| Description | Copy article 'A Victorian Rector and His Village: J.H.Holdick at Bulwick' by Tony Ireson, nd. Holdick's daughter, Evelyn Maydwell Dashwood, lived at Stibbington House in Wansford. Draft artcile for Stibbington Newson titled 'Village Personalities of the Past: Charles Hamerton (1769-1830). Christmas card to John Gilbert from 'Jack' [Hamerton] giving appreciate for John's interest in his family hisotry research, 06 December 1978. Letter to John Gilbert from Jack Hamerton regarding his visit to the UK and information John has sent him regarding the Hamerton family, 30 October 1978. Typed copy advertisement for the letting of Rock Villa, Stamford, and Stibbington House, Wansford, January 1867. Typed copy of the will of Charles Hamerton Esq of London, 30 July 1799. Photograph of Charles Hamerton's tombstone in Southwick churchyard, nd.Various research notes and newspaper cuttings on Stibbington House and the history of Stamford. Newspaper articles and typed copy extracts of research regarding the Wansford Paper Mills. Draft article for Stibbington Newson titled 'Village Personalities of the Past: Robert Nicholas Newcomb (1818-1863)', June-July 1971.
Draft artcile for Stibbington Newson titled 'A Forgotten Stibbington Fire', February 1970. Typed copy of the 1851 Census returns for Stibbington, specifically the paper mills. Typed copy articles and letters on the burning of an effigy in Wansford against Robert Nicholas Newcomb, and his breaking off of an engagement to Miss Fanny Wing due to her "attacks of hysteria", 1858. Research notes on the Newcomb family. Draft manuscript titled 'The Wansford Paper Mills', nd. Draft artcile for Stibbington Newson titled 'A Brief History of The Wansford Paper Mills', September 1971. Photocopy of John's article 'The Wansford Paper Mills- and the story of a broken romance' (2 copies). Two black and white photographs showing a building and St.Paul's Cathedral taken on Friday Street, London, nd. Photograph of unidentified building ruins, presumably taken in London, nd. Newspaper cuttings on the sale of Stibbington House furnishings, nd, The Perkins family emigration to New Zealand, 1974, the funeral of Mrs .D.G.Abbott, 1978, death of Mrs.Sarah Jessie Wyles and Mrs.Betty Ann Hamerton, 1979. Various notes on the Hayes family, Page family. Skecth of Wansford based on c1820s map.
Envelope containing: Photograph of a portrait by George Romney of William Walcot, Walcot owned Wansford Paper Mills from 1806-1824. Photograph of Charles Kent, nd. Photograph of Mrs Anne Wing, nd. Photograph of a bill to W.Rawlings for a coals from Mr.Reeve, c1840s. Photograph of the back of the Wansford Paper Mills taken before demolition, c1860s. Photograph of the soll at the beginning of the Century, showing the Paper Mill building, nd ( late 1900s, possibly 1950s.) Photograph of the mill-head, nd. Photocopy of Wansford taken from the original Inclosure Map, 1810. Photocopy of Wansford taken from Bedfords Stibbington Estate Map 1780. Photograph of the Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury employees at a garden party at Stibbington House , c1880-1890. Photograph of bill head for Thomas Nelson, paper maker, illustrating Wansford Mills, nd. Two letters to John Gilbert from Una West regarding Burdetts of Wansford, Wittering, Thornhaugh and Stibbington 11-26 July 1978. Letter to Grace Gilbert from Harry Strickson, about his residing at Woodlands care home in Earith, 04 July 1960 (1950 written on the letter). Letter to John Gilbert from Gwendolen Roney regarding her family history, 24 April 1978
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