| Description | Papers and correspondence relating to the Royal Oak Farm Estate, off Dragon Lane, Whiston.
Includes: Requisitions on Title form concerning 1 Oak Road, Whiston to Whiston Rural District Council (May 1948); correspondence with the Central Land Board, Manchester, regarding the purchase of Royal Oak Farm by Whiston R.D.C. from Paramount Estates Ltd., Liverpool (1952 - 1953) and application for determination of development charge (July 1952); correspondence with R.T. Barnes and Cawson, solicitors, Liverpool, regarding the purchase of Royal Oak Farm by Whiston R.D.C. from Paramount Estates Ltd. (1951 - 1952); three copies of draft conveyance between Paramount Estates Ltd. and Whiston R.D.C. of Royal Oak Farm, Whiston, two with extensive handwritten corrections (1952); rough draft, with handwritten entries and correction, of a memorandum of agreement between Whiston R.D.C. and the Manweb (1954); draft declaration and covenants for conveyances (1947, 1948); handwritten notes and draft documents; Abstract of Title to freehold land and premises, Royal Oak Farm, Dragon Lane, Whiston (August 1939) memorandum of agreement between Paramount Estates and Whiston R.D.C., Royal Oak Farm, Dragon Lane, including two plans of site (October 1952); completion statement with financial breakdown of sale of land between Paramount Estates and Whiston R.D.C. (c. 1952); correspondence with the Office of the Controller of Stamps, Inland Revenue, London (1950 - 1952) correspondence with Shaw and Sons, company and general registration agents, London, regarding the purchase from Paramount Estates (1952); correspondence with the Law Journal regarding a legal detail of the purchase from Paramount Estates (October 1952); correspondence with the District Valuer, Liverpool (1948 - 1952) and report on the Royal Oak Farm site with plan (1950); draft form for borrowing from the Public Works Loan Board (1952); report by the Mineral Valuer, Inland Revenue, Leeds, on the Royal Oak Farm estate (January 1948); correspondence with the Ministry of Health, London and Manchester (1948 - 1950); correspondence with the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Manchester (1952); correspondence with the Ministry of Town and Country Planning, later the Ministry of Local Government and Planning, Manchester (1947 - 1951); correspondence with the Divisional Planning Committee regarding the building of 20 'Gregory' flats on the Royal Oak Farm site (1951); correspondence with Henry and Walter Strettle, Rainhill, and tenants at Royal Oak Farm (1949 - 1951); Notice of Entry forms for Henry and Walter Strettle and Paramount Estates as part of Whiston R.D.C's compulsory purchase order (March 1951); correspondence with the Ministry of Health, Manchester (1950) claim for compensation from Henry and Walter Strettle and correspondence with J. Davies & Son, their solicitors, St. Helens (1950); compensation claim forms from Paramount Estates and E. and W. Almond, Royal Oak Farm (June 1950) and correspondence with Elias and Lancaster, surveyors and estate agents, and A. Stephen Cawson, solicitor, Liverpool, representing Paramount Estates and Henry Cross and Son, solicitors, Prescot, representing E. and W. Almond (1948 - 1950); correspondence with Paramount Estates (1948- 1950); correspondence with E. and W. Almond (1947 - 1950); correspondence with H. Allcock. lessee, Dragon Lane (1949 - 1950); correspondence with the Charity Commission, London, and T. L. Leach, Prescot, regarding property owned by Ashton's Charity, Whiston (1949); correspondence with Lancashire County Council (1949); draft and copy of questionnaire regarding the purchase of Royal Oak Farm for the District Valuer (August 1948); correspondence with Ellis and Sons, estate agents, Liverpool, regarding Royal Oak Farm (1947 - 1948); copy of conveyance of Royal Oak Farm between C.R. D'Anyers Willis and others to E. and W. Almond (February 1930); correspondence with James Lowe & Son, valuers and accountants, Prescot, representing E. and W. Almond (1946); handwritten description of land and property at Royal Oak Farm. |