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Edleston family of Gainford

Reference: D/Ed 17 Catalogue Title: Edleston family of Gainford Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Horse Racing

Covering Dates: 1869-1950s

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Horse Racing (Ref: D/Ed 17/1-269)

Pedigrees of racehorses at the Montalbo Stud, 1920 - 1951
(paper, 60 folios)


Stud notices, n.d. [1920 - 1950]
(paper, printed, 29 folios)


Plan of proposed stables for R.H. Edleston at Gainford prepared by Frank Martin, architect at Darlington, 11 - 21 March 1910 Scale: 8 ft. : 1 inch
(60cm x 40cm, waxed paper, 3 folios, pencil)


Correspondence and other papers chiefly of Weatherby and Sons at London, of Mr. H. Barker, trainer at Redcar, Yorks., and of G.W. Fleming at Redcar, Yorks., O. Wallis & Son at Ellington, Hunts. and E.M. Alderson at Neasham concerning R.H. Edleston's racehorses, 1937 - 1955
(paper, 150 folios)


Miscellaneous notes concerning R.H. Edleston's racehorses, including lists of his horses kept at Gainford, Coatham and Ellington, [1930s - 1950s]
(paper, 53 folios)

History of the Bowes' stud at Streatlam and the production of Some Northern Thoroughbreds and their owners (Ref: D/Ed 17/270-317)

Information copied from Lord Strathmore's Stud Book, n.d. [20th century]
(5 booklets, paper)


Index to the Streatlam Stud Book, n.d. [1937]
(paper, 4 folios, 2 typescript)


Notes on John Bowes' horses 1842 - 1875, and the origins of the English race-horse, n.d. [20th century]
(paper, 49 folios)


Rough drafts and proofs of D/Ed 17/288-290, 1930s - 1950s
(paper, 32 folios)


Some Northern Thoroughbreds Teesdale Horses and their owners with special reference to the Streatlam and Barford Studs and Notes on the family of Bowes, by R.H. Edleston, parts I-III, n.d. [1940's - 1950's]
(3 booklets, paper, printed)

Letters to R.H. Edleston (Ref: D/Ed 17/318-456)

Of G. Ramage, art dealer at London, about print of John Bowes' horses, 7 December 1928
(paper)


Of J.A. Cherry of Messrs. Tattersall at London, 2 August 1939, enclosing list of purchasers and prices paid for John Bowes' horses, 1869 - 1887
(paper, 4 folios)


Letters of Henry de Gelsey at London to Alice Edleston asking for information for articles he is writing on John Bowes and his horse-racing, 21 March - 18 May 1955
(paper, typescript, 4 folios)


Draft letter of R.H. Edleston to Lady Strathmore concerning his interest in the stud at Streatlam Castle, n.d. [20th century]
(paper)


Correspondence to R.H. Edleston and to J. Fairfax Blakeborough at Norton-on-Tees and other papers concerning the publication of Some Northern Thoroughbreds, 10 November 1942 - July 1947
(paper, 74 folios)


Letters of J. Fairfax Blakeborough at Norton-on-Tees about horseracing and horse societies of which he is a member, trips to the races, and publications on the subject of horses, 10 July 1938 - 30 December 1950
(paper, 87 folios)


Notes about racehorses by J. Fairfax-Blakeborough, n.d. [1940s]
(paper, 3 folios)

Miscellaneous papers re horseracing (Ref: D/Ed 17/457-759)

The Racing Calendar Steeple Chases Past, for the season 1872 - 1873, by C.J.E. and J.P. Weatherby, Vol. 7
(1 volume, cardboard cover)


A review of Prof. Ridgeway's theory on The Genealogy of the Thoroughbred Horse by Wilfred Scawen Blunt, torn from a publication entitled The Nineteenth Century, January 1906
(paper, printed, 8 folios)


Racing fixtures for 1936 at Manchester, January 1936
(1 booklet, printed)


Readers request slips for publications re horseracing from a museum, 25 August 1937
(paper, printed form, 2 folios)


Copies of articles on horseracing particularly those concerning R.H. Edleston and his horses and reviews of R.H. Edleston's publication Some Northern Thoroughbreds, n.d. [1950]
(file, paper, 35 folios)


Card to R.H. Edleston from Tattersalls, London, acknowledging receipt of lots to be sold at the Newmarket December Sales, 29 October 1941
(paper, printed form)


Scrapbook containing newspaper cuttings from the Teesdale Mercury of articles by R.H. Edleston on "Teesdale Horses and their Owners", n.d. [1942]
(volume, paper cover)


Horse sale catalogues and extractsfrom catalogues, 1942 - [1950]
(2 booklets, paper, printed and paper, 10 folios)


Copy of a report by a [veterinary surgeon] on the illness and death of several horses, n.d. [1940s]
(paper, 2 folios)


Epitaph to Miss Hatty, breeder of many famous winners of Classic races, n.d. [20th century]
(paper)


Pastel sketch of the racehorse "Call Boy" at Newmarket, n.d. [20th century]
(paper)


Newspaper cuttings concerning horse-racing, 1920's - 1950's
(paper, printed, 77 folios)


Photographs concerning horse-racing, chiefly of R.H. Edleston's racehorses, 1907 - 1950's
(206 photographs)