Smiths Gore - Church Estates

Material relating to the work of Smiths Gore as agents of the Ecclesiastical, later Church, Commissioners, including office files of correspondence, 1958-1961, agency accounts, 1950-1962, and reports on works done, c.1957-1959, all for Yorkshire properties; papers and maps relating to individual manors, including Ampleforth, 1938-1951; Cawood, 1906–1950; Dunnington, 1847-1938; Eastington, 1895-1951; Easingwold, 1935-1936; Helperby, 1909-1940; Otley, 1725-1948; Preston in Holderness rectory manor, 1854-1936; Ripon, 1903-1949; Thornton with Bishopside, 1903-1941; Wistow, 1911-1944; Askam, Notts, 1885-1921; Burgage, Notts, 1925-1943; Laneham, Notts, 1907-1930; Scrooby, Notts, 1883-1944; Southwell, Notts, 1882-1946; Sutton cum Lound, Notts, 1893-1927; Upton, Notts, 1899-1921; papers relating to Mount Pleasant Farm, Bossall, 1956-1962; papers relating to Hazel Bush House, Stockton on the Forest, 1951; papers relating to Thornton le Dale with Allerston, 1949-1955; office copies of maps and plans of land and property in Yorkshire, n.d.

Smiths Gore originated in 1847 as a partnership between John Pickering and Edward James Smith in London. In 1874 Smith admitted his son Charles John Smith and his son in law Spencer William Gore to the partnership and in 1877 the firm formally changed its name to Smiths & Gore.
In 1851 Pickering & Smith were appointed Agents and Receivers to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for their Northern Receivership, a relationship that has continued to the present day. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners had been created by an 1836 Act of Parliament to determine the distribution of revenues of the Church of England. In 1948 they were replaced by the Church Commissioners.

Records are open to the public, subject to the overriding provisions of relevant legislation, including data protection laws.

The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute by Smiths Gore in 1987.

Smiths Gore originated in 1847 as a partnership between John Pickering and Edward James Smith in London. In 1874 Smith admitted his son Charles John Smith and his son in law Spencer William Gore to the partnership and in 1877 the firm formally changed its name to Smiths & Gore.
In 1851 Pickering & Smith were appointed Agents and Receivers to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for their Northern Receivership, a relationship that has continued to the present day. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners had been created by an 1836 Act of Parliament to determine the distribution of revenues of the Church of England. In 1948 they were replaced by the Church Commissioners.

A typescript finding aid, to file level, is available for consultation in the searchroom of the Borthwick Institute.

Created by S. A. Shearn, 06.05.15.

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