PAPERS OF THE LINDHOLME ESTATES COMPANY

Comprising: Minutes, Accounts, Directors and Shareholders Papers 1913-1947 [DYLIND/1–14]; Property Deeds: Lindholme Estate 1877-1913 [DYLIND/15–24]; Warren Farm 1882-1913 [DYLIND/25–28]; Purchase From J C Coulman 1813-1909 [DYLIND/29–31]; Exchange of Lands 1879-1913 [DYLIND/32]; Property at Epworth 1793-1857 [DYLIND/33–36]; Coal Mining 1917-1923 [DYLIND/37–38]; and Acts of Parliament 1811-1862 [DYLIND/39–41]

This company was incorporated in July 1913 to exploit the agricultural, peat and coal resources of land in the Hatfield area. Most of this land was purchased from the principal shareholders, William L Jackson, Baron Allerton of Allerton Hall, Leeds and Sir Thomas Isaac Birkin of Ruddington Grange Nottinghamshire. The other two directors were, initially, F S Jackson, the younger son of Lord Allerton and Philip Birkin. Lord Allerton (1840-1917), whose wealth derived from a Leeds leather-tanning business, was Conservative MP for North Leeds from 1880 until granted a peerage in 1902

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W Dawson of Doncaster was responsible for the administration of the farms on the estate and his out-letter books and other records relating to estate affairs are, with the other archives of his business, deposited in Doncaster Archives. They have the reference DY/DAW/1/32, 44, 61, 79 and 100 for the letter books, 1907-1951 and the rentals and other account books for the estate, 1907-1947 are to be found at DY/DAW/10. Plans from the same source are to be found at DY/MERRY/1/1-3