Certificate of Registration of a mortgage, £2650, for Oakfield acquired by North Of England Zoological Society Ltd on 21 December 1934, registered on 29 February 1935

2 insurance documents for the period 1934 to 1935. 1 renewal policy for 1965 and 1 public liability policy dated October 1952.
Summary of Insurance Document from 1967, A policy schedule for contingent third party liability policy dated 1966 to 1967.

Legal copies of legal charges(Mortgages) taken out on Oakfield. One dated 27 November 1930 between GS Mottershead and Messrs CP Smith and J Eustace Jones for £2300, another, dated, 28th March 1931 between GS Mottershead and Richard Stanley Wood for £350.
Legal charge(Mortgage) document dated 8th July 1931 between GS Mottershead and Barclays bank Ltd signed on 29th June 1931 with acknowledgement of payback of £100 dated 27th September 1934.

Record of legal tasks Whiteley & Bevan completed for the G S Mottershead between August 1930 and JAnuary 1933. The detail also shows costs.

Marquee on Oakfield Lawn set up for various events, including events relating to Spirit of the Jaguar and the National Elephant Centre at Chester Zoo.

5 photos show the exterior of Oakfield House.
1 photo shows the Party Sales Office inside Oakfield House in the 1970s.
1 photo shows Sandra Williams, long-standing receptionist and telephone operator, circa 1976. A note on the back of this photo says: "This was taken when the Zoo's switcboard (old-fashioned, plug in, peg system) and the equipment on her left was the radio system. This [office] was located at the very far end of the left corridor in Oakfield House - right at the very end - in a cubby hole - now an IT room or in whatever became Peter Stevens' office (Curator of Birds 1980)."

Oakfield House and lawn in snow

Includes photos of: exterior of Oakfield House; rooms set up for events; rooms set up for meetings; kitchens; corridors and stairs; decorators refurbishing interior; Oakfield roof refurbishment; The Lodge roof refurbishment; the maintenance yard in Stables

Duplicate of particulars of a Mortgage or Charge on the property purchased by North of England Zoological Society Ltd. It details the transfer of the original mortgages taken out on the messuage 'Oakfield' that was dated 29 November 1930 for £2650 and on 28th march 1931 for £350

Receipt, dated 4 August 1931, for a total of £96 9s 11d in settlement of costs and out of pocket expenses carried out by Whitely & Bevan for G S Mottershead.

Register of first and second mortgage debentures relating to Oakfield and freehold land buildings.
1 written loose page indicating debenture holders and interest paid from 26th March 1937 to 1st December 1946

5 pages summarising the legal work of Whiteley & Bevan, solicitors, conducted in the purchase of Oakfield between August 1930 and November 1930. They detail the costs which overall were £40 16s 6d

14 pages summarising the legal work of Whiteley & Bevan, solicitors, conducted in the appeal to Ministry of Health to allow Oakfield to be used as a Zoological gardens and aviary between December 1930 and June 1931. They detail the costs which overall were £34 8s 11d

1 page summarising the legal work of Whiteley & Bevan, solicitors, conducted in negotiating an advance of £350 on second mortgage of Oakfield . They detail the costs which overall were £6 13s 0d

5 pages summarising the legal work of Whiteley & Bevan, solicitors, conducted in the purchase of extra land adjoining Oakfield between April 1931 and July 1931. They detail the costs which overall were £8 5s 0d

2 pages summarising the legal work of Whiteley & Bevan, solicitors, conducted in the details in the negiations with Chester Rural District Council to provide for disposal of sewerage at Oakfield between October 1931 and February 1932. They detail the costs which overall were £2 2s 0d

4 pages summarising the legal work of Whiteley & Bevan, solicitors, conducted in the details in obtaining new capital for the Oakfield Zoological Gardens. They detail the costs which overall were £7 16s 0d