Many of the items in the Society's archive are organised into Collections.
A Collection is usually a group
of items from the same source or donated by an individual.
There are 43 Collections - Click on the 'Collection Ref' to show more detail
Collection Ref.: | Title: | Description: | Extent: |
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AMHS/ | AMHS General | An open-ended collection for items that aren't part of any other collection. | 318 items |
AMHS/COM/ | AMHS Committee | Committee Administrative Documents | 22 items |
AMHS/DOC/ | AMHS internal documents | Policies & other management documents for the Society | 17 items |
AMHS/OS/ | AMHS Old Series | Items added to the AMHS archive and catalogued in the spreadsheets that pre-dated this on-line catalogue. Basic entries for these items exist in this catalogue, and they should be added to this collection as and when they are reviewed or updated. | 47 items |
AMNL/ | Newsletter Group Collection | Newsletters and other papers held by the volunteer Alston Moor Newsletter Group. The group publishes a quarterly newsletter. | 127 items |
AMP/ | Alston Moor Partnership | Documents from Alston Moor Partnership | 11 items |
ANC/ | Andy & Nancy Collier Collection | Photos & documents relating to the Collier & Thompson families. Wellgill, Strellas, Moorlands & Cob End- Nenthead. | 39 items |
AR/ | Anne Roberts of Kirkoswald | Family photos, Fire at Wrights garage, Garrigill, Frizington, Swindle family, horses, King's Head, Nenthead, Amos Treloar, Brewery shaft, Police in WWII | 63 items |
C/ | Press Cuttings | Press cuttings. Mainly from Cumberland & Westmorland Herald (CWH) and other local newspapers. This is a live collection and is still being added to. | 421 items |
DMc/ | David McAnelly Research Papers | A collection of .PDFs of deeply studied and immaculately researched papers, and also transcripts of original documents, Topics range from disputes between London Lead Company Agents ca 1800 through mortality, disease and population studies to waterway leases in Nenthead and the air supplies to le ... | 34 items |
DPH/ | Dick Phillips donations | Items donated to AMHS by Dick Phillips of Nenthead. Includes a large collection of books and some photographs | 61 items |
EPH/ | Ephemera | A miscellaneous collection of printed items - leaflets, posters guides etc Only includes free items, perhaps handed out or delivered door-to-door Only items that are connected with or specific to Alston Moor. Items with a wide distribution, but without any local connection aren't included. | 50 items |
GHA/ | Greg's Hut Association | Four boxes of files - 1968 - 2024, plus one box containing 27 'Bothy Log Books' from Greg's Hut. The Association was founded in memory of John Gregory, who was killed in a climbing accident in the Alps in 1968. A group of his Climbing Club friends adopted the building, an old lead- ... | 28 items |
GLA/ | David Gladstone postcards | 29 postcards and one half plate photograph, all of Alston Moor except one postcard of Allendale Town. 18 of the postcards were written and posted, dating from 1904 to 1957. Given to the Society in 2008 by David Gladstone | 30 items |
GRE/ | Grace Renwick | MiscellaneousItems donated by Grace Renwick | 255 items |
HCOU/ | HW Cousins | HW Cousins was formerly headmaster of Samuel Kings School Alston | 7 items |
IGR/ | Ian Grey photographs | Colour & b/w photos of the construction of the new factory behind High Mill. Also general views of Alston and some older photos | 24 items |
INBM/ | Independent News - Bryan Metz | Collection of Newsletters produced between 1987 and 1991 by Bryan Metz, Independent Councillor for Alston Moor on Eden District Council | 43 items |
JDA/ | Jimmy and Audrey Davison | Items of local interest collected by Jimmy and Audrey Davison and donated to AMHS by their children. | 126 items |
JHE/ | John Helliwell mining research | Large collection of books, maps and research notes, the result of many years work by John Helliwell, mostly photocopies of documents from other archives. Sept 2023 - Most of this collection has been donated to Nenthead Mines Conservation Society. | 4 items |
JRU/ | Joseph Rutherford photos & documents | Old images, largely of Nenthead. Includes photos of Nenthead ore-washing plant. Also a number of modern prints of old photos produced for the 'Nenthead Pictures & Stories' exhibition in 1999 | 36 items |
JRY/ | Jean Ryding family | Family and school photos & press cuttings collected by Jean Ryding of Garrigill | 10 items |
JWA/ | Joan Walton | A collection of family papers and photographs, originally in three suitcases from the home of Joan Walton | 132 items |
MIL/ | Wallace Millican | A random collection of memorabilia from the late Wallace Millican- teacher, soldier. Includes correspondence about his mother's performance of local accent on the BBC in 1936. | 25 items |
MOF/ | Peter Moffat family photographs | 52 family photographs and a hand-written family tree. Many photos have hand-written names on the back. Family name include - Moffat, Herdman, Vipond, Armstrong, Robinson, Bales. Places include - Ivy House, Moor House, Garrigill, Nenthead, Stanhope, Whitley Bay. | 56 items |
MST/ | Margaret Strong | Collection of items relating to farming and agriculture. Margaret Strong (nee Watson) | 10 items |
NL/ | Alston Moor Newsletter | Copies of the Alston Moor Newsletter starting from 1991 Usually printed quarterly and sold locally | 32 items |
NMRS/ | Northern Mines Research Society | Newsletters and other publications from the Northern Mines Research Society (NMRS) Only items which include articles of local relevance to Alston Moor are included in the AMHS archive. See also the NMRS website at 'www.nmrs.org.uk' | 1 items |
NPTP/ | North Pennines Tourism Partnership | Documents produced by North Pennines Partnership | 12 items |
NSC/ | Noel Shaw Collection - Industry | Papers etc relating to Precision Products (Cumberland) Ltd and the Shaw Process. | 4 items |
NSC/A/ | Noel Shaw Collection - Archaeology | Photographs, documents, oral recordings etc relating to Noel Shaw's archaeoiogical excavations. | 1 items |
PCA/ | Peter Carling donation | 1 items | |
PH/ | AMHS Photographs & Postcards | Photographs and postcards collected by or donated to the Society This collection is still being added to | 843 items |
PP/01/ | Precision Products - Royal Visit | A collection of photographs documenting a visit by Prince Charles to Precision Products (Top Factory) in ???? Donated to AMHS by Andrew Dodd and Michael Liverick | 0 items |
SD/ | Simon Danby photographs | Photographs from Simon Danby's collection. Most are prints collected by Simon, or donated to him, and digitised by him. Many are included in this catalogue with background information and names gathered by him over many years of research. | 2322 items |
SD/A/ | Simon Danby audio recordings | Audio recordings, mostly conversations between SD and local people | 248 items |
SD/D/ | Simon Danby- Maps, Diagrams and Document ... | A random collection. Some large images may be too small to read on screen. Contact me at: simondanby6@gmail.com for access to full sized files. | 429 items |
SD/V/ | Simon Danby videos | Videos created by Simon Danby. Not held in this catalogue, but catalogue records mayhave links to Vimeo or other external sites | 4 items |
SKS/ | Samuel King's School | Various papers and photographs of historical interest given to the Society by the school | 270 items |
SWI/01/ | Sid Wilson collection | Collection of 65 photographs of Nenthead Mines, mine buildings and stabilising dams, properties in Nenthead. | 1 items |
SWN/ | Sid Wilson Collection | Selection from thousands of images- mostly of Nenthead- donated to Simon Danby by his son David. | 2 items |
VIP/ | Vipond family | Based on the collection of Marion Vipond. Not a complete record- please make general searches on the surname. | 2 items |
WEL/ | Welford family images | A book of photographs collected around the beginning of the 20th Century, probably by the Welford family of The Highlands, Alston | 25 items |