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Hart St. Mary Magdalene Parish

Reference: EP/Ha Catalogue Title: Hart St. Mary Magdalene Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1577-2020

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

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Register of baptisms, 26 May 1577 - 19 August 1678; register of marriages, 4 June 1577 - 31 January 1677/8; and register of burials, 12 September 1577 - 4 March 1677/8 Also includes: Bequest of £20 to the poor of Hart parish by Robert Brumley the elder of Nesbett, yeoman, 24 November 1668 (p.146) Memoranda of gifts to the poor as in the bequest of Robert Brumley, 23 December 1669 - 21 December 1687 (pp. 146 - 147) Memoranda of payments to the overseers from the executors of Robert Brumley, 28 March 1674 and 28 March 1676 (p.148)
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 18 May 1676 - 22 December 1812; register of marriages, 25 April 1676 - 3 May 1763;and register of burials, 4 April - 28 August 1678 Also includes: Population of the parish of Hart 1801, 1811 and 1821 (p.1) Names of the children of the parish of Hart confirmed 21 August 1792 - 23 July 1806 (pp.2,4,6,8) Memorandum of the perambulation of the parish bounds on His Lordship's Primary Visitation, 26 July 1792 (p.3) Memorandum of the death of Rev. G. Metcalfe and induction of Rev. R. Taylor, 11 January - 13 February 1820 (p.191) Note of alterations to the vicarage, October - November 1820 (p.191) Memorandum of stones laid on glebe land as land marks, April 1821 (p.192) Memorandum that George Pocock was created baronet on the coronation of George IV, when the poor were regaled with hot ale and the tenantry dined at Hartlepool Town Hall, 1821 Memorandum that George Pocock had the old bell re-cast and presented a new one Memorandum of the gift of a third bell by the landowners of Hart, with list of subscribers and expenses, 1822 (pp.192 - 193) Memorandum concerning festivities on the coronation of Queen Victoria, 28 June 1838 (p.194) List of subscriptions for the warming of Hart church, 4 December 1838 (p.199) Memorandum concerning the pre-1813 parish registers, 18 May 1831 (p.230)
(1 volume, calf bound)

Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Ha 1/section 02)

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Register of baptisms, 19 January 1813 - 25 December 1856
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 1 January 1857 - 29 July 1979
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Ha 1/section 03)

1/4-6, 12-14, 1/15/1-11


Register of marriages, 29 April 1754 - 16 December 1812, and register of banns, 21 April 1754 - 19 April 1812, 1 entry 1820
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of marriages, 9 May 1813 - 19 June 1837
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of marriages, 17 July 1837 - 5 September 1934
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of marriages, 9 February 1935 - 10 October 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 17 October 1964 - 8 April 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 7 June 1969 - 23 October 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 23 October 1971 - 28 May 1988
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 11 June 1988 - 20 September 1997
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 27 September 1997 - 2 December 2000
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 9 December 2000 - 17 August 2002
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 9 November 2002 - 27 May 2006
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 18 June 2006 - 2 June 2007
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 22 June 2007 - 10 July 2010
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 22 July 2010 - 24 September 2011
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 28 October 2011 - 17 August 2013
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 7 September 2013 - 3 August 2015
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 30 June 2018 - 19 December 2020
(1 volume)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Ha 1/section 04)

1/7-8, 1/16/1


Register of banns, 6 October 1867 - 19 July 1925
(1 volume, calf half-bound)


Register of banns, 16 August 1925 - 31 March 1968
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of banns of marriages, 10 March 1968 - 16 June 2002
(1 volume)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Ha 1/section 05)

1/9-10, 1/17/1


Register of burials, 8 October 1678 - 16 December 1812 Also includes: An account of the cess for repairs to the church and fees for the Bishop's visitation, 20 January 1679/80 A copy of the collection for St. Alban's church, 4 June 1682 Memorandum of a collection for the French Protestants who fled to England for refuge, 4 June 1682
(1 volume, leather bound)


Register of burials, 10 January 1813 - 1 June 1884
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of burials, 30 July 1884 - 12 November 2009
(1 volume)

02 Clergy (Ref: EP/Ha 2/Section 2)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Ha 2/section 01)

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Register of confirmations, 5 March 1936 - 27 May 1962 Also includes confirmations in the Manchester area, 26 April 1865 - 18 November 1865
(1 volume, leather bound)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/Ha 2/section 02)

2/1-3, 2/5/1


Register of services, 3 July 1859 - 28 July 1916
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 30 July 1916 - 24 September 1933
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of services, 1 January 1934 - 15 February 1961
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 15 February 1961 - 19 April 1998
(1 volume)

04 Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Ha 4/Section 4)Church (Ref: EP/Ha 4/section 01)Pews (Ref: EP/Ha 4/)

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Apportionment of the pews in Hart church, 30 October 1827
(1 paper, printed)


Receipt from George Stonehouse and Joshua Emmerson for £14 11s. 7d. for new pewing and other repairs to Hart church, 1 November 1827
(1 paper)

Faculties (Ref: EP/Ha 4/section 02)

4/9/1


Faculty authorising the re-slating of the chancel roof in new green Westmoreland slates and the renewal of the guttering with new cast-iron goods, 1 September 2008
(1 paper, printed, photocopy)

Inspection of Churches Measure (Ref: EP/Ha 4/section 03)

4/7/1


Architect's report by Cordingley and McIntyre, Architects, Owengate, Durham City, September 1960
(1 file)

Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/Ha 4/section 04)

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Quinquennial inspection by F. F. Johnson, Architect, Craven House, 16 High Street, Bridlington, 9 October 1964
(13 papers, typescript)


Quinquennial inspection by C. R. Heath, Architect, Hawkins, Heath and Nelson, 3 Grange Terrace, Stockton Road, Sunderland, November 1974
(6 papers, typescript)


Quinquennial inspection by I. Nelson, Architect, 56 Avenue Road, Hartlepool, Cleveland, TS24 8AT, June 1982
(1 file)


Quinquennial inspection by D. M. Spouse, Architect, 200 Park Road, Hartlepool, Cleveland, TS26 9NF, 7 November 1992
(1 file)


Quinquennial inspection by C. Downs, Architect, The Cathedral Architect's Office, The Great Kitchen, The College, Durham, DH1 3EQ, 5 October 2004
(1 file)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Ha 4/section 05)Vicarage (Ref: EP/Ha 4/)

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Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection by A. O. Lee, Diocesan Surveyor, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, DH1 3HD, July 1975
(1 file)

Churchwardens' accounts (Ref: EP/Ha 4/section 06)

4/1-2, 5


Account book of the churchwardens, 29 March 1796 - 8 April 1840 Also includes: Minutes of vestry meetings, 10 April 1798 - 21 April 1840 Memorandum of the sale of a broken bell, 17 June 1795
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Account book of the churchwardens, 12 December 1840 - 12 April 1911 Also includes: Minutes of vestry meetings, 21 April 1840 - 29 March 1910 Note of a bequest for the upkeep of the grave of Eleanor Wilson, 14 August 1883 Note of the death of Thomas Richardson, sexton and appointment of Thomas White, 23 November 1885 Note of gifts to Hart church, 1885 - 1886 A list of church furnishings, n.d., c.1910 Letter from W. Bolam at Newcastle to Rev. W.G. Harrison at Hart concerning money for building of a wall at the east end of the churchyard, 6 November 1846 Note of where responsibility lies for the upkeep of gates and stiles in the churchyard, 10 April 1849
(1 volume, card bound)


Churchwardens' account book, 30 April 1910 - December 1910
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

05 Vestry (Ref: EP/Ha 5/Section 5)

For vestry minutes see:
Churchwarden's accounts 4/1: minutes of vestry meetings, 10 April 1798 - 21 April 1840
Churchwarden's accounts 4/2: minutes of vestry meetings, 21 April 1840 - 29 March 1910

06 Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Ha 6/Section 6)Minutes (Ref: EP/Ha 6/)

6/1-2, 6/3/1-7


Parochial Church council meetings minute book, 17 December 1920 - 16 September 1959 Includes: Annual Church Council meetings minutes, 11 April 1922 - 10 April 1958
(1 volume, card bound)


Parochial Church council meetings minute book, 9 May 1960 - 27 January 1975 Includes: Annual vestry and parochial church meetings minutes, 26 April 1960 - 26 April 1976
(1 volume, card bound)


Parochial Church Council minutes of meetings, 3 June 1975 - 29 June 1977 Includes: Annual General Meeting minutes, 26 April 1976 Finance and Restoration Committee minutes, 3 November 1975 Restoration Sub - Committee minutes, 28 July 1976 Deanery Synod meetings, 25 September 1975 - 14 January 1976 income and expenditure accounts, 1974 - 1975 correspondence, 2 September 1975 - 26 September 1977 Hart and Elwick Churches Magazines and Newsletters, August 1975 - June 1977
(1 file)


Parochial Church Council minutes of meeting, 14 February 1980 Originally enclosed in EP/Ha 6/3/4
(1 paper)


Parochial Church Council minutes of meeting, 23 September 1980 Originally enclosed in EP/Ha 6/3/4
(2 papers)


Parochial Church Council minutes of meetings, 20 January 1981 - 12 October 1988 Includes: Annual General Meeting minutes, 7 April 1981 - 27 March 1988
(1 file)


Parochial Church Council minutes of meetings, 8 February 1989 - 13 October 1998 Includes: Annual General Meeting minutes, 19 March 1989 - 5 April 1998
(1 file)


Minutes of meetings, 12 January 1999 - 8 February 2005
(1 volume)


Minutes of meetings, 20 March 2005 - 10 February 2009 Note: incomplete set of minutes
(1 file)

07 Overseers (Ref: EP/Ha 7/Section 7)Overseers' accounts (Ref: EP/Ha 7/)

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Account book of the Overseers of the Poor of the parish of Hart, 27 April 1736 - 13 May 1809
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Account book of the Overseers of the Poor of the parish of Hart, 24 April 1810 - 25 February 1839
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Poor House (Ref: EP/Ha 14/)

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Copy advertisement for the job of superintendent of the new poor house at Hart, 31 May 1836; copy notice of a meeting to establish a soup kitchen for the poor of Hartlepool, 11 January 1842; copy notice of the prosecution of vagrants and persons committing nuisances, 13 June 1837
(1 paper, printed, mounted on card)

14 Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Ha 14/Section 14)

see also: D/X 1496/10

Parish magazines (Ref: EP/Ha 14/section 01)

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Parish magazines, October - December 1985
(3 booklets)


Parish magazines, February - September 1986
(7 booklets)


Parish magazines, April - July; September - December 1989
(8 booklets)


Parish magazines, February - July; September - December 1990/January 1991
(10 booklets)


Parish magazines, May - December 1995
(7 booklets)


Parish magazines, February - November 1996
(9 booklets)


Parish magazines, February - July; September - December 1997
(9 booklets)


Parish magazines, February - July; November 1998
(7 booklets)


Parish magazines, December 1998 - February 1999; April - Summer; October - November 1999
(9 booklets)


Parish magazines, December 1999/January 2000; March - August 2000
(6 booklets)


Parish magazines, November 2001
(1 booklet)


Parish magazines, February - July; September - December 2006
(10 booklets)


Parish magazines, February - November 2007
(9 booklets)


Parish magazines, December 2007/January 2008 - November 2008
(10 booklets)


Parish magazines, December 2008/January 2009 - November 2009
(10 booklets)


Parish magazines, February - November 2010
(9 booklets)


Parish magazines, December 2010/January 2011 - December 2011/January 2012
(11 booklets)


Parish magazines, February 2012 - December 2012/January 2013
(10 booklets)


Parish magazines, February 2013 - December 2013/January 2014
(10 booklets)


Parish magazines, February - April; June - December 2014
(9 booklets)


Parish magazines, February - March; May - June; September; December 2015/January 2016
(6 booklets)


Parish magazines, February; April - May; July - September; November 2016
(6 booklets)


Parish magazine, October 2017
(1 booklet)

Hart Association for the Prosecution of Felons (Ref: EP/Ha 14/section 02)

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Notice against pasturing horses and cattle in the lane from Hart Warren to Hart, 9 April 1856; reward poster for information leading to the apprehension of persons stealing hay from Edward Wilson, 29 March 1837
(2 papers, printed, mounted on card)


Poster advertising Hart Association for the Prosecution of Felons, 26 December 1837, amended 8 October 1841, with engraving of St. Mary Magdalene's church, n.d., c.1840
(2 papers, printed, mounted on card)


Warning to poachers on the Manor of Hart from the Duke of Cleveland, 27 August 1838; reward poster for the return of a purse, 26 February 1844
(2 papers, printed, mounted on card)


Warning to trespasser on the lands of Edward Wilson, 15 March 1842; reward poster for information leading to the apprehension of persons who stole 11 hams from Messrs. Robert and William Stephenson, Brewers, 26 April 1839
(2 papers, printed, mounted on card)


Warning to poachers and trespassers on the Manor of Hart from the Duke of Cleveland, 1 September 1841
(1 paper, mounted on card)


Poster advertising the Hart Association for the Prosecution of Felons, 1 July 1866
(1 paper, printed, mounted on card)

Hart Races (Ref: EP/Ha 14/section 03)

14/2, 8


Advertisement for Hart Races, 1 August 1836; reward notice for information leading to the apprehension of persons who have stolen poultry from Mr. Blakelock, 24 December 1838
(2 papers, printed, mounted on card)


Advertisement for Hart Races, 28 July 1851
(1 paper, printed, mounted on card)

Manor of Hart (Ref: EP/Ha 14/section 04)

14/9


Notice from the agent of the Manor of Hart concerning the collection of tithes of fish and rents for cobles, n.d; list of persons entitled to vote for knights of the shire, for the township of Hart, 29 July 1861
(2 papers, printed, mounted on card)

Visitors' book (Ref: EP/Ha 14/section 05)

14/11


Visitors' book, 21 July 1970 - 28 October 1973
(1 volume)