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Strathmore Estate

Reference: D/St/C 2 Catalogue Title: Strathmore Estate Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 4) William Ralston

Covering Dates: 1880-1928

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Strathmore Estate
- Strathmore Estate (Ref: D/St)
  - Correspondence and Personal Papers (Ref: D/St/C)
    - Estate Agents and Estate Affairs (Ref: D/St/C2)
      - William Ralston, 1889-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19)
        Estate Correspondence, 1889-1921 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/1-320)
        Streatlam, 1889-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/1-101)
        Bundles of General Correspondence, 1889-1908 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/1-77)
        Quarries, 1893-1914 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/78-79)
        Shooting, 1897-1922 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/80-83)
        Fishing, 1890-1892 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/84-86)
        Miscellaneous Estate Matters, 1882-1919 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/87-95)
        Sale of Streatlam Estate, 1921-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/96-101)
        Estate, 1921-1924 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/96-99)
        Castle and Contents, 1922-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/100-101)
        Wemmergill, 1889-1927 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/102-174)
        Bundles of General Correspondence, 1889-1908 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/102-156)
        Quarries, 1886-1924 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/157-159)
        Tees Valley Water Board, 1892-1909 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/160-162)
        Leasing of Wemmergill Hall and Shooting Rights, 1915-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/163-165)
        Miscellaneous, 1884-1927 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/166-174)
        Gibside, 1889-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/175-235)
        Bundles of General Correspondence, 1889-1908 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/175-226)
        Miscellaneous, 1889-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/227-235)
        Winlaton, 1904-1912 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/236-239)
        Multiple Estates, 1886-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/240-308)
        Correspondence from various members of the Bowes Lyon Family, 1886-1905 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/240-302)
        13th Earl of Strathmore, 1886-1904 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/240-260)
        14th Earl of Strathmore, 1904-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/261-284)
        Countess of Strathmore, 1904-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/285-289)
        Miscellaneous Family Members etc., 1904-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/290-300)
        Correspondence about Family Celebrations, 1902-1905 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/301-302)
        Insurance Correspondence, 1890-1912 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/303-306)
        Executorship Correspondence relating to the 12th Earl of Strathmore, 1904-1906 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/307)
        Miscellaneous, 1890-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/308)
        Business Correspondence, 1893-1921 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/309-320)
        Coal, 1893-1906 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/309-318)
        North Durham, 1893-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/309-315)
        Marley Hill Coal Royalty and the Marley Hill Chemical Co. Ltd., 1893-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/309-314)
        East Hylton, 1915-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/315)
        Evenwood, 1891-1906 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/316-318)
        Lead, 1911-1921 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/319-320)
        Personal Papers, 1916-1917 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/321-458)
        Chairman of the Barnard Castle District of the Durham War Agricultural Executive Committee (including Papers relating to the Streatlam Estate), 1916-1917 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/321-331)
        National Land Survey and Cultivation of Lands Orders, 1916-1919 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/321-327)
        Circulars and Cuttings, 1897-1917 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/328-331)
        Inspector and Arbitrator for the Board of Agriculture, 1903-1913 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/332-395)
        Arbitrations concerning Sales of Glebe Land under Glebe Lands Act, 1888, 1903-1911 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/332-342)
        Miscellaneous Board of Agriculture Arbitrations, 1905-1916 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/343-355)
        Inspector of Applications for Loans from the Lands Improvement and General Land Drainage and Improvement Companies, 1902-1915 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/356-394)
        Colonel E.U. Blackett, 1902-1915 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/356)
        J.R. Carr Ellison, 1903-1905 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/357-362)
        F.W. Lambton, 1913-1916 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/363)
        Other Owners (in Contract Number order), 1913-1915 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/364-394)
        Miscellaneous, 1896-1913 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/395)
        Miscellaneous Arbitrations of William Ralston, 1894 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/396-424)
        Chairman of Streatlam and Stainton Parish Council and Barnard Castle Rural District Council, 1895-1896 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/425-426)
        Manager and Trustee of Local Schools, 1887-1906 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/427-438)
        Trustee of Cockfield Church of England School, 1887-1907 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/427)
        Manager of Streatlam and Stainton School, 1901-1921 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/428-434)
        Manager of Evenwood National School, 1902-1904 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/435)
        Tanfield School Board, 1891-1893 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/436)
        Dairy Classes, 1895 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/437)
        Miscellaneous, 1880-1906 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/438)
        Secretary of the Zetland Hunt, 1886-1914 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/439-446)
        Director of the Barnard Castle and Teesdale Farmers' Auction Mart Co. Ltd., Darlington, 1899-1902 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/447)
        Member of the Land Agents' Society, 1912-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/448-449)
        Primrose League and Conservative Party, 1886-1919 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/450-452)
        Other Personal Papers, 1886-1917 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/453-458)

Catalogue Description

Records of William Henry Ralston, agent in overall charge of the English estates of the Bowes-Lyon family, Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne, from 1889 to 1928.

Also agent for the Durham estates of the Crichton-Stuart family (the Marquises of Bute) and of the Lartington estate of Norman Field. He was a Justice of the Peace; Inspector for the Board of Agriculture; Secretary for the Zetland Hunt; Chairman of the parish council of the township; of Streatlam and Stainton, and of Barnard Castle R.D.C.; Manager of Cockfield, Evenwood and Stainton schools; Chairman of the Barnard Castle District of the Durham War Agricultural Executive Committee; Official for the Primrose League.

Catalogue Contents

Strathmore Estate (Ref: D/St)Correspondence and Personal Papers (Ref: D/St/C)Estate Agents and Estate Affairs (Ref: D/St/C2)William Ralston, 1889-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19)Estate Correspondence, 1889-1921 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/1-320)Streatlam, 1889-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/1-101)Bundles of General Correspondence, 1889-1908 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/1-77)

These orginal bundles of William Ralston's Streatlam correspondence cover a wide range of subjects, including tenancies, rents, upkeep and leasing of Streatlam Castle, stock, repairs, purchase and sale of land, collieries on the estate, staff, quarries, tithes, fishing and shooting rights, as well as the Bowes Museum, subscriptions and the Conservative Association, etc.

Ref: D/St/C2/19/1

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 12 August 1889 - 4 March 1890

(133 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/2

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 3 March - 11 April, 1890

(143 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/3

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 11 April - 30 May 1890

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/4

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 2 June - 30 July 1890

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/5

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 7 July - 30 September 1890

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/6

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 October - 4 December 1890

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/7

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 4 December 1890 - 20 February 1891

(157 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/8

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 21 February - 1 May 1891

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/9

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 3 May - 29 July 1891

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/10

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 17 August - 20 October 1891

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/11

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 21 October - 30 December 1891

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/12

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 2 January - 29 February 1892

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/13

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 March - 18 June 1892

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/14

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 18 June - 30 September 1892

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/15

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 October - 30 December 1892

(142 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/16

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 January - 28 February 1893

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/17

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 March - 30 June 1893

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/18

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 July - 30 November 1893

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/19

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 December 1893 - 28 February 1894

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/20

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 March - 31 May 1894

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/21

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 June - 29 September 1894

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/22

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 October - 31 December 1894

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/23

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 January - 28 February 1895

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/24

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 March - 15 July 1895

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/25

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 16 July - 9 September 1895

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/26

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 7 September - 26 December 1895

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/27

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 January - 21 April 1896

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/28

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 22 April - 29 June 1896

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/29

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 July - 30 September 1896

(180 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/30

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 2 October - 31 December 1896

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/31

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 January - 31 March 1897

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/32

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 April - 29 June 1897

(161 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/33

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 23 July - 30 September 1897

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/34

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 9 November - 30 December 1897

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/35

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 January - 31 March 1898

(159 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/36

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 April - 30 June 1898

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/37

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 29 July - 30 September 1898

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/38

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 October - 30 December 1898

(168 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/39

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 2 January - 23 March 1899

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/40

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 30 March - 30 June 1899

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/41

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 July - 30 September 1899

(185 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/42

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 2 October - 31 December 1899

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/43

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 January - 31 March 1900

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/44

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 2 April - 30 June 1900

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/45

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 2 July - 29 September 1900

(267 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/46

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 October - 31 December 1900

(221 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/47

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 January - 31 March 1901

(236 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/48

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 April - 30 June 1901

(208 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/49

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 July - 30 September 1901

(227 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/50

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 October - 31 December 1901

(199 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/51

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 January - 31 March 1902

(190 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/52

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 April - 30 June 1902

(177 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/53

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 July - 30 September 1902

(239 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/54

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 October - 30 December 1902

(161 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/55

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 January - 31 March 1903

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/56

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 April - 30 June 1903

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/57

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 2 July - 30 September 1903

(176 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/58

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 8 October - 31 December 1903

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/59

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 12 January - 29 February 1904

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/60

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 March - 31 May 1904

(111 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/61

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 2 May - 30 June 1904

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/62

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 July - 30 September 1904

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/63

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 3 October - 31 December 1904

(216 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/64

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 2 January - 31 March 1905

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/65

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 April - 30 June 1905

(224 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/66

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 July - 30 September 1905

(146 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/67

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 2 October - 31 December 1905

(189 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/68

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 January - 29 March 1906

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/69

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 2 April - 30 June 1906

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/70

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 2 July - 29 September 1906

(139 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/71

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 8 October - 31 December 1906

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/72

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 4 February - 29 March 1907

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/73

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 April - 29 June 1907

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/74

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 July - 30 September 1907

(153 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/75

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 October - 31 December 1907

(149 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/76

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 2 January - 31 March 1908

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/77

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Streatlam estate matters, 1 April - 30 June 1908

(papers)

Quarries, 1893-1914 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/78-79)Ref: D/St/C2/19/78

Copy letter from William Ralston to the Inspector of Taxes, Bishop Auckland, concerning a refund in respect of Stainton quarry with offers to work the quarry, memoranda on the cost of building a wall and plan, 8 March 1893 - 5 May 1922

(4 papers and 2 plans)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/79

Copy letter from William Ralston to Joseph Hanby Holmes concerning the renewal of Dunn House West quarry lease to members of the Hartley family, with account of arrears and lease of 1898, 1 June 1898 - 22 December 1914

(3 papers and 1 file)

Shooting, 1897-1922 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/80-83)Ref: D/St/C2/19/80

Letters from Vincent Ord, assistant overseer, Marwood, etc., to William Ralston concerning assessments for game rates in the townships of Staindrop, Streatlam and Stainton, Barnard Castle, Winston, Marwood and Westwick, with related papers, 1897 - 1898

(7 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/81

Letters from various people to William Ralston (and replies) concerning shooting and sporting rights at Westwick, Garforth Pond and Hetherick Farm, with related papers, August 1919 - December 1920

(6 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/82

Letters from various people to William Ralston (and replies) concerning the termination of shooting tenancies at Startforth, Stainton and Westwick following the Earl's sale of the properties, 1 February - 9 May 1922

(12 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/83

Letters from various people to William Ralston (and replies) concerning game bagged on the Streatlam estate, with related lists of game, 1901 - 1922

(99 papers)

Fishing, 1890-1892 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/84-86)Ref: D/St/C2/19/84

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning permits for fishing in the Tees on Lord Strathmore's property, with lists of permits, 1890

(47 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/85

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning permits for fishing in the Tees on the property of the Earl of Strathmore, between the Abbey Mill and Greta Foot, with some permits enclosed for renewal, 3 February - 26 August 1891

(62 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/86

(101 papers)

Miscellaneous Estate Matters, 1882-1919 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/87-95)Ref: D/St/C2/19/87

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning charities in the parishes of Gainford and Barnard Castle, with return of endowed charities, and extract from the will of the 10th Earl of Strathmore concerning legacies to charity, 1882 - 1913

(3 papers and 3 files)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/88

Letters from George Dent, Dunn House Farm, Winston, to William Ralston (and replies) concerning the replacement of a fireplace and mantelpiece at the farm house, with related papers concerning the tenancy terms, and location of the farm on an O.S. map, September 1897 - 12 May 1920

(4 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/89

Letters from the Tees Valley Water Board, etc., to William Ralston concerning the laying of water pipes at Cleatlam and the fixing of water rates for those tenants wanting to be connected to the system, with related papers, 15 August 1905 - 21 January 1909

(31 papers and 1 plan)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/90

Letters from T.L., J.B. and J.N. Metcalfe to William Ralston (and replies) concerning the renting and working of Streatlam Grange Farm, with related memoranda, 5 February 1905 - 28 June 1920

(8 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/91

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning Streatlam estate administration including farm leases, the extension of the Staindrop to Newsham road, overhaul of the acetylene installation, insurance of the heating boilers, and staff, with related papers, 13 November 1905 - 7 August 1925

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/92

Letters from various people to William Ralston (and replies) concerning the conditions for use of a private road between Storey Lodge and Norwood, April 1913 - December 1922

(39 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/93

Letters from various people to William Ralston (and replies) concerning Alwent Farm, Staindrop, with claim for compensation under the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1908 for 'unexhausted improvements', and valuations, 25 July 1916 - September 1917

(21 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/94

Letters from S.T. Fowler, Cleatlam East Farm, to William Ralston (and replies) concerning ploughing field no. 53 on Cleatlam East Farm, and the farm water supply, with related memoranda, 14 December 1916 - 16 July 1919

(6 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/95

Letters from the Agricultural Costings Committee (Department of Agriculture and Ministry of Food) to William Ralston enclosing forms (completed) asking for information on the acreage, use and stock of Streatlam Home Farm, 14 - 23 August 1919

(11 papers)

Sale of Streatlam Estate, 1921-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/96-101)Estate, 1921-1924 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/96-99)Ref: D/St/C2/19/96

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning the sale of Streatlam estate, 4 January - 30 June 1921

(1 file)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/97

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning the sale of Streatlam estate, 2 July - 23 December 1921

(1 file)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/98

'Streatlam Castle Estate Sale': letters from various people to William Ralston, 1 April - 30 June 1922

(1 file)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/99

'Streatlam Castle Estate Sale': Letters from various people to William Ralston, 1 July 1922 - 18 July 1924

(1 file)

Castle and Contents, 1922-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/100-101)Ref: D/St/C2/19/100

Letters from various people to William Ralston conerning the sale of the furniture and other contents of Streatlam Castle, 12 January - 31 July 1922

(1 file)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/101

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning the sale of furniture and books at Streatlam Castle and equipment at Streatlam Home Farm woodyard; includes letters about the removal of furniture to Glamis and London, the donation of various articles to the Bowes Museum, and the possible sale of documents to the Public Record Office, 1 August 1922 - 20 December 1926

(1 file)

Wemmergill, 1889-1927 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/102-174)Bundles of General Correspondence, 1889-1908 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/102-156)

Note: These original bundles of William Ralston's Wemmergill correspondence cover a wide range of subjects including tenancies, rents, upkeep and leasing of Wemmergill Hall, stock, repairs, purchase and sale of land, and shooting rights, as well as local events, etc.

Ref: D/St/C2/19/102

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 19 December 1889 - 3 June 1890

(133 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/103

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 19 September - 4 December 1890

(99 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/104

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 5 December 1890 - 20 March 1891

(98 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/105

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 23 March - 31 July 1891

(117 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/106

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 30 July 1891 - 2 March 1892

(165 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/107

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 3 March - 30 July 1892

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/108

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 August 1892 - 20 March 1893

(173 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/109

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 16 March - 9 October 1893

(153 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/110

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 28 September 1893 - 31 May 1894

(189 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/111

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 June - 28 December 1894

(151 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/112

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 January - 18 May 1895

(140 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/113

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 21 May - 28 June 1895

(58 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/114

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 July - 31 December 1895

(185 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/115

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 January - 29 June 1896

(191 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/116

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 August - 28 December 1896

(117 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/117

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 2 January - 31 March 1897

(102 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/118

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 April - 28 June 1897

(96 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/119

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 July - 30 September 1897

(137 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/120

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 October - 29 December 1897

(122 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/121

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 July - 30 September 1898

(69 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/122

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 October - 8 November 1898

(57 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/123

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 8 November - 31 December 1898

(79 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/124

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 2 January - 30 March 1899

(107 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/125

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 April - 29 June 1899

(104 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/126

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 3 July - 15 November 1899

(106 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/127

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 2 January - 31 March 1900

(69 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/128

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 2 April - 30 June 1900

(121 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/129

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 2 July - 29 September 1900

(127 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/130

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 2 October - 31 December 1900

(144 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/131

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 April - 29 June 1901

(113 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/132

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 July - 30 September 1901

(130 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/133

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 October - 31 December 1901

(135 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/134

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 January - 31 March 1902

(105 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/135

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 2 April - 26 June 1902

(136 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/136

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 July - 29 September 1902

(83 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/137

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 October - 31 December 1902

(93 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/138

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 January - 30 March 1903

(78 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/139

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 April - 30 June 1903

(119 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/140

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 July - 29 September 1903

(103 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/141

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 5 October - 31 December 1903

(123 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/142

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 4 January - 31 March 1904

(86 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/143

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 April - 30 June 1904

(123 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/144

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 July - 30 September 1904

(101 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/145

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 3 October - 30 December 1904

(84 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/146

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 3 January - 30 March 1905

(67 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/147

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 April - 30 June 1905

(146 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/148

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 July - 30 September 1905

(94 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/149

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 2 October - 29 December 1905

(113 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/150

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 January - 28 March 1906

(108 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/151

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 3 April - 30 June 1906

(134 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/152

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 2 July - 29 September 1906

(185 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/153

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 October - 31 December 1906

(160 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/154

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 12 February - 21 June 1907

(63 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/155

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 July - 30 December 1907

(122 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/156

Letters from various people to William Ralston, concerning miscellaneous Wemmergill estate matters, 1 February - 29 June 1908

(119 papers)

Quarries, 1886-1924 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/157-159)Ref: D/St/C2/19/157

Letters from Ord and Maddison, J. Hanby Holmes, etc., to William Ralston (and replies) concerning the lease of whinstone quarries at Middleton, Mickleton, etc., to Ord and Maddison, with related memoranda, and extracts from leases, 1886 - 1909

(82 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/158

Copy letters from William Ralston to Mark Pinkney, Saddlebow, Lunedale, concerning the lease of barytes on land at Saddlebox as specified in annexed plan, 14 August 1915

(3 papers and 1 plan)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/159

Letter from George Hodsman, Lunedale Whinstone Co., to William Ralston concerning workings at Greengates quarry, and from the County Surveyor about County Council payments due to Lord Strathmore for leading whinstone chippings from Greengates quarry, 14 June 1921 - 26 May 1924

(8 papers)

Tees Valley Water Board, 1892-1909 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/160-162)Ref: D/St/C2/19/160

Letters from various people to William Ralston (and replies) concerning the construction of Grassholme, Hury, Mickleton, etc., reservoirs by the Tees Valley Water Board (formerly Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Board) on land partly acquired from Lord Strathmore, 8 August 1892 - 23 July 1902

(29 papers, 3 files and 1 plan)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/161

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning the purchase of land by the Tees Valley Water Board for the construction of the Grassholme and Selset reservoirs, with related papers, March 1898 - March 1925

(15 papers and 2 plans)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/162

Letters from various people, representing or working for the Tees Valley Water Board, to William Ralston concerning land taken from Lord Strathmore for the construction of Grassholme reservoir, boundary stones at Cote House Wood, and the effect of the works on the local area, with related papers, 25 April 1906 - 14 July 1909

(8 papers and 4 plans)

Leasing of Wemmergill Hall and Shooting Rights, 1915-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/163-165)Ref: D/St/C2/19/163

Letters from various people to William Ralston (and replies) concerning the leasing of Wemmergill Hall and shooting rights, with related memoranda and lists of game, February 1915 - September 1917

(57 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/164

Letters from various people to William Ralston (and replies) concerning the leasing of shooting rights at Wemmergill, 19 April 1921 - 9 September 1922

(2 files and 9 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/165

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning the leasing of Holwick shooting rights, 7 October 1925 - 13 February 1928

(1 file)

Miscellaneous, 1884-1927 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/166-174)Ref: D/St/C2/19/166

Copy letters from William Ralston to various people concerning the dispute between Lord Strathmore and the school managers for ownership and control of Carlbeck school, Romaldkirk, with related memoranda showing the school was built on land loaned by Lord Strathmore, and abstracts of inspectors' reports, 1884 - 23 April 1898

(15 papers and 2 files)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/167

Letters from various people to William Ralston (and replies) concerning the administration of Wemmergill estate, including the boundary of Cotherstone Moor, water supply, stint rents, and repairs, 11 June 1891 - 9 November 1926

(28 papers, 1 file and 5 plans)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/168

Letters from the trustees of Romaldkirk charity estate to William Ralston (and replies) concerning a dispute over a water pipe running from a spring on Ralph Thackeray's land, over Lord Strathmore's land to Stone Bridge Farm, owned by the trustees, with related papers, 27 February 1892 - 10 July 1912

(31 papers and 1 file)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/169

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning a valuation of an estate for sale near Cotherstone, the property of J. Bourne, 22 July - 30 September 1897

(8 papers and 1 file)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/170

Letters from various people to William Ralston (and replies) concerning the lease of land at Middleton railway station, and Middleton saw mill, February 1903 - September 1925

(8 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/171

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning alterations to the highway at Lonton Bank Top by Startforth R.D.C., with related newspaper cutting, 1910 - 1926

(4 papers, 1 paper, printed, and 1 plan)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/172

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning a proposed bridge over the River Lune at Soulgill, with related tenders, specifications and blueprints, 22 November 1915 - 29 March 1916

(8 papers and 3 blueprints)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/173

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning the tenancy and water supply of West Park Farm, Lunedale, with related papers, 7 February 1921 - 7 January 1926

(1 file)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/174

Letter from the Secretary of the North Riding of Yorkshire Agricultural Wages Committee to William Ralston concerning rates of agricultural wages, with schedule of wages, 11 March 1927

(3 papers)

Gibside, 1889-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/175-235)Bundles of General Correspondence, 1889-1908 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/175-226)

Note: These original bundles of William Ralston's Gibside correspondence cover a wide range of subjects including tenancies, rents, upkeep and leasing of Gibside Hall, stock, repairs, purchase and sale of land, collieries on the estate, staff, quarries, tithes, fishing and shooting rights, as well as subscriptions, the Conservative Association, etc.

Ref: D/St/C2/19/175

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 6 September - 21 November 1889

(97 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/176

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 20 November 1889 - 1 March 1890

(133 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/177

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 20 February - 31 May 1890

(154 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/178

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 31 May - 22 August 1890

(118 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/179

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 23 August - 4 December 1890

(113 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/180

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 3 December 1890 - 23 March 1891

(118 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/181

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 18 November 1891 - 2 May 1892

(176 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/182

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 30 March - 30 July 1892

(151 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/183

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 August - 14 December 1892

(171 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/184

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 16 December 1892 - 4 May 1893

(194 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/185

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 25 June - 7 October 1893

(76 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/186

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 11 October 1893 - 26 February 1894

(82 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/187

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 3 March - 30 May 1894

(159 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/188

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 18 July - 20 December 1894

(179 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/189

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 25 May - 31 December 1895

(267 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/190

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 10 March - 30 April 1896

(93 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/191

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 May - 30 June 1896

(147 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/192

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 July - 29 September 1896

(49 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/193

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 October - 31 December 1896

(129 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/194

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 9 January - 27 March 1897

(28 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/195

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 18 May - 30 June 1897

(89 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/196

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 July - 30 September 1897

(155 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/197

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 October - 24 December 1897

(31 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/198

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 April - 31 December 1898

(354 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/199

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 18 February - 30 June 1899

(124 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/200

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 13 July - 30 September 1899

(75 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/201

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 2 October - 29 December 1899

(102 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/202

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 April - 30 June 1900

(108 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/203

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 April - 29 June 1901

(129 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/204

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 14 October - 27 December 1901

(29 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/205

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, January - 30 June 1902

(156 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/206

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 July - 30 September 1902

(74 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/207

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 January - 31 March 1903

(105 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/208

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 April - 30 June 1903

(145 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/209

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 2 July - 30 September 1903

(104 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/210

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 October - 31 December 1903

(109 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/211

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 January - 31 March 1904

(197 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/212

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 April - 30 June 1904

(117 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/213

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 2 July - 27 September 1904

(38 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/214

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 3 October - 29 December 1904

(134 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/215

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 2 January - 31 March 1905

(134 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/216

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 April - 30 June 1905

(168 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/217

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 July - 28 September 1905

(89 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/218

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 2 October - 28 December 1905

(86 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/219

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 January - 31 March 1906

(114 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/220

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 2 April - 30 June 1906

(100 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/221

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 2 July - 29 September 1906

(73 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/222

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 3 October - 31 December 1906

(106 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/223

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 8 February - 29 June 1907

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/224

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 24 August - 21 September 1907

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/225

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 1 October - 18 December 1907

(33 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/226

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning miscellaneous Gibside estate matters, 18 January - 30 June 1908

(46 papers)

Miscellaneous, 1889-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/227-235)Ref: D/St/C2/19/227

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning the administration of Gibside estate and principally rents, the Bowes and Partners tenancy of Wood Houses, and Victor Grunhut's tenancy of Gibside Hall, 24 October 1889 - November 1925

(17 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/228

Letters from Canon James Rooney, St. Augustines, Darlington, to William Ralston concerning the proposal to lease Gibside Hall as a Roman Catholic orphanage, 19 October 1891 - 25 October 1898

(23 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/229

Letters from Cuthbert Berkley to William Ralston (and replies) concerning the areas of coal to be left unworked under the banqueting hall and fish pond at Gibside by John Bowes and Partners, 17 - 18 December 1894

(2 papers and 2 plans)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/230

Letters from various people to William Ralston (and replies) concerning the administration of Gibside estate, including water supplies, timber, tenancies, rents and repairs, 23 July 1896 - 11 December 1925

(60 papers, 4 files and 1 plan)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/231

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning the sale of the Woodman's Arms, Fellside, to the sitting tenant, Alexander Watson, 8 October 1918 - 8 January 1920

(1 file)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/232

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning an agreement between the Earl of Strathmore and John Bowes and Partners whereby the latter agree to pay £100 for 4 years in lieu of crop damages at Cutthorns Farm, with related papers, November 1921 - March 1923

(9 papers and 1 file)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/233

Letters from J. Buggle, assistant oversear and collector of Whickham U.D.C., to William Ralston (and replies) concerning the rating of Gibside estate, 1922 - 1927

(1 file)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/234

Letters from Thomas W. Dees, secretary of the Durham Agricultural Wages Committee, to William Ralston (and replies) concerning the renewal of an exemption permit for Alexander Watson of Gibside, 30 July 1926 - April 1928

(7 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/235

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning the administration of Gibside estate, including repairs, extension of the electrical substation at Crookgate Bank Top and sale of land at Tanfield, 18 January 1926 - July 1928

(14 papers, 1 file and 1 plan)

Winlaton, 1904-1912 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/236-239)Ref: D/St/C2/19/236

Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning the Lilley Drift wayleave (Winlaton Manor) with copy agreement with Priestman and Co. (23 November 1903) and related papers, 1904 - 1926

(4 papers and 2 plans)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/237

Letters from various people to William Ralston (and replies) concerning building land at Rowlands Gill and Low Spen, rents due to the Earl of Strathmore for his proportion of the Winlaton Partnership Estate, etc., with related papers, 9 July 1908 - 18 April 1918

(17 papers and 1 plan)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/238

Letters from Arthur Mundle, mining engineer, to William Ralston (and replies) concerning the lease of Blaydon stone quarry to E.R. Davidson, with related papers, 4 June 1908 - 18 January 1916

(6 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/239

Copy letter from R. Marsh and Son, Wylam, to J. Gibson, Low Spen Farm, concerning damages to crops caused by colliery subsidence, with annotations by William Ralston, 29 October 1912

(1 paper)

Multiple Estates, 1886-1928 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/240-308)Correspondence from various members of the Bowes Lyon Family, 1886-1905 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/240-302)

These original bundles of correspondence cover a wide range of subjects including shooting, stock, upkeep and repair, sale and purchase of properties, lease of Streatlam Castle, Wemmergill Hall, Gibside Hall, quarries, lead mines, insurance, etc., as well as all manner of local events, family news, etc.

13th Earl of Strathmore, 1886-1904 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/240-260)Ref: D/St/C2/19/240

Letters from the 13th Earl of Strathmore and others to William Ralston (and letters from various people to the Earl dealt with by Ralston) concerning the administration of the Durham and Yorkshire properties, and family events, 5 July - 30 October 1886

(34 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/241

(36 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/242

(42 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/243

(28 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/244

(40 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/245

(38 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/246

(39 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/247

(46 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/248

(22 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/249

(30 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/250

(28 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/251

(27 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/252

(34 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/253

(94 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/254

(147 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/255

(127 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/256

(125 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/257

(119 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/258

(128 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/259

(121 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/260

(105 papers)

14th Earl of Strathmore, 1904-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/261-284)Ref: D/St/C2/19/261

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 5 March - 31 December 1904

(81 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/262

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 8 January - 22 December 1905

(71 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/263

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 1 January - 31 December 1906

(98 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/264

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 3 January - 27 December 1907

(81 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/265

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 5 January - 31 December 1908

(86 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/266

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 4 January - 31 December 1909

(89 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/267

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 4 January - 30 November 1910

(100 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/268

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 1 January - 30 December 1911

(69 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/269

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 7 January - 31 December 1913

(93 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/270

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 9 January - 29 December 1914

(76 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/271

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 17 January - 30 December 1915

(87 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/272

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 15 January - 27 December 1916

(98 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/273

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 8 January - 31 December 1917

(106 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/274

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 2 January - 18 June 1918

(47 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/275

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 25 June - 27 December 1918

(39 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/276

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 1 January - 31 December 1919

(77 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/277

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 5 January - 22 December 1920

(100 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/278

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 25 January - 16 August 1922

(60 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/279

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 17 August - 29 December 1922

(39 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/280

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 8 January - 2 August 1923

(58 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/281

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 7 August - 24 December 1923

(30 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/282

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 3 January - 23 December 1924

(76 papers and 1 file)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/283

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 8 January - 21 December 1925

(67 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/284

Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates, and local and family events, 25 January - 27 December 1926

(55 papers)

Countess of Strathmore, 1904-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/285-289)Ref: D/St/C2/19/285

Letters from the Countess of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning visits to the Durham and Yorkshire estates by the Strathmore family, staff, horses, household inventories, transfer of articles from Gibside and Streatlam to London, Glamis and Holwick, organisation of shooting parties, etc., as well as local events, and family news, 2 May 1904 - 29 November 1907

(51 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/286

(58 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/287

(72 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/288

(110 papers and 1 file)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/289

(112 papers)

Miscellaneous Family Members etc., 1904-1926 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/290-300)

These original bundles of correspondence cover a wide range of subjects including staff, horses, shooting, fishing, upkeep of Streatlam Castle, tenancies, visits of the family to Durham and Yorkshire, local events and family news. Correspondents include Malcolm, Maud, Frank, John, Rose and Patrick Bowes-Lyon, Lord and Lady Glamis, and Gavin Ralston

Ref: D/St/C2/19/290

Letters from various members of the Bowes-Lyon family, Gavin Ralston and others to William Ralston (and replies) concerning the administration of the Durham and Yorkshire properties, local events and family news, 5 March 1904 - 19 December 1905

(57 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/291

(65 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/292

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/293

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/294

(66 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/295

(56 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/296

(44 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/297

(80 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/298

(papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/299

(77 papers)

Ref: D/St/C2/19/300

(34 papers)

Correspondence about Family Celebrations, 1902-1905 (Ref: D/St/C2/19/301-302)