# The Fitzhugh Library

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 700930
- **Other names:** FITZHUGH LIBRARY, The Fitzhugh Library
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 8, 1988
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=700930


## Contact

- **Address:** The Fitzhugh Library, 1st Floor, 51 Market Place, Middleton-In-Teesdale, BARNARD CASTLE, County Durham
- **Postcode:** DL12 0QH
- **Phone:** 01833640074
- **Email:** fitzhughlibrary@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.thefitzhughlibray.co.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** ROMALDKIRK




## 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



## Areas of operation

- Durham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2025 | £1533 | £3649 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £1084 | £4209 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £1205 | £4025 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £1982 | £3048 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £21420 | £3389 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Catherine Mary Maddison — appointed Jan. 21, 2026
- Derek Guy Sims — appointed Aug. 21, 2018
- IAN RODERICK TALLENTIRE — appointed March 10, 2026
- Margaret Adamson Heywood — appointed April 7, 2026
- SARAH LOUISE WHITEHEAD