Catalogue

Minutes of evidence taken before Royal Commission on mining subsidence, 1923; Minutes of evidence taken before Royal Commission on Local Government, 1923-1924; Durham County Council administrative schemes, 1929, 1937; Durham County Council, scheme for constituting assessment areas and committees, 1937; County Council Association, proof of evidence re creation and extension of County Boroughs, 1924

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; Valuations of Shotton, Blackhall and Horden collieries, 1922; Appeal by Tanfield overseers against rate assessment, 1922; Appeals by L.N.E.R. against local authorities re rating of canteens, 1942-1945; Tyne Improvement Commissioners Bill, 1920; Appeal by Consett overseers against County Rate basis assessment, 1922; Lists of licenses from Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, Darlington, Sunderland, Stockton referred to renewal authority under the Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910, 1912; Assessment of collieries in Lanchester Union, 1922 (1 paper)

Plan and agreement (1891) 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 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 W. Durham Railway, 1896-1897 (incl. drawing); Correspondence re building and maintenance of Daddry Shield Bridge, 1894, 1895; Agreement of justices with Stockton Corporation and South Stockton Local Board for contribution towards cost of new bridge over the Tees, 1881-1887; 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); 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

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

Stockton Corporation accounts, 1911-1912 (2 copies) (2 volumes); Middlesbrough proposed boundary alterations, 1912 (3 volumes); Durham County Higher Education receipts, 1913-1916 (2 files); Stockton Corporation Act, 1919 (1 file); Middlesbrough Corporation Act, 1919 (1 file); Middlesbrough Corporation accounts, 1911-1912 (2 volumes); Durham County Council, Abstract of accounts, 1911-1912 (1 volume); Durham County Council, Report and accounts,, 1911-1912 (1 volume); Financial tables re Middlesbrough and Stockton. Extension Bills, 1913 (1 bundle); 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 (1 bundle)

Royal Commission on Local Government in Tyneside. Minutes of evidence before the Commission, 18 February, 1936 - 17 June, 1936 (12 files); Correspondence re proposed extension of Middlesbrough, 1912, 1913 (1 file); Plan of proposed extension of Middlesbrough, 1912

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

Appeals by the London & North Eastern Railway Company against rating assessments, 1943-1948 (3 files)

Appeals by the London & North Eastern Railway Company v. rating assessments. Including newspaper cuttings, 1921-1927 (include minutes and balance sheet of the Great Western Railway Company, 1926-1927) (2 files); correspondence, 1922-1923 (1 file); 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 (1 pamphlet); Counsel's opinion (1 file); correspondence, 1923-1925 (1 file); London & North Eastern Railway Company, reports and accounts for 1913-1927 (less 1923); printed appeal before the House of Lords, 1925. 1913-1927

Appeals by the London and North Eastern Railway Company v. rating assessments. Including The National Conference of Assessment Committee's Official Report, 1921 (1 booklet); 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, 1922 (2 copies) (4 files);reports by counsel on L.N.E.R. assessment, 1923 (2 files); newspaper cuttings, 1923-1924 re annual meetings of railway companies (1 file);correspondence files re railway assessments, 1923; news cuttings re rating of railways, 1921-1925 (1 file); Reports and Minutes of Evidence of the Dept. Committee on Railway Agreements, 1921 (2 volumes); Railways Act, 1921; 1st Annual Report of the Railway Rates Tribunal, 1922; statements showing the assessments, 1921-1923. 1921-1928

Appeals by the London & North Eastern Railway Company v. rating assessments. Including correspondence, 1922-1926 (1 file); Minutes of conference between Durham County Advisory Committee and the North Eastern. Railway Company, 1922 (1 file); Quarter Sessions appeals by the Consett Overseers, 1922; ditto by the Tanfield Overseers, 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; appeals by Framwellgate Moor Parish Council, 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. 1922-1927

Papers relating to a case between Durham County Council and the South Medomsley Colliery Co. re subsidence at the Collierley Council School, Dipton, 1915-1916 Papers include 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 See also plans CC/X 214-215

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

Papers re purchase of house adjoining Jarrow Police Station, 1899-1900; Papers re payments by Darlington Corporation to Durham County Council for the courthouse, 1892-1897; Correspondence, statistics etc. re transfer of magisterial business from Staindrop to Barnard Castle, 1898-1899; 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; Stockton Borough Council resolution re amalgamation of police forces, 1850; Agreement etc. Durham magistrates and West Hartlepool Corporation, 1888; 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; Darlington Borough Extension Act, 1915; papers re continuance of consolidation of Darlington & Durham police, 1922-1926 (includes printed statement of cost of policing Darlington for 9 years ending 31 March, 1924; 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. 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; 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; alleged encroachment in Moor Lane, Whitburn, by Robert Thompson of West House (or Hall), Whitburn, 1898-1899 (Include copy of Whitburn Moor Enclosure Award, 1680); Correspondence relating to encroachment on main road at Annfield Plain (inc. plan), 1895-1897; Appeal of Sherburn Parish Council v. the County Rate Basis, 1907; Agreement re encroachments on the main road at Catchgate (include 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

Settlement between William Alderson and Bishop Auckland U.D.C. re responsibility for roadworks, 1912; 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, 1892-1893 (Includes newspaper cuttings re riot at Castle Eden and letter of John Lloyd Wharton M.P., 1892); 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; Appeal of John Muir v. the order made by West Hartlepool Corporation for distraint of goods, 1894; bastardy appeal (Newton v. Merrington), 1895; 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; rules of the South Tanfield Literary Institute, 1877; 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; 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

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; Simonside Highway, Southwick Township, Justices' allotment and apportionment for repair, 1854; papers relating to the exercise ground at Durham Gaol, with plan, 1869-1879 Correspondence, reports etc. in case of Durham County Council v. Darlington R.D.C re pollution of the river Tees, 1891-1898; map showing boundaries of Weardale R.D. and Stanhope U.D. superimposed on 1" - 1 mile O.S 1897, 1905; sale poster, abstracts of title etc. concerning the sale of the Old Police Station, Northumberland Street, Darlington, 1856-1869; 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); Lynesack and Softley Parish plan showing division into parish wards (inc. number of electors), 1912; Helmington Row, plan showing alterations of polling districts and places, marked on 6" - 1 mile O.S. sheet XXXIV N.W. (2nd edition) (gives number of voters in each ward), 1910; County rate basis, 1926; electoral divisions with polling places and polling districts, 1924; electoral divisions showing areas, population, electorate, 1911-1926, together with report on proposed re re-arrangement; County Council sealed order altering electoral boundaries, 1912, 1927; correspondence re re-arrangement of electoral divisions, 1924; district auditor's report on Motor Taxation department, 1923; 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

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; 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; Lanchester Common, case re reservation of mining rights and copy of Enclosure Act, 1773, 1831, 1900-1902

Provisional orders, press cuttings and correspondence relating to the alteration of the Sunderland Borough boundaries, 1894, 1895; 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; petition and related papers re upkeep of road from Elwick to West Hartlepool, 1906; petition of inhabitants of Lambton Street and Braithwaite Street to the Clerk to Durham County Council re gardens, 1906; draft conveyance of land at Saltholme, parish of Billingham, from the University of Durham to Bell Brothers, 1864; papers relating to winding-up and sale of the old Annfield Plain Gas Company, 1906-1909; 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 (incl. 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; Tanfield U.D.C., papers re proposed alteration of boundaries; papers relating to extension of the West Hartlepool Borough boundaries, 1896-1897; 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 1894 Local Government Act in Co. Durham, 1894; Pittington, papers relating to alteration of township boundaries, 1896; letters re arrangements for elections of the first U.D.C.s and R.D.C.s, particularly ballot boxes, 1894; 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 re elections, representation, estimates and vacancies (including proposed cemetery at Witton Gilbert, County Surveyor's reports on loan for cemetery at Sacriston), 1903; papers relating to dispute between Whickham and Stanley U.D.C.s re alteration of boundaries of Whickham U.D.C. etc., 1895-1896; 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; papers re assignment of lease (Atkinson - Clerk of the Peace) of Jarrow Police Station, 1871; 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; assignment of lease of land at Seaham Harbour as site for a soup kitchen. 1867

Papers relating to the South Shields boundary alterations, 1900-1901; minutes of the (Durham County) War Charities Act Committee, 1916-1920; papers relating to the closure of Washington Old Hall, 1895; draft conveyances, correspondence and counsel's opinion re 11-13 Old Elvet, Durham City, 1898-1899; Durham County Council Schemes for the Constitution of Statutory Committees, 1931; Durham County Council Road stone Control Committee minutes, and related papers, 1917-1918; papers and correspondence re financial adjustment between Durham County Council and Stockton on extension of borough, 1919-1922; papers, correspondence and reports re the Houghton-le-Spring - Easington Lane Road, 1922-1923; papers relating to the appointment of the Deputy Clerk of the Peace, 1927; papers relating to the West Stanley Colliery explosion (jurymen's fees), 1909-1912

County Development Plan with sealed copies of preliminary statements; town map and written analysis for Houghton-le-Spring, Hartlepool Borough and Billingham, 1950-1953; papers relating to tithe rents at Dinsdale (co. Yorkshire) 1922-1923; arbitration award between Hartlepool Corporation and Durham County Justices re cost of a lock-up house for the borough, 1853; Chester-le-Street & Pelton Gas Parish Lighting Co. Ltd., provisional order to supply gas, 1896, with other papers including plans, 1895-96; Correspondence with Washington U.D.C., Gateshead Corporation and Durham County Council re sewage disposal in Wear, 1923-1924; correspondence to Clerk of Council concerning King George V Memorial Fund, 1936-1938; case papers re sale of Stanhope Town Hall to Durham County Council, 1887-1902; 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 to land in Sedgefield (for Winterton) with surrenders (1751-1851), 1855; abstract of title and related papers re Police Station, Crook Paddock, Barnard Castle, 1856-1857; abstract of title to land at Consett, 1860; abstract of title to house at Staindrop, 1863; conditions of competition of designs for new County Offices, c.1943

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; arbitration papers re relieving officers salaries, Durham County Council and Hospital and Welfare Services Union, 1943-1944; special order from Electricity Commissioners concerning supply in Stanley U.D.C. with related correspondence, 1940; case papers in arbitration between N.A.L.G.O. and Durham County Council concerning salary of Director of Education, 1924-1943

Case papers and evidences re 82 & 83 North Road (formerly King Street), Durham, 1860-1867 (Accn: 335(D)); 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; leases of room at 68 Argyle Street, Hebburn, 1939, 1955; deeds re 39/41 Bridge Street, Blaydon, 1832-1931; deeds, papers etc. re 14, 34 & 43 Bridge Street, Blaydon, 1832-1929

Tees Fishery District enlargement, certificate and plan, 1889 (marked on 1st edition O.S. 1-in. 1861); Standing Orders of House of Commons re private bills etc., 1685-1840; index to Highway Diversion orders, 1809-1961; statement to Local Government Act Commissioners by Durham County Council re financial adjustments with County Boroughs, 1890; Death certificate (1915 copy) for John Lloyd Wharton, 1912; sealed copies of bye-laws of Durham County Council concerning financial penalty for resignation by members, 1889; bye-laws made by Hartlepool Port and Harbour Commissioners concerning port ferry, 1856; memorandum re appropriation of land at 'Balgownie', Bede Burn Road, Jarrow, for registrar's offices, 1962; Auckland Times & Herald, 24 November, 1876, reporting Guardians' Meeting; standing orders (printed) of Durham Guardians, 11 April 1840; plan of proposed parliamentary divisions, 1948; order setting up Wear Fishery District, 1879 (with 1st edition 0.S. 2-in.) with related papers, 1878-1879; agreement, Weardale & Consett Water Company with Durham County Council, for sale and purchase of the Company s undertaking, 1920; list of enclosure awards deposited with Clerk of Peace and other officers, 1618-1859; list of private Acts re Cumberland, Durham and Westmorland, 1729-1883; correspondence re Tanfield enclosure and plan, 1925; certificate establishing Tees Fishery District, with sealed statement setting out boundaries, 1866, with area marked on 1st edition O.S. plan 1-in.; list of books in law library at the Assize Courts, 1897; 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, 1930 (with conveyance of Prudhoe Hall, 1914); Hertfordshire Poultry Schemes, cash book and bank statements, 1935-1936; County Treasurer's security, 1919; correspondence, County Council and District Councils re maintenance of roads and bridges, 1927; correspondence re maintenance of main road at Sunderland Bridge, 1890

Case between Wear Valley Railway and the Governors of Wolsingham Grammar School, 1780-1890, inc. Wear Valley Railway Act (1845); a Charity Commissioners order re Wolsingham Grammar School, 1906; deeds etc. re 7 South Street, Durham, 1860-1933; Earl's House Industrial School [Earls House], rules for management and discipline, visiting, mark system, time-table, 1916; Byers Green Council School, conveyance of land for playing field, 1935, with related papers, 1828-1921; deeds etc. re 5 South Street, Durham, 1764-1912; deeds of land adjoining Gilesgate Council School conveyed to Durham County Council, 1688-1922

Statutory rules etc. re mainly to war damage, evacuation, air raid precautions and emergency education, 1939-1941; contract, Chester-le-Street Guardians and the Union Medical Officer, 1902; agreement between Manchester and Lanchester Unions re maintenance of sane epileptics at Laugh's epileptic colony, 1923; Ministry of Health sanctions to various expenditure and loans, 1921-1929; 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; agreements, County Council and South Shields Corporation re charges for patients in Harton Hospital and Institution, 1943; 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; 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; details of mortgages taken out by various Boards of Guardians, n.d.; Sunderland Echo, 3 April, 1939, containing notice of provisional apportionment of street works in Coronation Avenue, Ryhope; correspondence etc. re War Zone Courts, 1940-1942; correspondence and printed matter re Channel Tunnel Parliamentary Committee, 1929; papers re South Shields Extension Act, 1950 and Sunderland Extension Act, 1950, with copies of both acts, 1950; files relating to 1939-1945 War (including draft Air Raid Precautions Scheme, 1938-1939; Civil Defence County Controllers files, 1940-1945, containing details of damage and casualties from bombing and flying bombs); papers re financial provisions of the proposed adjustment of local government boundaries on South Tyneside, 1935-1936; orders made under Local Government Act, 1888, and Lunacy Act, 1890, re accommodation and financial adjustments for the Durham County Lunatic Asylum, 1892; statement of financial adjustment for Gateshead Extension Act, 1932; miscellaneous papers re costs and wages, 1940-1942, and re Emergency Hospital Scheme, 1942

Volumes relating to Bowes Museum, i.e. photographs of royal visit, 1956; newspaper cuttings, 1870-1902; Art & Library Committee minutes, 1922-1950; verdict in dispute between Greatham Hospital and North Eastern Railway etc., 1881-1906; Prudhoe Hall Colony, inventory and valuation, 1925

Papers re Bowes Museum, 1769-1921 including: marriage contract and wills of Josephine and John Bowes (printed), 1871, 1885; estate sale particulars (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 memo. of execution, 1914; sale catalogue of duplicates from the museum, 1917; Correspondence, plans, newspaper cuttings, accounts etc. re building and fittings of the museum, 1869-85; 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; MS. 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, 8 November, 1893, in Strathmore v. Vane re Countess of Montalbo's jewellery

Royal Commission of Local Government, Tyneside, 1935-1936. Memos. of evidence submitted by officers and members of the Durham County Council (incl. educational programme for Durham County, 1930-1933); papers re Review of County Districts (incl. objections), 1932-1937, includes abstract of accounts for Tanfield U.D.C., 1930-1931; Durham County Council report and proposals for review of County Electoral Districts, 1932; 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

Map and schedule showing Petty Sessional divisions, 1905 (prepared as result of Licensing Act, 1894); conveyance (copy) 58/59 Framwellgate, Durham, 1912; University of Durham Act, 1832; verification of weights and measures standards for County Durham, 1857; Acts for repairing road between Durham and Shotley Bridge, 1810, 1831; Stanley & District Gas Co. accounts, 1942; special prescription and related papers etc. re Shotley Bridge & Consett District Gas Company, 1940, 1943; correspondence re assistance to blind persons in Victory Week, 1946; County Medical Officer of Health report and printed correspondence re uncertified deaths, 1900; 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; index to Home Office letters, April 1947 - April 1948; plans of works to be authorised or abandoned under Weardale & Consett Water Act, 1915; & the Weardale & Consett Water Bill, 1920; 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; South Shields regulations re enquiries and notices, 1896; Durham County Council Bill, 1962-1963; North Eastern Counties Audit District, assignment of districts and duties, 1896; certification of costs of enquiries under Local Government Act, 1888, 1896; Agricultural Rates Act (1896), prescribing regulations, 1896; 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; Locomotives on Highways Act (1896), general regulations, 1896; order constituting the River Tyne Port Sanitary District, 1897; proposed joint aerodrome in North East Durham, summary of proceedings, 1935-1938; 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; papers re Francis Johnson's allotment on Framwellgate Moor, 1803-1806

Whitwell (Cassop Colliery), deeds etc., 1874-1880; deeds etc. re lands at Crossgate Moor, Durham, 1786-1901; correspondence, Sedgefield, Parish Council re repair of West End embankment by Sedgefield R.D.C., 1897-1898; Sunderland Herald, 30 January, 1901; Sunderland Daily Echo, 30 January, 1901; London Gazette, 1 February, 1901; street map of West Hartlepool, 1889; with proposed new allotments etc. with correspondence, 1901; 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; Order, Durham County Council and Sunderland Corporation, 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., 1906 (includes population figures and rateable values, representation etc. of all parishes in Sunderland Union, 1891-1906); papers re loan from County Council for lighting in Great & Little Usworth, 1901; agreement re a level crossing over Stanhope-Edmundbyers road, 1898; agreement, Durham County Council and Gateshead Corporation re contributions to County Lunatic Asylum, Sedgefield, 1906; agreement, Durham County Council and Bishop Auckland U.D.C. re maintenance of main roads, 1907; agreement, Durham County Council and South Shields Corporation re financial adjustments on boundary changes, 1904; Affidavits re appeal concerning District Auditor, 1933-1934; 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; agreement, Durham County Council, Gateshead, South Shields and West Hartlepool re Sedgefield Asylum, 1904; memorial of Houghton-le-Spring U.D.C. for increased membership of Council, 1906; agreement, Durham County Council and Sunderland re Sedgefield Asylum, 1906; ditto South Shields, 1906; correspondence re application of Ryhope parish council to become an Urban District, 1906

Contract for painting County Gaol, 1866; 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 repair of County Roads and Bridges, 1867-73; contracts for alterations to police stations at Lanchester, Spennymoor, 1874; agreement for building of proposed new kitchen at Durham County Lunatic Asylum, 1875; contracts for completion of work at Bishop Auckland Police Station, 1873; bond for performance of contracts to build new wings to the County Gaol, 1873; contract for building police station at St. John's Chapel, 1873; conveyance of land for a police station at Consett, 1875; Standing Orders of the House of Lords re deposit of documents re private bills with Clerks of the Peace (printed), 1844; conveyance of land for police station at Jarrow, 1871; correspondence re roads at Simonside, 1880; contract for building police station at Stanhope, 1870; contract for building police station at Shildon, 1871; sessions order altering highway districts, 1880; memorial from Southwick Local Board re. incorporation in the Gateshead & South Shields Highway District, with correspondence, 1880; conveyance to the Prison Commissioners of a house in Durham Prison for the Superintendent of Police, 1881; deeds and related papers of land in New Elvet, Durham City, 1740-1813

Durham County Council Electoral Districts, with numbers of voters in each ward, 1961; minutes of the Visiting Committee of the County Mental Hospital, 1933; 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; agreement for purchase of land at Great and Little Usworth for the housing of the working classes, 1913; conditions for lease of Church Farm, Evenwood, 1920; declarations of Inspectors of Weights and Measures, 1902, 1934; reports re Endowed Charities in Durham County, 1901-08; circulars re County Council elections, 1946; Durham County Police Authority, reports on buildings etc., 1956; rateable values of Poor Law Unions, with Clerk's Report to the County Rate Basis Committee, 1897; correspondence re electoral registration, 1947-1948; correspondence relating to 1946 County Council elections; papers re the Old Age Pensions Committee, 1946-1949; correspondence etc. relating to the pre-emption of reclaimed land on the Tees estuary, 1886; papers re 1922 Juries Act, 1920-1939

County Mental Hospital deeds re lands in Bishop Middleham, 1678-1852; deeds and related papers of lands in Sedgefield, 1755-c.1877

County Mental Hospital 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

Durham County Lunatic Asylum Orders re pauper lunatics chargeable to Durham County, 1880-1902; notices of deaths in and removals to (from Lancashire) the County Asylum, 1890-1918; Durham County Lunatic Asylum, accounts for 1880, 1881, 1885, 1887; report of Visiting Committee, 1880; returns of inmates, 1885, 1904; printed accounts, incl. 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 (incl. 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

Annual reports of: 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 & 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 & Southwick Hospital, 1909 Prince of Wales' Hospital Fund for London, 1897 Papers re King Edward VII Memorial Fund, 1910-11

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

Deeds of land in Middleton-in-Teesdale and Newbiggin, 1519-1771; deeds and related papers of 95 & 97 Claypath, Durham City (incl. public house called The Foresters Arms), 1848-1875; deeds and related papers of Bridge House, Stanhope, 1752-1946; 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

Charity Commissioners' order concerning Wolsingham Grammar School, 1880; Seaham Hall Sanatorium Grounds, bye laws, 1929; proposed Durham City Through Road, Surveyor's Report to the Works Committee, 1931; County Council return giving names, employment, wages, allowances and hours of employees receiving annual payments of under £100, 1893; internal memoranda from County Medical Officer of Health re infected Argentinean corned beef, 1964-1965; luncheon tickets, opening of new Shire Hall, 1898; invitation to opening of new Shire Hall, 1898; account of proceedings on opening of the new Shire Hall, 1898; extract from Magna Carta re weights and measures and correspondence, 1939; photographs and correspondence re War Memorial, 1922; return of name, office, remuneration and perquisites of person receiving annual salary of £100 plus, 1889; minutes of proceedings before Local Government Act Commission, 1890; Scotswood Bridge Bill, 1961-1962; menu of the Durham County Council Chairman's first annual dinner, 1964 (Accn: 65)

Statements and claims for registration officers' expenses in compiling electoral registers, 1919; files re electoral registration officers' expenses, 1923-1948; 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; correspondence etc. re Northern Conference of Local Authorities to relieve unemployment, 1927-1928 (includes report on deputation to Minister of Labour and copy of Special Areas (Development & Improvement) Act, 1934); papers in Durham County Court bankruptcy case re Matthew Charles Carr of High Grange Farm, Gilesgate Moor, farmer, 1933; 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; memoranda from Director of Education re expenditure on schools, 1926; correspondence etc. re establishment of clothing factory at Bishop Auckland by George Dunn & Co., tailors, 1936-1937

South Tyneside Regional Planning Scheme, 1928; 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

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

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

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

Miscellaneous papers re reduction in salaries of County Council staffs and other employees, 1931-1934; 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, 1919, with resolution of Durham County Council re acquisition of undeveloped land for public purposes; Government circulars re housing, 1918-1924; correspondence etc. re reduction in salaries of County Council Officers and the police, 1931-1932; letters re smallholdings, 1931; compensations for loss of office under Local Government Act (1929), 1931-1937

Colliery rating assessments, 1929-1938; statistical summaries of output, production costs etc. of coal mining industry, 1928-1931

Appeal in House of Lords, West Hartlepool and Durham County Council against financial adjustment of the Local Government Board, 1907; statement of Durham County Council to Local Government Act Commissioners re equitable financial adjustments between the County, Gateshead, South Shields and Sunderland, 1890; mortgage and related papers by Jarrow Corporation to Ecclesiastical Commissioners re Borough Fund, 1905; leases and tenancy agreements re Durham Elvet Station buildings, 1947-1958, inc. plan of proposed alteration to Local Taxation Office, 1947; Jarrow, list of councillors, standing orders etc., 1904-1905; agreement, Durham County Council and Darlington Corporation re financial adjustment, 1921; orders of Local Government Act Commissioners re financial adjustments between Durham County Council and Sunderland and South Shields Corporations, 1892

number not used - now CC/Deeds 3-8

L.N.E.R. rating appeals, correspondence, case papers, County Rate basis assessment etc., 1915-1926, inc. 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

number not used - now CC/Deeds 9-13

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

Annual reports of Durham County Nursing Association, 1919-1954; papers re Durham County Transport Bill inc. notices and plans, 1921, inc. minutes and proceedings of Select Committee of House of Lords on Jarrow & South Shields Traction Bill, 1929

Copies of Middlesbrough and Stockton Corporation Bills, 1919; Stockton Corporation Act, 1919, with related papers; petition of Durham County Council against Tees Valley Water Board, 1920; West Hartlepool Corporation Act for buses and tramways etc., 1919; South Shields Gas Act, 1919, sections re County Council; 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; correspondence and related papers re extension of Stockton boundaries and financial adjustment, 1912-1916; population, area and number of electors in County electoral divisions, 1912

L.N.E.R. rating appeals, 1922-1926

Papers inc. photographs re extension of West Hartlepool Borough inc. 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.

Tees Valley Water Bills & Act, 1923, 1929-1930, and related papers, 1922-1930; North Eastern Railway Bill, 1923; South Shields Corporation 1921, with related papers, 1920-1923

Deeds, contracts etc. re Houghton-le-Spring Union (inc. bill of quantities for proposed cottage homes (1914); deeds re land on north side of Manor House, Houghton-le-Spring, (1876-1914), 1876-1922; deeds etc. of messuages in New Elvet, Durham City, 1804-1965

Draft agreements re roads, bridges, police stations etc., 1852-1907; conveyance of land at South Hylton for police station, 1872; papers re supplementary government contribution towards cost of police, 1920-1924

Deeds re the "Durham Ox" and 38 Gilesgate, Durham, 1656-1922; deeds etc. of Violet Hill Farm, Norton, 1694-1887

Deeds of houses and land in Claypath, Durham, 1753-1891; deeds re 22 New Elvet, 1841-1853; miscellaneous County Council agreements mainly re Old Shire Hall and the Town Hall, 1890-1905, includes terms of appointment of County Treasurer, 1905; tenders etc. to County Council, 1951-1952

Tyne Improvement Commissioners, abstracts of accounts, 1911-1928 (incomplete); Consett Waterworks Company, balance sheets, 1864-1920; Hartlepool Port and Harbour Authority, 1864-1928; papers re hiring allotments by Hebburn U.D.C., 1897-1898; papers re creation of Hetton U.D., 1894-1895, inc. Local Government Board Order, 1895; Local Government Board Order dividing Bearpark civil parish etc., 1895; papers re Hartlepool Extension, 1897, inc. provisional order, 1897, representation of Corporation to Local Government Board, 1896, and plan, 1897; Felling U.D.C. division into wards, 1894, with related papers, 1894-95, inc. 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; Chilton allotments, 1895-1896

Lanchester Union, deeds, plans etc., 1838-1904, inc. Order in Council approving school attendance bye laws for Conside cum Knitsley, 1885 (Accn: 348); protocol of friendship, Durham County Council and the regional national Committee of Central Slovakia at Banska Bystrica, 1965 (Accn: 145); Contemporary Art in Czechoslovakia by Miroslav Lamac, 1958; Orava by Zostavil Eugen Lazist'an, 1962; Banska Bystrica by Stredoslovenske Vydavatel'stvo, 1964; (Accn: 487) agreement of local authorities for establishing North Eastern. Regional Airport, 1963 (Accn: ?)

Durham County Council, Finance Committee, approved payments, 1902-1905; case papers in King's Bench appeal, District Auditor, re surcharge, 1933-1934; case papers, the Queen v. Durham County Council re right of Merrington to be separated from Tudhoe School Board, 1899, 1900; miscellaneous agreements re police, Sedgefield Asylum, maintenance of main roads, sites for elementary schools at Preston-on-Tees and Horden (both 1905), 1900-1909; correspondence re appeals v. County Rate Basis, 1920-1922; case papers re repair of footpath from High Rows, Birtley, to Washhouses, 1904-1907

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

Correspondence etc. re Tees (Newport) Bridge Act, 1930, and opening by the Duke & Duchess of York (1934), inc. minutes and accounts of Joint Committee, 1922-1944; plan showing alternative traffic routes, 1929-1930; opening brochure, 1934; papers re opening ceremony, inc. Teesside Chamber of Commerce journal re opening of bridge, 1934; opening of Poole Sanatorium, Nunthorpe, 1932; plan of Middlesbrough County Borough showing wharves, 1913; Tees (Newport) Bridge Bill & 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

Files re burial districts including Bishop Auckland, 1926-1929; Belmont & Pittington, 1921; Fishburn, 1934-1935; Hurworth & Neasham, 1948-1953 inc. plans; 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

Papers re Gateshead Extension, 1953, inc. particulars of county borough extensions, 1921-1953; memoranda re proposed Gateshead extension, 1947; particulars of projected development to 1973 in Gateshead C.B., Felling and Whickham U.D.C.s; 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; 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; Gateshead Corporation Act, 1938

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

Stockton Bridge Bill etc., 1880-1884; prospectus and related papers inc. plans re Stockton & Darlington Steam Tramways Company, 1881; orders made at Durham Quarter Sessions etc. opposing tramways schemes in Stockton and Middlesbrough, 1872-1873; Tees Conservancy Acts, 1852-1878; 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

Papers re the proposed Stockton & Middlesbrough Extensions, 1912-1913, include 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, 1902-13; representation of Stockton Borough to the Local Government Board for boundary alterations, 1912; copies of two Stockton Corporation Bills, 1924-1925, 1929-1930; comparative tables of shops in Middlesbrough, Ormesby, Eston and Normanby, Billingham and Cowpen Bewley; notes of the County Medical Officer on sanitary conditions in Stockton Borough, Stockton R.D. and Middlesbrough, 1912-1913; reports to Local Government -Board on the sanitary condition of Middlesbrough, with special reference to the persistently high death rate, 1910; Darlington Extension and Improvement Bill, 1896; representation of Durham County Council to the Local Government Board for alteration of electoral boundaries, 1912

Ministry of Labour Reports on Industrial Conditions in the Depressed Areas, 1934 (inc. Durham and Tyneside); Royal Commission on Population Report, 1949; 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; report of the County Medical Officer on maternity and child welfare services provided by the Durham County Council, 1934; Report of Royal Commission on Local Government in Tyneside Area, 1937; Interim, Second Interim and Final Reports of the New Towns Committee, 1946; Survey of Industrial Development, 1933-1936; Local Government in England and Wales during the Period of Reconstruction, 1945; Report of Royal Commission on the Distribution of Industrial Population, 1940; Second Report of Royal Commission on Local Government, 1928; statement of Durham County Council to the Royal Commission on Geographical Distribution of Industrial Population, 1938; details of contributions to and related papers re National Relief Fund (Co. Durham), 1914-1919

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.; observations of Shildon U.D.C., 1932, and particulars in support of Hartlepool's application for an extension of borough boundaries, 1931; plans of sites for schools purchased under compulsory powers at Blackhall Mill, East Hetton and West Cornforth, 1911

Jarrow Extension Bill, 1922; correspondence, 1921-1923, plans showing proposed boundaries, 1922; newspaper cuttings, 1921-1922; House of Commons Official Report, 11 May 1922; 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; Jarrow Extension & Improvement Bill, 1922 (map re) and plan of Hebburn U.D., 1911

Durham County Transport Bill, 1921; book of reference to the Bill, 1920; Durham & District Light Railways, Commissioners' estimate of expense, 1900; Durham Light Railways Act and book of reference, 1900; copy of The Times for 6 January, 1930

Papers re West Hartlepool Extension Bill, 1951-1952, incl. copy of bill; plans and reports of the Chief Officers of the Durham County Council v. the Bill; 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 N.R. Yorks.; development plan for primary arid secondary education in West Hartlepool, 1946, and survey of West Hartlepool under Town & Country Planning Act, 1947, 1950; proceedings and arbitration between Durham County Council and West Hartlepool re local taxation and financial adjustment, 1905-1906 (incl. summary of the valuation lists for Co. Durham, 1906); papers re West Hartlepool Corporation Act, 1925, re provision of trolley vehicles (incl. copy of Act, correspondence, petition of Durham County Council against); West Hartlepool Corporation Bill re trams, 1919, correspondence etc.; street photographs of West Hartlepool and views of docks, n.d. c.1950

Durham County Water Board Bill, minutes of evidence, 1920; North Eastern Railway Acts, 1869, 1871, 1872, 1874-1876, 1882-1884, 1887, 1889-1891, 1893-1895, 1897-99, 1900-1902, 1905, 1908; Weardale Water Act, 1902; Consett Waterworks Acts, 1869, 1894, 1902; South Shields Gas Acts, 1879, 1904; Sunderland & South Shields Water Act, 1891; Hartlepool Gas & Water Acts, 1867, 1874, 1878, 1898; Assizes Relief Act, 1889; Registration of County Electors Act, 1889; Seaham Harbour Dock Act, 1898; North & South Shields Electric Railway Act, 1902; Newcastle & Gateshead Gas Acts, 1864, 1867, 1873, 1879, 1901; Shotley Bridge & Consett District Gas Act, 1869, 1899; Spennymoor & Tudhoe Gas Bill, 1876, 1914-1915; Newcastle Corporation Tolls Act, 1905; Hartlepool Borough Extension Act, 1883; Sunderland Electric Lighting Order, 1883; Agricultural Rates Act, 1896; Sunderland Tramways Order, 1878, 1880; '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; Local Government Board's (Gas) Provisional Orders Confirmation (Droitwich etc. [inc. Tow Law]) Act, 1878; Weardale & Shildon District Waterworks Acts, 1875, 1879; Hylton, Southwick & Monkwearmouth Railway Act, 1871; Hartlepool Port & Harbour Act, 1879; Durham Gas Act, 1873; Tees (Conservancy) Order, 1874; Tow Law Gas & Waterworks Order, 1878; Middlesbrough & Stockton Street Tramways Order, 1873; Bishop Auckland Gas & Waterworks Facilities Order, 1877; Redheugh Bridge Act, 1866; Darlington Tramways Order, 1880; Tudhoe & Sunderland Bridge Gas Act, 1877; Seaham Gas Act, 1905; Hartlepool Gas & Water Act, 1867; Houghton-le-Spring District Gas Act, 1879; Sunderland Daily Echo re tramways, various dates, 1879

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

Wear Commission, statements of account, 1899-1928; Tyne Salmon Conservancy Board, annual reports, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1925, 1926; Weardale & Consett Water Company, directors' reports and accounts, 1873-1920; Durham Water Company balance sheet, 1870; Hartlepools Mutual Plate Glass Assurance Association, accounts, 1910, 1911, 1919; Stanhope & Weardale Joint Hospital Committee accounts, 1918-1919; Sunderland & South Shields Water Company, reports and accounts, 1866-1928; River Tees Port Sanitary Authority accounts, 1921-1928; North Eastern Sea Fisheries Committee, quarterly meetings minutes, 1908-1929

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

County Council elections, candidates expenses, 1958-1963

Royal Commission on Tyneside Local Government, statement by local authorities, 1935-1936; Newcastle Corporation Bill etc., 1919-1920

Newcastle Corporation Bill and Acts etc., 1904-1905

Sunderland Corporation Bill etc. inc. minutes of evidence, 1934-1935; Sunderland Corporation Act, correspondence, 1934-1933; book of reference to deposited plans re Sunderland Corporation Bill, 1934; report of Durham County Council on review of county districts, 1933

Durham County Council, minutes of meetings of Special Committee to consider the Local Government Act, 1929, inc. abstracts of applications for post of Public Assistance Officer, 1929, and schedule of Guardians' Committees, membership, places of meeting etc., 1929; draft administrative welfare schemes for Durham County under Local Government Act, 1929; report of Works Committee to Special Local Government Committee, 1929; Rating Advisory Sub-Committee minutes, 1927-1928; District Auditors' reports etc., 1912-1939; Riot Act circulars etc., 1909-1912; rating appeals, 1938-1951; Local Government and Parliamentary Committee, correspondence, 1953-1955

Darlington Corporation Bill etc., 1934, inc. minutes of evidence, 1933-1934; application, minutes of proceedings, 1914; representation of Darlington Corporation to Local Government Board, 1913; financial tables, 1933-1934; Easington R.D.C. Bill etc., 1934-1935, inc. minutes of evidence, 1935

Easington R.D.C. Bill etc., 1934-1936; Tyne Tunnel Act etc., 1934-1935; Tyne Tunnel Bill, 1955-1956

Darlington Corporation Act, 1930 - map showing extension of borough boundaries, 1930; Sunderland Corporation Act, 1935 - certified copy of map showing extension of borough boundaries, 1935; North Tees Joint Town Planning Scheme - statements, plans etc., 1926-1933

Sunderland Corporation Act, 1927, with related papers, incl. plans, 1925-1928; Durham County Water Board Bill & Act, 1933-1934, with related papers incl. plans, 1933-1934

Durham County Water Board Bill, 1922, with related papers, 1920-1922, incl. plan and financial tables, 1922; Durham County Water Board Act, 1920; Weardale & Consett Water Act, 1920; Sunderland & South Shields Water Bill, 1922

Middlesbrough Corporation Bill & Act, 1932-1933, with related papers, 1932-1933; Gateshead Extension Bill, 1952-1953, with related papers, 1951-1953, incl. plans, financial tables, written statement re development plan, 1952; with photographs of unspecified places in Heworth, with key

Colliery assessments, 1929-1932

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

Appeal to Durham Quarter Sessions between North Eastern. Electric Supply Co. and the County Valuation Committee, 1941-1942; papers re transfer of poor law services to County Council under Local Government Act, 1929, inc. 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

Press cuttings, October 1962 - continuing

Section and four plans showing coal workings underlying Oxhill Schools, prepared by South Moor Colliery Company, n.d. [1915] 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) Relate to case papers CC/X 78

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, 9 November 1915 Original plan in coloured ink on waxed linen; hand coloured photocopy on prepared paper Relates to case papers CC/X 78

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