| Description | Testimonials to the character of Thomas Swainson from:
- Edward Howe of Stephenson Terrace, Stockton on Tees
- William Manners, churchwarden at Norton
- W.B. Headlam of Norton clock and watch-maker
- C. Trotter headmaster at the Moral and Industrial Training School at Leeds
- Henry Fletcher chemist and Joseph Fletcher excise officer at Norton
- B. Riley at Portrack Lane, Stockton on Tees
- Samuel Francis Longstaffe and W. Paley Ingledew at Norton
- John Fletcher at Norton
- William Charles Linton at New Buildings, Norton Road, Stockton on Tees
- 27 other men
- Thomas Robinson of Hartlepool in county Durham watchmaker
- W. Scurfield Grey at Norton |