Catalogue

18 November 1905 (1) Aldred Frederick George Beresford, Earl of Scarborough (2) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, near Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer Lease for 99 years from 6 October 1905, from (1) to (2) of a parcel of ground in the township of Little Lumley; (2) to build thereon within 3 years rows of houses of 15 houses each at the cost of £160 per house; other covenants given Rent: £43 6s.3d. Plan endorsed

22 August 1906 (1) Aldred Frederick George Beresford, Earl of Scarborough (2) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, near Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer Agreement whereby (1) will erect two rows of houses of 18 houses each Plan endorsed

17 December 1917 (1) Mary Jane Lilburn Sharp of Holmfield, Primrose Hill near Fencehouses, Durham, widow of Jacob Sharp (2) Alfred Wilson of Gill Crescent in the township of Little Lumley, Durham, yeoman Conveyance from (1) to (2) of Gill Crescent Fencehouses, subject to a head lease as in D/X 1367/1; and North Gill Crescent, subject to a head lease of 15 August 1907 between the Earl of Scarborough and Jacob Sharp of Little Lumley, for the remainder of a lease of 99 years

Account book kept by Alfred Wilson, concerning expenditure against income from his property in Gill Crescent, and North Gill Crescent, Little Lumley, Durham, December 1906 - April 1937

8 December 1958 (1) Lawrence Roger, Earl of Scarborough (2) Alan Berriman of the Woodlands, Fencehouses, Durham, builder Draft conveyance from (1) to (2) of the reversion on Gill Crescent South, and Gill Crescent North, Fencehouses, Durham Plan attached Consideration £1,750

24 November 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, near Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Isabella Dawson of Lumley Sixth Pit, near Fencehouses, Durham, widow Sub-lease from (1) to (2) for the remainder of a head lease of 99 years from 6 October 1905 of 1 Gill Crescent, in the township of little Lumley, Durham Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

29 November 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Matthew Cooke of Lumley Sixth Pit, near Fencehouses Durham, coal miner Sub-lease from (1) to (2) for the remainder of a head lease of 99 years from 6 October 1905, of 2 Gill Crescent in the township of Little Lumley, Durham Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

29 November 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Robert Carr of North View Terrace, near Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, brickworks mechanic Sub-lease from (1) to (2) for the remainder of a head lease of 99 years from 6 October 1905, of 3 Gill Crescent, in the township of Little Lumley, Durham Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

29 November 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) George Dawson of New Lambton, near Fencehouses, Durham, coal miner Sub-lease from (1) to (2) for the remainder of a head lease of 99 years from 6 October 1905, of 4 Gill Crescent, in the township of Little Lumley, Durham Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

29 November 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) John Hunter of New Lambton, near Fencehouses, Durham, coalminer Sub-lease from (1) to (2) for the remainder of a head lease of 99 years from 6 October 1905, of 5 Gill Crescent, in the township of Little Lumley, Durham Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

29 November 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) James Smith of North Terrace, New Lambton, Durham, coal miner Sub-lease from (1) to (2) for the remainder of a head lease of 99 years from 6 October 1905, of 6 Gill Crescent, in the township of Little Lumley, Durham Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

29 November 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) William Atkinson of New Lambton, near Fencehouses, Durham, colliery mechanic Sub-lease from (1) to (2) for the remainder of a head lease of 99 years from 6 October 1905, of 7 Gill Crescent, in the township of Little Lumley, Durham Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

29 November 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Mary Ann Turnbull of Dubmire, in the township of Newbottle, Durham, spinster Sub-lease from (1) to (2) for the remainder of a head lease of 99 years from 6 October 1905, of 8 Gill Crescent, in the township of Little Lumley, Durham Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

2 February 1918 (1) John Turnbull of 218 Whitehall Road, Gateshead, Durham, clerk (2) George Forth of Gill Crescent North, Fencehouses, Durham, coal miner Assignment from (1) to (2) of the residue of a lease of 99 years from 6 October 1905, of 8 Gill Crescent, in the township of Little Lumley, Durham Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

4 March 1918 (1) George Forth of Gill Crescent, near Fencehouses, Durham, coalminer (2) John Holmes of South Gill Crescent, near Fencehouses, Durham, coalminer Assignment from (1) to (2) of the residue of a lease of 99 years from 6 October 1905, for 8 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Consideration: £185 Plan endorsed

6 May 1930 (1) John Holmes of High Street, Carrville, Durham, retired coalminer (2) Jane Anne Holmes of 35 Brittania Terrace, Dubmire, Fencehouses, Durham Assignment from (1) to (2) of the residue of a lease of 99 years from 6 October 1905 on 8 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Consideration: £180 Plan endorsed

10 April 1931 (1) Jane Anne Holmes of 35 Britannia Terrace, Dubmire, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, wife of Thomas Holmes (2) Beatrice Maude Holmes of 60 High Street, Carrville, Durham, wife of John Holmes, retired coalminer Assignment from (1) to (2) of the residue of a lease of 99 years from 6 October 1905 on 8 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Consideration: £180

27 May 1932 (1) Beatrice Maude Holmes of 60 High Street, Carrville, Durham, wife of John Holmes, retired coalminer (2) Thomas Henry Richardson of 8 Station Terrace, Fencehouses, Durham, colliery official Assignment from (1) to (2) of the residue of a lease for 99 years from 6 October 1905, on 8 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Consideration: £195

13 June 1932 (1) Alfred Wilson, of Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, retired coal miner (2) Thomas Henry Richardson, of 8 Station Terrace, Fencehouses, Durham, colliery official Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of the residue of a lease for 99 years from 6 October 1905, for 8 Gill Crescent , Fencehouses, Durham Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

29 November 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Benjamin Dawson of New Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, coalminer Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 9 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

29 November 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Emanuel Comby of Fencehouses, Durham, seedsman Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 11 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

29 November 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Emanuel Comby of Fencehouses, Durham, seedsman Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 12 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

29 November 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Emmanuel Comby of Fencehouses, Durham, seedsman Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 13 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

29 November 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Emmanuel Comby of Fencehouses, Durham, seedsman Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 14 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

29 November 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Emmanuel Comby of Fencehouses, Durham, seedsman Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 15 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

22 November 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Joseph Allison of Station Road, Fencehouses, Durham, coalminer Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 17 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

22 November 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Joseph Allison of Station Road, Fencehouses, Durham, coalminer Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 18 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

22 November 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Joseph Allison of Station Road, Fencehouses, Durham, coalminer Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 19 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

28 December 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Alfred Wilson of Dubmire, Newbottle, Durham, coalminer Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 21 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

9 December 1937 (1) Leonard Wilson of 'Hazelrigg', Station Road, West Stanley, Durham, insurance superintendent (2) Joseph Allison of Station Road, Fencehouses, Durham, coalminer Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 17 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for the residue of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d.

28 December 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Alfred Wilson of Dubmire, Newbottle, Durham, coalminer Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 22 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

28 December 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Alfred Wilson of Dubmire, Newbottle, Durham, coalminer Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 24 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

28 December 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Alfred Wilson of Dubmire, Newbottle, Durham, coalminer Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 25 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

29 December 1906 (1) Alfred Wilson of Dubmire, Newbottle, Durham, coalminer (2) Julia Ada Smith, wife of Vincent Smith of Chesterfield, Derby, borough surveyor Mortgage from (1) to (2) of six dwelling houses including a shop, situated at 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Consideration: £700

23 November 1909 (1) Mrs Julia Ada Smith, wife of Vincent Smith of Chesterfirld, Derby, borough surveyor (2) Reverend Thomas Leech Lomax of Ferryhill Vicarage, Durham (3) Alfred Wilson of Dubmire, Newbottle, Durham, coalminer Transfer of a mortgage from (1) to (2) of six leasehold dwellings at 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 Gill Crescent, Little Lumley, Durham, and a reassignment of lease from (3) to (2), 22 March 1922 for the residue of a 99-year lease, from 6 October 1906 Consideration: £600

28 December 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) James Thomas Oliver of New Lambton, Durham, coalminer Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 26 Gill Crescent, Little Lumley, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

28 December 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) James Thomas Oliver of New Lambton, Durham, coalminer Lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 27 Gill Crescent, Little Lumley, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

17 April 1919 (1) James Thomas Oliver of New Lambton, Durham, coalminer (2) Mrs Alice Laybourne of Oak Street, Fencehouses, Durham, widow Assignment of a lease from (1) to (2) for the residue of a lease of 99 years from 6 October 1906, of a dwelling house at 27 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Consideration: £165

24 August 1926 (1) Benjamin Brown, 6 Woodstone Terrace, Fencehouses, Durham, coalminer, and Robert Brown of 21 Clifford Street, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Durham, personal representatives of Alice Laybourn, deceased (2) Alfred Wilson of Dubmire, Newbottle, Durham, coalminer Surrender of a sub-lease from (1) to (2) of 27 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Consideration: £200

9 January 1907 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Mr John Henry Allison of Shildon House, Shildon, Durham, colliery under-manager Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 29 Gill Crescent, Little Lumley, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

9 January 1907 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Mr John Henry Allison of Shildon House, Shildon, Durham, colliery under-manager Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 30 Gill Crescent, Little Lumley, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

9 January 1907 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Mr John Henry Allison of Shildon House, Shildon, Durham, colliery under-manager Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 31 Gill Crescent, Little Lumley, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

9 January 1907 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Mr John Henry Allison of Shildon House, Shildon, Durham, colliery under-manager Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 32 Gill Crescent, Little Lumley, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

28 December 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Emma Jane Myers wife of William Myers, of Rainton Gate, Durham, coal miner Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 33 Gill Crescent, Little Lumley, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

28 December 1906 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Joseph Forth of Sixth Pit Cottages, Fencehouses, Durham, coal miner Counterpart lease of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 34 Gill Crescent, Little Lumley, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

9 January 1907 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) George Turnbull of Burnmoor, Fencehouses, Durham, professional cricketer Lease of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 35 Gill Crescent, Little Lumley, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

18 December 1923 (1) Alfred Wilson of Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham (2) Elizabeth Ann Okell wife of Edward Okell, of 6 Ridley Terrace, Sunderland, Durham, iron moulderLease from (1) to (2) of the residue of a lease of 99 years from 6 October 1905 for 35 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan attached

9 January 1907 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) George Turnbull of Burnmoor, Fencehouses, Durham, professional cricketer Counterpart lease of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 36 Gill Crescent, Little Lumley, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

9 January 1907 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) George Munford of Lambton Park, Durham, house steward Counterpart lease of a piece of ground with dwelling at 37 Gill Crescent, Little Lumley, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 October 1905 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

10 September 1958 (1) William Collins of 'Colwyn', St Aidens Terrace, New Herrington, Durham, and Ada Winnifred his wife, personal representatives of John Bain, deceased (2) Ambrose Langton Bain of 38 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Assent by (1) to (2) of a leasehold dwelling and premises at 38 Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for the residue of a 99 year lease from 6 October 1905

13 October 1911 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) John Robertson Hall of Fencehouses, Durham, medical practitioner Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 April 1907 Rent: £10 5s.6d. Plan attached

4 July 1933(1) Alfred Wilson of Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham (2) Ethel Margaret Berriman of the Woodlands, Fencehouses, widowCounterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with three dwelling houses at 6, 7 and 8 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for the residue of a 99 year lease from 6 April 1907 Rent: £4 19s. Plan attached

13 June 1932 (1) Thomas Henry Richardson of 8 Station Terrace, Fencehouses, Durham, colliery official (2) Alfred Wilson of Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Surrender of a lease from (1) to (2) of a piece and parcel of ground with dwelling house at 8 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for the residue of a lease of 99 years from 6 April 1907 Rent: £1 9s.6d.

8 May 1914 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Thomas Bolton of North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 9 North Gill Crescent, Little Lumley, Durham, for the residue of a lease of 99 years from 6 April 1907 Rent: £1 16s. Plan endorsed

11 September 1914 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Elizabeth Potts of North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 10 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for the residue of a lease of 99 years from 6 April 1907 Rent: £1 18s. Plan endorsed

26 March 1923(1) Alfred Wilson of Gill Crescent Fencehouses, Durham (2) Ann Swinney, wife of Robert Swinney of Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, signalmanCounterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house known as 'Rochdale House', 11 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for the residue of a lease of 99 years from 6 April 1907 Rent: £2 3s. Plan attached

26 March 1923(1) Alfred Wilson of Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham (2) George Anthony Moore of West Herrington, Durham, letter carrierDraft lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house known as 'Avondale House', 11 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for the residue of a lease for 99 years from 6 April 1907 Rent: £3 6s. Plan attached

28 March 1913 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Abraham Meek of Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, fireman Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 15 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for the residue of a 99 year lease from 6 April 1907 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

17 October 1908 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Joseph Allison, of Station Road, Fencehouses, Durham, coal miner Draft lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground and dwelling house at 16 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 April 1907 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

17 October 1908 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Joseph Allison of Station Road, Fencehouses, Durham, coal miner Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground and dwelling house at 17 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 April 1907 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

17 October 1908 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Joseph Allison of Station Road, Fencehouses, Durham, coal miner Draft lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 18 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 April 1907 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

1 January 1909 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Joshua Whitfield of Lumley Thicks, near Fencehouses, Durham, coal miner Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground and dwelling house with shop at 19 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years, from 6 April 1906 Plan endorsed

17 October 1908 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Alfred Wilson of Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground and dwelling house at 20 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 April 1907 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

21 October 1908(1) Alfred Wilson of Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham (2) Matthew Pringle Blamer of Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, builderMortgage from (1) to (2) of of five leasehold dwellinghouses at Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, Consideration £520

17 October 1908 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Alfred Wilson of Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground and dwelling house at 21 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 April 1907 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

9 December 1937 (1) Leonard Wilson of 'Hazelrigg', Station Road, West Stanley, insurance superintendent, and Edgar Wilson of Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth, Hampshire, squadron quarter-master, personal representatives of Alfred Wilson (2) John Bain of 38 Gill Crescent Fencehouses, general dealer, and Isabella Bain, his wife Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground and dwelling house at 21 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for the residue of a lease of 99 years from 6 April 1907 Rent £1 9s.6d.

17 October 1908 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Alfred Wilson of Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground with dwelling house at 22 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Duham, for a term of 99 years from 6 April 1907 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

10 April 1921(1) Alfred Wilson of Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, coal miner (2) Joseph Gordon of Herrington Burn, analytical chemist, and Euphemia Gordon, his wifeDraft lease from (1) to (2) of the residue of a 99 year lease from 6 April 1907, of ground and a dwelling house at 22 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

17 October 1908 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2)Alfred Wilson of Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Draft lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground and dwelling house at 23 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 April 1907 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

24 March 1909 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Isaac Berriman of Morton Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, builder Draft lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground and dwelling house at 24 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 April 1907 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

24 March 1909 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Isaac Berriman of Morton Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, builder Draft lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground and dwelling house at 25 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 April 1907 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

10 June 1909 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) George MacDonald of Morton Grange, farmer's hind Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) for a piece of ground and a dwelling house at 26 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 April 1907 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed Endorsed, 1 November 1910, lease assigned to James Whitter, and was later sold to Mr and Mrs Leckenby, n.d.

15 July 1909 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Robert Maddison of South Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of a piece of ground and dwelling house at 27 North Gill Crescent Fencehouses, Durham, for a term of 99 years from 6 April 1907 Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

2 December 1914 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Alfred George Baker of Morton Grange Terrace, Fencehouses, Durham, colliery overman Counterpart lease from(1) to (2) of the residue of a 99 years from 6 April 1907 of a piece of ground and dwelling house at 28 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

18 April 1914 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Mary Ann Bell of North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Counterpart lease from (1 ) to (2) of the residue of a 99 year lease from 6 April 1907 for 29 North Gill crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

21 March 1914 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Margaret Turnbull, wife of Robert Turnbull of North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham, draper's traveller Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) for the residue of a term of 99 years from 6 April 1907, for 30 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses Durham Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

24 July 1917 (1) Mary Jane Lilburn Sharp, widow of Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham (2) Isaac Berriman of the Woodlands, Fencehouses, Durham, builder Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of the residue of a 99 year lease from 6 April 1907 for 31 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

24 July 1917 (1) Mary Jane Lilburn Sharp, widow of Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham (2) Isaac Berriman of the Woodlands, Fencehouses, Durham, builder Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of the residue of a 99 year lease from 6 April 1907 for 32 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Rent: £1 9s.6d. Plan endorsed

20 December 1913 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Thomas Howe Milburn of Primrose Hill, Fencehouses, Durham, boot and shoe dealer Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of the residue of a 99 year lease from 6 April 1907 for a piece of ground and dwelling house at 33 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Rent: £1 15s Plan endorsed

25 July 1911 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) George Forth of Lumley Sixth Pit, Durham, coal miner Draft lease from (1) to (2) of the residue of a 99 year lease from 6 April 1907 for 34, and 35 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Plan endorsed

17 June 1911 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) Thomas Myers of Houghton le Spring, Durham, general dealer Draft lease from (1) to (2) of the residue of a 99 year lease from 6 April 1907 for 35, and 36 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Rent: £2 17s. Plan endorsed Plan attached

17 January 1914 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) John Blenkinsop of Fencehouses, Durham, mining contractor Draft lease from (1) to (2) of the residue of a 99 year lease from 6 April 1907 for 36 and 37 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Rent: £2 17s. Plan endorsed

17 January 1914 (1) Jacob Sharp of Lambton, Fencehouses, Durham, mining engineer (2) John Blenkinsop of Fencehouses, Durham, mining contractor Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of the residue of a 99 year lease from 6 April 1907 for 38 North Gill Crescent, Fencehouses, Durham Rent: £2 17s. Plan endorsed

Group photograph of school children in Chester le Street Grammar School grounds, n.d. [1925/1926] In the third row, 20th from the left is William Thompson, Master in Chemistry. He was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 29th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry and was awarded the Military Cross during the Great War for 'conspicuous gallantry', while obtaining important information during reconnaissance at the River Lys near Warneton (Belgium), under heavy machine-gun fire on 4 October 1918

Group photograph of school children in Chester le Street Grammar School grounds, 1923 In the back row, first on the right is Ethel Berriman. In 1948 she married William Thompson. She died in 2008 aged 97