- DURHAM COUNTY INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS , EARLS HOUSE, WITTON GILBERT, DURHAM.
- COUNTY COUNCIL OF DURHAM INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS
A large structure of red brick. A farm school, which was purpose-built set in about 50 acres and a large garden under careful cultivation, and a detached infirmary.
It became a Tuberculosis Sanatorium, then a Home for the Mentally Defective.
STAFF
1891 - Superintendent and matron, Mr & Mrs W.J. Goodenough; schoolmaster Mr Newton; assistant schoolmaster Mr Murray.
1893 - Superintendent and matron, Mr & Mrs W.J. Goodenough; schoolmaster Mr Newton; assistant schoolmaster Mr Murray.
1901 - Superintendent and matron, Mr & Mrs W.J. Goodenough; schoolmaster Mr L. Newton; assistant schoolmaster Mr W. Murray.
1903 - Superintendent and matron, Mr & Mrs W.J. Goodenough; schoolmaster Mr L. Newton; assistant schoolmaster Mr T. Cahill.
1914 - Superintendent Walter J Goodenough; Schoolmaster Lancelot Newton; Farm Bailiff John Stainsby.