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Clayton and Gibson

Reference: D/CG 28 Catalogue Title: Clayton and Gibson Area: Catalogue Category: Business and Industry Records (Solicitors) Description: South Shields, Potts Ballast Hill

Covering Dates: 1880-1895

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Catalogue Description

South Shields (Potts Ballast Hill)

Catalogue Contents

Clayton and Gibson (Ref: D/CG)Ref: D/CG 28/1

12 August 1880 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Harry Smith Edwards of South Shields, clock owner Lease by (1) to (2) for 99 years of Potts Ballast Hill (2a.1r.9p) in Commercial Road in the Borough of South Shields. Plan on third membrane Rent: £80 p.a.
(parchment, 3 membranes)

Ref: D/CG 28/2

Copy of exceptions contained in the lease D/CG28/1, 1880
(1 file)

Ref: D/CG 28/3

4 August 1881 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Harry Smith Edwards of South Shields, dock owner Lease by (1) to (2) for 99 years of Sa 2r Op of land in te Borough of South Shields adjoining the North Eastern Railway and the Jarrow Chemical Company, reserving minerals. Plan on first membrane Rent: £110 p.a.
(parchment, 3 membranes)

Ref: D/CG 28/4

24 July 1883 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Harry Smith Edwards of South Shields, dock owner Conveyance by (1) to (2) of their reversionary interest in property leased by (1) to (2) in D/CG28/3. Reserves minerals. Plan on first membrane. Memoranda of conveyances of parts of the land, 10 November 1883 - 16 July 1884 Consideration: £3300
(parchment, 2 membranes)

Ref: D/CG 28/5

31 July 1884 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Harry Smith Edwards of South Shields, dock owner Conveyance by (1) to (2) of 2173 sq yds of land in Laygate Lane in the parish of Jarrow and Borough of South Shields. Reserves minerals. Plan of property on second membrane Consideration: £326
(parchment, 2 membranes)

Ref: D/CG 28/6

8 November 1895 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Harry Smith Edwards, formerly of South Shields, now of Byethorne, Corbridge, Northumberland, dock owner Conveyance by (1) to (2) of the reversion of Potts Ballast Hill, South Shields. Plan of property endorsed on second membrane Consideration: £2400
(parchment, 2 membranes)

Ref: D/CG 28/7

Correspondence between T. Tinley Dale, solicitor, King Street, South Shields, Clayton and Gibson and Harry Smith Edwards at Corbridge concerning the detailed arrangements for the conveyance of Potts Ballast Hill, 4 October - 12 December 1895
(1 file)

Ref: D/CG 28/8

Bills of costs for Harry Smith Edwards and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners relating to the Potts Ballast Hill conveyance, 1895
(1 file)



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