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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1458 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: James Beadle Shield, Teesdale leadminer

Covering Dates: 1856-1935; 2004

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28 September 2004 Acc: 3073(D)

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Records of James Beadle Shield (Ref: D/X 1458/1-11)

James Beadle Shield was born in 1834, the eighth child of Joseph and Sarah Shield (née Beadle) of Holwick. In 1855, on the death of his father, James Shield took charge of the working of the lead mines for which the family held the lease from the Strathmore Estate, and these mines were worked until his death on 20 March 1913. In 1858 he married Mary Tarn of Town Head, Middleton-in-Teesdale.


Notebook giving details of the output of lead ore from Cronkley, Standards and Green mines, and the expenses incurred, 1856 - 1869 Includes: farm and household accounts and farming memoranda, 1868 - 1869
(1 volume, binding lost)


4 April 1870 (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Streatlam (2) James Beadle Shield of Holwick Cottage Farm, Holwick, Romaldkirk Agreement for tenancy by (2) of Holwick Cottage Farm, (17a.0r.9p.) and ten stints [on Holwick Fell], Holwick, Romaldkirk Rent: £31 p.a.
(1 paper, printed)


Statement of the conditions imposed by the Strathmore Estates for stinting open moorland, conditions to which J[ames] B[eadle] Shield was subject for his ten stints on Holwick Fell, 5 October 1891
(1 paper, printed)


13 January 1896 (1) William Henry Railton of Streatlam House, Streatlam, as agent for the Earl of Stathmore and Kinghorne (2) James Beadle Shield Agreement for the tenancy by (2) of Holwick Cottage Farm, (17a.0r.9p.) Holwick, Romaldkirk Rent: £24 10s.4d. p.a.
(1 paper, printed)


Statement of the conditions for stinting Holwick Fell, to be incorporated into the tenancy agreement, as in D/X 1458/4, 13 January 1896
(1 paper, printed)


Card inviting J[ames] B[eadle] Shield to a dinner to celebrate the Golden Wedding of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore at the Rose and Crown Inn, Mickleton, on 20 October 1903, 1903 Includes: a photograph of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore
(1 card, 15 cm. x 24 cm.; with photograph, 13.5 cm. x 10.5 cm.)


Original will of Alfred Shield, bequeathing all his possessions to his sister, Sarah Jane [Shield], and his niece, Annie Elizabeth Shield, 7 February 1914
(1 paper)


Original will of Mary Shield of Holwick, bequeathing all her possessions to her daughter, Sarah Jane Shield of Holwick, and appointing the latter as her executrix, 27 May 1920
(1 paper)


Probate copy of the will, dated 14 January 1913, of James Beadle Shield of Holwick, Romaldkirk, farmer, bequeathing all his possessions to his wife, Mary Shield, for her life; and, on her death, bequeathing one ewe and one lamb to his grand-daughter, Annie Elizabeth Shield, with the remainder of his possessions to be divided equally between his son, Alfred Shield, his daughter, Sarah Jane Shield, his grand-son, Randolph Shield, and his grand-daughter, Kate Walton Shield, 23 March 1921
(1 file)


Newspaper cutting from the Durham County Advertiser , with an account, by Ann Harrison, of the life of Mr. and Mrs. John Shield of Holwick, 26 July 1935
(1 paper, printed)


Notes on James Beadle Shield by Cynthia Mackenzie, his great-great grand-daughter, 2004
(1 paper)