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May 1884 Draft memorials to be registered of a mortgage of the Half Moon and of 4 closes of land at Lucy Cross, Aldborough, Yorks. to Abraham Hilton and assignment of the mortgage to Robert Marriner

9 February 1670 (1) William Smith of Barnard Castle, miller and Christopher Smith, his son and heir (2) Richard Young of Lartington, Yorks., yeoman; Bryan Shater of Barnard Castle, shoemaker (3) Thomas Smith of Barnard Castle, weaver and Mary, his wife (daughter of Richard Young) Post-nuptial settlement of (3) being a feoffment by (1) to (2) of a burgage with garth in Briggate, Barnard Castle, to the use of (3) during their lives, thence to the heirs of their bodies as specified Consideration: £17 by (3) to (1) - promise of (3) to maintain and lodge William Smith and his wife Elizabeth

6 October 1770 (1) Susanna Richardson of Barnard Castle, widow (2) Robert Dobson of Barnard Castle, butcher (son-in-law of (1)) Release by (1) to (2) of her life interest in a dwellinghouse, garth and outbuildings in Bridge Street, Barnard Castle with common right and rights of dower

28 May 1794 (1) Charles Raine of West Theackley, yeoman (2) Thomas Nixon of Esklith, Arkengarthdale, Yorks., gentleman (3) John Bourn of Cotherstone, Yorks., gentleman (4) George Alderson of West House, Arkengarthdale, Yorkshire, gentleman Feoffment by (1) to (2) of a messuage in Bridgegate and assignment by (3) to (4) of a term in trust to attend the freehold Consideration: £120

3 April 1799 (1) Thomas Nixon of White House, gentleman and Mary, his wife (2) George Alderson (3) Joseph Colling of Toller Hill, Yorkshire, farmer Feoffment of a messuage in Bridge Gate by (1) to (3); covenant to levy a fine; assignment of a term in trust to merge in the freehold by (2) to (3) Consideration: £118

10 April 1799 (1) Joseph Colling, Plaintiff (2) Thomas Nixon and Mary, his wife; Jacob Pratt and Mary, his wife, Deforceants Final concord of a messuage in Barnard Castle Consideration: 100 marks

13 May 1813 (1) Joseph Colling of Towler Hill, Romaldkirk, Yorks., farmer (2) William Dixon of Barnard Castle, linen draper Feoffment by (1) to (2) of a messuage in Bridgegate Consideration: £170

19 August 1841 (1) Robert Dobson of Hunwick, mason (2) Thomas Jopling of Bishop Auckland, chemist and druggist Mortgage by demise of 500 years of a messuage in Bridgegate Street Consideration: £20

2 October 1856 (1) Thomas Jopling of Billy Row, chemist and druggist (2) Abraham Hilton Assignment of a mortgage by demise Consideration: £20

31 March 1848 (1) Thomas Monkhouse of Barnard Castle, yeoman (2) John Heslop of St. Helens, Auckland, innkeeper Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a messuage on the south of Bridgegate Consideration: £80

1 April 1848 (1) John Heslop (2) The Trustees of the Bishop Auckland Benefit Building Society Mortgage by (1) to (2) of house in Bridgegate for £120

9 April 1849 (1) John Heslop of St. Helens Auckland, shoemaker (2) Trustees of the Bishop Auckland Benefit Building Society Further charge of £120 upon houses in Bridgegate, Barnard Castle and in South Terrace, Bishop Auckland

15 January 1852 (1) John Heslop of St. Helens Auckland, innkeeper (2) John Swales of Barnard Castle, gentleman Mortgage by (1) to (2) of a messuage on the south of Bridgegate for £140

15 July 1864 (1) John Lawson of Cotherstone, Yorks., gentleman; John Lamb of Barnard Castle, gentleman; and John Robinson of Lartington, Yorks., farmer (2) Robert Stephenson of Barnard Castle, shoemaker Conveyance of a messuage in Bridgegate Consideration: £145,and £100 secured to be paid by (2) to (1) Endorsed: 24 May 1869 (1) John Robinson and John Lamb (2) Robert Stephenson Release of property by (1) to (2) on payment of £100

1877 (1) Nancy Bayles of Barnard Castle, widow and others (devisees in trust of John Bayles deceased) (2) Abraham Hilton of Barnard Castle, merchant Draft conveyance of a messuage in Bowes Consideration: £111

Draft memorandum to be registered of D/HH 3/9/16, 1879

1879 (1) Robert Stephenson of Barnard Castle, innkeeper (2) Thomas Dobson of Barnard Castle, innkeeper Draft conveyance of house in Bridgegate Consideration: £250

Correspondence relating to Bridgegate conveyance, 15 January 1852

13 May 1845 (1) Margaret Watson of Barnard Castle, spinster (2) George Sparrow of Barnard Castle, labourer and Mary, his wife Conveyance of a messuage on the north side of Bridgegate Consideration: £50

4 August 1852 (1) George Sparrow (2) Abraham Hilton Conveyance of messuage on the north side of Bridgegate Consideration: £54

Abraham Hilton's costs, 19 August 1852

18 May 1868 (1) Richard Peel of Barnard Castle, grocer (2) Abraham Hilton of Barnard Castle, tea dealer Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of tenements on the west side of Bridgegate, Barnard Castle to secure £100 with interest; endorsed with draft tenancy agreement

23 November 1874 (1) George Moore of Barnard Castle, shoemaker (trustee under the will of Thomas Wetherill, late of Hartlepool) (2) Abraham Hilton of Barnard Castle, tea dealer Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of dwellinghouse with yard and garden on the north side of Bridgegate, Barnard Castle Consideration: £200

1875 (1) George Dobson of Barnard Castle, shopkeeper (2) George Robinson of Barnard Castle, shopkeeper and Elizabeth, his wife Draft mortgage by (1) to E. Robinson of two dwellinghouses on the north side of Bridgegate, Barnard Castle to secure £200 and interest

[November] 1895 (1) Abraham Hilton (2) William Dobson of Barnard Castle, shopkeeper Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of a dwellinghouse on the north side of Bridgegate, Barnard Castle

15 March 1730 (1) Ralph Belwood the elder of Westwick, yeoman (2) Ralph Belwood the younger Release of land at Galgate garth, of 2 days work in Newfield, 2 days work in Middlefield, 3 days work in North Field and 5.5 beastgates and all his livestock and chattels

10 October 1758 (1) Robert Jackson of Penrith, Cumberland, tanner (2) Charles Belewood of Northfield, Startforth, Yorks., yeoman Lease (release missing) of 2 messuages on the east row of Galgate alias Gallowgate

7 January 1765 (1) Charles Belwood of Barnard Castle, innholder and George Brownless of Stainton, yeoman (2) Jonathan Newton of Bolron, Yorks., gentleman Lease (release missing) of messuages on the south of Gallowgate with pasture gates and days work as specified

21 September 1765 (1) Jonathan Newton, Plaintiff (2) Charles Belwood and Ann, his wife, Deforceants Final concord of 2 messuages etc. in Barnard Castle Consideration: 100 marks

12 May 1769 (1) Richard Stockburn of Grafts, Whorlton, yeoman and John Jackson of Whorlton Loaning, yeoman (2) Charles Belwood of Barnard Castle, yeoman Bond of indemnity of (1) to (2) in £200 - title to property at Barnard Castle

21 May 1771 (1) Charles Belwood (2) Jonathan Newton of Bolron, Yorks., gentleman Lease (release missing) of messuages in Gallowgate, with beastgates, days labour etc.

25 - 26 May 1775 (1) Charles Bellwood (2) William Hall of Barnard Castle, gentleman Lease (release missing) of messuages in Gallowgate and beastgates and days work as specified,upon trust for sale to repay mortgagees etc., and upon trust to raise and retain £146 advanced by (2) to (1)

11 - 12 May 1780 (1) Charles Bellwood (2) Jonathan Newton (3) Edward Bousfield of Barnard Castle, miller; Joshua Gibson of Grassholme, Romaldkirk, gentleman; Ralph Hodgson of Westholme, Gainford, gentleman (4) William Hall Lease and release by (1), (2) and (3) to (4) of messuages in Gallowgate and beastgates and days labour Consideration: £135 (4) to (2); £91 18s. (4) to (3); £158 2s. owed by (1) to (4)

Papers concerning agreements for the opening up of windows, including agreement between Miss Hall and Cuthbert Swinburn (houses in Galgate, Barnard Castle), agreement between Thomas Atkinson and Abraham Hilton, and receipts for payments under the agreements, 14 April 1825 - 21 January 1850

20 April 1790 Copy of probate of will of William Hall of Barnard Castle, gentleman (dated 11 September 1788) devising to Thomas Emerson Headlam of Gateshead, Esquire and John Hanby of East Wood, Barningham, Yorkshire, Esquire real estate at Startforth, Gainford etc. in trust for Sarah Hall (mother) and Sarah Hall (sister) etc. [Copy 1843]

20 March 1830 Copy of the probate of the will of Sarah Hobson of Barnard Castle (dated 5 March 1828) devising property to John Headlam [Copy 1843]

Copy affidavit of Jane Hanby of Barnard Castle, widow regarding Hall family, 7 May 1832 [Copy 1843]

Bill of costs from Wheldon and Hepworth to Abraham Hilton for conveyance from Archdeacon Headlam, April 1843

5 April 1843 (1) The Ven. John Headlam of Whycliffe, Yorks., clerk (2) Abraham Hilton of Barnard Castle, yeoman Copy statutory release of 2 closes of land (2a.2r.) with cowhouses etc. thereupon, south and east of the Darlington turn pike in Barnard Castle Consideration: £280

23 August 1843 (1) John Headlam (2) Abraham Hilton Copy statutory release of a messuage on the south side of Galgate and north side of Queen Street, Barnard Castle Consideration: £290

Receipt of A. Hilton for deeds from Morley Headlam, 30 August 1865

1879 (1) Hudson Donnaldson of Barnard Castle, contractor and builder (2) Thomas Walker of Barnard Castle, joiner Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of a parcel of land on the north of Galgate (320 sq. yds.) Consideration: £100

1879 (1) Hudson Donaldson (2) Thomas Walker (3) George Stoddart of Barnard Castle, shoemaker Draft conveyance by (1) to (3) of a parcel of land on the north side of Galgate (206 sq. yds.) Consideration: £99 15s. to (1)

1879 (1) George Stoddart (2) William Eales of Ripon, Yorks., gentleman Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of land on north side of Galgate Consideration: £200

March 1892 (1) John James Addison of Middleton in Teesdale, mason (2) George R. Addison of Middleton in Teesdale (3) Mary Jane Dent, wife of John Dent of Thringarth, Lunesdale, Romaldkirk (4) Samuel Breen of Barnard Castle, rope maker Draft conveyance by (1), (2) and (3), for their respective thirds, to (4) of a messuage etc. on the north side of Galgate Consideration: £250

March 1892 (1) Samuel Breen (2) George R. Addison of Middleton in Teesdale, mason Draft mortgage of messuage on north side of Galgate for £200

22 November 1793 (1) Thomas Bass, innholder; Joseph Middleton, merchant; and James Lonsdale, butcher, all of Barnard Castle (2) George Rablah of Barnard Castle, merchant and vestryman (3) Revd. James Stubbs of Kirby Hill, Yorks., Curate of Barnard Castle; William Hutchinson and Henry Ewbank, gentlemen, Churchwardens of Barnard Castle and 5 others (4) Revd. Robert Barnes of Barnard Castle, Clerk Feoffment by (1), (3) and (4) to (2) of 3 dwellinghouses on the east side of Thorngate, Barnard Castle to the use of (2) upon trust to raise and retain £140, then to pay specified sums annually to (3) for the use of the poor of the parish; covenant of (1) with (2) to use the remaining £35 of the purchase money in accordance with the will of William Raine. Recites previous deeds Considerations: £135 by (2) to (1); £5 by (2) to Bass; £100 by (3) to Lonsdale

3 March 1796 (1) George Rablah of Barnard Castle (2) The Commissioners named in the Barnard Castle Inclosure Act Release by (1) to (2) of his interest in Barnard Castle workhouse. Recites previous deed and Barnard Castle Inclosure Act Consideration: £140

Draft statement made by Joseph Gayle aged 11 years of ill treatment received at the hands of Bass Jackson, porter at the workhouse, 14 April 1889

Letters received by Abraham Hilton from James Davis, Barnard Castle and Thomas Dalkin, Teesdale Union workhouse, Barnard Castle regarding the dispute between them, 1 - 2 January 1885

20 August 1835 (1) Mary Blenkinsop the elder of Barnard Castle, draper and Mary Blenkinsop, the younger (2) John Dalkin of Barnard Castle, innkeeper Bargain and sale, with livery of seisin endorsed, of a messuage adjoining Barnard Castle churchyard Consideration: £49 19s.

Copy of the will of John Dalkin of Barnard Castle (dated 21 February 1846), [1852]

19 May 1852 (1) John Wilson of Streatlam Wood End, farmer (2) Thomas Dalkin of Barnard Castle, gunsmith (3) Thomas Howson of Barnard Castle, butcher Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a messuage adjoining the churchyard Consideration: £38

5 April 1853 (1) Thomas Dalkin (2) William Shaw of Barnard Castle, farmer Mortgage by (1) to (2) of a messuage adjoining the churchyard in Barnard Castle to secure £20 and interest

Conditions of sale with memoranduat of purchase, 20 March 1861

15 May 1861 (1) William Shaw (2) Joseph Hastwell of Barnard Castle Moor, farmer Conveyance of messuage adjoining churchyard Consideration: £42

16 June 1870 Probate of the will of Joseph Hastwell of Park House, Barnard Castle, farmer (dated 15 May 1866)

26 February 1879 (1) James Taylor of Park House, farmer and Mary, his wife (2) Trustees of the Free Christian Church in Newgate Conveyance by (1) to (2) of messuage adjoining churchyard Consideration: £40

Acknowledgement by married woman (Mary Taylor) before J.D. Holmes etc., 26 February 1879

13 May 1874 (1) John Binks Cooper and others (2) William Metcalf of Barnard Castle, confectioner (3) Jane, wife of (2) Draft conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of a burgage etc. on the east side of The Bank [Thorngate], Barnard Castle Consideration: £450 by (3)

13 May 1875 (1) William Metcalf and Jane, his wife (2) Abraham Hilton Mortgage by (1) to (2) of property in The Bank to secure £350 and interest

May 1877 (1) William Metcalf (2) Jane Metcalf (3) Abraham Hilton (4) William Johnson of Greenbough, Newsham, Yorks., farmer Rough draft conveyance of property in the Bank

1886 (1) John Howson of Barnard Castle, draper and George Vasey Howson of Toronto, Canada, printer (trustees under the will of Robert Howson late of Barnard Castle, grocer) (2) Thomas Gales Binks of Reeth, Yorks., draper and George Wheldon of Barnard Castle, joiner (trustees under the will of Richard Dunn, late of Barnard Castle) (3) James [Wandless] of Barnard Castle, joiner Draft conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of dwelling house with yards, garden and outbuildings on the east side of the Bank, Barnard Castle. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £200 by (2) to (3); £350 by (3) to (1)

1890 (1) John Lynn of Barnard Castle and others, trustees of Barnard Castle Primitive Methodist Chapel (2) David Dale of Darlington, Esquire; Abraham Hilton of Barnard Castle, spirit merchant; and Christopher Brown Martin of Barnard Castle, chemist Draft conveyance of the old Primitive Methodist Chapel in the Bank, Barnard Castle Consideration: £100

Correspondence concerning chapel conveyance, 23 May 1889 - 22 March 1888

1874 (1) William Barnett of Barnard Castle, tailor (2) William Bowron of Cross Lanes, Rokeby, Yorks., blacksmith Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of a dwelling house on the north side of Newgate Street, Barnard Castle. Plan attached Consideration: £250

1877 (1) John Joseph Bailey of Barnard Castle, schoolmaster (2) Abraham Hilton of Barnard Castle, spirit merchant Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of a house on the south side of Newgate Street, Barnard Castle to secure £200 and interest

1877 (1) John George Brass of 21 Ellesmere Street, Alexandra Park, Manchester, gentleman; and Jane Ann Brass of Barnard Castle, widow (2) Charles Dobson of Barnard Castle, innkeeper Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of The Dun Cow Inn on the south of Newgate Street Consideration: £137 5s. and £472 15s.(1 file)

1877 (1) Charles Dobson (2) Robert Errington of Brignal, Yorks., butcher Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of the Dun Cow Inn to secure £350 and interest

31 July 1880 (1) William Barnet of Barnard Castle, outfitter (2) Margaret Bowbank of Evenwood, farmer Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of a messuage in Newgate Street with 4 cottages behind it (146 ft. x 66.5 ft.) to secure £360 and interest

28 January 1885 (1) Michael Brown of Lands Farm, colliery agent and George Corner of Evenwood, farmer (2) William Barnett of Barnard Castle, tailor Draft transfer by (1) to (2) of a mortgage of property in Newgate Consideration: £360

Draft notice to pay off mortgage from A. Hilton to W. Barnet, 30 July 1881

Abstract of title (1872 - 1880), 1885

1877 (1) William Barnet of Barnard Castle, outfitter; George Marshall of Barnard Castle, mason; Charles Marshall of West Hartlepool, joiner (2) Various purchasers named Draft conveyances of several closes of ground on the east and west sides of Marshall Street, Barnard Castle

1884 (1) Ralph Mariner of Barnard Castle, railway inspector (2) Robert Hunter of Darlington, joiner Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of a dwellinghouse on the west side of Marshall Street, Barnard Castle to secure £200 and interest

1875 (1) Thomas Stokeld of West Auckland, sawyer; Charles Stokeld of Seaham, shoemaker; Frances Hutchinson of Middlesbrough, Yorks. (nee Stokeld), widow and 4 others (2) Abraham Hilton of Barnard Castle, spirit merchant Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of a house in Queen Street, Barnard Castle. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £75

1884 (1) Ralph Robinson of Wetherhill, Winston, farmer (2) William Robinson of Sunderland (3) George Brass of Barnard Castle, roper Draft conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of a dwelling house on the west side of Queen Street, Barnard Caslte. Recites will of John Robinson Consideration: £135 by (3) to (1) and (2)

1885 (1) John Brass of London, painter (2) Martha Walker of Barnard Castle, widow Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of a house on the west side of Queen Street, Barnard Castle Consideration: £100

Summons to Abraham Hilton to answer the complaint of Thomas Pulman re lack of ventilation in A.H.'s house in Queen Street, Barnard Castle, 4 March 1876

1879 (1) Matthew Hoggett of Fountain Head, Bowes, Yorks., farmer (2) Thomas Hoggett of [blank], Yorks., gentleman (3) Abraham Hilton Draft conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of a house and premises in King Street, Barnard Castle. Plan attached Consideration: £170 to (1) and £95 to (2)

1879 (1) Matthew Hoggett (2) Abraham Hilton Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of a messuage in King Street, Barnard Castle Consideration: £180

2 June 1886 (1) William Peirse of Cotherston, Yorks., farmer and Robert Hughes of Shildon, farmer (2) William Bell of Marwood, farmer Reconveyance of property on Barnard Castle Moor (mortgaged to (1) in 1871) upon payment of £100 principal and interest

1886 (1) William Bell (2) John Bell of Barnard Castle Moor, farmer Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of property on Barnard Castle Moor to secure £180

1878 (1) John Appleby, Barnard Castle, mason and Mary Ann Appleby of Barnard Castle, [spinster] (2) Hugh Railton of Barnard Castle, confectioner Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of a parcel of Townhead Field in Barnard Castle containing 301 [square] yards. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £37

1885 (1) John Appleby of Barnard Castle, mason (2) Margaret [Marnie] of Barnard Castle, spinster (3) Richard Kirk of Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, railway inspector Draft conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of a parcel of ground, with a dwellinghouse lately built thereon, in Bede Terrace West, Barnard Castle. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £250 by (3) to (1); £50 by (3) to (2)

1890 (1) John [Mill] of Barnard Castle, joiner (2) Abraham Hilton, Barnard Castle, spirit merchant Draft grant by (1) to (2) of wayleave over a piece of land in Ware Street, Barnard Castle Consideration: £3

n.d. [1869] (1) A[braham] H[ilton] (2) J.C. Draft lease by (1) to (2) of a parcel of land on the north side of [Prospect] Place, Barnard Castle

6 June 1796 (1) Walter Spencer Stanhope of Cannon Hall, Yorkshire and Mary Winifred, his wife (only surviving child of Winifred Pulleine) (2) John Bowron of Bowes, yeoman Bargain and sale by (1) to (2), with livery of seisin endorsed, of a cottage in Bowes Consideration: £26

11 May 1801 (1) John Bowron (2) Robert Davis of West Mell-Waters, Bowes, Yorks., yeoman Conveyance of cottage on south side of Bowes Town Street (reserving certain rooms for life at an annual rent of 8s. Consideration: £45

4 December 1804 (1) John Bowron of Bowes, tailor (2) Robert Davis of Westmelwaters, yeoman Surrender by (1) to (2) of his remaining interest in a cottage on the south side of Bowes Town Street Consideration: £13

1 - 2 March 1822 (1) Adam Devis of Brough, Westmoreland, gentleman (2) William Dixon of Barnard Castle, shopkeeper; William Shaw of Bowes, Yorks., schoolmaster; Francis Addison of Bowes, shopkeeper; John Steele of Barnard Castle, currier Lease and release by (1) to (2) of a messuage with a nearby stable, on the south of Bowes Town Street Consideration: £60

2 - 3 December 1823 (1) William Dixon and others (2) Richard Hewetson Bailes of Barnard Castle, joiner Lease and release by (1) to (2) of a messuage on the south side of Bowes Town Street etc. Consideration: £75

1874 (1) Joseph Baxter of Darlington, butcher (2) George Baxter of Boldron, Yorks., farmer (3) Charles Baxter of Ontario, Canada (4) John Baxter (5) Abraham Hilton Draft conveyance by (1), (2), (3) and (4) to (5) of a dwellinghouse, with stable and butcher's shop, on the south side of the King's High Street at Bowes, Yorks. Consideration: £165

Draft memorial to be registered of conveyance of property at Bowes Cross of 13 March 1878

Handbill advertising sale of a farm at Bowes Cross etc., 20 September 1877

1894 (1) The Trustees of the Bowes Cross Charity (2) George Harper of Raw Moor, Reeth, Yorks., farmer Draft memorandum of agreement to let Bowes Cross Farm

1883 (1) Abraham Hilton and another (2) James Pratt of Spittal, Bowes, Yorks. and Robert Pratt of [Calfriggs?], Yorks., farmers Memorandum of agreement to let to (2) Three Chimneys Farm (56 acres) at Bowes, Yorks. and 56 sheep stints on Bowes Moor at the annual rental of £70

Copy of letter to C.E.L. Ringrose, North Riding Registry of Deeds, Northallerton, Yorks. concerning conveyances for property at Bowes and Briscoe Gate, Yorks; endorsed on fragment of draft between A. Hilton and James Aislabey, 24 April 1889

Correspondence between Abraham Hilton, Revd. C.B. Wardale, Bowes Vicarage and James Watson, Clerk to Startforth R.D.C. concerning complaint over the proximity of Bowes Churchyard to Hilton's house, August 1899

1882 (1) Thomas Tinkler of Bishop Middleham, farmer and Joseph Tinkler of Bishop Middleham, farmer (2) Robert Wardell of Carlton, farmer (3) Jonathan Edmund Backhouse of Middleton Tyas, Yorks., banker and Abraham Hilton of Barnard Castle, spirit merchant Draft conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of Briscoe Gate, Cotherstone and 15a.3r.6p. of land. Plan attached Consideration: £805

1883 (1) Jonathan Edmund Backhouse and Abraham Hilton (2) James Aislaby junior of Bowes Cross, Yorks. Memorandum of agreement for the letting of a farm at Briscoe Gate to (2)

1889 (1) Abraham Hilton of Barnard Castle, spirit merchant (2) ___ Watson of Briscoe Gate, Cotherston, Yorks., butcher Draft agreement to lease butcher's shop at Briscoe Gate

1891 (1) Abraham Hilton (2) The Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Board Draft grant by (1) to (2) of a wayleave for a culvert

Letter from the General Manager, Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Board to Abraham Hilton regarding Briscoe wayleave, 21 March 1891

1893 (1) Jonathan Edmund Backhouse (2) Abraham Hilton Draft statutory reconveyance of premises at Briscoe Gate and Three Chimneys

Draft memorandum of J.E. Backhouse to reconvey premises to Hilton, 1893

1874 (1) Thomas Raine of Cotherston, Yorks., shoemaker (2) Margaret Todd of Cotherston, widow Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of dwelling at Cotherstone Consideration: £19 18s.

1877 (1) John Harper of Cotherston, Yorks., railway porter (2) Abraham Hilton Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of premises in Cotherstone (180 sq. yds.)

1897 (1) John Bourne of Clevedon, Somerset, Esquire, J.P. (2) William Green of Leamington, Warwicks, Esquire, J.P. and Edward Green of Beverly Terrace, Cullercoats, Northumberland, Esquire (3) Abraham Hilton Draft conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of 3 parcels of land in Cotherstone Consideration: £950

21 February 1874 (1) Thomas Hall of Darlington, painter (2) Abraham Hilton Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of a dwellinghouse at West Brooks, Darlington Consideration: £350

Draft notes, queries and opinions on title, 1878 - 1879

Accounts and receipts relating to the West Brook mortgage, 21 February 1874 - 15 June 1885

Correspondence relating to West Brook mortgage received by A. Hilton from Thomas Barron, W.C. Clark and Jane and Ann Hall, all of Darlington, and from Henry Calvert of Masham, Yorks., 13 March 1874 - 27 December 1884

1877 (1) Robert Hunter of Darlington, joiner (2) Abraham Hilton Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of a house on the east side of Gurney Street, Darlington Consideration: £100

1889 (1) John Robert Barnett of Barnard Castle, railway porter (2) William Davies of Barnard Castle, insurance agent Draft reconveyance of mortgaged premises

Draft notice to Mr. Barnett's tenants at Eggleston to pay rents to mortgagees, 29 May 1889

Receipt for deeds, 5 June 1889

1879 (1) William Maughan of Evenwood, innkeeper (2) Henry Dickinson senior of Evenwood, tailor Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of a public house known as The Drovers Arms on the east side of the town street at Evenwood, to secure £400 and interest. Plan attached

Letter from Thomas R. Thompson, butcher, Witton Park to Mr. Hilton, Barnard Castle, concerning Mr. William Maugham and the deeds of Evenwood property, 21 May 1876

1875 (1) Alice Pearson of Gainford, spinster (2) Abraham Hilton Draft mortgage for £200 of property on the north of Gainford town street

Will of Alice Pearson, 26 August 1885

Letter from C.J. Parker, for W.W. and W.J. Watson, solicitors to A. Hilton promising to produce Pearson's title deeds, 23 April 1880

1875 (1) Joseph Duff of Bishop Auckland, gentleman and others (trustees of Elizabeth Byers, deceased) (2) William Brow of Bishop Auckland, gentleman (3) Samuel Lamb of Dixon Carr, Hamsterley, farmer (4) Robert Coatsworth of Hamsterley, butcher Draft conveyance by (1) and (2) to (4) of a messuage on the north side of Hamsterley Consideration: £65 to (2); £90 to (1)

1875 (1) Robert Coatsworth (2) Abraham Hilton Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of property in Hamsterley to secure £100 and interest

1887 (1) Abraham Hilton (2) Robert Coatsworth (3) Jacob Humes of Etherley Grange, farmer Draft transfer by (1) to (3) of a mortgage for £100, with further borrowing on the same security Consideration: £150

1885 (1) William Hodgson Spence of Hamsterley, carpenter (2) Martha Johnson, wife of Thomas Johnson of Gateshead, milliner Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of 5a.0r.14p. of land at Hamsterley to secure £100 and interest

19 September 1894 (1) Jane Johnson of West Hartlepool, spinster (2) Abraham Hilton and Sarah Gibson of Bowes, Yorkshire, spinster Draft transfer by (1) to (2) of a mortgage on property at Hamsterley Consideration: £100

1887 (1) John Henderson of Hamsterley, farmer and others (2) David Dale of Darlington, gentleman and Abraham Hilton Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of the Primitive Methodist Chapel in South Row, Hamsterley to secure £100 and interest

20 June 1892 (1) David Dale and Abraham Hilton (2) John Henderson and others Draft reconveyance on redemption of mortgage

Correspondence regarding mortgage received by Abraham Hilton, 13 October 1887 and 20 June 1892

[1875] (1) Nicholas Greenwell (2) Thomas [Mute?] of Hamsterley, gentleman (3) Abraham Hilton Draft surrender by (1) to (3) of closes of land called High Field, Mill Field, Coppice, East Field, Plantation and Ashwood (31a.), all at High Ravensford, South Bedburn. Recites previous deeds Endorsed: "Returned as not in proper form" Consideration: £480 by (3) to (2)

Particulars and conditions of sale of property in the parish of Grinton (Birkbeck v McCollah in Chancery), 3 September 1875

1875 (1) J.G. Birkbeck and J. Clarkson (2) Abraham Hilton Draft surrender of 60a.3r.3p. of land. Manor of Healaugh Newland Consideration: £290

Memoranda of Abraham Hilton concerning purchase, November 1875

Notice of holding of manorial courts in Swaledale, 4 May 1876

9 April 1877 (1) George Allison of Darlington, gentleman (2) Thomas Hodgson of Fowler House, Heighington, farmer (3) Abraham Hilton Draft conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of a dwelling house and 2 closes of land (10a.) in Heighington (on the north side of the road to West Auckland); covenant of (2) to surrender the property according to the custom of the manor of Bondgate in Auckland. Recites previous deeds Considerations: £250 by (3) to (1); £940 by (3) to (2)

1877 (1) Thomas Hodgson (2) Abraham Hilton Draft surrender by (1) to the use of (2) of a dwellinghouse and 2 closes of land in Heighington. Recites deed of even date

13 May 1874 (1) Trustees of the Barnard Castle and Teesdale Benefit Building Society (2) George [Villiers] of Barnard Castle, farmer; [William Liddle] of Butterknowle, and John [Haseltine of Woodland], both innkeepers Draft redemption of mortgage being a surrender by (1) to (2) of the Diamond Inn public house,with grocer's and butcher's shop adjoining and stable, cowhouse and piggery,on the north side of Pinfold Lane, Butterknowle, Lynesack and Softley. Recites previous deed Consideration: £800

1875 (1) Thomas Wilde of Lynesack and Softley (2) Henry Dowson of South Softly Draft covenant by (1) to surrender a parcel of land in Breckon Hill Farm, Lynesack and Softly to the use of (2). Plan attached

1889 (1) The trustees of Copley Chapel (2) David Dale of Darlington, gentleman and Abraham Hilton Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of Copley Chapel to secure £100 and interest

1878 (1) Thomas Hymer of Butterknowle, joiner (2) Abraham Hilton Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of copyhold messuages etc. in Butterknowle to secure £80 and interest

29 November 1878 (1) Thomas Hymer (2) Abraham Hilton Draft covenant to surrender copyholds

1878 Draft admittance of Thomas Hymer to 112 sq. yds. of land in Lynesack and Softley

Copy certificates of Hymer family, 1878

1875 (1) John Bell of Penrith, gentleman (2) Margaret Hodgson of Penrith, widow (3) Abraham Hilton and Francis Winpenny of Barnard Castle, woollen merchants Draft conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage and lands in Brunswick Terrace, Penrith. Plan attached Consideration: £600

Copy will of Mary Ann Hodgson of Penrith (dated September 1886), n.d.

1893 (1) Henry Dent Hodgson of Carpenter, German Town, Philadelphia, America; Charles Hodgson of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Margaret Dent Bell of Forest House, Leytonstone, Essex; and Mary Eliza Hodgson of Barnard Castle (2) Abraham Hilton Draft of general release under will of Margaret Hodgson,with covering letter, 9 July 1893

Notice from William Heslop to Abraham Hilton of second mortgage on property at Romaldkirk belonging to Mr. William Waite, 31 January 1867

Notice of purchase from William Waste of a customary messuage and lands on Romaldkirk Moor, William Heslop to Abraham Hilton, 13 February 1867

1870 (1) Abraham Hilton (2) William Waite of Cockerton, farmer (3) William Heslop of Marwood, farmer (4) Samuel Rowlandson of Durham, gentleman Agreement for the assignment of a mortgage of copyhold premises in Romaldkirk Consideration: £450

Rough notes on title, conditions of sale etc., n.d.

Vouchers relating to Waite's Romaldkirk property, 1865 - 1868

1877 (1) Elizabeth Braithwaite of Bishop Auckland, widow (2) Henry Rayson of Staindrop, saddler Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of a house and butcher's shop on the north side of the Town Street at Staindrop. Recites will of Robert Wright Consideration: £55

Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Co., fire insurance policy on a house in Staindrop for £100 in the name of A. Hilton, 1 February 1881

February 1870 (1) Revd. Christopher Thompson of Walker, Northumerland, clerk (2) Mary Mountain Miles, wife of Thomas Miles of Radbrook, Gloucesters (nee Milner) (3) Elizabeth Fisher (mother of (2)) (4) John Monkhouse of Barnard Castle, post-master (5) Richard Peel of Barnard Castle, grocer Draft appointment by (1), (2), (3) and (4) to (5) of one moiety of field No. 284 in the plan of the Lendings Estate, Startforth, Yorks., (3 acres); revokes uses limiting the property in recited a deed of 21 August 1865; (5) has right to quarry stone under specified conditions Consideration: £266 by (5) to (1)

1879 (1) Richard Hodgson Brockett of Newcastle, druggist and Thompson Richardson of Barnard Castle, gentleman (2) Abraham Hilton Draft memorial of conveyance by (1) to (2) of the low end of Bridge End Close, Startforth

1879 (1) John Turner of Newton le Willows, Yorks., farmer (2) Abraham Hilton Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of 3 dwellinghouses on the north side of the town street at Thornton le Moor, Yorks. to secure £200 with interest

November 1875 (1) William Watson (2) Abraham Hilton Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of Three Nooked Close, Johnson's Terrace, West Auckland (480 sq. yds.), and land at New Shildon at the back of Adelaide Street (8421 ft. x 44 ft.) with 5 messuages erected upon it, to secure £500 and interest

13 February 1884 (1) Abraham Hilton (2) Margaret Emmerson of Darlington, widow and John Brass of Ingleton, gentleman Draft reconveyance of premises in West Auckland and Shildon

Copy of account (1875 - 1883) from William Watson to Abraham Hilton, 13 June 1883

Letter from O.B. Wooler, solicitor, Darlington to Abraham Hilton regarding reconveyance, 12 February 1884

1869 (1) John Castle Tweddell of Gainford, moulder (2) Thomas Wilkinson of Piersbridge, gentleman Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of a parcel of land containing 78 square yards on the west side of Durham Street, Middlesbrough, Yorks., to secure £300 and interest

1875 (1) Robert Scrafton of Middlesbrough, Yorks., officer of the Inland Revenue (2) Mary Jane [Furnage?] of Boldon, schoolmistress Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of a parcel of ground containing 83 square yards on the west side of Peacock Street, Middlesbrough to secure [£180?] and interest

1880 (1) Sarah King of Blackpool, Lancs., spinster (2) Ann M. Burn of Blackpool, spinster Draft memorandum of agreement for the lease by (1) to (2) of No.6 Dean Street, South Shore, Blackpool at the annual rental of £65, with a further £20 annual rental for use of furniture

May 1879 (1) William Coatsworth and Ann [his wife] (2) John Watson of West How Gill, Baldersdale, Yorks. Draft lease by (1) to (2) for 7 years of West How Gill farm (20a.) Rent: £48 p.a.

1887 (1) Thomas Parkin of Winston, farmer (2) Abraham Hilton Draft mortgage by (1) to (2) of an assurance policy for £500 on the life of (1) to secure £100

12 April 1888 (1) Barnard Castle Local Board of Health (2) Joseph Errington of Barnard Castle, gentleman Draft mortgage for a term of 20 years by (1) to (2) of a proportion of the rates to secure £1,400 with interest to be repaid in annual installments. Recites previous deed

24 June 1893 (1) Barnard Castle Local Board of Health (2) Abraham Hilton Draft mortgage for a term of 20 years by (1) to (2) of a proportion of the rates to secure £500 with interest

22 May 1877 (1) Elizabeth Aldesan (2) James Dalston Draft reconveyance by (1) to (2) (on redemption of mortgage of 25 May 1876) Consideration: £200

Accounts of the Alderson family with Abraham Hilton, 1879 - 1888

20 April 1889 (1) Hannah Bell of The Haggs, Reeth, Yorks., widow (2) Richard Alderson et al (executors of J. Alderson) Copy release of the estate of John Alderson of Kexworth deceased from the sum of £200 due to (1)

Copy of the will of William Dixon of Barnard Castle, linen draper and grocer, 7 April 1826 Proved at York, 15 January 1830

22 January 1833 (1) Hannah Dixon of Barnard Castle, widow (executrix of William Dixon of Barnard Castle, linen draper) (2) Joshua Monkhouse, grocer, Anthony Steele, currier, and Thomas Monkhouse, yeoman, all of Barnard Castle (trustees under the will of Dixon) (3) Joseph Proctor of Barnard Castle, druggist and William Dixon of Scarborough, Yorks., linen draper (4) Thomas Wheldon Copy appointment by (1) of (3) instead of Monkhouse and Steele as trustees under the will of Dixon,and release by (2) to (3) of the trust estate; assignment by (2) to (4) of Dixon's personal estate with the intent that it be assigned to (3)

22 January 1833 (1) Thomas Wheldon (2) Thomas Monkhouse, yeoman and Joseph Proctor, druggist, both of Barnard Castle, and William Dixon of Scarborough, Yorks., linen draper (3) Hannah Dixon of Barnard Castle, widow (4) William Dixon the son; Joshua Dixon of Barnard Castle, linen draper; Henry Dalton of Mickleton, Yorks., manufacturer and Mary, his wife; Cherry Buckle of Barnard Castle, grocer and Hannah, his wife; Joseph Dixon; Jeremiah Dixon; Elizabeth Dixon; Sarah Dixon; and Emmah Dixon (5) Joshua Monkhouse, grocer and Anthony Steele, currier, both of Barnard Castle Copy assignment by (1) to (2) of the personal estate of W. Dixon; release and indemnity of (5), the retiring trustees, by (3) and (4). Recites previous deeds

Copy of the will of James Aislabee of Bowes Cross, Yorks., farmer, 19 June 1885

Copy will of Isaac Alderson of Pasture End, Bowes, Yorkshire, 8 July 1888

Draft will of Mary Annie Armstrong of Heighington, spinster, March 1897

Draft will of John Barsfield of Bowes, Yorkshire, 28 June 1891

Draft will of George Dobson of Barnard Castle, shopkeeper, 27 April 1887

Draft will of Jane Farrow of Norton, widow, 4 April 1892

Copy will of Jane Hough, wife of John Hough of Barnsley, Yorkshire, 27 January 1886

Copy of the will of Margaret Holliday of Staindrop, spinster, 19 September 1888

Copy will of Jane Ann McNeil, wife of William Falconcer McNeil of Darlington, March 1889

Draft will of William Peat of Barnard Castle, butcher, June 1887

Copy of the will of Henry Rayson of Staindrop, saddler, June 1892

Draft will of Martha Robinson of Darlington, 1875

Draft will of Mary le Roye of Heighington, widow, March 1891

Draft will of Martha Robinson of Princes Terrace, Darlington, June 1876

Draft wills of William Smith of West Auckland, miner, July 1893 and 1896

Draft will of Martha Walker of Barnard Castle, widow, n.d. [late 19th century]

Copy of the will of Elizabeth Walton of Bowes, Yorks., spinster, 4 March 1891

Draft will of John White of Worley Hill, farmer, 30 July 1879

Copy of the will of Christopher Wilson of Hill House, Gainford, farmer, 5 March 1886 Endorsed: 'testator died 16 December 1886'

Statement of the executorship of Ralph Close "as it stands on John Close's answer put in May 6, 1765 to the Bill in Chancery filed against him by the heirs-at-law", 14 January 1771

29 October 1772 (1) Abraham Hilton of Hilton (Hylton], Esquire (2) Mary Hilton of Darlington, spinster Bond of (1) to (2) 6f £200 unindemnifying(2) against claims for dower

List of tenants on the estates of Mr. Hilton, Mrs. Nowell and Miss Close in Swaledale, Yorks., endorsed with note concerning Hilton's Fremington estate, n.d. [1780s]

17 May 1786 (1) Abraham Hilton of Hilton, Esquire and Ann, his wife (2) Elizabeth Nowell of parish of St. James, Westminster, widow (3) Catherine Close of parish of St. James, Westminster, spinster (4) William Turner of Darlington, surgeon (5) John Gawler of parish of St. Clement Danes, Middlesex, Esquire (assignee of the exors. of Esther Sawrey) (6) William Chaytor of Spenny Thorn, Yorks., and Thomas Bowes of Darlington, gentleman Release by (1), (2), (3) and (4) to (6) of lands devised to them under the will of Ralph Close viz: 1): 31 acres of land at Healaugh and 7 acres at Fremington, both Yorks. 2): 20 acres of land [at Healaugh] and 38 acres and a house at Fremington 3): 40 acres of land and 2 houses at Harkerside, Yorks., and 2 allotments of Fremington Edge (98 acres) and 5 unspecified acres, to the use of (6) in trust for (1), (2), (3) and (5) as specified. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £2 15s. by (2) to (1); £18 3s. by (2) to (3) Endorsed: Appointment by (I) of £399 sale money to the use of T. Bowes and (5) as specified

n.d. [1786] (1) Esther Cookson, Ruth Gilpin and William Gilpin (executors of Esther Saurey) (2) John Gawler Copy of memorandum of agreement for the assignment by (1) to (2) of a debt of £500 with interest owed by Abraham Hilton to E. Saurey

29 April 1787 (1) Abraham Hilton and Ann, his wife (2) William Chaytor and Thomas Bowes (3) Elizabeth Nowell (4) Catherine Close (5) George and Rachel Raw of Reeth, Yorks., merchants (6) John Scott of Reeth, gentleman (7) Thomas Beverly of Reeth, carrier Covenant by (1), (2), (3) and (4) to produce deeds to land at Healaugh and Fremington

16 July 1787 (1) John Gawler (2) Abraham Hilton (3) William Chaytor and Thomas Bowes (4) George and Rachel Raw Draft assignment by (1), (2), (3), Thomas Beverley and John Scott of a judgement obtained by Mary Saurey against (2), to the use of (4) in trust for (2; appointment of (4) by (1) as his attorney Consideration: £64 by (3) to (1)

January 1789 (1) Abraham Hilton and Ann, his wife; Elizabeth Nowell and Catherine Close, both of Southampton (the ladies being daughters and co-heirs of Ralph Close of Richmond, Yorks., gentleman) (2) Elizabeth Close, widow (of John Close of Eastby, Yorks., gentleman, the last surviving executor of R. Close) Draft articles of agreement for the payment by (1) to (2) of £608 due from R. Close's estate when a 1/4 share of £2,600 from the estate of John Dawson, of Rippon, Yorks., deceased shall be available under Chancery proceedings

Bills and receipts for payments made by William Chaytor and Thomas Bowes as trustees of the estate of Abraham Hilton [in Swaledale, Yorks.], 12 October 1790 - 8 April 1806

Correspondence between Abraham Hilton of Hilton, Thomas Bowes and Ralph Tunstall, both of Darlington and John Gawler, London, concerning Hilton's debts to his family and creditors,and sale of his Yorkshire estates, 8 July 1784 - October 1806

Papers concerning Abraham Hilton's Barnard Castle spirit retailing business, including licences granted to A. Hilton, correspondence between A. Hilton and the Inland Revenue, London, concerning his difficulty in obtaining a bottle licence, correspondence between Hilton and J. and W. Nicholson and Co. and John Arnold, both of London and C. Martin and Sons, Stockton, concerning liability for spirits lost in transit and copy of C.J.L. Coles' bill for shipping spirits to London aboard the 'Curlew', 1 July 1877 - 25 August 1886

Papers of Abraham Hilton as a member of Startforth United District School Board, including: draft lease for a year by William Watson to the Board of the Morritt Memorial Schools, Barnard Castle, minutes and agendas for meetings of the board, copy of instructions to architects of schools, notice to quit Morritt Memorial Schools, account of dispute between the board and W. Watson, lists of Startforth ratepayers and school board election results, and related correspondence between A. Hilton and the Education Department in London, W. Watson, Barnard Castle, Revd. H. Jennings, Startforth, Yorks., Thomas Emerson, Barnard Castle, R.A. Morritt, Rokeby, Yorks. and elsewhere, and others, 27 April 1875 - 27 May 1885

Papers concerning debts of Henry Hilton to Abraham Hilton and Robert Teesdale, including promissory notes and memorandum of the deposit of deeds by Abraham Hilton with V.W. Beckwith, as security for debt transferred to him, 10 May - 15 September 1843

Copy of the Statute of Tenures of 1660/61, n.d. [early 19th century]

Copy made by William Mellisk of the answer of Peter Consett of Brawith, Yorks., Esquire to the bill of complaint of William Horsley, n.d. [early 19th century]

Copy of part of a defence of one of several defendants (the others being Bell, Kilvington and William Leaves of Thirsk) involved in the construction of a canal, n.d. [early 19th century]

Papers concerning transfer of shares in the Stockton and London Shipping Co. Ltd. by Sarah Hutchinson to Abraham Hilton, 25 April - 30 May 1873

Lists of rents receivable, tenants, tenures etc., [24 January 1877]

Notice sent to A. Hilton of a meeting of the creditors of Joseph Dent, 27 August 1879

M.W. Elliot of Melbourne, Victoria (devisee of Robert Elliot) v The Trustees of Barnard Castle Foresters' Society. Particulars of claim, 1883

Price list of Redmayne, May and Company, Sheffield, with covering letter to A. Hilton, 12 August 1884

Power of attorney to Abraham Hilton to collect rents etc. to reimburse him for advance of £25, 19 June 1884

James Pratt v John Winter Alderson Papers concerning case in the County Court at Barnard Castle, 9 April 1886 - 28 July 1887

Rough resolutions taken [by Abraham Hilton] at a meeting concerning the water supply, n.d. [c.1886]

Papers concerning the expulsion of two boys from the North Eastern Counties School, Barnard Castle for stealing penknives and the dismissal of a servant Teresa Hoffman from the same institution for her religious beliefs, including resolutions passed by the Barnard Castle Local Board and a cutting from Truth, 2 - 9 January 1890

Papers concerning the Liberal Club of Barnard Castle, including resolutions passed concerning the law of mortmain, a copy of a letter of Abraham Hilton to Sir Joseph Pease, M.P. requesting his support for the repeal of the mortmain law, and note to Sir J. Pease concerning the death of H.R.H. Prince Albert, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, 17 July 1891 - 11 February 1892

Draft deposition of Charles Heslop at Bowes concerning allegations made about his character by Abraham Hilton, 30 January 1892

Copy of draft affidavit to be sworn by Dorothy Hall of Scarborough, stating that Margaret Marriner of Barnard Castle had no china belonging to Abraham Hilton, 25 September 1894

Price list of Lawes Chemical Co., London, 1928

Miscellaneous bills and receipts involving Abraham Hilton and R.T. Richardson, Robert Hunter and Mrs. Edger, both of Darlington, and Mr. Guy, November 1876 - 9 May 1894

Miscellaneous correspondence between Abraham Hilton and: John Harker, Cotherstone; Mrs. Metcalf, Richmond; John Pearson, Mainsforth; Barnard Castle Local Board; K.E. Digby, the Home Office; Hannah Hunter; and others, concerning mortgage repayment, the Victoria Jubilee Charity, security held by the House df Raby, Durham C.C. 's assurance requirements, posted packets having been tampered with etc., 30 October 1868 - 28 August 1899

Correspondence between the National Telephone Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, the General Post Office, United Telephone Co., London and Miss Dixon, Redcar, concerning attaching a "stay" at Black Dyke Cottages, Redcar, 2 June 1886 - 9 November 1896

Miscellaneous papers including agreement for lease of a dwellinghouse in King Street, Barnard Castle to Charlotte Heslop, release of A. Hilton from trusts by James Pratt and Nanny Schofield, declaration of G.B. Ford's personal estate, executor's accounts and related correspondence, Legacy and Succession Duty forms, transfer forms for North Eastern Railway Stock etc., 25 December 1866 - 7 September 1868