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Catalogue

Wallis family of Darlington

Reference: D/Wa 1 Catalogue Title: Wallis family of Darlington Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Backhouse Family

Covering Dates: 1573; 1691-1965

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  • Wallis family of Darlington
    • Family (Ref: D/Wa 1/1/1-30)
    • Business (Ref: D/Wa 1/3/1-17)
    • Pedigrees and genealogical notes (Ref: D/Wa 1/8/1-7)
    • Printed Books, 1817-1930 (Ref: D/Wa 1/9/1-8)
    • Miscellaneous, 1714 - c.1930s (Ref: D/Wa 1/10/1-31)

Catalogue Contents

Family (Ref: D/Wa 1/1/1-30)Ref: D/Wa 1/1/1

13 September 1573 (1) Nicholas Backhouse, citizen and grocer of London (2) John Edmondes, fishemonger and Robert Lucye, leather seller, citizens of London Gift from (1) to (2) as trustees for a jointure for Enid Waller, widow, soon to be wife of (1), of 2 closes called Commondaye Mantells in the parish of Clerkenwell, Middlesex, for life, thence to the use of (1)
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/2

15 May 1769 (1) William Henry Cavendish, Duke of Portland (2) Jacob Ralph of Sebraham, Church Town, Castle Sowerby, Cumbria, yeo. Lease [being part of a lease and release] from (1) to (2) of a parcel of pasture of c.7 acres called Thale Springs in the parish of Castle Sowerby adjoining the turnpike road on the E, lands of Isobel Mason on the W, lands of John Head on the N, and lands of Lancelot Simpson on the S Consideration: 1 pepper corn
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/3

18 February 1788 (1) Alexander Bapty of North Shields, shipwright, and John Bapty of North Shields, master mariner (2) Soloman Chapman of Sunderland, gent., George Brown of North Shields, draper, and Elizabeth Ogden of Sunderland, widow Assignment from (1) to (2) of a brigantine of 111 tons called "The Frederick" of Newcastle. Recites a certificate of registration of 1786 Consideration: £700
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/4

9 November 1818 (1) William Danby Palmer of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, merchant (2) William Mowbray of Bishopwearmouth, shipowner and John Halliman of Monkwearmouth, master mariner Assignment from (1) to (2) of a vessel called "The Fanny" of Yarmouth. Recites a certificate of registration, 1796 Consideration: £800
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/5

25 April 1822 (1) William Adamson the elder of Bishopwearmouth, shipbuilder (2) Edward Backhouse of Bishopwearmouth, banker, one of the partners of Jonathan Backhouse and Co., bankers Assignment from (1) to (2) of 31 undivided 32nd parts or shares, in a vessel called "The Sylph" of Sunderland, for securing £1000 and interest
(parchment, 2 membranes)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/6

9 March 1831 (1) Charles William Vane, Marquis of Londonderry (2) Jonathan, William, Edward, James and John Backhouse of Sunderland, bankers and co partners Counterpart apportionment and demise, for a term of 21 years from (1) to (2) of a pit called the D or Whitefield Pit in Penshaw together with way-leaves to the river Wear and Seaham Harbour staithes through the parishes of Penshaw, Seaham and Dalton-le-Dale Consideration: 2s.6d. per ton of coals (parchment, 7 membranes) Attached: 1 March 1831 (1) Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, banker (2) William, Edward, James and John Backhouse of Sunderland, bankers Copy letters of attorney made 29 June 1830 from (1) to (2) for all estates and property whilst (1) resides for a time in foreign parts
(4 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/7

16 March 1839 (1) Bryan John Salvin of Burnhall, esq. (2) Edward and Thomas James Backhouse of Ashburne, Bishopwearmouth, esqs., and William Bell of Ford, esq Counterpart lease for a term of 42 years from (1) to (2) of coalmines in the township of Tudhoe, approx. 1660 acres Consideration: £550 per annum Enclosed: Plan of the lands and grounds in the township of Tudhoe and parish of Brancepeth, the County of Durham belonging to B.J. Salvin, Esq., the coalmines within which are demised by this indenture, by Robert Allen, surveyor Shows Tudhoe, York Hill, Tudhoe Moor House, Coldstream and boundaries marked in red Scale: 12 chains to 1 inch
(parchment, 9 membranes, and ink and water colour)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/8

n.d. [19th century] Part of a deed involving Jonathan Backhouse the elder and Edward Backhouse, for lands in the township of Darlington Badly damaged, has been cut with scissors and important parts are missing
(parchment 3 membranes)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/9

Birth certificate of James, son of James Backhouse of Blossom St., York, in the parish of Holy Trinity, nurseryman, and Deborah, his wife, 22 October 1825. Witnessed by Mary Backhouse, Mary Wright and Caleb William, surgeon, examined at York Monthly Meeting, 16 November 1825
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/10

Marriage certificate of James, son of Jonathan Backhouse of Yelland Redman, Lancashire, deceased, and Jennet, daughter of John Goodsalve of Yelland Coniers, Lancashire, deceased, at the Friends' Meeting Place of Robert Hubersties dwelling house, Yelland Coniers, and signed by 33 witnesses, 14 January 1691/2
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/11

Marriage certificate of William, eldest son of Richard Atkinson of Townend, Munke Conistone, Lancashire, tanner, and Sarah, daughter of Reginald Walker of Felfoote, Lile Langdale, Westmorland, deceased, at the Friends' Meeting House, Hawkeshead, Lancashire, signed by 36 witnesses, 7 December 1693 Endorsed: Notes on their daughter Agnes who married William Backhouse, 1720, and naming their 8 children, n.d.
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/12

Marriage certificate of Amos, son of John and Elizabeth Severs of Lingas Close House, near Richmond, Yorkshire, deceased, and Jane, daughter of Timothy and Mary Baxter of Kilton Lodge, nigh Gisborough, Yorkshire, at the Friends' Meeting House, Darlington, signed by 25 witnesses, 16 September 1708
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/13

Marriage certificate of William, son of James Backhouse of Yelland Conyers, Lancashire, deceased, and Agnes, daughter of William Atkinson of Law Wray near Hawkeshead, Lancashire, deceased, .at the Friends' Meeting House, Couthouse near Hawkeshead, signed by 38 witnesses, 21 June 1720
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/14

Marriage certificate of Jonathan son of Thomas Thornton of Deep Plough, Caton, Lancashire, deceased, and Margaret, daughter of James Birkett of Wood, Cartmell, Lancashire, at the Friends' Meeting House, Height, Cartmell, signed by 48 witnesses, 21 June 1722
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/15

Marriage certificate of James Backhouse of Lancaster, Lancashire, dealer in flax, and Jane Hedley of Darlington, spinster, at the Friends' Meeting House, Stockton, signed by 39 witnesses, 8 April 1746
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/16

Marriage certificate of Caleb Hedley of Darlington, linen weaver, son of Thomas and Margaret Hedley, deceased, and Mary, daughter of Amos and Jane Sever of Cockerton, Cumbria, deceased, at the Friends' Meeting House, Darlington, signed by 30 witnesses, 12 June 1746
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/17

Marriage certificate of William Backhouse of Lancaster, Lancashire, flax dresser, son of William Backhouse of Over Kellet, Lancashire, and Elizabeth Thornton of Whitby, Yorkshire, spinster, daughter of Jonathan Thornton of Caton, Lancashire, at the Friends' Meeting House, Whitby, signed by 41 witnesses, 5 December 1749
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/18

Marriage certificate of Jonathan, son of James and Jane Backhouse, of Darlington, linen manufacturer, and Ann, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Pease of Darlington, shopkeeper, at the Friends' Meeting House, Darlington, signed by 63 witnesses, 12 May 1774
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/19

Marriage certificate of Edward, son of Thomas and Margaret Dobson of Darlington, linen manufacturer, and Elizabeth, daughter of Nathan and Mary Dearman of Thorn, Yorkshire, shopkeeper, at the Friends' Meeting House, Thorn, signed by 74 witnesses, 4 July 1788 Endorsed: Registered in Balby Monthly Meeting book, 5 July 1788, page 35, by Timothy Clark
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/20

Marriage certificate of Thomas Backhouse of Jewry Street, London, merchant, son of William and Elizabeth Backhouse of New York, North America, merchant, and Sarah, daughter of John and Susanna Goad of Bishopsgate Street, London, citizen and woolman, at the Friends' Meeting-House, nr. Devonshire Square, London, signed by 100 witnesses, 11 September 1792
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/21

Marriage certificate of Edward, son of Jonathan and Ann Backhouse of Darlington, banker, and Mary, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Robson of Darlington, linen and woolen draper, at the Friends' Meeting House, Darlington, signed by 87 witnesses, 5 August 1807
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/22

Marriage certificate of John, son of Jonathan and Ann Backhouse of Darlington, and Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew and Ann Church of Cork, Ireland, at the Friends' Meeting House, Cork, signed by 70 witnesses, 25 May 1809
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/23

Marriage certificate of John Atkinson of Darlington, son of John and Esther Atkinson of Kendal, Westmorland, linsey manufacturer, and Mary Ann Church of Darlington, daughter of Matthew and Ann Church of Cork, deceased, at the Friends' Meeting House, Darlington, signed by 79 witnesses, 31 October 1816
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/24

Marriage certificate of Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, banker, son of Jonathan and Ann Backhouse, and Katherine, daughter of Jasper Capper of Gracechurch Street, London, linen draper, at the Friends' Meeting House, White Hart Court, Gracechurch Street, signed by 169 witnesses, 13 August 1823
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/25

Marriage certificate of Robert, son of Robert and Elizabeth Barclay of Layton, Essex, banker, and Eliza, daughter of John and Eliza Backhouse of Darlington, banker, at the Friends' Meeting House, Darlington, signed by 100 witnesses, 9 September 1841
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/26

Marriage certificate of John Church Backhouse of Darlington, banker, son of Jonathan and Eliza Backhouse, banker, and Anna, daughter of Joseph John and Jane Gurney of Earlham, Norwich City, banker, at the Friends' Meeting House, Goat Lane, Norwich, signed by 136 witnesses, 8 November 1843
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/27

Marriage certificate of Alfred Backhouse of Darlington, banker, son of Edward and Mary Backhouse of Ashburne, near Sunderland, banker, and Rachel, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Barclay of Leyton, Essex, banker, at the Friends' Meeting House, Plaistow, Essex, signed by 73 witnesses, 8 May 1851
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/28

Engraved marriage certificate of Lucy B. Mounsey and Edward Backhouse at the Friends' Meeting House, Skinnergate, Darlington, signed by 84 witnesses, 8 April 1902 Enclosed: List of guests invited to the wedding, 8 April 1902 Draft advertisement of the marriage of Lucy B. Mounsey and Edward Backhouse and list of bridesmaids, 1902 List of presents, 1902 Cards attached to wedding presents, 1902
(1 volume, vellum bound; 1 file, paper; 12 papers; 21 cards, printed and manuscript)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/29

Will of Margaret Thornton of Lancaster, Lancashire, widow of the late Jonathan Thornton of Caton, in which she sets out the following bequests: to Margaret, daughter, wife of Joseph Barclay of Topsham, Devon, £120; to Mary Thornton, daughter, £120; to William Thornton and Thomas Backhouse, grandsons, £20 each; to Susannah, relict of her son Jonathan Thornton, late of Barbados, £20; to David A. and Johnathan Thornton, grandsons, £20 each at age 21; to Jane Thornton, daughter, £120 and rest and residue of estate and effects as sole executrix, 15 September 1783
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/1/30

Acquittance from Margaret Barclay, wife of Joseph Barclay of Lancaster, to Mary and Jane Thornton, executrices of the will of John Birket of Holborn, apothecary, from a bequest of £700 of stock and dividends as set out in the will of the latter, 12 November 1789
(1 paper)

(Ref: D/Wa 1/2/1-61)

Correspondence

Jonathan Hedley, 1724 and 1726

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/1

Letter from Jonathan Hedley at Halifax and Bradford to his wife at Darlington concerning his health and the "Meetings" he has attended, 2 November 1724
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/2

Letter from Jonathan Hedley at Chester to his wife at Darlington concerning his health and proposed itinerary for attending "Meetings", 21 November 1724
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/3

Letter from Jonathan Hedley at Chester to his wife at Darlington concerning the "Meeting" he has attended and his proposal of going into Wales, 14 September 1726
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/4

Letter from Jonathan Hedley at Glastonbury to his wife at Darlington concerning "Meetings" he has attended and his proposal of visiting Cornwall and Coventry, 31 October 1726 (1 paper) William and Agnes Backhouse, 1734 - 1750

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/5

Letter from Agnes Backhouse at Kelet near Lancaster to William Backhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, concerning family, friends and crops, 5 August 1734
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/6

Letter from Agnes Backhouse to William Backhouse concerning family and friends, including the death of Thomas Thornton in Jamaica, 18 October 1834 Enclosed: Letter from Isaac Robinson to William Backhouse concerning his visit to Cumberland and farming matters, n.d.
(2 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/7

Letter from Agnes Backhouse to William Backhouse concerning business matters and cousin George Robinson's debts, 6 December 1734
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/8

Letter from William Backhouse and Jonathan Medley at Lancaster to Joseph Taylor and Samuel Galloway giving power of attorney to latter to act in the affairs of the late Edward Trell in Maryland, 5 July 1748
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/9

Letter from William Backhouse at Darlington to Agnes Backhouse concerning the meetings he has attended and his proposed visit to London, 10 March 1748/9
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/10

Letter from William Backhouse, Lurgan, Ireland, to Agnes Backhouse concerning his travels through Ireland and Yearly Meeting at London, 21 April 1749
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/11

Letter from William Backhouse at Kellett to Jonathan Medley at Darlington, brother in law, concerning his sister's health and farming matters, 14 June 1750 (1 paper) James and Jane Backhouse, 1770 - 1800

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/12

Letter from James Backhouse at Amsterdam to Jane Backhouse at Darlington concerning "Meetings" he proposes to visit, 17 July 1770
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/13

Letter from James Backhouse to Jane Backhouse concerning his proposed itinerary in Holland and the state of "the Society", 24 July 1770
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/14

Letter from James Bacichouse at Carlisle to Jane Backhouse at Darlington concerning he journey to Carlisle on the way to Ireland and hopes for daughter Nancy's safe delivery, 5 September 1777
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/15

Letter from James Backhouse at Donaghadee, Ireland, to Jane Backhouse concerning the boat journey and describing his surroundings, 8 September 1777
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/16

Letter from James Backhouse, Lisburn, Ireland, to Jane Backhouse concerning his companions, his mare and enclosing a proposed itinerary for attending "Meetings", 11 September 1777
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/17

Letter from James Backhouse, Lurgan, Ireland, to Jane Backhouse concerning the satisfactory journey and large Monthly Meetings, 17 September 1777
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/18

Letter from James Backhouse at Castle Freeman near Oldcastle to Jane Backhouse concerning journeys to meetings describing the countryside with sketch of his proposed route, 24 September 1777
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/19

Letter from James Backhouse, Dublin, to Jane Backhouse concerning the "lowness of things in the north" and asking for a copy of the minute of Yearly Meeting 1744 concerning marriage, 30 September 1777
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/20

Letter from James Backhouse at Cork to Jane Backhouse concerning illness of Robert Dudley's wife and proposed attendance of National Meeting, Dublin, 13 October 1777
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/21

Letter from James Backhouse at Limerick to Jane Backhouse concerning his health and the length of his journeys, 17 October 1777
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/22

Letter from James Backhouse, Dublin, to Jane Backhouse concerning proposed attendance at National Meeting and embarkation for Holyhead, 27 October 1777
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/23

Letter from James Backhouse at Dublin to Jane Backhouse giving details of the Meeting, resumed at Holyhead concerning the boat journey and proposed visit to Chester and Warrington meetings on his way home, 4 and 6 November 1777
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/24

Letter from James Backhouse at Chester to Jane Backhouse concerning his journey from Holyhead and proposed date of arrival home, 9 November 1777
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/25

Letter from D[orothy] B[ackhouse] at Lancaster to Jane Backhouse at Darlington concerning deaths and marriages of friends, 11 May 1787
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/26

Letter from Dorothy Backhouse to Jane Backhouse concerning births of daughters to members of the family and death of Mary Jepson, 23 May 1788
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/27

Letter from Dorothy Backhouse to Jane Backhouse concerning her accounts, Q.M. at Lancaster and Martha Routh's departure for Ireland, 9 October 1789
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/28

Letter from Dorothy Backhouse to James Backhouse at Darlington concerning brother William's affairs, and Martha Howarth's account of Ireland, 30 January 1790
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/29

Letter from Dorothy Backhouse to James Backhouse concerning Q.M. at Manchester, Y.M. at Newcastle and London, abolition of the slave trade and enclosing a copy of Sarah Taylor's letter to the Womens' Meeting, 23 April 1791
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/30

Letter from Dorothy Backhouse to James Backhouse concerning death of William Jepson' s wife, 12 August 1792
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/31

Letter from William Laight at New York, North America, to James Backhouse at Hull concerning the death of William Backhouse, his brother and partner of the former, 25 August 1792
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/32

Letter from Dorothy Backhouse to James and Jane Backhouse concerning the death of "our dear brother", 4 September 1792
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/33

Letter from Dorothy Backhouse to Jane Backhouse giving thanks for token in remembrance of her dead brother, Friends in Ireland, death of Richard Shackleton and marriage of cousin Thomas and Sarah Goad, 22 September 1792
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/34

Letter from Dorothy Backhouse to Jonathan Backhouse junior at Darlington concerning Sarah Harrison's preaching tour of the N. and Samuel Emlen's visit to America, 16 August 1797
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/35

Letter from Dorothy Backhouse to Jonathan Backhouse junior concerning increasing weakness of James Backhouse, 23 March 1798
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/36

Letter from Dorothy Backhouse to Jane Backhouse concerning family and approaching Q.M. and Assizes, 20 March 1800 (1 paper) Jonathan Backhouse, 1799-1842

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/37

Letter from Jonathan Backhouse at Darlington to Jonathan and Edward Backhouse at London concerning business affairs and Y.M., 22 May 1799 Enclosed: Letter from E[lizabeth] Backhouse to Jonathan and Edward Backhouse asking for more letters and for purchases to be made for her, 22 May 1799
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/38

Letter from William Terrot, Woolwich, to Jonathan Backhouse, banker, concerning receipts for money due from Lord Crewe's trust as vicar of Grindon and enclosing an extract from a letter by William Wilberforce, 26 November [1799]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/39

Letter from Abel Chapman at London to S. Chapman and Jonathan Backhouse concerning Henry Taylor's claims [for remuneration after a loss at sea] for the consideration of Parliament, 5 February 1819
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/40

Letter from Thomas Clarkson at Newcastle to Jonathan Backhouse concerning his travels in Wales and how he can be useful to the "cause" upon the Road, 17 September 1824
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/41

Letter from Elizabeth Fry at Upton Lane, to "my very dear cousin" on the death of his son, Robert, 3 August 1842 (1 paper) Jonathan C. Backhouse, 1843-1847

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/42

Letter from Robert Addison at Ulnaby requesting a meeting and enclosing "Valuation and Particulars of a Mansion House, Gardens, Pleasure Grounds, Cottages, Land and Plantations situate at Blackwell near Darlington, belonging to the trustees of the late Jonathan Backhouse, Esq.", 5 May 1843
(2 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/43

Letter from Amelia Opie at Norwich to "my dear friend" concerning the death of Uncle William and their father's health, 4 June 1844
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/44

Letter from Amelia Opie sending a few words of affectionate greeting, 1 March 1847
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/45

Letter from Amelia Opie at Castle Meadow to "my darlington Johnny" concerning his recent visit, 25 July 1851
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/46

Letter from Amelia Opie at Lady's Lane to "dear Eliza" concerning the state of her health and reflecting on old age, 16 March 1853
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/47

Letter from Thomas Chalmers at Edinburgh to Jonathan C. Backhouse concerning a proposed visit in the summer, 22 March 1847
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/48

Letter from Thomas Chalmers in Gloucestershire to Jonathan C. Backhouse concerning a visit to Darlington, 19 May 1847
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/49

Letter from Thomas Chalmers at Whitfield Farm [Gloucestershire] to Jonathan C. Backhouse concerning a visit to Darlington with Mr. McKenzie, his son in law, 23 May 1847 (1 paper) Edward Backhouse, 1874 and 1878

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/50

Letter from Theophilus Waidmerir, Mount Lebanon, to Edward Backhouse thanking him for the cheque and giving news of "the tent", 31 July 1875 Enclosed: Copy notes concerning the presentation of King Theodore's tent to Theophilus Waldmerir, originally a prisoner of the King, and a piece of brocade from the tent
(2 papers, 1 envelope)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/51

Letter from Theophilus Waldmerir, Mount Lebanon, to Edward Backhouse, Sunderland, concerning his missionary work and enclosing a letter from the late King Theodoras of Abyssinia to the British Envoy, Mr. Harmutz Rassam, 24 February 1878 (2 papers) Lucy B. Backhouse (née Mounsey), 1920 and 1921

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/52

Letter from Lucy B. Backhouse at Marseilles to Rachel A. Mounsey at Darlington concerning the journey from East Croydon to Marseilles, and also from on board the "Duc d'Aumale", before setting sail for Algiers, 25 December 1920
(2 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/53

Letter from Lucy B. Backhouse at Algiers to Rachel A. Mounsey describing the weather, flora, surroundings of hotel, journey by boat to Algiers, visit to the natives' market and wedding feast at the hotel, 28 and 29 December 1920
(3 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/54

Letter from Lucy B. Backhouse at Algiers to Rachel A. Mounsey concerning a visit to the National Bibliotheque, and the Kasbah, 11 January 1921
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/55

Letter from Lucy B. Backhouse at Biskra to Rachel A. Mounsey describing Algiers Bay, crossing the Atlas mountains, mud huts at Cetif and journey to Biskra, Bedouin camp, the hotel at Biskra, Biskra itself, the muezzin, 22-24 January 1921
(3 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/56

Letter from Lucy B. Backhouse at Biskra to Rachel A. Mounsey concerning friends, family, Amy's proposed visit to Algeria, 22 January 1921
(2 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/57

Letter from Lucy B. Backhouse at Biskra to Rachel A. Mounsey concerning Any's arrival at Biskra, visit to the garden of Allah where Amy's fortune was thrown by a "divine", 6 February 1920
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/58

Letter from Lucy B. Backhouse at Hammam Meskoutine to Rachel A. Mounsey describing the flora, weather, Edward's sciatica, Amy's proposed departure, 18 February 1921
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/59

Letter from Lucy B. Backhouse at Hammam Meskoutine to Rachel A. Mounsey concerning Amy's departure, describing the flora, Edward's health, animals and birds, news of friends, and acquaintances, and enclosing part of a menu card with views of the area, 20 February and 2 March 1921
(4 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/60

Letter from Lucy B. Backhouse at Tunis to Rachel A. Mounsey concerning visits to Sousse and Kairouan, news of friends abroad, proposed journey home, flora, visit to Carthage, 22 and 23 April 1921
(3 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/2/61

Letter from Lucy B. Backhouse at Purley to Rachel A. Mounsey concerning Amy taking over Morland, Edward's health, entertainments and visitors, 17 May 1921
(1 paper)

Business (Ref: D/Wa 1/3/1-17)Ref: D/Wa 1/3/1

The Report of Messrs. Brindley and Whitworth, engineers concerning the practicability and expense of making a navigable canal from Stockton by Darlington to Winston, with a plan of the country, river Tees and intended canal, surveyed and made by order of the Committee of Subscribers, 19 July 1769, printed 1770
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/Wa 1/3/2

Report to the subscribers for a survey of the proposed Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal by Hugh Baird, engineer, 20 September 1813
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/Wa 1/3/3

J. Backhouse's copy of a further report from John Leather, Esq., on the Stockton and Auckland canal, with the result of a survey of the working collieries on the line, and in the vicinity of the canal, and an estimate of the qualities of the coal by Messrs. Huddle, Steel and Fenwick, Stockton, 1818
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/Wa 1/3/4

File containing: Reports of the meetings to promote a railway and canal between Stockton and the collieries in the Auckland district by way of Darlington, and objections thereto, 13 August - 2 November 1818 Newspaper cutting entitled "Railway travelling in the Past", n.d. Newspaper cutting entitled "Our Candidates no. XVI, Mr. Edmund Backhouse", n.d. Newspaper cutting from The Northern Echo, 20 February 1892, giving a brief history of Backhouses Bank [established 1774] and statement of assets, 31 December 1891
(1 file, paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/3/5

Circular letter from Christopher Tennant to the Gentlemen, Clergy, Merchants and other inhabitants of Stockton and the neighbourhood about a meeting at the Town Hall concerning his project for a canal connecting Stockton with the west. part of the county, n.d. [early 19th century]
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/Wa 1/3/6

Plan of Mr. Costole's estate showing distances from the house at Whiley Hill to the proposed new bridge, also showing gates, land in grass and tillage and the road to Coatham, n.d. [early 19th century] No scale
(1 paper, 52cm x 45cm, ink and water colour)

Ref: D/Wa 1/3/7

Letter from Gurney and Co. at Norwich to Leonard Raisbeck at Stockton disposing of his shares in the Darlington Railway to Jonathan Backhouse junior, 22 October 1822
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/3/8

Letter from Henry Birkbeck at Lymn to Clerks of Stockton and Darlington Railway concerning his shares in the company, 15 December 1822
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/3/9

Open letter by "Examiner" to the editor of the Durham Chronicle concerning the injurious nature of duties charged under the "Act for Improving the Navigation of the River Tees", 12 March 1828
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/Wa 1/3/10

A Report relative to the opening of a communication by a canal or a rail or tramway from Stockton by Darlington to the collieries, by Thomas Meynell, Chairman to the Committee, n.d. [c.1828]
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/Wa 1/3/11

Letter from Edward Wright at Grays' Inn, London, to Mr. Cairns at Covent Garden concerning Mr. Meynell's objection to Mr. Backhouse's Stockton and Darlington Railway Bill, 19 April 1828
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/3/12

Plan of a proposed branch railway joining the Stockton and Darlington mainline railway south of Stockton to Cleveland Port or Cargo Fleet, showing the river Tees, Tees Bay, Stockton, Mandale, Portrack, Newport, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough, Seaton Snook, Hartlepool and Redcar and the railways by R. Cartwright, Lithographic printer, London, n.d.[post 1825] Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile
(1 paper, 32cm x 20.5cm, ink and water-colour)

Ref: D/Wa 1/3/13

Letter from William H. Lizars at Edinburgh to Messrs. Backhouse and Co., bankers, Sunderland, concerning proofs of engravings for £5 notes, 24 June 1834
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/3/14

Proofs of engravings of £5 notes for Jonathan Backhouse and Co.'s Sunderland Bank made by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh, n.d. [c.1834]
(4 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/3/15

Receipt from Samuel Barnard, Secretary, Stockton and Darlington Railway Office, for 15 share certificates from Jonathan Backhouse, 27 May 1841
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/3/16

"Hartlepool Chart of the Bay, Harbours and Dock 1846", by W.S. Lindsay, London, showing also Seaton Low and High Lights, Carr House, Cliffe House, Stranton, New Stranton, Mill House, Dyke House, Hart Warren, Long Scarr Rocks, Beacons and Bouys, Stockton and Hartlepool railways and proposed connecting railways, description of facilities and advantages of dock, soundings at high tide and charges for loading coals, January 1846 Scale: approx. 1 inch to 20 chains
(1 paper, 73cm x 56cm, pen and ink)

Ref: D/Wa 1/3/17

Programme for the public opening of the Sunderland Dock on 20 June 1850, printed at Sunderland, 11 June 1850
(1 paper, printed)

(Ref: D/Wa 1/4/1-100)

Diaries

William Robson, 1817 - 1818

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/1

Typescript of the journal of William Robson, apprentice to a mercer and shipowner, showing the state of Quaker Society at Sunderland and Darlington, 1 January 1817 - 3 June 1818, with an introduction and explanatory notes by Joseph J. Green, Tunbridge Wells, 19 March 1897 Inscribed: "Katherine Backhouse, Ashburne, Sunderland, 1897" (1 volume, cloth bound) Henry Pease, 1837

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/2

Richards' Universal Daily Remembrancer comprising a correct [Business] Diary and Almanack, belonging to Henry Pease, January - December 1837 Enclosed: Bill of costs for printing from Coates and Farmer, Darlington to Messrs. Thistlethwaite and Co., 1836 Letter from James Warburton, Clements Court, London, to Mr. Oxley for Henry Pease and Co. concerning possibility of entering into partnership, 6 February 1837 Letter from C. Holdsworth at Halifax to William Murgatroyd concerning employment and salaries for working in the mill, 12 February 1837 Certificate of an assurance effected by Henry Pease and Co., Darlington, 30 August 1838 Lists of [insurance] policies, n.d. Costs concerning cashmere goats' wool, n.d. (1 volume, cardboard bound; 4 papers) Edward Backhouse, 1856 - 1877

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/3

Journal of Edward and Katherine Backhouse of Sunderland of a tour through France, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium, illustrated with pen and ink drawings and coloured engravings and including newspaper cuttings announcing the marriage of Edward Backhouse and Katherine Mounsey, 26 March - 4 July 1856
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/4

Draft copy of "Reminiscences of a Tour in France in the Spring of 1863" [by Edward Backhouse]
(1 file, paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/5

Journal and notes of things done and seen at Duke's House, Hexham, originally owned by Edward and Katherine Backhouse, including a history of the estate in photographs, newspaper articles and sketches, 1864 - 1906
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/6

Edward Backhouse's journal of an excursion in Scandinavia in the schooner yacht "Nereid", illustrated with pen/ink and water colour drawings, photographs and pressed flowers, and including a register of the thermometer kept by T.W. Backhouse during the voyage, 2 July - 31 August 1866
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/7

Edward Backhouse's journal of the voyage of the schooner yacht "Nereid" from Sunderland to Scotland and Norway, illustrated with pen/ink and water colour sketches, photographs and pressed flowers, giving a list of the party on board, 8 June - 8 August 1869
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/8

Edward Backhouse's journal, volume 1, of a tour in Belgium, the Rhine and Bavaria, illustrated with water colour sketches and photographs, 27 August - 9 September 1877
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/9

Edward Backhouse's journal, volume II, of a tour in S. Germany and Switzerland, illustrated with sketches and photographs, 1877 (1 volume, leather half-bound) Lucy B. Backhouse (née Mounsey), 1896 - 1959

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/10

Pocket diary, January - December 1896
(1 notebook)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/11-12

Pocket and engagement diaries, January - December 1898
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/13

Pocket diary, January - December 1899
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/14

Pocket diary, January - December 1900
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/15

Pocket diary, January - December 1901
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/16

Pocket diary, January - December 1902
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/17

Pocket diary, January - December 1903
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/18

Pocket diary, January - December 1905
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/19

Pocket diary, January - December 1906
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/20

Pocket diary, January - December 1907
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/21-22

Pocket diaries, January - December 1908
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/23-24

Pocket diaries, January - December 1909
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/25

Pocket diary, January - December 1910
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/26

Pocket diary, January - December 1911
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/27

Pocket diary, January - December 1912
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/28

Diary of a holiday in Zermatt and Riffelalp, 18 July - 4 August 1912, and Lugano, 23 April - 20 May 1913
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/29

Pocket diary, January - December 1913
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/30

Pocket diary, January - December 1914
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/31

Pocket diary, January - December 1915
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/32

Pocket diary, January - December 1916
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/33

Pocket diary, January - December 1917
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/34

Pocket diary, January - December 1918
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/35

Pocket diary, January - December 1919
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/36-37

Pocket diaries, January - December 1920
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/38-40

Pocket diaries, January - December 1921
(3 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/41-42

Pocket diaries, January - December 1922
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/43-44

Pocket diaries, January - December 1923
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/45-46

Pocket diaries, January - December 1924
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/47-48

Pocket diaries, January - December 1925
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/49-50

Pocket diaries, January - December 1926
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/51-52

Pocket diaries, January - December 1927
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/53-54

Pocket diaries, January - December 1928
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/55-56

Pocket diaries, January - December 1929
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/57-58

Pocket diaries, January - December 1930
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/59-60

Pocket diaries, January - December 1931
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/61-62

Pocket diaries, January - December 1932
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/63-64

Pocket diaries, January - December 1933
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/65-66

Pocket diaries, January - December 1934
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/67-68

Pocket diaries, January - December 1935
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/69-70

Pocket diaries, January - December 1936
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/71-72

Pocket diaries, January - December 1937
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/73-74

Pocket diaries, January - December 1938
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/75-76

Pocket diaries, January - December 1939
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/77-78

Pocket diaries, January - December 1940
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/79-80

Pocket diaries, January - December 1941
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/81-82

Pocket diaries, January - December 1942
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/83-84

Pocket diaries, January - December 1943
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/85-86

Pocket diaries, January - December 1944
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/87-89

Pocket diaries, January - December 1945
(3 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/90-91

Pocket diaries, January - December 1946
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/92

Pocket diary, January - December 1947
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/93-94

Pocket diaries, January - December 1948
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/95-96

Pocket diaries, January - December 1949
(2 notebooks, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/97

Desk diary, January - December 1957 Enclosed: List of articles missing [from Purley] for years, and lately, n.d. [1957] Recipe from the Mayo Clinic of Canada for a cure for rheumatism and arthritis, n.d. [1957]
(1 volume, cardboard bound; 2 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/98

Pocket diary, January - December 1959 (1 notebook, leather bound) Edward Backhouse, 1920 and 1922

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/99

Pocket diary, January - December 1920
(1 notebook, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/4/100

Pocket diary, January - December 1922
(1 notebook, leather bound)

(Ref: D/Wa 1/5/1-12)

Personal

Lucy B. Backhouse (née Mounsey), 1897 - 1902

Ref: D/Wa 1/5/1

Composition exercise book, including papers on Madagascar and the beginning of the Friends' Foreign Missionary Association at Sioni Maiwa, read at the meeting for Missionary Study, 3 June 1897 - 14 January 1902
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/5/2

Composition exercise book, 3 June 1897 -27 June 1898
(1 volume, cardboard bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/5/3

English literature notebook, 15 October 1897 -19 May 1901
(1 volume, paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/5/4

Class III, New Testament Scripture exercise book [The Mount School, York], 6 October 1898 - 9 July 1899
(1 volume, paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/5/5

Class III, Poetry book [The Mount School, York], September 1898 - 21 February 1899
(1 volume, paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/5/6

Class III, English Literature exercise book [The Mount School, York], 22 September 1898 - 30 June 1899
(1 volume, paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/5/7

Class III, Old Testament Scripture exercise book [The Mount School, York], 29 September 1898 - 29 June 1899
(1 volume, paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/5/8

Class II, Greek history exercise book [The Mount School, York], 21 January 1899 - 8 July 1899
(1 volume, paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/5/9

Algebra exercise book [The Mount School, York], 12 May 1899 -30 June 1899
(1 volume, paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/5/10

Class II, English language exercise book [The Mount School, York], 19 January 1899 - 6 July 1899
(1 volume, paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/5/11

Names of the girls at the Mount School, York, January 1899
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/Wa 1/5/12

Arithmetic exercise book [The Mount School, York], 15 March 1899 - 10 June 1899, includes French exercises, 26 November and 10 December 1901
(1 volume, paper)

(Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1-1225)

Photographs and Postcards

Edward and Katharine Backhouse, 1792 - 1879

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1

Edward Backhouse junior's photograph and sketch book (no. 10) of various members of the Backhouse and Mounsey family, with names beneath each picture, 1792 - 1856 Enclosed: Photographs of Ashburne, Sunderland, c.1850s Photographs of a family group on the lawn at Ashburne, c.1850s Photographs of gentleman and lady sitting at a small table, c.1850s Photograph of bathing machines [at Seaton Carew], c.1850s
(1 volume, leather half-bound; 9 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/2

Photograph album including members of the Backhouse and Mounsey families at home and abroad, and sketches and engravings of people, places and animals, at home and abroad, 1832 - 1877 Enclosed: The Illustrated London News, 25 May 1878 concerning the funeral of Mrs. John Bright, eminent Quaker of Rochdale
(1 volume, leather bound; 1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/3

Photograph album of Edward Backhouse junior (no.8) of members of the Backhouse and Mounsey families with names and dates beneath each picture, also including drawings, 1835 - 1836, 1854 - 1857
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/4

Photograph album of members of the Backhouse and Mounsey and related families, 1854 - 1860 Enclosed: Bill from S. Oglesby, Sunderland to B. Backhouse Esq., for photographs developed, 16 May 1860
(1 volume, leather bound; 1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/5

Photograph album of members of the Backhouse and Mounsey families with names and dates beneath each picture, 1854 - 1863, also includes silhouettes of Nathan Dearman, Thomas and Ann Robson and Jonathan Backhouse, 1810 - 1820
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/6

Photograph album of Edward Backhouse junior presented to John and Lucy B. Mounsey, including members of the Backhouse and Mounsey families and general views of places at home and abroad, c.1850s - 1860s
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/7

Photograph album presented by Dr. Mary Whitall to Edward Backhouse, of family and friends, with names of people beneath each picture, 1861
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/8

Photograph of group of people around a stone arch at Ashburne, 1868
(1 photograph, 15.5cm x 20.5cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/9

Photograph of fishing boats "Happy", "Kestrel" and "Curlew" drawn up on sands at Seaton Carew, 1868
(1 photograph, 19cm x 24.5cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/10

Photograph of bathing machines and boats drawn up on the sands at Seaton Carew, 1868
(1 photograph, 14cm x 19cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/11

Photograph of Narrow Bank, Seaton Carew, 1868
(1 photograph, 14cm x 19cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/12

Photographs of Phillips and J.E. Backhouse at Seaton Carew, 1868
(1 photograph, 14cm x 19cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/13

Photograph album of members of the Backhouse and related families, with names beneath each picture, c.1860 - 1870
(1 volume, leather bound, with brass clasp)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/14-16

Photographs of Edward Backhouse and party on the deck of the "Nereid", 1870
(3 photographs, 19cm x 24.5cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/17

Photograph of John Mounsey swabbing the decks of the "Nereid" on a wet day near Fort Augustus, 1870
(1 photograph, 14cm x 19cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/18

Photographs of three of the party sweeping the decks of the "Nereid", n.d. [1870]
(1 photograph, 19cm x 24.5cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/19

Photograph of Edward Backhouse and party with Captain S.N. Caws on the deck of the "Nereid" leaving Arrochar, 1870
(1 photograph, 19cm x 24.5cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/20

Photograph of Edward and Katharine Backhouse in the saloon of the "Nereid", 1871
(1 photograph, 19cm x 24.5cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/21

Photograph of Edward and Katharine Backhouse in the stateroom of the "Nereid", 1871
(1 photograph, 19cm x 24.5cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/22

Photographs of members of the party and helmsman on board the "Nereid" with mountains in the background, 1871
(1 photograph, 24.5cm x 34cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/23

Photograph of Captain Caws and Mary B. Mounsey on the deck of the "Nereid", 1871
(1 photograph, 14cm x 19cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/24

Photograph of a glacier [Norway], 1871
(1 photograph, 24.5cm x 34cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/25

Photograph album presented to Alfred and Rachel Backhouse inscribed "A.R.B. In Remembrance", 1-6 August 1874 Enclosed: Lists of guests at Pilmore Hall attending the conference at Darlington, and poem entitled "Faraway - an adaptation". One copy has numbers by the side of the guests which could refer to the photographs in the album, 1874
(1 volume, leather bound; 2 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/26

Photograph of Jonathan Backhouse and Co.'s Bank, Darlington, c.1870s
(1 photograph, 23.5cm x 30cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/27

Box of photographs of Edward and Katharine Backhouse, n.d. [pre-1879]
(84 photographs, 11cm x 16.5cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/28

Photograph album of family and friends of Edward and Katharine Backhouse with names beneath each picture, n.d. [pre-1879]
(1 volume, leather bound, with clasps)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/29

Photograph album of family and friends of Edward and Katharine Backhouse, with names beneath each picture, n.d. [pre-1879]
(1 volume, leather bound, with clasp)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/30

Photograph album of "Frenchay School, Teachers and Girls and others" with names beneath each picture, n.d. [pre-1879]
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound, with clasp)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/31

Photograph album of the Backhouse family and friends with names of people beneath each picture, n.d. [pre-1879]
(1 volume, leather bound, with clasp)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/32

Photograph of small continental quay with steam boats [south of France], n.d. [pre-1879]
(1 photograph, 18cm x 25cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/33

Photograph of continental tenements [south of France], n.d. [pre-1879]
(1 photograph, 18.5cm x 21cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/34

Photograph of continental sea front showing Royal Hotel with railway station [south of France], n.d. [pre-1879]
(1 photograph, 9.5cm x 15cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/35

Printers blocks for portraits of lady and gentleman [Edward and Katharine Backhouse] n.d. [pre-1879] (3 blocks) Lucy B. Backhouse (née Mounsey) and Edward Backhouse, c.1890s - c.1939

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/36

Photograph [of Lucy B. Mounsey], n.d. [late 1890s] (1 photograph in leather case lined with velvet, 8cm x 9cm, black and white) Foreign photographs and postcards

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/37-50

Bulgaria, December 1912
(14 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/51-62

Norway, 1913
(9 photographs, 3 postcards, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/63

Sweden, Stockholm, c.1913
(1 booklet, paper, Swedish)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/64-83

Algeria, 1920 - 1921
(19 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/84-112

Algeria, 1920 - 1921
(29 postcards, black and white and coloured, French)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/113-130

Algeria, 1920 - 1921
(17 postcards, black and white, 1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/131-154

Tunis, 1921
(24 postcards, black and white, French)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/155-166

Tunis, Carthage and Dougga, 1921
(12 postcards, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/167-192

Tunisia and Algeria, 1921
(26 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/193

Switzerland, Chur, c.1920
(1 volume of postcards)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/194-202

Italy, Pralognan and Courmeyeur, 1920
(9 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/203-254

Italy, Pralognan and Courmeyeur, 1920
(52 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/255-281

Italy, Pralognan and Courmeyeur, and France, Aix les Bains, 1920
(27 postcards, black and white, French/Italian)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/282-319

Switzerland, Arolla and Zermatt, 1922
(38 photographs, black and white, 1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/320-443

The Alps, 1922
(124 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/444-467

Italy, Venice [and Austria], Breightenstein, 1922
(24 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/468-474

Italy, Verona and Milan, 1922
(7 postcards, black and white, Italian)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/475-479

Italy, Venice, April 1922
(5 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/480-482

Paintings held at various galleries in Venice, n.d [1922]
(3 cards, colour)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/483-513

Norway and Sweden, 1925
(31 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/514

Album of views of Stockholm, Sweden, 1925
(1 booklet, paper, Swedish)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/515-536

Norway, Oslo and Kristiania, 1925
(22 postcards, colour and black and white, Norwegian)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/537-550

Sweden, Stockholm, 1925
(14 postcards, colour and black and white, Swedish)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/551-584

Austria, Vienna, Brightenstein and Spitz, 1925 - 1926
(34 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/585-604

Austria, Vienna, Brightenstein and Spitz, 1926 - 1927
(7 postcards, 10 photographs, 3 negatives)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/605-610

The Scheu family at Vienna and Brightenstein, 1926
(6 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/619-630

[Austria] Zellam See and surrounding area, n.d.
(12 postcards, black and white, German)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/61l-618

Austria, Vienna, 1926 - 1927
(8 postcards, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/631-640

Austria, Salzburg, 1926 - 1927
(10 postcards, black and white, German)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/641-650

Austria, Salzburg, 1926 - 1927
(10 postcards, black and white, German)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/651-660

Austria, festival parade in Vienna, 1928
(9 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/661-705

Austria, Salzburg, Vienna, Wachau and Weissbach, 1928 - 1931
(32 photographs, 12 cards, black and white, 1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/706

Lucy Hibler, Prague, June 1929
(1 photograph, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/707

John and Lucy Hibler near Prague, June 1929
(1 photograph, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/708-725

Austria, Vienna, July - August 1929
(17 photographs, 1 postcard, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/726-735

[Austria] Bisenstein, late 1920s
(10 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/736

Album entitled "Pictures Wachau", late 1920s
(1 booklet, paper, German)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/737-746

Germany, Wismar, late 1920s
(10 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/747-758

France, Avignon and Aries, late 1920's
(12 postcards, black and white, French)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/759-769

Paintings hanging in the Louvre, late 1920s
(11 postcards, colour and black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/770-824

Vienna, Chur, Zurich and Dresden, 1931
(55 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/825-835

Germany, Pyrmont, 1935
(11 postcards, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/836-856

Austria, Vienna, 1935
(18 postcards, 1 photograph, 2 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/857-866

Lucy B. Backhouse and companions, Pyrmont, Germany, 1937
(10 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/867-888

Germany, Pyrmont and Berlin, 1938
(22 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/889-906

Yearly Meeting at Pyrmont and Cologne, 1938
(18 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/907-932

Yearly Meetings at Vienna and Hellerau, n.d. [late 1930s]
(26 photographs, black and white, 2 negatives, 2 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/933-950

"German Yearly Meeting", n.d. [late 1930s]
(4 photographs, 14 postcards, black and white, German)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/951-976

Switzerland, Lake Geneva, 1939
(26 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/977-982

Paintings held in the Prado, Geneva, 1939
(6 postcards, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/983

Album of photographs of Zurich, 1939
(1 booklet, paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/984-995

Unidentified lakes and mountains, late 1930s
(12 negatives)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/996-1002

Bohemia, late 1930s
(7 postcards, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1003-1005

Austria, Vienna, late 1930s
(3 postcards, colour)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1006-1020

Austria, Vienna and Spitz, late 1930s
(15 postcards, colour and black and white, German)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1021-1037

Paintings held in the galleries at Vienna, late 1930s
(17 postcards, colour, German)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1038-1040

Watercolour sketch of Zermatt church and 2 photographs of J. Bineer, guide, late 1930s
(1 paper, 2 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1041-1050

Austria, Innsbruck, late 1930s
(10 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1051-1059

Photographs of Louise Dorneman, Wilhelm Deumth, Frances and Schiffy, Werner and Derek, 1944 - 1948 Enclosed: Receipt for work done by T. Charman, n.d. [1940s]
(9 photographs, black and white; 1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1060

Chateau on unidentified lake, Xmas 1944
(1 photograph, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1061

Greta Kuckhoff, 14 November 1947 (1 photograph, black and white) English photographs and postcards, 1912-1939

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1062-1081

Stratford and Warwick, 1914
(8 postcards, 12 photographs, colour and black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1082-1085

Letter from Robert K. Holmes, Dollar, Scotland, enclosing photographs of the Scottish Highlands and discussing prints, 3 August 1915
(1 paper, 3 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1086

Photograph [of Lucy and Edward Backhouse], n.d.[c.1915
(1 photograph, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1087-1105

Scotland, Crianlarich, 1923
(19 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1106-1112

Wales, Llandinrod Wells, c.1923
(7 postcards, colour)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1112-1117

Christ Church, c. late 1920s
(6 postcards, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1118-1120

Hereford, c. late 1920s
(3 postcards, colour and black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1121-1130

Bainbridge, Thornton le Dale, Hawes and East Garston, c. late 1920s
(10 postcards, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1131-1142

Hereford, c. late 1920s
(12 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1143-1146

Cheddar, c. late 1920s
(4 postcards, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1147-1154

Bristol, c. late 1920s
(8 postcards, colour)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1155-1160

Kenilworth, c. late 1920s
(6 postcards, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1161-1169

Ludlow, c.1920s - 1930s
(4 photographs, 5 postcards, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1170-1180

Tintern and Raglan, c.1920s - 1930s
(11 postcards, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1181-1190

House and garden [at Purley], 1939
(10 photographs, black and white and 5 negatives)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1191-1202

House and garden [at Purley] and unidentified church and people, c.1939
(8 photographs, black and white, 4 negatives)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1203-1204

House [at Purley] and unidentified mountains and trees, c.1930s
(2 photographs, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1205-1220

Kenilworth, Shottery, Worcester and Tewksbury, c.1930s
(16 postcards, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1221-1223

Unidentified river and woodland, c.1930s
(3 photographs, black and white, 12 negatives)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1224

Bedruthan Steps, Newquay, 8 June 1913
(1 postcard, black and white)

Ref: D/Wa 1/6/1225

Italy, Ayas, c.1920
(1 postcard, black and white)

(Ref: D/Wa 1/7/1-25)

Drawings and engravings, 1802 - 1921

E. Robson, 1817 - 1819

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/1

Engraving of fisherman with catch at the harbour [Seaton Carew], 1817
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/2

Engraving of fishing boats pulling up onto shore [Seaton Carew], 1817
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/3-4

Engraving of a windmill [Seaton Carew], c.1817
(2 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/5-7

Engravings of sailing boats on a choppy sea [Seaton Carew], c.1817
(3 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/8

Engraving of Seaton Carew from the Snook, 1819
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/9

Engraving of fishermen and boats in the cove [Seaton Carew], c.1819
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/10-12

Engravings of thatched cottage by the sea [Seaton Carew], c.1819 (3 papers) U. R[obson], 1819

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/13-14

Engravings of country folk driving cows over a bridge, 1819 (2 papers) Edward Backhouse, 1825 - 1873

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/15

Sketch book of pen and ink drawings of sailing ships wrecked off the N.E. coast, 9 November 1825 - 3 December 1827
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/16

Sketch book, no.15, of pen and ink, and pencil drawings of New Zealand, Van Diemens Land, Flinders Island, Norfolk Island and South Africa, c.1830s Enclosed: Poem entitled "On seeing the remains of an infant", n.d. Poem entitled "Building Hill", n.d. Letter from William Lovains concerning a proposed meeting [with Edward Backhouse], n.d. Letter from U. Pease junior at Norwich to Edward Backhouse at Ashburne, concerning support for justice for British subjects, 4 March 1841 Sketch for a frontispiece to a book entitled "Original Etchings of Birds, Wild Animals after Landseer etc", by Edward Backhouse, 1839 Proposal by Edward Backhouse concerning supply of Carters' Belts to [life boat] stations and pilot boats, n.d. Letter from J.W. Williamson at Whickham resigning as chairman of Quarter Sessions, 23 September 1842 Water colour of Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, from a painting by R.W. Bowler in the possession of Andrew Steedman, n.d. Pencil sketch of Ashburne, Sunderland, 1844
(1 volume, leather half-bound; 8 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/17

Engraving of a boat and lobster pots in the harbour [Seaton Carew] by E.B., 1838
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/18

Original etchings of birds by Edward Backhouse junior, 1840, presented to John and Lucy B. Mounsey, 1854. Also includes wild animals and places in South Africa, New Zealand and elsewhere
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/19

Book of miscellaneous pen/ink, and water colour sketches by Edward Backhouse, 21 September 1842 - 1863
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/20

Pencil sketch of a lioness and cub by E.B., 4 March 1873 (1 card) Lucy B. Backhouse, 1898 - 1921

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/21

Water colour sketch book of places visited in Scotland, France, Italy, Algeria, Austria and Switzerland, 1898 - 1921 (1 volume, leather quarter-bound) Miscellaneous, 1802 - 1826

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/22

Engraving of a cross section of a piece of rock, published by James Sowerby, London, 1 December 1802
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/23

Engraving of a section of rock published by James Sowerby, London, 1 February 1806
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/24

Engraving of Holdgate near York, residence of the late Mr. Lindley Murray, drawn by Henry Cowe, engraved by T. Sutherland and published by W. Alexander and Son, York, October 1826
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/7/25

Engraving of the south view of the North of England Agricultural School, Great Ayton, by Thomas Cail, lithographer, S. Straker, London, n.d. [c.1826]
(1 paper)

Pedigrees and genealogical notes (Ref: D/Wa 1/8/1-7)Ref: D/Wa 1/8/1

Register of the Backhouses being a note of the births, deaths and marriages of the Backhouse family from 1691 - 1826, begun by Jonathan Backhouse junior, Darlington, 1794
(1 notebook, paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/8/2

List of marriage certificates of the Backhouse family, 1691 - 1774, c.1794
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/8/3

Births, deaths and marriages of members of the Backhouse family, 1653 - 1809 by Edward Backhouse, 1827 Enclosed: Copy of the poem entitled "Home, Sweet Home", n.d.
(1 volume, leather bound; 1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/8/4

"The Descendants of John Backhouse, yeoman of Moss Side, near Yealand Redman, Lancashire", Compiled by Joseph Foster, Hon. M.A., Oxon, privately printed at the Chiswick Press, London. Includes pedigrees, arms, portraits, wills and inventories, and an index, 1894 Enclosed: Newspaper photograph of Admiral Sir Roger Backhouse on his succession as Commander in Chief Home Fleet, 10 August 1935 Newspaper cutting concerning Admiral Sir Roger Backhouse's creation as new Naval Chief of Staff, n.d. [1930s] Newspaper cutting concerning the state funeral of Admiral Sir Roger Backhouse, 1939 Newspaper photograph of funeral cortege of Admiral Sir Roger Backhouse, 20 July 1939 Obituary of Sir E.T. Backhouse, authority on China, from The Times, 2 February 1944 Note of the estate of Mrs. M.E. Summerson of Danbury, n.d. Note of the will of Roger Trelawny Backhouse, n.d. Newspaper cutting concerning Jeremiah Dixon (of Mason/Dixon line fame), n.d. Newspaper cutting concerning the restocking scheme for trout on the Tees, n.d. Letter from Mary Spence at Patterdale concerning the marriage of Thomas Backhouse of Lancaster, 25 May 1947 Correspondence and notes between Fred Watson at Bishop Auckland and Amy E. Wallis, Darlington for information for a short history of the Backhouse family, 31 May - 15 June 1961 Correspondence and notes between M.C. Karsten in S. Africa, Backhouse Nurseries, York and Amy E. Wallis, Darlington concerning an article on missionary James Backhouse for a Dictionary of S. African Biography, 27 May - 11 September 1965 Notes concerning the descent of the Mounsey family from Reginald Walker to A.A.J. Wallis (born 1919), c.1940s Note concerning the descendants of James Backhouse (pre 1794), n.d.
(1 volume, printed, cloth bound; 22 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/8/5

Wills and Administrations of the various Backhouse families registered in the Archdeaconry Court of Richmond, deposited at Somerset House and Lancaster, together with others from Somerset House, York and Carlisle, edited by Joseph Foster, Hon. M.A., Oxon, privately printed at the Chiswick Press, London, 1894. Also includes extracts from various Westmorland parishes
(1 volume, printed, cloth bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/8/6

Pedigree of the Backhouse family, 1626 - 1870, n.d. Enclosed: Correspondence from Philip Clenell, London, to Mr. Backhouse concerning the Dearman family pedigree, 18 May - 23 July 1873 Circular letter asking for information for completing a genealogical table and enclosing a specimen form to be filled in, n.d. Correspondence from J.W. Foster, London, to B. Backhouse concerning a pedigree of the Backhouse family for publication, 18 April and 16 May 1872
(28 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/8/7

Notes on the history of the name Backhouse, n.d. [late 19th century]
(2 papers)

Printed Books, 1817-1930 (Ref: D/Wa 1/9/1-8)Ref: D/Wa 1/9/1

"Hartlepool and Seaton", an illustrated history written for the amusement of the author's nephews, printed at Darlington, 1817
(1 booklet, paper, printed)

Ref: D/Wa 1/9/2

A short account of John Backhouse of Beechwood, Darlington, printed by John Coultas, Ousebridge, York, 1847
(1 booklet, paper, printed)

Ref: D/Wa 1/9/3

"Miscellaneous Pieces" [of poetry] printed by Edward Backhouse, Darlington, 1854
(1 booklet, paper, printed)

Ref: D/Wa 1/9/4

"Men that are gone from the households of Darlington, Part 1: From Paradise Row to Northgate", by Henry Spencer, printed by Rapp and Dresser, Darlington, 1862
(1 volume, paper, printed)

Ref: D/Wa 1/9/5

"The Friends in Council", a volume of cartoons of imaginary misadventures befalling Friends attending a Quaker Conference on Sunday School Teaching, held at Darlington, 12 December 1874
(1 volume, paper, printed)

Ref: D/Wa 1/9/6

Illustrated guide book for Dalarno Province, Sweden, c.1920s
(1 booklet, paper, printed, Swedish)

Ref: D/Wa 1/9/7

Booklet entitled "Journey through the Danube Valley from Melk to Greinand Bad Rreuzen", c.1930s
(1 booklet, paper, printed, German)

Ref: D/Wa 1/9/8

Official guide to Llandindrod Wells Mountain Air and Healing Springs, published by Llandindrod Wells Development Association, c.1930s
(1 booklet, paper, printed)

Miscellaneous, 1714 - c.1930s (Ref: D/Wa 1/10/1-31)Ref: D/Wa 1/10/1

Copy of the Humble Address of the People Commonly called Quakers, professing loyalty to the Protestant Succession, and His Majesty's reply, 14 October 1714
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/2

File containing: Account of the death of Countess Cornelia Baude of Carena, 4 April 1781 Vearses to the memory of an unfortunate lady Note of the Duke of Cumberland's passing through Darlington, 23 May 1746 Poem on the prophecy of the birth of Christ Poem on God's mercy Poem by Mrs. Singer on the death of her husband Recipes for the following: To pickle collyflower; To pickle turnips; To make a quaking pudding; Suas for a dish of boyld rabbits; Saus for Green Gees; To pickle Curanberriys; To keep Damascenes; To make a Colliyflower pudding; To make stock for Jartshorn jelly; To make a quaking pudding; To make a custard puding; To pickle Nasturtium Buds; To pickle elder buds; To pickle cewcumbers slic'd
(1 file, paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/3

Copy of "Occurrances that happened in Delivering Robert Barclay's apologies at the request of the Meeting for Sufferings in London, to the following Ambassadors mett to Conclude a General Peace at Aix-la-Chapelle in the months September and October 1748, by me Jan Vanderwerf of Amsterdam"
(1 file, paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/4

A remarkable dream concerning death and a visit to heaven and hell, 30 October 1762
(1 notebook, paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/5

Copy of a letter to Dr. Fothergill concerning satisfaction in his meeting compared with that at Devonshire House, 27 May 1765
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/6

A Map of the meetings belonging to the Quarterly Meetings [of Society of Friends] of Lancaster, Westmorland, Cumberland, Northumberland, Durham and York by James Backhouse engraved by Thomas Kitchen. Shows counties with boundaries and large towns, divisions of yearly, monthly and quarterly meetings, roads, market days, and distances from place to place in measured miles, published 1 March 1773 No scale
(paper, printed, 53cm x 61cm)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/7

Poem written on the death of a young woman aged 28 by A.P., 1791
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/8

Notes on the history of Darlington, c.1800
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/9

"A Dream dream'd by Micah Weer jnr. in the North of Ireland, aged about 13 or 14 years" Concerns George Fox and the Sun, and an interpretation of the dream, c.1800
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/10

Note book of poems by Eliza Backhouse and others, 1831 - January 1833
(1 volume, cardboard bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/11

Illuminated presentation address from the members of the Stockton-on-Tees Friends' Adult School, to Edward Backhouse J.P., Superintendent of the School, on his departure from Stockton signed by all the members, n.d., 19th century
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/12

Copy of "Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow," translated from the Latin of Venerable Bede, by Rev. Joseph Stephenson, M.A., 1853, with notes added to the text by Robert Robson, Sunderland, February 1862
(133 papers)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/13

Letter from Robert Robson at Sunderland to H. Backhouse presenting him with the copy of D/Wa 1/10/12 above, 22 February 1862
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/14

Notebook containing poems, extracts from the scriptures and an essay entitled "The Origin of the House that Jack Built", Edward Backhouse, 1864
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/15

Notes [by Robert Robson] concerning the expeditions of Ragnar Lodlrog and his death in Northumbria, n.d. [1860s]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/16

Copy book of poems including extracts from Longfellow, Carlisle, Milton, Hemans and others, n.d. [1860s]
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/17

Manuscript of "The Tendency of Civilisation" by J. Ianson junior, Darlington, February 1870
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/18

The Birthday Scripture textbook belonging to Katharine Backhouse, Sunderland, 1878
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/19

Scrapbook relating to the death of Edward Backhouse of Ashburne, Sunderland, 23 May - 14 June 1879
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/20

Tin of paints, a gift from Rachel A. Mounsey to Lucy B. (Mounsey) Backhouse, 10 March 1895
(1 box)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/21

Bible words for Birthdays, belonging to Lucy B. (Mounsey) Backhouse, 15 October 1896
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/22

Map of the area around Frejus and St. Raphael, Antibes, 1896 No scale
(paper, printed, French)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/23

Pack of geometry instruments [belonging to Lucy (Mounsey) Backhouse], n.d. [c.1896]
(1 box, leather)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/24

Lucy B. Backhouse's commercial notebook, including lists of texts, n.d. [early 20th century]
(1 notebook, cardboard bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/25

Lucy B. Backhouse's address book, n.d. [early 20th century]
(1 notebook, cardboard bound)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/26

Map of Algeria in two parts (a - Algiers East to Bone and South to Touggairt with insets of Algiers, Algiers region, Constantine and Philippeville region; b - Algiers West to Port Say and South to El Mengoub with insets of Oran, Oran region and Milian/Marengo region) and plan for assembling both parts, c.1920 Scale: 1cm to 10km
(paper, printed, 64cm x 80cm, coloured, French)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/27

Concert ticket for the Rose Vienna Quartet playing Schubert, 25 April 1922
(1 paper, German)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/28

Advertisement for proposed lectures entitled "Quakerism, Its Past, Its Present and Its Future", by Dr. Vipont Brown M.D., at Purley Autumn Lecture School, 24-25 September 1932
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/29

Essay entitled "How to fight the intellectual famine - A suggestion for the communisation of the World's Intellectual Resources", by Helene Scheu Riesz, Vienna, 1930s
(5 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/30

Appreciation from "Prominent People", for Helene Scheu Riesz of Vienna, Poet, playwright etc., 1930s
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/Wa 1/10/31

Sketch plan of the Portofino area showing Portofino Valley, Sunny Valley, Ravine Woods, Bushy Dell, The Happy Valley and Waterfall Valley, drawn on notepaper from Grand Hotel Splendide, Portofino Mare, n.d. No scale
(Ink on paper, 22.5cm x 28.5cm)



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