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- 1296-1784 (Creation)
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3.26 linear metres
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Biographical history
The Breakspears Estate was the foremost manor in Harefield, Middlesex. It took its name from William Breakspear who owned it in 1376. It belonged to the Ashby family from 1447. In 1769 the last male Ashby died without a male heir and the house passed to a daughter, Elizabeth, who was married to Joseph Partridge. Their son left the estate to a relative of his wife. By 1877 the property belonged to Alfred Henry Tarleton, whose widow sold the house to the county council in 1942. The estate land was used as a park while the house became an old people's home.
Source of information: 'Harefield: Manors', 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. 240-246.
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GB 0074 ACC/0312 1296-1784 Collection 3.26 linear metres Various.
The Breakspears Estate was the foremost manor in Harefield, Middlesex. It took its name from William Breakspear who owned it in 1376. It belonged to the Ashby family from 1447. In 1769 the last male Ashby died without a male heir and the house passed to a daughter, Elizabeth, who was married to Joseph Partridge. Their son left the estate to a relative of his wife. By 1877 the property belonged to Alfred Henry Tarleton, whose widow sold the house to the county council in 1942. The estate land was used as a park while the house became an old people's home.
Source of information: 'Harefield: Manors', 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. 240-246.
Records deposited in February 1949.
Papers relating to the Breakspears Estate in Harefield and the families who lived there, particuarly the Ashby family and Joseph Partridge. The papers include legal documents relating to property transactions in Harefield and maps and photographs of the Breakspears estate.
There are also papers relating to property transactions in other parts of Middlesex including Edmonton, Enfield, Ickenham, Ruislip and Teddington; and other counties including Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Bedfordshire and Berkshire.
ACC/0312-1: Property transactions;
ACC/0312-2: Middlesex Militia Order;
ACC/0312-3: Ashby family receipts and accounts;
ACC/0312-4: Property transactions;
ACC/0312-5: Letters of attorney;
ACC/0312-6: Property transaction;
ACC/0312-7: Middlesex justices order;
ACC/0312-8: Receipt;
ACC/0312-9: Financial memorandum;
ACC/0312-10: Property transactions;
ACC/0312-11: Writ to sheriff of London;
ACC/0312-12: Property transactions;
ACC/0312-13: Newspaper;
ACC/0312-14: Out-county.
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Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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.
August to October 2010. Legal documents Land use Estates (land) Information sources Documents Deeds Title deeds Land management Estate management History Local history Law Property ownership Civil law Right to property Property law Property Breakspears Estate , Harefield Harefield Hillingdon London England UK Western Europe Europe Middlesex Land economics Civil and political rights Legal systems Agricultural economics Human rights
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Records deposited in February 1949.
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Papers relating to the Breakspears Estate in Harefield and the families who lived there, particuarly the Ashby family and Joseph Partridge. The papers include legal documents relating to property transactions in Harefield and maps and photographs of the Breakspears estate.
There are also papers relating to property transactions in other parts of Middlesex including Edmonton, Enfield, Ickenham, Ruislip and Teddington; and other counties including Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Bedfordshire and Berkshire.
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ACC/0312-1: Property transactions;
ACC/0312-2: Middlesex Militia Order;
ACC/0312-3: Ashby family receipts and accounts;
ACC/0312-4: Property transactions;
ACC/0312-5: Letters of attorney;
ACC/0312-6: Property transaction;
ACC/0312-7: Middlesex justices order;
ACC/0312-8: Receipt;
ACC/0312-9: Financial memorandum;
ACC/0312-10: Property transactions;
ACC/0312-11: Writ to sheriff of London;
ACC/0312-12: Property transactions;
ACC/0312-13: Newspaper;
ACC/0312-14: Out-county.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Language of material
- English
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- Latin
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English
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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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