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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.
The buil
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
Journal entry – John Grey – 22 Mar 1834
Saturday 22nd March
Rode from Lambton to Newcastle, expecting to find Mr Foster there & to have some conversation with him, but did not meet with him. I heard of another Viewer there, exceedingly likely for our purpose, but he is employed in a Colliery in which I suspect some connections of Major Johnson are concerned, & should that be the case, however respectable the person may be, as he will be expected to inspect the Workings at Scremerston, it is better to avoid the possibili
Letter – Thomas Dickinson to John Grey – 22 Mar 1834
Spency Croft. Alston
22nd March 1834
John Grey Esq
Sir
In reply to your enquiry for a Gamekeeper, I take the liberty to name George Wallace as a proper person, he is a single Man, 29 Years of Age, near 6 feet high, of sober, industrious habits, and of good character - from the enquiries I have made I understand he is a pretty good Shot, is capable of training Dogs & destroying Vermin. At present he is employed by the London Lead Company as under keeper at 15/- a week wages,
Journal entry – John Grey – 24 Mar 1834
Monday 24th March
Had several matters to attend to, & letters to write. Engaged Mr Davison, whom I had formerly selected as Teacher of a School under my direction at Milfield, to come to that at Deanraw at May Day, by the desire of a Committee of the Inhabitants who have obtained a promise of £10 a year towards it, from the Trustees of the Haydon Bridge establishment. I trust the youth upon our Estates in the quarter will be benefited by the appointment. Heard from my Son reporti
Journal entry – John Grey – 25 Mar 1834
Tuesday 25th March 1834
This being a Cattle Fair at Hexham, I attended it to see how things were selling, taking the opportunity to see several of the Tenants on various matters and of delivering to them the Agreements for their farms as returned from Greenwich with the Commissioner’s signatures. The Rowells of Thornbrough Highbarns, whose arrears accumulated there and at Newtonhall, together with the rents of the former up to May Day next, will amount to £985-.-. inform me that they h
Journal entry – John Grey – 26 Mar 1834
Wednesday 26th March
Mr Coulson the Tenant of Coastley came to the Office and paid £50, enquiring if the Board had not signified any intention of striking off some part of the Arrears which had been accumulated upon a farm so decidedly over rented. I told him that I had no orders on the subject, but hoped he would find means of reducing the amount before entering upon a new Lease. There is no doubt that he took the farm at a rent which it was not possible to make of it. He spoke of s
Journal entry – John Grey – 27 Mar 1834
Thursday 27th March
Having had Notice from the Secretary of the Railway Company that they wished the line through Capons Cleugh to be set out & the Wood which might be in the way of it to be cut down, I sent Mr Parkin along with their Agent yesterday to ascertain what quantity of wood must be cleared for the purpose, & find from him today, that owing to the steepness of the Bank a great deal of ground must be taken up to obtain the necessary slope, and that besides the full grown ti
Journal entry – John Grey – 28 Mar 1834
Good Friday
Filled up Cheques for the salaries & Pensions due on the 31st. wrote several Letters & made arrangements for my absence while on the Northern Estates, providing the Accounts & Stamps necessary for the Rent Day at Belford.
Mr Dickinson went yesterday to the Office at Hexham to get a Stock of Stamps for the approaching Rents, but could not yet obtain payment for the old Stamps that were called in, amounting to £13.5.3 which I hoped would have been allowed. Mr T
Journal entry – John Grey – 29 Mar 1834
Saturday 29th March
Went early to Hartburngrainge & found the boring for Coal which I had sanctioned, not so far advanced as I anticipated. The Metal which the Workmen had got into indicated the vicinity of Coal, but as yet they have not touched the Seam. I examined all the Woodland along the Northern boundary of the Estate which consists of a Bank, in many parts very steep, bounded by a Stream. Some parts of the Wood are thriving & good & much improved by having had the under
