Durham Record Office

Durham County Record Office: the official archive service for County Durham and Darlington

You are here: Home / Search options / Search the catalogue / Catalogue search results / Catalogue

Catalogue

Durham City Council (1179 - 1974)

Reference: Du Catalogue Title: Durham City Council (1179 - 1974) Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Corporation property

Covering Dates: 1654-2000

Return to your search results

Catalogue Index

Use Expand image and Expanded image to reveal/hide the structure of the catalogue index (requires Javascript to be enabled in your internet browser options). Click to jump directly to information at a specific level of the catalogue.

Catalogue Contents

Durham City Council (1179 - 1974) (Ref: Du)Corporation (Ref: Du 1/)Corporation Property (Ref: Du 1/50)Title deeds (Ref: Du 1/50)Claypath (Ref: Du 1/50)4-12 Claypath (Ref: Du 1/50/144-160)

The deeds to Nos 4-12 Claypath, (Du 1/50/144-291) which follow, relate to land transferred to Durham City Council in 1970 for redevelopment as part of the Comprehensive Development Area No. 6 (Durham City), established by the County Development Plan Amendment No. 24, 1964 [see CC/Planning 511/22]. Part of the site was designated for the provision of additional car parking space on the west side of lower Claypath, and continued to be used for this purpose until further redevelopment was commenced in 1999.
A substantial quantity of additional property in Claypath, including
Nos. 1-2 and parts of Nos. 5-8, was subject to compulsory acquisition by Durham County Council in the mid 1960s for the construction of the Durham City Link Road.

Nos. 4 & 5 Claypath, City of Durham
Including the Bee Hive public house. Acquired by Durham Equitable Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited on 22 January 1915


Abstract of title of Margaret Ann Hornsby to Nos. 4 & 5 Claypath, 2 March 1883 - 9 January 1908; copy made 1914
(1 file)


Further abstract of title, reciting deed dated 10 July 1854, to property in Claypath; copy made 1914
(1 file)


Further abstract of title to Nos. 4 & 5 Claypath, 16 September 1901 - 4 December 1907; copy made 1914
(1 file)


7 September 1842 (1) John Patrick of the City of Durham, gent (2) George Reveley Slader of Barnard Castle, surgeon (3) James Frederick Slader of the City of Durham, sailor, and Emily Slader, 27 Bedford Square, Middlesex, spinster (4) Hannah Patrick of the City of Durham, widow (5) Robert Hornsby of Woodbine Cottage, near the City of Durham, farmer (6) Ruth Hoggett of the City of Durham, spinster Mortgage for £500 and interest by (1), (2), (3), (4) & (5) to (6) of the freehold Bee Hive public house, adjoining messuage and shop, and 3 messuages behind the same, on the north side of Claypath [boundaries and occupiers specified]
(Parchment, 3 membranes)


8 November 1844 (1) Robert Hornsby of the City of Durham, yeoman (2) Ruth Hoggett of the City of Durham, spinster Further charge of £160 and interest on freehold premises in Claypath
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


10 July 1854 (1) Robert Hornsby of the City of Durham, yeoman, and Margaret his wife (2) Joseph Barker of North Bailey, City of Durham, surgeon, and William Richard Coates Cockill of Sheffield, Yorkshire, draper Certified copy conveyance by way of settlement to (2) of messuages on the north side of Claypath, to the use of (1) for life, then to Robert Hornsby, son of (1), and Matilda Rebecca his wife, and children. Remainders as specified
(1 file)


2 March 1883 (1) John Wheeldon Barnes of the City of Durham, bank manager; John Westbrook Maltby of the City of Durham, doctor of medicine; and Robert Charles Westbrook Maltby of the City of Durham, surveyor; trustees (2) Robert Charles Westbrook Maltby Transfer of mortgage for £660 and interest to (2) of premises formerly known as the Bee Hive Inn, Claypath
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


24 August 1896 (1) Robert Charles Westbrook Maltby of Cleatham Kirton-Lindsey, Lincolnshire (2) Thomas William Greenwell of Broomshields, esq. and Edward Gleadowe Marshall of the City of Durham, solicitor Transfer of mortgage for £500 and interest to (2) of Nos. 4 & 5 Claypath Endorsed: transfer of mortgage to John Sharp, 25 June 1897
(1 paper)


18 May 1898 (1) John Sharp of Beechburn House near Crook, coalowner (2) Robert Hornsby of Ulverston, Lancashire, retired postmaster Reconveyance to (2) of freehold premises in Claypath
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Copy will of Alfred Hornsby of 38 Mary Street, Harpurhay, Manchester, Lancashire, bookseller's salesman, devising real estate [not specified] in trust for his children, and reserving right of purchase to his sister, Margaret Ann Hornsby, 15 March 1905
(1 file)


9 January 1908 (1) William Richard Coates Cockill of Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon, trustee (2) Margaret Anne Hornsby of Ulverston, Lancashire, postmistress Certified copy appointment of (2) as trustee in place of (1)
(1 paper)


Particulars and conditions of sale of a double-fronted shop and dwellinghouse, No. 5 Claypath; freehold licensed premises, shop and dwellinghouse above, No. 4 Claypath; and cottages at the rear consisting of 12 rooms; to the secretary of the Durham Co-operative Stores, for £1250, 10 March 1914
(1 file)


31 August 1914 (1) Robert Percy Hornsby of Franklin Gulch, Forty Mile, Alaska, U.S.A. (2) Margaret Anne Hornsby of Kirklands, Ulverston, Lancashire, spinster Power of attorney for (2) to receive (1)'s share of £1250, from the Durham Equitable Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited for the purchase of Nos. 4 & 5 Claypath
(1 paper)


1 September 1914 (1) John George Hornsby of Kyle, Saskatchawan, Canada (2) Margaret Anne Hornsby Power of attorney, as in Du 1/50/156
(1 paper)


Statutory declaration of Margaret Anne Hornsby as to title to freehold premises on the north side of Claypath, to be conveyed to the Durham Equitable Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited, 21 September 1914 Includes: certified copy birth and death certificates of the Hornsby family, 1851-1886
(9 papers)


Undertaking of Margaret Anne Hornsby, and others, as to Robert Percy Hornsby's share of the proceeds of the sale of Nos. 4 & 5 Claypath, 11 January 1915
(1 paper)


22 January 1915 (1) Margaret Anne Hornsby of Ulverston, Lancashire, spinster, personal representative of her father Robert Hornsby, dec'd., and others (2) The Durham Equitable Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited Conveyance to (2) of freehold houses and shops, Nos. 4 & 5 Claypath Consideration: £1250
(Parchment, 1 file)

6 Claypath (Ref: Du 1/50/161-182)

No. 6 Claypath, City of Durham
Including the Hat and Feather Inn, later known as the Railway Tavern. Acquired by Durham Equitable Co-operative and Industrial Society Ltd. on 14 February 1865


Abstract of title to the freehold Hat and Feather Inn, Claypath, late the property of Stephen Horner, dec'd, now belonging to Messrs. Stephen and George Horner, 3 & 4 April 1783 - 2 June 1845; copy made 1851
(1 file)


Abstract of title to a freehold messuage formerly known as the Hat and Feather Inn, now the Railway Tavern, Claypath, 20 August 1851 - 18 August 1863; copy made 1865
(1 file)


3-4 April 1783 (1) Mary Bowlby of South Bailey, City of Durham, widow (2) Thomas Bowlby of South Park Street, Middlesex, esq., (eldest son and heir of Thomas Bowlby of North Bailey, City of Durham, gent, deceased) and the Rt. Hon. Lady Mary Bowlby, his wife (3) Francis Mewburn of Claypath, surgeon and apothecary Lease and release by (1) & (2) to (3) of 3 messuages and shop on the north side of Claypath [occupiers and boundaries specified] Consideration: £410
(Parchment, 3 membranes)


4 April 1783 (1) Thomas Bowlby (2) Francis Mewburn Bond in the sum of £1,000 for the warranty of premises conveyed to (2) by indentures, dated 3 & 4 April 1783
(1 paper)


8 April 23 Geo III [1783] (1) Francis Mewburn, plaintiff (2) Mary Bowlby, widow; Thomas Bowlby, esq., and the Rt. Hon. Lady Mary Bowlby, his wife, deforciants Final concord in which the deforciants acknowledge four messuages and shops, two brewhouses, four stables, three gardens, and common of pasture for cattle, in Claypath, in the parish of St. Nicholas, Durham, to be the right of the plaintiff Consideration: 100 marks
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


12 & 13 May 1794 (1) Francis Mewburn, late of Claypath, City of Durham, now of Trimdon Grange, surgeon and apothecary (2) Thomas Taylor of the City of Durham, innkeeper Conveyance in fee (lease and release) by (1) to (2) of a messuage and shop on the north side of Claypath [occupiers and boundaries specified] Consideration: £500
(Parchment, 2 membranes)


28 & 29 May 1794 (1) Thomas Taylor of the City of Durham, innkeeper, and Mary his wife (2) Lewis Legg of Pansher [Penshaw] Staiths, esq. Conveyance in fee (lease and release) to (2), in trust to raise £400 and interest for (1), of a messuage and shop on the north side of Claypath
(Parchment, 3 membranes)


Certificate of contract for the redemption by Stephen Horner and Isabella Taylor of 10s. land tax on a freehold messuage in the township of St. Nicholas, 14 March 1799
(1 file)


23 August 1799 (1) Stephen Horner of Claypath, innkeeper, and Mary his wife, one of the daughters of Thomas Taylor, dec'd. (2) Isabella Taylor of Claypath, spinster, other daughter of Thomas Taylor dec'd (3) Mary Taylor of Claypath, widow of Thomas Taylor, dec'd. (4) John Ward of Old Elvet, gent., surviving trustee of Thomas Taylor's will (5) Lewis Legg of Pansher [Penshaw] Staiths, esq. (6) Thomas Richardby of Old Elvet, gent., and John Thompson, of Sadler Street in the City of Durham, cabinet maker Conveyance in fee by (1), (2), (3), (4) & (5) to (6) of a messuage and shop on the north side of Claypath, in trust for securing two annuities of £10 and £5 to (3) for life, then in trust for Stephen Horner and heirs forever Consideration: £250
(Parchment, 4 membranes)


19 September 39 Geo. III [1799] (1) Thomas Richardby and Joan Thompson, plaintiffs (2) Stephen Horner and Mary, his wife, and Isabella Taylor, spinster, deforciants Two parts of a final concord in which the deforciants acknowledge two messuages, two gardens, 1/2 a. of land and common of pasture for cattle in Claypath, parish of St. Nicholas, Durham, to be the right of the plaintiffs Consideration: 100 marks
(Parchment, 2 membranes)


13 July 42 Geo. III [1802] (1) Stephen Horner of Claypath, innkeeper (2) Robert Blackett, clerk; Carr Ibbetson, esq.; William Hayes, clerk; Charles Chaytor [ ]; and John Hutchinson, wine and spirit merchant; all of the City of Durham, on behalf of themselves and the billiard room subscribers Lease for 12 years to (2) of a billiard room in Claypath Rent: £20 p.a.
(2 papers)


Office copy will, dated 7 March 1827, of John Thompson of Crossgate, City of Durham, gent., dec'd, devising freehold messuages and shops in Fleshergate or Sadler Street, Crossgate, Church Street, and the Market Place, City of Durham, 14 June 1827
(1 paper)


Copy will of Stephen Horner of the City of Durham, innkeeper, devising the freehold Hat and Feather Inn, Claypath, and estate, part freehold and part leasehold, at Nevilles Cross, 3 May 1833
(2 papers)


20 August 1851 (1) Charles Griffith of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gent., and George Griffith of the City of Durham, gent. (2) Thomas Griffith of the City of Durham, gent., and James Griffith of the City of Ripon, Yorkshire, esq. (3) Stephen Horner of Hartlepool, chemist, and George Horner, late of the City of Durham, now of Hartlepool, gent. (4) Thomas Pyle of the City of Durham, grocer, and Robert Pyle of the same place, grocer (5) Robert Cooke of Claypath, draper Conveyance by (1), by direction of (2), (3) & (4), to (5) of a freehold messuage, formerly known as the Hat and Feathers Inn, now the North of England Railway Hotel, on the north side of Claypath, [occupiers and boundaries specified] by way of mortgage for securing £1,000 and interest for (4) Consideration: £1,250 Includes: schedule of deeds, 1841-1843
(Parchment, 5 membranes)


26 May 1853 (1) Robert Cooke of Claypath, City of Durham, draper (2) Thomas Pyle and Robert Pyle, both of the City of Durham, grocers (3) Rev. Edward Davison of the City of Durham, clerk Transfer to (3) of a mortgage and further charge of a freehold messuage on the north side of Claypath, to secure £1,200 and interest
(Parchment, 2 membranes)


14 February 1865 (1) John Robert Davison of Temple, City of London, esq. (2) George Smith of the City of Durham, gent (3) The Durham Equitable Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited Conveyance to (3) of a messuage partly occupied by John Horsfield and known as The Railway Tavern, and partly occupied by (3), Thomas Pyle, and the Durham Mendicity Society, on the north side of Claypath [boundaries specified], subject to a mortgage to secure £800 (part of the purchase money) and interest Consideration: £1,100
(Parchment, 2 membranes)


2 January 1871 (1) John Robert Davison, 61 Lancaster Gate, Hyde Park, Middlesex, esq., one of H. M. Counsel in the Law (2) The Durham Equitable Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited Reconveyance to (2) of premises on the north side of Claypath
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Receipt for purchase money paid by the Durham Equitable Co-operative and Industrial Society for the extinguishment of fee farm rent on Claypath property, 25 April 1892
(1 paper)

7 Claypath (Ref: Du 1/50/183-203)

No. 7 Claypath, City of Durham
Acquired by Durham Equitable Co-operative and Industrial Society Ltd. on 15 June 1874


Abstract of title, to a house and shop in Claypath, City of Durham, in mortgage to Mrs. A. T. Young and contracted to be sold to the Durham Equitable Co-operative and Industrial Society Ltd. for £1,510, 12 & 13 August 1833 - 26 September 1857; copy made 1874
(1 file)


1 October 1730 (1) Anne Lumley of Claypath, City of Durham, widow (2) William Wily of Auckland St. Helen, yeoman Assignment of lease, for the residue of a term of 40 years, to (2), of a burgage and garth in Claypath, to secure £50 and interest
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Receipt for interest payments due to William Wiley from Ann Lumley and her executor, 16 November 1731 - 31 August 1732
(1 paper)


Probate and copy will, dated 20 July 1724, of Ann Lumley of Claypath, City of Durham, widow, devising a leasehold messuage and brewhouse in Claypath to her son and three daughters as tenants in common, 10 April 1733
(Parchment, 2 membranes)


Receipts for payments made by John Burdon to his three sisters in lieu of their interest in a house in Claypath, under the will of Anne Lumley dec'd, 14 June - 1 August 1733
(3 papers)


6 October 1733 (1) William Wiley of Auckland, St. Helen, yeoman (2) Ann Johnson of Claypath, spinster (3) John Burdon, liberty of Westminster, Middlesex, yeoman, executor of the will of Ann Lumley, dec'd. Assignment, for the residue of a term of 40 years, by (1), by direction of (2), to (3) of a burgage and garth in Claypath Consideration: £52 10s
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


12 June 1750 (1) John Burdon, parish of St. Oswald of the City of Durham, butcher (2) Matthew Wilson of the City of Durham, dyer Assignment, for the residue of a term of 40 years, by (1) to (2) of a burgage and garth in Claypath Consideration: annuity of £20 for remainder of term
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


1 May 1767 (1) Matthew Wilson of Claypath, dyer (2) Elizabeth Weybridge of Sunderland near the Sea, spinster Assignment of lease, for the residue of a term of 40 years, by (1) to (2) of a burgage and garth in Claypath, to secure £200 and interest
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


22 November 1775 (1) Matthew Wilson of Claypath, City of Durham, gent. (2) Elizabeth Weybridge, late of Sunderland near the Sea, now of Alston, Cumberland, spinster (3) John Hays of Queen Street, City of Durham, gent. Assignment of mortgage for £200 and interest, for the residue of a term of 40 years, by (1) and (2) to (3) of a burgage and garth in Claypath
(Parchment, 2 membranes)


1 June 1780 (1) Matthew Wilson of Claypath, City of Durham, gent (2) John Hays of Queen Street, City of Durham, gent. Assignment of mortgage for £200 and interest, for the residue of another term of 40 years, by (1) to (2) of a burgage and garth in Claypath
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


17 May 1799 (1) Isabella Wilson of Claypath, City of Durham, widow of Matthew Wilson, dec'd. (2) Eleanor Hays of Queen Street, City of Durham, widow, and John Griffith of the Bailey, City of Durham, executors of the will of John Hays, dec'd. (3) Joseph Scott of Claypath, City of Durham, gent. Assignment, for the residue of a term of 40 years, by (2), by direction of (1), to (3) of a messuage, brewhouse and stables in Claypath Consideration: £235 Parchment, 2 membranes)


Licence of the Dean and Chapter of Durham for Eleanor Hays and John Griffith to assign leasehold premises in Claypath to Joseph Scott, 28 September 1799
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


28 March 1804 (1) The Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) Joseph Scott of Claypath, City of Durham, gent. Lease for 40 years to (2) of a burgage and garth in Claypath Rent: 16s. p.a.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Certificate of contract for the redemption by Joseph Scott of 6s. land tax on a leasehold messuage in Claypath, 7 August 1804
(4 papers)


1 May 1805 (1) The Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) The Rt. Hon. William, Lord Auckland and the Rt. Hon. Sylvester, Lord Glenbervie, two of the commissioners for the redemption of land tax (3) Joseph Scott of Claypath, City of Durham, gent. Conveyance by (1), with consent of (2), to (3) of a burgage and garth in Claypath Consideration: £71 15s.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


12 & 13 August 1833 (1) Anthony Howlden of South Shields, painter, devisee of the will of Joseph Scott, dec'd (2) John Ayre of South Shields, saddler (3) Robert Hoggett of the City of Durham, currier, and Thomas Hoggett of the same place, bookseller Mortgage (by lease and release) by (1), by direction of (2), to (3) of a burgage and garth, and stables and cottage on the back thereof, in Claypath, to secure £500 and interest, and subject thereto in trust for (2) Consideration: £612 10s.
(Parchment, 3 membranes)


26 September 1857 (1) Robert Hoggett of Gilesgate, City of Durham, gent., and Thomas Hoggett of the same place, gent. (2) John Ayre of Claypath, City of Durham, saddler (3) Ann Thomasine Young of Chester-le-Street, widow Transfer of mortgage by (1) and (2) to (3) of a burgage and garth, and stables and cottage adjoining on the back, in Claypath, to secure £500 and a further charge of £50, and interest
(Parchment, 2 membranes)


15 June 1874 (1) Ann Thomasine Young of Chester-le-Street, widow (2) Thomas Ayre of Bank Foot near West Auckland (3) The Durham Equitable Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited Conveyance by (1), by direction of (2), to (3) of No. 7 Claypath Consideration: £1,510 Endorsed: plan of property
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Declaration of Henry John Marshall of the City of Durham, gent., verifying the pedigree of Thomas Ayre and another, and the parcels of land contracted to be sold to the Durham Co-operative and Industrial Society, 15 June 1873 Includes: associated copy baptism, marriage and burial entries, 1826-1857
(1 file)


Inland Revenue account of succession duty on the real property of Thomas Ayre of West Auckland, on the death of John Ayre, who died 10 October 1857, 30 June 1874
(1 paper)

8 Claypath (Ref: Du 1/50/204-219)

No. 8 Claypath, City of Durham
Including the Hope and Anchor public house, later known as Eagle Stores. Acquired by Durham Equitable Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited on 10 February 1893


Abstract of title to a freehold messuage in Claypath, City of Durham, late the property of Anthony Tilly and by him sold to John Macleod, 3 & 4 October 1732 - 15 May 1812; copy made 1814
(1 file)


Abstract of title to a freehold public house in Claypath belonging to William Marshall and others, and agreed to be sold to the Durham Equitable Co-operative Society, 22 & 23 August 1838 - 5 December 1885; copy made 1892
(1 file)


Office copy probate and will, dated 29 September 1762, of Thomas Tilley of West Grainge, parish of St. Giles, Durham, yeoman, devising real estate [unspecified] to his son Anthony, 28 November 1764
(4 papers)


Office copy will of Anthony Tilley of West Grainge, parish of St. Giles, Durham, yeoman, devising freehold and copyhold estate in the parishes of St. Giles and St. Nicholas, Durham, to John Potts and Thomas Hugall on trust to pay annuities to his mother Mary, and sister Ann, then in trust for his sister Ann for life, and her children Anthony, Frances and Ann, remainders as specified, 1 April 1765. (8 papers) 1/50/208 Attested copy deed of appointment whereby Ann Tilley, wife of Anthony Tilley of Broomside, yeoman, and sister and heir of Anthony Tilley, late of West Grainge, parish of St. Giles, Durham, dec'd., appoints the real estate of Anthony Tilley, dec'd., to the use of her husband, subject to an annuity of £30 to her mother for life, 1760s
(1 paper)


Copy will of Anthony Tilley of Broomside, parish of Pittington Hall Garth, gent., devising leasehold, copyhold and freehold estate at Pittington, East Rainton, Houghton-le-Spring and Elwick to his wife, Ann, sons, Anthony and John, and daughters, Frances, Mary and Ann, 5 April 1788
(1 file)


5 October 1805 (1) Anthony Tilley of Broomside, esq., eldest son and heir of Anthony Tilley, dec'd. (2) John Potts of the City of Durham, surgeon, surviving trustee of the will of Anthony Tilley, dec'd. (3) John Macleod of Gateshead, gent. Release by (1), by direction of (2), to (3) of a messuage on the north side of Claypath, parish of St. Nicholas [occupiers and boundaries specified] Consideration: £500
(Parchment, 3 membranes)


12 & 13 May 1814 (1) John Macleod, the elder, late of Gateshead, now of Worsall, Yorkshire, esq., and Nancy, his wife (2) Thomas Wilson of Claypath, City of Durham, yeoman; and Dorothy his wife; and Francis Coarson of Claypath, woolcomber, her brother (3) Bentley Macleod of Gateshead, gent., and James Guthrie of the same place, gent. Lease and release by (1) to (3), in trust for (2), of a messuage on the north side of Claypath Consideration: £500
(Parchment, 3 membranes)


22 & 23 August 1838 (1) John Williams of Darlington, weaver, and Elizabeth, his wife (2) John Edwin Marshall of Framwellgate, City of Durham, gent., and William Marshall of Claypath, City of Durham, gent. Lease and release by (1) to (2) of a messuage and the Hope and Anchor public house, with cottages, brewhouse, stables and workshop behind the same, in Claypath, parish of St. Nicholas [occupiers and boundaries specified] Consideration: £299
(Parchment, 2 membranes)


11 August 1873 (1) William Marshall of the City of Durham, solicitor; Joseph Ferens of same place, draper; Henry Marshall of Chester-le-Street, solicitor; and Robert Thorman of Seaham Harbour, ship owner (2) James Marley of Gilesgate, City of Durham, innkeeper Lease from quarter to quarter to quarter to (2) of the Eagle Stores public house in Claypath Rent: £15 per quarter
(1 file)


Particulars and conditions of sale by auction of the Eagle Stores, No. 8 Claypath, at the Rose & Crown Hotel, Durham, 15 November 1892
(1 paper)


10 February 1893 (1) William Marshall, formerly of Claypath, now of Old Elvet, City of Durham, solicitor (2) Henry Marshall of Castle View, Chester-le-Street, gent., and Robert Thorman of Seaham Harbour, shipbroker (3) The Durham Equitable Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited Conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of the public house formerly called the Hope and Anchor now the Eagle Stores, with premises immediately behind the same, in Claypath [boundaries specified] Consideration: £1500
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Receipt for redemption by the Durham Equitable Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited of a fee farm rent on the Eagle Stores, No. 8 Claypath, Durham, 15 February 1893
(1 paper)


Certificate of contract for the redemption by the Durham Equitable Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited of 4s. 1d. land tax on a freehold public house, cottages, brewhouse, stables, workshop and yard known as the Eagle Stores, No. 8 Claypath, 23 February 1893
(1 paper)

9 Claypath (Ref: Du 1/50/220-244)

No. 9 Claypath, City of Durham
Including the Bee Hive public house. Acquired by Durham Equitable Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited on 20 August 1901


Schedule of deeds relating to No. 9 Claypath, City of Durham, belonging to the Durham Co-operative Society, 1801-1901, 1914
(1 paper)


Abstract of title of Alexander Souter to freehold property in Claypath comprising a front shop and dwellinghouse with seven cottages adjoining, and in mortgage to the executors of the late William Cummings, 29 July 1859 - 19 February 1872


Abstract of title to freehold premises in Claypath, Durham, belonging to Mrs. Powell and Mrs. Hope, and agreed to be sold to the Durham Co-operative Society, 9 July 1872 - 28 January 1901
(1 file)


28 May 1801 (1) John Sill of Claypath, City of Durham, innkeeper, devisee of Dorothy Taylor, dec'd. (2) William Wilkinson of Kelloe Laws, parish of Kelloe, yeoman Assignment, for the residue of a term of 40 years, by (1) to (2) of a burgage and garth in Claypath, formerly occupied by Thomas Richardson, in trust to raise and retain £200 and interest
(Parchment, 2 membranes)


14 October 1806 (1) Henry Sill of Claypath, parish of St. Nicholas, City of Durham, innkeeper, and Edward Shafto of New Elvet, City of Durham, brewer (2) William Wilkinson, late of Kelloe Laws, now of Dalton P[i]ercy, yeoman (3) John Sill of Claypath, yeoman (4) John Taylor of Monkwearmouth Shore, brewer (5) John Hancock of Framwelgate, City of Durham, gent. Assignment, for the residue of a term of 40 years, by (1), (2) & (3) to (4) of a burgage, garth and brewlead in Claypath Consideration: £335
(Parchment, 3 membranes)


1828 (1) Robert Watson Darnell of Monkwearmouth Shore, common brewer; Robert Holt, late of Whitby, Yorkshire, now of Monkwearmouth Shore, common brewer; John Givens of Monkwearmouth Shore, gent.; and William Stobart, late of Picktree, now of Pelaw, gent. (2) Thomas Thompson of Bishopwearmouth, gent. (3) Rosamond Egerton of Claypath, widow Assignment, for the residue of a term of 40 years, by (1) to (3) of a burgage, garth and brewlead in Claypath Consideration: £400 Includes: schedule of deeds, 24 December 1810 - 6 March 1828
(Parchment, 3 membranes)


Licence of the Dean and Chapter of Durham for Rosamond Egerton of Claypath to assign part of leasehold premises in Claypath to John Kirton of Hill House, parish of Brancepeth, farmer, 25 January 1851
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


26 March 1851 (1) Rosamond Egerton of Claypath, City of Durham, widow (2) John Kirton of Hill House, parish of Brancepeth, farmer Assignment, for the residue of a term of 40 years, by way of mortgage to secure £100 and interest, by (1) to (2) of a messuage now used as the Bee Hive public house, Claypath [boundaries specified]
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


19 June 1851 (1) Mrs. Rosamond Egerton (2) John Kirton Further charge to secure £149 and interest on the Bee Hive public house, Claypath
(1 paper)


17 March 1854 (1) The Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) Henry Fenwick of South Hill, esq. (3) John Johnson Kirton of Usworth East House, near Gateshead, farmer Lease for 40 years by (1) to (3) in trust for (2) of a burgage and garth with brewlead in Claypath, and a parcel of ground allotted to (2) on the division of Framwellgate Moor Consideration: £37 6s. Rent: 20s. p.a. Endorsed: plan of property
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Probate and copy will, dated 9 September 1851, of Rosamond Egerton of Claypath, widow, devising real estate [unspecified] to her niece Charlotte Fawcett and her daughter, Elizabeth Fawcett, 13 July 1855
(Parchment, 2 membranes)


11 August 1855 (1) John Johnson Kirton of Usworth House, near Washington, farmer (2) Charlotte Fawcett of North Road, City of Durham, and Elizabeth Fawcett of the same place, spinsters (3) The said Charlotte Fawcett; William Fawcett of Claypath, City of Durham, cartman; the said Elizabeth Fawcett; Carr Robson Mitchison of Claypath, currier; and Ann, his wife; John Fawcett of North Road, groom; and Joseph Fawcett of the same place, currier (4) Isabella Richardson of Tudhoe, spinster Assignment, for the residue of a term of 40 years, by way of mortgage to secure repayment of £330 and interest, by (1), by direction of (2) and (3), to (4) of a messuage and premises in Claypath
(Parchment, 3 membranes)


Authority from William Fawcett, and others, to Elizabeth Fawcett of the City of Durham, single woman, surviving trustee under the will of Rosamond Egerton, dec'd., to sell a leasehold messuage in Claypath, now in the occupation of Ralph Stobart, tenant, to Edward Shafto of the City of Durham, spirit merchant, for £650, 8 April 1856
(1 paper)


Licence of the Dean and Chapter of Durham for John Johnson Kirton to assign a leasehold burgage and garth in Claypath to Isabella Richardson of Tudhoe, spinster, and for Isabella Richardson to assign the same to Edward Shafto of Old Elvet, City of Durham, spirit merchant, 12 May 1856
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


7 June 1856 (1) Isabella Richardson of Tudhoe, spinster (2) Elizabeth Fawcett, of the City of Durham, spinster (3) Edward Shafto of Old Elvet, City of Durham, spirit merchant Assignment, for the residue of a term of 40 years, by (1) and (2) to (3) of the Bee Hive public house, with cottage, yard and stables behind the same, in Claypath [boundaries specified] Consideration: £650
(Parchment, 2 membranes)


29 July 1858 (1) Robert Thwaites, Turner Meggeson, William Green, and George Coward, all of the City of Durham, trustees of the Durham Second Union Benefit Building Society (2) The said William Green (3) Alexander Souter of Claypath, City of Durham, hat manufacturer Assignment, for the residue of a term of 40 years, by (1), by direction of (2), to (3) of the Bee Hive public house, with cottage, yard and stable behind, in Claypath Consideration: £600
(Parchment, 2 membranes)


1/50/236 6 November 1858 (1) The Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) The Church Estates Commissioners (3) Alexander Souter of Claypath of the City of Durham, hat manufacturer Grant by (1), with approval of (2), to (3) of the reversion in a burgage, garth and brewlead in Claypath Consideration: £113 Endorsed: plan of property
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


28 July 1859 (1) Alexander Souter of Claypath of the City of Durham, hat manufacturer (2) William Cummins of Ayton Stile, near the City of Durham, gent. Mortgage, for £400 and interest, by (1) to (2) of a messuage lately used as a public house, now as a shop and dwellinghouse, with cottage, yard and stable behind, in Claypath
(1 file)


9 July 1872 (1) Thomas Jones of the City of Durham, gent., and William Shadforth of the same place, auctioneer (2) George Shore of Dean House, near Honley, Yorkshire, engine tenter (3) Robert Oswald of the City of Durham, watchmaker Conveyance in fee by (1) & (2) to (3) of a dwelling house, shop, and seven cottages and workshop at the back, recently converted from a former cottage, yard and stables, in Claypath [occupiers and boundaries specified] Consideration: £1,000
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Certificate of payment of proceeds of the sale of freehold estate into the Bank of England, to the credit of Alexander Souter, a person of unsound mind, 9 July 1872
(1 paper)


Inland Revenue account of the succession in real property of Mary Ann Oswald, wife of James Oswald, City of Durham, on the death of Robert Oswald, (d. 30 January 1875), 7 December 1875
(1 paper)


26 January 1901 (1) Ralph William Salkeld of Gilesgate, City of Durham, newspaper manager, trustee of the will of Robert Oswald, dec'd (2) Isabella Oswald of Gilesgate, City of Durham, spinster, and Mary Ann Hope, wife of Moses John Hope, of Magdalene Street, City of Durham, timber merchant Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a messuage and shop, and seven cottages and workshop behind, in Claypath [occupiers and boundaries specified]
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Inland Revenue account of the succession in real property of James Pepler Oswald, late of Gilesgate, Durham, on the death of Mary Ann Oswald, and account of real estate passing to Isabella Powell of Gilesgate, Durham, and Mary Ann Hope of Magdalene Street, Durham, successors, 11 March 1901
(2 papers)


Inland Revenue account of property chargeable with Estate Duty on the death of James Pepler Oswald, late of Gilesgate, Durham, 11 March 1901
(1 file)


20 August 1901 (1) Isabella Powell, wife of Thomas Alexander Powell, retired bacon factor, of Gilesgate of the City of Durham, and Mary Ann Hope, wife of Moses John Hope, timber merchant, of Magdalene Street of the City of Durham (2) The Durham Equitable Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a messuage and shop, formerly the Bee Hive public house, now occupied by Messrs. Marriner and Company, bootdealers, at No. 9 Claypath, and seven cottages and workshop at the back [occupiers and boundaries specified] Consideration: £1,600
(Parchment, 1 membrane)

10 Claypath (Ref: Du 1/50/245-273)

No. 10 Claypath, City of Durham
Including the Shoulder of Mutton public house. Acquired by Annfield Plain Co-operative Society Limited on 26 April 1949


Schedule of deeds and documents relating to freehold hereditaments in Claypath, 7 August 1834 - 25 March 1902
(1 file)


Abstract of title of the representatives of John Tiplady, junior, dec'd. to freehold hereditaments at No. 10 Claypath, the greater part of which is now in mortgage to William Rippon's executors, 5 December 1849 - 2 March 1873; copy made 1882
(1 file)


Abstract of title of Thomas Maddison, esq., and the Rev. William Maddison to a mortgage and further charge of freehold premises [No. 10] Claypath to secure £1,200 and £250 respectively and interest, 26 September 1882 - 21 December 1901; copy made 1902 Includes: plan of property in margin
(1 file)


Additional abstract of title, in connection with the late George Wilson's mortgage over property in Claypath, belonging to Messrs. Mohun, 1902-1907; copy made 1909
(1 file)


Abstract of title to freehold No. 10 Claypath, 20 December 1917 - 25 April 1949 Includes: sketch plan of property
(1 file)


7 August 1834 (1) Isabella Stewart of Monkwearmouth Shore, spinster, executor of the will of Dorothy Keith, dec'd. (2) Thomas Moore Keith of the City of Norwich, solicitor; the said Isabella Stewart; Adam Stewart of Monkwearmouth Shore, mariner; George Stewart of the same place, ship carpenter; Christopher Stewart of the same place and trade; James Brown of the same place, mariner; and Rachael, his wife; and Rachael Clark of 5 Windsor Place, Old Kent Road, Surrey, spinster (3) Ralph Salkeld of the City of Durham, innkeeper Assignment, for the residue of a term of 40 years, by (1) & (2) to (3) of a dwelling house and garden in Claypath (excepting an allotment on Framwellgate Moor comprised in the lease of 8 April 1826) Consideration: £530
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


6 & 7 November 1834 (1) Ralph Salkeld of Claypath, City of Durham, innkeeper (2) Ann Strong of New Elvet, City of Durham, widow Mortgage (by lease and release) to secure £500 and interest, by (1) to (2) of 1a., of freehold land in Bakehouse Leases Close, Gilesgate, and assignment for the residue of a term of 40 years, of a dwelling house and garden, now the Shoulder of Mutton public house, in Claypath
(Parchment, 5 membranes)


5 December 1849 (1) Sarah Salkeld of Claypath, City of Durham, widow of Ralph Salkeld, dec'd. (2) George Walker, the younger, of Saddler Street, the City of Durham, printer; Frances, his wife (née Strong); and George Hodgson of Bishopwearmouth, common brewer (3) Robert Gray and Robert Tiplady, both of Claypath, curriers and co-partners (4) William Rippon of the City of Durham, spirit merchant Assignment, for the residue of a term of 40 years, and mortgage to secure £700 and interest, by (2), by direction of (1) and (3), to (4) of a messuage and shop known as the Shoulder of Mutton public house, with garden, yard and several tenements at the back, on the north side of Claypath [occupiers specified] Consideration: £875
(Parchment, 5 membranes)


13 June 1850 (1) Thomas Bailes of the City of Durham, innkeeper (2) Robert Gray and Robert Tiplady, both of the City of Durham, curriers and co-partners (3) John Tiplady of the City of Durham, gent. Appointment by (1), to the use of (2) forever, of a stable, warehouse and rooms in Claypath, bounded on the west, north and south by premises recently purchased by (2) from Sarah Salkeld, widow Consideration: £200 Includes: plan of property in margin, and schedule of deeds, 1 May 1805 & 14 February 1848
(Parchment, 2 membranes)


28 September 1853 (1) The Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) William Rippon of the City of Durham, gent. Lease for 40 years to (2) of dwellinghouses and workshops in Claypath, part of the premises comprised in a lease of 28 September 1839 from (1) to Ralph Salkeld Consideration: £47 15s. 8d. Rent: 12s. p.a. Endorsed: plan of property
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


1 December 1860 (1) The Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) The Church Estates Commissioners (3) Edwin Tyler of the City of Durham, surgeon, and John Brewster Chapman of the same place, grocer, executors of the will of William Rippon, dec'd. Grant by (1) & (2) to (3) of the reversion in dwellinghouses, workshops and land (29p.) in Claypath, upon the trusts contained in the will of William Rippon, dec'd. Consideration: £190 Endorsed: plan of property
(Parchment, 2 membranes)


Declaration by Mary Tiplady, the younger, of New Elvet, City of Durham, widow of John Tiplady, the younger, dec'd., as to the title to real estate in Claypath, 24 July 1882
(1 paper)


26 September 1882 (1) Mary Tiplady, the younger, of the City of Durham, widow (2) Richard Ferguson of Almner Villa near the City of Durham, gent., and George Alder of Cornsay, farmer (3) John George Mohun and Henry John Mohun of the City of Durham, curriers Conveyance by (1) & (2) to (3) of a dwellinghouse and shop, formerly the Shoulder of Mutton public house, with garden, yard and several houses on the back, on the north side of Claypath; and of a stable, warehouse and rooms in Claypath, all of which premises now consist of a dwellinghouse, shop and warehouse, No. 10 Claypath [occupiers specified] Consideration: £1,700 Endorsed: plan of property Includes: schedules of deeds, 11 October 1856 - 22 April 1864
(Parchment, 3 membranes)


26 September 1882 (1) John George Mohun and Henry John Mohun of the City of Durham, curriers (2) William Porter of Carmyers, near Dipton, grocer Mortgage, to secure £1,200 and interest, by (1) to (2) of a dwellinghouse, shop and warehouse, No. 10 Claypath [occupiers specified] Endorsed: plan of property
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


18 December 1885 (1) William Porter of Carmyers, near Dipton, grocer (2) John George Mohun and Henry John Mohun of the City of Durham, curriers (3) Thomas Maddison of Church Street, City of Durham, gent. Transfer of mortgage for £1,200 and interest, by (1) to (3) of No. 10 Claypath
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


27 April 1892 (1) John George Mohun and Henry John Mohun (2) Thomas Maddison Further charge of £250 and interest, of freehold premises in Claypath Annexed: notice of transfer of mortgage to George Wilson to secure £600 and interest, 26 September 1893
(2 papers)


26 September 1893 (1) John George Mohun and Henry John Mohun (2) George Wilson of Old Elvet, City of Durham, gent. Mortgage, to secure £600 and interest, by (1) to (2) of a dwellinghouse, shop and warehouse, No. 10, Claypath, [occupiers specified]
(1 file)


4 March 1895 (1) John George Mohun of the City of Durham, currier (2) Henry John Mohun and Frederick William Mohun, both of the City of Durham, curriers Conveyance by (1) to (2) of (1)'s share in a freehold messuage, shop, warehouses and yard, No. 10 and No. 10a Claypath, now in the occupations of Messrs. Mohun and Son, and Thomas Anderson, subject to two mortgage debts of £1,450 and £600 and interest; and assignment of the goodwill and stock in trade of the business of currier and leather merchant Consideration: annuity of £250 to (1) for life, then to his children for life
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


4 March 1895 (1) Henry John Mohun (2) Frederick William Mohun Deed of partnership for 10 years of J. G. Mohun and Sons, currier and leather merchant's business at No. 10 and No. 10a Claypath
(1 paper)


4 March 1895 (1) Henry George Mohun and Frederick William Mohun (2) John George Mohun, Henry John Mohun, Frederick William Mohun and others Bond in the sum of £5,000 for (1) to pay an annuity of £250
(1 paper)


11 December 1897 (1) Henry John Mohun (2) Frederick William Mohun Deed of dissolution of partnership of the business of currier and leather merchant
(1 paper)


The London Gazette, including a notice of the dissolution on 18 September 1897, of the partnership of Henry John Mohun and Frederick William Mohun, 21 December 1897
(1 file, printed)


25 March 1902 (1) Thomas Maddison of the City of Durham, solicitor, and Rev. William Maddison of Gosforth, Northumberland, clerk in Holy Orders (2) George Wilson of 2 Styan Avenue, Whitley, Northumberland, gent. Transfer of mortgage to secure £900 and interest, by (1) to (2), of a dwellinghouse, shop and warehouse, No. 10 Claypath.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


9 June 1909 (1) Peter Alexander Porteous of Stone Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, upholsterer, and William Mackay of Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, accountant (2) Frederick Marshall of the City of Durham, solicitor Transfer of mortgage to secure £1,000 and interest, by (1) to (2), of premises in Claypath
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


20 December 1917 (1) Frederick Marshall of the City of Durham, solicitor (2) Henry John Mohun of 33 Cardigan Road, Headingly, Leeds, Yorkshire, leather merchant (3) Frederick William Mohun of the City of Durham, leather merchant Conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of a dwellinghouse, shop and warehouse, No. 10 Claypath Consideration: £1,000 Includes: plan of property
(Parchment, 1 file)


21 December 1917 (1) Frederick William Mohun (2) Nora Marshall of Westgarth, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, spinster Mortgage to secure £400 and interest, by (1) to (2) of a dwellinghouse, shop and warehouse, No. 10 Claypath Endorsed: redemption of mortgage, 3 May 1932
(Parchment, 1 file)


3 May 1932 (1) Frederick William Mohun of Claypath, leather merchant (2) Emily Marshall of 4 West Street, South Cliff, Scarborough, Yorkshire, widow Mortgage to secure £600 and interest, by (1) to (2) of No. 10 Claypath
(1 paper)


26 April 1949 (1) Marian Mohun of 15 Field House Lane, City of Durham, widow (2) The Annfield Plain Co-operative Society Limited Conveyance to (2) of 3 lock up shops and warehouse behind, Nos. 9, 10 & 11 Claypath Consideration: £2,750 Includes: plan of property
(1 file)

11-12 Claypath (Ref: Du 1/50/274-291)

Nos. 11 & 12 Claypath, City of Durham

Acquired by Annfield Plain Co-operative Society Limited on 22 December 1960


Abstract of title of Rev. Mitford Bullock and Mary Ann his wife to a freehold dwellinghouse in Claypath, Durham, 28 September 1804 - 20 April 1837; copy made 1847
(1 file)


Abstract of title to freehold Nos. 11 & 12 Claypath belonging to Miss Alice Park, 5 November 1862 - 8 December 1919
(1 file)


Additional abstract of title to Nos. 11 & 12 Claypath, 21 January 1930 - 22 December 1960
(1 file)


28 September 1804 (1) The Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) John Isaac Nicholson of Claypath, City of Durham, rope maker Lease for 40 years to (2) of a burgage and stable in Claypath [former occupier given] Rent: 11s. 4d. p.a.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


1 May 1805 (1) The Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) The Commissioners for the Redemption of Land Tax (3) John Isaac Nicholson of Claypath of the City of Durham, rope maker Conveyance to (3) of a burgage and stable in Claypath, and right of common in the townships of Witton Gilbert or Framwelgate Consideration: £45 5s.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


20 April 1837 (1) Rev. Mitford Bullock of Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, clerk, and Mary Ann, his wife (only daughter and heiress of John Isaac Nicholson, dec'd.) (2) Rev. Luke Ripley of the South Bailey, the City of Durham, clerk Copy release (of lease and release) to (2), in trust for (1), of a burgage and yard on the north side of Claypath [former occupiers and boundaries specified], and three allotments on Framwellgate Moor, on the north side of Haghouse Road, as specified, and two messuages, Woodbine Cottage, and the Borough House Inn thereon
(1 file)


14 February 1848 (1) Rev. Mitford Bullock and Mary Ann, his wife (2) Thomas Bailes of the City of Durham, innkeeper (3) George Bailes of the City of Durham, shoemaker Appointment by (1) to the use of (2) forever of a burgage with yard adjoining in Claypath [occupiers and boundaries specified] Consideration: £520
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


27 April 1872 (1) William Charles Ward, agent for William Coxon and George Bailes, both of the City of Durham, trustees of Thomas Bailes, dec'd. (2) George Milner of Silver Street, City of Durham, confectioner Agreement for the purchase by (2) of a burgage and yard in Claypath for £850
(1 paper)


13 August 1872 (1) William Coxon of the City of Durham, draper and George Bailes of the same place, boot and shoemaker (2) Michael Bailes of Tunmore Farm, West Horsley, Surrey, grocer (3) Thomas Bailes of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, tailor (4) Mary Bailes of the City of Durham, widow (5) William Robson of the City of Durham, upholsterer; Matthew Dennison of Dudley,Worcestershire, chemist; and Francis Lowson Dennison of Brunswick Street, Barnsbury Park Road, Islington, Middlesex, printer (6) George Milner of the City of Durham, confectioner Conveyance in fee by (1), by the direction of (2) and (3), and (4) & (5), to (6) of No. 11 Claypath with bakehouse behind, a tenement formerly used as a joiner's shop, now used as a bakehouse and machine room; a tenement formerly used as a schoolroom, now used as a sugar boiling room; and a dwellinghouse over the last mentioned premises [occupiers and boundaries specified] Consideration: £850
(Parchment, 2 membranes)


6 December 1919 (1) Alice Park of Rose Cottage, the Peth, City of Durham, spinster (2) George Crudace Douglass of 33 Front Street, Langley Park, butcher, and Elizabeth Jane, his wife Conveyance to (2) of Nos. 11 and 12 Claypath, with cottages and bakehouses at the rear Consideration: £1,000
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Mortgage of property by George Crudace Douglass and Elizabeth Jane his wife, to Lloyds Bank Limited to secure £600 and interest, 8 December 1919
(1 paper)


21 January 1930 (1) Lloyds Bank Limited (2) Mary Ann Douglass of 28 Western Hill, City of Durham, widow Conveyance to (2) of a messuage and shop, Nos. 11 & 12 Claypath, and the cottages and bakehouses at the rear Consideration: £600
(1 paper)


22 January 1930 (1) Mrs. M. A. Douglass (2) Lloyds Bank Limited Charge to secure £600 and interest on Nos. 11 & 12 Claypath
(1 paper)


6 July 1933 (1) Mary Ann Douglass of 28 Western Hill, City of Durham, widow (2) Sarah Jane Douglass and Olive Maud Douglass, both of 28 Western Hill, spinsters, daughters of (1) Deed of gift to (2), as joint tenants in trust for sale, of Nos. 11 & 12 Claypath
(1 paper)


6 December 1933 (1) Sarah Jane Douglass and Olive Maud Douglass, both of 28 Western Hill, City of Durham, spinsters (2) The City and County of Durham Permanent Benefit Building Society Mortgage, by way of legal charge to secure £220 and interest, of freehold property, Nos. 11 & 12 Claypath
(1 file)


22 December 1960 (1) Sarah Jane Douglass, spinster, and Olive Maud Short, widow, both formerly of 28 Western Hill, City of Durham, now of 12 Claypath, City of Durham (2) The Annfield Plain Co-operative Society Limited Conveyance to (2) of Nos. 11 & 12 Claypath Consideration: £6,500
(1 paper)


Abstract of title, to Nos. 7, 8 & 9 Claypath, 8 February 1939; copy made 1969 Includes: duplicated plan of property, and copy memorandum of the conveyance by the Dunelm Co-operative Society Limited, by direction of the County Council of Durham, to the Corporation of the City of Durham of part of Nos. 7 and 8, and Nos. 9, 10, 11 & 12 Claypath, 2 April 1970
(1 file)


Additional abstract of title to Nos. 9, 10 & 11 Claypath, 26 April 1949; copy made 1969 Includes: duplicated plan of property
(1 file)

Freeman's Place, St Nicholas parish (Ref: Du 1/50/24-38)

30 April 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) William Lee of Durham, dyeware grinder Lease of house, out-office ind parcel of ground in Freeman' s Place, for a term of 30 years, with sketch plan Rent: 10s. p.a.
(1 paper)


30 April 1866 (1) The mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) Thomas White of Durham Lease of house, outoffices and parcel of ground in Freemans Place, for a term of 30 years, with sketch plan Rent: 10s. p.a.
(1 paper)


1 May 1866 (1) The mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) Henry Hopper of Durham, mason Lease of house, outoffices and parcel of ground in Freemans Place, for a term of 30 years, with sketch plan Rent: 10s. p.a.
(1 parchment, 1 paper)


1 May 1866 (1) The mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) George Heron of Durham, grocer's assistant Lease of house, out-offices and parcel of ground in Freeman's Place for a term of 30 years, with sketch plan Rent: 6s. p.a.
(1 paper)


1 May 1866 (1) The mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) Mr. George Heron of Durham, grocer's assistant Lease of house, out-offices and parcel of ground in Freeman's Place, for a term of 30 years, with sketch plan Rent: 10s. p.a.
(1 paper)


2 May 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) John and William Henderson of Durham Lease of a house, out-offices and parcel of ground in Freeman's Place for a term of 30 years, with sketch plan Rent: 8s. p a.
(1 paper)


(1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) John and William Henderson Lease of a workshop and a parcel of ground in Freeman's Place for a term of 30 years, with sketch plan Rent: 10s. p.a.
(1 paper)


2 May 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) Robert Gray of Claypath, Durham Lease of a house, out-offices and parcel of ground in Freeman's Place, for a term of 30 years, with sketch plan Rent: 10s. p.a.
(1 paper)


2 May 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) Robert Gray of Claypath, Durham Lease of house, out-offices and parcel of ground in Freeman's Place, for a term of 30 years, with sketch plan Rent: 10s. p.a.
(1 paper)


25 May 1867 (1) The mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) Joseph Graham of Belmont Lease of a house, out-offices and a parcel of ground in Freeman's Place, for a term of 30 years, with plan Rent: 5s. p.a.
(1 paper)


Confirmation of assignment of a house, offices and land in Freeman's Place to George Swinburne, (and duplicate), 4 March 1885
(2 papers)


Licence to assign a lease of a house, out offices and land in Freeman s Place by Samuel Wood to Anthony Wise, 2 July 1890
(1 paper)


6 October 1874 (1) George Heron (2) Robert Oswald Copy assignment of residue of a term of 30 years of lease of unspecified property at [Freeman's Place] Consideration: £50
(1 file)

The Islands, St Nicholas parish (Ref: Du 1/50/39-49, 292-294, 296-301)

30 April 1866 (1) The mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) Thomas White of Durham, mayor's sergeant Lease of land and buildings on the Islands for a year, with sketch plan
(1 paper)


1 May 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) Robert Gray of Claypath, carrier Lease of land and buildings on the Islands for a year, with sketch plan
(1 paper)


1 May 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) George Heron of Durham, grocer's assistant Lease of two pieces of land and buildings on the Islands for a year, with sketch plan
(1 paper)


1 May 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) Henry Hopper of Durham, mason Lease of land and buildings on the Islands for a year, with sketch plan
(1 paper)


1 May 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) Robert Pearson Lease of land, piggery and other buildings on the Islands for a year, with sketch plan Rent: 1s.6d.
(1 paper)


1 May 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) Thomas Robson of Durham Lease of land and buildings on the Islands for a year, with sketch plan Rent: 2s. p.a.
(1 paper)


2 May 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) William Forster, tailor Lease of land and buildings on the Islands, for one year, with sketch plan Rent: 2s.6d. p.a.
(1 paper)


26 May 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) John Henderson of Durham, esq Lease of land and buildings on the Islands for one year, with sketch plan
(1 paper)


29 May 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) William Lee of Durham, dye ware grinder Lease of land and buildings on the Islands for one year, with sketch plan
(1 paper)


30 January 1867 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) William Rutherford of Durham, inn-keeper Lease of land on the Islands for one year, with sketch plan Rent: 2s.6d.
(1 paper)


25 May 1867 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) Joseph Graham Lease of land and buildings on the Islands for one year, with sketch plan
(1 paper)


18 August 1869 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham and Framwellgate (2) John Henderson and William Henderson, both of the City of Durham, esqs. Exchange of 27.5 sq.ft. of land in the parish of St. Nicholas for 45 sq. ft. of land in the same place, adjoining Graham's Old Ropery Endorsed: plan of property Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 paper)


29 August 1919 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) The Corporation of Durham Deed to extinguish a tithe rent charge of 10s. on land in Framwellgate township, partly owned by (2), and occupied by Rev. Joseph Thompson in right of the perpetual curacy of Satley
(1 paper)


30 September 1924 (1) The Corporation of Durham and the Trustees of the Freemen of the City of Durham (2) The County of Durham Electrical Power Distribution Company Ltd Wayleave agreement for overhead electric wires at the Sands, City of Durham Includes: plan
(1 file)


1 August 1894 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham and Framwellgate (2) Robert Alexander Pearson of Back Lane, City of Durham, plasterer Lease from month to month to (2) of a piece of ground (plot No. 4) in the Islands, parish of St. Nicholas Rent: 1s. 8d. per month Includes: plan of property
(1 paper)


1 August 1894 (1) The Mayor and Corporation of the City of Durham (2) Elizabeth Ann Longmire, wife of Joseph Longmire, labourer, of Paradise Lane, City of Durham Lease from month to month to (2) of a piece of ground (plot No. 4a) in the Islands, parish of St. Nicholas Rent: 1s. 8d. per month Includes: plan of property
(1 paper)


23 August 1894 (1) The Mayor and Corporation of the City of Durham (2) John Dixon of Gilesgate, City of Durham, cartman Lease from month to month to (2) of a piece of ground in the Islands, parish of St. Nicholas Rent: 1s. 8d. per month Includes: plan of property
(1 paper)


2 December 1896 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham and Framwellgate (2) William Wilkie of Sadler Street, City of Durham, carpet weaver Lease from month to month to (2) of a piece of ground (plot No. 4a) in the Islands, parish of St. Nicholas Rent: 1s. 8d. per month Endorsed: plan of property
(1 paper)


2 December 1896 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham and Framwellgate (2) Henry Charles Thomas Ebdy of Back Lane, City of Durham, butcher Lease from month to month to (2) of a piece of ground in the Islands, parish of St. Nicholas Rent: 1s. 8d. per month Includes: plan of property
(1 paper)


30 September 1903 (1) Messrs. Henderson & Company Limited (2) The Mayor and Corporation of Durham Notice of termination of (1)'s tenancy of the sunk tank on the Islands, City of Durham on 23 November 1904
(1 paper)

Providence Row (Ref: Du 1/50/50-55; 302-308)

18 September 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) John Tiplady of Durham Lease of land and house in Providence Row, Durham for a term of 30 years, with sketch plan Rent: 5s. p.a.
(1 paper)


18 September 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) John Tiplady of Durham Lease of land, house and out-offices in Providence Row, Durham for a term of 30 years, with sketch plan Rent: 5s. p.a.
(1 paper)


18 September 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) John Tiplady of Durham Lease of land with building in Providence Row, for one year, with sketch plan
(1 paper)


1 May 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) James Waistell of Durham Lease of land in Providence Row, Durham for one year, with sketch plan Rent: 5s. p.a.
(1 paper)


Licences to assign leases Du 1/50/50-51 for the residue of a term of 30 years by Mary and Charles Tiplady (heirs of John Tiplady) to the Urban Sanitary Authority of Durham City, 10 November 1884
(2 papers)


8 December 1914 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) Robson Sweeting, Providence Row, City of Durham Agreement for tenancy by (2) of No. 7 Providence Row, rent-free while employed by (1)
(1 paper)


8 December 1914 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) Adam Bowey, Providence Row, City of Durham Agreement for tenancy by (2) of No. 8 Providence Row Rent: 5s. 6d. per week
(1 paper)


8 December 1914 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) William Dixon of Providence Row, City of Durham Agreement for tenancy by (2) of No. 9 Providence Row Rent: 6s. per week
(1 paper)


8 December 1914 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) Richard Arthur Thwaites, Providence Row, City of Durham Agreement for tenancy by (2) of No. 10 Providence Row Rent: 6s. per week
(1 paper)


7 November 1917 (1) The Durham Urban District Council (2) Thomas William Pawson, Providence Row, City of Durham, horsekeeper Agreement for tenancy by (2) of No. 7 Providence Row, rent-free while employed by (1)
(1 paper)


17 April 1929 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) Andrew Oughton, 1 Gregson's Cottage, Court Lane, Durham, plasterer Agreement for tenancy by (2) of No. 6 Providence Row, Durham Rent: 8s. per week
(1 paper)


18 June 1934 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Durham (2) His Majesty' s Postmaster General Agreement for tenancy by (2) of stables in Providence Row, Durham Rent: £50 p.a.
(1 paper)

The Sands (Ref: Du 1/50/56-66)

22 March 1825 (1) Mayor and aldermen of Durham (2) Thomas Jackson of Claypath, mason Draft lease of waste ground on the Sands for 14 years Rent: £2 2s. p.a.
(1 file)


14 May 1839 (1) Mayor, aldermen and burgesses of Durham (2) Thomas Jackson of Claypath Draft lease of piece of land on the Sands for 14 years Rent: £6 6s.
(1 file)


7 February 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) John Boyd of Claypath, iron-monger Lease and counterpart of a house and land on the Sands for a term of 30 years, with sketch plan Rent: 7s.6d. p.a.
(1 parchment, 1 paper)


1 May 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) George Cail of Durham, carpet weaver Lease of a messuage and yard on the Sands for a term of 30 years, with sketch plan Rent: 7s.
(1 paper)


1 May 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) Isaac Sutherst of Milburngate, yeoman Lease of a messuage and land on the Sands for a term of 30 years, with sketch plan Rent: 10s.
(1 paper)


2 May 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) William Douglas of Durham, roper Lease of land and buildings on the Sands for one year, with sketch plan Rent: 10s.
(1 paper)


2 May 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) William Harker of Durham, mason Lease and counterpart of land and house on the Sands for a term of 30 years, with sketch plans Rent: 4s
(1 parchment, 1 membrane, 1 paper)


2 May 1866 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) Thomas Palmer of Durham, shoemaker Lease of land and house on the Sands for a term of 30 years, with sketch plan Rent: 7s.
(1 paper)


Licence to assign the residue of a term of 21 years of a lease of property on the Sands by Ellen Palmer (heir of Thomas Palmer) to Thomas Hall, 4 March 1903
(1 file, printed)

St. Leonard's, North Road (Ref: Du 1/50/309-318)

14 May 1921 (1) The Corporation of Durham (2) George William Ragg, City of Durham, sanitary inspector Agreement for tenancy by (2) of a messuage known as St. Leonard's, North Road, whilst employed by (1) Rent: £17 p.a.
(1 paper)


8 June 1927 (1) The Corporation of Durham (2) William Chicken of Framwellgate, caretaker Agreement for tenancy by (2) of a messuage known as St. Leonard's, North Road, City of Durham Rent: £18 p.a.
(1 paper)


13 June 1927 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) Charles Haisman, 8 Western Hill, Durham, secretary Agreement for tenancy by (2) of a messuage at St. Leonard's, Durham Rent: 10s. per week
(1 paper)


1 July 1927 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) Joseph Moffat Lynch, junior, 30 North Road, Durham, draper and outfitter Agreement for tenancy by (2) of a messuage at St. Leonard's, North Road, Durham Rent: 10s. per week
(1 paper)


1 July 1927 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) Margaret Hannah Wry, 29 Atherton Street, Durham Agreement for tenancy by (2) of a messuage at St. Leonard's, North Road, Durham Rent: 10s. per week
(1 paper)


1 July 1927 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) Arthur Meade, 40 Atherton Street, Durham, clerk Agreement for tenancy by (2) of a messuage at St. Leonard's, North Road, Durham Rent: 10s. per week
(1 paper)


25 May 1932 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) Matthew Holiday and Phoebe Mary Holiday, 1, Tenter Terrace, Durham Agreement for tenancy by (2) of a messuage at St. Leonard's, Durham Rent: 10s. per week
(1 paper)


25 May 1935 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) Anthony George Wise, 30 North Road, Durham, clerk Agreement for tenancy by (2) of No. 1 St. Leonard's, Durham Rent: 10s. per week
(1 paper)


27 April 1936 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) Joseph Cuthbert Hollis, 6 Corporation Terrace, Durham, motor engineer Agreement for tenancy by (2) of No. 3 St. Leonard's, Durham Rent: 10s. per week
(1 paper)


20 September 1923 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) John Charles Baron, Bees Cottage, Sutton Street, Durham, roller driver Agreement for the tenancy by (2) of Bees Cottage while employed by (1) Rent: 5s. 9d. per week
(1 paper)

Saddler Street (Ref: Du 1/50/319-320)

10 November 1900 (1) The Durham County Advertiser and General Printing Company Limited (2) The Mayor and Corporation of Durham Lease for 21 years to (2) of a messuage in Sadler Street, Durham, occupied as the Durham School of Art Rent: £30 p.a.
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


3 September 1902 (1) Thomas Rushworth of the City of Durham, gent. (2) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham and Framwellgate Lease for 7 years (renewable for a further 7 years) to (2) of No. 60 Sadler Street, City of Durham, now in the occupation of Mrs. Mirfield Rent: £43 p.a.
(1 paper)

Title deeds to other properties (Ref: Du 1/50/321-322, 325-328)

19 August 1909 (1) The North Eastern Railway Company (2) The Corporation of Durham Agreement for tenancy by (2) of land under an arch, part of the railway viaduct at North Road, Duirham, for the storage of tools and roadmaking materials Rent: £3 p.a. Includes: plan Scale: 1 chain to 1 inch [1:792]
(1 file)


14 October 1915 (1) The Durham Markets Company (2) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham and Framwellgate, as Urban District Council Lease for 21 years to (2) of the entrance lobby, news room, market company's office, billiard room and card room adjoining the Town Hall in the Market Place Rent: £50 p.a. Includes: specifications for alterations
(1 paper)


7 June 1923 (1) Mary Elizabeth Forster, wife of William Burdis Forster of Springwell House, City of Durham, ironmonger (2) The Corporation of Durham Lease for 10 years to (2) of a piece of land adjoining Club Lane, Durham, for the purpose of allotments Rent: £24 p.a. Includes: plan of property
(1 paper)


1 June 1932 (1) Thomas William Holiday of Southlands, City of Durham, gent (2) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham and Framwellgate, as Urban District Council Lease for 3 years to (2) of 1/2 a. land in Sidegate, Durham Rent: 1s. p.a.
(1 paper)


Probate and copy will, dated 27 May 1871, of George Stockdale of Gilesgate, Durham, innkeeper, dec'd., devising estate [unspecified] to his wife Elizabeth for life, then to his children, Jane and George, 27 June 1871
(Parchment, 2 membranes)


26 August 1875 (1) George Stockdale of Seaham Harbour, grocer (2) George Runciman of Darlington, commercial traveller Conveyance to (2) of an undivided moiety of an allotment on Gilesgate Moor and a messuage, formerly a stable, thereon, occupied by Mr. Thompson, tenant, bounded on the east by the road from the City of Durham to Sherburn [other boundaries specified] Consideration: £30
(Parchment, 1 membrane)

Crossgate (Ref: Du 1/50/323-324)

4 June 1919 (1) The Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham and Framwellgate Lease for 5 years from 14 February 1917 to (2) of allotments adjoining Langley House in Margery Lane, parish of Crossgate, Durham Rent: £3 5s. p.a. Annexed: plan of property Scale: 1:500
(1 file)


1 October 1921 (1) The Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham and Framwellgate Lease for 14 years from 14 February 1922 to (2) of allotments adjoining Langley House in Margery Lane in the parish of Crossgate, Durham Rent: £5 p.a. Includes: plan of property Scale: 1:500
(1 paper)

Elvet Crescent (Ref: Du 1/50/329-330)

2 June 1654 (1) Robert Adamson of Huntington, inn holder (2) Robert Fisher of Elvet, Durham, fuller Conveyance in fee simple by (1) to (2) of a house with garden in 'Barony of Elvet' [Elvet Crescent by Hallgarth Street], Durham This deed was part of Durham City Council deed packet DC 142 (part of the County Council's deed packet system) referring to Land Registry title number DU315403
(parchment, 1 membrane)


Copy of Land Registry title number DU315403 and map extract from County Council terrier showing properties on the corner of Hallgarth Street, Court Lane and alongside Elvet Crescent, which are included in Durham City Council deed packet DC 142 (part of the County Council's deed packet system), n.d. [2000s]
(2 papers, printed)

Particulars of Corporation property (Ref: Du 1/50/1)

Particulars of property belonging to the Corporation of Durham, delivered to John Duck, mayor, from Cuthbert Hutchinson, late mayor, 13 October 1680
(1 paper)

Leases of the Borough from the Bishop of Durham (Ref: Du 1/50/2-23)

>> Leases of the Borough from the Bishop of Durham Du 1/50/2-23
The Borough of Durham and Framwellgate, the toll booth and shops and buildings beneath, Borough rents, land male rents, free rents, duties, customs and services of the burgesses, freeholders and inhabitants, the benefit of making and admitting freemen, the weekly Saturday market and the annual fairs, and profits, commodities, perquisites, pickages, stallages, scaveltyre, scavel corn tolls, tollages, customs, duties and uses belonging all courts and the liberty to hold courts, Borough Court, Court Leet and Court Barons


[5 November, Henry 5th] (1) Thomas Bishop of Durham (2) Hugh Boner, Robert Werdale, William Coup, William Snayth Copies of lease of the Borough of Durham with rents, services, courts and customs, the bakehouse, mills, profits of markets and tolls for a term of 6 years Consideration: 80 marks
(2 papers)


1 May 1782 (1) John Bishop of Durham (2) Mayor and aldermen of Durham Lease (and 2 copies) of the Borough of Durham and Framwellgate, for the term of the lives of Thomas Horns, Professor of Astronomy at Oxford, Nathan Wetherall, Dean of Hereford and Thomas Wilkinson in trust for the Mayor of Durham Rent: £20 p.a.
(parchment, 1 membrane, 2 files)


21 April 1808 (1) Shute, Bishop of Durham (2) Mayor and aldermen of Durham Lease and copy lease of the Borough of Durham and Framwellgate for the term of the lives of Thomas Horns, Professor of Astronomy at Oxford, Thomas Wilkinson and John Burrell in trust for the mayor of Durham Rent: £20 p.a.
(parchment, 1 membrane, 1 paper)


21 September 1810 (1) Shute, Bishop of Durham (2) Mayor and aldermen of Durham Copy lease of the Borough of Durham and Framwellgate for the lives of Thomas Wilkinson, John Burrell and Thomas Wilkinson in trust for the mayor of Durham Rent: £20 pa.
(1 paper)


12 December 1848 (1) Edward, Bishop of Durham (2) Mayor, aldermen and commonalty of Durham Copy lease of the Borough of Durham and Framwellgate Rent: £20 p.a.
(1 file)


20 December 1860 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) The mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham Draft conveyance of the reversion of and in the Borough of Durham and Framwellgate Consideration: £1300
(1 file)


December 1860 (1) The mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham (2) Sir William Dunbar baronet and John Bagwell, esq., Lords Commissioners (3) Robert Hagett of Durham, alderman Draft mortgage of the Borough of Durham and Framwellgate for securing £1400 with interest
(1 file)


12 March 1716 (1) Mayor and aldermen of Durham (2) Michael Brabin, alderman of Durham Lease of parcel of ground at the low end of the toll booth fold to build a stable Rent: 2s.6d. p.a.
(1 paper)


18 October 1722 (1) Michael Brabin, alderman (2) John Fawcett, recorder of the City of Durham Assignment of lease of parcel of ground and stable at the low end of the toll booth fold Consideration: £70
(1 paper)


12 October 1758 (1) John Lambe of Durham, alderman; Richard Wharton of Durham, alderman; George Sandiford Creowe of South Bailey, esq; William Rudd of North Bailey, esq; William Reed of Eramwellgate, esq.and John Richardson of Framwellgate, gent. (2) Michael Greenwell of Durham, sadler Copy of lease of 8 acres of waste land called Shaw Wood otherwise Shaw Hill [boundaries specified] at Durham Rent: £3 7s. p.a.
(1 file)


16 November 1818 (1) Mayor and aldermen of Durham (2) William Grey; Edward Alsop and Elizabeth Young all of Claypath Draft of lease of waste ground in Wanless Lane, for a term of 21 years Rent: 2s.
(1 file)


16 November 1818 (1) Mayor and aldermen of Durham (2) William Grey; Edward Alsop and Elizabeth Young, all of Claypath Lease of waste ground in Wanless Lane, for a term of 21 years Rent: 2s. p.a.
(1 paper)


16 November 1818 (1) Mayor and aldermen of Durham (2) Commissioners of the Durham Paving Act Draft lease of Lamphouse in Wanless Lane, for a term of 21 years For lease see Du 2/8/13 Rent: 5s. p.a.
(1 file)


16 November 1818 (1) Mayor and aldermen of Durham (2) John Hancock of Framwellgate Lease of waste ground in Wanless Lane, 10p. and messuage on the north end for 21 years, with plan attached of Providence Row of John Hancock's encroachment on the waste, 1815 Rent: 5s. p.a.
(1 file)


1839 (1) Mayor, aldermen and burgesses of Durham (2) Thomas Bowes of Old Elvet Draft lease of waste in Wanless Lane, for a term of 21 years
(1 file)


3 October 1731 (1) Robert Smith of Durham, esq., Giles Rain of Durham, esq, Henry Forster and Robert Wharton, aldermen (2) Robert Ayre of Easington, mariner and shipwright (3) Walter Bell of Easington Draft assignment of lease from (1) to (2) of house with garden and maynes close of 5a. at Easington Consideration: 21s.
(1 file)


Copy of agreement between the mayor and aldermen of Durham and Robert Read of Framwellgate, tanner, concerning the cleaning and closing of a vennel running from Silver Street to the River Wear, except in time of fire, 29 September 1698, copied 3 March 1762
(1 paper)


Ref No: Du 1/50/23 Temp No: Acc No: 12 November 1781 (1) Ralph Bowser, mayor of Durham (2) William Cumin of Gillygate, mason Draft agreement for paving and repairing Elvet and Framwellgate bridges
(1 paper)

Disputes concerning the Sands (Ref: Du 1/50/67-143)

Copies of case and opinions concerning rights of the Corporation to royalties of the Sands held under leases of the borough from the Bishop of Durham, of which an application has been made to lease the coal mining, 1800
(1 file, 1 paper)


Opinion as to the inclusion of the Sands in the lease of the Borough from the Bishop of Durham to the Corporation, 19 May 1813
(1 file)


Extracts from the court book of the City of Durham and Borough of Framwellgate, 1687, of bye laws relating to the Sands
(2 papers)


Copy of minutes of the mayor and aldermen, concerning the Sands, 21 May - 2 July 1813
(1 paper)


Proposals by committee of freemen respecting the dispute as to the enclosing of the Sands, 18 - 29 June 1813
(2 papers)


Briefs for the lessors of the plaintiff, the Corporation of Durham v Thomas Nicholson in action of ejectment in Durham Court of Pleas re the Sands, 14 August 1813
(3 files)


Copy letter concerning action for breach of covenant by Nicholson v Wardens, n.d.
(1 paper)


Copy case and opinion concerning the freemen's rights in respect of the Sands, 22 December 1836
(1 paper)


Draft and copy of evidence by witnesses concerning the inclusion of the Sands in perambulations of the boundaries of the Borough and commons, n.d. [ c.1837]
(1 file, 2 papers)


Copy letters between William Henderson and Henry Stapylton concerning procedure to be taken by the Corporation against illegal inclosure and building on the Sands, 2 June - 23 August 1849
(3 papers)


18 September 1850 (1) Mayor, aldermen and citizens of Durham and Framwellgate (2) Wardens of the trades companies of Durham Draft agreement as to the rents and profits of property on the Sands
(1 file)


Copies of resolutions from a special meeting of the Durham Council concerning proceedings against persons who have erected or occupy premises on the Sands, 7 November 1851
(2 papers)


Consent for changing the site of the ropery house and rope walk on the Sands belonging to William Douglas, 31 December 1851
(3 papers)


Letter from the freemen to the town council requesting withdrawal of notice served on a freeman for enclosing and erecting on a plot of ground on the Islands, 28 July 1860
(1 paper)


Notifications from the town clerk to publicans of the instituting of legal proceedings for recovery of damages occasioned by erecting booths on the Sands, 26 August 1861
(5 papers)


Letter from the steward of freemen to the town clerk giving notice that they will defend legal proceedings, 27 August 1861
(1 paper)


Copy resolution of council and report of finance committee concerning rights of the freemen to the Sands re the encroachments by building and inclosures, 4 November 1863
(1 paper)


27 March 1833 (1) Mayor, aldermen and common council of Durham (2) William Stout of Framwellgate, innkeeper Draft lease of a parcel of land in the township of Framwellgate Rent: £4 p.a.
(1 file)


21 September 1866 (1) Mayor and Corporation of Durham (2) Robert Lovegreen of Durham Lease of a garden in Framwellgate for 1 year, with sketch plan Rent: 2s. p.a.
(1 paper)


1 May 1866 (1) Mayor and Corporation of Durham (2) John Allan of Durham Lease of a plot of land in Framwellgate for 1 year, with sketch plan Rent: 10s. p.a.
(1 paper)


1839 (1) Mayor, aldermen and burgesses of Durham (2) James Young Draft lease of unspecified property for 21 years Rent: 2s.6d. p.a.
(4 papers)


Statement of accounts of the rents received by City of Durham Corporation re waste lands at Freemans' Place, Islands, Sands, Providence Row and Framwellgate, 26 January 1891
(1 paper, printed)


Claim by Durham Corporation for share of commons in respect of Spittal Closes and Chapel Garth in the township of Framwellgate, 29 June 1801
(1 paper)


Letter from the solicitor for burgage owners of Durham enclosing copy of objection to claim of Durham Corporation for share of commons in respect of Town Hall and premises in back lane, 8 and 24 October 1801
(2 papers)


Notice to produce title deeds in support of claim, 25 August 1802
(1 paper, printed)


Award on extinguishment of right of intercommon on lands in Gilligate Moor (Gilesgate) occupied by the mayor and Corporation who are to pay an additional £4 annual rent as compensation to Lord Charles W. Vane Stewart, 18 June 1819
(1 file)


Certificate re lands and tenements of the Corporation charged in the Schedule of Land Tax for parish of St. Nicholas, 10 April 1811, and certificate on redemption of Land Tax on the Town Hall, 27 September 1813
(1 file)


Conditions of sale for two burgages at the end of Elvet bridge, 22 October 1785
(1 paper)


Conditions of letting, proposals and rents for building sites in Gilesgate, 13 March 1832 - 4 February 1833
(5 papers)


Proposals to take leases of building sites in Gilesgate, 19 July 1836
(3 papers)


Notices to quit Corporation property, 11 - 12 May 1864
(2 papers)


Notice of special meeting of council concerning a report of the finance committee relative to granting leases on the lands belonging to the Corporation, 12 February 1866
(1 paper)


Insurance policies for property of the City of Durham Urban Sanitary Authority; boilers at the Bath and Washhouses and sewerage works; for the Town Hall; Guild Hall; Art Gallery; infectious diseases hospital; for hay and straw stacks in a field called Barkers Haugh and for workmen of the Durham Urban Sanitary Authority, 1877 - 1905
(19 papers)


Accident notice form, and correspondence from the Boiler Insurance and Steam Power Co. Ltd., Manchester to the town clerk about an accident to an employee of the U.D.C., 16 - 20 May 1895
(1 file)


Corporation and freemen of Durham rent account and outgoings in respect of houses and land at Freemen's Place, The Islands, The Sands, Providence Row and Framwellgate, 24 November 1911 - 6 January 1942
(1 volume)

Register of leases (Ref: Du 1/50/295)

Register of leases granted by the Corporation of Durham of cottages and lands in the City of Durham, 7 February 1866 - 25 May 1867 Includes: memoranda of alienations and assignments to 1890 (1 volume, leather quarter-bound) Land on the Islands, parish of St. Nicholas, Durham