| Description | Includes:
A E Adams, Borough Surveyor's office: expenses at the Pageant
C G Adams: erection of a house; building plot in Corsham Road
Mrs Allhusen: to allow Miss talbot to donate takings from her exhibition of photographs to the Wilts League of Personal Service
Frank Annett: land for sale in Corsham Road
W A Annett: land for sale in Corsham Road
Miss Aspinall: rent a cottage at Inwood; E Reeves to take over tenancy
ATCO Service Depot: repair of mower
Mrs Attwood: water closet
Automobile Association: costs at the Pageant
H J Baines: water closets at George Inn and Red Lion
Walter Banks: payment for work on Pageant, excavations and conversion of closets
Bath Gas Co: Miss Talbot unwilling to sanction installation of gas
Miss C M Baxter: seeking a house to rent
Blackford & Son: clearance of material to get village rerady for Pageant; removal of broken glass by Mr Newman's farm gates
William Bodman: payment of rent and tithe; water supply to fields
Sir Harold Brakspear: cloister roof; plans for Miss Morgan's house
Rev Walter Breffit: donation from Pageant for drainage at Lacock schools; vent pipe to be placed against the school wall
E Brinkworth: landlord's liability for income tax
Rev A B Browne: asking for reference for F H Grainger of Quemerford
Bulson Bros:
S Caldwell: forwarding fragments of stained glass found during excavations of the site of the Abbey Infirmary, demolished in 16th century
Canterbury Cathedral: advice on stained glass found during excavations of the site of the Abbey Infirmary, demolished in 16th century
Capt V A Cazalet MP: road sign
Central Electricity Board: felled trees at Wick Farm; wayleave payments
A Chamberlain: land for building; cost of alterations
Mrs Chamberlain: alterations to house
G and G M Champion: payment of rent and tithe; Mill Farm
Rev. J H A Charles: expenses at the Pageant; missing cassock
Alfred Chivers: alterations to the bar in the George
F Chivers: sale of land in Wick Lane
P & L Chivers: seeding 14 acres of land to pasture; stone to bank up gutters, moles, brambles
H V Christopher: option on grandstands
Prebendary Clark-Maxwell: repayment of loan; labour rates of workmen; 1714 map; workmen discovered fresh foundations - Sir Harold Brakspear overseeing
Sydney Clover: seeking trade
C E Cole:
W E Cole: seeking house/land
Mrs Collyer-Bristow: seeking stone
Commercial Union Assurance Co: advising of thatched structures to be erected against the Abbey walls for the Pageant and the grandstands; policies on 19 and 20 High Street, Mark Austin, Mrs Peake and Mr Potter; details of the domestic servants; small fire at George Inn; details of 18 & 19 Church Street; Mrs Coleman's accident; questioning increase in rates
The Commons & Footpaths Preservation Society: Law of Property Act 1925
H O Cook: land for building
A E Cooper: opening hours of the Abbey
Corsham Water Co: water closet at the George Inn; names and addresses of houses which had water closets installed; take water from the springs at Nethermore
C E Cottee: garden rent
Council for the Protection of Rural England: case against the Lacock Road sign, leading to a question in The House by Capt Cazalet MP
W F Courridge: Let/sell his house in West Street for the retired Dr Hamilton
W J S Cowper: house to rent
F Croker: his accounts
D Craik: drawings of Lacock Abbey
F Croker: spicks for thatching; typewriter needs repair; not to make any agreement with Mr Harding for sale of timber
Dallas Chambers: investigate garden refuse dumped in the brook
A C Dann & Son: William Bodman and payment of tithe; tithe for Arnold's Mill
C F W Dening: remain at the Abbey after closing hour
A W Doel: sale of 2 small pieces of land in Forest Lane; leazes on Bewley Common; gates on Bewley Common
H Drewett: timber
Mrs M Dummer: applying for Mr Wheeler's house
A T Edwards: tenancy agreement for 11 Church Street
Miss Estcourt: her help in defraying costs of Mr Jones helping at the church services
Ernest Evans: tenancy agreement for 6 Cantax Hill
A T Farthing: payment of rent and tithe; straying pigs
W H Fennell, clerk to Council: waste paper bins
Harry Ferris: underwood at Nethermore
Mrs E J Field: stone tiles being disposed of
H Flower: his move to Church Street
Mrs Flower: rent arrears
R W Fry: visit to the Abbey
W H Gallop: pay subscription
Miss Gaster: instructions for bell ringers for the Pageant
The Gazette: advert
Mrs Gerrish: when might she be returning to 14 Church Street?
Mrs Gimson: visit to the Abbey
Sir John Gladstone: house once occupied by Mrs Donner's chauffeur for sale; laying of underground electric cable across the Common to the Churchyard
E C Godden: garden in Wick Lane
J C Goodwin: thistles on Bowden Common
F Grainger: house to rent
G Griffin: house for rent
Mrs Gullis: stove
F Haines: tithe payment due
S W Haines: tithe and rent for Catridge Farm
E G Hale: agreement for land in Potterne, known as the Great Orchard and The Stog
George Halliday: rent
Dr Hamilton: his breakdown in health
T Hand & Son: account for Pageant
Miss Hanning: house to let
H J Harding: timber
H R Harmer Ltd: old stamps worth auctioning?
Mr Audrey L Harrison: gates across the road at Bewley Common
Mrs Hartley Hodder: visit to the Abbey
John Hatton: proposed affair at Lacock Abbey the following year
Robert Edward Hayward: building plot in Melksham Road
A Hicks: rent arrears
H Hill: sale of land at Corsham Road
Mr Hiscocks: payment for garden produce
Mr Hodgson: cash float for Pageant; donation to Lacock Free Will Offering Fund
J Horwood: increased rateable value of his house
Holland Hibbert: the Hunt
Capt H P Holt: housing for G Ball, engaged to be married
S E Holton: rating and valuation - names mentioned cyril Handkey, Raines, Mrs Gryllis Adams
Capt A E Hopkins: old postage stamps
Hopkins & Son: purchase of land
S W Howard: requesting payment of rent and tithe
H S Howard: rectorial tithe payment
Dr R N Hunter: tenancy agreement for Brdige Cottage; erection of shed
Bertram Hutchings: visit to the Abbey
Inspector of Taxes: gravel sales
P C King: Frederick Cole's eviction
T L Jackson: payment of rent and tithe
Rev Jeeves: quarterly allowance
Miss E W Jones: costs of the Morris dancers at the Pageant
F G King: manpower for excavation of drains; reduction in rent
Labour Exchange: Henry Flower;
G O Lace: monies from the Pageant
W Lambert: no house to let
S Lansdown & Son: advert
Sergt Major Larcombe: expenses for the Territorials at the Pageant
Mrs Latham: proposed plan for Gospel Hall
G H Laurence: donation to the providers of first-aid at the Pageant
E J Lee: donation to Melksham Cottage Hospital from the Pageant
Dorien Leigh Ltd: expenses from the Pageant
Mrs Sybil Cambell Lethbridge: tenancy of the Angel
Mr Lewington: leazes
Miss Lewis: visit to the Abbey
Mr Llewellyn: visit to the Abbey
Lloyds Bank: donation to Chippenham Hospital from the Pageant; asking for a reference for Edwin George Hale
A Lock: payment of rent and tithe
Lofts & Warner: seeking property to buy
W A Lovell: visit to the Abbey for the Bath & District Grocer's Association
The Lowden Syndicate: drain pipes
Major Lysley: water from the springs at Nethermore
T J Macauley: cutting of thistles
Mrs Maidment: agreement; rent
Miss Manning: house to rent
T Martin: tenancy
E H Mason: bookkeeping
H E Mercer: width of river reduced by silting and rushes
F W Merrett: bell ringing at the Pageant
H W Merrifield: return of grandstand
Capt The Hon Anthony Methuen: road sign
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries: gates to Bewley Common; severalty rights on Bewley Common
Ministry of Health Insurance: question of insurance for Mrs Fortune
Ministry of Transport: gates to Bewley Common
Miss M H Morgan: building plot in Corsham Road
Mrs Murray: offer of rental of 7 Church Street (Mr Attwood's house)
W S Murray: books on Lacock Abbey
National Bank of Scotland
National Federation of Property Owners & Ratepayers: subscription
A Newton: purchase of 2 grandstands for Street Football Club
North-West Wilts Liberal Association: subscription
C W Oatley & Co: building plo`ts in Corsham Road
O'Brian, Thomas & Co: drainage rods
The Official Receiver in Bankruptcy: George Mariner Champion, Mill Farm, Lacock
David J Palmer: leazes
Mrs Passmore: payment outstanding for raspberries
H T Pearce: keep watch on cattle on the leazes; his insurance card
Richard Pearce: his notice to quit land at Potterne
People's Refreshment House Association Ltd: smokey chimnies and complaint by a visitor; use part of the Red Lion field for the pageant; cost of water used in public lavatories in the Red Lion
Mrs Parker: house to rent
Parker Pearson & Ross Hooper: sewerage
Mrs Peake: advert in Pageant's programme; shop in High Street
A G Phipps: house to let
The Photographic Convention of the United Kingdom: visit to the Abbey
Mr Pocock: boundary of his cottage and garden land in Forest Lane; hunting accident, thatching needed
H E Pocock: fields in Wick Lane available to rent
Police Office: 6 constables needed at XIIIth century Village
Post Master: agrees to a letter box, but must be painted a stone colour
Post Office Telephones: line to connect Mrs Maurice Jackson of Axford's Patch; new poles near the river bridge
H J Potter: gates on Bewley Common; water supply to fields
Capt E O Pound: expenses in connection with the Pageant
C H Pugh Ltd: Atco lawn mower repair
Mrs Pullen: grate substituted for the range
James Pullen: arrears of rates
Puttick & Simpson: old stamps worth auctioning?
The Rating Office: treatment of assessments
W R Ray: need to keep bees from behind plaster in clock tower
E W Reeves: tenancy of cottage at Inwood
Mr Rickard: rent a house
Mrs Rooke: offer to pay Mrs Cole's rent
R G Room: house for rent
H Rose: thatching to a coattage at Bowden Hill occupied by Mrs Oram
Walter Rudman: Miss Talbot agrees with design of Mr Adams' house
Rev Canon Sangster: visit to Inwood
L G Semple: fixtures and wayleaves
Rose Shaw: missing cassock
R W Short: old lead sign attached to Cantax House
W H Slade: has permission to take wolf cubs to Inwood
W Small: cost of the grandstand lent by the Horticultural Society
Mr Smith: surplus anthracite stove
Mrs Stainer: view the Angel
E W Stevens: to advise Mr Hopkins on alterations to plans for house for his son
T Stevens: rent arrears
Miss E Stevenson: house to let
Mrs Stewart: Mr Pearce gave notice to quit land; charwoman insurable
J R Stewart & Son: income tax for Mrs C Stewart
A Sutton: seeking house/land
Matilda Talbot: relating the events leading to notice to quit served on Frederick Cole of Bowden Hill; possible outlet for surplus Pageant postcards and programmes; distribution of coal to tenants and George Baker; smallest oriel window in South Gallery leaking; school drainage, hatchments in Jones' yard; discussion of the Mr Mcaulay's carriageway across the Common; Miss Gertrude Binney undergone surgery; she has sprained her wrist; sale of land on Corsham Road, gates across the Common; change to the workshops (the Old Poor House) in Church Street to accommodate mr & Mrs Flower.
Arthur Taylor: goats on Bewley Common; providing a reference for Lloyd Jenkins, who hopes to join the poilce; Miss Aspinall requires a house as a week-end cottage; Bird will have been employed at the Abbey for 50 years; thought that the houses at Bewley Crescent suffered due to old material from the Brewery being used; exhibition of photographs; plan to provide housing for various people prompted by Leonard Chivers' need to marry Mrs Tanner's maid, mentioned are George Ball, E Taylor who needs a larger house for his family, C E Cole, Fortune, Percy Chivers, Fred Chivers, Mr Jackson; death of Harry Flower
Mrs E Taylor: 10 High Street 's new tenant to be R Fidler; Leonard Chivers renting a house from W Brinkworth, previously occupied by the late Mrs Collett, G Ball to take over Stanley Fortune's house; E Davis to take the house in the Yard (17 Church Street), Miss Talbot elected to Parochial Church Council; rent paid by Bird; Else Webb's mother taken ill, E Edwards had an appendectomy; preparations for the King's Jubilee; marble for the fireplace in the parlour; his wife's health; Miss Lethbridge to take on the Angel; tenants who could benefit from financial help following the flood
Frank Taylor: goat on Bewley Common
Thake & Taunton: seeking farm to let
Frank Thisleton: subscription to the Musician's Benevolent Fund
R W Thomas: view the Angel
Thompson & Noad: reference for Edith Scott
Thring, Sheldon & Ingram: Mrs Burt's proposal to buy the Red Lion field
Serg Major Tillet: expenses of the Yeomanry trooper and trumpeters at the Pageant
J A Treglown: [personal letter] asking for particulars of properties for sale in Cornwall
T A Trotman: timber
W Truscott: portion of wall near crossroads Corsham/Melksham/Chippenham/Lacock
W H Vaughan: expenses at the Pageant
George Walker: invited to act as a Juryman in the Court-leet in the Pageant
Mrs Watson: only essential repairs being carried out; is she a registered cow-keeper?
Mrs Watts: she may like to apply for W Steven's house at Notton
Mrs Webb, Bowden Hill Post Office
West Wilts Electric Light Co: supply to West Street; line to Bowden Hill must be laid underground and subject to a wayleave agreement
F Wheeler: excavation in garden nedeed for installation of water closets
J A Wheeler: house to rent
William Wheeler: arrears of rent; notice to quit
F Wicks: Mr Pullen can sub-let land to him for growing fruit and keeping fowls
Sir Ernest S Wills: donation to King George's Jubilee Trust
S A Wilkins: house to rent
Wilts County Council: portion of wall near crossroads Corsham/Melksham/Chippenham/Lacock; abolition of gates which enclose Bewley Common; large road sign in High Street; proposed road widening on Chippenham-Melksham road; improvements at L acock Bridge
Wilts County Library HQ: use of a room at the Abbey
Wood & Awdry, (including Col E P Awdry): conveyance of land adjoining the Palmer vault; Mr Macauley of Bowden House's proposal to removal of gates across Bewley and Bowden Commons; draft case for Counsel regarding Bewley Common; conveyance Miss Talbot to A W Doel; Lacock Abbey Estate Settlements; creditors' meeting regarding Mr Champion; sale of land in Corsham Road to C G Adams; lease of The Porch House to Miss Estcourt
Yeo Bros, Paull & Co: bunting |