Barnard Castle Urban District Council
Reference: UD/BC Catalogue Title: Barnard Castle Urban District Council Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description:
Covering Dates: 1160-1974
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- Barnard Castle Urban District Council
- UD/BC Barnard Castle Urban District Council (Ref: UD/BC)
- Miscellaneous (Ref: UD/BC )
- Miscellaneous accounts (Ref: UD/BC 107)
- Publications (Ref: UD/BC 114-118)
- Miscellaneous plans (Ref: UD/BC 128-136)
- Health reports and registers (Ref: UD/BC 11-113, 147, 150-151)
- Financial records (Ref: UD/BC47-84)
- General Ledgers (Ref: UD/BC 47-84)
- Rating and Valuation (Ref: UD/BC85-103)
- Valuation lists (Ref: UD/BC 85-92)
- Rate books (Ref: UD/BC 93-103)
- Declarations of acceptance of office (Ref: UD/BC 104-106)
- Poor Law (Ref: UD/BC 108/7-11)
- Examinations after birth (Ref: UD/BC 108/7)
- County rates (Ref: UD/BC 108/8)
- Poor rates (Ref: UD/BC 108/9)
- Bastardy orders (Ref: UD/BC 108/10)
- Settlement certificates (Ref: UD/BC 108/ 11)
- Electoral registers (Ref: UD/BC 110)
- Enclosure awards and plans, Commons (Ref: UD/BC 120-127)
- Papers of John Nixon (Ref: UD/BC 137-146)
- Licensing (Ref: UD/BC148-149)
Catalogue Contents
UD/BC Barnard Castle Urban District Council (Ref: UD/BC)Miscellaneous (Ref: UD/BC )Miscellaneous accounts (Ref: UD/BC 107)Ref: UD/BC 107
Acre money accounts (give occupier, owner, situation and acreage of land), 1886 - 1948
(1 volume)
Publications (Ref: UD/BC 114-118)Ref: UD/BC 114Local Government Board Orders, 1894 - 1897; and infolded, 1889
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 115Barnard Castle Gas Act, 1904
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 116Souvenir booklet of Opening of new Council Chamber and offices of the Rural District Council, 1938
(1 booklet)
Ref: UD/BC 117Teesdale Mercury, Centenary of Local Government supplement, 1950
(1 file)
Ref: UD/BC 118Programme for ceremony of presentation of grant of arms and description of grant, 1960 (2 copies of each)
(1 bundle)
Miscellaneous plans (Ref: UD/BC 128-136)Ref: UD/BC 128Large-scale plan of the town showing old and proposed sewers, n.d.
(1 plan)
Ref: UD/BC 129Local Board of Health, plan of town showing position of sewers and water pipes, by W. Ranger, 1852
Scale: 44 feet to 1 inch
(1 plan, damaged and fragile, parts missing)
Ref: UD/BC 130Another copy (?), n.d.
[Endorsed "these plans are not correct record of original sewers"]
(1 plan)
Ref: UD/BC 131Another copy (?), n.d.
[Endorsed "these plans are correct record of original sewers"]
(1 plan, damaged and fragile, parts missing)
Ref: UD/BC 132North Eastern Railway, book of reference and plan in connection with acquiring one plot of additional land, under Additional Powers Act, 1902
(2 rolled files)
Ref: UD/BC 133Startforth (Yorkshire) tithe apportionment and plan, 1839/40
(1 rolled file)
Ref: UD/BC 136Plan of Barnard Castle Board of Health district, 1852
[Scale: 10.56 feet to 1 mile]
(1 plan)
Health reports and registers (Ref: UD/BC 11-113, 147, 150-151)Ref: UD/BC 111Report to General Board of Health, on Barnard Castle, by William Ranger, 1850
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 112Photocopy of UD/BC 111
(1 file)
Ref: UD/BC 113Photocopy of further report by W. Ranger, 1851
(1 file)
Ref: UD/BC 147Medical Officer of Health's reports, December 1911 - 21 June 1938
(1 volume, calf bound)
Ref: UD/BC 150Barnard Castle U.D.C. Sanitary Inspectors' Journal, 31 January 1948 - 13 June 1951
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: UD/BC 151Register of cases of infectious diseases (except tuberculosis), 15 March 1961 - 1 March 1974
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)
Financial records (Ref: UD/BC47-84)For Local Board of Health collecting and deposit books, 1879-1888, see U/Te 28-32
General Ledgers (Ref: UD/BC 47-84)Ref: UD/BC 47Ledger, 1850 - 1864
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 48Ledger, 1889 - 1896
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 49Ledger, 1896 - 1901
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 50Ledger, 1901 - 1904
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 51Ledger, 1905 - 1909
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 52Ledger, 1909 - 1913
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 53Ledger, 1914 - 1919
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 54Ledger, 1919-23
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 55Ledger, 1923 - 1926
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 56Ledger, 1926 - 1929
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 57Ledger, 1929 - 1932
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 58Ledger, 1932 - 1935
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 59Ledger, 1936 - 1938
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 60Ledger, 1938 - 1942
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 61Ledger, 1942-43
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 62Ledger, 1943 - 1944
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 63Ledger, 1944 - 1945
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 64Ledger, 1945 - 1946
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 65Ledger, 1946 - 1947
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 66Ledger, 1947 - 1948
(1 volume
Ref: UD/BC 67Ledger, 1948 - 1949
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 68Ledger, 1949 - 1950
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 69Ledger, 1950 - 1951
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 70Ledger, 1951 - 1952
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 71Ledger, 1952 - 1953
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 72Ledger, 1953 - 1954
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 73Ledger, 1954 - 1955
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 74Ledger, 1955 - 1956
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 75Ledger, 1956 - 1957
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 76Ledger, 1957 - 1958
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 77Ledger, 1958 - 1959
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 78Ledger, 1959 - 1960
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 79Ledger, 1960 - 1961
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 80Ledger, 1961 - 1962
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 81Ledger, 1962 - 1963
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 82Ledger, 1963 - 1964
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 83Ledger, 1964 - 1965
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 84Ledger, 1965 - 1966
(1 volume)
Rating and Valuation (Ref: UD/BC85-103)Valuation lists (Ref: UD/BC 85-92)Ref: UD/BC 85Valuation list, c. 1911
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 86Valuation list, n.d. [pre-1928]
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 87Valuation list, c.1929
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 88Valuation list, n.d. [c.1949 - 1955]
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 89Valuation list, n.d.
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 90Valuation list, n.d.
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 91Amendment proposals, 1929 - 1934
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 92Amendment proposals, 1934 - 1949
(1 volume)
Rate books (Ref: UD/BC 93-103)UD/BC 97-103 kept as samples
Ref: UD/BC 93Poor rate, 1840
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 94Rate to provide gas lighting in the town, 1845
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 95Poor rate, 1846
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 96Poor rate, 1876
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 97Half-year ended September 1914
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 98Half-year ended March 1941
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 99Half-year ended September 1941
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 100Half-year ended March, 1942
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 101Poor rate, 1950 - 1951
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 102Poor rate, 1951 - 1952
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 103Poor rate, 1960 - 1961
(1 volume)
Declarations of acceptance of office (Ref: UD/BC 104-106)Ref: UD/BC 104Declarations of property qualification, 1850 - 1893
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 105Promises to fulfil duties, 1895 - 1933
(1 volume)
Ref: UD/BC 106Promises to fulfil duties, 1933 - 1955
(1 volume)
Poor Law (Ref: UD/BC 108/7-11)Ref: UD/BC 108/1Note to George Tanfield, sexton of Barnard Castle Overseers of the Poor with list of rates due to Vestry Meetings for April, June and July, 1839
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/2Expenses claim to Barnard Castle parish by Thomas Barker for travelling to London, 16 October 1838
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/3Discharge by Justices at Durham County Petty Session for the listed below, from payment of the poor relief rate. Witnessed and signed by churchwardens: George Monkhouse, John Heslop and overseers: Joseph Monkhouse, John Powell, William Joftly, 13 January 1840
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/4Receipt for stationary for the Overseers of Barnard Castle signed by J. Atkinson and Ann Atkinson, 9 January - 8 July 1839
(2 papers)
Ref: UD/BC 108/5Order by Durham General Quarter Sessions, on behalf of Barnard Castle Overseers of the Poor issued to Thomas Featherstone to pay maintenance to support a child of Ann Hind, 27 June 1836
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/6Warrant by Robert Moses Dinsdale, Justice of Durham Quarter Sessions, to the Constable of Barnard Castle, issued after a complaint by Joseph Unthank, Overseer of the Poor of Long Newton that Henry Brownleys is avoiding to pay maintenance for a child born to Ann Killin, 8 July 1836
(1 paper)
Examinations after birth (Ref: UD/BC 108/7)Ref: UD/BC 108/7/1Examination by Durham Justices of the Peace of Hannah Brown, stating that William Wigham of Barnard Castle, weaver, did beget her child. Sworn before Thomas Collins and John Headlam, 7 August 1822
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/7/2Examination by Durham Justices of the Peace of Ann Sweeter, stating that William Kendale, late of Barnard Castle, hairdresser, did beget her child. Sworn before Thomas Collins, 1 December 1824
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/7/3Examination by Durham Justices of the Peace of Ann Smith, stating that Zebulon Wilson of Barnard Castle, did beget her child. Sworn before Thomas Collins and John Headlam, 1 February 1825
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/7/4Examination by Durham Justices of the Peace of Sarah Ewbank, stating that Thomas Morton of Barnard Castle, shoemaker, did beget her child. Sworn before Thomas Collins and John Headlam, 4 September 1827
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/7/5Examination by Durham Justices of the Peace of Hannah Harewood, stating that Robert Crampton of Barnard Castle, weaver, did beget her child. Sworn before Thomas Collins, 5 March 1828
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/7/6Examination by Durham Justices of the Peace of Mary Palmer, stating that Anthony Monkhouse of Barnard Castle, ginger bread baker, did beget her child. Sworn before John Headlam, 3 August 1831
(1 paper)
County rates (Ref: UD/BC 108/8)Ref: UD/BC 108/8/1-3Requests by R. Dunn, High Constable to Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of Barnard Castle to pay the county rate. He is collecting the rates at Miss Harrison's, The King's Head Inn, Barnard Castle, 15 April - 22 October 1839
(3 papers)
Poor rates (Ref: UD/BC 108/9)Ref: UD/BC 108/9/1Authorisation by Guardians of the Poor given to Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor to pay £340 from the poor rates to John Stagg Barnes of Eggleston. Signed by William Todel, Guardian and George Brown, Clerk to the board of Guardians, 3 July 1839
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/9/2Authorisation by Guardians of the Poor given to Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor to pay £300 from the poor rates to John Stagg Barnes of Eggleston at the office of Messrs. Monkhouse. Signed by John Headlam, Chairman, Thomas Harrison, Guardian and George Brown, Clerk to the board of Guardians, 9 October 1839
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/9/3Authorisation by Guardians of the Poor given to Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor to pay £340 from the poor rates to J. C. Monkhouse. Signed by John Headlam, Chairman, William Watson, Guardian and George Brown, Clerk to the board of Guardians, 1 January 1840
(1 paper)
Bastardy orders (Ref: UD/BC 108/10)Ref: UD/BC 108/10/1Order issued by J. B. S. Morritt and John Headlam, Justices of the Peace to Jonathan Johnson of Barnard Castle, shoemaker for the maintenance of a female child born on 16 November 1820, following complaint of Mary Harwood, 3 January 1821
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/10/2Order issued by J. B. S. Morritt and John Headlam, Justices of the Peace to Joseph Raine of Baldersdale, North Riding of Yorkshire, farmer for the maintenance of a male child born on 11 May 1820, following complaint of Mary Sayer, 31 July 1821
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/10/3Order issued by J. B. S. Morritt and Thomas Collins, Justices of the Peace to Robert Crampton of Barnard Castle, weaver for the maintenance of a male child born on 4 March 1825, following complaint of Hannah Harwood, 6 July 1826
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/10/4Order issued by J. B. S. Morritt and Thomas Collins, Justices of the Peace to Thomas Morton of Barnard Castle, shoemaker for the maintenance of a female child born on 17 July 1826, following complaint of Sarah Ewbank, 5 September 1827
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/10/5Order issued by J. B. S. Morritt and John Headlam, Justices of the Peace to John Mutton of Barnard Castle, shopman for the maintenance of a female child born on 24 September 1829, following complaint of Mary Harrison, 1 December 1829
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/10/6Order issued by J. B. S. Morritt and John Headlam, Justices of the Peace to Anthony Monkhouse of Barnard Castle, ginger bread baker for the maintenance of a male child born on 2 July 1831, following complaint of Mary Palmer, 3 August 1831
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/10/7Order issued by J. B. S. Morritt and John Headlam, Justices of the Peace to William Hunter of Barnard Castle for the maintenance of a female child born on 13 August 1832, following complaint of Rebeca Forster, 26 September 1832
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/10/8Order issued by J. B. S. Morritt and John Headlam, Justices of the Peace to Anthony Oyston of Barnard Castle Moor, farmer for the maintenance of a male child born on 17 July 1832, following complaint of Mary Ann Clarke, 24 October 1832
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/10/9Order issued by John Headlam and R. M. Dinsdale, Justices of the Peace to William Thompson of Barnard Castle, joiner for the maintenance of a female child born on 3 March 1832, following complaint of Jane Johnson, 13 April 1833
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/10/10Order issued by R. M. Dinsdale and John Headlam, Justices of the Peace to John Naisby of Barnard Castle, shoemaker for the maintenance of a male child born on 10 February 1828, following complaint of Ann Harrison, 25 March 1834
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 108/10/11Order issued by R. M. Dinsdale and John Headlam, Justices of the Peace to John Naisby of Barnard Castle, shoemaker for the maintenance of a male child born on 28 January 1832, following complaint of Ann Harrison, 26 March 1834
(1 paper)
Settlement certificates (Ref: UD/BC 108/ 11)Ref: UD/BC 108/11Settlement certificate issued by the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Langlydale and Shotton to the churchwardens and overseers of Barnard Castle in the parish of Gainford concerning Ann Ripton, her daughter Margery Walton with 3 children: Ann Walton, William Walton and John Walton residing in Barnard Castle , 17 December 1832
Witnessed by: John Kayne, churchwarden, Michael Coats, overseer, William Labron, John Baxter and William Hutchinson
(1 paper)
Electoral registers (Ref: UD/BC 110)Ref: UD/BC 110Electoral registers: for whole of South Division, 1834; for South Division, in respect of property in Barnard Castle, 1835, 1836, 1838, 1839, 1840 (several copies of each)
(1 bundle)
Enclosure awards and plans, Commons (Ref: UD/BC 120-127)Ref: UD/BC 120Letter from Henry H[obain?] and Thomas Howard, Council Chamber, Fleet Street, London, on behalf of the king, to the burgesses of Barnard Castle and Langley in the township of Raby, advising them to end their dispute over Langley Common and to start using it together in a friendly manner as they had in the past, 26 February 1628
(1 paper)
Ref: UD/BC 121/1Barnard Castle open fields enclosure award, 1784/85
(1 file)
Ref: UD/BC 121/2Barnard Castle open fields enclosure, 'Plan of the Crook', 1784
(1 plan, 71.4 cm. x 59.2 cm.)
Ref: UD/BC 121/3Barnard Castle open fields enclosure, 'Plan of the Low Field', 1784
(1 plan, 95.4 cm. x 65.5 cm.)
Ref: UD/BC 121/4Barnard Castle open fields enclosure, 'Plan of the allotments in the Middle Field', 1784
(1 plan, 76.4 cm. x 65.9 cm.)
Ref: UD/BC 121/5Barnard Castle open fields enclosure, 'Plan of the allotments in the New Field', 1784
(1 plan, 61.4 cm. x 61.5 cm.)
Ref: UD/BC 121/6Barnard Castle open fields enclosure, 'Plan of the Ings', 1784
(1 plan, 61.5 cm. x 56.3 cm.)
Ref: UD/BC 121/7Barnard Castle open fields enclosure, plan of the North Field, 1784
(1 plan, 90.4 cm. x 62.0 cm.)
Ref: UD/BC 121/8Barnard Castle open fields enclosure, plan of the pasture, 1784
(1 plan, 130.4 cm. x 78.1 cm.)
Ref: UD/BC 122"Moors, commons, and waste lands ... called Barnard Castle Moor, the Little Moor, Glenton Green, and the Baiting Steads"; award, 1795
(1 rolled file)
Ref: UD/BC 123Glenton Green, the Little Moor, and the Near and Far Baiting Steads; plans and indentures of sale, 1796
(1 rolled file)
Ref: UD/BC 124-127Barnard Castle Moor (in townships of Barnard Castle, Streatlam and Stenton, Langley Dale, Egleston, and Marwood); awards and plans, 1798
(4 rolled files)
Papers of John Nixon (Ref: UD/BC 137-146)John Nixon, Clerk to the Local Board of Health, 1880 - 1895, and solicitor in Galgate, Barnard Castle
Ref: UD/BC 137East Stainmoor enclosure, legal papers re disputes over claims to allotments, including Breeks v. Northfield, 1880 - 1892
(1 box, 2 bundles)
Ref: UD/BC 138Arrowsmith v. Arrowsmith, chancery case re a dispute over the will of John Arrowsmith, legal papers, correspondence, 1867 - 1881
(1 box, 3 bundles)
Ref: UD/BC 139Raper v. McFarlane and others, re dispute over property in Grinton (North Yorkshire), including a pedigree of the Raper family, 1810 - 1811
(1 bundle)
Ref: UD/BC 140Miscellaneous legal papers including Wardle v. Wardle re a mortgage liability, 1863; Holliday v. Dove re the will of Roger Dove, 1867 - 1863 - 1879
(1 bundle)
Ref: UD/BC 141Correspondence and accounts of Doyle and Edwards, solicitors, Nixon's London agents, 1862 - 1880
(1 bundle)
Ref: UD/BC 142Papers re the estate of Abraham Hilton, including deeds, a diary, (1893), and copy of his will, (1903), 1776 - 1903
(1 bundle)
Ref: UD/BC 143Miscellaneous papers, correspondence, receipts, probate of the will of George Nicholson, 1859 - 19th century
(2 bundles)
Ref: UD/BC 144Schemes for the management of St. John's Hospital, 1864 and 1878
(2 booklets)
Ref: UD/BC 145Correspondence re completion of the Bowes Museum, with report of the Local Board of Health Sanitary Inspector; suggested rules for entry to the Museum, and Charity Commissioners' schemes, 1893 - 1894
(1 bundle)
Ref: UD/BC 146The armorial bearings of Barnard Castle U.D.C., 1959
(2 papers)
Licensing (Ref: UD/BC148-149)Ref: UD/BC 148Register of Licenses granted under the Milk Special Designations Acts, (1949 to 1954), 22 June 1946 - 22 December 1959
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: UD/BC 149Register of workshops, 19 January 1903 - 26 September 1929
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
