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Miscellaneous documents - Darlington

Reference: D/XD 56 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents - Darlington Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Robert Robinson of 'Beechwood', Grange Road, Darlington, civil engineer

Covering Dates: 1881-1913

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  • Miscellaneous documents - Darlington
    • Letters to Robert Robinson at Darlington (Ref: D/XD 56/10-29)

Catalogue Contents

Ref: D/XD 56/1

Summaries of the private accounts of Robert Robinson for 1884 - 1888 and 2 February 1885 - 31 January 1889
(5 papers)

Ref: D/XD 56/2

Table summarising expenses for the house, garden, land and office (of Robert Robinson) for the years 1886-1894, n.d. [1895]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/XD 56/3

Account of hay sales for the period 21 September 1907 - 1 April 1910 [for Hare Hill Farm, Cartmell Fell, Lancashire], n.d. [1910]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/XD 56/4

Dividend warrants from the Weardale Water Company, payable to Robert Robinson, J.F. Fryer, E.R. Pease, Miss Lucy Agnes Dickinson and others, 2 August 1881 - 14 February 1912
(1 file, paper, printed form)

Ref: D/XD 56/5

Certificates of interest payable to Edward R. Pease, Robert Robinson and others on British Guiana Government 4% inscribed stock, 15 July 1893 - 15 July 1899
(1 file, paper, printed form)

Ref: D/XD 56/6

Receipts to Robert Robinson for the purchase of Ordnance Survey maps and the payment of income tax, 7 June 1900 - 10 October 1904
(3 papers)

Ref: D/XD 56/7

Prospectus and application form for debenture stock in the East Indian Railway Company, 19 May 1904
(2 papers, printed)

Ref: D/XD 56/8

Statement of interest on loans payable to Robert Robinson by the Borough of Darlington for the half-year ended 30 June 1904
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: D/XD 56/9

Invoices from Robert Robinson of "Beechwood", Darlington to local clients, 2 March - 9 April 1910
(2 papers)

Letters to Robert Robinson at Darlington (Ref: D/XD 56/10-29)Ref: D/XD 56/10

Letter from W. J. Davey at Westminster, concerning the whereabouts of Robinson's greatcoat, 4 April 1888
(1 paper)

Ref: D/XD 56/11

Covering letters for cheques from John Bowes and Partners at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 7 July 1893 - 2 February 1897
(1 file, paper)

Ref: D/XD 56/12

Letters from T.H. Ormston Pease, solicitor, at Bristol, concerning Robinson's personal investments and his activities as one of the trustees of a settlement made in 1850, 5 April 1894 - 22 July 1896
(18 papers)

Ref: D/XD 56/13

Letter from P.(M.) Pritchard, Honorary Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers; Newcastle Association of Students at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, about the publication of papers read before the association, 17 February 1895
(1 paper)

Ref: D/XD 56/14

Letter from Edward R. Pease at London, concerning the liability of trustees in respect of mortgages, 10 August 1896
(1 paper)

Ref: D/XD 56/15

Letter from William John Sly at Lancaster, Lancashire, concerning Robinson's Tower Wood property, 3 June 1897
(1 paper)

Ref: D/XD 56/16

Letter from William John Sly at Lancaster, Lancashire, about the deduction of landlord's tax, 5 July 1897
(1 paper)

Ref: D/XD 56/17

Letter from William John Sly at Lancaster, Lancashire, concerning income tax receipts for the years 1895-1897, 14 July 1897
(1 paper)

Ref: D/XD 56/18

Covering letters for cheques from the Cargo Fleet Iron Company at Middlesborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, 29 April 1901 - 30 September 1904
(4 papers, printed form)

Ref: D/XD 56/19

Letter from Robert Robinson at Darlington, to Edward R. Pease discussing the amendment of a notice to the East Indian Railway Company, 30 November 1896
(1 paper)

Ref: D/XD 56/20

Covering letter for a cheque from the North Brancepeth Coal Company to Mrs. Lucy Robinson, both at Darlington, 22 September 1888
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: D/XD 56/21

Letter from T. H. Ormston Pease at Bristol, to Mrs. Lucy Robinson at Darlington enclosing a cheque [cheque not present], 20 April 1895
(1 paper)

Ref: D/XD 56/22

Rough plans of buildings and a letter from Robert Robinson at Darlington to Bryan Batty at Hare Hill, Cartmell Fell, Lancashire, concerning the dimensions of a property, 5 January 1900
(1 file , paper)

Ref: D/XD 56/23

Draft notice about viewing of plans and submission of tenders [for Hare Hill Farm, Cartmell Fell, Lancashire], n.d.,[c. 1905]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/XD 56/24

Copy estimate for the erection of a farm house at Hare Hill, Cartmell Fell, Lancashire, for Robert Robinson of Darlington, June 1906
(1 file, paper)

Ref: D/XD 56/25

Bill of quantities for the masons, bricklayers and plasterers works [at Hare Hill, Cartmell Fell, Lancashire], n.d. [1906]
(1 booklet, paper)

Ref: D/XD 56/26

List of contractors willing to tender for the new farm house at Hare Hill, Cartmell Fell, Lancashire, n.d. [1906]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/XD 56/27

Explanation of the law as to mortgages, n.d.[c. 1895]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/XD 56/28

Photograph, taken at Glasgow, of engineers at work on piping manufactured by Robinson and Ionson, Engineers, of Darlington, n.d. [1890's]
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/XD 56/29

List of repairs to Mr. Clark's house, 7 April 1913
(1 paper)



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