Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 963 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Darlington, Ketton Hall and Estate
Covering Dates: 1896-1925
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Catalogue Description
Records of Ketton Hall and the Ketton Estate, deposited on long-term loan, 1 October 1991(Acc: 2014(D))
Records of Ketton Hall and Estate
The Ketton Estate contains Ketton Hall Farm which was the home of Charles Colling who, in the eighteenth century, developed his famous herd of shorthorn cattle. In 1810 the herd was sold by auction and the forty-seven head averaged the enormous figure of £151 8s 0d. The bull "Comet" made 1,000 guineas.
Catalogue Contents
Ref: D/X 963/1
Schedule of household furniture and effects at Ketton Hall with valuation prices and total value made by Thomas Watson and son, Auctioneers and Appraisers, House and Commission Agents, Northumberland Street, Darlington, 2 December 1896
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/X 963/2Sale particulars of the Ketton Estate, Darlington to be offered for sale by public auction at the King's Head, Darlington, 20 July 1925
For enclosure see D/X 963/3
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/X 963/3A copy of an oval print of the shorthorn bull "Comet 155", 1925
(1 paper, 14cm x 12.5cm)
