Catalogue

24 May 1927 (1) Henry James Park of Darlington, butcher (2) F.W. Woolworth and Company, Ltd., registered office Victory House, Kingsway, London Copy counterpart lease for 14 years of a shop at 78 and 79 Northgate, with a right of way to the rear of the premises Rent: £570 p.a. Includes: plan of property, and annexed correspondence between the solicitors of (2) and of the Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd., regarding the right of way, 23 November 1935 - 16 January 1936

20 November 1935 Particulars and conditions of sale with agreement of purchase by the Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd., of shop and premises at 66 and 68 Northgate, Darlington, in the occupation of F.W. Woolworth and Company, Ltd., Includes: plan of property

Copy abstract of title, 9 August 1900 - 7 September 1926, of the Darlington Trust Ltd. to 70, 72 and 74 Northgate, Darlington, October 1935

1 December 1921 (1) Henry James Park of Darlington, butcher, and Herbert Stanley Sutherland of the same place, gent. (2) Marks and Spencer Ltd., registered office Derby Street, Cheetham, Manchester, Lancashire Copy counterpart lease for 21 years of the ground floor and basements of a shop, part of 77 Northgate, Darlington Rent: £375 p.a. for first 7 years £450 p.a. for second 7 years £475 p.a. for third 7 years Includes: plans of property Scale: 16 ft. to 1 inch [1 : 192] and 8 ft. to 1 inch [1 : 96]

20 June 1922 (1) Henry James Park of Cotherston House, Milbank Road, Darlington, and Herbert Stanley Sutherland of Chislehurst, Carmel Road, Darlington (2) Melias Ltd., registered office 57 St. James Street, Liverpool, Lancashire Copy counterpart lease for 21 years of the ground floor and basement of a shop, part of 77 Northgate, Darlington Rent: £350 p.a. for first 7 years £400 p.a. for second 7 years £450 p.a. for remainder of term

17 March 1923 (1) Henry James Park of Darlington, butcher, and Herbert Stanley Sutherland of the same place, gent. (2) Willie Smith's Billiard Saloons, Ltd., registered office Northgate, Darlington Copy counterpart lease for 20 years of premises above the shops at 77 Northgate, at present on lease to Marks and Spencer, Ltd., and Melias, Ltd. Rent: £200 p.a. Includes: plan of first and second floors, and entrance

14 December 1929 Copy particulars and conditions of sale, with agreement for the purchase by Marks and Spencer, Ltd., from Henry James Park, George William Zeller, John Dixon and Charles Hepperle, all of Darlington, butchers, and the Darlington Trust, Ltd., of 2 pieces of land with butcher's shop and other buildings at 76 Northgate, Darlington Includes: plan of property, scale 16 ft. to 1 inch [1 : 192]

20 November 1935 Particulars and conditions of sale with agreement for purchase by the Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd., of shops and premises at 70, 72 and 74 Northgate, Darlington, occupied by Marks and Spencer, Ltd., Melias, Ltd., and Willie Smith's Billiard Saloons, Ltd., with right of way in connection with the property to be sold and also in connection with adjoining property at 66 and 68 Northgate Includes: plan of property

3 January 1936 (1) Henry James Park of Cotherston, 6 Milbank Road, Darlington, butcher (2) The Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd., registered office 142 Holborn Bars, City of London Draft conveyance of a freehold shop and buildings at 66 and 68 (formerly 78 and 79) Northgate, Darlington, now in the occupation of F.W. Woolworth and Company, Ltd., under lease dated 24 May 1927 Consideration: £13,800 Includes: schedule of deeds, 18 April 1910 - 31 December 1935, and plan of property

3 January 1936 (1) The Darlington Trust, Limited (2) The Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd. Draft grant of a right of way relating to 66 and 68 (formerly 78 and 79) Northgate, now in the occupation of F.W. Woolworth and Company as tenants of (2), and contracted to be sold to Marks and Spencer, Ltd. Includes: plan of property

3 January 1936 (1) The Darlington Trust, Ltd., registered office 36 Priestgate, Darlington (2) Marks and Spencer, Ltd., registered office Michael House, 82 Baker Street, London, W.1 Copy draft conveyance of freehold shops and premises at 70, 72 and 74 (formerly no. 77) Northgate, Darlington, also a right of way over land to the rear of the property Consideration: £22,200

Instructions to counsel as to proposed purchase of freehold property in Northgate, Darlington, by the Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd., 24 October, 7 November, 27 November, and 16 December 1935

Preliminary observations on draft contracts, as to proposed purchase of property in Northgate by the Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd., 5 November 1935

Draft opinion on replies to preliminary observations, 11 November 1935

Observations on replies to preliminary observations on draft contracts, as to proposed purchase by the Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd., 15 November 1935

Draft opinion on the purchase of freehold property in Northgate, Darlington, by the Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd., 11 December 1935

Copy requisitions on title to 66 and 68 Northgate (Woolworths' premises), and to 70, 72 and 74 Northgate (premises to which Marks and Spencer, Ltd.'s, option refers), 14 December 1935 Includes: annexed copy case for the opinion of counsel as to John Theakston, dec'd (owner of 2 freehold butcher's shops in Northgate, Darlington, and a freehold inn and grass land at Baydale Beck near Darlington), February 1910

Draft opinion on replies to requisitions, 18 December 1935

Observations on replies to requisitions as to 66 and 68 Northgate (Woolworths' premises) and 70, 72 and 74 Northgate, and land over which a right of way is to be granted to the Prudential Assurance Company, 20 December 1935 Includes: copy plan of property on conveyance of 18 November 1896

Copy opinion as to Marks and Spencer, Ltd.'s option, 21 December 1935

Opinion and correspondence as to the option contained in the contract for purchase of 70, 72 and 74 Northgate, in favour of Marks and Spencer, Ltd., to purchase the freehold, and exercise of that option, 19 November 1935 - 1 January 1936

Surveyor's report, summary of solicitors' negotiations and statements for completion, 2 October 1935 - 3 January 1936

Note of legal searches made in respect of the Darlington Trust, Ltd., 3 - 8 January 1936

Notes on title to 66, 68, 70, 72 & 74 Northgate, Darlington, n.d. [1935]

Schedule of leases, 1921 - 1927, relating to 66, 68, 72 & 74 Northgate, Darlington, 1935

Darlington Borough Surveyor's certificate of the renumbering of Northgate on 5 April 1930, 19 October 1935

Photograph of the frontage of 66, 68, 70, 72 and 74 Northgate, Darlington, occupied by F.W. Woolworth and Company, Ltd., Melias, Ltd., Willie Smith's Billiard Saloons and Marks and Spencer, Ltd., n.d. [1935]

Copy letter from the solicitor to the Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd., to the joint secretaries, reporting on completion of the purchase of 66, 68, 70, 72 and 74 Northgate, Darlington, and of the sub-sale of 70, 72 and 74 Northgate to Marks and Spencer, Ltd., 3 January 1936

21 October 1968 (1) The Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd. (2) The Darlington Corporation Copy agreement for the dedication of 10 sq. yds. of land on the east side of Northgate, Darlington (to the front of 66 and 68 Northgate) to form part of the public highway Includes: plan of property

2 March 1979 (1) The Council of the Borough of Darlington (2) Star Northern Properties, Ltd. (3) Marks and Spencer, Ltd. (4) Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd. (5) Mothercare, Ltd. (6) The Burton Group, Ltd. Draft agreement for the exchange of land between (1) and (3); covenant by (1) to grant to (3), (4), and (6) by 3 separate deeds a right of way for turning vehicles, with additional variation of rights of way between (4) and (5); and agreement for the construction of a new service road by (2) This agreement resulted from the closure of Poplar Road in 1979 as part of a redevelopment scheme by Star Northern Properties in conjunction with the Darlington Corporation

10 October 1983 (1) The Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd. (2) Mothercare, Ltd. Draft agreement for sale to (2) of freehold property at 66/68 Northgate, Darlington, for £807,000 Includes: plan of property

10 December 1898 (1) Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease of Hutton Hall, Guisbrough, Yorkshire North Riding, bart., M.P. (2) Joseph Paul Clarkson of Darlington, grocer Copy agreement for the exchange of premises at Haughton Grange Farm, Haughton-le-Skerne Includes: plan of property

Copy abstract of title, 1 May 1900 - 13 March 1911, to a piece of land, part of the Grange Farm at Haughton-le-Skerne, 1912

21 June 1932 (1) Thomas Hanning of The Close, Salters Lane, Darlington (2) The Corporation of the County Borough of Darlington Copy tenancy agreement in respect of 500 sq. yds. of land adjoining the playground of the Haughton C.of E. School, now in the occupation of (2) Rent: £2 10s. p.a. Includes: plan of property

Instructions to counsel to advise as to proposed purchase of The Close, Haughton-le-Skerne, by the Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd., 1942

Particulars and conditions of sale with agreement for purchase from William Edward Massey of The Close, Haughton-le-Skerne by the Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd., of freehold property (2a.) at the Close, Haughton-le-Skerne near Darlington, 28 September 1942 Includes; plan of property

15 January 1943 (1) William Edward Massey of The Close, Haughton-le-Skerne, near Darlington, esq. (2) The Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd., registered office 142 Holborn Bars, city of London Copy draft conveyance of freehold dwellinghouse, cottage and other buildings known as the Close, Haughton-le-Skerne (part formerly copyhold of the manor of Bondgate and subject to the rights of the lords of the manor) and subject to the subsisting tenancies Consideration: £1,850 Includes: schedule of deeds, 1 February 1901 - 30 June 1939, and plan of property

Copy letter from the solicitor for the Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd., confirming completion of the purchase of The Close, Haughton-le-Skerne, on 15 January 1943, as part of the Company's Divisional Centre, and reporting on difficulties in the investigation of title to the property, 10 February 1943