Catalogue

30 March 1778 (1) William Scafe of Tookes Court, Middlesex, esquire (2) Rt.Hon. John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore Lease and release (lease missing) of one moiety of an allotment on Lanchester Moor (32 a.1r.24p.) Consideration: £17

14 May 1796 (1) Edward Townley Standish of Standish Hall, Lancashire, John Townley of Devonshire Place, Middlesex, esquire, Peregrine Edward Townley of Cleveland Rowe, esquire, son and heir of John Townley (2) Joseph Woodhouse of Scotchwood in the parish of Newburn, Northumberland, gentleman Lease and release of an allotment on Lanchester Moor originally granted to the devisee of Henry Francis, Lord Widdrington (57a. 22p.) Consideration: £40

15 and 16 May 1798 (1) Mary Kell and Jane Kell both of Leicester Place, Leicester Square in the parish of St. Ann, in the County of Middlesex, spinsters (2) Matthew Chessall of Searle Street, Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, gentleman (3) John Maddison of Charing Cross in the parish of St. Martin-in-the- Fields, Middlesex, stock-broker (4) Joseph Woodhouse of Scotchwood in the parish of Newburn, Northumberland Lease and release from (1) to (4) with consent of (2) and (3) of an allotment on Lanchester Moor assigned to the heir-at-law or devisee of Sarah Emerson, deceased for property in Lintz Green Consideration: £40

18 August 1798 (1) Rev. William Ellison of Lintz Green (2) Joseph Woodhouse of Scotswood, Northumberland, gentleman Lease and release of an allotment (23a. 36p.) on Lanchester Moor, allotted to (1) in the townships of Holmside and Collierley Consideration: £2

5 November 1798 (1) Rt.Hon. John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore (2) Joseph Woodhouse of Scotchwood in the parish of Newburn, Northumberland, gentleman Lease and release from (1) to (2) of allotment on Lanchester Moor as set out under the Enclosure Award, 13 June 1781 Consideration: £32 16s. 4d

25 March 1801 (1) Eleanor Leybourn of Ryal, Northumberland, widow, nee Kell, neice and heir-at-law of Thomas Mason, late of Iveston in Lanchester, gentleman, deceased, who was brother and heir-at-law of Robert Mason of the same place, gentleman, deceased, who was eldest son and heir at law of Robert Mason of the same place, gentleman, deceased (2) Thomas Ward of Norton, gentleman (3) Joseph Woodhouse of Scotchwood, Northumberland, gentleman Lease and release (lease missing) from (1) to (3) with the consent of (2) of allotment (2a. 2r. 32p.) assigned to Thomas Mason for his freehold in Leadgate and an allotment (12a. 1r. 24p.) for his freehold at Woodside in the township of Iveston Consideration: £15 2s.

2 February 1803 (1) Joseph Woodhouse of Scotchwood in the parish of Newburn, Northumberland, gentleman (2) William James of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant (3) Elizabeth Woodhouse of Scotchwood, spinster, daughter of (1) (4) Thomas James of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant and William Hunter, the younger, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gentleman Lease and release (lease missing) from (1) to (4) in trust on the marriage of (2) and (3) of all lands, messuages and tenements (200a.) of (1) in the parish of Lanchester lately purchased by (1) of the Earl of Strathmore and Messrs. Stanley, Kell, Ellison, Scafe and Bates and all of which lately were part of Lanchester Common (4) to pay to (3) an annuity of £30 and after the death of (3) £600 to (2) in the case of legally begotten children

23 March 1858 (1) Trustees of the will of Joseph Woodhouse of Scotswood, Northumberland, gentleman (2) Matthew Kearney of Ford in the parish of Lanchester, esquire and his wife Elizabeth (3) Robert Leadbitter of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gentleman Bargain and sale from (1) to (3) in trust for Elizabeth Kearney of Woodburn Farm (226a. 2r. 23p.) which consists of allotments under the Lanchester Enclosure Act, 1773 Consideration: £2057 8s.

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Abstract of title to Woodburn Farm, 1812 - 1870 plan attached

7 May 1870 (1) Elizabeth Kearney, wife of Matthew Kearney of Ford in the parish of Lanchester (2) Matthew Kearney of Ford (3) William porter of Boundary Cottage, near Dipton, gentleman (4) Joseph porter the younger of Boundary Cottage, farmer and grocer Conveyance from (1) to (3) and (4) of a moiety to each of Woodburn Farm in Lanchester (230a. 25p.). Consideration: £3,125 plan attached with table of land use

9 May 1870 (1) William porter of Boundary Cottage near Dipton, gentleman, Joseph Porter of Boundary Cottage, farmer and grocer (2) Abraham Story of the City of Durham, gentleman Mortgage of £1500 and interest of 4% p.a. by conveyance from (1) to (2) of Woodburn Farm in Lanchester Endorsed: Reconveyance, 12 December 1873

10 February 1892 (1) William Porter of Carrmyers near Dipton, grocer (2) William Porter of Carrmyers near Dipton, grocer, George Wailes of Annfield plain, butcher, Thomas Maddison of Durham City, solicitor (3) Joseph William Mowbray Porter of Carrmyers, gentleman Conveyance from (1) and (2) to (3) of two moieties of Woodburn Farm (230a. 25p.) in Lanchester and Spring Well House and land (7a. 33p.) which was enclosed from Lanchester common and alloted to Samuel Jopling. Consideration: £1466 and £1466 plan attached. Attached: Receipt for deposit on purchase of Woodburn Farm by E. Craggs, 29 July 1904

25 November 1840 (1) Robert Hansell of Murton House, Northumberland, esquire. (2) Jonathan Richardson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esquire. (3) Henry Dale of North Shields, Northumberland, gentleman. Lease and release from (1) to (2) of China Hall Farm (155a.) in Medomsley.

Abstract of title to China Hall Farm, Medomsley,1859 - 1874

15 February 1875 (1) Ann Richardson, widow, Jonathan Backhouse Richardson, esquire, Thomas Richardson, esquire, Jonathan Priestman, esquire, all of Shotley Bridge and trustees under the will of Jonathan Richardson of Woodland in the parish of Lanchester, deceased (2) Henry Wilson and Charles Wilson of Shotley Park, merchants Conveyance from (1) to (2) ( 3/4 to Henry Wilson and 1/4 to Charles Wilson) of China Hall Farm in Medomsley (155:351a.) plan attached Consideration: 3000

24 November 1896 (1) Caleb Stansfield Wilson of Tavistock House, Sunderland, merchant (2) Eliza Wilson of Bede Terrace, Sunderland, widow (3) Thomas Edwin Pumphrey of Clifton Villas, Sunder land, merchant (4) Katherine Jones, wife of William Jones of Bede Terrace, Sunderland, gentleman (5) Emily Ann Wilson of Claremont Terrace, Sunderland, widow (6) Thomas Edwin pumphrey and Andrew Penman McClelland of Sunderland, provision buyer (7) Thomas John Turnbull of Johannesburg, South Africa, gentleman Conveyance from (1)-(6) to (7) of China Hall Farm (157.351a.)in Medomsley Consideration: £1,700 Endorsed: memorandum of lease of China Hall Farm, to William and Jane Turner, 11 March 1898

22 December 1881 (1) Elizabeth Anne Surtees and Eleanor Surtees, both of Hamsterley Hall in the parish of Lanchester, spinsters (2) Trustees of the United Methodist Free Churches Connection (3) Francis Wood of 10 Bessemer Street, Benfieldside, Superintendent Minister of the circuit of the United Methodist Free Churches Connexion Lease for 99 years from 12 May 1898 of part (600 sq. yds.) of Byerside Farm in Medomsley in order to erect a chapel Rent: 6d. p.a. Endorsed: Enrolled in Chancery, 22 December 1881

23 December 1851 (1) Trustees of the United Methodist Free Churches Connection (2) Rev. Francis Wood of 10 Bessemer Street, Benfieldside, Superintendent Minister (3) Elizabeth Ann (sic) Surtees and Eleanor Surtees, both of Hamsterley Hall in the parish of Lanchester, spinsters / (4) Robert Lamb Armstrong of 14 Hawthorn Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, land-agent Mortgage by conveyance from (1) and (2) to (4) with consent of (3) for £100 and 5% p.a. interest of part of Byerside Farm (600 sq. yds.) in Medomsley Endorsed: Re-assignment, 28 December 1889

Memorandum of choice and appointment of new trustees of the United Methodist Free Church at Westwood in the township of Medomsley, 17 May 1902

Court roll of the court baron and special customary court of the Manor of Dearham, Cumberland, 3 May 1759 - 22 July 1788