Reference2664/1/2G/86
LevelItem
TitleLetter book containing correspondence to the estate manager of Lacock, Mr Foley, concerning estate business.
DescriptionContains:
Frances Awdry, The Porch House: work being done on the house; road work has raised the level of the road above the foundations; enquiring about The Angel;
W H Burt, The Red House: Garage; recommending Mr & Mrs Saunders as tenants for The Angel; Austin's chickens causing harm to garden
Frederick Banks: repairs to estate houses; gravel; willing to buy the Red House
C H Talbot: damage to elm trees from the strong winds; comments on draft agreement concerning Manor Farm and the pasture of the Middle Leigh; proposed change to north-east corner of the grass terrace; two houses to be built on site of Whitecross, where old tollhouse was burnt; letting the Old Angel; Lady Shippard to look over The Angel to possibly rent; roof at Mrs Walker's house very dangerous; Frederick Bath's house; timing of Vestry meeting; building being erected in Latham's yard; failure of water supply to Abbey; the Red House; Mr Self of Whitehall Farm - claim by Corsham Water Company: house and The Leaze owned by the late James Hunt; Mr Thurgood to rent late Mrs Selman's house; chimney fire at his lodge; amount of notice required to be given by Mr Latham
Charles Wiltshire: repairs required to Beers Yards and shed; asking for leak in roof and loose mortar at Miss Wilkins house to be looked at
Great Western Railway: poster board has been removed; promisory note signed by Nicholas Croker, deceased
Keary, Stokes & White, solicitors: agreement with Mr Newman for Manor Farm; Mr Keen, money owed;
E A Hunt: forwarding a Postal Order
W J Guley: seeking permission to sell hay to W Pocock; encloses a letter from The Wiltshire Farmers Limited that Sanitary Inspector has advised premises not satisfactory for milk production; leaking roof; hiring of men; house for one of his men; problem with an employee called Cox
Corsham Water Works Company, Limited: payment of Wayleave
C Fortune: query being charged for garden in Lovers Walk; giving notice on house in East Street
W Gilchrist Clark: rent for Old House and Larks' House
Wilts County Council: proposed widening of Main Road at Old Toll House
Orchard & Co: payment for timber purchased
C Saunders: renting The Sign of The Angel
Mrs Florence Emery: enquiring about The Angel to rent
Chippenham Rural District Council: overhanging branches need attention; pipes required in ditches in road to Melksham; gateway drain on Manor Farm; gravel from Lacock estate used on the roads; drainage at Wick's Farm; state of cottage in Forest Lane occupied by J Martin
Ellen Bath: difficulty paying rent
R I Leeson: enquiring about renting The Angel
Daisy M Jenkins: requesting repairs to wall
H W Armstrong: Mrs Fortune's house in East Street
M Burt: enclosing a wedding present for Miss Goldney from Mrs Palmer; Mrs Clifford Box wishes to rent The Angel; closure of the furniture shop
L Elmes: requesting work on the kitchen
Gwendolyn Bax: renting The Angel
J J Newman, Manor Farm: failure of water supply
Frank Banks: Arnolds Mill: requests erection of a gate
Walter Joyce: rent arrears
T Hopkins: shed needs repair
E A Hankey, Notton House: rent for cottages and potato patch
G Curnick: cutting wood at Inwood
Surveyor of Taxes: tax payable on gravel sales; repairs and maintenance claims
M E Ballinger:cutting wood
Edwin Wootton, executor for Lydia Selman: house in West Street
Katherine B Estcourt: rental of The Porch House
Charles Butler, executor for E M Shillato: rent due on house at Bowden Common
J Jones: house to rent
Commercial Union Assurance Company Limited: new policy needed
J W Gane: renting a house
F Wheeler: rent arrears
J Martin: payment of rent
William Ballinger: cutting wood
The People's Refreshment House Association Limited: damp bedroom at the Red Lion; payment of rent
Smiths and Marshall: survey of Cantax House
John S Whitaker: replying to reference request for Walter Feltham and Aske
George G Cleverley: supplies a character reference for Walter Feltham
Eli Latham: giving notice on house in West Street
J Mullins & Sons, water finders: quoting for prospecting
W J & D Awdry: concerning Talbot's claim on Nicholas Croker's estate
J Moore: payment of rent
John Horwood: sanitory alterations
E C Hunt: repairs to house
J C Goodwin: serious condition of chimney of ruined cottage adjoining James Dummer's cottage, Bowden Hill
William Sawyer: reference for Walter Baker
M Simes: giving notice
Mr Spackman: payment of rent
Jean E Fowler: supply of water to Wick farm
R Shippard: payment of Poor Rate
Easton, Courtney & Darbishire: quote regarding water supply
Lilian Huntes: asking for a meeting
Date1912-1914
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