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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 499 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Sunderland Local Government Acts, police constable's journals and other

Covering Dates: 1857-1963

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Miscellaneous documents

Catalogue Description

Miscellaneous papers including Local Acts relating to Sunderland;
police constables journals, plans, photographs and newspaper cuttings
deposited on long term loan,
25 October 1976

(Acc. 966(D))

County Record Office,
County Hall,

Catalogue Contents

Miscellaneous documents (Ref: D/X 499)Copies of printed Acts and Bills relating to Sunderland, 1857-1963 (Ref: D/X 499/1-33)Ref: D/X 499/1

Printed copy of 20 and 21 Vict, Session II; Sunderland Gas Act re. supplying gas to the Town and Borough of Sunderland. 1857

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/2-3

Sunderland Corporation Bill; book of reference to deposited plans (two copies). November 1898

(paper, 2 vols.)

Ref: D/X 499/4

Printed copy of 62 and 63 Vict, ch. cxc; Sunderland Corporation Act, re. the construction of additional tramways in Sunderland, 1 August 1899

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/5

Printed copy of 63 and 64 Vict, ch.ccxxi; Sunderland Corporation Act re. confer ring extra powers uppn the County of Durham Electric Supply Company, 6 August 1900

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/6

Printed copy of 63 and 64 Victoria, ch. (50) cclviii; Sunderland Corporation Act re. constructing a new bridge, with approach roads, over the River Wear at Southwick, 6 August 1900

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/7

Printed copy of 3 Ed. 7, ch. lxiv; Local Government Boards Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 11) Act, re. the South Shields and Southwick on Wear joint hospital districts. 30 June 1903

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/8

Printed copy of Valuation Bill re. the amendment of laws concerning the valuation of local authorities. Endorsed 2 May 1904

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/9

Printed copy of 3 Ed. 7, ch. cxix; Local Government Boards Provisional Orders Conformation (no. 11) Act, re. the South Shields and Southwick on Wear Joint Hospital districts. 22 July 1904

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/10

Printed copy of 4 Ed. 7, ch. clxxxi; Tramways Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Act., to confirm the provisions of the 1870 Tramways Act. 15 August 1904

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/11

Printed copy of 6 Ed. 7, ch.c; Sunderland Corporation Act re. extending the town's electricity supply. 2 August 1907.

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/12

Printed copy of 7 Ed. 7, ch. c; Sunderland Corporation Act to extend the electricity undertaking and the health, local government and improvement of the borough. 2 August 1907

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/13

Printed copy of 5 and 6 Geo. 5, ch. xlvii; (Wearmouth Bridge) Act, re. the construction of Wearmouth Bridge. 2 July 1915

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/14

Printed copy of 9 and 10 Geor. 5, ch. xxviii; Sunderland Gas Act re. extending the limits of the Sunderland Gas Company's supply. 22 July 1919

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/15

Printed copy of 12 and 13 Geo. 5, ch xxvi; The Sunderland and South Shields Water Act re. constructing new water systems and raising additional capital to this end. 31 May 1922

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/16

Printed copy of 12 and 13 Geo. 5, chlxxxiv; Wear Navigation and Sunderland Dock (consolidation and amendment) Act, confirming and extending the powers of the River Wear Commissioners. 4 August 1922.

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/17

Printed copy of 13 and 14 Geo. 5, ch xxvi; River Wear Watch Act re. levying toll rates and charges on river users. 18 July 1923.

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/18-19

Printed copy of 14 and 15 Geo. 5, Sunderland Corporation Act re. the consolidation of rates and the granting of extra time for the building of Wearmouth Bridge (2 copies). 1924

(paper, 2 files)

Ref: D/X 499/20

Printed copy of 14 and 15 Geo. 5, ch. xxxiv; Sunderland Corporation Act re. extending the Sunderland Corporation (Wearmouth Bridge) Act of 1915. 14 July 1924

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/21

Printed copy of 17 and 18 Geo. 5; Sunderland Corporation Bill re. the extension of the borough boundaries. 1927

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/22

Printed copy of 17 and 18 Geo. 5 ch. xcvii; Sunderland Corporation Act re. constructing a quay, providing omnibuses and extending provision re. tramways and electricity. 29 July 1927.

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/23

Printed copy of 18 and 19 Geo. 5; Sunderland Corporation Act re. freeing the Queen Alexandra Bridge from tolls. 1928

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/24

Printed copy of 25 and 26 Geo. 6, ch. cxxxv; Sunderland Corporation Act re. extending the town's boundaries and constructing street works and tramways. 2 August 1935.

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/25

Printed copy of 2 and 3 Geo 6, chlxvi; Sunderland Corporation Act re. the construction of a town hall and municiple buildings upon the WestPark; and the abolition of the corporation's market in High Street East, 13 July 1939

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/26

Printed copy of 6 and 7 Geo. 6, ch iv; Sunderland Corporation Act re. advancing money to the River Wear Commissioners; and extending the time allowed for the compulsory purchase of land and the completion of tramways. 3 June 1943.

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/27

Printed copy of 10 and 11 Geo. 6, ch. xxxvii; Sunderland Corporation Act re. constructing a quay extension. 31 July 1947

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/28-29

Printed copy of 13 and 14 Geo. 6; Sunderland Extension Act extending the county borough boundaries (2 copies). 1950

(paper, 2 files)

Ref: D/X 499/30

Printed copy of 14 and 15 Geo. 6, ch. xxxvi; Sunderland Corporation Act re. the extension of time limits for the compulsory purchase of lands and the completion of certain works. 1951

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/31

Printed copy of 5 and 6 E1iz. 2, ch xi; Sunderland Corporation Act granting permission to discontinue and abolish the ferry across the River Wear. 1957

(paper, 1 file)

Ref: D/X 499/32-33

Printed copy of (10 and 11 E1iz. 2) ch vii; Sunderland Corporation Act granting the borough permission to loan money to the River Wear Commissioners. (2 copies). 1963

(paper, 2 files)

Ref: D/X 499/103 - 108

Papers re. the ownership of property in Gregson and Bright Streets, Liverpool, 1895-1912.

Miscellaneous documents relating to places in the Durham/Newcastle area, 1886-1926 (Ref: D/X 499/34-41)

/34-35 Crawcrook Police Constables journals
/38-39 Plans of Oxclose farm, Shadforth.

Ref: D/X 499/34

Police Constable's journal for the Crawcrook beat, Chester division. Compiled by P.C. 174, Edwin J. Scurrah. Gives details of patrol routes and daily events. 26 December 1886 to 25 December 1887

(paper, 1 vol., printed form)

Ref: D/X 499/35

Police Constable's journal as in D/X 499/34; compiled by P.C. 174, Edwin J. Scurrah and P.C. 216, John Armstrong. 26 December 1887 to 25 December 1888.

(paper, 1 vol., printed form)

Ref: D/X 499/36

Day book. Business and owners unspecified but appears by contents to relate to a firm of shipping agents on Tyneside. Lists, expenses of shipping various goods including a consignment of arsenic. Also expenses incurred for river dues and ships master's bonuses, etc. December 1911 to September 1918

(paper, 1 vol)

Ref: D/X 499/37

Day book as in D/X 499/36, September 1918 to October 1928

(paper, 1 volume)

Ref: D/X 499/38-39

Two plans of Oxclose Farm Shadforth showing fields with acreages and calculations of value of total land held. n.d., early 20C [Scale 6:1]

(linen, 2 folios, coloured, each 23 x 28 cms.)

Ref: D/X 499/40

Memorandum of agreement between Thomas Paxton of South Shields and William Hall of North Shields re. the sale of 42 Blyth Street, Percy Main. 1901

(paper, 1 folio)

Ref: D/X 499/41

Four photographs of unspecified subject and date, n.d., c. 1900-1916:- a) a D.L.I. Corporal in uniform (9.5 x 14 cms) b) a little girl aged about 8 years (7.5 x 8.5 cms.) c) a group of men outside the Exhibition Hotel, Paris (10 x 7 cms.) d) a group of men, Possibly taken abroad (7. x 3.7 cms)

(paper, 4 folios)

Collection of Newspaper cuttings (Ref: D/X 499/42-102)

Mostly undated but probably taken from newspapers of the 1930's and mostly of a historical nature. They have been arranged in subject groups as far as possible.
/42-45 re. Sunderland
/46 re. County Durham
/47-48 re. Newcastle
/49 re. Northumberland
/51-98 re. politics of the 1930's and the build-up to war
/99-100 re. the evolution of horse racing
/101 re. the Music Hall

Ref: D/X 499/42

Newspaper cuttings of reproductions of 19C.photographs and etchings of Sunderland. Includes views of Union Street, Low Row, Fawcett Street, High Street, Hunters Hall, Herrington Hall, Ford Hall, Pallion Hall, North Hylton and Barnes Park. n.d., c. 1930's

(paper, 15 folios)

Ref: D/X 499/43

Series of newspaper articles by James Douglas re. places and events in Sunderland's past. Includes accounts of the Empire Theatre, body snatching, The Atheneum, Sunderland circuses, Sunderland Court Cases. 1933-1939

(paper, 8 folios)

Ref: D/X 499/44

Series of newspaper articles by W.B.H. re. Monkwearmouth's past. Includes reminiscences of late 19 C. Sunderland football, shops, pubs, shipyards, wages, trams and an outline history of Education in Sunderland. n.d., c. 1930's

(paper, 2 folios)

Ref: D/X 499/45

Newspaper cuttings re. past events and places in and around Sunderland. Includes accounts of horse-drawn trams; sailors' lore, the history of Sunderland's non-established churches, and stage coach days in Sunderland. n.d., c. 1933

(paper, 5 folios)

Ref: D/X 499/46

Newspaper cuttings depicting 19 C. Durham, including views of Durham regatta, Lumley Castle and Team Colliery, Gateshead. n.d., c. 1930's

(paper, 3 folios)

Ref: D/X 499/47

Newspaper cuttings re. past events in Newcastle. Includes an account of old Newcastle Inns and the Guild of Barber Surgeons. n.d., c. 1930's

(paper, 3 folios)

Ref: D/X 499/48

Newspaper cuttings of reproductions of 18C. and 19C. photographs and engravings of Newcastle. Includes views of the Tyne bridges, Grey Street, the Old Assembly Rooms, Gallowgate, Central Station, Castle Garth, Bigg Market, Westgate Road, Jesmond Dene, Collingwood Street, and boats on the Tyne. n.d., c. 1930's

(paper, 22 folios)

Ref: D/X 499/49

Newspaper cuttings of reproductions of 18C.and 19 C. photographs and etchings depicting places in Northumberland. Includes Wallsend Hall, Falstone, Swarland Old Hall, Tynemouth, Carlisle railway, Ouseburn, Chollerford, Morpeth, Ford Castle, Capheaton Hall, Deleval Hall, Haughton Castle and the North Shields Wooden Dolly. n.d., c. 1930's

(paper, 14 folios)

Ref: D/X 499/50

Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings depicting a penny-farthing cyclist, Parson William Etterick, an Inn at West Witton, Yorks; a Durham farmyard and the Metropolitan railway, London. n.d., c. 1930's

(paper, 5 folios)

Ref: D/X 499/51-98

Series of newspaper cuttings discussing foreign policy prior to W.W.II. Includes references to the Spanish Civil War, Hitler's visit to Rome and the Munich agreement. 6 November 1936 to 7 June 1939

(paper, 48 folios)

Ref: D/X 499/99

Newspaper cuttings re. the racing memoirs of the 3rd Marquis of Salisbury in the 1880's. 1938

(paper, 2 folios)

Ref: D/X 499/100

Newspaper cuttings from "The Listener" re. the evolution of horse racing in Britain. 1938

(paper, 5 folios)

Ref: D/X 499/101

Series of newspaper articles by John Beckwith entitled "The Music Hall of Yesterday" from "The Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette", 28 February to 18 April 1938.

(paper, 7 folios)

Ref: D/X 499/102

Newspaper cuttings entitled "Good Stories, old and new." Collections of amusing anecdotes. n.d., c. 1930's

(paper, 3 folios)

Gregson Street and Bright Street, Liverpool, 1895-1912 (Ref: D/X 499/103-106)Ref: D/X 499/103

Receipt from James Hughes for £82 paid as a deposit on the purchase of houses in Gregson Street and Bright Street, Liverpool. 20 December 1895

(paper, 1 folio)

Ref: D/X 499/104

Letter from James Hughes, jnr. of Liverpool to S. Gilroy of Wigan forwarding details re. insurance policies on the above properties. 1896

(paper, 1 folio)

Ref: D/X 499/105

Fire insurance policy issued by the Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Co. on Mr. Gilroy's premises in Liverpool. 1896

(paper, 1 folio)

Ref: D/X 499/106

Receipts for renewal premiums on the above fire insurance policy (D/X 499/105) 1912

(paper, 3 folios)

Miscellaneous, 1905-1922 (Ref: D/X 499/109-111)Ref: D/X 499/109

Drawing and painting of a sailing ship by William Owen, of Ambush, sailmaker. 1905

(paper, 1 folio, 101 x 68 cms. very torn.)

Ref: D/X 499/110

Cheque for 5,440 marks drawn on the London Joint City and Midland Bank Ltd. To be paid to A. Sharples in Cologne. Signed (illegible) and R. E. MacDonald. 7 April 1922

(paper, 1 folio)

Ref: D/X 499/111

Illuminated scrolls of the xxiiii and civ psalms (Latin). n.d., 19C to 20C

(parchment, 2 folios)