Lanehill 9th July 1839
Sir
In consequence of two orders made by the Board for repair of the Highways in the Parish of Stanhope on Saturday the 6th inst at St John's Chapel. I beg to inform you of the proceedings at a meeting of the proprietors and Ratepayers of the Forest Quarter held in the Vestry at St John's Chapel and by an adjournment in the Schoolroom the 22nd Day of June last respecting the repair of a part of the Road leading from Redburn Gate to Shorngate Cro
To Willm Bee - Clerk to the Board of Highways
Newhouse July 11th 1839
Dear Sir
I received your letter of the 9th inst containing the orders at a Vestry meeting held at St John's Chapel on the 6th inst fixed upon by the Board of Highways.
The Orders are 1st - That the part of the Road leaving Redburn Gate to Shorngate Cross which is situated in the Forest Quarter be made, and carried by a majority.
2nd It was moved that application be made by the Board t
The adjourned Meeting from June 22nd to July 13th of the Rated Inhabitants of the Township of Stanhope was held in the vestry according to such adjournment when it was proposed to take the sense of the meeting whether the Township of Stanhope admits of the repair of a portion of a road from Redburn Gate to Shorngate Cross or not, when it was put to the vote and carried against the repairing any such Road by a Majority of one.
Signed
Michl Harrison
Chairman
[1 vote ea
WB Lead Office Newcastle
July 8th 1840
Dear Sir
I am sorry to hear your Rookhope Road Meeting has ended so unsatisfactorily and so very different to what we had a right to expect. I must now request you to take prompt and efficient steps by endictment to compel the Parties liable to make the Road.
I shall be at Allenheads on Wednesday come and would like to see you if you can come conveniently ride over and stop all night.
I am dear Sir Yours truly
Newtown 8th Jany 1842
Dear Sir
As the Stanhope Township had done a great deal and wish to complete the New Road to Shorngate as soon as possible and think by continuing the Work during the Winter whenever the Weather permits the ultimate cost will be less than by contracts and be in Spring <season> when Work is more plentiful.
The general expenditure of this Township
Allenheads April 18th 1846
Observations on the Claim of Dr. Richardson in respect of Improvements introduced by him in the Smelting Establishment of T.W.Beaumont Esq.
To J.G.Atkinson Esq
Dear Sir
At the time of my entering on Mr Beaumonts Service I learnt from Mr. Donkin & yourself that a Claim was made by Dr Richardson in respect of certain improvements the introduction of which he stated was owing to him and for which he had not received any special remuneratio
Spring House Feb 3rd 1847
Mr Sopwith,
Dear Sir,
According to your request, I take the liberty of stating the particulars of my application.
The Burntshield Haugh Mine Co. holds a grant from Lord Crewe Trustees, and also from Geo. Silvertop esqr, to work a Lead Ore vein running North & South in the liberties adjoining T W Beaumonts Royalty, bounding on the Deils [sic] water in Hexhamshire, near to Lillswood; and passing through into Hackford estates. The said vein has been
My dear Wenty,
It is a saying of Voltaire’s, that all History teaches only one lesson, that ‘the Strong always oppress the weak.’ However, there are others the <same Paris honour> of Injustice the Humiliation of Pride &c
There is a better foundation for an Englishman’s Education than History, which is to learn how to apply to all subjects strong common sense & liberal feeling. History often invokes much Prejudice. I believe, after all, that the best Basis of a Gentlem
Newark Thursday night
My dear Wenty,
Don’t you expect too much from the young Republic in supposing it possible that they shd wish to place their affairs in steady & tried hands? We know all their steady & tried hands, & I shd be sorry to see Theirs trusted by them. O Barrot they will have nothing to say to for he desired to substitute the Dk of Orleans & the young <Cte> de Paris!
Now the most that we can hope for is the continuance of the present men in pow
My dear Wenty,
I am delighted with your plan & very readily give my approbation to it. I hope you will visit the Hebrides, Fingals cave & I remember well crossing Ben Lomond on foot & sleeping that night at a small Inn near the Trossachs. Your Uncle William had a tall Highlander for a Bedfellow & much distressed he was with his companion. Bird & I shared the same bed. But the Fleas annoyed me more than my companion. We had a fine View & a beautiful day. We crossed the
Pece’s – Tuesday
My dear Wenty,
I have written to Atkinson as you requested & assured him that you have my active consent to leave St.Johns for Trin Coll. Let me know when you have seen <Tatham> how he takes it.
We are waiting to see your Brothers <as/at> their <…t> before we leave for Elmhurst & Buxton. I drive out twice every day & my Health is, I think, improving. The heat of the Buxton water is 83.
All our loves
Your very affect[iona]te
Allenheads, Haydon Bridge
July 25th 1848
Gentn
With reference to your application for leave to work a vein of Lead Ore at Burnt Shield Haugh in the Manor of Hexham I am requested by Mr Sopwith to inform you that acting on behalf of Thos W. Beaumont Esqr. he declines making any arrangement at the present time but the subject will be open for reconsideration in the course of next year if you should then desire it.
I am Gentn
Your Obedient Servt
<T.J.B.>
[stru
Business
My dear Wenty,
Yr Mama has reminded me that I promised you a Programme. I have sent you a sketch of it <D Sk> but I hereby give it to you in detail.
There are 3 principal Residences of the Mining Agents viz Allenheads, Newhouse in Weardale Co of Durham and Coalcleugh in Northumberland. There isn’t anything in particular to interest you at Coalcleugh & if Sop[wit]h considers that a Visit to a Smelting mill is likely to be more instructive & more novel I recom
Augt 11 Br Pk
My dear Wenty,
Altho’ I do not think it likely that you will be corrupted by Ld Chesterfield I will tell you the opinion of Lonsdale – Bp of Lichfield & contemporary of mine at Eton <a per> him, that his Book contained the morals of a W[hore] & the manner of a Dancing master. This is a more even statement than his Lordship deserves, but his Recommendations are far too worldly to do any good.
I hope that you have finer weather in North[umberlan]d tha
DEATH of T. W. BEAUMONT, ESQ. - The Newcastle Journal records the untimely death (by his own hand), in Hampshire, yesterday week, of Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, Esq., of Bretton Hall, Yorkshire, and Bywell Hall, Northumberland. Mr. Beaumont, by means of his vast possessions in land and minerals, took his rank amongst the most wealthy commoners of England, and was, in all respects, a man of mark and consideration. He represented the county of Northumberland in parliament for several years, and
2 Bateman's Buildings, Soho Square, London
6th January 1849.
To Blackett Beaumont Esq
Bretton Hall
Yorkshire
The Committee of the Polish Refugees resident in Great Britain and Ireland
Sir,
The intelligence of your bereavement by your Father's demise has reached us most unexpectedly. It can easely be imagined with what profound grief that mournful event, which is so po
Literary Association of the Friends of Poland
Sussex Chambers, Duke Street, St James's
January 6th 1849
To W. B. Beaumont Esqr
Sir,
We are requested, by the Council of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, to express to you their deep sense of the
3rd Sept 1849
With regard to a Settlement betwixt Mr. Beaumont and myself nothing whatever has been done since I heard from you last. – Mr. Rodgers called upon me and said Mr. Edward Beaumont wished me (he intimated that he would <demand>) to give up all Mr Beaumonts letters to you. I told him I had no letters of the late Mr. Beaumonts except such as were more or less private betwixt him & myself, and these I should never part with, nor had he any right to demand
Manchester 1 Decr. 1849
My dear Sir,
Your letter of the 20th reached me here where I am engaged in a Reference on behalf of the Lancashire & <Yorkshire> Railway Co – I am glad to hear a good account of Mrs Bird with yourself and family and I hope Master <Hornsby> will soon be restored to his wonted good health & <frolic>king habits.
There is no great value of Property <unentailed> & Subject to the Payment of Col & Mrs Beaum
CELEBRATION OF THE MAJORITY W. W. BEAUMONT, ESQ
Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, Esq., of Bywell Hall in Norhumberland, and Bretton Park, in the county of York, attained his majority on Thursday the 11th of April, 1850, when great rejoicings took place in the mining districts belonging to that gentleman. The extent of country over which the several mines and works are situated, and the number of workmen and boys employed approaching nearly to three thousand, prevented any dinner or othe
CELEBRATION OF THE MAJORITY OF WENTWORTH B. BEAUMONT Esq.
On Friday last, the celebration of the majority of W. B. Beaumont, Esq., of Bywell Hall, Northumberland, and Bretton Hall, Yorkshire, took place at Bywell, under circumstances of great joy and festivity. This event, which had been postponed in consequence of the indisposition of the worthy gentleman, had given time to parties to make every suitable demonstration, and this, together with the favourable period of the year chose
1854 Will of Dorothy Hunter late of the Borough and County of Newcastle upon Tyne Widow deceased. Regd.
The Last Will and Testament Of Dorothy Hunter November 1st 1852
H. W. Wright Surrogate
In the Name of God Amen.
I Dorothy Hunter, Widow of Isaac Hunter and inmate of Jesus Hospital in the Manors of the Town and County of Newcastle upon Tyne being of sound and perfect mind memory and understanding do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and Form following