Catalogue

Durham South West Juntion Railway Bill (for making a railway from the Chilton Branch of the Clarence Railway to St. Helens Auckland), with copies of evidence in support of bill, and index of those giving evidence, report on recommitted bill and orders of the House of Commons thereto, 1836

Copy of petition of owners of land in the vicinity of the proposed Durham South West Junction Railroad against monopolistic coal owners, April 1836

Petition to the House of Commons of the inhbaitants of Ipswich, Norwich and Bungay in support of the Durham South West Junction Railway Bill, n.d. [1836]

Petition to the House of Lords in favour of the Durham South West Junction Railway Bill, n.d. [1836]

Copy of the petition to the House of Commons of Landed Proprietors in favour of the Durham West Junction Railroad and the South Durham Rail Road, and against the combined Interference of the Great Coal Owners of Northumberland and North Durham", n.d. [1837]

Prospectus of the Durham South West Junction Railway Company, n.d. [1836]

Letter from John Smith, Stockton to Thomas Wheldon commenting on copy letter of Thomas Browne, London to J. Smith regarding proposed share issue of [D.S.W.J.R.] and discussing neighbouring lines, 25 November 1835

Bill of costs of Thomas Brown for work done for the Durham S.W. Junction Railway Company, with notes, December 1835 - June 1836

Account of charges for petitioners from Norwich, Portsmouth, Brighton etc. in favour of the Durham S.W. Junction Railway Bill, with covering letter from T. Browne, Mark Lane, London to T. Wheldon, Westminster, 4 June 1836

Thomas Browne v Thomas Wheldon Bill, including summons to witnesses, draft brief for defendant and notice to produce [Browne's bill for services in connexion with the Durham S.W. Junction Railway]. In the Common Pleas, 12 June 1837 - 5 July 1838

Correspondence between: Thomas Browne, London; Thomas Wheldon; George Child, the Clarence Railway Offices; Messrs. Dixon, Fleet Street; and Christopher Tennant, Hartlepool concerning Browne v Wheldon, including threatened legal action to enforce payment of accounts, also Tennant family matters, the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Bill and coal owner politics, 16 June 1836 - 14 July 1838

Order from Thomas Wheldon for payment of £189 12s.10d. to Jones and Co. (in connexion with the Durham S.W. Junction Railway), 28 June 1839

Plan of part of the projected Durham S.W. Junction Railway near Windleston Hall, 15 February 1836 Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch

Copy of the Great North of England Railway Bill, 1836

Case of the Promoters of the Great North of England Railway, with a map of County Durham, shewing the proposed course of railway from Croft to Gateshead, 1836

Papers concerning the opposition to the Great North of England Railway Bill of Bryan John Salvin of Burn Hall, Anthony Wilkinson of Coxhoe Hall and others, including copy of grounds of opposition, copy of petitions of Salvin and Wilkinson, appointment of T. Wheldon as their solicitor etc., 1836

Statements of the financial position of the Durham and Tyne Bridge Turnpike (1830 - 1835) for use in the petition by the Trustees against the Great North of England Railway, n.d. [1836]

Notes of further evidence to be given by Thomas Oswald Blackett concerning the G.N.E.R., n.d. [1836 - 1837]

Instructions for the examination of Messrs. Blackett and Wood regarding cuttings and embankments of the proposed G.N.E.R., n.d. [1836 - 1837]

Extract from the Clarence Railway Act giving powers to connect with the G.N.E.R. at Thrislington and Ferryhill, n.d.

Bills of costs for the opposition to the G.N.E.R.; bill, with a draft receipt for £200 received from the Clarence Railway Company towards the same, 1836 - 1837

Correspondence between: Mr. Fenwick, Newcastle; Thomas Wheldon; Gerard Salvin, Croxdale; W.T. Salvin; B.J. Salvin; William Hull, London; and Smart and Buller of Lincoln's Inn concerning opposition to G.N.E.R., 4 February - 17 May 1836

Correspondence between: W.T. Salvin, Durham; Robert Rayson, Stockton; Christopher Tennant, Westminster; G.N.E.R.; T. Wheldon; and others concerning opposition to the G.N.E.R., including petitions, payment of Wheldon's costs for Clarence Company's opposition to bill, property required by railway, opposition of Tees Navigation, costs of Wilkinson and Salvin and other matters, 22 Febrrary 1836 - 22 April 1837

Plan of proposed course of G.N.E.R. from Stocksley Heugh Hall to Frankland, n.d. [1835 - 1837] No scale

Plan of proposed course of G.N.E.R. from the Tyne at Redheugh to Long Acre (near Lamesley), n.d. [1836 - 1837] No scale

Rough notes concerning G.N.E.R. proposals, n.d.

Minutes of evidence of Monkhouse, Johnson and Company, carpet manufacturers concerning the Northumberland and Lancaster Junction Railway, n.d. [1846]

Drafts of evidence of George White of Barnard Castle, carrier concerning traffic between Barnard Castle and Newcastle and notes on traffic conveyed by Ullathorne and Co., n.d. [1846]

Letters received by T. Wheldon and J.D. Holmes from: Langhorne and Tomlin, Richmond, solicitors; Richard Bowser, Bishop Auckland, solicitor; Burrell and Shafto, Durham, solicitors; Revd. T. Thomson, Penshaw and others concerning proposed Northumberland and Lancaster Junction Railway, support and opposition, attitudes of local landowners, decision to complete scheme, Lord Dalhousie's Act and other matters, 18 September 1845 - 30 April 1866

Copy of letter from J.D. Holmes, Barnard Castle to J.W. Wright, Kirkby Stephen enclosing various notices for service in the Kirkby Stephen area, 23 December 1845

Letter from William Gray, York to J.D. Holmes requesting payment of his bill in connexion with the N.L.J.R.,

Letter book of T. Wheldon and J.D. Holmes acting for the Northumberland and Lancaster Junction Railay Company, 22 September 1845 - 13 May 1850

Correspondence between T. Richardson, Barnard Castle; Mr. Maughan, Harwood, Yorks. and S. Hutchinson concerning the application of the Barnard Castle and Darlington railway for a tramway through the Caldwell estate, with plans of the Caldwell estate and of the proposed route, 23 June - 30 October 1855

"Reasons in Support of the Bill" for the Eastern Counties Railway (London to Norwich and Great Yarmouth), n.d. [late 1830s]

Draft prospectus of Great Northern Railway, with map showing line from London to York and Norwich, 1836

Estimate of the costs for promotion of the Barrow and Middlesbrough Main Line Railway Bill, 17 May 1898

Copy letter to H.H. Price of meeting of the members of the Durham South West Junction Railway Company, n.d. [1837]

Letter from David Fairbank, Darlington to Robert Hugginson, London requesting him to complete enclosed affidavit to circumvent the injunction against making the [Clarence and Hartlepool] railway, and related matters, 1 August 1839

Account book of the Highway Surveyors of Boldron, 1779 - 1804

List of trustees on the Post, Coal, Stockton and Staindrop Turnpike Roads, n.d. [4 October 1822]

Copy of resolutions passed at a meeting of the Trustees of the Boroughbridge to Durham City Tunrpike concerning amalgamation with neighbouring trusts, 1822

Application of Henry Witham of Lartington, Esquire and others to the J.P.'s acting for the division of Gilling West, Yorks. recommending John Suckett as a suitable District Surveyor under the Highway Act 5 and 6 William IV, 29 May 1838

Minutes of meetings of the trustees of the Hodgate (Middleton) to West Pitts Colliery (St. Andrew's Auckland) road, resolving to purchase land at Cockfield, 24 May 1841

Copy of letter retaining J.D. Holmes as attorney for surveyors of Highways at Mickleton and Romaldkirk, and on behalf of inhabitants of Mickleton to prosecute an indictment against inhabitants of Lunedale for non-repair of road, 3 January 1860

Letter from T.E. Headlam at the House of Commons to J.D. Holmes concerning the diversion of the Gilmonby to Bowes road, 11 March 1867

Plan of the diversion of the Gilmonby to Bowes Road, n.d. [1867] No scale

Case concerning the liability of Witton le Wear to repair the carriage road from Witton to Bishop Auckland and the right of Mr. Shafto to levy fees on carriage traffic, with opinion of John Hullock thereupon, 11 December 1817

Draft case for the opinion of Mr. Hullock re repair of road at Eggleston, n.d. [c.1820]

Copy of Mr. Temple's opinion with regard to the payment of compensation to the trustees of a turnpike road, n.d.

Copy of Messrs. Brindley and Whitworth's report as to the practicability and expense of building a canal from Stockton to Winston via Darlington, 1770

Letter to the Editor of the Durham Advertiser from 'A. Friend to Commerce' concerning the coal owners' combination against the South Durham Railway, 12 April 1836