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J R Bex: Account Books

  • AR2
  • Collection
  • 1912 - 1977

Financial records of J R Bex, builders and undertakers, of 23 Wyche Road, Croydon

James R Bex

Sidney Joseph Madge: Papers Relating to Coulsdon and Purley

  • SJM
  • Collection
  • 1951 - 1953

Three histories of the Coulsdon and Purley area by Sidney J. Madge:

Coulsdon and Purley Source Book of Materials for Local History with Index 1951[SJM/1] Manuscript of Coulsdon: From the time of Cuthred to the Crusades, October 1952, with related correspondence 1952 - 3 [SJM/2]

Manuscript of Coulsdon Records: the Principal Lands of Coulsdon and Purley and their Holders, June 1953 [SJM/3]; and a typescript copy of same [SJM/4]

Sidney Joseph Madge

Father Tooth Letter

  • AR44
  • Collection
  • 28 Feb 1929

Letter of good wishes sent by Father Arthur Tooth to Woodside [Ashburton] library. Sent from Otford Court: Father Tooth hopes that Every good success welfare attend the people of Woodside in their use of the Library recreation ground; and recalls his happy years spent at Woodside.

Arthur Tooth

Survey and Valuations of Property

  • AR1131
  • Collection
  • c1890-1900

Volume of survey and valuations of property (indexed). Mentions Sydney Edridge as the surveyor at the beginning of the volume

Unknown corporate body

Byron Family: Public Offices and Family Philanthropy

This Series covers documents concerning Edmund Byron’s involvement in public offices, with some items which reveal aspects of his philanthropy within the Coulsdon community. The strength of the Series lies in detailed documentation of his candidature in the Surrey County Council elections from 1888, when he was elected as a County Councillor, through to 1898, when he initially stood for election but withdrew when opposed by a late-entry and strong alternative candidate.

There are also documents relating to St. John’s church, Coulsdon, and Edmund’s appointment as a Justice of the Peace. Contributions to the church are also recorded in AR1057/3/163/11 – Domestic and Family Expenses and Accounts.

There is significant overlap with AR1057/1 – Personal Correspondence and AR1057/6 – Journals and Memoirs. Together with these other sources, a full picture of the family’s public and philanthropic roles in Coulsdon and the wider county community may be acquired. Researchers are particularly referred to AR1057/6/112 – Journal kept by Charlotte Emily and Edmund Byron, 1867-1875.

Byron Family: Journals and Memoirs

This Series has three items. The most significant is the detailed daily Journal or diary kept primarily by Charlotte Emily Byron, with some contributions from Edmund, covering the years 1867-1875. It covers the early years of their marriage and provides a record of the lives of a landed gentry family. There is information on domestic and family life, a vivid picture of their social and philanthropic activities within their village of Coulsdon, their hunting and other sporting activities, their wider social world and their extensive travels around Great Britain and Europe, including the early years of their annual summer fishing visits to Norway.

The information in Charlotte Emily’s Journal is greatly supplemented by AR1057/1 – Personal Correspondence, which often fills out the ‘backstory’ to the entries in the Journal.

This Series also includes a memoir of the old village of Coulsdon, when it was still a remote and rural community, written by Edmund’s son, Eric Byron, in 1926 at the age of 87.

There is also an extremely detailed travel journal kept by an unknown author. How it relates to the Byron family is unclear.

Byron Family: Personal Records and Ephemera

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.

Byron Family: Business Correspondence and Estate Management

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.

Watermains Volume Number 2

  • AR1133
  • Collection
  • 1912-1924

Indexed volume titled Watermains No. 2

Unknown corporate body

Croydon Repertory Theatre Scrapbook

  • AR1134
  • Collection
  • 1932-1933

Croydon Repertory Theatre scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, programmes and photographs, and papers of Sidney Budd, one of the founders of the Croydon Repertory Theatre

Sidney Budd

Waghorne Miles Arms and Crests Album

  • AR40
  • Collection
  • c1840-1899

Waghorne and Miles, carriagebuilders: album of coats of arms, crests and monograms; with 63 additional stencils on loose slips of papers; used in carriage painting.

Waghorne and Miles

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