These documents are a small selection from the archive recovered by the Estate Committee from Cambridge in 2012.
The full collection offers a vivid insight into the Estate’s history and, above all, the energy and ambition of the original Covenantors, who committed to the Deed of Mutual Covenants even before the land purchase was complete.
We hope you enjoy this selection.
1. April 1812. Authority to survey area
2. 3rd June 1879 Conveyance of Painshawfield and Briches Nook Estates
3. 1893. Captain Rawlinson Cuthbertson in the chain of vendors
4. 30th April 1895. G.W. Jennings advertisement for sale by auction
5. 5th to 15th May 1895 two letters and one telegram negotiating and agreeing the sale
6. 2nd June 1896. Deed of Mutual Covenants
7. 30th May 1895. Deed of Mutual Covenants
8. 17th December 1895. Conveyance G.W. Jennings to Joseph Wakinshaw
9. 19th November 1898. A typical early conveyance of property from Joseph Wakinshaw to a covenanter
10. July 19th 1919. A cause for celebration
11. 2nd August 1921. An Invitation to Hexham Rural District Council to take over the estate highways
12. 4th June 1926. Transfer of Roads
13. 7th August 1953 The Estate Committee continue to incur considerable legal expenses
14. Extract from AGM of May 1955 – Eulogy for Mr Graham
15. Notices of AGMs of 1959, 1961 and 1966
The attached pages were written to accompany the Objection Form written by a Covenanter on the Estate. I have permission to share them with anyone wishing a) to explore some of the issues and b) write their own objection prior to the expected legal advice from the EC legal advisor. They are extremely detailed and are written by someone with legal knowledge, however, they provide an insight into the sort of issues that could be covered.
Please note, the deadline for submitting objections to the Estate Committee (EC) addresses is this Wednesday. This is to allow time to collate and get them to the EC solicitors and for them in turn get them to the Land Tribunal and the applicants’ solicitors.
This letter is being sent/delivered to all Covenanters today (5 March 2022)
letter to covenantors 23 march[13286]
Please find attached an update from Helen Rae, Chair of the Estate Committee.
Elizabeth Purcell Smith