Durham County Record Office County Hall Durham DH1 5UL Telephone (0191) 383 3253 e-mail: record.office@durham.gov.uk website: www.durham.gov.uk/recordoffice USER GUIDE 9 : RECORDS HELD IN THE DURHAM RECORD OFFICE Issue no. 6 July 2000 Records held in the Durham Record Office can be found listed in the catalogue binders on the open shelves in the Record Office searchroom. The main groups of records are noted below, with their catalogue marks. OFFICIAL RECORDS in binders with grey labels 1 Durham County Council minutes, 1888 - 1974 (CC/), and 1974 - (DC/), in two binders 2 Durham County Council records, 1888 - 1974 (CC/), and 1974 - (DC/), in three binders 3 Durham City Council records (Du/) 4 Darlington Borough Council records (Da/) 5 Urban Authority (- 1974) records: Annfield Plain (UD/Ann); Bishop Auckland (UD/BA); Brandon & Byshottles (UD/BB); Barnard Castle (UD/BC); Benfieldside (UD/Ben); Consett (UD/Co); Crook (UD/Cr); Chester-le-Street (UD/CS); Crook & Willington (UD/CW); Leadgate (UD/Le); Seaham (UD/Sea); Shildon (UD/Sh); Spennymoor (UD/Sp); Stanhope (UD/St); Stanley (UD/Sta); Tanfield (UD/Ta); Tow Law (UD/TL); Willington (UD/Wi) 6 Rural Authority (- 1974) records: Auckland (RD/Au); Barnard Castle (RD/BC); Chester-le-Street (RD/CS); Darlington (RD/Da); Durham (RD/Du); Easington (RD/Ea); Lanchester (RD/La); Sedgefield (RD/Se); Startforth (RD/St); Weardale (RD/We) alphabetically by name of authority in two binders: (i) Au-Da, (ii) Du-We 7 District Council (1974 -) records: Chester-le-Street (ND/CS); Darlington (ND/Da); Derwentside (ND/De); Durham (ND/Du); Easington (ND/Ea); Sedgefield (ND/Se); Teesdale (ND/Te); Wear Valley (ND/WV) 8 Civil Parish records (CP/), alphabetically by name of parish in two binders: (i) A - K, (ii) L - Z 9 School records (E/), alphabetically by name of school in six binders: (i) A - C, (ii) Darlington, (iii) D - F, (iv) G - L, (v) M - S, (vi) T - Z 10 Education records: Houghall School of Agriculture (CC/E); Darlington College of Education (E/Dar); Building Grant Plans (E/SBP); Divisional records (E/) 11 School Board records (E/SB) 12 College of St. Hild and St. Bede records (E/HB) 13 Highway and burial board records (HB and BB) [in RD/Du-We binder] 14 Poor Law Union records: Auckland (U/Au); Chester-le-Street (U/CS); Darlington (U/Da); Durham (U/Du); Easington (U/Ea); Houghton-le-Spring (U/Ho); Lanchester (D/La); Sedgefield (U/Se); Stockton (U/St); Teesdale (U/Te); Weardale (U/We) 15 Police records (CCP/) PUBLIC RECORDS in binders with black labels 1 Quarter Sessions records (Q/), in two binders: (i) vol. 1 - overall list; (ii) vol. 2 - detailed lists of Q/D/L, Q/R/HD, Q/D/PV, and Q/D/P 2 National Coal Board records (NCB/), in six volumes/binders: (i) First deposit, vol. 1 (NCB I/JB); (ii) First deposit (vol. 2) (NCB I/remainder); (iii) First deposit (Statistical Returns) (NCB I/CO/86); (iv) Second to twenty-eighth deposits (NCB 2-28); (v) Twenty-ninth deposit (NCB 29); (vi) Thirtieth and subsequent deposits (NCB 30-) 3 New Town Development Corporation records in two volumes: (i) Aycliffe (NT/Ay); (ii) Peterlee (NT/Pe) and Aycliffe & Peterlee (NT/AP) 4 Hospital records: Aycliffe (H/Ay); Darlington (H/Da); Durham (H/Du); North West Durham (H/NWD); South West Durham (H/SWD); Winterton (H/Wi) 5 Petty Sessions (Magistrates' Court) records (PS/): Barnard Castle; Bishop Auckland; Castle Eden; Chester-le- Street; Consett; Crook; Darlington; Durham; Ferryhill; Lanchester; Peterlee; Seaham; Sedgefield; Spennymoor; Staindrop; Stanhope; Stanley; Washington; Wolsingham 6 Other public records: County Court records: Bishop Auckland (CCo/BA); Consett (CCo/Con); Darlington (CCo/Da); Durham (CCo/Du) Census of Distribution maps (CD) Charity Commission accounts Coroners' records: Chester (COR/C); Chester West (COR/CW); Darlington (COR/Da); Durham North (COR/Du.N); Durham South (COR/Du.S); North West (COR/NW) Board of Trade Fishing Boat records (BT/F) Abandoned Mine & Quarry plans (D/HSE) Insurance Committee minutes: Darlington (IC/Da); Durham County (IC/Du); South Shields (IC/SS);West Hartlepool (IC/WH) Inland Revenue (Finance Act, 1909/10) records (IR/) Motor Taxation records: Durham CC (MT/); Sunderland CBC (MT/); Darlington CBC (Da/CS) Durham Prison records (P) ECCLESIASTICAL RECORDS in binders with blue labels 1 Church of England parish records (EP/), alphabetically by name of parish in 27 binders 2 Church of England Deanery Chapter records (D/Ch/) NON-CONFORMIST CHURCH RECORDS in binders with white labels 1 Baptist church records (B/), alphabetically by name of church 2 Congregational church records (C/), alphabetically by name of church 3 Methodist church records (M/), alphabetically by name of circuit in four binders: (i) A - C, (ii) D, (iii) S, (iv) T - Z 4 Methodist marriage registers (M/MR) 5 Central Methodist records (M/C) and Methodist District records (M/D/) 6 Roman Catholic parish records (RC/), alphabetically by name of parish in two binders (i) A - D, (ii) E - Z 7 Quaker (Society of Friends) records (SF/), alphabetically by name of meeting 8 Other non-conformist records: Presbyterian Church records (Pr), alphabetically by name of church United Reformed Church records (UR/), alphabetically by name of church DEPOSITED RECORDS in binders with red labels Deposited records - Estate and Family records 1 Brancepeth Estate Archives (D/Br/), in three volumes 2 Cradock family of Gainford and Hartforth (D/Cr) 3 Edleston family of Gainford Collection (D/Ed), in two volumes 4 Eldon Estate (D/El) 5 Forcer Manuscripts (D/Fo) 6 Greatham Hospital (D/Gre) 7 Headlam family of Holywell Papers (D/He) 8 Hodgkin family of Darlington Papers (D/Ho) 9 Londonderry Estate Papers (D/Lo/), in four binders/volumes 10 Pease family of Darlington Collection (D/Pe) 11 Salvin of Croxdale Estate Papers (D/Sa) 12 Sherburn Hospital (D/ShH) 13 Shotton family of Bearpark Papers (D/Sho) 14 Strathmore Estate Archives (D/St/), in nine volumes 15 Wallis family of Darlington Collection (D/Wa) 16 [Other]: Castle Eden Estate (D/CE); Dunham (D/Dun); Fleming family of Tudhoe (D/Fle); Gurney Pease family of Darlington (D/GP); Kitching family of Great Ayton (D/Ki); Manor of Bowes (D/MOB); Norfolk family of Kirkella (D/No); Pease/Stephenson family of Darlington (D/PS); Robinson family (Blakiston Estate) (D/Rob); Robson family (Catcote Estate) (D/Ro); Shafto of Whitworth (D/Sh); Thornhill Estate (D/Th); Twizell & Pelton Estate (D/TP) Deposited records - Business and Industrial records 1 Adamson Collection [builders] (D/Ad), in two volumes 2 Mining Records Project (D/MRP) 3 Weardale Lead Co. (D/WL), in two volumes 4 Architects: Hodgson Fowler (D/HF) 5 Architects [Other]: G. Smith (D/Sm); J.W. Hays (D/WH) 6 Co-operative Societies: Annfield Plain (D/Co/An); Bishop Auckland (D/Co/BA and D/Co/Da); Brandon & Byshottles (D/Co/BaB); Co-operative Bakeries (D/Co/Bak); Brandon & Byshottles Chemists (D/Co/BB); Birtley (D/Co/Bi); Blaydon (D/Co/Bl); Boldon (D/Co/Bo); Brandon & New Brancepeth (D/Co/Br); Burnopfield (D/Co/Bu); Consett (D/Co/Con); Crook (D/Co/Cr); Chester-le-Street (D/Co/CS); Co-operative Wholesale Society (D/Co/CWS): Darlington (D/Co/Da); Dunelm (D/Co/Dun); East Durham Chemists (D/Co/EDC); Hetton Downs (D/Co/HD); Jarrow & Hebburn (D/Co/JH); Middleton-in-Teesdale (D/Co/MT and D/Co/Te); Murton Colliery (D/Co/Mu); Newbottle (D/Co/Ne); North East Durham (D/Co/NED); North West Durham Boot Repairing (D/Co/NWB); North West Durham Coal (D/Co/NWC); North West Durham Dairies (D/Co/NWD); Pittington (D/Co/Pi); Ryhope & Silksworth (D/Co/RS); Seaham Harbour (D/Co/SeaH); Sherburn Hill (D/Co/SH); Stanhope & Weardale (D/Co/St); Swalwell (D/Co/Sw); Tantobie (D/Co/Ta); Teesdale (D/Co/Te); Tow Law (D/Co/TL); Townley (D/Co/To); Washington (D/Co/Wa); West Cornforth (D/Co/WC); Wheatley Hill (D/Co/WH); Willington (D/Co/Da); Windy Nook & Felling Shore (D/Co/WN); West Pelton (D/Co/WP); West Stanley (D/Co/WSt) 7 Solicitors: Clayton & Gibson (D/CG), in three volumes 8 Solicitors: Hanby Holmes (D/HH), in six volumes 9 Solicitors [Other]: R. Bell & Son (D/Be); Dickinson, Dees & Co. (D/DD); Eland, Hore, Patterson (D/EHP); Farrer & Co. (D/Fa); Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb (D/GrDC); Levinsons, Walker & Lister (D/LWL); Newby, Robson & Cadle (D/NRC); Richmonds (D/Ric); Sparks & Blake (D/SB); Stanton, Croft & Co. (D/SC); Swinburne & Jackson (D/SJ); Watsons (D/Wat); Wilkinson & Marshall (D/WM) 10 [Other]: Anderston Foundry (D/AF); Alligator Leather Goods (D/All); Austin & Pickersgill [ship builders] (D/AP); Bussey & Armstrong [timber merchants] (D/BA); Cleveland Bridge Engineering Co. (D/CE); Durham City Building Society (D/DCB); Durham Markets Co. (D/DM); Dunham Papers (D/Dun); Annfield Plain & District Gas Co. (D/GAP); Bishop Auckland Gas Co. (D/GBA); City of Durham Gas Co. (D/GDC); Houghton-le-Spring District Gas Co. (D/GHo); Seaham Gas & Lighting Co. (D/GSeaH); Shotley Bridge & Consett Gas Co. (D/GSB); South Hylton Gas Co. (D/GSHy); Spennymoor & Tudhoe Gas Co. (D/GST); Stanley & District Gas Co. (D/GSta); Sunderland Gas Co. (D/GSu); G. Greenwell & Sons [grocers] (D/Gw); Harrison & Harrison [organ builders] (D/Ha); J.E. Hodgson [chemists] (D/Hg); Henry Pease & Co. [woollen manufacturers] (D/HP); D.L. Hutchinson (Durham) [welders] (D/Hut); Charles Knott & Sons [oil & paint merchants] (D/Kn); Joseph Lingford & Sons [food manufacturers] (D/Lin); Lily Laundry (D/LL); Luck & Sons [drapers] (D/Lu); Mackay & Sons [carpet manufacturers] (D/Ma); North Bitchburn Coal Co. (D/NBCC); North Eastern Railway (D/NER); Northumbria Water (D/NWA); Priestman Collieries (D/Pr); British Rail (D/Rail and D/Rail/P); Richardson & Co. (D/Ri); Seaham Harbour Dock Co. (D/SHD); W. Smith (Durham) [chemists] (D/Smi); Summerson (D/Su); Sunderland Deep-Sea Fishing Co. (D/SuF); James Turnbull, Son, & Parkinson [estate agents] (D/TPa); Thomas Pease, Son & Co. [wine & spirit merchants] (D/TPe); Team Valley Paper Mills (D/TVP); United Automobile Services (D/UAS); Vaux Breweries (D/Va); West Auckland Breweries (D/WAB); Whessoe Foundry Co. (D/Whes); Westminster Press (D/WP); William Smith & Sons [engineers] (D/WS); Wingate & District Water Co. (D/WW) alphabetically by catalogue reference in three binders (i) D/A - D/K, (ii) D/L - D/T, (iii) D/U - D/Z Deposited records - Charity and Society records 1 Bishop Auckland Labour Party (D/BAL); Braes of Derwent Hunt (D/BDH); County Association of Parish and Town Councils (CAPC/); Durham City Cricket Club (D/DCC); Durham County Federation of Head Teachers' Associations (D/DHTA); Durham County Hockey Club (D/DCH); Durham County L.H. Society (D/DCLHS); Durham County Nursing Association (D/DCNA); Durham County Women's Hockey Association (D/DCWHA); Durham Diocesan Family Welfare Council (D/DDFW); Durham Dramatic Society (D/DDS); Durham Rural Community Council (D/DRCC); Durham Scout Group (D/SG); Durham University Railway Society (D/DURS); Gilligate Church Estate Charity (D/GCEC); Henry Smith Charity (D/HS); International Order of Good Templars (D/IOGT); Independent Order of Oddfellows (D/IOO); Independent Order of Rechabites (D/IOR); Durham Municipal & County Federation (D/MCF); Durham County Playing Fields Association (D/PFA); Sedgefield Charity (D/Se); Durham County Territorial & Auxiliary Forces Association (D/TA); Durham County Women's Institutes (D/WI) Deposited records - Trade Union and Employers' Organisation records 1 Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers (D/ASW); Durham Coal Owners' Association (D/DCOA); Durham Coal Owners' Mutual Protection Association (D/DCOMPA); National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies & Shotfirers (D/DDMA); Durham Miners' Association (D/DMA); Durham County Colliery Enginemen's, Boiler Minders' & Firemen's Association (D/EBF); National Farmers' Union (D/NFU); National Union of Teachers (D/NUT) Deposited records - Antiquarian and Composite collections of records 1 Bowes Museum records (D/Bo/), in two binders 2 Durham County Library Collection (D/CL); Darlington Borough Collection (D/DB); Darlington Library Collection (D/DL) 3 Durham Light Infantry Museum Collection (D/DLI) 4 Greenwell Deeds (D/Gr) 5 Harold Beadle Papers (D/HLB) Deposited records - Miscellaneous 1 Miscellaneous deposits (D/X), numerically in 12 binders 2 Miscellaneous plans (D/XP) 3 Photocopies and photographs (D/Ph), numerically in two binders 4 Ordnance Survey plans (D/XP.OS) 5 Miscellaneous deposits - Darlington (D/XD), numerically in two binders HANDLISTS:USERGUIDE09.DOC/25-Aug-04/16:20 page 1