Catalogue

1884 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle , Esquire (2) The Stockton and Middlesbrough Corporations Water Board Draft enfranchisement of copyhold lands as specified in the Manor of Cotherstone cum Hunderthwaite

Draft nomination of surveyors to value copyhold lands for the Stockton and Middlesbrough Corporations Water Board, 1884

Details of parcels of land owned by the Water Board, n.d. [c.1890]

Valuation of lands in the Manors of Cotherstone and Hunderthwaite for enfranchisement, by F. Punchard, 2 January 1891

Statement of customary rents due by the Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Board, 1891

Details of compensation to be paid to steward for enfranchisement at Hury, 16 ­ 22 March 1893

Copy correspondence relating to Hury enfranchisement, 16 ­ 26 November 1892

1902 (1) Rt. Hon. Claude, Earl of Strathmore (2) Hon. Patrick Bowes Lyon of Edenbridge, Kent and George Adolphus Western of 35 Essex Street, Strand, Middlesex, solicitor (3) The Tees Valley water Board Draft deed of enfranchisement of lands as specified at Hury in Baldersdale Consideration: £410 19s. 3d.

14 November 1907 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) The Tees Valley Water Board Deed of enfranchisement of a parcel of Brier Dykes, Hunderthwaite. Plan endorsed Consideration: £6 5S

Brief on behalf of the claimant owner, The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, for compensation from the Tees Valley Water Board in respect of buildings and water rights at Grassholme and Mickleton affected by the Board 's works, 1902

Copy report of Samuel Rowlandson, The College, Durham (dated 8 January 1876) valuing lands to be taken for reservoirs, n.d. [c.1901 ­1902]

Copy heads of agreement with John Bowes (dated 23 February 1876), n.d. [1901 ­1902]

[1901­ 1902] (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Esquire (2) The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Boroughs of Stockton on Tees and Middlesbrough Copy agreement (dated 1 July 1876) governing: the terms of purchase by (2) f rom (1) of lands etc. for Blackton and Hury Reservoirs and related works; compensation payments; clauses in Bill to protect the interests of (1)

[1901­1902] (1) The Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Board (2) John Bowes Copy agreement (dated 11 May 1877) governing the conditions of purchase of lands etc. by (1)

[1901­1902] (1) The Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Board (2) John Bowes Copy agreement (dated 9 June 1884) in substitution of agreement of 11 May 1877

[1901­1902] (1) The Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Board (2) The Earl of Strathmore Copy draft agreement (dated 24 May 1890) governing compensation to be paid by (1) to (2) and revision of clauses contained in (1) 's Bill

Copy of papers relating to compensation claim of the Earl of Strathmore and the appointment of arbitrators to settle it, 14 March ­ 31 December 1901

Copy opinion of [Mr. Manisty], Central Buildings, Darlington, on the evidence of Lord Strathmore and The Tees Valley Water Board, n.d. [c.1902]

Copy of correspondence between the Tees Valley Water Board, W.H. Ralston, Streatlam Castle, F. Punchard, Underley Estate Office, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, Western and Sons, 35 Essex Street, Strand, J. Hanby Holmes and others concerning Grassholme Mill and Reservoir, compensation payments, arbitration etc. (3 August 1899 ­ 10 April 1902), sent to counsel, 1902

Proofs of evidence of witnesses, [1902]

Notices to produce, admit and inspect documents, 4 ­ 10 April 1902

Valuations and measurements of buildings at Grassholme by Alexander Adams, 4 March ­ 10 April 1902

Valuation of buildings at Grassholme, Lunesdale by William Grisenthwaite of Penrith, builder, [1902]

Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from D.D. Wilson, General Manager, Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Board regarding enfranchisement of copyholds upon conveyance to the Board and payment of compensation to Holmes for loss of income as steward of the various Strathmore manors, 5 July 1888 ­ 29 July 1899

Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from Western and Sons, 35 Essex Street, Strand concerning sale of lands by Lord Strathmore to the Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Board, minerals and enfranchisement, 1 March 1887 ­ 15 July 1903

Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from F. Punchard, Underley Estates Office, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland concerning valuation of lands to be taken by the Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Board (Hury enfranchisement) etc., 3 November 1890 ­ 5 January 1893

Miscellaneous correspondence relating to Grassholme arbitration, 6 August 1901 ­ 10 April 1902

Copy of letter from J. Hanby Holmes to G.W.M. Dale concerning enfranchisement of copyholds in the Manor of Cotherstone and Hunderthwaite, 16 April 1889

Copy letters from J. Hanby Holmes, Barnard Castle to Western and Sons, London concerning the enfranchisement of copyholds, 10 March ­ 5 December 1892

Copy letter from J. Hanby Holmes complaining at Mr. Wilson' s attitude, 21 December 1899

Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from F. Punchard, Underley Estates Office, Kirkby Lonsd ale, Westmorland concerning Grassholme compensation and arbitration, 19 December 1901 ­ 13 April 1902

28 February 1889 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) The North Eastern Railway Company Draft agreement for the supply of water to Middleton in Teesdale Railway Station from springs specified. Plan attached Rent: £4 p.a.

4 October 1913 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) The North Eastern Railway Company Draft agreement for the use of water at Middleton in Teesdale. Plan attached

22 March 1897 (1) The Earl of Strathmore by W.H. Ralston, his agent (2) Revd. George Ramsden of Laithkirk Vicarage, Clerk Agreement for the supply of water to Laithkirk Vicarage

23 March 1898 (1) William Henry Ralston of Streatlam House, Esquire as agent for the Earl of Strathmore (2) Startforth Rural District Council Agreement for easement to lay pipes at Barkers Well, Mickleton, Yorks. Rent: ld. p.a.

11 July 1903 (1) John Wearmouth of East Nettlepot, Lunedale, farmer (2) The Earl of Strathmore Grant of easement to lay waterpipes over lands at East Nettlepot, Lunedale

29 September 1913 (1) Thomas Oliver and others of Romaldkirk and Alfred Oliver of The Leadings, Startforth (2) The Earl of Strathmore Grant of an easement to lay water pipes. Plan attached

Memorandum as to ownership of the bed of the River Lune, by Western and Sons, 18 April 1898

Notes regarding the Water Board's purchases in Lunedale, March 1898

Original and copy correspondence concerning the ownership of the bed of the River Lune, 7 March ­ 2 April 1898

9 June 1891 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (Lord of the Manor of Cotherstone and Hunderthwaite) (2) Christopher Brown, James Peacock, William Dent, John William Dent and Abraham Hilton (The Field Reeves of Cotherstone Regulated Pasture) (3) The Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Board Agreement for the construction by (3) for a culvert over Cotherstone Moor. Plan attached Consideration: £209 to (2)

5 October 1898 (1) The Earl of Strathmore as Lord of the Manor of Cotherstone cum Hunderthwaite (2) The owners of stints on Cotherstone Regulated Pasture by Thomas Chipchase, Christopher Brown, William Dent, Joseph William Dent and John Alfred York (the Committee) (3) The Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Board Grant of wayleave to (3) for a culvert through the Regulated Pasture at Cotherstone. Plan and schedule of deeds attached Consideration: £209 to (2)

Plan shewing easement required for conduit across Cotherstone Moor, 1889 Scale: 200 feet to l inch

17 October 1917 (1) The Earl of Strathmore (2) The Tees Valley Water Board Counterpart agreement granting wayleave for water pipes in the township of Westwick, as specified. Plan attached Consideration: £285 10s

9 December 1919 (1) John Jackson of Town Pasture, Barnard Castle, farmer (2) The Tees Valley Water Board Agreement granting wayleave for water pipes at Green Lane near Westwick. Plan endorsed Consideration: £18 5s

20 April 1923 (1) Christina Kate Mitchell of 12 Wellington Square, Ayr, widow (2) The Tees Valley Water Board Agreement granting wayleave for water pipes at Green Lane, Barnard Castle. Plan attached Consideration: £30 15s

20 April 1923 (1) Francis Septimus Strickland of The Hall, Ebchester, gentleman and Henry Robinson Chapman of Leyburn, Yorks., gentleman (trustees of the will of John Fothergill Clarkson) (2) The Tees Valley Water Board Agreement granting wayleave for water pipes along Green Lane, Barnard Castle and Westwick. Plan attached Consideration: £19

20 April 1923 (1) Frank York of Beaconsfield House, Barnard Castle, gentleman (2) The Tees Valley Water Board Agreement granting wayleave for water pipes at Green Lane, Barnard Castle. Plan attached Consideration: £141 15s

Case, for counsel' s opinion, concerning the rights of Lord Strathmore to payment for a wayleave in connexion with the laying of a water main along Green Lane (a private road) in the parish of Barnard Castle, 1917

Opinion of counsel (Dighton Pollock of Lincoln's Inn) upon D/HH 5/6/154, 4 September 1917

Copy of orders in [Barnard Castle] inclosure award concerning herbage of roads, [1917]

Copy case for the opinion of counsel concerning the Tees Valley Water Board and Green Lane, [1917]

Copy of notice to owners, lessees and occupiers (Green Lane) of application to Parliament to be made by the Tees Valley Water Board, sent by Wyatt and Company to J. Hanby Holmes (dated 10 December 1913), n.d. [1917]

Correspondence between J. Hanby Holmes, E.R. Hanby Holmes, Western and Sons, W.T. Hook er, 4 Grindon Terrace, Sunderland, F.S. Strickland, The Hall, Ebchester, Arthur H. Wilkinson, Leyburn, Yorks., solicitor and others concerning Tees Valley Water Board 's activities at Mount Eff etc. near Barnard Castle, 2 May 1913 ­ 17 June 1922

7 October 1886 (1) William Kipling of Romaldkirk, gentleman (2) Jane Kipling of Romaldkirk, widow (3) William Kipling of 95 Evering Road, Stoke Newington, Middlesex, surgeon (4) Jane Kipling and William Kipling of Stoke Newington (5) The Stockton and Middlesbrough Corporations Water Board Draft conveyance by (1), (2), (3) and (4) to (5) of 14a. 3r. 29p. of land at Hunderthwaite as specified. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £2535

Draft valuation and declaration by surveyors of lands purchased from Lord Strathmore by the Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Board, 31 January 1887

Copy letter from John Daglish, Marsden, South Shields to R.J. Dent concerning compensation for minerals under lands to be taken by Water Board (dated 8 August 1888), n.d.

Memorandum by Mr. Wilson concerning Balder Fish Passes, 20 December 1889

Copy of case, with the opinion of G.W. Melville Dale, Lincoln' s Inn, thereupon concerning the custom of the Manor of Cotherstone and acknowledgements by married women, 15 April 1890

Abstract of title (3 January 1883 ­ 25 March 1889) of the Stockton and Middlesbrough Corporations Water Board to lands in the Manor of Cotherstone, n.d. [c.1890]

Details of lands purchased by the Water Board in Baldersdale, 28 February 1893

Report of the Field Reeves concerning Naby View, 16 November 1895

Case, with the opinion of G.W. Melville Dale, Lincoln' s Inn thereupon, concerning Lord Strathmore' s right to have a boat on Hury Reservoir, 25 March 1896

Letter from J. Hanby Holmes to G.W. Melville Dale, with instruction to settle draft, 11 October 1897

Plan of lands to be taken for Selset Reservoir, Tees Valley Water Board, n.d. Scale: 6 inches to l mile