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Billingham St. Cuthbert Parish

Reference: EP/Bi Catalogue Title: Billingham St. Cuthbert Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: Clergy

Covering Dates: 1847-2006

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Catalogue Description

Billingham, St Cuthbert is an ancient parish which covered the area including what are now the separate parishes of Billingham, St Aidan and Wolviston.

The earliest parts of the church, including the tower and the nave, date from before the Norman Conquest.

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42620&strquery=billingham extracted 25 April 2014

Catalogue Contents

Clergy (Ref: EP/Bi 2/)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Bi 2/section 01)

2/53/1


Register of confirmations, 29 February 1928 - 13 February 1968
(1 volume)

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

2/1-10, 2/52/1-4


Register of services, 1 August 1901 - 1 April 1917
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of services, 8 April 1917 - 7 April 1928
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of services, 8 April 1928 - 25 March 1933
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 26 March 1933 - 11 September 1937
(1 volume, linen quarter-bound)


Register of services, 12 September 1937 - 27 July 1946
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 28 July 1946 - 17 February 1951
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 18 February 1951 - 15 April 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 17 April 1960 - 18 March 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 20 March 1966 - 30 December 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 2 May 1971 - 6 October 1974 for Haverton Hill, St. John; 2 January 1977 - 24 August 1984 for Billingham, St. Cuthbert
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 26 August 1984 - 31 March 1990
(1 volume)


Register of services, 1 April 1990 - 1 June 1996
(1 volume)


Register of services, 2 June 1996 - 2 December 1999
(1 volume)


Register of services, 2 December 1999 - 24 September 2006
(1 volume)

Licences to perform divine service (Ref: EP/Bi 2/section 03)

2/50, 51


Licence for the performance of divine service at the mission church of St. Hilda, Belasis, in the parish of Billingham, 14 March 1923
(1 paper)


Copy of licence granted by the Bishop of Durham to the Rev. James Alfred Vigor to the office of curate in charge of the mission church and conventional district of St. Hilda, Belasis, 9 December 1926
(1 paper)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Bi 2/section 04)

2/11, 13, 17-23


Plan showing the boundaries of Billingham ecclesiastical parish marked on a composite O.S. sheet, 1923 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 plan, paper on linen, 142 cm. x 101 cm.)


Map showing the division of the parish of Billingham on the formation of the District of St. Aidan, Billingham, 26 May 1958 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 plan, printed, 67 cm. x 52 cm. , coloured)


Draft statement supporting the establishment of a separate ecclesiastical district for Haverton Hill, 14 January 1847
(1 paper)


Scheme of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for establishing a separate ecclesiastical district of Haverton Hill, 1862
(1 paper)


London Gazette, containing [pp 5025 - 5026] a copy of the order-in-council varying the boundaries of the parish of Haverton Hill, 6 August 1937
(1 file)


Plan showing alteration to the boundaries of the parish of Haverton Hill, 1937 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 plan, waxed linen)


Copy of order-in-council, with plan, describing an alteration of boundaries to the parishes of Billingham and Wolviston, 22 October 1956 - 15 February 1957 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 paper; 1 plan)


Copy of order-in-council establishing the ecclesiastical district or parish of Billingham, St Aidan, 21 November 1958
(1 paper)

Glebe (Ref: EP/Bi 2/section 05)

2/42


18 March 1955 (1) The Rev. Canon Frederick Charles Tymms (2) The Church Commissioners (3) The Dean & Chapter of Durham (4) The said Church Commissioners Conveyance by (1) to (2), with the consent of (3), of 91.747 a. of land, known as Billingham Glebe Farm, with reservation of rights of way, as specified Consideration: £4,400
(1 file)

Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Bi 2/section 06)Photographs of clergy (Ref: EP/Bi 2/)

2/14, 15


Photograph of Rev. Canon F.C. Tymms, vicar of Billingham, 1927 - 1959, n.d.
(1 photograph)


Photograph of Rev. D. Webster [curate, 1958 - 1961] in the baptistry, decorated for the Harvest Festival, 1959
(1 photograph)

Institutions and admissions (Ref: EP/Bi 2/)

2/24


Institution of the Rev. F. C. Tymms to the vicarage of Billingham, 27 April 1927
(Parchment, 1 membrane)

Orders of service (Ref: EP/Bi 2/)

2/12, 33-35


Order of service for the institution of Rev. Frederick Charles Tymms as vicar, 27 April 1927
(1 booklet)


Invitation to the licensing of the Rev. R. O. Bowley as curate-in-charge, and the inauguration of the conventional district of Billingham, St Aidan, 25 June 1957
(1 card)


Order of service for the licensing of the Rev. R. O. Bowlby as curate of the conventional district of Billingham St Aidan, 25 June 1957
(1 booklet)


Order of service for the collation and induction of the Rev. Harry Eckervall Simpson to the vicarage of Billingham, St. Cuthbert, 10 December 1960
(1 booklet)

Orders of service (Ref: EP/Bi 2/section 07)

Includes invitations to extraordinary services

Church (Ref: EP/Bi 2/)

2/26-32, 36


Order of service for the laying of the foundation stone of the extension of St Cuthbert's church, 6 November 1937
(1 booklet)


Order of service for the consecration of the extension to the church, 17 September 1938
(1 booklet)


Invitation to the consecration of the extension to the church, 1 September 1938
(1 paper)


Programme of services for the Dedication Festival, 2 - 12 October 1947
(1 paper)


Order of service for the dedication of the war memorial window by the Bishop of Jarrow, 19 November 1949
(1 booklet)


Invitation to the dedication of the Lady Chapel at Billingham, St. Aidan, 25 June 1955
(1 card)


Order of service for the dedication of the Lady Chapel at Billingham, St Aidan, 25 June 1955
(1 booklet)


Order of service for the consecration of the church of Billingham, St. Aidan, 22 December 1960
(1 booklet)

Civic dignitaries (Ref: EP/Bi 2/)

2/16, 40-41


Order of service on the occasion of the Chairman of Billingham Urban District Council attending divine service, 26 June 1966
(1 booklet)


Order of service on the occasion of the attendance of the Chairman of Billingham Urban District Council, 26 June 1966
(1 booklet)


Order of service on the occasion of the attendance of the Chairman of Billingham Urban District Council, 18 June 1967
(1 booklet)

Special services (Ref: EP/Bi 2/)

2/25, 37-39


Order of service for the dedication of the infants' school, n.d. [1929]
(1 paper)


Order of service for Remembrance Sunday at the Garden of Remembrance, Station Road, Billingham, and at St. Cuthbert's Church, 12 November 1961
(1 booklet)


Order of service for Holy Eucharist, televised by Tyne-Tees Television, at Billingham, St. Cuthbert, 24 January 1965
(1 booklet)


Order of service for Remembrance Sunday at the Garden of Remembrance, Station Road, Billingham, and at St. Cuthbert's Church, 14 November 1965
(1 booklet)