Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 846 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Sedgefield, West End, deeds
Covering Dates: 1758-1935
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Records deposited on long-term loan25 January 1988 Acc: 1776(D)
County Record Office,
County Hall,
DURHAM
DH1 5UL
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Deeds to property in Sedgefield, West End (Ref: D/X 846/1-32)Ref: D/X 846/1
Abstract of title of William Wrightson, deceased, to property in the West End of Sedgefield, 1758 - 1808
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Ref: D/X 846/213 May 1814
(1) John Chilton of Fishburn, gent., and William Wrightson of Nesham, gent., devisees in trust of the will of William Wrightson, late of Sedgefield, gent., deceased
(2) William Jeckell of Sedgefield, schoolmaster
Bargain and sale from (1) to (2) of freehold messuage and garden in Sedgefield, now in the occupation of (2), and bounded on the south by the townstreet of Sedgefield, on the west by the house and garden of Thomas Robson, on the north by lands of William Wrightson, deceased, on the east by house of Robert Newton
Consideration: £70
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Ref: D/X 846/316 February 1815
(1) John Chilton of Fishburn, gent., and William Wrightson of Nesham, gent., devisees in trust of William Wrightson, late of Sedgefield, gent., deceased
(2) Thomas Hutchinson of Sedgefield, weaver
Bargain and sale from (1) to (2) of a messuage and garden in Sedgefield in the occupation of Robert Newton, bounded on the south by the townfield of Sedgefield, on the west by a house previously owned by William Wrightson, deceased, on the north by land previously owned by William Wrightson, deceased, and on the east by a house and garden used as a Methodist meeting house
Consideration: £60
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Ref: D/X 846/4-511 & 12 October 1832
(1) William Jeckell, late of Sedgefield, now of the township of Hamilton in the county of Northumberland, district of Newcastle and province of Upper Canada, gent.
(2) Robert Walker of Sedgefield, forgeman
(3) George Best of Sedgefield, gent.
Bargain and sale from (1) to (2) of property as in D/X 846/2
Consideration: £60
Attached: power of attorney from (1) to James Jekell of Broadway in the parish of Sedgefield, gent., 5 July 1832
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Ref: D/X 846/6-77 May 1836
(1) Robert Walker of Sedgefield, forgeman
(2) George Best of Sedgefield, gent.
(3) John Robinson of Darlington, gent.
Mortgage, by lease and release, in £40 from (3) to (1) with consent of (2) of property as D/X 846/2 [now 2 messuages rather than 1]
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Ref: D/X 846/8-913 May 1846
(1) Thomas Hutchinson of Sedgefield, weaver
(2) Joseph Stokell of Sedgefield, chymist
(3) Robert Walker of Sedgefield, forgeman
Lease and release from (1) to (2) of property as in D/X 846/3
Consideration: £48
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Ref: D/X 846/1013 November 1841
(1) Robert Walker of Sedgefield, forgeman
(2) John Robinson, formerly of Darlington, now of Faverdale in the parish of Darlington, gent.
(3) Ann Peacock of Sedgefield, spinster
Bargain and sale from (1) to (3) with the consent of (2) of property as in D/X 846/2
Consideration: £80
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Ref: D/X 846/114 July 1849
(1) Joseph Stokell of Sedgefield, chemist
(2) George Pigdon of Stockton-on-Tees, draper, and Ann Pigdon, his wife
(3) George Wilson of Sedgefield, draper
Bargain and sale from (1) to (3), in trust for Ann Pigdon, of property as in D/X 846/3
Consideration: £45
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Ref: D/X 846/1222 May 1876
(1) John Dale of Stockton-on-Tees, surgeon, and John Rollin of Stockton-on-Tees, tax collector, executors of the will of Ann Pigdon, widow, deceased
(2) William Walker Robinson of Sedgefield, builder
Conveyance from (1) to (2) of property as in D/X 846/2 and in D/X 846/3
Consideration: £180
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Ref: D/X 846/1310 March 1879
(1) Thomas Mitchelson Reay of Whitworth House, colliery owner, and Charles Barrett Lockwood of 91 Dean Street, Soho, City of London, medical student
(2) Richard Sheraton Johnson of Sherburn Hall, colliery owner, and Thomas Mitchelson Reay
(3) Jane Johnson of Sedgefield, widow
(4) William Snowdon of Sedgefield, sanitary inspector
Conveyance from (1) to (4) with the consent of (2) and (3) of a barn at the west end of the town of Sedgefield on the north of the principal street called the West End and garth to the north of the barn (1a) [plan in margin]; agreement to surrender into the hands of the Lord of the Manor of Middleham one copyhold house and garden on the north side of West End [plan in margin]
Consideration: £450 for freehold; £75 for copyhold
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Ref: D/X 846/1414 March 1879
(1) William Snowdon of Sedgefield, sanitary inspector
(2) Thomas Mitchelson Reay of Whitworth House, colliery owner
(3) Charles Barrett Lockwood of Dean Street, Soho , City of London, medical student, executors of George Johnson, late of Sedgefield, timber merchant
Mortgage from (2) to (1) in £275, of barn and garth on the north side of West End in Sedgefield
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Ref: D/X 846/158 December 1887
(1) Thomas Mitchelson Reay of Whitworth House, colliery owner and Charles Barrett Lockwood of Sergeants Inn, City of London, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
(2) William Snowdon of Sedgefield, sanitary inspector
(3) Adam Birkett of Beanley Carr, near Trimdon, farmer
Assignment of mortgage in £250 from (1) to (3) at the request of (2) on property as in D/X 846/14
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Ref: D/X 846/1623 November 1895
(1) Annie Louisa Robinson of Sedgefield, spinster, and Sarah Jane Newton, wife of Ernest Robert Newton of Shincliffe, bookkeeper
(2) Annie Louisa Robinson
(3) James Willan of Western Hill, City of Durham, merchant
(4) William Snowdon of Sedgefield, sanitary inspector
Conveyance from (1) and (2) to (4) with the consent of (3) of property as in D/X 846/3 with 5 messuages thereon
Consideration: £410
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Ref: D/X 846/1712 August 1840
(1) James Barron of Sedgefield, merchant tailor
(2) John Hutchinson Wood of Stockton, merchant, and Henry Walker, of Stockton, grocer
Mortgage in £250 from (1) to (2) of copyhold two houses with shop, outbuildings, yard in Bakehouse Row, Sedgefield, bounded by a house belonging to James Walker on the west, by premises belonging to Thomas Smith on the north and townstreet to the south
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Ref: D/X 846/189 March 1848
(1) James Barron of Sedgefield, merchant tailor
(2) Robinson Watson of Stockton, merchant
Further mortgage in £195 from (2) to (1) on premises as in D/X 846/17
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Ref: D/X 846/1928 October 1851
(1) James Barron of Sedgefield, merchant tailor
(2) Robinson Watson of Stockton, merchant
Conveyance from (1) to (2) of the equity of redemption on premises as in D/X 846/17
Consideration: £395 [£200 to be repaid to (2) in D/X 846/17]
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Ref: D/X 846/2021 October 1856
(1) Robinson Watson of Stockton, merchant
(2) John Hutchinson Wood of Stockton, merchant, and Henry Walker of Seaton Carew, grocer
(3) John Button of Sedgefield, grocer
Conveyance from (1) to (3) with the consent of (2) of freehold house in Sedgefield, formerly in the occupation of Thomas Hornsby and built by Tobias Oswald; a copyhold house and garden in the occupation of James Barron and a copyhold house in Bake House Row, Sedgefield
Consideration: £43 for freehold; £200 to redeem mortgage on copyhold; £130 to (1)
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Ref: D/X 846/2122 October1856
(1) John Button of Sedgefield, tailor
(2) Robinson Watson of Stockton, merchant
Mortgage from (2) to (1) in £222 of property as in D/X 846/20
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Ref: D/X 846/2221 July 1857
(1) John Button of Sedgefield, tailor
(2) William Weldon of Stockton, merchant
Mortgage in £250 from (1) to (2) of five cottages in Cross Hill in Sedgefield
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 846/23Statutory declaration of Elizabeth Fagg, formerly the wife of William Weldon, concerning her ownership of copyhold house and shop, three adjoining copyhold buildings on Cross Hill, Sedgefield, 7 July 1896
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 846/24Admittance of Elizabeth Fagg to copyhold property as in D/X 846/23, 9 July 1896
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Ref: D/X 846/25Admittance of Alice Snowdon, wife of William Snowdon of Sedgefield, sanitary inspector, to property as in D/X 846/23, 8 July 1896
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Ref: D/X 846/26Acknowledgement by Elizabeth Fagg, of Stockton-on-Tees, widow of Thomas William Fagg, physician and surgeon, of the right of Alice Snowdon, wife of William Snowdon, to demand production of indenture of 18 October 1894 relating to property as in D/X 846/23, 18 October 1904
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 846/27Abstract of indenture of 18 October 1894, abstract made 1904
(1 file)
Ref: D/X 846/28Abstract of title to premises at Sedgefield belonging to the respresentatives of the late Joseph Bewick and in mortgage to the representatives of the late Adam Birkett, 6 April 1866 - 7 April 1906
(1 file)
Ref: D/X 846/29Abstract of title to premises as in D/X 846/23, 7 July 1896 - 8 July 1896, abstract made 1913
(1 file)
Ref: D/X 846/3028 April 1934
(1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, Lords of the Manor of Middleham
(2) Alice Maud Stones, wife of James Stones of Parkside, Durham Road, Sedgefield, Surveyor to the Sedgefield Rural District Council
Agreement for compensation from (2) to (1) for the extinguishment of manorial incidents on property as in D/X 846/23
Consideration: £8 3s 2d
Endorsed: memorandum of the conveyance from (2) to Desmond Priestman Winn, of 13 The Square, Sedgefield, (part of the property in D/X 846/23), 30 May 1956
: memorandum of the conveyance from (2) to Caroline Siddall of 14 The Square, Sedgefield, (part of the property in D/X 846/23), 22 November 1956
: memorandum of the conveyance from (2) to Dennis Squires of 16 The Square, Sedgefield, (part of the property in D/X 846/23), 14 January 1957
(1 file)
Ref: D/X 846/31Abstract of the will of Alice Snowdon, whereby she bequeathed all her real and personal estate to her daughter Alice Maud Snowdon, will dated 20 January 1915, proved 1920, copy made c.1956
(1 file)
Ref: D/X 846/3230 July 1935
(1) Alice Maud Stones of Parkside, Durham Road, Sedgefield, married woman
(2) Martins Bank Limited
Mortgage from (2) to (1) of property as in D/X 846/23
(1 paper)