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Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1952 - 1953

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1953 - 1954

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1954 - 1955

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1955 - 1956

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1956 - 1957

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1957 - 1958

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1958 - 1959

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1959 - 1960

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1960 - 1961

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1961 - 1962

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1962 - 1963

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1963 - 1964

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1964 - 1965

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1965 - 1966

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1966 - 1967

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1967 - 1968

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1968 - 1969

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1969 - 1970

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1970 - 1971

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1971 - 1972

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1972 - 1973

Lives of Lord Castlereagh and Sir C. Stewart, by Sir Archibald Alison, (1861) Both endorsed: "Presented to the Londonderry Institute by Frances Anne Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry, December 1861"

North of England Maritime Directory, Shipping Register and Commercial Advertiser, by Thomas Marwood, jnr., 1848 - 1849

Past Events, 1880 (An everyday register of events of local and general public interest which took place in Newcastle)

The Poetical Works of Byron, 1923 Endorsed: 'George S. Boggon from Malcolm Dillon, July 1925' Includes photograph of Seaham Hall indicating the room in which Byron was married and newspaper cutting and pamphlet re the Byron Centenary Luncheon at Seaham Hall, 1924

Londonderry House, by Montgomery Hyde, 1937 Endorsed: 'George S. Boggon from Malcolm Dillon, August 1938'

Programme for the Seaham Harbour Peace Celebrations and Concise History of the Great War, 1919

Souvenir for the coming of age of Lord Castlereagh, eldest son of the 7th Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, 1923

The Railway Magazine, January 1901 Includes articles on the Londonderry Railway (p.70) and Newcastle Central Station (p.12)

Shotton, Horden and District Official Guide, (stamped G.S. Boggon), n.d. [c.1930]

Seaham Harbour Amateur Orchestral Society, minutes, accounts and list of members and subscriptions, 1880 - 1887 Contains programmes, newspaper cuttings and other material re concerts held

Newspaper cuttings, printed material, letters, etc. re Seaham Harbour and District, Londonderry Family, national affairs, etc., 1870 - 1904 Includes programme of the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations at Seaham, 1897; small engraving of the Seaham Iron Works, n.d. [c.1860]; facsimile of the first letter sent by balloon from Paris, 1870; photographs (4) of the Silksworth Strike, 1891 - 1892, showing evicted families, emergency or Candy Men and general scene with policemen; photograph of Sir George Elliot's funeral at Houghton-le-Spring, n.d. [c.1890]; History of the United Methodist Church, Seaham Harbour, n.d.; list of Public and Private Executions in Durham, 1732 - 1904; engraving of Seaham Hall, Church and Vicarage, 1858; photograph of Mary Ann Cotton and cutting re case, c.1872; card showing the office of G. Boggon, Printer, Bookbinder, Stationer and General Newsagent at 27 North Railway Street, Seaham Harbour, n.d. [c.1860 - 1870], with a note re Boggon family; card giving names of men and boys killed at Usworth in Explosion, 1885; photographs of Sir Roger Charles Tichborne, Tichborne House, The "Bella" and Sir Roger's hut in Australia (see newscuttings re the Tichborne Case, 1874 (D/X 189/vii)); description of accident at the Victoria Hall, Sunderland, with names of those dead, 1883; description of the wreck of the "Rainbow" near Seaham, 1837

Book of printing specimens used as a scrapbook for MSS notes, programmes, newspaper cuttings, letters, etc. re people and events at Seaham Harbour, 1886 - 1896 Includes engravings of Seaham Hall, Church and Rectory and School, c.1858; programme for Golden Jubilee Celebrations, 1887; notes by Mr. Boggon re the visit of Duke of Cambridge to North in 1842 and the manufacture of bottles in the North-East; drawing of the Lighthouse Tower at Dunkirk (France) by Geo. Boggon age 14 years, when on a trip on the steamer Wynyard Park, n.d.; copy of the "Footlights" produced by the Salt Lake Theatre, Salt Lake City, 1873; souvenir of the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Seaham Harbour, 1890

Printer's price list used as a scrapbook for newspaper cuttings, letters, invitations, tickets, programmes, etc. re Seaham, 1899 - 1903

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, etc. re the Great War (indexed), 1914 - 1918 Includes a cutting re the coming of age of Lord Castlereagh, 1923, and programme of festivities at Seaham for laying foundations of New Dock and cutting first sod for new Colliery at Dawdon, 1899

"A New Years Eve Adventure", n.d. (2 copies);"The Feather Bed Rock", n.d.; "The Finding of a Dead Woman in the Harbour - Supposed case of suicide", n.d.; "Seaham Harbour", n.d.; "Rainton Coal Field", n.d.; "Rainton Collieries", n.d.; "Amusing Story of the Prince and Princess of Wales now King and Queen", 1904 (pp. 3-5 only)

"An Amusing Incident of a prominent townsman taken for a burglar", n.d.; "Seaham Harbour Past and Present", n.d. [c.1898]; "A Houghton Lady at Chicago - Interesting Particulars" (notes re a newspaper article), n.d.;"The Mill Inn", n.d.; "Interesting Reminiscences of the Rev. Edward Irving", n.d.; "What a Dog does", n.d.; "Another of Britain's Heroes dies in a Workhouse - A Brave Soldier's Career", n.d. [c.1899] [Richard McLachlin died in the Easington Workhouse. He fought in the Crimean War, Indian Mutiny and Afghanistan]; "Jimmy the Weaver - a Sunderland Character", n.d.; "A Reminiscence of Seaham Harbour Races," n.d.; "The Press Gang at Sunderland" (1811), n.d.; "Another Band Story", n.d.; "The Don's Lament", n.d.; "Blyth 85 years ago - A Nonogenarians recollections", n.d. [c.1897] (by Mrs. Jane Robinson, an inmate of the Kepier Almshouses at Houghton-le-Spring) "The Prince of Wales visit to Seaham Harbour (1890) and Former Royal Visits", n.d. [c.1890]; "Dogs' Graves", n.d.; "Pick Shaft Monday - A Wingate Colliery Custom", n.d. [c.1896]

"Seaham Harbour - Resignation of Mr. Emminson, J.P. as Chief Agent", n.d. [c.1899]; "A snowed-up Bishop - a story re Bishop Baring of Durham and an actor John Lomax (1867)", n.d.; "A former Duke of Cambridge's visit to the North (1842)" on occasion of the Duke of Cambridge's visit in 1896, n.d. [c.1896]; "Sailors' Strike of 18--" [1851], n.d.; "Prelude" (re the Londonderry Family), n.d.; "Miners' Dinners " (an account of dinners given to the miners by the Londonderry family), n.d.; MSS re the friendship of Sir George Elliott and the Rev. James Cuthbertson, n.d.; "Penshaw Monument", n.d.; "Starting and Opening of Seaham Harbour" (3 pages only), n.d.; letter from the Rev. A. Bethune with photograph, 1903; account (in diary form) re visit of the British Artillery Detachment to Canada (Quebec), 1884 (writer unknown, but could be someone from the Seaham Artillery Brigade) Envelope containing: 6 photographs (and negatives) taken at "Harriet Watson's wedding" (probably includes members of the Boggon family), n.d. [c.1900]; monthly payment card for Rudge-Whitworth, Sunderland, 1906 - 1907; contract ticket for Londonderry Railway, 1900; membership card of Church of England Temperance Society signed by G.S. Boggon, 1911; card from Thomas Summerbell, M.P. re a Bill in Parliament, 1909; authorities for transfer of newspaper contract ticket on North Eastern Railway (blank) for employees of the North Eastern Daily Gazette, n.d.; brochures for guesthouses, n.d. [c.1900]

Photograph showing spray 60 feet high over Seaham lighthouse, n.d.; list of titles in the collection of MSS drawn up by Mr. Boggon and signed, 1904 (attached is a rejection slip from the Spectator); "Seaham Hall - Interesting rerniniscenses of Lord Byron", (unfinished), n.d.; "The old Police Station or "Kitty" at Seaham Harbour", n.d.; "The Londonderry Family", n.d. (2 copies); "Roman Catholic notes" (First page missing), n.d. "A Squirrel Story", n.d.

"The Seaham Harbour Voluntary Artillery Brigade", n.d.; "St. John's Parish Church", n.d.; "The Marquis of Londonderry's ancestors", 1904; notes re sailors' strike at Seaham Harbour (1851) with reference to a contemporary strike of seamen, n.d. (See UD/Sea 39); "The Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Seaham Harbour", n.d. [c.1890] (a history of the Londonderry family and Seaham Harbour)

"The Foundation of Seaham Harbour", n.d.; "Wynyard", n.d., [c.1900 - 1910]; "Robert and Charles Stewart" (Notes for a talk given to the Wesley Guild on 18 December 1911); notes for a talk given to an unnamed society [Seaham Literary and Debating Society] re Byron, n.d.

"Glass and Bottle-Making" (for the Weekly Leader), n.d.; "An Ancient Church - Dalton-le-Dale", n.d.; "Curious Legend" - re the Lambton family, the Castle and legend of Lambton Worm, n.d. (includes two photographs of the Castle); "A Chat with a Circus Manager", n.d. (after a visit by Lord George Sanger's Circus); "The War: The attack on Jamestown: How Bravely the Defenders fought" (account of the attack on Jamestown compiled largely from a letter sent by Mr. William Barker, Master of the Public School at Jamestown and son of Mr. Barker of New Seaham, 1901), n.d. [c.1901] (refers to the Boer War)

Seaham Harbour Literary and Debating Society. Programme for Mock Parliamentary Debate in the Londonderry Institute on Friday, 8 April 1910 (Subject: The Second Chamber Bill of 1910. Mr. Boggon was the Prime Minister); Mr. Boggon's notes for the above debate; report from the Select Committee on the House of Lords, 1908; "The House of Lords: who they are and what they have done", by Harold Spender, 1909

"Former Rectors of Houghton", n.d. [c.1895] (2 copies both incomplete); "The Londonderry Literary Institute", n.d.; "Seaham Lighthouses", n.d.; note re chemist called Scott and dentist called Potts in Sunderland with reference to stationers being patent medicine vendors in early times, n.d.; notes, newspaper cuttings, correspondence re the connection of film star Richard Greene with Seaham Harbour, 1938 (also refers to connection of Charles Laughton with Seaham Harbour - see below); "How young soldiers were trained 20 years ago". Typewritten MSS re Charles Laughton' s army career during the First World War with notes (some in shorthand) and covering letter from Mr. W. Williams of Blackhall Colliery from whom the information was received, 1938; copy of "Film Star Who's Who" containing entry for Charles Laughton, 1936

Printed description of the Durham and Northumberland Collieries Fire and Rescue Brigade - stations, equipment, etc., n.d. [c.1930] with covering letter from Chief Officer Frederick Mills to Boggon re the possibility of Boggon writing an article on the Houghton Rescue Station, 1930; newspaper cuttings and notes re the 100th and 101st birthdays of the Rev. Charles Green (born 1830) who was a curate at Seaham Harbour and Vicar of Millfield, Sunderland, 1930 and 1931 (newspaper articles written by Mr. Boggon); notes re commencement of Hetton Lyons, Eppleton and Elemore Collieries and numbers employed, n.d. (refers to article in Sunderland Echo); photograph of Mr. Matthew Nicholson, n.d. [c.1920 - 1930] (used for an article re Seaham Church); programme for Theatre Royal, Seaham Harbour (Mrs. F.W. Armstrong's Amateur Dramatic Company) with newspaper reviews by Mr. Boggon, 1931; letter from Graham & Shepherd, solicitors, Sunderland re the Act concerning the law in respect of the "Discovery and Internment of Persons Drowned" (48 Geo. III Cap. 75), with a copy of the amending act, 1886; letters from Malcolm Dillon, Londonderry Agent re dates of schools in Seaham and visit to Russia by the 5th Marquess, 1930; letter from Mr. H. Wood, Manager of New Brancepeth Co-op re the Superb Cinema Co. of Norton and the proposed building of a new cinema in Seaham at the foot of the Dene estate by this company, 1934; letter from J. McNally of Coxhoe re inability to find information about the purchase of East Hetton Colliery, 1930; address by the Girls of Bishop Auckland County School to King Edward VIII and Queen Mary re death of George V, 1936; extracts from baptism, marriage and burial registers of Seaham Harbour, 1841, 1845, 1847; poem by A.G.W. Boggon "To England 1931" written at Harkerside, Reeth, Swaledale, January 1931 MSS notes containing fragmentary recollections of an elderly person (name unknown) born in Seaham at the beginning of the 19th century (probably c.1800) who revisited the area in 1877. Refers to:- The Volunteer Infantry (formed 1803, disbanded 1813); description of Anna Milbanke (wife of Byron) by Thomas Medwin, esq., 1821 - 1822; Joseph Blackett the poetical cobbler (died at Seaham 1810); Thomas Bulmer, schoolmaster, freemason, surveyor to River Wear Commissioners who was employed to plan lime-kilns for Sir Ralph Milbanke and the blasting of a large limestone rock at Seaham in preparation for making a harbour; account of revisiting Seaham in 1877 and improvements effected, also visit to the grave of Archibald Douglas, schoolmaster, clerk and water bailiff at Seaham for 42 years; the Press Gang in the Napoleonic wars and his own job of getting provender for young men avoiding the gang at Seaham; description of Seaham Hall and village; re two men whom the writer helped to avoid the press gang; Duke of Wellington's visit to Sunderland, October 1827; 1878

Envelope containing cuttings from Newcastle Daily Leader re Sunderland affairs, e.g. football, local politics, obituaries (written by Mr. Boggon), 1900 - 1903 Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings containing articles by Mr. Boggon re:- W.W. Carr of Shotton Colliery; Horden and Blackhall Collieries; Castle Eden Village; Sewer pipes at Dawdon; Martin Thompson of Murton Colliery; winning of South Hetton Colliery; Lady Frances Anne's dinner for the pitmen at Chilton Moor, 1856; shipping of the first coal from Thornley Colliery (1835), 1930 - 1935

Miscellanea including:- Programme for the Presentation of the Honorary Freedom of the Borough of Finchley to County Councillor John Boggon, 1937 (relation of G.S. Boggon); "The Flitch of Bacon" a comic opera by the Rev. Henry Bate, 1803; "Compliments of the Season" by L.D. Ettlinger and R.G. Holloway, 1947 (a history of the Christmas Card); a page of the Illustrated London News, 19 February 1853, containing part of an article on the railway between Seaham and Sunderland (Londonderry Railway); facsimile of The Newcastle Chronicle or General Weekly Advertiser of 24 March 1764, reprinted for the centenary, 24 March 1864; Horden Hall - Engravings of Exterior and a Chimney Piece, 1841, 1844; Hetton U.D.C. financial statistics, clerk's notes and proof of evidence, 1937 for a public enquiry into Clearance Orders (Parishes of Penshaw, Offerton, Newbottle and Moorsley) and Compulsory Purchase Order (Parish of Moorsley) Statement, on behalf of Houghton U.D., Sunderland R.D. and Hetton U.D., 1937; newspaper cutting giving notice of public enquiry re housing clearance in Hetton U.D. and printed notice re same, 1937; notice re public enquiry into compulsory purchase order in Houghton-le-Spring R.D., 1937

Minute book, 1863 - 1876

Minute book, 1876 - 1896

Letter book, 1871 - 1875

Surveyor's report book, 1867 - 1871 Includes accounts and reports on road repairs, refuse collection, common lodginghouses, street lighting, water supply, drains, etc.; numbers of dead and causes of death for 1870

Minute book, 1883 - 1895 Including numbers of adults, children and still-born children buried, and details of the management of the cemetery

Minute book, 1867 - 1871 Including minutes of monthly meetings, and a list of claims, giving names of ships and the damage sustained. Local business men were members of the association, which included pilots, shipowners and a publican

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of local and more general interest, 1894 - 1897; including four Newcastle views, 1827 - 1844

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings from the Sunderland Echo and the Durham Chronicle about Seaham affairs, 1941 - 1956

Seaham District Nursing Association minute book, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1962 (incomplete)

Minutes, 1896 - 1901

Minutes, 1901 - 1905

Minutes, 1905 - 1909

Minutes, 1909 - 1913

Minutes, 1913 - 1916

Minutes, 1916 - 1920

Minutes, 1920 - 1922

Minutes, 1922 - 1925

Minutes, 1925 - 1928

Minutes, 1928 - 1931

Minutes, 1931 - 1934

Minutes, 1934 - 1936

Minutes, 1936 - 1937

Minutes, 1937 - 1938

Minutes, 1938 - 1939

Minutes, 1939 - 1940

Minutes, 1940 - 1941

Minutes, 1941 - 1942

Minutes, 1942 - 1943 (1 volume) 78 Minutes, 1943 - 1944

Minutes, 1944 - 1945

Minutes, 1945 - 1946

Minutes, 1946 - 1947

Minutes, 1947 - 1948

Minutes, 1948 - 1949

Minutes, 1949 - 1950

Minutes, 1950 - 1951

Council and Committee minutes (printed), 1951 - 1952

number not used

Minute book index, 1951 - 1952

Minute book index, 1953 - 1954

Minutes, 1894 - 1906

Minutes, 1914 - 1923

Minutes, 1923 - 1932

Minutes, 1932 - 1937

Account book, 1896 - 1917

Letter book, 1895 - 1917

Individual streets (named) and houses in the slum clearance areas of Seaham Harbour, some with Clearance Orders, 1933 and 1934 UD/Sea 107 and 122 include photographs of groups of children

Individual streets (named) and houses in the slum clearance areas of Seaham Harbour, some with Clearance Orders, 1933 - 1935

Small snapshots of streets (named) and houses in Seaham Harbour, several with groups of children or single individuals and illustrating living conditions, e.g. pawn shop, corner shop, carts, washing lines, clothes, c.1930

Old postcards of St. Mary's Church, the Wesleyan Chapel and Byron's Walk, Seaham Harbour, n.d.

Individual streets (named) and houses in clearance areas of Seaham Harbour, 1954 - 1969

New Bridge Works and a Level-Crossing Scheme: Central Area Redevelopment, 1954 - 1964

Various areas and buildings in Seaham Harbour: Rock House Dene, the Station, the old Council offices, Church Street Methodist Church, Cliffe House, the demolition of Denehouse Farm Buildings, 1952 - 1962

New building in Seaham Harbour: Council houses, the Civic Centre, the new Council offices, Frederick Street modernisation, and the new Sea Wall, 1950 - 1969

Views of the cliffs and beaches between Ryhope and Seaham, showing erosion of the coast, 1958 - 1959

Consecration of the cemetery extension, 1952

Official group photographs: groups of miners; members of the public visiting H.M.S. Edderton and H.M.S. Appleton, 1954; a church service by the sea; Councillors; the visit of the crew of a corvette; the visit of a German Youth Party, 1962

Miscellaneous collection of views of Seaham Harbour and New Seaham, c.1950 - 1968 Including St. John's Church and School, Colliery School, Dawdon Comprehensive School, Seaham harbour, the Coal Staithes, the Brick Works, Dawdon Colliery, Seaham Colliery, Vane Tempest Colliery, the Foundry, Dene House

Album of photographs of coastal despoliation at Easington, n.d.

Tape recording of the official opening of the New Council Offices at Seaham, 1964

Seaham Parish Council minutes, 1906 - 1914

Housing revenue and capital accounts, 1 April 1966 - 31 March 1970