Catalogue

1 May 1755 (1) Elizabeth Johnson of Escomb, widow (2) John Lee of St. John's Chapel, innkeeper Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of Pinfold House Farm and land in the Forest of Weardale [Daddry Shield] Consideration: £450 Customary rent of 10s. p.a. to be paid to the Bishop of Durham

13 December 1771 (1) John Lee the elder of Pinfold house in the Forest of Weardale [Daddry Shield] (2) Ralph Gibson of the Chapple [St. John's Chapel] and Ralph Featherston of Ireshopeburn Deed of gift by (1) to (2) of Pinfold house and land in the Forest of Weardale [Daddry Shield] in trust for (1) during his lifetime and, after his decease, in trust for John Lee the younger who has to make a payment of £6 p.a. to Margaret Lee, wife of (1), as long as she doesn't remarry, and £150 each to Ralph Lee and William Lee, sons of (1).

Copy will of John Lee the elder of Pinfold house in the Forest of Weardale [Daddry Shield], 7 June 1776 Devises to Ralph Gibson of St. John's Chapel, merchant, and Ralph Featherston of East Blackdene, miner, Pinfold House and land in trust according to (2)

Receipt and discharge by Ralph Lee to Ralph Gibson and Ralph Featherston, trustees and executors of his father, John Lee, late of Pinfold House in the Forest of Weardale [Daddry Shield], for the payment by his elder brother John Lee of £150 [see (D/X 1598/1/2], 12 January 1778

30-31 January 1778 (1) Ralph Gibson of [St. John's] Chapel, shopkeeper, and Ralph Featherstone of Ireshopeburn, yeoman (2) John Lee of Pinfold House [Daddry Shield], yeoman, eldest son and heir of John Lee of Pinfold House, yeoman, deceased (3) Margaret Lee of Pinfold House, widow of John Lee (4) Benjamin March of Durham City, tallow chandler Mortgage by lease and release to secure £600, by (2) and by (1) and (3) at the direction of (2) to (4) of Pinfold House Farm and land [Daddry Shield], together with the corn mill lately erected by (2) on Daddry Shield Burn. Endorsed with a further charge of £60, 31 January 1781

4-5 March 1783 (1) John Lee of Pinfold House [Daddry Shield], yeoman, eldest son and heir of John Lee of Pinfold House, yeoman, deceased (2) Benjamin March of Durham City, tallow chandler (3) Robert Richardson the younger of Frosterley, gentleman (4) John Snaith of Mansion House Street, London, esquire Lease and release by (2) as mortgagee and (1) to (4) as mortgagee of (3), with the agreement of (3), of Pinfold House Farm and land [Daddry Shield], together with the corn mill on Daddry Shield Burn Consideration: £500 (4) to (2) towards the redemption of the mortgage [see D/X 1598/1/5] and as a mortgage for (3); £160 (3) to (2) to complete the redemption of the mortgage [see D/X 1598/1/5]; £304 (3) to (1)

11-12 May 1787 (1) Robert Richardson the younger of Frosterley, gentleman (2) Joseph Davison of Wham, parish of Stanhope, gentleman Lease and release by (1) to (2) of the equity of redemption in Pinfold House Farm and land [Daddry Shield], together with the corn mill on Daddry Shield Burn and pews in St. John's Chapel Consideration: £460

15 June 1787 (1) Joseph Davison of Wham, Stanhope, gentleman (2) John Snaith of London, esquire (3) Benjamin Willis of Durham, esquire Assignment of mortgage by (2) with (1) to (3) of Pinfold House and land [Daddry Shield], together with the water corn mill on Daddry Shield Burn Consideration: £500 (3) to (2)

2 June 1806 (1) Francis Mewburn, late of Trimdon Grange, now Whitby, North Yorkshire, gentleman (2) Richard Scruton of Durham, gentleman and William Robinson of Hoodgill, Middleton in Teesdale, yeoman (3) George Cowing of Westwood, Hexham, Northumberland, husbandman Mortgage by lease [and release] to secure £700 by (1) to (2) of Low Pinfold House and land [Daddry Shield], together with a water corn mill on Daddry Shield Burn

Copy opinion of Mr Recorder Hopper Williamson of Newcastle, concerning the will of Jonathan Moses and the devising of the equity of redemption in the customary estates to the Trustees, 28 April 1808

2-3 June 1809 (1) George Cowing of Farnley, Northumberland, husbandman (2)William Crage of Fairhills, Stanhope, lead ore miner and Thomas Moses of Huntshieldford, lead ore miner (devisees in trust of Jonathan Moses of Pinfold House [Daddry Shield], miller, deceased) (3) George Crage of Low Pinfold House [Daddry Shield], lead ore miner (4) The said George Cowing (5) Robert Hopper Williamson of Newcastle Upon Tyne, esquire Recites D/X 1598/1/9 plus the release whereby Low Pinfold House and land [Daddry Shield] was mortgaged by Jonathan Moses to (1) to secure £700. (2) acting as trustees to Jonathan Moses' will had sold part of the estate to John Fleming of Low Pinfold House, lead ore miner, for £475, which had been paid to (1) in part discharge of the mortgage. (3) has contracted with (2) to buy the premises conveyed herein for £525 and has applied to (1) to continue the remaining £225 mortgage and lend a further £175. Lease and release by (1) at the request of (2) and consent of (3) and by (2) with the consent of (3) to (5), in trust for (1) as mortgagee, of a house being the west part of Low Pinfold House and a cottage to the south of and near Low Pinfold House [Daddry Shield], together with a garden (1r) to the south, two fields (High Fry and High Field, 5a 2r, boundaries given), 21a and 1a 1r 25p on Daddry Shield New Pasture, and stints on Daddry Shield Fell Consideration: £225 and £175 (1) to (2); £125 (3) to (2)

18-19 June 1817 (1) George Cowing of Fairnley, Corbridge, husbandman (2) George Crage of Low Pinfold House [Daddry Shield], lead ore miner (3) Ann Robinson of Alston, Cumberland, widow Assignment of mortgage by lease and release by (1) at the request of (2) to (3) of land as in D/X 1598/1/11

Will of George Crage of Low Pinfold House [Daddry Shield], 19 March 1828 Devises Low Pinfold House and land and Green Lows/Lawns [Greenlaws] (recently enclosed from Chapel Fell) to his wife Anne and, after her death/remarriage, to his two sons, George and Edward

9 April 1836 (1) Edward Craige (2) George Craige Agreement to divide property at Pinfold House [Daddry Shield], whereby (1) will receive the West House, the east part of the garden, the two high fields, the west cow house, the east part of the pasture and 4 stints on the Moor and (2) will receive all the rest

11-12 November 1839 (1) Joseph Walton of Underbank, Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, farmer (devisee and trustee of Ann Robinson of Alston, Cumberland) (2) George Crage of Low Pinfold House [Daddry Shield], lead ore miner (3) Edward Crage of Daddry Shield, lead ore miner Recites D/X 1598/1/12 and that Ann Robinson had devised the mortgaged premises to (1) as trustees and that George Crage (mortgagor in D/X 1598/1/12) had died intestate. (2), his son, inherited the property but allowed (3), his brother, a half share. Lease and release by (1) at the request of (2) and (2) to (3) of the Western Dwelling House at Low Pinfold House [Daddry Shield], with land and buildings Consideration: £150 (3) to (1)

15-16 November 1839 (1) Joseph Walton of Underbank, Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, farmer (2) George Crage of Low Pinfold House [Daddry Shield], lead ore miner (3) John Watson of Middleside, Middleton in Teesdale, yeoman Recites D/X 1598/1/12 and D/X 1598/1/15 Assignment of mortgage by lease and release, with further borrowing, by (1) with consent of (2) to (3) of the Eastern Dwellinghouse at Low Pinfold House with land and buildings Consideration: £150 (3) to (1), £30 (3) to (2)

15-16 November 1839 (1) Edward Crage of Daddry Shield, lead ore miner (2) John Watson of Middleside, Middleton in Teesdale, yeoman Mortgage by lease and release to secure £140, of the Western Dwellinghouse at Low Pinfold House, [Daddry Shield], with land and buildings

28 August 1841 (1) William Featherston of Drygill [Daddry Shield], yeoman (2) John Featherston of Stone Heap [Daddry Shield], yeoman (3) William Martin of Ireshopeburn, mining agent Recites mortgage by lease and release, 10-11 July 1811 to Thomas Emerson by John Maughan, Swinburn Maughan, Emerson Muschamp, Ann Featherston of Drygill, widow and William Featherston of Burnfoot, yeoman, of the premises herein conveyed, to secure £400 and in trust for Ann then William Featherston. (1) is the eldest son of William Featherston, deceased and (2) the younger son. (1) has inherited the premises but wants to share equally with (2). Deed of partition whereby (1) and (2) grant to (3) in trust, the first premises for (1) and the second premises for (2), subject to the recited mortgage: Firstly, the farm at Drygill consisting of 4 dwelling houses, one of which has lately been built; a house at Stoneheap, the easternmost dwelling house there, with Drygill Field (now known as the Home Field) and Whit Jackson's Field; allotments on Chapel Pasture or Daddryshield Pasture on the south east side and the south side of the houses at Drygill; half of the High Allotment on Chapel Fell (20a) with stints. Secondly, the farm at Daddry Shield adjoining the above, consisting of 3 dwelling houses with buildings and gardens on the north side of the turnpike road; a house at Stone Heap, the western most dwelling house there, with land

29 December 1860 (1) William Featherston of Drygilll [Daddry Shield], yeoman (2) Elizabeth Bainbridge (nee Emerson) of Alston, Cumberland, widow (3) Jonathan Martindale of Hill House, miner, Harrison Walton of Harthope Burn, farmer and George Fletcher Cooper Featherston of Short Thorns, farmer (trustees of the Chapel District Branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society) Recites: mortgage of 10-11 July 1811 detailed in D/X 1598/1/18, and the deed D/X 1598/18. 1811 mortgage had been transferred by Jane Emerson, widow and devisee of Thomas Emerson, to (2). Assignment of mortgage, with further charge, by (2) and (1) to (3) of the first premises in D/X 1598/1/18. Consideration: £ 215 (3) to (2), as (1)'s share of the £400 mortgage; £35 to (1)

29 June 1865 (1) William Featherston of Dry Gill, yeoman (2) Jonathan Martindale of Hill House, miner, Harrison Walton of Harthope Burn, farmer and George Fletcher Cooper Featherston of Short Thorns, farmer (trustees of the Chapel District Branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society) Deed of further charge of £150 on premises as in D/X 1598/1/19

28 May 1866 (1) William Featherston of Dry Gill, yeoman (2) William Martin of Cornfield House, mining agent (3) Stephen Maddison of Dry Gill, mason (4) Jonathan Martindale of Hill House, farmer, Harrison Walton of St. John's Chapel, farmer and George Fletcher Cooper Featherston of Coronation Cottage, farmer (trustees of the Chapel District Branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society) (5) John Coulthard of Chapel Prospect, blacksmith (6) John Thompson of Stanhope, gentleman Recites D/X 1598/1/18, D/X 1598/1/19, D/X 1598/1/20 and deed of 15 February 1861 when (3) was granted the right to quarry stones from the Inner Allotment to build on land therein conveyed to him. Conveyance by (4) as mortgagees, by (2) and (3) of their interests, and by (1) to (6) in trust for (5) of the First premises in D/X 1598/1/18

7 July 1866 (1) John Coulthard of Chapel Prospect, blacksmith (2) George Liddle of Holbeck Mill, Wolsingham, miller Mortgage by (1) to (2) to secure £450, of farm at Dry Gill

5 June 1874 (1) Vickers Hodgson of Westgate House, contractor (2) John Coulthard of Drygill, blacksmith Conveyance by (1) to (2) of an allotment on Chapel Pasture (26a 2r) and stints on Chapel Fell Consideration: £400

5 June 1874 (1) John Coulthard of Drygill, blacksmith (2) Vickers Hodgson of Westgate House, contractor Mortgage by (1) to (2) to secure £100, of an allotment on Chapel Pasture (26a 2r) and stints on Chapel Fell Endorsed: reconveyance by Mary Hodgson of Westgate House, widow of (2) on repayment of mortgage, December 1880

29 December 1877 (1) Thomas Dawson of Wearhead and Thomas Coulthard of New Close, farmer (2) Thomas Dawson, Thomas Coulthard and George Coulthard the younger of New Close, farmer (3) Joseph Kell of Garth House, near Witton-le-Wear, farmer, William Hall Stobbs of Worsall Manor near Yarm, North Yorkshire, farmer, and John Thompson of Stanhope, solicitor (4) John Coulthard of Drygill, farmer (5) William Watson of Short Thorns, parish of Stanhope, farmer Recites mortgage 25 May 1863 by (4) to George Maddison of the first premises to secure £450. George Maddison had died 20 July 1873 appointing (2) as executors, with (1) as devisees Recites D/X 1598/1/22. George Liddle had died 27 December 1869 appointing (3) as executors Transfer of mortgages to (5) to secure £900 repaid to (2) and (3), of firstly 2 closes (2a 3r 36p) at Burnfoot, near St. John's Chapel, together with 3 houses at the west end and secondly a farm at Dry Gill, with 4 houses, plus allotments on Daddry Shield Pasture/Chapel Pasture and Chapel Fell and stints on Chapel Fell

17 August 1888 (1) William Watson and John Walton Watson of Short Thorns, parish of Stanhope, farmers (2) John Coulthard of Drygill, farmer (3) Joshua Dawson of St. John's Chapel, gentleman Transfer of mortgage [D/X 1598/1/25] to secure £900, by (1) at request of (2) to (3)

15 October 1892 (1) Joshua Dawson of Prize House, St. John's Chapel, gentleman (2) William Coulthard of Drygill, farmer and Ralph Coulthard of Stanhope, cartman (3) Tinniswood Dawson of St. John's Chapel, grocer and draper Recites D/X 1598/1/26. John Coulthard had died 5 July 1891 appointing (2) as executors to hold his estate in trust for his wife, Frances, until death and then to sell. Frances died 23 March 1892 Conveyance by (1) as mortgagee and (2) to (3) of a farm at Dry Gill, including 4 houses and allotments on Chapel Pasture and Chapel Fell and stints on Chapel Fell Consideration: £900 (3) to (1) to repay mortgage and £50 (3) to (2)

15 October 1892 (1) Tinniswood Dawson of St. John's Chapel, grocer and draper (2) Joshua Dawson of Prize House, St. John's Chapel, gentleman Mortgage by (1) to (2) to secure £775, of two houses and land at Drygill and a moiety of an allotment on Chapel Fell, an allotment on Chapel Pasture and stints on Chapel Fell

23 November 1893 (1) Tinniswood Dawson of St. John's Chapel, grocer and draper (2) William Coulthard of Drygill, near St. John's Chapel, farmer Conveyance by (1) to (2) of 2 houses and land at Drygill, a moiety of an allotment on Chapel Fell, an allotment on Chapel Pasture and stints on Chapel Fell, subject to mortgage [D/X 1598/1/28] Consideration: £175 (2) to (1)

15 October 1910 (1) Hannah Penrith of Lincoln, widow (2) William Coulthard of Dry Gill, near St. John's Chapel, farmer Recites D/X 1598/1/28 and D/X 1598/1/29. Joshua Dawson had died 31 October 1892 and (1) is the surviving executor. Reconveyance (1) to (2) on repayment of mortgage of £775 Endorsed: grant of easement to Durham County Water Board for pipeline through Fields 381 and 382 on the Parliamentary plans, 18 March 1931

[Enclosure] Plan of allotments on [St. John's] Chapel Pasture and [St. John's] Chapel Moor, showing landowners, acreages, roads, quarry, lead works, n.d. [c.1802]

[Enclosure] Plan of Dry Gill, Stone Heap, Greenlaws, showing land owners and acreages, n.d. [c. 1802]

Plan, by Joshua Turner, St. John's Chapel, showing situation and area of land at High Pinfold House, near Daddry Shield, belonging to George and Robert Craig, 19 August 1887

Plan, by Joshua Turner, St. John's Chapel, showing situation and area of land at Greenlaws, near Daddry Shield, belonging to George and Robert Craig of High Pinfold House, near Daddry Shield, 19 August 1887. Shows Weardale Lead Company's washing place on Daddryshield Burn; Craigs Level; quarry

Cassette tape recording of dinner conversation between Max and Joyce Tones and George Grey re. his service in the First World War, 1970s Handwritten tape insert: Side 1 - Max, Joyce, Dave Buchan, etc. Side 2 - Max & George Grey + Joyce 1st WW. A digital copy has been made and stored in t:\oddscans. Tape should not be produced; a CD copy is available for the public as D/X 1598/3/2

CD copy of D/X 1598/3/1