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Reference number	D-318/B
Level of description	Series
Language	English

Admission and surrender of close of pasture called Toope Hay in Southwell. (Cleeves and Wiseman). With transcript, translation and bill.. Division of lands in Portland. (Wiggitt, Attwoole).. Church gifts, various, Portland.. Deeds. Royal lease to John and Richard Tucker of demesne lands of manor and moiety of duty of 12d per ton payable on stone dug from them.. Conveyance of quarry land called Kingbarrow, 1819 (Comben to Scriven); assignment of term (Scriven and House to Searle and Foot), 1821; lease (Comben to Williams), 1864.. Agreement for working stone in Gorslings (John Way and Gabriel Tucker Steward), 1833, with correspondence on disposal of "best bed" stone, 1839-40.. Transfer of shares in Portland Railway Company (Browne to Cardew).. Solicitor's bill for Messrs. Steward, 1842-3; letters on Portland glebe exchange, 1846-7; letter from H.M.Convict Prison about right of way, 1871.. Lease of 2 piers of wharves at Castletown, 1855; agreement for letting counting house at Castletown and land at Vern Gate, 1865. (Commissioner of H.M. Woods, Browne).. Agreements to lease lands and to quarry, 1859-65; about tramway over Steward's Close, 1865, and railway over Great West Field, 1867; agreement about haulage of stone, 1899.. Bills of sale of ship Ocean Lady (official number 26323) to Barrington Browne in 1854, and to Steward in 1875.. Bills of sale of ship Harwich (official number 56427) 1874 (Holmes to Cox of Castletown), 1875 (Cox to Steward).. Steward premises. Formation of Association of Portland Stone Quarry Masters, with minimum prices of stone, station prices, London and suburban cartage, mutually protective clauses..