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Promissory note from Robert Simpson, agreeing to pay Robert Lambert £1 10s. on 11 November 1710, £4 on 20 May 1711 and £4 15s. on 1 August 1711, 14 October 1710

Certificate from Thomas Waugh, warden of the Plumber's Guild in Durham, and George Bullock, senior sergeant to the Mayor of Durham, that a marked weight has been compared with the brass town standard weight in Durham and is correct, 17 May 1722

21 February 1722/23 (1) George Bowes (2) Stephen Smith of Woodside, Ryton Agreement that (1) will grant (2) a 21 year lease of Boamer's House Farm (35 acres) at Lobley [Whickham], from 25 March 1723 (arable and pasture) and 1 May 1723 (house and meadows) Rent: £20 p.a.

25 June 1725 (1) William Conyers of Whitby, Yorkshire, mariner (2) George Bowes of Gibside, esq. Bond in £200 for the performance of an agreement, reciting that (2) has purchased 1/16 share of the ship Whitby Succession of Whitby from (1) for £90; stating that it is agreed that the vessel will be employed in the coal trade, loading only (2)'s coal in 'Newcastle River', and making at least 6 voyages per year; and that (2) will receive 1/16 of the annual profits

7 February 1725/26 (1) George Bowes of Gibside, esq. (2) David Ord of Gibside Mill, yeo. Lease for 21 years from 2 February 1726, of the newly-erected house at the end of a tenement occupied by William Bousfield, abutting on Hawdons Field on the north, and land on the north side thereof, extending from the east end of the house to the new wagonway through Cutthornes on the north and running west to the storeyard wall which (2) will fence for a garden Rent: £4 18s. p.a.

Promissory note from John Rain of Holwick, Yorkshire, and William Rain of Blackhouse to pay George Bowes £6 6s. by 11 November 1736, 25 October 1735 Includes: a note that the loan is to purchase a weaving loom from John Beedale of Kelton

Promissory note from John Bedell of Kelton, Cumberland, and John Bedell to pay to Matthew Dent £1 10s. by 11 November, 24 June 1737

Promissory note from Ralph Wild to pay [Matthew Dent] £10, 14 October 1741

Promissory note from Gilbert Todd to pay Matthew Dent £11 10s., 12 January 1741

Copy memorandum, dated 31 January 1742/43, that Richard Harding has received £100 from George Bowes and that the loan is secured on the payment of £10 annually from Harding's annuity which he receives from Bowes, n.d. [ c.1770]

Notice to Robert Storey, High Twizedale [Twizell] Farm, Chester-le-Street, that the goods and chattels listed have been destrained for the payment of £73 15s. arrears of rent, due on 12 May 1781, to Andrew Robinson Bowes, 7 September 1781

Notice to Robert Storey, High Twizedale [Twizell] Farm, Chester-le-Street, that the goods and chattels listed have been destrained for the payment of £60 11s. arrears of rent, due on 12 August 1781, to Andrew Robinson Bowes, 25 September 1781

Memorandum of agreement between George Greathead and Francis Bennett on behalf of [John Bowes, 10th] Earl of Strathmore, that Greathead will dig the ha-ha and construct the wall [at Gibside] for 12s. per rood, and lay drains in the fields and walks for 15s. per rood, 6 February 1801

Memorandum of agreement that Thomas Robson, Henry Fawcett, John Forster, Lancelot Brown and Robert Ellerington, will undertake walling for George Greathead, including winning the stones, for 5s. per rood, 9 February 1801

Ledger account of transactions between William Hutchinson and George Bowes relating to the supply of lead, 1721

Account for lodging and food for Henry Dalston, November 1724

Account from Roger Gillery to George Bowes, for expenses connected with the latter's election as M.P. for Durham, 1727

Account from Jane Hood to George Bowes for the supply of haberdashery, 4 December 1729

Account from Jane Hood to George Bowes for the supply of fabric, 8 December 1729

Account from Jane Hood to George Bowes for the supply of fabric, 8 December 1729

Account of money due to George Bowes from Messrs. Meggison & Storey for the supply of oak bark, May 1730

Account from William Atkinson to George Bowes for the supply of haberdashery, 4 November 1730

Account from William Atkinson to George Bowes for the supply of haberdashery, 4 November 1730

Ledger account of transactions between Michael Heron and George Bowes relating to the supply of coal and the provision of lodging from 18 May 1730 to 10 February 1730/31, n.d. [1731]

Note of kylo hides supplied by George Bowes from 23 July 1731 to 29 November 1731, n.d. [1731]

Account from Joseph Pattison, Newcastle, to George Bowes for joiner's work undertaken at Shield Row new barn and Gibside from 30 August to 1 November 1731, n.d. [1731]

Account of coal royalty rents paid by William Davison, 1731 - 1732

Account from John Smith to George Bowes for the supply of rope from 30 April to 17 June 1732, n.d. [1732]

Account from Charles Cooper to George Bowes for the supply of bacon, 25 July 1733

Account from William Sisson to George Bowes for the supply of ropes and cord from 29 July 1732 to 22 November 1733, n.d. [1733]

Account from Jonathan Martin to George Bowes for the supply of spurs from 25 November to 28 December 1732, n.d. [1733]

Account from George Surtees to George Bowes for the supply of goods from 9 to 29 August 1733, n.d. [1733]

Account of Elias Robson for work at Gibside, including the transport of alabaster stone 'for the bath', June 1734

Account of sums paid for postage from 23 October 1733 to 9 July 1734, n.d. [1734]

Account from Edward Lambert to [George] Bowes for the supply of confectionery, 9 July 1734

Account from W. Rowell to George Bowes for the supply of timber, 2 November 1734

Account from John Pattison and Nicholas Andrews for expenses incurred in viewing timber in Langley Lordship, 14 November 1734

Account from Thomas Willetts to George Bowes for the supply of bread and flour from 9 January 1729 to 4 September 1734, n.d. [1734]

Account from William Story to George Bowes for the supply of hair and lime from 5 October 1730 to 10 May 1734, n.d. [1734]

Account from William Wouldhave to George Bowes for the supply of hair from 29 May 1731 to 1 March 1733/34, n.d. [1734]

Account from Robert Elliot to George Bowes for farrier's work from 6 June 1732 to 15 October 1734, n.d. [1734]

Account from George Deall to George Bowes for the supply of sapling trees from 14 February 1733/34 to 28 March 1734, n.d. [1734]

Account from George Marshall to George Bowes for the supply of timber from 27 March to 20 September 1734, n.d. [1734]

Note of the use of wagons for leading and the quantities of deals supplied by Mr. Marshall between 8 and 11 April 1734, n.d. [1734]

Account from Thomas Hopper, Durham, to George Bowes for the supply of haberdashery from 11 June to 26 July 1734, n.d. [1734]

Account from John Bryan to George Bowes for the supply of fabrics from 29 June to 7 August 1734, n.d. [1734]

Account from William Forster to George Bowes for the supply of fabrics, 26 August 1735

List of joiners' and carpenters' work at Gibside, including the bath-house, John Bates' barn and stable, and Edward Jackson's new house and barn, 26 July - 13 September 1735

List of joiners' and carpenters' work undertaken at Gibside, including the bath-house, John Bates' barn and stable, and Edward Jackson's new house and barn, 26 July - 29 September 1735

Accounts from Stephen Chambers to George Bowes for the supply of iron work, 8 November 1735

List of joiners' work undertaken at Gibside, Edward Jackson's house at Marley Hill, Hollingside, George Swan's barn and byre, John Bates' barn and stable, Procter's house and Trumble's new house, 29 September - 11 November 1735 D/X 1493/51A has corrected calculations

Account from Joseph Mills to George Bowes for gatekeeping duties from 25 March 1728 to 15 November 1735, n.d. [1735]

Account from Joseph Button to George Bowes for bookbinding and the supply of paper, quills and wax from 3 April 1731 to 7 March 1734/35, n.d. [1735]

Accounts from Andrew Dick to George Bowes for various items supplied for Lady Bowes and 'Miss Peggy Bowes' [Margaret Bowes, sister of George], and their transport costs, from 6 August 1733 to 10 October 1735, n.d. [1735]

Account from Robert Smith to George Bowes for the supply of sugar, spices and fabrics from 11 June 1734 to 26 August 1735, n.d. [1735]

Account from Thomas Emmerson to George Bowes for dressing wigs from 13 June 1734 to 14 January 1734/35, n.d. [1735]

Account from Timothy Forster to George Bowes for the supply of medicinal preparations from 3 July to 29 August 1735, n.d. [1735]

Account from Thomas Hopper to George Bowes for the supply of haberdashery from 26 August to 8 September 1735, n.d. [1735]

Account from Thomas Dunn, Durham, to George Bowes for the supply of fabrics and haberdashery, n.d. [ c.1735]

Account of Thomas Swift for expenses 'when Master went down the Water with the Duke of Cleveland', 8 September 1736

Account from Harold Healey for travelling expenses, 23 September 1736

Account from Joseph Walton, Gateshead, to George Bowes for the supply of candles, 25 September 1736

Account from William Ellison, Newcastle upon Tyne, to George Bowes for the supply of groceries, 17 November 1736

Receipt for tallow supplied by George Bowes, 26 November 1736

Account from George Blenkinsopp & Co. to George Bowes for the supply of nails, 6 December 1736

Account from Thomas March, Durham, to George Bowes for the supply of candles, 3 [ no month] 1736

Account from Joseph Button to George Bowes for the supply of stationery from 6 September 1734 to 2 December 1735, n.d. [1736]

Account from Daniel Hodgson to George Bowes for the supply of kitchenware from 14 May 1735 to 7 February 1735/36, n.d. [1736]

Account from William Ellison, Newcastle upon Tyne, to George Bowes, for the supply of tea from 15 December 1735 to 26 June 1736, n.d. [1736]

Account of work undertaken at the staith [on the River Tyne] belonging to George Bowes, from 31 December 1735 to 28 January 1735/36, n.d. [1736]

Account from Peter Blenkinsop to George Bowes for the supply of horse feed from 25 June to 6 July 1736, n.d. [1736]

Account from Joseph Walton to George Bowes for the supply of starch, candles, boxes, tallow, twine and paper from 18 September to 25 November 1736, n.d. [1736]

Account of expenses incurred at Sunderland, 4 January 1736/37

Receipt from Thomas [ ] to George Bowes for 13s.4d., 9 January 1736/37

Account from John Frith to George Bowes for expenses incurred at Sunderland in connection with the hounds, 9 January 1736/37

Receipt for tallow supplied by George Bowes to Joseph Walton, 26 February 1736/37

Account from Benjamin Ord to George Bowes for haberdashery and fabrics, 14 October 1737

Note of payments for straw required by Robert Whitfield for thatching, from 19 September 1735 to 17 November 1737, n.d. [1737]

Account from William Ellison, Newcastle upon Tyne, to George Bowes for the supply of coffee, 3 December 1737

Account from James Atkinson, Newcastle upon Tyne, to William Leaton, Gibside, for the supply of brandy, 22 December 1737

Account from Robert Whitfield for thatching from 1735 to 1737, n.d. [1737]

Accounts for thatching by Robert Whitfield and others, 1737

Account from Timothy Forster to George Bowes for the supply of medicinal preparations, from 11 December 1735 to 1 November 1736, n.d. [1737]

Note of work undertaken at Sunderland by John Dent and John Furth from 1736 to 1737, n.d. [1737]

Account from John Bulman to George Bowes for the supply and repair of boots from 10 May 1736 to 8 January 1737, n.d. [1737]

Account from James Skeene to George Bowes for the supply of kitchenware from 15 May to 6 November 1736, n.d. [1737]

Accounts from Thomas Dunn, Durham, to George Bowes for the supply of tea, haberdashery and fabrics from 9 July 1736 to 26 March 1737, n.d. [1737]

Account from Cuthbert Ogle to George Bowes for the supply of groceries from 18 August to 9 December 1736, n.d. [1737]

Account from Joseph Walton to George Bowes for the supply of candles from 26 November to 8 December 1736, n.d. [1737]

Account from Jo. Thompson, Flesh Market, Newcastle upon Tyne, to [George] Bowes for the supply of hosiery from 11 December 1736 to 18 November 1737, n.d. [1737]

Account to George Bowes for the supply of grain from 17 January to 25 January 1736/37, n.d. [1737]

Account from William Ellison, Newcastle upon Tyne, to William Leaton for the supply of tobacco, 14 January 1737/38

Account of sums owed to tenants, 12 April 1738

Account of sums owed to tenants [from 12 April to] 24 May 1738, n.d. [1738]

Account of sums owed to tenants from 24 May to 5 July 1738, n.d. [1738]

Account of sums owed to tenants [from 5 July to] 16 August 1738, n.d. [1738]

Account of sums owed to tenants [from 16 August to] 27 September 1738, n.d. [1738]

List of receipts and payments for household items, from pre -3 August to 5 August 1738, n.d. [1738]

Account of sums owed to tenants, [27 September to] 13 December 1738

Account from Isaac Cookson to George Bowes for repairing cutlery and metalwork from 27 November 1736 to 27 October 1737, n.d. [1738]

Account from Benjamin Wilson to George Bowes for the supply of haberdashery and clothing from 10 September 1736 to 24 December 1737, n.d. [1738]

Account from James Fleming to George Bowes for the supply of stationery 'used at the Staith' from 8 January 1736/37 to 20 December 1737, n.d. [1738]

Account from Stephen Arrowsmith to George Bowes for the supply of saddlery from 13 January 1736/37 to 7 January 1737/38, n.d. [1738]

Account from Robert Lax to [George] Bowes for blacksmith's work from 4 July 1737 to 14 January 1737/38, n.d. [1738]

Account [from Abraham Hilton, Durham] to George Bowes for tailoring, 9 May 1739

Account from Francis Armstrong to George Bowes for the supply of cloth, 25 September 1739

Account from Thomas Dunn, Durham, to George Bowes for the supply of swanskin, gloves, green tea, a hunting cap and hosiery, from 27 February 1738/39 to 22 September 1739, n.d. [1739]

Account from Peter Blenkinsop to George Bowes for the supply of grain from 9 October 1739 to 28 June 1740, n.d. [June 1740]

Account [from Peter Blenkinsop] to George Bowes for the supply of grain from 1 July to 13 August 1740, n.d. [August 1740]

Account from Matthew Dent to George Bowes for the supply and transport of timber for Wemmergill, Yorkshire, 1740

Notes of expenditure on gatekeeping, n.d. [c. 1740]; and expenditure on work undertaken on William Middlemass' house and byre, n.d. [ c.1740]

Note of payments to William Horn, Middleton [in-Teesdale] and Henry Hutchinson, Romaldkirk, Yorkshire, for the supply of ironwork at Wemmergill, Yorkshire, n.d. [ c.1740]

Account from Arthur Blackhall to George Bowes for the purchase and transport of cider, 12 May 1742

Notes of George Bowes' transactions with Ralph Harding senior and junior, from 31 December 1738 to 4 August 1742, n.d. [1742]

Notes of George Bowes' transactions with Richard Harding, from 13 January 1738/39 to 1 September 1742, n.d. [1742]

Accounts of expenditure on food and household items for Gibside Hall, from 4 January 1741/42 to 5 February 1742/43, n.d. [1743]

Note of grain supplied by Thomas Youngs, 18 May 1745

Account from Thomas Young to Thomas Richardson for blacksmith's work, 1745

Note of wood cut, including cutting Cockram's Wood, for George Bowes, 27 June 1746

Note of payments to Thomas Young for blacksmith's services and sums owed by him, 1744 - 1746

Note of stone cut by Thomas Hope for building work at Gibside, including 'the new Necessary House, the Channell at low end of Great Slope', 27 May 1747 (1 paper)

Note of sums owed by tenants and others, May 1748

Account from Thomas Young to Thomas Richardson from 19 January 1747/48 to 20 February 1748/49, n.d. [1749]

Rate assessment at 4s. in the pound on property in Whickham parish, 1749

Part of a page from an account book showing sums payable by Ralph Fetherston, 5 January - 22 January 1749/50

Account from Thomas Hutchinson to George Bowes for cloth, canvas and tape, 16 May 1750

Note of money owed on account of admittances to the manor of Cotherstone, Yorkshire, 1750

Account from Thomas Young to Thomas Richardson for blacksmith's work, 1750

Account from Nicholas Burdon to George Bowes for legal services, n.d. [c. 1750]

Note of the costs and specification for slating a roof at Gibside, n.d. [c. 1750]

Accounts of household expenditure for Gibside Hall, from 9 January to 12 January 1750/51, n.d. [1751]

Accounts of household expenditure for Gibside Hall, from 14 January to 9 February 1750/51, n.d. [1751]

Accounts of household expenditure for Gibside Hall, from 11 to 16 February 1750/51, n.d. [1751]

Account of blacksmith's work undertaken by Thomas Young for Thomas Richardson, from 13 March 1749/50 to 24 November 1751, n.d. [1751]

Note of debts owed by Edward Chaloner, Francis Smart and John Yarborough to George Bowes, from 9 September 1734 to 28 December 1752, n.d. [1753]

List of general estate payments, from 1 February to 6 March 1752/53, n.d. [1753]

Notes of quantities of rye and wheat supplied from 9 October 1752 to 5 March 1753, and note of labourers' wages from 22 December 1752 to 12 January 1753, n.d. [1753]

Note of expenses incurred in travelling to St. Paul's Walden, Hertfordshire, 12 December 1757

Account of general receipts and payments, from pre -3 July - 13 July 1758, n.d. [1758]

Account of Alexander Clark to Mr. Blenkinsop for repairs to coaches and harness, 1 August 1758

Note of payments on shares in the White Herring Fishery, from 19 June 1750 to 16 March 1759, n.d. [1759]

Account from William Maddison to William Scott for legal services from 21 January 1759 - 19 May 1759, May 1759

Note of payments to Widow Wild for limestone, 1759

Ledger accounts of the churchwardens of Whickham parish with George Bowes, from 31 December 1755 to 8 April 1760, n.d. [1760]

Account of blacksmith's work undertaken by Thomas Young for Thomas Richardson, from 19 January 1748/49 to 17 May 1760, n.d. [1760]

Note of accounts with the churchwardens of Whickham parish, from 1755 to 1760, n.d. [1760]

Account from Joseph Palliser for 'Making the Espalliards [espaliers] in New Garden', n.d. [ c.1760]

Ledger account of [? banking] transactions between John Lodge and George Bowes, from 31 December 1726 to 1763, n.d. [1763]

Letter from Thomas Shirley, Streatlam, to Mr. Burton, concerning the accuracy of weights used in weighing pigs of lead, 21 May 1722

Letter from W. Dalston, Sedbergh, Yorkshire, to Mr. Tully, Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant, asking for the money 'which my Father hath mentioned in one of his Letters to you', 15 July 1724

Letter from Mary Wilde, Mrs. Bowes' 'old, careful and industrious Tenant', to Mrs. [Mary] Bowes, Gibside, asking to meet the latter in order to lay her case before her, n.d. [1740s]

Letter from J. Baker, Fellside, [Whickham] to Mr. Stephenson, Gibside, requesting that an advance of £2 2s. should be made to John Maughan since he 'has met with some troubles this morning', n.d. [ c.1750]

Copy letter [from Richard Stephenson, Gibside ?] to Captain Stephenson concerning the sending of John Perkins to sea as soon as possible, n.d. [ c.1750]

Letter from Thomas Perkins, Rokeby Park, Yorkshire, to John Perkins, his nephew, requesting him to make arrangements with his tutors to visit Rokeby, 23 August 1757

Letter from Thomas Perkins, Rokeby Park, Yorkshire, to Thomas Taylor, Marley Hill, [Whickham] schoolmaster, asking whether his nephew, John Perkins, could be allowed to visit Rokeby to see Elizabeth Nicholson, John Perkins' aunt; and that Taylor speak to Mr. Bowes 'that no disgust may be giving for his coming over', 23 August 1757

Letter from M[ary] Bowes, Grosvenor Square, London, to Mr. Stephenson, Gibside, concerning cloth for servants' liveries and the forwarding of John Nash's receipts, 15 December 1757

Letter from William Hutton, Streatlam, to William Leaton, Gibside, concerning the former's tenancy of a farm, 17 August 1761

Letter from Thomas Colpitts, Streatlam Castle, [to Mrs. Mary Bowes], concerning a meeting with Mr. Rudd at Durham, about a dispute over Westwick corn tithes, 6 September 1761

Letter from William Appleby, Durham, to William Leaton, Gibside, requesting the return of the charter borrowed by the late George Bowes, 7 September 1761

Letter from Mr. Wardale, Framwellgate, Durham, concerning the expenses of proving the will of William Robson, 27 April 1763

Letter from Stephen Whisson, Trinity College, Cambridge, to [William] Leaton, Gibside, acknowledging receipt of the half year's rent due to the College and the pensions due from Gibside Rectory, 7 November 1763

Letter from Isaac Cape, Cold Kirby, Yorkshire, to Mr. Colpitts, Streatlam Castle, concerning the entering of the horse, Sylla, for races and requesting that the latter obtain Mrs. [Mary] Bowes' decision as to its future, 18 August 1764

Letter from Matthew Dent, Bowbank, [Cotherstone, Yorkshire] to Richard Stephenson, Gibside, concerning the supply of deals and fir wood from Leonard Addison to George Bowes, 9 September 1764

Incomplete letter from an unidentified writer at Gibside to Mr. Colpitts, concerning Mr. Smart's signature on a parchment, and the hope that Mrs. Bowes' signature on one part will be sufficient for the arbitrator, 4 November 1764

Letter from W[illiam] Leaton, Streatlam Castle, to [Richard] Stephenson, Gibside, concerning the binding of Abraham Laverick's and William Pickering's [pit] men for the coming year, [19 September 1765]

Letter from W[illiam] Leaton, Streatlam Castle, to [Richard] Stephenson, notifying him that Mrs. [Mary] Bowes will be at Gibside on Tuesday and asking for a clean shirt, stock and handkerchief to be sent from Gibside, 22 September 1765

Letter from Nicholas Walton and Thomas Shafto, Dunston, to William Leaton or Richard Stephenson, Gibside, noting that the J.P.s will go to Bryan's Leap tomorrow, with two troops of light horse, to set the Pontop and Mr. Ridley's wagonways to work, and that various local gentlemen will attend with six horsemen each without weapons, n.d. [22 September 1765]

Incomplete letter [from Richard Stephenson to William Leaton] noting that there were problems over binding the pitmen at Marley Hill Colliery and that a number of local gentlemen with two troops of light horsemen 'went to Bryan's Leap in order to set Pontop Wagonway and Mr. Ridley's to Work ... but its not unlikely that the Pittmen will stop them tomorrow', [September 1765]

Copy of letter, dated 21 September 1765, from Thomas Shafto and Nicholas Walton, Newcastle upon Tyne, to [William] Leaton or [Richard] Stephenson, concerning a general agreement over binding pitmen in which no pitmen should receive more than 1s. on binding, the repair of the South Moor and Tanfield Moor, Pontop and Mr. Ridley's wagonways, and the use of the military to protect the wagonways, 1765

Letter from Thomas Greenwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, to William Stephenson, Gibside, concerning the supply of candles and the non-payment of his bill, 29 May 1779

Letter from Thomas Yelloley, Newcastle upon Tyne, to A[ndrew] Robinson Bowes, Gibside, concerning the non-payment of the accounts of the Countess of Strathmore, and those of the addressee, with the executors of George Weatherley of Gateshead, and requesting immediate payment, 31 October 1780

Letter from John Craggs, Hilton, to John [Bowes, 10th] Earl of Strathmore, Gibside, offering to rent a cowstand for £90 p.a., 20 December 1800

'The Plan of our intended Red Chamber and Dressing Room' at Gibside, n.d. [ c.1760] Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48]

Plan of an unidentified building, n.d. [c.1760] Scale: 1 inch to 5 feet [1:60]

Copy letter, dated 23 June 1760, from James Paine, Cavendish Bridge, London, to George Bowes, concerning the plans and section of the mausoleum, glass frames for the drawing room and paper ornaments for the coving [of the drawing room ?], n.d. [1760]

Draft letter from an unidentified writer [to James Paine ?] concerning the size, shape and location of air holes [in Gibside Chapel ?] n.d. [ c.1761]

Copy of part of a letter, dated 24 April 1761, from an unidentified writer to James Paine concerning the insertion of windows or air holes into the vault of Gibside Chapel, n.d. [1761]

Copy letter, dated 5 May 1761, from an unidentified writer to James Paine, concerning the air holes in the chapel dome and the need for the remainder of the drawings of the chapel which could be sent by sea, on the Mary, with Captain Ball, n.d. [1761]

'Plan of the Drawing Room at Gibside', n.d. [c.1761] Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48]

Account from John Humble to the executors of George Bowes for wood delivered to Blaydon on 28 August 1756, n.d. [1760]

Statement of the cost of winning and leading stone for, and the construction of, a wall 'for the pheasants', n.d. [ c.1760]

Ledger account of transactions between Mrs. [Mary] Bowes and Nicholas Taylor relating to the rent of Streatlam Lodge Farm and agricultural supplies, n.d. [1760]

Note of sums received 'of B.F. at the dividend day', from 28 January 1757/58 to 16 December 1761, n.d. [1761]

Account of Edward Hall for the supply of grain, 1762

Note of sums owed or owing, from 1748 to 1762, n.d. [1762]

List of sums for 'Mrs. Bowes Carriage', 22 October 1763

Ledger account of John Leaton, as receiver appointed by the Court of Chancery, for the rents of part of Hylton Manor recently sold to Mrs. Bowes, 12 May 1763 - 13 November 1764

Account (part only) from John Wilson to Miss Bowes, Lonton, Yorkshire, for the supply of nails and ironwork, December 1764

Account from Mr. Bell for the supply and transport of Cumberland stone slates in June 1764, 1764

List of names and numbers, entitled, 'Mrs. Bowes Carriage', 1764

Accounts for pantiles, slates, lead and timber used for repairing the roof at Gibside, 1764

Ledger account of transactions between Abraham Laverick and Richard Stephenson relating to the supply of oil and candles from 8 December 1762 to 23 December 1763, n.d. [1764]

Account [of Abraham Laverick] for the supply of candles and oil from 8 December 1762 to 23 December 1763, n.d. [1764]

Account from Abraham Laver[ic]k of candles supplied from 8 December 1762 to 23 December 1763, n.d. [1764]

Note of sum owing on interest payments on £200, 19 May 1765

Ledger account of the churchwardens of Whickham parish with Mrs. [Mary] Bowes, from 25 March to 13 June 1768, n.d. [1768]

Account from Messrs. Atkinson & Bell, Newcastle, to [John, 9th] Earl of Strathmore for the supply of groceries, 16 March 1770

Note of sums owed to Thomas Young for sharpening, from 7 June to 2 August n.y. [ c.1770]

Note of sums owed [possibly to tenants], from 3 June to 16 December n.y. [ c.1770]

Account of the costs of thatching a house with straw, n.d. [c.1770]

Notes of costs of slating and rough-casting at Gibside and Marley Hill, n.y. [ c.1770]

Notes of the losses and gains derived from participation in whaling with the Resolution, n.d. [c.1770]

Receipted account from Messrs. Jordan & Scott to [Mary Eleanor] Countess of Strathmore for the supply of fabric and haberdashery from 2 July 1770 to 22 March 1771, 27 March 1771

Account from the executors of George Weatherby, Gateshead, to [Mary Eleanor] Countess of Strathmore for the supply of haberdashery, 9 March 1776

Account from John Jobling to A[ndrew] R[obinson] Bowes for grazing a colt at Houghton Park, 1776

Account from the executors of George Weatherby, Gateshead, to A[ndrew] R[obinson] Bowes for the supply of haberdashery, 20 October 1777

Part of an account [to Andrew Robinson Bowes] for the supply of fabrics and haberdashery, n.d. [1777]

Account from Christopher Harrison to Andrew Robinson Bowes for valuing timber at Stocksfield, Northumberland, 19 November 1778

Account for the supply of yeast to Gibside from 12 February to 18 July 1778, n.d. [1778]

Receipts for sums expended by Roger Hills on Coke Pike Hall, from 8 February to 29 June 1779, n.d. [1779]

Account of rents due from tenants 'unconnected with the waggons', 11 November 1779

Account of rents due on 12 May 1779 and received between 29 July and 6 December 1779, n.d. [1779]

Ledger account of Widow Sharp with A[ndrew] R[obinson] Bowes, from 31 December 1778 to 31 December 1779, n.d. [1779]

List of rent arrears, 1779

Account from Henry Horslip to Mr. Bowes for felling oak trees and chopping the bark, n.d. Attached: a list of payments on account to H[enry] Horsley and payments for chopping bark from 3 November 1778 to 16 April 1779, n.d. [1779]

Account from J. Smales to Andrew Robinson Bowes for ballast, 27 March 1780

List of sums due on 1 May 1780 to tenants of Andrew Robinson Bowes for the use of wagons, n.d. [1780]

Ledger account of transactions between A[ndrew] R[obinson] Bowes and Ralph Wallace relating to rent and agricultural supplies from 31 December 1778 to 31 December 1779, n.d. [1780]

List of rent arrears owed to Andrew Robinson Bowes, n.d. [c.1780]

Account of general receipts and payments, pre-17 July - 29 July, n.y. [ c.1780] This item is a loose page from an account book

Valuation of lot 2 of timber in Snipes Dean, Gibside, 8 December 1794

Bill for mowing grass at Gibside and Holmside, n.d. [c.1800]

Notebook listing goods ordered on behalf of [Mary Eleanor] Countess of Strathmore from Jonathan Hilton, grocer; Mr. Lisle, perfumer; Mr. Bilton, breeches-maker; Mr. Alder, cheese and bacon monger; Mr. Angus, coachmaker; James Walker, chemist; Mr. Miller, stationer; Mr. Wright, butcher; Mr. Wilkinson, tinner; Mr. Andrews, chandler; Mr. Harvey, raff merchant; Alexander Reed, china merchant; Thomas Smith, roper; Mr. Leadbitter, saddler; Isaac Cookson, ironmonger; Messrs. Hood & Wrench, ropers; Messrs. Gibson & Forster, haberdashers; Messrs. Emmerson & Waugh, grain merchants; Joseph Brown, hatter; John Henderson, cooper; and Messrs. Johnson & Bates, spirit dealers, 16 October 1804 - 20 September 1805

Invoice from Percival Fenwick to [John Bowes, 10th] Earl of Strathmore for legal business, October 1810

Account of expenditure on the chapel from 30 November 1812 to 27 February 1813, n.d. [1813]

Account for one year's certain rent and ground disturbance owed by [Thomas Liddell, 1st] Lord Ravensworth to the trustees of the late [John Bowes, 10th] Earl of Strathmore, 22 November 1824

Invoice from William & G. Handcock to John Bowes for the supply of timber, from 1 February to 21 March 1840, n.d. [1840]

Account from William & G. Handcock to John Bowes for the supply of timber, 21 March 1840

Invoice from William & G. Handcock to John Bowes for the supply of timber from 31 July to 31 August 1840, n.d. [1840]

Invoice from William Mountain & Sons, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, wire weavers, to John Bowes for the supply of iron wire, 19 September 1840

Receipted invoice from James Twedell, Newcastle upon Tyne, to John Bowes for the supply of meat for rent day meals, 7 November 1840

Receipt from Percival Forster to John Bowes for the payment of the bishop's rents at Hedley Hall, [Hedley] 11 November 1840

Receipt from Percival Forster to John Bowes for the payment of the bishop's rents at Winlaton, 11 November 1840

Receipt from Percival Forster to John Bowes for the payment of the bishop's rents on Lidden Field, 11 November 1840

Receipt from Percival Forster to John Bowes for the payment of the bishop's rents on Lanchester Common, 11 November 1840

Receipted invoice from William Hyman & Co., Gateshead, to John Bowes for the supply of a metal pot, 21 November 1840

Receipted invoice from G. Murray, Chester Tilery [Chester-le-Street], to John Bowes for the supply of tiles, 3 December 1840

Invoice from John Wilson, Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, ironmonger, to John Bowes for the supply of ironmongery, brassware and gun caps, from 6 December 1839 to 19 December 1840, n.d. [1840]

Invoice from William & G. Handcock to John Bowes for work undertaken at Byer Moor West farm, 22 December 1840

Invoice from Ralph Arkless, Burnopfield, to John Bowes for the supply of nails, 31 December 1840

Invoice from Thomas Brown to John Bowes for poor rates, 4 January 1841

Receipted invoice from J[ohn] R. Akenhead, Newcastle upon Tyne, to J[ohn] Bowes for the supply of stationery, 9 January 1841

Receipted invoice from Jonathan Robson, High Street, Gateshead, to John Bowes for the supply of candles and greaves, 13 January 1841

Receipted invoice from John Halbert, Gateshead, to John Bowes for the supply of wine corks, 16 January 1841

Invoice from William & G. Handcock to John Bowes for the supply of timber from 21 to 30 January 1841, n.d. [1841]

Receipted invoice from John Halbert, Gateshead, to John Bowes for the supply of wine corks, 23 January 1841

Receipt from Ralph Arkless to John Bowes for the payment for nails, 23 January 1841

Receipted invoice from J.H. Cant, Sandhill, Newcastle upon Tyne, grocer and tea dealer, to John Bowes, Gibside, for the supply of groceries, 23 January 1841

Receipt from John Wilson, Newcastle upon Tyne, to John Bowes for goods or services, 23 January 1841

Receipt from Thomas Brown, overseer for Whickham parish, to John Bowes for the payment of poor rates, 26 January 1841

Receipt from Thomas Walker to John Bowes for the payment of a quarter year's salary, 28 January 1841

Account from William Coupland to John Bowes for the supply of candles and besoms, 28 January 1841

Receipted invoice from John Hall to John Bowes for building a byre at Cutthorne's farm [Whickham], 30 January 1841

Receipted invoice from John Hall to John Bowes for building work at Hollingside, including 'clearing out the Old Castle', 30 January 1841

Receipted invoice from William Boyd to John Bowes for leading coal, 30 January 1841

Receipt from Elizabeth Elliott to John Bowes for the payment of a gratuity, 30 January 1841

Receipt from John Hall to John Bowes for the payment for the building of a hovel, stables and fold wall at Hollingside, 30 January 1841

Receipted invoice from Luke Turnbull, Park Head Farm, to John Bowes for payments for repairs, 3 February 1841

Receipted invoice from William & G. Handcock to John Bowes for the supply of timber, 11 February 1841

Receipt from John Green to John Bowes for the payment for corf rods, 11 February 1841

Receipted invoice from Thomas Robson, High Street, Gateshead, saddler, to John Bowes for the supply of belts, straps and a whip, 13 February 1841

Receipted invoice from John Hall to John Bowes for winning stones for Gibside and for repairs to farms, 18 February 1841

Receipted invoice from John Makepeace and John Kay to John Bowes for working coal, 19 February 1841

Account from William Coupland to John Bowes for the supply of 'sevills', 20 February 1841

Receipted invoice from Messrs. Clayton & Armstrong, Skinner's Burn, Newcastle, to John Bowes, Gibside, for the supply of timber for Gibside Hall, 22 February 1841

Receipted invoice from William Boyd to John Bowes for leading coals, 27 February 1841

Receipted invoice from William Revely & Co., Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, grocers and tea dealers, to John Bowes for the supply of gunpowder and shot, 27 February 1841

Receipt from William Morton to John Bowes for the payment for labour in Gibside gardens, 27 February 1841

Receipt from John & Robert Elliott, Newcastle upon Tyne, to John Bowes for the payment of an account, 27 February 1841

Receipt from Elizabeth Elliott to John Bowes for the payment of a gratuity, 28 February 1841

Account from William Coupland to John Bowes for the supply of candles, 6 March 1841

Receipt from John Gray, churchwarden, to John Bowes for the payment of a church rate, 9 March 1841

Receipt from Henry Angus, poor rate collector for Winlaton parish, to John Bowes for the payment of poor rates, 11 March 1841

Receipted invoice from Messrs. Porter & Arkless to John Bowes for the supply of corf rods, 12 March 1841

Receipt from Rev. Robert Green, Newcastle upon Tyne, to John Bowes for a donation towards two stained-glass windows in All Saints' church, Newcastle upon Tyne, 13 March 1841

Receipted invoice from T. & J. Hodgson, Newcastle Chronicle , to John Bowes for advertising properties to let, 13 March 1841

Receipted invoice from Henry Smith, Gateshead, to John Bowes for the supply of cheese and ham, 13 March 1841

Receipted invoice from Robert Stott, highway surveyor for Tanfield township, to John Bowes for the payment of highway rates, 17 March 1841

Receipt from Robert Stott, poor rate collector for Woodlands parish, to John Bowes for the payment of poor rates, 17 March 1841

Receipt from Robert Stott, poor rate collector for Woodlands parish, to John Bowes for the payment of poor rates, 17 March 1841

Receipt from Robert Pyle to John Bowes for the payment for blacksmith's work, 18 March 1841

Receipted invoice from William Wren to John Bowes for the payment of the Lamesley poor rate, 18 March 1841

Receipt from R. Martinson, treasurer of Newcastle upon Tyne Infirmary, to John Bowes for the payment of a subscription to the Infirmary, 20 March 1841

Receipt from John Watson, land tax collector for Hedley division, to John Bowes for the payment of land tax, 20 March 1841

Receipt from John Green to John Bowes for the payment for cutting corf rods, 25 March 1841

Receipt from William Wood, Newcastle upon Tyne Fire Office, to John Bowes for the payment of an insurance premium, 25 March 1841

Receipted invoice from John Watson, on behalf of the highway surveyors for Hedley division, to John Bowes for highway rates, 25 March 1841

Receipted invoice from William Boyd to John Bowes for leading coals, 31 March 1841

Receipted invoice from William Cawthorn to John Bowes for tiles delivered to Shield Row, 31 March 1841

Receipted invoice from William Cawthorn to John Bowes for the supply of bricks and tiles, 31 March 1841

Receipt from Elizabeth Elliott for the payment by John Bowes of a gratuity, 31 March 1841

Receipted invoice from Robert Watson, High Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, plumber, coppersmith and brass founder, to John Bowes, Gibside, for the supply of zinc, lead, copper and brass items and the repair of locks, cisterns and a syringe, 10 April 1841

Receipted invoice from Ralph Arkless, Burnopfield, to John Bowes for the supply of nails, 10 April 1841

Receipt from Rev. Henry Douglas, rector of Whickham, to John Bowes for the payment of Easter offerings, 13 April 1841

Receipted invoice from Rev. Henry Douglas [rector of Whickham] to John Bowes for the payment of tithe moduses, 13 April 1841

Receipt from Thomas Walker to John Bowes for the payment of a quarter year's salary, 14 April 1841

Receipted invoice from John Green to John Bowes for cutting and transporting hazel rods, 15 April 1841

Receipted invoice from Joseph Ramshaw to James Forster for repairs, 20 April 1841

Receipted invoice from The Gateshead Observer to Ralph Fenwick, Marley Hill, for advertising properties to let, 24 April 1841

Receipted invoice from James Tweddell to John Bowes for the supply of meat, 24 April 1841

Receipt for stamps, 24 April 1841

Receipt from George Wardell to John Burnop for the payment of land tax, 28 April 1841

Receipted invoice from Cuthbert Hall, Riding Barns [Whickham], to John Bowes for the supply of straw and oats, 29 April 1841

Receipted invoice from George Hutchinson, Marley Hill, to John Bowes for the supply of oats, 29 April 1841

Receipted invoice from Thomas Hutchinson, Sandy Gate [Whickham], to John Bowes for the supply of oats, 29 April 1841

Receipted invoice from John Elliott, Cutthorne [Whickham], to John Bowes for the supply of oats, 29 April 1841

Receipted invoice from Stephen Hall to John Bowes for the supply of oats, 29 April 1841

Receipted invoice from Ralph Fenwick to John Bowes for the supply of spirits, 29 April 1841

Receipt from Thomas Hutchinson to John Bowes for payment of an allowance for lime, 29 April 1841

Receipted invoice from Susan Burnip to John Bowes for leading stones to the cinder oven, 29 April [1841]

Receipted invoice from William Boyd to John Bowes for leading coals, 30 April 1841

Receipted invoice from George Errington to John Bowes for watching game, 30 April 1841

Receipt from Elizabeth Elliott to John Bowes for the payment of a gratuity, 30 April 1841

Receipted invoice from John Errington to John Bowes for watching game, 30 April 1841

Receipted invoice from Alice Maugham to John Bowes for the supply of ale, 30 April 1841

Receipted invoice from John Maugham to John Bowes for sawyer's work, 30 April 1841

Receipted invoice from Jonathan Robson, High Street, Gateshead, tallow chandler, to Mr. Copeland for the supply of candles, 1 May 184[1]

Account from Anthony Shaw to John Bowes for the supply of lime, 1 May 1841

Receipt from Rev. Henry Wardell, rector of Whickham, to John Bowes for the payment of tithe moduses, 7 May 1841

Receipt from G.H. Ramsay to John Bowes for one year's out-rent for Low Spen farm [Winlaton], 7 May 1841

Receipt from Matthew Wheatley to John Bowes for the payment of one-third of the Winlaton rent dinner, 7 May 1841

Invoice from Thomas Brown for the payment of poor rates, 17 May 1841

Receipted invoice from John Errington, and his sub-contractors, to John Bowes and Miss Ann Simpson, for weeding undertaken at the Smeales, West Thornley farm and Winlaton Burn Woods, all in Winlaton, 24 June 1841

Receipt from William Smith to John Bowes for payment of half a year's salary, as clerk to the chapel, 25 May 1841

Receipted invoice from William Cawthorn to John Bowes for the supply of tiles, 31 May 1841

Receipt from William Coupland to John Bowes for the payment of half a year's wages, 31 May 1841

Receipted invoice from John Maugham to John Bowes for sawing timber, 31 May 1841

Receipt from Elizabeth Smiles to John Bowes for the payment of board wages, 31 May 1841

Receipt from Magdalene Stokoe to John Bowes for the payment of board wages, 31 May 1841

Receipt from Elizabeth Smiles to John Bowes for the payment of half a year's wages, 31 May 1841

Receipt from Elizabeth Elliott to John Bowes for the payment of a gratuity, 30 June 1841

Receipted invoice from William Boyd to John Bowes for leading coals, 30 June 1841

Invoice from William Coupland to John Bowes for the supply of greaves for a dog, 1841

Monthly account of mason's work undertaken by John Hall and his sub-contractors, 30 January 1841

Monthly account of carpenter's work undertaken by Thomas Clement, January 1841

Monthly account of labouring work undertaken by John Maugham, January 1841

Monthly account, submitted by William Coupland, of labouring work undertaken in the gardens, January 1841

Monthly account of labouring work undertaken by George Errington and his sub-contractors, January 1841

Monthly account of joiner's work undertaken by William Smith, January 1841

Monthly account of mason's work undertaken by John Hall and his sub-contractors, 27 February 1841

Monthly account of carpenter's work undertaken by Thomas Clement, February 1841

Monthly account of labouring work undertaken by John Maugham & Co., February 1841

Monthly account, submitted by William Coupland, of labouring work undertaken in the gardens, February 1841

Monthly account of labouring work undertaken by George Errington and his sub-contractors, February 1841

Monthly account of joiner's work undertaken by William Smith, February 1841

Monthly account of mason's work undertaken by John Hall and his sub-contractors, 31 March 1841

Monthly account of carpenter's work undertaken by Thomas Clement, March 1841

Monthly account of labouring work undertaken by John Maugham & Co., March 1841

Monthly account, submitted by William Coupland, of labouring work in the gardens, March 1841

Monthly account of labouring work undertaken by George Errington and his sub-contractors, March 1841

Monthly account of joiner's work undertaken by William Smith, March 1841

Monthly account of mason's work undertaken by John Hall and his sub-contractors, 30 April 1841

Monthly account of carpenter's work undertaken by Thomas Clement, April 1841

Monthly account of labouring work undertaken by John Maugham & Co., April 1841

Monthly account, submitted by William Coupland, of labouring work in the gardens, April 1841

Monthly account of labouring work undertaken by George Errington and his sub-contractors, April 1841

Monthly account of joiner's work undertaken by William Smith, April 1841

Monthly account of women's labouring work in clearing the coach road and the walks, 31 May 1841

Monthly account of mason's work undertaken by John Hall and his sub-contractors, 31 May 1841

Monthly account of carpenter's work undertaken by Thomas Clement, May 1841

Monthly account of labouring work undertaken by John Maugham, May 1841

Monthly account, submitted by William Coupland, of labouring work in the gardens, May 1841

Monthly account of labouring work undertaken by George Errington and his sub-contractors, May 1841

Monthly account of joiner's work undertaken by William Smith, May 1841

Monthly account of labouring work undertaken by George Errington and his sub-contractors, June 1841

Monthly account of labouring work undertaken by George Errington and his sub-contractors, July 1841

Invoice from John Mather, Newcastle upon Tyne, to John Bowes for the supply of pruning equipment from 28 February to [ post 14 March] 1853, n.d. [1853]

Receipted invoice from William Smith & Partners to John Bowes for the construction of a stockyard wall at Hollingside, 24 December 1857

Note of £1,300 paid to John Bowes by John Nicholson for oak timber from Gibside, 31 December 1857

Receipt from Rev. Robert Green, Newcastle upon Tyne, to John Bowes for the payment of his annual salary as chaplain at Gibside, 23 January 1858

Receipted invoice from Charles John Pearson, Gateshead, builder and agent for Fulwell lime, to John Bowes for the supply of lime, January 1858

Invoice from John Moore, Catchgate, assistant overseer for Tanfield parish, to John Bowes for half a year's poor rate on woodland at Low Friarside Farm [Tanfield], 3 January 1881

Receipt from James Handcock & Son to John Bowes for the payment of half a year's property and income tax, 24 January 1881

Ledger account for expenditure for Winlaton Lordship, 1 May 1880 - 26 February 1881

Receipt from William V. Thompson, on behalf of the Receivers to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, to John Bowes for the payment of rent and aquittance for land at Winlaton, 25 March 1881

Receipt from James McQueen to John Bowes for the payment of one year's property and income tax, 21 March 1881

Receipt from Mrs. Walker to John Bowes for the payment of half a year's property and income tax, 31 March 1881

Receipted invoice from Caroline Humphrey to John Bowes for making the office fire, 31 March 1881

Receipt from Thomas Shotton for the payment of half a year's property and income tax, 31 March 1881

Receipt from James Robinson to John Bowes for the payment of half a year's property and income tax, 31 March 1881

Receipt from William Stokoe for John Bowes for the payment of half a year's property and income tax, 31 March 1881

Receipt from John Fenwick to John Bowes for the payment of half a year's property and income tax, [March] 1881

Receipt from the liquidators of G.H. Ramsay's estate to John Bowes for the payment of half a year's property and income tax, [March] 1881

Ledger account of income and expenditure for Winlaton Lordships for the year ending 1 May 1880, March 1881

Receipt from James Errington to John Bowes for the payment of half a year's property and income tax, [March] 1881

Receipt from Mrs. Jane Robinson to John Bowes for the payment of half a year's property and income tax, [March] 1881

Receipted invoice from Dent & Wheatley, Cauldwell, Derbyshire, seed merchants, to John Bowes, Streatlam Castle, for the supply of grass and clover seed for 'Mr. Reed's Farm, Hollinside', 29 May 1881

Receipted invoice from John Stark [to John Bowes] for farm repair work, 31 May 1881

Receipted invoice from Thomas Hedworth [to John Bowes] for farm repair work, 31 May 1881

Receipted invoice from James Joicey & Co., Tanfield Lea Colliery, Tanfield, to Mr. McLaren, West House, for the supply of drainpipes, 8 June 1881

Receipted invoice from Christopher Bell to John Bowes for Newcastle upon Tyne tolls and horse powder, post-25 June 1881

Copy correspondence between Mrs. Phyllis Grunhut, Gibside Hall, Burnopfield; W.H. Ralston [Streatlam Castle]; and Victor Grunhut, Gibside Hall, Burnopfield; concerning alleged rights of ways and trespass in the West Wood at Gibside, 28 March - 25 May 1907 and 18 August - 19 September 1909; copies made, n.d. [ c.1910]

Copy correspondence between W.H. Ralston, [Streatlam Castle]; C. McIntyre, estate bailiff [Gibside, Burnopfield]; [R] McQueen; and Superintendent [R.W.] Harnby, [Police] Superintendent's Office, Gateshead; concerning alleged rights of way and trespass in the West Wood at Gibside, 1 April - 24 December 1907, 31 July - 24 October 1908, 18 August 1909 - 10 May 1910; copies made, n.d. [ c.1910]

Letters and telegrams with associated papers, to W.H. Ralston [Streatlam Castle] from C. McIntyre, [estate bailiff] [Gibside, Burnopfield]; William E. Morant, Chief Constable, Durham Constabulary Office, Durham; R.W. Berkley, John Bowes & Partners, Marley Hill Colliery, Swalwell; Mrs. Dorothy Stobart, The Guards, Prudhoe-on-Tyne; Superintendent R.W. Harnby, Divisional [Police] Superintendent's Office, Gateshead; Thomas Davidson, Reen Lodge, Killarney, Ireland; James Cuthbertson, The Oaks, Crookgate, Burnopfield; William Armstrong, The Grange, Wingate, and Collingwood Buildings, Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; and William T. Bolam, Summerhill Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne; concerning alleged rights of way and trespass in the West Wood at Gibside, 3 April - 26 December 1907

Letters to W.H. Ralston [Streatlam Castle] from C. McIntyre, [estate bailiff], Gibside, Burnopfield, concerning alleged rights of way and trespass in the West Wood at Gibside, 1 August - 22 October 1908

Letters, with associated papers, to W.H. Ralston, Streatlam Castle, from C. McIntyre [estate bailiff], Gibside, Burnopfield; Inspector Andrew Stark, Stanley Police Office, Stanley; William T. Bolam, Summerhill Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne; 'S.S.D.', Rothbury, Northumberland; Charles Irwin, Cramlington Coal Co., Newcastle upon Tyne; Sergeant James Ellerington, Cramlington Police Station, Northumberland; William Armstrong & Sons, Collingwood Buildings, Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; Alexander Sharp, Deputy Chief Constable, Chief Constable's Office, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland; Superintendent H. Dryden, Divisional [Police] Superintendent's Office, Jarrow; Matthew Cheeseman, Chapel House, Gibside, Burnopfield; E.V. Stocks, Librarian, University Library, Palace Green, Durham; M. Cuthbertson, The Oaks, Crookgate, Burnopfield; and J.A. Brusley, Wilsons, Ornsby & Cadle, North Bailey, Durham, solicitors, concerning alleged rights of way and trespass in the West Wood at Gibside, 23 August - 30 December 1909

Letters and telegrams, with associated papers, to W.H. Ralston, Streatlam Castle, from William Armstrong & Sons, Collingwood Buildings, Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; A.W. Pitman, Castle Street, Edinburgh, Scotland; M. Cheeseman, Chapel House, Gibside [Burnopfield]; John Queen, Streatlam Castle; C. McIntyre [estate bailiff], Gibside, Burnopfield; William Johnson, Trench Hall, Ravensworth; Basil Anderton, Chief Librarian, Public Library, New Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; J.A.J. de Villiers, British Museum, London; William Crozier, County Surveyor, Shire Hall, Durham; Margaret Armstrong, Brandon; S.E. Downing, Ecclesiastical Commission, Milbank, Westminster; William Armstrong, Elmfield Lodge, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne; Seymour Bell, Summerhill Grove, Newcastle upon Tyne, land agent; L. McIntyre, Gibside, Burnopfield; Edward Cradock, Windleston Estate Office, Rushyford, Ferryhill; R.W. Berkley, Marley Hill House, Swalwell; George Symon, District Engineer, Blaydon Urban District Council; John Wigham, Byermoor Farm, Burnopfield; George T. Wilson, Durham Road, Blackhill, architect and surveyor; George Sherwood, The Pedigree Register , Strand, London, record agent; N.L. Parmeter, Towneley Estates Office, Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; Clayton & Gibson, Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, solicitors; E.V. Stocks, [Librarian, University Library, Palace Green, Durham] and 31 Old Elvet, Durham; [ ] Wall; Thomas Scott, Burnopfield; Cuthbert E. Carr, Carr Ellison Estate Office, Collingwood Buildings, Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; Samuel Rowlandson, The College, Durham; [ ] Arkless, Burnopfield; Ralph Simey, Clerk of the Peace, Shire Hall, Durham; R.H. Rew, Assistant Secretary, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, St. James's Square, London; J. Hanby Holmes, Barnard Castle, solicitor; R.W. Berkley, John Bowes & Partners, Marley Hill Colliery, Swalwell; Lindsay Jameson & Haldane, St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh, Scotland; and Victor Grunhut, Law Court Chambers, South Shields, solicitor, concerning alleged rights of way and trespass in the West Wood at Gibside, 10 February - 3 November 1910

Letters and postcard to W.H. Ralston [Streatlam Castle], from J. Hanby Holmes, Barnard Castle, solicitor, concerning alleged rights of way and trespass in the West Wood at Gibside, 25 June - 19 July 1911

'Schedule of plans returned to W.H. Ralston Esq., on 19 July 1911' in connection with the alleged rights of way and trespass in the West Wood at Gibside, 1911

Letter from A. Mundle & Son, Cathedral Buildings, Dean Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, to W.H. Ralston, Barnard Castle, with payment for half year's rent of Winlaton Lordship freestone quarries, Blaydon, 2 June 1927

Letter from A. Mundle & Son, Cathedral Buildings, Dean Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, to W.H. Ralston, Barnard Castle, with payment for half year's rent of Winlaton Lordship freestone quarries, Blaydon, December 1927

Letter from E.H. Kirkup, St. Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle upon Tyne, agent, to R. McQueen, Garden House, Gibside, concerning the collection of Crookgate Garden rents, 12 April 1940

Copy letter [from E.H. Kirkup, St. Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle upon Tyne, agent] to R. McQueen, Garden House, Gibside, concerning weekly statements of pit wood made and rabbits killed and sold, 11 September 1940

Statements of the acreage of wheat and oats grown on farms in Bolam township in 1718, n.d. [1719] Gives names of farmers

Statement of debts due to Matthew Dent between 31 May 1740 and 15 September 1741, n.d. [August 1742] With a note that the statement was taken from his pocket book at Gibside

List of those taking stints on Goodshields Haugh [Whickham] in 1745

Photocopies of pages from a wine book for Gibside: lists of wine in the cellars and new deliveries, 2 June 1744 - 6 February 1745/46; details of consumption, 23 May 1744 - 2 July 1746; details of consumption, 30 July - 30 December 1746

Photocopies of papers enclosed in the Gibside wine book

Letter from Nicholas Fairles, Shields, to Mr. Hall, concerning the delivery to Mr. Marley's of 20 bushels of best Lincolnshire barley malt, 8 July 1734

'Stock of Wine Ale &c. at Gibside ... ', 24 May 1745

Details of consumption, 24 May - 8 June 1745

Details of deliveries, 1745

Details of deliveries, 18 November - 24 December 1745

Details of deliveries, 18 November 1745 - 12 January 1745/46

Details of deliveries, 31 August - 10 September 1747

Details of deliveries, 4 - 8 July n.y.

Calculation of the distance between [Whitley ?] Quarry and the west end of the Long Walk, 31 January 1758

Blank form of admittance for the manor of Cotherstone with Hunderthwaite, Yorkshire, n.d. [ c.1760]

Note showing the difference of contingency charges at pits between 1744 and 1761, n.d. [1762]

List of the possessions of Lovel Jackson, 17 April 1781

Statement of work undertaken at Brenacha and Fearnoch Farms and Brainfield Woods, Oakfield, Argyll, Scotland, between 6 June 1835 and 6 December 1835, n.d. [1836]

Analysis of expenditure on the Gibside and Hylton estates, 31 August - 31 December 1838

Summary of receipts and payments for Streatlam for 1864, n.d. [1864]

Engraving of 'North West View of Alnwick Castle, [Northumberland], n.d. [c. 1800]

Engraving of Howick Hall, Northumberland, n.d. [c.1870]

Photograph of the interior of the Banqueting House, Gibside, n.d. [c. 1900]

Photograph of a fireplace in the Banqueting House, Gibside, n.d. [c. 1900]

Postcard of the Column to British Liberty, Gibside Park, n.d. [c.1900]

Photograph of Gibside Hall from the south, looking across the Long Walk, n.d. [ c.1910]

Postcard showing Hollinside Castle [Manor], Whickham, from the south-west, n.d. [ c.1910]

Photograph of the back lane in an unidentified settlement, n.d. [c. 1910]

Photograph of an unidentified cottage with a small boy standing at an open door, n.d. [ c.1910]

Photograph of an unidentified farmhouse and barn, n.d. [c.1910]

Drawings of 'Fire Place, Banqueting Hall, Gibside Estate', 6 February 1913 Shows front elevation, horizontal section and plan No scale: [approx. 1:24]

Photographs of Hollinside Manor, Whickham, from the south, n.d. [c. 1920]

Photograph of the outer walls of Hollinside Manor, Whickham, from the north-east, n.d. [ c.1920]

Photograph of Hollinside Manor, Whickham, from the south, n.d. [c.1920]

Photograph of a window opening at Hollinside Manor, Whickham, from the interior, n.d. [ c.1920]

Photograph of the interior of part of Hollinside Manor, Whickham, n.d. [c. 1920]

Photograph of the tower of Hollinside Manor, Whickham, from the south-east, n.d. [ c.1920]

Photograph of the Chapel, Gibside, from the north-east, n.d. [c.1920]

Photograph of part of Friarside Chapel, Tanfield, showing windows, n.d. [c. 1920]

Photograph of the arms of Hardinge of Hollingside, gules, three greyhounds current or, n.d. [c.1920]

Photography of an unidentified village street of white-painted houses with pantiled roofs, n.d. [ c.1920]

Photograph of a drawing of Lang Jack's Castle, Winlaton, n.d. [c.1920]

Cutting from the Newcastle Journal with a photograph of Gibside Hall from the south, n.d. [c.1930]

Photograph of Friarside Chapel, Tanfield, from the south-east, n.d. [c. 1930]

Photograph of Friarside Chapel, Tanfield, from the south-west, n.d. [c. 1940]

Newspaper cutting from the County Newsletter , with photographs of Friarside Chapel, Rowlands Gill, and Gibside Chapel, n.d. [ c.1970]

Photograph of a drawing of Gibside Hall from the south, showing horse riders and horses preparing to pull a fallen tree, n.d.

Blank form for details of new church construction, n.d. [wm. 1819]

Leaflet advertising railway excursions to Edinburgh and other Scottish towns on 24 and 26 June 1895, 1895

Poster for a North Eastern Railway excursion train, on 2 July 1903, running from Sunderland, Gateshead and Newcastle to Featherstone Park, Coanwood, Lambley, Slaggyford, all in Northumberland, and Alston, Cumberland, June 1903

Handbill for North Eastern Railway half-day excursions, on 3 August 1904, running from Sunderland, Newcastle, Tynemouth, Heaton and Morpeth, to Morpeth, Warkworth, Chathill and Seahouses, all in Northumberland, July 1904

Cutting from an unidentified newspaper entitled 'The Owners of Gibside, 1 - The Blakistons' by Thomas Robinson, Dunston, 8 August 1925

Programme of events, organised by Blaydon Urban District Council, to mark the Festival of Britain Celebrations, August - September 1951

List of paintings displayed in an exhibition, n.d. [c.1960] Pages 1 and 2 are missing

The North Eastern Express [journal of the North Eastern Railway Association], vol. 2, no. 6, May 1962 Includes: an article on 'Waskerley - 1926'

Cutting from an unidentified newspaper [possibly the Blaydon Courier ], concerning steam locomotives preserved at Marley Hill engine shed, n.d. [ c.1970]

Stockton and Darlington Railway News, published to promote the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1975

Sale particulars for the disposal of parts of the Gibside Estate: Hedley West House Farm, Hedley Hall Farm, West Byermoor Farm, Cutthorns Farm (including the landscaped park land), Longfield House Farm, Fellside and Riding Barns Farm, Lambing Hill and Longhill Land, Oaks Wood, Vicarage Field, Sheep Hill, Low Spen Wood, Gibside Stables, Hillhead Cottage no. 1, allotments and garages in Marley Hill, and two fields, March 1976 The accompanying plan was not received

Account of the coal produced and led from Bucksnook Colliery, divided into that led by Mr. Wortley, Sir Henry Liddell and [George] Bowes, and that 'presented' by [George] Bowes and Lady Clavering, Christmas 1726 - 29 July 1730 [no.2]

Account of the coal produced and led from Bucksnook Colliery, divided into that led by Mr. Wortley, Sir Henry Liddell and [George] Bowes, and that 'presented' by [George] Bowes and Lady Clavering, Christmas 1726 - 29 July 1730 [no.22]

Miscellaneous calculations [of lengths of waggonway?] showing Lady Clavering's 3/8 proportions, 31 March - 13 September 1727 [no.3e]

Samuel Cumming's account of the new and old rails and sleepers and old wood at Beckley (Brome and Low Pits) belonging to Anthony Leaton, 6 August 1727 [no.21]

Thomas Shafto's account for labourers' work for George Bowes on the new six-berth staith at Dunston 'at the East end of Mr. Wortleys', 20 September - 29 November 1727 [no.19b]

Thomas Shafto's account of the costs incurred by George Bowes and Colonel Liddell in entertaining the 'River Jury', and Mr. Colpitts 'when he came to Line out the Statiths', 22 November and 1 December 1727 [no.19a]

Estimate by Albert Baker and Thomas Shafto for laying a waggonway from Lobley Hill to Dunston Staithes with a branch to Bow Bridge (endorsed with calculations), 6 December 1727 [no.7]

Estimate by Thomas Shafto and Albert Baker for laying a waggonway from Lobley Hill to Dunston Staithes with a branch to Bow Bridge (endorsed with calculations), 6 December 1727 [no.13]

Calculations of the costs of laying a waggonway branch to Byermoor Pit, 1727 [no.5]

Account of coal led from Bucksnook Colliery (Pickering Nook, Corner, Hopewell, Saugh, Straitneck, Stubble, Brecken, Catch and Levell Pits) by Mr. Wortley, Sir H[enry] L[iddell] and [George] Bowes, 1727-1729 [no.14]

Account of coal led from Bucksnook Colliery (divided by pits - Pickering Nook, Corner, Hopwell, Stratneck, Catch, Stuble, Saugh, Breckon, Levell, Rash and Speedwell) by Sir Henry Liddell and George Liddell, 1727-1730 [no.8]

Account of coal produced from Pickering Nook, Corner, Hopewell, Straitneck, Stubble, Saugh, Catch, Breckon, Water Level, Rush and Speedwell Pits, 1727-1730 [no.16]

Account of coal led from Bucksnook Colliery (Pickering Nook, Corner, Hopewell, Straitneck, Stubble, Saugh, Catch, Breckon, Water Level, Rush and Speedwell Pits) by George Bowes, 1727-1730 [no.17]

William Leaton's calculation of the lengths of waggonway required 'to my new Staiths' at Dunston, n.d. c.1727 [no.20]

Estimate of the lengths of waggonway from Lobley Hill (endorsed with miscellaneous calculations), n.d. c.1727 [no.3d]

Account of wood for wheels, rails, sleepers and planks supplied to George Bowes, January 1727/28 - April 1729 [no.11]

Calculations of the costs draining Beckley Pit, 20 February 1727/28 [no.6]

Valuation of colliery equipment at Biddick by J. Bullock, February 1727/28 [no.10]

Account of coal led from B[ucks] Nook Colliery (divided by pits - Pickering, Corner, Saugh, Hopewell, Straitneck, Catch, Stubble, Brecken, Lovell, Rail), 19 April 1728 - 30 July 1730 [no.4]

Calculation of the cost of constructing Beamish Waggonway, 2 June 1728 [no.18]

'An Account of the Pitts that was chosen at B[ucks] Nook to be wrought in the Walls for George Bowes Esq. and Partners'; lists Boggell Pit, The Gate Pit, Dyke Pit, Stuble Pit, Corn Pit, Brow Pit, Spring Pit, 1730 [no.3a]

List of [pits] (Strait Neck, Brecken, Wat[er] Level, Stubble, Catch), n.d. c.1730 [no.3b]

Calculation of the costs of constructing a new coal waggon by George Bowes 'according to the Measure now used on the River Tyne', n.d. c.1730 [no.15]

List of the loaded keels at Derwent [Staithes] and below [Newcastle] Bridge, 16 and 22 April 1731 [no.12]

Account of George Bowes with Henry Carr and Henry Ellison for interest on a loan and deficiency in payment of a tentale rent, n.d. c.1731-1732 [no.3c]

Account of farming equipment, draught horses, cart horses, hacks, horses belonging to William Leaton, Thomas Hall and Joseph Pallister, oxen, cows and a 'kiley slott' at Gibside, 14-15 January 1733/34 [no.1]

Letter from Joseph Harris, China Shop, Bigg Market, Newcastle, to William Stephenson, Gibside, concerning the non-payment of a bill for china supplied to George Bowes 'some time past', 8 January 1779 [no.9]

Bill from Winlaton township for rates owed by John Bowes, 31 March 1841

Bill from William Taylor for a half year's assessed taxes (window tax, horse taxes, male servants tax, dog tax, land tax), due on 5 April 1841

Bill from Jonathan Robson, tallow chandler, High Street, Gateshead, for payment for 'greases?', settled by Mr. Copeland, 1 May 1841

Bill of G.H. Ramsay, 'Derwenthaup', for bricks and tiles supplied from 26 January 1839 to 10 March 1841 (including details of the items), 7 May 1841

Receipt from Thomas Ramsay, on behalf of G.H. Ramsay, for the payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, for tiles and bricks, 7 May 1841

Receipt from Henry Angas for the payment by John Bowes of his poor rate for Winlaton parish made 31 March 1841, 3 June 1841

Receipt from William Taylor, collector, for the payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, for assessed taxes, 3 June 1841

Receipt from Charles Armstrong, on behalf of Sir Thomas Clavering, for the payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, of a year's rent for part of Fawdons Fields, due on 13 May 1841, 5 June 1841

Receipt of Mary Ann Bell for the payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, for keeping Busty Bank Gate due on 13 May 1841, 10 June 1841

Receipt from Robert Stott, collector, for the payment of John Bowes' poor rate for Woodland parish made 12 April 1841, 16 June 1841

Bill of John Hall for building a blacksmith's house and 'fence wall' at Fellside for John Bowes (including details of the work undertaken), 16 June 1841

Bill from William Wren for the payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, of the latter's land tax for Lamesley made 5 April 1841, with receipt, 16 June 1841

Request to Mr. Fenwick, Marley Hill, from William Croudace, Fellside, for £2 to be paid 'as my Wife wants to gow to New[c]astle', paid as an advance on his wages, 19 June 1841

Bill of John Errington for timber and joinery repair work at Low Spen Farm (including details of the work undertaken), 19 May 1841, with receipt for payment by Ralph Fenwick, 24 June 1841

Bill from John Errington, Garesfield, for tree-cutting and hedging work at West Thornley Farm for John Bowes and Miss Ann Simpson (including details of the work undertaken), with receipt for payment by Ralph Fenwick, 24 June 1841

Bill of William Coupland for the work of the garden labourers (Thomas Mudd, Christopher Bell, John Richardson, William Rutter, Benjamin Dixon) in June 1841 (including details of the work undertaken), with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 30 June 1841

Receipt from Elizabeth Smiles for the payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, for 3 weeks and 4 days board wages, due on 24 June 1841, 30 June 1841

Bill from John Maugham for sawing timber (including details of the work undertaken), with receipt for payment by John Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, 30 June 1841

Bill of John Maugham for the work of the woodland labourers (John Maugham, Thomas Forster) in June 1841 (including details of the work undertaken), with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 30 June 1841

Bill of Thomas Clement for carpenter's work in June 1841 (including details of the work undertaken), with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 30 June 1841

Receipt from Magdalene Stokoe for the payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, for 4 weeks board wages, due on 24 June 1841, 30 June 1841

Bill from William Smith for joinery work at Gibside Hall, Chapel, woods and farms in June 1841 including details of the work undertaken), with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 30 June 1841

Bill of John Maugham for the work of the barkwood labourers (Mary Dowson, Elizabeth Clement, Margaret Mudd, Margaret Gray, Alice Burnip, Mary Bell, Barb[a]ra Graham, Mary Maugham) in June 1841, with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 30 June 1841

Bill of John Hall for the work of the masons (John Hall, Hugh Hopes, Robert Sterling, Innis Money, Henry Mackwharton) in June 1841 (including details of the work undertaken), with receipt for payment by R. Fenwick, 30 June 1841

Receipt of Elizabeth Brown on behalf of Mrs. Stephenson, for the payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, of one half year's 'charity' due on 25 June 1841, 30 June 1841

Request to Ralph Fenwick, from T. Stephenson, Loosinghill, for her annuity to be paid to Elizabeth Brown, the bearer of the letter, 1 July 1841

Receipt from Jonathan Robson, tallow chandler, High Street, Gateshead, for payment for 'greases?', settled by Mr. Copeland, 2 July 1841

Bill from William Coupland for work and goods (including details of the items), 3 July 1841

Receipt of James Ward for the payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, for 'garden netts', 3 July 1841

Bill from Joseph Cowen, Blaydon Burn, for supplying lime in 1840 (including details), with receipt for payment on behalf of John Bowes, 8 July 1841

Bill of John Hall for re-building a 'sunk fence wall' at Gibside for John Bowes (including details of the work undertaken) in May 1841, 10 July 1841

Receipt from John Hall for the payment by Ralph Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, for a bill, 15 July 1841

Receipt of Thomas Walker for the payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, of one quarter year's salary due on 11 July 1841, 16 July 1841

Bill of William Croudace for the balance of his quarter year's wages, with receipt for the payment on behalf of John Bowes, 22 July 1841

Receipt from Thomas Brown, overseer, for the payment of John Bowes' poor rate for Whickham parish made 5 July 1841, 30 July 1841

Bill of John Maugham for woodman's work in July 1841 (including details of the work undertaken), with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 31 July 1841

Bill from John Maugham for squaring and sawing timber (including details of the work undertaken), with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, 31 July 1841

Bill of William Coupland for the work of the garden labourers (Thomas Mudd, Robert Gray, John Richardson, William Rutter, Benjamin Dixon) in July 1841 (including details of the work undertaken), with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 31 July 1841

Bill of John Hall for the work of the masons (John Hall, Hugh Hopes, William Walters, Innis Money) in July 1841 (including details of the work undertaken), with receipt for payment by R. Fenwick, 31 July 1841

Receipt of Elizabeth Elliott for the payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, of four weeks gratuity due on 31 July 1841, 31 July 1841

Receipt of William Coupland for the payment by Ralph Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, of one quarter year's salary due on 1 August 1841, 2 August 1841

Receipt of Joseph Gray, on behalf of the Owners of Dunston Staith, for payment for gate posts by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, 7 August 1841

Bill from William Smith for joinery work at Gibside Hall, Chapel and farms in July 1841 (including details of the work undertaken), with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 31 August 1841

Letter from G[ilbert] Dawson [to George Bowes], concerning obtaining counsel's opinion and other legal matters, 28 December 1728

Letter from G[ilbert] Dawson, Grays Inn [London], to George Bowes, Gibside, concerning Bowes' sisters taking the waters and his legal affairs, 24 July 1731

Letter (damaged) from G[ilbert] Dawson, [Grays Inn, London], to George Bowes, Gibside, concerning Bowes' legal affairs, 17 August 1731

Letter from G[ilbert] Dawson to George Bowes, concerning property to be mortgaged at Kelton, Holwick and Stotley and other legal matters, 19 August 1731

Letter from G[ilbert] Dawson, Grays Inn [London], to George Bowes, Gibside, concerning Bowes' legal affairs and reflecting on the vicissitudes of life, 26 August 1731

Letter from G[ilbert] Dawson to George Bowes, Gibside, concerning the obtaining of counsel's opinion on an abstract of title and other legal matters, 31 August 1731

Letter from G[ilbert] Dawson, London, to George Bowes, Gibside, concerning Bowes' legal and financial affairs, 4 September 1731

Letter from G[ilbert] Dawson, Grays Inn [London], to George Bowes, Gibside, concerning Bowes' legal affairs and noting that the 'Post Office Chargd on[e] of your last Franks', 7 September 1731

Letter [from Gilbert Dawson, London] to George Bowes, Gibside, with details of Bowes' financial affairs, a possible reference to the formation of the Grand Allies, and a possible reference to a second marriage for Bowes' ('... you are but a lazy Lover, And when you do make Love 'tis but by fits and starts'), 16 September 1731

Letter from G[ilbert] Dawson, Grays Inn [London], to George Bowes, Gibside, concerning striking pitmen ('the Cole Rebels, who it seems, threaten to rise again, and redeem their Captive Brethren ...'), 18 December 1731

Letter from G[ilbert] Dawson, Grays Inn [London], to George Bowes, Gibside, concerning Bowes' journeying ('Happy You! who thus range about the World ...'), and the coming law term, 3 June 1732

Letter from G[ilbert] Dawson, Grays Inn, [London], to George Bowes, Gibside, concerning a tour undertaken by Bowes and dealings with Mr. Parkhurst of Hanch Hall, Lichfield, 2 November 1732

Letter (damaged) from G[ilbert] Dawson [London] to George Bowes, Gibside, with details of Mrs. Dawson's depression and a reference to Col. Liddell, [5 January 1732/33]

Letter from G[ilbert] Dawson to George Bowes, Gibside, with an extract of a letter from Gil[bert] Spearman to Dawson about Bowes' wagonway along Green Law Lane; an account of Dawson's journey to London, on which he escaped highwaymen ('the Collectors on the Road'), but was accompanied by a 'Madman and some Chambermaids of Inns, disagreable enough to prevent my trangression with them'; and a note of Dawson's wife's desire to exchange a gift from Bowes, 25 September 1733

Letter from Gilbert Dawson, London, to George Bowes, Gibside, referring to Bowes' financial affairs, Peggy Bowes' 'very pretty lodgings in New Bond Street, and Mrs. Dawson's exchange of Bowes' gift, 17 November 1733

Letter from G[ilbert] Dawson, London, to George Bowes, Gibside, referring to his 'Cousin Bowes's Recovery' and Cousin Peggy [?Bowes'] dissatisfaction with his actions, 15 December 1733

Letter from G[ilbert] Dawson [London], to George Bowes, Gibside, referring to Bowes' financial affairs and Dawson's medical condition, 17 December 1734

Letter from G[ilbert] Dawson, London, to George Bowes, Gibside, with details of Bowes' financial affairs, the cold weather in London and Dawson's ill-health, 26 December 1734

Receipt for the payment by Sir William Bowes of the land tax on property at Gibside, Marley Hill, Hollinside, Fawdons Field, and 'Sir Francis Blakiston and my Lady Blakiston's Capitation', 11 May 1697

Account of John Lodge for legal bills and payments made on behalf of George Bowes, 6 October 1724 - 31 December 1725

Account of interest owed by George Bowes and legal charges owed to Gilbert Dawson, 6 October 1725 - 7 January 1725/26

Account of Joseph Smith for money expended on behalf of George Bowes, 31 January 1727/28 - 18 April 1739

Account of John Brown, as administrator of Anthony Tully deceased, for the supply of goods and services to George Bowes, 4 December 1730 - January 1731/32

List of unidentified debits and credits, 1746 - 1761

Summary of Thomas Colpitts' account with George Bowes, 31 December 1753 - 31 December 1754

Account of Jonas Bamborough and John Douglas for winning stone at Tinker Row in 1760, with note of payments, 19 July - 31 December 1760

Account for the leading of 162 fothers of stone from 'Tinckleryray Quarey [Tinker Row Quarry]' to Ravensworth, n.d. [c.1760]

Account of Jonas Bamborough and John Douglas for winning stones at Tinker Row for repairs to houses at Ravensworth and for a little house at William Pickering's in 1760, with receipt for payment by Mrs. Bowes, 13 December 1771

Account of Robert Thornborrow for the supply of sheep to Mrs. Bowes, with receipt for payment, 31 May 1766

Three month promissory note for the payment of £3 by George Allen to Hon. Thomas Lyon , 11 November 1772

Bill of charges for legal work for Mrs. Bowes undertaken by Robert Robinson since John Dixon's death, June 1764 - 6 July 1767; with receipt from Mary Robinson for the payment by Mrs. Bowes, 15 December 1772

Account of R.S. Bowes with Poole, Ringsted, Pyke and Holmes for carriages, coaches and harness, 23 April 1776 - 8 September 1777

Draft statement from Mr. Steadman concerning the accuracy of Thomas Coombe's accounts, 23 September 1800

Account of receipts and payments at Kirklevington, 15 June - 12 December 1723

List of tithe payments for Kirklevington, Low Worsall, Castle Levington, Picton and Gainford corn tithes, 1733

Receipt of Michael Mason and William Wilson for money received from John Gray on behalf of George Bowes, 11 April 1735

Receipt of William Sayer for money received from John Gray on behalf of George Bowes for poor rates, 25 April 1735

Account of John Gray for money expended and labourer's wages at Worsall and Forst [?Forcett] in April 1735 on behalf of George Bowes, 30 April 1735

Account of John Gray of payments made on behalf of George Bowes for work at Kirk Levington and Worsall, 6 May 1735

Receipt of Gabriel Hughes for money received from John Gray on behalf of George Bowes for paper, 19 June 1735

Receipt of John Stainsby for money received from John Gray on behalf of George Bowes for oats, 28 June 1735

Account of the days worked by labourers, 28 June 1735

Receipt of Anthony Laysonby for money received from John Gray on behalf of George Bowes for a year's wages, 28 June 1735

Receipt of George King for money received from John Gray on behalf of George Bowes for oats, 28 June 1735

Account of John Gray for money expended and labourer's wages at Worsall and Forst [?Forcett] in June 1735 on behalf of George Bowes, 30 June 1735

Receipt of John Parkinson for money received from John Gray on behalf of George Bowes, 16 August 1735

Account of John Gray for money expended and labourer's wages at Kirk Levington and Worsall in August 1735 on behalf of George Bowes, 31 August 1735

Account of the wages paid to corn reapers and binders at Kirklevington and High Worsall by John Gray on behalf of George Bowes, listing the names of the labourers, the number of days worked and the sums paid, 12 September 1735

Account of the expenditure and wages paid by John Gray on behalf of George Bowes, with an account of the corn grown at Kirklevington, Forcett and High Worsall, September 1735

Account of corn (wheat, oats and barley) threshed and sold from Forest Farm and Worsall, Yorkshire, with details of grain bought for seed and horse feed, 1735

Letter from H. Dalston to Anthony Tullie, merchant, Newcastle, concerning Dalston's expectation of a letter from Tullie, 30 August 1724

Letter from John Lodge, Barnard Castle, to [George Bowes], concerning Bowes' visit to Newmarket where he was 'in a fair way to be made happy with an Agreeable Lady of a great fortune', and legal matters, 9 April 1730

Letter from T. Taylor, M[?arley] Hill, to Richard Stephenson, Gibside, asking Stephenson to intercede with George Bowes on Taylor's behalf about having 'the School intirely', 28 July 1749

Letter from William Appleby, Durham to William Leaton, Gibside, noting that he has been instructed by General Lambton to travel to London secretly on business, and asking for a bill of exchange to cover money owed to him by Mrs. Bowes, 24 October 1761

Memorandum of Mr. Maynard on actions concerning the coal trade to be undertaken following a meeting, 1 July 1725

Account of Joseph Smith with George Bowes for the sale of Tanfield coal 31 December 1726 - 5 January 1727/28

Account of coals shipped from Tanfield Colliery, giving the vessels' names, port of origin and masters' names, 9 March 1726/27 - 23 December 1727 (2 copies, with slight variations)

Corrections to Joseph Smith's account of the coal shipped in 1727, giving the vessels' and masters' names, 3 April - 4 October 1727

Account of Joseph Smith for coal shipped in the colliers 'Nightingale', 'Richard and Ellen', 'Friendship', 'Noble Ann' and 'Mayflower', 5 July - 23 December 1727

28 November 1727 (1) George Bowes (2) William Gibson, John Newton and John Bell, masons Draft memorandum of agreement that (2) shall build a staith dike from the east end of the newly-built staith dike at Dunston to the staith dike at Low Dunston (specifications given) within three months and maintain it for 12 years Consideration: £18 per keel berth

28 November 1727 (1) George Bowes (2) William Gibson, John Newton and John Bell, masons Draft memorandum of agreement that (2) shall build a staith dike from the east end of the newly-built staith dike at Dunston to the staith dike at Low Dunston (specifications given) within three months and maintain it for 12 years Consideration: £18 per keel berth

Account of Joseph Smith for coal despatched from Tanfield Colliery on behalf of George Bowes, 31 December 1727 - 31 December 1728

Account of coals shipped from Tanfield Colliery, giving the vessels' names, port of origin and masters' names, 5 March 1728 - 26 March 1729

Account of Joseph Smith with George Bowes, for the purchase of coal, 28 February 1728/29 - 23 December 1730

Account of John Brown for coal loading charges, keel dues and other payments made on behalf of the administrators of Anthony Tullie, 14 October 1730 - January 1731/32

Lists of weekly coal deliveries from Tanfield Colliery, giving the name of the wagonman and the quantity of coal transported, 4 May -29 December 1731

Account of Joseph Smith with George Bowes, for the purchase of coal, 4 February 1731/32 - 30 August 1732

Account of Amos Barnes of the expenses of 'Keeping the fire Engines etc.' and 'Contingent Charges' of Heaton Colliery, 4-18 February 1740/41

Note of dimensions and gradients at Norwood Colliery, n.d. [c.1750]

23 January 1727/28 (1) Richard Swalwell of Whitby, co. York (2) George Bowes of Gibside Bond in £120 for the repayment of £60 with interest by (1) to (2) on 5 March 1727/28 Endorsed with a note that £40 was paid on 4 November 1728

3 December 1730 (1) George Bowes (2) William Barras jun., gent. Memorandum of agreement (unsigned) that (2) was to have the following fields of Collingwoods Farm - House Pasture, Holling Tree Field and East Bent Field - from 1 May 1731 for 21 years at the rent of £29 p.a.; the houses were to be repaired, a barn or stable built, old dykes were to be levelled, new hedges planted and the pond on the Bent drained at (1)'s expense; (2) was to provide horses to lead (1)'s coal waggons to the Rivers Tyne, Derwent or Team at the current rates; (1) could sink pits or lay waggonways on the property

n.d. [c.1730] (1) John Newton of Stella, gent., and Mary, his wife (2) George Bowes of Gibside, esq. Draft release (part of a lease and release) of the manor of Stocksfield Hall, the house of Stocksfield Hall, the farms in the occupations of Thomas Wilson, John Bates, [blank] Toppins, William Eltringham and Thomas Newton, a fulling mill and fishing rights in the River Tyne Consideration: £500

11 August 1737 (1) James Layton of Yarm, Yorkshire, sheriff's bailiff (2) William Sotheran of High Worsall, Yorkshire, yeo. (3) Thomas Colpitts of Streatlam, gent. Assignment from (2) to (3) of the farm at High Worsall rented by (2) from George Bowes, and (2)'s property (listed) which was in the farmhouse Consideration: £90 paid to (3) by (1) Recites that (1) had seized property of (2) in payment of a debt owed to Margaret Wrightson, widow; that George Bowes, as landlord, was owed £80 as one year's rent for the farm, which Margaret Wrightson was obliged to pay before (2)'s property was seized

6 August 1740 (1) John Barras of Whickham, gent. (2) William Leaton of Gibside, gent. Unexecuted bond in £100 for the payment of £50 and interest by (1) to (2) on 6 February 1741

2 February 1740/41 (1) Thomas Colpitts on behalf of George Bowes of Gibside, esq. (2) James Trumble of Ravensworth Memorandum of agreement that (2) shall become the tenant of Chaters Farm at Ravensworth (40 acres) (Mr. Rodgers is the joint tenant, also of 40 acres) Consideration: £20 p.a for three years; (2) is allowed annually half a keel of limestone landed at the staith dike, which he is to lead and burn at his own expense; (2) to keep two wagon horses for leading coal to the River Tyne for (1)'s coal trade

24 November 1742 (1) Thomas Stokoe of Bryans leap, Tanfield, gentleman (2) William Leaton of Gibside, gent. Draft mortgage by lease and release (lease for a year missing) of (1)'s messuage at Mordon in Sedgefield with the fields called Harperton Hill, Whinney Pasture and Little Moor, for securing the repayment of £400 before 24 May 1743

Unexecuted statement by William Leaton of Gibside, gent., that land near Coathouse in Mickleton, Yorkshire, conveyed to him by Jonathan Johnson of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, were conveyed in trust for George Bowes of Gibside, esq., that the purchase money of £235 was provided by Bowes, and that he would assign the land to Bowes at his request, 16 May 1744

Account of Nathan Horn for expenditure on lead mining at Isabell Meah Hill, 29 November 1742, with a note of money received, 31 December 1741 - 29 November 1742

Account of the costs of 'Sinking and Drifting' at Isabell-Meah-Hill lead mine for one year ending 11 November 1742

Account of the expenditure on grovewood, carriage, materials and wages at Isabell-Meah-Hill mine in 1742, with receipts for sums paid out, 29 November 1742

Account of the costs of winning lead ore at Isabell-Meah-Hill mine, with receipts from the miners for sums received, 1742

Cover sheet for Nathan Horn's lead mining accounts, 1742

Account of James Sanderson for smelt mill expenditure at Bollihope in 1747, with receipt for payment, 24 December 1747

List of tasks to be undertaken [?at Gibside] as decided by George Bowes, 22 January 1737/38

Two estimates for building a garden wall and arch at Streatlam, n.d [c.1750]

Inventory of Robert Chaytor's house and the land which he was farming [possibly in Ravensworth]; with a note of Anthony Wild's and Thomas Trumble's farms and William Grieve's ridges in Townfield all to be let, , nd. [c.1750]

List of the fields at Stocksfield Hall, Northumberland, that 'Mr. [John] Newton intends for his Waygoing Crop', listing crops and acreages, n.d. [c.1780]

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Letter from Miles Shutliff, London [to ?], with some political gossip, news of Admiral Vernon's expedition to the West Indies, and hope that the recipient will visit London, 8 December 1739

Letter from Miles Shutliff, New Round Court, London [to ?], with details of the cold weather, hopes that the receipient will visit London and dissuade Jack Cox from marrying Madam Church, and a message for Mr. Leaton, 9 February 1739/40

Letter from Miles Shutliff, London [to ?], with news of Admiral Vernon's taking of Portobello, and references to Jacky Cox, Mr. Hutton and Mr. Greives, 15 March 1739/40

Letter from Miles Shutliff, London, [to ?], Gibside, concerning travelling to London, likely death of Jack Cox, and the Coal Bill, which 'Mr. Bowes has been the most active in Indeavering to put a Stop to ...', 15 April 1740

'Consett Chronicle, Stanley and West Durham Advertiser', with articles on the Gibside right-of-way case, 20 May 1910

Cutting from 'The Teesdale Mercury', with the obituary of Thomas Forster McQueen, Chief Agent for the Strathmore Teesdale estates, 14 July 1937

Account book of Sir Francis Blakiston, listing income and expenditure relating to the Gibside Estate , 6 March 1693/94 - 5 April 1704

Print of 'Gibside, County of Durham', by T. Allom and T.A. Prior, published by Fisher, Son and Co., London 1855

Draft account of the conversion of 'Whickham Parish Moneys' from 'Hammered' coin, n.d. [c.1698]

Account of oats dried since 5 December [1709], 25 May 1710

Notes of oats dried for Lady Bowes, 20 May 1709

Account of the conversion of 'Whickham Parish Moneys' from 'Hammered' coin, n.d. [c.1698]

Account of Eli Bilton for goods supplied to Sir William Bowes, December [16]92

'Account of what meat has been got from Ralph Wild since the 8th of february' - 26 April, n.d.[c.1700]

Account of money due for ale and butter, n.d.[c.1700]

Account of sums from George Fletcher, Jane Lisle, Thomas [?Prout], Jane Hunter and Matthew Cuthbert, n.d. [c.1700]

Account of sums paid to 'Cuddy', [18 February 1702]

Memorandum concerning the rent of Hedley Hall being paid to the Bishop of Durham, n.d.[c.1700]

Account of expenditure on food and household items, 16-20 May 1702

Account of 'Malt' for the supply of bowls to Sir William Bowes for Robert Watson, 12 September 1702

Account of the conversion of 'Whickham Parish Moneys' from 'Hammered' coin, n.d. [c.1698]

Account of John Newton for lead carried from Wolsingham, 5 June 1704

Valuation of stock at Marley Hill by G. Hutton and Robert Clerk, 1701

Account for work undertaken at Well Meadow, High Marley Hill n.d. [c.1700]

Account of Joseph Kirkley for slating and flagging at Gibside and slating at Streatlam, n.d. [1700]

Account book of Gibside estate receipts and expenditure , [13 December 1752] - 31 December 1754

Note of the height of the staircase [?at Gibside], n.d. [c.1750]

Newspaper article extracted from the 'Sunday Sun', entitled 'Beauty and the brigand', concerning Mary Eleanor Bowes and Andrew Robinson Stoney, n.d. [c.1980]

Newspaper extract from the 'Gateshead Post' entitled 'Who put the Bowes into Bowes Lyons?', concerning the history of Gibside and the Bowes family, 4 June 1987

Account book of Gibside estate expenditure, 8 March 1770 - 31 December 1773; also estate rent receipts and arrears, 1770-1773, and Marley Hill colliery expenditure for 1770

'The Plans of Gibside, Hollingside, Marley Hill, Hedley etc. Estates ... belonging to John Bowes Esquire by T. Walker, October 1832.' Plans with field names and acreages for Gibside, Hollingside, Byermoor Farms, Riding Barns Farm, Sandy Gate and Fen House Farms, Marley Hill, West Marley Hill Farm, West House Farm, Hedley Town Farm, Hedley Hall Farm, Fryarside, The Low Spen, land at Lamesley, Ladon Field, land at Whickham, Whickham Lodge Farm, land at Dunston, Washing Wells Farm, White Fields, Hylton West Moor Farm, Hylton North Moor Farm, West Town Moor House Farm, North Town Moor House Farm, Hylton Red House Farm, Hylton Dean House, Hylton Park House Farm, Cow Stand Farm, Hylton Castle Farm, South Moor Farm, The High Spen Farm, The Smeals Farm, West Thornley Farm, Stamply Moss Farm, Burn Banks Farm, land at Bla[y]don, property at Winlaton, Derwenthaugh Farms, Derwenthaugh Farm, Park Head Farm, Shield Row Farms, Tanfield Moor Allotments, land at Cornsey, Pant Head Fields, Springwell and Mount Farms

Memorandum book of Matthew Cheeseman senior, Chapel House, Gibside, with details of events at Gibside: arrivals, births, marriages, departures and deaths of estate staff, 1842-1912; external visitors, 1884-1888; constructions and repairs, 1869-1875; extreme weather, 1872-1913; dates of John Bowes' visits, 1875-1885; cure for rhumatics, n.d.; poem beginning 'The warning bell now bids me cease ..., n.d.; cures for coughs from E. Cathrick and Mrs. Dennis, n.d.; notes on Rev. John Warren Clavering of Axwell Park, n.d.

Recipe book, belonging to M.L. Cheeseman, Chapel House, Gibside; with recipes for cakes, pastry, icing, sweets, jellies, fruit and vegetable preserving, lemonade (one dated 24 January 1877), salad dressing, ginger beer, sauces, gravy browning, pickles, vinegar, custard, puddings, pancakes, ginger wine, soups and furniture cleaner; some attributed to Miss Dent, Isabella Henderson, Miss Wheatley, Ellen Cathrick, A. Dent, E. Newhouse, Bell[e] Coulthard, Eliza Thompson, Mrs. Coleman, Mrs. Inckness, Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Rowlandson, Margaret Elliott, Mary Dent, n.d. [c.1860-1910]

Anonymous account of the blowing-up of part of Gibside Hall [by the Territorial Army], 'the East end having been very dangerous for a good many years now, the Owners decided it would be safer to bring it unto the bottom for safety', with a description of the effect of the blast, 21 October 1956

'A Short History of Hollinside Manor House', with a measured plan, photographs, and a coat of arms of the Harding family; also photographs of the cottage of 'Lang Jack' English and Lang Jack's monument, n.d. [c.1960]

Bill of Anthony Shaw for the supply of lime to John Bowes, 10 June - 13 September 1838

Bill of John Errington for watching game (locations given) for John Bowes, 1 July - 20 November 1838

Bill of William Coupland for the supply of candles and posting a letter for John Bowes, 5 January 1839

Bill of Messrs. Porter and Arkless for the supply of corves to John Bowes; with receipt from Benjamin Arkless, 8 January 1839

Receipt of Shipley Forster for the payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, for labour in the gardens at Gibside, 12 January 1839

Bill of Richard Grainger for the supply of tiles to John Bowes, 14 January 1839

Receipt of Thomas Unsworth, on behalf of Richard Grainger, for the payment by John Bowes, for tiles, 14 January 1839

Bill of Charles Attwood and Co., Blackwall Lime Works, for the supply of lime, 16 June 1839; with receipt from Thomas White, 16 January 1839

Bill of Thomas Brown for one quarter's poor rate for Woodland township owed by John Bowes, 17 January 1839

Bill of William Crudace for a quarter's wages and keeping dogs; with receipt for payment by Ralph Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, 18 January 1839

Receipt of Thomas Brown, overseer, for the payment of the poor rate for Whickham parish by John Bowes, 23 January 1839

Receipt of John Green for the payment by Ralph Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, for cutting corf rods, 24 January 1839

Bill of Messrs. Charles Attwood, Blackwall Lime Works, for the supply of lime to John Bowes; with receipt from T. White for payment, 24 January 1839

Bill of Messrs. Jackson and Patterson, Sheriff Hill Pottery, for the supply of garden pots; with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick on behalf of John Bowes, 24 January 1839

Bill of John Errington for watching game (locations given) 1 July - 29 December 1838; with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick on behalf of John Bowes, 25 January 1839

Receipt of Thomas Walker for the payment of one quarter's wages, by Mr. Fenwick on behalf of John Bowes, 29 January 1839

Bill of Anthony Shaw for repairs, 28 September 1838; with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick on behalf of John Bowes, 30 January 1839

Bill of William Boyd for working coal, 31 January 1839; with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick on behalf of John Bowes, 31 January 1839

Bill of John Maugham for sawing timber, 31 January 1839; with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick on behalf of John Bowes, 31 January 1839

Bill of William Wright for repairing Burnip's Byre, Fellside, 18 January 1839; with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick on behalf of John Bowes, 31 January 1839

Receipt of Elizabeth Elliott for the payment of one month's gratuity, by John Bowes, 31 January 1839

Bill of Thomas Clement for carpenter's work in January 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 31 January 1839

Receipt of Robert Cooper for the payment for labour in Gibside gardens, by John Bowes, 31 January 1839

Bill of William Coupland for the work of the garden labourers (Thomas Mudd, Shipley Forster, Robert Cooper, Benjamin Dixon) in January 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 31 January 1839

Bill for the work of the women labourers (Elizabeth Clement, Ann Graham, Hannah Bramwell, 'Henry Hall') in January 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 31 January 1839

Bill of William Smith for joiner's work in January 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 31 January 1839

Bill of Richard and John Maugham for labouring work in January 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 31 January 1839

Bill of George Errington for the work of the labourers (George Errington, William Boyd, Robert Gray, Christopher Bell, Silas Hall, William Hall) in January 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 31 January 1839

Bill of G.H. Ramsay for the supply of tiles and bricks to John Bowes, 27 February 1835 - 20 March 1838; with receipt from Robert Reed for payment on behalf of G.H. Ramsay, 6 February 1839

Bill of Benjamin Adamson for two rooms and a garden at Dike Nook; with receipt for payment by Ralph Fenwick, 6 February 1839

Bill of William and E. Liddell for the supply of oats, 9 February 1839

Bill of William Clayton, Skinners Burn Raff Yard, Newcastle, for the supply of timber for a hen coop to William Hutt, 1837; with receipt from T.C. Armstrong for payment on behalf of William Clayton, 14 February 1839

Bill of William Clayton, Skinners Burn Raff Yard, Newcastle, for the supply of timber to John Bowes, 28 April 1838; with receipt from T.C. Armstrong for payment on behalf of William Clayton, 14 February 1839

Bill of George Handcock, Burnopfield, for the supply of nails to John Bowes, 24 August -26 December [1838]; with receipt from George Handcock, 16 February 1839

Bill of Crowley, Millington and Co., for the supply of ironware to John Bowes, 15 June -24 December 1838; with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, 18 February 1839

Receipt of John Green for a payment on account for cutting corf rods, by John Bowes, 21 February 1839

Receipt of Elizabeth Elliott for the payment of one month's gratuity, by John Bowes, 28 February 1839

Bill of William Boyd for working coal, February 1839; with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, 28 February 1839

Receipt of Elizabeth Smiles for the payment of board wages due on 23 February 1839, by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, 28 February 1839

Bill of John Maugham for sawing timber, 28 February 1839; with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, 28 February 1839

Bill of the overseers of Lamesley parish for chapel and poor rates, 10-25 December 1838; with receipt from William Wren for payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, 28 February 1839

Bill of William Coupland for the work of the garden labourers (Thomas Mudd, John Richardson Benjamin Dixon, William Coupland) and sundries in February 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 28 February 1839

Bill of Richard and John Maugham for labouring work in February 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 28 February 1839

Bill of Thomas Clement for carpenter's work in February 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 28 February 1839

Bill of William Smith for joiner's work in February 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 28 February 1839

Bill of George Errington for the work of the labourers (George Errington, William Boyd, Robert Gray, Christopher Bell, Silas Hall, William Hall, Edward Slater) in February 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 28 February 1839

Bill of Thomas Hall for the work of the masons (John Hall, Thomas Hall, Hugh Hopes, Thomas Maugham, John Fitzpatric[k]) in February 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 28 February 1839

Bill of William Coupland for the supply of candles, 2 March 1839

Bill of George Currie and Co., Newcastle, for the supply of turpentine, oil and soda to John Bowes, 9 March 1839; with receipt from George Currie, [9 March] 1839

Bill of John Wilson, Mosley Street, Newcastle, for the supply of ironmongery to John Bowes, 9 March 1839; with receipt from J. Ferguson on behalf of John Wilson, [9 March 1839]

Bill of Robert Cooper, Head of the Side, Newcastle, for the supply of brushes to John Bowes, 9 March 1839; with receipt from Robert Cooper, [9 March 1839]

Bill of the overseers of Tanfield parish for poor rates due 31 December 1838; with receipt from John Robinson, collector, [12 March 1839]

Bill of Messrs. Charles Attwood, Blackwall Lime Works, for the supply of lime to John Bowes; with receipt from Thomas White for payment, [18 March 1839]

Bill of Cuthbert Surtees, Ebchester, for valuing timber for John Bowes, February 1839; with receipt from John Surtees for payment, 20 March 1839

Receipt of John Green for a payment on account for cutting corf rods, by Ralph Fenwick on behalf of John Bowes, 21 March 1839

Bill of Richard Alderson for sweeping chimneys at Gibside, 6 July 1838 - 19 March 1839; with receipt for payment by Ralph Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, 21 March 1839

Bill of John Stokoe for farrier's work for John Bowes, 3 February - 21 April 1838; with receipt from John Stokoe for payment by Ralph Fenwick, 22 March 1839

Bill of the highway surveyors of Tanfield parish for rates due 25 March 1839; with receipt from John Robinson, [25 March 1839]

Receipt of Newcastle upon Tyne Fire Office, for the payment of fire insurance premium and duty by John Bowes, 25 March 1839

Bill of Robson and Henderson for the supply of flannel; with receipt from P. Robson, 30 March 1839

Receipt of Elizabeth Smiles for the payment of board wages due on 30 March 1839, by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, 30 March 1839

Bill of William Coupland for the work of the garden labourers (Thomas Mudd, John Richardson, William Morton, Benjamin Dixon, William Coupland) in March 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 30 March 1839

Receipt of Elizabeth Elliott for the payment of one month's gratuity, by Mr. Fenwick on behalf of John Bowes, 30 March 1839

Bill of William Smith for joiner's work in March 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 30 March 1839

Receipt of Elizabeth Mudd for the payment of board wages due on 30 March 1839, by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, 30 March 1839

Bill of George Errington for tolls and expenses for taking a bull to Streatlam, 30 March 1839; with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick on behalf of John Bowes, 30 March 1839

Bill of John Maugham for sawing timber, 31 March 1839; with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, 31 March 1839

Bill of William Boyd for working coal, 31 March 1839; with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, 30 March 1839

Bill of Elizabeth Smiles for sundry items for Gibside, 31 March 1839; with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, on behalf of John Bowes, 30 March 1839

Bill of Thomas Hall for the work of the masons (John Hall, Hugh Hopes, Thomas Maugham, Thomas Hall) in March 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 30 March 1839

Bill of Thomas Clement for carpenter's work in March 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 31 March 1839

Bill for the work of the women labourers (Elizabeth Elliott, Hannah Bramwell, Dorothy Brown, Elizabeth Brown, Mary Brown, Jane Atkinson) in March 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 31 March 1839

Bill of George Errington for the work of the labourers (George Errington, William Boyd, Christopher Bell, Robert Gray, Silas Hall, William Hall, Edward Slater) in March 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 31 March 1839

Bill of Richard and John Maugham for labouring work in March 1839 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Fenwick, 31 March 1839

Bill of Cuthbert Hall for the supply of oats and straw, 4 December 1844 - 12 March 1845; with receipt from Cuthbert Hall, 17 March 1845

Bill of George Hutchinson, Marley Hill, for the supply of oats, 5 November 1844; with receipt from George Hutchinson, 27 March 1845

Bill of John Elliott's executors for the supply of oats, 4 February 1845; with receipt from Ninian Elliott, 27 March 1845

Bill of Robert Layton for a quarter's wages; with receipt from Robert Layton, 28 March 1845

Bill of Christopher Bell and Partner for 'hacking over ... old coach road'; with receipt from Christopher Bell, 31 March 1845

Bill of William Smith for the work of the joiners (William Smith, Robert Layton) in March 1845 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by John Bowes, 31 March 1845

Bill of William Boyd for working coal, 31 March 1845; with receipt from William Boyd, 31 March 1845

Bill of John Maugham for sawing timber in March 1845; with receipt from John Maugham, 31 March 1845

Bill of Thomas McQueen for the work of the woodmen and labourers (Silas Hall, William Wright, George Errington, Edward Proud) in March 1845 (including details of the work undertaken), 31 March 1845

Bill of Robert Layton for the work of the garden labourers (William Rutter, Robert Gray, Robert Gray, George Layton, Thomas Mudd, Jane Laytonater) in March 1845 (including details of the work undertaken); with receipt for payment by Mr. Dent, 31 March 18459

Receipt for the payment of property and income tax due September 1844 from Stephen Hall, collector, 1845

Bill of J. and H. Harrison for the supply of baskets, 24 February - 4 August 1855; with receipt, 1 January 1856

Fragment of bill from Hannah Waistle for the payment of wages, n.d.

Fragment of a page from [a manuscript dictionary?], n.d.

The Column to Liberty, Gibside, c.1910

The entrance to the drift mine in Snipes Dene, Gibside, c.1910

Side elevation of the Banqueting House, Gibside, c.1910

Three young men and a boy sitting on a wooden bench in Gibside Woods, c.1910

Young boy in long grass at Gibside Woods, c.1910

Three young men and two women in Gibside Woods, c.1910

Four young men sitting by a track, probably near Cut Thorn Farm (the boy on the right is possible Alfred Nelson), Gibside, c.1910

A group of 25 26 boys standing on a slope at Gibside Woods, c.1910

Unidentified path sloping upwards through woodland, Gibside Woods, c.1910

Twelve men kneeling and standing in Gibside Woods, c.1910

Three young men outside a domestic greenhouse, probably in Byermoor, c.1910

John William Pyle (stone mason at Byermoor Pit) outside a domestic greenhouse, probably in Byermoor, c.1910

Family group with young boy standing and baby girl on mother's lap, outside a domestic greenhouse, probably in Byermoor, c.1910

Young girl outside a domestic greenhouse, probably in Byermoor, c.1910

Young woman outside a domestic greenhouse, probably in Byermoor, c.1910

Young man outside a domestic greenhouse, probably in Byermoor, c.1910

Young man seated (possibly Henry Weedy, colliery overman), outside a domestic greenhouse, probably in Byermoor, c.1910

Two young girls standing outside a domestic greenhouse, probably in Byermoor, c.1910

Three men (on the right possibly Thomas William Nelson, on the left possibly Archie Nelson) standing outside a domestic greenhouse, probably in Byermoor, c.1910

Front view of West View Terrace, Burnopfield, with a woman in an open doorway, c.1910

Older man and seated older woman in a back yard of West View Terrace, Burnopfield, c.1910

Older man seated with a baby on his right knee, in a back yard of West View Terrace, Burnopfield, c.1910

Older man seated with a baby on his left knee, in a back yard of West View Terrace, Burnopfield, c.1910

Toddler standing beside a leather chair, in a back yard of West View Terrace, Burnopfield, c.1910

Baby in a pram in a back yard of West View Terrace, Burnopfield, c.1910

Baby in a pram in a back yard of West View Terrace, Burnopfield, c.1910

Young woman standing beside a plant on a stand, in a back yard of West View Terrace, Burnopfield, c.1910

Older couple standing and seated next to a plant on a stand, in a back yard of West View Terrace, Burnopfield, c.1910

Young woman standing in a front garden of West View Terrace, Burnopfield, c.1910

Two young girls standing in a front garden, with a woman looking from a doorway, West View Terrace, Burnopfield, c.1910

Young woman standing in a doorway holding a baby, in a front garden of West View Terrace, Burnopfield, c.1910

Older man holding a baby, standing in a back yard of West View Terrace, Burnopfield, c.1910

John William Spurr (standing), with his wife, Annie (nee Herdman) (sitting), with their daughter, Ena May, at Crookgate, c.1907

John William Spurr (standing), with his wife, Annie (nee Herdman) (sitting), with their son, Nathaniel, at Crookgate c.1912

John William Spurr, standing with his daughter, Ena May, at Crookgate, c.1908

Family group of husband, wife, daughter and son, possibly behind the 'Woodman's Arms', Fellside, Byermoor, c.1910

Family group of husband, wife, daughter and son, possibly behind the 'Woodman's Arms', Fellside, Byermoor, c.1910

Young girl standing, with a baby on a chair, possibly behind the 'Woodman's Arms', Fellside, Byermoor, c.1910

Baby sitting on a chair, possibly behind the 'Woodman's Arms', Fellside, Byermoor, c.1910

Keelman's Bridge, with three men standing on the bridge, Leap Mill, Busty Bank, Burnopfield, c.1910

Three young men standing by the water wheel, Leap Mill, Busty Bank, Burnopfield, c.1910

Waterfall, Leap Mill, Busty Bank, Burnopfield, c.1910

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in the snow, Byermoor, Marley Hill, c.1910

Mission church, Byermoor Bank, Marley Hill, c.1910

Bird Hill House through the trees, Fellside, Whickham, c.1910

Fellside Terrace , with a man standing at an open door, and Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Fellside, Whickham, c.1910

'Woodman's Arms', Fellside, Byermoor, c.1910

Young man standing at the end of a garden (unidentified, but Whickham/Gibside area), c.1910

Plant, c.1910

Notes on the identification of D/X 1493/618/1-49, by Val Boyle, Gibside Research Group, 2022

Measured drawing of the main (north) front of the 'Bowes Mausoleum - Gibside', by H.H. Atkinson, for the second year of his architecture degree at Durham University, 1938/39

Measured plan of the portico and section through the portico of the 'Bowes Mausoleum - Gibside', by H.H. Atkinson, for the second year of his architecture degree at Durham University, 1938/39