| Description | Includes letters from:
C G Adams: asking about the field next to their house in Corsham Road
Hilda Aspinall: cottage to rent
Clare Austin: rent due from her stepdaughter’s husband, Mr Chandler
W J & D Awdry: apportionment of tithe
James Bamford: tenancy of the Angel; applies for neighbouring cottage of late Mrs Cole
Bath Gas Company: asking to quote for supplying coke; to install supply gas to Lacock residents, Mr Skirton to be in charge of the works;
Herbert Bird: seeking tenancy of Mrs William Collett’s house
The Boy Scouts Association: requesting permission to take boy scouts to Inwood
E Brinkworth: would like to take over the field occupied by Mrs Watson
Bristol Diocesan Board of Finance: Chancel repairs
R Bush: accepting tenancy of 5 Church Street
Charles Butler: giving the alterations Miss Hunt had made to her house
Calne and Chippenham Rural District Council: Wiltshire Joint Planning Scheme; rate demands; additional houses needed due to overcrowding; tenancy of house in Christian Malford, mentioning H Pearce and E Brinkworth; testing the Abbey’s drainage system, shed erected by Mr Champion; valuation of T Flower’s house; work required to house occupied by W R Stevens, and J Vines under the Housing Act; work required to Nethermore Farm under the Milk & Dairies Act; new tip at Nethermore; application for cycle shed for W J Selman and new bedrooms and bathroom at The Red House for Lady Middleton; repairs needed at the Play Room; proposed earth closet for F Croker; amendment of valuation due to cottage at Bowden Hill being demolished; Housing Notices for Bowden Park Lodge and 22, High Street; windows in The Red House
Collector/Inspector of Taxes: land at Wick Lane let to A S Hunt followed by Mr Chivers; assessments for land occupied by Mr Hunt and H Ferris
Alfred Chivers: giving notice for the George Inn and all land he rents
Mrs Crewe: requesting repairs to her son’s bedroom
Elizabeth A Collins: offered a cottage to rent
Commercial Union Assurance Company Limited:
Co-operative Insurance Society Ltd: chimney fire at The Lodge
Corsham Water Works Company Limited: cottages at Lacock; stop cock cover to be replaced
F Croker: felling oak trees
W R Davidge: Wiltshire Joint Planning Scheme
Dobell, Shearman & Co: Corona typewriter
A W Doel: stones from old cottages;
Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Ltd: fire policy for the Talbot Chapel
Katherine B Estcourt: supply of gas
M M Ferguson: interested in house occupied by the late Miss Hunt
Mrs F Flower: difficulty paying rent
Lewin Gardner: windows at The Red House
A Gibbs: illness meant garden unattended
L E Gillett: applying for the late Mrs Cole’s house
J C Goodwin: proposed site of a seat at Bowden Hill provided by the Coronation Committee
Great Western Railway: tithe rent
Cyril Hankey: payment of rent
H J Harding: tree felling
G G Hobbs: seeking a farm to rent
John Horwood: arranging a meeting to include his children, Mrs Elizabeth Ann Collins (Lizzie), and John (Jack), regarding Mrs Thurgood’s house and business; found tenants for house next door, the son of Jas Smith and the daughter of Walter Banks and a child
Horwood & Horwood: repairs needed
Bessie E M Hunt: supply of gas
Ronald Hunter: seeking a reference
Margaret E Jackson: tenancy agreement; boiler has insufficient capacity
Leonard L Jeeves: employment for Arthur
Mrs Kearton: asking for the key to her father’s house (James Stevens, Wick Lane), left with with Mrs Taylor, who has moved to Melksham
Keary, Stokes & White: estate of the late John Horwood
George D Kersley: proposed visit to the Abbey of a large party of over 100 foreign doctors
Harry Latham: confirming shop fixtures at Mrs Thurgood’s belong to the tenant
Mrs Lethbridge: payment of rent
J Lewis: unable to thatch cottage
Lloyds Bank Ltd: overdrawn account; sale of War Stock
T J Macaulay: thistles and nettles on Bowden Common
I Martin: rent
E H Mason: accounts
Sir John Middleton: proposed addition to the Red House
Ian More: turning down offer of Horwood’s house
Protheroe & Morris: Lacock Abbey gardens for let
R W Ranson: garden rent
L M Redpath: rent for The Angel
R E T Rooke: payment of Mrs Cole’s rent
Matilda Talbot: her sister Mary to stay at the Abbey, Mrs Coleman, Mrs Lillian Tayler, daughter-in-law of Mrs George Tayler, and Priscilla Fortune mentioned; drainage system needs testing, £108 raised from sale of furniture and pewter; Mrs Maurice Jackson seeking to fill in pond; plan for Miss Ferguson to occupy The Little Old House; diamond broach sold
Ministry of Health: inspection of Health and Pensions Insurance cards and Unemployment Insurance books; health insurance contributions not required for F G Bird, as his only duty is to winding a clock; discussion of letting the garden, showing the Charter; Charlie Butler’s sudden death; open to suggestions by the National Trust regarding parts to open to the public
James J Newman: sanitation; long letter of complaint about various matters; Miss Aspinall and friends drive their cars across the field
G Parker Pearson: drainage of houses near the railway
Post Office Engineering Dept: wayleave
Lucy M Redpath: housing for Sidney Maslin
Beryl Reeves: requesting permission for Brownies to go to Inwood
R E P Rooke: Mrs Cole has died
R Self: requires house for farm hand
G Selman: would like to rent house
Charles Stanley & Son: enclosing cheque
James Stevens: giving notice to quit house and garden
Tithe Redemption Commission:
Thring, Sheldon & Ingram: problem of a wall sufficient to keep out cattle, names mentioned Mrs Warren, Mrs Burt
V Mervyn Taylor: alternatives for Miss Ferguson to occupy The Little Old House
Tilley & Culverwell: bill poster incorrectly posted on The Little Old House
Tuck & Mann: seeking a reference for Ronald Nelson Hunter
M A Watson: giving notice of field in Wick Lane
Wessex Electricity Company: kiosk will be painted a stone colour to harmonise with adjacent property
West Wilts Electric Light and Power Company: proposed alteration of electric lines; wayleaves
A F & H V Williams: sale of building land in the Gastard Road, known as Herse House Ground, formerly Ashleys
Whatley, Hill & Co: to prepare a report on Lacock for the National Trust
H M White: wishes to stay another couple of weeks at 12 East Street
Wilts County Council: series of letters to/from the Council and James J Newman regarding trimming of hedges; lying water near Bridge Cottage; alterations at Whitehall Farm;
Wood & Awdry: estate of the late Miss B E M Hunt; Miss Annie Stevens wishes to take over the tenancy of her father’s house (James Stevens)
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