Letters to Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Bt. from, amongst others, Rev. Edward Cole, Wetwang; Crust, Todd & Mills, Solicitors, Beverley; Archbishop of York; J.R. Mortimer, Corn Merchant, Driffield; Bell, Steward & Co., Lincolns Inn Fields; Marshall & Snelgrove, London; C.H. Priestly, East Riding Bank, Malton

Reference No:
U DDSY/101/77
Dates:
1874-1885
Description:
Cottages & sanitary conditions at Wetwang; Fimber church; horses; election of pupil to Yorkshire Society's school (including election cards); benefice of East & West Heslerton; purchase of farm at Wetwang; Garton, Kirby Grindalythe, Wansford, Thixendale, East Heslerton & Bishop Wilton churches; Thixendale school; purchase price of Low Mowthorpe Farm; suggested improvements to Bishop Wilton village; applications & testimonials for an estate agent to succeed Mr. Archer; public meeting of York diocesan Church Building and Endowment Aid Society; donations towards organs for Everingham & Drypool churches; farming; formation of Malton Curling Club; Beverley & Barmston drainage; arrangements for tour (Palestine) through Cook's travel agency; Marriage Settlement of Beatrice Sarah Cholmondeley; Society for the Supression of Mendicity; purchase of Jersey bull; etc.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
c. 300 items
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of the Sykes family of Sledmere