Catalogue

16 April 1794 (1) Thomas Marshall of Old Elvet, Durham, innkeeper (2) Isabel Wilson of Old Elvet, Durham, widow (3) Thomas Horn of Sunderland, coal fitter; Richard Scruton of Durham, gent. Assignment by (1) to (3) of 3 dwelling houses in Elvet, Durham Consideration: 10s Recites previous indenture of 19 July 1783

20 and 21 May 1794 (1) Thomas Marshall of Old Elvet, Durham, innkeeper (2) Isabel Wilson of Old Elvet, Durham, widow (3) Thomas Horn of Sunderland, coal fitter; Richard Scruton of Durham, gent. Lease and release by (1) to (3) of 2 freehold dwelling houses in Old Elvet, Durham for 1 year Consideration: 10s

28 June 1799 (1) James, Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) William Ainsley of Crook Hall Mill, miller (3) Lewis Legg of Pansher Staiths, Durham, esq. Licence by (1) to (2) to alien to (3) of 2 dwelling houses in Elvet, Durham with a parcel of land around it for 40 years Consideration: £1 13s 9.5d

8 July 1799 (1) Thomas Aynsley of Market Place Mill, Durham, miller (oldest brother of Eleanor Surtees nee Aynsley, late wife of Thomas Surtees of Newcastle upon Tyne, yeo.); Thomas Horn of Sunderland, coalfitter and Richard Scutton of Durham, gent.; (assignees of the estate of Thomas Marshall late of Old Elvet, Durham, innkeeper) (2) James Pearson of Durham, cordwainer; James Thurlow of Durham, innkeeper Lease for a year by (1) to (2) of a dwelling house in Elvet, Durham, occupied by Robert Beekles, Ann Durance and previously sold to Thomas Marshall to be am inn known as the Green Dragon. It adjoins premises by river Wear and Kings High Street occupied by Thomas Bungey and Major Lindsey Consideration: 5s

Letters of administration of personal belongings of late Eleanor Surtees of Chapelry of St Margaret, Durham, naming Thomas Surtees, her husband, the administrator, 8 July 1799

9 July 1799 (1) Thomas Horn of Sunderland, coal fitter; Richard Scrufton of Durham, gent [assignees of the estate of Thomas Surtees] (2) William Aynsley of Crook Hall Mill, miller; Eleanor Aynsley, wife (3) Anthony Hopper of Newcastle upon Tyne, wine merchant; Miles Monkhouse of Newcastle upon Tyne, wine merchant (4) Thomas Surtees of Newcastle (late of Old Elvet, Durham), yeoman and administrator of personal belongings of Eleanor Surtees (nee Aynsley), his wife, deceased (5) Thomas Aynsley of Market Place Mill, Durham, miller, eldest brother and heir of Eleanor Surtees (6) John Horner of Hallgarth Street, Durham, coal owner (7) James Pearson of Durham, cordweiner; James Thurlow of Durham, innkeeper Considerations: £87 to (3) by (2); £63 to (1) by (2) and £70 to (6) by (2) Recites indentures of: 1 and 2 June 1791, 3 June 1791, 9 June 1792, 8 July 1793, 20 and 21 May 1794, 21 November 1796, 20 November 1797 Release by (1)-(6) to (7) of of a dwelling house and surrounding plot of land with outbuildings in Old Elvet, Durham

Land tax redemption certificate for a dwelling in Elvet, Durham belonging to Lewis Legg and occupied by John Vardy, his tenant, 3 July 1804

13 September 1805 (1) James, Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) William Lord Auckland and Sylvester Lord Glenbervie, HM Commissioners (3) Lewis Legg of East Rainton, gent. Conveyance by (1) to (3) of premises in Elvet Borough formerly occupied by Richard Kinleside, John Marshall, William Ainsley together with a parcel of land at Elvet Moor Consideration: £98 1s 6d by (3) to (2) and 10s by (3) to (1) Recites lease of 28 September 1804

18 and 19 May 1810 (1) William Ainsley late of Crook Hall Mill, now of Framwellgate, miller (2) James Thurlow of Durham, innkeeper (3) John Horner late of Hallgarth Street, Durham now of Kilburn, North Yorkshire, coal owner (4) Richard William Johnston of Darlington, gent. Consideration: £282 1s 8d by (3) to (1) and 10s by (3) and (4) to (1) and (2) Lease, release and assignment by (1) to (3) of premises in Old Elvet, Durham previously occupied by Robert Beckles, Ann Durance, Thomas Marshall, adjoining property of Thomas Bungh on the east, a road on the west, River Wear on the north and High Street on the south Recites previous indentures of 8-9 July 1799

2 and 3 October 1810 (1) John Horner of Kilburn, North Yorkshire (2) Richard William Johnston of Darlington, gent. (3) Lewis Legg of East Rainton, esq. Lease and release by (1) to (3) of a dwelling in Old Elvet, Durham Consideration: £525 by (3) to (1) and 10s by (3) to (2)

28 and 29 June 1812 (1) Lewis Legg of East Rainton, esq. (2) Arthur Featonby of Hallgarth Street, Durham, gent. (3) Featonby Burrell of Billingham, gent.; George Burrell of Hallgarth Street, Durham, gent. Consideration: £1,000 by (2) to (1) and 10s by (3) to (1) Lease and release by (1) to (3) of a public house in Saddler Street, a dwelling house in Old Elvet and a property known as the Green Dragon Inn in Elvet Street Durham

20 and 21 December 1839 (1) Jane Burrell of Bellingham, spinster; and Marry Ann Burrell of Bellingham, spinster (2) John Page of Norton, ganner (3) John Legge of Houghton le Spring, gent. (4) Lewis Pattison Legge of the Grove, Houghton le Spring, gent. (5) Rev. William Henry Philip Bulmer of Hylton Ferry, clerk; and Frances Mary, his wife; John Robinson Legge of Houghton le Spring, gent.; Mary Caroline Legge of Houghton le Spring, spinster; Maria Catherine Legge of Houghton le Spring, spinster (6) Matthew Robinson Legge of Gateshead, gent. (7) John Thwaites of City Tavern in Durham Market Place, innkeeper (8) Richard Thompson of Durham, gent. Lease and release by (1) - (5) to (7) of premises in Old Elvet as described in indenture of 28 and 29 June 1812, known as the Waterloo Hotel as per enclosed plan, and also a property in Old Elvet belonging to late Lewis Legge Consideration: £1000 by (7) to (2) and £1700 by (7) to (3) Recites indentures of: 28 and 29 June 1812, will of Lewis Legge of 16 August 1815

Bond of indemnity of John Legge of Houghton le Spring, gent. and Lewis Pattison Legge of The Grove, gent. to John Thwaites the Younger of the City Tavern in Durham Market Place, innkeeper in £200 to secure claims and evictions on transactions involving the above mentioned tavern, 21 December 1839

Certified statement by County Durham Commissioners that an indenture of 21 December 1839 was presented to them by Frances Mary Bulmer according to the Deeds by Married Women, 23 December 1839

16 December 1856 (1) John Thwaites of Old Elvet, Durham, innkeeper (2) Thomas Ramshaw of Rushyford, auctioneer Mortgage by (1) to (2) of Thwaites Waterloo Hotel in Old Elvet, Durham adjoining property known as Ward's Waterloo Hotel Consideration: £800 Recites indentures of: 20 and 21 December 1839

29 July 1857 (1) Rev. George Waddington, Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) Henry Thomas, Earl of Chichester; sir John George Shaw Leferre; Spencer Horatio Walpole, church estates commissioner (3) John Thwaites of Old Elvet, innkeeper (4) Cuthbert Joseph Hubbick of Durham, veterinary surgeon Conveyance by (1) and (3) to (4) of a piece of land with smith's shop cottage in Elvet, Durham occupied by "Hubbick and Peele" veterinary surgeons, as per plan enclosed Consideration: 5s to (3) by (4) and £75 by (4) to (2) Recites indenture of: 21 January 1854

30 December 1857 (1) John Thwaites of Old Elvet, Durham, innkeeper (2) Thomas Ramshaw of Church Merrington, auctioneer Further mortgage by (1) to (2) of premises known as Thwaites Waterloo Hotel, Durham Consideration: £800 Recites mortgage of 6 December 1856

21 July 1860 (1) John Thwaites of Durham, innkeeper (2) Richard Thompson of Durham, gent. Copy mortgage by (1) to (2) of Thwaites Waterloo Hotel in Durham, lease of wharf in Rotherhithe in Surrey Consideration: £1000 Recites indentures of: 21 December 1839, 6 December 1844, 20 June 1850, 16 December 1856, 30 December 1857

29 June 1861 (1) Robert Wilkinson of Little Chilton, farmer; William Farrow of Merrington, farmer; Mary Ramshaw of Merrington, widow (2) John Thwaites of Old Elvet, Durham, innkeeper (3) Robert Thwaites of Leazes Place, Durham, gent. Transfer of mortgage by (1) to (3) to Thwaites Waterloo Hotel in Durham Consideration: £400 Recites previous indentures of: 16 December 1856, 30 December 1857

11 August 1865 (1) John Thwaites of Durham, innkeeper (2) Richards Thompson of Durham, gent. (3) Cuthbert Joseph Hubbick of Durham, veterinary surgeon; and John Edward Peele of Durham, veterinary surgeon Conveyance by (1) to (3) of Thwaites Waterloo Hotel in Old Elvet, Durham Consideration: £1700 by (3) to (1) Recites indenture of 21 December 1839, 16 December 1856, 30 December 1857, 21 July 1860, 29 June 1861, 15 November 1861 Endorsement note: Reconveyance by Thomas Ramshaw and Edward Peele to C. J. Hubbick and J.E. Peele of Waterloo Hotel, 11 December 1874

5 October 1865 (1) Edward Peele of Durham, gent. (2) Robert Wilkinson of Little Chilton, Durham, farmer; William Farrow of Merrington, farmer; Mary Ramshaw of Merrington, widow (3) Cuthbert Joseph Hubbick of Durham, veterinary surgeon (4) Thomas Turner of Durham, hotel keeper Copy conveyance by (1) - (3) to (4) of premises in Old Elvet being previously a part of the Waterloo Hotel Consideration: £1500 by (4) to (1) and (3) Recites indenture of lease and release of 21 December 1839 Includes location plan and small drawing of the property showing external elevation

Additional abstract of title, 21 July 1860 - 15 November 1861, to premises in Old Elvet known as 'Thwaites Waterloo Hotel', 1865

21 January 1870 (1) Robert Wilkinson of Little Chilton, farmer; William Farrow of Merrington, farmer; Mary Ramshaw of Merrington, widow (2) Thomas Ramshaw of Merrington, gent. Transfer of mortgage by (1) to (2) on freehold premises in Old Elvet, Durham known as The Waterloo Hotel Consideration: £800 Recites conveyance of 16 December 1856; will of Thomas Ramshaw the Elder of 21 February 1857 and his death on 22 October 1860

19 December 1890 (1) John Edward Peele of Durham, veterinary surgeon, horse shoer, carriage and livery proprietor (2) Cuthbert Joseph Hubbick of Durham, veterinary surgeon, horse shoer, carriage and livery proprietor Mortgage by (1) to (2) on a parcel of land with smiths shop, cottage and outbuildings in Elvet as per indenture of 29 July 1857 and parcel of land in Elvet as per indenture of 20 January 1866 together with premises in Old Elvet known in the past as The Waterloo Hotel and now as the County Hotel Consideration: £4000 Endorsement: 20 February 1903 (1) Richard Cuthbert Thompson of Doncaster, veterinary surgeon (2) John Edward Peele, as above Reconveyance by (1) to (2) of the above mentioned properties

19 December 1890 (1) Cuthbert Joseph Hubbick of Durham, veterinary surgeon, horse shoer, carriage and livery proprietor (2) John Edward Peele, veterinary surgeon, horse shoer, carriage and livery proprietor Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a parcel of land with a smiths shop and cottage in Elvet together with premises known as The Waterloo Hotel or The County Hotel, Elvet, Durham Consideration: £4000

11 June 1896 (1) Rev. James Canon Rooney of Darlington, clerk; rev. Thomas Croskell of Bentham, Yorkshire, clerk; Richard Cuthbert Thomson of Doncaster, veterinary surgeon (2) Alfred William Granger of 22 Old Elvet, Durham, gent. (3) Richard Cuthbert Thompson of Doncaster, veterinary surgeon Transfer of mortgage by (1)- (2) to (3) of premises in Old Elvet and Elvet Waterside, Durham Consideration: £2081 1 s 11d Recites indenture of 19 December 1890, death of Cuthbert Joseph Hubbick on 10 March 1895, his will of 26 January 1891

8 March 1906 Probate of the will of John Edward Peele of 8 New Elvet, Durham, dated 14 February 1899 He died on 12 January 1906. Appoints his wife Anne Peele, children Ernest Peele, Alfred Peele, Edward Peele, Bertha Dickinson, Harry Peele and May Pyman as trustees and executors. He shares his personal belongings between his sons. £40 each to his daughters. He gives the rest of his personal and real estate at 8 New Elvet to his wife for her life and entrust his veterinary and horse shoeing business with his sons. The Waterloo Hotel should be cleared of mortgage by the trustees.

Copy abstract of title, 19 December 1890 - 9 April 1909, to a freehold shoeing shop, forge and other premises at Elvet Waterside, Durham, 1909

Fire insurance with County Fire Office Limited for several buildings adjacent and near the Waterloo Hotel, Old Elvet, Durham occupied by Harry Peele of Waterside Lane, Durham, veterinary surgeon, livery and stables proprietor, 25 December 1910 Document provides detailed description of each building.

Copy abstract of title, 11 August 1865 - 19 December 1890, to a freehold shoeing shop, forge and other premises at Elvet Waterside, Durham, 1920

Schedule of deeds, 29 July 1857 - 20 October 1947, to property at Elvet Waterside belonging to J. D. Peele, 6 November 1947

Sale by public auction of freehold office premises with a large site at the rear known as Nos. 57-58 Hallgarth Street, Durham, 7 June 1963 Includes location plan

Planning application notice by Kingham Knight Associates, 91 George Street, Edinburgh, on behalf of The Three Rivers Housing Society Ltd to David McFarlane, Hallgarth Street, Durham regarding a possible housing development for 18 dwellings at the site adjacent to Back Mount Joy and Hallgarth Street, Durham, 20 April 1966 Includes location plan

Letter from H.E. Ferens & Son, Solicitors, 38, Saddler Street, Durham to David McFarlane, 58, Hallgrath Street, Durham regarding the sale of 57/58 Hallgarth Street, 23 October 1967

Copy plan of alterations to 57-58 Hallgarth Street, Durham to form veterinary surgeon's house, showing layouts of basement, ground and first floors, 25 June 1963 Plan made of badly photocopied fragments put together with a sellotape.

Copy draft plan of 57-58 Hallgarth Street, Durham showing layout of ground and first floor, n.d. 1960s