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Papers relating to the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation's interest in the Stratford Canal
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Including share certificates and copy conveyances of Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation land to the canal proprietors (ff. 278-313)
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Finding No
BRU15/18/112
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Date
1791-1816
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Status
open
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Level
item
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Enquire
- BRU Stratford-upon-Avon Borough, 1370-1942
- BRU15 Volumes of miscellaneous documents, 1370-1886
- BRU15/18 'Miscellaneous Documents, Vol. 18', 1661-1886
- BRU15/18/1 Contract between the Stratford Corporation and the vicar, John Jackson, for rebuilding the vicarage house, 4 Aug 1702
- BRU15/18/2 Notes from four leases made by Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation over the period 1661-1735, [1735]
- BRU15/18/3 Letter from the vicar, Edward Kenwrick, to John Halford, a member of the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, concerning the tithes, 1 Aug 1744
- BRU15/18/4 Agreement between John Cotterell and the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation concerning payment of tithes, 6 May 1756
- BRU15/18/5 Accounts for building the Market Hall, 1768
- BRU15/18/6 Letter from James Morris and Samuel Smith to the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation concerning tithes, 5 Jun 1768
- BRU15/18/7 Memoranda concerning Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation meetings, 1766
- BRU15/18/8 List of constables for 1768; list of overseers of the poor 1769; and memoranda on leases of Corporation property, [?1769]
- BRU15/18/9 Letter from George Milward to the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 10 Apr 1770
- BRU15/18/10 Notes on boundaries of land belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation to be leased after the enclosure of the open fields, [1770-1780]
- BRU15/18/11 Further instructions on the leases of land belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation to be made after enclosure, [1770-1780]
- BRU15/18/12 Note on a lease by Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation to Thomas Brigham, 13 Jan 1775
- BRU15/18/13 Survey of the newly enclosed land in Old Stratford belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, May 1775
- BRU15/18/14 Part of a copy letter from Thomas Webb to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation concerning tithes, 2 Nov 1775
- BRU15/18/15 Original letter from Thomas Webb to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 2 Nov 1775
- BRU15/18/16 Memoranda concerning tithes in Little Wilmcote belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 9 Jun 1778
- BRU15/18/17 Estimate for making a ditch, 1779
- BRU15/18/18 Survey of land belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation adjoining the Meeting House, 3 Jun 1779
- BRU15/18/19 Valuation of tithes arising out of land held by John Partheriche and others in Clopton and Bridgetown, Apr 1783
- BRU15/18/20 Rough draft of the valuation of tithes arising out of land held by John Partheriche and others in Clopton and Bridgetown, [1778-1788]
- BRU15/18/21 Examination of Elizabeth Hickman concerning the erection of stalls in High Street, 28 Oct 1784
- BRU15/18/22 Account of the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation estates, 1784
- BRU15/18/23 Letter from William Chamberlain to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation concerning the delivery of posts and rails for property in Shottery, 23 May 1786
- BRU15/18/24 Case concerning a conveyance made in 1625 by Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation to Edward, Lord Conway of land in Luddington and Dodwell, 26 May 1786
- BRU15/18/25 Notification by John Pearshouse that the late Benjamin Burbidge had mortgaged to him a leasehold estate in Stratford belonging to the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 2 Aug 1788
- BRU15/18/26 Case on the mortgage by Benjamin Burbidge to John Pearshouse (BRU/15/18 f.37), 23 Aug 1788
- BRU15/18/27 Note from [John] Pearshouse to Mr. Hunt, 27 Apr 1788
- BRU15/18/28 Memoranda concerning repair of property belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, [1795-1796]
- BRU15/18/29 'Valuation of Corporation houses', 17 May 1799
- BRU15/18/30 Estimate for repairing a house in High Street owned by Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation and lately occupied by George Garwood, 4 Mar 1798
- BRU15/18/31 Estimate for repairing the Seven Stars in Rother Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, 30 Mar 1798
- BRU15/18/32 Estimate for repairing a house in High Street, Stratford-upon-Avon occupied by William Tasker, 4 Nov 1794
- BRU15/18/33 Note from the vicar, Mr. Davenport, requesting a meeting with Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation to discuss his salary, 22 Sep 1790
- BRU15/18/34 Letter from the executor of Jonas Burborough concerning his leasehold estate held of the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 8 Oct 1799
- BRU15/18/35 Letter from James Davenport to the Mayor complaining about the refusal of Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation to pay for the repair of his house, 5 Nov 1795
- BRU15/18/36 Statement by the vicar, Janes Davenport of the repairs required at the vicarage, [1790-1800]
- BRU15/18/37 Declaration by the Mayor and Justices that the gravelling of the streets, called for at a recent public meeting, has had to be postponed due to the lateness of the season, 21 Nov 1792
- BRU15/18/38 Note concerning the leasehold portion of the White Lion, held by John Payton of the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 1799
- BRU15/18/39 Valuation of tithes in [Little] Wilmcote, 5 Jul 1800
- BRU15/18/40 Letter from John Gamble to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation apologising for his arrears of rent, 15 Jan 1801
- BRU15/18/41 Estimate for taking down and rebuilding the Mill Bridge, 25 Mar 1801
- BRU15/18/42 Rough valuations of the [Little] Wilmcote tithes, 1801
- BRU15/18/43 Estimate for repairs to a house in Bridge Street belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 5 Feb 1802
- BRU15/18/44 Letter from Edmund Battersbee accepting an offer of two leases from Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 22 Apr 1802
- BRU15/18/45 Rough notes on tithes, Jul-Aug 1802
- BRU15/18/46 Letter from Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation to Jabez Jagger requiring him to repair a tenement in Henley Street which he holds under lease from the same, 9 Oct 1802
- BRU15/18/47 Letter from John Gamble to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation asking for them to repair the hedges at his leasehold estate held of the same, 27 Nov 1802
- BRU15/18/48 Valuation of tithes in [Little] Wilmcote, 11 Jul 1803
- BRU15/18/49 Letter from W. Callow with a statement of tithes, 29 Jul 1805
- BRU15/18/50 Memoranda on repairs to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation premises, 1803
- BRU15/18/51 Valuation of tithes on farms in Old Stratford, 5 Jul 1804
- BRU15/18/52 Report by Richard Sanders on the condition of the Gild Chapel roof, 23 Aug 1804
- BRU15/18/53 Notes abstracted from Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation minute books and leases, [1800-1810]
- BRU15/18/54 Letter from John Payton concerning that part of the White Lion Inn held on lease from the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 3 Aug 1806
- BRU15/18/55 Valuation of tithes in Drayton belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 18 May 1807
- BRU15/18/56 Valuation of estates in Shottery belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 1807
- BRU15/18/57 Draft sale particulars for a farm in Shottery belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 6 Apr 1808
- BRU15/18/58 Letter from Thomas Hodson to the Town Clerk, 10 Aug 1808
- BRU15/18/59 Specifications for building two stables 'at Mr. Court's', 13 Feb 1809
- BRU15/18/60 Copy letter from the Town Clerk to Mr Lord concerning the Bushwood tithes, 29 Sep 1809
- BRU15/18/61 Specifications for building a stable in Henley Street for Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 14 Sep 1810
- BRU15/18/62 Letter from the Reverend James Davenport to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation concerning land at One Elm, 8 Mar 1811
- BRU15/18/63 Survey of property in the Borough and parish of Stratford-upon-Avon belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 1813
- BRU15/18/64 Letter from William Hemings to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 9 Jan 1819
- BRU15/18/65 Letter from Robert Hobbes repudiating the charge that he had sanctioned Mr. Gamble's proceedings relating to a garden held by him of Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 31 Oct 1816
- BRU15/18/66 Specifications for repairs to tithe barn belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 5 Nov 1816
- BRU15/18/67 Letter from William Morrall to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 13 Mar 1817
- BRU15/18/68 Plans, specifications and agreement for building the new Market Cross, 1821
- BRU15/18/69 Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation versus Thomas Sanders, Apr 1823
- BRU15/18/70 Notice of forfeiture of lease by bankruptcy, 21 May 1822
- BRU15/18/71 Order from Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation to Joseph Smith, Bailiff, to distrain the goods of Thomas Sanders, 8 Apr 1822
- BRU15/18/72 Survey of property belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 1823
- BRU15/18/73 Report of a committee appointed to consider a proposal to erect lime-kilns, 17 Sep 1824
- BRU15/18/74 Nine notices to quit served on occupiers of property in Middle Row, Stratford-upon-Avon, 8 Apr 1830
- BRU15/18/75 Draft agreement between John Smith and John Gill for the sale and purchase of a house in Middle Row, Stratford-upon-Avon, 19 Mar 1830
- BRU15/18/76 Draft agreement between Ann Bartlam and Timothy Smith and John Gill for the sale and purchase of a house in Middle Row, Stratford-upon-Avon, 20 Mar 1830
- BRU15/18/77 Draft agreement between Joseph Barnes and John Gill for the sale and purchase of a house in Middle Row, Stratford-upon-Avon, 5 Jun 1830
- BRU15/18/78 Estimate for repairs to a house in Forebridge Street, Stratford-upon-Avon leased to Nathaniel Cooper, [1825-1835]
- BRU15/18/79 Specifications for the repair of a house in Fore Bridge Street, Stratford-upon-Avon leased to Nathaniel Cooper, 23 Aug 1830
- BRU15/18/80 Letter from William Oldaker to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation concerning the footway leading to the Mill Bridge, 6 Jun 1831
- BRU15/18/81 Minutes of a meeting of the Bridge Commissioners, 1 Jun 1835
- BRU15/18/82 Agreement between Edward Ashwin and Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation for the repair of three cottages on the north-west side of Rother Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, 17 Sep 1836
- BRU15/18/83 Valuation of the tithes of Bridgetown belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 20 Mar 1838
- BRU15/18/84 Notice to repair footway leading from Stratford-upon-Avon to Weston-on-Avon, 12 May 1845
- BRU15/18/85 Notice to repair the footway leading from Stratford-upon-Avon to Weston, 23 May 1845
- BRU15/18/86 Survey of a farm at [Little] Wilmcote paying tithes to the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, [1701-1800]
- BRU15/18/87 Memoranda concerning Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation tithes, [1701-1800]
- BRU15/18/88 Memoranda concerning John Payton's lease of Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation property in Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, [1795-1805]
- BRU15/18/89 Instructions for drawing up two leases for property belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 1765
- BRU15/18/90 Survey of land in the tenure of Thomas Halford, belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, [1786-1800]
- BRU15/18/91 List of Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation `leases wanting', [1725-1800]
- BRU15/18/92 'Conditions proposed for letting the Corporation land upon leases for twenty-one years', [?1774]
- BRU15/18/93 Memoranda concerning leases by Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation to John Hawkes and 'Mr. Hunt', [1750-1849]
- BRU15/18/94 Notes about brick and tiling of various properties belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, [1700-1800]
- BRU15/18/95 Memoranda concerning improvements to property in Swine Street [Ely Street] belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, [1750-1849]
- BRU15/18/96 Fragment of a letter from [Thomas Webb] to the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation concerning tithes, 2 Nov 1775
- BRU15/18/97 Letter from John Inns to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation that 'my building is now complete and ready for inspection', [1800-1850]
- BRU15/18/98 Letter from Richard Morris to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation concerning land granted to the Labourers' Friend Society, [1750-1849]
- BRU15/18/99 Perambulation of the boundaries of Stratford-upon-Avon Borough, [1701-1800]
- BRU15/18/100 Wheler's opinion respecting privy tithes of Shottery, the property of the Corporation, [1750-1849]
- BRU15/18/101 Summary of evidence concerning the bounds of Shottery in connection with disputed tithes, [1750-1849]
- BRU15/18/102 Plan of ground floor of unidentified building, [1750-1849]
- BRU15/18/103 Extracts from the Old Stratford, Bishopton and Welcombe Inclosure Award, [1776]
- BRU15/18/104 Estimate for repairs to tenement belonging to Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation and late in the tenure of Mr. Izod, [1701-1800]
- BRU15/18/105 Estimate for repairs to the tithe barn, [1764-1774]
- BRU15/18/106 List of Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation lessees bound to lay stone flagging in front of their premises, [?1819]
- BRU15/18/107 Papers relating to the Old Stratford and Bishopton Inclosure, 1766-1771
- BRU15/18/108 Papers relating to the Rowington and Bushwood Inclosure, 1815
- BRU15/18/109 Papers relating to the Old Stratford and Bishopton Inclosure, [1766-1771]
- BRU15/18/110 Inclosure act for Rowington and Bushwood, 1815
- BRU15/18/111 Petition from the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation concerning the Birmingham - Worcester canal, [1790-1820]
- BRU15/18/112 Papers relating to the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation's interest in the Stratford Canal, 1791-1816
- BRU15/18/113 Title page of 'a catalogue of the books belonging to the Stratford-upon-Avon Public Library', 1817
- BRU15/18/114 Printed advertisement for a stallion 'to cover this season' to be brought to Stratford and Stowe once a fortnight and to Henley, Alcester, Campden and Shipston on market days, 1757
- BRU15/18/115 Enrollment certificates of Richard Pratt of Stratford and Joseph Smith of Henley in the Warwickshire Militia, 14 Sep 1820
- BRU15/18/116 Blank form notifying tax arrears, 5 Apr 1819
- BRU15/18/117 Notice from the Overseers of the Poor to landlords in the Borough that they will no longer pay the rents of tenants in receipt of relief, 5 Apr 1820
- BRU15/18/118 Resolution of the Select Vestry regarding the non-payment of the Poor Rate, 20 Apr 1820
- BRU15/18/119 Poster offering a reward for the recovery of a horse, the property of James Sansom of Weston Subedge, 28 Apr 1820
- BRU15/18/120 Invitation to a dinner at the Shakespeare Inn, 'a party of friends of Edward Leyton having proposed to dine at his house', 1 Sep 1820
- BRU15/18/121 Announcement of sermons to be preached at the Independent Chapel for the benefit of the Sunday Schools, 1 Oct 1820
- BRU15/18/122 Notice of transfer of drapery business from Mary Smith to her sister, Ann Adams, 1821
- BRU15/18/123 Letter requring the 'minister, churchwardens and other officers of Stratford-upon-Avon' to attend at Henley-in-Arden to be sworn in as Assessors of Taxes, 11 Mar 1822
- BRU15/18/124 Catalogue of livestock to be sold 'on the premises of Mr. Salt of Red Hill near Stratford-opon-Avon, 26 September 1822', 26 Sep 1822
- BRU15/18/125 Blank out-patients tickets for Birmingham General Hospital, 1822-1823
- BRU15/18/126 Particulars of grass-land to be let in the parish of Old Stratford, 28 Apr 1823
- BRU15/18/127 Playbill for 'Tom and Jerry or Life in London' and 'Spectre Bridegroom' at the Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, 21 May 1823
- BRU15/18/128 Poster warning against damage to oak-trees on the estates of the Reverend F F Knottesford and John Clopton at Bridgetown and Clopton, 22 May 1823
- BRU15/18/129 Particulars of the sale of grass and aftermath on twelve acres of Shottery Meadow, 23 Jun 1823
- BRU15/18/130 Letter from John Joseph Ledsam offering himself for election to the office of surgeon to the Birmingham General Hospital, 1823
- BRU15/18/131 Certificate recording that William Smith of the 38th Regiment of Foot is an out-pensioner of Kilmainham Chelsea Hospital, 25 Dec 1824
- BRU15/18/132 Notice from the Overseers of the Poor requesting that all outstanding demands be made against them without delay, Mar 1824
- BRU15/18/133 Poster concerning measures to be taken to prevent the spread of smallpox in Stratford, 1 Aug 1824
- BRU15/18/134 Notice of the First Annual General Meeting of the subscribers to the Stratford Dispensary, 16 Aug 1824
- BRU15/18/135 Announcement of sermons to be preached in the parish church in aid of the Sunday Schools, 22 Aug 1824
- BRU15/18/136 Particulars of sale of a 'capital residence' in Rother Market, Stratford-upon-Avon, 20 Sep 1824
- BRU15/18/137 Poster announcing the appearance in Stratford of `The Infant Lyra', a three-year old harpist, 22/09/1824
- BRU15/18/138 Notice calling a Public Meeting to consider the setting up of a National Day School for boys, 1 Oct 1824
- BRU15/18/139 Notice of subscription arrears from Birmingham General Hospital, 27 May 1825
- BRU15/18/140 Poster offering a reward for information concerning the theft of 'a pack of goods' belonging to Messrs. Greaves and Son from the Worcester Wharf Basin at Birmingham, 14 Jun 1825
- BRU15/18/141 Notice of a Music Concert at the Town Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon, 14 Jun 1825
- BRU15/18/142 Notice of the Second Annual General Meeting of the subscribers to the Stratford Dispensary, 16 Aug 1825
- BRU15/18/143 Subscription reminder for Stratford-upon-Avon Public Dispensary, 1 Aug 1825
- BRU15/18/144 Announcement of sermons to be preached in aid of the Boys' National School, 25 Jun 1826
- BRU15/18/145 Blank out-patients ticket for the Birmingham General Hospital, 1825-1826
- BRU15/18/146 Particulars of apartments and stabling to be let, Sep 1826
- BRU15/18/147 Notice of a raffle draw, 11 Jan 1827
- BRU15/18/148 Printed letter from George Chandler to the editor of the Christian Remembrancer concerning the Southam Dispensary, 14 Aug 1827
- BRU15/18/149 Notice of the Fourth Annual General Meeting of the subscribers to the Stratford Dispensary, 16 Aug 1827
- BRU15/18/150 Rent demand from the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation, 29 Sep 1827
- BRU15/18/151 Announcement of sermons to be preached in aid of the National and Sunday School, 21 Oct 1827
- BRU15/18/152 Circular from J Greig advertising instruction in the improvement of writing and pen-making, 1828
- BRU15/18/153 Part of a playbill announcing the performance of a history play by Shakespeare at the Shakespearean Theatre under the patronage of the Golden Lion Shakespearean Club, 11 Jan 1828
- BRU15/18/154 Handbill advertising a lecture at the Stratford-upon-Avon's Tradesman's Library on the history and art of printing, 8 Mar 1828
- BRU15/18/155 Handbill announcing the Fourth Anniversary Meeting of the Stratford-upon-Avon Association in aid of the Church Missionary Society, 9 Apr 1828
- BRU15/18/156 Handbill announcing two sermons to be preached in the parish church for the benefit of the School of Industry, 1 Jun 1828
- BRU15/18/157 Particulars of sale of the stock-in-trade and household effects of Thomas Margetts, wheelwright, of Great Kington, 29 May 1829
- BRU15/18/158 Sale poster for the effects of William Bacon, farmer, at Upper Ettington, 28-29 Sep 1829
- BRU15/18/159 Handbill announcing an exhibition at the Town Hall of a `new invention of machinery' by J. Edwards, clock-maker, of Stourbridge, 7 Oct 1829
- BRU15/18/160 Rent demand from Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation to William Bolt, 19 Oct 1829
- BRU15/18/161 Rent demand from Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation to John Payton, 9 Dec 1829
- BRU15/18/162 Playbill for the performance of [Tom Jerry] or Life in London at the Royal Shakespearean Theatre, Aug 1830
- BRU15/18/163 Handbill announcing a lecture by C Wilkins on the Study of Rhetoric, 28 Jun 1830
- BRU15/18/164 Sale particulars of a house in Great Alne, the property of the late Edward Wheeler, 30 Mar 1831
- BRU15/18/164a Sale particulars for a house, three cottages and ferry boat at Alveston, the property of William Wilkins, 10 Oct 1831
- BRU15/18/165 Sale catalogue of the furniture etc of the late William Parker of College Lane, 21 Dec 1831
- BRU15/18/166 Handbill announcing the dissolution of the business partnership of Chattaway and William, drapers, hatters and hosiers, 11 Dec 1833
- BRU15/18/167 Programme for the Birmingham Musical Festival for the benefit of the General Hospital, 7 - 10 Oct 1834
- BRU15/18/168 Demand for payment of the Poor Levy, 28 Jun 1836
- BRU15/18/169 Card advertising John Hiron's 'Established Liquor Vaults', [1820-1826]
- BRU15/18/170 Handbills announcing a lottery to be held in Stratford-upon-Avon on 5 October ..., [1800-1850]
- BRU15/18/171 List of prizes for Little G[illegible], [1800-1850]
- BRU15/18/172 Part of the title-page of the account of the Shakespeare Celebrations of 1827, 1827
- BRU15/18/173 Part of a bastardy order of Elizabeth Morris, singlewoman of the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, [1785-1835]
- BRU15/18/174 Handbill advertising medicines obtainable at James Ward's place of business, [1800-1849]
- BRU15/18/175 Handbill advertising Irish Fiorin Grass grown on L. Phillipps' experimental agricultural grounds near Vauxhall, [1800-1860]
- BRU15/18/176 Bye-laws made by the local Board of Health for the District of Stratford-upon-Avon, 26 Mar 1860
- BRU15/18/177 Bye-laws of the Urban Sanitary Authority for the Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 28 Jun 1886
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