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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1874 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Unthank and Horsley Estates

Covering Dates: 1931

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  • Miscellaneous documents
    • Unthank Estate (Ref: D/X 1874/1)
    • Horsley Estate (Ref: D/X 1874/2)

Catalogue Description

Deeds of Vestment created in response to the will and codicil of John Richard Westgarth Hildyard late of Horsley in Stanhope and of Hutton Bonville, North Yorkshire, esquire who died on 24 October 1888. John married Mary Blanche Neave in 1860, became High Sheriff of Durham in 1863, and was also later a J.P.

See also D/X 1093/1 for the marriage settlement of Edward Digby Hildyard and Helen Lucy Egerton, 16 November 1910

Catalogue Contents

Unthank Estate (Ref: D/X 1874/1)Ref: D/X 1874/1/1

27 July 1931 (1) Arthur William Bainford of 33 Bolton Gardens, London, Barrister at Law Francis William Murray Sturges of Caxton House, Westminster, London, Solicitor (2) Edward Digby Hildyard of Vivers Lodge, Kirby Moorside, Yorkshire, Barrister at Law Deed for vesting in (2) the settlement created by a codicil to the will of John Richard Westgarth Hildyard, Esquire being property in the parish of Stanhope, as described in the schedule and shown on attached plan, including farmhouses and farms known as Unthank Mill, Shield Ash, Snowfield, Unthank Hall and Unthank, and parcels of land called Unthank Hall Gardens and an allotment on Bollihope Common known as Peg's House, and quarries delineated on plan
(1 volume)

Horsley Estate (Ref: D/X 1874/2)Ref: D/X 1874/2/1

31 July 1931 (1) Windham Edward Hale of Mowbreck Hall, Kirkham, Lancashire, land agent Sir Wiliam Francis Marwood K.C.B Busby Hall, Stokesley, Yorkshire, Knight Ralph Davies Cooke of Shelton Hall, Doncaster, Yorkshire (2) John Arundel Hildyard of Horsley Eastgate, Esquire Deed for vesting in (2) the settlement created by the will and codicil of John Richard Westgarth Hildyard late of Horsley, parish of Stanhope and Hutton Bonville Hall in North Riding of Yorkshire of lands in Horsley according to the attached schedules and plan, including the farmhouses and farms at Stewart Shields Meadows, Ambling Gate, Ashey Bank or Ashy Bank, those formerly known as Hohn House, Hole House and Broadbush but now known together as Hole House, farm known as Hill Top, those farms formerly known as Broadlaw and High Farm but now known as Eastgate House Farm, farms known as Harrow Bank, Sprainfield, pieces of land known as White House Farm, farmhouse and farm known as Howl John, those formerly known as Sweetwells, Warm Wells and Harelaw now known together as Sweetwells, farms known as West Bewdley, East Bewdley, Westernhopeburn, Ludwell, Billingshields, Hagg Gate, Horsley Head, Snowhope Close, Snowhope Gate, Newlandside, Ridding House, the mansion house known as Horsley Hall, moors known as Westernhope Moor, quarries delineated on the plan, cottage at Wear Lodge, school and cottages at Hare Law and cottages at White House Includes memorandum of deed of grant dated 27 June 1934 that the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company may lay and maintain water pipes across specified fields.
(1 volume)



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