Correspondence concerning a petition of the parishioners of South Shields to Parliament requesting an Act of Parliament authorising the Dean and Chapter of Durham to appropriate the proceeds of the sale of property required for the Docks and Pier at South Shields, for the improvement of the revenues of the incumbents of the town. Mr. Robert Ingham the local M.P. agreed to introduce a Bill and solicited the support of members of both houses. Mr. R.W. Swinburne led the campaign from South Shields so letters from him, therefore, are draft. The Bill was eventually withdrawn because of financial difficulties and the Dean and Chapter refused to negotiate privately. (1) Writer and recipient unspecified, 1 March 1855 (2) N. Douglas, Durham, to R.W. Swinburne, 8 March 1855 (3) R.W. Swinburne, to Rev. H. Douglas, 9 March 1855 (4) R.W. Swinburne to R. Ingham, M.P., 26 March 1855 (5) Robert Ingham, House of Commons, to R.W. Swinburne, 9 May 1855 (6) W. Whately, 6 Park Street, Westminster to R.W. Swinburne, 9 May 1855 (7) James Carr, Tavistock Street, Bedford Square, to R.W. Swinburne, 18 May 1855 (8) Robert Ingham, London, to R.W. Swinburne, 23 May 1855 (9) As in No. 8 above, 25 May 1855 (10) R.W. Swinburne to Robert Ingham, 24 May 1855 (11) James Carr, Bedford Square, to R.W. Swinburne, 26 May 1855 (12) (R.W. Swinburne) to (? Mr. Chaytor), 28 May 1855 (13) R.W. Swinburne to Robert Ingham, 28 May 1855 (14) R.W. Swinburne to H. Douglas, 28 May 1855 (15) R.W. Swinburne to Robert Ingham, 2 June 1855 (16) James Carr, Bedford Square, to R.W. Swinburne, 5 June 1855 (17) R.W. Swinburne to Robert Ingham, 14 June 1855 (18) Robert Ingham to R.W. Swinburne, 14 June 1855 (19) Reply to No. 18 above, 15 June 1855 (20) James Carr at Kelston Rectory, Bristol, to R.W. Swinburne, 16 June 1855 (21) R.W. Swinburne to Rev. James Carr, 18 June 1855 (22) R.W. Swinburne to Robert Ingham, M.P., 18 June 1855 (23) R.W. Swinburne to ? R.N. Blensawe, 18 June 1855 (24) As in No. 23 above, 18 June 1855 (25) James Carr, Kelston Rectory, Bristol, to R.W. Swinburne, 18 June 1855 (26) William Charles Chaytor, Durham, to Robert Ingham, M.P.(copy), 18 June 1855 (27) Reply to No. 26 above (copy),19 June 1855 (28) R.W. Swinburne to Robert Ingham, 19 June 1855 (29) Reply to No. 28 above, 20 June 1855 (30) James Carr, Kelston Rectory, Bristol, to R.W. Swinburne, 21 June 1855 (31) R.W. Swinburne to Robert Ingham, 21 June 1855 (32) James Carr, Kelston Rectory, Bristol, to R.W. Swinburne, 22 June 1855 (33) Robert Ingham, House of Commons, to R.W. Swinburne, 22 June 1855 (34) James Carr, Kelston Rectory, Bristol, to R.W. Swinburne, 23 June 1855 (35) William Charles Chaytor, Durham, to Robert Ingham, M.P. (Copy), 23 June 1855 (36) Robert Ingham to R.W. Swinburne, 24 June 1855 (37) R.W. Swinburne to Robert Ingham, 25 June 1855 (38) Robert Ingham to R.W. Swinburne, enclosing a printed copy of a resolution passed by the Standing Orders Committee that the parishes involved in the South Shields Parochial District Churches Bill be permitted to proceed with their Bill, 25 June 1855 (39) As in No. 38, 25 June 1855 (40) R.W. Swinburne to Robert Ingham, 26 June 1855 (41) As in No. 40 above, 27 June 1855 (42) Church wardens and select vestry of South Shields to the Earl of Chichester as representative of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2 copies), 27 June 1855 (43) H. Douglas, Durham to R.W. Swinburne, 28 June 1855 (44) Robert Ingham to R.W. Swinburne, 28 June 1855 (45) As in No. 44 above, 29 June 1855 (46) R.W. Swinburne to W.C. Chaytor, 29 June 1855 (47) R.W. Swinburne to R. Ingham, asking him to withdraw the Bill, 30 June 1855 (48) Reply to No. 46 above, 30 June 1855 (49) R.W. Swinburne to R. Ingham, 2 July 1855 (50) R.W. Swinburne to Rev. H. Douglas, 2 July 1855 (51) R. Ingham to R.W. Swinburne, 2 July 1855 (52) Rev. James Carr, Bristol, to R.W. Swinburne, 12 July 1855 (53) R.W. Swinburne to W.C. Chaytor, 13 July 1855 (54) R.W. Swinburne to Rev. H. Douglas, 13 July 1855 (55) James Carr, Bristol, to R.W. Swinburne, 28 July 1855 (56) Thomas Dixon, Trinity Parsonage, South Shields, to R.W. Swinburne, 2 August 1855 (57) As in No. 55 above, 3 August 1855 (58) S.B. Brasher at Bierton Vicarage, Aylesbury Co. Bucks, to (R.W. Swinburne), 4 August 1855 (59) As in No. 57 above, 8 August 1855 (60) R.W. Swinburne in Dublin, to Robert Ingham, 10 August 1855 (61) James Carr, Bristol, to R.W. Swinburne, 22 August 1855 (62) R.D. Hereford (?) Eaton Place, London, to Robert Ingham, 19 October 1855 (63) James Carr, Highgate, to R.W. Swinburne, 13 November 1855 (64) James N. Buckland, Senior Churchwarden of St. Hilda’s, to the Secretary of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 7 April 1856 (65) R. Ingham to R.W. Swinburne, 11 April 1856 (66) S.B. Brasher, St. Stephen’s Parsonage, South Shields, to R.W. Swinburne, 16 February 1857 (67) R.W. Swinburne to W.C. Chaytor, 20 February 1857 – From: