Catalogue

1/2 November 1790 (1) John Kendrew of Darlington, optic glass grinder (2) Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, banker Lease and release by (1) to (2) of property in Northgate, Darlington, comprising a house occupied by Edward Chipchase and Jonathan Perkin as tenants; a house adjoining it on the north side, with a little garden behind it, occupied by William Carleton, bounded by a house and a 'toofall back kitchen' and other back buildings belonging to (1) on the north, a house belonging to Timothy Richardson and 6 yds. of the town street, on the south, by the same town street on the east, and by 2 gardens belonging to (1) on the west; and a garden on the west side of the 2 houses, containing 1r 37p, bounded by the previously-described house on the east, land belonging to Joseph Maude on the west, the other garden belonging to (1) on the north, and a garth formerly belonging to Caleb Hedley and now to John Rutter on the south Consideration: £210 Includes: covenant for the production of title deeds, and a schedule of those deeds, 5 August 1685 - 19/20 October 1790 Endorsed: Agreement between (1) and (2) that half a pew on the north side of the north aisle of Darlington parish church, bounded by George Harperley's pew on the east and Robert Wastell's pew on the west, shall become the property of (2)

29 January 1822 (1) Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, banker (2) George Dixon Lightfoot of Darlington, tallow chandler (3) William Lightfoot of Darlington, tallow chandler (4) William Henderson of Darlington, painter Lease and release by (1) to (4) in trust, half for (2) and half for (3), of a house on the north side of Northgate, Darlington, occupied by (2); a house adjoining the first house on the north side, occupied by (3); a yard behind the houses; a building on the north side of the yard, part of which (2) and (3) use as a candle-making workshop; a building used as a wool comber's shop on the west side of the yard; a piece of ground staked out on the west of the comb-shop, measuring 28 feet from north to south and 10 feet from east to west, part of a garden belonging to (1) containing 1r 37p and contracted to be sold to Nathaniel Plews and others to build houses on, together with a right of way for (2) and (3) from their property to Northgate over land belonging to (1) but intended to be conveyed to (4), lying on the south side of the staked-out ground, measuring 25 feet from north to south and 10 feet from east to west, from there over a road about to be converted to a street leading from Northgate to the houses about to be built on the building land by (4); the whole property bounded by Northgate on the east, the remainder of the 1r 37p garden on the west, a house and back buildings formerly belonging to John Kendrew and now to John Tolson on the north, and a house, yard, comb-shop and small piece of ground intended to be conveyed by (1) to (4) on the south Consideration: £450 Includes: an agreement concerning the ownership of various party walls Plan endorsed

27 September 1845 (1) William Lightfoot of Darlington, tallow chandler and George Dixon Lightfoot of Darlington, yeoman (2) John Kipling of Darlington, merchant and Francis James Crow of Haughton le Skerne, esq., managing directors of the Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Co. (3) George Middleton of Darlington, merchant, and William Ianson of Darlington, merchant, trustees of the Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Co. Mortgage by (1) to (3) of a house in Northgate, Darlington, occupied by George Dixon Lightfoot; a house adjoining the first on the north side, occupied by William Lightfoot; a yard behind the houses; a building on the north side of the yard, part of which William Lightfoot uses as a workshop for making candles; a building used as a woolcomber's shop, on the west side of the yard; and a piece of ground on the west side of the buildings, measuring 28 feet north to south and 10 feet east to west, part of a garden containing 1r 37p, formerly belonging to Jonathan Backhouse, in trust to repay to (2) a debt of £316, with power of sale if required

10 December 1851 (1) William Lightfoot of Brecken Hill near Sedgefield, yeoman (2) Mary Lightfoot of Brecken Hill, widow of George Dixon Lightfoot (3) Francis James Crow of Gateshead Park, manufacturer (4) Henry Ianson of York, gent., Edward Teasdale of Manchester, currier and Robert Priddie of 8 Union Road, Southwark, surgeon Mortgage by (1) and (2) to (5) of the property as described in D/X 1384/3, to repay the balance of debts owed to (3) and (4) Consideration: £360

12 July 1859 (1) William Lightfoot of Sunderland, yeoman (2) Mr. Fletcher of Guisbrough, Yorkshire, miller, and Mary, his wife, formerly Mary Lightfoot, widow (3) Robert Littlefair of Darlington, grocer Agreement for the sale by (1) and (2) to (3) of a house and shop in Northgate, Darlington; a house adjoining it, also in Northgate; a cottage, with warehouses, buildings and yard behind it, occupied by Robert Stockdale, Miss Cowl and others Consideration: £765

Abstract of title to freehold premises in Northgate, Darlington, belonging to Robert Littlefair and mortgaged to Messrs. Forster, Goundry and Graham for £600, reciting deeds 28/29 January 1822 - 24 November 1859, 1863

Abstract of title of Robert Littlefair to freehold premises in Northgate, Darlington, mortgaged to James Minikin for £700, reciting deeds 23 November 1859 - 17 April 1863, 1872

Abstract of title to freehold premises at Darlington belonging to Robert Littlefair, reciting a transfer of mortgage, dated 29 May 1865, 1872

Abstract of title to freehold houses, shops, buildings and ground in Northgate, Darlington, belonging to Robert Littlefair and mortgaged to the executors of William Bowser, reciting deeds 27 May 1867 - 23 June 1871, 1872

Letter from Joseph Stephenson of High North Terrace, Darlington, to William Robinson, solicitor, at Darlington, valuing Mr. Littlefair's property in Northgate at £1900 and giving his opinion that the property 'will at any time command a ready purchaser', 12 April 1872