Catalogue

Marriage Settlement of the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and Lady Frances Anne Vane-Tempest 1819, revised 1822. Draft deeds, etc. Includes: 1 Epitome of the marriage articles, 1819 (1 volume) 6-12 Accounts of Sir John Beckett for raising sums under the settlement, including money for the renewal of the colliery leases at Rainton, etc. Also accounts of Alexander Stewart and Edward Macdonnell as trustees of the power of sale, 1819 - 1832 (12 books) 13 Conveyances of Seaham and Dawdon manors to the uses of the settlement, 1832 (1 bundle) 14 Appointment of Viscount Dungannon as a trustee, 1838 (1 file) 15 William Groom s papers 1821 - 1829 (1 bundle) 16-21 McDonnells' accounts and letters, 1834 - 1853

Settlement of 1842 made when Viscount Seaham attained his 21st year and the estates were charged with £185,000 to be raised by mortgage Includes: 22 Draft agreements for the settlement and appointment of auditor, 1842, 1844 (13 files) 34 Declarations of trust by Earl Vane to John Stewart and the Duke of Marlborough submitting leases of estates in Ford, Silksworth, Grindon, etc., to the settlement, 1869 (7 files) 35 Appointment of new trustees, 1862, 1871 (1 parchment, 1 file)

Vane Tempest Resettlement, 1872-76. The estates were resettled to provide an annuity for Lord Castlereagh, jointure for Lady Castlereagh and Lord Londonderry's claims for outlay on Silksworth Colliery. Includes: 36 Minutes of Marchioness's executors meeting 1875; memorandum on Seaham Colliery; estimated income of settled estates, etc., 1872 - 1876 (1 bundle) 37 Correspondence, agreements and papers. Estimates and sketch of layout for completion of Silksworth Colliery, 1875 - 1877 (1 bundle) 38 Parcels of Broomside, Hallgarth and Long Newton contained in conveyances under the trust, 1891 - 1892

Settlement (draft) of Durham estates on the marriage of Viscount Seaham and Mary, daughter of Sir John Edwards of Machynlleth (Merioneth), 1840 See also D/Lo/E 808

Order (copy) for payment of £500 annuity to Lady Ernest Vane Tempest (mother of 7th Marquess), 1887

Miscellaneous deeds, abstracts, etc. connected with settlements Includes: 41 Assignment of five Vane and Tempest leases to Frances Anne Vane Tempest by Edmund Macdonnell and the Countess of Antrim, 1814 (1 file) 42 Abstract of Sir Henry Vane's title to the manor of long Newton, with pedigree, 1711 - 1776 (1 file) 43 Abstract of the will of John Tempest and deeds relating to leasehold collieries, 1793 - 1820 (1 file) 44 Abstract of title to the Tempest estates in Co. Durham, 1834 (1 file) 45-47 Abstract of title to the Londonderry estates in Co.. Durham, 1722 - 1832 (3 files) 48 Draft opinions etc., relating to settlement, 1835 -1853 (13 files) 49 Londonderry Estates Act 1832, drafts, copies and petitions, 1829 - 1832

Abstract of title to estates in Co. Durham to be mortgaged by Sir John Beckett to secure £25,000 p.a. with 4.5% interest, 1832

Conveyance to trustees of Lord Londonderry's estates and collieries (except Seaham Hall and Holdernesse House) for the reduction of debts owed to the North of England Joint Stock Bank, with deed of indemnity and release of 1844, 1834

Transfer of mortgage of the Vane Tempest estates from the Law Life Assurance Society to Augustus Keppel Stephenson, Assistant Solicitor to the Treasury. Particular of estates involved, receipts etc., 1870, 1875

Assignment of sums of £80,000 and £20,000 raisable under the settlement of 1878 for security for paying off debts to the estates of the Marchioness under an agreement of 1865, 1883

Negotiations with the Economic Land Assurance Company for a mortgage on the settled estates, 1886 - 1898 Includes: 55 Tempest abstracts of title, 1776 - 1779 (4 files) 56 Abstract of title of the trustees under the resettlement of 1878, 1886 (1 file) 60 John Eminson's declaration as to the Old Durham estates, with plan of land required for N.E.R. line from Sherburn House to Durham, 1892 (1 file)

Conveyance to Sir David Wood as a trustee. Long Newton; Moorsley and West Rainton; Hallgarth and Broomside; West Newbiggin Farm (Bishopton). All with plans, 1891 - 1892

Schedules of the Vane Tempest settled estates, 1873, 1898

Deeds and papers relating to a sum of £12,000 secured on lands in Carlton, Redmarshall, Kelloe, and the Isle, mortgaged by Sir Henry Vane Tempest to William Lygon, later Baron Beauchamp, with abstract.

Deed (copy) charging Dean House Farm and Dalden Field Houses Farm with £40,000 for Lord Castlereagh.

Deeds (drafts and copies) relating to mortgage for £15,000 and £10,000 and assignment of stock from Northern Banking Company

Letters to Richard Groom concerning the mortgage, with receipts from Sir John Beckett, (1836 - 1837)

Mortgages and assignments (copies and drafts) of the mines at Rainton, Moorsley, etc. for £39,500 to Coutts & Co. and the Dean and Chapter

Mortgage (draft) etc. to the Rev. Hildyard for £35,000

Mortgage for £30,000 to George Pennant with agreement for valuation of the railway, 1840

Defeasance (draft) of the mortgages of Seaham Harbour to the Public Works Loan Commissioners for £35,000 and £10,000, 1833

Mortgage to Edward Mackenzie of Seaham Harbour and Railway for securing £60,000. The mortgage was assigned back to the Marchioness's executors in 1868, 1858 - 1868 Includes: 105 Lease (copy) by trustees to Lord Londonderry of the Harbour site and the railway from Rainton in the Seaham estate, 1832 107-108 Schedule of the fixed arid moveable stock at Seaham Harbour, 1865

Mortgage to the London Assurance Co. of Seaham Harbour and the Seaham and Londonderry Railways for securing £65,000 with further charge of £21,000, 1866 - 1868

A sum of £900 secured on the estate by Sir Henry Vane Tempest and assigned to Thomas Wilson (1831) and Isabella Hunter (1833) from whom the mortgage was redeemed by the Marquess of Londonderry Includes: 128 Will (copy) of Thomas Wilson of Gilesgate, Durham 1831

Sums secured on estates and collieries in County Durham and elsewhere. Assignments, further charges, etc. to Coutts, Agnew, Wigram, Backhouse and others Includes: 138 Memorandum on schemes to turn Lord Londonderry's interest in the Seaham estates to account for London and Wynyard establishments also to provide Coutts with additional security, c.1826 142 Mortgage (copy) by Edward Marjoriebank to John Oliver and others, at the Marchioness of Londonderry's requests, of the charges in the 1842 settlement arid the coke ovens and engines, etc., at Penshaw, Rainton, Pittington and Old Durham collieries and at Penshaw Quarry as security for £20,000, 1855

Drafts, letters, etc., relating to the lease of land and Peareth's Staith to Pattinson, Bowman and Bell (The Washington Chemical Co.) for the erection and operation of a chemical works. Lease of additional land, 1856

Release and assignment of lands in Morton in the Whins and Dalton. Londonderry trustees to John Gregson's trustees; for £4,000

Allergate. A close sold by the Marquess of Londonderry to the Durham Poor Law Guardians, 1838

Broomhall. Marquess of Londonderry to Francis Taylor. The property was purchased by John Tempest in 1763 from John Hudson and others, 1825 Includes: 150 Extract from Ushaw Moor enclosure award, 1763

Elvet Hill. Land formerly an allotment from Elvet Moor appointed to John Fogg Elliot by the Londonderry trustees1853

Conveyance of messuage and fields, Londonderry Trustees to Leonard Raisbeck for £2,100. Abstract of title, 1826 see also D/Lo/F 343-D/Lo/F 361

Lease (with draft) to George Hopper of land adjacent to the Britannia Iron Works, with wayleave. Plan

Appointment in fee of the manor to the Earl of Eldon, with abstract of title

Corn tithe of Town Kelloe, leased by the Master and Bretheren of Sherburn Hospital to the Marquess of Londonderry and assigned to Sir John Beckett with abstracts of title.

Agreement for a line of water pipes to be laid by the Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Co. Plan

Assignment of lands at Moorhouse and West Rainton by the Londonderry Trustees to Edward Boyd. Plan

Release of a moiety of the estate, formerly belonging to the Lilburne family, to John George Lambton for £4,500

Agreement (copy) for leasing a stone quarry by John Buddle to Thomas Mitton, on behalf of the River Wear Commissioners, 1822

Conveyance (copy) of land for a parsonage by Londonderry Trustees to Commissioners for Building New Churches, 1856

Conveyances of Stable Farm, West Rainton to the Commissioners for Building New Churches

Messuage, shop and Millstobfield etc., Carlton, copyhold estate of the manor of Stockton acquired by John Tempest in 1765 and sold to Thomas Hutchinson in 1825 for £3,500, 1756 - 1826 Includes: 172 Plan of fields at Carlton and Redmarshall, 1756 173-176 Particulars of estates to be sold, 1765

Sale particulars for farms in Redmarshall, Easington, Sedgefield and Dalton-le-Dale parishes, 1825

Lease of the Domain Farm, Seaham to Benjamin Johnson, for 12 years, at £330 rising to £350, 1837

Lease of Dalden Tower and Field House Farm to Benjamin Stafford for 7 years at £440 and £20 per acre tilled. Plan, 1837

Conveyance (copy). Londonderry Trustees to Commissioners for Building New Churches. Plan, 1838

Appointment of premises on Front Street, North Terrace and Tempest Place, 1843

Lease (copy) of part of Carr House Farm to Seaham Harbour Water Co., 1853

Abstract of lease to John Candlish of land on which to erect the Londonderry Bottle Works, 1855 - 1857

Lease (draft) to Anthony Thatcher, glass bottle maker of Hemel Hempsted, of land for a bottle works, 1857

Lease (copy) to the Secretary of State for War of two pieces of land at the north and south sides of the harbour for the construction of batteries in return for the surrender of land formerly leased. Plan, 1861

Seaham Harbour Chemical Works. Assigned by Watson and Kipling, the lessees, to Petrie who mortgaged it with the Vane and Seaham Ironworks to Lord Londonderry, 1865 - 1887 Includes: 196 Lease (draft) to John Watson of Washington, Francis Kipling of Sunderland, etc. of land at Dawdon for a chemical works, 1865 198 Assignment (copy) of the land, works and machinery to James Petrie of East Boldon, 1884 200 Bill of sale of the machinery at the Chemical Works and Iron Works to Edward and George Petrie, 1884 202 Fire insurance policy, listing the contents of the Chemical Works, 1884 203 Particulars of sale and plans, 1887

Lease of land to Richard Iliff and Alexander Johnson of Sunderland for a shipbuilding yard for iron ships. Plan, 1883

Agreement with John Watson for lease of field and buildings with liberty to cross the railway leading to the Vane Ironworks, 1884

Conveyance (draft) to Durham County Council of site in Dene Road for a cookery school. Correspondence, 1906

Agreement (copy) with the Universal Private Telegraph Company for the erection of poles

Leases of a Methodist Chapel on the Chester-le-Street - Sunderland road to the Chapel Trustees

Sale particulars for estates in Great Stainton, Elstob and the Isle with conveyances subsequent to the sale. The property included the Anvil Inn at Great Stainton. Purchasers Thomas Sowerby, Rev. Daniel Peacock, Elizabeth Prissick, the Earl of Eldon, etc.

Conveyance (copy) of nos. 18, 27, 31 Lombard Street by the Londonderry Trustees to Wilson Bros., merchants

Exchanges of lands with Matthew and William Russell Includes: 221 Proposals for exchange of lands in Thorpe Thewles, 1819 222-223 Valuation and plans of lands in Fulthorpe and Woodend belonging to Matthew Russell, 1821 - 1822 233 Particulars of William Russell's contract for purchasing the land tax of Norton and Thorpe Thewles (1807), c.1821 234 Valuation of Lord Stewart's lands in Grindon parish to be exchanged, 1822 241 Act of Parliament (printed) to effect the exchanges between Russell and Lord Londonderry, 1830

Surrender of Warden Law Farm to George Gregson and agreement with Earl Vane for the ejection of Blythe Robson from lands belonging to the farm which are to be held by Earl Vane

Purchase by the Earl of Durham's trustees of the Baronets and Herrington Mill estates from the Marquess of Londonderry for £8,500 Includes: 251 Valuation of the Baronets' and Herrington Mill estates, c.1839 See also D/Lo/E 813 (5 files, 1 paper

Particulars of sale, with plans, of Town Farm and Moor Farm, 1828

Defeasance of a mortgage and reassignment of messuages and lands by the Rev. Henry Carr, rector of Whickham to the Marquess of Londonderry, 1853

Particulars of sale, with plan, of the Wolviston Grange estate, 1861

Tenders for tenancy of Close Farm, with particulars of the estate, 1919

Correspondence and papers relating to the selling of various farms on the Durham estates

Blank form for tenancy agreement, c.1919

Robert Ormston's conditions for leasing mines at Grindon, (Bishopwearmouth) to the Marquess of Londonderry.

Agreement (draft) for lease of mines at High Barnes by Anthony Ettrick to the Marquess of Londonderry

Summary of leases to Admiral Malings, Robert Ormston and George Scurfield of mines at Ford, North and South Hylton and Grindon which the Marquess of Londonderry considered taking up

Lease by Bishop of Durham to Thomas Colpitts Granger of the coal under Brasside Moor, Framwellgate Moor and Frankland Wood. Plan, 1852

Abstracts of title and of deeds, etc., relating to the freehold and leasehold parts of the colliery proposed to be sold by the Marchioness of Londonderry's executors. Also to leasehold cottages in Close, Smoky and Durham Rows, Framwellgate, 1859 - 1878 Includes: 267 Abstract of the purchase deed of the Marchioness of Londonderry from Richard Thompson and William Green, 1859 277 Lease (draft) of houses and coke ovens at Carr House by Rev. Robert Williamson to the Marquess of Londonderry, 1873 283 Deed of covenant (copy) for purchase of the colliery by John Stevenson of Middlesbrough and Richard Jacques of Easby Abbey for £45,000. With schedule of the colliery stock, machinery etc., 1873 286 Copy correspondence relating to the renewal of the lease from Granger the claims of Granger's trustees and possible action for the ejectment of Lord Vane's representatives, 1877 - 1878

Leases (drafts) of the coal mines in the Grange Estate, 290 parish of Gilesgate. The lease of 1866 to William Stobart included liberty to pull down the mine buildings etc., 1831, 1843, 1866

Memorandum of agreement for sale to Ralph Dixon of a portion of the Hutton Seam near Gilesgate Toll Bar. With correspondence, 1853

Conveyance (draft) of coal and iron stone between Hawthorn township and Hawthorn cottage, Thomas Anderson to the Londonderry Trustees. With draft plan, etc.

Lease (draft and copy) of the coal mines on the Town Kelloe estate by the Londonderry Trustees to the East Hetton Coal Co.,

Assignment of mines on lease from John Dawson Lambton by the Marchioness of Londonderry to George Elliot

Draft proposals for a lease of the colliery with heap room, railway wayleave, leave to erect buildings, etc.

Lease of Penshaw Colliery, Penshaw Staiths and the colliery houses at Shiney Row to George Elliot. Plan. Also epitome (1866) of the lease and of the lease of the South Biddick mines

A series of leases and assignments (with copies and drafts) made by the Marquess of Londonderry to William Russell, 1825 Includes: 300 Liberty to use the wagonways from Rainton to the Wear at Penshaw; for 16 years at 10s. for every 'ten' of coals carried 301 Messuages at Hazard, Dunwell and East Rainton, a timber-yard at the North Pit, East Rainton, a staith at Penshaw, etc.; rent: £116. 10s. 0d .for 16 years. Plan of the staith 302 Hazard and Dunwell pits with out stroke to the North Hetton Coal for 16 1/4 years at 3/9 per ton of coal raised 303 All the coal in Rainton, Moorsley and Pittington field on lease from the Dean and Chapter; for 16 1/4 at 28s. per ten of. coal from the High Main and Hutton seams and 20s. from seams above the Hutton. Plan 304 Coal under a messuage, six closes and a lane past the lime kilns at Moorsley; for 27 years at the same rents as in D/Lo/E 303 305 Assignment of a third part of coal in Hetton and Moorsley leased to the Marquess of Londonderry by John Clutterbuck (whose wife was Ann Lyon), for the residue of a term of 42 years, for £46,500. Plan 306 Liberty to construct a wagon way from the mines at Rainton etc. to the River Wear; rent: £250 for 21 years 319 Assignment of the rents from leases D/Lo/E 300 - 302 to Robert Taylor

Abstract of title to coal seams at Moorsley, Dunwell and Hazard pits, Hetton coal, etc. to be sold by William Russell and others to the Earl of Durham, 1836

Leases (copies and drafts) of mines and agreement (1844) for the working of the Hutton Seam. Papers and accounts relating to the purchase of the colliery by the Londonderry Trustees

Agreement (draft) for rescinding the lease of 1847 by William Robinson to the Seaton Coal Co. Request from the Marchioness for the termination of the lease

Leases (drafts) and copies to Sir Henry Vane Tempest of wayleaves through Dubmire Moor and Bridge End, Staffs Close and Hall Moor in Newbottle (1804). In 1819 the wayleave through Dubmire Moor was leased to Lord Stewart by Mary Story who sought an injunction to prevent him lowering the level of the wagon way. Letters to John Gregson concerning the case and sketch plan of wagon way, c.1804, 1804 - 1819

Old Durham Colliery: lease (draft) of wayleave to a junction with the Durham-Sunderland Railway at Sherburn from the Bishop of Durham. Plan, 1850

Agreement (draft) between the Marchioness of Londonderry and the Earl of Durham for the construction of a double line of railway from Penshaw Station to Burn Moor coke ovens, 1861

Lease (copy) of wayleave through the Manor of Cold Hesledon from Richard Pemberton, with notices determining the lease(1883) Plan, 1863

Leases (copies) from the Dean and Chapter of wayleaves Includes: 342 ... through lands formerly belonging to Shincliffe Mill. Plan 343 ... through East Rainton from Black Boy Bridge to Nicholson pit. Plan 344 ... from Moorsley to East Rainton (incorrect plan attached)

Notice by the Marquess of Londonderry of intention to surrender a wayleave for constructing a railway at East Rainton

Licence from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to assign a wayleave at Ryhope (to Lambton, Hetton Collieries Ltd), 1921

Wayleaves through lands belonging to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners between Blue House and Ryhope Dene. With letters and plan, 1853 - 1867

Wayleaves through lands in Seaham and Dawdon, part of the Londonderry estate, held on trust by Robert Cassidy and assigned to Earl Vane, 1853 - 1866

Wayleaves through Hendon Farm, Bishopwearmouth, the property of the Rev. Samuel Hopper Powell. Plan, 1858 - 1867

Wayleaves through Blue House Farm, Bishopwearmouth, the property of Thomas Hunter. Arbitration award and plan, 1861 - 1866

Lease (copy) of wayleave from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to lay a double line of railway through their property in Tunstall and Ryhope. Plan, 1871

Lease (copy) by John Gregson to Earl Vane of right to construct a double line of railway through his lands in Tunstall and Ryhope, 1872

Abstracts etc. relating to the Middle Hendon estate surrendered by the Robinson family to Marshall Fowler in trust. The Londonderry Railway passed through this estate, 1855 - 1867

Conveyances (copies) of land and wayleaves for the railway in Hendon and Bishopwearmouth, Ryhope Grange, Dawdon and Seaham, 1856 - 1867

Purchase of land at Hendon formerly Pemberton's, from Christopher Bramwell lying between the Londonderry and the Durham and Sunderland Railway with papers relating to the admittance of the Marchioness of Londonderry's trustees to the same. Lease with plan, Wylam to Turner, 1866

Notices to the Marchioness as owner of lands required for the railway, 1863

Lawyers opinion and instructions etc. case for opinion on use of power of purchasing the fee simple of the railway under the Act of 1863, 1866

Copy of the Londonderry Railway Act and plans of the lands acquired for the construction, 1853 - 1863

Through Warden Law Farm; Brightstone Close, Slingley Hill; Orchard Field, Gold Hills and other lands at Seaham; Copt Hill, Dean House Farm, Houghton-le-Spring, etc. Leases and renewals, 1823 - 1830, 1866 - 1867

Report (draft) on the Seaham Railway wayleave leases and accounts of the rents paid for them, 1866 - 1867

Agreement for use of part of the Union Railway in the parish of Houghton-le-Spring

Volumes containing copies of leases and agreements relating to the Durham estates, collieries, etc. Some are copies of which the originals are noted above. The entries do not seem to have been made in any particular order, although the volumes are in many cases only half used Includes: 377(1) Pespool estate, Haswell; wayleave for railway. Pemberton to Marchioness of Londonderry, 1857 Ryhope wayleave. Bishop of Durham to Marquess of Londonderry, 1853 Cold Hesledon; grant of wayleave over wagonways Pemberton to the Marquess (plan), 1860 378 Haswell Colliery company's agreement to ship coals at Seaham and Sunderland, 1860 Shotton Branch Railway. Earl Vane to Haswell Coal Company, 1868 South Hetton Company; award of wharfage rates to the Marquess of Londonderry for the company's use of Seaham Harbour, 1853 South Hetton Company, agreements for shipping coals at Seaham and Sunderland, 1853,1859,1875 Ford, coal mines lease. Scurfield to Marchioness, 1864 Nine Elms, lease of wharf. Holland and Hannen to Marquess St. Johns Wharf, Millbank. Mainprize and Thompson to Marquess of Londonderry, 1881 379 Agreements on carriage charges with Stockton and Darlington and North Eastern Railways, 1862 - 1863 Barmston wayleave. Marchioness of Londonderry to North Eastern Railway, 1855 Hendon station; agreement for use by Earl Vane, 1868 380 Grange Coal, agreement, with Grange Colliery Company for shipment at Seaham Harbour, 1844 Seaham Glebe Estate, lease of coal Rev. A. Bethune to Earl Vane, 1875 381 Broomside Colliery sublease. Earl Vane to Bell (plan), 1867 Pittington; Londonderry Colliery, lease to North Hetton Coal Company (plan), 1864 Agreement to end a dispute with Seaton Colliery Company, 1860 Dunwell and Hazard Coal; sublease to North Hetton Coal Company (plan), 1864 Broomside colliery, agreement to vary the terms of the 1867 lease, 1870 Pittington and Rainton, agreement with Morton and Heckels, 1871 382 Agreement not to compete for coal at Silksworth Ford, Rainton, Pittington, Framwellgate, etc. Marchioness of Londonderry and the North Hetton and Seaton Coal Companies, 1864 Ryhope and Tunstall; demise of powers of outstroke Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Marchioness (cancelled), 1861 Dryburn, lease of coal mines. Wharton to Marchioness of Londonderry (plan), 1864 Aykley Heads, lease of coal mines. Johnson to Marchioness of Londonderry (plan), 1864 Assignment of various coal mines in trust. Seaton coal company to Stewart and Clayton, 1864 383 Penshaw Colliery lease. Marchioness of Londonderry to Elliot, 1864 Barmston coal lease. Marchioness of Londonderry to Elliot, 1864 South Biddick coal mines lease, Marchioness of Londonderry to Elliott, 1864 Union Railway from Burn Moor Coke Ovens to Penshaw station. Agreement for joint construction between Marchioness of Londonderry and Earl of Durham, 1861 Union Railway; grant of power to use to Elliot, 1864 Herrington Burn lease. Eden to Marchioness of Londonderry, 1856 Penshaw Quarry extension. Eden to Marchioness of Londonderry, 1860 Penshaw Farm Lease. Earl Vane to Elliot, 1868 384 Shincliffe and St Giles; lease of mines, Marquess of Londonderry to Wood and Andrews (and declaration of trust), 1850 Old Durham, wayleave through Shincliffe to Rainton. Dean and Chapter to Marquess of Londonderry, 1853 Seaham Harbour, blast furnace site lease (and declaration of trust). Marchioness of Londonderry to Lord Adolphus Vane, 1861 Dawdon, wayleave. Marchioness of Londonderry to Lord Adolphus Vane (and declaration of trust), 1862 Seaham Harbour, ground and premises for agent's house. Marchioness of Londonderry to Lord Adolphus Vane (and declaration of trust), 1860 Seaham Colliery, ground etc. for a parsonage Marchioness of Londonderry to Lord Adolphus Vane (and declaration of trust), 1860 Leamside Nomination of surveyors to value coal under the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway (plan), 1868 Seaham; lease of ground for a cottage, Earl Vane to Clayton, 1865 385 Agreement with British Telegraph Co. for erection of telegraph wires along the roads and railways between Wynyard, Stockton, Coxhoe, Sunderland and Seaham, 1854 Seaton and Slingley; agreement to allow the Universal Private Telegraph Co., to erect poles, 1865 Newton Hanzard, contract for sale Thelluson to the Marchioness of Londonderry, 1864 Sunderland High Street, a messuage. Vane-Tempest trustees to Marchioness of Londonderry, 1864 Agreement for the continuance of the collieries and railways of Lady Londonderry. Marchioness's executors and Earl Vane, 1865 386 Chilton Moor wayleave. Marchioness of Londonderry to Hopper, 1863 Seaham Harbour, land for bottle works. Marquess of Londonderry to Bottle Company, 1852 As 58, Marchioness of Londonderry to Candlish, 1855 Seaham Chemical Works, agreement for supply of each. Earl Vane and Watson Kipling & Co., 1867 Barmston; lease of Peareth's Staith' etc. Marquess of Londonderry to Pattinson, Bowman and Bell (plans), 1850 Dalton; lease of land near Dalton Field Farm. Earl Vane to Watson, Kipling and Petrie (plan), 1865 Vane and Seaham Ironworks lease. Earl Vane to Watson Kipling and Petrie, 1869 Seaham Harbour; lease of site for MacKenzie Gas Coal plant. Earl Vane to Walker, Bruce and Co., 1870 Dawdon; lease of part of Carr House Farm Marquess of Londonderry to Seaham Harbour Water Co., 1853 Seaham Harbour; agreement for pipes with the Water Company, 1853 Seaham Harbour; chemical works lease (with schedule) Marquess of Londonderry to Spencer (plan), 1888 387 Rainton; leases of houses and lands. Dean and Chapter to Earl Vane (plans), 1869 388 Ryhope and Tunstall; wayleave. Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Earl Vane, 1871 As in previous. Gregson to Earl Vane, 1872 389 Barmston; site for a chemical works, Marchioness of Londonderry to Pattinson et. al, 1856 Barmston; further lease to the partners in the chemical works, 1864 (A contemporary index is with the final volume)

Tempest estate accounts; Wynyard, Long Newton, Durham estates collieries, etc., The volume for 1800 includes election expense accounts, 1799 - 1805

Londonderry estate accounts: farms, railways, quarries etc., profit and loss accounts for collieries and Seaham Harbour, general statement. Volumes for 1920 - 1921 not used, 1854 - 1921

Duplicate series of D/Lo/E 397-465, 1854 - 1863

Ledgers, estate and collieries, 1854 - 1885

Journals, 1854 - 1892

Estate Office ledgers, 1915 - 1949

Estate office journal, 1915 - 1949

Estate office cash books, 1912 - 1929, 1929 - 1939

Expenditure on erection and furnishing of Wynyard Hall, purchase of Holdernesse House and making Seaham Harbour, 1819 - 1841

Expenditure on reconstruction of Wynyard (1841 - 1847) purchase of Rose Bank, London (1829) and cost and annual revenue of Seaham Harbour, 1829 - 1852

General balance sheets; Harbour, collieries and estates, estimates for 1853, 1851 - 1854

Auditors detailed reports on the Londonderry estate accounts, 1856 - 1858, 1860 - 1861, 1865, 1870 - 1884, 1888

Statements of accounts of profit and loss and disbursements (1854 - 1862) to accompany supplementary report, 1863

Accounts (monthly) of payments due for coal rents, wayleave tithes, bills, etc., 1868

Statement of monies due from the Durham estates with scheme of liquidation, 1819

Bills of John Preston, slater for work on Lord Londonderry estates, including collieries, 1823 - 1834

Miscellaneous bills and accounts including bills for paints purchased for Wynyard, 1823, abstract of the Wynyard Park Bills, 1826, and list of mortgages, debts etc., with note of estate income, 1834, 1823 - 1834

Fixed payments liable in London and the North, excluding colliery rents, 1853

Fixed payments, including salaries, damage rents, interest and insurance, etc., 1861

Estate bills and small accounts, 1864 - 1866

Miscellaneous draft estate accounts probably compiled in connection with the succession of the 6th Marquess, includes northern estates and Long Newton rent audits, fitting office balances, etc., 1884 - 1885

Survey and valuation of Lord Stewart's estates in County Durham, by Claridge and Iveson, Gives details of types of cultivation, farm buildings, etc., 1819

Rentals and valuations of lands mortgaged or proposed for sale, 1821 - 1833 Includes: 499(6) Schedule of the lands mortgaged to Coutts and Co., (1822) with particulars of position in 1832

Rental of the Wynyard estate, 1821

Rental of the Londonderry estates in County Durham, c.1825

Rents received from the Durham estates, with repairs land tax etc., 1832, 1834

Valuation of the Durham estates, with comments, 1834

Schedule and rental of the settled estates, prepared for use with a deed, c.1835

Rent roll of the Southern estates (Long Newton, Close, Redmarshall, Embleton, Swainston, etc.,) giving proposed future rents and drainage costs 1855 - 1856 See also D/Lo/E 821-827

Valuation of cattle and crops on the Durham estates, 1875

Schedule and valuation of the Durham estates, 1904

Whitton's report on the Vane estates of which he was Receiver from 1813, 1819

Rough notes on farms; acreages, crops and values, 1821

Lord Londonderry's memorandum to Gregson, Buddle and others as to the liquidation of the debts incurred by the purchase of land and the outlay on colliery improvements, 1829

Memoranda and correspondence on discussions concerning the management of the estates and collieries, 1849

Robert Neilson's memorandum on the separation of the territorial and commercial aspects of the Londonderry estates, 1854

Reports on the Southern Division of the estates with accounts and surveys, 1854 - 1855

John Stewart's reports on the financial position of the Londonderry estates and on the working and profits of the colliery undertakings. With appendices of accounts and comparative coal production figures, 1858 - 1859

Report on the colliery cottages and farms, 1859, report on the condition of Earl Vane's farms in County Durham, 1865

Rev. W. Scott's report on the Londonderry Schools and on the examinations and award of prizes, 1858

Report on the Penshaw, Rainton and Pittington Colliery schools and on the contribution to Houghton School, 1861

Inspector's report and report on the results of the competitive examination, 1861

Salaries of the staff and proposed new rates, c.1861

Londonderry School prize list, 1861

Correspondence concerning implementation of the 1902 Act, proposed erection of a County School, etc., between Board of Education, County Council, Lord Londonderry and the Vicar of Silksworth, Copy of manager's minutes September - October 1906 reports on the school etc.

Inspector's reports, 1870, 1885 - 1886, 1890 - 1891; agreements for engagement for pupil teachers, 1888 - 1889, 1892; letters from Education Department, notices etc., 1886 - 1892; proposed re-arrangement of staff n.d, (1 folder

Duplicate examination schedules, 1886 - 1892

Applications for posts of Head and Assistant Teacher, with particulars of Headmasters' career, 1907, 1910

Teachers contracts, 1905 - 1920

Agreements for letting the School House, (1 paper)1904

Miscellaneous papers, reports and circulars including one from the National Society against the Education Act, 1906 - 1907

Consent to the release of James Losh and Thomas Bigge from their duties as Receivers of the Vane Stewart estates, 1819

Presentments, letters, case papers, notices concerning the repair of highways at Embleton, Thorpe Thewles, Newton Hanzard, Butterwick, Pittington, Chester-le-Street and Warden Law, 1828 - 1830

Memoranda by Lord Stewart of things to be done for the settling of the estate, mortgages, etc., 1832

Notices of Lord Londonderry's intention to surrender wayleaves, 1842, and assessments of property and income tax on Lord Londonderry's estates (Northern Division) Schedules A and B, 1843, 1842, 1843

Toll gate tickets and receipts principally for Hardwick Bar, also Ryhope Gate and Sadberge Bar, 1854

Contracts for the employment of clerks, coal fitters and other estate employees, also bond (1850) with Richard Wilson of Carn Lough (Antrim) and draft appointment (1848) of John Gibson as Head Land Agent, 1861 - 1864,1869

Agreement forms for the leasing of farms on the Durham estates, Most with name of farm but no place indicated, 1861

List of leases held by Earl Vane from the Dean and Chapter, 1870

Sunderland Corporation Bill: Lord Londonderry's petition against proposed boundary extensions, 1885

Specifications for alterations Includes (1) Embleton Old Hall Farm buildings, 1901 (2) Londonderry Arms, Long Newton, 1902 (3) Hardstone's Farm, Long Newton, 1903 (4) High Swainston Farm, Wynyard, 1904 (5) Bottle Hill Farm, Wynyard, 1904 (6) Bewley Hill Farm n.d,

Suggested order of sales, with areas rents and remarks, of properties in Durham, Pittington, Barmston etc.

Sir Tudor Walters Industrial Housing Association: letters from Sir Tudor, articles of association extract from 'The Listener' etc., 1930 - 1931

Agreement (copy) for a wayleave to the Stanhope and Tyne Railway (1853) and letters concerning its transfer under Act to the York, Newcastle and Berwick, 1854

Assignment by Thomas Horsburgh of the stock and crops in lie of debt, 1884

Papers relating to the purchase of the Baronet's estate and its division with Mr. Lambton Includes: (1) Valuation of the estates at West Herrington, 1819 (2) Plan and survey of James Rain's farm, c, 1822 (6) Estimate of the value of North Pittington Colliery and notes on method of shipping the coals via Penshaw, 1826 (9) Valuation of South Biddick by Edward Grace and Benjamin Johnson, 1834 (10) Estimated valuation of the coal at West Herrington, 1837

Papers relating to the rates including statement of account for Dawdon (Easington Union) and quantities of plantations, 1875

Letters, papers, accounts and drawing relating to the erection of a parish church, and a few letters about a proposed parish hall (1949), 1910 - 1912

Petition of the inhabitants of St, Giles against the diversion of the Mair's Well in Magdalene's Close, With statement of case, 1821

Rent account, 1822 - 1823

Augmentation of the living of St, Giles, 1842 - 1845

Conveyance (copy) to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of two pieces of land belonging to the lectureship of St, Nicholas and lying between Gilesgate and the Wear, With plan and copy of the commissioners scheme for absorbing the lectureship into the living of St, Nicholas, 1846, 1860

Report by the incumbent of St, Giles proposing to turn an estate in the parish into a charity estate in order to augment the living, 1855

Plan of proposed improvements at Bailes Corner (Magdalen steps) with provision for the Londonderry monument, 1861

Letters, reports, etc., relating to the purchase of tracts of coal, 1847 - 1850

Lease (copy) of Herrington Burn by John Eden of Beamish to the Marchioness of Londonderry, 1856

Agreement (copy) for the leasing by George Robinson to the North Hetton Coal Co., of wayleave over the Sedgeletch estate and for the leasing of twelve cottages there to the Marquess of Londonderry, 1835

Surrenders (drafts, etc.)relating to three cottages in the market place. Gregson's devisees to the Londonderry trustees, 1866

Lease of a farm formerly Hendry Hopper's, by the Dean and Chapter to the Marchioness of Londonderry. Plan, 1863

Note of the pitfalls on Mr. Hall's farm and on workings in the 5/4 seam, 1878

Conditions for the letting of farms, 1902

Terms of proposed wayleave through the estate for the Durham - Sunderland Railway, 1839

Richard Groom's opinion on the future policy to be followed for the collieries and properties at Pittington and Rainton, 1834

Pittington highway rate, 1836

Papers relating to the income and property taxes on Lord Londonderry's estate, with rental of the houses at Pittington and Rainton, 1842

Lease (unexecuted) of lands and houses by the Dean and Chapter to the Marchioness of Londonderry, 1863

Schedule of houses and owners at New and Low Pittington, c.1863

Agreement to arbitrate on a claim concerning repairs to Broomside Farm owned by the Rev. Edmund Shipperdson and said to have been damaged by Earl Vane's colliery workings, 1869

Letters and papers concerning a dispute over damage to the Oak Tree Inn said to have been caused by colliery workings, 1857

Bill for killing moles on farms, 1864

Schedule of fields and quantities at Rainton and Moorhouse included in a lease, 1869

Schedule of damage caused by mining operations, with tracings, 1899, c.1910

Conveyance (draft) of two pieces of land alongside the Seaham Road by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the Londonderry trustees, 1879

Court rolls, etc., of the manor of Seaham cum Dawdon Includes: (1) Steward's warrant summoning the tenants, 1712 (2) Court roll, 1714 (3) Court roll, 1718 (4) Court roll, 1723 (5) Court roll, 1723 (6) Court roll, 1739 (7) Court roll, 1747 (8) Court roll, 1751 (9) Court roll, 1752 (10) Court roll, 1754 (11) Court roll, 1757 (12) Court roll, 1765 (13) Court roll, 1770 (14) Appointment of steward, 1778 (15) Court roll, 1778 (16) Further copy of roll, 1778 (17) Suit roll, 1782 (18) Court roll, 1787 (19) Court roll, 1796 (20) Court roll, 1803 (21) Court roll, 1809 (22) Suit roll, n.d. (23) Instructions for court leet, n.d

Papers of Sir Ralph Milbanke originally with the court rolls listed above, 1718 - 1796 Includes: (1) Acknowledgement of trespass at Dawdon, 1718 (7) Return of militia in Seaham Constablery, n.d. (9) Notes on the post-Dissolution grants of the rectory of Tynemouth (Northumberland), n.d, (10) Measurements for a turnpike road in the area of Croft Spa(York), n.d, (11) Extract from the Dalton-le-Dale enclosure award, (1670), 1741 (16,17) Lists of the inhabitants of Seaham and Dawdon for choosing a jury, 1796, 1801

Letters relating to the purchase of Seaham, 1820 - 1823 Includes: (1) Memorandum of agreement by John Dykes, 1820 (2) Purchase money account, 1823 (9) Letter (copy) from William Taylor to William Stobart concerning Chapman's proposals for a harbour at Port Milbanke, 1820 (10) Letters on the purchase and estimate for pulling down and re-erecting a house, 1822

Papers collected to support the claims of the Lord of the Manor of Seaham to wreck, etc.,1699 - 1748 Includes: (1) Acknowledgement of Sir Mark Milbanke's claim to a whale washed ashore at Seaham, 1699 (2) Lancelot Wardell's acknowledgement for paying 5s. for salvage of his ship stranded at Seaham, 1704 (4) Quitclaim by the owners of Robert Walker's vessel, wrecked off Seaham, 1714 (5) Account for salvaging lead and timber at Seaham, 1748 (7) Account for saving tar barrels wrecked at Hawthorn and Dawdon, 1748 (12) Account of labour in saving wrecked deals, 1748

Depositions supporting Earl Vane's claims to right of wreck and foreshore 1867 - 1869

Statement of Earl Vane's title to foreshore and wreck with historical review of the claims, 1869

Acknowledgement (with plan) by the Board of Trade of Earl Vane's right to wreck on the foreshore between Ryhope Dene and Bessey's Hole, 1869

Memoranda (and copy) for Lord Stewart's approval regarding the arrangements at Seaham Hall, 1822

Gardens account, 1822 - 1827

Garden produce account; with brickmaking account (1825 - 1827) and utensils in Hall gardens, 1822 - 1827 See also D/Lo/E 860 - D/Lo/E 861

Housekeeper's account, 1823

Cellar books, including names of persons dining at the Hall, 1856 - 1864

Pay sheets and accounts for work done on the Hall, in the gardens and estate labour at the Harbour, 1860 - 1867

Quarter Sessions orders (with plans) for the diversion of certain roads for the purposes of building development to the north of Seaham Hall, Letter from the Vicar of Seaham, estimate of cost of alteration etc., 1859 - 1860

Alterations and minor construction work at Seaham Hall - Estimates, accounts and letters for work in the gardens, alteration of roads and paths, 1861 - 1864

Alterations and minor construction work at Seaham Hall - Letters, estimates and drawings for provision of water supply, also alterations to terraces, 1861 - 1864

Alterations and minor construction work at Seaham Hall - Contract with Scott and Reed, builders, of' Newcastle, for alterations to the Hall and Offices, 1861 - 1864 See also D/Lo/C 188, D/Lo/E 849

Architect's report and valuation of work done at Seaham Hall Farm and farms at Leamside, 1911

Prospectus for the forming of a harbour at Dawdon Ness on the security of tolls on coal and lime exported from it, c.1817

Preliminary reports and memoranda concerning the harbour project, 1820 - 1833 Includes: (1) Report on the means of forming a harbour at Dawdon and the advantages resulting, by William Chapman, 1820 (2) Plan of projected Port Milbanke by William Chapman, 1820 (6) Report and estimates for making a harbour for 40 vessels, by William Chapman, 1823 (7) John Rennie's report on Chapman's plans (copy), 1823 (10) Plan of Chapman's proposed harbour at Dawdon, 1823 (12) Thomas Telford's report on the harbour, 1823 (13) David Logan's report and estimates, 1828 (14) Buddle's narrative of transactions with Alexander Robertson, c.1828 (15) Chapman's description of Port Seaham, 1830 (18) Letter from Telford to Buddle, 1833 (19) Memoranda by Lord Londonderry with Buddle's replies, 1833

Harbour construction papers, 1822 - 1824 Includes: (1) George Leather's report on the proposed harbour, 1822 (2) Comparative costs of shipping coals from Rainton via Sunderland and via Seaham, 1822 (5) Estimated cost of making a railway from Rainton to Dawdon Ness, 1823 (6) Estimate of leading 50,000 chaldrons annually by the proposed railway, 1823 (7) Method of building piers at Seaham, 1823 (9) Letters between Buddle and Telford, 1823 (17-18) Telford's report on the harbour proposal, 1823 (20) Letter to Telford informing him of suspension of work, 1823 (22) Chapman's proposals for the shipping of coal, 1824

Correspondence and papers concerning the harbour and railway; mainly connected with the agreements etc., with Alexander Robertson and Col, Braddyll, 1826 - 1829 Includes: (4) Memorandum on the harbour, 1827 See also D/Lo/L/20

Plans for the town and harbour etc., 1828 Includes: (1) Memoranda on the laying of a railway from Rainton Colliery to Dawdon Harbour (2) Chapman's sketch plan of the outer and inner harbour at Port Seaham (3) John Dobson's plan of the layout of buildings at Seaham (4) Lady Londonderry's queries on the scheme with Buddle's answers (5) Printed copy of Chapman's and Dobson's schemes (6) Dobson's designs for shops and railway tunnel (7) Chapman's account for services rendered (8) Gregson's bill for obtaining the Act of Parliament

Lease (draft) under 9 George IV of lands, etc., for the construction of Seaham Harbour, 1829

Freight accounts for keel hire, etc., for transporting stone and lime from Penshaw Staiths to Seaham., Names of boats and masters given, 1829 - 1833

Accounts for continuation of the work; opposition to the Sunderland Dock Bill, etc., 1831 - 1835 Includes: (1) Prospectus (printed) for new docks at Sunderland, 1831 (2) Estimate of cost of finishing first part of the work at Seaham, 1832 (3-6) Letters to and from Thomas Telford, 1833 (8) Statement by T.W. Redhead on the proposed opposition to the Sunderland Dock Bill, with Lord Londonderry's reply, 1833

Accounts and miscellaneous papers, 1831 - 1832 (1) Chart of the coast and plan of the harbour (printed) with sailing instructions, etc., by William Chapman, 1831 (2) Statement of the cost of the work, 1832 (3-5) Estimates of cost of completing the works, 1832 (7) Account of the stone delivered from Penshaw, 1832 (9) Coals vended at Seaham Harbour, 1831 - 1832 (10) Account of harbour dues, 1832 (12-13) Interrogatories from the Exchequer Loan Office with Buddle's replies, 1832 (17) Seaham Harbour rent roll, c.1832

Accounts and estimates for the construction of wagonways, 1811 - 1822 Includes: (1) Estimate of wayleave costs from Hetton Colliery to Sunderland and Bournes Quay via Warden Law, 1811 (2) Estimate of the number of wagons required to carry 50,000 chaldrons a year to Dawdon, c, 1812 (3) Estimate for making a wagonway from Rainton, 1822 to Dawdon (4,5) Estimate for the provision of engines for the Newbottle and Dawdon wagonways, 1822 - 1823

Seaham Harbour construction and operation accounts, 1831 - 1834

Letters, accounts and memoranda concerning the negotiation payment of an additional loan of £35,000 from the Exchequer Bill Loan Office for the completion of the harbour works, 1833 - 1836 Includes: 605 Account of trade at Seaham, 1831 - 1835; Telford's estimate of the expense of completing the work, 1835; plan of the town and harbour showing proposed layout, by Thomas Nicholson, 1834; accounts of the coal and good shipped, 1830 - 1835 606 Buddle, Batson and Lockwood's bank account for the loan money, 1833 - 1835

Miscellaneous bundles and single items relating to the harbour, town and wagonways, 1823 - 1835 Includes: 607 Correspondence with Chapman, Telford, Rennie, 1823 608 Correspondence with William Holden concerning the Exchequer loan of £20,000 to commence the work, 1823 609 Miscellanea including Buddle's accounts with the harbour, 1828 - 1829; and papers referring to the South Durham Railway Bill, 1834 - 1835, 1821 - 1835 610 Miscellaneous:- memoranda for Lord Stewart on future arrangements for Seaham Harbour, 1822; report on the Exchequer Commission of 1683 et seq. on the limits of the port of Stockton, 1822; levellings and rough plan of the harbour, 1822; prospectus and plan (printed) for breakwaters at Scarborough, 1823; copy letter to John Dobson, architect, on his scheme for the town layout 1828; estimates for the Rainton railway, etc.

Schemes for proposed extension to Seaham Harbour 1855 - 1856 Includes: (1) John Murray's scheme (1 file) (2) David and Thomas Stevenson's scheme (1 file) (3) W.A. Brooks' scheme (1 file) (4) George Elliott's report on the schemes (1 paper) (5) Further scheme by D. and T. Stevenson (1 file (6) Robert Stephenson's report on the schemes (1 booklet) (7-8) D. and T. Stevenson's report (1 paper, 1 file) The plans for these works are at D/Lo/P 216-218

Seaham Harbour Bill, 1898. The bill was for the construction of a new dock and was opposed by the North Eastern Railway and the South Hetton Coal Co. The papers include prospectus, article from 'Sunderland Echo', notes on the Londonderry Railway, evidence of Samuel Ditchfield, contracts and specifications and statements of expected expenses and revenue

Abstracts of title (printed) to building sites formerly parts of Seaham South and Dalden Field Houses Farms, c.1840

Contract, with specifications, with Messrs. Thomson and Hunter of Sunderland for the erection of the Seaham Literary Institute, Letters and accounts etc., 1853

Covenant (draft) for the Seaham Harbour Water Co. to lay pipes, 1853

Letters and papers concerning wayleaves within the bounds of the Harbour lease, 1853 - 1855

Proforma for 99 year lease of a plot on streets in the town, 1858

Report on the harbour profit and loss-accounts (1854 - 1857) and other papers relating to the security requested by Edward Mackenzie for a loan, 1858

Report on the tunnel conveying the Dalton-le-Dale stream near Seaham Harbour baths, 1863

Valuation of the fixed and movable stock within the bounds of the Harbour lease, 1865

Letters and sketch plan relating to the lines of the Londonderry and Seaham railway within the bounds of the harbour lease, 1865

Letters relating to the proposed purchase of Beacon House, near Seaham, by Richard Pemberton, 1868 - 1870

Reports on the horses by Robert Brydon, with returns of increase and decrease of stock of horses and ponies at Seaham, 1870

Statement of the tentale rents paid by the Seaham Collieries including dues received by Earl Vane, c.1870

Ryhope, Seaham, Murton and South Hetton Light Railway Order; letters and plan concerning the sales of a piece of Lord Londonderry's estates to the promoters, 1905

New railway station at Seaham; reports, letters and plans concerning the proposal to move the station further south from Seaham Colliery, 1907

Seaman's Mission and Institutes; tenders from building contractors, 1908

Leases (printed forms) to the Londonderry Collieries Ltd. of houses in Ilchester Street, Fox Street, Stavodale Street West and Longnewton Street, 1909 - 1913

Miscellaneous papers:- agreement for setting up a market in the Bottleworks Field (1927); papers relating to transactions with the Royal Exchange Assurance Co. (1932 - 1935); agreement for constructing an Observer's Hut at North Road (1939); electricity wayleave plan Kilney Hill (1942), 1926 - 1942

Londonderry Offices, Seaham, memoranda book of orders from Lord Londonderry for the administration of the estates at Seaham and Penshaw, 1854

Draft orders, notes, letters, etc., found loose in D/Lo/E 637 Including letter (1845) about the keeping of document at Penshaw, 1845 - 1854

Londonderry Offices, Seaham; statement of expenditures on the agent's house, 1859

Londonderry Offices, Seaham; stationery account with Andrew Reid, 1869

Londonderry Offices, Seaham; Seaham agent's office diaries, 1905 - 1909, 1911

Papers concerning the leasing to Walker Bruce and Co., of Sunderland of land for the erection of' a plant for manufacturing gas coal, with piling and gear for oil tank wagons etc., Drawing of piling, 1869

Seaham Harbour Gas Company Ltd.; mortgage to Lord Londonderry (1878); transfer of property to new company (1898) and additional mortgage to Henry Wright of Seaham (1902), 1878 - 1902

Letters and papers relating to the proposed purchase of the Water Co., by the Sunderland Water Company; including estimate of cost of supplying the Colliery, Harbour and town (1871); plan of waterpipes and boilers at Seaham (1869) etc., 1869 - 1872

Valuation of the Sunderland and South Shields Water Companies Works in Dawdon and Seaham townships, 1881

Tithe accounts of the rectory, assessments etc. and rector's commonplace book, 1742 - 1757

Tithe accounts, with miscellaneous notes, including a recipe for ink, 1758 - 1789

Plan and valuation of land at Seaham exchanged between the Marquess of Londonderry and the Vicar of Seaham, 1825

Letters, copy orders, questionnaires, etc., relating to the augmentation of the living, 1842 - 1845

Letters about the proposed new ecclesiastical district of Seaham, 1857

Lease and declaration of trust by the Hon. Adolphus Vane of the parsonage house and grounds, 1858

Agreement between the Bishop of Durham and the Marchioness of Londonderry for annexing the right of the nomination to the new church at Seaham to the owners of the Seaham estates, 1860

Order of the Enclosure Commissioners for the exchange of lands between the Marchioness of Londonderry and the Vicar of Seaham. Plan and copy order, 1860

Conveyance (draft) of the sites for the New Seaham Church and parsonage to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners with agreement as to the advowson. Plans, Ravenshaw's memoranda on the advowson and Seaham glebe coal, description of the Vicarage of Seaham, copies of the Official Gazette, etc., 1860

Papers, news cuttings, church accounts, etc., relating to the proposal of the vicar of St. John's to abolish pew rents and substitute an offertory. This was opposed by Lord Londonderry's agent, 1865 - 1875

Presentation of Alexander Ramsbotham to the Bishop of Durham for institution as Vicar of Seaham, 1899

Scheme (copy) for apportionment of revenue between Seaham Vicarage and Christ Church, New Seaham, 1908

Assignment (draft) with papers of a close, etc., called Bedlam at Embleton Old Hall (parish of Sedgefield) by Edward Roxby of Cassop to the Marchioness of Londonderry, 1864

Cole Hill estate, sale particulars and plans, letters and report by Robert Brydon on the proposed purchase by Lord Londonderry, 1884

Agreement for lease of houses in North Street, New Silksworth by John Clazey's executors to the Londonderry Collieries Ltd, 1900

Papers relating to the assignment to George Hedley of 20/23 Cornelia Street, 1945

Proforma conveyance for property at New Silksworth, n.d.

Exchange Buildings site. The Marchioness of Londonderry was requested to dispose of the moiety of the lease of 1816 to John Davison so that improvements could be made. The site was used for Exchange, post office and newspaper room. Includes: (1) Memorial to Lady Londonderry, 1861 (2) Correspondence and rental of the Offices in the building, abstract valuation, 1871 (3,4) Copy correspondence of Sir Henry Vane Tempest and John Gregson, 1811 (5) Lease (copy) of the Exchange Buildings site by Lady Francis Vane Tempest to John Davison et al, 1816 See also D/Lo/F 508

Quarter Sessions highway order stopping a footpath from the Thorpe-Wolviston Road near Slater House, 1850

Quarter Sessions highway order stopping a road from Salter Lane to the former Thorpe-Wolviston road, now used by Lord Londonderry as a carriage way, 1850

Abstract of title (draft) of Lady Londonderry's trustees to leasehold estates to be enfranchised by the Dean and Chapter, 1871

Memoranda of the alterations and improvements to be made to the house and grounds, 1819 See also D/Lo/E 874

Papers etc., relating to the reconstruction by Bonomi and Cory after the fire of 19 February 1841 - Accounts for rebuilding with debts owing in London and Stockton, 841 - 1845 See also D/Lo/E 880 (2 bundles)1

Papers etc., relating to the reconstruction by Bonomi and Cory after the fire of 19 February 1841 - Labour accounts, 1841 - 1845

Papers etc., relating to the reconstruction by Bonomi and Cory after the fire of 19 February 1841 - Architects' reports on the work and notes, accounts, etc. relating to a dispute with Bonomi and Cory and with Burnell the architect at Holdernesse House, 1841 - 1845

Papers etc., relating to the reconstruction by Bonomi and Cory after the fire of 19 February 1841 - Ledger of accounts for internal work at Wynyard (1844 - 1845), agreements and estimates from contractors (1845 - 1851) and farm accounts (1844 - 1845), 1844 - 1851

Papers etc., relating to the reconstruction by Bonomi and Cory after the fire of 19 February 1841 - Inventory of items in store at Wynyard with particulars of disposal, 1845 - 1847

Alterations, etc. to the private chapel - letters and blueprints concerning the resiting of and alterations to the organ, 1905

Alterations, etc. to the private chapel - letters and accounts for work on the screen, 1904

Alterations, etc. to the private chapel - specification for alterations, c.1910 See also D/Lo/E 889

Specifications for a new laundry, 1898

Reports on the condition of the dynamos and boilers used for providing electric light in the house, with letters about the use of smokeless fuel, etc., 1905

Specifications for drainage works at the house, 1908

Housekeepers accounts, 1821 - 1827

House stewards' accounts, 1821 - 1827

Stable accounts, 1821 - 1827

Cooks' accounts, 1821 - 1827

Bailiff's house consumption book, for meat and provisions, 1824 - 1828, 1834 - 1845

Bailiff's home consumption book for cereal and hay used at the house and on the estates, provisions, etc., 1842 - 1852

Housekeeper's weekly consumption accounts, 1842 See also D/Lo/E 897

Gamekeeper's consumption accounts, 1834 - 1835

Weekly account of consumption of meat poultry and dairy produce from the Home Farm, 1854 - 1859

Provisions bought from Robert Jordison, grocer, and Thomas Mills both of Stockton, 1835 - 1837

Provisions bought from Alexander Holmes, grocer of Stockton, 1886 See also D/Lo/E 903

Register of tradesmen's bills, 1844 - 1849

Register of cheques drawn for Wynyard and Holdernesse House, 1843 - 1846

Coal carried to Wynyard from Billingham, Seaham, etc., 1845 - 1851

House stewards office fund accounts; rabbit catching, transport, postage etc., 1850 - 1854

Assignment (with copies) to trustees of the furniture at Wynyard, 1836

Schedule and valuation of the furnishings, pictures, china and plate at Wynyard and Seaham Hall, 1841

Assignment to trustees of the Wynyard and Antrim plate, 1853

Inventory of the plate at Wynyard, 1923

Hiring agreements for domestic staff and gamekeepers (at end, female servants' account, 1845), 1845 - 1849

Porter's instructions and journal, also contains inventory and valuation of farm stock and implements at Wynyard, 1822 - 1825, 1847 - 1849

Register of goods received, giving method of conveyance, place of origin, etc., 1853 - 1864

Telegram book and typescript of entries (includes news of a fire at the house), 1861 - 1863

Garden sales accounts; also rabbit account (1849 - 1851) and dairy accounts, 1849 - 1850

Gardeners' accounts, 1875 See also D/Lo/E 916

Pension contribution record of the staff, 1936 - 1940, 1947 - 1950

Steward's accounts (Richard Wood), 1819 - 1821

Estate accounts, journals, 1823 - 1825 See also D/Lo/E 938-940

General ledger (also railway accounts 1849 - 1851), 1829

Steward's accounts (A. Graham), 1848 - 1858

Day book of estate accounts, 1844 - 1853

Wynyard farms, profit and loss, 1827 - 1843

Bailiff's accounts, 1834 - 1844

Horsehire and cartage accounts for hall, gardens and estate, 1856 See also D/Lo/E 943

Accounts (draft), audits, trial balances, etc., used in compiling the Wynyard accounts, Most years contain accounts for Long Newton, Wynyard Home Farm, Wynyard Estate etc., auditors' draft reports and there are school accounts for 1880, 1882, 1872 - 1880,, 1882 - 1886, 1888, 1890 - 1894

Audit reports and accounts; including paddock and racing accounts, 1940 - 1946

Workmen's day book, house and estate, 1845 - 1850

January 1849 - March 1852

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1861

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1867

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Fortnightly worksheets for pay for Wynyard farms, carpenters, blacksmiths, plumbers, painters, masons, gardeners, gamekeepers, foresters, poultry farm, electric light, paddocks and drainage, 1916(1 only), 1918 - 1920, 1922 - 1931, 1933 - 1935, 1937 - 1950

Accounts for extra labour, 1905 - 1912

Wood accounts, 1843 - 1845, 1852 - 1853, 1869 - 1874 See also D/Lo/E 951- 952

Wages paid for felling timber and for fencing, 1874 - 1878

Ledger of timber sales, 1844 - 1830

Cash book of timber sales, 1843 - 1849

Londonderry Tilery, ledger, 1844 - 1849

Londonderry Tilery, cash book, 1846 - 1850

Long Newton Tilery, ledger, 1844 - 1845

Valuations of the farm stock, crops, implements, etc., 1834 - 1860

Stock book of cattle, sheep, poultry and pigs, 1844 - 1856

Farm journal, 1856

Dairy cows and pigs bred, bought and sold, 1909

Questionnaire and replies about the employment of Irish labourers at harvest time, c.1910

Accounts of quantities of hay, cereals and oat, 1940 - 1950

Particulars of the drainage of the Wynyard, Long Newton, Swainston and Embleton estates; letters from the Enclosure Commissioners, etc., 1847

Robert Neilson's report on the drainage works at Wynyard, Long Newton, Penshaw and Old Durham, 1849

Letter to the Enclosure Commissioners, 1853

Letters (copies) from Neilson and William Napier concerning the loan from the Land Improvement Commission, 1856

Orders of the Enclosure Commissioners, agreements etc., for changes for improvements at Wynyard, Long Newton, Kelloe, Seaham, etc., 1856 - 1860 See also D/Lo/E 975

Drainage accounts, giving labour, materials, costs per acre and remarks on soil, etc., 1866 - 1871

Field drainage plans: Long Newton, 1857

Field drainage plans: Wynyard, Wolviston, Grindon, Newton Hanzard, Embleton, etc., 1866 - 1870

Lord Stewart's memorandum book for the Wynyard estate, 1821 - 1844

Letters relating to a proposal for a railway from Shotton to Norton with a request from Thomas Harrison to be allowed to survey in the Wynyard estate, 1871

Borings through strata at Annigate (Wolviston) and Embleton Old Hall, 1909

Schedules of Lord Londonderry's properties on the Wynyard estate. Plans, 1927

Suggestions for reducing expenditure, 1931

Papers relating to the valuation for insurance of Wynyard Hall, Seaham Hall, collieries etc., 1841 - 1851

Insurance policies Includes: (1) Hay and corn on the estate farms, 1849 - 1869 (2) Framwellgate Colliery cottages, 1856 - 1860 (3) Long Newton farms (with schedule), 1905 (4) Rainton and Penshaw collieries (schedule)1905 (5) Seaham Hall, including plan of 1841; Seaham Colliery, Seaham Colliery church, Seaham School, blast furnace manager's house, etc., 1856 - 1861 (6) Seaton Colliery, 1863 (7) Wynyard: valuation and catalogue of the pictures to be insured, with plans of the house (1848), insurances of the house with schedules and catalogues of pictures, 1855 - 1858 (8) Particulars of Wynyard and Seaham Hall insurances, 1865 (9) Holdernesse House, goods and furniture, 1865

Miscellaneous papers relating to insurance, 1856 - 1861

Agreement between Sir Emanuel Agar and Charlotte Cade for the sale of 21 New Norfolk Street. With affidavits of the birth of Frances Anne Vane Tempest, 1817

Lord Middleton's offer to sell the house for £30,000, 1822

Sale particulars and plan of a brewery and house in Brick Street, 1845

Draft conveyances of a piece of land behind Holdernesse House on the south side (part of which is the property mentioned in D/Lo/E 771), 1858

A piece of land in Park Lane abutting on Hyde Park wall, conveyed by Earl Vane to the Metropolitan Board of Works under the Park Lane Improvement Act, copy of Act, 1869 - 1871

Papers, draft agreements and deeds, etc., relating to the purchase of part of Holdernesse House stable yard by the trustees of Christ Church, Mayfair, for extending the church. Plan, 1871 - 1872

Craftsmen's accounts for repairs and alterations, 1825

Bills and receipts of Philip Wyatt, architect, for work on the house, 1824 - 1852

Pantry accounts, 1885

'House account', 1885

Butler's cash books, 1885 - 1889

Tradesmen's and servants' accounts, 1891 - 1894

Account with Haywards Stores, Mayfair, 1894

Inventory of furniture, paintings, etc., at Holdernesse House, 1857

Inventory of Holdernesse House, c.1860

Inventory of the collections of Sèvres porcelain at Holdernesse House, 1863

Inventory of furniture, paintings etc., at Holdernesse House, 1869

Inventory of pictures, china, bronzes, marbles, etc., at Holdernesse House, valued for insurance, miscellaneous letters and papers connected with valuation, etc., 1870

Inventory of the household furniture and effects at Londonderry House, 1886

Inventory of the contents of Londonderry House, the personal property of the Marchioness, 1894

Supplementary inventory and revision of the 1886 - 1887 list of Londonderry House, 1895

Inventory and valuation (two copies) of the furniture and works of art at Londonderry House with historical notes (includes books and manuscripts), 1939

List of the silver at Londonderry House packed in chests, 1940

Inventory and valuation (two copies) of the contents of Londonderry House and 19 Park Lane, including books and MSS with a list of items removed to Mount Stewart, 1950

Letters and plans relating to a dispute concerning the party wall between the house and no. 23 Hertford Street, 1902

Rosebank estate and lands on the Fulham-Hammersmith Road, held on lease from Lord Ranelagh with a portion of the Thames Embankment held from the Corporation of London The leasehold was assigned to Lord Londonderry by Charles Venables Vernon in 1829 and sold in 1850. Papers include sale particulars, Chelsea Waterworks Bill (1835) and a plan of the proposed works from Westminster to Richmond

Papers relating to the Springfield estate in Oakham and Barleythorpe and the mansion and stables, etc., at Ranksborough (parish of Langham), 1919 - 1938 Includes: 797 Sale of Springfield: sale particulars (1923), valuation (1919), inventory of house (1922) and agreements, list of implements to be kept at Springfield or used at Wynyard, 1919 - 1923 798 Letters on the Gaol Stables at Ranksborough, 1928 799 Report on drainage at Ranksborough Hall. Plans, 1930 800 Inventories of stable gear, saddlery, etc., at Ranksborough, 1936 801 Letters and particulars for the sale of property at Oakham and Barleythorpe, 1938

Inventory of stock on Maryfield Farm, Shetland, 1874