Catalogue

Thomas Ross and Andrew Stoddart Jubilee History of Annfield Plain Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd., 1870 to 1920 Co-operative Wholesale Society, 1921

Thomas Ross and Andrew Stoddart Jubilee History of Annfield Plain Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd., 1870 to 1920 Co-operative Wholesale Society, 1921

T. Readshaw History of the Bishop Auckland Industrial Co-operative Flour and Provision Society Ltd., 1860 to 1910 Co-operative Wholesale Society, 1910

Matthew Braithwaite History of [Wesleyan] Methodism in the Bishop Auckland Circuit Matthew Braithwaite, 1885

Matthew Richley History and Characteristics of Bishop Auckland: Including a description of the parish church of St. Andrew's Auckland, St. Ann's Chapel, the Bishop's Palace, and other places of historic interest in the neighbourhood W.J. Cummins, 1872

[Rev.] James Raine A Brief Historical Account of the Episcopal Castle, or Palace, of Auckland, compiled from records in the auditor's office at Durham and other authorities George Andrews, 1852

D. Rose The Auckland Union, 1866 - 1892

David Austin Barnard Castle Excavations, First and Second Interim Reports, 1974 - 1978 British Archaeological Association

Alan Wilkinson Barnard Castle in Old Picture Postcards European Library, 1983

Photographic View Album of Barnard Castle J. Kennedy

A.M. Madgin Notes on the History of Bearpark

Harold Goodley Bewicke Main, the Colliery Village which Disappeared 1973

Winlaton and District Local History Society A History of Blaydon Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, 1975

L. Low Historical Scenes in Durham Cathedral Andrews and Company, 1887

Grand Photographic View Album of Blackhill and District T. Mackey

The History of the Manor of Bowes 1985

[Rev. Canon] Blunt A Thousand Years of the Church in Chester-le-Street Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1883

Consett Iron Company Leaves from Consett Iron Company Letter Books, 1887 - 1893 Doig Bros., 1962

Consett Iron Company Ltd. Description of the [Consett Iron Co.] Works Mawson, Swan and Morgan, 1893

William Wilson Jubilee Souvenir of Cornforth and Coxhoe Co-operative Society Ltd., 1870 - 1920 Co-operative Wholesale Society, 1921

T.T. Ayer Cornsay Colliery, Portrait of a Durham Mining Village 1975

Robin Walton A History of Coxhoe 1986

Edward Lloyd History of the Crook and Neighbourhood Co-operative Corn Mill, Flour and Provision Society Ltd., and a short history of the town and district of Crook, 1865 - 1915 Co-operative Wholesale Society, 1916

Edward Lloyd History of the Crook and Neighbourhood Co-operative Corn Mill, Flour and Provision Society Ltd., and a short history of the town and district of Crook, 1865 - 1915 Co-operative Wholesale Society, 1916

Derek G. Atkinson Co-operation in Darlington, 1868 - 1900 1979

Kathleen Davies Polam Hall, the Story of a School G. Prudhoe & Co. Ltd., 1981

N. Sunderland A History of Darlington Darlington Historical Society, 1967

John Bousfield Pleasant Memories of Darlington and Neighbourhood Bailey, 1882, and Simpkin, Marshall and Co, 1882

H. John Smith Public Health Act Report to the General Board of Health on Darlington, 1850 Durham County Local History Society, 1967

[Rev.] G.W. Weatherill The Story of Darlington Methodism, 1753 - 1953 Wm. Dresser & Sons Ltd., 1953

S.C. Dean and U.M. Clough Darlington As It Was Hendon Publishing Co. Ltd., 1974

Olive M. Stanton Our Present Opportunities, the History of Darlington College of Education (Darlington Training College) O. M. Stanton, 1966

Doreen and Stan Dean Darlington in the 1930's and '40's Hendon Publishing Co. Ltd., 1984

Edward Wooler and Alfred Caine Boyde Historic Darlington Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1913

W. Hylton Dyer Longstaffe The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Darlington, in the Bishoprick Darlington and Stockton Times, 1854

J.P. Pritchett The Architectural History of St. Cuthbert's Church, Darlington 1902

Darlington; its Annals and Characteristics

Ken Clark Deerness: A short industrial and social history Sleetburn Press, 1987

Norman Emery The Deerness Valley: A History of Settlement in a Durham Valley Durham University

G.A. Cowen The Braes of Derwent Hunt: A hundred years of foxhunting in the Derwent Valley Northumberland Press Limited, 1955

J.W. Fawcett A History of the Parish of Dipton (the Township of Collierley) in the County and Diocese of Durham J.W. Fawcett, 1911

William Greenwell Durham Cathedral The House of Andrews, 1933

Frank H. Rushford City Beautiful, a Vision of Durham Durham County Advertiser Ltd., 1944

Durham City Railways

Ian Nelson Durham As It Was Hendon Publishing Co. Ltd., 1974

Arnold Fairbairns Durham Cathedral Portfolio of English Cathedrals

The Illustrated Guide to Durham and its Vicinity [15th edition] Thomas Caldcleugh & Son, 1907

J.R. Boyle Durham: Its Cathedral and Surroundings The Walter Scott Publishing Co. Ltd., 1893

C.M. Carlton History of the Charities in the City of Durham and its immediate vicinity George Walker, 1872

J.E. Bygate [ed. Gleeson White and Edward F. Strange] The Cathedral Church of Durham: A description of its fabric and a brief history of the episcopal see [Bell's Cathedral series] George Bell & Sons, 1900

Marilyn Hird Doves and Dons, a History of St. Mary's College, Durham 1982

Bertram Colgrave Non-Conformity in Durham City [Elvet Review]

William Thwaites Wesleyan Methodism in Durham City: Notes on its beginning and development Geo. H. Procter, 1909

Francis F. Johnson Historic Staircases in Durham City The City of Durham Trust, 1970

[Rev.] George Ornsby Sketches of Durham: Being an attempt to indicate to the stranger some of the most prominent objects of interest in that place and neighbourhood: illustrated by historical, biographical and architectural notices George Andrews, 1846

C.E. Whiting The University of Durham, 1832 - 1932 The Sheldon Press, 1932

Douglas Pocock and Roy Gazzard Durham: Portrait of a cathedral city City of Durham Trust and Department of Geography in Durham University, 1983

Charles S. Earle and Lawrence A. Body Durham School Register to June 1912 [2nd edition] Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Ltd., 1912

S. Seaman The Durham School Board: A Working Study B 58

Peter Clack The Book of Durham City Barracuda Books Ltd, 1985

Angel Lawrence St. Hild's College, 1858 - 1958 William Dresser and Sons, 1958

George Carey The Church in the Market Place [St. Nicholas, Durham] Kingsway Publications Ltd. 1984

H. Tudor St. Cuthbert's Society, 1888 - 1988 St. Cuthbert's Society, 1988

Phyllis M. Benedikz Durham Topographical Prints up to 1800 Durham University Library, 1968

Ruth M. Turner Maps of Durham, 1576 - 1872, in the University Library: A catalogue Durham University Library, 1954

Robert J. S. Bertram Durham, a Sketch Book A. and C. Black Ltd., 1920

A Brief Account of Durham Cathedral, with notices of the Castle, University, City Churches, &c. Blackwell & Co., 1833

A Sketch of Durham for the Use of Visitors and Others with sixty-eight illustrations [11th edition] George Walker

Harold Derbyshire A History of the Congregational Church, Durham

[Rev.] James Duncan The Story of Easington Church Thomas Reed & Co., Ltd., 1949 B 68

Albert L. Hind History of Fatfield and Harraton 1974

Thomas Ross Jubilee History of Felling Industrial Society Ltd., 1861 to 1911 Co-operative Wholesale Society, 1911

George Brown Framwellgate Moor "Ebenezer" Church, 1869 - 1969 1969

George Brown Framwellgate Moor Parish: Historical Events of the Nineteen Hundreds 1974

Nancy Deas The Story of Gainford Gainford Women's Institute, 1960

Frank Rogers Gateshead, an Early Victorian Boom Town Priory Press, 1974

F.W.D. Manders A History of Gateshead Gateshead Corporation, 1973

John William Steel A Historical Sketch of the Society of Friends "in scorn called Quakers" in Newcastle and Gateshead, 1653 - 1898 Headley Brothers, 1899

George S. Hearse The Tramways of Gateshead George S. Hearse, 1965

F. W. D. Manders Gateshead Archives: A Guide Gateshead Public Libraries, 1968

[Major] R. Martin Historical Notes and Personal Recollections of West Hartlepool and its Founder with chronological notes Robert Martin Ltd., 1924

[Rev.] John Todd Hartlepool Records Oxford University Press, 1953

[Sir] Cuthbert Sharp A History of Hartlepool George Andrews, 1816

Max Lock The Hartlepools: A Survey and Plan West Hartlepool Corporation, 1948

Robert Wood West Hartlepool: The Rise and Development of a Victorian New Town West Hartlepool Corporation, 1967

Herbert Gouldsmith Saint Andrew, Haughton-le-Skerne, a brief history of the church, the rectors, the parish, and the schools W. Dresser & Sons, 1929

John Pursey The Rectors of Haughton-le-Skerne 1979

Hetton Community Association Hetton, the Development of a Community 1973

Thomas Christopher Maynard [coroner] An authentic copy of the evidence taken on the recent investigation into the nature and causes of the recent Hetton Colliery Explosion, with an appendix of explanatory and confirmatory notes and suggestions; an abstract of the evidence taken on the inquest at the Felling explosion, and an epitome of the discussion before the Manchester geological society, with copies of the plans made use of at the Hetton inquest George Walker, 1861

Raymond George Barker Houghton-le-Spring Poor Law Union, 1837 - 1930 1974

Frank H. Rushford Houghton Le Spring: A history Durham County Press Ltd.

John E. Etherington Hutton Henry: The story of a village Hutton Henry and District Community Association, 1987

Ellen Wilkinson The Town that was Murdered: The Life-Story of Jarrow Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1939

Robert Jackson (ed.) The Lanchester Common Act, 1773 1871

Robert Jackson (ed.) The Lanchester Common Act of 13th, George III, 1773 1871

John C. Raine Illustrated Guide to Middleton-in-Teesdale and District

History of Catholicism in the Parish of Sacriston 1929

[Rev.] W. Lancaster Taylor The History of Sadberge Petty & Sons Ltd., 1919

William Chapman Report on the Rise, Progress, Present State, and Projected Extension of the Harbour of Seaham 1832

John E. McCutcheon Troubled Seams, the Story of a Pit and its People [Seaham] John E. McCutcheon, 1955

Seaham (Rock House) Community Association History of Seaham Seaham (Rock House) Community Association

Tom McNee and David Angus Seaham Harbour, The first 100 years, 1828 - 1928 1985

Collections relating Sherburn Hospital in the County Palatine of Durham, shewing the foundation thereof by Hugh Pudsey Bishop of Durham, about the year 1181, and what alterations it has since undergone by an Act of Parliament, incorporating the same 27th Q. Eliz. 1585 and several charters, grants, benefactions, visitations, inquisitions, rules, ordinances and matters thereof, so far as can be collected from registers, close rolls, authentic records, wills, and other instruments in manuscript and print 1771

Marjorie Lee The History of Shildon

S.E. Dobson A History of Shincliffe School during the Nineteenth Century 1971

G.T. Hyden History of Derwent Flour Mill Society Ltd., Shotley Bridge, from 1872 to 1922 Co-operative Wholesale Society, 1922

June H. Crosby Durham in old picture postcards European Library, 1998

George S. Hearse The Tramways of Jarrow and South Shields George S. Hearse, 1971

James J. Dodd The History of the Urban District of Spennymoor [...] with occasional references to Kirk Merrington, Middlestone, Westerton, Byers Green, Page Bank, Croxdale and Ferryhill James Dodds, 1899

[Rev.] H.C. Lipscomb History of Staindrop Church and Monuments Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1888

William Morley Egglestone Stanhope Memorials of Bishop Butler Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1878

[Col. Sir] Henry James Ordnance Survey Book of Reference to the Plan of the Parish of Stanhope, containing 61194.787 acres; also Wolsingham Park Moor, common to parts of the parishes of Stanhope and Wolsingham, containing 2079.065 acres; in the County of Durham H.M.S.O., 1864

Stockton Borough Council The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees Official Guide Pyramid Press Ltd.

S. Pearce Carey The Story of Stockton Baptists from about 1775 to 1941 The Carey Press, 1941

Tom Sowler A History of the Town and Borough of Stockton-on-Tees Teesside Museums and Art Galleries Dept., 1972

Thomas Richmond The Local Records of Stockton and the Neighbourhood; or, a register of memorable events, chronologically arranged, which have occurred in and near Stockton ward and the north-eastern parts of Cleveland William Robinson, 1868, E. Marlborough and Co., 1868

[Rev.] John Brewster The Parochial History and Antiquities of Stockton upon Tees: including an account of the trade of the town, the navigation of the river, and of such parts in the neighbourhood as have been connected with that place, in a series of letters; embellished with views of public buildings, &c. 1796

Helen G. Bowling (ed.) Some Chapters on the History of Sunderland 1970

Arnold Levy History of the Sunderland Jewish Community Macdonald & Co. Ltd., 1956

Tom Corfe Sunderland, a Short History Frank Graham, 1973

S.A. Staddon The Tramways of Sunderland The Advertiser Press Ltd., 1964

J.W. Smith and T.S. Holden Where Ships are Born: Sunderland 1346 - 1946 (and later years), a History of Ship-building on the River Wear [revised edition] Thomas Reed & Co.Ltd., 1953

Christ Church, Sunderland, 1864 to 1964

Alton Pickersgill Sunderland As It Was Hendon Publishing Co., 1974

Darlington Co-Operative Society Limited 100 Years of service, 1868 to 1968 Darlington Co-operative Society Limited, 1968

[Rev.] James Forbes Swalwell Presbyterian Church, 1662 to 1933 Swalwell Presbyterian Church, c.1933

[Rev.] S.J. Metcalf Swalwell Presbyterian Church, 1662 to 1962 Swalwell Presbyterian Church, 1963

Tanfield Moor Act

T. Clifton A Tour in Teesdale; including Rokeby and its environs, illustrated by an accurate plan and embellished with eight views from designs by Joseph Miller T. Clifton, 1828

David Milburn A History of Ushaw College; a study of the origin, foundation, and development of an English Catholic seminary with an epilogue, 1908 - 1962 Northumberland Press Ltd., 1964

J.D. Raw Early Days in the Waterhouses Baptist Church and Missions, 1877 - 1902 Doig Bros. & Co. Ltd., 1920

W.M. Egglestone Picturesque Weardale North of England Newspaper Co. Ltd., 1916

John Elliott McCutcheon A Wearside Mining Story: Including an account of the sinking of Wearmouth Pit, Co. Durham, and the birth of the Durham Miners' Association at that colliery John E. McCutcheon, 1960

Consett Chronicle Art Memento of the Lamentable Colliery Disaster at West Stanley, which occurred on Tuesday, February 16th, 1909, and by which 168 lives were lost E. Neasham, 1909

John W. White and Robert Simpson Jubilee History of West Stanley Co-operative Society Limited, 1876 to 1926 Co-operative Wholesale Society, 1926

John Oxenberry Windy Nook Village: Its Inhabitants and their Co-operative Store; a Jubilee tribute and historical sketch Co-operative Wholesale Society, 1924

T.V. Devey Records of Wolsingham, including pedigrees / family trees of Craggs of Holehouse, p.279; Aisley of Coveshouses, p.279; Whitfield, p.280; Deighton, p.280; Allison of Wolsingham Park, p.281; Darnell of Thornley Park Wolsingham, p.281; Woolers, p.282; Hoppers of Totopots, p.282; Bates of Fawnlees, p.283; Vaseys of Newlands, p.284; Wild of Wolsingham, p.284; Chapman of Wolsingham, p.285; Curry of Bishop Oak, p.286 Northumberland Press Ltd., 1926

Geoffrey E. Milburn and Stuart T. Miller (editors) Sunderland, River, Town and People: A history from the 1780s Borough of Sunderland, 1988

John Reavley The History of Spennymoor North of England Newspaper Co., 1935

David Butler [ed.] Tithe Apportionments and Maps of the City of Durham Durham County Local History Society, 1988

David Butler [ed.] Tithe Apportionments and Maps of the City of Durham

Sue Shaw A Pictorial Essay: Produced to commemorate the [Gateshead] National Garden Festival, 1990 Gateshead MBC Education Department, 1990

Hilary W. Jackson The Parish of Heighington, County Durham: The commutation of tithes, 1837 - 1844 W.E.A. Darlington Branch, 1990

Peter Bowes Weardale: Clearing the forest; an evolution of rural life from early settlement to the end of Victorian times Peter Bowes, 1990

June Crosby Durham in Old Photographs Alan Sutton, 1990

Debra Shipley and Angelo Hornak Durham Cathedral [Travel to Landmarks series] Tauris Parke Books, 1990

Vanessa Quinn Willington: A study of the industrialization of a Durham mining village, 1840 - 1914 University of Durham, 1990

H.C.G. Moule Auckland Castle: A popular history and description S.P.C.K., 1918

A description of Bishop Auckland, including the Castle and Park, and several Gentlemen's seats in the neighbourhood; together with a brief account of the Bishops of Durham since the restoration Peter Fair, 1820

Streatlam Castle, Durham, seat of the Earl of Strathmore Country Life, 18 December 1915

A.J. Coia, J.G. Teasdale and B. Wilcockson Spennymoor and District, a Pictorial Recollection, Books 1 and 2 C.T.W., 1990, 1991

June Crosby Weardale in Old Photographs Alan Sutton, 1989

R.S. Abley Whitworth Park Colliery, 1836 - 1855 A.R.B. Publications, 1991

Kenneth Warren Consett Iron 1840 - 1980: A study in Industrial Location Clarendon Press, 1990

D. Baty and N.G.E. Gedye Durham School Register to March 1991 [5th edition] 1991

Robin Walton A History of Thrislington, Cornforth and West Cornforth Robin Walton, 1991

Thomas Sharp Cathedral City, A plan for Durham Durham City Council, 1945

Patricia Winter The Growth and Decline of Methodism in the Deerness Valley, County Durham Derby Lonsdale College, 1980

Alison Jean Hodgson The Care of the Poor in Sedgefield, 1837 - 1861 Teesside Polytecnic, 1990

John Weaver Cumbria to Northumberland [Exploring England's Heritage] HMSO and English Heritage, 1992

H.C. Lipscomb History of Staindrop Church (with illustrated lithographed drawings) Whittaker and Co., 1852

Alan Heesom Durham City and its M.P.s, 1678 - 1992 Durham County Local History Society, 1992

A.E. Shield Our Colliery Villages, including: Annfield Plain, Auckland Park, Berry Edge, Bewick Main, Billy Row, Black Hill, Boldon, Bowden Close, Brandon, The Brownie, Burnhope, Butterknowle, Cranniwell, Crook, Evenwood, Flint Hill, Grahamsley, Harton, Hetton Le Hole, Houghton Le Spring, Kibblesworth, Lanchester, Marley Hill, Medomsley, Milkwell Burn, New Shildon, North Brancepeth, Ouston, Pease's West, Pelton Fell, Perkinsville, Philadelphia, Quaking Houses, Roddymoor, Ryhope, St. Hilda's, Seaham, Shildon, The Spen, Spennymoor, Springwell, Stanley, Sunniside, Sunnybrow, Tanfield, Tanfield Lea, Thornley, Tow Law, Urpeth, Wardley, West Auckland, Willington Extracts from The Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, October 1872 - April 1874

W.J. Weston The County of Durham Cambridge University Press, 1914

Tommy Moore Consett: A town in the making County Durham Books, 1992

Charles E. Jackson The Place Names of Durham Allen and Unwin, 1916

The Gilsland Convalescent Home Limited Souvenir Co-operative Wholesale Society, 1903

Elizabeth Hawkins Eighty years on; memories of the first eighty years in the life of Tanfield School, 1912 - 1992 1992

Alan Wright Happy Days and Homework: A history of Hookergate school, 1932 - 1970 Hickory Tree Press, 1991

Vivienne Lowe and Jim Merrington Brancepeth at War: The village that joined the Durham Light Infantry Peter Cargill, Brancepeth Community Association and The Durham Light Infantry, 2005

Jacob Ralph Featherston Weardale Men and Manners Francis Humble, Advertiser Office, 1840

Margaret Watson Richard, Lord of the North [Richard III] Margaret Watson, 1994

Dorothy A. Rand The Way We Were: Life in and around Pelton, County Durham Holy Trinity Church, Pelton, 1994

Newton Haile Bishop Middleham: Being a hotch-potch of bits and pieces about the lives and customs of the villagers over the centuries 1983

Newton Haile Bishop Middleham Parish Council, 1896 - 1946: A history of the first fifty years of "grass roots" government in a Durham village 1972

Doris Chatt, Dorothy Turner and Jessie Wilkinson The Story of Bishop Middleham 1960

A.W. Dinnick The Anglican Churches of County Durham from 1901 Tower Books, 1994

Martin Roberts English Heritage Book of Durham B. T. Batsford Ltd. and English Heritage, 1994

Tony Whitehead The Londonderrys, Masters of Seaham 1994

Margaret M. Wills Gibside: Three generations of the Bowes Family and their estate, 1701 - 1820 University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1988

Peter A. White Portrait of County Durham Robert Hale, 1976

Muriel E. Sobo Parliamentary Survey of Muggleswick, 1649 Durham County Local History Society, 1995

Neville Baker Flickers in the flames of the furnace: The first century of the parish church of St. Andrew, Tudhoe Grange, Spennymoor, 1884 - 1984

Dorothy A. Rand Roseberry Remembered: A celebration of 75 years, 1921 - 1996 Roseberry Primary School, 1996

David F. Neil The Story of Crook: The story of how an agricultural community in the west of County Durham developed into a significant coal mining town, and how it experienced a further change when all the pits closed down 1996

Margaret Wills Gibside and the Bowes Family The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne and Phillimore and Co. Ltd., 1995

Elsie Anderson, May Birch, Kathleen McMillan, Kathryn Richardson, Kevin Richardson and John Smith Evenwood's Heyday: A colliery village, 1896 - 1918 Department of Adult and Continuing Education, University of Durham

Frank Bellwood and Sedgefield History Society Sedgefield and Bishop Middleham [The Archive Photographs series] Chalford Publishing Company, 1997

Roger John Lawson His Memorandum (1842 - 1917): The history of the Hetton area and other notes John R. Cook, 1998

Parkin Raine Teesdale in Old Photographs: A second selection Alan Sutton Publishing Limited, 1994

Dorothy Rand and George Nairn Past and Present Grange Villa Grange Villa Action Group, 1998

John Robinson The Death and Life of a Dales Community: Harwood-in-Teesdale John Robinson, 1999

Trevor Williamson Images of Seaham The People's History Ltd., 1999

Douglas W. Smith (ed.) Sunderland's History 2000 Sunderland Antiquarian Society, volume XXXVI, 2000

Dorothy A. Rand and George Nairn Memories for the Millennium Pelton Parish Council, 2000

John Donald Tuffs There was a Green Hill: The history of Stillington from its beginnings until 1950 J.D. Tuffs, 2000

Michael Richardson Memory Lane Durham City The Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, 2000

Raymond Selkirk Chester-le-Street and its Place in History Casdec Print and Design Centre, Birtley, 2001

John Highmoor A Short History of the Ancient Manor of Bowes John Highmoor, Norfolk, 2001

A.J. Coia and J.G. Teasdale Millennium Memories: A pictorial selection of the Town and District [of Spennymoor] for the millennium year

Victor Watts A Dictionary of County Durham Place Names Nottingham Place Name Society, 2002

Ken Biggs, Keith Belton and Dale Daniel Witton Park, Forever Paradise 2002

Mike F. Smith and Lawrence D. Cockayne Bishop Middleham and Mainsforth the year 2000 Bishop Middleham Parish Council, 2002

James Raine Remarks on the "Saint Cuthbert" James Raine, 1828

James Mickleton The ancient rites and monuments of the monastical and Cathedral Church of Durham collected out of manuscripts about the time of the suppression J.D. of Kidwelly, 1672