Since 1935, the Teesdale Record Society has published research on the people, places, and history of Teesdale. Each volume brings together articles from local historians and scholars.
Cost for Journals up to Vol 22 (2014) (GBP) £6.75, plus postage & packing.
Cost for Journal Vol 24 (2023) (GBP) £10, plus postage & packing.
To order a Journal, please email us at [email protected]
Featured Journal
Volume 24 (2023)
- Richard III – the Northern Connection
- Community & Commemoration; War memorials in Teesdale and the North East
- 1871 and the Bowes Museum project
- The Cheesemongers of Teesdale
- Lead Mining in Teesdale – a New History
- Bentley Beetham; Teesdale to Everest and into legend
Earlier volumes are listed below. Click on a title to view its contents.
Series 3: 1993-2014
Volume 22 (2014)
- Editorial
- The Blue Plaque Trail
- The Walton Family of Bowes
- Rev W. L. Prattman: A Victorian Tragedy
- Archaeological Investigation at Wycliffe
- Look and Learn
- The Society’s activities during the year 2014
Volume 21 (2013)
- Editorial
- Greyscar Farm: History of a Farmstead
- The Academic and the Adventurer: Brothers William and Thomas Smith
- The Society’s Activities for 2012
- The Society’s Activities for 2013
- A Brief Guide for Contributors of Article
Volume 20 (2012)
- Editorial
- The Society’s Activities 2011-2012
- Bound by Loyalty?: The Balliol Family under the Norman and Angevin Kings
- The Diary of William Watson Junior
- Four Centuries of Plant Hunting in Upper Teesdale
- Lost and Found: An Auctioneer’s Catalogue
- A Brief Guide for Contributors of Articles.
Volume 19 (2011)
- Editorial
- The Society’s Activities 2010-2011
- History of Newspapers in the North East
- The Earliest Botanists in Teesdale
- The Bowes Museum Libary and Archives
Volume 18 (2010)
- Editorial
- Mrs M. A. Hamilton 1915-2009
- The Society’s Activities 2009-2010
- Holy Trinty Church, Startforth
- Cecily Neville, ‘The Rose of Raby’
- The Renovation of the Cotherstone Village Pump
- Wodencroft Lodge Academy
- Saltholme Nature Reserve
Volume 17 (2009)
- Editorial
- Teesdale Record Society and its Origins
- The Society’s Activities
- The Church of The Holy Trinity, Eggleston
- Lost and Found
- The Trees of Cotherstone
- Industrial Minerals of Teesdale
Volume 16 (2008)
- Editorial
- The Society’s Activities
- A Common Bird Census in Cotherstone
- Tees Cottage Pumping Station
- St. Mary’s Church Rokeby
- Early Grave Slab – Barnard Castle
Volume 15 (2007)
- Editorial
- The Society’s Activities
- St. Mary’s Church, Rokeby
- Rev. Thomas Farrer
- Thomas Binks
- The Society’s Documents in Durham County Record Office
- Lost and Found
Volume 14 (2006)
- Editorial
- The Society’s Activities in 2005
- St. Cuthbert’s Church, Cotherstone
- Romaldkirk, from Township to Civil Parish
- Robin Hood, Past and Present
- Survey of Three Meadow Plants in Teesdale
- Lost and Found
Volume 13 (2005)
- Editorial
- The Society’s Activities in 2004
- William Oliver, Surgeon, Apothecary and Botanist of Middleton in Teesdale
- Cotherstone 1901
- Lost and Found
- The Society’s Documents in Durham County Record Office (Part 4)
Volume 12 (2004)
- Editorial
- The Society’s Activities in 2003
- Who was Who in Teesdale (continued)
- The Fitzhugh Family in Teesdale
- John Bowes and Two Contemporary Novels
- Dennis Coggins, MA, FSA, FSA (Scot)
- The Society’s Documents in Durham County Record Office (Part 3)
- Lost and Found
- In Memoriam: Mr Alan Waites
Volume 11 (2003)
- Editorial
- Obituary – Mr John Pickard
- The Society’s Activities in 2002
- The Society’s Web Site
- Who was Who in Teesdale (continued)
- Charcoal-making Pits in Teesdale
- Building The Castle of Barnard
- Ralph Johnson of Brignall
- The Society’s Documents in Durham County Record Office (Part 2)
- An Unholy Row
- A Nineteenth Century Letter to the London Lead Company
- Lost and Found
Volume 10 (2002)
- Editorial
- Who was Who in Teesdale (continued)
- Freemasonary in Barnard Castle
- The Barnard Castle Sexton’s Register 1816-1848 Indexed for the Society in 1938
- Newbiggin and Holwick in the Mid-nineteenth Century
- The Newbiggin reading Room and Library
Volume 9 (2001)
- Editorial
- The Society’s Activities in 2000
- Who Was Who in Teesdale (continued)
- A Survey of Three Meadow Plants in Teesdale
- Definitely not in Decline – Five very Successful Birds of Teesdale
- Weather Observations in Newbiggin 1913-1979
- Nineteenth Century Management Reporting in the London Lead Company
- A Catalogue of the Society’s Documents housed in the Durham County Record Office (Part 1)
- Genealogy; A Last Will and Testament of Christopher Lonsdale, 1747
Volume 8 (2000)
- Editorial
- The Society’s Activities in 1999
- Who Was Who in Teesdale
- Michael Aislabie Denham – A Biography
- Teesdale Botany and Botanists
- The Fitzhugh Family in Teesdale – The First Three Centuries
- Cotherstone 1851-1891 – A Study of the Census Returns
- The Teesdale Record Society – A Brief History
Volume 7 (1999)
- Editorial
- The Society’s Activities in 1998
- M. A. Denham and the Bowes Parochial Library
- Egglestone Highway Surveyor’s Reports
- The Streets of Barnard Castle in the Eighteenth Century
- The Diary of William Raine in the USA 1883-4
- A Yeoman Puzzle
- Helmer Families in Romaldkirk
- Whistlejacket
- In Search of the Howgill Stone
Volume 6 (1998)
- Editorial
- Society Activities during 1997
- The Balliols in Teesdale – Pt II
- Recent Archaeological Investigations in the Eggleston Area
- Working Boys in Barnard Castle – The 1857 Census
- The Old Lodge, Raby – An Unpublished Account
- Letters from a Teesdale Emigrant in Kentucky
- The First Winch Bridge
- Weights and Measures in the 18th Century
- Newcastle Races in 1766
Volume 5 (1997)
- Editorial
- Society Activities during 1996
- Strikes Without a Union – Labour Relations in the Teesdale Lead Mines 1872-92
- The Rev. George Dugard and the Cholera Outbreak in Barnard Castle, 1849
- Acts of Parliament Local to Teesdale
- Regulations for the Management of the Romaldkirk Almhouses
- The Governor and Company’s Teesdale Workmens’ Corn Association 1842 – The First Cooperative Society?
- A Letter to an Emigrant, 1886
Volume 4 (1996)
- Editorial
- Society Activities during 1995
- The Baliols in Teesdale 1094-1296
- History of Woolhouse Farm
- The Carpet Industry in Barnard Castle as Revealed in the Census Returns 1841-1891
- William Hutchinson’s Journey to Scotland
- Road Improvements in Teesdale, Circa 1820
- Confederate Naval Activities in the North East – The Case of the ‘Southerner’ 1863
Volume 3 (1995)
- Editorial
- Society Activities during 1994
- Stainton Schools
- Applications for the Position of Washerboy with the London Lead Company in Teesdale 1862-1866
- A Hodgson Family – Yeoman Farmers of Teesdale
- Field Drains in Teesdale
- The Rievaulx Abbey Rights in Teesdale
- Cotherstone Village Hall – Some Further Notes
Volume 2 (1994)
- Editorial
- Society Activities in 1990-1993
- Photographs in Local History
- The Title and Right to Barnard Castle in the Later Middle Ages
- Doe Park Mill, Cotherstone
- The Temperance Hall, Cotherstone
- Teesdale Cave
Out of Print
Volume 1 (1993)
- Editorial
- The Teesdale Record Society and its Publications
- Index to Bowes Monumental Inscriptions
- Mickleton in the Fifteenth Century
- A Walk Round Cotherstone
- Benjamin Hepworth (1833-1900) – Building Contractor of Barnard Castle
- Bridges of Teesdale: Part 1 – Some Minor Bridges
Out of Print
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