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Reference: D/X 1461 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor

Covering Dates: 1923-late 20th century

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Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor (Ref: D/X 1461/1-2)

Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor
John Herriotts (1874-1935), chairman of the governors of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, was Labour Member of Parliament for the Sedgefield constituency, 1922-1923 and 1929-1931. He was a Durham County Councillor, 1907-1910, a Justice of the Peace from 1914, and a member of Sedgefield Rural District Council. A member of the Executive Council of the Durham Miners' Association, and chairman of Bishop Auckland Labour Party during the First World War, his portrait appears on the Durham Miners' Association Chilton Lodge banner, made c.1929. For a photograph of John Herriotts see Beamish North of England Open Air Museum: negative no. 4572.

Ref: D/X 1461/1

Photograph album of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, presented to John Herriotts, M.P., chairman of governors, by T. Welch, M.C., M.Sc., headmaster, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(1)

Photograph of the exterior of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(2)

Group photograph of the staff of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(3)

Group photograph of the prefects of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(4)

Group photograph of Form 6 Alpha of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(5)

Group photograph of Form 6 Beta of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(6)

Group photograph of Form 6 Gamma of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(7)

Group photograph of Form Upper 5 Alpha of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(8)

Group photograph of Form Upper 5 Beta of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(9)

Group photograph of Form Upper 5 Gamma of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(10)

Group photograph of Form 5 Alpha of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(11)

Group photograph of Form 5 Beta of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(12)

Group photograph of Form 5 Gamma of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(13)

Group photograph of Form 5 Delta of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(14)

Group photograph of Form 4 Alpha of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(15)

Group photograph of Form 4 Beta of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(16)

Group photograph of Form 4 Gamma of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(17)

Group photograph of Form 3 Alpha of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(18)

Group photograph of Form 3 Beta of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(19)

Group photograph of Form 3 Gamma of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(20)

Group photograph of The Danes [boys' house] of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(21)

Group photograph of The Saxons [boys' house] of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(22)

Group photograph of The Celts [boys' house] of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(23)

Group photograph of The Normans [boys' house] of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(24)

Group photograph of Primrose House [girls] of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(25)

Group photograph of Campion House [girls] of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(26)

Group photograph of Ivy House [girls] of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(27)

Group photograph of Speedwell House [girls] of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(28)

Group photograph of the Sixth Form boys of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(29)

Group photograph of the Committee of the Girls' Literary Society of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(30)

Group photograph of the netball team, 1922-1923, of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(31)

Photograph of pupils at work in the art room of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(32)

Photograph of boys at work in the chemical laboratory of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(33)

Photograph of boys at work in the manual room of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(34)

Photograph of girls at work in the domestic science room at Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923

Ref: D/X 1461/1(35)

Photograph of the dining hall of Alderman Wraith Secondary School, Spennymoor, 1923
(1 booklet, card bound)

Ref: D/X 1461/2

Biographical notes concerning John Herriotts, M.P., compiled by his grandson, J.H. Thompson, n.d., [late 20th c.]
(5 papers, duplicated)



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