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Mineral Rights

Several parishioners in New Hutton have contacted parish councillors about letters they have received from the Land Registry notifying them that Lonsdale Settled Estates (LSE) has applied to them to register the mineral rights under their land and houses. The letters have not specified exactly which land the applications refer to.

The Parish Council has now obtained maps of the areas, copies of which have been fixed to the new notice board at the end of the Institute. The maps have been reduced to A3 paper and so the detail is small but if you wish to look at them more closely, please contact me on 01539-725955 so you can see the maps at my house. Please do not remove the maps from the parish notice board.

A few points about the maps follow to aid understanding. They are on the First Edition 6 inch scale dating from the 1860s so you will find that many fields are different shapes and a number of houses were not built. There are two maps because much of the western half of the parish was in Scalthwaiterigg until the 1890s. The yellow and green parts are the areas where mineral rights are being registered and there is indisputable documentary proof that Lonsdale Estates have those rights. Yellow areas are where the rights date from Parliamentary Enclosure of the parish commons in 1819 (Scalthwaiterigg) and 1838 (New Hutton). The Earls of Lonsdale also owned farms in the areas of ancient settlement outside the commons. As these farms and land were sold over the years they retained the mineral rights so they are specified in the deeds. These areas are green on the maps.

I have also put answers to some frequently asked questions on the notice board. LSE wishes to emphasise that the reason for the registration of their rights at this time has been necessitated by a change in the law whereby they must register them by October 2013 or they will lose them. They currently have no intention of searching for or exploiting any minerals so owners of land should not be alarmed by the registration process. However, the fact of their ownership of the rights should be noted (and, perhaps, recorded with their deeds for future reference if it is not already stated in them). Parishioners who own houses and gardens but no fields should note that the mineral rights might also extend under their houses.

The parish e-mail system reaches over half the homes in the parish. It would be helpful if you could tell those who are not on it about the existence of the maps. The Parish Council's aim has been to provide information to parishioners to clarify the issues in order to allay concerns. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to phone me on the above number.

Best wishes
ARTHUR ROBINSON
New Hutton Parish Clerk
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