Catalogue

Parish Council minute book, 1903 - 1915

Parish Council minute book, including loose index at back, 1915 - 1933

Parish Council minute book, including loose index at back, 1933 - 1943

Parish Council minute book, including loose index at back and list of Councillors for the Butterknowle and Copley Wards at front, 1943 - 1950

Parish Council minute book, including loose index at back and printed procedure as to parish meetings at front, 1950 - 1958

Parish Council Minute Book, including printed procedure as to parish meetings at front, 1958 - 1967

Minute book of parish council meetings, 17 July 1967 - 2 September 1974

Blank notices of Annual Meeting of Parish Council, n.d. [1890s]

Notices of Annual parish meetings and meetings to elect councillors etc., 1935 - 1946

Blank circular notice of a rneeting of the Parish Council, n.d. [1960s]

Copy letters indicating change of parish officials (Clerk and Superintendent of Lynesack Cemetery), 4 March 1975

Canteen Committee minute book, 3 August - 15 November 1926 Including: canteen bills, September 1926; Durham County Council Education Committee pamphlet Provision of meals for school-children; free meals account, 15 December 1926; letter concerning purchase of 12 gallon boiler, 17 August 1926

School Canteen weekly accounts and vouchers, 2 December 1921 - 18 January 1922

Declarations of Acceptance of Office by parish councillors, 1895 - 1909

Declarations of Acceptance of Office by parish councillors, 1910 - 1952

Declarations of Acceptance of Office by parish councillors, 1953 - 1973

File of circulars and posters concerning election of parish councillors and proceedings at parish meetings, 1922

Home Office circulars concerning alteration of rules for Local Government Elections and election of parish councillors, 18 February 1925

Home Office circulars concerning election of parish councillors and proceedings at parish meetings, 8 February 1928

Poster concerning offences in relation to nomination papers (for election of parish councillors), n.d. [1930's]

Letter enclosing: circular letter incorporating declaration of acceptance of office, 25 February 1955; notice of result of election of parish councillors, 9 May 1967; notes for councillors, n.d.

Material relating to Parish Council elections 1973 and Non Metropolitan Council elections June 1973 Including: The Candidates Guide, nomination papers, notice of election of District and Parish Councillors for Teesdale District

Nomination paper of James Simpson for election as Parish Councillor, 7 June 1973

Notice of election of County Councillor for Witton-le-Wear Electoral Division, 15 January 1933

Notices of elections to fill casual vacancies on Barnard Castle Rural District Council, 1937 - 1938

Notice of results of election of Barnard Castle Rural District Councillors, 1937

Notices to D.W. Armstrong, J. Kellett, M. Makepeace, N. Mott, B. Nelson and R. Wearmouth, from the Chief Executive and Clerk of Teesdale District Council, informing them that they have been elected as parish councillors for the Butterknowle ward in the parish of Lynesack and Softley, 6 May 1976

Notices to A.S. Hurst, E. Morton, K. Redfearn, G.K. Robinson and J. Simpson from the Chief Executive and Clerk of Teesdale District Council, informing them that they have been elected as parish councillors for the Copley Lane ward in the parish of Lynesack and Softley, 6 May 1976

Cash book, March 1895 - March 1918

Treasurer's account book, March 1895 - March 1919

Receipt and payment book, including overseers contribution and general accounts (with a note that it is not for audit but for own use), March 1895 - March 1929

Receipt and payment account book, March 1918 - March 1930

Receipt and payment account book, March 1931 - March 1948

Receipt and payment account book, March 1949 - March 1971

Supplemental Valuation list for township of Lynesack and Softley, October 1897 - September 1911

Auckland Union collecting and deposit book for township of Lynesack and Softley, June 1912 - March 1913

Poor rate book for township of Lynesack and Softley, for rate made October 1914

Poor rate book for township of Lynesack and Softley for rate made 15 October 1915

Circular letter from the Association of Rate Collectors and Assistant Overseers concerning completion of forms and July meeting of the County Branch, 23 June 1921

Circular letters from Registration Officers Dept., Durham, concerning travelling expenses and remuneration of assistant overseers, April 1922 and May 1926

Receipt book for applications for use of Lynesack and Softley parish hall, November 1919 - May 1927

Rough account book for the "10 a/c" and "2 a/c", 1915

Weekly account book and list of members (society unknown), 22 September - 15 December 1916; also includes cash in gifts, goods, and expenditure in goods, June - December 1921; and earnings 1921

Account book of takings for the shop and billiards account, 1925 - 1930

Account book of income and expenditure of "scholars and non-scholars", also including alphabetical list of names and addresses, 13 August - 26 November 1926

Lynesack and Softley Land Fertility Scheme account book, August 1932 - 1947

Rent, rates repairs and mortgages account book, 1934 - 1947

Cash receipt book, December 1940 - February 1944

Financial statement of Lynesack and Softley Parish Council for year ending 31 March 1916

Financial statements of Lynesack and Softley Parish Council for years ending 31 March 1928 - 31 March 1939

Financial statements of Lynesack and Softley Parish Council for years ending 31 March 1940 - 31 March 1949

Financial statements of Lynesack and Softley Parish Council for years ending 31 March 1950 - 31 March 1959

Financial statements of Lynesack and Softley Parish Council for years ending 31 March 1960 - 31 March 1969

Financial statement of Lynesack and Softley Parish Council for year ending 31 March 1961 only (other forms are blank)

Register of precepts to Barnard Castle Rural District Council for expenses, 1 April 1943 - 1 April 1958

Rough accounts for workmens wages, for Barnard Castle Rural District Council, n.d. [1960's]

Bank Pass book for account of Lynesack and Softley Parish Council for Butterknowle, with The Bank of Liverpool and Martins Ltd., Barnard Castle Branch, May 1927 - June 1936

Book of cheque stubs for Martins Bank Ltd., March 1933 - March 1936

Book of cheque stubs for Martins Bank Ltd., October/November 1939

Receipts for bills and associated papers, 8 February 1935 - 27 March 1942

Accounts vouchers for year ending 3 March 1945

Accounts vouchers for year ending 31 March 1947

Accounts vouchers for year ending 31 March 1948

Accounts vouchers for year ending 31 March 1949

Accounts vouchers for year ending 31 March 1951

Accounts vouchers for year ending 31 March 1952

Accounts vouchers for year ending 31 March 1953

Accounts vouchers for year ending 31 March 1954

Accounts vouchers for year ending 31 March 1955

Accounts vouchers for year ending 31 March 1956

Accounts vouchers for year ending 31 March 1957

Accounts vouchers for year ending 31 March 1958

Accounts vouchers for year ending 31 March 1959

Accounts vouchers for year ending 31 March 1960

Accounts vouchers for year ending 31 March 1961

Financial statement book for receipts and payments, 31 March 1920 - 31 March 1978

Financial statement for Lynesack and Softley Parish Council, receipts and payments for the year ended, 31 March1975

Financial statement for Lynesack and Softley Parish Council, receipts and payments for the year ended 31 March 1978

Statement of income and expenditure, 1978-9

Financial statement for Lynesack and Softley Parish Council, receipts and payments for the year ended 31 March 1983

Nine audited receipt and payment account books, 31 March 1971 - 31 March 1976

Counterfoil precept book (Rating and Valuation Acts 1925-1955) of precepts payable to Barnard Castle Rural Dictrict Council, 1 April 1960 - 1 April 1979

Register of sundry rents, 31 March 1920 - 31 March 1981

General correspondence and associated papers, 1923 - 1936 [These were originally on a file and have been kept in the order in which they were found]

General correspondence and associatedpapers, 1935 - 1947 [These were originally on a file and have been kept in the order in which they were found]

General correspondence and associated papers, 1938 - 1943 [These were originally on a file and have been kept in the order in which they were found]

General correspondence - copy letters out, April 1939 - February 1940

General correspondence - copy letters out, July 1940 - October 1941

General correspondence - copy letters out, November 1941 - July 1942

General correspondence - copy letters out, August 1942 - February 1944

General correspondence - copy letters out, March 1944 - November 1945

General correspondence - copy letters out, November 1945 - April 1946

General correspondence and associated papers, March 1947 - March 1948

General correspondence and associated papers, 1948

General correspondence and associated papers, March 1951 - August 1952

General correspondence and associated papers, March 1955 - August 1956

General correspondence and associated papers, August 1956 - January 1958

General correspondence and associated papers, January 1958 - April 1960

General correspondence and associated papers, January 1960 - August 1961

General correspondence and associated papers, October 1961 - October 1963

General correspondence and associated papers, September 1963 - February 1964

General correspondence and associated papers, February - October 1965

General correspondence and associated papers, October 1965 - June 1967

General correspondence and associated papers, August 1968 - March 1971

General correspondence and associated papers, January - May 1971 (paper, 344 folios, 15 booklets).

General correspondence, 18 - 20 October 1971

General correspondence and associated papers, January - December 1972

General correspondence and associated papers, January - April 1973

General correspondence and associated papers, May 1973 - July 1974

File containing: letter from Coalfields Distress Committee to E. Bland concerning closure of scheme, 15 January 1931; notes on registration expenses, 1925 - 1927; circulars from Registry Officers Dept., Durham, 1927 - 1928; blank application form for an allotment, n.d.; circular letter enclosing forms for ordering seed etc., 18 February 1931; order forms for stationary etc., n.d.

Correspondence with Henry Walker & Son Ltd., Newcastle and George Waine & Co. Ltd., Bishop Auckland, Plumbers and Heating Engineers, concerning installation of Belplex Range, together with literature concerning fixture and use, and bills from Waine & Co., 1939

Invoice book containing draft letters from E. Bland (Clerk to Parish Council) concerning rent, water supply, title deeds etc., June - September 1942

Register of let and unlet allotments, 1917 - 1923, also including lease between Robert Turnbull/Ralph Denham of Copley Bent Farm and Parish Council for an allotment at Copley Lane (with sketch plan), 10 June 1918, and lease between William Chapman of Copley Lane and Parish Council for an allotment at The Three Horse Shoes (with sketch plan), 11 May 1921

Allotments rent book including situation of allotments and names of tenants, 31 March 1918 - 31 March 1923

Allotments rent book for Copley, Butterknowle and Quarry Lane, 31 March 1923 - 31 March 1929

Allotments rent book, 31 March 1930 - 31 March 1941

Allotments rent book, 31 March 1942 - 31 March 1954

Correspondence from County Durham Agricultural Executive Committee concerning claims and complaints for allotments etc., February 1918 - October 1921

Circular letters etc. from Central Committee of Allotment Gardens for the Unemployed concerning yield, February - November 1944 and October 1946

Correspondence concerning sale of Butterknowle allotments to Barnard Castle Rural District Council, including plan of area concerned, January - July 1973

Blank application forms for allotment gardens for the unemployed, n.d.

Letter to A.E. Bland, Clerk to the Lynesack and Softley Parish Council from W.I. Watson, solicitor, Barnard Castle, concerning Butterknowle allotment gardens and clarification of possessory title to Scroggy Bank, 1 August 1969 For enclosure see: CP/LS 247

'An original plotting of an estate at Butterknowle in the township of Lynesack and Softley, the property of Mr. M.W. Tinkler, containing 18 acres, 2 rods and 33 perches', giving details of the area occupied by Mr. Pratman's trustees and their sub-tenants, n.d., [nineteenth century]

Allotments rent book, 31 March 1955 - 31 March 1973

Letter from W. Foster, Clerk to Bishop Auckland Rural District Council, to E. Bland, Clerk to the Parish Council, concerning meeting to discuss omnibus stopping places, 27 February 1935

Circular letters from Parish Councils inviting tenders for erection of four bus shelters; particulars of site; list of people to whom they were sent; copies of plan of front and side elevation of shelters, not to scale, February 1968

Tenders for erection of four bus shelters at Engine Inn, Festival Villas, Burnley Row, and the Slack, 1 - 23 February 1968; fixed price tender, 1968; plan of front and side elevation of proposed shelters, n.d. [1968]

Large scale plans of proposed bus shelters showing front and end elevations, section, plan and section through end and back walls, by J.R. Atkinson, County Planning Officer, October 1965 No scales

Detailed tracing of proposed bus shelters showing section and elevation, n.d. [1965] No scale

Detailed tracing of Romanby (Northallerton) bus shelters, showing section and elevation, 7 June 1966 No scale

Copies of site plan of bus shelter - typical detail showing plan, elevation and section, June 1966 Scale: 2 feet to 1 inch

Copy plan, taken from an Ordnance Survey plan, showing bus stops marked A-F in Butterknowle, n.d. Scale: 25" to 1 mile [1:2500]

Site plan taken from Ordnance Survey plan showing bus stops at Surtees Arms Inn outside Butterknowle, n.d. Scale: 25" to 1 mile [1:2500]

Correspondence between George Dent and T.R. Tully, county engineer, and others, concerning the building of a bus shelter at Butterknowle, 2 June 1977 - 11 October 1983

Correspondence between George Dent and T.R. Tully, county engineer, and others, concerning the building of a bus shelter at Butterknowle, 2 June 1977 - 11 October 1983

Annotated plans for proposed bus shelter at Genburn Lane for Lynesack and Softley Parish, showing layout plan, elevation, section AA and site location, May 1982

Barnard Castle Rural District Council Fuel and Lighting Order, 1939, blank Notification of Registration of Consumers by a Licensed Merchant form, n.d.

Barnard Castle Rural District Council Fuel and Lighting Order, 1939, blank Application for Registration of Controlled Premises with a Licensed Coal Merchant forms, n.d.

Summary statistics from Parish Council in respect of street lighting, n.d. [post 1953]

Copies taken from Ordnance Survey plans showing proposed electricity supply to following places: Haggerleases Station, Butterknowle; Haggerleases Farm etc., Butterknowle; High Cockfield, L.V. Network; Copley Lane Head L.V. Network; Copley Lodge L.V. Mains; Butterknowle South L.V. Network; Howle L.V. Network; Copley East L.V. Network; Bracken Hill; Butterknowle Network (including the Slack), 1957 Scale: 25" to 1 mile

Copies taken from Ordnance Survey plans showing positions of existing and proposed street lights for the following places: Woodland/Edge area (Sheet NZ0626-0726); Butterknowle/The Slack area (Sheet NZ 1025-1125); Lane Head/Epley/Howle area (Sheet NZ0825); Crawe Howle/South Side/High Wham area (Sheet NZ 1026), n.d. [1960's] Also includes list of existing light numbers, 27 November 1971 Scale: 25" to 1 mile

Copies taken from Ordnance Survey plans (1920's) showing positions of existing and proposed street lights for the following places: Woodland/Edge/Lane Head/Copley/Howle area; Butterknowle area (XLI.13 and 14); The Slack area; Howle/Butterknowle/Bracken Hill/Crawe Howle area; Copley Lodge/South Side area, 22 May 1972 Scale: 25" to 1 mile

Papers concerning footpath No. 72 including: certified resolution as to deputy clerk attending hearing; certified resolution as to submission of evidence; copy of footpath No. 72 schedule; letter from Councillor M.H. Kellett; signed statements of parishioners; evidence forms with copies of Ordnance Survey maps showing boundaries (Durham sheet XLI.10), scale: 6" to 1 mile, 1963 etc.

Suggested circular letter and clerks' further comments concerning water supply of Woodland, Copley and District, 14 December 1972

Typescript list of names and addresses of those in arrears of General and Water Rate, compiled by Teesdale District Council for the parish of Barnard Castle (most names are crossed out), 6 December 1974

Letter from Charity Commission to Clerk of the Council concerning Registration of Charities (enclosures mentioned were not found) 11 February 1963

Papers concerning the Census, 1966 including: Instructions for Census Enumerators, 1966; questions to be asked; lists of persons in the Copley and Butterknowle wards

Copy Ordnance Survey plan, Durham Sheet XL, Yorkshire (N.R.) parts of sheets IIA and V, showing Woodland, Eggleston and district, 1923 edition Scale: 6" to 1 mile

Annotated copy of Ordnance Survey plan Durham Sheet XII.NW, showing Crake Scar Colliery, with boundaries marked in pencil, 1924 edition Scale: 6" to 1 mile

Ground plan, survey of Cockfield, the property of Messrs. Rand and Lee with note that it is to be carefully preserved, September 1939 No scale

Copies of plan of proposed site for twelve bungalows, Stone Row, Butterknowle, by Surveyor's Dept., Barnard Castle Rural District Council, July 1963 Scale: 1:500

Coloured plan of proposed site for twelve bungalows, Stone Row, Butterknowle, by A. Anderson for Barnard Castle Rural District Council, July 1963; also notice under section 16 of application for planning permission, 14 October 1963 Scale: 1:500

Copy Ordnance Survey plan of proposed site for twelve bungalows at Stone Row, Butterknowle, by A. Anderson for Barnard Castle Rural District Council (taken from Durham sheet XII.10, 1921), scale: 1:500, October 1964; copies of Ordnance Survey plan showing sites for proposed bus stops in and around, Butterknowle, Copley and Woodland (taken from Durham sheet XII.10), scale: 25" to 1 mile, n.d.

Photostat copies [taken from 20th Century Ordnance Survey plans] all of which are given a site number, of the following places: Festival Villas, [Butterknowle], scale: 1:500, 43 cm x 30 cm, n.d. (1 negative, 3 copies); Copley, no scale, n.d. (1 negative only); Butterknowle Village, scale: 25" to 1 mile, n.d. (1 negative, 1 copy); Cockfield Fell, scale: 25" to 1 mile, n.d. (1 negative, 4 copies)

Ground plan of Meadow View, Woodland, n.d. [20th Century] Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch

Copies of parts of Ordnance Survey plans showing lands common to parishes of Hamsterley, Lynesack and Softley and South Bedburn, n.d. Scale: 6" to 1 mile

Copy of part of Ordnance Survey plan showing Post Office routes in Woodland, Copley, Softley and Butterknowle, n.d. Scale: 6" to 1 mile

Copy plan showing access road to Stone Row, Butterknowle, by County Engineer and Surveyor, n.d. Scale: 1:500

Copies of Ordnance Survey plans reproduced by Barnard Castle, Rural District Council, showing Butterknowle (2 copies) and Copley (2 copies), n.d. Scale: 25" to 1 mile

Copies of plan showing Edge Hotel., boundary fence and proposed and existing sewers at Edge, n.d. Scale: 1:500

Copy of Ordnance Survey plan of Copley., marked site No. 2., n.d. Scale: 1:500

Copies of Ordnance Survey plan of Butterknowle marked site No. 3., n.d. Scale: 1:500

Copy of Ordnance Survey plan (Durham sheet XLI.10) of The Slack., marked site No. 4., n.d. Scale: 1:500

The County of Durham Parliamentary Polling Districts Orders, for Sedgefield, Chester- le-Street, Spennymoor, Bishop Auckland, Barnard Castle and Durham, 1918

Memorandum of Instructions by Registration Officers to Overseers engaged in preparation and publication of lists of electors, n.d. [1918]

Newspaper cutting concerning valuable hints on how new voters lists should be filled in, 25 April 1918

Circular from Local Government Board concerning compilation of the second register (for 1919), 29 November 1918

National Registration, Enumeration Instruction, sent to A.E. Bland of Butterknowle, 1941

Address book for the Butterknowle Ward (for compilation of register of electors), n.d. [1940's]

Printed Registers of Electors for the Copley and Butterknowle Wards, 1959 - 1975

Circular letters and notices concerning electoral registration, 1964 - 1975

Address book for the Butterknowle Ward (for registration purposes), n.d. [1960's]

Address book for the Butterknowle Ward (for registration purposes), n.d.

Address book for the Copley Ward (for registration purposes) n.d.

Typescript list of streets and houses in the Butterknowle and Copley Wards, n.d. [1960's]

Production of the Register of Electors by Couter, Durham County Council, June 1970 oo ets, paper)

Circular letters from Barnard Castle Rural District Council concerning postal charges etc. and compilation of Register of Electors 1971, 8 September 1971

Returned registration forms, typed lists of electors and associated papers for the Butterknowle and Copley Wards, 1971

Returned registration forms of the Clark, Duffy, Tarren, Lowe, Britton and Nelson families of Lynesack and Softley, October/November 1971

List of corrections/deceased parishioners to Register of Electors for the Butterknowle Ward, 11 December 1972

Electoral Registration forms containing addresses, but otherwise blank, 1972

Returned Registration form of the Packham family of Copley, 13 October 1973

Mss. and typed drafts of Registers of Electors for the Butterknowle and Copley Wards, 1973 - 1975

Blank lists "B" for electors not yet registered etc. and "C" for those registered at present, not to be included in next list, n.d. [1960's]

Blank registration form, n.d.

Blank registration card, n.d.

Circular postcard concerning completion of form for preparation of Register of Electors n.d.

Folder containing: copy of The Local Government Chronicle and Knights Official Advertiser, 19 August 1916; circular letters from the Local Government Board, Ministry of Health and Durham county Council concerning juries/Jury Act 1918, August 1918 - July 1919; precepts for returning lists of jurors, n.d. [post 1918]; circular from Durham county Council enclosing forms, 18 July 1921; suggestions for preparation of jury lists, 1921; form for return of men and women qualified to serve on juries from Lynesack and Softley (annotated), 1921

Circulars from the Registry Officers Department, Durham, concerning marking of jurors on registers etc., June 1922 and May - November 1928

Typescript list of suggested jurors from the Butterknowle and Copley Wards, 18 October 1971

List of suggested jurors for Butterknowle and Copley Wards, 18 October 1971

Agenda for the A.G.M. of D.C.A.P.C., 11 June 1960 and 17 June 1961 and reports submitted to the meeting for the years ending March 1960 and March 1961

Agenda for the A.G.M. of D.C.A.P.C., 19 October 1963 and report submitted to meeting for the year ending March 1963

Agenda for the A.G.M. of D.C.A.P.C., 12 September 1964 and report submitted to meeting for the year ending March 1964

Agenda for the A.G.M. of D.C.A.P.C., 3 September 1966 and report submitted to meeting for the year ending March 1966

Agenda for the A.G.M. of D.C.A.P.C., 16 September 1967 and report submitted to the meeting for the year ending March 1967

Agenda for the A.G.M. of D.C.A.P.C., 21 September 1968 and report submitted to meeting for the year ending March 1968

Agenda for the A.G.M. of D.C.A.P.C., 13 September 1969 and report submitted to meeting for the year ending March 1969

Circular letter from D. C. A.P.C. enclosing draft constitution and details of present and proposed subscription rates for member Councils, September 1970

Agenda for the A.G.M. of D.C.A.P.C., 17 October 1970 and report submitted to meeting for year ending March 1970

Agenda for the A.G.M. of D.C.A.P.C., 7 October 1972 and report submitted to meeting for the year ending, March 1972

Agenda for the A.G.M. of D.C.A.P.C., 9 October 1971 and 6 October 1973 and reports submitted to meeting for the years ending March 1971 and March 1973

Report submitted to the A.G.M. of D.C.A.P.C., held 28 September 1974, for the year ending March 1974

Booklet containing extracts from the Redcliffe-Maud Report, 1969, and draft statement on the Report, by the N.A.P.C., 14 July 1969

We're Telling You, a circular giving facts concerning Nalgo, 1937

Nalgo: What it has done, Is doing, Aims to do, September 1938

The Nalgo Building Society, December 1938

Nalgo in 1938: Summary of the Annual Report of the National Executive Council to the Annual Conference, May 1939

Nalgo: What it has done, Is doing, Aims to do, July 1939

Price list for Nalgo Sports Colours, n.d. [1930's]

Booklets concerning Nalgo insurance, sickness and health schemes, n.d. [1930's]

Letter to E. Bland from the D.M.A. enclosing the following: Holidays with Pay, 1938; Requests on Holidays with Pay, 1939; Wages, May 1939

Miscellaneous council documents, 1895-1973 Originally contained in a boxfile (1) Notices of meetings, elections etc., 1932-1972; (2) Home Office circulars, 1934-1965; (3) Land Fertility Committee correspondence, 1938; (4) National Association of Parish Councils circulars inc. model constitution and allotment agreements, 1895-1966; (5) National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act, 1949, Public Paths evidence form (blank), n.d.; (6) King George's Fields Foundation application forms (blank) and notes, 1937; (7) notice of intended sewers through private land at Woodland, 1938; (8) blank travelling and expenses forms etc. for Councillors, n.d.; (9) financial statements, including Union Overseers, 1924-1973; (10) specimen pages of rent books, etc., n.d.; (11) general correspondence, 1937; (12) leases to Miss A.A. Tinkler, for allotments, 1917 - 1958; (13) allotment agreement form, post 1910; (14) Lloyds Public Liability Policy, 1956; (15) Durham County Council Bill Repeal Notice, 1967; (16) copies of Ordnance Survey plan showing allotment gardens in Butterknowle, scale: 25" to 1 mile, n.d.; (17) copy of Ordnance Survey plan showing allotments at Diamond Hill, scale: 25" to 1 mile, n.d.; (18) plan and tracing of allotment gardens at Diamond Hill, scale: 1 chain to 1 inch, 1919; (19) material relating to election of Parish and District Councillors, 1952-1970 - includes posters showing candidates and results, notes for candidates, blank nomination forms, for parish and district elections

Circular letters, notes etc. concerning Lord Derby's Recruiting Scheme, November 1915

File of student A. Bland's papers and notes on English and Geography, at The Bennett College, Ltd., Sheffield, 1916 and 1929

Definitions concerning parliamentary and Local Government Franchises, issued by the Local Government Board, March 1918

Hadden's Rate Collector's Calculator, Hadden, Best & Co., London, 1920

The Corporation of Certified Secretaries: Syllabus of Examinations, n.d. [post 1923]

Lesson and answer papers, for the General Mathematic Course at the Bennett College, belonging to R.F. Morrell., n.d. [post 1927]

Folder containing notes relating to trustees of parish hall etc., and notices relating to sale of parish property, 1928 - 1946

Local Government Act, 1929 (Section 46): Report of the County Council of Durham on the First General Review of County Districts, with proposals as to changes which the County Council considers desirable, March 1933

Local Government Act 1929 (Section 46): First General Review of County Districts: Supplementary proposals of the County Council of Durham, and index to Report and Supplementary Proposals, May 1933

The Prudential Assurance Company Ltd., Instructions for District Agents, 1934

The Highway Code, n.d. [post 1935]

Official Guide to Barnard Castle in Teesdale, by Barnard Castle and District Publicity Society, 1937

Circular letter from Auckland Rural District Council enclosing tenders for scavenging for Lynesack and Softley, and tenders submitted, 1937

Poster giving names and addresses of Registrars of Births and Deaths in Durham S.W. District, July 1938

Papers concerning applications for enlistment of men in the R.A.F., 1938

Letters to A.S. Bland concerning courses offered by Accountancy and Secretarial Training Institute Ltd., October 1938, enclosing the following: ASTI Tuition Fees - Some points for consideration, n.d. [1938]; Sixty-Nine: IMTA Examination: An Explanation, 1938; Foundations (concerning foundation training), n.d. [1938]; Specialised IMTA Training: Coaching for Municipal Men by Municipal Men, n.d. [1938]

Contracts for Scavenging from Auckland Rural District Council for Lynesack and Softley, 1938

Slingsby: Ladders, Steps, Trestles, List 617, n.d. [1939]

Letter from Shaw & Sons to A. Bland enclosing example of Register of Private Street Charges, 12 September 1940

Red Cross Victory Garden Weeks: How to Organise them and How to run them, n.d. [1940]

Rough notebook for jottings of things to do in the Copley Ward, 26 March 1944

Regulations and Syllabus relating to the examinations of the Incorporated Association of Rating and Valuation Officers, January 1946

National Insurance Act 1946, leaflet P1: Your Old Age Pension, August 1946

Notes on the Community Service Council for Durham County Ltd., 1946

Correspondence etc. concerning money owed to ex airmen, rates, building sites etc., 1946 - 1948; also includes copies of Ordnance Survey plans Durham sheets XLI.SE for Evenwood and Ramshaw and XLI.NE for Toft Hill, scale: 6" to 1 mile, edition of 1924

Typescript notes concerning the courses of the Accountancy and Secretarial Training Institute Ltd. for A.R.V.O. Intermediate Examination, 1947 - 1948

Newspaper article entitled "How You Will Benefit" (from the increase in earned income allowance), n.d. [1947]

Students examination papers for A.R.V.O., Intermediate Examination (student no. 8969), May 1948

Catalogue of Fisher Ltd., wholesale jewellers, Nun St., Newcastle, n.d. [1940's]

Page torn from Register of Public Graves, November - December 1964

Letter from Belos Gravely Ltd., enclosing leaflets concerning firm and its equipment (tractors, grasscutters etc.), 18 December 1967

Decimalisation: A Training Plan, issued by Local Government Training Board, September 1969

Countryside Information Directory (Alphabetical index of names and addresses of various Conservancy groups), published by Countryside Commission, October 1970

Copies of Home Office Poster: Make Sure of Your Vote, H.M.S.O., 1970

National Countryside Directory, published by Countryside Commission, November 1973

Booklets and circulars including: Holiday Pay Schemes in County Durham, issued by Council of Social Services for Durham County, n.d.; Planning the New County, report by Durham County Planning Officer, Autumn 1973; Local Government Act 1972, Burial and Cremation, Department of the Environment Circular, 10 April 1974; Planning in Durham, Durham County Council Planning Department, No. 5, March 1974 (2 copies); Differential Rating, National Association of Local Councils, Circular 319, 15 March 1974; minutes of County Executive Committee of Durham County Association of Parish Councils, 16 March 1974; notice of AGM of Durham County Playing Fields Association, 9 May 1974; circular letter from Hon. Secretary, Durham County Association of Parish Councils, concerning T.V. licences, April 1974

Letter from Northumbria Tourist Board, concerning introduction of national voluntary registration scheme of tourist accommodation and enclosing Register of Accommodation (1974), 8 May 1974

The Representation of the People Act 1918: The Compensation Section, by R.H.S. Butterworth, for the incorporated Association of Rate Collectors and Assistant Overseers, n.d.

The Corporation of Accountants Brochure, n.d.

Index to minute book, n.d.

Index to minute book, n.d.

Index to minute book, n.d.