Catalogue

13 February 1810 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of Durham, gent., trustees of (1) (3) Thomas Thompson of Bishopwearmouth, gent. (4) Robert Pearson of Newcastle, esq. Conveyance by (2) to (3), at the request of (1)of a parcel of freehold ground at Bishopwearmouth, together with a dwelling house Consideration: £424 and perpetual rent of £17 8s. p.a.

15 January 1811 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of Durham, gent., trustees of (1) (3) John Rain of Bishopwearmouth, land surveyor (4) Robert Pearson of Newcastle, esq. Conveyance by (2) at the request of (1) to (4) for the use of (3) of two parcels of land in Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth, with covenant for (3) to erect five houses there within three years [restrictive covenants specified] Consideration: perpetual rent of £13 p.a.

2 July 1814 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of Durham, gent., trustees of (1) (3) George Richard Jackson of Bishopwearmouth, mason (4) Robert Pearson of Newcastle, esq. (5) Thomas Smith of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) at the direction of (1) and with the consent of (3) to (4) for the use of (3) of a freehold parcel of ground in Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth, with covenant for (3) to erect three houses there within one year [restrictive covenants specified] Consideration: perpetual rent of £10 4s. p.a.

12 June 1827 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Thompson of Bishopwearmouth, gent. (4) William Smith of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) at the direction of (1) to (3) and (4) of a parcel of ground and dwelling house in Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants specified] Consideration: rent charge of £67 10s. p.a.

22 November 1831 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, Durham, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) Bartholomew Dowell of Bishopwearmouth, builder (4) Joseph John Wright of Bishopwearmouth, gent Release by (2) at the direction of (1) and (3) to (4) in trust, of two parcels of ground and two dwelling houses in Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants specified] Consideration: rent of £9 9s. p.a. Endorsed: 29 January 1915 (1) George Foyle Fawcett of Durham, esq. (2) Sunderland and South Shields Water Company (3) Henry A. Murton, Ltd., of Newcastle Licence for alterations to no. 16 Fawcett Street, Sunderland Consideration: additional rent charge of £2 18s. 8d. p.a.

30 April 1839 (1) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Wood of Bishopwearmouth, shipowner (4) Margaret Hudson of Monkwearmouth Shore, spinster (5) Bartholomew Dowell of Bishopwearmouth, builder (6) Margery Stote of Horsley Hill, spinster (7) Mary Kirsopp of Bishopwearmouth, widow (8) John Scott of Bishopwearmouth, shipowner (9) Richard Greenwell of Bishopwearmouth, merchant (10) John Mounsey of Bishopwearmouth, furrier (11) Mary Mounsey of Bishopwearmouth, widow (12) Joseph John Wright of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (1) - (11) to (12) to uses specified, including the augmentation of the perpetual ground rents, of the Shrubbery and several messuages and parcels of ground in Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth

23 June 1841 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, Durham (2) John Griffith of Durham, gent (3) Hugh Panton of Bishopwearmouth, merchant (4) Joseph John Wright of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) on the direction of (1) to (3) of a parcel of ground and dwelling house in Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants specified] Consideration: perpetual rent of £11 16s. 2d. p.a.

Sketch plan of site in D/X 1089/1/7 by William Jameson, 7 June 1841 Originally enclosed in D/X 1089/1/7

22 July 1841 (1) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) Andrew White, William Bell, Edward Backhouse, James Hartley and David Jonassohn, all of Sunderland, esqs. (4) Edward Backhouse, the younger, of Sunderland, esq. Release, by (2) at the direction of (1) to (3) of a freehold parcel of land with the building called the Atheneum in Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants specified] Consideration: perpetual rent of £18 19s. 6d. p.a.

3 February 1842 (1) John Fawcett of South Bailey, Durham, esq. (2) Thomas James Backhouse of Bishopwearmouth, coal owner (3) Thomas Mounsey of Hendon Hill, Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (1) to (2) of a messuage and parcel of ground on the east side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth and of 28/236 part of the Shrubbery on the west side of the said street [restrictive covenants specified] Consideration: perpetual rent of £12 7s. and maintenance charges for the Shrubbery

23 November 1844 (1) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) John Featherstone Ayton of Bishopwearmouth, corn merchant (4) Russell Bowlby of Bishopwearmouth, gent. (5) William White of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) at the direction of (1) and (3) to (4) of a messuage and parcel of land in Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive coventants specified] Consideration: £790 and perpetual rent of £3 16s. p.a.

10 January 1846 (1) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of Durham, gent., eldest son and heir of John Griffith of the same, gent., deceased (3) Elizabeth Pemberton of Bishopwearmouth, spinster Release by (2) at the direction of (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of land in Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants specified] Consideration: perpetual rent of £3 16s. p.a.

Letter from William Jameson, Bishopwearmouth, agent, to Messrs. Griffiths, Durham, solicitors, advising that the ground rent due on 1 November 1845 to John Fawcett from Elizabeth Pemberton has been paid, 8 January 1846 Originally enclosed in D/X 1089/1/12

15 June 1846 (1) John Fawcett of North Bailey, Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Harrison of Sunderland, ship owner (3) Joseph John Wright of Sunderland, gent. Release by (1) to (2) of a messuage and parcel of land on the east side of Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth, and 16/236 parts of the Shrubbery on the west side of the said street Consideration: perpetual rent of £7 12s. p.a.

Sketch plan, record of ground rents, etc., relating to house and lands in Fawcett Street, Bishopwearmouth, belonging to Thomas Pratt and transferred to Thomas Harrison, 20 February - 5 May 1846 Originally enclosed in D/X 1089/1/14

9 December 1820 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) Henry Foreman of Bishopwearmouth, joiner (4) Robert Ingram Shafto of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (1) and (2) to (3) and (4) in trust, of a parcel of ground in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: perpetual rent of £8 p.a.

18 January 1826 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) Bartholomew Dowell of Bishopwearmouth, joiner (4) Andrew White of Bishopwearmouth, ship owner (5) Robert Pearson of Newcastle upon Tyne, esq. Release by (2) at the request of (1) to (5) in trust for (4) of a messuage and parcel of land in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [endorsed with restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: £583 6s. 8d. and perpetual rent of £4 p.a.

23 November 1826 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) George Wilson of Monkwearmouth, builder (4) William James of Bishopwearmouth, esq. (5) George James of Durham, esq. Release by (2) at the request of (1) and (3) and with the consent of (4) to (5) in trust, of a messuage and parcel of land in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: £600 and perpetual rent of £4 p.a.

29 October 1839 (1) John Fawcett of the South Bailey, Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) Robert Willerton of Sunderland, merchant (4) Joseph John Wright of Sunderland, gent. Release by (2) at the request of (1) to (3) and (4) in trust of a messuage and parcel of land in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 1s. p.a.

Location plan of land referred to in D/X 1089/2/4, 23 October 1839 Originally enclosed in D/X 1089/3/9

20 November 1847 (1) John Fawcett of the North Bailey, Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) Samuel Peter Austin of Sunderland, ship builder Release by (2) at the request of (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of land in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: perpetual rent of £6 6s. p.a.

Location plan of land referred to in D/X 1089/2/6, 17 November 1847 Originally enclosed in D/X 1089/2/6

24 March 1853 (1) John Fawcett of the North Bailey, Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of Durham, esq. (3) George Scurfield of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) at the request of (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of ground in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: perpetual rent of £4 10s. p.a.

Location plan of land referred to in D/X 1089/2/8, 5 February 1853 Originally enclosed in D/X 1089/2/8

Letter from W.B. Jameson, 253 High Street, Bishopwearmouth, to J.W. Hays, Durham, concerning "the pavements of Mr. Scurfield's premises", 1 March 1853 Originally enclosed in D/X 1089/2/8

14 April 1855 (1) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of Durham, esq. (3) Joseph Donaldson, William Dawson and Michael Flanagan, the elder, all of Sunderland, ship owners (4) John Crossby of Sunderland, wine merchant (5) George Smith Ranson of Sunderland, gent. Conveyance by (1) - (3) to (4) and (5) in trust of a messuage and parcel of land in John Street, Bishopwearmouth, formerly belonging to Benjamin Dodds [restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: £530 and perpetual rent of £4 p.a.

Location plan and description of permises referred to in D/X 1089/2/11 7 June 1853 Originally enclosed in D/X 1089/2/11

12 May 1860 (1) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of Durham, esq. (3) Benjamin Levy of Sunderland, clothier Release by (2) at the request of (1) to (3) of a messuage and parcel of land in John Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: perpetual rent of £6 p.a.

Location plan and report on premises in D/X 1089/2/13 by W.B. Jameson addressed to J.W. Hays of Durham, solicitor for the Bishopwearmouth estates of John Fawcett, 1 May 1860

20 December 1828 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) Bailey Sacker of Bishopwearmouth, merchant (4) Alexander Meldrum of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release [lease missing] by (2) at the request of (1) to (3) with reversion to (4) of a messuage and land in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: perpetual ground rent of £2 9s. p.a.

27 March 1829 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffiths of Durham, gent. (3) Andrew Turnbull of Sunderland and Robert Wilson of Bishopwearmouth, both joiners (4) Margaret Collin of Bishopwearmouth, spinster Release by (2) to (4) at the request of (1) and (3) of a messuage and land in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: perpetual ground rent of £2 9s. p.a.

14 September 1829 (1) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) George Turner of Bishopwearmouth, mason (4) Thomas Wright of Bishopwearmouth, organist (5) William Hutchinson Hardy of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) at the request of (1) and (3) to (4) with reversion to (5) of a messuage and land in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictrive covenants as stated] Consideration: £310 plus ground rent of £1 15s. p.a.

2 March 1831 (1) John Fawcett of Newton Hall, esq., son and heir of the late Rev. John Fawcett, clerk, deceased (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) Anthony Tunstall of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) at the request of (1) to (3) of a messuage and land in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: perpetual ground rent of £1 18s. 6d. p.a.

18 May 1831 (1) John Fawcett of Newton Hall, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Harrison of Bishopwearmouth, joiner (4) James Barkes of Sunderland, cordwainer Release by (2) to (4) at the request of (1) and (3) of a messuage and land in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: £285 and perpetual ground rent of £2 9s. p.a.

Letter from R.B. Cay, Bishopwearmouth, to Messrs. Griffith and Son, concerning legal work for the transaction in D/X 1089/3/5, c.1831 Originally enclosed in D/X 1089/3/5

10 February 1833 (1) John Fawcett of the South Bailey, Durham, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) George Turner of Bishopwearmouth, builder (4) Thomas Wright of Bishopwearmouth, music master (5) George Stephenson of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) at the request of (1) and (3) to (4) with reversion to (5) of a messuage and land in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: £290 and perpetual ground rent of £2 2s. p.a.

13 October 1835 (1) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) George Turner of Bishopwearmouth, builder Release by (2) at the request of (1) to (3) of land on the east side of Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: perpetual rent of £2 9s. p.a.

24 November 1835 (1) John Fawcett of the South Bailey, Durham, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) Thomas Harrison of Bishopwearmouth, builder (4) William Bacon of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) at the request of (1) and (3) to (4) of two parcels of lands in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth, [restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: £605 and perpetual rents of £2 12s. 6d. p.a. and £2 12s.6d. p.a.

Location plan of land referred to in D/X 1089/3/9, 23 May 1835 Originally enclosed in D/X 1089/3/9

20 April 1838 (1) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. (2) Francis Johnson of Aykley Heads, esq., and John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) James Barker of Sunderland, cordwainer Release by (1) and (2) to (3) of four messuages and parcels of land in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: perpetual rents of £2. 12. 6d. p.a. for each messuage Endorsed: agreement between Christopher John Foyle Fawcett of Durham, esq., and Jane Brown of Bede Park, Sunderland, for a relaxation of covenants in respect of the second of the four above parcels, and a consequent increase in the ground rent to £3 p.a.

29 September 1838 (1) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) John Herring Robinson of Bishopwearmouth, wharfinger Release by (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage and land in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants as stated]

Location plan of land referred to in D/X 1089/3/12, 20 September 1838 Originally enclosed in D/X 1089/3/12

14 March 1840 (1) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) George Preston of Bishopwearmouth, dyer (4) James Septimus Robinson of Bishopwearmouth, gent., and John Gilmore, the younger, of Fullwell Hills, gent. Release by (2) at the request of (1) and the nomination of (3) to (4) of three messuages and parcels of land in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: perpetual rents of £2 9s. p.a., £2 16s. p.a. and £2 16s. p.a.

2 September 1840 (1) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) John Thompson of Sunderland, ironmonger (4) John William Longridge of Sunderland, gent. Release by (2) at the request of (1) to (3) of two messuages and parcels of land in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: perpetual rents of £2. 12. 6d. p.a. and £3. 4s. p.a. Endorsed: agreement between George Foyle Fawcett of Durham, esq., and Kirtley and Son, Ltd., of Sunderland, ironmongers, for an increase of £1 p.a. on each of the above rents, 7 March 1905

Location plan of land referred to in D/X 1089/3/15, 18 August 1840 Originally enclosed in D/X 1089/3/15

29 October 1840 (1) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. (2) John Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) Joseph Potts of Bishopwearmouth, builder (4) John Pexall Kidson of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Release by (2) at the direction of (1) to (3) of 7 messuages and parcels of land in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth [restrictive covenants as stated] Consideration: perpetual rents of £2 12s. 6d., p.a. for each parcel of land

Location plan of land referred to in D/X 1089/3/17, 22 October 1840 Originally enclosed in D/X 1089/3/17

9 November 1850 (1) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) Cuthbert Vaux of Bishopwearmouth, common brewer Conveyance by (2) at the direction of (1) to (3) of a parcel of ground and dwelling house in Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth [includes restrictive covenants] Consideration: perpetual rent of £3 7s. 6d. p.a.

Description and dimensions of site in D/X 1089/4/1 with certificate of payments, 18 October 1850 Originally enclosed in D/X 1089/4/1

23 October 1852 (1) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. (2) Thomas Griffith of Durham, gent. (3) Christopher Bramwell of Bishopwearmouth, esq., and John George Ritson of the same, chemist, exors. of the will of Michael Willey of the same, shipowner (4) John Ritson of Bishopwearmouth, chemist and druggist Release by (2) at the request of (1) and by (3) to (4) of a parcel of ground in Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth [includes restrictive covenants] Consideration: £380 and perpetual rent of £3 7s. 6d. p.a.

Description and dimensions of site in D/X 1089/4/3 with certificate of payments, 8 September 1852 Originally enclosed in D/X 1089/4/3

6 August 1878 (1) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. (2) John Atkinson of Newcastle, gent. (3) Jane Hodgson of Bishopwearmouth, widow; William de Gallye Lamotte, gent. Duplicate conveyance by (2) at the direction of (1) to (3) of a parcel of ground and messuage in Foyle Street, Bishopwearmouth [includes restrictive covenants and site plan] Consideration: perpetual rent of £6 p.a.

27 September 1750 (1) William Farquharson, regimental officer, and wife, Frances (dau. of Ambrose Stevenson, late of Manor House, deceased) (2) George Gibson of the Inner Temple, London, gent. (3) Rev. Randal Andrews, vicar of Preston, clerk, and David Thomson of Preston (co. Lancaster), physician Post-nuptial settlement of (1) releasing to (2) in trust to uses specified a moiety of a capital messuage called Mannor House in Lanchester with several farms being part of the late dissolved monastery of Hexham; of all tithes in respect of a decayed house and parcel of copyhold land at Burnhopeside and Hamsteels, and in respect of another 16a. of copyhold land and one other close called Robson's Estate (1a.); a moiety of the houses, lands and tithes of the deanery of Lanchester; of a messuage formerly belonging to Cuthbert Hodgson; and of Esp close and Bishop's Meadows, all in Lanchester. Also a moiety of two messuages and farms at Shotley Field (co. Northumberland), of another farm there called Pansheeles; of a messuage and farm called Broomhill; of a large enclosure at Shotley; of a messuage and farm called Cooper Haugh in Edmundbyers; of a messuage and farm in the townfields of Byarside and Medomsley; and a moiety of the freehold messuages and farms of John Stevenson, deceased in Byerside and Medomsley, and of other lands at Cornsay Row, High Hurbuck, Low Hurbuck, Low Woodside, Burnopside, High Newbiggin and Whinney House, and of all tithes of hay in Lanchester township; and a moiety of the freehold lands of (1) in the above named places

Copy of abstract of title, 27 June 1715 - 27 July 1770, of John Wharton, esq., to a copyhold estate at Burnhopeside in the township of Burnhope and Hamsteels in the manor of Lanchester, n.d. [watermark 1834]

28 May 1809 (1) Thomas Graham of Lincoln's Inn (co. Middlesex), esq. (2) William Sadleir Bruere of Leatherhead (co. Surrey), esq. (3) John Wharton of Skelton Castle (co. York), esq. (4) Robert Swann and Henry Bland of York, bankers Attested copy, 8 July 1811, of assignment by (1) at the request and nomination of (2) and (3) to (4) in trust for (3) of the remainder of a term of 1,000 years to attend the inheritance of lands and farms [not specified] in Durham and Northumberland Consideration: £7,717 19s. 2d.

Plan of Manor House and Deanery Farms by C. Walton, jun., 1813 Gives field names and acreages Scale: 12 chains to 1 inch [1 : 9504]

Abstract of title, 26 September 1750 - 1750, of R.L. Bevan to Manor House Farm and Burnopside Farm Estate, n.d. [1835]

Copy of second opinion of William Clayton Walters, Newcastle, on the abstract of title of R.L. Bevan to Manor House, Deanery and Burnopside estates, 19 October 1835

24 November 1835 (1) Robert Barclay, jun., of London, banker (2) John Lamplugh Raper of York, esq. (3) Robert Smithson of York, gent. (4) Richard Lake of London, esq. (5) George Swann of York, only son and heir of Thomas Swann, late of York, banker, deceased (6) David Bevan of London, esq. (7) Richard Lee Bevan of Upper Harley Street (co. Middlesex), esq. (8) Ralph Byerley of Lanchester, gent. Attested copy, 13 February 1836, of the surrenders by (1) - (4) to (8) by the direction of (5) and (7) of four terms of 1,000 years, 1,000 years, 500 years and 1,000 years of a moiety of various lands in the parish of Lanchester including the old Deanery House

26 November 1836 (1) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. (2) George Coates of Norton, gent. Copy of deed of covenent for the production of title deeds, 23 September 1728 - 8 July 1834

Abstract and observations on the mortgage for £1,000 by Charles Oswald of the Old Acres estate, n.d. [c.1847]

Extracts of mortgage for £3,000 by Charles Oswald of Hartlepool, esq., to Thomas Price of Clementhorpe, City of York, esq. and others, of the remainder of a moiety of Old Acres and Lee Close House, Lanchester, 26 April 1844

Extracts from the will, 18 March 1848, of Charles Oswald of 25 Lonsdale Square, Islington (co. Middlesex), gent. devising a moiety of Old Acres estate and Lea Close Farm in trust to uses specified, n.d. [watermark 1849]

31 December 1868 (1) North Eastern Railway Company (2) John Fawcett of North Bailey, Durham, gent. Memorandum of agreement for the purchase and sale of two parcels of land at Burnhope and Hamsteels Consideration: £10

Declaration by Rev. Alan Greenwell of Durham that his father, William Thomas Greenwell, of The Ford, Lanchester, died (29 May 1854) intestate, 2 December 1856

Letter from John Gregson, Tadcaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, to [John] Fawcett, concerning the enfranchisement of 2a. of land held on lease from the Dean and Chapter of Durham, 1 December 1857

Pedigree of the Stevenson-Hall family, n.d. [watermark, 1835]

Certified copy of entry, 9 February 1797, of the burial of Fran[c]es Farquharson, from the register of St. Luke, Chelsea (co. Middlesex), 5 November 1835

Certified copy of entry, 28 February 1806, of the burial of Allan Greenwell of Ford, from the register of Lanchester, 2 October 1856

Abstract of title, 23 November 1831 - 17 October 1854, of Rev. George Ornsby and Henry William Crosby to a copyhold close called the Far Wheat Field in the township of Lanchester, contracted to be sold to John Sharp, 1855

Supplemental abstract of title, 7 December 1821 - 21 December 1853, of Rev. George Ornsby and Henry William Ornsby to a copyhold close called the Far Wheat Field in the township of Lanchester, contracted to be sold to John Sharp, 1855

Abstract of title, 22 and 23 November 1831, of Rev. George Ornsby and Henry William Ornsby to a copyhold close called the Far Wheat Field in the township of Lanchester, contracted to be sold to John Sharp, 1855

Abstract of title, 31 July 1856, of William Walton Thompson to a copyhold close called the Far Wheat Field, contracted to be sold to John Fawcett, 1860

22 and 23 November 1831 (1) Thomas Emerson of Frosterley, gent., and wife, Hannah (2) William Emerson of Woodcroft, Stanhope, farmer; George Thirlwell of Kenton, Gosforth (co. Northumberland), and wife, Barbara; Mary Emerson of St. Anthons [sic], All Saints [Newcastle], spinster; John Thirlwell of the same, farmer, and wife, Frances (3) Eleanor Turnbull of Burnfoot (co. Roxburgh), widow (4) Thomas Turnbull of East Middle (co. Roxburgh), farmer; Michael Turnbull of Hawick (co. Roxburgh), wine and spirit merchant; John Turnbull of Burnfoot, farmer; John Renwick of Jedburgh (co. Roxburgh), nursery and seedsman, and wife, Elizabeth; Eleanor Turnbull of Burnfoot aforesaid, spinster; Agnes Turnbull of the same, spinster; Jane Turnbull of the same, spinster; and William Turnbull of Huddersfield (co. York), doctor of physic (5) George Ornsby of Durham, gent. (6) William Thomas Greenwell of Greenwell Ford, esq. (7) William Iley of Lanchester, cartwright, and wife, Mary (8) Eleanor Wilkinson of Wharney Burn, spinster (9) Michael Soulsby of Wolsingham, butcher, and wife, Ann; and Robert Soulsby (10) George Whinney of Lanchester, miller (11) Jane Clark of Durham, spinster (12) George Walton of Lanchester, joiner Lease and release by (1) - (5) and (6) - (9) to (12) in trust for (10) of the tithe of hay on the close called the Far Wheat Field at Lanchester; and covenant to surrender the copyhold closes called the Far Wheat Field and the Orchard in Lanchester township for (12) to uses specified Consideration: £410 [inc. £200 plus interest advanced by (11) and secured on the aforesaid tithe]

23 November 1831 Admission of party (12) in trust for (10) on the surrender of parties (1) - (9) of D/X 1089/6/5-6 of closes called the Far Wheat Field and the Orchard in the township of Lanchester Consideration: see D/X 1089/6/5-6

20 May 1846 (1) George Whinney of Lanchester, miller (2) Rev. George Ornsby of Whickham, clerk (3) Margaret Ornsby of Darlington, widow (4) Rev. Robert Ornsby of Trinity College, Oxford, clerk (5) the said Rev. George Ornsby and Henry William Ornsby of Darlington, gent. (6) George Walton of Lanchester, builder Conveyance by (1) at the direction of (2) - (4) to (5) of the equity of redemption in a close called the Far Wheat Field (6a.) in Lanchester township with tithe of hay Consideration: £140

31 July 1856 Manor of Lanchester: copy of admission of William Walton Thompson of Lanchester, relieving officer, to a close called the Far Wheat Field in Lanchester township with tithe of hay on the surrender of the Rev. George Ornsby of Fishlake(co. York) and others Consideration: £485

31 July 1856 Copy of D/X 1089/6/9

31 July 1856 Certificate of the Durham City and County Commissioners for taking acknowledgements of deeds by married women in respect of Mary, wife of William Walton Thompson, party to an indenture of equal date

Durham Exchequer receipt to William W. Thompson for one year's rent for the "Wheat Field at Lanchester", 1859

8 May 1860 (1) William Walton Thompson of Lanchester, relieving officer (2) John Fawcett of Durham, esq. Conveyance by (1) to (2) of freehold tithe of hay and covenant to surrender the Far Wheat Field in Lanchester township Consideration: £530

8 May 1860 Manor of Lanchester: Copy of admission of John Fawcett of Durham, esq. to the Far Wheat Field in Lanchester township on the surrender of William Walton Thompson of Lanchester, relieving officer Consideration: £500

28 March 1805 (1) Rev. William Nesfield, rector of Brancepeth, clerk, and wife, Elizabeth; and Charles Ingoldsby, Marquess of Winchester, and wife, Ann, Marchioness of Winchester (2) John Griffith of Durham, gent. Attested copy, 17 June 1805, of deed to lead the uses of a fine of two 1/10th parts in trust for (1) of a messuage in Framwellgate; of a coach house and stable there; of a messuage and farm called Unthank Farm in Brancepeth and of several closes called the Falls; of 30a. of land awarded to the late John Richardson, deceased, on the division of Ushaw Moor in respect of the estate at Unthank; of a parcel of ground called the Little Close in the manor of East Brandon; of messuages and farms called High and Low Catherick Houses in St. Oswald's Durham; and of Ferry's Farm at Ferryhill; together with all other lands formerly belonging to the late John Richardson, deceased

14 and 15 December 1830 (1) John Richardson of Red Briers, cartwright (2) Luke Elstob of Kimblesworth, farmer (3) Robert Stafford of Gilesgate, gent. Mortgage [lease and release] by (1) and (2) to (3) of land formerly part of Framwellgate Moor containing 13 perches together with the Hare and Hounds brewhouse and public house in the occupation of (1) Consideration: £300 plus interest

20 November 1839 (1) Robert Stafford of Durham, gent. (2) Robert Richardson of Red Briar, Framwellgate township, gent. (3) Joseph Richardson of Red Briar, farmer (4) George Proud of Carr House, Framwellgate, farmer Release and conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of the Hare and Hounds public house at Framwellgate Consideration: £400

Requisitions on title to the Red Bryar estate, 10 May 1859

Letters from Edward Peele, Durham, and Messrs. Griffith and Crighton, Newcastle, to John Fawcett concerning the Framwellgate Moor leases, 27 January - 22 March 1860

9 April 1807 (1) Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) Rev. John Fawcett of Newton Hall, clerk Attested copy, 25 August 1809, of lease for 40 years by (1) to (2) of a messuage and little close with a coach house and stable in Elvet, Durham, in a street there called Ratten Rawe, with 3r. 21p. on Elvet Moor Consideration: 8s. 5d. p.a.

Correspondence between Edward Peele and John Fawcett concerning the status and valuation of certain land held on lease from the Dean and Chapter of Durham, 9-16 January 1860

Certificate of assessment, contract, and registration certificate for the redemption of land tax on a farm called Warlands, proprietor John Fawcett, in the township of Holmside, 15 April - 12 June 1854

Letter from Thomas Pennant of Downing, Flintshire to unidentified correspondent concerning his next publication ["the history of my native parish"] asking for a drawing and further particulars of "the Bridge" and referring to corn prices, "... we must not wonder to hear the complaint of the common people at seeing almost the whole exported and they reduced nearly to a state of starving ...", 4 October 1795

Letter from George Bramwell, Temple, [London], to Rowland Burdon concerning the Wearmouth and Norton Road Acts, referring to applying the money received from building the railway through Burdon's Castle Eden and Hesledon estates and to subscribing to the Hartlepool Harbour and Railway, 25 November 1831

Copy of letter from George H. Phipps, 24 Great George Street, Westminster, to Robert Stephenson, M.P., commenting on the relative claims of Rowland Burdon and Thomas Paine to be the "inventor" of Wearmouth Bridge, 21 March 1859 (ii) Copy of letter from Robert Stephenson, 24 Great George Street, Westminster, to Rowland Burdon, Castle Eden, forwarding (i) above, 23 March 1859

Copy of letter from B.P. Stockman, 24 Great George Street, Westminster, to Rev. John Burdon containing references for information about Paine's iron arch, 2 March 1860

Letter from S[amuel] Smiles, 6 Granville Park Terrace, Blackheath, London, to Rev. C. Burdon, acknowledging receipt of copies of letters by Phipps and Stephenson on the bridge at Sunderland, and undertaking to publish corrections in any future edition of the Lives of the Engineers, 20 January 1862

Letter from L. Gordon, 24 Abingdon Street, Westminster, to C. Burdon, concerning the patents and other papers on Sunderland Bridge, and an article in the Quarterly Review by Smiles "full of blunders and misrepresentations" , 21 January 1862

Letter from [Rev.] J. Burdon, English Bicknor, Coleford, Somerset, to Cotsford, concerning Smiles' errors; "... my father's was the 1st application of iron to bridges of a span and height which stone could not reach except at enormous expense - and also ... building an arch of separate blocks of iron ..."; refers also to Canadian affairs and to an exchange of photographs, 25 January 1862

Letter from Rev. J. Burdon, English Bicknor, Coleford, Somerset, to Cotsford referring to the mistaken attribution of the bridge at Sunderland to Paine and to the war in America and the likely victory of the northern states, forecasting the restoration of the Union, the abolition of slavery, and a war between Britain and America, 30 January 1862

Copy of letter from C. Burdon, 23 Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, to Samuel Smiles, containing observations on the iron bridge at Sunderland published in the Quarterly Review, January 1862

Petition of Thomas Skinner of Stockton, gent., for admission as an attorney in the temporal courts of the County Palatine of Durham, 3 September 1835

Copies of settlements, valuations, affidavits and legal opinions in respect of the Salvin family name and estates, 16 September 1899 - December 1953

Ordnance Survey plans with coloured markings showing Viscount Lambton's estate. The British Records Association despatch note received with the transfer states that duplicate plans and a conveyance were forwarded to the National Coal Board in 1956. The plans, which are individually numbered, comprise a single file and are endorsed 'contract plans' (1) Plan no. 1, O.S. sheet 8.14, 1939 [revision?] Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (2) Plan no. 2, O.S. sheet 13.8, 1939 revision Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (3) Plan no. 3, O.S. sheet 13.6, 1939 revision Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (4) Plan no. 4, O.S. sheet 13.7, 1939 revision Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (5) Plan no. 5, O.S. sheet 20.3, 1939 revision Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (6) Plan no. 6, O.S. sheet 20.2, 1939 revision Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (7) Plan no. 7, O.S. sheet 20.4, 1939 revision Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (8) Plan no. 8, O.S. sheet 14.9, 1938 revision Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (9) Plan no. 9, O.S. sheet, 13.15, [1939 revision?] Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (10) Plan no. 10, O.S. sheet 13.1,1939 revision Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (11) Plan no. 11, O.S. sheet 13.5, 1939 revision Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (12) Plan no. 12, O.S. sheet 13.11, 1940 revision Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (13) Plan no. 13, O.S. sheet 13.16, 1939 revision Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (14) Plan no. 14, O.S. sheet 13.12, 1939 revision Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (15) Plan no. 15, O.S. sheet 27.3, 1940 revision Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (16) Plan no. 16, O.S. sheet 20.15, 1939 revision Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (17) Plan no. 17, O.S. sheet 13 & 20 (part), [1939 revision] Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1 : 10560] (1 plan, 62 cm. x 57 cm., printed) (18) Plan no. 18, O.S. sheet 13.15 [?1939 revision] Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (19) Plan no. 19, O.S. sheet 13.6, 1939 revision Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (20) Plan no. 20, O.S. sheet 13.2, 1939 revision Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500] (1 plan, 103 cm. x 74 cm., printed) (21) Plan no. 21, O.S. sheet 13.16, 1939 revision Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1 : 2500]