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Chester-le-Street St. Mary Parish

Reference: EP/CS Catalogue Title: Chester-le-Street St. Mary Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 14: Miscellaneous

Covering Dates: 1798-1986

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Chester-le-Street St. Mary Parish - 14: Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/CS 14/)Parish Magazines (Ref: EP/CS 14/)

14/1-32, 75-78, 82/1-3
see also: D/X 1496/4


Parish magazines, 1875
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1876
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1877
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1878
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1879
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1880
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1881
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1882
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1883
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines,1884
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1886
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1887
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1888
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1889
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1890
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1891
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1892
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1893
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1894
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1895
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1896
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1897
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1898
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1899
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1900
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1901
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1903
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1904
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1905
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1906
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1907
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parish magazines, 1911
(1 volume, cloth bound)


The Banner of Faith, parish magazines, vol. IV, 1885
(1 volume, cloth bound)


The Dawn of the Day, parish magazines, 1902
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Home Words for Heart and Hearth , parish magazines, 1908
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Home Words for Heart and Hearth , parish magazines, 1910
(1 volume, cloth bound)


"Home Words for Heart and Hearth" and St Mary and St Cuthbert Parish Magazine, 1909
(1 volume)


"Home Words for Heart and Hearth" and St Mary and St Cuthbert Parish Magazine, 1912
(1 volume)


"Home Words for Heart and Hearth" and St Mary and St Cuthbert Parish Magazine, 1913
(1 volume)

Photographs (Ref: EP/CS 14/)

14/37-63


Photograph of Rev. Canon W. O. Blunt, n.d.
(1 photograph)


Photograph of clergy and choristers, n.d. [post 1918?]
(1 photograph)


Photographs of Rev. Canon F. H. Jackson, rector 1919 - 1936, n.d.
(2 photographs)


Photograph of Mrs. Jackson, n.d.
(1 photograph)


Photograph of Rev. S. J. Glenn, curate 1934 - 37, n.d.
(1 photograph)


Photograph of Rev. H. S. Wilkinson, n.d.
(1 photograph)


Photograph of Rev. C. R. Appleton, 1950
(1 photograph)


Photograph of Rev. Canon Appleton and church members at Horner' s Toffee Works Canteen, n.d. [c. 1950]
(1 photograph)


Photographs of Rev. P. Blair, n.d.
(3 photographs)


Photograph of Rev. I. Bunting, n.d. [1983]
(1 photograph)


Photograph of Bill Ramage, verger, n.d.
(1 photograph)


Photograph of Rev. John Habgood, n.d.
(1 photograph)


Photograph of Rosemary Nixon, June 1972
(1 photograph)


Photograph of Pelton Fell Saturday Club, n.d.
(1 photograph)


Photograph of Rev. David Lomas leading the Garden Farm Family service, n.d.
(1 photograph)


Photograph of dinner quartet including Archbishop Michael Ramsey and David Bellamy, n.d.
(1 photograph)


Photograph of Rev. A. Spurr and George Healer with a door knocker designed for the pageant, 1968
(1 photograph)


Photographs of Derrick Earnshaw of Lombard Drive, Chester-le-Street, with his wood carving of St. Cuthbert, n.d. [1983]
(2 photographs)


Photograph of members of Chester-le-Street Cricket Club, n.d. [19th cent.]
(1 photograph)


Photograph of Chester Bridge, n.d. [late 19th cent.]
(1 postcard)


Photograph of banner and officials of National Union of Mineworkers, Chester Moor Lodge, n.d. [1966]
(3 photographs)

Maps and Plans (Ref: EP/CS 14/)

14/35, 68


Plan showing the boundaries of the Chester-le-Street Rural District, n.d. [ c.1950] Scale: 1:25000 [photographic reduction x 10 of 1:25000 O.S. sheets]
(1 plan, 60cm x 60cm, photographic reduction, paper)


Plan of the Westfield, Chester-le-Street, showing numbered allotments, with list of proprietors and acreages on reverse side, n.d. [post 1847] No scale
(1 plan, waxed paper, 20cm x 30cm, card mounted)

Parish History (Ref: EP/CS 14/)

14/65, 69, 74


A short guide to the history and monuments of Chester-le-Street Parish Church, n.d. [1980]
(1 paper)


Rev. John Dodd, M. A.: The History of the Church of Chester-le-Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1856
(1 volume, cloth bound, printed and illustrated)


Printed report and British Museum identification of Roman coins found in Chester burn during the rebuilding of the bridge at the north end of Front Street, n.d. [ c . 1909]; notes by F. H. Jackson relating to Roman artefacts found in Chester-le-Street, c. 1935, and notes by Martin Allen relating to Anker' s House Roman coins, c. 1986
(9 papers)

Parish Pageant (Ref: EP/CS 14/)

14/64, 80, 81


Text of ' A Pageant of Chester-le-Street' at Lumley Castle, 26 June - 1 July 1967
(1 file)


Souvenir programme of, ' A pageant of Chester le Street to Mark the Septecentenary of the Parish Church ', 26 June - 1 July 1967
(1 booklet, printed)


Libretto of ' 2000 Years of History: A Pageant of Chester le Street at Lumley Castle' , a presentation by the Restoration Committee of the Parochial Church Council, 26 June - 1 July 1967
(1 file, typescript)

Printed views of Chester-le-Street (Ref: EP/CS 14/)

14/70, 71, 79


Chester-le-Street and Neighbourhood, an album of 16 [photograph] views, published by John Wilkinson , 144 Front Street, Chester-le-Street, n.d. [c.1900]
(1 volume, card bound)


The New Album of Chester-le-Street and District Views , published by Joseph Frigerio, Noah' s Ark Bazaar, 23 Nelson Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, comprising 22 printed engravings, colour tinted, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 volume of fold-out illustrations, card bound)


Souvenir pictorial handbook of the parish church of St Mary and St Cuthbert, Chester le Street, sold in aid of the restoration fund, 1964
(1 booklet, printed)

Manorial (Ref: EP/CS 14/)

14/66


Valuation of the Chester estate in the parish of Chester-le-Street, property of Sir Ralph Milbanke, bart. and William Joliffe, esquire, by A. Mowbray, 27 October 1798 Includes: sketch maps, field names, acreages, state of cultivation, valuations, and valuations of pit houses and cottages, on land at Ouston, Pelton, Chester-le-Street and Fatfield
(1 volume, leather bound)

Colliery and Farm Accounts (Ref: EP/CS 14/)

14/67


General (cash) account book of John Martindale in account with James Ramsay and himself, 13 March 1802 - 31 December 1805 Includes: colliery accounts of the Flatts Colliery, which was worked by Martindale and Ramsay on behalf of the trustees of the late William Henry Lambton. The following pits were worked: Flatt Pit (Five Quarter Seam) in Tanfield township, Engine Pit (Low Main Coal Seam), Engine Pit (Hutton Coal Seam), and Handen Hold Pit (Five Quarter Seam). Also farm accounts for Stanley Hall Farm, Pelton Farm, Pelton Allotment and Burnthouse Allotment. (Stanley Hall Farm was rented by Martindale and Ramsay from Edward Townley Standish, and Pelton Farm was rented from the trustees of the late W. H. Lambton). The farm accounts include the sale and purchase of horses, and other farm stock, at Newcastle Fair, Morpeth Market and elsewhere. (John Martindale was surveyor of highways for Pelton within the period covered by these accounts) (1 volume, leather quarter bound, lacking front and end pages; originally parchment bound in part of a Dean and Chapter of Durham lease)

Books of Remembrance (Ref: EP/CS 14/)

14/36


Book of remembrance, November 1952 [Lists names only of WW2 dead]
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Diocesan Registrar Correspondence (Ref: EP/CS 14/)

14/73


Letter from Durham Diocesan Registrar to G.A. Stockdale of Barclays Bank Ltd., Chester-le-Street, regretting the former's inability to trace deeds to cottages at Church Chare, Chester-le-Street, 8 January 1954 Originally enclosed with EP/CS 4/114 - 117
(1 paper)

Playbills (Ref: EP/CS 14/)

14/33, 34


Playbill for the Theatre, Chester-le-Street, advertising performances of The Castle Spectre by M.C. Lewis, M.P. and Bon Ton , 31 July 1800; with a paper describing how it was removed from the winding drum of the old church clock at Houghton-le-Spring in 1884
(2 papers)

Visitors' Books (Ref: EP/CS 14/)

14/72


Church visitor's book, signed by Albert, Elizabeth [T.R.H. the Duke and Duchess of York]; Scarborough and C. Scarborough [the Earl and Countess of Scarborough], and Cosmo [Gordon Lang, archbishop of Canterbury], 15 July 1928 and 17 August 1930
(1 volume, leather bound)