Catalogue

Cash book, 1832 - 1834

Accounts for making dye, test pieces etc., 1842 - 1867

Accounts for erection of Brussels weaving sheds, 1853 - 1854

Accounts for building steam shed and new offices, 1859 - 1860

Employees absences record book, 1861 - 1871

Production books Brussels and hand loom sheds, 1881 - 1894

Memoranda book of dyestuff formula, record of experiments, dyeing costs etc., c.1875 - 1880

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, reports and accounts of John Crossley & Sons Ltd., programme of choral concert at the Durham Carpet factory, 1868, Kidderminster carpets, etc., 1868 - c.1890

The Yemasee and Caleb Williams from Messrs. Hendersons Factory Library, 1844

Private letter book of Arthur Henderson, carpet manufacturer of Durham City; consists mainly of letters to his father on business matters, and is number 5 of a series, 1878 - 1881

Property in the Back Lane, formerly Bakehouse Lane, i.e. a dyehouse in Walker Chare alias Walker Gate in Back Lane, formerly used as a presshouse with the 'staiths at the north end thereof'; a public house called the Woolpack; a coach house, bounded by a smith's shop; two messuages and a stable formerly used as a brewhouse, and a messuage adjoining the common bakehouse, formerly called the Bishop's Bakehouse, 1691 - 1885 Include: copy (11 February 1882) of the will of Edward Hodgson, gent., of Keiper (sic) parish of St. Giles, Durham 30 May, 1836. This refers to a house called The Sands House with a field adjoining; a site plan of the factory (showing boundaries only), n.d.; extract (1871) from the will of Appleby, gent., of Durham - June 1838, proved 29 April 1841; copy [n.d.] of will of Samuel Burnell, tallow chandler, of Durham, 1 March 1832; abstract of title to a dyehouse and premises in Walkergate, the property of Messrs. John and William Henderson (1755 - 1855), 1855; abstract of title 1858 - 1867 with additional abstract 1859 - 1862 of the owners of Chester-le-Street Brewery to The Woolpack Inn; deed of gift of shares in the Sunderland Brewery, the Chester-le-Street Brewery and the Sunderland Glass Company by Robert Fenwick, Esq., of Sunderland to his sons, George Fenwick, banker, of Newcastle upon Tyne and Robert Fenwick the younger, bottle manufacturer, of Sunderland, 7 February 1859, with deed of transfer of shares in the above-mentioned concerns from George to Robert Fenwick, 9 May, 1862

4 June 1755 (1) Ralph Smith of Cramlington, Northumberland, gent and his wife, Isabell (2) William Wilson of Durham, dyer and lidster Bargain and sale for a year, part of a lease and release, by (1) to (2) of a dyehouse in Walker's Chare alias Walker's Gate, Durham, and the staith at the north end of the dyehouse, adjoining the river Wear, formerly occupied by Thomas Parkin and more recently by Robert Hudson Consideration: nominal

12 December [1755] (1) William Wilson, plaintiff (2) Ralph [Smith] and his wife, Isabell, deforciants 2 parts of a final concord, whereby (2) acknowledges that (1) is the rightful owner of a dyehouse in the parish of Durham, St Nicholas

June 1764 William Wilson John Starforth Release by (1) to (2) of a dyehouse in [Durham]

14 May 1805 (1) John Wetherell of Field House, Arthur Mowbray of Durham, George Lewis Hollingsworth of Darlington, William Shields of Durham and William Boulton of Durham, all bankers and co-partners (2) Richard White of Durham, gent., William Shields and Robert Orton of Durham, gent., assignees in bankruptcy of the estate of John Starforth of Durham, woollen manufacturer (3) John Starforth (4) Mark Bowman of Durham, chemist and druggist Lease and release, by (1) (2) and (3) to (4) of a dyehouse at Walker's Chare, alias Walker's Gate, Durham, formerly occupied by John Starforth and Gilbert Starforth and used as a presshouse, together with the staith at the north end of the dyehouse, adjoining the river Wear Consideration: £56 to (1) to reduce John Starforth's debt

[7] March 1831 (1) John Hardcastle Bowman of [Darlington,] currier, eldest son and heir of Mark Bowman of Durham, chemist and druggist (2) John Henderson of Durham, carpet manufacturer (3) William Henderson of Darlington, painter Release, part of a lease and release, by (1) to (3), as trustee for (2) of the property as described in D/Ma 12/1/4 Consideration: £90 Plan endorsed

Copy of D/Ma 12/4/7, 12 November 1855

1855 Abstract of the title of Messrs. John and William Henderson to a dyehouse and premises in Walkergate, Durham, reciting deeds, 4 June 1755 - 12 November 1855

12 January 1839 (1) William Henderson of Durham, carpet manufacturer (2) Thomas Fawcett of Durham, innkeeper, trustee of the will of William Benjamin Burnell Notice from (1) to (2) of a conveyance, dated 10 January 1839, by Samuel Burnell of Durham, tallow chandler, to (1), of Samuel Burnell's share in a house in the Back Lane, Durham, formerly occupied by Mrs Henderson and now by John Henderson and (1) and of the appointment of (1) as Samuel Burnell¿s attorney

4 November 1840 (1) William Henderson of Durham, carpet manufacturer (2) Ann Burnell, of Framwellgate, spinster, one of the daughters of Samuel Burnell of Durham, tallow chandler and glover, deceased Statutory declaration by (1) that (2) conveyed to (1), all her rights, including the rents and proceeds of sale, in the property as described in D/Ma 12/2/1 and appointed (1) her attorney to act in discharging her responsibilities under her father¿s will

17 February 1842 (1) William Henderson of Durham, carpet manufacturer (2) Thomas Fawcett of Durham, trustee of the will of Samuel Burnell, deceased Notice from (1) to (2) of a conveyance, dated 9 February 1842, by Thomas Allan of Gateshead, tallow chandler and his wife, Mary Allan neé Burnell, to (1) of all their share in the property as described in D/Ma 12/2/1 and of the appointment of (1) as Thomas and Mary Allan's attorney

Certificate of acknowledgement of consent by Margaret Robinson, wife of John Robinson, to a deed she was a party to, 14 February 1882

Extract from the Registry of the Durham Consistory Court, recording the will, dated 10 April 1778, of John Gifford of South Bailey, Durham, n.d. [1780]

16 May 1794 (1) Mary Archer of Easington, widow of William Archer of Easington, alderman of Durham; Margaret Archer and Elizabeth Archer, [daughters of William Archer,] George Hind of Stelling, Northumberland, esquire; John Hind of Ovington, Northumberland, gent and John Hutchinson of Crossgate near Durham, gent., trustees of the will of William Archer (2) John Starforth of Durham, alderman of Durham, and Gilbert Starforth, his son Bargain and sale for a year, part of a lease and release, by (1) to (2) of, firstly: a piece of ground, measuring 22 yds in length and 9 yds in breadth, with a house and dyehouse erected on it; secondly: a house, formerly occupied by Stephen Brown and now by (2), in Walter Gate Street, near the Bishop¿s bakehouse in the parish of St Nicholas, Durham, bounded on the west by the river Wear; on the north by a piece of ground belonging to George Burdon and Robert Cogdon and on the east and south by part of the garth and passage to the river Wear belonging to Joseph Perkins and Thomas Perkins, together with a right of way along the common lane, on the north side of Thomas Perkins's garth, near St Nicholas' Church Stairs, that leads to the river Wear; together also with a right of way over and through that part of the garth and the passage to the garth that was formerly used by Henry Wanless to access his dyehouse, which stood on part of the garth and together also with a right of way back again from the house and dyehouse, hereby conveyed, over the garth, which was formerly used by Henry Wanless and afterwards by Thomas Perkins, as a way to and from his dyehouse into the common lane Consideration: nominal

Copy probate of the will, dated 21 March 1832, of Samuel Burnell of Durham, tallow chandler and grocer, 11 September 1832

9 July 1834 (1) William Benjamin Burnell of Durham, tallow chandler and Thomas Fawcett of Durham, innkeeper, trustees of the will of Samuel Burnell of Durham, deceased (2) John Henderson of Durham, carpet manufacturer Copy lease, for 14 years, by (1) to (2) of a house with a yard and premises behind it, in the Back Lane, Durham, occupied by (2) at an annual rent of £29

13 August 1849 (1) William Benjamin Burnell of Gateshead, tallow chandler and Thomas Fawcett of Leazes Place near Durham gent., trustees of the will of Samuel Burnell (2) William Henderson of the South Bailey, Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Christopher Maynard of the North Bailey, Durham, gent. Deed of statutory grant by (1) to (2) of firstly: several burgages in Walkers Chare, alias Walkergate, in the Back Lane, Durham, formerly occupied by Thomas Perkins and now by John Gifford, measuring 25 yds across the front, bounded on the east by a messuage formerly belonging to Lewis Legge and now to Lewis Pattison Legge, on the west and south by two public passages and on the north by the King's highway; secondly: a piece of ground, 22 yds long by 9 yds wide, with a house and dyehouse built on it by [Joseph] Perkins and thirdly: a house, occupied by James Starforth and Gilbert Starforth, in Walter Gate Street, [near the Bishop's bakehouse in the parish of St Nicholas, Durham, bounded on the west by the river Wear; on the north by a piece of ground belonging to George Burdon and another and on the east and south by part of the garth and passage to the river Wear belonging to Joseph Perkins and Thomas Perkins, together with a right of way along the common lane, on the north side of Thomas Perkins's garth, near St Nicholas' Church Stairs, that leads to the river Wear; together also with a right of way over and through that part of the garth and the passage to the garth that was formerly used by Henry Wanless to access his dyehouse, which stood on part of the garth] Consideration: £340

Letter from Robert Robson, 76 Claypath, Durham to [Henderson & Co. Ltd] valuing the company's property in Back Lane, Durham, comprising a corn mill, dyehouse and 2 weaving sheds; a house, cottage, coach-house and loft; 8a of grazing land and fixtures and fittings in the mills, including power looms, boiler house, engine house and porter's lodge, 22 September 1853

12 November 1855 (1) John Henderson of Leazes House, Durham, carpet manufacturer (2) William Henderson of Church Street, Durham, carpet manufacturer Deed of covenant whereby (1) agrees to stand seized of all the property comprised in deeds dated, 6/7 March 1831 (D/Ma 12/1/5) and 6 January 1829 (D/Ma 14/1/13) in equal shares with (2) as tenants in common and (2) agrees to stand seized of all the property comprised in deeds dated 21 July 1848 (field and part of a garden ¿ see D/Ma 17/1-8); 19 August 1848 (D/Ma 16/1/1) and 13 August 1849 (D/Ma 12/4/5) in equal shares with (1) as tenants in common

13 [July] 1886 (1) Sir David Edward Wood of Park Lodge, Sunningdale, Berkshire, a general in Her Majesty's army; Rev. William Rogers, rector of the parish of Bishopsgate Without in the City of London, clerk in holy orders and Lawrence Dundas, Earl of Zetland and Baron Dundas, trustees of the family settlement of (2) (2) Charles Stewart Vane Tempest, 6th Marquess of Londonderry (3) Henderson & Co. Ltd., of Durham, carpet manufacturers Conveyance by (1) to (3) of, firstly: a piece of ground in the parish of St Nicholas, Durham, together with another piece of ground near to the first piece, which were leased to John and William Henderson for 21 years from 13 May 1866 and used as a carpet manufactory

23 March 1858 (1) Thomas Burn the younger of Sunderland, gent., mortgagee of (2) (2) Elizabeth Sophia Legge of Boulogne sur Mer, France, widow of Lewis Pattison Legge of The Grove in the parish of Houghton le Spring, brewer, deceased (3) Robert Fenwick of Bishopwearmouth; Henry Fenwick of South Hilton, esq., MP; George Fenwick of Seaton [illegible], esquire and Abraham Story Release by (2) to (3) of a public house in the Back Lane, Durham, called the Woolpack, bounded on the north by a messuage belonging to Robert French; on the south by Messrs Henderson's factory; on the east by the Back Lane and on the west by storehouses belonging to Messrs Henderson. Consideration: £300 Plan endorsed

n.d. [1872] Abstract of the title of the owners of Chester-le-Street Brewery to the Woolpack Inn, Back Lane, Durham, reciting deeds, 23 March 1858 - 30 May 1868 Site plan attached

n.d. [1872] Additional abstract of the title of the owners of Chester-le-Street Brewery to the Woolpack Inn, Back Lane, Durham, reciting deeds, 3 September 1859 - 3 July 1862

12 November 1874 (1) Robert Fenwick of Sunderland, esq. (2) George Fenwick of Newcastle upon Tyne, banker and Robert Fenwick the younger of Sunderland, bottle manufacturer Attested copy of a deed of gift, dated 7 September 1859, by (1) to (2) of his shares in the Sunderland Brewery, the Chester le Street Brewery and the Sunderland Glass Co.

12 November 1874 (1) George Fenwick of Newcastle upon Tyne, banker (2) Robert Fenwick the younger of Sunderland, bottle manufacturer Attested copy of an assignment, dated 9 May 1862, by (1) to (2) of his quarter share in the Chester le Street Brewery and the Sunderland Glass Co., that formerly belonged to Robert Fenwick the elder of Sunderland, father of (1) and (2)

31 December 1874 (1) Robert Fenwick of Gate Fulford Hall near York, esq. (2) John Blenkowe Cookson and John Cookson both of Meldon Park, Northumberland, esqs and George John Fenwick of Queens Gate, Hyde Park, Middlesex, esq., trustees of the will of Henry Fenwick (3) George John Fenwick (4) Abraham Story of Chester le Street, esq. (5) George Fenwick of Newcastle upon Tyne and of Bywell [Hall,] Northumberland, esq. (6) John Henderson of [Leazes] House, Durham, carpet manufacturer (7) Thomas [Bagley] of Durham, carpet manufacturer and John [Gilbert Henderson], carpet manufacturer Release by (1) (2) (3) and (4) to (6,) confirmed by (5,) at the request of (7,) of a private house in the Back Lane, Durham, formerly the Woolpack Inn. Consideration: £450

Land tax redemption certificate of Henderson & Co. Ltd., relating to property in the Back Lane, Durham, comprising land formerly covered by a house and shed but now partly by a wool warehouse and partly vacant and land covered by a house, occupied by George Hagan, 12 February 1885 Enclosed: Plan of the house, former shed and wool warehouse by V. Mawson, clerk to the Land Tax Commissioners for Durham, 3 February 1885

20 November 1691 (1) John Cogdon of Durham, draper tailor, heir of Robert Cogdon of Durham, draper tailor, deceased (2) William Bell of Elswick, Northumberland, gent and Nicholas Shires of Durham, gent. (3) Frances Fenwick of Durham, spinster Settlement on the marriage of (1) and (3) by means of a release, part of a lease and release, by (1) to (2) of a burgage, with the recently-erected messuage on it, in Durham, bounded on the east by the Bishop's bakehouse; on the west by the river Wear; on the north by the way to Kepier and on the south by a burgage belonging to Henry Wanless, deceased, as trustees of the terms of the marriage settlement

24/25 August [1730] (1) John Cogdon of Durham, eldest son of John Cogdon of Durham, draper tailor (2) Jane Dickinson of Silver Street, Durham, widow Lease and release, by (1) to (2) of a burgage and waste in Durham, adjoining the Bishop's bakehouse, with the messuage erected on it, occupied by Christopher Airson and Joseph Parkin, bounded on the east by the bakehouse, on the west by the river Wear; on the north by the highway leading to Kepier and on the south by a burgage formerly belonging to Henry Wanless, deceased

3 April 1746 (1) William Smith of Newcastle upon Tyne, cordwainer and his wife, Rosamund Smith (2) George Smith of Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, tailor (3) Thomas Smith of Newcastle upon Tyne, sea-faring man (4) John Smith of Sunderland-near-the-Sea, cordwainer Lease and release, by (1) (2) and (3) to (4) of a messuage in Back Lane, Durham, occupied by Christopher Airson and Rowland Atkinson, bounded on the east by the Bishop's bakehouse; on the west by the river Wear; on the north by the common highway to Kepier and on the south by a messuage formerly belonging to Henry Wanless and now to Thomas Perkin Consideration: £2 10s each to (1) (2) and (3)

2 October 1747 (1) John Smith of Sunderland-near-the-Sea, cordwainer and his wife, Thomasine (2) Rowland Atkinson of Durham, skinner and glover and his wife, Elizabeth Release, part of a lease and release, by (1) to (2) of the property as described in D/Ma 12/6/3 and agreement by (1) to levy a fine to assure the title of (2) Consideration: £50

20 October 1766 (1) Ralph Smith of Snow Green, gent., administrator of the estate of Robert Smith of Causey, gent., deceased (2) John Gifford of Durham, officer in excise Bargain and sale for a year, part of a lease and release, by (1) to (2) of firstly: 2 messuages in Walker's Chare, alias Walker's Gate, Durham, with a stable, formerly used as a brewhouse, on the back of them, occupied by Thomas Hodgson, Thomas Wears and Thomas Birkett and bounded on the south-east by Walkergate; on the north-west by a swine sty, in the possession of Henry Brown, and a piece of waste ground, also to be bargained and sold to (2), on the north-east by the common bakehouse occupied by Rowland Burdon and on the south-west by a messuage belonging to Rowland Burdon, occupied by Robert Watson, by part of a passage leading from Walkergate to the river Wear; by a messuage, occupied by Christopher Airson and Elizabeth Fawcett, also to be bargained and sold to (2) and by the aforesaid piece of waste ground; secondly: several other messuages in Walkergate, occupied by Christopher Airson, Elizabeth Fawcett, Mary Ditchburn, widow and Stephen Lumley the Younger, bounded on the south east by the cellar, coal hole and brewhouse belonging to Rowland Burdon; on the north-west by part of the aforesaid piece of waste ground, by a messuage occupied by William Lister and by a passage leading from the Dyehouse Garth to that messuage and to the one occupied by Mary Ditchburn; on the north-west by a messuage, occupied by Thomas Wears and Thomas Birkett and on the south-west by the Dyehouse Garth; thirdly: 2 other messuages in Walkergate, occupied by Robert Ebdon and Mark Oliver, bounded on the south-east by a messuage, occupied by Bernard Dickinson; on the north-west by a dyehouse belonging to William Archer and by the aforementioned passage leading from the Dyehouse Garth; on the north-east by the aforementioned passage to the river Wear and on the south-west by the Dyehouse Garth; fourthly: a piece of waste ground with several swine sties on it, lying behind the messuages occupied by Thomas Wears, Thomas Birkett, Elizabeth Fawcett and Christopher Airson and bounded on the south-east by the aforementioned messuages, occupied by Ebdon and Oliver; on the north-west by a piece of waste ground belonging to William Archer; on the north-east by the aforementioned stable, formerly used as a brewhouse and on the south-west by the messuage occupied by Richard Lister; fifthly: [several words illegible] chamber of the messuage occupied by Robert Watson, [illegible] and leading from the street down to the river Wear in common with the said Rowland Atkinson; sixthly: all other messuages in Walker¿s Chare, belonging to Ralph Smith Consideration: nominal

19/20 July 1779 (1) John Wilkinson of Darlington and his wife, Catherine Wilkinson, heir of Elizabeth Atkinson, widow of Rowland Atkinson of Durham, deceased (2) Thomas Hodgson and his wife, Elizabeth Lease and release, by (1) to (2) of part of a messuage and the garret above it, in Back Lane, Durham, formerly in the possession of Luke Ditchburn, the father of Catherine Wilkinson, bounded on the west by a messuage belonging to Ann Glover, on the north and east by the common highway and on the south by a messuage belonging to William Archer. Consideration £30

11 May 1792 (1) John Searle of Skelton, Yorkshire, gent., nephew of John Gifford of the South Bailey, Durham, gent., deceased (2) Edward Hodgson of Bakehouse Lane, alias Back Lane, alias Walker's Gate, Durham, linen weaver Lease and release, by (1) to (2) of firstly: several messuages in Bakehouse Lane, Durham, with a stable, formerly used as a brewhouse, on the back of them and a common way, leading from Bakehouse Lane to the river Wear, passing through it, all formerly occupied by Thomas Hodgson, Thomas Wears and Thomas Birkett and now occupied by Thomas Hodgson, Thomas Starkey and Marmaduke Hutchinson; John Partons and Ann Burdon, widow: the portion occupied by Hodgson, Starkey and Hutchinson bounded on the south-east by Bakehouse Lane; on the north-west by a parcel of waste ground lying between the premises and a messuage belonging to William Archer, on the south side of which 2 swine sties lately stood; on the north-east by the common bakehouse, occupied by Ralph Flintoff, and on the south-west by the aforementioned common passage: and the portion occupied by John Partons and Ann Burdon bounded on the south-east by messuages, occupied by Joseph Lumley and Robert Gordon; on the north-west by the aforementioned parcel of waste ground; on the north-east by part of the aforementioned common passage and on the south-west by a messuage occupied by John Lumley; secondly: the aforementioned piece of waste ground. Consideration: £84

20 July 1844 (1) Robert Crudass of Plawsworth Hall, miller and his wife, Barbara Crudass (2) Robert French of Kepier, near Durham city, [linen draper] and his wife, Margaret French (3) William Hall of Durham, grocer Conveyance, by means of a deed of appointment, by (1) to (2), of their one third share in several houses in the Back Lane, Durham, with a stable, formerly used as a bakehouse, on the east side of them, formerly occupied by Thomas Hodgson, Thomas Wears and Thomas Birkett, then by Thomas Hodgson, Thomas Starkey and Marmaduke Hutchinson; John Partons and Ann Burdon, widow; through and between part of which property runs a common passage leading from [Walkergate] to the river Wear; the portion occupied by Hodgson, Starkey and Hutchinson is bounded on the south-east by the Back Lane; on the north-west by a parcel of waste ground lying between the premises and a messuage belonging to William Archer on the south side of which 2 swine sties lately stood; on the north-east by the common Bakehouse and on the south-west by the common passage: and the portion occupied by John Partons and Ann Burdon is bounded on the south-east by messuages, occupied by Joseph Lumley and Robert Gordon; on the north-west by the aforementioned parcel of waste ground; on the north-east by part of the aforementioned common passage and on the south-west by a messuage occupied by John Lumley; secondly: the aforementioned piece of waste ground Consideration:£80

Attested copy of the will, dated 30 May 1836, of Edward Hodgson of Kepier in the parish of Durham, St Giles, gent, 11 February 1882

Copy of D/Ma 16/1/1

29 May 1860 (1) Joseph Graham of Grape Lane, Durham, widower and roper (2) John Henderson of Leazes House, Durham, esq and William Henderson of the South Bailey, Durham, esq. Conveyance by (1) to (2), as tenants in common, of a building, situated on the south side of the road leading from the Back Lane, past Freeman's Place to The Sands in the parish of St Nicholas, Durham, where (1) has carried on his trade as a roper for the past 40 years, together with an easement for his rope walk, along the footpath to Freeman's Place on the south side of the road from the Back Lane to the Sands Consideration: £65

1866 Abstract of the title of Henderson & Co. Ltd., to freehold land, mills and premises in the parish of St Nicholas, Durham, reciting deeds, 19 August 1848 - 30 April 1860

Site plan of premises in Durham lying between the river Wear on the west, Back Lane on the east and premises belonging to Messrs. Henderson on the north, n.d.[early 20th century]

16 November 1818 (1) Bishop of Durham (2) Thomas Jackson of Durham, stone mason Lease for a year, part of a lease and release, by (1) to (2) of the building formerly used as a common bakehouse in the New Borough of Durham, formerly leased to William Gibson, yeo., then occupied by Toby Blakiston, afterwards Robert Blakiston and then George Blakiston and more recently leased to Thomas Reed and Thomas Dunn

31 October 1829 (1) Thomas Davison of Sedgefield, land surveyor, agent for the Bishop of Durham (2) Thomas Jackson of Durham, stonemason Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of the property as described in D/Ma 12/8/1 Consideration: £95 14s 8d.

31 March 1830 (1) Sir James Scarlett, Attorney General of the Bishop of Durham; John Cross, esq., Solicitor General of the Bishop of Durham and Thomas Henry Faber, esq., Auditor of the Bishop of Durham, Trustees for sale appointed by an Act of Parliament of 7/8 Geo IV (2) Bishop of Durham (3) Thomas Jackson of Durham, stone mason Lease and release, by (1) and (2) to (3) of the reversion to (2) expected on the expiry of the lease of the property as described in D/Ma 12/8/1. Consideration: £95 14s 8d

Extract from the Registry of the Durham Consistory Court, recording the probate of the will, dated June 1838, of George Appleby of Durham, gent., 29 April 1841

2 July 1856 (1) Ralph Robinson of New Elvet, Durham, cabinet maker, John Brewster Chapman of Durham, grocer and tea dealer and William Peacock of Gilesgate, Durham and his wife, Hannah Peacock (2) John Henderson of Leazes House, Durham and William Henderson of Church Street, Durham, both carpet manufacturers Lease, for 21 years, by (1) to (2) of a coach house with the loft above, in the Back Lane, in the parish of St Nicholas, Durham, bounded on the east by a smith¿s shop and yard, occupied by John Lowden; on the west by a house occupied by Robert Wood; on the north by the Back Lane and on the south by a smith's shop occupied by Messrs Henderson & Co., at an annual rent of £5 10s.

Certificate of acknowledgement of consent by Hannah Peacock, wife of William Peacock, to a deed she was a party to, 5 August 1871

1871 Abstract of the title of Mr and Mrs William Peacock to a freehold tenement and premises in the Back Lane, Durham, reciting deeds, 16 November 1818 - 23 September 1855

Account of instalments made by Richard Wright, esq., to Matthew Henderson to pay off the purchase money for a messuage and lands at Morden and receipt for one instalment, December 1815 - 19 May 1817

Copy letter from Henderson & Co., Back Lane, Durham to Thomas Gibson, Back Lane, Durham, concerning the removal of an ash pit, which interferes with Henderson¿s right of way, 18 August 1856

Correspondence between Henderson & Co., Back Lane, Durham; H. Marshall of Durham, solicitor and the devisees and owners under the wills of Elizabeth French and Matilda Gibson, Back Lane, Durham, concerning negotiations over compensation for an encroachment by Henderson & Co on French and Gibson's property, while rebuilding their spinning mill, 11 January 1867 - 14 January 1868

Statutory declaration of Charles Doubleday Bell, of 25 Western Hill, Durham, former secretary of Henderson & Co. Ltd., concerning the title of that company to a carpet manufactory in Back Lane, Durham, 4 October 1930 Plan enclosed

Insurance policy of Henderson & Co. Ltd., carpet manufacturer, with the Newcastle branch of the Sun Insurance Office Ltd., Sun Insurance Buildings, Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, relating to the buildings, fixtures and fittings (listed) at the company's carpet factory in Durham, 24 July 1929

Burgage tenement called Guildhall in Walkergate, later Back Lane, 1665 - 1856 Includes deeds, 1814 - 1819 of this and other unspecified property in Durham City and Cumberland belonging to Mark Oliver, carpet manufacturer, dealer and Chapman, of Durham, a bankrupt

21 February [1665] (1) Cuthbert Bellamy of Claypath, Durham, dyer (2) George Ridley of Elvet, Durham, [pewterer] Foeffment, with memorandum of livery of seisin endorsed, by (1) to (2) of a burgage, called the Guildhall, in Walker's Gate, Durham, with the staithes, cisterns, lead vessels, pumps, grates and other utensils belonging to it, rendering an annual acknowledgement of 6d to the King. Consideration: £40

14 January [1666] (1) George Ridley of Elvet, Durham, pewterer (2) Elizabeth Bellamy, widow of Cuthbert Bellamy, of Durham, dyer, deceased Foeffment, with memorandum of livery of seisin endorsed, by (1) to (2) of a burgage, called the Guildhall, in Walker¿s Gate, Durham, occupied by (2) by virtue of an annual rent of 6d, part of the property of the Guild of Corpus Christi, founded in the church of Durham, St Nicholas, together with the staithes, cisterns, lead vessels, pumps, grates and other utensils belonging to a dyehouse, which is part of the property, rendering an annual acknowledgement of 6d to the King Consideration: 5s

3 May [1667] (1) Elizabeth Bellamy of Claypath, Durham, widow of Cuthbert Bellamy of Durham, dyer, deceased and her son, Cuthbert Bellamy (2) Ralph Harrison of Brainslope (sic) [Bryan's Leap], gent. Foeffment, with memorandum of livery of seisin endorsed, by (1) to (2) of the property as described in D/Ma 13/1/2 Consideration: £105

3 May 1667 (1) Elizabeth Bellamy of Claypath, Durham, widow of Cuthbert Bellamy of Durham, dyer and her son, Cuthbert Bellamy (2) Ralph Harrison of Brainselope (sic) [Bryan's Leap], gent. Bond by (1) to (2), in the penal sum of £210, to ensure that (1) performs the covenants contained in D/Ma 13/1/3

19/20 October [1726] (1) William Fewster of Merrington, gent., Robert Robinson of Brainslope (sic) [Bryan's Leap], gent. and William Scafe of Brainslope (sic) [Bryan's Leap], gent., all heirs of the daughters of Ralph Harrison of Brainslope (sic) [Bryan's Leap], gent, deceased (2) Peter Rowntree of Durham, tallow chandler Lease and release by (1) to (2) of a burgage, once used as a dyehouse, formerly called the Guildhall, in Walkergate, Durham and formerly part of the property of the Guild of Corpus Christi, founded in the church of Durham, St Nicholas. Consideration: £50

Copy probate of the will, dated 13 February 1732, of Peter Rowntree of Durham, tallow chandler, 2 March 1733

22/23 August 1734 (1) Thomas Rowntree of Barrowby, Yorkshire, yeo. (2) Dorothy Rowntree of Durham, widow of Peter Rowntree of Durham, tallow chandler (3) Thomas March of Durham, tallow chandler Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of the property as described in D/Ma 13/1/5. Consideration: £40 each to (1) and (2)

Copy probate of the will, dated 5 November 1749, of Thomas March of Durham, tallow chandler, 16 June 1752

12/13 March 1784 (1) Benjamin March of Durham, tallow chandler (2) John Dodshon and Richard Radcliffe, both of Durham, gents. Copy lease and release by (1) to (2) of firstly: Harrick Grange with 3 adjoining closes of land, totalling 8a, in the Eight Hundred Fenn, Swineshead and Wigtoft, Lincolnshire; secondly: 3a of pasture at Kirton Holme, Holland, Lincolnshire, bounded on the east by a common lane, on the west by the fore fen bank, on the north by lands of the Hospital of Lincoln and on the south by lands of the heirs of Edward Newsham; thirdly: 2a of pasture, also in Kirton Holme, bounded on the east by land of Robert Napleson, on the west by land of Robert Aubins, on the north by the common way and on the south by lands of Lady Anderson; fourthly: 6a of pasture, part of East Harwick in Holland Fenn in the parish of Swineshead, bounded on the east and north by lands of Sarah Frotheringham and on the west and south by the common fen; fifthly: 9a 2p of land, allotted to (1) by the Commissioners appointed to divide the Eight Hundred Fenn, adjoining the ancient enclosed lands of Herrick; sixthly: the property as described in D/Ma 13/1/5 and lastly: all the stock-in-trade, and personal property belonging to (1) and debts owing to him, all in trust for sale to discharge the debts of (1) including a mortgage of £525 owed to John Dodshon, paying any surplus to (1)

21/22 November 1787 (1) John Dodshon of Darlington, gent and Richard Radcliffe of Durham, gent. (2) John Starforth of Durham, alderman Lease and release by (1) to (2) of the property as described in D/Ma 13/1/5 Consideration: £105

5/6 July 1805 (1) Richard White of Durham, gent., William Shields of Durham, merchant and Robert Orton of Durham, gent., assignees in bankruptcy of the estate of John Starforth and Gilbert Starforth of Durham, woollen manufacturers. (2) John Starforth (3) John Wetherell of Field House, esq., Arthur Mowbray of Durham, esq., George Lewis Hollingsworth of Darlington, banker and William Boulton of Durham, banker (4) Mark Oliver of Durham, carpet manufacturer (5) James Barry of Durham, currier Lease and release by (1) (2) and (3) to (4) of the property as described in D/Ma 13/1/5 Consideration: £100 paid to (1) by (5), as mortgagee of (4), to partially repay the mortgage of £2500 owed by (2) to (3)

26/27 January 1813 (1) James Barry of Durham, currier (2) Mark Oliver of Durham, carpet manufacturer (3) James Hammett of the South Bailey, Durham, esq. Transfer of a mortgage, by means of a lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3,) of the property as described in D/Ma 13/1/5. Consideration: £300 to (2) and £100 to (1) to discharge the mortgage debt owed to him by (2)

[1814] Abstract of title to a freehold house in the Back Lane, Durham, lately belonging to Mark Oliver, reciting deeds, 21 February 1664 - 27 January

20 April 1814 (1) Thomas Batty Addison, esq., Christopher Wilson, gent and Thomas Reveley, gent., Commissioners in Bankruptcy in the case of Mark Oliver of Durham, carpet manufacturer, dealer and chapman (2) John Greenwood of Haworth, Yorkshire, worsted spinner and John Gandy of Kendal, Westmorland, drysalter, representatives of the creditors of Mark Oliver Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of all Mark Oliver's real estate in Durham and Cumberland, in trust to sell it to settle his debts

12/13 September 1814 (1) James Hammett of South Bailey, Durham, esq. (2) John Greenwood o f Haworth, Yorkshire, worsted spinner and John Gandy of Kendal, Westmorland, assignees in bankruptcy of the estate of Mark Oliver of Durham, carpet manufacturer, dealer and chapman (3) Mark Oliver (4) Mark Jackson of Durham, hatter (5) John Graham of Durham, gent. Lease and release by (1) (2) and (3) to (5), as trustee for (4,) of a burgage called the Guildhall in Walkergate, alias the Back Lane, Durham, including a warehouse, workshops, storehouse and dyehouse with its fixtures and fittings Consideration: £423 to (1) to discharge a mortgage on the property and the balance of £11 to (2)

2/3 February 1829 (1) John Henderson of the Back Lane, Durham, carpet manufacturer (2) Mark Jackson of the Market Place, Durham, hatter Lease and release by (1) to (2) of a stable in Durham, 24 feet long, bounded on the east by Silver Street Lane; on the west by a stable belonging to (1); on the north by property belonging to (2) and on the south by a courtyard belonging to (1), part of property conveyed to him by a foeffment dated 6 January 1829 (D/Ma 14/1/13) Consideration: £40

1856 Abstract of title to freehold messuages, tenements, workshops and premises situated in the Back Lane, Durham and contracted to be sold to Messrs. J. & W. Henderson, reciting deeds, 12 September 1814 - 28 November 1844

20 October 1856 (1) Ralph Jackson of Lumley Thicks, farmer, trustee of the will of Mark Jackson of Durham, gent., deceased (2) John Henderson of Leazes House, Durham, carpet manufacturer and William Henderson of Church Street, Durham, carpet manufacturer Release by (1) to (2) of firstly: a burgage as described in D/Ma 13/1/15 and secondly: the stable, as described in D/Ma 13/1/16 Consideration: £600 Plan endorsed

Malting granary in Back Lane, 1721 - 1855

28/29 April 1721 (1) William Surtees of Durham, gent. (2) Mary Ingleby of Elvet, Durham, widow and executrix of Simon Ingleby of Shincliffe, gent., and John Ingleby of Durham, gent., son of Simon Ingleby (3) Michael Brabin of Durham, alderman Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) of a burgage in Durham, situated between the Back Lane and the river Wear, with the garden adjoining it, formerly occupied by Sir John Duck and now by (3) and Robert Wilkinson Consideration: £38 2s 5d to (2) to partly discharge a mortgage debt of £100, owed by (1) and John Agar of Durham, gent., to (2) and £27 17s 7d to (1)

18/19 January [1722] (1) Michael Brabin of Durham, alderman (2) George Robinson of Harbourhouse, yeo. Mortgage, by means of a lease and release by (1) to (2), of a burgage in Durham, situated between the Back Lane and the river Wear, with the garden adjoining it, formerly belonging to William Surtees and the maltkiln, recently built on part of the garden of the burgage, occupied by (1) Consideration: £100

24/25 August 1725 (1) Michael Brabin of Durham, alderman and his wife, Jane Brabin (2) George Robinson of Harbourhouse, Durham, yeo. (3) William Surtees of Durham, gent., and his wife, Jane Surtees (4) Robert Wharton of Durham, alderman Lease and release by (1) (2) and (3) to (4) of part of a burgage and garden in Durham, measuring 23 yds long by 16 yds wide, with the maltkiln and malthouse erected on the garden, occupied by William Colling, and two stables adjoining it, also built on the garden, one occupied by William Colling and the other by Timothy Mauleverer, esq., together with the courtyard leading to the property, bounded on the south by the garden of (1), on the north by a piece of waste ground and a dyehouse, belonging to William Fewster, on the west by the river Wear and on the east by the Back Lane Consideration: £105 to (2) to discharge the mortgage debt owed to him by (1) and the balance of £111 6s to (1)

17 September [1725] (1) Robert Wharton, alderman, plaintiff (2) Michael Brabin, alderman and his wife, Jane Brabin and William Surtees, gent., and his wife, Jane Surtees, deforciants Two parts of a final concord whereby (2) acknowledges (1) as the rightful owner of five messuages, one garden, 1a of land and 3a of pasture in Durham

6/7 November 1753 (1) Richard Wharton of Durham, draper (2) Thomas Bambrough of Durham, innkeeper Lease and release by (1) to (2) of premises formerly part of property belonging to Michael Brabin, comprising a malthouse and maltkiln and the stables and chaisehouse adjoining, in Durham, situated between the Back Lane and the river Wear, together with the courtyard leading to it, occupied by Nathaniel Johnson, William Robinson, Joseph Eden and (1) Consideration: £140

18/19 November 1756 (1) Thomas Bambrough of Durham, innkeeper (2) Augustine Sampson of Pelton, gent. Mortgage, by means of a lease and release, by (1) to (2) of the property as described in D/Ma 14/1/5 Consideration: £100

Grant of letters of administration of the goods of Thomas Bambrough of Durham, innkeeper, deceased, to his widow, Eleanor Bambrough, 20 March 1772

23/24 December 1776 (1) Elizabeth Allinson of Sunderland-near-the-Sea, widow and Dorothy Sampson of Pelton, spinster, heirs and executrixes of Augustine Sampson of Pelton, gent., deceased (2) Eleanor Bambrough of Houghall, widow Redemption of a mortgage, by means of a lease and release by (1) to (2), of the property as described in D/Ma 14/1/5 Consideration: £100

Probate of the will, dated 22 May 1783, of Eleanor Bambrough of Houghall, widow, 8 November 1783

12/13 December 1793 (1) Richard Wood of Chester le Street, butcher, one of the heirs of Eleanor Bambrough of Houghall, deceased (2) Jonathan Wood of Chester le Street, joiner and Thomas Wood of Cocken, yeo., also heirs of Eleanor Bambrough Lease and release by (1) to (2) of his quarter share in a house in Framwellgate, Durham and a malting granary and stables in the Back Lane, Durham Consideration: £90

Probate of the will, dated 7 March 1812, of Thomas Wood of Chester le Street, husbandman

29 December 1828 (1) Jane West of Hamilton Place, Middlesex, spinster (2) Henry Marshall the younger of Durham, gent. Grant by (1) to (2) of power of attorney to take possession of property in the Back Lane, Durham, occupied by Mary Hutchinson, Elizabeth Marshall and George Liddell; James Rennison, Mark Jackson and Henderson & Co., which (1) is entitled to along with Jonathan Wood, Jane Turnbull and Ann West

6 January 1829 (1) Jonathan Wood of Whickham, groom, heir of Jonathan Wood of Chester le Street, joiner, deceased (2) Ann West of Chester le Street, spinster and Jane West of Hamilton Place, Middlesex, spinster, daughters of Eleanor Wood, deceased (3) Thomas Turnbull of Framwellgate, yeo., and his wife, Jane Turnbull, neé Wood, daughter of Thomas Wood of Cocken, yeo., deceased (4) John Henderson of the Back Lane, Durham, carpet manufacturer. Foeffment, with livery of seisin endorsed, by (1) (2) and (3) to (4) of their part shares of a burgage, measuring 71½ feet, east to west, at the south end and 46 feet, north to south, at the west end with stables and other buildings, 52 feet long, together with the courtyard belonging to the premises and the passage leading to the river Wear, all occupied by Mary Hutchinson, Elizabeth Marshall and George Liddell; James Rennison and Mark Jackson and bounded on the east by Silver Street Lane, on the west by the river Wear, on the north by property belong to Mark Jackson and on the south by a garden belonging to Mr Waugh Consideration: £100 to (1), £70 to (2) and £105 to (3) Plan endorsed

20 March 1830 (1) John Henderson, plaintiff (2) Jonathan Wood, Ann West and Jane West; Thomas Turnbull and his wife, Jane Turnbull, deforciants Final concord whereby (2) acknowledges that (1) is the rightful owner of three burgages, three tenements and three stables; three yards and one acre of land in the Back Lane, Durham

1855 Abstract of the title of John and William Henderson to a freehold malting granary in the Back Lane, Durham, reciting deeds, 28 April 1721 - 12 November 1855

Property in Back Lane, formerly the Advertiser Printing Office, 1784 - 1856

13/14 July 1784 (1) Anthony Hall of Flass, esq. (2) John Starforth of Durham, alderman Lease and release by (1) to (2) of a coach house and stable in the Back Lane, Durham, formerly part of the estate of Anthony Hall, the father of (1) and now used by (2) in connection with his manufacturing business Consideration: £40

14/15 May 1805 (1) Richard White of Durham, gent., William Shields of Durham, merchant and Robert Orton of Durham, gent., assignees in bankruptcy of the estate of John Starforth and Gilbert Starforth of Durham, woollen manufacturers (2) John Starforth (3) John Wetherell of Fieldhouse, esq., Arthur Mowbray of Durham, esq., George Lewis Hollingsworth of Darlington, banker and William Boulton of Durham, banker (4) John Dixon of Durham, merchant Lease and release by (1) (2) and (3) to (4) of warehouses and other buildings in the Back Lane, Durham, bounded on the east by the factory, formerly occupied by John and Gilbert Starforth, on the west by a private lane leading from the Back Lane, on the north by Dyers Yard and on the south by the Back Lane Consideration: £128 by (4) to (1) to pay off part of a mortgage of £2500, owed by (2) to (3)

16 August 1805 (1) John Dixon of Durham, merchant (2) William Shields of Durham, merchant Foeffment, with livery of seisin endorsed, by (1) to (2) of a moiety of the property as described in D/Ma 15/1/2 Consideration: £64

17/18 January 1815 (1) John Dixon of Durham, merchant (2) William Shields of Durham, esq. Lease and release by (1) to (2) of a moiety of the property as described in D/Ma 15/1/2, now used as a printing office and occupied by Humble & Co Consideration: £150

6/7 September 1820 (1) Thomas Hopper of Hendon House, esq., Robert Botcherby of Darlington, merchant; Richard Smith of Tibbington, Staffordshire, banker, William Farrer of Bread Street, London, merchant and Thomas Clark of Darlington, merchant, assignees in bankruptcy of the estate of William Shields of Durham, banker and his co-partners, Arthur Mowbray, George Lewis Hollingsworth, John Wetherell, William Boulton and William Richard Stokes, of Durham and Darlington, Thirsk, Yorkshire and Lothbury, London, bankers, partners, dealers and chapmen (2) William Shields, now of Stockton, gent. (3) Percival Forster of Durham, land agent (4) John Gregson of Durham, gent. Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (4), in trust for (3), of the property as described in D/Ma 15/1/2 Consideration: £165 by (3) to (1)

8 September 1820 (1) John Dixon of Durham, merchant and alderman (2) Thomas Hopper of Hendon House, esq., Robert Botcherby of Darlington, merchant, Richard Smith of Tibbington, Staffordshire, banker, William Farrer of Bread Street, London, merchant and Thomas Clark of Darlington, merchant, assignees in bankruptcy of the estate of William Shields of Durham, banker and his co-partners, Arthur Mowbray, George Lewis Hollingsworth, John Wetherell, William Boulton and William Richard Stokes, of Durham and Darlington, Thirsk, Yorkshire and Lothbury, London, bankers, partners, dealers and chapmen. (3) Percival Forster of Durham, gent. Deed of covenant, to lead the uses of a fine, whereby (1) and his wife, Mary Dixon, agree to be parties to a final concord to extinguish Mary Dixon's dower rights in property, as described in D/Ma 15/1/2 formerly owned by (1) and recently conveyed by (2) to (3)

n.d.[1820] Abstract of the title of Percival Forster to freehold buildings in the Back Lane, Durham, reciting deeds, 13 July 1784 - 8 September 1820

10 April [1821] (1) Percival Forster, plaintiff (2) John Dixon and his wife, Mary Dixon, deforciants Two parts of a final concord, whereby (2) acknowledges that (1) is the rightful owner of 2 messuages, two houses and 1r of land in the parish of Durham, St Nicholas

4/5 April 1822 (1) Percival Forster of Durham, land agent. (2) John Gregson of Durham, gent., trustee for (1) (3) Gilbert Henderson of Durham, carpet manufacturer (4) Henry Smales of Durham, gent. Lease and release by (1) and (2) to (3) and (4), in trust for (3), of the property as described in D/Ma 15/1/2 Consideration: £200

Copy of the will, dated 17 December 1822, of Gilbert Henderson of Durham, carpet manufacturer, 26 April 1826

1853 Additional abstract of title of Messrs. J. & H. Henderson to a freehold warehouse and other premises in the Back Lane, Durham, formerly used as the printing offices of the Durham Advertiser, reciting deeds, 4 April 1822 - 26 April 1826

Messuage called Shacklock Hall in the parish of St. Nicholas, Durham with 2 closes called the Mill Closes adjoining, the water corn mills on the river Wear called the Bishop's Mills together with the course of water from Framwellgate Bridge to Kepier Ground on the south and the course of water from Milburn to Lowick Haugh on the north, 1848 - 1887

19 August 1848 (1) Andrew Morton Carr of Lowndes Street, Belgrave Square, Middlesex, esq and Matthew Robert Bigge of Newcastle upon Tyne, banker, trustees of the family settlement of (2) (2) Cuthbert Ellison of Hebburn Hall, esq and his wife, Isabella Grace Ellison (3) John George Smyth of Heath, Yorkshire, esq. (4) William Henderson of Durham, manufacturer Revocation by (2) of the trusts declared in a settlement, dated 21 February 1812, and release by (1,) (2) and (3) to (4), subject to a mortgage of £2000 to (2), of their half shares in property comprising a mansion house, in the parish of Durham, St Nicholas, called Shacklock Hall, with an orchard, garden, outbuildings and the two Milne Closes and the water corn mills on the river Wear in Durham, called the Bishop's Mills, together with the south part of the river Wear's course from Framwellgate Bridge to the Kepier ground and the north part of the same river's course from Millburn to Lowick Hough Consideration: £916 for Shacklock Hall and £768 for the mills and the watercourse

[1848] Schedule of deeds relating to the title of William Henderson to a messuage, mills and closes of ground at Durham, with a covenant for the production of deeds by Cuthbert Ellison of Hebburn Hall, and acknowledgement, by both Henderson and Ellison, of the redemption of a £3 rent charge, 19 -21 August 1848

11 February 1854 (1) William Henderson of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Leybourne of Upper Houses near Lanchester, farmer Second mortgage by (1) to (2) of the property as described in D/Ma 16/1/1 subject to the mortgage debt of £2000 to Cuthbert Ellison of Hebburn Hall, esq Consideration: £2000

Correspondence between Middleton & Appleton, solicitors, 13 Elvet Bridge, Durham; W. Leybourne, Margery Flats, Lanchester; J. G. Wilson & Ornsby, solicitors, 60 Saddler Street, Durham; William Leybourne, Durham and Henderson & Co. Ltd, Durham, concerning the administration of the estate of Thomas Leybourne of Upper Houses near Lanchester, farmer, deceased, including a mortgage on the property of Henderson & Co. Ltd in Durham and the subsequent discharge of that mortgage, 9 July 1884 - 9 August 1887

9 September 1887 (1) William Leybourne of Margery Flat near Lanchester, farmer (2) Henderson & Co. Ltd. Reconveyance, by (1) to (2) of the property as described in D/Ma 16/1/1 following the redemption of a mortgage

1887 Schedule of deeds, 19 August 1848 - September 1887, relating to freehold messuages, mills, land and other property at Durham, belonging to Messrs. Henderson & Co. Ltd.

Poster advertising the sale of the estate of the late James Barry viz: 2 messuages in Claypath, Durham City, with the grass field adjoining it (Note: the garden is described as "lyng behind the Dissenters' Chapel"), and a 'small freehold villa' called 'Orchard Cottage' leading from the Prebends Bridge to Elvet Hill. To be sold 29 February 1848 at Mrs. Ward's Waterloo Hotel. Also a plan of the estate; a plan of Mill Haugh, Durham, surveyed 2 October 1849 and abstract of title, 1807 - 1848, of William Henderson to a field and garden in Providence Row, Durham, purchased from Barry's trustees, 1853, and related papers

Poster, printed by the Chronicle Office, Durham, advertising the auction, by Mr William Wetherell, auctioneer, of the estate of the late James Barry, esq., in three lots comprising, firstly, a freehold messuage in Claypath, Durham, with a well, coach house, stable and brew house behind it, plus one garden and part of another behind the Dissenters¿ chapel and 2 cottages in Wandless Lane; secondly, a freehold grass field in Durham, containing 2a 1r, also lying behind the Dissenters¿ chapel and thirdly, Orchard Cottage on the road from Prebends' Bridge to Elvet Hill, near Durham, with a coach house, stable, garden and orchard, totalling 1a 2r, 10 February 1848

Plan of the Estate of the late James Barry, esq., deceased, in Claypath and Wanless Lane, Durham, 1848

n.d.[March 1848] Abstract of title of James Barry, esq., deceased, to a freehold garden and premises in Claypath, Durham, reciting deeds, 17 November 1731 -22 January 1848

n.d. [March 1848] Abstract of the title of James Barry, esq., deceased, to a messuage and field with its appurtenances in Claypath, Durham. Reciting deeds, 20 July 1778 -22 January 1848

Auction particulars and conditions of sale of Lot 2 of the estate of the late James Barry, esq., comprising, a freehold grass field in Durham, adjacent to the messuage and garden of the late James Barry , esq., with the northern part of the garden lying to the west of it, totalling 2a, subject to an annual rent of 4s to the Dean and Chapter of Durham and a fee farm rent of 1s to the trustees of Lord Feversham, 29 February 1848 Endorsed: declaration that William Henderson of Durham, manufacturer, is the successful purchaser of Lot 2 for £420, 17 March 1848

Requisitions on the title of the devisees in trust of the late James Barry, esq., to a freehold close and garden behind Claypath, Durham, purchased by William Henderson, 31 March -19 July 1848

Plan of the Mill Haugh, mansion, [Shaklock Hall] garden, mill and Barry¿s Field, Durham, 2 October 1849

[September 1853] Additional abstract of the title of William Henderson to a field and garden, near Providence Row, Durham, purchased from Barry' Trustees, reciting deeds, 21 July - 1 September 1848

William Henderson's abstracts of title (1829 - 1842) to unspecified property in Claypath, Queen Street, Old Elvet, and Church Street, Durham City, 1871

Schedule of title deeds relating to property in Durham City belonging to Messrs. Henderson & Co. Ltd., on purchase by Mackays, (1664 - 1930), 1930

Photocopy of 25" to 1 mile part O.S. sheets of Durham City showing 'Henderson's Carpet Manufactory', surveyed 1857 and published 1861

Price lists (including some for Henderson & Co. of Durham), 1871 - 1913

Advertising leaflets and price lists, 1973

Annual reports, 1965, 1971

16 June 1921 (1) Hugh Mackay and Laurence Hugh Mackay of Durham, carpet manufacturers (2) Hugh Mackay and Co. Ltd., carpet manufacturers Sale of company to Hugh Mackay and Company Consideration: £19,401 9s.7d. (£9,393 9s.7d. in cash and 1008 shares in the company)

Production book, November 1961 - October 1964

Production book, November 1964 - October 1967

Production book, 3 November 1967 - 30 November 1973

Agents' stock book, 15 June 1933 - 24 September 1957

Agents' pattern account book, 10 October 1931 -17 July 1951

List of patterns returned or supplied no trace, 22 February - 18 August 1938

List of items to cross-off Leeds stock, n.d. [c.1938]

View book, 16 August 1923 - 26 March 1925

Customers' account book, 21 April 1948 - 13 July 1951

Customers' account book, 3 February 1949 - 31 July 1951

Price list, 15 July 1931

Price list, 15 July 1931, reprinted 10 November 1932

Price list, 27 January 1937

Price list, 1 July 1937

Price list, 21 December 1937

Price list, 1 July 1939

Price list, 6 December 1939

Price list, 5 April 1940

Plan of Steam and Hand Loom Sheds with Offices, occupied by Henderson & Co., drawn by Jonas Clayton, Clerk of the Works, 13 March 1860 Scale: 10 feet to 1 inch

Daybook, John Dogherty, warehouseman for Henderson and Co., 25 September 1849 - 24 July 1851

Daybook, John Dogherty, warehouseman for Henderson and Co., 31 January 1860 - 14 February 1862

Photocopy of designs of carpets exhibited at the Great Exhibition by Messrs. Henderson and Company of Durham, 1851