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Journal entry – John Grey – 2 Sep 1834
Tuesday 2nd
Seeing a Meeting of the Gateshead Road Trustees advertised, I wrote to the Clerk reminding him to get an order for the payment of £15, stipulated for, in giving up the old Public House, & also the sum awarded as compensation for damage done to the Tenants of the Haugh & North Farms, calling his attention too to the making a piece of branch Road which they engaged for, as at present & during the Summer, my small piece of Grassland has been laid open to trespass
Journal entry – John Grey – 5 Sep 1834
?Friday 5th September
Reached Dilston by Mail at nine, found various Letters & matters to attend to in the Office. Received reports of their proceedings from Benson & Parkin, the latter had sold another Lot of Wood to the Lessees of the Saw Mill, which, now that it is fairly established, will I trust, realise the expectation I formed of it, in giving us a pretty regular market for our Fir Wood in its neighbourhood. Received an application from Major Johnson, to be allowed a cert
Journal entry – John Grey – 6 Sep 1834
Saturday 6th September 1834
Intended going through the Farms in Hexhamshire today but the incessant rain prevented me, as all work out of doors must be suspended, & the Men occupied in repairing the Buildings driven home. Attended to various matters in the Office, & among other Letters, wrote to Mr Ord of Whitfield, who is likely to be Chairman at the ensuing meeting of the Turnpike Road Trustees at Alston, requesting his attention to their undertaking to renew the instalments pay
Journal entry – John Grey – 8 Sep 1834
Monday 8th September
Another day of heavy & incessant rain, putting a stop to outdoor employments, protracting the Housing of the Corn, which now must sustain great injury & preventing my going over the Farms which are to be let this autumn to arrange their course of management. Every thing this year has a tendency to depress the Rents of Corn Lands very much & unluckily a great deal of the Hospitals property will in all probability have to be relet. The choice however is be
Journal entry – John Grey – 9 Sep 1834
Tuesday 9th September 1834
I heard today from Mr Johnson that the Directors of the Rail Way were desirous to adopt the line at Allerwash which would interfere with the Mill, and desiring first to know when compensation would be required for the old Buildings, by the Hospital. I Inclosed him a Copy of mine of the 4th of August, addressed to Mr Walker, another Agent, but which seems never to have been laid before the Directors, containing a Copy of Mr Bensons Valuation of those buildings, a
Journal entry – John Grey – 10 Sep 1834
Wednesday 10th September
Received from Mr Fenwick the Draft Leases for the Saw Mill & Plots of Ground for Wood Yard & Public House, to be granted to the same party. Supplied some deficiencies & gave him the account due by Stephenson for Throckley Quarry, which he had promised, after being threatened, to pay to him. Gave permission to Mr Ritson, Mason to get Stones in Coastley Dean, for building a Wall for the Railway, he paying 1 1/2d Per Yard of Wall, for Quarry leave, &
Journal entry – John Bones to John Grey – 10 Sep 1834
To the Right Honorable and Honorable the Com. of Greenwich Hospital
The humble Petition of John Bones of Throckley North Farm Sheweth
That the Father of your Petitioner in November 1827 Purchased from your late Receivers the Lease of Matthew Robson the late Tenant of this Farm for the sum of Five Hundred and Fifteen pounds to enter upon the 12th May 1828 - the said Matthew Robson having failed upon the Farm, and the £515 was paid to the Receivers
That the Farm was a
Journal entry – John Grey – 11 Sep 1834
Thursday 11th
The protracted state of the Harvest & suspension of other occupation upon the Estates, gave me the opportunity of accepting an invitation from Lord Althorp to spend a farming day or two at his place in Notts, although I declined the former part of it which was to attend his Agricultural meeting near Northampton on account of the distance. I took the Sale of the celebrated Stock at Studley in my way, where I met many breeders and Agriculturalists, English, Irish & Ame
Journal entry – John Grey – 13 Sep 1834
Saturday 13th
That from Mr Forster on the subject of the Hartburn Coal, I have the Honor to forward to the Board , along with the two proposals for working it, to which his Letter refers. I agree with him in thinking that Crile would be the best Tenant, but am of opinion that if he would give £50 certain Rent, for the work of three Men, finding his own Houses, and at the rate of £20 a Man for each above that number, the Board would do well to let him make trial of the Coal, as the Land
Journal entry – John Grey – 15 Sep 1834
Monday 15th September
Left Wiseton & passing through Doncaster, full of agitation at the commencing Races, proceeded to Leeds to inform myself of the state & prospects of the Woolen Manufactures, which are closely connected with some important departments of Agriculture, & was glad to find them very good indeed. Little progress has been made in the Harvest, the last fortnight & even in Yorkshire a good deal of Barley & Beans still out in very bad condition, of those ki
Journal entry – John Grey – 17 Sep 1834
Wednesday 17th
Was engaged all the day in attending to business in the Office, transactions with Mr Hunt & Mr Benson, writing Letters etc. Finding that the Cylinder in Dilston Mill which was known to be bad, but which it was determined it would work as long as it would, had entirely failed, I found it necessary to write to inform Murray of it, who had taken the dimensions that he might be prepared for such an event, & to direct him to proceed in making a new one. Having received
Journal entry – John Grey – 18 Sep 1834
?Thursday 18th
Mr Murray luckily came here this morning & I got him to examine the state of Dilston Mill, which I expected had been very good, as it had undergone a repair not long ago. He found the frame of the Cylinder good but the Wire Sheets entirely worn out. This I expected, but to my surprize, he showed me the wooden Cogs of a large Wheel which must have been made of unseasoned Wood, as they are quite loose & working out of Gears all round, endangering the safety of the oth
Journal entry – John Grey – 19 Sep 1834
Friday 19th September
Set out in the morning to have a long day among the Farms to the West of Haydon Bridge, but being met by a rain which soon wet me through & the appearance being bad, returned. The Weather cleared at noon, and being anxious to get on with an examination of the Farms that are given up, I rode to that of Newtonhall which is only five miles off, & walked over every Field with the Plan in my hand, writing down my valuation & remarks as I went & making up m
Journal entry – John Grey – 20 Sep 1834
Saturday 20th September
Set out for the Western Estates. Went through the Farms of Esphill, Langley Castle & the Deanraws to Lough Green, where the old Stables & part of the Barn having fallen through Age & decay, we are rebuilding them, & adding a small Hovel, which was much wanted. Returned to traverse the Farms of West & East Land Ends, met Mr Hunt afterwards at Haydon Bridge with the Plans of the Railway from thence to Westwood near Hexham & disposing of our
Journal entry – John Grey – 22 Sep 1834
Monday 22nd September 1834
Rode to Whittonstall and proceeded to examine & value the Farms of Greymare Hill, High Field & Newlands West Farm, which I just accomplished before dark. Slept in that neighbourhood & on
Tuesday 23rd
Sending my horse forward, began at seven o’ clock, and going through each Field, examined the Mill Farm, Newlands Haugh & Town Farms. Whittonstall Hall Farm & a part of Lawsons Farm, when the evening coming on, so that I could not see
Journal entry – John Grey – 24 Sep 1834
Wednesday 24th
Occupied in making up the calculations of the last two days valuations. Gave instructions to Mr Weatherly, the late Bailiff on the northern Estates, but now established as a Surveyor at Hexham, to go over the Fields in Dilston Haugh that have been intersected & altered by the Railway & Turnpike, to Survey & lay them down upon the Plan, according to their present contents. It is inconvenient not to know the quantities, in keeping the Tillage Book, but a wrought s
Journal entry – John Grey – 25 Sep 1834
Thursday 25th September 1834
Left Dilston at 4 in the morning - drove to Newcastle in time to set out by a morning Coach which took me to Milfield Hill.
Friday 26th
Passed the day with the part of my family resident at Milfield Hill. Was waited upon by Mr Davison, the Tenant of Outchester, with an appIication to the Commiss.rs to be released from his engagement, for though anxious to have struggled on to the end of his Term, he found it impossible to do so, at the present pr
Journal entry – John Grey – 27 Sep 1834
Saturday 27th
Attended the great Sheep Fair of St Ninians, where there was a large show of Stock, which though the sale was not brisk, was mostly disposed of to Dealers from Yorkshire, at fair prices. Mr Thomson the late Tenant of Chesterhill, gave me an order upon Mr Nairn for £100, the balance unpaid, of this last half years Rent, and promised to meet me at Belford on Tuesday the 21st October, on which day, I have fixed to receive the Rents of the Northern Estates, being a few days
Journal entry – John Grey – 29 Sep 1834
Monday 29th September
Breakfasted at 6 o’clock and rode 15 miles to Scremerston, taking my son with me, to inspect the Farms & fill up the Tillage Book for that Estate. Was engaged till 5 in the evening in examining & valuing the very extensive Farm occupied by Mr Thomson, in which I found a greater quantity of inferior Land, than I had anticipated.
Tuesday 30th
Set out again at 6 oclock & went over Mr Hogarths Farm, looked at the only Quarry from which it see
Journal entry – John Grey – 1 Oct 1834
Wednesday 1st October 1834
Set out for Aberdeen by Mail & arrived on Thursday morning. Attended a numerous Meeting of the Directors & Committee of the Highland Society, the Duke of Buccleugh in the Chair, where many arrangements were entered into & much discussion took place, on subjects connected with the objects of that important Society, which has been so useful, in introducing improvements in the breeds of Stock, Agricultural implements & various kinds of produce, thro
Journal entry – John Grey – 3 Oct 1834
?Thursday 3rd October
Was engaged most of the day in examining the Stock exhibited for premiums, which though not generally of first rate quality, was so numerous as to make the Duty of the Judges anything but a sinecure. The interest excited by this Meeting is extraordinary. It was attended by all the Nobility of that and the neighbouring Counties, and the Town exhibited a gathering of many thousands of various descriptions of people from lowland Strath and Highland glen. A company of
Journal entry – John Grey – 4 Oct 1834
Saturday 4th October 1834
After giving my opinion to the Directors upon certain matters subjected to our consideration for the future regulation of the Society, I set out on my return to Edinburgh, wishing to embrace the opportunity of visiting my family connections & Friends there whom I had not seen for the last two years.
Journal entry – John Grey – 8 Oct 1834
Wednesday 8th October
Left Edinburgh early in the morning by a Coach which runs by way of Melrose & Jedburgh, & brought me in the evening to Cambo, where I slept, which is within a short distance of Hartburngrainge where I had appointed in the following day to examine the three Farms there which are given up, & also to meet Crele about his proposal for the Colliery, having my Gig sent over to meet me with the Plans of the Farms etc.
Journal entry – John Grey – 9 Oct 1834
Thursday 9th
Set out early to Hartburngrainge, & was employed in walking over & valuing the Farms from 7 in the morning till 4 in the afternoon. After which, I drove to Dilston, 20 miles. This is an unsatisfactory Property & will not easily find good Tenants in these times, on which account it would be advisable to treat with the present ones, should they be inclined to do so on fair terms. I met Crile at Hartburn by appointment and found him only inclined to give £40 a year
Journal entry – John Grey – 10 Oct 1834
Friday 10th October
After attending to various transactions in the Office, & writing several Letters, I rode to Whittle & made a valuation of the Farm. There are upon this farm a few Acres, perhaps 5 or 6 in all, of Land which is scarsely of any value to the occupier, having been the workings of Quarries in former times, or banks too steep & stoney to be cultivated. In Hartburngrainge there is still more of no use at all, which were the Estates mine, I would plant at onc
