Catalogue

Leases and draft leases of Butterby Lane turnpike gate and paving tolls, 1826, 1829, 1831 - 1839, 1842 - 1844, 1846, 1847 (also includes Hallgarth Street turnpike gate)

Leases of Crossgate turnpike gate and paving tolls, 1840, 1842 - 1846

Leases and draft leases of Farewell Hall turnpike gate and paving tolls, 1793 (also includes Red Brier turnpike gate), 1811, 1820

Leases and draft leases of Framwellgate turnpike gate and paving tolls, 1811, 1819, 1826, 1829, 1831 - 1840, 1842 - 1844, 1846, 1847 (also includes Crossgate turnpike gate)

Leases and draft leases of Hallgarth Street turnpike gate and paving tolls, 1814, 1818, 1821, 1826, 1827, 1829, 1831 - 1840, 1842 - 1844, 1846; also bond and draft bond for payment of rent, 1827

Leases and draft leases of Red Hills turnpike gate and paving tolls, 1828

Leases and draft leases of Stonebridge turnpike gate and paving tolls, 1809, 1816, 1819, 1821, 1826, 1829, 1831 - 1838

Leases and draft leases of Ushaw Lane turnpike gate and paving tolls, 1829, 1831 - 1838 (9 papers, 6 files) [For leases of tolls, 1850 - 1857, see Du 3/6/16-23]

Conditions for letting Framwellgate, Farewell Hall, Gillygate, Stonebridge and Hallgarth Street tolls, 1795, amended to 1815 with biddings, 1815

Conditions for letting Gilligate and Stonebridge tolls, 1 July 1806

Conditions for letting Farewell Hall and Framwellgate tolls, 7 July 1807

Conditions for letting Farewell Hall, Framwellgate, Gilligate and Stonebridge tolls, 6 June 1815

Conditions for letting Farewell Hall, Framwellgate and Hallgarth Street tolls, with biddings, 2 June 1818

Conditions for letting Farewell Hall, Framwellgate and Hallgarth Street tolls, with biddings, 1 and 29 July 1817

Conditions for letting Farewell Hall, Framwellgate, Gilligate and Stonebridge tolls, with biddings, 2 July 1816

Conditions for letting Farewell Hall, Framwellgate, Gilligate and Stonebridge tolls, with biddings, 1 June 1819

Conditions for letting Farewell Hall tolls, with biddings, 6 June 1820

Conditions for letting Hallgarth Street and Stonebridge tolls, with biddings, 5 June and 13 August 1823

Conditions for letting Butterby Lane, Framwellgate, Gilligate, Hallgarth Street and Stonebridge tolls, with biddings, 18 June 1822

Conditions for letting Framwellgate, Gilligate, Hallgarth Street, Butterby Lane and sidegate, and Stonebridge tolls, with biddings, 6 May - 3 June 1823

Conditions for letting Framwellgate, Hallgarth Street and Stonebridge tolls, with biddings, 4 May 1824

Conditions for letting Butterby Lane and sidegate, Framwellgate, Gilligate, Hallgarth Street and Stonebridge tolls, with biddings, 4 April 1826

Conditions for letting Hallgarth Street tolls with biddings, 21 August 1827

Conditions for letting Ushaw tolls, with biddings, 6 May 1828 and estimate for erecting Ushaw Lane gates and gatehouse

Condition for letting re rent of Framwellgate, Farewell Hall, Gilligate and Hallgarth Street, with biddings, n.d.

Conditions for letting Butterby Lane, Framwellgate, Gilesgate, Hallgarth Street, Stonebridge and Ushaw Lane tolls, with biddings, 7 April 1829

Conditions for letting Butterby Lane, Framwellgate, Gilesgate, Hallgarth Street, Stonebridge and Ushaw Lane tolls, with biddings, 5 April 1831

Conditions for letting Framwellgate tolls, 2 August 1831

Conditions for letting Butterby Lane, Framwellgate, Gilesgate, Hallgarth Street, Stonebridge and Ushaw Lane tolls, with biddings, 3 April 1832

Conditions for letting Butterby Lane, Framwellgate, Gilesgate, Hallgarth Street, Stonebridge and Ushaw Lane tolls, with biddings, 2 April 1833

Conditions for letting Butterby Lane, Framwellgate, Gilesgate, Hallgarth Street, Stonebridge and Ushaw Lane tolls, with biddings, 1 April 1834

Conditions for letting Framwellgate tolls, with biddings, 22 July 1834

Conditions for letting Butterby Lane, Framwellgate, Gilesgate, Hallgarth Street, Stonebridge and Ushaw Lane tolls, with biddings, 5 April 1836

Conditions for letting Butterby Lane, Framwellgate, Gilesgate, Hallgarth Street, Crossgate and Red Hills tolls, with biddings, 7 April 1840

Conditions for letting Butterby Lane, Framwellgate, Gilesgate, Hallgarth Street, Crossgate and Red Hills tolls, with biddings, 4 April 1843

Conditions for letting Butterby Lane, Framwellgate, Gilesgate, Hallgarth Street, Crossgate and Red Hills tolls, with biddings, 2 April 1844

Conditions for letting Butterby Lane, Framwellgate, Gilesgate, Hallgarth Street, Crossgate, Stonebridge and Red Hills tolls, with biddings, 1 April 1845

Conditions for letting Butterby Lane, Framwellgate, Gilesgate, Hallgarth Street, Crossgate and Red Hills tolls, with biddings, 7 April 1846

Conditions for letting Butterby Lane, Framwellgate, Gilesgate, Hallgarth Street, Crossgate and Red Hills tolls, with biddings, 6 April 1847

Conditions for letting Butterby Lane, Framwellgate, Gilesgate, Hallgarth Street, Crossgate and Red Hills tolls, with biddings, 4 April 1848

Conditions for letting Gilesgate, North Road, South Road, Hallgarth Street, Redhills and Causeway Foot tolls, 3 April 1849

Return of half-year collection of lamp cess, due 12 May 1821

Return of half-year collection of lamp cess, due 12 November 1821

Return of half-year collection of lamp cess, due 12 May 1822

Quarterly return of lamp cess, due November 1822

Quarterly return of lamp cess, due 6 January 1823

Quarterly return of lamp cess, due 6 April 1823

Quarterly return of lamp cess, due 6 July 1823

Quarterly return of lamp cess, due 6 October 1823

List of persons summoned to pay arrears, 24 June 1822

Return of those in arrears over half a year, n.d. [c.1822]

Return of the lamps taken in and replaced, 2 April 1822

Return of number of houses paying lamp cess, 8 November 1831

Contract for lighting Durham with coal gas for seven years, 4 March 1823

Bond (and draft) for performance of contract in Du 2/12/8, 4 March 1823

Bond (and draft) for performance of contract in Du 2/12/8, 3 April 1825

Draft contract for lighting Durham with coal gas for seven years, 1830

Contract (and draft) for lighting Durham with coal gas for seven years, 2 April 1836

Contract (and draft) for lighting Durham with coal gas for one year, 4 August 1836

Contract for lighting Durham with coal gas for one year, 7 September 1847

Proposal for lighting the lamps, n.d. [post 1808]

Proposals for lighting the lamps, 5 - 6 September 1814

Proposals for lighting the lamps, 4 - 5 September 1815

Proposal for lighting the lamps, 27 August 1816

Proposals for providing additional gas lights, 7 September 1824

Proposal for additional lights, 26 August 1827

Proposal for lighting the lamps with gas, n.d. [1820-1840]

Proposal for lighting the lamps with gas, 1 July 1843

Proposal to provide oil, 29 September 1816

Minutes of Paving Commissioners, 7 January 1824 - 1 September 1840

Minutes of Paving Commissioners, 6 October 1840 - 7 August 1849

Index to Paving Commissioners' minutes, 7 January 1824 - 7 August 1849

Minutes of Paving Commissioners, 3 July 1810 - 8 November 1814

Minutes of Paving Commissioners, 6 December 1814 - 6 July 1819

Minutes of Paving Commissioners, 3 August 1819 - 14 February 1822

Minutes of Paving Commissioners, 28 May 1822 - 2 December 1823

Minutes of Paving Commissioners, 6 December 1831 - 4 September 1838

Minutes of Paving Commissioners, 2 October 1838 - 5 September 1843

Minutes of Paving Commissioners, 3 October 1843 - 4 February 1845

An Act for paving, cleansing, lighting, watching and regulating the City of Durham and Borough of Framwellgate, 30 George III c.lxvii, 1790

Copy of the Act for paving, cleansing, lighting, watching and regulating the City of Durham and Borough of Framwellgate, 1790, and of the amended Act, 1823, printed by order of the Commissioners, 1841

30 George III c.lxvii [Durham Paving and Lighting Act], 1790; 3 George IV c.xxvi [Durham Paving and Lighting Act], 15 May 1822; 11 and 12 Victoria, c.lxiii, Act for promoting the Public Health, 31 August 1848; 12 and 13 Victoria, c.xciv [Act for confirming provisional orders re Public Health and Improvement of Towns], 1 August 1849

Resolutions passed at meetings of commissioners re the amended Paving Act, 14 February - 12 April 1822

Drafts of amended act, n.d. [c.1821-1822]

Draft heads of amended bill, 20 March 1821

Proposals for clause concerning the rating of Castle and College, March 1822

Brief and draft in support of the Durham Paving Bill, n.d. [1822]

Copy of petition to House of Lords supporting the amended act, n.d. [1822]

Memoranda concerning the Durham Paving Act, n.d. [1822]

Lists of Lords to be appealed to for support, n.d. [1822]

Extract from Local Act of Newcastle-under-Lyme, n.d. [c.1822]

Draft of new index to paving Acts, 1840

Copy of bills to be paid to Thomas Wilkinson, 2 March 1822

Correspondence between Thomas Wilkinson at London and D. Seddon, chairman of Paving Commissioners, at Durham, 22 February - 25 April 1822 (17 papers)

Letters from Thomas Eggleston at Durham to Thomas Wilkinson, solicitor and Clerk to the Commissioners of the Durham Paving Act, at London, 11 February - 15 April 1822

Letters from William Browne of Parliament Street, London, to Thomas Wilkinson, solicitor and Clerk to the Commissioners of the Durham Paving Act, at London, 27 December 1821 - 13 April 1822

Estimates and specimens for printing Durham Paving Acts, 31 December 1840 - 1 January 1841

Copy of Commissioners' minutes for 12 April 1822

Letter from [Thomas] Wilkinson to George Bramwell, Paper Buildings, Temple [London], n.d. [1822]

Appointments of commissioners and officers under Durham Paving Act, 24 June 1790 - 15 September 1823

Commissioners' oaths re property qualification, 2 April 1805 - [1813]

Commissioners' oaths to perform office, 2 January 1805 - 12 October 1813

Commissioners' oaths to perform office, August 1814 - 2 March 1819

Commissioners' oaths re property qualification, [1817-1821]

Commissioners' oaths to perform office, 6 July 1819 - 2 January 1822

Commissioners' oaths to perform office and re property qualification, 28 May 1822 - 1 November 1825

Commissioners' oaths to perform office and re property qualification, 5 September 1837 - 6 February 1844

Copy of a resolution concerning Commissioners who have not qualified, with list of those intending to resign, February 1849

Appointment of Mr. William Shaftoe as Clerk to the Commissioners, 9 October 1804

Bond of William Shaftoe for performance of the office of Treasurer to the Commissioners, 11 October [c.1800]

Bond (and draft) of Thomas Luke Jackson for performance of the office of Treasurer to the Commissioners, 16 June 1824

Appointment (and draft) of Mr. William Emerson to the office of collector of the rates, 4 November 1806

Bond of William Emerson for the performance of the office of collector of the rates, 2 December 1806

Draft bond of John Pearson for the performance of the office of collector of the rates, 12 November 1811

Appointment of Robert Hancock to be collector of rates, 10 November 1818

Draft bond of Robert Hancock for the performance of office of collector of the rates, 10 November 1818

Draft bond of William Robinson for the performance of office of collector of the rates, 4 November 1834

Draft bond of George Goundry for the performance of office of collector of the rates, October 1836, and notes re death and resignation of his sureties, May 1847

Appointment of assessors of rates in the parish of St. Nicholas, 3 March 1846

Appointment of assessors of rates in the parishes of North Bailey and South Bailey, 3 March 1846

Appointment of assessors of rates in the parishes of Elvet, Crossgate and Framwellgate, 3 March 1846

Appointment of assessors of rates in the parish of St. Giles, 3 March 1846

Proposal for office of collector of lamp cess, 7 May 1816

Proposals for the office of Surveyor, 1 July 1817

Appointment of Burnop Gargrave as gatekeeper at Gillygate Bar, 11 August 1792

Draft of appointment of watchmen for St. Nicholas parish, 7 November 1793

Appointment of Matthew Stephenson to be toll collector at Butterby Lane toll house, 6 May 1845

Appointment of John Dawson to be toll collector at Framwellgate Tollhouse, 6 May 1845

Surveyor's report on the state of the streets in Durham, 1 June 1818

Report and resolutions on flagging, January 1827

Committee resolutions and report on the building line in Hallgarth Street, where Mr. Peele proposes to erect a row of houses, January 1843

Report of the Finance Committee about the rate to be levied, n.d.

Reports of the committee on sewerage, 1849

Plan and report of Mr. Bonomi concerning liability of the commissioners or the county to flag part of Elvet bridge, n.d.

Plan of Back Lane, giving adjoining roads and positions of buildings, fields and gardens, n.d. [19th century]

Letters to the Commissioners of the Durham Paving Act chiefly concerning the transfer of securities on the Durham paving tolls, May 1825 - July 1826; also a request for a rise in salary of rate collector, petition for establishing a night watch, complaint about the poor state of repair of the road through Durham, petition to enclose waste land at Gilesgate and complaint about pavement at South Street, 25 July 1813 - 1 August 1826 (79 papers)

Letters to the Commissioners of the Durham Paving Act concerning: complaints re drains, roads and pavements, application for collector of rates, notice to take down a projecting inn sign, tolls on post horses after midnight and on carts of stone, lighting the town, the use of the mayor's chamber for public meetings, cleaning bridges, plans for the market, and sureties for the rent of gates, 30 May 1829 - 5 December 1846

Letters and petitions to the Commissioners of the Durham Paving Acts concerning: the state of drains and roads, the lighting of Grape Lane, cleaning of Framwellgate and Elvet bridges, alterations in the Market Place, the gas mains in South Street, the removal of a footpath in Gilesgate and the extending of the Durham Junction Railway line, 23 December 1836 - 13 March 1849

Durham County Advertiser, containing advertisement of the letting of tolls, 15 March 1828

Durham Advertiser, containing advertisement of the letting of tolls, 6 April 1849

Advertisements and notices re meetings of commissioners, appointment of collectors of rates, removal of rubbish, sweeping pavement frontages, repair of roads, cleaning of streets, paving of streets, lighting of the town and the letting of tolls, June 1825 - 5 October 1847

Reports of the general committee and the lighting committee, list of positions for lamps, annual expense for watering the streets, proposals re paving and lighting matters, report of auditors, lamp cess assessment, statement for scavenging the streets, etc., 1844 - March 1848

Notices of distraining of goods for refusal to pay tolls, 20 August 1827 - 6 December 1831

Notices to put up spout with pipe in front of house so that water will pass under the flagging, 3 - 6 August 1833

Notice requesting information about persons who tore up the pavement and did other disorderly acts in Durham, 3 August 1837

Notice about a motion to be discussed at the next meeting of the commissioners concerning the investment of part of the toll rents to pay off debt, 11 August 1841

Notice of letting of tolls, 4 April 1849

Treasurer's accounts, 14 June 1824 - 7 March 1850

Draft accounts of the Treasurer of the Commissioners of the Durham Paving Acts, 13 May 1811 - 7 May 1822

Accounts of the Treasurer of the Commissioners of the Durham Paving Acts, 26 January 1839 - 26 January 1840

Treasurer's receipts, 6 May 1823 - December 1823

Treasurer's receipts, 1822 - 18 February 1824

Treasurer's receipts, 13 May - 26 May 1824

Treasurer's receipts and accounts, 14 January 1840 - 12 March 1842

Treasurer's receipts, 6 April 1841 - 7 December 1841

Treasurer's receipts, January 1842 - December 1842

Treasurer's receipts, 4 January 1843 - 5 December 1843

Treasurer's receipts, 3 January 1844 - 3 December 1844

Treasurer's receipts, 4 January 1844 - 2 December 1845

Treasurer's receipts, 7 October 1845 - 1 December 1846

Treasurer's receipts, 3 March 1848 - December 1848

Treasurer 5 receipts, 22 December 1848 - 5 June 1849

Mortgages and assignments made on advancement of money under Durham Paving Act, and of transfers of rnortgages, 31 August 1790 - 4 February 1826

Interest accounts of Durham Paving Act, 8 March 1819 - 23 November 1822

Accounts [of collector of rates] with Commissioners of Durham Paving Act, November 1806 - 6 February 1835

Accounts of Thomas Wilkinson [Clerk to Commissioners], 1822 - 29 December 1825

Copy of accounts of executors of William Shaftoe, Treasurer to Commissioners , 1811 - November 1812

Correspondence re a sum of money owed by the late Mr. Shaftoe to the Commissioners of the Durham Paving Act, 22 June 1811 - 4 July 1811

Accounts ledger for Butterby Lane, Framwellgate and Hallgarth tollbars, 20 July 1845 - 24 May 1846

Bills of costs (and drafts) of Thomas Wilkinson to the Commissioners of Durham Paving Act, for procuring and passing the Durham Paving Act, for drawing up advertisements and contracts and other general business, 1790 - 1826

Rate assessment for the parish of St. Nicholas, 1790

Rate assessment for the township of South Bailey, 1791

Rate assessment for the parish of St. Nicholas, 1792

Rate assessment for the township of St. Mary-le-Bow, 1792

Rate assessment for the parish of St. Nicholas, 1793

Rate assessment for the township of North Bailey, 1794

Rate assessment for the township of South Bailey, 1794

Rate assessment for the township of North Bailey, 1795

Rate assessment for the township of Elvet, 1798

Rate assessment for the township of South Bailey, 1799

Rate assessment for the township of Elvet, 1811

Rate assessment for the township of Crossgate, 1811

Rate assessment for the township of Framwellgate, 1811

Rate assessment for the parish of St. Mary-le-Bow, 1811

Rate assessment for the parish of St. Mary the Less, 1811

Rate assessment for the parish of St.Giles, 1811

Rate assessment for the parish of St. Nicholas, 1811

Rate assessment for the parish of Gilesgate, 1812

Rate assessment for the parish of St. Mary the Less, 1812

Rate assessment for the township of South Bailey, 1821

Rate assessment for the township of North Bailey, 1844

Rate assessment for the township of South Bailey, 1844

Rate assessment for the parish of Gilesgate, 1844

Rate assessment for the parish of St. Nicholas, 1844

Rate assessment for the township of Crossgate, 1844

Rate assessment for the township of Elvet, 1844

Rate assessment for the township of Framwellgate, 1844

Return of uncollected rates, n.d. [c.1809]

11 October 1783 (1) John Tempest of Winyard, rector of the parish of St. Nicholas (2) Ralph Paxton of Durham, hardwareman Lease for 21 years from (1) to (2) of four shops in St. Nicholas churchyard, Market Place Consideration: £20 Rent: 24s. p.a.

14 February 1785 (1) Michael Paxton of Kingsley, Stafford, and Edward Appleby of North Shields, executors of Ralph Paxton, deceased (2) Martin Smith of Allertongate Assignment from (1) to (2) of the residue of a lease of 21 years of four shops in St. Nicholas churchyard, Market Place Consideration: £42

1 June 1787 (1) Martin Smith of Allertongate, tallow chandler (2) Robert Routledge of Market Place, Durham, merchant Assignment from (1) to (2) of the residue of a lease of 21 years of four shops in St. Nicholas churchyard, Market Place Consideration: £45

9 January 1795 (1) Francis Norland of Clapton Hall; Henry Rivett, late of Durham, gent.; John Greenwell of Willington, gent. (2) Robert Gordon of Durham, shopkeeper Assignment from (1) to (2) of the residue of a lease of 21 years of four shops in St. Nicholas churchyard, Market Place Consideration: £27 Rent: 24s. p.a.

Receipt of Robert Gorden, John Grainger and Jane Grainger for £63 from the Commissioners of the Durham Paving Acts for the purchase of a shop at Claypath Gates, 17 May 1841

26 February 1791 (1) John, Bishop of Peterborough, Dean, and Chapter of Durham Cathedral (2) Thomas Gibbon of the College, gent. (3) Commissioners of the Durham Paving Act (4) Martin Wilkinson of Framwellgate, gent. Attested copies of conveyance by (1) to (3) for the unexpired terms of years in tenements in South Street, Milburngate, North Bailey, Owengate, Fleshergate, Elvet, Elvet Bridge and the corner booth in the Market Place, for the purpose of executing the Durham Paving Act Consideration: £311 14s.2d.

12 August 1793 (1) Commissioners of the Durham Paving Act (2) David Hilton of Palace Green, barber (3) George Brown of New Elvet Draft release by (1) to (3) of messuages on the west end of the north side of Elvet Bridge Consideration: £85

Conditions of sale and bids for the sale of two sites in the Market Place, not required for improvements under the Durham Paving Act, 24 October 1791

15 November 1791 (1) Commissioners of Durham Paving Act (2) Thomas Emerson Headlam of Gateshead Mortgage of proportion of tolls Consideration: £300

Conditions of sale of the toll-gate house at Farewell Hall, 1822

16 November 1818 (1) Mayor and Aldermen of Durham (2) Commissioners of Durham Paving Act Lease for 21 years of waste ground in Wanless's Lane on which a lamp house and other buildings are erected Rent: 5s. p.a.

5 July 1825 (1) Commissioners of the Durham Paving Act (2) John Hancock of Claypath Memorandum of agreement and draft to let a room in the lamphouse, Wanless's Lane Rent: 20s. p.a.

Proposals for tolls, 31 March - 22 April 1843

Proposals for tolls, 27 April - 6 May 1845

Proposal for tolls, December 1848

Proposals for tolls, 29 April - 5 May 1849

Leases and draft leases of Gilligate (Gilesgate) turnpike gate and paving tolls, 1811, 1816, 1819, 1826, 1829, 1831 - 1840, 1842 - 1845, 1847 - 1848

Draft memorandum of agreement for repaving, watering and cleaning streets in the parish of St. Oswald, 1836

Articles of agreement (and draft) for the paving of the streets for three years, 2 July and 6 August 1811

Bond (and draft) for performance of contract in Du 2/10/2, 2 July 1811

Articles of agreement for paving for three years, 5 July 1814

Articles of agreement (and draft) for paving, 1 July 1817

Draft of bond for performance of agreement in Du 2/10/7

Draft bond for performance of contract, 5 September 1820

Articles of agreement for paving Old Elvet, New Elvet, Saddler Street, Silver Street and Back Lane, 4 May 1826

Proposals to undertake the paving of the streets, 4 - 5 July 1814

Proposals to undertake the paving of the streets, 1 July 1817

Proposals to undertake the paving of the streets, 28 December 1819

Proposals to undertake the paving of the streets, 3 - 4 July 1820

Proposal for flagging, 4 October 1825

Proposals to undertake the paving of the streets, 4 July 1826

Proposals to undertake the paving of the streets, 3 - 5 March 1827

Proposals to undertake the paving of the streets, 2 - 3 May 1831

Proposals to undertake the paving of the streets, 25 May - 1 June 1843

Proposals for laying and leading stones, 1843

Proposal for breaking stones on the Sands, 4 December 1843

Contract for scavenging Old Elvet, New Elvet, Hallgarth Street, Church Street and Ratton Row Lane, for one year, 5 February 1805

Contracts for scavenging North and South Bailey, Queen Street, Dun Cow Lane and Bow Lane; Saddler Street, Silver Street, Moteside Lane, top of Elvet Bridge and top of Market Place; north end of Framwellgate bridge, Milburngate and Framwellgate to the Wheatsheaf; Old Elvet, New Elvet, Hallgarth Street, Church Street, Ratton Row Lane and Water Lane; Claypath, Back Lane, Rasshell's Lane, the south side of the Market Place and Framwellgate north of the Wheatsheaf; and Crossgate, South Street and Allergate, for one year, 7 February 1815

Contracts for scavenging north end of Framwellgate Bridge, Milburngate, Framwellgate, North and South Bailey, Queen Street, Dun Cow Lane and Bow Lane; Old Elvet, New Elvet, Hallgarth Street, Church Street, Ratton Row Lane and Water Lane; Claypath, Back Lane, Rashell's Lane, Wanless Lane and south side of Market Place; Saddler Street, Silver Street, Moatside Lane, top of Elvet Bridge, top of the Market Place; and Crossgate, South Street and Allergate, for one year, 6 February 1816

Contracts for scavenging Saddler Street, Silver Street, Moatside Lane, top of Elvet Bridge, top of the Market Place, north end of Framwellgate Bridge, Milburngate and Framwellgate up to the Wheatsheaf; Old Elvet, New Elvet, Hallgarth Street, Church Street, Ratton Row Lane and Water Lane; Claypath, Back Lane, Rashell's Lane, Wanless Lane and south side of the Market Place; Framwellgate from the Wheatsheaf, North Bailey, South Bailey, Queen Street, Dun Cow Lane and Bow Lane; and Crossgate, South Street and Allergate, for one year, 4 February 1817

Contracts for scavenging North Bailey, South Bailey, Queen Street, Dun Cow Lane and Bow Lane; north end of Framwellgate Bridge to the Wheatsheaf and Framwellgate; Crossgate, South Street and Allergate; Silver Street, high part of the Market Place, Saddler Street, high part of Elvet bridge, far side of the Market Place, Claypath, Wanless's Lane and Rashell's Street, Church Street, Ratten Row Lane and Water Lane; Back Lane and Church Steps to the Market Place; Framwellgate from the Wheatsheaf, for one year, 3 February 1818

Contract (and draft) for scavenging streets in the parish of St. Nicholas, Milburngate, Framwellgate, North Bailey, South Bailey, Queen Street, Dun Cow Lane and Bow Lane, 2 February 1819

Contract (and draft) for scavenging the township of Framwellgate for one year, 4 February 1823

Contracts for scavenging streets in the townships of Framwellgate and Crossgate, the parishes of St. Mary-le-Bow, St. Mary the Less and St. Nicholas, and the township of Elvet, 20 January 1824

Contracts for scavenging the streets of the townships of Framwellgate and Crossgate, the parishes of St. Mary-le-Bow, St. Mary the Less and St. Nicholas, the township of Elvet, and the parish of St. Giles, for one year, 1 March 1825

Contracts for scavenging the streets of the townships of Framwellgate and Crossgate parishes of St. Mary-le-Bow and St. Mary the Less; parish of St. Nicholas; township of Elvet; parish of St. Giles, for one year, 17 January 1826

Contracts for scavenging the streets of the townships of Framwellgate and Crossgate, the parishes of St. Mary-le-Bow, St. Mary the Less and St. Nicholas, the township of Elvet, and the parish of St. Giles, for one year, 3 January 1827

Contracts for scavenging the streets of the townships of Framwellgate and Crossgate, the parishes of St. Mary-le-Bow, St. Mary the Less, St. Nicholas and St. Giles, for one year, 2 January 1828

Contracts for scavenging the townships of Framwellgate and Crossgate, the parishes of St. Mary-le-Bow, St. Mary the Less, St. Nicholas, the township of Elvet, and the parish of St. Giles, for one year, 7 January 1829

Contracts for scavenging the townships of Framwellgate and Crossgate, the parishes of St. Mary-le-Bow, St. Mary the Less, St. Nicholas, the township of Elvet, and the parish of St. Giles, for one year, 1830

Contract for scavenging the parish of St. Nicholas for one year, 7 January 1832

Contracts for scavenging the parishes of St. Nicholas, North and South Bailey, St. Giles and the townships of Elvet and Crossgate, 22 - 23 January 1833

Contracts for scavenging the townships of Framwellgate and Crossgate, the parishes of St. Mary-le-Bow, St. Mary the Less and St. Giles, for one year, 8 - 21 January 1834

Contracts for scavenging the parishes of St. Mary-le-Bow, St. Mary the Less the township of Crossgate, the parish of St. Nicholas, township of Elvet, and the parish of St. Giles, for one year, 7 January 1835

Contracts for scavenging the townships of Framwellgate and Crossgate, the parish of St. Nicholas, the township of Elvet, and the parish of St. Giles, for one year, 6 January 1836

Contracts for scavenging the township of Framwellgate and the parish of St. Nicholas for one year, 4 January 1837

Contracts for scavenging the parishes of St. Mary-le-Bow, St. Mary the Less, and the township of Crossgate, for one year, 4 February 1839

Contracts for scavenging the townships of Crossgate and Framwellgate, the parishes of St. Nicholas, St. Mary-le-Bow, St. Mary the Less, the township of Elvet, and the parish of St. Giles, for one year, 7 February 1843

Contracts for scavenging the townships of Framwellgate and Crossgate, the parish of St. Nicholas, the township of Elvet, the parishes of St. Mary-le-Bow, St. Mary the Less and St. Giles, for one year, 20 February 1844

Contracts for scavenging the townships of Crossgate and Framwellgate; the parish of St. Nicholas, the township of Elvet, and the parishes of St. Mary-le-Bow, St. Mary the Less and St. Giles, for one year, 4 February 1845

Contracts for scavenging the townships of Crossgate and Framwellgate, the parishes of St. Nicholas, St. Giles, St. Mary-le-Bow and St. Mary the Less, the township of Elvet, for one year, 3 February 1846

Scavengers biddings, 1812 - 1816, 1818 - 1829

Conditions for letting the sweeping of the streets with biddings, 1829 - 1833, 1835 - 1837, 1843 - 1846

Advertisement for the letting of the sweeping and cleansing of the Market Place and Elvet and Framwellgate Bridges, 23 December 1819

Draft contract for lighting the lamps for one year, 7 September 1811

Bond (and draft) for performance of contract in Du 2/12/1, 3 September 1811

Draft contract for lighting the lamps for one year, 1 September 1812

Draft bond for performance of contract in Du 2/12/4, 1 September 1812

Bond for the performance of contract for lighting the lamps, 7 September 1813

Bond for the performance of contract for lighting the lamps, 6 September 1814

27 April 1841 (1) Commissioners of Durham Paving Acts (2) John Bland Draft agreement for taking down and rebuilding (2)'s dwelling house and shop at Claypath Gates for the purpose of widening the road

Contract (and draft) of Commissioners of Durham Paving Act with John Hunt, and specifications for erecting an east gable to St. Nicholas' church and for taking down Gordon's shop and John Bland's house at Claypath Gates and part of the vestry of St. Nicholas' church and rebuilding a house for Mr. Bland on the site of the vestry (with floor plans of Mr. Bland's proposed house), for the purpose of widening and improving the road, 27 April 1841

Draft alterations to contract in Du 2/13/2-3, for extra work n.d. [c.1841]

Proposal for building Ushaw Lane toll bar and gate house, February 1828

Specification and tender for building a new toll gate at Butterby Lane toll bar, n.d.

Estimate for building a wall boundering the mill race, n.d.

Brief for respondents, Commissioners v John Rawling, concerning Rawling's conviction for sale of unground corn contrary to the Act, 11 January 1797

Brief for respondents, Commissioners v John Myers, concerning Myers' conviction for refusal to pay rate on dwelling house, mill and premises in Back Lane, with plan attached, 14 July 1806

Brief for respondents, Commissioners v Robert Nicholson, concerning Nicholson's conviction for building bow windows in front of his house in Elvet, 5 October 1812

Brief for prosecution, The King v Hugh Dormant, for assaulting Robert Harrison, watchman, 17 October 1814

Notes concerning bringing an action against Adamson for his refusal to pay a quarter's rent in advance for the paving tolls of Gilligate gate, n.d. [late 18th/early 19th century]

Case and opinion (and copy) concerning the liability of carriers from Sunderland to Durham to pay toll, 31 July 1790

Case and opinion concerning liability to pay toll twice on carriages with horses changed at Durham, 21 August 1791

Copy case and opinion as to potatoes being liable to toll, 30 November 1805

Case and opinion as to whether butchers killing animals in their shops are guilty of common nuisance, 19 January 1811

Case and opinion concerning the liability to toll on coals not intended for purposes of agriculture, 30 September 1814

Case and opinion concerning the assessment of rates being based on the poor rate, 8 January 1817

Case and opinion concerning the right of the commissioners to prosecute for non-fulfillment of contract for lighting, 12 May 1825

Case for opinion concerning exemptions from paving tolls, 1825

Case and opinion (and draft case) concerning right of the commissioners to hold meetings in the Guild Hall, 15 May 1830

Draft case for opinion concerning liability of the Commissioners or the parish of St. Giles to repair parts of Gilesgate previously maintained by the trustees of Sunderland and Durham Turnpike, 4 September 1833