by the Commissioners under An Act of Parliament for... inclosing the waste Lands called Acton Common, Marlpit Common, and Cockshute, John Purnell to Matthew Hawkins, both of Bristol. Single vellum sheet, good wax seal with Roman bust. 1783. £18.00
Old Sodbury, Tormarton, Dyrham PLANS, PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Desirable Freehold Property known as 'The Clovers'.... 60 Acres of Accommodation Land.... Two Cottages at Dyrham.... 8pp., small folio, wraps. Paper creased, staples rusty, plan in back pocket torn. 1928. £12.00
Rangeworthy PARTICULARS WITH PLAN AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of Small Agricultural Holding known as Berrows Farm.... for Sale by Auction at the Rose and Crown, Rangeworthy on Wednesday, July 27th, 1938. Folio, coloured folding plan, 7pp. 1938. £18.00
Sopworth, Badminton estate THREE ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Scale 25" to 1 mile, each size 26" x 37", Sheets LXV.14/VII.14, LXX.2/XII.2, LXV.15/VII.15. Edition of 1921. £24.00
¶ Shows Sopworth, Didmarton, part of Badminton Estate, Wick Farm, part of Sherston.
South Wales Railway AN ACT to enable the South Wales Railway Company to make a new Railway in the Forest of Dean, in lieu of the Railway already authorized to construct new Lines at Cardiff and Britton Ferry.... 15pp, disbound. 1851. £12.00
Stevens (Tim) GLOUCESTERSHIRE LAND-TAX CONTRACTS. Single sheet, printed on one side only, 26 lines, being statement by Timothy Stevens refuting an accusation by Sir T.C Boevey that he had mishandled the signing of 211 Land Tax Contracts, and explaining the course of events. Size approx. 13" x 8". Folded, short tear, with cellotape to verso, not affecting legibility. Printed by J. Wood, Herald Office, Glocester: 1811. £26.00
¶ Not in Austin's Catalogue of the Gloucestershire Collection or Hyett and Bazeley's Manual of Gloucestershire Literature.
Swindon, near Cheltenham AUCTION POSTER. Brockhampton Farm, Swindon, near Cheltenham. John G. Villar To Sell by Auction upon the Premises, On Tuesday next, Sept. 23rd, 1884.... his valuable Horses, Agricultural Implements, Ricks of Corn.... Printed on one side only, size approx. 22" x 17", folded. 1884. £18.00
¶ Includes a 'Catalogue' printed in the lower portion of the poster, listing 120 items including Horses, Poultry, Harness, Implements, Corn, Potatoes and Fruit.
Tewkesbury, Glos. CATALOGUE of an important Sale of Pure-Bred Wessex Saddleback Pigs.... the Property of Miss Joyce Fair of Northway House, for Sale by Auction... May 16, 1922. 9pp., 8vo, bound in stiff boards, interleaved with leaves giving prices and buyers in MS. 1922. £14.00
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Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Albin (J) NEW AND ACCURATE MAP OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT Engraved map covering the whole of the island and part of the Hampshire coast, scale 1" to 1 mile, size 16" x 23", dissected and mounted on linen and folding into paper covered card slip case with original printed label, slipcase rubbed and faded. Parkland and parish boundaries handcoloured, with numbered key to parishes, showes churches by small elevations, signal posts, gentlemens' seats, wind and water mills, buoys. Dedication to Lord Bolton, inset plan of the Town of Newport, size 5" x 5". Some slight discoloration at places at centre fold, some of the yellow handcolouring faded and browned. 1805. £95.00
Bacon & Co. Ltd. THE 'EVER READY' CYCLING ROAD MAP OF ISLE OF WIGHT Folding map scale 1" to 1 mile, size 18" x 25", roads printed in brown, inset plans of Ryde, Newport and Ventnor. c1900. £18.00
¶ Shows railways and railways in progress.
Basingstoke LEASE of cottage in Basingstoke, Robert Blunden to Richard Westlake. Vellum, size 26" x 29", wax seal on tag. Engraved heading with coat of arms inside initial 'T'. A few small spots. 1706. £28.00
Cruchley's REDUCED ORDNANCE MAP OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT Colour wash, size 15" x 15", folding to small cloth boards with gilt title. Information on excursions etc. inside front board. Some slight discoloration on part which is pasted to board. c1880. £24.00
¶ Also shows Southampton, Lymington, Havant.
Frankenbury Camp ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet LXII.4, scale 25" to 1 mile, size 25" x 36". Traces of folds, one field outlined. Edition of 1939, reprint 1947. £10.00
¶ Covers Godshill, River Avon, Watercress Beds.
Harding's GUIDE MAP TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT Size 23" x 23", attractively and boldly printed in red, green and black, yellow. Inset plans of Cowes, Ryde, Newport, Ventnor. 8vo. wraps, attractive adverts for local firms around map, with pictures of cars, camera, bicycle, etc. c1920. £15.00
Isle of Wight ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet X, scale 1" to 1 mile, size 25" x 37", dissected and mounted on linen, folding into 8vo marbled wraps. Title 'Ordnance Survey of The Isle of Wight and Part of Hampshire' printed in top border. In cloth-covered slip-case which has a piece missing from top. Watermark 1858. £40.00
¶ A fine copy.
Letts, Son & Co. Ltd. HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT Colour printed map, size 15" x 13", linen-backed and folding into small cloth boards. Explanation and list of Divisions, Population statistics, no. of paupers, etc. c1890. £18.00
Lymington AN ACT for more effectually repairing and maintaining several Roads leading from Lymington... and the Road to Wilverley Post in the New Forest. 10pp, disbound. 1828. £12.00
Ministry of Transport ROAD MAP Southampton, Portsmouth and Isle of Wight. Scale half and inch to 1 mile. No. 38. Orange wraps with illustration showing country road. 1930. £8.00
Tichborne, North End ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XLII.13, scale 25" to 1 mile, size 25" x 36" Some fields outlined in colour with notes as to cultivation, area of trees planted added in pencil. Edition of 1909. £10.00
Well Farm, Odiham A CATALOGUE OF THE WHOLE LIVE AND DEAD FARMING STOCK comprising 6 capital Cart Horses, 2 4-Year Old Colts... for sale by Auction... October 10th, 1898.... 4p, on card, sm. 8vo. Vertical fold. 1898. £10.00
Worthy Down ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheets XL.4 scale 25" to 1 mile, size 25" x 36". Minor tear in margin. Edition of 1932. £10.00
¶ Shows Worthy Down, Littleton House, Lower Farm, Officers Quarters, Roman Road.
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Hertfordshire
Herkomer's Art School, Bushey PHOTOGRAPH of a large group of young men and women stading in front of what appears to be a wall of the castle at Bushey. Pencil note on the back 'Students at Herkomer's School, Bushey, Herts.' Size 9" x 11", on thick card mount. Photograph slightly faded, mount scuffed. c1900, or slightly earlier. £20.00
¶ The school was founded in 1883, and lasted for 21 years. The castle was demolished.
Philips' CYCLISTS' MAP of the County of Hertford. Linen-backed, scale approx. 7 miles = 3". Marks in red indicate dangerous hills, 'brake on' etc. 12mo cloth boards with blue printed label. 1900. £14.00
St. Albans, Herts. LETTER from Viscount Grimston, to an un-named artist congratulating him after seeing 'a proof Print of your Drawing of the Abbey, and the adjoining Ground at St. Albans, which I much approve of, and think does infinite credit to the artists employed in the work...' He says he is honoured to be mentioned in the Dedication. Gorhambury, 13th Feb. 1798. £18.00
¶ The writer was created Baron Verulam in 1790.
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Huntingdonshire
Dawson's Farm, Ramsey CATALOGUE OF ABOUT 60 HEAD of Pure Bred Large White Pigs from the 'Ramsey' Herd, the Property of Mr. Jack Major.... For Sale by Auction.... May 15, 1924, at Dawson's Farm... 29pp., 8vo, bound in stiff boards, interleaved with lined paper with results in ink, with purchaser, presented with Compliments of Auctioneers. 1924. £10.00
¶ Gives much detail on pedigrees of each animal.
Morden (Robt.) HUNTINGTONSHIRE Engraved map, uncoloured, size 14" x 16", title cartouche. Central fold. A few very small tears in top margin. Sold by Abel Swale, Awnsham & John Churchill c1700. £38.00
¶ From the 1695 edition of Camden's 'Britannia'.
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Kent
Brand's Hatch, Chimhams ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XVII.15 scale 25" to 1 mile, size 25" x 36". Revision of 1936. £17.00
¶ Shows most of Speedway track, Maplescombe, Hever Place etc.
Chartham DEED in Latin, on vellum, size 8" x 13", John Pakenham of Dover Castle to Edmund Farbear of Chartham, granting one messuage called Picklinge with meadow and pasture land in Chartham previously in the occupation of Robert Andrewe. Signed by Packenham, with wax seal lacking about one third of its surface, on tag. 1608. £48.00
Deal AN ACT for making and maintaining a Pier or Jetty and other Works at the Town and Borough of Deal in the Parish of Deal... 54pp, disbound. 1838. £18.00
Eden (William), Baron Auckland Statesman LETTER addressed to James Lambeth, Bedford Row, dated Eden Farm, Nov. 29, 1811, stating that he has agreed with Mr Dunn for the purchase of Mr. Boone's interest in a 'seat call'd Freelands near Bromley. My sister Mrs Moore is the purchaser' 4p, 4to, address panel with wax seal and fine postmark 'Two Py Post Unpaid Beckenham', and red oval postmark. The price was the large sum of 4000 guineas for the house and land and 1750 guineas for the furniture and other property, excluding livestock, plate, china and books. 1811. £30.00
¶ At the time of this letter Eden had retired from politics and diplomacy and was living quietly near Beckenham, but was apparently still an influence on Pitt, whose estate at Hayes was nearby.
Hooper (S), Publisher WEST GATE, CANTERBURY Copper engraving, size 4" x 6", wide margins... together with... Wincheap Gate, Canterbury. 1784. £12.00
¶ From 'Grose's Antiquities'.
Maidstone, Staplehurst ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet 288. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 13" x 19", plus wide margins. Cancelled 'Record Map' in top margin. Revised 1893. £20.00
Tunbridge Wells. Fletching ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet 303. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 13" x 19", plus wide margins. 'Cancelled' stamp in top margin. Railways inserted to 1914. £20.00
Woolwich SECURITY ON THE COMMON FUND for £6,000 and interest, The Guardians of the Poor of the Woolwich Union to the London Assurance. Vellum, 23" x 28", two armorial wax seals 2" in diameter, one of which has some pieces of wax chipped away. 1871. £15.00
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Lancashire
Appley Bridge PLAN OF BRICK-WORKS AND CLAY Worked by Messrs. Worthington & Coy. near Appley Bridge. 1889. Manuscript plan, on cartridge paper backed with linen, scale 20yds to an inch. Size 25" x 28", different workings shaded in 5 colours. 1889. £36.00
¶ Shows railway, Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Old Boat Yard, etc.
Clitheroe Junction Railway CAPITAL £150,000 IN 6,000 SHARES of £25 each. Prospectus setting out advantages of proposed Railway, and listing Provisional Committee, with small form for share application at foot of page. 2pp., folio, blank adjoining leaf. 1845. £50.00
¶ 'This Railway is projected for the purpose of connecting the Borough of Clitheroe, and the surrounding district, containing a population of 25,000 inhabitants, taking the Union of Clitheroe alone, with the great system of Railways completed and projected in Lancashire....'
General Strike LIVERPOOL EXPRESS BULLETIN May 8th, 1926. Single sheet, broadsheet size, printed on one side only. Folded, hole 1" diameter where folds meet at centre, with loss of some text. 1926. £10.00
¶ 'More Specials Wanted', 'Union Leaders Suspended'.
Heaton Norris CONVEYANCE of a plot of land for building upon, The Right Honourable Lord Egerton of Tatton to Henry Boardman. 2 large vellum sheets, wax seals, sketch map of land on verso. 1874. £15.00
¶ The land was to build Albert Road.
Liverpool AN ACT for enabling the Trustee under the Will of Henry Brown, deceased, to sell certain Shares in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Navigation, and a Share in the Liverpool Theatre.... and to apply the Money in repairing, pulling down and rebuilding certain Houses in Paradise Street, Liverpool.... 20pp, disbound. 1831. £15.00
Manchester Town Hall ROYAL WEDDING DANCE Marriage of H.R.H. The Duke of York to the Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Dance programme and supper menu. 4pp, sm. 8vo, plus stiff wraps with gold embossed coat of arms. April 26th, 1923. £15.00
Maritime Passengers Assurance Company CERTIFICATE of assurance for passenger James England on the ship Senator sailing from Liverpool to Melbourne, Coffin, Master. Folio, folded, details in MS. 1859. £10.00
Mersey Volunteer Division, R.E., Submarine Miners SMOKING CONCERT January 8th, 1894. Programme, printed one side only of 8vo sheet, embossed and pale green border, embossed badge at head. Lists songs and sketches, no indication of where the concert was held. 1894. £10.00
Royal Liverpool Country Hospital for Children SUBSCRIPTION DINNER Very attractive menu, size 12" x 4", printed in brown on green ground, folded once, the top half of the card consisting of a charming picture of a small girl in the garden of the hospital holding an actual miniature envelope which has been pasted on. Lists dishes, and toasts. Adelphi Hotel 23rd February 1911. £16.00
Shevington THE GROVE CHEMICAL WORKS, SHEVINGTON Manuscript plan on thick paper, backed with linen, rolled, size 24" x 36", Scale 30ft. to an inch. In ink with some very light shading and feint outline colour. Shows buildings, Leeds and Liverpool Canal, railway. Many figures entered alongside canal, red lines drawn across plan maked 'Cut Line' etc. Edges dusty. n.d. c1920. £40.00
Wigan area BLAKEY HURST COLLIERY King Seam. Manuscript plan, in ink and colours on cartridge paper backed with linen. Size 40" x 27", scale 1/2500. With section of seam. n.d. c1910 £40.00
¶ Shows very detailed workings around Weathercock Farm, Garswood Road, Seneley Green Farm, Arch Lane Farm, shaded in pink.
Wigan REPORT OF THE PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY OF THE BOROUGH 5pp. with 2 hand coloured plans, on one sheet by R.K. Dawson, scale 4" to 1 mile and 1" to 1 mile. Folio, disbound. 1837. £24.00
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Leicestershire
Hatherne AN ACT for dividing and inclosing the Open Fields, Meadows.... within the Lordship or Liberty.... of Hatherne. 19pp, disbound. 1777. £22.00
Huncote SETTLEMENT by Mr and Mrs Harvey of the Red Lion Inn, a butcher's shop and four houses in Huncote to Charles Hall and William Harvey. Large vellum sheet, 2 wax seals. 1878. £12.00
Leicester, Ashby de la Zouch ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet LXIII. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 24" x 31". Made of quarter sheets, join down the centre. Mounted on linen and folding to large 4to. Attractive label of James Wyld, Geographer to His Majesty, Charing Cross East, pasted to verso, with sheet number. Published at the Ordnance Map Office 1835. £42.00
¶ Covers Leicester, Ashby de la Zouche, Lutterworth.
Little Glen SETTLEMENT by Abstinence Poughfer of Leicester on his son Thomas Poughfer's marriage to Hannah Spencer, of Beccles. Vellum, size 25" x 31", 4 wax seals, some browning. 1732. £20.00
¶ Refers to the Manor of Little Glen and the various tenements and lands within it.
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Lincolnshire
Falkingham SETTLEMENT by John Collington of Falkingham on the Marriage of his daughter Mary Ann with William Chess Headly, Surgeon and Apothecary. Vellum, 22" x 31", wax seals. 1808. £18.00
Folkingham Estate PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Remaining Portions of the Folkingham Estate comprising Spring Farm 160 Acres Folkingham Lodge Farm 134 Acres.... which Messrs. Norbury-Smith & Co are instructed to Sell.... on Wednesday, July 21st, 1920. Folio, 15pp, large folding plan, original wraps. 1920. £18.00
Great Grimsby REPORT OF THE PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY OF THE BOROUGH. 3pp., with a plan coloured in outline, on folding sheet, by R.K. Dawson, scale 1" to 1 mile. Folio, disbound. 1837. £20.00
Lincoln AN ACT for paving the Footways of certain Streets within the City of Lincoln; for cleansing, lighting and watching the said Streets... 52pp, plus cover leaf, Black letter, attractive woodcut headpiece with ships, ploughman etc, disbound. 1791. £18.00
Lincoln, Gainsborough, Horncastle ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet LXXXIII. Scale 1" to 1 mile, size 24" x 36", linen backed, folding into 8vo paper wraps. Parkland, roads, county boundaries hand-coloured. Small area bout 1" square shaded pink. O.S Blindstamp 1858. £40.00
North and South Killingholme, Barrow upon Humber & Goxhill PARTICULARS WITH PLANS OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES Situate in the Parishes of North and South Killingholme, Barrow upon Humber & Goxhill extending to 1015a. 3r. 31p. To be offered for Sale by Auction by Reg. J. Broadgate at the Angel Hotel, Brigg, On Thursday, 22nd November, 1945. 2 large folding plans in pocket at rear, 14pp, sm 4to, original printed wraps. 1945. £20.00
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London
Administrative County of London NOTIFICATION of Ganders, Anthrax and hydrophobia in man. Poster, size 14" x 18", giving notice that heads of households must report any case of those diseases, failure to do so being liable to a fine not exceeding forty shillings. Vertical fold. 1909. £10.00
Bacon's NEW LARGE-PRINT MAP OF LONDON AND SUBURBS With Index to Streets and Illustrated Guide Extending from Hampton Court to Greenwich & Highgate to Crystal Palace. Colour-printed map, size 28" x 36", 49p. Index of streets and advertisement leaves at front. Folding into sm. 8vo. limp red wraps with view of Crystal Palace. c1890. £32.00
Battersea LEASE of a piece of ground with a messuage known as 10 Rush Hill Road, Thomas Graves to James Mulvey. 2 vellum sheets, wax seals, sketch plan in text showing Lavender Hill etc. 1875. £12.00
Belling & Co. BELLING ELECTRIC FIRES Season 1928-1929. 24pp., oblong 8vo, wraps. Printed in red and black. Numerous illustrations. 1928. £18.00
Bloomsbury LEASE of parcel of ground in St. George Bloomsbury together with workshop and outbuildings lately erected thereon, all of which are now known as no. 4 Brunswick Mews, the Governors of the Foundling Hospital to Messrs. Hilder & Edge, Builders. Two large vellum sheets, the first sheet with a fine delicate engraved heading with the coat of arms of the hospital, which shows a naked baby and the motto 'Help', large papered seal appended, small coloured sketch plan of premises in margin. 1894. £24.00
Cassell & Co. MAP OF GREATER LONDON Colour printed map, size 28" x 25", linen-backed, folded. Area of Greater London coloured blue, county boundaries in dotted blue line. c1880. £34.00
¶ Presented with Cassell's 'Greater London'.
Edmonton LEASE FOR A YEAR of land in the Common Marsh of Edmonton, William Rolfe, Citizen and Haberdasher, to Abraham Jones, Carpenter. Vellum, size 14" x 25", written in a fine large hand. Printed heading with coat of arms, wax seal with bust. 1728. £24.00
¶ Gives adjoining owners.
Emilie Woods & Co., Ladies Tailoring, Stratford SPRING AND SUMMER FASHIONS Brochure size 9" x 6", 15pp., with 10 full-page illustrations of costumes, coats, and 12 smaller illustrations of blouses, etc. Type-face in red and black, with prices, description, information on their services, etc. c1900. £25.00
¶ Very decorative ornate gowns.
King's Cross LEASE of premises in Canal Road, John Young to Edward Walker. 2 large vellum sheets, wax seals. Small coloured sketch plan in margin showing weighing area. 1888. £12.00
Millbank AN ACT for the further Regulation of the General Penitentiary at Millbank. 4pp, disbound. 1827. £10.00
New Cross MORTGAGE of no. 21 Arbuthnot Road, Frederick Cavalli to The Trustees of the Loyal Pride of Bermondsey Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society. Large vellum sheet, wax seal. 1898. £10.00
Rotherhithe BILL OF SALE of the three-masted Ship 'Ariel', Christian Splidt of Stratford Green, to Thomas Dicey of Rotherhithe, Shipowner. Contemporary copy on 3p folio, in a neat hand, folded, outer sheet with docket title, some light browning at folds and corners. Includes detailed description of the ship with measurements, age, place built, etc. 1810. £30.00
Saint Pancras CORONATION CELEBRATIONS An Urgent Appeal is being made For £10,000 for the purpose of providing A Patriotic Festival for 40,000 Children.... Large folio poster (1902), size printed in burgundy colour, horizontal fold, 1" repaired tear at edge. Together with poster headed 'Street Cries and Noises', forbidding people to 'shout or use any Bell or Gong... so as to cause annoyance'. 1907, and another small poster advertising a public lecture about venereal disease, with a film called 'The Shadow'. 1922. 1901-1922. £24.00
¶ The Coronation appeal was for two children's beds at University College Hospital, Convalescent Seaside Holiday Fund, Increased comforts for inmates of St. Pancras Almshouses.
St. Pancras PLATT'S GIFT of £1 each to 10 Poor Persons of Highgate and £1 each to 4 Poor Persons of Kentish Town. Poster, size 18" x 11", giving details of how to apply, and the arrangements for distribution. Trace of horizontal fold. 1921. £14.00
Theatre Royal, English Opera House LAST NIGHTS! MR. MATHEWS AT HOME This Evening, Monday, June 18th, 1827 With his Lecture on Peculiarities, Character and manners, founded as Observations and Adventures during his Trip to America! Playbill, size 13" x 8", left hand margin probably very slightly trimmed. Fairbrother, Lyceum Printing Office, Exeter Court, Strand. 1827. £55.00
¶ The entertainment was in three parts, the first part including 'Embarking on board the William Thompson, In sight of New York, American phrases expounded, arrival at Bristol (in America)', Part II 'Black Tragedian' included the songs 'Boston Post Office', 'Illinois Inventory'. Part 33 was 'All Well at Natchitoches' and included the character of Agamemnon 'a poor runaway Negro' and 'Mr. O'Sullivin 'An Irish improver of his fortunes'.
Wapping DRAFT BILL OF SALE for the 'ship called Hercules', between Benjamin Waller of Long Acre, coachmaker, Alfred Fry of Birchin Lane, Broker, and John Rains of Wapping. The ship was insured at LLoyds Coffee House. This document relates to the sale of the ship to Rains. It is described as 'formerly called the Gerona captured by and condemned as Prize to His Majesties Ship Myrtle, Clement Sneyd Esq. Commander, now on her voyage to the Southern Fishery....' 13p. folio, plus dusty outer sheet with docket title, written with many amendments abbreviations and crossings out. On the bottom and verso of last sheet are lawyer's comments about various difficulties in the case, below the title is 'A conference is requested with Mr Veane. 2gnas.' Lincolns Inn, 1813. £30.00
Whitechapel OBLIGATION BOND of Jonathan Rye of Goodmansfield in Whitechapel to Willymott Terry of Limehouse for £318. 1p. sm. folio, small wax seal, signed by 3 witnesses including Martha Hanslapp and Rachel Buckly. Refers to indenture made between Rye and Carolina his wife, daughter of Alexander Norwood late of Chilston, Kent, Robert Hanslapp of London and Willymott Terry. 1701. £25.00
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Monmouthshire
Cary (J) A MAP OF MONMOUTHSHIRE from the best Authorities. Engraved map, size 16" x 16", fully hand-coloured in hundreds. Compass rose, border. Some light creases, two small edge tears. 1805. £35.00
Monmouth LEASE of two dwellings in Castle Bayley Street now in the occupation of Richard Edwards, China and Earthenware Seller and Thomas Evans perruke maker, Thomas Probyn, Tanner, John George, Cornfactor, of Monmouth, and William Bartlett, pin-maker of Gloucester, to Thomas Lewis of Grays Inn. Together with two messuages known as Bevans Houses, and a messuage with shop facing Monow Street, and a malthouse, and three messuages in Brampton Street, Ross. Vellum, size 24" x 30". 4 large wax seals. 1787. £22.00
¶ Names many occupiers and former occupiers, with occupations.
Monmouth VOLUNTARY SETTLEMENT of tenements in the old Market Place and The Square in Chepstow, share of a tenement called Spittalmeen, in Tiddenham, chief rents of 300 acres in Alvington, Great Tithes of Chepstow, her interest in the lands of the late Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, Ann Susannah Davis of Bristol, Thomas Lewis of Saint Pierre, to Thomas Davies and Alfred Turner. 5 large vellum sheets, 3 wax seals. Some light browning. 1820. £20.00
Monmouthshire Railway AN ACT for enabling the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company to raise further Capital.... 6pp, disbound. 1855. £12.00
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Norfolk
Diss, Ixworth ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile. Sheet L N.W. Size 13" x 18", plus wide margins. Railways inserted to November 1875. O.S. blindstamp 1893. £17.00
¶ Shows Euston Park, West Harling, Thornham Magna.
Fishmonger's BILLHEAD of W. Pratt, Fishmonger, Fishmarket, Norwich. Size 9" x 4", engraved heading show game, prawns, barrels of oysters, mermaid etc. Made out for skate at 2s, signed by Pratt. 1840. £14.00
Fundenhall ACKNOWLEDGEMENT by Baron Berners of Keythorpe Hall in Leicester of the consideration money paid by James Cooke Howes for one tenement and 17 acres in Fundenhall to which was admitted Tenant by Baron Berners as Lord of the Manor. 1p, small folio, folded. Signed Berners. 1866. £12.00
Great Yarmouth AN ACT for continuing for a further Term.... the Term of Two Acts.... for clearing, depthening, repairing... the Haven and Piers of Great Yarmouth; and for depthening and making more navigable the several Rivers emptying themselves into the said Haven... 10pp, disbound. Top edges of pages rather ragged. 1800. £16.00
Great Yarmouth, Kirstead ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet 162. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 13" x 19", plus margins. With hills in brown. 'Record Map' stamp in top margin. 1890. £22.00
¶ The New Series sheets were published between 1895 and 1903 'with hills'. Hachures were printed in black or brown, but it apparently was not popular with the public and the hachures were abandoned in 1911.
Norfolk Estuary Company CERTIFICATE OF A £50 SHARE Made out to John Harwood Good of Bridge Street, Cambridge, Painter. Signed by the Solicitor to the Company. Size 6" x 8". Impressed seal 2" in diameter with classical figure with anchor, sea and ships in distance. 1847. £40.00
¶ The seal has the words 'Incorporated 1843'.
Northrepps BOND whereby Phebe Stoneham of Northrepps spinster daughter of Joseph Stoneham Thatcher deceased, releases all claim on an enclosure of land of four acres in North Repps for the sum of 10s paid to her by Joseph Cawston. 1p., blank conjoint leaf, which has some large holes, signed with her mark by Phebe with small wax seal, witnessed. 1729. £24.00
Wheatacre-cum-Burgh PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of Valuable Freehold Property situate in the Parish of Burgh St. Peter.... comprising 295 Acres of the Finest Grazing Marshes in the COunty also the Manor or Lordship of Wheatacre-cum-Burgh.... which will be Sold By Auction... 4th day of July, 1857.... 7pp., folio, folded with docket title, double page plan hand-coloured in outline, brown mark down left hand edges of pages and centre of plan. 1857. £18.00
Wymondham PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of a Small Property comprising a Farm-House.... Double Cottage situate in Spooner Row, which Salter & Simpson will sell by Auction.... on Friday the 9th or July, 1880. Folio, 4pp., folds. 1880. £14.00
¶ The farmhouse is described as 'Clay lump and tiled'.
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Northamptonshire
Tansor AN ACT for dividing and inclosing the Common and Open Fields.... in the Parish of Tansor. 25pp, plus docket title, attractive engraved headpiece, disbound. 1776. £22.00
Thorpe-Malfor AN ACT for dividing and inclosing the Common and Open Fields, Common Meadows.... within the Manor and Parish of Thorpe-Malfor... 24pp, disbound. 1777. £25.00
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Oxfordshire
Chipping Norton, Chadlington ACCOUNT OF SIR EDWIN BAYNTUN SANDYS in account with S. Beale. Notebook with 43 double-page spreads for debit and credit, plus many blank leaves, size 7" x 4", limp calf wraps, chipped at edges. Jan. 1812 - Feb. 1819. £70.00
¶ Notes mostly sums advanced, interest, etc, rather than specific expenditure: includes sums 'Sent to you at Miserden', 'Paid Inn bill at Woodstock', 'paid your coachman', 'Miss Bayntun annuity' 'Dr. to you at Burford to remit Mrs Davis in Town for School Bill', 'Received rents at Chadlington' (Sir Edwin was Lord of the Manor). Sir Edwin apparently borrowed large sums from Beale 'On 20th April 1816 Sir E.B. Sandys drew a Draft on me at 3 months for 500l, and which I at first refused to accept but which I was induced to accept... at the very particular request of Sir E...'
University of Oxford AN ACT to enable the President and Scholars of the College of Saint Mary Magdalen, in the University of Oxford, to grant Building Leases of certain Ground, Messuages.... in the Parish of Saint John, Southwark.... 3pp, disbound. 1777. £14.00
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Somerset
Ashill and Isle Abbots, Manor of Wood COUNTERPART LEASE of a tenement in Aishill and Abbots Ile, Sir Henry Northcote of Corfe in Devon, to Richard Parsons of Aishill. Vellum, 15" x 22", wax seal, slightly faded overall, some minor browning, and two lines of text very faded so as to affect legibility. 1725. £20.00
¶ The rent was eleven shillings.
Barnicott & Son, Printer VICTORIA Song in praise of the Queen printed on 4to sheet, in two columns, each with very decorative floral border. Split down the middle between the two columns, repaired on verso with document tape, some edge tears on left side, traces of folds.... together with... Epithalmium occasioned by the Marriage of H.R.H. the Duke of York with H.R.H. the Princess May, July 6th, 1893. Poem by Samuel Lane, in two columns, small 4to, decorative border, repaired tear at fold. 1838 and 1898. £14.00
¶ 'This sheet was reprinted on the occasion of the Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen, at Barnicott & Son's Office, by John Down, who went printing it in the procession at the Queen's Coronation....'
Bath Auction PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of Freehold Business Premises Situate on the Main Road at Twerton-on-Avon, near Bath, Which Will be Offered for Sale by Auction... April 29th, 1901. Includes Stanley House, Shop, and Stables. Folio, 1p, plus Conditions, folded with docket title. 1901. £10.00
Bath Auction PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE OF FREEHOLD PROPERTY SITUATE IN BATH, Which will be Sold by Auction, by Mr Henry Eve, at his Sale Rooms, No 2, Broad Street, Bath, On Monday, April the 3rd, 1876. Folio, 4pp, folded, lower leaf partly dusty. 1876. £15.00
¶ Concerns property in Kensington Place, New King St, and Norfolk Mews.
Bath CATALOGUE of the Truly Excellent Household Furniture and Effects.... the Genuine Property of the late Mrs Irvine. Auction Sale 21st & 22nd March, 1854, on the premises at 1 Grafton Place, Weston Road. 8vo, 10pp., folds... together with.... Catalogue of the Household Furniture... the Property of the Late Mrs Blencowe... for sale by Auction on the Premises at 13 Paragon Buildings. 12pp., 8vo, folds. Ink and pencil notes throughout. 2 items. c1850. £18.00
Bath PROBATE of the Will of Jane Sainsbury, of Walcot, Widow. 2 large vellum sheets, printed certificate attached, large papered seal. 1845. £14.00
¶ Bequeathes her house in Seymour Street, £300 in annuities etc.
Bath SETTLEMENT on the Marriage of Isaac Sumsion the younger and Eliza Hale, between Isaac Sumsion the elder, Quarry Master, Charles Yardley, Soap Maker and Perfumer of Vine St., Bloomsbury, and William Hale of Batheaston. 3 large vellum sheets, wax seals. On verso of last sheet is a further indenture made 20 years later after the death of Eliza, appointing trustees. 1854. £17.00
¶ Presumably Charles Yardley was one of the 'Yardley's English Lavender' family who had been perfumers since the late 18th century.
Bathampton THE BATHAMPTON ESTATE The Property of Col. R.E. Allen. Manuscript plan, in ink and faded colour wash, with many later (some rather untidy) annotations regarding conveyances, from 1862, 1888, etc. On waxed cotton, size 20" x 32", scale 6 chains to 1". Slight dustmarking at centre fold. n.d. c1910. £38.00
¶ Shows buildings, garden plots, railways, roads, footpaths, areas with trees, fields. Covers Sham Castle. Hampton Down, Bathampton Station, River Avon.
Batheaston PLAN OF WAYFIELD ESTATE, BATHEASTON Printed plan on waxed cotton, with many manuscript annotations, scale 3 chains to one inch, size 36" x 28", folded. With Reference Table giving number on this plan, and on tithe map, description, Ordnance and tithe area. Many annotations on sales etc. from 1902-1929. c1920. £25.00
¶ Includes Solsbury Hill, which is divided into 9 parts.
Bathwick PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of The Bathwick Estate Producing about £15,390 per annum... arising out of 500 Houses, 60 Shops, 50 Detached Residences, 200 Modern Villas... large area of Building Land extending in all to about 600 Acres for Sale by Auction by Joseph Stower, Old Broad Street, London, 29th day of July, 1919. 45pp., folio, printed wraps, 8 full plate photographs, very large coloured folding plan at rear. A few pages foxed, wraps rubbed at edges. 1919. £125.00
¶ Includes 14 shops on Pulteney bridge, Argyle Congregational Chapel, 12 houses in Laura Place, 37 houses in Henrietta Street, 25 houses in Sydney Place, 77 houses in Pulteney Street, Sydney Gardens, Bath Spa