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Register of baptisms, 13 September 1840 - 3 November 1904

Register of baptisms, 3 November 1904 - 25 March 1925

Register of baptisms, 8 April 1925 - 12 November 1966

Register of baptisms, 31 December 1966 - 22 October 2006

Register of marriages, 13 June 1865 - 9 May 1903

Register of marriages, 30 May 1903 - 13 April 1914

Register of marriages, 14 April 1914 - 20 January 1923

Register of marriages, 20 January 1923 - 19 May 1934

Register of marriages, 2 June 1934 - 2 October 1943

Register of marriages, 4 October 1943 - 6 November 1954

Register of marriages, 8 January 1955 - 7 October 1989

Register of burials, 16 November 1840 - 29 November 1901 Memorandum of the exhumation of George Atkinson, 1846

Register of burials, 9 December 1901 - 18 March 1943

Register of burials, 20 March 1943 - 23 February 1963

Register of burials in West Herrington churchyard to be entered in the register at St. Aidan's, 12 November 1910 - 10 March 1918

Permit allowing Gisela Lieselott Gutsch of Berlin, a minor, to marry R.J. Cowey of New Herrington, 1 December 1947

Register of confirmations, 19 March 1919 - 27 January 1978

Register of services, 4 May 1879 - 2 April 1888

Register of services, 5 April 1888 - 29 September 1895

Register of services, 2 October 1895 - 30 July 1903

Register of services, 2 August 1903 - 29 September 1911

Register of services, 21 February 1912 - 23 November 1919

Register of services, including those at St. Cuthbert's, West Herrington and St. Chad's East Herrington, 30 November 1919 - 15 April 1945

Register of services, 15 April 1945 - 24 May 1951

Register of services, 27 May 1951 - 5 January 1958

Register of services, 5 January 1958 - 26 March 1965

Register of services, 28 March 1965 - 20 May 1980

Register of services, 20 March 1933 - 15 April 1943

Register of services, 25 May 1980 - 2 March 1986

Register of services, 9 March 1986 - 11 February 1990

Register of services, 29 April 1990 - 26 February 2013

Letter from the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London, to Rev. G. Revett, The Vicarage, Shiney Row, enclosing draft proposals for the alteration of the boundaries of the parishes of Herrington, Penshaw, and Bishopwearmouth, St. Gabriel, 24 May 1979

Copy pastoral measure alterating the boundaries of the parishes of Herrington, Penshaw, and Bishopwearmouth, St. Gabriel, 20 December 1979

The London Gazette (incomplete), 25 November 1913, including Order in Council constituting the District of Saint Oswald, Shiney Row, 22 November 1913

Extract from The London Gazette, 4 April 1950, including Order in Council altering the boundaries of Herrington Parish, 31 March 1950

Order in Council creating the parish of St. Chad, East Herrington and adjusting boundaries of neighbouring parishes, 28 March 1962

Copy of a Pastoral Order altering the boundaries of the parishes of Herrington, Penshaw and St. Gabriel, Bishopwearmouth, 20 December 1979

Map shewing alterations to the boundaries of the parishes of St. Matthew, Silksworth; St. Gabriel, Bishopwearmouth; Herrington etc., 1949 (see also EP/Her 14/12) Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Map shewing the parish of St. Chad, East Herrington, and boundaries of adjoining parishes, 1962 (see also EP/Her 14/13) Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Map shewing the boundaries of Herrington parish and proposed alterations, n.d. [1960s] Scale:[c 1 to 5000]

Map shewing alterations to the areas of the parishes of St. Gabriel, Bishopwearmouth; Herrington; and Penshaw, 23 July 1979 (see also EP/Her 14/15) Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Ordnance Survey sheet XlV N.W., 2nd. edition, 1898. Boundaries of Herrington and adjoining parishes subsequently modified Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Ordnance Survey sheet 45/35 S.E., provisional edition, 1951 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Ordnance Survey sheet 45/35 S.W., provisional edition, 1951 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Photocopy of a memorandum submitted to Canon O.N. Gwilliam, Rural Dean of Houghton-le-Spring, by the vicar, churchwardens, and parochial church council, relating to the situation confronting the parish of Herrington, October 1968

Copy pastoral measure ordering that the benefice of Herrington, and the benefice of St. Oswald, Shiney Row, be held in plurality, 25 August 1973

Note by Rev. Ray Skinner, Rural Dean of Houghton-le-Spring, concerning the possible amalgamation of the parishes of Shiney Row, St. Oswald, and West Herrington, St. Aidan, 31 January 1986

List of 'Options Before the Parish', concerning the church of Herrington, St. Aidan, c.1990

Correspondence between the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Ven. M.C. Perry, 7 The College, Durham; the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; P. Wills, Diocesan Registry, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Mrs. J. Stevens, 15 Kirkside, New Herrington, Tyne & Wear; Edward Green, 14 Kirkside, New Herrington, Tyne & Wear; the Bishop of Jarrow, The Old Vicarage, Hallgarth, Pittington; concerning the suspension of presentation to the living of Shiney Row and Herrington, 24 April 1992 - 26 October 1993 (22 papers) Fourth Deposit

The London Gazette, 15 August 1884, including Order in Council assigning a district chapelry to Herrington, St Cuthbert, 11 August 1884

The London Gazette (incomplete) concerning the substitution of the new church of St. Aidan within the new parish of Herrington for the old church of St. Cuthbert within the same parish, 10 December 1886

Memorandum submitted by the vicar, churchwardens and P.C.C. of Herrington to the Rural Dean of Houghton le Spring regarding the future provision of places of worship in the Herringtons, depopulation, state of buildings etc., October 1968

Extract from the will of Annie Cuming of Middle Herrington, spinster, dated 10 May 1901 bequeathing £600 (part of a trust fund) to augment the stipends of any curates at Herrington, n.d. [1930s]

12 October 1939 (1) James Morley Longden of Sunderland, solicitor and others (retiring trustees) (2) The Durham Diocesan Board of Finance Copy of appointment of (2) as new trustees under the will of Annie Cuming (EP/Her 2/3)

The London Gazette (incomplete),including grant of stipend to incumbent of Herrington, 21 November 1884

The London Gazette, 10 July 1885, including an Order in Council relating to income of the benefice of Herrington, 27 June 1885

The London Gazette, including grant of stipend to incumbent of Herrington, 24 July 1885

The London Gazette, including grant of stipend to incumbent of Herrington, 24 May 1889

1 May 1959 (1) Oswald Noel Gwilliam, and others, as sequestrators of the benefice of Herrington (2) The Church Commissioners Mortgage by (1) to (2) of the glebe, rents etc. of the benefice to secure £1100 for improvements to the parsonage house, repayable over 15 years. Also counterpart and signification of consent by the bishop as patron of the living

Licence to officiate at the mission church of St. Chad, Middle Herrington, 11 February 1930

Programme of service for dedication of the wafer box, 13 June 1965

Miscellaneous correspondence and forms regarding the Coal (Registration of Ownership) Act, 1937, between the Ecclesiastical Commission, the Coal Commission and the Rev. P.D. Bailey at Herrington Vicarage, 28 June 1938 - 27 July 1944

Correspondence between the National Coal Board, New Herrington P.C.C. and Cordingley and Mcintyre, architects, at Durham, relating to subsidence damage to St. Aidan 's church and vicarage, and between Cordingley and Mcintyre, the Vincent Organ Company at Sunderland and New Herrington P.C.C. regarding modifications at the N.C.B.'s expense, 22 August 1957 - 25 March 1958

Miscellaneous papers comprising a report on the condition of Herrington Church by W.H. Wood F.R.I.B.A., August 1920; report by the N.C.B. on the boiler plant and heating system at the church, 1965; specifications, report and plans for work in connection with mining subsidence damage, 1970 - 1971, with correspondence from Hayton and Lex, architects at Durham; church insurance, 1975, 1920 - 1975

Letter from Richard Wylie, architect, 24 Grainger Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, to the Rev. P.D. Bailey, New Herrington, concerning the installation of central heating, 28 June 1932

Plan of proposed alterations by Messrs. Cordingley & McIntyre of Durham, architects, 12 August 1958 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Report on church, n.d. [1970]

Letter from R.J. Sutherland, clerk of Houghton le Spring Urban District Council, to the Archdeacon of Durham, and report on proposed redundancy of the church, 7 May 1971, 16 September 1971

Valuation for sale of the church, by Charles Bell Sons & Barnes, surveyors, Manor House, Athenaeum Street, Sunderland, 24 August 1973

Copy draft scheme, issued by the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London, for the redundancy of the church of Herrington, St. Cuthbert, 1974 Attached: letter from the Church Commissioners to Miss P. Carter, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, 31 December 1974

Sketch of proposed vestry, 1940

Plan and elevation of proposed vestry, n.d. [1940] Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]; 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]; 4 feet to 1 inch [1:48]

16 April 1925 (1) The Rt. Hon. John George, Earl of Durham (2) The Rt. Hon. George Francis Hamilton (Lord George Hamilton) of 17 Montagu Square, London, and Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish of Salisbury, Wiltshire, Esquire (trustees) (3) The Lambton,Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. (4) The Rev. William Riby Dawson, Vicar of Herrington (5) The Ecclesiatical Commissioners for England Copy conveyance by (1) (3) and (4) to (5) of 1 acre of land shewn on annexed plan as an extension to the churchyard at West Herrington Consideration: £60 (4) to (2)

20 May 1953 (1) The Hon. Claud Lambton of Westnewton, Kirknewton, and David Alexander Gray of Pelaw Cottage, Chester-le-Street, land agent (2) Herrington P.C.C. (3) The National Coal Board (4) The Church Commissioners for England Copy conveyance by (1) and (3) to (4) of la. 0r. 2p. of land as shewn on the attached map as a further extension of the churchyard at West Herrington, reserving minerals Consideration: £85 (2) to (1)

Correspondence between the Church Commissioners, the Lambton Estate Office at Lambton Park and the Vicar of Herrington arranging the above conveyance, 4 June 1952 - 14 May 1953

Letter from Messrs. Cordingley & McIntyre, architects, Durham, to Rev. T.B. Brown, New Herrington, and plan of proposed extension to graveyard, 1 March 1960 Scale: 20 feet to 1 inch [1:240]

Copy of instrument of the Church Commissioners appropriating the site of St. Cuthbert's church, West Herrington (demolished) as part of a burial ground, with covering letter, 15 - 20 October 1975

Description of proposals for 'Environmental Treatment Scheme' in West Herrington Churchyard, 17 May n.y.

Copy tree preservation order issued by the Borough of Sunderland, concerning, inter alia, trees in West Herrington cemetery, 26 October 1977

Copy order-in-council closing the churchyard at West Herrington, St. Cuthbert, 11 February 1998

Record of graves including locations of war graves, 1915 - 1996

Licence for the removal of the remains of Margaret Patterson Mallaburn from St. Aidan's churchyard, New Herrington, 19 May 1952

Ground plan, block plan and elevation of proposed mission church at Middle Herrington [later St. Chad, East Herrington], October 1929 Scales: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]; 44 feet to 1 inch 1:528

Specification for erecting a church institute by the Alnwick Foundry and Engineering Co. Ltd., 8 July 1914

31 December 1914 (1) The Rt. Hon. John George, Earl of Durham (2) The Rt. Hon. George Francis Hamilton (Lord George Hamilton) of 17 Montagu Street, London, and Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish of Salisbury, Wiltshire, Esquire (3) Robert Edmund Parr of The Vicarage, Herrington, Clerk in Holy Orders, and Robert Fisher and John Urwin of New Herrington Conveyance by (1) to (3) of 466 square yards of land in Herrington adjoining St. Aidan's church, and specified on attached plan, as the site for a church hall upon the trusts specified, reserves minerals Consideration: £58 5s. to (2) as trustees

Charity Commission vesting order for the land conveyed by EP/Her 12/2, 19 March 1915

Correspondence and bill of costs from Wilsons, Ornsby and Candle, solicitors, at 5, North Baley, Durham to the vicar and P.C.C. at Herrington regarding conveyance of the site of Herrington Church Hall to the Diocesan Board of Finance, 19 October - 20 November 1933

Faculty for the erection of a pulpit sounding board and the placing of a processional cross in the chuch, 20 January 1910

Faculty for the erection of a war shrine 26 July 1919

Faculty for the erection of a choir vestry, 6 December 1939

Faculty for the installation of a detached organ console and the overhauling of the organ, 27 November 1952

Faculty for the introduction of a sanctuary lamp, ciborium and 14 stations of the cross and the removal of electric candle light fittings etc., 14 November 1961

Faculty to introduce a silver wafer box into the church, 8 April 1965

Unopposed faculty to install a new oil-fired boiler etc., with covering letter from the Diocesan Registry to the Rev. T.B. Brown at New Herrington, 1 September 1972

Faculty for the erection of a tablet in Hopton Wood stone, 10 May 1943

Faculty for the erection of a tablet in Hopton Wood stone, 27 October 1950

Faculty for the installation of an emergency lighting circuit consisting of four 500 watt tungsten halogen flood lights in the nave and one in the sanctuary, 18 November 1986

Faculty for the removal of kerbs surrounding gravestones in the churchyard of St. Cuthbert, West Herrington, for the levelling of the ground, its re-seeding with grass and future maintenance by Houghton-le-Spring Urban District Council, 5 June 1973

Faculty for the removal of kerbstones in a section of the churchyard at West Herrington and the subsequent clearing and re-seeding of the area to be carried out by the Sunderland Council for Voluntary Service Community Programme, Ltd., 16 August 1988

Letter from The Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, Diocesan Office, Bishop Auckland, to Rev. J.S. Bain, The Vicarage, Shiney Row, enclosing an inventory of the furniture in the church and a list of items to be retained in the parish, 29 May 1990

Report by Cordingley and Mcintyre, chartered architects, on Herrington Church, under the inspection of Churches Measure 1955, with covering letter, 2 - 5 October 1964

Architect's report on the church, under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, by Hayton & Lee, architects, Owengate House, Durham, May 1973

Assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures 1923 - 1951, 26 October 1962

Assessment and order under the Ecclesiatical Dilapidations Measures, 12 June and 20 July 1967

Schedule of dilapidations, June 1972

Schedule of dilapidations on glebe land between St. Aidan's church and the former vicarage, under the Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972 by A.O. Lee, Owengate House, Durham, August 1977

Churchwardens' account book, 1901 - 1962

Offertory book, 1 January - 25 June 1967

Annual vestry and parochial church meeting minutes, 7 April 1920 - 19 March 1945

Annual vestry and parochial church council minutes, 29 April 1946 - 13 June 1969

Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 1 June 1983 - 29 April 1997 Includes: Annual General Meetings minutes, 21 March 1983 - 29 April 1997

P.C.C. accounts, 1 January 1945 - 31 December 1962

P.C.C. accounts, 1 January 1963 - 31 December 1967

Statements of accounts, 1989, 1991, 1994, 2000

Return of church members to the Synod, 1986 - 1987, 1994, 1995, 1998

Return of church finance to the central body of the Church of England, 1986

Return for the parish of Herrington, St. Aidan, giving details of the clergy, membership and finance of the church, returned to the Diocese of Durham, 1988

Minutes of the Herrington branch of the Church of England Men's Society, 20 November 1961 - 1 November 1965

Accounts of the Herrington branch, C.E.M.S., 4 December 1963 - 4 October 1965

Constitution of the Herrington branch, C.E.M.S., n.d. [c.1961]

Certificate of registration of the Herrington branch, C.E.M.S., 8 December 1961