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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1557 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Gainford and estates on the County Durham/Yorkshire North Riding boundary

Covering Dates: 1870-1990

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  • Miscellaneous documents
    • Records concerning Gainford and estates on the boundary of County Durham and Yorkshire North Riding (Ref: D/X 1557/)
    • Financial records (Ref: D/X 1557/)
    • Plans (Ref: D/X 1557/)
    • Prints (Ref: D/X 1557/)
    • Sale particulars (Ref: D/X 1557/)

Catalogue Contents

Records concerning Gainford and estates on the boundary of County Durham and Yorkshire North Riding (Ref: D/X 1557/)Plans (Ref: D/X 1557/)Ref: D/X 1557/1

Plan of a design for laying out building ground at Gainford belonging to William Bowman esq., showing sixteen plots for houses on North Lane, north of the Stockton and Darlington railway and Gainford Station, by Pritchett and Son, architects and surveyors, Darlington; printed by W. Monkhouse, Newbald and Stead, lithographers, York, n.d. [ c.1870 - 1890] Scale: 1.5 inches to 100 feet approx [1:800] These houses were not built
(1 plan, 76 cm. x 55 cm., colour printed)

Ref: D/X 1557/9

Proposed plan of 3 dwelling houses at Gainford showing elevation, section, ground and first floor, 5 June 1906 Architect: Frank Martin, Darlington
(1 plan, 54 x 70 cm, waxed linen, ink, coloured)

Financial records (Ref: D/X 1557/)Ref: D/X 1557/2

Bills paid by Messrs. Robert and Swainston Adamson, builders, and Mr. Ernest Clifford Adamson, of Gainford, for farm expenses, including saddlery and blacksmith's charges, rent, rates and vehicle licences, January 1904 - June 1917
(42 papers)

Prints (Ref: D/X 1557/)Ref: D/X 1557/8/1-6

Copy prints of 19th century etchings of unidentified buildings in County Durham, n.d. [1990s]
(6 papers, printed)

Sale particulars (Ref: D/X 1557/)Ref: D/X 1557/3

Sale particulars of Dairy Farm, East Middleton Farm, The Cottage Farm, Low Middleton Hall, and other land [as specified] in the parish of Middleton St. George; Dinsdale Moor Farm in the parishes of Dinsdale, Haughton-le-Skerne and Middleton St. George; Palm Tree House Farm in the parishes of Dinsdale and Middleton St. George; and High Scrogs Farm in the parish of Middleton St. George, 1895 Includes: plans of Dinsdale Moor and Palm Tree House Farms, and High Scrogs Farm, 1895 Scale: 1:2500
(1 booklet, printed, defective)

Ref: D/X 1557/4

Sale particulars of farms and grass land in the Darlington District, the estate of J.W.P. Page, deceased, comprising Ox Close Farm, Cockerton; Heighington Farm, Heighington; Long Pasture, Aycliffe; Elly Hill, Barmpton; Bracken House, or Brecon House, Melsonby; and The Hall Farm, School Aycliffe; for sale by auction at the King's Head Hotel, Darlington, 23 October 1916 Includes: plans of each farm, 1916 Scale: 1:2500
(1 booklet and 6 plans, colour printed)

Ref: D/X 1557/5

Sale particulars of the Wycliffe Estate, in the parishes of Ovington, Wycliffe with Thorpe, Hutton Magna and Newsham, in the counties of Yorkshire and Durham, for sale by auction at the King's Head Hotel, Darlington, 18 November 1935 Includes: photographs of the exteriors of the Four Alls Inn, Ovington, and Ovington village green; Girlington Hall Farm; Wycliffe Grange; Hutton Hall, Pear Tree Farm, Hutton Farm, Lane Head Farm, and Hutton Fields East Farm, Hutton Magna; and estate plans, 1935 Scale: 1:10,560
(1 booklet, printed, and 2 plans, 51 cm. x 73 cm., and 46 cm., x 36 cm., colour printed)

Ref: D/X 1557/6

Sale particulars of the Barmpton Estate, three miles from Darlington, comprising Barmpton Hall Farm, Moor House Farm, Elly Hill Farm and Whinbush Farm, February 1937 Includes: plan of estate, 1937; Barmpton Hall Farm was the home of Robert Colling, the Shorthorn cattle breeder, in the early nineteenth century Scale: 1:10,560
(1 booklet, printed, 1 plan, 54 cm. x 81 cm., colour printed, and 1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1557/7

Sale particulars of Thorpe Hall and several farms and cottages, being the eastern portion of the Rokeby Estate, Greta Bridge, [Yorkshire North Riding], near Barnard Castle, for sale by auction at the King's Head Hotel, Darlington, 15 October 1937 Includes: photographs of the exteriors of Thorpe Hall, South Thorpe farmhouse, Thorpe Grange Farm, and Greta Bridge Farm, and plans of the eastern portion of the Rokeby estate, 1937 Scale: 1:10,560
(1 booklet, printed; 2 plans, 50 cm. x 59 cm., and 26 cm. x 22 cm., colour printed; and 4 papers)



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