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Journal entry – John Grey – 19 Feb 1834
Wednesday 19th February
Sold the Lot of Wood No 4 in Dipton Plantation to Joseph & George Dinning for £140, for which they are to give a joint pro: Note, payable in September & December next, by which time the Wood is to be all removed. This is £10 below Parkin’s valuation, but I consider it a good price as wood is selling. Had also an Agent from the Lead Company’s Mines to examine the Tyneside Lot, valued by Parkin at £220 last year, but not then sold. Since that time se
Journal entry – John Grey – 20 Feb 1834
Thursday 20th February
I forwarded to the Board this morning, an answer to their enquiries respecting the Inspector of Woods - Mines etc also several Agreements for Leases, executed by the respective Tenants. Among them, it will be seen, that I have thought it best to hold Andw Thorburn as Tenant of Gairshield, at Will, so that his being allowed to continue or not, may be made to depend upon his own conduct. That the Term of Thornbrough Highbarns is to be 14 years, that it may determine a
Journal entry – John Grey – 21 Feb 1834
Friday 21st Febry
Rode in the morning to Westwood to meet Benson & the Mason whose tender for building the two Cottages there had been accepted, that the Situation might be determined & the Work begun. The most convenient place for them is a piece of waste land at the junction of the Hexham & Chain Bridge roads, & as it is a public and conspicuous situation, some regard must be had to neatness in constructing and Keeping them. Proceeded then to look after some matters at H
Journal entry – John Grey – 22 Feb 1834
Saturday 22nd Feb 1834
I met Mr Leadbitter this morning at Dilston Hall Farm to make the arrangements respecting the occupation of it, reserving the House, small Field called Halls Nook, Garden Stable etc as specified in a written Agreement, for the Bailiff, he paying £22 and Mr Leadbitter £150 for the farm and remaining premises, with which he professed himself well satisfied. His Lease of the land should be made to determine along with that of his present farm & chargeable with th
Journal entry – John Grey – 24 Feb 1834
Monday 22nd February
Received the Boards Minutes of the 8th & 19th Instant & made the necessary communications to the several parties referred to. Was afterwards was occupied in inspecting the planting in Dipton Woods & examining the state of several plantations on the Property, some of which are now thinning & others that require to be thinned. Nothing occurred of importance to be noted.
Journal entry – John Grey – 25 Feb 1834
Tuesday 25th February
Went to inspect some matters respecting the roads at Dilston & also some bye ways into the fields which have been intersected by the Railway. Proceeded to Hexham & attended a meeting of the Alston Roads Trustees, saw Mr Walker respecting the making of Bricks at Dilston Park & his settlement of damages with the Tenant, also several of the Tenants on various matters, examined Robson’s Nursery at Hexham, from which I wished to select strong & healthy t
Journal entry – John Grey – 26 Feb 1834
Wednesday 26th February
Having received three Summonses for Special Jury Trials had to go to NCastle to attend the Assizes, & owing to the late arrival of the Judges from Durham & the quantity of business at Newcastle was not released from the Court till 6o’clock on Friday evening.
Journal entry – John Grey – 1 Mar 1834
Saturday 1st March
Returned to Corbridge early in the morning , attended to letters & business in the Office. Directed Benson to make preparation for the Building at Whitechapel, as sanctioned by the Board, & to obtain estimates for it & the farmhouse at Lees. Received from Mr Hogarth at Scremerston the application to the Board, praying for a reduction of rent, which I herewith forward. It is hardly necessary for me to make any remarks on the subject of this Petition, in a
Journal entry – John Grey – 3 Mar 1834
Monday 3rd March
After dispatching a parcel to Alston, containing grants for trials of veins & Letters to Mr Dickinson & Mr Stephens, I took a long ride through the Farms in Hexhamshire that I might inspect some new fences, reconcile some differences between the away going & entering Tenants, which they seem to make a point if never doing themselves without an Umpire, & examining a large extent of Woodlands, of which the younger plantations are so unreasonable thick that I
Journal entry – John Grey – 4 Mar 1834
Tuesday 4th March
Mr Green the Architect, having come up with the Plans & Specifications of the House, I accompanied him & some Contractors to Dilston to fix upon the precise spot & see how the Plans as now arranged would fit the peculiar situation, as I was anxious to take every possible advantage of the picturesque character of the place, consistent with convenience & economy, & to save some Chestnut Trees, which after much contrivance, we were able to accomplish. I
Journal entry – John Grey – 5 Mar 1834
Wednesday 5th March
Rode to Throckley to see how the unsightly Pit heaps had been planted. I have hopes that the Trees will succeed, which will be a great improvement to the appearance of the farm & neighbourhood & convert Ground which was before pernicious to the Wool, to a useful purpose. Mr Stephenson has kindly sent Carts to lead good soil to be put into the Pits along with the Trees, on such parts of the heaps as consisted only of Coal refuse. I found it necessary to or
Journal entry – John Grey – 6 Mar 1834
Thursday 6th March
Went through the Estates of Newton & Whittle, examining at the latter place the working of the quarries lately opened for getting blocks for the railway & the trespass done by this & the roads. The latter is of little moment, being confined solely to the plantation & not touching upon the farm at all. I met today Mr Armstrong, who is Agent for the Estate of Threepwood. He applied to me for payment, to the Proprietor for two Stacks of Corn, said to have
Journal entry – John Grey – 7 Mar 1834
Friday 7th March 1834
I agreed this morning with Mr French on the part of the Governor & Co, for the Lot of Wood No 2, in the Hand Bill, at the price of £180 & £13 for some weedings in the Park Plantation. The money to be paid & the wood removed by December next. Some of this Wood standing by the Embankments, & some also so near the brink of the River to be in the way of sloping & securing the banks, has been cut down & sold since the Lot was valued. And as t
Journal entry – John Grey – 8 Mar 1834
?Saturday 8th March
Rode to Dilston to meet Mr Shipley respecting several claims, on Account of Fruit Trees & other things supplied by him when he made the Garden, for which he expects payment. His intention of selling manure from the Premises, I flatly resisted, especially as he had always sold the Hay made from his Land without permission & with impunity. But that he should not suffer any loss with respect to such Hay as he might have on hand, I engaged to purchase it by the valu
Journal entry – John Grey – 10 Mar 1834
Monday 10th March 1834
Heard from the Tenant at Outchester that the Drains that I had marked out for improving a boggy field were finished & ready to be examined & measured, which I wrote desiring my Son to go over & do forthwith, that the ploughing of the field might be proceeded with. Directing him at the same time to apprize the Tenants in that quarter, that I should be at Belford to receive the Rents on the 8th April. Went to the Park Farm & met Mr Walker, the Lessee of t
Journal entry – John Grey – 11 Mar 1834
Tuesday 11th March 1834
This being the day appointed for payment of the Dividend of the Assignees of the Arkendale Mines Company, I attended at Hexham on the part of the Commissioners, having previously examined the accounts, & seen the Boards authority for concurring in the Agreement come to by the Creditors, to accept a Dividend of 12/- in the Pound. The Hospitals claim amounted to £2347.7.0 according to the accompanying statement - and the Dividend and Interest in the Bills to £1
Journal entry – John Grey – 12 Mar 1834
Wednesday 12th March
Arranged with Benson the several Buildings at Whitechapel & Lees, for which parties are preparing Estimates. Directed him to examine the Offices at Coastley with a view to find a situation in which some Pig Houses may be built at small expense, which in arranging the Buildings, had strangely enough been forgotten. Afterwards accompanied him to examine Teasdales House & see in what way it might be made comfortable at the smallest expense as any thing that is to
Journal entry – John Grey – 13 Mar 1834
Thursday 13th March
Rode through the Farms of Highside, Bagraw and Longhope & then to Woodhall to examine some new Fences just made there. Proceeded then to the Farm of Lees now let upon a fresh Lease, where we are making a boundary Wall at the extremity of the Hospitals Property in that direction. Having seen the Wall & another fence that is in progress & conferred with Mr Watson about some draining & the site of the new Farm house, I returned to Haydon Bridge to meet by
Journal entry – John Grey – 14 Mar 1834
Friday 14th March
I left Haydon Bridge early, intending to make a long excursion through the farms to the North of the Tyne. Proceeded by Rattenraw, Tofts & to Grindon, examined the planting of the Ground from which the Trees had been burnt last year. Much of it is done, but some parts are still too wet, in which I directed the Woodman to make open drains to carry off the surface Water. Traversed the wide Allotments of Grindon Common to see where the Trials for Ore are intended to
Journal entry – John Grey – 15 Mar 1834
Saturday 15th March
Spent most of the day among the Workmen engaged in Planting, fencing etc upon the Dilston Estate, without any occurrence worthy of note, except an application from a Mr <Crile>, Lessee of a Colliery at Long Witton for leave to work in Coal in Hartburngrainge. Having no knowledge of the situation, the probable success or the damage that might ensue, I could not give him any encouragement, my impression being that unless connected with the Sale of Lime, it would ha
Journal entry – John Grey – 17 Mar 1834
Monday 17th March 1834
Two men called David Gibson & John Nattrass applied to me some months ago, for leave to work blocking Stones for the Rail Way from a quarry at the village of Fourstones, offering 1d Per Block, which is the price they pay as Rent to Sir Edward Blackett & other proprietors on the line. Thinking that we ought to have a better price here, on account of the proximity to the Rail Way, & consequent saving in carriage, I declined giving them an answer until I ha
Journal entry – John Grey – 18 Mar 1834
Tuesday 18th March
After attending to business in the Office & settling with Mr Hunt, accounts for Work he had measured off in different parts of the Estate, for which he commonly makes his payments at Hexham on the Market day, I went out to Dilston to see the Work that is going on at the new road & laying out the Garden, which I have thought it best to put into a state of forwardness, although the House is not built, because it forms a place of deposit for any Soil that is to be re
Journal entry – John Grey – 19 Mar 1834
Wednesday 19th March
Rode to Haydon Bridge and met Mr Hunt who had been looking after draining and fencing in several farms to the North of the Tyne, & then proceeded to examine the state of the buildings & fences on the farms of Deanraw, Vauce, Lough and Harsondale to decide upon what may be necessary to be done to put them in such condition at the commencement of the Leases, as to make it reasonable to require the tenants to maintain & leave them so at the end.
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Journal entry – John Grey – 20 Mar 1834
Thursday 20th March
Sent letters to the Tenants who are in Arrears regarding an early payment. Directed the Bankers to remit £2000 to the Credit of the Commissioners on the 29th Instant. Attended to Letters in the Office & went through the Workmen at Tyneside and Dilston.
Journal entry – John Grey – 21 Mar 1834
Friday 21st March
Visited the Farms at Newlands where there is some draining going on, where some applications had been made for repairs & where I had applications to make for Arrears. Found that our old Tenant Soppit whose alacrity & wonderful possession of faculties at the age of 93 I had often admired, had died lately, and is wife nearly as old as himself, within ten days afterwards. They had just been 60 years married! Examined the Mill at Newlands which had lately been unde
