Catalogue

Letter from the Bishop of Durham to Rev. Richard Atkinson, Bishopton, granting permission "to quit Mr. Tatham's Curacy and my diocese", 10 January 1818

Letter from James Green, Unthank, to Rev. [Richard] Atkinson, Hurworth, enquiring on behalf of the inhabitants of Ebchester and Medomsley if the recipient would accept the vacant living "... The inhabitants of Ebchester appear as sheep without a shepherd ...", 1 November 1819

Letter from Thomas Le Mesurier, Haughton [le Skerne], to Rev. Richard Atkinson, Darlington, concerning the granting of marriage licences to Quakers, 6 January 1821

Letter from James Atkinson, 88 Queen Street, Cheapside, London, to his brother, Rev. Richard Atkinson, Darlington, concerning RA's marriage settlement, 13 November 1821

Letter from Richard Atkinson, Darlington, to the Bishop of Durham, Wallingford, accepting the offer of the living of St. Helen's Auckland and proposing demolition of the old parsonage house there and its replacement by a small, comfortable house, 2 August 1822

Draft of letter from Rev. Richard Atkinson to the Bishop of Durham concerning the writers' health ["having a tendency to consumption"] and preferring to remain in Darlington rather than accept the curacy at Whitworth, [late 1822]

Copy of letter [from Rev. Richard Atkinson] to Dr. Phillpotts concerning the writer's poor health in the preceding year and its recent recurrence; and enquiring about the possibility of exchanging his present curacy for one at Hurworth. Also refer to the refusal of many Quakers in Darlington to pay their ecclesiastical dues, 17 April 1823

Letter from [Rev.] A. Hammond, Preston, to Rev. Richard Atkinson, Darlington, referring to preaching in Durham ["... the congregation was small, and the greater part of them laughers ... the most indecent congregation I ever ministered among ..."]; the disagreeableness of Preston and the singular character of the vicar; and his regret at having left Darlington, 17 July 1823

Letter from Thomas Atkinson to his brother Rev. Richard Atkinson, at Miss Smiles, Thornton Street, Newcastle, expressing regret that "... you are not in a recovering state ...", 24 January 1823 [recte 1824] (1 paper)

Meditations and reflections of Rev. Richard Atkinson, 25 October 1819 - 31 December 1821

Sermon notes by Rev. Richard Atkinson, n.d. [c.1820]

Pocket diary of Rev. Richard Atkinson, 9 September 1821 - 13 January 1822. Includes his marriage to Elizabeth Head, 11 September; "I fear the influence of the Quakers is a great obstacle in the way of securing an attendance at the communion", 23 December; "Last night twice awoke by people who go about the town singing hymns relating to the Birth of our Saviour", 25 December; "General Aylmer called", 31 December; "a great deal of snow and extremely cold", 5 January; "I refused to grant a licence to a man in liquor", 7 January; writing on behalf of District Committee of SPCK, 8 January; "shot a brace of partridges and a pigeon", 9 January; includes household and personal accounts for 1821

Pocket diary of Rev. Richard Atkinson, 14 January 1822 - 31 December 1822. Includes Superintendance of the Grammar School in the absence of Mr. Clementson, 14 January f. "Buried the poor man who was shot by his master on Friday: a great crowd at the funeral, 10 February; correspondence concerning building of a National School at Darlington, 4 May; details of journey from Stockton to London by sea, 24-28 June; from there by ship to Elsinore, 1-7 July; and return, 11-18 July to Hull; offer by Bishop of living of St. Helen's Auckland, 1 August; visit to Darlington of Duke of Sussex, 28 August; also personal accounts

Pocket diary of Rev. Richard Atkinson, 1 January 1823 - 1 January 1824. Includes "it has now been snowing with very little intermission for four or five days ...", 4 February; "This day is one of the largest fairs of the year in Darlington ...", 3 March; Richard Atkinson's 30th birthday, 6 March; birth of son, 17 March; death of son, 24 April; refers to former curacy at Bishopton, 31 August; "My dear wife and friends look at me with just anxiety little conscious that I can feel their fear and sorrows, 11 December; personal accounts

Letter from Rev. Richard Atkinson, Medomsley, to Miss Elizabeth Head, West House, Bishopton, concerning domestic life at Medomsley; a visit to his father; a narrow escape by his brother travelling from Whitehaven to Ireland in "an inferior vessel"; and the likely demise of his sister, 25 January 1819

Letter from Rev. Richard Atkinson, Medomsley, to Miss Elizabeth Head, West House, Bishopton, proposing to visit the recipient on her birthday [22 February], 12 February 1819

Letter from Rev. Richard Atkinson, Medomsley, to Miss Elizabeth Head, West House, Bishopton, referring to the death of her uncle, James Ward of Stockton; the death of a relative, J. Atkinson of Cockermouth ["My father says that no will can be found, in consequence of which, there will likely be much litigation ..."]; the extravagance of his brother in London; about the possibility of the writer going to the University; the offer to tutor "8 or 10 boys in the village of Ryton"; a visit to Newcastle on foot ["... in all upwards of 30 miles ..."]; his impending resignation; his administration of Holy Communion at Ebchester and Shotley [Bridge], 6 April 1819

Letter from Rev. Richard Atkinson, Hurworth, to Miss Elizabeth Head, West House, Bishopton, notifying the recipient of his arrival and giving an account of a journey to his home at [Bassenthwaite] "... I had to walk a good many miles over Stainmore on account of the snow ... I was confined to the house for 5 days and obliged to have medical aid ..." following a riding accident to his father; and promising to visit the recipient early in the New Year, 20 December 1819

Letter from Rev. Richard Atkinson, Darlington, to Miss Elizabeth Head, West House, Bishopton, concerning a reproof for "ebullitions of fanciful levity"; a reported dispute in the Durham Chronicle involving the writer and Mr. Le Mesurier; the hope "that I might be blessed with your society as a wife in the course of the Summer ..."; a call on Mrs. Murchison of Blackwell; "... Our marriage is very much talked of here and that particularly among the Quakers ..."; his first sermon at Bishopton [15 September 1816]; "... I am almost as strong as a horse ...", 4 February 1821

Letter from Rev. Richard Atkinson, Bassenthwaite Hall, to Miss Elizabeth Head, West House, Bishopton, reporting his arrival at the home of his parents, 14 March 1821

Letter from Rev. Richard Atkinson, Darlington, to Miss Elizabeth Head, West House, Bishopton, concerning the date of their marriage ["... the sunshine of expectation is clear ..."]; concerning the terms of the Curacy offered by the Bishop; the possibility visiting the recipient while at Sunderland; purchase of articles of furniture, 3 May 1821

Letter from Rev. Richard Atkinson, Darlington, to Miss Elizabeth Head, at Mr. Davison's mercer and draper, Bishopwearmouth, concerning "... prospects of bliss and terrestrial felicity ... after an engagement of more than three years ..."; poor Deborah who "cannot live more than two months"; travel on the Sabbath; repairs to "the house in which I hope to enjoy your Society", 28 May 1821

Letter from Rev. Richard Atkinson, Darlington, to Miss Elizabeth Head, West House, Bishopton, concerning his disappointment on not receiving a letter; the arrival in Darlington of his brother Tom; a new clergyman [Hammond] at Haughton; his move to the new house; and a proposal for a visit, 14 June 1821

Letter from Rev. Richard Atkinson, Darlington, to Miss Elizabeth Head, West House, Bishopton, concerning a letter from Richard Atkinson, to Elizabeth Head's sister; and a visit to West House, 9 July 1821

Letter from Rev. Richard Atkinson, Darlington, to Miss Elizabeth Head, West House, Bishopton, concerning his sister Isabella's arrival in Darlington; and a possible visit to West House, 19 July 1821

Letter from Rev. Richard Atkinson, Darlington, to Miss Elizabeth Head, West House, Bishopton, concerning the failure of Elizabeth Head's sister to return; and the need for "looking out for lodgings at Hartlepool", 31 August 1821

Letter from Thomas Atkinson, Bassenthwaite, to sister-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson at King's Street, Bishopwearmouth referring to the recipient's "new residence"; his sister Isabella's health; and his failure to obtain a curacy, 22 June 1824

Letter from Thomas Atkinson, Hutton, to sister-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson, King Street, Bishopwearmouth, concerning a gift of books; family matters; hope of establishing a Tract Society in Penrith; the Jesuits; and the Sunday School at Bassenthwaite, 28 October 1824

Letter from Thomas Atkinson, Hutton, to sister-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson, King Street, Bishopwearmouth, concerning receipt of a gift of books; theological matters; giving mathematical instruction to the the son of a local clergyman; and a family accident, 13 December 1824

Letter from Thomas Atkinson, Hutton, to sister-in-law Elizabeth Atkinson, King Street, Bishopwearmouth, concerning his tutorial work; "it seems indolence is entwined into my constitution ...", etc; request to borrow thirty of his late brother's manuscript sermons; the weather; and the death of the incumbent of Bishopton, 28 February 1825

Letter from Thomas Atkinson, Hutton, to sister-in-law Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson, King Street, Bishopwearmouth, concerning preparation for ordination; preaching his late brother's sermons, etc., 13 June 1825

Letter from Thomas Atkinson, Hutton, to sister-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson, King Street, Bishopwearmouth, concerning his admission "into full orders without the intervention of anything unpleasant"; family matters; and endeavours to erect two new churches at Carlisle, 25 July 1825

Letter from Thomas Atkinson, Hutton, to sister-in-law Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson, King Street, Bishopwearmouth, giving his reasons for declining to apply for "the vacancy of Mr. Gray's curacy", 17 August 1825

Letter from Thomas Atkinson, Hutton, to sister-in-law Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson, King Street, Bishopwearmouth, concerning the return of a manuscript; his indolence, etc., 10 April 1826

Letter from Thomas Atkinson, Hutton, to sister-in-law Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson, King Street, Bishopwearmouth, acknowledging the gift of his late brother's gown; family matters; and preaching at Bassenthwaite, 11 December 1826

Letter from Thomas Atkinson, Hutton, to sister-in-law Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson, King Street, Bishopwearmouth, concerning the despatch of a gift of ham and two legs of dried mutton from Bassenthwaite; family matters; the Church Missionary Society at Penrith; the possibility of a vacant curacy; his intention to go to Cambridge to take his M.A., 20 April 1827

Letter from Thomas Atkinson, Hutton, to Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson, West House, [Bishopton], acknowledging a gift of £10 from Mrs. Gray; and concerning family and social matters, 19 September 1827

Letter from Thomas Atkinson, Hutton, to Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson, King Street, Bishopwearmouth, concerning the vacant curacy at Bishopwearmouth; family matters; and a visit to Long Preston, 19 November 1827

Letter from Thomas Atkinson, Hutton, to sister-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson, King Street, Bishopwearmouth, concerning his application for the vacant curacy; and his health, 18 February 1828

Letter from E. Darnolt [?], High Row, [Darlington] to Mrs. [Elizabeth] Atkinson acknowledging receipt of a present; concerning a successor to "poor old Mr. Clemenson (who is dying) in the Grammar School"; and various acquaintances, 10 February [no year, watermarked 1834]

Letter from Anna Elizabeth Leishman, 18 Drummond Place, Edinburgh, to Miss Head [Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson] seeking to renew an earlier acquaintance, 5 March 1856

Letter from Sarah Davison, Hartlepool, to Mrs. [Elizabeth] Atkinson, 9 May [no year]

Pocket diary of Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson, 1 January - 31 December 1822. Includes personal clothing account for the year

Pocket diary of Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson, 1 January 1824 - 31 January 1824 with only occasional entries for the remainder of the year. Includes: "This day at 1/2 past 2 o'clock it pleased the Lord to separate the Soul and Body of my dearly beloved husband. Lord I thank thee for the loan afforded me so long ...", 26 January; "This day at 1/2 past 3 o'clock in Gateshead Chapel Yard was interred the body of my dearly beloved husband ...", 31 January

Pocket diary [of Elizabeth Atkinson], 1 January 1832 - 31 December 1832, mainly domestic and social

Pocket diary of Elizabeth Atkinson, 1 January 1833 - 23 February 1833

Pocket diary [of Elizabeth Atkinson], 1 January 1854 - 31 March 1854

Pocket diary [of Elizabeth Atkinson], 31 December 1854 - 16 January 1855 [with a few later entries]

Pocket diary of [Elizabeth Atkinson], 1 January 1860 - 3 March 1860

Address to the congregation at Stranton Harcourt at the funeral of Earl Harcourt, 29 April 1809

Christian Example, a sermon preached in St. John's Church, Hull, by Rev. John Deck on he death of Mrs. Thomas Dykes, 8 December 1839

Daily record mainly relating to agricultural practice in North Yorkshire, 1853, 1855

Request by Rev. H. Palmer, Salisbury Square, London, for the return of subscriptions to the Church Missionary Hall, n.d.

Two hymns, To thee, O Lord, we lift our eyes ... [Air, Portuguese Hymn]; and, Bounteous Father, heav'nly King ... [Air, Sicilian Hymn], n.d.

Missionary hymn with musical notation, n.d. (1 paper)