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- 1867-1909 (Creation)
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0.16 linear metres
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William Schaw Lindsay (1816-1877) purchased the manor of Shepperton in 1856, and was succeeded by his grandson William Herbert Lindsay (died 1949). W.S. Lindsay usually lived at the manor-house and died at Shepperton. He was a ship-owner and member of Parliament and wrote a history of merchant shipping as well as one of Shepperton. He was largely responsible for the construction of the Thames Valley Railway. In 1954 W. H. Lindsay's widow transferred the estate to her husband's nephew, Mr. P. A. R. Lindsay, who was the owner in 1958.
From: 'Shepperton: The hundred of Spelthorne (continued)', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington (1962), pp. 1-12 (available online).
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GB 0074 ACC/0960 1867-1909 Collection 0.16 linear metres Gregory, Rowcliffe and Company , solicitors
William Schaw Lindsay (1816-1877) purchased the manor of Shepperton in 1856, and was succeeded by his grandson William Herbert Lindsay (died 1949). W.S. Lindsay usually lived at the manor-house and died at Shepperton. He was a ship-owner and member of Parliament and wrote a history of merchant shipping as well as one of Shepperton. He was largely responsible for the construction of the Thames Valley Railway. In 1954 W. H. Lindsay's widow transferred the estate to her husband's nephew, Mr. P. A. R. Lindsay, who was the owner in 1958.
From: 'Shepperton: The hundred of Spelthorne (continued)', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington (1962), pp. 1-12 (available online).
Received in 1967
Papers, 1867-1909, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising leases and agreements relating to properties in Shepperton; Halliford; Littleton; Weybridge; Chertsey, Chobham, Addlestone; Byfleet and Bournemouth, Hampshire. The documents include leases of farmland owned by William Schaw Lindsay, owner of the Manor House, Shepperton.
ACC/0960/001 to ACC/0960/064
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
For more material relating to William Schaw Lindsay please see ACC/1218.
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Received in 1967
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Papers, 1867-1909, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising leases and agreements relating to properties in Shepperton; Halliford; Littleton; Weybridge; Chertsey, Chobham, Addlestone; Byfleet and Bournemouth, Hampshire. The documents include leases of farmland owned by William Schaw Lindsay, owner of the Manor House, Shepperton.
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ACC/0960/001 to ACC/0960/064
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Available for general access.
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Copyright rests with the City of London.
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- Latin
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For more material relating to William Schaw Lindsay please see ACC/1218.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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