Catalogue

Abstract of title to Ellins or Ellis Close in Bondgate, Darlington; to one parcel of land called The Stripe, part of Long Close; to a close of meadow called Harwoods North Winter Close (3a.2r.25p.); to Hardwoods Pasture; (7a.1r.4p.); to South Winter Close (4a.2r.32.p); to three closes called Burnhouse Close, Butt Close and Well Close, 28 January 1762 - 1 July 1811

25 July 1826 (1) Dorothy Collyer of Queen's Square, Middlesex, widow (2) James Nicholson Collyer of Queen's Square, Middlesex, esq. (3) Richard Richardson of Philpot Lane, City of London, ship-broker (4) Henry Chaytor of St. Mary's Hall, Oxford, esq. (5) Samuel Forster, the younger, of Darlington, linen-draper (6) Robert Botcherby of Polham-Hill, Darlington, merchant and James Trenholm of Darlington, merchant Copy agreement that (1) and (2) will convey by surrender into the hands of the Lord of the Manor of Bondgate, Darlington, to (6) in trust for (5) a parcel of copyhold land (1a.), part of Harwoods Pasture, part of a surrender of 28 January 1762 Consideration: £280

25 July 1826 (1) Robert Botcherby of Polham-Hill, in Darlington, timber-merchant and James Trenholm of Darlington, gent. (2) Dorothy Collyer of Queen's Square, Middlesex, widow, devisee of Dorothy Nicholson, late of Hurworth, dec'd.; James Nicholson Collyer of Queen's Square, esq., eldest son and heir apparent of Dorothy Collyer and devisee of Dorothy Nicholson; Richard Richardson of Philpot Lane in the City of London, grandson and heir-at-law of Richard Richardson, late of Durham, land surveyor, dec'd., who was the surviving trustee of the will of Dorothy Nicholson; Henry Chaytor of St. Mary's Hall, Oxford, esq., great nephew and heir-at-law of William Chaytor, late of Spennethorne, Yorkshire, esq., dec'd., who was the surviving trustee of the surrender of 28 January 1762 Surrender from (2) to (1) of land as in D/X 1032/2 in trust for Samuel Forster, the younger, of Darlington, linen-draper

1 April 1828 (1) Samuel Forster, the younger, of Darlington, linen-draper (2) Robert Botcherby of Darlington, merchant and James Trenholm of Darlington, common brewer (3) Joseph Forster of Darlington, common brewer (4) John Botcherby of Darlington, iron-merchant and Robert Clark of Barford, Yorkshire, gent. Agreement that (1) will convey, by surrender into the hands of the Lord of the Manor of Bondgate, Darlington, to (4) in trust for (3) half of property conveyed in D/X 1032/2 Plan in margin Consideration: £144 14s. 8d.

14 April 1828 (1) John Botcherby of Darlington, iron-merchant and Robert Clark of Barford, Yorkshire, gent. (2) Samuel Foster of Darlington, linen-draper; Robert Botcherby of Darlington timber-merchant and James Trenholm of Darlington, common brewer Copy surrender from (2) to (1) in trust for Joseph Foster of Darlington, common brewer, of land as in D/X 1032/4

Abstract of title to parcel of land (545 sq. yds.) at Harewood Hill and carriage road leading from Harewood Hill Road to and infront of Harewood Grove and backroad leading from Harewood Hill Road to and behind Harewood Grove, 22 June 1830 - 23 December 1846

14 April 1847 (1) Elizabeth Flintoff of the borough and county of Newcastle - upon-Tyne, widow (2) Joseph Forster of Harewood Hill, near Darlington, wine merchant Agreement that (1) will convey to (2), by surrender into the hands of the Lord of the Manor of Bondgate, Darlington, a parcel of land (430 sq. yds.) at Harewood Hill in front of a house belonging to (2) Plan endorsed Consideration: £80

14 April 1847 (1) Joseph Forster of Harewood Hill, near Darlington, wine merchant (2) Elizabeth Flintoff of the borough and county of Newcastle -upon-Tyne, widow Surrender from (2) to (1) of land as in D/X 1032/7

18 June 1850 (1) The Darlington Gas and Water Works Company (2) Joseph Forster of Harwood Hill in the township of Darlington, wine-merchant Wayleave for (1) to lay waterpipes through (2)'s land to Harewood Grove Rent: 1d. per annum

Abstract of an indenture appointing John Hodgson as a new trustee of the will of Joseph Forster, 21 July 1863

28 October 1863 (1) Robert Clark of Barford, Yorkshire, gent. (2) John Forster of 23 Eastcheap, City of London, merchant; John Buckton of Harwood Hill, near Darlington, gent.; John Clark Forster of 23 Eastcheap, City of London, merchant; John Hodgson of Darlington, gent., all trustees of the will of Joseph Forster of Darlington, wine-merchant, dec'd. (3) William Forster, of Haverton Hill, near Darlington, wine-merchant; Thomas Forster of the same, wine- merchant; Esther Forster of the same, spinster; Mary Forster of the same, spinster Agreement that (1) and (2) will surrender to (3) as tenants in common copyhold land ( 1/2a.) at Harwood Hill, near Darlington and parcel of copyhold land (430 sq. yds.) Consideration: £1500 Endorsed: 1 June 1864 (1) Mary Forster (2) Jessie Forster of Harwood Hill, spinster Conveyance from (1) to (2) of one fourth share of copyhold land in agreement of 28 October 1863 Consideration: £375 Endorsed: 1 January 1875 (1) William Forster (2) Thomas Forster Conveyance from (1) to (2) of one fourth share of copyhold land in agreement of 28 October 1863 Consideration: £750 Endorsed: 16 November 1876 (1) Esther Forster (2) Joseph Forster of Darlington, gent. Conveyance from (1) to (2) of one fourth share of copyhold land in agreement of 28 October 1863 Consideration: £750

28 October 1863 (1) William Forster, of Harewood Hill, wine-merchant; Thomas Forster of the same, wine-merchant; Esther Forster of the same, spinster; Mary Forster of the same, spinster (2) Robert Clarke of Barford, Yorkshire, gent.; John Forster of 23 Eastcheap, City of London, merchant; John Buckton of Harwood Hill, gent.; John Clark Forster of 23 Eastcheap, City of London, merchant; John Hodgson of Darlington, gent. Copy surrender of land from (2) to (1) as in D/X 1032/11

28 April 1894 (1) Joseph Forster of Darlington, solicitor (2) Edward Wooler of Darlington, solicitor Agreement whereby (1) relinquishes to (2) right of road over land coloured yellow on plan; (2) to have right to build to 2 feet 3 inches and convey rest of land coloured yellow to (2) Further conditions concerning rights of ingress and egress Attached: copy of plan in D/X 1032/7

6 July 1903 Copy admittance of John Clark Forster, formerly of 23 Eastcheap, City of London, now of Ashington, Sussex, gent., surviving trustee of the will of Joseph Forster, of Darlington, wine-merchant and common brewer, dec'd, to a parcel of land at Harewood Hill, Darlington (430 sq. yds.) in front of house belonging to Joseph Forster, esq., 6 July 1903

7 July 1903 (1) Joseph Forster of Darlington, solicitor (2) William Forster of Darlington, wine-merchant; Esther Forster of Harlow, Essex, spinster; Mary McEwan, wife of John McEwan of Washington, Sussex, gent. Copy surrender from (2) to (1) of a parcel of land ( 1/2a.) at Harewood Hill, Darlington and a parcel of land (430sq. yds.) at Harewood Hill, Darlington

Abstract of title to a parcel of land ( 1/2a.) and to a parcel of land (430 sq. yds.) at Harwood Hill, Darington, 7 July 1903 - 8 July 1924

30 June 1924 (1) Harold Forster of Darlington, solicitor and others, tenants-in-common (2) Mrs Mary Parsons Abstract of agreement of sale from (1) to (2) of a parcel of land ( 1/2a.) and messuage built thereon, known as 8 Harewood Hill and a parcel of land (430 sq. yds.) used as a kitchen garden

Particulars and conditions of sale, and agreement to purchase, 8 Harewood Hill and kitchen garden, July 1924

1 September 1924 (1) Harold Forster of Darlington, solicitor; Frank Jamieson Forster of Yew Tree Cottage, Pulborough, Sussex, architect; Charles Clark Forster of 10 Queens Park Gardens, Bournemouth, Hampshire, chartered accountant; Kathleen Mary Forster of Low Hall, West Ayton, Yorkshire, spinster (2) Mary Parsons of Harewood House, Darlington, married woman; Matilda Burgoyne Johnson of 'Brockley'; Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire, widow; Francis Wise Burgoyne Johnson, of the same, brewery proprietor Convenant to surrender from (1) to Mary Parsons of property as in D/X 1032/18 Plan attached Consideration: £2,500

8 July 1924 (1) Harold Forster of Darlington, solicitor, and others, tenants-in-common Copy admittance of (1) into property as in D/X 1032/18 in the Manor of Bondgate, Darlington

1 September 1924 (1) Matilda Burgoyne Johnson of 'Brockley', Saltburn-by-the-Sea, York and Francis Wise Burgoyne Johnson of the same, brewery proprietor (2) Harold Forster, and others, tenants-in-common Copy surrender, from (2) to (1) of property as in D/X 1032/18 Plan attached

1 April 1931 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioner for England, Lords of the Manor of Bondgate, Darlington (2) Matilda Burgoyne Johnson of Coombe Cottage, Bovey Tracey, Devon, widow and Francis Wise Burgoyne Johnson of 'Harewood House', Darlington, brewery proprietor Agreement for the extinguishment of manorial incidents on property as in D/X 1032/18 Consideration: £23 10s.

19 July 1947 (1) Matilda Burgoyne Johnson of Dulford House, Cullompton, Devon, widow (2) Francis Wise Burgoyne Johnson of Harewood House, Darlington, a director of Westoe Breweries, Ltd. Conveyance from (1) to (2) of (1)'s estate and interest in property as in D/X 1032/18 Consideration: £1,261 15s.

16 June 1950 (1) Francis Wise Burgoyne-Johnson of Harewood House, Harewood Hill, Darlington, esq. (2) Abbey National Building Society, Abbey House, Baker Street, London Mortgage from (2) to (1) of £2,500 on Harewood House, Darlington [property as in D/X 1032/18] Endorsed: note of repayment of capital charge, 1 April 1953

Abstract of title to Harewood House, Harewood Hill, Darlington, 7 July 1903 - 16 June 1950 Plan attached

4 March 1953 (1) Francis Wise Burgoyne-Johnson of Harewood House, Darlington, esq. (2) Durham County Police Authority Particulars, conditions, and agreement of sale of Harewood House, Darlington Consideration: £5000 Plan attached

Declaration under which land at Cockerton is surrendered by Edward Goddard and Thomas Rudd to John Jefferson to be held upon trust, n.d. [18th Century] firstly to pay £500 plus interest to John Jefferson in accordance with a bond dated 18 May 1750 for the payment of this sum by Edward Goddard to John Jefferson and thereafter in trust for Edward Goddard and his heirs

Copy surrender and admittance of John Jefferson of Staindrop to land at Cockerton [as above], 20 May 1757

1 January 1763 (1) John Jefferson (2) Roger Gale of Northallerton Copy surrender and admittance to land at Cockerton

Declaration by Roger Gale of Northallerton concerning surrenders and a bond made in his name, in trust for Ann Place of the City of York, spinster, 22 January 1763 Recites two deeds of surrender dated 1 January 1763 by which John Jefferson of Staindrop surrendered land at Cockerton to Roger Gale, a bond dated 18 May 1750 by which Edward Goddard covenanted to pay £1000 to John Jefferson, and an assignment dated 1 January 1763 by which John Jefferson assigned the bond of 1750 to Roger Gale for a consideration of £513 1s 6d

Deed of settlement by which Thomas Gill and Ann Rebecca Gill relinquish any rights they may have, under the terms of the will of Edward Goddard, to Elizabeth Goddard, Cordelia Goddard and Michael Hardcastle, 12 July 1774 Consideration: £700

12 July 1774 (1) Hammond Turner of Freeton, Yorks, clerk (2) Elizabeth Goddard of York, Cordelia Goddard of York, Michael Hardcastle of Haughton, Durham Bond by which (1) promises to pay £400 to (2)

1774 (1) Mr Hardcastle and Miss Goddard (2) James Allan of Darlington Copy surrender and admittance to land at Cockerton subject to the trusts of the will of Mrs Cordelia Place, dec'd

21 December 1781 (1) Charles Gale (2) Conyers Gale Copy surrender and admittance to land at Cockerton [as above]

29 June 1789 (1) Michael Hardcastle of Haughton, gentleman (2) William Withers of York and Cordelia Withers his wife, Thomas Withers of York, doctor of physic, and his wife Elizabeth Withers Agreement for partition of land at Cockerton near Darlington

25 March 1790 Copy admittance of George Allan as eldest son and heir of James Allan, deceased, to land at Cockerton, Darlington

13 September 1790 Copy surrender and admittance of Andrew Eubank and James Backhouse to dwelling house and land at Cockerton, Darlington

15 September 1790 (1) William Withers of York and Cordelia Withers, his wife, Thomas Withers of York, doctor of physic, and his wife Elizabeth (2) George Allan of Darlington (3) Michael Hardcastle of Haughton (4) John Hogg of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex (5) Elizabeth Hogg of Norton, spinster (6) Reverend Andrew Eubank of Londesborough, Yorks., cleric, James Backhouse of Darlington, banker Deed confirming partition of lands at Cockerton described as follows: One dwellinghouse with garden, yard, stables, byres, barns, and buildings, and the following pieces of land: 2 closes known as Stoney Stiles, containing 27 acres, 2 roods and 8 perches Oxclose, containing 9 acres, 3 roods and 27 perches Wellfield, containing 20 acres and 1 rood Peasea, containing 7 acres, 2 roods and 36 perches Leighs, containing 8 acres, 1 rood and 12 perches Ox Pasture, containing 9 acres and 27 perches Stag House Field, containing 3 acres and 2 roods Newton Town End Field, containing 13 acres, 3 roods and 32 perches Newton Field, containing 6 acres and 2 roods Great Little Field, containing 7 acres and 4 perches Moor Hill, containing 5 acres, 1 rood and 27 perches Thompson's Moor, containing 10 acres and 24 perches Shepherd's Moor, containing 21 acres, 3 roods and 28 perches Gaunless, containing 10 acres and 4 perches Davison's Moor, containing 10 acres and 16 perches

16 and 17 May 1803 (1) Cordelia Withers of York, widow (2) Andrew Eubank of Londesborough, York, cleric (3) Thomas Withers of York, doctor of physic Deed of appointment by lease and release of one half share of land at Cockerton [as in D/X 1032/38) Consideration: £1600

16 and 17 May 1803 (1) Cordelia Withers of York, widow (20 Andrew Eubank of Londesborough, Yorks., clerk (3) Thomas Withers of York, doctor of physic Deed of appointment by lease and release of one half share of land at Cockerton [as in D/X 1032/38] Consideration: £1600

Copy will of Thomas Withers of York, doctor of physic, 23 December 1808

12 May 1815 (1) Oswald Allen of York, apothecary, and Henry Eubank of London, gentleman (2) Reverend Andrew Eubank of Londesborough, Yorks. (3) Thomas Watson of Stapleton, Yorks., gentleman (4) Harrington Lee of Darlington and John Taylor of Darlington Covenant to surrender copyhold hereditaments and release of freehold tithes relating to land at Cockerton [as above] Consideration: £1438

23 June 1815 (1) Andrew Eubank and Henry Eubank, devisees of Thomas Withers (2) Harrington Lee and John Taylor of Darlington in trust for Thomas Watson of Stapleton, Yorks. Copy surrender of land at Cockerton [as above] from (1) to (2)

17 May 1822 (1) Thomas Watson of Stapleton, Yorks. (2) John Sherlock of Owlands, Marrick, Yorks., farmer Covenant for payment of £1000 and interest secured by surrender of copyhold premises at Cockerton [as above]

17 May 1822 (1) Thomas Watson of Stapleton (2) John Sherlock Copy surrender and defeazance by (1) to (2) of land at Cockerton [as above] in trust for securing £1000 and interest

Copy will of John Sherlock of Owlands, Marrick, Yorks., 19 March 1824 Will proved 10 May 1828

8 and 9 December 1828 (1) Thomas Watson of Stapleton, Yorks. (2) Henry Wade of County Durham, farmer (3) Francis Mewburn of Darlington (4) John Sherlock of Owlands, Marrick, Yorks. Mortgage by lease and release of copyhold land and premises at Cockerton [as above], and of the tithes thereto, for securing the payment of £800 and interest

Schedule of deeds relating to Mount Pleasant Farm, Cockerton, 14 July 1786 - 8 December 1828

20 January 1832 Copy admittance of James Sherlock as son and heir of John Sherlock, deceased, to land at Cockerton [as above]

15 February 1832 (1) Thomas Watson of Stapleton, Yorks. (2) James Sherlock of Owlands, Marrick, Yorks. (3) Henry Wade of Headlam, farmer (4) Francis Mewburn of Darlington (5) Henry Gee Barnard of South Cave, Yorks., and Reverend Francis Best of South Dalton, Yorks. (6) Philadelphia Frances Esther Barnard Conveyance of the tithes of land at Cockerton and covenant to surrender copyhold premises therein [as above] in trust to sell for securing £3000 and interest

15 February 1832 Copy surrender and defeazance of land and premises at Cockerton [as above] to Henry Gee Barnard and Reverend Francis Best for securing £3000 and interest

1 and 2 October 1840 (1) Thomas Watson of Scorton, Yorks. (2) Henry Gee Barnard of South Cave, Yorks., and Rev. Francis Best of South Dalton, Yorks., clerk (3) Philadelphia Frances Esther Barnard of Chester (4) Thomas Hunter of Bishopwearmouth, Durham Covenant to surrender a copyhold farm at Cockerton [as above] and release tithes on the same, on the purchase thereof by Thomas Hunter Consideration: £4400

20 October 1840 (1) Thomas Hunter of Bishopwearmouth (2) Rev. William Ettrick of High Barnes, Bishopwearmouth Lease for a year of land and tithes at Cockerton [as above] Consideration: 1 peppercorn

10-12 October 1840 (1) Thomas hunter of Bishopwearmouth, Durham (2) Rev. William Ettrick of High Barnes, Bishopwearmouth Covenant to surrender a opyhold farm at Cockerton [as above] and lease and release of the tithes thereon for securing £3000 and interest

21 October 1840 Copy surrender and defeazance of land at Cockerton [as above] to William Ettrick

Schedule of deeds, papers and writings relating to copyhold land at Cockerton belonging to Thomas Hunter in mortgage to Rev. Willim Ettrick to secure £3000 pus interest, 29 June 1709 - 21 October 1840

Schedule of deeds, papers and writings relating to copyhold estates at Bishopwearmouth, East Boldon, and Cockerton, County Durham, belonging to Thomas Hunter and in mortgage to Rev. William Ettrick for securing a sum not exceeding £4000, 5 May 1842

Schedule of deeds, papers and writings relating to copyhold lands in the Manor of Bondgate, township of Cockerton [as above] belonging to Thomas Hunter and in mortgage to Joseph Simpson and William Smith for securing £3000 and interest, 10 September 1847

10 September 1847 (1) Anthony Ettrick of High Barnes, Bishopwearmouth, and William Robinson of Silksworth, Bishopwearmouth (2) Joseph Simpson of West House, Whitburn, County Durham, and William Smith of Bishopwearmouth Assignment of a mortgage debt of £3000 plus interest and covenant to surrender a copyhold farm at Cockerton [as above] and conveyance of the tithes of the farm on which the mortgage was secured

1854 (1) Joseph Simson of West House, Whitburn, and William Smith of Bishopwearmouth (2) Thomas Hunter of Bishopwearmouth Covenant to surrender a copyhold farm at Cockerton [as above] and reconveyance of tithes of the farm on paying off a mortgage debt of £3000

Copy admittance of Anthony Ettrick and William Robinson as devisees of the trust estates of Rev. William Ettrick, 21 October 1854

Copy surrender and defeazance to Thomas Hunter of land at Cockerton [as above], 23 October 1854

Memorandum executed by Richard Gully Berret of Tersillian, Cornwall, and John Fincher Trist of Tristford, Devon, acknowledging receipt from Samuel Rowlandson and Christopher Rolandson of £5 10s 10d as contributory share of farm fee rent owing in respect of land a Cockerton [as above], 9 March 1887

Letter confirming no increment value duty due in respect of deed of surrender dated 2 April 1912 relating to land at Cockerton [as above], 1912

Certificate under S.11(1) Finance Act 1894 confirming all estate duty paid in respect of Mount Pleasant Farm, Cockerton, in connection with the death of Sarah Ann Heward, 22 April 1912

Plan of Mount Pleasant Farm, Cockerton, n.d. [late 19th Century]

5 February 1694 (1) Henry Thursby of Newcastle upon Tyne, apothecary, Ralph Haswell of Newcastle upon Tyne and Elizabeth his wife, and Mary Thursby of Richmond, Surrey (2) Ann Wells of Norton, County Durham Conveyance of land at Aycliffe, County Durham Consideration: 5s.

6 February 1694 (1) Henry Thursby of Newcastle upon Tyne, apothecary, Ralph Haswell of Newcastle upon Tyne and Elizabeth his wife, and Mary Thursby of Richmond, Surrey (2) Anne Wells of Norton, Durham Release of a meadow land at Aycliffe called Five Acre Close, containing around 7 acres, previously belonging to Ralph Edgar and currently in possession of Ralph Douthwaite Consideration: £50

2 March 1709 (1) Anne Wells and Henry Thursby (2) George Gibson Deed declaring uses of freehold land at Aycliffe called Five Acre Close

Exemplification of freehold lands at Great Aycliffe called Five Acres, 19 May 1711

7 June 1735 (1) Thomas Ewbank of Yarm and his wife Elizabeth (2) Ann Gibson of Norton Deed of release of one third share in freehold lands at Aycliffe called Five Acre Close

Final agreement in the Court of Pleas between Ann Gibson and Thomas and Elizabeth Ewbank concerning land at Aycliffe, 24 June 1736

23 November 1756 (1) Ann Gibson of Wolsingham (2) Christopher Johnson of Durham Lease for one year of two thirds share of freehold land called Five Acre Close, Aycliffe Sewn into D/X 1032/76

24 November 1756 (1) Ann Gibson of Wolsingham (2) Christopher Johnson of Durham Conveyance of two thirds part of freehold lands called Five Acre Close at Aycliffe in mortgage for securing £60 and interest Consideration: £60

27 May 1761 (1) Ann Gibson of Wolsingham (2) John Heighington of Durham, merchant Lease for one year of freehold land known as Five Acre Close, Aycliffe Sewn into D/X 1032/78

28 May 1761 (1) Christopher Johnson of Durham (2) Ann Gibson of Wolsingham (3) John Heighington of Durham, merchant Conveyance of two third parts of freehold lands called Five Acre Close, Aycliffe Consideration: £30

6 April 1766 Final agreement in the Court of Pleas whereby Ann Gibson, John Smith, James Thompson and his wife Jane acknowledge right of ownership of William Norton to 20 acres of land, 20 acres of meadow and 20 acres of pasture at Aycliffe

21 November 1766 (1) John Heighington of Durham, merchant, Ann Gibson of Wolsingham, Benezer Powell of Shield Ash [Stanhope], John Smith of Court, Middle Temple, London, James Thompson of Bishop Middleham, clerk, and Jane Thompson his wife (2) William Norton of Coatham Hall Garth Conveyance of a piece of ground at Aycliffe called Five Acre Close, formerly in possession of John Burne and now of Peter Burrell, tenant Consideration: 30s.

22 November 1766 (1) John Heighington of Durham, merchant (2) Ann Gibson of Wolsingham, spinster (3) Benezer Powell of Shield Ash, gentleman (4) John Smith of Elm Court, Middle Temple, London, gentleman (5) James Thompson of Bishop Middleham, clerk, and his wife Jane (6) Margaret Lancaster of Great Aycliffe (7) William Lancaster and Thomas Lancaster, infants (8) John Whitfield and Jane Whitfield of Great Aycliffe (9) William Norton of Coatham Hall Garth Release of freehold lands called Five Acre Close at Great Aycliffe in trust for Margaret Lancaster Consideration: £758

6 April 1767 (1) William Norton (2) Anne Gibson, John Smith, James Thompson, and Jane Thompson Final agreement in the Court of Pleas relating to 20 acres of land, 20 acres of meadows and 20 acres of pasture, with appurtenances, at Great Aycliffe

18 March 1814 (1) Thomas Lancaster of Great Aycliffe, gentleman (2) John Nightingale of Aislaby, Durham, gentleman Conveyance of Five Acre Close, Aycliffe Consideration: £210

15 May 1818 (1) Thomas Lancaster of Great Aycliffe, yeoman, and his wife Ann Lancaster (2) George Smith of Great Aycliffe, yeoman Lease for one year of Five Acre Close, Aycliffe Consideration 5s.

16 May 1818 (1) Thomas Lancaster of Great Aycliffe, yeoman, and his wife Ann Lancaster (2) John Nightingale of Aislaby Grange, Co. Durham, gentleman (3) George Snaith of Great Aycliffe, yeoman (4) Lewis Robinson of Darlington, gentleman Deed of release relating to Five Acre Close, Aycliffe Consideration: 5s.

17 May 1818 (1) George Snaith of Great Aycliffe, yeoman (2) Lewis Robinson of Darlington, gentleman (3) James Adamson of Hill House, Great Aycliffe, gentleman Mortgage of Five Acre Close, Aycliffe Consideration: £200

12 May 1819 (1) George Snaith of Great Aycliffe, yeoman (2) James Watson of Heworth, County Durham [presumably Heworth House, Preston le Skerne], gentleman Lease for one year of Five Acre Close, Aycliffe Consideration: 5s.

13 May 1819 (1) George Snaith of Great Aycliffe, yeoman (2) Jarvis Robinson of Darlington, gentleman (3) James Watson of Heworth, County Durham, gentleman Deed of release relating to Five Acre Close, Aycliffe Consideration: £200

19 November 1823 (1) George Snaith of Great Aycliffe, yeoman, and James Watson of Great Aycliffe (2) Charles Hunter of Hurworth, County Durham, gentleman Lease for one year of Five Acre Close, Aycliffe Consideration: 10s.

20 November 1823 (1) George Snaith of Great Aycliffe, yeoman (2) James Watson of Great Aycliffe, gentleman (3) James Adamson of Hill House, Great Aycliffe, gentleman (4) Charles Hunter of Hurworth, gentleman (5) Lewis Adamson of Darlington, gentleman (6) Francis Newburn of Darlington, gentleman Mortgage of Five Acre Close, Great Aycliffe Consideration: £200

23 November 1827 (1) Charles Hunter of Hurworth, gentleman, George Snaith of Great Aycliffe, yeoman, and Thomas Lancaster of Great Aycliffe, yeoman (2) Thomas Kirkup of Middridge, County Durham Lease for one year of Five Acre Close, Great Aycliffe Consideration 5s.

23 November 1827 (1) Charles Hunter of Hurworth, gentleman (2) George Snaith of Great Aycliffe, yeoman, and Jane Snaith, his wife (3) Thomas Lancaster of Great Aycliffe, yeoman, and his wife Ann Lancaster (4) Thomas Kirkup of Middridge, yeoman (5) Francis Newburn of Darlington (6) John Deighton of East Thickley, farmer Release of Five Acre Close, Great Aycliffe, by (1), (2) and (3) to (4) and assignment of several terms of 1000 years each by (5) to (6) Consideration £290

7 December 1827 (1) Francis Kirkup (2) George Snaith and Jane Snaith his wife, and Thomas Lancaster and Ann Lancaster his wife Final settlement in the Court of Pleas relating to Five Acre Close, Aycliffe

Copy minute of a meeting of the sub-committee of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company, recording agreement with Mr Thomas Kirkup for exchange of pieces of land at Great Aycliffe, 25 January 1828

11 April 1846 (1) Thomas Kirkup of Bishop Auckland, yeoman (2) Joseph Duff of Bishop Auckland, shoemaker (3) William Trotter of Bishop Auckland, gentleman Release of Five Acre Close, Great Aycliffe Consideration: £290

25 September 1851 (1) Joseph Duff of Hunter House, Bishop Auckland, shoemaker (2) Thomas Porter of Thickley, County Durham, husbandman (3) John Robson of Hawthorne, County Durham, farmer Conveyance of Five Acre Close, Great Aycliffe Consideration: £230

Copy last will and testament of Thomas Porter of Thickley, County Durham, yeoman, 20 July 1876

Inland Revenue account re succession duty on real property in the estate of Thomas Porter, 19 June 1877

Inland Revenue account re succession duty of real property in the estate of Michael Campbell the Elder, 12 February 1879

Letters addressed to Messrs Bowser and Jennings from the Legacy and Succession Department of Inland Revenue re duty on Five Acre Close, Aycliffe, 25 March and 5 April 1887

Notice to quit from agents of Thomas Campbell to John Davison re Five Acre Close, 5 April 1887

12 May 1887 (1) Thomas Campbell of Sunderland, labourer (2) James Robinson of New Shildon, Tailor, and Henry Whitfield of Crook, shopkeeper (3) Joseph Wilson Dobinson of Rye Close, near Aycliffe, farmer Conveyance of Five Acre Close, Aycliffe (containing 4 acres 1 rood and 20 perches), formerly occupied by George Davidson and now by John Davison, tenant, bounded on the east by lands formerly of Thomas Scaife and now of William Searle, on the west by lands of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company, on the north by lands of John Bowron, now of William Allison and George Davison, and on the south by lands lately of George Blake Costdie and now of Mr Dunn Consideration: £240

6 February 1888 (1) Joseph Wilson Dobinson of Rye Close, Great Aycliffe, farmer (2) Richard Bradley of Great Aycliffe, butcher Conveyance of Five Acre Close, Aycliffe Consideration: £250

Abstract of title relating to a field situate at Aycliffe, County Durham, 1952 Abstract of conveyance dated 4 June 1921

Abstract of the will (annexed), death and grant of letters of administration to the estate of James Hutchinson Coulson, decesed, 23 November 1926 - 7 December 1951

Abstract of title to a copyhold dwellinghouse and land at Byers Green, County Durham, 22 November 1748 - 9 January 1821

14 May 1763 (1) John Wilkinson of Brancepeth, County Durham, yeoman (2) James Clark of Burnigill, Durham, yeoman Copy surrender of one messuage and croft containing approximately 3 acres at Byers Green, County Durham

11 October 1777 (1) James Clark of Burnigill [Meadowfield], County Durham, and John Wilkinson of Brancepeth, Durham, yeoman (2) Ralph Meggeson Copy deed of surrender of 4 acres and 3 roods of land at Byers Green, County Durham, at Hesett or Heeside

11 August 1779 (1) Ralph Meggeson of Brancepeth, yeoman, and John Wilkinson of Brancepeth, yeoman (2) John Greenwell of County Durham, gentleman, and John Mason of Brancepeth, County Durham, yeoman Copy deed of surrender of 4 acres and 3 roods of land at Byers Green, County Durham

3 August 1785 (1) William Hugall, gentleman (2) Ralph Meggeson of Brancepeth, County Durham Copy consent to demise all lands and messuages owned at Byers Green for a term of 21 years at a rent of 4/5d.

Receipt for fees paid, August 1785

Copy grant of probate of goods and chattels in the estate of the late Hannah Wilkie, formerly Meggeson, of Gilesgate, to her husband John Wilkie, 1 February 1836

Conditions for sale by auction of a dwellinghouse at Byers Green, County Durham, with 5 acres, 1 rood and 12 perches of land adjoining, 1835

Instructions for the surrender to Harland Corney and William Weatherill of copyhold land and premises at Byers Green, 18 January 1836

30 January 1836 (1) James Swan of Fishburn, yeoman, Mary Swan, his wife, John Wilkie of Durham City, yeoman, Ralph Meggeson of Pelton, yeoman, Milner Lockie of Hardwick near Sedgefield, yeoman, Ann Lockie, his wife, Beatrice Meggeson of Gilligate, Durham City, Matthew Meggeson of Bishop Middleham, yeoman, William Blackburn of Merrington, farmer, Dorothy Blackburn, his wife, Isabella Meggeson of Flett Moor, spinster (2) Thomas Greenwell of South Bailey, Durham City (3) Ralph Corney of Newcastle upon Tyne, yeoman (4) Harland Corney [Harland Corner 1810-1881, builder] of Guisborough, Cleveland, yeoman, and William Weatherill of Guisborough Deed of covenant to surrender a dwellinghouse and a parcel of land containing 5 acres, 1 rood and 12 perches at Byers Green Consideration: £390

Copy admittance of Thomas Greenwell, only son and heir of John Greenwell, to a dwellinghouse and land containing approximately 3 acres at Byers Green, 30 January 1836

Copy surrender and defeazance to Harland Corney and William Weatherill upon trust, as directed by Ralph Corney, of a dwellinghouse and land at Byers Green, 1 February 1836

Inand Revenue residuary account in the estate of Richardson Corney, 1852

Inland Revenue account re succession duty on real property in the estate of Ralph Corney, 1867

Inland Revenue legacy receipt in the estate of Ralph Corney, 13 June 1867

Probate in the will of Ralph Corney, 27 May 1867

Abstract of title to copyhold land and dwellinghouses at Byers Green, 30 January 1836 - 7 May 1881

14 August 1882 (1) William Jordison of Harton Colliery, South Shields, innkeeper, and John James Welsh of Houghton le Spring, watch and clock maker (2) Ralph Graham of Bishop Auckland, builder Conveyance of copyhold dwellinghouse and land at Byers Green Consideration: £675

31 August 1882 (1) Ralph Graham of Bishop Auckland, builder (2) Ellen Pearson of Redcar, Yorks. Mortgage of copyhold land and premises at Byers Green, with receipt Consideration: £400

Surrender and defeazance to Ellen Pearson of copyhold land and dwellinghouse at Byers Green, 7 October 1886

Grant of probate in the estate of Ralph Graham, 30 August 1904

Copy admittance of Ralph Graham, Elisabeth Ann Nesbitt and John Mundell to copyhold land and dwellinghouse at Byers Green as shown on the plan attached thereto, 26 September 1908 Plan shows a plot of land to the east of Back Lane, behind three cottages; this can be identified as land now behind nos. 4-17 North Street

Copy admittance of Ralph Graham, Elizabeth Ann Nesbitt and John Mundell to further copyhold land and dwellinghouses at Byers Green as shown on the plan attached thereto, 1 December 1911 Plan highlights eastern half of land shown in D/X 1032/127

Notice, under the Copyhold Act 1894, from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Ralph Graham and others of ability to enfranchise re land held at Byers Green, 30 December 1911

Abstract of title of Sir Timothy Calvert Eden and his mortgages to freehold land at Chilton, County Durham, 20 July 1903 - 10 April 1919

Short abstract of deed of arrangement and compromise dated 31 October 1907 relating to land at Chilton, 1919

10 March 1898 (1) David Edward Wilson of 96 Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, Middlesex (2) Ellen Barker of Darlington Contract for the purchase of land in Barron Street on the Greenbank Estate, Darlington Consideration: £55 4s.

27 July 1898 (1) David Edward Wilson of 96 Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, Middlesex (2) Ellen Barker of Darlington Conveyance of a piece of land in Barron Street, Darlington Consideration: £55 4s.

15 October 1898 (1) Ellen Barker of Darlington (2) William Dobson of 37 Park Street, Darlington Mortgage of land and dwellinghouse at Barron Street, Darlington Consideration: £150

26 December 1899 (1) William Dobson of Darlington (2) Alfred Wilkinson of Copley, Butterknowle, joiner Conveyance of a piece of land and two dwellinghouses in Barron Street, Darlington Consideration: £90

27 December 1899 (1) Alfred Wilkinson of Copley, Butterknowle, joiner (2) Hugh Wilkinson of Lynburn Head [Linburn Head, Hamsterley], farmer Mortgage of two dwellinghouses and premises in Barron Street, Darlington With reconveyance dated 19 February 1913 Consideration: £100

20 February 1913 (1) Alfred Wilkinson of 10 Duke Street, Darlington (2) Catherine Emily Addison and Robert Beckitt Morton, boot and shoe dealer, both of Barnard Castle Mortgage of 15 and 17 Barron Street, Darlington With reconveyance dated 5 October 1918 Consideration: £200

22 November 1919 (1) Alfred Wilkinson of 32 Cleveland Terrace, Darlington, cabinetmaker (2) Ada Horley of Darlington Conveyance of 15 Barron Street, Darlington Consideration: £210

24 November 1919 (1) Ada Horley of Darlington (2) The Darlington Co-operative and Industrial Society Ltd. Mortgage of 15 Barron Street, Darlington Receipted Consideration: £150

Abstract of title to 15 Barron Street, 26 December 1899 - 14 June 1923

15 May 1924 (1) Ada Horley of Darlington (2) Joseph Longstaff of 82 Gurney Street, welder Conveyance of 15 Barron Street, Dalington Consideration: £375

14 November 1932 (1) Albert Longstaff of 13 North Lodge Terrace, Darlington, draper (2) Joseph Longstaff of 13 North Lodge Terrace, Darlington, welder (3) The Yorkshire Penny Bank Ltd. Mortgage of 15 Barron Street, Darlington

Abstract of title to 15 Barron Street, Darlington, 15 May 1924 - 16 April 1935

1 August 1851 (1) John Harris of Darlington, and Michael Middleton of Darlington, farmer (2) John Walton Morrell of Darlington (3) John Goldsbrough of Darlington, foreman Conveyance of land in Cobden Street, Darlington (Lot 62) Consideration: £20 10s.

1 August 1851 (1) John Harris of Darlington, and Michael Middleton of Darlington, farmer (2) John Walton Morrell of Darlington (3) John Goldsbrough of Darlington, foreman Conveyance of land in Cobden Street, Darlington (Lots 60 and 61) Consideration: £40 13s.

10 November 1853 (1) Joseph Morrell of Paris, Canada, railway contractor (2) John Walton Morrell of Darlington, coach maker 3) Octavius Borradaile Wooler of Darlington Conveyance of plots 60 and 61, Cobden Street, Darlington Consideration: £45

5 May 1859 (1) John Walton Morrell of Darlington, whitesmith (2) John Kay of Darlington, tallow chandler Conveyance of plots 60 and 61 and adjoining land, Cobden Street, Darlington Consideration: £160

31 December 1860 (1) John Walton Morrell of Darlington, whitesmith (2) John Kay of Darlington, tallow chandler Conveyance of part of lot 62, Cobden Street, Darlington Consideration: £45

Abstract of title of Mr J. Harris and Mr M. Middleton to land at Eastbourne near Yarm Road, Darlington, 11 March 1844 - 11 July 1851

27 February 1863 (1) John Kay of Darlington, merchant (2) Isabella Luke of Hartlepool Conveyance of a cottage and plots of land in Cobden Street, Eastbourne, Darlington Consideration: £450

14 July 1868 (1) Isabella Luke of York (2) George Brunton of Darlington, draper (3) Octavius Barradaile Wooler of Darlington Conveyance of a cottage and land in Cobden Street, Darlington Consideration: £575

11 August 1876 (1) George Brunton the elder, now of Bridlington, Yorks. (2) Rev. John Henry Gordon of Darlington, non-conformist preacher and lecturer Conveyance of cottage and land at Cobden Street, Eastbourne, Darlington Consideration: £700

12 August 1876 (1) Rev. John Henry Gordon of Darlington, non-conformist preacher and lecturer (2) The Onward Building Society Mortgage of cottage and land in Cobden Street, Eastbourne, Darlington Receipted Consideration: £700

21 November 1877 (1) Rev. John Henry Gordon of Darlington, non-conformist preacher and lecturer (2) John Burnside of Brankin Moor Farm, Darlington, farmer Mortgage of cottage and land in Cobden Street, Eastbourne, Darlington, subject to mortgage dated 12 August 1876 Receipted Consideration: £150

26 April 1923 (1) The Darlington (Eastbourne) Allotments Ltd., of 16 Florence Street, Darlington (2) George William Lupton of 16 Grasmere Road, Darlington, labourer Conveyance and draft conveyance of a piece of land forming part of the 'Dodmire Farm' in Darlington, County Durham Consideration: £60 6s. 8d.

25 May 1928 (1) George William Lupton of 93 Neasham Road, Darlington, labourer (2) William Gordon Riddle of 6 Thomas Street, Darlington, coal merchant Draft conveyance of two plots (nos. 251 and 252) forming part of the 'Dodmire Farm', Darlington Consideration: £25 5s.

10 June 1929 (1) George William Lupton of 93 Neasham Road, Darlington, labourer (2) George William Dixon of 10 Herbert Street, Darlington, poultry farmer Draft conveyance of a plot of land (no. 236) forming part of the 'Dodmire Farm', Darlington Consideration: £11 5s.

10 June 1929 (1) George William Lupton of 93 Neasham Road, Darlington (2) Joseph Lumley of 77 Park Street, Darlington, rivetter Draft conveyance of a plot of land (no. 253) forming part of the 'Dodmire Farm', Darlington Consideration: no stated

10 June 1929 (1) George William Lupton of 93 Neasham Road, Darlington (2) John Twentyman Harrison the younger, of 7 Melland Street, Darlington, fire brigade driver Draft conveyance of two plots of land (nos. 254 and 255) forming part of the 'Dodmire Farm', Darlington Consideration: £19 (1 file)

26 May 1902 (1) Isaac Smith of Darlington, gentleman (2) Robert Robinson Smith of Darlington, postal clerk Conveyance of hereditaments and premises in Darlington Consideration: nil

Letter from the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to Robert Robinson Smith concerning title redemptions, 8 May 1914

Inland revenue account of the succession in real property of Elizabeth Anne Smith in the estate of William Dewhurst, 20 April 1915

10 July 1915 (1) Robert Robinson Smith of Chellow Dene, Darlington, postal overseer, and Walter Crookell of 15 Howe Street, Manchester, electrical engineer (2) Elizabeth Anne Smith of Chellow Dene, Darlington Receipt for succession duty and assent of nos. 17 and 49 Wales Street and 5 Arthur Street, Darlington Consideration: nil

Last will and testament of Robert Robinson Smith of Chellow Dene, Grange Road, Darlington, retired postal overseer, 17 June 1921

21 September 1891 (1) The Auckland Union Permanent Building Society (2) Ralph Nelson of Bishop Auckland, Ralph Peverell of South Church, and George Stillman of Bishop Auckland, accountant (3) Thomas Forster of Hallgarth Street, Durham Conveyance of nos. 31, 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Grey Street, Darlington, lots 311 and 313 Prescott Street, nos. 71, 73 and 75 Prescott Street, Darlington, and a piece of land at Albert Hill, Darlington Consideration: £1400

21 September 1891 (1) Thomas Forster of Hallgarth Street, Durham City (2) The Auckland Union Permanent Building Society Mortgage of all properties conveyed in previously mentioned conveyance of the same date Receipted Consideration: £1300

4 June 1897 (1) Thomas Forster of Cross House, Nevilles Cross, Durham City (2) William Hall Welch of South Shields, master mariner, and George James Welch of Ferryhill, builder Conveyance of a piece of land at Albert Hill, Darlington, lots 311 and 313 Prescott Street, Darlington, nos. 71, 73 and 75 Prescott Street, two further pieces of land at Albert Hill, nos. 3, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 21, 25, 27, 31, 33, 37, 39, 43, 45 and 49 Howard Street, and lots 182, 183, 184, and 185 on the west side of Grey Street, Darlington Consideration: £1032 10s.

Abstract of title to freehold premises nos. 31, 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Grey Street, Darlington, belonging to Mr Wm.H. Welch and Mr G.J. Welch, 7 September 1866 - 21 September 1891, 1897

Additional abstract of title to freehold premises in Grey Street, Prescott Street and Howard Street, Darlington, belonging to Messrs William Hall Welch and George James Welch, 1897

Inland Revenue certificate of payment of estate duty in the estate of William Hall Welch relating to 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51 and 53 Grey Street, Darlington, 3 October 1923

Abstract of title to nos. 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51 and 53 Grey Street, Darlington, and nos. 71, 73 and 75 Prescott Street, Darlington, 5 June 1897 - 22 February 1923, 1939

Abstract of title relating to 71 Prescott Street, Darlington, 5 June 1897 - 2 February 1923, 1939

5 August 1939 (1) William Hall Welch of Westacres, Alnwick, Northumberland, postmaster, Joseph Dobson Welch of National Provincial Bank Ltd., Lichfield, Staffs., bank accountant, John Stewart Welch of 19 Dene Grove, South Gosforth, Northumberland, bank inspector, and Harry Welch of Wyvestow, Calderstones, Liverpool, marine superintendent (2) William Hall Welch and John Stewart Welch (3) Dunelm Trust Ltd. of 10 Houndgate, Darlington Conveyance of land at Albert Hill, Darlington, properties in Grey Street, Prescott Street, 'The Nestfield Estate', Cleveland Street, and a piece of land formerly part of an estate called Hill Top Consideration: £1500

5 August 1939 (1) George James Welch of Crosslands, Low Fell, County Durham, butcher, and Robert Bruton Welch of Market Place, Ferryhill, butcher (2) Dunelm Trust Ltd. of 10 Houndgate, Darlington Acknowledgment of production of documents relating to 69, 71 and 73 Grey Street, and nos. 60, 62 and 66 Cleveland Street, Darlington

Copy extract of restrictive covenants etc. in indentures dated 10 September 1858 and 26 June 1860 relating to land at Westfield Street and Alan Street, Darlington, 21 June 1923

Copy restrictive and other covenants in indentures dated 23 November 1856 and 17 February 1860 relating to 60, 62, 64 and 66 Cleveland Street, Darlington, 1 June 1923

Extract of restrictive covenants in indenture dated 20 September 1858 relating to plots 1 to 263 of land purchased by Roabert Henry Allan of Blackwell Hall, 25 June 1923

20 September 1858 (1) Purchasers of building lots on an estate at Nestfield, Darlington (2) Robert Henry Allan Deed of covenant

7 September 1866 (1) George Hillman of Bishop Auckland, accountant (2) John Mudd of Darlington, accountant Conveyance relating to a piece of ground in Grey Street, Nestfield, Darlington Consideration: £149 5s.

10 October 1866 (1) John Mudd of Darlington, accountant (2) The trustees of the Auckland Union Permanent Benefit Building Society Mortgage of freehold land and six dwellinghouses at Darlington consideration: £950

7 July 1875 (1) the trustees of The Auckland Union Permanent Benefit Building Society (2) Richard Morley of Albert Hill, Darlington, county rent collector Conveyance of six freehold dwellinghouses in Grey Street, Albert Hill, Darlington Consideration: £695

27 February 1865 (1) Robert Henry Allan of Blackwell Hall, County Durham (2) Margaret Crawley of County Durham, beerhouse keeper Conveyance of a piece of land, part of the Nestfield Estate, Darlington

28 February 1865 (1) Margaret Crawley of County Durham, beerhouse keeper (20 trustees of the Auckland Union Permanent Benefit Building Society Mortgage of freehold dwellinghouses and premises at or near Darlington Consideration: £600

25 September 1867 (1) trustees of the Auckland Union Permanent Benefit Building Society () John Hall of West Hartlepool (3) Robert Lauder and Joseph Mellanby, timber merchants Conveyance of six freehold dwellinghouses and premises in Grey Street, Albert Hill, Darlington Consideration: £620

26 September 1867 (1) Robert Lauder and Joseph Mellanby of West Hartlepool, timber merchants (2) trustees of the Auckland Union Permanent Benefit Building Society Mortgage of freehold houses and land in Grey Street, Darlington Consideration: £500

Abstract of title of Messrs Lauder and Mellanby to freehold premises in Grey Street, Darlington, 27 February 1865 - 26 September 1867, 1871

31 May 1871 (1) trustees of the Auckland Union Permanent Benefit Building Society (2) Robert Lauder and Joseph Mellanby of West Hartlepool, timber merchants (3) Edwin Lucas Pease of Darlington, ironmaster Conveyance of lots 182, 183, 184, 185 and part lot 186, Grey Street, Darlington Consideration: £615

30 December 1871 (1) Edwin Lucas Pease of Darlington, ironmaster (2) the trustees of the Darlington and District Permanent Benefits Building Society Mortgage of a piece of land and dwellinghouse in Grey Street, Darlington Consideration: £600

Abstract of title to freehold premises nos. 43, 45, 47, 51 and 53 Grey Street, Darlington, 31 May 1871 - 30 December 1871, 1874

4 February 1875 (1) Edwin Lucas Pease of Darlington (2) Richard Morley of Darlington, agent Conveyance of 6 dwellinghouses in Grey Street, Darlington Consideration: £610

Abstract of title of Mr Richard Morley to 6 houses in Grey Street, Darlington, 4 February 1875 - 5 Februry 1875

5 February 1875 (1) Richard Morley of Darlington, agent (2) trustees of the Darlington and District Permanent Benefit Building Society Mortgage of 6 houses in Grey Street, Darlington Consideration: £350

19 July 1875 (1) Richard Morley of Darlington, agent (2) George Stillman of Bishop Auckland, accountant Mortgage of lots 182, 183, 184, 185 and 186 Grey Street, Darlington Consideration: £750

31 December 1880 (1) George Stillman of Bishop Auckland, accountant (2) Richard Morley of Darlington, county rent collector (3) the Auckland Union Permanent Benefit Building Society Mortgage of lots 182, 183, 184, 185 and part lot 186 Grey Street, and land at Albert Hill, Darlington Consideration: £450

Additional abstract of title to freehold premises nos. 43, 45, 47, 49, 51 and 53 Grey Street, Darlington, 19 July 1875 - 11 May 1892

10 May 1892 (1) Auckland Union Permanent Building Society (2) Thomas Forster of Hallgarth Street, Durham City Conveyance of lots 182, 183, 184, 185 and part 186 Grey Street, Darlington Consideration: £290

11 May 1892 (1) Thomas Forster of Hallgarth Street, Durham City (2) the Auckland Union Permanent Benefit Building Society Mortgage of freehold properties in Grey Street, Darlington Consideration: £260

9 September 1772 (1) Abraham Hilton and Ann Hilton his wife, of Hilton [near Staindrop], County Durham (2) Mary Hilton of Hilton Attested copy release of houses in Houndgate, Darlington

Attested copy of will of Margaret Lee of Darlington, 16 July 1827

3 February 1837 (1) Surtees Lee of Darlington, wine and spirit merchant (2) Henry Hilton of Barnard Castle (3) Christopher Ableson of Stockton Attested copy mortgage of freehold houses in Houndgate, Darlington, for securing £600 and interest

16 July 1840 (1) Surtees Lee of Darlington, spirit merchant (2) John Melville of Upper Bealey Street, Middlesex, William Henry Sharpe of Upper Berkley Street, Middlesex, and James Ruddell Todd of Portland Place, Middlesex Attested copy mortgage on property in Houndgate, Darlington, for securing £100 plus interest

26 July 1841 (1) Surtees Lee of Darlington, spirit merchant (2) George Allison of Darlington Attested copy mortgage of premises in Houndgate, Darlington, for securing £193 15s. and interest

12 November 1841 (1) George Allison of Darlington (2) Surtees Lee of Darlington (3) William Bewick of Branson House [Heighington], near Darlington Attested copy transfer of mortgage for securing £193 15s.

Copy probate of the will of Edward Horseman of North Lawfield in the parish of West Tanfield, Yorks., farmer, 5 June 1850

Affidavit of John Nicholson of Wolsingham, detailing life and death of William Thompson of Dean House, Lanchester, 27 November 1876

21 July 1855 (1) John Harris of Darlington, gentleman, and Michael Middleton of Darlington, tanner (2) John Kemp of Darlington, engine smith (3) Henry Ingledew of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman, and Alfred Robinson of Heighington, gentleman Conveyance of land forming part of the Dodmire Estate, Darlington Consideration: £30

Abstract of title to parcels of land formerly called Dodmire, now Eastbourne, near Yarm Lane, Darlington, 11 March 1844 - 11 July 1855, 1862

Copy conditions of sale and agreement relating to 26 and 28 Hume Terrace, Darlington, 10 August 1897

1 October 1897 (1) Benjamin Stockton of Darlington, bookseller and stationer (2) The Darlington Equitable Building Society Mortgage of nos. 26 and 28 Hume Terrace, Yarm Lane, Darlington Memorandum of receipt endorsed Consideration: £400

Abstract of title to property in Darlington subsequently nos. 26 and 28 Hume Terrace, 21 July 1855 - 17 October 1895, 1897

30 September 1897 (1) Robert Thomas Tennant of Thirsk, bank manager (2) Benjamin Stockton of Darlington, bookseller and stationer Conveyance of two dwellinghouses and premises in Hume Terrace, Darlington, (nos. 26 and 28) Consideration: £490

24 July 1900 (1) Benjamin Stockton of Darlington, retired bookseller and stationer (2) William Fletcher of Darlington, accountant Conveyance of the equity of redemption in two dwellinghouses and premises nos. 26 and 28 Hume Terrace, Darlington Consideration: £20

Copy will of William Fletcher, 8 November 1904

Copy will of Mary Jane Fletcher, 11 February 1909

Abstract of title to 26 and 28 Hume Terrace, Darlington, 30 September 1897 - 18 June 1924

Certified copy death certificate of William Ingledew Bagley, 22 December 1947

17 April 1865 (1) Robert Thompson of Darlington, sharebroker (2) John Buckton of Darlington, gentleman, William Alexander Wooler of Sadberge Hall, Darlington, gentleman, and Thomas Robert Maddison Plews of Darlington, wine and spirit merchant (3) William Eden, solicitor's clerk Conveyance of a plot of ground and hereditaments on the Harrowgate Hill Estate in Darlington Consideration: £34 3s. 4d.

2 April 1866 (1) William Eden of Darlington, solicitor's clerk (2) John Dale of Harrowgate near Darlington, yeoman Conveyance of a plot of land at Harrowgate Hill near Darlington Consideration: £34

21 May 1866 (1) John Dale of Harrowgate near Darlington, yeoman (2) Thomas Brown of Great Aycliffe, coal agent (3) Hugh Dunn of Darlington, gentleman Conveyance of a messuage or dwellinghouse and hereditaments at Harrowgate Hill near Darlington Consideration: £95

Probate of the will of Thomas Brown granted to Thomas Brown of High Street, Redcar, Yorks., and Stephen Brown of 32 Crosby Street, Darlington, blacksmith, 8 October 1896

9 April 1747 (1) Mary Wilkinon, spinster, Mary Shepherd, spinster, daughter of the late William Shipherd of Cockerton, and John Litster of Darlington, pewterer, and Hannah his wife, late wife of William Shipherd (2) Hannah Newby Office copy deed of surrender and mortgage of copyhold estate at Whessoe, County Durham, comprising one close called Cheasley, two closes called East and West Myers, one close called Arnot Well

9 April 1747 (1) William Lister (2) Hannah Newby Deed of surrender and defeazance relating to land at Whessoe

26 July 1757 (1) Mary Shepherd, John Lister, Hannah Lister and Hannah Newby (2) Francis Holmes and Ralph Robson Office copy deed of surrender relating to land at Whessoe, County Durham

Original and copy last will and testament of Mary Shepherd, 22 September 1760

Copy last will and testament of Hannah Newby, 13 December 1764

10 March 1785 (1) William Lister of Darlington, pewterer (2) Elizabeth Lax Bond for the payment by (1) to (2) of the sum of £200

18 March 1785 (1) William Lister, John Taylor, Hannah Taylor and Elizabeth Lax (2) Christopher Johnson of Appleton, Yorks. Copy deed of surrender and mortgage of land at Whessoe, County Durham Consideration: £200

Copy last will and testament of Susannah Daniel, 8 December 1786

Copy last will and testament of Frances Johnson, 10 April 1792

20 March 1798 (1) William Lister of Wolsingham, gentleman (2) Rev. Richard Byron of Heighington, County Durham Agreement for the purchase of East Whessoe Farm, Darlington Consideration: £1000

11 April 1798 (1) William Lister, John Lister, Frances Holmes, William Bovill, Hannah Bovill and Robert Johnson (2) Anthony Hall Copy surrender and defeazance in trust for the will of Rev. Richard Byron

Certificate for the redemption of land tax on land at Whessoe, Darlington, paid by Rev. Richard Byron, 18 March 1806

Copy last will and testament of Rev. Richard Byron, 9 July 1810

Copy last will and testament of Richard Byron, 8 November 1827

Copy admittance of Anthony Hall as tenant of East Whessoe Farm, Darlington, 12 May 1840

13 May 1840 (1) John William Stilwell, Thomas Stilwell and Anthony Hall (2) William Smith and Samuel Nelson Copy deed of surrender and defeazance of East Whessoe Farm, Darlington

13 May 1840 (1) John William Stilwell of Arundel Street, Middlesex, and Thomas Stilwell (2) Anthony Hall of East Cowton, Yorks., farmer (3) Richard Otley of Darlington, land surveyor (4) William Smith of Melsonby, Yorks., gentleman, and Samuel Nelson of Low Field, Woodham, County Durham, yeoman Covenant to surrender a messuage and several parcels of ground at Whessoe, Darlington Consideration: £1600

14 May 1840 (1) Richard Otley of Darlington, land surveyor (2) William Smith of Melsonby, Yorks., and Samuel Nelson of Low Field, Woodham, yeoman (3) Margaret Smith of Melsonby Mortgage by way of declaration of trust of a dwellinghouse, a farm, and parcels of land at Whessoe, Darlington Consideration: £1000

16 June 1843 (1) Richard Otley of Darlington, land agent (2) Francis Gibson of Saffron Waldon, Essex, brewer (3) William Smith of Melsonby, Yorks., gentleman, and Samuel Nelson of Low Field, Woodham, yeoman Declaration of trust by way of mortgage of dwelllinghouse and land at Whessoe, Darlington Consideration: £950

Notice from Francis Gibson to Margaret Smith and Samuel Nelson of second mortgage, 15 December 1843

8 June 1847 (1) William Smith of Melsonby, gentleman, Samuel Nelson of Scaife House, Staindrop, yeoman, and Richard Otley of Halifax, Yorks., gentleman (2) William Colpitts of Norton Copy deed of surrender and defeazance relating to land a dwellinghouse at Whessoe, Darlington Consideration: transfer of mortgage

8 June 1847 (1) Richard Otley of Halifax, Yorks., land surveyor (2) Margaret Smith of Melsonby, Yorks. (3)Samuel Nelson of Scaife House, Staindrop (4) William Copitts of Norton Transfer of mortgage for £1000 on a farm and hereditaments at Whessoe, Darlington

12 May 1852 (1) William Colpitts of Norton, farmer (2) John Harrison of Darlington, coach builder, Joseph Stevenson of Darlington, civil engineer, and Michael Windale of Darlington, builder Copy deed of surrender and defeazance of land and buildings at Whessoe, Darlington Consideration: £1700

12 May 1852 (1) William Colpitts of Norton, farmer (2) Francis Gibson of Saffron Walden, Essex, brewer (3) John Harrison of Darlington, coach builder, Joseph Stephenson of Darlington, civil engineer, and Michael Windale of Darlington, builder Transfer of two mortgages for £1000 and £700 on a farm and hereditaments at Whessoe, Darlington

Abstract of title of copyhold farm and hereditaments at Whessoe known as Whessoe Cottage Farm, 3 February 1849 - 4 August 1883, 1890

Copy admittance of Thomas Marr Robson to land and buildings at East Whessoe, 31 January 1891

Corrective estate duty account in the estate of Thomas Flint, late of Whessoe Cottage, Darlington, 18 November 1903

14 June 1804 (1) Ann Peverell of Lanchester, County Durham, widow (2) Richard Stainbank of Ingleton, yeoman Conveyance of a dwellinghouse and outhouses in Ingleton, County Durham Consideration: £52

Will of John Stainbank of Barmpton, County Durham, blacksmith, 9 December 1833

8 March 1837 (1) George Smith of Great Burdon, County Durham, blacksmith, Ann Smith, nee Stainbank, his wife, Daniel Dixon of Darlington, woolcomber, and Jane Dixon, nee Stainbank, his wife (2) John Corner of Sadberge, labourer Lease for one year of a dwellinghouse and outbuildings, orchard and garden at Ingleton Consideration: 5s.

9 March 1837 (1) George Smith of Great Burdon, blacksmith, his wife Ann Smith, Daniel Dixon of Darlington, woolcomber, and his wife Jane Dixon (2) John Corner of Sadberge, labourer (3) William Rymer of Darlington, gentleman Release of a dwellinghouse, orchard, garden and premises at Ingleton Consideration: £59

Certificate as to full age and competent understanding of Ann Smith and Jane Dixon, 9 March 1837

Copy last will and testament of John Corner of Barmpton, County Durham, yeoman, 11 July 1857

Copy grant of probate of the will of John Corner of Barmpton, County Durham, yeoman, issued to Bartholomew Parmerley and Edward Corner, 13 November 1858

15 April 1861 (1) Bartholomew Parmerley of Sadberge, yeoman, and Edward Corner of Old Kent Road, Surrey, engineer (2) John Thornton of Ingleton, market gardener Conveyance of a dwellinghouse and outhouses at Ingleton Consideration: £40

22 April 1861 (1) John Thornton of Ingleton, market gardener (2) Bartholomew Parmerley of Sadberge, yeoman Bond securing the payment of £20

19 December 1868 (1) Henry Rayson of Staindrop, saddler, and Clarissa Rayson his wife (2) Henry Halliday of Sunderland, railway stationmaster, and his wife Jane Halliday (3) Robert Snowdon of Ingleton, shoemaker (4) John Thornton of Ingleton, market gardener Conveyance of a cottage house and premises at Ingleton Consideration: £40

Certificate of full age and competent understanding of Clarissa Rayson and Jane Halliday, 21 December 1868

Receipt of Mary Ann Raine addressed to Jane Thornton of Ingleton for the sum of £33 6s. 8d., 6 January 1892

Copy will of John Thornton of Ingleton, market gardener, 9 November 1898

25 April 1870 (1) Rev. James Jackson of Stockton on Tees, minister (2) James Tweedy of Stockton on Tees, gentleman (3) Elizabeth Robinson of Stockton on Tees Transfer of mortgage of a piece of ground and a dwellinghouse in Hampton Road, Stockton on Tees Consideration: £180

Abstract of title to freehold property on the south side of Oxbridge Road [later Hampton Road], Stockton on Tees, 17 September 1864 - 20 March 1877

10 October 1877 (1) Robert Middleton of Stockton on Tees, builder (2) The Onward Building Society of Darlington (3) Rev. James Jackson of Stockton on Tees, minister Conveyance of a piece of ground and a dwellinghouse in Hampton Road, Stockton on Tees Consideration: £210

16 October 1877 (1) Rev. James Jackson of Stockton on Tees, minister (2) James Tweedy of Stockton on Tees, gentleman Conveyance of a piece of ground and a dwellinghouse in Hampton Road, Stockton on Tees Consideration: £240

17 October 1877 (1) James Tweedy of Stockton on Tees, gentleman (2) Rev. James Jackson of Stockton on Tees, minister Mortgage of a parcel of ground and a dwellinghouse in Hampton Road, Stockton on Tees Consideration: £130

Probate of the will of John Harrison, 11 October 1887

Abstract of title to a piece of ground and a dwellinghouse in Hampton Road, Stockton on Tees, 25 April 1878 - 16 December 1893, 1894

25 June 1894 (1) John Settle of Stockton on Tees, coroner, and Joseph Watson of Stockton on Tees, timekeeper at engineering works (2) Joseph Robinson of Stockton on Tees, fruiterer Reconveyance of freehold land and dwellinghouse in Hampton Road, Stockton on Tees Consideration: £170

25 June 1894 (1) Joseph Robinson of Stockton on Tees, fruiterer (2) Thomas Jackson of New Moor, Ashington, Northumberland, labourer Mortgage of equity in redemption in freehold land and dwellinghouse in Hampton Road, Stockton on Tees, to secure £50 and interest

26 June 1894 (1) Joseph Robinson of Stockton on Tees, fruiterer (2) William Grafton of Sheffield, gentleman, and James Tweedy of Stockton on Tees, solicitor Mortgage of freehold land and dwellinghouse at Hampton Toad, Stockton on Tees Consideration: £100

30 December 1898 (1) William Grafton of Sheffield, gentleman, and James Tweedy of Stockton on Tees, solicitor (2) Eliza Harrison of 15 The Square, Stockton on Tees, and the said James Tweedy Transfer of mortgage premises in Hampton Street, Stockton on Tees

25 September 1921 (1) Jean Graham Hutchison, Wilfrid Hutchinson, builders' merchant, and Joseph William Hodgson, solicitors' managing clerk (2) John Oscar Harrison of 2 Stranton Street, Thornaby on Tees, and Tom Harrison of Jesmond House, Wingate, dentist Deed of appointment of new trustees of the will of John Harrison, deceased

Abstract of title of Elizabeth Willoughby to leasehold property at No. 6 Kensington Gardens, Tudhoe Grange, County Durham, 29 September 1913 - 15 April 1925 With plan attached

15 May 1925 (1) Herman Charles Joseph Salvin of Croxdale Hall, Durham (2) Elizabeth Willoughby of Whitworth Terrace, Spennymoor, County Durham License to assign interest in 6 Kensington Gardens, Tudhoe Grange, by way of second mortgage to Robert William Minto Consideration: nil

16 May 1925 (1) Elizabeth Willoughby of Wentworth House, Spennymoor (2) Robert William Minto of 15 Eden Terrace, Ferryhill Mortgage of the equity of redemption to 6 Kensington Gardens, Tudhoe Grange Consideration: £60

21 May 1925 (1) Robert William Minto of 5 Eden Terrace, Ferryhill (2) Halifax Equitable Benefit Building Society of Silver Street, Halifax Notice of second mortgage of 6 Kensington Gardens, Tudhoe Grange Consideration: nil