Catalogue

Register of baptisms, 5 November 1825 - 1858 At beginning of register in contemporary hand note that previous entries in St. John's Chapel register

Register of baptisms, 4 July 1858 - 14 August 2011

Register of marriages, 2 February 1828 - 8 June 1837

Register of marriages, 28 August 1837 - 3 November 1907

Register of marriages, 1 August 1908 - 13 January 1941

Register of marriages, 31 May 1941 - 29 March 1952

Register of marriages, 28 June 1952 - 15 August 1959

Register of marriages, 17 October 1959 - 20 March 1971

Register of marriages, 25 March 1972 - 3 August 1985

Register of marriages, 3 August 1985 - 23 June 1995

Register of marriages, 8 November 1996 - 13 September 2014

Register of banns of marriage, 13 January 1828 - 21 June 1877

Register of banns of marriage, 13 July 1902 - 17 May 2009

Register of burials, 3 August 1824 - 25 February 1896

Register of burials, 26 February 1896 - 21 June 2011

Confirmation return, 31 May 1922

List of candidates from Heathery Cleugh confirmed at St. John's Chapel, 3 April 1882, and at Heatherycleugh church, 10 March 1884

Lists of candidates from Heatherycleugh confirmed at St. John's Chapel, 23 March 1886 - 19 July 1893

Lists of candidates from Heatherycleugh confirmed at St. John's Chapel, 12 May 1897, and at Eastgate, 16 June 1899

Correspondence between Reverend D. Skelton, St. John's Chapel, Heatherycleugh Vicarage, Cowshill, Bishop Auckland, DL13 1DA and Canon T. Meakin on behalf of the Right Reverend Lord Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DLA4 7NR concerning the arrangements for and confirmation of candidates, 27 January - 24 February 1992 Originally enclosed in EP/SJ [accession: 8100]

Register of services, 7 February 1915 - 8 August 1937

Register of services, 15 August 1937 - 27 December 1953

Register of services, 3 January 1954 - 31 October 1976

Register of services, 7 November 1976 - 29 December 1991

Schedule of securities of Heatherycleugh benefice under the Benefices (Stabilization of Incomes) Measure, 1951, 1 July 1952

Correspondence between J. Dyneley, Grays Inn, London; James Griffith, Holborn Court, London; John Griffith, Durham; and Rev. Phillpotts, Cavendish Square, London, concerning the endowment of Heathery Cleugh and the form the deed recording it should take, 4 May - 11 June 1824

Application to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England to substitute the new church of Heatherycleugh, St. Thomas, for the old parish church, 9 February 1915

Order of the Church Commissioners authorizing Rev. Charles Smith to hold the benefices of Heathery Cleugh, St. John-in-Weardale, and Westgate, in plurality, 16 July 1957

Notice of suspension of presentation to the benefice, 1 June 1999

11 August 1829 (1) George Teasdale (2) Rev. George Thompson, clerk, curate of the curacy of Heathery Cleugh Attornment acknowledging (1) as tenant of (2) for 3 closes of land near Westgate, all called Side Field and containing 2a 2r 36p; 1a 2r 17p and 1a 2r 8p, at an annual rent of £8 Plan endorsed

11 August 1829 (1) Thomas Moor (2) Rev. George Thompson, clerk, curate of the curacy of Heathery Cleugh Attornment acknowledging (1) as tenant of (2) for a close called High Cragg, near Westgate, containing 1a 1r 9p, at an annual rent of £6 Plan endorsed

11 August 1829 (1) Charles and Joseph Kitchen (2) Rev. George Thompson, clerk, curate of the curacy of Heathery Cleugh Attornment acknowledging (1) as tenant of (2) for closes called Low Cragg, containing 2a 0r 18p, and Middle Cragg, containing 1a 3r 4p, both near Westgate, at an annual rent of £18 Plan endorsed

23 June 1898 (1) Rev. George Monkhouse, vicar of the vicarage and parish church of Heatherycleugh (2) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (3) Bishop of Durham, patron of the benefice (4) Octavius Monkhouse and Robert Peart of Cowshill, Weardale, quarry owners Lease by (1) to (4) of the right to quarry whinstone under 0a 3r 20p of land, part of the glebe lands of the parish of Heathery Cleugh, for 10 years Consideration: £20 annual rent, plus royalties Includes: plan

13 May 1908 (1) Rev. J. Harrison, vicar of Heatherycleugh (2) Harry Walton of Westgate, butcher Lease by (1) to (2) of glebe land at Westgate Consideration: £12 annual rent

13 May 1910 (1) Rev. J. Harrison, vicar of Heatherycleugh (2) Thomas Bainbridge of Westgate, farmer Lease by (1) to (2) of glebe land at Westgate Consideration: £12 annual rent

Correspondence between the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 10 Whitehall Place, London; Lindsay Wood, Mining Office, Hermitage, Chester-le-Street; Rev. J. Harrison, Wear Villa, Wearhead; Clark & Moscrop, architects, Feethams, Darlington; and Monkhouse & Peart, quarry owners, Cowshill, concerning the lease of whinstone under the glebe land adjoining Heatherycleugh vicarage; the danger to the vicarage from quarrying activity and the proposal to sell the glebe to the Ecclesiastical Commission and appropriate the proceeds to building a new vicarage on a different site, n.d. [ c.1894] - 17 October 1906

Parochial statistics for the year ended 31 December 1984

Parochial statistics for the years ended 31 December 1986 - 1988

Parochial statistics for the years ended 31 December 1990 - 1992

Parochial statistics for the years ended 31 December 1994 - 1997

Parochial statistics for Heatherycleugh, St. Thomas; Westgate, St. Andrew; and St. John-in-Weardale, for the year ended 31 December 1998

Statistics for mission: January to December 2009, 6 January 2010

Licence for the performance of divine service at Wearhead Mission Room, 7 November 1901

Licence of the Bishop of Durham authorizing the performance of divine service at the parish hall, while the church of St. Thomas is being rebuilt, 30 May 1913

Copy licence from the Bishop of Durham authorizing the solemnization of marriages in the chapels of St. John, Weardale, and Heatherycleugh, 30 March 1827

Copy address delivered by Dr. William Robinson, F.R.C.S., of Carlton House, Sunderland, on the unveiling of a tablet in memory of Rev. Robert Maughan, M.A., in Heatherycleugh church, 29 July 1934 Rev. Robert Maughan was the first vicar of Heatherycleugh parish, 1866 - 1876. The University of Durham conferred upon him the honorary degree of M.A. for his services in educating the young men of Stanhope.

Archdeacon's visitation, 28 July 2008

Survey report on Copt Hill Chapel by Bonomi and Cory, Durham, May 1846

Plan of Copt Hill church 'as at present', by Bonomi and Co., Durham, May 1846 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

London Gazette concerning the new parish church of St. Thomas being substituted for the old parish church also called St. Thomas, 12 March 1915

Statement of significance for St. Thomas' church, Heathery cleugh, n.d. [c. 2000s]

Order of service for the 100th anniversary of the dedication of St. Thomas's church, Heathery Cleugh, 6 February 2015

Correspondence between Lindsay Wood, Mining Office, Hermitage, Chester-le-Street; Archdeacon Long, Bishopwearmouth; Rev. J. Harrison, Heatherycleugh Vicarage, Wearhead; Ecclesiastical Commission, Millbank, Westminster; Smiths Gore & Co., surveyors, 7 Little College Street, Westminster; Clark & Moscrop, architects, Feethams, Darlington; and Rev. E. Price, Archdeacon of Auckland, Sedgefield Rectory, Sedgefield, concerning the construction of a new church at Cowshill for Heatherycleugh parish, 22 October 1906 - 16 March 1915

Conveyance of land by the Ecclesiastical Commission to Stanford Edwin Downing and his heirs land containing 2692 square yards in the parish of HeatheryCleugh as the site of an intended new church to be called St. Thomas, 29 October 1914

Condition report on the church organ, by Nelson & Co., City Organ Works, 1 - 4 Holly Street, Durham, 29 November 1948

Fire prevention inspection report, by Durham County Fire Brigade, on proposed conversion to oil-fired central heating at St. Thomas's church, Cowshill, 24 November 1970

Risk management report on St. Thomas's church, by Harry W. Wright, Ecclesiastical Insurance, Beaufort House, Brunswick Road, Gloucester, 8 January 1997

Specification and schedule of work concerning repairs to the gate and stone pier, 1 April 2010

Licence from the Bishop of Durham to use 1300 sq. yds. of land at Heathery Cleugh, bounded by the turnpike road on the north, by the old burying ground on the east, and by Heathery Cleugh glebe land on the south and west, as an additional burial ground, 19 September 1856

Order of service for the consecration of an additional portion of land at Cowshill cemetery, 14 April 1988

Plan of additions to the churchyard at Heathery Cleugh, 1 February 1875 Scale: 1/2 chain to 1 inch [1:396]

Correspondence between the Ecclesiastical Commission, 10 Whitehall Place, London; J.C. Cain, Weardale House, St. John's Chapel; Rev. G. Monkhouse, Heatherycleugh Vicarage, Cowshill; White Bonnett & Co., 6 Whitehall Place, London; Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; and Joseph Featherston, Wearhead, concerning the provision of a new burial ground at Heatherycleugh, 26 October 1877 - 7 October 1879 Includes: plan of proposed burial ground and petition to the Bishop of Durham from ratepayers, objecting to the Vicar's proposal, n.d.

Letter from the Local Government Board, Whitehall, London, to Rev. J. Harrison, Heatherycleugh Vicarage, Cowshill, concerning the grounds on which burials in Heatherycleugh churchyard may be discontinued, 28 April 1910

Discontinuance of burials in the churchyard of St. Thomas's Church by the Secretary, Local Government Board, Whitehall, London, n.d. [c. early 1900s]

Letter from P. Wills, Diocesan Secretary to P. Dunn, Technical Services Department, Wear Valley District Council, Civic Centre, Crook, DL15 9ES concerning Cowshill Cemetery Chapel with accompanying record of consecration of land, 2 March 1998 Originally enclosed in EP/SJ [accession: 8100]

Report of a structural survey of the parish hall, Cowshill, by Broadley & Coulson, auctioneers, land agents, chartered surveyors and valuers, 1 Wesley Street, Crook, 17 June 1994

Minutes of meetings convened to discuss the future of the church hall, and report of the St. Thomas Church Hall Working Group, 19 May 1995 - n.d. [August 1995]

Plan, sections and elevation of a stable and offices at Heathery Cleugh vicarage, by Thomas Philipson and John Maddison, n.d. [1879] Scale: 8 ft. to 1 inch [1:96]

Sketch for laying out the proposed garden at Heatherycleugh vicarage by Clark and Moscrop, architects, Darlington, July 1904 Scale: 16 ft. to 1 inch [1:192]

Report on options for a new vicarage for the parishes of Heatherycleugh, St. John's Chapel, and Westgate, by G.W. Heslop, Secretary to the Diocesan Parsonages Committee, April 1999

Estimate of the cost of building a parsonage house for the perpetual curacy of Heathery Cleugh, n.d. [late 1820s]

Specification of alterations and additions to Heathery Cleugh vicarage, 28 March 1878

Correspondence between Robert J. Johnson, 15 New Bridge Street, Newcastle; Rev. George Monkhouse, Heathery Cleugh Vicarage, Cowshill, Weardale; John Proud, Bankside, Bishop Auckland; and Robert Calvert, Bishop Auckland, concerning the dispute over settlement of the vicarage contract that arose when the builder went into liquidation, 19 July 1878 - 24 August 1880

16 September 1878 (1) Rev. George Monkhouse, vicar of Heathery Cleugh (2) Joseph Dalton of Stanhope, builder Contract whereby (1) engages (2) to carry out all building work required to improve and enlarge Heathery Cleugh vicarage Consideration: £598

Specification of work to take down and rebuild Heathery Cleugh vicarage stables, June 1879

10 September 1879 (1) Rev. George Monkhouse of Heathery Cleugh vicarage, Weardale (2) Joseph Dalton of Stanhope, builder Agreement that (1) will take responsibility for payment for timber and hardware required to progress alterations at the vicarage and deduct the sum from the amount owing to (2) on his building contract

Report on the state of repair of the vicarage by D.E. English, Copt Hill, 26 March 1926

Survey report by W.J. Moscrop, diocesan surveyor, on Heatherycleugh vicarage, with particular reference to its proximity to Peart & Monkhouse's whinstone quarry and the danger to residents from blasting, 27 November 1901

Specification for laying out the garden at the new vicarage, by Clark and Moscrop, architects, Darlington, July 1904

Specification for repairs and maintenance work at Heatherycleugh vicarage, prepared by D. McIntyre, diocesan surveyor, The College, Durham, August 1949

Letter from the Diocesan Registry, Durham, to Rev. J. Harrison [Heathery Cleugh vicarage, Cowshill], confirming the grant of a faculty authorizing the installation of a stained glass window, choir stalls and lectern, and a memorial cross on the retable, 21 October 1901

Faculty authorizing the demolition of the old St. Thomas's church, 10 June 1913

Faculty authorizing the extension of panelling the full length of the west wall and 3 ft. along the north and south side walls; raising the existing panelling at the west end to the height of 3 ft. 9 ins.; the placing upon the centre panel of a copy of Raphael's Sistine Madonna; the insertion of a brass plate on the north side of the holy table, in the present panelling on the east wall, and the placement in the church of a roll of honour, framed in oak, listing the fallen of the First World War, 17 June 1926

Faculty authorizing the installation of electric light in place of oil lamps, 30 January 1932

Faculty authorizing the insertion of a stained glass window on the south side of the church, inscribed in memory of John Thomas Carr, 18 January 1934

Faculty authorizing the erection of a bronze tablet inscribed in memory of Robert Maughan, former vicar, 14 June 1934

Faculty authorizing the installation of a hot water central heating system, 31 August 1949

Faculty jurisdiction measure 2000 - de minimis rules concerning the rebuilding of the gate pillar at St. Thomas' church, 9 February 2011

Faculty jurisdiction measure 2000 - de minimis rules concerning the installation of a new electrical socket behind the organ at St. Thomas' church, 7 February 2012

Faculty jurisdiction measure 2000 - de minimis rules concerning the overhaul of the blower in the organ at St. Thomas' church, 4 June 2014

Faculty jurisdiction measure 2000 - de minimis rules concerning the restoration of the pedal chest on the organ at St. Thomas' church, 14 August 2014

Faculty jurisdiction measure 2000 - de minimis rules concerning repairs to the leak in the heating system at St. Thomas' church, 26 February 2015

Architect's report by A. O. Lee, Architect, Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, DH1 3HD, March 1980

Quinquennial inspection report on Heatherycleugh parish church by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, March 1980

Quinquennial survey report on Heatherycleugh vicarage and attached outbuildings with stable, and the glebe field at Westgate, 1 October 1949

Quinquennial inspection by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, DH1 3HB, June 1994

Quinquennial inspection report by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects, Unit 139, Stockton Business Centre, 70 Brunswick Street, Stockton, TS18 1DW, 16 January 2007

Quinquennial inspection report by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects, Unit 139, Stockton Business Centre, 70 Brunswick Street, Stockton, TS18 1DW, 1 June 2012

Bishop's order relating to dilapidations to the vicarage, church, outbuildings and glebe property belonging to Heathery Cleugh benefice, 27 June 1901

Bishop's order concerning dilapidations at Heatherycleugh, 22 November 1924 Includes: a schedule of repairs

Surveyor's report and schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Heatherycleugh vicarage by D. McIntyre, diocesan surveyor, The College, Durham, February - 17 June 1954

Surveyor's report and schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Heatherycleugh vicarage by D. McIntyre, diocesan surveyor, Owengate, Durham, June - 4 July 1959

Surveyor's report and confirmation order relating to dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Heatherycleugh vicarage, outbuildings and stable, by D. McIntyre, 28 April - 28 October 1964

Surveyor's report and schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Heatherycleugh vicarage by D. McIntyre, chartered architect, Owengate House, Durham, 25 April - May 1969

Surveyor's report and schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Heatherycleugh vicarage by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham, November 1973 - 11 February 1974

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Heatherycleugh vicarage by A.O. Lee, diocesan surveyor, Owengate House, Durham, March 1979

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Heatherycleugh vicarage by A.O. Lee, diocesan surveyor, Owengate House, Durham, February 1988

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Heatherycleugh vicarage by D.L. Renton, diocesan surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, March 1993

Statement of church accounts for y/e 31 December 1950

Estimated account of expenditure at Heathery Cleugh church for the year ending 26 July 1866

Estimate of the cost of repairs at Heathery Cleugh church for the year ending 25 March 1870

Income and expenditure account of Heatherycleugh parish church for the year ended 31 December 1931

Income and expenditure account of Heatherycleugh parish church for the year ended 31 December 1954

Income and expenditure account of Heatherycleugh parish church for the year ended 31 December 1960

Income and expenditure accounts of Heatherycleugh parish church for the years ended 31 December 1970 - 1971

Income and expenditure account of the parish church for the year ended 31 December 1984

Volume containing the following: church terrier, 1881 memoranda of the erection of a new vicarage, and damage caused to the church by quarry blasting, 1940 - 1909 Church Missionary Society accounts, 1905 - 1924 electoral roll, 5 April 1927 affidavits of marriage, 1904 - 1920 account for the building of a new church, 1913 National Society and Church of England Waifs and Strays subscription accounts, 1922 Sunday School returns, 1923 electoral roll, n.d., and revisions 1921 - 1924 copy agreement for the sale by the vicar of Heatherycleugh to Weardale Rural District Council of glebe land in the parish of Westgate, 1899 parochial statistical returns, 1900 - 1907 account of payments for new church, 1913 lists of communicants and confirmees, 1907 - 1911 and 1922 - 1924

Minutes of meetings, 15 June - 26 October 2010

Minutes of meetings, 23 March - 23 November 2011

Minutes of meetings, 22 February - 22 November 2012

Minutes of meetings, 4 March - 2 July 2013

Minutes of meetings, 27 February - 20 November 2014

Minutes of meetings, 19 February - 7 July 2015

Meeting papers, comprising agendas, statistics and accounts, for annual general meetings of the Parochial Church Councils of Heatherycleugh, St. Thomas; St. John-in-Weardale, and Westgate, St. Andrew, 15 April 1985 - 20 April 1993 This is an original bundle

Meeting papers, comprising agendas, statistics and accounts, for annual general meetings of the Parochial Church Councils of Heatherycleugh, St. Thomas; St. John-in-Weardale, and Westgate, St. Andrew, 20 April 1994 - 18 March 1999 This is an original bundle

Pass book of the vicar and churchwardens' deposit account at the Bank of Liverpool and Martins Ltd., 20 July 1923 - 31 December 1949

Pass book of the Parochial Church Council (formerly vicar and churchwardens) in account with Martins Bank Ltd., Market Place, St. John's Chapel, 4 January 1950 - 7 September 1961

Income and expenditure accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the years ended 31 December 1983 - 1984

Electoral roll, 26 April 1984 - 18 April 1989

Electoral roll, 1992

Electoral roll, 1996

Agreement of Joseph Thompson of Grain, Cowshill, to accept the office of sexton, and caretaker of Heatherycleugh parish church and hall, with schedule of duties, 16 April 1951

16 October 1908 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Rev. John Harrison, clerk in holy orders, vicar of the new parish of Heatherycleugh; Octavius Monkhouse of Cowshill, quarry owner; James Sparke of Wearehead, postmaster and John Maddison of Cowshill, builder Grant by (1) to (2) of 384 sq. yds. of land at Heatherycleugh, adjoining the road from Wearhead to Alston on the north, as the site of the school referred to in a Board of Education order, dated 28 May 1867, concerning Wearhead and Lanehead Barrington Schools Includes: plan

Specification and tender for a proposed new schoolroom for Heatherycleugh parish, by Joseph English, 30 November 1908

Petition to Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham, from inhabitants of Weardale, concerning the location and running of schools the Bishop is proposing to establish in the district, 10 September 1819

Certified copy order, dated 28 May 1867, of the Charity Commission establishing a scheme for the management of the Charity of the Honourable and Right Reverend Shute Barrington, late Bishop of Durham, for maintaining schools in the district of Weardale, and also of the Barrington schools in Stanhope, Eastgate and Rookhope; Westgate, St. John, Wearhead and Lanehead, 21 November 1876

Order of the Board of Education establishing a scheme for the administration of the Wearhead and Lanehead Barrington schools, 7 February 1902

Draft order of the Charity Commission vesting the property of the Barrington (Heathery Cleugh) Educational Foundation in the Official Trustee of Charity Lands, 1902

Order of the Charity Commission vesting, in the Official Trustee of Charity Lands, 384 sq. yds. of land adjoining the road from Wearhead to Alston, at Heathery Cleugh, 5 February 1909

Order of the Charity Commission authorizing the Trustees of the Barrington (Heathery Cleugh) Educational Foundation to join in a conveyance of Lanehead School, and attached house, 6 September 1910

Income and expenditure account of Barrington schools in Weardale for the year ended April 1862

Statements of account of the charity of the Honourable and Right Reverend Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham, in the parish of Heatherycleugh, for the years ended 31 December 1878 - 31 December 1894

Statement of account of the charity of the Honourable and Right Reverend Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham, in the parish of Heathery Cleugh, for the year ended 31 December 1896

Account of receipts and expenditure of Heatherycleugh Parish Barrington Endowment Fund, 31 March 1909 - 31 December 1949; minutes of Trustees of the Heatherycleugh Barrington Educational Fund, 16 May 1909 - 15 July 1920; Cowshill School Building account, 22 May 1909 - 27 December 1911

3 June 1868 (1) Trustees of Wearhead Church of England School (2) Joshua Peadon Agreement by (1) to appoint (2) as a pupil teacher until 30 April 1872

17 April 1875 (1) Rev. Robert Maughan, vicar of Heathery Cleugh; Joseph Cowper Cain of Weardale House, mining agent; Joseph Harrison of West Black Dean, accountant; Jonathan Featherstone of Newhouse, accountant; John Featherstone of Middle Rigg, farmer; Emerson Peart of Copt Hill, miner; and Joseph Harrison of Wear Villa, butcher, the managers of the Wearhead Barrington School (2) Stanhope School Board Agreement for a lease from year to year by (1) to (2) of the school buildings at Wearhead, known as the Wearhead (Church of England) Barrington School for use as a Board school Rent: 1s. p.a.

Copy of a letter from J. Thompson, School Board Office, Stanhope, to Rev. Canon Clayton, responding to complaints about the work of the Board's Officer in the Stanhope area charged with the task of increasing attendance at Board Schools, 21 September 1878

Receipts for fees paid to Lanehead and Wearhead Board Schools out of the Barrington Endowment, for the quarters ended 31 March 1889 - 31 December 1891 Includes: lists of pupils

Return of Charity Commissioners' reports on charities in the parish of Stanhope, including St. John's Chapel, Westgate, Frosterley and Heathery Cleugh, 26 July 1900

Receipts and payments account of the Attwood Charity for the year ended 31 March 1925

Receipts and payments accounts of the Attwood Charity for the years ended 31 December 1927 - 1928

Cash book of the [Attwood Charity], 1 January 1944 - 1985

Attwood and Barrington Charities account book, 1886 - 1903 Includes: at end list of subscribers to parish magazine, c 1900 - 1907

Upper Weardale Church Magazine , for the parishes of Stanhope and Eastgate; St. John's Chapel and Westgate, and Heatherycleugh, June 1955

Article concerning damage to the iron gates to St. Thomas' church, Heathery Cleugh, Weardale Gazette, January 2010

Article concerning the 100th birthday of St. Thomas' church, Heathery Cleugh, Northern Echo, 6 February 2015