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Hanby Holmes

Reference: D/HH 1 Catalogue Title: Hanby Holmes Area: Catalogue Category: Business and Industry Records (Solicitors) Description: Office Administration: Office diaries, day books

Covering Dates: 1803-1966

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  • Hanby Holmes
    • Hanby Holmes (Ref: D/HH)
    • Office Administration (Ref: D/HH 1)
    • Office diaries, day books (Ref: D/HH 1/2)
    • Thomas Wheldon (Ref: D/HH 1/2/1-20)
    • J.D. Holmes (Ref: D/HH 1/2/21-51)
    • Richard Holmes (Ref: D/HH 1/2/52)
    • J. Hanby Holmes (Ref: D/HH 1/2/53-101)
    • E.R. Hanby Holmes (Ref: D/HH 1/2/102-143)
    • Attendance books, clerks' diaries and work books etc. (Ref: D/HH 1/2/144-179)
    • Holmes and Brewis, Sunderland (Ref: D/HH 1/2/180-182)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: D/HH 1/2/183-184)

Catalogue Description

Office Diaries, Day Books etc.

(see also D/HH 1/5/1 - )

(See D/HH 1/2/185-191 at end of section for later deposit)

The office diaries are those kept by the principals of the firm:
Thomas Wheldon, to 1849
J.D. Holmes, 1849 - 1879
Richard Holmes, 1879 - 1881
J.Hanby Holmes, 1882 - 1918
E.R. Hanby Holmes, 1918 onward
unless otherwise stated.

Catalogue Contents

Hanby Holmes (Ref: D/HH)Office Administration (Ref: D/HH 1)Office diaries, day books (Ref: D/HH 1/2)Thomas Wheldon (Ref: D/HH 1/2/1-20)Ref: D/HH 1/2/1

Office diary, 1829
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/2

Office diary, 1830
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/3

Office diary, 1832
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/4

Office diary, 1833
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/5

Office diary, 1836
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/6

Office diary, 1839
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/7

Office diary, 1840
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/8

Office diary, 1841
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/9

Office diary, 1842
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/10

Office diary, 1843
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/11

Office diary, 1844
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/12

Office diary, 1846
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/13

Office diary, 1847
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/14

Office diary, (John Lamb), 1839
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/15

Office diary, (Richard Weymouth Hurrell), 1844
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/16

Office diary, (Thomas Hepworth), 1844
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/17

Office diary, (John Tomlin), 1848
(I volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/18

Office diary, (John Tomlin), 1849
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/19

Office diary, (J.D. Holmes), 1846
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/20

Office diary (J.D. Holmes), 1948
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

J.D. Holmes (Ref: D/HH 1/2/21-51)Ref: D/HH 1/2/21

Office diary, 1849
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/22

Office diary, 1850
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/23

Office diary, 1851
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/24

Office diary, 1852
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/25

Office diary, 1853
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/26

Office diary, 1854
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/27

Office diary, 1855
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/28

Office diary, 1856
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/29

Office diary, 1857
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/30

Office diary, 1858
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/31

Office diary, 1859
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/32

Office diary, 1860
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/33

Office diary, 1861
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/34

Office diary, 1862
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/35

Office diary, 1863
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/36

Office diary, 1864
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/37

Office diary, 1865
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/38

Office diary, 1866
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/39

Office diary, 1867
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/40

Office diary, 1869
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/41

Office diary, 1870
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/42

Office diary, 1871
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/43

Office diary, 1872
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/44

Office diary, 1873
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/45

Office diary, 1874 1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/46

Office diary, 1875 1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/47

Office diary, 1876 1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/48

Office diary, 1877
(volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/49

Office diary, 1878 1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/50

Office diary, 1879 1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/51

Office diary, (?), 1878 1 volume, cloth bound)

Richard Holmes (Ref: D/HH 1/2/52)

(see also D/HH 1//180-182 below)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/52

Office diary, 1880
(1 volume, cloth bound)

J. Hanby Holmes (Ref: D/HH 1/2/53-101)Ref: D/HH 1/2/53

Office diary, 1882
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/54

Office diary, 1883
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/55

Office diary, 1883
(1 volume, parchment bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/56

Office diary, 1884
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/57

Office diary, 1885
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/58

Office diary, 1886
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/59

Office diary, 1887
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/60

Office diary, 1888
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/62

Office diary, 1890
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/63

Office diary, 1891
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/64

Office diary, 1892
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/65

Office diary, 1893
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/66

Office diary, 1894
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/67

Office diary, 1895
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/68

Office diary, 1896
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/69

Office diary, 1897
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/70

Office diary, 1898
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/71

Office diary, 1899
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/72

Office diary, 1900
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/73

Office diary, 1901
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/74

Office diary, 1902
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/75

Office diary, 1903
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/76

Office diary, 1904
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/77

Office diary, 1905
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/78

Office diary, 1906
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/79

Office diary, 1907
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/80

Office diary, 1908
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/81

Office diary, 1909
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/82

Office diary, 1910
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/83

Office diary, 1911
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/84

Office diary, 1912
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/85

Office diary, 1913
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/86

Office diary, 1914
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/87

Office diary, 1915
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/88

Office diary, 1916
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/89

Office diary, 1917
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/90

Office diary, 1918
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/91

Office diary (Roy Helmer), 1905
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/92

Office diary (Roy Helmer), 1906
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/93

Office diary (Roy Helmer), 1908

Ref: D/HH 1/2/94

Diary of Thomas Helmer, 1909
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/95

Office diary (Roy Helmer), 1910
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/96

Office diary (Roy Helmer), 1911
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/97

Office diary (Roy Helmer), 1913
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/98

Office diary (Roy Helmer), 1914
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/99

Office diary (W.W. Alderson), 1913
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/100

Office diary (W.W. Alderson), 1914
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/101

Rough office diary, [kept as example], 1899
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

E.R. Hanby Holmes (Ref: D/HH 1/2/102-143)Ref: D/HH 1/2/102

Office diary, 1918
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/103

Office diary, 1919
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/104

Office diary, 1920
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/105

Office diary, 1921
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/106

Office diary, 1922
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/107

Office diary, 1923
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/108

Office diary, 1924
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/109

Office diary, 1925
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/110

Office diary, 1927
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/111

Office diary, 1928
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/112

Office diary, 1929
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/113

Office diary, 1930
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/114

Office diary, 1931
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/115

Office diary, 1932
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/116

Office diary, 1933
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/117

Office diary, 1934
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/118

Office diary, 1935
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/119

Office diary, 1936
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/120

Office diary, 1937
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/121

Office diary, 1938
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/122

Office diary, 1939
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/123

Office diary, 1944
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/124

Office diary, 1945
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/125

Office diary, 1946
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/126

Office diary, 1947
(3 files)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/127

Office diary, 1948
(3 files)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/128

Office diary, 1949
(2 files)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/129

Office diary, 1950
(2 files)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/130

Office diary, 1951
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/131

Office diary, 1952
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/132

Office diary, 1953
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/133

Office diary, 1954
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/134

Office diary, 1955
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/135

Office diary, 1956
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/136

Office diary, 1957
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/137

Office diary, 1958
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/138

Office diary, 1959
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/139

Office diary, 1960
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/140

Office diary, 1961
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/141

Office diary, 1962
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/142

Office diary, 1963
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/143

Office diary, January - June 1964
(1 file)

Attendance books, clerks' diaries and work books etc. (Ref: D/HH 1/2/144-179)Ref: D/HH 1/2/144

Day book, August 1803 - 5th November 1812
(1 volume, parchment bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/152

Clerk's attendance book, 1 October 1820 - 1 August 1823
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/153

Clerk's attendance book, 6 November 1823 - 17 November 1826
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/154

Clerk's attendance book, 11 December 1826 - 27 May 1833
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/155

Clerk's attendance book, 14 April 1837 - 20 August 1838
(1 volume, parchment bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/156

Clerk's work book (Thomas Oliver), 20 June 1844 - 17 June 1846; attendance book, 14 January - 29 April 1843
(1 volume, parchment bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/157

Clerk's diary (William Henry Coates), 2 September 1895 - 18 May 1898
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/158

Clerk's diary, (William Henry Coates), 12 April 1901 - 26 January 1904
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/159

Clerk's diary, [William Henry Coates ], 19 September 1904 - 3 May 1905
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/160

General expenses book, 1 December 1881 - 31 December 1887; clerk's diary [William Henry Coates], 1 May 1905 - 23 October 1906
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/161

Clerk's diary (William Henry Coates), 12 October 1908 - 18 February 1910; index of deaths, 1886 - 1908
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/162

Clerk's diary (Frank Okey), 19 February 1910 - 21 October 1911
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/163

Clerk's diary (J.H.B.), 4 August 1911 - 11 February 1913
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/164

Clerk's diary, 8 September 1920- 6 November 1920
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/165

Clerk's diary (Miss A. Sevier), 1 October 1920 - 17 February 1921
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/166

Clerk's diary(Nancy O Dennis and Edith Nevison), 3 July 1922 - 21 June 1923
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/167

Clerks' diary (Nancy O Dennis and Edith Nevison), 21 June 1923 - 1 April 1924
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/168

Clerks' diary (Nancy O. Dennis and Edith Nevison), 2 April 1924 - 12 September 1924
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/169

Clerks' diary (Nancy O Dennis and Edith Nevison), 13 September 1924 - 14 March 1925
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/170

Clerks' diary (Nancy O Dennis and Edith Nevison), 16 March 1925 - 28 October 1925
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/171

Clerks' diary (Nancy O Dennis and Edith Nevison), 28 October 1925 - 7 August 1926
(I volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/172

Clerks' diary (Nancy O Dennis and Edith Nevison), 10 August 1926 - 18

Ref: D/HH 1/2/173

Clerks' diary, (E. Nevison and E. Thompson), 11 November 1929 - 11 November 1930
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/174

Clerks' diary, 11 August 1932 - 14 October 1933
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/175

Office diary, (John H.S. Scott), 1947
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/176

Work book, No.5, May 1947 - 29 February 1960
(1 volume, soft leather cover)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/177

Work book, 1 March 1960 - 1 September 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/178

Call book, 28 January 1891 - 30 December 1896
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/179

Call book of J. Hanby Holmes, 1 February 1905 - 30th November 1912
(1 volume, parchment half-bound)

Holmes and Brewis, Sunderland (Ref: D/HH 1/2/180-182)Ref: D/HH 1/2/180

Office diary, 24 November 1873 - 27 April 1878; 2 January - 28 May 1879
(1 volume, parchment bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/181

Office diary, (Richard Holmes at Barnard Castle), 20 December 1879 - 30 November 1881
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/182

Memoranda book and diary, 1 January 1878 - 23 May 1879
(1 booklet)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/HH 1/2/183-184)Ref: D/HH 1/2/183

Memoranda book [of Thomas Wheldon], 12 December 1843 - 21 November 1845
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 1/2/184

Memoranda book, 13 June 1881 - 31 January 1882
(1 booklet)



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