Strathmore Estate
Reference: D/St/P 07 Catalogue Title: Strathmore Estate Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Plans: Winlaton Estate
Covering Dates: 1750-1914
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- Strathmore Estate
- Strathmore Estate (Ref: D/St)
- Plans, Photographs, etc. (Ref: D/St/P)
- Winlaton Estate (Ref: D/St/P7)
- General Estate, 1750-1909 (Ref: D/St/P7/1-8)
- Low Spen, High Spen and Spen Banks, early 19th century-1898 (Ref: D/St/P7/9-14)
- Derwenthaugh, 1863 (Ref: D/St/P7/15)
- West Thornley, 1895-1899 (Ref: D/St/P7/16-22)
- Rowlands Gill, 1904-1914 (Ref: D/St/P7/23-30)
Catalogue Contents
Strathmore Estate (Ref: D/St)Plans, Photographs, etc. (Ref: D/St/P)Winlaton Estate (Ref: D/St/P7)General Estate, 1750-1909 (Ref: D/St/P7/1-8)Ref: D/St/P7/1
'Plans of several grounds being together 1/8 part of the whole lordship of Winlaton in the Country of Durham belonging to diverse owners vizt 1/12 Herbert Lord Viscount Windsor and Lord Dunkenon 1/12 George Bowes 6/12 Matthew Ridley 3/12 John Simpson 1/12 William Pitt', as surveyed by I. Thompson, 1750
(1 volume, leather, half bound)
Ref: D/St/P7/2'Plan of an undivided Eight share of the Manor and Lordship of Winlaton ... one moiety whereof belongs to George Silvertop esq. Also of Docken Dale and Ash Tree farms, the sole property of the said George Silvertop esq. Likewise of Bedahills and Barlow Commons ... whereof the above. Estates have Right of Common', surveyed by John Bell, 1802
Scale: 30 chains to 8 inches [1:2970]
(1 plan, 210cm x 115cm)
Ref: D/St/P7/3'Plan of Lockhaugh Farm, Lockhaugh Lodge and Woodlands and Thornley East farm belonging to Peregrine Edward Towneley Esq. and Stampley Moss farm belonging to Miss Ann Simpson, the devisees of the late Earl of Strathmore, the Marquis of Bute and William Morton Pitt', n.d. [19th c., between 1820 and 1846]
Gives field names, acreages and buildings
Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168]
(1 plan, 98cm x 66cm, colour-wash)
Ref: D/St/P7/4Plan of Lock Haugh, Lock Haugh Lodge and Thornley East Farms, Winlaton, n.d. (watermark 1834)
Gives field names, buildings, landowners and roads, with key and schedule of acreages
No scale
(1 plan, 114cm x 43cm, ink)
Ref: D/St/P7/5'Plan of Winlaton Royalty for Mr. Cowen's lease', by Thomas Armstrong of Newcastle, n.d. [mid 19th c.]
Gives buildings, river, pits and Joseph Cowen's works at Blaydon Burn
Scale: 12 chains to 1 inch [1:9504]
(1 plan, waxed linen, 65cm x 45cm, colour-wash)
Ref: D/St/P7/6List of names with numbers of shares under headings 'Red' and 'Green', titled 'Cowen's Lease', n.d. [mid 19th c.]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/St/P7/7Copy of a plan of Winlaton Lordship made in 1632, 'now in the possession of Charles Towneley esq.', n.d. [19th c., pre 1876]
Gives field names and proprietors' shares
Scale: [approx. 7 1/4 chains to 1 inch]
(1 plan, waxed linen, 154cm x 88.5cm, colour-wash)
Ref: D/St/P7/8Plan of Winlaton Lordship royalty, 1909
Gives roads, pits, river, neighbouring royalties and Garesfield Colliery railway
Scale: 1 mile to 6 inches [1:10560]
(1 plan, waxed linen, 55cm x 53cm, colour-wash)
Low Spen, High Spen and Spen Banks, early 19th century-1898 (Ref: D/St/P7/9-14)Ref: D/St/P7/9Plan of Low Spen, n.d. [mid 19th c.]
Gives fields, woods and streams
No scale
(1 plan, waxed linen, 61cm x 25.5cm)
Ref: D/St/P7/10Sketch of a 'field at Spen below the bog' showing the drainage scheme, n.d. [c.1880]
No scale
(1 paper)
Ref: D/St/P7/11'Plans of drains in Field No. 1296 on Ordnance Survey at Low Spen', by Thomas McQueen, 1889
Scales: 1 chain to 1 inch [1:792] and 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1584]
(1 plan, 40cm x 25.5cm, colour-wash)
Ref: D/St/P7/12Old Ordnance Survey plan of Low Spen (1857) with revised Ordnance Survey plan (1895)
Give fields, quarries, St. Patrick's church and graveyard
No scale
(2 plans, waxed linen, 32cm x 25cm and 27cm x 25cm)
Ref: D/St/P7/13Plan of Low Spen and Spen Banks, 1898
Gives fields, woods and buildings
No scale
(1 plan, waxed linen, 94cm x 89cm, colour-wash)
Ref: D/St/P7/14Plan (with key) of High Spen estate and the partnership estate at Spen Bank in the parish of Ryton, n.d. [19th c.]
Gives Garesfield wagonway, fields, roads and woods
Scale: 16 chains to 5 inches [1:25345]
(1 plan, waxed linen, 100cm x 70cm, colour-wash, and 2 papers)
Derwenthaugh, 1863 (Ref: D/St/P7/15)Ref: D/St/P7/15'Plan of Derwent Haugh in the township of Winlaton and County of Durham belonging to John Bowes Esquire' by John Ewart of Newcastle, land surveyor, December 1863
Gives buildings, staithes and cokeovens
Scale: 1 chain to 1 inch [1:792]
(1 plan, paper on cloth, 127cm x 68cm, colour-wash)
West Thornley, 1895-1899 (Ref: D/St/P7/16-22)Ref: D/St/P7/16'Plan of land near West Thornley which the Winlaton School Board wish to purchase for new board school', (marked 'superseded'), 11 April 1895
Gives fields, roads and buildings
No scale
(1 plan, waxed linen, 28.5cm x 21cm, colour-wash)
Ref: D/St/P7/17'Sketch of land at Thornley which the Winlaton School Board propose to purchase', October 1895
Gives fields, roads and buildings
No scale: [approx. 1:2500]
(1 plan, waxed linen, 31cm x 24cm, colour-wash)
Ref: D/St/P7/18Plans of land at West Thornley proposed to be sold to Mr. Hurst, 1896
Give field boundaries, roads and buildings
Scale: 2,500 feet to 1 inch [1:30,000]
(2 plans, waxed linen, 34cm x 25cm and 30cm x 22.5cm, colour-wash)
Ref: D/St/P7/19'Plan of proposed coke ovens near West Thornley farms', December 1899
Gives railway, roads and buildings
No scale
(1 plan, tracing paper, 46cm x 31cm)
Ref: D/St/P7/20'Plan of lands at West Thornley near Rowlands Gill', n.d. [late 19th c.]
Gives rows of cottages and school
Scale: 1 chain to 1 inch [1:792]
(1 plan, tracing paper, 60cm x 33cm)
Ref: D/St/P7/21'Plan of land taken by Messrs. Cowen at West Thornley for wayleave and colliery purposes', n.d. [late 19th c.]
Scale: 1 chain to 1 inch [1:792]
(1 plan, 52cm x 41cm, colour-wash)
Ref: D/St/P7/22Plan of land at Thornley, n.d. [19th c., pre 1846]
Gives fields, buildings, old wagonway and adjoining landowners
Scale: 12 chains to 1 inch [1:9504]
(1 plan, tracing paper, 37cm x 24cm)
Rowlands Gill, 1904-1914 (Ref: D/St/P7/23-30)Ref: D/St/P7/23'Plan of Tanfield U.D.C.'s footbridge at Rowlands Gill ... referred to in Mr. Heslop's letter dated 21 June 1904', n.d. [1904]
Scale: 16 feet to 1 inch [1:192]
(1 plan, waxed linen, 50cm x 32cm, colour-wash)
Ref: D/St/P7/24Block plan of building sites at Highfield Road End near Rowlands Gill, by George Thomas Wilson of 21 Durham Road, Blackhill, June 1908
Scale: 30 feet to 1 inch [1:360]
(1 plan, waxed linen, 91cm x 37cm, ink and colour-wash)
Ref: D/St/P7/25Block plan of building sites at Highfield Road End near Rowlands Gill, October 1909
Gives roads, sewers and areas of sites
Scale: 30 feet to 1 inch [1:360]
(1 plan, waxed linen, 69cm x 48cm, colour-wash)
Ref: D/St/P7/26Block plan of building sites at Highfield Road End near Rowlands Gill, April 1910
Gives roads, sewers and areas of sites
Scale: 30 feet to 1 inch [1:360]
(1 plan, waxed linen, 96cm x 45cm, colour-wash)
Ref: D/St/P7/27Ground plan of area between building sites of the Earl of Strathmore on the main road from Spen to Rowlands Gill (not adopted), n.d. [April 1910]
Scale: 40 feet to 1 inch [1:480]
(1 plan, waxed linen, 31cm x 21.5cm, colour-wash)
Ref: D/St/P7/28Ground plan of area between building sites of the Earl of Strathmore on the road from Spen to Rowlands Gill, by George Thomas Wilson of Durham, architect, April 1910
Scale: 30 feet to 1 inch [1:360]
(1 plan, waxed linen, 32.5cm x 27cm, colour-wash)
Ref: D/St/P7/29'Plan of proposed improvements to Smailes Lane, Rowlands Gill', traced from Ordnance Survey sheet, Durham V.12, 8 June 1914
Scale: 208.33 feet to 1 inch [1:2500]
(1 blueprint, 103cm x 65cm)
Ref: D/St/P7/30'Plan of proposed improvements to Smailes Lane, Rowlands Gill' traced from Ordnance Survey sheet, Durham V.12, 26 March 1919
Gives details of slopes and distances
Scale: 1 mile to 25.344 inches [1:2500]
(1 plan, waxed linen, 48cm x 20cm, colour-wash)