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Register of baptisms, 8 April 1926 - 15 January 1933

Register of baptisms, 15 January 1933 - 15 December 1940

Register of baptisms, 5 January 1941 - 8 July 1951

Register of baptisms, 8 July 1951 - 15 June 1960

Register of marriages, 5 May 1926 - 1 June 1974

Register of deaths, 21 April 1926 - 12 October 1964

Register of deaths, 24 October 1964 - 9 July 1983

Register of deaths, 18 July 1983 - 14 August 1998

Register of deaths where burial took place in Benfieldside cemetery, 24 October 1964 - 6 August 1965

[St. Patrick's School] church notice book, 18 October 1908 - 13 March 1915

Grove School Chapel notice book, 14 February 1932 - [13 April] 1935

Church notice book and register of banns, 18 April 1926 - 18 August 1928

Church notice book and register of banns, 19 August 1928 - 17 August 1929

Church notice book and register of banns, 18 August 1929 - 22 October 1932

Church notice book and register of banns, 23 October 1932 - 6 April 1935

Church notice book and register of banns, 7 April 1935 - 7 May 1937

Church notice book and register of banns, 30 May 1937 - 4 June 1938

Church notice book and register of banns, 5 June 1938 - 1 July 1939

Church notice book and register of banns, 2 July 1939 - 27 July 1940

Church notice book and register of banns, 28 July 1940 - 23 August 1941

Church notice book and register of banns, 24 August 1941 - 19 September 1942

Church notice book and register of banns, 20 September 1942 - 16 October 1943

Church notice book and register of banns, 17 October 1943 - 11 November 1944

Church notice book and register of banns, 12 November 1944 - 8 December 1945

Church notice book and register of banns, 9 December 1945 - 4 January 1947

Church notice book and register of banns, 5 January 1947 - 16 December 1951

Church notice book and register of banns, 13 January 1952 - 19 October 1957

Church notice book and register of banns, 20 October 1957 - 25 October 1958

Church notice book and register of banns, (no banns recorded), 26 October 1958 - 6 October 1962

Church notice book and register of banns, 7 October 1962 - 28 August 1965

Church notice book and register of banns, 29 August 1965 - 26 September 1970

Church notice book and register of banns, 27 September 1970 - 8 November 1975

Church notice book and register of banns, 9 November 1975 - 13 October 1979

Church notice book and register of banns, 14 October 1979 - 27 August 1983

Order of services at St. Patrick's church, 1937 - 1938

Prenuptial enquiries, [1946] - [1948]

Prenuptial enquiries, 7 April 1948 - 13 February 1951

Prenuptial enquiries, 8 March 1951 - 4 February 1954

Prenuptial enquiries, 24 February 1954 - 21 December 1955

Prenuptial enquiries, 5 January 1956 - 28 August 1959

Prenuptial enquiries, 31 October 1959 - 1964

Prenuptial enquiries, May 1964 - 16 May 1966

Prenuptial enquiries, 1 June 1966 - [September] 1968

Prenuptial enquiries, October 1968 - September 1970

Prenuptial enquiries, September 1970 - December 1972

Prenuptial enquiries, 14 December 1972 - 14 February 1975

Prenuptial enquiries, [February] 1975 - June 1977

Prenuptial enquiries, August 1977 - 6 July 1979

Prenuptial enquiries, 16 July 1979 - 1981

[Father O'Donoghue's] register of mass intentions, [18] December 1932 - May 1952

Register of mass intentions, 9 October 1948 - 5 July 1952

Register of mass intentions, 5 July 1952 - 1 March 1956

Register of mass intentions, 26 February 1956 - 5 January 1957

Register of mass intentions, 5 January 1957 - 20 April 1959

Register of mass intentions, 24 April 1959 - 8 June 1963

Register of mass intentions, 14 June 1963 - 2 November 1968

Register of mass intentions, 2 November 1968 - 23 December 1973

Register of mass intentions, 27 December 1987 - 1 October 1989

Register of mass intentions, 1 October [1989] - 8 July [1990]

Register of mass intentions, 8 July [1990] - 7 July [1991]

Register of mass intentions, 7 July - 10 August 1991

Register of mass intentions, 28 December 1990 - 20 July 2000

Register of mass intentions, 1 January - 31 December 2000

Register of mass intentions, 1 January - 31 December 2001

Certificate of registration of St Patrick's Roman Catholic School and Chapel, Thomas Street, Consett, as a place of meeting for religious worship, 30 October 1925

Certificate of registration of St Patrick's Roman Catholic School and Chapel, Thomas Street, Consett, as a building for the solemnization of marriages, 25 November 1925

Faculty authorising what days benediction can be given at Consett, St Patrick, 1 April 1926

Pagella decreeing the creation of the Roman Catholic parish of Consett, St Patrick, 12 April 1926

Pagella testifying to the blessing of St Patrick's church, Thomas Street, Consett, 4 March 1928

Pagella testifying to the blessing of the church of St Patrick, Consett on 4 November 1959, 9 May 1960

'Status animarum' of Consett and Blackhill for the year ended 31 December 1904

Circulars, including Ad Clerum from the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, to the clergy in his diocese, 15 April 1906 - 26 May 1937

Circulars, including Ad Clerum from the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, to the clergy in his diocese, relating to all aspects of the work of a parish priest, including the management of schools and special wartime measures, 28 May 1937 - 26 May 1948

Notices from the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle to Canon John O'Donoghue authorising mixed marriages and conversions, 25 March 1927 - 1 November 1940

Marriage convalidations, 1954

Marriage convalidations, 1955

Marriage convalidations, 1956

Marriage convalidations, 1957

Marriage convalidations, 1958

Marriage convalidations, 1959

Marriage convalidations, 1960

Marriage convalidations, 1961

Marriage convalidations, 1962

Marriage convalidations, 1963

Marriage convalidations, 1964

Marriage convalidations, 1965

Marriage convalidations, 1966

Marriage convalidations, 1967

Marriage convalidations, 1968

Marriage convalidations, 1969

Marriage convalidations, 1970

Marriage convalidations, 1971

Marriage convalidations, 1972

Marriage convalidations, 1973

Marriage convalidations, 1974

Marriage convalidations, 1975

Marriage convalidations, 1976

Marriage convalidations, 1977

Marriage convalidations, 1978

Marriage convalidations, 1979

Marriage convalidations, 1980

Marriage convalidations, 1981

Marriage convalidations, 1982

Marriage convalidations, 1983

Marriage convalidations, 1984

Marriage convalidations, 1985

Marriage convalidations, 1986

Marriage convalidations, 1987

Marriage convalidations, 1988

Marriage convalidations, 1989

Marriage convalidations, 1990

Marriage convalidations, 1991

Marriage convalidations, 1992

Marriage convalidations, 1993

Marriage convalidations, 1994

Marriage convalidations, 1995

Marriage convalidations, 1996

Marriage convalidations, 1997

Marriage convalidations, 1998

Marriage convalidations, 1999

Marriage convalidations, 2000

A Sermon Preached at the Opening of the Catholic Chapel in the Town of North Shields, by Rev Thomas Gillow, printed and published by Preston & Heaton, printers, Newcastle with a note about the event extracted from the Local Historian's Table Book, volume III, page 177, 14 June 1821

Canon Henry Gillow's draft out-letter book with some in-letters copied or pasted in, 5 August 1901 - 20 May 1910 and one draft sermon on the subject of 'The Love of Our Lord in the Blessed Eucharist', 23 October 1879

Canon Henry Gillow's notebook containing an account of expenditure on trees and bulbs obtained for him, n.d. [1900] - 24 January 1901, plus an account of receipts and notes of meetings and fundraising activities to build a new church in Consett, 25 October 1903 - 31 January 1906

Receipts and payments account of Hines & Son's transactions with Rev. J. O'Donoghue, September 1904 - October 1905

Detailed invoices submitted to the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle by Hines & Son for work undertaken on behalf of Rev. J. O'Donoghue and Rev. T. J. Smith to negotiate the purchase of Tate's timber yard as the site for St Patrick's Infants School, Sunderland; organise the closure of public roads, Walton Place and Horn's Lane, Sunderland during the construction of the school and negotiate the reassignment of the mortgages on the school and on St Patrick's Mission, September 1904 - July 1909

Receipts and payments account of Hines & Son's transactions with the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle and Rev. J. O'Donoghue, in the matter of a mortgage of £3500 on St Patrick's new school, Sunderland, January - November 1906

Receipts and payments account of Hines & Son's transactions with the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, the Diocesan Trustees and Rev. J. O'Donoghue, in the matter of new schools for St Patrick's Mission, Sunderland, October 1907 - October 1908

Letter from Sister M. Vincent O'Donoghue, St. Michael's Convent, Belvidere, St. John's Newfoundland to her nephew, [Canon John O'Donoghue] congratulating him on reaching 25 years service as a priest and commenting on the severe weather in Newfoundland and the suffering of the poor in England after the war, [21 January] 1920

Pagella appointing Rev. John O'Donoghue as parish priest of Consett, St. Patrick, 12 April 1926

Faculty authorising Canon John O'Donoghue to act as supplementary confessor to the Convent of the Sisters of Charity of St. Paul the Apostle at Dipton and at Brooms and as extraordinary confessor to the Convent of the Sisters of Charity of St. Paul the Apostle at Blackhill, 31 December 1940

Correspondence between Canon John O'Donoghue, St. Patrick's, Consett and the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, Bishop's House, Tynemouth, Northumberland, concerning the protocol for setting up an old scholars' club and the desirability of organising the school managers in the county of Durham so that they could take decisions on matters of common concern and be a strong, united voice in negotiations with the Local Education Authority, 11 - 21 October 1940

Newspaper cuttings collected by Canon John O'Donoghue, relating to himself, his family and the Catholic parishes he served in at North Shields and Consett; events involving Catholics in the wider north-east region; the political situation especially where it involves Roman Catholics; elementary education generally; spiritual, moral and social issues, 22 February 1898 - 19 October 1939

Newspaper cuttings collected by Canon John O'Donoghue, relating to Catholicism generally, and the wider north-east region, national and international events involving Catholics and Catholic educational issues. Also includes photographs of annual pilgrimage to Lourdes, Catholic dignitaries and local events and postcards to Canon O'Donoghue from colleagues travelling abroad, 1900 - 4 December 1943

Newspaper cuttings collected by Canon John O'Donoghue, relating to Catholic history, Christian philosophy and Catholic educational issues, particularly the controversy over proposed legislation to empower Local Education Authorities to appoint teachers in Catholic schools, which the L.E.A. supports with a grant, 25 November 1927 - [1943]

Copy programme of events to celebrate the golden jubilee of the ordination of Canon John O'Donoghue, 11 - 13 February [1945]

Cork Weekly Examiner and Weekly Herald, containing an article about Canon John O'Donoghue's golden jubilee, 3 March 1945 Originally enclosed in RC/Con.SPa 2/24/3

Letter from Jimmy Duggan, H.Q. British Troops, Trieste, to Rev. Edward Scallon, St. Patrick's, 20 Medomsley Road, Consett, congratulating him on landing a 'plum' appointment as parish priest at St. Patrick's and describing his own ministry to 'lots of Italian wives; quite good too, and some 400 lads', 11 March 1953

Photographs of the interior of St. Patrick's church, n.d. [1943] Originally enclosed in RC/Con.SPa RC/Con.SPa 2/3/ 12 (1) the altar with statues of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ on either side of it and front rows of pews, viewed from the nave (2) a nativity tableau

Resolution, passed at a meeting of Catholic working men at the Old Town Hall, Consett, on 12 November 1902, that a Roman Catholic church should be built in a central part of Consett, together with a covering letter from James Daly, 2 Shakespeare Street, Consett, to Canon Henry Gillow, Blackhill, 13 November 1902

Correspondence between Canon Henry Gillow, St. Mary's, Blackhill and George Ainsworth, manager, Consett Iron Works, Blackhill, discussing an arrangement whereby the company agrees to deduct from the wages of Roman Catholic workmen a subscription of 1/- a week towards a fund to build a new Roman Catholic church at Consett, 6 August 1903 - 27 November 1911

List of men subscribing to a fund to build Consett Roman Catholic church and schools, noting names, places of work and occupation, n.d. [early 20th century]

Draft minutes of meetings, taken by Canon Gillow, of the congregation of St. Mary's, Blackhill, to discuss the necessity of erecting a new church or chapel of ease at Consett, [3] - 16 November 1907

14 June 1917 (1) Rev. John O'Donoghue of St. Mary's Blackhill, clerk in holy orders, by the authority of the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (2) Consett Urban District Council Copy agreement for the sale by (2) to (1) of all the site bounded by Thomas Street, William Street and Victoria Street, Consett, not already owned by (1). Consideration: £2500 and grant by (1) to (2) of land in Victoria Street to facilitate a clearance scheme Includes: plan

27 July 1920 (1) Aeneas Donald Mackay MacIntyre of Consett (2) Right Rev. Richard Collins, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle; Very Rev. Provost James Rooney of Darlington; Rev. Robert Taylerson of Stockton on Tees; Rev. Thomas Joseph Smith of Sunderland and Rev. Alfred Chadwick of Byermoor, all clerks in holy orders Copy conveyance by (1) to (2) of 4570 sq. yds. of freehold land, formerly part of Lanchester Common, measuring 270 ft. from north to south and 152 ft. 4 ins. from east to west, bounded on the north and east by land belonging to the Master and Brethren of Christ's Hospital in Sherburn, on the south by Stanley Street, Consett, and on the west by land belonging to (1), as the site for a school. Consideration: £571 5s. Includes: site plan

4 August 1920 (1) The Master and Brethren of Christ's Hospital in Sherburn (2) William Henry Challoner, James Edward Cowell Welldon, John George Marshall, A.E. Bell and Alfred James Robinson, five of the governors of Christ's Hospital (3) Right Rev. Richard Collins, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle; Right Rev. Monsignor James Rooney of Darlington; Rev. Robert Taylerson of Stockton-on-Tees; Rev. Thomas Joseph Smith of Sunderland, and Rev. Alfred Chadwick of Byermoor, all clerks in holy orders Copy conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of 3466 sq. yds. of freehold land, formerly part of Lanchester Common, measuring 270 ft. from north to south and 143 ft. 9½ ins. from east to west, bounded on the north by land belonging to (1), on the south by Stanley Street, Consett, and land belonging to Consett Urban District Council, on the east, partly by the land belonging to the U.D.C. and partly by other land belonging to (1) and on the west by land belonging to Dr. McIntyre. Consideration: £86 13s. 2d. Includes: site plan

10/09/1920 (1) Consett Urban District Council (2) Right Rev. Richard Collins, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle; Right Rev. Monsignor James Rooney of Darlington; Rev. Robert Taylerson of Stockton-on-Tees; Rev. Thomas Joseph Smith of Sunderland and Rev. Alfred Chadwick of Byermoor, all clerks in holy orders Copy conveyance by (1) to (2) of 847 sq. yds. of freehold land near Livingstone and Stanley Streets, Consett. Consideration: £63 10s. 6d. Includes: site plan

Correspondence between Rev. J.O'Donoghue, St. Patrick's Consett; Consett Urban District Council, Consett; the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, Bishop's House, Tynemouth, Northumberland and Leadbitter & Harvey, solicitors, 15 Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning an extension to the agreement reference, RC/Con.SPa 3/7/1 and alterations to the area covered by the site, 8 August 1917 - 13 December 1932

Correspondence between John McCartan, solicitor, West Consett; Rev. John O'Donoghue, Oban House, Medomsley Road, Consett; Frank A. Coyle, architect and surveyor, 29 Newmarket Street, Consett; Consett Urban District Council, Consett and Leadbitter & Harvey, solicitors, Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning the acquisition of land in West Victoria Street, Consett, as the site for a new Roman Catholic church and school, 6 December 1917 - 17 April 1935

Receipted invoices, some with decorative bill heads, for work done and items supplied in connection with the construction and fitting out of the Roman Catholic Chapel, Thomas Street, Consett, 21 August 1924 - 21 November 1931

Consett Urban District Council: Preliminary Report on Internal Improvement Scheme, by R. Hardy-Syms, 3 Gray's Inn Place, London, including a section on the arrangement of the site of the Roman Catholic church, 31 March 1925

Schedule of buildings and contents cover taken out on St. Patrick's School Chapel, 15 - 17 Thomas Street, Consett, and St. Patrick's Infants School; St. Patrick's New Schools, the League of the Cross Hall, the Presbytery and 63 Sherbourne Terrace, Consett, n.d. [1938]

Site plan and key plan, by A. Lloyd Spencer, architect, Ministry of Works, London, showing a strip of land, 15 feet wide, across a site bounded by Thomas Street and Victoria Road, Consett, which the Postmaster General wishes to purchase from the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, for the construction of a post office sorting office, August 1949, together with correspondence between C.D. Forster & Magee, solicitors, Bank Chambers, 51 Grainger Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Rev. Canon J. O'Donoghue, St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Presbytery, Consett, discussing the proposal, 10 - 16 June 1950 Scales: 1:500 and 1:2500

Handbill appealing for donations to the fund to build a new church, dedicated to St. Patrick, at Consett, n.d. [1931]

Bills of quantities for the proposed new St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church and presbytery, Victoria Road, Consett, for Rev. J. Hardy, by Anthony Rossi, chartered architect, 15 Melbourne Street, Consett, and Frederick Iddison & Johnson, quantity surveyors, 24 Skinnergate, Darlington, May 1957

May 1957 (1) Durham County Water Board, 43 Old Elvet, Durham (2) Rev. J. Hardy, The Presbytery, Consett Agreement for the supply of water by (1) to St. Patrick's church and presbytery, Consett Plan attached, showing the line of a new 3" main

Specification for a central heating and hot water installation at the proposed new St. Patrick's Presbytery, Consett, by A. Rossi, chartered architect, 15 Melbourne Street, Consett, July 1957

Specification for an accelerated hot water heating installation at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church Hall, Consett, by A. Rossi, chartered architect, 15 Melbourne Street, Consett, 15 August 1959

19 July 1957 (1) Rev. James Hardy, St. Patrick's Presbytery, 1 Livingstone Street, Consett (2) John Cummings, builder and contractor, Matamba Terrace, Sunderland Articles of agreement and schedule of conditions for a building contract between (1) and (2) for the erection and fitting out of a Roman Catholic church and presbytery and altering the existing church, together with all site works at Victoria Street, Consett. Consideration: £57,643 17s.

Ground and first floor plans of St. Patrick's presbytery, n.d. [mid 1950s]

Layout plan and elevation and sectional details of seating at St. Patrick's church, Consett, by A. Rossi, chartered architect, 15 Melbourne Street, Consett, 28 April 1959 Scales: 1 inch = 3 feet [1:36]; 1 inch = 4 feet [1:48] and 1½ ins. = 1 foot [1:8]

Plan of the central heating installation at St. Patrick's Church Hall, Consett, by A. Rossi, chartered architect, 15 Melbourne Street, Consett, 17 August 1959

Letter from J. McKenna, St. Anthony of Padua, Church Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, to 'Sam' at [St. Patrick's, Consett] relaying the comments of the Diocesan Finance and Plans Committee on his suggested furnishings for the new St. Patrick's church, 12 June 1958

Schedule of buildings and contents cover taken out on St. Patrick's church, the Parochial Hall and St. Patrick's Senior Schools; St. Patrick's Junior School, the League of the Cross Hall and the Presbytery; St. John's schools, The Grove and the new parish hall, The Grove, n.d. [1960]

Receipted invoices, some with decorative bill heads, for work done and items supplied in connection with the construction and fitting out of St. Patrick's church, Consett, and the conversion of the old chapel to a parish hall, 2 February 1959 - 19 April 1960

Report on the conversion of the existing church to a church hall, by Anthony Rossi, chartered architect, 15 Melbourne Street, Consett, 3 December 1959

Fire prevention inspection report on St. Patrick's Hall, Consett, by Durham County Fire Brigade, Fire Brigade H.Q., Framwellgate Moor, Durham, 2 May 1960

Correspondence between the National Coal Board (Northern Division), Springfield House, Shotley Bridge; Rev. J. O'Donoghue, 20 Medomsley Road, Consett; Durham County Council, County Planning Department, 10 Church Street, Durham; Consett Urban District Council, Surveyor's Department, Council Offices, Blackhill; C.D. Forster & Lester, solicitors, 51 Grainger Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; C.W. Phillips, Bishop's House, East Denton Hall, 800 West Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and George Haughan, Little Greencroft Farm, Consett, concerning the purchase of a site for a Roman Catholic Mission Church at Knitsley Station and the subsequent recovery of rent from the tenant farmer, 6 April 1948 - 5 May 1950

Copy plan of Moorside Housing Estate, Consett, including a site for a Roman Catholic church, by E. Simpkin, Engineer and Surveyor, Consett Urban District Council, August 1953

Parish inventory, 27 February - 2 March 1934

Parish cash book, 1 January 1948 - 15 February 1953; 1 - 19 January 1958

Offertory and church fees account, 1 January 1959 - 29 December 1963

Summary parish income account, 1 January 1959 - 31 December 1975; annual income and expenditure accounts and 'status animarum' for the years ended 31 December 1959 - 1975, and summary income and expenditure accounts, 1 January 1976 - 30 September 1979

Weekly parish income and expenditure accounts, 1 January 1978 - 21 October 1979

Weekly parish income and expenditure accounts, 21 October 1979 - 6 January 1980 Originally enclosed in RC/Con.SPa 4/4/1

Accounts of receipts and expenses of sales of work, 30 November 1919 - 31 October 1920

Register of the church youth group, 1944 - 1954

St. Patrick's Altar Society cash book, 14 October 1927 - 8 February 1953

Rules and constitution of the English Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of St. Paul the Apostle, n.d. [early 20th century]

Oath of the Knights of Columbus, reprinted from the Congressional Record, Washington D.C., 15 February 1913

Report of the establishment of a Council of The Order of Knights of St. Columba in St. Mary's Roman Catholic parish, Blackhill and Consett, reprinted from the Consett Guardian, 6 July 1923

Certificate issued by the Provincial Minister of the Order of Capuchins of St. Francis, testifying to the establishment of a chapter of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi in the parish of Consett, St. Patrick, 27 June 1926

Certificate issued by the Provincial Minister of the Order of Capuchins of St. Francis, authorising Father John O'Donoghue to direct the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi in the parish of Consett, St. Patrick, 27 June 1926

St. John's Guild membership card and rules, with covering letter from the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, Bishop's House, Tynemouth, to Canon O'Donoghue, approving the establishment of the Guild in the Grove district of Consett, 10 March 1932

Annual reports of the Praesidium of Our Lady Queen of Peace [The Legion of Mary] on the work of St. Patrick's Guild and the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament in the parish, 25 June 1939

Minutes of meetings of the managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, 28 October 1904 - 11 December 1947

Minutes of meetings of the managers (governors from 11 June 1981) of St. Patrick's School, (St. Patrick's Junior and Infant School from 14 April 1965), 17 June 1948 - 5 October 1989

Drafts and copies of the chairman's correspondence, memoranda and minutes of meetings of managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School and St. Mary's Roman Catholic School, Blackhill, 25 August 1905 - 11 February 1910

Correspondence between the Board of Education, Whitehall, London; the chair of managers, St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett, and the Hexham and Newcastle Roman Catholic Diocesan Association, The Presbytery, Walker on Tyne, concerning staff appointments and qualifications, grants and improvements to the fabric of the school building, 2 June 1892 - 26 February 1903

Correspondence, mostly circulars and application forms, between the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw; Canon James Rooney, St. Augustine's, Darlington; Henry F. Berry, Secretary to the Hexham and Newcastle R.C. Diocesan Association, The Presbytery, Walker on Tyne; the Board of Education, Whitehall, London; the chair of school managers, St. Mary's Roman Catholic School, Blackhill, and the chair of school managers, St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett, concerning the implementation and operation of the aid grant under the Voluntary Schools Act, 1897, as it applies to St. Mary's R.C. School, Blackhill, and St. Patrick's R.C. School, Consett, 9 April 1897 - 15 March 1904

Letters from Durham County Council, Elementary Education Department, Shire Hall, Durham and the Board of Education, Whitehall, London, to Canon Henry Gillow, corresponding manager of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett and St. Mary's Roman Catholic School, Blackhill, together with Canon Gillow's draft replies, concerning the day-to-day management of the two schools, 9 April 1904 - 24 May 1905

Letter from Rev. R. Thornton, St. Godric's, Durham, to Canon Henry Gillow, St. Mary's, Blackhill, sending him figures extracted from reports of Durham County Council's Education Committee, showing the cost to ratepayers, per child, of expenditure on Roman Catholic schools at Consett and Blackhill, 27 September 1906

Letters and circulars from Durham County Council, Education Department, Shire Hall, Durham, to the chair of managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett and St. Mary's Roman Catholic School, Blackhill, concerning a breach of the regulations relating to class sizes, the qualifications of teaching staff and the dismissal of school caretakers following the judgement in the case of Gillow v. Durham County Council, 1 March 1910 - 28 October 1915

Letter from County of Durham Education Committee, Education Office, Derwent Street, Blackhill, to Canon O'Donoghue, Oban House, Medomsley Road, Consett, outlining the conditions attached to the Consett Iron Co. Ltd.'s lease of a playing field for the use of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, 2 August 1935

Letters and circulars to the managers of Consett Roman Catholic School from Durham County Council, Director of Education, Education Department, Shire Hall, Durham; Durham County Education Committee, North Western Division, Education Office, Durham Road, Blackhill; the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, Bishop's House, 600 West Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Consett Urban District Council, Medomsley Road, Consett, concerning the day-to-day management of the school and appointments of staff, including some application forms and references for applicants for teaching posts, 6 December 1948 - 15 May 1953

Recommendations of the Governing Body of the Diocesan Trustees for Hexham and Newcastle as to the level of grant aid to Roman Catholic schools in the diocese (including St. Patrick's), recording the name of the school, month the school year begins and average attendance; annual income and expenditure, levels of voluntary subscriptions and orders of His Majesty's Inspectors concerning improvements to the school building or equipment, 1898

Instrument of management for St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, made by the Minister of Education under Section 17(2) of the Education Act, 1944, sealed 9 October 1952

27 October 1887 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett (2) Daniel Donnelly Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of Mary McGurk, niece of (2), as a pupil teacher at St. Patrick's School for four years

7 December 1896 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett (2) Elizabeth Mulholland Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as a pupil teacher at St. Patrick's School for four years

7 December 1896 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett (2) Ellen McGeoghegan Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as a pupil teacher at St. Patrick's School for four years

7 December 1896 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett (2) Mary Carr Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as a pupil teacher at St. Patrick's School for four years

28 September 1898 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett (2) John Welsh Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of Mary E. Welsh, sister of (2) as a pupil teacher at St. Patrick's School for two years

8 December 1900 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett (2) John Haggan Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of Kate Haggan, daughter of (2) as a pupil teacher at St. Patrick's School for three years

14 December 1900 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett (2) Maria Boyle Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as assistant teacher at St. Patrick's School

16 March 1901 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett (2) Susan Clay Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as schoolmistress of St. Patrick's School

1 June 1901 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett (2) Margaret Boyle Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an Article 68 member of the teaching staff at St. Patrick's School

2 December 1901 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett (2) Bridget Rooney Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher at St. Patrick's School

2 December 1901 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett (2) Annie Rooney Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher at St. Patrick's School

13 January 1902 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett (2) Margaret Lambe Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher at St. Patrick's School

7 January 1902 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett (2) Margaret Blake Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher at St. Patrick's School

16 November 1903 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett (2) Louisa Roberts Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as headmistress of St. Patrick's School

24 February 1913 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Mary E. McLarey Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as a certified assistant teacher at St. Patrick's School

26 October 1914 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Molly Lappin Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as a certificated assistant teacher, grade A, at St. Patrick's School

4 June 1920 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Norah Clark Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher at St. Patrick's Infants' School

19 September 1922 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Rose Slane Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as a certificated assistant teacher at St. Patrick's School

1 April 1925 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Mary E. McLarey Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher at St. Patrick's School

1 April 1925 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Ellen Duffy Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher at St. Patrick's School

1 April 1925 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Rose Slane Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher at St. Patrick's School

1 April 1925 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Molly Lappin Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher at St. Patrick's School

15 September 1927 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Sarah Loughran Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as a teacher in the junior and infants department at St. Patrick's School

4 November 1931 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Mary Anne O'Neill Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as a teacher in the junior and infants department at St. Patrick's School

20 September 1935 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Francis J. Hughes Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher in the senior department at St. Patrick's School

6 May 1940 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Mary Haggarty Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher in the senior department at St. Patrick's School

15 May 1941 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Molly Lappin Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as head teacher in the junior and infants department at St. Patrick's School

29 September 1941 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Jane O'Brien Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher in the junior and infants department at St. Patrick's School

7 January 1942 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Sarah O'Neill Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as a teacher in the senior department at St. Patrick's School

19 January 1945 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Joan O'Brien Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher in the senior department at St. Patrick's School

17 May 1945 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Rosaleen Griffen Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher in the senior department at St. Patrick's School

5 October 1945 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Mrs. Mary Murphy Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as head teacher in the senior mixed department at St. Patrick's School

14 January 1946 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Hilda K. Doherty Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as head teacher in the senior mixed department at St. Patrick's School

26 January 1946 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Mary Coleman Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher in the junior mixed department at St. Patrick's School

29 September 1947 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Mrs. Annie Robson Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher in the senior department at St. Patrick's School

24 January 1949 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Thomas Griffin Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher in the senior department at St. Patrick's School

13 June 1949 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Anne Naughton Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher in the senior department at St. Patrick's School

4 October 1951 (1) Managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School (2) Michael Naughton of Briardale, Consett Memorandum of agreement for the employment by (1) of (2) as an assistant teacher in the senior department at St. Patrick's School

Inspectors report on St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, 12 December 1891

Inspectors annual reports on St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, 24 November 1893 - 7 November 1895

Inspectors annual reports on St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, 30 October 1896 - 11 November 1903

Inspector's report on a visit to Consett Roman Catholic School, 27 June 1913

Report of the County Council's inspectors on Consett Roman Catholic Junior Mixed School, 8 January 1935

Plan of a proposed mixed school to accommodate 400 at the corner of Victoria Road and Steel Street, Consett, for Rev. Henry Gillow, by Edward J. Kay, architect, 100 High Street, Stockton-on-Tees, June 1911

'Plan of land at Steel Street, Consett, showing additional area of land proposed to be acquired from the Consett Iron Co. Ltd.' by Edward J. Kay, architect, 100 High Street, Stockton-on-Tees, May 1912

Consett Roman Catholic Schools: proposed alterations to the infants school for Canon Gillow, by Edward J. Kay, architect, 100 High Street, Stockton-on-Tees, n.d. [May 1912]

'Proposed alterations to Consett Infants School (RC) for Canon Gillow', by Edward J. Kay, architect, 134 High Street, Stockton-on-Tees, November 1912

Consett Roman Catholic Infants School: plan as at present, by Edward J. Kay, architect, 134 High Street, Stockton-on-Tees, December 1912

Ground plan of a proposed infants school at Consett, on the League of the Cross site, for Rev. Henry Gillow, by Edward Kay, architect, Stockton-on-Tees, October 1913 Endorsed: 'Mr. Kay's first, discarded'

Ground floor plan of a proposed school at the corner of West Victoria Street and Steel Street, Consett, by F.A. Coyle, Consett, October 1913

'Rough Sketch scheme number 2' for a proposed Roman Catholic School' by Frank A. Coyle, Consett, November 1913

Plan of a proposed mixed school at West Victoria Street, (referred to as the 'Drill Hall site') Consett, for Rev. Henry Gillow, by E.J. Kay, architect, 104 High Street, Stockton-on-Tees, November 1913

Plan of a site for a proposed Roman Catholic School on the south side of West Victoria Street, Consett, 18 November 1913

Ground and first floor plans of a proposed infants school at the corner of West Victoria Street and Steel Street, Consett, for Canon Gillow, by E.J. Kay, architect, 134 High Street, Stockton-on-Tees, 25 November 1913

Block plan of a site for a school at West Victoria Street, Consett, to be purchased from the Consett Iron Co. Ltd. by the Roman Catholic Diocesan Trustees, 1 December 1913

Ground plan and elevation of a proposed mixed school at Consett for Canon Gillow, by Edward J. Kay, architect, 134 High Street, Stockton-on-Tees, January 1914

Site plan of proposed Roman Catholic Junior and Senior Schools at Stanley Street, Consett, for Rev. J. O'Donoghue, by Frank A. Coyle, architect, Front Street, Consett, June 1919

Site plan of proposed Roman Catholic Infants School at Stanley Street, Consett, for Rev. J. O'Donoghue, by Frank A. Coyle, architect, Front Street, Consett, July 1919

Block plan of a 10-acre recreation ground, between Stanley Street and Dale Avenue, Consett, a potential site for a new Roman Catholic School, n.d. [c.1925]

Block plan of Consett Roman Catholic Junior Mixed and Infants School, by Frank A. Coyle, chartered architect, 29 Newmarket Street, Consett, September 1926

Site plan and floor plans of Consett Roman Catholic Junior Mixed and Senior Mixed Schools, with a covering letter from Durham County Council, County Architect's Department, Court Lane, Durham, to Rev. Canon O'Donoghue, Oban House, Medomsley Road, Consett, explaining the architect's proposals in the Development Plan for the north west division of the county, 23 April 1948

Copy of an undertaking by the Trustees of St. Patrick's Catholic School to continue to use the premises as a public elementary school until the end of a period of 18 months notice has expired, 1 May 1924

Handbill, printed by Briggs and Williams, printers, Ann Street, Consett, advertising the solemn blessing of St. Patrick's new school, Consett, by the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, 13 April 1925

Specification for the exterior painting of St. Patrick's Catholic Senior Mixed, Junior Mixed and Infants' Schools, Stanley Street, Consett, n.d. [22 August 1932]

Schedule of school works in the diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, 1925 - 1935 (including 3 new schools at Consett) recording the location and nature of the works, date carried out and accommodation before and after, n.d. [1936]

List of pupils, educated at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, who have entered the teaching profession, the civil service or ecclesiastical colleges, 1915 - n.d. [late 1920s]

List of children attending St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, Consett, recording names and dates of birth, falling between 2 September 1925 - 1 September 1928, n.d. [3 September 1939]

Transcript of Mr. Justice Hamilton's judgement in the case of Gillow and others, plaintiffs v. Durham County Council and others, defendants, in the High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division, concerning the powers of the managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, as a non-provided elementary school, to appoint caretakers and cleaners and require the Local Education Authority to meet the cost, 2 November 1910

Case of the appellants in an appeal to the House of Lords, from a judgement of the Court of Appeal in England, dated 28 July 1911, reversing a judgement of Mr. Justice Hamilton, dated 2 November 1910, in an action between The Very Rev. Henry Canon Gillow, Rev. John Bull, John McQuirk, John Kempson, The Right Rev. Monsignor James Canon Rooney, The Very Rev. Henry Canon Wrennall and Rev. George Edward Howe, appellants and Durham County Council, respondents, concerning the powers of the managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic School, as a non-provided elementary school, to appoint caretakers and cleaners, n.d. [October 1911]

Case of the respondents in an appeal to the House of Lords, from a judgement of the Court of Appeal in England, dated 28 July 1911, reversing a judgement of Mr. Justice Hamilton, dated 2 November 1910, in an action between The Very Rev. Henry Canon Gillow, Rev. John Bull, John McQuirk, John Kempson, The Right Rev. Monsignor James Canon Rooney, the Very Rev. Henry Canon Wrennall and Rev. George Edward Howe, appellants, and Durham County Council, respondents, concerning the powers of the managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic school, as a non-provided elementary school, to appoint caretakers and cleaners, n.d. [October 1911]

Appendix to an appeal to the House of Lords, from a judgement of the Court of Appeal in England, dated 28 July 1911, reversing a judgement of Mr. Justice Hamilton, dated 2 November 1910, in an action between The Very Rev. Henry Canon Gillow, Rev. John Bull, John McQuirk, John Kempson, The Right Rev. Monsignor James Canon Rooney, the Very Rev. Henry Canon Wrennall and Rev. George Edward Howe, appellants, and Durham County Council, respondents, concerning the powers of the managers of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic school, as a non-provided elementary school, to appoint caretakers and cleaners, n.d. [October 1911]

Observations of the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, on behalf of the Newcastle Diocesan Schools Commission, on the report of the Director of Education, Durham County Education Committee, on the Committee's proposals for the provision of Roman Catholic schools in the county, 6 June 1946

Durham County Council Education Committee Development Plan for Primary and Secondary Education, including reorganisation plan for the Roman Catholic schools in the north western part of the county, July 1949

Circular from the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle concerning the implementation of the Education Act, 1918 concerning the provision of Elementary, Central (or Higher Top) and continuation schools in every Local Education Authority, 5 August 1919

Letters to Canon Magill, Brooms, Leadgate, from Henry M. Dix, St. Joseph's, Stanley; Education Department, Durham County Council, Shire Hall, Durham; A.H. Dunne, The Hay, West Crescent, Darlington, and the Hexham and Newcastle Diocesan School Association, St. Bede's, Jarrow, debating whether north-west Durham Catholic schools ought to develop a central school or a secondary school, 27 November 1919 - 29 September 1920

[Canon Magill's] memorandum listing the advantages of a Catholic central school rather than a secondary school for north-west Durham, n.d. [1920]

Memorandum outlining the arguments for and against establishing a secondary school for north-west Durham, as opposed to a central elementary school, n.d. [c.1920]

Memorandum listing the criteria to be considered in calculating the necessary size of a hypothetical central school situated at Blackhill, n.d. [c.1920]

'Suggestions for a central school for north-west Durham', comprising a projection of the number of places for boys and girls that would be required based on the average attendance of each elementary school in the district, the cost of the school and how that cost would be divided, n.d. [c.1920]

Rough minutes of a meeting at Brooms to discuss the issue of a mixed Catholic secondary school for north-west Durham, 5 December 1919

Copy instrument of government of the Convent of the Sisters of Mercy Secondary School, Sunderland, n.d. [c.1920]

Suggested arrangement for the Higher Tops at Brooms Roman Catholic School, Leadgate, n.d. [1920]

Memorandum outlining arguments for and against locating a new Roman Catholic secondary school at Brooms and at Consett, n.d. [c.1920]

Draft proposal for a Catholic secondary school for north-west Durham, 1920

Circular, including the proposed instrument of government of a proposed Catholic secondary school for north-west Durham, appealing for support for the scheme and for the Local Education Authority to furnish, equip and maintain it, 9 November 1920

Proposal for the recognition of the Towneley Memorial School at Stanley as a non-provided secondary school with adequate maintenance from the exchequer and from the rates, promoted by Henry M. Dix, corresponding manager of the Towneley Memorial School and Stanley Roman Catholic Schools and by Wilfred Pickering, corresponding manager of South Moor Roman Catholic School, n.d. [mid 1930s]

Correspondence between the Hexham and Newcastle Diocesan School Commission, Hexham, Northumberland; Canon John O'Donoghue, Oban House, Medomsley Road, Consett; Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Consett; Durham County Council, Education Department, Shire Hall, Durham; P.J. Stienlet, chartered architect and surveyor, Harvey House, 8a Savile Row, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Board of Education, Whitehall, London; the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, Bishop's House, Tynemouth, Northumberland; District Valuer, Government Buildings, 81 St. Mary's Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Rev. H.M. Dix, Stanley, concerning negotiations about and the development of a plan for the creation of a Roman Catholic secondary school at Consett, to serve the communities of Blackhill, Consett, Brooms and Westwood, 17 May 1936 - 29 July 1939

Correspondence between Durham County Council Education Department, Shire Hall, Durham; Rev. John O'Donoghue, Oban House, Consett, and the Board of Education, Alexandra House, Kingsway, London, concerning the selection of a suitable site for a Roman Catholic secondary school at Villa Real, Consett, 20 April 1938 - 12 May 1944

Plan showing alternative sites for a proposed Roman Catholic Modern School at Consett, as part of the North-West Durham Joint Planning Scheme, with covering letter from the Executive Engineer, Durham County Council, 10 Church Street, Durham, to Canon O'Donoghue, St. Patrick's, Consett, 20 - 22 January 1947

Resolutions of the Catholic Archbishops and Bishops of England on Public Elementary Education, issued at Archbishop's House, Westminster, April 1894

Answers to questions, concerning policy towards Catholic schools, posed to parliamentary candidate, Herbert [Dunnico], standing in the Consett Division of Durham County in the 1922 General Election, 6 November 1922

Answers to questions, concerning policy towards Catholic schools, posed to parliamentary candidate, H. Ursula Williams, standing in the Consett Division of Durham County in the 1923 General Election, 28 November 1923

Letters from the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, Bishop's House, Tynemouth, Northumberland, to Canon [O'Donoghue, St. Patrick's, Consett] concerning the organisation of the church's campaign against the proposals relating to Catholic education included in the Education Bill, 23 June 1930 - 23 January 1931

Handbill advertising a mass meeting at Consett Town Hall to address the issue of 'Catholic Schools in danger', 26 September 1943

Pamphlet entitled, The National Union of Teachers and the Catholic School, written by a Catholic member of the N.U.T. as a response to an article that appeared in the September issue of The Schoolmaster and published by the Tyneside Catholic Teachers' Association, n.d. [1943]

Census of Consett and Blackhill, recording families, lodgers and ages of children under 13, street by street, with alphabetical indexes at the back of the volume, 10 April 1891

Parish census, recording residents, street by street, noting marital status, relationships between occupants, dates of birth of children and whether non-Catholics, n.d. [1963] - n.d. [1974]

Receipts and payments account of St. Mary's Sports, Blackhill, 7 June 1897

Standard order of business with order of ceremony at the opening and closing of meetings and at initiations at the Lodge of the NWDLA [North West Durham Loyalist Association], n.d. [1920s]

Social Aspects of Birth Control by Rev. Lewis Watt, reprinted from the Catholic Monthly Review, 1927

'Birth Control', a report by H.P. Newsholme, Medical Officer of Health for Birmingham, taken from The Medical Officer, 7 February 1931

Sermon delivered at the Convent of Mercy, Sunderland, on the occasion of the golden jubilee of Mother M. de-Sales, printed as a souvenir of the occasion, by E. Thompson, typographer, Sunderland, 1 May 1931

Menu and programme for a lunch to celebrate the consecration of the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle at the Old Assembly Rooms, Westgate Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 4 February 1937

Handbill advertising free training in household work to enable Catholic women, unskilled in domestic work, to qualify for a free or assisted passage to Australia or Canada, and appealing for donations to the provider of the training, St. Mary's Training Hostel, Portobello Road, London, n.d. [1930s]

St. Patrick's Church year book, 1953

Programme of the Annual Catholic Gala of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle at Rugby Field, Hollow Drift, Durham, 1 August [1949], with covering letter from Chris Shippen to the parish priest of St. Patrick's, Consett, reminiscing about her father, 23 March 1991