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• weanesday, Mar 12 THE TEESDALE MERCURY. Wednesday, March 18th, 1931 ONSER V ATWE Winston.-F. S. Ileadon, T. Smith, G. H. DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTIONS. Miller; J . W. Richardson, G. W. Smith, E Watson, -F. Richardson. YOUR EYES BARNARD CAS \\oodlan1.-J. R. Blackett, II. Crawford, J. DESERVE THE BEST ! LAND CONTESTS IN SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS. !toper, J. Tarn, T. Wallace, J. W. Waller, II. T. Waller. It ie easy enough to buy glasses-in fact, all too easy ca,,,,,,,,H Newbiggin.-W. R. Coatsworth, R. -Goggins, to get unsuitable ones. No sensible person would ,:),,tliaativetivcei:seicari.enaeneogrsd wintry Nominations for election to Urban and willingly risk his eyesight. teatduPieelraadeildasdt.nmee collinson, W. Gibson, W. Nixon, J. G. eredelhed.terhoTeaia Rural District Councils were received on Robinson, J. \V. •earmouth. ndt‘sh te Thursday, and it will he seen from the Decide to have the best by consulting t Marwood.-Elected: S. Allison, \V. Anton, CHjaoosanurtIllenseLaDiv list of persons nominated below that there .1. Chilton, A. Robinson, R. J. Stubbs, •\V. F.S.M.C., F.B.O.A., (Hons.), are many contests. Stuildart. \V. T. Wilson. Not elected : J. J. A. WEBSTER, H. Porter. OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN, Barnard Castle Urban Council. Cocktield.The following were nominated The ordinary number of vacancies on the for Cockfield Parish Council at the meet- 145, NORTHGATE, DARLINGTON, f03=dzat!.. men's Barnard Castle Urban Council was in- ing on Tuesday: J.. Cowley, T. W. Dent, G. W. Dickenson, Theophilus Dixon, A. d Pease, Seta creased by one through the resignatiOn of also at 35, Market Place, BARNARD CASTLE clau Gargett, W. Gray, 1'. Hall, S. Heslop, G. (2 Doors below Boots, Chemists), Every Wednesday at 10-30 a.m. to 4-15 p.m. p:dBbeyll,LseorderBetaar Mr A. H. Taylor after one year of service. Linsley, E.. Marshall, \V. Morrell, T. SPECTACLES AND REPAIRS AT MODERATE CHARGES. There will therefore be five members to be Nodding, F. Nodding, A. Sams, T. Stevens, in the course of elected, but the fifth will hold his seat for 1'. Slither, J. Wallace, L. Wetherell. There - are eighteen nominations for nine seats. two years only. Mr J. Ingram DaWson, ::1: Clerk to the Council and returning officer, 1803. February 28th.. William Soulby E;liooleeartrlituele:drh' rei tnWoflea:sowrt1ba es 1 lrobe lamnints' elch tlmedhs jnoe: received the following nominations : W. YESTERDAY'S WITHDRAWALS. SOME CURIOUS OLD PAROCHIAL February 28th), Whorlton, mason, x‘ Id_ high tribute to th Ascough, T. K. Bell, E. W. Boxall, A. Apart from the ['Hiatt •District of Barnard ower, aged 54. Killed by the fall of thi omen' s Douglass, J. C. Heslop, E. R. Hanby Holmes, REGISTERS. he that Castle there was a surprising lack of with- gable end of a house at.Barningh ol i • T. H. Hunter, G. L. Jones, T. M. Metcalfe, drawals of candidates yesterday.' where he was working. (N.B.-He we T ; atmosidt s • F. J. Nevison, •. Peacock, V. Walton, C. F. - At Barnard Castle Messrs Bell, Douglass, [BY THE REV. A. W. M. CLOSE.] an inoffensive, honest man.) 3;isillatedactobinnoereecdtthiotehr:Tr Woodhams. Jones, Metcalfe, Peacock, and Woodhams 1811. September 12th. Mary Richardso withdrew, leaving seven candidates for the In an article published in the Teesdale s attended 250 'main Barnard Castle Rural. (died September 11th), Whorlton, widow live seats. Mercity last January, entitled "The Toll with of William Richardson, labourer, aged; Mr T. W. Bainbridge, Clerk and return- In the Barnard Castle Rural District the of the Tees," the writer remarked on the % hanked very cor e nd She was born at Spital House, Bowes, a t ing officer, received the following nomina- only withdrawal was that of Mr Auton at difference between the entries in the •endeLraerd assistance. was, as I have heard her say, the natural tions on Thursday : Mat wood, where 'there are still three candi- ancie t and modern parish registers; how daughter of a Joseph Curtis, a tradesmas Lord Barnard Cleatlam-(1) Harry Dent, •Thoirms G. dates for the two seats. that iany more details are often given in s in Kendal. Her mother's name, if she told rd, wBahlillchaThdemsao. Robinson. In the Start forth Rural District the the fi •ner than the latter. Such details at relp,00rt me, I have forgot, but was married to 1, Cockfield (6)-F. W. Buttle, •G. W. Dickin- only withdrawal was that of Mr Pickers- times prove of great service in tracing person afterwards and dwelt at Caldwell. atisfactory. Altho son, Theophilus Dixon, Alfred Gargett, gill at Bowes, where there are still five events that have happened parochially, or • Thomas Hall, •Simpson Heslop, Watson candidates for the three seats. -Whorlton Registers. .-cogneirireastiovfelyactivin u t in compiling local history. The different Morrell, Frederick Nodding, Thomas It will be noticed that in most of these Nodding, Thomas Robson, •Alfred Sams, Thirteen Contests. entries of drowning cases were given to entries facts are given, which had the alive, and there w. • Joseph B. Simpson, •Thomas Sunter. in the Rural Districts there will be prove the point. nisattoio deaths occurred subsequent to 1813, when the tliaast‘N theessoerngtiaal Eggleston (3)-•Robert Neesham, •Joseph contests as follows : Appended are a few others collected from present style of Register Books came into Parmley, Ernest Thompson, •John Wesley Startforth Rural-Bowes, Cotherstone, _going,.however sm Dalkire different sources, which make interesting use, would have been Holwick, Mickleton. unrecorded and less the circumsta reading. Hundreds of such abound in passed into oblivion. Forest and Frith (3)-•C. W. L. Robson, Barnard Castle Rural-Cleatlam, Cockfield, eferred with satisf • Thomas Teward, •John Watson. local registers, which could, only be Eggleston, Middleton, Staindrop, Marwood, A. W. M. CLOSE. ilgent, Mr H. P. B Gainford (3)-•E. C. Adamson, •F. W. brought to light by a careful search through Woodland. remained for the r. Beadon, •J. R. Deacon. theSe books, a task which would not be Stanhope Road, Darlington. Parish Councils-Cockfield, Staindrop. do their duty i difficult to undertake. Some of these entries t o Hilton (1)-•John Townson. (To be continued.) o achieve success Langton (1)-•Isaac C. Bainbridge. are very short, others give a fuller account was afraid there w Marwood (2)-S. Allison, •William Anton, PRIORY YARD DEMOLITION. of thre whose burials they record, the real Conservatives COTHERSTONE WESLEY GUILD. • • William Sowerby, W. Stoddart. differ ce being accounted for by the !link that they ne Middleton-in-Teesdale (5)-G. W. Cameron, INTERESTING DISCOVERIES. tempe anent of the parish clerg,..men of nor do anything i • T. Collinson, J. W. Dent, Alexander the t who made such entries. The '1'1le Cotherstone Wesley Guild was a fort There were some, McDonald, •Joseph Morton, . John W. Bapti al and Marriage Registers usually night ago addressed by the Rev. C. F. Robinson, R. J. Smith, •James Watson. Interesting discoveries have been made Brend on the very interesting subject, "Dr. hought they need contain fewer outside details, and are con- they expect to win t Newbiggin (2)-•William Gibson, •William during the demolition of a portion of a Jekyl and Mr Hyde." In this address the Nixon. house in Priory Yard, Barnard Castle, sequently of less interest to the reader than reverend gentleman very vividly portrayed -people among then our animal instincts and asked the young st Party was al Raby and Keverstone (1)-•H.• L. Fife. which since its condemnation about a year those which record burials. Here are people especially to take Jesus Christ ta, ickly populated a ago as unfit for human habitation has copies of some old entries : Staindrop (4)-•John J. S. Clark, •F. R. conquer these instincts. Mr Kipling was ivies were general Jackson, •G. Lowson, J. A. Preston, T. W. remained derelict. Mr G. W. Addison, who 1762. A saylor. the chairman and the music was supplied 0.atttehreemd districts,, s w Richardson, •Joseph Thompson. has the demolition in hand, is removing 1771. A superannuated soldier. by the male voice trio. r take• p Streatlam and Stainton (1)-•R. S. Calvert. Last Wednesday evening Mr J. H. the first floor, the intention being to retain 1771. A travelling person. Armory lectured on " A visit to Norway.' r vote at elections. Wackerfield (1)-Jonathan Burrell. for the present the ground floor with its -Cockfield Registers Mr Armory said that this was his firs conservative polic Whorlton (1)-•George A. Alcock. old ecclesiastical windows looking into the 1798. June 2nd. John Dent, killed in single attempt to speak or lecture at a religious duty to put them meeting. He held his audience spell-bound Winston (1)-•J. H. Miller, •G. W. Smith. yard. One cannot but be struck by the combat. Holwick. whilst he painted the lovely picture of h lenience rather t Woodland (3)-John R. Blackett, •John sound condition of the roof beams, which 1801. uly 19th. Joseph Tinkler, aged 44, short tour. Mr Brotherton, Bishop Auck- grouse and let the Hall. •J. Tarn, •Robert T. Waller. are of oak' and as sound as they were when supp sed to have murdered William land, in whose car Mr Armory came, "if we believe, as There were no nominations for the the Priory was erected in the Twelfth Robi son, Holwick. supplied the music by Greig, the Norwegian 16t.-rvative policy is Century. They are held together by seven- [Not -William Robinson of Hungary, composer, on his gramophone. Mr Ling. icuiiiii.In out of its parishes of Headlam, Ingleton, Langleydale ford occupied the chair. and Shotton, Morton Tinmouth, and West- inch nails which were no doubt made by near olwick Fell, Upper Teesdale, was duty to work for th concluded Lord B.