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Register of baptisms, 15 September 1918 -­ 8 March 1953

Register of baptisms, 22 March 1953 -­ 28 May 1989

Register of baptisms, 11 June 1989 - 26 April 2015

Register of marriages, 29 December 1920 -­ 30 June 1923

Register of marriages, 30 June 1923 -­ 10 August 1940

Register of marriages, 17 August 1940 -­ 15 August 1953

Register of marriages, 19 September 1953 - 25 July 2015

Register of banns of marriage, 12 November 1944 - 22 January 1978

Register of burials and funerals, 6 June 1989 - 12 December 2005

Register of services, 22 October 1899 - 18 February 1917

Register of services, 25 February 1917 -­ 21 April 1930

Register of services, 27 April 1930 -­ 6 February 1939

Register of services, 12 February 1939 -­ 4 July 1948

Register of services, 12 July 1948 -­ 22 January 1961

Register of services, 1 January 1961 - 28 August 1977

Register of services, 5 May 1977 - 13 April 1997 Until 11 March 1980, register includes services at both Trimdon Grange, St. Alban and Deaf Hill, St. Paul. Thereafter, the location of services is not stated.

The London Gazette concerning the assignment of a district chapelry to the church of St. Alban, Trimdon Grange, 7 December 1920

9 February 1921 (1) Vicar of Kelloe (2) Bishop of Durham (3) Ecclesiastical Commissioners (4) Vicar of St. Alban, Trimdon Grange Copy of grant by (1) to (4) with the consent of (2) and (3) of yearly rent charge of £200 as an addition to the endowment

Correspondence between Rev. G.K. Spiller and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners concerning augmentation of the living, 6 February - 3 July 1934

Correspondence with various parties concerning endowment of the benefice and the execution of Dr. Short's will, 3 February 1938 -­ 18 November 1939

Correspondence with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and others concerning augmentation of the living, 19 June 1939 - 12 April 1941

The London Gazette concerning the grant of a yearly sum or stipend of £200 to the incumbent of St. Alban, Trimdon Grange, 27 January 1939

Correspondence between Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, 26 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, and Rev. K. Walker, The Vicarage, Trimdon Grange, concerning the management of 0.26 acres of glebe to the south of the vicarage garden, 8 February - 17 January 1990

Correspondence of Rev. J.K. Spiller, St. Alban's Vicarage, with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners concerning property belonging to the benefice and the Coal (Registration of Ownership) Act, 1937, 15 December 1937 -­ 9 April 1938

List of incumbents, n.d. [post 1976]

Correspondence between Rev. J.K. Spiller, St. Alban's Vicarage, and Rev. R. Rudd, St. Edmund's Vicarage, Gateshead, concerning the depression, a lectern bible etc., 16 June -­ 10 November 1933

Parochial statistics, 1920 - 1940, 1962

Order of service for memorial service on the 140th anniversary of the Trimdon Grange mining disaster, 20 February 2022

Correspondence between Rev. J.W. Halls, Trimdon Grange, and the Diocesan Registrar, concerning the re-decoration of St. Alban's Church, 17 December 1956 -­ 13 January 1957

Specification for proposed extension to St. Alban's vestry, November 1958

Copy of letter from Rev. Robert Rudd, St. Alban's Vicarage, to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, concerning the history of the church site, 20 January 1920

Correspondence concerning the erection of a Parish Council notice board outside St. Alban's Church, 29 October 1946 - 3 May 1947

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Ltd., London, to Rev. J.W. Halls, St. Alban's Vicarage, setting out in detail the various sums insured, 11 December 1959

Correspondence between Rev. E. Glover, The Vicarage, Trimdon Grange; E.P. Services, 20 Beechburn Park, Crook; and Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; concerning repairs to the fleche, church bell, and boiler chimney at St. Alban's church, Trimdon Grange, 13 July 1993 - 14 October 1994

Photograph of the church, April 1994

Photograph of the fleche, showing poor slate fixings, April 1994

Photograph showing temporary access to the fleche, April 1994

Photograph showing steel corrosion to the cross atop the fleche, April 1994

Photograph showing the vane and a wood bobbin loose on the fleche, April 1994

Photograph showing missing slates on the fleche, April 1994

Photograph showing wood moulding and lead flashing missing from the fleche, April 1994

Photograph showing wood moulding missing from the fleche, April 1994

Photograph showing wood rot on the fleche, April 1994

Photograph showing traces of woodworm on the fleche, April 1994

Photograph showing wood rot on the fleche, April 1994

Photograph showing the bell frame, April 1994

Photograph of the bell frame, April 1994

Photograph of the worn clanger assembly of church bell, April 1994

Photograph of the corrosion of the church bell's supporting steel, April 1994

Photograph of the church bell's loose wood support, April 1994

Photograph of broken roof slates near the chimney stack, April 1994

Photograph of the boiler chimney stack, April 1994

Photograph of a crack in a chimney, April 1994

Photograph of vertical cracks in the chimney stack, April 1994

Photograph of loose render on the chimney stack, April 1994

Plan and elevation of proposed oak altar and reredos panelling by John Bottomley Ltd., West Hartlepool, 28 February 1933 Scale: - 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

Drawing of proposed chancel screen by Rev. G.K. Spiller, 26 January 1945

Copies of plans and elevations of extensions to vestries at St. Alban's by Messrs. Cordingley & McIntyre of Durham, architects, May 1958 Scale: 1/16 inch to 1 foot [1:192]

Elevation of proposed mission church at Trimdon Grange, n.d. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Plan of proposed extension of vestries at St. Alban's church, by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, Owengate, Durham, May 1958 Scales: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96], 1/16 to 1 foot [1:92]

Correspondence between various parties concerning the introduction of a new pulpit, 19 June 1933 -­ 27 June 1940

Correspondence between various parties relating to the introduction of a processional cross and altar ornaments, 8 January - 12 November 1935

Correspondence and accounts between Rev. G. Spiller, St. Alban's Vicarage, and Maile and Son Ltd., Euston Road, London, concerning the purchase of a carved oak eagle lectern, 28 June -­ 27 August 1935

Correspondence and accounts relating to a sanctuary lamp and brass tablet in memory of Samuel David Myers, 1 October 1937 -­ 8 January 1938

Correspondence between Rev. G.K. Spiller, The Vicarage, Trimdon Grange, and Rev. J.J. Moore, St. Peter's Vicarage, Monkwearmouth, concerning the transfer to St. Alban's of fittings from St. Peter's, 11 June -­ 28 October 1940

Correspondence between Rev. G.K. Spiller, St. Alban's Vicarage, Trimdon Grange, and Rev. J.M. Scott, Monkwearmouth Vicarage, concerning the transfer of choir stalls, pews, harmonium and rood figures to St. Alban's from the closed church of Monkwearmouth, St. Peter's, 11 September - 29 October 1945

Correspondence concerning overhauling the church organ by the Vincent Electric Organ Co., 1 Sunderland Street, High Street, Sunderland, 30 April 1936 - 16 October 1939

War Memorial tablet, 1939 - 1945, record of donors and donations, 28 December 1945 -­ 19 November 1947

Names for inclusion on the War Memorial, 1939 - 1945, with names and addresses of near relations, n.d.

Correspondence with Sedgefield District Council concerning proposed highway improvements at Trimdon Grange and the landscaping of St. Alban's churchyard, February 1978 -­ 3 October 1979

Names of the decdased at Trimdon Grange, St Alban and Trimdon Station, St Paul (Deaf Hill, St Paul), to mark their anniversaries, 1980s

Correspondence with various parties concerning the site of a proposed Church Hall, 24 April -­ 7 August 1945

Schedule of dilapidations at Trimdon Grange Vicarage, with correspondence between Rev. J.W. Halls, The Vicarage, Ugthorpe, Whitby, and Hinscliff Hewitt & Sons Ltd., Station Works, Haswell, about undertaking the work, 5 -­ 22 July 1954

Correspondence between Rev. Canon W.R. Burnet, vicar of Kelloe, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and others, concerning the provision of a house for the curate at Trimdon Grange, 29 October 1903 - 11 December 1908

Correspondence between Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Miss N. Hardy, 2 Northside, Trimdon Grange; Rev. J.R. Stringer, The Vicarage, Bowburn; Rev. K. Walker, The Vicarage, Trimdon Grange; D.L. Renton, diocesan surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; B.H. Nelson & Co. Ltd., Langley Moor Industrial Estate, Langley Moor; Rev. E. Glover, 2 Prior's Grange, Pittington; K.W. Taylor, Unit 3D, Ullswater Road, Longhill Industrial Estate, Hartlepool; Crawford Brocklehurst, loss adjusters, 15-17 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, Beaufort House, Brunswick Road, Gloucester; and Mrs. N. Marshall, 20 Northside Buildings, Trimdon Grange; concerning the maintenance of the vicarage, 15 May 1987 - 30 September 1996

Correspondence with various parties concerning the erection of a wash-house/air raid shelter, 17 November 1941 - 30 November 1942

Plan and elevation of combined wash-house and surface air raid shelter by Rev. G.K. Spiller, 17 -­ 23 August 1942

Faculty for the introduction of a new oak pulpit, 30 November 1933

Faculty for the introduction of a new lectern, litany desk and two sanctuary chairs, 20 March 1934

Faculty for the introduction of a crucifix over the pulpit, 3 December 1935

Faculty for the introduction of a sanctuary lamp and tablet in memory of Samuel David Myers, who lost his life in a fire at Deaf Hill Pit (18 September 1937), 9 December 1937

Faculty for the introduction of a brass tablet in memory of Matthew Cloman Myers, killed by a fall of stone at Trimdon Grange Pit (8 January 1940), 6 May 1940

Faculty authorising the erection in St. Alban's church of a coke store abutting the north wall of the nave and the introduction of a set of brass altar ornaments comprising a cross and a pair of candlesticks to replace the present cross standard candlesticks, a pair of plain-oak standard candlesticks, four feet high, a new font and font cover, and a brass processional cross, 6 June 1935

Faculty authorising the erection in St. Alban's church, on the south side of the nave, of a tablet in hard Portland stone, and the introduction into the sanctuary of an oak calvary, to be fixed to the east wall above the altar, 18 February 1947

Faculty authorising the erection in St. Alban's church of new clergy and choir vestries, 2 April 1959

Archdeacon's Certificates for re-decorating the church and fitting wire window guards, 12 October 1956 and 19 January 1957

Archdeacon's Certificate for re-wiring of electrical installations with revised quotation for carrying out the work, 15 August -­ 13 September 1963

Archdeacon's certificate authorising repairs to the exterior of St. Alban's church, 10 October 1962

Archdeacon's certificate authorising repairs to the fleche and the bellcote of St. Alban's church, 4 September 1994

Inventory, 24 April 1927 - 29 September 1947

Architect's report under the Inspection of Churches Measure, June 2016

Architect's quinquennial report, 28 October 1957

Architect's quinquennial report, July 1980

Quinquennial inspection report on St. Paul's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, chartered architects and surveyors, Owengate House, Durham, July 1986

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Trimdon Station vicarage, by A.O. Lee, diocesan surveyor, Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, October 1984

Schedule of repairs and improvements required at Trimdon Station vicarage, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, May 1987

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Trimdon Station vicarage, by D.L. Renton, diocesan surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, September 1989

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Trimdon Station vicarage, by D.L. Renton, diocesan surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, April 1996

Churchwardens' accounts, 19 April 1925 -­ 30 [sic] February 1940

Churchwardens' accounts, 1 January 1940 -­ 30 April 1943

Church accounts for 1919 - 1920, 1922 - 1924 and 1926

Church accounts for the year ending 31 December 1936

Church accounts for the year ending 31 December 1937

Church accounts for the year ending 31 December 1938

Church accounts for the year ending 31 December 1939

Church accounts for the year ending 31 December 1940

Church accounts for the year ending 31 December 1941

Church accounts for the year ending 31 December 1942

Church accounts for the year ending 31 December 1943

Church accounts for the year ending 31 December 1944

Church accounts for the year ending 31 December 1945

Church accounts for the year ending 31 December 1946

Church accounts for the year ending 31 December 1954

Church accounts for the year ending 31 December 1955

Church accounts for the year ending 31 December 1956

Church accounts for the years ending 31 December 1957 and 31 December 1958

Church accounts for the years ending 31 December 1958 - 31 December 1965

Church accounts for the year ending 31 December 1959

Accounts and balance sheets for 1960

Accounts for year ending 31 December 1961

Church accounts for the year ending 31 December 1963

Copy of audited accounts for St. Alban's and St. Paul's, Deaf Hill for the year ending 31 December 1978

Record of offertories, 22 April 1900 -­ 25 March 1906

Freewill offering accounts, 12 May 1934 -­ 31 December 1944

Accounts of the Institute Fund, 11 April 1935 -­ 15 March 1940

Accounts for the War Memorial (1939 - 1945), 19 November 1947

Correspondence from Miss P. Carter, Diocesan Office, Durham, to Rev. J.W. Halls, St. Alban's Vicarage, concerning the Diocesan Board of Finance's recommendations for parochial apportionment for capital expenditure, 17 January 1962 - 9 January 1963

Minutes of vestry meetings, 23 April 1914 -­ 30 May 1947

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 22 August 1935 -­ 23 October 1945

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 12 February 1946 - 24 April 1957

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 24 April 1957 -­ 1 July 1981

Parochial Church Council and Meeting papers, 20 February 1985 -­ 28 April 1986

Minutes of a meeting, 13 January 1993

Minutes of Annual and Special Church Meetings, 26 January 1933 - 17 April 1947

Copy of statement of parochial income and expenditure for 1953

Certified copies of parochial accounts, 31 December 1962 - 31 December 1970; with copies of parochial returns of income, 1968 -­ 1970

Certified copies of parochial accounts for year ending 31 December 1971

Balance sheet for year ending 31 December 1973

Copy of agreement for the engagement of caretaker, 28 September 1954

Copy of agreement for the engagement of an organist/choirmaster, 30 July 1955

Correspondence between Rev. J.W. Halls and the National Coal Board, Darlington, concerning the Old School Hall, Trimdon Grange, 5 June 1957 - 13 September 1960

Sunday School attendance register, 7 January 1934 - 28 December 1941

Report of the Trimdon Grange branch of the Mother's Union, October 1964

Parish Magazine, January 1960

Parish Magazine, October 1985

Parish Magazine, September 1987

Parish Magazine, December 1987

Parish Magazine, March 1988

Parish Magazine, May 1988

The Grange News, September 1948

The Grange News , January 1949

The Grange News, April 1949

Photograph of Herbert Hensley Henson, Bishop of Durham, n.d. [c.1930]

Number no longer used. Deaccessioned 21 February 2019

Trimdon Colliery Village Appraisal, survey analysis, 1996

The Trimdon Joint Action Plans, 1996

Trimdon Grange Action Plan, 1996