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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 2121 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Bowes Moor Inclosure and miscellaneous

Covering Dates: 1763-1921

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  • Miscellaneous documents
    • Inclosure of Bowes Moor (Ref: D/X 2121/1/1-15)
    • Powers of attorney for a meeting of the Freeholders of Bowes Moor on 29 April 1893 (Ref: D/X 2121/1/1-10)
    • Powers of attorney for purposes connected to business after April 1893 concerning Bowes Moor (Ref: D/X 2121/1/11-15)
    • Miscellaneous correspondence (Ref: D/X 2121/2/1-5)
    • Miscellaneous legal documents (Ref: D/X 2121/3/1-3)

Catalogue Contents

Inclosure of Bowes Moor (Ref: D/X 2121/1/1-15)

Powers of Attorney for meetings held under the 1845 Act to Facilitate the Inclosure and Improvement of Commons (Queen Victoria 8 & 9 Cap. 118)

Powers of attorney for a meeting of the Freeholders of Bowes Moor on 29 April 1893 (Ref: D/X 2121/1/1-10)Ref: D/X 2121/1/1

Power of attorney: Rev Charles Bradford Wardale to act for Captain John Headlam of Gilmonby Hall for purposes connected to Inclosure of Bowes Moor, 5 April 1893
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 2121/1/2

Power of attorney: Joseph Hanby Holmes to act for Rev William Poole of Herefordshire for purposes connected to Inclosure of Bowes Moor, 6 April 1893
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 2121/1/3

Power of attorney: Joseph Errington of Barnard Castle to act for Hudson Donaldson of Barnard Castle for purposes connected to Inclosure of Bowes Moor, 12 April 1893
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 2121/1/4

Power of attorney: John Mitchell to act for Rev Charles Bradford Wardale and Thomas H.B. Dent of Bowes and Robert Taylor Richardson, Robert Barker, Abraham Hilton and John Mitchell of Barnard Castle at a meeting of the freeholders of Bowes Moor, 29 April 1893, for purposes connected to Inclosure Acts 1845 to 1882, 18 April 1893
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 2121/1/5

Power of attorney: Joseph Errington to act for William Bowron of Startford for purposes connected to Inclosure of Bowes Moor, 18 April 1893
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 2121/1/6

Receipt No. B 7248 re. Manor of Bowes Proxy issued by Board of Agriculture to Joseph Errington of Barnard Castle, 19 April 1893
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: D/X 2121/1/7

Power of attorney: John Mitchell to act for Thomas Helmer and Robert A. Hugginson of Romaldkirk and Thomas Alderson, Robert Barker, John Mitchell and Robert J. Richardson of Barnard Castle at a meeting of the freeholders of Bowes Moor, 29 April 1893, for purposes connected to Inclosure Acts 1845 to 1882, 19 April 1893
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 2121/1/8

Power of attorney: Christopher Coates of Darlington to act for Sophia Vasey of Ferry Hill for purposes connected to Inclosure of Bowes Moor, 20 April 1893
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 2121/1/9

Power of attorney: Joseph Errington of Barnard Castle to act for Thomas Dent of Kemsing for purposes connected to Inclosure of Bowes Moor, 27 April 1893
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 2121/1/10

Power of attorney: Joseph Errington to act for William Dundas Gilpin Brown of Metheringham for purposes connected to Inclosure of Bowes Moor, 27 April 1893
(1 paper)

Powers of attorney for purposes connected to business after April 1893 concerning Bowes Moor (Ref: D/X 2121/1/11-15)Ref: D/X 2121/1/11

Power of attorney: Christopher Coates of Darlington to act for Elizabeth Coates of Darlington for purposes connected to Inclosure of Bowes Moor, 29 December 1893
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 2121/1/12

Power of attorney: Christopher Coates of Darlington to act for John Robert Ord Maddison and William Henry Forster Maddison for purposes connected to Inclosure of Bowes Moor, 29 December 1893
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 2121/1/13

Power of attorney: Christopher Coates of Darlington to act for Thomas Martin of Melsonby for purposes connected to Inclosure of Bowes Moor, 29 December 1893
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 2121/1/14

Power of attorney: Christopher Coates of Darlington to act for John Fatham Green of Ketton Hall for purposes connected to Inclosure of Bowes Moor, 29 December 1893
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 2121/1/15

Power of attorney: Jonathan Patterson to act for Margaret Patterson for purposes connected to Inclosure Act of Bowes Moor, 1 January 1906
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous correspondence (Ref: D/X 2121/2/1-5)Ref: D/X 2121/2/1

Letter from Thomas Bradly of Richmond to Sheldon Cradock, arranging to meet Mr Wheldon at Bowes, 26 September 1838
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 2121/2/2

Page of a letter from an unknown correspondent, North Ockenden, addressed to 'My dear Eden' [Lord Eden of Windlestone] discussing legal position around the sale of certain property, 'fields at South Ch:', also reference to Hunwick Church, 9 February [c. 1850]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 2121/2/3

Note from 'W.C.C.', [no recipient named], re. "Shipping drops at S Docks", enquiring about Lord Vane's personnel arrangements, 24 February 1870 'Has Lord Vane one or two men stationed at each drop to ship coals, or has he a certain number of men for shipping coals who move about from drop to drop as they are required? Could one or two of such men readily move from a Londonderry drop to a No.Eastern drop when required so to do? Pray return this with answers.'
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 2121/2/4

Copy of a letter from J. Blumer [?] and W. Todd, Barningham, to Mr M. Dixon and trustees of the Wesley Trust, re. funding of the local minister and the wishes of the late John Todd, 4 October 1910
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 2121/2/5

Letter from M. Archer, The Hut, Hurworth, to Thomas Aukland, Hurworth, enclosing a monthly payment towards Hurworth Village Hall, 29 November 1921
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous legal documents (Ref: D/X 2121/3/1-3)Ref: D/X 2121/3/1

17 November 1763 (1) Joshua Errington of Lanchester, William Wheatley of Whitehouse, William Lambton of Lambton Hall, Emmanual Walton of Barnard Castle and Allan Greenwell of Ford (2) Anthony Tilley of Broomside Lease [and release] by (1) to (2) of Whitehouse Farm, Lanchester, with around 25 acres Consideration: 5 shillings
(parchment, 1 membrane, sealed)

Ref: D/X 2121/3/2

Removal Order instructing Anne Mathew (widow of Thomas Mathew) and her three children (Mary, 13, Jane, 9, and Thomas, 7) to return from Saint Nicholas parish to Elvet, August 1836
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: D/X 2121/3/3

1872 (1) Edward Fenwick Boyd, acting for H.T.T. Salvin of Croxdale Hall, lessor (2) John Rogerson, acting for Weardale Coal and Iron Company, lessees Draft of a memorandum of agreement regarding Houghall Colliery
(1 paper)



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