| Description | 1. 16 Jan 1965 Letter from Alexander Burnett-Brown to F L Hannam concerning a problem with the hall fireplace, problems with stone work and general decor.
2. 15 Jan 1965 Letter from F L Hannam to Alexander Burnett-Brown to say he would like to see the condition of some of the things that need cleaning, the rose window and other matters.
3. 13 Jan 1965 Letter from Alexander Burnett-Brown to F L Hannam about some smoke stains in the hall chimney, the rose window letting rain in, and a problem with a roof.
4. 11 Jan 1965 Letter from F L Hannam to Alexander Burnett-Brown concerning the hall chimney and ha-ha.
5. 7 Jan 1965 Letter from F L Hannam to Hayward & Wooster accepting an estimate for work to the ha-ha.
6. 31 Dec 1964-9 Jan 1965 Letters from Alexander Burnett-Brown to F L Hannam concerning the hall chimney and ha-ha, with some notes.
7. 26 Oct-28 Nov 1964 Correspondence between Alexander Burnett-Brown, Gerard Noel of the National Trust and F L Hannam concerning a report by Hannam on various matters at the abbey.
8. 1 Oct 1964-4 Jan 1966 Correspondence between R Romilly Fedden, Alexander Burnett-Brown and Gerard Noel concerning work to be done to the 18th century cascade.
9. 11 Jan 1966 Letter from Gerard Noel to F L Hannam about some repair work that needs doing to the stone staircase and money problems.
10. 8 Dec 1965 Letter from Gerard Noel to F L Hannam to ask if a stone mason could look at the steps to the Tudor Hall.
11. 14 Dec 1965 Letter from F L Hannam to M V Shepperd asking to visit the house to look at the steps so he can give an estimate for work.
12. 23 Nov 1965 Letter from F L Hannam to Hayward & Wooster to ask them to alter some work they did that was not acceptable.
13. 18 Aug 1965 Letter from F L Hannam to Alexander Burnett-Brown to say the stone tilers should complete their work soon.
14. 16 Aug 1965 Letter from F L Hannam to Alexander Burnett-Brown to suggest he writes to Gerard Noel if he needs anything more.
15. 11-13 Aug 1965 Correspondence between Alexander Burnett-Brown, Gerard Noel and F L Hannam about the stone gallery roof.
16. 26 Jul 1965 Letter from F L Hannam to Alexander Burnett-Brown to ask if Hayward & Wooster have fixed a leak.
17. 25 Apr 1963 Letter from [Gerard Noel] to B & M Services asking them to complete an unfinished job.
18. 4 Dec 1958 Letter from Gerard Noel to B & M Services asking them to continue with work cleaning the windows.
19. 24 Jun 1965-17 Feb 1966 Correspondence between the Rural District Council, John Rathbone of the National Trust, Alexander Burnett-Brown, Phillips and Charles Awdry about the public conveniences at Lacock Abbey.
20. 18 Mar 1965 Letter from F L Hannam to Alexander Burnett-Brown about the hall chimney and an account for work carried out by Hayward & Wooster.
21. 8 Mar 1963 Letters from F L Hannam to Downing, Rudman & Bent and Timber Treatments asking for various pieces of work to be carried out.
22. 17 Nov 1960 Letter from Gerard Noel to the Somerset Roadworks concerning the drive at Lacock Abbey.
23. 20 Oct-7 Nov 1961 Correspondence between Gerard Noel, Bomford & Wilkins and Alexander Burnett-Brown concerning dredging work to be done to the pond at Lacock Abbey. Includes a plan with the site of the pond.
24. 25 Apr 1963 Letter from Phillips to Alexander Burnett-Brown thanking him for raising an issue with the cleaning of windows.
25. 25 Apr 1961 Delivery note for cleaning windows by the B & M Services.
26. 10 May 1962 Letter from Gerard Noel to B & M Services asking them to clean windows at Lacock and Stourhead.
27. 15 Jul 1964 Letter from Gerard Noel to F L Hannam confirming money can be spent on repairs at Lacock, with letter of the same date from F L Hannam to Hayward & Wooster asking them to carry out work.
28. 4 Jan-7 Feb 1964 Correspondence between Alexander Burnett-Brown and F L Hannam concerning roof timbers of the clock tower.
29. 6 Jun 1962 Letter from Phillips to F L Hannam asking him to get estimates for repairs for damage done to the Arbour, with a letter of 8 Jun from Downing, Rudman & Bent to F L Hannam confirming their estimate.
30. 25 Jun 1962 Letter from Downing, Rudman & Bent to F L Hannam updating him on the roof progress, with letter of 27 Jun from F L Hannam to Alexander Burnett-Brown to say he has tried to hurry Downing, Rudman & Bent up.
31. 23 Mar 1962 Letter from F L Hannam to Alexander Burnett-Brown confirming a meeting.
32. 7 Mar 1962 Letter from F L Hannam to Downing, Rudman & Bent asking to change a meeting time.
33. 2 Mar 1962 Letter from F L Hannam to Downing, Rudman & Bent confirming their timescale for the roof repairs.
34. 28 Feb 1962 Letter from Downing, Rudman & Bent to F L Hannam providing a timescale for the roof repairs.
35. 22 Feb 1962 Letter from F L Hannam to Downing, Rudman & Bent asking them to begin work on the roof following their estimate.
36. 21 Feb 1962 Letter from Gerard Noel to F L Hannam noting his hope to do roofing work for under £2900.
37. 12 Feb 1962 Letter from Gerard Noel to F L Hannam confirming the money available for the repairs.
38. 26 Jun 1962 Letter from Gerard Noel to F L Hannam enclosing a cheque and asking him to replace beats on the Sharington Tower if there is spare money.
39. 9 May 1962 Letter from Gerard Noel to F L Hannam confirming he can get the work done, and asking if an electric power vent could be put in.
40. 8 May 1962 Letter from F L Hannam to Gerard Noel about altering a staircase and providing a WC.
41. 19 Apr 1962 Letter from F L Hannam to Downing, Rudman & Bent to confirm work for them to do including the staircase, WC in the bathroom next to the cooking room and blacksmith work.
42. 10 May 1962 Letter from F L Hannam to Downing, Rudman & Bent accepting their estimate for the staircase and low level WC.
43. 1 Sep 1958 Letter from Gerard Noel to Smith & Bottrill about the clock in the stableyard.
44. 12 Nov 1953 Certification of work done by Applegate & Sons for installing heating at Lacock Abbey.
45. 22 Jul 1953 Letter from F L Hannam to Alexander Burnett-Brown providing an estimate for replacing a boiler from Applegate.
46. 1953 Estimates from Applegate & Sons for boiler and heating work to be done at Lacock Abbey.
47. 10 Aug 1953 Letter from Gordon Hake, Burrough & Hannam to Matilda Talbot confirming work that needs doing to the boiler flue.
48. 6 Aug 1953 Letter from F L Hannam to Applegate & Sons accepting their estimate.
49. 2 May 1953 Letter from Applegate & Sons to Burrough & Hannam confirming the work that needs to be carried out following their inspection.
50. 5-14 Sep 1953 Correspondence between Alexander Burnett-Brown, F L Hannam and Applegate & Sons over the cost of oil firing equipment for the boiler.
51. 2-6 May 1953 Correspondence between Matilda Talbot, F L Hannam and Applegate & Sons over quotes for new bathroom, cloakroom and boiler.
52. 29 Jun 1954 Letter and revised invoice from F L Hannam for work concerning the bathroom and heating installation.
53. 28 Jun 1954 Letter from Applegate & Sons enclosing an architect's certificate (not attached).
54. 5 Jul 1954 Letter from Matilda Talbot to Alexander Burnett-Brown over Applegate & Sons and F L Hannam accounts.
55. 19 Jun 1954 Letter from Alexander Burnett-Brown to F L Hannam about a disputed bill from Applegate & Sons.
56. 12-16 June 1954 Correspondence to Alexander Burnett-Brown from F L Hannam and Applegate & Sons over the flue for the boiler.
57. 9-10 Jun 1954 Letters from F L Hannam enclosing an invoice from Downing, Rudman & Bent for building work on the bathroom and boiler house.
58. 9 Jun 1954 Letter from F L Hannam to Alexander Burnett-Brown about Applegate & Sons.
59. 1-3 Jun 1954 Correspondence between Alexander Burnett-Brown and F L Hannam over Applegate & Son's bill for a boiler.
60. 31 May 1954 Letter from Alexander Burnett-Brown to F L Hannam over Applegate's account.
61. 26 May 1954 Letter from Alexander Burnett-Brown to F L Hannam indicating when he would reply to a previous letter.
62. 21 May 1954 Letter from F L Hannam to Alexander Burnett-Brown concerning two letters he wrote to Applegate & Sons and Downing, Rudman & Bent over costs incurred in building work.
63. 3 May 1954 Letter from F L Hannam to Applegate & Sons over disputes with their account.
64. 17 May 1954 Letter from Applegate & Sons to Hake, Burrough & Hannam over disputed items in their account.
65. 28 Apr 1954 Letter from G R Bulson to Messrs Burrough & Hannam concerning suppressors for burners.
66. 14 Apr 1954 Letter from F L Hannam to Alexander Burnett-Brown about disputed items in an Applegate & Sons account.
67. 22 Sep 1953-14 Apr 1954 Letters to Alexander Burnett-Brown from Applegate & Sons, F L Hannam and Matilda Talbot concerning the maintenance and running of the boiler.
68. 18-20 Sep 1953 Handwritten note from Alexander Burnett-Brown and copies of letters from F L Hannam to Applegate & Sons, Downing, Rudman and Bent, and S F Buxton about the boiler installation.
69. 4 Sep 1953 Letter from Hubert J F Smith, Chief Agent of the National Trust, to Alexander Burnett-Brown concerning funding for hot water and heating boiler.
70. 17 Aug 1953 Letter from Matilda Talbot to Alexander Burnett-Brown about the National Trust and chimney repairs.
71. 13 Aug 1953 Letter from Alexander Burnett-Brown to Humphrey Brooke, Royal Academy concerning the removal of anthracite.
72. 14 Aug 1953 Letter from Matilda Talbot to F L Hannam thanking him for a copy of a letter to Applegate.
73. 11 Aug 1953 Letter from Matilda Talbot to Alexander Burnett-Brown concerning an immersion heater, removal of old boilerhouse.
74. 16 Jul 1953 Letter from John Rathbone about payment for a replacement boiler.
75. 16 Jul 1953 Letter from F L Hannam to Alexander Burnett-Brown enclosing a copy of his letter to Simon Buxton on conversion of boiler from coal to oil.
76. 11 Jul 1953 Letter from Alexander Burnett-Brown to John Rathbone about discussions over updating heating installation.
77. 24 Apr 1962 Note from Mary Dent-Brocklehurst about Lacock leaflets.
78. 5 Sep 1966 Letter from Anthony Burnett-Brown to Alexander Burnett-Brown about the photographic museum.
79. 17 Feb 1965 Letter from Mr Burr, National Trust to Alexander Burnett-Brown thanking him for the loan of transparencies.
80. 29 Apr-7 May 1965 Letters from the BBC to Alexander Burnett-Brown concerning some photographs taken of Lacock Abbey for a film.
81. 30 Jun 1965 Letter from T B Burr to Alexander Burnett-Brown about a film called "The secret of my success" which was partly filmed at Lacock.
82. 17 Jun 1965 Letter from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to Alexander Burnett-Brown inviting him to a private screening of the above film.
83. 3 Dec 1963-26 Mar 1964 Letters from George Allen & Unwin to Alexander Burnett-Brown about Matilda Talbot's book.
84. 13-20 May 1963 Letters from Norman Larkin to Alexander Burnett-Brown about research on William Henry Fox Talbot, with a letter from Harold White agreeing to help if necessary.
85. 8 Oct 1962-11 Jun 1963 Correspondence between the University College of North Staffordshire, Harold White, University of Keele, the National Trust and Alexander Burnett-Brown concerning research on William Henry Fox Talbot and some artefacts.
86. 1960 Newspaper cutting about repair work to Lacock Abbey.
87. 1963 Advert for National Trust properties near Chippenham.
88. 1959 Newspaper cutting on the village and abbey of Lacock, with interviews with village members.
89. 22 Apr 1965 Letter from Philip Hutchings of the Avon Rubber Company to Alexander Burnett-Brown asking if a painting can be done of Lacock Abbey.
90. 25 Sep 1963 Letter from J H Lacock to the National Trust asking for history on Lacock Abbey.
91. 5 Feb 1965 Letter from D B Thomas of the Science Museum to Alexander Burnett-Brown enclosing a monograph.
92. 1 Mar 1965 Letter from Gerard Noel to Jarrold & Sons agreeing for photographers to come to Lacock.
93. Leaflet for Wessex Coach Tours.
94. 25 Jun 1965 Letter from Alexander Burnett-Brown to Gerard Noel suggesting additions to a leaflet on Lacock, with a copy attached.
95. 15 Jul 1965 Letter from E P Ryan to National Trust agents concerning visitors to properties.
96. 12 Dec 1960 Letter in French from Mademoiselle Ferran to the Bath spa director asking for details of Lacock Abbey, with reply.
97. 28 Jul 1961 Letter from Constance Holland of the American Museum in Bath to Lacock Abbey concerning the opening of the American Museum in Britain.
98. 9 Jun 1961 Letter from the National Trust to Alexander Burnett-Brown concerning possible custodians for Lacock Abbey after he moves in, with a related letter to Captain Chandler who has enquired about vacancies.
99. 29 Dec 1961 Letter from the National Trust to Mrs Burnett-Brown asking for some Lacock Abbey booklets.
100. 21 Jun 1961 Letter from Gerard Noel to Alexander Burnett-Brown about National Trust publicity, with a copy of Janet Burnett-Brown's CV.
101. 2 Jun 1961 Letter from Gerard Noel to E P Ryan recommending Janet Burnett-Brown as publicity secretary.
102. 14 Aug 1962 Letter from C & D Constaple to Gerard Noel in response to some information he has supplied about National Trust properties.
103. 9-14 Aug 1962 Correspondence between Gordon Sewell and the National Trust asking to view Lacock Abbey to write an article.
104. 31 Jul and 6 Aug 1963 Letters from Leslie Harries to Alexander Burnett-Brown asking to see some invention photographs at Lacock.
105. 4 and 8 Jul 1963 Letters from A Bryant Salmon to Alexander Burnett-Brown about a possible misleading description of John Talbot.
106. 3 Sep 1962 Letter from Ian McCallum of the American Museum in Britain to Alexander Burnett-Brown thanking him for his offer of arrangements for visitors.
107. 24 Aug 1961-14 Nov 1962 Correspondence between the Science Museum, Alexander Burnett-Brown and others about William Henry Fox Talbot research.
108. 9 Aug 1962 Letter from Gerard Noel to C & D Constaple asking them to include something about Lacock and Stourhead in the Visitors Guide to Wiltshire.
109. 28 Jun and 2 Jul 1962 Letters from John Kenworthy-Browne to Cyril Howe about photographing portraits at Lacock.
110. 2-5 Feb 1960 Correspondence between the National Trust, Mrs Burnett-Brown and the Yorkshire Insurance Company about a dance to be held at Lacock.
111. 14 Jan 1970 Letter from T Jaine to Mrs Burnett-Brown asking to see some material relating to John Ivory Talbot at Lacock, with response saying there is no material that can be looked at.
112. 16 Nov 1965 Letter from Richard Sandells to Alexander Burnett-Brown about the water meadows at Lacock.
113. 23 May 1967 Letter from Janet Stevenson of VCH Wiltshire to Mrs Adkins suggesting she looks at court books held at Lacock, with some references.
114. 16 Jan 1968 Letter from Wiltshire County Fire Brigade to A Mitchell concerning some fire precautions at Lacock.
115. 26 Jun 1953 Letter from F L Hannam to Alexander Burnett-Brown about the possibility of installing a boiler.
116. Undated schedule of work to be carried out by Gordon Hake, Burrough & Hannam to form a new bathroom and WC in Lacock.
117. 11 Jul 1953 Letter from Alexander Burnett-Brown to F L Hannam enclosing a letter he has sent to the secretary of the National Trust (not enclosed). |