Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire. A bundle of 19th century and...

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Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire. A bundle of 19th century and later deeds and manuscripts, including the ‘Survey and Valuation of the Parish of Newbold Verdon made by the Comm:s of Inclosure in 1811’, 12ff, which came to the annual value of £2,543-1-0, signed and dated by the commissioner John Smith, 22 July 1811, inscribed to recto only, presumably by a clerk, red-ruled, original paper wrappers, upper-cover titled in ink MS., 4to, the village’s parish council’s minutes book, dated from 1863-1893, the brief ‘minutes’ read more like summaries of the overall discussion &/or agreement, contemporary vellum, marbled edges, 4to, Coal Mining, a ‘Lease of all seams of coal underlying […] in the Parish of Newbold Verdon […], agreed between The Reverend H. Legge & The Desford Coal Company, Limited, dated 12th December 1938, including a map, a Leicester diocesan ‘Faculty for the erection of a Memorial Tablet’ for the latter, dated 1945, another, dated 1959, for the Restoration of the Church tower, including architectural elevations, perspectives and plans, by Cecil Ogden & Sons, a Counterpart Mortgage for securing the payment of £200 with interest, from The Revd. W.W. Greenway to The Governors of Queen Anne’s Bounty, dated 22nd October 1866, inscribed vellum, correspondence between Messrs. Ingram & Moore and the Revd. W.G Cole, incumbent of NV, viz. a conveyance and the churchyard, dated 1899, probates, etc., further ephemera connected to Newbold Vernon families, including an early-mid 20th century White Ensign, the flag 62cm x 134cm, in a later manila envelope inscribed: J.F. Gilliver, RAF VR, 40 & 104 Squadron’s, 236 Wing RAF, Central Mediterranean, two World War One period photographs, etc.