Houghton-le-Spring Union Workhouse Records

Recent discoveries include details of crimes and punishments for a very small number of inmates listed below.

Please note: some of the information is classed as 'restricted access'; in those cases you will be directed to the appropriate Archive where you would need to prove your kinship before the information was released.

NAME	AGE	POSITION	OCCUPATION	BIRTH PLACE	EST D.O.B	BURIED AT HILLSIDE CEMETERY?
Edward FORSTER	58 years	Staff	Master of Union Workhouse	Northumberland	1845	In loving memory of EDWARD FORSTER (late master at the Union Workhouse, Houghton le Spring) the beloved husband of MARGARET FORSTER who died Nov 24th 1903.
Hannah ATTWELL	63 years	Inmate	Unknown	Houghton-le-Spring	1828	Buried 16th Sept 1892 aged 71 years; Abode: Houghton Poor House.
David JOHNSON	70 years	Inmate	Coalminer	County Down, Ireland, but later claimed to be born at West Rainton!	1811	Probably not.
Samuel FINCH	95 years	Inmate	Agriculture	West Boldon	1806	Buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on Aug 16th 1901 in an unmarked plot.

NAME	AGE	POSITION	PERIOD	STATUS
Lena BRUNSKILL	?? years	Resident/Patient	1962 - 1965	Restricted Access: You need to prove kinship and/or permission from the person/direct next of kin

NAMES ON RECORD (UPDATED 23/02/12) These names currently represent 7 of 8 files.

Staff and inmates are not differentiated in this list - all are listed together. Duplicated names represent a person being present in several record sources or else people with the same name.

William Claude ABBOT
Mary Ann ADAMSON
Thomas ADGER
John AGUITON
Daniel AILESTER
Margaret Rosamund AISBETT
John ALLAN
A ANDREWS
Elizabeth ANGLES
Harry APPLEBY
William D ARCHBOLD
Ann AREGIER
John George ARMSTRONG
Sarah ARMSTRONG
Thomas ARMSTRONG
Silas ASHCROFT
Jeremiah ATKINSON
Jemima ATKINSON
Florence ATKINSON
James ATTIS
Hannah ATTWELL
Sarah ATTWELL
Hannah ATTWELL
Eliza AVERNE
Mary AYRE

William BAILEY
Jane BAILEY
Joseph BARKER
Matthew BARLOW
Elizabeth Ann BARRASS
William BARRON
Robert Shotton BASTER
Robert BATES
Annie E BAYES
Elizabeth BELL (crime and punishment)
Joseph BELL
John William BELL
Augslena BELLARALTA
John BELLERBY
Reuben BENTHAM
Hannah BILL
Jessie BILTON
Alice Ann BILTON
Jesse BILTON
William BILTON
Esther BIRD
Esther BIRD
Bridget BIRDWELL
Jack S BLACKBIRD
Ann BLAKEY
John BLAKEY
John BLAKEY
John E BLAKEY
Ann BOLAM
Elijah BOLAM
John BOLAM
Richard BOLAM
Mary BOWLING
Peter BRADLEY
William BRAMMER
Alice BRIGGS
David BROOKES
Ann BROWN
Thomas BROWN
Jane BROWN
Emily BROWN
Joseph BROWN
Ernest R BROWN
Frederick BROWN
M BROWN
William BRUCE
J.W BRUCE
William BURNETT
Thomas BURNS
Frank BURRELL

Laura CAIN
Ralph CAMPBELL
Thomas CARR
Ethel May CARR
James CARREY
John CARTER
Richard John CATE
Thomas CHAMBERS
Edward CHAMBERS
Catherine CHARLTON
Catherine CHARLTON
Thomas CHARLTON
George CHARLTON
Matthew CHARLTON
Harkess CHESTERTON
William W CHICKEN
George CHISHOLM
John Thomas CHRISTIE
Michael CLARK
John CLARK
Mark CLARK
Frederick CLARK
George CLARK
Andrew CLARK
Joseph CLARK
Jane White COATES
James COMERFORD
Edith CONGDON
Edward CONNAH
Margaret COOK
Mary Jane COOK
James CORRIGAN
Jarnania COTRELL
Hannah COULSON
Thomas COULSON
John COXON
Thomasina CRAGGS
Ester CROOKS
Jane Ann CROOKS
Henry CROOKS
John CULLEN
Catherine CUMMINGS
Margaret CUMMINGS
Isabella CUMMINGS
Elizabeth CURRY

Henry Nicholson DAGG
Margaret DAGLISH
Michael DALEY
Lena DAVISON
Thomas DAWSON
Hannah DEANS
George DEANS
Andrew DEMPSEY
Elizabeth DENT
John W DENT
Mary DIXON
George W DIXON
William DIXON
Jane DOBSON
Joseph DODD
Ann Jane DODD
Benjamin DODDS
Ann DORKIN
Laura DORKIN
Margaret DORKIN
John DRAPER
Mary DRAPER
William DRAPER
Ann DUFF
Mary Ann DUFF
Matthew DUFF
William DUFF
John DUNN
Jane DUNN
Charles DURANT

Allison ELLIOTT
Matthew ELLIOTT
Thomas ELLISON
Thomas ELSDON
Charles William ELSTOB
William EMBLETON
Elizabeth EMBLETON
Stewart ENGLISH
George ERRINGTON
Joseph ERRINGTON
Emma ESTELL

Lily FEATONBY
Thomas FENWICK
Thomas FENWICK
Thomas FENWICK
Thomas FENWICK
Thomas FIFE
John FOEMAN
Edward FORSTER
Margaret Ann FORSTER
William FORSTER
William FORSTER
Joseph FORTH
William FOSTER
Edwin FOSTER
Samuel FOWLER
James FRAZER
Henry FRENCH
Jane Ann FRENCH
Hannah FRENCH
Elizabeth FRENCH
Thomas FRENCH
William FRENCH
Robert FRENCH
Frank FRY
Samuel J FRY

F GALLAGHER
Thomas GARDNER
Margaret GARGETT
Thomas GASCOIGNE
Annie GAWTHORPE
William GEARY
Charles GEEVES
William GEEVES
Walter Edward GIBBONS
William GIBBONS
John GIBSON
James GIBSON
Greta Kay GILL
Robert GLENDINNING
Henry GOULAND
John Henry GOULAND
Sarah GRAHAM (crime and punishment)
Thomas GRAHAM
Joseph A? GRAHAM
Mary Ann GRAHAM
John GRANT
James GRANT
Liddle Wallace GREAVES
John GREEN
Hannah GREEN
William GRIBBIN (crime and punishment)
William GRIEVES
William GRIEVES
Elizabeth L GRIMES

Carl HAGLUND
George Brent HAKIN
Thomas HALIFF
Emma HALL
Elizabeth HALL
Emma HALL
Mary HALL
Frances HALL
John HALL (crime)
Thomas HALL
Ann HALLIDAY
John HALLIDAY
Thomas HALLIDAY
Mary HAMILTON
John Ruddick HANN
William HARDIE
Mary HARDIE
Martha HARDING
Elizabeth HARPER
James HARRIMAN
Robert HARRISON
Robert HARRISON
Annie J HARRISON
Mrs Annie J HARRISON
Elizabeth HARRISON
George HARRISON
Martha HARRISON
Alice HARRISON
Elizabeth HARRISON
Elizth Jane HARRISON
George HARRISON
Hannah HARRISON
Arthur HARRISON
J.W HARRISON
Thomas Abraham HARRISON
Edward HARRISON
Thomas HASFOOT
Margaret HASTINGS
Evelyn HEWITT
Samuel HIGGINS
Thomas William HODGKINSON
Josiah HODGSON
Arthur HODGSON
Horation HODGSON
George HOLT
Thomas HOPE
Margaret Rosamund HOPE
Thomas HOPE
Margaret HOPE
George HOPE
Robert HOPE
Annie HOPE
Roseanna HOPPER
James HOPPER
William HORNER
John HOWARD
Robert HOWE
Edna May HOWE
Joseph HUDSPITH
Francis HUGHES
Jane HUGHES
Jane HUGHES
George HUMPHREY

Thomas JACKSON
Ellen JACKSON
Edith May JACKSON
David JOHNSON
Rose JOHNSON
David JOHNSON
Mary JOHNSON
Rose JOHNSON
Robert JOHNSON
Henry JOHNSON
Mary Ann JOICE
George JONES
William JONES
Dawson JORDAN

Jane LAIDLER
William LAING
Charles LAWS
John LAWSON
Andrew LAWTON
Thomas LAYBOURN
Isabella LAZENBY
James LEACH
Mary Ann LEE
William LIGHTLEY
T LITTLE
James Henry LITTLEJOHNS
Al?l? LOMAS
John LONSDALE
George LOWE

Charles MACEY
Edward MADDISON
Edward S MAISBET
Thomas MAKEPEACE
Margaret MAL?O
Frances MAL?O
James MARION
Theresa MARRON
Thomas MASON
John MASON
Peter MCCABE
Robert McCABE
William McCARTY
Thomas MCGARSTY
Henrietta McGEE
Alfred McGREADY
Robert McKEE
John McLEGHAN
Arthur McNALLY
John McROY
John McVIT?Y
James Lambet MEEK
Michael MEEKING
Margaret A MELODY
Thomas MELODY
Thomas METCALF
Thomas METCALF
Michael MICKEE
Thomas MIDDLETON
H.R MILLER
Ernest L MILLER
Ann MILLING
George Gow MILNE
Thomas MITCHESON
Peter MOAN
Jean MOFFAT
Elizabeth MOORE
Michael MORGAN
Annie MORLEY
John MORTON
Thomas MULLANY
Thomas H MULLIER
Ann MURRAY
Alice MUSTIAD

Frances NEEN
John NEWTON (crime)
Henry NICHOLSON
George Tate NICHOLSON
John William NICHOLSON
Emma NORTH

Ann OGL?Y
Mary A OGL?Y
Albert OLIVER
William Edward O'NEIL
Thomas ORD
Robert OVINGTON
William OWENS
James OXLEY
Joseph Samuel OXLEY

William R PALLISTER
Sarah PALMER
Hannah PALMER
Mary Jane PALMER
David Scott PARK
David Scott PARK L.R.C.P. & F.R.C.S.Edin
Isabella PARKIN
John PARKINSON
Robert PASSMORE
E.A PATRICK
Alexander PATTERSON
Ernest Henry PATTERSON
William PEACOCK
Anthony PEARSON
Mary A PICKERING
Margaret E PLUMMER
Thomas Henry POOLEY
William POTTS
Thomas PRATT
Thomas PRATT
Matthew PREST
William PREST
Wilfred PRINGLE
George PROUD
John William PURCELL
Isabella Victoria PURDY
Thomas PURDY

Annie RAMSAY
Joseph RAMSAY
Elizabeth RAMSHAW
Elizabeth Jane RAMSHAW
John William RAMSHAW
Mark RANCE
William REYNOLDS
Jane REYNOLDS
Margaret REYNOLDS
David REYNOLDS
William RICHARDSON
James Alfred RICHARDSON
Margaret RIDDINGTON
Agnes ROBERTSON
John Hughes ROBERTSON
Frances Ann ROBINSON
James ROBINSON
Mary Ann ROBINSON
Thomas ROBINSON
Dorothy ROBINSON
Enoch L ROBINSON
John George ROBINSON
Matthew ROBINSON
Matthew R ROBINSON
Thomas ROBINSON
Christopher ROBSON
John ROBSON
S? ROBSON
Margaret ROBSON
Isabella ROBSON
Sarah ROBSON
Elizabeth ROBSON
Edward ROBSON
Joseph ROBSON
Robert ROCHESTER
Ada ROMAINES
William ROUTLEDGE

Lena SCARTH
Thomas SCORER
Jonathan SCOTT
John William SCURFIELD
John SE?TON
Nicholas SEATON
Bridget SHAW
Esther SHAW
John Henry SHAW
Edmund SHEARER
Joseph SHEARER
William James SHEARER
James SHIELDS
Joseph SHIELDS
Ralph SHORT
William SIMPSON
Sidney SIMPSON
Frederick SLATER
Edward SMALL
John SMITH
Hugh SMITH
Alfred SMITH
Edward SMITH
Alfred SMITH
Alfred Brown SMITH
Basil William SMITH
Edward SMITH
Elizabeth Mary SMITH
Margaret SMITH
Robert SMITH
Thomas SNOWBALL
Anthony SNOWBALL
June SPICK
Margaret SPROOR
Thomas SPROTISWOOD
Agnes Mary STAMFORD
Mary Agnes STAMFORD
Margaret Jane STEWART
James STOGDALE
George STONEHOUSE
William STRATTON
Thomas W STUBBS
Thomas SURTEES
Margaret SUTHERN
William SWALLOW
Joseph SWEENEY
Michael SWEENEY
Evelyn Gabrielle Mary SWIFT (relocated to Houghton-le-Spring)
Charles SWIFT
Jane SWIFT
Michael SWIFT
John SWINDLE
John Thomas SWINNEY

Alexander TAIT
E TAYLOR
John TAYLOR
Mary TAYLOR
Daniel THOMPSON
John THOMPSON
Ann THORNTON
Elizabeth THORNTON
Jane THORNTON
Jane THORNTON
Dorothy THOROGOOD
John TONKINSON
Thomas TOOGOOD
Mary TUART
Mary A TULLY
Laurence TULLY
John TURNBUL
Mary A TURNBUL
Hugh TURNER
Mary L TURNER
Samuel TWEDDLE
Joseph TWEEDY (crime)

Louisa WAITE
John George WAITE
Mary WALKER
Mary WALKER
Mary WALKER
Susan WALKER
David WALKER
Francis George WALKER
Barbara WALLACE
William WALLER
Thomas WARCUP
C.F.W WARD
Peter WARDROPPER
John George WATKIN
Alexander WATSON
Isabella WATSON
Thomas WATT
John B WATTS
John Bell WATTS
Willam WEBB
Henry WEEKS
William WELCH
Ralph Johnson WELLS
Ralph Johnson WELLS
Ellen J WELSH
Henry WHEATLEY
John WHEELER
Mary WHITE
Charles WHITE
Charles Coulson WHITE
John WILKINSON
John WILKINSON (date of admission)
Jane WILLIAMS
John Peter WILLIAMS
Edward WILLIS
Robert WILSON
Thomas WILSON
Harold WILSON
James Richard WILSON
Robert William WILSON
Mr & Mrs WINTER
John Fawcett WOOD
Doris WOODHOUSE
M.D WORTH
Percy WORWOOD
Sarah WORWOOD
Jane WRIGHT
Jane WRIGHT
E.A WRIGHT
James WRIGHT
Michael WYNN

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Houghton-le-Spring Union Guardians' Minutes Ref No. U/Ho 1 Guardians' minutes, 23 January 1837 - 28 February 1848 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 2 Guardians' minutes, 13 March 1848 - 28 May 1855 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 3 Guardians' minutes, 11 June 1855 - 7 August 1860 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 4 Guardians' minutes, 10 September 1860 - 21 August 1865 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 5 Guardians' minutes, 14 September 1865 - 6 December 1869 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 6 Guardians' minutes, 20 December 1869 - 19 October 1874 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 7 Guardians' minutes, 2 November 1874 - 14 April 1879 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 8 Guardians' minutes, 28 April 1879 - 26 March 1883 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 9 Guardians' minutes, 9 April 1883 - 14 December 1885 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 10 Guardians' minutes, 28 December 1885 - 19 April 1888 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 11 Guardians' minutes, 3 May 1888 - 7 July 1890 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 12 Guardians' minutes, 21 July 1890 - 24 October 1892 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 13 Guardians' minutes, 7 November 1892 - 11 March 1895 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 14 Guardians' minutes, 25 March 1895 - 29 November 1897 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 15 Guardians' minutes, 13 December 1897 - 18 October 1900 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 16 Guardians' minutes, 22 November 1900 - 4 June 1903 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 17 Guardians' minutes, 2 July 1903 - 24 August 1905 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 18 Guardians' minutes, 31 August 1905 - 19 September 1907 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 19 Guardians' minutes, 3 October 1907 - 6 December 1910 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 20 Guardians' minutes, 5 January 1911 - 14 January 1915 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 21 Guardians' minutes, 28 January 1915 - 18 March 1920 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 22 Guardians' minutes, 25 August 1927 - 29 March 1930 (1 volume with index) Finance Committee Minutes Ref No. U/Ho 24 Finance Committee minutes, 11 January 1894 - 25 March 1915 (1 volume with index) Relief Committee Minutes Ref No. U/Ho 25 Relief Committee minutes, 8 January 1903 - 27 September 1906 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 26 Relief Committee minutes, 11 October 1906 - 23 March 1910 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 27 Relief Committee minutes, 7 April 1910 - 23 January 1913 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 28 Relief Committee minutes, 6 February 1913 - 26 April 1917 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 29 Relief Committee minutes, 24 May 1917 - 9 September 1920 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 30 Relief Committee minutes, 23 September 1920 - 18 October 1923 (1 volume with index) District Relief Committee Minutes Ref No. U/Ho 31 District No. 1, minutes, 22 December 1927 - 24 April 1930 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 32 District No. 2, minutes, 16 August 1928 - 24 April 1930 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 33 District No. 3, minutes, 16 August 1928 - 27 March 1930 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 34 District No. 4, minutes, 16 August 1928 - 27 March 1930 (1 volume with index) Assessment Committee Minutes Ref No. U/Ho 35 Assessment Committee minutes, 1 December 1862 - 9 February 1885 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 36 Assessment Committee minutes, 9 March 1885 - 15 July 1895 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 37 Assessment Committee minutes, 12 August 1895 - 18 February 1909 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 38 Assessment Committee minutes, 28 August 1900 - 28 March 1907 (1 volume with index) Boarding-Out Committee Minutes Ref No. U/Ho 39 Boarding-Out Committee minutes, 3 June 1920 - 18 March 1930 (1 volume with index) House Committee Minutes Ref No. U/Ho 40 House Committee minutes, 1 August 1918 - 27 July 1922 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 41 House Committee minutes, 6 June 1933 - 4 June 1935 (1 volume with index) Cottage Homes Committee Minutes Ref No. U/Ho 42 Cottage Homes Committee minutes, 15 May 1930 - 2 March 1937 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 43 Cottage Homes Committee minutes, 4 May 1937 - 4 July 1944 (1 volume with index) Institution Committee Minutes Ref No. U/Ho 44 Institution Committee minutes, 3 April 1930 - 27 March 1934 (1 volume with index) Ref No. U/Ho 45 Institution Committee minutes, 5 May 1942 - 2 May 1944 (1 volume with index) Additional deposit (Acc. 863) Records of Heath House Hostel, Houghton-le-Spring The material listed below, because of its confidential nature, is not available for public inspection Ref No. U/Ho 46 Hostel Committee Meeting reports, 1 January 1949 - 28 February 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 47 Hostel Committee Meeting reports, 20 March 1962 - 31 December 1964 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 48 Report book of main building, 26 June 1962 - 27 May 1963 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 49 Report book, 27 May 1963 - 26 May 1964 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 50 Report book, 28 May 1964 - 26 May 1965 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 51 Superintendent's report book, 15 June 1955 - 13 January 1960 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 52 Matron's report book, 10 February 1960 - 6 February 1964 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 53 Matron's report sheet, 16 January 1964 Contained in U/Ho 52 (paper, 2 folios) Ref No. U/Ho 54 Register of Inmates, 22 May 1934 - 29 October 1957 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 55 Public Assistance Committee: Register of inmates, 25 April 1887 - 29 June 1948 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 56 Public Assistance Committee: Register of inmates, 7 August 1948 - 6 June 1969 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 57 Register of temporary residents, 9 March 1959 - 18 June 1962 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 58 Register of temporary residents, 5 November 1962 - 15 January 1968 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 59 Temporary accommodation register, 9 March 1959 - 23 June 1962 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 60 Public Assistance Committee: Admission and discharge book, 5 August 1950 - 27 October 1957 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 61 Public Assistance Committee: Admission and discharge book, 2 November 1957 - 19 August 1965 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 62 Register of Residents, Admissions and discharge book, 28 August 1965 - 15 March 1969 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 63 Health Committee: Application book for residential accommodation, 31 January 1959 - 9 April 1960 (1 volume, paper bound) Ref No. U/Ho 64 Health Committee: Application book for residential accommodation, 9 April 1960 - 1 May 1961 (1 volume, paper bound) Ref No. U/Ho 65 Health Committee: Application book for residential accommodation, 31 May 1961 - 30 November 1962 (1 volume, paper bound) Ref No. U/Ho 66 Health Committee: Application book for residential accommodation, 12 December 1962 - 20 April 1964 (1 volume, paper bound) Ref No. U/Ho 67 Health Committee: Application book for residential accommodation, 23 April 1964 - 30 March 1965 (1 volume, paper bound) Ref No. U/Ho 68 Health Committee: Application book for residential accommodation, 2 April 1965 - 9 February 1966 (1 volume, paper bound) Ref No. U/Ho 69 County Health Committee: Application book for residential accommodation, 8 March 1966 - 7 December 1967 (1 volume, paper bound) Ref No. U/Ho 70 County Health Committee: Application book for residential accommodation, 22 December 1967 - 5 February 1969 (1 volume, paper bound) Ref No. U/Ho 71 Register of inmates' property, 19 July 1908 - 23 June 1960 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 72 Guardians' Committee Acknowledgement of Assurance Co. Receipt, 9 April 1941 Enclosed in U/Ho 71 (paper, 1 folio) Ref No. U/Ho 73 Health Committee: Register of Residents' Property, 7 September 1960 - 14 January 1969 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 74 Transference of Residents to Kentmere House, 26 June 1968 Enclosed in U/Ho 73 (paper, 1 folio) Ref No. U/Ho 75 Address of Friends book, n.d. [1960] (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 76 Visitors' book, 30 June 1951 - 27 February 1969 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 77 Health Department: Scale of Meal Charges, 15 June 1967 Enclosed in U/Ho 76 (paper, 7 folios) Ref No. U/Ho 78 Main Building Medicine book, 19 July 1966 - 8 July 1967 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 79 Drug Register book, 28 July 1967 - 4 March 1969 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 80 Health and Welfare Department: Drug Regulations for all hostels, 22 July 1968 Enclosed in U/Ho 79 (paper, 1 folio) Ref No. U/Ho 81 Public Assistance Committee: Register of Deaths, 4 April 1930 - 17 January 1969 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 82 Public Assistance Committee: Register of Deaths, n.d. [c.1960] (Volume blank) (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 83 Register of Sickness and Absence, 5 November 1942 - 6 January 1948 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 84 Clothing Coupons Register, 27 June 1942 - 17 December 1948 Enclosed in U/Ho 83 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 85 Purchase of Clothing Register, 1 June 1941 - 15 September 1943 Enclosed in U/Ho 83 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 86 Register of Staff Sickness and Absences, 7 January 1958 - 29 May 1969 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 87 Register of Meals Supplied to Staff, 20 April 1963 - 8 March 1969 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 88 Health and Welfare Department: Charges for Meals in all outside residential establishments, 11 November 1968 Enclosed in U/Ho 87 (paper, 1 folio) Ref No. U/Ho 89 Staff register, 20 August 1927 - 26 April 1969 (1 volume, paper bound) Ref No. U/Ho 90 Day book, 1 April 1960 - 5 October 1962 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 91 Day book, 1 October 1962 - 17 March 1965 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 92 Day book, 19 March 1965 - 30 June 1965 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 93 Public Assistance Committee: Inventory book, No. 1, February 1930 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 94 Inventory Book of Furniture and Equipment, 13 February 1964 - 14 September 1966 (1 volume, paper bound) Ref No. U/Ho 95 Kitchen Utensils Received and Issued account book, No. 1, 30 June 1930 - 31 March 1960 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 96 Cutlery Received and Issued account book, No. 1, 30 September 1930 - 31 March 1960 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 97 Uniforms Received and Issued account book, 31 December 1934 - 31 March 1960 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 98 Materials Conversion account book, 31 March 1943 - 31 March 1960 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 99 Farm and Garden account, 31 December 1940 - 31 March 1960 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 100 Public Assistance Department: Provisions Received account book, 31 October 1951 - 31 March 1957 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 101 Public Assistance Departments: Provisions Received account book, 30 April 1957 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 102 Public Assistance Department: Bedding and Linen Received and Issued account book , 30 September 1949 - 31 March 1960 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 103 Public Assistance Committee: Crockery Received and Issued account book, 31 March 1948 - 31 March 1960 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 104 Public Assistance Committee: Alcohol book, 11 March 1942 - 14 July 1950 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 105 Public Assistance Committee: Tobacco account book, 4 July 1948 - 30 September 1955 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 106 Public Assistance Committee: Tobacco account book, 30 September 1963 - 31 March 1969 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 107 Children's Department: Clothing Received and Issued account book, 30 September 1953 - 31 March 1960 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 108 Children's Homes: Necessary Hardware Received and Issued account book, 31 March 1953 - 31 March 1960 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 109(a) Provisions and Cleaning Materials stock book, 1 October 1954 - 31 March 1969 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 109(b) Provisions and Cleaning Materials stock book, 1 April 1960 - 31 March 1961 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 110 Provisions and Cleaning Materials stock book, 1 April 1961 - 31 March 1962 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 111 Provisions and Cleaning Materials stock book, 1 January 1962 - 30 March 1963 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 112 Provisions and Cleaning Materials stock book, 16 April 1963 - 31 March 1964 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 113 Provisions and Cleaning Materials stock book, 1 January 1964 - 5 January 1965 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 114 Provisions and Cleaning Materials stock book 10 April 1965 - 19 March 1966 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 115 Provisions and Cleaning Materials stock book 1 April 1966 - 15 March 1969 (1 volume, cloth bound) Ref No. U/Ho 116 Treasurer's Department Stock Sheet, August 1968 Enclosed in U/Ho 115 (paper, 1 folio) PERSONAL FILES These files contain information relating to: pensions, national insurance, the National Assistance Board, National Health Service, Durham County Council Health Committee, County Medical Office, Durham Guardians Committee, the National Coal Board, etc. Ref No. U/Ho 117 Personal file re A. Andrews, 22 - 23 September 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 118 Personal file re Harry Appleby, 6 January 1957 - 22 November 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 119 Personal file re William D. Archbold, 12 October 1954 - 4 February 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 120 Personal files re: John George Armstrong, 28 January 1956 - 16 April 1959; Jemima Atkinson, 11 February 1959 - 29 April 1959; William Claude Abbot, 15 May 1951 - 5 November 1958; Thomas Adger, 2 April 1958 - 10 June 1959; William Bruce, 15 May 1954 - 16 December 1958; Robert Bates, 30 January 1959 - 19 February 1959; Robert Shotton Baster, 20 April 1954 - 23 June 1959; William Brammer, 3 January 1959 - 15 September 1959; Frank Burrell, 19 February 1958 - 29 June 1959; Mark Clark, 22 June 1959; Ethel May Carr, 24 October 1957 - 11 February 1959; James Corrigan, 22 December 1958 - 16 December 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 121 Personal file re Sarah Armstrong, 12 October 1949 - 6 May 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 122 Personal file re Thomas Armstrong, 3 September 1958 - 28 February 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 123 Personal file re Silas Ashcroft, 22 November 1958 - 17 April 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 124 Personal file re Florence Atkinson, 1 - 3 May 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 125 Personal file re Eliza Averne, 19 - 25 April 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 126 Personal file re Joseph Barker, 3 February 1960 - 26 May 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 127 Personal file re Matthew Barlow, 12 July 1960 - 17 April 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 128 Personal file re Annie E. Bayes, 16 February - 12 May 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 129 Personal file re John William Bell, 17 November 1956 - 25 July 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 130 Personal file re John Bellerby, 23 December 1957 - 27 October 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 131 Personal file re Reuben Bentham, 19 October 1953 - 21 April 1955 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 132 Personal file re Jack S. Blackbird, 18 March 1958 - 29 August 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 133 Personal file re John Blakey, 23 - 27 March 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 134 Personal file re John Blakey, 13 February 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 135 Personal file re John E. Blakey, 27 June - 8 July 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 136 Personal file re Peter Bradley 15 October 1954 - 13 February 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 137 Personal file re Alice Briggs, 9 January 1958 - 24 June 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 138 Personal file re David Brookes, 23 April 1957 - 8 June 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 139 Personal file re Ernest R. Brown, 9 August - 8 November 1948 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 140 Personal file re Frederick Brown, 18 July 1961 - 12 May 1965 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 141 Personal file re William Burnett, 27 March 1951 - 7 September 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 142 Personal file re Ralph Campbell, 5 January 1948 - 8 May 1950 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 143 Personal file re John Carter, 14 March - 28 April 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 144 Personal file re Richard John Cate, 27 January - 9 May 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 145 Personal file re Edward Chambers, 8 July 1959 - 12 July 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 146 Personal file re Matthew Charlton, 13 May 1949 - 9 November 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 147 Personal file re William W. Chicken, 26 November 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 148 Personal file re George Chisholm, 20 February 1957 - 25 February 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 149 Personal file re John Thomas Christie, n.d. [c.1960] (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 150 Personal file re Frederick Clark, 30 November 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 151 Personal files re: George Clark, 28 June 1957; Andrew Clark, 10 - 11 June 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 152 Personal file re Jane White Coates, 16 March - 25 April 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 153 Personal file re James Comerford, 15 December 1957 - 19 March 1958 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 154 Personal file re Edith Congdon, 23 November 1954 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 155 Personal file re Edward Connah, 17 March 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 156 Personal file re Joseph Clark, 16 November 1960 - 29 June 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 157 Personal file re John Cullen, 23 October 1944 - 19 November 1958 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 158 Personal file re Elizabeth Curry, 30 October 1957 - 25 August 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 159 Personal file re Henry Nicholson Dagg, 8 - 20 March 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 160 Personal file re Margaret Daglish, 1 November 1957 - 16 June 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 161 Personal files re: Thomas Dawson, 11 April 1959 - 24 December 1960; Alfred Smith, 20 December 1960; Edward Smith, 21 December 1960; Ralph Johnson Wells, 24 December 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 162 Personal file re Lena Davison, 14 March - 1 August 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 163 Personal file re Andrew Dempsey, 19 July 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 164 Personal file re John W. Dent, 10 July 1959 - 27 September 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 165 Personal file re George W. Dixon, 20 October 1958 - 12 March 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 166 Personal file re William Dixon, 17 December 1957 - 19 July 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 167 Personal file re Benjamin Dodds, 16 July 1956 - 14 May 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 168 Personal file re Allison Elliott, 23 January 1960 - 23 January 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 169 Personal file re Matthew Elliott, 12 October 1960 - 8 March 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 170 Personal file re Charles William Elstob, 21 June 1961 - 25 February 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 171 Personal file re Stewart English, 5 June 1956 - 22 September 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 172 Personal file re George Errington, 9 April 1957 - 13 March 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 173 Personal file re Joseph Errington, 18 December 1959 - 19 January 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 174 Personal file re Emma Estell, 17 July 1959 - 25 April 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 175 Personal file re Lily Featonby, 21 September 1957 - 2 February 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 176 Personal file re William Forster, 16 October 1948 - 26 October 1959 File also contains memos concerning: Thomas Fife, M. Brown, E.A. Wright, Thomas Burns, J.W. Bruce, H.R. Miller (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 177 Personal file re Joseph Forth, 8 March 1955 - 23 March 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 178 Personal file re Edwin Foster, 8 November 1957 - 19 February 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 179 Personal file re James Frazer, 3 July - 28 July 1958 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 180 Personal file re Frank Fry, 1 - 2 June 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 181 Personal file re Samuel J. Fry, 31 December 1949 - 4 January 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 182 Personal file re F. Gallagher, 8 January - 22 November 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 183 Personal file re Thomas Gardner, 2 November 1955 - 8 January 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 184 Personal file re Thomas Gascoigne, 15 January 1944 - 4 April 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 185 Personal file re Annie Gawthorpe 30 April - 4 May 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 186 Personal file re William Geary, 4 December 1959 - 26 February 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 187 Personal file re Walter Edward Gibbons, 14 March 1959 - 28 February 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 188 Personal file re William Gibbons, 9 February 1945 - 29 June 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 189 Personal file re James Gibson, 16 June 1954 - 12 June 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 190 Personal file re Robert Glendinning, 2 May 1947 - 3 April 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 191 Personal file re Mary Ann Graham, 3 May 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 192 Personal file re Liddle Wallace Greaves, 27 June 1961 - 6 July 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 193 Personal file re Hannah Green, 13 February 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 194 Personal file re Elizabeth L. Grimes, 30 June 1954 - 14 July 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 195 Personal file re Carl Haglund, 19 December 1953 - 19 November 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 196 Personal file re George Brent Hakin, 2 November 1961 - 29 January 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 197 Personal file re: Frances Hall, 3 July 1962; Samuel Fowler, 3 July 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 198 Personal file re: Thomas Hall, 24 June - 3 August 1960; Mark Rance, 16 January - 18 September 1959; Wilfred Pringle, 3 - 5 December 1956 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 199 Personal file re John Ruddick Hann, 3 September 1960 - 7 February 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 200 Personal file re Thomas Hasfoot, 27 February 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 201 Personal file re Elizabeth Harper, 13 January - 24 October 1958 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 202 Personal file re James Harriman, 14 August 1959 - 23 November 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 203 Personal file re Arthur Harrison, 28 April 1961 - 30 November 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 204 Personal file re J. W. Harrison, 12 June 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 205 Personal file re Thomas Abraham Harrison, 20 February - 30 March 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 206 Personal file re Margaret Hastings, 15 September 1959 - 29 February 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 207 Personal file re Edward Harrison, 14 October 1960 - 25 May 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 208 Personal file re Evelyn Hewitt, 2 - 3 April 1958 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 209 Personal file re Thomas William Hodgkinson, 18 May 1957 - 5 November 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 210 Personal file re Arthur Hodgson, 25 November 1957 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 211 Personal file re Horatio Hodgson, 9 January 1957 - 26 May 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 212 Personal file re George Holt, 6 April - 23 June 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 213 Personal file re James Hopper, 31 May 1957 - 1 April 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 214 Personal file re William Horner, 29 December 1958 - 12 January 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 215 Personal file re Edna May Howe, 25 November 1957 - 22 June 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 216 Personal file re Jane Hughes, 13 June 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 217 Personal file re Edith May Jackson, 28 April 1958 - 29 March 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 218 Personal file re Henry Johnson, 17 August 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 219 Personal file re George Jones, 5 December 1958 - 4 April 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 220 Personal file re William Jones, 5 August 1952 - 6 August 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 221 Personal file re Greta Kaygill, 3 - 19 February 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 222 Personal file re Joseph Keen, 15 September 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 223 Personal file re Joshua Stoker Kell, 16 June 1958 - 3 May 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 224 Personal file re Ernest Kenyon, 13 April 1956 - 16 January 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 225 Personal file re Jane Laidler, 31 July 1957 - 23 February 1962 File also contains memo concerning Charles White (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 226 Personal file re William Laing, 2 - 6 February 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 227 Personal file re Charles Laws, 1 September - 14 November 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 228 Personal file re Thomas Laybourn, 12 May 1959 - 19 April 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 229 Personal file re Mary Ann Lee, 29 June 1961 - 2 February 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 230 Personal file re James Leach, 3 June - 7 October 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 231 Personal file re William Lightley, 25 July 1957 - 22 April 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 232 Personal file re T. Little, 7 January 1957 - 9 July 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 233 Personal file re James Henry Littlejohns, 7 December 1959 - 10 July 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 234 Personal file re John Lonsdale, 8 - 22 September 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 235 Personal file re George Lowe, 18 July 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 236 Personal file re Andrew Lawton, 9 - 12 July 1958 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 237 Personal file re Charles Macey, 21 March 1956 - 29 December 1958 File also contains letter concerning John McLeghan (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 238 Personal file re Edward Maddison, 7 June 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 239 Personal file re Edward S. Maisbet, 4 May 1959 - 20 February 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 240 Personal file re Theresa Marron, 24 February 1954 - 1 May 1956 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 241 Personal file re William McCarty, 16 June 1954 - 16 October 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 242 Personal file re Alfred McGready, 26 August 1958 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 243 Personal file re Henrietta McGee, 2 October 1946 - 8 May 1950 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 244 Personal file re Robert McKee, 8 July - 7 August 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 245 Personal file re John McLeghan, 13 September 1954 - 13 August 1957 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 246 Personal file re Arthur McNally, 16 February - 12 June 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 247 Personal file re John McRoy, 18 April 1961 - 19 January 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 248 Personal file re James Lambet Meek, 30 January - 20 February 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 249 Personal file re Ernest L. Miller, 23 January 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 250 Personal file re George Gow Milne, 12 - 26 October 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 251 Personal file re Jean Moffatt, 12 April 1957 - 23 January 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 252 Personal file re Michael Morgan, 26 May 1944 - 1 April 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 253 Personal file re John Morton, 13 December 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 254 Personal file re Thomas H. Mullier, 16 October - 12 November 1961 (paper, I file) Ref No. U/Ho 255 Personal file re Ann Murray, 11 June 1945 - 6 March 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 256 Personal file re Frances Neen, 4 April 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 257 Personal file re George Tate Nicholson, 23 September - 13 December 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 258 Personal file re John William Nicholson, 3 February - 22 October 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 259 Personal file re Emma North, 13 April 1957 - 24 February 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 260 Personal file re Albert Oliver, 9 June 1955 - 28 February 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 261 Personal file re William Edward O'Neil, 13 December 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 262 Personal file re William Owens, 21 January 1942 - 14 February 1951 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 263 Personal file re Joseph Samuel Oxley, 17 May 1961 - 19 April 1962 File also contains letter concerning Isabella Watson, 17 April 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 264 Personal file re William R. Pallister, 26 July 1949 - 16 December 1958 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 265 Personal file re Isabella Parkin, 23 February 1954 - 17 March 1957 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 266 Personal file re John Parkinson, 16 January - 18 February 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 267 Personal file re Robert Passmore, 24 July 1958 - 18 March 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 268 Personal file re E. A. Patrick, 16 February 1959 - 12 April 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 269 Personal file re Ernest Henry Patterson, 15 - 25 July 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 270 Personal files re: Margaret E. Plummer, 30 July 1945 - 5 March 1962 Thomas Pratt, 21 June 1957 - 9 August 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 271 Personal file re Thomas Henry Pooley, 18 September 1956 - 8 April 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 272 Personal file re William Potts, 5 January 1954 - 16 April 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 273 Personal file re Thomas Pratt, 8 May 1957 - 26 August 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 274 Personal file re John William Purcell, 14 March - 23 June 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 275 Personal file re Thomas Purdy, 3 August 1961 - 22 June 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 276 Personal file re Annie Ramsay, 23 June - 21 July 1949 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 277 Personal file re Joseph Ramsay, 22 June 1955 - 17 November 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 278 Personal file re Elizabeth Jane Ramshaw, 20 March - 4 April 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 279 Personal file re John William Ramshaw, 11 January 1959 - 16 January 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 280 Personal file re James Alfred Richardson, 6 April 1959 - 7 April 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 281 Personal file re John Hughes Robertson, 6 January 1961 - 3 April 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 282 Personal file re Enoch L. Robinson, 13 April 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 283 Personal file re John George Robinson, 18 - 27 January 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 284 Personal file re Matthew Robinson, 27 April - 9 May 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 285 Personal file re Matthew R. Robinson, 13 June 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 286 Personal file re Thomas Robinson, 1 June 1954 - 8 May 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 287 Personal file re Edward Robson, 14 July 1958 - 9 May 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 288 Personal file re Joseph Robson, 13 December 1958 - 3 April 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 289 Personal file re Ada Romaines, 23 - 31 July 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 290 Personal file re Lena Scarth, 17 January 1955 - 6 April 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 291 Personal file re Jonathan Scott, 23 - 31 July 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 292 Personal file re John William Scurfield, 29 March 1957 - 26 March 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 293 Personal file re John Henry Shaw, 4 November 1958 - 15 January 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 294 Personal file re Joseph Shields, 27 April 1961 - 27 April 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 295 Personal file re Sidney Simpson, 23 August - 16 September 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 296 Personal file re Edward Small, 2 June 1961 - 9 February 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 297 Personal file re Alfred Smith, 7 February 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 298 Personal file re Alfred Brown Smith, 3 December 1956 - 26 September 1957 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 299 Personal file re Basil William Smith, 4 January - 18 February 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 300 Personal file re Edward Smith, 29 September 1959 - 14 June 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 301 Personal file re Elizabeth Mary Smith, 27 November 1957 - 11 September 1958 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 302 Personal file re Margaret Smith, 24 July - 8 August 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 303 Personal file re Robert Smith, 22 June 1943 - 5 February 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 304 Personal file re Margaret Sproor, 24 May 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 305 Personal file re Margaret Jane Stewart, 8 May 1950 - 5 June 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 306 Personal file re James Stogdale, 25 January 1960 - 16 May 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 307 Personal file re William Stratton, 23 December 1959 - 18 January 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 308 Personal file re Thomas W. Stubbs, 21 - 25 August 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 309 Personal file re Thomas Surtees, 25 July 1957 - 5 December 1958 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 310 Personal file re Margaret Sutheran, 27 November 1956 - 18 April 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 311 Personal file re William Swallow, 4 March 1960 - 11 May 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 312 Personal file re Joseph Sweeney, 2 March 1957 - 12 July 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 313 Personal file re Michael Sweeney, 13 January 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 314 Personal file re Michael Swift, 7 October 1955 - 28 November 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 315 Personal file re John Swindle, 28 July 1960 - 8 March 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 316 Personal file re John Thomas Swinney, 14 April 1958 - 7 April 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 317 Personal file re Alexander Tait, 13 September 1960 - 4 April 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 318 Personal file re E. Taylor, 6 June 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 319 Personal file re John Taylor, 5 May 1955 - 15 June 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 320 Personal file re Mary Taylor, 20 June 1958 - 19 April 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 321 Personal file re John Thompson 23 January 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 322 Personal file re Dorothy Thorogood, 6 April 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 323 Personal file re Thomas Toogood, 1 July 1955 - 1 May 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 324 Personal file re Hugh Turner, 11 June 1954 - 24 September 1958 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 325 Personal file re Mary L. Turner, 22 - 24 February 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 326 Personal file re Samuel Tweddle, 10 August 1957 - 6 October 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 327 Personal files re Louisa Waite, 3 January - 19 June 1961 John George Waite, 2 May 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 328 Personal file re David Walker, 31 December 1960 - 4 January 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 329 Personal files re: Francis George Walker, 13 - 23 March 1961 John Walker, 20 October 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 330 Personal file re William Waller, 22 August - 12 December 1958 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 331 Personal file re Thomas Warcup, 9 April 1959 - 25 January 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 332 Personal file re C.F.W. Ward, 21 February 1961 - 27 June 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 333 Personal file re John George Watkin, 27 February - 12 March 1956 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 334 Personal file re Alexander Watson, 27 May 1958 - 26 March 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 335 Personal file re Isabella Watson, 4 March 1960 - 18 May 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 336 Personal file re John B. Watts, 22 - 23 February 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 337 Personal file re John Bell Watts, 22 - 26 June 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 338 Personal file re Henry Weeks, 13 May 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 339 Personal file re William Welch, 1 June 1956 - 31 May 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 340 Personal file re Ralph Johnson Wells, 15 - 16 May 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 341 Personal file re Ellen J. Welsh, 16 April - 29 May 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 342 Personal file re Charles Coulson White, 16 April 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 343 Personal file re John Peter Williams, 8 August - 2 September 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 344 Personal file re Edward Willis, 16 - 18 May 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 345 Personal file re Harold Wilson, 4 - 17 July 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 346 Personal file re James Richard Wilson, 26 - 28 June 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 347 Personal file re Robert William Wilson, 8 September 1958 - 29 January 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 348 Personal file re Mr. and Mrs. Winter, 28 August 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 349 Personal file re John Fawcett Wood, 17 June - 29 October 1958 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 350 Personal file re Doris Woodhouse, 2 - 8 May 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 351 Personal file re M.D. Worth, 19 February 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 352 Personal file re Percy and Sarah Worwood, 2 December 1958 - 19 June 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 353 Personal file re James Wright, 5 October 1960 - 5 October 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 354 Personal file re Robert Young, 19 December 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 355 Personal file re Walter Young, 7 November 1961 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 356 Personal file re James Younger, 20 June 1956 - 31 August 1961 (paper, 1 file) Correspondence Ref No. U/Ho 357 Letters from superintendent, 1 December 1954 - 18 August 1955 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 358 Letters relating to Heath House, 1 August 1956 - 31 October 1957 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 359 Letters relating to Heath House, 1 January 1960 - 24 April 1962 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 360 Letters relating to Heath House, 1 January 1964 - 31 March 1967 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 361 Letters from superintendent, 1 October 1957 - 31 December 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 362 Letters from Heath House, 23 May 1962 - 31 December 1963 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 363 Letters from Heath House, 1 April 1966 - 10 October 1969 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 364 Letters from County Medical Officer, 1 April 1954 - 31 March 1956 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 365 Letters from County Medical Officer, 1 April 1958 - 30 December 1960 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 366 Letters from County Medical Officer, 3 January 1961 - 31 December 1963 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 367 Letters from County Medical Officer, 1 January 1964 - 31 March 1967 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 368 Letters from County Medical Officer, 1 April 1967 - 31 March 1969 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 369 Letters to County Medical Officer, 1 April 1954 - 31 October 1956 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 370 Letters to County Medical Officer, 1 November 1956 - 31 December 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 371 Letters from superintendent, 1 January 1960 - 31 December 1963 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 372 Letters to County Medical Officer, 1 January 1964 - 28 May 1970 (paper, flat file, 408 folios) Ref No. U/Ho 373 Envelope to superintendent, 27 April 1961 - 31 March 1962 (24 slips, 53 receipts) Ref No. U/Ho 374 Envelope to Bradley, Superintendent, 6 November 1965 (paper, 1 envelope) Ref No. U/Ho 375 Policies from Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society, 30 May 1936 - 15 August 1959 Enclosed in U/Ho 374 (paper, 15 folios) Ref No. U/Ho 376 Slips relating to N. Binks, 5 November 1964 - 11 December 1965 Enclosed in U/Ho 374 (paper, 22 items) Ref No. U/Ho 377 Letters to Bradley, 10 January - 31 December 1965 Enclosed in U/Ho 374 (paper, 6 folios) Ref No. U/Ho 378 Acknowledgements by Health Department of transference of Heath House residents, 25 September 1962 - 12 October 1966 (paper, 75 slips) Ref No. U/Ho 379 File containing miscellaneous material including: medical certificate, requests for furniture storage, goods lists, 20 October 1930 - 13 June 1967 (paper, 9 folios) Ref No. U/Ho 380 Letters from Children's Officer, 5 April 1956 - 7 January 1957 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 381 Correspondence relating to annual trips, 29 June 1949 - 13 July 1967 (paper, 1 file) Miscellaneous Ref No. U/Ho 382 Health Department temporary accommodation declaration, and rules of the National Assistance Act, 1948 (file, 67 folios) Ref No. U/Ho 383 Items relating to temporary accommodation, 1962 - 1967 Enclosed in U/Ho 382 (paper, 11 items) Ref No. U/Ho 384 National Assistance Act: collection of charges for Part III residential accommodation, 1948 - 9 April 1949 (paper, 9 folios) Ref No. U/Ho 385 National Assistance Act: correspondence relating to burials and residential accommodation, 17 July 1948 - 23 September 1949 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 386 Correspondence relating to the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act (1944), 26 August 1948 - 3 February 1950 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 387 Children's Committee, Code book of income and expenditure, April 1952 (1 volume, paper bound) Ref No. U/Ho 388 National Insurance Act, 1959, Graduated Pension Scheme (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 389 County Health Department Accounts Regulations, 27 January 1960 - 28 July 1965 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 390 County Health Department Maximum Holiday Accounts Regulations, 30 July 1964 - 22 November 1966 (paper, 12 folios) Ref No. U/Ho 391 Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act (1963), 11 October 1965 (paper, 1 file, printed) Ref No. U/Ho 392 Acknowledgement from Risbon's Furniture Ltd. to Superintendent, 23 August 1966 Enclosed in U/Ho 391 (paper, 1 folio) Ref No. U/Ho 393 Resident Members of British Legion book, 1914 - 1919 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 394 Boilers' Insurance Reports, 28 September 1956 - 12 December 1959 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 395 Rota sheets of assistant matron, 5 February 1966 (paper, 3 folios) Ref No. U/Ho 396 Sheets for withdrawal of cash by patients, 17 February - 30 June 1968 (paper, 26 sheets) Ref No. U/Ho 397 Current assessments file also containing: leave of absence folios, 24 August 1954 - 6 September 1963; two assessment sheets, 26 March 1969 (paper, 1 file) Ref No. U/Ho 398 Assessment sheets, 13 April 1962 - 26 March 1963 (paper, 1 bundle) Ref No. U/Ho 399 Collection sheets and assessment papers, 31 March 1967 - 29 March 1968 (paper, 1 bundle) Ref No. U/Ho 400 Staff timetable for Foster, Young, Moore, Hope, Whitehead, Swinburne and Robson, n.d. [c.1960] (paper, 1 file) Edward Forster, Master of the Workhouse which was located in Houghton Le Spring is interred at Hillside. Edward was born in 1845 in Simonburn, Northumberland and was the 2nd son of John & Mary Forster. He married Margaret Ann Coulson in 1875 and soon after they moved to Houghton le Spring. The couple lived in Sunderland Street in 1881 and Edward was employed as a Coachman. Between 1881 and 1891 Edward became Master at the workhouse.

Public Assistance Minutes for Houghton-le-Spring Institute.