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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1810 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Local events; Timeless Teesdale; Weardale; Ray Lonsdale's Tommy; Friends

Covering Dates: 2011-2022

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D/X 1810 Miscellaneous documents (Ref: D/X 1810/)Concerts in Durham Cathedral (Ref: D/X 1810/1-3)

Francesco de Zurbaran was a Spanish painter living in the 17th Century. 13 of his paintings, representing patriarch Jacob and his sons, were purchased by Bishop Trevor for £125 in 1756, and placed in Auckland Castle.

In 2010 the Church Commissioners tried to sell the paintings and remove them from the castle. When news was released to the local media, a very active campaign to 'save' the paintings ensued, led by members of Bishop Auckland Civic Society and The Northern Echo. As a result, Jonathan Ruffer, a financier, offered to pay £15 million to save the local heritage.

The campaign was successful and the paintings remained in the castle. As part of the campaign, an oratorio 'The Patriarch and the Paintings' was performed in Durham Cathedral on 30 March 2011.

Durham International Brass Festival is an annual event attracting brass bands from all over the world to perform in County Durham. The Festival has a varied and full programme, such as Streets of Brass, where musicians give free performances in the streets, in Durham City and elsewhere. Concerts in Durham Cathedral form part of the programme.


The Painter and the Patriarch, programme of oratorio in Durham Cathedral, 30 March 2011
(1 booklet, printed)


The Northern Echo article entitled: 'Zurbarans come to life as art brings region together' relating to an event in Durham Cathedral on Wednesday 30 March, the culmination of the successful campaign to stop the Church Commissioners selling the paintings, 31 March 2011
(3 papers, printed)


Programme for an evening service in Durham Cathedral performed by Northern Sinfonia trumpeter as part of Durham International Brass Festival, 17 July 2012
(1 booklet, printed)

Countryside guides (Ref: D/X 1810/4)

Timeless Teesdale was a project developed by Durham County Council, The Bowes Museum and the Witham Centre in Barnard Castle as part of the Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition in Durham in the summer 2013. This illustrated guide-map was created for visitors coming to Durham to see the exhibition to introduce the Teesdale area with its beautiful countryside and picturesque villages and guide them through this part of County Durham.


Timeless Teesdale. A tour through beautiful Teesdale landscapes. Illustrated guide, n.d. [c. 2013]
(1 paper, printed)

Inclosure awards (Ref: D/X 1810/5)

Copy of Weardale Forest inclosure award of 1798/1799, n.d. [2013]
(several papers to be numbered)

Mission 1101, later 'Tommy' (Ref: D/X 1810/6)

This sculpture was designed and made by a local artist Ray Londsdale, who was also the author of a short poem inscribed at the back of the statue, entitled 1101:

"Now adrift in the wake of this glorious slaughter,
He'd seen many a soul cleansed in filthy water.

Seen godless men reach out for the Bible,
As lead tore the flesh from both friend and rival.

Soon home to the joy and celebration of kin,
Drunken slaps on the back at a favourite inn.

But heavy in his pocket lies a small piece of card,
And the note written on it will break a mothers heart."


Postcard photographs of a monument in Seaham representing a sitting soldier called 'Mission 1101', later named 'Tommy', created to commemorate the centenary of the First World War, 2014
(6 photographs, 9 cm x 12 cm, colour)

Orders of service (Ref: D/X 1810/7-8)

Order of service at St Thomas' Church, Stanhope to celebrate the life of June Crosby, 21 March 2018 June Crosby, 5 April 1928 - 6 March 2018, was a local historian and author associated with the Weardale Society. She lived in Stanhope. Prior to moving to Stanhope, she was a teacher, and lecturer at Hild Bede College, Durham
(2 papers, printed)


Order of service for a memorial service for Colin Edwin Mountford (20 December 1941-16 May 2020) in Newcastle, St Nicholas Cathedral, 15 October 2022 Having died on 16 May 2020, during the Covid 19 epidemic, few people were able to attend Colin's funeral and a memorial service was planned for a time when his friends and colleagues could attend more freely Colin was a depositor and supporter of Durham County Record Office, an expert on early railways
(1 booklet, printed)

Order of service for the funeral of Hazel Kitching (28 Feb 1948-13 May 2024) (Ref: D/X 1810/9)

held at St Mary Magdalene, Belmont 31 May 2024. Hazel, along with her husband George, was a long time supporter of, and volunteer with, Durham County Record Office
(1 booklet, printed)