Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 1106 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Primrose League: Sedgefield Habitation (no. 343)
Covering Dates: 1885-1897
Related Information
Catalogue Index
Use 
and 
to reveal/hide the structure of the catalogue index (requires Javascript to be enabled in your internet browser options). Click to jump directly to information at a specific level of the catalogue.
- Miscellaneous documents
Catalogue Description
Records deposited on long-term loan on:10 May 1995 Acc. 2290(D)
The Primrose League was a working class Conservative party organisation founded in 1883
Catalogue Contents
Minutes (Ref: D/X 1106/1)Ref: D/X 1106/1
Minutes of the annual, quarterly and council meetings of the Sedgefield Habitation (no. 343) of the Primrose League, 10 March 1885 - 30 March 1894
Pasted into the volume are: precepts [communications] from the Grand Council, newspaper reports of meetings, notices of meetings, copies of circulars sent to members, and lists of toasts at annual banquets
An alphabetical list of members appears between the minutes for 16 August 1892 and those for 11 October 1892
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Loose papers, correspondence etc., formerly enclosed in D/X 1106/1 (Ref: D/X 1106/2-31)Ref: D/X 1106/2Receipted bill for the use of rooms at Hardwick Arms Hotel, Sedgefield, 10 March 1885
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1106/3Letter from Thomas B. Cusack-Smith, Primrose League, Westminster, to E.G. Marshall [Sedgefield], thanking the latter for his report, 24 March 1885
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1106/4Summons from Grand Council to Grand Habitation, 11 April 1885
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1106/5Notice of Grand County Picnic of Primrose League Habitations at Brancepeth Park on 22 August 1888
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1106/6Programme for Primrose Fête at Brancepeth Park on 22 August 1888
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1106/7Programme of games at Primrose League County Picnic at Brancepeth Park on 22 August 1888
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1106/8Return of Annual Tribute [subscriptions], 1891/92
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1106/9Letter from H.W.G. Coates, Black Lion Hotel, Richmond, Yorkshire, to [Thomas] Thornton [Sedgefield], asking for transfers to be made to the Richmond Habitation, 16 February 1892
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1106/10Letter from Isaac Lyons, Northern Union of Conservative Associations, Newcastle upon Tyne, to T. Thornton, Sedgefield, asking whether a public meeting can be arranged and offering a speaker, 14 March 1892
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1106/11Letter from Richard Ord, Sedgefield, to [Thomas Thornton], concerning the resignations of the latter and Dr. Smith, 15 March 1892
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1106/12Letter from Isaac Lyons, Northern Union of Conservative Associations, Newcastle upon Tyne, to T. Thornton, Sedgefield, in reply to queries raised by the latter concerning the public meeting, 16 March 1892
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1106/13Letter from Richard Ord, Sedgefield, to [Thomas Thornton], concerning the public meeting and the non re-election of Conservative aldermen on the County Council , 16 March 1892
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1106/14Invoice from George H. Procter, Durham, for printing meeting notices, 22 March 1892
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1106/15Annual Report of Sedgefield Habitation for 1891, 6 April 1892
(1 file)
Ref: D/X 1106/16Resignation of Thomas Thornton as Secretary, 6 April 1892
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1106/17Circular letter from the Primrose League, Westminster, concerning Annual Tribute, 28 July 1892
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1106/18Letter from Richard Ord, Melton Mowbray, to W.J. Trenholm, Sedgefield, concerning arrangements for a meeting of the Habitation, 6 August 1892
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1106/19Notice of quarterly meeting of Sedgefield Habitation, 26 September 1892
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1106/20Circular letter from the Primrose League, Westminster, asking for the nomination of a candidate for the Grand Council, 2 January 1893
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1106/21The Primrose League and the Home Rule Bill, instructions as to obtaining signatures on petitions against the Bill, March 1893
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1106/22Notice of meeting of Sedgefield Habitation, 23 October 1893
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1106/23Draft of letter from W.J. Trenholm, Sedgefield, to Marquess of Londonderry, concerning the forthcoming sports day, 25 August 1894
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1106/24Lists of toasts to be proposed at annual meeting of Sedgefield Habitation on 17 May 1894
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1106/25Programme for First Annual Sports at Sedgefield Racecourse on 5 September 1894
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1106/26Notice of public meeting at Sedgefield Mechanics' Institute on 17 July 1895
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1106/27Notice for Fourth Annual Sports at Sedgefield Racecourse on 18 September 1897
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1106/28Notice of annual meeting of Sedgefield Habitation, 29 November 1897
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1106/29Letter from Richard Ord, Windlestone, to [W.J. Trenholm], concerning arrangements for a meeting, n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1106/30'List of Conservatives and Liberal Unionists ... who have Carriages and Horses, and who should be asked to lend them in the event of a General Election', n.d.
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1106/31'Instructions to workers of Primrose League in Norton Polling District', n.d.
(1 file)
Non-political papers, formerly enclosed in D/X 1106/1 (Ref: D/X 1106/32-33)Ref: D/X 1106/32Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health ... for Sedgefield Rural District for the year 1895
(1 booklet, printed
Ref: D/X 1106/33Draft revenue account of Sedgefield Steeplechase and Racing Co., 1893/94
(1 paper)
