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Lease of stone quarry
7 Dec 1791
Joseph Smyth of Islington, gent., on one part; and William Wigglesworth of Wakefield, maltster, and Ann Wigglesworth his wife, on other part. Relating to property in Newton, parish of Wakefield
Grant of right to take stone at quarry in Appleton in Rydall
30 Sep 1327
1 Thomas son of Robert de Boulton 2 Sir John Gower and his heirs Right granted to take stone and carry it to Newsham ['Neusom'] water mill, which he[Sir John] had of the grant of Thomas, in aid ...
Letter to Ralph Thoresby from John Woodward, Gresham College, London
17 Nov 1702
Regarding Dr Cuerden's manuscripts, the green bone, Sir Robert Southwell's death, queries concerning presages of rain in mines, quarries or coalpits, and question of fogs upon the tops of high hills
Account of repairs at Spofforth
1535/1536
Repairs made on a laithe or barn in Spofford Parke by Thomas Myddleton esquire, bailiff to King Henry VIII. Mentions slate being quarried at Follifoot
The county palatine of Durham [cartographic material]
Armstrong, Andrew (fl. 1768-1781); Jefferys, Thomas (1771)
Feb. 15. 1768
Inset maps: Plan of the city of Durham. The bases and triangles reduced to the horizontal plane. Title cartouche shows windmills and millstone quarry.
Marriage settlement
22 Jan 1779
Marriage settlement assigning the quarries and mines in Lilleshall and Sherriff Hales (Shropshire and Staffordshire) 1. Thomas Gilbert
Lease for 14 years
23 May 1757
1) Richard Wainhouse of the City of Bath clerk 2) Nathaniel Sawood of Pye Nest in Skircoat ph. Halifax shalloon maker Lease to 2) of one messuage or tenement in Skircoat called Pye Nest with all bui...
Lease for 21 years
25 Apr 1732
1. Sir Lionel Pilkington of Stanley Hall, Wakefield, Baronet 2. Francis Watts of Colnbridge
Swinden
1676, 1709-1712
Papers relating to the rent arrears due to Charles Lister and other debts owed by John Wise, including case for opinion of counsel about right to get stone from the stone quarry called the Milne quarr...
Toll receipt book
13 Jul 1752 - 6 Aug 1753
Receipts for tolls received at turnpike at Quarry Gap bar, day by day; with notes of their receipt by Richard Richardson from Richard Broadbent, once Broadbent's wages had been paid, 30 Sep 1752 and 3...
Agreement
26 Dec 1709
1. Thomas Lister, esquire 2. James Brogden, butcher Agreement concerning the rights to use the way leading from the Wainhouse End at Five Acres Close to the highway between Gisburn and Sawley, and...