Catalogue

11 November 1724 (1) William Belasyse of Brancepeth Castle, Lord of the Manor of Brancepeth (2) George Greenwell of Cornsah Raw, yeoman Lease of 9a. of land at Cornsay Fell, with copy of same

Copies of agreements relating to the enclosure of Cornsay Common and matters relating thereto, agreements of 24 March 1730, 19 July 1842, 2 August 1848; copies: c.1950

Number not allocated

Map of Cornsay Common showing the lands held by William Leybourne, John Ayre, William Gascoigne, Right Rev. [ ] Wilkinson, George Walton, Joseph Atkinson, Richard Wall and C[ ] Robinson, n.d. [c.1790] No scale

Map of Cornsay Common. Gives "line of direction observed in riding the boundaries in 1798"; gives the road to Wolsingham from Cornsay, n.d. [1798] Scale: 1 inch to 4 chains [1:3168]

Part of map showing the ownership of various parcels of land on [Cornsay Common] and environs. Gives name of each landholder and the amount of land held by each, 1836 No scale

Notes on the claim of Ushaw College to certain lands on Cornsay Common; gives the acreages of the lands concerned and their respective owners in 1836

"Schedule [of] lands in the Township of Cornsay in the Parish of Lanchester according to a Survey made in 1836" - gives names of the owner and occupier of the land concerned and the extent of each holding

Copy of agreement for the inclosure of Hedley Edge on Cornsay Common, 19 July 1842

"Copy of Schedule of the 1846 Lease granted to Charles Attwood" - schedule lists the owners and occupiers of land on [Cornsay Common], gives the rent charged to each occupier and the extent of their holding, copy c.1950

"Plan of a Part of Hedley and Cornsay Common in the Parish of Lanchester and County of Durham, the herbage upon which from the smoke and heat caused by the erection of Coke Ovens and a Fire-Brick Manufactory thereon from severance from Ponds of Water, from Pits and Railways is in many places entirely and upon all damaged. Surveyed 21 and 22 July 1848. By Frederick James Laycock, Lanchester". Gives outline of the land in question showing ponds etc., a reference to features shown on the plan and other topographical features of the locality. Scale: 1" to 4 chains [1:3168]

Tracing of the principal settlements on Cornsay Common showing Cowsley, Cowsley Row, Cornsay Almshouses and other topographical features of the area; gives acreages of various fields; traced from the O.S. 25" map (1896) Scale: 1 square inch = 1 acre

Set of maps showing Cornsay Common encroachments. Taken from various Durham O.S. maps for 1896 (2nd edition) Scale: 25" to 1 mile

Book of Acknowledgements for Encroachments on Cornsay Common, 24 September 1902 - 23 September 1929

Book of Acknowledgements for Encroachments on Cornsay Common, 24 September 1902 - 23 September 1929 Fair copy of D/X 823/14

Letters principally between Mrs. M.E. Snowdon, Wansbeck House, Cockton Hill and the Estates Office, Brancepeth, concerning the enclosure of land on Cornsay Common, 15 October - 27 November 1913

Letters principally between T.E. Forster, 3 Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, The Gladdow Coal Co. Ltd., Harperley, and the Estate Office, Brancepeth, concerning the proposed laying of a tramway across Cornsay Common, 28 March - 1 May 1923

Letters between Captain C.H. Shaw, St. John's, Wolsingham and the Estate Office, Brancepeth, concerning certain shootings rights on Cornsay Common, 10 September 1928 - 23 January 1930

Letters between J. Grady, East Farm, Old Cornsay and the Estate Office, Brancepeth concerning the erection of a petrol pump at Cornsay Common, 23 January - 24 October 1930

Book of Acknowledgements for Encroachments on Cornsay Common, 29 July 1930 - 17 August 1949

Letters between Messrs. Wilsons, Ornsby & Cadle, North Bailey, Durham City, J.G. Robinson, The Almshouses, Cornsay, the Estate Office, Brancepeth, and others, concerning the fencing off of a portion of Cornsay Common, 7 - 26 January 1931

27 February 1931 (1) Owners of the rights of Commonage on Cornsay and Hedley Common (2) The Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co. Ltd., Tudhoe Copy of an agreement for the lease of certain lands on Cornsay and Hedley Common, with map showing the area concerned

Letters between Messrs. Mawson, Freeman & Curry, solicitors, Durham City, the Executors of the Duke of Westminster's Brancepeth Estate, Estate Office, Brancepeth, and other correspondents, concerning Hedley Hill Farm at Cornsay Colliery, 5 July 1931 - 3 June 1958

Letters between J.K. Crawley, Estate Office, Brancepeth and Messrs. Wilson & Co., solicitors, Durham City on behalf of the Fellwall Coal Company, concerning the possibility of prospecting for coal under Lark Hill and Hill Top Farms in Cornsay, 25 - 29 January 1936

Letters between Durham County Water Board, Darlington, and the Estate Office, Brancepeth, concerning the erection of a break pressure tank at Stow House Bank on Cornsay Common, 26 September - 2 November 1938; includes Agreement between (1) The Hon. G.L. Hamilton-Russell of Brancepeth Castle and (2) Durham County Water Board, granting permission for the erection of a water tank at Stow House Bank on Cornsay Common, 26 October 1938, with plan

Letters between Dr. C. Wilkinson, "Hawkshill" House, Cornsay Colliery, R. Barret, Esq., for Messrs. William Armstrong & Sons, Heddon Hall, Heddon on the Wall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and the Estate Office, Brancepeth, and other correspondents concerning mining royalties on Cornsay Common, 26 May - 24 October 1939

Letters between Messrs. Wilson & Co., solicitors, North Bailey, Durham, R.B. Edwards and others, the Estate Office, Brancepeth, The Prince Colliery Co. Ltd., Tow Law, Messrs. William Armstrong & Sons, Mining Engineers, Newcastle upon Tyne, The National Coal Board, Durham Division, and others concerning the workings of the Prince Colliery Co. on Cornsay Common, especially concerning the right of the Prince Colliery Co. to bring foreign coals to bank on Cornsay Common, 8 May 1943 - 14 August 1956

Letters between Messrs. Wilson & Co., solicitors, Durham City, Messrs. William Armstrong & Sons, Mining Engineers, Newcastle upon Tyne, the Estate Office, Brancepeth, and other correspondents principally concerning the activities of the Weardale Company on Cornsay Common and other matters concerning Cornsay and Thornley Common, 22 October 1947 - October 1951 Original bundle

Letters between the Clerk of the Tow Law U.D.C., Tow Law, the Estate Office, Brancepeth and other correspondents concerning the tip at Prince Colliery on Cornsay Common and other matters relating thereto, 23 October 1947 - 26 September 1950

Letters between N. Oliver, Esq., Felling, Gateshead, The Fellwall Coal Co. Ltd., Tow Law, and the Estate Office, Brancepeth, concerning Mr. Oliver's sale of Hill Top Farm, Cornsay, to the Fellwall Coal Co. Ltd., and the payment of Cornsay Common Encroachment rent, 1 September - 1 October 1955

Plan of Black Prince Colliery at Cornsay. Showing neighbouring pits, brick works, local cottages, the roads to and from West Auckland, Corbridge and Wolsingham, and other local features of topographical interest, n.d. [c.1840s] Sclae: 40 chains to 1 inch [1:2436.923]

Memorandum relating to Cornsay acre money: lists proprietors of land on Cornsay Common, the money due from each on 6 July 1847, money received and property tax due; also lists those who pay encroachment money and the amount due to be paid by each, 19 August 1847

Letters from various correspondents with the Estate Office, Brancepeth, concerning acre money and encroachment rents on Cornsay Common and other administrative matters relating thereto, 14 December 1903 - 24 May 1957; includes 3 plans of the area Original bundle

Letters between E.P. Dunham, Esq., for the Estate Office, Brancepeth, the Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., Tudhoe Iron Works, Spennymoor, and other correspondents concerning Cornsay and Thornley acre money, 9 September 1911 - 5 June 1950; includes a balance sheet showing the Cornsay and Thornley acre money paid by the Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Co. Ltd., Tudhoe Iron Works, to the agent to Viscount Boyne at the Estate Office, Brancepeth, with covering letter, 13 May 1907 - 14 September 1911

Letters between the Estate Office, Brancepeth, and various correspondents concerning Cornsay and Thornley acre money, 6 September 1911 - 28 June 1933 Original bundle

Letters between W. Heseltine, Newcastle, Messrs. Pallister, Nicolson and Addison, Estates Office, Crook, and the Estate Office, Brancepeth, concerning Cornsay and Thornley Acre money [plot] no.10 and [plot] no.28, 31 August 1911 - 22 May 1935 Original bundle

Letters between Messrs. J.T. Proud & Sons, solicitors, Bishop Auckland, T.H. Vickers, Esq., Thornley Hall, Tow Law, The Estate Office, Brancepeth and other correspondents concerning Thornley Acre money [plot] nos. 9 and 17, including illustrated map of certain plots on the common, 2 December 1911 - 11 August 1936 Original bundle

Letters between G.W. Hodgson & Angus, solicitors, Stanhope, officials of the Estate Office, Brancepeth, and other correspondents concerning Cornsay acre money [plot] no.15, 20 January 1913 - 28 August 1952; includes map showing the extent of the lands covered by Thornley acre money in 1912 (taken from O.S. sheet) Original bundle

Letters principally between Col. T.G. Greenwell, Thornley Cottage, Tow Law, and the Estate Office, Brancepeth, concerning Cornsay and Thornley acre money [plot] no.12 and arrangement for the extinguishing of the annual payment in favour of a lump sum in perpetuity, 13 May 1914 - 30 January 1951 Original bundle

Letters between various tenants and officials of the Estate Office, Brancepeth, concerning Cornsay and Thornley acre money [plots] nos. 1 and 6, 19 June 1916 - 3 May 1951; includes plan of the Cornsay leaseholds, 1881 Original bundle

Letters principally between the Clerk to the Tow Law U.D.C. and the Estate Office, Brancepeth, concerning the Cornsay and Thornley acre money [plots] nos. 9 and 17, 8 October 1918 - 7 July 1956 Original bundle

Letters principally between R. Hall, Tow Law, the Estate Office, Brancepeth and other correspondents concerning Cornsay acre money [for plots] nos. 24 and 26, 13 May 1919 - 14 August 1954 Original bundle

Letters between Messrs. Freeland & Warder (which became Messrs. Freeland & Passey), solicitors, Birmingham, the Estate Office, Brancepeth, and other correspondents concerning Cornsay Common Encroachment plot [no.] 25, Cornsay acre money [plot] no.6, and the estate of the late Lieut. Thomas Greenwell and related matters, 31 May 1919 - 27 April 1938 Original bundle

Letters between The Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co. Ltd., Spennymoor, R. Stephenson, Esq., Aldboro, Darlington, the Estate Office, Brancepeth and other correspondents concerning Cornsay acre money [plot] nos. 20 and 21, 7 June 1920 - 8 December 1950; includes plan showing part of the area for which Thornley acre money is paid Original bundle

Letters between various miscellaneous correspondents and the Estate Office, Brancepeth concerning Thornley acre money [plot] no.19, including a plan of part of the area covered by Thornley acre money, 11 February 1920 - 24 April 1958 Original bundle

Letters principally between Messrs. Wilson & Co., solicitors, Durham, Messrs. Parsons & Crowther, solicitors, Paignton, Devon, Mrs. E. Chadwick, Tenby and Paignton, and the Estate Office, Brancepeth, concerning Cornsay leaseholds nos. 10 and 249, 4 August 1921 - 26 August 1942 Original bundle

Letters between Mrs. A. Hood, Crook, Ernest J. Joyce, Stanley Colliery, Crook, the Estate Office, Brancepeth, and other correspondents concerning the payment of leasehold rents (no.244), 8 April 1922 - 6 November 1929 Original bundle

Letters between W. Carpenter, Rare Dene Farm, Cornsay, the Woodifield Coal Co. Ltd., Harperley, the Gladdow Coal Co. Ltd., Harperley, the Estate Office, Brancepeth, concerning Cornsay acre money [plot] no. 5, 26 April 1922 - 9 October 1936 Original bundle

Letters between Messrs. Wilson & Co., solicitors, Durham, Messrs. Bayley & Roberts, Durham and the Estate Office, Brancepeth concerning the Cornsay Charity leasehold no.13, 24 May 1923 - 1 December 1949 Original bundle

Letters principally between Messrs. Pallister, Nicholson & Addison, Crook, agents to Ushaw and Cornsay estates, the Estate Office, Brancepeth, and other correspondents concerning Cornsay and Thornley acre money, 28 June 1923 - 4 December 1950 Original bundle

Letters between Messrs. Wilson & Co., solicitors, Durham, Messrs. Bayley & Roberts, Durham, Mrs. Mary Hodgson of Cheviot House, Crook, the Estate Office, Brancepeth, and other correspondents concerning the leasehold of 8 Reservoir Terrace, Stanley, near Crook, and related matters, 29 January 1924 - 7 February 1945 Original bundle

Letters between Messrs. Wilson & Co., solicitors, Durham, the Estate Office, Brancepeth, and other correspondents concerning the payment of leasehold rents in Cornsay, 13 March 1924 - 4 July 1942 Original bundle

Letters between the Estate Office, Brancepeth and various correspondents concerning the Cornsay Trust Leasehold no. 261, 3 - 17 April 1924 Original bundle

Letters between the Estate Office, Brancepeth and various correspondents concerning Cornsay and Thornley acre money, 30 April 1924 - 17 August 1944

Letters between [ ] Bell and J. Johnson, both of South Shields Farm, Cornsay, Cecil Clish, Esh Winning, Joseph McLish, Waterhouses, the Estate Office, Brancepeth and other correspondents concerning Cornsay and Thornley acre money [plot] no.7, especially concerning payment of the rent, 16 May 1924 - 26 October 1955 Original bundle

Letters between Joseph Kirk, Elm Park, Tow Law, Col. W.B. Greenwell, Greenwell Ford, Lanchester, the Estate Office, Brancepeth, and other correspondents relating to Cornsay acre money [plot] no. 21 and Cornsay and Thornley acre money no. 16, 1 July 1924 - 18 August 1954 Original bundle

Letters between various correspondents and the Estate Office, Brancepeth concerning Cornsay Almshouses' trustees leaseholds and Cornsay leasehold no.17, 22 October 1924 - 31 January 1940 Original bundle

Letters between Mrs. Ayre, West View House, Easington Village, H.M. Inspector of Taxes, Bishop Auckland District, the Estate Office, Brancepeth, and other correspondents relating to Cornsay leasehold no.21, 5 March 1925 - 12 March 1948 Original bundle

Letters between Messrs. Bayley & Roberts, Bank Chambers, Durham, the Estate Office, Brancepeth, and other correspondents relating to Cornsay Almshouses Trustees' leaseholds and matters relating thereto, 12 November 1925 - 1 February 1926 Original bundle

Letters between various correspondents and the Estate Office, Brancepeth relating to various encroachments on Cornsay Common, 14 July 1927 - 7 October 1955 Original bundle

Letters between Messrs. Bayley & Roberts, solicitors, Durham, the Estate Office, Brancepeth and other correspondents concerning Cornsay Trust no.256 and related matters, 18 July 1927 - 18 August 1933 Original bundle

Letters between Robert Marquis, solicitor, Crook, the Estate Office, Brancepeth, and other correspondents concerning Cornsay Almshouses Leaseholds: 12 Reservoir Terrace, Wooley Terrace, Crook, 5 June - 5 November 1929 Original bundle

Letters between J.B. Hood, Esq., Stanley, Crook, H.M. Inspector of Taxes at Bishop Auckland, the Estate Office, Brancepeth and other correspondents concerning Cornsay Trust no. 43 and related matters, 1 May 1928 - 18 November 1948 Original bundle

Letters between the Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co. Ltd., Tudhoe Iron Works, Spennymoor and the Estate Office, Brancepeth concerning Cornsay Acre Money nos. 18 and 22, 29 May 1931 - 22 July 1949 Original bundle

Letters principally between W.P. Allick, Greenfield Farm, Cornsay, Messrs. Potts & Ball, Chester, Messrs. Snowball & Lazenby, Consett and the Estate Office, Brancepeth concerning Cornsay acre money, no.27 and the sale of Greenfield Farm, Cornsay, 13 May 1924 - 23 February 1953 Original bundle

Letter principally between Messrs. Wilson & Co., solicitors, North Bailey, Durham City and the Estate Office, Brancepeth concerning Cornsay Common enclosures nos. 39, 40 and 42, 2 - 11 December 1935 Original bundle

Letters principally between the Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co. Ltd., Tudhoe Iron Works, Spennymoor and the Estate Office, Brancepeth concerning the Cornsay Encroachment no.25, 22 October 1937 - 25 October 1948 Original bundle

Letters between Messrs. Wilson & Co., solicitors, North Bailey, Durham City and the Estate Office, Brancepeth concerning leasehold no.7, 10 - 13 October 1939 Original bundle

Letters principally between F.W. Addison, solicitor, Crook, Mr. R. Horn, Crook, Mrs. B. Richards, Crook, and the Estate Office, Brancepeth concerning the payment of various Cornsay leasehold rents, 12 May 1942 - 21 July 1949 Original bundle

Letters between Messrs. Wilson & Co., solicitors, North Bailey, Durham City, the Estate Office, Brancepeth, and others concerning land at Mount Pleasant, Crook, which forms Cornsay leasehold no.14A, 25 October 1946 - 27 January 1950 Original bundle

Letters principally between Messrs. Marquis & Co., solicitors, Crook and the Estate Office, Brancepeth concerning Thornley Acre money no.26, including 2 plans of the area in question, 19 December 1945 - 19 May 1953 Original bundle

Letters between the North Eastern Housing Association Ltd., the Estate Office, Brancepeth and others concerning Cornsay and Thornley Acre money no.26A, 22 May 1946 - 30 January 1951 Original bundle

Letters between Messrs. Clayhills, Lucas & Co., solicitors, Darlington, the Estate Office, Brancepeth and others concerning Thornley Quarries Ltd. and the payment of Acre Money no.14, 13 September 1948 - 8 June 1956 Original bundle

Letters between Messrs. Geo. W. Hodgson & Angus, solicitors, Stanhope, Horace Dixon, Thornley Grange, Tow Law and the Estate Office, Brancepeth concerning Cornsay and Thornley acre money no.ll, 29 May 1940 - 25 May 1956 Original bundle

Letters between Messrs. Stanton, Atkinson & Bird, solicitors, Newcastle and the Estate Office, Brancepeth concerning Cornsay and Thornley Acre money no.20 and 21A, 6 July 1949 - 12 December 1950 Original bundle

Letters between the Inkerman Colliery Co. Ltd., Tow Law, the Estate Office, Brancepeth and others concerning Cornsay and Thornley Acre money no.28, 17 August 1950 - 30 January 1951 Original bundle

Letters between Messrs. J.& L. Nicholson, Tow Law and the Estate Office, Brancepeth concerning Cornsay and Thornley Acre money no.29, 17 August 1950 - 26 October 1955 Original bundle

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29 February 1836 (1) William Russell of Brancepeth Castle, Esq. (2) Cuthbert Rippon of Stanhope Castle, Esq. Attested copy of a deed of covenant to obtain in certain events an Act of Parliament for granting lease of Hedley Hope Coal Mines

Letters between Mrs. Annie Ridley, wife of the late William Ridley, Palm Lodge, Consett, the Estate Office, Brancepeth, the office of the Inland Revenue at Darlington and others concerning the payment of Thornley Acre money from the estate of the late William Ridley, 1 December 191l - 23 March 1912; also papers relating to other miscellaneous business matters, 6 December 1938 - 1 September 1947; includes the following: plan showing plots of ground at Hedley Hill Colliery which have been bought from Mr. Henry Pickering by the Weardale Iron Co., land bought from Mr. William Ridley and land given to the Weardale Iron Co. for schools by Mr. Henry Pickering, shows Hedley House, Hedley Hill Farm, Hedley Hill House and the Hedley Hope Burn; plan showing the location of the property in Tow Law of William Ridley deceased; larger scale plan produced by the Inland Revenue of the Hedley Hill property specifically showing the Miners Hall Original bundle

Business correspondence concerning the following: Letters between Miss E. Grindling, Crook, the Estate Office, Brancepeth and Messrs. Walter Willson Ltd., Importers etc., Newcastle, concerning leasehold property at Mount Pleasant, Crook, and miscellaneous administrative and business matters relating thereto, 13 September 1921 - 26 July 1945; Letters between Joseph Johnson (Durham) Ltd., Brewers, Wine & Spirit Merchants, South Shields (Westoe Breweries Ltd.) and the Estate Office, Brancepeth, principally relating to Cornsay leasehold no.3 and the proposed sale of the freehold title of the public houses Earl Derby and Foresters Arms, Billy Hill, 5 April 1938 - 21 October 1948 Original bundle

Letters between Messrs. R. Marquis & Co., solicitors, Crook, Martins Bank Ltd., Crook, the Estate Office, Brancepeth and others concerning leasehold no.243 at Mount Pleasant, Crook, 19 October 1923 - 13 January 1939 Original bundle

Letters between Messrs. Wilson & Co., solicitors, North Bailey, Durham, the Bank of Liverpool & Martins Bank Ltd., Willington, Mr. J.T. Richards, Stanley, Crook, the Estate Office, Brancepeth and others concerning Cornsay Common leasehold no.253 at Crook, and including pencil drawings of the proposed site for the building of a garage on the above property at Crook, 15 March 1927 - 31 August 1949 Original bundle

Letters between H.O. Reed, Command Land Agent, Northern Command H.Q., York, the Estate Office, Brancepeth, J.G. Rowlinson, the Almshouses, Cornsay, concerning a proposed temporary military camp at Tow Law, 31 May 1935 - 14 April 1938 Original bundle

Business correspondence concerning the following: Letters between Mr. Charles Carr, Cornsay, the Estate Office, Brancepeth and Mr. Joseph Scott, Crook, concerning the unauthorised enclosure of a portion of land at Cornsay Common, and the lease of a portion of land at Stanley, Crook, 30 December 1930 - 10 July 1935; Letters between Westoe Breweries Ltd., South Shields and the Estate Office, Brancepeth, concerning the leasehold of the Earl Derby Inn and Foresters Arms at Billy Hill, 4 May 1943 - 13 October 1944; Letters between Messrs. G.W. Hodgson & Angus, solicitors, Stanhope and the Estate Office, Brancepeth relating to Cornsay Trust land, 30 March - 6 April 1948 Original bundle

Copies of pages of ledgers relating to Cornsay acre money: gives names of owners of particular plots, the acre money each pays, date of original lease and other relevant observations, for the following years: 1800, 1826, 1836, 1846, 1860, 1870, 1885, 1912, 1947; copies made c.1950 Original bundle

Letters between Messrs. R. Marquis & Co., solicitors, Crook and the Estate Office, Brancepeth concerning the sale of land at Barracks Hall Farm, Tow Law, to Durham County Council, 5 December 1952 - 8 May 1953