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Register of members and share ledger number two, 13 August 1920 - 15 August 1927

Register of members and share ledger number three, 3 November 1922 - 29 July 1929

Register of members and share ledger, register of transfers, and annual list and summary of capital and shares, 23 June 1891 - 8 April 1919

Annual list of shareholders and summary of capital, 5 October 1904 - 2 July 1913

Summary of share capital and shares, and list of share holders, 14 August 1914 - 4 November 1919

Certificates for preference shares, 27 August 1891 - 30 September 1912

Certificates for deferred shares, 11 September 1891 - 1 April 1896

Preference share certificates counterfoil register, 27 August 1891 - 24 June 1918

Deferred share certificates counterfoil register, 11 September 1891 - 24 November 1913

List of shareholders, 30 April 1918

Applications for shares, 4 May 1891 - 26 February 1892

Register of applications for, and allotment of, shares, 8 April 1920

Register of shares, 1920-1945

Certificates transferring shares in the Whessoe Foundry Company, 3 June 1892 - 4 April 1919

Minute book, 23 April 1920 - 8 May 1931

Minute book, 28 May 1931 - 27 May 1938

Minute book, 24 June 1938 - 20 March 1947

Minute book, 27 May 1947 - 12 June 1953

Minute book, 16 June 1953 - 12 July 1960

Minute book, 12 July 1960 - 22 November 1967

Directors' minute book, 23 June 1891 - 25 July 1896

Directors' attendance book, 23 June 1891 - 12 March 1920

Agenda book, 14 July 1891 - 27 March 1920

Agenda book, 5 May 1920 - 19 January 1940

Agenda book, 19 March 1940 - 26 March 1952

30 April 1829 (1) William Henderson of Darlington, painter; William Graham of Alnwick, Northumberland, common carrier; and Thomas Forster of Darlington, wine merchant; devisees in trust named in the will of Robert Welsh, late of Darlington, deceased, and Thomas Pease of Darlington, grocer (2) James Crow of Haughton-le-Skerne, gent., and Francis Mewburn of Darlington, gent. Copy surrender and defeazance of 'Stell Close' (10a.) and 'Three Nooked Close' (4a.) in the parish of Darlington (boundaries given), in trust for John Smurthwaite of Darlington, gent. Demise: 1s.

16 April 1833 (1) Edward Pease the younger of Darlington, merchant (2) Percival Tully of Darlington, yeoman (3) Francis Mewburn of Darlington, gent., and John Coates of Darlington, gent., trustees of (1) Covenant between (1) and (2) that (3) shall be seized of a piece of ground with the messuage and outbuildings thereon (70 sq. yds. boundaries given) in Alliance Street in the parish of Darlington, and all the tithes thereof, in trust for (2) Consideration: £8 from (2) to (1)

Additional abstract of title, 15 May 1832, of Henry Pease, to two pieces of ground in the parish of Darlington in the manor of Bondgate in Darlington, n.d. [after 1840]

Abstract of title, from 4 April 1750 to 28 August 1826, of Mr. Henry Pease to Stowper Dale Closes at Cockerton in the Manor of Bondgate in Darlington, 1842

Abstract of title, from 4 April 1750 to 28 August 1826, of Mr. Henry Pease, to Stowper Dale Closes at Cockerton in the Manor of Bondgate in Darlington, n.d. [1842]

2 March 1843 (1) Henry Pease of Darlington, manufacturer, and Richard Otley of Darlington, land surveyor (2) John Simpson of Hope Town in the parish of Darlington, bricklayer Copy surrender of a parcel of ground (305 sq.yds.), and five messuages and other buildings thereon, at Hope Town in the parish of Darlington Demise: 1d. Consideration: £49

11 July 1844 (1) Thomas Simpson of Hope Town in the parish of Darlington, bricklayer (2) John Framer of Darlington, printer and stationer; Thomas Blyth of Darlington, painter; Thomas McNay of Darlington, accountant; Alfred Compton Birchall of Darlington, gent.; and William Child of Darlington, tanner; the trustees of the Darlington Building Society Copy surrender and defeazance, for securing £120 and interest, of all that piece of ground (66 sq. yds.), with a messuage and buildings thereon, at Hope Town, in the parish of Darlington Demise: 1d.

1 December 1851 (1) John Simpson, late of Hope Town in the parish of Darlington, bricklayer, deceased (2) James Simpson of Hope Town, bricklayer Copy admittance of a piece of ground (305 square yards), and the five messuages thereon, at Hope Town, in the parish of Darlington Demise: 1d.

2 December 1851 (1) James Simpson of Hope Town in the parish of Darlington, bricklayer (2) William Weatherell of Blackwell, linen manufacturer (3) John Carr of Norton, tanner, and John Pickersgill of Croft, Yorkshire, farmer Deed of covenant whereby (1), at the request of (2), will surrender a piece of ground (305 sq. yds.), part and parcel of a piece of ground (3r.5p.), and the five messuages thereon, at Hope Town in the parish of Darlington and within the Manor of Bondgate in Darlington Consideration: £100

2 December 1851 (1) James Simpson of Hope Town, bricklayer (2) John Carr of Norton, tanner, and John Pickersgill of Croft, Yorkshire, farmer Copy surrender and defeazance of a piece of ground (305 sq. yds.), and the five messuages thereon, at Hope Town, in the parish of Darlington Demise: 1d. Consideration: £100 and interest

21 November 1853 (1) James Lister of Darlington, ironfounder; John Harrison of Darlington, coach builder; Joseph Stephenson of Darlington, civil engineer and farmer; and Michael Windale of Darlington, builder; trustees under the will of William Lister, late of Darlington, formerly a whitesmith and late an ironfounder, deceased; Henry Pease of Darlington, manufacturer; William Stow Stowell of Favordale in the parish of Darlington, gent.; and William Harrison Peacock, late of Darlington but now of Barnsley, Yorkshire, gent.; the devisees of trust estates under the will of Richard Otley, late of Darlington, land agent, deceased (2) Alfred Kitching of Darlington, iron founder Copy surrender absolute of a narrow stripe of land (3 sq. yds. and 4 sq. ft.) in the parish of Darlington, and a parcel of land (1a.3r.31p.) in the parish of Darlington Demise: 6d. Consideration: £1,120

21 November 1853 (1) James Lister of Darlington, iron founder (2) John Harrison of Darlington, coach builder; Joseph Stephenson of Darlington, civil engineer and farmer; and Michael Windale of Darlington, builder (3) William Stow Stowell of Faverdale in the parish of Darlington, gent., and William Harrison Peacock, late of Darlington, now of Barnsley, Yorkshire, gent. (4) Alfred Kitching of Darlington, iron founder Release, and declaration of trusts, from (1) and (2) to (4) of a narrow stripe of copyhold land (3 sq. yds. and 4 sq. ft.), and a parcel of copyhold land (1a.3r.31p.), both at Hope Town in the parish of Darlington Consideration: £470 from (4) to (2) at the request of (1) £670 from (4) to (1)

13 May 1861 (1) John Peascod of 12 Harp Lane, London, merchant (2) John Gibson of Hope Town, in the parish of Darlington, railway signalman (3) George Thomas Allison of Darlington, gent. Conveyance from (1) to (2) of no. 21 Alliance Street in Hope Town in the parish of Darlington Consideration: £96

17 May 1861 (1) James Simpson of Hope Town, near Darlington, bricklayer (2) William Weatherell of Blackwell near Darlington, linen manufacturer (3) John Carr of Norton, tanner, and John Pickersgill of Croft, Yorkshire, farmer (4) Thomas Oxendale of Darlington, gent. Deed of covenant whereby (1) and (2) shall surrender to (4) a piece of ground (305 sq. yds.), and five messuages, part of a piece of ground (3r.5p.), at Hope Town in the parish of Darlington Consideration: £200 from (4), at the request of (1), to (2) £100 from (4) to (1)

Schedule of deeds, from 1842 to 17 May 1861, relating to the title of James Simpson to certain copyhold premises at Hope Town in the parish of Darlington, now in mortgage to Thomas Oxendale for £300 and interest, 17 May 1861

18 February 1862 (1) John Settle of Stockton, county coroner; Edward Waldy of Barmpton, gent., and Richard Welch Hollon of Spillow Park near Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, chemist and druggist (2) Alfred Kitching and Charles Janson of Darlington, ironfounders (3) James Janson of Darlington, railway engineer Deed of covenant to surrender a piece of ground at Hope Town (1024 sq. yds.), being parcel of Weigh House Field at Stooperdales in the parish of Darlington Consideration: £300 Plan enclosed

24 April 1862 (1) Francis Mewburn of Darlington, esq. (2) John Settle of Stockton, county coroner; Edward Waldy of Barmpton, gent.; and Richard Welch Hollon, late of York, now of Spellow Park near Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, chemist and druggist Copy surrender and defeazance of 'Stell Close' (10a.), 'Three Nooked Close' (4a.), 'East End Close' (3a.1r.20p.), a piece of ground with the buildings thereon (33p.), 'The Middle Close' (3a.1r.20p.), 'Long Close' (5a.2r.23p.) in the parish of Darlington Demise: 1s. and 4s.

24 April 1862 (1) Francis Mewburn of Darlington, esq. (2) John Settle of Stockton, county coroner; Edward Waldy of Barmpton, gent.; and Richard Welch Hollon, late of York, but now of Spellow Park near Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, chemist and druggist Copy surrender and defeazance of a messuage and close called 'Great Sandy Husk' (5a.2r.28p.), a close called 'Little Sandy Husk' (1a.3r.24p.), a close called 'the field behind the house' (7a.3r.29p.), a close called 'the field behind the barn' (4a.3r.8p.), a close called 'House Pasture' (3a.3r.14p.), a piece of ground (1a.38p.) part of a close called 'Weigh House Field', a piece of ground (3a.1r.22p.) part of a close called 'East Pasture', a stripe of ground now used as a road (86 yds. x 21 ft.), all of which is called Stooperdales in the parish of Darlington Demise: 8s.

18 February 1863 (1) John Settle of Stockton, county coroner; Edward Waldy of Barmpton, gent.; and Richard Welch Hollon, late of York, but now of Spillow Park near Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, chemist and druggist, trustees of the will of John Smurthwaite, late of Darlington, gent., decd. (2) James Janson of Darlington, railway engineer, in trust for Alfred Kitching, and Charles Janson of Darlington, iron founders Copy surrender and defeazance of a piece of ground at Hope Town (1024 sq. yds.), parcel of the Weigh House Field at Stooperdales in the parish of Darlington Demise: 1s.

20 October 1863 (1) Thomas Simpson, late of Hope Town, now of Wales Street, North Road, Darlington, bricklayer; John Farmer of Darlington, printer and stationer; Thomas Macnay of Darlington, accountant; Alfred Compton Birchall, late of Darlington, now of Ramsgate, Kent, gent.; and William Child of Darlington, tanner (2) John Harris, esq., Edward Pease, esq., and Henry King Spark, esq., all of Darlington, the trustees of the Darlington Working Mens Equitable Permanent Building Society Copy surrender and defeazance of a copyhold piece of ground (66 sq. yds.) with the messuage and buildings thereon, in Hope Town in the parish of Darlington Demise: 1d.

10 November 1863 (1) Agnes Garthorne, the wife of George Rudston Garthorne of Stockton on Tees, wine and spirit merchant (2) John Gee of Barton upon Humber, Lincolnshire, gent. (3) George Rudston Garthorne Conveyance by married woman, to the use of her husband, of shares in realty

27 November 1865 (1) Jane Garthorne, the wife of Charles Henry Garthorne of Kingston upon Hull, wine and spirit merchant (2) Thomas Adamson of Barton upon Humber, Lincolnshire, gent. (3) Charles Henry Garthorne Conveyance by married woman, to the use of her husband, of hereditaments in realty, devised by the will of John Smurthwaite, decd., and £6,011 12s. 6d.

28 May 1870 (1) George Rudston Garthorne of Filey, Yorkshire, gent. (2) John Smurthwaite Strother of Filey, gent. Assignment of real and personal property specified in the schedule attached

29 November 1871 (1) The North Eastern Railway Company (2) Charles Janson and Alfred Kitching of Darlington Agreement whereby (2) shall be allowed to raise, to the height of 11 ft., the fence wall belonging to (1) on the south side of the railway at Hope Town, Darlington Consideration: £5 p.a.

Copy of the will of James Janson of Darlington, civil engineer, devising to his daughter, Annie Sabina Janson, a freehold messuage called Willow Bank at Darlington, with remainders as specified, 16 January 1872

31 July 1872 (1) John Settle of Stockton on Tees, county coroner, and Richard Welch Hollon, late of Spillow Park, near Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, now of York, esq. (2) Francis Denton of Beverley, Yorkshire, gent., and William Chapman of Coleby Hall in the parish of West Halton, Lincolnshire, farmer (3) William Hudson of Kirmington Vale in the parish of Kirmington, Lincolnshire, esq. (4) John Smurthwaite Strother of Harrogate, Yorkshire, gent. (5) Catherine Marsh of Kingston-upon-Hull, widow (6) Charles Henry Garthorne of Kingston-upon-Hull, wine merchant (7) Anne Strother of Harrogate, Yorkshire, spinster (8) Maria Strother of Harrogate, spinster (9) Robert Brown, the younger, of Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire, gent. Conveyance upon trust from (1), at the request of (2) - (8), to (9), of an allotment of land called 'Elm Tree Estate' (15a.3r.26p.) and the farmhouse and buildings thereon; and an allotment called the 'Stooperdale Estate' (29a.) and the farmhouse and buildings thereon (boundaries given) in the parish of Darlington

Notice from T. Clayhills, solicitor for Miss Margaret Wilson of Greatham, to Thomas Dalton of Darlington, rope maker; the Rev. Thomas Robson of Kirkleatham, Yorkshire, clerk; and William Thompson of Darlington, sharebroker; that a piece of ground (305 sq. yds.), and five messuages thereon, at Hope Town, Darlington, has been mortgaged for £125 and interest, 29 November 1872

25 July 1876 (1) William Thompson of Darlington, sharebroker (2) Charles Edward Lister of Darlington, iron founder Conveyance of a piece of land (760.5 sq. yds.) and the three messuages thereon at Hope Town in the parish of Darlington Plan endorsed Consideration: £500

4 December 1876 (1) Joseph Stephenson of Darlington, civil engineer (2) Charles Edward Lister of Darlington, iron founder Release and declaration of trusts of copyhold land at Hope Town in the parish of Darlington

1 June 1877 (1) William Stow Stowell of Faverdale House, near Darlington, gent; William Harrison Peacock of Barnsley, Yorkshire, gent.; Joseph Stephenson of Darlington, civil engineer; and Charles Edward Lister of Darlington, ironfounder (2) Mary Georgina Downward of White Lodge, Coton Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, spinster Copy surrender and defeazance of a piece of land (3r.2p.) and Hope Town Foundry thereon, at Hope Town in the parish of Darlington Demise: 6d.

1 June 1877 (1) Joseph Stephenson of Darlington, civil engineer (2) Charles Edward Lister of Darlington, iron founder (3) Mary Georgina Downward of White Lodge, Copton Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, spinster Mortgage from (1) and (2) to (3) of property as in D/Whes 3/70 Consideration: £700 to (1) by (3) at the request of (2) £1300 to (2) by (3) Endorsed: plan; transfer of mortgage, 19 April 1883 and 30 June 1887

1 June 1877 (1) Charles Edward Lister of Darlington, ironfounder (2) William Watson, the younger, of Startforth Hall, Yorkshire Mortgage of property as in D/Whes 3/70 Consideration: £325 and interest Plan endorsed

21 June 1877 (1) Charles Edward Lister of Darlington, ironfounder (2) Sarah Ann Jennings of Darlington, widow, and Isaac Nicholson of Darlington, tailor Mortgage of a parcel of land (760.5 sq. yds.) and three messuages and other buildings thereon, at Hope Town in the parish of Darlington

23 May 1878 (1) Ernest Crewdson of Manchester, Lancashire, accountant (2) Mary Georgina Downward of White Lodge, Coton Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, spinster (3) Charles Janson of Darlington, ironfounder; Alfred Kitching of Darlington, ironfounder; and James Janson of Darlington, ironfounder Conveyance from (1) to (3) of the equity of redemption of a piece of copyhold land and ironfoundry thereon at Hope Town in the parish of Darlington Consideration: £1,600 from (3) to (1)

21 December 1882 (1) James Janson, late of Darlington, civil engineer, decd. (2) William Jones of Great Ayton, Yorkshire, gent., and Harrison Penney of Darlington, stationer, the surviving devisees of trust estates under the will of James Janson, decd Copy admittance of a piece of land (1024 sq. yds.) at Hope Town, parcel of the Weigh House Field at Stooperdales in the parish of Darlington Demise: 1s.

22 December 1882 (1) William Jones of Great Ayton, Yorkshire, gent.; Harrison Penney of Darlington, stationer; and Charles Janson and Alfred Edward Kitching of Darlington, ironfounder and engineer (2) Mary Janson Kitching of Darlington, widow; John Kitching of Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, gent.; Arthur Lucas of Darlington, solicitor; and William Harding of Darlington, sharebroker Copy surrender and defeazance of property as in D/Whes 3/75 Demise: 1s. Consideration: £8,000 at 5% interest

22 December 1882 (1) Alfred Edward Kitching, Charles Janson, and James Janson, all of Darlington, trading in copartnership as ironfounders and engineers as 'Charles Janson Son and Company' (2) Mary Janson Kitching of Darlington, widow; John Kitching of Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, gent.; Arthur Lucas of Darlington, solicitor; and William Harding of Darlington, sharebroker Mortgage of a narrow stripe of ground (3 sq. yds. and 4 sq. ft.) in the township of Cockerton; a piece of ground (1a.3r.31p.), with all buildings thereon; all that piece of ground at Hope Town (1024 sq. yds.), in the parish of Darlington, parcel of the Weigh House Field at Stooperdales in the parish of Darlington Consideration: £8,000 and interest Endorsement: further charge, 22 December 1882, and assignment, 30 June 1887

Copy [after 27 January 1883] of the will of Isaac Carr of Norton, Gent., bequeathing all real and personal estate to Benjamin Robson of Norton, builder, and George Francis Allan of Stockton-upon-Tees, painter, upon trusts as specified, 30 December 1882

19 April 1883 (1) Mary Georgina Downward, late of White Lodge, Coton Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, now of Clarence Cottage, Leamington, Warwickshire, spinster (2) Mary Janson Kitching of Darlington, widow; John Kitching of Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, gent.; Arthur Lucas of Darlington, solicitor; and William Harding of Darlington, sharebroker Copy surrender and defeazance of a piece of land (3r.1p.) and Hope Town foundry thereon, in Hope Town in the parish of Darlington Demise: 6d. Consideration: £2,000 and interest

3 September 1885 (1) George Gibson of Cotherstone, Yorkshire, retired quarryman (2) Hugh Dunn of Darlington, gent., and George Newby Watson of Darlington, gent. Copy mortgage of no. 2 Sheraton Street, and no. 14 Alliance Street, both at Hope Town in the parish of Darlington Consideration: £29 5s. and interest

17 October 1885 (1) Alice Gibson of Darlington, widow (2) George Gibson Copy release of the messuages and lands held by John Gibson, late of Darlington, railway signalman, decd., from all right of dower under his intestacy Consideration: £25

30 June 1887 (1) Mary Janson Kitching, widow; John Kitching, gent.; Arthur Lucas, solicitor; and William Harding, sharebroker, all of Darlington (2) Henry Kitching of Darlington, gent. Copy surrender and defeazance of Hope Town Foundry in the parish of Darlington Demise: 6d.

30 June 1887 (1) Mary Janson Kitching, widow; John Kitching, gent.; Arthur Lucas, solicitor; and William Harding, sharebroker; all of Darlington (2) Henry Kitching of Darlington, gent. Copy surrender and defeazance of a piece of land at Hope Town (1024 sq. yds.) the parcel of Weigh House Field at Stooperdales in the parish of Darlington Demise: 1s. Consideration: £8,000 and £2,000 and interest

15 July 1887 (1) Sarah Ann Jennings of Darlington, widow (2) Edmund Backhouse, Alfred Backhouse, James Edward Backhouse, Jonathan Edmund Backhouse and Edward Backhouse Mounsey, all of Darlington, bankers, operating under the name 'J. Backhouse and Company' Mortgage of a mortgage on hereditaments and premises at Hope Town, Darlington Endorsement: reconveyance, 2 December 1897

26 April 1890 (1) The Darlington Equitable Building Society, Darlington (2) Henry King Spark, late of Darlington, but now of Barnard Castle, esq. (3) William Henry Curnow of Darlington, porter Conveyance from (1) to (3) of a parcel of copyhold land (66 sq. yds.) with messuage in Hope Town in the parish of Darlington Consideration: £65 from (3) to (1)

Declaration of William Alexander Wooler of Sadberge Hall, gent., concerning the lands he has purchased (schedules given), 31 October 1890

3 November 1890 (1) William Alexander Wooler of Sadberge Hall, Middleton St. George, esq. (2) Henry Schubach Hood of 10 Kensington Park Gardens, Middlesex, esq. (3) Henry John Hood of Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, barrister at law, and Samuel Pepys Cockerell of 35 Phillimore Gardens, Middlesex, esq. Mortgage from (1) to (2) and (3) of three closes of ground called the Bigg Land or the Bill Land in the parish of Darlington (14a.), formerly copyhold of the Manor of Bondgate in Darlington; twelve pieces of land in Haughton-le-Skerne (50a.1r.31p.), formerly copyhold in the Manor of Haughton; closes of land (44a.2r.32p.) with the messuages thereon in the parish of Darlington; and the Hart Warren Farm in the parish of Hart Includes: plans and schedules of property mortgaged Consideration: £5,500 paid by (2) to (1) £3,300 paid by (3) to (1)

15 April 1891 (1) Alfred Edward Kitching and Henry Kitching, both of Darlington, trading in copartnership as ironfounders and engineers as the owners of Whessoe Foundry (2) David Read of 27 Clements Lane, London Duplicate agreement for the lease of Whessoe Foundry

2 May 1891 (1) David Read of 27 Clements Lane, London (2) The Whessoe Foundry Company Copy agreement concerning the leasing of property and the allotment of shares

12 September 1893 (1) David Edward Wilson of Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London, esq. (2) Cartmel Harrison of 67 Lincolns Inn Fields, London, esq. (3) George Richard Wooler of Wolsingham, esq. Memorandum of agreement concerning access to Cockerton Road and Stooperdales, Darlington Includes: plan of Cockerton Road

5 July 1894 (1) Alfred Edward Kitching of Great Ayton, Yorkshire, esq., and Henry Kitching of Darlington, esq. (2) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St. James' Street, London, esq. (3) David Read of 27 Clements Lane, London, gent.; Thomas Coates of the Poplars, Darlington, engineer; Henry Sampson King of 28 Queen Street, London, esq; and Kathrin North of Newquay, Cornwall, widow (4) The Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington Agreement for the sale and purchase of the Whessoe Foundry at Hope Town, Darlington

24 September 1894 (1) Henry Kitching of Darlington, esq. (2) Henry Kitching and Alfred Edward Kitching of Great Ayton, Yorkshire, esq. (3) The Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington Copy conveyance from (2) to (3) of a close of freehold land in the parish of Darlington, formerly parcel of the Manor of Bondgate in Darlington Includes: schedule and plan Consideration: £3,000 from (3) to (2)

25 September 1894 (1) The Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington (2) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St. James' Street, London, esq. First mortgage of a close of land in the parish of Darlington, formerly parcel of the Manor of Bondgate in Darlington Includes: schedule Consideration: £5,000 at 5% Endorsed: memorandum of reconveyance, 26 September 1894, and reconveyance, 28 April 1920

26 September 1894 (1) The Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington (2) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St. James' Street, London, esq. (3) Alfred Edward Kitching of Great Ayton, Yorkshire, esq., and Henry Kitching of Darlington, esq. Second mortgage from (1) to (3) of a close of land in the parish of Darlington, formerly parcel of the manor of Bondgate in Darlington Includes: schedule Consideration: £7,000 and interest

26 September 1894 (1) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St. James' Street, London, esq.; Thomas Coates of Darlington, engineer; and Henry Sampson King of 28 Queen Street, London, esq. (2) Alfred Edward Kitching of Great Ayton, Yorkshire, esq., and Henry Kitching of Darlington, esq. Copy deed of covenant concerning the repayment of purchase money

Schedule of deeds relating to the Whessoe Foundry, 21 November 1853 - 27 September 1894

19 March 1895 (1) David Edward Wilson of Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London, esq. (2) Cartmell Harrison of 67 Lincolns Inn Fields, London, esq. (3) George Richard Wooler of Wolsingham, esq. Memorandum of agreement concerning the use of a gate into Cockerton Road, Darlington Includes: plan

Writ, claims, replies and pleadings, in the case of David Edward Wilson, plaintiff, and George Richard Wooler, defendant, in the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, concerning a claim for an injunction to restrain the defendant from making an entrance into Cockerton Road, Darlington, from Stooperdale, 25 January - 29 October 1897

Instructions to counsel to settle an agreement as to Bell Lane on the Stooperdale estate, 1899

Memorandum of indemnity in respect of the agreement concerning Bell Lane, the Stooperdale Estate, Darlington, 20 September 1899

14 October 1897 (1) George Richard Wooler of Bombay House, Wolsingham, gent. (2) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St. James' Street, London, esq., and Thomas Coates of Darlington, esq. Contract to sell and purchase Stooperdale Estate (41a.), Darlington Includes: plan

3 December 1897 (1) Thomas William Sill Jennings of Darlington, theatre manager; Frederick Summers Jennings of Darlington, theatrical actor; Tom Caizley Usher of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, hosier; and Henry Leonard Luck of Darlington, draper (2) The Whessoe Foundry Company Conveyance of a piece of land (760.5 sq. yds.) and the three messuages and other buildings thereon at Hope Town in the parish of Darlington Consideration: £250

1897 (1) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse, the Conservative Club, St. James' Street, Middlesex, esq. (2) Henry Kitching of Darlington, esq. (3) Alfred Edward Kitching of Darlington, esq., and Henry Kitching (4) The Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington (5) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse and Thomas Coates of Darlington, esq. (6) '[ ] and [ ]' Draft trust deed of freehold and copyhold hereditaments in the parish of Darlington for securing the first debenture issue of £14,500

Statutory declaration of George Richard Wooler of Bombay House, Wolsingham, esq., concerning the annuity of £500 of Henrietta Margaret Wooler, 6 July 1898

14 July 1898 (1) The Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington (2) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St, James' Street, Middlesex, esq., and Alfred Coates of Darlington, esq. Conveyance of a piece of land (760.5 sq. yds.) with the messuages and other buildings thereon at Hope Town in the parish of Darlington Consideration: £263 17s. 6d.

14 July 1898 (1) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St. James' Street, London, esq., and Alfred Coates of Darlington, esq. (2) Henry Schubach Hood of Ventnor, the Isle of Wight, esq. Mortgage, by way of additional security, of a piece of land (760.5 sq. yds.) at Hope Town in the parish of Darlington Consideration: £5,000 and interest

14 July 1898 (1) George Richard Wooler of Bombay House, Wolsingham, gent. (2) Henry John Hood of Stone Buildings, Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, barrister-at-law, and Samuel Pepys Cockerell of 35 Phillimore Gardens, Middlesex, esq. (3) Henry Schubach Hood of Ventnor, the Isle of Wight, esq. (4) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St. James' Street, London, esq., and Alfred Coates of Darlington, esq. Conveyance of the Stooperdale Estate (44a.2r.32p.) and the messuages thereon in the parish of Darlington, subject to a mortgage of £5,000 and interest Includes: schedule and plan Consideration: £3,500 Endorsed: memorandum, 21 September 1899

14 July 1898 (1) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St. James' Street, London, esq., and Alfred Coates of Darlington, esq. (2) The Whessoe Foundry Company Lease for 21 years of a piece of land (7a.25p.), being part of the Stooperdale Estate in the parish of Darlington Includes: plan Rent: £180 p.a. determinable at 7 or 14 years with option to purchase for £5000 Endorsed: surrender, 21 September 1899

14 July 1898 (1) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St. James' Street, London, esq., and Alfred Coates of Darlington, esq. (2) The Whessoe Foundry Company Counterpart lease as in D/Whes 3/108

15 July 1898 (1) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St. James' Street, London, esq., and Alfred Coates of Darlington, esq. (2) Jonathan Edmund Backhouse and Charles Hubert Backhouse of Darlington, two of the bank managers of Barclay and Company, bankers, at Darlington and elsewhere Mortgage of the Stooperdale estate (44a.2r.32p.) with the three messuages thereon, in the parish of Darlington Consideration: £2,500 and interest Endorsed: reconveyance, 13 September 1899

Notice to Henry Schubach Hood that, by an indenture of even date, the hereditaments and premises in the mortgages of 3 November 1890 and 14 July 1898, were further mortgaged to Jonathan Edmund Backhouse and Charles Hubert Backhouse, to secure the repayment of certain monies, 15 July 1898

Memorandum from Alfred Coates of Darlington to Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of equitable charge on the Stooperdale Estate at Darlington and the small piece of land adjoining it, 16 July 1898 Endorsed: memorandum, 21 September 1899

Notice to Henry Schubach Hood that, by a memorandum of equitable charge dated 16 July 1898, Alfred Coates of Darlington charged all of his share and interest in the Stooperdale Estate at Darlington and the small piece of land adjoining, and undertook to execute a mortgage to secure the related monies, 18 July 1898

29 December 1898 (1) George Newby Stinton Watson of Darlington, solicitor (2) Henry Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St. James' Street, London, esq., and Alfred Coates of Darlington, esq. Conveyance of no. 14 Alliance Street, Hope Town, Darlington Consideration: £105

Acknowledgement by H.S. Smith-Rewse that he has no personal interest in a mortgage debt of £5,000 raised on 25 September 1894 between himself and the Whessoe Foundry Company, 10 January 1899

Requisitions of title concerning the purchase of Stooperdale Estate, Darlington, by the North Eastern Railway, 3 June 1899

21 September 1899 (1) Henry Schubach Hood of Ventnor, the Isle of Wight, esq. (2) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St. James' Street, London, esq., and Alfred Coates of Darlington, esq. Reconveyance of mortgage for £5,000 on the Stooperdale Estate, Darlington

21 September 1899 (1) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St. James' Street, London, esq., and Alfred Coates of Darlington, esq. (2) The North-Eastern Railway Company Copy conveyance of the Stooperdale Estate (39a.1r.3p.), and the piece of land adjoining (90 sq. yds.), in Darlington Includes: plan and schedule Consideration: £17,670 18s. 9d.

21 September 1899 (1) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St. James' Street, London, esq., and Alfred Coates of Darlington, esq. (2) The Whessoe Foundry Company Lease, for 21 years, of a piece of land (1a.9p.), part of the Stooperdale Estate, Darlington Rent: £150 p.a.

21 September 1899 (1) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St. James Street, London, esq., and Alfred Coates of Darlington, esq. (2) The Whessoe Foundry Company Counterpart lease for 21 years, of a piece of land (2a.0r.9p.) part of the Stooperdale Estate, Darlington Rent: £150 p.a.

Abstract of title, from 2 December 1851 to 31 August 1886, to five cottages in Foundry Street, Hope Town, Darlington, 21 November 1901

2 May 1902 (1) John Carr, late of Norton, tanner, deceased (2) Susannah Robson of Norton, widow; William Carr Allan of Stockton on Tees, painter; and Thomas Hall of Norton, butcher; coheirs of John Carr Copy admittance of nos. 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 Foundry Street in Hope Town, Darlington Demise: 1d.

22 July 1902 (1) Susannah Robson of Norton, widow; William Carr Allan of Stockton on Tees, painter; Thomas Hall of Norton, butcher; and the Rev. Christopher Jackson of Middleton St. George, clerk in holy orders (2) Edward Hutchinson of Darlington, solicitor, in trust for the Whessoe Foundry Company Copy surrender and defeazance of property as in D/Whes 3/122 Demise: 1d.

Schedule of deeds relating to the title of the Whessoe Foundry Company to certain copyhold hereditaments at Hope Town, Darlington, 1842 - 22 July 1902

Copy requisitions on title, and replies, between Curnow and The Whessoe Foundry Company, 17 September 1903

2 October 1903 (1) Darlington Equitable Building Society, Darlington (2) William Henry Curnow of Darlington, porter (3) The Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington Covenant to surrender a copyhold piece of ground (66 sq. yds), and messuage in [Foundry Street], Hope Town, Darlington Consideration: £60 to (1) by (3) by the direction of (2) £52 10s. to (2) by (3)

Schedule of deeds relating to the title of the Whessoe Foundry Company to a dwellinghouse in Foundry Street, Hope Town, Darlington, 2 March 1843 - 2 October 1903

17 October 1904 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Darlington (2) The Whessoe Foundry Company Limited, Darlington Memorandum of agreement to supply electricity to the Whessoe Foundry Company

Declaration of trust made by Alfred Coates of Darlington, esq., 17 July 1905

Memorandum of the deposit of title deeds and documents (schedule given) by The Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington, with Barclay and Company, bankers, 24 August 1905

24 August 1905 (1) Henry Kitching (2) Edward Hutchinson, Ernest Edwin Meek and Thomas Coates, all of Darlington, gents., in trust for the Whessoe Foundry Company Copy surrender and defeazance of a piece of land(3r. 2p.) at Hope Town, being Hope Town Foundry; and a piece of land (1024 sq. yds) at Hope Town, parcel of Weigh House Field at Stooperdale in Darlington Demise: 6d. and 1s. Rent: 1s. (Parchment, 1 membrane) 3/132 Notice from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse, 106 Cannon Street, London, informing him that if the copyhold land he holds of the Manor of Bondgate in Darlington shall become freehold, he is entitled to enfranchise the same upon paying the lord's compensation and the steward's fees, 8 September 1905

3 October 1905 (1) Edward Hutchinson of Darlington, solicitor (2) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of No.106 Cannon Street, London, esq.; Thomas Coates of Darlington, iron master; and Edward Hutchinson, aforesaid, in trust for the Whessoe Foundry Company Copy surrender and defeazance of nos. 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 Foundry Street, Hope Town, Darlington Demise: 1d.

Copy admittance of Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of no.106 Cannon Street, London, esq.; Thomas Coates of Darlington, ironmaster; and Edward Hutchinson of Darlington, solicitor; trustees for the Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington, into a piece of ground (66 square yards) in Hope Town with the messuage and other buildings thereon, in the parish of Darlington, 20 March 1906 Demise: 1d.

8 July 1912 (1) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of No.106 Cannon Street, London, esq., and Alfred Coates of Darlington, esq. (2) Barclay and Company, bankers Memorandum of deposit of deeds to lands and buildings in Hope Town, Darlington, to secure the account of a customer and a third party Endorsements: further agreement, 19 June 1913, memorandum, 15 October 1914; and receipts, 15 March 1920

Memorandum of satisfaction of mortgage created by the Whessoe Foundry Company, 8 March 1920

4 May 1920 (1) Alfred Edward Kitching of The Firs, Great Ayton, Yorkshire, esq., and Henry Kitching of The Grange, Great Ayton, esq. (2) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St. James Street, London, esq. (3) The Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington Reconveyance from (1) to (3) of all the land and hereditaments comprised in the principal indenture of 26 September 1894 Consideration: all principal moneys and interest secured by the principal indenture

Copy list of deeds, from 16 April 1833 to 18 June 1920, of the Whessoe Foundry Company, relating to nos. 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11, Foundry Street, Darlington, 18 June 1920 - 7 October 1924

List of deeds from the 'Black Box' concerning the Whessoe Foundry Company, July 1951 (4 papers) Second Deposit (Acc: 2621(D))

Correspondence between Wheatley Kirk, Price and Company, mechanical and electrical valuers, 26 Collingwood Street, Newcastle on Tyne; The Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington; H. S. Smith-Rewse, 106 Cannon Street, London; and Mr. Hutchinson, solicitor, Darlington; concerning a valuation of the Whessoe Foundry works, 19 August 1916 - 28 February 1917

Valuer's certificate concerning the works premises of the Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington, 23 February 1917

27 July 1928 (1) The London and North Eastern Railway Company (2) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, London Agreement to let land from (1) to (2) (2230 sq. yds.) adjoining the Whessoe Foundry at Stooperdale, Darlington Plan attached Rent: £75 p.a.

Correspondence between the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company; Messrs. Bedford and Kent, 57/9 Victoria Street, London; the India Rubber Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works, 106 Cannon Street, London; concerning the leasing of offices at 25 Victoria Street, 9-10 June 1926

23 May1928 (1) The London and Northern Estates Company (2) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, City of Westminster, London Copy lease for 7 years from (1) to (2) of offices (nos. 4, 5 and 6 and lavatory accommodation) on the first floor of No. 25 Victoria Street, Westminster, London Rent: £300 p.a.

Letter from T. Jennings, solicitor, Horsemarket, Darlington, to the Secretary, the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington, enclosing a schedule of deeds and documents relating to a freehold dwellinghouse called "Beaufront", West Crescent, Darlington, 20 September - 3 October 1927

3 May 1947 (1) Whessoe, Darlington (2) Eric Henry Walker of "Ravensworth", Southend Avenue, Darlington, engineer Agreement and counterpart whereby (1) lets to (2) Number 41, Estoril Road, Darlington Rent: £60 p.a.

21 July 1947 (1) Whessoe, Darlington (2) William Edward Cowley of 49 Stanhope Road, Darlington, engineer Counterpart agreement whereby (1) lets to (2) No. 62 Lunedale Road, Darlington Rent: £70

21 November 1950 (1) Whessoe, Darlington (2) William Douglas Cotton of 228 Penn Road, Wolverhampton, cost accountant Agreement whereby (1) lets to (2) No. 89 Hutton Avenue, Darlington Rent: £90

Supplementary agreeement to [D/Whes 3/148] reducing the rent to £75, 31 December 1951

22 April 1952 (1) Whessoe, Darlington (2) Kenneth Brown, 81 Orchard Road, Darlington, engineer Agreement whereby (1) lets to (2) a dwelling house called "Leros", Highfield Road, Oakley, Bedfordshire (1 paper) Third Deposit (Acc: 2739(D))

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1902

Private ledger number 1, 1891-1899

Private cash book, 1 December 1898 - 31 March 1921

Register of mortgages and bonds, 25 September 1894 - 24 August 1905

Register of probate and administrations, 24 November 1970 - 24 May 1974

Register of probate and administrations, 18 June 1974 - 8 October 1984

Register of probate, 8 October 1984 - 22 March 1985

Salaries ledger, April 1921 - March 1929

Foremen's wages book, 20 October 1917 - 6 November 1920

Foremen's wages book, 13 November 1920 - 20 October 1923

Foremen's wages book, 27 October 1923 - 30 October 1926

Foremen's wages book, 6 November 1926 - 6 April 1929

Balance sheet and profit and loss accounts, and report on accounts, 30 April - 30 September 1892

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1893

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1894

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1895

Balance sheets and profit and loss accounts, 30 April - 31 October 1896

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1897

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1898

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1899

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1900

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1901

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1903

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1904

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1905

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1906

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1907

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1908

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1909

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1910

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1911

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1912

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1913

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1915

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1916

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1917

Balance sheet and profit and loss account, 30 April 1918

Balance sheet, 30 April 1919

Profit and loss account on liquidation for eleven months ended 31 March 1920

Balance sheet on incorporation, 9 April 1920

Auditors' reports, 30 September 1892, 30 April 1894 - 30 April 1905

Report on the accounts, 30 April 1918

Auditors' report, 30 April 1919

Statement concerning the financial position of the Whessoe Foundry Company, 31 January 1920

Certificate valuing the Whessoe Foundry at £116,532 5s., with apportionment, 16 February 1920

Statement of Account, 31 March 1930

Statement of Account, 31 March 1931

Statement of Account, 31 March 1932

Statement of Account, 31 March 1933 (1 paper) 4/124 Statement of Account, 31 March 1934

Statement of Account, 31 March 1935

Statement of Account, 31 March 1936

Statement of Account, 31 March 1937 (1 paper) 4/128 Statement of Account, 31 March 1938

Statement of Account, 31 March 1939

Statement of Account, 31 March 1940

Statement of Account, 31 March 1941 (2 paper) 4/132 Statement of Account, 31 March 1942

Statement of Account, 31 March 1945

Statement of Account, 1 April 1946 - 12 February 1947

Register of debentures, 28 September 1894 - 23 December 1914

Issue of 70 second debentures of £100 (one missing), 28 September 1894

Draft notes concerning the issue of 145 first debentures of £100, 1897

Issue of 20 third debentures of £100, 31 December 1898

Draft resolutions authorising the creation and issue of 40 second debentures, and letters from Lucas, Hutchinson and Meek, solicitors, Darlington, to the Whessoe Foundry Company, concerning these debentures, 25 November - 23 December 1914

Issue of 40 second mortgage debentures for £100, 23 December 1914

Certificate of the registration of a series of debentures, 29 December 1914

'Amounts written off', 30 April 1893 - 30 April 1911

Guarantee by the Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington, to Barclay and Company in consideration of £10,000, 19 June 1911

Certificate of the registration of a mortgage, dated 19 June 1913, created by the Whessoe Foundry Company for securing moneys due to Barclay and Company, 27 June 1913

Share certificates in Jenkins Brothers of Birkenhead, held by the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, with transfer certificates, 16 June - 27 July 1931 (6 papers) Second Deposit (Acc: 2621(D))

Certificate of incorporation, 30 April 1891

Memorandum and articles of association, 30 April 1891

Memorandum and articles of association, 9 April 1920

Memorandum and articles of association, 24 July 1962

Memorandum and articles of association, 29 July 1969

Memorandum and articles of association, 29 July 1971

Memorandum of association, 31 January 1982

Memorandum and articles of association, 22 January 1987

Memorandum and articles of association of Storage Engineers (later Whessoe Engineering Services), 1 June 1962

Memorandum and articles of association of Whessoe Engineering (in Nigeria), 24 October 1960

Memorandum and articles of association of Whessoe Engineering (in Nigeria), 1960

Directors' reports, 19 July 1894 - 30 April 1896, 22 November 1899 - 24 August 1905

Report and accounts, 31 March 1953

Report and accounts, 31 March 1954

Report and accounts, 31 March 1955

Report and accounts, 31 March 1956

Report and accounts, 31 March 1957

Report and accounts, 31 March 1960

Report and accounts, 31 March 1961

Report and accounts, 31 Mrch 1962

Report and accounts, 31 March 1963

Annual report, 31 March 1964

Annual report, 31 March 1965

Annual report, 31 March 1967

Annual report, 30 March 1968

Annual report, 29 March 1969

Annual report, 28 March 1970

Annual report, 25 March 1972

Report and accounts, 30 September 1972

Report and accounts, 29 September 1973

Report and accounts, 28 September 1974

Report and accounts, September 1977

Report and accounts, September 1978

Report and accounts, September 1979

Register of directors or managers, 15 January 1901 - 25 August 1916

Copy of first prospectus, n.d. [1919]

Prospectus, 14 May 1920

Special resolution, 19 December 1962

Ordinary and special resolutions, 29 July 1971

Graph showing annual sales, wages and trade expenses, 1863-1887

Graph showing output, profit, wages and charges, 1919-1928

1 May 1891 (1) Alfred Edward Kitching and Henry Kitching, both of Darlington (2) David Read of 27 Clements Lane, London Copy agreement concerning the postponed payment of the value of convertible stocks, stock in trade, and other articles

24 September 1894 (1) Alfred Edward Kitching of Great Ayton, Yorkshire, esq., and Henry Kitching of Darlington, esq. (2) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St. James' Street, London, esq. (3) The Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington Copy of a deed of covenant that (1) will not trade as ironfounders or engineers within 10 miles of (3) for 7 years

24 October 1894 (1) The Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington (2) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse of the Conservative Club, St. James' Street, London, esq. (3) Julia Grieve Smith-Rewse, wife of Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse Copy agreement to pay every sum owing for keeping on foot a policy of assurance on the life of Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse, and declaration of trust

16 December 1895 (1) Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington (2) Henry Sampson King of Wharncliffe, Wimbledon, Surrey, esq. Mutual release from all actions in respect of any act done by (1) or of the unpaid bills claimed by (1) upon (2) Consideration: £1,050, and the cancellation of the share certificates lately held by (2) in (1)

(1) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse, the Conservative Club, St. James' Street, Middlesex, esq. (2) Dr. Henry Thomas Sylvester of No.7 Bessboro' Gardens, Westminster, London; Edgar Francis Jenkins of Doctors Commons, London, esq., and Sir Thomas Blomefield of the Board of Trade, baronet; Miss Annette Geraldine Jenkins, Miss Edith Augusta Jenkins, and Miss Eleanor Maud Jenkins, all c/o Shropshire Old Bank, Shrewsbury, Shropshire; and the Rev. Arthur Croyton Atkins of St. Leonards on Sea, Sussex Draft covenant for guaranteeing payment by the Whessoe Foundry Company of the £5,000 of debentures, part of their first debenture issue of £14,500

1897 (1) The Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington (2) Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse, The Conservative Club, St. James' Street, Middlesex, esq. (3) Julia Grieve Smith-Rewse, wife of Henry Stinton Smith-Rewse Draft covenant and declaration of trust concerning a policy of assurance for £5,000 on the life of H.S. Smith-Rewse

19 June 1913 (1) The Whessoe Foundry Company (2) Barclay and Company Debenture to secure an overdraft of £28,000

19 June 1913 (1) Mary Jane Coates of 'Benwell', Darlington, widow; Alfred Tom Coates of 'Benwell', Darlington, engineer; George Henry Coates of 4 Elton Gardens, Darlington, engineer; executors of the will of Thomas Coates, late of 'Benwell', Darlington, decd. (2) Barclay and Company Copy agreement that (1) will not call in payment by the Whessoe Foundry Company of the sum of £6,300, and will not give notice to (2) to discontinue a related guarantee until 19 June 1914, so long as the overdraft of the Whessoe Foundry Company with (2) shall continue

15 October 1914 (1) The Whessoe Foundry Company (2) Barclay and Company, later Barclays Bank Agreement as to an overdraft, and subsequent release and discharge Includes: release and discharge, 15 March 1920

1919 (1) '[ ]' (2) Imperial and Foreign Corporation, 1 Broad Street Place, London Copy draft agreement concerning the sale of shares in the Whessoe Foundry Company

10 January 1920 (1) Guy John Fenton Knowles of Glebe House, Sherborne Lane, [London] (2) The Whessoe Foundry Company, 106, Cannon Street, London Agreement for letting strong room 8 in Norfolk House, Lawrence Pountney Hill, London Rent: £15

5 May 1920 (1) The Whessoe Foundry Company and Sir William Barclay Peat, knight, of 11 Ironmonger Lane, London (2) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company Reconstruction agreement of the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company

12 August 1958 (1) The Nuclear Power Plant Company, Heaton Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (2) C.A. Parsons and Company, Heaton Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (3) A. Reyrolle and Company, Hebburn (4) Head, Wrightson and Company, Teesdale Iron Works, Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire (5) Sir Robert McAlpine and Sons, 80 Park Lane, London (6) Whessoe, Darlington (7) Strachan and Henshaw, 1 Redcliffe Street, Bristol (8) Clarke, Chapman and Company, Victoria Works, Gateshead (9) Alex, Findlay and Company, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland (10) Parolle Electrical Plant Company, Princes Buildings, 2 King Street, Newcastle upon Tyne Agreement between (1) and (2) - (10) settling rights and liabilities under a guarantee to the Central Electricity Authority

28 July 1967 (1) Whessoe Limited, Brinkburn Road, Darlington (2) Whessoe Engineering Services, Ltd., Brinkburn Road, Darlington (3) Express Tools, Ltd., Brinkburn Road, Darlington (4) Whessoe (Ireland) Ltd., Finglas Works, Jamestown Road, Dublin (5) The Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd., 142 Holborn Bars, London Trust deed securing £1,543,750 73/8% Debenture Stock 1988/93

1 May 1968 (1) Whessoe Limited, Brinkburn Road, Darlington (2) Aiton and Company, Stores Road, Derby (3) Morgan and Brace, Hirwann Industrial Estate, Rhigas, near Aberdare, Glamorgan (4) Whessoe Project Engineers, Brinkburn Road, Darlington (5) The Prudential Assurance Company, 142 Holborn Bars, London Debenture Stock 1988/93, with authority to increase

23 May 1968 (1) Whessoe Limited, Brinkburn Road, Darlington (2) Whessoe Stockton Works, Brinkburn Road, Darlington (3) The Prudential Assurance Company, 142 Holborn Bars, London Second supplemental trust deed securing £1,543,750 73/8% Debenture Stock 1988/93, with authority to increase

27 August 1971 (1) Whessoe Limited, Brinkburn Road, Darlington (2) Subsidiaries of Whessoe Limited, initially participating in the Whessoe Share Incentive Scheme, and listed in Schedule 1 to the deed (3) Frederick, the Right Honourable Lord Erroll of Hale of 21 Ilchester Place, London; Ernest le Quesne Herbert of Vasterne Manor, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire; Godfrey Broumton Judd of 25 The Bridle Road, Purley, Surrey; and Sir Richard Royle Powell of 56 Montague Square, London Trust deed constituting the Whessoe Share Incentive Scheme

20 March 1973 (1) Whessoe Limited, Brinkburn Road, Darlington (2) Express Tools Limited, Hirwann Industrial Estate, Rhigas, near Aberdare, Glamorgan (4) Malone Precision Tool Company Limited, Brinkburn Road, Darlington (5) The Prudential Assurance Company Limited, 142 Holborn Bars, London Copy of the fourth supplemental trust deed concerning the shareholdings of (1) in (2), (3) and (4), held in trust by (5)

Record of documents dating from after 14 December 1891, to which the seal of the Whessoe Foundry Company has been affixed, 4 March 1892 - 25 April 1921

Copy memorandum on the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, n.d. [1920]

Chairman's statement, 30 July 1970

Conditions of contract for works of civil engineering construction, 1973

Correspondence between Brooks, Jenkins and Company, proctors and solicitors, 16 Godliman Street, Doctors' Commons, London; H.S. Smith-Rewse, 28 Queen Street, Cheapside, later Cannon Street, London; Gray, Brodrick and Wilson, Ormond House, 63 Queen Victoria Street, London; Lucas, Hutchinson and Meek, solicitors, Darlington; and The Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington; concerning debentures, 24 April 1897 - 1 November 1899

Letters from Brooks, Jenkins and Company, proctors and solicitors, 16 Godliman Street, Doctors' Commons, London; and Lucas, Hutchinson and Meek, solicitors, Darlington; to The Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington, enclosing deeds of transfer and share certificates, and requesting the payment of interest and dividends, 28 June 1898 - 10 April 1919

Correspondence between H.S. Smith-Rewse, 106 Cannon Street, London; Lucas Hutchinson and Meek, solicitors, Darlington; and Hazard and Pratt, solicitors, Harleston, Norfolk, concerning the fact that H.S. Smith-Rewse has not given a charge over his share of land leased to The Whessoe Foundry Company, 11-12 July 1912

Correspondence between the Walker and Wallsend Union Gas Company, Neptune Road, Wallsend upon Tyne, and the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington, concerning a temporary loan of £5,000 made by Whessoe Foundry to the gas company, and its subsequent transfer into an issue of mortgages, 30 June 1919 - 6 April 1922

Letter from [Edwin Fox and Binkfield], solicitors, 99 Gresham Street, [London], to H.S. Smith-Rewse, Felpham, Sussex, reporting on an inspection of the Whessoe Foundry Company, 21 June 1892

Letter from Brock and Jenkins, solicitors, 16 Godliman Street, Doctors' Commons, London, to R.C. Pearce, esq., Houndgate, Darlington, requesting a valuation of the Whessoe Foundry Company, with reply, 5-27 May 1897

Letters from Wheatley Kirk, Price and Company, mechanical and electrical valuers, arbitrators and auctioneers, 46 Watling Street, London, to The Imperial and Foreign Corporation, 1 Broad Street Place, London, concerning the valuation of the Whessoe Foundry Company, 21 July 1919 - 17 February 1920 (5 papers) 10/25 Letters from Lucas, Hutchinson and Meek, solicitors, Darlington, and Barclay and Company, bankers, Darlington, to the Whessoe Foundry Company, concerning the signing of documents, 16 July 1913 - 21 July 1915

Letter from Edward Sparks and Son, chartered accounts, 24 Grainger Street West, Newcastle-on-Tyne, to the Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington, concerning an improved accounting system, 18 April 1917

Copy of a letter from Lucas, Hutchinson and Meek, solicitors, Darlington, to the Whessoe Foundry Company, concerning the search for lost agreements, 14 May 1920 (1 paper) Second Deposit (Acc: 2621(D))

Copy letter from [the Whessoe Foundry] to J. D. MacDonald, "Fairknowe", Stanley Avenue, Mosman, Sydney [Australia]; establishing the working arrangement by which he is to act as their Agent in Australia and New Zealand, 26 August 1929

2 May 1930 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, London (2) The British Structural Steel Company, Zetland Road, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire Memorandum of agreement whereby (1) appoints (2) to be their Agents in the Argentine, Uruguay and Paraguay

29 May 1930 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, London (2) The Sociedade Anonyma Marvin, Rua Menna Barreto, 72 Rio de Janeiro Memorandum of agreement whereby (1) appoints (2) as its agent in Brazil

Letter [in Portuguese] written on behalf of the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company to the Sociedade Anonyma Marvin, Rua Menna Barreto, 72, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, [concerning the Agency Agreement,] n.d. [1930]

Letter from the Secretary of the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, to the Sociedade Anonyma Marvin, Rua Menna Barreto, 72, Rio de Janeiro, [Brazil], terminating the Agency Agreement "in view of the unsettled conditions in Brazil", 31 March 1932

19 November 1930 (1) Arthur G. McKee and Company of Cleveland, Ohio, the United States of America (2) Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company of Darlington Agreement by which (2) is appointed the Manufacturing Agent in Great Britain of (1) for one year

Correspondence between R. B. Hodgson, Managing Director of the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, London; F. Colin Sutton, 76 Greenfield Gardens, Cricklewood Lane, London; and C. M. Spielman, London; concerning the termination of the contract of F. C. Sutton as agent of the Whessoe Foundry owing to the Depression, 30 October 1931 - 31 October 1934

Letter from the Managing Director of the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company to Archibald Dougall, c/o Messrs. Dougall Coombs and Company, Holland Street, Wellington, New Zealand; concerning a possible agency agreement covering New Zealand, 20 November 1931

5 March 1932 (1) Bamag-Meguin, 53 Victoria Street, London (2) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, London Agreement whereby (1) gives to (2) sole licence Bamag Plants for washing coal under the name of Whessoe-Bamag Plants

Letter from [Bamag-Meguin, Germany] to the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington; confirming the cancellation of their agreement of 5 March 1932, 31 January 1935

Correspondence between the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, London, and M. Sigel, 102 - 105 Shoe Lane, London, concerning an agency agreement for Russia, including a memorandum of terms of appointment, 5 - 22 March 1932

1 October 1932 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington (2) S. Wolff Memorandum of agreement whereby (2) is to represent (1) as its sole Agent in South Wales

Copy letter from the Secretary of the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company to Dr. S. Wolff, "Utrecht", 28 Westbourne Road, Penarth, Glamorgan, concerning the agency agreement, 10 October 1932

1 April 1935 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington (2) Dr. S. Wolff Memorandum of agreement appointing (2) as the agent of (1) in South Wales and district

Map of the Bristol Channel depicting a line connecting Bridgwater, Bristol, Stroud, Ross and St. David's Head, n.d. [1935] No scale

Bradshaw's Railway Map of the British Isles, with the addition of a line marked in red connecting Bridgewater, Bath, Cheltenham, Bredon, Hereford and Fishguard, 1935 Scale: 1:1,126,400

23 February 1940 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, London (2) Dr. S. Wolff, 'Utrecht', Westbourne Road, Penarth, Glamorgan Agreement whereby (2) releases (1) from all liabilities and obligations arising from the agency agreement of 1 April 1935, as in D/Whes 10/41 Consideration: £196 5s. 6d.

1 September 1925/1 October 1932 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington (2) "The Agent" [H. A. Bennie Gray] Draft memorandum of agreement appointing an agent for the Company in South Wales Includes: notes of expenses and commission accounts, 1925 - 1927

Correspondence between W. Lawson, Harrow Lodge, Hartburn Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, and the Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington, concerning an agency agreement, 13 December 1932 - 31 December 1934

4 and 15 May and 27 June 1933 (1) The Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Company and the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company (2) Thomas William Ellis, 112 Cambridge Gardens, London Duplicate agreement whereby (1) appoints (2) to be its representative at Haifa [Palestine] in the execution of a contract with the Iraq Petroleum Company

Letter from the Director of the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company to Charles H. Saxby, Gresham House, Cairo, Egypt, concerning a trial agency agreement, 20 July 1934

Correspondence between the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington, and the Woodall-Duckham (Australasia) Proprietary, 340 Spencer Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, concerning an agency agreement relating to Electro Detarring Plant, 27 February 1935 - 16 April 1936

8 March 1946 (1) Whessoe, Darlington (2) Woodall-Duckham (Australasia) Proprietary, 340 Spencer Street, Melbourne, Australia Memorandum of agreement whereby (1) appoints (2) to be its agents for the sale of electrical precipitation plants in Australia and New Zealand

Correspondence between the Managing Director of the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Whessoe Foundry, Hopetown, Darlington; the Bangkok Dock Company, Bangkok, Siam; Arthur Pollock and Company, 13/14 West Smithfield, London; and J. P. Hall, Caskie, 15 Wilson Street, Renfrew, Scotland; concerning the agency agreement of Whessoe with the Bangkok Dock Company, 7 May 1935 - 23 May 1946

Correspondence between the Managing Director of the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington, and "Volund", Copenhagen, Denmark, concerning the appointment of "Volund" as the agents of the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company in Denmark, 20 December 1937 - 28 March 1938

14 October 1946 (1) Whessoe, Darlington (2) Westland Iron and Steel Foundries, 1395 Franklin Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Memorandum of agreement concerning the sale of plant in Canada

Correspondence between T. Heslop, Secretary of Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington; Westland Iron and Steel Foundries, 1395 Franklin Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Rhodes, Brydon and Youatt, engineers, Waterloo Engineering Works, Gorsey Mount Street, Stockport, Cheshire; concerning the suitability of Westland Iron and Steel Foundries as Canadian agents for Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 3 January 1946 - 11 October 1951

'Lownders Associated Pensions master pension scheme for Whessoe Limited', 6 July 1951

Whessoe works pension scheme, 1984 (1 booklet) Second Deposit (Acc: 2621(D))

31 March 1925 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company of 106 Cannon Street, the City of London (2) Richard Bowness Hodgson of Credwood, Norton-on-Tees Agreement appointing (2) as Managing Director of (1)

Correspondence between the Managing Director of the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company and Harald Nielsen, York Mansion, Petty France, London, and, later, King's Court, 48 Broadway, London, concerning the retention of H. Nielsen as technical adviser, 18 May 1931 - 23 May 1932

Correspondence between the Managing Director of the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington, and R. H. Kirkup, "Crossways", Queen's Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, and, later, 5 Southend Avenue, Darlington, concerning the appointment and resignation of R. H. Kirkup as manager of the coal cleaning plant, 4 July 1931 - 29 September 1932

Memorandum of agreement under which Herr H. Zschocke will act as consulting engineer for the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 14 October 1932

Correspondence between the Managing Director of the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington, and O. Bondy, consulting engineer, Windsor House, 46 Victoria Street, London, concerning the employment of O. Bondy, 17 June - 4 July 1938

Correspondence between the Managing Director of the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington, and O. Bondy, chartered structural engineer, Windsor House, 46 Victoria Street, London, concerning the terms and conditions of the retention of O. Bondy as welding consultant, 2 - 13 September 1938

17 April 1939 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, London (2) Otto Bondy, Windsor House, 46 Victoria Street, London Appointment by (1) of (2) to be its consulting engineer for three years [terminated 31 December 1942]

Correspondence between C. M. Spielman, the Managing Director of the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington, and O. Bondy, consulting engineer, Windsor House, 46 Victoria Street, London, and later 24 Avondale Avenue, Worcester Park, Surrey, concerning the appointment of O. Bondy as consulting engineer, 6 April 1939 - 8 April 1942 (15 papers) Third Deposit (Acc: 2739(D))

Plan of [the Stooperdale Estate], n.d. [1890s] Scale: 1:2,500 Includes: names of owners of fields and field sizes

Photostat of a map of Whessoe and Drinkfield, 16 April 1601 (Public Record Office reference MR 396) and correspondence between Norman Sunderland, 406 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, and A.G. Grant, the managing director of Whessoe, Foundry, concerning the map, 4 - 29 May 1956 (5 papers) Second Deposit (Acc: 2621(D))

"Whessoe Publications", volume 3, 1950 - 1953

"Whessoe Publications", volume 4, 1953 - 1958 (1 volume, leather bound) Third Deposit (Acc: 2739(D))

11 January 1924 (1) The Barrowfield Iron Works (2) Robert L. Chambers of 100 Fordneuk Street, Glasgow, manager of iron works Minute of agreement appointing (2) to be the General Manager of (1)

13 December 1922 (1) A. S. Macharg, chartered accountant, Glasgow, as liquidator of the Barrowfield Iron Works, Glasgow (2) Norman William Duthie, chartered accountant, Glasgow Minutes of agreement concerning the sale of the Barrowfield Iron Works, Glasgow Consideration: £12,000

Letter from Mann Judd Gordon and Company, chartered accountants, 8 Frederick's Place, Old Jewry, London, to the Directors of the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 106 Cannon Street, London, concerning appointments to the board of the Barrowfield Iron Works, 18 December 1922

Copy letter from A. S. Macharg, liquidator, 115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, to Norman W. Duthie, 142 St. Vincent Street, London, undertaking to underwrite the deposit of £1,000 made by N. W. Duthie in the Barrowfield Iron Works, now in liquidation, 9 April 1923

Five certificates of shares in the Barrowfield Iron Works, 9 February 1923, 27 May 1927, 1 November 1929

13 September 1928 (1) The Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Chicago, Illinois, The United States of America (2) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington, and the Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Company, Motherwell, Scotland Licence agreement concerning the sale of Wiggins Floating Roofs and Wiggins Breather Roofs

1 May 1933 (1) The Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Chicago, Illionois, The United States of America (2) Worms and Company, Paris, France Licence agreement concerning the sale of Wiggins Floating Roofs and Wiggins Breather Roofs

1 November 1939 (1) The Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Chicago, Illinois, The United States of America (2) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington, and the Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Company, Motherwell, Scotland Licence agreement concerning the Wiggins Floating Roof and the Wiggins Breather Roof

Correspondence between the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington; The Chicago Bridge and Iron Works, 30 Church Street, New York City, The United States of America, and 37 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, Illinois, The United States of America; and Worms and Company, 45 Hausmann Boulevard, Paris, France; concerning the sale of Wiggins Roofs, 31 October 1928 - 30 January 1936

1 January 1939 (1) The Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Chicago, Illinois, The United States of America (2) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington, and the Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Company, Motherwell, Scotland Agreement licensing the manufacture of hortonspheroids [extended to 31 December 1945]

Correspondence between the Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Company, Motherwell, Scotland; the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington; and the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, 1305 West 105th Street and 332 South Michigan Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, The United States of America; concerning licence agreements, 3 January 1940 - 5 March 1945

19 August 1953 (1) The Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Chicago, Illinois, The United States of America (2) Whessoe, Darlington, and the Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Company, Motherwell, Scotland Agreement concerning trade marks

Correspondence between Whessoe, Darlington, and the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, 1305 West 105th Street, Chicago, Illinois, The United States of America, concerning trade marks, 26 August - 1 September 1953

Correspondence between Whessoe, Darlington, and the Manager of Patents and Licences, Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, 901 West 22nd Street, Oak Brook, Hinsdale P.O., Illinois, The United States of America; concerning the design, fabrication and erection of insulated storage systems, 30 April 1962 - 2 August 1971

Letter from the Director and Secretary of Whessoe, Darlington, to the Director and Secretary of the Consett Iron Company, Consett, concerning the purchase of steel plates, 28 January 1953

23 April 1931 (1) Worms et Cie, Paris, France (2) Continental Tank Works, London (3) International Tank Works of Chicago, Illinois, The United States of America Agreement concerning the sale, manufacture, and erection of plate metal work destined for France

7 January 1932 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, London (2) Jenkins Brothers of Beaufort Road, Birkenhead, Cheshire (3) Continental Tank Works, 25 Victoria Street, London Agreement whereby (1) and (2) shall provide the finance for carrying out the obligations of (3) 12 papers)

7 January 1932 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company (2) Jenkins Brothers, Birkenhead, Cheshire (3) Continental Tank Works Agreement whereby (1) and (2) shall contribute the capital which (3) may be required to provide

19 May 1933 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, London (2) Continental Tank Works, 25 Victoria Street, London Agreement modifying an earlier agreement of 7 January 1932, by removing all references to Jenkins Brothers

2 December 1946 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the County Borough of Darlington (2) Whessoe, Darlington Agreement concerning the construction of a surface water sewer from Brinkburn Road to the Cockerbeck, Darlington

8 December 1943 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Foundry Street, Darlington (2) The Treasurer of Darlington Memorial Hospital Copy covenant that (1) will pay to (2) £100 p.a. for seven years [discontinued 1 April 1948]

8 December 1921 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington (2) Ellis and Shaw, Gwydir Chambers, 104 High Holborn, London Agreement to deliver ten steel oil tanks to Singapore Includes: notes concerning the Singapore tanks, n.d., and a form of engagement sent by the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company to Edward G. King, appointing him to superintend the erection of the tanks, 21 Declember 1921 (1 file and 5 papers) 16/41 18 January 1924 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 106 Cannon Street, London (2) Ellis and Shaw, Gwydir Chambers, 104 High Holborn, London Copy contract for the erection of ten steel oil tanks in Singapore

Correspondence between the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington; Mann Judd Gordon and Company, chartered accountants, 8 Frederick's Place, Old Jewry, London; and F. C. Construction Company, engineers, 36 New Broad Street, London; concerning shares held in F. C. Construction Company, 24 January - 27 October 19223

Agreement whereby William Galloway of 39 Clyde Street, Invergordon, confirms that he will repay the sum of £81 3s. 9d. to the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington, 2 March 1922

1 July 1946 (1) The Gas Light and Coke Company, 30 Kensington Church Street, London (2) Whessoe, Darlington Licence to manufacture and sell electrical precipitation plant

Correspondence between Whessoe, Darlington; the Gas Light and Coke Company, 30 Kensington Church Street, London; and the North Thames Gas Board, Fulham Research Laboratory, Gas Works, King's Road, Fulham, London; concerning the licence to manufacture and sell electrical precipitation plant, 16 July 1946, 11 January 1956 - 1 March 1957

5 January 1932 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington (2) Messrs. Gebr. Pfeiffer Barbarossawerke A. G., Kaiserslautern, Germany Royalty agreement concerning coal and coke separators

13 September 1937 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, London (2) Henry Pooley and Son, John Bright Street, Birmingham Copy agreement for the sale and purchase of the goodwill and assets of the weighing machine department of (1) Consideration: £5,000 and a sum to be calculated

13 September 1937 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, London (2) Henry Pooley and Son, John Bright Street, Birmingham Agreement for the sale and purchase of the goodwill and assets of the weighing machine department of (1) Consideration: £5,000 and a sum to be calculated

23 November 1937 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, London (2) Eric Ashford Greenway of Westcliffe, Pierremont Crescent, Darlington (3) Henry Pooley and Son, John Bright Street, Birmingham Copy assignment of the goodwill and assets of the weighing machine department of (1) Consideration: £5,000

23 November 1937 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, London (2) Henry Pooley and Son, John Bright Street, Birmingham Copy deed of covenant that (1) will not for 25 years be involved with the manufacture, sale, or repair, of scales and weighing machines

27 February 1918 (1) The Higham Glass and Bottle Company (2) The Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington Income bond in £310 12s.

Letters from the Higham Glass and Bottle Company, Salisbury House, London Wall, London; W. B. Peat and Company, 11 Ironmonger Lane, London; and Downes, Munns and Company, chartered accountants, Salisbury House, London; to the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington; concerning an income bond, as in D/Whes 16/51, 15 May 1918 - 14 November 1930

Correspondence between Whessoe, Darlington, and M. Stirk, 4 Moorhouse Lane, Hallen, Bristol, concerning the opening of an account with The Imperial Bank of India, 24 November - 9 December 1948

12 June 1931 (1) Jenkins Brothers, Beaufort Road, Birkenhead, Cheshire (2) Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, London Agreement whereby (2) guarantees the overdraft of (1) if (1) acquires a one sixth interest in the French Syndicate formed between Worms et Cie, Continental Tank Works, and International Tank Works of Chicago

12 June 1931 (1) Jenkins Brothers, Beaufort Road, Birkenhead, Cheshire (2) Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, London Duplicate agreement whereby (2) guarantees an overdraft of (1) of either £20,000 or £15,000 Consideration: £2 % p.a. on the maximum amount of the guarantee

Copy agreeement between the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington, and the London and North Eastern Railway Company, concerning the unloading of wagons at Rayleigh, Essex, in order to build a high-pressure gasholder, [October] 1938

4 November 1941 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington (2) North Eastern Caterers, 50 Frederick Street, Sunderland Agreement concerning the licence for catering at the canteen of (1)

Sample menus of North Eastern Caterers, 27 October 1941

Inventory of canteen equipment, 23 September 1942

31 August 1953 (1) The North Eastern Electricity Board, Carliol House, Newcastle upon Tyne (2) Whessoe, Brinkburn Road, Darlington Counterpart agreement concerning the supply of electricity Includes: Correspondence between the Secretary, the North Eastern Electricity Board, Carliol House, Newcastle upon Tyne, and the Secretary, Whessoe, concerning the supply of electricity, 9 - 11 January 1954

Correspondence between the Secretary, Whessoe, Brinkburn Road, Darlington, and the Secretary, the North Eastern Electricity Board, Carliol House, Newcastle upon Tyne, concerning the supply of electricity, 31 August 1953 - 17 September 1957

12 July1955 (1) The North Eastern Electricity Board, Carliol House, Newcastle upon Tyne (2) Whessoe, Brinkburn Road, Darlington Agreement for the supply of electricity to Cleveland Dockyard, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire

Correspondence between the Secretary, Whessoe, Brinkburn Road, Darlington, and the Secretary, The North Eastern Electricity Board, Carliol House, Newcastle upon Tyne; concerning the termination of the supply of electricity to Cleveland Dock, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, 7 November 1956 - 16 January 1957

8 January 1952 (1) The Northern Gas Board, 30 Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne (2) Whessoe, Foundry Street, Darlington Agreement for the supply of gas to the premises of (2)

Memorandum of acceptance of an additional clause extending the gas supply agreement, as in D/Whes 16/64, 25 March 1953

16 June 1958 (1) The Northern Gas Board, 30 Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne (2) Whessoe, Brinkburn Road, Darlington Agreement for the supply of gas

Letter from the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St. John Fund, St. James' Palace, London, to C. M. Spielman, Managing Director, Whessoe Foundry Company, Darlington; thanking him for the deed of covenant, as in D/Whes 16/68, 27 August 1943

26 August 1943 (1) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington (2) Edward Mauger, Baron Iliffe of Yattendon, and Sir Ernest Burdon of 14 Grosvenor Crescent, London, trustees Deed of covenant whereby (1) shall donate £50 p.a. to (2) for seven years or the duration of the war (whichever is the shorter) upon trust for the Red Cross and St. John Fund

Letter from the Shell Company of Venezuela, St. Helen's Court, Great St. Helen's, London, to Whessoe, Darlington, concerning the sale of equipment in Venezuela, Aruba, The Lesser Antilles, and elsewhere, 1 January 1946 - 4 March 1948 Includes: schedules of equipment, 1948

Correspondence between the Managing Director of Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington, and E. A. Richards, Rectifier Section, Standard Telephones and Cables, Oakleigh Road, New Southgate, London, concerning the sale of selenium rectifiers, 2 March 1939 - 12 December 1941

Memorandum concerning the financing by Whessoe of the Universal Industrial Developments Company, 23 October 1931

29 February1932 (1) Universal Industrial Developments Company, Windsor House, Victoria Street, the City of Westminster, London (2) Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, the City of Westminster, London Agreement concerning a loan of £1,250 (making with the sum of £1,250 already advanced the sum of £2,500), a further loan of £1,000, and a possible further loan of £3,500

29 February 1932 (1) Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, the City of Westminster, London (2) Universal Industrial Developments Company, Windsor House, Victoria Street, the City of Westminster, London Agreement concerning technical assistance

29 November 1932 (1) Universal Industrial Developments Company, 25 Victoria Street, City of Westminster, London (2) Owen David Lucas, 49 Linden Gardens, London, consulting engineer (3) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, City of Westminster, London Agreement and assignment concerning letters patent

29 November 1932 (1) Universal Industrial Developments Company, 25 Victoria Street, the City of Westminster, London (2) Owen David Lucas, 49 Linden Gardens, London, consulting engineer (3) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, the City of Westminster, London Assignment of the benefits of pre-existing agreements and licences

29 November 1932 (1) Universal Industrial Developments Company, 25 Victoria Street, City of Westminster, London (2) Owen David Lucas, 49 Linden Gardens, London, consulting engineer (3) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 15 Victoria Street, City of Westminster, London Licence in respect of patents

29 November 1932 (1) Universal Industrial Developments Company, 25 Victoria Street, the City of Westminster, London (2) Owen David Lucas, 49 Linden Gardens, London, consulting engineer (3) The Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, 25 Victoria Street, the City of Westminster, London Licence in respect of patents

Letter [in German, with translation] from Zschocke-werke, Kaiserslautern, Germany, to the Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Company, Darlington, concerning electro-detarring plants, 13 June 1938

'The Water Tower', volume XXV, number 3 - volume XXX, number 1, January 1939 - September 1943 (1 volume, card bound) Third Deposit (Acc: 2739(D))