Durham County Record Office County Hall Durham DH1 5UL Telephone (0191) 383 3253 e-mail: record.office@durham.gov.uk website: www.durham.gov.uk/recordoffice SUBJECT GUIDE 4 : SOLICITORS' RECORDS Issue no. 4 December 1997 The following is a list of firms of solicitors who have deposited records in the Durham Record Office. It will be noted that the size of deposit varies from one document to hundreds of boxes and volumes. The deposits consist, for the main, of clients' papers, usually title deeds or casepapers, correspondence and other records of the practice such as copy letter books and office diaries. Andrews, Son, & Huxtable, Dorchester D/X 200/1 Armstrong, Rose & Appleby, Newcastle D/X 207/1-5 Baileys, Shaw & Gillett, London D/X 751/1-8 Bailey, Strickland & Bryant, St.Leonards on Sea D/X 40/1-39 Barr, Ellison, Cambridge D/X 249/1; D/X 490/1-11 R. Bell & Son, Hartlepool D/Be 1-17 Bidwell & Sons, Cambridge D/X 282/1-4; D/X 394/1-6 Birch, Cullimore & Co., Chester D/X 879/1-19 Braund & Hill, London D/X 225/1 Burton, Yeates & Hart, London D/X 155/1; D/X 223/1,2; D/X 231/1-3; D/X 232/1-3 Messrs. Cartmel, Brampton D/X 177/1-21 Chaundler & Son, Biggleswade D/Ph 250/1-9 Clayton & Gibson, Newcastle D/CG W.H.C. Cobb, Grays, York D/X 492/1,2 Collyer & Bristow, London D/X 903/1-109 Thomas Cooper & Co., London D/X 227/1,2 Thomas Cooper & Stibbard, London D/X 668/1-24 Cripps, Harries Hall & Co., Tunbridge Wells D/X 1/1-13 Cross & Co., Bury St. Edmunds D/X 132/1 Crutes, Sunderland D/X 65/1 Darling, Heslop & Forster, Darlington D/X 136/1-23 Davies Bell & Co., Newcastle D/X 22/1-4 Dees & Thompson, Griffith & Co., Newcastle D/X 410/1 Denton, Hall, Burgin & Warrens, London D/X 906, 915/1-281 Dickinson, Dees & Co., Newcastle D/DD/1-142 Dickinson, Miller & Turnbull, Newcastle D/X 364/1-16; D/X 400/1-6 Druces & Attlee, London D/X 656/1-3; D/X 663/1-2 Edgeley & Co., London D/X 429/1; D/X 430/1 Eland Hare & Patterson, London D/EHP 1-57 Ellis, Peirs, Young & Jackson, London D/X 224/1 Farrer & Co., London D/Fa 1-344; D/X 236/1-8; D/X 654/1-43; D/X 752/1-31 Fawcett, Faber & Fawcett, Stockton D/X 286/1-314 Francis & Co., Cambridge D/X 674/1-478 Frere, Cholmely & Nicholsons, London D/X 230/1-11 Godden & Holme (later Godden & Thicknesse), London D/X 614/1-39 Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York D/Gr.DC 1-3 Green & Co., Beaconsfield D/X 615/1-4 Gregory, Rowcliffe & Co., London D/X 238/1-25; D/X 239/1-4 Hall, Betts & Wilson, Newcastle D/X 345/1-17 Hanby Holmes, Barnard Castle D/HH Harding, Clinton & Burn, Sunderland D/X 297/1,2 Hart-Jackson, Halliday & Lewis, Hexham D/X 698/1 Hodgkinson & Beevor, Newark D/X 140/1 Hodgson & Co., London D/X 658/1-3 Howes Percival, London D/X 1090 Keenleyside & Forster, Newcastle D/X 882/1-42 Kenneir & Co., Swindon D/X 380/1-2 Kingsbury & Turner, London D/X 459/1-101 Legge & Miller, Houghton-le-Spring D/X 755/1-7 Leman, Chapman & Harrison, London D/X 649/1-222 Levinsons, Walker & Lister, Hartlepool D/LWL 1 Lindsay, Howe & Co., Edinburgh D/Th 1-3 Longbourne, Stevens & Powell, London D/X 660/1,2 Longden, Mann & Wright, Seaham D/X 790 Longden, Mann & Wright, Sunderland D/X 60/1 Longueville & Co., Oswestry D/X 10/1-42; D/X 11/1-34 Lucas & Wyllys, Great Yarmouth D/X 156/1,2 McKenzie Bell & Sons, Sunderland D/X 76/1-10 Maples, Teesdale & Co., London D/X 597/1-6 Marshall & Galpin, Oxford D/X 447/1-3 May, May & Deacon, London D/El 1-47; D/X 644/1 May, May and Merriman, London D/X 1094 M.E.P.C. plc, London D/X 1091 Newby Robson & Cadle, Stockton D/NRC 1-21; D/X 50/1 A. Ogden & Sons, Bowburn D/X 449/1-8 Leonard, Osterman & Co. D/X 805/1-36 Paice & Cross, London D/X 218/1-2 Park, Nelson, Dennes, Redfern & Co., London D/X 220/13 M. Pattison & Co., Durham D/X 409/1 Peak & Co., London D/X 533/1 Pennington, Lewis & Lewis, London D/X 217/1; D/X 598/1-12; D/X 616/1-2 Pennington and Son, London D/X 34/1,2 Radcliffes & Co., London D/X 904/1,2 Raper & Co., Chichester D/X 8/1 Richmond, Thorp & Huntingdon, Newcastle D/Va 1-64 Richmonds, Newcastle D/Ric Rickerby, Jessop and Flint, Gloucestershire D/X 1057 Riders, London D/X 426/1-2 Robert Muckle, Son, & Hall, Durham D/X 636/1-18 Rocks Rider, London D/X 1092 Rowley, Son, & Royce, Royston D/X 42/1 Royds Rawstorne & Co., London D/TP 1-5 Rudlings & Wakelan D/X 943/1-17 Rutter & Marchant, London D/X 652/1-3 Ryder, Heaton, Meredith & Mills, London D/X 3/1-21 Rye & Lemon (formerly Flegg & Sons), London D/XP.OS 379 Shepherd and Wedderburn, Edinburgh D/X 766/1 Slatter, Son, & More, Stratford-upon-Avon D/X 590/1-16 Slaughter & May, London D/X 237/1-22 Smith & Graham, Durham D/X 896/1-24 Snowball, Tucker and Bibby, Durham D/X 1056 Sparkes & Blake, Crewkerne D/SB Stanton, Atkinson & Bird, Newcastle D/X 321/1-5 Steavensons, Plant & Park, Darlington D/X l21/1 William Sturges and Co., London D/X 1093 Allison Stott, Durham D/X 836/1-45 Swinburne & Jackson, Durham D/SJ; D/X 373/1-39; D/X 413/1; D/X 482/1-10 Swinburne & Jackson, Gateshead D/X 116/1; D/X 117/1-5; D/X 118/1 Taylor, Garrett, London D/X 786 Ticehurst, Wyatt & Co., Cheltenham D/X l65/1-5 Titley, Paver, Crowe & Fedden, Harrogate D/X 679/1-35 Torr & Co., London D/X 662/1-7 A.P. & J.W. Tweedie, London D/X 593/1-4 Wace, Morgan & Salt (formerly Wace & Sons), D/X 688/1-11 Shrewsbury Waller, Neale & Houlston, London D/X 234/1-25 Messrs. Warren, London D/X 651/1-19 Waterhouse & Co., London D/X 228/1,2 Watson, Barnard Castle D/Wat, D/X 891/1-13; D/X 895/1-26 Watson, Burton, Booth & Robinson, Newcastle D/X 168/1-13; D/X 169/1-81 Warrens, London D/X 784 Western, Sons & Neave, London CC/X Wheldon, Houlsby & Co., South Shields D/X 351/1; D/X 401/1-27; D/X 344/1-5 Wilkinson & Marshall, Newcastle D/WM 1-166 Williams & James, London D/X 753/1-5 Winckworth & Pemberton, London D/X 785 Winterbotham, Gurney & Co., Cheltenham D/X 164/1 Witham, Weld & Co., London D/X 299/1; D/X 300/1-3; D/X 431/1-2 Withers, London D/X 1089 HANDLISTS:SUBJECTGUIDE04.DOC/25-Aug-04/14:40 page 1