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Lamesley St. Andrew Parish

Reference: EP/Lam Catalogue Title: Lamesley St. Andrew Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1603-2019

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Lamesley St Andrew (Ref: EP/Lam)Registration (Ref: EP/Lam 1/)Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (Ref: EP/Lam 1/section 01)

1/1-2


Register of baptisms, 27 March 1603 - 21 February 1732; register of marriages, 29 May 1603 - 27 February 1731; register of burials, 29 March 1603 - 18 April 1732
(1 volume, leather bound)


Page from the register of burials, 5 October 1689 - 23 March [?] 1691
(1 paper)


Register of baptisms, 30 March 1730 - 31 December 1797; register of marriages, 18 April 1730 - 15 December 1792; register of burials, 30 March 1730 - 3 January 1798;
(1 volume, calf bound)

Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Lam 1/section 02)

1/3-7, 19, 35


Register of baptisms, 4 February 1798 - 14 June 1818
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of baptisms, 3 January 1813 - 27 November 1831
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 4 December 1831 - 28 December 1845
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of baptisms, 11 January 1846 - 12 February 1861
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of baptisms, 15 February 1861 - 11 May 1890
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 25 May 1890 - 18 March 1945
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 25 March 1945 - 18 December 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Lam 1/section 03)

1/8-12, 20-25, 1/37/1-6


Register of marriages and banns, 31 March 1754 - 28 December 1793 Includes bound-in copy of An Act for the better preventing of Clandestine Marriages, 1753
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of marriages, 9 January 1794 - 25 December 1812
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of marriages, 28 February 1813 - 19 June 1837
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of marriages, 5 August 1837 - 13 November 1875
(1 volume, vellum half bound)


Register of marriages, 27 November 1875 - 28 January 1884
(1 volume, vellum half bound)


Register of marriages, 30 January 1884 - 12 November 1898
(1 volume, vellum half-bound)


Register of marriages, 26 November 1898 - 12 January 1921
(1 volume, vellum half-bound)


Register of marriages, 22 January 1921 - 15 April 1933
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 16 April 1933 - 2 January 1945
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 10 February 1945 - 22 March 1958
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 29 March 1958 - 6 June 1970
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 6 June 1970 - 26 April 1980
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 26 April 1980 - 6 August 1988
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 13 August 1988 - 4 August 2001
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 27 October 2001 - 4 July 2009
(1 volume)


Registers of marriages, 11 July 2009 - 25 September 2015
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 17 October 2015 - 27 December 2019
(1 volume)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Lam 1/section 04)

1/13-15, 26-34, 1/38/1


Register of banns of marriage, 16 January 1757 - 7 May [?1794]
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 19 January 1794 - 21 December 1856
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 8 March 1857 - 5 July 1885
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 12 July 1885 - 18 August 1901
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 4 August 1901 - 6 August 1921
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 7 August 1921 - 21 March 1943
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 23 April 1943 - 19 February 1950
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 12 February 1950 - 19 August 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 26 August 1956 - 21 August 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 20 August 1972 - 14 May 1978
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 7 May 1978 - 4 July 1982
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 25 July 1982 - 26 July 1987
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of banns of marriages, 2 August 1987 - 25 May 2008
(1 volume)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Lam 1/section 05)

1/16-18, 36


Register of burials, 4 February 1798 - 30 December 1812
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of burials, 7 January 1813 - 12 June 1840
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of burials, 18 June 1840 - 2 April 1864
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of burials, 3 April 1864 - 30 March 1913
(1 volume, calf bound)

Clergy (Ref: EP/Lam 2/)Registers of services (Ref: EP/Lam 2/section 01)

2/36-37, 41


Register of services, 10 April 1932 - 9 May 1948
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 2 May 1948 - 14 February 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 21 February 1971 - 16 February 1994
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Lam 2/section 02)

2/26


Description of the boundaries and extent of the ecclesiastical parish of St. James, Lamesley, n.d. [post 1886]
(1 paper)

Benefice (Ref: EP/Lam 2/section 03)

2/20-25


Correspondence between Rev. J.P. de Plege, Lamesley Parsonage, and the Secretary of the Ecclesiastical Commission, London, concerning the proposed conversion of the curacy into a vicarage, 1 September - 24 November 1866
(6 papers)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/Lam 2/section 04)

2/2-16, 30, 40


Correspondence and associated papers relating to the valuation of the living, 7 December 1803 - January 1839
(15 papers)


Estimates of benefice income (and assessments for dilapidations), 1 January 1942 - 2 February 1945
(1 file)


Correspondence between the Midland Bank Executor and Trustee Company Limited, 50 Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Rev. J.W. Elliot, Lamesley Vicarage, Low Fell, Gateshead, concerning the bequest of A.B. Gildroy to Lamesley parish church, 27 December 1972 - 23 July 1973 Includes: statement of account of A.B. Gildroy's estate, July 1973
(12 papers)

Glebe (Ref: EP/Lam 2/section 05)

2/31-34


Correspondence of Rev. W.H. Jefferson, Lamesley Vicarage, with various parties concerning glebe land, 17 December 1959 - 9 January 1960
(4 papers)

Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Lam 2/section 06)

2/18-19, 35


Copies of licences to curacy granted to Rowland Webster and Richard Collinson, 2 April 1829 - 28 March 1834
(2 papers)


Order of service for the institution and induction of Rev. J. W. Elliott, 25 March 1972
(1 booklet)

Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/Lam 2/section 07)

2/17, 27-29


Copy of return concerning the chapelry of Lamesley, by Rev. Caleb Dixon, n.d. [c. 1815]


Copies of parochial statistics, 1 January 1939 - 31 December 1940
(3 papers)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Lam 2/section 08)

2/1, 2/42/1


Copy of Order of the Durham Court of Quarter Sessions appointing Rev. Caleb Dixon and others as inspectors of weights and balances for the chapelry of Lamesley, 3 March 1798
(1 paper)


United benefice of Harlow Green and Lamesley, parish notices and readings for the Sunday service, 18 April 2010
(2 papers, typescript, photocopied)

Tithe (Ref: EP/Lam 3/)

3/1


Copy of the altered tithe apportionment for Lamesley, 28 March 1872
(1 file)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Lam 4/)Church (Ref: EP/Lam 4/section 01)Furniture and plate (Ref: EP/Lam 4/)

4/253-257, 315


Correspondence concerning a memorial tablet, a new altar cross and candlesticks to commemorate Rev. John Croft, vicar, 1898 - 1951, and his wife, Emma, 5 March 1953 - 28 March 1955
(5 papers)


Correspondence between N. Miller, 23 Ashfield Road, Whickham, Tyne and Wear; Andrew Greg, curator, Shipley Art Gallery, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, concerning the displaying of silver belonging to the parish of Lamesley in the Shipley Art Gallery, 22 October - 28 November 1986
(7 papers, typescript)

Pews (Ref: EP/Lam 4/)

4/298


"Arrangements of the pews in Lamesley Chapel", n.d. [c.1836] See plan in EP/Lam 4/5
(1 paper)

Organ (Ref: EP/Lam 4/)

4/95-100


Letter from the Messrs Harrison and Harrison of Durham, organ builders, to Rev. J. Croft, Lamesley, forwarding a specification and estimate "... for what would be practically a new organ for your church ...", 7 July 1910
(1 file)


Reports, specifications, estimates and faculty for a new organ, 17 January 1961 - 25 January 1963
(1 file)


Specification and accounts for a two-manual organ with electric blowing equipment, 2 June - 11 December 1964
(4 papers)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Lam 4/)

4/299-302


Photographs of the interior and the floodlit exterior of Lamesley church, n.d. [1970s]
(4 photographs)

Repairs and restoration (Ref: EP/Lam 4/)

4/107-251, 285-297


Reports and correspondence relating to work on the church and vicarage, 29 October 1951 - 27 March 1968
(145 papers)


Papers concerning appeals for the restoration of the church, 14 October 1954 - [c. 1960]
(2 files, 11 papers)

Churchyard (Ref: EP/Lam 4/section 02)

4/101-106, 272-284, 316, 317/1-2; 14/22/1


Appeal for the fencing of the new burial ground and for improving the condition of the churchyard, May 1899
(1 paper)


Correspondence with the Imperial War Graves Commission concerning the maintenance of war graves in the churchyard, 24 August 1950 - 30 November 1951
(5 papers)


Correspondence between Rev. W. H. Jefferson, Lamesley, and various parties concerning the churchyard, the church heating system and the church clock, 14 April 1953 - 24 July 1959
(1 file, 12 papers)


Grave plan by R. I. Dixon, 24 June 1993
(1 plan, 84cm x 59cm)


Index of grave names and numbers arranged alphabetically, n.d. [c. 1990s]
(2 papers)


Index of grave names and numbers arranged by section within the churchyard, n.d. [c. 1990s]
(1 paper)


Transcription of monumental inscriptions in the church and churchyard of Lamesley, St Andrew, compiled by J. Anderson, G. Corbett, D. Tait and K. Willans for the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society, June 1994
(1 file, typescript, photocopied)

Lameley Vicarage Cottage (Ref: EP/Lam 4/section 03)

4/271


Tenancy agreement for Lamesley Vicarage Cottage, 1 March 1953
(1 file)

Faculties and Archdeacons' Certificates (Ref: EP/Lam 4/section 04)Faculties (Ref: EP/Lam 4/section 01)

4/82-86, 88, 90-94


Faculty for the removal of the remains of William Errington from one part of the churchyard to another, 14 July 1887
(1 paper)


Faculty for the erection of a clock in the church tower, 20 September 1907
(1 paper)


Faculty for the erection on the south wall, of a memorial tablet to the Hon. Sir Adolphus F.O. Liddell, K.G.B., 8 March 1910
(1 paper)


Faculty for the erection in the chancel of carved oak panelling in memory of Arthur Thomas, 5th Baron Ravensworth, and his wife Sophia, 6 January 1923
(1 paper)


Faculty for the installation of electric lighting, 12 June 1951
(1 paper)


Faculty for the erection of carved oak panelling behind the altar in memory of William and Keziah Harriet Brown, 6 August 1954
(1 paper)


Faculty for the introduction of a new altar cross and two candlesticks and for the erection of a memorial tablet to John Croft, vicar of Lamesley, 1898 - 1951, 28 March 1955
(1 paper)


Faculty for improving the water heating system, installing additional radiators and introducing electrical tubular heaters beneath the pews, 24 August 1955
(1 paper)


Faculty to introduce an alms dish in memory of Eunice Thomas, two collection plates "a thank offering from William Frank Askew; and two churchwarden's staves, 7 December 1956
(1 paper)


Faculty for the insertion of stained glass in a window near the west end of the north wall; and for the erection of iron gates at the entrance to the churchyard, 30 April 1959
(1 paper)


Faculty for installing an oil fired heating boiler and oil storage tank, and three new radiators, 25 June 1959
(1 paper)

Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/Lam 4/section 02)

4/87, 89


Archdeacon's certificate authorising repairs to the tower roof, 4 June 1954
(1 paper)


Archdeacon's certificate authorising repairs to the church roof, 9 November 1954
(1 paper)

Log Books (Ref: EP/Lam 4/section 05)

4/313-314


Log book, 1976-1981
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Log book, including a brief history of the church and quinquennial report, under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1985, by Ian Curry, architect, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 25 October 1982
(1 booklet)

Terriers and Inventories (Ref: EP/Lam 4/section 06)

4/308-312


Terrier, 27 April 1954 - 1 May 1962
(1 booklet)


Inventory, April 1954 - 1 May 1962
(1 booklet)


Terrier, c.1964
(1 booklet)


Inventory, c.1964
(1 booklet)


Terrier and inventory, 21 April 1986
(1 booklet)

Inspection of churches measure (Ref: EP/Lam 4/section 07)

4/307


Architect's report and inspection of Lamesley church by Cordingley and McIntyre, architects, The College, Durham, 24 November 1953, and covering letter from Cordingley and McIntyre to Rev. W.H. Jefferson, The Vicarage, Lamesley, 30 November 1953
(4 papers, typescript)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Lam 4/section 08)

4/258-270


Reports and correspondence concerning dilapidations of the church and vicarage, 7 May 1953 - 9 March 1959
(1 file, 12 papers)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Lam 4/section 09)

2/38-39; 4/1-57, 106, 303-306


Vicar and churchwardens' accounts, 21 April 1898 - 16 April 1927
(1 volume, card bound)


Vicar and churchwardens' account book, 24 April 1927 - 14 February 1944
(1 volume, card bound)


Accounts of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor, 1634 - 1683 Includes memoranda on persons paying duty on scales, 1612 - 1616; stall rooms in the south porch, 1636; the ancient and old rents of Lamesley parish; stall rooms for women beginning at the north side of the church, 1621; the ancient and old rents belonging to Ravensholme Castle; the names of the four and twenty, 1642 and 1673
(1 volume, leather quarter bound)


Accounts of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor, 1 April 1684 - 17 April 1715 Includes highway surveyors' accounts; names of the churchwardens for 1645 - 1746 (incomplete)
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Accounts of the churchwardens, 1715 - 1725 Includes "the regulation of the pews in the year 1719"; and the names of the select vestry, 1725 and 1730
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Accounts of the churchwardens, 1720 - 1755 Includes accounts of overseers of the poor, 1736 - 1737]
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Accounts of the churchwardens, 1815 - March 1843 Includes plans of pews and gallery, for key see EP/Lam 4/298
(1 volume, calf bound)


Accounts of the churchwardens, 17 April 1843 - April 1859
(1 volume, leather half bound)


Accounts of the churchwardens, 9 April 1860 - 29 March 1869
(1 volume, leather bound)


Accounts of the churchwardens and church rate book, 2 April 1888 - Easter 1910
(1 volume, leather half bound)


Accounts of the churchwardens, 1815
(1 paper)


Churchwardens' vouchers, 16 December 1815 - 18 April 1846
(48 papers)


Letter from William Murray, Trench Hall, Ravensworth, to W.H. Parkinson, Oakfield, Low Fell, advising that in future Lord Ravensworth will not pay his usual contribution to the churchwardens at Easter "in lieu of the old Church Rate", 29 March 1910
(1 paper)


Churchwardens' account book, 17 April 1898 - Easter 1932
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Churchwardens' account book, 3 April 1932 - 31 December 1954
(1 volme, leather half-bound)


Churchwardens' account book, 1 January 1955 - 16 May 1965
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rough account book, 1900-1906
(1 volume, card bound)

Sequestration (Ref: EP/Lam 4/section 10)

4/252


Notice of seqestration, 6 September 1951
(1 paper)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Lam 4/section 11)

14/13-15


Correspondence concerning the supply of photographic prints of Lamesley church for Christmas cards, 11 - 14 July 1953
(3 papers)

Vestry (Ref: EP/Lam 5/)

5/1-6; 14/11-12


Minutes of vestry meetings, 13 February 1833 - 15 March 1886
(1 volume, calf bound)


Personal name index to EP/Lam 5/1, n.d. 19th century
(1 volume, card bound)


Minutes of vestry meeting, 14 March 1887
(1 paper)


Annual vestry [from 1925 annual vestry and [Annual] Parochial Church Council] meetings minute book, 4 April 1898 - 4 April 1967
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Statements of account, 1952-1956, 1959, 1964, 1966 Originally enclosed in EP/Lam 5/4
(10 papers)


Financial reports given at annual vestry meetings, 1957 and 1963 Originally enclosed in EP/Lam 5/4
(4 papers)


Notes of a meeting held in the vestry in connection with a church bazaar (6 December 1952), 12 November 1952
(2 papers)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Lam 6/)Minutes (Ref: EP/Lam 6/section 01)

6/2, 6/4/1-2, 6/5/1, 6/7/1


Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 22 July 1948 - 26 May 1965 Includes at beginning: electoral register, 25 April 1949
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Minutes of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 20 July 1965 - 6 March 1989
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minutes of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 4 May 1989 - 14 June 1993
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minutes of Annual Meetings of the Vestry and the Parochial Church Council, 28 March 1968 - 5 April 1992
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Agenda papers for the Annual Meeting of Parishioners and the Annual Parochial Church Council Meeting, 21 March 2010
(1 file, printed)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Lam 6/section 02)

4/58-81; 6/3, 6/6/1-2
See also EP/Lam 5/5-6


Parochial accounts, 1 January 1951 - 31 March 1959
(24 papers)


Statements of account, 1960-1963, 1965, 1967-1980, 1983
(80 papers)


Statements of account of St Andrew's church, for the years ended 31 December 1967 - 1968 Originally enclosed in EP/Lam 6/5/1
(4 papers, typescript)

Electoral rolls (Ref: EP/Lam 6/section 03)

6/1, 6/8/1


Electoral roll, 1950s
(1 booklet)


Electoral roll, 15 January 2010
(1 file, typescript)

Overseers of the Poor (Ref: EP/Lam 7/)Appointments of overseers (Ref: EP/Lam 7/section 01)

7/178-240


Letter from the rector and parishioners of Wolsingham to the overseers of Lamesley supporting the application of Michael Stephenson for the position of assistant overseer of Lamesley, 19 April 1821
(1 paper)


Applications and letters of recommendation of candidates for appointment as assistant overseer, 18 May - 9 June 1831
(62 papers)

Workhouse (Ref: EP/Lam 7/section 02)

7/158


3 November 1791 (1) Ann Ellison of Chester-le-Street, mistress of the workhouse there (2) Overseers of Lamesley Articles of agreement for the reception of poor persons from Lamesley
(1 paper)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Lam 7/section 03)

7/1-27, 177
See also EP/Lam 4/1-4


Receipts and accounts of the overseers of the poor, 4 April 1812 - 26 July 1818
(22 papers)


Copies of returns for the years 1801 - 1816 of expenses for the maintenance of the poor, 1815 - 1817
(3 papers)


Details of persons living outside the parish in receipt of regular poor relief, Midsummer 1817 - Lady Day 1818
(1 paper)


Account of sundry payments to paupers giving names, places of abode and amounts, 28 September 1821 - 23 December 1831
(1 volume, leather half bound)


Poor house accounts of Ralph Allison with the overseers of Lamesley, 4 August - 3 November 1816
(1 paper)

Census (Ref: EP/Lam 7/section 04)

7/241-247


Copies of questions to the overseers and statistical returns compiled for the census for Lamesley, Hedley and Kibblesworth, 1831
(7 papers)

Settlement, removal, apprenticeship (Ref: EP/Lam 7/section 05)Bastardy bonds (Ref: EP/Lam 7/)

7/27-75


8 January 1774 (1) Gilfred Ward of Newcastle, woollen draper, and John Henderson of Gateshead, cooper (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for child of Barbara Stephenson of Eighton Banks
(1 paper)


31 January 1776 (1) George Johnson of Kibblesworth, yeoman, and Thomas Clark of Harlow Green, yeoman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for child of Ann Tate of Lamesley
(1 paper)


5 June 1784 (1) Robert Nesbitt of Washington, pitman; James Nesbitt of Washington, wagonman; and Robert Hann of Washington, pitman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for child of Sarah Gofton of Eighton Banks
(1 paper)


26 June 1784 (1) Ralph Richardson of Tinker Row, yeoman, and Thomas Kelsey of Tinker Row, innkeeper (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for child of Hannah Grundy of Wasting Row
(1 paper)


19 July 1784 (1) John Epton, William Epton, sen., and William Epton, jun., all of Winlaton, yeomen (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £50 for child of Elianor Brady of Lamesley
(1 paper)


6 October 1784 (1) Ralph Anderson of Southeron Shop, tailor, and Mathhew Anderson of Southern Shop, tailor (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £50 for children of Jane Finley of Ravensworth
(1 paper)


5 February 1785 (1) John Pickering of Tinkers' Row, yeoman; John Manners of Tinkers' Row, yeoman; and Robert Saunders of Tinkers' Row, borer (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £50 for child of Elizabeth Coulthirp of Tinkers' Row
(1 paper)


21 May 1785 (1) Thomas Elliott of Lamesley, husbandman; Ralph Hewgill of Lamesley, farmer; and Edward Bones of Mill Green, Whickham (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for child of Ann Riddell of Lamesley
(1 paper)


4 February 1786 (1) Thomas Surtees of Eighton Banks, pitman; Cuthbert Birtley of Cow Close, Lamesley, pitman; and Thomas Cummins of Eighton Banks, pitman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Mary Tulip of Cow Close
(1 paper)


12 May 1786 (1) James Crawford of Urpeth Oil Mill, clerk, and Richardson Ralph Rawling of Newcastle, carver and gilder (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for child of Margaret Purvis of Riding Mill, Kibblesworth
(1 paper)


6 July 1786 (1) George Clarkson of Ravensworth, pitman, and Michael Clark of Ravensworth, pitman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for child of Jane Barron of Ravensworth
(1 paper)


11 March 1788 (1) Joseph Robinson and William Henderson, both of New York [Washington], pitmen; and John Robinson of Eighton Banks, pitman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for child of Sarah Gofton of Eighton Banks
(1 paper)


1 April 1788 (1) John Hutchinson of Lamesley, farmer; George Hutchinson of Kibblesworth, miller; and Robert Curry of Consett, undertaker of colliery (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for child of Elizabeth Middleton of Kibblesworth
(1 paper)


29 July 1788 (1) Henry Gray of Bishop Auckland, pitman; Roger Gray of Cow Close, Lamesley, overman; and John Carnaby of Bell's Close, Northumberland (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Barbara Bland of Gateshead
(1 paper)


27 June 1789 (1) Peter Nicholson of Eighton Banks, pitman; William Finley of Kibblesworth, pitman; and John Waddell of Kibblesworth, husbandman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for child of Jane Finley of Ravensworth
(1 paper)


2 November 1790 (1) John Jennin, William Jennin, sen. and William Jennin, jun., all of Hedley, wagonmen (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for child of Jane Ryle of Hedley
(1 paper)


5 January 1792 (1) James Atkinson, Robert Pearson and Ralph Carr, all of Birtley, pitmen (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for child of Margaret King of Eighton Banks
(1 paper)


11 December 1793 (1) Thomas Pringle of Tyle Shades [sic], Lamesley, wagonman; John Pringle of the same, labourer; and Ralph Mallaburn of Gateshead Fell, pitman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for child of Dorothy Hall of Lamesley
(1 paper)


3 October 1796 (1) Francis Stones of Bainesley Lane, Lamesley, husbandman; John Stones of The Stellas, Chester-le-Street, husbandman; and Thomas Errington of North Ends, Lamesley, wagonman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Elizabeth Clark of Lamesley
(1 paper)


3 February 1797 (1) Roger Stevenson, Robert Stevenson and Michael Rogerson, all of Eighton Banks, quarrymen (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Mary Forster of Eighton Banks
(1 paper)


7 June 1797 (1) John Wilthew of Dunston, off putter; Martin Wilthew and Ralph Nimme, both of Dunston, keelmen (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £50 for the child of Ann Weatherby of Dunston
(1 paper)


7 August 1797 (1) Jonathan Colling of Gateshead, hatter, and Robert Pattinson of Northwood, Whickham, farmer (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Ann Man of Lamesley
(1 paper)


9 September 1797 (1) William Weatherby, sen. and William Weatherby, jun., both of Lamesley, pitmen; and Henry Wilson of Fatfield, pitman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Ann Myers of Lamesley
(1 paper)


23 November 1797 (1) John Barrass of Usworth, pitman; Robert Shevils of Harraton, pitman; and Robert Barrass of Birtley, pitman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Margaret King of Lamesley
(1 paper)


21 December 1797 (1) William Hunter Simpson of Kibblesworth, weaver; Ralph Reed of Leefield House, Chester-le-Street, wagonman; and Ralph Simpson of Sudwick, Monkwearmouth (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Elizabeth Cleminson of Kibblesworth
(1 paper)


20 February 1798 (1) Francis Stones of Old Engen [sic], Lamesley, husbandman; John Stones of Oxclose, husbandman; and Arthur Stones of Lobley Hill, husbandman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Sarah Colson of Kibblesworth
(1 paper)


10 July 1798 (1) John Reed of Penshaw Hill and William Lawson of Offerton, farmers (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Elizabeth Roberts of Eighton Banks
(1 paper)


6 October 1798 (1) William Defty of Waggons Man Row, pitman; and George Defty and Andrew Cass, both of Usworth, pitmen (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Mary White of Eighton Banks
(1 paper)


20 October 1798 (1) James Robson and George Simpson, both of Bainesley Lane, banksman; and Michael Bowmer of Pipwellgate, Gateshead, inn- keeper (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Hannah Rutter of Low Eighton
(1 paper)


20 October 1798 (1) William Grundy of Farnacres, Whickham, servant; Robert Grundy of New Penshaw, agent; and Christopher Harrison of Burnmoor, wright (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Elizabeth Dobby of Chowdene Foot
(1 paper)


11 January 1799 (1) George Lowery, Thomas Lamb and Robert Cutter, all of Eighton Banks, pitmen (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Eleanor Hay of Eighton Banks
(1 paper)


7 September 1799 (1) Francis Stones of Stella, husbandman; Christopher Hall of Flatts, Chester-le-Street, farmer; and John Stones of Oxclose, yeoman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Elizabeth Clerk of Lamesley
(1 paper)


28 September 1799 (1) John Thompson of Eighton Banks, husbandman; Thomas Firsley of Lamesley, papermaker; and George Clasper of Gateshead Fell, pitman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Ann Storey of Lamesley
(1 paper)


10 March 1800 (1) George Best of Ravensworth Castle, groom; Benjamin Todd of Cow Close, innkeeper; and John Watson of Cow Close, farmer (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Isabella Holmes of Boggle Hole
(1 paper)


14 April 1800 (1) Arthur Stones of Chester-le-Street, husbandman; Francis Stones of Stella; and Robert Thoubourn of Pelaw, servant (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Elizabeth Errington of Lamesley
(1 paper)


10 January 1801 (1) Thomas Simpson of Eighton Banks, pitman; John Robson of Eighton Banks, quarryman; Robert Raffell of Eighton Banks, pitman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Dorothy Gowland of Eighton Banks
(1 paper)


10 July 1802 (1) John Thompson of Lamesley, cartwright; Thompson Stevenson of Lamesley, surveyor; and Joseph Cook of Derwent Crook, blacksmith (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Elizabeth Clark of Lamesley, widow
(1 paper)


21 February 1804 (1) Lancelot Jopling of Chester-le-Street, edge tool grinder; Thomas Russell of the same, edge tool maker; and Anthony Hedworth of the same, hammer maker (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £40 for the child of Catherine Holmes of Cooper House, Lamesley
(1 paper)


14 January 1809 (1) William Watson Barker of the Mount, Washington, pitman; Jonathan Barker of the same, pitman; and Gilbert Steel of Eighton Banks, sinker (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bastardy bond in £50 for the child of Ann Moor of Lamesley
(1 paper)


12 October 1784 (1) Edward Buckham of Gateshead, collier; Edward Reay of Gateshead Fell, collier; and Matthew Menham of Gateshead, husbandman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bond in £40 for the education and maintenance by Edward Buckham of John Proud, a parish boy Consideration: £3
(1 paper)


14 July 1788 (1) Robert Johnson of Lamesley, collier; and Michael Johnson of the same, master sinker (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bond in £40 for the education and maintenance by Robert Johnson of Thomas Coats, a parish boy Consideration: £3. 3s
(1 paper)


14 July 1788 (1) Andrew Kennaby of Cow Close, collier; William Kennaby of Cox Close, labourer; and John Newton of Cow Close, labourer (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bond in £40 for the education and maintenance by Andrew Kennaby of John Coats, a parish boy Consideration: £7
(1 paper)


5 October 1789 (1) Richard Errington, sen., of North Ends, wagonman; Robert Longstaff of the same, farmer; and Richard Errington, jun., of Pockerley, wagonman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bond in £40 for the education and maintenance by Richard Errington, sen., of Thomas Dinning, a parish boy Consideration: £11
(1 paper)


4 September 1790 (1) Matthew Coulson of Dumper Mill, pitman; Roger Gray of Cow Close, overman; and William Chisholm of Bainesley Lane, banksman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bond in £40 for the education and maintenance by Matthew Coulson, of Ann Anderson, a female bastard child Consideration: £7.15s
(1 paper)


12 February 1791 (1) Edward Stevenson of Ravensworth, husbandman; Thomas Freeman of Tribley Hall, husbandman; and John Barras of North Biddick, pitman (2) Thompson Stevenson of Lamesley, surveyor Bond in £40 for the education and maintenance by Edward Stevenson of Mary Errington, a female bastard child Consideration: £9
(1 paper)


7 May 1791 (1) Robert Sanders of Tinker Row, borer; Edward Dixon of Tinker Row, tailor; and Spencer Sanders of Red Row, Tanfield (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bond in £40 for the education and maintenance by Robert Sanders of Margaret Winship, a female bastard child Consideration: £10
(1 paper)


4 August 1794 (1) Robert Woodward of Gateshead, tailor; George Cottam of Gateshead, tailor; and William Hayton of Gateshead, seaman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bond in £40 for the education and maintenance by Robert Woodward of Sarah Aughton, a female bastard child Consideration: £9
(1 paper)


23 October 1797 (1) Joseph Gardiner of Waggonman's Row, Washington, heap shoveller: George Gardiner of the same, pitman; and Thomas Harle of Mount, Washington, pitman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bond in £40 for the education and maintenance by Joseph Gardiner of William Haswell, a male bastard child Consideration: £6
(1 paper)


26 July 1800 (1) Thomas Dobbinson of Gateshead Fell, wagonman; John Herring of Long Acres, wagonman; and Robert Thompson of Lamesley, pitman (2) Overseers of Lamesley Bond in £40 for the education and maintenance by Thomas Dobbinson of Thomas Dobbinson [born of Elizabeth Dobbinson of Chowdene Foot], a male bastard child Consideration: £9
(1 paper)

Removal orders (Ref: EP/Lam 7/)

7/76-155


Order for the removal of Barbara Oxley, widow, from Lamesley to Harraton, 29 July 1794
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Mary Stephenson, spinster, from Lamesley to St. Nicholas, Newcastle, 26 April 1796
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Catherine Ritchie, single woman with child, from Lamesley to Washington, 16 August 1796
(1 paper)


Copy of order for the removal of Ann Farrer from Lamesley to Winlaton, 16 November 1796
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Walter Aynesley, his wife Dorothy and six children from Lamesley to Felton, Northumberland, 15 December 1814
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Edward Newton and wife. Hannah, from Lamesley to Gateshead, 23 March 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of William Moffitt from Lamesley to Urpeth, 11 May 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the remand of Anthony Dickson and wife, Margaret, from Kibblesworth to Washington, 16 May 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Sarah Oliver, widow, and deaf and dumb son Thomas, from Lamesley to Guisbrough, Yorkshire, 18 May 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Robert Walton from Lamesley to Great Usworth, Little Usworth and North Biddick, 27 July 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Mary Bell, widow, and daughter, Alice, from Lamesley to Birtley, 28 September 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Violet Lad and her children, Sarah, Charlotte and Robert, from Lamesley to Dalton-le-Dale, 2 November 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of John Ramshaw and wife, May, from Lamesley to Little Lumley, 25 January 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Jane Richardson, spinster, from Lamesley to Birtley, 29 March 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Luke Fenwick from Lamesley to Whickham, 31 May 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of George Spoors, his wife, Margaret, and daughter, Ann, from Lamesley to Whickham, 31 May 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Violet Lard and her children, Sarah, Charlotte and Robert, from Lamesley to Dawdon, 19 July 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Newyear Leech from Lamesley to Kyo, 2 August 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Robert Ayre, his wife, Ann, and their children, Mary and Robert, from Lamesley to Chester-le-Street, 31 January 1818
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of John Spencer from Lamesley to Hedley, Northumberland, 28 February 1818
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of John Graham, his wife, Harriet, and children, John and Elizabeth, from Lamesley to Harraton, 18 April 1818
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Mary Smith, spinster, from Lamesley to Offerton, 8 May 1819
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Ralph Armstrong, his wife, Mary, and daughter, Ann, from Lamesley to Jarrow, 10 June 1819
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of William Atkinson, his wife, Isabella, and sons, Thomas, John and William, from Lamesley to Gateshead, 12 June 1819
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Robert Morrow, his wife, Mary, and children, Ann and John, from Lamesley to Marton Yorkshire, 18 September 1819
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of John Dickford, his wife, Dorothy, and children, Elizabeth, Robert, Jane and Sarah, from Lamesley to Whitley, Northumberland, 30 September 1819
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Thomas Dixon and his wife, Elizabeth, from Lamesley to Gateshead, 2 October 1819
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Roger Green, his wife, Margaret, and children, Thomas, Joseph and Margaret, from Lamesley to Heworth, 11 December 1819
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of John Wilson and his wife, Jane, from Lamesley to Leamington, Northumberland, 25 March 1820
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Bartholomew Dickinson, his wife, Elizabeth, and children Robert and Ann, from Tanfield to Lamesley, 29 June 1796
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of William Burn from Gateshead to Lamesley, 1 March 1797
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Elizabeth Birkley, wife of Richard Birkley, seaman aboard The Duke, and children, Thomas and Mary, from Gateshead to Lamesley, 1 March 1797
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of William Thompson, his wife, Elizabeth, and children ,George, John and Hannah, from Birtley to Lamesley, 11 March 1797
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Thomas Carr, his wife, Ursula, and children Thomas, Mary, Ursula and Michael, from Gateshead to Birtley, 5 August 1815
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Mary Marley, widow, and her children, George, Ralph and and Mary Anne, from Aldbrough, Yorkshire, to Lamesley, 2 September 1815
(2 papers)


Order for the removal of Eleanor Lockie and her son, William, from Benwell [Newcastle] to Lamesley, 18 November 1815
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Ann Steel, widow, and her son, Richard, from Newbottle to Lamesley, 28 December 1818
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Jane Wind, single woman with child, from Great Usworth to Lamesley, 11 January 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Robert Gray, his wife, Jane, and children, John, William and Winship, from Sunderland to Lamesley, 9 February 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of George King and his wife, Elizabeth, from Westoe to Lamesley, 27 February 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Mary Kirkup from Winlaton to Lamesley, 10 April 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Mary Coal, widow, and her children, Hannah and James, from Westoe to Lamesley, 8 May 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Joseph Pearson and his wife, Ann, from Bishopwearmouth to Lamesley, 28 May 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Ann Kell, singlewoman with child, from Crawcrook to Kibblesworth, 1 June 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of William Taylor and his wife, Isabella, from Jarrow to Lamesley, 5 June 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of John Maughan and his wife, Mary, from Heworth to Lamesley, 20 July 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of John Wealands from Monkton, Hedworth and Jarrow to Lamesley, 10 August 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Elizabeth Storey, singlewoman with child, from Longbenton, Northumberland to Lamesley, 3 December 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Thomas Embleton, his wife, Elizabeth, and children, Elizabeth and Isabella, from Gateshead to Lamesley, 7 December 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Jane Brown, singlewoman with child, from Whickham to Lamesley, 14 December 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of William Surtees, his wife, Elizabeth, and children, Isabella and William, from Heworth to Lamesley, 28 December 1816
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Robert Norman and his wife, Margaret, from Monkton, Hedworth and Jarrow to Lamesley, 1 March 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Thomas Clasper, his wife, Mary, and children, Catherine and Sarah, from Jarrow to Lamesley, 12 March 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Mary Weatherby, singlewoman with child, from St. Andrew, Newcastle, to Lamesley, 14 March 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of William Stephenson and his wife, Dorothy, from Newbottle to Lamesley, 17 March 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Robert Carr, his wife, Elizabeth, and daughters, Mary, Frances and Elizabeth, from Gateshead to Lamesley, 26 April 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of John Tempest, his wife, Ann, and children, Thomas and Dorothy, from Whickham to Lamesley, 10 May 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of William Burdon from Gateshead to Lamesley, 10 May 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Dorothy Winn, widow, from Washington to Lamesley, 12 June 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Thomas Orwell, his wife, Ann, and children, Mary, Isabella, Ann and Thomas, from Washington to Lamesley, 12 June 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Mary Forster, singlewoman with child, from Fawdon, Northumberland to Lamesley, 26 July 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of John Errington and his wife, Mary, from Gateshead to Lamesley, 23 August 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Mary Lowrey from Durham to Lamesley, 20 September 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Margaret Stevenson, widow, and her daughter, Elizabeth, from Monkton, Hedworth and Jarrow to Lamesley, 27 September 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Robert Beck, labourer, and his children, Mary and Thomas, from Monkwearmouth Shore to Lamesley, 2 December 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of John Hall, his wife, Elizabeth, and children, Elizabeth, Alice, Isabella, Christian and John, from Stella to Lamesley, 20 December 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Thomas Curry from Wallsend, Northumberland to Lamesley, 23 December 1817
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of George Robinson and his wife, Ann, from Hepscott, Northumberland to Lamesley, 7 January 1818
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of John Dixon and his wife, Christian, from Washington to Lamesley, 31 January 1818
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Mary Liddle, widow, and her son, William, from Houghton-le-Spring to Lamesley, 12 February 1818
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Dorothy Jones, widow, from Birtley to Lamesley, 5 March 1818
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of John Burlison, his wife, Mary, and children, Mary, Thomas, Jane and Isabella, from Gateshead to Lamesley, 24 April 1819


Order for the removal of Matthew Hall and his wife, Margaret, from Penshaw to Lamesley, 28 October 1819
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Dorothy Winn, widow, from Newbottle to Lamesley, 25 November 1819
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Nathaniel Simpson, his wife, Barbara, and son, Thomas, from Gateshead to Lamesley, 18 December 1819
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Matthew Jackson, his wife, Jane, and children, Elizabeth, Mary and Matthew, from Heworth to Lamesley, 18 December 1819
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Isabella Lish, widow, from Urpeth to Lamesley, 3 February 1820
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of John Stewart, his wife, Jane, and children, Thomas, John, Hugh, William and James, from Stanwix, Northumberland to Lamesley, 19 February 1820
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Mary Fatherly, widow, from Houghton-le-Spring, to Lamesley, 19 February 1820
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Jane Larmouth, single woman with child, from Pelton to Lamesley, 16 March 1820
(1 paper)


Order for the removal of Peter Nicholson and his wife, Jane, from Birtley to Lamesley, 13 April 1820
(1 paper)

Settlement (Ref: EP/Lam 7/)

7/156


Queries arising from an appeal at Durham Midsummer Sessions by the overseers of Lamesley against the overseers of Great Usworth concerning the settlement of Mary Stewart, 13 July 1785
(1 paper)

Legal papers (Ref: EP/Lam 7/)

7/159-173


Precept requiring the attendance at Usworth of the overseers of Lamesley before William Peareth, justice of the peace, to answer for their refusal to grant relief to William Cockfield and his family, 8 August 1796
(1 paper)


Precept requiring the attendance at Usworth of the overseers of Lamesley before William Peareth, justice of peace, to answer for their refusal to grant relief to George Turnbull and his wife, 7 February 1797
(1 paper)


Precept for the attendance at Gateshead of Christopher Ord of Lamesley before Charles Egerton and R. Thorp, justices of the peace, to answer for his refusal to pay the poor rate, 4 April 1797
(1 paper)


Precepts to the overseers of Lamesley, Ravensworth, Kibblesworth and Hedley for payments to the general County rate from money collected for poor relief, 15 July 1815
(4 papers)


Account for legal work undertaken by Joseph Willis for the overseers of Lamesley in connection with appeals in cases of settlement and removal, 2 July 1817 - 2 May 1818
(1 paper)


Warrant issued on the application of the overseers of Lamesley for the apprehension of John Tones of Birtley, pitman, reputed father of a bastard child, 27 December 1817
(1 paper)


Notice of appeal by the overseers of Plawsworth against the order for the removal of Thomas Burlison and his family from Lamesley to Plawsworth, 7 April 1819
(1 paper)


Warrant issued on the application of the overseers of Lamesley for the apprehension of William Atkinson, pitman, for allowing his wife to become chargeable to the township, 21 August 1819
(1 paper)


Warrant issued on the application of the overseers of Lamesley for the apprehension of Stephen Barrowfoot, pitman, for allowing his wife and child to become chargeable to the township, 18 September 1819
(1 paper)


Order made on the application of the overseers of Lamesley, against Robert Smith of Shield Row, pitman, for the maintenance of the bastard child of Jane Foggin, 11 December 1819
(1 paper)


Copy of appeal by the overseers of Lamesley against an order for the removal of Isabella Lish, widow, from Urpeth to Lamesley, 21 March 1820
(1 paper)


Order by the Durham Quarter Sessions for the production of all books and documents for the years 1808 - 1820, concerning the disbursement of poor relief in Lamesley, 5 April 1820
(1 paper)

Apprenticeships (Ref: EP/Lam 7/)

7/157, 174-176


7 August 1790 (1) Overseers of Lamesley (2) William Watson of Gateshead Fell, shoemaker, and Robert Grundy of Gateshead, husbandman Apprenticeship indenture of Jonathan Brown
(1 paper)


Overseers' notice, petty sessions order, and indenture for apprenticing Matthew Pattison of Lamesley to Henry Feargrieve of Gateshead, tailor, 14 - 22 November 1834
(3 papers)

Militia (Ref: EP/Lam 8/)

8/1-11


Discharge of the churchwardens or overseers of Lamesley, Hedley and Waldridge for failing to make returns of men to serve in H.M. Navy, 13 December 1796
(1 paper)


Service papers of John Miller, seaman and quarter master on H.M. ships York and Hussar and later a French prisoner of war; also power of attorney and application for wages and prize money on behalf of his parents and children Includes note by Rev. Caleb Dixon, curate of Lamesley, that this was an attempt to cheat the family; also letter, 19 September 1806, from the prisoner in France to his sister, 7 April 1802 - 29 July 1807
(9 papers)


Order to the churchwardens and overseers for the payment of militiamen, 25 July 1817
(1 paper)

Schools (Ref: EP/Lam 11/)

11/1-18


Minutes of Lamesley Church of England schools, 3 March 1899 - 11 March 1902
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cash book, 4 January 1896 - 14 March 1905
(1 volume, leather half bound)


Report on religious instruction at Lamesley School, Junior Mixed Department, 11 February 1935
(1 paper)


Report on religious instruction at Lamesley School, Junior Mixed Department, 29 October 1940
(1 paper)


Correspondence between various parties relating to the former Lamesley Church of England School building and its use, 23 August 1948 - [1966]
(7 papers)


Managers' meetings minute book, 9 March 1905 - 2 November 1940
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Account book, 8 June 1896 - 1934
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Letters issued by Durham County Council appointing managers of the school, 31 May 1919 and 4 May 1928 Originally enclosed in EP/Lam 11/12
(2 papers)


Letter from Durham County Council to Rev. J. Croft, Lamesley Vicarage, Gateshead, enclosing a copy of the County Council inspector's report on the school, 8 November 1930 Originally enclosed in EP/Lam 11/12
(1 paper)


Correspondence between Durham County Council; the Headmaster, Tow Law C.E. School; and Alice Lonsdale, 1 Hope Terrace, Dan's Castle, Tow Law; concerning the latter's application for the post of supply teacher, 29 April - 8 October 1924 Originally enclosed in EP/Lam 11/12
(4 papers)


Correspondence between Durham County Council and Rev. J. Croft, Lamesley Vicarage, Gateshead, concerning the application of May Cowley for a post as a teacher, 28 January - 1 October 1925 Originally enclosed in EP/Lam 11/12
(5 papers)


1 April 1925 (1) The Managers of Lamesley Church of England School (2) Isabella Riley Memorandum of agreement whereby (2) is appointed as head teacher of Lamesley Church of England School Attached: Form of consent by Durham County Council to the appointment of Isabella Riley as head teacher, 18 December 1919 Originally enclosed in EP/Lam 11/12
(2 papers)

Charities (Ref: EP/Lam 12/)

The John Smith and Sir Leonard Greenwell charities

John Smith Charity
Under the settlement of his estates, dated 15 March 1733, John Smith reserved the right of charging his estates with the payment of £520. In his will, of 25 March 1734, he left £500 to his daughter and £20 to the chapelry of Lamesley. The interest thereon was to be distributed to the poor at Christmas at the discretion of the churchwardens and incumbent.

According to the report of the Charity Commissioners of 1900 the charity consisted of the yearly sum of 20 shillings paid by Lord Ravensworth, owner of the estates formerly in the possession of John Smith. This sum was divided equally among eight persons not in receipt of parish relief.

Sir Leonard Greenwell Charity
Major-General Sir Leonard Greenwell left, in his will of 21 December 1840 (proved 9 January 1845), the residue of his estate to the incumbent and churchwardens of Lamesley to distribute bread and warm clothing to the poor during the winter. In 1846 the bequest stood and £1252 4s. 6d. in Consols. In 1866 he Charity Commission ordered that a third of the income from the charity should be transferred to the new parish of Eighton Banks.

In 1894 Lord Ravensworth transferred £20 for the John Smith Charity to the Charity Commissioners. By the time of the report of 1900 the John Smith Charity was administered with the Sir Leonard Greenwell Charity. After 1894 the trustees of the charity were the incumbent, the churchwardens and three representatives of the parish council. The charities continued to be administered together until it was decided by the trustees, under the terms of the Charities Act 1992, to distribute the capital as income and wind up the charities. The charities were thus wound up in 1995.

John Smith Charity (Ref: EP/Lam 12/)

12/1-4


Letter from Robert Ellison, Ravensworth Castle, concerning the terms of John Smith's legacy [1734] to the poor of Lamesley, 30 May 1760
(1 paper)


Letter from Joseph Greenwell, Newcastle, to Rev [Caleb] Dixon concerning the "... Judicious disposal of the Charity money committed to your care ...", 1 February 1794
(1 paper)


Request of the Charity Commissioners for information about Lamesley charities; contains details of monies held on behalf of the chapelry by Lord Ravensworth, 21 May - 9 September 1829
(1 paper)


Further request of the Charity Commissioners and return, 9 September 1829
(1 paper)

Sir Leonard Greenwell Charity (Ref: EP/Lam 12/)

12/5, 74


Extract from the will, 21 December 1840, of Sir Leonard Greenwell providing for the establishment of a charity for distributing bread, coals or warm covering for"... the most neccessitous and most deserving of the poor ...", n.d. [watermark 1844]
(1 paper)


Copy scheme by the Charity Commission for Sir Leonard Greenwell's charity, 6 November 1866 Copy made 1901
(3 papers)

Greenwell and Smith/Ravenswood Charities (Ref: EP/Lam 12/)

12/6-12, 35-44, 60-73, 75


Record of recipients of various parochial charities, November 1851 - January 1858 Includes lists of candidates for confirmation, 22 June 1853
(1 volume, leather bound)


"Poor Persons in the parish of Lamesley who received a portion of the money left by the late Lord Ravensworth (£100)", July 1855
(1 volume, leather quarter bound)


List of recipients of the Greenwell and Ravensworth charities, Christmas 1858 - Christmas 1861
(1 volume, leather bound)


List of recipients of the Greenwell and Ravensworth charities, Christmas 1863 - 18 February 1875 Includes list of persons living at Kibblesworth who occasionally attend church, December 1864
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Copy of rules for the use of the Ravensworth almshouses drawn up by Lady Ravensworth, 1 May 1836
(1 paper)


Note by Thomas Green that Lord Ravensworth has no objection to Mr. Smith having a copy of the document relating to "this Charity", 5 October 1838
(1 paper)


Letter from Augustus Liddell, 49 Cadogan Place, [London], to Rev. R.H. Williamson in response to an inquiry concerning a banquet to the poor of Lamesley, 8 May 1864
(1 paper)


Accounts of the Greenwell and Smith charities, 1944
(1 paper)


Accounts of the Greenwell and Smith charities, 1945
(1 paper)


Accounts of the Greenwell and Smith charities, 1947
(1 paper)


Accounts of the Greenwell and smith charities, 1952
(1 paper)


Accounts of the Greenwell and Smith charities, 1953
(1 paper)


Accounts of the Greenwell and Smith charities, 1955
(1 paper)


Accounts of the Greenwell and Smith charities, 1956
(1 paper)


Accounts of the Greenwell and Smith charities, 1957
(1 paper)


Accounts of the Greenwell and Smith charities, 1958
(1 paper)


Accounts of the Greenwell and Smith charities, 1959
(1 paper)


Sir Leonard Greenwell and John Smith charities' trustees' meetings minute book, 1 January 1903 - 7 January 1967
(1 volume, card bound)


Sir Leonard Greenwell and John Smith charities' trustees' meetings minute book, 6 January 1968 - 7 January 1995
(1 volume, card bound)


The Greenwell Charity: names of recipients, 1928 -1974
(1 volume, card bound)


List of recipients, 1975 - 1995 At beginning: essays in French, n.d.
(1 volume, paper bound)


The Greenwell and Smith's Charities, Lamesley: accounts of income and expenditure for each year, February 1899 - 6 January 1973
(1 volume, card bound)


Sir Leonard Greenwell and John Smith charities: statements of account, January 1973 - 7 January 1995
(1 volume, card bound)


Notice of the distribution of payments made under the Sir Leonard Greenwell and J. Smith charities, 4 January 1975
(1 paper, typescript)


Statements of assets of the Greenwell and Smith charities issued by the Official Custodian for Charities, 1988, 1990 - 1994
(12 papers)


Correspondence between R.J. Fisher, 31 Brixham Avenue, Gateshead, and F. Jackson, Charities Review Organiser, The Council of Social Service for Durham County, Ltd., Hallgarth House, Hallgarth Street, Durham, concerning the possibility of changing the administration of the charities, 29 June - 26 July 1971
(4 papers)


Correspondence between the Charity Database Project, Charity Commission, P.O. Box 245, Liverpool; N. Walker 18 Salcombe Gardens, Low Fell, Gateshead; Lloyds Bank, P.L.C., 15 West Street, Gateshead; N. Miller, 23 Ashfield Road, Whickham; concerning the registration of the Greenwell and Smith charities and the imposition of bank charges on the charities' bank account, 6 March - 2 September 1992
(1 file)


Note from Norman Miller, Correspondent for the Greenwell and Smith Charities, addressed to the trustees of the charities, enclosing a summary of the provisions of the Charities Act 1992 and emphasising the new power of trustees to wind up very small charities, 17 October 1992
(4 papers)


Letter from Norman Miller, Correspondent of the Greenwell and Smith Charities, to the Chief Charity Commissioner, P.O. Box 245, Liverpool, enclosing a copy of the minutes of the meeting of the trustees of 2 January 1993 and confirming the wish of the trustees to distribute the income of the trusts, 12 January 1993
(2 papers)


Correspondence between the Charity Commission, Graeme House, Derby Square, Liverpool, and N. Miller, Secretary and Correspondent for the Greenwell and Smith Charities, concerning the rendering separately of the income of the two charities, 28 March and 8 April 1994
(3 papers)


Photocopy of reports of the Charity Commission on Greenwell's and Smith's charities, 1840, and n.d. [19th century]
(3 papers)


Letters from the Charity Commission, King's Parade, Queen's Dock, Liverpool, to N. Miller, Ashfield Road, Whickham, concerning the removal of the Greenwell and Smith Charities from the Central Register of Charities, 6 January 1996
(2 papers)

Other bequests (Ref: EP/Lam 12/)

12/13-34, 45-59


Correspondence of Rev W.H. Jefferson, The Vicarage, Lamesley, with Lord Ravensworth, Eslington Park, Whittingham, Northumberland, Messrs. Swinburne and Jackson, solicitors, concerning Lamesley almshouses and school, 31 March 1953 - 17 January 1969
(20 papers)


Letter from Lady Mary Forestier-Walker (eldest daughter of Lord Ravensworth) Blanford, Dorset, to the incumbent of Lamesley forwarding a small gift for the child and reminiscing about her life at Ravensworth, n.d. [c.1950]
(1 paper)


Letter from Lilian Digby, daughter of Lord Ravensworth, Lewcombe Manor, Evershot, Dorset, to the the incumbent of Lamesley forwarding a cheque for £20, referring to her early life and also to the health of her sister, age 96.5, 25 February 1958
(1 paper)


Correspondence of Rev. W.H. Jefferson, The Vicarage, Lamesley, with the Diocesan Office, Durham, concerning a trust established on a bequest from Mrs W. J. King, 29 July 1953 - 12 March 1954
(5 papers)


Correspondence of Rev. W. H. Jefferson, The Vicarage, Lamesley, with the Diocesan Office, Durham, and others concerning a trust established on a bequest under the will of Miss. E.J. Stephenson, 16 February 1954 - 12 September 1956
(7 paper)


Correspondence of Messrs Arnott, Son & Dodds, solicitors, Blackett Street, Newcastle, and Rev. A. Bailey, The Vicarage, Lamesley, concerning a bequest under the will of Swinburne Wilson Newton of Gateshead, 29 May 1964
(3 papers)

Church Societies (Ref: EP/Lam 13/)Church of England Men's Society (Ref: EP/Lam 13/)

13/1-157


Constitution and officers of the Gateshead Deanery and District Federation of the Church of England Men's Society, 1 July 1959
(2 papers)


Minutes and correspondence concerning the establishment and operation of the Gateshead Deanery and District Federation of the Church of England Men's Society, 3 June 1959 - 1 January 1964
(53 papers)


Minutes of the Gateshead Deanery and District ederation of the Church of England Men's Society, 4 December 1973 - 31 October 1976
(42 papers)


Accounts of the Lamesley Church of England Men's Society, 13 October 1958 - 15 January 1967
(1 volume, cloth quarter bound)


Financial statement of C.E.M.S., Lamesley branch, 1958 - 1959
(1 paper)


Financial statement of C.E.M.S., Lamesley branch, 1959 - 1960
(1 paper)


Financial statement of C.E.M.S., Lamesley branch, 1960 - 1961
(1 paper)


Financial statement of C.E.M.S., Lamesley branch, 1961 - 1962
(1 paper)


Financial statement of C.E.M.S., Lamesley branch, 1963 - 1964
(1 paper)


Financial statement of C.E.M.S., Lamesley branch, 1964 - 1965
(1 paper)


Financial statement of C.E.M.S., Lamesley branch, 1965 - 1966
(1 paper)


Financial statement of C.E.M.S., Lamesley branch, 1967
(1 paper)


Financial statement of C.E.E.A., Lamesley Branch, 1969
(1 paper)


Financial statement of C.E.M.S., Lamesley branch, 1970
(1 paper)


Financial statement of C.E.M.S., Lamesley branch, 1972
(1 paper)


Financial statement of C.E.M.S., Lamesley branch, 1973
(1 paper)


Financial statement of C.E.M.S., Lamesley branch, 1974
(1 paper)


Financial statement of C.E.M.S., Lamesley branch, 1976
(1 paper)


Receipts and payments accounts of the Gateshead Deanery and District Federation of the Church of England Men's Society, 1 January 1973 - 31 October 1978
(11 papers)


Federation News: newsletter of Gateshead Deanery and District Federation of the Church of England Men's Society, May 1966 - [September] 1974 [mostly undated]
(28 papers)


Report of the Royal School of Church Music on the church choir, 25 October 1953
(1 paper)


St. Andrew's Church of England Men's Society: list of members and subscriptions, 31 October 1963 - 3 April 1977 At end: income and expenditure accounts, 31 October 1963 - 3 April 1977
(1 volume, card bound)


Gateshead Deanery and District Federation of the Church of England Men's Society: statements of account, 1962 - 1981
(1 volume, card bound)


Church of England Men's Society minute book, 7 October 1958 - 2 December 1965 At beginning: index of members, n.d. At end: constitution of the Society, c. 1958
(1 volume, card bound)


Church of England Men's Society minute book, 20 January 1966 - 17 February 1977
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Membership and prayer card of the Church of England Men's Society, 2 May 1976 Originally enclosed in EP/Lam 13/156
(1 card, printed)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Lam 14/)

14/1-10, 16-21, 23/1


7 August 1783 (1) James McWhirter of Newcastle, gent.; John Dodgson of the same, gent,; and William Row of the same, yeoman (2) Thomas Pigg of Coalflatt, yeoman Bond in £60 to accept the arbitration and umpirage of John Fryer of Newcastle, gent, and Thomas Stevenson of Lamesley, gent., [dispute unspecified]
(1 paper)


Notes relating to the Riding Mill and the parochial duties and responsibilties of its tenants, n.d. [18th cent.]
(6 papers)


Letter from Thomas Skeffington, Doctors Commons, to Rev. [Caleb] Dixon concerning the execution of a bond and the administration of an oath to [William] Jennings, 20 January 1807; and the will of William Jennings of Birch Heads near Hedley, 23 June 1807
(2 papers)


Copy of An Act for amending the Laws respecting the Soleminization of Marriages in England [4 Geo IV cap.1xxvi], 18 July 1823
(1 file)


Letter from E.M. Wilson, 14 Thorne Park Road, Torquay, Devon, to Rev W.H. Jefferson concerning Lamesley church for father's connection with it, 6 - 22 May 1956
(2 papers)


Tea ticket and accounts for a garden party held at Lamesley Vicarage, 11 July 1959
(1 card, 1 paper)


Account of Christopher Johnson, junior, with Thomas Cuthbert of Lamesley for legal expenses in the case of the King v. Jackson at Durham Assizes, 19 July 1785
(1 paper)


Account of Christopher Johnson, junior, with John Tate of Lamesley in the case of the King v. John Welsh at Durham Assizes, 19 July 1785
(1 paper)


The Church at the Crossroads, a brief history of the parish and church of St Andrew, Lamesley, by Derek Bell, 1998
(1 booklet, printed)