Catalogue

Notes by the Rev. John Grey of resolutions passed at the Restoration Committee meetings, 1851

Letters and estimate from Dinning and Cooke at the Percy Iron Works, Newcastle, to Rev. John Grey at Houghton Rectory, regarding proposed new heating system for Houghton church, 22 - 25 October 1886

Letter from Joseph Potts and Son, architects, 57 John St., Sunderland, to Canon Brown discussing specifications, 2 April 1906

List of members of the Elliot family who might subscribe to Chancel

Chancel Fund vouchers, 1908 - 1909

Draft reports of the churchwardens on the church fabric and property, 27 April 1972 - 24 April 1986

Copy of the recommendations of the Church Restoration Committee and minutes of Vestry meeting adopting them, 13 - 19 September 1899

Architects report by Hicks and Charlewood of 67 Westgate Rd., Newcastle, concerning Houghton le Spring church restoration with additional suggestions [1903], 26 July 1899 and 12 February 1903

General conditions, specification and regulations produced by Hicks and Charlewood relating to the contract for repairs to outside walls of Houghton Church, n.d. [c 1900]

Specification for repairs to tower, n.d. [c 1900]

Specification for internal cleaning and colouring, n.d. [c1900]

Specification for repairs to lead glazing, n.d. [c 1900]

File of estimates and tenders for aspects of church restorations, n.d.

18 December 1901 (1) Rev. Frederick Brown and the Finance Committee of the Houghton le Spring Parish Church Restoration Committee (2) Thomas B. Goldstone of Sunderland, artist in stained glass Agreement for (2) to carry out repairs to stained glass at Houghton Church Consideration: £88 10s.

14 June 1902 (1) Joseph Richardson of Houghton le Spring, painter and decorator (2) Rev. Frederick Brown Agreement for cleaning and painting the church to be completed by 2 August 1902 Consideration: £60 10s.

Circular seeking subscriptions for the restoration of Houghton Parish Church as a memorial to Canon Grey, 1903

Plan and elevation of proposed pulpit in Houghton Church by Hicks and Charlewood, Newcastle [1904] Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Plan of steps to pulpit and chancel, Houghton Parish church by Hicks and Charlewood, 28 March 1904 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Ltd., Norfolk Street, London W.C., to Canon Brown arranging extra insurance premium during restoration work, 21 September 1899

Letters received by Canon Brown from the Bishop of Durham, Frank Stobart at the Lambton Office, Fence Houses, Selwyn Austin at Houghton Hall and A.M. Norman at Berkhamsted re. donations to the church restoration fund, 13 July 1899 - 30 June 1900

Correspondence between Hicks and Charlewood, architects, of 67 Westgate Road, Newcastle, and Canon Brown and G.H. Stevens at Houghton, discussing proposed modifications to Houghton Church, enclosing and discussing proposals of Dinning and Cooke for a heating system, tenders, award of contract to the latter, revised specification for repairs, proposals and tenders for pulpit etc. from Ralph Hedley, 22 New Bridge St., Newcastle, (enclosed), progress with reredos and chancel screen etc. and forwarding enclosures, 1 July 1899 - 19 May 1904

Letters from Dinning and Cooke, Percy Iron Works, Newcastle, to Canon Brown or G.H. Stevens at Houghton discussing heating system for Houghton Church, 1 - 27 September 1899

Correspondence between Hicks and Charlewood, Mr. Bandelow, the Rector of Houghton and various contractors, regarding church restoration works, estimates and tenders, June 1901 - 18 September 1903

Letters from William Scott at 1 Eden Terrace, Sunderland, to Mr. Bendelow acknowledging payment for glazing and encloing a certificate for payment from Hicks and Charlewood, 3 September 1901 - 3 June 1902

Correspondence between The Ecclesiastical Commission and Canon Brown at Houghton re. the former's making a contribution to the cost of restoration of the parish church, 9 November 1901 - 29 March 1904

Copy letter from the Chancellor (P.V. Smith) at Lincoln's Inn to the Registrar, Durham, discussing Houghton le Spring faculty, 18 July 1903

Letter from the Barnard Castle Gas Light Co. Ltd., 49 Galgate, Barnard Castle, to Canon Brown discussing various gas lighting fixtures, 10 August 1903

Illustration of 'Electrolier' in St. Cuthbert's Darlington [c 1900]

Letter from C.S.O. Griffith at Eggleston Vicarage to Canon Brown offering to buy the iron screen, 8 February 1904

Letter from Barkentin and Hall, Regent St., London, to Canon Brown acknowledging order for a memorial brass, 19 May 1904

Letter from the Diocesan Registry, Durham, to Canon Brown at Houghton listing works which the Chancellor will allow in his next omnibus faculty, 10 June 1904

Receipts from F. Caldcleugh and Son, Durham, and John Angrove (Newcastle Steam Marble Works), 1904

List of Ladies Committee, n.d. [c 1900]

Transverse section of new roof over nave and aisles, cross sections of moveable seats, section of seats showing bench ends and elevation of bench end, by John Dobson, 17 February 1857 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]; 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

Transverse sections showing new roofs over nave and aisles looking west and east, and longitudinal section through nave looking north, n.d. c.1857 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Letter from H.S. Vincent and Co., Organ Builders, Hylton Rd., Sunderland, regarding the rebuilding of the organ in the parish church, 10 December 1910

23 December 1931 Copy agreement between Houghton le Spring P.C.C. and Harrison and Harrison, Organ Builders of Durham, to erect a 3 manual organ for £1900

Design for an organ-case, St. Michael's, Houghton le Spring, by H.L. Hicks F.R.I.B.A., n.d. Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

Elevation of design for organ case by H.L. Hicks architect, September 1943 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

Illustrated souvenir of the unveiling of the war memorial in the church, by the Lord Lieutenant of county Durham, the Earl of Durham, 22 December 1920

Lithograph of nave of St. Michael's Church, Houghton-le-Spring, c 1859

Photograph of bells removed from belfry, 1928

Photograph of church bells before rehanging, 1928

Postcard of interior of church, n.d.

Photograph of exterior of church, 1970s

Lithograph of the interior of 'St. Michael's Church, Houghton-le-Spring, restored 1859 by J. Dobson, esq., architect', lithographed by M. & M. W. Lambert, Newcastle, 1859

Drawing of angels kneeling, endorsed 'Fra Angelico' , n.d.

Photograph of St Michael and All Angels church and the stone gateway to the churchyard, viewed across The Broadway, n.d. [early 1950s]

Photograph of St Michael and All Angels church, viewed from the south east, n.d. [1950s]

Photograph of the church tower, viewed from the south west, n.d. [1950s]

Photographs of St Michael and All Angels church, n.d. [late 1950s]: 1) Looking through the church porch into the interior of the church; 2) View of the church from the south east; 3) Church and churchyard gateway, viewed from The Broadway; 4) Church and churchyard gateway, with people passing by, viewed from The Broadway

Photograph of St Michael and All Angels church and churchyard gateway, with people passing by, viewed from The Broadway, taken by the Historic Churches Preservation Trust, July 1957

Photograph of St Michael and All Angels church, viewed from Rectory Park, n.d. [c1960]

Photograph of St Michael and All Angels church, viewed from the war memorial in the south west corner of the churchyard, n.d.[c1960]

Photographs of St Michael and All Angels church, and other church property, taken by H. Storey, 13 Ironside Street, Houghton le Spring for the Co-operative Insurance Society Ltd., n.d. [c1960]: 1) The old Rectory and Rectory Park with the church in the background; 2) The church viewed from the east; 3) The church porch; 4) Kepier almshouses

Photograph of St Michael and All Angels church, with the Kepier Hall behind, viewed from The Broadway, n.d. [early 1960s]

Photograph of St Michael and All Angels church, floodlit for Houghton Feast, n.d. [mid 20th century]

Photograph of St Michael and All Angels church, floodlit for Houghton Feast, n.d. [mid 20th century]

Photographs of St Michael and All Angels church, n.d. [early 1970s]: 1) Viewed from the south west, across the green, from Dairy Lane; 2) Viewed from Newbottle Street; 3) Viewed from The Broadway; 4) Viewed from the north east corner of the churchyard; 5) View of the north and west ends of the church, taken from outside the Kepier Hall; 6) South window, showing restored stonework; 7) Churchyard and east end of the church, with Church Street behind, viewed from the Kepier Hall; 8) Church tower

Photograph of St Michael and All Angels church, viewed through the window of the Golden Lion public house, taken by John Donat, photographer, 5 Belsize Park Gardens, London, n.d. [early 1970s]

Photographs of St Michael and All Angels church, taken by W. Oughtred, commercial and portrait photographer, 3 North Railway Street, Seaham for the Historic Churches Preservation Trust, March 1974: 1) Exterior view of the church, with scaffolding around the tower, viewed from the south east; 2) Interior view of the sanctuary and east window; 3) Interior view of the screen, chancel and altar

Photographs of St Michael and All Angels church, taken for the Historic Churches Preservation Trust, June 1976: 1) Exterior view of the church, viewed from the south east; 2) Gateway into the churchyard, viewed from The Broadway; 3) Exterior view of the vestry , viewed from the east; 4) Exterior view of the vestry, viewed from the south west; 5) Interior view of the nave, looking towards the screen and altar

Photographs of the exterior of St Michael and All Angels church, showing damaged stonework, taken by Charles Crisp, 53 Frederick Street, Sunderland, for the Historic Churches Preservation Trust, September 1981: 1) Lower part of the west façade; 2) Upper part of the west window; 3) West window mullions

Photographs of St Michael and All Angels church, n.d. [1996]: 1) Viewed from The Broadway; 2) Viewed from the north; 3) Church porch with Rev. Ian Wallis, his curate, Albert and Joan Jackson standing outside it

Photographs of St Michael and All Angels church, n.d. [late 1990s]: 1) Church tower flying a flag bearing the crest of Bernard Gilpin; 2) Church viewed from the east; 3) Church and archway into the churchyard, viewed from The Broadway; 4) Road through the churchyard, leading to the Kepier almshouses; 5) Churchyard wall and steps leading from Church Street; 6) Church viewed from the north east

Photograph of The Broadway looking towards St Michael and All Angels church, taken from Imperial Buildings, 1 January 2000

Photograph of St Michael and All Angels church, illuminated for Houghton Feast, n.d. [early 2000s]

Photograph of St Michael and All Angels church, after a fall of snow, viewed from the east, n.d. [early 2000s]

Photograph of St Michael and All Angels church clock mechanism, taken inside the church tower, c1909

Photograph of the nave of St Michael's church, looking towards the screen and high altar, by T. Wheatley, n.d. [c1930]

Photograph of the choir stalls and high altar, n.d. [c1950]

Postcard depicting a pen and ink drawing of the Norman tympanum in St Michael's church, n.d. [mid 20th century]

Photograph of the Norman tympanum n.d. [c1950]

Photograph of the choir stalls and high altar, n.d. [early 1950s]

Photograph of the nave, looking towards the screen and altar, n.d. [early 1950s]

Photograph of the west window, n.d. [1950s]

Photograph of the church organist, seated at the organ in St Michael and All Angels church, n.d. [1950s]

Photograph of the nave and aisles, looking towards the screen and altar, taken by the Historic Churches Preservation Trust, July 1957

Photograph of the interior of the church, looking across the nave and south aisle, n.d. [late 1950s]

Photographs of the east window, printed by Saxons Ltd., Sunderland, n.d. [late 1950s]: 1) Whole window viewed from the foot of the altar; 2) Close up of the central portion of the window

Photographs of interior features of St Michael's church, by W. Richardson, n.d. [c1960]: 1) Eagle lectern; 2) Pulpit

Photographs of the interior: two cut from a guide to St Michael's church and one, a proof for the same guide, n.d. [early 1960s]: 1) Proof print, depicting the eagle lectern and the pulpit; 2) Cutting depicting the screen, chancel and altar; 3) Cutting depicting, on one side, the font and on the other, the nave, looking east

Photographs of the interior of St Michael's church, n.d. [1960s]: 1) Font; 2) Nave, looking towards the font and west window; 3) View across the nave into the north aisle and Lady chapel; 4) Font and west window

Photograph of the pulpit, eagle lectern, screen and chancel steps, n.d. [1960s]

Photograph of the interior of the church, with the congregation in the pews, looking down the nave towards the screen and altar, where Rev. Noel Gwilliam, is presiding over a service, n.d. [1960s]

Photographs of the interior of the church, by F. Bescoby, 7 Imperial Buildings, Houghton le Spring, January 1971: 1) Nave, looking towards the screen and altar; 2) Sanctuary and east window; 3) Pulpit and vestry door

Illustration, cut from a guide to the church, depicting the Norman tympanum, n.d. [c1970]

Photograph of the sanctuary, n.d. [1976]

Photograph of the sanctuary and east window, n.d. [1976]

Photographs of the Gilpin window (west window) installed to commemorate the 325th anniversary of Gilpin's installation as rector of Houghton le Spring, n.d. [1983]: 1) Whole window, viewed from the nave; 2) Close-up of the design

Set of photographs of the interior of the church, taken by Tyne Tees Television and published by Houghton le Spring parish church, n.d. [1980s]: 1) Font; 2) Interior looking east; 3) Chancel; 4) Lady Chapel; 5) Tomb of Bernard Gilpin

Photograph of the organist, seated at the organ in St Michael and All Angels church, n.d.[1980s]

Photographs documenting the progress of the project to repave the floor of the church at the west end around the font, by the parish 'task force', n.d. [1985]: 1) North west corner of the church stacked with displaced pews and display boards; 2) West end of the church with floor level pegged out; 3) Man digging a shovel into a large pile of dry cement mix; 4) Man shovelling a dry cement mix into a wheelbarrow; 5) Man emptying a barrow onto the floor by the font; 6) Man wheeling a barrow past the font; 7) Two of the 'task force' posing with a wheelbarrow; 8) Screed laid and levelled around the font ; 9) Four members of the task force at work with cement mixer, mortar board and trowel; 10) One member of the task force operates the cement mixer while the other brushes mortar into the joints between flagstones; 11) Members of the task force posing with a cement mixer; 12) Rev. Fisher inspecting the work; 13) Two members of the task force filling in the joints between flagstones

Photographs of the Lady Chapel, taken during the weeks following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, September 1997: 1) Altar table with a medieval depiction of the Madonna and child, propped in front of it; 2) Corner of the Lady Chapel on the right hand side of the main altar table; 3) Lady Chapel, with a book of condolence displayed on the altar table, surrounded by floral tributes

Photograph of a floral display in St Michael and All Angels church, beside the tomb of Bernard Gilpin, depicting Gilpin's crest, taken by Grant Lowery, October 2001

Photograph of the Remembrance Day ceremony at the cenotaph in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels church, taken during the playing of the Last Post, November 1959

Letter from James Joicey at Gregynog, Montgomeryshire, to Rev. F. Brown at Houghton Rectory re. damage caused to Houghton church by Joicey's colliery, 23 December 1899

Letters from the Lambton Collieries Ltd., Mining Office, Bunker Hill, Fence Houses, to Canon Brown at Houghton Rectory re. crack under east window, Houghton church through subsidence, 18 - 20 January 1904

Correspondence, report of consulting engineers, tenders, estimates etc. relating to the restoration of the east window, 26 July 1973 - 22 October 1975

Correspondence, estimates and plans concerning the restoration of the south transept window, 18 July 1975 - 17 January 1977

20 October 1884 (1) The Houghton le Spring Local Board of Health (2) The Rector and Churchwardens of Houghton Agreement for the erecting of a clock in the church tower and division of costs and future maintenance with covering letter dated 7 January 1885 from the Houghton le Spring Local Board to the Rector

Letters from Thomas Jones, Proctor at Durham, to Rev. John Grey at Houghton forwarding faculty and discussing costs, 11 November and 30 December 1879

Letters from Hart, Son, Peard and Co., 53 - 58 Wych St. London, to Rev. J. Grey at Houghton discussing proposed altar cross and chancel screen with miscellaneous sketches in text, 18 November 1879 - 12 February 1880

Illustration of revised design of proposed chancel screen, [1879 - 1880]

Papers from Hutchinson and Lucas and Harrison and Co., Darlington, to the Rector of Houghton re. the late R.H. Allen of Blackwell Hall and his bequest of plate and money, 24 October 1886 - June 1889

Plans and sections of proposed alterations to the Mission Hall, St. Mark's Church, Houghton, [1906] Scale: 4feet to 1 inch (1:48) inset 2 feet to 1 inch (1:24)

Order of service for the dedication of St. Mark's Mission Chapel, 29 September 1883

License for the performance of divine service in St. Mark's Mission Chapel, 12 January 1884

Correspondence concerning the lease of St. Mark's Mission Church to the National Coal Board for use as part of a mining school, 20 September 1950 - 23 December 1953

Plan of mission chapel, Houghton-le-Spring, 28 December 1882 Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]

Sections of St. Mark's Mission Chapel, Houghton-le-Spring, 25 January 1883 Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]

South elevation of St. Mark's Mission Chapel,10 February 1883 Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]

Reproduction of a photograph of St Mark's Mission church, copied by Ken Richardson, 20 Bradley Avenue, Houghton le Spring, n.d. [1960s]

Register of graves, 22 December 1894 - 31 December 1904

Register of graves, 12 January 1905 - 13 August 1926

Register of graves, 21 August 1926 - 15 July 1971

(1) The Hon. and Rev. John Grey, M.A., Rector of Houghton le Spring (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners Copy conveyance of 279 square yards of land at Houghton as an addition to Houghton Burial Ground which it adjoins Plan attached

Correspondence between the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and Rev. John Grey arranging conveyance of site for additional burial ground, 12 March 1873 - 10 April 1873

Copy of vestry minutes discussing church yard paths, June 1860

Notes on Houghton le Spring churchyard, n.d. [c 1860]

Plans of Houghton church yard and Kepier Grammar School showing proposed pathways, 28 June 1860 Scale: 50 links to 1 inch

Letters from Henry B. Wright, Solicitor, at Seaham Harbour, to Canon Brown re. road past Kepier School, footpath along north side of church and church yard boundaries, 17 December 1902 and 9 April 1904

Letter from D. Miller at Houghton to Canon Brown at Houghton Rectory discussing and forwarding EP/Ho 246, 31 January 1906

File of plans of Houghton church yard with the award of James Losh and Christopher Cookson of Newcastle, arbitrators, relative to closing a public footpath, 3 September 1831

Extract from newspaper report of the reopening of Houghton church on 26 February 1859, n.d. [c 1900]

Letter from Hately Brothers, Chicago, to Rev. John Grey re. memorial to Hateley's father at Houghton, 21 January 1890

Archdeacon's visitation articles, 1911

Houghton le Spring Union Rural Sanitary Authority cemetery bye laws and table of fees, 1891

Copy of Burial Act, 1900 [63 and 64 Vic. cap. 15] with a table of fees and accompanying explanatory letter from Whitehall, n.d.

Opinion of Counsel (F.H. Jeune and Sir W.G. Phillimore) on the cemetery dispute with other opinions and rough notes, 14 March - 11 November 1889

Tract entitled Shall our cemetery be consecrated?, n.d.

Memorandum on the cemetery question with miscellaneous draft letters, 1892

Files of correspondence between Houghton le Spring Local Board, R.F. Boyd, the Rector of Houghton, the Bishop of Durham and others, regarding dispute over the consecration of part of the new cemetery, September 1891 - 26 August 1892

Correspondence received by Rev. John Grey from Houghton le Spring Local Board, the Home Office and the Archdeacon of Durham re. non-observance of government regulations (copy included) at Houghton cemetery, 16 August 1892 - 3 August 1893

Copy petition to the Bishop of Durham for consecration of the new burial ground at Houghton, 1893

Correspondence between The Bishop of Durham, the Diocesan Registry at Durham and the Hon. and Rev. John Grey at Houghton, re. need for new burial ground, history of existing one, refusal of Local Board to have it consecrated, conveyance of part of glebe for new burial ground, and enclosing a copy of the Case with Counsel's (Lewis Dibdin of Lincoln's Inn) opinion thereon, 30 August 1892 - 29 November 1894

Copy of report of William Morley, Houghton le Spring Rural Sanitary Authority, on site of church yard extension, 10 July 1894

Notes on meetings with regard to addition to burial ground, December 1893 - March 1894

Copy of queries and answers re. proposed new burial ground, 10 July 1894

Subscription list and vouchers for burial ground work, 1894

Correspondence between the Home Office and Rev. John Grey at Houghton, re. inspection and approval of proposed new burial ground, forwarding regulations and plan, 2 July - 11 August 1894

Plan of proposed new churchyard, showing existing cemetery [1894] Scale - "Ordnance"

Plan of proposed additions to the cemetery, Houghton le Spring, dated at Whitehall, 11 August 1894 Scale: 40 feet to 1 inch

Letter from Thomas E. Espin at Honley, Yorkshire, to Canon Grey at Houghton discussing Burial Acts, burial ground, trust deed and enclosing newspaper cuttings re. Oxford cemeteries, 26 July 1894

Letter from Joseph Stokoe at Gilpin House, Houghton to Rev. John Grey re. progress in levelling ground for new cemetery, 20 September 1894

Letters from the Clerk of Houghton U.D.C. to Rev. R.H. Yeld at Houghton Rectory regarding proposed consecration of a portion of Durham Road Cemetery with conditions proposed by the U.D.C. and accepted by the Rector to compromise the dispute, 15 October - 5 November 1907

Letter from F.W. Eddison at Auckland Castle to Rev. R.H. Yeld at Houghton enclosing plan [EP/Ho 387] and letter from the Diocesan Registry regarding Houghton Cemetery, 18 - 19 November 1907

Rough plan of Houghton le Spring public cemetery, n.d., [1907]

File of correspondence from the Home Office to Rev. R.H. Yeld at Houghton Rectory and to Houghton le Spring U.D.C. re. fees and charges for Houghton cemetery, including tables of revised charges, 3 March - 3 June 1908

File of fees and vouchers for consecration of the cemetary at Houghton, 1908

Broadsides concerning a controversy over the provision of a burial ground and whether it ought to be managed by the rector or ratepayers, 5 December 1853 - 31 January 1854

'Plan of part of old cemetery Houghton-le-Spring', D. Balfour, civil engineer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 17 October 1893 Scale: 15 feet to 1 inch [1:170]

'Plan of the ground laid to the Houghton-le-Spring church cemetery consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Durham on the second day of Nov. 1894' Scale: 12 feet to 1 inch [1 : 144]

Monumental Inscriptions & Dedications within St Michael & All Angels, the Parish Church of Houghton le Spring and the Alms Houses and Kepier Hall, by Andrew D. Fletcher, June 2002

Plan of proposed improvement to Newbottle St. and alteration to rectory boundary wall, Houghton le Spring, 22 October 1887

Correspondence between Houghton le Spring Local Board of Health, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and Rev. John Grey re. building the rectory garden wall on the widening of Newbottle Street; also sale of the land to the Local Board, approval of the Commissioners, 4 October 1887 - 28 November 1887

Plan of Houghton le Spring Rectory drainage system showing adjoining roads and premises, by D. Balfour, Civil Engineer, Newcastle, 10 October 1892

Draft memorandum by Rev. John Grey to Mr. Stobart re. Houghton Rectory, Farm and School drains, 1892

Letters from John Brown, Builder and Contractor at Hawdonside Works, Houghton, to Rev. R.H. Yeld at Houghton Rectory with estimates for work and acknowledgement of payment, 14 October 1907 - 11 March 1908

Letter from J. and T.A. Bradford at Vigo, Chester-le-Street, to Rev. R.H. Yeld re. damage to wall from subsidence and conversation with Lambton Collieries Ltd., 19 September 1907

Report by Dinning and Cooke of the Perry Iron Works, Newcastle, to Rev. R.H. Yeld on the condition of the old kitchen range in Houghton Rectory, 16 November 1907

Letter from Clark and Moscrop, Architects, at Feethams, Darlington, to Rev. RH. Yeld at Houghton Rectory re. payment for work done there, 21 February 1908

Circular from Royalty Owners Joint Committee, June 1921

Account of payments for repair of rectory, 1868 - 1876

Estimate from J. Richardson, Wheler Street, Houghton, for painting Houghton Rectory, 14 April 1900

Front and east elevations, ground and first floor plans, section A - A, of Houghton-le-Spring new rectory, drawing no. D7/2, by Cordingley and McIntyre, architects, The College, Durham, 21 October 1946

Engraving depicting the parsonage house, grounds and gatehouse at Houghton le Spring, 1787

Pen and ink drawing of Houghton rectory gatehouse, c1820, copied by W. Dodds, from a watercolour, displayed at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, 17 September 1951

Engraving of Houghton le Spring rectory and garden, with the church tower in the distance, drawn by Ralph Taylor of Houghton le Spring and engraved by W. Collard, n.d. [c1850]

Copy photograph, probably taken c1890, of the old rectory, and the fountain in front, copied for an exhibition, n.d. [1980s]

Photograph of Houghton le Spring old rectory and garden, n.d. [c1930]

Proof print for a publication, depicting the old Rectory, Houghton le Spring, with the fountain in front, n.d. [c1930]

Photograph of the gravestone, erected to their pet dog, Bijou, in the rectory garden, by Rev. John Grey in 1878, n.d. [c1930]

Photograph of the rectory gates, with 'great aunts Emily and Alice', who lived at the Rectory Lodge, n.d. [1930s]

Copy photograph, probably taken c1930, depicting the old rectory and garden with the tower of St Michael and All Angels church in the background, n.d. [1980s]

Copy photograph, probably taken in the 1940s, depicting a man propping up a branch of the Gilpin Thorn with a wooden support, in the garden of the old Rectory, together with a caption for the photograph prepared for an exhibition, n.d. [1980s]

Photograph looking west across The Broadway, to the old Rectory and Rectory Park, Houghton le Spring, n.d. [c1950]

Photograph of the entrance arch and gatehouse of the old Rectory garden, taken by W. Oughtred, commercial and portrait photographer, 3 North Railway Street, Seaham, n.d. [c1950]

Copy photograph of Rectory Park and the old rectory with St Michael and All Angels church in the background, n.d. [c1950]

Photograph of the fountain in Rectory Park, with St Michael and All Angels church in the background, n.d. [late 1950s]

Photograph of the fountain and flower beds in front of the old Rectory in Rectory Park, with St Michael and All Angels church tower in the background, n.d. [1950s]

Photograph looking west across The Broadway, to the old Rectory and Rectory Park, 17 May 1956

Photograph of 'Lovers Walk' in Rectory Park, the former garden of the old Rectory, n.d. [c1960]

Photograph of the fountain in Rectory Park with St Michael and All Angels church tower in the background, September 1962

Photograph of the old Rectory with the fountain in Rectory Park in front, decorated with a light display, for Houghton Feast, n.d. [1960s]

Photograph of the Rectory, formerly the National School house, Dairy Lane, Houghton le Spring, n.d. [c 1970]

Photograph of the north east corner of the old Rectory, the south face of the Houghton Urban District Council Offices and the green space between, containing light displays in the form of a paddle steamer and a fountain, erected for Houghton Feast, n.d. [1973]

Ecclesiastical Commissioners Rules and Instructions respecting Parsonage Houses, June 1868

Church Institute Trustees' minute book, April 1898 - February 1911 with balance sheet for 1889 attached

Church Institute Treasurer's account book, January 1917 - December 1952

Church Institute Treasurer's account book, February 1953 - February 1958

Letter from J. Bendelow, Hon. Secretary, at the Church Institute, Houghton, to Canon Brown requesting that he call a meeting of the institute trustees, 19 December 1901

Faculty for the 'restoration' of Houghton parish church including removal of the west end gallery, replacement of the roof and most windows, construction of a south porch, removal and renewal of pews, 21 February 1857

Faculty for alterations to the chancel of Houghton le Spring parish church, 10 November 1858

Copy of citation before the issue of a faculty for a vault for the Elliot family of Houghton Hall, 30 October 1862

Copy of faculty to erect a low chancel screen and place certain ornaments in the chancel, 30 December 1879

Faculty for placing a clock in the tower of Houghton le Spring parish church, 13 December 1884

Faculty for new pulpit, grained oak ceiling, new gas pendants, oak chancel screen, oak panelling around the chancel, new altar rail, new marble floor in the chancel in Houghton le Spring Parish Church, 18 December 1903

Faculty for the erection of a war memorial in the parish church, Houghton, 18 October 1920

Faculty to rehang bells and hang additional bells at Houghton Church, 12 March 1928

Faculty, correspondence, estimates and plans concerning the north transept and west windows, 21 October 1976 - 21 November 1979

Faculty, correspondence, minutes of the Restoration Appeal Committee, tenders and appeal literature for the Bernard Gilpin Memorial Fund and the renewal of the west window, 12 November 1979 - 9 June 1983

Office copy of interlocutory decree upon the return of the faculty for rebuilding Houghton le Spring parish church, 17 January 1789

Surveyor's report on dilapidations on the vacancy of the benefice of Houghton le Spring, 19 September 1907

Letters from Clark and Moscrop at Feethams, Darlington, to Rev. R.H. Yeld at Houghton discussing their report on Houghton dilapidations and subsidence, 29 August - 15 October 1907

Order by the Bishop of Durham as to dilapidations, benefice of Houghton le Spring, following the retirement of Canon Brown, Schedule annexed, and covering letter from the Chapter Office to Rev. R. Heart Yeld at Houghton, 30 - 31 October 1907

Letters from Clark and Moscrop, Architects at Feethams, Darlington, to G.H. Stevens at Houghton le Spring with attached correspondence with the Chapter Office concerning dilapidations at Houghton rectory and the liability of the colliery company, 13 - 16 June 1921 (1 paper, 1 file

File of letters from Clark and Moscrop, Architects at Darlington, to Rev. S.K. Knight at Bridstow, Hereford, and to G.B. Stevens at Houghton discussing rectory dilapidations, 3 May - 14 May 1921

Correspondence, assessments under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measure, architects' reports and related papers concerning the upkeep, repair and modernisation of Houghton-le-Spring Rectory, 15 March 1949 - 11 November 1968

Correspondence, assessments under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measure, architects' reports and related papers concerning the upkeep, repair and modernisation of Houghton-le-Spring Rectory, 27 May 1971 - 31 January 1974

Correspondence, assessments under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measure, architects' reports and related papers concerning the upkeep, repair and modernisation of Houghton-le-Spring Rectory, 30 May 1974 - 13 December 1983

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection, July 1973

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection, August 1978

Churchwardens' account book 1595 - 1670 Includes: Assessments to be levied by the constables and agreed by the four and twenty. Lists of Churchwardens and the four and twenty, 1670 In Front: Copy made 25 April 1679 of order from churchwardens' book of yards of the churchyard wall of which the several townships are responsible for upkeep, 1633 Opposite folio 18: Resolution that the two senior churchwardens shall serve for two years and appoint the junior churchwardens with the consent of the four and twenty (Select Vestry), 13 May 1632 Folio 26:A note of the book of raits for the parish of Houghton listing sums of money due of the townships, n.d. Opposite folio 32: Note about the upkeep of the churchyard wall, 7 April 1607 Folio 53: Memorandum of agreement of payments to be made for the upkeep of the poor of the parish of Houghton le Spring, 29 June 1614 Folio 95: Extract from the will of Mr. Frauncklanes leaving the sum of 26s 8d p.a. to the poor of Houghton le Spring and 40s yearly to Mr. Gilpin's school at Houghton le Spring, n.d., c 1604 Folio 96: Memorandum of an agreement between Doctor Hutton and the Select Vestry for settlement of parish disputes by arbitration, 26 April 1604 Folios 98 - 102: Names of occupiers of pews in the church, n.d. Opposite folio 103: Names of parish poor to receive money, 1603 Opposite folio 104: Memorandum that Richard Belassis of Morton and his servant be placed in 2 stalls in the middle alley on the north side of the church and detailing payments made by him, 24 November 1599 and names of the poor receiving money, 1598 Folio 105: List of lengths of the churchyard wall for which the townships of Houghton le Spring are each responsible, 1633 Folios 106 - 110: Lists of occupants of pews, n.d. Folio 111 and opposite: Agreement of the Select Vestry with John Taylor for payments to be made for repair work, 1613 Memo of the resignation of Roger Rackett previously elected clerk of Houghton and his recommendation of John Barnefather as successor, 24 June 1608 Opposite folio 112: Agreement by the Select Vestry for the renewal and repair of pews, 24 June 1607 Agreement to sue for the money due under Gilpin's will and to authorise all other steps for recovering it, 1 June 1602 Opposite folio 115: Agreements to pay Ralph Porter for maintaining the clock, 16 December 1599 - 7 July 1605 Folios 123 - 124: Order concerning the amicable settlement of differences between parishioners or with their parson, 1633 Folio 131: Appointment of a pew to Mr. Robert Sutton, 1637 Folio 156: Agreement in the absence of the governors that John Anthanke, Richard Marley, Thomas Turner, George Gray be admitted to Houghton School, 3 January 1655/6 Folio 157: Appointment of Surveyors of the Highways, 1 April 1656 Folios 164 - 166: Orders agreed at a meeting of the gentlemen and four and twenty with the churchwardens and overseers, 2 March 1657/8, 30 March 1658, 13 October 1658 Opposite 191: Extract from an agreement between the Governors of the Kepier School and Almshouse that 4s rent charge should be paid to the schoolmaster and 26s 8d for the maintenance of the poor in the parish from rent charges on lands at Cocken of William Car, alderman of Newcastle, 7 July 1597 Memorandum of George Bellasys' legacy of £10 to the poor, 25 March 1658 Memorandum concerning Mr. Franckland of Newcastle and the rent charge granted by his will of 26s 8d for the needy, 25 March 1658 Memorandum concerning Richard Bellasys of Morton house and grant of a rent charge of £10 to be paid out of the tythens of Kinkledam for the poor of Houghton, 13 January 1599 Memorandum dated 25 March 1658 Opposite 192: Memorandum that Baron Henry left by his will a rent charge of £24 to the Overseers of the Poor of Houghton, 25 March 1658 Folio 192: Memoranda of wages, fees and orders relating to pews and inventory of church goods, 25 March 1658 Opposite folio 193: Particular of the rates of the lands according to which taxes and sesses are collected, 25 March 1658 Folio 193: Memorandum about the office of churchwardens, 25 March 1658 Opposite folio 194: Particulars of goods belonging to the church, 25 March 1658 Agreement of the four and twenty with John Hope for repairing and maintaining the church clock, 13 October 1662 Folio 195: Inventory of goods belonging to the church, 10 April 1667 Endorsed on Folio 208: Note that the churchwardens must provide writing paper for themselves and that no paper is to be torn or cut out of this book, 25 March 1658

Notes from the Churchwardens' account books of Houghton le Spring, 1595 - 1705

Churchwardens' accounts including assessments of rates to be levied, lists of churchwardens, overseers and the four and twenty, 1671 - 1705 Includes in front: Form of acquittance for Mr. Frankland's dole, n.d. Opposite folio 6: Note about casting of great bell, 25 April 1671 Opposite folio 89: Collections made upon briefs, 1689 Folios 7 - 10: Collection for the redemption of Christians captive in Turkey, 1671 Folio 144: Agreement between Churchwardens and Michael Close to whiten Church and vestry, draw over the sentences and blacken the bows of the arches, 15 April 1701

Churchwardens' accounts, 1705 - 1733 Includes at back: Particulars of the rates of the lands of Houghton le Spring according to which taxes and sesses are collected, November 1707 Copy from old churchwardens' book of yards which the several townships are responsible for repairing of the churchyard wall ordered in 1633 Form of an acquittance for Mr. John Frankland's dole for the poor of the parish, n.d. Copy of part of the will of George Lilburn, relating to his annual donation to the poor of the Hospital of Houghton le Spring, 17 June 1675 Copy of Lord Maior and Senior Alderman's (London) letter to the parish of Houghton le Spring about Hilton's dole, 8 December 1683 with reply of the churchwardens, 9 January, 1683/1684 Memorandum that a collection was taken for the Palatines who came into England, 26 December 1709 Inventories of belongings of the church and poor of Houghton le Spring, 23 April 1710 and 21 April 1712 Account of the payments made for putting up a gallery in the church, 1725 Account of money paid for pews in the gallery, 1725 - 1728

Churchwardens' accounts including church rate, 1754 - April 1774

Churchwardens' minute book, April 1801 - 1818 and accounts, including church rate, April 1800 - 1818

Churchwardens' accounts and minutes and church rate, 1841 - 1855

Churchwardens' accounts and minutes and church rate, 1855 - 1864

Churchwardens' balance sheet, Easter 1902

Churchwardens' memoranda about the insurance, charities, care and repair of church, church finance and admission of churchwardens, n.d. [c 1900s]

Offertory book, 3 May 1724 - 25 December 1820 Includes at back: Wine from Mr. Arnsley, Easter 1772 - March 1773 List of ordinations of vicars, 9 April 1721 - 5 June 1726 Wine from Mr. Nicholson for the use of the church, April - October 1771 Money collected on briefs, 24 July 1791 - 31 May 1794

Offertory book, 7 January 1821 - 6 January 1851

Offertory book, 2 January 1848 - 17 January 1854

Offertory book, 2 January 1853 - 29 December 1872

Offertory book, 1 January 1870 - 28 December 1875 Enclosed: Statement of offertory account for 1875 (paper, 1 folio) General expenses account of parish church 1875 (paper, 1 folio)

Offertory book, 1 January 1876 - 30 January 1881

Offertory book, 1 January 1881 - 28 December 1884

Offertory book, 1 January 1885 - 29 December 1887

Offertory book, 1 January 1888 - 31 December 1891

Offertory book, 1 January 1892 - 7 April 1907

Offertory book, 31 March 1907 - 29 September 1921

Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Ltd. Fire Insurance Policies for: Newtown Mission Room, 1903 and 1922; 18 Neasham Place, Houghton 1912; St. Michael's C. of E. School, Houghton 1914; Lambton School, 1914; New Town Infant School, Houghton 1914; The Cemetery Lodge, Houghton 1923; Employers' Liability Insurance for Houghton le Spring School Managers, 1907 and 1911, 26 May 1903 - 11 January 1923

Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Ltd. Premuim receipts, miscellaneous vouchers, valuations, and circulars regarding insurance of Church School and parochial buildings at Houghton le Spring, 17 December 1906 - 21 June 1912

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Insurance Office, Ltd., Norfolk Street, Strand, London, W.C., to Rev. C.E. Adamson at Houghton Rectory re. insurance policies for local schools, 20 March 1914

Schedules of insurance for the benefice of Houghton, 29 August 1924

Church accounts, 1896 - 1900 and Church House accounts, 1896 - June 1901

Ladies' clothing club account book, 1831 - 1847

Account book of agent to Rev. John Grey, Rector of Houghton le Spring detailing income from tithes, payments to curates, and rates etc., May 1867 - December 1891

The North Eastern Banking Co. Ltd. Current Account of the Rectors' and Churchwardens' Provident Society, 1 July 1898 - 31 December 1918

Account book for the Parochial Tea in Lambton School, 30 September 1908

Account book of Houghton Sick and Poor Fund, 1908 - 1910

Accounts of tithes and assessment, glebe and other rents, Ecclesiastical Commissioners and Queen Anne's Bounty; notes on tithe and rectory house and buildings income tax payments and rectory balance sheets 1900 - 1907; Vicar's agent's accounts, 1910 - 1920; notes made by Rev. S.K. Knight of replies to an enquiry conducted by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners into the financial resources of the Church of England, 1921

Account of Houghton township rates, n.d., [18th. century]

Valuation of the Township of Houghton-le-Spring (sent to Canon Brown by Mr. G.H. Aird of Seaham Harbour, 1902), November 1820

Provisional valuation of 17 Church St , Houghton, (House and Institute) under the Finance Act, 1910, 18 January 1914