Showing 218 results

Deeds and documents, 1535-1920, relating to the Gwrych Castle estate of the Lloyd, Bamford and Hesketh families in Denbighshire, Flintshire, Cheshire, Lancashire and Derbyshire; minutes and other papers of the manor of Cheadle Hulme, 1735-1817; accounts of Bamford and Crimble collieries, Lancashire, 1825-1832, and of lead mining ventures in Abergele; rentals and accounts of the Gwrych Castle estate, 1818-1920; maps and plans; and pedigrees of the Lloyd family of Plas yn y Gwrych and Hesketh families.

Thirteen documents including copies of the will of Ann Bamford, the settlement of her Lancashire and Cheshire estates and the Bamford school foundation, all dated 1778, and to the marriage settlement of Lloyd Bamford Hesketh and Lady Emily Esther Ann Lygon, 1825. [Schedule, p. 62].

Twenty-two deeds including settlements of Bamford and Davenport family estates in Cheshire and Lancashire, 1718-1789, marriage settlement of William Lloyd of Gwrych, 1729, and a recovery deed of the Gwrych estate, 1786.

(1) Twenty-nine papers, 1855-1860, including correspondence, receipts, and plans, relating to the purchase and lease of portions of Abergele foreshore from the Crown, 1860. [Returned to Mr Jessop by instruction from Messrs Dawson. Copy conveyance. Words of thanks to Hesketh. 24 May 1943. Returned by Mr Jessop, 8 June 1943]; (2) five miscellaneous papers including a note of Robert Hesketh's income, 1799, a copy of the will of Robert Bamford Hesketh, 1823, opinion on the surname Bamford Hesketh, 1827, abstract of the will and codicils of the Dowager Countess Beauchamp, 1837-1839, and a statement of the personal estate of Sir Charles Wm Kent, bart, 1848; (3) nine papers relating to exchanges of land between the Kinmel and Gwrych estates, in St Asaph and Abergele, and the purchase of Bronhaul and Tynytwll in Abergele, 1814-1859; (4) twenty-seven papers including a rental of the estates of Mr Bamford in Bury, Rochdale, and Middleton, 1796, a rental of the Bamford estate in Lancashire with observations, 1806, a valuation of twelve estates of Robert Bamford, 1809, minutes and particulars of lands sold, 1809-1815, and John Elliotts accounts of rents, profits, and disbursements, 1810-1826; (5) about one hundred papers including correspondence relating to boundaries and exchanges of land in Abergele, 1829-1860, conditions of sale of Sirrior Hir, Abergele, 1843, and correspondence relating to the same, correspondence relating to Wyddfa and Ffosyblydd mines, 1846-1853, receipts for crown rents, 1825-1849, and correspondence relating to purchase, 1852, and letters from the Office of Woods and Forests re Abergele beach and Llysfaen enclosure, 1856-1860; (6) over one hundred and fifty letters and papers from S. Boothroyd, estate agent at Stockport, 1850-1860; (7) about one hundred papers including correspondence and accounts relating to property in Wrexham, 1827-1860; letters by Richard Llwyd, 1813, Simon Yorke, 1820, J. Meredith and Viscount Combermere, 1854, relating to genealogy, heraldry, and manuscripts; pedigrees and memoranda relating to the families of Lloyd, Bamford, and Hesketh, 1848-1849; a commission of lieutenancy granted to John Lloyd of Gwrych, 1703, and of the deputy-lieutenancy of Chester to Robert Hesketh, 1783; papers relating to the estate of Sir Charles W. Kent, bart, etc., 1848-1852; and. (8) About one hundred and fourteen papers, mainly correspondence and accounts, relating to the Lancashire and Cheshire estates, 1753-1826; plans of Glanymor farm, 1795, Tan y Goppa, Pen y dared, diversion of a road near Didsbury; a statement by John Matthews for surveying Gwrych demesne etc., 1809; particulars of properties etc.

(1) A map of part of lp Denbigh and Gogarth, [1740]; (2) a demise of minerals at Cefn Ogo, Castell y Cawr, and Windmill Common, near Abergele, 1807; (3) a lease of Cefn Ogo mines, 1819; and (4) articles of co-partnership between Ll. B. Hesketh and Messrs Jones, 1819, with subsidiary papers. [Schedule, p. 95].

(1) An extract from a conveyance of Bamford Hall, reserving minerals; (2) a deed of covenants relating to the making of the Manchester and Birmingham railway at Heaton Norris, 1839; (3) a schedule of documents handed to Messrs Bennet, Dawson & Bennett, 1874; (4) a copy declaration of trust by Messrs John Boothroyd and Richard Mann as to leases of premises in Stockport, 5 Dec. 1842; (5) a list of documents relating to the Hesketh estate in the possession of Messrs Boothroyd and Son; (6) a draft bill to enclose the commons in Great Hamlet, p. Glossop, Derbyshire, 1828; (7) an Act to enable William Bamford ... to grant leases ... 1786; (8) an Act for amending ... the road from Rochdale ... to Bury, ... 1796; (9) a Bill to continue and enlarge the term and powers of the same ... 1798; (10) an Act for ... inclosing the commons ... in ht's Ollerset and Phoside, ... parish of Glossop, 1828; (11) an Act for ... inclosing the commons ... in Great Hamlet, ... 1829; (12) two notices of intended application to Parliament ... re Heywood Water works, 1845; and (13) parliamentary notice re. Stockport District Waterworks, 1854.