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Hartlepool St. Hilda Parish

Reference: EP/Ha.SH Catalogue Title: Hartlepool St. Hilda Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: Clergy

Covering Dates: 1840-2009

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  • Hartlepool St. Hilda Parish
    • 02 Clergy (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/)
    • Register of confirmations (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 01)
    • Registers of services (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 02)
    • Benefice income (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 03)
    • Benefice (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 04)
    • Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 05)
    • Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 06)
    • Admissions and inductions (Ref: EP/Ha.SH )
    • Certificates of ordinations (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/)
    • Declaration on acceptance of office (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/)
    • Licence to the curacy (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/)
    • Licencing as deacon in charge (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/)
    • Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 07)
    • Orders of service (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 08)
    • Correspondence (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 09)
    • Archdeacons' visitations (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 10)

Catalogue Contents

02 Clergy (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/)Register of confirmations (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 01)

2/48

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/48

Register of confirmations, 27 May 1946 - 29 May 1970
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 02)

2/1-3, 6-12, 47, 2/80/1-2

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/1

Register of services, 16 February 1975 ­- 28 December 1983
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/2

Register of services, 1 January 1984 ­- 1 October 1987
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/3

Register of services, 4 October 1987 ­- 9 July 1991
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/6

Register of services, 28 March 1916 - 15 November 1922
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/7

Register of services, 19 November 1922 - 7 March 1928
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/8

Register of services, 4 March 1928 - 18 October 1941
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/9

Register of services, 19 October 1941 - 31 December 1950
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/10

Register of services, 1 January 1951 - 20 April 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/11

Register of services, 22 April 1962 - 11 September 1968
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/12

Register of services, 15 September 1968 - 12 February 1975
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/47

Register of services, 6 May 1995 - 13 August 1999
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/80/1

Register of services, 10 July 1991 - 5 May 1995
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/80/2

Register of services, 15 August 1999 - 31 May 2009
(1 volume)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 03)

2/14, 50-59, 4/118

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/14

Correspondence between the Secretary to the P.C.C.; the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; the Chairman of the Hartlepool Deanery Synod, The Mount, 7 Manor Road, West Hartlepool; the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance; concerning the augmentation of the income of the benefice, 9 November 1943 - 12 February 1963
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/50

London Gazette, containing a copy order-in-council granting the sum of £25 for the employment of an assistant curate, 8 August 1873
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/51

Notice from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster, London, granting the sum of £27 p.a. in augmentation of the cure of Hartlepool, St. Hilda, 12 August 1924
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/52

Notice issued by the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster, London, granting the sum of £13 p.a. in augmentation of the income of the cure of Hartlepool, St. Hilda, 13 December 1935
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/53

Statement issued by the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster, London, of the amount of 3.5% Conversion Stock held on behalf of the benefice of Hartlepool, St. Hilda, 16 December 1935
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/54

Return of benefice income to the Church of England Pensions Board, 1935, 1938, 1940
(3 papers)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/55

Statement of annual amounts payable to the benefice of Hartlepool, St. Hilda, by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 1 April 1939
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/56

Estimate of net income of the benefice, issued by Queen Anne' s Bounty, Bounty Office, 3, Dean's Yard, Westminster, London, 1939, 1941
(3 papers)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/57

Notice from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1, Millbank, Westminster, London, granting an additional stipend, under scheme K, to the benefice of Hartlepool, St. Hilda, 7 June 1945
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/58

Notice from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1, Millbank, Westminster, London, concerning the transfer of the parish's funds to Local Loans £3 per cent stock, 15 June 1928
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/59

Circular letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1, Millbank, Westminster, London, to Rev. W.S. Cowans, The Rectory, Hartlepool, concerning the redemption of Local Loans 3% Stock and its re-investment, 28 January 1947
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 4/118

Sequestration account, 1924 3 papers

Benefice (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 04)

2/81-82

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/81

Notice of termination of suspension of presentation to the benefice of Hartlepool, St. Hilda, 6 May 1996
(1 paper, printed, photocopy)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/82

Notice by the Church Commissioners that they have prepared a draft Pastoral Scheme providing for the church of St. Barnabas, Hartlepool to be declared redundant, 10 May 1996
(1 paper, printed)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 05)

2/13, 44

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/13

Draft order-in-council altering the boundaries of the parish of Hart; Hartlepool, St. Hilda; and Hartlepool, Holy Trinity; 1930s
(4 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/44

Copy order in council, confirming a pastoral measure altering the boundaries of the parishes of Hartlepool, Holy Trinity; Hartlepool, St. Hilda; and Hartlepool, St. Oswald, 15 March 1989 Scale: 10 inches to 1 mile [1:6336]
(1 paper and 1 plan, 63 cm. x 66 cm.)

Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 06)Admissions and inductions (Ref: EP/Ha.SH )

2/4, 15, 33, 37

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/4

Admission of Rev. W.S. Cowans to the benefice of Hartlepool, St. Hilda, 28 May 1945
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/15

Order-of-service for the institution and induction of Rev. William Bentley to the rectory of Hartlepool, St. Hilda, 20 November 1959
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/33

Certificate of the admission of Robert Taylor of the University of Durham as a Licentiate in Theology, 23 June 1846
(Parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/37

Mandate for the induction of Rev. Robert Taylor to the vicarage and church of Monkhesleden, 12 December 1859
(Parchment, 1 membrane)

Licence to the curacy (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/)

2/5

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/5

Licence of Rev. J.H.B. Douglas to the curacy of Hartlepool, St. Hilda, 4 June 1950
(1 paper)

Declaration on acceptance of office (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/)

2/36

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/36

Declaration by Robert Taylor of conformity to the liturgy of the United Church of England and Ireland, 8 December 1859
(1 page)

Certificates of ordinations (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/)

2/34-35

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/34

Certificate of the ordination, by the Bishop of Durham, of Robert Taylor as deacon, 28 June 1846
(Parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/35

Certificate of the ordination, by the Bishop of Durham, of Robert Taylor as priest, 19 December 1847
(Parchment, 1 membrane)

Licencing as deacon in charge (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/)

2/46

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/46

Order of service for the licensing of the Rev. Joan Lindsay Cook as deacon in charge of the church of Hartlepool, St. Hilda, 17 February 1993
(1 booklet)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/)

2/38, 45

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/38

Programme for the retirement presentation to the Rector and Mrs. Bently, 12 July 1982
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/45

Photographs of a petition by the parishioners of Hartlepool, St. Hilda, to the Rev. Robert Taylor, requesting his acceptance of a preaching gown and inkstand, 8 April 1861; and conservation report on the original by Gateshead Technical College, 18 December 1986
(2 photographs, 1 paper)

Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 07)

4/146

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 4/146

Copies of parochial returns, 1957 - 1969
(1 file)

Orders of service (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 08)

2/16-25, 27-31, 49, 61-62, 64-65, 67-73, 75-78, 2/84/1

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/16

Orders-of-service for a Masonic service, 1960, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976
(5 papers)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/17

Orders-of-service for the festival of nine lessons and carols, 1961 and 1974
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/18

Order-of-service for matins for the second Sunday in Lent, televised by Tyne Tees Television, 14 March 1965
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/19

Order-of-service for Mayor's Sunday, 11 June 1967, 3 June 1973
(2 booklets)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/20

Order-of-service for the Headland Area Council of Churches carol service 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981
(7 pages)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/21

Orders-of-service for Hartlepool Deanery Evensong at the church of Hartlepool, St. Hilda, 16 November 1975 and 21 November 1976
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/22

A Form of Prayer and of Thanksgiving to Almighty God on the Occasion of the Silver Jubilee of the Accession of our Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth The Second , used in Hartlepool, St. Hilda, 5 June 1977
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/23

Orders-of-service for the Patronal Festival, 17 November n.y., & 19 November 1978
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/24

Order-of-service for Hartlepool Deanery Evensong, 19 November 1978
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/25

Order-of-service for the Centenary Thanksgiving Service for Hartlepool Rovers Football Club, 30 September 1979
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/27

Orders-of-service for services of the Dunkirk Veterans' Association, Hartlepool Branch, 18 May 1980 and 9 May 1982
(1 booklet and 1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/28

Order-of-service for Songs of Praise from Hartlepool, St. Hilda, broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation, 3 June 1980
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/29

Orders-of-service for evensong on St. Hilda' s Eve, 1980, and for the St. Hilda 1300 Festival Service, 1980
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/30

Henry Smith School: annual public service of nine lessons and Christmas carols, in the church of Hartlepool, St. Hilda, December 1980
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/31

Order-of-service for evensong on Education Sunday, 7 February 1982
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/49

Programme for a festival evensong in the church of Hartlepool, St. Hilda, 17 November 1967
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/61

Order of service for Mayor's Sunday, 11 November 1945 George Davison, J.P., Mayor
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/62

Order of service for a Day of National Prayer, 6 July 1947
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/64

Order of service for a civic service commemorating the 750th anniversary of the granting of the Royal Charter to the Borough of Hartlepool by King John, in 1201, by the Archbishop of York, 1 July 1951
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/65

Order of divine service for Trinity Sunday, 31 May 1953
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/67

Order of service for Mayor's Sunday, 5 June 1955 Alderman Robert S. Boswell, Mayor
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/68

Order of service for Mayor's Sunday, 26 May 1957 Councillor W.W. Emerson, Mayor
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/69

Order of service for Mayor's Sunday, 1 June 1958 Alderman Charles Chambers, Mayor
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/70

Order of service for Mayor's Sunday, 24 May 1959 Alderman Robert William Richardson, MBE, J.P., Mayor
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/71

Order of service for Mayor's Sunday, 29 May 1960 Councillor Mabel Elizabeth Smith, J.P., Mayor
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/72

Order of service for Mayor's Sunday, 28 May 1961 Alderman Thomas Thompson Aird, Mayor
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/73

Order of service for Mayor's Sunday, 27 May 1962 Councillor Oswald Frederick Bradshaw, Mayor
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/75

Order of service for Ascension Day, 1964
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/76

Order of service for Matins on the second Sunday in Lent, televised by Tyne Tees Television, 14 March 1965
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/77

Order of service for a civic service prior to the formation of the County Borough of Hartlepool on 1 April 1967, Palm Sunday, 19 March 1967 Councillor D. Walker, J.P., Mayor
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/78

Order of service for Mayor's Sunday, 11 June 1967 Councillor Frederick Jacques, J.P., Mayor
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/84/1

Order of service of commemoration upon the 75th anniversary of the Hartlepool bombardment, 17 December 1989
(10 papers, photocopies)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 09)

2/32

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/32

Letter from R. Taylor, Hartlepool, to Master R. Taylor, describing the writer's successful strategy to unite the Church of England and the Protestant dissenters against 'popery', and the sale by the Bible Society of inexpensive copies of the New Testament, ' the best way of resisting the deluge of Popery and other Infidel blasphemies which are rushing in upon us ', 6 March 1840
(1 paper)

Archdeacons' visitations (Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/section 10)

2/83/1-2; 4/195

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/83/1

Archdeacon's visitation articles, 1996
(4 papers, photocopies)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 2/83/2

Archdeacon's visitation articles, 8 April 2003
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Ha.SH 4/195

Visitation articles and responses thereto, 1960 - 1971
(1 file)



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