| Description | Great Rye Croft Close (8a.Or.13p) was bought by Caleb Unwin of Dunston, Derbyshire, husbandman in 1768 and remained with the Unwin family of Aston Common, Aston; the coal seams (Deep Hard or Potter’s Coal, the Tapton Coal and the Blackshale Coal) under the close being leased (20) to the Tapton Colliery, Coke and Iron Co. Ltd., in 1874. (16) is the articles of association of the Tapton Colliery, Coke and Iron Co. Ltd., 1865. Papers include much probate material of the Unwin family. |