Guide to the Guide to Collections held by the West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale (as filmed by the AJCP)
M2772 - M2774
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2019
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Collections of the West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale
- Title
- Collections held by the West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 24 September 1838 - 2 July 1971
- Collection Number
- M2772 - M2774
- Extent
- 19 items
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Australian Joint Copying Project
- Sponsor
- The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Papers 1838-82 of Frederick Walker, Son & Dickie, solicitors, relating to lease and conveyance of lands in Australia and New Zealand.
Legal documents 1838-52 relating to properties of John Rawson in Adelaide.
Typescript copies of letters 1852-96 of Grace and Thomas Hirst to family in England referring to Maori War and economic conditions of New Zealand.
Press cuttings relating to tour of England by the Australian cricket team 1899.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use
Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
Preferred Citation
Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Citation items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.
Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)
Archival History
Filmed at West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale Central Library, Halifax, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1992. (AJCP reel M2772-2774). Original microfilm digitised as part of the NLA AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale Central Library. Northgate House, Northgate, Halifax HX1 1UN, West Yorkshire, England
For further information see West Yorkshire Archive Service(https://www.catalogue.wyjs.org.uk/calmview/)
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Finding-aid Notes
This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2019. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.
Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.
Advisory Statement
Maori people are advised that this Finding Aid contains material and descriptive information which may be considered culturally sensitive and may cause distress. This Finding Aid contains terms that reflect authors' views or those of the historical period, but which may not be considered appropriate today. While the information may not reflect current understanding, it is provided in an historical context.
Subjects
Adelaide, South Australia; Australia; Land: Australia; New Zealand: economic conditions; Great Britain; Hirst, Grace; Hirst, Thomas; Land: New Zealand; New Zealand Wars; Rawson, John; Rowland Mitchell and Co Ltd; Solicitors; Land: South Australia; Walker, Frederick, Son & Dickie, solicitors
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 492, p192.
Item Descriptions
Fonds FW. Frederick Walker, Son & Dickie, Solicitors Papers, 24 September 1838 - 13 November 1882
10 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2772.
Series FW 80. Estate of Robert Wainhouse of Sapling Grove, Skircoat, 15 August 1861 - 13 November 1882
7 itemsFilmed selectively.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Wainhouse (1773-1856) was a merchant and the owner of the Washer Lane Dye Works in Halifax. When Wainhouse died, the business passed to his nephew John Edward Wainhouse (1816-1883), who was a large property owner. He built the 253 foot Wainhouse Tower in Halifax.
Receipt for £1,000 paid by Mr Harry Hughlings in compensation re sale of land at Wellington on 12 Feb. 1856. (1p), 15 August 1861 (File 187)
John Edward Wainhouse. Power of attorney to sell, exchange and lease lands in Wellington and New Plymouth. (5p), 24 October 1872 (File 190)
Trustees of the will of late William Wainhouse to John Edward Wainhouse, conveyance of real estates of late Robert Wainhouse to J.E. Wainhouse. (2p), 25 April 1863 (File 406)
Includes: Land in Wellington, Adelaide and Western Australia.
Series FW 100. Rawson Family, 24 August 1838 - 17 May 1852
2 itemsBiographical / Historical
John Rawson (1783-1853) of Ashgrove, Southowram, near Halifax, was a banker and Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding.
12 Documents re release and conveyance of land in Adelaide (40p.), 24 August 1838 - 23 March 1842 (File Bundle 3)
Includes:David LcLaren, Manager, South Australian Company and James Coltman, Storekeeper, Adelaide release of plot 40 to Benjamin Pratt Winter. (24/08/1838)
Land grant Town Section 431 to Abraham Barradaile. (10/09/1839)
Thomas Freeman conveyance of plot 144 to John Rawson (1/07/1840).
Messrs Gilles and Knott release of portion of Port Lincoln special survey to John Rawson. (16/01/1842).
4 Documents re land in South Australia (24p), 1848 - 17 May 1852 (File Bundle 5)
Includes:Schedule of deeds in writing in the possession of John Rawson's trustees relating to land in South Australia (1848).
Trustees of John Rawson, Power of attorney to sell land in South Australia (15/01/1849).
Assignment of monies covenant to convey land in South Australia, release of debts and assignment of dividends (17/05/1852).
Fonds HAS. Halifax Antiquarian Society, 21 June 1920
1 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2772.
Fonds LG. Loyal Georgian Society, 6 September 1911
1 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2772.
Biographical / Historical
The Loyal Georgian Society was formed in Halifax in 1779. Its members were mainly small business men who lent money to members to assist them to build houses. In 1853 several members formed the Halifax Permanent Benefit Building Society, which by 1918 was the largest building society in England.
Fonds MISC. Miscellaneous Documents, 1820 - 1925
5 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M2772-M2774.
Series MISC.345. Hirst Family of Halifax, 1820-1896, and undated.
1 itemsBiographical / Historical
Grace Bracken (1805-1901), the daughter of a paper manufacturer, was born at Midgley, near Halifax. In 1825 she married Thomas Hirst (1805-1883), the son of a Halifax solicitor, and they had eleven children. Thomas Hirst had little success as a woollen merchant and carpet manufacturer and in 1851 he decided they would have to emigrate. After a long voyage on the Gwalior, the family reached New Zealand in June 1852 and settled at New Plymouth. Thomas was a wool classer and buyer, while Grace and her daughters were traders, using goods sent by her family in England. They visited England in 1861-63, but from then onwards remained at New Plymouth, apart from visits to Wellington and Nelson.
Subseries. 12 files of typescript copies of letters, 1820-1896, and undated.
Filmed selectively.
Letters from Grace and Thomas Hirst (at sea, New Plymouth, Taranaki, Wellington) to members of their family in England., 1820-1896 and n.d. (File Folios 1/86 - 12/189)
Letters from Grace and Thomas Hirst (at sea, New Plymouth, Taranaki, Wellington) to members of their family in England.
File 1/86-207, 1852-1853; File 2/1-226, 1854-1858; File 3/1-242, 1859-1862; File 4/1-230, 1863-1865; File 5/1-227, 1866-1868; File 6/1-255, 1869-1871; File 7/1-262, 1872-1874; File 8/1-286, 1875-1878; File 9/1-157, 1879-1882; File 10/1-180, 1883-1889; File 11/1-179, 1890-1896; File 12/1-189, undated.
Subjects include: Men have gone to Auckland diggings from the land; native disturbances; their house; the voyage; goods and clothes to be sent out for sale (File 1); native disturbances "there is a great fuss made about having troops here, but in my opinion the troops are as much to be feared as the natives"; selling produce; growing potatoes for the Australian market (File 2); voyage to England and return on William Brown - abandoning ship due to fire; Thomas' voyage to New Zealand, Maori wars, Grace's voyage on Silver Eagle to New Zealand (File 3); description of Wellington in 1863; disbanding the militia (File 4); native disturbances at Patea (File 5); massacre at Poverty Bay, "we are in a deplorable state in New Plymouth all under arms, the women and children sent into town", murder of Reverend John Whitely, visit to Napier, "land sharks have been and are the bane of the colony" (File 6); government buying land from natives and encouraging immigration by appointing agent (File 7); disturbances at Parihaka native settlement led by Chief Te White (1879, File 9); death of Thomas (1883), earthquake (1888), prosperous state of New Zealand economy, change of Governor (File 10); Jubilee celebrations (1891), death of Sir Harry Atkinson "best friend NP ever had" (File 11); Journal written by Thomas on voyage to New Zealand (File 12).
Series MISC.431. W. & J. Glossop. Hipperholme Cum Brighouse, Road Contractors, Papers, 2 May 1921
1 itemsFilmed selectively.
Series MISC. 489. Hannah Hurd of Heptonstall, 1925
1 itemsBiographical / Historical
Hannah Hurd (b. 1906) was born in Heptonstall, Yorkshire. Both her parents died in 1917 and she was adopted by the Todmorden Board of Guardians, established under the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. She was first placed out in 1920 and in 1923 was working as a servant in Altringham, Cheshire. In 1925 she applied for assistance to migrate to Australia. Her brothers, however, opposed the application and she remained in England.
Documents concerning her proposed migration to Australia (21p.), 1925 (File 30-48)
Includes: medical report on Hannah Hurd; Government of Australia form regarding parent's consent to son or daughter under 21 years of age proceeding to Australia; John E. Ridgeway Ltd. (Manchester) to "Madam" that there is a big demand in Australia for "competent female domestic servants", details of fare and government loans, wages, procedure re application.
Filmed selectively.
Series MISC 514. Halifax Orchestral Society Records, 1899
1 itemsBiographical / Historical
The Halifax Orchestral Society was first formed in 1833 and was re-formed in 1882. The Australian cricket team that toured England in 1899 was captained by Joe Darling and other players included Victor Trumper, Clem Hill, M.A. Noble, Hugh Trumble and Ernest Jones. It played 38 matches, winning 19 and losing three.
Fonds STA. Stansfeld of Field House, Triangle, 1850
1 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2774.