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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 2095 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Thomas Pemberton, land at Belmont; residents of Myrobella House, Trimdon Colliery

Covering Dates: 1833-mid 20th century

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Thomas Pemberton, land at Belmont (Ref: D/X 2095/1)

Abstract of title, 15 November 1769 - 22 March 1833, of Thomas Pemberton to 90 acres freehold land with houses, out-buildings and fields in Belmont, St Giles parish Adjoining properties belonging to Edward Shipperdson on the East; Marquis of Londonderry and Ralph Carr on the West; bridle road from Pittington and Durham Lane to Durham and Bishopwearmouth Turnpike Road on the North; by Gilesgate Moor end on the South; all occupied by Moodey and Shepherd as tenants, n.d. [c. 1833]
(1 paper, printed)

Myrobella House, Trimdon Colliery: photographs of ancestors of Frank Saunders and associates in Trimdon/Deaf Hill (Ref: D/X 2095/2-32)

The Carter family lived in Myrobella House, Trimdon Colliery. Myrobella House was built in 1898.
The 1901 Census records James Carter, a limestone quarryman, his wife Caroline and four children: Emily Adeline (born c. 1883); Henry Greenwood (born c.1898); Francis Louis (born c. 1899); James Victor, (born c.1900).
The 1911 Census shows the family still living in Myrobella House, with the addition of: Helen Marion (born c. 1902); George Moore (born c. 1905); Caroline Olive Johns (born c. 1907); William Douglas (born c. 1910).
In the 1939 Register, Myrobella House is split into two households. One comprises Helen Marion and Caroline Olive Carter. The second comprises Francis L. Carter, his wife Edith I. Carter and their daughter Caroline I. Carter (later Saunders) (born 1923).
The Durham County Registration Service online indexes list Caroline Carter marrying William L. Saunders in 1946. The General Register Office (GRO) indexes list their son, Frank C. Saunders, as being born in the September Quarter of 1953. Frank's relatives donated this accession (Acc. No.: 9384). They also provided additional information about many of the family members, which is recorded alongside the relevant person's entry.
Myrobella House was purchased in 1983 by Tony Blair, MP for Sedgefield 1983-2007 and prime minister, 1997-2007. He entertained various dignitaries there during his time as prime minister, including President George W. Bush, and sold the house in 2009.

Emily Adeline Carter (Ref: D/X 2095/2/1-8)

Emily Adeline Carter was born c. 1893, the eldest daughter of James and Caroline Carter of Myrobella House, Trimdon.
She taught at Deaf Hill Infants School and also at Trimdon Colliery Girls School.
She married Dr. Shevas Coutts in 1929 and moved to Dipton. They had no children.

Photographs of Emily as a child (Ref: D/X 2095/2/1-2)

See also D/X 2095/12/1-4 for photographs of an unidentified school which are also mounted on glass. One of the teachers appears to be the same, but Emily does not appear, though other members of her family may do.


Photograph of a class of girls, including Emily Adeline Carter (far left of the bottom row) at an unidentified school, [??? Colliery], with two of their teachers, n.d. [c.1900] [One of the teachers is the same as in D/X 2095/12/4]
(1 photograph, mounted on glass, 15cm x 11cm, black and white)


Photograph of a class of girls, including Emily Adeline Carter (second from the right in the second row) at an unidentified school, [??? Colliery], with their teacher, , n.d. [c.1900]
(1 photograph, mounted on glass, 15cm x 11cm, black and white)

Photographs of Emily as a teacher (Ref: D/X 2095/2/3-7)

Photograph of Emily Adeline Carter (far left) with other teachers at Deaf Hill Council Infants School, n.d. [1919]
(1 photograph, 22cm x 11cm, black and white)


Photograph of Emily Adeline Carter with pupils of Class 1B at Deaf Hill Council Infants School, 1919
(1 photograph, 22cm x 11cm, black and white)


Photograph of Emily Adeline Carter with pupils of Class 5 at Deaf Hill Council Infants School, 1929
(1 photograph, 21cm x 11cm, black and white)


Photograph of Emily Adeline Carter (2nd from left) with other teachers at Deaf Hill Council Infants School, n.d. [1920s]
(1 photograph, 22cm x 11cm, black and white)


Photograph of Emily Adeline Carter (centre of front row) with staff at Deaf Hill Council Infants School, n.d. [c.1920]
(1 photograph, 22cm x 11cm, black and white)

Relatives by marriage (Ref: D/X 2095/2/8)

Photograph of Dr. Shevas Coutts's brother with an unidentified woman, n.d. [1920s]
(1 photograph, 21cm x 15cm, black and white)

Helen Marion Carter (Ref: D/X 2095/3/1)

Helen Marion Carter was born c. 1902, the daughter of James and Caroline Carter of Myrobella House, Trimdon.
She never married and was still living at Myrobella House in 1939, forming one of two households with her sister Caroline.


Photograph of a class of children at a school [in Trimdon?] with their teacher, Helen Marion [Carter], n.d. [1920s]
(1 photograph, 16cm x 11cm, black and white)

Francis Louis Carter (Ref: D/X 2095/4/1-2)

Francis Louis Carter was born c. 1899, the son of James and Caroline Carter of Myrobella House, Trimdon.
He married Edith Isabella Hardy in 1922.


Photograph of a young boy, possibly James Victor Carter or Francis Louis Carter, may have been taken in Myrobella House, n.d. [1900s] Taken by Thirwell and Co., with branches in Stock-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, West Hartlepool, Newcastle-on-Tyne and Darlington
(1 photograph, 9cm x 13cm, black and white)


Photograph of Edith Isabella Hardy and Francis Louis Carter on their wedding day, with Emily Adeline Carter and 'a Carter lad' to the left and one of Edith's brothers to their left, also two unidentified girls, n.d. [1922]
(1 photograph, 20cm x 15cm, black and white)

James Victor Carter (Ref: D/X 2095/5/1)

James Victor Carter was born c. 1900, the son of James and Caroline Carter of Myrobella House, Trimdon.
He later became a vicar.
See also D/X 2095/4/2, which may be Victor or his brother Francis.


Photograph of a class of older boys with their teacher, including James Victor Carter (back row, 4th from left), n.d. [1930s]
(1 photograph, 21cm x 11cm, black and white)

William Saunders (Ref: D/X 2095/6/1-3)

William Saunders served in the Far East with the Royal Marines, possibly during the Second World War.
He married Caroline Carter, daughter of Francis and Edith Carter of Myrobella House in 1946. Their son, Frank, was born in 1953.


Photograph of a road with tents, seen from above, writing on reverse illegible, probably in Burma (now Myanmar), where Frank's father William served as a Royal Marine, n.d. [mid 20th century]
(1 photograph, 12cm x 12cm, black and white)


Photograph of a landing craft at Kywegu or the east coast of Ramree, Burma (now Myanmar), where Frank's father William served as a Royal Marine, n.d. [mid 20th century]
(1 photograph, 17cm x 7cm, black and white)


Photograph of boats in dock at Satyogya Creek, Burma (now Myanmar), where Frank's father William served as a Royal Marine, n.d. [mid 20th century]
(1 photograph, 12cm x 12cm, black and white)

John Thomas Hardy (Ref: D/X 2095/7/1)

John Hardy was the brother or uncle of Edith Isabella Hardy, who married Francis Louis Carter of Myrobella House.


Photograph, probably of John Thomas Hardy, killed in action during the Battle of the Somme, n.d. [1910s] Taken by Thirwell and Co., based at Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Darlington and Bishop Auckland.
(1 photograph, 9cm x 13cm, black and white)

W. H. Pringle (Ref: D/X 2095/8/1)

Photograph of 2nd Lieutenant W. H. Pringle, 18th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, 1 February 1917
(1 photograph, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Alec Berry (Ref: D/X 2095/9/1)

Photograph of Lance Corporal Alec Berry, Royal Army Medical Corps, n.d. [1914-1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Gertie Tickle (Ref: D/X 2095/10/1)

It is not known how Gertie was related to the Carter or Saunders families, but she did go on to have children.


Photograph of Gertie Tickle, daughter of Thomas Henry Marden Tickle and Caroline Evelyn Tickle, n.d. [1920s]
(1 photograph, 7cm x 10cm, black and white)

Trimdon Foundry Council School (Ref: D/X 2095/11/1)

Photograph of a class of boys, labelled 'Boys D', at Trimdon Foundry Council School, 1919
(1 photograph, 22cm x 10cm, black and white)

Unidentifed school, possibly Trimdon Colliery (Ref: D/X 2095/12/1-4)

Photograph of pupils of Group 3 at an unidentified school, [??? Colliery], at which Emily Adeline Carter was a pupil, with two of their teachers, n.d. [c.1900]
(1 photograph, mounted on glass, 15cm x 11cm, black and white)


Photograph of pupils at an unidentified school, [??? Colliery], at which Emily Adeline Carter was a pupil, with their teacher, n.d. [c.1900]
(1 photograph, mounted on glass, 15cm x 11cm, black and white)


Photograph of pupils of Infants Group 3 at an unidentified school, [??? Colliery], at which Emily Adeline Carter was a pupil, with two of their teachers, n.d. [c.1900]
(1 photograph, mounted on glass, 15cm x 11cm, black and white)


Photograph of pupils at an unidentified school, [??? Colliery], at which Emily Adeline Carter was a pupil, with their teacher, n.d. [c.1900] [One of the teachers is the same as in D/X 2095/2/1]
(1 photograph, mounted on glass, 15cm x 11cm, black and white)

Nurses (Ref: D/X 2095/13/1-3)

Photograph of two unidentified nurses, probably related or connected to Frank Saunders, n.d. [1910s] [The nurse on the left is the same as in D/X 2095/2-3]
(1 photograph, 8cm x 5cm, black and white)


Photograph of a Territorial Force Nursing Service nurse, probably related or connected to Frank Saunders, n.d. [1910s] [The nurse on the left is the same as in D/X 2095/1, 3]
(1 photograph, 6cm x 8cm, black and white)


Photograph of a Territorial Force Nursing Service nurse, probably related or connected to Frank Saunders, n.d. [1910s] [The nurse on the left is the same as D/X 2095/1-2]
(1 photograph, 6cm x 8cm, black and white)

Unidentified Civilians (Ref: D/X 2095/14-22)

Photograph of a woman, probably related or connected to Frank Saunders, endorsed 'to Carrie with best wishes from Aunt, n.d. [1890s]
(1 photograph, 8cm x 13cm, black and white)


Photograph of a woman with a bicycle, message on reverse from 'Emily' [not Emily Adeline Carter] giving greetings to an unnamed cousin, n.d. [1910s]
(1 photograph, 8cm x 14cm, black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified woman, possibly a colleague of Emily Adeline Carter's, n.d. [1910s] [The same woman appears in D/X 2095/18]
(1 photograph, 9cm x 13cm, black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified man, probably related or connected to Frank Saunders, wearing a white coat and standing in the back yard of a house or shop, n.d. [early twentieth century]
(1 photograph, 6cm x 8cm, black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified woman, possibly a colleague of Emily Adeline Carter's, n.d. [1910s] [The same woman appears in D/X 2095/16]
(1 photograph, 8cm x 13cm, black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified woman, probably related or connected to Frank Saunders, endorsed 'To Olive, Xmas wishes from Cicely, 1923', 1923
(1 photograph, 8cm x 13cm, black and white)


Photograph of a group of clergymen outside a church door, n.d. [early twentieth century]
(1 photograph, 10cm x 9cm, black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified girl, probably related or connected to Frank Saunders, endorsed 'Lizie Jones, Grange Terrace, Trimdon Grange, n.d. [early twentieth century]
(1 photograph, 9cm x 13cm, black and white)


Photographs of unidentified people, probably related or connected to Frank Saunders, mostly portraits or family photographs, none of the photos have writing on the front or back, n.d. [1880s-1920s]
(40 photographs, various sizes, black and white)

Unidentified Soldiers (Ref: D/X 2095/23-30)

Photograph of a group of soldiers with two officers, one of them probably related or connected to Frank Saunders, endorsed 'yours very sincerely, Wilf' and 'I only wish you had been on here, Ernest', n.d. [1914-1918]
(1 photograph, 13cm x 19cm, black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified private in the Northumberland Fusiliers, probably related or connected to Frank Saunders, endorsed 'don't care much for this photo. Ask Tom. To show you the group, Ray', n.d. [1914-1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)


Postcard photograph of an unidentified Durham Light Infantry private, probably related or connected to Frank Saunders, inscribed 'yours with love, Bill', addressed to Mr. W. Clark, New House Farm, Burton, nr. Chippenham, Wiltshire, n.d. [1914-1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)


Photographs of unidentified First World War soldiers, probably related or connected to Frank Saunders, including group photographs, sports teams and individual portrait photographs, some, but not all, of the men are Durham Light Infantry, none of the photos have writing on the front or back, n.d. [1914-1918]
(30 photographs, various sizes, black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified private, probably related or connected to Frank Saunders, endorsed 'to all at home with best wishes, Bill', n.d. [1914-1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm x 13cm, black and white)


Photograph of a group of bandsmen in an unidentified regiment, resting and eating, endorsed 'find me if you can, Frank', n.d. [1914-1918]
(1 photograph, 13cm x 8cm, black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified Durham Light Infantry private, a navy officer and a man in civilian clothes wearing two wounded stripes on his cuff, probably related or connected to Frank Saunders, inscribed 'alive to tell the tale, Burton', 1919
(1 photograph, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified soldier, probably related or connected to Frank Saunders, inscribed 'Your sincere friend Rev', 3 September 1919
(1 photograph, 3cm x 4cm, black and white)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/X 2095/31-32)

Photograph of a wedding cake in Myrobella House, n.d. [early twentieth century]
(1 photograph, 15cm x 20cm, black and white)


Photograph of a drawing depicting a battle [possibly against native forces in India], n.d. [late nineteenth century]
(1 photograph, 20cm x 15cm, black and white)