Edleston family of Gainford
Reference: D/Ed 5 Catalogue Title: Edleston family of Gainford Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Piercebridge Parish
Covering Dates: 1853-1939
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- Edleston family of Gainford
- Edleston family of Gainford (Ref: D/Ed)
- Piercebridge Parish (Ref: D/Ed 5)
- Clergy (Ref: D/Ed 5/1/1-16)
- Letters concerning the appointment of a curate (Ref: D/Ed 5/1/1-11)
- To Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford (Ref: D/Ed 5/1/12-16)
- Churchwardens and Church Fabric (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/1-275)
- Churchwardens and Church Fabric (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/1)
- Correspondence about the proposal to build a new church and parsonage at Piercebridge, provide a clergyman for it and form a separate ecclesiastical district (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/2-84)
- Letters of the Ecclesiastical Commission in London (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/85-89)
- Draft letters of Rev. J. Edleston (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/90-91)
- St. Mary's Church (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/92-132)
- Conveyance and preparation of the site (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/92-95)
- Letters to Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/96-109)
- Of the Ecclesiastial Commissioners at London (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/110-112)
- Fund Raising (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/113-116)
- Letters to Rev. J. Edleston about subscriptions (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/117-123)
- Letters about grants towards the cost of building the church (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/124)
- To Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/125-132)
- Planning and Construction of the Church (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/133-163)
- Correspondence (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/164-275)
- Letters to Rev. J. Edleston (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/164-203)
- Laying of the Foundation Stone, May 1872 (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/204-209)
- Consecration (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/210-217)
- Letters to Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/218-254)
- Furnishing of the Church 1873 - 1875 (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/255-261)
- Letters to Rev. J. Edleston (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/262-268)
- Miscellaneous (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/269-275)
- Schools (Ref: D/Ed 5/3/1-58)
- Piercebridge School (Ref: D/Ed 5/3/1-58)
- Plans (Ref: D/Ed 5/3/1-2)
- Building of the School (Ref: D/Ed 5/3/3-26)
- Letters to Rev. G. Macfarlan (Ref: D/Ed 5/3/27-36)
- Grants to the school (Ref: D/Ed 5/3/37-40)
- Letters to Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford re the appointment of a schoolmaster and schoolmistress (Ref: D/Ed 5/3/41-58)
Catalogue Description
Piercebridge ParishClergy
Catalogue Contents
Edleston family of Gainford (Ref: D/Ed)Piercebridge Parish (Ref: D/Ed 5)Clergy (Ref: D/Ed 5/1/1-16)Letters concerning the appointment of a curate (Ref: D/Ed 5/1/1-11)Ref: D/Ed 5/1/1-11
Between Rev. A.H.D. Hutton at Scarborough and Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford, 29 August 1873 - 5 November 1878
(paper, 11 folios)
To Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford (Ref: D/Ed 5/1/12-16)Ref: D/Ed 5/1/12-14Letters of R.E.H. Raines at Evesham (Worcs.), 13 September - 6 October 1873
(paper, 3 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/1/15Of the Bishop of Durham at Auckland Castle, 24 April 1894
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/1/16Of Rev. F.G. Davidson at Gainford Vicarage, 23 September 1895
(paper)
Churchwardens and Church Fabric (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/1-275)Churchwardens and Church Fabric (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/1)Ref: D/Ed 5/2/1Piercebridge Churchwardens' account for the year ended Easter 1889
(paper)
Correspondence about the proposal to build a new church and parsonage at Piercebridge, provide a clergyman for it and form a separate ecclesiastical district (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/2-84)Ref: D/Ed 5/2/2-5Letters between J. Edleston at Gainford and Rev. F. Martin at Trinity College, Cambridge, 22 November 1864 - 25 September 1869
(paper, 5 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/6-14Letters between Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford and J. Lempriere Hammond, Bursar at Trinity College, Cambridge, 2 June 1864 - 17 November 1868
(paper, 9 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/15Of W.A. Rouse at Croydon, Surrey, 20 September n.d.[1864]
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/16-52Letters between Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford and Duke of Cleveland at Raby Castle and Battle Abbey, Sussex or his Secretary, 22 September 1864 - 25 July 1883
(paper, 41 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/53Of E.N. Bentinck at (London), 24 January 1865
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/54-59Letters between W.H. Thompson at Cambridge and Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford, 14 October 1867 - 22 May 1871
(paper, 6 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/60-70Letters between Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford and Bishop of Durham at Auckland Castle, 17 December 1867 - 12 November 1873
(paper, 11 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/71-79Letters between Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford and W. Aldis Wright, Bursar of Trinity College, Cambridge, 23 September 1869 - 17 October 1884
Including: D/Ed 5/2/76 enclosing memorandum about Atwell a surveyor
(paper, 10 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/80-81Draft letter from Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford to Henry J. Hotham at Trinity College, Cambridge and his reply, 25 - 27 September 1869
(paper, 2 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/82-84Letters between W.G. Clark at Trinity College, Cambridge and Rev. J. Edleston, 26 September - [December] 1869
(paper, 3 folios)
Letters of the Ecclesiastical Commission in London (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/85-89)Ref: D/Ed 5/2/85-89To Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford, 14 April 1868 - 9 October 1873
(paper, 7 folios)
Draft letters of Rev. J. Edleston (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/90-91)Ref: D/Ed 5/2/90To (Rev. Thomas Weston) at Trinity College, Cambridge, 4 June 1864
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/91To Rev. W.W. Malet, Tithe Redemption Trust, London, 12 June 1865
(paper)
St. Mary's Church (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/92-132)Building of the Church, 1864 - 1873
Conveyance and preparation of the site (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/92-95)Ref: D/Ed 5/2/92Account of costs from Messrs. Watson incurred, 22 June 1868 - 26 July 1870
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/93-94Letter of Thomas Wilde, Executor of G.S. Harrison deceased to Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford and his reply, 24 December 1868
(paper, 2 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/95Draft letter of J. Edleston at Gainford to Rev. Charles S. Elliot, 1 March 1864
(paper)
Letters to Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/96-109)Ref: D/Ed 5/2/96-99Of W.W. and G. Watson at Barnard Castle, 24 June - 16 November 1868
(paper, 4 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/100-105Of White, Barrett and Company at London, 13 April 1870 - 1 March 1872
(file paper and paper, 7 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/106Of A.H.D. Hutton at Gainford, 24 March 1871
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/107-109Between F. Catterick at Piercebridge and J. Edleston at Cambridge, 11 May 1868 - 1 May 1869
(paper, 3 folios)
Of the Ecclesiastial Commissioners at London (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/110-112)Ref: D/Ed 5/2/110(I)To Duke of Cleveland at 17 St. James' Square, London, 20 May 1868
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/110(II)Circular letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 20 May 1868
Enclosure in D/Ed 5/2/110(I)
(paper, printed form)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/111-112To Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford, 10 March 1869 - 15 March 1872
(paper, 2 folios, 1 printed form)
Fund Raising (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/113-116)Ref: D/Ed 5/2/113Draft circular from Rev. J. Edleston soliciting contributions towards the cost of building Piercebridge Church, 19 February 1873
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/114List of subscriptions received for Piercebridge Church, 1872 - 1873
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/115Draft of a return of the costs incurred in building Piercebridge Church to be sent to (the Bishop?), 22 September 1875
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/116Letter of Rev. J. Edleston to Mrs. Wilson asking her to subscribe to the fund to build Piercebridge Church, 28 October 1868
Endorsed with a similar letter of the same date to John Smith
(paper)
Letters to Rev. J. Edleston about subscriptions (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/117-123)Ref: D/Ed 5/2/117Of John Smith at Staindrop, 29 October 1868
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/118-120Of D. Wilson at Darlington, 24 November 1868 - 14 September 1872
(paper, 3 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/121Part of a letter from an unknown person at St. James Square, London, 6 March 1872
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/122Of J.S. Homfray at Gainford, 12 September 1872
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/123Of M. Wilkinson at Piercebridge, 7 May n.d. [c.1873]
(paper)
Letters about grants towards the cost of building the church (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/124)Ref: D/Ed 5/2/124Draft of application for aid to Church Building Society from J. Edleston at Gainford, 27 February 1869
(paper)
To Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/125-132)Ref: D/Ed 5/2/125-127Of Rev. John Eade of Durham Diocesan Church Building Society, 5 February 1868 - 14 August 1879
(paper, 4 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/128-130Letters of Samuel Rowlandson of the Barrington Fund at Durham, 7 February 1868 - 17 February 1873
(paper, 3 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/131-132Of the Secretary to the Society for promoting the enlargement, building and repairing of Churches and Chapels at London, 8 April 1869 - 23 June 1875
Including: D/Ed 5/2/131 enclosing a report (D/Ed 5/2/131(II)
(paper, printed, 3 folios)
Planning and Construction of the Church (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/133-163)Plans
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/133(I)Assessment by "J.W." of the size of the plot of ground for the proposed site of the church, December 1863
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/133(II)Rough plan of the site, December 1863
No scale
Enclosure in D/Ed 5/2/133(I)
(paper, 17.3cm x 6cm, ink)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/134Copy from "An Original plotting of Lands at Piercebridge belonging to the Duke of Cleveland intended for Church Land containing 2,316 square yards, or 1 rood 36 perches" as surveyed by W.H. Boynes on 14 January 1864 showing the orchard and gardens and the road to the Parsonage, 31 October 1867
Scale 1 inch : 20 ft.
(paper, 44cm x 31.9cm, pencil)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/135Plan of Piercebridge Church, Gainford Parish, "Proposed Alterations of the position of the vestry to avoid recesses", prepared by Ferguson and (Carter), May 1869
No scale
(tracing paper, coloured, 30cm x 25cm, pencil)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/136Plan of (Piercebridge Church?), n.d. [c.1873]
No scale
(tracing paper, 20.7cm x 14.8cm, pencil and watercolour)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/137Plan of (Piercebridge Church?), n.d. [late 19th Century]
No scale
(tracing paper, 26cm x 32cm, pencil)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/138Specifications for building a church at Piercebridge drawn up by Cory and Ferguson, Architects of Carlisle, March 1868
(file, paper, 9 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/139List of tenders sent by J. Cory, architect, n.d. [c.1872]
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/140-145Tenders from local tradesmen sent by J. Cory, architect, 2 - 3 February 1872
(paper, 6 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/146-148Architect's Certificates, 5 February - 10 September 1873
(paper, printed form, 3 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/149-163Receipts and invoices, [3 July 1872 - 3 October 1874]
(paper, 16 folios)
Correspondence (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/164-275)Letters to Rev. J. Edleston (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/164-203)Ref: D/Ed 5/2/164-165Of Edward Prest at Gateshead, 17 March 1868 - 23 December 1869
(paper, 3 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/166-195Of John A. Cory, Architect at Carlisle, 22 October 1868 - 3 December 1874
(paper, 32 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/196-199Of R. and S. Adamson Builders at Gainford, 2 February 1871 - 19 June 1874
(paper, 6 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/200-203Of George Moody at Durham, 8 August - 8 December 1873
(paper, 4 folios)
Laying of the Foundation Stone, May 1872 (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/204-209)Ref: D/Ed 5/2/204-206Invoices to Rev. J. Edleston, 8 May - December 1872
(paper, 3 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/207-208Letters of Rev. A.H.D. Hutton to Rev. J. Edleston both at Gainford, 18 - 27 May 1872
(paper, 3 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/209Copy of the hymn to be sung at the laying of the foundation stone, 1872
(paper, printed)
Consecration (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/210-217)Ref: D/Ed 5/2/210List of persons suggested by A.H.D. Hutton for invitation to the consecration of Piercebridge Church, n.d. [c.1873]
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/211Order to the printer John Bailey to print 75 copies of the Consecration Services notices, and a rough layout of the notice, n.d. [1873]
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/212-214Invoices to Rev. J. Edleston, 1873
(paper, 3 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/215Copy of "The Form of Prayer and Ceremonies used at the Consecration of Churches, Chapels and Burial Grounds in the Diocese of Durham", n.d. [c.1873]
(booklet, paper, printed)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/216Copy of the programme of ceremonies to celebrate the Consecration of Piercebridge Church on 12 August 1873, n.d. [c.1873]
(paper, printed)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/217Copy of the hymns to be sung at the evening service for the Consecration of Piercebridge church on 12 August 1873, n.d. [c.1873]
(booklet, paper, printed)
Letters to Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/218-254)Ref: D/Ed 5/2/218-221Of the Bishop of Durham at Auckland Castle, 21 July - 7 August 1873
(paper, 4 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/222-244Replies to an invitation to the Consecration, 26 July - 19 August 1873
(paper, 23 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/245-250Of John Booth, junior, at the Durham Diocesan Registry, 26 July 1873 - 31 March 1874
(paper, 6 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/251Of John Bailey at Darlington, 7 August 1873
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/252Memorandum from the proprietor of the Darlington and Stockton Times, 13 August 1873
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/253Of (N.A. Topham) at Scarborough, 16 August 1873
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/254Of E.M. (Cofram) at Cambridge, 22 October n.d. [c.1873]
(paper)
Furnishing of the Church 1873 - 1875 (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/255-261)Ref: D/Ed 5/2/255List of subscriptions to the fund to provide a Harmonium Pulpit Desk and Altar Plate for Piercebridge Church, 1875
(paper, 2 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/256-261Invoices and receipts sent to Rev. J. Edleston, 19 August 1873 - 5 January 1875
(paper, 6 folios)
Letters to Rev. J. Edleston (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/262-268)Ref: D/Ed 5/2/262Of Henry Swabey, secretary to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 6 May 1873
(paper, printed)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/263Of Hart (Scee) Pease and Company at London, 25 October 1873
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/264-268Letters and receipts of the Church Furniture Manufactory in Birmingham, 29 July - 18 September 1873
(paper, 6 folios)
Miscellaneous (Ref: D/Ed 5/2/269-275)Ref: D/Ed 5/2/269-271Statements of Accounts of St. Mary's Church, Piercebridge, 1890 - February 1939
(paper, 6 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/2/272-275Church notices, June 1894 - n.d. [early 20th Century]
(paper, printed, 4 folios)
Schools (Ref: D/Ed 5/3/1-58)Piercebridge School (Ref: D/Ed 5/3/1-58)Plans (Ref: D/Ed 5/3/1-2)Ref: D/Ed 5/3/1Site plan of proposed school at Piercebridge, 1853
Scale: 1 inch : 10 feet
(tracing paper, 26cm x 17cm, ink, coloured, showing buildings)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/2Plan of Piercebridge School, 23 February 1865
No scale
(paper, ink, showing buildings)
Building of the School (Ref: D/Ed 5/3/3-26)Ref: D/Ed 5/3/3Statement of expenditure incurred on the building of Piercebridge school July 1853 to January 1854, endorsed upon a schedule of property in connection with an alteration in (parish boundaries?), 1854
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/4Abstract of the cost of erection of Piercebridge school by J. Middleton, architect, n.d. [c.1850's]
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/5-19Architect's Certificates with receipts and invoices relating to them, 28 October 1853 - 24 February 1855
(paper, 20 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/20-26Receipts and invoices, 1853 -1854
(paper, 10 folios)
Letters to Rev. G. Macfarlan (Ref: D/Ed 5/3/27-36)Ref: D/Ed 5/3/27-30Of J.R.N. Haswell at Darlington to Rev. G. Macfarlan, 15 June 1853 - 3 April 1854
(paper, 4 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/31Of H.A. Hammarban at Hartlepool, 5 November 1853
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/32Of John D. Eade at Aycliffe, 24 March 1854
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/33Of Thomas Elwin at King Street, Darlington, 18 April 1854
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/34Of Thomas Austin at Newcastle-upon- Tyne, 29 September 1856
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/35-36Accounts of Piercebridge school for the years 1855 - 1862, 29 March 1863
(paper, 2 folios)
Grants to the school (Ref: D/Ed 5/3/37-40)Ref: D/Ed 5/3/37-38Letters of Rev. G. Macfarlan to Rev. Francis Martin, Bursar of Trinity College, Cambridge, 16 February 1853 - 10 May 1856
(paper, 2 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/39Parish copy of a form of Preliminary statement re grant for Piercebridge Church of England School, n.d. [c.1860's]
(paper, printed form)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/401856
(1) The Master, fellows and Scholars of Trinity College, Cambridge
(2) Rev. George Macfarlan, Vicar of Gainford and Rev. Francis Martin, Bursar of Trinity College
Draft Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a parcel of ground 64 feet x 30 feet lying west of the Piercebridge - Catterick road, on which has been erected a building to be used as a school room
(paper)
Letters to Rev. J. Edleston at Gainford re the appointment of a schoolmaster and schoolmistress (Ref: D/Ed 5/3/41-58)Ref: D/Ed 5/3/41-42Of Thomas Bradley at Darlington, 24 February - 7 March 1864
(paper, 2 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/43Of B. Clarke at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 4 March 1864
Endorsed with a draft reply, dated 9 January 1865
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/44-45Of Isaac Raine at Piercebridge, 11 March - 9 December 1865
(paper, 2 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/46-47Of J.G. Cromwell at St. Mark's College, Chelsea, 22 November - 19 December 1865
(paper, 2 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/48Of J. Reynolds at Winteringham, Lincs., 25 December 1865
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/49Of A.R. Archwell at Durham Training College, 10 September 1866
Endorsed with a draft reply, dated 11 September, and draft letter to the Durham Training College for schoolmistresses
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/50-53Of W.H. Walters at the Female Training College, Durham, 13 September - 17 November 1866
(paper, 5 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/54Of Isabella Crofton at Chester-le-Street, 3 October 1866
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/55Of J. Robson at Marske by the Sea, Yorks., 4 April 1873
(paper)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/56-57Of J. Hawarth at Durham Training College for schoolmistresses, 20 October - 15 November 1894
(paper, 2 folios)
Ref: D/Ed 5/3/58Of (Thomas Wilkinson) at Piercebridge reporting damage done to the school gate, a well and the school wall, 5 August 1868
(paper)