Catalogue

Trust accounts including summarized general accounts and analyses of receipts and payments, some with covering letters to A.E. Edleston from Marshall, Huntriss and Company solicitors at Halifax, Yorks., 1923 - 1954

Letter of Ingram and Huntriss at Halifax, Yorks., to Robert Edleston at Sowerby Bridge, Yorks., 11 April 1883

Of Ingram and Huntriss, Solicitors at Halifax, Yorks., including enclosures of copy correspondence and opinion of counsel, 18 September 1885 - 31 October 1895

Of J.A. Swanwick at Lymm, Cheshire, 25 March - 7 April 1891

Letter to Alice Edleston of Robert J. Farrar of Lale, Farrar and Company, accountants at London, 7 May 1894

Draft letter of J. Edleston to Ingram and Huntriss, 15 November 18[91]

Copy letters between Ingram and Huntriss, solicitors at Halifax, Yorkshire and Farrar and Hall, solicitors at Manchester, [29 July 1884 - 31 January 1887]

Copy correspondence between Ingram and Huntriss and Eskrigge and William, solicitors at Liverpool, dated 26 - 27 May 1892

Bank pass book of J. Edleston in account with Halifax Joint Stock Banking Co. Ltd., endorsed with statement that this book was referred to in an affidavit sworn by J.E. on 17 April 1891 re the estate of Thomas Holmes deceased, 1882 - 1885

Copies of requirements of the referee, appointed by the judgement of 21 November 1890, for a report ordered, June 1891

List of cheques to be drawn on the trust banking accounts to carry out the distribution ordered by the court, 26 January 1895

Statement of account on the division and distribution of funds (8 - 18 January 1895) pursuant to order of court made 11 August 1894

List of further cheques required to complete the distribution of the costs fund, 11 September 1895

Notes of W. Edleston's share of Holmes Trust of January, May and September distributions of funds and costs deducted, 1895

Account of moneys paid to Mrs. Grace Farrar, S.A.E. Farrar and Rev. James Farrar (18 June 1856 - 13 July 1883), n.d. [1880's - 1890's]

Notes made by J. Edleston concerning the case including copies of letters and valuation of Trust property, 1880's

Letters of the Halifax solicitors to R.H. Edleston re his marriage settlement and Trust enclosing statements relating to J. and W. Edleston's share of the Thomas Holmes Trust Funds, 14 March 1900 - 18 February 1924

Letters to Alice Edleston at Gainford and 27 Jesus Lane, Cambridge, 9 May and 27 June 1938

Letter to Alice Edleston at Gainford, 26 July 1938 Enclosure in D/Ed 9/1/160(II)

n.d. 1938 (1) Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston of Gainford, spinster and Mira Millson of Ilkley, Yorks., spinster (2) Robert Holmes Edleston of Cambridge, esq. and Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston, legal representatives of William Edleston, deceased (3) Mira Millson, representative of Dickinson Edleston, deceased (4) R.H.E. and S.A.C.E., representatives of Rev. Joseph Edleston, deceased (5) M.Millson, representative of Robert Edleston, deceased (6) M. Millson (7) Marian Spooner, wife of William Wycliffe Spooner of Ilkley, Yorks., engineer and Frances Edleston of Ilkley, spinster (8) S.A.C.E., M.S. and F.E. Draft of an appointment of new trustees under a deed of family arrangement re the real and personal estate of Thomas Holmes, deceased, dated 24 March 1856; (1) with the consent of (2), (3), (4) and (5) appoint (7) as trustees in place of (6) Recites previous appointments of new trustees, 27 July 1884 and 15 October 1894, and other deeds and wills, 28 November 1895 to 3 December 1937; recites that parties (1) to (8) constitute the parties or their representatives within the deed of family settlement, whose consent to the appointment of a new trustee is required Attached: a schedule of deeds of property referred to in the deed of family arrangement, 23 January 1895 to 7 May 1938

Letters to Alice Edleston at 57, Rhadegund Buildings, Cambridge, and Gainford, 2 August 1938 - 16 May 1939

Letters to R.H. Edleston, 22 December 1938 - 20 July 1939

Letter of John Edleston Farrar at Beverley, Yorks. to Alice Edleston, 25 April 1939

Correspondence to the Edlestons and to Mira Millson at Ilkley, Yorks., chiefly of their Halifax solicitors, of R. Watson agent of the trust estates concerning the Thomas Holmes Trust including sales, leases and tenancies of the trust property, chiefly in the Halifax area, Yorks., and re the trust accounts, 5 December 1884 - 4 November 1948

List of problems and propositions relating to the (Thomas Holmes Trust) sent to Rev. J. Edleston, 1853

A promisory note to Messrs. Dickinson and Robert Edleston from Jonathan Farrar, 12 August 1868

List of monies paid to Mrs. Grace Farrar and James Farrar, (5 December 1870 - 6 January 1871), 22 May 1871

Receipts to account of Joseph Holmes and Son at Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company, 4 November 1873 - 11 July 1883

Letter to Robert Edleston at Sowerby Bridge, Yorks. of the Secretary of the Midland Railway at Derby acknowledging dividend warrants to the account of the executors of Thomas Holmes, 7 January 1881

List of railway dividends (1871 - 1881), received from Dr. Edleston, 20 April 1885

Bill and receipt (1884 - 1885) to the trustees of the late Thomas Holmes, from R. Watson at Halifax, Yorks., January 1886

To J. Edleston, receipt to Ingram and Huntriss on account of costs against trustee of T. Holmes, 26 April 1890

Cash account of (Trustees of Thomas Holmes?), January - February 1882

21 April 1891 (1) James Tong and Henry Bates the younger (2) Charles Priestly et al Extract from the admittance of (1) to a foundry in Sowerby Bridge, dated 26 May 1834

Particulars of the parts of the Thomas Holmes Trust Property which are insured, 12 February 1896

Notice from Rev. J.J. Cumming, H.C. Bacchus and E. Huntriss to the Trustees of the estate of Thomas Holmes, deceased, of the assignment by R.H. Edleston to J.J.C., H.C.B. and E.H. of his share of that estate, 27 November 1899

Statements showing capital proportion of receipts and payments in relation to J. Edleston's and W. Edleston's shares in Thomas Holmes Trust Funds, n.d. [1900 - 1901]

Receipt to the administrator of the estate of Rev. J. Edleston from trustees of T. Holmes, 1930

Account of share of distribution of Thomas Holmes Trust due to R.H. Edleston for quarter ended 31 March 1938

Extract from a conveyance dated 1925, between S.A.C. Edleston and M(ira) M(illson), and (M.) Armitage of Northowram, Halifax and H. Speight of the same, of 2 closes at Hedge top, Northowram

Statements of Account, 1 January 1894 - 30 June 1917

Monthly statements of account, September 1934 - June 1948

Summary cash accounts, half-yearly and annual, 1929 - 1951

Bills of costs, March 1890 - 1941

Receipts for payment of solicitors costs, April 1921 - 27 October 1941

Bill of costs of Whitham and Turney accountants at Halifax, Yorks., 4 January 1930

Letters to R.H. Edleston at Gainford of Edward Huntriss at Halifax, Yorks., concerning an agreement with Sowerby Bridge Urban District Council for a right of way through a strip of trust property for a sewage scheme, with plan of proposed line of sewer, 17 February 1912

Plan showing the location of the property which it is proposed to sell, n.d. [1923] Scale: 1 inch to 8 ft.

Letters of Huntriss and Swinnerton at Halifax, Yorks. to R.H. Edleston at Gainford, 6 February - 5 March 1923

Statements of sums received by William Edleston's executors from. Thomas Holmes' trustees subsequent to Willlam Edleston's death, (May 1869 - 3 August 1901), n.d. [1895] - n.d [1903]

Letters of Ingram and Baines to Rev. J. Edleston, 24 October and 3 November 1865

Letters between R.H. Edleston and his solicitors in Halifax concerning a grant of administration of the estate of William Edleston, and concerning legacy duty payable on the unrealised estate, and including copy valuation of Asquith Bottom Dyeworks (dated 31 May 1882), 17 October 1898 - 5 November 1907

Draft letters of R.H. Edleston to Ingram and Huntriss, 31 March 1900

Correspondence concerning the general administration of the Trust to Rev. J. and R.H. Edleston of the Halifax solicitors and Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company Limited, 16 November 1876 - 9 July 1943

Bank account of William Edleston and Company at the Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Sowerby Bridge, Yorks., from 3 October 1876 to 8 July 1885

Rent accounts of William Edleston with the Exors of Robert Edleston, 31 December 1894 - 1916

Statements of account including balance sheets and profit and loss accounts, 31 December 1895 - 31 December 1951

Summary of the result of 6 years trading, ending December 1913, of the William Edleston woollen business, 1914

Summary of balance sheets 1907 - 1915 and noting the % commission Mr. Spencer was paid on the profits, 1915

Form for the calculation of the partnership income from Messrs. William Edleston for the purposes of supertax, 1922 - 1923

Statement of the amounts of tax and dividend paid on profits for the year ended 31 December 1923, certified by the secretary F.A. Heach, 17 January 1924

Copy bank ledger of William Edleston and company from 31 December 1892 - 31 December 1928, n.d. [1929]

Notices and agendas of Directors' and Shareholders' meetings, 1923 - 1949

Minutes of a Directors' meeting held 16 October 1946, and draft minutes of a meeting

Manager's reports, 27 April 1932 - August 1950

Correspondence chiefly of J.A. Swanwick at Manchester and Ingram and Huntriss at Halifax, Yorks. to R.H. Edleston re the resignation of James Sutcliffe and appointment of a new manager, Mr. A. Smith, 26 April - 17 August 1898

Correspondence and other papers chiefly of Edward Huntriss, solicitor at Halifax, Yorks. and of A. Smith at Sowerby Bridge to R.H. Edleston concerning the overdraft of the business, Mr. Smith's commission and his unsatisfactory performance as manager, 26 April 1901 - 10 January 1906

Copies of letters of application and testimonials for the position of manager of William Edleston's woollen business, November 1907

Correspondence and other papers chiefly of J.A. Swanwick at Liverpool and Manchester and of Huntriss, Son and Green at Halifax, Yorks. to R.H. Edleston concerning the appointment of a new manager, 19 October 1907 - 3 February 1908

Correspondence to R.H.Edleston at Gainford from Huntriss, Son and Green at Halifax, Yorks., concerning preparation of an indemnity re continuation of the business, 15 February - 28 December 1907

Letter to R.H. Edleston at Gainford from Huntriss, Son and Green at Halifax, Yorks. concerning preparation of an indemnity re continuation of the business, 30 December 1907 Including: 26 March 1907 (1) John Alfred Swanwick of Manchester, merchant and Mira Millson of Ilkley, Yorks., spinster (2) Marian Edleston of Ilkley, Yorks., spinster and Frances Edleston of Ilkley, Yorks., spinster (3) R.H. Edleston of Gainford, Esq. and S.A.C. Edleston of Gainford, spinster (4) R.H. Edleston of Gainford, Esq., and S.A.C. Edleston of Gainford, spinster Agreement whereby (1), (2) and (3) indemnify (4) if they agree to continue carrying on the woollen business of William Edleston. Recites previous deeds and wills, 21 April 1869 - 27 October 1906

Correspondence to R.H. Edleston at Gainford from Huntriss, Son and Green at Halifax, Yorks. concerning preparation of an indemnity re continuation of the business, 4 - 25 January 1908

Correspondence and other papers chiefly of the solicitors at Halifax, concerning the levels of Excess Profits Duty and Managers Commission and of W. Haigh at Sowerby Bridge, Yorks. to R.H. Edleston, 5 February 1910 - 28 October 1919

Correspondence and other papers chiefly of Edward Huntriss, solicitor at Halifax, Yorks. and C.K. Wickstead to R.H. and S.A.C. Edleston re the appointment of a new manager, 30 December 1913 - 7 April 1914

Rough calculations of the likely division of profits should William Edleston become a private limited company, n.d. [1919]

Criticisms of the drafts of various documents submitted with remarks by Messrs. Huntriss and Swinnerton, Miss Millson, and as to some of them by counsel, 1922

Criticisms of draft agreement for sale, draft assignment of Gates- head Mill premises and as to the memorandum and articles of association by Huntriss and Swinnerton, and of counsel to some of them and of Miss Millson's remarks, 1922

1922 (1) William Edleston, Limited, Asquith Bottom, Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire (2) Willie Haigh of Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, Woollen Manufacturer Draft of articles of agreement between (1) and (2) for service of (2) as manager of (1)

1922 (1) Robert Holmes Edleston of Gainford, Esq. (2) Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston of Gainford, spinster (3) Marian Spooner of Ilkley, Yorkshire (4) Frances Edleston of Ilkley, Yorkshire, spinster (5) William Edleston, Limited Draft agreement of sale from (1), (2), (3) and (4) to (5) of mill known as Gateshead Mill at Stainland and mill at Asquith Bottom, Sowerby Bridge and of Room No.1 of No. 72 Watling Street, London held under tenancy agreement. Recites previous deeds, will of William Edleston 21 April 1869, grant of administration 8 January 1906, acquisition with option to purchase by (1) and (2) with consent of (3) and (4) of Robinson Whitley and Company of Gateshead Mill, Stainland and the formation of a company, William Edleston, Limited, of the business at Asquith Bottom and Gateshead Mill Attached: detailed schedule of property

1922 (1) George Riley of Illingworth, Yorks., Woollen Manufacturer; Frank Robinson of Elland, Yorks., Woollen Manufacturer; James Whiteley of Greatland, Yorks., Woollen Manufacturer (partners in Robinson Whitley and Company) (2) Frank Robinson, James Whitley (3) Willie Haigh of Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, Woollen Manufacturer (4) William Edleston, Limited, Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire Draft assignment of lease by (1) at request and direction of (2) and (3) to (4) of Gateshead Mill at Stainland, Halifax, Yorkshire, also engine house offices, boiler house with drying stove above and long chimney, together with two-flued Lancashire steam boiler, horizontal high pressure condensing engine and the shafting and gearing steam water and gas pipes, also two reservoirs called "upper dam" and "lower dam" adjoining or near the mill with strips of ground surrounding and water rights attached Covenants: (2) covenant with (4) to discharge all liabilities connected with the business prior to 1 May 1920 and to indemnify (4) therefrom and each of (2) covenant with (4) that he will not during five years from 1 May 1920 carry on or be concerned or interested in a similar business to that hereby assigned within a radius of 7 miles of Gateshead Mill Recites previous deeds, lease of 28 June 1918, retirement of G.R. from the partnership and agreement to sell from (2) to (3) Consideration: £1000 from (4) to (2)

Copy of Opinion of F.J. Kerr (Clerk to Counsel) at Manchester concerning shares in William Edleston, Limited, with regard to Mr. Haigh (dated 29 December 1922), 1920s

Memorandum and Articles of Association of William Edleston, Limited, incorporated on 5 September 1923, n.d.

Section 28 from the Articles of Association of William Edleston, Limited, n.d. [1924]

Extract from one of the Companies Acts, n.d. [1924]

Copy of a report on the likely future profitability of Gateshead Mill and an outline of the four possible courses which could be taken, 2 May 1928

Copy of the working accounts of Gateshead Mill for the years ended (31 December 1922 and 31 December 1927), 2 May 1928 Enclosure in D/Ed 9/3/576(I)

Of. W. Haigh and of William Edleston, Sowerby Bridge, Yorks., 19 November 1919 - 9 May 1924

Letter of Armitage and Norton, chartered accountants at Halifax, Yorks. to trustees of William Edleston, 19 May 1920

Of Huntriss and Swinnerton at Halifax, Yorkshire, 22 August 1922 - 9 January 1923

Correspondence and other papers re British Cotton and Wool Dyers Association v Edleston and others, chiefly of Marshall, Huntriss and Company solicitors at Halifax, Yorks. to Mira Millson at Ilkley, Yorks. and to S.A.C. Edleston, 28 November 1927 - 24 January 1929

Correspondence chiefly of R. Greenhalgh, J. Kaye and Marshall, Huntriss and Company to R.H. Edleston concerning the death of Mr. W. Haigh, and its effect upon William Edleston, Limited, 6 June - 6 July 1948

Proposed extension to 2nd floor of mill for Messrs. Wm. Edleston, Limited, Asquith Bottom Mill, Sowerby Bridge, Yorks., including 1st and 2nd floor plans, cross section and elevation, April 1949 Scale: 1inch : 8 ft. Block plan scale: 1:2500

Proposed re-roofing and other alterations to premises at Asquith Bottom Mills, Sowerby Bridge, Yorks., including a cross section of the ground floor plan, May 1949 Scale: 1inch : 8 ft. Block plan scale: 1:2500

Of J. Kaye at Sowerby Bridge, Yorks., 23 May 1949

Of Marshall, Huntriss and Company at Halifax, Yorks., 23 May 1949

Correspondence chiefly to J., R.H. and S.A.C. Edleston of their Halifax solicitors and the managers of the woollen business about the everyday running of the business including repairs and alterations, finance (particularly the overdraft), new machinery, leases, tenants, staffing problems, marketing and social events and outings, 6 August 1884 - 11 February 1955

Copy of the Statement of Claim of the plaintiff, dated 9 January 1885, in the case of rederick Albert Barraclough, plaintiff v William Edleston and Company, defendants, n.d. [1885]

Notice from Sowerby Bridge Urban District Council to William Edleston Limited to cut down branches overhanging West Street, 25 November 1897

Authority as to banking account at Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company Limited at Sowerby Bridge of Albert Smith, manager of the woollen business, 1898

Yorkshire Daily Observer Woollen Tables, (1904 and 1906), 29 December 1904 and 31 December 1906

File of three contracts to undertake painting of a woollen mill at Sowerby Bridge, 5 - 12 August 1915

Particulars of patterns of materials sent, 15 January 1916

File of papers about the national scheme for the employment, on a percentages basis, of disabled ex-servicemen, 15 September 1919

Certificate of Income Tax Deduction, 1947

Copy of the programme of the William Edleston, Limited centenary celebrations trip to Blackpool, n.d. [June 1948]

Booklet advertising Condor Fabrics, 1948

Draft service contract of John Kaye, 1948

Copy of an Opinion re William Edleston, Limited, after the death of M. Spooner, 15 March 1949

Copy of Smatterbook No.29, 100 facts on Wool, n.d [1950]

Receipts and invoices, March 1856 - 4 October 1935

Photographs of the woollen mill including presentations and group photographs of the factory outing, 1930's - 1940's

A social gathering at Sowerby Bridge, details about a celebration at the Mill on the birth of an heir, Robert Edleston, Jnr., 1880

Newspaper cuttings, n.d. [20th Century]

Annual and Half-Yearly statements of account of the Halifax solicitors with the trustees, July 1901 - July 1918

Monthly statement of the trustees account with solicitors, July 1934 - June 1948

Summary Cash accounts of the trustees for half-years and year ends, April 1929 - November 1950

Bills of costs of the Halifax solicitors to the trustees, December 1893 - September 1941

Correspondence and other papers including copy opinion and grant chiefly of Ingram and Huntriss to Rev. J. Edleston re Siddall v Trustees, concerning a case of trespass and dispute over water rights of the River Ryburn, Sowerby Bridge, Yorks., 9 November 1890 - 27 January 1893

Correspondence of the Halifax solicitors to R.H. Edleston, 20 January 1896 - 26 February 1902

Copy of the questions put to Counsel and Counsel's opinion on the matter of Robert Edleston's Trustees and the Sowerby Bridge Urban District Council, over the latter's proposed sewage scheme, 1901

Correspondence and other papers concerning the building of a filtration plant to prevent pollution of the River Ryburn from the dyeworks and woollen mill, chiefly of the Halifax solicitors and of J.A. Swanwick to .R.H. Edleston, 25 November 1898 - 3 October 1906

Correspondence chiefly of Edward Huntriss at Halifax, Yorks. to R.H. Edleston concerning Siddall and Hilton v Trustees re a dispute over their tenancy at the dyeworks due to a fire, 20 April 1903 - 12 July 1905

Correspondence of Edward Huntriss at Halifax, Yorks. to R.H. Edleston and of R.W. Evans of Sowerby Bridge Urban District Council to G. Frankland and S.A.C. Edleston concerning order prohibiting nos.2, 4 and 6 Stirk Bridge Cottages, Sowerby Bridge, Yorks. being unfit for human habitation, 2 June - 15 October 1905

Of Edgar Booth of Sowerby Urban District Council enclosing notice to the executors of Robert Edleston of the intention of the Council to enter part of the River Ryburn bed and the weir to contruct a sewer with plan attached showing easement required for sewerage works, showing River Ryburn and adjacent property and roads, 17 February 1906 Scale: 1 inch : 50 ft. Plan of manhole in conjunction with sewage scheme Scale: 1 inch : 20 ft.

Of Huntriss, Son and Green at Halifax, Yorkshire, enclosing plan of proposed sewer, 6 March - 7 December 1907

Correspondence of Marshall, Huntriss and Company at Halifax, Yorkshire and of the Town Clerk of Halifax Borough Council to R.H. Edleston, and other papers including copy of clearance order, notice and schedule of property and plan of proposed reconditioning of houses relating to Halifax (Barley Corn Square) Clearance Order made in respect of property belonging to the Exors of R. Edleston, 22 December 1931 - 1937

Correspondence chiefly of the solicitors at Halifax, Yorks. to Rev. J. and R.H. Edleston re Asquith Bottom Dyeworks concerning the leasing and tenancies, repairs and insurance of the property, 31 July 1866 - 21 November 1951

Correspondence chiefly of the Halifax solicitors to Rev. J. and R.H. and S.A.C. Edleston re general administration of the trust and of matters concerning the trust's property at Sowerby Bridge and Halifax, Yorks., 27 January 1875 - 27 November 1942

Plan of Asquith Bottom Dyeworks Sowerby Bridge, showing various uses of the buildings making up the works, River Ryburn and neighbouring roads, n.d. [late 19th - 20 Century] Scale: 1 inch : 60 ft.

Part of a plan showing the West (late Royd and Asquith Bottom Mills, in relation to various "lots", round about,in (Sowerby Bridge), Yorks., n.d. [late 19th Century] Scale: ¹/12 inch : 5 ft. [1:720]

Plan of the proposed improvement of Scarr Road, Sowerby Bridge, Yorks., August 1910 Scale: 41.66 ft. : 1 inch

Plan of the proposed improvement at Stirk Bridge, Sowerby Bridge, Yorks., n.d. [early 20th Century] Scale: 41.66 ft. : 1 inch

25 October 1834 (1) Robert Edleston of Halifax, Yorks., dyer (2) Samuel Wylde of Halifax, Yorks., malster Copy of agreement whereby (2) relinquishes his interest and rights to the old road from Rochdale and Halifax Turnpike Road to Watson Mill through a field, called Daisy Holme, the property of (1), and whereby (1) grants to (2) a right of way from the Rochdale and Halifax Turnpike Road through Daisy Holme to a bridge over Ripponden Brook to Watson Mill, at Norland, Halifax Plan attached showing both old and new roads through Daisy Holme from Rochdale and Halifax Turnpike road to Watson Mill, and bridge over Ripponden Brook No scale Consideration: £60 from (2) to (1)

Envelope addressed to W. Edleston at Sowerby Bridge, covered with notes by (W.E.) relating to (the dyeworks?), January 1846

Account to R. Edleston's exors for various work done to the trust properties, 1869 - 1899

The London Gazette, 8 December 1874, including notice of the dissolution of George Briggs' part in the partnership of Dickinson, Joseph and Robert Edleston as dyers, stovers and finishers at Asquith Bottom, Sowerby Bridge, Yorks., 28 November 1874

Bank books of the Trustees of Robert Edleston with the Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company Limited: 31 March 1874 - 31 December 1905, 16 August 1895 - 31 December 1904, 31 December 1904 - 9 April 1906; and Lloyds Bank Limited: 31 December 1899 - 30 June 1908, 1 July 1908 - 31 December 1916, 1 January 1917 - 4 May 1928

Acknowledgement to the Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company Limited of money due from the Company to Mr. R. Edleston's Exors, 12 January 1881

Sale particulars of a freehold public house, dwelling houses, foundry and building land in Sowerby Street and West End, Sowerby, and in Scar Road, Norland, n.d. [1881]

Cheque book stubs, of Rev. J. Edleston re Exors of R. Edleston, 20 March 1886 - 1891

Copy valuation of Asquith Bottom Dyeworks, West Royd House and other property situated in Sowerby Bridge, Halifax and Warley in the Parish of Halifax, Yorkshire and belonging to the late Robert Edleston from Ingram and Huntriss, Halifax, Yorks., (dated 31 May 1882), 1880's

Copy analysis of valuations 1868 and 1882 showing increased values, of estate of late Robert Edleston, Esq., 1880's

Contract of E. Hopkinson at Halifax to carry out repairs to the Chimney at Asquith Bottom Dyeworks, Sowerby Bridge, Yorks., endorsed with receipt, 21 August 1895

Catalogue of plan and machinery for sale at Asquith Bottom Dyeworks, 1898

Notes made by Alice Edleston on the dispute between the Trustees (of Robert Edleston?) and Mr. Jowett over liability for repairs to a retaining wall on property rented by him, 4 April 1902

Tender from James Stafford, plumber at Sowerby Bridge, Yorks. for sanitary arrangements at Asquith Bottom Mill, 9 October 1902

Statement of arrears of rent of London Midland and Scottish Railway Company re easements at Asquith Bottom, (1900 - 1928), n.d. 1928

Accounts of Whitham and Turney accountants at Halifax, Yorks., 23 May 1927 and 4 January 1930

Statement of the apportionment of the cost of repairs to the main road and yard (at the dyehouse, Halifax) amongst the various firms which use it, September 1929

Copy of a tender, dated 17 April 1934, from G. Hopkinson and Sons for repairs at Blackburn Brothers Limited, Asquith Bottom, n.d. [1934]

Copy of a compulsory purchase order of fields numbered 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3011 and Mistal, and 1781, from the County Borough of Halifax to the trustees of Robert Edleston, 9 October 1936

Receipt from exors of R. Edleston for income tax paid, 15 January 1937

27 January 1945 (1) Frances Edleston of Hollybrook, Ilkley, Yorks., spinster (2) William Wycliffe Spooner of Ashbrook, Ilkley, Yorks. (3) Robert Holmes Edleston and Miss S.A.C. Edleston Notification by (1) to (2) that (1) has assigned to (2) a moiety of the estate of Robert Edleston of Cliff Hill, Warley, deceased

Note that Park Lodge belongs to Robert Edleston, Jnr., n.d. [20th Century]

Letters of Ingram and Huntriss at Halifax, Yorks. to Rev. J. and R.H. Edleston concerning Dickinson Edleston's estate enclosing copy of his will, and copy cases and opinions of counsel, 11 October 1884 - 17 October 1898

Copy of a declaration by Robert Edleston of Sowerby, Halifax, Yorks., Esq. of the value of the real and personal estate devised and bequeathed by the will of Dickinson Edleston, deceased (dated 1876), n.d. [c.1898]

Copy of a statement of cash received from Robert Edleston Senior's estate and William Edleston's estate and the manner in which it was dealt, December 1884, n.d. [1898]

Copy of notes as to bank shares (dated 1894), n.d. [1898]

Correspondence concerning the administration of Joseph Edleston's estate chiefly of the Halifax solicitors and of Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company Limited to R.H. Edleston, 29 August 1896 - 8 October 1909

Letter and statement of account of E.R. Hanby Holmes at Barnard Castle to R.H. Edleston including schedule of deeds re purchase of 2 cottages and a garth in Gainford by the administrators of J. Edleston, from Lord Barnard, 5 August 1938

Bills of costs of the solicitors at Halifax, Yorks., 1902 - 1941

Inventory and valuation of household furniture, china, glass, linen, plate, books, wine, wearing apparel, academical dress, jewellery etc. of the Rev. Dr. Joseph Edleston, deceased at 57 Rhadegund Buildings, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, 26 March 1896

Estimate of the rent charge account of Rev. J. Edleston, deceased, for 1895, n.d. [1896]

Valuation of the real property owned by Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford, North Runcton, Norfolk and Norland and Sowerby Bridge, Yorks., n.d. [late 1890's]

Copy of schedule of Dr. Edleston's share in William Edleston's estate on 23 November 1895, n.d. [1890's - 1900's]

Copy of some observations of Estate Duty Office, London, dated 15 June 1901

Letter of Edward Milligen Beloe at Kings Lynn, Norfolk to Helen M. Cumming at (North Runcton?) outlining the position with regard to the bequests contained in the will of Mrs. William Burkitt, as it affects her, 9 August 1906

Letter of Helen N. Cumming at Cambridge, to R.H. Edleston asking questions about her sister's will and the solicitor's charges, 30 December n.d. [1906]

Copy of a letter dated 30 January 1907 of Broomhead, Wightman and Moore at Sheffield, to Partridge and Company at Kings Lynn, Norfolk, reporting their progress with the registration of the probate of the will of Mr. William Burkitt, n.d. [1907]

Note of A[lice] E[dleston] sent with a bundle of correspondence from Partridge and Company (from January 1908), 6 June 1908

Correspondence chiefly of Partridge and Company at Kings Lynn, Norfolk to R.H. Edleston about the trust accounts, new trustees, and the division of Mrs. Robinson's share of the trust fund amongst her children, 4 January 1907 - 12 August 1908

Notices from the Bank of England and the London and Westminster Bank Limited at London about an application for powers of attorney for the transfer of shares in the name of E.E. Durrant's Trustees, 18 and 28 January 1908

Cheque from R.H. Edleston to Partridge and Company, 17 March 1908

Lists of dividends of the trust for the half-years ended 31 January 1908 and 20 January 1909

Notice from the solicitors to the Equity and Law Life Assurance Society at London, to R.H. Edleston at Gainford of an assignment to them of the reversionary interest of E.A. Cumming under the will of E.E. Durant, 12 April 1910

About Mr. Casor, 22 March 1864

About Speen Vicarage, Newbury where he is helping the vicar at his Easter services, n.d. [late 19th Century]

Thanking her for Christmas greetings, 26 December 1906

File containing a copy of the will of Emma Simpson dated 3 April 1906, certificates schedules and correspondence, from 7 October 1929 to 19 February 1930

Letters of R. Connell and of A. Robinson at Danby Wiske, Yorks., of E.R. Hanby Holmes at Barnard Castle and of Rev. H.C. Watson at Gainford to R.H. and Alice Edleston, 8 October 1929 - 14 October 1930

Draft letter of R.H. Edleston to Mr. J. (Corps) enclosing a cheque in settlement of a bill owed by Miss Simpson, 29 March 1930

Receipted invoice from Hutchinson and Bougent at Northallerton, Yorks. to the executors of the late Miss Simpson, January 1930

Correspondence of Marshall, Huntriss and Company at Halifax, Yorks., Hawes and Udall at London, E.R. Hanby Holmes at Barnard Castle, Lloyds Bank at Leamlngton Spa, Warwicks to R.H. and Alice Edleston, 13 May 1929 - 17 December 1946

Copy of a letter dated 25 July 1941 from K.0. Peppiatt of the Bank of England Securities Registration Office at London, to R.H. Edleston at Gainford

Bank statement of R.H. and Alice Edleston's Parcevaux account at Lloyds Bank, Leamington Spa, Warwicks, for 14 March to 14 August 1939

Copy of an application by the Trustees to the [Bank of England?] for permission to transfer the share of the capital due to each beneficiary to his/her account; the application recites the history of the trust from 1860 to 1948

Letters between Hawes and Udall at London, R.H. Edleston and E.R. Hanby Holmes at Barnard Castle, 30 December 1946 - 2 December 1948

Summary of a statement sworn before E.R. Hanby Holmes dated 8 November 1946, prior to the division of the trust funds

Rough statement of the amounts to be paid to each of Mme. de Percevaux's children, 1 November 1948

Correspondence chiefly of Miss M.S. Robinson at Cambridge, of F.T. Wheler insurance broker at London of Marshall Huntriss and Company at Halifax, Yorks. to R.H. Edleston, and other papers re the death of the filly "Musketmal" the subsequent insurance claim and the placing of Miss Robinson's estate in the hands of the Official Solicitor, 3 October 1941 - 11 May 1947

Estate account (from 4 January 1907 to 30 September 1907), March 1908

'Balance Sheet' of Thomas Clayhills with the executors of the late W.H.G. Stephens, deceased, (from 4 January to 30 September 1907), March 1908

Statement of account of T. Clayhills to the executors of the will of Rev. W.H.G. Stephens, for professional services from 7 January 1907 to March 1908

On behalf of the executors of William Edleston, with settled bills, May 1896 - May 1911

On behalf of the executors of Robert Edleston with settled bills, June 1899 - January 1934

Of W. Edleston's exors., December 1901 - April 1902

Of the exors of R. Edleston, 30 December 1893 - April 1934

Correspondence of George and A.A. Frankland to Rev. J., R.H. and S.A.C. Edleston, 5 November 1885 - 27 November 1933

Copy Report of Mr. G. Frankland to Ingram and Huntriss re repairs at Asquith Bottom Dyeworks, 10 May 1897

Rent accounts and settled bills, 1900 - 1929

Letters of R. Watson at Halifax, Yorks., to R.H. Edleston, 30 December 1898 - 5 January 1917

Letters of Mira Millson at Ilkley, Yorks., to J., R.H. and S.A.C. Edleston concerning the administration of the various trusts, 23 November 1889 - 29 November 1935

Letters of the Halifax solicitors and of C.H. Hebblethwaite at Halifax, Yorks. to Mira Millson at Ilkley, Yorks. about various trust matters, 16 January 1905 - 1 December 1930

Receipt of Mira Millson from the administrators of W. Edleston and exors. of Robert Edleston, 11 February 1929

Letters between Ingram and Huntriss at Halifax, Yorks. and J. and R.H. Edleston, Gainford and Cambridge, 8 February 1890 - 16 January 1905

1898 (1) Robert Holmes Edleston and Sarah Alice Cumming Edleston of Gainford (2) Mira Millson of Paighton, Devon Counterpart of agreement between (1) and (2) of the property belonging to the estates of Robert Edleston (senior) and of William Edleston The property belonging to estate of Robert Edleston in the townships of Sowerby Bridge, Norland, Ovenden, Warley in the parish of Halifax and in Halifax town and of stocks shares and ready cash; the property belonging to estate of William Edleston being William Edleston woollen business and of stocks shares and ready cash; details of property in schedule attached Recites wills and deeds from 18 June 1857 to 6 January 1897, plan attached of property in Sowerby Bridge and Norland townships, showing roads, railway, waterways and buildings Scale: 1/2 inch: 100 ft.

Note of sums advanced to R.E.'s exors and W.E. accounts for M.S. and L.R. Stock, 22 February 1896 - 15 March 1899 and for exors. of R. Edleston for Dyeworks, 26 May 1900

Correspondence in year bundles chiefly of the Halifax solicitors, of G. and A.A. Frankland and of W. Haigh at Sowerby Bridge, Yorks. to R.H. Edleston and other papers relating to W. and R. Edleston trusts including W. Edleston Limited and also of R.H. Edleston tax affairs and other family matters, January 1899 - January 1948

Correspondence to R.H. Edleston of Edward Huntriss, R. Watson and G. Frank land re Land Valuation Returns for the various trust properties, 3 September - 28 October 1910

Letters of Samuel F. Laycock, of Arthur Bentley both at Sowerby Bridge and of Ingram and Huntriss at Halifax, Yorks. to Rev. J. Edleston at Cambridge concerning the sale of some land to St. George's school, Sowerby Bridge, 29 March - 24 July 1894

Papers re R.H. and S.A.C. Edleston's income tax, and tax payments re the estates of Robert, William and Joseph Edleston including correspondence of the Halifax solicitors with R.H.E. and Income Tax demands and notices, 1914 - 18 April 1955

Correspondence and other papers including bank statements of Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company Limited, and Lloyds bank at Halifax, Yorks. to J., R.H. and S.A.C. Edleston, 4 February 1873 - 5 October 1951

Post Office savings books of J., R.H. and Alice Edleston, 1876 - 1914

Numbers not used

Papers relating to United Railways of the Havana and Regla Warehouses Limited including Scheme of arrangement, directors report and accounts, notices of meetings and forms of proxy, September 1945 - October 1952

Letters and receipts of Harding Whinney, Gibbons and Company at London to Rev. J. Edleston re China Steam Ship Company and Labuan Coal Company, May 1865 - May 1871

Bank account book of Rev. James Cumming and Sarah Cumming with Gurney and Company, November 1859 -October 1873

Correspondence of Sarah Cumming and of Gurney, Birkbeck and Company at Kings Lynn to Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford, 1860's - 1870

Correspondence concerning stocks and shares chiefly from the solicitors at Halifax, Yorks., of C. and J.M. Macrae; of J.S. Morgan and Company; and of Tatham Robinson and Henry all at London and of Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Company Limited and the Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company Limited, to Robert, Joseph and R.H. Edleston, 2 October 1871 - 1 March 1951

Call for the payment of the deposit on 20 shares in the Wilts., Somerset and Southampton Junction Railway, which were bought by William Edleston, 27 October 1845

Copy of the London Daily Railway Share List, for 29 August 1846

Receipts for shares of Rev. J. Edleston, 1861 - 1879

List of stock and shares and other property held by Robert Edleston deceased, written by Joseph Edleston from a copy draft of a memorial, dated October 1887, and enclosed with calculations, n.d. [1880's]

To R.M. Edleston Receipt of H.E. Tatham and Company, London for £1000 Uruguay Stock bought for Rev. J. Edleston, 6 February 1891

List of Egyptian and Uruguay Bonds, 22 April 1893 - 19 October 1894

To R.H. Edleston of his solicitors Schedule of Bonds received from R.H. Edleston for deposit at Lloyds Bank Limited, Halifax, A/c Dr. Joseph Edleston deceased, 10 May 1940

Reports and applications for shares in various companies, 1872 - 1891

Dividend Warrants and Statements on stocks and shares chiefly of Railway Companies, 10 September 1864 - 1 July 1929

About the Edleston family Vault at Sowerby Bridge, Yorks., 16 May 1919 - 14 January 1924

About lots at the Farnborough Hill Sale, 13 August - 10 September 1927

As agents for the Edlestons fire insurance, September 1928 - October 1935

Letters to J., RH., and Alice Edleston, from their solicitors at Halifax and draft replies concerning miscellaneous business matters chiefly re unspecified trust properties, 25 August 1870 - 21 December 1950

Letter from Hutchinson-Low and Ramsden at Halifax, to Edward Huntriss also at Halifax, requesting payment for advertisements, enclosing receipted account, 14 January 1901

Copy of a letter from the Faculty Office to Ingram and Huntriss, Solicitors, Halifax, describing the procedure for obtaining a Special Marriage Licence, n.d. [c.20th Century]

To R.H. Edleston for personal matters, 1898 - 1928

To Maud Edleston re her will, [September] 1915

To Admins. of Dr. J. Edleston to S.A.C. Edleston and to Administratrix of R.H. and S.A.C.E., 1952

Receipts of Marshall, Huntriss and Company to R.H. Edleston on account of costs, 28 November 1928 and 3 September 1931

Letters and invoices of R.T. Hett, solicitor at Darlington to R.H. Edleston concerning various tenancy agreements and conveyances, 1910 - 1921

Notebook containing miscellaneous income and expenditures relating to the Edleston Trusts, 1872 - 1873

Rough sketch map showing the road to Bradford, Utley Street, Fare Street and Bries Street (Sowerby Bridge?), n.d. [1920's] No scale

Notice to Alice at Gainford from the Clerk to Morley Corporation, of the Corporation's intention to carry out improvements to waterways in the Urban District of Soyland, Yorks., 12 December 1922

Schedules of property and investments held by Robert Holmes Edleston and Miss S.A.C. Edleston, including stocks and shares, quit rents from various manors and Gainford estate, 1931 - 1932