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Edleston family of Gainford

Reference: D/Ed 7 Catalogue Title: Edleston family of Gainford Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Summerhouse Parish

Covering Dates: c.1820-1877

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  • Edleston family of Gainford
    • Edleston family of Gainford (Ref: D/Ed)
    • Summerhouse Parish (Ref: D/Ed 7)
    • Summerhouse Church of England School (Ref: D/Ed 7/1-5)
    • Correspondence (Ref: D/Ed 7/6-27)
    • Letters to Rev. J. Birkbeck of T.F. Scarth (Ref: D/Ed 7/6-7)
    • Letters to Rev. J. Edleston (Ref: D/Ed 7/8-9)
    • Concerning the appointment of a schoolmaster, 1869 - 1875 (Ref: D/Ed 7/10-16)
    • Letters of T.F. Scarth, p.p. Duke of Cleveland at Raby Castle (Ref: D/Ed 7/17-20)
    • Letters of representatives of the Duke of Cleveland at Raby Castle to A.B. Hutton at Gainford (Ref: D/Ed 7/21-23)
    • Letters about the sale of property at Summerhouse by Trinity College (Ref: D/Ed 7/24-27)

Catalogue Description

Summerhouse Parish

Catalogue Contents

Edleston family of Gainford (Ref: D/Ed)Summerhouse Parish (Ref: D/Ed 7)Summerhouse Church of England School (Ref: D/Ed 7/1-5)Ref: D/Ed 7/1

Income and Expenditure Account of the building of Summerhouse School, n.d. [c.1820]
(paper)

Ref: D/Ed 7/2

Note of J. Edleston about ordering registers and log book and writing to Parish Council office putting school under inspection at Summerhouse, 6 September 1867
(paper)

Ref: D/Ed 7/3-4

Receipts for subscriptions towards the salary of the Summerhouse schoolmaster and relief of widows and others, 26 August - 31 December 1869
(paper, 2 folios)

Ref: D/Ed 7/5

List of subscriptions to Summerhouse school, n.d. [c.late 19th Century]
(paper)

Correspondence (Ref: D/Ed 7/6-27)Letters to Rev. J. Birkbeck of T.F. Scarth (Ref: D/Ed 7/6-7)Ref: D/Ed 7/6

Informing him of the amount of annual subscriptions which the Duke of Cleveland will pay to Summerhouse School, 11 February 1846
(paper)

Ref: D/Ed 7/7

Discussing the possibility of establishing schools at Denton and Summerhouse by raising subscriptions, 1 October 1868
(paper)

Letters to Rev. J. Edleston (Ref: D/Ed 7/8-9)Ref: D/Ed 7/8

Of the Committee of the Council on Education in London, re application for annual aid for the Summerhouse school, 9 September 1867
(paper, printed form)

Ref: D/Ed 7/9

Of John Birkbeck at Denton, describing the poor state of Summerhouse school, 21 March 1868
(paper)

Concerning the appointment of a schoolmaster, 1869 - 1875 (Ref: D/Ed 7/10-16)Ref: D/Ed 7/10-11

Of T.S. Nowell at Heighington, December 1869 - 21 January 1870
(paper, 2 folios)

Ref: D/Ed 7/12

1869Of Rev. J. Dixon, 7 December
(paper)

Ref: D/Ed 7/13

Of C.T. Bowen, January 1870
(paper)

Ref: D/Ed 7/14-15

Of Robert Stephenson at Hope Town, Darlington, 6 April 1870 - 6 January 1875
(paper, 2 folios)

Ref: D/Ed 7/16

Of W.T. Scarth at Raby Castle, 18 June 1872
(paper)

Letters of T.F. Scarth, p.p. Duke of Cleveland at Raby Castle (Ref: D/Ed 7/17-20)Ref: D/Ed 7/17(I)

Proposing to give J. Edleston's letter to the Duke of Cleveland on his return, 23 August 1870
(paper)

Ref: D/Ed 7/17(II)

Draft letter from J. Edleston to Duke of Cleveland considering the best course of action in the matter of the Summerhouse school in view of the Elementary Education Bill, 16 August 1870 Enclosure in D/Ed 7/17(I)
(paper)

Ref: D/Ed 7/18

Stating that the Duke of Cleveland feels that the two schools of Denton and Summerhouse should be united, 10 September 1870
(paper)

Ref: D/Ed 7/19

Of A.B. Hutton at Gainford asking for an address in London to which Educational Returns should be sent, 6 December 1870
(paper)

Ref: D/Ed 7/20

Of Samuel Powell at Summerhouse about a meeting to discuss school accommodation for the Townships of Summerhouse, Denton and Walworth, 31 January 1874
(paper)

Letters of representatives of the Duke of Cleveland at Raby Castle to A.B. Hutton at Gainford (Ref: D/Ed 7/21-23)Ref: D/Ed 7/21

Concerning the future plans for Summerhouse and Denton schools, 22 November 1870
(paper)

Ref: D/Ed 7/22

Informing him that the Duke of Cleveland wishes Summerhouse school to be run by a board of governors, 28 November 1870
(paper)

Ref: D/Ed 7/23

About the collection of rent from Summerhouse school by William Brown, 29 May 1871
(paper)

Letters about the sale of property at Summerhouse by Trinity College (Ref: D/Ed 7/24-27)Ref: D/Ed 7/24-26

Letters between Rev. J. Edleston and W. Aldis Wright, Bursar of Trinity College, Cambridge, 18 - 26 April 1877
(paper, 3 folios)

Ref: D/Ed 7/27

Letter of (G. Naylor) of the Copyhold Commission at London to Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford; endorsed with draft letter of J. Edleston to the Bursar, Trinity College, 25 April 1877
(paper)



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