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27 February 1858 (1) Dean and Chapter of Durham; William Charles Chaytor of Durham, gent.; Thomas Davison of Croft [North Yorkshire], esq.; Samuel Rowlandson of Durham, gent. (2) Minister and churchwardens of the parish of Billingham Grant by (1) to (2) of 31 perches of land with buildings situated in the village of Cowpen Bewley in the parish of Billingham for the purpose of a Sunday School for the poor From the north the parcel meets the village green, from the south it is bound by land occupied by Parrington and Stephenson, from the east by land occupied by Miss Purvis and from the west by land demised to Thomas Alderson Grant under condition of creating a School Committe including Joseph Farrow of Cowpen Bewley, farmer; Robert Chilton of Billingham, farmer; and James Langley, occupier of Greatham, who are to contribute 10s per annum for the school fund Includes schematic map of the parcel of land

11 September 1899 (1) Thomas Metcalfe Barron of Darlington, solicitor and Henry William Graham of Fighting Cocks, farmer; trustees of the Will of Henry Andrew William Cocks, esq (2) Charles James Coleby; Sir Theodore Fry, bart; William Edwin Pease; John Thompson Hall; Joseph Tait; all of Darlington Declaration of trust of the sum of £1058 North Eastern Railway debenture stock and £826 North Eastern Railway guaranteed stock to be transferred by (1) to (2) for maintenance of the Cocks Memorial Wing of the Darlington Hospital

14 December 1900 (1) Mark Archer of Farnacres Ravensworth, coal owner; John Thomas Hedley of Beckenham, Kent, coal owner; Sarah Jane Hedley of Beckenham, widow (2) Rev William Charles Cooke of Holmside, vicar; James Gibson of Burnhope and David Dawson of South Moor, churchwardens Lease for 18 years by (1) to (2) of parcel of land at Craghead (728 square yards) on which to build an Iron Church Consideration: 1s p.a. Includes a location plan

14 February 1946 (1) Thomas John Hick of 18 Delight Rows, Dipton, miner and Thomas Braban Reay of 5 Wesley Terrace, Annfield Plain, winding engineman (continuing trustees) (2) Joseph Harrison of 2 Saint Edmunds Terrace, Dipton, winding engineman; John Robinson Kell of 11 Woodland Terrace, Dipton, stoneman; Thomas Walton Thompson of 2 Bowes Terrace, Dipton, keeker and Henry McGurk of 13 Delight Rows, Dipton, ambulance attendant (new trustees) Appointment of new trustees of a lease of 13 October 1931 relating to a piece of land with a garage in Dipton, with a right of way, excepting right to mines and minerals, to be used as a recreation ground and a garage to house an ambulance for the benefit of miners

20 December 1899 (1) Rev. Arthur William Headlam of Gainford; William Sanderson of New Elvet, Durham, baker; and James Annleby Longden of Sunderland, solicitor (2) Rev. William Nixon Wadsworth of St Oswald's Vicarage, Durham, vicar; William Sanderson of New Elvet, Durham, baker; James Todd of Hallgarth Street, superintendent of Police; John Gibson of Old Elvet, Durham, chapter clerk; Edwin Leidler of New Elvet, Durham, plumber; Edward Jenson of Old Elvet, Durham, Physician; and Thomas Coates of Mount Joy Crescent, Durham, builder Conveyance by (1) to (2) of the Church Institute in Church Street bounded by properties belonging to William Elliott and then Martin Smith and now by Hannah Junn and St Oswald's Churchyard and the Church Street, in trust of the vicar and churchwardens Recites previous indenture of 3 February 1890 Witnessed by William G. Vardy of 25 New Elvet, Durham, clerk

4 July 1934 (1) Herbert Greener, Whitton Hall, Witton le Wear, colliery agent (2) Thomas Brabban, 22 Tennyson Terrace, Crook, miner (3) Robert William Kemp, 12 High Hope Street, Crook, colliery blacksmith (4) Frederick Pakes, 6 Milton Street, Crook, coke oven loader Declaration of Trust made by (1) - (4) as the Trustees of the Roddymoor, Bowden Close and Wooley Collieries Ambulance Scheme to run ambulance service for the miners of the above named collieries

14 May 1886 1) Thomas Wilson Pounder of West Hartlepool, plumber 2) Sarah Mowbray of Hartlepool, spinster 3) George Loughborough of Hartlepool and Elizabeth his wife 4) Samuel Frazer of West Hartlepool, master mariner and Jane his wife 5) Rev Edwin Robert Ormsby, rector of Hartlepool, St Hilda parish; and John Thomas Ridley of Hartlepool, bank manager and Francis Green Morris of Hartlepool, gentleman, churchwardens Copy conveyance by (1)-(4) to (5) of a parcel of land at Hartlepool measuring approx 331 square yards bounding on Croft Terrace towards the west and Pier Street towards the north, to provide a site for a place of worship [St Andrew's Church] Consideration: £290

Standard form for appointment of new trustees of Kepier Grammar School, Houghton le Spring, 4 January 1938 NB no names given

Deed appointing the Official Trustees of the Charitable Funds as trustees under the Tithe Act 1936 to receive the residue of tithes for townships of: Bishopton, Newbiggin and Little Stainton in the parish of Bishopton Thorpe, otherwise Thorpe Shewles [Thorpe Thewles], and Whitton in the parish of Grindon Cassop, Coxhoe, Kelloe, Quarrington, Thornley and Wingate in the parish of Kelloe Stillington in the parish of Redmarshall Sockburn, Girsby and Over Dinsdale in the parish of Sockburn all of these for which the Corporation of the Masters and Brethren of Christ's Hospital, Sherburn was the estate holder in fee simple, 24 September 1937

24 March 1827 (1) John Steele of Barnard Castle, currier (2) John Watson the elder of Woodland, Cockfield, yeo.; John Watson the younger of Woodland, yeo.; William Dixon the elder of Barnard Castle, linen and woolen draper; Joshua Monkhouse of Barnard Castle, druggist; Ebenzer Monkhouse of Barnard Castle, carpet manufacturer; Anthony Steele of Barnard Castle, currier; George Bradley of Barnard Castle, butcher; William Lowrey the younger of Barnard Castle, butcher; William Atkinson of Barnard Castle Moor, farmer; Hodgson Atkinson of Barnard Castle Moor, farmer; John Ramshaw of Barnard Castle, manufacturer Conveyance by (1) in trust to (2) of a parcel of land with a meeting house in Woodland Consideration: 10 s by (2) to (1) Recites previous indenture: demise of 12 July 1826

1 December 1862 (1) Joshua Monkhouse of Barnard Castle, gent.; William Lowrey of Barnard Castle Moor, farmer; Hodgson Atkinson of the same place, farmer (2) Rev Richard Hornbook of Barnard Castle, superintendent preacher of the Wesleyan Circuit (3) Joshua Monkhouse; William Lowrey; John Badcock, chemist and druggist; Anthony Steel, currier; Joshua Burn, grocer; Christopher Brown Martin, grocer and druggist; and Edmund Atkinson, railway agent; all of Barnard Castle; John Collinson of Smelting Mills near Woodlands, miner; Joshua Coke Monkhouse of Egglestone, gent. (1) appoints (3) as trustees of the Wesleyan chapel in Woodland Recites previous indenture of: 24 March 1827

10 November 1891 (1) Joshua Burn, grocer; and Edmund Atkinson, lodging house keeper; both of Barnard Castle (2) Rev. John Mackintosh of Barnard Castle, superintendent preacher in Wolsingham Wesleyan Connexion Circuit (3) Joshua Burn; Edmund Atkinson; John Moffatt of Woodland, grocer; John Stephenson of Pike Stone, Woodland, farmer; John Longstaff of Cust's Barn, Woodland, farmer; Timothy Tarn of Woodland, farmer; Thomas Brown Illsley of Barnard Castle, druggist, William Morton of Woodland, coal miner; and Ralph Metcalf of Dent Gate, Langleydale, farmer (1) appoints (3) as new trustees of Woodland Wesleyan Chapel Recites previous indentures of 24 March 1827 and 1 December 1862

23 April 1902 (1) Mary Anne Forster of Darlington, wife of William Forster, bank manager (2) John Raper of Woodland, farmer (3) Rev. George Uyston, superintendent minister of Wesleyan Methodist Connexion Circuit (4) John Moffatt, grocer; William Morton, coal miner; John Stephenson, farmer; James Aungiers, blacksmith; William Walton Coates, shoemaker; George William Smith, coal miner; Jonathan Stephenson, post master; Thomas Tarn, farmer; Henry Blackett, grocer; John Williamson, coal miner; Joseph Tarn, butcher; Joseph Wallace Watson, enginman; all of Woodland; Michael Johnson Dixon of Barnard Castle, draper; and Thomas Parkinson of the same, draper Conveyance by (1) and (2) to (4) of 318 sq. yards of land in Woodland adjacent from the south to a highway from Eggleston to Bishop Auckland and from the west by a property of Rebecca Collinson Consideration: £35 by (4) to (2) Recites previous indentures of: 3 July 1832, 20 June 1893, 21 June 1893 Includes location plan and schedule of deeds, 1813-1893

31 December 1902 (1) Joshua Burn of Barnard Castle, grocer; John Moffatt of Woodland, grocer; John Stephenson of Woodland, farmer; John Longstaff of Cockerton Grange, Darlington, farmer; Thomas Brown-Illsley of Barnard Castle, chemist; William Morton of Woodland, miner; and Ralph Metcalf of Dent Gate, Langleydale, farmer; (trustees) (2) Rev. George Oyston of Barnard Castle, superintendent minister of Barnard Castle Wesleyan Circuit (3) Henry Blackett of Woodland, grocer Exchange of land between (1) and (2). 16 sq. yards at the east of the Woodland Wesleyan Chapel for 16 sq. yards at the west of the chapel. The building that (3) wants to construct is to have a shared gable and a shared chimney with the chapel. Consideration: £8 6s by (3) to (1)

6 March 1839 (1) Thomas Simpson of Brecken Hill, Lynesack and Softley, yeoman (2) Jane Wilson of Durham, spinster (3) John Simpson of Copley, yeoman (4) Joseph Anthony Benning of Staindrop, gent; Thomas Freshfield Scarth of Keverstone, esq.; Joseph Atkinson of Kayslee in South Bedburn, gent.; John Dean of Staindrop, surgeon; John Bourne the younger of Walker Hall, Winston, esq.; Coates Stephenson of Copley Lane, sailor; Michael Garthorne of Emms Hills, South Bedburn, gent.; George White of Lynesack and Softley, stone mason; John Hardy of Edge House, Lynesack and Softley, coal owner; Jonathan Middleton of Rokeby Grange, Yorkshire, gent.; Christopher Middleton of Ingleton, gent.; Edward Hodgson of Softley, gent.; William Luke Prattman the younger of Copley Lodge, gent.; Ferdinand Raine the younger of Little Hutton, Forcett, Yorkshire, farmer; John Firbank of Turf Moor of Lynesack and Softley, gent. (1) and (3) appoints (4) as new trustees of Lynesack and Softley Charity School and Robert with Robert Petty as schoolmaster Recites a surrender of 6 March 1839

Deed of trust by John Bramwell of Durham, gent; John Kipling of Darlington, carpet manufacturer; Rev. Thomas Linwood Strong of Sedgefield rectory, clerk; Robert Hall Naylor of Fishburn, gent.; Thomas Moon of Trimdon House, gent.; George Smith of Trimdon, gent,; William Hixon of Bradbury, gent.; to use £200 from Marianne Chilton's bequest for the education of poor children, 9 June 1841

9 April 1877 (1) Thomas Hodgson of Fowler House, Heighington, farmer (2) George Allison of Darlington, gent. (3) Abraham Hilton of Barnard Castle, spirit merchant Conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of a parcel of land in Heighington between Strandy Mire Lane and Breckon Hill, adjoining land of Henry Allison deceased and now of Francis Watson, Sowerby, William Brown, Leonard Jaques Thompson, together with all buildings and offices Consideration: £940 by (3) to (1) and £250 by (3) to (2) Recites previous indentures of: 27 April 1871, 13 October 1876, 25 March 1872 Includes location plan

26 March 1895 (1) William John Windross of Barnard Castle, ironmonger (vendor) (2) Rev. Canon Frederick Brown, vicar of Barnard Castle; and Robert Taylor Richardson, gent.; William James Wateson, gent.; Harry Crawford Watson, gent.; Robert Wood, solicitor's clerk; and Joseph Lowes, railway yardsman; all of Barnard Castle (trustees) Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a property in Bridgegate, Barnard Castle adjoining properties of Robert Alexander Moritt, Joseph Foott, John Lamb, George Graham, Stephen Kirkley, John George Johnson, Consideration: £160 Recites previous indenture of: 6 September 1890

16 January 1904 (1) Alfred John Pease of Manchester, colonial produce merchant; Frank Ernest Pease of Darlington, wine and spirit merchant; and George Gatey of Ambleside, Westmoreland, solicitor (grantors) (2) Frank Ernest Pease; Rev. Cecil Henry Kolt of Darlington, clerk; and George Newby Watson of Darlington, solicitor (trustees) Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a parcel of land at Cockerton in Darlington Holy Trinity parish together with £148 10s 6d for use for the extension of St Mary's Church in Cockerton Includes location plan

9 October 1929 (1) Right Hon. John Fourth Earl of Eldon (2) Sir Richard Arthur Pease of Prior House, Richmond, Yorkshire, bar.; James Anthony Parker of Elton Villas, West Darlington, secretary of a limited company; James Stillary of 8 Oswald Terrace, Chilton Buildings near Ferryhill, coal hewer; and John Henry Tate of 45 Dene Terrace, Chilton, miner Conveyance by (1) to (2) of 880 sq. yards of land at Chilton Buildings, Chilton Recites previous indenture of: 16 February 1928 Includes schedule of deeds, 30 June 1869 - 16 February 1928 and a location plan

Deed of trust by William Cassidi of Grindon, clerk regarding £100 Stock of the Great Northern Railway Company invested in the vicar of Bishopton and the incumbent of Stillington [no names provided] for the benefit of the respective parishes, 14 January 1874 Witnessed by Charles Dale Tutton, vicar of Haverton Hill Trust ceased to exist in 2008

11 November 1892 (1) Rev. William Octavus Blunt, rector of Chester le Street parish (2) Thomas Gilchrist of Penshaw, mining engineer; Frederick Harle of Chester le Street, solicitor Lease for 99 years by (1) to (2) of 2 acres of land in Chester le Street in order to build houses and outbuildings on it. (2) agrees to keep them in good condition and insured and also to build 20 feet wide public access road adjacent to the land from the west and from the north Consideration: £60 per annum Includes location plan Witnessed by: Allen Hunt of 10 St Cuthbert's Terrace, Gateshead, clerk James A Taylor, clerk to Frederick Harle, solicitor in Newcastle on Tyne

31 December 1914 (1) Jonathan Raine of 8 Commercial Street, Willington, farmer (2) Thomas Urmson of Willington rectory, vicar; Thomas Wilkinson of Park Street, Willington, engineer; and John Elliott of West End, Willington, grocer Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a parcel of land in High End of Willington known as the Old Show Ground together with a right of way Consideration £6 Recites previous indentures of 21 March 1911 and 26 May 1914 Witnessed by: Walter Raine of Wellington, general dealer; V. J. Bailez of Willington, clerk; John Harler of Ivy Cottage, Brancepeth Colliery, clerk; John Bond of 13 Salisbury Street, Willington, clerk Includes location plan. Endorsement note mentions indenture of 1 December 1925 by which northernmost part of the above described parcel was conveyed to Jospeh Larnach and Hannah Larnach

1 October 1935 (1) George Atkinson Gilchrist of Wearvale, Chester le Street, mining engineer (2) Robert Smith of 46 Seventh Avenue Council Houses, Chester le Street, retired miner (3) John Henry Errington of Pelaw Terrace, Chester le Street, under manager; John William Hodgson of 23 Park View, Chester le Street, engineman; John Joseph Noble of Teasdales Buildings, Pelton, miner (1) and (2) appoints (3) as new trustees of South Pelaw Miners' Welfare Recites previous indentures of 8 July 1930; death of William Hodgson on 11 February 1933 Witnessed by: Harry Clark of 40 Home Avenue, Low Fell, Gateshead, clerk; Wilfred R Fringh of 5 Pelaw Terrace, Chester le Street, clerk

7 September 1950 (1) John William Etherington of 36 Back Berkerley Lady Pit Lane, Leeds, retired miner (2) Andrew York of 2 Kay Street, Stanley, retired miner (3) Thomas Pringle of 27 Windsor Terrace, New Kyo, Annfield Plain, boot repairer (1) and (2) appoints (3) as a new trustee of West Stanley National Spiritualist Church Recites previous indentures of: 29 December 1928; death of Thomas Kendrick on 15 April 1950 Witnessed by: A.S.B. Embleton of 36 Back Beverly Terrace, Leeds, builder; George R. Lawson of Stanley, solicitor

22 December 1975 (1) William Owen Prior of Blue Bell Cottage, Piercebridge, motor engineer (2) John Valentine Hodgson of Piercebridge Farm, Piercebridge, farmer; Raymond Keith Rowell of 20 The Green, Piercebridge, hairdresser; and Basil Wynn Turner of 31 Piercebridge, sub postmaster (1) appoints (2) as new trustees of Piercebridge Village Hall Recites previous indenture of: 13 October 1954 Witnessed by: B.W. Turner; J. Allen