Documents of the Newby family
Reference code
MSS/0775
Title
Documents of the Newby family
Date
1795 - c 1935
Level of description
File
Extent and format
Four documents + 3 ff.
Folio and quarto.
Folio and quarto.
Scope and content
Papers of the Newby family, plumbers, of Durham:-
(a) Apprenticeship indenture for George Newby, son of Christopher Newby, of Westwick, Durham, to be instructed as a plumber by Robert Ford of Barnard Castle; 9 June 1795;-
(b) Three certificates of admission, as freemen of the Society of Plumbers (and Glaziers), of Christopher Newby, George Dixon Newby, and Christopher Dixon Newby; 15 Nov. 1838, 6 May 1861 and 6 May 1895.
Together with an account, c. 1935, by Christopher Dixon Newby of the Glazier's Charter of the City of Durham (from a copy in the record book of the Plumbers Company), the loss of the original charter, state of Durham records, etc., and part of a note from the same (typewritten copies).
(a) Apprenticeship indenture for George Newby, son of Christopher Newby, of Westwick, Durham, to be instructed as a plumber by Robert Ford of Barnard Castle; 9 June 1795;-
(b) Three certificates of admission, as freemen of the Society of Plumbers (and Glaziers), of Christopher Newby, George Dixon Newby, and Christopher Dixon Newby; 15 Nov. 1838, 6 May 1861 and 6 May 1895.
Together with an account, c. 1935, by Christopher Dixon Newby of the Glazier's Charter of the City of Durham (from a copy in the record book of the Plumbers Company), the loss of the original charter, state of Durham records, etc., and part of a note from the same (typewritten copies).
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/775
Related units of description
A typescript, 'Place Names of Durham', by C. D. Newby is held by the Society of Antiquaries library (https://library.sal.org.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=68707).