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James Turnbull Son and Parkinson (estate agents)

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Covering Dates: 1693-1966

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  • James Turnbull Son and Parkinson (estate agents)
    • James Turnbull Son and Parkinson (estate agents) (Ref: D/TPa)
    • Estate Sale Catalogues (Ref: D/TPa 1-58)
    • County Durham (Ref: D/TPa 1-41)
    • Cumberland (Ref: D/TPa 42-43)
    • Northumberland (Ref: D/TPa 44-56)
    • Yorkshire, North Riding (Ref: D/TPa 57-58)
    • Working Papers (Ref: D/TPa 59-70)
    • Estate Papers (Ref: D/TPa 71-72)
    • Maps and Plans (Ref: D/TPa 73-78)
    • Strathmore Estate Plans (Ref: D/TPa 79-81)
    • Witton and Wilton Estate Plans (Ref: D/TPa 82-84)
    • Printed Matter and Photographs (Ref: D/TPa 85-86)
    • Surtees of Mainsforth Estate Papers (Ref: D/TPa 87-115)
    • Birtley Fell (Ref: D/TPa 116-117)
    • Second Deposit(Acc: 337 (D)) (Ref: D/TPa 118-120)

Catalogue Description

JAMES TURNBULL, SON AND PARKINSON, AUCTIONEERS & ESTATE AGENTS, CHESTER-LE-STREET

Catalogue Contents

James Turnbull Son and Parkinson (estate agents) (Ref: D/TPa)Estate Sale Catalogues (Ref: D/TPa 1-58)County Durham (Ref: D/TPa 1-41)Ref: D/TPa 1

Surplus hutting and fitments at prisoner-of-war camp, Stanhope, to be sold 30 July 1919
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 2

Three shops, dwelling houses and garage or warehouse, Chester-le-Street, to be sold 11 May 1922 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 3

Household furniture and effects of Boldon Lodge, East Boldon, to be sold 14 and 15 June 1922
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 4

Pikeshole Farm and Hedworth Town Farm (Hedworth, Boldon Colliery and West Boldon), to be sold 28 February 1923 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 5

Central Buildings, Front Street, Chester-le-Street, occupied by Messrs. Thompson & Co., drapers & outfitters, to be sold 17 June 1925 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 6

Accommodation land on part of the Kyo Laws Estate, Annfield Plain, to be sold 8 July 1925 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 7

Old Burdon Farm, New Seaham, to be sold 22 March 1926 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 8

Furnishings and effects, Herrington Hall, near Sunderland, to be sold 14 and 15 April 1926
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 9

129 dwelling-houses, Pelton Fell, near Chester-le-Street, to be sold 9 May 1929 Includes plans and details of purchasers with price paid
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 10

Two 'picture halls', Hippodrome and Empire, both in Easington Colliery, building, land and dwelling houses (Easington Village, Easington Colliery, South Pelaw and Pelton), to be sold 25 July 1929 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 11

Standing timber, Ravensworth Castle Estate, near Gateshead, to be sold 18 December 1929
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 12

Building land, accommodation land and smallholdings at Ravensworth, Ravensworth Castle Estate, near Gateshead, to be sold 17 February 1930 Includes plans
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 13

Flats, houses and terrace houses (Gateshead, Whickham and Dunston), to be sold 2 October 1930
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 14

House and accommodation land (Catchgate and Annfield Plain), to be sold 24 February 1931
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 15

Burdon Hall and grounds, 20 farms, 47 cottages and building and accommodation land, Burdon Estate, between Sunderland and Seaham, to be sold 16 September 1931 Includes plans and photographs
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 16

Farms, smallholdings, cottages, and accommodation lands (West Rainton and Leamside), to be sold 3 August 1932 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 17

Mansion House Estate, consisting of Mansion House Farm and market garden, East Boldon, to be sold 15 August 1932 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 18

77 dwelling houses, High Spen, to be sold, 20 September 1934 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 19

Portion of Sunderland Golf Course, Pallion, Sunderland, to be sold 18 July 1940 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 20

Freehold ground rents, Craghead, near Stanley, to be sold 9 April 1943
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 21

Dairy farm known as Scotland Farm, a dwelling house, 16 terrace houses and land, Winlaton, to be sold 9 April 1951 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 22

Interior and exterior fittings and building materials, Ravensworth Castle, near Gateshead, to be sold 18 July 1951
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 23

Cocken Lodge Farm, Leamside, to be sold 31 July 1951 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 24

Brierton Farm, West Hartlepool, to be sold 3 September 1951 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 25

Antique and modern furnishings and china at 'Springfield', Mains Park Road, Chester-le-Street, to be sold 30 January 1952
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 26

Freehold ground rents, allotments and land (Birtley, Dunston, Sunniside and Wrekenton), to be sold 21 January 1953 Includes plans
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 27

Pelaw Hill Farm, Chester-le-Street, to be sold 12 March 1953 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 28

South Farm, Kibblesworth, to be sold 12 June 1953 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 29

Interior and exterior fittings and building materials, Greencroft Hall, near Lanchester, to be sold 8 September 1954
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 30

Tunstall Hall Farm, West Hartlepool, to be sold 27 October 1954
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 31

Field House Farm, West Rainton, to be sold 6 April 1955 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 32

Urpeth Estate, Beamish, to be sold 28 September 1955 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 33

Urpeth Riding Farm, Low Urpeth Farm, Sledge Hill Farm and Urpeth Cottage (Urpeth and Kibblesworth), to be sold 28 September 1955 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 34

Northern Hospital, Philadelphia, to be sold 5 October 1955
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 35

Building and grazing land at Peareth Hall, Usworth, to be sold 7 December 1955 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 36

Trimdon House Farm, Fishburn, to be sold 15 October 1957 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 37

Dene House Farm, near Satley, to be sold 29 March 1961 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 38

Ash Tree Farm, Browney Colliery, to be sold 6 April 1961 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 39

Antique and modern furnishings and effects and a collection of watercolours, Hamsterley, to be sold 23 October 1963
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 40

Accommodation land, and fishing rights in the river Wear (Chester-le-Street and Ryhope), to be sold 29 September 1964 Includes plans
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 41

Finchale Banks and fishing rights in the river Wear, Leamside, to be sold 18 May 1966
(1 booklet)

Cumberland (Ref: D/TPa 42-43)Ref: D/TPa 42

Harraby Green Stadium, near Carlisle, to be sold 26 November 1929 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 43

Leconfield Cumberland Estate, within a radius of 15 miles of Keswick, to be sold 17 July 1957 Includes plans
(1 booklet)

Northumberland (Ref: D/TPa 44-56)Ref: D/TPa 44

Duddo Farm, Duddo, to be sold 13 October 1943 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 45

Plainfield Farm, Thropton, to be sold 4 February 1948 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 46

Low Burradon Farm and Burradon Mains Farm, 6 miles N.W. of Rothbury, to be sold 20 March 1950 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 47

'Freehold estate of Rudchester on the Roman Wall, near Heddon-on-the-Wall including the reputed manor of Rudchester', to be sold 7 May 1951 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 48

Farms known as Yellow House Farm, Yellow Bogs, Coldtown Farm, with Coldtown Beacon, Colwell Hill Farm, Fairneydeugh Farm and High Bleakhope Farm, with Yellow House Cottage (West Woodburn, Otterburn and Powburn), to be sold 27 April 1953 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 49

West Duddo Farm, Stannington, to be sold 1 July 1959 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 50

Heatherslaw Farm, near Stamfordham, to be sold 7 March 1960 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 51

Seghill Estate, Seghill, n.d. [c.1961] Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 52

Rouchester Farm, near Barrasford, to be sold 20 November 1962 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 53

Stotsfold Farm, near Whitley Chapel, to be sold 25 April 1963 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 54

West Todholes Farm, near Elsdon Village, to be sold 25 April 1963 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 55

Glanton Estate, Alnwick, to be sold 9 October 1963 Includes plan and photographs
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 56

Swinhoe Estate, near Alnwick, to be sold 9 October 1963 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Yorkshire, North Riding (Ref: D/TPa 57-58)Ref: D/TPa 57

Marrick Abbey Estate, Marrick, to be sold 14 June 1924 Includes auctioneers' notes
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/TPa 58

Oxhill Farm, Maltby, to be sold 23 April 1958 Includes plan
(1 booklet)

Working Papers (Ref: D/TPa 59-70)Ref: D/TPa 59

Letter book, 1872 - 1888
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TPa 60

Ledger, 1880 - 1884
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TPa 61-70

Office diaries 1955 - 1965
(10 volumes)

Estate Papers (Ref: D/TPa 71-72)Ref: D/TPa 71

Rent accounts, c.1899 - 1915 Including handbills for Mr. James Turnbull's Christmas Prize Show and Fat Stock sale, 1898 - 1913
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TPa 72

Timber valuation, Ravensworth Estate, n.d. [only date in text 1965]
(1 volume)

Maps and Plans (Ref: D/TPa 73-78)Ref: D/TPa 73

'Plan of the Western Coal District of Durham and Northumberland being the sixth of a series of plans of the Great Northern Coalfield by John Thomas William Bell, Chief Engineer and Surveyor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1861' Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile
(1 plan, printed)

Ref: D/TPa 74

'Plan of the town of Chester-le-Street ... showing the gas and waterpipes', 1865 Scale: 10 yards to 1 inch
(1 plan, tracing only)

Ref: D/TPa 75

'Scarborough's Map of England and Wales', published by the Scarborough Company, 5 Arundel Street, Strand, London On dorse is 'Scarborought's Map of Northumberland and Durham showing ancient counties, administrative counties, County Boroughs, poor law unions, Parliamentary divisions and boroughs, Urban Districts, Rural Districts, Civil Parishes, and populations of cities, railways, tram- ways, roads, Post Offices, castles, abbeys, battlefields, lighthouses, lightships, and coastguard stations', n.d. [post 1901]
(1 plan)

Ref: D/TPa 76

Shotley Bridge Estate, 25" to 1 mile, O.S. maps: Northumberland Sheet CIV.15, first edition, 1863 Northumberland Sheet CIV.16, first edition, 1863 Northumberland Sheet CV.13, first edition, 1863 Northumberland Sheet CIX.3, first edition, 1863 Northumberland Sheet CIX.4, first edition, 1863 Northumberland Sheet CIX.7, first edition, 1863 Northumberland Sheet CIX.8, first edition, 1863 Northumberland Sheet CIXA.1, first edition, 1863 Northumberland Sheet CIV.15, second edition, 1896 - 1897 Northumberland Sheet CIV.16, second edition, 1896 - 1897 Northumberland Sheet CV.13 and Durham Sheets XI.2, 6 (parts), second edition, 1896 - 1897 Northumberland Sheet CIX.3, second edition, 1896 - 1897 Northumberland Sheet CIX.4 and Durham Sheet XI.9 (part), second edition, 1896 - 1897 Northumberland (new series) Sheet N CVIII.6 and Durham Sheet XI.6, third edition, 1921
(14 plans)

Ref: D/TPa 77

Shincliffe Hall and Shincliffe Colliery, 25" to 1 mile, O.S. map Durham Sheet XXVII.10, Second edition, 1897
(1 plan)

Ref: D/TPa 78

North and South Middleton, Earle and West Lilburn, 6" to 1 mile. O.S. map Second edition, 1899, Northumberland Sheet XX.SW
(1 plan)

Strathmore Estate Plans (Ref: D/TPa 79-81)

Note: The place names mentioned after each sheet number are those written on the back of each map

Ref: D/TPa 79

Lartington Estate Plans, 25" to 1 mile, O.S. maps Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet XII.6: Cat Castle & Rigg, 1914 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet XII.7: Deepdale, 1914 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet XII.11: Boldron, 1914 edition
(1 portfolio)

Ref: D/TPa 80

Streatlam Estate Plans, 25" to 1 mile, O.S. maps Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet V.14: Cotherstone, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet XLI.11: Lands Farm (Evenwood), 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet XLI.12: Evenwood, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet XLI.16: Evenwood, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet XLII.9: West Auckland, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet XLVI.8: Hetherick, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet XLVI.12: Forthburn, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet XLVI.16: Stainton,West, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet XLVII.5: Friar Cote, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet XLVII.6: Blakeley, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet XLVII.9: Streatlam Park, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet XLVII.11, 10: Hunger Knowle, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet XLVII.12: Alwent (Langton), 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet XLVII.13: Stainton, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet XLVII.14: Barford, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet XLVII.15: Cleatlam, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet XLVII.16: Selaby, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet LII.4 and Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheets XII.3, 4, 7, 8 (parts): Barnard Castle, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet LII.8 and Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheets XII.7, 8, 11, 12 (parts): Mains House, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet LIII.1: Sally Gill and Westwick, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet LIII.2: Arlaw Banks, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet LIII.3 and Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet XIII.7 (parts): Winston, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet LIII.5 and Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheets XII.12 and XIII.9 (parts): Westwick, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet LIII.6 and Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet XIII.9,10 (parts): Sledwick, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet XII.10: Bowes, 1914 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet XII.13: Bowes, 1914 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet XII.14: Bowes, 1914 edition Durham Sheet XLI.16: Evenwood, 1921 edition This group also includes a plan of Esperley Lane, near Cockfield by Sanderson, Townend & Gilbert, Chartered Surveyors, of Bondgate, Darlington, n.d.
(1 portfolio)

Ref: D/TPa 81

Wemmergill Estate Plans, 25" to 1 mile, O.S. maps Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet II.5: Holwick Head, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet II.6: Holwick Head, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet II.9: Mire House, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet II.10: Holwick, 1892 - 1895 edition (2 copies) Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet II.11: Gill Foot, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet II.14: Crossthwaite and Unthank, 1892 - 1895 edition (2 copies) Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet II.15: Park End, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet II.16: Step Ends, 1892 - 1895 edition (2 copies) Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet IV.2: Mickleton, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet IV.3: Bowbank, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet IV.4: Mickleton, 1892 - 1895 edition (2 copies) Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet IV.6: Wemmergill, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet IV.7: Grassholme, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet IV.8: Bail Hill, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet IV.10: Bink House, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet IV.12: Gill House, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet IV.14: Bolder Head, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet IV.15: Birk Hat, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet IV.16: Hury, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet V.1 Mickleton, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet V.5: Romaldkirk, Mickleton Quay, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet V.6: Romaldkirk, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet V.9: Hunderthwaite, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet V.10: Baldersdale, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet V.13: Yew Scar, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet V.14: Cotherstone, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet X: Mile Rigg and Blackton, 1892 - 1895 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet XI.3: Blackton Reservoir, 1892 - 1895 edition Durham Sheet XLVII.3: Cockfield, 1897 edition Durham Sheet XLVII.4: Gordon House, 1897 edition 6" to 1 mile, O.S. maps: Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet I: Cronkley, 1895 edition (2 copies) Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet II.NW: Holwick Head, 1897 edition (2 copies) Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet II.SE: Park End, Crossthwaite, Step Ends, etc., 1897 edition (2 copies) Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet II.SW: Holwick, 1897 edition (2 copies) Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet IIA.SW and V.NW: Bail Hill Plantation, 1897 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet IV.NW: Wemmergill Hall and Wythe Hill, 1897 edition (2 copies) Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet IV.NE: Bowbank, 1897 edition (2 copies) Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet IV.SW: Soulgill and High Grain Plantation, 1897 edition (2 copies) Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet V.SE: Cooper House, Cotherstone, 1897 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet V.SW: Yew Scar, 1897 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet XI.NW: Mill Rigg, 1897 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet IV.NW: Wythel Hill, 1919 - 1920 edition Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet IV.SE: The Howe, 1919 - 1920 edition (2 copies) Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet XI.NW and Westmorland Sheet XVII (part): Hunderthwaite and Cotherstone Moor, 1919 - 1920 edition Durham Sheet XXXVIII.NE: Harwood, 1898 - 1899 edition Durham Sheet XXXIX.NW and Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet II (part): Newbiggin and Holwick, 1898 - 1899 edition This group also includes a plan of the Strathmore Arms Farm, Hury, n.d., and a plan of East Carnigill Farm [place and date not given]
(1 portfolio)

Witton and Wilton Estate Plans (Ref: D/TPa 82-84)Ref: D/TPa 82

6" to 1 mile, O.S. map: Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheet VII.NW: Witton Estate near Middlesbrough, 1930 edition
(1 plan)

Ref: D/TPa 83

25" to 1 mile, O.S. maps: Yorkshire, North Riding, Sheets VI.8, VII.5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, XVII.1. (Cleveland, Witton, Eston, Teesport, Kirkleatham area), 1928 - 1929 edition

Ref: D/TPa 84

Photocopies of 25" to 1 mile O.S. maps of the Wilton estate, n.d. (14 plans) Fragmentary, sheet nos. not given
(1 bundle)

Printed Matter and Photographs (Ref: D/TPa 85-86)Ref: D/TPa 85

The Auctioneers Institute of the United Kingdom; Preliminary Examination certificate for John Turnbull of Chester-le-Street, 24 March 1907
(1 document)

Ref: D/TPa 86

Photographs of land flooded for the Derwent Reservoir, n.d. [mid 1960's]
(1 bundle)

Surtees of Mainsforth Estate Papers (Ref: D/TPa 87-115)Ref: D/TPa 87

'A rental of yearly rents and revenues belonging to the Bishopric and See of Durham 1725' by John Mann [this does not deal exclusively with this estate] (1 volume) Estate Correspondence Files:

Ref: D/TPa 88

Ferryhill Parish Council, 1916 - 1958
(1 file)

Ref: D/TPa 89

Ferryhill Station Smallholders' and Allotment Holders' Association, 1917 - 1959
(1 file)

Ref: D/TPa 90

Bishop Middleham Parish Council (allotments rented by), 1918 - 1959
(1 file)

Ref: D/TPa 91

Mainsforth Estate copyholds, 1919 - 1940
(1 file)

Ref: D/TPa 92

Bishop Middleham quarry, 1920 - 1946
(1 file)

Ref: D/TPa 93

Mainsforth Hall damaged by colliery operations, 1921 - 1937
(1 file)

Ref: D/TPa 94

Houses damaged by colliery workings at Mainsforth, 1921 - 1940
(1 file)

Ref: D/TPa 95

Mainsforth limestone quarry and limestone works, 1937 - 1959
(1 file)

Ref: D/TPa 96

Sedgefield R.D.C., 1939 - 1959
(1 file)

Ref: D/TPa 97

Accounts and receipts, 1938 - 1946 (1 file

Ref: D/TPa 98

Mainsforth coal royalties, William Armstrong & Sons, 1940 - 1954
(1 file)

Ref: D/TPa 99

Rates and taxes, 1941 - 1947
(1 file)

Ref: D/TPa 100

War damage, 1942 - 1946
(1 file)

Ref: D/TPa 101

Mainsforth Hall gardens, 1945 - 1947
(1 file)

Ref: D/TPa 102

Colliery occupation land, 1946 - 1955 Includes correspondence with Dorman, Long & Co. re rents due from them
(1 file)

Ref: D/TPa 103

Estate accounts, 1926 - 1953
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/TPa 104

Valuations and provisional valuations, 1901 - 1933 Not a complete series
(2 bundles)

Ref: D/TPa 105

Captain C.F. Surtees' rent accounts, 1869 - 1890
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TPa 106

Estate ledge, 1898 - 1907
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TPa 107

Cash book, 1896 - 1917
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TPa 108

Miscellaneous papers relating to the estate, 1738 - 1935; including: receipt and payment book, 1868 - 1879; financial statements to trustees, including separate statements of mineral and surface revenues, tithes and rents 1909 - 1935; leases of shooting rights, 1907, 1909, 1933, 1935; report of second Annual General Meeting of the Mineral Owners' Association of Great Britain, 28 March 1913; returns made to Sedgefield R.D.C. under Rating and Valuation Act (1925), 1928; receipts for rent paid by George Surtees to Bishop of Durham, 1742 - 1744; bill for legal charges from Cuthbert Swainston to Robert Surtees, 1764; articles of agreement for sale of a mansion house etc. at Bishop Middleham between George Surtees, of Six Clerks Office, and Guise Hall, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, 9 June 1739; with related papers, 1738 - 1740; accounts for rent due from Reid Surtees to George Surtees, 1738; maintenance claims (income tax), 1953 - 1956; income tax returns and land tax returns, 1896 - 1903; list of deeds, 1693 - 1801; plan of Stranton estate surveyed in 1829; estate schedule giving farms, tenants, and acreages, 1931; list of contents of chests in Mainsforth Hall (documents), January 1907; plan of Sedgefield R.D.C. Mainsforth-Thrislington road improvement, 1935; correspondence with Weardale Colliery Company re coal for France, 1921; agreement re telegraph poles, with related papers, 1936 'improvement accounts paid by the trustees', 1897 - 1901 (include specification for Mainsforth Hall 1901); receipts for rents due to Dean and Chapter of Durham, 1811, 1830 - 1833; notices of apportionment of original site value, 1916 - 1917; A. Turner in account with Mrs. Surtees, 1837, endorsed 'Mr. Davison apportioning Chilton tithes'; application by Charles Freville Surtees, tenant, for use of Mainsforth Hall, for the approval by Board of Agriculture of a surveyor or engineer, nominated by trustees under s.26 of Settled Land Act (1882), 1897, with applications by the same for payment by Board of Agriculture for improvements 1897 (2), 1899
(4 bundles)

Ref: D/TPa 109

Estate papers relating to Bishop Middleham, c.1750 - 1940; including: reference book to Ordnance Survey plan of Bishop Middleham parish, 1864; 'An Old Sess of the Township of Bishop Middleham', n.d. [c.1750]; tenancy agreements, correspondence and related papers concerning Bishop Middleham Farm, Farnless Farm, The Hope and Foumarts Farm and Broad Oak Farm, 1901 - 1932; lease by Colonel C.F. Surtees to Pease and Partners of Darlington of limestone, dolomite and sand under Farnless Farm, 7 October 1902
(4 bundles)

Ref: D/TPa 110

Estate papers relating to Ferryhill, 1889 - 1936; including: terms for lease of seam of brick clay near Ferryhill Station to Mr. James Routledge, lime merchant, of Ferryhill Station, 7 June 1902; lease of coal and fire clay under land at Broom to Messrs. Bolchow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd., 4 March 1912; tenancy agreements for The Warrens and Warren Farm, 1902, 1936; agreement between Col. Surtees and the Earl of Eldon re water supply from Lough House to Sutton House Farm near Ferryhill Station, 12 July 1905; report and plan on proposed road from Broom to Ferryhill Cemetery, 1922
(2 bundles)

Ref: D/TPa 111

Lease (printed) by the trustees of the will of Francis Lyon Barrington (all of Members Mansions, Victoria Street, Westminster) and others to the Hetton Coal Company of coal mines and other premises at Hetton, 4 March 1896
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TPa 112

Estate papers relating to Mainsforth at Mainsforth Colliery, 1907 - 1954; including: section of seams at Mainsforth Colliery (written statement), n.d.; specifications and plans in connection with work done at Mainsforth Hall, 1908 - 1928; correspondence and related papers re land at Mainsforth with the Halmote Court Office, Durham, 1907 - 1908; valuation of coal output, 1933 plan of Mainsforth village taken from 1914 O.S., scale 2 chains to 1 inch, n.d.; leases of Mainsforth Hall, 1897, 1901, 1906; tenancy agreement for Mainsforth East Farm, 1901; statement concerning Dean and Chapter coal at Mainsforth conveyed to Robert Surtees by enfranchisement deed, 9 May 1803, made under act 39 George III, 'An act to amend and render more effectual two acts passed 38 George III for the redemption and purchase of the land tax 1803'; old plans of Mainsforth (tracings from the map), n.d.; plan of the beds of coal seams belonging to Colonel Surtees to be leased to the Carlton Iron Company, 1909
(8 bundles and 1 plan)

Ref: D/TPa 113

Typed copy of proceedings in Appeal Court care re Bonnett, applicant and Fowler and others, respondents; concerns the landlord of an agricultural holding in Hornchurch, Essex, giving a tenant notice to quit so as to obtain a higher rent, n.d. [c.1918]
(1 document)

Ref: D/TPa 114

Report on the Great North of England Railway connecting Leeds and York with Newcastle upon Tyne by Thomas Storey C.E., inscribed 'R. Lambton Surtees, Trinity College, Cambridge, April 1836', 1836
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TPa 115

'A bill for more effectually draining The Mordon Carr and other lands in the County of Durham and for other purposes', 20 and 21 October, Session 1857, with related papers, 1857 - 1896 Including a plan of proposed drainage works by James Simpson, engineer, March 1857
(1 bundle)

Birtley Fell (Ref: D/TPa 116-117)Ref: D/TPa 116

Plans of lands at Birtley Fell showing holders, lands and names, and 'Black Fell Damages. Four years average', n.d. Scale: 25" to 1 mile [1:2500] Showing the Gateshead - Chester-le-Street road, Lamb Pit, Black Fell Engine and the Jarrow and Pontop Railway
(1 bundle of 13 plans)

Ref: D/TPa 117

'Birtley Fell, County Durham', by Sir William Gibson, offprint from Archaeologia Aeliana, 4th series, volume xxii, pp.171-9, 1944
(1 booklet)

Second Deposit(Acc: 337 (D)) (Ref: D/TPa 118-120)Ref: D/TPa 118

Agreements, plans, schedules of deeds, insurance policies, and related papers concerning the Fenwick estates; the land concerned is in the parish of Chester-le-Street and in Lanchester, c.1839 - 1951; including: (a) Papers relating to Farside (Fawside) and Newfield estates, c.1786 - 1925 Including abstract of marriage settlement of Thomas Wood Craster of Craster, Northumberland and Margaret Longfield (no further details given), 8 October 1839; abstracts of surrenders and admittances to manor of Fawside, Lanchester, 1722 - 1786, n.d., and sale particulars of estates to be sold on 22 October 1859 (b) Lease for 63 years by George John Fenwick to West Pelton District Industrial and Provident Society, of a piece of ground at West Pelton, 13 April 1879 (c) Lease for 42 years by Captain H.T. Fenwick to Francis and Lewis Priestman and George Peile, coalowners, of Shotley Bridge, of coal mines under 17 acres of land at Plawsworth, (plan attached), 21 August 1894 (d) Grant by G.J. Fenwick to minister and churchwardens of Pelton, of 990 sq. yds. of land to extend church school (plan attached), 13 June 1895 (e) 'Heads of settlement of questions subsisting between Messrs. G.J. and H.T. Fenwick on the one hand and Messrs. James Joicey & Co. on the other' (Matters at issue include building of a new farm house in lieu of present Twizell Hall Farm House, Messrs. Joicey's rights as owners of West Pelton Colliery to have a waggonway over Messrs. Fenwick's land, and land required by Messrs. Joicey for widening their railway) (f) Lease for 10 years, by Sophia Rachel Fenwick, spinster, of Allum Green, Lyndhurst, Hants., Montagu John Fenwick, Esq., of 50 Melbury Court, Holland Park, London and Reginald Mordaunt Cumberledge, of 35 Gresham House, Old Broad Street, London, to Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd., Birtley, of a coal mine at Perkinsville called the Busty Seam (plan attached), 23 March 1930 John Turnbull, solicitor, John Turnbull, auctioneer, and James Turnbull (occupation not stated) all of Chester-le-Street acted as agents for Captain (later Colonel) Henry Thomas Fenwick, of Her Majesty's Royal Horse Guards Blues and as agents to George John Fenwick, Esq., of Craghead, Bournemouth and Hants., and to the trustees of his will
(7 bundles)

Ref: D/TPa 119

Deeds, agreements, plans, insurance policies and related papers concerning Messrs. James Joicey & Co., colliery owners of Newcastle, concerning land in Kyo, Chester-le-Street, Tanfield, Lanchester, Shield Row, Mounsett, Tantobie, Flint Hill and Harelaw, 1800 - 1925
(4 bundles)

Ref: D/TPa 120

Report 'in the matter of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the Harton Coal Company Ltd.', 1937 Consists of reports, with plans, of 'conditions of the fences, gates, roads, drains, ditches and cultivation of the following holdings' High Simonside Farm, South Shields; North Pasture Farm, Boldon; Cleadon Laws Farm, Whitburn; Harton South Farm, South Shields; Farding Lake Farm, Whitburn; Curley Crooks or Tile Sheds Farm, Boldon; Low House Farm, Boldon; West Farm, Boldon and Glebe Farm, Whitburn (1 volume)(e) 'Heads of settlement of questions subsisting between Messrs. G.J. and H.T. Fenwick on the one hand and Messrs. James Joicey & Co. on the other' (Matters at issue include building of a new farm house in lieu of present Twizell Hall Farm House, Messrs. Joicey's rights as owners of West Pelton Colliery to have a waggonway over Messrs. Fenwick's land, and land required by Messrs. Joicey for widening their railway) (f) Lease for 10 years, by Sophia Rachel Fenwick, spinster, of Allum Green, Lyndhurst, Hants., Montagu John Fenwick, Esq., of 50 Melbury Court, Holland Park, London and Reginald Mordaunt Cumberledge, of 35 Gresham House, Old Broad Street, London, to Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd., Birtley, of a coal mine at Perkinsville called the Busty Seam (plan attached), 23 March 1930 John Turnbull, solicitor, John Turnbull, auctioneer, and James Turnbull (occupation not stated) all of Chester-le-Street acted as agents for Captain (later Colonel) Henry Thomas Fenwick, of Her Majesty's Royal Horse Guards Blues and as agents to George John Fenwick, Esq., of Craghead, Bournemouth and Hants., and to the trustees of his will
(7 bundles)



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