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Southwick St. Columba Parish

Reference: EP/So.SC Catalogue Title: Southwick St. Columba Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1883-2010

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  • Southwick St. Columba Parish
    • Southwick St Columba (Ref: EP/So.SC)
    • Registration (Ref: EP/So.SC 1/)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/So.SC 1/section 01)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/So.SC 1/section 02)
    • Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/So.SC 1/section 03)
    • Clergy (Ref: EP/So.SC 2/)
    • Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/So.SC 2/section 01)
    • Registers of services (Ref: EP/So.SC 2/section 02)
    • Benefice (Ref: EP/So.SC 2/section 03)
    • Benefice income (Ref: EP/So.SC 2/section 04)
    • Licence for the performance of divine service (Ref: EP/So.SC 2/section 05)
    • Individual clergy (Ref: EP/So.SC 2/section 06)
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/So.SC 02/section 07)
    • Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/So.SC 2/section 08)
    • Orders of service (Ref: EP/So.SC 2/section 09)
    • Churchwardens (Ref: EP/So.SC 4/)
    • Church (Ref: EP/So.SC 4/section 01)
    • Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/So.SC 4/section 02)
    • Faculties (Ref: EP/So.SC 4/section 03)
    • Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/So.SC 4/section 04)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/So.SC 4/section 05)
    • Vestry (Ref: EP/So.SC 5/)
    • Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/So.SC 6/)
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/So.SC 6/section 01)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/So.SC 6/section 02)
    • Electoral roll (Ref: EP/So.SC 6/section 03)
    • Schools (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)
    • Alterations, repairs and maintenance (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)
    • Board of Education (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)
    • Charges for use of school (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)
    • Foundation (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)
    • H.M.I. reports (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)
    • Plans (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)
    • School classes (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)
    • St. Columba's Church Day Schools Committee (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)
    • Staff (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)
    • Church Societies (Ref: EP/So.SC 13/)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/So.SC 14/)
    • Iona Pilgrimage (Ref: EP/So.SC 14/)
    • Parish magazines (Ref: EP/So.SC 14/)
    • Parish scrapbooks (Ref: EP/So.SC 14/)

Catalogue Contents

Southwick St Columba (Ref: EP/So.SC)Registration (Ref: EP/So.SC 1/)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/So.SC 1/section 01)

1/1-4, 1/21/1

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/1

Register of baptisms, 8 March 1885 - 1 July 1902
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/2

Register of baptisms, 4 July 1902 - 22 December 1912
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/3

Register of baptisms, 23 December 1912 - 6 May 1926
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/4

Register of baptisms, 13 May 1926 - 4 September 1952
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/21/1

Register of baptisms, 28 September 1952 - 16 August 2009
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/So.SC 1/section 02)

1/5-10, 20, 1/23/1

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/5

Register of marriages, 21 June 1890 - 19 March 1910
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/6

Register of marriages, 26 March 1910 - 10 November 1917
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/7

Register of marriages, 17 November 1917 - 19 April 1924
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/8

Register of marriages, 21 April 1924 - 4 July 1942
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/9

Register of marriages, 11 July 1942 - 24 March 1951
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/10

Register of marriages, 24 March 1951 - 6 October 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/20

Register of marriages, 20 October 1962 - 6 April 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/23/1

Register of marriages, 27 April 1974 - 16 December 2006
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/So.SC 1/section 03)

1/11-19, 1/22/1

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/11

Register of banns of marriage, 22 June 1890 - 26 November 1905
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/12

Register of banns of marriage, 19 November 1905 - 7 December 1913
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/13

Register of banns of marriage, 30 November 1913 - 18 July 1920
(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/14

Register of banns of marriage, 4 July 1920 - 24 April 1927
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/15

Register of banns of marriage, 10 April 1927 - 24 October 1937
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/16

Register of banns of marriage, 4 August 1946 - 3 July 1949
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/17

Register of banns of marriage, 19 June 1949 - 31 January 1954
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/18

Register of banns of marriage, 17 January 1954 - 13 December 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/19

Register of banns of marriage, 29 March 1981 - 18 August 1991
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 1/22/1

Register of banns of marriage, 29 September 1991 - 3 December 2004
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Clergy (Ref: EP/So.SC 2/)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/So.SC 2/section 01)

2/17-18, 2/46/1

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/17

Register of confirmations, 3 April 1917 - 10 December 1957
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/18

Register of confirmations, 5 March 1958 - 11 December 1981
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/46/1

Register of confirmations, 26 September 1976 - 27 October 2002
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/So.SC 2/section 02)

2/1-16, 19-20, 45, 2/47/1

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/1

Register of services, 8 February 1885 - 17 February 1889
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/2

Register of services, 1 February 1926 - 21 July 1927
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/3

Register of services, 22 July 1927 - 26 February 1929
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/4

Register of services, 27 February 1929 - 7 August 19 30
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/5

Register of services, 8 August, 1930 - 25 March 1932
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/6

Register of services, 25 March 1932 - 29 November 1933
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/7

Register of services, 30 November 1933 - 9 July 1935
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/8

Register of services, 10 July 1935 - 21 January 1937
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/9

Register of services, 22 January 1937 - 28 February 1939
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/10

Register of services, 1 March 1939 - 2 August 1941
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/11

Register of services, 3 August 1941 - 7 September 19 46
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/12

Register of services, 8 September 1946 - 12 June 1949
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/13

Register of services, 13 June 1949 - 18 May 1952
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/14

Register of services, 19 May 1952 - 8 November 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/15

Register of services, 29 March 1965 - 31 October 1970
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/16

Register of services, 1 November 1970 - 20 July 1979
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/19

Register of services, 24 September 1961 - 28 March 1965
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/20

Register of services, 22 July 1979 - 24 May 1990
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/45

Register of services, 27 May 1990 - 30 September 2000
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/47/1

Register of services, 1 October 2000 - 11 April 2010
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Benefice (Ref: EP/So.SC 2/section 03)

2/44

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/44

Order in council affirming a pastoral scheme uniting the benefices and parishes of St. Peter with St. Cuthbert, Monkwearmouth, and Monkwearmouth, Venerable Bede, and altering the boundaries of the united parish and the neighbouring parishes of All Saints, Monkwearmouth; St. Andrew, Monkwearmouth; and St. Columba, Southwick, 25 January 1962
(1 paper, printed)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/So.SC 2/section 04)

2/41-42

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/41

Grant by the Ecclesiastical Commission of a stipend of £60 a year to the incumbent of Southwick, St. Columba, for a curate, 23 October 1919
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/42

Statement of stipend and other annual payments to the incumbent of Southwick, St. Columba, by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, as at 1 April 1939
(1 paper, printed form)

Licence for the performance of divine service (Ref: EP/So.SC 2/section 05)

2/37

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/37

Licence for the performance of divine service at the Cornhill Church Mission Room, Southwick, 5 February 1885; certificate of assent to the Thirty-nine Articles of Rev. Wilfrid Bird Hornby, 25 January 1885; certificate of declaration of assent and allegiance of Rev. Wilfrid Bird Hornby, 20 January 1885; extract from London Gazette , dated 19 August 1884, reporting an order in council creating the conventional district of St. Columba, Southwick, 11 August 1884 Originally enclosed in EP/So.SC 14/12
(1 paper and 3 papers, all mounted on 1 paper)

Individual clergy (Ref: EP/So.SC 2/section 06)

2/23-36, 38-40

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/23

Certificate of ordination as a deacon of Rev. William Theodore Jupp of Christ Church, Oxford, 20 May 1883
(1 parchment, printed form, seal pendent)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/24

Certificate of ordination as a priest of Rev. William Theodore Jupp of Christ Church, Oxford, 8 June 1884
(1 parchment, printed form seal pendent)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/25

Licence and admission to the incumbency of Southwick, St. Columba, of Rev. William Theodore Jupp, 25 February 1893
(1 parchment, seal pendent)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/26

Licence to the curacy of Southwick, St. Columba of Halhed Sydney Moore, 20 September 1885
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/27

Certificate of declaration of assent and allegiance of Rev. Howard Fletcher MacMunn, 8 May 1917
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/28

Certificate of assent to the Thirty-nine Articles, of Rev. Howard Fletcher MacMunn, 27 May 1917
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/29

Licence to the curacy of Southwick, St. Columba, of Rev. Denis Philip Bovey, 7 June 1953
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/30

Licence to the curacy of Southwick, St. Columba, of Rev. Ian Arthur Gordon Boxer, 16 October 1953
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/31

Licence to the curacy of Southwick, St. Columba, of Rev. Roger Ernest Dion Sharpley, 13 June 1954
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/32

Licence to the curacy of Southwick, St. Columba, of Rev. Seymour McCarraher, 5 June 1955
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/33

Licence to the curacy of Southwick, St. Columba, of Rev. Neville Leslie Arthur Tidwell, 1 June 1958
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/34

Licence to the curacy of Southwick, St. Columba, of Rev. Michael Hutton Whitehead, 21 September 1958
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/35

Licence to the curacy of Southwick, St. Columba, of Rev. David Ewart Rawlings, 12 June 1960
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/36

Licence to the curacy of Southwick, St. Columba, of Rev. Paul Adamson, 25 September 1960
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/38

Three-quarter length portrait of Rev. Wilfred Bird Hornby, vicar of St. Columba's, 1885 - 1892, n.d. [ c.1893] Copy of an original included in EP/So.SC 14/12
(1 photograph, 12.5 cm. x 18 cm., black and white, mounted on paper)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/39

Portrait of [Rev. I.R. Lovell] working at his desk, by Debenham & Gould, Bournemouth, n.d. [1950s]
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 9 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/40

Head and shoulders portrait of one of the vicars of St. Columba's, by W.G. Harrison, Station Street, Sunderland, n.d. [1960s]
(1 photograph, 12 cm. x 17 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Photographs (Ref: EP/So.SC 02/section 07)

14/16-17

Ref: EP/So.SC 14/16

Photograph of a group of clergymen taken on the occasion of the visit of the Archbishop of York to St. Columba's to celebrate the parish's 75 year jubilee. Clergy are: (left to right) Rev. G.H. Defty, Rev. T.G. Cousins, Canon G. Lamb, Rev. C.D. Wood, Rev. W.W. Bell, Rev. R.W. Bell, Rev. M.H. Whitehead (curate), Rev. I.R. Lovell (vicar of St. Columba's), Rev. D.E. Rawlings (curate), Rev. Canon C.L.P. Bishop (Rural Dean of Wearmouth), Most Rev. A.M. Ramsey (Archbishop of York), Rev. Canon R.H. Tillard, (curate 1913 - 24), Ven. J.O. Cobham (Archdeacon of Durham), Rev. M. Kaye (Archbishop's chaplain), Rev. J.F. Walker (vicar of St. Columba's, 1947 - 1953); Rev. N.L.A. Tidwell (curate), Rev. G. Bates, Rev. R.E.D. Sharpley, (curate), Rev. A.M. Newman (curate 1948 - 1952), Rev. R. Gregory, Rev. T. Swinney, Rev. Canon S. Landreth (curate 1923 - 1930), Ven. J.P. Pelloe (curate 1936 - 1938), Rev. A.G. Curtis (curate 1940 - 1945), and Rev. J.S. Hampton, 14 June 1960
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 15 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Ref: EP/So.SC 14/17

Photograph of a group of clergymen and nuns, comprising Sister Janet, Michael Whitehead and Roger Sharpley; Ian Lovell (vicar of St. Columba's), Neville Tidwell, David Rawlings and Sister Rosamund, 1960
(1 photograph, 17 cm. x 11.5 cm., black and white)

Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/So.SC 2/section 08)

2/43

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/43

Parochial statistics, 1956 - 1960
(5 papers, printed form)

Orders of service (Ref: EP/So.SC 2/section 09)

2/21-22

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/21

St. Columba's Catechism: order for festivals, pre 1980
(1 card)

Ref: EP/So.SC 2/22

Order-of-service for the Jubilee service of the parish of St. Columba, in the presence of the Archbishop of York, 14 June 1960
(1 booklet, printed)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/So.SC 4/)Church (Ref: EP/So.SC 4/section 01)

4/5, 4/6/1-2

Ref: EP/So.SC 4/5

Photograph of the interior of St. Columba's church, looking towards the altar, n.d. [ c.1960]
(1 photograph, 23 cm. x 17.5 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Ref: EP/So.SC 4/6/1

Copy of a plan of the land whereon the church, vicarage and parish schools are built, taken from a conveyance, dated 1892, n.d. [c1960]
(1 paper, photostatted)

Ref: EP/So.SC 4/6/2

Plan of land in Southwick, bounded by Monkwearmouth Grammar School, Branston Street, Cornhill Road and Columba Street, belonging to St Columba's church, showing boundary of land leased to the school, by S. W. Milburn & Partners, 9 The Esplanade, Sunderland, November 1960 Scale: 1:500
(1 plan, 42.5 cm x 39 cm, colour wash)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/So.SC 4/section 02)

4/2

Ref: EP/So.SC 4/2

Terrier, 13 May 1945 - 16 March 1986
(1 booklet and 1 envelope)

Faculties (Ref: EP/So.SC 4/section 03)

4/4

Ref: EP/So.SC 4/4

Faculty authorising the installation of an electric organ blower in the choir vestry, 1 July 1947
(1 paper)

Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/So.SC 4/section 04)

4/3

Ref: EP/So.SC 4/3

Quinquennial inspection report on the vicarage and attached outbuildings, by the diocesan surveyor, 26 March 1945
(1 paper, printed form)

Financial records (Ref: EP/So.SC 4/section 05)

4/1

Ref: EP/So.SC 4/1

Churchwardens' accounts, April 1887 - 31 December 1922
(1 volume, calf half bound)

Vestry (Ref: EP/So.SC 5/)

5/1-2

Ref: EP/So.SC 5/1

Minutes of annual vestry meetings, 16 April 1890 - 4 April 1948
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 5/2

Minutes of meetings of sub-committees of the Vestry, 20 September 1888 - 23 February 1894
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/So.SC 6/)Minutes (Ref: EP/So.SC 6/section 01)

6/1-3, 6-7, 11

Ref: EP/So.SC 6/1

Minutes of annual parochial church meetings, 14 April 1920 - 1 April 1951
(1 volume, leather half bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 6/2

Minutes of parochial church council, 9 March 1915 - 14 November 1957
(1 volume, leather half bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 6/3

Minutes of parochial church council, 5 December 1957 - 10 December 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 6/6

Annual parochial meetings minute book, 20 April 1952 - 27 March 1977
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 6/7

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 11 January 1966 - 10 May 1982
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 6/11

St. Columba's Parish Council report on progress made in the parish, 27 May 1909 - 27 January 1910; report of the finance committee, 11 February 1910; missionary sub-committee minutes, 4 April 1910; evangelistic committee minutes, 30 June 1910; general review of finances, 29 April 1912; recommendations of the finance committee, 11 October 1912 - 13 July 1917; finance committee minutes, 21 November 1917 - 8 September 1938
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Financial records (Ref: EP/So.SC 6/section 02)

6/4-5, 8-10, 12

Ref: EP/So.SC 6/4

Parish church accounts, 1 January 1919 - 31 December 1923
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 6/5

Parish church accounts, 1 January 1924 - 31 December 1928
(1 volume, leather half bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 6/8

Parochial accounts, 7 January 1929 - 31 December 1948
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 6/9

Parochial accounts, January 1949 - 31 December 1956
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 6/10

Parochial accounts, January 1976 - 31 December 1986
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 6/12

Financial statement for the year ended 31 December 1949
(1 paper)

Electoral roll (Ref: EP/So.SC 6/section 03)

13/1

Ref: EP/So.SC 6/13/1

Electoral roll, n.d. [1970s]
(9 papers, typescript)

Schools (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)Plans (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)

11/16-21

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/16

Plan of St. Columba's School, Southwick, showing location of gullies and four-inch drain, by Joseph Potts & Son, architects and surveyors, Sunderland, 27 April 1910 Scales: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96] and 16 feet to 1 inch [1:192]
(1 plan, 38 cm. x 65 cm., waxed linen)

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/17

Plan showing proposed three new closets and six new basins at St. Columba's C.E. School, by Joseph Potts & Son, architects and surveyors, Sunderland, 12 September 1910 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 41 cm. x 59 cm., waxed linen, colour wash)

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/18

Plan of new water closet in the girls' yard at St. Columba's C.E. School, by Joseph Potts & Son, architects, 12 Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, 10 October 1914 Scale: 16 feet to 1 inch [1:192]
(1 plan, 25 cm. x 43 cm., waxed linen, colour wash)

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/19

Plan of the playground at St. Columba's C.E. School, by Joseph Potts & Son, architects, Sunderland, 28 April 1915 Scale: 16 feet to 1 inch [1:192]
(1 plan, 21.5 cm. x 38 cm., waxed linen)

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/20

Plan of St. Columba's C.E. School showing suggested location of a new chamber connecting to existing drains, by Joseph Potts & Son, architects, Sunderland, n.d. [1915] Scale: 16 feet to 1 inch [1:192]
(1 plan, 28.5 cm. x 24.5 cm., waxed linen)

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/21

Plan of St. Columba's School, Southwick, Nursery Department, showing proposed remodelling by Sunderland County Borough Education Architect, Mowbray Villas, Sunderland, August 1948 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 69 cm. x 34 cm., colour wash)

Foundation (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)

11/4-5, 15

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/4

Correspondence between Rev. W.B. Hornby, St. Columba's Vicarage, Southwick; The Secretary, Education Department, Whitehall, London; C. Hodgson Fowler, Durham; Southwick School Board, 17 Fawcett Street, Sunderland; Frank Caws, 22 Fawcett Street, Sunderland; Rev. N.T. Jupp, St. Columba's Vicarage, Sunderland; Ecclesiastical Commission, 10 Whitehall Place, London; D. and J. Ranken, Stockton Road, Sunderland; National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church; concerning the building of St. Columba's Day Schools and their enlargement, 3 May 1890 - 5 March 1903
(37 papers)

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/5

Account of the building of St. Columba's School, Southwick, 1892-894
(6 papers)

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/15

Carte de visite depicting the Bishop of Durham and other clergy, processing from St. Columba's church past a gathering of parishioners, on the occasion of the dedication of St. Columba's day schools, parish hall and buildings, taken by The Sunderland Photo Co., 86 Fawcett Street, Sunderland, n.d. [9 June 1893] Originally enclosed in EP/So.SC 14/12
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 10.5 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Alterations, repairs and maintenance (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)

11/1, 14, 22-23

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/1

Correspondence between the Board for Religious Education of the Diocese of Durham; the Board of Education, Whitehall, London; Joseph Potts and Sons, Architects, Surveyors and Valuers, St. John Street, Sunderland; Director of Education, Education Offices, Borough of Sunderland; National Society for Promoting Religious Education in accordance with the Principles of the Church of England, 19 Great Peter Street, Westminster; Ecclesiastical Insurance Office, Ltd., 11 Norfolk Street, Strand, London; R.G. Finlay, builders and contractors, 28 West Sunniside, Sunderland; Rev. H.F. MacMann, Rector of the parish of St. Columba, Sunderland; Robert Hudson and Sons, (Contractors Ltd.), St. Marks Crescent, Sunderland; William Morton, quantity surveyor, 45 John Street, Sunderland; concerning alterations to St. Columba's schools, 29 October 1938 - 23 September 1944
(57 papers)

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/14

Letter from the Health Department, Athenaeum Buildings, Sunderland, to Rev. H.F. MacMunn, St. Columba's Vicarage, Sunderland, making recommendations for improvements to the sanitary arrangements at St. Columba's Schools, 11 December 1936
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/22

Correspondence between the vicar of St. Columba's, St. Columba's Vicarage, Southwick, Sunderland; Messrs. Wright & Sons, solicitors, 14 John Street, Sunderland; County Borough of Sunderland, Town Hall, Sunderland; Board of Education, Alexandra House, Kingsway, London; Joseph Potts & Son, architects, surveyors and valuers, 57 John Street, Sunderland; the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, and Sunderland Local Education Authority, Education Offices, 15 John Street, Sunderland, concerning the management of St. Columba's Church of England School, including the re-modelling of the school, its use out of hours by the ARP during the Second World War, and an agreement about responsibility for repairs and maintenance, 27 July 1938 - 26 March 1953
(10 papers)

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/23

1939 (1) Mayor, Aldermen and burgesses of the County Borough of Sunderland (2) Managers of St. Columba's Church of England School Draft agreement for the remodelling of the school and the payment of a grant by (1) to (2) to meet 75% of the cost of the building work
(1 file, typescript)

H.M.I. reports (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)

11/2

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/2

Report by H.M. Inspectors on St. Columba's Church of England School, Sunderland, 11 - 13 February 1953
(2 papers)

Board of Education (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)

11/11

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/11

Copy final order issued by the Board of Education under Section 11 of the Education Act 1902 concerning the appointment of foundation managers, 3 March 1904
(1 booklet printed)

Financial records (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)

11/12

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/12

Statement of account for St. Columba's Schools, 1916 and n.d.
(2 papers)

Charges for use of school (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)

11/7-10

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/7

Award made by Frank Caws, Sunderland, architect, concerning the use made of St. Columba's Day Schools by other agencies and the charges that should be levied on these agencies, March 1897
(8 papers)

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/8

Remonstrances addressed by Edward Larcombe, caretaker of the schools, to the managers of St. Columba's Day Schools, concerning the charges that should be made to other groups using the school buildings, 1897
(7 papers)

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/9

Exercise book, belonging Edward Larcombe, containing remonstrances addressed to the managers of St. Columba's Day Schools, mainly concerning the charges which should be made for the use of the schools by other agencies, 1898
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/10

Letters from Edward Larcombe, 54 Long Row, Monkwearmouth, to the Managers of St. Columba's Day Schools, and to Mr. and Mrs. Jupp, concerning the costs of maintaining the schools and the contributions which should be made by other groups using the school buildings, 23 January 1898 - 17 June 1901
(11 papers)

St. Columba's Church Day Schools Committee (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)

11/3

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/3

St. Columba's Church Day Schools Committee meetings minute book, 19 April 1893 - 21 May 1937
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

School classes (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)

11/6

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/6

List of classes held at Southwick and Monkwearmouth, in the session 1896-1897, 16 March 1897
(1 paper)

Staff (Ref: EP/So.SC 11/)

11/13

Ref: EP/So.SC 11/13

List of candidates for a teaching post with comments on their qualifications and suitability, n.d., c.1920
(1 paper)

Church Societies (Ref: EP/So.SC 13/)

13/1-2; 14/15

Ref: EP/So.SC 13/1

Programme for the production by St. Columba's Players of Jesus Christ Superstar by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, 8-10 April 1987
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/So.SC 13/2

Programme for the production by St. Columba's Players of After That Friday , an interpretation by members of St. Columba's Players of the events following the crucifixion of Christ and leading to the gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, n.d., c.1990
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: EP/So.SC 14/15

Photograph of St. Columba's Sunday School outing to Hylton Castle, 1891 Originally enclosed in EP/So.SC 14/13
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 17 cm., black and white, mounted on paper)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/So.SC 14/)Parish magazines (Ref: EP/So.SC 14/)

14/2-11

Ref: EP/So.SC 14/2-4

Parish magazines, March, April and October 1907
(3 booklets)

Ref: EP/So.SC 14/5

Parish magazine, March 1920
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/So.SC 14/6

Parish magazine, April 1924
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/So.SC 14/7

Parish magazine, November 1929
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/So.SC 14/8

Parish magazine, March 1930
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/So.SC 14/9

Parish magazine, May 1937
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/So.SC 14/10

Parish magazine, April 1955
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/So.SC 14/11

The Wearsider , free newspaper issued by church of St. Columba, Southwick, October 1987 Originally enclosed in EP/So.SC 14/1
(1 paper, printed)

Parish scrapbooks (Ref: EP/So.SC 14/)

14/1, 12-14

Ref: EP/So.SC 14/1

Parish scrapbook, 6 May 1953 - Easter 1965 [Contains newspaper cuttings, photographs, parish magazines, orders of service and letters]
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 14/12

Scrapbook entitled 'Records of the Parish of St. Columba, Southwick, from the formation of the parish, 1884, and institution of the first vicar, January 1885', 1884 - 1906 Includes: letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission concerning the stipend of the vicar of St. Columba, 17 February 1885; newspaper cuttings, correspondence and vicar's letter to parishioners concerning the founding of the parish and the appointment of its first vicar; handbills, leaflets and posters advertising church events; vicar's letters to parishioners, reprinted Oxford Mission Tracts and church notices; newspaper cuttings, prayers and a photograph of the interior of the old Cornhill Mission, 1886; manual of the Guild of St. Mary, statements of account of the church and minutes of vestry meetings, 1888; orders of service, admission tickets to church events and printed music and lyrics including a hymn for St. Columba's Day; curate's licence of Alfred Cooke Kettle, 23 December 1888 and curate's licence of Harold Wilkie Weigall, 23 December 1888; programmes of events, the vicar's address at the annual tea, 29 January 1890, and sermons; pastoral letters from the bishop, curate's licence of William Stowe Lloyd, 6 May 1891, and curate's licence of James Sedgewick Wimbush, 24 May 1891; photograph of the interior of St. Columba's church, looking towards the altar, 1890, and photograph of a group of five clergymen, posing on the doorstep of a church building; Rev. W.B. Hornby and four curates, possibly including Rev. J.T.H. Beasley and Rev. Wimbush, 1887; cabinet print of six clergymen: Rev. A.C. Kettle, Rev. H.W. Weigall, and Rev. C.V. Gee; Rev. W.B. Hornby, Rev. W. Hay Aitken and Rev. J. Sheepshanks, taken by Paul Stabler, artist photographer, John Street, 1890; cabinet print depicting a seated group of five clergymen; Rev. A.C. Kettle, Rev. J.S. Wimbush; and Rev. W.T. Jupp; Rev. W.S. Lloyd; and Rev. W.B. Hornby, taken by T.H. McAllan, photographer, 23 Fore Street, Hexham, Northumberland, 1891; photograph of a group of boys and young men on the St. Columba's Guild excursion to Auckland Castle and park, 15 August 1888; photograph of a group of girls and young women on the St. Columba's Guild excursion to Auckland Castle and park, 15 August 1888; photograph of the St. Columba's Guild picnic at Rothbury, Northumberland, 1891; list of subscribers to the church building fund, 1891; curate 's licence of Francis William Tudsbery Turner, 27 May 1892, and Durham Diocesan Gazette, 2 June 1892; London Gazette , 10 June 1892, including copy of the grant of an additional stipend to the incumbent of Southwick, St. Columba, by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 2 June 1892; photograph of men and boys at work in a printer's workshop, n.d. [1892]; carte de visite depicting Wilfrid Bird Hornby, Bishop of Nyasaland, former vicar of St. Columba, by Elliott and Fry, photographers, 55 and 56 Baker Street, London, n.d. [1893]; photograph of the pastoral staff presented to W.B. Bird by the parishioners of Chollerton-on-Tyne, 15 January 1893; photograph of Rev. J.T.H. Beasley standing outside the church, n.d. [late 1880s]; photograph of Rev. W.T. Jupp and Rev. Wimbush with a group of men and boys, including G. Taylor, treasurer and G. Hertherington, secretary, on the occasion of the opening of St. Columba's Workmen's Club, Library and News Room, n.d. [29 November 1893]; Christmas cards, parish magazines (from January 1894) and St. Columba's parish almanac; London Gazette , dated 18 May 1894, including a grant by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of an increase in the stipend of the vicar of St. Columba's, 10 May 1894; curate's licence of Lewis Hermann Siarks, 23 September 1894, rules of the Society of the Brothers of St. Columba, 1894, and election poster promoting the candidature of Rev. W.T. Jupp, 1894; curate's licence of William Charles Wood, 29 October 1898, St. Columba's School Parents' Association membership card, 1894, and subscribers list, 1896; church notices, plan of proposed new garden wall at St. Columba's vicarage, 1897 and photograph of the North Eastern Church Lads' Brigade Camp at Richmond, Yorkshire, 1897; nomination form, pledge to keep the rules and bye-laws of St. Columba's Young Men's Institute and Polytechnic, 1897; photograph of inspection parade at the North Eastern Church Lads' Brigade Camp at Richmond, Yorkshire, 1897; Sunday School rules, 1899; curate's licence of Tom Ramsden Clark, 5 June 1898 and curate's licence of Henry Chadwick Windley, 20 September 1896; photographs of the St. Columba's Junior Sunday School outing to Field House Farm, Boldon, 1903; photographs of the Church Lads' Brigade camp at Barrasford, Northumberland, 1903; photograph of the church choir, n.d. [1903]; photographs of the Church Lads' Brigade on parade, July 1900; photographs of Iona, n.d. [1903]; photograph of Rev. W.C. Woods' church at Stirling, Scotland, n.d. [1903]; photograph of the fresco in St. Columba's church, n.d. [1903]; photograph of Miss Reid's Mothers' trip in a horse-drawn charabanc, at Morpeth, Northumberland, 1902; photographs of the Church Lads' Brigade parading on Whit Sunday and Whit Monday 1903; photograph of two nuns and two ladies of the parish at St. Columba 's on Whit Monday, 1903; photographs of festivities at St. Columba's on Whit Sunday and Whit Monday, 1903; photograph labelled 'Men of Suddick', depicting a group of men standing on a street corner, n.d. [1903]; photographs of activities at the Church Lads' Brigade camp at Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, August 1902; postcards depicting St. Columba's church, sisters' house and clergy house and the school, by J.W. Wardell, n.d. [1903]
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 14/13

Scrapbook entitled 'Records of the Parish of St. Columba, Southwick, for the years 1900 - 1914' Includes: Programmes of events at the church, invitations and admission tickets; appeals for donations to the Shincliffe Home of Rest; schedules of meetings of St. Columba's Missionary Union and parish magazines; prayers, newspaper cuttings and posters; handbills, Rev. John Cecil West's licence to perform divine service, 7 June 1914, and annual statements of account; vicar's Advent letters, announcements relating to St. Columba's Men's Club, library and newsroom, and copies of Brigade , the official organ of the Church Lads' Brigade; annual reports of the senior Sunday School, Rev. Howard Fletcher MacMunn's licence to perform divine service, 2 June 1901, and rules of the Guild of St. Anne; constitution of the Guild of St. Columba, Holy Week notices and Rev. Thomas Jesson's curacy licence, 21 December 1901; Bishop's letters to the parish, Church of England Temperance Society pledge card and parish almanacs; petition to the Bishop of Durham from the managers of St. Columba's School, Christmas cards and minutes of vestry meetings; appeals for subscriptions towards church maintenance, Parochial Church Council voter's declaration and ballot paper; Durham County Council election address of Rev. Theodore Jupp, 1911, The Church Missionary Gleaner , April 1914 and photocopies of photographs depicting the Church Lads' Brigade, 1909/10; St. Columba's Morris Party 1909, productions of 'The Milkmaids' and 'The Girton Girl', 1911 and 'Living Whist', 1911
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/So.SC 14/14

Parish scrapbook covering the years 1912 - 1952 Includes: handbills, posters and leaflets advertising church events and events at Victoria Hall and the Rink, Sunderland; parish magazines, ballot papers for elections to the Parochial Church Council and church notices; programmes for, and admission tickets to, fund-raising events; curate's licence of Christopher Henry Lamb, 2 June 1912, orders of service and fund-raising appeals; prayers, statements of account of St. Columba's church and circular letters from the vicar; Christmas cards, newspaper cuttings and letters from the Bishop of Nassau soliciting support for his mission there; curate's licence of Ralph Henry Tillard, 21 September 1913, St. Columba's Rolls of Honour, May - November 1915 and pastoral letters of the Bishop of Durham; letter from the chaplain and secretary of the Church Lads' Brigade, Aldwych House, Catherine Street, London, to Rev. R.H. Tillard, St. Columba's, Sunderland, concerning the 25th anniversary of the founding of St. Columba's lodge; extract from a magazine containing photographs depicting the Church Lads' Brigade North Eastern Camp at Marske-by-the-Sea, 1921; statement and consultation papers on the Anglo-Catholic Congress, Newcastle, 10 - 12 October 1922; curate's licence of Stanley Landreth, 27 May 1923 and curate's licence of Matthew Richardson, 13 May 1924; reports from the Nassau mission, article from The Sign about Monkwearmouth Church and the Venerable Bede and An Account of the Parish of Saint Columba, Sunderland, 1885 - 1935 ; photograph of St. Columba's church and church hall, n.d. [1913]; photograph of an unidentified part of the St. Columba's complex of buildings, n.d. [1913]; photograph of a group of seven men outside the church, including three clergymen, n.d. [1913]; photograph of two sanctuary candlesticks in forged iron, designed for St. Columba's church by W. Bainbridge Reynolds, Manor House Metal Works, Old Town, Clapham, London, 1921
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Iona Pilgrimage (Ref: EP/So.SC 14/)

14/18

Ref: EP/So.SC 14/18

Record of a pilgrimage to Iona, which took place in [June] 1963, comprising: details of the costs of various elements of the trip; list of pilgrims, organised by parish (includes parishes from all parts of the north-east of England); list of pilgrimage secretaries; accounts of income and expenditure, 17 September 1962 - 12 May 1963
(1 booklet)



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