Items relating to the history of Whitley Bridge Mill, owned by John Croysdale and Sons and then by James Bowman and Sons Ltd. Includes ledgers, plans and drawings, correspondence and photos. Also a large number of digital images of the mill taken by Sharon Burton before its closure.
Plan titled 'Proposed wheat intake building and wheat storage silos and flour storage silos, loading bay and penthouse to existing flat store' produced by Bernard Liddle Ltd, Flour & Feed Milling Engineers. Stamped REJECTED in red on 19 August 1980, crossed through.
Plan of proposed wheat feed silos produced by Simons Construction Group Ltd, Lincoln, and submitted to Selby District Council on 23 October 1975. Stamped 'Plan referred to in decision' 17 December 1975.
Plans of proposed wheat feed and flour silos produced by Bernard Liddle Ltd, and submitted to Selby District Council on 23 October 1975. Both stamped 'Approved by Selby District Council complying with Building Regulations' on 31 October 1975.
Elevation plan of proposed new silos, produced by Simons Construction Group Ltd, Lincoln, and submitted to Selby District Council on 31 October 1975. Stamped 'Plan referred to in decision' 17 December 1975.
Drawing showing elevations for extension of a silo, produced by Easdale Lane, Architects & Surveyors, Castleford, and submitted to Selby District Council on 3 October 1975. Stamped 'Plan referred to in decision' 7 November 1977.
Plan of Whitley Bridge site (south east at the top) showing numbered buildings, yard, gardens, pond etc. prepared for Jas Bowman & Sons Ltd T/A and John Croysdale & Sons Ltd
Ledger containing 382 pages covering transactions from 1921 to 1940 titled 'Private Ledger J.C & Sons, Ltd'. Entries include records of regular payments in cash to Charles Croysdale and to the Executors of Thomas Croysdale. Fastened inside the back cover is a list of securities held by Barclays Bank Ltd, Pontefract, on behalf of Messrs John Croysdale & Sons Ltd dated 2nd November 1936. They include deeds for freehold properties costing about £34,00, and War Stock valued at £20,000.
Six copies of a plan of the Whitley Bridge Mill site Produced for Jas Bowman & Sons Ltd T/A and John Croysdale & Sons Ltd by Brian Dawes PLC, Insurance Brokers, London.
Letter from Bernard Liddle Ltd, Flour Milling Engineers, with attached copy of Building Regulations approval for proposed wheat intake building at John Croysdale & Son Ltd.
Elevation plan of proposed wheat feed silos produced by Simons Construction Group Ltd, Lincoln, and submitted to Selby District Council on 31 October 1975. Stamped 'Plan referred to in decision' 17 December 1975.
Yorkshire Electricity Board plan for a new overhead line feeding underground cables along Selby Road past Whitley Bridge. Note railway distribution lines to the Mill from the main line.
Notice of approval of the Goldcross Rural District Council, Pontefract, for the erection of a grain silo adjoining Whitley Bridge Flour Mills, Eggborough. addressed to Messrs J Croysdale & Sons Ltd, deposited 13 February 1956, approved 19 March 1956.