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Woodland Civil Parish

Reference: CP/Wo Catalogue Title: Woodland Civil Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1825-2014

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  • Woodland Civil Parish
    • Woodland Civil Parish (Ref: CP/Wo)
    • Cemetery (Ref: CP/Wo section 01)
    • Woodland Assembly Hall (Ref: CP/Wo section 02)
    • Woodland recreation ground (Ref: CP/Wo section 03)
    • Financial records (Ref: CP/Wo section 04)
    • Sewage (Ref: CP/Wo section 05)
    • Telephones (Ref: CP/Wo section 06)
    • Turnpike plans (Ref: CP/Wo section 07)
    • Inclosure (Ref: CP/Wo section 08)
    • Collieries (Ref: CP/Wo section 09)
    • Woolly Hills Quarry (Ref: CP/Wo section 10)
    • Land in Woodland alongside the passage to the well from the cart road (Ref: CP/Wo section 11)

Catalogue Contents

Woodland Civil Parish (Ref: CP/Wo)

Woodland was a township of Cockfield parish
- part of Teesdale Poor Law Union 1834-1930
- a civil parish in 1866, with an elected council by at least 1915
- part of Teesdale Rural Sanitary District 1875-1894
- part of Barnard Castle Rural District 1894-1974
- part of Teesdale District 1974-2009

Cemetery (Ref: CP/Wo section 01)Ref: CP/Wo 9

"Plan of proposed new cemetery for Woodland Township", 13 July 1883 Scale: 2 inches to 1 chain [1:396]
(1 plan, waxed linen, 24 cm x 31.5 cm)

Ref: CP/Wo 10

"Plan of Woodland Cemetery", 26 February 1885,[Shows the location of burial plots] Scale: 4 inches to 1 chain [1:198] (1 plan, waxed linen, 28.5cm x 37cm]

Ref: CP/Wo 11

List of numbered plots and names of persons buried in Woodland Cemetery, [c.1885]
(1 paper)

Ref: CP/Wo 12

Letter from P. Plews, 7 Blackhorse Terrace, Clerk to Woodland Parish Council and Burial Board, to unidentified correspondent, concerning the increase of the interment charge, n.d.
(1 paper)

Woodland Assembly Hall (Ref: CP/Wo section 02)Ref: CP/Wo 17/1

27 May 1915 (1) The Woodland Collieries Company Limited in Liquidation; and Edward Robson Whitwell of Yarm on Tees, coal owner and liquidator and Richard Henry Belt of Coniscliffe, accountant and liquidator (2) The Cargo Fleet Iron Company Limited Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a piece of land on the corner of the road from Barnard Castle to Bishop Auckland and Grieveson Place in Woodland as per plan enclosed together with a building known as Woodland Assembly Hall except any mines and mineral rights underneath the concerned area Consideration: 10s
(1 paper, waxed)

Ref: CP/Wo 17/2

1 December 1924 (1) The Cargo Fleet Iron Company Limited, Middlesbrough (2) Edward Corker of Folley View of Butterknowle, colliery proprietor Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a piece of land on the corner of the road from Barnard Castle to Bishop Auckland and Grieveson Place in Woodland as per plan enclosed in conveyance of 27 May 1915, together with a building known as Woodland Assembly Hall except any mines and mineral rights underneath the concerned area Consideration: £400 Recites indenture of 27 May 1915
(1 paper)

Ref: CP/Wo 17/3

24 September 1928 (1) Martins Bank Limited (2) The Arnghyll and Cowley Colliery Company Limited, Butterknowle Copy debenture between (1) and (2) with annotation that the Woodland Assembly Room was not included in the legal charge made supplemental to the debenture
(1 file)

Ref: CP/Wo 17/4

24 September 1928 (1) Edward Corker of Folly View, Butterknowle, colliery proprietor (2) Edward Corker; and August Waldemar Reichwald of Exchange Buildings, Newcastle upon Tyne, colliery owner (3) Arnghyll and Cowley Colliery Company Limited, Butterknowle Conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of a piece of land on the corner of the road from Barnard Castle to Bishop Auckland and Grieveson Place in Woodland as per plan enclosed in conveyance of 27 May 1915, together with a building known as Woodland Assembly Hall except any mines and mineral rights underneath the concerned area Consideration: £400 by (3) to (2) Recites indenture of 1 December 1924
(1 paper)

Ref: CP/Wo 17/5

Appointment of John William Armstrong of 2 Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, incorporated accountant to be receiver and manager of premises charged by debenture of 24 September 1928, by Martins Bank Limited of 7 Water Street, Liverpool, 13 February 1929
(1 file)

Ref: CP/Wo 17/6

Copy extract from extraordinary resolution of Arnghyll and Cowley Colliery Company Limited, 29 April 1931
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: CP/Wo 17/7

Particulars of search at the Companies Registry on the Arnghyll and Cowley Colliery Company Limited, 4 June 1931
(1 file)

Ref: CP/Wo 17/8

17 June 1931 (1) Martins Bank Limited of 7 Water Street, Liverpool (2) John William Armstrong of 2 Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, incorporated accountant (3) Arnghyll and Cowley Colliery Company Limted, Butterknowle (4) Robert Tate Waller of Woodland, colliery owner; John Ralph Hind of Copley near Butterknowle, colliery owner; John Robert Blackett of Woodland, grocer; Joseph Tarn of Woodland, butcher Conveyance by (1) - (3) to (4) of a piece of land on the corner of the road from Barnard Castle to Bishop Auckland and Grieveson Place in Woodland as per plan enclosed in conveyance of 27 May 1915, together with a building known as Woodland Assembly Hall except any mines and mineral rights underneath the concerned area Consideration: £60 by (4) to (2) Recites: conveyance of 24 September 1928, debenture of 24 September 1928, deed poll of 13 February 1929
(1 file)

Ref: CP/Wo 17/9

14 October 1931 (1) Robert Tate Waller of Woodland, colliery owner; John Ralph Hind of Copley near Butterknowle, colliery owner; John Robert Blackett of Woodland, grocer; Joseph Tarn of Woodland, butcher (2) Robert Tate Waller; John Ralph Hind; Jospeh Henry Redfearn of Front Street, Woodland, joiner; Thomas Waller of 82 Grieveson Place, Woodland, miner; all known as Trustees of Woodland and District Miners' Welfare Committee Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a piece of land on the corner of the road from Barnard Castle to Bishop Auckland and Grieveson Place in Woodland as per plan enclosed, together with a building known as Woodland Assembly Hall except any mines and mineral rights underneath the concerned area Consideration: £60 Recites: conveyance of 17 June 1931
(1 file)

Ref: CP/Wo 17/10

Schedule of deeds, 27 May 1915 - 20 October 1931 to the Assembly Hall in Woodland belonging to Trustees of the Woodland and District Miners' Welfare Committee, enclosed with a letter from J.D. Sanson, district officer, District Miners' Welfare Officers, Coal District of Durham to R. Appleby, Secretary of Woodland Miners' Welfare Scheme, Copley, 9 July 1947
(2 papers, printed)

Ref: CP/Wo 17/11

Schedule of deeds, 27 May 1915 - 14 October 1931 to Assembly Rooms, Woodland, 31 March 2014
(1 paper, printed)

Woodland recreation ground (Ref: CP/Wo section 03)Ref: CP/Wo 18/1

Extract from Plan on Transfer of mortgage dated 14 December 1922 showing main streets and green area with location of old shafts and drifts and footpaths in Woodland, n.d. [c.1922]
(1 plan, 24 cm x 34 cm, coloured ink, waxed linen)

Ref: CP/Wo 18/2

Abstract of title, 20 November 1893 - 26 October 1926, to the settled estates of the Lord Barnard known as the Raby Estates, 1932
(1 file)

Ref: CP/Wo 18/3

Supplemental abstract of title, 27 August 1897 - 30 January 1931, to the settled estates of the Lord Barnard known as the Raby Estates, 1932
(1 file)

Ref: CP/Wo 18/4

17 June 1932 (1) Right Honourable Christopher William Tenth Baron Barnard (2) Frederick William Fane of 1 Fleet Street, London, esq.; Montagu Lewis Parkin of 29 Montpelier Square, London, esq. (3) Robert Tate Waller of Woodland, colliery owner; John Ralph Hind of Copley, colliery owner; Joseph Henry Redfearn of Front Street, Woodland, joiner; Thomas Waller of 82 Grieveson Street, Woodland, miner Conveyance by (1) to (3) of 4 acres, 2 rods and 25 perches of land in Woodland forming part of Brass Sides Farm as per plan enclosed, to be used as a recreation ground in connection with the Miners' Welfare Scheme Consideration: £90 by (3) to (2) Recites: settlement of 20 November 1893, surrender and release of 30 January 1931 Includes schedule of deeds, 20 November 1893 - 30 January 1931
(1 file)

Ref: CP/Wo 18/5

22 June 1932 (1) Robert Tate Waller of Woodland, colliery owner; John Ralph Hind of Copley, colliery owner; Joseph Henry Redfearn of Front Street, Woodland, joiner; Thomas Waller of 82 Grieveson Place, Woodland, miner (2) Right Honourable Christopher William Tenth Baron Barnard Lease for 21 years by (1) to (2) of 4 acres, 2 rods and 25 perches of land in Woodland known as the recreation ground, formerly part of Brass Sides Farm Consideration: £2 p/a
(1 paper)

Ref: CP/Wo 18/6

Schedule of deeds, 14 - 22 June 1932, relating to Woodland Recreation Ground, May 1952
(2 papers, printed)

Ref: CP/Wo 18/7

Schedule of deeds, 17 - 22 June 1932, relating to land at Woodland, 31 March 2014
(1 papers, printed)

Financial records (Ref: CP/Wo section 04)Ref: CP/Wo 6

Collectors's duplicate of first assesmemts of income tax for Woodland Township, 13 December 187.[n y.]
(1 paper)

Sewage (Ref: CP/Wo section 05)Ref: CP/Wo 16

5 March 1942 (1) Woodland Parish Council (2) Barnard Castle R.D.C. Grant of easement from (1) to (2) concerning the laying of sewage pipes at Woodland, Lynesack and Softley Plan attached Scale 1:2500
(1 paper)

Telephones (Ref: CP/Wo section 06)Ref: CP/Wo 13

23 September 1915 (1) Woodland Parish Council (2) Postmaster General Deed of arrangement for the extension of telephones to Woodland
(1 paper)

Ref: CP/Wo 14

Letter from the General Post Office, London, to Woodland Parish Council concerning telephone facilities at Woodland, 25 September 1915
(1 paper)

Ref: CP/Wo 15

14 May 1923 (1) Woodland Parish Council (2) Postmaster General Deed of arrangement for the continuation of the extension of telephones to Woodland
(1 paper)

Turnpike plans (Ref: CP/Wo section 07)Ref: CP/Wo 2

"Plan showing the Turnpike near Peggs Pond the Edge, Woodland", [c. 1850] Scale: 1 chain: 1 inch [1:792]
(1 plan, waxed linen, 39cm x 22cm)

Inclosure (Ref: CP/Wo section 08)Ref: CP/Wo 1

Enclosure award for Woodland common in the parish of Cockfield, 30 August 1825 Attached: Plan of Woodland Common showing apportionments, 30 August 1825 Scale: 1:7920
(Parchment, 18 membranes)

Collieries (Ref: CP/Wo section 09)Ref: CP/Wo 5

Plan showing Nortend [North End] Colliery workings beneath several freehold properties in the township of Cockfield, November 1871 Scale: 1 inch to 1 chain [1:792]
(1 plan, linen, 21cm x 25.5cm)

Woolly Hills Quarry (Ref: CP/Wo section 10)Ref: CP/Wo 7

List of conditions governing the quarrying of bluestone from Woolly Hills Quarry, 11 June 1883
(1 paper)

Ref: CP/Wo 8

Notice of special meeting of the Woolly Hills Bluestone Quarry Committee and ratepayers to consider the workings of the quarry under present ownership, 22 June 1886
(1 paper)

Land in Woodland alongside the passage to the well from the cart road (Ref: CP/Wo section 11)Ref: CP/Wo 3

4 April 1866 (1) William Wharton of Barnard Castle, writer (2) William Wharton, jnr, of Barnard Castle, shopman (3) John Richardson of Eggleston, labourer (4) Henry Dowson of Woodland, publican Copy of a conveyance, from (1) and (2) to (4) with the consent of (3), of land, blacksmith's shop and hereditaments originally belonging to Charles Wharton of Woodland, mason, Plan attached Scale: 1/20 inch to 1 foot [1:240]
(1 paper, photocopy)

Ref: CP/Wo 4

18 August 1975 (1) Thomas Richardson of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, merchant (2) Ann Richardson, of Woodland, widow (3) Henry Dowson of Woodland, publican Copy of conveyance from (1) and (2) to (3), of land in Woodland alongside the passage to the well from the cart road
(1 paper, photocopy)



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