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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
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[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 
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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
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[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
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[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 
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[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 
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[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 
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[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

[Pegswood]  Solicitor's Brief following Industrial Injury
This paperwork results from a thumb injury to a stoneman at Pegswood Colliery in 1946.  The appeal case went to the House of Lords.  (ref 46/14)  £12.50 post-free  
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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