24 March 1856 (1) John Farmer of Darlington, gentleman; William Fordy of Darlington, painter; William Wetherell of Blackwell, linen weaver; Atkinson Greenwell of Archdeacon Newton, yeoman, churchwardens of the parish of Darlington (2) Edward Pease of Darlington, esquire Agreement by (1) for the conveyance to (2) of Thomas Forster’s Almshouses on Northgate, Darlington, and Bellassis’s Almshouses at the south end of the east side of Skinnergate, Darlington, and agreement by (2) to erect within 12 months, eight cottages to be forever used as almshouses, on a site at Bank Top near St. John’s Church, the said cottages to be conveyed to the churchwardens – From:DOCUMENTS RELATING TO TITLE, DARLINGTON PROPERTIES, Forster’s Almshouses and Bellassis’s Almshouses