Catalogue

Papers, including Policy and Resources Special Sub-Committee minutes, regarding preparations for celebrations of the centenary of Durham County Council, 1 December 1986 - 17 June 1989

'who runs the north east ... now? A Review and Assessment of Governance in North East England', University of Durham and University of Northumbria, June 2000

Launch of County Durham Strategic Vision, the Community Strategy for County Durham: correspondence file, 14 January - 23 July 2004 Includes invitations, arrangements, agenda, speeches, newspaper cuttings etc

Review of Local Government. Summary of Submission to the Local Government Commission, November 1992

Review of Local Government. Submission to the Local Government Commission, November 1992

The Local Government Commission's Proposals: The best of both worlds: county and community. Leaflet commenting on the proposals of the Local Government Commission, May 1993

Review of Local Government. Second Submission to the Local Government Commission, April 1994

Review of Local Government; Durham County Council's Comment on 'Four for the Future', A Proposal to establish four Unitary Authorities in County Durham, May 1994

Four for the Future: A Proposal to establish four Unitary Authorities in County Durham (photocopy)

Local Government Commission for England: Final Recommendations on the Future Local Government of Cleveland and Durham: A Report to the Secretary of State for the Environment, November 1993

Local Government Commission for England: The Future Local Government of County Durham: Second Review: Draft Recommendations: A Report to Local Residents, July 1994

Working with local councils: Durham County Council's approach, 1992

The Review of Local Government: How does it affect you?: Durham County Council's approach, pre-November 1992

The Future Local Government of Cleveland and Durham: Our Proposals for Durham: Your Chance to Have Your Say, leaflet issued by the Local Government Commission for England, circa May 1993

Final Recommendations on the Future Local Government of County Durham, Second Review: A Report to the Secretary of State for the Environment, December 1994

Annfield Plain

Aycliffe North

Barnard Castle East

Barnard Castle West

Belmont

Bishop Auckland Town

Blackhalls

Brandon

Burnopfield & Dipton

Chester-le-Street Central

Chester-le-Street North East

Chester-le-Street South

Consett

Craghead & South Moor

Crook North

Darlington Rural

Dawdon

Delves Lane

Deneside

Evenwood

Ferryhill

Framwellgate Moor

Gilesgate

Harrowgate Hill

Haughton

Horden

Hurworth

Leadgate & Medomsley

Lingfield

Lumley

Mowden

Murton

Nevilles Cross

Northgate

Park

Pelton

Peterlee Central

Peterlee Dene

Seaham

Sedgefield & Bishop Middleham

Sherburn Ward

Shildon South West

Spennymoor

Stanley

Tanfield

Thornley

Trimdon

Tudhoe

West Auckland

Willington

Woodhouse Close

Bishop Auckland Town

Murton

Newton Hall

Sacriston

Shildon South West

Inside Your County Council: The Structure and Function of County-wide Government, 1997

number not used

Know Your County Councillor, 1998

Know Your County Councillor, 2001

Corporate Plan, 1999/2000

Embracing Change, issues 1-4, June 2003 - January 2004

Our Shared Vision for the Future: County Durham Strategic Partnership: Corporate Policy Team, 2003

Corporate and Best Value Performance Plan, 2002/03

Corporate and Best Value Performance Plan, 2003/04

Corporate and Best Value Performance Plan, 2005/06

Constitution of Council, revised, May 2005

Queen's Silver Jubilee Appeal Fund, general correspondence, 1975 - 1978

Queen's Silver Jubilee Appeal Fund, local projects correspondence, 1976 - 1980

Durham County Appeal Committee, agendas and minutes, 1976 - 1978

Silver/Royal Jubilee Trust Agents' Committee, agendas and minutes, 1978 - 1984

Royal Jubilee Trusts, applications for grants, 1977 - 1984

Royal Jubilee Trusts Agents' Committee, minutes and papers, 1978 - 1984

Queen's Silver Jubilee Appeal Fund, Durham County Appeal Committee, agendas, minutes and correspondence, 1976 - 1978

Queen's Silver Jubilee Appeal Fund booklet, 1977 (1 booklet)

Electoral register street index, 1984

Periodic Electoral Review of Durham County Council Submission by Durham County Council to the Local Government Commission for England December 1999

Local Government Commission for England Draft recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Durham County Council February 2000

Local Government Commission for England Final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Durham County Council August 2000

Boundary Commission for England Electoral Review of Durham County Council Submission by Durham County Council, June 2009

Local Government Commission for England, Review of Local Government in Cleveland and Durham The Case for a Darlington Unitary Council Darlington Borough Council November 1992

Local Government Commission for England, Review of Local Government in Cleveland and Durham MORI Research Study of Durham Residents, October 1993

Local Government Commission for England, Review of Local Government in Cleveland and Durham Submission to the Local Government Commission on proposals for one authority for Durham, one authority for Darlington, prepared jointly by the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (North East) and Managers/Management Committees of the Eight District Bureaux 7 June 1993

Draft Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Chester-le-Street in County Durham, Local Government Commission for England, June 1998

Final Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Chester-le-Street in County Durham, Local Government Commission for England, Report no.66, October 1998

Draft Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Derwentside in County Durham, Local Government Commission for England, April 1998

Final Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Derwentside in County Durham, Local Government Commission for England, Report no.68, October 1998

Draft Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for the City of Durham, Local Government Commission for England, June 1998

Final Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for the City of Durham, Local Government Commission for England, Report no.67, October 1998

Draft Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Easington in County Durham, Local Government Commission for England, April 1998

Final Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Easington in County Durham, Local Government Commission for England, Report no.69, October 1998

Draft Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Sedgefield in County Durham, Local Government Commission for England, June 1998

Final Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Sedgefield in County Durham, Local Government Commission for England, Report no.70, October 1998

Draft Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Teesdale in County Durham, Local Government Commission for England, June 1998

Final Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Teesdale in County Durham, Local Government Commission for England, Report no.71, October 1998

Draft Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Wear Valley in County Durham, Local Government Commission for England, June 1998

Final Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Wear Valley in County Durham, Local Government Commission for England, Report no.72, October 1998

Periodic Electoral Review of Durham County Council: Submission to the Local Government Commission for England, December 1999

Draft Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Durham County Council, Local Government Commission for England, February 2000

Final Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Durham County Council, Local Government Commission for England, Report no.177, August 2000

Chancel Repairs: Records of Ascertainments under the Tithe Act 1936 for the following churches: [IR 104/19] Ancroft & Chiswick, 3 July 1941 Auckland, St. Andrew, 5 September 1942 Aycliffe, 27 August 1941 Bedlington, St. Cuthbert, [Northumberland], 22 August 1941 Billingham, St. Cuthbert, 30 August 1946 Bishop Middleham, 21 January 1942 Bishopwearmouth, 13 December 1940 Bishopton, 21 May 1942 Boldon, St. Nicholas, 8 August 1940 Chester-le-Street, 30 May 1944 Coniscliffe, 8 December 1941 Dalton-le-Dale, Holy Trinity, 21 April 1949 Darlington, St. Cuthbert, 2 July 1942 Durham, St. Giles, 15 June 1949 Durham, St. Nicholas, 27 September 1946 Durham, St. Oswald, 4 April 1941 [IR 104/20] Gainford, St. Mary, 12 February 1946 Greatham, 19 June 1941 Grindon, 3 December 1941 Hart, 2 October 1940 Heighington, St. Michael, 5 November 1946 Holy Island [Northumberland], 28 April 1947 Houghton-le-Spring, 17 December 1941 Jarrow, St. Paul, 11 June 1941 Kelloe, 24 December 1941 Lanchester, 19 April 1941 Merrington [page bearing date omitted from copy] Monkhesleden, 26 July 1949 Monkwearmouth, St. Peter, 27 August 1940 Norham, St. Cuthbert [Northumberland], 20 September 1946 Norton, 31 May 1941 Pittington, St. Lawrence, 25 April 1949 Redmarshall, 21 May 1942 Sockburn, 2 October 1943 Staindrop, 26 February 1942 Stranton, All Saints, 24 May 1941 Trimdon, 17 May 1943 Tweedmouth [Northumberland], 3 July 1941 Whitburn, 13 February 1943 Whitworth, 10 August 1949 Winston, St. Andrew, 2 May 1946 Witton Gilbert, 27 April 1950 Witton-le-Wear, 5 September 1942 Churches for which liability ceased before 2 October 1936, certified, 20 July 1949: Brancepeth Egglescliffe Elton Elwick Hall Gateshead Haughton-le-Skerne Middleton-in-Teesdale Long Newton Ryton Sedgefield Stanhope Wolsingham Churches for which liability ceased before 2 October 1936; certified, 17 February 1950 Castle Eden Cockfield Craike [Yorkshire] Croxdale Dinsdale Easington Edmundbyers Gateshead Fell Great Stainton Hartlepool Hurworth Middleton St. George Muggleswick Seaham Washington Whickham Winlaton

Distinguished Visitors Book to County Hall, with signatures of British Royal Family members, 14 July 1977 - 7 September 1992

Papers relating to a visit of EEC [European Economic Community] officials to County Durham on 16 April 1980 to discuss issues surrounding the closure of the steel works in Consett, 2 - 11 April 1980

Photograph of Councillor J. Graham, n.d. [1980s]

Photograph of Councillor J. T. Thompson, n.d. [1980s]

Photograph of Councillor A. Ansler, n.d. [1980s]

Photograph of Councillor M. Nicholls, n.d. [1980s]

Photograph of Councillor Toft, n.d. [1980s]

Photograph of Councillor Mick Terrans, n.d. [1980s]

Photograph of Councillor John Alderson, July 1993

Photograph of Councillor A. Ambler, n.d. [July 1993]

Photograph of Councillor R. Pendlebury, n.d. [July 1993]

Photograph of Councillor J. T. Thompson, n.d. [July 1993]

Photograph of Durham County Councillors, n.d. [1985] Names are provided

Photograph of Durham County Councillors, n.d. [1989]

Photograph of Durham County Councillors and chief officers, n.d. [2005]

Durham Miners: A Stained Glass Commission, [1996] Booklet on the stained glass windows in the Durham Room

Forty Years of County Hall, October 2003

Attendance book (Committee Room 1A), 22 April 1998 - 10 December 2009

County Council meetings attendance book, number 4, 3 March 1971 - 7 December 2011

Attendance book (Committee Room 4), 30 April 1998 - 30 January 2007

Master plan of the preliminary design for the Riverside Development, Chester-le-Street, showing the location of viewpoints 2 - 10, n.d. [1991]

Plan, no. 1, of the preliminary design for Durham County Cricket Ground, Riverside Development, Chester-le-Street, n.d. [1991]

Design drawing, no. 3, of the proposed Durham County Cricket Ground and Lumley Castle, viewed from the stand, Chester-le-Street, by [ ] Marson, architect, 1991

Design drawing, no. 4, of the proposed Durham County Cricket Ground entrance and hospitality village, Chester-le-Street, by [ ] Marson, architect, 1991

Design drawing, no. 5, of the proposed Durham County Cricket Ground covered boulevard at rear of stand, Chester-le-Street, by [ ] Marson, architect, 1991

Design drawing, no. 6, of the proposed athletics track and sports facilities at the Riverside Development, Chester-le-Street, by [ ] Marson, architect, 1991

Design drawing, no. 7, of the proposed Riverside Walk, looking towards Lumley Castle, Chester-le-Street, by [ ] Marson, architect, 1991

Design drawing, no. 8, of the proposed nature conservation area, beside the River Wear, Chester-le-Street, by [ ] Marson, architect, 1991

Design drawing, no. 9, of the proposed Riverside Park Café, showing a bandstand beside the River Wear, Chester-le-Street, by [ ] Marson, architect, 1991

Design drawing, no. 10, of the proposed Riverside Park bowling green and conservatory, Chester-le-Street, by [ ] Marson, architect, 1991

`Presentation of proposals by Chester-le-Street District Council and Durham County Council¿ to the European Commission, for a major regional tourism and leisure attraction at Chester-le-Street Riverside¿, 18 September 1991

Artwork for the front cover of an assessment, by Durham County Council and Chester-le-Street District Council Officer Working Group, of the Chester-le-Street Riverside Development - a home for County Cricket in the North, August 1989

Site plan of land use at the Riverside Development, Chester-le-Street, n.d. [c.1990]

Copy plan of preferred access arrangement at the proposed Riverside Development, Chester-le-Street, by Halcrow Fox and Associates, St. Jude¿s Church, Barker Street, Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne, drawing no. HFA/6015/009, September 1990

Copy Ordnance Survey plan of the Riverside area, prior to the proposed development, Chester-le-Street, n.d. [c.1990]

Copy design drawing of an aerial perspective of the proposed Riverside Development from the south south-west, n.d. [c.1990]

Artwork (by Durham County Council] for a press release of `Ideas for a County Cricket Ground at Chester-le-Street Riverside¿, containing a design plan and key and copy press cuttings, n.d. [1989]

Copy design drawing of an aerial perspective of the proposed Riverside Development from the south south-west, Figure 3 Design Principles, ref: 110/34-3, K. Frankish, Director of Economic Development and David J. Newbegin, Director of Environment, n.d. [c.1990]

Copy design drawing of an aerial perspective of the proposed Riverside Development from the south south-west; Figure 3 Design Principles, n.d. [c.1990]

Copy press cuttings about the proposed Durham County Cricket ground at Chester-le-Street, from the Gazette, Sunderland Echo, Durham & District Times, Evening Chronicle, Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, The Journal, Daily Express, The Times, The Independent, Sun, Daily Star, The Guardian, Today, The Northern Echo, Evening Chronicle, 13 September 1989 - 12 October 1989

Copy Ordnance Survey plan of part of Chester-le-Street town centre, Chester-le-Street Riverside, and land to the east towards the A1 motorway, with annotated details of the main-line railway; District Council land in recreational use; District Council land under agricultural lease, areas of special landscape value (Lambton and Lumley) and of great landscape value (Durham City), n.d. [c.1990]

Copy of a description of the Chester-le-Street Riverside Development, including copy drawings of two different front elevation views of the cricket stadium, one view of the executive housing, one view of the business park, n.d. [c.1990]