Records of Victoria Park Trust
1836-1954
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Acts of Parliament: An Act for establishing a Company for the Purpose of laying out maintaining an ornamental Park within the Townships of Rusholme, Chorlton upon Medlock and Moss Side 1837 (7 Will IV c XXX) and Manchester City Extension Act 1885 (48 and 49 Vict c CXXXVI). Minutes: Victoria Park Trust Committee minutes 1895-1954; general annual meeting of landed proprietors and of residents in Victoria Park minutes 1899-1905, 1919. Notices of meetings and circular letters 1905, 1938, undated. Accounts: Victoria Park Company account book 1836-1838; Victoria Park Trust account books 1942-1954; treasurer's cash accounts 1845-1853, 1942-1954; treasurer's annual statement of cash accounts 1898-1903, 1918-1919, 1942-1954; Victoria Park Trust bank pass book (account held with William Deacon's Bank Ltd, Rusholme Branch) 1952-1954. Legal papers: agreements 1838-1938; judgements 1914; instructions and opinions of counsel 1898-1920; abstract of title 1898.
Secretary's papers and correspondence, including: letters concerning the purchase of land from the Victoria Park Company 1837-1896; correspondence with Sir Willian Anson concerning the Anson Road Gates 1898-1918; correspondence concerning Sir William Anson's tenants' right of way for vehicular traffic 1905; correspondence concerning the repair and sweeping of Rusholme Place 1903, 1909; papers and correspondence concerning moving of Wilmslow Road Gates 1918; papers and correspondence concerning the proposed Anson Road Tramways Extension (Manchester Corporation Bill 1920) 1919-1920; correspondence concerning Victoria Park Roads 1922-1923; correspondence and sundry papers concerning the granting to the public of free right of use of Anson Road 1938; correspondence relating to the dedication of new roads and the redevelopment of the Park 1939; correspondence concerning the winding up of the trust. Papers of Dr E Bosdin Leech concerning the centenary celebrations 1783-1938. Maps and plans.
Related Material:See also thesis by M. Spiers, 'Local Government survey of Victoria Park 1836-1954' (on microfilm MF 1341)
Place:Manchester/Manchester/Manchester/Lancashire/England
/Moss Side/Manchester/Lancashire/England
/Chorlton upon Medlock/Manchester/Lancashire/England
/Rusholme/Manchester/Lancashire/England
Title:
Records of Victoria Park Trust
Date of work:
1836-1954
Reference number:
GB127.M99
Level of description:
Fonds
Includes:
Source:
Transferred to Library by the Town Clerk in June 1970
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
Topics:
Record types:
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Language:
English
Record number:
7189245
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