Papers of William Bromwich Ryder

Deeds and documents relating to the trust and will of William Bromwich Ryder (d. 4 August 1899)

FILE 1

BUNDLE 1

Far Pasture Field: certificate of the redemption of the land tax, 1799; receipts for the legacies under Mr. J. Norman's will.

BUNDLE 2

Papers relating to 'Far Pasture Field' and Bank Top, 1792-1886, 1 file:

Various letters, agreements, etc., to and regarding Charles Rider (Ryder), junior (elder brother of William Ryder, who left his estate to William Bromwich (later William Bromwich Ryder by deed poll), relating to Charles Ryder's property in Chapel Street and Baird Street in Manchester. A letter of 5 May 1836 shows that Charles Ryder was then living at Fairfield (Moravian settlement?), and from 1840 onwards his address was 19 Lansdowne Crescent, Leamington.

BUNDLE 3

List of owners and occupiers in or near Chapel Street, Feb 1837.

BUNDLE 4

Records relating to the agreement of Charles Rider, of Fairfield, Droylsden, holder of half of the land known as Norman Field at the upper end of Chapel Street, Bank Top in his own name, and half as a trustee of the will of John Ogden, to let the field for the making of bricks, 10 Dec 1834.

BUNDLE 5

Deeds relating to Charles Ryder, Ambrose Beckett and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company, 1824-1842.

BUNDLE 6

Records relating to Charles Ryder's agreements with John Woolfenden, Charles Withington and James Brierley, 1843-1847.

BUNDLE 7

Deed of indemnity between 1) Frances Catherine Powell and others with 2) Miss Sarah Ousey, 2 Feb 1874;

Conveyance of freehold and leasehold charges for land in Bank Top, Manchester, between 1) James Kershaw and William Bromwich Ryder and the trustees of the will of the late William Ryder Richardson, 30 Dec 1886.

BUNDLE 8

Records relating to Far Pasture Field and its award regarding the two bankruptcies by G. Lloyd, 19 Jun 1794.

FILE 2

Photocopies of Rider/Norman family tree and W. B. Ryder's will, 1899.