Description

Identification note: Sale notice of 'Avalon', Bath Road, Devizes, sale by Auction at the Bear Hotel in 1955, which was part of this collection transfered to DZSWS:SC.73.1

Summary: Collection of photographs and documents relating to the Richards family of Devizes. Documents include information regarding an Australian connection: the Bailey family with drving licence of Carl William Bailey of Holloway Beach, North Queensland born in 1900 (1988), Label of Nerada Tea, from nearby Nerada tea gardens, Short family tree and note in unknown language with the signature of HW Bailey (1928); Memorabilia - including details of the Estate Accounts of Miss Kathleen Minnie Richards (1995), Letter dated 1965, from Solicitor to Miss Richards, outlining the details of her late Father's Trust, Invoice dated 1938, for the execution of the estate for probate of the late Mr A.G. Richards, Marriage certificate of Alec George Richards and Elizabeth (1897), Birth certificate of Alec George Richards (1911), Death certificate of Alec George Richards (1938), Register of Grant for burial plot in Devizes cemetery for Alec George Richards (1937), 'In Loving Memory Card' for A.G. Richards (1938), Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth Richards (1939), Letter of notification to Mr A.G. Richards of expiration of tenancy of 22 The Nursey, Devizes (1920), Notice of increase of rent and mortgage interest asa result of refusal to quit tenancy of 22 The Nursery, Devizes (1921), with covering letter from Solicitor, correspondence regarding the sale of the business and the valuation and release of the Nursery properties (1947), notice of release of life interest and disbursements of the property and funds in A.G. Richards Will Trust between Miss K. Richards and Mrs G. Plank; Copies of birth certificates of Frederick Charles Winston Bailey (1869) and Alec Charles Bailey son of Frederick Charles and Emma Jane (formerly Richards) (1910); Newspaper cuttings - death announcement of A.G. Richards (1938), death announcement of Mrs Elizabeth Richards (1967) and celebration of 99th birthday of Mrs Rosina Karley, daughter of Mr and Mrs A.G. Richards; Copy of Devizes News c.1977, showing picture of decorated van 'A.G. Richards - Devizes.