Records of the firm of land agents William A. Wood of the East Riding of Yorkshire Valuers' Association

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1312
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1868-1960
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 413 ledgers, 5 additional notebooks, and a photocopied index

Scope and Content

Business notebooks and ledgers.

Administrative / Biographical History

In Bulmer's Directory/Gazetteer for 1890, William Abel Wood is described as a major landowner and listed as the owner of Green Farm in the township of Lillings Ambo. He is also included as the Councillor for the Sutton-in-the-Forest division of the North Riding.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of June Wood through Mr David Brotherton, ca.1996

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

The archive is accompanied by partial indexes. An extensive although incomplete name index is also available within the Special Collections department in the form of a computer database (the "Wood" database), which staff can search on behalf of enquirers.

Personal Names

Wood William A.