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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 373 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Durham City, South Street and Claypath deeds; Durham Court of Chancery

Covering Dates: 1681-1946

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(Ref: D/X 373/1-39)

DURHAM CITY

Deeds relating to property in South Street and Claypath and appointments of registers of Chancery Court. 1681 - 1946

Ref: D/X 373/1

Exemplification of common recovery suffered by Simon Peacock over a messuage and one acre of land in Elvet, in Durham Court of Pleas. Seal of Palatinate. 26 July 1681

Ref: D/X 373/1-16

Deeds relating to property known as Pimlico in Elvet at the head of South Street, St. Oswalds parish. 1681 - 1856
(16 deeds)

Ref: D/X 373/2-13

Deeds of John White, James White and descendants, including conveyances of two parts of the property to John Stephenson and to Thomas Cairns, wills of J. S. and T. C. and conveyance by trustees of Cairns to S. G. Kemble. 1697 - 1815

Ref: D/X 373/14-16

Robert Arkwright to Mrs. Elizabeth Gray and family. 1841 - 1856

Ref: D/X 373/17-24

Deeds relating to property known as 44 Claypath. Including: 1729 Jane Brass to Thomas Potts, 1812 Johnson and Potts to Edward Fairclough, 1855 C. Wetherell and Fairclough to James Longstaff, 1880 to William Hodgeson. 1729-1880
(8 deeds)

Ref: D/X 373/25-29

Deeds relating to property known as 71½ Claypath. Including: 1850 abstract of title, 1854 conveyance from Ignatius Bonomi and Rev. Edward Sneyd to Robert Thwaites including plan, 1889 Morgan to Dora Crozier, 1924 abstract of title. 1850 - 1924
(5 deeds)

Ref: D/X 373/30-31

Martha Metcalf: letter asking for rent of half field at Crosgate Moor, 1883; abstract of title to property near Witton Gilbert, 1903. 1883, 1903
(3 papers)

Ref: D/X 373/32

Death certificate of Thomas Pryse Lloyd, 1924
(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 373/33-38

Appointments of Alfred O. Smith as registrar of Durham Court of Chancery and commissioners to take affidavits. 1874-1889
(6 documents)

Ref: D/X 373/39

Appointment of Hugh Swinburne as registrar of Durham Court of Chancery. 1946
(1 paper)



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