Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 1158 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Heighington and Captain W P Cumby: records collected by Rev H W Jackson
Covering Dates: 1811-2007
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- Miscellaneous documents
- Rev H W Jackson collection (Ref: D/X 1158)
- Heighington parish (Ref: D/X 1158/1, 262-265)
- Captain William Pryce Cumby, R.N (Ref: D/X 1158/2, 258-261)
- Other parishes (Ref: D/X 1158/3-5)
- Cockerton (Ref: D/X 1158/)
- Darlington (Ref: D/X 1158/)
- Durham, St Nicholas (Ref: D/X 1158/)
- Sherburn (Ref: D/X 1158/)
- Sockburn (Ref: D/X 1158/)
- Walworth (Ref: D/X 1158/)
- Cumby of the Bellerophon (Ref: D/X 1158 /6-257)
- Jackson Family (Ref: D/X 1158/278-279)
Catalogue Contents
Rev H W Jackson collection (Ref: D/X 1158)Heighington parish (Ref: D/X 1158/1, 262-265)Ref: D/X 1158/1
Photocopies of photographs of former vicars of Heighington as follows: Charles C. Chevallier, 1869; W.H.G. Stephens, 1884; Charles Dyson, 1895; Henry D. Jackson, 1906; A.J. Meek, 1948; D.S. Rowland, 1962; copies made c.1996
(2 papers)
Ref: D/X 1158/262'The Parish of Heighington: the Townships and People, the School, the Church and Clergy - a Thousand Years of History' by Hilary W Jackson, 1990
Author's annotated copy
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: D/X 1158/263'The Monuments and Memorials of Heighington Parish Church' recorded by Hilary W Jackson, 1992
(1 volume, printed)
Ref: D/X 1158/264St Michael's Son et Lumiere, Heighington, September 1990
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: D/X 1158/265'Heighington and its Historic Houses: a Study Day', North East Vernacular History Group, 13 October 2007
(16 papers, printed)
Captain William Pryce Cumby, R.N (Ref: D/X 1158/2, 258-261)Ref: D/X 1158 /2Photographs of the portrait of Captain W.P. Cumby, R.N., C.B., of the portrait of Mrs. Cumby and of the sword of honour presented to Captain Cumby after Trafalgar, n.d.
(3 photographs, 9 cm. x 9 cm., coloured)
Ref: D/X 1158/258Photocopy of the letter book of Captain William Pryce Cumby, R.N., captain of the 32-gun frigate, the Hyperion, 1 November 1811 - 16 May 1815
The original letter book is held in the Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A. It contains copies of the out-letters of Captain Cumby and covers the period when the Hyperion sailed from Jamaica back to Portsmouth, Hampshire, for a refit in 1812, prior to fishery protection duty off Newfoundland, Canada, a return to the U.K. at the end of 1813, and service off the French coast until the end of the Napoleonic War.
(148 papers, duplicated)
Ref: D/X 1158/259Photocopies of out-letters of Captain William Pryce Cumby R.N., originally enclosed in the letter book of 1811 - 1815 ( see D/X 1158/258), 8 May - 21 August 1815
(24 papers, duplicated)
Ref: D/X 1158/260Notes compiled by Hilary W. Jackson concerning the letter book of Captain William Pryce Cumby, R.N., January 2006
(9 papers, duplicated)
Ref: D/X 1158/261(1-22)Photocopies of letters from Sir John Franklin to Captain William Pryce Cumby, R.N., Heighington, 27 March [1822] - 22 August 1836
The original letters are held in the University of Calgary Library, Alberta, Canada. Sir John Franklin (1786 - 1847), an officer in the Royal Navy and an Arctic explorer, had served with Cumby as a midshipman on the Bellerophon at Trafalgar, and drew on Cumby's experience of sailing off the Greenland coast in the Hyperion in the period 1812 - 1813
(46 papers, duplicated)
Other parishes (Ref: D/X 1158/3-5)Walworth (Ref: D/X 1158/)3, 266-267
Ref: D/X 1158/3Letter from A.R.G. Thompson, East Bolton, Alnwick, Northumberland, to Mr. Hammond, concerning the financing of the mission room at Walworth, 18 January 1932
Attached: note concerning the dispersal of the assets of the Walworth Mission Room, n.d.
(3 papers)
Ref: D/X 1158/266'The History of Walworth Castle', brief notes n.d. [1980s]
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1158/267'Walworth Castle Hotel', promotional leaflet including brief history of the castle, n.d. [1980s]
(1 paper, printed)
Durham, St Nicholas (Ref: D/X 1158/)4
Ref: D/X 1158/4Magazine of the parish of Durham, St. Nicholas, August 1886
(2 papers, printed)
Sherburn (Ref: D/X 1158/)5
Ref: D/X 1158/5Magazine of the parish of Sherburn, St. Mary, December 1920
(1 paper, printed)
Darlington (Ref: D/X 1158/)268, 277
Ref: D/X 1158/268'An Historical Guide to Mowden Hall', Darlington, built 1881 for Edward Lucas Pease, n.d. [1970s]
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: D/X 1158/277Order of service for confirmation service, Darlington Holy Trinity working in partnership with Darlington St Cuthbert and Blackwell, All Saints, 24 May 2000
(2 papers, printed)
Cockerton (Ref: D/X 1158/)270-275, 276/1-7
Ref: D/X 1158/270Photocopy drawing of St Mary's Cockerton as proposed to be enlarged, view from North West, Wood and Oakley, architects, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1927
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1158/271Photocopy newspaper article 'Church History Records at Cockerton - Celebration of St Mary's Jubilee', 10 November 1951
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1158/272'St Mary's Church Cockerton', welcome leaflet, n.d. [1970s]
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1158/273'The Story of S Mary's Church, Cockerton 1825-1900-2000', by Hilary [Jackson], 2000
Includes obituary of Rev Harold Saxby, vicar of Cockerton 1961-1964
(4 papers, printed)
Ref: D/X 1158/274'The Parish of St Mary Cockerton: the Centenary Year', foundation stone laid 20 September 1900, consecrated 9 November 1901, programme of centenary year events, 2000-2001
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1158/275Newspaper cutting 'Said, with flowers', report of flower festival to celebrate the village and parish of Cockerton, 13 September 1997
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1158/276/1Photograph of men, women and children, including miners and priest, clustered around a model of a church, with sketch of church on easel in background, and pit head in background, possibly linked to laying of foundation stone of Cockerton, St Mary, n.d. [1900]
Northern Echo photograph
(1 photograph, 13cm x 9cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1158/276/2Photograph of clergymen and parishioners at parish event, possibly 50th anniversary of Cockerton, St Mary parish, n.d. [1950s]
(1 photograph, 16cm x 12cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1158/276/3-6Photographs of wall hangings, possibly created for the centenary of Cockerton, St Mary, n.d. [2000]
(4 photographs, 17cm x 12cm, colour)
Ref: D/X 1158/276/7Photograph of Brownies, Guides, Scouts and parishioners on Cockerton Green outside the church, possibly for centenary of Cockerton, St Mary, December 1999
(1 photograph, 29cm x 18cm, colour)
Sockburn (Ref: D/X 1158/)269
Ref: D/X 1158/269'The Legend of the Sockburn Worm: the dragon of the Tees' by Paul Telfer, illustrated by Linda Edwards, 1991
(1 booklet, printed)
Cumby of the Bellerophon (Ref: D/X 1158 /6-257)Ref: D/X 1158 /6-256Pencil notes and photocopies of documents made by H.W. Jackson while writing Cumby of the Bellerophon covering the life and naval career of Captain William Pryce Cumby (1771 - 1837); including copies of Admiralty records, letters, newspapers, photographs of artefacts, portraits, pictures of ships and funerary monuments, 1805 - 1837, 1959
Includes a list of these documents compiled by H.W. Jackson (D/X 1158/6-8), 1998
(251 papers)
Ref: D/X 1158/257Cumby of the Bellerophon by Hilary W. Jackson, second and enlarged edition, no. 2 of a limited edition, June 1998
(1 booklet)
Jackson Family (Ref: D/X 1158/278-279)Ref: D/X 1158/278Jackson family photograph album, 1919-1920s
(1 volume)
Ref: D/X 1158/279'Three Clerical Brothers: the Jacksons' by Hilary W Jackson 1993
Biographies of clerics in the Diocese of Durham:
Rev Albert Jackson
Canon Frank H Jackson
Canon Edgar Jackson
(1 file, printed)
