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Richard Annand, VC
The first British Army soldier of the Second World War to be awarded the Victoria Cross, in May 1940
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Letter from W.L. Prattman …
Read MoreD/HH 2/10/555 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Partnerships, business, bankruptcy
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29 April 1839 (1) Henry Temple of Eppleby …
Read MoreD/HH 3/1/37/5 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Office drafts (part 2)
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30 August 1798 (1) George Dixon …
Read MoreD/Br/D 3392 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 10) places T to W and out-county
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Letter from W.L. Prattman …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/29/92 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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General letters received by Wheldon and Swarbreck …
Read MoreD/HH 1/4/29/1-147 – Hanby Holmes – Office Administration: In letters
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Letter from Messrs Watson …
Read MoreD/HH 7/2/671-672 – Hanby Holmes – Witham, Maire, Silvertop, Lawson and Thornton Families: Family papers
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Inventory of the goods of Robert Haswell distrained on behalf of William Luke Prattman of Mount Eff Farm …
Read MoreD/HH 11/202 – Hanby Holmes – General Miscellaneous: part 2
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17 September 1872 (1) The Reverend Thomas Witham of Lartington Hall (2) William Skinner of Coatham near the Sea …
Read MoreD/HH 7/2/670 – Hanby Holmes – Witham, Maire, Silvertop, Lawson and Thornton Families: Family papers
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Title deeds including mortgage of Rev. Wm. Luke Prattman to Thomas Cummins …
Read MoreD/Wat Box 85 – Watsons – solicitors, Barnard Castle INTERIM LIST BOXES
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16 and 17 August 1798 (1) Rev. William Luke Prattman of Barnard Castle …
Read MoreD/Br/D 3388-3389 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 10) places T to W and out-county
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30 August 1798 (1) George Dixon …
Read MoreD/Br/D 3391 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 10) places T to W and out-county
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Letter from W.L. Prattman …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/29/88 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from Rev. L. Prattman …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/36/19 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Part letter from an unidentified correspondent [Joseph Pease] …
Read MoreD/X 1667/8/234 – Miscellaneous documents – Quaker records: 8. Pease Family
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28 June 1841 (1) Revd. W.L. Prattman (2) Subscribing creditors (3) Matthias Bradley of Barnard Castle …
Read MoreD/HH 2/10/543 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Partnerships, business, bankruptcy
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Epitome of the title (1798-1840) to estates at Bowes and Barnard Castle formerly belong to Revd. W.L. Prattman and his children …
Read MoreD/HH 2/10/544 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Partnerships, business, bankruptcy
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Advertisement of the sale of lands in Barnard Castle and Bowes …
Read MoreD/HH 2/10/545 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Partnerships, business, bankruptcy
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l January 1814 (1) Reverend William Luke Prattman of Barnard Castle (2) Robert Haswell and John Haswell of Barnard Castle Moor …
Read MoreD/HH 3/2/495 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Barnard Castle
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18 August 3798 (1) Rev. William Luke Prattman and Dorothea Christiana …
Read MoreD/Br/D 3390 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 10) places T to W and out-county
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Letter from W.L Prattman …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/29/95 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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23 May 1842 (1) John Fenwick of Newcastle …
Read MoreD/HH 3/1/39/6 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Office drafts (part 2)
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Settlement of the debts …
Read MoreD/Wat P 20 – Watsons – solicitors, Barnard Castle INTERIM LIST PLANS
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Letter from W.L. Prattman …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/29/90 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from W.L. Prattman …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/38/20 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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3 May 1841 (1) William Luke Prattman of Copley Lodge …
Read MoreD/HH 3/1/39/8 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Office drafts (part 2)
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1834 (1) Revd. William Luke Prattman of Barnard Castle …
Read MoreD/HH 10/3/1 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: Barnard Castle Gas Company
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Letter from W.L. Prattman …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/46/90 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from Rev. W. L. Prattman …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/603/62 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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1 Opinion for council on lease of April 1801 to plot of land to be sold to the trustee of the Bethel Chapel …
Read MoreC/Da 68 – Darlington Congregational Church
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Photographs of the Rev. Prattman …
Read MoreC/BC 42 – Barnard Castle Congregational Church
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Letter from W.L. Prattman …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/13/5 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from W.L. Prattman …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/46/88 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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General letters received …
Read MoreD/HH 1/4/71/1-110 – Hanby Holmes – Office Administration: In letters
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10 March 1828 (1) Rt. Revd. William …
Read MoreD/HH 2/10/541 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Partnerships, business, bankruptcy
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Statement of facts concerning the Croft coal depots of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Co. …
Read MoreD/HH 2/10/542 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Partnerships, business, bankruptcy
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Title deeds …
Read MoreD/Wat Box 95 – Watsons – solicitors, Barnard Castle INTERIM LIST BOXES
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Letter from Rev. W.L. Prattman …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/1/47 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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'Sketch of Cockfield Lane Road proposed to be let to Messrs. Prattman Botcherly and others' …
Read MoreD/St/P2/4/37 – Strathmore Estate – Plans: Streatlam Estate
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6 March 1839 (1) Thomas Simpson of Brecken Hill …
Read MoreCHA 826/11 – Charity Commission – Charity records (not Public Records)
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1824 (1) Barbara Ullithorne of Barnard Castle …
Read MoreD/HH 3/1/25/4 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Office drafts (part 2)
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Letter from Rev. W.L. Prattman …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/1/29 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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General letters received by Thomas Wheldon …
Read MoreD/HH 1/4/15/1-622 – Hanby Holmes – Office Administration: In letters
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8 February 1805 (1) Joseph Granger …
Read MoreD/HH 3/2/494 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Barnard Castle
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1824 (1) Revd. William Luke Prattman and John Bell (2) Elizabeth Moses (3) George Dawson of Streatlam …
Read MoreD/HH 3/1/25/2 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Office drafts (part 2)
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Notice of sale of freehold and leasehold estates at Bowes …
Read MoreD/HH 3/1/39/10 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Office drafts (part 2)
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17 April 1837 (1) James Horner of Barnard Castle …
Read MoreD/HH 3/2/36 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Barnard Castle
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1814 (1) Revd. William Luke Prattman of Barnard Castle (2) Robert Hunter of West Wood …
Read MoreD/HH 3/8/541 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Miscellaneous deeds, wills, agreements
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Invitation …
Read MoreNCB I/JB 1152 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 2)
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Draft letter of Thomas Bell to William Watson requesting a tracing from Mr. Machell's survey of the Prattman lands …
Read MoreD/Bo/G 47/1 – Bowes Museum Collection – Thomas Bell and Sons, surveyors (plans; places A to Ca)
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Copy case concerning Temple's marriage settlement and the losses sustained through the insolvency of W.L. Prattman …
Read MoreD/HH 2/6/903 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Principal clients of the Wheldon era