Reference2664/1/2G/79
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TitleLetter book containing correspondence to and from the estate manager of Lacock, Mr Foley, concerning estate business.
DescriptionContains letters to/from:

A G Smith: estate of Joseph Phelps, deceased, including Mrs Ring at the forge
Mrs B Wells: Red House
C H Talbot: Mr Phelps' estate and the tenancy of the forge; George Farmer's request for tenancy; Mr Cunningham' request for a smal holding , referring to the new Act and new build which could increase chance of getting a station; increase in rents due to water supply; reference to map dated beween 1754 and 1764 discussing course of river and 2 gates which were in their present position about 150 years ago; burial ground; conversion to sewers; possibility of Miss Awdry being put in occupation of some portion of Porch House to enable her to get on to the Register of Parochial Electors; iron fence between Stew Ground and Water meadow; various church matters; Ernest Cole; Porch House; Mrs Pike wishes to sub-let house.
Keary, Stokes & White: end of financial year matters; drain from private burial ground; lease og Tower House; new lease to Mr Palmer of certain water rights
Richard R Foley: history of 20 years of allotment land
E A Hankey: renting an allotment; cottage not fit fo habitation
Samuel Bethell: rent paid on behalf of Marquess of Lansdowne;
Smiths & Marshall: rent
W Joyce: rent
Midland Saw Mills: cutting elms at Naish Hill
Thomas Fennell: water at Bewley Common not fit for drinking
The People's Refreshment House Association Limited: rent for the Red Lion; road to Red lion field in bad condition
Great Western Railway Company: payment of tithe; poster board at Lacock station
E Slogett: tenancy of Dr Taylor's house
Miss Bath: windows needing repair
S H Stanley Taylor: Red House
Commercial Union Assurance Company Limited: various policies; mention of steam engine
T Burgess, Bath Midland Saw Mills: timber
Frederick Banks: various repairs to tenants' cottages;
Hurn Bros: timber
Eliz Ann Hunt: rent
J Edwards: applying to take Mr J Cole's house
Great Western Railway: poster board at Lacock
Wood & Awdry: payment of tithe from Mr Bailey
G Griffin: applying for tenancy of a house
Frank Banks: giving notice to quit house
Louisa Jane Pocock: notice to quit house occupied by late Mrs Jane Tanner
William J Pocock: reference for Frank Crew; willing to pay £3
Corsham Water Works Company Limited: Wayleave payment
James Cole: giving notice to quit; rent
James Cunningham: wishes to rent a small holding, referring to the new Act
Wilts County Council: footbridge at Lacock
A Chamberlain: repairs needed
M T Gilchrist Clark: rent
Mary Stuart: dispute with neighbour over garden path
E Mortimer: will allow Smart grass path to feed poultry
R & J Reeves & Son Ltd: asking about character of Mr Ring
W J & D Awdry: Rectorial tithe from Mr Gladstone
William Self: enquiring about a field
Chippenham Rural District Council: amount of gravel taken from the estate; Cantax House
Sarah Wotton: her mother, who is very ill, cannot pay rent
Julia Austin: wishes to rent a field at Gastard
F Chivers: wishes to rent a house
John E Gladstone: enclosing cheaque for carriage road on Bewley Common
Mrs Pike: sanitary arramngements preventing her from letting her house
George Self: notice to quit allotment
E Ernest Hodgson: Red House
L F Pike: returning home
Frederick Banks: repairs on various houses
W J Holbrow: timber, illnes in family
Orchard & Co: timber
Moberly & Wharton: proposed lease with Mis Frances Awdry
Henry Cook: looking for house to rent
Wiltshire Public House Trust Co Ltd: Red Lion
James Fortune: notice to quit garden he's had for 80 years - Mr Self's cattle destroy his crops
E W Roach: wring on behalf of old servant, Margaret Cole and her sister Mrs Taylor, who would like a cottage to rent
Mary Northey: wishes to rent a house
W J Guley: repairs
Corsham Water Works Company Limited: Wayleave payment
W H E Greenhill: pony returned to Mr Beer
Frances Awdry: alerting Richard Foley to the fact that tenants Jane Farmer and her nephew, who had been expelled from Wick Lane, were now residing with the nephews parents in High Street


Date1907-1909
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