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The Fitzhugh Library

Fitzhugh Library, The Fitzhugh Library

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
700930
Status
Registered
Registered
Dec. 8, 1988
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
The Fitzhugh Library
1st Floor
51 Market Place
Middleton-In-Teesdale
Barnard Castle
County Durham
DL12 0QH

Activities

The library collects the printed word and photographs on a wide variety of subjects which are related to the County Palatinate of Durham and the Ecclesiastical Parish of Ronaldkirk. It includes botany to zoology and mining to religion to architecture. It is a serious research facility used and available to everybody.

Objects: The objects of the Trust are to provide a library within the Ecclesiastical Parish of Romaldkirk or elsewhere in the County Palatine of Durham for the purposes of research by serious students of the local history of:(a) The geographical County Palatine of Durham as it was at 1835 and including Craykeshire, Bedlingtonshire, Norhamshire and Holy Island (Lindisfarne) with Islandshire and after 1847 the new County Durham boundaries as were then created, notwithstanding any subsequent boundary changes.(b) The geographical Ecclesiastical Parish of Romaldkirk as it was prior to 1845.

Classification

How
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
The General Public/mankind

Geography

Area of benefit
Romaldkirk
Local Authority
Durham

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Sept. 30, 2025 £1,533 £3,649
Sept. 30, 2024 £1,084 £4,209
Sept. 30, 2023 £1,205 £4,025
Sept. 30, 2022 £1,982 £3,048
Sept. 30, 2021 £21,420 £3,389

Trustees

Name Appointed
Andrea Marie Harris May 10, 2026
Catherine Mary Maddison Jan. 21, 2026
Derek Guy Sims Aug. 21, 2018
Ian Roderick Tallentire March 10, 2026
Margaret Adamson Heywood April 7, 2026
Sarah Louise Whitehead