Subject Guide 1 – Records Relating to Inclosure

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Durham County Record Office County Hall Durham DH1 5UL

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Issue no. 19 July 2020

Contents

Introduction 1 Organisation of List 2 Alphabetical List of Townships 2 A 2 B 2 C 3 D 4 E 4 F 4 G 4 H 5 I 5 K 5 L 5 M 6 N 6 O 6 R 6 S 7 T 7 U 8 W 8

Introduction Inclosure (occasionally spelled “enclosure”) refers to a reorganisation of scattered land holdings by mutual agreement of the owners. Much inclosure of Common Land, Open Fields and Moor Land (or Waste), formerly farmed collectively by the residents on behalf of the Lord of the Manor, had taken place by the 18th century, but the uplands of County Durham remained largely unenclosed. Inclosures, to consolidate land-holdings, divide the land (into Allotments) and fence it off from other usage, could be made under a Private Act of Parliament or by general agreement of the landowners concerned. In the latter case the Agreement would be Enrolled as a Decree at the Court of Chancery in Durham and/or lodged with the Clerk of the Peace, the senior government officer in the County, so may be preserved in Quarter Sessions records. In the case of Parliamentary Enclosure a Local Bill would be put before Parliament which would pass it into law as an Inclosure Act. The Acts appointed Commissioners to survey the area concerned and determine its distribution as a published Inclosure Award. The Plans and awards are probably the most useful archives of this process. Each party to an Inclosure would have copies of the Act and the Award (or an Extract from it), and many of these have survived in collections here. Most other surviving records document legal disputes arising from an inclosure award. Some Private Inclosures may have left no documentary evidence. From the 1830s various general Acts were promoted to make the process less complicated and less expensive; these include the 1845 Act to facilitate the Inclosure and Improvement of Commons. In many such cases a Decree confirming the award was made, after the event, by the Chancery Court at Durham. For these, and for information on other inclosures in County Durham for which we hold no information, see Durham University Library Archives and Special collections (referenced as ASC below) or The National Archives (TNA).

HANDLISTS:SubjectGuide01InclosureRecords.docx/14-Jul-20/1:54 PM page 1 As well as containing a wealth of historical detail, about both people and places, inclosure records are useful today as legal documents, for instance in establishing rights of way. See also library pamphlet D2/9 “A hand list of English Enclosure Acts and Awards” and http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/enclosure-awards Organisation of List This guide lists Inclosures in County Durham alphabetically by the name of the Act, which is usually the name of the parish or township concerned. Two dates are normally given below the name: the first of these is the date of the Act (an asterisk indicates an inclosure made under a general Act and the date is that of the order thereunder); the second the date of the award. A dash in place of the first date indicates an inclosure arranged by private agreement of the landowners. For each Inclosure event a list is given of material held at DCRO, whether a Bill, Act, Enrolment, Award, Plan, or other papers. This list may not be comprehensive. To search for further inclosure records in our online catalogue database (www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/article/10527/Search-the-Catalogue) please use the “all of these words” box and search for each of the words “inclose”, “incloses” “inclosure”, “inclosures” and “inclosing” together with the name of the place or its township or parish. We also hold a set of Local Acts from 1798 onwards which should include all Inclosure Acts after that year. Alphabetical List of Townships Place name Record type and Catalogue Reference Act or Order*/Award Year A Auckland St. Andrew Act D/CG 32/40 1804/? Aycliffe ASC B Barmoor see Ryton Barnard Castle Misc. papers (1667-1799) D/Bo/C 548-592 Barnard Castle Moor Act D/HH 2/14/141, D/HH 2/14/134 1795/1799 Award and plans D/St/E 1/28/49-50, UD/BC 122-127, D/HH 2/14/154, 2/9/14 Other D/Bo/C 584-92, D/St/E 1/28/23-48 Barnard Castle Townfields Act D/HH 2/14/139 1783/1785 Award and plan D/Bo/C 607, UD/BC 121, D/HH 2/2/69 Other D/Bo/C 593-608, D/St/E 1/28/19-22, EP/BC 2/1 D/X 234/1 Barningham Cow Close Act D/CG 32/40 1803/1807 Award and plan EP/Ba 14/1 Other EP/Ba 2/16-27 Beamish (South Moor) Award and plan Q/D/E 1 1803/1810 Extract D/CG 16/1254 Enrolment Q/D/B 5 Miscellaneous D/St/E 5/22/25-26 Bedburn (South) 1759 ASC Bedburn (North) Copy plan, D/X 452/3 1773/1775 Billingham ASC Billy Row see Crook and Billy Row Bishop Middleham Notes on award D/X 1022/213 1693/?

HANDLISTS:SubjectGuide01InclosureRecords.docx/14-Jul-20/1:54 PM page 2 Birtley Fell Plan (1845) D/CG 2/220 ? Blackwell TNA Bolam Enrolment Q/D/B 5 1782/1786 Boldon Fell Enrolment and plan Q/D/B 7 1836*/1859 Award and Map EP/Bo 304, D/CG 8/115-119 East Boldon Correspondence (1778-1861) D/CG 8/101-114,120-121 Bowes and Boldron Act D/MOB 4/2, D/X 671/1 1766/1768, 1772 & 1859 Bill, Act, Plan, etc. D/HH 2/14/1-14 & 6/13/4-41, 6/11/63, 6/12/104, 6/14/41 Legal papers D/MOB 4/16-35, D/MOB 4/1 Award and plans D/MOB 4/3-15, D/HH 2/14/137 & 2/5/45 Boldron Agreement D/HH 2/14/137 -/1836 Brancepeth and Stockley Award, plans etc. D/Br/E 103, D/Br/P 152, Q/D/E 4-5 1758/1758 Other D/Br/E 100-107 Brancepeth see also Ivesley Moor and Thornley Moor Brasside see Durham, Framwellgate Byers Green and Old Park Act D/CG 32/40 1805/1809 Award and plan Q/D/E 6-7 Draft Plan D/Bo/G 1(iii) Enrolment Q/D/B 5 Bywell and Ovingham (Northumberland) D/St/E 10/18-21 C Carlton TNA Chester-le-Street Townfields Opposition (1637) D/Ph 1/6 Chester Act D/HH 2/14/133, D/CG 32/3-4,40 and D/HH 2/14/133 1794/? (NB Mentions Chester Moor, Plawsworth, Edmondsley, Pelton, etc.) Cleadon Award D/No 1 -/1676 Cleatlam Copy of enrolment D/Ph 1/3 -/1635 Miscellaneous D/St/E 1/28/1-3 Cockerton TNA Cockfield Fell Award and plan Q/D/E 8 and D/HH 2/14/143 1845 and 1863*/1868 Other D/HH 2/14/138,147-152 Cornforth TNA Cornsay Common (Hedley Edge) Agreement D/Br/E 109-112 and D/X 923/9 -/1842 Cotherstone Award D/St/E3/19/143-144, D/HH 2/14/62-63 1866*/1867 Miscellaneous D/HH 2/14/15-61 & 4/1/99-102, D/St/E 3/19/141-142 Crawcrook Townfields Act D/CG 32/5 1794/1800 Award and plan Q/D/E 9, NCB01/SC 738, D/St/E 8/50 Enrolment Q/D/B 5 Coal ownership & pre-inclosure allotments NCB01/SC 734-737,743-782 Crook and Billy Row Act D/Br/E 126, D/BR/D 622 1764/1769 Copy of award NCB/1/X 244 Other D/Br/E 126

HANDLISTS:SubjectGuide01InclosureRecords.docx/14-Jul-20/1:54 PM page 3 D Darlington Grange Close ASC Dinsdale TNA Durham, Crossgate Moor 1769 ASC Durham, Elvet Moor Extract from award EP/Du.SO 2 1771/1773 Durham, Framwellgate Bill D/St/E 8/14 and Witton Gilbert Act DC/G 32/40 1801/1809 Extract from award D/Lo/P 84, D/Br/P 153 Draft plan (Charlaw) D/Bo.G 15(i) Other (inc. Opposition) (1759-1800) D/X 487/1/47, Du 1/29/1-10, D/Bo/G 57, D/SJ 2298, D/X 1207/1/479,483, etc. (NB Mentions Charlaw Moor, Intack (Framwellgate Moor), Shaw Wood (Flass Vale) and Brasside Moor) Durham, Gilesgate Moor Act D/Lo Acc. 1738(D) Box 21/5, D/X 621/2 1816/? E Easington & Little Thorpe 1656 ASC East Boldon see Boldon Edmundbyers see Ruffside Egglescliffe TNA Eggleston Bill D/St/E 8/15 1785/1817 Act D/HH 2/14/140, EP/MT 14/5 Award and plan Q/D/E 10, D/HH 2/14/154 Enrolment Q/D/B 7 Elvet Moor see Durham, Elvet Moor Etherley and Escomb Copy of Etherley plan EP/Eth 56 1760s Evenwood (Railey Fell, Act D/HH 2/14/130-131, D/St/E 1/28/5 Ramshaw) Copy award D/St/E 1/28/8 1762/1765 Miscellaneous papers D/St/E 1/28/5-7 & 9 Plan D/St/P 2/1/12 F Framwellgate see Durham, Framwellgate G Gateshead Townfields Act D/CG 32/40 1814/1818 Award and plan Q/D/E 11 Enrolment Q/D/B 7 Gateshead Fell Act D/CG 32/40 1809/1822 Award and plan Q/D/E 12 Enrolment Q/D/B 7 Gilesgate Moor see Durham, Gilesgate Moor Gilmonby Agreement D/HH 3/4/193 1802*/1804 Award D/HH 2/14/63 Plan D/Bo/F 103, D/HH 2/14/96 Other D/HH 2/14/67-103, D/X 849/21 Great Lumley TNA Greatham Town Fields Copy of enrolment D/Ph 1/9 -/1650

HANDLISTS:SubjectGuide01InclosureRecords.docx/14-Jul-20/1:54 PM page 4 Greatham Marsh Enrolment Q/D/B 5 -/1807 Award and plan D/X 1096/1 Greencroft TNA H Hamsteels Extract from award NCB01/D 93 1772/1774 Other (Act and map) EP/Esh 25 & 38, D/Bo/G 27(xxv) Hamsterley Act D/St/E 8/17 1757/1760 Extract of Award D/HH 2/14/136 Other D/X 752/31 Haughton le Skerne TNA Heighington Plan D/XP 161/1/3 1792 Helmington Row see Willington Herrington Legal papers D/Ph 1/7 -/1638 Hett see Sunderland Bridge Heworth (Upper and Nether) Act and Plan D/CG 32/2 1766/? Hollin Hall (Gainford) ASC Holwick see Lune,Holwick and Romaldkirk Hunderthwaite Award D/X 741/70 c.1836/? Partial Plan D/HH 5/2/262 Misc. papers (c.1812) D/St/E 3/19/131-135, D/HH 3/6.., D/Bo/A 933-937 Hunwick Edge Extract from award D/X 258/16-17 1760/1761 Legal papers D/CG 7/4013 I Ivesley Moor (Brancepeth) Award Q/D/E 14; Plan D/Br/P 154-155 -/1758 Copy and abstract of award D/Br/E 128-129 Other (agreements for division) D/Br/E 127-131 K Kibblesworth Agreement D/CG 32/1 -/1672 L Lamesley and Tanfield see Tanfield and Lamesley Lanchester Act D/CG 32/11, D/X 792/3, D/CG 7/698 1773/1781 Extract of Award D/CG 6/269-286 Copy of plan D/Bo/G 27 (xxxix), D/CG 7/895, D/XP 138/1 & 140/1 Other NCB01/D 92, D/X 58/1-5, D/X 1207/1/274, D/CG 7/729, D/CG 16/759, D/X 487/3/1-56, D/St/E 8/27, D/X 1805/13, D/Bo/G 74/106 Langley Moor Legal papers (1755-1780) D/X 487/3/51-80 Lartington Award D/HH 7/3/99-110 ?/1824 Lune, Holwick & Romaldkirk Act D/X 741/67, D/HH 2/104 1811/1822 & 1827 Plans D/St/P4/7/7-15, D/HH 2/14/153 Award EP/Rom 14/2, D/HH 2/105,109,111, 2/14/154, D/X 741/68 Copy and extracts from award D/HH 2/14/109-111, D/HH 5/5/252, D/St/E 3/19/123-130, D/X 510/2 Draft award and plans D/HH 9/4/358-360, D/X 741/149

HANDLISTS:SubjectGuide01InclosureRecords.docx/14-Jul-20/1:54 PM page 5 Objections D/St/E 3/19/70-122 Plans D/St/P 4/7/5-6 Other D/St/E 3/19/70-87 D/St/E 3/19/98-122, D/HH 2/14/104-108 D/Bo/G 97/82-166 Lynesack and Softley 1759 ASC M Manfield Award D/HH 2/14/142 ?/1815 Mickleton Act D/HH 2/14/113, D/X 741/65-66 1801-1802/1810 Copy of award D/X 510/1, D/HH 2/14/114 Plans D/St/P 4/7/1-4, D/HH 3/6/91-122, D/HH 2/5/68-71 Other D/St/E 3/19/1-69 Middleton in Teesdale Act D/Bo/C 609, EP/MT 14/1 1805/1817 Award D/Bo/B 153-155 Agreement, Act extracts, etc. D/HH 2/14/115-128 Other D/Bo/G 78/1-28 Middleton in Teesdale Act D/X 621/4, EP/MT 14/2 1834/1841 Award and plan Q/D/E 21, CP/MT 20, D/X 741/9 et al Plan D/HLP 1/111 Other D/St/E 3/19/136-137, D/HLP 1/115, D/HH 2/14/144-146 Middridge Copy of award UD/Sh 122 -/1638 Partial plan D/El 27/12 Legal papers D/Ph 1/5, UD/Sh 122 Murton Legal papers/Opposition D/Ph 1/8 -/c.1585 N Newton Bewley Copy of award D/X 339/11 -/n.d. Norton Copy of award D/X 50/1 and D/X 339/12 -/1674 O Old Park see Byers Green and Old Park R Railey Fell, Ramshaw see Evenwood Redworth ASC Romaldkirk see Lune,Holwick and Romaldkirk Ruffside Common, Edmundbyers Award and plan Q/D/E 23 1864*/1870 Ryhope ASC Ryton 1637 ASC Ryton Act D/X 792/1 1773/- Ryton Haugh Agreement, Award and plan Q/D/E 25-27 1796*/1800 Ryton (Barmoor), Woodside Award and plan Q/D/E 24 and Winlaton Extract and plans D/HH 5/10/24 1823/1829 Plan EP/Ryt 14/2, D/CG 6/1102, D/CG 19/318 Miscellaneous D/St/E 5/22/36-38, D/CG 27/1-51, 2/55

HANDLISTS:SubjectGuide01InclosureRecords.docx/14-Jul-20/1:54 PM page 6 S Seaton Carew Legal papers D/X 570, D/Sa/E 580-582 -/1689 Sedgefield Copy of enrolment D/Ph 1/4 -/1634 Shadforth Copy of enrolment D/Ph 1/2 -/1634 Sherburn Copy of enrolment D/Ph 1/1 -/1634 Shotton ASC South Moor see Beamish Spennymoor (Whitworth) TNA Staindrop Moor Act, Award and Other EP/Stai 14/2 1764/1765 Award and arbitration Q/D/E 28-31; Plan D/St/P 2/1/11 Legal papers D/Bo/F 68-87, D/St/E 1/28 Other D/Bo/C 584-592, D/St/E 1/28 Stainton le Street TNA Stanhope Park and Forest Act D/CG 13/138,321,492, D/CG 32/40, D/HH 10/17/505 Inc. Harthope and Chapel Extracts of Award D/CG 13/40,60,62,139,205,357-358 1799 Other D/Bo/G 90/29, D/X 1598/2/1-2 Stanhope Middlehope 1809 ASC Stockley see Brancepeth and Stockley Stockton ASC Sunderland Bridge Copy of award D/Sa/E 569-570 -/1669 Legal papers D/Sa/E 567-568, D/Sa/L 85 Swaledale (N Yorks) Misc. D/HH 6/3/1-43 & 6/2/248 (Inc. Muker, Wensley, Reeth, West Grenton, Harkerside) T Tanfield and Lamesley Act D/CG 32/8 (inc. Blackburn Fell) Award and plan Q/D/E 15-20, D/CG 32/9 1801/1818 Award D/St/E 5/22/8-24 Enrolment and abstract of award Q/D/B 5-7 Plans D/St/P 6/8/1-3, D/Bo/G 34 Miscellaneous D/St/E 5/22/8-24, D/Bo/G 34 & 88/363 (Lintz Green), D/CG 6/1986, 7/3977, 16/748 Tanfield Common Act D/St/E 5/22/5 1800/? Tanfield Moor Act EP/Bur 14/6 1806/1807 Award and plan Q/D/E 32, D/HH 5/7/158, D/CG 32/6 Extract of Award D/CG 6/1215-1216, 7/3987, 16/688 Plan D/St/P 6/8/2 Draft Plan D/Bo/G 34 Enrolment Q/D/B 5 Miscellaneous D/St/E 5/22/4-7, D/CG 32/12-39 Thornley Moor Act D/Br/E 132, D/SC 1/153 (Wolsingham & Brancepeth) Award and plan Q/D/E 33 1769/1772 Extract D/CG 17/51 Enrolment Q/D/B 5 Thornley (Wolsingham) Townfields Plan and Award D/X 649/176-178 c.1788/?

HANDLISTS:SubjectGuide01InclosureRecords.docx/14-Jul-20/1:54 PM page 7 Thorpe Thewles (Grindon) TNA Tudhoe Award D/Sa/E 571-573 -/1639 Other (agreements, grant claim for common rights) D/Sa/E 574-579 Tunstall Copy of enrolment D/Ph 1/10 -/1670 U Urpeth Common Award and Plan U/CS 345-346, D/CG 32/7 -/1799 Other D/TP Box 4 Ushaw Moor Plan D/Ph 165/1, D/X 784/39 1762/1765 W Walworth TNA Washington Common TNA Weardale see Stanhope West Auckland 1639 ASC Westoe (Simonside) TNA Whickham Award D/St/E 5/22/3 -/1672 Other (miscellaneous papers) D/St/E 5/22/1-2 Whickham Fell Act D/CG 32/10,40 1811/1821 Award and plan Q/D/E 34, D/HH 5/7/145 Enrolment and extracts Q/D/B 7, D/St/E 5/22/27-35 Copy plans D/St/P 6/8/4, D/CG 7/562 Plan D/X 1246/1 Whitburn Award D/No 2 -/1680 Copies of award D/Ph 1/11-12 Whorlton Copy of award D/X 573 -/1677 Other D/HH 2/14/129 Willington & Helmington Row Act D/Br/E 133 1756/1757 Award Q/D/E 35 Winlaton see Ryton Winston Award EP/Wi 48, D/HH 8/1/85 -/1767 Witton Gilbert see Durham, Framwellgate Witton-le-Wear Act D/X 792/2 1773/1775 Copy plan D/X 452/3 Wolsingham Extracts from awards and Plans D/X 487/12/19, D/HH 2/14/132, D/XP 166/1, D/XP 166/1 1765/1767 (NB Mentions North and South Moors and Park) Wolsingham Townfields Act D/CG 32/11 1769/- Wolsingham see also Thornley Moor Wolviston Copy of award D/X 339/21 -/1697 Woodland Act D/HH 2/14/135 1814/1825 Award and plan CP/Wo 1 Extracts D/Bo/G 97/54 Enrolment Q/D/B 7 Miscellaneous papers D/St/E 1/28/53-60, D/Bo/G 54/1-2, D/Bo/G 97/58 Copy Plans Q/D/E 36

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