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THE ROYAL KEPIER SCHOOL AT HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING.1 The old buildings of the Royal Kepier School at Houghtonle- Spring should be looked upon with reverence by the members of most north country families. Here it is certain, at one time or another, were educated the sons of almost every family of respectability in the northern counties. It was the alma mater of country squire, village parson, and city merchant alike. It is a reverend old building, standing under the shadow of the reverend old church, with whose history it is so closely interwoven. Here the pious founder preached, and here generations of boys have heard the service from Sunday to Sunday, and answered adsum daily in the school. Space forbids more than a few notes supplementary to the account given by Mr. Surtees, who has dealt at great length with the foundation, whilst the late Mr. Collingwood's Life of Bernard Gilpin renders it unnecessary to dwell upon a name so widely known. The present building is long and low, with walls at least three feet thick, having two gabled wings at right angles projecting at either end of the main building. Over the porch Dr. Christopher Hunter, one of Houghton's famous sons, caused the following inscription to be placed : SCHOLA DE KEEPIER AB ELIZ. ANGLIAE REGINA A MDLXXIV. FVNDATA EX PROCVRATIONE I. HEATH, AR. ET B. GlLPIN, RECT. ECCL. HOVGHTO. C.H.M.B. ALVMNUS POSVIT A MDCCXXIV. On the front of the schoolhouse another inscription MUNIFICENTIA JOHANNIS TEMPEST, ARM. MDCC.LXXIX. ' Elsewhere in this magazine a first list of Houghton's alumni appears, and it is hoped that more lists wilt follow. 174 NORTHERN NOTES AND QUERIES. records some repairs and additions made in that year by the last John Tempest of Wynyard. This Mr. Tempest, who was the lineal representative of the Heaths of Kepier, bequeathed his estates to his sister's son, Sir Henry Vane of Long Newton, whose only daughter carried the great Tempest and Vane estates into the family of her husband, the third Marquis of Londonderry. Last Easter a rather interesting discovery was made, which may best be described in the words of the present headmaster: "Some painting and repairs were being done, in the course of which some old shelves were pulled down. As the aperture then presented something of the appearance of a window-sill, the woodwork which was at the back of the shelves was removed. We found an old window in what was originally the south end of the school as built by Gilpin. Only about two rows of small panes remained, the other four being broken. Its antiquity is shewn by the fact that the leaden casement was not soldered, but twisted about the glass, which had numerous specks as of sand." It is a place hallowed by many memories and full of traditions. Perhaps the quaintest attached to Houghton, but now long obsolete, was the annual celebration known as the "Order Feast." The following contemporary accounts of this festival are given in full, and should be of interest to many a kinsman of those who once took part: November, 1 780. ' We hear from Houghton-le-spring, that on Friday the nth of this month, the young Gentlemen of Kepier School began the celebration of their annual Order-Feast. A very respectable appearance of the Gentlemen of the place and neighbourhood did them the honour of attending in the forenoon at the School, where six of the senior boys spoke in Greek, Latin, and English, and were so happy as to meet with the approbation of their audience. The next morning the young gentlemen assembled an hour or two before day break, illuminated the School, 1 Newcastle Courant, Saturday, i8th November, 1780. NORTHERN NOTES AND QUERIES. 175 and had that compliment returned to them by almost all the houses in the town. They then paraded in the strictest order and regularity, attended by the Band of Music belonging to the loth regiment; an advantage, superior to any thing of the kind they had ever had before, and a favor which they most gratefully acknowledge The whole festivity was conducted with such elegance and decorum as did honour to themselves, and gave universal satisfaction to all the inhabitants. The speakers were Messrs. Mascall, Buston, Milbourne, Robinson, Bell and Hill. November, 1781.' We hear from Houghton-le-spring, that on St. Cecilia's day the Young Gentlemen of Kepier School, celebrated their annual Order Feast upon an improved plan. It had been thought expedient to abolish the nocturnal parading, as hazardous to the health of the boys. They did not therefore begin their festivity till ten in the forenoon, and issued in procession from the School, attended by the Lincolnshire Band of Music, with colours flying, &c. After having once paraded through the town, they returned in the same order to the School, at which were assembled most of the principal gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood, Gen. Lambton, Mr. Rotheram, &c. As the plan of their oratorical exhibition was upon a much larger scale than before, it was divided into three acts, with interludes of music, twenty four pieces in Greek, Latin, French, and English, were spoken by Messrs. Milburne, Robinson, Lowry, Fenwick, Richardson, Pixell, Chrishop, Hill, Rudd, Dixon, Wilkinson, and Abbs. The concluding piece was delivered by Master Mowbray. The School was illuminated at six in the evening, when the young gentlemen met to partake of the usual repast of cakes and wine, and then retired to their respective lodgings, which were all illuminated, as were also the Rectory, and other principal houses in the town. It is hoped that this regulation will remove every objection to the continuance of this ancient festival. November, 1782.* We hear from Houghton-le-Spring, that on Thursday the i4th of this month, the young Gentlemen of Kepier-School celebrated their Order Feast, pursuant to the new regulations of that anniversary. The 15 senior scholars spoke in Greek, Latin, English and French, before a numerous and respectable audience of the Gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood, who were pleased to express their approbation of the different performances, and afterwards adjourned to Mr. Ridley's, where an ordinary was provided, and a resolution unanimously passed of continuing the celebration of this annual School-Festival. The speakers were Messrs. Hill, Rudd, Grey, Dixon, T. Wilkinson, A. Wilkinson, Blackburn, Abbs, Allan, Mowbray, Fenwick, Hutchinson, Addison, Hunter and Maughan. 1 Newcastle Courant, Sat., 22nd Dec., 1781. 2 Ibid., Sat., 23rd Nov., 1782.

SCHOLARS AT THE KEPIER SCHOOL, HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING. (Vol. I., P. 158.) Written upon the fly-leaves of Mr. Robert Allan's copy of The Life of Bernard Gilpin, by William Gilpin, M. A., is a list of gentlemen subscribing to the formation of a fund for the endowment of Exhibitions from the School to the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, or Durham. The first Exhibitioner elected for three years, in June, 1842, was Mr. G. E. Green, who proceeded to Durham, where he took First Class Honours in Mathematics and Second in Classics. The second was Mr. H. A. Rawes, who proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge: he was a grandson of the Rev. Wm. Rawes, A.M., 27 years Head Master of Kepier. The names in this list of former scholars have crosses attached to them. These are Robert Henry Allan, Esq., F.S.A., Blackwell Hall; Rev. John Young, D.D., Head NORTHERN NOTES AND QUERIES. 189 Master; Ralph S. Pemb

SCHOLARS AT THE KEPIER SCHOOL, HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING. (Vol. I., pp. 158, 173, 188.) Although it is a long time to look back to, I remember there were with me at the Kepier School, besides those whose names you have got M. and A. Bramwell; R. L. Pemberton; C. L. Wood, who died last year (he was a brother of Sir L. Wood); two brothers named Wood who lived at Coxhoe Hall, both now living; the late General Collingwood and his younger brother; three of the Wilkinsons of Harperley Park; three Knights, of Ford, Northumberland (sons of the rector). These are just a few that I can call to mind. There were also many from the south of Scotland. I remember, as companions of mine, C. A. Hope of Pinkie House, near Edinbro', and A. Scott of Gala House, amongst others. East Boldon House. E. J. J. BROWELL.

My mother's cousin, Thomas Brown Parkinson, attended the Houghton-le-Spring School. A letter from his father in the possession of my mother mentions that he was going there in 1828. The Rev. T. B. Parkinson, born November loth, 1819, was the only surviving child of Robert and Mary (Brown) Parkinson of Chester-le-Street and New Lambton, and grandson of Cuthbert Parkinson (or Parkins) of Chesterle- Street. In the Calendar of St. John's College, Cambridge, 1838, we find the name Parkinson who was last Senior Optime (second class, math, tripos), and in the same year first class in the classical tripos and got a fellowship; but it is not absolutely certain that this is T. B. Parkinson. There is a letter written from Catherine Hall, in December, 1839, to my mother's father. In old Calendars (Camb.) we find 1841. T. B. Parkinson, Pensioner and Scholar of Queen's. 1842. Thomas Brown Parkinson, B.A. (5th Senior Op.), in Cayley's year. 1846. Rev. T. B. Parkinson, M.A. 1852. Last mention of his name. In December, 1842, he was ordained priest by the Bishop of Ripon, and afterwards held a curacy somewhere in Northumberland or Durham. Later on he was Vicar of St. Mary's, Wakefield, and whilst there he joined the Church of Rome, going to the College of St. Asaph's. He became a member of the Society of Jesus, was for a time at St. Francis Xavier's in Liverpool, afterwards Rector of St. Aloysius, St. Giles, Oxford, and later on at the R.C. Church in Bury St. Edmunds. He died on the 23rd of July, 1904, at St. Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst. His was one of the most beautiful and deeply religious characters I have ever known. He was a friend of Cardinal Manning, and I have always understood that he was very highly esteemed by the members of his Church. The Knowle, (Mrs.) BETTY SMITH. Blundellsands, Liverpool. G.

SCHOLARS AT THE KEPIER SCHOOL, HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING. (Vol. I., pp. 158, 173, 188, 220.) The late Mr. William John Braithwaite, only son of William Braithwaite of Bishopwearmouth, by his wife Mary, daughter of John Jackson of Fatfield, was educated at the Kepier School, circa 1834-43. A lengthy obituary notice 1 The arms of the family registered at the Visitation in 1615 (Harl. Soc., vol. 7, p. 31) were . . . on a bend . . . three escallops ... no tinctures being given. The colours are supplied variously. The Blount family quartered Argent, on a bendgules, three escallops of'the field at the Visitation of Essex (Harl. Soc., vol. 13, p. 154) in right of the marriage of John Blount of London with Ann dau. & heir of William Layton of Yorkshire, Esqueir, and is also at a much earlier date assigned to William de Laton (Harl. MS. <5yAij). At the same Visitation (p. 236) Sable, on a bend argent, three escallops gules, was allowed as a quartering to the Lucas family in right of the marriage of Thomas Lucas of St. John's, with Elizabeth, dau. and heir of John Leighton [Layton] of London, gentleman. This last coat was registered by William Layton of Dalemayne in 1664 with a crest a lion's head erased and collared. 252 NORTHERN NOTES AND QUERIES. of him in the Mataura Ensign^ Tuesday, 23rd May, 1893, states that "in his youth he was an artist of great promise At school he obtained several drawing prizes in the shape of medals and Maltese crosses suitably inscribed." When the emigration fever was at its height he left England, sailing on the i2th September, 1852, in the "Emigrant." For some time he lived at Wetherstones, near Lawrence, afterwards removing to Switzers, and finally to Waikaia Flat, where he died on the i7th May, 1893, aged 65 years, leaving a widow, three sons and four daughters. He was a member of the Domain Board, and hon. sec. of the Switzers Cemetery Fund. For several years he was secretary of the Switzers School Committee, and was also the county ranger and dog-tax collector. The Ensign correspondent quaintly remarks: "He was widely known, had an excellent education, was a very intellectual man, and had a thorough grasp of the principal topics of interest of the day. Thus his conversation always soared above the mere common-place themes of existence. From his inoffensive manner he made a large range of friends, all and every one of whom will miss his well-known voice and hearty hand-shake in the future course of their lives. Well may we recall, with a yearning sigh, the words of a late bard : And the stately ships go on To the haven under the hill; But oh ! for the touch of a vanished hand And the sound of a voice that is still ! " M. C. The following notes from some old newspaper cuttings may be of interest : At Houghton-le-Spring, i8th inst, aged 64, Mr. Mathew Dunn, formerly of Hexham, and for 34 years a master in the Kepier Grammar School ; 1 6th inst., aged 78, the Rev. George Bee. He was educated at the Kepier Grammar School, and at the age of 17, from his acquirements, became classical teacher in that school. He seceded from the Church of England in 1811, when he united with the Baptist denomination, of which he became pastor, and continued so till his death. Newcastle Chronicle, 29 September, 1854. At Houghton-le-Spring, 3ist inst., aged 28, the Rev. J. Leycester Balfour, M.A., of Queen's College, Oxford, head master of Kepier Grammar School. The deceased gentleman during his short residence in the north, had won the esteem and respect of a large circle ; and his sudden and premature death is the cause of deep regret in the neighbourhood. Newcastle Chronicle, 8 December, 1854. LUDLOW.

Heath was a Londoner, who had moved North, at the time that King Henry was attacking the religious houses, and confiscating their wealth. He seems to have wanted to buy up for himself any valuable properties that the King did not wish to retain in his own hands. He observed that the King’s commissioners were closing down not only monasteries, friaries and nunneries, but also the great Hospitals - Greatham, Sherburn, Kepier and Witton Gilbert – which had been built by Bishop Hugh Puiset in the Twelfth Century, primarily for the isolation and treatment of former Crusaders who had become afflicted with leprosy while fighting in the East, and who had retuned home. Leprosy had by now died out in our cooler climate, and the present residents of these establishments tended to be elderly people in need of nursing and care. These hospitals were now to be “dissolved”, but were to continue in existence until the last resident died. However, the programme was never really completed, and the hospitals at Greatham and Sherburn are still serving the elderly to-day, while a modern hospital has replaced the mediaeval building at Witton Gilbert. But Kepier Hospital, on the outskirts of Durham (you pass by the ruins to-day, if you drive into Durham along the A690) was in a much worse state. William Franklin, the man who had in title been Bernard Gilpin’s predecessor as Rector of Houghton-le- Spring, but who had in fact been a pluralist (holding many offices simultaneously) and an absentee (not normally resident in Houghton), had also held several other posts, including those of Master of Sherburn Hospital and Master of Kepier Hospital. He had neglected his duties at both establishments, but at both places an official entitled the Steward kept the place going during the Master’s absence. The Steward at Kepier Hospital was a man called John Bulmer, who joined the so-called Pilgrimage of Grace (protesting against the closure of the monasteries), and in 1537 he was hung, along with many others, after the violent suppression of that movement, while the Kepier Hospital itself was destroyed by King Henry’s soldiers, and its residents “dispersed” (whatever that meant). The enterprising John Heath had noticed the favourable location of the Kepier site, on the outskirts of Durham, and had bought it up, using some of its lands for farming purposes, others for housing or quarrying. Wishing to be seen as a North-Country lord, he began to style himself Heath of Kepier. In about 1568 he got together with Bishop Pilkington and Rector Gilpin to discuss the plans for setting up a sort of Protestant academy at Houghton, to safeguard the gains of the Reformation. It was one of many such academies envisaged by Pilkington, but unlike most of the others it actually got off the ground. The reason for that was that serious money was put up to get it started, and it was to be called the Kepier School, taking its name from the title that its sponsor, John Heath, had awarded himself. Before it really got going, it was overtaken by the Uprising of 1569, when there was a serious attempt (as will be described in forthcoming “Signposts”) by the Northern Earls to overthrow Elizabeth, and to place the Scottish Queen, Mary, on the English Throne The rebellion would of course be defeated, but it scared Queen Elizabeth, and, out of gratitude for what she perceived Pilkington, Gilpin and Heath to be attempting to do, she, in 1574, when the new building was opened, and the school really got going, awarded it a Royal Warrant, and the right to use the name Royal Kepier Grammar School. So, a school of great prestige had come into existence in Houghton, one which not only provided an establishment where the sons of the Northern nobility could be educated in the new ways and in the new doctrines which were now held by the reformed Church, but which also, thanks to Heath’s money, provided free education to many bright lads from poorer families. But what about their sisters? Were they to be totally neglected? Well, yes, they weren’t so well provided for. But many of the nuns, turned out from their convents by King Henry’s decree (but provided with a cash sum, which was called a dowry), did re·appear, sooner or later, as tutors in the big houses, educating the daughters of the aristocracy. Most ordinary nuns were not so fortunate. Many of them, no doubt, used their dowries as intended, to attract a potential husband. But others used them to open village schools, often in villages which had formerly possessed a chantry school, to teach the sons and daughters of the poorer classes, the skills of reading, writing, ‘rithmetic, and religion. These sort of establishments would eventually evolve into the “dame schools” which would, throughout the next two and a half centuries, enable ill-paid “school ma’ams” to provide a minimum of elementary education to the children of “the respectable poor”.

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No: EP/Ho Catalogue Title: Houghton-le-Spring St. Michael Parish Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Size (kB): 86 Type: Catalogue Catalogue Description: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ninth Deposit (Acc: 2982) Registration Ref No. EP/Ho 712 Register of marriages, 29 July 1961 - 1 October 1966 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 713 Register of marriages, 1 October 1966 - 11 September 1971 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 714 Register of marriages, 11 September 1971 - 21 May 1977 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 715 Register of marriages, 4 June 1977 - 22 January 1983 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 716 Register of marriages, 12 February 1983 - 3 June 1989 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 717 Register of banns of marriage, 30 March 1969 -1 August 1976 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 718 Register of banns of marriage, 18 July 1976 - 24 June 1979 (1 volume, plastic bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 719 Register of banns of marriage, 10 June 1979 - 3 October 1982 (1 volume, plastic bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 720 Register of banns of marriage, 19 September 1982 - 15 July 1990 (1 volume, plastic bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 721 Register of banns of marriage, 1 July 1990 - 24 March 1996 (1 volume, plastic bound) Clergy Ref No. EP/Ho 722 'List of documents relating to the Rectory of Houghton-le-Spring', compiled by Frederick Brown, rector, 1904 (1 volume, card bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 723 Correspondence of the Rev. G. F. Holme, Penshaw Rectory, and others, and the Rev. R. H. Yeld, concerning the establishment of a commission of enquiry concerning "the matter of the new District" and Lord Joicey's gift, 19 October - 21 December 1907 ( 7 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 724 Letter from J. Brown, Mansfield, Hastings, Sussex, to Rev. R. H. Yeld, The Rectory, Houghton-le-Spring, concerning the finances and charities of the parish, 9 January [1908] Originally enclosed in EP/Ho 725 (1 paper, 1 envelope) Ref No. EP/Ho 725 List of 'Documents in the Iron Safe (unless otherwise stated) in the Hall of the Rectory, c. 1910 (1 volume, leather quarter-bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 726 Accounts of the costs of funerals, 12 April 1935 - 17 November 1954 At beginning: accounts of sums paid to tradesmen, 1905 - 1911 (1 volume, card bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 727 Accounts of the costs of funerals, 30 October 1953 - 6 August 1971 (1 volume, leather half-bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 728 Front and east elevations, ground and first floor plans, section A - A, of Houghton-le-Spring new rectory, drawing no. D7/2, by Cordingley and McIntyre, architects, The College, Durham, 21 October 1946 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96] (1 plan, 77 cm. x 69.3 cm., duplicated) Ref No. EP/Ho 729 Copy licence of Peter Oliver Sanderson to the assistant stipendiary curacy of the church of Houghton-le-Spring, St. Michael and All Angels, 26 September 1954 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 730 Register of confirmations, 15 March 1963 - 24 February 1980 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 731 Register of services, 3 July 1966 - 31 December 1973 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 732 Register of services, 1 January 1974 - 5 June 1976 (1 volume, plastic bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 733 Register of services, 6 June 1976 - 11 November 1978 (1 volume, plastic bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 734 Register of services, 12 November 1978 - 18 April 1981 (1 volume, plastic bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 735 Register of services, 19 April 1981 - 24 September 1983 (1 volume, plastic bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 736 Register of services, 25 September 1983 - 1 March 1986 (1 volume, plastic bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 737 Register of services, 30 December 1990 - 29 May 1993 (1 volume, plastic bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 738 Register of services, 30 May 1993 - 29 September 1995 (1 volume, plastic bound) Churchwardens Ref No. EP/Ho 739 Draft reports of the churchwardens on the church fabric and property, 27 April 1972 - 24 April 1986 (22 papers) Parochial Church Council Ref No. EP/Ho 740 Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 17 May 1920 - 13 January 1944 Includes: Annual Parochial Church Meetings minutes, 13 April 1920 - 27 April 1943 (1 volume, leather half-bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 741 Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 16 March 1944 - 1 February 1945 Includes: Annual Vestry and Parochial Church Meetings minutes, 17 February 1944 - 30 May 1945 (1 volume, leather quarter-bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 742 Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 28 November 1945 - 4 February 1965 Includes: Annual Vestry and Church Electors' Meetings minutes, 14 February 1946 - 8 April 1964 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 743 Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 17 June 1965 - 11 December 1975 Includes: Annual Church and Electors' Meetings minutes, 28 April 1965 - 10 April 1975 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 744 Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 29 January 1976 - 23 November 1982 Includes: Annual and Church Electors' Meetings minutes, 27 April 1976 - 29 April 1982 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 745 Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 20 January 1983 - 24 November 1988 Includes: Annual Church Electors' Meetings and Annual General Meetings minutes, 28 April 1983 - 28 May 1988 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 746 Minutes of a meeting of the Standing Committee, in connection with the church heating, 27 May - 28 August 1936; and minutes of a meeting of a sub-committee concerned with the appointment of a verger-caretaker, 29 December 1945 - 5 January 1946 (1 booklet) Ref No. EP/Ho 747 Balance sheets, and statements of accounts, 1940, 1941, 1944 - 1954, 1967 (14 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 747A Balance sheets and accounts, 31 December 1955 - 31 December 1966 (33 papers and 6 files) Ref No. EP/Ho 748 Balance sheets and accounts, 31 December 1968 - 31 December 1976 (24 papers and 2 files) Ref No. EP/Ho 749 Copy balance sheets and accounts, 31 December 1977 - 31 December 1985 (46 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 750 Copy of letter to the Diocesan Secretary concerning the payment of clerical and lay assistants in the parish of St. Michael, Houghton-le-Spring, 3 April 1946 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 751 Appeal by the Bishop of Durham concerning clerical stipends, and response of the Houghton-le-Spring Parochial Church Council, 30 June - 18 October 1947 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 752 Copy of parochial statistics for 1947, 23 February 1948 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 753 Account book, 1 January 1948 - 31 December 1970 (1 volume, leather half-bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 754 Account book, 1 January 1966 - 31 December 1968 (1 volume, card bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 755 Cash book, 1 January 1969 - 31 December 1976 (1 volume, card bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 756 Account book, 1 January 1974 - 31 December 1977 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 757 Account book, 1 January 1978 - 31 December 1980 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 758 Account book, 1 January 1981 - 31 December 1983 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 759 Account book, 1 January 1984 - 31 December 1986 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 760 Hon. Treasurer's reports to the Parochial Church Council, 20 April 1949 - 5 April 1967; 16 April 1969 (92 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 761 Minutes of the sub-committee appointed to oversee the freewill offering scheme, 18 January 1953 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 762 Notes of meetings of the Finance Committee, 13 September 1961, 12 September 1962 and 22 March 1970 (4 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 763 Treasurer's reports for 1971 and unidentified year (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 764 Budget proposals, and revisions, for Houghton-le-Spring parish church, 1974 - 1979 (6 papers) Kepier Grammar School Ref No. EP/Ho 765 Copy charter of the school and almshouses, 2 April 1574 and copy statutes of the school, n.d.; copy made c. 1750 (1 booklet) Ref No. EP/Ho 766 Copy of the part of Bernard Gilpin's will concerning the Kepier School, 1584; copy made, n.d. (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 767 The joint, and several, answers of twenty six of the defendants to the bill of complaint of Sir Arthur Haslerigge and Sir George Fenwicke, governors of the Kepier Grammar School, 20 October 1655 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 768 Depositions of witnesses examined on behalf of the defendants to the bill of complaint of Sir Arthur Heslerigge and George Fenwick, esq., governors of the Kepier Free Grammar School and almshouses, 7 April 1656 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 769 Depositions of witnesses examined on behalf of the complainants, Sir Arthur Heslerigge, bart., and George Fenwicke, esq., governors of the Kepier Free Grammar School and almshouses, 7 April 1656 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 770 Replication of John Tempest, esq., and Major William Belasys, esq., governor of the Free Kepier Grammar School and almshouses, and of the possessions and revenues of the same, in answer to the complaints of Robert Gray, rector of Bishopwearmouth, and others, 4 July [? 1664] (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 771 Copy of a bill of complaint, in the Durham Chancery Court, against Francis Carr and the Bishopwearmouth tenants, n.d., [17th c.] (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 772 Interrogatories (incomplete) concerning the Magna (or 'demaine') lands at Ryhope and the tithes of corn, or gilly tithes, a moiety of which was enjoyed by the governors of the Free Grammar School and almshouses at Houghton le Spring, n.d., [late 17th c.] (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 773 Interrogatories to be administered to the witnesses to be examined on behalf of the governors of the Kepier Grammar School and almshouses concerning lands in the township of Bishopwearmouth, n.d., [mid-17th c.] (9 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 774 Cross interrogatories, and depositions thereto, in the suit of Haselrigg and Fenwick v. Carr and the Wearmouth and Ryhope tenants in the Durham Chancery, n.d., [mid-17th c.] (19 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 775 Answer of Robert Gray, D.D., one of the defendants, to the bill of complaint of Jn. Tempest and Thomas Delavale, esq., governors of the Free Grammar School and Almshouses of Kepyer in Houghton le Spring, n.d., [17th c.] (8 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 776 Petition to the right worshipful Thomas Widdrington Knight, sergeant at law, and Chancellor of the County Pallatine of Durham, by John Tempest of Old Durham and Thomas Dalavale of the South Bailey, governors of the Free Grammar School and Almshouses of Kepyer in Houghton le Spring, n.d., [17th .] (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 777 Agreement by the owners of lands at Cleadon in respect of the proportions of tithe payable to the governors of Houghton School, 18 May 1730 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 778 Receipt of Thomas Griffith, for the Kepier School, Houghton, to Mr. Hinks, for one year's tithe rent in respect of land at Cleadon, 22 May 1775 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 779 Copy of declaration of trusts by the governors of the Kepier Grammar School in respect of £600 stock, transferred by Miss Dorothy Spearman for augmentation of the Wilburne Charity, 14 May 1784 (3 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 780 'A Statement of the Revenues of Kepier Grammar School, Houghton le Spring, 1802', 1818 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 781 Copy extracts from Bernard Gilpin's will, describing property belonging to Kepier School, n.d., c. 1820 (1 booklet) Ref No. EP/Ho 782 Copy letter from John Gregson, Durham, to the Marquess of Londonderry, describing the foundation, management, and revenue of the Kepier Almshouse and School, 21 October 1823 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 783 Letter from the Rev. John Leybourne, The College, Durham, to the Rev. H. L. Brown, Houghton le Spring, concerning the annual payment by the Rector of Easington to Houghton le Spring School, 10 November 1827 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 784 Account of income from tithes belonging to Kepier, 14 November 1827 - 15 May 1837 (1 booklet) Ref No. EP/Ho 785 Accounts of tithes at Ryhope, Chester-le-Street, Cleadon, 1827 - 1837 At end: account of master's revenues, n.d., and usher's revenues, n.d. (1 booklet) Ref No. EP/Ho 786 Letters from various parties to the Rev. H. Brown, Houghton le Spring, concerning tithes due, 23 January 1828 - 12 November 1829 (4 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 787 Lands in the township of Chester le Street liable to tithe rent charges to the Kepier Grammar School, n.d., [c. 1825], 1828, 1841, 1853 (4 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 788 20 December 1833 (1) Rev. Henry Brown of Houghton-le-Spring (2) John Cooke of Wolsingham, carrier Lease from (1) to (2) for six years of Jack Walker's Farm in the parish of Wolsingham Rent: £33 Includes: scheme of cultivation and maintenance of the farm (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 789 Note of names and addresses of boys who were in No. 1 New House at the Royal Kepier Grammar School, 17 May 1842 Attached: envelope in which the note has been kept, n.d. (1 paper, 1 envelope) Ref No. EP/Ho 790 Accounts of Andrew Stoddart in respect of tithe rents due to the Master of Kepier School 1846, 1849 - 1851 (4 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 791 Account of tithe rent charges for Ryhope, Bishop Wearmouth, and Cleadon, due to the Master of Kepier School, 1 January 1856 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 792 Schedule of Crown rents due to the trustees of Lilburn's charity from property, at or near, Wylam's Wharf in Low Street, Sunderland, 1856 -1858 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 793 Lands in Whitburn liable to tithe rent charges to the Kepier Grammar School, 1 January 1857 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 794 Account of tithe rent charges due to Kepier Grammar School from Ryhope, 1860 - 1873; accounts of tithe rent charges due to Kepier Grammar School from Cleadon, Chester-le-Street, and Ryhope, 1881 - 1888 At beginning: accounts of sales by an agricultural provision merchant, 1880 - 1881 (1 volume, leather quarter-bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 795 15 February 1861 (1) The Hon. and Rev. John Grey, Rector of the parish of Houghton-le-Spring (2) The Earl Vane and Richard Lawrence Pemberton, esq., governors of the Kepier Grammar School Memorandum of agreement whereby (2) will pay (1) for the liberty of having a doorway in the laboratory of the school, gas pipes in the churchyard and the eavesdrop of the building in the yard adjoining the churchyard Consideration: 2s. 6d. p.a. (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 796 List of sums received from Sir George Wheler's charity for the school and almshouses, 1867 - 1883 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 797 Copy of letter from the Rev. Alex Bennett, Kepier School, Houghton le Spring, to the Marquess of Londonderry, concerning the endowment of the school and almshouses, 27 May 1874 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 798 Draft report to Viscount Castlereagh and Richard Lawrence Pemberton, by the Governors of Kepier School and Almshouse, on the almshouse and its endowments, 1878 (6 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 799 Letter from the Charity Commission, Whitehall, London, to the Trustees, Kepier School and Almshouses, Houghton-le-Spring, informing the latter that no accounts of the school and almshouses have been received for the preceding four years, 9 April 1879 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 800 Note of property owned by the Sir George Wheler Charity and the amount of income produced from the property, 22 July 1879 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 801 Correspondence between the Master of the Royal Kepier Grammar School, Houghton-le-Spring, and the Rector of Houghton-le-Spring, concerning the use of income from the Sir George Wheler Charity for the repair of the almshouses, 16 April - 17 April 1880 Attached: letter from John R. Legge, Houghton-le-Spring, to Messrs. Wright, solicitors, John Street, Sunderland, concerning income to the Sir George Wheler Charity from a leasehold farm in East Rainton, 18 May 1871 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 802 Tithes payable to the Master of Kepier Grammar School by the Ryhope Coal Company Ltd., 1 January 1882 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 803 Letter from the Charity Commission, Whitehall, London, to Rev. Alexander Bennett, Royal Kepier School, Houghton-le-Spring, concerning the income of the Sir George Wheler Charity during the year 1882, 5 July 1883 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 804 Rough account for legal work undertaken on behalf of the Governors of the Royal Kepier Grammar School, by Henry B. Wright, 1884 - 1894 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 805 Letter from Messrs. Smith and Gore, 81 Bondgate, Darlington, land agents and surveyors, to the Rev. Alex Bennett, concerning the lack of plans of the land for which quit rents are paid, 14 June 1887 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 806 Bills for board and instruction of C. E. H. Elliott at the Royal Kepier Grammar School, 27 July 1887 - 18 December 1889 (5 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 807 Note by Alexander Bennett, Headmaster of the Royal Kepier Grammar School, concerning an exchange of part of Gilpin House garden for the White House, Church Street, Houghton-le-Spring, 12 April 1889 Attached: letter from Charles Wright, 14 John Street, Sunderland, to Alexander Bennett, concerning the custody of the deed of the exchange, 12 April 1889 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 808 List of annual sums spent on repairs to the Royal Kepier Grammar School, 1885 - 1892; and note of the use of a legacy by Rev. A. Bennett, n.d. (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 809 Valuation of household furniture and effects belonging to the 'late Mr Bennett of Houghton-le-Spring Grammar School; n.d. (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 810 Extract from a memorandum left by Rev. A. Bennett concerning the items in the school which were his personal property, n.d. (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 811 Letters from the Charity Commission, Whitehall, London, to Rev. Alexander Bennett, Royal Kepier Grammar School, Houghton-le-Spring, concerning the purchase of stock for the grammar school, 19 July 1889 - 31 January 1902 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 812 Account of income from quit notes, n.d., c. 1890 (5 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 813 Account of income for the Kepier School, 1890 - 1892 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 814 Statements of accounts of the Royal Kepier Grammar School, Houghton-le-Spring, 1891 - 1904 (22 papers and 3 files) Ref No. EP/Ho 815 Letters from Mrs. M. Mitchell to the Rev. A. Bennett, concerning liability for tithe payments to the Kepier Grammar School, 18 January 1892 - 10 February 1893 (5 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 816 Accounts of R. Middleton Chatt and W. H. Chatt with the trustees of the Kepier Grammar School, April 1892 - January 1905 (25 papers and 1 files) Ref No. EP/Ho 817 Receipt for legacy, and duty payable to the Inland Revenue, by the managers of the Kepier Grammar School in respect of a bequest of £5,000 under the will of George Yeoman Heath of Cockin Hall, 26 July - October 1892 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 818 Copy of a letter from George Armstrong and Sons, St. Nicholas Chambers, Amen Corner, Newcastle, solicitors, to H. B. Wright, Seaham Harbour, solicitor, notifying a bequest by G. Y. Heath, dec'd, to the trustees of the Kepier Grammar School, 5 September 1892 Attached: receipt for the legacy of George Young on behalf of the Marquess of Londonderry, 10 October 1892 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 819 Statements of accounts concerning Jack Walker's Farm, Wolsingham, 1892 and 1905 (3 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 820 Letter from W. Minter of Smiths, Gore and Company, 81 Bondgate, Darlington, surveyors, to the Rev. Alex Bennett, concerning lands held under the Ecclesiastical Commissioners at Chester-le-Street, 14 February 1893 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 821 Letter from the Charity Commission, Whitehall, London, to the Governors of the Kepier Grammar School, Houghton-le-Spring, concerning the use of the Heath legacy and requesting particulars of its investment, 18 March 1893 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 822 Note signed by Alexander Bennett, Headmaster of the Royal Kepier Grammar School, authorising W. H. Chatt of Bowes House to act as his agent concerning the Jack Walker Farm, 2 May 1893 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 823 Letters from F. Stobart, Lambton Office, Fence Houses, to Rev. A. Bennett, concerning the possibility that damage to the fives court at the school has been caused by mining, 18 and 25 May 1893 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 824 Description of, and costings of, proposed alterations and improvements to Kepier School, by William Forster, Seaham Harbour, 12 June 1893 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 825 Letters from the Charity Commission, to Rev. Alexander Bennett, Royal Kepier Grammar School, Houghton-le-Spring, concerning the purchase of stock for the school, 15 June 1893 - 1 August 1904 (10 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 826 Estimate by M. R. Lee, Market Place, Houghton-le-Spring, for work at the Royal Kepier Grammar School, 23 June 1893 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 827 Letter from Richard L. Pemberton, Hawthorn Tower, Seaham, to Henry B. Wright and others, concerning the collection of rents and the appointment of a master, 1 August - 17 November 1893 (3 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 828 Letter from Henry B. Wright, Seaham Harbour, solicitor and notary, to the Rev. Alex. Bennett, Houghton-le-Spring, confirming Lord Londonderry's approval of the scheme for building works at the Kepier School, 7 August 1893 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 829 Copy extract from a statement concerning income from land due to the Royal Kepier Grammar School, by Rev. A. Bennett, March 1877; extract made by Frederick L. Gaul, 21 December 1893 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 830 Letter from the Rev. J. Grey, Houghton-le-Spring Rectory, to [R.L.] Pemberton concerning the terms of Dr. Heath's legacy, 21 December 1893 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 831 Draft report by Henry B. Wright, Seaham Harbour, to the Marquess of Londonderry and Richard Lawrence Pemberton, esq., governors of the Royal Kepier Grammar School, on the application of a legacy to the school of £5,000 by the late Dr. Heath, c.1893 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 832 Draft case for the opinion of Mr. Thomas Ridley concerning the application of the Heath legacy, 1893 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 833 Papers relating to the appointment of the headmaster of the Kepier Grammar School, including a list of the names and addresses of the parents of boys, December 1893 (7 papers and 2 files) Ref No. EP/Ho 834 Draft accounts, December 1893 - March 1894 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 835 Draft accounts of settlement with the executors of A. Bennett, late Master of Kepier School, December 1893 - June 1894 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 836 Vouchers for work undertaken at the Royal Kepier Grammar School, 1893 -1904 (14 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 837 Letter from the Rev. J. Grey, Houghton-le-Spring Rectory, to the Marquess of Londonderry, concerning a visit from the new headmaster at the Kepier School and the adoption of new regulations "to revive and raise the reputation of the school", 9 February 1894 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 838 Specification, estimate, and plan by Thomas Robinson, Neasham Place, Houghton-le-Spring, for repairing the fives court, 27 June 1893 Attached: estimate for proposed improvement of the fives court by Thomas Robinson, 29 April 1896 (3 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 839 Draft charges by H. Wright and Company, Seaham Harbour, for acting on behalf of Kepier School, 29 August 1894 - 30 December 1896 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 840 Account for legal work submitted by Henry B. Wright, Seaham Harbour, to the Governors of the Kepier School and Almshouse, 11 September 1894 - 27 May 1896 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 841 Statement of sums spent on repairs to the Royal Kepier Grammar School, itemised by different types of trade, 1894 - 1903 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 842 Application of, and reports on, Solomon Cross of Newbottle for the Heath scholarship, October 1894 - 28 September 1897 (4 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 843 Papers concerning lands at Bainbridge Holme, Sunderland, 8 November 1894 - 26 February 1895 (6 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 844 Copy of declaration of trust by the governors of the Kepier Grammar School for applying a portion of Dr. Heath's legacy to establishing a scholarship tenable at the medical school of the University of Durham, 14 December 1894 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 845 Draft instructions to Counsel for drawing a deed to establish a scholarship from the proceeds of the bequest by the late Dr. Heath, 1894 (7 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 846 Proposed account of settlement of the Kepier School Governors with the executors of A. Bennett, dec'd., the late Master, 1894 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 847 Regulations for Foundation Scholarships and Exhibitions, proposed by Frederick Gaul, headmaster, n.d., [1894] (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 848 Letter from D. S. Rennard, Upholland Grammar School, near Wigan, Lancashire, on the benefits of teaching boys and girls together, 7 July 1895 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 849 Report of Frederick Gaul, headmaster, to the Governors of the Kepier Grammar School, recommending the opening of the school to girls ("its days as a boarding school for boys are numbered"), 9 July 1895 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 850 Testimonials for Frederick Gaul, headmaster of the Kepier Grammar School, from the Marquess of Londonderry and R. L. Pemberton, 5 - 6 November 1895 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 851 Letter from J. D. G. Geale-Downes to Lord Londonderry, complaining about the behaviour of Mr. Gaul, the headmaster, 10 December 1895 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 852 Prospectus of the Royal Kepier Grammar School, n.d., [c. 1895] (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 853 Governors' Trust Account: balance sheet, 31 December 1896 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 854 The account of Henry B. Wright with the Governors of Kepier, February 1897 - December 1898 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 855 Letter from A.C. Eddis, Charity Commission, Whitehall, London, to Frederick Gaul, enclosing a questionnaire concerning the school, with copies of the answers, 13 April 1897 (4 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 856 Application by A.C. Eddis, The Charity Commission, Whitehall, London, to the Marquess of Londonderry, requesting a meeting concerning the Kepier Grammar School, 15 May 1897 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 857 Draft declaration of trusts by the Governors of the Kepier Grammar School in respect of £100 endowment by the Rev. A.M. Norman, rector of Houghton-le-Spring, for augmentation of the Lilburne Charity, 1897 (4 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 858 Account of tithe rents due to the Kepier Grammar School, 1897 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 859 Papers concerning the award of Heath's Scholarship to Thomas Rowell, 27 September 1897 - 20 April 1901 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 860 Copies of enquiry from the Charity Commission, Whitehall, London, concerning the income of the Kepier School, with a copy of the return made, 10 January 1898 (3 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 861 Case and opinion of Thomas Ridley of Newcastle, advising the Governors of the Kepier Grammar School on their right to realise stock, 9 - 14 February 1898 (5 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 862 Technical Education in Mining: a paper read before the Federated Institution of Mining Enquiries, by Professor Henry Louis, 22 February 1898 (1 booklet, printed) Ref No. EP/Ho 863 Information concerning the Kepier Grammar School, sent to Lord Londonderry by Henry B. Wright, 18 May 1898 (4 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 864 Draft and copy letters from Henry B. Wright, The Grosvenor Hotel, London, to the Marquess of Londonderry and others, concerning a proposed meeting with the Charity Commissioners concerning Kepier School, 16 - 19 July 1898 (6 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 865 Memorandum of a conference at the offices of the Charity Commission between Sir George Young and the Marquess of Londonderry, 19 July 1898 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 866 Memorandum of a meeting at the Charity Commissioners' Offices, Whitehall, London, between Sir George Young and the Marquess of Londonderry, concerning the Kepier School, 19 July 1898 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 867 Copy of letter from Frederick L. Grant to [Henry B.] Wright concerning proposals for the future management of the Kepier School, 1 August 1898 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 868 Letter from the Rev. A. Allwork, The Rectory, Whickham, to W.H. Chatt, enquiring about the reason for the quit rent payable to the Kepier School, 12 December 1898 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 869 Draft letter from [Henry B. Wright], Seaham Harbour, to [A.C.] Eddis, [Charity Commission, Whitehall, London], concerning management of the Kepier School, 1898 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 870 Proposed scheme for utilising the endowment of the Kepier School towards establishing a mining school for boys of 15 and upwards; and appropriating part of the income for scholarships to the College of Science, Newcastle, [c. 1898] (3 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 871 Description of the life of George Lilburne of Sunderland, and copy of his will, dated 23 July 1674, bequeathing, inter alia, £10 to be paid each to three widows, or widowers, of either Bishopwearmouth or Houghton-le-Spring residing in the almshouses at Houghton-le-Spring; the sum to be charged on three houses with the Ballast Key in Sunderland bequeathed to John Lilburne, his son; copy made, c. 1898 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 872 Account of tithe rents due to the Kepier Grammar School, 23 February 1899 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 873 Extracts from acts relating to endowed schools, prepared by Henry B. Wright, Seaham Harbour, 2 March 1899 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 874 Vouchers for work undertaken at the Royal Kepier Grammar School, 1899 - 1904 (6 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 875 Account for legal work submitted by Henry B. Wright to the Governors of the Royal Kepier Grammar School, 3 January 1900 - 17 December 1902 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 876 Section, elevation and ground plan of proposed new classroom for Houghton Infants' School, with note that the classroom had been built according to the plan, by James Palliser, 19 January 1901 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96] (1 plan, 65 cm. x 56 cm., oiled linen, colour-wash) Ref No. EP/Ho 877 Correspondence between various parties concerning the payment of tithe rents to the Kepier Grammar School, 5 February 1901 - 14 February 1902 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 878 Letter from the Charity Commission, Whitehall, London, to Henry B. Wright, Seaham Harbour, concerning the purchase of stock on behalf of the grammar school, 16 July 1901 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 879 Copies of correspondence between W.H. Chatt, and others, concerning Ryhope tithe liabilities, 29 November 1901 - 11 April 1902 (8 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 880 Accounts of tithes due, 1 January 1902 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 881 Copy of information given by Frederick Gaul, including names of scholars, ages, places of residence, occupations of parents, with observations on scholarships, the curriculum, fees and the staff, n.d., [February 1902] (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 882 'Notes on reading Report made to the Charity Commissioners of the Inquest held on 4 February 1902 as to the Endowed Charities of the Parish of Houghton-le-Spring, possibly to Wright and Company, solicitors, Seaham Harbour, c. 1902 Attached: notes of clauses in the will of Bernard Gilpin concerning Jack Walkefield, Wolsingham, and the White House, n.d. (4 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 883 Account for work undertaken by H.B. Wright and Company in connection with repairs to the Royal Kepier Grammar School, 7 April - 16 December 1903; 5 January - 10 December 1904 (2 files) Ref No. EP/Ho 884 Account of sums received from tithes, 30 May and 16 June 1893 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 885 Information gathered on a journey to Ryhope concerning the Kepier Grammar School and Ryhope tithes, 23 July 1903 (2 papers, 1 plan) Ref No. EP/Ho 886 Order issued by the Charity Commission transferring part of the endowment of nine charities to the account, held by the Official Trustees, of the Kepier Grammar School, 15 November 1904 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 887 Account of tithes due, 1 January 1905 (5 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 888 Statement concerning the condition of the Jack Walker Farm, Wolsingham, by W. H. Chatt, Bowes House, Fence Houses, 20 March 1905 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 889 Daily Dispatch, including marked report on the collapse of the Lancashire County Council scheme for Clitheroe Grammar School, 21 April 1905 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 890 Letter from Frederick Gaul, Royal Kepier School, Houghton-le-Spring, to [Henry B.] Wright concerning proposals of the Lancashire County Council for Clitheroe Grammar School and their similarity to proposals by Durham County Council for Kepier School, 30 April 1905 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 891 Letter from H.B. Wright, 3 Tempest Place, Seaham Harbour, evicting J. T. Sedgwick from Jack Walker's Farm, Wolsingham, 3 May 1905 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 892 Observations of Henry B. Wright for the Governors to a scheme by the County Council for taking over the Kepier School for higher education, with related papers, 17 July - 18 August 1905 (5 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 893 Draft report of H.B. Wright to the Governors of the Kepier Grammar School on the suggested scheme for transferring the school's property and endowments to the Durham County Council, n.d., [1905] (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 894 Copies of the appendices to accompany EP/Ho 893, 18 July and 18 August 1905 (5 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 895 List of properties, tithes, quit-rents, charities, mortgages, and scholarships belonging to the Kepier Grammar School, c. 1905 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 896 Copy of the audited statement of accounts for the year 1905 of the Royal Kepier Grammar School, returned to the Board of Education, 10 March 1906 (3 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 897 Correspondence from the Board of Education, Whitehall, London, and others, to H.B. Wright and Company, 3 Tempest Place, Seaham Harbour, concerning an inspection of the Kepier School and a conference between the inspectors and the school governors, 15 May 1906 - 21 June 1906 (7 papers and 1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 898 Letter from H.B. Wright, 3 Tempest Place, Seaham Harbour, to the Rev. Canon Browne, forwarding a copy of a report of a meeting on 26 June 1906 between the school inspectors and one of the governors, 13 July 1906 (4 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 899 Note describing the arrangements for the modernisation of the Kepier Grammar School, and the involvement of the County Council and District Council on its board of governors, 4 October 1906 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 900 Various notes concerning a conference at the Kepier School, 4 - 5 October 1906 (4 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 901 List of governors of the Royal Kepier Grammar School, c. 1906 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 902 Copy of recommendations for the reconstitution of the Royal Kepier Grammar School, n.d., [1906] (6 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 903 Draft notes on a scheme for modernising the Kepier School foundation, May 1907 (4 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 904 Notes on the Kepier School scheme drafted by the Board of Education, 10 May 1909 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 905 Notes on the Board of Education scheme for the Kepier School by H.B. W[right], Harrogate, Yorkshire, 15 June 1909 (7 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 906 Draft letter to The Secretary to the Board of Education, with notes for drafting a new scheme dividing the Kepier School endowments into scholarships, November - December 1910 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 907 A record of income from endowments included in the scheme for the Kepier School, and notes of possible sources of income for the school if the proposed new scheme were to become operative, n.d., [c. 1910] (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 908 Copy of "Mr. Scott's notes of interviews at Houghton", n.d., [1910] (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 909 Account for legal work concerning repairs to the school, submitted by Wright and Scott, Seaham Harbour, to the Governors of the Royal Kepier Grammar School, 19 January 1911 - 16 November 1911 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 910 Copy of the reply from the Board of Education, Whitehall, London, to the Governors of Kepier Grammar School, offering observations on the proposals of the Trustees for the future application of the endowment income, 1 March 1911 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 911 Memorandum of the query concerning an application of the endowments if the Kepier Grammar School were to be closed, 13 March 1911 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 912 Draft observations of the Governors of the Kepier Grammar School in reply to a letter of 1 March 1911 from the Board of Education, May 1911 (11 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 913 Account for legal work concerning the constitution of the school, submitted by Wright and Scott, Seaham Harbour, to the Governors of the Royal Kepier Grammar School, 3 January 1912 - 19 December 1914 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 914 Correspondence between the Board of Education, Whitehall, London, and Messrs. H.B. Wright and Company, 3 Tempest Place, Seaham Harbour, concerning the temporary closure of the school and the possible consequent failure of the grammar school trust, 14 October 1915 - 25 January 1916 (4 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 915 Draft report by H. B. Wright and Company to the Marquess of Londonderry as a governor of the Kepier Grammar School and Almshouses, 28 January 1916 (8 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 916 Draft letter from [possibly H.B. Wright], Seaham Harbour, to J. S. G. Pemberton, concerning use of the Kepier School by the military, and recent meetings with Lord Londonderry and Mr. Gaul, 10 May 1916 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 917 Draft application by the Governors of the Kepier Grammar School to the Board of Education for the preparation of a scheme, 1916 (7 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 918 Draft application by the Governors of the Kepier Grammar School for a scheme under the Charitable Trust Acts, (1853 - 1894), or the Endowed Schools Acts, (1869 - 1874), 1916 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 919 Letter from the incumbent of Houghton-le-Spring, The Rectory, Houghton-le-Spring, to [Henry B.] Wright concerning the County Council scheme for the Kepier School and securing teaching according to the principles of the Church of England, 15 July, n.y. (3 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 920 Memorandum of a conference with Mr. Ditchfield concerning religious education at the Kepier School, n.d. (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 921 Copy letter from H.B. Wright to the Secretary, Board of Education, Whitehall, London, concerning the terms of a draft scheme for the Kepier Grammar School, 2 December (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 922 Draft application by the Governors of the Kepier Grammar School to the Board of Education for a scheme to be made under the Charitable Trusts Acts, 1853 - 1894 or the Endowed Schools Acts, 1869 - 1874, n.d (7 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 923 Proof of a scheme for the Kepier Grammar School made by the Board of Education under the Endowed Schools Acts, 1869 - 1874, n.d. (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 924 School magazine, 1939 (1 booklet) Ref No. EP/Ho 925 List of income of the Kepier Grammar School, n.d. (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 926 List of tenants, and the rent, in Chester-le-Street, Ryhope and Cleadon, and list of income from other properties, n.d. (1 paper) Kepier Hall and Almshouses Ref No. EP/Ho 927 24 September 1787 (1) Dorothy Spearman (2) Isabella Coates of Bishopwearmouth, widow Appointment by (1) of (2) as an almswoman in Lilburne's Almshouses in Houghton-le-Spring (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 928 Correspondence between various parties concerning rents due to the Lilburne charity from properties in Sunderland, 2 January 1869 - 11 March 1887 (9 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 929 Copy of letter from Henry B. Wright, Seaham Harbour, to Mr. Pemberton, relating to the collection of £10 granted under Lilburne's will, 31 January 1881 (3 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 930 Statement of facts by Henry B. Wright, Seaham Harbour, concerning Lilburne's endowment of the almshouses and Kepier Grammar School, n.d. (6 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 931 Copy of case, and opinion, of Christopher Fawcett, concerning the will of the Rev. William Sharpe, and the right of presentation of almswomen to the Lilburne hospital charity, n.d. (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 932 List of endowments of the Kepier almshouses, n.d. (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 933 Draft letter from Henry B. Wright to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Whitehall, London, requesting assistance in establishing title to a £10 annual rent charge 'in danger of being lost to the Charity', n.d. (3 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 934 Account for legal work submitted by Henry B. Wright to the Governors of the Kepier Almshouse, November 1896 - February 1898 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 935 Ground plan showing proposed additional W.Cs. at Kepier Hall, 31 October 1967 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96] (1 plan, 28 cm. x 20 cm., coloured pencil) Ref No. EP/Ho 936 Notice of passing of building plans for Kepier Hall by Houghton-le-Spring Urban District Council, 29 November 1967 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 937 Working drawing of plan, elevation and site plan for restoring the Kepier almshouses by Hayton and Lee, Owengate House, Durham, March 1972 Scales: 1:100 and 1:2500 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 938 Kepier Almshouses Improvement Scheme: sketch proposals by Hayton and Lee, Owengate House, Durham, chartered architects, July 1972 Scale: 1:100 (1 plan, 59 cm. x 42 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 939 Photographs of St. Michael's Church, the almshouses, and the view from the almshouses, Houghton-le-Spring, 1972 (5 photographs, 12.5 cm. x 9 cm., black and white) Ref No. EP/Ho 940 Plan, elevations, location plan, and outline specification of the proposed restoration of the Kepier almshouses, scheme B, by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, architects, February 1976 Scales: 1:100 and 1:2500 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 941 Kepier Almshouses restoration scheme: plans of location and ground floor, half plans of services and roof, by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, November 1977 Scales: 1:1250 and 1:50 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 942 Copy specification for proposed restoration of, and alterations to, the Kepier Almshouses, Houghton-le-Spring, by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, 27 January 1978 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 943 Kepier Almshouses restoration scheme: sections of building by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, January 1978 Scales: 1:50 and 1:5 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 944 Charity Commission order sanctioning the borrowing of up to £35,000 for converting the Kepier Almshouses into two dwellings, 27 February 1978 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 945 Accounts of the Kepier Almshouses Charity and the Relief in Need Charity, 1981 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 946 Copy of the Kepier Almshouse Charity return to the Housing Corporation, 30 September 1981 (3 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 947 Letter from the Director of Architecture and Planning, Sunderland Borough Council, to Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, concerning proposals for the development of Kepier Hall, 14 July 1987 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 948 Existing elevations at Kepier Hall by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, 28 August 1987 Scale: 1:100 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 949 Plan of existing site lay-out at Kepier Hall by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, 23 September 1987 Scale: 1:200 (1 plan, 59 cm. x 42 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 950 Plan of suggested amendments to plans submitted to Sunderland Borough Council for a proposed new hall at Houghton-le-Spring, October 1987 Scale: 1:100 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 951 Existing, and proposed, plans of the first floor of Kepier Hall by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, n.d., and 4 December 1987 Scales: 1:100 and 1:200 (2 plans, 42 cm. x 30 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 952 Proposed site layout at Kepier Hall by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, 4 December 1988 Scale: 1:200 (1 plan, 59 cm. x 42 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 953 Existing, and proposed, plans of the ground floor of Kepier Hall by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, c.1987 Scale: 1:100 (2 plans, 42 cm. x 30 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 954 Proposed elevations for the redevelopment of Kepier Hall by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, 22 December 1987 Scale: 1:100 (1 plan, 59 cm. x 42 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 955 Revised and redrawn ground floor plan of proposed hall extension at Kepier Hall by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, 13 January 1988 Scale: 1:50 (1 plan, 59 cm. x 42 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 956 Letter from Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, to the Rev. P. Fisher, The Rectory, Houghton-le-Spring, concerning the making of a model to show proposals for the Kepier redevelopment, 17 April 1989 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 957 Copy letter from Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, to Mr. Smurthwaite, 24 Nesham Place, Houghton-le-Spring, commissioning a model of the proposed Kepier development, 21 April 1989 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 958 Plan of proposed hall foundation and drainage, by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, 15 October 1990 Scale: 1:50 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 959 Existing ground floor plan of Kepier Hall by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, 15 October 1990 Scale: 1:50 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 960 Proposed ground floor plan at Kepier Hall by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, 15 October 1990 Scale: 1:50 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 961 Existing first floor plan of Kepier Hall by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, 15 October 1990 Scale: 1:50 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 962 Proposed first floor plan at Kepier Hall by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, 15 October 1990 Scale: 1:50 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 963 Cross-sections A-A and B-B of the proposed extension at Kepier Hall by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, 15 October 1990 Scale: 1:50 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 964 Proposed hall extension, sections C-C and D-D by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, December 1990 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 965 Proposed hall extension, sections E-E and F-F, by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, December 1990 Scale: 1:50 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 966 Proposed hall roof plan by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, 15 October 1990 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 967 Proposed hall roof joist lay out by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, 15 October 1990 Scale: 1:50 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 968 Kepier Hall extension and alterations: proposed door schedule, by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, 3 January 1991 Scale: 1:20 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 969 Plan, elevation and section of proposed staircase at Kepier Hall by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, 7 January 1991 Scales: 1:20 and 1:10 (1 plan, 59 cm. x 42 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 970 Proposed hall elevations by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, 12 January 1991 Scale: 1:50 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 971 Proposed Kepier Hall extension: construction details by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, 16 January 1991 Scale: 1:5 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 972 New Hall at Houghton-le-Spring: typical frame section by S. Ward & Associates, The Vicarage, 10 Church Walk, Thornley, structural consultants, January 1991 Scale: 1:50 (1 plan, 59 cm. x 42 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 973 Plan of ground floor heating, hot and cold water, gas and extract ventilation services at Kepier Hall by Taylor Design Partnership, Design Works, William Street, Felling, consulting engineers, January 1991 Scale: 1:50 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 974 Plan of main hall supply and extract ventilation and gas services, and first floor heating, hot and cold water and extract ventilation services at Kepier Hall by Taylor Design Partnership, Design Works, William Street, Felling, consulting engineers, January 1991 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 975 Plan of mechanical services for the main hall and first floor at Kepier Hall by Taylor Design Partnership, Design Works, William Street, Felling, consulting engineers, January 1991 Scale: 1:50 (2 plans, paper, 84 cm. x 59 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 976 Plan of mechanical services and schematics for sections A-A and B-B at Kepier Hall by Taylor Design Partnership, Design Works, William Street, Felling, consulting engineers, January 1991 Scales: 1:50 and not to scale (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 977 Plan of ground floor electrical sockets, telephones, small power and fire alarms at Kepier Hall by Taylor Design Partnership, Design Works, William Street, Felling, consulting engineers, February 1991 Scale: 1:50 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 978 Plan of first floor electrical sockets, telephones, small power and fire alarms at Kepier Hall by Taylor Design Partnership, Design Works, William Street, Felling, consulting engineers, February 1991 Scale: 1:50 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 979 Plan of ground floor electrical lighting services at Kepier Hall by Taylor Design Partnership, Design Works, William Street, Felling, consulting engineers, February 1991 Scale: 1:50 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 980 Plan of fire alarm, mains distribution, and maintained emergency lighting schematics at Kepier Hall by Taylor Design Partnership, Design Works, William Street, Felling, consulting engineers, February 1991 Scale: not to scale (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 981 Bills of quantities for proposed alterations and extension at Kepier Hall, Houghton-le-Spring, by Donald Lumsden and David Wood Partnership, Brewery House, South Burns, Chester-le-Street, February 1991 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 982 Kepier Hall: mechanical services specification by Niven & Niven, The Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, and Taylor Design Partnership, Design Works, Felling, consulting engineers, February 1991, revised June 1991 (19 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 983 Plan of lighting services for the ground floor at Kepier Hall by Taylor Design Partnership, Design Works, William Street, Felling, consulting engineers, February 1991 - September 1991 Scale: 1:50 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 59 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 984 Plan of lighting services for the first floor at Kepier Hall by Taylor Design Partnership, Design Works, William Street, Felling, consulting engineers, February 1991 - September 1991 Scale: 1:50 (2 plans, 84 cm. x 59 cm. and 42 cm. x 30 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 985 Plan, and section, through ground floor toilets in the existing building, by Niven & Niven, Old Hall, West Auckland, architects, 29 April 1991 Scale: 1:20 (1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm.) Ref No. EP/Ho 986 Copy of drawing of the interior of the proposed new hall at Kepier Hall by Niven & Niven, Bishop Auckland, architects, n.d. (1 paper) Charities Ref No. EP/Ho 987 Copy report of proceedings in Chancery concerning the Sir George Wheler Charity, 1850 (1 file) Ref No. EP/Ho 988 Letters from J. Bradford, Bunker Hill, Fence Houses, and Vigo House, Chester-le-Street, to Rev. A. Bennett, and H. Wright, concerning income from the Wheler and Bagshaw charities, 17 - 19 May 1883; 20 May 1892; 13 December 1893 (5 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 989 Letter from James Young, agent, Houghton-le-Spring, to an unnamed correspondent, possibly H. B. Wright, esq., describing the land east of Houghton-le-Spring, belonging to Davenport's Charity, 19 August 1878 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 990 Letter from James Young, Nesham Place, Houghton-le-Spring, to H. B. Wright, esq., Seaham Harbour, referring to the sale of the farm at East Rainton, and the investment of its proceeds, 17 September 1878 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 991 Copy will of Bertha Turnbull of 6 Ironside Street, Houghton-le-Spring, bequeathing the residue of her estate, after small legacies have been paid, to the church of Houghton-le-Spring, St. Michael & All Angels, 13 January 1970 (4 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 992 Letter from J. Bradford, Vigo House, nr. Chester-le-Street, to an unidentified correspondent, concerning receipts for lands belonging to Bagshaw's Charity, 22 January 1898 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 993 Report and valuation, including sketch plan, of 62, 54/55, 56/57 Kingborough Terrace, Sheriff Hill, belonging to N. G. P. Herdman, 6 May 1902 (2 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 994 Report on, and valuation of, 19 and 20 North Terrace, 19 and 20 Back North Terrace, and 14 Vane Terrace, Seaham Harbour, belonging to the estate of Michael Summerson, 21 July 1902 (3 papers) Church Committees and Societies Ref No. EP/Ho 995 Church Institute Committee Meetings minute book, 22 February 1924 - 16 February 1957 At beginning: Debating Society Committee minutes, 30 January - 2 February 1923 The Church Institute closed on 8 February 1958 (1 volume, card bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 996 Notes of meetings and reports of the Christian Stewardship Committee, 2 December 1962 - 27 April 1976 (16 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 997 Girls' Friendly Society account book, 1 February 1953 - 27 February 1967 (1 volume, card bound) Miscellaneous Ref No. EP/Ho 998 Plan showing coal royalties in the area between Aldin Grange, Broom Hall, Relly Paper Mill, Broom Cooke's East Wood, Langley, Langley Mills and Langley Mill, plotted on Ordnance Survey plan, sheet 24, 1856; and coal seams round Brandon, plotted on Ordnance Survey plan, sheet 25, 1856 Scale: 1:10560 (1 plan, 100 cm. x 64.5 cm., linen-backed, coloured ink) Ref No. EP/Ho 999 Lithograph of the interior of 'St. Michael's Church, Houghton-le-Spring, restored 1859 by J. Dobson, esq., architect', lithographed by M. & M. W. Lambert, Newcastle, 1859 (1 lithograph, 36.2 cm. x 46 cm., mounted on card) Ref No. EP/Ho 1000 Copy of a letter from Whitburn Parish Council to the Clerk of Durham County Council, requesting the making of an order for the handing over to the parish council by the Rector of Whitburn of the Whitburn tithe plan and apportionment, n.d., [1901] (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 1001 The Parish of Houghton-le-Spring, a booklet containing: a photograph of the exterior of the church, in 1918; drawing of the exterior of the church in 1787 and 1824; photographs of the exterior and interior of the church in 1910; a photograph of the exterior of the rectory in 1918; a drawing of Rev. John Rotheram, Rector of Houghton-le-Spring, 1769 - 1789; a drawing of a 'Double Grave Cover Preserves in the Church', and ground plan of the church, 1918 (1 booklet) Ref No. EP/Ho 1002 Programmes and orders of service for Houghton Feast, 1949 - 1952, 1954 - 1957, 1959 - 1960, 1964 (11 papers, printed) Ref No. EP/Ho 1003 History of the church of Newbottle, St. Matthew, (1850 - 1950), 1950 (1 booklet) Ref No. EP/Ho 1004 Photograph of a crowd in front of the former rectory, looking towards the church, possibly during the Houghton Feast, n.d., 1950s (1 photograph, 38.4 cm. x 27.5 cm., black and white) Ref No. EP/Ho 1005 Copy letter from O. N. Gwillim, Rector of Houghton-le-Spring, to Tyne Tees Television, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, asking that the Houghton Feast be included in a new broadcast, 17 August 1960 (2 papers, typescript) Ref No. EP/Ho 1006 History of the parish of Houghton-le-Spring, possibly written by Miss Isabella Moore, c. 1960 (1 volume, card bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 1007 Centenary brochure of Mautland Street Methodist Church, Houghton-le-Spring, 1876 - 1976 (1 booklet) Ref No. EP/Ho 1008 Visitors' book, 6 July 1986 - 11 September 1992 (1 volume, leather bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 1009 Orders of service for Houghton Feast, 1987 - 1990 (4 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1010 The Kepier Project: information folder, 1989 The Kepier Project was designed to preserve, and adapt to different uses, the school known as Kepier Hall (1 folder) Ref No. EP/Ho 1011 Drawing of angels kneeling, endorsed 'Fra Angelico' , n.d. (1 paper, 105 cm. x 41 cm., pencil) Tenth Deposit (Acc: 3243) Registration Ref No. EP/Ho 1012 Register of baptisms, 11 September 1960 - 7 February 1971 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 1013 Register of baptisms, 7 February 1971 - 17 April 1983 (1 volume, cloth bound) Clergy Ref No. EP/Ho 1014 Register of services, 2 March 1986 - 30 July 1988 (1 volume, plastic bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 1015 Register of services, 31 July 1988 - 29 December 1990 (1 volume, plastic bound) Ref No. EP/Ho 1016 Register of services, 30 September 1995 - 19 December 1997 (1 volume, plastic bound) Eleventh Deposit (Acc: 3320) Ref No. EP/Ho 1017 Parish magazines, January - December 1884 (13 papers, 2 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1018 Parish magazines, January - December 1885 (9 papers, 5 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1019 Parish magazines, January - December 1886 (3 papers, 9 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1020 Parish magazines, January - December 1887 (2 papers, 10 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1021 Parish magazines, January - December 1888 (1 paper, 11 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1022 Parish magazines, January - December 1889 (7 papers, 7 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1023 Parish magazines, January - December 1890 (3 papers, 9 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1024 Parish magazines, January - December 1891 (3 papers, 9 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1025 Parish magazines, January - July, October - December 1892 (2 papers, 8 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1026 Parish magazines, January - December 1893 (4 papers, 8 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1027 Parish magazines, January - December 1894 (3 papers, 9 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1028 Parish magazines, January - December 1895 (6 papers, 6 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1029 Parish magazines, January - December 1896 (6 papers, 6 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1030 Parish magazines, January - December 1897 (1 paper, 11 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1031 Parish magazines, January - December 1898 (6 papers, 6 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1032 Parish magazine, March 1912 (1 booklet) Ref No. EP/Ho 1033 Parish magazine, July 1920 (1 booklet) Ref No. EP/Ho 1034 Parish magazines, January - December 1922 (11 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1035 Parish magazines, January - December 1923 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1036 number not used Ref No. EP/Ho 1037 Parish magazines, January - December 1926 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1038 Parish magazines, January - December 1927 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1039 Parish magazines, January - December 1928 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1040 Parish magazines, January - December 1929 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1041 Parish magazines, January - December 1931 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1042 Parish magazines, January - December 1932 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1043 Parish magazines, January - December 1933 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1044 Parish magazines, January - December 1934 (12 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 1045 Parish magazines, January - December 1935 (12 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 1046 Parish magazines, January - December 1936 (12 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 1047 Parish magazines, January - December 1937 (12 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 1048 Parish magazines, January - December 1938 (12 papers) Ref No. EP/Ho 1049 Parish magazines, January - December 1941 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1050 Parish magazines, January - December 1942 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1051 Parish magazines, January - December 1943 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1052 Parish magazines, January - December 1944 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1053 Parish magazines, January - December 1945 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1054 Parish magazines, January - December 1946 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1055 Parish magazines, January - December 1947 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1056 Parish magazines, January - December 1948 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1057 Parish magazines, January - December 1949 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1058 Parish magazines, January - December 1950 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1059 Parish magazines, January - October, December 1951 (11 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1060 Parish magazines, January - December 1952 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1061 Parish magazines, January - March, June - December 1953 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1062 Parish magazines, January - July, September - December 1954 (11 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1063 Parish magazines, January - December 1955 (1 paper, 11 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1064 Parish magazines, January - December 1956 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1065 Parish magazines, January - December 1957 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1066 Parish magazines, January - December 1958 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1067 Parish magazines, January - December 1959 (4 papers, 10 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1068 Parish magazines, January - December 1960 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1069 Parish magazines, January - December 1961 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1070 Parish magazines, January - October, December 1962 (11 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1071 Parish magazines, January - July, September - December 1963 (11 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1072 Parish magazines, January - December 1964 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1073 Parish magazines, January - December 1965 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1074 Parish magazines, January - September, November - December 1966 (11 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1075 Parish magazines, January - December 1967 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1076 Parish magazines, January - December 1968 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1077 Parish magazines, January - December 1969 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1078 Parish magazines, January - December 1970 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1079 Parish magazines, January - December 1971 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1080 Parish magazines, January - December 1972 (1 paper, 12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1081 Parish magazines, January - December 1973 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1082 Parish magazines, January - December 1974 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1083 Parish magazines, January - December 1975 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1084 Parish magazines, January - June, August - October, December 1976 (10 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1085 Parish magazines, January - August, October - December 1977 (11 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1086 Parish magazines, January - December 1978 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1087 Parish magazines, January - December 1979 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1088 Parish magazines, January - March, May - December 1980 (11 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1089 Parish magazines, January - February, April - July, September - December 1981 (10 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1090 Parish magazines, January - February, April - May, July - September, November - December 1982 (9 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1091 Parish magazines, January - December 1983 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1092 Parish magazines, January, March - December 1984 (11 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1093 Parish magazines, January - April, July - October, December 1985 (9 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1094 Parish magazines, February - December 1986 (11 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1095 Parish magazines, January - December 1987 (12 booklets, 1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 1096 Parish magazines, January - October, December 1988 (11 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1097 Parish magazines, January - March, May - November 1989 (10 booklets, 1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 1098 Parish magazines, May - December 1990 (8 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1099 Parish magazines, January - July, October, December 1991 (9 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1100 Parish magazines, January - December 1992 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1101 Parish magazines, January - December 1993 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1102 Parish magazines, January - December 1994 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1103 Parish magazines, January - December 1995 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1104 Parish magazines, January - December 1996 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1105 Parish magazines, January - August, October - November 1997 (10 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1106 Parish magazines, January - November 1998 (11 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1107 Parish magazines, January - December 1999 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1108 Parish magazines, January - December 2000 (12 booklets) Ref No. EP/Ho 1109 'Kepier School, Houghton-le-Spring, and Its Library', by R.W. Ramsey, an overprint from Archaelogia Aeliana, 3rd series, vol. iii, 1907 (1 booklet) Ref No. EP/Ho 1110 Memoir of Francis Douglas Adamson, B.A., Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, The Border Regiment, born 1891, killed in action, 1915, post 1915 F.D. Adamson was the second son of Rev. C.E. Adamson, Rector of Houghton-le-Spring (1 booklet) Ref No. EP/Ho 1111 Programme for The Pageant of The Anglican Communion, in St. Michael's Parish Church, Houghton, On Ascension Day, 18 May 1950 (1 paper) Ref No. EP/Ho 1112 Houghton-le-Spring Urban District Official Guide, c.1948 (1 booklet)