Catalogue

File on proposed suspension bridge across the River Tyne between South Shields and North Shields (Northumberland) 1825-1918 - notice of 2 September 1825 of a meeting on 10 September at Newcastle Guildhall to hear a report and discuss the proposed bridge, printed by J Clark of Market Place, Newcastle - committee members listed as: Sanderson Ilderton; William Wright; William Linskill; William Chapman; Alexander Crighton; Thomas Fenwick; Myles B. Foster; John Fenwick; John Dale; George Straker; G. T. Fox; Bryan Abbs; William Barras; Richard Shortbridge; George Barras; John Shadforth; Thomas Green; James Laing; Robert Belt; William Wallis; Solomon Chapman; Stephen Pemberton; Thomas Pemberton; John Grimshaw; Barnard Ogden; C. Bramwell junior; John Davison; Richard Markham; William Hill; - subscription list to contribute £100,000 at £100 per share towards the scheme -with list of 141 names, giving residence, number of shares and sum subscribed; - articles from the Tyne Mercury of 15 November 1825 regarding the proposed bridge; - copy letter from John Bell at Windmill Hill to Thomas Mulreader at Blaydon 3 January 1828: 'I see by the Papers an intention of having a Bridge across the Tyne near your place, in writing to Capt Sam Brown the other day I mentioned the project and I intending to write him again in a few days if you can give me any information on the subject I will mention it to him and he may project a Chain Bridge'; - copy letter from John Bell at High Street, Gateshead to Thomas Wilson, post master in South Shields 20 January 1834: 'I have lately returned from the Neighbourhood of Bristol where I was for nearly three months setting out a line of Railway during which I met with a Gentleman who was anxious of possessing every particular relative to the project of the Suspension Bridge across the Tyne at Shields. If you have duplicates of any of the Published Papers (like those you presented to the Antiquarian Society) to spare, I should feel Particularly obliged as I would like to send him every thing I can on the subject' [the writer seems to be referring obliquely to Clifton Suspension Bridge; the railway line mentioned must be the Great Western Railway]; - letter from William Bell at Knavesmire House, Whitley Bay (Northumberland) to A. G. Stevenson 9 March 1918: 'Kindly accept the enclosed, feel sure they will interest you'; - letter from A. G. Stevenson to William Bell 11 March 1918: 'I am very much obliged for the papers about the Suspension Bridge over the Tyne which was contemplated in 1825. There are some interesting names among the promoters'.

Durham and Sunderland Railway wayleave leases 1835-1844 - with index, maps and plans and individual wayleave agreements as below: - 7 February 1838: (1) James Crosby, John Ward and Thomas Hodge, three junior freemen (called grassmen) of ancient Borough of Sunderland; (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land on Sunderland Moor near Sunderland churchyard and barracks; - 1 August 1835: (1) William Robinson, Stephen Watson and James Crosby, three junior freemen of Sunderland; (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land on Sunderland Moor in Bishopwearmouth, part of Hendon Lodge Estate; - 15 June 1835: (1) William van Mildert, Bishop of Durham; (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land on Sunderland Moor in Bishopwearmouth, part of Hendon Lodge Estate; - 27 January 1838: (1) Edward Maltby, Bishop of Durham; (2) Marshall Fowler of Preston on Tees, esquire (who had survived Robert Surtees of Mainsforth); (3) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land in Bishopwearmouth and Hendon in occupation of Caleb Wilson; - 21 June 1841: (1) William Robinson of Bishopwearmouth (eldest son and heir at law of George Robinson of Hendon lodge, Bishopwearmouth, esquire), Leonard Raisbeck of Stockton, esquire, Mary Robinson of Bishopwearmouth, widow of George Robinson, Isaac Hopper of Norton, gentleman and Thomas Henry Faber of Stockton; (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land in Haswell; - 14 June 1836: (1) Christopher Bramwell of Bishopwearmouth, wine and spirit merchant; (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land in Bishopwearmouth in occupation of Rev Robert Gray, May Butterfint, James Douthwaite, William Allen and Longstaff; - 30 August 1836: (1) Thomas Hopper, late of North Bailey, Durham, now of Sharrow Lodge (Yorkshire), esquire (nephew and devisee of Hendry Hopper of Hendon, esquire); (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land in Bishopwearmouth and Hendon; - 1 June 1835: (1) Thomas Hunter of Bishopwearmouth, gentleman; (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land in Bishopwearmouth called Blue House Estate; - 15 June 1835: (1) William van Mildert, Bishop of Durham; (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land in Ryhope; - 14 November 1836: (1) John Gregson of New Elvet, gentleman; (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land in Seaton, Seaham, Burdon alias Murton alias East Murton alias Murton in the Whins in occupation of John Gregson, Robert Hodgson, Marquess of Londonderry and Michael Dobson; - 6 June 1835: (1) Margaret Bond of Norton House (Devon), widow of Thomas Bond, esquire and niece and tenant for life in the will of Rev Wilson Bewicke of Cassop and of Bodenham (Herefordshire); (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land in Seaton cum Slingley in occupation of James Shotton, farmer; - 7 May 1838: (1) Mary Carr of Bishopwearmouth, spinster, Ursula Carr of Bishopwearmouth, spinster, John Smith Carr of City of London, merchant and Ralph Carr of Bishopwearmouth, esquire; (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land in Seaton cum Slingley called Slingley Hill Estate formerly in occupation of John Hutchison, now in occupation of John Miller and Briggstone Close in Seaton cum Slingley formerly in occupation of John Hutchison, now of Charles William Vane, Marquess of Londonderry and John Miller; - 23 February 1837 [annotated 'cancelled 13 May 1906, purchased by conveyance']: (1) Joseph Ranson of Dalton le Dale, gentleman; (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land in Seaham called Haverley House estate in occupation of John Lamb the elder; - 21 March 1835 [annotated 'cancelled 13/5/35 see conveyance 1/2/37']: John Banks, Bishop of Saint David's, dean and chapter of Durham cathedral; (2) Bishop of Saint David's as dean; (3) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land called Ravensflatt in Durham, St Giles in occupation of Robert Potts; - 1 October 1836 [annotated 'purchased by Company under Conveyance of 15th August 1912']: (1) Edward Shipperdson of South Bailey, Durham, esquire; (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land in Murton alias East Murton alias Murton in the Whins in occupation of John Johnson, farmer; - 5 November 1840 [annotated 'cancelled 13 May 1933 purchased under Deed dated 16th May 1933']: Mary Crofton of South Shields, widow and George Townshend Fox late of Westoe, now of South Bailey, Durham, esquire; (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land in Little Eppleton and Houghton le Spring called Little Eppleton Farm formerly in occupation of Anthony Smith, then Messieurs Bootiman, then James Jackson, then Richard Reed and John Reed, then Joseph Scott and Henry Scott, now in occupation of Hetton Coal Company; - 18 July 1836: (1) John Pemberton of Sherburn Hall, esquire; (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land in Hetton le Hole in occupation of Hetton Coal Company; - 27 September 1841: (1) Hon Maria Jane Bowes Barrington, late of Sparsholt, widow of Hon Russell Barrington; (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company; reciting indenture of 26 May 1835 (i) Maria Jane Bowes Barrington, (ii) William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth, Sir Robert Price, bart of Foxley (Herefordshire) and Rev George Price of Romaldkirk Rectory - land in Hetton le Hole formerly in occupation of John Beckwith and Hetton Coal Company; also land in Hetton le Hole in which (1) was joint tenant with Sir James Musgrave, bart of Barnsley (Gloucestershire); - 8 March 1838: (1) Sir James Musgrave, bart of Barnsley (Gloucestershire); (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land in Hetton le Hole as tenant with Maria Jane Bowes Barrington, in occupation of John Eltringham; - 8 September 1836: (1) George Robinson of Houghton le Spring, gentleman; (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land in Moorsley in occupation of North Hetton Coal Company; - 30 October 1841 [annotated 'cancelled 13/5/35, see conveyance 1/2/37']: (1) Edward Maltby, Bishop of Durham; (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land in Sherburn in occupation of John Booth, John Brown of Wingate, farmer, William Mitcheson or Thomas Wilkinson, esauire, Henry Bell, farmer,] and Robert Darling; land in Cassop formerly in occupation of Margaret Bond, deceased; land in Quarrington in occupation of Rev Robert Hopper Williamson and Isaac Hopper; - 24 June 1862: (1) Warden, masters and scholars of University of Durham; (2) North Eastern Railway Company - land in Elvet; - 7 April 1836: (1) Thomas Richmund Gale Braddyll of Conishead Priory (Lancashire), esquire and Edward Stanley Bacot Richmund Gale Braddell of Conishead Priory; (2) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company - land in Great Haswell alias Haswell on the Hill known as Fallow Field Farm; - 30 April 1844: (1) Durham and Sunderland Railway Company; (2) Mary Dorothea Pemberton of Sherburn Hall, widow of John Pemberton

Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway volume of leases 1837-1891; - With index, maps and plans and individual wayleave agreements as below: - 14 March 1839: (1) Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, esquire; (2) Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company - land of (1) in Castle Eden in occupation of Thomas May; - 25 May 1843: (1) Rt. Hon. John Hobart, 2nd Baron Howden of Howden and Grimston Park (Yorkshire); (2) Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company - part of West Moor Estate of (1) in Hutton Henry; - 14 March 1839: (1) Thomas Wilkinson of Durham, esquire; (2) Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company - land of (1) in Wingate in occupation of William Atkinson and George Dixon; - 14 March 1839: (1) Anthony Darling of Trimdon Grange, farmer; (2) Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company - land of Trimdon Grange Farm; - 17 January 1838: (1) Rev Edward Davison, curate of Trimdon; (2) Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company - land in Trimdon in occupation of Robert Lazonby, farmer; - 14 March 1839: (1) Thomas Haswell of Cornforth, gentleman; (2) Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company - land at Greensides, Trimdon; - 20 January 1837: (1) Robert Burrell, George Appleby, William Green and Robert Henry Allen, directors of Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company (by their solicitors and agents John Burrell of Durham and Thomas Rawsthorne of Lancaster); (2) Edward Maltby, Bishop of Durham - lands in Cornforth lesees - Ann Scott, Joseph Lammas, Charles Garthorne, Thomas Jopling, Jane Bates, Thomas Eggleston, Rev Thomas Richard Shipperdson, Thomas Dale, Thomas Haswell and John Appleby and occupants John Wright, John Reed, Robert Taylor, Ralph Mourner, William Carr, William Morrison and Israel Dakers; - 20 January 1837: (1) Robert Burrell, George Appleby, William Green and Robert Henry Allen, directors of Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company (by their solicitors and agents John Burrell of Durham and Thomas Rawsthorne of Lancaster); (2) Rev George Stanley Faber, master and brethren of Christ's Hospital, Sherburn - land on Garmonsway Moor in occupation of Miles Swinburne, Thomas Lazenby. John Appleby and Robert Pattison; - 19 December 1838: (1) Ann Scott of York (Yorkshire), widow; (2) Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company; - 3 November 1838: (1) Joseph Lammas of Coxhoe, farmer; (2) Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company; - 26 January 1839: (1) Charles Garthorne of Cornforth, gentleman; (2) Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company; - 17 November 1841: (1) Jane Bates of Nelson Terrace, Stoke Newington (Middlesex), spinster; (2) Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company; - 24 October 1838: (1) Thomas Eggleston of Cornforth Mill, paper manufacturer; (2) Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company; - 24 October 1838: (1) Thomas Richard Shipperdson of Durham, clerk; (2) Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company; - 24 December 1838: (1) Joseph Pearson of Hurworth, farmer and Francis Mewburn of Darlington, gentleman; (2) Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company; - 24 October 1838: (1) Thomas Haswell of Cornforth, gentleman; (2) Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company; - 29 October 1838 ['cancelled 22 September 1914']: (1) John Appleby of Garmondsway Moor, farmer; (2) Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company; - 4 July 1891: (1) North Eastern Railway Company; (2) dean and chapter of Durham; on cessation of use of rails near Ferryhill which were removed; - 30 July 1891: North Eastern Railway Company; (2) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England; on cessation of use of rails near Ferryhill which were removed; - 1 April 1845: (1) Robert Hopper Williamson of Hurworth, clerk; (2) Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company - land in Thrislington and Ferryhill in occupation of Richard Herring; - 24 January 1845: lease from (1) John Moon of Shinford Mill, miller; (2) Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Company - land in Cornforth

Correspondence regarding Merrybent Aqueduct over Melsonby Beck 1901-1909 - regarding action taken by Allan Estate and its tenant Edward Hall over compensation from Barton Limestone Company following removal of the aqueduct in 1900 by Merrybent Railway Company and its replacement by another aqueduct

Great Northern Railway Sick Fund Secretary's Drawing Account volume No. 8 1960-1970