Catalogue description Savile Estate Papers

Including deeds, estate papers, rentals etc re Airton, Alverthorpe, Barkisland, Clayton and Denby, Cleckheaton and Hunsworth, Dewsbury and Savile Town, Elland and Greetland, Emley, Golcar and Milnsbridge, Hanging Heaton, Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall, Huddersfield, Lindley, Linthwaite, Mirfield, Mixenden, Ovenden, Rastrick, Rawtonstall, Rishworth, Scammonden, Shelf, Shitlington, Skelmanthorpe, Skircoat, Soothill, Southowram, Stainland, Stansfield, Thornhill and Middlestown, Thurgoland, Thurlstone and Penistone, Wadsworth, Wakefield, Woodhouse and Wyke

Part I

Records deposited with Dewsbury Public Libraries in 1969 but moved to Kirklees Archives in 1999

DD/S/I/1-251 Savile Estates, arranged by place

DD/S/I/252-3 Tithes

DD/S/I/254-7 Turnpikes

DD/S/I/258-76 Savile Estates - general

DD/S/I/277-8 Miscellaneous

Part II

Records given to Dewsbury Public Libraries in 1969 but moved to Kirklees Archives in 1999

DD/S/II/1-202 Estate Papers, Plans, Correspondence etc. arranged by place

DD/S/II/203-204 Coal Leaves etc

DD/S/II/205-221 Water Supplies, records arranged by place

DD/S/II/222-233 Various Estates

DD/S/II/234-247 Miscellaneous Estate Records

DD/S/II/248-257 Miscellaneous Books

Part II, appendix

Records given to Dewsbury Public Libraries in 1972

DD/S/II/Appendix/1 - 41 Papers arranged topographically

DD/S/II/Appendix/42 - 45 General and miscellaneous papers

Part III

Records retained at the Savile Estate office

Records retained by the Savile Estate Office at Thornhill, Dewsbury.

N.B. these were listed at the same time as records deposited by Lord Savile's agent with the Dewsbury Public Library. They have been left and numbered in the order in which they were found. Parcel numbers appear on the right of the list.

ALVERTHORPE

DD/S/III/1. 1830,1848 & 1861-1862. Admittances & Deed of Enfranchisement (1862) concerning closes in Alverthorpe near Humble Jumble Bridge within the Manor of Wakefield, & required by the Trustee of the late Lord Scarborough. (1)

DD/S/III/2. 22 July 1854. Grant of Tithes for £41/13 & 4d upon premises in Alverthorpe. Peter Heywood of Wakefield, esquire to John, Earl of Scarborough. (2)

BATLEY

DD/S/III/3. 26 Aug 1867. Conveyance & related papers (from 1864) of parcel of land in Batley bounded on the N. by proposed street to be called Beech Street & on the E. by the Batley & Dewsbury Beck. John Beswicke Greenwood of Dewsbury Moor, esquire to Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. (30)

DD/S/III/4. 3 Dec 1879. Surrender of a piece of leasehold land at Batley, which forms part of the site of a new road to Bromley Quarry.

The Great Northern Railway to the Scarborough Trustees. (80)

BRODSWORTH

DD/S/III/5. 10 March 1823. Agreement for sale of allotment under the Brodsworth Enclosure Act. Between the Earl of Scarborough & Thomas Hayward Budd of Bedford Road, Middlesex, gentleman. (99)

CLAYTON WEST

DD/S/III/6. 1875 - 1880. Deeds & papers concerning close called Little Ing in Clayton West adjoining the Huddersfield to Wakefield Turnpike Road leading from Denby Dale, purchased by the Trustees of the will of the late Earl of Scarborough. (54)

DD/S/III/7. 31 Dec 1880. Conveyance for £2,000 of close called the Sally Close or Hepworth Croft & cottage upon part of it & also 2 closes (now merged into one) called the Nun Ings, all in Clayton West. Richard Nowell Halliwell of Dewsbury, surgeon & Thomas Alsop Bradley of Savile Town, gentleman to Henry Savile of Rufford Abbey, Notts., esquire & the Scarborough Trustees.

Also Abstract of Title from 1819 & other papers re same. (55)

DD/S/III/8. 29 July 1881. Conveyance for £1,400 of closes in Clayton West adjoining the Wakefield to Denby Dale Road. Arthur Hardy Wood of Winchfield House, Hants., esquire & Robert Beanland of Grove House, Clayton West, worsted spinner to Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. Also Abstract of Title (from 1826) & other relevant papers. (56)

CUMBERWORTH

DD/S/III/9. 1872 - 1875. Deeds, Abstracts of Title (from 1767) etc. concerning 5 Plots of land in Cumberworth Half bought by the late Earl of Scarborough's Trustees from the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company. (3)

DD/S/III/10. 18 April 1878. Conveyance for £105/18/9 of 2 parcels of land in Cumberworth. Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company to Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. Also Abstract of Title (from 1872) re same. (57)

DENBY

DD/S/III/11. 17 Nov 1871. Conveyance of plot at Denby Dale adjoining the Turnpike Road from Holmfirth to Wakefield as a site for a School for the education of the children of the poor. Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees to the Vicar & Churchwardens of Denby. (58)

DEWSBURY.

DD/S/III/12. 1 May 1826. Lease for 21 years at £210 p.a. rent. The Rev. John Lumley Savile of Rufford to Abraham Greeves, coal merchant, John Greeves, gentleman, Titus Senior Brooke, druggist & Edward Brook, iron monger, all of Dewsbury. Coal seam called the Dewsbury Bank Lower Bed lying underneath extensive Savile property within the Manor of Soothill.

Infolded:-

1826. Plan of above land giving field names & extents.

Scale 4 chains: 1". (27)

DD/S/III/13. 3 Nov 1847. Deed of Enfranchisement of copyhold land within the Manor or Rectory of Dewsbury (i.e. Part of Bretton Close & other land) & grant of tithes within same. Jeremiah Marriott of Dewsbury, Land Surveyor to the Earl of Scarborough.

Also Abstract of Title of above J. Marriott (from 1792) (5)

DD/S/III/14. 12 Nov 1847. Merger of Tithes upon the Bottom Closes & an allotment in Dewsbury. Earl of Scarborough to Matthew Charleworth & John Howgate. Also copy of same. (6)

DD/S/III/15. 1857, 1878 & 1883. Leases of parcel of ground in a road called Nursery Wood Road in parish of Dewsbury & messuage upon the said parcel. Lease both from & to the Savile family. Also abstract from will of John Hague (11 Oct 1866) of Crow Nest, Dewsbury concerning unspecified hereditaments. (59)

DD/S/III/16. 25 July 1860. Conveyance for £91 of parcel of land in parish of Dewsbury, forming part of the bank of the River Calder. Also 2 other parcels nearby the above piece. Earl of Wilton to Henry Savile & the Trustee of the will of the late Lord Scarborough.

Also Abstract of Title (from 1790) & other relevant papers. (85)

DD/S/III/17. 7 Oct 1864. Conveyance for £302/16/8 of parcels of land in Dewsbury (map incorporated into conveyance). Trustee of the late Earl of Scarborough & Henry Savile to the Leeds, Bradford & Halifax Junction Railway Company. (50)

DD/S/III/18. 16 Dec 1875. Conveyance for £7,500 of numerous parcels of land in Dewsbury. Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees to the Great Northern Railway Company. (Plan provided). (60)

DD/S/III/19. 28 Jan 1881. Conveyance for £2,016/16/- of piece of land in Dewsbury adjoining Forge Lane. Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees to the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company. (61)

EARLSHEATON

DD/S/III/20. 1865 - 1866. Deeds & Abstracts of Title (from 1800) concerning parcel of land, (part of several closes)nin Earlsheaton, purchased by the late Earl of Scarborough's Trustees, & Henry Savile. (31)

DD/S/III/21. 28 July 1876. Conveyance for £1500 of parcel of land formerly part of closes called Lower Crabtree, Crooked Closes & LowerStreet in Earlsheaton. John Henry Greaves of St. Leonards on Sea, Sussex, gentleman & Ann Ducker & Sarah Ducker Greeves of Heath Cottage in the parish of Dewsbury, spinsters to Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. Also Abstract of Title (from 1867) & other papers re same. (8)

EDLINGTON & STAINTON

DD/S/III/22. 1810. Enclosure Act for parishes of Stainton & Edlington. (97)

ELLAND - CUM - GREETLAND.

DD/S/III/23. 1 July 1873. Conveyance for £967/6/8 of 3 parcels of land in Elland - cum - Greetland & 1 parcel in Thornhill. Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees to the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company. (62)

DD/S/III/24. 17 Aug 1883. Conveyance for £2,044/12/1d of 3 plots near Elland Station & 1 plot at Thornhill Lees. Augustus William Savile of Rufford Abbey, Notts., & the Scarborough Trustees to the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company. (63)

EMLEY.

DD/S/III/25. 4 March 1820. Lease for 19 years for £210 p.a. rent of 2 seams of coal called Yard Bed Coal & Thorncliffe Green Bed lying under Savile property within Emley. The Rev.Johm Lumley Savile of Rufford to Matthew Jagger of Shelley, Kirkburton & James Jagger of Emley, coal miners. Document contains pencilled alterations of parts (as draft for later deed). (26)

DD/S/III/26. 1830 - 1878. 8 Deeds etc. concerning 1 dwelling house (formerly 2 cottages) & closes with tenements & appurtenances at Park Gate in Emley purchased by Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees & formerly belonging to the Stead family. (10)

DD/S/III/27. 1841 & 1870. 2 Deeds & related papers concerning 2 messuages in Emley purchased by the Scarborough Trustees. (32)

DD/S/III/28. 1858 & 1865. 6 Deeds & Abstracts of Title (from 1792) concerning Kirkby Wood in Kirkby, Emley purchased by the Scarborough Trustees in 2 moieties from William Dyson of High Burton, butcher & from the Trustees of the Charity of John Wheelwright (begun 1724). (11)

DD/S/III/29. 31 Oct 1874. Conveyance for £10 of parcel of land in Emley, formerly part of site of the Park Mills Toll House. The Trustees appointed under the "Act for repairing & maintaining the Wakefield & Denby Dale Road" (15 Vict.) to Henry Savile of Rufford Abbey, Notts., esquire. (12)

DD/S/III/30. 30 Sept. 1879 & 28 June 1880.

Conveyances of triangular plot of land in Park Lane, Emley with buildings upon it:-

1. George Wilkinson of Bretton West, labourer to Leanard Wilkinson of Emley, coal miner, for £40.

2. Above Leonard Wilkinson to Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees for £45. (64)

FLOCKTON

DD/S/III/31. 1851 & 1863 - 1865. Deeds, Abstracts etc. concerning messuage (formerly used as a public house), lands & tenements in Flockton purchased by the Scarborough Trustees from the Trustees under the will of John Wheelwright of North Shields, Northumberland, gentleman, (dated 14 Oct 1724). Moiety of above property formerly belonged to Wentworth Blackett Beaumont of Bretton Hill, esquire. (13)

DD/S/III/32. 1852 - 1864. 17 Deeds, Abstracts of Title (from 1792) & Will (dated 1861) of James Penny of Heckmondwike, corn miller, mortgages of property hereafter mentioned concerning the Flockton Hall estate purchased by the Scarborough Trustees & belonging in 1852 to Wentworth Blackett Beaumont of Bretton Hall & Bywell Hall (in Northumberland) esquire. (14)

DD/S/III/33. 16 March 1865. Conveyance for £408 of 2 closes in Flockton & the upper part of another close adjoining. George Kaye of Fulstone in the parish of Kirkburton, butcher & Samuel Stockdale of High Burton, manufacturer to Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees.

Also Abstract of Title (from 1851) & other relevant papers. (65)

HUNSWORTH.

DD/S/III/34. 8 March 1861. Conveyance for £707/4/- of parcels of land in Hunsworth. Trustee of the will of the late Earl of Scarborough to the Leeds Bradford & Halifax Junction Railway Company for the Gildersome Branch. Plan of above land included in conveyance. (48)

INGBIRCHWORTH

DD/S/III/35. 30 Sept. 1865. Conveyance for £400 of parcels of land in Ingbirchworth for purposes of waterworks. Trustee of the late Lord Scarborough & Henry Savile to the Local Board of Health for the District & Township of Barnsley. (Plan with conveyance also). (51)

MALTBY

DD/S/III/36. 1821. Copy of Opinion concerning title of the Earl of Scarborough to tithes of the Rectory of Maltby. (98)

OXENHOPE & STANBURY

DD/S/III/37. 28 April 1881. Conveyance for £2,500 of closes & parcels of land & farm called Bodkin Top in Oxenhope in township of Bradford. Edward Balme Wheatley Balme of Ambleside, Westmorland, esquire to Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. Also Abstract of Title (from 1814) re same & other relevant papers. (67)

DD/S/III/38. 7 March 1882. Conveyance for £200 of a piece of moorland in Oxenhope in township of Haworth. Mary Rushworth of Mould Greave in Oxenhope, spinster to Augustus William Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. Also Abstract of Title (from 1855) & Deed of Poll re same. (68)

DD/S/III/39. 14 Oct 1882. Conveyance for £57/10/- of piece of moorland in Oxenhope in township of Haworth. John Pighills of Hoyle Syke, Oxenhope, Woolstapler, Robert Pighills of the same, farmer & John Parker of Haworth, woolstapler to Augustus William Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. Also Abstract of Title from 1777 & other relevant papers. (69)

DD/S/III/40. 20 July 1883. Conveyance for £75 of parcel of land in Oxenhope in township of Haworth. John Broadley Greenwood of Southill near Shepton Mallett, Somerset, esquire to Augustus William Savile of Rufford Abbey, Notts., esquire & the Scarborough Trustees. Also Release by wife of above J.B. Greenwood & Abstract of Title (from 1819) & other papers re same. (70)

DD/S/III/41. 1884. Deed, Abstract of Title (from 1845) & sale plan & particulars concerning the Moor House Estate at Far & Near Oxenhope & Stanbury in Haworth. Includes Oxenhope Mill & various farms & closes etc. Part of estate innOxenhope purchased by the Scarborough Trustees from George Dean Greenwood of Twistdale, Canterbury. New Zealand, esquire & his Trustees. (15)

RAWTONSTALL.

DD/S/III/42. 14 July 1841. Covenant to build a fence wall of stone around a plot of land in Stansfield, being part of Rawtonstall Wood, & to keep the wall in repair. The Rev. James Armitage Rhodes of Horsforth Hall to John Savile Lumley Savile, Earl of Scarborough.' Above land had been released to 'Armitage-Rhodes on the same day as this covenant. (44)

DD/S/III/43. 31 May 1852. Deed of grant of right for £80, to construct a tail goit or tunnel under land near Rawtonstall Wood in Rawtonstall & also assignment (to the Earl of Scarborough) for 10/- of rights of pre-emption to land lying on the SE of old Turnpike Road from Hebden Bridge to Todmorden within township of Stansfield which may be required by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co. Earl of Scarborough to Christopher & James Rawdon of Liverpool, merchants. Also 2 tracing maps of proposed river wall & tail goit & of above land. Also copy of above deed of grant. (45)

SITLINGTON, (INCLUDING MIDDLESTOWN)

DD/S/III/44. 1814 - 1860. 12 Deeds & Abstracts of Title etc. concerning parcel of land called Thrusley at Middlestown, Shitlington formerly belonging to the Armytage & Oldroyd families. Includes copy of will of Sir George Armytage of Kirklees Hall (1779) & part of Pedigree of same family (1783 - 1836). Also copies of parish register entries for the Oldroyd family of Middlestown (1784-1844). Above property was purchased by the Trustee of the will of the late Earl of Scarborough in 1860. (86)

DD/S/III/45. 1854 & 1878. Deeds & Abstracts of Title (from 1838) concerning close at Shitlington called Back Close bought by the Trustees of the Earl of Scarborough, & formerly belonging (in 1854) to Lord Wharncliffe. (16)

DD/S/III/46. 1855 - 1863. 5 Abstracts of Title & 1 Deed concerning close called Three Nookes in Shitlington formerly belonging to Lord Wharncliffe. Note on wrapper states that above land was purchased by the Scarborough Trustees in 1864. (17)

DD/S/III/47. 1863 - 1864. Deed, Abstract & sale particulars & plans concerning messuages lands & tenements (including railway & site of Caphouse Pit) in Shitlington township acquired by the Scarborough Trustee from Lord Wharncliffe. Also recital of indentures from 1822. (18)

DD/S/III/48. 6 Nov 1868. Conveyance for £675 of close called the Long Royd in Middlestown or Middle Shitlington in Thornhill. William Hartley of Ouzlewell Green, Rothwell, farmer & others to Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. Also Abstracts of Title (from 1814) & other papers re same. (1867 - 1868). (33)

SKELMANTHORPE

DD/S/III/49. 1657-1846 & 1879. Deeds & papers (c30) concerning messuage & estate called Langleys in Skelmanthorpe in parish of Emley purchased by the Scarborough Trustees in 1879. (71)

DD/S/III/50. 1782 - 1845. Deeds & papers (c10) concerning 3 houses & barn built upon the House Close in Skelmanthorpe & also other closes (including the Langley Closes) in the same place. (72)

DD/S/III/51. 4 March 1852. Conveyance for £157 of closes in Skelmanthorpe called Low & High Langley. Henrietta Jane Emma Hawks Beaumont of Hyde Park, Middlesex, widow & other members of the same family to John Wood of Theddon Grange near Alton, Southampton, esquire & his Trustee. Also other papers re same (1851-1852) including Abstracts of Title from 1792 to the Beaumont estates in Wibsey, Wakefield, Shelley & Skelmanthorpe. (73a)

DD/S/III/52. 28 March 1879. Conveyance for £9,000 of 6 cottages called Lower Langleys & numerous closes with appurtenances in Skelmanthorpe. John Gathorne Wood of Theddon Grange near Alton, Southampton, esquire to Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. Also other relevant papers. (73b.)

DD/S/III/53. 29 Nov 1880. Conveyance for £330 of 2 dwelling houses, croft & moiety of stream running through in Skelmanthorpe near to Park Gate, Emley. Thomas Earnshaw of Park Gate, farmer to Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. Also Abstract of Title (from 1830) & other relevant papers. (74)

DD/S/III/54. 14 July 1882. Conveyance for £184 of close in Skelmanthorpe lying between the Savile estate & the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Charles Jebson of Gawber Hall near Barnsley, farmer to Augustus William Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. Also Abstract of Title (from 1849) re same & other relevant papers. (75)

DD/S/III/55. 16 May 1885. Conveyance for £516/1/10 of 2 closes called Broom Close & Turner Royd in Skelmanthorpe in the parishes of High Hoyland & Emley. The Trustees of 2 charities called "The Poor & School Estate" & "The Poor Estate Charity" to Augustus William Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. Also relevant papers including Charity Commission Scheme (1878) concerning above Charities. (76)

DD/S/III/56. 6 Aug 1885. Conveyance for £320 of 4 closes in Skelmanthorpe called the Upper, Middle, Lower & Far Middle Poor Closes. Sir Henry Morgan Vane of Whitehall, Westminster & other Trustees of "The Allotment Charity" in township of Skelmanthorpe to Augustus William Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. Also Charity Commission Scheme re above Charity & other relevant papers. (77)

SOOTHILL

DD/S/III/57. 18 May 1860. Conveyance for £1,374/2/2 of parcel of land in Soothill formerly part of 3 fields called Long & Low Broad Royd & Little Ing. Trustee of the will of the Earl of Scarborough to the Dewsbury & Batley Gas Company. (7)

DD/S/III/58. 30 July 1860. Conveyance for £3,531/6/6 of parcels of land in Soothill. Trustee of the Settlement made in 1812 by the Earl of Scarborough (for his son John Lumley Savile, later Earl of Scarborough) to the London & North Western Railway Company. Plan included in conveyance. (47)

DD/S/III/59. 1863, 1866 & 1870. Deeds concerning parcels of land in Soothill & Batley (1866 deed). conveyed by or purchased by the Scarborough Trustees & the Great Northern Railway Company. (The 1863 deed from the Trustees to Joshua Carter of Birstall, manufacturer contains a note that the reversion of the buildings upon the land in Soothill was conveyed to the G.N. Railway Co.). (19)

DD/S/III/60. 1866 & 1869. Grant of right of way over Alexandra Road, Soothill from the Great Northern Railway Co. to the Scarborough Trustees (1866) & conveyance of land in Soothill near Shaw Cross from above Company to above Trustees. (1869). (34)

DD/S/III/61. 24 Dec 1873. Conveyance for £90 of parcel of land in Soothill with buildings upon it, formerly used as a toll house, (adjoining Soothill Lane). Trustees of the Dewsbury & Leeds Turnpike Road to Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. (78)

DD/S/III/62. 16 Feb 1874. Conveyance for £3,048 of parcel of land in Soothill adjoining Soothill Lane. Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees to the London & North Western Railway Company. (79)

DD/S/III/63. 3 Dec 1879. Surrender of parcel of leasehold land in Soothill, now forming part of Savile Street. The Great Northern Railway Company to the Scarborough Trustees. (80)

SOUTHOWRAM.

DD/S/III/64. 1825-1826 & 1861-1862. Deeds etc. concerning 3 copyhold cottages (formerly 1 messuage) & appurtenances (enfranchised in 1861) at Bank Top, (Southowram) in parish of Dewsbury acquired by Henry Savile & the late Lord Scarborough's Trustee. (4)

STANSFIELD

DD/S/III/65. 17 March 1844. Conveyance for £2,237/17/9 of Parcels of land & buildings thereon in Stansfield. Earl of Scarborough & others to the Manchester & Leeds Railway Company. (87)

THORNHILL & THORNHILL LEES.

DD/S/III/66. 1790, 1829 & 1850 - 1860. Deeds & papers (8) concerning close at Thornhill called Edge Close or Clay Croft purchased by Henry Savile of Rufford Abbey, Notts. esquire. (88)

DD/S/III/67. 1795, 1822, 1841 & 1870 - 1875. Deeds etc. concerning messuage & appurtenances in Thornhill Lees called Cromwell House & Closes called the Ing, Croft, Bean & Lower Bean & a newly enclosed parcel of land near the above messuage. All or part of above acquired by Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. (20)

DD/S/III/68. 1811 - 1870. Deeds & papers (c25) concerning land in Thornhill Lees including parts of Headfold & Park Closes, purchased by Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. (35)

DD/S/III/69. 13 April 1815. Grant of rent (copy) for consideration of £9/12/-, of 10/- p.a. issuing out of property called Greenhallstead in Thornhill. The King to the Rev. John Lumley Savile. (89)

DD/S/III/70. 1 June 1832. Lease for 21 years at £720. The Rev. John Lumley Savile of Rufford to Joshua Ingham of Mirfield, esquire. Seam of coal called the Mill Bank Bed in Thornhill. Plan included, with some field names. (28)

DD/S/III/71. 22 Feb 1858. Lease for 16 years at £325 p.a. rent of the Cromwell & Flockton Old Hard Coal Mines at Thornhill lying near the road running from Middlestown to Thornhill Parish Church. Henry Savile & others to Joshua Ingham of Mirfield, esquire. Also Grant of Wayleave re same endorsed upon above. (22 July 1861) (36)

DD/S/III/72. 5 Sept. 1859. Conveyance for £2,525 of barn, sheds etc. & 3 closes formerly 2 closes called Headfield & Headfield All, in Thornhill. Joshua Ingham of Blake Hall in Mirfield, esquire to Henry Savile & the Trustees of the will of Lord Scarborough. Also Abstract of Title (from 1778), copy of Act for vesting in Trustees, the wills of Benjamin & Joshua Ingham (1856) & other relevant papers. (90)

DD/S/III/73. 21 June 1861. Conveyance for £305 of plot with messuage upon it at Thornhill Lees. The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company to the Trustees of the will of the late Earl of Scarborough. Also Abstract of Title (from 1800) re same & sale particulars. (21)

DD/S/III/74. 1864,1869,1877 & 1882. Deeds & papers concerning close of land at Thornhill adjooning the highway from Briestfield to Wakefield called Lower Edge Road & purchased by Augustus William Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. (81)

DD/S/III/75. 26 June 1866. Conveyance for £6,893/2/6 of 3 parcels of land in Thornhill. Scarborough Trustees to the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company. (22)

DD/S/III/76. 10 Jan 1867. Order (+ plan & Schedule) by the Enclosure Commissioners for exchange of land in Thornhill, being part of the Common Close, & also grass cutting rights upon part of Close called Ingoits Ing. Between the late Earl of Scarborough's Trustee & the Trustees of the Walker Free School. (37)

DD/S/III/77. 5 June 1873. Order by the Enclosure Commissioners (+ plan & schedule of property concerned), for exchange of land within the parish of Thornhill between Henry Savile of Rufford Abbey, Notts., esquire & Joshua Cunliffe Ingham of Thornhill, esquire. (23)

DD/S/III/78. 19 Oct 1882. Order (+ plan & schedule) by the Enclosure Commissioners for exchange of parcels of land in Thornhill between Augustus William Savile of Rufford Abbey, Notts., esquire & the Rev. Joshua Ingham Brooke, Rector of Thornhill Parish. (83)

WADSWORTH

DD/S/III/79. 1592, 1657-1795 & 1864 - 1865. Deeds & other papers (c30) concerning messuage at Thurish Bank or Thurish Lane Head in Wadsworth & closes lying below it. Also messuages called Goffmans & the White Hoyle (now divided into 2) & all land appertaining, purchased by Henry Savile & the Trustee of the late Earl of Scarborough's will. Above property mainly belonged to the Redman family of Wadsworth. Papers include a pedigree of the Blakey family (1751 - 1856) with copies of entries in parish registers. (91)

DD/S/III/80. 1637 - 1871. Deeds & other papers (c30) concerning messuage lands & tenements in Wadsworth called Greystones or Greystone Farm belonging mainly to the Widdop family in the 17th century & to the Wadsworth's thereafter & purchased by Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees.

Includes:-

1. Will & copies of wills of the Wadsworth family. (1715,1816 & 1831).

2. Burial entry copies for the same family. (1819, 1835 & 1858).

3. The first Lease of 1637 is of part of same land let & owned by Sir William Savile of Thornhill. (38)

DD/S/III/81. 1711 - 1798 & 1883. Deeds & other papers (c15) concerning farm called Lower Baitings House (or Lower Baten House) & closes in Alcomden, Wadsworth, purchased by Augustus William Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. Also Abstracts of Title (from 1825) & copies of wills of members of the Sutcliffe (1738) & Elmsall (1767) families. (84)

DD/S/III/82. 1720 - 1867. Deeds & papers (c30) concerning Lane Head Farm at Thurish Lane or Bank in Wadsworth with land & tenements appertaining, & formerly belonging to the Redman family. Includes wills of members of above family. (1748 & 1849). Above farm purchased by Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees in 1867. (39)

DD/S/III/83. 1748, 1756 & 1818 - 1867. Deeds & papers (c20) concerning farm & land etc. called Romsgreave in Wadsworth formerly belonging to the Redman family. Includes copies of wills of members of same family. (1748, 1756 & 1818). Above property purchased by Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. (40)

DD/S/III/84. 1771, & 1779, 1814 - 1829. Deeds & other papers, (about 15 altogether) concerning farm called Stairs End or Stair Dyke in Wadsworth, purchased by Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. Includes copy of will of Moses Briggs of Plumpton, Wadsworth, yeoman. (41)

DD/S/III/85. 1788 - 1876. 20 Deeds & papers concerning property at Wadsworth consisting of the Pack Horse Inn & estate belonging & Green Platts Farm & estate, both at Ridge or Alcomden Ridge.

Includes:-

1. 1817 2 Plans of Green Platts Farm & Ridge Farm & land belonging to John Crossley of Great House or Chief House, Stansfield, gentleman. Surveyed by J.Whitworth. Scale 3 chains: 1" Contains field names & extents.

2. 1820, 1821 & 1855. Marriage & baptism entries & will for members of the Fawcett family of Midgley, later of Sowerby. Also will of above John Crossley (1825). All former documents are copies. Above property purchased by Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. (24)

DD/S/III/86. 1793 - 1861. About 15 Deeds & papers concerning messuages called Newhouse & Clough Foot Bridge & land & hereditaments in Alcomden, Wadsworth, formerly belonging to the Sutcliffe family & purchased by Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. Includes copy of will of James Sutcliffe of Dam Head, Barnoldswick, yeoman. (1841). (93)

DD/S/III/87. 1 Jan 1817. Lease for 21 years at £90 p.a. rent. The Rev. John Lumley Savile of Rufford, Notts. to Mary Sutcliffe of Turret Hall, Stansfield, widow. Corn mill called Hebden Bridge Mill in Wadsworth & a number of closes in Rawtonstall. Document partly crossed out in pencil & other name inserted as draft for a later lease. (25)

DD/S/III/88. 1827 - 1870. Deeds & other papers (c35) concerning farm called Alcomden & Holm End, farm called Newhouse, in Alcomden & appurtenances & land called Out Pasture or Shackleton's Pasture, all in Wadsworth belonging to the Shackleton & Uttley families & purchased by the Scarborough Trustees & Henry Savile. Includes 2 wills (1827 & 1854) of members of the Shackleton & Uttley families respectively. (42)

DD/S/III/89. 4 Aug 1863. Conveyance for £400 of strip of land comprising part of Crimsworth Brook near Midgehole in Wadsworth. Henry Savile & the late Scarborough Trustees to James Worrall & John Mayo Worrall of Salford, Lancs, dyers. (49)

DD/S/III/90. 1863 - 1883. Papers, (conveyance copies of wills, assignment etc.) concerning the Shackleton family & encumbrances arising from wills & settlements upon property in Alcomden, Wadsworth, bought by the Scarborough Trustees. (43)

VARIOUS TOWNSHIPS. WEST RIDING

DD/S/III/91. 1598/1599, 1695 & 1708. Grant & leases of property in Thornhill & Wadsworth (1598/1599 only). From the Savile family & Lord Halifax (1695 only). (92)

DD/S/III/92. 1795 - 1818 & 1862. Deeds, Abstracts of Title, Enclosure Acts & other papers (about 15) concerning mortgages & subsequent assignments etc. of allotments of common land belonging the Rev. Richard Lumley Savile in Mirfield (at Lee Green & Little London), in Skelmanthorpe, Denby (includes the Birds Edge & Slate Delf), Hunsworth Moor, Ingbirchworth & Cleckheaton (Hartshead Moor). Above mortages redeemed in 1862 by Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees. Includes Enclosure Acts for the Manor of Denby with Clayton West (1800), Cleckheaton (1795), the hamlets of Cleckheaton & Scholes (1802) & the Manor of Skelmanthorpe (1800). (94)

DD/S/III/93. 11 July 1860. Grant of Rent for £12/4/- of 12/8 p.a. issuing out of property in Elland & Rishworth. The Queen to the late Earl of Scarborough's Trustees. (9)

DD/S/III/94. 28 July 1860. Grant for £102/8/- of right of laying down conduits & line of pipes through land in Denby, Emley & Boothroyd (Dewsbury). Henry Savile & the late Earl of Scarborough's Trustee to the Local Boards of Health for the Districts of Dewsbury, Batley & Heckmondwike. (46)

DD/S/III/95. July - Oct 1864. 4 Letters concerning the construction of an under bridge upon Savile land, by the West Yorkshire Railway Company in connection with their Batley Branch. (52).

DD/S/III/96. 16 Feb 1872. Grant of easements over parcels of land in Thornhill, Dewsbury & Soothill Upper for purposes of the Halifax Waterworks. Henry Savile & the Scarborough Trustees to the Mayor & Corporation of Halifax.

Also:-

3 July 1872. Grant of easement over lands in Wadsworth re above. (82)

DD/S/III/97. Aug & Dec 1882. Certificates of Redemption of Rentcharge upon property in Flockton, Sitlington & Thornhill, belonging to the Scarborough Trustees. (66)

SAVILE ESTATES (GENERAL)

DD/S/III/98. 1785, 1793. Particulars of the Earl of Scarborough's estates in the counties of York, Durham & Lincolnshire, to be sold. 1811, 1835, 1857. Schedules of deeds, estates as above and Notts. (96)

DD/S/III/99. 1750 & 1789-1801. 5 Deeds concerning the Savile family & the settlement of their property in York, Durham, Nottinghamshire & London (Grosvenor Street messuage)

Includes:-

1798. Probate & Will (dated 1772) of Richard, Earl of Scarborough. (101)

SAVILE ESTATES (NON YORKS)

DD/S/III/100. DURHAM

1775, 1785 & 1809 & 1810. Deeds & Bond concerning messuage called East Gate & parcel of land called the High of the Park in Weardale, Durham belonging to the Bishop of Durham & leased to the Savile family. (The Lease of 1775 contains a finely detailed seal of the Bishop of Durham). (103)

DD/S/III/101. LINCS.

N.D. Valuation & survey of Wintringham Rectory, (Lincolnshire) (100)

DD/S/III/102. NOTTS.

1739/1740 - 1795. 22 Deeds, Abstracts of Title (from 1710) & npapers concerning mainly the Manors of Laxton & Bilsthorpe, (also 1 deed of 1795 concerning the Manor of Allerton) all in Nottingham, acquired by the Savile family & formerly belonging to the Broughton family of Broughton, Staffs. 1739/1740 Marriage Settlement of Sir Brian Broughton also concerns estates in Nottingham, Stafford & Lincoln. (95)

DD/S/III/103. WESTMINSTER.

30 April 1766. Lease for 27 years for £50 at £5 p.a. rent. Dame Anne Yonge (widow of Sir William Yonge of Escot in Devon) & Sir George Yonge of Escot, son of the above to James Taylor of St. Martin in the Fields, tailor. Moiety of parcel of land with messuage upon it in Lisle Street in the parish of St. Anne, Westminster. Also a lease of the other moiety of above premises for the same consideration to above James Taylor from the Hon. Elizabeth Reny of Penshurst, Kent, widow. (102)

MISCELLANEOUS.

DD/S/III/104. 21 Aug 1821. Deed for securing an annuity of £500 for the life of the Rev. John Lumley Savile, provided by the Westminster Life Insurance Society. (104)

DD/S/III/105. 1880, 1883, 1894 & 1895 & 1924. Letters to the Scarborough Trustees from solicitors requesting that the bearers of the letters be allowed access to certain boxes of deeds of the Savile estate. (29)

DD/S/III/106. 1924 & 1925. 2 Letters concerning removal of deed & access to a deed box held by Barclay's Bank Ltd. (53)

PART III, Appendix

Dewsbury Public Library holds copies of the items marked (*).

DD/S/III/Appendix/1. *n.d. - 1695 Calendar of deeds and documents at Rufford Abbey relating to Savile Yorkshire estates compiled by Mrs. Evlyne Tomlins of 10 Lincolns Inn Fields, London.

1 vol.

DD/S/III/Appendix/2. * 1602 Survey of demesne and other lands in the manor of Thornhill by Christopher Saxton.

Relates to Thornhill, Middlestown, Emley Parke, Emley, Skellmingthorpe, Ealand, Stainlande, Bothams Hall, Rushworth Hall, Rushworth, Rushworth Moslendem, Rushworth Highe Mosse, Sansfield Rowtonstale, Wadsworth Widduppe, Wadsworth Walsley,

DD/S/III/Appendix/3. * n.d. (C.1630) Survey of lands at Ealande, Staynelande, Bothom Hall Rushworth, Parkeslande, Sansfeild, Wadsworth, Ovenden, Mixenden, Hallifax, Midlestowne, Thornhill, Southowram, Emlay Parke, Hunsworth, Biarley, Skellingethorpe, Emlay.

Parchment cover.

DD/S/III/Appendix/4. * 1635 Copy of a survey of Thornhill.

A coloured plan dated 1634 to which this survey appears to relate is framed and hangs in the muniment room at the Estate Office.

DD/S/III/Appendix/5. 1682-1778 Twelve deeds relating to tithes of Soothill, Hanging Heaton, Chidsell and Haybeck, Gawthorp and New Park, the tithe barn and various premises at Wakefield, Clayton-cum-Frickley, Kirkburton, and Ossett.

With a letter (15 Aug 1815) referring to the preparation of attested copies.

Lumley-Savile family, Barons Savile

Savile, Lumley-, family, Barons Savile

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