Northamptonshire Record Office
GB 0154 ZB664 Northamptonshire Record Office This catalogue was digitised by The National Archives as part of the National Register of Archives digitisation project NRA 31710 The National Archives - JAN 1989 H.M.C. NATIONAL REGISTER NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RECORD OFFICE OF O ARCHIVES Accession 1981/400 Given by Dr Preston of Cotterstock Business and personal records of G and E W Baxter, builders of Cotterstock 1889 - 1957 The business records give details of building work done on many properties in parishes in the Cotterstock area including Ashton, Barnwell, Cotterstock, Fotheringhay, Glapthorn, Oundle, Polebrook, Southwick, Tansor, Warmington and Woodnewton, 1895-1952. The collection also includes sale catalogues of builders' merchants; papers re alterations to Glapthorn school 1911-1912; papers re repairs to Cotterstock and Glapthorn churches 1928; miscellaneous bills and receipts 1909-1953; domestic rates and insurance papers 1919-1936; North Northamptonshire Musical competition programmes 1933 and 1939, Oundle and Cotterstock District Nursing Association reports and accounts 1925-1936, sale particulars of Cotterstock Hall estate, 1927, and miscellaneous personal papers. ZB 664/ Day book giving details of the building work done each day, where done and for whom, and the hours worked by different individuals, mainly, 'B', 'W' and 'E'. Sometimes included are details of building materials used and their cost. Inside the front cover is written 'George Baxter, builder and contractor, Cotterstock' ' January 1903 - November 1909 includes loose: - details of work to be done and estimates of cost; .- part of an exercise book containing details of work done, where done and for whom, hours worked and the cost of building materials; also includes an account of the Cotterstock estate with G Baxter entitled "Horses time for carting' covering January - May 1906 with details of journeys undertaken carrying wood, manure, furniture, pigs, rubbish and a lawn mower, and costs.
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