Conveyance and Deed relating to a piece of land in Coulsdon
- AR1057/11/53
- Item
- 1868 - 1875
Conveyance and Deed relating to a piece of land in Coulsdon
Tenancy agreement for Bradmoore Farm House
Documents relating to the construction of a bridge over the Caterham Railway
Conveyance of freehold of Lower Foxley Park
Agreement for letting a Beershop and lands in Coulsdon
Deeds relating to the Hendon Estate
Memoranda of expenditure of repairs, building, fencing etc. on the Coulsdon Estate from 1863
Byron Family: Shares and Bond Holdings
The Series is small with the information somewhat scattered in nature, lacking coherence at times. The material consists of such items as notices of purchase and sales.
It provides an indication of the importance of share and bond holdings in the Byrons’ overall wealth and annual income. Tax schedules, listed under AR1057/8, show that the greater part of Edmund’s annual income was from shares and bonds, which exceeded what he received from rental and farming income.
Names of those 'written to' listed on the back.
Charges relating to the sale of land at Hendon to Mr Harvey
Byron Family: Personal Correspondence
This Series covers personal correspondence between nuclear and extended family members and those with whom the Byrons had social contact. With a timespan of 100 years, there are over 300 letters in the Series. The 1890s-1920s feature most prominently. This period covers the correspondence of Edmund Byron, his wife, Charlotte Emily, and their children Lucy, Thomas, Cecil and Mary Eva during their young adulthood in the 1890s onwards, both as the writers and recipients of letters.
All aspects of family life can be charted in this Series, including family issues, their relationships with each other, issues relating to employed staff at Coulsdon, affairs and events in Coulsdon, holidays and travel in the UK and across Europe and, for many years, annual fishing visits to Norway. Two of the children – Thomas and Cecil – migrated to Canada when young men, where they followed the life of cattle ranching. Their experiences for the whole period in Canada, from preparations for departure through to their deaths (Cecil in 1911; Tom in 1940) are covered in detail. The letters include detailed information on the financial/business side of Thomas’s ranching career.
This large collection of letters provides personal and, being written for private use only, unguarded insight into the family’s life, which serve to fill out the information to be garnered in the various items across all the other Series in this archive.
Available upon request: Supplementary papers to the catalogue including chronological listings of all the letters and detailed summaries of the letters found in AR1057/1/75, 77 & 172. These supplementary papers are ‘working papers’ compiled by members of The Bourne Society during the initial arrangement of the collection. The final catalogue reference numbering has been much refined since this work was done.
Letter of Condolence to Eric Byron from Aunt S Byron
Bundle of various personal correspondence
Bundle of correspondence regarding the ill health and death of Edmund Byron
Personal letters to Eric Byron
Bundle of letters to Eric Byron
Byron Family: Family and Non-Family Settlements-Marriage, Wills and Trusts
This Series covers a range of marriage settlements, wills, probate and trusts for the Coulsdon Byrons, extended family and others with whom the Byrons were closely associated, the earliest substantial document being the will of Richard (1741-1798), brother of the Thomas Byron (1738-1821) who acquired the Manor of Coulsdon. There is a variety of documents of key family members, including the marriage settlement and will for Edmund Byron (1843-1921), and estate valuations for Thomas and Cecil Byron following their deaths in Canada.
A strength of this collection lies in the settlements following Edmund’s death, including the Trusts that were set up for children Lucy Hall and Mary Eva Hilton and grandchild, Arthur Byron.
The Series includes documentation on the Evans Williams Trust and the associated legal proceedings (1899-1905) after one of the trustees, the solicitor Mr Harrison, defrauded the Trust. Edmund Byron, also a trustee, held partial liability for the losses entailed.