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Documents Donated by P. E. Newnham, Son of John Newnham

  • AR502
  • Collection
  • 1824-1937

Letter re: Rhoda Brodie, c.1880, one of the first women to be enrolled as Special Constable during First World War, later awarded OBE; letter to Mayor of Croydon, proposing formation of Home Defence Corps, 1914; letter re: Croydon Church bells, 1932; photograph of Sir Henry and Lady Berney, 1937; handbill and note re: lost blue bag containing estate documents of Samuel Browne, 1824; letter to John Newnham re: 3/4th Bn, Queens Royal Regt, 1917; letter from officer on service in India, 1916; declaration re: estate of Samuel Browne, 1831.

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Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Croydon

  • AR151
  • Collection
  • 1890 - 1929

Three unrelated documents:

A handbill concerning the 1902 Council Elections;

A religious handbill by Herbert W. Knocker, 1929

Ms notes on Croydon Improvement Act 1890

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The Wine Bibber

  • AR16
  • Collection
  • c.1810

Text of a drinking song. Full title: A favorite Song called / The Wine Bibber / Or, Billy diddled out of his Madeira. Contains a reference to the Green Dragon inn, Croydon; and to a churchwarden named Nevit. The text is written on a page torn out of a volume, previously used to record grocery accounts (including vegetables, a pigs head, etc) for Lloyd, with dates including 1813, 1815, and 1817. It has subsequently been mounted on card (by Croydon Library).

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Manorial Account Book

  • AR131
  • Collection
  • 1660-1736

Manors of Croydon, Lambeth, and Waddon 1671-1736; in back of volume manors of Fulham, Hammersmith, Acton, Greenford cum Hanwell, Ealing, Hornsey, Finchley, Stevenach, Ashwell, Hadham, Stortford, Fearing cum Pattiswick, Kelvedon, Wickham, Langdon 1660-80.

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R Mansell records

  • AR105
  • Collection
  • c1908-c1990

Various correspondence files, financial records, photographs, ephemera and memorabilia etc of R Mansell Ltd, builders

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Calendar of Oxted Manor deeds

  • AR468
  • Collection
  • n.d.

On paper slips. Original deeds transferred to Surrey Record Office in 1960.

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Miscellaneous deeds

  • AR500
  • Collection
  • 1824-1899

Lease of beerhouse, Canning Road (with plan), 1874; extension of lease of Cricketers Inn, Upper Addiscombe Road, 1899; underlease of beerhouse, Addiscombe Road, 1878; statutory declaration re hedge adjoining Addiscombe Court and Addiscombe Cricket Ground, 1894; schedule of deeds re properties, 1824-99.

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Marriage settlement, and agreement re manufacture of tobacco pipes

  • AR516
  • Collection
  • 1752-1826

1) Marriage settlement by Mary Gilpin and Alderman Winterbottom; grant of annuity; conveyance (by lease and release) and other deeds and papers, all re farm and land in the borough of Bensham, parish of Croydon. 1752; 1762; 1772; 1781; 1800
2) Agreement between Thomas Farrimond of Thrnton Heath, engineer, and Edward Cross, tobacconist of London, re the manufacture and sale of the Farrimond tobacco pipe, 1926

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Reed Close Lease

  • AR230
  • Collection
  • 1688

Deed re: continuation of lease of Reed Close, Bensham Manor, Croydon.

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Deeds etc relating to various Croydon properties

  • AR843
  • Collection
  • 1862-1958

26 July 1862, 31 Jul 1862, 25 Sep 1862 Land at Croydon, Surrey (St James Road/ St James Villas)
1889 Land part of the Morland Park Estate (southern end of Davidson Road)
11 Jan 1894, 30 Oct 1896: 394 Alpha Villas, Albert Road (probably later Davidson Road)
1910 (2), 125 - 131 Albert Road, Croydon (later Davidson Road)
02 Nov 1870, Milton Road, Croydon
14 Apr 1874 Manuel Road, Croydon
05 June 1899, 07 May 1914, 30 Sep 1963, 34 Stanger Road, SN
03 March 1914, 198 Portland Road, SN
19 July 1881, 11 Dec 1882, 08 April 1938, 30 Cresswell Road, SN
14 Nov 1892, Albert Road, Addiscombe
19 Apr 1928 18 Lonsdale Road, SN
16 Oct 1922, Tugela road, Selhurst
03 Nov 1884 (2), 20 Nov 1884, 19 Oct 1920, 01 March 1922, 15 Aug 1958 1 Howden Road, SN
[28 April 1930: 1,2,3,4 Alexandra Cottages, Beardell St, UN: Transferred to Lambeth Archives]

Plus:

Declaration of Miss Elizabeth Jane Walkey re: Milton House, Milton Road, 1901
Plus Certificate 26 Oct 1870 concerning Louisa Hammick Aldridge

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Various deeds relating to Croydon

  • AR898
  • Collection
  • 1871 - 1957

4 items:
1) Conveyance of freehold land and premises adjoining the Compton and Selwood Roads, Addiscombe, Croydon [Ormerod to Addiscome Garden Estates Ltd] 1922
2) Agreements re: nos 40, 52 and 60 Penge Road and allotment adjoining Queens Road, South Norwood, 1906 - 1915
3) Appointment of trustees of m/s Jacob Ellery and Charlotte Ann Ellery of Crown Hill, Norwood, 1871.
4) Appointment of trustees re: several properties in Croydon belonging to the late H. Harland with fire insurance policies, 1934 - 1957. Addresses include 1-2 Fairfield Villas, 45, 47 and 83 Waddon Park Avenue, 70 Clarendon Road, 24, 26, 28 and 7 Benson Road, 46-8 Fairholme Road, 59 and 61 Parsons Mead.

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