Papers relating to sale of part of Retreat land in Bleasdale’s Fields to the Sisters of the Order of Poor Clares, St Joseph’s Convent, Lawrence Street

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Files comprise: 1. Memorandum of conversation between Dr Bedford Pierce and the Mother Abbess of the Sisters of Poor Clares about an area of Retreat land, in Bleasedale’s Fields, which the Convent might like to acquire, March 1897 2. Correspondence about the sale of part of Bleasedale’s Fields to the Convent of the Poor Clares, with list of deeds, 1903 3. File of papers relating to the sale of the land at Bleasdale’s Fields to St Joseph’s Convent, 9 December 1901-31 January 1913 Part of Bleasdale’s Fields had already been sold to the Convent in 1884. See also RET 3/9/2 and RET 2/1/21

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Papers relating to sale of part of Retreat land in Bleasdale’s Fields to the Sisters of the Order of Poor Clares, St Joseph’s Convent, Lawrence Street

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