Catalogue

Register of baptisms, 2 October 1831 - 8 April 1897

Register of baptisms, 2 October 1831 - 14 November 1841 At end: note that the entries have been transcribed into EP/SC 1/1

Register of baptisms, 15 April 1897 - 21 August 1925

Register of baptisms, 21 February 1925 - 12 June 1948

Register of baptisms, 10 April 1948 - 10 November 1957

Register of baptisms, 10 November 1957 - 4 June 1967

Register of baptisms, 18 June 1967 - 6 August 1978

Register of baptisms, 6 August 1978 - 2 October 1994

Register of baptisms, 6 November 1994 - 17 March 2002

Baptismal roll, 13 November 1966 - 8 January 1984

Register of marriages, 21 May 1842 - 1 November 1922

Register of marriages, 27 December 1922 - 15 January 1945

Register of marriages, 16 January 1945 - 17 December 1955

Register of marriages, 17 December 1955 - 8 December 1962

Register of marriages, 22 December 1962 - 27 December 1971

Register of marriages, 12 February 1972 - 1 December 1984

Register of marriages, 23 February 1985 - 31 July 1999

Register of marriages, 14 August 1999 - 5 October 2019

Register of banns of marriage, 24 April 1842 - 31 August 1902

Register of banns of marriage, 17 August 1902 - 20 September 1925

Register of banns of marriage, 6 September 1925 - 20 July 1941

Register of banns of marriage, 10 November 1963 - 7 July 1968

Register of banns of marriage, 7 July 1968 - 22 June 1975

Register of banns of marriage, 8 June 1975 - 30 May 1982

Register of banns of marriage, 16 May 1982 - 28 February 1988

Register of banns of marriage, 13 March 1988 - 30 August 2009

Register of burials, 8 October 1842 - 26 March 1987

Register of services, 17 April 1927 - 13 June 1984

Register of services, 17 June 1984 - 10 June 1992

Register of services, 14 June 1992 - 4 November 2007

The London Gazette concerning the assignment of a chapelry district to the chapel at Seaton Carew, 4 January 1842

The London Gazette concerning the Ecclesiastical Commissioners' scheme for making additional provision for the cure of souls in certain parishes (including Seaton Carew), 3 May 1844

Letter from the Church Commissioners Office to Rev. J. Lawson with extracts from a recent Act of Parliament with reference to the new church at Seaton Carew, 8 August 1845

Letter enclosing receipt of D.J. Lee for law expenses re purchase of land for Seaton Curacy, 1 July 1840

Letter from Rev. W.J. Knowlden of West Hartlepool, St Aidan, to Rev. Hunter at Seaton Carew concerning parish boundaries, 21 December 1904

The London Gazette concerning transfer of advowson of Seaton Carew Vicarage from A.S. Lawson Esq., to the Bishop of Durham, 16 February 1909

The London Gazette concerning a grant of a stipend of £19 per annum to the Incumbent of the Vicarage of Seaton Carew, 30 April 1909

The London Gazette concerning a grant of a stipend of £60 per annum to the Incumbent of the Vicarage of Seaton Carew, 4 July 1913, with covering letter, 25 July 1913

The London Gazette concerning a grant of a stipend of £40 per annum to the Incumbent of the Vicarage of Seaton Carew, 9 July 1915 (1 booklet, printed

Letter from the Bounty Office to Rev. John Lawson acknowledging receipt of cheque toward augmentation of curacy of Seaton Carew, 19 May 1843

Statement of amount of 4% Funding Stock (1960/90) for the augmentation of Seaton Carew Vicarage, 17 December 1931

Correspondence and papers from the Bounty Office to Rev. F.O. Scott, concerning funds standing to the credit of the benefice of Seaton Carew, 29 June - 12 July 1933

Notice of assessment for Land Tax, 8 October 1931

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission to Rev. Canon J. Booth of Seaton Carew concerning Coal (Registration of Ownership) Act 1937, 6 January. 1938

The Duty and Advantage of attending the Divine Services of the Church : A sermon preached in the Church of the Holy Trinity at Seaton Carew the Sunday after its Consecration, by Rev. John Brewster N.A., Rector of Egglescliffe, 2 October 1831

Carte de visite depicting Rev. John Lawson, vicar of Seaton Carew, 1835 - 1890, taken by R. Clennett, portrait and landscape photographer, 25A 1/2 Lynn Street, West Hartlepool, n.d. [ c.1885]

University of London pass certificate of Frederick Batten Beaven for the Intermediate examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, 8 October 1900

Admission of Frederick Batten Beaven B.A. as an associate of King's College, London, 12 July 1905

Temporary licence for performance of services of the church in the National School, Seaton Carew, 15 June 1900

Statistical Return of Parochial Work Easter 1891 - Easter 1892, 3 June 1892

Letter from George John Wooler of Wolsingham West End to Rev. N. Lawson of Seaton Carew granting permission to carry a drain through the end of his field, and stating his terms, 22 February 1866

Letter from Eleanor Wilson to Rev. W. Lawson concerning the Seaton Railway footpath, with accounts concerning the same, n.d. [ c.1860s]

Letter from F.T. Steavenson of Darlington solicitor to Rev. J. Lawson of Seaton Carew concerning a legacy for widows and children of deceased fishermen of Seaton, 28 December 1880

Correspondence from William Pybus of Middleton Tyas to Rev. John Lawson of Seaton Carew, concerning the latter's annual portion of the tithe rent-charge for, and title to, land at Seaton, 1 June and 9 October 1839

Undertaking of William Waile of Newcastle, glass stainer, to execute the altar window of Seaton church in stained glass, 9 April 1842

Letter from G.J. Baguley of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, stained glass maker, to Rev. J. Lawson, concerning a memorial stained glass window for Ralph Walker, 22 January 1878

'A plan of the interior of the Chapel of the Holy Trinity at Seaton Carew, showing the number and situation of the Free Sittings' 5 October 1842 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Plan, section and elevation of proposed church at Snook End, Seaton Carew, by J. Hamilton Garry of West Hartlepool, architect, June 1913 Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48]

Photograph of the interior of the church showing children grouped in a tableau depicting the Nativity, n.d. c.1955 Endorsed: Northern Daily Mail, West Hartlepool Originally enclosed in EP/SC 4/47

Postcard depicting Holy Trinity church, viewed from the churchyard, taken by Darren Thomas, 2007

Postcard depicting the altar, stained glass windows and chancel of Holy Trinity church, taken by Darren Thomas, 2007

Holy Trinity church calendar, illustrated with photographs of the church and parish events, 2008

Description of the fabric of the church and its contents, the parish hall, the church school, the men's club, the girl guides' hut, and the war memorial, including the names inscribed thereon, c.1950 with additions, 1964-1972

Correspondence and accounts concerning the extension to Seaton Carew Church, including lists of subscribers, 22 March 1841 - 22 October 1842

Banking book for Seaton Church enlargement, 27 April 1841 - 21 October 1843

Receipts of Samuel Thompson of Darlington for payment for supplying and fixing a new clock at Seaton Church, 16 October and 6 November 1841

Bill and receipt of Joseph Walker of London, organ builder, for an organ for Seaton Church, 24 May and 7 July 1842

Advertisement for packets from Hays Wharf, London, to J. Wilkinson and Co's Wharf, Stockton, and receipt for two cases, 14 May 1842

Bills, receipts and accounts for the enlargement of the organ, 12 August -16 October 1848

Bill and receipt of T.W. Knowles of York, decorator, for work carried out on organ, November - 14 December 1895

Letter from Henry Robson of Hartlepool, organist and choirmaster of Seaton Carew Church, to the vicar and churchwardens requesting an increase of salary of £5 per annum, 1 April 1899

Subscriptions toward re-pewing etc., in the church at Seaton Carew, 21 April 1864

Bill and receipt of Lauder, Mellanby and Hall of West Hartlepool, timber merchants, for re-pewing church, 19 July - 31 October 1964

Contributions toward Communion cloth etc. in Seaton Carew Church, May 1864 and 10 September 1864

The churchwardens, in account with the subscribers, towards the renovation of Seaton Carew Church, 1864

Subscription accounts towards re-varnishing church etc., 1865 - March 1866

Bill and receipt of George Burlinson for building church wall etc., 28 and 29 November 1866

Mr. Davison's expenses with receipt incurred in consecrating additional burying ground at Seaton Carew, July - 19 October 1842

Correspondence between the Ecclesiastical Commission, Durham Diocesan Registry and Rev. J. Lawson of Seaton Carew, together with accounts, concerning a proposed additional burial ground at Seaton Carew, 6 March 1866 - April 1867

Letter from Faber Fawcett and Faber of Stockton-on-Tees, solicitors, to Rev. F.B. Beaven of Seaton Carew, concerning the burial of members of the Richards family in Seaton Carew church yard, 19 February 1923

Plan, section and elevation of proposed alterations to schools and New Public Hall, Seaton Carew for Rev. C.B. Hunter, by James Garry of West Hartlepool, architect, n.d. [ c.1913] Scale: 1/8 inch

Amended elevation and section showing windows to ground floor [of school and hall] at Church Street [by James Garry], n.d. [ c.1913] Scale: 1/2 inch

Block plan of school and church hall at Church Street [by James Garry] n.d. [ c.1913] Scale: 40 feet

Unfinished plan of house and school [at Seaton Carew?] 14 January 1931 No scale

1 May 1955 (1) Edward Blythman Adams on, Clerk in Holy Orders, Ernest Killen and Dryden Robinson, sequestrators of the vicarage of Seaton Carew (2) The Church Commissioners for England Counterpart Mortgage for securing £1,263 and interest for improvements at the parsonage house

Bill and receipt of Thomas Robinson for building wall near stable and coachhouse [at Seaton Carew Vicarage] 1 April 1842

Location plan, site plan, ground plan, section and elevation of proposed temporary church on Owton Manor Housing Estate, by Cordingley and McIntyre of Durham, architects, 28 June 1952 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560] 1:500 and 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96] respectively

Receipt for gifts of chalice etc., for use in the church at Owton Manor, 23 February 1954

Schedule of title deeds and documents, 1952 - 26 August 1955, re land on north side of Rossmere Way, Owton Manor, Seaton Carew, 26 October 1955

1955 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the County Borough of West Hartlepool (2) The Parochial Church Council of the Parish of Seaton Carew, West Hartlepool (3) The Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, The College, Durham City Draft conveyance from (1) to (2) and (3) of land on the north side of Rossmere Way, Owton Manor, Seaton Carew as specified in schedules 1 and 2, also with schedule of deeds 19 February 1902 - 30 November 1951 Consideration: £907 10s.0d.

Questionnaire with answers, concerning investment of capital for Owton Manor (Bell) Trust, including extract from will of late Susannah Bell, 12 December 1958

Questionnaire with answers, concerning investment of capital for Owton Manor House Trust, Seaton Carew, 22 June 1959

Agreements with Post Office Telegraphs for the placing and maintenance of telegraph poles on church lands, 1 February 1893 and 5 May 1920

Abstract of title, 19 February 1840 - 13 May 1875, to freehold lands situate at West Hartlepool in the parish of Stranton, belonging to Messrs. G.T. Pearson and others, 1875

Faculty for the erection of a tablet, with covering letter, 9 April 1920

Faculty for the erection of a bronze tablet, 1 June 1937

Faculty for the erection of a Vicars' Board, and the insertion of stained glass in a window in the North Aisle, 9 April 1964

Faculty for the re-slating of the roof of the church, 9 April 1964

Note of resolution to apply for a faculty for insertion of stained glass in East window, 21 March 1919

Terrier, Easter 1860, 8 April 1920, May 1923, 1928, 28 January 1929 and annual annotations, 1930-1953

Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures 1923 to 1929, and covering letter, 23 July and 17 September 1943

Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures 1923 to 1951, with covering letter, 30 December 1958 and 16 January 1959

Account book of the churchwardens of Seaton Carew, Easter 1872 - 3 April 1899, also includes minutes of annual vestry meetings, 30 March 1875 - April 1898

Churchwardens accounts from Easter 1900 - Easter 1904

Account of the annual expense of maintaining Divine Service in the church at Seaton Carew, together with the amount of the pew rents in each year, 1836 - 13 May 1852

Churchwardens bills and receipts, 1 July 1840 and 9 July 1844

Churchwardens bills and receipts, 25 June - 20 October 1864

Churchwardens bills and receipts, 16 May 1866 - 22 April 1867

Churchwardens bills and receipts, 8 July 1873 - April 1903

Churchwardens bills and receipts, 25 March 1902 - 9 April 1903

Accounts of income and expenditure, 1 January 1937 - 26 December 1948 and 16 January 1966 - 12 March 1972

Accounts of income and expenditure, 1 January 1949 - 25 August 1963

Accounts of income and expenditure, 1 September 1963 - 7 September 1980

Accounts of income and expenditure, January 1946 - 31 December 1962

Balance sheet and statement of accounts, 31 December 1932

Balance sheet and statement of accounts, 31 December 1934

Balance sheet and statement of accounts, 31 December 1935

Balance sheets and statements of accounts, 31 December 1937 - 31 December 1989

Statement of accounts, 31 December 1990

Statement of accounts, 31 December 1991

Statement of accounts, 31 December 1992

Statement of accounts, 31 December 1993

Statement of accounts, 31 December 1994

Statement of accounts, 31 December 1995

Statement of accounts, 31 December 1996

Statement of accounts, 31 December 1997

Accounts of weekly church collections and donations, 26 May 1974 - 9 January 1983

Accounts of weekly church collections and donations, 16 January 1983 - 14 September 1986

Accounts of weekly church collections and donations, 19 October 1986 - 20 May 1990

Letter from W. Robinson of St. Oswald's Vicarage, West Hartlepool, to Rev. Mr. Beaven offering him the former mission church altar, 10 December 1918

Correspondence concerning the holding of divine service at Graythorp Club; fixing up of a hut as a mission church; and grant of £35 for a lay reader for the church, 8 January 1921 - 13 April 1923

Correspondence and papers from A.C. Rose of Greatham Vicarage to Mr. Scott concerning Greatham Hospital Grant of £35 toward the cost of a lay reader at Graythorp, 14 June 1932 - 1 August 1933

Letter from Monk and Monk, 68 Castle Street, Canterbury, Kent, solicitors, to the Vicar, Seaton Carew, concerning a bequest to the parish by Rev. Frederick Beavon, 18 March 1946 Originally enclosed in EP/SC 4/45

Parochial Church Council meetings minutes, 23 April 1957 - 8 October 1963

Parochial Church Council meetings minutes, 25 October 1963 - 11 May 1971

Minutes of Parochial Church Council meetings, 8 June 1971 - 13 March 1979

Minutes of Parochial Church Council meetings, 21 February 1989 - 14 December 1993

Account book, 3 December 1972 - 27 November 1983

Account book, 4 December 1983 - 17 September 1995

Electoral roll, 1972-1989

Correspondence between Archer, Parkin and Townsend of Stockton-on-Tees, solicitors, and Rev. Canon Booth of Seaton Carew, concerning the trusteeship of The Temperance Hall, Seaton Carew, including a list of deeds, 16 - 22 June 1943

Letters from R. Bell and Son of West Hartlepool, to Rev. Canon J. Maughan of Seaton Carew, concerning purchase by P.C.C. of a parcel of land on the north side of Rossmere Way, West Hartlepool, together with their professional charges and receipt for £2 2s.0d. from Trotter, Bruce and Loft, 11 August - 4 November 1955

Letter from William Pybus of Middleton Tyas to Rev. John Lawson of Seaton Carew concerning the title to lands [at Seaton Carew], 4 May 1839

Consent of the principal inhabitants of Seaton Carew to the building of a new school, 24 November 1843

Bankbook for Seaton National School Building Fund, 2 December 1843 - 2 October 1845

Annotated subscription list for building a new school room at Seaton Carew, n.d. [ c.1840s]

Questionnaire with answers, re the building etc., of the proposed new school at Seaton Carew, 12 January 1844

Alterations agreed upon between Rev. J. Lawson and W. Walker in respect of the building of Seaton School, 1 February 1844

3 February 1844 (1) Rev. John Lawson, perpetual curate of Seaton Carew (2) Rt. Rev. Edward Lord Bishop of Durham (3) The Minister Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of Seaton Carew Grant from (1) to (3) with consent of (2) of a portion of ground situate near the church of Seaton Carew, with boundaries as specified to build a school for the education of the poor children of Seaton

Annotated building fund accounts with subscription list, for the building of a new school room at Seaton Carew, 18 April 1844

31 May 1844 (1) Rev. John Lawson, perpetual curate of Seaton Carew (2) William Walker, carpenter and joiner Draft agreement for the building of schools, houses etc., on a site now set out and adjoining the church yard in Seaton Carew

Receipts for payments made for work carried out in the building of Seaton School, 7 June - 7 December 1844

Seaton National School, balance sheet of receipts and expenditure, 30 August 1844

31 August 1883 (1) Rev. John Lawson of Seaton Carew (2) William Cockburn of West Hartlepool, contractor Memorandum of an agreement for the building of additional classrooms at Seaton School with covering letter, 30 August 1883

25 October 1883 (1) Rev. John Lawson, vicar of Seaton Carew (2) Rt. Rev. Joseph Barber, Lord Bishop of Durham (3) The Minister, Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of Seaton Carew Draft conveyance from (1) to (3) with the consent of (2) of a parcel of land situate near the church at Seaton Carew, with boundaries as specified, for the enlargement of the school Enclosed: Covering letter from National Society for the Education of the Poor etc., 24 October 1883

Bank passbook for Seaton Carew National School Enlargement Fund, 22 September 1883 - 24 March 1884

Charges of W.W. and T.P. Brunton of West Hartlepool, solicitors, for work carried out for Rev. J. Lawson re enlargement of National Schools, September 1883 - 13 March 1884

Seaton Carew National Schools Enlargement Fund subscriptions, 1883 and accounts for the years ending 31 May 1877 - 31 May 1889

Correspondence and papers re Seaton Carew School Building Fund, 22 July 1913 - 12 February 1925

13 February 1915 (1) Rev. Charles Falkland Bickmore, M.A., vicar of Seaton Carew (2) Rt. Rev. Handley Carr Glyn, Lord Bishop of Durham (3) The Archdeacon of Auckland Copy conveyance from (1) to (3) with consent of (2) of a parcel of land adjoining the church yard of Seaton Carew, as specified on the annexed plan, as the site of a school

Letter from County Borough of West Hartlepool Education Office to Mr. Bickmore concerning managers' powers to appoint and dismiss teachers, 7 December 1910

List of masters and mistresses at Seaton Carew School, 1844 - 1896

Letter from Dora Wardle of Tyldesley to the vicar of Seaton Carew asking for her application for the post of Assistant Mistress in Charge of Infants, to be considered, 27 September 1920

Letter from Doris Hurworth of St. Hild's College, Durham, to Mr. Beaven accepting post as teacher of the juniors, 18 March 1923

Appointment of Frederick William Hodgson Robinson as Principal Teacher of Seaton Carew C.E. School, 11 March 1915

Seaton Carew National School accounts for the year ending 31 May 1876 (1 paper, printed

National School accounts for the year ending 31 May 1890

Bank passbook for Seaton Carew National Schools, 1 January 1900 - 19 January 1904

Duplicate examination schedule for Seaton Carew National School, 17 June 1878

Duplicate Examination Schedule for Seaton Carew National School, 19 June 1878

Syllabus for the Religious Instruction of children in C.E. Elementary Schools, 1 February 1907

Report of Religious Instruction in Seaton Carew Mixed School, 25 June 1920

Letter from the Education Department concerning grant to be paid to Seaton Carew National School on examination of H.M.I. report, (copy attached), 30 July 1888

Board of Education circulars re H.M.I. reports, 13 September 1912 and 1 December 1914

Board of Education circular enclosing H.M.I.'s report, 27 June and 22 August 1916

Board of Education circular enclosing H.M.I.'s report, 24 February - 19 April 1921

County Borough of West Hartlepool Education Committee: Report on The General Qualifying Examination, May 1924

30 October 1873 (1) John Hogg of West Hartlepool, builder (2) Rev. John Lawson vicar of Seaton Carew Memorandum of an agreement for the erection of a schoolroom and out offices etc., upon a piece of ground situate on the Long Hill Estate, Seaton Carew

Extract from deed of conveyance of ground for site of Long Hill Mission School Room, with reference to management of school, n.d. [ c.1873]

'Plan of the School to be built at Long Hill in the Parish of Seaton Carew', 1873 Scale: approx. 1 inch to 6 feet [1:72]

Accounts of John Hogg, builder, and George Martin, architect, relating to the building of Long Hill Schoolroom, 13 December 1873 - 14 October 1874

Charges of W.W. and T.P. Brunton, solicitors, acting for Rev. John Lawson regarding Long Hill Mission Schools, with receipt, 18 September 1873 - 15 October 1874

Extract from The South Durham Herald , concerning subscriptions for Longhill Mission School Room, 13 June 1874

Bill and receipt of Philip, Son and Nephew of Liverpool, school furniture and apparatus manufacturers, for material supplied to Longhill School, August 1874 - 14 May 1875

Annotated building accounts for the Mission School Room, Long Hill, Seaton Carew, with list of subscribers, 16 January 1875

Correspondence from G.T. Fox of Durham, and T. Richardson of Kirk Levington re Long Hill School Building Fund deficiency, 3 May - 9 August 1875 and 15 and 17 September 1880

Longhill (Seaton Carew) Mission School accounts for the years ending 31 May 1878 - 31 May 1884

3 May 1917 (1) Charles Falkland Bickmore, vicar of Seaton Carew, Thomas James Davies of Huntcliffe Seaton Carew, accountant and Thomas Robert Gilbertson of Seaton Carew, confectioner, trustees of the Mission Room, Seaton Snook (2) The County Council of Durham Copy lease for 1 year from (1) to (2) of Seaton Snook Mission Room for use as a temporary Council School Consideration: £25p.a. Annexed: covering letter from Durham Education Department, 4 May 1917

Parish Magazine, October 2007

Trinity 2000: An illustrated history of Seaton Carew Parish, Michaelmas 1999

Trinity 2000 , an illustrated history of Seaton Carew parish, by Bill Worley and Julie Cordiner, September 1999