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Register of baptisms, July 1564 - June 1655; register of marriages, November 1564 - September 1653; register of burials, June 1564 - March 1654 Note of surplice fees for 1713

Register of baptisms, November 1649 - November 1773; register of marriages, June 1655 - February 1754; register of burials, November 1654 - October 1773 Burials in woollen, 1678 - 1692 Note re Induction 1687 and resignation 1690 for refusing to read the declaration for liberty of conscience Notes of inductions 1691, 1712, 1742 Note of archdeacon' visit 1697 Note of agreement over pews, July 1723

Register of baptisms, December 1773 - September 1783; register of burials, January 1774 - August 1783

Register of baptisms, November 1783 - November 1812; register of banns, May 1784 - May 1811; register of marriages, December 1783 - December 1812; register of burials, November 1783 - November 1812 List of rectors of Long Newton with short biographical notes, 1588 - 1869 Terrier of the rectory and church, 1806 Lists of pew owners, 1808 and 1857 List of surplice fees Note of money paid to the poor from a farm of Sir H.V. Tempest An obituary of Rev. F. C. Plumptre, son of the rector of Long Newton Newspaper cuttings re the Londonderry family; raising funds for building a school; the rating of Goosepool

Register of baptisms, January 1813 - April 1952 Population figures for Long Newton 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831

Register of banns and marriages, December 1777

Register of banns and marriages, January 1778 - August 1783

Register of marriages, May 1813 - June 1837

Register of marriages, 3 February 1839 ­ 29 April 1948

Register of marriages, 8 January 1949 - 21 May 1955

Register of marriages, 21 May 1955 - 17 October 1964

Register of marriages, 19 October 1964 - 9 May 1972

Register of marriages, 24 February 1973 - 6 June 1981

Register of marriages, 22 September 1990 - 11 September 2004

Register of marriages, 1 May 1982 -1 September 1990

Register of marriages, 20 August 2005 - 2 May 2021

Register of banns of marriage, 22 February 1824 - 7 March 1965

Register of banns of marriage, 1 August 1965 - 22 June 2003

Register of burials, 7 February 1813 - 5 January 1978

Index to the registers, 1564 - 1812

Register of services, 28 November 1926 ­ [15 July] 1945

Register of services, 12 August 1945 ­ [8 March] 1953

Register of services, 7 January 1973 - 20 April 1985

Register of services, 21 April 1985 - 8 November 2009

Notice of the suspension of the presentation of the benefice of Long Newton, 30 June 1967

Letter from the Local Government Board, Whitehall, London, to Rev. I. Wilson, Long Newton, 6 March 1875, enclosing copy correspondence between Darlington District Highway Board, Coniscliffe Road, Darlington; the Local Government Board, Whitehall, London; Darlington Poor Law Union Offices, Horse Market, Darlington; Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the parish of Middleton-St.-George; concerning the annexation of the hamlet of Goospool by the parish of Long Newton, 15-22 December 1874

Map showing the alteration of the boundaries of the new parishes of St. James, Stockton-on-Tees; St. John the Baptist, Stockton-on-Tees; St. Paul, Stockton-on-Tees; St. Peter, Stockton-on-Tees; 1923 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1 : 10560]

Map, issued by the Church Commissioners, showing the parish of St. Mark, Stockton, and the alteration of the areas of the parishes of Elton, Redmarshall, St. Chad, Stockton-on-Tees and St. Peter, Stockton-on-Tees, 13 August 1982 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile[1 : 10560]

Map, issued by the Church Commissioners, showing the alteration of the areas of the parishes of Holy Trinity, Stockton-on-Tees; Stockton-on-Tees with St. John the Baptist, Stockton; and St. Peter, Stockton-on-Tees, 8 October 1982 Scale: 9 inches to 1 mile [1 : 7040]

Certificate of Christopher Mansell's induction as Rector of Long Newton and his acceptance of the subscription oaths, 1719

Notice of intention to admit Rev. John Williams to the benefice of St. Mary, Long Newton, 6 January 1968

Notice of the collation of Rev. Neville Charles Jones to the benefice of St. Mary, Long Newton, and licence as priest-in-charge of the parish of Elton, 16 January 1976

Mandate for the induction of Rev. Neville Charles Jones to the rectory and parish church of St. Mary, Long Newton, 16 January 1976

Certificate that Rev. Neville Charles Jones has made the Declaration of Assent and the Declaration against Simony; has taken the Oath of Allegiance; and has made oath that he would pay true and canonical obedience to the Bishop of Durham, 16 January 1976

Plan of the Rural Deanery of Stockton by D.W. Hoyle, 1963 Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile [1 : 63360]

Copy report by Donald E. Wright, Hexham, Northumberland, on the condition of the organ in St. Mary's church, Long Newton, and on the cost of moving it during proposed alterations to the church, 3 December 1990

Correspondence between Canon M.S. Simmons, St. Mary's Vicarage, Ragworth Place, Norton; Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, Municipal Buildings, Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees; Mrs. A. Connor, 50 Meadow Croft, Hayley, West Midlands; Diocesan Secretary, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Malcolm Hawkins, Ross & Co., P.O. Box 49, 15 Yarm Lane, Stockton-on-Tees; Durham County Council, County Hall, Durham; Diocesan Registry, The College, Durham; Long Newton Parish Council, Brae-Byrne, 16 Aylmer Grove, Newton Aycliffe; Hon. Secretary, Parochial Church Council, St. Mary's, Long Newton; The Rectory, Long Newton; The Home Office, Whitehall, London; Stockton Rural District Council, Cromer Lodge, Yarm Lane, Stockton-on-Tees; Privy Council Office, Whitehall, London; Archer, Parkin & Townsend, Barton House, 24 Yarm Road, Stockton-on-Tees; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Elizabeth Hindmarsh, 1 Plowden Buildings, Temple, London; concerning the wall surrounding the churchyard at Long Newton, 15 October 1968 - 12 August 1987

Order-in-Council for the discontinuing of burials in part of St. Mary's churchyard, Long Newton, apart from burials in existing family graves as long as the coffins are three feet below the surface, 25 January 1974

Correspondence between Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, and the Clerk, Long Newton Parish Council, Tanglewood, 2 Darlington Road, Long Newton; concerning the upkeep by the former of the closed portion of Long Newton churchyard, 26 March - 3 April 1974

Site plan of the reinstatement of the churchyard wall at St. Mary's Long Newton, by the Department of Architecture, Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, May 1985 Includes: site of graves of named individuals near the wall, July 1986 Scale: 1 : 100

Letter from Thos. Selby & Son, surveyors and land agents, Barclays Bank Chambers, 93 High Street, Stockton-on-tees, to Rev. J. Williams, St. Mary's Rectory, Long Newton, enclosing formal notice of the intention of the Northumbrian Water Authority to lay a water main through land belonging to the parish, 8 July 1975 Includes: plan of the route of the water main, 1975

Copy application by Rev. John Wilson to the Office for Queen Anne's Bounty for assistance in the repair of the parsonage house at Long Newton, 15 November 1872

Circular letter from Burden and Dunning, solicitors, to the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne, to Rev. J. Wilson, setting out the terms of the loan for the repair of the parsonage house, 28 November 1872 Includes: details of the income of the benefice of Long Newton, 1872

Letter from the Bounty Office, Dean's Yard, Westminster, to Rev. J. Wilson, Long Newton, agreeing to give the latter a loan of £612, 13 December 1872

Letter from the Bounty Office, Dean's Yard, Westminster, to the Bishop of Durham, informing him of the former's decision to make a loan to the rectory of Long Newton, 13 December 1872

Letters from Robert J. Johnson, 15 New Bridge Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Rev. J. Wilson, concerning plans of the proposed alterations to Long Newton parsonage house, 28 January and 5 April 1873

Estimate by William Kipling, Yarm, for the repair of the parsonage house at Long Newton, 1 April 1873

'General Conditions and Regulations Relating to the Contract for Repairs & Restorations to Long Newton Rectory - Darlington, For Revd. Jonathan Wilson, Austin & Johnson, Architects, Newcastle-upon-Tyne', c.1873

23 May 1873 (1) Rev. Jonathan Wilson, clerk, Rector of the parish of Long Newton (2) Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne Mortgage, and counterpart, for 35 years by (1) to (2), of the glebe income of the benefice of Long Newton Consideration: £602

Account of money received from the Office of Queen Anne's Bounty for the repair of Long Newton parsonage house, 31 May - 12 November 1873

1 January 1956 (1) Albert Edward Whittingham, clerk, incumbent of the benefice of Long Newton (2) Church Commissioners for England Mortgage by (1) to (2), of the glebe and income of the benefice of Long Newton for the repair of the parsonage house Consideration: £1,802

Faculty for the taking down and rebuilding of the church of Long Newton, 18 July 1806

Copy faculty for the erection of a mausoleum for the family of Londonderry, to be constructed in the churchyard and adjoining the north-east corner of the chancel, and for the restoration of the church, 7 March 1856

Faculty for the erection of a chancel screen with gates, with the proviso that the gates remain open during divine service, 24 November 1903

Faculty for the removal of all the gravestones of which the inscriptions are indecipherable and for laying them alongside the church, 6 March 1965

Terrier and inventory (printed) of the church (no entries), n.d.

Quinquennial inspection report, 2002

Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923 to 1951, 23 September 1952

Letter from the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, Westminster, to Rev. E.A. Whittingham, Long Newton, giving an amending assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 7 October 1952

Amending assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923-1951, 28 June 1956

Amending assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 10 July 1956

Letter from the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London, to the sequestrators of Long Newton, c/o G.W. Richardson, Middle Town Farm, Long Newton, enclosing an ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923 to 1951, 5 September 1967

Churchwardens' accounts, 1746 - 1750, 1756 - 1772 Overseers' accounts, 1746 - 1749, 1752 - 1791 Highway Surveyors' accounts, 1746 - 1748, 1756 - 1764

Churchwardens' accounts, 1629 - 1653

Churchwardens' accounts, 1784 - 1849 Includes details of proposal to rebuild the parish church, 1806 - 1807; table of duties, 1838

Parish order book, 1713 - 1767 Includes register of briefs, 1736 - 1746, 1936; yearly value of estates, 1753; poor rate assessment, 1743; list of settlement certificates etc., 1713 - 1744; receipts and payments of parish officials, 1739 - 1754; list of parish officers, 1730 - 1767

Rate assessment, n.d. (early 19th century)

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 3 May 1973 - 14 January 1982 Includes: Annual Parochial Church meetings minutes, 30 April 1974 - 28 April 1981

Parochial Church Council Minute Book, 16 May 1928 - 13 September 1956 Includes Annual General Meeting minutes.

Parochial Church Council Minute Book, 27 September 1956 - 1 March 1966 Includes Annual General Meeting minutes.

Parochial Church Council Minute Book, 16 February 1982 - 19 April 1988 Includes Annual General Meeting minutes.

Parochial Church Council Minute Book, 12 May 1988 - 14 January 1993 Includes Annual General Meeting minutes.

Poor rate assessments, 1845 - 47, 1876 - 1883

Overseers' accounts, 1791 - 1838 Vol. 13 is damaged and incomplete, and includes list of overseers, 1785 - 1819

Highway surveyors' accounts, 1789 - 1846

Wilson Church Institute Committee meetings minute book, 16 January 1958 - 20 September 1978 (1 volume, card bound)

Miscellaneous papers concerning the genealogy of the Thorp family, 1967

O.S. 1st edition 25" map (1856) of Long Newton parish comprising sheets L 13, 14 LVI 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 with reference tables and list of rectors, 1239 - 1866