Catalogue

12 May 1773 (1) Sir John Eden of Windleston, bart. (2) Thomas Vickers of Fields Stile, Stanhope, yeo. (3) John Richardson of Framwelgate Mor [Framwellgate Moor], Durham, esq. Grant and release (1) to (2) and (3) of all customary fields known as Brigg End Close, Wingate Hill and Middlehope Pry Dale near Windyside, Stanhope in possession of Joseph Coulthed, six cattle gates of the Windyside pasture, 21 gates on Windyside Fell together with land in St John's Chapel together with all buildings and outbuildings pertaining to them Consideration: £350 by 3 to 1 and £100 by 2 to 1; annual rent of 13s

16 May 1854 (1) John Vickers of Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, warehouseman (2) Jonathan Robinson of Wingate Hill, Stanhope, miner (3) Joseph Robinson of Windyside [Windy Side], Stanhope, labourer Conveyance by (1) to (2) of two parcels of land in Stanhope once belonged to John Eden bart., known as Bridge End and Wingate Hill together with a dwelling and outhouses plus one and a half a seat in St John's Chapel; according to the custom of the Park and Forest of Weardale; Condition: widow not entitled to dower Consideration: £366 13s 4d; annual rent: 8s 3d due to the Bishop of Durham Recites previous deeds: will of Thomas Vickers of 24 of October 1828; intestate death of Thomas Vickers the son; death of Jane Vickers, widow of John, on 1 June 1853

30 September 1871 (1) Thomas Vickers Robinson of New Shildon, farmer (2) Mary Ann Robinson of Lanehead, Stanhope, spinster (3) William Walton of Wingate Hill, Stanhope, miner and Jane, his wife (4) Jonathan Robinson of Wingate Hill, Stanhope, miner (5) John Robinson of the same, miner (6) William Roddam of Sough Shields, Stanhope, farmer Conveyance by (1) - (4) to (5) of two parcels of land known as Bridge End and Wingate Hill together with a dwelling and outhouses plus one and a half a seat in St John's Chapel; according to the custom of the Park and Forest of Weardale Consideration: £640 by (5) to (1)-(4) Recites previous deeds: will of Thomas Vickers of 24 October 1828; intestate death of Thomas Vickers the son; death of Jane Vickers, widow of John, on 1 June 1853; will of Jonathan Robinson of 1 December 1857 and his death on 11 July 1862 and probate of his will on 20 September 1862; death of Mary Robinson, wife of Jonathan, on 19 March 1871 Includes certificate from examination of Jane, wife of William Walton of the same date

20 November 1899 (1) John Robinson formerly of Wingate Hill, Stanhope now of 3 Shaftoe Street, Spennymoor, insurance agent (2) Robert Peart of Copt Hill, Stanhope, quarry owner Conveyance by (1) to (2) of 8 acres of land in Stanhope parish, known as Bridge End and Wingate Hill together with a dwelling and outhouses according to the custom of the Park and Forest of Weardale Consideration: £575 Recites indenture of 13 September 1871 Includes a note of a deed of grant of 2May 1935, in which Jane Ann Peart, Thomas Edward Peart and George William Bowman gave the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company the right to buy and maintain a line of pipes through a portion of the above property Includes a draft location plan

24 November 1922 (1) Jane Ann Peart of Bridge House, St John's Chapel, widow; Thomas Edward Peart of the same, stone mason; George William Bowman of Smailes Burn [Smales Burn, Smalesburn], Rookhope, Eastgate, farmer (2) Durham County Water Board on behalf of Weardale and Consett Water Company Grant by (1) to (2) of easements over land at Wingate Hill farm to lay and maintain water pipes as per enclosed plan Consideration: £19 Recites: Park and Forest of Weardale customary tenancy rights of Robert Peart of St John's Chapel, death of Robert Peart on 6 September 1911 and his will proved on 16 December 1911

2 May 1935 (1) Jane Ann Peart of Bridge House, St John's Chapel, widow (2) Jane Ann Peart aforesaid; Thomas Edward Peart of Bridge House, mason; George William Bowman of Smales Burn, Rookhope, farmer (3) Sunderland and South Shields Water Company of 29 Street, Sunderland Grant of easement for water main by (1) to 92) over land in Wingate Hill, St John's Chapel as per the enclosed map Consideration: £15 15s 2d

Abstract of title, 30 May 1907 - 14 January 1938, to Wingate Hill farm, Stanhope parish to be sold to Joseph Jackson Martindale, 1938

14 January 1938 (1) John Robert Peart of 12 South Terrace, Cornsay Colliery, joiner; Margaret Lily Jones of Glendyne Summerfield Road, Stourport, Worcester, wife of Frederick James Jones (2) Thomas Edward Peart of Haverton House, Ireshopeburn, Stanhope parish, stone mason; George William Bowman of Smales Burn, Rookhope, farmer Assent by (1) to (2) relating to 8 acres of land with a farm at Wingate Hill, near St John's Chapel and Westgate Recites: will of Robert Peart of St John's Chapel of 19 March 1910 and his death on 6 September 1911, death of Jane Ann Peart, a life tenant, on 11 March 1937 and her will of 9 September 1924; customary rents of the Park and forest of Weardale, grant of 24 November 1922, grant of 2 May 1935

10 March 1938 (1) Thomas Edward Peart of Haverton House, Ireshopeburn, Wearhead, stone mason; George William Bowman of Smales Burn, Rookhope, Eastgate, farmer (2) Joseph Jackson Martindale of Daddry Shield, St John's Chapel, farmer Conveyance by (1) to (2) of 8 acres of land with a farm at Wingate Hill, near St John's Chapel and Westagte Consideration: £540 Recites: customary tenure in the Park and forest of Weardale; mortgage of 13 May 1907; will of Robert Peart of St John's Chapel of 19 March 1910 and his death on 6 September 1911; death of Martha Jane Smith on 11 August 1916 and her will of 28 October 1914; Wilfred Emerson Peart obtained age of 21 on 13 September 1920; reconveyance of 1 July 1925; death of Jane Ann Peart, a life tenant, on 11 March 1937 and her will of 9 September 1924; grant of 24 November 1922, grant of 2 May 1935; assent of 14 January 1938 Includes a memorandum of a conveyance of 25 May 1939 and a location plan of the property

Confirmation by Sir George Middleton and Herbert Pike Baron Daryngton, treasurers of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, Lords of the Manor of Wolsingham that Thomas Edward Peart of Ireshopeburn, mason and George William Bowman of Smales Burn, Rookhope, farmer paid a fee for the redemption of a Manorial Free Rent for a customary freehold land known as Wingate Hill near Westgate being part of Park and Forest of Weardale, 12 March 1938

15 February 1956 (1) Gerard Ritson Nattrass of Hood Street, St John's Chapel, farmer; Harold Featherstone Dixon of Huntshieldford, St John's Chapel, farmer (2) Alfred Pearson, farmer; John William Pearson, farmer; Joseph Nevin Pearson, farmer; all of Mount Pleasant Farm, Westgate Conveyance by (1) to (2) of 6 acres of land with a farm at Wingate Hill, near Westgate Consideration: £850 Recites: ancient customs of tenure in the Park and Forest of Weardale; mortgage of 10 March 1938; death of Joseph Jackson Martindale on 9 February 1941; vacating receipt of 25 August 1955

Abstract of title, 10 March 1938 - 15 February 1956, to Wingate Hill farm near Westgate, 1956

Epitome of title, 24 November 1922 - 2 May 1935, to Wingate Hill, Westgate, 1989

Draft plan showing acreage of fields belonging to Windygate Hill Farm and their position relative to the road from Stanhope to St John's Chapel and River Wear, 10 March 1938