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Including copy draft deed of gift of Allesley Hall and land adjoining, by Edward Mauger Baron Iliffe, to the Corporation, 1938; various plans of the Allesley Hall Estate, including Allesley Park, village, Old Road, Allesley (proposed, and otherwise) and Coventry by-passes, castle ruins, and castle well, etc, 1936-1937; Inventory and Valuation of the estate by Dr (Major) John Orton, Hall tenant, made for the Corporation, (George Loveitt and Sons, Auctioneers and Valuers, Coventry), 1937; copy draft conveyance from Mrs M M Hopkinson [Baron Iliffe's sister] to the Corporation, of freehold land at Allesley, 1937; question of preservation and excavation of the castle mound and moat; Hall use suggestions include as a children's home (Angela Brazil): Corporation decision for Hall's use as convalescent home and public park; Corporation taking over of rent paid by Mr H F King, Allesley Hall Farm tenant, and taking over employment of existing "handyman" at the Hall, Mr John Henry Eastley and of the gardener, Mr H Manners; unfit drinking water from castle well and reservoir: repairs and cleaning needed, 1939