Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 589 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Lynesack and Softley, Bull Piece Charity records
Covering Dates: 1835-1973
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Catalogue Description
Records of the Bull Piece Charity Trusteesdeposited on long term loan,
26 February 1979
(Acc: 1138(D))
County Record Office,
County Hall,
DURHAM.
DHl 5UL
Telephone (0191) 3833253
The Bull Piece Charity is based on four acres of land in the township of Lynesack and Softley which are transferred to successive trustees. The income is given away in small sums to poor people in the townships of Hamsterley, South Bedburn and Lynesack and Softley.
Catalogue Contents
Bull Piece Charity Trustees, Lynesack and Softley (Ref: D/X 589)Minutes (Ref: D/X 589/1-6)Ref: D/X 589/1
Trustees' minute book, 29 July 1910 - 15 May 1940
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: D/X 589/2Trustees' minute book, 16 August 1940 - 6 June 1962
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: D/X 589/3Accounts of the half-yearly distributions of the proceeds of the rent of the Bull Piece to the poor, April 1835 - December 1857
(1 booklet, binding missing)
Ref: D/X 589/4Rough cash book, December 1911 - May 1928
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: D/X 589/5Number not allocated
Ref: D/X 589/6Charity Commission scheme for the Bull Piece Charity, 1909
(1 paper, printed)
Leases (Ref: D/X 589/7-14)Ref: D/X 589/714 September 1885
(1) Trustees of the Bull Piece Charity
(2) The Woodland Collieries Company Ltd.
Lease for 21 years of a wayleave from the Bishop Auckland and Barnard Castle branch of the North Eastern Railway to the Woodland Colliery
Rent: £40 p.a.
Plan endorsed
(1 file)
Ref: D/X 589/822 February 1905
(1) Trustees of the Bull Piece Charity
(2) The Woodland Collieries Company Ltd.
Counterpart lease for 21 years of a wayleave for a railway from the Bishop Auckland and Barnard Castle branch of the North Eastern Railway Co., to the Woodland Collieries
Rent: £40 p.a.
Plan endorsed
(1 file)
Ref: D/X 589/9Letter from the agents for the Woodland Collieries Co. Ltd., in liquidation, to the Trustees of the Bull Piece Charity terminating the lease of the wayleave, 14 November 1913
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 589/1011 August 1948
(1) The Trustees of the Bull Piece Charity
(2) North Eastern Electricity Board
Wayleave agreement for (2) to fix a wire stay on land belonging to (1)
Rent: ls. p.a.
Plan attached
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 589/1113 July 1949
(1) Trustees of the Bull Piece Charity
(2) N.E.E.B.
Wayleave agreement for (2) to fix two wire stays on land belonging to (1)
Rent: 2s. p.a.
Plan attached
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 589/1218 November 1955
(1) Trustees of the Bill Piece Charity
(2) N.E.E.B.
Wayleave agreement for (2) to fix lines and poles on land belonging to (1)
Rent: 3s. 6d. p.a.
Plan attached
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 589/1312 December 1963
(1) Trustees of the Bull Piece Charity
(2) N.E.E.B.
Wayleave agreement for (2) to place poles and lines on land belonging to (1)
Plan attached
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 589/1427 August 1968
(1) Trustees of the Bull Piece Charity
(2) N.E.E.B.
Wayleave agreement for (2) to put poles and lines on land belonging to (1)
Plan attached
(1 paper)
Financial records (Ref: D/X 589/15-20)Ref: D/X 589/15Correspondence between the Trustees of the Bull Piece Charity and the Charity Commission concerning the transference by the former of the assets of the Charity to the Official Trustees of the Charitable Funds, 8 March - 27 September 1889
(8 papers)
Ref: D/X 589/16Account of income from wayleave and expenditure on improvements to buildings, 1873 - 1900
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 589/17Account of income and payments made to the poor, Christmas 1910
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 589/18Copy statement of account of the Bull Piece Charity submitted to the Charity Commission, 29 May 1863
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 589/19Statement of account of the Bull Piece Charity submitted to the Charity Commissioners, 20 May 1964
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 589/20Statement of account of the Bull Piece Charity submitted to the Charity Commission, 31 May 1973
(2 papers)
Alternations to the Farm (Ref: D/X 589/20-22)Ref: D/X 589/20/1-3Tender and specifications for alterations to the farm and buildings, 10 July 1915
Plan attached
(1 plan, 36cm x 36cm, oiled linen, 2 papers)
Ref: D/X 589/21/1-3Bill of quantities and plan of improvements to Bull Piece Farm, South Side, Butterknowle, September 1966
(2 plans, 45cm x 70cm, colour wash, 1 file)
Ref: D/X 589/22Correspondence between the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Barnard Castle Rural District Council and the Trustees of the Bull Piece Charity concerning proposed improvements in drainage at Bull Piece Farm, 17 August 1971 - 9 June 1972
(12 papers)
