CITY OF DURHAM 



tions 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 3i per cent, debenture stock; 

 ^^724 1 8/. id. 4 per cent. Funding Stock, and 

 ^^2,966 ly. 2d. 5 per cent. War Stock, producing 

 altogether ^^185 iSs. lod. In 1926 the net 

 income was applied as follows : — j^30 between 

 two poor tradesmen commencing business ; 

 j^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 ;^4i8 \js. gd. consols, arising from the 

 redemption, in 1884, of an annual payment of 

 £ii{. lis. ^d. received from the Land Revenue 

 Office, the origin of which was unknown. The 

 annual dividends, now amounting to j^io 9/. 4^/., 

 are divided by the Mayor among the ministers 

 of all denominations for distribution among the 

 poor, in sums of is. to each recipient. 



In or about the year 1681 John Kirby, by his 

 will, bequeathed ^30 to the Merchants' Com- 

 pany of Durham towards the rehef of decayed 

 members of the company and their widows. A 

 sum of 30J. 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 Corpora- 

 tion of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 



WiUiam Wall's Charity, will 1679, an annuity 

 of 15/. issuing out of lands and tenements in 

 Bondgate and Escombe, which was redeemed in 

 1924 by transfer of ^30 2i 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 ;(^8io 2s. Sd. 5 per cent. War 

 Stock in the names of the official trustees and 

 ;^i65 IS. lod. 5 per cent. War Stock in the names 

 of Capt. N. W. Apperley and two others, pro- 

 ducing together ^^48 15J. 2d. yearly. The official 

 trustees also hold /51 ijs. id. 2f 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 bene- 

 factor 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 8/. gd. 5 per cent. 

 War Stock, derived under the will of Henry 

 Ferdinand William Bolckow, proved at York 

 27 July 1878, and a sum of ;^36o 15^. iid. 5 per 

 cent. War Stock bequeathed by the will of Richard 

 Welch Hollon, proved at York 18 September 

 1890, producing together ^35 11/. .\.d. yearly. 

 The official receivers also hold ^1,999 London 

 and North Eastern Railway 3 per cent, deben- 

 ture 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; ;^3,7Si London 

 Midland and Scottish Railway 4 per cent. 

 Preference Stock ; ^1,100 Great Western Railway 

 5 per cent. Consolidated Preference Stock ; 

 £i6,jj8 I2S. id. 5 per cent. War Stock and 

 ^1,481 9/. %d. of the same stock. The total 

 receipts for 1925 were j^9,88i 5^. 9^. 



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 ;^25o for the use of 

 the said chapel. These legacies arc now 

 represented by ;^500 consols in the names of 

 the trustees ; the annual dividends, amounting 

 to j^l2 lOJ'., are now appHed 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 Commis- 

 sioners dated 26 March 191 5. The charity was 

 wound up owing to the Insurance Act and re- 

 started by scheme. The endowment consists of 

 ^^275 2i per cent, consols, with the official 

 receivers, producing £6 i~s. \d. 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 confine- 

 ment to poor women. 



The Mayoress of Durham Fund, founded by 



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