| Description | Includes correspondence etc. re purchase of Lord Anglesey's estate at Abbots Bromley, with valuation, 1870, and plan of Bentilee, n.d., 1870-1890 (149); Yoxall, Cross Hayes. Croft and 7 closes: 5 year lease and licence to assign. (Meynell-Ingram/Holland/Littleton), 1887, 1888 (170); correspondence etc. re sale of land in Newborough, [p.Hanbury], 1892-1913, including plan of Ravens Nest, n.d., agreement re sale of cottages and land at Hoar cross, 1892, conditions of sale, plan of land and buildings at Newborough End, and agreement (Whyman to Meynell-Ingram), 1898 (148); valuation of tillages and manure, Bentilee Park Farm, 1901, with tenant's correspondence, 1906-9 (146); Newborough End, 4 closes and orchard: draft bargain and sale with plan (Newbolds/Meynell-Ingram), 1902 (160); correspondence re Cross Hayes Hall, 1899-1918, including lists of rooms, 1899, 1918 and description of land (168-9); plans of field near Lawn Pits, belonging to Lady Smith Farm and woods and planations, with correspondence, 1912-14 (158, 166-7); correspondence and notices to cultivate land for 1918 harvest with returns as to land under plough, 1917-1918 (152); correspondence re repair and diversion of roads near Hoar cross, 1870-1910, with order and plan for stopping up and diverting road at Hoar cross Hall, 1870 and plans, elevations and sections for bridge and road diversion at Newborough, 1906 (147); correspondence re proposal to run railway from Uttoxeter to Lichfield, 1914, with notice re public meeting, 1895 (157); correspondence, reports, plans, estimates and bills etc. re Hoar cross water supply, 1873-1914 (156, 176), stonework for screen in hall, 1894 (177), new oak door, 1895 (174), pond, 1895 (175), laundry, 1898 (173), proposed new cottage, 1897 (154), windmill, 1899-1900, (155), stone pillars and balustrading, 1910 (172), and racquet court, 1911-1912 (150); plans, estimates etc. of proposed alterations and additions at Cross Hayes, with letters from Clough Williams-Ellis and his report on shrinkage of Hoar cross, 1931 (171, 180); and lists of tenants, employees etc., suggested allowances to wives and children of enlisted workmen, and wage increases, 1908-1920 (151, 178). |