This is a letter which gives details of the funding for the school at Chillingham. The Earl of Tankerville provided £25, the stone and the site. The Bishop of Durham provided a further £100 and the National School Society £45. Trustees of the Bishop Barrington Estate also contributed £50 towards the cost of building the school.
The Tankerville family were the local landowners.
Many of the Chillingham parish records are deposited with Northumberland Archives Service. Previously they were kept at the church. For many years church records were stored in the Parish Chest. This tradition dates back to medieval times. The Chest would usually be found in the vestry and kept under lock and key. All church records would be stored there. For example, baptism registers, poor relief records and churchwardens' accounts would all be found within the Chest.
