Catalogue

Account of bore holes at Gibside to ascertain what sort of strata the house is founded upon, n.d. [c.1800]

Report by Edward Steel and Thomas Fenwick on the value of the mines and minerals under a tract of ground (part of 'Biremoor' estate adjoining Gibside estate) purchased by the Earl of Strathmore from Sir Thomas Clavering, with covering letter, 10 and 11 August 1818

Account of bore hole in search of coal put down on Woodland Common, 1731

Details of borings at Cow Close, 21 November 1740 - 21 May 1741

Information of John Hodgshon of Lands-end concerning abuse of his land by Mr. Henry Young of Toft Hill as a result of mining activities, and referring 'yr worship' to Young's lease, n.d. [18th c.]

Report by John Ramsay, requested by the Earl of Strathmore, on the prospect of finding coal seams in the neighbourhood of Romaldkirk and on the Streatlam estate, 2 October 1794

Memorandum concerning Butterknowle and Copley Bent collieries (on leasehold from the Bishop) and Lord Darlington's collieries on Cockfield Fell, n.d. [18th/19th c.]

Affidavit of John Bastow of Bowling, Bradford, Yorkshire, master borer, John Jowett of Horton, Yorkshire, and Abraham Bastow of Wibsey, Yorkshire, overlookers and managers of collieries, as to boring of holes to search for coal near Huddersfield to which Lord Strathmore is entitled, with certificate as to their ability by their employers, John Jarratt and William Hustler of Bradford, 25 January 1802

Report by Edward Steel, requested by the Earl of Strathmore and addressed to Mr. Dobson, on the possibility of the existence of a coal seam at Hunderthwaite, and analysis of borings on Hunderthwaite Moor, 20 August and 1 December 1804

List of questions addressed to Messrs. Steel and Fenwick, with their replies, concerning proposed canal from River Tees to coal district contiguous to West Auckland, 20 October 1818

'A Certificate for Pitmen &c': form of certificate for discharge from service of Mr. Bowes, n.d. [18th c.]

General account for Gibside colliery for year ending 29 April 1693

Volume containing: (1) Copy lease for 31 years by Sir Francis, Blakiston to the Hon. Charles Montague of 'Gibside' colliery (premises include Gibside, Swalwell, Marley Hill, Goodshields Haugh, Fawdons Field, Hollingside, North Banks and Friarside), 30 May 1692, with copy of the memoranda endorsed (2) summary account of the several years' leadings and rents during the term of Mr. Montagu's lease, 1693 - 1723; (3) annual accounts concerning leadings to various staiths from Gibside, North Banks and Marley Hill, 1692 - 1724; (4) account of payments for new wagonway, January - March 1720/21 with related papers enclosed

Copy of a view by Mark Hobson, Timothy Donalson and William Hutchinson at North Banks (on dorse of document), Gibside colliery (on front of document), with recommendation, 2 June 1714

Report on the working of Lady Bowes' pits at North Banks colliery, 30 July 1717

Notes concerning coals wrought at North Banks, 1723 - 1725, other colliery affairs and wood sold, 1721 - 1725

Acknowledgement by William Horn, William Willes and William Stalford that they should no longer work for 'Esquer' Bowes at Stubal pit [ ?North Banks colliery], as agreed by Mr. Ladler with Mr. Manard and Mr. Leighton, 24 April 1723

8 December 1725 (1) George Bowes of Gibside, esq. (2) John Dunn of Whickham and Bryan Davison of Beamish, yeomen Articles of agreement for (2) to work the Spring Pitt and Spencers Pitt in North Banks colliery, rents and conditions as specified

8 December 1725 (1) John Dunn of Whickam, yeoman, Bryan Davison of Beamish, yeoman, Cuthbert Swinburne of Newcastle, esq., and John Wetherell of Beamish, gent. (2) George Bowes of Gibside, esq. Bond in £100 for the performance of articles in an agreement of equal date concerned with working pits by tentale

8 December 1725 (1) George Bowes of Gibside, esq. (2) John Smith of Pennyfine, yeoman, and John Moreton of Whickham, yeoman Agreement by (2) to work East Brow Pit and Grahams Pit belonging to (1) at North Banks colliery for one year (allowing rights of way for coal transporation and giving exact instructions for the hewing of coal from these pits) and agreement by (1) to pay (2) specified sum for the working of the coals

Memorandum of agreement by John Dunn with William Leaton on behalf of George Bowes to work main coal and pan coal at Bankside pit (colliery not named) for George Bowes, 2 June 1728

Agreements by Thomas Young to shoe ginn horses and underground galloways, and to provide various items of iron-gear at North Banks colliery, at various rates, 1 June 1741 and 7 July 1744

23 December 1741 (1) Thirty seven coal workers as specified within (2) George Bowes of Gibside, esq. Bond between (1), on payment of 6d. to each of them an on regular receipt of wages as stipulated, and (2) to be servants, workmen, hewers, barrowmen and horsedrivers of (2) at North Banks colliery until 11 November 1742, specifying conditions of service regarding strikes, wages, etc.

Articles of agreement (pitmen's bond) for governing employment of colliers at North Banks colliery, 23 November 1771 (altered from 21 November 1770)

Daily and weekly notes of coals wrought at various pits for George Bowes, North Banks colliery, 2 August 1723 - 5 September 1723

Weekly and fortnightly accounts of coals wrought for the use of George Bowes and 'per tentale', North Banks colliery, 3 January 1725/6 - 10 November 1726

Fortnightly accounts of coals wrought at various pits for the use of George Bowes, North Banks colliery, 23 December 1726 - 22 December 1732

Fortnightly accounts of coals wrought at various pits for the use of George Bowes, North Banks colliery, 22 December 1732 - 18 February 1740/1

Account of scores of coals wrought in North Banks colliery for the use of George Bowes, 1734

Accounts of coals wrought at various pits for the use of George Bowes, North Banks colliery, January 1742/3 - February [1742/3]

Accounts of scores worked at all the 'Family' pits (Quarry, Berry, Greeners, Corner and Meadow pits), North Banks, 1746 - 1748

Accounts of workings at North Banks, by pit, 1723 - 1726

'Computation of coal at the Letch Pit' by Anthony Leaton [North Banks colliery], 23 February 1725/6

'Computation of the stock of coals in North Banks Colliery lying over the year, 1734

Computation of North Banks working and stock at pits, September 1735

Account of North Banks supposed restings,2 February 1736/7

Account of money lost by not working Spring Pit, with a computation of deals, etc., at Spring Pit and Brow Pit, North Banks colliery, n.d. [c.1740]

Account of locations and depths of coal in various pits, with notes on its working, [North Banks colliery], 3 and 9 June 1746

Notes and calculations for the charge of working North Banks pits, 1749

Account of the expense of working coal at Bowes, Lark, Broom and Fortune pits, North Banks colliery, 1753

[Copy of] Brian Davison's account of pits in North Banks colliery, with notes of when filled up (1755, 1756, 1764), n.d. [copy 19th c.]

Daily and weekly presentments of workings and leadings, North Banks colliery, September 1723 - November 1723

Daily and weekly presentments of workings and leadings, North Banks colliery, March 1723/4 - July 1724

Miscellaneous accounts of deals, pit props, etc., and stock 'entered upon' at North Banks colliery, 1725 - 1771

Accounts of makings-out [?at North Banks colliery], 1726 - 1740

William Barras and Partners' accounts of makings-out at North Banks colliery, 1726 - 1735

Account of makings-out at the Watch Pit, North Banks colliery, n.d. [c.1742]

Sinking, drifting and contingency bills, North Banks colliery, January 1723/4 - December 1724

Miscellaneous bills and amounts for work done, materials supplied, etc., North Banks colliery, 1725 - 1763

Miscellaneous bills and accounts for work done, materials supplied, etc., North Banks colliery, 1768 - 1801

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Account of John Barras with George Bowes for expenditure concerning North Banks colliery, salt deliveries, etc., 1730 - 1744

Accounts of John Barras with George Bowes for North Banks colliery, 1731 - 1742

Memorandum from Thomas Hall in Newcastle to John Barras concerning a supply of candles [?to North Banks colliery], 14 August 1741

Account of John Barras with Mrs. Bowes, 22 November 1764

Accounts of tickets for corn given to the pitmen at North Banks colliery, 1771

Weekly accounts of coal led from North Banks colliery belonging to George Bowes to Dunston staith, 18 May 1723 - 2 November 1723

Account of coals led by George Bowes' wagons and of coals wrought and remaining, various pits [North Banks colliery], July 1723

Account of coals delivered from Cutthorns pit [?North Banks], 29 November 1723

Volume containing weekly accounts of coals led from North Banks for the use of George Bowes, with weekly accounts of staith charges, 4 January 1724/5 - 24 February 1725/6

Account of coals led from North Banks pits, with account of coals led from Nixon's pit for John Crowley, esq., 30 July 1724 - 11 July 1728

Accounts of workings and leadings of coal from North Banks colliery by John Dunn and Bryan Davison, 31 December 1726 - 6 November 1741

Miscellaneous accounts coals led from various pits, North Banks colliery, 1731 - 1735

Miscellaneous accounts of fire coals led from various pits, North Banks colliery, 1741 - 1746

Summary accounts of North Banks leadings, with running charges, January 1741/2 - December 1745, January 1746/7 - December 1747

Miscellaneous accounts of coals led from various pits, North Banks colliery, 1754 - 1765

Requests from Richard Stephenson to William Gray for delivery of coals to various persons, July - August 1744

Requests from Richard Stephenson to Anthony Leaton for delivery of coals to various persons, 1754 - 1756

Requests from Richard Stephenson and from James Stephenson to Anthony Leaton for delivery of coals to various persons, 1767 - 1768

Requests from J. Barras and from James Stephenson to Anthony Leaton for delivery of coals to various persons, 1772

Anthony Leaton's 'Fire Coal Book' for George Bowes, arranged by pit, recording names of persons and quantities of coal supplied from North Banks colliery, with requests for deliveries and related papers enclosed, 1758 - 1764

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Anthony Leaton's accounts of fire coals delivered, 1750 Accounts, mainly fortnightly, covering deliveries of coal from various pits at North Banks and from 'Marley Hill Grove'

Anthony Leaton's account of fire coals delivered, 13 - 27 July 1751 Accounts, mainly fortnightly, covering deliveries of coal from various pits at North Banks and from 'Marley Hill Grove'

Anthony Leaton's accounts of fire coals delivered for the use of Mrs. Bowes, 1762 Accounts, mainly fortnightly, covering deliveries of coal from various pits at North Banks and from 'Marley Hill Grove'

Anthony Leaton's accounts of fire coals delivered for the use of Mrs. Bowes, 1763 Accounts, mainly fortnightly, covering deliveries of coal from various pits at North Banks and from 'Marley Hill Grove'

Anthony Leaton's accounts of fire coals delivered for the use of Mrs. Bowes, 1765 - 1766 Accounts, mainly fortnightly, covering deliveries of coal from various pits at North Banks and from 'Marley Hill Grove'

Anthony Leaton's accounts of fire coals delivered for the use of Mrs. Bowes, 1767 Accounts, mainly fortnightly, covering deliveries of coal from various pits at North Banks and from 'Marley Hill Grove'

Anthony Leaton's accounts of fire coals delivered for the use of Mrs. Bowes, 1768 Accounts, mainly fortnightly, covering deliveries of coal from various pits at North Banks and from 'Marley Hill Grove'

Anthony Leaton's accounts of fire coals delivered for the use of Mrs. Bowes, 1769 Accounts, mainly fortnightly, covering deliveries of coal from various pits at North Banks and from 'Marley Hill Grove'

Anthony Leaton's accounts of fire coals delivered for the use of Lord Strathmore, 1772 Accounts, mainly fortnightly, covering deliveries of coal from various pits at North Banks and from 'Marley Hill Grove'

Anthony Leaton's accounts of fire coals delivered for the use of Lord Strathmore, 1774 Accounts, mainly fortnightly, covering deliveries of coal from various pits at North Banks and from 'Marley Hill Grove'

Anthony Leaton's accounts of fire coals delivered for the use of Lord Strathmore and for the use of Lady Strathmore, 1776 Accounts, mainly fortnightly, covering deliveries of coal from various pits at North Banks and from 'Marley Hill Grove'

Anthony Leaton's account of fire coals delivered for the use of Lord Strathmore, n.d. Accounts, mainly fortnightly, covering deliveries of coal from various pits at North Banks and from 'Marley Hill Grove'

Anthony Leaton's accounts (weekly) of fire coals delivered for the use of A. Robinson Bowes, 1778 Accounts, mainly fortnightly, covering deliveries of coal from various pits at North Banks and from 'Marley Hill Grove'

Accounts of coals led from North Banks by John Barras, 1751, 1757, 1758

Account of fire coals' by John Barras' order', 22 October 1760

Accounts of coals delivered by John Sharp Banks, 1761 - 1762

Accounts of coals delivered by John Sharp for the use of Mrs. Bowes, 1764 - 1765

Acounts of coals delivered by John Sharp for the use of Mrs. Bowes, 1767

John Dunn's account of coal wrought at Hutton colliery, 1726 - 1733

Valuation of stock belonging to George Bowes 'In Marley hill store house Chrismas 1755', endorsed 'Materials at No. Banks Colliery Decr. 31 1754'

Note of works at Marley Hill [colliery], 1757

Account of coals wrought at Marley Hill colliery, 1758 - 1759

Account of items wrought and led from Marley Hill colliery, 1765

Marley Hill colliery bills, receipts and accounts for work done, materials supplied, sesses, etc., including pit pay bills and other material relating to North Banks, 1757 - 1803

Marley Hill colliery bills, receipts and accounts for work done, materials supplied, sesses, etc., including pit pay bills and other material relating to North Banks, 1788

Marley Hill colliery bills, receipts and accounts for work done, materials supplied, sesses, etc., including pit pay bills and other material relating to North Banks, 1789

Marley Hill colliery bills, receipts and accounts for work done, materials supplied, sesses, etc., including pit pay bills and other material relating to North Banks, 1791

Marley Hill colliery bills, receipts and accounts for work done, materials supplied, sesses, etc., including pit pay bills and other material relating to North Banks, 1792

Marley Hill colliery bills, receipts and accounts for work done, materials supplied, sesses, etc., including pit pay bills and other material relating to North Banks, 1795

Marley Hill colliery bills, receipts and accounts for work done, materials supplied, sesses, etc., including pit pay bills and other material relating to North Banks, 1798

Marley Hill colliery bills, receipts and accounts for work done, materials supplied, sesses, etc., including pit pay bills and other material relating to North Banks, 1801

Marley Hill colliery bills, receipts and accounts for work done, materials supplied, sesses, etc., including pit pay bills and other material relating to North Banks, 1802

Marley Hill colliery bills, receipts and accounts for work done, materials supplied, sesses, etc., including pit pay bills and other material relating to North Banks, 1803

Marley Hill colliery bills, receipts and accounts for work done, materials supplied, sesses, etc., including pit pay bills and other material relating to North Banks, 1804

Marley Hill colliery bills, receipts and accounts for work done, materials supplied, sesses, etc., including pit pay bills and other material relating to North Banks, 1812

Marley Hill colliery bills, receipts and accounts for work done, materials supplied, sesses, etc., including pit pay bills and other material relating to North Banks, 1813

Accounts of Marley Hill coals sold and delivered, 31 December 1758 - 30 May 1759 and 29 August - 31 December 1759

Accounts of cash received by William Gibson on account of Marley Hill coals, 1779 and n.d.

Vouchers of payments to A.R. Bowes on account of Marley Hill coals, August 1782 - April 1784 and September 1785 - June 1788

List of vouchers for payments made to the agents of A.R. Bowes on account of Marley Hill coals etc., 2 June 1785 - 30 May 1788

Accounts of fire coals led from Marley Hill Grove and Busty Bank Grove, 1763

Account of fire coals led from Marley Hill colliery, 1782

Accounts of fire coals led from Marley Hill colliery, 1811

Accounts of fire coals led from Marley Hill colliery, 1 January 1812 - 28 April 1813

Account of running charges, 31 December 1762 - 11 May 1763

Marley Hill colliery balance sheets, 1768 - 1778

Volume containing: (1) Marley Hill colliery ledger account, 17 January 1772 - 23 December 1774 (2) Account of Francis Bennett for Gibside estate, 6 July 1789 - 25 March 1791 (3) Gibside farm accounts, 1 January 1791 - 21 July 1797

George Burdon's account of Marley Hill colliery receipts and expenditure, 11 August 1788 - 31 December 1789, with coal sales ledger account, 26 November 1788 - 31 December 1789

George Burdon's account of Marley Hill colliery receipts and expenditure, with particulars of coals vended and with coal sales ledger account, 1790

George Burdon's account of Marley Hill colliery receipts and expenditure, with particulars of coals vended and with coal sales ledger account, 1792

George Burdon's account of Marley Hill colliery receipts and expenditure, with particulars of coals vended and with coal sales ledger account, 1793

George Burdon's account of Marley Hill colliery receipts and expenditure, with particulars of coals vended and with coal sales ledger account, 1794

George Burdon's account of Marley Hill colliery receipts and expenditure, with particulars of coals vended and with coal sales ledger account, 1796

George Burdon's account of Marley Hill colliery receipts and expenditure, with particulars of coals vended and with coal sales ledger account, January 1797 - July 1799

George Burdon's account of Marley Hill colliery receipts and expenditure, with particulars of coals vended and with coal sales ledger account, 1803

George Burdon's account of Marley Hill colliery receipts and expenditure, with particulars of coals vended and with coal sales ledger account, 1804

Richard Dobson's account of Marley Hill colliery receipts and expenditure, with particulars of coals vended and with coal sales ledger account, 1807

Richard Dobson's account of Marley Hill colliery receipts and expenditure, with coal sales ledgers account, 1806

Richard Dobson's account of Marley Hill colliery receipts and expenditure, with particulars of coals vended and with coal sales ledger account, 1809

Richard Dobson's account of Marley Hill colliery receipts and expenditure, with coal sales ledger account, 1810

Richard Dobson's account of Marley Hill colliery receipts and expenditure, with coal sales ledger account, 1811

Richard Dobson's account of Marley Hill colliery receipts and expenditure, with coal sales ledger account, 1812 - 1813

Account of [coal] bored in the Gill pit, Marley Hill, from the Low Main Coal, 22 November 1802, and bored from the Main Coal in the East pit at Marley Hill near the Fen House, 7 June 1808

Estimate of expense of working coals from Low Main Seam, Marley Hill colliery, 11 October 1820

List of names of pits sunk at Marley Hill colliery with comments on pillars remaining, 5 October 1826

Estimate of expense of preparing Marley Hill colliery for working and vending 12,000 chaldrons of coals from the Low Main Seam per annum, 11 October 1826

Miscellaneous accounts and related papers of Kay Coats for Cow Close colliery, 1742 - 1749

Abstract of weekly receipts and payments at Cow Close colliery, 1742 - 1749

Account of Kay Coats with George Bowes for Cow Close colliery (receipts and expenditure), 3 January 1742/3 - 31 December 1743

Account of Kay Coats with George Bowes for Cow Close colliery (receipts and expenditure), 2 January 1743/4 - 29 December 1744

Account of Kay Coats with George Bowes for Cow Close colliery (receipts and expenditure), 30 December 1745 - 27 December 1746

Account of Kay Coats with George Bowes for Cow Close colliery (receipts and expenditure), 29 December 1746 - 26 December 1747

Account of Kay Coats with George Bowes for Cow Close colliery (receipts and expenditure), 28 December 1747 - 31 December 1748

Account of Kay Coats with George Bowes for Cow Close colliery (receipts and expenditure), 2 January 1748/9 - 4 November 1749

'Cash Book For Main Cole': volume containing account of John Sidgwick with George Bowes (subsequently with Edward Gilbert's and Mr. Bowes' executors, and then with Mrs. Bowes), accounts of materials and related accounts, Northwood and Cragwood collieries, [3] June 1752 - 1 January 1763

'Debt Book For Main Cole': volume containing accounts of receipts of arrears, accounts of debtors and accounts of receipts of money trusted, Northwood and Cragwood collieries, 1753 - 10 January 1778

Account book for 'Crow Coal Pitt' and Northwood colliery, including account of John Sidgwick with George Bowes, accounts of debtors, etc., 3 June 1752 - 1 January 1760 with additions to 6 December 1770

Account of John Sidgwick with George Bowes (subsequently with Edward Gilbert's and Mr. Bowes' executors, and then with Mrs. Bowes), with accounts of debtors (from 1758), materials etc., Northwood colliery, 1 January 1760 - 1 January 1764

Account of John Sidgwick with Mrs. Bowes, with accounts of debtors, receipts 'of old Trusting' (from 1759), materials etc., Norwood colliery, 2 January 1764 - 31 December 1766

Account of John Sidgwick with Mrs. Bowes, with accounts of debtors (1754 - 1774), receipts of money trusted, etc., Northwood and Cragwood collieries, 1 January 1767 - 31 December 1773

Account of John Sidgwick with Mrs. Bowes and Partners (subsequently Andrew Robinson Bowes), with accounts of materials etc., Northwood colliery, 1 January 1773 - 31 December 1777

Account of John Sidgwick with Mrs. Bowes and the Countess of Strathmore, Northwood colliery, 8 March 1776 - 31 December 1777, and account of Thomas Colpitts with Mrs. Bowes and Partners, Northwood colliery, 1 January 1778 - 8 June 1782

Account of Cuthbert Madgin with the owners of Norwood colliery (receipts and expenditure), with related papers including account of agents for Norwood colliery (1794 - 1797), 13 May 1794 - 31 December 1795

George Colpitts' account for Norwood and Carterthorn collieries (receipts and expenditure), 12 September 1800 - 14 February 1801

Annual accounts of John Sidgewick with George Bowes and Edward Gilbert, 1755, and with Mrs. Mary Bowes and Edward Gilbert, 1760 - 1767, for Northwood colliery (receipts and expenditure), 1755, 1760 - 1767

John Sidgewick's account with the representatives of the late Edward Gilbert and with Mrs. Bowes for Northwood colliery and Toft Hill, Stonechesters and Ramshaw farms (receipts and expenditure), 31 December 1763 - 31 December 1770

Account of John Sidgwick with Mrs. Bowes and account of the Earl of Strathmore for Northwood colliery (receipts and expenditure), 31 December 1766 - 31 December 1769

Bills, receipts and related papers of John Sidgwick for Norwood or Northwood and Evenwood collieries, 1754, 1761 - 1766, 1770

Notebook of John Sidgwick containing his rough weekly accounts of expenditure at [Northwood] colliery on drawing, putting, etc., and other related payments, January 1758 - December 1758

Notebook of John Sidgwick containing his rough weekly accounts of expenditure at [Northwood] colliery on drawing, putting , etc., with accounts of rent paid to the Bishop of Durham for Toft Hill and Ramshaw farms, January 1765 - December 1766

Miscellaneous amounts for Northwood colliery and for Toft Hill, Ramshaw and Stonechester farms (most transactions involving John Sidgwick), 1752 - 1770

Accounts in Richard Stephenson's hand relating to coals wrought at Cragwood, payments from 'the trust', and balances due from John Sidgewick, 1754 - 1766

Account of 'Arrears taken from John Sidgwicks Book shewing what was due and what has been Receiv'd', 1754 - 1762

Abstract of account of John Sedgwick for working and sale of coals, 1769 - 1770

Accounts of receipts and expenditure for Northwood colliery in partnership with Edward Gilbert, 1 August 1752 - 31 December 1762

Various accounts of receipts and expenditure for Northwood colliery, in partnership involving Edward Gilbert and George Bowes (and subsequently Mrs. Bowes), 18 December 1752 - 31 December 1762

Account of Edward Gilbert for Northwood colliery (receipts and expenditure) with related papers (up to 1765), 31 December 1752 - 31 December 1762

'Accounts showing how to prove Northwood Colliery from the beginning of it', including a copy of Sir Edward Gilbert's account with Northwood colliery (1752 - 1762), 1752 - 1763

Mrs. Bowes' accounts for Northwood colliery and Toft Hill and Ramshaw farms, including accounts with the representatives of the late Edward Gilbert, 1757 - 1765

Account of Edward Gilbert for Northwood colliery, 31 December 1757 - 31 December 1762, and account for Toft Hill and Ramshaw farms, 9 January 1758 - 31 December 1762

Bundle of papers relating principally to Norwood colliery, including: proposals for Norwood colliery and Lands Farm, valuations of stock, report of workings, plan of workings, and colliery account; also accounts of coal led to Streatlam Castle, report on prospect of coal seams at Howgill, Romaldkirk and Streatlam, Evenwood rates assessment and rental, and notice concerning Evenwood highways, 1753 - 1795 and n.d.

Bill of Thomas Humphries for pit damages at Ramshaw colliery, 1794 - 1803

Account of pit damages to ground of late John Humphries at Ramshaw, 20 February 1797

Accounts of scores of coals drawn at Norwood and Carterthorne collieries, 1797 - 1800

Account of William Tinkler with Mr. Colpitts for coals sold, expenses at pit, etc. (with references to Escomb, Butterknowle Lane, Cockfield, Darlington), January 1781 - February 1782

Account of payments to George Pattison for working coal and to Robert Coatsworth for drift work in Soulgill, 4 January 1814 - 26 July 1814

10 June 1720 (1) Hon. Sidney Wortley of Wortley, Yorkshire, esq., Hon. Edward Wortley, esq., eldest son and heir apparent, and James Montague of parish of St. Andrews, London, esq. (2) William Blakiston Bowes of Gibside, esq. Articles of agreement for working collieries and coalmines efficiently and with sufficient stays and pillars, as in lease of 30 May 1692, by Sir Francis Blakiston to Charles Montague for 31 years of all mines etc. in manors of Gibside, Swallwell, Marlowhill alias Marlyhill, Goodsheildshaugh, Fawdonsfield, Hollenside, East and West Northbanks and Freerside, in parishes of Whickham and Chester in the Street, and chapelries of Tanfield and Lamesly

[10 June 1720] (1) William Blakiston Bowes (2) Sidney Wortley, Edward Wortley and James Montague Part of copy articles of agreement concerning lease for 31 years of coal mines (not named)

Terms and conditions for wayleave agreement for William Morton Pitt of Tanfield Moor colliery over Marley Hill estate, 1828

21 February 1840 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (2) William Hutt of Gibside, esq., Mary Dowager Countess of Strathmore, wife of William Hutt, Henry Jadis of Pimlico, Middlesex, esq., and Sir John Dean Paul of the Strand, Middlesex, bart. (3) Nicholas Wood of Killingworth, Northumberland, esq. Lease for 31 years by (1) and (2) to (3) of the collieries at Gibside, Hollinside, Marley Hill, Riding Barns and Bird Hill in parish of Whickham (1786a. 3r. 38p.) with detailed provisions for the working thereof. Rent: £500 p.a. for working Hutton coals and all other demised seams (except Busty Bank), £700 p.a. for working Busty Bank coal

8 December 1846 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam, esq. (2) William Hutt of Gibside, esq., Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore, his wife, Henry Jadis, formerly of Bryanston Square, Middlesex, esq., but now residing abroad, and Sir John Dean Paul of the Strand, Middlesex, bart. (3) Nicholas Wood of Killingworth, Northumberland, gent. Counterpart lease for 60 years by (1), with the consent of (2), to (3), of Marley Hill Colliery and collieries and seams under lands at Gibside, Hollingside, Marley Hill, Riding Barns and Bird Hill in parish of Whickham, together with buildings and equipment (1768a. 3r. 38p.) Rent: £700 p.a. (details specified)

Extracts from the lease of Marley Hill colliery and other collieries and seams to Nicholas Wood, 8 December 1846

Clause (and draft clause) of re-entry inserted in draft proposed lease of Marley Hill colliery and suggested alterations, n.d. [c.1846]

July 1854 (1) not specified (2) Messrs. Bowes and Fenwick Particulars of agreement in which it is proposed to lease for 21 years the mines and seams under West Shield Row estate, parish of Tanfield Rent: £100 p.a. for the first 2 years, £150 p.a. for the 3rd and 4th years, £300 p.a. thereafter

2 September 1854 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (2) Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore, Claude Bowes Lyon of H.M. Second Regiment of Life Guards, William Hutt of Gibside, esq., and Edward Western of Great James Street, Bedford Row, Middlesex, esq. (3) Charles Mark Palmer of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq., and Nicholas Wood of Hetton Hall, esq. Attested copy (2 March 1869), with annotations, of lease for 60 years by (1) and (2) to (3) of Marley Hill colliery and all coal lying beneath Gibside, Hollingside, Marley Hill, Riding Barns and Bird Hill (1786a.) Consideration: £1000 per annum plus tentale, outstroke, shaft and wayleave rents. Recites will of John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore, 3 July 1817, and Bowes Estate Act, 1850

25 July 1876 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (2) Charles Mark Palmer of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq. Copy lease for 39 years of collienes and coal seams under land at Hedley in the parish of Lamesley, containing 411a. 2r. 27p., and under land at Friarside in the chapelry of Tanfield, parish of Chester-le-Street, containing 91a. 2r. 7p., together with the pit houses and colliery buildings on the surface of the properties. Includes plan. Recites will of John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore, dated 13 July 1817, and Bowes Estate Act, 1850

3 September 1897 (1) Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (2) John Bowes and Partners Ltd., Quayside, Newcastle Copy counterpart lease for 21 years for Marley Hill House and other lands, cottages and properties (specified) and other farms in the parishes of Whickham and Chester-le-Street Consideration: £636 13s. p.a.

Extract from the Earl of Strathmore's lease, dated 3 September 1897, of Marley Hill Farm to John Bowes and Partners Ltd., December 1914

13 December 1899 (1) Claude Bowes, Earl of Strathmore (2) John Bowes and Partners Ltd. Copy lease for 14 years of 3 cottages, a blacksmith's shop and outbuildings at Fellside, parish of Whickham, presently held by Matthew Peascod, Richard Maughan and Hedley Lamb, with rights of way Rent: £3 10s. p.a.

13 December 1901 (1) Earl of Strathmore (2) John Bowes and Partners Ltd Heads of a lease for 60 years of 12277 square yards of land near Sandy Gate, Marley Hill, for colliery cottages. With plan. Rent: £51 3s. 1d. p.a.

13 December 1901 (1) Claude, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (2) John Bowes and Partners Ltd. Draft agreement, supplemental to a lease of the same date of land at Marley Hill for colliery houses, listing covenants under which the minerals under the land may be worked

Notices of the principal terms for letting land near Marley Hill for cottage gardens to a committee of the employees at John Bowes and Partners' Marley Hill collieries, with plan, November 1912 and January 1914

Memorandum with reference to the transfer of certain premises from the Marley Hill Farm lease to the lease of Marley Hill royalty, July 1913

1917 (1) Claude George, Earl of Strathmore (2) John Bowes and Partners Draft agreement as to tenancy for 14 years of Marley Hill farms Rent: £412 10s. p.a.

Copy case for the opinion of counsel, with opinion of Thomas Reeves, concerning wayleave and staith room for leading coals through the manor of Winlaton by Lady Clavering, Sir James Clavering, Blackston Bowes, George Pitt, Alderman Ridley and John Simpson, 31 October 1732

Minute of meeting of proprietors of 1/8 part of Winlaton Lordship at which it was agreed to grant Mr. Simpson wayleave through the said 1/8 part, 19 December 1789

Copy proposed terms for lease of coal mines and other minerals from the lessors of Winlaton Lordship to the owners of Garesfield colliery, 30 August 1825

Copy proposal for a lease of a tract of coal under Derwenthaugh by the Lords of Winlaton to the owners of Benwell colliery, addressed to James Hall at Greenside from John Buddle on behalf of the colliery owners, 12 September 1826

Copy case and opinion of Hopper Williamson concerning rights of the owners of mines in Winlaton manor (named) to lay wagonways and use modern mining methods, reciting deed of partition of Winlaton manor (26 February 1632[/3]), 30 May 1827

16 February 1837 (1) Peregrine Edward Towneley of Towneley, Lancashire (2) George Hepple Ramsay Copy memorandum of agreement for wayleave over farms at Blaydon

18 February 1837 (1) George Hepple Ramsay of Derwentvilla, Winlaton (2) Lords of Winlaton Memorandum of agreement for a lease for 21 years of coal mines, coal seams and clay within and under 40 acres of land at Winlaton as shown on attached plan Rent: £100 p.a. allowed from rate of 20s. per ten best coal and 10s. per ten inferior coal, £15 for 1200 tons of sagger clay

April 1837 (1) George Silvertop of Minsteracres, Northumberland, esq. (2) George Hepple Ramsay of Derwent Villa, esq. Copy memorandum of agreement for lease of coalmines under lands at Blaydon (called Dockendale)

4 May 1837 (1) Lords of Winlaton (2) Owners of Garsfield colliery Memorandum of agreement (and copy) for outstroke and watercourse for Chopwell royalty through Winlaton royalty for 30 years Rent: £150 for 1000 tons of coal

Copy of Mr. Cowen's offer for part of Winlaton Lordship royalty, 15 December 1837

Letter from James Hall at Greenside to Ralph Fenwick at Marley Hill about a meeting regarding Mr. Cowen's offer for 800a. of Winlaton Lordship royalty, 17 December 1837

Letter from George Hill at Kenton to Messrs. George Johnson and Joseph Gray giving his judgement concerning the amount of rent payable to John Bowes and Miss Simpson by the Garesfield Colliery Co. for wayleave across Garesfield Farm and Bate House, with enclosed sumary of terms of the lease of 1837, December 18[3]7

Letter from Nathaniel Wood at Killingworth to Ralph Fenwick at Marley Hill detailing the terms of wayleave granted by Miss Ada Simpson and John Bowes to Garesfield Colliery Co., 19 August 1838

Account of rent due from G.H. Ramsay to the Lords of Winlaton, with John Bowes' 1/16 share, for half year ending 31 December 1838

December 1838 (1) Joseph Gray, agent for the Marquis of Bute and Ann Simpson, spinster (2) Lords of Winlaton (named) Notice by (1) to (2) of intention to quit lease from (2) of coalmines and other minerals in the Lordship of Winlaton

22 December 1838 (1) Joseph Gray, agent for the Marquis of Bute and Ann Simpson, spinster (2) Ralph Fenwick, agent to devisees of Earl of Strathmore, deceased Notice by (1) to (2) of intention to quit the wayleave granted by (2) across lands in the parish of Ryton called Batehouse

Schedule of leases, 1837-9, of coal in Winlaton Lordship (given to John Bowes, 4 October 1840 and returned, 20 January 1841)

Letter from Joseph Cowen at Blaydon Burn to Ralph Fenwick at Marley Hill applying for coal and fireclay in Winlaton Lordship which the owners of Garesfield are to quit, 1 February 1839

14 March 1839 (1) Ann Simpson and John Bowes, esq. (2) Owners of Garesfield colliery Agreement for a grant of wayleave from Chopwell colliery over High Spen Farm and Batehouse

26 June 1839 (1) Lords of the manor of Winlaton (2) Owners of Garesfield colliery Memorandum of agreement for [lease] for 4 years of portion of the royalty in Winlaton lordship under lands shown on attached plan Rent:£250 for 400 tens of coal, 13s. per ten surplus

6 July 1839 (1) Lords of the manor of Winlaton (2) George Hepple Ramsay of Derwent Villa, Winlaton Memorandum of agreement for a lease for 31 years of seams of coal and fire clay in and under lands in the Lordship of Winlaton shown on attached plan Rent: £400 for 500 tens of coal, 16s. per ten surplus; £100 for 6000 tens of fire clay, 4½d. per ton surplus

9 July 1839 (1) Lords of the manor of Winlaton (2) Joseph Cowen of Blaydon Burn, Winlaton Memorandum of agreement for lease for 31 years of seams of coal, fire clay and ironstone within and under lands in the Lordship of Winlaton as shown on attached plan Rent: £150 for 230 tens of coal, 13s. per ten surplus; £125 for 7500 tons of fire clay, 4½d. per ton surplus; 6d. per ton, ironstone

Plan of the portion of Winlaton lordship let to Joseph Cowen, 1839 Scale: 12 chains to 1 inch [1:9504]

Valuation of out-rent premises at Winlaton, Blaydon and Burn banks with details and plans of premises, September 1856

10 December 1859 (1) The Lords of Winlaton manor (Charles Towneley, Lord Ravensworth, Sir William Aloyzius Clavering, John Bowes, Sir William George Armstrong, Thomas Sopwith, William Stuart, John Boyle) (2) Joseph Cowen, junior, of Stella House, gent. Copy counterpart lease for terms of 21 and 42 years of mines and seams of coal, fire clay and ironstone in Winlaton manor (the share of Armstrong and Sopwith to be held for 21 years and the rest for 42 years, from December 31 1854); with detailed provisions for working of the coal, fire clay and ironstone

T. Ramsay's agreement to pay wayleave through Thornley West Farm, 4 April 1867

Receipt for wayleave rent from Thomas Ramsay over Thornley West Farm, 6 April 1868

11 April 1868 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq., and Joseph Cowen of Stella Hall, esq., M.P. (2) John Boyle of Barnard's Inn, London, esq., Charles Stuart of Hubborne Lodge, Hampshire, esq., and William Stuart the younger of Kempston, Beds., esq. Counterpart lease for 21 years of 11/12 wayleave (including existing railway) through Winlaton manor with authority to extend the railway to Derwenthaugh staiths Rents: various

Plan of Garesfield staith at Derwenthaugh Scale: 1:2500

21 December 1875 (1) George Hepple Ramsay of Derwent Villa, esq. (2) Scottish Provident Institution Copy mortgage for further borrowing on the security of Blaydon Main colliery Total mortgage debt: £15,926 3s. 10d. and interest Consideration: £5000

Extract from a lease of 1907 from the Lords of Winlaton manor to Priestman Collieries Ltd. with reference to surface damages on the Blaydon Burn royalty, and an extract from 'Joseph Cowen and Company's lease', 1897, n.d.

26 January 1909 (1) Theresa Harriet Mary Delacour, wife of John Delacour of 76 Eaton Place, London, esquire, Lucy Evelyn Murray, widow of Lieut. Colonel John Murray of Polmaise, Stirling, Mary Elizabeth Towneley of Namur, Belgium, spinster, and Mabel Anna, Baroness Clifford, wife of Lewis Henry Hugh, Baron Clifford (the 'Towneley Owners') (2) Charles Warren Napier-Clavering of Axwell Park, life tenant (3) Earl of Strathmore (4) Frank Buddle Atkinson of Gallow Hill, Morpeth, Northumberland (5) Ninian Edward Crichton Stuart of Falkland, Fife (6) Joseph Cowen of Stella Hall (7) Priestman Collieries Ltd., Newcastle (8) Francis Priestman and Henry Peile of Shotley Bridge, coal owners Lease for 42 years by (1) - (6) to (7) of the coal, fireclay and ironstone under the lordship of Winlaton Rents: various

Copy terms and conditions for renewal to the Stella Coal Co. of Blaydon Main colliery lease, 30 September 1909

Copy extract of a lease from the Lords of Winlaton manor to Priestman Collieries Ltd. of 26 January 1909 with reference to surface damages [at Blaydon Burn], 21 March 1927

Conditions for lease of wayleave by John Bowes, esq., to William Harrison on behalf of the Stanhope and Tyne Railroad Co. through Hylton estate, n.d. [c.1833]

15 July 1834 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (2) John Fairweather Harrison of New Broad Street, London, esq., Thomas Barnard of the same place, esq., and William Harrison of the Grange, Monkwearmouth, esq. Copy counterpart lease for 31 years of wayleave over estate at Hylton Rent: £342 2s. p.a.

Note on the Pontop and South Shields Wayleaves Purchase Act, 1854, and its effect on the 1834 lease of wayleave through the Hylton estate held by the Pontop and South Shields Railway Co. (formerly the Stanhope and Tyne Railway Co.), n.d. [c.1854]

The Pontop and South Shields Wayleaves Purchase Act, 1854,

23 December 1873 (1) John Bowes (2) Claude Bowes Lyon, Earl of Strathmore, Sir William Hutt, surviving trustees of the 1850 Bowes Estate Act (lessor) (3) Charles Mark Palmer of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (lessee) Copy lease for 60 years of coal, ironstone and fireclay mines and seams in the manor of Hylton, parish of Monkwearmouth, under and within various farms and lands mentioned in attached schedule. With plan of Hylton royalty Rent: £500 p.a. for the first 10 years, £1000 p.a. for the second 10 years and afterwards £1,500 p.a.

'Abstract of Hilton Old Lease'; no parties or dates given Enclosed in D/St/B1/3/57

5 November 1900 (1) Claude, Earl of Strathmore (2) Edward Young Western, 35 Essex Street, Strand, George Adolphus Western of same place (mortgagees) (3) Johnasson Gordon and Co. Ltd. (lessees) Copy lease for 42 years of coal, ironstone and fireclay mines and seams in manor of Hylton, parish of Monkwearmouth (West Hylton) Rent: £400 p.a. (certain rent)

List of bids by Finch, Stockdale and Close for colliery and farms at Toft Hill and Evenwood, 27 November 1751

Note of 'the names of the lives' on the Norwood lease, n.d. [c.1760]

George Dixon's proposal to take Norwood colliery, 8 December 1778

Papers concerning Thomas Hopper's tenure of Norwood and Carterthorne collieries, 1797 - 1800

Note of various tenures of Norwood colliery, 1794 - 1801

Advertisement for letting of Cow Close colliery, parish of Cockfield, 15 November 1806

11 March 1814 (1) John Cowley on behalf of Lord Darlington and Edward S[teel] on behalf of the Earl of Strathmore (2) Jeremiah Sharp of Woodlands Lease for 9 years of Cow Close colliery at an annual rent of £130

Edward Steel's account of the scores of coal worked by John Sharp in Cow Close colliery, 25 September 1814 Enclosed in D/St/B1/3/66

Advertisements and proposals for leasing of Carterthorn, Norwood, Ramshaw and Evenwood collieries (also lead mines in Forest of Lune), 1802 - 1832

15 December 1817 (1) Richard Dobson of Streatlam on behalf of the Earl of Strathmore (2) George Dixon, coal owner of Cockfield Agreement for Norwood and Ramshaw collieries, Evenwood, for 10 years Rent: £530

Papers (including accounts, notice to quit, etc.) concerning George Dixon's tenancy of Norwood colliery, 1828

Proposal, agreement and conditions for lease of the coalmines at Evenwood by W.M. Chaytor and Co., 9 August and 5 September 1828 (2 papers)

8 July 1830 (1) Thomas George Lyon Bowes, Lord Glamis, eldest son of Earl of Strathmore, Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore of Streatlam Castle, Henry Jadis of Bryanstone Square, Middlesex, esq., James Farrer Steadman of Enfield, Middlesex, esq., and Sir John Dean Paul of the Strand, Middlesex, baronet (2) Thomas, Earl of Strathmore (3) Barrington Price of Brighton, Sussex, esq., and Robert Sayer of Sibston, Suffolk, esq. (4) Robert Botcherby of Darlington, merchant, John Sharp of Quarry House, coal owner, John Botcherby of Darlington, merchant Lease for 21 years by (1) and (2) to (4) of Norwood and Ramshaw collieries at Evenwood and of the Haggerleazes branch railway, with provisions for the working thereof Rents: £1000 p.a. basic rent with additional rents (specified)

Abstract of title, 1777 - 1834, of Mr. Barrett to collieries at Norwood and Ramshaw, n.d.

Lists of various documents, including papers of legal cases, c.1814 - 1835, relating to leasing of collieries, n.d.

1836 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (2) Charles Barrett of Darlington, gent. Draft lease for 21 years of a moiety of the coal mines under copyhold land at Ramshaw and Evenwood as specified on plan no. 1 (missing), also moiety of coalmines under copyhold land at Gordon, Norwood and Evenwood as specified on plan no. 2 (missing), and coalmines under freehold land at Evenwood as specified on plan no. 3 (missing) Rents: £300/400 for first year and £500 p.a. for residue of term for coal as in plan no.l; £300 p.a. until 14 February 1849 and £650 p.a. for residue of term for coal as in plan no.2; 25s. per ten for coal as in plan no.3; also other rents as specified

25 February 1832 - 1 November 1832 (1) Robert Botcherby of Darlington, merchant (2) Robert Clarke of Barforth, York, gent. (3) John Sharp of Quarry House, Witton-le-Wear, gent. Deed of co-partnership for working the Ramshaw and Norwood collieries, with draft deeds for dissolution of the partnership and related papers Included in a bundle of papers concerning Botcherby/Sharp/Clark and Clark/Barrett partnerships and lease to Charles Barrett, 1832 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/75A-82)

1833 (1) Robert Clark of Barforth, York, gent. (2) Charles Barrett of Darlington, gent. Draft deed of co-partnership as to working of Norwood and Ramshaw collieries Included in a bundle of papers concerning Botcherby/Sharp/Clark and Clark/Barrett partnerships and lease to Charles Barrett, 1832 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/75A-82)

Report by Mr. Barkus on Norwood and Ramshaw collieries, 25 January 1833 Included in a bundle of papers concerning Botcherby/Sharp/Clark and Clark/Barrett partnerships and lease to Charles Barrett, 1832 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/75A-82)

Notice and drafts of Robert Botcherby, John Sharp and John Botcherby to give up lease of Norwood and Ramshaw collieries, 1 February 1833 Included in a bundle of papers concerning Botcherby/Sharp/Clark and Clark/Barrett partnerships and lease to Charles Barrett, 1832 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/75A-82)

13 May 1834 (1) Robert Clark of Barforth, York, gent. (2) Charles Barrett of Darlington, gent. Copy assignment of the Ramshaw and Norwood collieries and bond of indemnity Included in a bundle of papers concerning Botcherby/Sharp/Clark and Clark/Barrett partnerships and lease to Charles Barrett, 1832 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/75A-82)

1830s (1) William Hutt, Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore, Henry Jadis and Sir John Dean Paul (2) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (3) Charles Barrett of Darlington, gent. Recitals of [lease of moiety of collieries] Included in a bundle of papers concerning Botcherby/Sharp/Clark and Clark/Barrett partnerships and lease to Charles Barrett, 1832 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/75A-82)

1837 (1) William Hutt of Conduit Street, Middlesex, Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore, Henry Jadis and Sir John Dean Paul (2) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle (3) Dempster Heming of Caldecote Hall, Leicestershire, and John Barker of Higham Grange, Leicestershire Assignment of a moiety of colliery and coalmines at Evenwood Included in a bundle of papers concerning Botcherby/Sharp/Clark and Clark/Barrett partnerships and lease to Charles Barrett, 1832 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/75A-82)

1830s (1) Dempster Heming of Caldicote Hall, Warwick, John Barker of Higham Grange, Leicestershire (2) Thomas Bowes, Earl of Strathmore (3) Charlotte Lyon Bowes, Lady Glamis, of Redbourn, Hertfordshire, widow (4) Charles Barrett of Darlington, gent. Draft lease to (4) of moiety of collieries at Evenwood, Norwood and Ramshaw for 21 years Rent: £500 p.a. Included in a bundle of papers concerning Botcherby/Sharp/Clark and Clark/Barrett partnerships and lease to Charles Barrett, 1832 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/75A-82)

26 February 1814 (1) Rt. Rev. Shute [Barrington], Lord Bishop of Durham (2) George Dixon of Cockfield, gent., John Dixon of Cockfield, gent., and Thomas Dixon of Bishop Auckland, gent. Lease for 20 years of coal mines under Ricknall Grange Rent: 5s. Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1814 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/83-93)

8 July 1830 (1) The Hon. Thomas George Lyon Bowes, Lord Glamis, Rt. Hon. Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore of Streatlam Castle, Henry Jadis of Bryanston Square, Middlesex, esq., James Farrer Steadman of Enfield, Middlesex, esq., Sir John Dean Paul of the Strand, Middlesex, bart. (2) Thomas Bowes, Earl of Strathmore (3) Barrington Price of Brighton, Sussex, esq., and Robert Sayer of Sibton, Suffolk, esq. (4) Robert Botcherby of Darlington, merchant, John Sharp of Quarry House, Witton-le-Wear, coal owner, John Botcherby of Darlington, merchant Draft lease for 21 years by (1) and (3), ratified by (2), to (4) of Norwood and Ramshaw collieries Rent: as specified Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1814 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/83-93)

Statements of accounts, Norwood colliery, 1832-3 Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1814 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/83-93)

Proposed alterations on lease of Evenwood, 4 May 1835 Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1814 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/83-93)

Proposal by Charles Barrett to lease Evenwood colliery, October 1835 Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1814 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/83-93)

Draft heads of proposed lease by John Bowes to Charles Barrett of Evenwood, Norwood and Ramshaw collieries, n.d. [1835/6] Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1814 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/83-93)

Affidavit of Nicholas Wood of Killingworth, Northumberland, coal viewer, concerning proposals of Charles Barrett to lease Evenwood colliery, in Braham v Strathmore in Chancery, n.d. [c.1836] Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1814 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/83-93)

Case and opinion concerning lease by John Bowes to Charles Barrett of Evenwood colliery, November 1836 - December 1836 Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1814 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/83-93)

December 1836 (1) William Hutt of Gibside, esq., Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore, his wife, Henry Jadis of Bryanston Square, Middlesex, esq., and Sir John Dean Paul of the Strand, Middlesex, bart.; trustees of the late Earl of Strathmore (2) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (3) Charles Barrett of Darlington, gent. Draft lease for 21 years by (1) and (2) to (3) of one undivided moiety of coal at Evenwood, Ramshaw, Gordon and Norwood Rent: as specified Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1814 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/83-93)

Draft of proposed alterations in rentals and covenant against assignment in lease of a moiety of Evenwood colliery to Charles Barrett, Braham v Strathmore in Chancery, 1837 Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1814 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/83-93)

Draft deed of settlement of Durham County Coal Company, 1836 Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1814 - 1837 (D/St/B 1/3/83-93)

Proposal by Charles Barrett to lease Evenwood and Norwood Collieries from John Bowes and trustees of Earl of Strathmore and Lord Glamis, 21 May 1835 Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1835 - 1838 (D/St/B 1/94-106)

Statement of case and opinion by Robert Walters on John Bowes' lease of Evenwood collieries to Charles Barrett, 14 November 1836 Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1835 - 1838 (D/St/B 1/94-106)

Letter from J. Dixon to Thomas Wheldon concerning Robert Waters' opinion on the draft lease by John Bowes of his moiety of Evenwood colliery, 15 December 1836 Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1835 - 1838 (D/St/B 1/94-106)

1837 (1) William Hutt of Conduit Street, Middlesex, esq., Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore, his wife, Henry Jadis of Bryanston Square, Middlesex, esq., and Sir John Dean Paul of the Strand, Middlesex, bart.; trustees of the late Earl of Strathmore (2) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (3) Dempster Henning of Caldecote Hall, Leicestershire, esq., and John Barker of Higham Grange near Hinckley Draft conveyance and assignment by (1), with consent of (2), to (3) of moiety of Evenwood colliery Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1835 - 1838 (D/St/B 1/94-106)

Draft heads for lease of Evenwood collieries to Charles Barrett by Dempster Henning and others, in case Braham v Earl of Strathmore, 1837 Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1835 - 1838 (D/St/B 1/94-106)

Notes on Barrett's lease in Bowes v Strathmore, April 1837 Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1835 - 1838 (D/St/B 1/94-106)

Copy clause from Charles Barrett's lease concerning renewal in the event of death of any of the lessors, April 1838 Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1835 - 1838 (D/St/B 1/94-106)

Draft authority by Nicholas Wood of Killingworth, Northumberland, agent and colliery viewer, to Charles Barrett to screen small coal underground at Evenwood, 1838 Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1835 - 1838 (D/St/B 1/94-106)

Draft additions to be inserted in new lease of Evenwood collieries, n.d. [c.1838] Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1835 - 1838 (D/St/B 1/94-106)

Heads of proposed lease of coalmines at Evenwood, Norwood, Gordon and Ramshaw by John Bowes to Charles Barrett, n.d [c.1838] Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1835 - 1838 (D/St/B 1/94-106)

Leter from Thomas Wheldon, Boswell Court, to [ ] Brown, esq., Mark Lane, concerning a plan [of Evenwood collieries], n.d. [c.1838] Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1835 - 1838 (D/St/B 1/94-106)

Plan [in connection with Evenwood colliery], n.d. [c.1837] No place names Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1835 - 1838 (D/St/B 1/94-106)

List of lessees of Evenwood colliery, n.d. [c. 1837] Included in a bundle of papers concerning lease to Charles Barrett, 1835 - 1838 (D/St/B 1/94-106)

Observations on lease to Charles Barrett of Evenwood collieries, n.d. [1830s]

2 July 1838 (1) William Hutt of Gibside, esq., Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore, his wife, Henry Jadis of Bryanston Square, Middlesex, esq., and Sir John Dean Paul of the Strand, Middlesex, baronet (2) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (3) Charles Barrett of Darlington, gent. Counterpart lease for 21 years by (1) and (2) to (3) of (2)'s moiety of collieries at Ramshaw, Evenwood, Gordon, Norwood (specified in plans), leased from the Bishop of Durham Rent: £500 p.a. for 800 tens of coal from mines numbered 1 on plan and 12s. 6d. for each extra ten, £650 p.a. for 1000 tens of coal from mines numbered 2 on plan and 16s. for each extra ten

2 July 1838 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (2) William Hutt of Gibside, esq., Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore, Henry Jadis of Middlesex, esq. and Sir John Dean Paul of Middlesex, bart. (3) Charles Barrett of Darlington, gent. Counterpart lease for 21 years by (1) and (2) to (3) of freehold collieries in Evenwood (as specified) Rent: 25s. per ten of coal

31 May 1838 (1) Folliott Scott Stokes of Tokenhouse Yard, London, esq., George Edward Watts of Langton Grange, esq., and Charles Barrett of Cockerton, esq., three of the directors of Durham County Coal Company (2) Hugh Panton of Sunderland, merchant, William Kirk of Sunderland, merchant, Thomas Cummings Gibson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant, John Carles Ord of Nunthorpe, Yorkshire, esq., and Hunter Gordon of London, esq.; five of the directors of the Northern Coal Mining Company Abstract of articles of agreement for sale of the colliery or coalmine called Norwood Isabella Pit and 200a. of coal near Storey Lodge, part of the Norwoood or Gordon colliery held under lease for 21 years commencing 1 July 1835 Consideration: £14,000 Also: 15 August 1843 (1) George Lloyd of Cowesby Hall, Yorkshire, esq. (2) Folliott Scott Stokes of Norton, esq., George Townsend Andrews of York, architect, Andrew White of Sunderland, esq., Thomas Leef of Hovingham, Yorkshire, esq., John Blackett of Brixton Hall, Surrey, esq., and George Faith of London, merchant; six of the directors of the Durham County Coal Company (3) William Wood Bentley of Helmsley, Yorkshire, gent., and F.S. Stokes and G.T. Andrews, trustees of said company Abstract of assignment by (1) at request of (2) to (3) of mortgaged coal mines to secure repayment of mortgage debt of £15,000; recites mortgage to (1) of 1 January 1839

1838 (1) Dempster Heming of Caldicote Hall, Warwicks, esq., John Barker of Higham Grange, Leicestershire, esq. (2) Thomas Bowes, Earl of Strathmore (3) Charlotte Lyon Bowes (Lady Glamis) of Redbourn, Hertfordshire (4) Charles Barrett of Darlington Draft lease for 21 years by (1), with consent of (2), and (3) to (4) of moiety of collieries at Evenwood and Ramshaw, including Gordon, Norwood and Evenwood, part of the estates of Mary Bowes, deceased Rent: £500 p.a.

Notice of security, 1 July 1839, by Durham County Coal Co. to George Lloyd esq., of premises in Evenwood demised by leases of 2 July 1838 to Charles Barrett, 17 July 1841

1843 (1) Dempster Heming of Caldecote Hall, Warwickshire, John Barker of Higham Grange, Norfolk (2) Thomas Bowes, Earl of Strathmore (3) Charlotte Lyon Bowes (Lady Glamis) of Redbourne, Hertfordshire Draft lease for 21 years by (1) with consent of (2) and (3) of moiety of coalmines at Ramshaw and Evenwood including Gordon, Norwood and Evenwood Rent: £400 p.a.

December 184[5] (1) William Hutt of Gibside, esq., Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore, his wife, Henry Jadis of [blank] esq. (2) John Bowes of Streatlam, esq. (3) Edward Blake of Tuttingham Park, Norfolk, esq., George Morse of Catton Park, Norfolk, esq., and William Martin Seppings of the City of York esq. (altered to Charles John Palmer of Great Yarmouth, esq., in counterpart) Lease (and counterpart) for 21 years by (2) to (3) with the consent of (1) of a moiety of the collieries under the Park of Evenwood and copyhold land at Cragwood and Evenwood, consisting of about 520 acres, at an annual rent of £350; previous leases recounted

Notice of official manager of Northern Coal Mining Co. to John Bowes of intention to surrender the premises demised to Edward Blake, George Morse and Charles John Palmer, trustees of the Company, 7 June 1850

Notice of surrender of George Morse, Edward Blake and Charles Palmer to John Bowes of lease of moiety of coalmines at Evenwood, 26 June 1850

Copy proposal of Henry Booth and George Harkers to lease coal in freehold of John Bowes in Woodland estate for 21 years, 9 November 1842

10 December 1845 (1) William Hutt of Gibside, esq., Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore, his wife, Henry Jadis, and Sir John Dean Paul (2) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (3) George Townsend Andrews of York, esq., Folliott Scott Stokes of Tokenhouse yard, London, esq., Andrew White of Sunderland Counterpart lease for 21 years by (1) and (2) to (3) of a moiety of collieries at Gordon, Ramshaw, Wonwood and Evenwood, leased for a term of lives from the Bishops of Durham by John, Earl of Strathmore, deceased, described in plans, with detailed provisions for the working thereof; cites lease of 11 March 1822 Rent: £700 p.a. (£400 for mines marked 1 in plan £300 for mines marked 2 in plan) with additional rents (as specified)

10 December 1845 Parties as D/St/B1/3/118 above Counterpart lease for 21 years by (1) and (2) to (3) of freehold collieries at Evenwood; cites lease and release of 8 and 9 February 1828 Rent: 20s. per ten

2 May 1857 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (2) John Hedley of South Hetton, engineer, Thomas Charlton of Eston, Yorkshire, mine agent, and Thomas Place of South Hetton, colliery sinker Counterpart lease for 21 years of Lands Farm (412a 3r. 4p.) in parish of St. Andrew Auckland and Hall Pasture (21a. 2r. 2p.) in parish of Cockfield in occupation of (2) with mining rights, wayleave, etc. Rent: £196 16s. 8d. p.a. and £120 p.a. for every acre of Old Meadow ploughed contrary to covenant and £5 per ton for all hay, clover or green fodder

6 April 1863 (1) Claude Bowes Lyon of Lowndes Square, Middlesex, esq. and William Hutt of Gibside, M.P.; surviving trustees of the Bowes Estate Act, 1850 (2) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (3) William Hedley of Lands House, parish of St. Andrew Auckland, colliery viewer, John Hedley of Houghton-le-Spring, colliery engineer, Thomas Place, also of Houghton-le-Spring, colliery owner and Thomas Charlton of Middlesborough, Yorkshire, colliery owner Counterpart lease for 32 years of coal mines, ironstone and fireclay under Cockfield Hall Farm, Garden House Farm and Fatting Field Farm, Hall Pasture and several cottage lands in Cockfield (450a. 16p.), with permission to mine, constructing necessary equipment, and with wayleave over adjoining lands belonging to (1) or (2) to Stockton and Darlington or any other public railway Rent: £325 p.a. and other rents as specified With specification for building and maintenance, plan of Cockfield and schedule

9 May 1874 (1) Charlotte Bowes Lyon, commonly called Lady Glamis, of Paul's Walden, Hertfordshire, widow of Thomas George, Lord Glamis (d. 1834) (2) John Bowes of Streatlam (3) Claude, Earl of Strathmore, and Sir William Hutt of Gibside (4) Robert Thompson and William Thompson of Darlington Copy copyhold lease for 21 years from (1), (2) and (3) to (4) of the mines in Evenwood Park, and lands in Evenwood town; cites lease of 14 July 1848 Rent: £600 p.a.

8 June 1874 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (2) Claude Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Sir William Hutt of Gibside, M.P. (3) John Henry Garbutt of Darlington, coal owner, Thomas Ingledew and Robert Hedley Charlton both of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, coalowners Copy lease for 14.5 years by (2), as trustees of the Bowes Estate Act, with the consent of (1) to (3) of the mines and coal seams below freehold property at Evenwood, containing 85a. Rent: £170 p.a., other rents as specified

31 December 1874 (1) Claude, Earl of Strathmore, and Sir William Hutt of Appley Towers, Isle of Wight (2) John Bowes of Streatlam (3) William Henry Hedley of Medomsley, colliery viewer and administrator of the effects of William Hedley, late of Lands House, parish of St. Andrew Auckland, Michael Brown of Lands House, colliery agent, and executor of John Hedley of Houghton-le-Spring, and John Todd of Hetton-le-Hole, colliery agent, and Miles Bruce of Ramshaw House, St. Andrews Auckland, colliery agent, executors of Thomas Place of Houghton-le-Spring, colliery agent Copy amendment demise from (1) and (2) to (3) to win and work coal, fireclay and ironstone under an area of 450a. 0r. 16p. at Gordon House colliery; recites the previous lease for 32 years of 6 April 1863 with plan Rent: not specified

6 December 1875 (1) Charlotte Lyon Bowes, Lady Glamis, of Pauls Walden, Hertfordshire, widow (2) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (3) Claude Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Sir William Hutt of 2 Grosvenor Square, Middlesex (4) Thomas Ingledew and Robert Hedley Charlton, both of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, coal owners Copy lease for 20 years by (1), with the consent of (2) and (3), to (4) of coal mines under Evenwood Park and the villages of Gordon, Evenwood and Ramshaw, plan attached, recites lease dated 14 July 1848 by the Bishop of Durham to (1) of collieries at Evenwood, Ramshaw, Gordon, Morley and Toft Hill for 3 lives Rent: £100 p.a. and tentale rent

17 August 1877 (1) Rt. Hon. Claude Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, and Rt. Hon. Sir William Hutt of Appley Towers, Isle of Wight, K.C.B. (surviving trustees of Bowes Estate Act, 1850) (2) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (3) William Henry Hedley of Medomsley, colliery viewer (administrator of W.M. Hedley, late of Lands House, parish of St. Andrew Auckland, colliery viewer, deceased), Michael Brown of Lands House, colliery agent (executor of John Hedley of Houghton-le-Spring, colliery engineer, deceased), John Todd of Hetton-le-Hole, colliery agent, and Miles Bruce of Ramshead House, parish of St. Andrew Auckland, colliery agent (executors of will of Thomas Place of Houghton-le-Spring, colliery owner, deceased) Counterpart lease for 41 years of 2 parcels of land in parish of Cockfield, as delineated on plan, with authority to build dwellings for pitmen etc.; with plan. Rent: £3 per acre

15 May 1879 (1) John Bowes, esq. (2) Claude Bowes, Earl of Strathmore, Sir William Hutt of Appley Towers, Isle of Wight, K.C.B. (3) Thomas Blake of Stockton-on-Tees, accountant Copy agreement to extend lease of 8 June 1874 (as D/St/Bl/3/123 above) for 10 years from 13 May 1883 Rents: as specified

Copy of the terms for leting the freehold royalty at Evenwood by the Earl of Strathmore to the Tees Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., 4 August 1891

n.d. [1894] (1) Claude Bowes, Earl of Strathmore (2) North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. Draft lease for 42 years or life of (1), if less, of mines belonging to the said Earl by virtue of the Bishop's lease of 14 July 1848, in the township of Evenwood, St. Andrew Auckland (see plan 1 annexed), known as Evenwood colliery Rent: £2,500, other rents as specified

6 April 1897 (1) Claude Bowes, Earl of Strathmore (2) North Bitchburn Coal Co. Copy lease for 32 years of mines and lands (specified) in parish of Cockfield; with plan. Rent: £600 p.a. With copy indenture varying provisions of above lease, 17 August 1917

13 July 1899 (1) Claude Bowes Lyon, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (2) George Auldjo Jamieson and James Haldane, both of St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh, accountants (mortgagees) (3) North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. Copy lease for 33 years or life of (1), if less, of Whin Dyke mineral estate by (1) to (3) Recites lease of 14 July 1848 and mortgage of 16 August 1888 Rent: £100 p.a and other rents as specified (1 file) Enclosed: 3 May 1900 (1) Claude Bowes Lyon, Earl of Strathmore (2) North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. Copy agreement as to compensation for damage by subsidence or otherwise to surface lands over part of the Whin Dyke mineral estate at Evenwood; recites lease of 13 July 1899; with covering letter.

18 September 1899 (1) Claude Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (2) George Auldjo Jamieson and James Haldane both of St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh, accountants (mortgagees of (1)) (3) Joseph Walton of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, M.P., and Andrew Mein of Bishop Auckland, colliery owner Copy lease for 10 years or the life of (1), if less, by (1) to (3) of coal mines under the Carterthorne mineral estate containing 188a. at Toft Hill; recites lease of 14 July 1848 and mortgage of 16 August 1888; with plan.

18 May 1907 (1) Claude George, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (2) William Thomas Bolam of 4, Summerhill Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq., Malcolm Bowes Lyon of 19 Hans Place, Chelsea, captain, 2nd Life Guards, and William Henry Ralston of Streatlam Castle, land agent; mortgagees of (1) (3) North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. Copy lease for 30 years by (1) to (3) of coal mines at Evenwood, parish of Auckland St. Andrew, on land containing 85a.; 2 plans attached

19 September 1922 (1) Claude George, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (2) William Thomas Bolam of 4, Summerhill Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq., Malcolm Bowes Lyon of 19, Hans Place, London, retired major, and William Henry Ralston of Barnard Castle, estate agent; mortgagees of (1) (3) North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. Copy variation to the terms of lease D/St/B1/3/133 above

Schedule of yearly rental of lands within lordship of Beamish and yearly assessment of collieries, with schedule of yearly rents for the constabulary of Lintz-Green and assessment of collieries, 1767

Colliery receipts for rents etc. for Winlaton lordship, Blaydon, Beamish, Marley Hill and Garesfield, November 1815 - April 1818

Colliery rent ledger: rents due and received from various tenants for Hylton, Usworth, Blaydon Main, Marley Hill and other collieries in north Durham, 31 December 1867 - 31 December 1886

Rentals with receipts and arrears: rents for wayleaves, damaged ground, gardens and eatage, 1870 - 1877

Accounts of rents for Hylton, Marley Hill and Hedley royalties, including wayleave and farm rents, with related correspondence to Ralph John Dent, 1872 - 1885

Account of one year's wayleave rent due from W.M. Pitt, esq., for leading Tanfield Moor coals through Marley Hill estate, 1826

Valuation of wayleave rent due from owners of Tanfield Lea colliery for leading coals from Pontop colliery over the Marley Hill estate, March 1830

Account of half year's rent for ground damaged by the Pontop and Jarrow Railway on the Hedley estate, 23 November 1838 - 13 May 1839

Annual accounts of coal worked out of Marley Hill colliery, calculations of tentale account, and accounts of sums due, with related letter, 5 June 1840 - 23 November 1848

Account of sum due for quarry damage, 27 October 1846

Accounts of wayleave rents due from owners of Crook Bank and Marley Hill collieries, 1846 - 1850

Accounts of wayleave rents due mainly from owners of Marley Hill colliery for leadings from Tanfield Moor, Crookbank and Burnopfield collieries, with related correspondence to Ralph J. Dent, 1848 - 1851

Accounts of various rents including wayleave, tentale, shaft, outstroke and certain rents, for Burnopfield, Crookbank and Andrews House collieries, 1850 - 1866

Accounts of various rents including wayleave, tentale, shaft, outstroke and certain rents, for Burnopfield, Crookbank and Andrews House collieries, with related correspondence to Ralph Dent, 1852 - 1860

Accounts of various rents including wayleave, tentale, shaft, outstroke and certain rents, for Burnopfield, Crookbank and Andrews House collieries, with related correspondence to Ralph Dent, 1860 - 1865

Miscellaneous Marley Hill accounts with related correspondence from Cuthbert Berkley of Marley Hill colliery and others to Ralph Dent, 1855 - 1859

Accounts of wayleave and farm rents, 6 April 1863 - 6 April 1865

Account for damages by colliery workings to houses at Hillhead and Cutthorns, and letters of S.V. Gregory of John Bowes & Partners to Ralph John Dent and William Thompson concerning the statements, June 1872 - March 1879

Byermoor wayleave tentale account: arrears, 1864 - 1877, due for coals wrought out of various royalties, drawn to bank at Byermoor colliery and not charged for surface wayleave, 31 December 1877

Account of wayleave rent due for coals led from Andrews House colliery to Byermoor and Burnopfield ovens, 1895 - 1906, with account of drainage rent on foreign coal drawn at Andrews House and drained through Marley Hill, 1904 - 1905

Accounts of wayleave, tentale, shaft, outstroke and other rents for numerous royalties and estates including Marley Hill, Fawdon's Field, Laydon's Field, Byermoor, Whickham Manor, Blackburn Fell, Sunniside, Hedley Fell etc., 1861 - 1866

Marley Hill tentale accounts: as D/St/B1/3/155 above, but including Marley Hill, Gibside, Hollingside, Bird Hill and Riding Barns estates, 1866 - 1876

Marley Hill tentale accounts: as D/St/B1/3/155 above, but including Marley Hill, Gibside, Hollingside, Bird Hill and riding Barns estates, 1877 - 1905

Marley Hill freehold and Marley Hill royalty accounts: as D/St/B1/3/156 above, with related correspondence to Thomas McQueen and Ernest Kirkup, 1906 - 1938

Park Head, Hedley Fell and Friarside royalties, Andrews House: account of various rents due, includes Laydon Fields royalty, 1877 - 1894

Hedley Fell freehold and Hedley Fell royalty accounts: as D/St/B1/3/159 above, 1906 - 1933

Park Head royalty accounts: rents due from the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. and from John Bowes & Partners Ltd., with related correspondence to Thomas McQueen and Ernest Kirkup, 1934 - 1938

Marley Hill and Pontop and Jarrow wayleave accounts: rents due for leadings over the 'Marley Hill etc. Estates', 1906 - 1938

Accounts of tentale, certain, instroke and other rents due from the owners of Usworth colliery and from John Bowes and Partners for Hylton royalty, with related correspondence to Ralph John Dent, 1858 - 1887

East Hylton estate tentale accounts: certain, outstroke and royalty rents due from the Wearmouth Coal Co., 1897 - 1905

East Hylton royalty accounts: rents due from the Wearmouth Coal Co., with related correspondence to Thomas McQueen and Ernest Kirkup, 1906 - 1938

West Hylton royalty accounts: rents due from Johnasson, Gordon and Co. Ltd. and from Leversons Wallsend Collieries Ltd., 1906 - 1938

Statement of East Hylton royalty rents (1904 - 1914), February 1915

Account of Garesfield colliery workings and leadings, with 1/16 of total value calculated, 1 January - 31 December 1821

Accounts of wayleave, certain, and other rents due from the owners of Garesfield colliery, J. Cowen and Co. and G.H. Ramsay to John Bowes and to the proprietors of 1/16 share of Winlaton lordship for coal and fireclay wrought out of the Lords of Winlaton's royalty, 1841 - 1859

Accounts of wayleave and other rents due from Joseph Cowen and Co., G.H. Ramsay and the owners of Garesfield colliery for Garesfield, Blaydon Main and Blaydon Burn collieries, with related correspondence to Ralph Dent, 1845 - 1861

Accounts of wayleave and other rents due from Joseph Cowen and Co., G.H. Ramsay and the owners of Garesfield colliery for Garesfield, Blaydon Main and Blaydon Burn collieries, with related correspondence to Ralph Dent, 1860 - 1868

Accounts of wayleave and other rents due from Joseph Cowen and Co., G.H. Ramsay and the owners of Garesfield colliery for Garesfield, Blaydon Main and Blaydon Burn collieries, with related correspondence to Ralph Dent and also concerning bankruptcy in November 1880 of J.T. Ramsay, 1869 - 1881

Accounts of wayleave and other rents due from Joseph Cowen and Co., G.H. Ramsay and the owners of Garesfield colliery for Garesfield, Blaydon Main and Blaydon Burn collieries, with related correspondence to Ralph Dent, 1880 - 1888

Miscellaneous accounts of wayleave and other rents due from the owners of Garesfield colliery, Morkill and Prodham, G.H. Ramsay and Albert Errington, 1845, 1865 - 1866, 1875, 1877, 1893 - 1894

Accounts of wayleave, certain, outstroke and watercourse rents due from the owners of Garesfield colliery to John Bowes and to the proprietors of 1/16 share of Winlaton lordship for coal wrought out of Chopwell and Government royalties and led over grounds at Spen and Bate House, 1851 - 1866

Accounts of various rents due from Stella Coal Co. to the lords of the manor of Winlaton for lordship royalty, 1886 - 1888

Blaydon Burn colliery tentale accounts: wayleave, certain and other rents due from Joseph Cowen and Co. and subsequently from the Priestman Collieries Co. (7/96 due to Earl of Strathmore); includes Lilley Drift wayleave, 1891 - 1904

Blaydon Burn royalty accounts: rents due from Priestman Collieries Ltd., 1906 - 1937

Accounts of Priestman Collieries Ltd. with the owners of Winlaton lordship royalties, for royalty and rent claims made arising out of a trespass committed at Blaydon Burn colliery, June 1911

Blaydon Main colliery tentale accounts: various rents due from the Stella Coal Co. (7/96 due to the Earl of Strathmore), 1891 - 1905

Blaydon Main royalty accounts: rents due from the Stella Coal Co. and subsequently from Priestman Collieries Ltd., 1906 - 1935

Winlaton manor, Garesfield colliery tentale accounts: various rents due from the Consett Iron Co. Ltd. for Chopwell and Government properties at Garesfield colliery (10/96 due to Earl of Strathmore), 1890 - 1892

Winlaton manor, Victoria Garesfield colliery tentale accounts: various rents due from the owners of Victoria Garesfield colliery (7/96 due to Earl of Strathmore), 1891 - 1904

Victoria Garesfield royalty accounts: rents due from Priestman Collieries Ltd., 1906 - 1909

Lilley Drift wayleave accounts: rents due from Priestman Collieries Ltd., 1906 -1935

Copy account of rents due from Priestman Collieries Ltd. for 'Blaydon Burn, Blaydon Main etc. Royalties', with copy covering letter from Ernest Kirkup to Lindsay, Jamieson and Haldane, 1938

Account of rents due from Stella Coal Co. for Crawcrook royalty, with account of coal wrought out of the royalty at Emma Pit, Towneley and Stella collieries, 1886 - 1887

Account of rent due from Stella Coal Co. for Crawcrook royalty, 31 December 1896

Crawcrook royalty accounts: rents due from Stella Coal Co., with related correspondence to Thomas McQueen, 1907 - 1938

Account of George Dixon and Co. with the Earl of Strathmore and the Hon. Thomas Bowes for rent of land at Cockfield, and for coal, with references to Norwood and Cow Close collieries, 1814 - 1818

Account of George Dixon and Co. with Lord Strathmore for Norwood colliery rent, 1815 - 1817

Accounts of rents due from Messrs. Sharp, Clark and Co. and later from the lessees of Norwood and Evenwood collieries, mainly for Norwood, also for Ramshaw and Evenwood collieries, 1828 - 1839

[Draft] state of account between Durham County Coal Company and John Bowes, esq., 1 November 1839

Miscellaneous accounts of rents due for various collieries in Evenwood, 1840 - 1864

Ledger detailing rents due from various companies and individuals for Norwood, Gordon House, Evenwood, Carterthorn and Storey Lodge collieries and Ramshaw Farm, 1851 - 1880 Also contains accounts of rents due for Cotherstone, Mickleton Allotment and Wemmergill game, 1843 - 1880

Evenwood leasehold tentale accounts: rents due from the owners of Evenwood colliery, with accounts of coals and fireclay wrought and drawn to bank at Evenwood colliery, 1866 - 1889

Evenwood leasehold tentale account: rents due from the owners of Evenwood colliery and later from the North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd., 1890 - 1904

Evenwood freehold tentale accounts: rents due from the lessees and 'owners' of Evenwood colliery and later from the North Bitchburn Coal Co., 1869 - 1905

Norwood tentale accounts: various rents due from the owners of Norwood colliery for coal under the Ramshaw, Gordon and Norwood estate, with accounts of coals wrought out of Norwood and Railey Fell royalties and abstract of Ramshaw and Norwood lease of 2 March 1874, 1867 - 1881

Norwood tentale accounts: rents due from the owners of Norwood colliery and later from Henry Stobart and Co. Ltd. for Norwood royalty (to 1885) and (from 1885) Norwood leasehold estate and Ramshaw farm, 1882 - 1904

Norwood freehold accounts: rents due from the owners of Norwood colliery for Norwood freehold royalty, 1870 - 1900

Carterthorn tentale accounts: rents due from Henry Chater, later Messrs. Simpson and Hodgson, and later Walton and Co., 1867 - 1904

Storey Lodge tentale accounts: rents due from the owners of Storey Lodge colliery, 1873 - 1904

Gordon House leasehold accounts: rents due from the owners of Gordon House colliery and later from the North Bitchburn Coal Co. for Whin Dyke, 1874 - 1902

Gordon House freehold tentale accounts: rents due from the owners of Gordon House colliery and later from the North Bitchburn Coal Co. for Cockfield freehold estate, Whin Dyke, Evenwood leasehold, etc., with accounts of coals wrought out of Gordon House and Cockfield royalties, and abstract of lease of 6 April 1863, 1867 - 1899

Gordon House freehold tentale accounts: rents due from the North Bitchburn Coal Co. for Cockfield freehold, Whin Dyke, Evenwood leasehold, etc., 1900 - 1905

Parts of Morley royalty tentale accounts: rents due from George Lowson, Joseph Gill and owners of Morley colliery, 1880 - 1902

Greenfield undivided royalty tentale account: various rents due from the owners of Etherley colliery and later from Messrs. Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd., 1880 - 1904

'Evenwood D.B.E. Tentale Book': various rents due from the lessees of Evenwood etc. royalty to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 1894 - 1904 (1 volume, leather bound) For continuation, see following section (loose papers)

Pit Close colliery (part of Morley leasehold estate) tentale accounts: rents due form George Lowson, 1880 - 1885/88

Ramshaw wayleave tentale accounts: rents due from the owners of Etherley colliery, 1886 - 1888

Drafts and copies of Evenwood estate 'mineral rentals', giving rents due from various lessees for Evenwood royalties and for Ramshaw wayleave, 1888 - 1934

Miscellaneous accounts concerning Tees Hetton Coal Co., including rents due for Evenwood colliery, 1881 - 1891

Statements of account between the North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. and the Earl of Strathmore, with statement of property tax to be deducted from royalty rents, 1892 - 1899

Account of royalty due from the North Eastern Railway Co. on coal left to support railway near Norwood Pit, 14 February 1900

14 February 1900 (1) Rt. Hon. The Earl of Strathmore (2) North Eastern Railway Co. Receipt of (1) for payment of £39 13s. 9d. by (2) as compensation for leaving coal unworked in Five Quarter or Busty Seam, Norwood colliery

Receipt of the North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. for £50 from the Earl of Strathmore for royalty rent paid in error, 4 December 1903

Evenwood freehold royalty accounts: rents due from the North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. and later from the Randolph Coal Co. Ltd., with related correspondence to Thomas McQueen and Ernest Kirkup, 1906 - 1938

Cockfield freehold royalty and Gordon House freehold royalty accounts: rents due from the North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. and later from the Randolph Coal Co. Ltd., with related correspondence to Thomas McQueen and Ernest Kirkup, 1906 - 1937

Ramshaw wayleave accounts: rents due from Henry Stobart and Co. Ltd. for leadings over Ramshaw farm, with related correspondence to Thomas McQueen and Ernest Kirkup, 1906 - 1938

Accounts of rents and damages due from the Northern Coal Mining Co. to John Bowes and to Michael Raws for Streatlam and Gibside estates, and valuation of Helmshole Wood, 1848 - 1851

List of colliery certain rents at Streatlam, Winlaton and Gibside, 1863

Accounts of rents due for Marley Hill colliery wayleave, Gordon House colliery, Evenwood colliery, Norwood colliery, Carterthorne royalty, and Ramshaw wayleave, 1870 - 1871

Accounts of rents due for Norwood, Etherley, Carterthorne, Marley Hill, Evenwood, Gordon House and Storey Lodge collieries, 1872 - 1873

Colliery rents general summaries, covering Evenwood, Marley, Hedley and Hylton properties, some detailing increase and decrease on preceding year, with related correspondence to Ralph John Dent, 1881 - 1883 and 1886 - 1888

Statements of half-year colliery, certain and other rents due for Evenwood, Marley, Hedley, Hylton, Crawcrook and Winlaton properties, 1888 - 1903

Detailed tentale accounts: ledger detailing rents due from various companies and individuals for collieries in north and south Durham, 1889 - 1893

Detailed tentale accounts: ledger detailing rents due from various companies and individuals for collieries in north and south Durham, 1893 - 1898

Detailed tentale accounts: ledger detailing rents due from various companies and individuals for collieries in north and south Durham, 1893 - 1903

Detailed tentale accounts: ledger detailing rents due from various companies and individuals for collieries in north and south Durham, 1901 - 1906

Surface damage ledger: amounts owed by the North Bitchburn Coal Co. for Storey Lodge and Cragwood, by the Acklam Iron Company for Gordon House, by Summerson and Co. for Cragwood, by James Hartley's representatives for Stainton Hill, by Henry Stobart and Co. for Norwood, and by John Bowes and Partners for West Wood, etc., 1890 - 1915

Comparative statements of mineral and coal royalty rents (north and south Durham), 1896 - 1899

Comparative statements of coal royalty rents (north and south Durham), 1900 - 1901 and 1901 - 1902

Comparative statement of royalty rents, covering collieries, wayleave, quarries and lead mines (north and south Durham and Wemmergill estate), contained in schedule sent 21 May 1908 to Messrs. Western, 1905 - 1907

Comparative statement of mineral rents (north and south Durham), 1921 - 1927

Copy accounts of rents due from John Bowes and Partners Ltd. and from the North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. for premises in north and south Durham respectively, with account of rent due from John Bowes and Partners to the representatives of the late Lord Ninian Stuart for electric cable poles on Tanfield Moor, 1914 - 1919

Cash account of Richard Dobson (receipts and expenditure) for wayleave rents, certain rents, damages and related matters [north Durham],4 November 1815 - 31 August 1818

Accounts of Edward Steele and related papers concerning viewing etc. for collieries in north and south Durham, 1822 - 1835

Account of expenses of Edward Steel for surveying and borehole work on the Deanery estate [near Black Boy, Eldon] for the lessees of the Deanery coal mines, 1826 - 1828

Summary of payments made to the Brandling Junction Railway for leading coals from Marley Hill colliery, July 1840 - February 1844

Account of John Daglish with John Bowes for salary and expenses, 1872

Account of the mineral rights duty for the Marley Hill freehold, Hedley freehold and Pontop and Jarrow wayleave (endorsed 'Marley Hill Royalties'), 1919 - 1920

'Valuation of the Materials at Norwood Colliery ... belonging to Mr. George Dixon and now entered on by the Trustees of the late Earl of Strathmore and Lord Glamis', 20 February 1828

Statement respecting surplus workings for Gordon colliery, 14 February 1832 - 14 February 1833

Accounts of coals wrought at Norwood colliery, 14 February 1832 - 26 March 1833

Calculations of coal wrought [Norwood colliery], n.d. [c.1832]

Accounts of receipts and payments, Norwood colliery, 14 February 1832 - 14 August 1833 and n.d.

Presentments of coals wrought at Norwood and Ramshaw collieries by Messrs. Clark and Co., 14 February 1833 - 14 August 1833

Account and bills concerning erection of stables and other work for Norwood colliery, 1832 - 1833

Bill for the owners of Norwood colliery for rent due to Robert Warwick, with receipt of payment, 13 May - 31 May 1834

Rough accounts [Norwood colliery], n.d. [1830s]

Calculation of coal wrought by lessees of Gordon colliery, n.d. [1830s]

Account of quantity of coals and number of loads led from Henry Stobart and Co.'s pit, Streatlam, 31 December 1848 - 13 February 1849

Acounts of coals wrought and led, and wrought and vended, from Evenwood colliery, 6 August 1853 - 19 May 1855

Accounts of coals wrought and vended from Norwood colliery, with related correspondence, 1855 - 1857

Schedule of cottages occupied by Marley Hill pitmen, 13 May 1842

Miscellaneous papers concerning pitmen's cottages Cragwood and Evenwood collieries, 1853 and 1857

Papers relating to the valuation of farms at Marley Hill occupied by the Marley Hill Co., including schedule of quantities of tillage, rentals, wayleave account, account of pitmen's cottages, and valuation, 30 October 1872 - 30 March 1875

Memoranda and schedules of acreages relating to lease of Marley Hill farms, 1896 - 1897

Notes on provisional valuations of colliery cottages at Marley Hill, Byermoor, Andrews House and Crookgate, November 1912

Statement of the Marley Hill farms and rents at 11 October 1882, with notes of later reductions, December 1912

Schedules of land relating to lease of Marley Hill farms, with related memoranda, 1916 and 1919

Notices of orders, schedules of occupiers, plans and related papers concerning clearance orders served by Whickham U.D.C. in respect of houses at Fellside and Marley Hill, leased by the Earl of Strathmore to John Bowes and Partners, 2 May 1935 - 13 August 1937

Annual reports by John Daglish on the mineral properties of the Earl of Strathmore, with particulars of mining leases, report on railway communication and related material (to 1892), 1886 - 1888

Annual reports by John Daglish on the mineral properties of the Earl of Strathmore, and report on railway communications (with plans), 1889 - 1890

Annual reports by John Daglish on the mineral properties of the Earl of Strathmore, 1891 - 1893

Annual reports of John Daglish on the mineral properties of the Earl of Strathmore, 1894 - 1896

Annual reports of John Daglish on the mineral properties of the Earl of Strathmore, and report, 1897, on the Evenwood, Storey Lodge and Gordon House mineral properties under lease to the North Bitchburn Coal Co., 1896 - 1898

Annual reports of John Daglish on the mineral properties of the Earl of Strathmore, 1899 - 1900

Report by William Armstrong and Sons of Newcastle to the Earl of Strathmore on the Earl's mineral properties in County Durham, to accompany the firm's Annual Statements for the year ended 31 December 1935, 9 July 1936

Account of borings made at Evenwood, January 1821 - April 1828

Memoranda made with Mr. Fenwick and Mr. Steele at Gibside, relating to royalties and collieries, 22 March 1831

Account of borings at Evenwood, 13 February 1833

Papers concerning distraint on the Northern Coal Mining Company's Cragwood colliery due to arrears of rent, 1842

Inventory of stock at Marley Hill colliery exclusive of pits in working operation, 31 December 1842

Description of wayleave distances over Marley Hill estate for leadings from Andrews House, Crookgate, Crookbank [and Tanfield Moor] collieries, 1847

Memorandum by Ralph Dent concerning Evenwood, Hilton, Garesfield, Marley Hill and other colliery leases, December 1868

Report by John Daglish on the problems of working coal in the Hylton royalty, with memorandum concerning arrangements made since 1857 for leasing the coal, ironstone and fireclay under the Hylton Castle estate, 9 September 1870 and June 1872

Valuation of land at Marley Hill Gill Plantation which the Marley Hill colliery owners require to build coke ovens, with sketch plan, 1871

List of names and addresses of lessees of collieries of the Earl of Strathmore in north and south Durham, with names of their financial managers, February 1890

Extract from report of John Daglish on the mineral properties belonging to the Earl of Strathmore (Gordon House colliery, Cockfield estate), July 1890

Copy report by John Daglish to Messrs. Lindsay Jamieson and Haldane on opening out of Evenwood colliery, and reply, 23 - 24 April 1891

Copy minutes of meetings of Messrs. A. Mein, H. Dowdeswell, [blank] Mein jnr. and W.W. Hill to consider purchase of New Carterthorne colliery [as a partnership], 25 and 28 August 1897

Memorandum by William Ralston of interview with Mr. Holme at Streatlam House concerning lease of Carterthorne royalty, 31 August 1897

Legal memorandum with reference to questions in dispute as to rate of royalty to be paid on coal from area adjacent to Evenwood and Gordon House and Storey Lodge collieries, December 1897

Notes on colliery at Hylton (East Hylton royalty), 10 August 1898

Note concerning coal under Crawcrook and 'The Winlaton Property', n.d. [19th c.]

Reports by John Daglish to the Earl of Strathmore on the state of his mineral properties, with special reference to the East Hylton royalty (with plan); including comparative statement of mineral rents, 1902 and 1903, for north and south Durham, 23 June 1902 - 17 February 1904

Report by C.J. Spence on the working of Osmond Croft colliery, near Winston (annotated by William Ralston), 28 July 1904

Notes by William Ralston as to Barnard Castle Inclosure Acts of 1783 and 1795, with reference to minerals, 27 March 1912

Memorandum of agreement [by William Ralston] with Charles Turnbull for leading of old bricks at Norwood Coke Ovens ('Norwood Colliery' on dorse), 17 May 1922

Particulars of Lord Strathmore's, Lord Glamis', Lords Ravensworth and Strathmore's mineral and wayleave leases relating to north and south Durham, with plan showing the north Durham areas concerned, 26 June 1926