Catalogue

Account of the sums to be paid to the artists and others involved with Surtees' projected History of County Durham, 23 January 1813

Letter from an unidentified correspondent to Rev. J. Brewster, Greatham, giving an account of the public legacies left by the late George Brown of Stockton and London, including one to the Blue Coat School, Stockton, and one for the rebuilding of the alms houses at Stockton, 6 October 1814

Prospectus of The History and Antiquities of North Durham by Rev. James Raine, containing a description of the volume, n.d. [1816 - 1840]

Notes concerning monumental inscriptions of the family of the Earl of Derwentwater, 1696 - 1724, n.d. [ c.1820]

Bill issued by the Waterloo Inn, Durham, n.d. [c.1820]

Business card of Mr. Joseph Forster, surveyor and land agent, 1 Saddler Street, Durham, n.d. [ c.1820]

Notes concerning an Act of Parliament relating to the port of Stockton, n.d. Endorsed: account of goods exported and imported from the port of Stockton between 1821 and 1824, n.d.

Notice of meetings of the South Durham and Cleveland Horticultural Society, 26 July - 27 September 1831 Endorsed: notes describing the population of Greatham, Clacton, Newsham, Aislaby, Hartburn, Stockton, Newton Bewley, Wolviston, Durham, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Newcastle, Bishopwearmouth and South Shields, 1821 - 1831

Petition addressed to Lord Melbourne, Secretary of State for the Home Department, by the proprietors and inhabitants of Norham and Islandshire, seeking the separation of Norham and Islandshire from County Durham, n.d. [1830s]

Appeal for the erection of a monument in memory of Cranmer, Ridley and Latymer, listing subscriptions already received, 17 November 1838 Endorsed: note that the appeal was sent to Rev. J. Brewster for information only, c.1838

Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Trustees of the Turnpike Road from Catterick Bridge, North Yorkshire, to Durham City, to be held at the Town House in Stockton on 28 February 1854, 31 January 1854

Volume containing letters and papers relating to the history of the Russell family of Brancepeth, compiled by John Buddle, mining engineer, 1833 Including: (1) Pedigree of William Russell of Brancepeth Castle, possibly from The Gentry of England (2) Letter from Emma Maria Hamilton, Exmouth, to John Buddle, Walls End, Newcastle upon Tyne, requesting him to write an account of the Russell family, Thursday 1833 (3) Letter from Sir Cuthbert Sharp to John Buddle promising to 'draw out in proper form' what he knows about the Russell family, 18 February 1833 (4) Letter from Emma Maria Hamilton, 15 Portland Place, London, to John Buddle stating that she has seen the first edition of [ The Gentry of England ] and that she has spoken to a gentleman who knew her grandfather's family, [1833] (5) Letter from William Mills, Brancepeth, to John Buddle, concerning the Russell family, 19 February 1833 (6) Letter from [Sir] C[uthbert] S[harp], Durham, to John Buddle, concerning William Russell's father's name, 23 February 1833 (7) Letter from Thomas Morris, Blue House, (Washington) to [John Buddle] with information on the Russell family received from Robert Wilson, 6 March 1833 (8) Letter from C. Sharp, Durham, to John Buddle, stating that Burke's Commoners of England includes the Russell pedigree and that Mr. Fell of Ulverstone bought the family estate of Cullum, 12 March 1833 (9) Letter from William Fell, Pennington, to Sir Charles Sharp, forwarded to John Buddle concerning the late Mr. Russell's property in Millom and his fortune, 18 March 1833 (10) Letter from Emma Maria Hamilton, Exmouth, to John Buddle, originally enclosing 'the book in which we are so shabbily shewn up', and a cutting from an unidentified newspaper [still attached] concerning William Russell's fortune, 23 March 1833 (11) Pedigree of the Russell family of Millom, Cumberland, possibly by Rev. Dixon of Millom, n.d. (12) Letter from Sir Cuthbert Sharp to John Buddle with his opinion of Parson Dixon's pedigree for the Russell family, 28 March 1833 (13) Letter from Sir Cuthbert Sharp to John Buddle, detailing progress on the Russell family pedigree, 30 March 1833 (14) Letter from Emma Maria Hamilton, Exmouth, [Devon], to John Buddle stating that Mr. Burke will publish an addendum if he receives Buddle's 'arrangement' on the Russell family in time, 1 April 1833 (15) Letter from Sir Cuthbert Sharp to John Buddle, with an account of the Russell family and stating that he will be away from home for the week due to elections, 3 April 1833 (16) Letter from [Sir Cuthbert Sharp] to John Buddle, concerning progress on the Russell family history, 4 April 1833 (17) Notes on the Russell family, possibly by Sir Cuthbert Sharp, crossed through, 4 April 1833 (18) Letter from Sir Cuthbert Sharp to John Buddle, concerning publishing the sketch in Burke's work and about 'Our Dockers go to town this week, 8 April 1833 (19) Letter from Sir Cuthbert Sharp to John Buddle, recommending Buddle prints a 'few of your sketches' and comment on the docks, 11 April 1833 (20) Extracts from the Brancepeth and Houghton-le-Spring parish registers concerning the Russell family made by Sir Cuthbert Sharp, 18 April 1833 (21) Letter from Emma Maria Hamilton, Exmouth, [Devon] to John Buddle, thanking him for writing the history of the Russell family and that her mother 'will give a different colouring to some facts' before it is published, 18 April 1833 (22) Letter from Mrs. Russell, Exmouth, [Devon] to John Buddle, thanking him for writing the family history, 25 April 1833 (23) Historical Memoir of the Russell Family, [by John Buddle], n.d. [1833] (24) Advertisement for The British Biography , to be published in quarterly parts, by Samuel Astley, Durham, 1833

Letter from Anthony Salvin, architect to Mr Cooke, in which he describes his walk near Petworth [West Sussex] to show his companion a house he was building nearby, 9 January 1866

Letter from C[harles] Tennyson, Brancepeth Castle to T.W. Hill asking him to contact Mr Scarth and suggest Lord Darlington's tenants attend a funeral procession to his vice lieutenant, 16 May 1822

Postcard of 'A Just and Righteous Cause' from Jim [Harle], 6 DLI to Tamer Harle, Wear Valley Hotel, Bishop Auckland concerning movements around County Durham and promising to write soon, postmarked 20 June 1914

Menu and proramme for the 52nd Battalion the Durham Light Infantry Christmas Dinner held at 105 Coblenzer [Koblenzer] Straße, Bonn, Germany, signed by those attending, 26 December 1919

Menu and programme for the 7th Battalion DLI officers' reunion dinner held at the Palatine Hotel, Sunderland, with list of those attending, 7 January 1922

Booklet entitled 'Amendments No. 1 To Year Book 1948-49', [1948]

Official Christmas card from Lt. Col Leather and officers of 2 DLI, 1953

Roll of members for Light Infantry Club, 31 March 1955

Roll of members for Light Infantry Club, 1 August 1965

Programme for 'the Ceremony of Sounding Retreat' for the 50th anniversary of VE Day celebrations at Palace Green, Durham City, 6 May 1995

Blank Christmas card from the Durham Light Infantry Association, n.d. [mid 20th century]

Embroidered bookmark with the DLI crest and possible theatres of war, n.d.

Nominal Roll of original other ranks for 18th (Service) Battalion DLI, 1914-1919

Battalion Camp Standing Orders of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion the Durham Light Infantry, 1904

List of members of the 16th Battalion the Durham Light Infantry Old Comrades' Association, with annotations, n.d. [c.1919]

The History of the locally raised 20th (Service) Battalion the Durham Light Infantry' by Lieut. Col. K.J.W. Leather, 1920

Silver Bugle - Treasures of the Light Infantry': guidebook to the exhibition at the DLI Museum and Arts Centre, Aykley Heads, Durham, with newspaper cutting glued in, 11 September - 10 October 1982

The Durham Light Infantry in Europe' by David Jarvis, North East Centre for Education About Europe occasional paper 1, 1988

Official handbook for the Durham County branch of the British Legion, 1938-1939

Register of the names of those who fell in the 1939-1945 war and are buried in the cemeteries and churchyards in the County of Durham, 1961

Abstract of title, 6 April 1741 - 28 May 1798, of premises in the Market Place, City of Durham, belonging to Anthony Wall Esq., 1798

Copy will, original dated 6 April 1744, of Jonathan Hall, Doctor of Divinity and one of the prebendaries of the Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin in Durham, 8 March 1798

Conditions of auction of, and description of property in the Market Place, Durham City (Lot 2) sold at auction, with details of money bid and successful bidder, 19 October 1797

11 and 12 June 1798 1) Anthony Hall of Yarm, Yorkshire, Esq. son and heir of Anthony Hall, formerly of London, merchant, and late of Flass, Esq., deceased, by Anna Hall (late his wife and now his widow, before her marriage Anna Barfoot) (2) Anna Hall of Yarm, widow, executrix of the will of Anna Hall late of Flass, spinster, deceased, only daughter and younger child of Anthony Hall and Anna now his widow (3) Henry Mills of Willington, Esq. (4) Thomas Salkeld of City of Durham, surgeon (5) Richard Summers of City of Durham, cordwainer (6) James Barry of City of Durham, currier (7) Peter Hunter of City of Durham, gent. (8) Robert Bumell of City of Durham, gent. Conveyance by lease and release by 1 to 5 of property specified in D/X 1594/35 to the use of (6) Consideration: £30 to (1) by 4 as deposit and making part of the purchase money of £575 to (1) by (5) [making a total of £605]

Copy award that Thomas Salkeld will pay £10 damages to Richard Summers for damage to a house belonging to him and lately occupies by Thomas Salkeld, 29 August 1799

2 August 1850 (1) James Bent Summers of Newton Grange, gent. (2) Thomas Scawin of the City of Durham, saddler Lease by (1) to (2) of property in D/X 1594/35 for 15 years Consideration: £35 rent p.a.

10 November 1924 (1) Thomas Boyd of Byland Lodge in the City of Durham, gent. and Selby Wetherell, plummer, of 25 Old Elvet in the City of Durham, Doctor of Medicine (2) Thomas Greenwell of Silver Street, City of Durham, provision merchant Agreement that (1) shall give to (2) the copies of the Statutory Declaration of William Fleming of Tudhoe, land agent dated 6 September 1924

Receipted bill for G.A. Carpenter and Sons' solicitors fees to Thomas Greenwell, Springwell Villas, Durham, 23 September 1924 - 26 January 1925

Letter from G.A. Carpenter and Sons, solicitors, 3 North Bailey, Durham City, to Thomas Greenwell, Esq. Springwell Villas, Durham, concerning release of property, 26 January 1925 Originally enclosed in D/X 15494/40

Letter from [Alfred, Lord] Tennyson, Aldworth, Haslemere, Surrey, to Mr Campbell thanking him for the 'excellent steel ingraving of President Garfield', written on mourning paper, 16 November 1881

Receipt for £24 being interest of £200 lent upon mortgage upon lands at Kepier unto Sir Ralph Cole Baronet by Sir Gilbert Gerard, 26 December 1674

Receipts for purchase of Kepyer by Sir Christopher Musgrave from Ralph Cole, for total of £1150, with memorandum that remaining sum of £50 to be paid, 27 November 1675 - 17 April 1676