Catalogue

11 May 1666 (1) William Riddell of Gateshead, esq. (2) Mark Milbanke of Newcastle, merchant Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of five messuages in Great Chilton containing about 120 oxgangs, and all other messuages of (1) there Consideration: £2,200

1 and 2 November 1722 (1) Francis Blake Delavell of Ford Castle, Northumberland, esq.; William Metcalfe of Sand Hulton, Yorkshire, esq.; and Thomas Gyll of Barton, Yorkshire, gent. (2) Sir Ralph Milbanke of Halnaby, Yorkshire, bart. (3) John Milbanke of Thorpe Parrow, Yorkshire, esq. Lease and release by (1) to (3) of estates in D/El 16/1 Consideration: £3,780

1 and 2 May 1753 (1) Sir Ralph Milbanke of Halnaby, Yorkshire, bart. (2) Rev. Henry Bland, prebendary of Durham Cathedral, and Thomas Rudd of Durham, esq. (3) John Milbanke of Thorpe Perrow, esq. Lease and release by (1) to (3), with the consent of (2), of a farm and lands at Great Chilton Consideration: £300

Copy of the will of John Milbanke of Thorpe Perrow, esq., dated 25 November 1767, devising to wife, Dorothy, messuages and lands at Pigdon, Northumberland, and portions for three daughters, chargeable on estates at Bingfield, Northumberland, and Great Chilton; copy made, n.d.

Copy of the will of Mark Milbank of Thorpe Perrow, Yorkshire, dated 23 July 1775, devising all real and personal estate to three sisters, Mary, Jane and Elizabeth; copy made, n.d.

5 August 1775; copy made 22 January 1797 (1) Mary Milbank, Jane Milbank and Elizabeth Milbank, all of Thorpe Perrow, Yorkshire, spinsters (2) Dorothy Milbank of the same, widow Copy of the deed confirming the will of Mark Milbank, deceased, and dividing the estates among (1) as tenants in common

Copy of the will of Mary Milbank of Thorpe Perrow, Yorkshire, spinster, dated 21 September 1784, devising all messuages, and lands to sister, Jane Milbank; remainders as specified; copy made, n.d.

Copy of will of Jane Milbanke of Thorpe Perrow, Yorkshire, spinster, dated 20 June 1791, devising all manors and lands to William Melvelle; copy made, n.d.

25 March 1796 (1) William Milbank of Thorpe Perrow, Yorkshire, esq. (2) Richard Oastler of Newsham, Yorkshire, gent. Mortgage by demise for 2,000 years by (1) to (2) of a messuage and lands, comprising 282a. 1r. 38p., and of the ground called the South Moor, containing 20a. 3r. 4p., both in Great Chilton Consideration: £4,000 and interest

22 March 1797 (1) Matthew Mills of Barningham, Yorkshire, yeoman (2) William Milbank (heretofore called William Melville) of Thorpe Perrow, Yorkshire, yeoman Copy of release by (1) to (2) of an annuity of £10 p.a., chargeable on the estates of the late Mark Milbank

4 and 5 April 1799 (1) William Milbank of Thorpe Perrow, Yorkshire, esq. (2) Richard Oastler of Leeds, gent. (3) Rev. Robert Waugh of Bishop Middleham, clerk Lease and release by (1) to (3) of estates as in D/El 16/11 and assignment of the remainder of a term of 2000 years in the same estates Consideration: £6,500

5 April 1799 (1) William Milbank of Thorpe Perrow, Yorkshire, esq. (2) Rev. Robert Waugh of Bishop Middleham, clerk Deed of covenant for the production of documents relating to a dwelling house and several named closes, in the township of Great Chilton

12 and 13 May 1804 (1) Rev. Robert Waugh of Bishop Middleham, clerk (2) Sir Henry Vane Tempest of Wynyard, bart. (3) John Gregson of Durham, gent. Lease and release by (1) to (3), in trust for (2), of a dwelling house called Kay's Hill with several named closes containing together 220a. 0r. 18p., all in Great Chilton Consideration: £6,300

Copy of will and codicil of Rev. Robert Waugh of Bishop Middleham, dated 6-8 September 1804; copy made 27 August 1805

5 and 6 January 1813 (1) Sir Henry Vane Tempest of Wynyard, bart. (2) William Byers, major in the Durham militia (3) John Gregson of Durham, gent. (4) Richard Whitton of Great James Street, near Bedford Row, Middlesex Lease and relase to (4) for the use of (3) of estates as in D/El 16/16, 17 Consideration: £6,000

Copy of will and codicils of Sir Henry Vane Tempest of Wynyard, bart., from 4 August 1811 to 4 March 1813, devising all real estate in County Durham to wife, Countess of Antrim; copy made post 1810

Copy of will of Elizabeth Waugh of New Elvet, widow, dated 22 June 1807; copy made 4 April 1813

[4] and 5 June 1815 (1) John Gregson of Durham, gent. (2) Ann Catherine, Countess of Antrim (3) The said John Gregson and William Byers, major in the Durham militia (4) John Hugill of Stockton, gent. (5) Richard Garbutt of Ormesby, Yorkshire, gent., and William Grey of Stockton, gent. as in D/El 16/16, 17 Consideration: £5,914

19 May 1852; copy made 1855 (1) John Hugill Wilson of Guisborough, Yorkshire, gent. (2) Matthew Bowser of Thornaby Grange, Yorkshire, gent. Attested copy of deed of disentailment confirming to (2), for the use of (1), undivided shares of an estate at Great Chilton, devised under the will of John Hugill, deceased

23 August 1852 (1) John Hugill Wilson of Maggra Park, Yorkshire, gent. (2) William Scurfield Grey of Norton, esq., and Matthew Bowser of Stockton, gent. Mortgage by (1) to (2) of estates as in D/El 16/16, 17 Consideration: £400 and interest

13 May 1854 (1) John Hugill Wilson of Maggra Park, Yorkshire, gent. (2) William Scurfield Grey of Norton, esq., and Matthew Bowser of Stockton, gent. Further charge on estates as in D/El 16/16, 17 Consideration: £200 and interest

Sale particular and plan of an estate at Great Chilton called Kay's Hill and of a farm called Chilton Grange, together containing 341a. 3r. 26p. and offered for sale by auction at the Vane Arms Hotel, Stockton, 13 June 1855

Receipted account for Sir William Eden's purchase of an estate at Great Chilton from Hugill's representatives, 11 October - 18 December 1855

Certified extract from the Denton parish register for the burial on 25 July 1826, of William Preston of Summerhouse, 3 November 1855

Certified extract from the Stokesley, Yorkshire, parish register for the burial, on 14 January 1822, of William Hugill of Stokesley, 13 November 1855

Certified extract from the Well, Yorkshire, parish register for the burial on 15 September 1781, of Mrs. Betty Milbank of Thorp Perrow, 23 November 1855

26 November 1855 (1) William Grey of Norton, esq. (2) John Hugill Wilson of Margrove Park, Yorkshire, gent. (3) William Scurfield Grey of Norton, esq., and Matthew Bowser of Thornaby Grange, Yorkshire, gent. (4) Henry William Thomas of Pinchinthorpe House, Yorkshire, and wife, Mary Jane (5) Thomas Martin Douglas of Sunderland, shipowner, and wife, Ann Frances (6) Martin Douglas of Bishopwearmouth, shipowner, and the said John Hugill Wilson (7) George Jackson Weatherill of Guisbrough, Yorkshire, gent., and wife, Emma (8) Henry Wilson of Guisbrough, gent. (9) Sir William Eden of Windlestone Hall, bart. Conveyance by (1) and others to (9) of estates as in D/El 16/16, 17 Consideration: £7,600

Abstract of title to Chilton Grange Farm held on lease by John Hart of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, and contracted to be sold to Sir William Eden, bart., 5 June 1816 - 23 April 1859 Includes: opinion of Stephen Charles Newall, Lincoln's Inn, 6 June 1859

10 September 1859 (1) Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) Thomas Darnell of Stockton, gent. (3) Sir William Eden of Windlestone, bart. Licence by (1) to (2) to assign to (3) an estate at Great Chilton for the remainder of a term of 21 years

Sworn declaration of John Hart of Chilton Grange, farmer, concerning the farm at Great Chilton, leased by the Dean and Chapter of Durham to Thomas Darnell of Stockton, gent., and descriptions of that property in other title deeds, 14 September 1859

Copy of description of the Woodham estate purchased from John George Lambton by John, Earl of Eldon on 10 February 1827, c.1876 Attached: copy of plan in release, 12 February 1839

27 May 1850 (1) Bishop of Durham (2) Frederick Moysey of West Wickam, near Bromley, Kent, and Jeremy Jepson Ripley of Hampstead, Middlesex Copy of lease for 3 lives of a messuage, 2 cottages and 1.5 oxgangs of land at Middridge Includes: detailed descriptions and field names Rent: £1 p.a.

Particulars of the sale at the Turk's Head Inn, Newcastle, of Rushyford Farm in the parish of Kirk Merrington and of Woodham Burn Farm in the parish of Great Aycliffe, 11 January 1855

Letters from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, concerning various options for an exchange of lands between Lord Eldon and Sir William Eden, and the possible purchase of other lands to consolidate the Eldon estate, 15-26 January 1855

Letters from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, reporting on a meeting with Sir William Eden about a possible exchange of lands, and reporting an offer by Samuel Swine of Aycliffe House to sell land to Lord Eldon, 29-31 January 1855

Letter from Joseph Snowball, King's Head Hotel, Darlington, to Alfred Bell, concerning a chance meeting at Aycliffe station with Sir William Eden; and the purchase at auction of leasehold land at Middridge, 10 April 1855

Letters from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, and Bishop Auckland, to Alfred Bell, concerning details of a possible exchange of lands between the Earl of Eldon and Sir William Eden, 17 April - 20 December 1855

Letter from Sir William Eden, Windlestone, to Alfred Bell, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, regretting that his proposal for an exchange of lands does not meet with the approval of Lord Eldon's trustees, 27 June 1855

Particulars of the proposed exchange of lands near Eldon and Windlestone between the trustees of the Earl of Eldon and Sir William Eden, bart., prepared by Joseph Snowball, August 1855

Letter from R.E. Wooler, Durham, to Joseph Snowball, enquiring about Mr. Bell's response to the proposed exchange of lands between Sir William Eden and Lord Eldon's trustees, 27 October 1855

Opinion of J.B. Braithwaite, Lincoln's Inn, London, on the practicability of a proposed exchange of lands between the trustees of the will of John, late Earl of Eldon, and Sir William Eden, bart., and further opinion, 5-17 November 1855

Letters from Joseph Snowball, Owston, Doncaster, Yorkshire, and Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, concerning a request for a meeting by Sir William Eden "... No doubt he will have some unreasonable proposition to make ...", and a report on the meeting "... I made no progress with Sir William Eden, as he had set his mind upon having Eldon Moor Farm ...", 17-23 March 1859

Copy abstract of title, dated 8 November 1866, of the Earl of Eldon to lands and minerals at Chilton, Woodham and Middridge, agreed to be sold and given in exchange, to Sir William Eden, bart., post 1872

Letter from Messrs. Allison, Son & Willan, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning the tithes of Middridge Grange, 25 January 1868

Letter from John Johnson, Osborne Terrace, Newcastle, to Alfred Bell, concerning the possibility of the reciprocal granting of wayleave agreements by Sir William Eden and Lord Eldon across the Chilton and Nunstainton estates, and the erection on the Chilton estate of coke ovens for Messrs. Pease, 10 November 1871

Letters from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, commenting on Sir William Eden's proposals for an exchange of lands, 6-20 December 1871

Letters from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, concerning details of the proposed exchange of lands between Lord Eldon and Sir William Eden; the lessees of the Chilton Royalty and the giving up of mineral rights under land lying south of the Chilton Branch Railway and west of the Durham to Darlington road; and the appointment of valuers for the lands and minerals in the proposed exchange, 6 January - 16 November 1872

Letter from John Johnson, Osborne Terrace, Newcastle, to Alfred Bell, advising against an exchange of land and minerals at Chilton as being detrimental to Lord Eldon's interest, 8 March 1872

Letter from John Johnson, Osborne Terrace, Newcastle, to Alfred Bell, advising against detailed proposals for an exchange of surface and minerals at Kay's Hill for estates at Chilton, 12 March 1872

Letters from John Johnson, Osborne Terrace, Newcastle, to Alfred Bell, concerning meetings and the proposed exchange with Sir William Eden, and referring on 25 March 1872, to the first shaft at Chilton "... now sunk about 7 fathoms and in very hard limestone rock and so far no water ... The branch railway ... is not yet commenced ...", 16 March 1872 - 8 May 1872

Draft "suggestion for a further exchange of lands and minerals between the Earl of Eldon and Sir William Eden, bart.", 18 April 1872

Letter from John Johnson, Osborne Terrace, Newcastle, to Alfred Bell, commenting on the draft heads of agreement for the proposed exchange of lands and minerals with Sir William Eden, 20 June 1872

Letter from Thomas Vaughan, Royal Exchange, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, to Messrs. Trotter, Bruce & Trotter, Bishop Auckland, seeking the offer of the coal royalty for Kay's Hill and Standalone, "... You may assure his Lordship [Eldon] that the whole of the political influence of the concern shall be placed entirely in your hands ...", 22 June 1872

Telegram from John Johnson, Osborne Terrace, Newcastle, to Alfred Bell, 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning arrangements for a meeting, 26 June 1872

Letter from John Johnson, Osborne Terrace, Newcastle, to Alfred Bell, concerning the proposed line of railway through Burn Hill Farm, 30 July 1872

Letter from John Johnson, Osborne Terrace, Newcastle, to Alfred Bell, concerning the implications for the purchaser of taking over or otherwise "... the present coke ovens, 140 in number ...", 31 July 1872

Letter from John Johnson, Osborne Terrace, Newcastle, to Alfred Bell, concerning the criteria for valuation of the surface and minerals to be exchanged with Sir William Eden, 7 September 1872

Draft heads of agreement for an exchange of lands and minerals between the Earl of Eldon and Sir William Eden, bart., with schedules of property, 21 September 1872

Copy of draft heads of agreement for an exchange of lands between the Earl of Eldon and Sir William Eden, bart., 21 September 1872

Letter from Alfred Bell, 78 Marine Parade, Brighton, to S. Steward requesting that the duplicate agreement for an exchange of lands with Sir William Eden should not be forwarded to Mr. Trotter at present, 3 October 1872

Part of a letter from Alfred Bell to S. Steward requesting that the duplicate agreement signed by Lord Eldon and plan for an exchange of lands should be forwarded to Mr. Snowball for checking, [9 October 1872]

Letters from John Johnson, 1 Osborne Terrace and 21 Victoria Square, Newcastle, to Alfred Bell (and Messrs. Bell & Steward), concerning details of the exchange of lands with Sir William Eden and trustees, 26 October 1872 - 29 March 1878

Copy abstract of title, dated 26 November 1855, of Sir William Eden, bart., to a freehold estate called Kay's Hill at Great Chilton, 1872

Copy abstract of title, dated 26 May 1855, of Sir William Eden, bart., to copyhold fields called Old Towns at Middridge, 1872

Schedules of lands and minerals to be exchanged by the Earl of Eldon and Sir William Eden, bart., n.d. [c.1872]

Letters and related papers from Messrs. Trotter, Bruce & Trotter, Bishop Auckland, to Messrs. Bell & Steward concerning the proposed exchange of land, 23 November 1871 - 11 March 1880

Appointment by the Earl of Eldon of Thomas Gow of Cambo, Northumberland, as valuer of surface property, and George Baker Forster of Backworth, Northumberland, as valuer of minerals, in pursuance of the exchange of lands with Sir William Eden, bart., 25 February 1873

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland to Alfred Bell, concerning Shildon village schools and the schools near Eldon Colliery, and the appointment of valuers for the exchange of lands with Sir William Eden, 6 March 1873

Copy of appointment by Sir William Eden of John Parrington of Brancepeth, land agent, as arbitrator to value the surface lands agreed to be exchanged, on 21 September 1872, between Eden and the Earl of Eldon, 16 March 1873

Copy of appointment by Sir William Eden, bart., of Richard Heckels of Sunderland, mining engineer, as arbitrator to value the minerals beneath the lands agreed to be exchanged with the Earl of Eldon, 16 March 1873

Appointment by John Parrington and Thomas Gow, valuers, of Henry Smith of Esh Hall as umpire in the agreement for an exchange of lands between the Earl of Eldon and Sir William Eden, bart., 29 March - 1 April 1873

Receipted account for law charges, and payments, of Messrs. Bell and Steward for the exchange of lands and minerals with Sir William Eden, bart., 24 April 1873

Letter from Messrs. Stevenson and Meek, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell & Steward, 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, advising that the award in respect of the exchange of minerals between Lord Eldon and Sir William Eden is ready, 20 May 1873

Copy of the award of Addison Langham Steavenson of Holywell, mining engineer, concerning the agreement for an exchange of lands between John, Earl of Eldon, and Sir William Eden, bart., 17 May 1873

Requisitions, and observations, of Sir William Eden on the title of the Earl of Eldon to the lands proposed to be exchanged and the Earl of Eldon's replies, 16 June 1873

Letters from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell and Steward, concerning the award of the umpires in the valuation of lands and minerals in the exchange of lands with Sir William Eden, 16 June - 6 October 1873

Newspaper obituary of Sir William Eden, bart., in the Newcastle Journal, 23 October 1873

Copy of the will and codicils of Sir William Eden of Windlestone Hall, bart.,1 April 1869 - 13 July 1872

Abstract of D/El 16/218, n.d.

Letters from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, concerning the award of the umpire in the exchange of lands to be made under an agreement with the late Sir William Eden, and the legal uncertainties arising from Sir William's death, 21 February - 19 August 1874

Letter from Francis T. Onslow to Mr. Arundell, concerning the position of the arbitrator in making an award following the death of Sir William Eden, [24 February 1874]

Copies of correspondence between Messrs. Trotter Bruce & Trotter of Bishop Auckland, solicitors, and Messrs. Watson & Smith of Durham, solicitors, concerning the power of the arbitrators to make an award in the proposed exchange of lands, following the death of Sir William Eden, 7-11 March 1874

Letters from Messrs. Watsons & Smith, Clerk of the Peace's Office, Durham, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Co., 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning the position of arbitrators and umpire in the agreement for the exchange of lands, following the death of Sir William Eden, bart., 11 March 1874 - 19 February 1875

Letter from Alfred Bell, 56 Gordon Square, London, to F.W. Steward, advising that the agreement for an exchange of lands should be forwarded in response to the "usual statutory advertisement" calling on parties having claims on the estate of the late Sir William Eden, bart., to send in such claims, 12 March 1874

Letters from Messrs. Watkins, Baker & Baylis [later Messrs. Watkins, Baker, Baylis & Baker], 11 Sackville Street West, London, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Co., 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning the exchange of lands with the trustees of the late Sir William Eden, bart., 14 March 1874 - 3 April 1878

Letter from [J.W.?] Pease, 18 Prince's Gardens, London, and House of Commons, to Alfred Bell concerning a meeting and a rapid conclusion of the arrangements for an exchange of lands between Lord Eldon and Sir William Eden, 15 March 1872 - 29 April 1872

Letters from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, concerning limiting the work to be done on buildings on Lord Eldon's Durham estates, a meeting of the Mordon Carr drainage board, and forwarding copies of correspondence with Sir William Eden's agent concerning the umpire's award in the exchange of lands, 20 June 1874

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell & Steward, forwarding a copy of a letter of 29 June 1874 from Messrs. Trotter, Bruce & Trotter, Bishop Auckland, concerning the exchange of lands with Sir William Eden and proceedings in the Court of Chancery relating thereto, 30 June 1874

Opinion of Francis T. Onslow, Lincoln's Inn London, on whether Lord Eldon should concur in a 'special case' proposed to be stated for the opinion of the Court of Chancery in the matter of the exchange of lands with Sir William Eden, 20 August 1874

Abstract of deed of appointment of Colonel Charles Freville Surtees of Chalcott House, Long Ditton, Surrey, as a trustee of the will of Sir William Eden, bart., in place of Pennant Athelwold Lloyd of Lime Grove, Bangor, Flintshire, Wales, 1 February 1875

Copy of the award of Henry Smith of Esh Hall, esq., in the matter of the exchange of lands between the Earl of Eldon and Sir William Eden, 8 February 1875

Copy of the award of Henry Smith of Esh Hall, esq., as in D/El 16/316, 8 February 1875

Letters from Messrs. Watsons & Smith, Clerk of the Peace's Office, Durham, to Messrs. Bell & Steward, concerning the umpire's award and affidavits in connection with Chancery proceedings in the matter of the exchange of lands with the trustees of the late Sir William Eden, bart., 9 February 1875 - 3 May 1876

Agreement by the trustees of the will of Sir William Eden, bart., deceased, to file a Bill in Chancery to perform the exchange of certain lands and minerals with the Earl of Eldon, and to pay the expenses of any further abstracts and evidences of title, 28 April 1875

Bill of complaint in Chancery by John, Earl of Eldon, concerning the validity of the award of Henry Smith, and the execution of the agreement for an exchange of lands with the trustees of the estate of Sir William Eden, bart., deceased, 15 June 1875

Letters from Messrs. Watkins, Baker, Baylis & Baker, 11 Sackville Street West, London, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Co., 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning Chancery proceedings in the matter of the exchange of lands with the trustees of the late Sir William Eden, bart., 25 June 1875 - 5 April 1876

Certified copy of the entry in the Brancepeth burial register recording the burial on 25 February 1875 of John Parrington of Brancepeth, 21 July 1875

Copy of a Chancery Order appointing Elfrida Susanna Harriet Eden of Windlestone, widow, as the guardian of Morton Eden and Charles Eden, infants, 30 October 1875

Copy of a Chancery Order appointing Frederick Morton Eden of Boughton House, Kettering, Northamptonshire, as the guardian of Morton Eden, his infant son, 30 October 1875

Affidavits filed on behalf of the plaintiff in the Chancery Division suit, the Earl of Eldon v. Eden, 2 December 1875

Affidavits filed on behalf of the defendants in the Chancery Division suit, the Earl of Eldon v. Eden, 15 July - 8 December 1875

Chancery decree ordering the performance of the agreement of 21 September 1872 between the Earl of Eldon and Sir William Eden, bart., for the exchange of lands, 13 January 1876

Office copy of the Taxing Master's certificate in the Chancery Division suit, Eldon v Eden, 13 May 1876

Observations of Francis T. Onslow, Lincoln's Inn, London, on the title to lands agreed to be exchanged between Sir William Eden, bart., and the Earl of Eldon, 22 June 1876

Remarks on the title of 'the Earl of Eldon's purchase from the late Sir William Eden, bart.', 22 June - 23 August 1876

Letters from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Co., concerning the sale to Sir William Eden's trustees of farms at Woodham, 26 July - 30 November 1876

Admission of Dame Elfrida Susanna Harriet Eden, and other trustees of the will of Sir William Eden, bart., deceased, to a messuage at Middridge with six pieces of land called Old Towns, containing 30a. 3r. 7p., 14 October 1876

Supplemental abstract of title, dated 14 October 1876, of the devisees in trust under the will of Sir William Eden, bart., deceased, to copyhold fields called Old Towns at Middridge, 1876

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Co., concerning a comparison of the area book of the Ordnance Survey for Chilton township with the areas of certain fields described in the agreement for exchanging lands with Sir William Eden's trustees, 3 March 1877

Copy of a letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, to Henry Smith, Esh Hall, Durham, concerning the valuation of the small plots in the exchange of lands between Lord Eldon and Sir William Eden, 17 March 1877 Includes: a copy of Smith's reply, 10 April 1877

13 October 1877 (1) Morton Park Eden, stationed at Singapore, Royal Artillery (2) Sir Charles Eden of 9 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, Middlesex, Admiral in H.M. Navy; Charles Baker of 11 Sackville Street, Middlesex, gent Power of attorney from (1) to (2) for the execution of a deed to give effect to the agreement of 21 January 1872 and the subsequent Chancery decree Includes: copy of the deed of conveyance, release and assignment of the lands to be taken by Lord Eldon, with schedules containing the description and extent of each property, n.d.

30 November 1877 (1) John, Earl of Eldon (2) Dame Elfrida Susanna Harriet Eden; Frederick Morton Eden; and Charles Freville Surtees Surrender by (2), and admission of (1), to a messuage at Middridge with six pieces of land called Old Towns, containing 30a. 3r. 1p.

Draft conveyance by John, Earl of Eldon, and others, to Dame Elfrida Susanna Harriet Eden, and others, of lands at Woodham, Great Chilton and Middridge, with schedules containing descriptions and contents of properties, 3 December 1877

Copy of the authorisation by Lord Eldon for the payment of £3,054 17s. 3d. to Dame Elfrida Susanna Harriet Eden, 3 December 1877

3 December 1877 (1) John, Earl of Eldon (2) Nathaniel Bond, the younger, of Holme, Dorset, esq. (3) Alfred Bell of 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex, esq. (4) Edmund Turner of Wragby, Lincolnshire, esq., and George Hawkesworth Bond of Creech Grange, Dorset, esq. (5) Dame Elfrida Susanna Harriet Eden of Bournemouth, Hampshire, widow; Frederick Morton Eden of Boughton House, Kettering, Northamptsonshire; Charles Freville Surtees of Mainsforth House Copy of draft agreement for the discharge of incumbrances on estates at Woodham, and conveyance by (1) to (5) of Woodham North Farm Consideration: £20 10s.

Instructions to counsel, and opinion of Francis P. Onslow of Lincoln's Inn, London, in the matter of the exchange of lands between the Earl of Eldon and Sir William Eden, 11 March 1878

Receipt by the widow and executrix of the late Sir William Eden, bart., for payment by the Earl of Eldon of the interest on the balance of the purchase money in an exchange of lands under a decree of Chancery, 23 March 1878

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell & Steward, acknowledging receipt of a "copy description, which I will examine ... with the plans I have ...", in the exchange of lands with Sir William Eden's trustees, 31 March 1878

Memorandum concerning the interest due from Lord Eldon in the matter of the exchange of lands with Sir William Eden, March 1878

Schedule of deeds, dating from 21 June 1852 to 26 June 1862 and relating to the enfranchised leasehold portion of the Burnhill estate in Middridge, given by the Earl of Eldon to Sir William Eden's trustees, 5 April 1878

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell & Steward, concerning drainage charges on the property obtained from Sir William Eden, 4 October 1879

Letter from Thomas Gow, Cambo, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell & Steward, enclosing a letter from Henry Smith advising that, in making the award in the exchange of lands with Sir William Eden, no allowance had been made for drainage rents, 8-9 March 1880

Continuation of abstract of title to the Chilton Grange Estate, Kays Hill Farm, property known as Old Towns, and a field at Woodham, 30 November 1877 - 3 February 1885

Instructions to counsel concerning the possible enlargement of a leasehold close, acquired by Lord Eldon by exchange from Sir William Eden, into a fee simple estate, n.d. [post 1883]

Draft of a declaration by Lord Eldon for enlarging a term of 500 years in the coal, ironstone and other minerals underlying a parcel of land at Woodham into a fee simple, 3 February 1885

Plan showing lands to be exchanged between the Earl of Eldon and Sir William Eden, bart., [traced from Ordnance Survey plan], n.d. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1 : 10560]

8 and 9 March 1753 (1) Timothy Smurthwaite of Bishopton, yeoman (2) John Rickarby of Lee Close House, Great Stainton, gent. Lease and release by (1) to (2) of a dwelling house, orchard and garden in the township of Great Stainton Consideration: £48

Copy of will of Watson Rickarby of Lee Close House, Great Stainton, gent., dated 9 October 1759, devising lands at Great Stainton and Little Stainton to sister, Isabella Hubbuck of Greatham; lands at Brunton, Brankin Moor (both co. York) and Bishopton to brother-in-law, Anthony Hubbuck; and a dwelling house at Bishopton to cousin, Elizabeth Williamson, for life, remainders as specified; copy made 15 April 1797

16 September 1760 (1) Anthony Hubbock, of Lee Close House, Great Stainton, gent., and wife, Isabel (2) Ralph Bradley of Stockton, esq. Conveyance by (1) to (2), in trust, of the estate of Watson Rickarby, late of Lee Close House, Great Stainton, to the uses specified

10 October 1760 (1) Ralph Bradley, esq., plaintiff (2) Anthony Hubbock, gent., and wife, Isabel, deforceants Final concord of 6 messuages, 2 cottages, 6 tenements, 6 gardens, 6 orchards, 200a. of land, 200a. of meadow, 200a. of pasture and 6s. 6d. yearly rents in the parishes of Great Stainton, Bishopton and Darlington Consideration: £66 13s. 4d.

Deed of appointment by Isabel Hubbock, wife of Anthony Hubbock of Stainton Grange, gent., in respect of the trust established in D/El 17/4, 8 February 1766

Copy of the will of Anthony Hubback of Stainton Grange, gent., dated 28 April 1781, devising, in trust, lands at Stranton, Bishopton, Darlington and Great Stainton; copy made 1 June 1797

7 March 1792 (1) Anthony Carlisle of Westminster Hospital, Middlesex, surgeon (2) Joseph Yeall of Greatham, gent. Assignment by (1) to (2) of a legacy under the will of Anthony Hubbock, deceased Consideration: £50

10 and 11 April 1793 (1) Anthony Jordison of Great Stainton, gent., and John Jordison of Staple Inn, London, gent. (2) Robert Clarke of Stockton, gent., and Joseph Yeall of Greatham, esq. Lease and release by (1) to (2), in trust, of a dwelling house and closes in Darlington; a dwelling house in Great Stainton with four other closes; and another dwelling house and closes at Great Stainton, as further security for various charges on these estates and for procuring insurance policies payable to (2)

18 April 1793 (1) Robert Clarke, gent., and Joseph Yeall, esq., plaintiffs (2) Anthony Jordison and John Jordison, gents., deforceants Final concord of 4 messuages, 4 cottages, 4 gardens, 4 stables, 4 barns, 100a. of land, 100a. of meadow, and 100a. of pasture in Darlington and Great Stainton Consideration: £200

15 and 16 June 1794 (1) Anthony Jordison of Great Stainton, gent. (2) Thomas Pease of Darlington, grocer (3) Jonathan Backhouse and James Backhouse, the younger, both of Darlington, bankers (4) Robert Clarke of Stockton, gent., and Joseph Yeall of Greatham, esq. (5) Francis Smales of Durham, gent. (6) Robert White of Norton, gent. Lease and release by (1) to (4), to make (5) tenant to the precipe, of a messuage and closes in Darlington; a dwelling house with appurtenances and 4 closes at Great Stainton with another messuage and parcels there; and a dwelling house and appurtenances in Bishopton; and to lead the uses of a recovery to (6)

Deed of discharge by George Robinson of West Boldon, skinner, and his wife, Margaret, in respect of a legacy under the will of Anthony Hubbock of Stainton Grange, deceased, 23 June 1794

Deed of discharge by Adam Moffett of Cheapside, London, linen draper, in respect of a legacy under the will of Anthony Hubbock of Stainton Grange, deceased, 24 June 1794

3 July 1794 (1) Robert White, gent., demandant (2) Francis Smales, gent., tenant Exemplification of common recovery of 10 messuages, 100a. of land, 60a. of meadow, and 60a. of pasture in Darlington, Great Stainton and Bishopton Vouchee: Anthony Jordison, gent.

24 and 25 October 1794 (1) Anthony Jordison of Great Stainton, gent. (2) George Hassell of Hanover Street, London, esq. Lease and release by (1) to (2), in trust, of messuages and lands in Great Stainton and Bishopton Consideration: £437 and interest

27 and 28 November 1794 (1) George Hassell of Hanover Street, Middlesex, esq. (2) Moses William Staples of Cornhill, London, banker Assignment of mortgage by (1) to (2) of estates as in D/El 17/17, 18 Consideration: £437 and interest

7 and 8 January 1795 (1) Anthony Jordison of Great Stainton, gent. (2) George Hutchinson of Stockton, merchant; Thomas Woodifield of Wynyard, gent.; and George Hubback of Cowpen Bewley, gent. (3) John Jordison of London, gent., and Thomas Jordison of Darlington, bookseller (4) Robert White of Norton, gent., and wife, Isabella (5) Thomas Carlisle of North Shields, Northumberland, master mariner; John Hubbock Carlisle of the same, master mariner; and Anthony Carlisle of Soho, Middlesex, surgeon (6) Adam Moffett of Cheapside, London, mercer, and George Robinson of West Boldon, skinner, and wife, Margaret (7) Thomas Pease of Darlington, grocer (8) Robert Clarke of Stockton, gent., and Joseph Yeall of Greatham, esq. (9) Paul Watson of Bradbury, gent. Lease and release to (9) of estates as in D/El 17/17, 18, for various uses, including discharge of legacies under the will of Anthony Hubbock Consideration: £1,200 and interest

Deed of discharge by Anthony Carlisle and Joseph Yeall for legacies under the will of Anthony Hubbock, 8 January 1795

Deed of discharge by John Hubbock Carlisle for a legacy under the will of Anthony Hubbock, 8 January 1795

Deed of discharge by Robert and Isabella White for a legacy under the will of Anthony Hubbock, 8 January 1795

28 and 29 January 1795 (1) Moses William Staples of Cornhill, London, banker (2) George Hassell of Hanover Street, Middlesex, esq. (3) Anthony Jordison of Great Stainton, gent. Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of estates as in D/El 17/17, 18 Consideration: £320

16 and 17 February 1795 (1) Anthony Jordison of Great Stainton, gent. (2) Joseph Yeall of Greatham, esq. (3) Phillis Robson of Durham, widow (4) Rev. John Brewster of Greatham and Robert Clarke of Stockton, gent. Further charge on estates as in D/El 17/17, 18, for securing £360 and interest to (2) and £300 and interest to (3)

16 and 17 February 1795 Counterparts of D/El 17/28, 29

29 April 1796 (1) Anthony Jordison of Great Stainton, gent. (2) Joseph Dobing of Great Stainton, cartwright Mortgage by demise for 500 years by (1) to (2) of a dwelling house; four closes containing 19a.; another dwelling house with appurtenances; and several other closes containing 120a., together with other dwelling houses, all in Great Stainton Consideration: £120 and interest

4 August 1796 (1) Anthony Jordison of Great Stainton, gent. (2) Peter Denys of New Burlington Street, Middlesex, esq. Mortgage by demise for 500 years by (1) to (2) of estates as in D/El 17/32 Consideration: £100 and interest

25 March 1797 (1) Anthony Jordison of Great Stainton, gent. (2) Robert Colling of Barmpton, gent. Articles of agreement for the conveyance by (1) to (2) of Stainton Grange Consideration: £2,800

1 and 12 May 1797 (1) Anthony Jordison of Great Stainton, gent. (2) Paul Watson of Bradbury, gent. (3) Joseph Yeall of Greatham, esq. (4) Phillis Robson of Durham, widow (5) Rev. John Brewster of Greatham, clerk, and Robert Clarke of Stockton, gent. (6) Joseph Dobing, the younger, of Great Stainton, cartwright (7) Peter Denys of Newburlington Street, Middlesex, esq. (8) Robert Colling of Barmpton, gent. (9) Henry Mills of Willington, esq. (10) Robert Colling of Hurworth, esq. Lease and release by (1) to (8) of a messuage and dwelling house with appurtenances in Great Stainton; 4 closes nearby containing 19a.; another messuage and closes there containing 120a.; and several other messuages with their appurtenances in Great Stainton, formerly part of the possessions of the monastery of Hexham Consideration: £2,800

May 1797 (1) Robert Colling of Barmpton, gent. (2) Anthony Jordison of Great Stainton, gent. Unexecuted lease for 6 years by (1) to (2) of Stainton Grange Includes scheme of husbandry Consideration: £118 p.a. and specified penalties

21 and 22 November 1799 (1) Sir Ralph Milbanke of Halnaby, Yorkshire, bart. (2) James Watson of Heworth, gent. Lease and release by (1) to (2) of the manor of Heworth, with a capital messuage, a newly erected mill, several messuages and farms, limestone quarries, all at Heworth in the parish of Great Aycliffe Consideration: £9,000

13 September 1804 (1) Sir Ralph Milbanke of Halnaby, Yorkshire, bart. (2) James Watson of Heworth, gent. (3) William Taylor of Bishop Middleham, esq. (4) George Taylor of St. Helen Auckland, gent. (5) Francis Smales of Durham, gent. (6) Thomas Ord of Great Aycliffe, gent. (7) Robert Balmer of Middleton St. George, gent. (8) John Taylor of Esh, gent. Assignment by (3) - (5) to (6) - (8) of the remainder of terms of 500 years, 2,000 years and 3,000 years in the manor of Heworth with a mill, farms and tenements, in trust for (2) to attend the inheritance

10 and 11 August 1831 (1) James Watson, the elder, of Great Aycliffe, gent. (2) James Watson, the younger, of Heworth, gent. (3) John Coates of Darlington, gent., Barmpton (4) Dorothy Robson of Skirningham, Barmpton, a daughter of (1) (5) Bradshaw Taylor of Alden Grange, Esh, gent., and Joseph Atkinson of Casieless[Case Lea], Hamsterley, yeoman Conveyance by (1) to (3), in trust, for uses specified, of the manor of Heworth with a capital messuage, a mill, several messuages and farms, limestone quarries, late in the occupation of George Chapman and the Commissioners of the Boroughbridge to Durham Turnpike Road

12 August 1831 (1) James Watson, the elder, of Great Aycliffe, gent. (2) Dorothy Robson of Skirningham, Barmpton, a daughter of (1) (3) Mary Watson of Great Aycliffe, spinster, a daughter of (1) (4) James Watson, the younger, of Heworth, gent. (5) Francis Bradshaw Taylor of Alder Grange, Esh, gent., and Joseph Atkinson of Casiless [Case Lea], Hamsterley, yeoman Declaration of trusts by (5) in the sums of £3,850, £1,000 and £1,000

Copy of will of Robert Colling of Barmpton, dated 12 March 1819; copy made, n.d. [post 1834]

12 and 13 May 1837 (1) William Robson of Darlington, esq.; Ralph Page of Eldon, esq.; and Thomas Ord of Coatham House, esq., surviving devisees of the late Robert Colling of Barmpton, deceased (2) Robert Colling of Redhall, Haughton, esq. (3) James Watson of Great Aycliffe, esq. (4) Thomas Bowes of Darlington, gent. Lease and release by (1) to (3) of a messuage and farm called Stainton Grange with appurtenances containing 102a., and with other closes in Great Stainton; assignment by (2) to (4), in trust for (3), to attend the inheritance of the remainder of a term of 3,000 years in the same Consideration: £3,900

7 October 1843 (1) Francis Bradshaw Taylor of Aldin Grange, gent. (2) James Watson of Aycliffe, esq. Assignment by (1) to (2) of the remainder of a term of 1,000 years in the messuages and lands as in D/El 17/41, 42

12 September 1850 (1) Samuel Swire, the younger, of Great Aycliffe, gent. (2) Thomas Davison of Durham, esq., and Rev. John Davie Eade, vicar of Aycliffe (3) Robert Appleby of Roseville, Wolviston, esq. Mortgage by release by (1) to (3) of a messuage and farm called Stainton Grange, a dwelling house and butcher's shop, a garth with two cottages, and a close, all in Great Stainton, containing together 105a. 0r. 10p.; declaration of trust by (3) in respect of a mortgaged dwelling house and farm with appurtenances at Newsham Consideration: £4,000 and interest Endorsed: further charge for securing £1,000, 13 May 1852

7 May 1858 (1) Thomas Davison of Monk End, near Croft, Yorkshire, esq., and Rev. John Davie Eade of Great Aycliffe, clerk (2) Samuel Swire of Gargrave, Yorkshire, esq. Conveyance by (1) to (2), as residuary devisee on completion of the trusts, of the Heworth Estate, comprising Heworth House Farm, Town End Farm, the quarries, the Banks and Pleasure grounds, the brick-yard, and Whin Field Farm, containing together 630a. 2r. 5p.; a field at Aycliffe containing 5a. 2r. 0p.; the Stainton Grange estate with 4 cottages in Great Stainton containing 106a.; the Newsham Grange estate containing 180a.; and a dwelling house, byre and outbuildings in Aycliffe village

8 May 1858 (1) Samuel Swire of Gargrave, Yorkshire, esq. (2) Abraham Story of Durham, gent. Mortgage by (1) to (2) of the manor of Heworth with lands and messuages as in D/El 17/41-42, comprising in all 622a. 2r. 17p. Consideration: £4,000 and interest Includes: plan of estate, n.d. [1858]

3 August 1858 (1) Samuel Swire of Gargrave, Yorkshire, esq. (2) Abraham Story of Durham, gent. Further charge on the estate as in D/El 17/50 Consideration: £1,500 and interest

16 April 1859 (1) Samuel Swire of Gargrave, Yorkshire, esq. (2) Abraham Story of Durham, gent. Further charge on lands and messuages as in D/El 17/50 Consideration: £500 and interest

30 April 1859 (1) Thomas Davison of Monk End, near Croft, Yorkshire, esq., and Rev. John Davie Eade, vicar of Great Aycliffe (2) Samuel Swire of Stainton Cotes, Gargrave, Yorkshire, esq. (3) Abraham Story of Durham, gent. Assignment by (1) to (3), at the request of (2), of two legacies, each of £500, under the will of James Watson, dec'd. Consideration: £900 and interest

16 April 1860 (1) Samuel Swire of Stainton Cotes, Yorkshire, esq. (2) Abraham Story of Durham, gent. Bond in £5,200 for the payment of £2,600 and interest Attached: deposition of (1)

12 March 1862 (1) John Stephenson, the younger, of Newton Bewley, farmer, and John Holt Skinner of Edinburgh, Scotland, esq. (2) Samuel Swire of Stainton Coates, Gargrave, Yorkshire, gent. Discharge of mortgage, and reconveyance to (2), of several closes at Newsham, with a moiety of the manor of Newsham; a messuage and farm called Stainton Grange with its appurtenances and closes containing 102a.; a dwelling house and butcher's shop with 2 cottages together with other lands and tenements in Great Stainton Consideration: £5,000

Sworn declaration of William Etherington of Whitton, near Great Stainton, that Charles Colling of Stainton Grange Farm died without issue, 12 March 1862

Sworn declaration of William Etherington of Whitton, near Great Stainton, concerning the ownership of the Great Stainton estate, 12 March 1862

13 March 1862 (1) Samuel Swire of Stainton Cotes, Gargrave, Yorkshire, gent. (2) Trustees of the Yorkshire Banking Co. Mortgage by (1) to (2) of messuages and lands as in D/El 17/55 Consideration: £10,800 and interest

Abstract of title, from 11 May 1797 to 13 March 1862, of Samuel Swire to an estate at Great Stainton, 1863

Additional abstract of title, from 7 May 1858 to 6 April 1860, of Samuel Swire to estates at Newsham and Stainton, 1863

Abstract of title, from 21 November 1799 to 16 April 1860, to the manor of Heworth and to a freehold estate called Heworth in Great Aycliffe, 1863

Continuation of the abstract of title, dated 30 May 1864, to the Heworth and Great Stainton estates, with schedules and plans, n.d. [1864]

Continuation of abstract of title, dated 30 May 1864, to the Heworth and Great Stainton estates, n.d. [1864]

Opinion of Robert R. Hawkins, Lincoln's Inn, London, on the abstracts of title of Samuel Swire to an estate at Great Stainton, 16 December 1863

Opinion of Robert R.A. Hawkins, Lincoln's Inn, London, on the abstract of title of Samuel Swire to the manor of Heworth and to a freehold estate called Heworth, 16 December 1863

Requisitions on the title of Samuel Swire to an estate at Great Stainton, with replies, 18-30 December 1863

Requisitions on the title of Samuel Swire to the manor of Heworth and to a freehold estate called Heworth, with replies, 18 December 1863 - 8 February 1864

Opinion of Robert R.A. Hawkins, Lincoln's Inn, London, on replies to requisitions on the title to the Great Stainton estate by Lord Eldon's trustees, 31 March 1864

Opinion of Robert R.A. Hawkins, Lincoln's Inn, London, on replies to requisitions on the title to the Heworth estate by Lord Eldon's trustees, 31 March 1864

Requisitions and answers on the title to the Great Stainton estate by Lord Eldon's trustees, with further observations and replies, 18 December 1863 - 19 April 1864

Requisitions and answers on the title to the manor of Heworth and to the Heworth estate by Lord Eldon's trustees, with further observations and replies, 18 December 1863 - 25 April 1864

Schedule of title deeds, from 21 November 1799 to 16 April 1860, to the manor and estate of Heworth sent to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, with receipt, 19-21 March 1864

Advice of Robert R.A. Hawkins, Lincoln's Inn, London, on further replies to requisitions on the title to the Great Stainton estate by Lord Eldon's trustees, 3 May 1864

Opinion of Robert R.A. Hawkins, Lincoln's Inn, London, on further replies to requisitions on the title to the Heworth estate by Lord Eldon's trustees, 3 May 1864

Opinion of Robert R.A. Hawkins, Lincoln's Inn, London, on the draft conveyance of the Heworth and Stainton estates, 16 May 1864

Requisitions on the title to the Great Stainton estate with answers, further observations and further replies, 18 December 1863 - 21 May 1864

Requisitions and answers on the title to the Heworth estate, further observations and further replies, 18 December 1863 - 21 May 1864

Schedule of deeds, from 9 March 1753 to 25 November 1862, relating to the Great Stainton estate, given to Alfred Bell and Oliver William Farrer as purchasers from Samuel Swire, 30 May 1864

Draft schedule of title deeds, from 8 March 1753 to 30 May 1864, relating to the Heworth and Stainton Grange estates, purchased by the Earl of Eldon from Samuel Swire, 30 May 1864

'Deeds to be taken up' [from 11 May 1797 to 26 March 1862], Stainton, n.d. [1864]

'Schedule of title deeds and writings', from 21 November 1799 to 16 April 1860, relating to the manor and estate of Heworth sent to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, 1864

List of deeds, from 1 May 1854 to 16 April 1860, not handed over on the completion of the purchase of the Heworth and Stainton Grange estates, n.d.

Schedule of deeds, from 12 September 1850 to 13 March 1862, relating to estates at Great Stainton, purchased by Lord Eldon's trustees, and at Newsham, purchased by Mr. Morson, 15 May 1867

Copy of supplemental schedule, from 7 May 1858 to 16 April 1860, relating to all freehold and leasehold estates devised to Samuel Swire by the will of James Watson and delivered to Lord Eldon as the largest purchaser in value of all such estates, 1868

10 October 1760; extract made, n.d. (1) Ralph Bradley, esq., plaintiff (2) Anthony Hubbock, gent., and wife, Isabel, deforceants Extract of fine of 6 messuages, 2 cottages, 6 tenements, 6 gardens, 6 orchards, 200a. of land, 200a. of meadow and 200a. of pasture in Little Stainton, Great Stainton, Bishopton and Darlington

Inventory of [Stainton Grange] house and farm, n.d. [1797]

'Mr. Jordison's Schedule of the first day's sale' [Stainton Grange], n.d. [1797]

Rough calculations and notes concerning the sale of Stainton Grange, 1797-1798

'Plan of an Estate ... at Great Stainton ... late belonging to Robert Colling Esqr', n.d. [late 18th c.] No scale given

Letter from Robert Clarke to Robert Colling at the Posthouse, Darlington, concerning the discharge of Mr. Jordison's 'trifling Debts' and seeking an appointment for him in the East India Service, 8 July 1798

Official extract from the will of Robert Appleby of Wolviston, esq., dated 1 February 1848, n.d. [1862]

Copy of the proviso for redemption in the mortgage of the Stainton estate produced by Samuel Swire for the trustees of the Yorkshire Banking Co., 13 March 1862

Charge by Samuel Swire on his estates at Heworth if the sale of his estates at Newsham and Great Stainton should be insufficient to redeem the mortgage on them to the Yorkshire Banking Co., 13 March 1862

26 March 1862 (1) Samuel Swire of Stainton Cotes, Yorkshire, (2) John Robert Ord and Henry Maddison of Darlington Copies of memorandum of agreement for the lease for 7 years by (1) to (2) of limestone quarries at Preston-le-Skerne

Memorandum of charges on estates of Samuel Swire at Stainton, Newsham, Heworth and elsewhere in the parish of Great Aycliffe, 25 November 1862

Sale particulars, schedules and plans of the Newsham Grange, Stainton Grange and Heworth estates (882a. 3r. 8p. in all) to be sold at the King's Head, Darlington, 11 December 1862 Includes: Plan of Newsham Grange Scale: 6 chains to 1 in. [1 : 4752] Plan of Stainton Grange Scale: 6 chains to 1 in. [1 : 4752] Plan of Heworth Scale: 6 chains to 1 in. [1 : 4752]

Letter from Joseph Snowball, King's Head, Darlington, to Alfred Bell, advising that he has been unable to buy either of the lots of Swire's estate for which he had bid and enclosing information about the restoration of Darlington Church 'from which I fear Lord Eldon should give £100 or thereabouts', 11 December 1862

Abstract of assignments of the remainders of terms of years in the Stainton estate dating from 12 May 1797 to 13 May 1837, n.d. [post 1862]

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Cramlington, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, concerning a meeting with Mr. Storey and Mr. Swire about the Heworth estate, 26 October 1863

Copy of D/El 17/112 with a memorandum signed by Samuel Swire and Joseph Snowball that the purchase price of £18,000 includes all timber and is to be completed by 13 May next, 3 November 1863

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Cramlington, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, advising that he has signed certificates of the value of the Heworth and Stainton Grange estates, 11 November 1863

Certificate of Joseph Snowball to the trustees of the Earl of Eldon of the value of the Stainton Grange estate, 11 November 1863

Certificate of Joseph Snowball to the trustees of the Earl of Eldon of the value of the Heworth estate, 11 November 1863

Letters from A. Story, Durham, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning the purchase of the Heworth and Stainton estates by the Earl of Eldon's trustees, 21 November 1863 - 4 June 1864

Copy of letter from Messrs. North & Sons, 4 East Parade, Leeds, Yorkshire, to A. Story, Durham, forwarding separately abstract of title to the Stainton estate and particulars of Mr. Swire's mortgage on this and other properties, 26 November 1863

5 March 1858; copy made post 1863 (1) Samuel Swire of Gargrave, Yorkshire, esq. (2) Margaret Collingwood Smith of Aycliffe House, widow Copy of lease for 18 years by (1) to (2) of Aycliffe House, with pleasure grounds called the Banks and a close called Jenny Spinner Close, all at Aycliffe Rent: £65 p.a.

Certified extract from the parochial register of Dinsdale for the burial, on 26 March 1833, of James Watson of Aycliffe, 2 March 1864

Certified extract from the parochial register of Hamsterley for the burial, on 15 February 1840, of Joseph Atkinson of Kayslee, 2 March 1864

Certified extract from the parochial register of Dinsdale for the burial, on 9 November 1842, of Dorothy Robson of Darlington, 2 March 1864

Letters from Messrs. North & Sons, 4 East Parade, Leeds, Yorkshire, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning the purchase of the Stainton estate by the Earl of Eldon's trustees, 9 March 1864 - 27 May 1864

Letter from Richard Harrison, Aycliffe, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, advising of Thomas Anderson's life interest in Whinfield Farm [part of Heworth estate in the township of Preston-le-Skerne], 8 April 1864

Declaration of Margaret Collingwood Smith, Aycliffe House, that her only interest in the Heworth estate is in the lease of her house dated 5 March 1858, 9 April 1864

Declaration on behalf of Mrs. Francis Smith, Heworth House, that her only interest in the Heworth estate is in her yearly tenancy agreement, 11 April 1864

Letter from Robert Ord, Stainton Grange, to [Alfred] Bell, 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, confirming that the farm he occupies is held on a yearly tenancy, 13 April 1864

Declaration by Messrs. Ord & Maddison, Weardale Lime Office, Darlington, that the agreement of March 1862 with Mr. Swire is their only claim and interest on the Heworth estate, 13 April 1864

Copies of draft declarations of Richard Harrison of Aycliffe, gent., concerning the Heworth and Stainton Grange estates, 7 May 1864

Sworn declaration of Richard Harrison of Aycliffe concerning the extent and ownership of the Stainton estate, with a schedule of messuages and fields and details of cultivation and quantities, 7 May 1864

Sworn declaration of Richard Harrison of Aycliffe, gent., concerning the ownership and extent of the Heworth estate, 7 May 1864

Letter from John Ward, Durham, advising that no judgements are registered against Samuel Swire at the Durham Prothonotary's office, 14 May 1864

Copy of the death certificate, dated 23 April 1861, of Charles Lever of 12 Tavistock Square, St. Pancras, Middlesex, 23 May 1864

Certified extract from the parochial register of Haughton-le-Skerne for the burial, on 22 January 1836, of Charles Colling of Monk End near Croft, Yorkshire, 24 May 1864

Sworn declaration of Samuel Swire of Stainton Cotes, Gargrave, Yorkshire, gent., concerning an estate at Great Stainton and annuities charged upon it under the will of the late Robert Colling of Barmpton, gent., 30 May 1864

Draft conveyance of the Heworth and Great Stainton estates from Samuel Swire and his mortgagees, to Alfred Bell and Oliver William Farrer, 1864

Telegram from John Ward, Durham, to Messrs. North & Sons, solicitors, Leeds, Yorkshire, confirming that no judgements are registered against Samuel Swire at Durham, 30 May 1866

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Cramlington, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning the desire of Mr. Anderson to dispose of his life interest in Heworth Farm and advising that it should be purchased, 12 September 1866

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Cramlington, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning a revised offer for Whinfield Farm, Heworth, 20 December 1866

Draft, and abstract, of surrender by Thomas Anderson, to the Earl of Eldon, of a life estate in Whinney Farm, Great Aycliffe, 1 May 1867

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Cramlington, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning the completion of the purchase of Whinfield Farm, 28 February 1867 - 29 June 1867

Letters from W.D. Trotter, Bishop Auckland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning a dispute over a covenant for the production of title deeds to the Great Stainton estate and related costs, 27 March 1867 - 10 June 1869

Letter from A. Storey, Durham, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, advising that he no longer acts for Mr. Swire who now lives near Leeds, 1 April 1867

Letters from Messrs. North & Sons, 4 East Parade, Leeds, Yorkshire, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning the production of title deeds to lands at Great Stainton and liability for the payment of costs incurred, 13 May 1867 - 8 March 1869

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Cramlington, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, urging Lord Eldon to proceed with the purchase of Anderson's life interest in Whinfield Farm, 22 July 1867

Instructions of Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd to counsel to settle the draft of the covenant for the production of deeds relating to the Newsham estate purchased by Messrs. Chapman and Morson, n.d. [post 1867]

Copy of agreement by George Davison of Great Aycliffe, blacksmith, to produce on request for the Earl of Eldon, his heirs and assigns, an indenture of 7 May 1858 between Thomas Davison and Rev. John Davie Eade and Samuel Swire, 21 November 1868

Copy of extract concerning the disposition of title deeds relating to more than one property, taken from the contract of 7 October 1865, between Swire and Morson for the sale and purchase of the Newsham Grange estate, [1868]

12 February 1869; copy made18 February 1869 (1) John, Earl of Eldon (2) John George Chapman of Greenhead, nr. Fir Tree, colliery owner; George Morson of Beechburn, colliery owner; Cuthbert Morson, William Morson and Farrow Morson, all of Crook, colliery owners Office copy of deed of covenant for the production of title deeds

Draft of D/El 17/216 with approval, given 30 December 1868, of Robert R.A. Hawkins, Lincoln's Inn, London, 12 February 1869

Correspondence of various parties with Messrs. Bell, Steward & Co., concerning succession duty on property in expectancy, for Whinfield Farm, 16 July 1874 - 31 December 1875

Draft letter and Inland Revenue return prepared by Messrs. Bell, Steward & Co., Lincoln's Inn, London, and sent to Alfred Hanson, concerning the commutation of the succession duty payable by Lord Eldon on the death of Thomas Anderson with regard to the succession of Samuel Swire to Whinfield Farm, 8 November 1875

Abstract of title, from 14 July 1768 to 28 July 1838, of John Evelyn Denison, esq., and the devisees in trust of Edward Wilkinson, esq., to an estate in Grindon, with the opinion of P.B. Brodie, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, 20 June 1848 - 10 July 1848

Continuation of abstract of title, dated 20 July 1848, to the manor and estate of Grindon, 1848

Copy of requisitions on title to the Grindon estate with replies and further requisitons, 21 June 1848 - 19 July 1848

'A Plan of Wm. Dennison Esquire's Estate called Grindon in the Township of Preston, Parish of Aycliffe ...', by Richard Richardson, Darlington, 1768 Gives field names, acreages, and buildings Scale: 8 chains to 1 inch [1 : 6336]

Plan of Messrs. Dennison and Wilkinson's land near How Hills required for the Clarence Railway, n.d. [post 1828] Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1 : 3168]

'Plan of a freehold estate situate in the township of Preston-le-Skerne ... belonging to ... the Earl of Eldon', by R. Harrison, 1846 Gives field names and acreages Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1 : 3168]

Correspondence between John Evelyn Denison, M.P., the Earl of Eldon, and Alfred Bell, concerning the offer for sale of the Grindon estate, 2 June 1847

Copy of letter from Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to J.E. Denison, reporting '... Lord Eldon is ready to invest in Land in Durham ...', 4 June 1847

Letter from J.E. Denison, Burlington House, London, advising that if Lord Eldon is disposed to purchase property in Durham '... I think I could let him have these Farms on advantageous terms ...', 4-5 June 1847

Letter from J.E. Denison, Edinburgh, Scotland, concerning the valuation of the Grindon estate and referring to improvements which have been made which 'would justify a considerable increase of Rent', 23 August 1847

Letter from J.E. Denison, Freeland, Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, Scotland, advising that the Grindon property had been offered for sale previously for £18,000 and that the land had been improved and drained since then and expressing a willingness '... to compare our valuation with any that you may have made ...', 3 September 1847

Letter from William Nelson, Alnwick, Northumberland, concerning the valuation of the Grindon estate, '...I expect to see wheat 5/- a Bushel before Xmas and I think 6/- a full price now when the Corn Laws are altered and we may expect Constant foreign Importation ...' and advising that the property is worth more to Eldon because '... it completely joins the Preston & Elstob estates together ...', 15 September 1847

Letter from J.E. Denison, Burlington House, London, referring to Rutter's report on the Grindon estate and commenting that '... I certainly think it only too probable that the Funds will fall still lower ...', 19 October 1847

Letter from J.E. Denison, Ossington, Nottinghamshire, forwarding a map '... of the three Farms in Durham, of which Lord Eldon has the offer ...', 30 October 1847

Letter from J.E. Denison, Burlington House, London, enquiring about Lord Eldon's 'decision', 2 December 1847

Copy letter from Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to Joseph Snowball, forwarding a plan of the Grindon estate, referring to Snowball's additional duties as local agent, and proposing a method of payment for the extra services, 8 December 1847

Copy letter from Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to J.E. Denison, M.P., concerning Lord Eldon's willingness to purchase the Grindon estate, 8 December 1847

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, acknowledging receipt of a plan of Denison's estate: '... I imagine ... it is a property of considerable value ...', requesting the present rental and terms of leases, and agreeing to proposed mode of payment for extra duties, 9 December 1847

Copy letter from Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to Joseph Snowball, forwarding a valuation, and correspondence, relating to Mr. Denison's estate, 11 December 1847

Copy report and valuation of the Grindon estate by Thomas Peacock and Robert Addison, n.d. [1847]

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning details of the valuation of the Grindon estate, '... Considering the low state of the Funds at the present time, I am anxious for your opinion as to the number of years purchase I ought to calculate upon ...', 18 December 1847

Copy letter from Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to J. Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, confirming that 30 years purchase is too high a calculation for the Grindon farms, '... what the rate should be we must leave to your Judgment ...', 20 December 1847

Copy letter from Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to Joseph Snowball, requesting him to take all requisite steps to sell all the Eldon farms, and advising that in calculating a purchase price for Denison's farms, reference should be made to their desirability in relation '... to the Body of Lord Eldon's Estate ...', 22 December 1847

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, forwarding a valuation of the Grindon estate, '... I think the Land capable of great improvement and have valued accordingly ...', and suggesting a third valuer as an umpire, 23 December 1847

Valuation of High Grindon estate of Messrs. Dennison and Wilkinson by Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, 23 December 1847

Copy letter from Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to J.E. Denison, M.P., forwarding Snowball's valuation of the Grindon estate and expressing the willingness of Lord Eldon to abide by the valuation of a third person, 6 January 1848

Letter from J.E. Denison, Ossington, Nottinghamshire, referring to the extremely low value of the Grindon estate by Lord Eldon's valuer which 'hardly seems to afford a basis for an Agreement between us ...', 8 January 1848

Copy letter from Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to J.E. Denison, M.P., concerning an independent valuation of the Grindon estate, 10 January 1848

Letter from J.E. Denison, Ossington, Nottinghamshire, referring to the fairness of the valuation made by his valuers of the Grindon estate, '... I mean to sell the Estate, but not to throw it away ...', and requesting an early decision, 26 January 1848

Copy letter from Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to J.E. Denison, M.P., expressing the willingness of Lord Eldon to purchase the Grindon estate if a price can be agreed, 27 January 1848

Copy of valuation of the Grindon estate prepared for J.E. Denison by William Rutter, Ormesby, Yorkshire, 11 February 1848

Letter from J.E. Denison, Burlington House, London, concerning the valuation of the Grindon estate, '... a Property lying in the heart of another Estate cannot but have some increased value on that account ...', and proposing the sale of the property to Lord Eldon for £16,000, 22 February 1848

Copy letter from Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to J.E. Denison, M.P., concerning differences in the two valuations of the Grindon estate, 15 March 1848

Letter from J.E. Denison, Burlington House, London, rejecting the proposal for a third valuer and suggesting that Messrs. Snowball and Rutter should meet to resolve their differences over the valuation, 12 April 1848

Copy of letter from Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to Joseph Snowball, requesting him to make an appointment with Mr. Rutter, 13 April 1848

Copy letter from Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to J.E. Denison, M.P., referring to arrangements for a meeting between Mr. Snowball and Mr. Rutter, 13 April 1848

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, advising that he has arranged a meeting with Mr. Rutter, reporting '... I cannot be convinced that I have made a low valuation ...', and proposing to employ a third valuer, 15 April 1848

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, indicating that a higher price than his valuation may be justified 'as the Estate lies so contiguous' although the farm buildings are '... ready to tumble and the Fields worn out by being overcropped ...', 17 April 1848

Copy letter from Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, to J.E. Denison, M.P., reporting a meeting between Messrs. Snowball and Rutter, 18 April 1848

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Newcastle, to Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, referring to a meeting with Mr. Rutter concerning the valuation of the Grindon estate, the possibility of employing a third valuer, giving particulars concerning the freehold part of Howlish Hall Estate and enquiring if he should value the land and bid for it, 22 April 1848

Copy letter and attached note from Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to Joseph Snowball, agreeing to a valuation of the Grindon estate by a third party and requesting Snowball to bid for the freehold land at Howlish adjoining the Eldon estate, 24 April 1848

Letter from J.E. Denison, Burlington House, London, proposing a compromise figure of £15,000 for the sale of the Grindon estate, 2 May 1848

Copy of letter from Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to J.E. Denison, M.P., accepting for Lord Eldon the offer to purchase the Grindon estate for £15,000, 6 May 1848

Letter from J.E. Denison, Burlington House, London, confirming his engagement and that of Mr. Wilkinson to sell the Grindon estate to Lord Eldon, and urging an early settlement on the trustees, 8 May 1848

Copy of letter from Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to J.E. Denison, M.P., acknowledging receipt of a letter and hoping for an early completion of the purchase [of the Grindon estate], 8 May 1848

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, acknowledging receipt of Bell's letter and undertaking to make a valuation of Mr. Askew's property '... and do my best at the Auction ...', and requesting a duplicate of his last account, 19 May 1848

Letter from Messrs. Lee & Pemberton, 43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to Messrs. Bell & Steward, forwarding an abstract of title to the Grindon estate, 19 May 1848

Copy letter from Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to Messrs. Lee & Pemberton, concerning the payment of outgoings on the Grindon estate, 21 June 1848

Copy letter from Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, concerning land taken from the Grindon estate by the Clarence Railway Company, 5 July 1848

Copy letter from Alfred Bell, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to Joseph Snowball, referring to the renewal of buildings at Middridge; and undertaking to let Snowball know '... when it is proper for you to take it in charge', 6 July 1848

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, acknowledging receipt of a letter and plan of the Grindon estate with land taken for the Clarence Railway marked in, and apologising for the delay in returning it, 6 July 1848

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Great Aycliffe, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning land taken from the Grindon estate by the railway, a proposed visit to the Great Agricultural Show at York, and an intended inspection of the Tofts and Red Barns farms at Seaton, 10 July 1848

Copy letter from Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to Christopher Gray, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, forwarding an engrossment of conveyance for execution, 14 July 1848

Letter from Rev. S. Sunderland, Peniston Vicarage, nr. Barnsley, Yorkshire, advising that he is unable to find the register including the entry for the burial of Godfrey Bosville and referring to a memorial to Bosville within the communion rails, 17 July 1848

Letter from Messrs. Lee & Pemberton, Lincoln's Inn Felds, London, to Messrs. Bell & Steward, advising that Edward Wilkinson, party to the conveyance to the Earl of Eldon is not Edward Wilkinson of Bingley, Yorkshire, the Crown debtor, 20 July 1848

20 July 1848 (1) John Evelyn Denison of Ossington, Nottinghamshire, esq. (2) Alfred Bell of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex, esq., and Oliver William Farrer of the Inner Temple, London, esq. Deed of covenant for the production of title deeds to the manor and estate of Grindon

Draft of undertaking on behalf of Messrs. Denison & Wilkinson for the payment of rates, taxes and tithe rents on the Grindon farms, 1848

Certified copy of the entry recording the burial of John Wilkinson of Potternewton, Yorkshire, on 1 June 1789, in the burial register of the parish of Ossington, 23 July 1848

18 and 19 July 1823 (1) Charles, Marquess of Londonderry, and Frances Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry (2) Alexander Robert Stewart of Ards, Co. Donegal, Ireland, esq., and Edmund McDonnell of Glenarm Castle, Co. Antrim, Ireland, esq. (3) John Mayer of Highgate, Middlesex, gent. (4) Thomas Sowerby of Bishopton, gent. (5) Ralph Page of Eldon, gent.; John Page of Norton, tanner; and William Seymour of Woodhouse Close, gent. Lease and release, revoking the trusts of a settlement of 8 June 1822 in respect of the estate hereby conveyed, conveying from (2) to (4) and (5), in trust for (4), at the direction of (1), a dwelling house with its appurtenances with several parcels of ground [names and quantities specified] in Great Stainton, together with gardens and lands lately enclosed to the east of the said closes called Great Town Garth and Little Town Garth, and releasing the said estate of an annuity to (3) charged thereon Consideration: £2,750

19 July 1823 (1) Charles, Marquess of Londonderry (2) Thomas Sowerby of Bishopton, gent. Deed of covenants for the production of deeds dating from 22 April 1738 to 8 June 1822, relating to the estate as in D/El 19/1, 2

11 September 1826; copy made 23 November 1844 (1) Thomas Sowerby, the elder, of Bishopton, gent. (2) John Page Sowerby of Stokesley, Yorkshire, gent., eldest son of (1) (3) Thomas Sowerby, younger son of (1) Attested copy of grant by (1) to (2) and (3) of two annuities of £100 each, chargeable on two separate moieties of a dwelling house and lands, together containing 180a., at Great Stainton, and on messuages, dwelling houses and lands, together containing 80a., at Bishopton

2 and 3 February 1835 (1) Thomas Sowerby, the elder, of Brettanby, Yorkshire, gent. (2) Ralph Page of Eldon, gent.; John Page of Norton, tanner; and William Seymour of Woodhouse Close, gent. (3) John Page Sowerby of Stokesley, Yorkshire, gent. (4) Thomas Sowerby, the younger, of Brettanby, Yorkshire, gent. (5) John Grey of Stokesley, Yorkshire, gent. Mortgage by (1) - (4) to (5), to uses specified, of estates, as in D/El 19/1, 2, and discharge by (3) and (4) of annuities chargeable on the same Consideration: £2,000 and interest

18 and 19 October 1839; copy made 8 May 1849 (1) Thomas Sowerby of Brettanby, Yorkshire, gent. (2) John Page Sowerby of Stokesley, Yorkshire, gent.; Thomas Sowerby of Newton Morrell, Yorkshire, gent.; Mary Ann Sowerby of Brettanby, Yorkshire, spinster; Jane Rowlandson of Newton Morrell, Yorkshire, widow; Elizabeth Dorothy Sowerby of Brettanby, Yorkshire, spinster; and Maria Sowerby of the same, spinster (3) Ralph Page of School Aycliffe, gent., and John Page of Norton, tanner Attested copy of settlement (lease and release) conveying from (1) to (3), to uses specified, freehold and leasehold estates at Bishopton, Great Stainton, Houghton-le-Side, Heighington, Little Stainton, East, West and Middle Newbiggen, Pit field, St. Andrew Auckland, Copycrook, and Shildon

30 April 1844 (1) Ralph Page and John Page, trustees of the late Thomas Sowerby, gent. (2) Edward Pickering of Ferryhill, farmer Copy of memorandum of agreement for (1) to let to (2) Hauxley Farm with pertaining closes in Great Stainton Includes: scheme of husbandry for the years 1844 to 1850 Consideration: £200 p.a.

23 November 1844 (1) John Grey of Stokesley, Yorkshire, gent. (2) Jane Rowlandson of Brettanby, Yorkshire, widow, and Elizabeth Dorothy Sowerby of the same, spinster Assignment of mortgage of estate as in D/El 19/5, 6 Consideration: £2,000 and interest

26 November 1849 (1) John Page Sowerby of Stokesley, Yorkshire, gent. (2) Alfred Bell of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, esq., and Oliver William Farrer of the Inner Temple, London, esq. Deed of covenant for the production of deeds, dating from 11 September 1826 to 19 October 1839, for a farm, lands and plantations [179a. 2r. 2p.] called Hauxley at Great Stainton

Abstract of title, from 28 January 1738 to 28 February 1821, to a messuage, farm and plantations called Hauxley in Great Stainton, with opinions of Lewis Duval and Lancelot Shadwell, 26 March - 15 May 1823

Additional abstract of title, dated 18 and 19 July 1823, of Thomas Sowerby, esq., to a messuage and farm at Great Stainton, 1832

Requisitions on title to Hauxley Farm, Great Stainton, 10-18 August 1849

Supplemental abstract of title, from 11 September 1826 to 23 November 1844, to a messuage and farm at Great Stainton, with opinion of R. Whitworth, 7 August 1849

Continuation of abstract of title, dated 26 November 1849, to a farm and plantations at Great Stainton, 1849

Note by H.C. Nisbet on the title to [the Hauxley estate, Great Stainton], n.d. [c.1849]

Description of premises comprising the Hauxley estate at Great Stainton with comments on the field areas, n.d. [1849]

Valuation by Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, of Hauxley Farm and plantations, including a threshing machine, in Great Stainton belonging to John P. Sowerby, esq., 31 March - 12 April 1849

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, forwarding a valuation of the Hauxley estate, referring to an agreement for Bell Mount farm, making arrangements for the audit, proposing repairs to buildings at various farms, and recommending 'doing a little [repair to farm buildings] every year', 12 April 1849

Copy letter from Alfred Bell, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to Joseph Snowball, authorising purchase of the Hauxley estate, 16 April 1849

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Darlington, to Alfred Bell, concerning a meeting with the Sowerby brothers for the sale and purchase of the Hauxley estate for £4,600, including the timber and threshing machine and referring to a projected visit by Bell to see the tenants, 3 May 1849

Copy letter from Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd to J.P. Sowerby, Stokesley, Yorkshire, concerning the provision of an abstract of title 'for the usual period to be verified in the usual manner', and referring to a difference over the area of the Hauxley estate, 7 May 1849

Letter from John P. Sowerby, Stokesley, Yorkshire, concerning deeds relating to the Hauxley estate, and provisions for inclusion in the conveyance, 10 May 1849

Letter from William Rutter, Ormesby, Yorkshire, to Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, concerning a dispute over the proportion of rent due from Lord Eldon, 19 May 1849

Copy letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to William Rutter, concerning details of tenancy agreements, 22 May 1849

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, acknowledging receipt of the agreement for Hauxley, referring to a difference of opinion over the tenancy agreements on the Grindon estate, and enquiring what should be done about the arrears of the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Company 'which are increasing to a large amount', 25 May 1849

Agreement between John Page Sowerby, acting for Ralph Page and John Page, and Alfred Bell, acting for himself and Oliver William Farrer, for the sale and purchase of a farm and plantations, comprising 179a. 2r. 2p., called Hauxley in the township of Stainton, for £4,600, 5 June 1849

Certified entry in the Bishopton burial register recording the burial of Thomas Sowerby on 21 October 1840, 11 September 1849

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, enclosing a letter from Thomas Sowerby of Newton Morrel, Yorkshire, advising that he is unable to furnish a plan of the Hauxley estate, and proposing that a copy should be made from the Great Stainton tithe plan, 15-17 October 1849

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning a plan of the Hauxley estate, 16 October 1849

Copy letter from Messrs. Bell Steward & Lloyd, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, requesting that Mr. Harrison of Aycliffe be authorised to make a tracing of the Hauxley estate from the tithe plan as quickly as possible, 19 October 1849

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, undertaking to have made a copy of the Hauxley estate from the tithe plan, 20 October 1849

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Great Aycliffe, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning a tracing of a plan of the Hauxley estate, 23 October 1849

Copy letter from Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to Joseph Snowball, remarking on the difference of the names and quantities in the tracing of the Hauxley estate with the descriptions given in the title deeds, 24 October 1849

Copy letter from Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to J.P. Sowerby, Stokesley, concerning a tracing of the Hauxley estate made from the tithe plan and the differences of the descriptions of the parcels compared with those in the deed of 19 July 1823, 30 October 1849

Copy letters from Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to Messrs. Wilson & Faber, Stockton, and J.P. Sowerby, concerning the execution of the conveyance of the Hauxley estate, 12-14 November 1849

Letter from Messrs. Wilson & Faber, Stockton, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, advising of the execution of the conveyance of the Hauxley estate by the vendors, and enclosing a note of the receipts produced for outgoings, 26 November 1849

Undertaking of Ralph and John Page for the payment until 11 October 1849 of rents and outgoings on the Hauxley estate, 26 November 1849

Authorisation for the payment by Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd of the purchase money, and interest, for Hauxley Farm, Great Stainton, 26 November 1849

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, referring to completion of the purchase of the Hauxley estate and the tenancy agreement with Mr. Pickering, 1 December 1849

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, acknowledging receipt of a plan of Hauxley Farm with the agreement with Mr. Pickering, the tenant, 7 December 1849

'Plan of John Tempest Esqr's. Estate at Stainton near Sedgefield' by Richard Richardson, 1762 Gives field names, acreages, buildings, roads and footpaths Scale: 7 chains to 1 inch [1 : 5544]

13 September 1852 (1) Bishop of Durham (2) Benton Ord of Clarence Cottage, Aycliffe, gent. Lease for 21 years by (1) to (2) of a close called the Five Acres, containing 8a., in Heighington Rent: 4s. p.a.

Abstract of title, from 13 August 1836 to 27 August 1858, of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, to the reversion of a leasehold estate at Heighington, 1859

26 December 1859 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners, per John Meadows White of Whitehall Place, Middlesex, gent. (2) Benton Ord of Clarence Cottage, Great Aycliffe, esq. Copy of agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of a close containing 7a. 1r. 18p., at Heighington Consideration: £114

Abstract of title, dated 13 September 1852, of Mr. Benton Ord to a close at Heighington, n.d. [1860]

Continuation of abstract of title, dated 12 May 1869, to a close at Heighington, 1860

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Ferryhill, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, discussing the purchase of the close at Heighington, referring to the imminent purchase by Sir William Eden of Burn Hill Farm and lands at Middridge, and advising that Lord Eldon should offer a higher price for it, 4 January 1860

Letter from Benton Ord, Clarence Cottage, Great Aycliffe, to Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, agreeing to accept £440 for the close at Heighington, 9 January 1860

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, advising that he has written to Mr. Ord agreeing to the purchase of the close [at Heighington] on the terms proposed, 20 January 1860

Letter from Thomas Bowes, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning the title to the close at Heighington, 24 January 1860

Letter from Thomas Bowes, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, London, confirming that the terms stipulated in Ord's letter of 25 January should be carried out, 27 January 1860

Opinion of Robert R.A. Hawkins of Lincoln's Inn, London, on the abstract of title to a close at Heighington, 28 January 1860

Letter from Thomas Bowes, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, London, advising that the lease of the Heighington close is with Bowes' London agent, 31 January 1860

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, London, enclosing a corrected description of the close at Heighington for the conveyance, and advising that there are 'no Trees upon the Field nor in the Hedges except a Willow or two ...', 3 March 1860

Letters from Messrs. White, Borrett & White, London, to Messrs. Bell & Co., Lincoln's Inn, London, agreeing that the timber on the close at Heighington 'is not difficult to be valued' and approving the draft conveyance for the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 10-13 March 1860

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, regretting that he has not yet obtained a plan of the Heighington close, 14 March 1860

Letter from Thomas Bowes, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning the engrossments for Mr. Ord's signature and requesting a bill for the purchase money, 20 March 1860

Letter from Messrs. White Borrett & White to Messrs. Bell & Co., returning a sketch forwarded for approval, and requesting that £18 should be added to the purchase money in view of the fact that the extent of the land to be conveyed is 8a. 3r. 0p. instead of 7a. 1r. 18p., 23 March 1860

Letters from Thomas Bowes, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning the additional £18 to be paid to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 4-27 April 1860

Letter from Thomas Bowes, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, advising that '... as Lord Eldon will have the benefit of the extra quantity of land he should not object to pay the additional sum ...', 9 April 1860

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, discussing the dispute over the size and purchase price of the close at Heighington, and reporting satisfactory progress in the negotiation with Mr. Surtees '... respecting that part of Mainsforth Estate so desirable for Lord Eldon ...', 12 April 1860

Letter from Thomas Bowes, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, advising that Mr. Ord has signed the deeds which have been forwarded to Bowes' London agent and requesting payment by bill, 7 May 1860

Letter from Thomas Bowes, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell & Co., London, concerning the late Mary Ord and offering to furnish a burial certificate, 10 May 1860

Certified copy of the entry, dated 25 August 1848, for Mary Ord in the burial register of the parish of Aycliffe, 10 May 1860

Authorisation by Benton Ord for the payment to Thomas Henry Dixon, by Alfred Bell and Oliver William Farrer, of the sum of £308 as consideration money, 12 May 1860

Undertaking of Benton Ord in respect of outgoings on the property at Heighington, 12 May 1860

Letter from Thomas Bowes, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell & Co., London, advising that a burial certificate for the late Mrs. Ord has been forwarded to Mr. Dixon, 12 May 1860

Receipt for obtaining a burial certificate of Mrs. Ord, 18 May 1860

Letter from Messrs. White, Borrett & White, London, to Messrs. Bell & Co., acknowledging receipt of the conveyance of the close at Heighington and undertaking to return this together with the plan, when approved, for execution by the grantees, 18 May 1860

Letter from Messrs. White, Borrett & White, London, to Messrs. Bell & Co., Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, forwarding deeds of the close at Heighington for signature and referring to the need to correct the quantity to 8a. 3r. 0p. in the body of the conveyance, 22 May 1860

Letters from Thomas Bowes, Darlington, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning the execution of the deeds by Mr. Ord and their return to the sender, 30 May - 4 June 1860

Letter from Messrs. White, Borrett & White, London, to Messrs. Bell & Co., Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, acknowledging receipt of the executed deeds for the close at Heighington and advising on the payment of the purchase money, 11 June 1860 Enclosed: receipt and duplicate conveyance, n.d.

Receipt of the Bank of England for £134 5s. 6d., paid by Benton Ord to the account of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 12 June 1860

Letters from Messrs. White, Borrett & White, London, to Messrs. Bell & Co., Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, concerning delivery of a duplicate conveyance for the close at Heighington, 13-17 October 1860

14 and 15 July 1768 (1) George Dunk, Earl of Halifax (2) William Denison of Leeds, Yorkshire, merchant Lease and release, by (1) to (2), of the manors of Grindon, Little Chilton and Coatham Conyers; of farms called Stanton Moorehouse, Low Grindon, Howhills, High Grindon, all in Grindon; a farm in Little Chilton, a lime kiln and a farm called West Close House in Little Chilton; two farms in Coatham Conyers Consideration: £26,500

15 July 1768 (1) George Dunk, Earl of Halifax (2) William Denison of Leeds, Yorkshire, merchant Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of 'manors and farms' as in D/El 21/1, 2 Consideration: £26,500

15 July 1768 (1) William Spicer of Wear, Devon, esq., and Charles Maverly of Gray's Inn, London, esq. (2) George Dunk, Earl of Halifax (3) William Denison of Leeds, Yorkshire, merchant (4) William Lucas of the Middle Temple, London, esq. Assignment by (1) - (3) to (4) of the remainder of a term of 500 years on the manors and farms as in D/El 21/3, in trust to attend the inheritance Consideration: £14,900

7 and 8 February 1821 (1) John Evelyn Denison of Ossington, Nottinghamshire, esq. (2) Walter Scruton of Durham, gent. (3) Richard Scruton of Durham, esq. Lease and release by (1) to (2) to make a tenant to the precipe and lead the uses of a recovery 'of the manors and farms' as in D/El 21/1, 2

14 February 1821 (1) Richard Scruton, demandant (2) Walter Scruton, tenant (3) John Evelyn Denison, vouchee Exemplification of common recovery of the manors of Grindon, Little Chilton and Cotham Conyers, and 10 curtilages, 10 orchards, 2000a. of land, 1000a. of meadow, 1000a. of pasture in Grindon, Stainton, Coatham Conyers, Longnewton, Great Chilton, Preston-le-Skerne, Kirk Merrington and Great Aycliffe

22 and 23 November 1821 (1) Abraham Grimes of Coton House, Warwickshire, esq. (2) John Evelyn Denison of Ossington, Nottinghamshire, esq. (3) Edward Wilkinson of Potterton Lodge, Yorkshire, esq. (4) The said Edward Wilkinson and John Hicks of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, esq. (5) The said John Hicks; Charles Grey Graves of East Acton, Middlesex, esq.; Francis Hearle of St. Columb, Cornwall, esq., and wife, Anne Maria; William Nelson Hicks of Lincoln College, Oxford, esq.; Ann Wilkinson of Bath, Somerset, spinster; the said Edward Wilkinson; the said John Hicks; the said Edward Wilkinson and Ann Wilkinson; Philip Elliot of Bath, doctor of physic, and wife, Amelia (6) Richard Edward Nathaniel Lee of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gent. Conveyance in fee by lease and release to (6), in trust for (2), of the manors of Grindon and Little Chilton; and farms called Stenton Moorhouse, Low Grindon and High Grindon; two farms in Little Chilton and a farm called West Close Consideration: £4,570 12s. 4d.

16 December 1858 (1) Rt. Hon. John Evelyn Denison of Ossington, Nottinghamshire (2) The said John Evelyn Dennison and Rev. Christopher William Wilkinson of Ingmanthorpe, Yorkshire, clerk (3) Bathurst Edward Wilkinson of Potterton, Yorkshire, esq. (4) Alfred Bell of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex, esq., and Oliver William Farrer of Hamilton Place, Middlesex, barrister Articles of agreement for the sale to (4) of farms and lands in Little Chilton, known as the Little Chilton estate, containing 540a. 0r. 23p. Attached: schedule and plan Consideration: £27,330

Abstract of title, from 14 July 1768 to 28 January 1837, of John Evelyn Denison to the Little Chilton estate, December 1858

Further abstract of title, from 13 January 1849 to 9 January 1857, to the Little Chilton estate, n.d. [1858]

Continuation of the abstract of title, dated 1 January 1859, to the Little Chilton estate, n.d. [1859]

Requisitions on title to the Little Chilton estate, with replies, 21-31 December 1858

Further requisitions on title to the Little Chilton estate, 4-5 January 1859

Replies to requisitions on title to the Little Chilton estate, 10-11 January 1859

Letter from Rev. C.A. Hope, rector of Barwick, Yorkshire, to Messrs. Lee and Pemberton, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, forwarding copies of an entry recording the burial of Ann Wilkinson on 30 October 1846 and an entry recording the burial of John Edward Wilkinson on 20 August 1850, 3 January 1859

Copy from the burial register of All Souls' Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, of the entry recording the burial on 9 April 1858, of Abraham Wildey Roberts, 7 January 1859

Certified extract from the returns of baptisms for the archdeaconry of Calcutta, India, recording the baptism, on 27 November 1834, of Bathurst Edward Wilkinson, 15 January 1859

Authorisation by John Evelyn Denison and Bathurst Wilkinson, addressed to Messrs. Alfred Bell and Oliver William Farrer, for the payment of £13,665 to Messrs. Lee and Pemberton for the sale and purchase of the Little Chilton estate, 15 January 1859

Letter from John Johnson, Willington, to Alfred Bell, concerning the difficulty of approaching the proprietors of the Little Chilton estate 'acting as I do for both parties', 30 November 1857

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, concerning the need for delicacy in opening the subject of purchasing the Little Chilton estate '... and as I propose being at Great Chilton on Monday next I may be able to set it in motion ...', 3 December 1857

Letter from John Johnson, Willington, to Alfred Bell, concerning the possibility of acquiring the Little Chilton estate for Lord Eldon's trustees, 29 December 1857 Enclosed: copy of a letter from Johnson to J.E. Denison, M.P., enquiring about the possibility of purchasing Little Chilton, 17 December 1857

Report on, and valuation of, the Little Chilton Royalty by Nicholas Wood, 28 May 1858 Includes: plans of workings in the Main Coal Seam and the Five Quarter Seam, 1858 Scale: 16 chains to 1 inch [1 : 4752]

Letter from J.E. Denison, M.P., 7 Carlton Terrace, London, expressing his willingness to sell the Little Chilton estate to Lord Eldon's trustees at Wood's valuation, 1 July 1858

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, undertaking to report on the Little Chilton estate, 3 July 1858

Letter from John Johnson, Willington, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, advising an independent valuation of the Little Chilton estate in view of the fact that he acts both for Denison and for the Eldon trustees, and suggesting that the best way of proceeding would be to accept a copy of Wood's valuation 'which Mr. Denison is willing to submit to you, and then to get the opinion of a disinterested person' on it, 5 July 1858

Letter from J.E. Dension, M.P., House of Commons, London, forwarding a valuation of the coal at Little Chilton and referring to borings 'made at my expense to the Harvey Seam ... [which] ... were considered satisfactory ...', 7 July [1858]

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, acknowledging Wood's report on the valuation of the Little Chilton royalty and undertaking to appoint a colliery viewer to value the Little Chilton collieries, 14 July 1858

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Overton, Doncaster, Yorkshire, to Alfred Bell, containing the figures for a surface valuation of the Little Chilton estate omitted from an earlier letter, 22 July 1858

Valuation of the Little Chilton estate of the Rt. Hon. John Evelyn Denison, M.P., by Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, 22 July 1858

Letter from John Johnson, Willington, to Alfred Bell, referring to the appointment of William Armstrong to value the coal under the Little Chilton estate and suggesting that Wood's valuation of both land and minerals is too high, 23 July 1858

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Darlington, to Alfred Bell, enclosing a valuation of the Little Chilton estate and forwarding a letter and tracing concerning an estate near Middridge adjoining the Middridge Grange estate '... but I do not see any material advantage there is to be got by purchasing it ...', 26 July 1858

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, commending their acquisition of Little Chilton both for its own sake and for the additional value it will give 'to the other mineral property now belonging to Lord Eldon adjoining', and giving his own valuation of the surface, 28 July 1858

Copy of survey and valuation of Little Chilton Colliery, by William Armstrong, Wingate Grange Colliery, 31 July 1858 Includes: plans of workings of the Main Seam and the Five Quarter Seam, 1858 Scale: 16 chains to 1 inch [1 : 12672]

Tracing of plan of Little Chilton estate with details of field areas, corn and vicarial tithes and land tax assessment, July [1855?] No scale

Letter from John Johnson, Willington, to Alfred Bell, forwarding a copy of William Armstrong's report and valuation for the Little Chilton estate [D/El 21/40] and referring in detail to the estimated duration of the coal measures and expressing the view that the coal deposits could only be worked profitably when attached to other royalties, 5 August 1858

Letter from John Johnson, Willington, to Alfred Bell, advising that 'I forwarded Mr. Armstrong's report [on Chilton] by yesterday's post', 6 August 1858

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Rock Ferry, Liverpool, Lancashire, to Alfred Bell, concerning the difference between his own valuation of the Little Chilton estate and that of Armstrong, and referring to being at Liverpool '... where I am with my little Boy entering him at School ...', 7 August 1858

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, concerning valuations of the land and minerals at Little Chilton, and referring also to his son's having been recently sent to boarding school, 12 August 1858

Letter from J.E. Denison, Ossington, Newark, Nottinghamshire, agreeing to negotiate the valuation of the mineral deposits at Little Chilton but arguing that Snowball's surface valuation is greatly below its value: 'There are often applications to buy bits of land near the Station ... it would be a very suitable spot to build furnaces for smelting iron ... the Land for farming purposes in the vicinity of the dense Population is well worth the Rent stated above ...', 16 August 1858

Letter from John Johnson, Willington, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd forwarding a report on Little Chilton, 23 August 1858

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, referring to a meeting with Mr. Johnson and recommending Lord Eldon's trustees to acquire Little Chilton by offering 'to divide the difference of the gross value on both sides', 25 August 1858

Copy of letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, commenting on Denison's letter of 16 August, rejecting the view that his own valuation is too low, referring to 'the improved mode of cultivations and the use of articifial manures, and proposing that the price should be fixed by referees, 26 August 1858

Letter from John Hogg, Lazenby, Yorkshire, to Messrs Bell, Steward & Lloyd, proposing a meeting between the representatives of Denison and Lord Eldon, to discuss the difference in valuation of the Little Chilton estate, 3 September 1858

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, advisisng of a meeting with Messrs. Armstrong and Hogg about the Little Chilton estate, 4 September 1858

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Owston, Doncaster, Yorkshire, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, advising that Denison's agent has offered to accept £27,330 for the Little Chilton estate 'as proposed in your Letter of the 27th ulto.', 6 October 1858

Letter from John Johnson, Willington, to Alfred Bell, advising that a purchase price for the Little Chilton estate has been agreed and that the leases of the coalmines of Great and Little Chilton should now be considered, 8 October 1858

Letter from John Tiplady, Durham, to Alfred Bell, forwarding a tracing of the plan endorsed on the colliery lease of Little Chilton dated 16 December 1846, and commenting on the area of the estate, 5 November 1858

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning the possibility of the owners of Little Chilton Colliery building new cottages at the old pit shaft on the Great Chilton estate, 8 November 1858 Attached: notes concerning the possibility, 1858

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, recommending that, in the contracts for Little Chilton, a proportionate part of the mineral value should be allocated to each field, otherwise 'all the minerals might go with the bulk of the Estate', 11 November 1858

Letter from John Johnson, Willington, to Joseph Snowball, containing separate valuations for the land and for the minerals at Little Chilton, 14 November 1858

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, containing separate surface valuations for the ten fields and for the remainder of the estate at Little Chilton, 16 November 1858

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning the acquisition of Ordnance Survey plans of Great and Little Chilton, 29 November 1858

Letter from R.S. Johnson, West Hetton, Ferryhill, to Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, concerning the repair of the Great Chilton and Masons pit houses, and commenting '... this being the best part of the year for the Coal Trade I am anxious to get Houses for Workmen to get as large a quantity of Coal as possible ...', 2 December 1858

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Alfred Bell, with proposals for the repair and use of cottages at Chilton and the building of new cottages with materials from disused buildings, 3 December 1858

Amended schedule of descriptions and quantities of the Little Chilton estate, 10 December 1858

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, concerning the difficulty of obtaining Ordnance Survey plans of the Chilton estate, 15 December 1858

Letter from Oliver William Farrer, Hamilton Place, London, to Alfred Bell, returning the signed contract for the purchase of the Little Chilton estate, 17 December 1858

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Newbiggin, Hexham, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, acknowledging that he has had no opportunity to compare particulars used at the time he made his valuation of the Little Chilton estate 'with those you have sent me', 4 January 1859

Letter from C. Augustus Hope, Barwick in Elmet, Yorkshire, to Messrs. Lee and Pemberton, affirming that Bathurst Wilkinson was born in India, 6 January 1859

Copy of a letter from John Hogg, Lazenby, Yorkshire, concerning fences on the Little Chilton estate and an old quarry hole, formerly rented by the trustees of the turnpike road from Darlington to Durham, and in recent years half full of water, 'I am not aware that it has ever been used as a Garden, or that any person ever laid claim to it', 8 January 1859

Letter from Robert Wilkinson, Little Chilton, to John Hogg, concerning the use and title to a piece of ground at Little Chilton, enclosed from the turnpike road and used as a garden, 10 January 1858

Letter from John Hogg, Lazenby, Yorkshire, to Messrs. Lee and Pemberton, concerning a declaration by Robert Wilkinson, tenant of Little Chilton Farm, about the use and ownership of a piece of garden ground at Little Chilton, 12 January 1859

Declaration of Robert Wilkinson of Little Chilton, gent., tenant of the Little Chilton estate, confirming the description and extent of the estate, 20 January 1859 Attached: plan showing field areas and cultivation, 1859 Scale: 6 chains to 1 inch [1 : 4752]

Letter from Joseph Snowball, Netherwitton, Northumberland, to Messrs. Bell, Steward & Lloyd, concerning the production of a correct plan of the Little Chilton estate to complement the conveyance, and referring to a piece of quarry ground used as a garden which the occupier claims to own, 5 July 1859