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6 April 1863 (1) The Hon. Claude Bowes Lyon of Lowndes Square, Middlesex, Esquire; and the Rt. Hon. William Hutt of Gibside, M.P. (trustees for sale under The Bowes Estate Act, 1850) (2) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Esquire (3) William Hedley of Lands House, St. Andrew Auckland, colliery viewer; John Hedley of Houghton­le­ Spring, colliery engineer; Thomas Place of Houghton­le ­Spring, colliery owner; Thomas Charlton of Middlesbrough, colliery owner Draft lease by (1) and (2) to (3) of coals under Cockfield Hall Farm, Gordon House Farm, Fatting Field Farm and Hall Pasture, Cockfield (450a. 0r. 16p.), for thirty two years Rent: £ 325 p.a. plus tentale rents for excess quantities raised at 14s­ 16s per ten as specified, 6d. per ton for fireclay and ironstone, plus outstroke rents

Terms for lease of coal mines at Cockfield, Bowes to Hedleys, 1863

Correspondence received by J.D. Holmes from Richard Bowser, Bishop Auckland, John Brown, Darlington, John Tiplady, Durham and others concerning Cockfield coal leases, 23 June 1854 ­ 10 April 1863

9 May 1874 (1) The Hon. Charlotte Lyon Bowes (Lady Glamis) of Paul's Walden, Hertfordshire, widow (2) John Bowes (3) Rt. Hon. Claude Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne; Rt. Hon. Sir William Hutt of Gibside, K.C.B., M.P. (4) Robert Thompson and William Thompson, both of Darlington Draft lease by (1), (2) and (3) to (4) of coals under the park of Evenwood and under copyhold lands at Evenwood as specified, for twenty one years. Plans attached Rent: £ 600 p.a. plus a tentale rent of 14s. 5d. per ten for excess quantities

Correspondence received by J.D. Holmes from John Daglish, Tynemouth, R. Thompson and Co., Darlington, sharebrokers and accounts and Ralph John Dent, St reatlam Castle concerning Evenwood Colliery lease, rentals etc., 31 May 1877 ­ 18 January 1878

Promissory notes from Revd. W. Thompson, Darlington to R.J. Dent and John Daglish, 28 July 1877

Statement of rent due from the owners of Evenwood Colliery to Lady Glamis and John Bowes, November 1875 ­ November 1876

Statements of rents due from the owners of Evenwood Colliery to John Bowes, 23 November 1876

Statements of rents due from the owners of Evenwood Colliery to Lady Glamis, 23 November 1876 and 13 May 1877

Statement of assets and liabilities of John Bowes and Partners at 30 June 1884 and 31 December 1884; details of profits, dividends etc., 1875 ­ 1884

18 December 1868 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Esquire (2) The Corporation of the Governor and Company for Smelting Down Lead... (London Lead Company) Lease by (1) to (2) of lead under the Manors and townships of Lune, Holwick, Mickleton, Hunderthwaite and Cotherstone, for thirty one years. Plan endorsed on second membrane Rent: royalty varying with average price of lead sold by (2)

14 July 1899 (1) The Rt. Hon. Claude Bowes Lyon, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (2) John Thompson of 34 Baliol Street, Barnard Castle, quarry lessee Counterpart lease by (1) to (2) of freestone under lands at Dunn House in the township of Cleatlam, part of Cleatlam Hall Farm (13a. lr. 35p.), from half year to half year. Plan attached Rent: £12 10s per half year plus 2s. 6d. for each square yard of surface laid bare above 100 square yards per half year

l August 1912 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) Isaac Thompson and William Thompson, both of Staindrop, quarry lessees Draft agreement to let Dunn House Qurry to (2) from half year to half year. Plan attached Rent: £2 10s per half year to lay bare 12 sq. yds., with further rents to be settled

Letters from W.H. Ralston, Streatlam Castle concerning Dunn House East Quarry, 4 and 8 May 1912

20 March 1891 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) William Summerson of Cockfield, quarry master Counterpart lease by (1) to (2) of quarries of Whinstone at Cragg Wood in the township of Evenwood, for ten years. Plan attached Rent: £70 p.a. plus 2d. per ton for every ton of whinstone

3 August 1900 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) Herbert William Summerson, Arthur Sanderson Summerson, Annie Summerson and Laura Summerson, all of Cockfield; Robert Summerson of Barnard Castle and Edith Helen, his wife; William Robinson Summerson of Darlington; Alfred William Hastwell Summerson of Haltwhistle, Northumberland; Amy Annie Roberts, wife of Kilham Roberts of Shillington, Bedford; Barbara Mattinson, wife of T. Mattinson of Austwick, Yorks.; Susan Wrightson of Ash Trees, Lancaster, widow; Mary Isabella Summerson, Ida Rosewell Summerson and Eliza Anne Summerson of Haughton­le­ Skerne; Emmeline Stobbs, wife of H.H. Stobbs of Piercebridge (R.Summerson and Co.). Draft lease by (1) to (2) of quarries of whinstone at Cragwood in the township of Evenwood, with wayleaves for tramways, for ten years. Plan attached Rent: £200 p.a. plus tonnage rentals

Copy licence from the Earl of Strathmore to the Summersons to assign the lease D/HH 5/5/130, 4 August 1900

19 November 1903 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) Robert Summerson and Company Limited Lease by (1) to (2) of a wayleave for a tramway at Cragg Wood Quarry, for ten years. Plan attached Rent: £ 10 p.a. plus half a penny per ton for additional quantities led over the line

3 February 1914 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) Robert Summerson and Company Ltd. Draft lease by (1) to (2) of a way leave for a tramway at Cragg Wood Quarry, for ten years. Plan attached Rent: £ 10 p.a. plus half a penny per ton for excess quantities led over the line

11 November 1869 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Esquire (2) John Robert Ord of Darlington and Henry Maddison of Darlington, merchants Counterpart lease by (1) to (2) of quarries of whinstone at Holwick, for twenty one years Rent: £ 30 p.a. (for 3600 tons of whinstone) plus 2d. per ton for additional quantities

11 November 1869 (1) John Bowes (2) John Robert Ord and Henry Maddison Lease by (1) to (2) as D/HH 5/5/154 Endorsed: 23 July 1886 (1) John Robert Ord and Henry Maddison (2) The Earl of Strathmore Surrender of lease by (1) to (2)

Valuation by George Tarn of damage done by Ord and Maddison, 22 September 1883

Letters from Ord and Maddison, 3 Northgate, Darlington to William Stephenson, Step Ends concerning damage, 12 ­ 17 November 1883

24 July 1886 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) John Robert Ord and Henry Maddison Counterpart lease by (1) to (2) of quarries of whinstone under lands at Holwick, for fourteen years Rent: £ 1200, plus £ 50 p.a. for a moiety of rates, plus a royalty of l/8th to l/6th of selling price

Draft instructions for lease, 1886

Copy of case for the opinion of counsel concerning deducations made by Ord and Maddison from royalty payments, 1887

Draft appointment of single arbitrator to assess yearly damages, Strathmore and Ord and Maddison, 1900

Copy award of Robert Stagg Bainbridge of Keverstone, land agent concerning Strathmore and Ord and Maddison, 26 November 1900

1901 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) Messrs Ord and Maddison Ltd. of Northgate, Darlington Draft lease of quarries of whinstone at Holwick to (2), for ten years Rent: £ 1500 p.a. plus royalty payments as specified

Terms proposed for the renewal of the lease of Middleton (Holwick) Quarry, with observations and queries of W.H. Ralston, Streatlam Castle and John Daglish, 16 October 1901 ­ 10 July 1902

Notes by W.H. Ralston on quarry lease and the proposed alterations of Messrs Ord and Maddison to it, 15 October 1901 ­ 23 September 1903

Memorandum on Ord and Maddison' s proposed alteration on the draft lease, by J. Hanby Holmes, 5 May 1903

Extract from lease to Ord and Maddison (dated 31 October 1903) concerning surface damage, 14 December 1908

18 May 1909 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) Ord and Maddison Ltd. Draft deed extending a lease dated 31 October 1903 of whinstone quarries at Holwick for a further ten years Rent: as in principal lease of 31 October 1903

15 April 1920 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) Ord and Maddison Ltd. Draft deed further extending a lease of whinstone quarries at Holwick for a term of five years

5 May 1924 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) Ord and Maddison Ltd. Draft deed further extending lease of whinstone quarries at Holwick for a term of ten years

4 May 1931 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) Ord and Maddison Ltd. Counterpart deed further extending a lease of whinstone quarries at Holwick for a term of ten years Rent: rebate of 3d. per ton for all excess tonnage over 70,000 tons p.a., otherwise as in principal lease 9 July 1935 Deed varying tonnage rents as specified

1945 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) Ord and Maddison Ltd. Draft deed further extending the lease of whinstone quarries at Holwick for a term of ten years. Schedule of royalty payments

Correspondence received by J. Hanby H olmes from W.H. Ralston, Streatlam Castle and Yeom an and Waldy, Bondgate, Darlington, solicitors, concerning lease of quarries to Ord and Maddison, 22 August 1900 ­ 29 September 1903

Correspondence received by J. and E.R. Hanby Holmes from W.H. Ralston, Streatlam Castle, Ord and Maddison, Darlington and others concerning renewals of quarry leases, 7 September 1917 ­ 29 July 1943

Opinion of counsel on lease to Ord and Maddison, 22 July 1936

Edward Raine v John Robert Ord and Henry Maddison. Statement of claim, defence and subpoena, 1888

Agreement of R.J. Dent, agent, to let whinstone and limestone to Thomas Watson of Whitbury, 11 July 1876; letter from Joshua Bainbridge, Middleton in Teesdale to Dent, 30 June 1876

8 April 1879 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Esquire (2) Alfred Legge, gentleman; Frederick Irwin, quarry owner and Henry Hudspeth, contractor, all of Newcastle upon Tyne Lease by (1) to (2) of quarries of whinstone and limestone as specified, for twenty one years from 11 October 1876. Plan attached and further plan endorsed on second membrane Rent: £ 30 p.a. plus 2d. per ton for excess quantities

Correspondence received by J.D. Holmes etc. from Legge and Denison, Newcastle upon Tyne, solicitors, Thomas Watson, 3 Belle Vue Terrace, Whitby and others concerning the granting of the lease of quarries to Legge et al., 7 December 1876 ­ 26 August 1879

Details of money owed by Legge and Urwin to John Bowes for 1883 ­ 1885, 1885

Correspondence, notices and advertisements relating to distrain upon plant at quarry and subsequent sale, 5 ­ 19 May 1885

1896 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) Thomas George Gibson of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman Draft lease by (1) to (2) of quarries of limestone in Lunedale from the determination of the lease of 8 April 1879 (above), upon the same terms, until 11 October 1904

23 August 1897 (1) Thomas George Gibson (2) The Earl of Strathmore Surrender of leases of limestone dated 8 April 1879 and 14 November 1883

7 June 1873 (1) John Bowes (2) Mark Wittingham Bullen of Middleton in Teesdale, engineer; Joseph Coventry Janson of Saltburn by the Sea, Yorks., civil engineer; Robert Robinson of Darlington, civil engineer Counterpart lease by (1) to (2) of quarries of limestone in the township of Mickleton as specified, for twenty one years from 11 October 1872. Plan attached Rent: £30 p.a. plus £ 10 p.a. for the use of a limekiln and 2d. per ton of limestone for excess quantities

1876 (1) John Bowes (2) John Dickonson Holmes (3) Robert Robinson and Joseph C oventry Janson of Darlington, civil engineers; Mark Whittingham Bullen now of Barnard Castle, civil engineer and Catherine Bullen of Margate, Kent, widow Draft conveyance by (1) to (3) of Broadacre and Oundales, both in the township of Mickleton Consideration: £360

1884 (1) Mark Whittingham Bullen, Joseph Coventry Janson and Robert Robinson (2) John Bowes Draft surrender by (1) to (2) of the lease of 1873 (D/HH 5/5/214)

Plan of limestone royalty at Mickleton leased to Bullen, Robinson and Janson, n.d. [late 19th century] Scale: 4 chains to l inch

Correspondence received by J.D. Holmes concerning Mickleton limestone lease, 13 May ­ 12 November 1873

Plan of land at Mickleton belonging to T.W. Dent, 16 June 1873 No scale

Copy letter from Robert Robinson, Darlington to F.T. Steavenson concerning Mickleton lease, 18 March 1885

Account for rent and damages due from the Lune Bridge Whinstone Company to John Langstaff, 1884

Letter from Gillespie Brothers, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne to J. Langstaff concerning failure of The Lunedale Whinstone Company, 28 July 1885

Letter from J. Langstaff, Lunedale to J.H. Holmes concerning damage done by quarry lessee, 15 September 1886

4 April 1891 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) John George Swan of Upsall Hall, Middlesbrough, iron master and Henry Frederick Swan of Beaufront Castle Hexham, Northumberland, iron shipbuilder Draft lease by (1) to (2) of quarries of limestone at Mickleton, for twenty one years Rent: £ 100 p.a. plus l l/2d. per ton for excess quantities during the first 14 years and 2d. per ton during the last seven years of the lease

29 September 1896 (1) John Langstaff of Greengates, Lunedale, Yorks. (2) George Hodsman of 8 Feversham Terrace, York (for the Lunedale Whinstone Company) Agreement for wayleave for tramway Rent: £12 p.a.

24 August 1897 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) George Hodsman of 8 Feversham Terrace, York, whinstone merchant (trading as The Lunedale Whinstone Company) Lease by (1) to (2) of quarries of whinstone and limestone in the townships of Lunedale and Mickleton as specified, for thirty years. Plan attached Rent: £90 p.a. plus £ 12 p.a. for damage, further rents for working other portions of land as specified, plus tonnage rentals for excess quantities as specified

8 August 1900 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) John Langstaff of Mickleton, quarry lessee Draft lease by (1) to (2) of stone under 5a. of land at Mickleton, from half year to half year. Plan attached Rent: £3 15s per half year

Copy correspondence between W.H. Ralston, G. Hodsman and J.H. Holmes regarding Lunedale quarry lease, 9 October 1896 ­ 27 February 1897

Correspondence received from George Hodsman, The Lunedale Whinstone Company, York and others concerning problems with Langsta ff regarding long leasehold land and damages, 20 April 1902 ­ 6 March 1905

Letter from The Lunedale Whinstone Company, York to Joseph Langstaff, Greengates with reply from the latter ' s solicitor J. Ingram Dawson concerning disputed ownership of screenings, 27 November - 11 December 1912

Joseph Langstaff v The Earl of Strathmore and George Hodsman and Sons Ltd. Mark Pinkney v same Papers relating to the arbitration of th e various disputes between the parties, and copy of the award of William Pallister in each case (relating to Greengates Quarry), 9 August 1918 ­ 17 December 1920

Copy notices and correspondence relating to the termination, by George Hodsman and Sons Ltd. of their lease of Greengates Quarry, 20 June 1919 ­ 5 May 1920

Extract from deed of 4 November 1607 whereby Talbot Bowes granted leases of 1000 years of his property in Mickleton, Lune, Thringarth, Bowbank and Holwick, n.d. [1920s]

Extract from the Lune Inclosure Award of 22 November 1827, n.d. [1920s]

Case, for the opinion of counsel, concerning ownership of whinstone and chippings, (The Earl of Strathmore and Joseph William Langstaff), 1929

Original and copy correspondence received by E.R. Ha nby Holmes from W.H. Ralston, Streatlam Castle, Gibson, Pybus and Pybus, 42 Mosley Street, Newcastle, Dawson and Hicks, Barnard Castle and others relating to the termination of the lease of Greengates Quarry and the attendant arbitration, 1 May 1919 ­ 29 December 1920

Copy correspondence between J. Robinson, Valley Street North, Darlington; W.H. Ralston; J.W. Langstaff, Greengates; J. Ingram Dawson, Barnard Castle; and E.R. Hanby Holmes concerning quarry chippings from Greengates, 19 April 1922 ­ 16 March 1929

Letter from Western and Sons, 35 Essex Street, Strand to E.R. Hanby Holmes concerning Greengates Quarry, 9 April 1929

Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from Western and Sons, 35 Essex Street, Strand concerning Mickleton long leaseholds and quarrying, 15 April 1897 ­ 20 December 1904

Memorandum by Western and Sons on Lord Strathmore' s claim to minerals under long leasehold lands at Mickleton, April 1897

Notes by J. Hanby Holmes on the mineral rights under long leaseholds at Lune, 17 May 1915

Draft letter to J. Ingram Dawson concerning Lord Strathmore' s claim to minerals under the long leaseholds, n.d. [c.1900]

Particulars and conditions of sale of whinstone and limestone quarries in Lunedale, April 1885

24 January 1920 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) Ralph Allinson of South Cleatlam Draft lease by (1) to (2) of Bail Hill Quarry, Mickleton, from year to year. Plan attached Rent: £10 p.a.

Letters from W.H. Ralston to E.R. Hanby Holmes and R. Allison concerning Bail Hill lease, 25 ­ 29 November 1919

Account of royalty payments made by The Lunedale Whinstone Company to John Bowes for January ­ September 1844, 29 April 1885

Copy letter from lessee, 6 Dixon Terrace, Darlington to R.J. Dent, Streatlam Castle outlining incre ased unprofitability of limestone quarries, seeking revision in terms of lease, 10 January [1860s ­ 70s]

2 September 1905 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) K.M. Nowell of 2 Regent Terrace, New Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, railway contractor Draft lease by (1) to (2) of quarries of freestone under part of Clockburn Wood, a portion of the Gibside estate, for use in widening the Consett branch railway

Tracing of plan of the Gibside Estate, 1849 No scale

Tracing of plan of allotments at Green Gates, Lunedale, n.d. No scale

Plan of land at Mickleton belonging to the Rector of Romaldkirk, 22 January 1891 Scale: 4 chains to l inch

Plan of Greengates Quarry and adjoining land, n.d. No scale

Plan of lands at Mickleton shewing glebe land, and lands of John Bowes, the Langstaffs etc., as in 1810, 11 November 1890 No scale

Plan of course of tramway towards Greengates, 6 October 1896 Scale: [25 inches to l mile]

Plan of course of tramway from Laithkirk to Greengates, 1883 No scale

Particulars and conditions of sale of New Carterthorne Colliery and plant at Toft Hill and various houses and farms there, (Walton v Dowdeswell in Chancery), 2 September 1887

Particulars and conditions of sale, with plans, of Norwood Colliery, Evenwood, 1898

Pages from The Times carrying a report of proceedings in the case: The Bishop Auckland Industrial Co ­ operative Flour and Provision Society Ltd v the Butterknowle Colliery Company Ltd., 3 February and 16 July 1904

An account of the sinking of Bishop Middleham Colliery; an account of strata bored through in the new pit near Hawdon Dock, 1804; an a ccount of strata bored through at Thornley Colliery (Sir William Chaytor); an account of strata bored through at Lanchester Fell, 1736; an account of strata bored through at Thrislington; poem The Garland of Life ; an analysis of Cleveland ironstone; music and extracts from music text books, n.d. [early 19th century]

Sections of strata at: Sunnyside mine; Bell' s Shaft; Tunstall Reservoir Valve Shaft; Harehope Gill Engine Staff; Slit Mine Engine Shaft; Bollihope Shaft, London Lead Company; Brandon Wall 's Shaft, Rookhope; Beldon Engine Shaft; Taylor's Shaft, Derwent Mines; Silver­tongue Shaft, Derwent Mines, 1856 ­ 1864 and n.d.

Correspondence received by Ralph Dent, Streatlam Castle and J.D. Holmes from J.W. Swinburne, Gateshead concerning the leasing of coals at West Shield Row, rent arrears etc., 13 October 1855 ­ 20 May 1863

Correspondence received by J.D. Holmes from Richard Bowser, Bishop Auckland concerning the Shield Row lease, 27 August 1857 ­ 6 June 1860

Correspondence received by J.D. Holmes from Newby, Richmond and Watson, Stockton on Tees concerning Shield Row Colliery, 17 September 1858 ­ 10 October 1862

Miscellaneous correspondence received by J.D. Holmes concerning the lease of West Shield Row colliery, 2 February 1856 ­ 10 August 1862

Details of West Shield Row rental payments, 1855 ­ 1862

3 May 1843 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne (2) John Bowes and William Hutt, owners of the Marley Hill Colliery Copy licence to erect a stone quay on the River Tyne in the parish of Gateshead at the east end of Hillgate east of that of the Brandling Junction Railway

10 December 1846 (1) Cuthbert Ellison of Hebburn Hall, Esquire (2) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Esquire; William Hutt of Gibside, Esquire; Nicholas Wood of Killingworth, Northumberland, colliery viewer Copy lease by (1) to (2) of a quay in Gateshead as specified, for 20 years from 23 November 1842 Rent: £ 52 p.a.

Copy report of Nicholas Wood, Killingworth to Lord Ravensworth and Partners on the present state and future prospects of the partnership collieries, valuations, obser vations etc., 20 March 1846

1849 (1) Nicholas Wood of Hetton le Hole, gentleman (2) John Bowes, William Hutt, Nicholas Wood and Charles Mark Palmer of Loraine Place, Newcastle, Esquire (3) John Bowes (4) William Hutt and Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore; Henry Jadis; Sir John Dean Paul, Bart. Draft surrender by (1) to (4) of coal mines at Gibside, Hollingside, Marley Hill, Riding Barns and Bird Hill

1849 (1) John Bowes, William Hutt and Nicholas Wood (2) Henry Blegborough of Richmond, Yorks., Doctor in Medicine (3) Thomas Wheldon of Barnard Castle, gentleman (4) John Bowes (5) William Hutt and Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore; Henry Jadis; Sir John Dean Paul, Bart. Draft surrender by (1), (2) and (3) to (5) at Gibside, Hollingside, Marley Hill, Riding Barnes and Bird Hill. Recites previous deeds

Report of G. Hunter of Belmont (dated 25 June 1846) concerning Marley Hill Colliery, with instructions to draw up same from Thomas Wheldon (dated 23 April 1846), n.d. [c.1849]

Report of G. Hunter of Belmont (dated 26 December 1848) concerning Marley Hill Colliery, with instructions to draw up same from Thomas Wheldon (dated 12 December 1848), n.d. [c.1849]

Bills of costs of Mr. Van Heythuysen concerning Marley Hill lease and surrender, 1847 ­ 1850

Note of rents received by John Bowes for Marley Hill, 1845 ­ 1847 (1 paper) Shield Row

[1850s] (1) Robert Robinson of Bryanslope, gentleman and Mary, his wife (2) George Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Esquire (3) Elizabeth Bowes of Old Elvet, Durham, spinster Copy release by (1) to (2) [dated 10 January 1727] of a moiety of Shield Row in the chapelry of Tanfield as specified Consideration: £1200

Terms of agreement for letting coal mines at West Shield Row, July 1854

Conditions for a lease of coals under the West Shield Row Estate (117a.), Tanfield from John Bowes and Mr. Fenwick to Messrs. Rickard, Snowdon, Lindberg and Oakey, 15 June 1855

Abstract of title (16 March 1801 ­ 14 August 1850) of John Bowes to lands in the parish of Tanfield, 1855 ­ 1862

8 June 1856 (1) Edward Western of Great James Street, Bedford Row, Middlesex, gentleman; the Hon. Claude Bowes Lyon of Lowndes Square, Middlesex; and William Hutt of Gibside, Esquire M.P. (trustees for sale under The Bowes Estate Act, 1850) (2) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Esquire (3) Anne Fenwick of Dipton, spinster; Elizabeth Fenwick of Dipton, spinster; Henry Jefferson of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman (devisees in trust of Thomas Fenwick) (4) Anne Fenwick, Elizabeth Fenwick and Revd. Joseph Thompson of Satley Parsonage, Clerk (devisees in remainder of Thomas Fenwick) (5) Oscar Lindberg of Middlesbrough, Yorks., merchant; Samuel Frederick Okey of The Cottage, Durham, coal owner; John Peter Horning of Middlesbrough, merchant Copy lease by (1), (2), (3) and (4) to (5) of coal and fireclay at West Shield Row as specified (l18.5a.), with surface and wayleave rights, for forty two years Rent: £ 100 p.a. for the first two years, £ 150 p.a. for the next two years, £300 p.a. thereafter. Tentale rent of 16s per ten for coals raised in excess of specified quantities, outstroke rents, 16s. 6d. p.a. for each coke oven erected, ld. per ton of fireclay etc.

Plan of West Shield Row, May 1856 No scale

Statement of tentale rent account of the lessees of West Shield Row Colliery, May 1857 ­ May 1858

Statement of account of proceeds of sale under distress at West Shield Row, October 1858

Notice to lessees of Shield Row Colliery to pay rent under threat of re ­entry by lessors, 10 May 1859

5 May 1862 (1) Ralph Dent of Streatlam House as agent for John Bowes (2) The Reverend Joseph Thompson of Satley Parsonage, Clerk and Anne and Elizabeth Fenwick at Satley, spinsters Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of (1)' s interest in colliery plant etc., at West Shield Row for £450

5 May 1867 (1) Ralph Dent (2) Reverend Joseph Thomson and others Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of a moiety of West Shield Row, for £3200

1862 (1) The Hon. Claude Bowes Lyon of Lowndes Square, Middlesex and the Rt. Hon. William Hutt of Gibside, M.P. (2) John Bowes (3) Reverend Joseph Thompson and others Draft conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of a moiety of West Shield Row (163a. 2r. 12p.). Recites previous deeds Consideration: £3200

20 September 1862 (1) John Bowes (2) Reverend Joseph Thompson and others Draft assignment of colliery plant by (1) to (2) Consideration: £450

Plan of West Shield Row, 1858 Scale: 4 chains to l inch

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon and J.D. Holmes from George Hunter, Belmont, R.P. Philipson, Newcastle and R. Van Heythuysen, London concerning Marley Hill lease, 14 February 1848 ­ 26 September 1851

1849 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Esquire (2) William Hutt of Gibside, Esquire and Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore, his wife; Henry Jadis formerly of Bryanston Square, Esquire; Sir John Dean Paul of the Strand, Middlesex, Bart. (3) Nicholas Wood of Hetton Hall, viewer of collieries Draft lease by (1) and (2) to (3) of Marley Hill Colliery, and coals under 1786a. 3r. 38p. of land, with all buildings and surface workings, for a term of 60 years. Recites previous deeds Rent: £ 1000 p.a. fixed rent plus 16s per ten for excess quantities (18s per ten for excess quantities of Busty Bank coal)

Notes by W.H. Ralston on draft lease of barytes to J.K. Dent, 29 July 1908

Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from W.H. Ralston, Streatlam Castle and Watson, Watson and Wells, Barnard Castle, solicitors concerning leases of barytes to Dent, 22 September ­ 21 November 1908 (3 papers, l file, typescript) Limestone and Whinstone Quarries

1908 (1) The Rt. Hon. Claude George, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Baron Bowes (2) John Kipling Dent of Low Nook, Lunedale, yeoman Draft lease by (1) to (2) of sulphate of barytes and carbonate of barytes under grounds at Carlbeck in Lunedale, for eight years Rent: 9d. per ton for sulphate and ls. 6d. per ton for carbonate

Draft tac note as to barytes under lands at Carlbeck, 1908