| Description | Catalogue of 22 Lots, c.1873, noted as 'Valuable Freehold Estate', comprising nearly 150 houses (some with shops), for sale by auction.
A letter from 10.06.1912 supplying information about 'this mission'. Fr Tennessey told Fr Cassells (author) of a pamphlet in St. George's Cathedral Library, stating that the first Catholic Church in South London was in the Parish, in Tabard St. The present church was dedicated to St. Patrick and St. George. Fr Evans enlarged the schools at a cost of about £4000. The est. Catholic Population is £3500; there are about 650 children attending the schools.;
Other correspondence from Edmund Buckley in 1895 focuses on the subject of finance in relation to the schools, with mention of St. Olave's Thrift Society, and the Pupil Teachers Centre, and the fact that the Melior St. Schools are the fourth largest in the Diocese, erected and furnished at a very small cost to the Diocese.; Statement for the Year ending 30 [?] 1894; related financially-focussed correspondence from Edmund Buckley; Letters from St. Joseph's Training Home - Building Department based at 83 Blackfriars Rd., to Reverend St. John (Manager) regarding a fracture in the brick work of a circular wall; discussion in 1896 of the potential recruitment to the Mission of M. L'Abbe Lemeur;
The Account of the Right Fr Bishop of Southwark (Melior St. Purchase 1892); Block Plan for Nos. 32-36 Snowsfields; information of a loan from one Mr. Cahill, calling for its return, c. 1892; oversize document over 3pp. - A Petition to His Lordship the Right Fr Bishop Butt from the Parishioners of Melior St. on behalf of the Fr Father Doubleday in hopes that our Dear Lord Bishop will listen to our earnest appeal. 1115 signatures.;
Catalogue of 'Valuable Freehold Estate', comprising nearly 150 houses (some with shops), for sale by auction, c.1873.
A letter from 10.06.1912 supplying information about 'this mission'. Fr Tennessey told Fr Cassells (author) of a pamphlet in St. George's Cathedral Library, stating that the first Catholic Church in South London was in the Parish, in Tabard St. The present church was dedicated to St. Patrick and St. George. Fr Evans enlarged the schools at a cost of about £4000. The est. Catholic Population is £3500; there are about 650 children attending the schools.;
Correspondence from Edmund Buckley, 1895, focuses on the subject of finance in relation to the schools, with mention of St. Olave's Thrift Society, and the Pupil Teachers Centre, and the fact that the Melior St. Schools are the fourth largest in the Diocese, erected and furnished at a very small cost to the Diocese.; Statement for the Year ending 1894; Letters from St. Joseph's Training Home - Building Department based at 83 Blackfriars Rd., to Reverend St. John (Manager) regarding a fracture in the brick work of a circular wall; discussion in 1896 of the potential recruitment to the Mission of M. L'Abbe Lemeur;
The account of the Right Fr Bishop of Southwark (Melior St. Purchase 1892); Block Plan for Nos. 32-36 Snowsfields; information of a loan from one Mr. Cahill, calling for its return, c. 1892; ‘A Petition to His Lordship the Right Fr Bishop Butt from the Parishioners of Melior St. on behalf of the Fr Father Doubleday in hopes that our Dear Lord Bishop will listen to our earnest appeal;’
The Right Fr John Butt to The Fr H de Solages - Mortgage of the Church House and Premises in and near Melior St. Southwark in Surrey, 1893; with related financial administrative correspondence;
Letters from the parish priest to Bishop requesting his presence at specific events including a Retreat in March 1894, with a programme supplied;
Discussion of steps 'for meeting the interest on the debt incurred by the Enlargement of the School premises here', 1893; Accounts for 1894; correspondence from Sr. Isabelle des Agnes of the Convent of Notre Dame, St. George's, 1894 regarding the accounts of Fr Buckley and amount owed;
repeated requests for the return of the ledger to Fr Buckley, 1894; return of a cheque to the Bishop from Edmund Buckley, who managed otherwise, financially; letter where Buckley initially transferred financial documentation in 1894; Income and Expenditure for the schools 1893-1894; Balances 1887 to 1894; handwritten note of £400 borrowed; suggestion in a letter from William Murnane in 1894 that Buckley need cut down on the expenses by £200 a year; complaints of unpaid salary from Frederick Wilkie, a tutor in 1894; invitation from Buckley to Edward St. John in 1894 to review the financial situation in person; financial document regarding the Melior Street Mission and Mr. Michael Cahill, 1894; Buckley explained earlier in 1894 that since the opening of the Church in Red Cross Street, the income of the Mission was not sufficient to meet expenses; request for a cheque made by Buckley in 12.1893; financial note stamped 'Works Agenda', dated 14.01.1894, School Board for London; letter regarding Government Annual Examination of the Schools, 17.[?]1894; correspondence regarding efforts made to pay off the school debt, 1894, with receipts and further notes of costs over time from 1888-1891; detailed costings for 1893 Melior St. RC Schools (oversize); Statement of Account for the years ending 09.1891, 1892, 1893; Report on Melior St. Mission for the same period; Southwark Catholic Teachers' Centre Statement of Accounts for 6mnths up to 31st October 1893; letter to Bishop of Southwark enclosing Messrs. Arnold Fooks [?] Chadwick & Co. for Melior Street Purchase, 1888; Accounts outstanding 28th June 1894; Melior St. School Account (no year); Melior St. Mortgage document for the purchase;
1899 letter regarding Mr. Spicer, who had called about the right of light over the houses in Weston Street. He offers compensation;
1892 letter in Italian regarding Melior Street, from Gulielmus Giles [?] of the Collegii Anglorum de Urbe Pector Epi Oris Procurator, granting leave to mortgage;
Two 1893 letters to Fr St. John regarding payment to Mr. Cahill.
1892-1912 (bulk 1892-1893). |