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Strathmore Estate

Reference: D/St/X Catalogue Title: Strathmore Estate Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Local Affairs

Covering Dates: 1675-1929

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Strathmore Estate

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Strathmore Estate (Ref: D/St)Local Affairs (Ref: D/St/X)County Durham and Yorkshire Elections (where no Family Member standing) (Ref: D/St/X01)County Durham, 1675-1925 (Ref: D/St/X1/1-14)Ref: D/St/X1/1

Votes of Durham freeholders at the election of two knights, 21 June 1675

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X1/2

Photograph of the deed of appointment of John Tempest and Thomas Vane, elected as knights of the shire, 21 June 1675

(1 photograph)

Ref: D/St/X1/3

'Memorandum on the poll, Whickham Fellside', 24 August 1698

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X1/4

Addresses and handbills for the Durham County election, 1820

(80 papers, printed)

Ref: D/St/X1/5

Canvassing return for Barnard Castle, Staindrop, Cleatlam, Barford, Cockfield and Whorlton, 1820

(1 file)

Ref: D/St/X1/6

Canvassing book for the Durham election contested by John George, Lambton, William Powlett and Richard Wharton, 1820

(1 volume, leather half bound, and 2 papers)

Ref: D/St/X1/7

Song lyrics for 'Charlie O'Redworthdean', tune 'Jock O'Hazledean', relating to a North Durham election 'won by Elliott', n.d. [19th c.]

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X1/8

Copy of a circular urging farmers in the parish of Whickham to support candidates in the forthcoming Local Board election who oppose the rating of farm houses, n.d. [1850s]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X1/9

Poll at the election of two knights to represent ... the Southern Division of the County of Durham, 21 July 1865

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X1/10

(1 volume, cloth bound, printed)

Ref: D/St/X1/11

List of voters in the Whickham Polling District No. 13, 1871

(3 papers, printed)

Ref: D/St/X1/12

Register of persons entitled to vote at any election of a member or members to serve in Parliament for the Barnard Castle Division ... between 7 November 1885 and 1 January 1887

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X1/13

Barnard Castle Parliamentary Division register for the township of Streatlam and Stainton, 1911

(4 papers, printed)

Ref: D/St/X1/14

Circular from Cuthbert Headlam MP, to an unspecified person with a review of the first Session of Parliament, and an account of his own activities in Parliament on behalf of County Durham, 11 August 1925

(1 paper, printed)

Yorkshire, c.1745-1840 (Ref: D/St/X1/15-20)Ref: D/St/X1/15

Circular letter from George Savile reporting on a meeting in which he was proposed to represent the County of York in parliament in place of Sir Thomas Wentworth, now Lord Malton, and seeking the support of the vote and interest of the addressees, n.d. [c.1745]

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X1/16

List of people who voted for Sir Miles Stapylton, bart., at the last election for the county of York, whose votes are to be objected to before the House of Commons, n.d. [18th c.]

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X1/17

Address and resolutions of the Committee of Association of the County of York, concerning parliamentary reform, York, 1781

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X1/18

Lists of voters in the 1832 North Riding election, 1832

(2 papers and 1 file)

Ref: D/St/X1/19

Copy list of people entitled to vote in the Yorkshire, North Riding election, Gilling West Division, 1840

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X1/20

Card requesting support for E.S. Cayley in the Yorkshire, North Riding election, n.d. [c.1841]

(1 paper, printed)

Local Bills and Acts (with Related Papers): Roads, 1742-1829 (Ref: D/St/X02/1-10)Ref: D/St/X2/1

Act for repairing the road from Boroughbridge to Piercebridge, and Bill for enlarging the powers of the Act, 1742 and n.d.

(2 papers and 1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X2/2

Act for repairing the road from the end of Middleton Tyas Lane to Bowes, 1743/4

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X2/3

Bill and Act for repairing the road from Sunderland to the city of Durham, 1746/7 and n.d.

(2 files, printed)

Ref: D/St/X2/4

Bill for enlarging the powers of an Act for repairing the road from Catherick bridge to the city of Durham, n.d. [post 1747]

(3 papers, printed)

Ref: D/St/X2/5

Act for repairing the road from Bowes to the turnpike road near Sunderland Bridge with amending Acts, 1752, 1813 and n.d.

(3 files, printed)

Ref: D/St/X2/6

Bill for enlarging the powers of an Act for repairing the road from Darlington to West Auckland and other roads, with petition to Parliament for said bill, 1755

(1 file, printed, and 1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X2/7

Act for amending and widening roads from Gatherley Moor to Staindrop and from Smallways to Winston, and for building a bridge at Winston, with related petitions, memoranda, etc., 1760 - 1761

(4 papers, and 1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X2/8

Plan of part of the road from Gateshead to Dilston Bar, Northumberland, and of the intended road from Swalwell to near Gateshead with account of objections to the Bill, n.d. (watermark 1798)

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X2/9

Notice stating the benefits to trade between Newcastle and Hexham, and Alston and Penrith, if the road from Hexham to Cumberland was improved, n.d. [18th c.]

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X2/10

Act for amending the Act of 1792 for repairing the road from Middleton-in-Teesdale to the Edge with a branch to Eggleston Bridge, and further amending Act, 1808 and 1829

(2 files, printed)

Local Bills and Acts (with Related Papers): Railways, 1818-1846 (Ref: D/St/X03/1-5)Ref: D/St/X3/1

Bill for making and maintaining a railway from the River Tees at Stockton to Railey Fell, with branches to Yarm Bridge, Piercebridge and Howlish Lane, with observations, 1818 - 1819

(2 files and 1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X3/2

Acts for the making and extending of a railway from the River Tees, near Haverton Hill, Billingham, to Sim Pasture Farm, Heighington (Clarence Railway Co.), 1828 - 1833

(4 files and 3 papers, printed)

Ref: D/St/X3/3

Prospectus of the Gateshead, South Shields and Monkwearmouth Railway, inviting share applications, 1835

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X3/4

List of directors' meetings of the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway, 1841

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X3/5

A Bill for making a railway to connect the Great North of England Railway with the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, with branches, to be called 'The York and Carlisle Railway', 1846

(1 file, printed)

Local Government: Justices of the Peace and the Courts, 17th century-1929 (Ref: D/St/X04/1-5)Ref: D/St/X4/1

Treatise relating to the office of Justice of the Peace with table of statutes, n.d. [17th c.]

(1 volume, printed, no binding)

Ref: D/St/X4/2

Extracts from legal works and statutes concerning royal prerogative and local courts, n.d. [17th c.]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X4/3

Petition of the Commissioners of Excise and Hearth Money concerning justices' objections to receiving hearth money, n.d. [mid 17th c.]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X4/4

Notice of a Quarter Sessions order concerning the fees payable to J.P.'s Clerks in Yorkshire, North Riding , 1732

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X4/5

Standing orders of the Court of Quarter Sessions, Yorkshire, North Riding, 1929

(1 volume, printed, leather bound)

Local Government: Parish Administration (Ref: D/St/X05)Streatlam and Wemmergill Area, early 18th century-1881 (Ref: D/St/X5/1-10)Ref: D/St/X5/1

Petition of the inhabitants of Westwick and Marwood to the justices concerning the payment of poor sess to Barnard Castle, n.d. [early 18th c.]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X5/2

'Case of 2 children to be provided for' by the towns of Mickleton and Lonton, 1749

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X5/3

Examinations and legal opinion concerning the settlement of William, Agnes and Jane Smith being removed from Longmanton, Westmorland, to Lunedale, 1752

(3 papers)

Ref: D/St/X5/4

4 June 1753 (1) Samuel Marriot of Morpeth, Northumberland, gent. (2) Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of Staindrop, Streatlam and Stainton Bond in £500 to indemnify (2) from expenses of maintenance of Robert Labron, with doctor's bill and account of funeral expenses, October 1767

(1 file and 3 papers)

Ref: D/St/X5/5

Notice of William Vint, school master, to the legal poor inhabitants of Barnard Castle concerning the rights of the poor to Barnard Castle moor, and the inefficiency and corruptness of the parish officials, 30 May 1754

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X5/6

List of poor in Streatlam, Cleatlam and Stainton receiving sess, n.d. [18th c.]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X5/7

Highway book for the township of Streatlam and Stainton, comprising lists of utensils, plan of allotments and roads, annual accounts of statute work, accounts of surveyors' receipts and expenditure, etc. (Surveyors include John Colpitts, agent), 1801 - 1842

(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/St/X5/8

Letter from Thomas Crosland, Overseer of the Poor of Templenewsam, Leeds, to the Overseers of the Poor of Cockfield concerning the settlement of John Ramsden, 13 February 1808

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X5/9

Notice from the Poor Law Commissioners concerning the uniting of parishes under the Teesdale Union and the setting up of a Board of Guardians of the Poor, 24 January 1837

(2 papers, printed)

Ref: D/St/X5/10

List of numbers of paupers relieved in the Teesdale Union, with census of townships, 1 October 1887 - 4 May 1881

(1 file)

Gibside Area, 1699-1882 (Ref: D/St/X5/11-14)Ref: D/St/X5/11

Draft of memorial to be entered in the parish book concerning bequests of Ralph Harrison, deceased, of Brainslope, Tanfield, to the use of the poor of the parishes of Whickham, Ryton, Boldon, Gateshead and Chester, and the chapelries of Tanfield and Lamesley, 1699

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X5/12

Churchwardens' accounts of receipts and expenditure for the parish of Whickham, 1699 - 1703

(6 papers)

Ref: D/St/X5/13

Instructions by John Eden to the Overseers of the Poor of Tanfield to give further relief to John Gardiner and family or put them into the poor house, 16 June 1774

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X5/14

Notice of a ratepayers meeting to nominate Overseers of the Poor for the parish of Whickham, 17 March 1882

(1 paper, printed)

Miscellaneous, 1887-1926 (Ref: D/St/X5/15-21)Ref: D/St/X5/15

Regulations made by the Teesdale Union Rural Sanitary Authority under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1886, and the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, 1885, 1 October 1887

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X5/16

Byelaws of Blaydon U.D.C. relating to cleaning of pavements, refuse, privies, nuisances, lodging houses, streets, slaughter houses and offensive trades, London, 29 October 1898

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X5/17

Byelaws of Whickham U.D.C. relating to cleaning of pavements, refuse, privies, nuisances, lodging houses, streets, slaughter houses and offensive trades, Gateshead, 1903

(1 volume, printed, card bound)

Ref: D/St/X5/18

List of Private Acts of Parliament relating to Cumberland, Durham and Westmorland, 1729 - 1883, London, n.d., 1912

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X5/19

List of Private Acts of Parliament relating to Yorkshire, 1718 - 1883, London, n.d. [1912]

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X5/20

Byelaws of Startforth R.D.C., Barnard Castle, 1915

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X5/21

Circular from North Riding County Council concerning the renovation of cottages under the Housing (Rural Workers) Act, 1926

(1 paper, printed)

Militia, 1765-19th century (Ref: D/St/X06/1-4)Ref: D/St/X6/1

Directions from the Earl of Scarborough, Lord Lieutenant of County Durham, to his deputy concerning finance, the militia and weapons, n.d. [17th c.]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X6/2

Note by William Cuming certifying that he has paid £2 10s. to families of the militia men by the order of Captain Milbanks, 22 December 1765

(2 papers)

Ref: D/St/X6/3

Certificate of attendance for Bartholomew Dickinson of Whickham, a member of the Durham Militia, for attending the annual exercise at Barnard Castle in Captain Surtees's Company for 28 days beginning 9 June 1766

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X6/4

Cloth-covered card box containing wooden slides, wooden figures, and ruled and blank papers, with printed 'Explanation of figures prepared for the elucidation of company drill', made by Parker, Furnivall and Parker, Military Library, Whitehall, London, n.d. [19th c.]

(54 figures, 10 slides, 21 papers, 2-part container)

Canal and Turnpike Bodies: Stockton to Winston Canal, 1767-1769 (Ref: D/St/X07/1)Ref: D/St/X7/1

Copy minutes, reports and list of subscribers concerning a proposal to build a canal from Stockton to Winston, 1767 - 1769

(1 file)

Canal and Turnpike Bodies: Brough to Wolsingham (via Middleton-in-Teesdale) Turnpike (Ref: D/St/X08)

The 10th Earl of Strathmore, James Farrer and Thomas Wheldon were all trustees of this project and Richard Dobson was the clerk.

Preparatory Work, 1810-1817 (Ref: D/St/X8/1-7)Ref: D/St/X8/1

Survey of the proposed road by John Rodham, and statement of the proposed bridge at Middleton-in-Teesdale, with plans, 1810

(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/St/X8/2

Calculation of distances on the proposed road as measured by John Rodham, 1810

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X8/3

Statement of the proposed road and bridge, note of resolution made at a meeting of landowners concerning the erection of the bridge between Middleton and Lonton, and petition, 21 February - 22 March 1810 and n.d.

(3 papers)

Ref: D/St/X8/4

Circular asking for subscriptions for a new turnpike road from Wolsingham to Brough, with a copy of the surveyor's report on the reverse, 13 October 1810

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X8/5

Draft notice of application to Parliament for Act, draft petition of the Earl of Strathmore and others, and draft subscription list, 1811

(3 papers)

Ref: D/St/X8/6

Calculation of distances on the proposed new road by John Rodham, 27 January 1817

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X8/7

Act for making and keeping in repair a carriage road from Brough-under-Stainmore, Westmoreland, to Middleton Bridge in the parish of Romaldkirk, with a branch to Eggleston Bridge, 16 June 1817

(1 file, printed)

Minutes, 1817-1834 (Ref: D/St/X8/8-9)Ref: D/St/X8/8

Minutes of the meetings of the trustees, 10 July 1817 - 16 January 1822

(1 volume, card bound, and 1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X8/9

Minutes of the meetings of the trustees, 29 November 1821 - 13 May 1834

(1 volume, card bound, and 1 paper)

Accounts and Other Financial Records, 1820-1869 (Ref: D/St/X8/10-17)Ref: D/St/X8/10

Copy report stressing the need for more money for the Brough and Middleton road, 29 December 1820

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X8/11

Statements of general income and expenditure, gate rents, and miscellaneous bills, 1822 - 1832

(3 papers)

Ref: D/St/X8/12

Notice of letting of building of two bridges over the River Lune at Grains O'Beck and on the turnpike road between Brough and Middleton bridge, 27 March 1823

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X8/13

Accounts of repairs and labour expenditure, and gatekeepers' rent accounts, 1827 - 1831

(1 file and 43 papers)

Ref: D/St/X8/14

Trustees of the Brough and Middleton road in account with Richard Dobson, clerk, detailing receipts and expenditure, 1828 - 1833

(19 papers and 1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/St/X8/15

Accounts of trustees' disbursements including labourers' wages, 1831 - 1833

(17 papers)

Ref: D/St/X8/16

Notices from the House of Lords to Richard Dobson, clerk of the Brough and Middleton Trust, asking for accounts of the number of toll gates, 1832 - 1833

(2 papers, printed)

Ref: D/St/X8/17

General statements of income and expenditure, accounts and labourers' bills, 1848 - 1869

(7 papers)

Correspondence, 1842-1864 (Ref: D/St/X8/18)Ref: D/St/X8/18

Letters from various people to Ralph Dent concerning the Brough and Middleton turnpike road, including the auction of tolls, trustees' meetings, accounts, etc., 1842 - 1864

(62 papers, some printed)

Canal and Turnpike Bodies: Other Turnpikes, 1752-1871 (Ref: D/St/X09/1-4)Ref: D/St/X9/1

Papers concerning loans for the Stockton to Barnard Castle turnpike road, debts and interest due to creditors, including George Bowes and subsequently the Earl of Strathmore, 1752 - 1772

(3 papers)

Ref: D/St/X9/2

Statement of income and expenditure of Bishop Auckland turnpike, 1780 - 1789

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X9/3

'Proposals delivered in for the different lots of Road published to be let at Wemmergill', running from Bowbank westwards, 14 October 1811

(1 file)

Ref: D/St/X9/4

General statements of income and expenditure of the Stockton and Barnard Castle, Boroughbridge and Durham, and Darlington and Cockerton Bridge United trusts, with consent of Ralph Dent and John Bowes, creditors, to the union of the trusts, etc., 1860 - 1871

(11 papers, some printed)

Tees Fishery Board (Ref: D/St/X10)

John Bowes was a member of the Landowners' Association and both he and Ralph Dent served on the Board of Conservators and the Joint Fishery Committee.

Landowners' Association, 1862-1866 (Ref: D/St/X10/1-3)Ref: D/St/X10/1

Rules of the Tees Salmon Fisheries, Landowners' Association, 1862

(1 file, printed, and 1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X10/2

Letters from Joseph Dodds, Secretary and Treasurer of the Landowners' Association, to John Bowes and Ralph Dent concerning John Bowes' subscriptions, with subscription list, 29 July - 11 October 1862

(4 papers)

Ref: D/St/X10/3

Notices and minutes of meetings of the Landowners' Association, 28 August 1865 - 16 October 1866

(5 papers, printed)

Board of Conservators, 1866-1926 (Ref: D/St/X10/4-7)Ref: D/St/X10/4

Certificate confirming John Bowes' election as a Conservator of the Tees Fishery District with covering letter from Joseph Dodds, 7 June - 6 December 1866

(2 papers)

Ref: D/St/X10/5

Summaries of accounts of the Conservators of the Tees Fishery District, 1866 - 1869

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X10/6

Notices and minutes of meetings of the Board of Conservators, 8 October 1866 - 22 May 1877

(17 papers, printed)

Ref: D/St/X10/7

Annual reports of the Board of Conservators with annual statements of accounts and comparative statement of weight and value of fish caught, 1923 - 1926

(4 files and 4 papers, printed)

Tees Fishery - Miscellaneous, 1860-1924 (Ref: D/St/X10/8-13)Ref: D/St/X10/8

Minutes of a meeting of the Joint Fishery Committee at Darlington, at which Ralph Dent and John Bowes were appointed members, 16 June 1860

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X10/9

Minutes of meetings of landowners, anglers and others, 2 - 7 October 1861

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X10/10

Letters from Joseph Dodds, Secretary and Treasurer of the Landowners' Association, etc. to Ralph Dent (with replies and related correspondence) concerning subscriptions, poaching, salmon stocks, etc., 29 July 1862 - 21 April 1868

(22 papers)

Ref: D/St/X10/11

Accounts of assets and liabilities of the Tees Salmon Fishery Board and statement of licence duty paid in the Tees Salmon Fishery District, 1886

(8 papers, some printed)

Ref: D/St/X10/12

Report to the Dinsdale Dam Committee of the Tees Salmon Fishery Board concerning the state of the dam, 14 July 1893

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X10/13

Notes on a joint meeting of the Tees Fishery Board and the Cleveland Ironmasters' Association, concerning river pollution, 6 June 1924

(2 papers)

Other Fishery Boards, 1870-1866 (Ref: D/St/X10/14-15)Ref: D/St/X10/14

Letter from John H. Phillips, Secretary of the Yorkshire District Salmon Fisheries [to Ralph Dent or John Bowes] concerning the establishment of an organisation to bring a bill before Parliament to amend Salmon Fishery Acts, 22 January 1870

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X10/15

Report of the Fisheries Preservation Association, with list of rules and regulations, and letters from its President, Lord Llanover, to John Bowes and Ralph Dent asking for subscriptions, 1866

(4 papers, some printed)

Local Rivers (Ref: D/St/X11)River Hull, 1836 (Ref: D/St/X11/1)Ref: D/St/X11/1

Report of the proceedings of the committee of owners of property on both banks of the River Hull, Hull, 1836; concerning measures in progress or in contemplation for improvement of town and port, and the effect they might have on property

(1 file, printed)

River Tees, 1852-1923 (Ref: D/St/X12/1-2)Ref: D/St/X12/1

John Murray, Proposed Improvement of The Estuary of the River Tees, 1852

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X12/2

Report on hydrographical conditions of the River Tees (Report no. 50 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Standing Committee on Rivers Pollution) 1923

(25 papers)

River Tyne (Ref: D/St/X13/1-3)Ref: D/St/X13/1

Prospectus of the Tyne Dock Co. with plan of the proposed dock near Jarrow Slake, 1838

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X13/2

Report and plan by Mr. Walker on River Tyne improvements, 15 November 1853

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X13/3

'Proceedings on a deputation' covering the construction of a harbour of refuge at the River Tyne, 6 - 7 March 1854

(1 file, printed)

Local Societies: Agricultural Societies (Ref: D/St/X14/1-8)Ref: D/St/X14/1

Notice of Barnard Castle Agricultural Society competitions for 1839

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X14/2

Rules and members' list of the Chester-le-Street and District Farmers Club and Agricultural Society, 2 December 1863

(1 volume, printed, card bound)

Ref: D/St/X14/3

Reprint of an article from the Teesdale Mercury concerning Staindrop Farmers' Club, 5 December 1876

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X14/4

Newspaper cutting about the Cleveland Chamber of Agriculture quarterly meeting at Guisbrough, n.d. [c.1882]

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X14/5

Report of the Special Committee on Agricultural Science Classes, Darlington Chamber of Agriculture, 1886 - 1887

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X14/6

Poster advertising Barnard Castle Agricultural Society annual meeting, 1898

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X14/7

Annual report of the Darlington Chamber of Agriculture, 1923

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X14/8

Annual Directors' Reports and Accounts of the Teesdale Associated Farmers Ltd., 1923 - 1924

(2 papers, printed)

Local Societies: Society of the Sons of the Clergy, 1746-1828 (Ref: D/St/X15/1-2)Ref: D/St/X15/1

An apology for the annual collections made towards the support of Clergyman widows and orphans in Durham and Northumberland, preached at the annual meeting of the Sons of the Clergy at Newcastle by Thomas Sharp, 1746

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X15/2

Report, rules and regulations of the Society of the Sons of the Clergy in the diocese of Durham, 1828

(1 file, printed)

Local Societies: Miscellaneous, 1815-1912 (Ref: D/St/X16/1-4)Ref: D/St/X16/1

Commemorative article on the birthday of William Pitt, by the Northumberland and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Pitt Club, 27 May 1815

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X16/2

Catalogue of volumes of the Barnard Castle Book Society, n.d. [1830s]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X16/3

Catalogue of books in the library of the Barnard Castle Mechanics Institution, 1839

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X16/4

Rules and regulations of the Old Raby Hunt Club, 1912

(1 volume, printed, cloth bound)

Miscellaneous, 1693-1921 (Ref: D/St/X17/1-36)Ref: D/St/X17/1

Rules for keepers of the forest [of Lune], n.d. [late 17th c.]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/2

Copy of terrier of rectory of Middleton-in-Teesdale, 1693

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/3

Song lyrics written by John Fallowfield, 'huntsman and brewer, to Sir William Bowes', about the bowling green and dog races at Stainton Hill, n.d. [early 18th c.]

(2 papers)

Ref: D/St/X17/4

List of public houses in Barnard Castle, Darlington, etc., n.d. [18th c.]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/5

Account of money expended on an unnamed church, 1742

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/6

List of land tax and window tax received from Darlington Ward, South-East Division, 25 March 1750

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/7

List of the scholars at Marley Hill, 1758

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/8

List of horses etc. which are entered to run on 'Newe Town Moor' on 23 - 28 June 1766 and list of prizes, with illustration of a horse race

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/9

Notice about the Assize of Bread to take place in the town and county of Newcastle, November 1766

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X17/10

Memorandum of an agreement with William Tinkler, school-master, concerning payments of scholars, subscriptions, etc., May 1768

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/11

Pedigree of the horse 'Twig' drawn up by William Cornforth of Barforth, 20 January 1770,

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/12

Part of a certificate confirming that duties have been paid on tobacco and that the tobacco may now be carried by wagon to its purchasers in Staindrop, Cockfield, Evenwood, Etherley and West Auckland, 1783

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/13

Details of a raffle for a watch and a violin to be held at the Newcastle Arms, Quayside, September 1787

(3 papers)

Ref: D/St/X17/14

Copy extracts from the parish registers of Newcastle (St. Nicholas), Bath (St. Peter and Paul), Whittington and Edlingham for Cuthbert Swinbourne, Sir John Swinburn, Ralph Clavering, Bryan Salvin and Nicholas Fenwick, [1800]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/15

Extracts from Hutchinson's History of Durham relating to Ravensworth, Eighton, Lamesley and Chowdon, n.d. [c.1801]

(3 papers)

Ref: D/St/X17/16

Way bill for an express letter from Stokesley to Darlington, 22 August 1803

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/17

List of subscribers for improvements to the town of Barnard Castle, 1807

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/18

Sale notice and catalogue of the improved short-horned cattle and Leicestershire sheep of Charles Colling of Ketton, 11 September - 12 October 1810

(3 papers, printed)

Ref: D/St/X17/19

Sale catalogue of cattle, sheep, etc. belonging to James Brown of Aldbrough near Richmond, North Yorkshire, to be sold by auction on the 29 and 30 October 1811 by Mr. Kingston of Stockton-upon-Tees

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X17/20

Copy burial entry, 1793, for Ann Cornforth of Sunderland, 12 October 1812

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/21

List of freeholders in Barnard Castle, 1813

(1 file)

Ref: D/St/X17/22

Sale catalogue of the household furniture of Sir Henry Vane Tempest, deceased, to be sold at Wynyard Hall, 10 October 1814

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X17/23

George Lewis Hollingsworth, A Plain Statement of Facts concerning the cause of the failure of the Durham, Darlington, and Thirsk Banks, London, 1815

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X17/24

Greta Bridge and Barnard Castle, post-office time bill of collections, 1815

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/25

List of subscribers to a school-house for Cotherstone and Hunderthwaite, n.d. [early 19th c.]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/26

List of subscribers to the building of a school-house at Dunston, including Sir Thomas Henry Liddell and Partners, n.d. [early 19th c.]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/27

Catalogue of livestock belonging to Mr. Charge, Newton, Yorkshire, North Riding, to be auctioned 14 and 15 October 1828

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X17/28

Reply to a statement of Dr. Phillpotts read in House of Commons, 22 November 1830, impugning the correctness of allegations in a a petition to the King from the inhabitants of Stanhope concerning the rectory of Stanhope, 26 November 1830

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/St/X17/29

List of labourers' children at Streatlam and Stainton receiving and not receiving education, 25 August 1834

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/30

Miscellaneous notes on 16th century politicians, aristocrats, etc. [compiled for Sir Cuthbert Sharp in his work on the 1569 Northern Rebellion], n.d. (watermark 1841)

(1 volume, leather half bound, and 1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/31

Accounts of 'Stainton school with the Rev. G. Dugard treasurer', 1850 - 1852

(2 papers)

Ref: D/St/X17/32

Printed scale of charges for quarterly consumption of water by meter, Consett Waterworks Company, 1893

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X17/33

Tees Valley Water Board, scales of charges authorised to be taken for a supply of water by meter for manufacturing purposes, 1899

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X17/34

List of persons employed at Barnard Castle station, n.d. [19th c.]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/St/X17/35

'List of special sales for fat and store stock to be held at Gateshead Mart during 1903', together with John D.M. Jarret's tables of 'live and dead weight of fat cattle and sheep', ready reckoner and auction mart guide

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/St/X17/36

Poster advertising the conditions of sale of stock at Barnard Castle and Teesdale Farmers' Auction Mart Co. Ltd., Barnard Castle, 16 November 1921

(1 paper, printed)