Catalogue

Index looseleaf album (no.10) containing information about the slides in D/X 779/20 and D/X 779/21, 1985

Index looseleaf album (no.11) containing a brief outline of the photograph albums, list of miscellaneous items of local history, a video on work and leisure in South West Durham, 1990 and detailed information about the slides in magazines, A, B, C1, C2, D1 AND E, 1985

Photograph album (no. 13) containing local history photographs and information about Byers Green (St. Peter's Church), as follows:

Photograph of unidentified old map showing Byers Green, n.d. Parish notes from parish magazines for Byers Green and Newfield, March - June and December 1913

Parish notes from the parish magazines for Byers Green and Newfield, August - October, 1914

Parish notes from the parish magazines for Byers Green and Newfield, January, March - June, September and December 1915

Parish notes from the parish magazines for Byers Green and Newfield, July, September - October 1916

Parish notes from the parish magazines for Byers Green and Newfield, March, September, November - December 1919, (also part of January 1920)

Parish notes from the parish magazine for Byers Green and Newfield, May, July, September and October 1920

Order-of-service for the unveiling of the Byers Green War Memorial (1914-1918), 12 April 1925 Receipt, for Mrs. Swinburn, concerning an unidentified picture, 15 February 1903 Receipt for a Singer sewing machine supplied to George Swinburn of Shafto Street, Byers Green, 17 July 1911

Illustrated newspaper cutting from the Northern Echo reporting the death of John Fielden Loxley, son of a former vicar of Byers Green, who lived with his sister at High Coniscliffe in a house which had no electricity, mains drainage or bathroom, 24 January 1991 Memories of John Fielden Loxley and his sister Jeanette Loxley, 29 January 1985 Poems by John Fielden Loxley on Byers Green Colliery and pathway, n.d.

Annotated sketch map by Mr. Colley of St. Peter's Church, Byers Green and its surroundings, n.d. Northern Echo notice of the appointment of the Rev. G.W.R. Harper, priest-in-charge at Byers Green to be the new vicar of St. Paul's, Evenwood, 30 May 1983

Sketch map of St. Peter's church yard, n.d. Newspaper cutting from the Northern Echo, concerning the possible closure of graveyards at Newfield and Binchester, 13 August 1990

Photographs of St. Peter's Church, Byers Green, showing the exterior and old vicarage, the notice board, the organ and lectern, the exterior of the church with icicles, the graveyard, 1989 Gravestones of Matthew Snowdon of Wilkinson Street, Byers Green, who died on 18 February 1915, aged 13 years, [see also D/X 779/12/44], and of Emma Dobson of Todhills, who died on 16 November 1916, aged 54 years, and of her husband, Thomas Dobson who died on 15 April 1894, aged 42 years

Gravestone of 20921 Guardsman S. Jolly, Coldstream Guard who died on 25 November 1918, aged 24 years [see also D/X 779/12/45] Gravestone of 32228 Private G. Davison, Durham Light Infantry who died on 21 May 1919, aged 24 years [see also D/X 779/12/43] Gravestone of 102310 Private Alexander Davison, Durham Light Infantry who died on 7 October 1919, aged 22 years [see also D/X 779/12/43] Photographs of Byers Green Church Fete, 28 June 1986 Group photograph including Bishop Ramsay, the Rev. R. Cartwright, and Rev. Mr. Knobbs and the choir, n.d. [1940s]

General view of St. Peter's Graveyard, n.d. Gravestone of William Eland who died on 4 May 1897, aged 70 years, and his wife, Rachel Eland, who died on 20 November 1907, aged 79 years; also of Mary Hornsey, their daughter who died in America, July 1881 aged 21 years [see also D/X 779/12/46] Gravestone of Charles Hambling of Byers Green who died 14 July 1920, aged 77 years, and his wife, Mary Brighton, who died 14 December 1915, aged 72 years [see also D/X 779/12/46] Gravestone of Ralph Henry Lascelles, son of William and Esther Lascelles of Byers Green Colliery who was killed on 3 March 1918, aged 22 years Gravestone of Margaret Ellen, wife of the late Thomas Bell, who died on 19 September 1975, aged 73 years Gravestone of Rachel Grant who died on 14 February 1908, aged 99 years [see also D/X 779/12/45] Gravestone of Walter, son of James and Aves Espin of Binchester Whins, who died on 20 March 1909, aged 23 years [see also D/X 779/12/46] Gravestone of Alfred James Craddock, who died on 17 September 1945, aged 80 years, and of his wife, Caroline Elizabeth, who died on 27 February 1978, aged 93 years

Bench mark on the corner stone of St. Peter's Church, Byers Green, n.d. Byers Green cenotaph before alterations, n.d. Byers Green cenotaph after alterations, n.d. Gravestone of Philip Graham of Clarence Farm, Todhills, who died on 21 January 1922, aged 71 years, and his wife, Rachel Graham, who died on 4 January 1923, aged 67 years [see also D/X 779/12/44] Gravestone of John Gray, an engineer who lost his life by being thrown from a loop while descending the Page Bank Shaft on 28 January 1874, aged 38 years Gravestone of Charlotte Hurry who died on 29 January 1883, aged 54 years, and her husband, Thomas Hurry of Byers Green, who died on 14 October 1902, aged 75 years Gravestone of John Gelson, husband of Margaret, who died on 15 May 1899, aged 68 years, also John Gelson, their son, who died on 23 October 1885, aged 13, and also Isabella Gelson, their daughter, who died on 1 February 1896, aged 6 years

Gravestone of Edward Taylor [see D/X 779/12/47 for a copy of the inscription] Gravestone of Thomas Shaw [see D/X 779/12/43 for a copy of the inscription] Gravestone of the Rev. James Watson Hick, B.D., 29 years, incumbent and rector of this parish who died on 2 May 1875, aged 61 years [see also D/X 779/12/47] Gravestone of John Snowball [see D/X 779/12/49 for a copy of the inscription] Gravestone of James Espin for 23 years manager of Binchester Whins Farm, who died on 25 May 1917, aged 71 years and of his wife Aves Espin who died on 18 September 1926, aged 79 years [see also D/X 779/12/46] Gravestone of Stephen Hornsby of Byers Green who died on 5 January 1910, aged 77 years and of his wife , Elizabeth, who died on 18 March 1918, aged 84 years [see also D/X 779/12/42] Gravestone of Phoebe Holt, widow of Thomas Coxon, who died on 13 March 1906, aged 63 years [see also D/X 779/12/42] Gravestone of John Smith, [see D/X 779/12/46 for a copy of the inscription]

Gravestone of Ralph Robson who died on 16 July 1894, aged 70 years, and his wife, Ann, who died on 25 December 1899, aged 74; their daughter, Mary Ellen Carr, who died on 9 November 1893, aged 38 years; their son, Ralph, who died on 29 November 1859, aged 8 months; their son, Ralph, who died in infancy, January 1862; and their eldest daughter, Elizabeth Ann Armstrong, who died on 14 [February] 1938, aged 77 years [see also D/X 779/12/44] Gravestone of 201524 Private J. Haddon, Yorkshire Regiment, who died on 18 August 1917, aged 40 years [see also D/X 779/12/45] Gravestone of 040444 Private W. Kirkby, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, who died on 10 December 1919 (no age given) [see also D/X 779/12/45] Gravestone of WR/125512 Sapper T.J. Sorrell, Royal Engineers, who died 27 March 1919 (no age given) [see also D/X 779/12/45] Gravestone of James Groves, husband of Elizabeth Ann Groves, who died (from injuries received at Byers Green Colliery) on 8 February 1901, aged 38 years, also Matthew, their son, who died in infancy and also their daughter, Isabella, who died on 9 March 1903, aged 2 years [see also D/X 779/12/45] Gravestone of the children of Malcolm and Ann MacPherson: John William, born 9 November 1871, died 3 March 1872; William Wallace, born 14 June 1885, died 15 June 1887; Malcolm Wallace, born 8 October 1886, died 7 March 1893; Mary Ann, born 26 August 1887, died 14 March 1893; John, born 20 September 1877, died 17 March 1900; and of their mother, Ann MacPherson, who died 2 April 1908, aged 57 years [see also D/X 779/12/45] Gravestone of John and Agnes Robinson [see also D/X 779/12/44 for a copy of the inscription] Gravestone of Emma Clark, wife of Ralph Clark, who died on 1 March 1926, aged 72 years, and of their son, Joseph Dodds Clark, who fell in action in France on 18 July 1916 aged 24 years [see also D/X 779/12/45]

Gravestone of Stephen and Elizabeth Hornsby [see also D/X 779/12/40] Gravestone of Phoebe Holt Coxon [see also D/X 779/12/40] Gravestone of Henry - - - Hardy who died on 8 June 1874, his wife, Elizabeth Hardy who died on 4 June 18?, aged 62, at Newcastle upon Tyne; also of William Henry Hardy, their second son, who died on the coast of West Africa on 24 January 1884, aged 27 years Gravestone of Joseph Coates of Byers Green who was accidentally killed at Byers Green Colliery on 18 December 1915, aged 17 years [see also D/X 779/12/48] Gravestone of the children of John and Jane Goundry: their daughter, Ann Groundry, accidentally killed on 21 June 1910, aged 1 year and 5 months, and their son, Edward Goundry, who died on 11 March 1897, aged 1 year and 2 months [see also D/X 779/12/48]

Gravestone of Thomas Shaw, late cashier of Byers Green Colliery, who died on 28 September 1886, aged 64 years, and Ann, his wife who died on 15 April 1892, aged 70 years; also Thomas Hodgson, grandson of the above, who died on 22 April 1904, aged 21 [see also D/X 779/12/40] Gravestone of Emma Dobson and her husband, Thomas Dobson [see also D/X 779/12/34] Gravestone of Alexander Davison [see also D/X 779/12/35] Gravestone of G. Davison [see also D/X 779/12/35] Memorial notice of Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Temperley, of 6 Church Street, Byers Green, who died on 5 June 1928

Gravestone of John Robinson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne who died on 19 October 1898, aged 78 years, at Byers Green House, Byers Green; also Agnes Robinson who died on 30 September 1898, aged 70 years [see also D/X 779/12/41] Gravestone of Matthew Snowden [see also D/X 779/12/34] Gravestone of Philip and Rachel Graham [see also D/X 779/12/39] Gravestone of Ralph and Ann Robson and their children [see also D/X 779/12/41]

Gravestone of Rachel Grant [see also D/X 779/12/38] Gravestone of Malcolm and Ann MacPherson and their children [see also D/X 779/12/41] Gravestone of James Groves and his children [see also D/X 779/12/41] Gravestone of Emma, wife of Ralph Clark, and of their son, Joseph Dodds Clark [see also D/X 779/12/41] Gravestone of Private J. Haddon [see also D/X 779/12/41] Gravestone of Sapper T.J. Sorrell [see also D/X 779/12/41] Gravestone of Guardsman S. Jolly [see also D/X 779/12/35] Gravestone of Private W. Kirkby [see also D/X 779/12/41]

Gravestone of William and Rachel Eland and their daughter, Mary Hornsby [see also D/X 779/12/38] Gravestone of Dorothy Todd of Byers Green who died on 28 January 1880, aged 84 years Gravestone of John Smith who died from an accident in Byers Green Colliery on 28 June 1853, aged 58 years; also Deborah Smith, his wife, who died on 3 November 1858, aged 58 years; also John Smith, only son of the above, who died on 30 January 1881, aged 59 years, and was interred in Melbourne Cemetery, Victoria, Australia. 'This stone was erected in affectionate remembrance of the above by Jane Wardle Smith of Chester-le-Street, widow of the above'. [see also D/X 779/12/40] Gravestone of James and Aves Espin [see also D/X 779/12/40] Gravestone of Walter Espin, son of James and Aves Espin [see also D/X 779/12/38] Gravestone of Charles and Mary Brighton Hambling [see also D/X 779/12/38] Gravestone of Robert Nelson, under-manager of Byers Green Colliery, died 28 September 1906, aged 69 years; also Dinah Nelson, his wife who died on 17 October 1899, aged 59 years; also John Thomas Nelson, their son, who died on 19 January 1905, aged 44 years; also Joseph Nelson, brother of the above, who died on 31 March 1854, aged 44 years

Gravestone of the Rev. James Watson Hick, B.D. [see also D/X 779/12/40] Gravestone of Thomason, daughter of John and Jane Ridley, who died 29 November 1880, aged 9 years; also of Thomasin Brown, cousin of the above, died 12 December 1880, aged 15 months Memorial card of Ellen Maddison, wife of Joseph Maddison, died 21 October 1877, aged 19, and their son, Joseph William, died 1 September 1877, aged 16 weeks Gravestone of John Snowball (farmer, High-side House, Byers Green) who died on 28 November 1874, aged 79 years; also Anne, widow of the above, who died on 28 January 1885, aged 87 years [see also D/X 779/12/40] Gravestone of Gwendoline Dowding Carman, died 12 March 1928 Gravestone of Edward Taylor, mineral inspector, N.E.R., who lost his life while tending to his duties at Spennymoor, 28 October 1876, aged 62, having been employed on the above line upwards of 40 years. This stone has been erected to his memory by his fellow workmen and those he was connected with whilst in the discharge of his duties as a token of respect and to the esteem in which he was held by them. Also Elizabeth Taylor, his wife, died 25 August 1879, aged 62 years

General view of St. Peter's churchyard in snow, n.d. Gravestone of David Davison, son of James Walter and Eleanor Davison who died, on 3 October 1913, from injuries received at Byers Green Colliery, 24 September 1913, aged 18 years Gravestone of Ann Goundry and her brother, Edward Goundry [see also D/X 779/12/42] Gravestone of Joseph Coates [see also D/X 779/12/42] Gravestone of William Lascelles of Byers Green Colliery who died on 18 July 1934, aged 69 years; also his wife, Esther, who died on 12 December 1935, aged 69 years Interior of St. Peter's Byers Green, n.d. Photograph of a display of photographs showing exterior views of the church and six vicars: Rev. A.D. Shafto, 1841-47, Rev. J.W. Hick, 1847-74, Rev. R.E. Hooppell, 1874-96, Rev. J.W. Crennell, 1896-98, Rev. P.V. Knight, 1898-1902 and Rev. F.E. Luxley, 1902-1929

Photograph album (no.14) containing local history photographs and information about Byers Green, as follows:

John and Doris Storey, 1980 Notice that June and Gordon [?] thank their customers and hope they will support their successor, Mrs. D. Hodgson, 22 December 1984 John Attley, postman, at 6 Wear View, Byers Green, 22 April 1992 'An Old Hand at the Game', a hand holding some dominoes, 1986

Hand of Jim Coates playing cards in the Workingmen's Club, 17 August 1986 Hands of Eric Prendergast playing dominoes in the Workingmen's Club, 1985 Ronnie Dawson, Chairman of Byers Green Workingmen's Club with the roll of honour, May 1986 Swimathon Junior Distance Trophy awarded to Byers Green Junior Team in 1986; also information about the Byers Green competitors and details of the charities which benefitted

Tommy Handley driving the Post Office van, 1987 View of the shop of R. Lightfoot and Son, opened 15 August 1985 Coal delivery truck of William Robinson and Partners on Wear View, 1987 Rainbow over Byers Green, May 1986 Back view of the outside ash toilets and coal houses on Green Field Street, May 1986 A brick from Mrs. Frances Bell's Brickworks, Byers Green, which closed in 1914 British Telecom men at work on the High Street with Hill View in the background, n.d.

The Marquis of Granby during alterations, April 1987 The Marquis of Granby after alterations, April 1987 The sign for the Marquis of Granby, Spring 1987 Manpower Commission workers involved with the new tennis courts being made on the football field, 23 May 1988 Tractor cutting the grass on the football field, 1988 Turf removed from the new tennis court site, 1988 Tennis courts when open, 1993

Pear Tree Inn, Belle Vue, Byers Green, n.d. Byers Green High Street in 1920s [see also D/X 779/10, Filing Cabinet B, Section L, for further information] Byers Green miners with Whitworth Park Lodge banner outside the Railway Hotel, Spennymoor, 1957 [for names see D/X 779/10, File C, no. 32A] Byers Green cricket team early twentieth century Water Board men at work in the High Street, 1968 Village people enjoying unidentified event in Byers Green Old National School Hall in the High Street, 1940s Wolsingham Station with steam train, 1950s

Photograph and report of the marriage of Miss Edith Violet Allison, third daughter of the Town Clerk of Louth, Linconshire, to Mr. Percy John Martin Loft, solicitor, youngest son of the Rev. J.E. Wallis Loft, rector of Swallow, n.d. [c1910] Newspaper cutting of a letter about the route of Page Bank Railway, written by J.W. Hordon of 15 Wilkinson Street, Byers Green, n.d. George Littlefair sitting in his garden in Greenfield Street; also showing ash toilets and coal houses, May 1986 Spennymoor Youth Training Scheme team erecting a new iron fence replacing the old brick wall for the Methodist Chapel, High Street, Byers Green, 18 December 1986 Youth Training Scheme van, High Street, Byers Green, 18 December 1986

Photographs of the distribution of free milk and butter by the Salvation Army, Joe Broadbent (Ambulance Brigade) and Councillor Bill Waters, 1987 Mrs. Robinson, who used to play the piano in the Globe Cinema, Byers Green, in 1916, seated at her piano, June 1987 Mr. William Colley by the plaque commemorating Thomas Wright 1711-86, natural philosopher and native of Byers Green, (unveiled by Dr. M.A. Hoskins in the garden of Hallgarth Bungalow, Byers Green), 27 April 1987 Working party working on the water main in High Lane near Byers Green, n.d. Group of young men, n.d.

House of the headmaster of the National School (built 1854), 1987 Photographs of Byers Green School play, Aladdin, 1987 Photographs of Byers Green School sports day, 1 June 1987

Photographs of Byers Green Carnival and fancy dress parade, 7 July 1986 Photograph of 1987 Carnival beauty queen and attendants, Spennymoor Mayor and Mayoress and Tony Blair, Sedgefield M.P., 1987 Winter in Byers Green, 1987

Trees, bushes, plants in flower, grasses and ferns, 1985-1990

Gate near the footbridge at Bankies, May 1986 Various natural history photographs, 1988

Horse and foal at Hagg Farm, 1986 Hagg Beck Bridge, June 1985 Bridge over Hagg Beck at Bankie Fields, 1985 Hagg Farm, looking north near Staleton's Farm, 1985 Countryside from disused railway line, June 1985 View of countryside from Bankie Fields, June 1985

Stile and footpath from Byers Green to the High Lane, May 1986 Field gate, Hagg Road, 1986 Field gate, Rhodes Field, Colliery Road, 1983 Bankies, looking north, May 1985 Bankie Fields looking north in early morning, June 1985 Colliery plantation, May 1987

Stile and footpath to Whitworth from Hall Farm, Byers Green, May 1986 Nancy Wood, 1986 Nancy Wood and Bridge, 1986 Bridge over Hagg Beck, Nancy Wood, 1986 Hagg Beck, July 1985 Hagg Beck, dried up, 1985

Footpath in Nancy Wood, 1986 Nancy Wood, 1986 Stile north of Nancy Wood, 1986 Looking towards Page Bank village, March 1985 Ploughed field near the stile, Nancy Wood, [1985] Hagg Beck from the bridge, Nancy Wood, 1986

View from the disused railway nature walk, n.d. [1985] Old Park Terrace (near the nature walk) built for Byers Green Colliery officials, July 1985 Wooded area on the embankment of the railway line, July 1985 Mrs. G. Colley at the Burn House Junction site, July 1985 Part of the site of the line going towards the station, 1985 Looking at the landscaped picnic area where Byers Green Station once stood, July 1985

David Harle's horse and trap near the railway bridge and picnic area, Byers Green 1986 William Colley on a footpath to Whitworth, 1988 Photograph of storm clouds over Byers Green, 1986-87

Sun setting over Byers Green, 1987 Floral display on village green by Sedgefield District Council, 1985 Daffodils on Lodge Street, 1987 Polyanthus display and rock plants in Byers Green, 1987 Asparagus [fern], 1986

Photograph album (no. 15) containing local history photographs and information about Byers Green, as follows:

Outline map of British Isles showing the position of Byers Green, c.1985 Introduction to collection by Mr. W. Colley, c.1985 Reproduction map of the area in 1576

Extracts from the log book of Byers Green Infants' (National) School, 1 May 1866 - 18 January 1869

Note of the cost of a new house in Byers Green in 1902 and horse hire from John Binks, 1904 Entries from William Rhodes' accounts of carting materials such as coal and firewood to Byers Green church and school, October 1905-06 Memories of Hannah Pattison, died 1936 (including a Co-op. shopping list of January 1936), n.d.

Sketch plan of Byers Green Colliery as in 1920 by P. Colley, 1987 No scale given.

Spennymoor Urban District Council's report on the case for new houses at Byers Green, including a distribution of workers analysis, 15 November 194[9]?

South end of Byers Green, n.d. West end of Byers Green, n.d. Mr. Finch, farmer, at Hall Farm, Byers Green, with a bull which he had walked back from Wolsingham market after buying it, 1912 Barley growing in a field near Hall Farm and footpath to Whitworth Hall and Church, 1984

Sketch map of Byers Green by Mr. William Colley, n.d.

Sketch map of Byers Green School and Henry Terrace; also names of some of the teaching staff, n.d.

Introduction to Binchester and the Roman Fort of Vinovium, n.d. View of the hypocaust pillars of the underfloor heating system, n.d. View of Hallgarth bungalow garden with the memorial plaque to Thomas Wright, natural philosopher, native of Byers Green, n.d. Close-up of the plaque, n.d. Another plaque noting that the memorial plaque was unveiled by Dr. M.A. Hoskin of Cambridge University and provided by funds and materials donated to W. Colley of Byers Green on behalf of the Memorial Committee, n.d.

Children from Group 2, from Byers Green Infants' School, 1920 Children from Byers Green Council School with a teacher, Miss Moyia, and the headmaster, Mr. T. Orton, 1920 Another group of children from Byers Green Council School with a teacher, Miss Moyia, and the Headmaster, Mr. T. Orton, n.d. Byers Green Canteen Committee, n.d. [1920s]

Claire Hunter and Jason Budd with rocking horse at Byers Green Junior and Infants' School, October 1987 Invitation by Mr. T. Orton (including his photograph) to every scholar to tea and sports on 23 July 1920 to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of his marriage and of 25 years headmastership of Byers Green Schools, 1920

Circular letter of invitation to a Care for the Community Exhibition to be held at Byers Green School on 20-21 July 1990

Byers Green School football team with John Brown, headmaster, 1969-70 List of school holidays, 1986-1988 School Meals Service menu for January 1988

Byers Green football team with John Brown, headmaster, 1965-66 Neil Blenkinsopp, council employee, helping to erect the first safety barrier outside Byers Green Junior and Infants' School, 11 December 1990 Byers Green school football team with Mr. Dakin, teacher, 1950-51

Message in celebration of victory sent to all school children by King George VI, 8 June 1946 Reverse of message which includes a list of important war dates, 8 June 1946 Notice of the Byers Green Workmen's Club members annual leek show with details of classes and prizes; and a photograph of Kenneth Kirkbride (Binchester) leek show winner, 1985, with his leeks, 22-3 September 1990

Service covers in the High Street, Byers Green, including those for gas, water and fire hydrants, 1988

Tickets, fare list and timetable for Bonnie Heather Bus Service between Byers Green and Sepnnymoor, 1930

Wintry scene of Byers Green High Street showing the O.K. Bus still getting through from Bishop Auckland to Newfield, 1990 1 pint token from Byers Green Workingmen's Club, n.d. Group of five men, from Byers Green and Newfield at Blackpool, n.d. Circular letter to his customers from Tom Stapleton, milkman, explaining why he has had to sell the business and hoping that they will support the new owner, Mr. H. Griffiths of Spennymoor, 12 September 1987 Byers Green coal bunker, which held 1,000 tons of coal, was demolished between 1931 and 1934

Jim Brownson and his parrot 'Joey', 10 November 1991 Byers Green Colliery coal bunker being demolished, 1930s Newspaper photograph from Evening Despatch showing a Byers Green cinema destroyed by a 'great gale' in 1936, 25 March 1975

County Council pay note made up for Mr. John Bowman of Byers Green, March 1969 Photograph of oil painting of Byers Green boat house by Gordon Harrison, farmer, Todhills, 1940s Benny Taylor, bus driver, with his Shaw's Service bus parked at the place where Wear View council houses were built in 1953, 1940s Fire brigade called to 13 Wear View to deal with a chip pan fire, 13 September 1991 Photograph taken from 8 Wear View showing gardens and a band of mist along the valley and above the River Wear, October 1991

Farm workers in the stack yard of Hall Farm, Byers Green, 1950s North Street, n.d. Byers Green Post Office, 7 February 1992 Post Mistress, Mrs. Rosemary Cox, with customer, Mr. George Eastern, inside the Post Office, 1992

Explanation of the use of a potato pit by farmers and a sketch of a potato pit by Mr. W. Colley, 1988 Old Edison cylinder record player (1905) owned by Mr. and Mrs. K.S. Slater of Byers Green, 1980s High Street, showing the site where old houses had been removed to make space for council flats, 1985 The raising of the roof of the parish hall at Byers Green by builders, R. Parker of Middlestone Moor, 29 September 1988

Group photograph including the Rev. and Mrs. Russon, 1940s Studio portrait of P.C. Ned Crawford, late 19th c. Three men on the High Street, August 1968 Three football trophies won in the season, 1979-80 Medallion commemorating Byers Green winning the Spennymoor Schools Football League and Weardale Cups, 1849-50 Medal awarded to William Ernest Wheatman, aged 14, for his part as coxswain in the canoe race on the River Wear Regatta, early 1920s Four men from Byers Green outside a public house, n.d.

Mrs. Rachel Cole and grandchild, High Street, 1912 Mrs. Sutheron, village midwife, with her grandson, Billy Cole, early 20th c.

A team of employment trainee forestry workers thinning out trees in Byers Green Colliery Plantation, 4 September 1990 Mrs. R. Cox standing outside her Post Office and General Store, 90 High Street, 1990 Jim Thompson, with his greyhound on the disused allotment located behind the demolished High Street, 1982

Byers Green United, winners of the Auckland Nursing Cup, 1919-20 Display of cakes in Collingwood's shop window, 1981 Council workmen clearing out furniture from Flat 36, North Street, 1988 John Hardy playing with Susan Firth in the High Street, watched by Mrs. Firth, 1956 Mrs. Waters and Mrs. Jolly cutting the cake at the Christmas Party in the Institute, Byers Green, n.d. [1940s]

Byers Green Carnival, 15 June 1991 Byers Green tennis courts, 19 July 1991 Local sparrow visiting a small pond to drink (8 Wear View), n.d. View of the sun setting from Byers Green, 1991

Arthur Thompson, Sam Wherry and Bob Littlefair on grass, n.d. A group of schoolboys with two men, n.d. George Underwood of Blairs Row (Henry Terrace), 1989 Tools used by Harker and Sons, horseshoers and general smiths, Pear Tree Square, Byers Green, n.d. Byers Green coal bunker being demolished, n.d. Photograph of drawing of Byers Green Colliery, n.d. Byers Green miners' banner (no. 2 lodge), n.d. Wilf Swansbury, retired coal miner, standing on colliery road overlooking Byers Green, 1983

Group of people in the old Workingmen's Club, Byers Green, 1940s Hand of Thomas Hindmarsh holding a hand of dominoes in Byers Green Workingmen's Club, 1987

Byers Green allotments with the colliery pit heap in the background, September 1990 Pumpkin grown by Trevor Brewster, September 1990 Trevor Brewster with some of his onions, September 1990

Mr. Stan Wardle of Hallgarth Bungalow, Byers Green, standing near his large sandstone wheel (probably used by farmers), October 1989 Demolished old social centre with garages, betting shop and gentlemen's toilet, 15 November 1990 8.05 a.m. O.K. bus from Newfield to Bishop Auckland at Wear View, 14 November 1990 Car boot sale in the Marquis of Granby courtyard, 18 June 1988

Set of photographs concerning the building of new garages on the former allotments near the cenotaph (an employment training project), August 1987 - December 1989

Set of photographs of new water main being put down in Byers Green High Street, 17 May 1990 or 1991

Stages of the building of Reg. Bell's High Field bungalow, 1981 Durham Miners' Gala Day, 10 July 1993 Spennymoor Brass Band marching through Byers Green, 1993 John Kitson and miners' banners of Whitworth Park Lodge and Mainsforth Lodge processing through Byers Green, 1993 Miners' banners of Mainsforth Lodge and Chilton Lodge proceeding towards the cenotaph, north of the village, 1993

New stone wall for Raines Farmway Equipment, 1993 Methodist Church, Byers Green (formerly Primitive Methodist) showing alteration to main entrance, 1993 Council workmen clearing up broken roof slates and repairing damage to roof damaged by vandals, April 1993 A storm brewing over south west Durham, April 1993 View of High Row, Newfield, High Side Farm and Todhills Brickworks, n.d. [1993?] View including Byers Green Colliery slag heap, Westerton Colliery slag heap and Thomas Wright's observation tower, Westerton, April 1993

Old cart track from Byers Green to the River Wear used by people to get to the ferry to visit Page Bank, also showing Old Hall and Old Hall Farm, April 1993 Old Hall, built c.1400 as a look-out post, April 1993 Old Hall Farm(in a derelict state), n.d. Byers Green Sewerage Works, n.d. Stream running into the River Wear, 1993 Site of Byers Green Water Carnivals, 1993

Photographs of newspaper cuttings taken from the scrapbook of Mrs. Robinson (who played the piano in the Globe Cinema for the silent films) dealing with the death of Ralph Clarke, butcher; reports on the Church Lads' Brigade; Byers Green Garden Fête; and an award by the Order of St. John of Jerusalem to Mr. George Myers, n.d. Oak tree hedgerow on Old Hall Farm football field, 1984 Kitchen range and dining-room fire-place in the home of Sir Percy Craddock, Green Field Street, 1989

Illustrated report on 'what ever happened to school milk', n.d. [post 1970s] Report from South West Durham News about the suicide of Mrs. Joy Armstrong, daughter of Mr. Denton of Wear View, Byers Green, 19 March 1993

Photograph album (no. 16) containing local history photographs and information of Byers Green and Todhills, as follows:

Panoramic views from the disused railway line showing Byers Green Council School, Durham Cathedral, allotments, High Street, National School, St. Peter's Church, Raines Farmway Equipment, Byers Green House and Slowly, 1987 Panoramic views from Hagg Lane or cart track showing colliery pit heap, rectory, colliery road, High Lane, Nancy Wood, Todhills Brickworks, Methodist Chapel, Sunnybrow, Hall Farm and Wright's Wood (known as the Gun Wood), 1987

Barley growing, July 1985 Gathering in straw and hay, 1985 Front view of Hall Farm, owned by Forrest, 1985 North Street and Hall Farm, October 1985 Farmyard of Hall Farm, March 1985 Farmyard of Hall Farm, July 1985

Leading in the straw near the Old Hall, n.d. [1987?] Hagg Farm, 1987 Farmer Gilson's sheep, 1987 View of the old railway line from the main road, 1987 Five-minute-old calf in field next to Hagg Farm in the early morning, June 1985 Farmer Telfer's calves in a field next to the picnic area, 1987 Two horses next to the footpath, back of Greenfield Street, 1986 Steer or bull in field next to Hall Farm, July 1985

Rhodes potato scratter in colliery road field, c.1985 Part of Old Hall Farm stone wall showing a walled up brick arch, July 1985

Photograph of a poster for Byers Green Workingmen's Club annual leek show, 20 September 1986 Ria and Jack Parker selling raffle tickets at the leek show, 1986 Photographs of various exhibits including leeks, onions and flowers, September 1986; Terry Brewster's hand holding a pea pod opened to show the peas inside, 17 August 1986 Five boys by the River Wear, Byers Green, 1950

Trespass warning notice for the allotments, High Street, 1987 Bill Hardy's rabbits, May 1985 Ken Brownson's bantams, May 1985 Ken Brownson digging his plot, no. 2 allotment, 1986 Alf Todd in his greenhouse on Wilkinson Street Allotments, 1986 General view of the allotments from the High Street, 13 April 1985

Ken Brownson's greenhouse on No. 2 allotment, March 1986 Ronnie Wright digging Ken Brownson's allotment, May 1986 Graham Green's two lurchers, Darkie and Shane, on no. 2 allotment, May 1985 Blacksmith preparing horseshoe for David Harle's horse in backyard of Booth's store, 1986 Alf Todd with one of his pigeons on the Wilkinson Street allotment, May 1986 Close-up of the same pigeon's head and wing, 1986 Young pigeons recently hatched, June 1985 Bob Simpson and Jeff Storey releasing pigeons, June 1985

Jack Jolly with his pigeon and prizes, n.d. Jeff Ivey's champion pigeon, 1986 Jeff Ivey's young pigeon, 1986 Jeff Ivey's pigeon sitting eggs, 1986 Harry Hawkins loading pigeons into an aircraft for Byers Green Pigeon Club members, 1986

Young pigeons a few weeks old in Bob Simpson and Jeff Storey's loft, June 1985 Young pigeon ready to leave its nest in Bob Simpson and Jeff Storey's loft, 1985 Bob Simpson and Jeff Storey's champion pigeon, June 1985 Bill Storey and Bill Parker with their pigeons, 1950s

Photographs of Alf Todd of Byers Green, a pigeon fancier, displaying trophies he has won, 1986 The Byers Green Workingmen's Club Homing Society Trophy, n.d. /15/12-14 Photographs of alterations to council houses, Wear View, Byers Green, 1987

An account of the history and methods of Todhills Brickworks, n.d. Notice of redundancies at Todhills Brickworks, 4 October 1990

Drawing the bricks at Todhill Brickworks, 1950s One of the bricks manufactured at Todhills Brickworks during the 1950s and 1960s Byers Green from Catchie Corner, Todhills, 1987

Diagram to show the method of brick making at Todhills Brickworks (founded in 1937 by Mr. Gregory) sketched from memory by Mr. W. Colley, 1987

Diagram of the site of the Todhills Brickworks in relation to a quarry and neighbouring villages sketched by Mr. W. Colley, 1987 Photocopy of newspaper cutting of a planning application by Steetly Building Products Ltd. to extend Brickshale Quarry (with coal extraction), 14 September 1990

List of men who have been employed at Todhills Brickworks with a key indicating their jobs, 1946-87

Sketch of Todhills Village as in 1947 by Mr. W. Colley No scale given

Mrs. M. Bell, with her grandson and Mrs. S. Bell, in the backyard of 3 Dakers Terrace, Todhills, 1956 Mr. and Mrs. William Bothwell standing outside their bungalow, Berry Hedge, Todhills, 1950s Ivy Cottages, Todhills, late 19th c. List of Todhills village families in the 1930s and a list of Todhill families, 1930s - 1970s

Todhills Farm, a Church Commission farm built in the middle of the eighteenth century, n.d. [1980s?] Interior of Todhills Pentecostal Church, set out for a wedding reception, n.d. Site of Locomotive Terrace, Todhills, after it was demolished in 1971 Clarence Farm, which was later demolished in November 1986 Outbuildings and cow byers after demolition, May 1987 Old tool used to slice hay from a stack, n.d.

Matthew Harrison, farmer, Todhills, standing next to his polyphone machine, 1982 Interior of cow byre at Harrison's Farm, Todhills, 1985 Machine used for grading potatoes on Harrison's Farm, Todhills, 1988 Horse-drawn hay rake converted so that it can be pulled by a tractor, Harrison's Farm Todhills, 1988

Mrs. Margaret Jane Swinburn of the Station Hotel, Todhills (who used to have a fish and chip van in Byers Green), 1930s George Swinburn, landlord of the Station Hotel, Todhills, 1930s Brickworks at Todhills showing the wall built, July 1991 Walter Glendinning and Bob Hall sitting outside the Station Hotel, Todhills, n.d. Long Lane looking towards Todhills, June 1987 Jubilee Quarry photographed from Jubilee Bank, 1987

View of Jubilee Bridge and the River Wear from the Willington side. Photograph of cat-fish and minnows caught in that stretch of river and then returned, June 1989

Stretch of River Wear on the east side of Jubilee Bridge used by Willington and Todhills school children to learn to swim, 1988 Oak tree at the Whinnies below Locomotive Terrace, Todhills, used by boys with a rope to swing back and forth, 1988

Wright's Wood (known locally as the Gun Wood) a favourite play area for the young schoolboys of Todhills, 1988, n.d. Stretch of River Wear (used for swimming) on the east side of Jubilee Bridge, n.d.

Footpath leading into Wright's Wood from Byers Green Sewage Works near the River Wear, 1988 Middle of Wright's Wood, 1988

Tree in the middle of Wright's Wood used by schoolboys to build tree camps in the 1940s, 1988 Part of Wright's Wood, 1988

Notice announcing a Durham County Council Direct Labour Scheme at Jubilee Bridge, Willington, n.d. [1989?] View of Jubilee Bridge from the east side, 1989

Plaque on Jubilee Bridge naming the contractors in 1887, Ashmore, Benson and Pease & Company, Ltd., Bishop Auckland and J. Heslop, engineer, Stockton-on-Tees, 1990 Jubilee Bridge from the west side, 1989 Another plaque on Jubilee Bridge recording the laying of the foundation stone to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee by Ralph Peverill, 21 June 1887 Photographs of the construction work on the new bridge to replace the old Jubilee Bridge, December 1989 - 11 August 1990

Official opening of the New Jubilee Bridge by Christopher Chope, Roads Minister, and children from Byers Green School, 17 October 1990 Stone with plaque commemorating the opening of the new bridge together with the three plaques from the 1857 bridge, December 1990 Views of the new bridge, 1990-91 Northern Echo cutting reporting that the new bridge is to be opened, 17 October 1990

Photograph album (no. 17) containing the following local history photographs and information about Newfield, as follows:

Sign to Newfield at Jubilee Bank, showing Willington in background, January 1990 Newfield village sign showing disused farm in background, n.d.

Sketch plan of Newfield, as Mr. William Willis remembers it in 1914, made by Mr. W.L. Colley in 1989 No scale given

Newfield School's last day (1932-1982) including a view of building, staff and pupils, 1982

Article about the possibility of more waste dumping at Newfield, 9 October 1991 Report of plans to form a parish council at Newfield, 2 July 1993 Group of William C. Todd, Valerie Wilkinson and unidentifed woman taken at 22 High Row, Newfield, 1956 Music teacher, Miss Greener, with pupils of Newfield Primary School, 1982 John Newcombe with a damaged road sign at Todhills, n.d.

Newfield School Football Team, 1976 Pupils at Newfield School, 1997

Newfield Recreation Ground, 1982-3

War Memorial also showing Stone Bank Terrace and the Fox and Hound Public House, 18 June 1993 Newfield Play Park (officially opened 23 July 1993), 18 June 1993

Garden Street, 1970-71

Thompson's Farm, Newfield, November 1989 Crag Head Farm, Newfield, November 1989

Bishop Auckland D.H.S.S. Building, Forrest Farm and the railway viaduct, n.d. Stein Brickworks, Newton Cap Bank from Binchester, 1989

Wedgewood's Farm near Binchester, Newfield, 1989 The old entrance to Binchester Hall (adjacent to Wedgewood's Farm), 1989 /16/13 Old Vinovium underground pumps, Newfield, 6 August 1993 View of Crowes Farm from Vinovium Road, Newfield, 1989

Table of melting points of segar cones issued by Bolckow, Vaughan and Company, Ltd., Middlesbrough, n.d. Brochure giving details of products made at Newfield Brickworks by Bolckow, Vaughan and Company, Ltd., of Middlesbrough, manufacturers of silica and fireclay refractory products, April 1928

Training for clayworkers (Third Edition) published by the Searle School of Clayworking, Charlbury, n.d. [post 1913]

Newfield Brickworks showing scaffolding around the bottom yard chimney prior to demolition, 1986 Brickworks workers, 1983 Wear View, 1983 Views of brickyard products, trams for baking bricks, kiln ready for baking and workmen's toilets, 1983 /16/32 View of the top brickworks, Newfield, including joiners, fitters and blacksmiths' old workshop and a kiln of baked bricks, 1983

Views of buildings and processes at Newfield Brickworks, 1928 Johnny's Wood and a clearing used by the people of Newfield for open air dancing and Byers Green scout camps, 16 April 1991

Workmen in Newfield Johnny's Wood Drift, 1983 Underground pit pony stables, Newfield Colliery, 1984 Disused passageways in Newfield Colliery, 1984

Hunwick Brickworks, 1988 Late nineteenth century road to Bishop Auckland from Newfield, n.d. Employees of Newfield Brickworks Bottom Yard, 1974 Award of gold badge for giving blood 50 times to Gordon Edgar of Newfield, 12 January 1985 Remains of Bottom Yard Brickworks, Newfield, 1986

Newfield Women's Institute late 1930s and Newfield Women's Institute, n.d.

Newfield Colliery and Brickworks in 1906 and site of previous mill near Mr. Vasey's farm, 1989

Newfield refuge and chemical tip and general view showing White House, Willington and Strakers, 1987

Newfield Homing society 1959 Newfield Workingmen's Club, 1987 Remains of old railway bridge on Newfield - Hartlepool Docks, n.d.

Children's Christmas Party in Church Institute, Newfield, 1948 Group at Newfield bus station, 1950s Group of Arthur Patterson, his mother and Wilf Metcalf at Jubilee Bridge, July 1938 /16/42 Blackpool visit in 1950s Post Office at Primrose Hill, Newfield, 1971 Ticket for Fox and Hounds Leek Club, Newfield, 28 September 1991

The old disused sand and gravel bed now used by water fowl, 1990 Mares and foals near the River Wear and Newfield's football field, 1990 Newfield Parish Council, n.d. St. Barnabas' Church, Newfield, n.d.

Order of service to be used at the unveiling of the Newfield War Memorial, 19 August 1922 Roll of honour of all who served in the forces and of those who died, 1914-1918

Newfield Cenotaph of 1914-1918 war showing the inscription and the names of the fallen in the 1939-45 war

Oak lectern made by William Spear Dadd of Newfield for Newfield Methodist Chapel, 1940s Group from Methodist Chapel, Challis Street, Newfield, n.d.

Gravestone in St. Andrew's, Newfield, of George Plumb, aged 32 years, husband of Mary Plumb of 11 Bush Street, Newfield, died 7 October 1920 Gravestone in St. Andrew's, Newfield, of John Foster, aged 58, husband of Thomasina, fatally injured at Newfield Colliery, 25 November 1943 Gravestone in St. Andrew's, Newfield, of William Alder, aged 27, husband of Isabella Alder, accidentally killed at Byers Green Colliery, 28 December 1928, also Thomas William Alder, son of above, died aged 1 year 9 months on 23 March 1929 Gravestone in St. Andrew's, Newfield, of Robert Ingledew, aged 46 years, husband of Kate Ingledew of 2 Locomotive Terrace, Todhills, died 26 February 1930 Plan of St. Andrew's Church Hall and Institute, Newfield

Newfield School Football Team, 1953 Group at St. Andrew's Church, Newfield, 1940s List of Newfield Village families living at High Row, 1930-88 and at Wear Street and Bridge Street in 1930s

Boundary wall covered with clinker, in Challis Street, 1990 Site of Newfield School 1990 Newfield refuge tip, 9 November 1991

Newfield football field with Hunwick Brickworks in the distance, 13 May 1990 Death notice of John Coney who was associated with the football club, 15 August 1990 View of football field and goal posts, 13 May 1990 Football club's roller, 13 May 1990 Football club's official shelter, 13 May 1990

Squirrel killed by a passing car at Newfield, 10 July 1993 Paul Tenant of Crag Farm, Newfield, and his milk float, 1993 Rear view of milk float, April 1993 Old National School, Newfield, now a private dwelling, 1993

Views of Challis Street, Newfield, 1955 View of Bush Street, Newfield Brickworks, 1957 Servants' staircase of Crag Farm, Newfield, 1992

Reminiscences of Newfield by Laurence Newcombe of Newfield, n.d. [pre 1991]

General view of Crag Farm, Newfield, with buildings annotated, 10 July 1993 Disused cow byre showing early system of cow byre ventilation, 10 July 1993 General views of disused cowbyre, Crag Farm, 10 July 1993

Photograph album (no.18) containing the following local history photographs, newspaper cuttings and information:

A tradesman on his rounds (1920s) A blacksmith posing outside his smithy with a horse and two pit ponies, 1920s Bath attendant hosing down the lockers in Brancepeth Colliery baths, 1950s Brancepeth Colliery waste heap, Willington, 1950s Brancepeth Colliery waste heap being landscaped, n.d.

A pit pony, miners and tubs, underground at Brancepeth Colliery, 1940s Shaw and Knights Brickworks, near Tindale, Bishop Auckland Pit head baths [Brancepeth Colliery], 1988 Site of fitters' and blacksmiths' shops 1988 John Briggs, a former miner at Brancepeth Colliery, n.d.

Brancepeth Colliery including the locomotive Stag Shaw [1895?] View of Brancepeth Colliery from the pit heap, n.d. View of Brancepeth Colliery, n.d.

Bridge End, Willington, showing the Empress Picture Hall, n.d. A birthday card showing Commercial Street, Willington, n.d. Byers Green area with annotated landmarks, n.d.

Willington Railway Station showing the Empire Cinema, 1930s Willington Station and Goods Yard, n.d. Workmen unloading ponies from cattle trucks in Willington Railway Goods Yard, n.d.

The Brancepeth Colliery underground stables, the shaft landings and Brancepeth N.U.M. pit banner, n.d.

Potters' disused brickworks at Willington, 1988 The site of Brancepeth Coke Works, 1988 View of High Street, Willington, 1988

Annotated photographs of Newfield from Sunnybrow showing the memorial erected in 1976 by Joe Gormley to commemorate the Rocking Strike of 1863 (which was the forerunner of the checkweigh system in the collieries of County Durham) and the men and boys killed in the mines of Sunnybrow, Brancepeth and Oakenshaw, February 1990

Series of seven photographs showing the old boiler house, Smart and Brown, Spennymoor, being demolished, 1970s Photograph of an old Second World War machine-gun post at Thorn's Factory, Spennymoor, 1985

Interiors of T/Shop in Smart and Browns (later Thorns) and a colour photograph of the R/Shop maintenance group, 1985 Westerton Colliery, n.d. Redundancy details, May 1986

Information about Wilf Rowlands and A. Parker and Sons, Binchester, pigeon fanciers, 1916 and 1950s - 1984

Introduction to the Binchester Local History by William Wilson of Binchester and information about him, 1985

Various activities at Binchester Carnival, 28 June 1986 Two Coronation mugs facing (front and back) presented to children of Old Park Township (Binchester) to mark the Coronation of KingGeorge V and Queen Mary, June 1911

The Chamois Glove Factory, Binchester, including the certificate of trade mark registration 1908, external view of the factory, Mrs. O. Bell clocking-in for work, view of work area and ladies demonstrating various glove making processes, 1987

Photographs of the Chamois Glove Factory, Binchester, showing gloves pressed for despatching, gloves packed ready for despatching, the workers' canteen and a decorated toilet, 1987 Photograph of Binchester Garage, 1988

Binchester's first heritage exhibition held in the Community Centre, 15 July 1989 A Northern Echo illustrated report about the repair of a pot-holed private road at Binchester by Anneka Rice and the B.B.C. 'Challenge Anneka' team, 20 May 1991 A Northern Echo photograph of David Sands, the challenger, riding his new bicycle on the new road at Granville Terrace, 24 May 1991

Mr. W. Colley at Binchester Social History Exhibition, 1989 The church choir of St. Barnabas, Binchester, n.d. [c.1900?] A church made from matchsticks by Bill Wilson, 1989 Support vehicles for the 'Challenge Anneka' team, 1991

The completion of 'Challenge Anneka' new road at Granville Terrace, 24 May 1991 The new road nearing completion 23 May 1991 St. Barnabas Church and its bell, Binchester, n.d. The Primitive Methodist Church, Binchester, n.d. Men tipping coal from the Hutton Seam and Brancepeth Colliery for use in the brickworks, and an explanation of the system, 1950s

The new road, Granville Terrace, Binchester, 17 July 1993 Binchester Post Office, 17 July 1993 Binchester Community Centre, 17 July 1993

Page Bank miners working on the highways after Page Bank Colliery closed, 1920s View of Page Bank, n.d. Group of ladies from Page Bank, n.d. Etty Lynn in her kitchen, Page Bank, 1948 or 1951 Memorial stone in St. Stephen's Churchyard, Low Willington, to George Robson who died in the Page Bank Colliery fire of 12 October 1858, 1989 Shafto Arms char-a-banc trip, Page Bank, 1925

Miners' banners (including that of Page Bank) parading on Miners' Gala Day, n.d. Dacur Long, telegram boy, with bicycle, Page Bank, n.d. [1920s?] Page Bank Football Team, League champions, 1938-39

Page Bank memories by Edmund Cockburn including: Features of the village; terms and system of operating the colliery, cokeworks and brickworks; village and interiors of houses and shops; first World War and the strikes of 1921 and 1926; personalities; Whitworth Parish; Brancepeth Parish; n.d.

List, including prices, of 170 freehold dwelling houses at Page Bank sold at The Three Tuns Hotel, Durham, on 26 March 1930

Plan of Page Bank reclamation scheme by Durham County Council Environment Committee, 7 February 1985 Scale: 1 : 2500

Stalls in Richmond market, 13 April 1991

Stalls in Northallerton market, 13 April 1991

Thorngate Mill, Barnard Castle. 1988 Old furniture displayed on footpath on The Bank, Barnard Castle, 1988

Barnard Castle, Market Cross, built 1747, n.d. Gothic Pant in Galgate built 1874, n.d. Blagraves House in The Bank, built in the 17th c., n.d.

Photograph album (no. 18) containing photographs of local towns and villages, as follows:

Statue of Marquess of Londonderry, 1778 - 1854, in Durham Market Place, n.d. Inscription on statue of Marquess of Londonderry, 1778-1854, in Durham Market Place, n.d. Prebends Bridge, n.d. Banks Mill and Durham School boat house, n.d. Framwellgate Bridge, n.d. Framwellgate Bridge and Fulling Mill, n.d. Elvet Bridge, n.d. North Road looking towards the viaduct, 1989

Various views of platforms at Durham Station, including a goods train and intercity trains, 1988

The viaduct and the track over the viaduct, Durham Station, n.d. Durham Railway Station, 1988 Shildon Wagon Works, 1975 Bishop Auckland Railway Station and its approach, 1986

Views of the railway line and of South Church taken from a train travelling to Bishop Auckland, 1986 Heighington signal box and railway crossing, 1986 Heighington Station, 1986 Bishop Auckland Railway Station, 1950s Deerness Valley Junction, Brandon, Willington, Hunwick lines, Bishop Auckland Station, 1950s

A steam locomotive and train leaving Barnard Castle Station showing the Bishop Auckland track on the right, 1950s Locomotive and train at Barnard Castle, n.d. Station on the Kirby Stephen line, 1950s Deerness Valley Junction showing the left hand track to Ferryhill, the right hand track to New Brancepeth, Esh Winning, Waterhouses and Consett and the centre track to Brandon, 1950s Coundon Railway Station, 1930s Coundon Railway Station and trespass notice, June 1988 View of Durham City from the Station, 1987 Busker on Framwellgate Bridge, Durham City, 1987

View of the empty shop formerly belonging to G. Greenwell and Sons Ltd., 33 Silver Street, 24 October [1980s] Photograph of mining tubs at Alston, September 1990

Whitworth Rectory in the snow 1920s Whitworth Church notice board, n.d. Whitworth Church and Mrs. D. Gibson in the entrance to Whitworth Church, October 1985 The bell cote of Whitworth Church, tomb of (Bobby) Shafto and the tombstone of Eleanor Dodds, wife of Edward Dodds of Byers Green, who died in 1848, and of their children, 1985

Entrance to Whitworth Hall (home of Shafto Family), n.d. Deer on the Whitworth Estate, 1985 and 1986 Eric Thompson, artist, taken at his exhibition on Whitworth Estate, 26 May 1986 Notice board of Spennymoor Whitworth House School, n.d. Whitworth House, n.d. Spennymoor Brass Band and the Spennymoor Mayor and Mayoress at the Summer Fête Gymkhana, 6 July 1986 /18/9 Various stalls at the summer fête gymkhana, n.d.

Horses at the Summer Fête Gymkhana, 6 July 1986

Various shops in Spennymoor, 1986

Streets in Spennymoor and the Spennymoor Superstore, 1986

Two Health Centres, Spennymoor Royal British Legion Club, two views of King Street, advertisement for Rington's Tea and the local office of the D.H.S.S., 1986

Illustrated article from the Northern Echo about a sculpture by Michael Disley to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Spennymoor, n.d. A card with 'Season's Greetings' sent to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Young, of 18 Catherine S[treet], Spennymoor, by their son, Billy, from a prisoner-of-war camp in Germany, 23 November 1941

Display concerning Spennymoor Market Area Development, Spennymoor Band Stand, 1991 Spennymoor Leisure Centre, [1993] Spennymoor High Street with bus stops, 1991 Ken and Edward Allison and Tommy Handley taken outside Allison's Beef and Pork Butchers, 1947

Shopfronts in Spennymoor, 1986 St. Paul's Church, Spennymoor, 1892 George Dent outside a sweet and tobacco shop, King Street, Spennymoor, 1920s Hornsby's Jeweller's Shop on Spennymoor High Street, 1913 Family butcher's shop and van in Duncombe Street, c.1925 Funeral procession in King Street, 1920s

Spennymoor Railway Station (1876) taken in 1930s and Spennymoor Jubilee Park Band Stand, 1987 Tudhoe Mine Disaster, [1879] Tudhoe Colliery boiler house with five unidentified men, [1885] Spennymoor High Street, [1910] The Arcadia Grand Electric Hall in Cheapside, 1925 Spennymoor's first railway station, 1850 Jack McMahon, Ford van driver for G. Harrison, baker, Spennymoor, c.1923

Willington Sewage Works and area, 1980 Willington Church Lads' Brigade, 1940s Officers and men in charge of Hartlepool batteries on the day of bombardment by Germans; and damage to Mill House, Hartlepool, 16 December 1914 Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, 1930s St. Mary's Convent, Tudhoe, n.d.

Cattle and sheep in pens taken at Bishop Auckland Cattle Market, 27 November 1986

Video of 'Work and Leisure in South West Durham in 1990' by Mr. W.L. Colley, involving visits to Newton Cap Brickworks (Hepworth Refractories), Spennymoor Leisure Centre and Spennymoor Jubilee Park, running time 28 minutes, 1990

Summary of contents of Slide Cabinet A: Section A Schools, 1-55 Section B People, bridges, shops, allotments, 1-61 Section C Collieries, brickworks, 1-57 Section D Thorn's Factory, Spennymoor, football teams, street furniture, clouds over Byers Green, village services, countryside, Army/Airforce, 1-54 Section E Buildings, workingmen's club, buses, 1-54 Section F Farms, St. Peter's Church and Methodist Church, 1-54 [See D/X 779/10, 'Details of slides in Mr. Colley's Possession', for more information on slides Slides not found: Secton A nil Section B 2, 50 and 58 Section C 1, 3-6, 8, 10, 19-20, (25 held by Mr. Colley), 39 and 47 Section D nil Section E 32 and 49 Section F 2, 7, 22, 24, 37, 41-2 and 44]

Summary of contents of Slide Cabinet B Section H Village people, 1 - 64 Section H-I Allotments, 65-88 Section I Pigeons, 89-104; village services, 105-110; water gala and village carnivals, 111-133; jazz band, 134; Women's Union, 135 Section I-J Village of Todhills, 1-54 Section J Railways, 1-26 Section K Railways, 27-31; Town of Spennymoor, 1-52; Byers Green Workingmen's Club, 1-14 Section L Village and local industry information, 7-31; Byers Green shops and shopkeepers, 32-39; Linda Thompson, 40 High Street, Byers Green, 41; Byers Green shops, 42-43; Norman Collingwood, son, horse and delivery cart [See D/X 779/10 'Details of slides in Mr. Colley's Possession', for more information on slides Slides not found: Section H 82 (held by Mr. Colley), 104 and 108 Section J 9-10, 12, 19 and 24 Section K 27-28 and 7 Section L 32]

87 slides relating to Byers Green countryside, n.d. [See index book D/X 779/11 for information about slides and list of slides in the possession of Mr. W. Colley, 1 - 93 (not found: 17, 33, 64, 66, 68 and 78) (Magazine A)]

92 slides relating to Page Bank, n.d. [See D/X 779/11 for information about slides), 1-93 and introduction slide (5 and 77 not found) (Magazine B)]

120 slides relating to village of Newfield, 1-120, n.d. [See D/X 779/11 for information about slides (Magazine C1)]

80 slides relating to Newfield, n.d. [See D/X 779/11 for information about slides (Magazine C2)]

119 slides relating to the village of Binchester, n.d. [See D/X 779/11 for information on slides (7 not found) (Magazine D1)]

40 slides relating to Binchester and 1 unidentified slide, 121-158, n.d. [See D/X 779/11 for information on slides (Magazine D2)]

103 slides relating to the church, chapel, shops, dwellings and residents of Byers Green, 1-106 [See D/X 779/11 for information about slides (not found 77, 98 and 99) (Magazine E)]

Scrapbook (no.1) of newspaper cuttings mainly from the Northern Echo dealing with topics such as: first man in space; Shildon tunnel; fire at Variety Club, Spennymoor; growing pot leeks; Percy Cradock, diplomat returns for his mother's funeral at Byers Green; racing mice for the leek show funds at Byers Green; Eston blacksmith, Bill Snowdon; Sale of Old Rectory, Byers Green; strike at Smart and Brown, Spennymoor; end of Courtaulds factory at Spennymoor; Sir Percy Cradock honoured with Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George at Buckingham Palace for services as British Ambassador in Peking; retirement of Bobby Thompson; Aycliffe Special School; and South Durham Publican fined for handling stolen whiskey, Jan - June, August, November, December 1961, 1973-79, 1982-84

Scrapbook (no. 2) of newspaper cuttings mainly from the Northern Echo, dealing with topics such as: the end of Boldon Colliery; fate of pensioners' shelter at Byers Green; school closures in Durham including Newfield; Whitworth Hall bought by Derek Parnaby; low flying aircraft; 'Gisela' Luftwaffe raid from Clacton to Croft on 4 March 1945; belly dancing in Byers Green; Tasmanian rain forest saved; Sid Chaplin attends the 50th anniversary of his old school at Newfield; Binchester Fort open to the public; visit of Pope John Paul II; arson attack at Newfield; possible sale of Wynyard Hall; readvertisement of drivers-only job given to non-driving daughter of Sedgefield Council's chairman; theft of 22 prize birds from Billy Barker, aged 77, of Byers Green; Byers Green footpath dispute, 1978 - 1983

Scrapbook (no. 3) of newspaper cuttings mainly from the Northern Echo, dealing with topics such as: M.P.s reject return to capital punishment; view of Bishop Auckland Market Place, c.1900; sale of Doggarts Stores; Aycliffe Special School; fight to save Bishop Auckland to Darlington Railway; Durham Miners' Centenary Gala; Peases' Mill Chimney in Darlington; David Bellamy in Tasmania; Stan Laurel's father, Arthur Jefferson, and the Eden Theatre, Bishop Auckland; death of Douglas Bader; proposed memorial in Cockfield to Jeremiah Dixon (of the Mason-Dixon line); commemoration at Doninni House, Easington, of Dennis Doninni who won his posthumous Victoria Cross at 19 (1939-45 War); 90th birthday of Ada Hay, first woman police officer in Cleveland, 1981-83

Scrapbook (no. 4) of newspaper cuttings, mainly from the Northern Echo, dealing with topics such as the fight to save Fishburn Coke Works; raffle to help bulldoze Bessemer Park, Spennymoor; fire at Thorn Lighting Factory, Spennymoor; threat of job losses at British Shipbuilding; chain of peace from Burgh Field to Greenham Common; royal wedding of Charles and Diana; sale of only Victoria Cross awarded for the Battle of Britain; transport of nuclear waste by rail; Columbia space shuttle; 200th anniversary of the birth of John Gully of Cocken Hall, boxing champion and colliery owner; R.A.F. Lightning crash at Scarborough; footpath survey in Wear Valley; H.M.S. Sheffield sunk; Myra Hindley moved from Durham to Cookham Wood Prison; future of the Falklands; return of Steve Cram, gold medal winner of 1500 metres at Helsinki, 1981 - 84

Scrapbook (no. 5) of newspaper cuttings, mainly from the Northern Echo, dealing with topics such as the development of the former Doggarts store at Bishop Auckland; Brisbane Commonwealth Games; Byers Green Carnival Queen, Wendy Booth; end of Houghton Colliery; Lina Leng's corner shop in Shildon; Keilder water dam begins operation; Byers Green doctors' surgery to stay; death of Duke of Windsor; foul language on television; closure of A.B.C. cinema in Middlesbrough; protest against closure of Shildon Wagonworks; armed raid on Newfield Post Office foiled; opposition to proposed nuclear tip at Billingham; Bishop Auckland bus route wars end, 1972-1984

Scrapbook (no. 6) of newspaper cuttings, mainly from the Northern Echo, dealing with topics such as workers' purchase of closed Readhead's Shipbuilding Yard at South Shields; Old Byker; 150th anniversary of Shildon Wagon works; death of Sir Ralph Richardson; views of new £1 coin; Great North Run; nuclear waste; public rights of way; Cruise missiles at Greenham Common; danger of collapse of Barnard Castle Bridge; talking history project with pensioners at Cleveland; vandalised telephone kiosks; 75th anniversary of West Stanley Burns Pit disaster of 1909, 1981 - 1984

Scrapbook (no. 9) of newspaper cuttings, mainly from the Northern Echo, dealing with topics such as sack of striking miners at Newfield; closure of Shildon wagon works; pit strike riot at Easington; R.A.F.'s Central Flying School transfers from Leeming to Scampton; 100th birthday of Lord Shinwell; end of £1 note; Data Protection Act; crisis in fishing industry and the departure of the last pit ponies in Durham, 1984-85

Scrapbook (no. 10) of newspaper cuttings, mainly from the Northern Echo, dealing with topics such as the Domesday History Project; closure of Fishburn Coke works; death of Sid Chaplin; last ship launched on the Tees; infant mortality in the north; teenage suicides; National Front threat; opening of Whitworth Hall (home of Bobby Shaftoe); Yorkshire Film Archive; Challenger space disaster; bus services in S.W. Durham; Newcastle Tall Ships' Race; genetic fingerprinting, 1985-1987

Scrapbook (no. 11) of newspaper cuttings, mainly from the Northern Echo, dealing with topics such as surrogate mothers; benefit fraud; various police logbooks for 15 January 1988; arrival of Tornados at R.A.F. Leeming; Edwina Currie and salmonella scare; Richmond poachers; teenage gangs; Hannah Hauxwell; Bobby Thompson; end of shipbuiding on the Wear; family debt; last major pit heap to be removed (East Hetton); the carving of the Last Supper, at Durham Cathedral grounds by Colin Wilburn, 1988

Scrapbook (no. 7) of newspaper cuttings mainly from the Northern Echo dealing with topics such as marking strike over university pay; possible French take over of two N.E.water companies; sale of Bishop Auckland Town Hall; Boris the boar at Newfield; construction at Durham City of an Overseas Branch School for Teikyo, University of Tokyo; listeria in cheese, demolition of Fishburn Coke Works, Durham; cathedral catering contract; local management of schools introduced; electrification preparations at Durham Station; organic vegetables; 75th anniversary of Catterick Garrison; Library House at Westgate, Weardale; Aycliffe women munition workers; New Shildon bypass; 5 year plan for Durham dales, January - May 1989

Scrapbook (no. 8) of newspaper cuttings, mainly from the Northern Echo, dealing with topics such as water pollution; Billy Graham crusade; Whitby jet workshop found; pit heap opened at Beamish; violence in Tiananmen Square, Beijing; St. Margaret's allotments, Durham City; NALGO council workers' strike; Prince Bishop, the new pleasure boat on the Wear at Durham; dock strike; excavations on Bowes moor for grave of Eric Bloodaxe; optical test charges; rise in water prices; Russian exchange party arrive in Durham from Kostroma, June - August 1989

Scrapbook (no. 12) of newspaper cuttings, mainly from the Northern Echo, dealing with topics such as dangerous dogs; job losses in mines; shipbuilding; clothing industry; poll tax; Durham ghosts; sale of school playing fields; and the introduction of wheeled rubbish bins, 1988 - 1993

Photocopy of newspaper cuttings of an article and obituary of Dr. R.E. Hooppell, late rector of Byers Green, printed in the Northern Echo, 23 August 1895

Photocopy of an invitation to the dedication by the Bishop of Durham of the new reredos and panelling, new altar cross, candlesticks and flower vases, 12 March 1944 Endorsed: invitation to unidentified individual to attend as the candle extinguisher was to be dedicated 'in memory of your sister', 1944

A black and white photograph of a drawing of St. Peter's Church, Byers Green by B. Patt, with extracts from epitaphs on gravestones in St. Peter's Churchyard and from 'In Memoriam' in the Northern Echo, Darlington, attached to a paper, n.d.

Christmas card giving details of the Christmas services for St. Peter's Byers Green, Byers Green Methodist and Newfield Methodist Churches, n.d.

Photocopy of the cover and vicar's letter page of the church magazine of St. Andrew's Church, Tudhoe Grange, July 1930

Page from the church magazine of St. Andrew's Church, Tudhoe Grange, including a letter from the lay missioner, William Slack, paying tribute to the vicar, the Rev. Denis W. Marsh, who had recently died, October 1930

Printed list of scripture lessons for Primitive Methodist Sunday Schools for 1887

Souvenir handbook of the centenary anniversary services (1885 - 1985) of Byers Green Methodist Church, 20, 26 and 27 October 1985

Invitation to Byers Green Methodist Church Carol Service led by Hilary Armstrong, M.P., and the Spennymoor Town Band, 13 December 1992

Poster advertising High Street Methodist Church, Byers Green, Sunday School Anniversary on 3 and 10 June, n.y.

Poster advertising High Street Methodist Church, Byers Green, Harvest Thanksgiving on 30 September and 1 October, n.y.

Poster advertising High Street Methodist Church, Byers Green, Harvest Thanksgiving Services, 30 September and 1 October, n.y.

Poster advertising High Street Methodist Church, Byers Green, Jubilee Celebrations with special services, preachers and concerts, 13 - 28 October, n.y.

Poster advertising High Street Methodist Church, Byers Green, 31st Annual concert on Christmas night given by Sunday School scholars and teachers including an operetta entitled 'Queen Lily', 25 December, n.y.

Poster advertising Central Methodist Church, Byers Green, Sunday School Anniversary Services, 17 and 24 June, n.y.

Poster advertising Central Methodist Church, Byers Green, Harvest Thanksgiving Services, 14-15 October, n.y.

Poster advertising Harvest Festival celebrations at the Methodist Church, Newfield, 7-8 October, n.y.

Poster advertising Grand Miscellaneous Concert by Laurel Concert Party at Stonebank Methodist Church, Newfield, 12 December, n.y.

Spennymoor Church of England Mixed School report form for Anthony William Tregoning, Mid-summer 1937

Ticket and autographed programme for a performance of 'Aladdin' by Byers Green School, 8 April 1987

Poster advertising the summer fair of Byers Green School, 25 May 1988

An invitation to the official opening of the Care for the Community Exhibition to be opened by Mr. K. Grimshaw, Director of Education, to be held in the Parish Hall, Byers Green, 20 July 1990

Poster advertising the Care for the Community Exhibition organized by the Lynx Crime Prevention Panel at the Byers Green Parish Hall, to be opened by Mr. K. Grimshaw, Director of Education, 20-21 July 1990 Attached: a crimebuster's badge, n.d.

Circular letter to parents from A.W. Coyne, Headmaster of Byers Green School, informing them of a craft fair to be held in the Village Hall, Byers Green, on 10 October 1992

Illustrated Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers, Vol.15, 1865-8, published by A. Reid, Printing Court Buildings, Akenside Hill, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1866 [Originally part of the library of Joseph Whitwell Pease of Hutton Hall]

Record book of a bore hole 10 chains from the north boat house, producing coal water pebbles, blue clay and post stone, fire clay and ironstone, 19 May - 16 August 1930

A photocopy of 'The Bathers' Handbook' issued by the Dean and Chapter Colliery (Dorman, Long & Company Ltd.), describing the pithead baths and including the order of proceedings of the official opening on 1 October 1938

Rules of the National Union of Mineworkers for Durham Mechanics Group No. 1 Area, 7 July 1961

A copy of 'The Durham Striker, No. 1', the first magazine of the Durham Miners and Mechanics, December 1984

Leaflet 'Support the Miners', explaining the miners' case in the strike of 1984 and ways in which support can be expressed, 1984

Leaflet for the 'Protect our Pits' campaign, issued by Durham and Tyne & Wear County Councils illustrating the decline in mining jobs and the closure of pits, 1984-5

Two stickers 'Coal not Dole' and 'Durham Miners'Family Aid, 1984. Are you helping?' used during the miners' strike, 1984-5

Programme of the service of dedication of Byers Green Colliery Banner by Mr. Peter Heathfield, General Secretary of N.U.M., 23 April 1989

Circular detailing the advantages of joining the Durham Miners' Association Approved Society, n.d.

Stockton and Darlington Railway Co.'s waybill for coke from Bitchburn Colliery, 24 April 1856

Stockton and Darlington Railway Co.'s waybill for landsale from West Auckland Colliery, 21 June 1856

Waybill for coke, produced by Peases West Colliery, at York Junction, 5 August 1856

Waybill for land sale coke at White Lee, 28 December 1857

Invoice, issued by the Mineral Department of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, for a load of limestone from Norlandside to Bell Brothers at Port Clarence, 6 January 1863

Ticket for carriages, horses, etc., issued by North Eastern Railway for Bishop Auckland to Shildon, 12 June 1876

Photograph of a horse-drawn tram belonging to South Shields Tramways and Carriage Company on the Park Head Road and Tyne Dock route, n.d. [1910-1920s]

Licence disc, issued under the Road and Rail Traffic Act of 1933, granting a limited carrier's licence for a commercial vehicle, valid for a year, December 1936 - December 1937

O.K. bus travel ticket issued from the new ticket machine for Newfield to Byers Green, 2 July 1991

A page of the Northern Echo including details of council compulsory purchase orders under the Housing Act 1936 of houses in Byers Green, 9 August 1954

Sedgefield District Council Housing Repairs Department's notification of two unsuccessful visits to repair a leaking stop-tap, 26 April and 3 May 1985

Sedgefield District Council Housing Repairs Department's notification of a second unsuccessful visit by a plumber to repair a toilet seat, n.d.

Planning Handbook for Sedgefield District, 1986

Notification on the back of a visiting card that Susan Fawcett, representative of Sedgefield District Council, will be at the Marquis of Granby car park from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on 9 September 1992

Illustrated details of the new refuse collection system of wheeled bins to start in Sedgefield District on Monday, 26 October 1992

Notices from Sedgefield District Council about revised waste collections for Christmas and New Year, 1991, Mayday and Spring Bank Holidays, 1993, December 1991, May 1993

Sedgefield District Local Plan draft with a notice of an exhibition in Byers Green Village Hall on 9 September 1993 and a public meeting in Spennymoor Leisure Centre on 10 September 1993 and a form for comments on the plan, 1993

Details of Sedgefield District Local Plan public meetings with a comment sheet and map of proposed developments used at the Spennymoor Town Hall Public Meeting, 20 May 1993

Sedgefield District community newspaper, Inform, July - August, November - December 1992, May - August 1993

Illustrated election literature for Sedgefield District Council for the Labour Party candidates, Jim Everson, John Kitson and Bill Waters, 2 May 1991

Illustrated electoral literature for Vince Robson, Labour Party candidate in the Durham County Council elections, 6 May 1993

Headline, the newspaper for all Thorn E.M.I. employees, June 1984

Moor News, newspaper of Thorn EMI Domestic Appliances, Spennymoor, as part of the Headline Group of Newspapers, June and December 1984, March, June, August, October and December 1985

Watts News, newspaper of Thorn Lighting (Fittings) employees at Spennymoor as part of the Headline Group of Newspapers, January 1985

Cooker News, newspaper of employees in the cooker factory, Tricity spares and general site support services as part of the Headline Group of Newspapers, January 1986

Northern Echo and seven days supplement, 25 October 1991

Do it Yourself magazine for September 1957

Aero Modeller magazines for October 1965 and October 1970

Out of the Shadows, no. 738 of New Every Week published by London's Religious Tract Society, 65 St. Paul's Churchyard and 4 Bouverie Street, E.C., n.d. [post 1899]

The 'Sailor's Grave', a song sent to 'Rookhope' in an unidentified newspaper, by J.H.D., n.d.

'Comrades', a song submitted to an unknown newspaper by E. McCroskery, Belfast, at the request of J.H. Smith, n.d.

The Man with Two Faces by Jimmy Roby, a book written to give children reasons why they should not go with a stranger, February 1987

A photocopy of the handbook of the West Durham Federation of Racing Pigeon Societies, 1962

Dog licence issued to L.J. Nunn of 48 Thorn Close, Middlestone Moor, Spennymoor, July 1983

Letter to W.L. Colley, 8 Wear View, Byers Green, Near Spennymoor, from R. Atchison, 9 Somers Road, Keresley End, Coventry, Warwickshire, giving an account of his life and his retirement interest in long distrance cycling, 24 July 1987 For enclosures: see D/X 779/110 - 112

List of cycling holidays taken by R. Atchison, 9 Somers Road, Keresley End, Coventry, Warwickshire, 24 July 1987

Tourist map of Great Britain (published by Estate Publications) marked with Mr. Atchison's cycle routes with circles showing towns where he spent nights with relatives and dots to mark open air night stops, n.d. [1970s - 1980] Scale: 1 : 1,100,000

A-Z Road Map of Great Britain (published by Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd.) marked with Mr. Atchison's cycle routes in Southern England with circles showing towns where he spent nights with relatives and dots to mark open air night stops, 1988 Scale: 16 miles to 1 inch [1:1,013,760]

Ticket for a cruise on The Prince Bishop on the River Wear to see Durham Cathedral, 1991

Programme for the 38th Annual Gala organised by the Spennymoor Aged People's Gala Fund Committee in the Jubilee Park, Spennymoor, 3 July 1993

List of names and addresses of inns, hotels, taverns and beerhouses in Bishop Auckland in 1894 with details of what happened to those no longer operating post 1982, n.d. [1980s]

List of taverns and beerhouses in Bishop Auckland with addresses, n.d. [1980s]

List of 26 public houses in Spennymoor showing which 18 remained as public houses in 1982, n.d. [1982]

Menu leaflet from 'The Jolly Chef Takeaway', 88 High Street, Byers Green, Spennymoor, open from 6 December 1991

Programme of Christmas Fayre at the Marquis of Granby, Byers Green, December 1991

Illustrated card advertising the Marquis of Granby, Byers Green, n.d.

Safety match box with a colour photograph of the Marquis of Granby, Byers Green, containing a 6p. silver coloured metal token with J.P.M. on the reverse, n.d.

Mmorial card for Ann Cowley of Easington who died on 17 September 1857, aged 18 years, 1857

Certificate of registry of birth certifying the registration of the birth of Jane Davison on 14 March 1901, 14 May 1901

Letter to Miss J. Davison, 2 Church Street, Byers Green, near Spennymoor, from Dr. Ian McCracken, County Durham Medical Officer of Health, Shire Hall, Durham, offering her the post of seamstress at School Aycliffe Colony, subject to passing a medical examination to be held at 11.00 a.m. on 5 September , 27 August 1947

Copy death certificate of the death of Jane Davison, retired hospital seamstress of 128 High Street, Byers Green, 8 July 1974

Photocopied booklet of the order for the burial of the dead for Jane Wilson born 30 November 1789, died 14 March 1890 and interred in the Kensal Green Cemetery on 22 March 1890

Illustrated baptism certificate of Margaret, the child of Thomas Baldry and Margaret Jane Nicklin, baptised at Eldon Parish Church on 19 October 1939

Contribution record book of the Page Bank Lodge of the Durham Miners' Association of Mr. William Wright, 15 January - 17 December 1915

Army forms attesting that William Wright of 1 Peartree Square, Byers Green, Spennymoor, has been transferred to the Army Reserve until required for service, 11 December 1915 and 21 August 1917

Army form issued by Sunderland Recruiting Medical Board attesting that William Wright was medically examined and classified as Grade A, 10 October 1917

W. Wright's copy of the Statutory Rules and Orders concerning the Explosives in Coal Mines Order of 1 September 1924

Two notices issued by Mr. Paddon, Manager of South Brancepeth Mines, on behalf of Dorman, Long and Company, Ltd, to W.H. Wright to determine his hire in a fornight's time, 25 October 1930 and 18 April 1931

Report, from an unidentified newspaper, of the funeral of J.H. Wright (brother of W. Wright) aged 42, a native of Byers Green, resident in Pocklington for twenty years, 1955

Book of pensioners' tobacco duty relief tokens issued to W.H. Wright of 2 Bell Ville Terrace, Byers Green, 27 January - 1 September 1958

Two photographs of the wedding of Mary Wright (niece of W. Wright of Byers Green) of Pocklington, to Airman 1st Class Jack Townend of the U.S.A.F., based at Full Sutton, 6 February 1956

Photograph (including Mary Wright?) from an unidentified Yorkshire newspaper of 'Pocklington children in the play they gave in aid of funds for flood victims', n.d. [late 1940s - early 1950s]

Regulations made by the Byers Green Parish Council with respect to the allotments in the parish, including an agreement to let an allotment to William Wright, 11 October 1917

Byers Green Allotment Society, Ltd.: by-laws and share card issued to William Wright, n.d. [1917?]

Rules of the Byers Green Allotments Society, Ltd., 12 January 1918

Receipt for allotment rent due on 23 November 1917, and demand for allotment rent, due on 16 March 1918, from William Wright, 16 March 1918

Rules for allotments throughout the Spennymoor Town Council's area, n.d.

Allotment rent receipts of William Wright, 14 November 1930 - 23 November 1932, 26 November 1934 - 6 September 1941, 13 May 1950 - 12 July 1953 and 22 June 1955 - 1 May 1956

Photocopy of an article from the Northern Echo about a service of recognition of the 66 years work as a Methodist Local Preacher of Bill Willis, aged 88, of Stonebank Terrace, Newfield, to be held at Willington Methodist Church, 6 April 1962

Poster advertising the Newfield Leek Show, held in the Fox and Hounds, Newfield, with details of the classes, later annoted with the winners, 26 - 27 September 1992

Member's ticket, no. 6651, for the Fox and Hounds Leek Club, Newfield, 1992

Poster advertising the Queen's Head, Newfield, Leek Show to be held on 3-4 October 1996

Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Newfield Community Association, 18 April 1991

Photocopy of the 1939 Ordnance Survey Map of Newfield showing the colliery and the brickworks, n.d. [1939?] Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]

Illustrated brochure of Newfield Brickworks issued by Bolckow, Vaughan and Company, Ltd., Middlesbrough, manufacturers of silica and fireclay refactory products, April 1928

'Some notes on the use of silica refractories in open hearth furnaces' by E. Craddock and E.M. Myres: an advance confidential copy of notes to be discussed at the meeting of Cleveland Institution of Engineers on 4 February 1935

Training for Clayworkers (Third Edition) by Alfred B. Searle, the prospectus of the Searle School of Clayworking, Charlbury, Near Oxford, founded 1913, n.d.

Photocopy of an illustrated article from an unidentified newspaper about Raymet, a family business making wooden pallets, owned by Wilfred and Albert Metcalf, 1966

Illustrated postcard of Bishop Auckland, showing black and white views of the Deer House, the Church of St. Andrew, Auckland, Auckland Castle and King James Grammar School, n.d.

An embroidered Christmas Card sent from James to his 'dear sweetheart, Hilda', n.d [1914-1918]

Account, in an unidentified newspaper, of a case of two women from London breaking wartime currency laws by attempting to smuggle currency out of Britain to America to finance care of their children who were evacuated to America during the war, October [1939-1945]

Receipted bill for a three piece suite bought for £8 17s. 0d. from Hardy and Company (Furnishers) Ltd., 25 Cheapside, Spennymoor, 25 February 1939

Collection of photographs used in an exhibition at Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, in 1995, as follows: [Numbers in square brackets are exhibition nos.; numbers in round brackets are Mr. Colley's original numbers.] [see page 1-2 in D/X 779/226]

Mrs. Mariah Wilson, a miner's wife who lived in North Street [7] (13), 1920s [For caption, see D/X 779/157/46(1)]

Nick Cant and Bob Rhodes with their horse and cart followed by Jim Rhodes, aged 14, riding a horse behind the cart [8] (7), Todhills, 1919 [For caption, see D/X 779/157/46(2)]

A boy, called Atkinson, aged 13, employed at Byers Green Colliery standing with a dorothy bag containing a bottle of water and sandwiches for his lunch down the pit [9] (6), early 1920s [For caption, see D/X 779/157/46(3)]

Byers Green's Water Carnival King, Queen and Maids-in-Waiting riding in the landau up the High Street [10] (10), 1928 [For caption, see D/X 779/157/46(4)]

Mr. Alf. Booth, standing outside his grocery store with two of his delivery boys [11] (11), 1920s [For caption, see D/X 779/157/46(5)]

Day trippers from Byers Green parked at Blackhall Rocks [12] (9), 1930s [For caption, see D/X 779/157/46(6)]

Bob Rhodes with his horse, Lion, (harnessed ready for work) in Wilkinson Street [13] (6), 1930 [For caption, see D/X 779/157/46(7)]

Byers Green Junior Football Team[14] (4), 1905-6 [For caption, see D/X 779/157/46(8)]

Group of Byers Green Colliery blacksmiths [15] (-), 1920s [For caption, see D/X 779/157/46(9)]

Byers Green Colliery houses and cokeworks overlooking Byers Green [the cokeworks were built by a German firm in 1912] [16] (-), 1920s [For caption, see D/X 779/157/46(10)]

Byers Green National School, Group 6, with their teacher [17] (-), late 19th century [For caption, see D/X 779/157/46(11)]

Mr. Norman Collingwood, confectioner, with his son, horse and delivery cart [18] (-), 1920s [For caption, see D/X 779/157/46(12)]

Byers Green Colliery locomotive (known as the Tankie) with Mr. Goodman, Mr. Pert and Mr. Lascelles [19] (14), 1920s [For caption, see D/X 779/157/46(13)]

Miners and families from Byers Green and Binchester digging for coal south of Byers Green Railway Station during the miners strike of 1921 [20] (14)

Group of people, including the landlord, Mr. Swinburn, and his wife, standing in the doorway of the Station Hotel [21] (1), late 1920s

Three young men, G. Smart, J. McCallum and H. Bulmer, at East Hetton Colliery [22] (3), 1920

Ken Brownson with his greyhound, Mandingo, in North Street [23] (23), early 1980s

Mrs. Myra Hutchinson outside Alf Hutchinson's tailor's and tobacconist's shop in the High Street, [24] (12), n.d. [1930s]

Group of Newfield men seated on seats added to Jonty Mawson's wagon for passenger excursions, parked at the top of Jubilee Bank, Todhills [25] (25), 1930s

Whitworth Park Colliery paynote (the nett amount was divided among ten miners) [26] (26), 3 July 1937

A redundant cowbyre at Crag Farm, Newfield [27] (27), 1993

Last shift for miners and pit ponies at Tudhoe Colliery [28] (28), 1965

Joseph Coates, a keen gardener, on his allotment in Byers Green with some of his vegetables [29] (29), 1985

View of the derelict brick and tile works at Low Willington [30] (30), 1994 /157/25 Rat killed on a Byers Green allotment [31] (31), 1992 /157/26 Mrs. D. Bostock and Miss M.J. Wheatman of Byers Green in a sitting room [32] (32), 1982

Herbert Wills, George Wilson and an unidentified man, miners from Byers Green Colliery, who had just arrived home before having a bath [33] (33), n.d.

Group of people near a haystack at Pemberton smallholding farmed by the Rhodes family [34] (34), 1903

Byers Green school class with Miss Harriet Armstrong and Mr. Thomas Orton, headmaster, [35] (35), 25 February 1914

Group of Byers Green brickyard workers [36] (36), 1920s

"The Bee Catchers", Anthony Wright and Brian Cant of Byers Green catching bees with jam jars [38] (38), 1983

Leanne Bell, carnival queen of Byers Green, with her maids-in-waiting, Kimberley Dawson and Laurie Hibbert, in Ghent Street [39] (39), 1994

Byers Green National School Attendance Certificate for Hannah Swinburn [40] (40). 23 March 1904

John Rhodes, farmer, with his potato scratter (used to harvest potato crops) [41] (41), early 1980s

Childhood fishing skills: minnows from the River Wear [42] (42), 1980s

Mrs. D. Storey in a garden of English roses at Byers Green [43] (43), 1994

A hand of dominoes held by Mr. Thomas Hindmarsh in Byers Green Workingmen's Club [44] (44), 1980s

Crochet work by Mrs. O. Bell, Byers Green [45] (45), 1994

Photograph of a fire range "The Collier" manufactured by Foster and Sons, Bishop Auckland [37] (37), 1980

Laminated sheet of eleven photographs of St. Peter's Church, Byers Green and some of its vicars [1] (-), 1989

Laminated card of five photographs of Byers Green War Memorial, 1989

Laminated card with information and a drawing of Byers Green National School, 1845-1914, n.d. [1989?]

Laminated card with information and a drawing of Byers Green boat house, n.d. [1989?]

Illustration and information sheet about Mrs. Frances Bell's farm and brickworks, Byers Green, n.d. [1989]

Laminated card with photocopies of pages from the baptism register of the parish of Whitworth, 27 October 1833 - 13 February 1834 and a page from the baptism register of the parish of Byers Green, St. Peter, 9 - 11 January 1874

Laminated sheet containing a photograph of Mr. Wilf. Swansbury, a miner, with a poem 'A miner reflecting' by Mr. W.L. Colley [46] (-), 1984

Key to the model of Byers Green Colliery [47] (47), 1993

List of Byers Green Colliery families living at The Barracks and Busty Street, Byers Green [48] (48), n.d.

List of Byers Green Colliery families living at Michael Terrace, Byers Green [49] (49), n.d.

Notes taken from headstone inscriptions in the churchyard of St. Peter's, Byers Green [50] (50), 1994

W. Colley's index to Social History Exhibition photographs mounted on card and exhibited at Bowes Museum 1995 giving cross references to D/X 779/157, n.d. [1995]

A model on wood base of Byers Green Colliery, 1845 - 1932, made by Mr. W. Colley, 1993 [See D/X 779/157/42 for key to the model]

Model on wood base of South West Durham Allotments, made by Mr. W. Colley, 1994

Model on wood base of the village of Todhills made by Mr. W. Colley, n.d.

Circular letter from W. Waters, church steward, with an invitation to Byers Green Methodist Church Carol Service, to be led by the Rev. Alan Powers and the Spennymoor Town Band, 19 December 1993

Notice of vital details of Hannah Rutherford, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Rutherford of the Station Hotel, Todhills, n.d. Includes: a list of dismantled coke works in County Durham, n.d.

A young person's history of North Road Junior School, Spennymoor, 1979

Notice advertising the annual show of the Royal Oak Leek Club, Byers Green, and giving details of members and open classes, 6 and 7 September 1986

Notice advertising the annual show of the Marquis of Granby Leek Club, Byers Green, and giving details of members and open classes, 14-15 September 1985

Notices advertising the annual leek show of Byers Green Workmen's Club and giving details of members and open classes, September 1982, 1984 -1987

List of service times and fares for the Bonnie Heather Bus Service, Byers Green - Spennymoor, 1930

Illustrated booklet to celebrate the rededication of Spennymoor Trinity Methodist Church, 3 - 9 May 1982 [See also D/X 779/169]

Photograph of Mr. John Newman reading the lesson in Spennymoor Trinity Methodist Church, December 1991

Photocopy of a map of Page Bank, c. 1880 No scale given

Copy of Ordnance Survey map, sheet NZ23SW, of Byers Green and surrounding villages, 1982 Scale: 1:10,000

Bill for a meal for four people, Marquis of Granby, Byers Green, n.d.

Miscellaneous items of information about the village of Newfield, n.d.

List of factory rules and regulations for Siemans Brothers and Company, Ltd., Spennymoor, Co. Durham, March 1947

Details of a planning application to Sedgefield District Council by Steetley Building Products Ltd., for an extension of brickshale quarry (with coal extraction) and restoration to agriculture and woodland, 14 September 1990

Redland, magazine of the new Redland-Steetley Group, March 1992

List of coal mines closed in County Durham, December 1947 - April 1981, n.d.

Letter to 'Jayne' from Don Pickering, Works Manager of Newton Cap Brickworks (Hepworth Refactories Ltd.), outlining the history of North Bitchburn Fire Clay Company, Ltd., and of the adjacent colliery and giving a list of staff at the current brickworks, 31 July 1985

Booklet on standard fire brick sizes at Newton Cap Brickworks, Toronto, Bishop Auckland, n.d.

Photograph of late nineteenth century workmen, n.d.

Photograph of a group of men outside the Pear Tree public house, l Byers Green, by P. Flynn, outdoor photographer, Bishop Auckland, n.d.(early 20th century)

Photograph of girls in Standard 2 at Byers Green National School with their teacher, n.d. [c.1900-1914]

Photograph of children [beginners' class?] at Byers Green National School with their teacher, n.d. [c.1900-1914]

Studio photograph of Mrs. Mary Richardson taken by P. Crane and Co., Bishop Auckland, n.d. [late 19th century]

Studio portrait of two men (H. Scarlet standing) taken by J. Cuttrill, photographer, Neville Street, Newcastle upon Tyne and Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, n.d.

Outdoor portrait of an old man seated on a kitchen chair taken by P. Flynn, outdoor photographer, 11 West Road, Bishop Auckland, n.d.

Studio photograph of William Richardson, grandfather of J. Scarlett, taken by A. and G. Taylor, photographers, 68 Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, n.d. [c.1901-1910]

Cabinet portrait photograph of a young man wearing a cap, n.d.

Photograph album (X9) containing photographs of Todhills, Newfield and Byers Green, 1987 For details see: Index (file 12) D/X 779/226

Title caption and thirteen captions (in six languages) for items 157/1-14 used in the Bowes Museum exhibition of 1995

Byers Green Parish Magazine, April - December 1982

Byers Green Parish Magazine, January - December 1983 [The issue for February 1983 contains an oak leaf and buttercup pressed by W. Colley.]

Byers Green Parish Magazine, January - December 1984

Byers Green Parish Magazine, January - December 1985

Byers Green Parish Magazine, January - December 1986

Byers Green Parish Magazine, January - December 1987

Byers Green Parish Magazine, January - December 1988

Byers Green Parish Magazine, January - October, December 1989

Byers Green Parish Magazine, January - December 1990

The Rock, Byers Green Parish Magazines, January - December 1991 Includes: The Lamp, magazine of the parish of Eppleton, August 1984 and details of Christmas services at Byers Green, December 1991

The Rock, Byers Green Parish Magazine, January - December 1992

The Rock, Byers Green Parish Magazine, January - December 1993

The Rock, Byers Green Parish Magazine, January - December 1994

The Rock, Byers Green Parish Magazine, January - July 1995

Display card with 12 photographs depicting Corporal E. Elliot's involvement in the Royal Armoured Corps in the Second World War, 1939-45

Aerial photograph of Smart and Brown Factory, Spennymoor, 1963

Aerial photograph of Thorn's Factory, Spennymoor, taken by Turners Photography, Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne, 1960s

100 [black numbers] social history photographs and captions on laminated card, n.d.

Five social history photographs on laminated card, n.d.

Display board containing pit pony shoe, 1984; Bowburn Colliery brass token, 1967; photograph of miner, Wilfred Sharp hewing coal, 1984; a sample of coal and a steel handle made for a blazer by an Ushaw Moor Colliery blacksmith, late 1950s, n.d.

Reproduction of photograph of Gateway to Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, 1898

Reproduction of photograph of Newton Viaduct, Bishop Auckland, 1898

Reproduction of photograph of Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, 1923

Contents of document wallet A/10, as follows:

"Peggy Hutchinson's (of Byers Green) Corner", a feature article from the Darlington and Stockton Times, n.d. [pre 1970]

Notice of temporary closure of the Marquis of Granby, Byers Green, n.d.

Northern Echo report of the granting of a licence to keep two adult wild boars, to Chris and Janet Pinder of the Prince Bishops Boar Breeders Co., The Smallholding, Newfield, Nr. Bishop Auckland, 17 January 1990

Northern Echo report of the announcement of the opening of the Jubilee Bridge at Willington, 17 October 1990

Northern Echo: 'The Way We Were', illustrated article on the rail sidings at Shildon before the First World War, 4 October 1989

Unidentified newspaper report that Percy Craddock of Byers Green, aged 52, was to become Britain's Ambassador to East Germany, n.d.

'John North Column', illustrated article about the return of Percy Craddock, aged 54, former British Ambassador to East Germany, for the funeral or his mother, Mrs. Caroline Craddock, aged 93, n.d.

Northern Echo's report of a secret visit to Bejing by Sir Percy Craddock, the Prime Minister's foreign policy adviser, 8 January 1990

Photograph and list of Class C3 at North Road County Junior School, Spennymoor, and photographs of the exterior view of the school and the official school sign, 23 September 1994

Class list for Year 5, Oxclose Primary School, Spennymoor, September 1992

Leaflet advertising Byers Green School Summer Fair, 18 June 1995

Advertisement for Byers Green Carnival and Sports Day, 23 June 1995

Post Office Savings Bank Coupon Deposit Book belonging to Lena Robinson, schoolgirl, of 3 Michael Terrace, Byers Green, 24 October 1914

Rules of the Byers Green Workingmen's Club and Institute, Ltd, 29 July 1908

Certificate of school attendance from 1890 to 1902, for Hannah Swinburn at Byers Green School, certifying her legally exempt from further schooling, 23 March 1904

Business card for Harker and Sons, horseshoers and general smiths, Pear Tree Square, Byers Green, n.d.

Foden's mechanical tables (incomplete), n.d. (1 booklet)

Notice of an exhibition in Darlington Art Gallery of 'A Community Project - a Photographic Record of Byers Green and Distrist by William Colley, 11 - 30 May 1984

School meals weekly menus for Byers Green Junior and Infant School at a cost of £1.05 per meal, 5 June - 17 July 1995

Photograph of Mrs. Robinson seated in Byers Green Colliery allotments and two newspaper cuttings relating to the accident when her son, George, blacksmith at Byers Green Colliery, lost his arm from the elbow, n.d.

Photograph of two newspaper cuttings reporting the fatal injury of a Middlesbrough steeplejack, William Thomas Long, aged 20, while demolishing a chimney at Byers Green Colliery, n.d. [1934?]

Card with two black and white photographs of William Thompson, blacksmith at Byers Green Colliery, with his dog, Lady, and a view of Byers Green Colliery together with information from William Thompson's diary, 1930s

Photograph of a letter to Mrs. Robinson, 3 Michael Terrace, Byers Green, from W. Tattersall of Tattersall and Sons, chimney builders, steeplejacks, contractors, 137 Southfield Road, Middlesex, enclosing money for the women who had assisted in the laying out and for Mrs. Robinson's attentions, 27 August 1934

Copy of a map of collieries of County Durham, produced and published by Andrew Reid and Company, Ltd., Strawberry House, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1932 No scale given

Photograph of Grade 7 pupils at Byers Green National School, n.d. [c.1910-14]

Photograph of John Chapman, Bill Grainger, Jack Evans and Ray Miller, miners from Whitworth Pit, 1950

Four cards containing extracts from a taped interview about their memories of Byers Green with Miss M.J. Wheatman and Mrs. D. Bostock of Byers Green with W. Colley, 1980

Colour photographs of brick kilns, men bagging crushed fireclay and the card of Donald Pickering, the Plant Manager of Hepworth Refractories, 16 February 1990

Four tracings of photographs with key numbers but no lists of names of Byers Green Band, and three other photographs, 1979-80

W. Colley's index for File XII which includes social history and photographs on card (1-5), on laminated card (1-100), Social History Exhibition photographs mounted and laminated (50), miscellaneous items (from XII) and photograph album (X/9), c.1985 [See also: D/X 779/189 on Todhills]

Key to index file XII [See: D/X779/226, giving D/X 779 catalogue numbers]

Around Newton Aycliffe by Vera Chapman, 1995

Separate captions in six languages for the first 13 photographs displayed in the Bowes Museum, c.1995

Model of wood base of Thomas Wright's lodge made by W. Colley, 1996 [See: D/X 779/231 for further information]

Photocopy of the will of Thomas Wright, 12 July 1780

Photocopy of the will of Elizabeth Wright, daughter of Thomas Wright, 13 June 1788

Photocopies of rent rolls of the bishop's rent for the township of Byers Green, including the name of Thomas Wright, 1768, 1772 and 1778

Photocopy of a drawing of a typical ship of Thomas Wright's time (adapted from a diagram in Wright's Louthiana 1748), 1996

Illustrated article from the Northern Echo on the unveiling of a plaque commemorating Thomas Wright (1711-86), astronomer, of Byers Green, in the garden of Hallgarth Bungalow, 28 April 1987 On reverse: a photocopy of a sketch plan showing the site of Thomas Wright's lodge, n.d.

'A Wizard of Durham, the architecture of Thomas Wright' by Eileen Harris, part of an illustrated article published on pp.492 and 494 of Country Life, 26 August 1971

Set of annotated photographs depicting motor transport and its effect, 1920s and 16 June 1996

Set of annotated photographs, and a plan, recording the provision of off street parking at Wear View, Byers Green, by Sedgefield District Council, 22 January - May 1996

Photographs of the building of the Dene View Estate at Byers Green by Dunelm (Castle Homes) Limited, Newhouse Farm, Esh Winning, June 1995 - June 1996

Photographs of the first inhabitants of the houses in the Dene View Estate, of the foreman of the builders, of the security man, and of the mover driver levelling the ground for the second phase of the estate, 7-11 September 1996 Attached: details of the estate and its constituent house types, issued by Dunelm (Castle Homes) Limited, 1 October 1995

Photographs of a tractor and a potato harvesting machine in action in a potato field at Canny Hill near Bishop Auckland, 22 September 1955

Details of the Brett family history, 1798 - 1986

Byers Green Workingmen's Club and Institute Limited: statement of accounts and balance sheet for the year ended 30 November 1982

Tape 1: Jeff Ivey's pigeon loft, Byers Green allotments 1980s; Bill Stapleton opening St. Peter's Church garden fete, 1980s; Binchester Carnival, 1980s

Tape 2: Mrs. Robinson, who played the piano for the silent pictures in Byers Green Globe Picture Hall, 1918; recording of the unveiling of the Thomas Wright Memorial by Dr. M.A. Hoskin from Cambridge University, 1987

Tape 3: Bill Lynn talking about Page Bank village, 1980s

Tape 4: Ken and Shirley Slater talking about an old record player, Byers Green, 1982; Norman Collingwood talking about his confectionery business, Byers Green, 1982; Joe Nixon talking about his life in Byers Green, 1982

Tape 5: Jim Walker talking about his employment in Fishburn Coke Works, 1994

Tape 6: Binchester Merrymakers, 1980s

Tape 7: Byers Green Junior and Infants' School play, Aladdin, 5 April 1987

Tape 8: Mr. and Mrs. Eland of Byers Green; children fishing in the River Wear, Byers Green; ice cream van, Byers Green; Wear View, 1980s; Jim Thompson and Robert Patterson talking about Byers Green allotments, 1980s

Tape 9: Peter Chester on Newfield allotments; Edward Sharp on Newfield Allotments; Newfield Methodist School children singing with Mr. and Mrs. W. Willis and with their son playing the flute; Joe Lascelles of Byers Green; Allan Todd (builder) talking about his horse and carriages; Byers Green Workingmen's Club members identifying people on a photograph; Mrs. Pervis (Byers Green teacher) talking about Todhills Village; children in playground; Binchester Glove Factory; christening of Andrew Green at Newfield Methodist Church, 1987; George Blenkiron of Newfield in Byers Green Workingmen's Club, 1986; B.B.C. News 1987: Tony Blair and the closure of Fishburn Coke Works; Beamish Museum fairground music, etc.; Spennymoor Jubilee Park; Gary Old (Spennymoor); Barry Wears (Spennymoor); Alan Longhorn (Spennymoor); Alan Hope, 1980s

Tape 10: B.B.C. News 6.00 p.m.: North East mines with Mike Neville on Ashington Closures; Fielden Loxley reading his poems; Bill Lynn and Edmund Cockburn on Page Bank Colliery; Byers Green Workingmen's Club with Tommy Hindmarsh, 86 years old; John Bowan on Byers Green; Jim Coates (Rummy Byers Green), 1980s

Tape 11: North East coalmines, including song, 'Thou Shalt Have a Fish', n.d.

Tape 12: Durham Miners' Gala, n.d.

Tape 13: Pitmatic Tyneside; Exmoor; West Yorkshire, n.d.

Tape 14: Bearpark Workingmen's Club; church organs; Brancepeth Castle; Newcastle, n.d.

Tape 15: W. Willis, Methodist preacher, Newfield; Andrew Harle, Byers Green, talking about Whitworth Colliery, Mrs. G. Willis playing the organ of the Newfield Methodist Church; Mary Ann Craggs, Newfield, talking about the Queen's Head public house, n.d.

Tape 16: Byers Green Workingmen's Club with main speakers, Andrew Harle and Tom Hindmarch, n.d.

Tape 17: Boxing at Horden; Russ Williams, army physical training instructor; red brick Victorian school not far from the colliery, n.d.

Tape 18 (F/2) (Side 2): Various people from Newfield and Byers Green and local places such as Beamish Museum, Jubilee Park, Spennymoor, etc., late 1980s - early 1990s

List of social history tapes 1 - 18, 1997 See D/X 779/244-261

Slide Box 1: nos. 1-51, concerning topics such as Durham Market Place and Market, introduction of wheelie bins, Byers Green new post office, etc., 1930 - 1992 See D/X 779/22 and 265 for contents

Slide Box 2: nos. 52-71, 73, 75, 80, 82, 76, 90-104, concerning topics such as Byers Green schools, etching of Durham Ox, 1802, Todhills Brickworks, Page Bank Colliery and Bell's old farm, 1950s - 1996 See D/X 779/11, 22 and 265 for contents

List of the social history slides contained in Box 1 (D/X 779/263) and Box 2 (D/X 779/264), 1997

Slide Box 3: social history photographs of the Gilchrist family of Middlestone Moor, 1899 - 1955

List of the slides of black and white photographs of the Gilchrist family of Middlestone Moor, taken 1899 - 1955 and 1997

Photograph album containing local history photographs and information about Byers Green and the surrounding area, as follows:

Poster announcing the reopening of The Marquis of Granby under new management on 9 June 1996; notice announcing a fun day and car boot sale organised by the 1st Byers Green Scout Group on 7 September 1996

Photograph of a ripe corn field at Catchie Corner, Todhills; annotated photograph of site of the old engine at Todhills Brickworks on 5 August 1996; and three photographs of drainage workers laying plastic pipes in Byers Green football field on 7 August 1996

Photograph of poster on St. Peter's Church notice board announcing the V.J. Memorial Service on 20 August 1995; annotated photograph showing the site of the Pentecostal Church, taken July 1995; two photographs of Todhills Farm, August 1995

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. L. Lee who entertain with modern and traditional Scottish music; photograph of a new building at Alan Etherington's Farm, October 1995; photograph of an O.K. bus, October 1995; several bus tickets, 1995-97

Three photographs of tree felling in St. Peter's churchyard, Byers Green, October 1995; a photograph of a Gypsy Queen bus in front of Wear View, October 1995; two bus tickets, 1996

Annotated photograph of Byers Green Junior and Infant School, February 1996; bus tickets; view from Colliery Road showing Todhills Brickyard, February 1996; a maker's label from Calders (Northern) Ltd., on a wooden gate, February 1996

Two photographs of St. Peter's Church, Byers Green, with the old rectory, and the national school, November 1995; a photograph of Byers Green Church Lads Brigade at Byers Green Cenotaph in the 1960s

Two photographs of electricity workmen connecting up new housing estate at the end of Wear View, Byers Green, 22 January 1996; photograph of back road near the picnic area at Byers Green Station, 31 January 1996; photograph of gorse bush in flower, 31 January 1996

Photographs of the railway bridge, former station platform, and picnic area, at Byers Green Station, 31 January 1996

Photograph of a steam train at Byers Green Railway Station, c.1950s; photograph of the old station platform, 31 January 1996; annotated view of Bishop Auckland, 25 February 1996; an annotated view taken from the crossroads of High Lane and Colliery Road, Newfield, 25 February 1996

Photographs of Bill Thomson in his village shop (closed February 1996), August 1995

Photograph of motor cars on Wear View, 25 May 1996; litter on disused railway line near Michael Terrace, Byers Green, 21 April 1996; photographs of Royal Mail van taken outside 7-8 Wear View, 11 June 1996

Photographs relating to the Spennymoor brass band assembling at Byers Green Workingmen's Club and marching through Byers Green on Miners' Gala Day, 13 July 1996

Photographs of an excursion to South Shields by the wives and children of members of Byers Green Workingmen's Club, 6 July 1996 /268/15 Photographs of families going on the South Shields excursion, 6 July 1996

Poster advertising Chris. Robson, window cleaner, with a photograph of Chris. Robson and his van, 24 July 1996; photographs of a hot air balloon passing over Byers Green, n.d.

Photographs of gathering the potato crop at Canny Hill, near Bishop Auckland, 22 September 1995

Photograph of Joseph Armstrong and his dog at Jubilee, River Wear, picnic area, 5 August 1996; photographs of the site, near Jubilee Bridge, of the old pump house which supplied Brancepeth Coke Works, 5 August 1996; a photograph of Ian Liddle watering plants in the High Street, Byers Green, 7 September 1996

Photographs of construction of off-street car-parking at High Row, Newfield, 26 June 1996; a photograph of the last tree standing on Long Lane, Newfield, 1996

Photographs of the construction and completion of the off-street car-parking, at High Row, Newfield, 5 August - 28 September 1996

Photograph of tree stump on Long Lane, Newfield, 26 October 1996; newpaper cutting from the Northern Echo about the need for bungalows for the elderley at Newfield, January 1994; notice about the parking bays, October 1996, with a winter view of High Row, Newfield, 4 January 1997; a photograph of the public telephone in the High Street, Byers Green, 9 January 1997

Photographs of various events held to raise money for Byers Green Scout Fund, including pony and trap rides, sale, bouncy castle, and of St. John's Ambulance staff on duty, 7 September 1996

Photographs of the Scout Fund car boot sale held in the Marquis of Granby car park, 7 September 1996; photographs of workmen demolishing the Old National School wall next to the Methodist Church, 19 September 1996

Photographs of workmen erecting new railings for the Methodist Church, Byers Green, September 1996

Photographs showing the preparation of leeks for the Fox and Hounds Leek and Flower Show, Newfield, on 29 September 1996; a bowl of vegetable waste previously used to feed pigs and hens, September 1996; teleporter tractor at Gilson's Old Park Farm, Byers Green; rubbish, including a skeleton of a dog, dumped near the footpath leading to the old disused railway walk, 11 September 1996 /268/26 Photographs of workmen erecting a new fence at no. 6 Wear View, Byers Green; the exterior of Brenda's shop on the High Street, Byers Green, with pictures of the notices of offers in the windows, 30 October 1996

Photographs of The Sportsman public house, Canny Hill, at the time of the building of an extension, October 1996; photograph of the Top House public house, New Coundon, 25 October 1996

Photograph of the new extensions of 26 High Street, Byers Green, built on the site of the Wesleyan chapel, 30 October 1996; photographs of the last phase of Bonnie Grove New Castle Homes, Byers Green, September 1996

Newspaper cutting from the Northern Echo, concerning the sale of Todhills Brickworks, 12 July 1996; annotated photographs showing Todhills Brickworks and High Side Farm, Todhills, 21 January 1997; new houses at Bonnie Grove, 7 January 1997; an advance notice of the formation of a cub scout group, 11 February 1997

Photograph of the Christmas tree and angel outside the Methodist Church, Byers Green, 9 January 1997; view of a drainage trench at School Bank, Byers Green, 14 February 1997; panoramic views of fields where new houses were to be built near Byers Green School, 14 February 1997

Two illustrated newspaper cuttings from the Northern Echo, about Byers Green Under 12 Football Team who won the Just Sport Trophy and the Refuge Assurance Trophy, 23 May 1996, and about its tour in the Netherlands and Phantasia Land in Germany, 23 July 1996

Estate agent's detailed list of houses built for sale at New Park, Newfield, 1 July 1995; newspaper cutting from the Northern Echo about an exhibition at Binchester, 9 September 1991; a poem 'Gods County' by Derek Bibby, ex-pupil at Byers Green School, n.d.; a cinema discount card, 1987, and a card notifying change of milkman, October 1995

'History of Byers Green' by Mr. W.L. Colley (including lists of names on the cenotaph for 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 Wars), n.d.

'History of Newfield' by Mr. W.L. Colley (including a list of names on the war memorial 1914-1918), 1988

'History of Todhills' by Mr. W.L. Colley, 1987

'A brief introduction to Binchester Village' by Mr. W. L. Colley, 1988

Byers Green Workingmen's Club and Institute Limited: Statement of Accounts and Balance Sheet for the year ended 30 November 1983

Copy of birth certificate of Florence Pounder, daughter of Robert and Hannah Pounder, née Wright, born 11 April 1895, copy made 10 March 1921

Copy of the marriage certificate of Florence Pounder and Archibald Scott on 23 December 1911, copy made 24 March 1915

Family tree of the descendants of Robert Pounder and Hannah Pounder (née Wright), n.d. [post 1963]

'Seldom Seen and Byers Green', history by the Rev. John Stephenson, vicar of St. Peter's Church, Byers Green, 1977

"'Once upon a Coalmine' with a view of Byers Green", by the Rev. John Stephenson (inscribed for Mr. and Mrs. Colley by the author), n.d. [1978?]

'A Pocketful of Coaldust: Reflections on North East Folk Life', by the Rev. John Stephenson (inscribed for Mr. Colley by the author), 1979

Letter to W. Colley from Sid Chaplin, 11 Kimberley Gardens, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, referring to his having enjoyed opening an exhibition in aid of Mencap, 22 April 1981

Letter to W. Colley from Sid Chaplin, concerning the offer of advice in mounting a local history exhibition from Dennis Hardingham of the Durham Light Infantry Museum, 29 April 1981

Letter to W. Colley from Sid Chaplin, offering his personal suggestions about the style of the proposed local history exhibition so that the wealth of material may be displayed to best advantage, 13 May 1981

Letter to W. Colley from Sid Chaplin, asking for more details about the state of the local history project, 25 November 1981

Letter to W. Colley from Sid Chaplin, thanking him for a print of the Marquis of Granby kitchen fireplace and congratulating him on the success of the Byers Green project, 8 November 1983

Photograph of the completed Bonnie Grove new houses at Byers Green, 4 August 1997

Byers Green and Newfield parish magazine, December 1922

Byers Green parish magazine, March - April 1954

Byers Green parish magazine, February 1957

Byers Green parish magazine, August 1959

Byers Green parish magazine, January, May - June, August - December 1960

Byers Green parish magazine, January - February 1961

Byers Green parish magazine, January - March, July 1962

Byers Green parish magazine, July, October 1963

Byers Green parish magazine, August - September, December 1964

Byers Green parish magazine, February - April, June - July, November 1965

Byers Green parish magazine, January, March - May, August, October 1966

Byers Green parish magazine, January, March, May 1967

Byers Green parish magazine, June, October, n.y. [1960s]

Byers Green parish magazine, May, July, September - November 1968

Byers Green parish magazine, February - March, July - October, December 1969

Byers Green parish magazine, January, March - September, November - December 1970

Byers Green parish magazine, January - February, May, August - September 1971

Byers Green parish magazine, February, April - May, July - December 1972

Byers Green parish magazine, January - March, May - September, December 1973

Byers Green parish magazine, March - July, September, November - December 1974

Byers Green parish magazine, January - December 1975

Byers Green parish magazine, January - June, August - December 1976

Byers Green parish magazine, January - May, July - December 1977

Byers Green parish magazine, January - December 1978

Byers Green parish magazine, January - March, August - December 1979

Byers Green parish magazine, January - December 1980

Byers Green parish magazine, January - June, August - December 1981

Byers Green parish magazine, January - February, April - May, July - August, October - November 1982

Byers Green parish magazine, January, March, May - November 1983

Byers Green parish magazine, January - September, November - December 1984

Byers Green parish magazine, January - September, November - December 1985

Byers Green parish magazine, January - December 1985

Byers Green parish magazine, January - August, November - December 1987

Byers Green parish magazine, April - June, August - December 1988

Byers Green parish magazine, January - October 1989

Son of pitheap, by Rev. John Stephenson, 1980

The bonny backstreets of Byers Green, by Rev. John Stephenson, 1981

God save the pit, by Rev. John Stephenson, 1981

Proud Geordie, by Rev. John Stephenson, 1982

Pit and people, by Rev. John Stephenson, 1982

Canny crack, by Rev. John Stephenson, 1982

Tales out of Eppleton, by Rev. John Stephenson, 1983

Proud Jonty, by Rev. John Stephenson, 1984

Tales of the pit, by Rev. John Stephenson, 1984

In and out the coalhouse, by Rev. John Stephenson, 1984

The pit people, by Rev. John Stephenson, 1985

Son of coal dust, by Rev. John Stephenson, 1985

Victoria rules OK, by Rev. John Stephenson, 1986

King Coal, by Rev. John Stephenson, 1986

The coal runs deep, by Rev. John Stephenson, 1986

The Eppleton seam, by Rev. John Stephenson, 1987

Inch deep in coaldust, by Rev. John Stephenson, 1987

Winter coal, by Rev. John Stephenson, 1988

Coal in the blood, by Rev. John Stephenson, n.d.

Times coal black, by Rev. John Stephenson, n.d.

Life is a long hard shift, by Rev. John Stephenson, n.d.

The proud pitheap, by Rev. John Stephenson, n.d.

King Jonty's book, by Rev. John Stephenson, n.d.

The coal kingdom, by Rev. John Stephenson, n.d.

Peace, no. 67, February 1986

Stainton Recipes, n.d.

Model of Locomotive Terrace, Todhills, c.1920; model made, 1998

Model of water gala on the river Wear at Byers Green, c.1901; model made 1998 Includes: copy photograph of the water gala, 1901, attached to paper describing the gala by W. Colley, 1998; photographs of the river Wear where the gala was held, 1998; wallet containing a penny coin, 1967, a halfpenny coin, 1967, and a farthing 1955

Album containing photographs of the following: : Greenhills Estate, Byers Green, May 1997 - July 1998 : a bungee jump at the Marquis of Granby public house, Byers Green, May 1997 : wild flowers at Catchie Corner, Todhills, June 1997 : life on Ken Brownson's allotment, Byers Green, June - August 1997; May - June 1998 : allotment site at Byers Green being used as a building site, May 1998 : football field, Byers Green, September 1997 : carnival queen, July 1997 : Royal Oak public house, Byers Green, August 1997 : panoramic view of Byers Green, November 1997 : Wear View, Byers Green, October and December 1997 : building of a new bungalow in Byers Green, 1998 : a replacement fence round Byers Green pit heap and a replacement noticeboard at Byers Green church, 1997 : High Street, Byers Geen, 1998 : view of bungalows on the old brickfield, 1998 : St. Peter's church fete, Byers Green, 1997 : repairs to St. Peter's church, Byers Green, 1998 : school bus, Byers Green, 1998 : barley field, June 1998 : site for new bungalows on the old brickfield, July 1958 : advertisements for houses for sale, 1998 : Marquis of Granby public house boarded up, June 1998 : Byers Green carnival, July 1998 : new street signs, July 1998 : replacement of windows at Wear View, Byers Green, 1998 : car park on allotments, High Street, Byers Green, March 1998 : newsagent at 'The Cherries' bungalow, High Street, Byers Green, March 1998 : group of men and a boy on the allotments at Byers Green, 1940s : Byers Green Junior and Infants' School, 1998 : newspaper cuttings concerning brickworks and greyhound stadium, 1998 : newspaper cutting concerning bus route, bus ticket, and Easter leaflet issued by church, 1998 : menu at the Casablanca, Willington, 1998 : letter from Durham County Council concerning the minerals local plan and Todhills brickworks, January 1998 : newspaper cutting concerning Byers Green football team, 3 July 1997 : Byers Green scouts information, September 1997 : letter from Sedgefield District Council concerning off-street parking at Wear View and High Street, Byers Green, July 1995 : details of Sedgefield Borough Council's budget, 1998/99 : letter from Durham County Council concerning a claimed route, January 1998 : notice concerning the territorial army, 1998 : newspaper cutting concerning the proposed extension of the Queen's Head public house, January 1998 : newspaper cutting concerning the accession of post-vesting day N.C.B. records to the County Record Office, January 1998 : time-tables of buses between Byers Green and Bishop Auckland, January 1998 : leaflets issued by St. Peter's Church, Byers Green, concerning the graveyard, an appeal for funds and a children's fun day, 1998 : newspaper cutting concerning the church at Byers Green, May 1998 : leaflets issued by St. Peter's Church, Byers Green, concerning a summer prize draw and a festival of faith, 1998 : W. Willis's memories of Seldom Seen from 1914 to 1934 : photocopy of the fares charged by the Bonnie Heather Bus Service, 1930

Model of Byers Green working Men's Club men only bar in the 1960s, 1998

Notes concerning the history of Byers Green Working Men's Club and photographs of the exterior of the club and the steward's house, June - August 1998 (1 paper and 8 photographs, coloured, mounted on 5 papers) Thirteenth Deposit (Acc: 2573(D))

List of subscribers to the Thomas Wright Memorial Plaque Fund, 23 October 1985

Invoices, building society account book, and bank paying-in book, of the Thomas Wright Memorial Fund, 1985 - 1988

Notice from Bill [William] Colley appealing for contributions towards the cost of a memorial plaque to Thomas Wright, 20 August 1986

Programme of the visit to Durham of Dr. M.A. Hoskin, Cambridge University, to unveil the Thomas Wright Memorial, 27 April 1987

Memorandum of meetings held in Byers Green by M.J. Tooley of Durham University to discuss the formation of a Thomas Wright Committee, December 1990 - March 1991

Copy minutes of the Thomas Wright Memorial Committee, 15 May 1992 - 23 April 1993; letters from Rev. A.L. Bell, chairman of the Committee, 24 February 1991 - 3 July 1992; and outline bid for grant aid for the development of a memorial exhibition and garden at Byers Green, n.d.

Report by M.J. Tooley on the project to establish a Thomas Wright Memorial Exhibition Centre and Garden in Byers Green, 24 April 1992

Copy appliction by M.J. Tooley, University of Durham, to The Royal Society, for a grant in support of the Thomas Wright Exhibition Centre, 21 October 1992

Circular letters for the Thomas Wright of Durham Exhibition Centre and Garden Appeal, n.d. [c.1992]

Invitation from M.J. Tooley and Mrs. Tooley to Mr. and Mrs. William Colley to attend a preview of the Thomas Wright of Durham exhibition, on the occasion of 'Durham 900', at Durham University Library, Palace Green, and list of guests attending the preview, 1 May 1993.

List of Byers Green residents wishing to attend Professor Arnold Wolfendale's lecture 'The Cathedral and the Cosmos' in Durham Cathedral, and associated programme of public lectures, March - May 1993

Letters from Professor George D. Rochester, Department of Physics, University of Durham, to W. Colley, concerning the Thomas Wright memorial plaque, and associated leaflet, 16 January 1986 - 5 June 1990

Letters from Professor Richard S. Ellis, Department of Physics, University of Durham, to William L. Colley, in support of the Thomas Wright memorial project, 25 September 1986 - 12 June 1989

Letters from M.J. Tooley, Department of Geography, University of Durham, to Mr. and Mrs. Colley, discussing the Thomas Wright Memorial project, 29 September 1990 - 30 September 1994

Correspondence of W.L. Colley with the University of Durham, Sedgefield District Council, and Spennymoor Town Council, concerning planning application for the memorial plaque and appeals for sponsorship, 3 September 1985 - 5 June 1992

Miscellaneous letters to W.L. Colley from members of staff of the University of Durham in connection with his work for the Thomas Wright Memorial, 28 October 1983 and 27 May 1989

Photocopy of the proposal of Thomas Wright for election to the Royal Society, 24 April 1735; copy made , 1990s

Photocopy of the burial entry for Thomas Wright of Byers Green in the parish register of Bishop Auckland, St. Andrew, 25 February 1786; copy made, 1990s

Photocopy extracts from The Gentleman's Magazine, including 'A Sketch of the Character of Mr. Thomas Wright', and 'Mr. Wright's Description of his Villa at Byers Green', January - March 1793

Photocopy of 'Thomas Wright of Durham and Immanuel Kant' by F.A. Paneth, in The Durham University Journal, vol.XXXIII, no. 2, (new series vol.II, no. 2), March 1941

Photocopy of 'The Wizard of Durham: the architecture of Thomas Wright - 1' by Eileen Harris, in Country Life, 26 August 1971

Photocopy of the entry for Thomas Wright in the Dictionary of Scientific Biography, n.d.; catalogue of the 'Durham Astronomy' exhibition by the University Library for the Durham meeting of the British Astronomical Association, 14 September 1984; and article 'Thomas Wright (1711-1786)' by M.A. Hoskin, Cambridge, 1 October 1966

Photocopy of an article in Country Life, describing Hampton Court House, designed by Thomas Wright for the Earl of Halifax in 1767, 16 January 1992

Offprint of 'Thomas Wright and the Royal Society' by Michael Hoskin and George D. Rochester, in the Journal for the History of Astronomy, xxiii, 1992

'A Short History of Thomas Wright', by G.D. Rochester, [1987]

Checklist of published books and articles by, and about, Thomas Wright of Durham, by M.J. Tooley, April 1992

Descriptive notes on Thomas Wright, his house at Byers Green Lodge, and his antecedents, compiled by W.L. Colley, n.d. [c.1990]

Newspaper cuttings from the Northern Echo, describing the discovery of a new galaxy by Durham University astronomers, 8 March and 16 October 1990

Newspaper articles, and copy articles, concerning proposals for a Thomas Wright memorial and museum at Byers Green, and an exhibition of Wright's work at Durham University Library, 1991 - 1 January 1994

Photograph of proposed memorial plaque to Thomas Wright, with correction to the text marked by G.D. Rochester, n.d. [c.1986]

Letter from Sid Chaplin, Newcastle, to Bill [Colley], thanking the latter for the picture of the Byers Green 'Tankie', and observations on the same in the early 1920s, 12 May 1981

Slides of Byers Green village, as follows: (1) Title: 'Where You Live: Byers Green Village by Wm. L. Colley, local historian, 1998' (2) View of Byers Green from Colliery Road, September 1998 (3) View of Byers Green from Colliery Road, September 1998 (4) National School, Byers Green, September 1998 (5) View of Byers Green Colliery site and pit heap, September 1998 (6) Exterior of St. Peter's Church, Byers Green, September 1998 (7) Byers Green war memorial, September 1998 (8) Byers Green Junior and Infant School, September 1998 (9) Exterior of doctor's surgery, Byers Green, September 1998 (10) Byers Green allotments with colliery pit-heap in the background, September 1998 (11) Jeff Storey, pigeon-fancier, September 1998 (12) Byers Green High Street, looking north, September 1998 (13) Byers Green High Street, looking north, September 1998 (14) Byers Green village, looking south, September 1998 (15) Exterior of corner shop on Shafto Street, Byers Green, September 1998 (16) Exterior of hairdresser's shop, known as 'Scissors', High Street, Byers Green, September 1998 (17) Exterior of workingmen's club, Byers Green, September 1998 (18) Children's play area south of the village, September 1998 (19) View of garden of Mr. & Mrs. J.O. Goundry, High Street, Byers Green, September 1998 (20) View of garden of Mr. & Mrs. N. Bostock, High Street, Byers Green, September 1998 (21) View of flower bed arranged by the council on Lodge Street, September 1998 (22) Exterior of the house of Mr. F. Hall, Green Rise, Byers Green, September 1998 (23) Exterior of house at Green Rise, September 1998 (24) Exterior of house belonging to Mr. A. Trigoning, September 1998 (25) Flower-bed arranged by the council, Lodge Street, Byers Green, September 1998 (26) New estate at Dene View, Byers Green, September 1998 (27) Green Hills estate, School Bank, Byers Green, September 1998 (28) Garden of no. 2, Robinson Terrace, September 1998 (29) Geranium in the garden of no. 2, Robinson Terrace, September 1998 (30) Two children with a doll's pram at the corner of Ghent and Vine Streets, Byers Green, September 1998 (31) Exterior of 1 Hallgarth, a bungalow built on the site of Thomas Wright's house, September 1998 (32) Exterior of 'Greenfield', a bungalow on Todhills Road, west of Byers Green, September 1998 (33) Exterior of a bungalow on the site of Blairs Row, west of Byers Green, September 1998 (34) Exterior of Raine's factory on the corner of Main and Colliery Roads, September 1998 (35) 'Byers Green House', built originally as an hotel, September 1998 (36) Bracken by the side of the main road into the village of Byers Green, September 1998

Album containing the following: : photograph of a garden snail and snail's eggs in Ken Brownson's allotment, Byers Green, 6 August 1998 : photograph of rabbits and organic potato crop on Ken Brownson's allotment, 6 August 1998 : photographs of renewal of the road surface at Wear View, 15-22 August 1998 : photograph of sweet pea on Ken Brownson's allotment, 6 August 1998 : photograph of workman cutting grass at 9 Wear View, Byers Green, 15 August 1998 : newspaper cutting concerning the diamond wedding of Willie and Gladys Willis, 21 September 1998 : bill for stewing beef by J.W. Dewhirst, Bishop Auckland, 13 October 1998 : newspaper cuttings concerning a raid on the post office at Newfield, 28 January 1998 and 1 January 1999 : newspaper advertisement for Lydia Cottage, Garden Street, Byers Green, 29 January 1999 : newspaper cutting concerning The Fox and Hounds, Newfield, 25 August 1998 : menu at The Top House, Coundon Station, c.1998 : photograph of the new estate at Dene View School Bank, Byers Green, October 1998 : photograph of the countryside opposite Byers Green Junior and Infant School, October 1998 : photograph of old farm house and site of demolished brickworks, October 1998 : bingo ticket, January 1999 : photograph of houses built on the site of the disused brickworks, October 1998 : photograph of garage and car-saleroom opposite the Top House, Coundon Station, 3 October 1998 : photograph of vandalised bus shelter near the Top House, Coundon Station, c.1998 : photograph of the car park at the Top House, Coundon Station, 3 October 1998 : photograph of discarded lorry exhaust near a wall near the Top House, Coundon Station, 3 October 1998 : photograph of a stone wall constructed from demolished houses and flagstones, near the Top House, Coundon Station, 3 October 1998 : photograph of Top House, Coundon Station, 3 October 1998 : menu from the Top House, Coundon Station, 3 October 1998 : photographs of signs at the Top House, Coundon Station, 3 October 1998 : photograph of Old Hall, Byers Green, and Old Hall Farm, Byers Green, c.1998 : photographs of iron railings round the football and tennis field, North Street, Byers Green, 11 December 1998 : photograph of a galvanized coal scuttle used in Byers Green Workingmen's Club, c.1998 : photograph of a plastic pint check, Christmas 1998 : photographs of the exterior of the church of St. Peter, Byers, Green, floodlit, 8 January 1999 : photograph of the exterior and interior of the Methodist church, Byers Green, 28 December 1998 : photograph of the exterior of 1-3 Robinson Terrace, and 52 High Street, Byers Green, 28 December 1998 : sample of old wallpaper in the Byers Green Workingmen's Club, removed 25 January 1999 : photographs of the exterior and interior of the Royal Oak public house, Byers Green, 16 and 31 January 1999 : menu of the Royal Oak public house, c.1999 : photographs of members of a play group held in the Methodist church, Byers Green, 1 April 1999 : photograph of the notice of planning application for the demolition of Hall Farm, Byers Green, 1 February 1999 : photographs of the exterior of the buildings at Hall Farm, Byers Green, 6 February 1999 : photographs of the interior of Byers Green Workingmen's Cub, January 1999 : photographs of the first houses built on the new estate at Middlestone Moor, March 1999 : menus at the Top House for Christmas, 1999 : notice announcing that the business of Neil Bray, dairyman, Spennymoor, will be taken over by F. Main and Sons, 23 November 1998 : letter from Angelina Maddison, Community Safety Co-ordinator, Safer Spennymoor Partnership, Council Offices, Green Lane, Spennymoor, to Mr. W.L. Colley, enclosing an article concerning the Thomas Wright Project, 20 January 1999 : worksheets for children, part of the Byers Green Community Safety Activity and Poster Competition, December 1998 : newspaper cutting concerning a design for a stained-glass window to commemorate Thomas Wright, 19 January 1999 : newspaper cutting concerning the results of the Community Safety worksheets, 20 January 1999 : circular letter from Decor Art Creations, Canterbury, Kent, advertising porcelain plates of scenes in Byers Green, 19 January 1999 : bus timetable issued by Go-Ahead Northern of bus services 104 and 111, 31 January 1999 : photocopies of bills issued by tradesmen in Bishop Auckland, Binchester and Byers Green, 1939 : newspaper cuttings concerning the closure of the Electrolux factory in Spennymoor, 1 and 2 April 1999 : notice announcing the closure of John Menzies' shop, 13 March 1999

List of slides, as in D/X 779/353, c.1998

The Rock, parish magazine for the church of Byers Green, St. Peter, January - February, August - December 1995

The Rock, parish magazine for the church of Byers Green, St. Peter, March - December 1996

The Rock, parish magazine for the church of Byers Green, St. Peter, January - March, May - August 1997

The Cross and Keys, the parish magazine of the parish of St. Peter the Apostle, Byers Green, September - December 1997

The Cross and Keys, the parish magazine of the parish of St. Peter the Apostle, Byers Green, January - December 1998

The Cross and Keys, the parish magazine of the parish of St. Peter the Apostle, Byers Green, January - April 1999

Video tape entitled 'Tourists Promotion Video of County Durham: Land of the Prince Bishops', made in Autumn 1989

Videotape entitled 'Work and Leisure in South-West Durham', by W.L. Colley, 1990

Model of Hall Farm, Byers Green, 1860; model made 1999 (1 model and 1 box, 47 cm. x 63 cm., wood) Fifteenth Deposit (Acc: 2666(D))

Photographs of the exterior of the west end of Byers Green, St. Peter's church; the Rev. Paul Allinson, standing beside the lectern; Councillor William Waters, Mrs. Julie Waters, Mayoress Myra Smith, the Rt. Rev. Michael Turnbull, Bishop of Durham, Town Mayor Jim Smith, Rev. Paul Allinson, Rev. Canon Stuart Bain, Area Dean, and Crucifer Paul Lightfoot at the dedication ceremony; and a copy of the bill from Kyme's Stained Glass Studio, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, for supplying the Thomas Wright memorial window, 1986 - 8 December 1999; compiled December 1999

Photographs of the interior of Byers Green, St. Peter's church, showing the east end, west end including memorial window, and pulpit; copy Northern Echo newspaper reports on the design, and dedication, on 19 September 1999, of the memorial window, August - 29 September 1999; compiled December 1999

Photographs of the interior of Byers Green, St. Peter's, Church, showing the font, information area, and nave; Mr. Robin Bestford holding the original quatrefoil window replaced by the memorial window, and detail of damage to the original window by vandalism, 17 September 1999 and n.d.; compiled December 1999

Photographs of Byers Green Lodge, prior to demolition, and the headstone of Thomas Wright (d. 1786) and his daughter Elizabeth (d.1788) in the churchyard of Auckland, St. Andrew; copy portrait engraving of Thomas Wright, and copy biographical notes on Thomas Wright, 11 March 1967 and n.d.; compiled December 1999

Photographs of the Thomas Wright observatory tower, Westerton; Auckland Castle deer shelter, Bishop Auckland, and the memorial plaque to Thomas Wright erected on the site of Byers Green Lodge, Byers Green; copy Auckland Chronicle newspaper report on the Westerton observatory; site plan showing the location of the memorial plaque at Byers Green; and pedigree of Thomas Wright (from 1604), 1987-1991 and n.d.; compiled December 1999

Copy order of service to mark the dedication of the Thomas Wright memorial window in the parish church of Byers Green, St. Peter, 19 September 1999

Slide magazine containing 86 slides for a social history slide presentation on the villages of Byers Green, Newfield, Todd Hills and Page Bank, n.d. [c.1995] For soundtrack see D/X 779/401; for script see D/X 779/402

Audio-tape with soundtrack for social history slide presentation on the villages of Byers Green, Newfield, Todd Hills and Page Bank, n.d. [c.1995] For slides see D/X 779/400; for script see D/X 779/402

Script for social history slide presentation on the villages of Byers Green, Newfield, Todd Hills and Page Bank, n.d. [c.1995] For slides see D/X 779/400; for soundtrack see D/X 779/401

File of photographs and other documents relating to the social history of Byers Green, 1956 - 2000 Inside front cover: colour photograph of carnival, 1968 pp.A-B invoice and print folder, n.d. pp.1-5 black and white photograph of carnival, 1964 p.6 receipts, March 2000, and notice of Byers Green Methodist Church carol service, December 1999 pp.7-11 colour photographs of carnival, 1967 pp.12-14 colour photographs of carnival, 1968 pp.15-18 colour photographs of carnival, 1969 pp.19-21 colour photographs of carnival, 1969 pp.22 notice of Bishop Auckland farmers' market, 31 March 2000 pp.23-26 colour photographs of carnival, 1971 p.27 colour panorama photograph of Todhill and Byers Green, January 2000 p.28 notice of refuse collection dates, Christmas/New Year, 1999/2000 pp.29-33 colour photographs of sewerage works at New Coundon, December 1999 - February 2000 p.34 colour panorama photograph of Canny Hill allotments, February 2000 p.35 colour photographs of 'Christine's Snax' at Binchester Lane Ends and Castlegate Cafe in Bishop Auckland Market Place, December 1999 p.36 colour photographs of stone shelter at Park Head Farm and hibernating snails on an allotment at Byers Green, December 1999 pp.37-38 colour photographs of Park Head Farm, December 1999 pp.39-42 colour photographs of Bishop Auckland, December 1999 p.43 black and white and colour photographs of Byers Green men, n.d. and 1963 p.44 black and white and colour photographs of brickworks site at Vine Street, Byers Green, and River Wear at Byers Green, 1968 and n.d. p.45-46 newspaper cuttings of competitions for largest bow tie and shortest miniskirt at Byers Green Club, May 1977 p.47-48 notices of birth and christening of Olivia Grace Tinkler, January and November 1999 p.49 invitation to a party at Byers Green Working Men's Club, October 1999 p.50 poster advertising carnival and sports day, July 1999 p.51 list of inns and taverns in Bishop Auckland in 1894 p.52 colour photographs of footpath near Pickering Railway Station and a turnip cutting machine at the James Herriot Museum, Thirsk, August 1999 p.53-54 colour photographs of Byers Green, April - October 1999 p.55-56 black and white and colour photographs of coal and coke merchants, 1956 - 1963 p.57 black and white photographs of Byers Green men on holiday and a wedding at St. Peter's church, n.d. [1950s and 1960s] p.58 black and white photograph of grandfather of Ronald Nesbitt, n.d. [1920s] and newspaper cutting concerning Newfield Millenium Green, September 1999 p.59 black and white photograph of Spennymoor Comprehensive School netball team, 1963 p.60-65 photocopies of Spennymoor Comprehensive School sports day programme, July 1973 p.66-69 photocopies of Spennymoor Comprehensive School sports day programme, July 1983 p.70 price list of electrical equipment available for purchase by staff from Thorn EMI, n.d. [1980s] p.71 calendar of notable events at Thorn EMI factory at Spennymoor, 1978-1985 pp.72-73 programme for concert of Durham Constabulary Male Voice Choir at St. Peter's Church, Byers Green, December 1999 p.74 Edward Raisbeck, Page Bank by the River Wear, a story, in verse, of Page Bank village, 1998 p.75 Neighbourhood Watch questionnaire, December 1999 pp.76-77 colour photographs of Byers Green area, December 1999 - January 2000 pp.78-79 photocopies of weekly statements of receipts and payments for Byers Green Working Men's Club, December 1999 and January 2000 pp.80-85 colour photographs of St. Peter's church, Byers Green, September 1999 p.86 black and white photographs of Byers Green men, 1940s and 1947/48 p.87 colour photographs of ration book, 1953/54 p.88 notice on caring for churchyard of St. Peter's church, Byers Green, n.d. [2000] p.89 black and white photograph of an unidentified baby sitting in front of a door, n.d. p.90 notice concerning self-certification of sickness absence issued by Thorn Domestic Appliances (Electrical) Ltd., June 1982 p.91 notice concerning the possible establishment of a youth club at Byers Green, March 2000 p.92 Jesus 2000: A Millennium Keepsake, booklet issued by St. Peter's parish, Byers Green, January 2000 pp.93-94 Easter leaflet issued by St. Peter's parish, Byers Green, n.d. [2000] pp.95-96 Before the Funeral, leaflet on burials in Church of England graveyards, issued by Durham Diocesan Committee for the Care of Churches, n.d. [1999] Inside back cover: colour photograph of drying clothes on washing lines at Wear View, Byers Green, March 2000

Photograph of Lowfield Farm, taken from the site of Willington Coke Works, 22 May 2000, and copy photograph of men in uniform, all identified by name, 1940s; copy made 2000

Photograph of the exterior of the church, Byers Green, St. Peter, showing repairs to the guttering and perspex on the windows to protect them from vandalism, 7 July 2000

Photograph of James Carlton, an employee of J. W. S. Landscapes, watering a hanging basket, 7 July 2000, and photograph of the exterior of Byers Green Junior and Infants' School, 7 July 2000

Photograph of the exterior of Old Hall Farm in a ruinous state, 22 May 2000, and photograph of the notice board and exterior of the west door of the church of Byers Green, St. Peter, 22 May 2000

Photograph of the brick pier of the Jubilee Bridge, 22 May 2000, and photograph of the footbridge linking Newfield to Sunnybrow, 22 May 2000

Photograph of the exterior of The Brown Trout public house at Sunnybrow, 22 May 2000, and photograph of the exterior of The Black Horse public house, Low Willington, 22 May 2000

Photograph of the carnival queen and her maids-in-waiting at Byers Green Carnival, 16 July 2000, and photograph of the members of the Spennymoor Brass Band leading Byers Green Carnival down High Street, Byers Green, 16 July 2000

Photograph of children dressed as patients and surgeons as part of Byers Green Carnival, 16 July 2000, and photograph of A. Trigoning and his foal at Bankies, Byers Green, taken by Ron Nesbitt, Byers Green, 1969

Photograph of the view, from Low Willington, of Todhills and Newfield, 22 May 2000

Photograph of the view, from Sunnybrow, of Newfield, 22 May 2000

Photograph of the river Wear, between Sunnybrow and Low Willington, in flood, 3 June 2000

Postcard of a photograph of the Byers Green Lodge banner, n.d., c. 1995

Postcard of a photograph of the exterior of the church of Byers Green, St. Peter, n.d., c. 1995

Postcard of a photograph of the interior of the church of Byers Green, St. Peter, n.d., c. 1995

Postcard of a photograph of a plaque commemorating Thomas Wright, n.d., c. 1995

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings containing the following: : article describing the retirement of Joe Callard from Eldon Brick Works, 27 October 1989 : article describing a leaflet produced by W. L. Colley describing the work of Tindale Crescent Hospital, Bishop Auckland, 10 January 1991 : article describing how a pigeon belonging to Alf Todd of Byers Green was found in Iceland, n.d. : a note that Shafto's public house, Whitworth is to be altered, 26 February 2000 : article describing how a fractured gas pipe threatened inhabitants of Middlestone Moor, 19 November 1998 : article on the discontinuation of a fruit and vegetable van's round in Weardale, 19 n.m. 1998 : article describing the disruption caused by teenagers at the Marquis of Granby public house, Byers Green, 28 February 2001 : article concerning proposals to build houses and a golf course at Whitworth Park, 24 February 2000 : article concerning increases in council tax imposed by Sedgefield Borough Council, 1 March 2000 : articles on the settlement in Northern Ireland, 29 November 1999 : article on the ending of the television programme, News at Ten, 20 November n.y. : article on the reduction in numbers of the Territorial Army, 18 November 1998 : article describing a model being made by W. L. Colley, 17 June 1995 : article on the closure of Shildon Working Men's Club, 10 November 1999 : article concerning a campaign to save rural post offices, 23 February 2000 : article on the retirement of Gilbert Anderson a member of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade, in Spennymoor, 1 March 2000 : articles concerning increased traffic likely to be generated by a new housing development at Middlestone Moor, 23 February 2000 : article on a book of photographs of Weardale to be published by Tom Hutchinson, 20 August 1998 : article on the death of Vince Robson, 24 March 2000 : article on Thomas Wright's observatory, c. 1973 : article on the loss of jobs in the steel industry, 17 June 2000 : advertisements for houses for sale in Byers Green, 21 July 2000 : photograph of Tony Blair and his infant son, 29 May 2000 : article concerning parking spaces at a residential home at Albert Hill, Bishop Auckland, 21 April 2000 : photograph of W. L. Colley and a plate commemorating Thomas Wright, 2000 : article on, and photographs of a mural commemorating the Dunkirk evacuation, 27 May 2000 : photograph of flooding at South Church, 2000 : article describing the Dunkirk evacuation, 29 May 2000 : article describing the life of Susan and George Reynolds, 27 May 2000 : article concerning thefts from garden sheds in Shildon and Spennymoor, 6 June 2000 : article concerning the use of the drug tamoxifen in treating breast cancer, n.d. : notice of an exhibition of watercolours by Eric Thompson in Byers Green village hall, 24 and 25 June [2000] : notice asking the residents of Byers Green to assemble to have a photograph taken to mark the millennium, 9 July 2000 : notice of the patronal weekend at the church of Byers Green, St. Peter, 2 July 2000 : card advertising a service cleaning dustbins, n.d., 2000 : list of expenses claimed by Sedgefield Borough Councillors for the financial year ending 31 March 2000 : notice of an exhibition concerning Thomas Wright in the church of Byers Green, St. Peter, 5 August 2000

Letters from Sir Percy Cradock, 303 Richmond Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, to W. L. Colley, 8 Wear View, Byers Green, concerning Mr. Colley's entry concerning the former in the Byers Green social history and giving details of the former's career, 12 April, 3 May and 5 July 1986

A Way of Life: an exhibition of photographs describing the South West Durham Allotments, Byers Green, 2000 as follows: : brief history of the allotments, January 2000 : photograph of Mr. Lascelles standing next to his leek-bed, 1920s : photograph of Joseph Coates with potatoes grown on his allotment, 1985 : photograph of Horace Harrison feeding his hens, 1985 : photograph of a disused robin's nest on no. 2 allotment, c. 1999 : photograph of a brown rat caught on no. 1 allotment, c. 1999 : photograph of snails on a plant pot, 1 December 1999 : photograph of Ken Brownson starting to dig up his crop of Desirée potatoes, c. 2000 : photograph of a crop of Durham Early cabbages, c. 2000 : photograph of brussels sprouts ready for harvesting, 24 February 2000 : photograph of Robin Bestford outside his shed, c. 2000 : photograph of Alan Todd, with his onions, 2000 : photograph of Norman Coates, with his carrots, 2000 : photograph of Les Shaw and his dog, Tia, 2000 : photograph of Paul Cummins digging in his allotment, 2000 : photograph of 'Trig' standing next to his tractor, 10 March 2000 : photograph of Bill Robinson and Bill Lascelles outside their pigeon loft, 2000 : photograph of J. K. Ivey's champion pigeon, 2000 : photograph of J. K. Ivey's young birds, known as 'squeakers', 2000 : photograph of Bob Simpson and Jeff Storey outside their pigeon loft, 2000 : photograph of Barry Cooper, Bill Robinson and Bill Thomson outside their pigeon loft, 2000 : photograph of Norman Brownson and his greyhounds in Green Field Street, Byers Green, 2000 : photograph of Ken Brownson outside his greenhouse, 1999 : photograph of turnips, swedes and leeks growing on an allotment, c. 2000 : photograph of pigeons outside their loft, 12 March 2000 : photograph of pigeons flying, March 2000 : note concerning the decline of pigeon fancying in Byers Green and its surrounding villages, 2000 : newspaper cutting from The Northern Echo concerning the rescue of a pigeon from Reykjavic, 2000

Model of Todhills brickworks, Newfield, in the period, 1937 - c. 1955, 2000

Signed minutes of the Thomas Wright Memorial Committee, 24 February 1991 - 26 April 1993

Endorsement by Professor Arnold Wolfendale, The Astronomer Royal, of the Thomas Wright of Durham Exhibition Centre and Garden Appeal, n.d., c. 1991

Proposal for clause 5 of the Thomas Wright Trust Deed, by M.J. Tooley, 31 May 1991

Outline specification for repairs and improvements to Byers Green Church Hall, the proposed building for the Thomas Wright exhibition, by M. J. Tooley, 30 January 1992

Proposals for the commemoration of Thomas Wright by M. J. Tooley, 12 March 1992, and description of the life and achievements of Thomas Wright by M. J. Tooley, 25 April 1992

Parish magazines of St. Peter the Apostle, Byers Green, May - December 1999 and January 2000

Parish magazine of St. Peter the Apostle, Byers Green, February - December 2000

Parish magazine for St. Peter the Apostle, Byers Green, February - August 2001

Notice of appeal fund to erect a stained-glass window at St. Peter's Church, Byers Green to the memory of Thomas Wright of Byers Green, mathematician [born 1758], in Astronomy and Geophysics: The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 39, issue 3, June 1998

Folder containing photographs and articles relating to Byers Green, collected by Mr. William Colley, as follows:

Note from Sedgefield Borough Council concerning the environment and Byers Green, n.d. September 2000

Signatures of members of staff at Sedgefield Borough Council, n.d. [2000]

Photograph of a notice advertising a meeting on the future of the village, to be held in the Byers Green village hall, 9 September 2000

Notice of a Community Planning event to be held in the Parish Hall, Byers Green, 15 November 2000

Newspaper photograph, of residents of the village of Kinninvie, near Barnard Castle, from The Northern Echo, 9 August 2000

Newspaper photograph, of residents of the village of Denton, from The Northern Echo, 9 August 2000

Newspaper article 'Paddington awards dwarfed by railway boss's £1.3m pay off', extracted from Daily Mail, 11 August 2001

Newspaper article "Young Tink comes of age and makes the pools tick", relating to the football career of Mark Tinkler of Byers Green, from The Northern Echo, 23 February 2001

Newspaper photograph of residents of Byers Green Neighbourhood Watch (some named), from the Northern Echo, 9 August 2000

Newspaper article from Durham Network entitled 'Refugees, Asylum Seekers and the church', by Caroline Dick, BSR Development Officer, Curate of Harton St. Peter (1996), Spring 2000

Photograph of Allan Todd, D.L.I., n.d. [1950]

Photograph of Rene Littlefair, 12 North Street, Byers Green, n.d. [1950s]

Photograph of Barbara Robson and Rene Littlefair, with view of Tom Bell's farm n.d. [1950s]

Photograph of Rene Littlefair, 12 North Street, Byers Green, n.d. [1950s]

Photograph of Bob Coates and Mike Shields, Byers Green, n.d. [1950s]

Photograph of Jim Ellis, Allan Todd and Bob Coates, and unidentified female, Byers Green, n.d.

Photograph of Jim Ellis in Ron Nesbitt's butcher's shop, 12 North Street, Byers Green n.d.

Photograph of Jim Ellis, Allan Todd and Bob Coates, and unidentified female, Byers Green, n.d.

Photograph of Barbara Robson and Rene Littlefair, 12 North Street, Byers Green, n.d.

Photograph of Byers Green Methodist group endorsed 'Lunchtime at last, enjoying a day in Byers Green Countryside', n.d. [1950s]

Photograph of Byers Green Methodist group endorsed 'A game of rounders or cricket, enjoying the day in the countryside', [1950s]

Photograph of children of the Byers Green Methodist group, endorsed 'Members enjoying the countryside', n.d. [1950s]

Photograph of Byers Green Methodist group [some named] enjoying a day out in Byers Green countryside, n.d. [1950s]

Photograph of Byers Green Methodist group enjoying a day in the Byers Green countryside, n.d. [1950s]

Photograph of children of the Byers Green Methodist group enjoying a day in the Byers Green countryside, n.d. [1950s]

Photograph of children of the Byers Green Methodist group enjoying a day out in the countryside, n.d. [1950s]

Photograph of members of the Byers Green Methodist group taking part in three-legged race, n.d. [1950s]

Photograph of children of the Byers Green Methodist group enjoying a day in the countryside, n.d. [1950s]

Set of 21 colour negatives of Byers Green Carnival, 1967

Notice advertising a special concert by Spennymoor Town Band and a Thanksgiving and Dedication service for the newly refurbished Methodist Chapel, 14 May 2000

Photograph of workers from Wear Valley District Council repairing road outside Crag Farm, Newfield, 13 September 2000

Photograph of workman from Wear Valley District Council using dumper truck and tractor, repairing road near Crag Farm, Newfield, 13 September 2000

Photograph of Spennymoor British Legion building, 8 August 2000

Photograph of front view of Spennymoor Police Station, Dundas Street, August 2000

Photograph of Spennymoor Police Station, Dundas Street, August 2000

Photograph of Spennymoor Police Station, Dundas Street, August 2000

Photograph of Spennymoor Library, 8 August 2000

Photograph of side view of Spennymoor Library, 8 August 2000

Photograph of the Jubilee Bridge, between Todhills and Willington, 5 August 2000

Photograph of commemorative plaques on the Jubilee Bridge, 5 August 2000

Photocopy of receipt for £1.00 paid for the purchase of an Anderson air raid shelter from Spennymoor Urban District Council by Mr. Bage, 46 Tees Crescent, Spennymoor, 18 October 1946

Newspaper cutting advertising the 40th birthday of the Green twins (Beverly and Tracy) of Byers Green, 11 November 2000

Admission ticket to the "Old Time Music Hall" at the Marquis of Granby public house, Byers Green, n.d.

Photograph of Mr. Finch, farmer, and his family at Old Hall Farm, Byers Green, n.d. [c. 1914]

Photograph of Byers Green football team 'Rangers' [some named] at Charles Briggs' house, Brockwell Street, Byers Green, n.d. [1931 - 32]

Copy of photograph of members of the Lowery family, Byers Green, n.d. [1900]

Photograph of Mr. & Mrs. Joe and Lilly Wilson, Willington, endorsed with note of Mr. Wilson's army career, 1971

Newspaper cutting entitled 'Pigs perish in farm barn blaze', concerning a fire at Old Park Terrace Farm, Byers Green, from The Northern Echo, 2 January 2001

Photograph of the left-hand side of the High Street, Byers Green, looking north, with the Royal Oak public house identified, n.d. [2000]

Photograph of right-hand side of High Street, Byers Green, looking north, n.d. [2000]

Photograph of the Royal Oak public house, High Street, Byers Green, 2000

Photograph of a plaque commemorating Thomas Wright of Byers Green, mathematician, 1711 - 1786, n.d.

Photograph showing Old Hall Farm being demolished, 16 December 2000

Photograph showing the outbuildings at Old Hall Farm being demolished, 16 December 2000

Photograph of St. Peter's Church, Byers Green, showing the flag of St. George, donated by Bae-Kelly Smith, Greenhills, flying above the entrance door, 16 December 2000

Photograph of the War Memorial, Byers Green, showing the addition of metal guards to hold wreaths, 16 December 2000

Copy photograph of workmen, unknown location, n.d.

Copy photograph of three workmen, unknown location, n.d.

Copy photograph of a wedding group taken at the marriage of Bill Goodridge and Millie [nèe Pringle], n.d. 1920s

Copy photograph of Olive Pringle, age 17, n.d. [1920s]

Menu for an Epiphany Meal at the Royal Oak public house, Byers Green, 7 January 2001, endorsed with the results of the Christmas sale raffle draw, 2000

Open letter of invitation from W. Waters, church steward, to attend the annual carol concert at Byers Green Methodist Church, 17 December 2000

Photocopy of photograph showing members [named] celebrating the 50th anniversary of Byers Green Workingmen's Club, 1955

Article from A & G Views, volume 41, relating to the stained glass window memorial to Thomas Wright in St. Peter's Church, Byers Green, April 2000 (1 paper) /432/30(1) Newspaper article from The Northern Echo, entitled "I was homeless, now I'm married to a millionaire", 5 March 2001

Newspaper article from The Northern Echo, entitled "QC slugs it out with a bare fist fighter", 13 January 2001

Newspaper article from The Northern Echo, entitled "Wicked accusations by Reynolds against police", 13 January 2001

Newspaper article from The Northern Echo, entitled "Policeman denies Reynolds vendetta", 11 January 2001

Newspaper article from The Northern Echo, entitled "Details ignored, claimed Reynolds", 12 January 2001

Newspaper article from The Northern Echo, entitled "Reynolds loses case - but it was worth it", 16 January 2001

Newspaper article from The Northern Echo, entitled "My reputation makes insurance pointless", 10 January 2001

Newspaper article from The Northern Echo, entitled "I was victim of police vendetta - Reynolds"

Newspaper article from The Northern Echo, entitled "Reynolds assumes role of barrister", 9 January 2001

Newspaper articles from The Mirror, entitled "Going up in smoke, exclusive, one farmer's devastating story", and "500,000 sheep under threat", relating to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease, 15 March 2001

Newspaper cutting from The Northern Echo, entitled "Bus staff vote to strike over pay issues", 5 March 2001

Menu for retirement dinner at the Parish Hall, Byers Green, 8 February 1998; with attached receipt for meat purchased from Dewhurst's, Newgate Centre, Bishop Auckland, 22 November 1999

Photocopy of photograph of the Rev. John Stephenson in the back yard of Lizzy Burdess' in Wilkinson Street, Byers Green, 1977

Notice of an invitation to attend the National Neighbourhood Watch Week, Information Day held at the Post Office, Byers Green, 21 June 1999

Photograph of Lance Dent, Harry Dargue, Alan Todd and Jack Robinson at Brancepeth Colliery, near the railway crossing and weighbridge, n.d.

Note mentioning that Mr. and Mrs. D. Dent have taken over Harrison's at Todhills old stackyard, 1 January 19923

Newspaper cutting from The Northern Echo, entitled "£30,000 church appeal launched" to help those with hearing difficulties hear church services, 19 January 2001

Receipt issued by R. Defty, High Street, Spennymoor, ironmonger and farm supplier, for various items totalling £12.58, 2 December 1977

Photograph of house built by Colin Hodgson, bricklayer, for himself on the site of the former brickworks at Byers Green, 9 January 2001

Photograph of the demolition of Old Hall Farm, Byers Green, to make way for the development of three new buildings, 10 January 2001

Photograph of the demolition of Old Hall Farm buildings except the farm house and stable, 10 January 2001

Photograph of the partially demolished Old Hall farmhouse, 10 January 2001

Photograph of Old Hall Farm stable which was saved from demolition, 9 January 2001

Card advertising the Christmas opening times of the Byers Green Working Men's Club, 22 December 2000

Photograph of the rectory, Byers Green, (built 1851) now a private dwelling, 16 January 2001

Photograph of the south side of St. Peter's churchyard looking east, January 2001

Photograph of gardens, with Lowfield Farm house, Willington, in background, taken on a frosty morning, January 2001

Photograph of ice on the top of a water barrel in Ken Brownson's allotment, Byers Green, January 2001

Photograph of excavations at Marquis Square, now known as Thomas Wright's house, 10 January 2001

Photograph of excavations at Marquis Square, now known as Thomas Wright's house, with Bill Thompson's garage and the old Co-op store in the background, 10 January 2001

Photograph of David Walker of Byers Green, machine driver, in front of Thomas Wright's house, Byers Green, 10 January 2001

Photograph of Hagg Lane with the old National School on the right, 9 January 2001

Christmas card advertising the Christmas mass and services at St. Peter's Church, Byers Green, December 2000

Compliment slip for Country Leather Saddlery, Binchester, owned by Maurice Savage, and employing four part-time workers, n.d.

Copy photograph of Tom Thompson, site engineer at Thorn's factory, Spennymoor, and Fred Curry, with prize winning leek belonging to Ken Kirkbride of Binchester (111.32 cu. in.) at Byers Green Working Men's Club Leek Show, 1980

Till receipts from Marks and Spencer PLC, 28 Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, for the purchase of various grocery items, 10 July 1998, 26 February 1999, 1 December 2000 and 19 January 2001

Poster advertising the delivery of forms for the 2001 census, 29 April 2001

Questionnaire on future activities for the Working Men's Club, Byers Green, 1 April 2001

Photograph of allotment no. 2, Byers Green, March 2001

Photograph of a notice issued by Spennymoor Town Council on restricted access to Byers Green allotments following the outbreak of foot and mouth disease, March 2001

Photograph of the notice of garden rents due on allotments, March 2001

Photograph of the fence on allotment no. 2, with attached notices by Spennymoor Town Council, March 2001

Photograph of the disused railway line, Byers Green, opposite the picnic area, March 2001

Photograph of a footpath closure notice issued by Durham County Council following the outbreak of foot and mouth disease, 28 February 2001

Photograph of St. Peter's Church, Byers Green, showing the church notice board, March 2001

Photograph of the church notice board, St. Peter's, Byers Green, showing notices for the Sight and Sound Appeal 2001

Photograph of Maurice Savage, saddler, Binchester, holding a pony driving harness, 29 March 2001

Photograph of Binchester Wesleyan Methodist Church converted into a dwelling house and business premises by Maurice Savage, 29 March 2001

Photograph of holly growing in the grounds of the rectory, at Byers Green, n.d.

Photograph of scaffolding erected on a row of terrace houses to repair guttering, 24 January - 3 April 2001

Photograph of market gardens at Bishop Auckland, 15 March 2001

Poster advertising the 2001 census, 29 April 2001

Poster advertising an open day, "What's happening in Byers Green", held in the Methodist Chapel, Byers Green, 22 March 2001

Photograph of workmen renewing the footpath in High Street, Byers Green, with Wilkinson Street in the background, 11 May 2001

Photograph of workmen renewing the footpath in High Street, Byers Green, with the Royal Oak public house on left-hand side, 11 May 2001

Photograph of workmen renewing the footpath in High Street, Byers Green, with Wilkinson Street in the background, 11 May 2001

Photograph looking across the field towards the allotments, taken from Michael Terrace, Byers Green, 11 May 2001

Photograph of a 'Go-Northern' bus, service No. 104, to Bishop Auckland, in the High Street, Byers Green, 11 May 2001

Photograph of the back gardens of 8 Wear View, Byers Green, 10 May 2001

Photograph of Gypsywort (lycopus europaeus), an herbacious perennial plant growing in Colliery Road, Byers Green, 11 May 2001

Photograph of dandelions (taraxacum officinale), a perennial plant growing in Colliery Road, Byers Green, 11 May 2001

Photograph of Mrs. Doreen Hodgson and Mrs. Julie Hargreaves, members of Byers Green Methodist Church, holding the 1956 Commemorative Cloth embroidered with signatures, 15 March 2001

Photograph of Mrs. Doreen Hodgson and Mrs. Julie Hargreaves, members of Byers Green Methodist Church holding the 2000 Commemorative Cloth, with signatures embroidered by Mrs. Valerie Cummings, 15 March 2001

Photograph of signatures embroidered on the 2000 Commemorative Cloth, Byers Green Methodist Church by Mrs. Valerie Cummings, 15 March 2001

Photograph of signatures embroidered on the 2000 Commemorative Cloth, Byers Green Methodist Church by Mrs. Valerie Cummings, 15 March 2001

Photograph of workmen renewing the footpath in the High Street, Byers Green, with Wilkinson Street in background, 11 May 2001

Photograph of workmen renewing the footpath in the High Street, Byers Green, with Wilkinson Street in background, 11 May 2001

Paper bag advertising the Bishop Auckland shop of 'Peter's the Bakers', 4 June 2001

Poster advertising the 117th Durham Miners Gala at the Racecourse, Durham, 14 July 2001

Newspaper cutting from The Northern Echo, entitled "Trapped songbirds seized in house raid", 22 March 2001

Newspaper cutting from The Northern Echo, entitled "Castle backdrop celebrates success of top artist Eric", concerning an exhibition of paintings by Eric Thompson of Spennymoor, 5 May 2001

Notice advertising properties for sale or rent in Spennymoor, Ferryhill, Chilton and Middlestone Moor, by P. W. Properties, n.d. [May 2001]

Photograph of runner bean plant, grown by Ken Brownson in his greenhouse, no. 2 allotment, Byers Green, 11 May 2001

Newspaper cutting from The Northern Echo, entitled, "Byers taste cup Glory" article concerning to the final of the Russell Foster League Cup Final between Byers Green Under 10's Haze and City of Durham Bees, 8 June 2001

Newsletter with results of the research into activities at Byers Green Working Men's Club, [May 2001]

Notice concerning the formation of a youth group in Byers Green and an invitation for comments from residents, n.d. 2001

Leaflet advertising the Labour party candidate for Spennymoor, Ernie Foster, in the Durham County Council election held on 7 June 2001

Leaflet advertising the Labour party candidate for Bishop Auckland, Derek Foster, in the parliamentary election held on 7 June 2001

Leaflet advertising the Conservative party candidate for Bishop Auckland, Fiona McNish, in the parliamentary election held 7 June 2001

Leaflet advertising the Liberal Democrat party candidate for Bishop Auckland, Chris Foote Wood, in the parliamentary election held on 7 June 2001

Leaflet advertising the Liberal Democrat party candidate for Spennymoor, Ben Ord, in the Durham County Council election held on 7 June 2001

Newspaper cutting from the Daily Mail, entitled "Police quiz Prescott over that flying fist", concerning the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, punching egg-throwing protester, Craig Evans, 19 May 2001

Byers Green W.M.C Sunday Football Club pools ticket, the last to be issued on the closure of the club, 30 June 2000

Photograph of British Telecom Contractors using cranes to remove telephone poles from a lorry in the High Street, Byers Green, 4 June 2001

Photograph of British Telecom Contractors removing cranes from the back of a lorry in the High Street, Byers Green, 4 June 2001

Photograph of a beer bottle produced by Bentley's of Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, n.d.

Photograph of a beer bottle produced by Bentley's of Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, n.d.

Photograph of the notice board of the church of St. Peter the Apostle, Byers Green, displaying times of service and parish notices, May 2001

Photograph of a notice on the church notice board, advertising a flower festival from 29 June to 1 July 2001, May 2001

Photograph of may blossom in a hedgerow at Byers Green, May 2001

Photograph of D/X 779/432/73, n.d. [2001]

Notice advertising the vacancy for a lunchtime supervisory assistant at Byers Green Primary School, n.d. [June 2001]

Advertisement for 'Gary's Cleaning Service' for dustbins, n.d. 2001

Photograph of grafitti carved into the wooden tables in Byers Green picnic area, 18 June 2001

Photograph of grafitti carved into the wooden tables in Byers Green picnic area, 18 June 2001

Photograph of a Durham County Council notice of the re-opening of a footpath near Byers Green picnic area previously closed on the outbreak of foot and mouth disease, 18 June 2001

Photograph of a footpath closure notice at Old Park Terrace, Byers Green, following the outbreak of foot and mouth disease, 18 June 2001

Photograph of the gates to St. Peter's Church showing the notice of a flower festival and garden fete to be held on 29 June - 1 July, 24 June 2001

Photograph of Peter Storey's sheep near old Park Terrace, 24 June 2001

Photograph of the Carnival Queen, Kate Callaway, and her maids-in-waiting, Parisa Marsden and Rebecca Robinson, seated on a float at Byers Green, 30 June 2001

Photograph of a side stall at the Byers Green Carnival, 30 June 2001

Photograph of a slide, roundabouts and side shows at Byers Green Carnival, 30 June 2001

Photograph of the Spennymoor brass band, led by Councillor Bill Waters, marching through Green Rise, Byers Green, on carnival day, 30 June 2001

Photograph of T. Robson, Spennymoor Town Clerk and Solicitor, and the Mayor of Spennymoor, walking along Wear View, Byers Green, on carnival day with a group of bystanders, 30 June 2001

Photograph of Doreen Hodgson, Joan Myers, Jean Shaw and Doreen Hamilton, manning a stall on the green during the sports day, Byers Green, 1 July 2001

Photograph of a wheelbarrow race and bystanders [some named] on the village green at Byers Green during the sports day, 1 July 2001

Photograph of the sports day on the village green, Byers Green, 1 July 2001

Photograph of Robin Bestford and Jack Lynn, manning the entrance stall at the church fete, Byers Green, 1 July 2001

Photograph of Jonathan Morrell of Tyne Tees Television, who opened the garden fete, and Andrew Friend, standing next to Rev. Paul Allison at St. Peter's Rectory, Byers Green, 1 July 2001

Photograph of Jennifer Harbour, Hilary Dryden and Victoria Dryden manning the gift stall at the church fete, Byers Green, 1 July 2001

Photograph of Cheryle Lightfoot manning the white elephant stall at St. Peter's Church garden fete, Byers Green, 1 July 2001

Photograph of Beryle Taylor and Ian Cooke manning the plant stall at St. Peter's Church garden fete, Byers Green, 1 July 2001

Photograph of Ann Cooke manning the bottle stall at St. Peter's Church garden fete, Byers Green, 1 July 2001

Photograph of Margaret Geldart and Sylvia Bestford at St. Peter's Church garden fete, Byers Green, 1 July 2001

Photograph of the Whitworth Park Colliery Band and banner at Wear View, Byers Green, before the Durham Miners' Gala, 14 July 2001

Photograph of the Whitworth Park Colliery Band and banner marching through Wear View, Byers Green, 14 July 2001

Photocopy of a notice advertising Women's Bright Hour, 12th Anniversary Services to be held at the High Street Methodist Church, Byers Green, 13 - 14 October 1940

Photocopies of the annual balance sheet of Byers Green Working Men's Club and Institute for the year ending 31 December 1938

Photocopies of the annual balance sheet of the Byers Green Working Men's Club and Institute for the year ending 31 December 1939

Photocopy of a ballot paper to elect committee members at Byers Green Working Men's Club, February n.d.

Photograph of a tractor pulling a trailer loaded with bales of hay at Gilson's Farm, Old Park Hall Farm, Byers Green, 25 June 2001

Copy photograph of Alan Finley and Norman Coates in Harvey Street, Byers Green, n.d., [1930]

Photograph of the damage to windows by vandals at Byers Green Council School, 15 July 2001

Photograph of the damage to windows by vandals at Byers Green Council School, 15 July 2001

Photograph of a class at Byers Green National School, taken by J. Logan, school photographer, 33 Skinner Street, Stockton, n.d., [c. 1890s]

Parish magazine of the parish of Byers Green and Newfield, November 1922

List of the names of visitors to, and comments on, an exhibition of photography and models concerning the history of Byers Green Working Men's Club, 18 - 20 September 2001

Photocopy of an airgraph from Private George Easton, 'B' Company, Queen's R[oyal R[ifles], Indian Command, to Gunner Joseph W. Coates, 382 Searchlight Battery, Royal Artillery, 'C' Troop, Stromness, Orkney, sending personal news and greetings, 2 April 1943

Photocopy of a greetings telegram from Alex. Jewit to Mr. and Mrs. Coates, 2 Harvey Street, Byers Green, sending congratulations, n.d. [13 November 1943]

Photocopy of a greetings telegram from 'the boys in Orkney' and 'S.Q.M.' to Mrs. J. W. Coates, 2 Harvey Street, Byers Green, sending congratulations, n.d. [13 November 1943]

Photocopy of a Byers Green postmark, 13 November [1943]

Photocopy of Byers Green Parish Magazine, November 1956

'The Globe', the community newspaper of Byers Green, issue number 2, October 2001

'The Globe', the community newspaper of Byers Green, issue number 3, December 2001

Photocopy of a newspaper cutting concerning Councillor George Storey of Byers Green, n.d. [2001]

Programme for a concert by the Durham Constabulary Male Voice Choir at St. Peter's Church, Byers Green, 20 September 2001

Leaflet advertising the Annual Christmas Fayre at St. Peter's Parish Church, Byers Green, 24 November 2001

Leaflet advertising the Christmas services to be held at St. Peter's Parish Church, Byers Green, 2001

Printed letter inviting the recipient to a carol service at Byers Green Methodist Church, 23 December 2001

Photograph of two girls in Byers Green during the General Strike, 10 May 1926

Photographs displayed in an exhibition of the history of Byers Green, 2001

photograph of Tot Coney and Les Chapman, n.d., [mid 20th c]

photograph of Jim O'Neil and Ralph Storey, n.d. [1950]

photograph of Derek Hardy, David Firth, Jeff Storey, Bobby Hardisty, Alan Finlay, Bill Thomson and Wilf Etherington, n.d. [1950s]

photograph of the Byers Green football team, including Roger Lightfoot, Carrine McWaters, Graham Metcalfe, Arthur Smith, Alan Keirman, David Firth, Norman Coates, Bill Robinson, Alan Finlay and Jeff Storey, n.d. [1950s]

photograph of Mrs. Elizabeth Brownson and Mrs. Florrie Coney, n.d. [2001]

photograph of Judy Storey, Janet Storey, Jeff Storey and Alan Storey, n.d. [1950s]

photograph of the notice board of the parish church of St. Peter the Apostle, Byers Green, November 2001

photograph of a foot-and-mouth restriction notice, Hagg Lane, Byers Green, November 2001

photograph of a bunch of elderberries, Colliery Road, Byers Green, 30 September 2001

photograph of bindweed, Colliery Road, Bhyers Green, 30 September 2001

Photographs displayed in an exhibition of the history of Byers Green, 2001

photograph of St. Peter's Churchyard, Byers Green, September 2001

photograph of St. Peter's Churchyard, Byers Green, September 2001

photograph of St. Peter's Churchyard, Byers Green, September 2001

photograph of St. Peter's Churchyard, Byers Green, September 2001

photograph of St. Peter's Churchyard, Byers Green, September 2001

photograph of a combine harvester passing behind Wear View, Byers Green, 1 October 2001

photograph of washing day, Wear View, Byers Green, 5 September 2001

photograph of Wear View, Byers Green, September 2001

photograph of children's play area, Byers Green, September 2001

photograph of an airgraph from Private George Easton to Gunner Joseph Coates (see D/X 779/13, 2 April 1943 (10 photographs, mounted on card, 45cm. x 64cm.) (D/ 779/451) Photographs displayed in an exhibition of the history of Byers Green, 2001

photograph of Byers Green Colliery Plantation, November 2001

photograph of Byers Green Colliery Plantation, November 2001

photograph of tractor wheel marks in a field by the main road into Byers Green, November 2001

photograph of oak leaves near the disused railway line, Byers Green, November 2001

photograph of a fence near the disused railway line, Byers Green, 30 September 2001

photograph of a fence near the disused railway line, Byers Green, 30 September 2001

photograph of Alan Liddle, Syd Thomas and Ray Pow on the disused railway line, Byers Green, 15 November 2001

photograph of Bob Errington and his dog on the disused railway line, Byers Green, 11 November 2001

Sketch map of the location of the corn mill on Hagg Beck, Byers Green, 2001

Model of the corn mill on Hagg Beck, Byers Green, 2001

Drink token of the Byers Green Workmen's Club and Institute, n.d. [20th c.]

Drink token ('one pint') of the Tudhoe Victory Club, n.d. [20th c.]

Collection of photographs entitled 'Up-date, Byers Green Village' as follows:

Photograph of the Marquis of Granby public house, formerly Thomas Wright's house, after a fall of snow, n.d.

Photograph of the Marquis of Granby public house, showing the newly erected sign for Thomas Wright, 26 February 2002

Photograph of Greenfield Street, Byers Green, showing a row of terraced houses, February 2002

Photograph taken from the disused railway line leading to Slowley, formerly Old Park Terrace, showing the site of the former colliery, n.d.

Photograph of the view across fields looking towards Byers Green House to the left and Raine's house and St. Peter's church to the right, February 2002

Photograph of three men sitting in front of the sign for the boating lake, amusement park and swimming baths (possibly John Coates and John Jones), n.d., 1960s

Photograph of Harry Stoate, John Wakes, Alan Todd (throwing the quoit) and Ken Brownson at the village green carnival, with North Street flats in the background, n.d., 1980s

Photograph of Ron Nesbitt, holding a baby, Ann Todd, Eric Prendergart, George Binks, Jack Hardy and Harry Dargue in Bill Robinson's coal depot, 1958

Photograph taken from the main road looking toward the car park of the Marquis of Granby Public House, formerly Thomas Wright's house, 24 January 2002

Photograph of no. 13 Shafto Street, Byers Green, January 2002

Photograph of no. 7 Shafto Street, Byers Green, with neighbouring house for sale, January 2002

Photograph of the Methodist church in the High Street, Byers Green, with the old national school, now a private dwelling, to the left, January 2002

Photograph of chickens feeding at no. 3 allotment, Byers Green, 12 december 2001 (1 photograph, 15.5 cm. x 10 cm., colour)

Collection of photographs entitled 'Up-date, Byers Green Village' as follows:

Photograph of the notice board of St. Peter's church, Byers Green, 2002

Photograph taken from the road looking along the disused railway line, linking up with the colliery road, January 2002

Photograph of the colliery plantation in winter, taken from the main road into the village, January 2002

Photograph of Percy Harris, volunteer countryside ranger, on the disused railway footpath leading from Spennymoor to Bishop Auckland, 15 January 2002

Photograph of tables and seats damaged by vandals in the picnic area, January 2002

Photograph of the notice setting out the 'Code of Conduct' concerning cycling on railway paths issued by Durham County Council, n.d.

Photograph of the stained glass memorial window in the west wall of St. Peter's Church, Byers Green, dedicated by the Bishop of Durham, Rt. Rev. Michael Turnbull, in memory of Thomas Wright, 19 September 1999

Photograph of autumn leaves, 16 December 2001

Photograph taken from the Colliery Road looking across fields towards Byers Green House, after a fall of snow, January 2002

Photograph taken from the colliery road of the view across fields towards Byers Green, after a fall of snow, January 2002

Photograph of the notice setting out the Code of Conduct concerning horse riding on railway paths, situated in the Line Walk picnic area disused railway site, January 2002 (1 photograph, 15.5 cm. x 10 cm., colour)

Information booklet, issued by Wear Valley District Council, listing places, markets, leisure activities, churches and giving a calendar of events, February - March 2002

Bishop Auckland Town Centre News issue no. 1, Winter 2002

Election leaflet for Myra Smith, Labour Party candidate for the Middlestone Ward in the elections for Sedgefield Borough Council, 21 March 2002

Election leaflet for Kevin Thompson, Liberal Democrat Party candidate for the Middlestone Ward in the elections for Sedgefield Borough Council, 21 March 2002

Leaflet issued by Sedgefield Borough Council for the kerbside paper recycling scheme, 2002/2003

Inform, the community newspaper issued by Sedgefield Borough Council with articles on Council Tax, Best Value, crime reduction, and a copy photograph of children in King James Street, Spennymoor, celebrating the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 12 May 1937, March 2002

Leaflet issued by St. Peter the Apostle Church, Byers Green, for church services during Holy Week, n.d., c.2002

Application form for enrolment on the church electoral roll, n.d., c.2002

Leaflet advertising 'Fine 'n' Fancy', a sale of china goods and gifts at Byers Green Methodist church, 6-8 p.m., 11 April [2002]

Leaflet advertising the Lent Appeal for St. Peter's church, 2002

Leaflet questionnaire, concerning the opening hours of Spennymoor Library, January 2001

Ticket no. 0345, issued by Byers Green Working Men's Club for the monthly football draw, 27 January 2002

Handwritten notes on Mrs. Hewitson's childhood at Hall Farm, Low Willington, and on Mr. Lowery who was employed by the church in the 1920s, n.d.

Newspaper cutting from the Northern Echo entitled 'Wartime engineers sought for signals association', 12 March 2002

Newspaper cuttings from the Northern Echo entitled 'Blackspot crash victim, 23, dies' and 'Football friends gather for funeral of car-crash victim' (Edward Sharp) 16 and 23 February 2002.

Photograph of the plaque in the wall at Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland commemorating the re-opening of the market on 7 September 1985, and the completion of the town centre pedestrianisation scheme, February 2002

Photograph of shops in Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, February 2002

Photograph taken from the market place, looking down Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, February 2002

Photograph taken from the market place looking down Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, February 2002

Photograph taken in Newgate Street opposite HSBC Bank, showing seating area, February 2002

Photograph of Newgate Street, looking toward the market place, showing benches and telephones, February 2002

Photograph of Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, taken from the market place, looking towards Marks and Spencer and HSBC Bank, February 2002

Photograph of the view down Newgate Street with shops on either side with the church in the background, February 2002

Photograph of the view down Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, showing the start of the pedestrianised area, February 2002

Photograph taken from the market place looking towards Mackays, HSBC Bank, and Marks and Spencer, Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, February 2002

Photograph of three stone armorial badges set in the wall in the market place, being the crest of the Bishop of Durham, the crest of Bishop Barrington and the ducal mitre of Bishop Barrington, recovered from the former Bishop Barrington School, built in 1810 in the market place, Bishop Auckland, February 2002

Photograph of the flower stall in the market place, Bishop Auckland, February 2002

Photograph of the card stall in the market place, Bishop Auckland, February 2002