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Register of baptisms, April 1662 - 27 April 1794; register of marriages, 12 May 1663 - 4 June 1753; register of burials, April 1662 - 6 February 1794

Register of baptisms, 25 May 1794 - 20 December 1812, register of burials, 12 May 1794 - 15 November 1812

Register of baptisms, 3 January 1813 - 25 February 1877

Register of baptisms, 4 March 1877 - 26 November 1967

Register of baptisms, 28 January 1968 - 16 Febuary 1990

Register of marriages, 19 May 1755 - 23 November 1809; register of banns of marriage, 23 April 1758 - 21 December 1817

Register of marriages, 1 July 1813 - 17 July 1837

Register of marriages, 17 July 1837 - 25 April 1959

Register of marriages, 21 May 1959 - 21 August 1965

Register of marriages, 26 February 1966 - 12 April 1969

Register of marriages, 5 March 1994 - 30 July 2005

Register of marriages, 4 September 2005 - 20 September 2011

Register of marriages, 3 May 1969 - 27 September 1986

Register of marriages, 18 October 1986 - 4 September 1993

Register of banns of marriage, 23 November 1824 - 25 October 1981

Register of burials, 10 February 1813 - 4 October 1910

Register of burials, 9 December 1910 - 10 October 1992

Marriage licences, 25 December 1802 - 24 August 1854

Preachers' book, 17 April 1898 -­ 29 July 1928

Register of services, 5 August 1928 - 1 July 1956

Register of services, 5 July 1956 -­ 30 December 1979

The London Gazette, including a copy of the Order-in-Council vesting the patronage of the benefice of Sadberge in the Bishop of Manchester, 5 August 1859; and The London Gazette, including a copy of the order-in-council vesting a close of land in the living of Sadberge, 5 September 1862

Order in council relating to transfer of the ownership of the benefice of Collierley, Etherley, Penshaw, Sadberge and Washington, 19 December 1979

Correspondence between the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Rev. W. Lancaster Taylor, Sadberge; the Ecclesiastical Commission, 10, Whitehall Place, London; T.M. Barron & Smith, solicitors, Church Row, Darlington; concerning the sale of part of the glebe land belonging to the living of Sadberge, 7 December 1897 - 18 April 1899

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, London, to Rev. W.L. Taylor, Sadberge, concerning the proposed sale of glebe, with copy of reply, 12 - 14 February 1898 Originally enclosed in EP/Sad 11/5

The London Gazette, including a copy of the Order-in-Ccouncil granting the sum of £145 5s.4d. in discharge of a mortgage on the benefice of Sadberge, 24 January 1890

The London Gazette , including a copy of the Order-in-Council granting a stipend of £25 p.a. to the incumbent of the vicarage of Sadberge, St Andrew, 29 May 1896

The London Gazette , including a copy of the Order-in-Council granting £20 p.a. to the incumbent of the benefice, and £30 p.a. to the retired incumbent, Rev. W.L. Taylor, for as long as the benefice is liable for the pension of Rev. W.L. Taylor, 21 July 1911

Correspondence between Rev. W.L. Taylor, Sadberge Vicarage; H.W. Watkins, Durham; Rev. T. Law, The Rectory, Haughton-le-Skerne; C.H. Boutflower, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; the Ecclesiastical Commission, 10, Whitehall Place, London, concerning the annexing to the living of Sadberge of land and tithe rent charges formerly part of the endowment of the rectory of Haughton-le-Skerne, 16 October 1891 - 22 November 1895

Correspondence between the Secretary and Treasurer to Queen Anne's Bounty, Bounty Office, 3, Dean's Yard, Westminster, and Rev. F Knattries, Sadberge, concerning railway stock held on behalf of the living of Sadberge, 21 July 1947 and January 1948

Letter from the Church Commissioners, l, Millbank, Westminster, and Rev. F. Knattries, Sadberge, concerning the conversion of 4% Funding Stock held on behalf of the living of Sadberge, 21 February 1950

Letter from the Church Commissioners, 1, Millbank, Westminster, to Rev. F. Knattries, Sadberge, concerning the holding by the commission of stocks on behalf of the benefice in order to stabilize its income, 1 July 1952

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, and Rev. F. Knattries, concerning the augmentation by the Diocese of the income of the benefice, 27 January - 28 April 1953

Return of benefice income to the Church of England Pensions Board, 12 January 1938

Licence of David Piper to the curacy of the chapel of Sadberge, 18 May 1829

Photocopies of letters from George Stokell, Hobart, Tasmania, to Rev. D. Piper, Sadberge, giving the latter power of attorney over the former's business affairs in Sadberge, including the sale of the Red Lion Inn, describing the condition of the former's family in Sadberge and recording the murder of one of the former's shepherds in Tasmania, 8 August and 10 October 1829

Newspaper cutting concerning the dispute between Rev. W.L. Taylor and his parishioners, caused by the former's pasturing his sheep in the churchyard, 1907

Newspaper cutting showing sheep put in the churchyard by Rev. W.L. Taylor, 14 November 1907 Originally enclosed in EP/Sad 14/2

Newspaper cutting showing Rev. W.R. Blatchford, Rector of Sadberge, with infants, winners of the baby show at the church fete, n.d. Originally enclosed in EP/Sad 14/1

Copy letter from William Robinson, Sadberge, to the editor of the Yorkshire Post, asking whether it is permissable for a clergyman to abandon the custom of funerals on Sundays, 26 June 1883 Originally enclosed in EP/Sad 4/38

Circular published by the Durham Diocesan Committee for Church Defence & Church Instruction canvassing support for a petition against the Welsh Disestablishment Bill, May 1914

Photograph of two unidentified clergymen in a garden, 1960

Notice of Harvest Festival, 5 and 7 October 1934

Programmes for Lent and Holy Week, 1937, and for Christmas, 1939

Notice of Harvest Festival, 11 and 13 October 1940

Programme for the commemoration of St John the Baptist and for the school anniversary, 24 and 27 June n.y. [1933 - 1946]

Order of service for Rogation Day, 1961

Programmes for carol service, 24 December 1961

Programme for carol service, 23 December 1962; and list of coloured photographs of paintings depicting the nativity, displayed during the service, 1962

Return of parochial statistics to the Church Assembly, 28 January 1935

Tithe plan and apportionment for the township of Sadberge, 25 October 1839 Scale: 1 inch to 6 chains [1:4752]

Tithe plan and apportionment for the township of Morton, 21 March 1839 Scale: 1 inch to 4 chains [1:3168]

Copy certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charge on plots 29, 30, 37 - 40, 55 - 57, 68 - 71, in the parish of Sadberge, 14 August 1919

Copy certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charge on plots 1 - 23, 52, 53, 58, 63, 90, 92, 165, 181 - 190, 31 - 35, 27, 96, 103, 107 - 114, 157, 167, 195 - 205, 214 - 218, in the parish of Sadberge, 19 December 1919

Copy certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charge on plots 46 - 49, 64, 154, in the parish of Sadberge, 17 June 1920

Copy certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charge on plots, 24 - 26, 65, 73, 95, 115 - 125, 128 - 145, 148 - 153, 178, 191, 192, 208 - 213, 256, 257, in the parish of Sadberge, 21 July 1920

Copy certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charge on plots 194, 28, 72, 106, 61, 159, 36, in the parish of Sadberge, 20 August 1920

20 January 1862 (1) The Reverend Edward Cheese, clerk, rector of Houghton-le-Skerne (2) The Rt. Reverend Charles, Lord Bishop of Durham (3) The Reverend Robert Maude Moorsonm clerk perpetual curate of the District Chapelry of Sadberge Copy deed of annexation of tithe rent-charges of £101 16s. p.a. payable to (1) from the township of Morton Palms and of £229 2s.4d. p.a. payable to (1) from the township of Sadberge to the perpetual curacy from 6 February 1861

Case for the opinion of Counsel concerning Little Burdon tithes, n.d., [early 19th century]

Extract from valor relating to the Nunnery of Nesham valuing the temporalities of the house and detailing payments to the Bishop of Durham from Little Burdon etc., n.d. [late 17th century copy]

Extract from the rolls of parliament of an Act of 27 Henry VIII, 4 February 1536/7 concerning the suppression of religious houses. This copy by Sam Oddy, 24 July 1667

Copy of the confirmation of the priory of Nesham to the Lady Abbess (Johanna Lawson) and the community there under the provisions of the Act of Parliament extracted in Ep/Sad 3/6 above, 4 July 1537. This copy by Sam Oddy, 24 July 1677

December 1539 (1) Johanna Lawson, prioress of the priory of the blessed Mary the Virgin at Nesham and the members of the convent there (2) Henry VIII Copy of gift by (1) to (2) of the properties of the priory of Neasham with all rights, rents etc. memorandum of acknowledgment by (1) before Thomas Leigh a clerk in Chancery. This copy by Sam Oddy, 24 July 1677

1 September 1540 Copy of grant from Henry VIII to James Lawson of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, merchant of the dissolved monastry of Neasham with all lands, rights and appurtenances as specified in Neasham, Hurworth, Little Burdon reserving an annual rent of 25s.3d. This copy by Sam Oddy, 24 July 1677 consideration: £227 5s. to the treasurer of the Court of Augmentation

Extract from EP/Sad 3/9

Letters from John Griffith, Durham to the Reverend T. le Mesurier rector of Haughton-le-Skerne concluding that the priory of Neasham possessed the estate of Little Burdon before the dissolution, that the tithes were included in the grant (EP/Sad 3/9) through which the present owner holds and that the rector of Haughton has no claim, 19 October - 9 December 1812

Memorandum concerning the contents of EP/Sad 3/4-13 made by the Reverend Prebendary J.F. Wichenden 'one skilled in decyphering ancient documents', 13 December 1880 (1 paper)

28 April 1864 (1) Tithe Commissioners for England and Wales (2) Rev. Robert Maude Moorsom, perpetual curate of Sadberge (3) Bishop of Durham, ordinary of the curacy of Sadberge (4) Bishop of Manchester, patron of the living of Sadberge (5) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, Lords of the Manor of Darlington (6) James White Pennyman of Ormesby Hall, Yorkshire Deed of exchange of two parcels of land in Sadberge between (2) and (6), with the consent of (1) and (3) - (5) Plan in margin

Plan of church by Thomas Bell of Burnley and Nelson, architect, August 1889 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Printer's block of the exterior of the church, n.d.

Printer's block of the interior of the church, n.d.

Photograph of the exterior of the church, n.d. [1950s]

Letter from David Piper, curate of Sadberge; Robert Feetham, Church Warden; John Richmond; John Robinson; John Robinson, junior; to William Henderson, painter, Darlington, thanking him for his gift of a painting of the King's Arms to the church c. 1850

Stencils of flowers, acorns and fleur-de-lys, used to decorate the chancel arch, c. 1909

Letter from G Wooler, Sadberge Hall, to Mr Robinson, enclosing a gift of £5 towards church expences and commenting on discord in many villages, 1889 Originally enclosed in EP/Sad 4/38

List of subscribers towards the cost of improving Sadberge church, 6 May 1875 Originally enclosed in EP/Sad 4/46

Note of disbursements made in the upkeep of the fabric of the church from 1861 to 1864, n.d. [1885] Originally enclosed in EP/Sad 4/38

Lists of persons making contributions to the cost of a new boiler, and notes concerning the new boiler, April 1940

Vouchers issued by Alfred Halfacre & Son, builders and contractors, Sadberge, for repairs to the church wall, 9 July 1946

Newspaper cutting from the Evening Despatch, describing a Job Creation Scheme designed to repair the tower of the church, 15 March 1977

Correspondence between the church wardens of Sadberge; Rev. W. Williams, The Rectory, Sadberge; John Bowron, monumental sculptor, Yarm Lane, Stockton-on-Tees; Alfred Hardacre & Son, bricklayers and contractors, Sadberge; Wm. Mossom & Son, painting contractors, 82 Bondgate and 2 Archer Street, Darlington; J. & R. Mascall, slaters, tilers and slate merchants, Old Packet Wharf, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire; Durham Diocesan Church Building Society, 37 Saddler Street, Durham; Sykes & Co., ironmongers, Blackwellgate, Darlington; Diocesan Registry, Palace Green, Durham; F.D. Ward, organ builder, The Organ Factory, Atholl Street, Middlesbrough; Carter & Co., printers, 86 Bondgate, Darlington; W. Richardson & Co., heating and ventilating engineers, Darlington; concerning the repair and re-decoration of Sadberge church, 17 January 1923 - 29 April 1929

Plan of proposed alteration to the windows in the church, n.d.

Newspaper cutting describing the unveiling of a window in Sadberge church celebrating the fact that Rev. W. L. Taylor has three sons who are all clergymen, c. 1900

Notes on the stained glass windows in the church, n.d.

Plan of the method of fixing the clock, W. Potts and Sons Ltd., 8 June 1923 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]

Correspondence with the Diocesan registry, William Potts and Sons Ltd., clock makers of Guildford Street, Leeds and A.E. Shepard, Hill House, Sadberge, regarding design, installation and working of clock, 7 June 1923 - 17 March 1925

Correspondence received from the Diocesan Registry and Morris Cott workshop, Northowram, Halifax regarding faculty application and problems with clock, 9 and 16 December 1925

Letter from Tony Ellis, Deputy Museums Director, The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, to Rev. W.R. Blatchford, The Rectory, Sadberge, enclosing a note from C.C. Oman, Keeper of Metalwork, Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London, concerning a brass dish belonging to the church at Sadberge, 4 May 1962

Rota for 'The Guardians of Sadberge Church Brasses', n.d.

Correspondence between F.D. Ward, organ builder, The Organ Factory, Athol Street, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire; Rev. P. Belshaw, The Rectory, Sadberge; James Paterson, electrical engineer, 17 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington; W.H. Porritt, electrical engineer, 29 Derwent Street, Greenbank, Darlington; concerning the installation of an electric blower for the organ, and the overhaul of the organ, 6 April 1936 - 17 July 1939

Specification, correspondence and invoice for the installation of electric lighting by Alderson and Beaty, electrical engineers, Commercial Street, Darlington, 25 September 1931 - 17 February 1932

11 September 1913 (1) Rev. Robert Christopher Oake, incumbent of the Rectory of Sadberge (2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne Mortgage in £89 for improvements to the parsonage house

East and west elevation of the parsonage house, by Austin and Johnson, architects, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, July 1864 Scale 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan of the parsonage yard and stable; section on line CD, longitudinal section and elevation of stable; elevation of gateway; by Austin and Johnson, architects, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 1866

Part specification for outbuildings at the parsonage, c. 1866

Photograph of Sadberge Rectory, c. 1920

Certificate, issued under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidation Act 1871 by W. J. Moscrop, of the completion of repairs in Sadberge, 9 July 1921 (1 paper, printed) Fifth Deposit

List of briefs received by Sadberge Church, 22 July 1804 - 15 March 1812 Originally enclosed in EP/Sad 4/38

Brief for the relief of sufferers in fires at Drayton Farm, Shiftnall, Shropshire, and at a farm at Wistaton, Cheshire, 5 December 1817

Churchwardens' account book, 1743 - 1890 Includes : accounts of overseers of the poor, 1747, 1749, 1752, 1756, 1757, 1762, 1763 list of owners of pews in Sadberge church, 8 August 1811, 1763, 1752 list of those paying church rate, 1851 accounts of the surveyor of highways, 1744, 1750, 1745, 1751, 1756, 1757, 1759 list of those paying prescript on Good Friday, 1819, 1764

Statements of account, 1891 - 1906

Statements of account, 1907 - 1908

Account book, 12 April 1925 - 31 December 1961

Rental of Sadberge Township, n.d. Originally enclosed in EP/Sad 4/38

Offertory accounts, Easter 1910 - December 1922

How Much Do We Care? : 1961 and the Future : Saint Andrew's Church Sadberge, a booklet launching a stewardship campaign, 1961

Letter from the Diocesan Registry forwarding faculty citation, 25 July 1889

Faculty for the repair of walls, new window in chancel, raising chancel floor, installation of oak reredos, reading desk, choir benches, lectern and pulpit, replacement of nave roof, reseating, removal of font etc., 20 August 1889

Faculty for the erection of the south porch, 19 November 1903

Faculty for the erection of a clock with ding dong chimes in the turret of the church, 13 July 1973

Faculty for the erection of an oak reredos, altar and brass cross, 19 March 1926

Faculty for improvements and alterations, in the churchyard, 9 July 1926

Faculty for the installation of the electric light, 24 December 1931

Faculty for the extension of the tablet recording the names of incumbents, 28 May 1956

Faculty for the erection of a memorial head stone in the churchyard, 9 September 1957

Faculty for the erection of a marble tablet, 17 December 1920

Faculty for introduction of Second World War memorial plaque, 2 July 1986

Faculty for the introduction of a processional cross and the disposal of a small oak table, 16 November 1987

Faculty and citation for replacement of floor tiles, lighting and removal of cupboards and pew, 7 December 1988 and 4 January 1989

Faculty and citation for introduction of wrought iron flower pedestal, 27 November 1990 and 20 December 1990

Faculty and citation to replace stones in external walls, take out and re-lead stained glass window and provide time switch for external lights and re-site external light , 13 March 1992 and 2 April 1992

Faculty to remove seat back of clergy stall and improve seating for organist, 5 January 1993

Faculty to overhaul the pipe organ , 15 July 1993

Faculty, covering letter and citation to install roller blind as a projection screen, 17 July 1994 and 28 September 1994

Faculty to introduce a Pascal candlestick, 6 March 1995

Faculty to execute repaires to stained glass porch and chancel, 31 May 1995

Faculty to dis-inter ashes, 26 June 1995

Faculty for erection of plaque bearing names and dates of churchwardens, 26 September 1995 Also with covering letter and list of churchwardens

Faculty to install sink in the vestry, 4 November 1996

Faculty to repair roof and stonework, 29 September 1998

Faculty to replace light conductor, 19 March 1999

Faculty to display mayoral medallions of Mrs Beatrice Cuthbertson with a plaque and to display a letter from lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II, 2 November 1999

Faculty to install loop system; to execute work on floor and remove clergy stalls and pew, 2 Febuary 2000

Faculty to introduce carved top to font, 8 Febuary 2001

Faculty for installation of hand rail by churchyard path, 28 July 2009 with letter and drawing from architect

Archdeacon's certificate for repairs to bell turret, 9 July 1952

Archdeacon's certificate, 28 July 1987

Archdeaon's certificate, 25 July 1988

Archdeacon's certificate to repaint nave and chancel above dado height, 1 August 1995

Archdeacon's certificate for work to churchyard paths, 8 December 1995

Archdeacon's certificate for works to refurbish window protection, 1 March 1996

Archdeacon's certificate to repair lych-gate, 15 November 1996

Archdeacon's certificate to replace boiler flue, 10 November 1997

Terrier, 1888 - 23 November 1895

Terrier, 1909 - 1919

Terrier, 1921 - 1926

Letter from Diocesan Registry concerning the conduct of elections of churchwardens, 19 March 1926 (1 paper) Third Deposit

Charge of the Archdeacon of Durham during his visitation, 1816

List of duties of churchwardens, n.d. [1990s]

Vestry meetings minute book, 25 March 1862 - 8 April 1920 (1 volume, card bound)

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 11 June 1923 - 8 April 1930 Includes : vestry meetings minutes, 5 April 1923 - 4 April 1929

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 24 April 1930 - 1 May 1946 Includes : vestry meetings minutes, 24 April 1930 - 3 April 1946

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 10 July 1946 - 31 May 1951 Includes: vestry meetings minutes, 15 April 1947 - 2 April 1951

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 1 November 1951 - 28 November 1963 Includes: vestry meetings minutes, 27 March 1952 - 28 February 1963

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, indexed, 16 March 1964 - 30 October 1978

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 4 December 1978 - 4 March 1991

Parochial Church Council meeting minute book, 15 April 1991 - 4 January 2005 Also includes annual vestry minutes

Statements of account, 1924 - 1925, 1927, 1929 - 1930, 1959

Balance sheets, 1960 - 1964, 1967, 1969 - 1970, 1975 - 1980, 1983 - 1989, 1991, 1991 - 1995

Income and expenditure accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the years ended 31 December 1975 - 1990 (except 1989) Originally enclosed in EP/Sad 6/8-9

Statement of accounts, 31 December 1990 - 31 December 1997

Minutes of the School Trustees and Managers, 29 July 1867 -­ 19 June 1905

Minutes of the School Managers, 20 January 1905 - 25 June 1948

Minutes of School and Church Repairs Committee, 30 April 1923 - April 1933

Photocopies of pages from the school logbook, 1883 - 1936

Letters from Rev. R.M. Moorsom, Winchester, concerning endowment of the school and its continuing status as a Church of England school, January 1894 - 12 November 1908

Papers relating to the application of the Education Act, 1902, to Church of England schools, 9 January 1903 - 28 June 1904

Copy of an application to the Board of Education for an Order under s.11 of the Education Act (1902), 3 February 1903

Press cuttings relating to the proposed Durham concordat for implementing the provisions of the Education Act, 1902, in County Durham, 12 November 1903 - 16 February 1904

Leaflet opposing the proposed arrangements for implementing the Education Act, 1902, in County Durham, n.d. [ c.1903]

Order by the Board of Education for the appointment of Foundation Managers at Sadberge and other schools, 4 March 1904

Correspondence, mainly with the County Director of Education, concerning the re-­organisation of schools and the proposal to transfer 11+ pupils from Sadberge to Middleton St. George, 22 May 1930 - 24 May 1932

20 September 1865 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners and James White Pennyman of Ormesby Hall, Yorkshire, esq (2) Minister and chapel wardens of Sadberge Copy of conveyance in trust by (1) to (2) of land for a school at Sadberge

Abstract of title, 3 July 1869 - 17 October 1894, of James Worsley Pennyman to lands and premises at North Ormesby, Yorkshire, 1896

20 September 1865 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, Lords of the Manor of Bondgate in Darlington (2) James White Pennyman of Ormesby Hall, Yorkshire, esq., copyhold tenant of the Manor of Bondgate (3) Minister and Chapel-Wardens of the District Chapelry of Sadberge Copy grant from (1) and (2) to (3) of a parcel of land (1r.) bounded on the north, west and east by land belonging to (2), and on the south by the turnpike road leading from Stockton to Barnard Castle, to be held by (3) in trust for the purpose of building a school thereon [detailed conditions for the running of the school given] Originally enclosed in EP/Sad 14/1

Blueprint of elevations and ground plan of Sadberge Church School, 8 February 1911 Scale : 1 / 8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Plan of Sadberge School by Messrs. Austin & Johnson, architects, Newcastle upon Tyne, February 1865 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan and elevation of Sadberge School by Messrs. Austin & Johnson, architects, October 1865 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan and elevation of proposed Sadberge School by Messrs. Austin & Johnson of Newcastle upon Tyne, architects, November 1865 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96] and 20 feet to 1 inch [1:240]

Letter from A. Crawford Hick, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Rev. W.L. Taylor concerning the drainage at Sadberge School, 16 August 1893

Plan of proposed new works at school [marked plan B], June 1905 Scales: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24] and 1 / 8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Plan and elevation of proposed additional class room, 8 February 1911 Scale: 1 / 8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Plan and elevation of proposed extension to school, 8 February 1911 Scale: 1 / 8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Correspondence between the Board of Education, Durham County Council and Rev. W.L. Taylor about proposals for building works at Sadberge School, 13 February - 29 April 1911

Plan and elevations of proposed alterations to school, 15 June 1911 [approved conditionally by the Board of Education, 7 July 1911] Scale: 1 / 8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Letter from E.J. Smith, Haughton le Skerne to Mr. Alderson concerning the preparation of revised plans for the school extension, 2 August 1911

Plan and elevations of proposed extension to school approved conditionally by the Board of Education, 20 September 1911 Scale: 1 / 8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Plan and elevations of extension to school including changes required by the Board of Education, September 1911 Scale: 1 / 8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

12 July 1912 (1) Managers of Sadberge C.E. School (2) T.W. Atkinson of Sadberge, builder Agreement for alterations and additions to school buildings Consideration: £121 2s.6d.

Block plan of school site with plan of proposed canteen scullery, October 1943 Scales: 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240] and 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Particulars of school accommodation, facilities and services, May 1947

Aerial photograph of Sadberge Church School, n.d. c. 1980

Accounts for sale of work in aid of Sadberge School Repair Fund, 8 September 1923 Enclosed in EP/Sad 11/7

Managers' copy of returns for grant, 30 April 1906 - 1 May 1919, 31 March 1921 - 31 March 1922

School cash account, 10 March 1923 - 6 November 1936

Financial statement of Sadberge Church School Enlargement Fund, 1913

Letter from J.W. Pennyman, The Hall, Ormesby (co. York) to Rev. W.L. Taylor, Sadberge, concerning subscriptions to the school, 16 January 1905 Originally enclosed in EP/Sad 11/5

Reports of the Diocesan Inspector of Religious Instruction, 5 February 1906 - 4 March 1912, 8 May 1923 - 4 July 1940 [incomplete]

Copies of HMI reports [incomplete], 26 October 1908 - 8 May 1935

Teachers' agreements, 18 March 1905 -­ 1 April 1947

Programme for a nativity play and carols performed by Sadberge Church of England School, 17 December 1961

Circular letter from R. T. Jarvis, 22 Chancery Lane, London, to the incumbent of the parish of Sadberge, referring to disputes concerning the terms of R.H. Allan's will and that his bequest to the parish of Sadberge is an oak chest, 16 July 1887

Letter from Harrison & Son, goldsmiths and jewellers, 4, High Row, Darlington, to Rev. J.W. Barron, The Rectory, Sadberge, asking the latter for the name of the patron saint of the church at Sadberge, so that it may be added to a service of silver communion plate, as instructed by the executors of the late R. H. Allan, 14 April 1888

Press report from the Darlington & Stockton Times of an enquiry into local charities, 20 February 1900

Letter from Lord Barnard, Raby Castle, to Rev. W.L. Taylor, Sadberge, forwarding an opinion on the Pallister and Buck charities, 7 and 8 February 1906

Sadberge and Morton Palms Lending Library : register of books borrowed, 17 May 1862 - 22 June 1867 Includes : account of the founding of the library by R.W.R.M. Moorsom, 10 February 1863 lists of books presented by individuals; 1863

Sadberge and Morton Palms Lending Library : register of books borrowed, 27 November 1864 - 1871 Includes: accounts, 1867 - 1868 : notes of a Newsroom Meeting, 17 December 1867 : lists of books presented by named individuals, c. 1864

Catalogue of the contents of the Sadberge and Morton Palms Lending Library, 1880s

Register giving names of individuals borrowing books and number borrowed, 4 January 1890 - October 1912

Photograph of a crocodile of children, members of the choir, a clergyman and a small boy with a barrow, 1930s

Photograph of unidentified group of people, including a clergyman, attending a parish function,1960s

Newspaper cutting concerning the crowning of the Rose Queen at Sadberge Church, 1967 Originally enclosed in EP/Sad 14/1

Newspaper cutting from the Darlington and Stockton Times, showing the South Durham Hunt meeting outside the Buck Inn, Sadberge, 27 February 1971 Originally enclosed in EP/Sad 14/1

Copy of 'An Account of Sadberge Benefice Church School Charters etcetera, compiled by the Reverend R. M. Moorsom Rector from 1861 to 1881 at the suggestion of Dr. J.P. Lee, first Bishop of Manchester, with later annotations by W.L. Taylor, Rector of Sadberge, 1887 - 1911, and containing the following: pp.1-2 plan of Sadberge with a key pp.3-4 plan of Two Acre Glebe Field pp.5-6 plans of the rectory p.21 Epitome of the history and present state of Sadberge compiled by Rev. R.M. Moorsom, 1880 pp.23-25,27,29 quotations from Surtees, History of Durham , concerning Sadberge pp.26,28 description of Sadberge Gaol p.31 quotation from Hutchinson's, History of Durham, 1790s pp.33,35 quotation from Murray's Handbook to Durham 1864 pp.34,36 description of the title ' Countess of Sadberge' p.37 quotations from Surtees' History of Durham, concerning Morton Palms p.41 quotation from ' Ecclesiastica Angliae et Walliae' and 'Valor Ecclesiasticus p.43 quotations from Liber Regis vel Thesaurus Rerum Ecclesiasticarum pp.51-70,78 description of Sadberge as a chapelry of Haughton-le-Skerne and comments disagreeing, possibly by W.S. Taylor, and description of the tithe and glebe pp.79-80 table of population, 1801-1871 pp.81-84 description of the old church pp.85-91 description of the new church p.93 description of communion service plate p.94 description of the Allan Bequests pp.95-96 description of the bells pp.97-99 description of fees pp.101-107 description of the registers pp.109-116 description of the graveyard pp.119-121 description of the church rate pp.123-127 description of the tithe pp.129-132 description of the value of the living pp.135-137 description of the glebe pp.141-145 description of the rectory house pp.149-159 description of the school, its income and records p.161 description of the library pp.163-175 description of the charities pp.177-178 index pp.179-180 list of official papers belonging to Sadberge, handed by Rev. R.M. Moorsom to his successor, Rev. J. Baron, May 1881

Volume entitled 'Sadberge Parish Records' begun by Rev. R. M. Moorsom, 1872, and containing the following: p.8 newspaper report of a Christmas treat at Sadberge, c. 1872. pp.8-10 copy petition to the House of Commons opposing the right of dissenters to be buried in churchyards, and newspapercuttings concerning the issue, c. 1872 p.11 notice concerning the Sadberge Church DefenceAssociation, July 1873 pp.12-13 newspaper cuttings concerning political meetings at Sadberge, c. 1880 p.14 newspaper cuttings concerning the election of a waywarden and the replacement of Rev. R.M. Moorsom, c. 1880 pp.15-19 newspaper cuttings concerning Sadberge dissenters, n.d. pp.20-21 newspaper cuttings concerning a fatal accident during asteeplechase, n.d. pp.22-23 newspaper cutting concerning the restoration of Haughton Church, n.d. pp.23-24 extracts from The London Gazette concerning tithes and the appointment of a curate, n.d. p.25 newspaper cutting concerning the water supply in Sadberge, n.d. p.26 newspaper cutting concerning changes in the legislation relating to tithes, c. 1866 p.27 newspaper cutting concerning a meeting in Darlington, n.d. p.28 newspaper cuttings concerning the new rector of Sadberge, Rev. W.L. Taylor, 1887, and letter from W.A. Wooler, Sadberge Hall, 1887 pp.29-31 newspaper cuttings concerning a meeting of the Darlington Board of Guardians, c. 1887 pp.32-37 newspaper cuttings concerning the Church Defence Association and the Burials Bill, n.d. p.38 newspaper cuttings concerning the conversion of perpetual curacies into vicarages, n.d. p.39 newspaper cutting concerning a meeting of the Ancient Order of Foresters at Sadberge, n.d. p.40 obituaries of W.A. Wooler of Sadberge Hall, 1891 pp.41-42 newspaper cutting concerning a meeting of the Durham and Northumberland Architectural and Archaeological Society, n.d. pp.43-44 newspaper cuttings concerning distress in Darlington, and the expense of decorating Sadberge church, January 1895 p.44 newspaper cutting reporting the annual vestry meeting in Sadberge, April 1878 p.45 note concerning the status of Sadberge in the middle ages, n.d. p.46 An Act to amend the District Church Tithes Act 1865, and to secure Uniformity of Designation amongst Incumbents in certain cases, 31 July 1868 pp.49-50 Sadberge Almanack, 1876 pp.51-53 lists of registers, 1830s p.54 note of property in Sadberge, 1830s, and letter from J.S. Pennyman deploring the system of appropriated pews, n.d. pp.55-56 letters from W.H.D. Longstaffe, Gateshead, to Rev. R.M. Moorsom, 5 Hanbury Road, Bristol, concerning the earldom of Sadberge, 11 and 13 March 1878 pp. 59-60 tracing of lettering, n.d. p.61 newspaper cutting concerning a petition by Rev. R.M. Moorsom against a bill to allow non-Anglicans to be buried in Church of England churchyards in Wales, n.d. pp.71-72 newspaper cuttings concerning the restoration of the parish church at Haughton-le-Skerne; a presentation to the retiring schoolmaster at Sadberge; and the lighting of Sadberge, 25 May 1895 p.74 newspaper cutting concerning the dedication of a lychgate at Sadberge, n.d. p.77 copy of 'Song for the Diamond Jubilee, Sixty Years Ago, June 1897 Sadberge', dedicated to the ' Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, Countess of Sadberge', 1897 p.79 copy of 'The Beacon-Fire at Sadberge, County Durham on Jubilee-Night, 20 June 1887', by the Rev. Robert Ward Moorsom, published by Simkin, Marshall & Co., London, and Bailey & Co., Darlington 1887

Volume presented by W.A. Wooler, J.P., Sadberge Hall, to the township of Sadberge 'for the purpose of any interesting or memorable event being inserted and so preserved as historical records, 1887', including information dating from 24 June 1861 - 21 September 1881

Photograph of a description of the mediaeval status of Sadberge, n.d. Originally enclosed in EP/Sad 14/1

Newspaper cutting containing an article in the Stockton and Darlington Times describing the village of Sadberge and its history, 21 April 1962

Newspaper cutting containing an article in the Evening Despatch describing the village of Sadberge and its history, 5 July 1969

Notes on the history of Sadberge Church by Rev. J.N. Greaves, 1970s

Brief history of the Church of Sadberge, St Andrew, by W.P.B., n.d. [1990s]

Newspaper cutting recounting celebrations in Sadberge to mark the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, 1887 Originally enclosed in EP/Sad 4/38

Parish Magazine, Christmas, n.y. [1979 - 1984]

Parish magazines, Dec 2006/Jan 2007 - Dec 2010/Jan 2011

Flyer for the festival of flowers and calligraphy, with examples of calligraphy, and publicity leaflet for the festival, 1989

Newspaper cuttings concerning the festival of flowers and calligraphy 1989

Programme for the festival of 'Flowers and Calligraphy Celebrating Women', 23 - 25 June 1989

Programme for a musical evening, part of the festival of flowers and calligraphy, 24 June 1989

Flower show photographs, 2006

Bye-laws of Sadberge Parish Council relating to the village green, 15 October - 11 December 1925

Darlington Rural District Council: 'Byelaws with respect to New Streets and New Buildings and Certain Matters in Connection with Buildings', 1907

General statement and balance sheet of the Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society held at the Buck Inn, Sadberge, 31 December 1887 Originally enclosed in EP/Sad 4/38