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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 876 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Charity of John Airey and others, Trimdon

Covering Dates: 1746-1969

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Catalogue Description

Records of the John Airey Charitydeposited on long-term loan,7 March 1989

(Acc: 1845(D))

County Record Office,
County Hall,
DURHAM.
DHl 5UL

Catalogue Contents

Ref: D/X 876/1

Sealed order of the Charity Commissioners regulating the John Airey and others, Henry Airey and (Bryan) Roper Charities of the parish of Trimdon, 6 June 1902
(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/X 876/2

Copy sealed order of the Board of Education in connexion with the Henry Airey educational foundation and the parochial school, Trimdon, 14 July 1902
(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/X 876/3

Copy sealed order of the Charity Commissioners permitting the leasing of part of the estate of the John Airey and others Charity, 12 June 1903
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/X 876/4

Sealed order of the Charity Commissioners vesting properting of the Trimdon School Foundation in the Official Trustee of Charity Lands, 26 July 1904
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/X 876/5

Sealed order of the Charity Commissioners apportioning part of the John Airey and others Charity as the Airey Educational Foundation, 5 August 1904
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/X 876/6

Sealed order of the Charity Commissioners vesting mining rents and royalties of the John Airey and others Charity in the Official Trustees of Charitable Funds, 24 November 1922
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/X 876/7

4 February 1746/47 (1) Thomas Haswell of Garmandsway, yeoman (2) Robert Roper of the Inner Temple, Middlesex, Esquire; Humphrey Hutchinson of Cornforth, gentleman; George Smith of Trimdon, gentleman; and Joseph Airey the younger of Trimdon, gentleman Assignment by (1) to (2), for the remainder of a term of 1000 years, of a close of land called North Burn, Trimdon (lla.), in trust for the poor of Trimdon, as specified Consideration: £200 Rent: 7/- p.a. and a proportionate share of services due to the Lord of the Manor of Trimdon Endorsed: That £50 of the above consideration was a sum bequeathed under the will of John Airey, the interest to be applied to apprenticing the poor children of Trimdon, 6 February 1746/47
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 876/8

4 September 1773 (1) George Smith the elder, late of Trimdon, now of Durham, gentleman (survivor of party (2) in D/X 876/7) (2) George Wood of Merrington, gentleman; George Smith the younger of Trimdon; John Airey of Thrislington, gentleman; and Close Smith of Trimdon, butcher Assignment by (1) to (2) of property as in D/X 876/7 for the remainder of a term of 1000 years in trust for the poor of Trimdon as specified. Recites previous deeds
(parchment, 2 membranes)

Ref: D/X 876/9

19 November 1796 (1) Close Smith, late of Trimdon, butcher, now keeper of a turnpike gate at Ryhope (survivor of party (2) in D/X 876/8) (2) John Chilton of Fishburn, gentleman; Anthony Scorer of Trimdon, gentleman; Robert Coleman of Trimdon, common brewer; and Robert Robinson of Hurworth, yeoman Assignment by (1) to (2) of property as in D/X 876/7 for the remainder of a term of 1000 years in trust for the poor of Trimdon as specified. Recites previous deeds
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 876/10

30 May 1835 (1) Robert Colman, late of Trimdon, common brewer, now of Ingleton Mill, Staindrop, gentleman (survivor of party (2) in D/X 876/9) (2) William Newby of Trimdon, gentleman; George Robinson of East Langdale, Trimdon, farmer; and Richard Darling of Trimdon Grange, farmer Assignment by (1) to (2) of property as in D/X 876/7 for the remainder of a term of 1000 years in trust for the poor of Trimdon as specified. Recites previous deeds
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 876/11

26 February 1892 (1) Robert Hardy of Trimdon East House, farmer (surviving trustee of trust deed of 3 October 1871) (2) John Parkin of Trimdon Colliery, butcher; John Michael Walker of Trimdon, grocer; John Wylam of Beanley Carr, farmer; and John George Hardy of Trimdon East House, farmer Assignment by (1) to (2) of property as in D/X 876/7 for the remainder of a term of 1000 years in trust for the poor of Trimdon as specified. Recites previous deeds
(parchment, 1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 876/12

1 September 1903 (1) Henry John Beckwith of Millichope Park, Salop, Esquire; John George Hardy of East House, Trimdon Village, farmer and six others (trustees of the Charity of John Airey and others) (2) Walter Scott Ltd. 1ease by Beckwith as to two thirds, and the trustees as to one third, to (2) of coal and fireclay under 3a. 1r. 14p. of land at Trimdon, as specified, for a term of 21 years from 1 July 1902. Plan endorsed. Rent: £15 p.a. (after a rate of 5d. per ton) plus 5d. per ton for overworkings for coal; 6d. per ton for fireclay
(parchment, 1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 876/13

13 May 1904 (1) Trustees of the John Airey Charity (2) Robert Grainger of Trimdon Colliery, cowkeeper Tenancy agreement of the Charity Land, Trimdon (11a.), at a rental of £22 p.a.
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 876/14

29 May 1907 (1) John Michael Walker of Wingate, grocer and others (trustees of the John Airey Charity) (2) Robert Craddock of Trimdon, grocer Tenancy agreement of a grain field at Old Trimdon (1a. 2r. 4p.) at a rental of £4 10/- p.a.
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/X 876/15

11 August 1908 (1) Robert Wearmouth Parker of Trimdon, farmer (2) Samuel Armes of Trimdon Grange, checkweighman and others (trustees of the John Airey Charity) Agreement regarding gate placed by (1) on a road leading to lands of (2)
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 876/16

13 May 1928 (1) The Trustees of John Airey and others of the Trimdon Charity (2) Timothy H. Headley of Trimdon Colliery Tenancy agreement of the Charity Land, Trimdon (11a.) at a rental of £18 p.a.
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 876/17

23 November 1931 (1) The Trustees of John Airey and others of the Trimdon Charity (2) Bryan McDonough of Trimdon Village Tenancy agreement of a paddock at Trimdon (1a. 2r. 4p.), for five years at a rental of £4 p.a.
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/X 876/18

20 March 1933 (1) The Trustees of John Airey and others of the Trimdon Charity (2) Thomas M. Hutchinson of 12 Ropers Terrace, Trimdon Grange Tenancy agreement of North Burn (11a.), Trimdon at a rental of £18 p.a.
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/X 876/19

13 May 1935 (1) The Trustees of John Airey and others of the Trimdon Charity (2) Joseph Atkinson of Northside Farm, Trimdon Tenancy agreement of North Burn (11a.), Trimdon at a rental of £18 p.a.
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/X 876/20

11 June 1937 (1) The Trustees of John Airey and others of the Trimdon Charity (2) John Stoves of Hillcrest Terrace, Trimdon Tenancy agreement of a paddock at Trimdon (1a. 2r. 4p.), for five years at a rental of £4 p.a.
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/X 876/21

Handbill advertising the letting of The Paddock by the trustees of the Charity of John Airey and others, 11 April 1931
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/X 876/22

Handbill advertising the letting of The Paddock by the trustees of the Charity of John Airey and others, 15 July 1931
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/X 876/23

Handbill advertising the letting of The Paddock by the trustees of the Charity of John Airey and others, 6 February 1933
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/X 876/24

Particulars to be inserted in the Coal Holdings Register, n.d. [1937]
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/X 876/25

Minutes of the trustees, 2 April 1902 - 20 November 1972; schedule of "Apprentice Money", 18 March 1903 - May 1924; statement of income and expenditure, 1903 - 1923
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/X 876/26

Details of grants by the charity payable in goods or coal, 19 November 1966 - 15 December 1969
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/X 876/27

Form of application to the Airey and Roper Charities for an educational exhibition, n.d.
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: D/X 876/28

11 March 1929 (1) John Michael Roache of Trimdon Village (2) Wilfred Wilkinson of Sedgefield, builder and contractor Apprenticeship indenture of (1) to (2) as a bricklayer
(1 paper, printed form)



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