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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1667 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: 10-14. Quaker records

Covering Dates: 1709-1975

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These archives were offered at auction by Tennants of Leyburn, North Yorkshire, in the autumn of 2008. The collection had been split up by the auctioneers into lots and, as a consequence, Durham County Record Office was not able to secure the complete collection of papers offered for sale at that time. The collection was purchased in 5 lots on 29 September 2008 and in 3 lots on 10 December 2008, with the assistance of grant aid from the Friends of Durham County Record Office.

A further 30 lots were sold to other bidders on 29 September 2008, the most significant of which was described as railway ephemera, but which also contained correspondence. Most of the other lots included scrapbooks, photographs and histories of the families which constituted the Quaker network in the North of England. These items may have made it easier to establish the interconnection of the individuals represented in these papers.

By cataloguing the items in detail, knowledge of the inter-marriages of the Quaker families of the North of England was established, to explain the presence of this particular set of papers which had belonged to the Backhouse, Coates, Fell, Fox, Fryer, Hodgkin, Lloyd, Mounsey and Pease families.

The most significant papers are those belonging to Henry Pease (1807-1881), son of Edward Pease (1767-1858), as these include an album of letters received by Henry Pease from the eminent men of the 19th century [Ref: D/X 1667/8/129], 12 letters from John Bright (1811-1889) [ref: D/X 1667/8/134-145] and 47 letters from his father, Edward [ref: D/X 1667/8/182-229].

The latter letters include discussions of railway and wool business, a description of the death of Edward's wife Rachel nee Whitwell [ref: D/X 1667/8/189], the decline in health and death of his elder son, Edward [ref: D/X 1667/8/214-219] and the decline in health and death of Anna Fell Pease [ref: D/X 1667/8/208-822]. Henry Pease's papers also include 17 letters from his brother, Joseph (1799-1872) including discussions of railway business, the death of his brother, Edward [ref: D/X 1667/8/243] and a description of scenes in London on the occasion of the coronation of Queen Victoria [ref: D/X 1667/8/242].

The papers described in this catalogue represent varying numbers of the papers of:
* Henry Pease's second son, Edward Lloyd Pease (1861-1934);
* Edward Lloyd Pease's wife, Helen Blanche Pease (1865-1951);
* Helen Blanche Pease's father, Joseph Whitwell Pease (1828-1903)

Edward and Blanche's daughter, Mary Cecilia Pease married Reginald J. Mounsey in 1921 and a few records of them and their children are in the papers under consideration. Because of the marriage of Mary Ceclia and Reginald, the collection includes papers of the Backhouse, Mounsey and Coates families. Reginald was the son of Edward Backhouse Mounsey and Rachel Anne Fryer.

The Backhouse papers include records of the ownership of Belmont Colliery [ref: D/X 1667/1/26 - 1/35]; Fatfield Colliery [ref: D/X 1667/1/36 - 1/38]; Shincliffe Colliery [ref: D/X 1667/1/39].

The Mounsey papers include records of North Bitchburn Colliery [ref: D/X 1667/7/138 - 143] and of Hetton Colliery [ref: D/X 1667/7/144 - 162], among the papers of John Mounsey, father of Edward Backhouse Mounsey.

The Mounsey papers also include photographs of places in the North East of England, Ireland and Scotland, taken by Edward Backhouse Mounsey in the 1860s to 1880s [ref: D/X 1667/7/15 - 7/64]. The Wallis Collection, also held in the Durham County Record Office, contains photographs taken by Edward Backhouse Mounsey [ref: D/Wa 3/6/1 - 59].

Edward Backhouse Mounsey married Rachel Anne Fryer of Smelt House, the daughter of Joseph Jowitt Fryer and Rachel, nee Coates. The Coates and Fryer records in the collection consist almost completely of early ambrotype portraits of members of those families taken in the 1850s and 1860s at Smelt House, Howden le Wear, the ancestral home of the Coates family and at Toothill Grove, Rastrick, near Brighouse, Leeds, Yorkshire, the ancestral home of the Fryer family.

Two short diaries kept by children in the early years of the nineteenth century are of interest. Thomas James Backhouse (1807-1857) kept, or, rather, had kept on his behalf, 'A Journal' of a 'Tour from Sunniside to Burrows by North Shields etc' on two days, 11 and 12 July 1817 [ref: D/X 1667/1/56]. Mary Pease, nee Lloyd (1826-1909), the second wife of Henry Pease (1807-1881) kept a journal between 1 January and 19 July 1840, when she was aged 14, describing life at Wood Green, Wednesby, Staffordshire with her 9 siblings, mother and father, Samuel and Sarah Lloyd, grandparents Samuel and Rachel Lloyd, at The farm; and various cousins and uncles [ref: D/X 1667/8/349]. The daily round of a Quaker household is described, as is a summer holiday in Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales. The diary is dated by the ½ day holiday the winter enjoyed on the occasion of the marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert on 10 February 1840.

Although it is possible to determine the family connections which explain the presence of the documents in the collection, their original archival arrangement had been disturbed by their being divided into lots, reflecting only the need to make each lot attractive to a potential buyer, and it was impossible to return the documents to that original arrangement. It was therefore decided to list the documents according to the individual who possessed them. As an example, letters written by Edward Pease are listed as the papers of their recipients, Henry Pease, not those of their originator, Edward Pease.

The individuals are then listed alphabetically by family and then alphabetically within each family group.

Items which cannot be attributed with any confidence to an individual have been listed at the end of the catalogue. Two letters have been listed as Miscellaneous family items [ref: D/X 1667/10/1- 2].

All the other items which cannot be attributed with confidence to individuals in the 10 family groups identified in the catalogue, have been divided topographically into records relating to Darlington [ref: D/X 1667/11/1-50]; records relating to places in County Durham [ref: D/X 1667/12/1-19]; records relating to places out of county [ref: D/X 1667/13/1-51]. Finally unidentified photographs have been put in the final Miscellaneous section [ref: D/X 1667/14/1-15].

The section containing papers relating to Darlington includes a plan of Rev. Mr. Sisson's estate in Darlington, 1776 [ref: D/X 1667/14/1] and a series of plans of property in Darlington belonging to members of the Society of Friends in 1848 [ref: D/X 1667/11/4-22]. The plans are numbered and it is evident that nos. 4-6, 16-18, are missing.

Also included in this section are the records of the Darlington Society of Friends' Book Society, 1851-1905 [ref: D/X 1667/11/26-28].

The papers relating to places out-county include polemics concerning the beliefs of Quakers [ref: D/X 1667/13/1 and 13/8]. Also of interest is a description of Richard Trevethick driving a steam carriage along roads in Cornwall and Devon in 1802 [ref: D/X 1667/13/3] and a broadside recounting the activities of Mary, wife of Henry Gurney, of Norfolk, who eloped with her footman [ref: D/X 1667/13/20]. Agitation against the slave trade is reflected in an envelope depicting the mistreatment of slaves [ref: D/X 1667/13/26] and a cutting from a newspaper published in Washington D.C., U.S.A., advertising 'negroes' for sale [ref: D/X 1667/13/51].

Catalogue Contents

Quaker families of Darlington (Ref: D/X 1667)Letters to unidentified correspondents (Ref: D/X 1667/10/1-2)

Letter from J.B. Braithwaite, 1 Prews Terrace, Burnham, Somerset, to 'my dear cousin', discussing the character of Samuel Hare, in whose memory the addressee is proposing to prepare a 'short Testimony', 6 August 1900
(1 paper)


Letter from Katie, Ackworth School, Yorkshire, to 'My very dear Parents', describing the letter 'most likely', as 'the last Quarterly letter I shall write to you from Ackworth'; describing the fact that she has taken an examination and that her 'place for the next quarter is third'; recounting the fact that Eliza Barclay, Joseph, Charles and Emma Pease had been at Ackworth, as had Sarah Ann Short; expressing her thanks for 'Papa's letter' and a gift of money; remarking that Tilly would be happy to stay at home a few days longer; enquiring 'what Harry's present direction is'; commenting 'what a queer little boy Harold is growing, I shall enjoy teaching them when I come home', April 1868
(1 paper)

Records of Darlington (Ref: D/X 1667/11/1-59)Plans of Darlington (Ref: D/X 1667/11/1-24,60-63)

A Plan of The Revd. Mr. Sisson's Estate called High Parks in the Township and Parish of Darlington', by J. Mowbray, 1776 Scale: 10 chains to 1¼ inches Shows: The High Parks estate divided into 7 parcels outlined in yellow, the tenants and acreage of which are given; 'New Purchase Bot Sepr 1785' divided into 4 parcels, numbered 8 - 11, outlined in green, the acreage of which is given, and all of which is described as being occupied by: F. Smurthwaite Tent ; 'Other Part of Smurthwaite's Farm', divided into 7 parcels, numbered 12 - 18, outlined in red, the acreage of which is given ; land abutting the numbered parcels: to the south: Genl Lambton's: Ground called Polam, Feetham's Miss Lumley's Ground; to the west: Low Parks belonging to Miss Lumley, James Backhouse, John Kendrew Richard Thompson, including a building marked 'Glass Mill' on the River Skerne; to the east: Thos. Lewis Ground, Newby Lowson's Ground, Rib Word's Ground, Newby Lowson's Ground, Burrill Ground, to the north-east: Miss Allan's Land, including 'Old Horse Mill; to the north-west: Horse Market, Blackwellgate, Prebend Row, Mill Race, Mill Holme, Houndgate, Clay Row, Bridge, St. Cuthbert's Church, all in Darlington
(1 plan, 16 cm. x 37 cm., vellum, coloured)


List of the population of the town [Darlington], 1776, 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1904; and list of the names on the plan, as D/X 1667/11/1, n.d. [c.1908]
(1 paper, typescript)


Paper, n.d. [c.1900] containing the following: transcript of the memorial tablet to Rev. William Sisson, M.A., who died 27 January 1778, to be found at the west end of the north aisle of the church of St. Cuthbert, Darlington; description of the fact that the 'Glass Mill' shown on D/X 1667/11/1 was used for the manufacture of spectacle lenses by a family called Coulls; description of the buildings now on the sites of: Old Horse Mill, the avenue of trees, the Glass Mill, the bridge opposite Clay Row, the orchard, Field no. 7
(1 paper, typescript)


Plan of the Friend's [sic] property in the Township of Darlington in the County of Durham by J. Sowerby, Surveyor, Darlington, 1848 Includes: ground plans and plans of the grounds of the following: A house and 5 other plots of land, including Overend & Co.'s Factory, belonging to Edward Pease, containing 40a. 2r. 0p. B East Mount and Hill House, belonging to John Pease, containing 27a. 0r. 19p. C South End, and a parcel of land near High Terrace, belonging to Joseph Pease, containing 21a. 3r. 18p. D Pierremont, West Brook, and a parcel of land near Mount Pleasant, belonging to Henry Pease, containing 36a. 2r. 9p. E Comb shops, and 3 factories, belonging to Henry Pease & Co., containing 7a. 0r. 20p. F North Lodge, Short Bushel Hill, a parcel of land near the Stockton and Darlington railway, a parcel of land in Northgate, parcels of land running from the road from Neasham to Grange Road, and a factory near Freeman Place, belonging to John Beaumont Pease, containing 126a. 3r. 23p. G Feethams, a parcel of land near the Poor House, and a parcel of land on the road from Barnard Castle, abutting land of Edward Pease, belonging to Anna Pease, containing 13a. 3r. 24p. H South Villa and separate parcel of land near Harewood Hill, belonging to Thomas Pease, containing 1a. 1r. 16p. I Polam Hall, belonging to Edmund Backhouse, containing 102a. 1r. 13p. J Parcel of land on Grange Road, belonging to Hannah Backhouse, containing 7a. 1r. 14p. K Parcel of land abutting West Lodge, belonging to Edward Backhouse, containing 37a. 2r. 6p. L West Lodge, belonging to Ann Backhouse, containing 6a. 1r. 7p. M Elm Field, and a parcel of land near Overend & Co.'s factory, belonging to William Backhouse, containing 44a. 3r. 30p. N Parcel of land near the grounds of Elm Field and Arcadian Flats, belonging to Mary Backhouse, containing 3a. 0r. 5p. O Dodmire, and a parcel of land near a factory on the east bank of the Skerne, belonging to John Church Backhouse, containing 57a. 2p. 33r. P Beechwood Villa, belonging to Catherine Backhouse, containing 4a. 3r. 30p. Q Woodside, belonging to John Harris containing 7a. 1r. 39p. Location of public buildings as follows: 1. Wear Valley Railway office, etc. 2 Post Office 3 Great North of England Railway Office 4 King's Head Inn 5 Sun Inn 6 Joint Stock Bank 7 Stockton and Darlington Railway Office 8 Independent Chapel 9 Primitive Methodist Chapel 10 Trinity National School 11 Baptist Chapel 12 Infant School 13 Wesleyan Methodist Chapel 14 British School 15 Friends' Meeting House 16 Catholic Chapel 17 Wesleyan Association Chapel 18 Fleece Inn 19 Central Hall 20 Provincial Bank of England 21 Backhouse & Co.'s Bank 22 National School 23 Grammar School 24 Infant School 25 Wesleyan Methodist Chapel 26 Police Station Watercolour drawing of the exterior of the west end of St. Cuthbert's church Watercolour of the exterior of the façade of the Friend's [sic] Meeting House Watercolour of the South Elevation of The Grove (formerly the Residence of Rd Richardson) Watercolour drawing of the façade of Backhouse & Co.'s bank Boundary of the Ancient Borough of Darlington indicated by red dotted line
(1 plan, 77 cm. x 130 cm., colour-wash)


Plan no. 2: Plan and Elevation of Property in Northgate and East Mount belonging to Edward and John Pease, 1848 Includes: Plan of East Mount and its grounds, between Freeman's Place and the River Skerne; plan of 3 plots in Northgate; watercolour drawing of 'East Elevation of Edward Pease's House, North Gate', signed by Edward Pease, 11 April 1849; watercolour of 'East Mount (South West View)', signed by John Pease and Sophia Pease, 11 April 1849
(1 plan, 75 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour-wash)


Plan no. 3: Plan and Elevation of South End the Property of Joseph Pease, 1848 Includes: plan of South End and its grounds, between Mount Pleasant, Paradise Terrace and Grange Road; watercolour drawing of 'South End (Front elevation)', signed by J. Pease and Emma Pease, 11 April 1840
(1 plan, 75 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour-wash)


Plan no. 7: Plan and Elevation of North Lodge the Property of John Beaumont Pease, 1848 Includes: plan of North Lodge and its grounds and both sides of Northgate, with Northgate Houses, to the south-east of the house, and North Terrace, to the north-east of the house; watercolour drawing of 'North Lodge (South-East View)', signed by Jno. B. Pease and Sarah B. Pease, 14 October 1850 Endorsed, in a later hand: 'no. 22 B E. Lloyd Pease Esq.'
(1 plan, 75 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour-wash)


Plan no. 8: Plan and elevation of Feethams the Property of Anna Pease, 1848 Includes: plan of Feethams and its grounds, abutting the Skerne, the grounds of the Poor House and Post House Lane, the National School and the Church Yard; water-colour drawing of 'Feethams (South Elevation)' signed by Anna Pease and Elizabeth Pease, 2 March 1849 Scale: 1½ chains to 1 inch Endorsed: no. 22H E. Lloyd Pease Esq.
(1 plan, 75 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour-wash)


Plan no. 9: Plan and Elevation of South Villa the Property of Thomas Pease, 1848 Includes: plan of South Villa and its grounds, and plan of Harewood Grove, and Harwood Hill; watercolour drawing of 'South Villa (Front Elevation)'
(1 plan, 75 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour-wash)


Plan no. 10: Plan and Elevation of Polam the Property of Edmund Backhouse, 1848 Includes: plan of Polam Hall and its grounds; water-colour drawing of 'Polam Hall (North East Elevation)', signed by Edmund Backhouse and Juliet Backhouse, 14 October 1850
(1 plan, 75 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour-wash)


Plan no. 11: Plan and Elevation of West Lodge the Property of Ann Backhouse, 1848 Includes: plan of West Lodge and its grounds and of Swiss Cottage; water-colour drawing of 'West Lodge (Front Elevation)' Endorsed in a later hand: no. 22E E. Lloyd Pease, esq., 20th century
(1 plan, 75 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour-wash)


Plan no. 12: Plan and Elevation of Elm-Field the Property of William Backhouse, 1848 Includes: plan of Elm-Field and its grounds, with North Terrace and North Villa; water-colour drawing of the front elevation of Elm Field; water-colour drawing of the south west view of Elm Field
(1 photograph, 75 cm. x 45 cm., colour-wash)


Plan no. 13: Plan and elevation of Arcadian Place the Property of Mary Backhouse, 1848 Includes: plan of Arcadian Place, and its grounds, and Primitive Methodist Chapel on Queen Street, Darlington; water-colour drawing of the front elevation of Arcadian Place; water-colour drawing of the rear of the Arcadian Place and its walled garden Annotated, on front near title of plan: 'Miss Biglands grandmother' Endorsed: no. 22C E. Lloyd Pease
(1 plan, 75 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour-wash)


Plan no. 14: Plan and Elevation of Beechwood Villa the Property of Catherine Backhouse, 1848 Includes: Plan of Beechwood Villa and its grounds; water-colour drawing of 'Beechwood Villa (South Elevation)', signed by Katharine Backhouse
(1 plan, 75 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour-wash)


Plan no. 15: Plan and Elevation of Property belonging to John Harris, 1848 Includes: plan of the house on a road off Northgate, Darlington, and its grounds; water-colour drawing of the front elevation of the property
(1 plan, 75 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour-wash)


Plan no. 19: Plan and Elevation of Property at Blackwell belonging to John Church Backhouse, 1848 Includes: plan of the hall and its grounds; water-colour drawing of the south-west view of the hall
(1 plan, 75 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour-wash)


Plan no. 20: Plan and View of Marske Hall in the North Riding of the County of Yorkshire, the property of Joseph Pease, 1848 Includes: plan of Marske Hall and its grounds, on the coast; water-colour drawing of the north-east view of the hall Scale: 4 chains to 3 inches
(1 plan, 75 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour-wash)


Plan no. 21: Plan and View of Balder Grange situate at Cotherstone in the North Riding of the County of Yorkshire the property of Francis Gibson, 1848 Includes: plan of Balder Grange and its grounds; water colour drawing of the south-west view of Balder Grange Scale: 2 chains to 2¼ inches
(1 plan, 75 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour-wash)


Plan no. 22: Views of Cotherstone [Yorkshire] 1848 Includes: water-colour drawing of the View of Messrs. Chipchase's Two Houses; water-colour drawing of the View of Mr. Bowron's house; water-colour drawing of the View of Mr. Chapman's house; water-colour drawing of the View of Mr. Allison's house
(1 plan, 75 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour-wash)


Plan no. 23: Front Elevation of Houses in Northgate, Darlington, 1848 Includes: numbered from right to left: no. 1 John Kipling Dwelling House no. 2 Edward Pease Dwelling House no. 3 Miss Coleman Dwelling House no. 4 John H. Mowbray Dwelling House no. 5 John B. Thornton Dwelling House no. 6 John B. Thornton Dwelling House no. 7 Mrs. William Backhouse Painting Shop and Warehouse, etc. no. 8 Mrs. William Backhouse Post Office no. 9 Mrs. William Backhouse Great North of England Railway Office no. 10 Edward Pease Joseph Pease Junrs Offices no. 11 Edward Pease Dwelling House no. 12 John Pease Shop and S & D. RWay Parcel Office Endorsed: Miss Mounsey Blackwell
(1 plan, 75 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour-wash, mounted on card)


Drawing of the façade of two shops, with 2 bow windows on either side of a central door, above which there are 2 rows of 3 windows each; the left of the 2 shops has the sign 'Tate & Son' above the door; the right of the 2 shops has the signs 'Wholesale Ironmongery' 'Warehouse' 'W. Walters Jn.'; on the extreme left of the picture a sign can be seen on the wall of a third house, pointing up the alleyway and reading: 'Mechanicks Institute'; the picture is captioned 'North Front View' beneath which, written in pencil, are the words: 'Entrance to Hutchinson & Lucas Office', n.d. [c.1848] History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham, 1856, by William Whellan & Co., lists Jos. Tate (Tate, Son & Co.) as a grocer
(1 paper, 75 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour-wash)


Plan and Views of Green Bank and Swiss Cottage the Property of Alfred Backhouse, 1851 Includes: plan of Green Bank and Swiss Cottage and their grounds; water-colour of the 'S.W. View of Swiss Cottage'; water-colour of the 'S.E. View of Green Bank' Endorsed: no. 22D E. Lloyd Pease E[sq.]
(1 plan, 75 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour-wash)


Memorandum, by Henry Pease, 14 October 1851; copy, with annotations, made by Edward Lloyd Pease, 1911 Describes Quaker properties in Darlington as follows: E.P.'s house bought 1799 or 1800; previously in the occupation of Jane or James Robinson, diaper manufacturer; the garden had been a tan yard Ianson's property was bought by James I'anson for the linen trade Clark, butcher?; T. Russell, linen manufacturer; W. Fothergill; Singleton, a Friend and linen manufacturer; Thomas Robson; Widow Church Late Hazlewood - built by Tober, a Friend; then E. Hall; then Nathan Robson; previously Jane Wheeler; D. Wheeler had led a servant, Brady, to believe she would be his wife; then W. Ord; T. Evans; the lower side was occupied by James I'anson, linen manufacturer Ann Coleman's and house below, occupied by Gideon Philips, a linen manufacturer James Backhouse, a linen manufacturer, lived in Ann Coleman's house until his marriage, when he lived in Skinnergate Row and Precincts, now Windalley: Barnett, Stephen Lincoln, manufacturers; Edward Backhouse settled on the north side of the entrance and William Backhouse on the south side. T. Parks, Thomas Robson on his marriage settled in it. Post Office: John Hedley; James Backhouse, grandfather of Jonathan Backhouse; Jonathan Backhouse his son settled in small house between Post Office and Joseph Pease's Office (brother of Henry Pease). Next house was built by Joseph Pease, grandfather of Henry Pease; next house built by J. Clement, a timber manufacturer. Edward Pease does not remember any linen manufacturers in Darlington other than in Northgate. Edward Pease my great grandfather, settled in Priestgate. The house had a large garden in which a deer, a present from Lord Darlington, was kept. Afterwards built a house, c.1732, where Walker & Luck now are, next to Barclays Bank. After his death, in the possession of the Robsons. Walters shop with a backyard which stretched as far as Houndgate. Bought by Richard Richardson, from Whitby, Yorkshire; Lydia Richardson, mother-in-law of Joseph Pease [who] lived in the Grove House behind their? corner occupied by Thomas Pease, William Aldham. Robert R. lived in the house above where T.R. and other of the family were born
(1 paper)


'Rateable Value of Certain Properties in the Borough of Darlington', 9 May 1878 Includes: Railways, including Shildon Works, South End Mansion, Rose Villa, Polam, Woodside, cricket field, Beechwood, Feethams, Elm Field Mansion, West Lodge, Pierremont Mansion, Brinkburn Mansion, Willow Bank, Greencroft Mansions, Bushel Hill Mansion, The Elms, Woodburn Mansion, Elm Ridge Mansion, Woodland Mansion, Pease Offices, Charles Ianson Mansion and works, Fry Ianson & Co.'s works, Backhouse & Co. Bank, F.T. Steavenson's residence, John Murrell's residence and office, Hummersknott Mansion
(1 paper)


'A plan of Miss Johnson's Estate at Darlington in the County of Durham', surveyed and planned by R. Richardson, Darlington, showing the roads, built up area, streams, bridges, etc. to the north and south of Darlington, indicating seven particular fields near the main roads, with acreages and names of tenants, also names of owners of adjacent land and some details of buildings in Darlington, 1761 scale approx 3.5 chains to the inch endorsed: Mrs Mouncey, Blackwell
(1 plan, 79 x 21 cm, ink and wash, linen backed)


'Plan of Pierremont Estate, situate in the Parish of Darlington in the County of Durham', surveyed by T.Dixon, Darlington, 1842 Shows house plan, gardens, woodland and parkland, with acreages, and names of adjacent landowners
(1 plan, 67 x 48 cm)


Plan of Darlington, showing roads and street names, streams and bridges, the built up area, some individual buildings, names of landowners, n.d. [c. 1820] Names William Backhouse (1779-1844), John Backhouse (1784-1847), Joseph Pease(1737-1808 or 1799-1872) and Warren Maude (1786-1841) scale approx. 1 inch to 6 chains
(1 plan, 53 x 44 cm)


'Plan of No. 74 Northgate', inscribed 'Plan of Edward Pease's House, 73 Northgate', n.d. [c. 1850] Shows outline of house and yard and details of garden and walls, with dimensions Presumably Edward Pease (1767-1858) [Edward Pease did not live in this house (he lived in another house on Northgate, Darlington) but almost certainly owned the house - he owned several properties in Northgate. Based on the double-bayed frontage with steps up to the front door, it looks like a house lived in by Mr Ord in 1848 and shown on the 1848 sketch of Northgate as no.73 - see D/X 1667/11/5]
(1 plan, 70 x 65 cm, ink and wash)

Darlington Society of Friends' Monthly Meeting (Ref: D/X 1667/11/25)

List of Members & Attenders belonging to Darlington Monthly Meeting, [May] 1866, printed by Harrison Penney, Printer, Prebends Row, Darlington, 1866 These are members of the following Preparative Meetings: Darlington, Stockton, Middlesbro' [Yorkshire] Staindrop, Gainford, Cotherstone [Yorkshire], Bishop Auckland, Shildon
(1 booklet, 7.5 cm. x 12 cm., printed)

Darlington Society of Friends' Book Society (Ref: D/X 1667/11/26-28)

Minute book of Darlington Book Society, 26 December 1851; 25 January 1854 - 27 February 1874 At beginning: Minutes of the inaugural meeting to set up the Society; rules of the Society and list of members of the society, December 1851; list of books held by the Society, 26 December 1851; list of books acquired, 25 January 1851 - 27 February 1874 Attached: printed reports of books sold by auction, 12 May 1854 - 28 October 1874 Accounts: 6 December 1855 - 27 February 1874 At end: rough notes of books, n.d.; notes of proposals, 1857 The names of those proposing and purchasing books are given
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Minute book of Darlington Book Society, 14 May 1875 - 24 March 1905 Includes: accounts, 1874 - 1904; lists of books to be sold, 1875 - 24 March 1904; list of books purchased, 14 May 1875 - 24 March 1904
(1 volume, leather bound)


Blank book label entitled 'Darlington Friends' Book Society', n.d. [19th century] Retained as sample
(1 paper, 11.5 cm. x 7.5 cm., gummed)

Darlington Society of Friends' Essay Society (Ref: D/X 1667/11/29-33)

'And They Trot Out and they trot home again', an estimate, by an unidentified hand, of the journeys taken in 6 months by members of the Essay Society of Darlington Society of Friends, n.d. [19th century]
(1 paper)


List of journeys undertaken by members of the Society of Friends in Darlington: The members are identified by their initials and the destinations are given; the period of time during which the journeys were made is not given but a total of 50,000 miles at a cost of £1000 is estimated, n.d. [19th century]
(1 paper)


Newspaper cutting containing an article entitled: 'Meeting of 100 Years Ago Re-Enacted. Historic Quaker Rules at Darlington. Original Minutes Read in Original Room', describing a meeting to mark the 100th anniversary of the first meeting of the Friends' Essay Society in Polam Hall in 1830, 1930
(1 paper, printed)


Photograph showing eleven men, dressed in dark frock coats, light stocks, four of whom are wearing top hats; fifteen women wearing bonnets, shawls, white stockings and long skirts, sitting in front of the men on chairs and a carpet; behind the men is a door, a wall with 2 paintings hanging on it; the photograph was possibly taken to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the inaugural meeting of the Friends' Essay Society, when members of the Society of Friends, in 1930, impersonated the original members of the Essay Society, 1930
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 16 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


A Record of the Centenary Meeting of the Darlington Friends' Essay Society Held at Polam Hall, Darlington, 20 November 1930, Printed For Private Circulation by W. Dresser and Sons, Darlington, 1930 The volume describes the original meeting of the Society and the Society's history
(1 volume, paper bound)

Photographs of Darlington (Ref: D/X 1667/11/34-39)

Photograph, showing the façade of a building of 3 storeys, with bay windows with round-topped windows, a doorway with a pillar either side and a low wall topped with railings; the fanlight over the doorway reads 'Backhouse Bank 1774'; on either side are buildings with shop fronts on the ground floor; the buildings are in High Row, Darlington, n.d. [1860s-1880s]
(1 plan, 24.2 cm. x 20.7 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Photograph of the north west view and south west view of 'First Railway Ticket Office and Goods Warehouse Darlington Erected 1827 Pulled down 1864', n.d. [20th century]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 14.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a drawing of the exterior of 'Houses on Intended Site of Joseph Pease's Offices Pulled Down June 1865' and of a drawing of the exterior of 'Millbank Corner - Tubwell Row Darlington Pulled Down 1866', n.d. [20th century]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 14.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph, looking east along High Row, Darlington, showing, on the right of the picture, the Town Hall and covered market, on the left, the façade of shops, gas lamps, tram lines, hansom cabs, carts, carriages, and indistinct individuals, n.d. [1885]
(1 photograph, 28.5 cm. x 18.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph, taken from a height, showing the west end and spire of the church of St. Cuthbert, Darlington, across roofs; the tower and nave of the church of St. John, Darlington, to the south-east; and the coaches of a train on the railway, to the north-east, behind the spire of St. Cuthbert's church, n.d. [20th century] Originally possibly used as a calendar
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)


Copy photograph of a large 4-storey house, with sash windows and a doorway, with a pediment and columns either side and a flight of steps leading to it, at the end of a row of buildings, with the Green Tree Inn adjoining it and 2 more houses adjoining that; captioned: in a later hand, 'South end of Skinnergate Darlington 1878 To right of principle [sic] entrance, house in which Edward & Rachel Pease lived towards the end of the xviiith [18th] century and in which John and Joseph Pease were born...', n.d. [20th century] Endorsed 'Mrs. Mounsey Blackwell'
(1 photograph, 16 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)

Programmes of Events in Darlington (Ref: D/X 1667/11/40-44)

The Darlington Public Library Bequeathed By the Late Mr. Edward Pease, Arrangement for Speeches (to be delivered after Luncheon), and Plan of Tables, 23 October 1885 On reverse: toast list giving subjects of toasts and names and ranks of those proposing them
(1 card, 25 cm. x 20 cm., printed)


Book of the Darlington Hospital Bazaar Promoted by The Mayor of Darlington, Councillor Chas. H. Leach in the Drill Hall and adjoining buildings Oct: 25 to 31 - 1905; Opened Wednesday Oct: 25 at 12.30 p.m. by H.R.H. The Princess Henry of Battenburg, 1905 Includes: Origin of the Bazaar in aid of the Darlington Hospital and Dispensary; names of Executive Committee; history of hospitals in Darlington; list of opening arrangements; list of stalls and stallholders; lists of those providing refreshments; programme of entertainment
(1 booklet)


Programme of Ceremonies in Connection with The Commemoration of The Centenary of Railways, issued by the London and North Eastern Railway, 1 July 1925
(1 booklet, printed)


Majestic Cinema Bondgate Darlington Opening Souvenir, commemorating the opening of the cinema by the Mayor of Darlington, 26 December 1932 Includes: sketch of the exterior of the cinema, designed by Joshua Clayton, architect, High Row Chambers, Darlington, drawn by T. Victor photograph of the Mayor and Mayoress of Darlington, Mr. and Mrs. G.R. Campbell photograph of R.J. Mounsey, Chairman of the Majestic Cinema (Darlington) Ltd. photograph of Harold Gatty, General manager of The Majestic Cinema photograph of Joshua Clayton, architect of The Majestic Cinema photograph of Tom W. Gibson, organist The film shown at the opening was The Maid of the Mountains, by Frederick Lonsdale, directed by Lupino Lane, 1932
(1 booklet, printed)


Official programme for the opening of the Memorial Hospital, Hollyhurst Road, [Darlington], by His Royal Highness The Prince George, 5 May 1933 The programme is signed by Prince George. Prince George, Duke of Kent, was the third son of George V; he was killed in action, 28 August 1942.
(1 booklet, printed)

Printed material issued by businesses and organisations in Darlington (Ref: D/X 1667/11/45-48)

Sample blank invoice, issued by Samuel Barlow, Dentist and Pharmaceutical Chemist, Sole Proprietor of Barlow's Celebrated Powders for the Cure of Tic Doloreux, etc., Darlington, Established 1807, n.d. [1850-1900]
(1 paper, printed)


Ye Olde Darlington Blotter, issued by Thos. Watson & Son, 1935 Includes: reproduction of a drawing of the King's Head Inn, Darlington, by W. Dresser, 1852; a separate blotter for each month and advertisements for many businesses in Darlington
(1 booklet, 24 cm. x 15 cm., printed)


Publicity booklet, issued by Barclays Bank, to mark the bicentenary of the founding of Jonathan Backhouse & Co., in Darlington, in 1774, outlining the history of Backhouses Bank, its amalgamation into Barclays Bank in 1896, and the history of Barclays Bank, 1974
(1 booklet, printed; 1 envelope)


Darlington's Railwaymen: 150 Years of Service, c.1975 Includes a brief history of the activities of the N.U.R. in Darlington, issued by the National Union of Railwaymen, c.1975
(1 paper, printed)

Newspaper Cuttings concerning events in Darlington (Ref: D/X 1667/11/49-53)

The Northern Echo, pp. 1-4, 9-14, containing photographs and reports of celebrations, attended by the Duke and Duchess of York, held to mark the 100th Anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 1 July 1925
(2 papers, printed)


The Northern Echo, pp. 7-10, 13, 14, containing photographs and reports of celebrations held to mark the 100th Anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 2 July 1925
(4 papers, printed)


The Northern Echo, pp. 11, 12, containing photographs of celebrations held to mark the 100th Anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 3 July 1925
(1 paper, printed)


Newspaper cutting from the Northern Despatch, containing a photograph of the members of the Darlington Board of Guardians, and a photograph of the Richmond Board of Guardians, and an article describing briefly the history of the Darlington Board of Guardians, 31 March 1930 Under The Local Government Act 1929, c.17, 19 & 20 Geo.V the function of the Boards of Guardians in administering relief for the poor were transferred to the county councils
(1 paper, printed)


Newspaper cutting, from The Northern Echo, containing photographs and reports of the opening, by the Prince George, of the Darlington Memorial Hospital, including a brief history of the raising of money for, and the building of, the hospital, 6 May 1933 Prince George, Duke of Kent, was the third son of George V; he was killed in action, 28 August 1942
(2 papers, printed)

Articles and Books concerning Darlington (Ref: D/X 1667/11/54-59)

Random Drawings of Darlingtonian Doings by John Dinsdale For The Year 1879, printed and published by John Bailey, 7 Horsemarket, London, and Simpkin Marshall & Co., Stationers' Hall Court, London, 1880 Includes: 'They Skate': drawing of people skating at Blackwell, at North Lodge, and at Polam Recreation Ground, January 1879 'They Sing': drawing of singers and musicians at an 'Amateur Concert for the Distress Fund, 24 January 1879' 'They Drink (Cocoa)': drawing of 'The Opening of the First Cocoa Palace in Darlington, 28 February 1879', including the exterior and interior of Lockhart's Cocoa Rooms; and drawing of the head and shoulders of a 'hardworking promoter' and of the head and shoulders of 'The M.P. [who] drinks the first cup' 'They Fight and Buckle - to(o) (Notes on St. Cuthbert's Organ); drawing of 'The Harmonious Vestry Meeting concluding with Threats of Law-Suits and Consequent Victory of ye H-ardent Supporters of F-R & H-Horgan', 28 March 1879': a drawing of the organ, the head and shoulders of 4 men, entitled: 'How the Wind Was Roused'; drawings of the methods by which the money was raised: a wax work; collections from individuals; drawing of a lively committee meeting entitled 'Ye Water Works' and 'Blunder and Bloodshed'; 'They Visit a Neighbouring Town and Patronize the Opera' 'Opera Notes by an Amateur Artist', March 1879: drawings of members of the cast of Carmen: Trebelli as Carmen; Valleria as Micaeli; Runcio as Don Jose; Carleton as Escamilloa; Mancini as Zuniga; Zobollo as Il Dancairo 'They Sport', drawing of Darlington Athletic Sports, 7 June 1879' showing 'the Tug of War; a donkey race; a race on penny-farthings; an obstacle race; 'A Round-Lander', a man about to bowl a cricket ball; 'An All Rounder', a fat sportsman; 'Winning Smiles', young women applauding; 'Losing Game', young women looking disapproving; 'A Damper to W(h)et The Youthful Ardour: young men jumping over a fence into water in an obstacle race : Darlington Athletic Sports, 31 May 1879', drawings of runners, cyclists, spectators 'They Swim and open a new Tepid Bath', drawings of men in a Turkish Bath 'They Show their Horses and Dogs', South Durham & North Yorkshire Horse & Dog Show, Woodside, Darlington, 23, 24 July 1879'; drawings of dogs; the exterior of the show tent; and a horse refusing to take a jump in front of spectators 'They Smile, or frown as the case may be', 'Familiar Faces': drawings of nine men, including 'the coming K', 'the retiring Mayor', and 'The M.P.' 'They Dance', 10 November 1879: drawings of the entrance of the Trevelyan Hotel and dancers in Fancy Dress 'They Play Football', 'Football Match: Grammar School v. Scratch Team, alias 'Boys v. Men': drawings of the members of the teams lined up and a drawing of the game in progress 'They Ring a Joyous Peal Wishing a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year', 'Saint Cuthbert's Bells': drawing of the exterior of St. Cuthbert's Church; drawing of 'The Durham Diocese Bell-Ringers Visit to the Belfry'; 'The Energetic Secretary', 'A Darlington Ringer', a drawing of seven young women, entitled 'Other St. Cuthbert Belles eligible for Ringing Another Change',
(1 volume, card bound)


'Darlington Field Paths: Ketton Footpaths: A Paper Read to the Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists' Field Club', by C.P. Nicholson, reprinted from the Darlington and Stockton Times, 23 and 30 January, 6, 13 and 20 February, 6 March and 3 April 1926
(1 booklet, printed)


Map of the County Borough of Darlington, by Ernest Minors, Borough Surveyor, Darlington, pre 1947 Shows the location of nursery schools/classes; primary schools; combined nursery and primary schools; secondary schools; special schools; college of further education; adult education centres; combined county college and youth centres; youth centres Scale: 2 inches to 3000 feet
(1 plan, 39 cm. x 46 cm., printed, coloured)


Darlington 50 Years Ago: County Borough of Darlington Golden Jubilee, issued by Darlington Historical Society, 1965 Includes: note of the attainment by Darlington of County Borough status, 1 April 1915; 'The Work of Darlington Women in the War Effort', by Mary Armstrong; 'The Darlington Boundary Extension of 1915', by Vera Chapman; 'The Extent of Darlington in 1915', by Vera Chapman; 'Highlights in Darlington, Weather Records', by Vera Chapman; 'Darlington's Garden Suburb', by Amy Yeomans; 'Darlington Shops in 1915', by Irene Smith; 'Public and Private Transport', by Mary Stevenson; 'Steel and Engineering in Darlington Fifty Years Ago and Today', by Ronald Benson; 'Education in 1915', by Norman Sunderland
(1 booklet, duplicated)


Walkabout Darlington, issued by Darlington Borough Council in European Architectural Heritage Year 1975 The booklet describes a walk beginning at Bank Top Station, and taking in the following: the Civic Theatre; St. Cuthbert's Church; the New Town Hall; Bennet House; Bull Wynd; Central Hall; Pease's House; Houndgate; Grange Road; Green Park; Coniscliffe Road; Skinnergate; Friends' Meeting House; Mechanics Institute, Bondgate; Bondgate Methodist Chapel; Britannia Inn; Yards; High Row; Statue of Joseph Pease; Barclays Bank, Post House Wynd, Clock Tower, Market Hall; Old Town Hall; Tubwell Row; Doric House; Church Lane; Darlington Museum; Crown Street, Library and Art Gallery; Northgate; Technical College; Bulmers' Store; North Lodge; North Road Station Includes: plan of the centre of Darlington and sketches of St. Cuthbert's Church; Bennet House; Bull Wynd Garden; Houndgate; Coniscliffe Road; Clark's Yard; Barclay's Bank, High Row; Post House Wynd; Darlington Museum; Bulmer's Store; Skerne Bridge
(1 booklet, printed)


Postcard photograph of a locomotive, captioned: 'L.N.E.R. High Pressure Compound Express Locomotive No. 10.000', n.d. [1930-1936] The experimental Gresley W1 4-6-4 'Hush-Hush' Locomotive was the only 4-6-4 tender locomotive to run in Britain. In 1929, the locomotive, partly-assembled at Doncaster, Yorkshire, was shipped to Darlington. It was completed in November 1929. After trials it entered service on 20 June 1930. It was rebuilt with a conventional boiler in 1936 and was taken out of service in 1959
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)

Records of places in County Durham (other than Darlington) (Ref: D/X 1667/12/1-19)Bishopwearmouth (Ref: D/X 1667/12/1)

Character of the Late Solomon Chapman, Esq. Who Died At His Residence, Bishopwearmouth, After A Short Illness on Wednesday 30th May 1838, At the Patriarchal Age of Eighty-Eight Years, n.d. [1838] The paper refers to his role in shipping and trade, his being a member of the Society of Friends, and his opposition to Free Trade
(1 paper, printed)

Durham (Ref: D/X 1667/12/2)

Letter from Elizabeth Croker, Liskeard, Cornwall, to 'Dear Friends' sending greetings from their Meeting to the Quarterly Meeting at Durham, saying that 'things in the Jenerall is pretty well amongst us' and saying that 'our Moly Meeting have not much to offer to you at this time only Sends our Collections by our friend Cathren Reed', 6 August 1709 Endorsed: notes of sums of money paid to individuals and sums of money collected; one payment is noted as having been paid 'to a poor friend wch is sikly & under som hardship by Reason of the Dearth of Coarn'
(1 paper)

Blackwell (Ref: D/X 1667/12/3)

Newspaper cutting, containing an article entitled: 'Blackwell Hall Sold. Historic Mansion Bought By Darlington Auctioneer', with annotation, 'price said to be £900', 19 May 1930
(1 paper, printed)

Hurworth (Ref: D/X 1667/12/4-5)

Programme of Hurworth Coronation Festivities, 22 June 1911 Originally enclosed in D/X 1667/8/100
(1 paper, printed)


Newspaper cutting of a photograph of the front of Hurworth Old Hall, n.d. [1940s]
(1 paper, 14 cm. x 9.5 cm., printed)

Hartlepool (Ref: D/X 1667/12/6)

Full length drawing, in profile, of a man wearing a frock coat and holding a piece of paper in his left hand, with a verse beneath it, referring to 'The Man Wot Has So Much Good to the Town/Wot Makes Hartlepool Harbour Knocks Ours Down/Wot Subscribed 200 to Our Noble South Docks/And ModesTly Got For His Wig'd Boy in Frocks/The Sum of 300! So You May See That Our Yeoman/Indeed is Determined "Not to be Second to No Man"!', n.d. [19th century]
(1 paper, 22.2 cm. x 28.3 cm.)

Haughton-le-Skerne (Ref: D/X 1667/12/7)

Copy of the will, dated 4 October 1808; proved 1809, of Thomas Porterhouse of Coatham Hall Garth, Haughton-le-Skerne, flax and tow spinner, leaving a life interest in his real and personal property to his wife, Elizabeth Porterhouse, in as follows: his house at Coatham Hall Garth; his mill for the spinning of flax and tow, called Coatham Mill, and houses and other buildings attached, in the occupation of John and Joseph Gibson; houses at Coatham Mundeville in Haughton-le-Skerne; houses at Brafferton in the parish of Great Aycliffe, subject to an annuity of £50 to his father and mother, William and Elizabeth Porterhouse of Barnard Castle, and an annuity of £5 to Ann Walker, natural daughter of Hannah, the wife of William Gerry of Great Aycliffe; personal property to his wife Elizabeth Porterhouse, who may not dispose of the machinery, utensils or wood in his mill; £50 to Mary Darnton of Darlington, spinster; £20 to Bright Wass of Darlington, raft merchant; £100 to William Flintum of Barnard Castle, gent.; William Flintum and Bright Wass to be executors for the sale of his real and personal estate, after the death of his wife, and, with the proceeds, to pay £500 to Rebecca Haniland, daughter of William and Mary Haniland of Basingham, Lincolnshire; £100 to Mary Graham, daughter of James and Mary Graham of Kingston upon Hull; £250 to John Gibson of Coatham Mill, whitesmith and machine maker; £250 to Joseph Gibson of Coatham Mill, lint and tow spinner; £100 each to William Flinton and Bright Wass; residue to his sister, Mary Harrison, wife of John Harrison of Greenwich, Kent, surgeon. Opinion of William Hoar on the duties of the tenant for life and the executors after her death, Durham, 3 November 1813 Opinion of Joseph Addison on a dispute between the owners of Norton Mill and Wolviston Mill, Temple, London, 17 November 1823 Opinion of M. Crawford on the question whether a mortgage of land at Hurworth gives a right to shoot game, Middle Temple, London, 22 February 1823 Opinion of Radcliffe Sidebottom, on a hypothetical case concerning a ground rent, reserved by a derivative lease, Middle Temple, London, 1808
(1 file)

Lanchester (Ref: D/X 1667/12/8)

Plan entitled 'On Sale, Valuable Wood Property called West Wood, in the Parish of Lanchester in the County of Durham. For Particulars inquire of Wm. Pontey Timber Owners Assistant, Landscape & Ornamental Gardener, at the Nursery near Huddersfield [Yorkshire]', by T. Inchbold, Lithographer, Leeds, Yorkshire, n.d. [19th century] Includes: acreage and description of 26 plots straddling Stanhope Lime Road [now Eliza Lane], south of Long Edge Road [now Long Edge Lane] and east of High House Lane [now Millers Hill Lane]; [on early OS plans shown as Angle Wood and Sheep Walks Wood, north of East Butsfield] No scale given Endorsed: Sheep Walk plan
(1 plan, 45 cm. x 26 cm., lithograph)

Sadberge (Ref: D/X 1667/12/9)

Draft memorandum, copied from 'Back of Old Lease', to the effect that John Stamper, one of the attorneys of the Bishop of Durham, has received livery of seisin of an unidentified property, May 1781 Endorsed: part notice of sale of a house and close in Sadberge, belonging to Thomas Colling, woolcomber, to be held at the house of John Walker, the Sign of the Dolphin, Horsemarket, Darlington, 22 May 1781
(1 paper, printed)

Sunderland (Ref: D/X 1667/12/10-19)

Notice explaining why the members of the Society of Friends decline to close their places of business to mark the funeral of the Duke of Wellington, explaining an occasion that celebrates his military prowess, and explaining that the Society of Friends abhors war, Sunderland, 18 November 1852
(1 paper, 24 cm. x 19 cm., printed)


Blank bill of lading, issued by the Custom House, Sunderland, for William Bell and Partners, Harraton Main Coal, Wrought and Gotten out of Harraton Colliery, n.d. [19th century]
(1 paper, printed)


Blank bill of lading, issued by the Custom House, Sunderland, for William Bell and Partners, Harraton Steam Boat Coals, Wrought and Gotten out of Harraton Colliery, n.d. [19th century]
(1 paper, printed)


Blank bill of lading, issued by the Custom House, Sunderland, for William Bell and Partners, Lumley Steam Coals Wrought and Gotten out of Lumley Colliery, n.d. [19th century]
(1 paper, printed)


Blank bill of lading, issued by the Custom House, Sunderland, for Thomas Crawford Esqre & Partners' Scarborough's Wallsend Coals, Wrought and Gotten out of Lumley Colliery, n.d. [19th century]
(1 paper, printed)


Blank bill of lading, issued by the Custom House, Sunderland, for Thomas Crawford Esqre & Partners' Scarborough's Wallsend Coals, Wrought and Gotten out of Lumley Colliery, n.d. [19th century]
(1 paper, printed)


Blank bill of lading, issued by the Custom House, Sunderland, for The Elvet Coal Company's Houghall Wallsend Coals, Wrought and Gotten out of Elvet Colliery, 1840s
(1 paper, printed)


Blank invoice for coals, supplied on board ship at Sunderland, by the Elvet Coal Company, n.d. [1840s]
(1 paper, printed)


Blank bill of lading, issued by the Custom House, Sunderland, for coals, n.d. [19th century] Includes: engraving of shipping in the river with the iron bridge above
(1 paper, printed)


Election poster, depicting a wounded knight in armour, lying on the ground, supported by a woman in mediaeval robes and bearing the legends: 'Charge Havelock Charge! On Gourley On!!'; 'Farewell'; 'Stand Now To the Principles On Which You First Elected Me! John Candlish'; the hem of the robes of the woman bear the words 'Nil Desperandum Auspice Deo', n.d. [1874] John Candlish (1816 - 1874) was M.P. for Sunderland from 1866 to 1874. He died, on 17 March 1874, in Cannes, France, and was buried in Ryhope Cemetery. He was succeeded as M.P. by Colonel Sir Henry Marsham Havelock, bart., V.C. His fellow M.P. for Sunderland, from 1868, was Sir Edward Temperley Gourley (1828 - 1902). Colonel Sir Henry Marsham Havelock, later Havelock-Allen, was the father of Ethel, wife of the 1st Baron Gainford.
(1 paper, 51 cm. x 38.5 cm., printed)

Records relating to places outside of County Durham (Ref: D/X 1667/13/1-51)Bristol (Ref: D/X 1667/13/1)

A Letter To The Author of a Pamphlet entitled A Letter to a Person lately join'd to the People call'd Quakers, in Answer to a Letter wrote by Him, by John Curtis, Maryport Street, Bristol, 23 March 1747/8 Refuting polemics suggesting that Quakers are not Christians
(1 paper, printed)

Cornwall, Falmouth (Ref: D/X 1667/13/2)

Note, written by Joseph Scantlebury, Falmouth, Cornwall, suggesting that, instead of public rejoicings, which involve intemperance and expense, great events in the life of the nation should be marked by subscriptions for the relief of the poor, 1761
(1 paper)

Cornwall, Land's End (Ref: D/X 1667/13/3)

Note, headed Page 67, describing the invention, in 1802, by Richard Trevethick of a steam carriage, for use on roads in the area near Lands End, Cornwall, and describing its journey, driven by Trevethick and his associate, Andrew Vivian, to Plymouth, Devon, where it was to be taken to London by sea, n.d. [19th century]
(1 paper)

Essex, Bocking (Ref: D/X 1667/13/4)

Front of an envelope, addressed to Mr. Lister Smith, Bocking [Essex] with the name J. Russell written in the corner, and a strip of the back of the envelope, with a seal attached, with official franking, dated 28 September 1846 The envelope has been identified as emanating from Lord John Russell (1792 - 1878). In September 1846, Lord John Russell was Prime Minister. His first government lasted from July 1846 to February 1852
(1 paper)

Kent, Pembury (Ref: D/X 1667/13/5)

Newspaper cutting describing the will of Louisa Mary Fowler of The Spring, Pembury, Kent, 1930
(1 paper)

Lancashire, Liverpool (Ref: D/X 1667/13/6)

Price list, issued by C.W. Giles, hairdresser aboard S.S. Mariposa, H.M. Hayward, Commander, 1888 Endorsed: Pacific Track Chart; details of the Oceanic Steamship Co. The Oceanic Steamship Co. was founded in Liverpool in 1865 by Alfred and Philip Holt. Its purpose was to provide a regular steamship cargo service from England to China
(1 paper, 21.5 cm. x 27 cm., printed, coloured)

Leicestershire, Drayton-in-the-Clay (Ref: D/X 1667/13/7)

Blank writing paper, with an engraving of the exterior of 'Birthplace of George Fox The Founder of The Society of Friends, Drayton in the Clay in Leicestershire' by Rock & Co., London, n.d. [19th century]
(1 paper, 11 cm. x 18 cm., printed)

London (Ref: D/X 1667/13/8-19,46,47)

An Interesting Dialogue between the late Dr. Sam.l Johnson (1709 - 1784) and Mary Knowles', recounting a discussion, between the two, on the subject of Dr. Johnson's disapproval of a 'Jenny H.', who has become a member of the Society of Friends, under the influence of Mary Knowles, and of Doctor Johnson's opinion of the beliefs of the Society of Friends, he asserts not to be Christian; transcribed by an unidentified hand, 1802
(1 paper)


The Times, no. 6572, reporting the outcome of the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, 7 November 1805
(1 paper, printed)


Envelope showing drawings of a postman of 1840; a postman of 1890; 'The North Mail Making for Highgate [Middlesex] at 1790 at 8 miles an hour' showing the mail being delivered by stage coach; and 'The North Mail 1890, Approaching Carlisle [Cumberland] at 43 miles an Hour', showing the mail being delivered by train; designed to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Penny Post, 1890 Originally enclosed in D/X 1667/8/100
(1 envelope)


Postcard printed with the head and shoulders of Rowland Hill to mark the Golden Jubilee of the Penny Post, 1890 Originally enclosed in D/X 1667/8/100
(1 card, printed)


To Mothers by Ann F. Fowler, A Paper Read At The Meeting for Mothers Held During Yearly Meeting, May 1897; printed by Headley Brothers, 14 Bishopsgate Street Without, London, 1897
(1 booklet, printed)


In Memoriam card, commemorating Henrietta Rachel, wife of G. Edward Wilson, who died at Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, aged 44, 2 February 1904 Originally enclosed in D/X 1667/8/100 Henrietta Rachel Pease (1859-1904), daughter of Henry Pease and Mary Lloyd, married George Edward Wilson in 1884
(1 card, printed)


The British Gazette, published by H.M.S.O., nos. 2 - 8, 6 May - 13 May 1926
(6 papers, printed)


The Northern Echo, 6, 11, 12 May 1926
(3 papers, printed)


The Yorkshire Post, Leeds, Yorkshire, 8, 10, 11 May 1926
(3 papers, printed)


Description of, and photographs, of the New London Head Office, 7 Leadenhall Street, London, of Friends' Provident & Century Insurance Offices and their Affiliated Companies, 1928
(1 booklet, printed)


Text of 'H.M. The King's Broadcast Message', on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of the accession of King George V, 6 May 1935
(1 paper, printed)


Approved Souvenir Programme for The Wedding of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret to Mr. Antony Armstrong Jones in Westminster Abbey, [London], 6 May 1960
(1 booklet, printed, colour)


Programme for a performance of King Henry VIII by William Shakespeare, at His Majesty's Theatre, London, proprietor and manager, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, 1 September 1910 - 8 April 1911
(1 card, 43 cm. x 28 cm., printed)


Programme for the Farewell Visit of Sousa and His Band, 1911 Includes: list of places to be visited on the tour John Philip Sousa and his band, according to the programme, toured the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland between 2 January and 1 March 1911
(1 booklet, printed)

Norfolk (Ref: D/X 1667/13/20-21)

Broadside entitled 'O dear! I am a Divorced Unhappy Lady' recounting Mary Gurney's divorce from her husband Henry Gurney, after her elopement with a footman, William Taylor, printed by H. Disley, Printer, 57 High Street, St. Giles, London, c.1859 The Gurneys lived at Hethersett, Norfolk
(1 paper, 17 cm. x 24.2 cm., printed)


Motor Fuel Ration Book, no. NG 648597, issued to vehicle no. AHN 1, 6 May 1957 Petrol was rationed as a result of the 'Suez Crisis' of 1956 to 1957 Motor car registration no: AH, was issued in Norfolk, 1903 - 1974
(1 booklet, 12 cm. x 7.5 cm., printed)

Northumberland, Holy Island (Ref: D/X 1667/13/22)

Map of Holy Island, Northumberland, by James Burrell, n.d. [18th century] Scale: 32 perches to 1 inch [1:6336] Originally enclosed in D/X 1667/8/101
(1 paper, 25 cm. x 18.5 cm., printed)

Northumberland, Adderstone (Ref: D/X 1667/13/23)

Pedigree of Forster of Adderstone, [Northumberland], Bamborough [Northumberland], Cornhill [Northumberland], Durham, Tuggill [Tughall, Northumberland] and Cold Hesleden, c.25 Ed I [1297], n.d. [19th century]
(1 paper, 67 cm. x 54 cm., printed)

Suffolk (Ref: D/X 1667/13/24)

Blank copy of Fulcher's Ladies' Memorandum Book and Poetical Miscellany, published by G.W. Fulcher, Sudbury [Suffolk] and Suttaby & Co., London, 1837 Includes: engraving of Glazenwood Gardens, Braintree, Essex; engraving of Lime Kiln, Ballingdon, Sudbury, Suffolk; engraving of Belchamp Hall, Essex; engraving of Twinstead Church, Essex; The Poetical Miscellany; gardening hints throughout the diary
(1 volume, leather bound)

Worcestershire (Ref: D/X 1667/13/25)

Personal Diary of the Quaker Mission to Russia, 14th to 28th July 1951, by Paul S. Cadbury, Birmingham, Worcestershire, printed for private circulation only, July 1951 The Quaker mission to Russia consisted of Margaret A. Backhouse, Gerald Bailey, Paul S. Cadbury, Mildred Crake, Frank Edmead, Kathleen Lonsdale, and Leslie B. Metcalf
(1 booklet, printed)

Yorkshire, Ayton (Ref: D/X 1667/13/26)

Envelope, addressed to E.H. & F.C. Barlow, Friends' School, Ayton, Near Stokesley, Yorkshire, designed and engraved by J. Valentine, Dundee, Scotland; with the legend '10 sent free for 12, 50 for 16, 100 for 24, 250 for 48 Pennypost Stamps', and the names of the following: Ackermann & Co., London; Oliphant & White, Glasgow, Scotland; Johnstone & Hunter, Edinburgh, Scotland; and R. Theobald, London, 1833 On reverse: engravings of: a slave auction; a slave, tied to a post, being whipped; a slave being beaten, in a field; a slave, sitting on a bale, preaching; a female slave, holding a child, being pursued by men on horses; a slave being kicked, while a female slave is being restrained
(1 envelope)

Yorkshire, Bradford (Ref: D/X 1667/13/27)

Throup's Motor Index Marks, Speed Tables, New Sign Posts and Lighting-up Tables, with Corrections for Local Times, published by T. Throup, Publisher and Printer, Bradford, Yorkshire, 1906
(1 booklet)

Yorkshire, Guisborough (Ref: D/X 1667/13/28)

'In the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, the Chaloner Family at Guisbro' [Yorkshire] privately engaged, and brought away from Italy, some of the Men that were employ'd at the Pope's Allum Works near Rome, who first taught us the Art of making Allum here in England, and set these Works a-going, which are yet to be seen at Guisbro'. This affair so exasperated His Holiness, that he denounced against these Fugitives, and all who were any Way concerned in carrying them off, the following most dreadful Curse', n.d. [18th century] The text of curse follows
(1 paper, printed)

Yorkshire, Leeds (Ref: D/X 1667/13/29-31)

Bill, issued by Stephen Northouse, at the White House, in Leeds [Yorkshire], for food, wines and negus, punch, ale and porter, and coffee and tea, n.d. [18th century] Endorsed: notes concerning threads, reeds, warps and wefts and measurements concerning textiles, n.d.
(1 paper)


The Leeds Mercury Extraordinary, recounting the death of William IV and containing a memoir of the King, 21 June 1837
(1 paper, printed)


Card reading: 'Greetings Christmas 1905 From W. & A.M. Harvey, The Grove, Roundhay, Leeds, Yorkshire, including a photograph of a painting of a woman in Quaker dress, signed Margaret Williams, 1901, 1905
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 11 cm., black and white, mounted on card)

Yorkshire, North Ormesby Hospital (Ref: D/X 1667/13/32-38)

Postcard photograph of the interior of the operating theatre, North Ormesby Hospital, Yorkshire, photographed and published by Lofthouse, Crosbie & Co., Tower House, Trinity Square, London, n.d. [1900-1910]
(1 photograph, 13.7 cm. x 8.8 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the interior of the Children's Ward, North Ormesby Hospital, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, n.d. [1900-1910]
(1 photograph, 13.7 cm. x 8.8 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the interior of St. Luke's (Men's) Ward, North Ormesby Hospital, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, n.d. [1900-1910]
(1 photograph, 13.7 cm. x 8.8 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the exterior of North Ormesby Hospital, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, n.d. [1900-1910]
(1 photograph, 13.7 cm. x 8.8 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the grounds of North Ormesby Hospital, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, n.d. [1900-1910]
(1 volume, 13.7 cm. x 8.8 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the Sister Elizabeth Memorial Window, North Ormesby Hospital, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, showing the figure of Sister Elizabeth, Mother Superior, and the heads of Sister Mary and Sister Teresa, n.d. [1900-1910] Sister Mary, Foundress of the First Cottage Hospital, 1836 - 73; Sister Elizabeth, Mother Superior, 1870 - 1903; Mother Teresa, Foundress of the Community of the Holy Rood, 1858 - 85
(1 photograph, 13.7 cm. x 8.8 cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the interior of St. Mary's (Women's) Ward, North Ormesby Hospital, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, n.d. [1900-1910]
(1 photograph, 13.7 cm. x 8.8 cm., black and white)

Yorkshire, Saltburn (Ref: D/X 1667/13/39)

Photograph, endorsed 'Saltburn', of a bay and a headland running round into the sea; six or seven small buildings can be seen on the slopes of the bay, with a row of houses, including a building, bearing the words Bass and Ship Inn at its end, and two buildings before it, at the foot of the slopes; 2 buses can be seen parked in front of the houses at the top of the cliffs leading to the sea, n.d. [1950s]
(1 photograph, 16.5 cm. x 11.5 cm., black and white)

Scotland (Ref: D/X 1667/13/40)

'A remarkable instance of Divine Guidance & Protection', a narrative, related by James Dickenson and Jane Frearon to Sarah Taylor 'When she was about 18 years of age', of how they escaped from murderers in a house in which they stayed while on a missionary visit in Scotland, n.d. [18th century]
(1 paper)

China (Ref: D/X 1667/13/41)

Blank sample of Chinese postcards, printed with Chinese characters and the words 'Chinese Imperial Post', with a coloured border, in red or green, n.d. [c.1900]
(5 cards, 14 cm. x 9 cm., printed, coloured)

France (Ref: D/X 1667/13/42-45)

Paper copy of 'Paris First Class Prize Medal, 1855' Originally enclosed in D/X 1667/8/99
(1 paper, 7.5 cm. diameter)


Programme for a performance of Le Proces de Jeanne d'Arc, by Emile Moreau, starring Sarah Bernhardt, at the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris, France, Season 1909 - 1910
(1 booklet, printed)


Programme for a performance of Chantecler by Edmond Rostand, at Theatre de la Porte Saint-Martin, Paris, France, April 1910
(1 booklet, printed)


Programme for a performance of Le Marriage de Telemaque by Jules Lemaitre and Maurice Donnay, at the Theatre National de l'Opera-Comique, Paris, France, 2 July 1910
(1 booklet, printed)

Belgium (Ref: D/X 1667/13/48)

Ghent and the Universal Exhibition of 1913: Summary Guide Published under the auspices of the Executive Committee of the Universal and International Exhibition of Ghent in 1913, printed by A. Vander Haeghen, printer and publisher, Rue des Champs 60, Ghent, Belgium, 1913
(1 volume, paper bound)

United States of America, New York (Ref: D/X 1667/13/49)

Paper copy of 'New York Prize Medal, 1854' Originally enclosed in D/X 1667/8/99
(1 paper, 7.5 cm., diameter)

U.S.A., Vermont (Ref: D/X 1667/13/50)

Description of a 'wooden nutmeg' made by an old man from the wood of the 'Charter Oak - a famous tree', and sold at the 'Connecticut & Vermont State Building, [U.S.A.]; note concerning the fondness of American young people for peanuts, n.d. [c.1900]
(1 paper)

U.S.A., Washington, D.C. (Ref: D/X 1667/13/51)

Paper containing two newspaper cuttings, n.d. [1840s] Newspaper cutting from an unidentified American newspaper, describing how Henry Clay is in favour of the Tariff of 1842, which protect American markets from British imports, and how James K. Polk is in favour of lowering tariffs and, commenting that 'Polk gives it [the American market] up to the British, or compels the Americans to come down and work as cheap as the paupers of England, n.d. [1840s] Newspaper cutting from a newspaper published in Washington D.C., U.S.A., containing an advertisement, placed by Thomas Williams, offering 'to purchase any number of negroes for the New Orleans market, and will give at all times the highest market price in cash for lively young negroes', 5 June n.y. [1840s] The latter cutting is annotated: 'From Washington the heart of Freedom'
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/X 1667/14/1-15)

Photograph of the head and shoulders of an unidentified man, wearing a high-collared garment, with a bow and pin at the throat, n.d. [1890s-1900s]
(1 photograph, 9.5 cm. x 11.7 cm., sepia)


Photograph of the head and shoulders of a middle-aged woman, wearing a high-necked dark dress, a fur tippet round her neck, and a white cap on her head, photograph taken by Sydney H. Wood, Darlington, n.d. [1900s - 1920s] The woman can also be seen in D/X 1667/14/3
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 23.2 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Photograph showing four men dressed in suits, standing; two young women standing, and two young women sitting, holding infants; an elderly woman, wearing a dark dress and a white cap, sitting in the middle of the group; five small boys and three small girls, aged between approximately six and twelve years, sitting at the front, taken by Sydney H. Wood, Darlington, n.d. [1920s]
(1 photograph, 30.2 cm. x 23 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Photograph of a group of five young men, wearing cravats, suits and caps, standing looking at a sixth young man, similarly dressed, who is up a leafless tree; five young women, wearing long skirts, jackets and wide-brimmed hats, are sitting under the tree on the grass; the young woman nearest the camera is holding what appears to be bowling or croquet balls in her hands; the season is winter, with leafless trees, n.d. [1901-1914]
(1 photograph, 10.5 cm. x 18 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the ruins of Bolton Abbey, West Yorkshire, covered with ivy, and with table tombs and headstones in the foreground, n.d. [19th century]
(1 photograph, 19.7 cm. x 15.2 cm., black and white)


Photograph showing mountains running down to a lake, with a small steamer on the lake, in an unidentified location, n.d. [1880 or 1920] The photograph is mounted on a calendar and a list of inhabitants of Darlington
(1 photograph, 36 cm. x 26 cm., black and white)


Photograph showing the figure of a man sitting on a high place, with a fence in front of him, looking at an expanse of water, with a line of rocks in the water and hills beyond, in an unidentified place, n.d. [early 20th century]
(1 photograph, 10.5 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)


Drawing of a stream with a bridge over it, a summer house, a slope and trees, n.d. [20th century]
(1 paper, 18.5 cm. x 13.5 cm., pencil)


Photograph of the façade of a townhouse of 2 storeys, with six windows, one of which has shutters, and a doorway with stone surround and a pediment, possibly houses associated with the Pease family in Darlington, n.d. [20th century]
(1 photograph, 14.6 cm. x 11.8 cm., black and white)


Photograph, taken from the garden, of the rear of a townhouse of 3 storeys with, on the ground floor, 2 Italianate windows and a bay window, possibly a house associated with the Pease family in Darlington, n.d. [20th century]
(1 photograph, 16 cm. x 11.7 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the surface of an expanse of water with hills beyond it, 1890s - 1900s Originally enclosed in D/X 1667/8/100
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 9 cm., sepia)


Photograph of the exterior of the façade of a building with three bays with mullioned windows, a central porch, with a mullioned window on the first floor, and a wing with round-topped sash windows on the left of the building; in front is a lawn, with flower beds, and a parapet on a retaining wall, at the front of the lawn, bearing a coat of arms, taken by Stearn & Sons, Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], n.d. [1880s]
(1 photograph, 30.5 cm. x 23.5 cm., sepia)


Part photograph of an open-sided shelter covering rolliers, with workmen standing in front, and tracks on the ground, in front of the men; possibly an engineering works connected with shipbuilding, n.d. [1880s]
(1 photograph, 16 cm. x 19.5 cm., black and white)


Silhouette of a middle-aged man wearing a hat with a high crown, a frock coat, breeches and gaiters, and holding a paper reading: 'Gin & Mutton' and a paper reading: 'The British...', n.d. [early 19th century] Originally enclosed in D/X 1667/8/101
(1 paper, 17.5 cm. x 22.5 cm.)


Folder containing blank post office telegram forms, blotting paper and pencil, n.d. [20th century]
(1 folder, 23 cm. x 14.5 cm., leather bound; 18 papers)