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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1041 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Letter-heads of businesses in Durham County and City

Covering Dates: 1925-1959

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Catalogue Description

Records given

1 October, 1993

(Acc: 2164(D))

County Record Office,
County Hall,
DURHAM.
DHl 5UL

Telephone (091) 383 3253

Miscellaneous letters and vouchers retained as examples of
letter-heads of businesses and other establishments in Durham
City and villages in County Durham, as follows:-

Catalogue Contents

Ref: D/X 1041/1

Albatross Club, 85 Claypath, Durham, 29 December 1947

Ref: D/X 1041/2

Aluminium Buildings, Ltd., Durham, 1958

Ref: D/X 1041/3

Alfred Appleby, Gunnersvale Garage, Elwick, West Hartlepool, 1956

Ref: D/X 1041/4

A.M. Applegarth, (Trading as Geo. C. Douglass), butcher, 63 North Road, Durham, 1952

Ref: D/X 1041/5

Michael Appleton, antique dealer, 55 Saddler Street, Durham, 1946

Ref: D/X 1041/6

E.S. Armstrong, Sands Nurseries, Durham, 1948

Ref: D/X 1041/7

P. Armstrong, draper, 19a Sunderland Road, Gilesgate, Durham, 1949

Ref: D/X 1041/8

Bank Top Garage (Shincliffe) Ltd., Shincliffe Colliery, Durham, 1946

Ref: D/X 1041/9

John W. Bell & Sons, market gardener and nurseryman, Stone Bridge Gardens, nr. Durham, 1951

Ref: D/X 1041/10

M. Bell, baby linen, wool, hardware and ironmongery, 11 High Street North, Langley Moor, 1956

Ref: D/X 1041/11

John A. Bond & Son, builders, joiners, funeral furnishers and directors, The Hallgarth, Durham, 1947

Ref: D/X 1041/12

W.E. Bradley, wholesale draper, 3&4 Neville Street, Durham, 1942

Ref: D/X 1041/13

Brancepeth Colliery Pithead Baths Committee, 1945

Ref: D/X 1041/14

Brancepeth Coal Company Ltd., later N.C.B., Northern Division, No. 4 Area, Littleburn Unit, 13 May 1947

Ref: D/X 1041/15

Central Durham Radio Engineering Company, 5 Moor End Terrace, Durham City, 1946

Ref: D/X 1041/16

Jos. Clark and His Sextet, Astoria Ballrooms, Durham, 1953

Ref: D/X 1041/17

L. Corker, builder and contractor, 'Hill Crest', Daisy Hill, Sacriston, 1945

Ref: D/X 1041/18

'The Corner Booth', W. Imrie, hatters, hosiers, gentlemen's outfitters, etc., 11 Market Place, Durham, 1941

Ref: D/X 1041/19

Wm. Coulson, Ltd., boring contractors, Crossgate Works, Durham, 1951

Ref: D/X 1041/20

Coundon Stadium, Ltd., Coundon Greyhound Stadium, Bishop Auckland, 1947.

Ref: D/X 1041/21

County of Durham Board for the Training of Health Visitors, 48 Old Elvet, Durham, 1941

Ref: D/X 1041/22

The Coxhoe Cinema Co., Ltd., The Picture House, Coxhoe, 1931

Ref: D/X 1041/23

J. Cunningham, mason, builder, 11 Crossgate, Durham, 1946

Ref: D/X 1041/24

Dixon Bros., motor engineers and dealers, Witbank Garage, Lanchester, 1947

Ref: D/X 1041/25

T.W. Dowson, agricultural engineer and farrier, Grove, Road, Tow Law, 1952

Ref: D/X 1041/30

Dunelm Hotel and Cafe, Old Elvet, Durham, 1949

Ref: D/X 1041/31

Durham City Association Football Club, Ltd., Holiday Park, Sidegate, Durham, 1925

Ref: D/X 1041/32

Durham City and County Cricket Warehouse, 14 Elvet Bridge, Durham, 1937

Ref: D/X 1041/33

Durham City Greyhound Stadium, Holiday Park, Durham, 1942

Ref: D/X 1041/34

'Durham County Advertiser and Durham Chronicle', Newspaper House, Durham, 1931

Ref: D/X 1041/35

Durham Ice Rink, Ice Factory and Cold Stores, Durham City, 1942

Ref: D/X 1041/36

Durham Motor Hire Purchase Company, Ltd., 23 South Crescent, North End, Durham , 1951

Ref: D/X 1041/37

Durham Watchmakers and Jewellery Repair Service, 10-11 Claypath, Durham, 1948

Ref: D/X 1041/38

Easington & Sedgefield Joint Smallpox Hospital Board, 26 Quin Crescent, Wingate, Co. Durham, 1938

Ref: D/X 1041/39

A. Elcoat and Son, Ltd., builders and contractors, Elvet Moor, Durham, 1943

Ref: D/X 1041/42

Emery's Luxury Coaches and Taxis, 22 Newcastle Avenue, Horden, 1953

Ref: D/X 1041/43

Georgette, Viennese Millinery Designer, 32 North road, Durham, n.d.

Ref: D/X 1041/46

George Gradon & Son, Ltd., building contractors, North Road, Durham, 1952

Ref: D/X 1041/47

T. Hanley, beef and pork butcher, Seaside Lane, Easington, 1942

Ref: D/X 1041/48

J.W. Herring, chartered accountant, 26 Silver Street, Durham, 1947

Ref: D/X 1041/49

Edmund Heslop, merchant tailor, hosier, ladies' tailor, The Gilesgate Pillar Shop, Durham, 1948

Ref: D/X 1041/50

T.C. Heslop, meat purveyor, New Elvet, Durham, 1949

Ref: D/X 1041/51

J. Hodgson, newsagent & stationer, Wheatley Hill, 1943

Ref: D/X 1041/52

C. Horne & Co., Ltd., electrical engineers, New Elvet, Durham, 1953

Ref: D/X 1041/53

Jackson & Place, ladies' outfitters, 12 Silver Street, Durham, 1948

Ref: D/X 1041/54

Jessop & Forster, mineral water manufacturers, Langley Bridge, Durham, 1947

Ref: D/X 1041/55

Lanchester Meat Group, 1941

Ref: D/X 1041/56

W. Lowe & Son, butchers, Carrville, 1945

Ref: D/X 1041/57

Lynch's, drapers, North Road, Durham, 1949

Ref: D/X 1041/58

F. Marshall, haulage contractor, 1 Weston Lodge Cottages, Whitesmocks, 1945

Ref: D/X 1041/59

Edward McCarton, wholesale and retail tobacconist, 86 North Road, Durham, 1948

Ref: D/X 1041/60

Margy Belts, Ltd., High Street South, Langley Moor, Durham, 1956

Ref: D/X 1041/61

J.A. Mason, ladies' and gents' outfitter, 34a North Road, Durham, 1943

Ref: D/X 1041/62

Robert Milburn, haulage contractor, 15 Dorlonco Villas, Meadowfield, 1949

Ref: D/X 1041/63

I. & R. Morley, Ltd., Langley Moor, 1955

Ref: D/X 1041/64

Nelson Bros, joiners, builders, undertakers, 12 The Avenue, Durham, 1949

Ref: D/X 1041/65

Northern Industries Workrooms Ltd., Holywell, Durham, 1940

Ref: D/X 1041/66

Northern Victory Cinemas, Ltd., City Chambers, Claypath, Durham, 1947

Ref: D/X 1041/67

Porters (Durham) Ltd., direct importers, bacon, ham,butter, experts in tea & coffee, 1944

Ref: D/X 1041/68

Property Repairs, slater, tiler & general repairs, 25 Crossgate, Durham, n.d.

Ref: D/X 1041/69

Rainbow Umbrellas, Ltd., High Street South, Langley Moor, 1959

Ref: D/X 1041/70

John C. Reay, farmer, Wallnook Mill Farm, Langley Park, 1950

Ref: D/X 1041/73

John F. Roddam, sinking, tunnelling, excavating, brickwork and general contractor, Albert Street, Brandon, 1953

Ref: D/X 1041/74

Royal County Hotel, Durham, 1950

Ref: D/X 1041/75

T. Rushworth & Sons, carver and gilder, Fine Art Gallery, Sadler Street, Durham, 1928

Ref: D/X 1041/78

St. Mary's Home, 7 Kepier Terrace, Durham, 1942

Ref: D/X 1041/79

T.G. Simpson, coal and coke merchant, haulage contractor, 12 St. Nicholas Drive, Whitesmocks, 1941

Ref: D/X 1041/80-82

E.J. Smith, ironmonger, 23 Silver Street, Durham, 1945, 1951 and 1952

Ref: D/X 1041/83

'Snacks', 76 Saddler Street, Durham City, 1947

Ref: D/X 1041/84

R. Snowball & Son, joiners and undertakers, Reform Place, North Road, Durham, 1945

Ref: D/X 1041/85

Morton W. Stephenson, ladies' and gents' outfitter, 35 and 37 High Street, Langley Moor, 1945

Ref: D/X 1041/88

Taylor's, baker and confectioner, Front Street, Shotton Colliery, 1935

Ref: D/X 1041/89

Trimdon Grange Colliery, 1926

Ref: D/X 1041/90

T.S. Turnbull, wholesale and retail tobacconist and confectioner, 36 Gilesgate, Durham City, 1953

Ref: D/X 1041/91

Vaudeville Milk Bar, (C. Valente & Sons, Ltd.), 59/60 North Road, Durham City, 1955

Ref: D/X 1041/92

C. Vaux and Sons, Ltd., brewers, wine & spirit merchants, The Brewery, Sunderland, 1940

Ref: D/X 1041/93

Wainwrights, fish and chip restaurant, 45 North Road Head, Durham, 1956

Ref: D/X 1041/94

H. Wilson, dispensing chemist, 9 & 9a Frederick Street, South, Meadowfield, 1956

Ref: D/X 1041/26, 27

Driver, Draper, Durham, 1936 & 1941

Ref: D/X 1041/28, 29

Duke of Wellington Hotel, Lowes Barn, Durham, 1952, 1958

Ref: D/X 1041/40, 41

Henry Elliott, builder and contractor, 118 High Street, Carrville, Durham, 1947 and 33 Marshall Terrace, Gilesgate Moor, 1950

Ref: D/X 1041/44, 45

C.W. Gibson & Bro., masons and builders, 49-51 Atherton Street, North Road, Durham, 1952 and 1955

Ref: D/X 1041/71, 72

Recon Files, Ltd., specialists in reconditioning steel files, 49-50 John Street, Sunderland, 1941 and Jagal House, Durham, 1944

Ref: D/X 1041/76, 77

St. Mary's School, Neville's Cross, Durham, 1935 and 1937

Ref: D/X 1041/86, 87

Ralph Swainston, maker of 'Dunelm' pork sausage, Sacriston, 1938 and 1952

Ref: D/X 1041/95, 96

Wingate & District Water Co., Ltd., Wingate S.O., 1927 and 1952
(96 papers)



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