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Easington St. Mary Parish

Reference: EP/Ea Catalogue Title: Easington St. Mary Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1560-2019

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  • Easington St. Mary Parish
    • Easington St. Mary Parish (Ref: EP/Ea)
    • 01 Registration (Ref: EP/Ea Section 1)
    • Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (Ref: EP/Ea section 01)
    • Registers of baptisms and burials (Ref: EP/Ea section 02)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Easection 03)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Ea section 04)
    • Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Ea section 05)
    • Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Ea section 06)
    • 02 Clergy (Ref: EP/Ea Section 2)
    • Registers of services (Ref: EP/Ea section 01)
    • Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Ea section 02)
    • Benefice income (Ref: EP/Ea section 03)
    • Glebe (Ref: EP/Ea section 04)
    • Correspondence (Ref: EP/Ea section 05)
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/Ea section 06)
    • Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/Ea section 07)
    • Orders of service (Ref: EP/Ea section 08)
    • 04 Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Ea Section 4)
    • Church (Ref: EP/Ea section 01)
    • Heating (Ref: EP/Ea)
    • Insurance (Ref: EP/Ea)
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/Ea)
    • Plans (Ref: EP/Ea)
    • Repairs (Ref: EP/Ea)
    • Windows (Ref: EP/Ea)
    • Church Hall (Ref: EP/Ea section 02)
    • Vicarage (Ref: EP/Ea section 03)
    • Faculties and Archdeacons' Certificates (Ref: EP/Ea section 04)
    • Faculties (Ref: EP/Ea section 01)
    • Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/Ea section 02)
    • Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Ea section 05)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/Ea section 06)
    • Sequestration (Ref: EP/Ea section 07)
    • 05 Vestry (Ref: EP/Ea Section 5)
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/Ea)
    • 06 Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Ea Section 6)
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/Ea section 01)
    • Minutes of the Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Ea section 01)
    • Annual Parish Meetings (Ref: EP/Ea section 02)
    • Annual meeting reports (Ref: EP/Ea section 02)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/Ea section 03)
    • Electoral rolls (Ref: EP/Ea section 04)
    • 11 Schools (Ref: EP/Ea Section 11)
    • School site (Ref: EP/Ea section 01)
    • Plans (Ref: EP/Ea section 02)
    • Reports of the Board of Education (Ref: EP/Ea section 03)
    • Correspondence (Ref: EP/Ea section 04)
    • Questionnaires (Ref: EP/Ea section 05)
    • 12 Charities (Ref: EP/Ea Section 12)
    • 14 Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Ea Section 14)
    • Parish magazines (Ref: EP/Ea section 01)
    • Parish history (Ref: EP/Ea section 02)
    • Visitors' books (Ref: EP/Ea section 03)
    • Road improvements (Ref: EP/Ea section 04)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Ea section 05)

Catalogue Contents

Easington St. Mary Parish (Ref: EP/Ea)01 Registration (Ref: EP/Ea Section 1)Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (Ref: EP/Ea section 01)

1-3

Ref: EP/Ea 1

Register of baptisms, 1571- September 1652 (no entries 1583 -1589); register of marriages, August 1570 - September 1653 (no entries 1586 - 1591); register of burials, May 1570 - June 1653 Note of alms given by Richard Bellasis for the poor. July 1560 Note of an induction, 1603 Note of special pews erected for Sir William Bellasis and Sir Alexander Hall, 1634 Note of a covenant according to the order of a Standing Committee at Lumley Castle, 1645 List of those excommunicated for not appearing before the archdeacon on charges of absences from church, 1676 Note of rebinding of the register, 1878 Text of a covenant with signatures, n.d.
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 2

Register of baptisms, marriages and burials, October 1653 - 1662; register of baptisms, 1662 - March 1745; register of marriages, May 1662 - December 1744; register of burials, 1662 - February 1745 Note of the appointment of register, 1653 Notes of induction, 1659, 1891 List of briefs collected, 1727-1729
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 3

Register of baptisms, April 1745 - December 1797; register of burials, March 1745 - October 1797; register of marriages, April 1745 - February 1773 Biographical notes on Hugh Hodgson. Rector, 1762 - 1764 Note of an induction, 1791 Note concerning the erecting of a churchyard gate, 1791 List of donations. n.d.
(1 volume)

Registers of baptisms and burials (Ref: EP/Ea section 02)

4

Ref: EP/Ea 4

Register of burials, February 1798 - December 1812; register of baptisms, January 1798 - November 1812
(1 volume)

Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Easection 03)

5-6, 19-20, 102, 126, 140/1

Ref: EP/Ea 5

Register of baptisms, January 1813 - December 1840 Index of baptisms, 1813 - 1840
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 6

Register of baptisms, December 1840 - April 1851
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 19

Register of baptisms, 1851 - 1913
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 20

Register of baptisms, 1913 - 1922
(1 volurne)

Ref: EP/Ea 102

Register of baptisms, 11 August 1922 ­ 9 September 1952
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 126

Register of baptisms, 14 September 1952 - 14 April 1996
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 140/1

Register of baptisms, 21 April 1996 - 2 May 2010
(1 volume)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Ea section 04)

7-8, 16, 21-24, 27, 104-108, 127-129, 141/1-5

Ref: EP/Ea 7

Register of banns and marriages, May 1754 - June 1771 Note of an induction, 1762
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 8

Register of marriages, March 1813 - June 1837
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 16

Register of banns, April 1772 - May 1829; register of marriages, December 1771 - March 1813 Index of marriages
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 21

Register of marriages, 1837 - 1851
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 22

Register of marriages, 1851 - 1876
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 23

Register of marriages, 1876 - 1917
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 24

Register of marriages, 1917 - 1927
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 27

Register of marriages, 17 March 1927 - 30 October 1948
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 104

Register of marriages, 20 November 1948 - 9 April 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 105

Register of marriages, 4 June 1960 -­ 7 December 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 106

Register of marriages, 10 May 1975 - 4 August 1979
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 107

Register of marriages, 25 August 1979 -­ 24 September 1983
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 108

Register of marriages, 15 October 1983 -­ 11 July 1987
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 127

Register of marriages, 25 July 1987 - 13 April 1991
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 128

Register of marriages, 1 May 1991 - 23 October 1999
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 129

Register of marriages, 27 May 2000 - 15 August 2004
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 141/1

Register of marriages, 2 October 2004 - 21 July 2012
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 141/2

Register of marriages, 27 July 2012 - 26 July 2014
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 141/3

Register of marriages, 27 July 2014 - 8 April 2017
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 141/4

Register of marriages, 21 April 2017 - 14 September 2019
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 141/5

Register of marriages, 9 November 2019
(1 volume)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Ea section 05)

17, 28-29, 103

Ref: EP/Ea 17

Register of banns of marriage, 1840 - 1852
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 28

Register of banns of marriage, 14 April 1929 - 9 April 1950
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 29

Register of banns of marriage, 16 April 1950 - 18 July 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 103

Register of banns of marriage, 4 July 1965 -­ 21 August 1988
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Ea section 06)

9-15, 109

Ref: EP/Ea 9

Register of burials, January 1813 - July 1849
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 10

Register of burials, August 1849 - May 1880 Pages from the Ecclesiastical Gazette , 1880
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 11

Register of burials, June 1880 - December 1898
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 12

Register of burials, January 1899 - December 1909
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 13

Register of burials, December 1909 - February 1918
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 14

Register of burials, February 1918 - January 1933 and December 1942 - October 1952
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 15

Burials in the additional Churchyard, January 1894 - May 1909 List of parish fees, 1894
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 109

Register of burials, 18 August 1953 -­ 26 April 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)

02 Clergy (Ref: EP/Ea Section 2)Registers of services (Ref: EP/Ea section 01)

30-33, 110-112, 142/1

Ref: EP/Ea 30

Register of services, 17 September 1924 - 31 December 1947
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 31

Register of services, 1 January 1948 - 29 July 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 32

Register of services, 5 August 1956 - 27 April 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 33

Register of services, 2 May 1965 - 18 November 1973
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 110

Register of services, 25 November 1973 -­ 4 November 1979
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 111

Register of services, 6 November 1979 - 30 December 1988
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 112

Register of services, 1 January 1989 - 15 December 1993
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 142/1

Register of services, 19 December 1993 - 26 October 2007
(1 volume)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Ea section 02)

54-55, 113

Ref: EP/Ea 54

Map of the district of St. Cuthbert, Peterlee and the alteration of the boundaries of parishes of Easington Colliery, Easington, Horden and Shotton, 1956 Scale: 9 inches to 1 mile [1:7040]
(95 cm. x 61 cm., paper, coloured)

Ref: EP/Ea 55

Copy of an Order in Council re altering the boundaries of the parishes of Horden, Easington, Easington Colliery and Shotton, with covering letter, 19 December 1956
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: EP/Ea 113

Map of the district of Peterlee and the alteration of the boundaries of the parishes of Easington Colliery, Easington, Horden and Shotton, 1956
(1 plan, 63.5 cm. x 103 cm., printed)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/Ea section 03)

65, 71

Ref: EP/Ea 65

Return of benefice income to Rev. G.A. West at Easington, 31 December 1932
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 71

Letter from G. Burgis, assistant accountant of the Church Commissioners to the Rev. J. Duncan re treasury stock, 25 July 1951
(1 paper)

Glebe (Ref: EP/Ea section 04)

35-36, 56, 63, 66-69, 74

Ref: EP/Ea 35

Correspondence and papers re the sale of glebe land at Easington to Durham County Council, 13 January 1965 - 8 November 1973
(16 papers, 2 files)

Ref: EP/Ea 36

13 February 1945 (1) Rev. James Duncan, rector of Easington (2) George Moor of Rectory Farm Hall Walk, Easington, farmer Photocopy of agreement for tenancy of Rectory Field or Popes Chair (7 acres) at Easington Village Consideration: £24 p.a.
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: EP/Ea 56

File of land ownership plans for the parish of St. Mary the Virgin, Easington, 4 June 1956 Scale: 1:2500
(paper, file)

Ref: EP/Ea 63

Correspondence and notice of the Royal Exchange Assurance Co., re the assignment of the insurance policy of the Rev. G.A. West of Easington to William Crozier Thompson of Sunderland by way of a mortgage, 16 April 1914 - 3 May 1927
(5 papers)

Ref: EP/Ea 66

Wayleave agreements between the North Eastern Electric Supply Co. and Rev. G. Algernon West, 16 - 24 August 1934
(2 files)

Ref: EP/Ea 67

Letter from L. Rudd, secretary of the County Durham War Agricultural Executive Committee, to the rector of Easington re 'Cultivation of Lands Order, 1939', 28 March 1940
(paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 68

Correspondence re the use of glebe land for mineral workings, 27 November 1931 -10 May 1940
(15 papers, 6 files)

Ref: EP/Ea 69

Correspondence re use of glebe land as a searchlight site, 20 - 21 December 1940
(4 papers)

Ref: EP/Ea 74

Notice from Mann, Longden and Mann, solicitors at Sunder land to Rev. G.A. West re the use of church land for the construction of new waterworks under the proposed Sunderland and South Shields Water Act, 8 December 1921
(1 paper)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Ea section 05)

61, 76

Ref: EP/Ea 61

Notes on the directions for pastoral work given in the Epistles to Timothy in relation to the needs of parishes, December 1893
(25 papers)

Ref: EP/Ea 76

Letters from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Rev. G.A. West re road improvement near Easington, 4 and 12 September 1914
(2 papers)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Ea section 06)

138 (1)-(67)

Ref: EP/Ea 138

Volume of photographs of events in the church life of Easington, 1974 - 1984, presented to Rev. E.G. Long on his retirement, 30 September 1984
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 138(1)

Photograph of St Mary's church, Easington, n.d. 1974

Ref: EP/Ea 138(2)

Photograph of unidentified members of the Sunday School on their Christmas Evening, 22 December 1975

Ref: EP/Ea 138(3)

Photograph of unidentified members of the Sunday School at their Christmas party, January 1976

Ref: EP/Ea 138(4)

Photograph of unidentified members of the Sunday School at their Christmas party, January 1976

Ref: EP/Ea 138(5)

Photograph of unidentified members of the Sunday School at their Christmas party, January 1976

Ref: EP/Ea 138(6)

Photograph of unidentified members of the Brownies and Girl Guides on Thinking Day, 1976

Ref: EP/Ea 138(7)

Photograph of Paula Turnbull, Myra Kaye, Amanda Willan, Heather Bowbank, Nora Vaughan and Julie Watson, members of the Girl Guides, and the Rector, at the Golden Jubilee Colour Party, 1976

Ref: EP/Ea 138(8)

Photograph of unidentified members of the Brownies and Girl Guides standing next to the font at the service celebrating 50 years of Guiding in Easington, 20 May 1976

Ref: EP/Ea 138(9)

Photograph of unidentified members of the Brownies and Girl Guides standing next to the font at the service celebrating 50 years of Guiding in Easington, 20 May 1976

Ref: EP/Ea 138(10)

Photograph of Paul Savage, Martin Allison and Stuart Hutchinson with a banner depicting the church of St. Mary, Easington, used at the pilgrimage to Whitby, Yorkshire, 8 May 1977

Ref: EP/Ea 138(11)

Photograph of unidentified members of the Sunday School with the banner used at a pilgrimage to Whitby, Yorkshire, n.d. 1977

Ref: EP/Ea 138(12)

Photograph of unidentified children performing a play entitled 'St. Hilda of Whitby', before the annual church meeting, 25 April 1977

Ref: EP/Ea 138(13)

Photograph of unidentified members of the church with the banner at the start of a pilgrimage to Whitby, Yorkshire, 8 May 1977

Ref: EP/Ea 138(14)

Photograph of unidentified members of church with the banner at the start of a pilgrimage to Whitby, Yorkshire, 8 May 1977

Ref: EP/Ea 138(15)

Photograph of unidentified members of St. Mary's church walking through Whitby, Yorkshire, towards the church, 8 May 1977

Ref: EP/Ea 138(16)

Photograph of unidentified members of St. Mary's church walking through Whitby, Yorkshire, towards the church, 8 May 1977

Ref: EP/Ea 138(17)

Photograph of the Rev. E.G. Long standing next to the cakes made to celebrate the 25th anniversay of his ordination, 9 June 1977

Ref: EP/Ea 138(18)

Photograph of the cakes made to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the ordination of the Rev. E.G. Long, 9 June 1977

Ref: EP/Ea 138(19)

Photograph of St. Mary's church floodlit, 14 April 1977

Ref: EP/Ea 138(20)

Photograph of the Rev. E.G. Long at the altar holding up the chalice, n.d. 1977

Ref: EP/Ea 138(21)

Photograph of the Rev. E.G. Long at the altar, n.d. 1977

Ref: EP/Ea 138(22)

Photograph of the Rev. E.G. Long at the altar performing the final blessing, n.d. [1977]

Ref: EP/Ea 138(23)

Photograph of unidentified children from the Sunday School and Choir on an outing to Seaham beach, 7 July 1979

Ref: EP/Ea 138(24)

Photograph of unidentified children from the Sunday School and Choir on an outing to Seaham beach, 7 July 1979

Ref: EP/Ea 138(25)

Photograph of unidentified children from the Sunday School and Choir on an outing to Seaham beach, 7 July 1979

Ref: EP/Ea 138(26)

Photograph of the Easington Village Mothers' Union banner, n.d. [1979]

Ref: EP/Ea 138(27)

Photograph of unidentified members of the Easington Village Mothers' Union in the aisle of the the church with their banner, n.d. [1979]

Ref: EP/Ea 138(28)

Photograph of a detail of the the new banner for the Mothers' Union, 19 May 1980

Ref: EP/Ea 138(29)

Photograph of the new Mothers' Union banner hanging from a pillar in the church during the dedication service, 19 May 1980

Ref: EP/Ea 138(30)

Photograph of unidentified members of the Mothers' Union at a party celebrating the 80th birthday of Mrs. J.T. Brown, n.d.

Ref: EP/Ea 138(31)

Photograph of unidentified members of the Mothers' Union at a party celebrating the 80th birthday of Mrs. J. T. Brown, n.d.

Ref: EP/Ea 138(32)

Photograph of the Easter garden, depicting the risen Christ, 1981

Ref: EP/Ea 138(33)

Photograph of the Easter garden, depicting the risen Christ, 1981

Ref: EP/Ea 138(34)

Photograph of Lisa Forster, Nicholas Parker and Stephanie Parker with the banner used in a pilgrimage to Whitby, Yorkshire, 23 May 1982

Ref: EP/Ea 138(35)

Photograph of unidentified members of St. Mary's church taking part in a pilgimage to Whitby, Yorkshire, 23 May 1982

Ref: EP/Ea 138(36)

Photograph of unidentified members of St Mary's church taking part in a pilgimage to Whitby, Yorkshire, 23 May 1982

Ref: EP/Ea 138(37)

Photograph of unidentified church members standing at Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire, with the church banners for Haswell, Wheatley Hill, Blackhall and Easington on display, 23 May 1982

Ref: EP/Ea 138(38)

Photograph of the Rural Dean and unidentified church members at a service held at Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire, with church banners for Haswell, Pelton, Wheatley Hill and South Hetton on display, 23 May 1982

Ref: EP/Ea 138(39)

Photograph of unidentified church members at Whitby Abbey [North Yorkshire], 23 May 1982

Ref: EP/Ea 138(40)

Photograph of unidentified church members at Whitby Abbey [North Yorkshire], 23 May 1982

Ref: EP/Ea 138(41)

Photograph of unidentified church members at the Royal Wedding fete, 25 July 1981

Ref: EP/Ea 138(42)

Photograph of unidentified members of the Sunday School standing next to a notice advertising the summer fete, 19 June 1982

Ref: EP/Ea 138(43)

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Savage selling raffle tickets at the summer fete, 19 June 1982

Ref: EP/Ea 138(44)

Photograph of E. Fairs and E. Green manning the treasure hunt at the summer fete, 19 June 1982

Ref: EP/Ea 138(45)

Photograph of unidentified members of the Brownies at the Harvest Thanksgiving service, 10 October 1982

Ref: EP/Ea 138(46)

Photograph of the fruit and flower displays at the Harvest Thanksgiving service, 10 October 1982

Ref: EP/Ea 138(47)

Photograph of the fruit and flower displays at the Harvest Thanksgiving service, 10 October 1982

Ref: EP/Ea 138(48)

Photograph of the fruit and flower displays at the Harvest Thanksgiving service, 10 October 1982

Ref: EP/Ea 138(49)

Photograph of John Habgood, Bishop of Durham, attending the Harvest Thanksgiving service before taking up his appointment as Archbishop of York, 9 October 1983

Ref: EP/Ea 138(50)

Photograph of a corn dolly in the shape of a bishop, 9 October 1983

Ref: EP/Ea 138(51)

Photograph of two unidentified Girl Guides with the corn dolly presented to the Bishop of Durham at the Harvest Thanksgiving, 9 October 1983

Ref: EP/Ea 138(52)

Photograph of the altar decorated for Christmas, 1983

Ref: EP/Ea 138(53)

Photograph of the altar decorated for Christmas, 1983

Ref: EP/Ea 138(54)

Photograph of the altar decorated for Christmas, 1983

Ref: EP/Ea 138(55)

Photograph of the Christmas crib, 1983

Ref: EP/Ea 138(56)

Photograph of unidentified members of the Girl Guides and Brownies at their Thinking Day parade, 19 February 1984

Ref: EP/Ea 138(57)

Photograph of unidentified members of the Girl Guides and Brownies at their Thinking Day parade, 19 February 1984

Ref: EP/Ea 138(58)

Photograph of the rector and unidentified members of the choir on Palm Sunday, 15 April 1984

Ref: EP/Ea 138(59)

Photograph of the rector and unidentified members of the choir on Palm Sunday, 15 April 1984

Ref: EP/Ea 138(60)

Photograph of unidentified members of the Mothers' Union presenting the rector with a cheque on his retirement, 25 June 1984

Ref: EP/Ea 138(61)

Photograph of unidentified members of the 1st Easington (Church) Brownies and Girl Guides presenting the rector with retirement gifts, 25 June 1984

Ref: EP/Ea 138(62)

Photograph of unidentified members of the 1st Easington (Church) Brownies and Girl Guides presenting the rector with retirement gifts, 25 June 1984

Ref: EP/Ea 138(63)

Photograph of Rev. E.G Long and Michael Perry, Archdeacon of Durham, with unidentified members of the parish at his retirement party, 30 Septmber 1984

Ref: EP/Ea 138(64)

Photograph of Stephanie Parker presenting the rector with a Durham Cathedral door knocker, a present from the choir and organist, 30 September 1984

Ref: EP/Ea 138(65)

Photograph of Michael Savage, churchwarden, thanking the rector for the work he had done in the parish during the previous 10 years, 25 June 1984

Ref: EP/Ea 138(66)

Photograph of Michael Savage, churchwarden, presenting the rector with a cheque from the parishioners, 25 June 1984

Ref: EP/Ea 138(67)

Photograph of Brian Haswell, churchwarden, presenting the rector with an inscribed miners' lamp, 25 June 1984

Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/Ea section 07)

101

Ref: EP/Ea 101

Duplicate return of parochial statistics, 1 January - 31 December 1929
(1 paper)

Orders of service (Ref: EP/Ea section 08)

60

Ref: EP/Ea 60

Order of service for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 2 June 1953
(1 booklet)

04 Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Ea Section 4)Church (Ref: EP/Ea section 01)Heating (Ref: EP/Ea)

37

Ref: EP/Ea 37

Correspondence, accounts and plans re heating and electrical installation in St. Mary's church, 22 March 1971 -27 February 1973
(5 papers, 10 files)

Repairs (Ref: EP/Ea)

39, 41, 44, 79-80

Ref: EP/Ea 39

Surveyors' reports on condition of St. Mary's church with recommendations for its conservation and repairs, 1959, 1964 and 1969
(3 files)

Ref: EP/Ea 41

Correspondence and specifications re repair of church, 7 December 1959 -28 August 1964
(2 files, 4 papers)

Ref: EP/Ea 44

Correspondence, accounts and specification of works re the repair of the tower parapets and walls of St. Mary's church, Easington, 13 October 1964 - 24 January 1967
(9 papers, 7 files)

Ref: EP/Ea 79

Specification of labour and materials required for renewals and repairs to church roof, April 1948
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Ea 80

Tender and correspondence for alterations to and repair of church roof, 16 April -3 December 1948
(8 papers)

Plans (Ref: EP/Ea)

45-47, 78

Ref: EP/Ea 45

Plan of proposed renewals and repairs to church roofs, April 1948 Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch [1:48]
(81 cm. x 66 cm., paper, ink)

Ref: EP/Ea 46

Plan of church tower roof and parapets, 29 July 1964 Scale: 2 feet to 1 inch [1:24]
(97 cm. x 60 cm., paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 47

Plan and elevation of church tower, 29 July 1964 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(97 cm. x 60 cm., paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 78

Plan of proposed renewals and repairs to church roof, 6 April 1948 Scale: 1 foot to 4 inches [1:3]
(72 cm. x 86 cm., paper, ink)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Ea)

49, 122, 143/1-2

Ref: EP/Ea 49

Photograph of Easing ton Church Tower under repair, n.d.
(paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 122

Photograph of church plate consisting of two chalices and platens and a wafer box, n.d., c.1980 Originally enclosed in EP/Ea 118
(1 photographs, 9 cm. x 12.5 cm., coloured)

Ref: EP/Ea 143/1

Photograph of the west side of St. Mary's church, Easington, n.d. [c. 1990s]
(1 photograph, colour, 18cm x 12cm)

Ref: EP/Ea 143/2

Photograph of the southwest side of St. Mary's church, Easington, n.d. [c. 1990s]
(1 photograph, colour, 18cm x 12cm)

Insurance (Ref: EP/Ea)

73

Ref: EP/Ea 73

Papers re insurance policies of church and school, 26 January 1912 - 8 January 1914
(1 paper, 2 files)

Windows (Ref: EP/Ea)

70

Ref: EP/Ea 70

Letter from Harry J. Stammers of York to the rector of Easington re stained glass window, 15 December 1950
(1 paper)

Church Hall (Ref: EP/Ea section 02)

123

Ref: EP/Ea 123

27 July 1911 (1) Rev. George Algernon West, Rector of Easington (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (3) Rt. Rev. Handley Carr Glyn, Bishop of Durham (4)The said George Algernon West; Reginald Brown, James William Sanderson and John Robert Liddle, all of Easington, churchwardens of the parish of Easington Lease for 999 years of part of the glebe land of the Rectory of Easington (776 square yards) (plan included) as the site of a parish hall Rent: 10s.
(Parchment, 2 membranes)

Vicarage (Ref: EP/Ea section 03)

42-43, 64

Ref: EP/Ea 42

Assessment for repairs to parsonage house, 19 - 23 June 1969
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Ea 43

Papers re the repairs to the parsonage house, Easington, March - September 1974
(14 papers, 2 files)

Ref: EP/Ea 64

Letter from Wilsons, Ormsby and Cadle of Durham to Rev. G. Algernon West re the purchase of a house by the parochial church council, 11 July 1924
(1 paper)

Faculties and Archdeacons' Certificates (Ref: EP/Ea section 04)Faculties (Ref: EP/Ea section 01)

40, 77, 114-115, 117, 124-125

Ref: EP/Ea 40

Faculty for lighting and heating, 15 July 1971
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 77

Faculty for giving up for the purpose of road enlargement a portion of the churchyard of the parish of Easington, 27 July 1937
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 114

Faculty for the installation of an aumbry in the north wall of the sanctuary of the church, 8 April 1975
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 115

Faculty for the introduction of new carpeting in the central walkway of the church, 31 January 1980
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 117

Faculty for the repair of broken windows, the installation of double-glazing and the provision of a polycarbonate cover on the eastern-most window in the south side of the nave, 13 June 1983
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 124

Faculty for repairing the roof and structure of the church, 14 January 1949
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 125

Faculty for the insertion of stained glass in a three-light window in the nave, 15 June 1950
(1 paper)

Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/Ea section 02)

116

Ref: EP/Ea 116

Archdeacon's certificate for the carrying out of work in the church, 22 July 1981
(1 paper)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Ea section 05)

48, 72

Ref: EP/Ea 48

Inventory, 27 May 1956
(paper, 1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Ea 72

Terrier and account of all church property and funds, 1891
(1 paper)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Ea section 06)

18

Ref: EP/Ea 18

Churchwardens' accounts, 1805 - 1873 See also vestry minutes ref. EP/Ea 118
(1 volume)

Sequestration (Ref: EP/Ea section 07)

38

Ref: EP/Ea 38

Papers re sequestration and benefice, 31 March - 18 September 1974 (paper ,1 file)

05 Vestry (Ref: EP/Ea Section 5)Minutes (Ref: EP/Ea)

25-26, 118

Ref: EP/Ea 25

Minutes of the Vestry and Select Vestry, 1802 - 1827
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 26

Minutes of the Vestry and Select-Vestry, 1828 - 1836
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ea 118

Vestry meetings and annual parochial meetings minutes, 30 March 1875 - 25 April 1983; Churchwardens' accounts, 30 March 1975 - 31 December 1921; Bazaar accounts, August 1885; Accounts of fund to provide lectern and candlesticks in memory of Rev. W.G. Harrison, 16 May 1892; Parochial Church Council accounts, 1922 - 1923; Summary minutes of meetings of rector, churchwardens and committee for the procuring of an additional churchyard, January 1894; Attached: newspaper cutting from the Sunderland Echo , concerning the unveiling of a war memorial window, 3 May 1925
(1 volume, vellum bound)

06 Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Ea Section 6)Minutes (Ref: EP/Ea section 01)Minutes of the Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Ea section 01)

119-121, 130-134, 149/1-2

Ref: EP/Ea 119

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 2 July 1925 - 28 May 1945
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 120

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 1 November 1945 - 1 November 1962
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 121

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 16 May 1963 - 31 March 1983
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 130

Parochial Church Council minute book, 18 April 1983 - 26 April 1987
(1 volume, cloth half bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 131

Parochial Church Council minute book, 11 May 1987 - 19 February 1990
(1 volume, cloth half bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 132

Parochial Church Council minute book, 5 March - 30 April 1990
(1 volume, cloth half bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 133

Parochial Church Council minutes, 3 April 1995 - 1 Febuary 1999
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Ea 134

Parochial Church Council minutes, 1 March 1999 - 12 March 2003
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Ea 149/1

Minutes of meetings, 2 December 1991 - 6 February 1995
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Ea 149/2

Minutes of meetings, 7 May 2003 - 5 October 2011
(1 file)

Annual Parish Meetings (Ref: EP/Ea section 02)

135-136, 147/1

Ref: EP/Ea 135

Annual Parish meetings minute book, 25 April 1983 - 29 April 1985
(1 volume, cloth half bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 136

Annual Parish Meetings minute book, 28 April 1986 - 10 April 2002
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 147/1

Minutes of annual general meetings, 2 April 2003 - 12 April 2006; 16 April 2008 - 21 April 2010
(12 papers, printed)

Annual meeting reports (Ref: EP/Ea section 02)

136/1-13

Ref: EP/Ea 136/1

Reports of the Brownies, Deanery Synod, and Mothers' Union, and Rector's comments for the Annual Parish Meeting on 22 April 1991, 1991 Originally enclosed in EP/Ea 136
(11 papers)

Ref: EP/Ea 136/2

Reports of the Adventurers' Club, Brownies, Deanery Synod, Mothers' Union, Rector, Saint Mary's Action Sport, Secretary, Social Committee and Youth Club for Annual Parish Meeting on 6 April 1992, 1992 Originally enclosed in EP/Ea 136
(19 papers)

Ref: EP/Ea 136/3

Reports of the Auditor, Brownies, Church Choir, Deanery Synod, Guides, Rector, Secretary and Youth Club for the Annual Parish Meeting on 26 April 1993, 1993 Originally enclosed in EP/Ea 136
(22 papers)

Ref: EP/Ea 136/4

Reports of the Auditor, Brownies, Church Choir, Churchwarden, Covenant Secretary, Deanery Synod, Guides, Secretary, Treasurer and Youth Club for the Annual Parish Meeting on 11 April 1994, 1994 Originally enclosed in EP/Ea 136
(23 papers)

Ref: EP/Ea 136/5

Reports of the Bellringers, Church Choir, Churchwardens, Covenant Secretary, Deanery Synod, Guides, Mothers' Union, Rector, Secretary, Treasurer and Youth Club for the Annual Parish Meeting on 20 March 1995, 1995 Originally enclosed in EP/Ea 136
(25 papers)

Ref: EP/Ea 136/6

Reports of the Bellringers, Brownies, Church Choir, Covenant Secretary, Deanery Synod, Junior Church, Mothers' Union, Rector, Secretary and Youth Club to the Annual Parish Meeting on 15 April 1996, 1996 Originally enclosed in EP/Ea 136
(22 papers)

Ref: EP/Ea 136/7

Reports of the Church Choir, Churchwardens, Deanery Synod, Guides, Junior Church, Mothers' Union, Rector, Secretary, Treasurer and Youth Club for the Annual Parish Meeting on 7 April 1997,1997 Originally enclosed in EP/Ea 136
(14 papers)

Ref: EP/Ea 136/8

Reports of the Brownies, Churchwardens, Covenant Secretary, Deanery Synod, Guides, Junior Church, Mothers' Union, Secretary and Treasurer to the Annual Parish Meeting on 3 March 1998, 1998 Originally enclosed in EP/Ea 136
(13 papers)

Ref: EP/Ea 136/9

Reports of the Brownies, Church Choir, Covenant Secretary, Diocesan Synod, Electoral Roll Officer, Guides, Junior Church, Mothers' Union, Rector, Secretary, Treasurer and Youth Club to the Annual Parish Meeting on 1 March 1999, 1999 Originally enclosed in EP/Ea 136
(16 papers)

Ref: EP/Ea 136/10

Reports of the Brownies, Church Choir, Churchwardens, Covenant Secretary, Guides, Mothers' Union, Rector, Secretary and Treasurer for the Annual Parish Meeting on 29 March 2000, 2000 Originally enclosed in EP/Ea 136
(16 papers)

Ref: EP/Ea 136/11

Financial statement and reports of the Brownies, Church Choir, Deanery Synod, Electoral Roll Officer, Guides, Mothers' Union, Rector and Secretary to the Annual Parish Meeting on 4 April 2001, 2001 Originally enclosed in EP/Ea 136
(17 papers)

Ref: EP/Ea 136/12

Reports of the Brownies, Church Choir, Churchwardens, Deanery Synod, Guides, Mothers' Union, Secretary and Treasurer to the Annual Parish Meeting, 10 April 2002, 2002 Originally enclosed in EP/Ea 136
(19 papers)

Ref: EP/Ea 136/13

Reports from the Monday Club and / or Mother's Union, 28 April 2004 - 12 April 2006; 16 April 2008; 21 April 2010
(8 papers, printed)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Ea section 03)

148/1

Ref: EP/Ea 148/1

Accounts for the years ending 31 December 1965 - 1966; 1968; 1973; 1975 - 2010
(1 file)

Electoral rolls (Ref: EP/Ea section 04)

136/13

Ref: EP/Ea 136/13

Electoral roll, March 2002 Originally enclosed in EP/Ea 136
(3 papers)

11 Schools (Ref: EP/Ea Section 11)School site (Ref: EP/Ea section 01)

50-51, 62

Ref: EP/Ea 50

23 July 1833 (1) Rev. Richard Prosser D.D., prebendary of Durham Cathedral, lately archdeacon of Durham and rector of Easington (2) Rev. Henry George Liddell M.A., clerk, rector of Easington; Rev. William Rawes M.A., clerk, curate of Easington; Rowland Burdon the elder of Castle Eden, esquire; and Rev. Ralph Henry Brandling M.A., clerk, of Gosforth House, Northumberland and of Shotton Hall Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of land in Easington (boundaries given) with 2 schoolrooms for boys and girls built thereon by (1) in 1814, in trust that the buildings be used as a school - 'The Easington Parochial Church School' - for the education of boys and girls (curriculum given) The trustees (rector and curate of Easington plus the owners of Castle Eden and Shotton Hall as long as they belong to the Church of England) will appoint schoolmaster and schoolmistress; fix fees; and alter rules and regulations, under supervision of a visitor, the Bishop of Durham. Also grant by (1) to (2) of endowment of £1133 2s.11d. stock in trust, the interest to be used to repair school and pay teachers Annexed: 16 November 1870 (1) Henry George Liddell (2) Rev. James Manisty, clerk, rector of Easington; Rev. William Law, clerk, curate of Easington; Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden, esquire, owner of Castle Eden and Shotton Hall; and Richard Lawrence Pemberton of Hawthorn Tower, esquire Appointment by (1) as surviving trustee of (2) as new trustees of school subject to the same conditions
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: EP/Ea 51

8 February 1872 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners of England (2) Rector and churchwardens of the parish of Easington Conveyance by (1) to (2) of one acre of land adjoining the schoolhouse at Easington for the purpose of erecting a school for the education of children and adults
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: EP/Ea 62

1 November 1905 (1) J.W. Mournsey, on behalf of the Society of Friends (2) Rev. C.C. Davis, rector of Easington Memorandum of agreement for the lease by (1) to (2) of the cottage in Old Shotton known as the schoolroom Consideration: £3 p.a.
(1 paper)

Plans (Ref: EP/Ea section 02)

53

Ref: EP/Ea 53

Plan of additions and alterations to Easington National School, 23 May 1905 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(55 cm. x 39 cm., waxed linen, ink, coloured)

Reports of the Board of Education (Ref: EP/Ea section 03)

97

Ref: EP/Ea 97

Letter from the Board of Education to the Managers of Easington School, enclosing a report on the school, 1 October 1930 and 13 November 1930
(1 file)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Ea section 04)

52, 96, 98

Ref: EP/Ea 52

Correspondence re Easington C.E. School, 21 October 1942 - 22 January 1973
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Ea 96

Letter from the Education Department to Rev. John Fallon at Ferryhill re distribution of aid grant to schools, 21 April 1898
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 98

List of town schools in Durham Diocesan Schools Association, n.d.
(paper, 1 file)

Questionnaires (Ref: EP/Ea section 05)

81-95

Ref: EP/Ea 81

Church School Association's questionnaire re schools in Rural Deanery of Easington, 1897
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 82

Educational Questionnaire on National Schools, for Castle Eden Girls School, 30 June 1896
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 83

Educational Questionnaire on National Schools, for Hawthorn School, 30 September 1896
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 84

Educational Questionnaire on National Schools, for Easington School, 30 September 1896
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 85

Educational Questionnaire on National Schools, for Sherburn School, 31 October 1896
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 86

Educational Questionnaire on National Schools, for Coxhoe School, 31 January 1897
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 87

Educational Questionnaire on National Schools, for Ludworth School, 28 February 1897
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 88

Educational Questionnaire on National Schools, for Kelloe School, 28 February 1897

Ref: EP/Ea 89

Educational Questionnaire on National Schools, for Shadforth School, 28 February 1897
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 90

Educational Questionnaire on National Schools, for Ferryhill School, 30 April 1897
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 91

Educational Questionnaire on National Schools, for Castle Eden Boys School, 30 June 1897
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 92

Educational Questionnaire on National Schools, for Castle Eden Colliery School, 30 June 1897
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 93

Educational Questionnaire on National Schools, for Trimdon Colliery Girls and Infants School, 30 September 1897
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 94

Educational Questionnaire on National Schools, for Trimdon School, 30 September 1897
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ea 95

Educational Questionnaire on National Schools, for Trimdon Grange Colliery School, 30 September 1897
(1 paper)

12 Charities (Ref: EP/Ea Section 12)

99

Ref: EP/Ea 99

Reports and digest of endowed charities, parish of Easington, 13 October 1900
(1 booklet, printed)

14 Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Ea Section 14)Ref: EP/Ea 34

number not used

Parish magazines (Ref: EP/Ea section 01)

59, 146/1-3
Please note that parish magazines for this parish can be found in the catalogue EP/EC Easington Colliery The Ascension Parish covering the period 1985 - 2011

Ref: EP/Ea 59

Easington parish magazines, November 1920 - December 1951
(151 papers, 14 booklets, 1 file)

Ref: EP/Ea 146/1

Parish magazines, August; October - November 1939
(3 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/Ea 146/2

Parish magazines, March - April; June - August; December 1940
(6 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/Ea 146/3

Parish magazines, January - February 1941
(2 booklets, printed)

Parish history (Ref: EP/Ea section 02)

58, 144

Ref: EP/Ea 58

The Story of Easington Church, n.d.
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 144

Parish history of St. Mary's church, Easington, May 1995
(1 booklet, printed)

Visitors' books (Ref: EP/Ea section 03)

137

Ref: EP/Ea 137

Visitors' book, 5 January 1943 - 1 February 1995
(1 volume, leather half bound)

Road improvements (Ref: EP/Ea section 04)

57, 75

Ref: EP/Ea 57

A19 road improvements, Easington, 20 December 1968
(1 plan, 124 cm x 68 cm)

Ref: EP/Ea 75

Plan of proposed widening of Bishopwearmouth and Norton main road near Easington, 8 September 1914
(92 cm. x 43 cm., waxed linen, part coloured)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Ea section 05)

100, 139, 145

Ref: EP/Ea 100

Article re the marriages of minors under the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1925, September 1925
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: EP/Ea 139

Memorial book compiled on the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, 4 September 1997 - 21 September 1997 (1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Ea 145

Family history album concerning the Marmaduke family of North America who were donors of the second bell at St. Mary's church, Easington, May 1995 Album consists of photographs with accompanying descriptions and other miscellaneous material
(1 album)



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