The Auckland and County Chronicle 04/12/1919 reports a meeting of the Spennymoor Urban District Council which includes:
“The Clerk produced a notice from Messrs. Bolckhow Vaughan and Co., stating their intention to apply to the Justices of the Peace, at the Petty Sessions at Bishop Auckland on 11. Dec. for their assent to the establishment of a factory for explosives on the site of Middlestone Farm in the Parish of Middlestone.
It was decided that the application be not opposed by the Council.
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