| Content Description | First Party: Henry P.A.D. [Pelham-Clinton] 7th Duke of Newcastle [under Lyne].
Second Party: William Rhodes of Tuxford, Nottinghamshire.
Conveyance from (1) to (2) of 128.539 acres of land and hereditaments [as described in the first schedule and shown on attached plans]; together with a right of way along across a yard belonging to the Newcastle Arms inn for the purpose of carting coal to and from a coal store [marked on plan 2].
Reservations: a right of way along an occupation road leading from Manvers Street is reserved to Charles Whitington; the right to enter upon part of the property for maintenance purposes is reserved to Frank Adams; all mines and minerals and the power to work the minerals without leaving support for the surface land is reserved to (1); all rents and royalties payable under the mining lease other than surface rent reserved to (1); the free passage of water and soil also reserved to (1).
The conveyance is subject to all existing liabilities for the maintenance of Long Lane, Hopyard Lane and Goosemoor Dyke; to the existing life tenancy of Mrs Mary Coupland of cottage no. 37; also subject to the terms of the mining lease [see recitals below].
Also contains details conerning ownership of certain boudary walls.
(2) covenants not to fill in an excavation; to pay half of the maintenance costs for any drains or water pipes used by cottages nos. 37 and 38 in conjunction with adjoining properties; to brick up a doorway to the premises of the Newcastle Arms; and to cleans and repair all ditches, dykes, drains and watercourses running through theb property.
(1) acknowledges (2)'s right to the production of documents listed in the second schedule.
Consideration: £3920.
Schedule 1: Description and schedule of the property in question, namely 18 parcels of land containing a house and outbuildings, cottages nos. 37 and 38, etc; schedule gives ordnance nos., description, cultivation, and acreage.
Schedule 2: List of documents to which (2) has the right of production.
Recitals: (a) fact that (1) is seised of the property in question which is subject to a mining lease with the Wigan Coal and Iron Company, dated 30 Oct. 1896, and has agreed to sell the property to (2).
Plan 1: Shows the whole of the property in question coloured pink; taken from a 6 inch ordnance survey map; there is a compass; dated 9 May 1919.
Plan 2: Shows boundaries of that part of the property in question situated on Newcastle Street; boundaries are edged pink; dated 24 Feb. 1920. |