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Strathmore Estate

Reference: D/St/E 11 Catalogue Title: Strathmore Estate Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Estate Administration: Ledstone (Yorkshire, West Riding)

Covering Dates: c.1740-1759

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  • Strathmore Estate
    • Strathmore Estate (Ref: D/St)
    • Estate Administration (Ref: D/St/E)
    • Ledstone (Yorkshire, West Riding) (Ref: D/St/E11)
    • Household Accounts, 1744-1755 (Ref: D/St/E11/1/1-2)
    • Ledstone Hall and Outbuildings (Ref: D/St/E11/2)
    • Ledstone Hall, c.1740-1758 (Ref: D/St/E11/2/1-6)
    • Granary and Stables (Ref: D/St/E11/2/7-9)
    • Estate Accounts: John Austin's Accounts, 1741-1757 (Ref: D/St/E11/3/1-8)
    • Estate Accounts: Bills and Receipts, 1748-1758 (Ref: D/St/E11/4/1-6)
    • Pasturage, 1745-1758 (Ref: D/St/E11/5/1-2)
    • Labourers, 1749-1759 (Ref: D/St/E11/6/1-2)

Catalogue Contents

Strathmore Estate (Ref: D/St)Estate Administration (Ref: D/St/E)Ledstone (Yorkshire, West Riding) (Ref: D/St/E11)Household Accounts, 1744-1755 (Ref: D/St/E11/1/1-2)Ref: D/St/E11/1/1

Edward Revill's weekly account of household expenditure at Ledstone, 15 October 1744 - 6 January 1744/45
(1 file)

Ref: D/St/E11/1/2

Edward Revill's weekly account of household expenditure at Lestone, 14 June 1753 - 15 January 1755
(1 file)

Ledstone Hall and Outbuildings (Ref: D/St/E11/2)Ledstone Hall, c.1740-1758 (Ref: D/St/E11/2/1-6)Ref: D/St/E11/2/1

Memorandum of George Bowes' instructions to Thomas Colpitts I concerning the taking of Lestone Hall, n.d. [c.1740]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E11/2/2

Lists of goods sent to Ledstone from Gibside, and account of plate left at Ledstone, 3 November 1742, 5 January 1743/44 and November 1747
(3 papers)

Ref: D/St/E11/2/3

A list of goods going from Ledstone Hall to Pauls Walding Bury by Matthew Lee's wagon of Fairburn, near Ferrybridge, 25 November 1745
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E11/2/4

Account of wine, etc., in the cellars at Ledstone, 1747 - 1748
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E11/2/5

Account of wines etc., in Ledstone cellars, 7 June 1758
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E11/2/6

Schedule of copper, china, plate, etc., at Ledstone Hall, 26 August 1758
(1 paper)

Granary and Stables (Ref: D/St/E11/2/7-9)Ref: D/St/E11/2/7

'Account of Ledstone granary' giving quantities, etc., 18 March 1747/48
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E11/2/8

Account of corn used in Ledstone stables, 25 July 1756 - 16 January 1757
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E11/2/9

List of horses and hounds at Ledstone, 1758
(1 paper)

Estate Accounts: John Austin's Accounts, 1741-1757 (Ref: D/St/E11/3/1-8)Ref: D/St/E11/3/1

Accounts of John Austin's receipts and expenditure for Ledstone estate, 17 October 1741 - 18 May 1744
(4 files and 1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E11/3/2

Accounts of John Austin's receipts and expenditure for Ledstone estate, 18 May 1744 - 11 April 1746
(5 files and 3 papers)

Ref: D/St/E11/3/3

Accounts of John Austin's receipts and expenditure for Ledstone estate, 11 April 1746 - 15 January 1755
(5 files)

Ref: D/St/E11/3/4

Accounts of John Austin's receipts and expenditure for Ledstone estate, 16 January 1755 - 11 November 1756
(6 files and 4 papers)

Ref: D/St/E11/3/5

Accounts of John Austin's receipts and expenditure for Ledstone estate, 12 November 1756 - 9 February 1759
(5 files and 3 papers)

Ref: D/St/E11/3/6

Accounts of John Austin's receipts and expenditure for Ledstone estate, with ledger details in Richard Stephenson's hand, 3 January 1745/46 - 6 June 1761
(4 files)

Ref: D/St/E11/3/7

Accounts of debts at Ledstone, drawn up by John Austin, 1750 - 1756
(3 papers)

Ref: D/St/E11/3/8

Account of receipts of John Austin, 16 February 1754 - 25 March 1757
(1 paper)

Estate Accounts: Bills and Receipts, 1748-1758 (Ref: D/St/E11/4/1-6)Ref: D/St/E11/4/1

Miscellaneous household and estate bills and receipts for Ledstone, mostly settled by John Austin, 1748 - 1751
(70 papers)

Ref: D/St/E11/4/2

Miscellaneous household and estate bills and receipts for Ledstone, mostly settled by John Austin, 1752
(41 papers)

Ref: D/St/E11/4/3

Miscellaneous household and estate bills and receipts for Ledstone, mostly settled by John Austin, 1753
(55 papers)

Ref: D/St/E11/4/4

Miscellaneous household and estate bills and receipts for Ledstone, mostly settled by John Austin, 1754
(56 papers)

Ref: D/St/E11/4/5

Miscellaneous household and estate bills and receipts for Ledstone, mostly settled by John Austin, 1755
(90 papers)

Ref: D/St/E11/4/6

Miscellaneous household and estate bills and receipts for Ledstone, mostly settled by John Austin, 1756 - 1758
(50 papers)

Pasturage, 1745-1758 (Ref: D/St/E11/5/1-2)Ref: D/St/E11/5/1

Accounts of cattle and horses pastured or joysted on Ledstone pasture, 1745 - 1748
(7 papers)

Ref: D/St/E11/5/2

Accounts of animals joysted at Ledstone, 1753 - 1758
(11 papers)

Labourers, 1749-1759 (Ref: D/St/E11/6/1-2)Ref: D/St/E11/6/1

Accounts of payments to labourers in the garden [at Ledstone], June 1749 - September 1758
(3 files)

Ref: D/St/E11/6/2

Weekly accounts of payments to husbandry workers at Ledstone, 22 June 1749 - 26 January 1759
(1 file)



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