Barningham

We have produced a number of booklets and newsletters: see below

Books

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where Lyeth Ye Bodies
A complete A-Z list of every known burial in Barningham since 1503, with a history and description of the church, transcriptions of all memorials in the graveyard, and maps. £10 + £1 p&p.

 

 

 

 

 

A Child of Hope
The childhood memories of a girl growing up on a remote Teesdale farm in mid-Victorian days, written in 1895 and first published in 2009. £5 + £1 p&p.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barningham Vestry Minutes
A transcript of the last Minutes Book, covering 1869-1894. £5 + £1 p&p.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counted: Census returns 1841-1911. Volume 1: Barningham, Scargill & Hope; Volume 2: Newsham & New Forest
A complete A-Z of the census records, £10+ £1 p&p per volume

 

 

 

 

 

Barningham Parish Meeting Minutes 1894-1931

A complete transcript of these meetings.  £5 + £1 p&p

 

 

 

 

 

 Aback to Yuvvin

A reprint of an 1849 glossary of Teesdale words, games and customs. £5 + £1 p&p.

All the above are A5 booklets with laminated cover.

The Archive

Monthly newsletter of the history group containing details of history group activities and details of members’ research. Annual subscription £10. Back issues £2 each, incl p&p.

Archive 1 (October 2009):  Features: Scargill School, Barningham charities, haymaking, war memorial. Notes: Alderson, Todd, Turner.  Letters: Robson, Hutchinson, Sellers, Binks.  Photos: church interior pre-1891, pupils 1900 and 1901, Birtwhistle 1906, Todd wedding 1913, Black Horse Inn 1916, Turner wedding 1922, Turner bus and garage 1922, haymaking 1950s.

Archive 2 (December 2009): Features: Barningham post service (Brass, Holmes, Birtwhistle, Shepherd, Atherton), Hollies postcard 1921, wells, house histories (Moor End, West End, Prospect House, West End Cottage), Alderson award 1860. Notes: Letters: Binks, Atkinson, Shepherd, Watson. Photos: village green 1900, church choir 1926, Brass/Brown wedding 1930, Coronation celebrations 1953,

Archive 3 (January 2010): Brown families, 1841 census (overview and focus on village pubs), Alderson/Coates links and will, parish bull 1878, house histories (Heath Cottages, The Nook), enclosures 1807.  Notes: Spenceley, Macdonald. Letters: James, Leonards, Atkinson, Watson. Photos: Brown family 1898, Bainbridge 1900, ladies’ cricket team 1929, Milbank wedding trip 1970, snow 1979.

Archive 4 (February 2010):  Features: John Todd (disgraced vestry clerk 1882), vestry meetings 1869-1894, great blizzard of 1900,  house histories (Heath House, Moor Lea), 1841 census trail (Pearson, Holmes, Wharton). Notes: Blumer, Jackson. Letters: Marriner, Armstrong, Hind. Photos: village green 1890/1920s, military band 1901, chapel sunday school pupils 1948.

Archive 5 (March 2010):  Features: Clockmaker Thomas Binks — both of them — and family tree, Low Lane mystery stone, Rectory hoard, parish magazines, Milbanks’ Byron bride, 1841 census trail (Wilkinsons, Heslop, Todd), house histories (Hill Top, Hillside).  Notes: Confirmation records, Jackson, Atkinson, Huchinson, Fawcett. Letters: Binks, Berry, Wilkinson, Longstaff. Photos: Village 1895, 1902, 1930; Jubilee 1977; Aldersons.

Archive 6 (April 2010):  Features: 1831 census details, Miss Cash — the first woman to venture into a parish meeting, vestry and parish meetings analyses, the 1928 Park House blaze, wartime childhood memories, 1841 census trail (The Academy, Lambs), house histories (Heather Cottage, Banks House), Neil’s Notes. Notes: The Archive Awards, Shepherd death. Letters: Coates, Thomas, Bell, cat-whipping. Photos: 1928 Park House, 1936 Turner children outside Sharon Cottage.

Archive 7 (May 2010):  Features: Ellwood Robinsons, old wills, 1609 enclosures, 1690 sale of Barningham Park to Milbanks, 1663 mill fire, 1930 Rokeby fire, Danish Hussar, 1841 census trail (Sowerby, Scrafton, Lambert, Ewbank), 1896 moor skeleton, Neil’s Notes, house histories (Woodbine, Ivy, Holly, Rose Cottages, Beornhow, Hillside update). Notes: Archaeology project. Letters: Scargill, women  in wartime. Photos: 1907 Ellwoods, Atkinsons of Hope.

Archive 8 (June 2010): Features: Hay Meadows Project, Barningham Atkinsons, 1838 Tithe Maps; 1841 census trail (Todds, Pinsents, Porter, Goundry), Teesdale Glossary, house histories (How Tallon, Shaw House, Byresbron, Brantfell, Raby View, North View). Letters: Marriners, Woodbine Cottages, Gjertsen, Aldersons, Dickens at Greta Bridge, Sowerbys. Photographs: 1904 Church Choir, Atkinson family, 1838 map.

Archive 9 (August 2010): Features: The 1862 by-election, 1841 census trail (Clarkson, Pearson, Monkhouse, Law, Bowman), house histories (East View, The Cottage, Rosebank Cottage), 1890 church renovation, the Sprent Bridge Ghost, Neil’s Notes. Letters: Binks, Porter, tithe maps, glossary, Upper Dales Family History group. Picture: Excerpt from Teesdale Mercury 1854. Photographs: Barningham green c1915, Sir Frederick Milbank, haytimers’ picnic c1950.

Archive 10 (September 2010): Features: Newsham history, 1838 Barningham occupants, census trail (update, Robinsons), house histories (The Laurels, Westoe), 1972 schoolgirl’s letter, 1888 school log. Letters: Kipling, Close, Todds. Photographs: 1950 cricket team, 1930s Newsham, Shepherd grave.

Click on the Archive Index link on the right to find an index to all items published so far.

Orders

Contact the Editor:
Jon Smith, Heath House, Barningham, Richmond, North Yorks DL11 7DU
01833 621374 — 07740 844183
history@smithj90.fsnet.co.uk