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Strathmore Estate

Reference: D/St/E 06 Catalogue Title: Strathmore Estate Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Estate Administration: Winlaton

Covering Dates: 1724-1908

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  • Strathmore Estate
    • Strathmore Estate (Ref: D/St)
    • Estate Administration (Ref: D/St/E)
    • Winlaton (Ref: D/St/E6)
    • Estate Accounts: General, 1805-1885 (Ref: D/St/E6/1/1-6)
    • Estate Accounts: Outgoings (Ref: D/St/E6/2)
    • Tithes, 1815-1877 (Ref: D/St/E6/2/1-4)
    • Miscellaneous Local Rates, 1870-1897 (Ref: D/St/E6/2/5-8)
    • Land, Income and Property Tax, 1885-1897 (Ref: D/St/E6/2/9-12)
    • Tenancy: Miscellaneous, 1853-1876 (Ref: D/St/E6/3/1-4)
    • Tenancy: Rents, 1724-1868 (Ref: D/St/E6/4/1-11)
    • Land Use and Maintenance: Miscellaneous, 1852-1908 (Ref: D/St/E6/5/1-5)
    • Land Use and Maintenance: Valuations, Surveys and Schedules of Land, 1806-1896 (Ref: D/St/E6/6/1-15)

Catalogue Description

Records relating to the administration of estate accounts, tenants and land use on the Winlaton estate of the Bowes-Lyon family, Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne.

Catalogue Contents

Strathmore Estate (Ref: D/St)Estate Administration (Ref: D/St/E)Winlaton (Ref: D/St/E6)Estate Accounts: General, 1805-1885 (Ref: D/St/E6/1/1-6)Ref: D/St/E6/1/1

Notebook containing accounts of receipts and expenditure, Winlaton partnership estate, headed 'Partnership Acct. wth. Miss Simpson & Others for Smeals Burn Banks &c.', 2 February 1805 - May 1812
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/St/E6/1/2

Miscellaneous accounts relating to Winlaton partnership estate, 1841 - 1860
(3 papers)

Ref: D/St/E6/1/3

Account of receipts and expenditure [Winlaton partnership estate], with related receipts attached, May 1854 - May 1858
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/St/E6/1/4

Account of receipts and expenditure [Winlaton partnership estate], with related receipts attached and enclosed, May 1858 - April 1868
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/St/E6/1/5

Account of receipts and expenditure [Winlaton partnership estate], with related receipts attached and enclosed, May 1868 - February 1877
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/St/E6/1/6

Account of receipts and expenditure, Winlaton partnership estate, with related receipts attached and enclosed, March 1877 - March 1885
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Estate Accounts: Outgoings (Ref: D/St/E6/2)Tithes, 1815-1877 (Ref: D/St/E6/2/1-4)Ref: D/St/E6/2/1

Statement of apportionment of tithe payments in the parish of Winlaton with receipts of payments to the rectory of Winlaton, 1815, 1837
(3 papers)

Ref: D/St/E6/2/2

Account of rent charges in lieu of tithe in the township of Winlaton belonging to the Rev. H. Wardell, 1837
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/2/3

Copy confirmed apportionment (dated 25 September 1839) and altered apportionment (dated 20 October 1871) of tithe rent charge in the township of Winlaton, 3 August 1877
(1 file)

Ref: D/St/E6/2/4

Note concerning outgoings, listing lands 'tithe free', n.d. [19th c.]
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous Local Rates, 1870-1897 (Ref: D/St/E6/2/5-8)Ref: D/St/E6/2/5

Account of highway rate due from John Bowes for woodlands in the township of Winlaton, 1870
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/2/6

Assessments of poor, highway, sanitary and other rates due from John Bowes and others for lands in the township of Winlaton, 1874, 1881-1882, 1885
(4 papers)

Ref: D/St/E6/2/7

Notice of rates due from John Bowes and from John Bowes and others to Blaydon Local Board for woodlands in the township of Blaydon and the quay at Blaydon, 15 December 1884
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/2/8

Notice of appeal by William Ralston on behalf of the Earl of Strathmore to the Assessment Committee of the Gateshead Poor Law Union against an assessment of Winlaton woodlands, 19 March 1897
(1 paper)

Land, Income and Property Tax, 1885-1897 (Ref: D/St/E6/2/9-12)Ref: D/St/E6/2/9

Notices addressed to John Bowes and to John Bowes and others of assessment for income tax, schedules A and B, and for inhabited house duties, for the united parishes of Chopwell and Winlaton, 1885 - 1886
(2 papers)

Ref: D/St/E6/2/10

Account of property tax due on rent in the parish of Winlaton, 31 May 1887
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/2/11

Certificate of contract for land tax redemption for woodlands on the farm of Smails and High and Low Spen Farms, parish of Winlaton, occupied by the Earl of Strathmore, 29 January 1897
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/2/12

Details of land and property tax to be recovered from the Northern Allotment Society relating to the Smeals Farm, March 1897
(1 paper)

Tenancy: Miscellaneous, 1853-1876 (Ref: D/St/E6/3/1-4)Ref: D/St/E6/3/1

Notice of desire of quit Holme Close and other property near Swalwell, 15 April 1853
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/3/2

Miscellaneous papers concerning tenancy and awaygoing crops on Low Spen Farm, occupied by Robert Anderson, Spen Farm and High Spen Farm, 1867 and n.d.
(14 papers)

Ref: D/St/E6/3/3

Copy notice to quit lands in the parish of Winlaton, issued by Ralph Dent as agent of John Bowes, the Marquis of Bute and Joseph Cowan, to Messrs. Mulcaster and Burnett, 5 November 1875
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/3/4

Copy notifications from Ralph Dent to tenants that their tenancies will remain unaffected by the Agriculture Holdings (England) Act 1875, April 1876
(4 papers)

Tenancy: Rents, 1724-1868 (Ref: D/St/E6/4/1-11)Ref: D/St/E6/4/1

List of names of tenants to one eighth part of Winlaton Lordship, with wayleave rent and staith rent noted, n.d. [c.1720]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/4/2

Comparative statement of Winlaton rents, 1724 and 1748
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/4/3

Note about Winlaton rentals, 1733 - 1775
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/4/4

Rental for a moiety of 1/8 of Winlaton lordship, with disbursements, 12 May 1801
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/4/5

Account of 'Winlaton rents one undivided Share', recording new rents and old rents, 1808
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/4/6

'Winlaton Rent Ledger', containing also names and proportions of owners of Winlaton lordship, dated 1839, May 1818 - November 1856
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/St/E6/4/7

'Winlaton Rent Ledger', November 1855 - October 1889
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/St/E6/4/8

Miscellaneous Winlaton rent accounts and rentals, 1841 - 1885
(9 papers)

Ref: D/St/E6/4/9

Annual Winlaton partnership estate rentals, with accounts of receipts and payments and related papers, 1849 - 1853
(15 papers)

Ref: D/St/E6/4/10

Twice-yearly Winlaton partnership estate rentals with accounts of receipts, payments and arrears and related papers, including account (1856-1857) of materials taken along the Garsfield railway, 1854, 1857-1860
(28 papers and 1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/St/E6/4/11

Twice-yearly Winlaton partnership estate rentals with accounts of receipts, payments and arrears and related papers, including correspondence to Ralph Dent, 1861 - 1868
(92 papers)

Land Use and Maintenance: Miscellaneous, 1852-1908 (Ref: D/St/E6/5/1-5)Ref: D/St/E6/5/1

Copy memorandum concerning right of way claimed by and belonging to Messrs. Bowes, Liddell and Cowen and the Marquis of Bute, which has been blocked by buildings erected by Mr. Beaumont at Blaydon Quay, 22 June 1852
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/5/2

'Memorandum of Winlaton Lordship' containing notes on rents, wood receipts, etc., 30 May 1854
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/5/3

Statement of work required to be done at cottages at Derwenthaugh, n.d. [1882]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/5/4

Note of days [worked] with rates [of pay], titled 'Summary for Partnership Estate', n.d. [19th c.]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/5/5

Papers concerning bill allowing Blaydon and Ryton Urban District Councils to sell their water undertaking to the Weardale and Consett Water Co. and the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Co., including plans and notice addressed to the Earl of Strathmore and others, 1907 - 1908
(2 papers and 3 plans)

Land Use and Maintenance: Valuations, Surveys and Schedules of Land, 1806-1896 (Ref: D/St/E6/6/1-15)Ref: D/St/E6/6/1

Rental and valuation of shares held in common of lands and tenements in the lordship of Winlaton, late property of John Silvertop, 1806
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/6/2

Schedule of premises erected on the waste grounds in the manor of Winlaton, allotted under Ryton Inclosure Act to the owners of 1/8 share of the manor of Winlaton, 12 March 1825
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/6/3

Valuation of Winlaton partnership estate by Thomas Bell, Newcastle, with related papers enclosed, August and September 1845
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound, and 2 papers)

Ref: D/St/E6/6/4

Valuation of Winlaton partnership estate, with valuation of lands belonging to John Bowes in the parish of Whickham and parochial chapelries of Lamesley and Tanfield, by Thomas Bell, 1845-1846
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/St/E6/6/5

Abstract of valuation of Winlaton lordship by Mr. Bell, n.d. [c.1848]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/6/6

Valuation by Mr. Bell of property proposed to be exchanged between John Bowes and Joseph Cowen, 10 July 1851
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/6/7

Valuation by Mr. Bell of property proposed to be exchanged between John Bowes and the trustees of the Marquis of Bute, 10 July 1851
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/6/8

Valuation of the annual rental of property at Derwent Haugh, Winlaton (the joint undivided property of John Bowes, the Marquis of Bute and Joseph Cowen) by John Ewart of Newcastle, land surveyor, December 1863
(1 file)

Ref: D/St/E6/6/9

Report and valuation of Winlaton partnership estate by Hedley and Son and C. Seymour Bell, 16 October 1875
(1 file)

Ref: D/St/E6/6/10

Particulars of the value of the Winlaton partnership estate including West Thornley Farm and Low Spen Farm, 26 June 1876
(1 file)

Ref: D/St/E6/6/11

Copy report of Ralph John Dent containing 'Particulars of Winlaton Partnerhsip Estate with the values fixed by Messrs. Hedley and Bell in October 1875 for the proposed partition', 13 March 1878
(1 file)

Ref: D/St/E6/6/12

Detailed valuation of Smeals Farm, High Spen and Low Spen, Winlaton estate, July 1894
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/6/13

Valuation of the Winlaton estate for mortgage puposes, 14 February 1895
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/6/14

Valuation of High Spen, Low Spen and Smeals Farms, Winlaton estate, 30 January 1896
(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/E6/6/15

Valuation of Lord Strathmore's Winlaton estate, i.e. Smeals, Low Spen, High Spen and West Thornley Farms, building land at West Thornley, and leases and wayleave rents, 28 October 1896
(1 paper)



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