Series
Nature Conservancy: General Matters: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: FT 3
Date: 1942-2004
This series contains registered files of the Nature Conservancy which cover a wide range of matters, including advice to the government on...
Series
Palatinate of Durham: Court of Chancery: Enclosure Awards
Catalogue reference: DURH 26
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DURH 26
This collection of documents relating to the enclosure of lands consists of original commissioners' awards with papers pertinent thereto; three entry books of such awards in replica; and printed private parliamentary acts of local application...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DURH 26
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Title (The name of the record)
- Palatinate of Durham: Court of Chancery: Enclosure Awards
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1632-1834
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Description (What the record is about)
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This collection of documents relating to the enclosure of lands consists of original commissioners' awards with papers pertinent thereto; three entry books of such awards in replica; and printed private parliamentary acts of local application confirming such enclosures. The awards were made by decree of the Court of Chancery of the Palatinate of Durham in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. In the later eighteenth century acts of Parliament were preferred. Both methods are represented in this series, ranging from the year 1632 to 1834, by which time the enclosure movement had more or less run its course.
The documents are not entirely concerned with enclosures of common land or waste: the earliest, dated 1632, concerns a commissioned agreement about watercourses; the next, dated 1680, involves a bill of complaint to initiate action in the Court of Chancery and a decree confirming an award of 1658; two 1712 items concern a tripartite division of the estate of Ralph Blenkinsopp of Birtley, who had left three co-heiresses.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Further enclosure awards, chiefly acts and papers regarding the division of common lands, are held at the University of Durham, Department of Archives and Special Collections.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Palatinate of Durham, Chancery Court, 1333-1836
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 30 bundles and volumes
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Includes two maps
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Common land
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- A 'List of Some Enclosure Awards in the Public Record Office' follows the paper catalogue of CP 43, available in the reading rooms at The National Archives, Kew.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- References to enclosures from 1801 will be found in Index to Local Acts from 1801 to 1899 (HMSO, 1900), indexed under enclosures.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6480/
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