1. Alnwick, Otterburn ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet 5/6/8/9. Scale 1" to 1 mile, size 25" x 38", dissected and mounted on linen, folding into marbled paper wraps, large 4to. Small library stamp on verso. 1897. £22.00
   ¶ Covers Alnham, Embleton, Longhirst, Falstone. About one eighth of the map is blank, being on the Scottish side of the border.

   
   

2. Berwick area FARM ACCOUNT AND RECIPE BOOK 1856. 8vo notebook, marbled boards, calf spine, boards and spine rubbed. 23 pages of rather untidy accounts relating to oats, hay, sheep etc. ('Blackfaced Ewes in Lamb, from Craigmillar... 135'), followed by 65 pages of recipes. At the back of the book are 15 pages of brief farm accounts, 1856, headed by a customers' names. 1856. £60.00
   ¶ Places referred to are Mordington, Haugh, Kelloe. 'For Horses with Itchy Tails - Train oil and churn milk, half and half', 'For Scour in Calves - 2 teaspoonful tincture of rhubarb given in an English Pint of Strong Tea', 'Ointment for Killing Lice on Cattle....' etc.

   
   

3. Duke of Richmond AN ACT to confirm an agreement between the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury and the Most Noble Charles Duke of Richmond in pursuance of An Act... to enable the Commissioners.... to contract with the Most Noble Charles Duke of Richmond, for the absolute Purchase of the Property of the said Duke, and of all others interested, in a Duty of Twelve-pence per Chaldron of Coals shipped in the River Tyne... 12pp., sm. folio, Act of Parliament. 1800. £10.00
   
   
4. Election TO THE ELECTORS OF THE NORTHERN DIVISION of the County of Northumberland. Poster calling for votes for Matthew White Ridley. Size 18" x 11", heading in large block letters. Repaired with archival tape along a split that runs all the width of the poster. Smith, Printer, Alnwick. 1865. £10.00
   
   
5. Embleton and Edllingham COMMISSION OF PARTITION In Chancery, between Walter Ker and Jane his wife, Thomas Collingwood Ker and other children, and William Burrell and Eleanor his wife, Henry Burrell and other children. Contemporary copy on 19 pages large folio, tied at corner with tape... together with... MANUSCRIPT MAP referred to in the document, on vellum. Map entitled 'A Plan of Bolton Estate, size 10" x 18", scale approx. 1" = 20 chains. Shows River Aln, with mills, field boundaries, buildings. Properties numbered. To the right is a map 'A Plan of Brunton Estate', size 10" x 11". Three different parts outlined in colours. Below the maps are Reference tables to each of the three Lots, 83 properties for Bolton and 35 for Brunton. Overall size of vellum 27" x 29", some light browning in places... together with... AT THE ROLLS Ker and others against Burrell. Office Copy Decree. 55p., folio, plain wraps. July 1813. Orders a division of the property to be made... together with... Ker and others against Burrell and others. Office Copy Order confirming Commissioners Certificate and empowering General Ker to raise the £4592 by sale or mortgage. 36. November 1813. Ker was to pay the money as his share was much bigger. 4 items. 1813. £150.00
   
   

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6. Newcastle and Gateshead TWO RENT BOOKS 1781-1787. Two books recording rents received, both small 8vo, with very stained and rubbed marbled paper wraps, one book with wraps detached. Comprises (i) 'Byker Chair and Gateshead Book'. 51p of entries, plus a few pages with the bottom half torn away. Pages rather grubby and well-thumbed, interleaved with blotting paper. Records when room taken, and then subsequent payments, for example 'Isabell Nesbit rents a little room up the stone steps in Byker Chair House at 20s a yr.', 'Elizabeth Glass ows when her husband died...', 'Thomas Potts rents a high garret in Byker Chair at 20s a year. Entered Oct. 24 1782. Earnest 6d.' (ii) The Rent Book for Sandgate'. 30p of entries, plus 1p 'Account of Goods in the Ware Room', which includes 'two long counters', '1 large box hashpans'. 'Alexander Meacon took a room in Mills Entry at 28s per yr. Earnest given 1s. To enter at Martinmas 1785.', 'Thos. Gunn Blind Man Maughams Chair...' ... with... various papers relating to the owner of the books, comprising: 'Arrears of Rents due May 1782', with names corresponding to some in the books. 2p., folio, dusty at edges. There is a note mentioning 'Mr Hodgson's disbursements'; Obligation Bond of Philip Hodgson of the Conduit Head to Thomas Hunt Tinplate worker for £500, printed with manuscript inserts, signed by Hodgson. 1787, and 'Hunt vs Hodgson Award', manuscript 2p folio, being a legal settlement of a dispute. Signed by the two men settling the award, and by Hodgson as having received a settlement. 1780's. £120.00
   ¶ I have been unable to find what is meant by 'Chair' in the writer's description of places.

   
   

7. Newcastle, Consett, Morpeth ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP made up of four quarter sheets. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 26" x 37", sheet 15 at top right, border all round. Area around Newcastle outlined in green, inland from Morpeth in pink. MS note in pencil in margin 'Newcastle & Gateshead Water East Coast Supply Session 1904'. One repaired marginal tear. O.S Blindstamp 1902. £32.00
   ¶ Newcastle is more or less at the centre of the map.

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