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Staindrop St. Mary Parish

Reference: EP/Stai Catalogue Title: Staindrop St. Mary Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1635-2014

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Staindrop St. Mary Parish (Ref: EP/Stai)Registration (Ref: EP/Stai 1/Section 1)Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (Ref: EP/Stai 1/section 01)

1/1-3


Register of baptisms, 25 October 1635 - 18 March 1718; register of marriages, 15 November 1635 - 23 February 1718; register of burials, 20 October 1635 - 20 March 1718 Includes: A note of the several monies bestowed by devoted persons for the use of the poore, c. 1635 - 1670 A note of Mr. Toby Ewbanke's several tenements [which] pay church duties, n.d. A register of the 'antient Rents' of the parish ... made up at a meeting of the parish, 25 March 1637 Memorandum concerning absence of entries because of want of minister, 1644 - 1647 Memorandum concerning the burial (in the Park) of soldiers slain before Raby Castle, 27 August 1648
(1 volume, parchment, leather bound)


Register of baptisms, 25 March 1718 - 31 October 1731; register of marriages, 11 May 1718 - 2 July 1732; register of burials, 1 April 1718 - 15 August 1732 Includes: Note concerning erection of seats and pews in church, 1731
(1 volume, parchment, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1 November 1731 - 30 March 1760
(1 volume, parchment, calf bound)

Registers of baptisms and burials (Ref: EP/Stai 1/section 02)

1/4


Register of baptisms and burials, 6 April 1760 - 27 December 1795; register of baptisms, 1 January 1796 - 27 December 1805; register of burials, 11 January 1796 - 30 December 1806 Includes: Abstract of population of parish taken by the overseers in different townships, 10 March 1801
(1 volume, parchment, calf bound)

Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Stai 1/section 03)

1/5-8


Register of baptisms, 5 January 1806 - 29 December 1812
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of baptisms, 3 January 1813 - 27 December 1835
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 1 January 1836 - 12 May 1921
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 15 May 1921 - 29 November 1953
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Stai 1/section 04)

1/9-17, 36-38


Register of marriages and banns of marriage, 21 April 1754 - 5 July 1794
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of marriages and banns of marriage, 10 August 1794 - 12 December 1812
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of marriages, 30 January 1813 - 26 June 1837
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)


Register of marriages, 8 July 1837 - 15 November 1900
(1 volume, printed form)


Register of marriages, 25 December 1900 - 7 November 1914
(1 volume, printed form, leather half-bound)


Register of marriages, 14 December 1914 - 27 July 1927
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 27 August 1927 - 1 July 1939
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 7 August 1939 - 4 March 1950
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 18 March 1950 - 29 October 1955
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 1 November 1955 - 22 October 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 10 December 1960 - 24 August 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 12 October 1974 - 17 June 1989
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Stai 1/section 05)

1/21-22, 1/39/1


Register of banns of marriage, 2 November 1824 - 15 November 1835
(1 volume, printed form, calf bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 10 January 1836 - 2 March 1952
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)


Register of banns of marriages, 2 March 1952 - 6 April 2014
(1 volume)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Stai 1/section 06)

1/18-20


Register of burials, 2 January 1807 - 4 December 1812
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of burials, 10 January 1813 - 19 November 1848
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)


Register of burials, 3 December 1848 - 5 May 1973
(1 volume, printed form, calf bound)

Certificates and licences (Ref: EP/Stai 1/section 07)Death certificates (Ref: EP/Stai 1/)

1/23, 26-28


Certificate of death of her Grace the Duchess of Cleveland at Wiesbaden, Germany, 18 May 1901 Enclosed in EP/Sta 1/6
(Paper, 1 folio)


Death certificate of Thomas Race, 17 April 1865 Enclosed in EP/Sta 1/22
(Paper, 1 folio)


Death certificate for John Shepherd, 4 February 1922 and for Branch Robinson, 3 April 1922 Enclosed in EP/Stai 1/10
(Paper, 2 folios)


Death certificates for Joseph Caygill, 31 December 1939 Mary Ann Pattison, 18 January 1940, Margaret Hannah Race, 20 January 1940, Frances Mary Loniel, 26 January 1940, William Bouron, 19 October 1940, Edith Annie Bell, 13 November 1940, Thomas Spence, 16 November 1940, Emma Vousden, 8 December 1940, Marion Underwood, 12 December 1940, Isabell Littlefair, 28 December 1940, Martha Jane Johnson, 6 September 1941, Emily Annie Nixon, 23 January 1959, Hannah Jemmerson, 13 February 1963 Enclosed in EP/Stai 1/20
(Paper, 13 folios)

Marriage licences (Ref: EP/Stai 1/)

1/24-25


Licence for the marriage Thomas William Richardson and Mary Anne Walker, 3 June 1912 Enclosed in EP/Stai 1/12
(Paper, 1 folio)


Licence for the marriage of Samuel Morris Tarn and Hilda Jane Dixon, 6 January 1939 and for the marriage of Harry Morley and Freda Rayson, 1 June 1940 Enclosed in EP/Stai 1/15
(Paper, 2 folios)

Certificates of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Stai 1/)

1/29-32


Certificate of banns of marriage between William Dene and Hannah Raine, 1835 Enclosed in EP/Stai 1/21
(Paper, 1 folio)


Certificate of banns of marriage between Eric Swindells and Florence Violet Lightfoot, 8 March 1950 Enclosed in EP/Stai 1/22
(Paper, 1 folio)


Blank forms for publication of banns, n.d. c.1950 Enclosed in EP/Stai 1/22
(Paper, 4 folios)


Notes concerning the calling of banns, n.d. c.1950 Enclosed in EP/Stai 1/22
(Paper, 7 folios)

Certificates of baptism (Ref: EP/Stai 1/)

1/34


Letter from C.C. Bowlby, Hampstead, London requesting certificates of baptism, 16 February 1905 Enclosed in EP/Stai 1/12
(Paper, 1 folio)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Stai 1/section 08)

1/33, 35


Forms for church notices, 1939 - 1940 Enclosed in EP/Stai 1/22
(Paper, 6 folios)


Blank forms for quarterly returns, n.d. c.1880 Enclosed in EP/Stai 1/10 and 1/12
(Paper, 5 folios)

Clergy (Ref: EP/Stai 2/Section 2)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Stai 2/section 01)

2/30/1-2


Register of confirmations, 28 April 1940 - 5 May 2005
(1 volume)


List of confirmations of candidates from the 54th and 59th Training Regiment Royal Armoured Corps and Welsh Guards attached to the 54th Training Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, 26 November 1944 Originally enclosed in EP/Stai 2/30/1
(4 papers, typescript)

Registers of preachers and registers of services (Ref: EP/Stai 2/section 02)Registers of preachers (Ref: EP/Stai 2/section 01)

2/25


Register of strange preachers, 15 January 1860 - 11 December 1904
(1 volume, paper bound)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/Stai 2/section 02)

2/11-14, 21-24, 26, 2/29/1


Register of services, 23 April 1905 - 13 February 1927
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of services, 20 February 1927 - 30 May 1939
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of services, 4 June 1939 - 30 September 1951
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of services, 7 October 1951 - 29 September 1957
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 6 October 1957 -­ 20 June 1963
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 23 January 1963 -­ 9 August 1970
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 12 August 1970 -­ 26 November 1980
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 30 November 1980 -­ 31 December 1986
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 4 January 1987 - 30 June 1993
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 3 July 1993 - 19 February 2009
(1 volume)

Benefice (Ref: EP/Stai 2/section 03)

2/31


Draft scheme for the disunion of the benefice of Cockfield and Staindrop and each become a separate benefice called the benefice of Cockfield and the benefice of Staindrop, n.d. [c. 1960s]
(1 paper, typescript)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/Stai 2/section 04)

2/7-10, 18-19


Letters from Ecclesiastical Commission to Canon Lipscomb, Staindrop Vicarage concerning stock held in trust for benefice of Cockfield with Staindrop, 3 January 1901 - 5 July 1921
(9 papers, printed)


Letter from Ecclesiastical Commission to Rev. H.S.C. Spurrier, Staindrop Vicarage concerning stock held for benefice of Cockfield with Staindrop, 11 March 1935
(1 paper, printed)


Letter from Church Commissioners to Rev. S.Z. Edwards concerning stock held for benefice of Staindrop with Cockfield, 12 January 1950
(1 paper, printed)


Letter from Church Commissioners to Rev. S.Z. Edwards concerning Benefices (Stabilization of Incomes) Measure, 1951 and stock held for benefice, 1 July 1952
(1 paper, printed)


The London Gazette , including notice of grant of £700 by Ecclesiastical Commission to benefice of Cockfield with Staindrop, 19 April 1907
(1 file, printed)


Letter from Ecclesiastical Commission to Rev. J.E. Philipps, Staindrop Vicarage concerning payments to benefice of Cockfield with Staindrop, 30 March 1921
(1 paper, typescript)

Glebe (Ref: EP/Stai 2/section 05)

2/6, 15-17


Letters from Ecclesiastical Commission to Rev. H.C. Lipscomb concerning dividends on stock under Glebe Lands Act, 1888, 3 - 13 August 1891
(3 papers)


13 March 1906 (1) Rev. John Erasmus Philipps, rector of Cockfield with Staindrop (2) Rt. Hon. Henry de Vere Baron Barnard, patron of rectory (3) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (4) The Seven Sisters Colliery Company Ltd. Lease by (1), with consents of (2) and (3), to (4) of coal under glebe land at Cockfield (plan attached), with covering letter
(1 file, printed and 1 paper)


1929 (1) Rev. William Horatio Sandys Cumby Spurrier, M.A., rector of Cockfield with Staindrop (2) Rt. Hon. Christopher William 10th Baron Barnard M.C., T .D., patron of rectory (3) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (4) The North Bitchburn Coal Company Ltd. Draft lease by (1) with consents of (2) and (3), to (4) of coal under glebe land at Cockfield
(1 file, typescript)


6 November 1930 (1) Rev. William Horatio Sandys Cumby Spurrier, M.A., rector of Cockfield with Staindrop (2) Rt. Hon. Christopher William 10th Baron Barnard M.C., T.D., patron of rectory (3) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (4) The North Bitchburn Coal Company Ltd. Lease by (1), with consents of (2) and (3), to (4) of coal under glebe land at Cockfield (plan attached)
(1 file, printed)

Orders of service (Ref: EP/Stai 2/section 06)

2/27-28


Order of service for the service of thanksgiving and re-dedication for marriages of St. Mary's Church, Staindrop, 5 October 1986
(1 paper)


Signatures of those who attended the service of thanksgiving and re-dedication for marriages of St. Mary's Church, Staindrop, 5 October 1986
(1 volume, card bound)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Stai 2/section 07)

2/20, 14/1


5 August 1948 (1) Rector of Cockfield and Vicar of Staindrop (2) J.W. Cameron & Co. Ltd. Agreement that (2) can build and open out a window on 1st floor of Queen's Head Hotel, Cockfield which will overlook garden of the old rectory, Cockfield
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter of Thomas Eggleston, agent to Mr. Sawyer at Durham applying for Fee Farm Rents due to Rev. Sawyer, 25 May 1838
(Paper, 1 folio)

Tithes (Ref: EP/Stai 3/Section 3)Tithe plans and apportionments (Ref: EP/Stai 3/section 01)

3/3-6


Tithe plan and apportionment, township of Staindrop, 1838 Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168] Enclosure: see EP/Stai 3/15
(1 file, parchment and paper on linen)


Tithe plan and apportionment, township of Hilton, 1839 Scale: 1 inch to 4 chains [1:3168]
(1 file, parchment and paper on linen)


Tithe plan and apportionment, township of Wackerfield, 1839 Scale: 1 inch to 4 chains [1:3168]
(1 file, parchment and paper on linen)


Tithe plan and apportionment, township of Langleydale cum Shotton, 1840 Scale: 1 inch to 8 chains [1:6336]
(1 file, parchment and paper on linen)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Stai 3/section 02)

3/1-2, 14-24


Notice and schedule of tithe award made by Dunhouse and Bellmore of land at Cleatlam set out to be in the parishes of Gainford and Staindrop, 18 September 1838
(Paper, 1 folio)


Statement made by Mr. Asquith on Tithes and Disestablishment of the Church of England given 9 May 1895
(Paper, printed, 1 folio)


Papers concerning chancel repairs under Tithe Act 1936, 28 July 1916 - 7 July 1942
(1 booklet, 2 files and 48 papers, typescript)


Deed of merger of tithe rent-charges on lands in Staindrop, 29 July 1920 Originally enclosed in EP/Stai 3/3
(1 file, printed)


Letter from Bounty Office to incumbent of Cockfield with Staindrop concerning investment of tithe redemption money, 13 December 1921
(1 paper, printed)


Letter from Tithe Redemption Commission to vicar of Staindrop concerning appointment of trustees to manage stock issued as compensation for extinguishment of tithe rent-charges, 5 October 1937
(1 paper, printed)


Letters from J.B. Lazenby, authorised collector and agent under Tithe Act 1925, to Rev. H.S.C. Spurrier, Staindrop Vicarage concerning collection of tithe arrears, 26 October 1932 - 25 June 1934
(6 papers)


Letter from J.B. Lazenby, collector and agent under Tithe Act 1925, to Rev. H.S.C. Spurrier concerning query on Woodland tithes, 18 August 1934
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter from J. Ingram Dawson, Barnard Castle, solicitor, to vicar of Cockfield with Staindrop concerning tithe demand on property at Woodland, 31 August 1934
(1 paper, typescript)


Letters from Bounty Office to Rev. H.S.C. Spurrier concerning payment of stipend under Tithe Act 1936, 12 July 1937 - 18 January 1939
(6 papers, typescript)


Letter from Bounty Office to Rev. H.S.C. Spurrier concerning appointment of trustees to pay stipend from redemption stock on impropriate tithe rentcharge belonging to Lord Barnard, 11 October 1937
(2 papers, typescript)


Letter from Trower, Still and Keeling, London, solicitors, to vicar of Staindrop concerning Lord Barnard and tithe redemption, 18 May 1938
(1 paper, typescript)


Letters from Tithe Redemption Commission, Bournemouth to the vicar of Staindrop concerning extinguishment of tithe rent-charge by Tithe Act 1936 on lands in Staindrop, Cleatlam, Hilton and Ingleton, 4 December 1941 - 3 March 1942
(8 papers, printed)

Tithe redemption (Ref: EP/Stai 3/section 03)

3/7-13


Certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charge on lands in Cockfield township, with covering letter, 19 June 1914
(1 file, parchment and 1 paper)


Certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charge on lands in Cockfield township, 17 August 1914
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charge on lands in Woodland township, 17 September 1920
(1 paper)


Certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charge on lands in Ingleton township, 29 August 1923
(1 paper, printed)


Certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charge on lands in Ingleton township, 29 August 1923
(1 file, printed)


Certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charge on lands in Ingleton township, 5 March 1924
(1 paper, printed)


Certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charge on lands in Cockfield, with covering letters, 5 March 1926
(1 file, printed)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Stai 4/Section 4)Church (Ref: EP/Stai 4/section 01)Plans (Ref: EP/Stai 4/)

4/5-7, 4/42/1-2


Plan of church seating, 1809 Scale: 2 inches to 10 feet [1:60]
(1 plan, 43cm x 54cm)


Plan of church seating, n.d. No scale
(1 plan, 42cm x 33cm)


Arrangement of pews, 1849
(1 file)


Plan and sections of proposed re - leading of nave roof, August 1991
(1 plan, 60cm x 41cm)


Plan and section of proposed south chapel paving, December 1992
(1 plan, 59cm x 41cm)

Repairs and restoration (Ref: EP/Stai 4/)

4/8, 13-15, 32, 34-37, 4/45/1-5, 4/46/1-2, 4/47


Specifications for work to repair church, March 1849
(1 paper)


Invoice for installation of electric lighting, 17 May 1934 Originally enclosed in EP/Stai 6/6
(1 paper)


Letter from J.S. Robson, Butterknowle Colliery to W.T. Scarth concerning coal workings around church and churchyard with regard to possible extension of church, plans attached, 13 September 1875
(1 file)


Certificate stating that £500 is due to H. Harwood for work on Cockfield church, 9 November 1915
(1 paper, printed)


Correspondence between Lord Barnard, Selaby, Gainford, Darlington; F. Blyth, Nevill House, 21 South Green, Staindrop; Rev. T.F. Hampton, The Vicarage, Staindrop, concerning the state of pews recently removed from the church, 22 October - 1 November 1971
(4 papers)


Agreement between the Parochial Church Council of the church of St. Mary the Virgin, Staindrop, and John Laing Construction, Ltd., Page Street, Mill Hill, London, for fabric renovation and repairs at the church, 22 June 1981
(1 booklet)


Specification of renovation and repairs to be undertaken at the church of St. Mary the Virgin, Staindrop, 22 June 1981
(1 booklet)


Correspondence between Rev. K. Loraine, The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Staindrop; W.B. Edwards and Partners, architects, Cathedral Buildings, Dean Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; the Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, Diocese of Durham, The Vicarage, South Hylton, Sunderland, concerning the new electrical installation in the church, 23 May 1983 - 16 May 1984 Includes: contract, specification and plan, 5 October 1983
(33 papers)


Correspondence between Donald W. Insall and Associates, Ltd., architects, 19 West Eaton Place, London; Norman Underwood, Ltd., 11-27 Freeschool Lane, Leicester; R. Sandys-Clarke, Raby Estate Office, Staindrop; The Lord Barnard, Raby Castle, Staindrop; English Heritage, 25 Savile Row, London; Rev. K. Loraine, The Vicarage, Staindrop; concerning repairs to the chancel roof of the church of St. Mary the Virgin, Staindrop, 8 November 1984 - 5 September 1986 Includes: plan, October, 1984; copy contract, n.d.; architect's instructions, 25 September and 22 October 1985; final certificate, 3 September 1986
(63 papers)


Timetable for the preparatory period of the church restoration appeal by C. R. Walker, 3 October 1980
(1 file)


Report on the preparatory phase of the church restoration appeal by C. R. Walker, 6 January 1981
(1 file)


Church restoration appeal director's report by D. G. Norrie, 13 March 1981
(1 file)


Continuation plan of the church restoration appeal by C. R. Walker, 23 March 1981
(1 file)


Continuation report on the church restoration appeal by C. R. Walker, 20 December 1981
(1 file)


Specification and schedule of works of repairs to the masonry, carpentry and lead roofs of the church of St. Mary, Staindrop, September 1991
(1 file)


Schedule of work for minor repairs to south aisle roof covering, 28 April 1992
(2 papers, printed)


Agreement between: 1) Vicar of St. Mary's church, Staindrop courtesy of Raby Estates Office, Staindrop 2) Contractor F. and R. Jackson Limited, 8A Barnard Street, Staindrop For repairs to the roof, nave and south aisle, 2 September 1992
(1 file)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Stai 4/)

4/49/1-8; 14/36


Photograph postcard of the tomb of the Earl of Westmoreland in St. Mary's church, n.d. [c. earl 1900s]
(1 photograph postcard, 14cm x 9cm)


Photograph postcards of the tomb of the Duke of Cleveland before its removal to the west end of St. Mary's church during the alteration of 1908, n.d. [c. earl 1900s]
(3 photograph postcards, 14cm x 9cm)


Photograph postcards of the interior of St. Mary's church, n.d. [c. 1930s - 1960s]
(3 photograph postcards, various sizes)


Photograph postcard of the Lady Chapel in St. Mary's church, n.d. [c. 1960s]
(1 photograph postcard, 14cm x 9cm)


Photographs of the font at St. Mary's church, n.d. [c. 1960s]
(2 photographs, 13cm x 8cm)


Photograph postcard of the exterior of St. Mary's church, n.d. [c. 1960s]
(1 photograph postcard, 14cm x 9cm)


Photograph providing a partial view of the stone arches within St. Mary's church, n.d. [c. 1960s]
(1 photograph, card mounted, 25cm x 31cm)


Photograph of the font at St. Mary's church, n.d. [c. 1960s]
(1 photograph, card mounted, 25cm x 31cm)


Postcards depicting the process of re-hanging the church bells, n.d. [1920s]


Bells, ladders and equipment for hauling bells upwards, lying about in the churchyard


Two bells lying beside the churchyard gate, with village main street in the background


Flat-back truck with bell-hanging equipment on the back, parked in the gateway to the churchyard
(2 photographs, 14 cm. x 9 cm.; 1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

Organ (Ref: EP/Stai 4/)

4/43-44


A history and description of the organ of St. Mary's church, Staindrop by E. Fritsch, n.d. [c. 1980s]
(1 file)


Organ fund appeal committee minutes of meetings, 2 October 1991 - 10 February 1993
(1 file)

Churchyard (Ref: EP/Stai 4/section 02)

4/23, 4/48/1


Letter from Ecclesiastical Commission to Rev. H.S.C. Spurrier, Staindrop Vicarage concerning reservation of grave space, 4 September 1923
(1 paper, typescript)


Correspondence concerning the churchyard of St. Mary's church, Staindrop, 3 June 1955 - 9 April 1958
(9 papers, typescript, photocopies)

Vicarage (Ref: EP/Stai 4/section 03)

4/40


Plans and elevations of proposed conversion of the vicarage at Staindrop into two dwelling houses, n.d. [c. 1960s]
(1 plan, 74cm x 59cm)

Faculties and Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/Stai 4/section 04)Faculties (Ref: EP/Stai 4/section 01)

4/9-12, 38/1-2


Faculty to take down gallery in n. aisle and pews in body of church and to erect new pews, 3 August 1849
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Faculty to carry out alterations to church, 29 April 1908
(1 file)


Faculty for side chapel with ornaments and fittings, 10 June 1929
(1 paper, printed)


Faculty to introduce electric light, 14 December 1933
(1 paper, printed)


Faculty authorising the introduction of a Livingston electronic organ as a temporary measure until sufficient funds available for the installation of a new pipe organ in the church, 23 February 1981
(1 paper, printed)


Faculty authorising the re - covering of the chancel roof in lead and ancillary work to the gutters, 4 June 1985
(1 paper, printed)

Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/Stai 4/section 02)

4/39/1-2


Archdeacon's certificate authorising general repairs to the church, 26 June 1981
(2 papers)


Archdeacon's certificate authorising redecoration of the interior of the church, 2 June 1986
(2 papers)

Log books (Ref: EP/Stai 4/section 05)

4/33


Log book, 1978 - 1996
(1 file)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Stai 4/section 06)

4/18, 29, 31, 4/41/1


Terrier, 1909 - 1923
(1 paper, printed)


'Inscriptions in the Churchyard and Parish Church of Staindrop 1560 - 1911 copied by T. Romans and R.T. Raine and compared with the Parish Registers by T. Romans', c.1911 Includes : plans of churchyard, pp.3, 36, 83, 84, 113, 132, 168, 186 transcript of monumental inscriptions in the churchyard with notations of details taken from the registers, pp.4-211 transcripts of monumental inscriptions in the church, pp.220- 240 transcripts of inscriptions on the church plate, pp.246-247 index of names in the inscriptions and notes, pp. 260-311 index of places mentioned in the inscriptions and notes, pp.316- 324 list of churchwardens, 1635-1829, pp.401-427
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Terrier, 12 October 1922 - 24 February 1956
(1 volume, leather bound)


Terrier, October 1959
(1 volume)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Stai 4/section 07)Churchwarden's accounts (Ref: EP/Stai 4/section 01)

4/1-3, 25-28


Churchwardens account book, March 1703 - 1791 Includes: Agreements concerning the letting of land belonging to the poor of the parish, 1710 - April 1791
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Churchwardens' account book, 1791 - 1849 Includes: Minutes of vestry meetings, 1795 - 1849; accounts of Simpsons charity for putting out apprentices, 1805 - 1831; minutes of vestry meetings, 14 July 1793 and 4 May 1794 concerning the salary for an organist and lists of subscribers to the organist's salary, 1793 - 1799, 1805 - 1807
(1 volume, calf bound)


Churchwardens' accounts, April 1850 - March 1921 and minutes of vestry meetings, April 1849 - April 1908 Includes: Names of subscribers to the church restoration fund; report on the state of the roof of the church, 1849; list of occupants of church pews, 1850
(1 volume, calf bound)


Churchwardens' accounts and balance sheet for the year ending 31 March 1904
(1 paper)


Churchwardens' account and balance sheet for the year ending 31 March 1910
(1 paper)


Churchwardens' account and balance sheet for the year ending 31 March 1916
(1 paper)


Churchwardens' account and balance sheet for the year ending 31 December 1940
(1 paper)

Offertory books (Ref: EP/Stai 4/section 02)

2/1-5, 4/30


Offertory receipts book, 4 September 1932 - 22 March 1936
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Offertory receipts book, 29 March 1936 - 23 October 1939
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Offertory receipts book, 29 October 1939 - 23 May 1943
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Offertory receipts book, 13 June 1943 - 15 October 1950
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Free will offertory book, 1941 - 1958 i-iii free will offering lists of members 1951, 1954, 1956 iv P.C.C. annual report for 1957 EP/Stai 2/5 i-iv enclosed in EP/Stai 2/5
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Collections account book, 6 February 1853 - 23 September 1923
(1 volume, leather bound)

Balance sheets (Ref: EP/Stai 4/section 03)

4/19-21


Balance sheets, Church Ordinary Fund, 1921 - 1925
(5 papers)


Balance sheets, Church Reserve Fund, 1921 - 1925
(5 papers)


Balance sheet, church accounts, 1930
(1 paper)

Bequests (Ref: EP/Stai 4/section 04)

4/16-17, 22


Letters from W.J. and H.C. Watson, Barnard Castle, solicitors, and Charity Commission to Rev. H.S.C. Spurrier, Staindrop Vicarage concerning bequest of £100 by Valentine Hodgson for maintenance of church fabric, 9 - 22 December 1937
(1 file, typescript)


Letter from Charity Commission to vicar of Staindrop concerning transfer of £100 stock [Valentine Hodgson bequest] to Official Trustees of Charitable Funds, 1 April 1938
(1 paper, printed)


Letter from Financial Adviser to churchwardens of Staindrop concerning stock held in trust for benefice of Cockfield with Staindrop, 4 February 1942
(1 paper, typescript)

Sequestration (Ref: EP/Stai 4/section 08)

4/24


11 November 1959 (1) Evelyn Garth Moore M.A., Vicar General and Official Principal (2) John Burnell Brown, rural dean of Barnard Castle, John George Galilee, William Dale Chaytor Trotter, Robert Hardcastle and William Armstrong, churchwardens Writ of sequestration during vacancy
(1 paper, printed)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Stai 4/section 09)

4/4


Certificate that James Huitson was churchwarden in 1770
(Paper, 1 folio)

Vestry (Ref: EP/Stai 5/Section 5)Minutes (Ref: EP/Stai 5/section 01)

5/1, 14


Minutes of vestry meetings, January 1792 - 24 March 1828 Includes: Copies of resolutions made at vestry meetings, 10 May - 21 November 1791
(1 volume, calf bound)


Minutes of vestry meetings, 13 April 1909 - 23 March 1989
(1 volume, parchment bound)

Reports (Ref: EP/Stai 5/section 02)

5/2-10


Report of the select vestry for half year November
(Paper, 1 file)


Report of the select vestry for half year ending 25 March 1821
(Paper, 1 file)


Report of the select vestry for half year ending 25 March 1822
(Paper, 1 folio)


Report of select vestry for half year ending 25 March 1823
(Paper, 1 folio)


Report of select vestry and draft for half year ending 25 September 1823
(Paper, 2 folios)


Report of select vestry for half year ending 25 March 1824
(Paper, 1 folio)


Report of select vestry for half year ending 25 September 1824
(paper, 1 folio)


Report of select vestry for half year ending 25 March 1825
(Paper, 1 folio)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Stai 5/section 03)

5/11-13


List of questions to be considered at the vestry meeting, 1771
(Paper, 1 folio)


Act directing mode of giving notices for holding of vestry meetings, CAP XLV, 12 July 1837
(Paper, printed, 1 folio)


Notice of a vestry meeting to appoint constables, n.d.
(Paper, 1 folio)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Stai 6/Section 6)Minutes (Ref: EP/Stai 6/section 01)

6/2, 6, 8, 6/20/1


Church Council minute book, 26 May 1921 - 30 April 1940
(1 volume, leather half bound)


Annual reports of Parochial Church Council, 1926 - 1928; minutes of Finance Committee, 30 January 1928 - 15 February 1929; minutes of Standing Joint Committee, 29 March - 26 September 1929; minutes of Bell Committee, 21 February 1928; and minutes of Fabric Committee, 7 May 1928 Enclosures: see EP/Stai 4/13 and 11/5
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minutes of meetings of Parochial Church Council, 4 June 1940 -­ 22 April 1955
(1 volume)


Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 10 June 1955 - 4 October 1984
(1 volume)

Reports (Ref: EP/Stai 6/section 02)

6/7


Annual reports of Parochial Church Council, 1929 - 1932
(1 volume, card bound)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Stai 6/section 03)

6/1, 3, 9-13, 6/18/1-6


Parochial register of church organisation and finance, Easter 1903 - December 1910
(1 volume, printed form, leather half bound)


Parish church accounts, January 1926 - December 1935
(1 volume, cardboard bound)


Cash book, 6 February 1936 -­ 31 December 1950
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Cash book, 1 January 1951 -­ 31 December 1957
(1 volume)


Cash book, 1 January 1958 - 31 December 1963
(1 volume)


Ledger, 5 January 1936 -­ 31 December 1949
(1 volume)


Ledger, 5 January 1958 -­ 1 January 1967
(1 volume)


Balance sheet, income and expenditure accounts as at 31 December 1981
(4 papers, typescript)


Balance sheet, income and expenditure accounts as at 31 December 1983
(3 papers, typescript)


Balance sheet, income and expenditure accounts as at 31 December 1985
(3 papers, typescript)


Balance sheet, income and expenditure accounts as at 31 December 1989
(3 papers, printed)


Balance sheet, income and expenditure accounts as at 31 December 1991
(5 papers, printed)


Copy balance sheet, income and expenditure accounts as at 31 December 1982
(4 papers, printed)

Electoral rolls (Ref: EP/Stai 6/section 04)

6/14-17


Electoral roll, 1992 - 1995
(1 file, typescript)


Electoral roll, 1996
(1 file, typescript)


Electoral roll, 1997 - 1998
(1 file, typescript)


Electoral roll, 1999 - 2001
(1 file, typescript)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Stai 6/section 05)

6/19


Photograph of Staindrop Parochial Church Council, 1925 Includes description allowing the identification of individual members Back row: C. W. Miller, G. Fell, Lord Barnard, C. Blenkinsopp, J. W. Preston, T. Bewich, J. W. Richardson, T. Walker, G. Walker, T. G. Frankton Middle row: Mrs T. W. Richardson, Mrs Vare, Mrs Etherington, Mrs Thompson, Lady Barnard, H.S.C.S (Rector), Miss Coates, Mrs Monkhouse, Mrs Jennings, Mrs Walker, Miss Hodgson Front row: Churchwardens V. Hodgson, J. H. Williams, T. Richardson
(1 photograph, attached to card, 29cm x 20cm)

Overseers (Ref: EP/Stai 7/Section 7)

numbers not used

Accounts (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 01)

7/1-5, 256


Overseers of the Poor, account book, May 1768 - 1817
(1 volume, calf bound)


Overseers of the Poor account book, March 1820 - March 1828
(1 volume, leather half bound)


Overseers of the Poor account book, November 1828 - March 1837
(1 volume, calf half bound)


Overseers of the Poor account book, 29 March 1830 - 1837
(1 volume, calf bound)


Overseers' cash account, 25 March - 25 September 1825
(Paper, 1 folio)


Schedule of the Overseers' total receipts and payments re the poor of Staindrop for year ending Easter 1776
(Paper, 2 folios)

Poor rate books (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 02)

7/243-249


Poor rate, 25 May 1833
(1 booklet, paper)


Poor rate book, 30 May 1835
(1 booklet, paper)


Poor rate, 23 May 1834
(1 booklet, paper)


Poor rate, 28 May 1836
(1 booklet, paper)


Poor rate book, 12 May and 13 October 1838
(1 volume, paper, printed form, leather half bound)


Poor rate, 27 April and 24 August 1839
(1 volume, paper, printed form, leather quarter bound)


Poor rate account book, 18 April and 5 August 1840
(1 volume, paper)

Receipts (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 02)

7/6/1-425, 429-647, 654-1013, 1015-1273, 1275-1561


Overseers receipt, 26 September 1776
(Paper, 1 folio)


Overseers receipts, 1783 - March 1787
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, May 1788 - May 1789
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, May 1791 - May 1792


Overseers' receipts, May 1793 - April 1794
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, May 1794 - May 1795
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, June 1795 - May 1796
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, May 1796 - May 1797
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, May 1797 - November 1798
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, May 1800 - May 1801
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, June 1805 - May 1806
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, January 1817 - March 1820


Overseers' receipts, 25 March 1820 - 25 March 1825
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, 25 March 1821 - 25 March 1822
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, 25 March 1822 - 25 March 1823
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, 25 March 1823 - 25 March 1824
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, April 1824 - 25 March 1825
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, 25 March 1825 - 25 March 1826
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, 25 March - 25 September 1826
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, October 1826 - March 1827


Overseers' receipts, April - October 1830
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, October 1830 - March 1831
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, March - September 1831
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, October 1831 March 1832
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, April - September 1832
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, March - September 1833
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, October 1833 - March 1834
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, March - October 1834
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, October 1834 - March 1835
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, April 1835 - January 1836
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, January - March 1836
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, April 1836 - March 1837
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, October 1837
(Paper, 2 folios)


Overseers' receipts, May 1838 - January 1839
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts, April - July 1839
(Paper, 5 folios)


Overseers' receipts and accounts with Guardians of Teesdale Union for year ending 25 March 1842
(1 bundle)


Overseers' receipts for year ending March 1845
(1 bundle)


Miscellaneous overseers' receipts, n.d. c.1790's
(Paper, 6 folios)

Agreements (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 03)

7/201, 203, 551


Bond for carrying out an agreement between the churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor and John Walton and Joseph Warwick for maintaining the poor of Staindrop for a year from 12 May 1805
(Paper, 1 folio)


Agreement between the Overseers of the Poor of Staindrop and John Stanwix of Staindrop to provide for the poor in the work house for a year from 23 January 1830
(Paper, 1 folio)


Agreement between James Crawford of Staindrop, Pensioner of the Chelsea Hospital, and the Overseers of the Poor of Staindrop to receive his pension and that they pay 3s. per week to him, 27 January 1775
(Paper, 1 folio)

Appeals for relief (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 03)

7/6/426-427, 434-435, 440, 444, 453, 460-462, 470-471, 475-476, 479, 531-532, 535-536


Letter of Henry Baldwin at Barrowford, Lancs. to the Overseers of Staindrop asking for relief to be sent for James Richardson, 30 October 1817
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of James Richardson at Thornney Bank, Lancs. to the Overseers of the Poor at Staindrop asking for aid for him and his family as they are sick, 1 February 1820
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letters of William Maugham at Witton-le-Wear to Overseers at Staindrop asking for relief, 14 May and 9 December 1800
(Paper, 2 folios)


Letter of Margaret Lee in Sunderland to her father Robert Lee telling of her great want, 12 July 1800
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of Margaret Lee at Sunderland to Mr. Appelby about her inability to support herself and her children, 10 September 1800
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of John Hancock at Durham to Mr. Harbottle at Staindrop asking for relief on behalf of William Loadman, 15 December 1800
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letters of James Richardson at Blackwell to Mr. Hodginson, Overseer at Staindrop asking for assistance, 24 January - 16 April 1801
(Paper, 3 folios)


Letters of William Clyde at Darlington to Mr. George Appleby at Staindrop asking for money, 9 March and 12 April 1801
(Paper, 2 folios)


Letters of Robert Oliver at Chester-le-Street to the Overseers of Staindrop asking for help for the Taylor family as Mr. Taylor has got into an error, 28 April and 1 May 1801
(Paper, 2 folios)


Letter of Stephen Alderson asking for relief, 1801
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letters of James Richardson at Blackwell asking for assistance, n.d.
(Paper, 2 folios)


Letters to Mr. Appelby at Staindrop concerning request for relief, n.d.
(Paper, 2 folios)


Letter of E. Bayter to Overseer at Staindrop asking for relief, n.d.
(Paper, 1 folio)

Appointments of overseers (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 04)

7/517, 555-556, 565, 569


Letter of George Browne, Clerk of Teesdale Union, about the appointment of assistant overseers, 21 June 1838
(Paper, printed, 1 folio)


Appointment of George Brownless and George Pearson as Overseers of the Poor, 24 April 1794
(Paper, printed form, 1 folio)


Appointment of George Appleby of Staindrop and Ralph Hodgson of Carr House as Overseers of Staindrop, 17 April 1800
(Paper, printed form, 1 folio)


Appointment of Charles Clifton and John Hodgson as Overseers of the poor of Staindrop, 30 March 1836
(Paper, printed form, 1 folio)


Notice requiring return of persons competent to serve as Justices of the Peace to appoint overseers, 7 March 1839
(Paper, printed, 1 folio)

Poor house and workhouse (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 04)

7/6/428, 199-200, 202, 204, 238-240


List of things required by the workhouse, n.d.
(1 bundle)


Case concerning the purchase of John Applegarth's house for a Poor House, 12 July 1791
(Paper, 1 folio)


Bond for carrying out an agreement to set up a Poor House at Staindrop, 1791
(Paper, 1 folio)


Inventory of contents of Poor House, 12 May 1821
(Paper, 1 folio)


Dietary in Staindrop work house, n.d. c.1800
(Paper, 1 folio)


List of goods and chattels belonging to the workhouse, 29 July 1836
(Paper, 1 folio)


Valuation of feather beds and bedding in the workhouse, 8 May 1837
(Paper, 1 folio)


Goods and chattels left in workhouse by William Robinson, late master, 20 May 1837
(Paper, 1 folio)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 04)

7/205-237, 416-419, 422-423, 433, 443, 447-449, 454-456, 458-459, 463-468, 478, 480-482, 484-505, 507-509, 511, 513-516, 518-526, 528, 533-534


Correspondence and related papers including notices of meetings and sale and request to Poor Law Commissioners for consent to sale, chiefly between Brown of Barnard Castle and the Overseers of Staindrop concerning the selling of the poor house and the use of proceed for paying the debt owing to the Loyalty Benefit Society, used to purchase the poor house, May 1837 - January 1839
(1 bundle)


Letters of the Overseers and of Alice Grain at Sowerby to the Overseers at Staindrop about relief being paid to Alice Grain, 24 June 1788 - 1 November 1789
(Paper, 4 folios)


Letter of Archibald Carving at Durham to Mr. Thomas Langton at Staindrop asking the Overseers to send the money due to him, 28 June 1789
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of Thomas Sewell at Bishop Auckland to George Brownless, Overseer at Staindrop concerning relief paid to L. Robinson, 26 January 1796
(Paper, 1 folio)


Draft letter of the overseer of Staindrop to Mr. Wilkinson, Overseer at Bishop Auckland about paying relief to a pauper of Staindrop, C. Wrangham, 12 May 1800
(Paper)


Letter of Nicholas Gibson, Overseer at Middleton to Thomas Thompson at Staindrop about the payment of the latter's cess, 26 August 1800
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of Joseph Robinson at Kendall to the Overseer at Staindrop about Kath. Whitfield whom he has taken under his protection but who should be returned to Staindrop for support, 2 November 1800
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letters of Mary Stevenson at Newcastle to the overseers of Staindrop, 6 and 22 December 1800
(Paper, 2 folios)


Letter of Robert Spencer at Bishop Auckland to the overseers at Staindrop about Jane Wilson's requiring relief, 9 January 1801
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of John Eden to the Overseers of Staindrop stating that relief should be paid to Jane Richardson, 28 January 1801
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of Overseers of Staindrop to Sir John Eden, at Windlestone about an order for Jane Richardson to go into the poor house, 29 January 1801
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letters of Wm. Stevenson at Durham to the Overseers at Staindrop asking for help to support his family, 19 January 1801
(Paper, 2 folios)


Letters from George Ellerson, Overseer at Darlington to the Overseer at Staindrop about Elizabeth Baxter's illness, 6 - 13 January 1801
(Paper, 2 folios)


Letters of George Ellerson, Overseer at Darlington to the Overseer at Staindrop concerning relief for Wm. Blackiston and the expenses of Elizabeth Baxter's death, 3 February 1801
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letters of George Ellerson, Overseer at Darlington to Overseer at Staindrop about relief for William Blakiston, 10 February 1801
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of H. Crowther at Burton upon Yore, Yorks., to the Overseers at Staindrop about Nathaniel Kipling applying for relief, 19 February 1801
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of George Ellerson, Overseer at Darlington, to Mr. Appleby at Staindrop about Wm. Clive's application for relief, 21 February 1801
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of William Brown at Richmond to the Overseers at Staindrop about an order to pay Elizabeth Edwards, 20 May 1801
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of the Overseers at Gateshead to the Overseers at Staindrop stating that Isabella Cropman made an application for relief, 26 March 1802
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of the Overseers at Castle Howard, Yorks to the Overseers at Staindrop concerning Mary ....... and her bastard child who they allowed to leave the parish and an old woman and her son who require certificates, 18 march 1804
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter from Blackwell Overseers re the settlement of Robert Wright endorsed with note dated 23 January 1803 that upon examination he said that he served a year at Shiverstone
(Paper, 1 folio)


Correspondence chiefly of R. Gill at Barnard Castle to Overseers at Staindrop and related receipts concerning property at Richmond, Yorks., held by the Stevens family and a dispute concerning their claim for relief and Staindrop's claim of possession to the property, 1836 - 1839
(1 bundle)


Letters of William Lonsdale at Fatfield and Shiney Row to the Overseer at Staindrop about Elizabeth Lonsdale's cess and that Mr. Halburn has not received any money,18 April and 2 May 1836
(Paper, 2 folios)


Letter of Jeremiah Wheatley at Newcastle to Mr. Watson, Overseer at Staindrop about the former's brother James being at Newcastle, 15 November 1837
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of William Morgan at Newcastle to Mr. Watson, Overseer at Staindrop about his arrears due to Staindrop, 15 February 1838
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letters between J.R. and Thomas Fawcett at Lartington and William Watson, Overseer at Staindrop, concerning maintenance of a child, 30 March to 26 April 1838
(Paper, 3 folios)


Letter of Clerk of Teesdale Union to Staindrop Overseers respecting unnecessary litigation in cases of disputed settlement, 10 May 1838
(Paper, printed, 1 folio)


Letters of Benjamin Baynes of Cliffe Hall to Overseers of the parish of Staindrop concerning payment of maintenance, 1838 - 1843
(Paper, 6 folios)


Letter of George Langstaff at Mickleton to the overseers of Staindrop concerning payment of rent, 14 July 1838
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of B. Race at Sleningford, Yorkshire to George Brown, clerk of the Board of Guardians at Barnard Castle about his mother's application for relief, 22 August 1838
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of Geo. Green at Worsbrough, Yorks., to John Hanson, Overseer at Staindrop, concerning the removal of a widow to Staindrop, 26 January 1839
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of the Deputy Clerk of the Peace at Durham to the Overseers of Staindrop stating that coal mines and railways are to be assessed as other rateable property,
(Paper, printed, 1 folio)


Letter of William Lesfield to the Overseers of the Poor of Staindrop recommending the payment of poor relief, n.d.
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of J. Applegarth at Sledwick to Gilpin Gorst at Staindrop about the situation of a widow, Elizabeth Miller, n.d.
(Paper, 1 folio)

Apprenticeships (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 05)Apprenticeship indentures (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 01)

7/92 - 148


Copy of apprenticeship indenture of Robert Middleton, son of John and Elizabeth Middleton, both deceased, age 13 years, to Robert Nicholson, husbandman, for seven years, 28 January 1769
(1 paper)


Copy of apprenticeship indenture of Frances Hardy age 18, to John Taylor, wood heel maker of Barnard Castle, for seven years, 28 January 1777
(1 paper)


Copy of apprenticeship indenture of Michael Waistell, son of Thomas Waistell of Kirby Stephen, to Joshua Stansfield of Staindrop, shoemaker, for seven years, 22 April 1771 On reverse: William Darnton, son of Henry Darnton of Staindrop, to Robert Bewick, papermaker of Darton, for seven years, 25 May 1778
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Ann Cumin, daughter of Mary Cumin, age 10, to Sarah Hardcastle, merchant and dealer of Barnard Castle, for seven years, 8 July 1771
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Elizabeth Middleton, daughter of John and Elizabeth Middleton, both deceased, age 12, to John Robson, linnen weaver of Darlington, for seven years, 24 August 1771
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Frances Hardey, daughter of John and Mary Hardy, both deceased, age 12, to Abraham Hugh, farmer of Cark-in-Moorhouse, Yorkshire, to be instructed in husbandry and housekeeping, 16 July 1777
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of William Hardy, son of John and Mary Hardy, both deceased, age 10, to John Goldsbrough, husbandman of Winston, 19 May 1781
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of John Crawford, to John Applegarth, farmer of Sledwish, 14 February 1792
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Henry Darnton the younger, to Jonathan Morril, combmaker of Staindrop, 6 March 1792
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Jane Robinson, to Joseph Gibson of Redgate Shield, Hamsterley, as a domestic, 13 April 1793
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Robert Hardy, to George Dalston, stonemason of Barnard Castle, 21 July 1794
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Elizabeth Crawford, to Richard Bennison, ship carpenter of Sunderland, as a domestic, 27 August 1794
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Jeremiah Johnson, to George Thompson, bread baker of Sunderland, 19 November 1794
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Robert Wood, to George Pearson, glazier of Staindrop, 4 July 1795
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of John Wearmouth, to Ralph Hodgshon, esquire, of Alwent, 20 June 1795
(1paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of James Leyburn, to William Lister, cordwainer of Staindrop, 6 February 1796
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of James Leyburn, to William Lister, cordwainer of Staindrop, 6 February 1796 (Duplicate)
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of James Crane, to Thomas Thompson, carpenter, 15 August 1796
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Samuel Softley, to Isaac Jobling, marble cutter and mason of Gateshead, 20 August 1796
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Elizabeth Robinson, to John Gibson, linn weaver of Staindrop, as a domestic, 21 August 1797
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of John Kipling, to Thomas Dale, husbandman of Westwick, 6 December 1797 (1 paper)|


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of John Kipling, to Thomas Dale, husbandman of Westwick, 6 December 1797 (Duplicate)
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Dorothy Taylor, to Thomas Waller, innkeeper of Staindrop, as a domestic, 6 July 1798
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Matthew Richardson, son of Edward and Jane Richardson, to William Crawford, husbandman of Staindrop (with attached baptism entry), 1 August 1799
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Henry Langstaff, son of Henry and Margaret Langstaff, to Michael Langstaff of West Auckland (with attached baptism entry), 11 May 1801
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Lionel Kipling, son of Nathan and Isabella Kiplin, to James Vickers, taylor of Barnard Castle (with attached baptism entry), 11 January 1802
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Hannah Whitfield, to John Gibson, linn weaver of Staindrop, as a domestic, 24 March 1802
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Edward Blakeston, to John Bradley, linn weaver of Hutton, North Riding, 24 March 1802
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Ann Darnton, daughter of John and Ann Darnton, to John Swainston, yeoman of Westwick, as a domestic (with attached baptism entry), 26 February 1803
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Hannah Lee, daughter of Robert and Margaret Lee, to Richard Chapman, yeoman of Staindrop, as a domestic (with attached baptism entry), 26 February 1803
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Robert Wade, son of Robert and Ann Wade, to Robert Heslop, farmer of Snotterton (with attached baptism entry), 26 February 1803
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Margaret Saunders, to Robert Wilson, farmer of Sellaby, as a domestic, 23 April 1803
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Ann Lee, to William Atkinson, carpenter of Staindrop, as a domestic, 14 December 1803
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Ann Lee, to William Atkinson, carpenter of Staindrop, as a domestic, 14 December 1803 (Duplicate)
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Thirkell, to Thomas Taylor, ship owner of Monk Wearmouth, as a mariner, 5 September 1804
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Philip Kipling, to William Ewbank, wool comber of Barnard Castle, 5 June 1805
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of John Lee, to Thomas Heslop, farmer of Rutherford, North Riding, 30 November 1805
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Joseph Weatherspoon, to Joseph Willis, weaver of Barnard Castle, 4 June 1805
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Hunter, to Joseph Todd, farmer of Staindrop, 22 March 1806
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Elizabeth Vickers, to John Vickers, innkeeper of Staindrop, as a domestic, 2 December 1806
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Richard Hodgson, to George Pearson, wool comber of Stainton, 4 April 1809
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Lionel Kipling, to Joseph Tinkler, farmer of Scafe House, 1 July 1809
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of John Pearson, to William White, taylor of Staindrop, 2 September 1816
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of John Atkinson, to Thomas Wright, stone mason of Barnard Castle, 2 June 1819
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Atkinson, to William Atkinson, carpenter of Staindrop, 2 June 1819
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of John Rodham, to Joseph Dobinson, painter and glazier of Staindrop, 14 April 1821
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Eales, to John Metcalf, shoemaker of Barnard Castle, 5 December 1827
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of John Howe, to Jonathan Raine, butcher of Cockfield, 27 June 1829
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Oliver Smith, to John Walker, tailor of Barnard Castle, 19 March 1831
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of John Dixon, to Henry Maugham, spade and shovel manufacturer of Bedburn, 19 May 1832
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Peter Taylor, to Thomas Crossling, shoemaker of Staindrop, 10 July 1830 On reverse: Peter Taylor to George Langstaff, shoemaker of West Auckland, 1 September 1832


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of William Eales, to Joseph Chappelow, cordwainer of Barnard Castle, 24 April 1833
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Ralph Greenwell, to William Guy, tailor of Staindrop, 1 June 1833


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Welford, to John. Welford, tailor of Barnard Castle, 29 January 1834
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Peter Ewart, to Thomas Thwaites, painter, gilder and paper hanger of Barnard Castle, 27 May 1835
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of James Shaw, to John Welford, tailor of Barnard Castle, 4 December 1841
(1 paper)


Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Crossling, to John Woods, plumber of Staindrop, 23 April 1842
(1 paper)

Apprenticeship orders (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 02)

7/149-155


Order to bind parish child as apprentice of John Atkinson, to Thomas Wright, stonemason of Barnard Castle, 1 June 1819
(1 paper)


Order to bind parish child as apprentice of Thomas Eales, to John Metcalf, shoemaker of Barnard Castle, 5 December 1827
(1 paper)


Order to bind parish child as apprentice of John Dixon, to Henry Maugham, spade and shovel manufacturer of Bedburn, 19 May 1832
(1 paper)


Order to bind parish child as apprentice of William Eales, to Joseph Chappelow, shoemaker of Barnard Castle, 24 April 1833
(1 paper)


Order to bind parish child as apprentice of Ralph Greenwell, to William Guy, tailor of Staindrop, 1 June 1833
(1 paper)


Order to bind parish child as apprentice of Peter Ewart, to Thomas Thwaites, painter, gilder and paper hanger of Barnard Castle, 27 May 1835
(1 paper)


Order to bind parish child as apprentice of Richard Wilson, to William Walker, cartwright of William Walker, 14 February 1837
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 03)

7/156-167, 400-403, 445, 553, 558


Notice stating that money is held by the Overseers of Staindrop for the purpose of apprenticing poor children, 8 April 1769
(Paper, 1 folio)


Memorandum of agreement of George White to retain John Middleton as a parish apprentice, 9 June 1770
(Paper, 1 folio)


Certificates acknowledging receipt of money for the clothing of apprentices, 1771 - 1784
(Paper, 5 folios)


Deposition of Thomas Claxton that he has heard John Robson, linen weaver of Darlington, acknowledge Elizabeth Middleton as his apprentice, 8 October 1771
(Paper, 1 folio)


Copy case and opinion of Mr. Busby concerning an objection about the validity of an indenture of apprenticeship, 27 December 1796
(Paper, 1 folio)


Notice to the Churchwardens and Overseers of Staindrop that the Churchwardens and Overseers of Cleatlam intend to apply to the Justices of the Peace to bind Thomas Coulson of Cleatlam to Edward Railton of Staindrop, shoemaker, 7 September 1842
(Paper, 1 folio)


Petition of Thomas Beck for money or clothes as he is bound to a shoemaker, n.d.
(Paper, 1 folio)


Copy of bond in the sum of £10 on apprenticeship of Thomas Wilson of Wolsingham, weaver, to John Wilson, n.d.
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letters between John Walter, Geo. Hartley and William Wilson about a dispute re an indenture of apprenticeship, 18 March - 7 July 1770
(Paper, 4 folios)


Letter of Frank Jackson at Whorlton to Mr. Appelby at Staindrop about an apprenticeship, 8 October 1800
(Paper, 1 folio)


Information about Jane Bell of Headlam who was sent as apprentice to Brancepeth, c.1770
(Paper, 1 folio)


Certificate that William Wilson served his apprenticeship with Wm. Lister endorsed with memorandum that Mr. Wilson is employed as a bell ringer at Staindrop church
(Paper, 1 folio)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 05)

7/6/1274, 282-284, 313-314, 512, 561


Notice of a meeting of the rated inhabitants to examine the overseers accounts and elect a select vestry, 11 March 1834
(1 bundle)


Summons to Overseers, for not granting relief, 7 December 1786 - 25 February 1820
(Paper, 3 folios)


Duties of Overseers with regard to lists of voters, June 1836
(Paper, printed)


Paper containing clauses from the Reform Act concerning Overseers' duties concerning voting, n.d. c.1832
(Paper, 1 folio)


Account of William Morgan with the Overseers for Margaret Dixon's child, 23 September 1837
(Paper, 1 folio)


Notice to the Overseers to prepare a list of householders and to submit their accounts to the Justices of the Peace, 25 March 1801
(Paper, 1 folio)

Removal orders (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 06)

7/6/1014, 24-76, 89, 527, 552


Order of removal of Wm. Turnbull from Staindrop to Lancaster, 24 January 1824
(1 bundle)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Sarah Whitfield, wife of Joseph, a private soldier in the 22 nd regiment of foot, together with her children, Ruth age 8, Hannah age 5, and William, removed from Kirkby in Kendal, 5 May 1794
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Margaret Dixon removed from Lynesack and Softley, 13 July 1820
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Hannah Redfern removed from Forrest and Frith, 5 December 1821
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Sarah Maugham removed from Witton -le-Wear, 15 November 1823
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Margaret Alderson, removed from Barningham, 15 June 1824
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Jane Wetherell, removed from Darlington, 5 July 1824
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Margaret Watson, removed from Redmarshall, 3 August 1825
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Elizabeth Wilson, removed from Langton, 7 January 1828
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Margaret Jamison, removed from Bowes, 28 November 1828
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Margaret Waistell, removed from Elvet, 19 January 1829
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of John Jobling, his wife Dorothy and their child, removed from Chester-le-Street, 17 February 1829
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Jane Bowron, removed from Liverpool, 17 August 1829
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Sarah White, removed from Shildon, 6 May 1831
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Robert Elwin, removed from Whitburn, 9 November 1831
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Sarah Maugham, removed from Witton-le-Wear, 4 August 1832
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Sarah Maugham, removed from Witton-le-Wear, 4 August 1832 (duplicate)
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Eleanor Palmerley, removed from West Auckland, 3 January 1833
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Elizabeth Gibson, removed from Darlington, 6 May 1833
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Elizabeth Ashton, removed from Hetton-le-Hole, 22 July 1834
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Peter Spencer and Ann his wife, removed from Witton-le-Wear (includes examination and notice), 5 May 1836
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Thomas Carter, removed from Dawdon (includes examination and notice), 22 June 1836
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of James Leybourn, Mary his wife and children Margaret age 3, Sarah aged nearly 2, John aged 5 weeks, removed from Bradford (includes examination and notice), 25 July 1836
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Robert Lister, removed from Hyde (includes examination and notification of delay due to illness, payment and receipt and notice of death), 31 July 1837 - 3 March 1838
(7 papers)


Order of removal to Staindrop of James Wheatley, Jane his wife and child Mary age 18 months, removed from Houghton-le-Spring, 28 September 1837
(1 paper)


Order of removal to Staindrop of John Parnaby, Ann his wife and their children Priscilla age 13, Isabella age 11, Jane age 9, Caroline age 6 and James age 3 (includes examination and notice), 2 October 1837 (with duplicate forms)
(4 papers)


Order of removal to Staindrop of Mary Wetherell and her illegitimate child Sarah age 11 months, (includes examination and notice), 11 September 1839
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of George Thirkels, his wife and family removed to Hilton, 20 January 1720
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Deborah Marley, removed to Stainton and Streatlam, 14 November 1788
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Hanah Soulsby, removed to Barnard Castle, 12 March 1825
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Mary Barker, removed to Reeth, 3 September 1825
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Elizabeth Robinson, removed to Burton, Northumberland, 24 February 1827
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Ann Raine, removed to Streatlam and Stainton, 7 April 1827
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Ann Wood and her children, Ann age 7 and Jane age 3, removed to Cockfield, 9 August 1828
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Jane Allison and her children, William age 10 and Walton age 3.5, removed to Thorpe, 4 October 1838
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Mary Dixon, removed to Raby, 2 May 1829
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Thomas Jackson and his wife Frances, removed to New Malton, North Riding, 22 September 1829
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Jane Wilson, widow of John Wilson, removed to Ovington, 7 October 1829
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Elizabeth Jackson, removed to Richmond, 31 October 1829
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Ann Liddle, removed to Richmond, 28 October 1829
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of John Dixon Davison, his wife, Margaret, and son, William, removed to Rudby, North Riding, 28 November 1829
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Ann Liddle, removed to Leeds (with agreement for payment of 1s.6d. per week from Leeds), 13 - 25 January 1830
(2 papers)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Anthony Bolton, his wife, Margaret, and children, Elizabeth, age 21, and Mary, age 15, removed to Gainford, 1 May 1830
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Richard Forrest, his wife, Margery, and child, Margaret, age 5 months, removed to Elford, Northumberland, 5 February 1831
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Margaret Jones, removed to Hamsterley, 1 February 1832
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Jane Forster, removed to Barnard Castle (includes examination), 10 March 1832
(3 papers)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Margaret Midgeley, removed to Romanby, North Riding, 17 March 1832
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Solomon Metcalf and his wife, Jane, removed to Barforth, 13 October 1832
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Ann Smith, removed to Stanwix, North Riding, 18 May 1833
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Thomas Thompson, removed to Scorton, 2 November 1833
(2 papers)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Emma age 2 and William Labron Bell age 1, children of John and Elizabeth Bell, deceased, removed to St. Pancras, Middlesex, 9 November 1833
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Elizabeth Northan, wife of Edward, and her children, Mary Ann age 8 and Elizabeth age 6, removed to Ryhope, 1 February 1834
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of Michael and Thomas Palmerley, removed to West Auckland, 30 July 1834
(1 paper)


Order of removal from Staindrop of George Hewiston, his wife Sarah and their children George age 10, John age 8, Jane age 6, Elizabeth age 4 and William age 1, removed to West Auckland, 15 January 1839
(1 paper)


Note from Mr. Zouch of Wycliffe recommending the officers of Staindrop to obtain an order for removing Anne Robinson to Appleby in Yorkshire, 21 September 1789
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of G. Brown at Barnard Castle about the law regarding appeals against an order of removal, 12 July 1839
(Paper, 1 folio)


Summons to John Walker to appear before Quarter Sessions as witness to an appeal against an order of removal on John Macartney, 8 October 1778
(Paper, 1 folio)

Settlement papers (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 07)Settlement certificates (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 01)

7/7-14


Settlement certificate of Christopher Wright for the parish of Blackwell, 3 August 1716
(1 paper)


Settlement certificate of Christopher Wright for the parish of Blackwell, 3 August 1716
(1 paper)


Settlement certificate of Elizabeth Thompson and her daughter Elizabeth aged 7 months for the parish of Whorlton, 2 June 1772
(1 paper)


Settlement certificate of Hannah Thompson for the parish of Staindrop, 5 May 1824
(1 paper)


Settlement certificate of Jane Allison, wife of John Allison, for the parish of Thorpe, 1 August 1825
(1 paper)


Settlement certificate of Barbara Dove for the parish of Raby, 3 November 1831
(1 paper)


Settlement certificate of Ann Smith for the parish of Stanwick, Yorkshire, 14 June 1833
(1 paper)


Settlement certificate of Margaret Waistell for the parish of Evenwood, 1 May 1833
(1 paper)

Settlement examinations (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 02)

7/15-23


Settlement examination of Michael Stobart, a private soldier in the (Durham) Militia, now mustered at Barnard Castle, previously indentured to John Robinson, Hatter, eighteen years ago, 23 May 1777
(1 paper)


Settlement examination of John Nicholson, a private soldier in the Durham Militia, now mustered at Barnard Castle, previously indentured to Peter Hodgson, shoemaker, of Heighington, 23 May 1778
(1 paper)


Settlement examination of John Bland of Staindrop, Labourer, 10 January 1784
(1 paper)


Settlement examination of Mary Barker of Reeth, Yorkshire, 4 October 1824
(1 paper)


Settlement examination of Margaret Jones of Staindrop, 31 January 1832
(1 paper)


Settlement examination of Margaret Thompson, of Hunwick now of Staindrop, 29 September 1832
(1 paper)


Notices for examination for legal settlement of Barbara Thompson, a widow with children Thomas and Ann, 28 November 1780
(1 paper)


Notices for examination for legal settlement of Mary Wilson, 13 July 1789
(1 paper)


Notices for examination for legal settlement of Mary Vickers, 17 April 1850
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 03)

7/91, 405, 432, 451-452, 483, 510, 550


Statement of John Hullock concerning the case of George Vickers, pauper as to whether his place of settlement is at Staindrop or Gainford, 21 January 1803
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of Joseph Nicholson, churchwarden, of Wolsingham to the Overseers of the poor at Staindrop about the settlement of James Thompson and family, 21 February 1780
(Paper, 1 folio)


Note about Humphry Errington's settlement, 7 April 1800
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letters of Nath. Thompson at Gainford to George Vickers at Staindrop concerning his attempt to gain settlement, 6 and 10 December 1800
(Paper, 2 folios)


Letter of Carr and Son at Skipton, Yorks., to J.W. Benning at Staindrop stating that Henry Bottomley a worsted weaver lives at Sutton, 24 March 1824
(Paper, 1 folio)


Statement that James wheatley was at Newcastle from 1823 - 1826
(Paper, 1 folio)


List of names of inhabitants that have had notices delivered to them to bring Certificates on 26 June 1770
(Paper, 1 folio)

Bastardy (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 08)Bastardy examinations (Ref: EP/Stai 7/)

7/169-186


Bastardy examination of Elizabeth Brownless, singlewoman; John Peverall, 16 March 1777
(1 paper)


Bastardy examination of Ann Hardy, singlewoman of Staindrop; Gabriel Hill of Stockton, 2 March 1780
(1 paper)


Bastardy examination of Jane Trotter of Staindrop; Thomas Thirkeld the younger of Staindrop, 24 November 1784
(1 paper)


Bastardy examination of Ann Dickinson of Staindrop; George Harrison, blacksmith of Staindrop, 11 December 1788
(1 paper)


Bastardy examination of Rachel Dixon of Staindrop; Thomas Richardson late of Staindrop, now of Westmorland, 20 May 1789
(1 paper)


Bastardy examination of Frances Wilson of Staindrop; John Simpson, shoemaker of Staindrop, 27 June 1792
(1 paper)


Bastardy examination of Mary Shields of Staindrop; Thomas Kitchen of Eppleby, North Riding, 14 January 1801
(1 paper)


Bastardy examination of Jane Darlington of Staindrop; John Long, alias Lang, late of Raby, now of the city of Westminster, Middlesex, servant, 25 September 1802
(1 paper)


Bastardy examination of Jane Darlington of Staindrop; John Long alias Lang of Raby, servant, 29 January 1803
(1 paper)


Bastardy examination of Mary Hobson of Staindrop; James Hill of Raby, gardiner, 16 March 1806
(1 paper)


Bastardy examination of Hannah Shaw of Staindrop; John Alderson of the Deer House, servant, 1 June 1806
(1 paper)


Bastardy examination of Katharine Railton of Staindrop; William Cockerill of Sunderland near the sea, roper, 6 August 1806
(1 paper)


Bastardy examination of Ruth Reid of Staindrop; Thomas Hall of Earsdon, Northumberland, carpenter, 11 November 1806
(1 paper)


Bastardy examination of Sarah Smith of Staindrop; John Nixon of Staindrop, tailor, 25 August 1818
(1 paper)


Bastardy examination of Elizabeth Eales of Staindrop; John Roddham, late of Staindrop, 25 January 1825
(1 paper)


Bastardy examination of Frances Wharton; Thomas Layton, late of Barnard Castle, now a private in the 43 rd Regiment of foot, 9 April n.y.
(1 paper)


Bastardy examination of Mary Bowser; Hutton Ruddock, of Staindrop, blacksmith, 16 November 1833
(1 paper)


Bastardy examination of Jane Weatherell of Darlington; George Brown, late of Darlington, deceased, 11 August 1831
(1 paper)

Bastardy bonds (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 01)

7/191-193


Copies of bonds of Thomas and Jonathan Bowron of Staindrop re Jane Crawford's bastard child, 31 March 1769 and of Robert Todd of Langleydale and Anthony Hanby re the bastard child of Ann Tods, 7 August 1762
(Paper)


Bastardy bond of Henry Trotter of Staindrop concerning Jane Thompson's child, 22 March 1833
(Paper, 1 folio)


Bastardy bond of Robert Lee re Jane Hardy's bastard child, 12 July 1786
(Paper, 1 folio)

Bastardy orders (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 02)

7/187-190


Bastardy order of Margaret Dixon; John Armstrong of Langley Dale and Shotton, 6 December 1823
(1 paper)


Bastardy order of Jane Steven; Thomas Bird, late of Cockfield, labourer, 10 December 1829
(1 paper)


Bastardy order of Mary Bowser; John Hutton Ruddock of Staindrop, blacksmith, 13 June 1834
(1 paper)


Bastardy order of Ann Temple; Thomas Heslop of Staindrop, 31 December 1838
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 03)

7/194-198, 567


Details of a settlement in a case between William Barnard and John Tinkler and Robert and Thomas Brownless, in relation to a promissory note on account of a bastard child fathered by George Brownless, 23 July 1776
(Paper, 1 folio)


Expenses incurred re a female bastard child of Margaret Dixon, 6 December 1823
(Paper, 1 folio)


Account of arrears of bastardy payment due to Staindrop, 17 September 1825, by the following: Robert Taylor for Isabella Atherton's child; George Race for Applegarth's child; James Leyburn for Jane Dixon's child; John Brown for Ann Howe's child; Johnathon Coates for Margaret Dixon's child; Matthew Wardell for Sarah Smith's child; John Hodgson for Agnes Bainbridge's child; Arthur Lee for Hannah Redfern's child; Ralph Shipman for Elizabeth Jackson's child; Sewell Elliot for Margaret Hodgson's child; John Armstrong for Margaret Dixon's child; John Harrison for Sarah Maugham's child; George Smith for Elizabeth Langstaff's child; Henry Bottomley for Margaret Cree's child
(Paper, 1 folio)


Warrant to apprehend John Hutton Ruddock of Staindrop, Blacksmith, who refuses to obey an order of maintenance concerning the bastard child of Mary Bowser, 6 July 1839
(Paper, 1 folio)


Request for Mr. Thomas Harrison to secure summons upon John Long re maintenance Jane Darlington's bastard child of, n.d.
(Paper, 1 folio)


Authority of Mr. Brown to receive arrears of bastardy and other payments, 28 November 1837
(Paper, 1 folio)

Board of Guardians (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 09)Election and nomination of Guardians (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 01)

7/307-311, 315-399, 570


Memoranda re Election of Guardians, 31 December 1844
(Paper, printed, 2 folios)


Order of instructional letter concerning the Election of Guardians of the Poor, 16 January 1845
(1 file, paper, printed and paper, printed, 1 folio)


Note concerning the expenses of the election of Guardians of the Poor, January 1845
(Paper, printed)


List of persons entitled to vote in the election of knights of the shire, 25 July 1837
(Paper, printed, 1 folio)


List of claimants to be put on the electoral register, 23 May - 19 July 1837
(Paper, 11 folios)


List of claimants to be put on the electoral register, 4 June - 19 July 1838
(Paper, 6 folios)


Abstract of claimants to vote in the election of knights of the shire, 20July 1841
(Paper, 1 folio)


List of claims to be put on the electoral register, 1841
(Paper, 51 folios)


Abstract of persons who paid for registration lists of voters with note that copies were printed by William Watson without the Overseers' consent, 1841
(Paper, 1 folio)


List of claims to be put on the electoral register, 21 June - 21 July 1842
(Paper, 13 folios)


Notice about claimants for voting, 15 June 1844
(Paper, printed, 1 folio)


Nomination of persons to be Guardians of the Poor, 25 March 1839
(Paper, 1 folio)

Teesdale Union (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 02)

7/268-273, 285-296, 305, 571


Balance sheets of Staindrop in account with the Guardians of the Teesdale Union, March, September and December 1842 and June, September and December 1844
(Paper, 6 folios)


Lists of Paupers of the Parish of December Staindrop in the Teesdale Union who have been relieved for quarters ending December 1837, March, June 1838
(Paper, 6 folios)


Extracts from the Quarterly Abstracts of the Teesdale Union showing numbers of paupers relieved and expenditures of the parishes for quarters ending June, September and December 1838
(Paper1 3 folios)


Teesdale Union Annual Statements of Expenditure years ending March 1840 - 1344
(Paper, 5 folios)


Order and instructional letter concerning the setting up of the Board of Guardians of the Teesdale Union, 2 February 1837
(Paper, printed, 2 folios)


Declaration of average annual expense of the parishes of the Teesdale Union, 18 September 1844
(Paper, printed, 1 folio)


Certificate of Guardians of Poor elected in Teesdale Union, 20 April 1842
(Paper, printed, 1 folio)

Darlington Union (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 03)

7/280


Account of amount due from parish of Staindrop to Darlington Poor Law Union, 2 February 1831
(Paper, 1 folio)

Poor rate (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 04)

7/274-277


Notices of assessment for the relief of the poor and other purposes, 8 April 1843 - 7 September 1844
(Paper, 4 folios)

Regulation (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 05)

7/278, 301-304, 306


Circular to the Overseers requesting return of County, Poor and Highway Rates and draft return for Staindrop
(Paper, 2 folios)


General order concerning proceedings of Boards of Guardians, 20 April 1842
(Paper, printed)


Order concerning the duties of officers of Guardians of the Poor, 21 April 1842
(Paper, 1 folio)


General order concerning election of Guardians of the Poor, 24May 1842
(Paper, printed)


Notice exempting the Board of Guardians from making the annual return of lunatics, 2 August 1842
(Paper, printed, 1 folio)


Regulations in regard to apprenticing of poor children by the Guardians of the Poor, 31 December 1844
(File, paper, printed, 2 folios)

Poor Law Commission (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 10)

7/529-530


Letter of the Poor Law Commission at London to Thomas Thornton at Staindrop concerning a demand by Mr. Overend of claim against Staindrop, 10 April 1840
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of Poor Law Commission concerning the rating of Tithe to the relief of the poor, 10 June 1840
(Paper, printed, 1 folio)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 13)

406-415, 420-421, 424-431, 437-439, 441-442, 446, 450, 457, 469, 472-474, 477, 506


Correspondence re maintenance of Elizabeth Darnton's child by Robert Moody with the help of his uncle Thomas Huggans, 7 October 1781 - 22 May 1789
(Paper, 9 folios)


Letter of George Gilbanks at Brampton to Rev. Mr. Fisher at Staindrop concerning the marriage of John Middleton and Mary Warrener on 12 May 1783
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of Henry Ragson at Staindrop to Mrs. Wilson at Appelby, Westmoreland, concerning non-payment of money, 19 February 1789
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of Hodgson at Whitby to Corralinia Hodgson at Heighington (? his wife) asking her to come to see him, 2 June 1789
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letters between Mary Brownless of Sunderland, Thos. Ellerby of Sunderland, Wm. Crawford and Mr. Appleby of Staindrop re maintenance of M.B.'s children, 14 March - 15 August 1800
(Paper, 6 folios)


Letters of Robert Wade at Durham House of Correction, late of Staindrop to George Pearson of Staindrop and Henry Rays on at Durham and of Thomas Monkhouse on R.W.'s behalf to W. Crawford at Staindrop about his desolate situation and asking to procure him his freedom from prison, 28 May 1800
(Paper, 2 folios)


Letters of Ann Longstaff to George Appleby of Staindrop re her husband, 7 and 13 August 1800
(Paper, 2 folios)


Letter of Matthew Stephenson at Sunderland to George Appelby at Staindrop about the rent which Mary Lee owes, 15 October 1800
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of Elizabeth Baxter at Darlington to Mr. Appelby at Staindrop about receiving her cess payments, 7 November 1800
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of Chas. Bell at Newcastle to Mr. George Appelby at Staindrop, on behalf of Mr. Richardson in reply to her enquiry about a manufactory for boys, 10 January 1801
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of Joseph Warwick to the Vestry of Staindrop, 3 March 1801
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of J. Benning at Barnard Castle about his account for attending Humphrey Etherington, 2 April 1801
(Paper, 1 folio)


Certificates of J. Benning, surgeon that H. Errington is unable to work, 4 and 20 June 1800
(Paper, 2 folios)


Letter of Richard Hodgston at Darlington to Mr. Appleby at Staindrop about Wm. Richardson's two children who are ill with scald head whom he will cure if agreeable to the Parish of Staindrop and giving an estimate of his bill, 5 May 1801
(Paper, 1 folio)


Letter of Robert Burrell at Durham to Rev. J.W.D. Merell about the will of George Bradley of Staindrop, 2 December 1835
(Paper, 1 folio)

Rates and assessments (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 14)

7/241-242, 250-255, 257-267, 279-281, 297-300, 312, 404, 539-549, 575


List of those liable for poor rate, 1768 - 1771
(1 volume, paper, leather bound)


Church rate, 1767 and poor rate, 1772 - 1776
(1 volume, paper)


Land tax schedule, signed, 1768 - 1771
(1 volume, paper, leather bound)


Land tax schedule, signed, 1772 - 1775
(1 volume, paper, leather bound)


Land tax schedule, signed, 1776 - 1783
(1 volume, paper, leather bound)


Land tax schedule, unsigned, 1769, 1771 - 1775
(1 volume, paper, leather bound)


Land tax schedule, unsigned, 1776 - 1784
(1 volume, paper, leather bound)


Property tax schedule, n.d.
(Paper, 2 folios)


Discharges from payment of rate and cess, 27 May 1837 - 10 March 1843
(Paper, printed form, 7 folios)


Order from Quarter Sessions to make a list December of the annual value of estates and rateable property within the township of Staindrop
(Paper, printed form, 1 folio)


Notice of appeal of William H. Baynes against the rate and assessment on his property for the poor relief, 27 April 1840
(Paper)


Notice that Mr. Sewell will appeal against any future poor rate, 25 March 1842
(Paper)


Schedule of weekly allowance paid to the poor of Staindrop, 15 November 1783
(Paper, 1 folio)


Abstract of weekly cess paid to paupers, 22 March 1828 - 25 March 1832
(1 booklet)


Abstract of weekly cess paid for paupers in the township of Staindrop, commencing, 20 March 1831
(Paper, 1 folio)


Order concerning parochial assessment and instructional letter, 22 June 1837
(Paper, printed)


Further instructions concerning parochial assessments, 19 September 1837
(Paper, printed)


Instructions concerning accounts of the expenditure of poor rates, 3April 1838
(Paper, printed, 2 folios)


Annual circular concerning accounts of expenditure of the poor rates, n.d. 1830's - 1840's
(Paper, printed)


Letter of Chris. Chrishope at Durham to John Walker at Staindrop about Geo. Pearson's appeal against the poor rate, 12 April 1779
(Paper, 1 folio)


Notes concerning disputes over assessments of parochial taxes especially poor rates, c.1760 - c.1780
(Paper, 15 folios)


Notice of meeting at which all the land owners are to deliver their rentals and officers to take their accounts, n.d.
(Paper, 1 folio)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Stai 7/section 15)

7/6/648-653, 168, 436, 537-538, 554, 557, 559-560, 562-564, 566, 568, 572-574, 576-578


Acknowledgement of members of the Loyalty Society, December 1820 - November 1821
(1 bundle)


Notice to apprehend Thomas Brownless late of Staindrop and bring him before the justices of the peace for deserting his family, 16 October 1800
(Paper, 1 folio)


Examples of form of apprenticeship indenture, bond to indemnify parish of bastard child and notes re regulations for indentures, n.d.
(Paper, 3 folios)


Letter of Charles Barnshay to the Overseers of Staindrop saying that he has given relief to Wm. Myers of Evenwood, 20 May 1800
(Paper, 1 folio)


Certificate that Charles Brown is unable to work
(Paper, 1 folio)


23 August 1710 (1) Rt. Hon. Christopher Lord Barnard, Baron of Barnard Castle (2) Thomas Mowbray of Staindrop (3) Henry South of Darlington Abraham Hilton of Staindrop Colin and George Grainger of Raby Covenant of (1) to pay to (3) £15 p.a. in trust for the support and maintenance of a school master for the children of the poor of Staindrop being the interest on £300 devised by John Grainger, deceased to (2)
(Parchment, 1 skin)


Schedule of bonds, orders etc., belonging to Staindrop, 1739 - 1831
(Paper, 1 folio)


Account of widow Robinson's furniture, 28 February 1788
(Paper, 1 folio)


Account of Goods in widow Willson's house, 27 June 1788
(Paper, 1 folio)


Doctors certificate to the Overseers of Evenwood that George Rogers is unable to work, endorsed with note of Charles Barnshay, Overseer of Evenwood about his relief and removal, 26 May 1800
(Paper, 1 folio)


Copy of the entry of marriage of William Wilson and Jane Thompson of Staindrop from the register, 4 July 1791
(Paper, 1 folio)


Statement addressed to Sir John Eden concerning William Wilson's relief, 22 January 1801
(Paper, 1 folio)


Proposals to farm the poor, n.d. and 1802
(Paper, 2 folios)


Notice from the Clerk of the Peace, Durham about the return of list of persons liable to serve on juries, 4 August 1827
(Paper, printed)


Order on lineal relations of John Parmaby to maintain and provide for his daughter Eleanor Parmaby, 26 April 1837
(Paper, printed form, 1 folio)


Return of men qualified to serve on juries, 1837
(Paper, printed)


Expenses of marriage of Samuel Wragg and Margaret Baxter, n.d.
(Paper, 1 folio)


Copy of entries from the Register of Staindrop of the births or death of the children of John and Jane Walker of Staindrop, 1763 - 1780
(Paper, 1 folio)


Memorandum concerning payments of Archibald Irwin to George Chrishop, n.d.
(Paper, 1 folio)


Inventories of household goods, c.1810
(Paper, 3 folios)

Militia (Ref: EP/Stai 8/Section 8)

8/1-2


Certificate that John Nicholson of Staindrop, shoemaker, is substitute for John White of Linesack and Softley, butcher and is now serving in the Durham Militia, 26 May 1778
(Paper, printed form, 1 folio)


Certificate of Thomas Crampton as a recruit under the Apportionment for the Additional Force Act, May 1805
(Paper, printed form, 1 folio)

Highway Surveyors (Ref: EP/Stai 10/Section 10)

10/1-5


Copy of Mr. Hartley's Opinion concerning the making and maintenance of roads on Staindrop Moor,10 March 1770
(Paper, 1 folio)


Extract concerning repairing roads on Staindrop Moor taken from the Commissioners' award at Durham, n.d. c.1770
(Paper, 1 folio)


Compositions for statute work, John Applegarth and George Newton [highway] surveyors, 1776 - 1782
(Paper, 1 volume)


Notice of High Constable requiring a surveyor for highways to be appointed, 7 March 1839
(Paper, printed, 1 folio)


Notice to the Surveyors of the Highways of Staindrop to desist from the work on Docker Lane as it is in good repair, n.d.
(Paper)

Schools (Ref: EP/Stai 11/Section 11)Langleydale School (Ref: EP/Stai 11/)

11/1-8

Managers' minutes (Ref: EP/Stai 11/section 01)

11/4


Minute book of managers of Langleydale School, 12 January 1905 - 15 May 1950
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Stai 11/section 02)

11/1, 3, 6, 8


Letter book of Langleydale School, 22 April 1904 - 2 January 1905
(1 volume, leather half bound)


Letter from H.C. Lipscomb, Staindrop Vicarage to Scarth concerning trust deed for Langleydale School and appointment of managers, 3 June 1878
(1 paper)


Letter from Duke of Cleveland, Cleveland House to Rev. Lipscomb concerning enlargements to Langleydale School, 31 May n.d.
(1 paper)


Letter from H.L. Fife, Raby Estates Office, Staindrop to Canon Lipscomb, Staindrop concerning trust deeds of Staindrop, Cockfield and Langleydale Schools, 29 November 1902
(1 paper)

Subscriptions and receipts (Ref: EP/Stai 11/section 03)

11/2, 5/1-4, 11/7/1-3


List of subscriptions to Langleydale National School, 29 May 1858
(1 paper)


Receipts re Langleydale C.E. School, 3 December 1937 - 31 October 1938 Originally enclosed in EP/Stai 6/6
(4 papers)


Receipts for money from Grainger's Charity to Ingleton National School, 19 February 1896 - 2 April 1906
(3 papers)

Staindrop National School (Ref: EP/Stai 11/)

11/9-34

Managers' minutes (Ref: EP/Stai 11/section 01)

11/16


Minutes of managers, 10 March 1905 -­ 28 April 1950
(1 volume)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Stai 11/section 02)

11/17-20


Annual balance sheets, 1938 -­ 1942
(4 papers)

Reports and repairs (Ref: EP/Stai 11/section 03)

11/23, 32-34


Estimate by Arthur Mudd of West Terrace, Staindrop, builder, for proposed alteration to school lavatories, 22 August 1944
(1 paper)


Cockfield C.E. School, report on school premises, March 1947 Includes: plan of buildings Scale: 1:240
(1 paper, 1 plan, 31cm x 40cm)


Langleydale C.E. School, report on school premises, March 1947 Includes: plan of buildings Scale: 1:240
(1 paper, 1 plan, 31cm x 40cm)


Staindrop Infants' and Mixed Schools, report on school premises and proposed new building accommodation, March 1947 Includes: plans of buildings Scales: 1:240 and 1:288
(1 file; 2 plans, 31cm x 40cm)

Plans (Ref: EP/Stai 11/section 04)

11/9-10, 12,


Plans of proposed alterations to Staindrop National School, September 1904 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
(2 plans, 66cm x 48cm and 32cm x 19cm)


Plan of proposed alterations to Staindrop National School, January 1905 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
(1 plan, 63.5cm x 45cm)


Plan of extensions to Staindrop C.E. School, April 1928 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
(1 plan, 43.5cm x 67cm, waxed linen)

Ministry of Education (Ref: EP/Stai 11/section 05)

11/25-29


Letters from the Ministry of Education, Belgrave Square, London, to Director of Education, Shire Hall, Durham; and from Director of Education to Rev. S.Z. Edwards, Staindrop Vicarage, appraising the conversion of lavatories at the Infants' School, 23 and 28 November 1944 Attached: plan by W.L. Hall of Staindrop, architect, showing existing and proposed lavatories, November 1944 Scale: 1:8
(2 papers; 1 plan, 53 cm x 34 cm, glazed cloth)


Letter from Ministry of Education to Managers of Staindrop School forwarding a report on the school by one of H.M. Inspectors, 10 November 1944
(2 papers)

Local Education Authoirty (Ref: EP/Stai 11/section 06)

11/14


L.E.A. notice concerning provision of new public elementary school at Barnard Castle, 12 July 1938
(1 paper, printed)

School site and building (Ref: EP/Stai 11/section 07)

11/13, 15


28 September 1927 (1) Thomas William Bell Taylor of Staindrop, grocer and Marjorie Annie Taylor (2) Rev. Horatio Sandys Cumby Spurrier, Vicar of Staindrop, George James Elliott Trotter, Esq., of The Deanery, Staindrop, Valentine Hodgson of Burton House, near. Staindrop, farmer and Thomas Bewick of Staindrop, forester, trustees of Staindrop School Conveyance of dwelling houses, buildings and yard in Staindrop (plan attached) to be used only as a school, residence for teacher, classroom for confirmation lessons or to perform divine service Consideration: £350
(1 file)


12 May 1903 (1) Henry, Lord Barnard (2) Rev. Harry Curteis Lipscomb, vicar of Staindrop; Rev. Beaumont Johnson of Staindrop; Herbert Legard Fife of Staindrop, esq.; and Thomas Coates of Staindrop, grocer Lease for a year of Staindrop Infant School Consideration: 1s.0d.
(1 paper)

Letters and notices (Ref: EP/Stai 11/section 08)

11/11, 22, 24, 30-31


Letter from W.J. Moscrop, Feethams, Darlington to Rev. J.E. Philipps, Staindrop concerning alterations to Staindrop National School required by County Council, 9 March 1905
(1 paper)


Notice by Barnard Castle Rural District Council to Managers of Staindrop C.E. Infants' School to provide water closets, 12 July 1944
(1 paper)


Letter from T.W. Bainbridge, Clerk to the Barnard Castle Rural District Council, 43 Galgate, Barnard Castle, to Rev. S.Z. Edwards, Staindrop Vicarage, concerning a grant for privy conversion at the Infants' School, 4 August 1944
(1 paper)


Letter from T.W. Bainbridge, Clerk to Barnard Castle Rural District Council, to Rev. S.Z. Edwards, Staindrop Vicarage, concerning the possibility of a grant towards the cost of the above alteration, 29 September 1944
(1 paper)


Letter from Director of Education, Shire Hall, Durham to Rev. S.Z. Edwards, Staindrop Vicarage, concerning the retention of a surface air raid shelter as a store, 9 July 1946
(1 paper)


Circular letter from the Bishop of Durham summarising the results of discussions at recent meetings of the Diocesan Conference and the Board for Religious Education on Church Schools in the diocese, 31 October 1946
(1 paper)

Charities (Ref: EP/Stai 12/Section 12)Poor's Lands, Hercules Brabant's and John Simpson' s Charities (Ref: EP/Stai 12/)

12/6-14


Notice of proposed Charity Commission Order and Scheme for Poor's Lands, Hercules Brabant's and John Simpson's Charities, 29 January 1864
(1 paper, printed)


Letter from Charity Commission to Rev. H. Lipscomb, Staindrop Vicarage concerning publication of notices of Charity Commission Order for Poor's Lands and other charities, 27 April 1864
(1 paper)


Notice of Charity Commission Order appointing trustees to manage Poor's Lands, Hercules Brabant's and John Simpson's Charities, 18 March 1864
(1 paper, printed)


Letter from Charity Commission to Rev. H.C. Lipscomb, Staindrop vicarage concerning Order and Scheme appointing trustees for Poor's Lands and other charities, 19 March 1864
(1 paper, printed)


Letter from Charity Commission to Henry Lipscomb Esq., Staindrop concerning appointment of trustees to Poor's Lands and other charities, and their duties, 7 April 1864
(1 paper)


Letters from Charity Commission to G.D. Pearson, Staindrop concerning appointment of trustee to Poor's Lands, Hercules Brabant's, John Simpson's and John Grainger's Charities, 30 April - 11 May 1901
(2 papers, typescript)


Letters from Charity Commission to George Neasham [Clerk to Parish Council] concerning appointment of trustees for Poor's Lands, Brabant's and Simpson's Charities, 3 August 1921 - 2 September 1925
(2 papers, typescript)


Charity Commission Scheme for Poor's Lands, Hercules Brabant's and John Simpson's Charities, 18 March 1864
(1 file)


Account book and minute book of "Trustees of the Charities called respectively The Poor's Lands Charity, Hercules Brabant's Charity and John Simpson's Charity", 5 May 1864 - 17 December 1952. Includes Charity Commission Order appointing trustees and Scheme for regulation and management of charities, 18 March 1864
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

John Grainger's Charity (Ref: EP/Stai 12/)

12/19-36


23 August 1710 (1) Christopher Lord Barnard (2) Thomas Mowbray of Stainhope, gent. (3) Henry Forth of Darlington, Esq., Abraham Hilton the Younger of Staindrop, gent., Caleb Grainger of Raby, merchant, and George Grainger of Raby, yeoman Covenant (and copy) by (1) to pay (3) £15 p.a. (the interest on £300 bequeathed by John Grainger to appoint schoolmaster to teach poor of Staindrop) and within 6 months of his death to pay them £300 to be re-invested Recites appointment of (3) as new trustees to charity with consent of (2) as existing trustee
(2 papers)


Letter from Charity Commission to Rev. H.C. Lipscomb, Staindrop Vicarage concerning dividends of £390 paid to Grainger's Charity by Mr. Papillan, and application to County Court for appointment of trustees and scheme to manage charity, 4 April 1856
(2 papers)


Charity Commission Order authorising Rev. H.C. Lipscomb and Robert Hodgson Bourne to apply to County Court to appoint trustees for Grainger's Charity, 1 September 1856
(1 file)


Costs of application to County Court for appointment of new trustees to Grainger's Charity, 5 September - 16 October 1856
(1 paper)


County Court Order appointing trustees and establishing scheme to regulate John Grainger's Charity, 13 November 1856
(1 file)


Letter from Charity Commission to Rev. H.C. Lipscomb, Staindrop Vicar age concerning appointment of trustee to John Grainger's Charity, 24 May 1872
(1 paper)


Charity Commission approval of appointment of trustee to John Grainger's Charity, 24 May 1872
(1 paper)


Scheme for regulation and management of John Grainger's Charity, 1 September 1856
(1 file)


Letter from Charity Commission to G.D. Pearson, Staindrop concerning administration of Grainger' s Charity, 23 April 1901
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter from Board of Education to Clerk to Staindrop Parish Council concerning approval of scheme for Grainger's Charity, enclosing copy of scheme, 19 July - 23 September 1913
(3 papers, typescript)


Letter from George Neasham, Clerk to Staindrop Parish Council to Rt. Hon. Lord Barnard, Raby Castle concerning endorsement of scheme for Grainger's Charity, 16 August 1913
(1 paper)


Scheme (and draft) for Grainger's Charity, 23 September 1913
(2 papers, printed)


Letter from Charity Commission to R.H. Bourne, Esq., Staindrop, solicitor concerning his bill of costs for Grainger's Charity, 11 December 1856
(1 paper)


Letter from Charity Commission to Rev. H.C. Lipscomb, Staindrop Vicarage concerning stock receipt, Grainger's Charity and County Court Order, 16 December 1856
(3 papers)


Letters from Charity Commission to Rev. Harry Curtess Lipscomb, Staindrop concerning dividends on stock for John Grainger's Charity, 14 January 1857 - 12 February 1891
(3 papers)


Authorisation by trustees of John Grainger's Charity to Official Trustees of Charitable Funds to sell stock, n.d. [1890s]
(1 paper, printed)


Notes on population of Staindrop and distribution of Grainger's Charity, 26 February 1858
(1 paper)


Letter from Board of Education to Clerk to Staindrop Parish Council concerning appointment of Representative Governors under Grainger's Charity, 25 July 1913
(1 paper, typescript)

Poor's Lands Charity (Ref: EP/Stai 12/)

12/37-49


Letters from Charity Commission to John Hanson, Esq., Staindrop, The Trustees of the Poor's Lands Charity and William Hodgson, Esq., Staindrop concerning proposed sale of Poor's Lands to Duke of Cleveland, 16 June 1863 - 23 May 1870
(11 papers)


Letter from J.D. Martin, 1 Park Place, Leeds to Charity Commissioners giving value of three fields, a garden and orchard belonging to Poor's Lands Charity and proposed for sale to Duke of Cleveland, November 1868
(1 paper)


Application to Charity Commission for sale of Poor's Land, n.d. [1870]
(1 paper, printed)


Charity Commission notice of proposed sale of land by trustees of Poor's Lands Charity, 12 February 1870
(1 paper)


Charity Commission authorisation to sell Poor's Land for at least £2036, 11 March 1870
(1 paper, printed)


Letter from W.T. Scarth, Raby Castle, Darlington to John Hanson, Staindrop concerning his acceptance of Charity Commission's price for Poor's Lands, 10 February 1870
(1 paper)


Letters from W.W. & G. Watson, Barnard Castle to John Hanson, Staindrop concerning sale of Poor's Land, 14 March - 11 May 1870
(5 papers)


Letter from Charity Commission to The Trustees of the Poor's Lands concerning purchase of stock with money received from sale of land to Duke of Cleveland, 11 June 1870
(2 papers, printed)


Letters from Charity Commission to John Hanson, Esq., Staindrop concerning dividend on stock for Poor's Lands Charity, 20 - 23 December 1870
(2 papers, printed)


Letter from Charity Commission to Trustees of Poor's Lands Charity, Staindrop concerning dividends from stock, 10 August 1896
(1 paper, printed)


Authorisation by Trustees of Poor's Lands Charity to Official Trustees of Charitable Funds to sell stock, n.d. [1890s]
(1 paper, printed)


Statement of accounts of Poor's Lands Charity, 1875
(1 paper)


Balance sheets, Poor's Lands Charity, 31 December 1921 - 1922
(2 papers, typescript)

Sunday School Charity (Ref: EP/Stai 12/)

12/50-51


Letter from Charity Commission to Rev. H.C. Lipscomb, Staindrop Vicarage concerning investment of endowment to Sunday School Charity, 3 May 1892
(2 papers)


Letter from Charity Commission to Rev. H.C. Lipscomb, Staindrop Vicarage concerning stock purchased for Sunday School Charity, 22 June 1892
(2 papers, printed)

Duke of Cleveland' s Charity (Ref: EP/Stai 12/)

12/52-53


Charity Commission Order concerning Duke of Cleveland's Charity, 30 August 1892
(1 paper, printed)


Letter from Charity Commission to Clerk of Staindrop Parish Council enclosing notice of proposed order for sale of Stapleton Grange Farm, Henry Duke of Cleveland's Charity, 6 May 1920
(2 papers, typescript)

Scarth Memorial Hall Charity (Ref: EP/Stai 12/)

12/54-58


Letters from Charity Commission to Clerk to Staindrop Parish Council concerning scheme for Scarth Memorial Hall, 7 February - 18 July 1901
(8 papers)


Charity Commission Scheme for Scarth Memorial Hall, 21 June 1901
(1 file, printed)


Resolution of Staindrop Parish Council concerning management of Scarth Memorial Hall, 15 April 1901
(1 paper)


Letter from Lord Barnard, Raby Castle to Mr. Lax concerning appointment of trustee of Scarth Memorial Hall Charity, 14 August 1901
(1 paper)


Correspondence between George Neasham, Clerk to Staindrop Parish Council, and Charity Commission concerning appointment of trustees to Scarth Memorial Hall Charity, 4 March 1918 - 5 July 1922
(5 papers, typescript)

Jackson Charity (Ref: EP/Stai 12/)

12/59-60


Declaration of Trust by William Shott Jackson to form Jackson Charity for upkeep of churchyard, 5 August 1930
(1 paper, printed)


Letter from Charity Commission to [Trustees] concerning dividends on stock held for The Jackson Charity, 29 August 1930
(1 paper, typescript)

Poor's Lands, Sunday School and Grainger's Charities (Ref: EP/Stai 12/)

12/15-18


Notes on income of Poor's Lands, Grainger's and Sunday School Charities, 1864
(1 paper)


Statement showing increase in annual income arising from sale of consols and re-investment of proceeds for Poor's Lands, Grainger's and Sunday School Charities, 22 December 1893
(1 paper)


Letters from Charity Commission to John Hanson, Esq., Staindrop concerning accounts of The School and other parochial charities, 25 October 1879 - 3 January 1880
(2 papers)


Letter from Charity Commission to Rev. H.C. Lipscomb, Staindrop Vicarage concerning accounts of Sunday School and Grainger's Charities, 19 December 1893
(1 paper, typescript)

Staindrop charities (Ref: EP/Stai 12/)

12/1-5


Letter from Charity Commission to John Hanson, Esq., Staindrop concerning accounts for Staindrop charities, 17 December 1879
(1 paper)


Letter from W. Etherington, clerk to Staindrop Parish Council, to T.W. Applegarth, Staindrop concerning Parish Council resolution concerning accounts of parochial charities, 4 March 1935
(1 paper, typescript)


Statement re charities in Staindrop under Local Government Act 1894, April 1895
(1 paper)


Return and Digest of Endowed Charities of Staindrop, 28 March 1901
(1 file, printed)


Note of income and its distribution of Staindrop charities, n.d.
(1 paper)

Church societies (Ref: EP/Stai 13/Section 13)Choral society (Ref: EP/Stai 13/)

13/1, 13/2/1-2


Staindrop church choral society minute book, 16 September 1895 - 15 January 1900
(1 file)


Photograph of the Staindrop church choir and probationers, 1929 Includes description allowing the identification of individual members Back row: Miss Barnes, Miss G. Nodding, Miss Barnes, Miss G. Shipp, Miss B. Smith, Miss M. Robinson, Miss I. Brown, Miss I. M. Robinson Second row: Mr C. Jones, Mr I. Coates, Mr R. Williams, Mr Jepson, Mr Coates, Mr J. W. Williams, Mr W. Beaton, Mr. S. Bewick Third row: Mr. B. W. Cole, Mr J. Allison, Mr Robson, Mr T. W. Applegarth, H.S.C.S. (Rector), Mr H. B. Ward (organist ansd choirmaster) Mr T. Nodding, Mr T. Bewick, Mr C. W. Miller Boys: D. Davidson, Gilley, Neil Etherington, H. Williams, Johnson, Bruce Close, Edgar Smith, Danny Mumberson, T. Leonard, John Stick
(1 photograph, card mounted, 39cm x 25cm)


Photograph of St. Mary's church choir Cockfield by S. E. Taylor, before the parishes of Staindrop and Cockfield were separated, 1929 Includes description allowing partial identification of individuals Centre of middle row: Mr T. Crawford (organist), Reverend A. L. Davis (curate in charge), H.S.C.S. (Rector), Mr R. S. Rand (choirmaster) See also EP/Stai 2/31 for the disunion of the parishes of Cockfield and Staindrop See also EP/Coc for Cockfield St. Mary Parish
(1 photograph, card mounted, 37cm x 28cm)

Bible society (Ref: EP/Stai 13/)

13/3


Photograph postcard of Reverend Spurrier and his bible class, 1924 - 1925
(1 photograph postcard, 14cm x 9cm)

Staindrop church football club (Ref: EP/Stai 13/)

13/4


Photograph of Staindrop church football club, winners of the Darlington church league, n.d. [c. 1940s]
(1 photograph, enclosed within a cardboard presentation portrait envelope, 25cm x 16cm)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Stai 14/Section 14)

For parish magazines see also: D/X 1496/16

Staindrop Parish Council (Ref: EP/Stai 6/4-5)

Minute book of Staindrop Parish Council, 15 April 1918 - 4 November 1937
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minute book of Staindrop Parish Council, 2 December 1937 - 28 May 1951
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Parish history (Ref: EP/Stai 14/section 01)

14/3-4, 14/37/1-5


History of Staindrop Church by Rev. H.C. Lipscomb, M.A., with alterations and notes to printer, 1852 Enclosure: see EP/Stai 14/4
(1 volume, card bound)


Notes on the History of Staindrop Church, n.d. [1852] Originally enclosed in EP/Stai 14/3
(4 papers)


History about the dedication of the parish church at Staindrop by Reverend T. Romans, n.d. [c. 1940s]
(1 booklet, printed)


Brief history of Staindrop church, n.d. [c. 1950s] Includes list of past vicars and current vicar of the church
(1 paper, printed)


A handwritten history of the parish church of St. Mary the Virgin, Staindrop, and it's influence by Marica Stirk, n.d. [c. 1960s]
(1 file)


An illustrated history and guide of St. Mary's, Staindrop, n.d. [c. 1980s]
(1 booklet, printed)


An illustrated history and guide of St. Mary's, Staindrop, n.d. [c. 1980s]
(1 booklet, printed)

Staindrop Freeholders' Committee (Ref: EP/Stai 14/section 02)

14/13-25


Minutes of General and Committee meetings, 3 May 1888 ­ 18 May 1973 (1 volume, cloth bound)


Receipts and payments, 28 February 1865 ­ 22 December 1958 Includes: minutes of meetings, 9 April 1872 ­ 28 March 1878
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Receipts and payments, 1 January 1959 ­ 21 May 1973
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Correspondence between various correspondents and the Staindrop Freeholders' Committee, concerning the movement of boundary stones at Goosepool, Blakeley, 17 December 1943 ­ 28 March 1945 Includes: plan of site Scale: 1:600
(5 papers; 1 plan, 34cm x 19cm, glazed cloth)


Correspondence between various parties and the Staindrop Freeholders' Committee, relating to Goosepool, Blakeley Hill Quarry, and Thorngyll Syke Quarry or Staindrop Moor Fox Covert, 14 October 1946 - 13 June 1972
(1 file)


9 July 1959 (1) The Freeholders of Staindrop (2) Durham County Council Agreement relating to the dedication to the public of 1016 square yards of land at Gowan House, Staindrop Consideration: £10
(1 file)


24 October 1963 (1) The Freeholders of Staindrop (2) Hon. Harry John Neville Vane of Selaby Hall, Gainford Tenancy agreement between (l) and (2) of Goosepool, Blakeley Quarry, and Thorngill Syke Quarry or Staindrop Moor Fox Covert Consideration: £12 p.a.
(1 file)


Balance sheet at 18 May 1973
(1 paper)

Staindrop Burial Board (Ref: EP/Stai 14/section 03)

14/8


Minute book of Staindrop Burial Board Committee, 6 February 1922 - 15 April 1929. Includes: minutes of Silver Jubilee Celebration Committee, 7 March - 4 December 1935; minutes of Coronation Committee, 1 October 1936 - 31 May 1937; minutes of meetings re Staindrop Social Service Centre, 1 April 1937 - 16 May 1946; minutes of meetings re victory celebrations, 26 April - 20 June 1946 Enclosure: EP/Stai 14/9
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Visitors' books (Ref: EP/Stai 14/section 04)

14/11-12, 26-35


Visitors' book, 30 August 1929 - 13 January 1932
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Visitors' book, 31 January 1935 - 1 July 1938
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Visitors' book, 1 July 1938 - 31 August 1943
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Visitors' book, 15 May 1965 - 14 August 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Visitors' book for flower festival, 9-11 September 1966 and flower festival, 13-19 September 1971
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Visitors' book for flower festival, 9-11 September 1966 and 16 August 1972 - 17 June 1976
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Visitors' book, 23 June 1976 - 4 May 1980
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Visitors' book, 5 May 1980 - 12 April 1984
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Visitors' book, 15 April 1984 - 21 August 1991
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Visitors' book for flower festival, 24-29 August 1991
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Visitors' book, 18 September 1991 - 5 June 1994
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Visitors' book, 15 June 1994 - 7 March 1997
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Sewage disposal (Ref: EP/Stai 14/section 05)

14/6-7


Letters from George Bainbridge, Clerk to Barnard Castle R.D.C. to G.D. Pearson, Clerk to Staindrop Parish Council concerning formation of Parochial Committee to deal with Staindrop sewage, enclosing copies of minutes and correspondence, 21 - 30 March 1895
(3 papers)


Plan of Staindrop Sewage Disposal Scheme, 1895 Scale: 1 inch to 2 chains [1:1584] 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]
(1 plan, 101cm x 80cm, waxed linen)

Inclosure (Ref: EP/Stai 14/section 06)

14/2


Transcripts of documents concerning inclosure of Staindrop Moor: petition for Bill, 2 November 1763; Inclosure Act, 1764; notices of Commissioners' Meetings, 30 May 1764 - 21 March 1765; rentals of lands in Staindrop belonging to Earl of Darlington, William Hutchinson and other claims on moor, 1761 - 1762; objections to claims, 1764; meetings of arbitrators and their award, 1 October - 3 November 1764; and Inclosure Award, 21 March 1765
(1 volume, leather bound)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Stai 14/section 07)

14/5, 9-10


List of subscriptions, 1856
(1 paper)


Balance sheet, Jubilee Celebrations, 6 May 1935 Originally enclosed in EP/Stai 14/8
(2 papers)


Abstract of title, 1859 - 1927, of T.W.B. Taylor and his wife to freehold shop and premises in Staindrop, 1927
(1 file)