Catalogue

29 May 1862 (1) James Thompson of Bishop Auckland, timber merchant (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Attested copy of a grant by (1) to (2) of half the corn tithes and all the small tithes together with the rent charge in lieu of such tithes, that issue out of a close at Bishop Auckland, part of the Manor of Bondgate, containing 4a. 1r. 30p., with a cow byre on it, bounded by Whymney Close on the east, part of Brack's Farm on the west, Coundon Ox Close, also part of Brack's Farm on the south, and a close formerly let to Richard Thompson but now part of Brack's Farm on the north Consideration: conveyance by (2) to (1) of 2 closes of meadow land at Cockton Hill, near Bishop Auckland, containing 7a. 32p., bounded by the Bishop Auckland to West Auckland turnpike road on the west, Hen-Knowle Estate on the south, and land belonging to Richard Bowser on the east and north Includes: plan

15 October 1874 (1) James Thompson of Bishop Auckland, timber merchant (2) Edward Jordan of Witton Park, iron works manager Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of a piece of freehold land in Princes Street, Bishop Auckland, measuring 42ft. 6ins. from north to south, and 119ft. 9ins. from east to west, bounded by a back road on the north, other land belonging to (1) on the east, Princes Street on the south, and land belonging to Thomas Whitfield on the west Consideration: £259 15s. Plan attached

9 January 1879 (1) James Thompson of Hurworth, timber merchant (2) Charles Thompson and John Airey, both of Bishop Auckland Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of a piece of freehold land at Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland, measuring 19ft. from north to south and 74ft. from east to west, containing 156 sq. yds., bounded by premises belonging to (2) on the north; an intended back street on the east; property belonging to (1) on the south, and West Auckland Road on the west Consideration: £46 3s. Includes: plan

1881 (1) William Davison (2) James Thompson of Hurworth, gent. Articles of agreement for an exchange of land at Bishop Auckland

5 July 1865 (1) Cuthbert Morson of Bishop Auckland, joiner (2) John William Fenwick of North Shields, Northumberland, gent. (3) Fanny Johnson wife of Mr. Johnson of North Shields, yeoman Conveyance by (1) to (2), in trust to provide further security for the repayment of a mortgage of £100 by (1) to (3), of the King's Arms Inn with the stables, outbuildings and yard belonging to it, on the north side of Bishop Auckland Market Place; a house and shop adjoining the inn, with several cottages in the yard; a garden and part of an orchard adjoining and lying behind the inn; and the tithes relating to all the property, all bounded by a house and yard belonging to Peter Featherstone and the devisees of Joseph Hollis on the west, premises belonging to William Edgar and Joseph Robinson on the east, Bishop Auckland Market Place on the south and premises belonging to George Maw on the north

3 May 1867 (1) Cuthbert Morson of Bishop Auckland, joiner (2) Peter Walker of Denton Grange, farmer, and William Clapham of Highside Bank near Heighington, farmer Mortgage by (1) to (2) of the King's Arms Inn, on the north side of Bishop Auckland Market Place, with the stables and outhouses belonging to it; a house and shop adjoining the inn on the west side; the cottages, joiner's workshop, slaughterhouse, outhouses, yard, garden and garth behind the King's Arms ; a copyhold property in High Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, now used as an inn, called the Dun Cow , with a stable, brew house, long room, yard and out offices behind it; copyhold cottage in Back Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, with the garden and garth behind it and the cottages built on part of the garden, bounded by Back Bondgate on the south, Wear Batts on the north, premises belonging to John Braithwaite on the west, and premises belonging to Thomas Peacock on the east Consideration: £45 Endorsed: re-conveyance on redemption of mortgage, 30 May 1876

5 April 1864 (1) Martha Morgan of Bishop Auckland, widow; John Elliot Morgan of Sunderland, ship owner, and Charlton Elliot Morgan of Bishop Auckland, gent., executors of the will of Jane Elliot of Bishop Auckland, spinster, deceased (2) Richard Cordner of Crawley House near Stanhope, engineer (3) John Dixon Raine of 4 William Street, Bishop Auckland, platelayer Assignment by (2) and (1) (his mortgagees) to (3) of the remainder of a term of 99 years in 221 sq. yds. of land at Newgate End, Bishop Auckland, bounded by property belonging to John Thompson on the north; land intended to be used as a back road on the east; other parts of premises belonging to (2) on the south, and the road leading to West Auckland on the west Consideration: £3 13s. 8d. to (2) and an apportioned rent of £3 13s. 8d. a year to Rev. Matthew Chester, the freeholder

17 December 1917 (1) Sarah Raine of 76 Maria Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, widow (2) John Cary Hendry of 3 Wear Terrace, Bishop Auckland, gent. Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of her life interest in 15 South Church Lane, Bishop Auckland; 7 Frederick Street, Bishop Auckland; 2 leasehold houses and shops in South Road, Bishop Auckland, occupied by Messrs. Robinson and Pearson; 3 cottages with gardens and outbuildings at Heighington, and the household furniture and effects in 15 South Church Lane Consideration: 20s. a week to (1) for life

12 May 1871 (1) Charles Trotter of Stockton, esq., and Thomas Hutchinson of Howden, esq., trustees of the will of Thomas Hutchinson of Stockton, esq., deceased (2) Thomas Battensby Walton of Carlton, farmer (3) George Battensby of Carlton, farmer Tenancy agreement whereby (1) leases to (2) The Smith's Arms public house, with the blacksmith's shop and outbuildings belonging to it, and a small garden and garth behind it, containing 1a. 1r. 34p., at Carlton Annual rent: £20, guaranteed by (3)

22 January 1881 (1) Thomas Hutchinson of Seaton Carew, esq., and John Alexander Hutchinson of Stockton, gent., trustees of the will of Thomas Hutchinson of Stockton, esq., deceased (2) Thomas Fryer of Stockton, miller Tenancy agreement whereby (1) leases to (2) a close of grassland containing 1a. 1r. 34p. at Carlton, currently occupied by Thomas Battensby Walton Annual rent: £6

Abstract of title to closes of land, part of the Low Parks, Darlington, reciting deeds 11 March 1844 - 9 March 1868, c.1868

2 April 1873 (1) Thomas Dobson of Darlington, hatter and mercer (2) William Worthy of East Harlsey, Yorkshire, farmer Assignment by (1) to (2) of all his stock-in-trade, household furniture, plate, linen, china and other personal effects in his house at Darlington, together with any securities he owns or debts owed to him, until (1) repays a mortgage for which (2) is surety

1869 (1) Hugh Clarke of Ferryhill, physician, surgeon and accoucheur, representative of Dr. Clarke, deceased (2) John O'Hanlon of London, physician, surgeon and accoucheur Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of Dr. Clarke, deceased's, business of surgeon, apothecary and accoucheur, including goodwill, at Ferryhill Consideration: £400

17 November 1877 (1) Hugh Clark of Ferryhill, esq., M.D. (2) George Frederick Scott of Spennymoor, shoemaker Tenancy agreement whereby (1) leases to (2) a house and shop, coach house, stable, loft and outbuildings in High Street, Spennymoor, adjoining a house and shop belonging to (1) leased to Thomas Williams Rent: £50 p.a.

30 November 1887 (1) Thomas Dundas Bruce of Bishop Auckland, solicitor, and Alexander Carmichael Bruce of 82 Lexham Gardens, Kensington, Middlesex, Assistant Commissioner of Metropolitan Police (2) Walter Willson of the Groat Market, Newcastle upon Tyne, wholesale grocer Tenancy agreement whereby (1) leases to (2) a house and shop with a coach house, stable, loft and outbuildings, in High Street, Spennymoor, adjoining a house and shop belonging to (1), let to Daniel Hancock Rent: £45 p.a.

5 August 1817 (1) Charles Watson of West Pitts, yeoman (2) Charles Raine of Bishop Auckland, yeoman Attested copy, dated 14 April 1826, of a conveyance and covenant to surrender at the manor court, by (1) to (2) of 1a. of land at Lynesack, near the Stone House; 5a. 3r. of ground allotted to (1) as part of the enclosure of the commons in the chapelry of Hamsterley, bounded by land allotted to William Field and Thomas Hodgson's ancient enclosed land on the east, by Woodland Common on the west, by Thomas Hodgson's allotment on the north, and by a parcel of ground allotted to Henry Coates, and Sin Close Nook on the south; and conveyance by (1) to (2) of all the tithes and payments in lieu of tithes issuing out of the copyhold premises belonging to (1), as described above, and 12a. 1r. land formerly part of the commons within the township of Lynesack and Softley, allotted to George Trotter when the commons were enclosed, bounded by Trow Lane Head on the east, Woodland Common on the west, Edge Road on the north and 2 parcels of land allotted to Thomas Hodgson and Cuthbert Blackett on the south Consideration: £650

Copy probate, dated 16 March 1848, of the will, dated 21 October 1842, and 1 codicil, of Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto of Whitworth Park, esq., 15 November 1876

14 March 1853 (1) William Conyers Clapham of Haughton le Side, farmer (2) Thomas Clapham of Stob House, in the parish of Heighington, farmer (3) John Farmer of Darlington, stationer Attested copy, dated 22 August 1859, of a mortgage by (1) and (2) to (3) of property at Heighington, comprising closes called West High Side Bank and East High Side Bank abutting on the high street leading to West Auckland on the north, and the way leading to the Ox Moors on the south Consideration: £700

11 July 1853 (1) John Trotter of Staindrop, esq. (2) Lancelot Parker Booth of Bishop Auckland, colliery viewer Counterpart lease by (1) to (2) of houses, garden ground, workshops and outbuildings at Gordon Gill, Evenwood and Barony, lately occupied by the Durham County Coal Company and now by William Marley and William Shaw, with authority to convert the old engine house and shops into houses, for 10 years Rent: £20 p.a.

Auction sale particulars of a 1/3 share in a freehold house at William Street, Dubmire near Fencehouses, leased to the Marquis of Londonderry for 21 years, auctioneer: John Thornborough, 15 November 1894

Auction sale particulars of property at Crook, comprising 4 cottages and a beer house in West Road; 48-51 Victoria Street; a house in North Terrace; 5 two-roomed cottages in Arthur Street; and 7 two-roomed cottages in Gilroy's Square, auctioneer: John Pallister of Crook, 29 May 1895 Endorsed: memorandum that J.H. Dent, on behalf of the West Auckland Brewery Co. Ltd., purchased lot 1, the 4 cottages and beer house in West Road, Crook, for £40, 29 May 1895

Auction sale particulars of 8 Valley Terrace, Howdon-le-Wear, with a garden behind; 1/3 share of 10 Valley Terrace; and 1/3 share of 25 Valley Terrace, auctioneer: John Thornborough, 15 November 1894 Endorsed: memorandum that George Lax Cummins of Howden-le-Wear was the purchaser of lot 2, [8 Valley Terrace], for £65, 15 November 1894

6 June 1900 (1) Robert Snowdon of Heworth, engineer, and Reuben James Snowdon of Greenfield near Etherley, farmer (2) Thomas Elliot Snowdon of Brack's near Bishop Auckland, farmer, and John Jackson Snowdon of Heworth, farmer Attested copy, conveyance by (1) to (2) of their 2 quarter shares in the estate of Margaret Snowdon, deceased, when realised Consideration: £725 19s. each to (1)

Probate of the will, dated 10 October 1901, of Richard Brown Riley of West Auckland, retired grocer and draper, 22 July 1902

17 February 1869 (1) Joseph Grant Waugh of Hebburn Quay, joiner; James Farrage of North Shields, mariner and Mary, his wife; and Sarah Maria Waugh of North Shields, spinster (2) Thomas Brown of 96 Bedford Street, North Shields, gent. Agreement that (1) will sell to (2) a house in Graham's Yard, North Shields, adjoining on a three-foot passage leading from Church Street into Queen Street, on the north, now occupied by Robert Pereset and others, purchase excludes the privy and ashpit on the north side of the passage Consideration: £90

20 May 1884 (1) Frederick Bell Fenwick of Jarrow, gent., and John William Fenwick the younger of Ishpreining, Michigan, U.S.A., civil engineer (2) Robert Wallis of Old Ridley, Stocksfield-on-Tyne, Northumberland, gent. Transfer by (1) to (2) of a £200 mortgage secured on Mrs. Jane Jeffrey's share of property in the parish of Tynemouth, Northumberland