CATALOGUE OF THE ARCHIVES OF

ALSTON MOOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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ALSTON MOOR - GENERAL

Alston Moor; extract from Mackenzie's Northumberland; 1825 3/1/3

Alston Moor; William Wallace; 1890 edition (Don. Mrs. Salisbury-Jones) 3/4

Alston Moor; William Wallace; Davis Books: 1986 reprint 3/4

Alston Moor; extracts from William Wallace's book 3/1/6

Alston Moor, A History; A.Robertson; Bookcase; 1998 (Don. A.Robertson) 3/4

Alston Moor, two vols. Scrapbook. (Don. C.Habberjam)

Bank Raid at Midland Bank and murder of manager; news cutting; 1949 PC + 2/2

Chronicles of Alston; Joan Rockwell; Janus; 1993 3/4

Clay pipes, no details; 2 1/4

Dates & Events; Miscellaneous 3/1/2

Dateline - Lead, Nenthead, War and Monarchs 3/1/2

Derwentwater clock in St. Augustine's; leaflet; u.d. 3/1/8

Garrigill, Capella de; Caesar Caine; 1908 & photocopied extracts 3/4

Geography of Alston Moor, Dissertation; Rona Williams; 1970 (many photos) 1/2

Gossipgate, 10 years at; 'Cumbria'; June 1993 2/3

Greenwich Hospital, 1692-1983; Philip Newell; Trustees of G.H.; 1984 3/4

Guide; RDC; n.d. post 1971 2/3

Guide; n.d. post 1958 2/3

Guides; n.d.; 2 copies 2/3

Guide to Alston, Garrigill and Nenthead; 1936 2/3

Guide; 'Quaint Alston': MacKenzie MacBride: Tatters: pre 1916 (no cover) 2/3

Market Cross; illustration from book by Austin Clare 3/1/13

Market Cross, Lamp; Memorial to Hugh Kearton; correspondence 1977-1982 3/1/13

Misc. historical articles by SKS pupils, c.a. 1990 (Don. Neil Hind) 3/1/15

Nenthead Subscriptions ledger (?) 1867; no entries 2/1

Nenthead Through The Ages; Louise M. Thain; 1957; orig. & copy 3/1/8, 2/3

Nenthead Ward, Silver Jubilee Correspondence (1977); (don. Nenthead Ward) 3/1/8

Photographs and Postcards 3/3

Places of Interest on Alston Moor; descriptive list 3/1/3

Place names of; C.R.Hudleston; English Place Name Soc.; 1950; 2 copies 3/1/2

Roughside Barytes Mine; tungsten carbide drill bit 1/4

Walk Around Alston leaflet 2005 2/3

Walks Around Alston; I.E.Page; 1893 and 1912 2/3

Walks Leaflets produced by East Cumbria Fellside Project 2/3

Walton Memorial; Correspondence; 1970s 3/1/4

PERIODICALS - GENERAL

Alston Advertiser; 1982-1984 2/3

Alston Herald; original newspaper; 27th November, 1875 PC

Alston Moor Newsletter; several 2/3

Friends of Killhope newsletters; several 2/2

Newspaper cuttings; originals & photocopies; 18C, 19C 2/1

Newspapers, 5 local; 1933, 1936, 1950, 1953, 1960 PC

Newspaper cuttings 1970s & 1980s; sorted into subject folders 2/2

Newspapers; misc. folder articles and cuttings (encl. 1940s & '50s) 2/2

Newspaper articles on Alston Moor; Index of, ca.1979-1990 2/2

North Pennines Heritage Trust Newsletters; several 2/2

BUILDINGS

Alston; study of buildings; 1999 (Don. North Pennines Town Project Group) 3/1/11

Bastle Houses; Peter Ryder; NPHT; 1996 3/4

Buildings of Cumbria, Mediaeval & Fortified; Perriam & Robinson; CWAAS; '98 3/4

Butts; house roof details; photos, sketch; n.d. 3/1/11

Clargill Hall; notes by G. Wilson; 1984 (Don. G. Wilson) 3/1/11

Clargill Hall plans; drawn by R. Wilson; 1995 (Don. R. Wilson) PC

Clitheroe; Builders estimate for house at; 1913 3/1/11

Croft Terrace, No.1; notes (Don. W. MacConnachie) 3/1/11

Farmhouse + buildings, sketch plan; unknown location, undated PC

Housing Proposed, The Firs, Alston; plan; 1939 PC

Howburn, Sewage Treatment, Proposed; plan; 1953 PC

Lockup (Police Station); builder's estimate; ca.1859 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Lovelady Shield; sale bill; 1903 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Low Nest; study of structure and history; TAG; 1993 (Don. J. Lunn) 3/1/11

Valley View, Nenthead – Archaeological Report (Don. P & C Huish) 3/1/11

Vernacular Buildings Survey; Dept. Env.; Newcastle Polytechnic; 1990 3/1/11

AGRICULTURE

Agric. Policy & Conservation of N.Pennines; L.Routledge; Camb.Uni.;1999 2/2

Alston Society for the Improvement of Stock; Rules & Regs.; 1872 3/1/17

Cattle Show, Alston; 'List of Subscribers'; no entries; 1869 2/1

Field to Let; notice; 1932 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Garrigill Agricultural Society ca. 1928, various items (Don. J. Walton) 3/1/17

Kirkhaugh auction bill; 1831 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Sheep driving in the 1930s; (don. J. Walton) 3/1/17

Sheep and cattle droves; tolls payable; 1669 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Sheep greasing; page from shepherd's log book ; 1823 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

INDUSTRY, UTILITIES AND TRADE

Alston Drug Co. / J. Roberts; ca 1904; photocopies (Don. P. Docherty) 3/1/15

Alston Foundry Diary – blank; 1980 3/1/12

Clockmakers on Alston Moor; Penfold 3/1/11

Co-ops on Alston Moor; notes, adverts, etc. from book and information about

Tokens. (Don. author K. Hood) 3/1/11

Dryden, John, Ironmonger; 3 invoices 1824-1826 (Don. R. Macro) 3/1/11

Foundry, Alston; notes from account by Tom Hunter 3/1/12

Foundry, 'Shepherds Who Make Steel'; Tom Hunter (2 copies) 3/1/12

Gas in Alston; articles; up to 1989 3/1/13

Gas holders of Alston, technical spec., diagrams, etc. 3/1/13

Graham, Miss M., Milliner & Draper, Market Place; Invoices; 1936 2/1

Hillcrest Hotel (Alston House again); Souvenir booklet & tariff, c.1900, x2 3/1/11

Kearton, Craftsmanship; n.d. 2/3

Limekilns of the North Pennines; Alastair Robertson; NPHT; 1999 3/4

Logos and letterheads from 1980s (Don. I. Johnson) 1/2

Miscellany 3/1/11

Millican's; Ledger of Mrs. Maddison t/a Millicans; 1934-1980 with transcript 2/1

Nenthead Co-op; Jubilee Story; Caldwell Harpur; 1919 3/4

Sales, bills of; 1831-1839; photocopies (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Savings Bank Rules; Alston; (John Dickinson); 1863 2/1

Savings Bank Pass Book; London Joint City & Midland;(Mrs.E.A. Lee); 1922-36 2/1

Savings Bank Pass Book; Alston; (John Walton); 1913; 2/1

Trades Dir's;1791,1829,47,61,c.80,84,94,97,98,1901,04,06,10,14,21,25,29,34,38 3/1/1

Water, Bringing the; cash received and work done gratis; ca 1817 (folder) 3/1/4

Water Survey for Cumberland & Westmorland 1952 (Don. D. Simmons) 3/1/4

TRANSPORT - RAILWAYS

Alston Branch; S.C.Jenkins; Oakwood; 1991 3/4

Alston Branch; Tom Bell 3/1/9

Alston Branch; Mike Fenton; Br. Rly. Journ.; Aut. 1986 (Don. P. Dickinson) 3/1/9

Alston Branch; 150 years; commemorative leaflet. 3/1/9

Alston Branch of the N & C Railway: T. Bell & R W Rennison: CWAAS 2001 3/1/9

Alston Station; magazine article 3/1/9

Census of Railways Navvies; 1851 3/1/9

Newcastle & Carlisle Railway & maps of South Tyne; photocopies 3/1/9

Newcastle & Carlisle Railway; poster; photocopy; 1853 PC

South Tynedale Railway; Tom Bell; 1983 3/1/9

TRANSPORT - ROADS

Bypass Proposed, Alston; plan; 1951 PC

'Corpse Road'; research paper; A.K.M. & R.N.Graham; 1978; 2 copies 3/1/10

Nenthead Transport Services; article in 'Truck'; Jan 1991 2/3

Old Roads in the North Pennines (2 Copies); paper by Alan Kind; 1993 3/1/10

Packhorse Bridges; W.G.Collingwood; CWAAS 1927 3/1/10

Roads, Seven, of Alston Moor; paper by Alan Kind 3/1/10

Roughside Bridleway; correspondence, etc.; 1983 3/1/10

Turnpike Tolls at Mark Close; photo 3/1/10

Wright's Buses; 'Northern Long Distance'; magazine article 3/1/10

Wright's Buses; article by G.F.Hobley 3/1/10

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Alston Conservation Area, 1968 draft PC/2

Alston Moor – An Appraisal, 1980 2/2

Alston Moor Association (for prosecution of felons); 1790, 1807 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Alston Moor Enclosure Act 1803 3/1/3

Alston Moor - Through The Looking Glass 1995 2/2

A.O.N.B. for North Pennines; Discussion Document 2/2

Board of Guardians; notice of meetings; 1876/77, 1879/80 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Boundary of Alston, Ayle, Whitley & Kirkhaugh; 2 copies 3/1/3

Boundary of Alston Moor; 1761 et. seq. 3/1/3

Census; 1821 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Census for Alston, 1851; Cumbria Family History Society (Don. A. Robertson) 1/3

Census Returns; 1801-1981 2/1

Derwentwater, Earl of; Inventory of rents (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Election notice; 1832 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Estreat of Paines; penalties in Manor Court; single page; 1793 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Housing Needs Survey; Parish Council: 1990 3/1/4

Land Tax Assessment; single page; 1767 (Don. CRO) 2/1//F

Land Tax Returns; List of years at Carlisle Rec. Off. (Don. CRO) 3/1/4

Leisure Needs; EDC; 1992 2/2

Map Alston & District (Dumfries to Middbro!) 'Pocket' edn (Don. E.Mahoney) 3/1/2

Map of Alston and Weardale; 1ml = 1"; 1925 3/1/2

Map of district; small scale; n.d. 3/1/2

Mill Race, Alston; Report to Parish Council; W. Ferguson; 1992 3/1/4

Multi-Purpose Centre; Feasibility Study; A.M. Dev. Assn.; 1992 3/1/4

Nenthead Residents' Opinions; 1991 2/2

Nenthead Village Appraisal; n.d. 2/2

Nenthead Ward Minute Book; 1894 to 1986. (Don. Nenthead Ward) 2/1

Notices & Posters; 19th C 3/1/4

Nuisances; notice of; 1859 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

One Thousand Year Lease - many examples 3/1/4

Petition to J.P.s; 1691 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Police Records; page from; 1927 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Register of Electors 1981 3/1/4

RDC Association, a short history of 3/1/4

RDC Receipts & Expenses; 1928, ½ year 3/1/4

RDC Standing Orders; 1967 3/1/4

Rural Sanitary Board; odd copies of minutes; late 19thC 2/1

Rural Sanitary Board; nuisance reported; 1876; single page (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Telephone Directory; 1982 (Alston missed off main Dir.) 2/2

Tourism Development Plan 1988 2/2

Town & Country Planning; Provisional List of Buildings of Interest; 1948 3/1/4

Town Hall Clock; Service Record 3/1/4

Town Hall Restoration, u.d. 3/1/4

Town map; 1775 PC & 3/1/2

Town map; 1967 & u.d. 3/1/4

O.S. Maps of Moor; most of 1st Edn ca.1860, single sheet of 2nd Edn 1899 PC

O.S. 2nd Edn.map of Alston PC

Water Scheme, Alston with G'll, Springfield; plans, incl. 1/1250 maps; 1954 PC

MINING - COAL, IRON, FLUORSPAR

Anglo Austral Mines – Staff photo at Nenthead u.d. 3/1/12

Blagill; article; The Independent; 1992 3/1/12

Coal Plan, Cumbria Local; 1988; 2 copies 2/2

Fluorspar in North Pennines; Ed. R.A. Fairbairn; Friends of Killhope 3/4

Ironstone Mines; Jacob Walton; Brit. Mining Memoirs No. 69;'01 (Don. AFR) 3/1/12

Opencast at Mount Hooley; correspondence, etc; 1985 3/1/10

Walton's Alston Lime & Coal Co.; mine lease 1942, licence'46 (Don. R.Walton) 2/1

MINING - LEAD

Allendale, Tynedale and Derwentdale Lead Mines; R.A.Fairbairn;'00(Don. RAF) 3/4

Allendales and Weardale, Lead Mining in; J. Whaley; 1849 3/1/5

Allenheads Strike, 1849; article 3/1/5

Alston Mines; Rev. Nall; CWAAS 1902-03. 3/1/5

Alston Moor, The Mines of; R.A.Fairbairn; NMRS No.47; 1993 3/4

Alston Moor's Lead Mining Districts, Geology, Processes; R.N.Graham; 1982 3/1/5

Blagill Bowl and description; 1784 3/1/5

Children, Employment of; Royal Commission; 1841; phcopies, transcript 3/1/5 & 2/1

Cross Fell Mine; notes from 1851; original and photocopy 3/1/5

Dunham, Kingsley; talk on BBC North Radio; newspaper report; 1950 3/1/5

Farmer Miners of North Pennines; P.Bowes, A.Roberts; art. in 'Optima'; 1983 2/3

Friends of Killhope Newsletters; 1985 2/3

Fuse; lead and black powder; poss. from G'gill fuse factory (Don. P. Graham) 1/4

Fuse; ditto; from Rodderup Fell (Don. Frank Shepherd) 1/4

Green Hurth Mine; pieces of wood from; 1972 1/4

History of Lead Mining in the Pennines; Raistrick & Jennings; Kelsall & Davis;1983 3/4

Lead and Life at Killhope; 1987 3/4

Lead Manufacturing in Britain; D.J.Rowe; Croom Helm; 1983 3/4

Lead Miners of the Northern Pennines; C.J.Hunt; Davis Books; 1984 3/4

Lead Mining; J.S.Goodheart; Dalesman; 1985 2/3

Lead Mining on Alston Moor; article in Guardian; 24/10/1979 3/1/5

Lead Mining on Alston Moor; notes by Tom Yellowley; 1979 3/1/5

Lead Mining Centre in Nenthead; Feasibility Study; 1991 2/2

Lead Mining Heritage of the North Pennines; Discussion Document; 1987 2/2

Lead Mining; miscellaneous 3/1/5

Lead Mining in the NE, Histy; L.Turnbull; Harold Hill; 1975; notes & photos; '76 3/1/5 & 3/4

Life & Work of the N'ern Lead Miner; A.Raistrick, A.Roberts; Beamish; 1990 3/4

Memoranda Book, Alston Mines; 1782-1813 2/1

Men, Mines and Minerals; Friends of Killhope; 1992 3/4

Middle Fell lead veins; 5 maps; u.d. (Don. S. Barker) PC

Moor Master's letters 1855-1866 ; J.M.Paull; phcopy & 2 copies of trscripts 2/1

Nenthead & Tynedale Lead & Zinc Co., copy of map, 1882 PC

Nent Force Level; news cutting; ca.1922 3/1/7

Nent Force Level; Paul N. Wilson; CWAAS 1963 (3 Copies) 3/1/7

Nenthead Mines; article in Peak Dist. Mining History Society; 1984 3/4

North Pennines Heritage Trust Newsletters; various issues. 2/3

Notes by W. Watson; 3 envelopes, incl. Rodderup Mine 3/1/5

Pennine Leadminer; Eric Richardson; Dalesman; 1979 3/4

Rampgill Vein, plan and section PC & 3/1/5

Schedule of Mines; 1869 3/1/5

Silver and Lead, a Quaker mining experiment; A. Raistrick; 1948 3/1/5

Two Centuries of Industrial Welfare; Raistrick; Moorland Publishers; 1977 3/4

Two Centuries of Industrial Welfare; notes extracted by Pat Newman; x 2 3/1/6

Vieille Montagne Story; Cumb. & West Herald; 1949; 2 copies 3/1/5

Walton family mines; 19thC; Separate Catalogue (Don. M. Milne) PC

'Wheel of Fortune'; article, The Guardian; Dec. 1987 3/1/5

Windybrae Grove; page of account book; 1778 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Workmens Fund Rules, Gov. & Co.; 1832 2/1

Wythburn Mine; A. McFadzean; Red Earth Publications; 1987 3/4

PEOPLE

Carson, Stewart, G.P.; folder of items ca.1925-1950, incl Cottage Hospital 3/1/15

Dalton, Millican, Professor of Adventure; Cumbria Life; March/April '96 2/3

Dalton, Millican; 'Cumbria'; 1985 2/3

Dickinson, John, inventory of estate; 1586; plus transcript 1/3/D

Dobson, W.B.; musician of Tynehead; Obituary 1936 1/3/D

Emmerson, Family & descendants of William; emigrated 1828 1/3/E

Errington, Thomas; his songbook, 1779 2/1

Fortune, 'Nana'; miscellaneous family mementoes 1/3/F

Forster, Westgarth; dedication of headstone; biog; newspaper; 1935 (CRO) 2/1/F

Furnace family tree 1/3/F

Haldon family; notes (Don. A. Robertson) 1/3/H

Hall, Thomas, c1800; phcpy of will; includes Alston House & N'head 1/3/H

Hetherington 1/3/H

Hodgson, Jos., letter from Australia 1911 1/3/H

Hutchinson family tree 1/3/H

Hutchinson, Kirton, also White, Robinson, Bell. (Don. D. Cuff) 1/3/H

Hymers, Dr. R. L. – reminiscences 1/3/H

Indian family tree 1/3/I

James, Wilhelmina Martha (Austin Clare); notes and papers 1/3/J

Jopson – information from family bible 1/3/J

Joyce, Albert Alfred, schoolmaster at Garrigill 1/3/J

Kearton, House of; 1878-1978 1/3/K

Kindred, Craig, Dixon pedigree 1/3/K

Madgen, Stephen, letter from Australia; 1855 1/3/M, 2/1/F

Milburn family; Emigrants to Canada 1/3/M

Monkhouse, Jim: Obituary 1/3/M

Paull, father & son, Moormasters. Friends of Killhope Newsletter No. 64 2/2

Radcliffe, James, Earl of Derwentwater; Inventory of estate; phcopy (folder) 2/1

Raistrick, Arthur; Obituary; Guardian; 1991 1/3/R

Raistrick A., Works & Writings of; 'Boots and Books'; T. Croucher; 1995 3/4

Richardson of Ayle and Kirkhaugh 1/3/R

Sopwith, Thomas, Surveyor; Robert Sopwith; Pentland Press; 1994 3/4

Spark, Edith: diary of voyage of emigration 1912 (Don. A.Pike, Tasmania) 1/3/S

Stevenson, Rev. John; Corbygates; unwitnessed will; 1637 (don. CRO) 2/1/F

Thompson, William; Obituary 1/3/T

Thompson, William; of Greenends; 1901; his Bible (Don. R. Fairbairn) 1/4

Walton family; emigrants to Canada (See Milburn) 1/3/M

Walton, Jacob; Inaug. of Memorial, 23/11/1864; Transcript (Don S. Bridges) 1/3/W

Wesley's Travels, John; CWAAS 1948 (see also Weardale) 2/3

Yeats, Charlie & Isabella. Cumbria magazine Feb. 2005 1/3/Y

Illustrations from autograph book; early 1900s (Don.Mrs Salisbury-Jones, IoM) 1/3

Photos; Collinson(C),Potts(P),Todd(T),people in uniform(U),unidentified(M) 1/3

Notable characters of Alston Moor x 6 1/4

'Town of Wise Men'; article on famous Alstonians; ca.1922 1/3/A

Nenthead Interviews on CD & audio tape (Don. S.Danby) 1/3 & 1/4

CHURCH AND CHAPEL

Alston Burials; 1798 1/3

Alston Moor, Churches of - For the Visitor; 1992 2/3

Church Magazine; 1928 2/3

Congregationalist Chapel – Burials 3/1/8

Congregational Church, Centenary; 1904; History of Chapel in Alston x 2 2/3, 3/1/8

Congregationalist Newletter articles, 1968, 1969, 1977 3/1/8

Garrigill Registers 1699-1730 1/3

Garrigill Registers and Gravestones 1730-1812 1/3

Methodist Class Book (Register); Joseph Walton & John Dickinson; 1840-1844 2/1

Nenthead; religious reminiscences; C & W Herald; 1914 (Don. R. Swindle) 3/1/8

Non Conformist Meeting Houses; Cumbria C.C.Report; Peter Ryder (Don. P.R.) 3/1/8

Northumberland Church Records; microfische catalogue; 2000 1/3

Parochial Registers Index 1/3

Quaker Meeting House; notes 2/3

Quaker Preparative Meeting; page of minutes: 1721 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Redwing Chapel; history; single page from; 1815 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

St. Augustine's; building costs; 1875 2/1/F

St. Augustine of Canterbury; 1992 2/3

St. Augustine’s, History of the Parish Church, n.d. 3/1/8

“ “ 800^th |Anniversary, 1955 3/1/8

St. John's Nenthead-England's Highest P.C.; Frank Rogers; Priory Press;'91 2/3

St. John's Church, Nenthead; 1974 3/1/8

St. Paul's Methodist; page from minute book; 1933 2/1/F

St. Wulstan's, Alston, Origin; Kevin A. Rafferty; 1993 2/3

St. Wulstan’s 50 years anniversary 3/1/8

Wesleyan Chapel, Garrigill Gate; plate (Don. D. Phillips & N. Simmons) 1/4

Wesleyan Sunday School; banner 1/4

WELFARE

Carson Dr.Stuart; Cot Hospital; newspaper cuttings, Feb'25 newspaper 3/1/15 + PC

Cottage Hospital; miscellaneous 3/1/15

Cottage Hospital; plans by Thos. Charlton & Sons; photocopies 3/1/15

Cottage Hospital; 7th Annual Report; Sept. 30 1915 (Don. W. MacConnachie) 3/1/15

Charities of Alston Moor; 1972 3/1/15

Emigration scheme to Canada; 1832 3/1/15

Old People’s Welfare Committee Minute Books 1/2

Poor Law Union; page from records; 1914 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Workhouse diet; photocopy 3/1/15

SCHOOLS

Alston Moor, Schools of; notes by A. Robertson from 19C Directories, etc 3/1/15

Alston Boys' School; page from log book 1896/97 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Alston Girls' School; 'Manchester' Reader, Dora Simpson 2/1

Ackworth Vocabulary; Elizabeth Simpson 2/1

Carpenter's Spelling; 1884 2/1

Cricket Scoring Book, SKS; 1976 1/4

Leadgate School photos; 1870s by Von Dix; 1930s (Don. S. Danby) 3/3

National Church School, Butts; plan & elevation; 1844 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Nenthall, Glenhow School at, 2nd World War; M. Dickinson 3/1/15

Nenthall School – photograph 3/1/15

Nenthead School, A Vote of Confidence; 1989 2/2

Samuel King's School; 'Children of the Breezy Moor'; 'Cumbria'; May 1966 2/3

Samuel King’s School; Magazines & reports; 1948,49,50 (Don. Neil Hind) 3/1/15

Tynehead; newspaper cuttings & photos 3/1/15

RECREATION

Blue Moon Festival, Nenthead; plans of site layout, 1/1000 PC

Bowling Club, Ladies; Accounts 1939-1975 2/1

Friendly Society Banner 1/4

Greg's Hut; Mountain Bothies Assn Journal; Dec 1983; 2 copies 2/3

Literary Institute; page from minute book; 1902 (Don. CRO) 2/1/F

Literary, Scientific & Mechanical Inst.; Reports of; 1839-1842; photocopied 2/1

Nenthead Concert Programme 1885 (Don. S.Danby) 3/1/8

Recreational Activities; recent programmes; ca.1980s, 1990s 1/2

Social Club Visitors Book; 1990-1992 1/2

WAR

Boer War Fund; Part report for Cumberland 3/1/14

Border Regiment Volunteers; cap 1/4

Both W.W.s; food rationing, registration cards - books, licences, etc 3/1/14

Land Army Farewell Parade; 1950 3/1/14

Mountain Rifles, Alston; article 3/1/14

Soldiers of A.M. who died 1^st W.W.(incomplete); Naval&Military Press; '98 3/1/14

Tour through war devastated France and Belgium; G.T. Elliot; 1919 3/1/14

War Memorial photos and transcriptions; 1995 (Don. N. Simmons) 3/1/14

NATURAL HISTORY

Floods on the River Tyne; 1699-1989 3/1/18

Geology of the North Pennines, Vol.1, Tyne to Stainmore; Dunham; HMSO;1990 3/4

Geological History of Alston Moor; paper with time lines 3/1/5

Geological Survey, Northld & Alston Moor, Memoirs of; Stanley Smith; 1923 3/4

Helm Wind, Anatomy of; D.Uttley; Bookcase; 1998 (Don. A. Robertson) 3/4

Helm Wind; G.Manley; Royal Met. Soc. Jnl.; July/Oct. 1945 3/1/18

Mineral Deposits; William Wallace; Edward Stanford; 1861 3/4

North Pennines Landscape; Countryside Commission; 1991 3/4

Northumberland, with Alston Moor; Angus Lunn; Collins; 2004 3/4

SSSIs; Geographical; 1991 2/2

Strata, Treatise on a Section of; W. Forster; Davis Books; 1985 Edn; & phcopies 3/1/5 & 3/4

MISCELLANEOUS

Coronation scrapbook & souvenir booklet; 1953 PC

County Archives Service; folders of info on facilities and deposits 1/1

Desperate Faction?, The: Leo Gooch; Casdec; 1995 (1715 Rebellion) 3/4

Golden Jubilee (2002); Hist. Soc. contribution to flower festival at St.Aug. 1/1

Graveyards, How to record; J. Jones; CBA & RESCUE; 1984 2/3

Greenwich; Handbook to; Palace, Hospital, College; 1969 3/4

Industrial Archaeology; Bibliography of; 4 pages 1/1

Industrial Heritage; 1985-1990; 9 volumes (Spring 1988, Alston) 2/3

National news items of 1901; reproduction PC

National Association of Mining History Organisations Handbook; 1991 2/3

Newcastle; A Short History; 'Vagabond'; North East Pubns.; 1945 2/3

Newcastle, reproduced old prints, undated, price 15/- PC

Newspapers and Local History; M. Murphy; Local Historian at Work No.5; ’91 2/3

North Pennines; South Pennines Study visit; 1990 2/2

Pennine Journey; A. Wainwright; Penguin; 1987 3/4

Photographic Collections of N.E. England; Index 2/3

Royal Com. Historic Monuments England; Annual Reports 1997/98, 1998/99 1/1

Writing Local History; D. Dymond; British Assn. for Local History; 1988 2/3

PROSE AND POETRY

Adam Brunskill; Thomas Armstrong; Collins; 1970 edn. 3/4

Angus Clifford; Robert Hind; pub. E.Dalton; ca.1907. (Fiction based around Alston) 3/4

A Dream of Reubens; Austin Clare; SPCK; 1895 3/4

A Lock of Hair, poem by Joseph Hodgson; 1883 3/1/16

A Pair in Paradise; Austin Clare; Heath Cranton; 1931 3/4

The Siege Perilous and How I Learnt to Sit In It; A. Clare; SPCK; pre 1895 3/4

Clog Shop Chronicles; John Ackworth; Chas.H.Kelly; 1899 (No.57 N’head RR) 3/4

Cumberland, a poem by Wilhemina Martha James (Austin Clare); 1867 3/1/16

The Desperate Faction?; L. Gooch: Casdec: 1995 3/4

Garrigill, A Tribute (poem) to; G.W.Currah; 1944 (2 copies) 3/1/16

Garrigill Celebrities 1860 - 1890 (poem) 3/1/16

Garrigill Poachers, 1819 (prose) 3/1/16

Memories of the Cumbrian Fells; J.W.Roddam; Heath Cranton; 1932 3/4

Miner and Poet, the Richard Watson story (of Teesdale); 1988 2/3

Nenthead, nostalgic memories of; a poem by H.Short; 1968 3/1/16

Nenthead, A Pilgrimage from; Chester Armstrong; Methuen; 1938 3/4

Poems, various, including 'Moonlight upon Nenthead' 3/1/16

CHURCH RECORDS ON MICROFISCHE

Alston Dissenters Births; 1704 - 1723

Alston & Garrigill Burials; 1798 - 1812

Alston & Garrigill Baptisms, Marriages and Burials; 1813 - 1839

Kirkhaugh, Knaresdale, Lambley, Whitfield Baptisms,Marriages,Burials; 1813 -1839

Nenthead Baptisms, Marriages and Burials; 1845 - 1901

Nentsbury Baptisms; 1837 - 1900

Redwing & Coanwood Chapel Burials

AND

Pigot's Directory of Cumberland; 1834

NOTE :- We now have access to Church Registers up to the 1970s

MANY PHOTOGRAPHS AND POSTCARDS – NOT YET CATALOGUED

OTHER AREAS

CUMBRIA

Ancestors, Cumbrian; Cumbria Archive Service 2/3

Bibliography of Cumberland & Westmorland; County Archive; 1968 1/1

Brampton; papers on local history 3/1/19

CWAAS Transactions; 1882,1911,15,22,24 to 29,31 to 36, 77 to 85 2/4

Economic Development in Cumbria, Conference; 1989 2/2

Elderly People in Eden; Age Concern; 1993 2/2

Heritage Strategy for Cumbria; 1987 2/2

Landscape of Cumbria; Exhibition Guide; 1974 2/3

Langwathby Past and Present; J.C.Monkhouse; 1991 2/3

Langwathby - The Wind of Change; Jim Monkhouse; H & H; 1996 3/4

Leisure Needs for Eden District, Consultation on; 1991 2/2

Martyr, The Carlisle - Christopher Robinson; Rt. Rev. B. Foley; 1997 2/3

Museums, Cumbria; Discovery file; ca.1992 1/1

North East Cumberland; Roy Millward, Adrian Robinson; 1974 2/2

Penrith, Public Transport for; 1993 (2 copies) 2/2

Prehistoric Art, Cumbrian; Stan Beckensall; Abbey Press; 1992 3/4

Roachburn Mining Disaster, January 28th 1908; A.F.Robertson; Hundy; 1997 3/4

Roman Roads in East Cumbria, Walking the; P.Graystone; Lancaster Uni; 1994 3/4

Rural Cumbria, Developing; 1992 2/2

Royal Silver Jubilee, Cumbria, C & W Herald, Cumberland News; 1977 PC

Tindale Fell Spelter Works; J.K.Almond; CWAAS 1978 2/3

Trades Directory, Cumberland and Westmorland; 1904-1905 2/1

Ullswater; Steamship 'Enterprise' 3/1/19

Village Book, Cumbrian; Cumbrian Federation of Womens Institutes; 1991 3/4

NORTHUMBERLAND

Allendales, 8 walks; John Barker; 1990; 2 copies 2/3

Allenheads, Guide to; Allenheads Trust; 1990 2/3

Barhaugh Hall; 'Cumbria'; January 1990 2/3

Bus Service timetable 1938-1939 2/1

Haltwhistle, Haydon Bridge & South Tynedale; Frank Graham; 1977 2/3

Hexham; folder of copies of documents 3/1/20

Historic Sites Portrayed; typescript 3/1/20

Hodgson; photocopy of his comments on printer's draft of Hist of N'land, pub.1840 3/1/20

Kielder Opening, souvenir brochure 1982 PC

Kirkhaugh; parish leaflet. 3/1/20

Kirkhaugh School deed; 1880 3/1/15

Knarsdale Directory entries; 1820, 1825 3/1/19

Knaresdale; new church organ dedicated; 1913 3/1/19

Ninebanks; Life in a Pennine Dale, ca.1910; The Countryman 1978 2/3

Nostalgic Views of the North; J A Moreels; Ward Philipson; 1998/99 3/4

Nland L.H.S.; Assn. Newsletters; 1981-1986 1/1

Prehistoric Rock Motifs of Northumberland; S.Beckensall; S.Beckensall; 1992 3/4

Sewing Shields Excavations; 1979 2/3

Slaggyford and South Tynedale (2 Copies); Thomas Bell; 1924 2/3

South Tyne and Allendales; 'Vagabond'; North East Pubns.; 1947 2/3

Spartylea; J.W.Norderhaug; n.d. 3/4

Tyne and Tweed; 1983-1992, 2001, 2002; 12 volumes 2/3

Tynedale & the Roman Wall; British Railways; 1950 3/1/20

Ulgham, Its Story; Janet Brown; 1986 3/4

Whitfield Co-op; notes, adverts, etc. (Don. Keith Hood) 3/1/11

Whitfield; parish history and guide; ca.1983 2/3

Whitley Castle; u.d. sketch of altar and map 3/1/20

Whitley Castle - Roman Fort; A.F.Robertson; Hundy; 1996 3/4

TEESDALE

Teesdale Record Society Journal, Vol 4; 1996 2/3

Upper Teesdale - Archaeology of; D.Coggins; BAR; 1986 3/4

Upper Teesdale Rescue Team; 1990 2/3

WEARDALE

Bonny Moor Hen, Ballad of the Battle of Stanhope; W.M.Eggleston; 1933 3/1//20

Bonny Moor Hen, The; Vols 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 2/3

Clearing the Forest; Peter Bowes; pub. P. Bowes; 1990 3/4

Emigrants to New Zealand; ca 1860 (Don. A. Robertson) 3/1/20

John Wesley's Journeys Through Weardale; Weardale Museum; 1993 2/3

Roman Camp at Stanhope & notes on roads incl. Maiden Way; early 19thC 3/1/20

Wolsingham Show - England's Oldest; Weardale Publishing Co.; 1993 3/4

INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT ALSTON LIBRARY,

MARKET SQUARE, ALSTON

Tel. 01434 381549

*Census returns on microfiche 1841 – 1901

*Alston Herald & East Cumberland Advertiser on microfilm1874 - 1881

*Parish Records on microfilm for St. Augustine’s (Baptisms, Marriages & Burials) 1700 – 1812

*Parish Records on microfilm for Redwing Chapel & Alston Congregational Chapel (Baptisms,

Marriages & Burials) 1763 – 1830

*1^st edition local Ordnance Survey Maps c.a. 1860 on microfiche

Plus other books and information in the Local History reference section

THE WALTON / MILNE COLLECTION

OF LEAD MINING PAPERS OF THE WALTON FAMILY

The WALTON family had mining interests in several counties. Malcolm Milne, OBE, ED, MA, great-grandson of Jacob Walton, whose memorial was rebuilt in 2004 beside the Town Hall, has allowed the Alston Moor Historical Society to photocopy the following documents for public

research:-

CONTENTS

Family papers 1840 - 1918

JACOB WALTON (1809 - 1863)

Miscellaneous (3 papers) 1846 & 1854 (Grindon Hill)

Brownley Hill 1834 (Jacob Snr. & Jnr. & brothers)

Duty Ore - various mines 1843 - 1846

Iron Ore Letters 1845 - 1854

Farnberry (Calamine) 1845 - 1850

Pont Head 1850, 1851, 1854

Woodhead, nr. Abingdon 1854

Smittergill 1855 - 1862

Thorngill 1856

Sillyburn 1859 + 1862

JOHN PEARS WALTON (1838 - 1915)

Woodend & Blencathra 1865 + 1869

Scargill 1865 - 1867

Ayle Burn 1869 - 1878

Barras Coalfield 1873 - 1874

New Hudgill Burn & Holyfield 1877 - 1881

Joicey - Blanchland & Hunstanworth area 1883 - 1902

Brownley Hill & Bloomsberry 1890

JOHN CECIL PEARS (JACK) WALTON (1878 - 1944)

Fallowfield 1919 (S. Smith) & 1935 (Report)

BRIEF GUIDE TO SOURCES FOR RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORY OF FAMILIES OF ALSTON MOOR

IN ALSTON MOOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY’S ARCHIVES :-

CHURCH RECORDS ON MICROFICHE

Alston Dissenters Births; 1704 - 1723

Alston & Garrigill Burials; 1798 - 1812

Alston & Garrigill Baptisms, Marriages and Burials; 1813 - 1839

Kirkhaugh, Knaresdale, Lambley, Whitfield Baptisms,Marriages,Burials; 1813 -1839

Nenthead Baptisms, Marriages and Burials; 1845 - 1901

Nentsbury Baptisms; 1837 - 1900

Redwing & Coanwood Chapel Burials

AND: We now have access to Church Registers up to the 1970s

MISCELLANEOUS FILES

Bringing the water into Alston, ca.1817; lists donors of labour and money

Emigration scheme to Upper Canada, 1832

Inventory of estate of 3^rd Earl of Derwentwater, ca. 1716; many names and places

1,000 year lease 1608-1621; many names and places

Trades Directories from 1791 – 1938

Files of individuals and families

Large collection of photo’s

War Memorial photo’s

Etc.

NOTE:- 1. Much of the above information is also available at County Records Offices.

2. We do not offer a voluntary research service.

3. Watch this space for this season’s opening times.

OTHER SOURCES OF GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION

RELATING TO ALSTON MOOR

ALSTON LIBRARY, MARKET SQUARE, ALSTON

Tel. 01434 381549

Census returns on microfiche 1841 – 1901

Parish Records on microfilm for St. Augustine’s (Baptisms, Marriages & Burials) 1700 – 1812

Parish Records on microfilm for Redwing Chapel & Alston Congregational Chapel (Baptisms,

Marriages & Burials) 1763 – 1830

COUNTY RECORDS OFFICE, THE CASTLE, CARLISLE

Tel. 01228 607285. e-mail: carlisle.record.office@cumbriacc.gov.uk

International Genealogical (Mormon) Index (I.G.I.)

Census Returns

Parish Registers

Trades Directories

Deeds, Probate and Financial Records 1611-1910 DX67

Deeds 1690-1829 & others DX220 & others

Congregational Church Records 1799-1974 D/FC/C1/5

Methodist Records 1838-1978 D/FC/M/910

Quaker Preparative Meetings 1720 D/FCF/F/4

Redwing Chapel Non-conformist 1799-1976 D/FCCL5

National Index of Wills

CITY LIBRARY, CARLISLE

Tel. 01228 607315.

Alston registers 1700-1727 J.W.Robinson M707

Garrigill gravestones, 3 copies J.W.Robinson & E.Dodd M845

Marriage Bonds J.W.Robinson M1064

Redwing & Alston chapel funerals 1782-1846 J.W.Robinson M1065

Redwing & Alston Registers n.d. “ M1058

St.Augustine’s registers 4 vols “ & E.Dodd 1909 M1059

St.John’s registers 1699-1729 “ & J.Walton 1907 M707

St.John’s registers 1730-1812 “ & E.Dodd 1908 M845

NORTHUMBERLAND RECORDS OFFICE, WOODHORN, ASHINGTON

(Offices in transition January 2006) Tel. 01670 504084 (Morpeth) or 0191 2362680 (Gosforth)

Property Deeds

Church registers 1693-1960 & Accts 1831-1862 M/film 644-53

Nenthead registers 1846-1959 M/film 653-4

Parish records & registers 1597-1972 EP46

Redwing registers 1763-1830 M/film 60

Redwing Transactions 1763-1830 GM60

DURHAM UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

e-mail: http://www.dur.ac.uk/Library/asc/

Probate Records, Parish Register Transcripts, Marriage Licence Applications, Gretna Green Marriage Records (late 18thC to c.1839), Family and Estate Papers.

CUMBRIA FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

Secretary; Mrs. M. Russell, ‘Ulpha’, 32, Granada Road, Denton, Manchester, M34 2LJ

INTERNET

Births:- www.genuki.org.uk

Marriages:- http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CUL/Alston/MALS1701.html