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Braes of Derwent Hunt

Reference: D/BDH Catalogue Title: Braes of Derwent Hunt Area: Catalogue Category: Charity and Society Records Description:

Covering Dates: 1850-1970

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Braes of Derwent Hunt

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Braes of Derwent Hunt (Ref: D/BDH)

The 'Braes of Derwent' Hunt was formed in 1854 by William Cowen (1834 - 1875) the third son of Sir Joseph Cowen of Stella Hall. He was Master of the Hunt until 1872 but unfortunately no records survive from this period. He was succeeded as Master by his brother Colonel John Anthony Cowen (1831 - 1895) of Blaydon Burn, second son of Sir Joseph Cowen. Colonel Cowen had for some time kept his own pack of beagles, the earliest item among the records here being a list of beagles kept by him from 1863 - 1867. The actual hunt records begin in 1872 when Colonel Cowen was taking over as Master from his brother. After Cowen's death in 1895 the Mastership was taken by Lewis Priestman (1863 - 1945) of Derwent Lodge, a position he held until his death. Mr. J.E. Cowen, son of Colonel J.A. Cowen, acted as Secretary of the Hunt from 1899 until his death in 1938. Mr. G.A. Cowen, son of J.E. Cowen, became Master of the Hunt in 1945.

These records also contain several items relating to the North Durham Hunt which was formed in 1872 but suffered many vicissitudes. In 1923 the Braes of Derwent Hunt took over some of the North Durham country and the latter ceased to have a Master or its own hounds. Until 1930 the North Durham Hunt had a separate secretary and financial independence but after this date its affairs were gradually merged with the Braes of Derwent Hunt and it finally disappeared in 1943.

For further details about the Hunt see The Braes of Derwent Hunt by G.A. Cowen (in the Record Office Library).

Administrative records (Ref: D/BDH 1-17)Ref: D/BDH 1

Subscriptions collected by Alexander Spiers and John A. Cowen, 1873 - 1876 [Alexander Spiers was a long-standing subscriber to the Hunt and acted as whipper-in from 1882 - 1884]

(1 notebook)

Ref: D/BDH 2

Lists of Meets, 1876 - 1893

(1 notebook)

Ref: D/BDH 3

Lists of Meets, 1893 - 1894

(1 notebook)

Ref: D/BDH 4

List of hounds (1874) which had to be destroyed due to hydrophobia, 1876; list of hounds given to replace those destroyed, 1876; pedigrees of foxhounds, 1881 - 1891; lists of hounds giving names of sires and dams, 1890; list of hounds, 1915 - 1922; puppy statistics, 1898 - 1931, 1938 - 1946; details of litters of cubs belonging to the Braes of Derwent and North Durham Hunts, 1932; letters and notes re hounds, 1892, 1923, 1932 and n.d.

(1 bundle)

Ref: D/BDH 5

Puppy register, 1920 - 1951 Giving name, sire, dam, when whelped, when sent to walk, by whom walked, when returned to kennels and remarks

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 6

Hounds day book, 1923 - 1927 Giving names, days hunted and numbers killed

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 7

Hounds day book, 1927 - 1930 Giving names, days hunted and numbers killed

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 8

Hounds day book, 1930 - 1933 Giving names, days hunted and numbers killed

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 9

Hounds day book, 1937 - 1956 Giving names, days hunted and numbers killed

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 10

Hounds day book, 1934 - 1937 Giving names, days hunted and numbers killed

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 11

Hounds day book, 1945 - 1955 Giving names, days hunted and numbers killed

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 12

Hounds day book, 1929 - 1936 Giving horses, names and days hunted

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 13

Hounds day book, 1936 - 1950 Giving horses, names and days hunted

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 14

Record of foxes killed giving place of hunt, date, name of horse, how killed, sex of fox, time taken, where found, names of people receiving the mast and brush, day and period, 1920 - 1939

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 15

Committee meeting minutes and related papers (fragmentary), 1916, 1928, 1945, 1946 and n.d.

(1 bundle)

Ref: D/BDH 16

Programmes and other papers re events organized by the Hunt especially steeplechases with lists of entrants etc., 1894 - 1948; printed notices, 1896 - 1921

(1 bundle)

Ref: D/BDH 17

Programmes for Point to Point and Steeplechase Races held jointly with the North Durham Hunt, 1904, 1905, 1907

(1 bundle)

Financial records (Ref: D/BDH 18-40)Ref: D/BDH 18

Hunt accounts, 1873 - 1883

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 19

Receipts and disbursements, 1886 - 1892

(1 notebook)

Ref: D/BDH 20-24

Accounts, many in connection with lamb and poultry claims and related correspondence, 1928 - 1943, 1951 - 1952

(5 bundles)

Ref: D/BDH 25

Expenditure accounts, 1945 - 1963

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 26

Expenditure accounts, 1963 - 1968

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 27

Bank book, 1931 - 1936

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 28

Bank book, 1936 - 1938

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 29

Hunt expenses, 1902 - 1930 Including sundry notes on days hunted, foxes killed, lamb damage etc., 1896 - 1927

(1 bundle)

Ref: D/BDH 30

Account book entitled Axwell Park Bazaar Stall V, 1901, containing: list of provisions promised, n.d. [prob. 1901]; Donations towards Fund for Fencing Covers, n.d.; Farmers Cup and Lunch Accounts, 1905, 1907; Gibside Estate Shooting Expenses, 1904 - 1905; Point to Point Entrance Fees, 1907

(1 notebook)

Ref: D/BDH 31

Accounts for the Hunt Ball, 1907 - 1908

(1 notebook)

Ref: D/BDH 32

Notebook containing accounts for races and balls, 1927 - 1936 Includes Garden Labourers Wages [for Minsteracres home of Mr. J.E. Cowen?], 1923 - 1924

(1 notebook)

Ref: D/BDH 33

Accounts of Siddle Dixon jnr. with William Cowen and John A. Cowen, 1872 - 1873 [Siddle Dixon jnr. [d.1897], Landlord of the Fox and Hounds, Coalburns, was huntsman of the Braes of Derwent Hunt, 1859 - 1895]

(1 notebook)

Ref: D/BDH 34

Accounts of Siddle Dixon jnr. with William Cowen and John A. Cowen, 1873 - 1884

(1 notebook)

Ref: D/BDH 35

Accounts of Siddle Dixon jnr. with William Cowen and John A. Cowen, 1884 - 1895

(1 notebook)

Ref: D/BDH 36

Miscellaneous notes and accounts, 1882 - 1883

(1 notebook)

Ref: D/BDH 37

Miscellaneous notes and accounts, 1883 - 1885

(1 notebook)

Ref: D/BDH 38-39

Balance sheets and lists of subscribers (printed), 1874 - 1880, 1882 - 1886, 1889 - 1892, 1899, 1901 - 1905, 1908 - 1938 D/BDH 38 also contains: list of members names, addresses and amounts subscribed, 1887 - 1889; subscription lists, 1892 - 1895; list (printed) of subscribers to the Haydon Hunt and accounts, 1876; lists (printed) of subscriptions and accounts of North Durham Hunt, 1876, 1880 - 1881; circular letter re subscriptions to North Durham Hunt, 1881; list of subscriptions and balance sheet of Northumberland and Durham Harriers, 1881 - 1882

(2 bundles)

Ref: D/BDH 40

Bills and receipts (including receipt books for subscriptions, 1888 - 1895), 1872 - 1895

(1 bundle)

Correspondence (Ref: D/BDH 41-73)Ref: D/BDH 41-70

Correspondence mainly of Col. J.A. Cowen, Mr. J.E. Cowen and Mr. G.A. Cowen, 1871, 1873 - 1895, 1898 - 1936, 1945 - 1970

(30 bundles)

Ref: D/BDH 71

Correspondence of Col. J.A. Cowen with W.H. Charlton of Hesleyside, Northumberland, re hunting (with a letter from James Hedley re the destruction of the hounds because of hydrophobia, 1876, and a letter from W.H. Charlton to Mr. G.A. Cowen re the search for information on the early history of the B.D.H., 1949), 1873 - 1876

(1 bundle)

Ref: D/BDH 72

Correspondence of Col. J.A. Cowen with the 2nd Earl of Ravensworth and his agent re hunting and hunt affairs etc., 1880 - 1893

(1 bundle)

Ref: D/BDH 73

Correspondence of Col. J.A. Cowen with various people (including Lord Ravensworth) re hunt matters (with hound pedigrees and accounts of meets, 1887?), n.d. [c.1872 - 1895]

(1 bundle)

Hunt Secretaries Association (Ref: D/BDH 74)Ref: D/BDH 74

Printed letters and circulars, 1904 - 1935

(1 bundle)

Master of Foxhounds Association (Ref: D/BDH 75)Ref: D/BDH 75

Printed letters and circulars, 1914 - 1933

(1 bundle)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/BDH 76-80)Ref: D/BDH 76

Statistics re days hunted, foxes killed, coverts drawn etc., also for the North Durham Hunt (compiled mainly by Lewis Priestman, 1896 - 1935); printed verses re members of the hunt, 1930; account of a day's hunting by J.E. Cowen, 1931; list of members of the B.D.H. and N.D.H., 1936; members list, n.d.; names and addresses of farmers in the B.D.H. country, n.d.

(1 bundle)

Ref: D/BDH 77

Photographs of painting of the Hunt crossing the Unthank Road at Airey Holme by F.A. Stewart, n.d. [c.1938] (original presented to Major J.L. Priestman as a wedding gift); unidentified photographs of hounds and horses, n.d. [prob. c.1900]; blank card announcing date of B.D.H. meet, n.d.; items presented by George Benson viz. Menu at the Presentation Dinner for Col. J.A. Cowen, 1893; photograph of group with horse, n.d. [pre 1900]; copy of the song 'Blaydon Races' printed on blue silk, 1890

(1 bundle)

Ref: D/BDH 78

Newspaper and magazine articles re the Braes of Derwent, North Durham, Tynedale and South Durham Hunts, 1911 - 1914, n.d.

(1 bundle)

Ref: D/BDH 79

Printed matter including: The Field (extract), containing articles on hunting and a list of hunts in Great Britain, 1876; The Field (extract), 1912; The Field (extracts), containing articles on the Braes of Derwent and North Durham Hunts, 1911, 1913 - 1914; The Field, containing an article on Braes of Derwent Hunt, 1923; Land and Water Hunting containing Hound List and Kennel Directory for Great Britain, 1892 - 1893; Horse and Hound (extract) containing articles on the Tynedale and Haydon Hunts, 1942; Newcastle Daily Chronicle Hunting Supplement, 1887

(1 bundle)

Ref: D/BDH 80

Manuscript, typescript, notes, accounts, correspondence including reviews, proofs and first copies of The Braes of Derwent Hunt by G.A. Cowen (privately published and.printed by the Northumberland Press Ltd., 1955), 1954 - 1956 N.B. A copy of this is in the Record Office Library

(1 bundle)

Cowen Family (Ref: D/BDH 81-103)Lt. Colonel John A. Cowen (Ref: D/BDH 81)Ref: D/BDH 81

Names and pedigrees of beagles kept by Colonel J.A. Cowen, Blaydon Burn, 1863 - 1867

(1 volume)

John Edward Cowen (Ref: D/BDH 82-87)Ref: D/BDH 82

Diary (including record of Meets of Braes of Derwent Foxhounds and Cub Hunting, 1888 - 1904; names and addresses of earthstoppers, 1894; list of Meetings of other hunts attended especially the Tynedale Hounds, 1902 - 1903), 1880 - 1888

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 83

Child's Diary with sketches, 1887 - 1888

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 84

Hunting Journal, 1904 - 1906

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 85

Hunting Journal, 1906 - 1909

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 86

Hunting Journal, 1909 - 1913

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 87

Hunting Journal, 1913 - 1914

(1 volume)

Ruth M. Cowen (Ref: D/BDH 88-89)

Ruth M. Cowen (1911-1968), daughter of George Anthony Cowen

Ref: D/BDH 88

Hunting Journal, 1920 - 1937

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 89

Hunting Journal, 1937

(1 volume)

Mrs. Mabel Hunter Cowen (d.1941) (Ref: D/BDH 90-103)

Mabel Hunter Thompson (1875-1941), daughter of George Hunter Thompson of Whickham, married John Edward Cowen in 1903 and was the mother of George Anthony Cowen and Ruth M. Cowen.

Ref: D/BDH 90

Diary containing brief written entries, newspaper cuttings re births, marriages, deaths and other events, London and Newcastle theatre programmes and programmes for local and national events, 1899 - 1905

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 91

Diary (containing same information as in D/BDH 90), 1906 - 1912

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 92

Diary (containing same information as in D/BDH 90), 1913 - 1919

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 93

Diary (containing same information as in D/BDH 90), 1920 - 1923

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 94

Diary (containing same information as in D/BDH 90), 1924 - 1925

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 95

Diary (containing same information as in D/BDH 90), 1926 - 1927

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 96

Diary (containing same information as in D/BDH 90), 1928 - 1929

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 97

Diary (containing same information as in D/BDH 90), 1930 - 1931

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 98

Diary (containing same information as in D/BDH 90), 1932 - 1933

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 99

Diary (containing same information as in D/BDH 90), 1934 - 1935

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 100

Diary (containing same information as in D/BDH 90), 1936 - 1937

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 101

Diary (containing same information as in D/BDH 90), 1938 - 1940

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 102

Diary (containing same information as in D/BDH 90), 1941

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 103

Index of persons (for diaries D/BDH 90-92 and 99-100 above), 1899 - 1919 and 1934 - 1937

(1 volume, containing papers and 1 booklet)

Priestman Family (Ref: D/BDH 104-120)Lewis Priestman (Ref: D/BDH 104-119)Ref: D/BDH 104

Hunting journal, 1896

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 105

Hunting journal, 1897 - 1901

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 106

Hunting journal, 1901 - 1906

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 107

Hunting journal, 1906 - 1911

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 108

Hunting journal, 1911 - 1915

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 109

Hunting journal, 1915 - 1918

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 110

Hunting journal, 1918 - 1921

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 111

Hunting journal, 1921 - 1926

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 112

Hunting journal, 1927 - 1931

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 113

Hunting journal, 1931 - 1935

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 114

Hunting journal, 1935 - 1939

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 115

Hunting journal, 1939 - 1945

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 116

List of subscribers to the Presentation Portrait given to Lewis Priestman by the Members of the Hunt and Farmers on the occasion of his marriage, 1907

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 117

Accounts and correspondence re presentation of portrait as a wedding present to Lewis Priestman, 1907 - 1909

(1 bundle)

Ref: D/BDH 118

Presentation after 25 years as Master, subscription list, circulars, accounts, etc., 1921

(1 bundle)

Ref: D/BDH 119

Venture Coach time-tables from Scarborough to Harrogate, 1899 - 1907; menus for dinners held in celebration of Venture Coach journeys, 1902, 1903; Arrow Coach time-table from Harrogate to Bolton Abbey, 1902 [Coaching was one of the great interests of Lewis Priestman. For further information see The Braes of Derwent Hunt by G.A. Cowen, p.81]

(1 bundle)

Major J.L. Priestman (Ref: D/BDH 120)Ref: D/BDH 120

Presentation made by the Hunt on his marriage, 1938, subscription list with expenditure receipt books, circulars, accounts and other papers, 1938

(1 bundle)

North Durham Hunt (Ref: D/BDH 121-132)Ref: D/BDH 121

Programmes for Point to Point Races, 1897, 1900, 1902, 1903

(1 bundle)

Ref: D/BDH 122

Poultry Claims Book (copy) kept by Mrs. Jevons (Secretary), 1920 - 1928

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 123

Minute book, 1927 - 1928

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 124

Bank pass book, 1923 - 1927

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 125

Bank pass book, 1927 - 1929

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 126

Bank pass book, 1930

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 127

Accounts, 1928 - 1932

(1 volume)

Ref: D/BDH 128-131

Correspondence and printed notices re subscriptions, 1923 - 1931; miscellaneous correspondence, 1927 - 1930; correspondence re Hunt Covert at Woodburn, 1927 - 1930; correspondence re loan of S.E. portion of the N.D.H. country to the South Durham Hunt, 1928 - 1930

(1 bundle)

Ref: D/BDH 132

Printed notices, lists of members and balance sheets, 1910 - 1931

(1 bundle)

Other Hunts (Ref: D/BDH 133-134)Ref: D/BDH 133

Rules of the Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead Harriers Club (with covering letter to G.A. Cowen from the Master(?) of the Newcastle and District Beagles, n.d.), 1850

(1 booklet, 1 paper)

Ref: D/BDH 134

Miscellaneous printed papers re other hunts etc., including Northern Counties Otter Hounds, 1903; Craven Hunt, Berkshire, 1925 - 1926, 1928 - 1929; Tynedale Hunt verses re members, 1930; Zetland Hunt rates of subscriptions, 1932; map of Cleveland Hunt district, n.d.; Derwent Valley Entire Horse Association Show Programmes, 1910, 1927, 1930; Morpeth Hunter Trials programme, 1927

(1 bundle)