Catalogue

Annual reports of the Assessment Committee, 1927-1937

Durham County Council, scheme for constituting assessment areas and committees, 1937

Appeal by Consett overseers against County Rate basis assessment, 1922

Appeal of Sherburn Parish Council v. the County Rate Basis, 1907

County rate basis, 1926

Rateable values of Poor Law Unions, with Clerk's Report to the County Rate Basis Committee, 1897

Correspondence re appeals v. County Rate Basis, 1920-1922

Rating Advisory Sub-Committee minutes, 1927-1928

Transcript of hearing by Railway Assessment Authority of representations by Southern Railway Company and local authorities, 1933-1934; Railway Assessment Authority, correspondence etc. re apportionment scheme, 1931-1935; Railway Assessment Authority, 1931-1936

London & North Eastern Railway, correspondence etc. re rating valuation, 1931-1939

Railway Assessment Authority, First Railway Valuation Roll, correspondence etc., 1935-1937

Rating appeals re London and North Eastern Railway County rate basis assessments from South Shields, Monkton, Whitburn, Boldon Colliery, Hebburn U.D.C. and Jarrow overseers, 1922-1926; Hutton Henry and Shotton, 1922-1926; Auckland Union, 1922-1926; Washington U.D.C., 1922; Easington Union, 1922-1927; Teesdale Union, 1922-1926; Houghton-le-Spring Union, 1922; Chester-le-Street Union, 1922

Appeals by L.N.E.R. against local authorities re rating of canteens, 1942-1945

Appeals by the L.N.E.R. Co. v. rating assessments. Include Chester-le-Street Union appealing to Durham County Council for refunds due from L.N.E.R. property, 1922 (1 file); ditto for Stockton Union, 1922; ditto for Weardale Union, 1922; ditto for Houghton-le-Spring Union, 1922; ditto for Sedgefield Union, 1922-1926; ditto for Lanchester Union, 1922-1926; ditto for parish of Stockton, 1922-1926; ditto for Ford, Hylton, Fulwell and Southwick, 1922-1926; ditto for Darlington, 1922-1926

Appeals by the London & North Eastern Railway Company against rating assessments, 1943-1948

Newspaper cuttings, 1921-1927, and include minutes and balance sheet of the Great Western Railway Company, 1926-1927

Correspondence, 1922-1923

Minutes of evidence before the Lord Chief Justice (1924) before the Lord Chancellor, 1925

Railway Rates Tribunal Schedules of Standard Charges, 1924

Claims referred to the National Wages Board, 1925

Counsel's opinion

Correspondence, 1923-1925

London and North Eastern Railway Company, reports and accounts for 1913-1927 (less 1923)

Printed appeal before the House of Lords, 1925

The National Conference of Assessment Committee's Official Report, 1921

Reports of Annual General Meeting of Great Western Railway, 24-25 February 1926

Printed minutes of evidence before Durham Quarter Sessions, 1923

Memoranda re assessments, two copies, 1922

Reports by counsel on L.N.E.R. assessment, 1923

Newspaper cuttings re annual meetings of railway companies, 1923-1924

Correspondence files re railway assessments, 1923

News cuttings re rating of railways, 1921-1925

Reports and Minutes of Evidence of the Dept. Committee on Railway Agreements, 1921

Railways Act, 1921

First Annual Report of the Railway Rates Tribunal, 1922

Statements showing the assessments, 1921-1923

Correspondence, 1922-1926

Minutes of conference between Durham County Advisory Committee and the North Eastern. Railway Company, 1922

Printed appeal before the House of Lords, L.N.E.R. v. Easington Union, 1926; Durham Quarter Sessions, L.N.E.R. v. Easington Union, 1923

L.N.E.R. rating appeals, correspondence, case papers, County Rate basis assessment etc. 1915-1926, including memorandum to County Rate Basis Committee by County Accountant re assessments of North Eastern Railway Co. 1922

Report of Committee, Ministry of Transport, re valuation of amalgamated railways, 1923

L.N.E.R. [London and North East Railway] rating appeals, 1922-1926

L.N.E.R. rating assessments, correspondence etc. 1922-1925

Valuations of Shotton, Blackhall and Horden collieries, 1922

Assessment of collieries in Lanchester Union, 1922

Colliery rating assessments, 1929-1938

Statistical summaries of output, production costs etc. of coal mining industry, 1928-1931

Colliery assessments, 1929-1932

Appeal by Tanfield overseers against rate assessment, 1922

Quarter Sessions appeals by the Consett Overseers, 1922

Quarter Sessions appeals by the Tanfield Overseers, 1922

Appeals by Framwellgate Moor Parish Council [P.C.], Seaton P.C., Elwick P.C., Felling Parish, Sherburn P.C., Sherburn House Parish, Shincliffe, Sunderland Bridge P.C., Tudhoe P.C., Willington P.C., Winlaton P.C., Tanfield, Annfield Plain Gas Co., Ryton P.C., Cowpen Bewley P.C., 1922-1927

Statement of output of coal in Lanchester Union for the year ending June 1922

Correspondence re Consett Iron Company's appeal re rating assessment, 1922-1923

Rating appeals, 1938-1951

Papers re rating appeal of Holmside and South Moor Collieries' Officials' Recreation Club, 1957

Miscellaneous contracts re highways and bridges, police stations, education offices, and installation of electric light at the Shire Hall, 1903-1909 inc. plan of Trimdon Burial Ground, n.d.

Contracts for repair of County Roads and Bridges, 1867-1873

Draft agreements re roads, bridges, police stations etc. 1852-1907

Tenders etc. to County Council, 1951-1952

Miscellaneous agreements re police, Sedgefield Asylum, maintenance of main roads, sites for elementary schools at Preston-on-Tees and Horden, 1900-1909

County Engineer's Department, Contract book (no. 2), 9 December 1924 - 11 May 1956

Index book to CC/X 189/1

Plan and agreement between Durham County Council and Sir Hedworth Williamson showing the site of a proposed bridge at Fulwell Quarries, marked on 1st edition 25" O.S. Sheet VIII 6, 1891

Agreement, drawings and correspondence for rebuilding Low Team Bridge, 1902-1904

Papers re compulsory purchase of land at Axwell Park, Blaydon, 1924

Petitions to Quarter Sessions from Willington Local Board requesting bridge across River Wear, 1882

Correspondence re widening of Hartburn Bridge, 1900-1901

Correspondence re repair of bridge at Helmington Row over the West Durham Railway, including drawing, 1896-1897

Correspondence re building and maintenance of Daddry Shield Bridge, 1894, 1895

County Surveyor's certificate concerning Penshaw bridge, 1892

Memorial to Durham Sessions from Auckland District Highway Board and Willington Local Board requesting bridge at Todhills (between Byers Green & Willington) over River Wear (with plan showing Highway Districts), 1885

Correspondence concerning land at Heathery Cleugh bridge, 1902-1904

Papers re opening flood arch at south end of Elvet Bridge, 1897; contract re macadamising of Framwellgate Bridge, 1903; and correspondence re approaches to both bridges, 1898

Plan and reference book to the plan of the complete road from Durham to Hexham via Lanchester and Shotley Bridge, n.d. (1807 watermark)

Acts for repairing road between Durham and Shotley Bridge, 1810, 1831

Correspondence etc. relating to proposed enclosure at East Boldon by Mr. T. B. Briggs, 1899-1902

Correspondence re roads in Hartlepool Union, 1899

Correspondence re road at Redgate Bank near Wolsingham, 1901-1902

Correspondence and statements re costs of repairing main roads in Gateshead, 1885-1887

Papers relating to road subsidence on the Newcastle main road at Birtley, 1894

Papers relating to the arbitration by the Local Government Board between Durham County Council and Darlington Town Council re main roads in Darlington, 1889-1905

Papers re building of Ferryhill Cut, 1905-1908

Correspondence re official opening of East Coast Road from West Hartlepool to Easington Colliery, including letters from Sidney Webb and the Earl of Durham, 1924

East Coast Road: papers and plans of land at Crimdon and Hart purchased by Durham County Council from trustees of G. J. Scurfield, 1921-1926; additional expenditure for improvements, 1921-1928

Settlement between William Alderson and Bishop Auckland U.D.C. re responsibility for roadworks, 1912

Petition and related papers re upkeep of road from Elwick to West Hartlepool, 1906

Durham County Council Road Stone Control Committee minutes, and related papers, 1917-1918

Papers, correspondence and reports re the road between Houghton le Spring and Easington Lane, 1922-1923

Correspondence, County Council and District Councils re maintenance of roads and bridges, 1927

Correspondence re maintenance of main road at Sunderland Bridge, 1890

Sunderland Echo, containing notice of provisional apportionment of street works in Coronation Avenue, Ryhope, 3 April 1939

Correspondence, Sedgefield, Parish Council re repair of West End embankment by Sedgefield R.D.C. 1897-1898

Agreement, Durham County Council and Bishop Auckland U.D.C. re maintenance of main roads, 1907

Agreement, Consett Brick Co. Ltd. and Durham County Council re crossing on main road near Leadgate, 1898

Agreement, Durham County Council and Whickham U.D.C. re maintenance of main roads, 1900

Proposed Durham City Through Road, Surveyor's Report to the Works Committee, 1931

Case papers re repair of footpath from High Rows, Birtley, to Washhouses, 1904-1907

Encroachment with plans on main road near Red Lion Inn at Birtley by Birtley Co-operative Society, 1892

Letter re encroachment on Front Street, Chester-le-Street, 1907

Correspondence relating to encroachment on main road at Annfield Plain (including plan), 1895-1897

Agreement re encroachments on the main road at Catchgate, including list of owners and occupiers in the township of Kyo, 1895-1896

Correspondence re encroachments on Crossgate Peth, Durham City, 1897-1898

Correspondence relating to encroachments by the East Boldon Freehold Land Society, 1896-1897

Report of Works Committee to Special Local Government Committee, 1929

North East England Electricity Scheme, correspondence, plans, circulars, 1929-1931

Special order from Electricity Commissioners concerning supply in Stanley U.D.C. with related correspondence, 1940

Papers re loan from County Council for lighting in Great and Little Usworth, 1901

Sunderland Electric Lighting Order, 1883

Appeal to Durham Quarter Sessions between North Eastern Electric Supply Co. and the County Valuation Committee, 1941-1942

Order of the Light Railway Commissioners and correspondence relating to the Middlesbrough, Stockton and Thornaby Electric Tramways, 1898-1899

Darlington Light Railways - orders and draft agreement for the construction of a light railway in Darlington and to Cockerton and Haughton-le-Skerne, 1899-1900

Durham & District Light Railways - application and draft order for the construction of light railways in the city of Durham, Brancepeth, Brandon & Byshottles U.D., Bearpark, Neville's Cross and St. Oswald's, 1900-1901

South Shields Corporation Light Railway Order, 1919, with correspondence and objections, 1919

Papers re Durham County Transport Bill including notices and plans, 1921, including minutes and proceedings of Select Committee of House of Lords on Jarrow and South Shields Traction Bill, 1929

West Hartlepool Corporation Act for buses and tramways etc. 1919

Prospectus and related papers including plans re Stockton and Darlington Steam Tramways Company, 1881

Orders made at Durham Quarter Sessions etc. opposing tramways schemes in Stockton and Middlesbrough, 1872-1873

Durham County Transport Bill, 1921 Also book of reference to the Bill, 1920 Unprecedentedly allowed the county council to run tramways, trolleybuses and bus services

Durham and District Light Railways, Commissioners' estimate of expense, 1900

Durham Light Railways Act and book of reference, 1900

Copy of The Times newspaper, 6 January 1930

West Hartlepool Corporation Bill re trams, correspondence etc. 1919

North and South Shields Electric Railway Act, 1902

Sunderland Tramways Order, 1878, 1880

Middlesbrough and Stockton Street Tramways Order, 1873

Darlington Tramways Order, 1880

Sunderland Daily Echo re tramways, various dates, 1879

Papers relating to winding-up and sale of the old Annfield Plain Gas Company, 1906-1909

Chester-le-Street & Pelton Gas Parish Lighting Co. Ltd. provisional order to supply gas, 1896, with other papers including plans, 1895-96

Stanley and District Gas Co. accounts, 1942

Special prescription and related papers etc. re Shotley Bridge and Consett District Gas Company, 1940, 1943

South Shields Gas Act, 1919, sections re County Council

South Shields Gas Acts, 1879, 1904

Newcastle and Gateshead Gas Acts, 1864, 1867, 1873, 1879, 1901

Shotley Bridge and Consett District Gas Act, 1869, 1899

Spennymoor and Tudhoe Gas Bill, 1876, 1914-1915

Local Government Board's (Gas) Provisional Orders Confirmation, relating to the Borough of Droitwich, the Local Government District of Ilkeston, the Borough of Saffron Walden, the Local Government District of Tow Law, 1878

Durham Gas Act, 1873

Tudhoe and Sunderland Bridge Gas Act, 1877

Seaham Gas Act, 1905

Houghton-le-Spring District Gas Act, 1879

Correspondence with Washington U.D.C., Gateshead Corporation, and Durham County Council re sewage disposal in Wear, 1923-1924

Agreement, Weardale & Consett Water Company with Durham County Council, for the sale and purchase of the Company's undertaking, 1920

Plans of works to be authorised or abandoned under Weardale and Consett Water Act, 1915, and the Weardale and Consett Water Bill, 1920

Petition of Durham County Council against Tees Valley Water Board, 1920

Tees Valley Water Bills and Act, 1923, 1929-1930, and related papers, 1922-1930

Consett Waterworks Company, balance sheets, 1864-1920

Durham County Water Board Bill, minutes of evidence, 1920

Weardale Water Act, 1902

Consett Waterworks Acts, 1869, 1894, 1902

Sunderland and South Shields Water Act, 1891

Hartlepool Gas and Water Acts, 1867, 1874, 1878, 1898

Weardale and Shildon District Waterworks Acts, 1875, 1879

Tow Law Gas and Waterworks Order, 1878

Bishop Auckland Gas and Waterworks Facilities Order, 1877

Hartlepool Gas and Water Act, 1867

Weardale and Consett Water Company, directors' reports and accounts, 1873-1920

Durham Water Company balance sheet, 1870

Sunderland and South Shields Water Company, reports and accounts, 1866-1928

Durham County Water Board Bill and Act, 1933-1934, with related papers including plans, 1933-1934

Durham County Water Board Bill, 1922, with related papers, 1920-1922, including plan and financial tables, 1922

Durham County Water Board Act, 1920

Weardale and Consett Water Act, 1920

Sunderland and South Shields Water Bill, 1922

Correspondence re commission of the peace and appointment of justices, 1882-1914

Correspondence, statistics etc. re transfer of magisterial business from Staindrop to Barnard Castle, 1898-1899

Agreement etc. Durham magistrates and West Hartlepool Corporation, 1888

List of books in law library at the Assize Courts, 1897

Correspondence etc. re War Zone Courts, 1940-1942

Papers re purchase of house adjoining Jarrow Police Station, 1899-1900

Stockton Borough Council resolution re amalgamation of police forces, 1850

Papers and plans re purchase by Durham County Council of premises in Church Street, Stockton, as extension to police station, 1905

Papers etc. re purchase of land for Police Station at Dunston, 1893-1898

Correspondence, abstract of title for land for proposed Police Station at Murton (1878-1880), 1884-1888

Agreement for amalgamating Darlington Police Force to the Durham County Force, 1888

Papers re continuance of consolidation of Darlington & Durham police, includes printed statement of cost of policing Darlington for nine years ending 31 March 1924, 1922-1926

Correspondence etc. re policing of West Hartlepool and Darlington, 1914, 1919

Extracts from Standing Joint Committee minutes re revision of agreement with West Hartlepool, 1915

Papers re building of a Police Station at West Hartlepool, 1870

Papers re the employment of police from other counties during the miners' strike and the responsibility of the County to provide for payment of same, includes newspaper cuttings re riot at Castle Eden and letter of John Lloyd Wharton M.P., 1892-1893

Papers re assignment of lease (Atkinson, Clerk of the Peace) of Jarrow Police Station, 1871

Arbitration award between Hartlepool Corporation and Durham County Justices re cost of a lock-up house for the borough, 1853

Abstract title etc. to Seaham Harbour lock-up house with correspondence, 1840-1950

Abstract of title, related papers and sale notice re Bishop Auckland Police Station in High Bondgate, 1851-1853

Abstract of title and related papers re Police Station, Crook

Contracts for building and completing New Courthouse and Police Station, Darlington, 1866

Contract for building a police station and court house at Consett, 1877

Contracts for alterations to police stations at Lanchester, Spennymoor, 1874

Contracts for completion of work at Bishop Auckland Police Station, 1873

Contract for building police station at St. John's Chapel, 1873

Conveyance of land for a police station at Consett, 1875

Conveyance of land for police station at Jarrow, 1871

Contract for building police station at Stanhope, 1870

Contract for building police station at Shildon, 1871

Conveyance to the Prison Commissioners of a house in Durham Prison for the Superintendent of Police, 1881

Durham County Police Authority, reports on buildings etc. 1956

Conveyance of land at South Hylton for police station, 1872

Papers re supplementary government contribution towards cost of police, 1920-1924

Papers re payments by Darlington Corporation to Durham County Council for the courthouse, 1892-1897

Correspondence re use of Sunderland Police Courts for Petty Sessions, 1907-1909; tenancy agreement Durham County Council and Mrs. Mary Burnett for Felling Police Station, 1905, and papers re ejectment, 1909-1915

Accounts of loans for the extension of the county gaol, 1873, and for the militia stores, n.d.

Correspondence relating to the maintenance of the road outside the Court Green in Durham City, 1875

Papers relating to the exercise ground at Durham Gaol, with plan, 1869-1879

Contract for painting County Gaol, 1866

Bond for performance of contracts to build new wings to the County Gaol, 1873

Street map of the Borough of Hartlepool, 1921; 1921-1926

Papers relating to extension of the West Hartlepool Borough boundaries, 1896-1897

Appeal in House of Lords, West Hartlepool and Durham County Council against financial adjustment of the Local Government Board, 1907

Papers including photographs re extension of West Hartlepool Borough including West Hartlepool Extension Act, 1947-1952

Development plan for Hartlepool Municipal Borough, 1951

Claim of County Council v. West Hartlepool re financial adjustment, n.d.

Papers re Hartlepool Extension, 1897, including provisional order, 1897, representation of Corporation to Local Government Board, 1896, and plan, 1897

Observations of Shildon U.D.C. 1932, and particulars in support of Hartlepool's application for an extension of borough boundaries, 1931

Papers, including copy of bill, plans, and reports of the Chief Officers of the Durham County Council v. the Bill re West Hartlepool Extension Bill, 1951-1952

Particulars of County Borough extensions in County Durham, 1918-1951

Development plan for then Borough of Hartlepool, 1951

Petitions against the Bill from Durham County Council, Hartlepool Corporation, Stockton R.D.C. and N.A.L.G.O.

Statistical tables of the Institute of Municipal Treasurers for local rates in counties of Durham, Northumberland and North Riding of Yorkshire

Development plan for primary arid secondary education in West Hartlepool, 1946, and survey of West Hartlepool under Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, 1950

Proceedings and arbitration between Durham County Council and West Hartlepool re local taxation and financial adjustment, including summary of the valuation lists for County Durham, 1906, 1905-1906

Papers re West Hartlepool Corporation Act, 1925, re provision of trolley vehicles, including copy of Act, correspondence, petition of Durham County Council against

Street photographs of West Hartlepool and views of docks, c.1950

Hartlepool Borough Extension Act, 1883

Case papers, Durham County Council and West Hartlepool C.B. re creation of County Borough and financial adjustment, 1901-1905

Petition of County Council v. West Hartlepool Extension Bill, 1929-1931

West Hartlepool Corporation Bill, 1931

Stockton Corporation accounts, 1911-1912

Stockton Corporation Act, 1919

Papers and correspondence re financial adjustment between Durham County Council and Stockton on extension of borough, 1919-1922

Stockton Corporation Act, 1919, with related papers

Correspondence and related papers re extension of Stockton boundaries and financial adjustment, 1912-1916

Representation of Stockton Borough to the Local Government Board for boundary alterations, 1912

Copies of two Stockton Corporation Bills, 1924-1925, 1929-1930

North Tees Joint Town Planning Scheme, statements, plans etc. 1926-1933

Middlesbrough proposed boundary alterations, 1912

Middlesbrough Corporation Act, 1919

Middlesbrough Corporation accounts, 1911-1912

Correspondence re proposed extension of Middlesbrough, 1912, 1913

Plan of proposed extension of Middlesbrough, 1912

Comparative tables of shops in Middlesbrough, Ormesby, Eston and Normanby, Billingham and Cowpen Bewley

Reports to Local Government -Board on the sanitary condition of Middlesbrough, with special reference to the persistently high death rate, 1910

Middlesbrough Corporation Bill & Act, 1932-1933, with related papers, 1932-1933

Financial tables re Middlesbrough and Stockton. Extension Bills, 1913

Papers relating to Middlesbrough and Stockton boundary extensions, 1913. Include copies of the Stockton Extension Act, 1889; the Stockton R.D.C. accounts, 1911-1912; The Tees Conservancy Commissioners Act 'for improving Reclaimed Land', 1912; Durham County Council brief opposing the alteration of Stockton boundaries, 1913; reports of the County Surveyor and the Clerk to the Education Committee (Durham County Council) re proposed extension of Stockton Borough Boundaries, 1912; draft financial adjustment with Durham County Council and the creation of the County Borough of West Hartlepool, 1905; petitions (3, 1919) of the North Eastern Railway Co. and the Imperial Tramways Co. against the Middlesbrough and Stockton Corporation Bills, 1919; 1889-1913

Copies of Middlesbrough and Stockton Corporation Bills, 1919

Papers re the proposed Stockton & Middlesbrough Extensions, 1912-1913, including reports by the County Surveyor, the Clerk to the Education Committee, Chief Constable of Durham, financial estimates of losses to the county and population and health statistics, 1902-1913

Notes of the County Medical Officer on sanitary conditions in Stockton Borough, Stockton R.D. and Middlesbrough, 1912-1913

Royal Commission on Local Government in Tyneside. Minutes of evidence before the Commission, 18 February, 1936 - 17 June, 1936

Royal Commission of Local Government, Tyneside, 1935-1936

Proceedings at statutory conference on Tyneside special review area and North Eastern General Review area, 1962

Local Government Commission for England, Tyneside Special Review Area and North Eastern. General Review Area, observations on written statements, 1960

Papers re Local Government Commission, 1958-1962

Report of Finance and Local Government Committees to County Council on Local Government Reorganisation, 1957

Report of Royal Commission on Local Government Commission in Tyneside area, 1937

Reports by Society of County Treasurers on (i) abrogation of present system of de-rating, (ii) financial relationships between the Exchequer and local authorities, 1956

Registrar General's estimates of population at 30 June, 1955, 1956

Printed material and other papers re local government reorganisation and finance, 1942-1957

Local Government Bill, 1957

Report on areas and status of local authorities in England and Wales, 1956

Report on Local Government Finance, 1957

Royal Commission of Local Government on Tyneside, statement re Felling U.D.C. and Felling Education Authority and evidence to be given before the Royal Commission, 1935

Report of Royal Commission on Local Government in Tyneside Area, 1937

Royal Commission on Tyneside Local Government, statement by local authorities, 1935-1936

Papers relating to the Newcastle Corporation Bill, 1905, including 'The Thorough Toll of Newcastle-on-Tyne. A Grievance and Injustice', 1895; the petition of Durham County Council and Gateshead Borough v. the bill, 1905; correspondence, 1904-1905 (2 files); table of dues, tolls, hackney carriage rates etc., Newcastle, 1883 (1 booklet); Northumberland County Council - reports of committees, February, 1905; correspondence and reports, 1904; bill to permit Newcastle Corporation to purchase the Scotswood Bridge Company and tolls, and to increase the Public Library Rate, 1905; Act to enable Newcastle Corporation to construct Tramways, 1904; surveyors reports and statements of traffic on Scotswood Bridge, 1904; statement from Blaydon U.D.C. of traffic on roads owned by the Scotswood Bridge Company, 28 February - 5 March, 1904; minutes of evidence taken before the House of Lords, 1904-1905; 1895-1905

Newcastle Corporation Tolls Act, 1905

Newcastle Corporation Bill etc. 1919-1920

Newcastle Corporation Bill and Acts etc. 1904-1905

Simonside Highway, Southwick Township, Justices' allotment and apportionment for repair, 1854

Papers relating to the South Shields boundary alterations, 1900-1901

Papers re financial provisions of the proposed adjustment of local government boundaries on South Tyneside, 1935-1936

South Shields regulations re enquiries and notices, 1896

Agreement, Durham County Council and South Shields Corporation re financial adjustments on boundary changes, 1904

Correspondence re roads at Simonside, 1880

Memorial from Southwick Local Board re incorporation in the Gateshead and South Shields Highway District, with correspondence, 1880

South Tyneside Regional Planning Scheme, 1928

South Shields Corporation 1921, with related papers, 1920-1923

Provisional orders, press cuttings and correspondence relating to the alteration of the Sunderland Borough boundaries, 1894, 1895

Durham County Council and Sunderland Corporation order, re representation of certain parishes on Sunderland Board of Guardians and Sunderland R.D.C. 1894

Correspondence and related papers re increased representation of Fulwell, Ryhope and Hylton on Sunderland Board of Guardians and Sunderland R.D.C. includes population figures and rateable values, representation etc. of all parishes in Sunderland Union, 1891-1906, 1906

Sunderland Corporation Bill etc. including minutes of evidence, 1934-1935

Sunderland Corporation Act, correspondence, 1934-1933

Book of reference to deposited plans re Sunderland Corporation Bill, 1934

Sunderland Corporation Act, 1935, certified copy of map showing extension of borough boundaries, 1935

Sunderland Corporation Act, 1927, with related papers, including plans, 1925-1928

Papers re South Shields Extension Act, 1950, and Sunderland Extension Act, 1950, with copies of both acts, 1950

Statement of Durham County Council to Local Government Act Commissioners re equitable financial Adjustments between the County, Gateshead, South Shields and Sunderland, 1890

Orders of Local Government Act Commissioners re financial adjustments between Durham County Council and Sunderland and South Shields Corporations, 1892

Statement of financial adjustment for Gateshead Extension Act, 1932

Papers re Gateshead Extension, 1953, including particulars of county borough extensions, 1921-1953

Memoranda re proposed Gateshead extension, 1947

Particulars of projected development in Gateshead C.B., Felling and Whickham U.D.C.s, to 1973

Photographs and key plan of land in Heworth, n.d.

Gateshead Extension Act, 1932

Gateshead Extension Act, 1952-1953

Petitions of other local authorities and financial tables re Gateshead Extension Bill, 1952-1953

Gateshead Corporation Act, 1938

Gateshead Extension Bill, 1952-1953, with related papers, 1951-1953, including plans, financial tables, written statement re development plan, and photographs of unspecified places in Heworth, with key, 1950s

Mortgage and related papers by Jarrow Corporation to Ecclesiastical Commissioners re Borough Fund, 1905

Jarrow, list of councillors, standing orders etc. 1904-1905

Jarrow Extension Bill, 1922; correspondence, 1921-1923, plans showing proposed boundaries, 1922; newspaper cuttings, 1921-1922; House of Commons Official Report, 11 May 1922

Jarrow Extension and Improvement Bill, 1922, map and plan of Hebburn U.D. 1911

County Council Association, proof of evidence re-creation and extension of County Boroughs, 1924

Statement to Local Government Act Commissioners by Durham County Council re financial adjustments with County Boroughs, 1890

Papers relating to review of County Districts, Jarrow, Durham City, Hartlepool, Darlington, South Shields, Stockton, 1929-1933

Darlington Borough Extension Act, 1915

Minutes of proceedings with financial and statistical tables in application of Darlington to Local Government Board for extension of boundaries and County Borough powers, 1914

Financial tables re Darlington's application for County Borough status, 1914

Darlington Corporation Bill, 1933-1934, map showing boundary extensions since 1915

Minutes of proceedings etc. re Darlington Corporation Bill, 1934

Darlington Corporation Act, 1934

Agreement, Durham County Council and Darlington Corporation re financial adjustment, 1921

Correspondence etc. re proposed extension of Darlington Borough boundaries and cost of police force in Darlington and Darlington's contribution to County Asylum, 1915-1916

Darlington Extension and Improvement Bill, 1896

Local Government Provisional Order and representation to the Local Government Board for extension of boundaries and county borough status, 1914, including statement showing constitution of Durham County Council, the rateable value, population etc. of county districts and municipal boroughs, 1914, and financial tables for Borough of Darlington, 1914, and map showing extension of Darlington, 1914

Memorial of the Darlington Corporation to the Local Government Board re County Borough status, 1914

Correspondence re the transfer of secondary schools from Durham County Council to Darlington C.B., 1914

Darlington Corporation Bill etc., 1934, including minutes of evidence, 1933-1934

Application, minutes of proceedings re Darlington Corporation Bill, 1914

Representation of Darlington Corporation to Local Government Board, 1913

Financial tables, 1933-1934

Darlington Corporation Act, 1930 - map showing extension of borough boundaries, 1930

Tyne Improvement Commissioners Bill, 1920

Order constituting the River Tyne Port Sanitary District, 1897

Tyne Improvement Commissioners, abstracts of accounts, incomplete, 1911-1928

Correspondence, reports etc. in case of Durham County Council v. Darlington R.D.C. re pollution of the river Tees, 1891-1898

Report of the Committee appointed to enquire into expediency of making a cut between Stockton and Portrack, also Mr. Chapman's report and estimate with plans, 1805

Map of river basins in County groups, 1893

Correspondence etc. relating to the pre-emption of reclaimed land on the Tees estuary, 1886

Tees Conservancy Acts, 1852-1878 Established the harbour authority, with responsibility for river traffic

Tees (Conservancy) Order, 1874

River Tees Port Sanitary Authority accounts, 1921-1928

Tees Fishery District enlargement, certificate and plan, marked on 1 inch 1861 first edition Ordnance Survey map, 1889

Order setting up Wear Fishery District, including 2 inch first edition Ordnance Survey, with related papers, 1878-1879

Certificate establishing Tees Fishery District, with area marked on 1 inch first edition Ordnance Survey, with sealed statement setting out boundaries, 1866

Tyne Salmon Conservancy Board, annual reports, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1925, 1926

North Eastern Sea Fisheries Committee, quarterly meetings minutes, 1908-1929

Bye-laws made by Hartlepool Port and Harbour Commissioners concerning port ferry, 1856

Hartlepool Port and Harbour Authority, 1864-1928

Hartlepool Port and Harbour Act, 1879

Seaham Harbour Dock Act, 1898

Wear Commission, statements of account, 1899-1928

Map showing boundaries of Weardale R.D. and Stanhope U.D. superimposed on 1 inch to1 mile O.S 1897, 1905

Provisional order for the formation of Chester-le-Street U.D.C. with memorial of the parish council re the same, 1907 and n.d, includes order establishing Crook U.D.C., 1898

Tanfield U.D.C., papers re proposed alteration of boundaries

Pittington, papers relating to alteration of township boundaries, 1896

Papers re Review of County Districts, including objections, 1932-1937, includes abstract of accounts for Tanfield U.D.C. 1930-1931

Maps of County Districts, under proposed re-organisation under 1929 Local Government Act

Papers re review of Urban Districts (A-H), 1929-1936

Papers re review of Urban Districts (R-W), 1929-1937

Papers re review of Rural Districts & Barnard Castle Urban District, 1929-1935

Papers re Durham County Council Order altering boundaries of Blaydon U.D.C. Lanchester R.D.C. Lanchester and Gateshead Unions, and Chopwell and Medomsley parishes, 1900-1901

Memorial of Houghton-le-Spring U.D.C. for increased membership of Council, 1906

Correspondence re application of Ryhope parish council to become an Urban District, 1906

Minutes, correspondence etc. re review of County Districts, 1931-1937

Papers relating to Review of County Districts, 1932-1933, including report and appendices to the same by the Consulting Accountant on the proposals of the Local Government Committee, 1933

Tables of rates levied by rating authorities in the county, 1931-1932

Brief in support of Durham County Council proposals on the Review, n.d.

Report of Durham County Council on review of county districts, 1933

Easington R.D.C. Bill 1934-1935, including minutes of evidence, 1935

Easington R.D.C. Bill etc. 1934-1936

Memorial of the Stanley District Local Board to Durham County Council for extension, 1894

Draft order establishing the Tanfield Urban District, 1894, with related papers including details of occupiers, premises, and rateable values, 1894

Petition from inhabitants of Craghead to Durham County Council re proposals to make Craghead a civil parish, with related papers, 1894

Papers relating to dispute between the Chester-le-Street, Hetton-le-Hole, Gateshead and Shields Highway Boards re maintenance of highways, 1894

Correspondence between Durham County Council and various County Clerks re transference of responsibility for highways from highway boards to local authorities, 1894

Proposals and confirmation re alteration of boundaries between Durham County and Yorkshire North Riding, 1894

Papers and correspondence re implementation of the 1894 Local Government Act in County Durham, 1894

Letters re arrangements for elections of the first U.D.C.s and R.D.C.s, particularly ballot boxes, 1894

Papers relating to dispute between Whickham and Stanley U.D.C.s re alteration of boundaries of Whickham U.D.C. etc. 1895-1896

Letters re application of section 57 of Local Government Act, 1888, re proceedings for alteration of County Districts, Parishes and Wards and establishment of Urban Districts, 1889-1892

Order granting Spennymoor U.D.C. powers of a parish council to make application to County Council as to area under any of the adoptive acts, 1896

Sessions order altering highway districts, 1880

Papers re the creation of Hetton U.D. 1894-1895, including Local Government Board Order, 1895

Local Government Board Order dividing Bearpark civil parish etc. 1895

Felling U.D.C. division into wards, 1894, with related papers, 1894-95, including list of officers and Committee members of Felling Local Board, 1893-1894, and plan of Felling Local Board district with wards, 1889

Order constituting Crook Urban District, 1898-1900

Bishop Auckland, 1926-1929

Belmont and Pittington, 1921

Fishburn, 1934-1935

Hurworth and Neasham, including plans, 1948-1953

Hebburn, 1894-1897

Murton, 1921

Pittington, 1925-1927

Sedgefield, 1907-1908, 1933-1938

Blaydon St. Cuthbert's, 1934-1946, 1955

Blaydon parish, 1955

West Auckland, 1939

Low Dinsdale, 1942

Easington, 1948

Sacriston, 1949

Chester-le-Street, 1952

Burial Acts, 1857, 1860, 1871, 1900

Act re Burial of the Dead in the Metropolis, 1852

Minutes of evidence taken before Royal Commission on Local Government, 1923-1924

Minutes of proceedings before Local Government Act Commission, 1890

Second Report of Royal Commission on Local Government, 1928

Health Committee, Ministry of Health circulars and related papers, 1935-1938

Vaccinators' certificates, 1890-1921 (incomplete series)

Terms and conditions of appointment of nursing and domestic staffs in County institutions, 1937-1943 inc. Ministry of Health reports etc. on nurses' and midwives' salaries, 1943-1944

Correspondence with the Board of Control re financial assistance etc., 1936-1942

County Council circulars etc. re National Health Service, 1943-1950

Correspondence etc. re ambulance service, 1948-1957

Pamphlets inc. Revenue from Crashed Aircraft, 1954

Ambulance services costing return, 1950-1952

Circulars re Public Health (Smoke Abatement) Act, 1926

Public Health Services Congress, 1928, 1930, 1938, 1948

Report of the departmental committee on sterilisation, 1934

Blaydon, Ryton & Whickham Hospital Committee, correspondence, 1925-1938

Circulars re treatment of tuberculosis and costs at residential institutions, 1926-1934

Chester-le-Street, appointment of Medical Officer of Health, 1929

Proceedings etc. of public inquiry into application of Blaydon, Ryton and Whickham Joint Hospital Committee for a loan of £36,000, 1926

Correspondence re appointment of Medical Officer of Health for Hartlepool, 1926-1935

Correspondence etc. re silicosis, 1929-1931

Ministry of Health sanctions to various expenditure and loans, 1921-1929

Durham County Council Health Department Public Assistance Outdoor Medical relief, statement re particulars of terms of service etc. of district medical officers for presentation to P.A. sub-committee, 20 October 1933

Details of District Medical Officers and public vaccinators for various unions, 1930

Report of District Medical Officers' sub-committee on report of County Medical Officer re outdoor medical service and remuneration, 1932

County Medical Officer of Health report and printed correspondence re uncertified deaths, 1900

Memorandum of Local Government Board re appointments of medical officers etc. 1910

General orders to Medical Officers of Health giving regulations to District Councils and Ports, 1910

Agreement on the constitution of the North of England Joint Cancer Committee, 1945

Agreement for the provision of V.D. Clinics at Darlington, 1918, 1935, Durham 1918, Sunderland 1918, 1937, Newcastle 1936, Thornaby 1919

Internal memoranda from County Medical Officer of Health re infected Argentinean corned beef, 1964-1965

Report of the County Medical Officer on maternity and child welfare services provided by the Durham County Council, 1934

Draft administrative welfare schemes for Durham County under Local Government Act, 1929

Black Fell Hospital Sub-Committee, minutes, 1922-1925

Seaburn Hospital Sub-Committee, minutes, 1922-1924

Correspondence re Black Fell Smallpox Hospital, 1918-1935

Agreement and correspondence, Northern Counties Joint Poor Law Committee with County Boroughs of Darlington, Middlesbrough, West Hartlepool, South Shields, Sunderland and Tynemouth of Prudhoe Hall Colony, with conveyance of Prudhoe Hall, 1914, 1930

Agreements, County Council and South Shields Corporation re charges for patients in Harton Hospital and Institution, 1943

Miscellaneous papers re costs and wages, 1940-1942, and re Emergency Hospital Scheme, 1942

Prudhoe Hall Colony, inventory and valuation, 1925

Durham County Hospital, 1904-1906, 1908, 1909

Sunderland Infirmary, 1906-1909

South Shields, Ingham Infirmary, 1910

Hartlepools Hospital, 1909

Cameron Hospital, West Hartlepool, 1909

Stockton and Thornaby Hospital, 1907-1910

Sunderland Eye Infirmary, 1909

Auckland District Cottage Hospital, 1910

Palmer Memorial Hospital, Jarrow, 1909

Hebburn Hall Accident Infirmary, 1909

Gateshead Children's Hospital, 1910

Darlington Hospital and Dispensary, 1909

Monkwearmouth and Southwick Hospital, 1909

Prince of Wales' Hospital Fund for London, 1897

Papers re King Edward VII Memorial Fund, 1910-11 "The object of the charity is to promote and preserve health in the county of Durham by the provision of grants to hospitals, convalescent homes, hospices and other similar institutions in order to provide services, equipment and facilities not normally provided by the statutory authorities"

Seaham Hall Sanatorium Grounds, bye laws, 1929

Opening of Poole Sanatorium, Nunthorpe, 1932

Stanhope and Weardale Joint Hospital Committee accounts, 1918-1919

School Aycliffe Mental Colony, general correspondence etc., 1929-1943 also plans, 1928-1940

School Aycliffe Mental Colony, correspondence, agreements etc. re establishment and building, 1924-1938

School Aycliffe Mental Colony, correspondence and related papers re establishment of the colony including a short history for the cure of the mentally defective in County Durham (1933) by John Lazenby, contract for the erection of the first section of the colony (1936) and the 16th annual report of the Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency (1930), 1925-1936

Abstract of title to land in Sedgefield, for Winterton, with surrenders (1751-1851), 1855

Orders made under Local Government Act, 1888, and Lunacy Act, 1890, re accommodation and financial adjustments for the Durham County Lunatic Asylum, 1892

Agreement, Durham County Council and Gateshead Corporation re contributions to County Lunatic Asylum, Sedgefield, 1906

Agreement, Durham County Council, Gateshead, South Shields and West Hartlepool re Sedgefield Asylum, 1904

Agreement, Durham County Council and Sunderland re Sedgefield Asylum, 1906; ditto South Shields, 1906

Agreement for building of proposed new kitchen at Durham County Lunatic Asylum, 1875

Minutes of the Visiting Committee of the County Mental Hospital, 1933

Deeds re lands in Bishop Middleham, 1678-1852

Deeds and related papers of lands in Sedgefield, 1755-c.1877

Deeds etc. re East Lizards, Sedgefield, 1862

Deeds of copyhold land called Howlhope, Sedgefield, 1746-1877

Conveyance of copyhold land in manor of Middleham for building lunatic asylum, 1836

Deeds re land called The Boggs, Sedgefield, 1860

Deeds re wind and steam mills, Winterton Mills, in Sedgefield, 1867

Conveyance of lands called the Winterton Cottage Estate, Sedgefield, 1862

Deeds re Lizards Farm, near Sedgefield, 1820-1943

Orders re pauper lunatics chargeable to Durham County, 1880-1902

Notices of deaths in and removals to the County Asylum from Lancashire, 1890-1918

Durham County Lunatic Asylum, accounts for 1880, 1881, 1885, 1887

Report of Visiting Committee, 1880

Returns of inmates, 1885, 1904

Printed accounts, including wages of officers and servants, 1879

Licences for private lunatic asylums, 1872-1920

Case papers in dispute Wall v. Watson re the Lizards Farm, Sedgefield, including inventory n.d. and arbitration award 1880, 1878-1880

Names of all male and female pauper lunatics in the asylum in 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924

Durham County Lunatic Asylum, financial adjustments with local authorities, includes minutes of evidence taken before the Local Government Act Commission, 1890, 1888-1910

Annual reports of Durham County Nursing Association, 1919-1954

Durham County Nursing Association Ledger, 1 April 1950 - 31 March 1951

Charity Commissioners order etc. re Barnard Castle School, King James School, Bishop Auckland, Darlington Grammar School, Henry Smith School, Hartlepool, and Wolsingham Grammar School, 1894-1895

Charity Commissioners order re Wolsingham Grammar School, 1906

Charity Commissioners' order concerning Wolsingham Grammar School, 1880

Correspondence and papers re initial appointments and County scheme under the Education Act (1902), 1902-1904

Arbitration, Hedworth, Monkton and Jarrow School Board, Hebburn U.D.C., Durham County Council and Jarrow Corporation, 1903-1908

Hedworth, Monkton and Jarrow School Board, reports of H.M. Inspectors, Financial tables etc., 1903

Hedworth, Monkton and Jarrow School Board, triennial reports, 1886-1900

Case papers, the Queen v. Durham County Council re right of Merrington to be separated from Tudhoe School Board, 1899, 1900

Earl's House Industrial School [Earls House], rules for management and discipline, visiting, mark system, timetable, 1916

Whiteleas allotments, [South Shields], 1927-1929 (file ref. 952)

Petition of inhabitants of Lambton Street and Braithwaite Street, Shildon, to the Clerk to Durham County Council re gardens, 1906

Street map of West Hartlepool, 1889, with proposed new allotments etc. with correspondence, 1901

Letters re smallholdings, 1931

Papers re hiring allotments by Hebburn U.D.C. 1897-1898

Chilton allotments, 1895-1896

Sale poster, abstracts of title etc. concerning the sale of the Old Police Station, Northumberland Street, Darlington, 1856-1869

Draft conveyance of land at Saltholme, parish of Billingham, from the University of Durham to Bell Brothers, 1864

Abstracts of title re Parsons Field House, Durham City, owned by Durham University, 1868; Durham University Act, 1832

Abstract or title to houses in High Bondgate Street, Bishop Auckland, belonging to Mr. James Mundell, 1872

Assignment of lease of land at Seaham Harbour as site for a soup kitchen. 1867

Case papers re sale of Stanhope Town Hall to Durham County Council, 1887-1902

Paddock, Barnard Castle, 1856-1857

Abstract of title to land at Consett, 1860

Abstract of title to house at Staindrop, 1863

Leases of room at 68 Argyle Street, Hebburn, 1939, 1955

Deeds re 39/41 Bridge Street, Blaydon, 1832-1931

Deeds and papers re 14, 34, & 43 Bridge Street, Blaydon, 1832-1929

Byers Green Council School, conveyance of land for playing field, 1935, with related papers, 1828-1921

Whitwell (Cassop Colliery), deeds etc. 1874-1880

Deeds of land in Middleton-in-Teesdale and Newbiggin, 1519-1771

Deeds and related papers of Bridge House, Stanhope, 1752-1946

Plans of sites for schools purchased under compulsory powers at Blackhall Mill, East Hetton and West Cornforth, 1911

Abstract of title to land and stable in Old Elvet, Durham City, 1867

Conveyance by J. R. Davison M.P. to the Clerk of the Peace of land adjoining the County Gaol, 1869

Draft conveyances, correspondence and counsel's opinion re 11-13 Old Elvet, Durham City, 1898-1899

Case papers and evidences re 82 & 83 North Road (formerly King Street), Durham, 1860-1867

Deeds re 9 South Street, Durham, 1697-1924

Deeds re 10/12 South Street, Durham, 1907-1924

Deeds re 11 South Street, Durham, 1784-1893

Deeds re 12 South Street, Durham, 1869-1896

Deeds etc. re 7 South Street, Durham, 1860-1933

Deeds etc. re 5 South Street, Durham, 1764-1912

Deeds of land adjoining Gilesgate Council School conveyed to Durham County Council, 1688-1922

Conveyance, copy, 58/59 Framwellgate, Durham, 1912

Deeds etc. re lands at Crossgate Moor, Durham, 1786-1901

Deeds and related papers of land in New Elvet, Durham City, 1740-1813

Deeds and related papers of 95 and 97 Claypath, Durham City, including public house called The Foresters Arms, 1848-1875

Deeds etc. of 34 Gilesgate, Durham City, 1781-1904

Deeds and related papers of the Greyhound Public House, Claypath, 1753-1839

Deeds etc. of messuage in Gilesgate, 1806-82

Deeds and related papers of the King's Arms Inn, Claypath, Durham City, 1876-96

Leases and tenancy agreements re Durham Elvet Station buildings, 1947-1958, including plan of proposed alteration to Local Taxation Office, 1947

Deeds etc. of messuages in New Elvet, Durham City, 1804-1965

Deeds re the Durham Ox Public House and 38 Gilesgate, Durham, 1656-1922

Deeds of houses and land in Claypath, Durham, 1753-1891

Deeds re 22 New Elvet, 1841-1853

Conditions for lease of Church Farm, Evenwood, 1920

Papers in Durham County Court bankruptcy case re Matthew Charles Carr of High Grange Farm, Gilesgate Moor, farmer, 1933

Deeds etc. of Violet Hill Farm, Norton, 1694-1887

Abstract of several admittances surrenders &c. relating to a leasehold or customary piece of ground in Norton - after 1751; (I) admittance 27 April 1680 - of Robert Huntington, son and heir of Thomas Huntington, deceased to 1 acre, 1 rood and 11 perches of ground in West Field abutting on land of Robert Farrow E; the road to Darlington S; land of Thomas Jefferson W; close late of Robert Chipchase N; demise 6d (II) Admittance 25 April 1717 - of Thomas Huntington, son and heir of Robert Huntington (III) Conditional surrender 16 May 1735 - by Thomas Huntington to John Page of 1 acre, 1 rood, 11 perches of land in West Field abutting: lands of Robert Farrer E; way leading to Darlington S; lands of Thomas Jefferson W; close late of Robert Chipchase N as now divided; defeasance on condition that if Huntington repaid £20 and interest Page would re-surrender (IV) Absolute surrender 25 February 1736/37 - by Thomas Huntington and John Page to Isaac Todd (V) Absolute surrender 7 May 1751 - by Isaac Todd to Rowland Burdon and Ralph Bradley, gentleman as trustees to the use of the will of Isaac Todd, in default to the use of Isaac Todd for ever

Copy surrender, Manor of Stockton, 19 May 1785 - before George Pearson, esquire, deputy of George Brooks, steward - admittance of John Burdon of Norton, gentleman and Thomas Smith of Norton, gentleman to a close called Crowe's Cottage containing 3 roods, (part of copyhold property surrendered on 21 November 1781 by Dorothea Kitching the elder of Norton, widow, James Benjamin Kitching of Norton, gentleman, John Burdon and John Rudd of Stockton, common brewer to the use of Chipchase Grey of Norton, surgeon and William Robinson of Norton, tanner) on surrender of Thomas Hardy of Norton, yeoman, Chipchase Grey and William Robinson to the use of John Burdon and Thomas Smith in trust for uses of the will of Robert Deanham of Norton, yeoman (who had contracted with Thomas Hardy for purchase of the premises); - examined by Nathaniel Hugall, deputy clerk of the Halmot Courts

Receipt given by Thomas Hardy - 19 May 1785 - for £100 paid by Robert Deanham of Norton

Articles of agreement - 15 November 1787 Parties: (1) George Dalking of Stockton, mariner; (2) Thomas Ward of Norton, tanner Operative Part - (1) covenanted that on or before 12 February 1788 he would make out good title and convey by surrender to (2) the copyhold close in Norton called Huntingdon's Field in occupation of Robert Dalking; - (2) covenanted to pay £84 to (1); - George Dalking paid by mark; - witnesses: John Burdon; William Walker

Copy surrender 5 December 1787 - Manor of Norton; - out of court at Stockton before William Walker, gentleman, deputy of George Broojs, steward; - admittance of George Hutchinson of Stockton, merchant and Henry Hutchinson of Stockton, ironmonger to 1 acre, 1 rood, 11 perches of land in West Field abutting on land late of Robert Farrow E, way leading to Darlington S, lands formerly of Thomas Jefferson W, close formerly of Robert Chipchase N as now divided; - on surrender by George Dalking of Stockton, mariner, (elder son and heir of Mary Dalking, late wife of Robert Dalking the elder of Stockton, ropemaker, Mary being devisee in the will of Isaac Todd late of Stockton, gentleman), Robert Dalking the younger of Howden Panns (Northumberland), ropemaker, (younger son Mary Dalking), William Wray of Stockton, sadler and Thomas Sheraton of Stockton, grocer (devisees and trustees in and of will of Isaac Todd) and Ralph Bradley of Stockton, esquire (who survived Rowland Burdon); - to use of George Hutchinson and Henry Hutchinson in trust for uses of the will of Thomas Ward of Norton, tanner, in default to use of Thomas Ward; - examined by John Griffith, deputy clerk of the Halmot Courts

Number not used, records now CC/Deeds 3-8

Number not used, records now CC/Deeds 9-13

White Mare Pool, proposed aerodrome, 1929-1930 (file ref. 1335)

Proposed joint aerodrome in North East Durham, summary of proceedings, 1935-1938

Agreement of local authorities for establishing North Eastern. Regional Airport, 1963

Agreement of justices with Stockton Corporation and South Stockton Local Board for contribution towards cost of new bridge over the Tees, 1881-1887

Correspondence etc. re Tees (Newport) Bridge Act, 1930, and opening by the Duke and Duchess of York, file 3, 1934

Correspondence etc. re Tees (Newport) Bridge Act, 1930, and opening by the Duke and Duchess of York, file 4, 1934

Plan showing alternative traffic routes, 1929-1930; opening brochure, 1934

Papers re opening ceremony, including Teesside Chamber of Commerce journal re opening of bridge, 1934

Correspondence etc. re Tees (Newport) Bridge Act, 1930, and opening by the Duke and Duchess of York, file 1, 1934

Correspondence etc. re Tees (Newport) Bridge Act, 1930, and opening by the Duke and Duchess of York, file 2, 1934

Minutes and accounts of Joint Committee re the Newport Bridge, 1922-1944

Plan of Middlesbrough County Borough showing wharves, 1913

Tees (Newport) Bridge Bill and Act, 1930; plan of Tees Bridge, c.1930

Objections of Stockton Corporation to Bridge bye laws, 1933

Conditions of contract, specification and tender re bridge, 1930

Stockton Bridge Bill etc. 1880-1884

Stockton Bridge Act, 1762

Stockton Borough, abstract of accounts, 1879-1880

Memorials of Cockerton, Hurworth, Croft, Longnewton, Middleton St. George, Burdon, Sadberge, Haughton-le-Skerne, Lanchester, Hamsterley, Wolsingham, Stanhope, Weardale, Hartlepool, Darlington, Edmundbyers, South Shields, Barnard Castle ratepayers and Guardians re Stockton Bridge, 1881

Various newspapers re Stockton Bridge scheme, 1880-1882

Case between Wear Valley Railway and the Governors of Wolsingham Grammar School, including Wear Valley Railway Act (1845), 1780-1890

North Eastern Railway Bill, 1923

North Eastern Railway Acts, 1869, 1871, 1872, 1874-1876, 1882-1884, 1887, 1889-1891, 1893-1895, 1897-99, 1900-1902, 1905, 1908

Hylton, Southwick, and Monkwearmouth Railway Act, 1871

Scotswood Bridge Bill, 1961-1962

Redheugh Bridge Act, 1866

Tyne Tunnel Act etc. 1934-1935

Tyne Tunnel Bill, 1955-1956

Minutes of evidence taken before Royal Commission on mining subsidence, 1923

New Shildon Colliery School, claim for damages caused by colliery workings, 1908-1913

Papers re damage to property of James Oliver of Carribees Farm by Consett Ironworks, 1897-1902

Papers including writs, briefs, transcriptions of hearings and evidence bundles including plans of the schools, various surveyors' reports, numerous plans and sections of coal workings, and copies of leases and deeds, 1867-1916

Section and four plans showing coal workings underlying Oxhill Schools, prepared by South Moor Colliery Company Section at 1 inch to 30 feet is 73 x 116 cm and includes an inset plan of Oxhill at 1:2500 Plans at 1 inch to 2 chains are 40 x 48 cm and show four different seams: Shield Row Seam, Main Coal Seam, Hutton Seam and Maudlin/Low Main Seam; n.d. [1915]

Section showing "Probable position of strata when schools were erected and before the Hutton Seam was goafed", prepared by South Medomsley Colliery Company and Messrs J Bowes and Partners, original plan in coloured ink on waxed linen; hand coloured photocopy on prepared paper, 9 November 1915

Case papers relating to prosecution of William Crozier the County Surveyor by John Bulmer for payment in respect of work done for the county, 1873

Case papers in the Queen v. Thomas Hunter and others - hewers (re obtaining money by false pretences and other offences at Alexandra Colliery and East Castle Colliery, Lanchester), 1867

Case papers re Joseph Dixon's embezzlement of druggist and dry-salter, 1868

Case for counsel's opinion re John Ardley obtaining money etc. by false pretences, 1871

Case for counsel's opinion re John Guthrie's assault upon a minor, 1870

Verdict in dispute between Greatham Hospital and North Eastern Railway etc. 1881-1906

Appeal of John Muir v. the order made by West Hartlepool Corporation for distraint of goods, 1894

Bastardy appeal (Newton v. Merrington), 1895

Affidavits re appeal concerning District Auditor, 1933-1934

Case papers in King's Bench appeal, District Auditor, re surcharge, 1933-1934

Dalton-le-Dale, Tithe rent, 1931, 1935 (file ref. 1344)

Tithe Rent charge, Easington, 1932-1934 (file ref. 1574)

Papers relating to tithe rents at Dinsdale, Yorkshire, 1922-1923

Correspondence etc. re discontinued Government grants passing through the Exchequer Contribution Account, 1929-1930

Claims and related papers re Agricultural Rates Act (1923), 1923-1924

Correspondence and related papers re grant of £500,000 to distressed areas, 1933-1934

Correspondence, Durham Corporation and Clerk of Peace, re distress warrants in respect of the poor rate, 1926-1928 [These warrants force payment of arrears]

Memoranda from Director of Education re expenditure on schools, 1926

Durham County Council, Finance Committee, approved payments, 1902-1905

District Auditors' reports etc. 1912-1939

Conference of North East local authorities, proceedings etc., inc. proposals for the alleviation of unemployment, 1934-1935

Correspondence etc. re Northern Conference of Local Authorities to relieve unemployment, includes report on deputation to Minister of Labour and copy of Special Areas (Development and Improvement) Act, 1934, 1927-1928

Ministry of Labour Reports on Industrial Conditions in the Depressed Areas, including Durham and Tyneside, 1934

Reports of meeting between local M.P.s, reports of Durham County Council and the Minister of Health re distress and rate relief, 1936

Report by the County Accountant on the financial position of Durham County Council, 1937

Minutes of meetings between M.P.s and representatives of local authorities re incidence of unemployment and the financial position of Durham County Council, with newspaper cuttings, 1936-1937

Notes of proceedings and County Surveyor's report at the Unemployment Conference, Shire Hall, Durham, 1934

Reports of the County Public Assistance Officer, the County Surveyor, the County Accountant and résumé of Health Committee activities, report on School Aycliffe Colony for Mental Defectives and on financial position of Education Committee for Conference of M.P.s, 17 April 1936

Evidence of the North Eastern Development Board to the Royal Commission on the Geographical Distribution of Industrial Population, 1938

Survey of Industrial Development, 1933-1936

Report of Royal Commission on the Distribution of Industrial Population, 1940

Statement of Durham County Council to the Royal Commission on Geographical Distribution of Industrial Population, 1938

Durham County Council administrative schemes, 1929, 1937

Durham County Higher Education receipts, 1913-1916

Durham County Council, Abstract of accounts, 1911-1912

Durham County Council, Report and accounts,, 1911-1912

Durham County Council Schemes for the Constitution of Statutory Committees, 1931

Sealed copies of bye-laws of Durham County Council concerning financial penalty for resignation by members, 1889

County Treasurer's security, 1919

Memoranda of evidence submitted by officers and members of the Durham County Council, including educational programme for Durham County, 1930-1933

Durham County Council Bill, 1962-1963

Durham County Council Bill, 1962-1963

Certification of costs of enquiries under Local Government Act, 1888, 1896

Papers re the opening of new Shire Hall, including luncheon tickets, invitation, and an account of the proceedings, 1898

Lists of licenses from Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, Darlington, Sunderland, Stockton referred to renewal authority under the Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910, 1912

Correspondence etc. re licensing appeal in respect of The Mainsforth Hotel, Ferryhill Station (Appleton v. Barks), 1895-1896; appeal v. poor rate for Westoe, 1894

Papers re licensing of the 'Horden Hotel', 1910

Correspondence re licensing compensation financial adjustment under South Shields Corporation Act (1921), 1921-1922

Financial statements under the Licensing (Consolidation) Act (1904, 1910), 1904-1930

Map and schedule prepared as result of Licensing Act, 1894, showing Petty Sessional divisions, 1905

Alleged encroachment in Moor Lane, Whitburn, by Robert Thompson of West House or Hall, Whitburn, including copy of Whitburn Moor Inclosure Award, 1680, 1898-1899

Lanchester Common, case re reservation of mining rights and copy of Inclosure Act, (1773, 1831), 1900-1902

List of inclosure awards deposited with Clerk of Peace and other officers, 1618-1859

Correspondence re Tanfield inclosure and plan, 1925

Papers re Francis Johnson's allotment on Framwellgate Moor, 1803-1806

Copy Beamish South Moor Inclosure Award, 24 October 1810 Comissioners: John Martindale and John Fryer

Copy Hamsteels Common Act, 1772/1774

Copy Hamsteels Common Act, 1772/1774

Copy Tanfield Moor Award, 16 April 1807 Commissioner Joseph Granger

Rules of the South Tanfield Literary Institute, 1877

Lynesack and Softley Parish plan showing division into parish wards (including number of electors), 1912

Helmington Row, plan showing alterations of polling districts and places, marked on 6 inch to 1 mile O.S. sheet XXXIV N.W. (2nd edition), gives number of voters in each ward, 1910

Electoral divisions with polling places and polling districts, 1924

Electoral divisions showing areas, population, and electorate, together with report on proposed rearrangement 1911-1926

County Council sealed order altering electoral boundaries, 1912, 1927 also correspondence re re-arrangement of electoral divisions, 1924

Correspondence relating to dates of elections for District Councillors and Guardians, 1907

Correspondence re additional representation on South Shields R.D.C. and Whitburn P.C., 1906-1907

Correspondence re the election of parish councillors for Chester-le-Street, 1907

Order of South Shields Borough Council for dividing South Shields into wards for election of guardians, 1907

Papers re inquiry into Edmondsley and Lanchester elector division, 1907

Correspondence re the election and retirement of councillors of Southwick on Wear U.D.C., 1906

Papers relating to elections to Hebburn U.D.C. and Union, 1907

Papers re district councils, principally concerning elections, representation, estimates and vacancies (including proposed cemetery at Witton Gilbert, County Surveyor's reports on loan for cemetery at Sacriston), 1903

Plan of proposed parliamentary divisions, 1948

Durham County Council report and proposals for review of County Electoral Districts, 1932

Rules re nomination and election of Guardians outside London, 1896-1897

Rules re nomination and election of Rural District Councillors, 1897

Rules re nomination and election of Urban District Councillors, 1896

Durham County Council Electoral Districts, with numbers of voters in each ward, 1961

Circulars re County Council elections, 1946

Correspondence re electoral registration, 1947-1948

Correspondence relating to 1946 County Council elections

Statements and claims for registration officers' expenses in compiling electoral registers, 1919

Files re electoral registration officers' expenses, 1923-1948

Population, area and number of electors in County electoral divisions, 1912

Representation of Durham County Council to the Local Government Board for alteration of electoral boundaries, 1912

Registration of County Electors Act, 1889

'An Act to Prevent Fraudulent Votes in Elections, 1763', written in back are examples of forms of certificates under this Act and their registration by the Clerk of the Peace

Results of County Council elections, giving names, addresses, occupations of candidates elected and electoral division, 1889

County Council elections, candidates expenses, 1958-1963

District auditor's report on Motor Taxation Department, 1923

Minutes of the (Durham County) War Charities Act Committee, 1916-1920

Agreement for purchase of land at Great and Little Usworth for the housing of the working classes, 1913

Photographs and correspondence re War Memorial, 1922

First report etc. of Committee on Retrenchment in Public Expenditure, 1915

Copy of Local Government (Emergency Provisions) Bill and Act, 1916

Ministry of Health (Housing Department) memorandum on system of costing for house construction etc. 1920-1921

Reports 1-3 of Committee dealing with acquisition of land for Public Purposes, 1918-1919

Land Settlement Facilities Bill, estimate of probable expenditure, with resolution of Durham County Council re acquisition of undeveloped land for public purposes, 1919

Government circulars re housing, 1918-1924

Details of contributions to and related papers re National Relief Fund, County Durham, 1914-1919

Papers relating to the closure of Washington Old Hall, 1895

Papers relating to the appointment of the Deputy Clerk of the Peace, 1927

Arbitration papers re relieving officers' salaries, Durham County Council and Hospital and Welfare Services Union, 1943-1944

Case papers in arbitration between N.A.L.G.O. and Durham County Council concerning salary of Director of Education, 1924-1943

County Council return giving names, employment, wages, allowances and hours of employees receiving annual payments of under £100, 1893

Return of name, office, remuneration and perquisites of person receiving annual salary of £100 plus, 1889

Correspondence etc. re reduction of coroners' and justices clerks' salaries, 1931-1935

Correspondence etc. re Gissing v. Liverpool Corporation concerning transfer of poor law officers' superannuation, 1934-1935

Miscellaneous papers re reduction in salaries of County Council staffs and other employees, 1931-1934

Correspondence etc. re reduction in salaries of County Council Officers and the police, 1931-1932

Compensations for loss of office under Local Government Act (1929), 1931-1937

Miscellaneous County Council agreements mainly re Old Shire Hall and the Town Hall, 1890-1905, includes terms of appointment of County Treasurer, 1905

Papers relating to the West Stanley Colliery explosion (jurymen's fees), 1909-1912

Papers re 1922 Juries Act, 1920-1939

Correspondence to Clerk of Council concerning King George V Memorial Fund, 1936-1938 [This funded public playing fields]

Conditions of competition of designs for new County Offices, c.1943

Death certificate for John Lloyd Wharton, 1912, copy made 1915

Hertfordshire Poultry Schemes, cash book and bank statements, 1935-1936

Correspondence and printed matter re Channel Tunnel Parliamentary Committee, 1929

University of Durham Act, 1832

Correspondence re assistance to blind persons in Victory Week, 1946

Reports re Endowed Charities in Durham County, 1901-08

Menu of the Durham County Council Chairman's first annual dinner, 1964

Correspondence etc. re the establishment of clothing factory at Bishop Auckland by George Dunn and Co. tailors, 1936-1937

Hartlepools Mutual Plate Glass Assurance Association, accounts, 1910, 1911, 1919

Riot Act circulars etc. 1909-1912

Standing Orders of House of Commons re private bills etc. 1685-1840

List of private acts re Cumberland, Durham, and Westmorland, 1729-1883

Standing Orders of the House of Lords re deposit of documents re private bills with Clerks of the Peace (printed), 1844

Index to Highway Diversion orders, 1809-1961

Memorandum re appropriation of land at 'Balgownie', Bede Burn Road, Jarrow, for registrar's offices, 1962

Durham County Council civil registration schemes etc., 1932-1955

Report of the Guardians' Meeting, Auckland Times & Herald, 24 November, 1876

Standing orders, printed, of Durham Guardians, 11 April 1840

Contract, Chester-le-Street Guardians and the Union Medical Officer, 1902

Agreement between Manchester and Lanchester Unions re maintenance of sane epileptics from at Langho Epileptic Colony, Manchester, 1923

Agreement, Chester-le-Street and Gateshead Unions re maintenance of mental cases in Gateshead Union Workhouse, 1924

Agreement, Lanchester Union and P. Michael Faraday & Rodgers, land surveyors and valuers, London, concerning revaluation of Union, 1909

Certificate, Local Government Board to Easington Union certifying sum spent on officers' salaries in financial year ending 25 March 1888, 1889

Agreement between various Unions constituting Northern Counties Joint Poor Law Committee, 1913

Details of mortgages taken out by various Boards of Guardians, n.d.

Deeds, contracts etc. re Houghton-le-Spring Union including bill of quantities for proposed cottage homes 1914; deeds re land on north side of Manor House, Houghton-le-Spring, 1876-1914, 1876-1922

Lanchester Union, deeds, plans etc., 1838-1904, including Order in Council approving school attendance bye laws for Conside cum Knitsley, 1885

Durham County Council, minutes of meetings of Special Committee to consider the Local Government Act, 1929, including abstracts of applications for post of Public Assistance Officer, 1929, and schedule of Guardians' Committees, membership, places of meeting etc. 1929

Papers re transfer of poor law services to County Council under Local Government Act, 1929, including memorandum on scheme for financial administration of poor law and statement showing number of relief committees in existing Union areas

Schedule showing areas, members and places of meeting of Guardians Committees

Volumes relating to Bowes Museum, i.e. photographs of royal visit, 1956

Volumes of newspaper cuttings re Bowes Museum, 1870-1902

Marriage contract and wills of Josephine and John Bowes, printed, 1871, 1885

Estate sale particulars, in French, c.1797-1822

Original will of the Countess de Montalbo, 1769

Ground plan of proposed Bowes Museum, 1871

Acceptance of office as members of the Bowes Museum Committee, Earl of Durham, Lord Barnard and Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease, 1890, 1895

Standing Orders for the Bowes Museum and for the Management of the Library, 1906

Letters, newspaper cuttings etc. re meetings of the Management Committee and accounts, 1906-1919

Accounts and curator's reports, 1885-1921

Wills and codicils of the Earl of Strathmore, 1904, with draft memorandum of execution, 1914

Sale catalogue of duplicates from the museum, 1917

Correspondence, plans, newspaper cuttings, accounts etc. re building and fittings of the museum, 1869-1885

Plans of the museum and park by William Waistell, 1871

List of paintings at the Rue de Berlin belonging to John Bowes, some of which were transferred to the Bowes Museum

List of paintings by artists living in 1866

Marriage contract with John Bowes and the Countess de Couten, 1877

Extract from the translation of the inventory made after the death of Mr. Bowes re Madame Bowes' jewels, 1886

Manuscript guide to the Bowes Museum, 1893

Summary of receipts and payments for Bowes Museum and Park, 1885-1892

Memorial from the inhabitants of Barnard Castle to the Charity Commissioners re the Bowes Museum, 1895

List of articles belonging to the Countess of Montalbo to be valued for legacy duty, 1893

Report from the Teesdale Mercury, Strathmore v. Vane re Countess of Montalbo's jewellery, 8 November 1893

Art and Library Committee minutes, 1922-1950

Verification of weights and measures standards for County Durham, 1857

Declarations of Inspectors of Weights and Measures, 1902, 1934

Extract from Magna Carta re weights and measures and correspondence, 1939

Index to Home Office letters, April 1947 - April 1948

Local Government and Parliamentary Committee, correspondence, 1953-1955

Agricultural Rates Act (1896), prescribing regulations, 1896

Locomotives on Highways Act (1896), general regulations, 1896

Assizes Relief Act, 1889

Agricultural Rates Act, 1896

Copy of Sunderland Herald, 30 January 1901 Chiefly concerned with the death of Queen Victoria

Copy of Sunderland Daily Echo, 30 January 1901

London Gazette, 1 February 1901

Number not used

Papers re the Old Age Pensions Committee, 1946-1949

Protocol of friendship, [town twinning] between Durham County Council and the regional national Committee of Central Slovakia at Banska Bystrica, 1965

[Books gifted as part of the town twinning between Durham County Council and the regional national Committee of Central Slovakia at Banska Bystrica] Contemporary Art in Czechoslovakia by Miroslav Lamac, 1958; Orava by Zostavil Eugen Lazist'an, 1962; Banska Bystrica by Stredoslovenske Vydavatel'stvo, 1964

Minutes etc. re Lord Mayor of London's Mining Distress Fund (later the Coal fields Distress Funds), Northern Coal fields Committee, 1928-1929

Royal Commission on Population Report, 1949

Interim, Second Interim and Final Reports of the New Towns Committee, 1946

Local Government in England and Wales during the Period of Reconstruction, 1945

County Council Agendas, 1910-1952

Papers re appeals under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act, (1949), 1954-1959