Catalogue

A record of subscribers, subscriptions, and disbursements for erecting the free school in Bishop Auckland, n.d. [c. 1600]

17 April 1638 (1) Thomas, Bishop of Durham (2) The Governors of the Free Grammar School, Bishop Auckland Grant by (1) to (2) of the school house, lately built near to the ruined chapel of St. Anne in the town of Bishop Auckland, with the adjoining cottage Rent: 2s. p.a.

Receipt of Thomas Wharton for rent of the school in Bishop Auckland, 11 October 1638 Endorsed: 'I have never known this rent paid - 1754'

Memorandum by Abraham Hilton concerning writings between Walls and Mr Rumney "and from them to Mr Ward", 7 July 1696

Copy of the translation of the provisions of the letters patent establishing the Bishop Auckland Grammar School; copy made, n.d. [post 1833]

Copy of a statement, made on behalf of the Bishop of Durham, by the Governors of Bishop Auckland Grammar School concerning rumours concerning the neglected condition of the school, n.d. [December 1839]

Copy of EP/Au.SA11/62, n.d. [1839]

Copy of a report by John Cundill on the state of Bishop Auckland Grammar School, 16 December 1840

Memorial of the inhabitants of Bishop Auckland in favour of disposing of the existing school building and erecting a new school "upon a more eligible site", n.d. [post 1851]

Authorisation, issued by the Charity Commission to the Governors of the Grammar School, for the sale of a portion of the property at the corner of South Terrace in South Church Lane, Bishop Auckland, 2 March 1858

Letter from the Secretary of the Charity Commission, 8 York Street, St. James's Square, London, to the Rev. G. E. Greene, The Parsonage, Bishop Auckland, concerning the legal title to the land on which it was proposed to erect a master's house and schoolroom, 3 May 1858

Letter from the Secretary of the Charity Commission, 8 York Street, St. James's Square, London, to the Rev. G. E. Green, The Parsonage, Bishop Auckland, requesting a valuation by a competent surveyor of the site for a new school, 8 March 1859

Order of the Charity Commission authorising the purchase of land in South Church Road, Bishop Auckland, by the Governors of King James's Grammar School, Bishop Auckland, for erecting a new schoolroom and master's house, 9 March 1859

Opinion of J. B. Braithwaite, Lincoln's Inn, London, concerning the title of Mrs Hall to a plot of ground contracted for purchase by the Governors of King James's Grammar School, Bishop Auckland, 2 July 1859

Opinion, and suggestions, of J. B. Braithwaite of Lincoln's Inn, London, in the matter of Edward Walton's Trust concerning the proposed purchase of the schoolhouse, lately occupied by King James's Grammar School, Bishop Auckland, 4 July 1859

Answers to Mr. Bevan Braithwaite's requisitions in preparing a draft conveyance for the trustees of the Bishop Auckland Grammar School, 26 August 1859 - 29 March 1860

Further observations of J. B. Braithwaite of Lincoln's Inn, London, concerning the purchase, as in EP/Au.SA11/74, 26 August 1859; and copy of a letter from J. B. Braithwaite to Samuel Hare, Darlington, concerning the giving of "a good title" for the property to the Durham Quarterly Meeting of the Society of Friends, 29 March 1860

Further answers to Mr. Bevan Braithwaite's requisitions in EP/Au.SA11/75, 31 March 1860 - 12 June 1860

Observations concerning the draft conveyance of the school house at Bishop Auckland to the Society of Friends, 16 June 1860

Order of the Board of the Charity Commission authorising certain monies to be applied towards the purchase of premises for Bishop Auckland Grammar School, 7 August 1860

Copy of the order of the Charity Commission authorising the application of certain funds towards the purchase of the Bishop Auckland Grammar School premises, 7 August 1860

Copy of the warrant of the Board of the Charity Commission authorising the sale of a house and garden in the Market Place, Bishop Auckland, to the trustees of Bishop Auckland Grammar School, 29 October 1862

Schedule of title deeds, dating from 27 May 1818 to 1 October 1861, relating to Bishop Auckland Grammar School sold to the Society of Friends and delivered by Jonathon Whaley "to Mr Hallam's Maid Servant", 30 September 1861

Notes on the establishment and management of Bishop Auckland Grammar School, with particulars of income and endowments, and information about the town and surrounding area, written on a copy of the printed proceedings of the Commissioners appointed to frame schemes under The Endowed Schools Act, 1869, n.d.

Correspondence between the Charity Commission, 8 York Street, St. James's Square, London; Messrs Bowser; C. Ward of Bishop Auckland, solicitors; and the Rev. George E. Green; concerning the sale by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the Governors of the Grammar School of a house and garden in the Market Place, Bishop Auckland, 13 July 1857 - 6 December 1862

Programme of events in aid of the repair fund for the Bishop Auckland Grammar School, 14 - 16 June 1887 Programme for speech day and distribution of prizes, 2 August 1888

Notification of the election of Richard Taylor as usher by the feofees of the Free Grammar School of Bishop Auckland, n.d. [early 17th cent.]

Copy of a memorial to the Governors of the Bishop Auckland Grammar School concerning the negligent conduct of the school, 3 December 1840

Copy of the memorial of the Rev. Robert Thompson to the Governors of Bishop Auckland Grammar School, 17 December 1840

Resolution of the Governors of Bishop Auckland Grammar School concerning the reported inattention to duty of the Rev. Robert Thompson, master of the school, n.d. [post 1840]

Letter from the Endowed Schools Commission, 2 Victoria Street, London, to the Rev. Edward Healy, Bishop Auckland Grammar School, concerning the appointment of trustees and a new master, 30 March 1870

A list of the Governors of Bishop Auckland Grammar School, February 1878

Report of F. Shervill, examiner, to the Governors of the Grammar School, Bishop Auckland, n.d.

Correspondence between the Charity Commission, Whitehall, London, and J. T. Proud, 39 Market Place, Bishop Auckland, solicitor, concerning the appointment of cooptative governors of the Grammar School, 21 January 1886 - 30 April 1886

Report of the Headmaster to the Governors of Bishop Auckland Grammar School, January 1886

Reports of Herbert Field and Henry Arthur Hall, examiners, to the Governors of Bishop Auckland Grammar School, n.d., and 31 July 1886

Names of the Governors of the Bishop Auckland Grammar School, recording their voluntary contributions for settling the augmentation of £20 on the said school for the rectory of Kirk Merrington, n.d.

Charity Commission scheme to amend certain foundations in County Durham regulated under the Endowed Schools Acts, 30 April 1895

Notification by the Charity Commission of the intention to hold an enquiry into Bishop Auckland Grammar School, 6 June 1901

Memoranda of copies of court roll of the manors of Bondgate in Auckland and Newton Cap, for the admission to, and surrender of, lands in Escomb, at West Mill Batts, and on the east part of Witton Park, by the Governors of the Free Grammar School and others, 1627 - 1645; copies made, c. 1735

11 October 1639 (1) Richard Richardson, gent. (2) Linley Wren, esq.; Robert Eden, esq.; Francis Wren, gent.; Richard Wilborne, gent.; John Wilkinson, gent.; Henry Bayles, gent.; and Richard Cornforth, gent. Surrender by (1) to (2) of West Mill Batts (8a.)

Copy of extracts of deeds, from 15 October 1624 to 2 March 1770, relating to West Mill Batts and Carr Nook, n.d. [c. 1770]

24 November 1789 (1) Farrer Wren of Binchester, esq. (2) Thomas Bowness of Bishop Auckland, calico printer, and William Oyston of Bishop Auckland, shoemaker Lease for 21 years of West Mill Batts (8a.), in or near Bishop Auckland, by (1), under licence from the Bishop of Durham, to (2) Rent: £12 12s. p.a.

The account of Farrer Wren, esq., with the Trustees of Bishop Auckland Grammar School for rent of the field at West Mill for the period May 1762 to May 1790, n.d. [c. 1790]

28 March 1807 (1) The Governors of the Free Grammar School of Bishop Auckland (2) Thomas Bowness of Bishop Auckland Lease for 14 years by (1) to (2) of a close called West Mill Batts Field (8a.) with 2 parcels of ground adjoining (3r. 11p.) Consideration: £21 p.a.

Correspondence between Messrs. Smith & Gore, 81 Bondgate, Darlington, land agents and surveyors, and others, concerning tenancy of the grammar school field, 22 August 1884, 31 December 1885

Memorandum concerning the tenancy agreement for the Grammar School field between the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and J. T. Proud, 3 January 1885

Order by the Board of Education authorising the Governors of Bishop Auckland Grammar School, to sell land at West Hill, 14 September 1906

10 April 1605 (1) Rauffe Maddison of Beamish Park, esq. (2) Anne Swifte of Durham, widow Grant by (1) to (2) of an annuity of £10 chargeable on a grange or tenement called Ellergill or Ellargeyll in the parish of Stanhope

Assignment by Anne Swifte of Durham, widow, to the governors of the Free Grammar School of Bishop Auckland of the annuity in EP/Au.SA11/43, 12 April 1605

17 April 1605 (1) Rauffe Maddison of Beamish Park, esq. (2) The Governors of the Free Grammar School of Bishop Auckland Confirmation by (1) to (2) of the annuity in EP/Au.SA11/43

20 April 1605 (1) Ralph Maddison of Beamish, esq. (2) The Governors of the Free Grammar School, Bishop Auckland Copy of a bond for the performance of covenants in EP/Au.SA11/45 Consideration: £40

25 April 1605 (1) Ralph Maddison of Beamish, esq. (2) The Governors of the Free Grammar School of Bishop Auckland Recognizance for the performance of covenants in EP/Au.SA11/45

13 January 1608 (1) Ralph Maddison, esq. (2) The Governors of the Free Grammar School of Bishop Auckland Exemplification of a fine made in the Bishop's Court for a messuage, 60a. of land, 20a. of meadow, 50a. of pasture and 20a. of woods in Ellergeill alias Ellergill [Stanhope]

18 January 1622 (1) The Governors of Bishop Auckland Grammar School (2) George Thomson of Mid Merrington, yeoman; Thomas Laxe of Bishop Auckland, cordwainer; and Thomas Harperley of Bishop Auckland, butcher Deed of appointment by (1) of (2) as bailiffs for recovery of the arrears of rent charges issuing from a tenement called Ellergill in the parish of Stanhope

Opinion of J. Turner on the grant which should be paid by the Bishop of Durham as augmentation of the schoolmaster's living, and how the interest of the present and future bailiffs is to be secured with respect to buildings in the market place at Bishop Auckland, 9 October 1661

Draft letters from the Head Master of the Bishop Auckland Grammar School to the Yorkshire Fire & Life Insurance Office, York, concerning a loan of £400, 4 August 1877 - 7 February 1878 Attached: authorisation for the loan, issued by the Charity Commission, 6 November 1877

Letter from Shute, Bishop of Durham, at Cavendish Square, London, to Mr. Emm asking to be informed when money is required for use of the Barrington School '... nothing is so injurious to wood, on the outside of buildings, as allowing it to remain unpainted too long ...', and requesting that Mr. Faber should furnish a list of persons and articles at Auckland 'chargeable to the assessed Taxes', 7 April 1815

Bishop Auckland Barrington C.E. Modern School: description of premises (with plan) and regulations prescribing standards, March 1947

20 June 1833; copy made 18 August 1854 (1) Newbey Lowson of Witton le Wear, esq. (2) William Ramshaw of Bishop Auckland, cabinet maker (3) William, bishop of Durham; the Ven. Charles Thorp, archdeacon of Durham; and the Rev. George Fielding, incumbent of Auckland, St. Andrew Copy of conveyance by (1), by the direction of (2), to (3) in trust, of a parcel of ground with a school house in Town Street, Bishop Auckland, adjoining tenements belonging to the almshouses, for a girls' school Consideration: £400

Working draft of the conveyance of Tile Close Field, Bishop Auckland, for proposed girls' and infants' schools, as approved on behalf of the Education Committee of the Privy Council, 13-22 July 1854

27 September 1854 (1) The Bishop of Durham (2) The minister and churchwardens of Auckland, St. Andrew Conveyance by (1) to (2), in trust, of ground (2r. 4p) being part of the Tile Field Close at Bishop Auckland for a school for "the labouring, manufacturing and other poorer classes"

5 December 1896 (1) The vicar and churchwardens of Auckland, St. Andrew (2) Pease and Partners Ltd. Agreement to refer to arbitration the determination of compensation for damage to the school premises as a result of mining

Award of John Ferguson, St. Mary's Place, Newcastle, contractor, as arbitrator appointed in EP/Au.SA11/104, 3 April 1897

24 January 1908 (1) The vicar of Auckland, St. Andrew, and others (2) The Managers of St. Anne's School (3) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (4) The Bishop of Durham Conveyance of land added to the St. Anne's School site by way of exchange for reconveyance of surplus land

4 November 1931 (1) The vicar of Auckland, St. Andrew (2) Toc H Incorporated Lease for 3 years by (1) to (2) of the former South Church Church of England School with the attached school house Rent: £20 p.a.

13 May 1949 (1) The vicar and churchwardens of St. Andrew with St. Anne (2) Robert Stanley Hetherington of Bishop Auckland, haulage contractor Grant by (1) to (2) of right of way on the south side of the old Church Schools at South Church Rent: 1s. p.a.

Correspondence concerning, and receipts for donations to, the Barrington School Reconstruction Fund, 11 May 1929 - 15 February 1935

Appeal for donations to defray the balance of the cost of alterations to, and an extension to, the Barrington School, June 1929

Report from the North Eastern Daily Gazette on the modernising of the Barrington School, 24 September 1930

Invitation to the reopening of the Barrington School, 29 October 1930

Programme for the reopening of the Barrington School, 29 October 1930

Secretary's report at the ceremony for the reopening of the Barrington School, 29 October 1930

Letter from J. Thirkell, Heronfield, Victoria Avenue, Bishop Auckland, to Rev. A.B. Parry-Evans, concerning contributions to the Barrington School Reconstruction Fund, 27 November 1934

Copy of instrument of management for schools in County Durham made by the Minister of Education under section 17(2) of the Education Act, 1944, sealed, 7 November 1952

Copy of instrument of government for Barrington's Church of England Secondary School, Bishop Auckland, made by the Minister of Education under section 17(2) of the Education Act, 1944, sealed, 4 October 1954

Copy of articles of government for Barrington's Church of England Secondary School, Bishop Auckland, made by the Minister of Education under section 17(3) of the Education Act, 1944, sealed 4 October 1954

Minutes and meeting papers of the governors of the Barrington C.E. Modern School, 30 October 1962 - 30 September 1965

Minute book of the committee of the Barrington schools at Auckland, St. Anne's; South Church and Fylands Bridge, 30 October 1896 - 30 September 1898

Minute book of the managers of the Barrington day schools: St. Annes's girls and infants, South Church mixed and infants and Fylands Bridge infants, 28 October 1898 - 14 April 1902

Copy of declaration to the trustees of the Barrington School of payments to be made from the trust fund, 25 March 1823

Copy of an order by the Charity Commission concerning the application of part of the proceeds of the Lord Crewe charity for a schoolmaster to teach 20 poor boys at the Bishop Auckland National School and to provide them with clothing, 14 November 1905

Copy of an order by the Charity Commission defining those parts of the Barrington Charity to be applied for educational purposes, 3 August 1906

Letter from the National Society, 19 Great Peter Street, Westminster, to the Rev. H. Gouldsmith, returning documents relating to the Barrington School, Bishop Auckland, and commenting on the administration of the charity, 22 February 1908

Letter from W. Bothamley, St. Nicholas' Vicarage, Durham, returning certain papers and commenting on the operation of the Barrington charity, 17 May 1912

Accounts of the Common Fund for the Bishop Auckland Bishop Barrington School; Bishop Auckland, St. Anne's Girls' and Infants' C.E. School; South Church National School; and Fyland's Bridge Infants' C.E. School, 1 June 1898 - 22 May 1902

Correspondence between the Vicar of Auckland, St. Andrew, and others, concerning the financing of the Barrington schools, 8 December 1891 and 29 December 1894 Originally enclosed in EP/Au.SA 11/41

Correspondence between the Rev. Herbert Gouldsmith, The Vicarage, Bishop Auckland, and various parties, concerning disbursement of the income of The Barrington Charity and the possible entitlement of Durham County Council to an apportioned share of the trustees' annual payments, 6 February 1903 - 21 January 1908

Copy of the opinion of the Rt. Hon. R. B. Haldane, K.C., M.P., concerning Bishop Barrington's charity and whether the local education authority has any claim to any part of the surplus income, 28 February 1905

Letter from the school managers to the vicar and churchwardens advising that they will no longer be responsible for expenses connected with Sunday Schools held in buildings belonginging to church day-schools in the parish, 31 March 1908 Originally enclosed in EP/Au.SA 4/21

Letters in response to invitations to attend the centenary celebrations of the Barrington School, 7 May - 10 June 1910 Includes: letters (with reminiscences) from Richard Nicholson, Darlington, who left the school in 1850; and from Richard Nelson, St. Joseph, Missourri, U.S.A., who left in 1847, n.d.

Copy letter book of the correspondent of the managers of the C.E. day schools, 30 April 1923 - 22 July 1924

Copies of letters between the managers and the head teacher of the Barrington School, concerning pupil numbers and staffing, 21 July 1932

Plan of Tile Close, Bishop Auckland, showing proposed site for schools, n.d. [c. 1854] Scale: 99ft. to 1 in. [1:1188]

Plan of site of proposed schools for girls and infants at Bishop Auckland, n.d. [c.1854] Scale: 50 ft. to 1 in. [1:600]

Report of the Diocesan Inspector on religious instruction in South Church Infants' School, 6 February 1911

Report of the Diocesan Inspector on religious instruction in South Church Mixed School, 6 February 1911

Report of the Diocesan Inspector on religious instruction in Bishop Auckland Girls' School, 7 February 1911

Report of the Diocesan Inspector on religious instruction in Bishop Auckland Boys' School, 8 February 1911

Report of the Diocesan Inspector on religious instruction in Bishop Auckland Infants' School, 6 February 1912

Report of the Diocesan Inspector on religious instruction in Bishop Auckland Boys' School, 8 February 1912

Blue book statistics for the year, 1895 - 1896, showing the cost of maintenance of schools per child in average attendance; average government grants earned; regularity of attendance; cost of Board Schools to capital account; and results of the annual examinations of pupil-teachers, n.d.

Financial statistics and analysis for church day-schools in the parishes of Auckland, St. Andrew and St. Peter, Bishop Auckland, August 1900

'A short sketch of the history of the Barrington School Bishop Auckland written for the celebration of the Centenary of the school' by the Rev. F.T. Woods, M.A. vicar of Auckland, 1810 - 1910

Circular from the Rural Dean of Auckland to the managing committees of schools under diocesan inspection in the Auckland Rural Deanery, concerning their willingness to participate in a diocesan association of schools in response to the Education Bill, 8 April 1897

Circulars from the Department of Education, London, to the managers of voluntary schools, concerning their implementation of the Voluntary Schools Act, 1897, 9 April 1897

Circular from the Bishop of Durham to the corresponding managers of church schools requesting them not to respond to the Department of Education circulars until the diocesan scheme has been submitted to them, 12 April 1897

Printed resolutions of the quarterly meeting of the Diocesan Board of Education establishing an Association of Church Schools for the diocese with Ruridecanal Associations in each deanery, 26 April 1897

Memorandum of the Diocesan Board of Education to school managers concerning the County Council scheme for appointing head teachers; liability for accidents to children in church schools; and liability for accidents to children attending Sunday Schools, September 1911

Letter from the Clerk to the Education Committee, County Hall, Durham, forwarding a record of musical instruments in the Bishop Auckland and Fyland's Bridge C.E. schools, 19 - 20 December 1913

A survey of juvenile delinquency in South Durham, 1959 - 1961, prepared in the Education Department, Durham County Council, n.d. [? 1963]

Statement of reasons why the Barrington Secondary Modern School should not be closed, by the head teacher, 28 January 1963 (1 file)

Minutes of the Auckland Rural Deanery Sub-Committee of the Durham Diocesan Schools Association, 12 June 1897 - 27 November 1903

Printed statistics for church day schools in the parishes of St. Andrew Auckland and St. Peter's, Bishop Auckland, 1893 - August 1903 Originally enclosed in EP/Au.SA 11/2