The Overseers of the Poor were:

• Michael Raw
• Thomas Wilson Bowbank
• John Thompson

The rate was set at one shilling in the Pound for the necessary relief of the poor of the Evenwood & Barony township, 10 January 1851.

Summary

This account provides a selected list of some interesting commercial enterprises then operating in the Evenwood and Barony area.  The names of established land owners and entrepreneurs are evident – John Bowes Esq., the Duke of Cleveland, Sir George Musgrave and the Stockton & Darlington Railway Co. together with a new body of men and companies such as Lancelot P. Booth, the Northern Mining Coal Company, Henry Stobart & Co., and local businessmen such as John Vart, Robert Summerson and Wade Emmerson.

Coal Mining Interests

The names of established land owners are evident, for instance John Bowes Esq., the Duke of Cleveland, Sir George Musgrave and the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company owned land across the Parish and property such as Lands Mill.  The coal mining companies which had been established over the last 30 years or so, had several interests:

1. Lancelot P. Booth & Co. had several interests: – land at Ramshaw on land owned by John Bowes Esq, land and houses at the Oaks, Evenwood totalling 53 properties (in 4 separate listings) & Old Norwood Colliery on land owned by John Bowes Esq.
2. Northern Coal Mining Company had interests including Storey Lodge Colliery on land owned by John Bowes Esq.
3. Henry Stobart Esq & Co had several interests – Land and houses at Sloshes on land owned by Sir George Musgrave Bart., land and house at Etherley Calf Lane on land owned by Pierce Esq., Lands Colliery on land owned by Pierce Esq., Land and house at Toft Hill, Land and houses at Lands, land and houses at Cross Lanes and Butterknowle on land owned by Miss Dixon.

Local entrepreneurs are listed, such as:

1. Robert Summerson had several interestes – Crag Wood quarry on land owned by John Bowes Esq., Storey Lodge Coke Ovens on land occupied by the Northern Coal Mining Company and Norwood Coke Ovens on land owned by John Bowes Esq.
2. Mathew Rutter – Carterthorne Colliery on land owned by John Bowes Esq
3. James Anderson – Nettlebed Colliery on land owned by the Duke of Cleveland

The above infers that the new enterprise at Evenwood Colliery, as named on the 1st edition OS sheet published in 1859, was not operational in 1851.  The colliery houses for the pitmen had been built at the Oaks (spelt Oakes in the Rates Book) and they were occupied.  It seems likely that these pitmen worked at the various drifts and mines associated with the Old Norwood Colliery, the Norwood Coke Ovens and the Evenwood Colliery which was located to the east at Thrushwood.  Lands Colliery was worked by Henry Stobart & Co. and Storey Lodge was worked by the Northern Coal Mining Company.  Robert Summerson had interests in quarrying and and coke ovens.

DETAILS OF LAND OWNERS & OCCUPIERS OF SELECTED COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES

NEW MOORS (Presumably the New Moors Pottery)

• Owner: Christopher Ramshay and Thomas Young
• Occupiers: George Snowdon, Arthur Metcalf, John Hunter & Peter Dentra (yes, that’s the spelling)

PUBLIC HOUSE (Brown Jug, Evenwood Gate)

• Owner: George Young (Trustees of?)
• Occupier: George Thompson

BUCK HEAD & EVENWOOD MILL

• Owner & Occupier: John Vart

CRAG WOOD (The wood, house & land) & NUMEROUS HOUSES & LAND IN EVENWOOD & THE BARONY & RAMSHAW

• Owner: John Bowes Esq.
• Occupiers: Various

PUBLIC HOUSE & LAND (Drovers’ Inn later renamed Travellers’ Rest) Evenwood

• Owner: Miss Colpitts
• Occupier: George Kirkup

PUBLIC HOUSE & LAND (Where?) Evenwood

• Owner: John Hodgson
• Occupier: Joseph Peddelty

LAND AT RAMSHAW

• Owner: John Bowes Esq
• Occupier: Lancelot Parker Booth & Co.

HOUSE & LAND AT EVENWOOD

• Owner & occupier: George Ramshay

CART WRIGHT’S SHOP, EVENWOOD

• Owner: Thomas Pallister
• Occupier: James Mathews

BLACKSMITH’S SHOP, EVENWOOD

• Owner: Ann Myers
• Occupier: William Hodgson

PUBLIC HOUSE, EVENWOOD (Which one?)

• Owner & occupier: William Carrick

SHOP, EVENWOOD

• Owner: John Vart
• Occupier: Robert Kirkup

JOINERS’ SHOP, EVENWOOD

• Owner & occupier: John Dowson

HOUSES, LAND & GARDEN AT STONES END, EVENWOOD

• Owner & occupier: Wade Emmerson

BUTCHER’S SHOP AT STONES END, EVENWOOD

• Owner: William Carrick

BEER HOUSE AT STONES END, EVENWOOD

• Owner: William Colpitts

PUBLIC HOUSE AT STONES END, EVENWOOD (Probably the White Swan)

• Owner & occupier: James Welford

HOUSE & SHOP AT STONES END, EVENWOOD

• Owner & occupier: Robert Booth

HOUSE & LAND, OAKES, EVENWOOD (Oaks House?)

• Owner: L.P. Booth
• Occupier: Robert Summerson

CRAG WOOD QUARRY

• Owner: John Bowes Esq
• Occupier: Robert Summerson

HOUSES & LAND, OAKES, EVENWOOD (Note: 36 + 14 = 50 and another 3 houses are listed elsewhere)

• Owner: L.P. Booth
• Occupiers: numerous

CARTERTHORNE COLIERY (Spelt Cartha Thorn)

• Owner: John Bows Esq
• Occupier: Mathew Rutter

LANDS MILL & LAND EVENWOOD & BARONY

• Owner: Stockton & Darlington Railway Co.
• Occupier (Lands Mill): John Brownbridge

BEER HOUSE, RAMSHAW

• Owner: John Humphries

BEER HOUSE, RAMSHAW

• Owner: Thomas Humphries
• Occupier: William Howe

HOUSE, GARDEN & COLLIERY, STOREY LODGE

• Owner: John Bowes Esq
• Occupier: Northern Coal Mining Company

HOUSE & LAND, SLOSHES

• Owner: Sir George Musgrave Bart
• Occupier: Henry Stobart Esq & Co.

HOUSE & LAND, ETHERLEY CALF CLOSE

• Owner: Pearce Esq (Probably Richard Pierce)
• Occupier: Henry Stobart Esq & Co.

LANDS, COLLIERY

• Owner: Pearce Esq (Probably Richard Pierce)
• Occupier: Henry Stobart Esq & Co.

HOUSE & LAND, TOFT HILL

• Owner & Occupier: Henry Stobart Esq & Co.

THREE HOUSES, LANDS

• Owner & Occupier: Henry Stobart Esq & Co.

HOUSES & LAND, CROSS LANES & BUTTEKNOWLE

• Owner: Miss Dixon
• Occupier: Henry Stobart Esq & Co.

OLD NORWOOD COLLIERY

• Owner: John Bowes Esq
• Occupier: Lancelot Parker Booth & Co.

STOREY LODGE COKE OVENS

• Owner: Northern Coal Mining Co.
• Occupier: Robert Summerson

2 HOUSES, OAKES, EVENWOOD

• Owner: L.P. Booth
• Occupiers: John Proctor & John Million

NORWOOD, COKE ROWS

• Owner: John Bowes Esq
• Occupier: Robert Summerson

NETTLEBED COLLIERY

• Owner: Duke of Cleveland
• Occupier: James Anderson

SELECTED PAGES ARE SHOWN BELOW

Below: Wade Emmerson ( see the bottom of the sheet) had several property interests:

Below: The Oakes, owned by L.P. Booth (owner of Old Norwood Colliery)