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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1145 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Wood and Harvey families of Metal Bridge, Ferryhill

Covering Dates: 1858-1948

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  • Miscellaneous documents
    • Newspapers (Ref: D/X 1145/1-3)
    • Photographs (Ref: D/X 1145/4-17)
    • Mourning Cards (Ref: D/X 1145/18-29)
    • Records of the families of Wood and Harvey (Ref: D/X 1145/30-37)
    • Photographs of the families of Wood and Harvey (Ref: D/X 1145/38-42)
    • Papers concerning the building of two houses in Front Street, Metal Bridge (Ref: D/X 1145/43-46)
    • Postcards (Ref: D/X 1145/47-50)
    • Identity cards (Ref: D/X 1145/51-53)

Catalogue Description

Records given and on long-term loan

21 October 1996 Acc: 2397(D)

4 November 1996 Acc: 2400(D)

Catalogue Contents

Newspapers (Ref: D/X 1145/1-3)Ref: D/X 1145/1

Verse commemorating Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee written by Edward Boyle, 18 George Street, Spennymoor, and originally published in the Northern Weekly Gazette, 1897
(1 paper, 25 cm. x 38 cm., printed)

Ref: D/X 1145/2

North Eastern Daily Gazette, commemorating the coronation of Edward VII, 9 August 1902
(1 paper, 53.2 cm. x 73 cm., printed)

Ref: D/X 1145/3

The Northern Echo, reporting the abdication of King Edward VIII and the accession of King George VI, 11 December 1936
(2 papers, 42 cm. x 60 cm., printed)

Photographs (Ref: D/X 1145/4-17)Ref: D/X 1145/4

Photograph of Edith and William Wood, taken by W. Wilson, 3 Store Terrace, Haswell, 1890s
(1 photograph, 10.5 cm. x 16.5 cm., sepia, mounted on card)

Ref: D/X 1145/5

Photograph of Mary Jane, née Tewart and Ralph Wood, parents of Edith and William Wood, c.1910
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1145/6

Photograph endorsed 'Grandmother Wood and Aunt Anna Hepple', c.1910
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1145/7

Photograph of William Harvey [born c.1881] and his daughter, Mary Jane [born 11 April 1912], as a baby, c.1913
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1145/8

Photograph of Edith Harvey, née Wood, [born 19 June 1889] and her daughter, Mary Jane, as a very small child c.1914
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm. x 14 cm., sepia)

Ref: D/X 1145/9

Photograph of Mary Jane Harvey aged approximately 3 years, c.1915
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm. x 13.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1145/10

Photograph of Mary Jane Harvey aged approximately six years, c.1918
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1145/11

Photograph of Edith Harvey, née Wood, with three other women, c.1929
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1145/12

Photograph of Mrs. Bestford, mother of Ada, c.1910
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 8 cm., sepia)

Ref: D/X 1145/13

Photographs of unidentified babies and children, late 19th and early 20th centuries
(7 photographs, black and white and 5 photographs, sepia)

Ref: D/X 1145/14

Photographs of unidentified boys and men, late 19th and early 20th centuries
(4 photographs, black and white and 2 photographs, sepia)

Ref: D/X 1145/15

Photographs of unidentified girls and women, late 19th and early 20th centuries
(4 photographs, black and white and 4 photographs, sepia)

Ref: D/X 1145/16

Photographs of groups of unidentified people, late 19th and early 20th centuries
(2 photographs, black and white and 4 photographs, sepia)

Ref: D/X 1145/17

Photographs of men in military uniform, late 19th and early 20th centuries
(4 photographs, sepia and 4 photographs, black and white)

Mourning Cards (Ref: D/X 1145/18-29)Ref: D/X 1145/18

Mourning card for John Feasby Shutt, who died at Harrogate, 2 December 1862
(1 card)

Ref: D/X 1145/19

Mourning card for Anna Webster, who died at Kildale, 28 December 1871
(1 card)

Ref: D/X 1145/20

Mourning card for Henry Carr who died 16 June 1872
(1 card)

Ref: D/X 1145/21

Mourning card for Thomas Greenwood interred at Shincliffe, 19 June 1873
(1 card)

Ref: D/X 1145/22

Mourning card for Henry Fisher of Scarborough, 15 August 1875
(1 card)

Ref: D/X 1145/23

Mourning card for Ann Taylor, wife of Joseph Taylor, who died 6 April 1876
(1 card)

Ref: D/X 1145/24

Mourning card for Charles Thompson of High Grange, Hunwick, who died 14 April 1876
(1 card)

Ref: D/X 1145/25

Mourning card for Thomas Baxter, who died 5 February 1878
(1 card)

Ref: D/X 1145/26

Mourning card for James Harrison of Catterick, interred at Bishop Middleham, 28 September 1882
(1 card)

Ref: D/X 1145/27

Mourning card for Sarah Hill, widow of Benjamin Hill, who died 20 February 1884
(1 card)

Ref: D/X 1145/28

Mourning card for Benjamin Hill, chain manufacturer, Durham, who died 19 January 1885
(1 card)

Ref: D/X 1145/29

Mourning card for John Metcalfe of Saltburn-by-the-Sea, who died 3 July 1885 (1 card) Second Deposit (Acc: 2400(D))

Records of the families of Wood and Harvey (Ref: D/X 1145/30-37)Ref: D/X 1145/30

Copy birth certificate of Ralph Wood, born 9 December 1857, registered 20 February 1858 Copy made 23 October 1924
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1145/31

Copy marriage certificate of Ralph Wood and Mary Ann Tewart, 17 June 1882 Copy made 18 October 1929
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1145/32

Copy birth certificate of Edith Mary Wood, born 19 June 1889, registered 25 July 1889 Copy made 10 February 1921
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1145/33

Certificate of baptism of Edith Mary Wood, 9 July 1889
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1145/34

Certificate of baptism of Mary Jane Harvey, daughter of Edith Mary, née Wood, and Walter William Harvey, 8 May 1912
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1145/35

Certificate of death of Ralph Wood, 5 February 1932
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1145/36

Probate copy will, made 26 January 1920, of Ralph Wood of Thinford Street, Metal Bridge, Ferryhill, 21 March 1932
(1 file)

Ref: D/X 1145/37

Vouchers for expenses for the funeral of an unidentified individual, 3-31 January 1939 and for the funeral of Mary Jane Wood, 26 August 1941
(3 papers)

Photographs of the families of Wood and Harvey (Ref: D/X 1145/38-42)Ref: D/X 1145/38

Photograph of Ralph Wood and Mary, née Tewart, c.1910
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1145/39

Photograph of the wedding of Edith Mary Wood and Walter William Harvey, c.1910
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., sepia)

Ref: D/X 1145/40

Photograph of Mary Wood, Edith Harvey and Mary Jane Harvey, c.1914
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., sepia)

Ref: D/X 1145/41

Photograph of Edith Harvey, née Wood, and her daughter, Mary Jane, as a very small child, c.1914 See D/X 1145/8
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., sepia)

Ref: D/X 1145/42

Photograph of Mary Jane Wood, c.1918
(1 Photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., sepia)

Papers concerning the building of two houses in Front Street, Metal Bridge (Ref: D/X 1145/43-46)Ref: D/X 1145/43

Specification for the houses, c.1914
(4 papers)

Ref: D/X 1145/44

Agreement between William Bell, builder, Victoria Terrace, Coxhoe, and Ralph Wood, The Blocks, Metal Bridge, for the building of two houses in Front Street, Metal Bridge, 7 February 1915
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1145/45

Bill issued by William Bell for the cost of the building of two houses, 16 July 1915
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1145/46

Insurance policy relating to two houses in Front Street, Metal Bridge, 18 October 1915 and one house, 1 April 1922
(2 papers)

Postcards (Ref: D/X 1145/47-50)Ref: D/X 1145/47

View of Bishop Auckland Castle and chapel, c.1930
(1 postcard, 14 cm. x 9 cm., sepia)

Ref: D/X 1145/48

View of the railway station, Cornforth, c.1930
(1 postcard, 13.5 cm x 8.5 cm.,black and white)

Ref: D/X 1145/49

View of a street in Medomsley, c.1918
(1 postcard, 14 cm. x 9 cm., coloured)

Ref: D/X 1145/50

Photograph of the interior of the museum at Ushaw College, c.1920
(1 postcard, 14 cm. x 9 cm., sepia)

Identity cards (Ref: D/X 1145/51-53)Ref: D/X 1145/51

Identity card issued to John A. Richardson, stamped 25 May 1943 - 29 June 1948
(1 card)

Ref: D/X 1145/52

Identity card issued to Mary J. Richardson, stamped 25 May 1943 - 29 June 1948
(1 card)

Ref: D/X 1145/53

Identity card issued to John Richardson stamped 13 October 1943 - 29 June 1948
(1 card)



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