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Strathmore Estate

Reference: D/St/P 14 Catalogue Title: Strathmore Estate Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Plans: Railways and tramways in County Durham and Yorkshire

Covering Dates: c.1818-1896

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Strathmore Estate (Ref: D/St)Plans, Photographs, etc. (Ref: D/St/P)Railways and Tramways in County Durham and Yorkshire (Ref: D/St/P14)General, late 19th century (Ref: D/St/P14/1/1)

Plan of railways to the Earl of Strathmore's mineral properties in County Durham, and plan of the Pontop and Jarrow Railway, n.d. [late 19th c.] Scales: 1 mile to 1 inch [1:63360] and 1 mile to 6 inches [1:10560]
(2 plans, waxed linen, 85cm x 108cm and 57cm x 32cm, ink and colour-wash)

Streatlam Area, c.1818-1896 (Ref: D/St/P14/2/1-7)

'A Plan of the Intended Rail or Tram-Way from Stockton by Darlington to the Collieries', n.d. (watermark 1818) Scale: 1 mile to 1 inch [1:63360]
(1 plan, 68cm x 48cm, printed and coloured)


Plans of the Durham South West Junction Railway from St. Helen Auckland to Merrington, with schedule of landowners affected, 1832 - 1834 Scale: 80 chains to 3 inches
(2 plans, 46cm x 38cm and 56cm x 45cm, and 1 paper)


Plans of the Durham branch of the York and Carlisle Railway, n.d. [c.1846] Scale: 5 chains to 1 inch [1:3960]
(6 plans, tracing paper, various sizes)


Copy plan of ground taken from the property of William Bowman for the Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway, examined 26 April 1856 No scale
(1 plan, tracing paper, 32cm x 26cm)


Plan of lands proposed to be taken from John Bowes 'and others' for the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway', 1859 Scale: 100 feet to 1/2 inch [1:2400]
(1 plan, tracing paper, 35cm x 37cm, ink)


Plan of the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway intersecting Spring Gardens and Forthburn Farms, n.d. [c.1859] No scale
(1 plan, waxed linen, 18cm x 21cm, ink)


Plan of land at Broomielaw to be purchased from the Earl of Strathmore for the North Eastern Railway line from Barnard Castle to Darlington, 12 March 1896 Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1584]
(1 plan, waxed linen, 27cm x 28cm, ink and colour-wash)

Wemmergill Area, early 19th century-1880s (Ref: D/St/P14/3/1-3)

Plans of a tramway from the north of Greengates to Laithkirk, n.d. [early 19th c.] Give limestone quarry and roads No scales
(2 plans, waxed linen, 54cm x 24cm, ink)


Plan of land required from the Wemmergill estate for the Tees Valley Railway, by William Waistell of Barnard Castle, 1868 Scale: 1 chain to 1 inch [1:792]
(1 plan, 220cm x 33cm, ink and colour-wash)


Plan of station, railway and crossing at Middleton-in-Teesdale, n.d. [1880s] Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1584]
(1 plan, waxed linen, 70cm x 40cm, colour-wash)

Gibside Estate, 1860-1884 (Ref: D/St/P14/4/1-7)

Plans and sections of the Derwent Valley Railway through the Whickham and Winlaton estates of John Bowes, with related letters to Ralph Dent, 1860 - 1861 Various scales
(5 plans, 77cm x 56cm, printed, and 3 papers)


Plan of Marley Hill railway from Crook Gate showing farm lands to be taken, n.d. [mid 19th c.] Scale: 3 chains to 1 inch [1:2376]
(1 plan, 100cm x 69cm)


Plan of John Bowes' land through which the 'Marley Hill Co.'s new railway passes', n.d. [mid 19th c.] No scale
(1 plan, 36cm x 54cm, ink)


Plan of a railway where it crosses Hollingside and Low Friarside Farms, n.d. [mid 19th c.] Gives level crossings, buildings, landowners and woods No scale: [approx. 1:2500]
(1 plan, waxed linen, 70cm x 13.5cm, ink and colour-wash)


Plan of the Pontop and Jarrow Railway between Byermoor and Marley Hill, n.d. [mid 19th c.] Gives paths, buildings, old shafts and woods No scale
(1 plan, tracing paper, 44cm x 42cm)


Plan of Marley Hill railway from Crook Gate, n.d. [mid 19th c.] Scale: 9 chains to 1 inch [1:7128]
(1 plan, 51cm x 40cm)


Copy plan of the Pontop and Jarrow Railway, referred to in lease dated 31 December 1884 Gives farms, collieries and boundaries of coal royalties Scale: 1 mile to 6 inches [1:10560]
(1 plan, waxed linen, 62cm x 37cm, ink)

Winlaton Estate, 1870s-c.1885 (Ref: D/St/P14/5/1-4)

Plan of the North Eastern Railway through West Thornley and Hollinhill, n.d. [1870s] Scale: 1:2500
(1 plan, waxed linen, 54.5cm x 60.5cm, colour-wash)


Plan of the North Eastern Railway through Rowlands Gill and West Thornley, n.d. [1870s] Scale: 1 mile to 25.344 inches [1:2500]
(1 plan, tracing paper, 42cm x 36cm)


'Plan of premises situate at Blaydon in the County of Durham belonging to John Bowes Esquire, Mrs Ann Simpson and others', by Thomas Bell, surveyor, n.d. [19th c. pre 1885] Gives land required by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Scale: 1 chain to 1 inch [1:792]
(1 paper, 42cm x 54cm, printed, coloured)


Plan of [railway] passing through the [Winlaton] area with areas of damages caused to proprietors including [John] Bowes, M[rs] Simpson, Mr. Silvertop, etc., n.d. [19th c. pre 1885] No scale: [approx. 1:2500]
(1 plan, tracing paper, 75cm x 24cm)

Hylton Estate, 1858 (Ref: D/St/P14/6/1)

'Plan of proposed railway from Usworth Colliery to join Pontop and Shields railway', with letter from George Elliott, Houghton-le-Spring, to Ralph Dent concerning the fixing of wayleave over the Hylton estate, 16 August 1858 Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168]
(1 plan, 100cm x 68cm, colour-wash)

Unidentified, mid 19th century (Ref: D/St/P14/7/1)

Plan of unidentified [railway] network, n.d. [mid 19th c.] No scale
(1 plan, tracing paper, 74cm x 50cm, pencil)