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Clayton and Gibson

Reference: D/CG 10 Catalogue Title: Clayton and Gibson Area: Catalogue Category: Business and Industry Records (Solicitors) Description: Ellison and Northbourne of Jarrow

Covering Dates: 1839-1935

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  • Clayton and Gibson
    • Ellison and Northbourne of Jarrow (Ref: D/CG 10)
    • John Bowes and Partners, wayleaves (Ref: D/CG 10/1-23)
    • Lands in Monkton and Jarrow (Ref: D/CG 10/24-44)
    • Manor of Gateshead (Ref: D/CG 10/45)
    • Out-county plans (Ref: D/CG 10/46-50)

Catalogue Contents

Ellison and Northbourne of Jarrow (Ref: D/CG 10)John Bowes and Partners, wayleaves (Ref: D/CG 10/1-23)Ref: D/CG 10/1

1839 (1) Cuthbert Ellison of Hebburn Hall, Esquire (2) The Rt. Hon. Thomas Henry, Lord Ravensworth; the Rt. Hon. James Archibald Stuart, Lord Wharncliffe; the Rt. Hon. Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore and others (trustees of the late John Earl of Strathmore) Draft lease by (I) to (2) for 21 years of a wayleave for a waggon way through lands of (1) at Monkton and Jarrow Grange Rent: £200 p.a. for 1200 tens of coal conveyed, 2s. for each additional ten
(1 file)

Ref: D/CG 10/2

Plan showing the course of the waggonway from the coal staiths adjoining Palmer's shipyard to the turnpike road near Jarrow Grange Farm, n.d. [mid 19th century] Scale: 1 chain to 1 inch [1:792]
(1 plan, 134 cm. x 94 cm., oiled linen, ink and partial colour)

Ref: D/CG 10/3

1855 (1) Cuthbert Ellison of Hebburn Hall, Esquire (2) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Esquire; William Hutt of Gibside, Esquire; Nicholas Wood of Hetton Hall, Esquire; Charles Mark Palmer of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire Draft lease by (1) to (2) for 21 years of the wayleave for a waggon way across lands at Monkton and Jarrow Grange Rent: £150 p.a. for 1200 tens of coal conveyed and 2s. per ten for greater quantities
(1 file)

Ref: D/CG 10/4

1 June 1865 (1) Dame Sarah Caroline James wife of Sir Walter Charles James of Betteshanger, Kent, Baronet (2) Sir Walter Charles James, Baronet (3) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Esquire, the Rt. Hon. William Hutt of Gibside, Esquire and Charles Mark Palmer of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire Copy of Lease by (1) to (2) for 42 years of a way leave for a waggon way through lands at Jarrow Grange Rent: £850 p.a.
(1 file)

Ref: D/CG 10/5

Instructions for lease of wayleave and staiths at Jarrow from Lady James to John Bowes and Partners, 1883
(1 file)

Ref: D/CG 10/6

1884 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Esquire, Charles Mark Palmer of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire and Dame Fanny Anna Jane Hutt of Appley Towers, Ryde, Isle of Wight, widow (2) Dame Sarah Caroline James, wife of Sir Walter Charles James of Betteshanger, Ken, Baronet Draft surrender of the lease D/CG 10/4. Recites previous deeds
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/CG 10/7

Instructions to counsel to prepare the surrender D/CG 10/6, n.d. [1884]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/CG 10/8

22 September 1925 (1) The Rt. Hon. Walter John, Baron Northbourne (2) John Bowes and Partners Limited Draft lease by (1) to (2) for 26 years from November 1923 of land between the River Tyne and Blackett Street, Jarrow together with all railways, quays, buildings and staiths thereon with a way leave to Monkton Mill as specified subject to certain rights of Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co. Ltd. Recites surrender of two leases to (2) of 1897 Rent: £1650 p.a.
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/CG 10/9

Plan of the waggonway from the coal staiths adjoining Palmer's shipyard, Jarrow south to Jarrow Park, with inset of part of the Pontop and Jarrow Railway, n.d. [c.1925] Scales: 100 ft. to 1 inch and 1:2500
(1 plan, 155cm x 36cm, waxed linen, partial colour)

Ref: D/CG 10/10

26 September 1935 (1) The Rt. Hon. Walter Ernest Christopher, Baron Northbourne (2) John Bowes and Partners Limited Draft lease by (1) to (2) for 50 years from 1 May 1935 of properties specified in D/CG 10/8 Plan attached Rent: £1700 p.a.
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/CG 10/11

Copy of letter from Matthew Liddell at Benton Grange to Nicholas Wood regarding the Jarrow Grange waggonway wayleaves, 25 October 1852
(1 paper)

Ref: D/CG 10/12-21

Wayleave accounts of John Bowes and Partners for the Jarrow Grange Estate, with related correspondence from James Easton to John Clayton, Newcastle upon Tyne, 5 November 1859 - 13 December 1866
(10 papers)

Ref: D/CG 10/22

Report from Matthew Liddell at Hedgefield to John Clayton regarding the railways of John Bowes Esquire and Partners upon Jarrow Grange and the various wayleave agreements relating thereto, 17 March 1863
(1 file)

Ref: D/CG 10/23

Account of rents and payments due from Messrs. C.M. Palmer and Company to Sir W.C. James, Baronet, May 1865 - May 1866
(1 paper)

Lands in Monkton and Jarrow (Ref: D/CG 10/24-44)Ref: D/CG 10/24

Plan of Monkton Farm in the parish of Jarrow with enlarged plan of houses near Monkton, 1879 Scale: 40ft to 1 inch [1:480]
(1 plan,106cm x64cm, waxed linen, ink and partial colour)

Ref: D/CG 10/25

Plan of block one of the building sites of J.A. Woods at Monkton, n.d. [c.1880] Scale: 20ft to 1 inch[1:240]
(1 plan, 73cm x 38cm, waxed linen, ink)

Ref: D/CG 10/26

Plan of Woods' building ground at Monkton, n.d. [c.1880] Scale: [approx 1 to 500]
(1 plan, 58cm x 46cm, oiled linen, ink)

Ref: D/CG 10/27

1 December 1880 (1) John Anthony Woods of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire (2) Dame Sarah Caroline James, wife of Sir Walter Charles James of Betteshanger, Kent, Baronet Draft articles of agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of 115 acres of land in the township of Monkton
(1 file)

Ref: D/CG 10/28

31 December 1880 (1) John Anthony Woods of Newcastle upon Tyne, Esquire (2) Dame Sarah Caroline James (3) Sir Walter Charles James, Baronet Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 115 acres of land at Monkton subject to two leases expiring on 1 May 1914 Consideration: £8000
(1 file)

Ref: D/CG 10/29

31 December 1880 (1) Dame Sarah Caroline James (2) John Anthony Woods Draft deed of covenant to produce deeds specified on the annexed schedule
(1 file)

Ref: D/CG 10/30

Draft instructions to counsel to settle draft conveyance, Woods to Lady James, 1880
(1 file)

Ref: D/CG 10/31

Certificate as to Lady Northbourne's title to lands in Jarrow Grange, by Clayton and Gibson, 11 July 1885
(1 file)

Ref: D/CG 10/32

1888 (1) The Rt. Hon. Sarah Caroline, Lady Northbourne (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioner for England Draft gift of 1181 sq. yds. of the Jarrow Grange Estate on the south side of Surrey Street as the site for a new church. Plans and covering letter attached
(1 file)

Ref: D/CG 10/33

23 May 1891 (1) The Estates Committee of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) The Rt. Hon. Walter Charles, Baron Northbourne of Betteshanger, Kent and of Jarrow Grange and the Hon. Walter Henry James of Updown, Kent, M.P. Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) for £120 of 6a.3r.39p. of land in the township of Hedworth. Plan endorsed
(1 paper)

Ref: D/CG 10/34

20 July 1891 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) Lord Northbourne and the Hon. W.H. James, M.P. Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 3 plots of land of (6a.3r.39p.) in the township of Hedworth. Reserves minerals. Plan attached Consideration: £120
(1 file)

Ref: D/CG 10/35

Instructions to counsel to settle draft agreement and deed for enfranchisement, Northbourne's trustees to Levy, 1892
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/CG 10/36-7

Abstracts of title (30 April 1860 - 5 June 1890) to freehold lands on Lady Northbourne's Jarrow estate, 1892
(2 files, typescript and printed)

Ref: D/CG 10/38

Abstract of title (12 June 1869 - 24 August 1892) to leasehold premises at the corner of West Ormond Street and Walter Street, Jarrow, 1892
(1 file)

Ref: D/CG 10/39

22 November 1892 (1) Lord Northbourne and the Hon. W.H. James, M.P. (2) George Levy, Abraham Levy and Maurice Levy, all of West Hartlepool, co-partners as clothiers and boot dealers Memorandum of agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of the freehold reversion in a messuage and lands in West Ormond Street and Walter Street, Jarrow Grange
(1 paper)

Ref: D/CG 10/40

31 December 1892 (1) Lord Northbourne and the Hon. W.H. James M.P. (2) George Levy, Abraham Levy and Maurice Levy, all of West Hartlepool, clothiers and boot dealers Draft conveyance (enfranchisement of leasehold) by (1) to (2) of 194 sq. yds. of land with a messuage thereon at the corner of Walter Street and West Ormonde Street Jarrow Grange. Reserves minerals. Recites previous deeds Plan attached Consideration: £250
(paper, 1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/CG 10/41

25 July 1893 (1) The Rt. Rev. William John Burn formerly of Walker St. Jarrow, now Bishop of Qu' Appelle in British North America; William Henry Dickinson of Bede Place, Jarrow, butcher and others (the trustees of The Liddell Provident Dispensary, (2) The Rt. Hon. Walter Henry, Baron Northbourne Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of the Liddell Provident Dispensary and 452 sq. yds. of land in Jarrow in consideration of the release of (1) from their mortgage debt of £500 to (2). Recites previous deeds. Covering letter and notes attached
(1 file)

Ref: D/CG 10/42

15 March 1895 (1) Richard Gully Bennet of Tresillian, Cornwall, Esquire and Augustus Wood Acton of Acton Scott, Church Stretton, Shropshire, Esquire (2) William Cole Pendarves of Pendarves, Cornwall, Esquire (3) Lord Northbourne Draft conveyance by (1) to (3) of a fee farm rent of £3. 13s.2½d. issuing out of the Manor of Jarrow Consideration: £80
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/CG 10/43

21 December 1897 (1) Lord Northbourne (2) The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Jarrow Conveyance by (1) to (2) of 4a. and 503 sq. yds. of land between Park Road, Jarrow and the Pontop and Jarrow Railway, to be added to land previously conveyed as a recreation ground. Reserves minerals; restrictive covenants against the sale of intoxicating liquor and use for political, religious or secular meetings, demonstrations etc. Plan attached
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/CG 10/44

Plan of addition to recreation ground Jarrow Grange Estate, n.d. [1897 - 1898] Scale: 80ft to 1 inch [1:960]
(1 plan, 40cm x 40cm, oiled linen, ink)

Manor of Gateshead (Ref: D/CG 10/45)Ref: D/CG 10/45

16 July 1857 (1) Cuthbert Ellison of Hebburn Hall, Esquire (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Copy surrender by (1) to (2) of the lordship, town and borough of Gateside otherwise Gateshead and £54 6s. annual Land Tax. Recites the lease of the manor etc. from the Bishop of Durham to (1) for 21 years dated 19 September 1854, subject to the annual payments by (1) of £13 16s 1d to (2) and £100 to the Rector of Gateshead. Schedule of under leases Consideration: £47,200
(1 file)

Out-county plans (Ref: D/CG 10/46-50)Ref: D/CG 10/46

Plan of Hacklinge Farm, Northbourne, Kent taken from a draft mortgage of the same to the Hon. W. James, M.P. of 24 June 1892 No scale
(1 plan, 51cm x 30cm, waxed linen and partial colour)

Ref: D/CG 10/47

Plan of Broomhouse Common and environs, Northumberland taken from a lease by Lord Northbourne of 21 July 1892 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile[1:10560]
(1 plan, 23cm x 29cm, waxed linen, ink)

Ref: D/CG 10/48

Plan of the Betteshanger Estate (3660a), Northbourne, Kent, n.d. [c.1912] No scale
(1 plan, 45cm x 42cm, waxed linen, ink and water colour)

Ref: D/CG 10/49

O.S. Plan, Kent sheet XLVIII S.E. and XLVIII S.W., third edition, 1908, showing division of coal royalties under the estate of Lord Northbourne and others near Deal, 1912 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile[1:10560]
(1 plan, 46cm x 60cm, printed with water colour additions)

Ref: D/CG 10/50

Plan (taken from draft lease by Lord Redesdale to Lord Northbourne) of Birdhopecraig Hall and sporting rights in Redesdale, Northumberland, February 1905 No scale
(1 plan, 32cm x 37cm, waxed linen, ink and partial colour)



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