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The
following deeds relating to Wellington Road Chapel are held in the
West Riding Registry of Deeds. The reference number is shown alongside
the details. For further information on the registry, see
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The information was kindly researched and supplied by Alan Longbottom
to whom we are very grateful.
1863
Todmorden
Bridge St. Association Chapel 1866 ZF 482 542
Memorial
of an Indenture Registered at Wakefield 3rd October 1866 dated 6th
November 1863 - Between:
- John Blackburn of York Street
in that part of Todmorden which is situate in the Township of
Langfield in the Parish of Halifax grocer
of
the one part
- William Thompson of Wakefield
- corn miller
- John Smith of Todmorden - gentleman
- Edmund Whitaker of Sandholme in
Langfield - sizer and manufacturer
- Thomas Sutcliffe Law of Dobroyd
near Todmorden bookkeeper
- Abraham Webster of Oldshop in
Langfield - upholsterer
- William Sutcliffe of Victoria
Road in Stansfield - cotton manufacturer
- Alfred Cockcroft of Shade near
Todmorden bookkeeper
- John Clegg of Dobroyd aforesaid
- overlooker in a factory
- William Ingham of Mankinholes
in Langfield - gentleman
- William Slater of Hebble End near
Hebden Bridge - cotton spinner
- Richard Smith of Bacup in count
Lancaster - rope and twine maker
- James Dawson of Wadsworth Mill
near Todmorden - grocer
- George Hudson of Honey Hole in
Langfield - factory operative
all
of the other part and thereinafter designated "Trustees"
Of
and concerning all that plot or parcel of land situate in Stansfield
aforesaid, then late part of a close called Crow Carr Ings, which
said plot of land extended on the north-westerly side 24 feet, and
was bounded on that side by a road or street called Wellington Road,
on the south-easterly side 24 feet and was bounded on that side
by a street there 22 feet wide called Eagle Street, on the north-easterly
side 60 feet 3 inches, and was bounded on that side by a street
there called White Platts Street and on the south-westerly side
60 feet 8 inches, and was bounded on that side by other land then
belonging to the parties of the 1st and 2nd parts to the Indenture
of Lease thereof dated the 28th December 1861 and made between John
Stansfield, Edward Lord, and Charles Chambers and Richard Chambers
therein described of the 1st part, John Stansfield, John Bentley,
and Wright Chaffer described of the 2nd part, and John Blackburn
of the 3rd part and contained in the whole 161 superficial square
yards of land or thereabouts were the same more or less and was
more particularly shewn on the plan thereof indorsed on the said
Indenture of lease and thereon coloured pink.
And
also the dwellinghouse and buildings then erected or which might
be at any time thereafter be erected and built upon the said plot
of land and thereby demised or nay part thereof and also free license,
liberty and right of way for the said Trustees and the survivors
and survivor of them their or his assigns or any of them and for
their or his servants, workmen, families, and friends or any of
them for all purposes and on all occasions through, along, and over
Wellington Road aforesaid, and the said street called Eagle Sreet,
and White Platts Street respectively and which streets were always
to be appropriated as such and to be at least of the width shewn
in the said Plan, and also over all extensions of the said streets
and over Vale Street, and Stansfield Road, from the said Turnpike
Road, and also liberty, right, and power to insert one service pipe
of half an inch in diameter into a certain pipe of three inches
diameter then laid along Eagle Street aforesaid, unto the said plot
from a lodge in a certain close called White Platts, with branches
therefrom and taps thereto, each not exceeding half an inch in diameter,
and thereby from time to time and at all times subject as thereinafter
mentioned to convey water from such main pipe unto and into the
said plot of land thereby demised and the buildings to be erected
thereon or on any part thereof, for the purpose of supplying the
occupiers thereof with water for ordinary household domestic purposes
only, such liberty to be without prejudice, and in common with the
right of James Taylor and James Stansfield esquire, (the original
lessors, their lessees and assigns) and such right of road to be
without prejudice also the rights of the said parties to the said
Indenture of Lease of the 1st and 2nd parts, their executors, administrators
and assigns, and all other persons who were then entitled or thereafter
should or might be entitled or empowered to insert service pipes
unto the said main pipe or any other main pipe within the estate
of the original lessors for supplying water to any other hereditaments
and the said rights of road and street to be without prejudice to
the right of the said parties to the said Indenture of Lease of
the 1st and 2nd parts their executors, administrators and assigns,
and of the said original lessors their heirs and assigns, from time
to time to lay down and afterwards to take up, repair, and relay
when necessary and to examine any pipes, drains or sewers in the
said streets, and also liberty right and power under the direction
of the said parties to the said Indenture of Lease of the 1st and
2nd parts, and of the said original lessors and of their surveyors
to make looses, sewers or drains from the said plot of land and
buildings thereby demised into the main loose already made along
Eagle Street and to repair, open and cleanse such service pipe,
looses, sewers or drains when and as occasion should require. Together
with the appurtenances to the said plot of land belonging, excepting
and reserving thereout unto the said parties of the said Indenture
of Lease of the 1st and 2nd parts their executors, administrators
or assigns, and also the said original lessors their heirs and assigns,
free passage of water through the drains, channels, and sewers already
made and then existing in the said steets respectively and also
the free passage for all purposes through along and over the several
causeways thereinafter mentioned adjoining the plot of land and
also reserving unto the said parties to the said Indenture of Lease
of the 1st and 2nd parts their executors, administrators, and assigns,
liberty and power to fasten and tie any timber and stone or other
materials into and upon the south westerly gable of any building
then or thereafter to be erected by the said Trustees of the survivors
or survivor of them or the executors, administrators, of such survivor,
their or his assigns on the extreme south westerly side of the said
plot of land and paying one half of the value of such gable.
Which
said now memorialising indenture as to the execution thereof by
the said John Blackburn was witnessed by William Jackson of Todmorden,
Wesleyan Minister and William Mather of Todmorden aforesaid, attorney's
clerk.
And
as to execution by Thomas Sutcliffe Law, Abraham Webster, William
Sutcliffe, Alfred Cockcroft, John Clegg, James Dawson, and George
Hudson was witnessed by William Mather. And as to execution by Edmund
Whitaker was witnessed by Abraham Midgley Higgin of Overtown near
Burnley, attorney's clerk. And as to execution by William Ingham
was witnessed by John Clarke of Todmorden, Free Methodist Minister.
And the same Indenture was required to be registered by the said
John Blackburn.
*
1869
Todmorden
UMFC 1869 631 035 039
Memorial
of Deed Registered at Wakefield 15th July 1869 dated 19th January
1869 Between:
- William Thompson of Wakefield
corn miller
- Alfred Cockcroft of Shade near
Todmorden in the county of Lancaster bookkeeper
- William Ingham of Mankinholes
in Langfield parish of Halifax gentleman
- Richard Smith late of Dunnockshaw
in Rossendale grocer now of Bacup ropemaker
- George Hudson of Shade near Todmorden
factory operative
all
of the 1st part - and
- Thomas Sutcliffe Law of Dawson
Weir, Todmorden, bookkeeper
- Abraham Webster of Dobroyd in
Todmorden, cabinet maker
- William Sutcliffe of White Platts
in Todmorden, cotton manufacturer
- John Clegg of Dobroyd in Todmorden,
overlooker
- James Dawson of Wadsworth Mill,
Todmorden, grocer
all
of the 2nd part
- John Blackburn of York Street,
Todmorden, wholesale grocer
- Thomas Ashworth of Rose Bank in
Todmorden, sizer
- George Holdsworth of North Street,
Todmorden, ironmonger
- Jeremiah Crossley of York Street,
Todmorden, shoe manufacturer
- James Blackburn of Wellington
Road, Todmorden, wholesale grocer
- John Wild of Sandholme, Todmorden,
bookkeeper
- Henry Gibson of Albert Terrace,
Todmorden, coal dealer
- Samuel Crossley Farrar of Patmos,
Todmorden, yarn agent
- Abraham Crabtree of King Street,
Todmorden, greengrocer
- Thomas Crowther of York Street,
Todmorden, factory operative
- Joseph Hiley of Pavement, Todmorden,
bookkeeper
- Joseph Wilson of Shade in Todmorden,
warehouseman
- John Joshua Fielden of Eagle Street,
Todmorden, cotton manufacturer
- William Henry Clewer of Strand
in Todmorden, watchmaker
- William Fielden of Bath Street,
Todmorden, cotton manufacturer
- William Holden of School Street,
Todmorden, cabinet maker
all
of the 3rd part
Being
Trustees of and on behalf of the United Methodist Free Churches.
Of
and concerning First - all that plot of ground situate and lying
in the township of Langfield in the parish of Halifax, part of a
certain close there called the Mytholmes, late the estate of one
Joshua Barnes Fielden deceased, which said plot of ground extended
on the northerly side 41 yards, 1 foot 4 inches, on the southerly
side, 47 yards, on the westerly side 21 yards and on the easterly
side 20 yards, and the same was bounded on the northerly side by
Calder Street, on the southerly side by School lane, on the westerly
side by Bridge Street, and on the easterly side by Brook street,
and contained in the whole by admeasurement, 893 and one-third square
yards or thereabouts.
And
also the Chapel or meeting house, cottages, and other buildings
erected thereupon.
Secondly
- All that plot or parcel of land situate in Stansfield aforesaid,
then late part of a close called Crow Carr Ings, which said plot
of land extended on the north-westerly side, 24 feet and was bounded
on that side by a road or street Wellington Road, on the south-easterly
side thereof 24 feet and was bounded on that side by a street there,
22 feet wide called Eagle Street, on the north-easterly side 63
feet and 3 inches, and was bounded on that side by a street called
White Platts Street, and on the south-westerly side 60 feet 8 inches,
and was bounded on that side by other lands the property of John
Stansfield, and others, parties of the 1 st and 2 nd parts to a
certain Indenture of Lease dated the 28th day of December 1861 and
contained in the whole, 161 superficial square yards or thereabouts,
and which said plot of land was more particularly shown in the plan
thereof indorsed on the said Indenture of the 28th December 1861
and thereon colored Pink. And also the dwellinghouse and buildings
then erected or which might thereafter be erected and built upon
the said plot of land. Together with the rights, members and appurtenances.
And
which deed as to execution by William Thompson was witnessed by
George March of Leeds, machine maker, and as to execution by most
of the other parties was witnessed by George Downing of Wellington
Road, Todmorden, Minister.
*
1889
Todmorden
UMFC 1889 010 873 472
Memorial
of Indenture of Assignment Registered at Wakefield 5th April 1889
and dated 30th March 1889 - Between:
- John Blackburn of Hallwood House,
Todmorden, wholesale grocer
- Thomas Ashworth of Rose Bank in
Todmorden, sizer
- George Holdsworth of Southport
in count Lancaster, gentleman
- Jeremiah Crossley of York Street,
Todmorden, boot and shoe manufacturer
- James Blackburn of Fernside House,
Todmorden, wholesale grocer
- John Wild of Industrial Street,
Todmorden, bookkeeper
- Samuel Crossley Farrar of Brocklyn
House, Todmorden, commission yarn agent
- Abraham Crabtree of York Place,
Todmorden, wholesale hay and straw dealer
- Thomas Crowther of Garden Street,
Todmorden, estate agent
- Joseph Hiley of Rochdale county
Lancaster, chemist's assistant
- John Joshua Fielden of 6 Warrener
Street, Sale, count Lancaster commission agent
- William Henry Clewer of Strand
in Todmorden, watchmaker
- William Fielden of Vale Academy,
Todmorden, Professor of Music
- William Holden of Union Street,
Todmorden, cabinet maker
Surviving
Trustees of the Religious Body called the United Methodist Free
Church at Bridge Street Todmorden all of the 1st part,
- Abraham
Crossley of 62 Wellington Road, Todmorden, joiner of the other
part.
Of
and concerning all that plot or parcel of land situate in the township
of Stansfield then late part of the Crow Carr Ings, which said plot
of land extended on the north-westerly side 24 feet, was bounded
on that side by a road or street Wellington Road, on the southerly
side thereof 24 feet and was bounded on that side by a street there,
22 feet wide called Eagle Street, on the north-easterly side 63
feet and 3 inches, and was bounded on that side by a street called
White Platts Street, and on the south-westerly side 60 feet 8 inches,
and was bounded on that side by other lands the property of John
Stansfield, and others, parties of the 1st and 2nd parts to a certain
Indenture of Lease dated the 28th day of December 1861 and contained
in the whole, 161 superficial square yards or thereabouts, and which
said plot of land was more particularly shown in the plan thereof
indorsed on the said Indenture of the 28th December 1861 and thereon
colored Pink. And also the dwellinghouse and buildings then erected
or which might thereafter be erected and built upon the said plot
of land or any part thereof, with the rights, privileges and appurtenances
therein mentioned.
*
1893
Todmorden
(Bridge St.) UMFC 1893 034 806 409
Memorial
of Indenture of Conveyance Registered at Wakefield 17th October
1893 and dated 4th October 1893. Between:
- Annie
Hyatt of No 184 Croydon Road, Anerley London widow
of
the 1st part
- John Blackburn of Hallwood House
Todmorden, wholesale grocer
- Thomas Ashworth of Todmorden Hall
sizer and manufacturer
- Jeremiah Crossley of York Street
Todmorden boot and shoe dealer
- John Wild of Industrial Street
Todmorden retired book keeper
- Abraham Crabtree of York Place,
Todmorden wholesale fruit salesman
- Thomas Crowther of Garden Street,
Todmorden estate agent
- John Joshua Fielden of Warriner
Street, Sale nr Manchester, cloth salesman
- William Fielden of Wellington
Road, Todmorden teacher of music
- William Holden of Mankinholes
near Todmorden cabinet maker and upholsterer
Hereinafter
called the said Free Church Trustees of the 2nd part.
All
that plot of land containing 893 and one third square yards or thereabouts
and comprised in and demised by the thereinbefore recited Indenture
of Lease of the 10th day of June 1847, with the said Annual Ground
Rent of Fifteen Pounds secured by the said Lease, together with
the therein mentioned Chapel or Meeting House, School, Vestries
and other buildings now erected, standing and being thereon situate
in Bridge Street, School Lane, Calder Street, and Brook Street,
Todmorden aforesaid.
And
which said Indenture of Lease was made between James Fielden and
William Haworth of the 1 st part, Hannah Hyatt, wife of Edward Hyatt
of the 2nd part and Joshua Fielden of the 3rd part a memorial whereof
was registered at Wakefield the 14th December 1847 at twelve noon
in Book PT page 646 and deed 497.
Witnesses
John T. Reed, clerk to Messrs. Wells and Hind, solicitors of Nottingham
to signature of Annie Hyatt. Witness
Samuel Camm of Todmorden solicitor as to execution by the other
parties.
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