Catalogue

Notebook containing miscellaneous accounts, prayers, farming memoranda, etc., with references to Gibside, 1695 - 1698

Memorandum book [of Thomas Hall] with notes on estate administration, the coal, salt and lead trades, etc., and an account of his receipts and disbursements, 1731 - 1734

Gibside estate agents' memorandum book with notes on tenancies, repairs, staff, the coal trade, etc., 1 January 1734/35 - 31 December 1737

Memorandum concerning a piece of land to be sold in the township of Cleadon, parish of Whitburn, containing lime kilns of potential use to Gibside estate, n.d. [c.1740]

Memoranda by William Leaton about Gibside estate matters and the disposal of £50 in charity money, 28 March 1742 and n.d.

Memoranda by Richard Stephenson and George Bowes about the administration of the Gibside and Stocksfield estates, including repairs, 1742 - 1744

Gibside memorandum book [of Richard Stephenson] with notes on rents, repairs, his receipts and expenditure, etc., 25 April - 15 November 1744

Memoranda by Richard Stephenson, George Bowes, etc., about Gibside estate administration, 5 November 1748 - 8 October 1763

Steward's journal and memorandum book covering miscellaneous Gibside estate and domestic matters, April 1780 - December 1781

Account of the expense of the family at Gibside, 10 April 1780 - 10 April 1781, with inventories of livestock, notes of houses let, agent's memoranda of estate affairs, etc., 1780 - 1790

Copy of orders for the running of Gibside estate, left by Mr, McWirter with Andrew Robinson Bowes, 11 October 1781

Gibside estate memorandum book with notes on rents, animals, tenants, etc., 19 November 1781 - 4 August 1782, and account of William Smith's receipts and expenditure relating to Gibside wood, 6 December 1788 - 25 January 1790

Memoranda concerning Gibside estate administration, including note on the railing of the Long Walk, and a valuation of the estate by men appointed by the Whickham vestry, c.1800 - 8 May 1805

Memorandum by John Dent as to the keeping of certain estate papers in the office 'for security reasons', n.d. [mid 19th c.]

Memorandum book of John Bowes containing his own notes on the Gibside estate, the coal business, subscriptions to charity, etc., December 1849 - 14 May 1884

Statement by James Hall of Fellside, labourer, concerning his role in pulling down a cottage near Hunter's Hill on the orders of the late John Bowes, n.d. [post 1885]

Gibside estate memorandum book of William Ralston with notes on repairs, rates, tenancies, trespass, etc. (final entry '6 November 1933. All Gibside entrance gates locked today'), 7 February 1890 - 16 April 1920, 6 November 1933

Report by William Ralston on portions of the Gibside and Winlaton estates with a view to reducing expenses, 17 July 1894

Valuation of farms at Marley Hill, n.d. [mid 18th c.]

Copy of Mr. Fryer's valuation of Hill Head, Byermoor West, Byermoor East and Riding Barns Farms and various lands at Marley Hill, 15 February 1810

Valuation of Byermoor East and West, Cutthorns, Gibside, Hedley East and West and Hollingside Farms, 12 February 1821 - 5 March 1822

Valuation of farms on the Hylton Castle and Gibside estates by Thomas Bell, 5 December 1836

Valuation by Thomas Bell of Hedley West House Farm and grounds and Hedley Hall Farm and grounds, April 1855

Valuation of Ladon Field Farm in the parish of Lamesley, 19 June 1861

Valuation by James Gothorp of Hedley Hall Farm and Hedley West House Farm, September 1885

Report and valuation of Hedley West Farm, 22 October 1894

Valuations of Low Spen, High Spen and Smeals Farms, January 1896

Valuations of Friarside, Byermoor East, Hedley Hall, Hedley Town, Hollingside and Cutthorns Farms, Gibside Park and Bird Hill, 1896 - 1898

Provisional valuations of lands in the parishes of Whickham, Stanley, Lamesley and Winlaton under the Finance (1909 - 1910) Act, 1910, 22 April 1912 - 21 April 1915

Draft valuation of Hollingside Farm with plan, 13 July 1916

Valuations of Gibside estate including the Hall and Chapel, agricultural land and woodlands, cottages, farms, ground rents, building lands, sporting rights, etc., 10 April 1920 - 1 August 1922

Valuation of Tanfield Moor allotment land (F. Charlton, tenant) 'after allowing for recent sales', with plan, 2 October 1925

Survey by George Wheatley of lands at Gibside and Ravensworth, 1706

Survey of the manor of Marley Hill and North Bankes belonging to George Bowes, 18 September 1722

Schedules of acreages of Old Hollingside Farm and other properties on the Gibside and Stocksfield estates, n.d. [c.1760]

Lists of tenants' names and acreages for farms at Marley Hill, Hedley, Spen, Hylton, Winlaton, etc., 1832

Survey of Gibside, Hylton and Winlaton farms detailing names of fields, acreages and some crops grown; with field plan for each farm, 1834

Survey of Gibside and Hylton farms detailing names of fields, acreages and some crops grown; with field plan for each farm, [1835]

'Schedule of outlaying property belonging John Bowes esq M.P' in the parishes of Whickham, Lanchester, Usworth and Monkwearmouth, chapelries of Lamesley and Tanfield and township of Winlaton, detailing occupiers, acreages, tenure, etc., n.d. [1832 - 1847]

Lists of tenants' names and acreages, Gibside, 17 April 1850

Survey of Gibside and Winlaton farms detailing names of fields, acreages and rents, n.d. [c.1872]

Schedules of acreages of Gibside farms, 1873 - 1876 and n.d.

Schedule of acreages of fields and woodlands comprising Low Spen Farm, n.d. [1870s - 1880s]

Schedules of acreages of farms and woodland at Winlaton, 5 October 1895 - 18 July 1898

Schedule of acreages of Hollin Hill Farm, Winlaton, n.d. [late 19th c.]

Schedule of acreages of farms in parish of Winlaton, n.d. [late 19th c.]

Draft schedule of the Ordnance Survey areas of Gibside farms, 15 May 1908

Schedule of areas of farms and other properties on the Gibside estate, 6 June 1924

Lists of stints in Goodshields Haugh, 1745 and 1757

Note on the grazing of catle on Lintz Green Common, n.d. [c.1750]

Accounts of Marley cow gates, 1772 - 1773

Copy account of money due for cattle and grass at Gibside, 1788

'Account of cattle gates'; ledger account of money owed and paid for grazing, 3 March 1791 - 31 May 1793

Account of money owed and paid for barley, wheat, rye, etc., delivered to Gibside tenants, staff, etc., 1 May 1731 - 31 December 1753

Account of hay sold at Gibside, 1740

Ledger of money owed and paid for wheat, barley, etc., delivered to Gibside tenants, staff, etc., with related papers enclosed, 5 November 1761 - 31 December 1763

Account of wheat, rye, etc., delivered to Gibside tenants, staff, etc., 5 December 1762 - 21 October 1763

Accounts of hay and corn delivered to Gibside tenants, staff, etc., 1763 - 1773

Accounts of oats, rye and straw delivered to Gibside, and to the pit, gin and underground horses, etc., 1740 - 1778

'Book of stock bought, sold and delivered'; account of animals, hay, corn, etc., received and delivered at Gibside principally for use in the stables; with valuation of stock and of Gibside lands in the Earl's own occupation, 1 January 1791 - 29 July 1792

Account of wheat, barley and oats delivered to Gibside and delivered principally for use in the stables, 18 May 1796 - 9 November 1798

'Stock bock'; accounts of wheat, barley, oats, etc., received and delivered at Gibside principally for use in the stables, 5 December 1799 - 17 September 1801

Account of wheat, barley, oats, etc., delivered to Gibside principally for use in the stables, 31 August 1800 - 1 September 1804

Account of wheat, barley, oats, etc., delivered to Gibside principally for use in the stables, 1 September 1804 - 12 October 1807

Account of wheat, barley, oats, etc., delivered to Gibside principally for use in the stables, 12 October 1807 - 25 January 1809

Account of wheat, barley, oats, etc., delivered to Gibside principally for use in the stables, 26 January 1809 - 26 February 1810

Schedule of feed delivered for the horses at Gibside, 1806 - 1807

Weekly accounts of oats delivered to Gibside principally for use in the stables, 5 October 1798 - 17 July 1799

Weekly accounts of oats delivered to Gibside principally for use in the stables, 27 September 1800 - 24 April 1802

Weekly accounts of oats delivered to Gibside principally for use in the stables, 24 April 1802 - 7 January 1804

Weekly accounts of oats delivered to Gibside principally for use in the stables, 27 April 1805 - 12 October 1807

Weekly accounts of oats delivered to Gibside principally for use in the stables, 12 October 1807 - 26 December 1808

Weekly accounts of corn, wheat, oats, etc., received and delivered at Gibside principally for use in the stables, 5 September 1808 - 21 January 1811

Weekly accounts of corn, wheat, oats, etc., received and delivered at Gibside principally for use in the stables, 28 January 1811 - 31 August 1812

Weekly accounts of corn, wheat, oats, etc., received and delivered at Gibside principally for use in the stables, 17 August 1812 - 25 July 1814

Weekly accounts of corn, wheat, oats, etc., received and delivered at Gibside principally for use in the stables, 25 July 1814 - 28 October 1816

Weekly accounts of corn, wheat, oats, etc., received and delivered at Gibside principally for use in the stables, 4 November 1816 - 16 October 1818

Weekly accounts of corn, wheat, oats, etc., received and delivered at Gibside principally for use in the stables, 7 November 1818 - 29 December 1823

Notes concerning the state of cultivation of lands on the Gibside estate, detailing tenants' names, acreages and crops grown, 1762 - c.1771

Survey of state of cultivation of Gibside and Hylton farms detailing field names, acreages and crops grown, 1800

Survey of state of cultivation of Gibside and Hylton farms, detailing field names, acreages and crops grown, 1804 - 1813

Survey of state of cultivation of Gibside farms, 1865 - 1889

Surveys of state of cultivation of Gibside farms, 1889 - 1895

Survey of state of cultivation of Gibside farms, 1896 - 1905

Survey of state of cultivation of Gibside farms, 1906 - 1915

Survey of state of cultivation of Gibside farms, 1916 - 1925

'An account of stouckes of corn at Gibside and Marlow Hill the names of the severall closes defrant kindes of Grane as below for the year 1729'

Statements showing quantities of corn and hay sown and harvested at Gibside and Hollinside, 1735 - 1740

Lists of horses, oxen and cows at Gibside, 6 June 1740 and undated

Account of husbandry implements, hay and horses at Hollingside, Goodshields Haugh, etc., 8 October 1744

Account of money owed by Gibside tenants for oxen and sheep killed, 16 June 1747 - 2 February 1747/48

Accounts relating to the harvest and sale of 'Pearson's potatoes', including account of potatoes 'sold to foreigners for ready money', 1758 - 1760

Schedule of horses, cows, oxen and swine at Hollingside, 27 June 1776

Papers relating to cattle on the Gibside estate including lists, notes on cuts of meat, details of those sent to Streatlam, and extracts from accounts (1733 - 1770) relating to the question as to whether the Bowes family bred kyloes on Blackburn Common, 1781

Statement of grain led in from Marley Hill Colliery Field, Hilltop Field and the Great Field, 1804

Stock book of animals, crops and implements on Gibside and Hollingside farms as on 31 December each year 1804 - 1813

Account of the crop of corn on Gibside estate, October 1809

Inventory of the crops in Gibside stock yard, 1810 - 1811

Account of cows bulled at various farms on the Gibside estate, 2 January 1812 - 28 October 1814

Valuations of land mis-cropped and of manure in lieu of hay sold off Hollingside, 9 November and n.d.

Poster advertising an auction of farming stock and implements of husbandry belonging to William Dodds, to be held at the West Shield Row Farm near Tanfield on 20 November 1833

Account of crops and sundries left at Hedley Farm, n.d. [mid 19th c.]

Copy of Mr. Hall's estimation of a crop of peas which ought to have been grown on Hollingside Farm, 1852

Notice of sale of farming stock, implements and household furniture of Hollingside Farm, Whickham, May 1864

Copy valuation of a thrashing machine at Hollingside, 10 November 1804

Accounts of away-going crops and croppings on Hollingside and Hedley West House Farms, with notice served on late tenant for the over-sowing of his farm, 1864 - 1896

Inventory and valuation of stock, crop and right of away-going crop at Hedley Hall Farm, property of the late Thomas Stoker, June 1869

List of stock at Gibside Park, and account of quantity and cost of feeding stuffs purchased and consumed at Hollingside, Hunters Hill and Bird Hill Farms, 4 June 1887 - 13 May 1889

Gibside farm produce ledger, 31 January 1890 - 7 February 1902

Notices concerning the cultivation of lands on the Gibside estate under various Defence of the Realms and Corn Production Acts, 1917 - 1918, 1 September 1917 - 12 December 1918

Valuations of animals, crops and implements at Gibside, 1923 - 1925

Account of expenditure relating to the walling, hedging and general improving of Fawdon's Field, 1 February 1736/37 - 14 July 1738

Estimate and computation relating to the building of 'Warren Key', n.d. (mid 18th c.]

Report on tenants' houses at Gibside and Gibside Hall with estimate of repairs needed; includes Friarside, Hillhead, Cutthorns and Fellside Farms, and the Banqueting Hall in Gibside Park, March 1790

Account of expenses incurred in rebuilding Ladys Haugh and Bath Quays, 31 May - 31 August 1793

Account of expenses of paving and repairing the weir in Warrenhaugh, 17 June - 3 July 1794

Account of expenses at Marley Hill House for repairs, November 1801 - June 1802

Estimate for building a byre at Cutthorns, August 1803

Estimates of George Colpitts and Richard Dobson of sums expended on farmhouse repairs at Hylton and Marley Hill, 12 April 1808

Account of expenditure on improvements to [Gibside and] Hylton farm buildings, 31 January - 30 September 1814

Draft affidavit of Richard Dobson about the 'ruinous repair' of the Hylton Castle and Marley Hill estates when John Bowes came into possession, n.d. [c. 1820]

Account of 'new hedges built at Ravenside and other hedges repaired with number of stakes and fothers of rice computed to be used in the same', 27 May 1834

Tender from John Hall for building a wall between G. Handcock's and Mrs. Burnip's house, 4 October 1841

Account of expenditure on the building and repair of farm buildings on the Gibside and Hylton estates, August 1841 - December 1858

Tender from John Hall of Fellside for mason's work at the new building to be built at the house late occupied by Mrs. Bennett, 13 May 1842

Note on the extent of land damaged by the river at Friarside, 30 July 1842

List of measurements of joinery and mason's work to be carried out at Burnip's house, Fellside, by John Hall and W. Handcock, 1 November 1844

Specification and description of work required in building farm offices at Marley Hill Farm, 12 April 1847

Lists of tenders for the building of Hylton Dean Farm offices, and Hollingside House and offices, 3 November 1849

Statements of contracts and money paid on account for a new farm house and offices at Hollingside, with deductions for not having built a chaff house, June - July 1850

Account of repairs at Derwenthaugh cottages, n.d. [mid 19th c.]

Tender for building a wall at Low Spen Farm, n.d. [mid 19th c.]

Tenders and lists of repairs for new farm offices and a house at Hedley West House Farm, 1854 - 1856

Tender for the supply of stone from Crook Gate quarry for Hedley West House Farm, 23 May 1855

Specifications of roof repairs at Riding Barns, and carpentry work for the new farm buildings at Friarside, 28 May 1856

Tenders for roofing the stables of Crookgate public house, 29 - 30 May 1862

Authorization issued by William Thompson, Gibside estate, for structural alterations at Bird Hill House by the tenant, R. Hewett, 6 May 1868

Accounts of repairs at Bird Hill, Hunters Hill and Hollingside, with note of bills allowed to A. McIntyre for repairs at Bird Hill, 30 October 1879 - 31 July 1889

Papers relating to a claim by George Thompson for compensation for improvements made by him as tenant of Hedley West House Farm, under the Agricultural Holdings (England) Act 1883; includes claims and counterclaims, memoranda concerning delapidations, non-payment of rents, etc., copy letters from William Ralston to George Thompson, etc., April 1888 - 3 June 1896

Interrogatories and answers concerning a flood caused by the stopping up of a ditch at Hunters Hill and Bird Hill, 1889

Account of expenditure on permanent improvements to Gibside farms, 1890 - 1927

Notices from Blaydon U.D.C. of their intention to carry sewers through the Earl of Strathmore's property at Low Spen, Ladysmith and Rowlands Gill, 11 October 1905 - 31 May 1910

Tenders for the repair of Hedley West House Farm, with specifications and plan, August 1933

Fire coal accounts ledger detailing money due and received for coal delivered to tenants, workmen, pitmen, etc., at Gibside; with index, 1732 - 1763

Fire coal accounts ledger detailing money due and received for coal delivered to tenants, workmen, pitmen, etc. at Gibside; with index, 1763 - 1770

Fire coal accounts ledger, detailing money due and received for coal delivered to tenants, workmen, pitmen etc. at Gibside, with index, 1770 - 1775; with account of William Leaton's receipts and expenditure, 6 March - 31 May 1770

Fire coal accounts ledger detailing money due and received for coal delivered to tenants, workmen, pitmen, etc. at Gibside, with index, 1776 - 1777

Accounts of fire coals delivered to Gibside tenants, and related memoranda, 1736 - 1781

Account of coal delivered for the gardens, stables, workmen, Cutthorns Farm, etc., at Gibside, 19 March - 31 October 1811

Accounts of coal delivered for the gardens, stables, workmen Cutthorns Farm, etc., at Gibside, 2 November 1811 - 23 March 1812

Account of coals led to Gibside for the house, gardens, stables and various people, December 1861

Monthly bills of John Bowes and Partners for Burnopfield coals and fire bricks delivered to Gibside, 1876 - 1878

Monthly bills of John Bowes and Partners for Burnopfield coals and fire bricks delivered to Gibside, 1879 - 1883

Monthly bills of John Bowes and Partners for Burnopfield coals delivered to Gibside, 1884 - 1890

Monthly bills of John Bowes and Partners for Burnopfield and Marley Hill coals delivered to Gibside, 1891 - 1893

Monthly bills of John Bowes and Partners for Marley Hill coals delivered to Gibside, 1895 - 1898

Monthly bills of John Bowes and Partners for Marley Hill and Andrews House coals delivered to Gibside, 1899 - 1904

Monthly bills of John Bowes and Partners for Andrews House and Marley Hill coals delivered to Gibside, 1905 - 1908

Monthly bills of John Bowes and Partners for Marley Hill coals delivered to Gibside, 1909 - 1911

Bills of John Bowes and Partners for coals delivered to Gibside, 1929 - 1930

'Wood Account'; monthly accounts of woodmens' bills, and of wood bought for miscellaneous works including building at Gibside Hall, Gibside Farm, Gibside Chapel and the Gardens, 13 January 1813 - 21 December 1831

'Wood book 1825 - 1835'; monthly accounts of wood bought for Gibside giving details of its use and value (windows, deals, gates, gardens, etc.), 31 January 1825 - November 1835

Account of lead received and delivered from Mary Bowes' staith with account of raft delivered to Marley Hill Colliery, 'for staith use', and Gibside with account of receipts for raft, 1763 - 1764

Monthly bills of John Bowes and Partners to John Bowes for flags, coping, etc. delivered to Gibside from Marley Hill Colliery, September 1875 - February 1878

Monthly bills of John Bowes and Partners for lime, timber, etc. carried on the Pontop and Jarrow railway from Bowes Bridge to Crookgate, June 1875 - May 1889

Invoices from Moffat Brothers of Gateshead, ironmongers, for goods delivered to Gibside, 1899 - 1901

Notices of rewards for information concerning damages to gates and railings, destruction of ducks and poaching on the Gibside estate, 14 August 1802 - 7 July 1805

Notice of a reward for information about an attempted break-in at Mr. Lamb's house at Gibside, 31 October 1815

Notice of a rewad for information about a wether lamb 'stolen or strayed' from Gibside, 20 October 1819

Notice of a reward for information regarding the breaking of the windows of the Banqueting Hall at Gibside, 1 February 1822

Notice warning against trespasses on the Gibside estate following attacks on ornamental buildings and trees, 16 August 1841

Papers concerning estimate of damages caused to Stephen Hall's farm at Marley Hill by colliery workings, 1848 and n.d.

Bill for rent due from the Pontop and Jarrow Railway Co. to John Bowes for damaged ground at West House, Hedley, Birk Heads and Laydon Fields, 1877

Account of surface damages at Hedley Hall Farm, inspected 10 November 1904

Account of Hedley Hall colliery damages, 10 November 1904

Report of John W. Bewick, forester, valuations, and copy account rendered to John Bowes and Partners in connection with damages caused to West Wood, Gibside, by colliery workings, January and April 1905

Note of prices agreed between colliery valuers and tenant valuers for colliery damages to crops, 1919 - 1921

Note of colliery damage to crops at Cutthorns Home Farm, 1921

Insurance policy taken out by the Earl of Strathmore with the Royal Exchange Assurance to cover utensils, stock, etc., in the barns, stables and other buildings at Cutthorn's Farm, High Hollingside Farm, Low Hollingside Farm, Goodshieldhaugh Farm, etc., with prospectus, July - October 1808

Fire insurance policies for Bird Hill House and its contents, with notice for payment of premium, 25 March 1817 - 20 March 1832

Account of insurance policies taken out on properties and goods on the Gibside estate, including Cutthorns Farm, Gibside and High and Low Hollingside, 11 October 1819

Extract from the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company's fire policy no. 286790 for Hunters Hill Farm, with plan and memorandum, 1914 - 1917

Delivery notes for drain tiles from the Tweeddale Patent Drain Tile and Brick Co. for the Gibside estate, 1843

Gibside drainage tile delivery book with monthly accounts of tiles delivered from Marley Hill, 26 August 1852 - 15 May 1856

Delivery notes for draining materials for John Bowes from the Brick and Tile Works of C.J. Pearson at Bensham, 8 November - 30 December 1854

Memoranda on draining measurements, numbers of rods, etc., 1832

Schedule of lands on Gibside estate requiring draining, 17 April 1850

Memoranda on drainage at Gibside including the laying of field drains, description of soil, prices for cutting and filling drains, etc., 1853

Schedule of fields on the Gibside estate detailing the number and size of pipes used in draining, 1853 - 1854

Account of the expense of driving a drift for draining the house with an estimate of the cost of sinking draining staples at Gibside, 21 August 1843 - 31 December 1846

Gibside drainage tile ledger with description of tiles used and cost for each farm, 26 August 1852 - 11 June 1857

'Gibside Drainage. Applications for advances of loan', detailing areas drained, materials used, costs, etc. under applications 1-8, 15 October 1852 - 8 January 1858

Gibside drainage ledger detailing 1/2 yearly accounts of draining for each farm and 1/2 yearly rents 'with increase of 7% on the half yrs outlay on draining'; with index, 15 October 1852 - 11 October 1858

Accounts of receipts and expenditure relating to drainage at Gibside, February 1853 - 15 January 1858

Statements of interest of drainage on Hedley West House Farm and Hedley Hall Farm since Mr. Bell's valuation in April 1855, and account of farm rents from Mayday 1858

Valuations of wood at Hollingside, Lockhaugh, West Wood, etc., 28 March 1727 - c.1770

Valuation of wood at Gibside, Spen, Hollingside, Friarside and Stocksfield, comprising schedules of numbers and value of trees to be cut, 1774

Valuation of wood at Gibside, Hollingside, Spen, etc., intended to be taken down, [1788]

Valuations, by Joseph Smart, of parcels of trees standing and growing on the Gibside estate, 3 February 1791 - 1 March 1792

Valuation, by Joseph Smart, of a parcel of trees standing and growing in Gibside West Wood, December 1793

Valuations of wood at Spen, Hollingside, Stamply Moss, Helms Hole, Longlands, etc., by Joseph Smart, 26 October 1798 - 28 November 1807

Valuation of a parcel of trees at Gibside and in Helms Hole Wood near Marley Hill by Joseph Smart, November 1807

Valuation of trees standing and growing at Parkhead and Hylton by Joseph Smart, January - February 1808

Valuation of oak trees cut down at Low Spen, 17 April 1815

Valuations of Helms Hole Wood, 10 December 1833 and 1845

Valuation of timber at Tanfield Moor, and valuation and purchase agreement for timber cut at Gudgonhaugh Bank, 20 June 1850 and n.d.

Valuations of wood at Snipes Dean, West Wood, Burdon Dean, Hollingside, Marley Hill Gill, Tanfield Moor Plantation, etc., 1851 - 1860

Valuation of timber in Smeals Wood, Winlaton, belonging to the proprietors of the 1/8 of Winlaton lordship, 18 July 1860

Valuation of oak wood cut at the Smeals on the Partnership estate, 8 July 1864

Valuations of wood cut at Low Spen, Hollingside, Blackmoor, 'east of the column', etc., 12 August 1865 - December 1870

Valuations of wood cut and sold on the Gibside estate, with accounts of wood to pay for on rent days, July 1871 - October 1888

Valuation of larch prop wood lying cut in Spen Banks Wood, 2 January 1872

Valuation of timber standing and growing in Winlaton Partnership estate, 29 August 1878 - 24 September 1879

Valuation of timber sold in Clockburn Wood, 1892

Valuations and estimates of timber at Spen Banks, 1897 - 1925

Valuations of timber at Clockburn, Snipes Dean, West Wood, etc., 1898 - 1916

Valuation of timber at Spen Banks, September 1920

Report on the woods and plantations at Gibside by Thomas McQueen, with plan, 23 March 1866

Report on Spen Banks young plantation by William Thompson, 15 March 1870

Report on the woods at Gibside by John Bewick, February 1892

Report by John Bewick on Spen Banks, Spen Hill and Smeals plantations, 3 February 1896

Notice of a reward for evidence leading to the conviction of vandals who damaged trees at Gibside and Hollenside, n.d. [mid-18th c.]

Draft notice of a reward of 5 guineas for information relating to damage inflicted on trees in Tanfield Moor Plantation, 29 June 1805

Printed notice of a £20 reward for information leading to a conviction of the people responsible for damaging trees on the Gibside estate, with extract from the Wiltshire Quarter Sessions about th punishment of an offender for a similar crime, 14 February 1806

Notices for rewards for information about damage to trees in the plantations at Sunniside, and at Hollingside and Hedley, 10 March 1817

Notice concerning a reward for information about the cutting down of ash trees in Spenbanks Woods in the Manor of Winlaton, 4 April 1823

'List of railing and parts wanted at Gibside for the wood fences and other places', 10 May 1860

Account of the cost of maintaining woodland fences on the Gibside estate, June 1911

Acknowledgement by J. Baker that his servant, James Hobson, did trespass and by mistake cut down 15 trees near Bryans Leap, Gibside, and has paid 5s. to William Leaton, agent of the estate, 6 March 1770

Copy declaration of Thomas Anderson, Low Spen, parish of Ryton, labourer, acknowledging granting of pardon and waiving of prosecution by Earl of Strathmore for cutting down trees on Low Spen estate, in consideration of Anderson's publicly asking pardon, promising never again to commit similar offence, and paying value of wood for benefit of Infirmary at Newcastle, 27 September 181[3]

Summary report concerning the despoliation of trees on the Spen estate by Robert and Thomas Anderson, 13 February 1816

Valuation by William Coupland of damages done to lands at Gibside and Cutthorn's Farm by laying timber there, 30 August 1858

Valuation of damages to Hollingside Farm caused by timer cutting operations, 13 November 1893

Offer for timber on the Gibside estate addressed to Mr. N. Thompson from W. Manders at Burnopfield Saw Mill, 9 October 1773

Advertisement for the sale of oak plants from Gibside, to be placed in the two Newcastle papers and the Durham County Advertiser, 13 November 1822

Conditions of sale of wood cut in Clockburn Wood, with offer, 5 - 10 April 1847

Conditions of sale of timber at the Spen, Whickham, etc., with offer, March 1889 - March 1897

Conditions of sale of timber at Spen Banks, the Blackamoor Plantation, etc., and offers for timber, 1892 - 1927

Conditions of sale of timber at Snipes Dean, Clockburn, Riding Barns, etc., frequently with note of purchasers, 1901 - 1923

5 February 1717/1718 (1) Samuel Burton, agent to William Blakiston Bowes (2) John Proctor Agreement for the sale of all the birch and alder wood at Fryer Side and 21 ash trees in the West Wood at Gibside Consideration: £110

Summary of memorandum of agreement for John Leaton to pay for Park Head Wood and to cut and clear the premises, 24 December 1759

Draft memoranda for the drawing up of agreements for the purchase of Gibside and Hylton wood, March 1770

2 June 1770 (1) John Lampson, Hetton-le-Hole, yeoman, agent of John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore (2) George Forster, Swalwell, woodmonger Counterpart bargain and sale of trees growing at Marley Hill Gill, and other places on the Gibside estate, with liberty to fell and carry out related works; to hold the trees forever and the privileges until 22 November 1771 Consideration: £500

Agreements for the purchase of wood at Tanfield Moor, Spen, near the Column and brewhouse, etc., 1848 - 1858

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Account of cash received for wood from Gibside and Hollingside estates, June 1788 - April 1800

Accounts for the sale of Gibside timber to various individuals, 1789 - 1790

'Debt book for wood' comprising ledger acounts of money due and received for Gibside timber; with related accounts, 1789 - 1791

Accounts of oak bark delivered from the Earl of Strathmore's trustees to Cuthbert Liddell of Newcastle, 1 - 25 August 1827

Accounts of wood sold at Gibside and Hylton, 1842 - 1843

Bills to William Parkin of Ravensworth, timber merchant and others for timber cut on the Gibside and Winlaton estates, and agreement for payment for woodcutting rights, 1854 - 1858

Daily accounts of quantities of bark received by George Greene and Son, Gateshead, July 1863 - 1871

Notes of timber sales from Gibside to Arthur Green, made by Northern Forestry Products on behalf of Major Kirkup, 9 June - 6 November 1939

Accounts of wood cut at Gibside and its delivery to John Bell, Winlaton Mill, Marley Hill, etc., 31 July 1729 - 10 July 1733

Accounts of wood delivered by carriage to North Banks, Ravensworth, Riding Barns, etc., 16 August 1733 - 29 July 1735

Accounts of wood delivered to staiths and various pits [from Gibside] with accounts of grain delivered for the use of underground and husbandry horses and poultry, 22 March 1747/48 - 1 April 1757

Account of oak timber led to Swalwell, with individual timber accounts and miscellaneous estate memoranda, 13 May 1778 - 1 November 1791

Accounts for wood delivered from Gibside to named companies and individuals including Hurry and Co., Thomas Liddel, etc., 5 January 1791 - 8 November 1792

Account of William Smith's receipts and expenditure relating to Gibside timber, 6 December 1788 - 1891

Account of Thomas Colpitts II's receipts and expenditure relating to Gibside timber, 2 February - 31 December 1790

Schedule of acreages of woodland on the Hedley estate, n.d. [c.1850]

Schedule of acreages of woodlands on the Gibside and Winlaton estates, 18 June 1891

Schedule of acreages of woodlands in Whickham parish, October 1914

Notes of acreages of woodlands on the Gibside and Winlaton estates, September 1916

Board of Agriculture and Fisheries' form for particulars of woodland acreage in timber production in the parish of Winlaton, 1916

Estimate of timber at Sunniside plantation, 9 September 1918

Schedule of woodlands on the Gibside estate, 18 May 1911, with revisions to 6 June 1924

'Henry Handcock's method of valuing wood', n.d. [mid-18th c.]

'Prices of wood and converting' with memoranda on prices as sold and prices of working, n.d. [mid-18th c.]

Account of open drains in the Smeals plantations belonging to John Bowes and others, 22 June 1874

Memorandum of rates and taxes due on Gibside and Winlaton woodland, July 1894

Notes on forestry practice, compiled at Chopwell forestry station for use at Gibside, 30 January 1923

5 August 1719 (1) Jonathan Ord of Gibside, paper miller, and his sons (2) George Hunter of Gibside, corn miller Articles of agreement concerning the shared use of water to power the mill

Account of charge of making paper engine for Robert and Benjamin Orde, finished 11 August 1731, with note of agreement for payment and for lease of mill and ground for 31 years, December 1731

2 March 1731/32 (1) Thomas Hall, gent., on behalf of George Bowes (2) Robert and Benjamin Ord Memorandum of a lease for 31 years of the Gibside Old Paper Mill and appurtenances, including a new engine to be built at the landlord's expense Rent: £20

Particulars of money owed to George Bowes by David Ord with notes of money disbursed for Widow Ord, 1735 - 1756

Estimate of wood and workmanship for making a dam at Gibside paper mill, n.d. [mid-19th c.]

Proposals from Messrs. John and Thomas Ord to Mrs. Mary Bowes for the rebuilding of their mill and for a new lease for 31 years, 17 November 1760

1761 (1) Mrs. Mary Bowes (2) John and Thomas Ord of Gibside Mill, papermakers Draft of a lease for 8 years of the Gibside paper mill on the River Derwent Rent: £36 p.a.

10 September 1761 (1) Mrs. [Mary] Bowes (2) John and Thomas Ord Memorandum of an agreement for a lease for 8 years of the paper mill at Gibside with adjoining pasture Rent: £36 p.a.

10 September 1761 (1) Richard Stephenson, agent to Mrs. Mary Bowes (2) John Ord Agreement for a lease for 8 years of the paper mill at Gibside Rent: £36 p.a.

Account of building and repair expenses for Gibside paper mill, 1766 - 1771

Note of measurements and days work at the 'Battlement of the bridge over Snipe's Gill near the paper mill', 16 January - 17 February 1769

Inventory of fixtures at the paper mill, 11 April 1780

Deposition of John Maughan senior of Ryton, concerning the right of Gibside paper mill to cut wood, etc., from an island in the Derwent, 16 June 1789

Account of receipts and expenditure at Gibside and Hollingside Farms, 17 January 1772 - 24 November 1774

'Corn account' detailing the crops produced and sold on Gibside Farm, with inventory of the contents of the stack yard, 5 September 1808 - 2 November 1809

Account of receipts and disbursements at Gibside Farm, 23 January 1810 - 31 December 1813

Account of receipts and disbursements at Gibside Farm, 3 December 1813 - 30 September 1814