Letters to the Rev. Sir Mark Sykes from, amongst others, Rev. Francis Best, South Dalton; Edmund Garforth, Askam; Lord Downe, Cowick Hall, nr. Doncaster; George Wallis, Hull; Marmaduke Prickett, Bridlington; Henry Barnard, South Cave; John Peacock, York; Sir Charles Hotham Thompson, Dalton.

Reference No:
U DDSY/101/51
Dates:
1762-1783
Description:
Servants; report on condition of houses at Roos; 'Witsteed' mausoleum (with plan); Beverley elections (1774 & 1782); fee farm rents at Little Ruston & Hutton Cranswick; gamekeeper at Walkington; shooting at Croome; plans of a water-power operated threshing machine; charity to distressed prisoners at York; Mrs. Cotton at York; etc.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
25 items
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Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of the Sykes family of Sledmere