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Collapse DEX466 - Records of the Durning Library, AscotDEX466 - Records of the Durning Library, Ascot
1 - Title deeds of land at New Mile Road and Ascot Road (with marginal plans), with office copy of the will of Martha Sims, widow, of 6 Belvedere Terrace, Brighton, Sussex, proved 1882.
2 - Conveyance and declaration of trust for the establishment of the Durning Library, 1892, with conveyance of additional land, 1893.
3 - Appointments of new trustees and copy of the death certificate of the Revd Herbert A Walton (died 1955), a trustee.
4 - Copy of certificate of redemption of tithe rentcharge, with correspondence.
5 - Papers on provisional valuation of the Library's properties, under the Finance Act, 1910.
6 - Sketch plan of the site of the Durning Library and adjacent buildings for fencing liability.
7 - Orders of the Charity Commission, with duplicate photocopies.
8 - Counterpart lease of the Durning Library to Berkshire County Council, with letter from the Clerk of the Council and inventory, with duplicate photocopies.
9 - Letters from John Peyton, esquire, MP, on resigning as a trustee and on a presentation to the librarian.
10 - Schedule of deeds and documents.
11 - Minutes of the Committee of Management of the Durning Library.
12 - Printed catalogue of the books in the Durning Library.
13 - Copy of the conveyances of 1892 and 1893, and copy of conveyance of land in New Mile Road, 1903.
Expand 14 - Committee attendence books, including signatures of committees.14 - Committee attendence books, including signatures of committees.
Expand 15 - Committee accounts.15 - Committee accounts.
Expand 16 - Bank account books.16 - Bank account books.
17 - Receipt for tithes on library and lands.
Expand 18 - Trustee accounts.18 - Trustee accounts.
19 - Sundries cash accounts.
20 - Trustee rents, investments and expenditure accounts.
21 - Register of readers (when Mr O'Byrne was librarian) giving names and brief addresses.
Expand 22 - Librarian's reports.22 - Librarian's reports.
23 - Presentation volume to Lady Durning Lawrence on her retirment from the presidency of the Benefit Nursing Association of Ascot and Neighbourhood and the Royal Windsor Nursing Home (held from 1917-1928).
24 - Three letters of apology for being absent from the retirement ceremony of Lady W Durning Lawrence, including one from Lord Roberts; and a speech of appreciation at the presentation of Lady D W Lawrence.
25 - Charity commission visiting order relating ot the library and buildings (with copy of the same).

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