| Content Description | First Party: Henry Pelham Archibald Douglas [Pelham-Clinton], 7th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne.
Second Party: Wigan Coal and Iron Company Limited, registered at Kirkless near Wigan.
Third Party: Barber Walker and Company Limited, registered at Ironmonger Lane, London.
Fourth Party: Colonel Albert Edward Whitaker of Babworth Hall, Nottinghamshire.
Release by (1), (2) and (3) to (4) of all surface rights over strips or parcels of land in the parish of Harworth, measuring 2 acres 3 roods and 23 perches [as shown on attached plan], reserves the right to survey the land; mentions that the strips of land in question are to be used to wdien the railway [London and North Eastern Railway].
Recitals: (a) fact that the property called the Martin Estate was conveyed by (1) and others to Benjamin I. Whitaker 2 Oct. 1891, by which certain surface rights were reserved to (1), and that the property in question formed part of that estate; (b) fact that the mineral rights and above mentioned surface rights for the Martin Estate were leased by (1) to (2) 20 Oct. 1896; (c) fact that (2) sub-leased certain of these rights to (3) by lease dated 30 Nov. 1923; (d) fact that (4) is tenant for life of Martin Estate under the will of Benjamin I. Whitaker dated 24 Jul. 1905 [proved 9 Aug. 1922], including strips of land desired by The London and North Eastern Railway Company for widening their line.
Includes a plan of the strips of land running along the eastern side of the London and North Eastern Railway through the parish of Harworth; the land in question is coloured pink and area given; plan is drawn to a scale of 1/2500; there is a compass at the top of the plan. |