A package containing papers accumulated in connection with Aire and Calder Navigation Lease No. 25: land located at the junction of Aire Street and Murham Lane (later North Street) in the town of Goole. It also contains material related to Goole Lease No. 4A (Sydney Hotel) and No. 23 (Steam Packet Inn) It includes the following:

Deeds (1835–1892)

1. Counterpart of Lease for 99 years (3 August 1835): The Trustees of the Aire and Calder Navigation to Simon Hamer. It has been sealed and signed by the aforementioned Leasee.

2. Surrender of Lease (31 December 1884): George William Carter to Andrew Montagu and others (Trustees of the Aire and Calder Navigation. Surrender of Goole Leases 4A, 23, and 25. It has been signed and sealed by William Aldam and Francis Darwin on behalf of the Navigation.

3. Draft Confirmation of Assignment of Leasehold (1892): George William Carter and John Charles Hawey (with the consent of the Trustees of the Aire and Calder Navigation) to Carters Knottingley Brewery Company Limited.

Other Documents (1883–1904)

1. Instructions for renewal of Lease to George William Carter (1883).

2. Table showing Goole Leases held by George William Carter (December 1883).

3. Goole Lease No. 25: Instructions for Lease to George William Carter (1884).

4. Consent to Assignment of Leasehold (18 January 1904): George William Carter to Carters Knottingley Brewery Company Limited.

5. Memorandum of reconveyance dated 17 February 1904 for registration of books in the Navigation.

Maps and Plans

1. 'Plan showing proposed position of Mr Green's shop' (1885)–with attached draft agreement for tenancy.

Scale (Plan): 8 feet to 1 inch (1:96)

Scale (Inset Map): 88 feet to 1 inch (1:1056)

Dimensions: 310 x 180mm

2. 'Photographic Studio: Corner of North Street and Aire Street for Mr Garrison' (9 May 1887)—with attached memorandum.

Scale (Plan): 8 feet to 1 inch (1:96)

Scale (Map): not given

Dimensions: 375 x 530mm

3. 'Sidney Hotel Goole: Plan showing proposed alterations'—3 sheets

Scale: 6.25 inches to 50 feet (1:96)

Dimensions: 720 x 640mm (Sheet Nos. 1 and 2) and 560 x 470mm (Sheet No. 3)

Correspondence, memoranda, and notes (1885–1951)