Walter Scott Ltd.

Research Notes

• National Coal Board — 13th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 13/273 — Trimdon Coal Company - 17 October 1895 - (1) The lessees (43 persons named) ; (2) William Henry Wood of Coxhoe, Esquire, Thomas Wood of Westminster, Colonel in H.M. Army, and Benjamin James Bucknall of Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, land agent, executors of the will of Thomas Wood, late of Barrow Hedges, Carshalton, Surrey, Esquire ; (3) Walter Scott Limited. Deed of arrangement and release concerning duties of (2) to Deaf Hill Colliery and (3) to Trimdon Grange Colliery to pump water and carry out maintenance etc.

• National Coal Board — 31st Deposit
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 86/16 — Licence between Woodall - Duckham Limited and Consett Iron Company Limited, relating to a licenced invention, "Improvements in coke oven apparatus", August 1938. (includes: Agreement between N.C.B. and Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Limited, relating to tenancy of office number 35, third floor of Cathedral Buildings, Newcastle upon Tyne, July 1950; Agreement between N.C.B. and Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Limited, relating to tenancy of offices 38/9, third floor of Cathedral Buildings, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, January 1951; Agreement between Stella Gill Coke and By-products Company Limited and Pelton Parish Council, relating to electrical lighting of Bernard and Charles Terraces, March 1924; Agreement between Cleveland and Durham County Electric Power Company, and Walter Scott Limited, relating to the supply of electrical energy to various collieries and pumping stations, September 1931)

• Miscellaneous documents
• Ref: D/X 498/5(f) — Town Kelloe, 26 May, 1846. (1) Trustees of late (3rd) Marquis of Londonderry ; (2) Walter Scott. Term 42 years from 1 August 1843. Rent £3,000 p.a. plus royalties.
• Ref: D/X 498/35-36 — Correspondence of Walter Scott Ltd. concerning the alteration of the barrier between the Beckwith, Darling and Roper royalties, 8 January - 19 October 1891
• Ref: D/X 498/40 — 19 January 1892. (1) John Beckwith ; (2) Hubert Darling ; (3) Richard Darling ; (4) Walter Scott Ltd. Epitome of lease from (1)-(3) to (4) of coal and collieries at Trimdon Grange. Term - not stated. Rent: £115 7s.8d. p.a. plus royalties
• Ref: D/X 498/46 — 22 November 1892. (1) Thomas Davison of Coxhoe, wine merchant ; (2) Thomas Thubron of Sedgefield, timber merchant ; (3) Walter Scott. Copy, supplement to agreement of 6 October 1892, concerning the leaving all farms, buildings, etc. in good condition and repair upon termination of the lease
• Ref: D/X 498/51-66 — Correspondence of Walter Scott and Co. Ltd. concerning the legal case Forster v Forster, 31 January 1893 to 25 July 1894. The case was fought over responsibility for repair and restoration of surface property on expiry of the Trimdon Colliery leases. Responsibility lay with the lessees but there was controversy over whether the cost should be born by the original lessees, the Forster brothers, or by Walter Scott Ltd. who had taken over their leases
• Ref: D/X 498/70 — not dated, c.1893. (1) Revd. Henry Arthur Mitton and the Brethren of Christ's Hospital in Sherburn ; (2) Walter Scott Ltd. Epitome of new lease from (1) to (2) for 20 years from 13 May 1893 of land, buildings, mine workings, mineral rights and tithes in Kelloe. Rent: £200 p.a. for mine workings £100 p.a. for land, cottages, etc. £20 p.a. for mineral rights. plus royalties.
• Ref: D/X 498/72 — 11 December 1897. (1) Marquis of Londonderry ; (2) Walter Scott. Copy draft agreement between (1) and (2) for 10 years from 1 January 1897 of land and buildings at Trimdon Grange. Rent: £10 p.a. With attached plan. Scale: 1:2500
• Ref: D/X 498/78-82 — Correspondence of Walter Scott and Co. concerning the purchase of Catley Hill Farm, 4 January 1900 - 11 November 1902
• Ref: D/X 498/86-103 — Correspondence of Walter Scott and Co. concerning the renewal of the Greenside royalty lease, 24 January 1910 - 23 November 1910
• Ref: D/X 498/111 — File of correspondence of Walter Scott Ltd. concerning the removal of Greenside barrier, including tracing of area involved, 1900-1902. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
• Ref: D/X 498/112 — 15 January 1901. (1) Henry John Beckwith; formerly of Silksworth ; (2) Walter Scott Ltd. Copy agreement between (1) and (2) for working away the barrier at Trimdon. With attached Plan. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
• Ref: D/X 498/113-117 — Correspondence of Walter Scott Ltd. concerning working the barriers of the Park House Royalty and re. rent negotiations over renewing the lease, 9 October 1901 - 6 January 1915
• Ref: D/X 498/118 — 14 December 1901. (1) Rt. Hon. Gustavus Russell, Viscount Boyne ; (2) Walter Scott. Proposal for a lease from (1) to (2) of all coal, ironstone and fireclay under Park House Estate, Trimdon. With attached plan of area concerned. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
• Ref: D/X 498/119-126 — Correspondence of Walter Scott Ltd. concerning the lease of coal under land at Trimdon owned by Airey's Charity Trust, 2 January 1902 - 7 June 1906
• Ref: D/X 498/136-141 — Correspondence of Walter Scott Ltd. concerning the purchase of Roper's interest in Northside Royalty, with details of coal seams, estimates of output, etc., 28 April - 24 November 1903
• Ref: D/X 498/142 — File of correspondence of Walter Scott Ltd. concerning the renewal of Lord Londonderry's Kelloe Royalty lease, with estimates of coal available and cost and trouble of mining it, 2 July 1906 - 14 January 1907
• Ref: D/X 498/144 — 1 January 1908. (1) Charles Stewart Vane Tempest Stewart, Marquis of Londonderry ; (2) Walter Scott. Lease from (1) to (2) for 21 years from 1 January 1907 of all coal and mines under, and cottages upon, Town Kelloe Estate. Rent: £10 p.a. for cottages. £2,000 p.a. for royalties.
• Ref: D/X 498/145 — 16 October 1909. (1) Henry John Beckwith of Millichope Park, Salop ; (2) Rt. Hon Gustavus William Russell, Viscount Boyne ; (3) Walter Scott Ltd. Lease from (1) and (2) to (3) for 13 years 61 days from 1 September 1908, of coal under lands near Park House, Trimdon. Rent £50 p.a. plus royalties.
• Ref: D/X 498/148 — 23 December 1910. (1) Henry John Beckwith of Millichope Park, Shropshire ; (2) Hannah Brown of the Red Lion Inn, Trimdon ; (3) Jane Dalkin of Darlington ; (4) Walter Scott Ltd., of Newcastle. Memorandum of agreement between parties concerning a lease for 11 years, 245 days from 1 March 1910, of all seams of coal and fireclay under 3.42 acres of land at Trimdon Grange. Rent £10 p.a. plus royalties. Includes tracing of area concerned. Scale: 1:2500
• Ref: D/X 498/151-152 — Correspondence of Walter Scott Ltd. concerning the removal of Trimdon barrier, 11 and 20 June 1912
• Ref: D/X 498/156 — Copy letters of Walter Scott Ltd. concerning the removal of portions of the Coxhoe Barrier, with attached plan of area, August 1915. Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]
• Ref: D/X 498/157 — File of correspondence of Walter Scott Ltd. concerning the removal of the Cassop and Kelloe Glebe barrier, 4 October 1915 - 10 January 1916
• Ref: D/X 498/160 — File of correspondence of Walter Scott Ltd. concerning extending the breach in the Cassop, Kelloe Glebe barrier; including tracing of area involved, January - 8 March 1918. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
• Ref: D/X 498/164 — File of correspondence of Walter Scott Ltd. concerning the sale of West Langdale Colliery, gives valuation of coal, property, machinery and workings, 16 November 1920 - 17 November 1921
• Ref: D/X 498/165 — Plans of a farm house to be erected at Northside Farm, Trimdon, for Walter Scott Ltd, 19 September 1921. Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch
• Ref: D/X 498/166 — 1922. (1) Herbert Robinson et al. ; (2) Walter Scott Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Draft agreement for reference to arbitration concerning the lease of West Langdale Colliery from (1) to (2) for 42 years from 13 November 1892
• Ref: D/X 498/167 — File of correspondence of Walter Scott Ltd. concerning the renewal of the Beckwith Royalty lease, with attached tracing of area concerned and advertisement for Eastlight letter filing devices, 24 February 1922. Scale: 1:2500
• Ref: D/X 498/169 — 20 September 1922. (1) John Henry Beckwith, Esq. ; (2) Thomas Martindale Darling ; (3) William Darling ; (4) Walter Scott Ltd. Heads of agreement concerning lease from (1)-(3) to (4) for a term of 30 years from 25 October 1922 of coal mines at Trimdon Grange. Rent £100 p.a. plus royalties, with attached tracing of area concerned. [No scale]
• Ref: D/X 498/170 — 28 November 1923. (1) Henry John Beckwith ; (2) Walter Scott. Heads of agreement concerning a lease from (1) to (2) for 30 years from 25 October 1922 of Church Farm, Cleveland Gorse and East Farm royalties, Trimdon. Rent: £80 p.a. plus royalties With attached plan of area concerned, and letter from Tate to R. S. Barrett concerning the drawing up of a lease. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
• Ref: D/X 498/171 — 1 March 1924. (1) Henry John Beckwith ; (2) T. M. Darling ; (3) William Darling ; (4) Walter Scott. Epitime of lease from (1)-(3) to (4) for 30 years, of all coal and fire clay beneath; and all buildings upon, 150 acres of land at Trimdon Grange. Rent £100 p.a. plus royalties.
• Ref: D/X 865/1 — Correspondence and copy correspondence of Simon Tate, Trimdon Grange Colliery, with V. W. Corbett and J. P. Brydon (Londonderry Agents), W. Armstrong, T. Davison and George Linklater (Walter Scott Ltd.); relating to Trimdon Grange Colliery and its operations, 24 December 1885 - 4 March 1913
• Ref: D/X 865/2 — Epitome of lease of coal mines at Kelloe, leased by Lord Londonderry to Walter Scott for 21 years from 1 January 1886, not dated [1886]