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Henry Smith Charity

Reference: D/HS Catalogue Title: Henry Smith Charity Area: Catalogue Category: Charity and Society Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1832-1921

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  • Henry Smith Charity
    • Henry Smith Charity (Ref: D/HS)
    • General administration (Ref: D/HS 1-24)
    • Henry Smith School (Ref: D/HS 25-39)
    • Estate (Ref: D/HS 40-58)
    • Charitable relief (Ref: D/HS 59-70)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: D/HS 71)

Catalogue Contents

Henry Smith Charity (Ref: D/HS)

The Henry Smith Educational Charity, Hartlepool

General administration (Ref: D/HS 1-24)Ref: D/HS 1

Letter book, 1881 - 1889
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 2

Letter book, 1889 - 1900
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 3

Letter book, 1900 - 1908
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 4

Letter book, 1908 - 1914
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 5

Letter book, 1914 - 1921
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 6

Trustees' minutes (with copies of schemes, 1832 - 1835), 1836 - 1845
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 7

Trustees1 minutes, 1845 - 1853
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 8

Rough minutes, 1843 - 1870
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 9

Accounts, 1837 - 1851
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 10

Accounts, 1856 - 1865
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 11

Detailed statements of accounts, 1867 - 1889
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 12

Detailed statements of accounts, 1890 - 1909
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 13

Printed abstracts of accounts, 1884 - 1903
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 14

Bank account, 1843 - 1883
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/HS 15

Draft accounts and balance sheets, 1843 - 1880
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 16

Rough notes re investment fund; vouchers info1ded; 1857 - 1877
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/HS 17

Correspondence with Charity Commission, 1856 - 1876
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 18

Orders, schemes and other papers from Charity Commission, Board of Education, etc., re administration of the charity and school; including standing orders for governors' meetings; and re new buildings, with plan (1877), 1883 - 1910 and n.d.
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 19

Papers re contribution to maintenance of sea wall, 1862 - 1867
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 20

Legal papers, 1843 - 1882 and n.d.
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 21

Lawyers' accounts (copies), 1856 - 1870
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 22

Newspaper cuttings, 19th century
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 23

Posters, re property to let, and applying for relief, 1843 - 1882
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 24

Vouchers, 19th century
(1 bundle)

Henry Smith School (Ref: D/HS 25-39)Ref: D/HS 25

Minutes of Holy Trinity Schools Committee, committee for establishment of Henry Smith School, and of Managers, 1882 - 1910
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 26

Minutes of Governors, 1892 - 1906
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 27

Minutes of Governors, 1906 - 1917
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 28

Minutes of Governors, 1917 - 1921
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 29

Finance Committee minutes, 1897 - 1908
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 30

Finance Committee minutes, 1908 - 1911
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 31

Enquiries, etc. re competition for designing new school, 1886
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 32

Applications and testimonials for post of headmaster, 1889
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 33

Applications for admission, 1889
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 34

Inspectors' reports, 1890 - 1897
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 35

Prospectus, 1896 (9 copies)
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 36

Scheme, 1897 (2 copies)
(2 booklets)

Ref: D/HS 37

Headmaster's reports, 1896, 1899 - 1902
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 38

Charity Commissioners' report on admission of girls, 1899 (6 copies)
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 39

Correspondence, 1859 - 1921
(1 bundle)

Estate (Ref: D/HS 40-58)Ref: D/HS 40

Property Committee minutes, 1871 - 1892
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 41

Land accounts, 1833 - 1836
(1 notebook)

Ref: D/HS 42

Rent accounts, 1851
(1 notebook)

Ref: D/HS 43

Rent accounts, 1864
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 44

Register of sites in Chare Head Field, c.1850 - 1915
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 45

Supplemental register of sites in Chare Head Field, c.1871 - 1914
(1 notebook)

Ref: D/HS 46

List of sites and lessees in Chare Head Field, n.d.
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HS 47

Balance sheets for paving and drainage of Chare Head Field and Field Gate Close, n.d.
(2 papers)

Ref: D/HS 48

Applications for sites, and vouchers, 1854
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 49

Report of committee on Chare Head Field and Field Gate Close sites and leases, 1856
(1 file)

Ref: D/HS 50

Conditions and tenders for letting land, 1856 - 1867 and n.d.
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 51

Specifications and agreements for work, etc., 1857 - 1871
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 52

Lease, and proposal and agreement for lease, 1848, 1850
(3 papers)

Ref: D/HS 53

Accounts for Field Gate Close improvements, etc., c.1859 - 1862
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/HS 54-55

Applications for office of surveyor and rent collector, 1868, 1873, and advertisement for surveyor and receiver, 1879
(2 bundles)

Ref: D/HS 56

Notices and other papers re assignment of leases, 1892 - 1903
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 57

Correspondence, 1857 - 1917
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 58

Plans (Beaconsfield Square, n.d.; house to be built in Field Gate Close, 1858; Broad Close, 1880 and n.d.; Crook Street area, n.d.; and unidentified)
(1 bundle)

Charitable relief (Ref: D/HS 59-70)Ref: D/HS 59

Minutes of Charity Committee (from 1907, the Governors of the Non-educational Charity), 1872 - 1916
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 60

Register of applicants for relief, 1841 - 1851
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 61

Register of applicants for relief, n.d. - 1861
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 62

Register of applicants for relief, 1861 - 1866
(1 volume)

Ref: D/HS 63

Register of applicants for relief, n.d.
(1 notebook)

Ref: D/HS 64

Lists of people to receive relief, n.d., [c.1874 - 1876]
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 65

Petitions and recommendations for relief, 1845 - 1875 and n.d.
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 66

Apprentice book, 1845 - 1846
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/HS 67-68

Charity clothing accounts, 1868 and n.d.
(2 booklets)

Ref: D/HS 69

Correspondence, 1843 - 1915
(1 bundle)

Ref: D/HS 70

Tickets [for recipients to present], n.d.
(1 bundle)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/HS 71)Ref: D/HS 71

Miscellaneous (including register of electors and claims to be included, 1874 - 1875; County Council and Board of Education regulations for secondary schools, 1909 - 1918; report and plan for alterations to Throston School (Hartlepool School Board), n.d.)
(1 bundle)



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