Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 1785 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Thomas Harling of West Cornforth, miner and trade unionist
Covering Dates: 1868-1977
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Records deposited:16 September 2010 Acc: 7668
Catalogue Contents
Family records of Thomas Harling of West Cornforth (Ref: D/X 1785/1-20 /4)
Thomas Harling (1864-1931) lived in West Cornforth all his life. He was a coal miner and a very active trade unionist in the Cornforth district where he worked all his life. He held a number of public posts, including chairman and treasurer of Thrislington Miners' Lodge for 23 years. He was one of the Labour representatives for Cornforth township on Sedgefield Board of Guardians, Chairman of Cornforth Parish Council for 21 years and a member of the Committee of the Miners' Welfare Fund. He represented Sedgefield sub-district on the Durham County Public Assistance Committee, sat on the Executive Committee of Durham Aged Miners' Homes Association, was Chairman of Coxhoe Evening Classes Committee and Treasurer of Coxhoe Aged Miners' Homes Gala.
Thomas Harling was married to Elizabeth Kilbourne and had 4 children: Elizabeth, who died when she was 18, Hannah, whose daughter, Margery, deposited the family records, Anne Mary and John.
[Acc.: 7668]
Birth certificate for Thomas Harling born 26 May 1864 in Brandon, 3 September 1928
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1785/2[Acc.: 7668]
Certificate of baptism for Elizabeth Kilbourne, baptised in Brancepeth on 6 July 1868
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1785/3[Acc.: 7668]
Marriage certificate for Thomas Harling and Elizabeth Kilbourne married in Cornforth on 3 November 1887
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1785/4[Acc.: 7668]
Death certificate for Elizabeth Harling, nee Kilbourne, who died on 10 January 1932 in West Cornforth aged 63,
9 February 1932
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1785/5[Acc.: 7668]
Memorial card with details of burial of Thomas Harling, who died in West Cornforth on 22 February 1931 aged 66,
n.d. [1931]
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1785/6[Acc.: 7668]
Memorial card with details of burial of Elizabeth Harling, who died in West Cornforth on 10 January 1932 aged 63,
n.d. [1932]
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1785/7[Acc.: 7668]
Letters offering condolences sent to Elizabeth Harling after her husband's death, by friends and people with whom Thomas Harling worked, 23 February- 8 April 1931
(17 papers)
Ref: D/X 1785/8/1[Acc.: 7668]
Letters of Administration to the estate of Thomas Harling proved by the District Probate Registry at Durham, 2 April 1931
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1785/8/2[Acc.: 7668]
Receipt from J.W. Lodge, a solicitor from Sedgefield for proving Letters of Administration after Thomas Harling's death, 17 April 1931
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1785/9[Acc.: 7668]
Letters with condolences sent to Hannah Harling after her mother, Elizabeth Harling's death, 13-27 January 1932
(4 papers)
Ref: D/X 1785/10/1[Acc.: 7668]
Elizabeth Harling's will, 1 February 1932
(1 file)
Ref: D/X 1785/10/2[Acc.: 7668]
Receipt from J.W. Lodge, a solicitor from Sedgefield for proving Elizabeth Harling's will, 12 February 1932
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1785/11[Acc.: 7668]
Birth certificate for Hannah Harling born on 1 October 1893, 26 October 1893
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1785/12[Acc.: 7668]
Death certificate for Hannah Harling who died on 14 November 1968 in Newton Aycliffe aged 75. Certificate was issued to her younger sister, Annie Evans, 18 November 1968
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1785/13[Acc.: 7668]
Baptism certificate for Annie Mary Harling, born on 23 December 1898, baptised in Tudhoe on 2 January 1899
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1785/14[Acc.: 7668]
Marriage certificate for Annie Mary Harling and George Wilson Beverley at the Primitive Methodist Chapel in Ferryhill, 16 April 1924
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1785/15[Acc.: 7668]
Death certificate for George Wilson Beverley died 6 May 1977, 9 May 1977
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1785/16[Acc.: 7668]
Death certificate for Annie Mary Beverley, nee Harling died 10 October 1977
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1785/17[Acc.: 7668]
Extract from a birth certificate for Margery Evans born 28 June 1935 in Leeholme, n.d. [1980s/90s]
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1785/18/1[Acc.: 7668]
Newspaper cutting from the Illustrated Chronicle with photographs taken during the unveiling of the war memorial at Cornforth, 17 November 1924
Thomas Harling is on the lowest left photograph, standing next to the vicar.
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1785/18/2[Acc.: 7668]
Newspaper cutting from an unknown newspaper with a short article about Thomas Harling and his work as a miner in local collieries, Treasurer of the Thrislington Miners' Lodge and Chairman of Cornforth Parish Council among many other offices he had held, n.d. [c. 1928]
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1785/18/3[Acc.: 7668]
Newspaper cutting with obituary of Thomas Harling entitled: Coun. Thomas Harling. Death of well-known Cornforth Resident. Prominent Miners' Official, n.d. [1931]
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1785/19[Acc.: 7668]
Newspaper cutting from an unknown newspaper with a short notification of Thomas Harling's death. He was the son of John and Lily Harling. Thomas was named after his grandfather, John's father, n.d. [1940s]
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1785/20/1[Acc.: 7668]
Newspaper cutting from the Northern Echo with an article entitled Po stcards from the edge of war telling the romantic and tragic story of Hannah Harling and James Buddin, her fiance, 23 November 1998
Hannah played the organ at Metal Bridge Methodist Church.
James Buddin was a miner, but left for Australia where he enlisted in the Army and became a sapper in 3rd Field Coy, Australian Engineers, service no: 7105. He died on 21 April 1917 in France
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1785/20/2[Acc.: 7668]
Newspaper cutting from the Northern Echo with an article entitled Memories o f a lost loved one come to life with a story about Hannah Harling and James Buddin, 24 November 1998
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1785/20/3[Acc.: 7668]
Copy of a newspaper cutting from the Northern Leader with an article entitled A story of war, love and two mining towns about Hannah Harling and James Buddin's dreams taken away by the war, 21 April 2005
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1785/20 /4[Acc.: 7668]
Newspaper cutting from the Northern Echo with an article entitled: Remembered all over the world about Hannah Harling and her beloved one, Jim Buddin's lot, 12 November 2005
(1 paper, printed)
Photographs (Ref: D/X 1785/21-47)Ref: D/X 1785/21[Acc.: 7668]
Portrait photograph of Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Harling, taken shortly before she died when she was about 18, n.d. [c. 1906]
Photograph taken in Jos. Gardner's studio in Old Cornforth
(1 photograph, 6 cm x 10 cm, sepia]
Ref: D/X 1785/22[Acc.: 7668]
Studio photograph of Harling family, n.d. [c. 1913]
Thomas and Elizabeth Harling (nee Kilbourne) are sitting with their son John. Their daughters are standing behind them: Hannah, Anne Mary and Elizabeth. Elizabeth was already dead when the photograph was taken and her figure was taken from an earlier photograph of her and set into the family photograph
(1 photograph, 53.5 cm x 43.5 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/23[Acc.: 7668]
Studio photograph of John Harling and his wife Lily with their 3 year old son Thomas, n.d. [1920s]
(1 photograph, 4 cm x 5 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/24[Acc.: 7668]
Photograph of two boys, Robert, the smaller one and, Thomas Mr Thomas Harling's grandsons, playing cricket in a back yard, n.d. [1920s]
Thomas had meningitis when he was 16 and died two years later;
Robert had kidney problems and died aged 33
(1 photograph, 6 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/25[Acc.: 7668]
Photograph of Thomas Harling taking part in Coxhoe May Day procession, n.d. [1920s]
Thomas is wearing a trilby and is walking next to a man holding the Durham Miners' Association banner
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/26[Acc.: 7668]
Photograph of group of people sitting in a charabanc, n.d. [1920s]
Thomas Harling is sitting in the fourth row beside an unknown woman who is between him and his wife, Elizabeth.
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm x 9 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/27[Acc.: 7668]
Photograph of group of people holding brooms, buckets, ladles, mugs and baskets in front of a building, n.d. [1920s]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/28[Acc.: 7668]
Studio photograph of Anne Mary Harling and George Beverley as a young couple, n.d. [1920s]
(1 photograph, 9 cm x 14 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/29[Acc.: 7668]
Photograph of Thomas Harling smoking a pipe while sitting on a bench with his grandson Thomas, enjoying the sun light in the back yard of a house, n.d. [c. 1927]
(1 photograph, 6.5 cm x 9 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/30[Acc.: 7668]
Photograph of Thomas Harling with his son John and grandson Thomas in front of a house, n.d. [c. 1927]
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm x 13.5 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/31[Acc.: 7668]
Photograph of Hannah Harling sitting on a bench in the back yard with her brother's son, Thomas, n.d. [c. 1927]
(1 photograph, 6.5 cm x 9 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/32[Acc.: 7668]
Photograph of Hannah Harling with her husband William Evans at the seaside, n.d. [c. 1935]
(1 photograph, 9 cm x 14 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/33[Acc.: 7668]
Studio photograph of Hannah Harling and William Evans with their infant daughter, Margery, n.d. [c. 1937]
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm x 13.5 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/34[Acc.: 7668]
Studio photograph of Anne Mary and George Beverley with their son about 12, holding a dog, n.d. [1950s]
(1 photograph, 9 cm x 14 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/35[Acc.: 7668]
Photograph of Hannah and her sister Anne Mary, in front of a house in Leeholme, n.d. [1950s]
(1 photograph, 9 cm x 6.5 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/36[Acc.: 7668]
Photograph of Anne Mary and George Beverley walking down a crowded street, n.d. [1950s]
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm x 6.5 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/37[Acc.: 7668]
Photograph of Anne Mary and George Beverley with 6 year old David, son of Margery, who was Anne's niece, n.d. [1960s]
(1 photograph, 9 cm x 12.5 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/38[Acc.: 7668]
Photograph of Anne Mary and George Beverley celebrating their golden wedding with a cake, n.d. [1974]
(1 photograph, 9 cm x 9 cm, colour)
Ref: D/X 1785/39[Acc.: 7668]
Photograph of Anne Mary and George Beverley sitting at a table, during a family event, n.d. [1970s]
(1 photograph, 12.5 cm x 9 cm, colour)
Ref: D/X 1785/40[Acc.: 7668]
Studio photograph of Jim Buddin, Hannah Harling's fiance, who died in the war in 1917 in France, n.d. [c. 1910]
(1 photograph, 9 cm x 14 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/41[Acc.: 7668]
Studio photograph of Jim Buddin taken shortly before he left for Australia, where he enlisted in the Army, n.d. [c.1910]
(1 photograph, 12.5 cm x 16 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/42[Acc.: 7668]
Photograph of Jim Buddin in Australian Army uniform, standing in a cemetery with a poplar tree behind him, n.d. [c. 1916]
Inscription on the back: One for Mother as I heard her say yours would never leave her place- Jim,
(1 photograph, 4.5 cm x 7 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/43[Acc.: 7668]
Postcard photograph of a Methodist Church in Corrimal, Australia with Broker's Nose Mountain in the distance, n.d. [c. 1910]
Jim was looking there for a place for him and Hannah to settle down, but he went to war shortly after.
Photograph produced by Broadhurst Postcard Publisher, 29 Alt Street, Ashfield, N.S.W., Australia
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/44[Acc.: 7668]
Portrait photograph of Hannah Harling and Jim Buddin in Australian Army uniform, 12 September 1916
Photograph taken in John R. Edis' studio, 52 Saddler Street, Durham
(1 photograph, 14.5 cm x 20 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/45[Acc.: 7668]
Photograph of Jim Buddin, first on the left, in Australian Army uniform with another Australian soldier, sitting on dromedaries in front of the Sphinx and a pyramid, accompanied by four nomads with a donkey, n.d. [c. 1916]
(1 photograph, 24 cm x 18 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/46[Acc.: 7668]
Studio photograph of Jim Buddin standing between two men, all in Australian Army uniforms, n.d. [c. 1916]
Inscription on the back: Have you ever seen anything like this. This is in Egypt
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm x 6.5 cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 1785/47[Acc.: 7668]
Photograph of wooden cross marking Jim Buddin's grave in the field, near Rouen Hospital, France where he died from wounds on 21 April 1917, after being hit by a shell while digging trenches, January 1919
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm x 13.5 cm, black and white)
