Children of Deborah and John Applegarth

Mr. John Applegarth, (one of the people called Quakers) of Sledwick, near Barnard-Castle, who farms under James Pool, Esq; of London, has most generously determined to sell his corn, of this year's growth, for a guinea per boll, Winchester measure, to the poor of Barnard-Castle; and that the charity may not be abused, he has requested Mr Hullock, Mr Harrison, and Mr. C. Harrison, to select the proper objects, which is done every Wednesday morning, when thirty-two of them receive a peck of wheat each. This charity began on the third of December, and will continue till next harvest. A miller in the neighbourhood grinds the poor their corn for 1d. a peck. Mr Applegarth sells his potatoes to the poor of Staindrop for 6d. per peck.

All that my house shop warehouses gardens and stable with their and every of their appurtenances situate in Staindrop aforesaid and now or late in the occupation of Mary Chapman and Ann Ridley as tenants thereof And all that my Messuage tenement or dwellinghouse with the appurtenances situate at the low end of the said gardens and now in the occupation of Andrew Henry and George Harburn And also all that Orchard situate at the West end of the town of Staindrop aforesaid adjoining to the house in which I now live and now in my own occupation to my said son William Applegarth his heirs and assigns for ever [ . . . ] All that my Dwellinghouse or tenement wherein I now reside with the Wash-house stables and other the appurtenances together with the gardens thereto adjoining And all that Close piece or parcel of land which I bought of Ralph Dixon with the Appurtenances to my Daughter Sarah Applegarth her heirs and assigns for ever [ . . . ] All those my lands and tenements situate at Boldron in the County of York and other the Residue of my Real estate either entirely or in parcels and either by public sale or auction or private Contract unto any person or persons who shall be willing to become the purchasor or purchasors thereof for the best price or prices that can be reasonably had or gotten for the same

then describes what is to be done with the proceeds of the sale, providing also for his daughters; his trustees also made his executors

To be SOLD by public Auction,

On Wednesday the 10th day of May now next, between the hours of 4 and 6 in the afternoon, at the house of Mrs Elizabeth Crampton, the sign of the Black Bull Inn, Barnard-castle, subject to such conditions as shall then be produced, and either together or in lots, to suit the convenience of purchasers,

ALL that desirable FREEHOLD ESTATE, situate at Boldron, in the North Riding of the county of York, late the property of Mr John Applegarth, deceased, containing by admeasurement 67 acres, with the dwelling-house and other out-buildings thereon erected, now in the occupation of George Shaw, as tenant.

The above estate is situate near the great north road, is about a mile from the market town of Barnard-castle, and within the manor or lordship of Bowes; the purchasers will consequently be entitled to sport upon the very extensive commons thereto belonging, so generally known and celebrated for the abundance of their game.

Further particulars may be obtained on application to Jonathan Backhouse, jun. Esq. Darlington; Christopher Lonsdale, Esq. Arlaw Banks, near Barnard-castle; or of Mr A. Harrison, Solicitor, Barnard-castle, at whose office a plan of the estate may be seen.—Barnard-castle, 17th April, 1820.

Wednesday last, as Thomas Wood, a Master Mason, of Staindrop, was at work at Raby Castle, the ladder, on which he stood, came down, owing to the stage which supported it giving way, when he fell to the ground; and a stone which he was placing in the wall followed him, which, pitching upon his head, killed him on the spot. What renders this accident the more distressing, he has left a wife (with child) and four small children, whose only support depended upon his earnings