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Strathmore Estate

Reference: D/St/E 05 Catalogue Title: Strathmore Estate Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Estate Administration: Gibside (part 3)

Covering Dates: 1734-1945

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Catalogue Description

Records relating to land use and maintenance, inclosure, sport and game on the Gibside estate of the Bowes-Lyon family, Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne.

Catalogue Contents

Strathmore Estate (Ref: D/St)Estate Administration (Ref: D/St/E)Gibside (Ref: D/St/E5)Land Use and Maintenance: Cutthorns Farm (Ref: D/St/E5/20)General Finance (Ref: D/St/E5/20/1-45)Charge and Discharge Accounts, 1892-1909 (Ref: D/St/E5/20/1-9)

Annual charge and discharge accounts of William Ralston for Cutthorns Farm, 1892 - 1901
(10 files)


Annual charge and discharge accounts of William Ralston for Cutthorns Farm, 1902
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Annual charge and discharge accounts of William Ralston for Cutthorns Farm, 1903
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Annual charge and discharge accounts of William Ralston for Cutthorns Farm, 1904
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Annual charge and discharge accounts of William Ralston for Cutthorns Farm, 1905
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Annual charge and discharge accounts of William Ralston for Cutthorns Farm, 1906
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Annual charge and discharge accounts of William Ralston for Cutthorns Farm, 1907
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Annual charge and discharge accounts of William Ralston for Cutthorns Farm, 1908
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Annual charge and discharge accounts of William Ralston for Cutthorns Farm, 1909
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Receipts and Expenditure Book, 1892-1923 (Ref: D/St/E5/20/10)

Cutthorn's farm account book of receipts and expenditure, 6 January 1892 - 31 December 1923
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Outpayments, 1895, 1897-1918 (Ref: D/St/E5/20/11)

Half yearly lists of Whickham poor rates and Whickham general district rates levied at Cutthorns Farm, 1895, 1897-1918
(42 papers)

Abstracts of Receipts and Expenditure, 1896-1923 (Ref: D/St/E5/20/12-36)

Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1896 - 1898
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1899
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1900
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1901
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1902
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1903
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1904
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1905
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1906
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1907
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1908
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1909
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1910
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1911
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1912
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1913
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1915
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1916
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1917
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1918
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1919
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1920
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1921
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1922
(1 volume, card bound)


Abstract of Cutthorns Farm receipts and expenditure, 1923
(1 volume, card bound)

Tradesmen's Bills, 1897-1921 (Ref: D/St/E5/20/37-40)

Invoices from Moffat Brothers of Gateshead, ironmongers, for supplies for Cutthorns Farm, 15 September - 4 December 1897
(4 papers)


Invoices from W.A. Temperley and Co. of Newcastle, for animal feed stuffs for Cutthorns Farm, 19 January - 1 February 1904
(4 papers)


Invoices from George Belt and Sons for ropes, canvas, sacks, etc., for Cutthorns Farm, 9 July 1909 - 8 August 1911
(21 papers)


Account of outstanding tradesmens' bills for Cutthorns Farm at 31 December 1914 and 31 December 1921
(2 papers)

Comparative Statements of Payments and Receipts, 1900-1922 (Ref: D/St/E5/20/41-45)

Monthly comparative statements of payments and receipts for Cutthorns Farm, October 1900 - December 1902
(27 papers)


Monthly comparative statements of payments and receipts for Cutthorns Farm, January 1903 - December 1905
(36 papers)


Monthly comparative statements of payments and receipts for Cutthorns Farm, January 1906 - November 1908
(35 papers)


Monthly comparative statements of payments and receipts for Cutthorns Farm, January 1909 - December 1911
(36 papers)


Monthly and quarterly comparative statements of payments and receipts for Cutthorns Farm, January 1912 - March 1922
(28 papers)

Crops and Stock (Ref: D/St/E5/20/46-63)Schedules of Acrerages, 19th century-1917 (Ref: D/St/E5/20/46-48)

Schedule of acreages of fields and woodland comprising Cutthorns Farm, n.d. [1860s - 1880s]
(1 paper)


Schedule of acreages of Cutthorns Farm, 19 November 1902
(1 paper)


Schedule of acreages of Cutthorns Home Farm which includes the Gibside Parks, 10 September 1917
(2 papers)

Valuations, 1897-1902 (Ref: D/St/E5/20/49-50)

Valuation of stock, crops and implements at Cutthorns Home Farm, December 1897
(1 paper)


Valuations of livestock, crops and implements at Cutthorns Farm, 31 December 1901 - 31 December 1902
(1 file and 4 papers)

Valuations with Profit and Loss Statements, 1901-1921 (Ref: D/St/E5/20/51-55)

Annual profit and loss statements for cattle and sheep on Cutthorn's Farm, 1893 - 1901
(9 papers)


Comparative statement of profit on catttle and sheep for Cutthorns Farm, 1893 - 1901
(1 paper)


Valuation of stock, crops, etc., and profit and loss statement, 31 December 1899
(1 paper)


Summary of profit and loss statements for Cutthorns Farm, January 1913
(1 paper)


Valuations of stock, crops, etc., and profit and loss statements, 1916 - 1921
(15 papers)

Lists of Stock, 1894-1922 (Ref: D/St/E5/20/56-58)

Monthly lists of stock at Cutthorns Farm, 30 October 1894 - 31 December 1908
(175 papers and 2 files)


Monthly and annual lists of stock at Cutthorns Farm, 1909, 1912 - 1919
(108 papers)


Monthly and annual lists of stock at Cutthorns Farm, 1920 - 1922
(26 papers)

Miscellaneous, 1892-1930 (Ref: D/St/E5/20/59-63)

Day book of receipts and expenditure for cattle, sheep and horses at Cutthorns Farm, with related papers, 13 May 1892 - 14 November 1922
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound, and 4 papers)


Statement of stock sales at Cutthorns Farm, 1920
(1 paper)


Copy of a claim to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries under the Corn Production Acts, 1917 and 1920, in respect of wheat or oats produced on Cutthorns Farm, 9 June - 19 October 1921
(3 papers)


Statement of stock transferred from Cutthorns Farm to Gibside, February 1924
(1 paper)


Advertisement of a sale of pedigree horses and implements at Cutthorns Home Farm on 12 April [1930]
(1 paper, printed)

Improvements, Repairs and Drainage, 1856-1923 (Ref: D/St/E5/20/64-66)

Account of draining costs at Cutthorns Farm, 29 February 1856 - 11 October 1858
(2 papers)


General conditions of contract for repairs at Cutthorns Farm buildings, 6 May 1907
(2 papers)


Valuation of work quoted for improvements 'at termination' of Cutthorns Farm, April 1923
(1 paper)

Valuation, 1921 (Ref: D/St/E5/20/67)

Valuation of Cutthorns Home Farm, 11 August 1921
(1 paper)

Land Use and Maintenance: Labourers (Ref: D/St/E5/21)Labouring Agreements, 1734-1801 (Ref: D/St/E5/21/1-3)

15 January 1733/34 (1) George Bowes (2) Henry Merry of Morpeth, Northumberland, brickmaker Agreement that (2) will make 300,000 bricks for use at Gibside at a rate of 6s.6d. for every 1000 bricks
(1 paper)


21 January 1734/35 (1) John Perkins, agent to George Bowes (2) John Davison and John Hopper Agreement by (2) to clear, work and win stones for use as coping stones on George Bowes' garden wall, at the stone quarry beside Lady Clavering's bridge on the Derwent
(1 paper)


23 November 1801 (1) James Carr, brewer (2) Donald McPherson of Gibside Agreement by (1) to teach (2) brewing but (2) not to interfere in the business until (1) no longer able to work
(1 paper)

Journals (Non-Financial) (Ref: D/St/E5/21/4-32)Workmen's Journals, 1734-1841 (Ref: D/St/E5/21/4-27)

Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and type of daily employment, June 1734 - 20 June 1735
(3 files and 14 papers)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and type of daily employment, 20 October 1736 - 6 February 1737/38
(1 file)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment with related papers enclosed, 29 November 1740 - 3 December 1742
(1 volume, card bound, and 7 papers)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 1 May - 8 June 1804
(4 papers)


'Farmers accounts'; Gibside journal detailing workmen's names and type of daily employment, June - December 1804
(55 papers)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 2 February - 26 December 1807
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 1 January - 15 September 1808
(1 file)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 16 September 1808 - 31 March 1809
(1 file)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 1 April 1809 - 19 September 1810
(1 file)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 20 September 1810 - 9 February 1811
(1 file)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 11 February - 6 November 1811
(1 file)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 7 November 1811 - 8 July 1812
(1 file)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 9 July - 25 November 1812
(1 file)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 26 November 1812 - 5 May 1813
(1 file)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 6 June - 31 October 1814
(1 file)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 1 November 1814 - 15 April 1815
(1 file)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 17 April - 31 May 1815
(4 papers)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 1 June - 12 August 1815
(1 file)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 14 August - 9 October 1815
(1 file)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 11 December 1815 - 27 April 1816
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 1 May 1816 - 1 February 1817
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 7 July 1817 - 2 May 1818
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 1 - 30 September 1819
(3 papers)


Gibside workmen's journal detailing workmen's names and types of daily employment, 1 October 1819 - 31 July 1820, 1 September - 30 October 1841
(1 file)

Woodmen's Journals, 1810-1814 (Ref: D/St/E5/21/28-32)

Gibside woodmen's journal detailing woodmen's names and type of daily employment, 1 March - 31 December 1810
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside woodmen's journal detailing woodmen's names and type of daily employment, 1 January 1811 - 29 February 1812
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside woodmen's journal detailing woodmen's names and type of daily employment, 2 March 1812 - 31 March 1813
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside woodmen's journal detailing woodmen's names and type of daily employment, 1 March 1813 - 31 January 1814
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside woodmen's journal detailing woodmen's names and type of daily employment, 1 January - 30 November 1814
(1 volume, card bound)

Time Books (Non-Financial), 1782-1940 (Ref: D/St/E5/21/33-56)

Gibside workmen's time book detailing number of days worked by fellers, snagers, peaters, carriers and pitmen, 21 June - 4 July 1782
(1 file)


Gibside time sheets for hay makers and turnip pickers, detailing workmen's names and number of days worked, July - August 1804
(5 papers)


Note of Christopher Bell's days spent draining at Gibside, [early 19th c.]
(1 paper)


Gibside workmen's time book detailing numbers of days worked in the woods, on repairs at the chapel and house, etc., 28 February 1842 - 31 December 1853
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Gibside time sheet for work performed by women, cleaning, in the plantations, on the roads, etc., August 1853
(1 paper)


Gibside workmen's time book detailing numbers of days worked in the woods, on repairs, at the chapel and house, etc., 2 January 1854 - 26 November 1864
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Gibside workmen's time book detailing number of days worked in the woods, on repairs, at the chapel and house, etc., 5 December 1864 - 28 September 1878
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Gibside workmen's time book detailing number of days worked in the woods, on repairs, at the chapel and house, etc., 1 October 1878 - 4 February 1893
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Gibside workmen's time book detailing number of days worked fencing, in the woods, etc., 6 July 1861 - 31 October 1865
(1 volume, leather bound)


Gibside workmen's time book in shorthand giving workmen's names and number of days worked on the roads, in the stables and 'L in H', December 1866 - February 1877
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside workmen's time book in shorthand giving initials of workmen and types of employment, 10 March 1877 - 28 February 1885
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside workmen's time book in shorthand giving initials of workmen and types of employment, 10 June 1882 - 30 June 1886
(1 volume, card bound)


Weekly accounts of Gibside labourers' time, 6 April - 31 December 1925
(43 papers)


Weekly accounts of Gibside labourers' time, 1926
(48 papers)


Weekly accounts of Gibside labourers' time, 1927
(55 papers)


Weekly accounts of Gibside labourers' time, 1928
(51 papers)


Weekly accounts of Gibside labourers' time, 1929
(38 papers)


Weekly accounts of Gibside labourers' time, 1930
(49 papers)


Weekly accounts of Gibside labourers' time, 1931
(47 papers)


Weekly accounts of Gibside labourers' time, 1932
(34 papers)


Weekly accounts of Gibside labourers' time, 1933
(54 papers)


Weekly accounts of Gibside labourers' time, 1934
(60 papers)


Weekly accounts of Gibside labourers' time, 1935 - 1936
(1 file)


Weekly accounts of Gibside labourers' time, 6 January - 8 June 1940
(22 papers)

Time Books (with Details of Wages) (Ref: D/St/E5/21/57-138)General, 1774-1917 (Ref: D/St/E5/21/57-130)

Gibside time book for workmen employed in the garden, nursery and in mowing, detailing workmens' names, numbers of days worked and wages due, 3 March 1774 - 19 January 1775
(1 file)


'Employment of the teams' at Gibside; workmen's journal detailing numbers of teams and of horses, type of employment, daily and weekly value, etc., with details of labourers' days in husbandry, the garden, etc., 2 September 1793 - 30 August 1794
(1 file)


'Employment of the teams' at Gibside; workmen's journal detailing numbers of teams and of horses, type of employment, daily and weekly value, etc., with details of labourers' days in husbandry, the garden, etc., 1 September 1795 - 31 August 1796
(1 file)


'Employment of the teams' at Gibside; workmen's journal detailing numbers of teams and of horses, type of employment, daily and weekly value, etc., with details of labourers' days in husbandry, the garden, etc., 1 September 1796 - 20 August 1798
(1 file)


'Employment of the teams' at Gibside; workmen's journal detailing numbers of teams and of horses, type of employment, daily and weekly value, etc., with details of labourers' days in husbandry, the garden, etc., 1 April 1802 - 30 June 1803
(1 file)


Masons', joiners' and woodmen's monthly time sheets for Cutthorn's Farm, with account of haymakers and shearers employed at Gibside (1798), 1 April - 30 July 1803
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside monthly time sheets detailing days worked by masons, woodmen, labourers and 'Mr Rawling's men', with notes of wages due, 1 July 1803 - 31 March 1804
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside monthly time sheets detailing days worked by labourers in husbandry, woodmen and joiners, with notes of wages due, 1 June 1804 - 31 May 1805
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside monthly time sheets detailing days worked by labourers in husbandry, woodmen, joiners and masons, with notes of wages due, 1 June 1805 - 31 January 1806
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside monthly time sheets detailing days worked by labourers in husbandry, masons and joiners, with notes of wages due, 1 February 1806 - 31 January 1807
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside monthly time sheets detailing days worked by labourers in husbandry, woodmen and masons with notes of wages due, 1 February 1807 - 30 June 1808
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside monthly time sheets detailing days worked by bark peelers, hay makers, turnip hoers, etc., with notes of wages due, 24 May 1808 - 31 May 1809
(1 file)


Gibside monthly time sheets detailing days worked by labourers in husbandry, and woodmen, with notes of wages due, 1 June 1808 - 30 June 1810
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside monthly time sheets detailing days worked by labourers in husbandry, house building and keeping, farm repairs, etc., with notes of wages due, 1 May - 30 September 1810
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside monthly time sheets detailing days worked by labourers in husbandry and woodmen, with notes of wages due, 2 July 1810 - 31 July 1811
(1 file)


Gibside monthly time sheets detailing days worked by labourers in husbandry, house building, etc., with notes of wages due, 1 October 1810 - 31 March 1811
(1 volume, card bound)


Gibside monthly time sheets detailing days worked by labourers in husbandry, house building, in the stables, and garden, etc., with notes of wages due, 1 April 1811 - 31 January 1812
(1 file)


Gibside monthly time sheets detailing days worked by labourers in husbandry, the woods, at the chapel, etc., with notes of wages due, 1 February - 31 August 1813
(1 file)


Monthly statements of labourers employed at Gibside detailing names, types of employment and wages due, 1826 - 1830
(19 papers)


Weekly and/or monthly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, type of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1843
(61 papers)


Weekly and/or monthly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, type of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1844
(73 papers)


Weekly and/or monthly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, type of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1846
(69 papers)


Weekly and/or monthly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, type of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1848
(94 papers)


Weekly and/or monthly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, type of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1849
(129 papers)


Weekly and/or monthly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, type of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1850
(111 papers)


Weekly and/or monthly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, type of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1851 - 1852
(24 papers)


Monthly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 30 September 1852 - 31 December 1854
(1 file)


Monthly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 31 December 1854 - 30 April 1858
(1 volume, card bound)


Monthly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 30 April 1858 - 28 February 1863
(1 file)


Monthly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 28 February 1863 - 31 March 1865
(1 file)


Monthly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 30 April 1865 - 31 July 1882
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Monthly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 9 December 1882 - 30 September 1889
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Gibside workmen's weekly time sheets detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 2 May 1853 - 9 June 1855
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Notes of labourers' time at Gibside detailing workmen's names, type of employment and wages due, 1855 - 1862
(35 papers)


Notes of 'Barkwood time' for Gibside and Winlaton, 1859 - 1861
(4 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, November 1855 - December 1856
(58 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1857
(47 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1858
(49 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1859
(52 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1860
(37 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1861
(43 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1862
(47 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1863
(46 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1864
(45 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1865
(48 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1866
(48 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1890
(37 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1891
(74 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1892
(88 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1893
(78 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1894
(74 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1895
(57 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1896
(56 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1897
(55 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1898
(51 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1899
(58 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1900
(57 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1901
(57 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1902
(56 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1903
(56 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1904
(57 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1905
(52 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1906
(57 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1907
(37 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1908
(55 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1909
(49 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1910
(56 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1911
(57 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1912
(53 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1913
(58 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1914
(55 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1915
(56 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1916
(57 papers)


Weekly accounts of workmen and labourers at Gibside detailing workmen's names, types of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1917
(58 papers)

Individual Labourers, 1804-1837 (Ref: D/St/E5/21/131-138)

Weekly time sheets for work carried out at Gibside by William Smith, carpenter, and his staff, detailing number of days worked and wages due, 27 February 1804 - 28 April 1810
(1 volume, card bound)


Account of George Carr, blacksmith, for work carried out at Gibside, September 1808 - July 1809
(1 volume, card bound)


Account of John Grundy and Partners for draining and repair work at Gibside, 5 July 1809 - 31 March 1819
(2 volumes, card bound, and 1 paper)


Account of Thomas Hall for various repairs and building at Gibside, 13 November 1811 - 31 December 1818
(1 file)


Monthly time sheets of individual Gibside workmen detailing type of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1827 - 1832
(38 papers)


Monthly time sheets of individual Gibside workmen detailing type of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1835
(54 papers)


Monthly time sheets of individual Gibside workmen detailing type of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1836
(71 papers)


Monthly time sheets of individual Gibside workmen detailing type of employment, number of days worked and wages due, 1837
(71 papers)

Wage Ledgers, 1740-1814 (Ref: D/St/E5/21/139-143)

Gibside workmen's wage ledger, 4 January 1739/40 - 31 December 1741
(1 file)


Gibside workmen's wage ledger, 31 December 1744 - 31 December 1747
(1 volume, card bound)


'Farmers day book'; Gibside wage ledger detailing number of days worked, wages etc. 4 March 1774 - 5 January 1775
(1 file)


Gibside workmen's wage ledger, 20 August 1793 - 19 August 1794
(1 file)


Gibside joiners' wage ledger, 30 January 1813 - 30 June 1814
(1 file)

Paybills and Pay Sheets, 1850-1918 (Ref: D/St/E5/21/144-146)

Gibside workmen's pay bills listing names and wages, October - December 1850, 1887 - 1888
(26 papers)


Gibside workmen's pay bills listing names and wages, 1889 - 1894
(25 papers)


Gibside workmen's monthly pay sheets listing names, number of days worked, and wages, 1913 - 1918
(62 papers and 1 file)

Carting Book, 1934-1945 (Ref: D/St/E5/21/147)

Gibside carting account book, detailing type of load, destination, number of days and cost, with inventories of farm stock and implements, 19 January 1934 - February 1945
(1 volume)

Miscellaneous, 1778-19th century (Ref: D/St/E5/21/148-149)

Memorandum book containing details of payments to workmen for repairing the new coach road, working in the woods, etc. 1778 - 1779
(1 file)


List of rakers employed [at Gibside], n.d. [early 19th c.]
(1 paper)

Inclosure (Ref: D/St/E5/22)Townfields in the Township and Manor of Whickham (Act 1672, Award 1677), 1672-19th century (Ref: D/St/E5/22/1-3)

Articles for the division of the manor of Whickham, with appointment of William Marley of Hedley, George Johnson of Gaiteside Parke, William Greenwell of Kibblesworth and James Shaftoe of Tanfield Lieth, gent., as commissioners, 16 April 1672
(2 papers)


Award of allotments in Easter haugh, 1677
(2 papers)


Draft and copy decree in Durham Chancery to confirm an award of division of the common fields in the township and manor of Whickham; with an order for an injuction to quit the possessions of the proprietors of lands in the manor of Whickham, 3 July 1677 and [19th c.]
(1 volume, card bound, and 1 file)

Tanfield Moor (Act 1800, Award 1807), c.1800-1925 (Ref: D/St/E5/22/4-7)

Proposal for dividing of Tanfield Moor between the proprietors with common rights, n.d. [c.1800]
(1 paper)


Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing Tanfield common, 1800, cap. 25
(1 file, printed)


Draft claim by the Earl of Strathmore to a right of common on Tanfield Moor, in respect of farms at Marley Hill and Fryerside, n.d. [c.1800]
(1 paper)


Copy extract from the Tanfield Inclosure Award of April 1807, concerning the Earl of Strathmore's proportion and share of Tanfield Moor, 13 January 1925
(1 file)

Blackburn Fell, Burdon Moor, Hedley Fell, etc. in the Chapelries of Lamesley and Tanfield (Act 1801, Award 1818), 1801-1831 (Ref: D/St/E5/22/8-24)

Bill for dividing, allotting and inclosing commons in the Chapelries of Lamesley and Tanfield, 1801, cap. 144
(1 file, printed)


Proposed clauses to be inserted in the Blackburn Fell Inclosure Bill with legal opinions and memoranda, February - May 1801
(48 papers)


List of those signing their consent to the Blackburn Fell Inclosure Bill, n.d. [1801]
(1 paper)


Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing commons in the chapelries of Lamesley and Tanfield, 2 July 1801, cap. 144
(1 file, printed)


Copy of the claims given out at the first and second meetings of the Inclosure Commissioners, 17 November 1801
(1 volume, printed, leather quarter-bound)


Claims by the Earl of Strathmore to rights of common on Blackburn Fell with related memoranda, November 1801 - March 1802
(8 papers and 2 files)


Briefs and instructions for the Earl of Strathmore in support of his claim to rights of common, 1802
(2 files and 2 papers)


Evidence and proofs in support of the Earl of Strathmore's claims to right of common, 1802
(17 papers)


Draft and copy objections to the claims of Calverly Bewicke, Sir Thomas Clavering, Sir John Eden, Anthony Leaton, etc., to rights of common on Blackburn Fell, January 1802
(13 papers)


Earl of Strathmore v Sir John Eden, bart., and Sir Thomas Henry Liddell; copy issue concerning in whose manor Hedley Fell lies, 1 May 1802
(8 papers)


Lists of witnesses and questions to be put to them concerning right of common on Blackburn Fell, September 1802
(3 papers)


Depositions of witnesses in support of the Earl of Strathmore's claim to rights of common, [1802]
(96 papers and 1 file)


Memoranda about acreages, tenants and manors relating to Blackburn Fell, n.d. [1802]
(4 papers)


Extract from Coke's Institutes concerning common pasture, n.d. [1802]
(1 paper)


Lord Ravensworth v Lord Strathmore; case and opinion concerning a dispute over colliery railways and allotments on Blackburn Fell, 23 February 1814
(1 file)


Incomplete copy of the Blackburn Fell Inclosure Award, [1818]
(18 papers)


Copy extrats from the Lamesley and Tanfield Inclosure Award (Blackburn Fell division), 1818, concerning various exchanges of property involving the Earl of Strathmore, and allotments awarded to the Earl, n.d. [c.1831]
(2 files)

Beamish South Moor (Act 1803, Award 1810), 1804 (Ref: D/St/E5/22/25-26)

Claim by William Taylor, as agent to Sir John Eden of Windlestone, concerning his right of common on Beamish South Moor, 24 May 1804
(1 paper)


Case and legal opinions concerning claims by Lord Strathmore and William Scafe to right of common for Shield Row; with objection to a claim in respect of a field called Intack, 28 May - 28 August 1804
(2 papers)

Whickham Fell (Act 1811, Award 1821), 1811-1821 (Ref: D/St/E5/22/27-35)

Bill for inclosing lands in the parish of Whickham, 1811
(1 file, printed)


Whickham Inclosure Act, 4 April 1811; with copy of an act for the consolidation of provisions usually inserted in acts of inclosure, 2 July 1801
(1 file, printed)


Claims for rights of common detailing claimants' property, form of tenure, etc., n.d. [c.1811]
(1 file)


Deposition of Joseph Smart of Whickham, wood valuer, as to rights of pasture on Whickham Fell, 14 October 1811
(1 paper)


Memoranda, minutes of evidence, letters to Richard Dobson, etc., concerning Whickham inclosure, 1811
(36 papers and 2 files)


Receipt of Thomas Henry Liddell for £250 from John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore, the purchase price for an allotment on Whickham Common, 24 June 1813
(1 paper)


3 November 1813 (1) Joseph Dunn of Saltwell House (2) John Bowes, Earl of Stathmore Bond in £400 for quiet possession of a copyhold allotment on Whickham Fell sold to (2) for £200
(1 paper)


Copy of an attested copy of the appointment of Thomas Bell of Newcastle as an Inclosure Commissioner for Whickham replacing John Bell of Newcastle, deceased, 21 October 1816
(1 paper)


Certified extracts from the Inclosure Award for Whickham Fell, concerning land allotted to John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore, 18 December 1821
(28 papers)

Ryton Bar Moor and Barlow Fell in Ryton, Winlaton and Woodside (Act 1823, Award 1829), 1823-1907 (Ref: D/St/E5/22/36-38)

Copy of the Inclosure Act for the parish of Ryton, 23 May 1823
(1 file, printed)


Memoranda concerning the acreages of lands affected by the Ryton inclosure, 23 May 1823
(1 paper)


Copy extracts from the Ryton and Winlaton Inclosure Act, 1823, relating to wayleaves and common quarries, 1896 - 1907
(2 files)

Sport and Game (Ref: D/St/E5/23)Shooting, 1745-1911 (Ref: D/St/E5/23/1-5)

Account of Lord Widdrington's firearms taken to Gibside, 18 September 1745
(1 paper)


Gibside estate game book detailing the type and numbers of game shot, etc., 5 September 1810 - 6 September 1813
(1 volume, leather bound)


27 June 1904 (1) Earl of Strathmore (2) Lewis Priestman of Derwent Lodge, Shotley Bridge Copy of annually renewable lease for the sporting, shooting and fishing rights over Gibside estate, with certain exceptions as specified amounting to some 2,600 a. Consideration: £75 p.a.
(1 paper)


4 October 1905 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) Victor Grunhut of Gibside Hall Copy counterpart lease for an annually renewable lease for the sporting, shooting and fishing rights on Gibside estate, amounting to some 2,600 p.a. Consideration: £75 p.a.
(1 file)


Memorandum on the areas of the Gibside Shootings, 22 May 1911
(1 paper)

Hounds, 1741-1754 (Ref: D/St/E5/23/6-8)

List of whelps put out in the neighbourhood of Gibside, June 1741
(1 paper)


Account of young hounds put to quarter in the neighbourhood of Gibside, 1745
(1 paper)


List of young hounds sent to quarters from Gibside, May 1754
(6 papers)