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This Series has much miscellaneous material. The most substantive set of documentation concerns Edmund Byron’s years as a pupil at Eton College in the 1880s. This set includes Eton calendars, Eton College lists and a large number of Eton termly bills, which list school fees and Edmund’s personal expenditure as a boarder at the school, and some correspondence between the school and parents.

Other items include family photographs, documents on the building of Coulsdon Court, some books, a fine testimonial to Edmund on the occasion of his 21st birthday presented by the domestic staff, and other items of a similarly personal nature, such as hair cuttings. There are items concerning the building of the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway: Eric Byron was a railway engineer and surveyor and he worked on the construction of this line. There is a copy of the Calgary Land District Map, 1907, identifying the land held by Thomas and Cecil Byron in Canada.

A significant element of this Series is a comprehensive bundle of papers concerning the appointment and employment of bailiffs on the estate from 1880 to the sale of the estate in 1921. The bundle includes a memoir of John Gilbert, bailiff to the Byrons from 1839 to 1880, written by Edmund Byron probably on John’s death in 1889.

There is also a set of correspondence concerning the case of Hall v Byron, a legal challenge brought against Edmund’s plans to enclose Farthing Downs. The case was heard before Chancery in 1873. The Series also includes documentation concerning the subsequent sale of the Coulsdon Commons to the City of London in 1883. It is recommended that researchers consult collection AR384 in conjunction with these papers. (AR384 comprises an archive donated by Eric Byron to the Museum of Croydon in 1934).

There is correspondence with solicitors, other professionals, and companies and individuals who had some involvement with the estate, including matters of dispute.

There are schedules listing details of the land held and tax schedules; the tax schedules give snapshots of the overall sources and taxable value of Edmund’s annual income.

The extent of the Byrons’ land holdings is highlighted, with land held in Golders Green and Hendon as well as in Coulsdon.

Contains minutes of the War Memorial Sub-Committee, Jan 1921 - May 1921; with other relevant papers inserted, including notes for Vestry meeting 13 Jul 1921; press cuttings etc re unveiling and dedication; photographs of site; and copy correspondence betwee GA Oswald and London Borough of Croydon etc. re recutting of inscription, 1987 - 1988.

Lists of donations received, subscribers, expenditure account, banking transactions and final War Memorial account

Includes certificates of exams passed, notebooks, booklets, correspondence and photographs of students, staff and surrounding areas, including those taken during a revisit to Talgarth in July 1967.

Papers dealing with the personal experiences of Mark Hayler during the First World War from a mixture of sources including the Hayler family and Mark Hayler's own diaries.

Material about the experiences of other Conscientious Objectors, mainly from the Croydon area, during the First World War. Includes a brochure about Guy Hayler printed in 1950.

Material concerning Wandsworth, Warwick, Wormwood Scrubs and Dartmoor Convicts Prison. Includes photographs, programmes for internally planned events and diary entries. Also includes papers about the history of the prisons, including newspaper cuttings and a Tourist brochure from the 1980s.

Includes Mark Hayler's involvement with the Friday Group.

Material includes Mark Hayler's armband and badges while working in France, newspapers distributed to those based there (in English) and a dairy of his travels through the Kiel Canal in Germany and the Soviet Union.

Includes Newspaper clippings from during and after the First World War and various booklets published during and after the Second World War.

32 black and white photographs taken by Ronald Arthur Huitson (1916 - 1986) and his wife Muriel (1915 - 1987) of the Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society during the course of the reservoirs demolition and the gutting of the water tower.

List bodies received, in chronological order, with brief details, including name, religion, age at death, undertakers and who paid for the funeral.