Catalogue description Richard Fowler and Sons, surveyors and estate agents of Birmingham

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Title: Richard Fowler and Sons, surveyors and estate agents of Birmingham
Description:

A collection of about 3,000 maps, plans, deeds, letters, accounts and other papers chiefly relating to estates in Birmingham and Warwickshire with which the firm of Richard Fowler and Son, surveyors and estate agents of Birmingham, have been associated. The collection comprises office accounts and ledgers, 1831-1903; estate papers, plans, sale particulars, correspondence and accounts concerning property in Aston, 1818-1908, Birmingham, 1803-1912, Castle Bromwich, 1818, Erdington, 1772-1919, Great Barr Staffs, c1830, Handsworth, 1801-1912, Kings Norton, 1815-1921, Northfield, 1855-72, Sutton Coldfield, 1800-97 and elsewhere in Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1823-1920; the will of John Whittingham of Aston, 1846 and related papers, 1837-65; agreement and deed of dissolution of Birmingham Investment Society, with book of particulars and plans, 1833-44; letters and papers concerning property of the Holte Bracebridge Charity, c1860-77; papers concerning the estates of the Freer family in Birmingham, Handsworth, Haughton Staffs and elsewhere, 1859-1915; plan of estates of John Gough at Handsworth c1820 and account for work on the Gough estate, 1828-36; papers of Millward family of Monyhull Hall and Berriew Montgomery, 1852-1921; papers concerning Simon Munslow's Charity at Ratlinghope Salop, 1856-1900; working plans re land for extension of Lion Works, Witton Kynoch & Co, 1893-1921; schedule of leases granted by the manor of Yardley, 1738-1815; map of Hartshorne Derbys, 1766; papers relating to management of estates of Worthington family at Bromsgrove and elsewhere, 1839-1923; plans and papers concerning tithe redemption at Aston, Beoley Worcs, Bradley Staffs, Cofton Hackett Worcs, Earls Croome Worcs, Edgbaston, Erdington, Farnborough Warks, Handsworth, Kings Norton, Overton Derbys, Rowington Warks, Rushall Staffs, Stoke Prior Worcs, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall, West Tilbury Essex, 1722-1912; plans and papers concerning Birmingham & Warwick Canal, 1793-1822, Birmingham & Worcester Canal, 1792-1811, Tame Valley Canal, n.d. [early 19th cent] -c1850, Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, 1792-1894, Birmingham & Fazeley Canal, 1839-1912 and other canals, c1820-36; papers relating to rating assessments at Perry Barr, 1794-1920; valuation returns for Warwickshire County Rates, 1840-42; papers relating to opposition to the extension of the Birmingham city boundary, 1887-1912; papers relating to the creation of ecclesiastical districts for Christ Church, Yardley Wood, 1849 and St. Barnabas, Erdington, 1827-99; minutes and papers of committee for celebrating the marriage of the Prince of Wales, 1863; printed list of Birmingham paupers in receipt of out-relief, 1796; executorship accounts of George Barker, 1845-47; sections of the principal coal and ironstone mines in Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Co. Durham, c1830, with view of a mine working; letters, accounts and papers of the Essington and Wakeman-Newport families concerning property at Alum Rock, Washwood Heath, and Great Malvern Worcs, 1826-1932; papers concerning property of Fowler family at Erdington and Gravelly Hill, 1825-1915; papers relating to inclosure proposals at Erdington and Witton, 1796-1804 and Sutton Coldfield, 1778; papers relating to collection of tithe payments in Aston, Erdington, 1762-1935; papers relating to the Birmingham & Watford Gap Turnpike Trust, 1826-71; Aston parish levy book, 1771; Aston overseers accounts, 1804-12; Aston parish highway surveyors' accounts, 1788-1833; lists of Aston charities, n.d. [early 18th cent]-n.d. [late 19th cent]; papers concerning North Warwickshire parliamentary election, 1847; papers concerning East Birmingham Town Planning Scheme, 1878-1919; personal papers of various members of the Fowler family, 1813-1918; Holte family estate accounts, c1750-58; letters and papers of Swanwick family concerning personal affairs and property at Leamington Priors Warks, 1819-75, including catalogue and papers about a circulating library run by the Misses Swanwick in Birmingham, 1857-61; papers of Wren family of Perry Barr and Wroxhall Warks, 1706-1877; miscellaneous plans of Sutton Coldfield, 1765, Dudley and Stratford-upon-Avon, c1840.
Date: 1654-1940
Held by: Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Richard Fowler and Sons, Birmingham, surveyors and estate agents
Physical description: 22 series
Access conditions:

Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

Mrs. F. Jewel Baillie

 

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Subjects:
  • Warwickshire
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