Catalogue

Agenda book and subscription record of the Hon. Secretary of the Teesdale Record Society, 11 September 1934 - 28 April 1949

Minutes (unsigned) of meetings of the Teesdale Record Society, 26 April 1938, 29 April 1948 and 17 June 1948

Letter from R. Fieldhouse, 7 Maple Road, Richmond, Yorkshire, W.E.A. Organising Tutor, to E.R. Hanby Holmes, Eldersfield, Green Lane, Barnard Castle, concerning the formal re-establishment of the Teesdale Record Society, 20 December 1969

Agenda for a meeting of the Teesdale Record Society in the Village Hall, Cotherstone, Yorkshire, 19 June [1972]

The constitution of the Teesdale Record Society, with copies of programmes for 1993 - 94 and 1999 - 2000

A 'short note' concerning the Teesdale Record Society and its activities by E.R. Hanby Holmes, n.d.

Notice of a 'Documentary' evening by the Teesdale Record Society at the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, 23 October n.y.

Teesdale Record Society: membership address list (version 1), n.d.

Teesdale Record Society membership address list (version 2), n.d.

Teesdale Record Society membership address list (version 3, incomplete), n.d.

Typescript transcript of a papal indulgence for the benefit of the church of the hospital of St. John the Baptist, Barnard Castle, 13 July 1498

Correspondence between S.E. Harrison, Barnard Castle; A.C. Phillips, Twickenham, Middlesex; Hugh Mellor, London; and H.W. Fincham, Order of St. John of Jerusalem, London; concerning the possible purchase of the papal indulgence, with a photograph of the indulgence, 28 September 1936 - 19 March 1937

Photographs and transcripts of depositions taken at the enquiry into leases made by the abbot and convent of Egglestone Abbey held at Richmond, Yorkshire, 6 April 1540 The abbey was surrendered in January 1540. The original documents are held in the Public Record Office as part of the records of the Exchequer, class no. E315/108

Notes on a proposed grammar school at Barnard Castle, 1546

23 September 1735 (1) Hon. Henry Vane of Raby Castle (2) John Horne of Harwood in the Great Common in Teesdale Lease for 21 years of (2)'s house and part of the lane in which it stands; the Car and Holme; and a farm previously John Bayle's, including Forge Close, Car Pry Field, the Rigg and Calf Close, Pry Field Rig and Calf Close Rent: £8 p.a.

Epitome of the lease by the Hon. Henry Vane of Raby Castle to John Horne of Harwood, of a farm in Harwood, 23 September 1735; epitome made, 2000

Transcript of tenancy agreement between (1) John Headlam of Barnard Castle, surgeon, and (2) Thomas Bewick of Bowes, whereby (1) leases Corn Park Farm in Romaldkirk in the possession of Ann Dentwith, to (2) for £45 p.a., 20 October 1761; transcript made, n.d.

Pauper apprenticeship indenture binding Thomas Wall of Auckland, St. Andrew, to George Bowes of Crook, linen weaver, 13 April 1792

Transcript of deed of endorsement between (1) Drapers Company of City of London and (2) William Tarn of London Wall, City of London, whereby, in order to promote the welfare of Newbiggin School in Middleton-in-Teesdale, where he was educated, (2) has requested (1) to accept £400 in 3% annuities, the interest of which shall be paid to the rector and churchwardens of Middleton-in-Teesdale to be used for the benefit of the school, 18 July 1799; transcript made, n.d.

Photocopy of 'Eye Sketch of the Site of the Rectory House and Gardens and the Church and Church Yard at Romaldkirk', n.d. [1821] Scale: approx. 1:2500

Photocopies of the housekeeper's accounts for Eggleston Hall, 1822 - 1831

Commentary on the housekeeper's accounts for Eggleston Hall, 1822 - 1831, 8 January 1991

Minutes of a meeting held in St. Mary's church, Barnard Castle, to consider the state of the church bells and to take measures to obtain a new ring of bells, 19 June 1823

List of unredeemed acre money payable for the enclosure of Barnard Castle common fields, 1843

Notes on the St. John's Hospital charity, Barnard Castle, with resolutions passed at a public meeting on 16 April 1863 for the reform of the charity, [1863]

Scheme for the Regulation and Management of St. John's Hospital at Barnard Castle ¿ and for the Application of the Revenues thereof, 1864

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings concerning Bowes: Bowes Roman fort; Bowes Castle; Nicholas Nickleby and Dotheboys Hall; 'Yorkshire' schools; Master Humphrey's Clock; Charles Dickens in Yorkshire; Wodencroft; Bowes churchyard; the charitable bequest of Joseph Kipling (1762); Barningham Academy; Bowes village, c. 1868

Report on the re-opening of St. Mary's church, Barnard Castle, following its restoration, with an historic account of the church, 8 - 9 December 1870

List of owners of land within the manor of Bowes, with details of acreage and rateable value, October 1883

List of electors in Cotherstone township, Yorkshire, n.d. [19th c.]

Teesdale Mercury, 5 April 1911

Cutting from The Illustrated Chronicle, with photographs of soldiers killed, wounded or missing, [1914]

Transcripts of: letter from James Whitehead to John Varey of Newcastle upon Tyne, concerning the boundaries of the manors of Brancepeth, Raby and Barnard Castle, 19 July [16?]94; letter from William Rook of London to William Hutchinson of Barnard Castle, concerning a search for requisitions and depositions relating to Blakebrig, 4 May 1734; covering letter from E.R. Hanby Holmes of Barnard Castle, solicitor, to S.E. Harrison, Bowes Museum, 2 August 1935

Letter to, and envelope addressed to, Robert Edleston, Buckden Palace, Huntingdonshire, announcing the death, on 3 August 1938, of the Countess of Puliga, postmark 5 September 1938

Order of service for the funeral of Cecilia, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorn at St. Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, n.d. [1938]

Correspondence between E.R. Hanby Holmes, Barnard Castle, solicitor, and J.E. Bakes, Moffat, Dumfriesshire, concerning deeds of Blagrove's House, The Bank, Barnard Castle, 27 August - 13 September 1964

Notice by the Teesdale District Council of the proposed erection by British Telecommunications of a telephone exchange at Low Lathbury, Cotherstone, 6 February 1985

Romaldkirk parish magazine, January - March 1986

Notice of the construction of a water main in Cotherstone, by Northumbrian Water, 8 June 1990

Poster announcing bus route changes due to the closure of the Market Place and Galgate in Barnard Castle, on the occasion of the Bowes Museum Centenary, 10 June 1992

Antiquarian notes relating to Barnard Castle, n.d.

List of the library holdings of the Teesdale Record Society, n.d. [post 1977]

Paper on the rectors of Whickham by H.M. Wood, read at a meeting, possibly of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, on 30 November 1898

The Genealogist, vol. XXI, part 4, including J.W. Clay, 'Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions', April 1905

Charles F. Forshaw (ed.), Yorkshire Notes and Queries, vol. II, 1906

Paper on Crosscanonby Church, Cumberland, by the Rev. W.J. Marsh, read at the church on 28 June 1912; reprinted in the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society's Transactions, vol. XIII - New Series, 1913

Guide book to the walks around Middleton in Teesdale by M. Heavisides, 2nd edition, 1920

Teesdale by C.P. Nicholson, Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists' Field Club, "Handy" Guide Series, no. 5, published at the 'Echo' Printing Works, Darlington, 1920

A new guide to Middleton-in-Teesdale and District published by the Chamber of Trade, n.d.

H. G. Harrison, A Select Bibliography of English Genealogy, (1937)

List of manuscripts and deeds added to the collection of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society between 1 December 1935 and 30 November 1937, 2 December 1937

Annual report and accounts of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society for 1941, March 1942

Press cutting, reporting on a talk by Canon J.S. Purvis to the York Rotary Club on the mediaeval records of York, n.d. [1945]

List of Record Series volumes, and other publications, of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1947

The Ancient Northern Family of Lumley and its Northamptonshire Branch, by L.G.H. Horton-Smith, Cannfield Press, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, 1948

Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, vol. X, part III, 1950

Annual report and accounts of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society for 1950, March 1951

Auctioneers' catalogue of sporting paintings sold by order of Messrs. Hutchinson and Company (Publishers), Ltd., 20 July 1951

Auctioneers' catalogue of sporting paintings sold by order of Messrs. Hutchinson and Company (Publishers), Ltd., 14 December 1951

A Short Guide to the Cathedral Church of Durham, by the Very Rev. John Dean, Dean of Durham, 1957

Guide to Lanercost Priory, Cumberland, by J.R.H. Moorman, 1945; revised 1967

Guide to the Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Yarm, Yorkshire, by Henry B. Ramsey, sometime churchwarden, 2nd edition, 1970

A Guide to the Saxon Church of Escomb, n.d., [post 1970]

Guide to the Green Howards Museum, Richmond, Yorkshire, 1974

Rail Trail, published for the 150th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 1975

Museums and Art Galleries in the North of England, published by the North of England Museums Service, 1977

A brief guide to the parish church of Brancepeth, St. Brandon, n.d. [post 1977]

Sunderland Library and Museum Centenary Leaflet, published by Tyne and Wear County Council and the Borough of Sunderland, 1979

The Blacksmith's Shop, Hart: a leaflet prepared by the County of Cleveland Archaeology Section and Hartlepool Department of Leisure and Amenities, n.d. [c. 1980]

Leaflet on the Jarrow Project, n.d. [c. 1980]

Plans of Newcastle City Centre and the University of Newcastle campus, published for the use of students, n.d. [c. 1980]

Museums in Hartlepool, published by Hartlepool Museum Service, 1983

Cumbria, a leaflet describing the historic places in the care of the Department of the Environment, 1982

The Story of St. Aidan's Church, Bamburgh, Northumberland, 14th edition, n.d. [c. 1975]

John Bowes and his Four Derbies, copy of pp. 26-37 of an unidentified publication, n.d.

A Guide around Corbridge Church, Northumberland, by M.G. Malden, n.d.

Ground plan of Durham Cathedral, n.d. [c. 1980] Scale: 1 in. to 65 ft. [1:780]

Notes on the parish church of St. Agatha, Easby, Yorkshire, n.d.

Report of a visit to Staindrop and Staindrop Church, possibly by members of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, n.d.

An Open-Air Museum for the North-East, by Frank Atkinson, n.d.

Museum with a Difference [by Frank Atkinson], n.d.

Leaflet describing Bardon Mill Pottery, n.d.

Guide to the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, University of Durham, n.d.

Westside Museum, a guide to its collection of tractors, engines, farm machinery, and hand tools at Newton, nr. Stocksfield, Northumberland, n.d.

Typescript transcript of an extract from the court roll of the manor of Eggleston of 27 October 1696, n.d.

Old Sunderland depicted in exhibits selected from their permanent collection, 1951

Local History Guides, 1 Darlington Before 1800, Darlington Public Library, Reference Department, October 1969

Local History Guides, 3 Stockton and Darlington Railway, Darlington Public Library, Reference Department, April 1970

Local History Guides, 2 Directories, Darlington Public Library, Reference Department, July 1970

Dorothy Charlesworth, Aldborough Roman Town and Museum, Department of the Environment official handbook, 1976

Killhope Wheel, 1977

Places to visit in Historic County Durham, 1983

York Minster: A walk round the Minster, n.d.

THF Touring Guide No.3, Yorkshire, Lancashire Moors, Dales & Fells, n.d.

Hardwick Hall Country Park, information leaflet, n.d.

Walkabout Stanhope, guide to a town walk, n.d.