CHARITIES (fn. 1)
The Johnston Technical
School (see V.C.H. Durham, i,
p. 401). By a scheme of the
Charity Commissioners, 20 February 1903,
one-sixth of the net income of Henry Smith's
charity (see post) was made applicable in
scholarships tenable at this school. In 1911
nine scholarships of £2 2s. each, and sixteen
scholarships of £1 10s. each, were so applied.
In pursuance of a scheme, 7 May 1901, for
Lord Crewe's charity (see post) nine exhibitions
of £4 each, and six at £2 each, were awarded to
this school.
Thomas Craddock's charity for Elementary
Schools (see V.C.H. Durham, i, p. 403).
In 1848 James Barry, by will proved at Durham, bequeathed £1,000 consols, now represented by £241 16s. 8d. 4 per cent. Funding
Stock, £158 9s. 5d. 5 per cent. War Stock,
£100 5 per cent. National War Bonds, £829
London Midland and Scottish Railway 4 per
cent. Guaranteed Stock, with the official
trustees. The charity is regulated by a scheme
of the Charity Commissioners, 7 February
1893, whereby the annual dividends, amounting
to £55 15s. 2d., are applicable in the maintenance of one or more scholarships, tenable for
one year, in the University of Durham, by
Divinity Students or Licentiates in Theology.
In 1598 Henry Smith by his will devised
certain coal mines and bequeathed his residuary
personal estate to the City of Durham for the
setting out of youth to work, and for the relief
of those past work. The endowments consisted
of part of a carpet factory in the parish of
St. Nicholas, the Town Hall and buildings, a
farm known as Widehope Farm, a farm known
as Hagar Leazes Farm, including a wayleave
thereon, an allotment near West Auckland, a
residence known as Glake Hall, producing an
income of £400 a year, a ground rent of £ 14
on 14 houses in Gilesgate, belonging to Kirby
and Messenger's Charities, mentioned in the
parliamentary returns of 1786, and £2,835 7s.
consols. The Town Hall, Hagar Leazes Farm,
Glake Hall and seven of the houses in Gilesgate were sold in 1925 and the proceeds invested in £482 London and North Eastern Railway 4 per cent. First Preference Stock and £482
Second Guaranteed Stock of the same railway,
£5,810 9s. 10d. 3½ per cent. Conversion Stock,
£1,592 11s. 7d. 5 per cent. War Stock, producing
£392 8s. 10d. The official trustees also hold stocks
for the purpose of recoupment as the houses in
Gilesgate were sold below their proper value.
The charity is regulated by a scheme of
the Charity Commissioners, 20 February 1903,
whereby one-sixth of the net income is made
applicable in scholarships tenable at the Johnston
Technical School (see Educational Charities,
ante), and the residue of the income in pensions.
Bishop Cosin's Almshouses, regulated by a
scheme of the Charity Commissioners of 24 February 1914, were founded and endowed by Bishop
Cosin, as mentioned in his charter bearing date
31 August 1668. In pursuance of an Order
in Council, 19 July 1837, the present almshouses were erected by the University of
Durham, on a site in Queen Street, in lieu
of the old almshouses situate on the east
side of the Palace Green. Bishop Cosin endowed the almshouses with a yearly payment of
£70, issuing out of lands at Chilton, County
Durham (see V.C.H. Durham, i, p. 381). The
yearly sum of £16 is also received from the
Trustees of Lord Crewe's charity, in pursuance
of the will, dated 1720, of Nathaniel, Lord Crewe,
Bishop of Durham, and the yearly sum of £24
from the trustees of Bishop Barrington's
Charity, who, by deed 22 February 1822,
directed that £3 yearly should be paid to each
of the inmates. The official trustees hold £250
5 per cent. War Stock, producing £12 10s.
yearly. The almshouses are occupied by four
men and four women, who are appointed
by the Bishop, six from Durham and two from
Brancepeth. Each inmate also receives a yearly
bounty of £1 12s. 6d. and £2 0s. 10d. each
quarter. The sum of £6 is expended yearly
on coal, the nurse receives 2s. 6d. weekly and
£1 13s. 1d. quarterly, and 13s. 4d. is paid yearly
to the receiver for 'glove money.'
Bishop Cosin's Library, founded by charter
20 September 1669, is regulated by a scheme of
the Charity Commissioners of 2 December 1913.
The property consists of the perpetual right of
access to the library hall, Palace Green, for the
purpose of safe custody of the books and other
effects belonging to the library. It is endowed
with an annuity of £20, payable out of the revenues of the see of Durham, and a sum of
£229 6s. 8d. 2½ per cent. consols, with the official
receivers, producing £5 14s. 8d. yearly.
In 1720 Lord Crewe, Bishop of Durham, by
will directed that £100 a year should be applied
for putting out apprentices in the city and
suburbs. The annuity, together with the dividends on £870 11s. 4½d. War Stock, and on
£1,118 London and North Eastern Railway 3 per
cent. debenture stock, are applied in pursuance
of a scheme of the Charity Commissioners,
7 May 1901, in apprenticeship premiums, in
clothing, in binding apprentices and in exhibitions at the Johnston Technical School (see
under Educational Charities).
In 1724 William Hartwell, D.D., by his will
devised his landed estate at Fishburn, now
known as the Elderberry Farm, containing
222 acres, for certain charitable purposes. The
farm is let at £160 a year. In 1926 the official
receivers held £246 Bombay, Baroda and Central
India Railway 3½ per cent. debenture stock;
£724 18s. 3d. 4 per cent. Funding Stock, and
£2,966 13s. 2d. 5 per cent. War Stock, producing
altogether £185 18s. 10d. In 1926 the net
income was applied as follows:—£30 between
two poor tradesmen commencing business;
£20 in scholarships; two annuities of £10 each
to two women, and £20 to Discharged Prisoners'
Aid Society; £8 for the Hartwell Lectureship
Charity for Stanhope (see V.C.H. Durham, i,
p. 411).
Unknown Donor's Charity, known locally as
'The Mayor's Shilling Charity,' is endowed
with £418 17s. 9d. consols, arising from the
redemption, in 1884, of an annual payment of
£14 11s. 4d. received from the Land Revenue
Office, the origin of which was unknown. The
annual dividends, now amounting to £10 9s. 4d.,
are divided by the Mayor among the ministers
of all denominations for distribution among the
poor, in sums of 1s. to each recipient.
In or about the year 1681 John Kirby, by his
will, bequeathed £30 to the Merchants' Company of Durham towards the relief of decayed
members of the company and their widows. A
sum of 30s. a year is paid to a widow of a deceased
member of the company in respect of this
charity.
The Prison Charities:—The income of the
following charities is paid to the treasurer of
the Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society—namely,
John Frankelyn's Charity, will 1572, being an
annual payment of £2 12s. made by the Corporation of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
William Wall's Charity, will 1679, an annuity
of 15s. issuing out of lands and tenements in
Bondgate and Escombe, which was redeemed in
1924 by transfer of £30 2½ per cent. consols to
the official trustees.
Bishop Wood's Charity, founded in 1690, by
will of Thomas Wood, Bishop of Lichfield and
Coventry, proved in the P.C.C., endowed with
an annuity of £20 issuing out of lands in
Egglescliff, and £810 2s. 8d. 5 per cent. War
Stock in the names of the official trustees and
£165 1s. 10d. 5 per cent. War Stock in the names
of Capt. N. W. Apperley and two others, producing together £48 15s. 2d. yearly. The official
trustees also hold £51 17s. 1d. 2½ per cent.
consols, representing accumulations of income
of John Frankelyn's charity.
Dr. Hartwell's Charity (see ante), being a
yearly payment of £20.
The present County Hospital or Infirmary,
originally founded by public subscription in
1792, is comprised in an indenture, 22 May
1848, and was opened in 1853. Convalescent
wards were added in 1867 as a memorial to the
late Dean Waddington, who was a large benefactor to the institution. Additional wards and
an operating theatre were subsequently erected
from funds contributed by John Eden. The
institution is supported mainly by voluntary
subscriptions and donations.
The official trustees, however, hold in trust
for the hospital a sum of £350 8s. 9d. 5 per cent.
War Stock, derived under the will of Henry
Ferdinand William Bolckow, proved at York
27 July 1878, and a sum of £360 15s. 11d. 5 per
cent. War Stock bequeathed by the will of Richard
Welch Hollon, proved at York 18 September
1890, producing together £35 11s. 4d. yearly.
The official receivers also hold £1,999 London
and North Eastern Railway 3 per cent. debenture stock; £400 4 per cent. First Guaranteed
Stock; £3,094 4 per cent. Second Guaranteed
Stock; and £3,094 4 per cent. First Preference
Stock in the same railway; £3,751 London
Midland and Scottish Railway 4 per cent.
Preference Stock; £1,100 Great Western Railway
5 per cent. Consolidated Preference Stock;
£16,778 12s. 7d. 5 per cent. War Stock and
£1,481 9s. 8d. of the same stock. The total
receipts for 1925 were £9,881 5s. 9d.
The Durham County Penitentiary, comprised
in an indenture dated 20 September 1851, is
supported entirely by voluntary contributions.
In 1840 Mrs. Ann Lampson, by her will
proved with a codicil in the P.C.C. 23 January,
bequeathed £250, the interest to be applied
annually for the ministers of the chapels of
Claypath and Framwellgate, in moieties. The
same testatrix likewise gave £250 for the use of
the said chapel. These legacies are now
represented by £500 consols in the names of
the trustees; the annual dividends, amounting
to £12 10s., are now applied towards the salary
of the minister of Claypath Chapel, with which
the Framwellgate Chapel was amalgamated on
the sale of the latter in 1842. The several sums
of stock above mentioned are, except where
otherwise stated, held by the official trustees.
The Lying Charity, founded in or about 1806,
is regulated by a scheme of the Charity Commissioners dated 26 March 1915. The charity was
wound up owing to the Insurance Act and restarted by scheme. The endowment consists of
£275 2½ per cent. consols, with the official
receivers, producing £6 17s. 4d. yearly. The
trustees are the committee of the Durham City
Charity Organisation Society, and the income is
applicable in giving help at the time of confinement to poor women.
The Mayoress of Durham Fund, founded by
declaration of trust 21 December 1918, consists
of a sum of £100 5 per cent. National War Bonds,
1928, with the official trustees. The income is
distributed among the poor of the city by the
mayoress.
The parish of ST. NICHOLAS is possessed
of endowments known as Church Estates—
namely, 3 acres at Witton Gilbert, derived
under an Inclosure Award 12 May 1809, 1a.
2 r. known as Whitesmocks and two tenement
houses in Durham, producing together in 1926
£35 10s. 10d. The official trustees also hold
a sum of £1,630 4s. 7d. consols, arising from the
sale in 1901 of four houses in Claypath, and from
sales of other lands, £201 India 3 per cent. stock
and £971 2s. 10d. India 3½ per cent. stock. The
income, amounting to £80 15s. yearly, is applied
for general church purposes. The charity is
regulated by a scheme of the Charity Commissioners dated 9 May 1902.
In 1572 John Frankelyn, by his will, gave
7s. 4d. yearly, to be paid by the Corporation of
Newcastle for the benefit of the poor of this
parish.
In 1617 Robert Surtees, by his will, gave out
of his house in the market place 6s. 8d. yearly
to the poor, which is received from the National
Provincial Bank, the present owners of the
premises charged.
In 1675 Francis Callaghan charged his property in the market place with the following
annuities:—20s. for distribution to the poor;
£1 to the vicar; £4 to the lecturer or preaching
minister, for a sermon on the anniversary of
testator's burial, and 5s. to the bellringers for
ringing the bells on that day. The yearly sum
of £6 5s. is now received out of premises in Sadler
Street, Durham, and duly applied.
In 1702 Thomas Cooper, by his will, gave an
annuity of £5 4s. to be distributed in bread, 2s.
every Sunday, among the poor attending divine
service. The annuity is paid out of lands at
Fishburn and distributed in bread.
The parish of ST. MARY-LE-BOW is
possessed of two houses and a garden, situate
in Sadler Street, Durham, and an allotment of
1a. 2r. in Witton Lane, Sniperley, the income
of which, amounting to £73 yearly, is applied
in the insurance and repair of the fabric of the
parish church.
In 1703 John Spearman, by his will, devised
3 a. situate at East or North Bow, Sheraton, to
the rector and his successors for ever, upon
trust that the rector should perform divine
service and administer the Sacrament to prisoners
in Durham Gaol, which then stood upon a site
adjoining the parish. The rector receives the
rents of the land so devised, a salaried chaplain
being attached to the gaol.
The Church Estate in the parish of ST.
MARY THE LESS originally consisted of
ancient burgage tenements, held from time
immemorial. The endowments now consist of
allotments in Framwellgate Moor, containing
3a. o r. 31 p., producing £34 a year; £564 London
and North Eastern Railway 3 per cent. debenture
stock, and £60 consols, with the official trustees,
arising respectively from a sale in 1911 of a
house in South Bailey, and of a stable in 1884,
producing in yearly dividends £18 8s. 6d. The
net income is applied in aid of general church
expenses.