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Strathmore Estate

Reference: D/St/P 08 Catalogue Title: Strathmore Estate Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Plans: Hylton Estate

Covering Dates: c.1801-late 19th century

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  • Strathmore Estate
    • Strathmore Estate (Ref: D/St)
    • Plans, Photographs, etc. (Ref: D/St/P)
    • Hylton Estate (Ref: D/St/P8)
    • General Estate, [1801]-1858 (Ref: D/St/P8/1-4)
    • Hylton Castle, early 18th century-late 19th century (Ref: D/St/P8/5-7)
    • River Wear and Sunderland Improvements, 1826-1852 (Ref: D/St/P8/8-11)

Catalogue Contents

Strathmore Estate (Ref: D/St)Plans, Photographs, etc. (Ref: D/St/P)Hylton Estate (Ref: D/St/P8)General Estate, [1801]-1858 (Ref: D/St/P8/1-4)Ref: D/St/P8/1

Plans of farms on the Hylton estate, n.d. (watermark 1801) Give buildings, field numbers, acreages, state of cultivation and adjoining landowners No scale
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/St/P8/2

Plan of Hylton estate, n.d. [mid 19th c.] Gives field numbers, list of holdings and the route of the Stanhope and Tyne Railway No scale
(1 plan, paper on cloth, 31cm x 25cm)

Ref: D/St/P8/3

'Plan and section shewing part of the natural drainage through the Washington Estate of the Marquis of Londonderry' and through part of Hylton Moor Farm, owned by John Bowes, n.d. (watermark 1855) Scales: 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1584] and 100 feet to 5 inches [1:240]
(2 plans, 101cm x 66cm, colour-wash)

Ref: D/St/P8/4

'Plan of proposed cottages at Hylton Park House farm belonging to John Bowes Esq.', May 1858 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 29cm x 25cm, colour-wash)

Hylton Castle, early 18th century-late 19th century (Ref: D/St/P8/5-7)Ref: D/St/P8/5

Print of the west view of Hylton Castle dedicated to John Hylton in the City of Coventry, n.d. [early 18th c.]
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/P8/6

Floor plans, elevations and sections of Hylton Castle, n.d. [19th c.] No scales: [approx. 1:98]
(8 plans, paper on cloth, 82cm x 58cm)

Ref: D/St/P8/7

Photographic reproduction of [a painting by J.M.W. Turner] of Hylton Castle, by E. Yeoman, Teesdale Studios, Barnard Castle, n.d. [late 19th c.]
(1 photograph)

River Wear and Sunderland Improvements, 1826-1852 (Ref: D/St/P8/8-11)Ref: D/St/P8/8

'Map and Survey of the River Wear as far up as Biddick Ford and of the Port and Haven of Sunderland, with the Quay line directed to be made by an Act of 59 George III', by John Rennie, esq., reduced from the original maps made by Francis Giles, dated 2 October 1822, 17 May 1826 Scale: 40 chains to 5 inches [1:6336]
(2 plans, 113cm x 72cm, printed)

Ref: D/St/P8/9

1 file of 3 plans: (1) 'Plan of Hylton Castle Estate ... belonging to John Bowes esq. M.P. exhibiting the Stanhope and Tyne Railroad with the Intended Branch to the Sunderland North Dock, and the line of Railway proposed by the Dock Company', n.d. [c.1844] Scale: 10 chains to 1 inch [1:7920] (2) 'Plan of the Entrance of the Port of Sunderland showing the proposed wet dock', by I. Brunel, n.d. [c.1831] Scale: 20 chains to 5 inches [1:3168] 3) 'Map of the Country contiguous to the proposed Sunderland North Dock', n.d. [c.1835] Scale: 1 mile to 2 inches [1:31680]
(1 plan, 93cm x 58cm, colour-wash; 1 plan, 54cm x 45cm, printed, coloured; 1 plan, 45cm x 28cm, colour-wash)

Ref: D/St/P8/10

'Plan for the improvement of the navigation of the River Wear between Wreath Quay and Hylton as proposed by Thomas Meik, engineer to the Commissioners', 27 October 1852 Scale: 8 chains to 1 inch [1:6336]
(1 plan, 101cm x 33cm, printed, coloured)

Ref: D/St/P8/11

'Plan of Mr. Bowes' property at Hylton showing the proposed new lines of river quayage', 1852 Scale: 1 chain to 1 inch [1:792]
(1 plan, tracing paper, 101cm x 76cm)



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