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Bishop Auckland Petty Sessional Division

Reference: PS/BA Catalogue Title: Bishop Auckland Petty Sessional Division Area: Catalogue Category: Public Records Description: Weardale Division

Covering Dates: 1896-1974

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  • Bishop Auckland Petty Sessional Division
    • Weardale Division (Ref: PS/BA)
    • Stanhope Sub-Division (Ref: PS/BA )
    • Court registers (Ref: PS/BA )
    • Juvenile Court (Ref: PS/BA )
    • Licensing (Ref: PS/BA )
    • Wolsingham Sub-Division (Ref: PS/BA )
    • Court registers (Ref: PS/BA )
    • Juvenile Court (Ref: PS/BA )
    • Licensing (Ref: PS/BA )

Catalogue Description

Originally Stanhope Division and Wolsingham Division; then Stanhope and Wolsingham Division; later Weardale Division with courts sitting at Stanhope and Wolsingham
See also PS/We
For post-1974 see Teesdale and Wear Valley Division PS/TWV

Catalogue Contents

Weardale Division (Ref: PS/BA)Wolsingham Sub-Division (Ref: PS/BA )Court registers (Ref: PS/BA )

64-66, 122-125

Ref: PS/BA 64

Wolsingham court register, 5 December 1939 - 3 September 1946
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: PS/BA 65

Wolsingham court register, 1 October 1946 - 11 August 1953
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: PS/BA 66

Wolsingham court register, 8 September 1953 - 11 August 1959
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: PS/BA 122

Court register, 8 September 1959 - 10 December 1963
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: PS/BA 123

Court register, 10 December 1963 - 14 November 1967
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: PS/BA 124

Court register, 28 November 1967 - 11 May 1971
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: PS/BA 125

Court register, 8 June 1971 - 26 March 1974
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Juvenile Court (Ref: PS/BA )

63

Ref: PS/BA 63

Wolsingham Juvenile Court register, 5 June 1934 - 11 September 1973
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Licensing (Ref: PS/BA )

67

Ref: PS/BA 67

Wolsingham register of licences, 1 November 1898 - 12 February 1974
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Stanhope Sub-Division (Ref: PS/BA )Court registers (Ref: PS/BA )

58-59, 62, 126-129

Ref: PS/BA 58

Stanhope court register, 17 November 1939 - 16 July 1948
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: PS/BA 59

Stanhope court register, 13 August 1948 - 11 March 1955
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: PS/BA 62

Weardale court register, 1 April 1955 - 30 December 1960
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: PS/BA 126

Court register, 20 January 1961 - 16 October 1964
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: PS/BA 127

Court register, 20 November 1964 - 15 December 1967
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: PS/BA 128

Court register, 19 January 1968 - 19 March 1971
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: PS/BA 129

Court register, 16 April 1971 - 8 March 1974 [all courts]; 9 April 1974 - 24 September 1974 [adult court only]
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Juvenile Court (Ref: PS/BA )

57

Ref: PS/BA 57

Stanhope Juvenile Court register, 20 April 1934 - 1 February 1974
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Licensing (Ref: PS/BA )

60-61

Ref: PS/BA 60

Stanhope register of licences, 21 August 1896 - 10 February 1950
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: PS/BA 61

Stanhope register of licences, 21 April 1944 - 8 February 1974
(1 volume, leather half-bound)



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