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Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society

Reference: D/Co/BA Catalogue Title: Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society Area: Catalogue Category: Business and Industry Records Description: 

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  • Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society
    • Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society (Ref: D/Co/BA)
    • BISHOP AUCKLAND CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY (Ref: D/Co/BA 40-43)
    • Evenwood Branch (Ref: D/Co/BA 44-48)
    • BISHOP AUCKLAND CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY (Ref: D/Co/BA 49-62)
    • BISHOP AUCKLAND INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE FLOUR AND PROVISION SOCIETY (Ref: D/Co/BA 66-75)
    • WILLINGTON CO-OPERATIVE AND INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY LIMITED (Ref: D/Co/BA 76-85)
    • BRANCEPETH AND OAKENSHAW COLLIERIES AGED MINERS' HOMES (ALSO KNOWN AS WILLINGTON AGED MINERS' HOMES) (Ref: D/Co/BA 86-96)

Catalogue Contents

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society (Ref: D/Co/BA) (Ref: D/Co/BA 1-31)

BISHOP AUCKLAND CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY

Minute books

Ref: D/Co/BA 1

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, 25 February 1860 - 26 June 1867
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 2

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, 18 April 1877 - 4 July 1882
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 3

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, 7 July 1882 - 2 January 1884
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 4

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, 2 December 1882 - 17 June 1885
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 5

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, 23 June 1885 - 12 February 1887
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 6

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, 16 February 1887 - 23 October 1888
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 7

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, 14 November 1888 - 15 October 1890
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 8

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, 23 October 1890 - 5 November 1891
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 9

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, 7 November 1891 - 4 February 1893
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 10

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, 4 February 1893 - 5 May 1894
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 11

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, 5 May 1894 - 3 August 1895
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 12

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, 3 August 1895 - 24 October 1896
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 13

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, 4 November 1896 - 5 February 1898
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 14

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, 5 February 1898 - 6 May 1899
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 15

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, 6 May 1899 - 5 May 1900
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 16

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, 5 May 1900 - 4 November 1900
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 17

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, indexed, 3 November 1900 - 4 July 1901
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 18

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, indexed, 10 July 1901 - 22 March 1902
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 19

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, indexed, 22 March 1902 - 20 November 1902
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 20

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, 26 November 1902 - 4 June 1903
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 21

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, indexed, 10 June 1903 - 6 February 1904
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 22

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, indexed, 6 February 1904 - 22 September 1904
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 23

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, indexed, 22 September 1904 - 25 May 1905
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 24

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, indexed, 8 June 1905 - 19 April 1906
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 25

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, indexed, 21 April 1906 - 6 December 1906
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 26

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, indexed, 13 December 1906 - 1 August 1907
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 27

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, indexed, 3 August 1907 - 19 March 1908
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 28

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, indexed, 26 March 1908 - 7 November 1907
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 29

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, 7 November 1908 - 22 July 1909
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 30

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, indexed, 29 July 1909 - 7 April 1910
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 31

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society minute book, indexed, 14 April 1910 - 22 December 1910
(1 volume)

(Ref: D/Co/BA 32-39)

WILLINGTON CO-OPERATIVE AND INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY

Minute books

Ref: D/Co/BA 32

Willington Co-operative Society minute book, 27 October 1884 - 2 December 1889
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 33

Willington Co-operative Society minute book, 9 December 1889 - 7 March 1894
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 34

Willington Co-operative Society minute book, 15 December 1894 - 19 August 1895
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 35

Willington Co-operative Society minute book, 19 July 1897 - 29 October 1900
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 36

Willington Co-operative Society minute book, 5 November 1900 - 10 August 1903
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 37

Willington Co-operative Society minute book, 17 August 1903 - 28 August 1905
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 38

Willington Co-operative Society minute book, 4 September 1905 - 17 August 1908
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 39

Willington Co-operative Society minute book, indexed, 24 August 1908 - 8 August 1910 (1 volume) Second Deposit (Acc: 1972 (D))

BISHOP AUCKLAND CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY (Ref: D/Co/BA 40-43)Ref: D/Co/BA 40

Committee and Quarterly members' meetings minute book including special resolutions, 12 May 1949 - 3 November 1966 Standing orders for the regulation of business at the meeting of Directors of Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society, 8 December 1966 The special general meetings held to approve the 'Transfer of Engagements and Assets of the Society to Darlington Co-operative and Industrial Society Ltd.', 11 November 1967 and 2 December 1967, 5 January 1967 - 18 January 1968
(1 volume)

Ref: D/Co/BA 41

Half yearly reports and balance sheets, 10 March 1937 - 12 March 1940
(6 booklets)

Ref: D/Co/BA 42

Half yearly reports and balance sheets, 13 March 1940 - 7 March 1950
(20 booklets)

Ref: D/Co/BA 43

Half yearly reports and balance sheets, 8 March 1950 - 6 March 1951, 12 September 1951 - 10 March 1953, 9 September 1953 - 9 March 1954, 8 September 1954 - 10 September 1957
(12 booklets)

Evenwood Branch (Ref: D/Co/BA 44-48)Ref: D/Co/BA 44

Wages book, 2 July 1930 - 8 December 1937
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co/BA 45

Wages book, 22 December 1937 - 2 July 1949
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co/BA 46

Day book, 19 February 1959 - 27 July 1961
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co/BA 47

Members' ledger, 9 September 1926 - 6 March 1934
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co/BA 48

Blank grocery delivery order form, 10 August 1949 (1 paper) Third Deposit (Acc: 2498(D)

BISHOP AUCKLAND CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY (Ref: D/Co/BA 49-62)Ref: D/Co/BA 49

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society Employees' Education Sub-Committee minute book (signed), 26 February 1946 - 17 February 1949
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co/BA 50

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society Education Committee minutes (signed), 28 January 1951 - 30 December 1955
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/Co/BA 51

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society Education Committee minutes (signed), 27 January 1956 - 15 December 1961
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/Co/BA 52

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society Committee minutes (signed), January - March 1966
(67 papers)

Ref: D/Co/BA 53

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society Committee minutes (signed), April - June 1966
(67 papers)

Ref: D/Co/BA 54

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society Committee minutes (signed), July - September 1966
(61 papers)

Ref: D/Co/BA 55

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society Committee minutes (signed), October - December 1966
(63 papers)

Ref: D/Co/BA 56

Bishop Auckland Industrial Co-operative Flour and Provision Society half-yearly report and balance sheet, March - September 1920
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/Co/BA 57

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society balance sheets, March 1939 - March 1951
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co/BA 58

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society balance sheets, March 1951 - March 1960
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co/BA 59

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society half-yearly reports and statements of accounts, March 1960 - January 1968
(16 booklets)

Ref: D/Co/BA 60

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society notice of half-yearly meeting to be held on 1 November 1958
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/Co/BA 61

Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society notice of half-yearly meeting to be held on 12 November 1966
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/Co/BA 62

Correspondence of Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society, concerning licences for the Jubilee Hall, pensions, and the membership of sub-committees and deputations in 1958-59, 27 May 1935 - 10 February 1967
(63 papers)

(Ref: D/Co/BA 63-65)

WILLINGTON CO-OPERATIVE AND INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
(joined Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society in 1939)

Ref: D/Co/BA 63

Willington Co-operative and Industrial Society Committee minute book, 19 August 1935 - 31 July 1940
(1 file)

Ref: D/Co/BA 64

Willington Co-operative and Industrial Society final balance sheet and report, March 1939
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/Co/BA 65

Special report from the Co-operative Wholesale Society to the Willington Co-operative and Industrial Society concerning their transfer to the Bishop Auckland Industrial Co-operative Flour and Provision Society, 8 August 1939 (4 papers) Fourth Deposit Acc: 2825(D)

BISHOP AUCKLAND INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE FLOUR AND PROVISION SOCIETY (Ref: D/Co/BA 66-75)Ref: D/Co/BA 66

Rules of the Bishop Auckland Industrial Co-operative Flour and Provision Society Limited, 1908
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/Co/BA 67

Plaintiff's costs of action in the case of Bishop Auckland Industrial Co-operative Flour and Provision Society v Butterknowle Colliery Company, March 1902 - 10 November 1903
(41 papers)

Ref: D/Co/BA 68

Costs of respondents in the Court of Appeal in the case of Bishop Auckland Industrial Co-operative Flour and Provision Society v Butterknowle Colliery Company, 5 February 1904 - 6 February 1905
(8 papers)

Ref: D/Co/BA 69

Statutory declaration by the Clerk to Bishop Auckland Urban District Council of all outstanding loans with Bishop Auckland Industrial Co-operative Flour and Provision Society Limited, 12 May 1902
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co/BA 70

Extracts from the minute books of Shildon Urban District Council concerning loans taken with the Bishop Auckland Industrial Co-operative Flour and Provision Society, 4 March 1924 - 10 August 1925 (10 papers) 24 October 1918 71 (1) Bishop Auckland Industrial Co-operative Flour and Provision Society Limited, 84 Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland (2) Parish Council of Middridge Lease, from 11 November 1918 for 10 years, of a footway at Middridge Rent: £4 10 0 p.a. Plan attached showing the route of the footpath Scale: 1:2500 (3 papers, 1 plan, 33.5cm. x 22.7cm., colour) 21 December 1928 72 (1) Bishop Auckland Industrial Co-operative Flour and Provision Society Limited, 84 Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland (2) Parish Council of Middridge Lease, from 12 November 1928 for 10 years, of a footway at Middridge Rent: £4 10 0 p.a.
(4 papers)

Ref: D/Co/BA 73

Statement of rents and out-goings at East and West Thickley, 22 August 1918
(5 papers)

Ref: D/Co/BA 74

Valuation of tenant-right and stock on West Thickley Farm, Shildon, taken over by Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society Limited from Robert English, outgoing tenant, 26 October 1918
(2 papers)

Ref: D/Co/BA 75

Valuation of away going crops of corn on East Thickley Farm, Shildon, taken over by Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society Limited from J. Weighall, outgoing tenant, 28 February 1920
(1 paper)

WILLINGTON CO-OPERATIVE AND INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY LIMITED (Ref: D/Co/BA 76-85)Ref: D/Co/BA 76

Rules of the Willington Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited, 1891
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/Co/BA 77

Partial amendment of the rules of the Willington Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited, 5 March 1894
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co/BA 78

Rules of the Willington Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited, 1895
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/Co/BA 79

Rules of the Willington Co-operative and Industrial Society, 1906
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/Co/BA 80

Specification of works required in the erection and completion of a branch store at Langley Moor for the Willington Co-operative Society Limited, 29 March 1878
(10 papers)

Ref: D/Co/BA 81

Bills of quantities for the proposed building of seven cottages by the Willington Co-operative and Industrial Society, March 1899
(12 papers)

Ref: D/Co/BA 82

Specification for houses to be built for Willington Co-operative and Industrial Society Limited, Willington, n.d.
(9 papers)

Ref: D/Co/BA 83

Plan showing the extent of property belonging to the Willington Co-operative and Industrial Society Ltd., at Front Street, Hunwick Lane Ends, Willington, 3 March 1919 No scale
(1 plan, 24.3cm. x 38.6cm.)

Ref: D/Co/BA 84

Plan of Willington Co-operative and Industrial Society's central premises, Commercial Street, Willington, n.d. Scale: 1 inch to 30 feet [1:360]
(1 plan, 20.3cm. x 33.1cm.)

Ref: D/Co/BA 85

Summary stock sheets for the Oakenshaw store of the Willington Co-operative and Industrial Society, 12 March 1937 and 12 March 1938
(13 papers)

BRANCEPETH AND OAKENSHAW COLLIERIES AGED MINERS' HOMES (ALSO KNOWN AS WILLINGTON AGED MINERS' HOMES) (Ref: D/Co/BA 86-96)Ref: D/Co/BA 86

Balance sheet and list of subscribers for the Brancepeth and Oakenshaw A.B.C. Pits Aged Miners' Homes for the year ending 20 December 1913 Includes: a register of tenants in the homes, 1913
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co/BA 87

Balance sheet and list of subscribers for the Brancepeth and Oakenshaw A.B.C. Pits Aged Miners' Homes for the year ending 20 December 1914 Includes: a register of tenants in the homes, 1914
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co/BA 88

Balance sheet and list of subscribers for the Brancepeth and Oakenshaw A.B.C. Pits Aged Miners' Homes for the year ending December 1915 Includes: a register of tenants in the homes, 1915
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co/BA 89

Balance sheet and list of subscribers for the Brancepeth and Oakenshaw A.B.C. Pits Aged Miners' Homes for the year ending 31 December 1916 Includes: a register of tenants in the homes, 1916
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co/BA 90

Balance sheet and list of subscribers for the Brancepeth and Oakenshaw A.B.C. Pits Aged Miners' Homes for the year ending 31 December 1917 Includes: a register of tenants in the homes, 1917
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co/BA 91

Balance sheet and list of subscribers for the Brancepeth and Oakenshaw A.B.C. Pits Aged Miners' Homes for the year ending 31 December 1918 Includes: a register of tenants in the homes, 1918
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co/BA 92

Balance sheet and list of subscribers for the Brancepeth and Oakenshaw A.B.C. Pits Aged Miners' Homes for the year ending 31 December 1919 Includes: a register of tenants in the homes, 1919
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co/BA 93

Photograph of the first tenants of the Aged Miners' Homes, Willington, n.d. [1913]
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/Co/BA 94

Photograph showing R. L. Weeks (president), H. Middlemas (treasurer) and J. Bailey (secretary) holding the Willington Aged Miners' Homes Football Cup, n.d. [1920]
(1 photograph, 11.7cm. x 15.9cm., black and white)

Ref: D/Co/BA 95

Annual balance sheet for Willington Aged Miners' Homes Football Cup competition, season 1919 - 1920, 20 May 1920
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co/BA 96

Notes concerning the history of the Willington Aged Miners' Homes, n.d.
(7 papers)



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