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[Forrest document] Removal Order etc
On the last day of 1852 an order was obtained by the churchwardens and
overseers of Doxford for the removal of James and Mary Forrest (both in their 70s) to
Alnwick. The Order is accompanied by a certificate to the effect that James and Mary
had become chargeable to Doxford, and there's also a fairly lengthy statement as to why
the couple ought to be removed to Alnwick (this contains some useful background material,
particularly on James) dated January 1853. On the outside (as folded) of the group
is the cold statement 'Del[ivere]d these paupers to the Overseers of Alnwick by leaving
them at the Workhouse this 12 Feby 1853'. The timing of the instigation of the
proceedings by Doxford - Christmas Eve 1852 - makes the story all the more poignant.
Quite unusual to have all three documents together - normally only the removal
order survives. The three items (ref 249/2) £40.00 post-free Not for export
[Gardner] Monopoly on the Tyne 1650-58
Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Record Series No 2, 1978.
134pp inc index. Born in 1625, Ralph Gardner had several brushes with the Newcastle
authorities and the town's monopoly trade rights. F. (ref 6934) £8.00
[Kennedy/Kennyday papers] 2 Small papers
concerning Alexander Kennyday/Kennedy
These small papers clearly relate to the same man, but the surname has been
spelled in different ways by different writers. Between them they relate that this
81 year old Doxford pauper was born in Leith and his mother was born Jane Gilchrist.
The pair (one is very grubby) (ref 249/3) £8.00 post-free Not for export
Early History of the Family of Morwick
Sir A M Oliver, 1935. Pp263-276 offprint of the Society of Antiquaries of
Newcastle Upon Tyne. Printed card covers, some mild foxing. Concerns the family in the
12th & 13th centuries. £5.00 UK post-free
[Smith Family of Haltwhistle] Family
Research Papers
A folder of letters, lists, pedigrees etc including research carried out in
the early 1940s by Phillimore & Co. The family's associations with Haltwhistle
appear to commence in the mid-1700s - before that they were in Alston, Cumberland.
Apparently the Smiths were Wesleyans; there is also mention of a marriage at Gretna
Green. The paperwork includes letters from the Haltwhistle vicar Rev Robert Watson,
a single marriage certificate - that of Robert Smith to Martha Cook in 1856 - and
correspondence with family members inc Bruce Fenwick Smith of Benton and Douglas Smith of
Haltwhistle. A very useful accumulation of papers which must surely throw new light
on the history of this family. (ref 3344) £55.00 post-free Not for export
[Alnmouth document] Sale Notice
Small printed handbill giving notice of the 1821 sale of all the stock and
crop of Marsden House Farm belonging to Mr Nairn. Size approx 7"x8" and
would look good in a frame. (ref 87/20) £18.00 UK post-free
[Alnwick document] Sale Notice
Small printed handbill giving notice of the 1818 sale of a shop/house in the
Market Place occupied by linen draper Thomas Riddell. Size approx 7"x9",
ideal for framing. (ref 87/15) £18.00 UK post-free
[Alnwick document] Sale Notice
Small printed handbill giving notice of the 1820 sale of all the furniture
and other goods of the late Miss Falder, the sale to take place at her house in Bondgate
Street. Size approx 7"x9" so good for framing. (ref 87/17) £18.00
UK post-free
[Alnwick document] Sale Notice
Small printed handbill giving notice of the 1822 sale of a house in Fenkle
Street belonging to William Milburn but occupied by gardener Mr Crozer and straw hat
manufacturer Miss Gladstains and others not named. Some offsetting but quite
possibly unique. Size approx 7"x8". (ref 87/19) £18.00
UK post-free
[Alnwick document] Sale Notice
Small printed handbill giving notice of the 1818 sale of all the furniture of
Robert Lillie the younger, an Alnwick tailor, the 3-day sale being held at Alnwick Town
Hall. Size approx 7"x8". (ref 87/21) £18.00 UK
post-free
[Alnwick document] Sale Notice
Small printed handbill giving notice of the 1824 sale of two houses on the
North side of Bondgate Street, occupied by Mrs Burrell and Mrs Lisle, the sale to be held
at The White Swan. Size approx 7"x8". (ref 87/22) £20.00
UK post-free
[Alnwick Union] List of Guardians of the
Poor
Printed poster announcing the results of the 1850 election of guardians for
each of the parishes and townships comprising Alnwick Union - 7 for Alnwick itself and 50
or so others for the surrounding countryside. Size approx 11"x17" and
eminently suitable for framing. By all means email to check if you think your
ancestor might have been one of the elected guardians - a good many of them were local
farmers. A couple of small tears but still in nice condition. (ref 249/4)
£25.00 UK post-free
The Alnwick Mercury 10/10/1874
4pp broadsheet newspaper, multifolded but in Good condition. Amongst
several interesting articles are notices of the impending prosecutions of
Pegswood Colliery miners Thomas Guttridge and Robert Ferguson (both charged with
attempted robbery with violence on Jonathan Johnson of Ashington, and the
appearances at petty sessions of Thomas Beverley, Matthew Thompson, a boy named
Thomas Ward, John Davison aged 13, William Collis, John Lundy, Obadiah Selfe,
Francis Turner, Thomas Nicholson, William Black and Janes Gaffamy, several of
whom were clearly not local but brought in to appear at the sessions.
There are also results of a survey of sanitary conditions at South Farm near
Shilbottle, the nearby Hill Head, Selby's Stead, Hitchcroft als Shilbottle Coal
Houses, Shilbottle Tile Sheds, Dean Moor 'situated a little way off the South Rd
towards Shilbottle, South Charlton 'a small village newly built', Land Lee ' a
single cottage.....closed some time', Charlton Mires [farm] 'a dirty
place....quite devoid of drainage', the cottages overlooked by West Link Hall,
and finally quite a lengthy report on conditions at Swarland. (ref 227/10)
£8.00 UK post-free
The Alnwick Mercury 17/10/1874
4pp broadsheet newspaper,
multifolded and rather grubby on the outside (as folded) o/w G. Amongst
several interesting articles is a report on the remand of Lt John Edgar Elton
Roberts of Bothal, a report on the sale of the Derwentwater Estates, and
sanitary reports on Swarland Mill; Swarland Fence (farm); East House; North
Newton; Greenses Farm ('the upper rooms are uninhabitable'); Dyke Head; Chester
Hill ('no privy'); Swarland Moor (farm) ('smells badly in the summertime'); Old
Hawkhill; Bilton Mill als Flint Mill where the privy hadn't been emptied in 20
years; The Look Out; The Branch End; White House; Glantlees & Snook Bank;
Acklington High Park with Haystacks Hill; Elyhaugh; Felton Fence; Swarland Hall;
Alnwick Park Cottage and Alnwick Park Farm. (ref 227/12)
£8.00 UK post-free
[Corsenside deeds] 17th Century
Parchment Deeds to Risingham
Three deeds to 'all that farmhold or tenement.....commonly called or known by
the name of Rosingham (als Risingham) in the parish of Corsenside.....'. The three
are dated 1615-6 (between Francis Morice & Edward Sawyer both of London, and Robert
Witherington of Cartington); 1681 (between Mary Charleton of Cartington and Mark
Grey of Rawfoot); and 1695-6 (between Grace Grey of Rawfoot and Clement Read of the
Oldtowne). These deeds have been siblings for well over 300 years and deserve to
stay that way - we will let them go as a group for £75 to a loving home (20% discount for
museums etc). (ref 6669) £75.00 post-free Not for export
[Doxford documents] Poor Law Documents
A broken sequence of 7 half-year statements of paupers whose relief is
charged against the parish, covering the period 1848-1854, together with several printed
notices to the parish constable or overseers - some concerning examination of their
expenses (1853), some summoning them to present lists of persons competent to carry out
overseers and/or constables duties (1850) - the lists of names are not here present.
The more important items are the lists of paupers - Kennyday, Peat, Potts and (it
looks like) Pigdon. All items on paper and several are extremely grubby with
accumulated dust and grime. This useful local history collection (ref 249/1)
£35.00 post-free Not for export
[Eglingham document] Sale Notice -
Beanley
Small printed handbill giving notice concerning the 1811 sale of the farming
stock etc of John Jobson. A bit grubby but a remarkable survival, and ideally sized
[approx 7"x6"] for framing. (ref 87/11) £18.00 UK post-free
[Eglingham document] Sale Notice -
Bassington
Small printed handbill giving notice concerning the 1818 sale of all the
stock and crop of Nicholas Burrell. Ideal size [approx 7"x6"] for
framing. (ref 87/12) £18.00 UK post-free
[Ellingham documents]
Poor Rate Assessment 1795
An important assessment of amounts
payable by property owners at the end of 1795. The ratings were based on
the assessed rents of the properties concerned. Of great interest is a
list of 'poor belonging to the township of Ellingham' including Carr, Ferguson,
Foreman, Jordon, Forster, Grey, Rutherford, Todd, Colvin, Moor, Weatherhead,
Strother, Cowper, Hewett and odd entries such as 'Blind Man at Chathill'
and 'Funeral Expenses for Dorothy Brown'. With two other associated
papers, one dated 1795 (& clearly a draft for the item already described), the
other 1799, a rough copy of a letter sent to the principal ratepayer Edward
Haggerston. The three items in manuscript on paper. (ref 227/1)
£20.00 post-free Not for
export
[Ellingham]
Papers concerning an Early 18th Century Dispute re Tithes
Copies [made in 1804] of three
1709 documents concerning the settlement of a dispute between the local vicar
Robert Pattinson and landowner Edward Haggerston. Presumably the outcome
must have set some sort of precedent warranting these copies being made almost a
century later. A small accompanying paper describes one of the documents
as 'a very material deed as to these tithes.....seems to have every legal
solemnity to render it valid'. 5 items altogether. (ref 227/2)
£30.00 post-free Not for export
[Ellingham]
Copy of the 1273 Endowment of Ellingham Church [in Latin]
This copy of the original
endowment in Latin forms the main part of a letter written in 1778 to Alnwick
solicitor (Thomas?) Adams. The writer warns 'neither you nor any Gentleman
can now have access to the Records where the Endowment is. The black-coats
are too tenacious of their rights to permit them to be examined.......I hold it
no sin to rob the church.'. The letter has been folded for 200 years and
is worn away along old folds but if you can read Latin there's much early detail
to be gleaned. An accompanying slip of paper hints at resorting to legal
means 'to oblige him [the vicar] to produce his endowment. (ref 227/3)
£15.00 post-free Not for export
[Ellingham] Bundle of Documents
concerning Repairs to Ellingham Church
A precious collection of papers all to do with repairs to the church,
all of them written in the period 1784-1810. The papers include a 1784
bill for glazing work done by John Woodhouse, an 1810 letter saying 'the repair
of Ellingham Church have now compleated.....I am informed that the Chancel is
intended at my next Visitation as being in a ruinous condition.....' and another
1810 letter suggests further alterations by replacing roof slates and
raising the chancel floor. The papers also mention various individuals,
clearly the principal contributors to the cost of repairs though the bulk of the
money seems to be due from neighbouring parishes. 17 papers altogether.
(ref 227/4) £40.00 post-free Not for export
[Ellingham] Papers concerning
Turnip Tithes
A 1762 pronouncement from Lincoln's Inn in London
rules that 'where the turnips are drawn, the parson is entitled to every tenth
turnip.....', a short (just 4 lines) undated but probably 1778 note concerning
'turnips severed from the ground' and the bare bones of the draft of a 1778
agreement by the vicar on this evidently crucial matter. (ref 227/5)
£10.00 post-free
Not for export
[Fleetham document] Sale Notice
Small printed handbill giving notice of the 1818 sale of all the stock and
crop belonging to Joseph & William Ostens. Ideal size [approx 7"x9"]
for framing. (ref 87/16) £18.00 UK post-free
The History of Newcastle Upon Tyne
Henry Bourne, 1980 facsimile rep of the original 1736 ed. Folio size,
246pp followed by appendix, multifolding town plan and the few other ills (all
letterpress) correct as per Upcott. Author was curate of All Saints. Destined
to become his masterpiece (he died a couple of years before publication), a thorough and
scholarly work, the product of wide and extensive reading. Written in a charming and
simple style, the book reflects his respect for antiquity and his love for his native
town. Very nice clean copy, F in as-issued cellophane wrapper which is scratched
and torn/repaired. (ref 2225) £70.00 UK post-free
[Newcastle] Two Old Deeds relating
to Property situated in Heaton Park Road & Holly Avenue, Newcastle upon Tyne
So says the solicitor's pouch which contains these deeds (though in fact
there are 3 not 2) - an 1879 further charge, and conveyances dated 1885 and 1898.
The description doesn't do justice to the scale of property involved - the 1898 conveyance
was of more than 50 houses in Jesmond, well over 100 in Heaton, as well as other houses in
West Jesmond and West Heaton and land at Byker Bank and Byker. This deed is
accompanied by 2 large multifolding parchment sheets which between them bear 5 site plans
identifying the properties being sold for an astonishing £80,000. Quite grubby but
a lot of 19th century local history to be discovered here. The three (ref
46/11) £20.00 post-free Not for
export
[Newcastle] Deeds relating to
Houses and Land in the Malcolm Street area
4 property deeds spanning the period 1878-1890 and an 1894 abstract of title,
all concerning houses and land in what seems to have been a developing part of the
Byker/Heaton district of Newcastle. The 4 deeds are on parchment, the abstract is on
paper. (ref 46/12) £26.00 post-free Not for export
[North Charlton] Large Bundle of
Misc Papers re Tithes
Hours of research are needed to go through this bundle of papers
concerning North Charlton tithes. All the papers are relatively small but
there over 100 of them (some of them enclosing yet more papers which we didn't
count) and between them they cover the period 1775-1811. Several farmers
are named though much of the paperwork is purely financial. (ref 227/6)
£65.00 post-free Not for export
North Shields Auction Poster
This 1893 poster measures approx 20"x25" and announces the
forthcoming sale of 18 Little Bedford Street, the sale to be held at the Albion Hotel.
There are several minor tears (mainly where folds cross) and one small hole but it is a
decent copy. (ref T155/70) £8.00 UK post-free
[North Sunderland document] Sale Poster
Small printed poster concerning the 1818 sale of property of the late William
Anderson, comprising (1) 30 acres of land in 2 plots - The Swinney Borne and Anthony's
Close - occupied by Thomas Hall, and (2) a farmhouse and 3 cottages plus 22 acres of land
occupied variously by Thomas Hall, Robert Anderson, William Scott and John Fender.
The 22 acres comprised 3 plots, Upper Hall Lane Field, Lower Hall Lane Field and Sonsie's
Close. Size approx 9"x11", so ideal for framing. (ref 87/14) £20.00
UK post-free
Notes on the History of Prudhoe
Rev A H Simmons, 1903. 12mo booklet in grubby card covers, 36pp, 3ills. Spine torn at top
& tail but on balance a reasonably G copy of this scarce booklet. (ref 120/16) £8.00
UK post-free
Rothbury & Coquetdale
Frank Graham, 1975. A5 size paperback booklet of 48pp, 27 ills. G. (ref 0000)
£2.50 UK post-free
[Shilbottle document] Sale Notice
Small printed handbill giving notice of the 1817 sale of all the stock and
crop of Shilbottle South and South East Farm. Good size for framing - approx
7"x9". (ref 87/18) £18.00 UK post-free