| Description | Envelope 1: 7 postcards of Maxey: The Village, the Church interior, West End, the Church exterior, the Church taken from a distance by H.L.Keen, the Church and graves, a village road, Church Road.
Envelope 2: Cabinet Card photograph of Charles Woolley's friend Sgt S.M.Hill, nd. Photograph of Charles Herbert Woolley and S.M.Hill as well as two other unidentified soliders, nd. Typescript article by John J.Gilbert on his great-uncle Charles Herbert Woolley, 1983 (2 copies). Crosshatch letter from Charles Woolley at Fort Ricasoli, to his mother, regarding his health and being sent to Benghisa, 28 June 1901. Letter to unknown from Charles Woolley on the back of an Army telegraph regarding an tenant not paying rent and enclosing a farthing the Maltese give beggars to ease their conscience, June 1901. Crosshatch letter from Charles Woolley at Fort Ricasoli, to his mother, regarding his health, sickness around him and his invitation to tea with L.M.S.Lawton, 07 July 1901. Letter from Charles Woolley at the Soldiers & Sailors Home in Valletta, to his mother, regarding learning Maltese and a local Carnival, 17 February 1901. Drawing of two beetles from Sierre Leone collected by Charles Woolley, nd. Two list of friends of Charles Woolley of the 1st Northants Volunteer Royal Engineers, nd. Copy photograph of presumably Charles Woolley, nd. Copy will of Charles Herbert Woolley, 25 August 1983. Photograph of Mrs Joseph Woolley with their pet monkey Mona, c1902. Photograph of Charles Woolley's grave in Malta, nd. Letter from the British Museum regarding identifying the breed of Mona the monkey (enclosing two photographs returned), 17 June 1964. Note regarding the identification of the monkey breed, nd. Newspaper cutting on J.W.Smitheringale and local characters he remembers, nd. Three empty envelopes for letters.
Envelope 3: Notes and newspaper cuttings on Torpel Castle.
Envelope 4: Woolley family research notes, not Peterborough District. Mostly handwritten notes and newspaper cuttings.
Folder: Various family trees relating to the Woolley family and wider relations including the Garfords, Pentney's etc. Letters of correspondence regarding the research of the Woolley family tree and its wider relations. Notes on family history reseach such as baptisms, marriages and burials from Parish registers and newspaper cuttings relating to the aforementioned families in Market Deeping, Peakirk, Peterborough, Maxey, Glinton. Funeral hyms for Leonard Garford, 1983. Copy death certificate for James Woolley, 01 February 1838. Photocopy birth certificate of Charlotte Woolley, 03 March 1870. Misc research notes, copy will of Elizabeth Woolley, 1818. Handwritten article 'The Story of the Painting by the staircase in Peterborough Museum'. Pamphlet advertising the G.B.W Beet Harvester. Letter from Fanny to Hannah Gilbert regarding family matters, 03 November 1885. Letter from Frank Gilbert to his Uncle regarding Aunty Lizzie staying with them, Lady Westmorland giving classes and the death of Mrs Vipan, October 1901. Photograph and leaflet of a Handy Bench Forge, c1893. Copy photograph possibly of Mrs Bacon's shop on Austin Street Stamford, nd. Copy Photograph of Joseph Woolley of Maxey, Alfred Pentney of Peterborough and Mrs Joseph Woolley of Maxey [all undated]. |