Catalogue

Particulars of baptisms taken at St. Oswald's, Shiney Row, and entered in the registers of the parish church at Penshaw, 19 January 1910 - 21 December 1913

Register of baptisms, 19 January 1910 - 13 August 1931

Register of baptisms, 9 September 1931 - 15 February 1948

Register of baptisms, 15 February 1948 - 7 March 1965

Register of baptisms, 14 March 1965 - 26 June 2011

Register of marriages, 20 September 1916 - 6 March 1920

Register of marriages, 13 March 1920 - 3 March 1928

Register of marriages, 7 April 1928 - 19 August 1935

Register of marriages, 12 October 1935 - 31 May 1941

Register of marriages, 2 June 1941 - 7 March 1953

Register of marriages, 16 May 1953 - 14 March 1970

Register of marriages, 21 March 1970 - 20 November 1976

Register of marriages, 18 December 1976 - 27 April 1985

Register of marriages, 4 May 1985 - 24 July 2003

Register of banns of marriage, 3 September 1916 - 25 September 1938

Register of banns of marriage, 11 September 1938 - 19 October 1952

Register of banns of marriage, 9 November 1952 - 29 January 1961

Register of banns of marriage, 5 March 1961 - 21 August 1977

Register of banns of marriage, 4 September 1977 - 8 March 1987

Register of banns of marriage, 8 March 1987 - 27 January 2008

Register of burial services, 5 October 1955 - 1 May 1962

Register of burials, 21 June 1962 - 13 August 1983

List of funerals, 4 January - 5 October 1991

Register of confirmations, 19 March 1919 - 14 April 1980

Register of services, 9 January 1910 - 28 December 1924

Register of services, 1 January 1925 - 8 March 1936

Register of services, 9 March 1936 - 4 October 1942

Register of services, 8 October 1942 - 11 September 1949

Register of services, 15 March 1950 - 27 December 1954

Register of services, 31 December 1954 - 17 January 1964

Register of services, 17 March 1965 - 18 March 1973

Register of services, 19 March 1973 - 30 December 1981

Register of services, 1 January 1982 - 22 June 1986

Register of services, 24 June 1986 - 24 June 1990

Register of services, 27 June 1990 - 25 September 1996

The London Gazette, 25 November 1913

The London Gazette, 20 March 1914

The London Gazette, 24 July 1914

The London Gazette, 28 July 1925

Ordnance Survey sheet XIII S .E., 3rd. edition, 1921 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Ordnance Survey sheet XIII N.E., 3rd. edition, 1921 Scale 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Ordnance Survey sheet 45/35 S.W., provisional edition, parish boundaries of Shiney Row marked, 1951 Scale: 1 to 10560

Plan of land to be taken for the new church and vicarage at Shiney Row shewing adjoining property, 29 October 1908 Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet [1:1200]

Plan of Shiney Row parish, in 2 pieces, showing colliery houses demolished and location of council house estates, 1925 - 1961, n.d., [c.1964] Scale: 1:2500

Statement of annual amounts payable by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners by way of stipend, 1 April 1939

Grant from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England of £50 a year stipend, 23 October 1919

Notification from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster, to Rev. C. Widdas, The Vicarage, Shiney Row, of a £40 a year increase in his annual stipend, 24 August 1920

Notification from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster, to Rev. C. Widdas, St. Oswald's, Shiney Row, of a £50 increase in his annual stipend, 10 April 1924

Order of service for the institution of Rev. Graham Francis Revett, 13 February 1971

Durham diocesan survey return, 1988

Return of church membership, 1997

Pastoral order creating the rural deaneries of Gateshead West and Sedgefield, and altering the boundaries of the rural deaneries of Houghton-le-Spring, Hartlepool, Easington, Wearmouth, Jarrow, and Lanchester, 12 June 1978

Pastoral order transferring the deanery of Hartlepool and the deanery of Sedgefield to the archdeaconry of Durham, and creating the new archdeaconry of Sunderland, 23 February 1997

Section and elevation of new nave seats by Ward and Oakley, architects, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 26 April 1929 No scale

Section through chancel and through vestries at St. Oswald's, Shiney Row, March 1929 Scale 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Elevation and section of new aisle, vestries and parish hall at St. Oswald's, Shiney Row, October 1929 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Plan, elevation and cross section of alterations to St. Oswald's, Shiney Row Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Plan, elevation and section of proposed alterations to St. Oswald's church to provide a church hall etc., June 1969 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

South and north elevations of proposed alterations to St. Oswald's church, n.d. [c1969] Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Details for a proposed new aumbry, by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, September 1975 Scales: full size, 1:5 and 1:50

Plan of proposed access to organ chamber for treatment of dry rot, by Ian Curry, architect, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 29 April 1983 Scales: 1:5, 1:50 Includes: schedule of works

Plan of proposed garage granted building consent by Houghton Urban District Council, 23 July 1963 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]

Bills of quantities and tender for St. Oswald's church, December 1923

Specification of works for the erection of a church and parish hall, Shiney Row, March 1929

Copy of report and survey of Caroe and Passmore of London to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners regarding St. Oswald's church with the instrument of approval and covering letter from the Commissioners, 3 - 12 December 1929

Invoices and accounts relating to the rebuilding of St. Oswald's church, November 1929 - April 1930

Accounts of the Million Half-Penny Fund, 16 July 1912 - 26 December 1914; statements of account of the Million Half-Penny Fund, 22 April 1913 - January 1919; notes on the parish of Shiney Row, St. Oswald, made by the first incumbent of the benefice, Rev. Jenkin Jones, for the information of his successor, 12 March 1919; accounts of the scheme for the improvement of the chancel, April 1927; statements of account of the Church Building Account, 1930 - 1931; accounts of the Thankoffering Scheme for the completion of the chancel, the installation of a font and rebuilding of the organ, 1928 - 1931; statement of account of the Special Appeal Fund, June 1929 - June 1930 [The Million Half-Penny Fund was set up to raise £2000 for the building of Shiney Row church]

1 May 1927 (1) The Tadcaster Tower Brewery Co. Ltd. of York (2) William Ernest Renwick of Shiney Row, clerk in holy orders, vicar of Shiney Row parish, and the churchwardens of the parish Licence by (2) to (1) allowing an inspection chamber on land adjoining the main entrance to the church, overlooking the entrance, for a nominal annual consideration Attached: plan Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Condition report on the church, by G.E. Charlewood, chartered architect, 14 Neville Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, September 1957

Specification notes for repairs to the church, by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson, & Atkinson, Newcastle upon Tyne, December 1972

Specification of works to be done to erect a church at Shiney Row, [Shiney Row, St. Oswald], June 1923

Specification of church electrical rewire, August 1981 Includes: plan Scales: 1:100

Specification and schedule of work for external joinery repairs, by Charlewood Curry Partnership, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, May 1989

Correspondence between Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; F.N. Smith, 22 South Street, Shiney Row; Rev. W.G. Payne, The Vicarage, Shiney Row; and Martins Bank Ltd., 18 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le- Spring, concerning the installation of an organ, 16 May 1960 - 6 December 1963

Plan and section of church hall, Shiney Row, n.d. [c 1910] Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Block plan of proposed hall, St. Oswald's church, n.d. [c1969] Scale: 1 to 500

Plan elevation and section of proposed new church hall, October 1968 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Contract drawing of Reema Hall model R8, 130-150 Type, by Henry Boot & Sons Reema Ltd., Sheffield, 9 March 1955 Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48] and 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Sketch plan of the roof of the new church hall, n.d., [1960s] No scale

Specification for the erection of a church hall, June 1908

'Reema Builds a Village Hall', a promotional brochure for Reema prefabricated village halls, n.d., [c.1955]

Report on the Church Hall at the time of occupation by the military authorities, with letter of acknowledgement, 19 December 1940 - 10 January 1941

Specification of proposed extension to the vicarage prepared by Messrs. Wood and Oakley of Newcastle, architects, March 1927

16 September 1919 (1) Alfred Hind of Shiney Row (2) Cornelius Widdas of Shiney Row, clerk in holy orders, vicar of the parish of Shiney Row Licence by (2) to (1) to put out windows at his premises at Mill Pit, Shiney Row, overlooking vicarage land, for a nominal annual consideration

21 October 1919 (1) George Burnside of Shiney Row (2) Cornelius Widdas of Shiney Row, clerk in holy orders, vicar of Shiney Row parish Licence by (2) to (1) to put out windows at his property at Mill Pit, Shiney Row, overlooking vicarage land, for a nominal annual consideration

27 January 1933 (1) Albert Gurteen of Shiney Row (2) William Ernest Renwick of Shiney Row, clerk in holy orders, vicar of Shiney Row parish Licence by (2) to (1) to put out windows and a doorway, at his premises at Mill Pit, Shiney Row, overlooking vicarage land, for a nominal annual consideration

10 August 1953 (1) Annie Burnside, George Burnside Matthews, Thomas Matthews, and Hilda Matthews, all directors of George Burnside Ltd., of Shiney Row (2) Charles Kingsley Burdon of Shiney Row, clerk in holy orders, vicar of Shiney Row parish Licence by (2) to (1) to put out windows and an emergency door, at the firm's premises at Mill Pit, Shiney Row, overlooking vicarage land, for a nominal consideration

10 August 1953 (1) Edward Ashman of 6 Derwent Street, Shiney Row (2) Charles Kingsley Burdon of Shiney Row, clerk in holy orders, vicar of Shiney Row, and the churchwardens Licence by (2) to (1) to maintain a wooden motor garage, measuring 20 feet by 15 feet, abutting on to the vicarage glebe lands, for a nominal annual consideration

Correspondence between F.N. Smith, churchwarden at St. Oswald's church, to A.R. Gurteen, Sandcroft, Chester Road, Shiney Row, concerning the payment of an acknowledgement for doors and windows overlooking the church land, 19 August - 7 October 1953

Log book, 30 August 1972 - 13 September 1993

Terrier, 21 October 1952 - n.d., [1956]

Inventory, 1952 - 1967

Inventory, 19 April - 28 May 1970

Archdeacon's certificate authorising unspecified maintenance work at St Oswald's church, 6 July 1989

Quinquennial inspection report on the church and recommendations for its conservation and repair, by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 10 June 1967

Quinquennial report on the state of repair of the church, by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 11 September 1972

Quinquennial report and specification notes on the state of repair of the church, by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 28 April 1978

Quinquennial report and specification notes on the state of repair by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 9 May 1983

Quinquennial report and specification notes on the state of repair of the church, by Charlewood, Curry Partnership, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 24 October 1988

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection by D. McIntyre, chartered architect, Owengate House, Durham, November 1962

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection, by D. McIntyre, diocesan surveyor, Owengate, Durham, July 1968

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection by Alan O. Lee, diocesan surveyor, Owengate House, Durham, July 1973

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection, by A.O. Lee, diocesan surveyor, Owengate House, Durham, April 1978

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection, by A.O. Lee, diocesan surveyor, Owengate House, Durham, October 1983

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection, by A.O. Lee, diocesan surveyor, Owengate House, Durham, August 1987 (1 booklet, printed

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection by D.L. Renton, diocesan surveyor, August 1992

Report on, and specification of, repairs and conversion work to provide a utility room, detached garage and parking, by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham, June 1988

Specification of repairs, identified at the quinquennial inspection, August 1992

Correspondence between Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Rev. J.H. Taylor, St. Oswald's Vicarage, Shiney Row; Stephen R. Taylor, plumbing, heating and electrical engineer, 35 Middle Chare, Chester-le-Street; Bain & Hind, decorators and painting contractors, Wormhill, Fatfield; William Norman (Builders) Ltd., 3-6 West Lane, Chester-le-Street; and Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; concerning repairs and redecoration identified at the 1962 quinquennial inspection, 22 May 1963 - 8 November 1965

Correspondence between Diocesan Registry, The College, Durham; Rev. J.H. Taylor, The Vicarage, Shiney Row; A. Hector Grabham Ltd., general painting contractors, 11-14 Tavistock Place, Sunderland; Laurence Fannon, building contractor, 'Laurelaine', Chester Road, Shiney Row; Calders Ltd., wood flooring manufacturers, Biddick Lane, Washington; Draftsele Ltd., Station Road, Wallsend, Northumberland; F.H. Thompson & Sons Ltd., hardwood flooring specialists, Skinnerburn Road, Newcastle upon Tyne; Bain & Hind, decorators and painting contractors, Wormhill, Fatfield; Maurice Cockton Ltd., The Carpet Centre, 3 Derwent Street, Sunderland; Durham Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, The Vicarage, South Hylton; Carrville Development Ltd., High Street, Carrville; and J.L. Plews, 5 Balmoral Crescent, Houghton-le-Spring; concerning remediation of dilapidations at the vicarage and proposed extension to the church hall, 4 August 1964 - 28 May 1969

Correspondence between D. McIntyre, diocesan surveyor, Owengate House, Durham; Rev. J.H. Taylor, St. Oswald's Vicarage, Shiney Row; Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; and D. Stark, building contractor, 13 Eden Terrace, Shiney Row; concerning remediation of dilapidations, identified at the 1968 inspection, 8 July 1968 - 12 June 1969

Correspondence between Rev. G.F. Revett, St. Oswald's Vicarage, Shiney Row; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; Hayton, Lee & Braddock, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham; Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Rentokil Ltd., Rentokil House, St. Agnes' Gardens, Crawcrook, Tyne & Wear; Rev. E. Varley, The Vicarage, Shiney Row, Tyne & Wear; Beacon Builders Ltd., Earlsway, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; and Doug Cornish, building contractor, 59 Sherburn Way, Wardley, Tyne and Wear; concerning repairs and maintenance identified in a sequence of quinquennial reports, 13 July 1973 - 16 September 1988 This is an original bundle

Correspondence between Rev. J.S. Bain, The Vicarage, Shiney Row; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Rev. R.M.A. Clarke, The Vicarage, Shiney Row; K. Brown, 3 Westbourne Drive, Shiney Row; J. Hope, roofing contractor, 12 Devon Walk, Garden Estate, Washington; Skyline (Northern) Ltd., 71 Durham Road, Middle Herrington, Tyne and Wear; David Oliver, 3 Hollinside Terrace, Lanchester; and Wilbyne Security & Electrical, 5 Consett Terrace, Esh Village, concerning repairs, renovation and decoration, 8 May 1992 - 21 November 1994

Churchwardens' statements of accounts, 1910 - 1926

Income and expenditure account of St. Oswald's church for the year ended Easter 1919

Income and expenditure account of St. Oswald's church for the year ended Easter 1920

Income and expenditure account of St. Oswald's church for the year ended Easter 1921

Income and expenditure account of St. Oswald's church, Easter - 31 December 1921

Income and expenditure account of St. Oswald's church for the year ended 31 December 1923

Income and expenditure account of St. Oswald's church for the year ended 31 December 1924

Income and expenditure account of St. Oswald's church for the year ended 31 December 1925

Income and expenditure account of St. Oswald's church for the year ended 31 December 1926

Income and expenditure account of St. Oswald's church for the year ended 31 December 1947

Pass book of Shiney Row, St. Oswald's Building Fund account with Martins Bank Ltd., Houghton-le-Spring, 1 June 1934 - 15 March 1957

Pass book for Shiney Row, St. Oswald's Building Fund account with Martins Bank Ltd., Houghton-le-Spring, 18 April 1957 - 3 March 1960

Leaflet publicising the parish's planned giving scheme, n.d., [c.1964]

Assessment fixing the parish's annual payment to the Church Commissioners to meet the cost of church repairs, insurance and administration, 25 March 1963

Parochial Church Council minute book, 14 May 1954 - 11 January 1980

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 15 February 1980 - 10 February 1987

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 10 March 1987 - 18 November 1992

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 20 January 1993 - 21 April 1999

Minutes of the annual Easter vestry, and (from 31 March 1921) the annual meeting of the Parochial Church Council, 11 April 1910 - 20 March 1994

Annual reports and statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1976

Annual reports and statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1977

Annual reports and statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1978

Annual reports and statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1979

Annual reports and statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1980

Annual reports and statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1981

Annual reports and statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1982

Annual reports and statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1983

Annual reports and statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1984

Annual reports and statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1985

Agenda, reports and statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1986

Agenda, annual reports and statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December, 1987

Agenda, annual reports and statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1988

Agenda, annual reports and statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1989

Treasurer's reports to annual general meetings, n.d., [March 1981] - 20 March 1988

Treasurer's report to ordinary meetings, 1 May 1985 - 1 November 1989

Curate's annual report, [March] 1994

Income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 December 1962

Income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 December 1963

Income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 December 1964

Income and expenditure account and officers' reports for the year ended 31 December 1965

Statement of accounts and Treasurer's annual report for the year ended 31 December 1966

Statement of accounts and Treasurer's annual report for the year ended 31 December 1967

Statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1968

Statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1969

Statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1970

Statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1971

Statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1973

Statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1974

Statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1975

Income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 December 1990

Income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 December 1991

Pass book of the Parochial Church Council's account with Martin's Bank Ltd., Houghton-le-Spring, 18 January 1935 - 31 December 1940

Treasurer's file of evidence about the parish's changing pattern of income and expenditure, collected to back an appeal to parishioners for increased giving, as part of the parish's Christian Stewardship Campaign, 1987 - 1988 Includes: income and expenditure accounts and projections; notes for a presentation; circulars from, and financial returns to, the Diocesan Board of Finance; and bank statements, 31 December 1971 - 17 January 1988

Account book, 1945 - 1952

Account book, 1953 - 1975

Secretary's general correspondence file comprising in-letters and copy out-letters concerning arrangements for the management of the parish during the vacancy following the resignation of Rev. Stuart Bain; the re-organisation of the rural deanery of Houghton-le-Spring; deanery synod meetings; the annual accounts; the work of Herrington Burn Y.M.C.A. in the parish; the appointment of Rev. R.M.A. Clarke as curate; repairs to the vicarage; hire of the church hall to local community groups; Parochial Church Council meeting agendas; the ordination of women priests; church security' and arrangements to celebrate the millennium of the diocese, 27 April 1992 - 20 June 1995

Election results, 28 March 1971

Election results, 19 March 1972

Election results, 8 April 1973

Election results, 31 March 1974

Election results, 16 March 1975

Election results, 20 March 1977

Election results, 17 March 1978

Election results, 2 April 1979

Election results, 23 March 1980

Election results, 11 May 1981

Election results, 8 March 1982

Election results, 20 March 1983

Election results, 19 March 1986

Electoral roll, 1984

Electoral roll, 1991

Electoral roll, 1992

Electoral roll, 1993 - 1994

Electoral roll, n.d. [c.1940s]

Electoral roll, 1953

Electoral roll, 1960s - 1970s

Applications for enrolment on the church electoral roll, 1953 - 1971

1 February 1962 (1) Mrs. Olive Kelly of Osmund Terrace, Shiney Row (2) Vicar and churchwardens of Shiney Row parish church Agreement whereby (2) engages (1) as caretaker and cleaner at St. Oswald's church

Registered group day care inspection report on St. Oswald's playgroup, by the Registration & Inspection Unit, 25 November 1994

Choir attendance register, 3 January 1943 - 28 June 1951

Choir attendance register, 3 January 1965 - 4April 1965

Sunday School Teachers' minute book, 4 April 1924 - 4 December 1946

Copy of Durham Diocesan Board of Education Lent Youth Survey, 1994

Page taken from parish magazine describing Lent and Easter services, jumble sale and the fact that the Lambton and Hetton Collieries, Ltd., had agreed to reserve a piece of ground near the site of the new church as a burial ground, May 1920 Originally enclosed in EP/SR 4/18

'Parish News', March 1981

Church newsletter, n.d., [early 1980s]