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Miscellaneous documents - Darlington

Reference: D/XD 52 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents - Darlington Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Grieveson & Whitwell, coal merchants

Covering Dates: 1886-1920

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  • Miscellaneous documents - Darlington
    • Papers concerning the establishment of Grieveson & Whitwell as a limited company (Ref: D/XD 52/1/1-120)
    • Minutes (Ref: D/XD 52/2/1-2)
    • Conveyances and schedules of title deeds (Ref: D/XD 52/3/1-8)
    • Balance Sheets (Ref: D/XD 52/4/1-2)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: D/XD 52/5/1-3)

Catalogue Contents

Papers concerning the establishment of Grieveson & Whitwell as a limited company (Ref: D/XD 52/1/1-120)Ref: D/XD 52/1/1

Suggestions for the establishment of Grieveson & Whitwell as a private limited company, n.d. [c 1918]
(1 file)

Ref: D/XD 52/1/2-117

Correspondence concerning the establishment of Grieveson & Whitwell as a limited company, 11 December 1918 -8 September 1920
(121 papers)

Ref: D/XD 52/1/118

First proof of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of Grieveson & Whitwell Ltd., 3 January 1919
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/XD 52/1/119

Memorandum and Articles of Association of Grieveson & Whitwell Ltd., n.d. [post 19 August 1919]
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/XD 52/1/120

Undertaking by subscribers to D/XD 52/1/119 above that no capital subscribed, or to be subscribed, in respect of the company, will be applied outside the United Kingdom, 6 August 1919
(1 paper)

Minutes (Ref: D/XD 52/2/1-2)Ref: D/XD 52/2/1

Minutes of the first meeting of directors of Grieveson & Whitwell Ltd., held at Crown Street Chambers, Darlington, 27 August 1919
(2 papers)

Ref: D/XD 52/2/2

Minutes of the first meeting of directors of Grieveson & Whitwell Ltd., with additions and annotations, 27 August 1919
(2 papers)

Conveyances and schedules of title deeds (Ref: D/XD 52/3/1-8)Ref: D/XD 52/3/1

31 December 1919 (1) Edward Robson Whitwell of Friarage, Yarm, Yorkshire, North Riding, coal owner, and Sir James Backhouse Dale of 8 Sussex Square, Hyde Park, London, bart, carrying on the business of coal merchants under the style of 'Grieveson & Whitwell' (2) Grieveson & Whitwell Ltd., Darlington Draft assignment from (1) to (2) of a memorandum of agreement, of 29 January 1886, between (1) and John Grieveson of Barnard Castle, merchant, in consideration of North Eastern Railway Co. permitting them to maintain a drain at Hopetown, Darlington, on the company's land, subject to payment of rent Consideration: £4,000
(1 file)

Ref: D/XD 52/3/2

31 December 1919 (1) Edward Robson Whitwell of the Friarage, Yarm, Yorkshire, North Riding, colliery owner, and Sir James Backhouse Dale of 8 Sussex Square, Hyde Park, London, bart., carrying on business in co- partnership under the style Grieve son & Whitwell (2) Grieveson & Whitwell Ltd., Darlington Draft assignment from (1) to (2) of a monthly tenancy, dated 29 May 1897, of 3 coal cells at the North Eastern Railway Company's Thirsk town station depot, Yorkshire, North Riding Consideration: £4,000
(1 file)

Ref: D/XD 52/3/3

31 December 1919 (1) Edward Robson Whitwell of the Friarage, Yarm, Yorkshire, North Riding, colliery owner; Sir James Backhouse Dale of 8 Sussex Square, Hyde Park, London, baronet; and Arthur Henry Grieveson of Hurworth, Darlington, coal merchant , carrying on the business of coal merchants in co-partnership under the title of 'Grieveson & Whitwell' (2) Grieveson & Whitwell Ltd., Darlington Draft assignment from (1) to (2) of a yearly tenancy agreement, dated 10 June 1911) of coal and lime depots at Croft, parish of Hurworth, and premises used as the coal agent's house, subject to the payment of rent. Consideration: £4,000
(1 file)

Ref: D/XD 52/3/4

31 December 1919 (1) Edward Robson Whitwell [of the Friarage, Yarm, Yorkshire, North Riding deleted], coal owner; Sir James Backhouse Dale [ of 8 Sussex Square, Hyde Park, London, deleted] bart.; Arthur Henry Grieveson [ of Hurworth, Darlington deleted], coal merchant; and Sir George Russell Clerk [of 4 Hertford Street, London deleted] trading together as coal merchants at Middlesborough and elsewhere under the title of 'Grieveson & Whitwell' (2) Grieveson & Whitwell Ltd., Darlington Draft assignment from (1) and (2) of the residue of a tenancy agreement, dated 9 October 1915, between the owners at the Middlesborough Estate Ltd., and (1) of a coal depot, land and buildings in Commercial Street and Charles Street, Middlesborough, and a piece of land and coal depots in Vulcan Street and Ferry Road, Middlesborough. Consideration: £4,000
(1 file)

Ref: D/XD 52/3/5

31 December 1919 (1) Edward Robson Whitwell of the Friarage, Yarm, Yorkshire, North Riding, colliery owner; Sir James Backhouse Dale of 8 Sussex Square, Hyde Park, London, bart.; Arthur Henry Grieveson of Hurworth, Darlington, coal merchant; and Sir George Russell Clark of 4 Hertford Street, London, carrying on the business of coal and lime merchants, in co-partnership under the style of 'Grieveson & Whitwell'. (2) Grieveson & Whitwell Ltd., Darlington Draft assignment from (1) to (2) of an agreement, dated 15 November 1915, between (1) and the North Eastern Railway Company re a siding on the company's land at Middlesborough. Consideration: £4,000
(1 file)

Ref: D/XD 52/3/6

Schedule of deeds from E. R. Whitwell to Messrs. Grieveson & Whitwell Ltd., 8 November 1919
(1 paper)

Ref: D/XD 52/3/7

Schedule of deeds and documents, 25 June 1874 - 16 August 1906 relating to coal depots at Rise Carr, Darlington, 8 February 1920
(1 paper)

Ref: D/XD 52/3/8

Copy schedule from conveyance, dated 1 September 1903, from the Darlington Southend Estate Company Ltd., and mortgages to Mr. Thomas Thornton of a piece of freehold land and hereditaments in Southend Avenue, Darlington, n.d.
(3 papers)

Balance Sheets (Ref: D/XD 52/4/1-2)Ref: D/XD 52/4/1

Grieveson & Whitwell balance sheet, 30 June 1918
(1 paper)

Ref: D/XD 52/4/2

Grieveson & Whitwell summarised balance sheet, 30 June 1919
(2 papers)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/XD 52/5/1-3)Ref: D/XD 52/5/1

Letter from the North Eastern Railway Solicitor, York, to Messrs. Grieveson & Whitwell, forwarding an agreement concerning a drain on the company's land at Hopetown, Darlington, 28 January 1886
(1 paper)

Ref: D/XD 52/5/2

Circular letter from the Board of Inland Revenue, setting out details of payment of stamp duty, February 1912
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/XD 52/5/3

Form No. 4, issued by the Capital Issues Department, Treasury, London, for the conversion of an existing business into a limited company, where no introduction of fresh capital is involved, 1 March 1919
(1 paper)



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