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Chilton St. Aidan Parish

Reference: EP/Ch Catalogue Title: Chilton St. Aidan Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1863-2019

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Chilton, St Aidan (Ref: EP/Ch)Registration (Ref: EP/Ch 1/)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Ch 1/section 01)

1/1-4, 16


Register of baptisms, 24 December 1925 - 1 April 1936
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of baptisms, 2 April 1936 - 27 June 1945
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of baptisms, 28 June 1945 - 3 May 1953
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of baptisms, 17 May 1953 - 1 May 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of baptisms, 1 May 1966 - 9 February 1986
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Ch 1/section 02)

1/5-10, 18-21, 23/1-2


Register of marriages, 23 January 1926 - 7 April 1928
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 7 April 1928 - 3 August 1936
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 15 August 1936 - 5 September 1942
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 19 September 1942 - 25 September 1948
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 25 September 1948 - 1 September 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 22 September 1956 - 22 August 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 26 September 1964 - 28 October 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 9 December 1978 - 24 August 1985
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 21 September 1985 - 4 February 1989
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 25 February 1989 - 11 July 1998
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 25 July 1998 - 4 October 2008 [Acc: 7690]
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 13 December 2008 - 7 September 2019
(1 volume)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Ch 1/section 03)

1/11-13, 17


Register of banns of marriage, 3 January 1926 - 26 September 1937
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 19 September 1937 - 24 February 1952
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 27 January 1952 - 1 July 1962 Enclosure: see EP/Ch 1/15
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns, 6 August 1967 - 17 June 1984
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Ch 1/section 04)

1/14, 22


Register of burials, 9 December 1925 - 27 January 1937; 15 December 1961 - 12 September 1973
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of burials, 12 October 1973 - 10 February 1998
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Marriage licence (Ref: EP/Ch 1/section 05)

1/15


Marriage licence, Istvan Rakos of 18 Surtees Terrace, Ferryhill, and Jean Bradshaw of 1 Dale Street, Chilton, 19 February 1962 Originally enclosed in EP/Ch 1/13
(1 paper, printed)

Clergy (Ref: EP/Ch 2/)Confirmations (Ref: EP/Ch 2/section 01)

2/47


Attendance register of candidates for confirmation, 1 December 1913 - 17 February 1916; attendance register of Monday night bible class, 7 May - 26 November 1923; register of communicants, 1925 - 1928; income and expenditure account of the church building fund, April 1913 - May 1916
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/Ch 2/section 02)

2/1-9, 19-20, 44-45


Register of services, 5 January 1913 - 25 December 1921
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 1 January 1922 - 31 December 1929
(1volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 1 January 1930 - 30 September 1935
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 1 October 1935 - 22 November 1950
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 25 November 1950 - 15 April 1954
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 18 April 1954 - 31 December 1958
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 31 December 1958 - 11 April 1955
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 12 April 1965 - 8 October 1959
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 9 October 1959 - 31 December 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 3 January 1979 - 31 March 1985
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 1 April 1985 - 8 April 1990
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 19 April 1990 - 25 July 1993
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 28 July 1993 - 18 May 1997
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Ch 2/section 03)

2/10, 17-18, 21-23


Plan of the parish of Chilton shewing area taken over from the parish of Aycliffe, 25 March 1922 No scale
(1 plan, 75 cm. x 79 cm., waxed linen, ink and water-colour)


Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Rev. L. Wilkinson, Chilton Curatage, Ferryhill, forwarding a copy of plan of Chilton Ecclesiastical District, 20 November 1925 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 paper, 1 plan, 77 cm. x 77 cm., linen, coloured)


Letter from the Administrative Secretary, Diocesan Office, Bishop Auckland, to Rev. M.S. Snowball, Chilton, forwarding proposals and plan of alterations to parish boundaries, 26 January 1984
(3 papers)

Benefice (Ref: EP/Ch 2/section 04)

2/16, 50-51


London Gazette concerning the creation of a new ecclesiastical district of Chilton, 13 October 1925
(1 file)


Draft scheme for the parish of Great Aycliffe and Chilton according to Church Representation Rules of 2004, 2007
(7 papers, printed)


Draft constitution of the newly formed parish of Great Aycliffe with Chilton, n.d. [c. 2005]
(4 papers, printed)

Orders of service (Ref: EP/Ch 2/section 05)

2/49/1


Chilton parish church golden jubilee order of service, 1980
(1 booklet)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/Ch 2/section 05)

2/11-13, 46


Notices from the Ecclesiastical Commission giving details of stock purchased to endow curacy, 21 November 1934 and 13 November 1935
(2 papers, typescript)


Statement of annual amounts payable by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners included in the quarterly payments scheme, 1 April 1939
(1 paper, printed form)


1 November 1961 (1) Maurice, Bishop of Durham (2) Church Commissioners Mortgage of the income of the benefice of Chilton, St. Aidan, for the purchase of a house, known as 'Hillcrest', as a residence for the incumbent
(1 paper)

Tithe (Ref: EP/Ch 3/)

3/1


Notice from the Tithe Redemption Commission inviting the parish to redeem the tithe rent charge payable in respect of its property at Chilton, 22 December 1941
(1 paper, printed form)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Ch 4/)Church (Ref: EP/Ch 4/section 01)Organ (Ref: EP/Ch 4/)

4/6-12, 54-55


Correspondence with: H.J. Nelson and Company, Holly Street, Durham; Blackett and Howden Ltd., Grafton Street Organ Works, Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Harrison and Harrison, Durham; Forster and Andrews, Hull and the Vincent Electric Organ Company, Grangetown, Sunderland, with specifications and estimates for installation of organ, 12 February 1929 - 2 October 1931
(6 files and 1 paper, typescript)


Contract to build an organ and erect it in St. Aidan' s church, by Harrison & Harrison, organ builders, Durham, 21 January 1930
(1 paper, typescript)


Contract for regular tuning and regulation of the organ in St. Aidan' s church, by Harrison & Harrison, organ builders, Durham, 4 November 1931
(1 paper, printed form)

Plans (Ref: EP/Ch 4/)

4/1, 48-49, 4/72/1


Plan, section and elevation of proposed mission church at Windlestone, by Oliver Leeson Wood, architect, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, March 1904 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 54 cm. x 47 cm., waxed linen, ink and water colour)


Ground plan of St. Aidan' s church showing proposed areas where reinforced concrete floor slab renewal is to take place, drawing no. 277/1, by Hayton Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, 25 August 1989 Scales: 1:5 and 1.50
(1 plan, 42 cm. x 29.7 cm., coloured)


Diagram showing the method by which the chancel floor is to be replaced by concrete, drawing no. 277/2, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Durham, January 1991 Scale: 1:10
(1 plan, 42 cm. x 29.7 cm.)


Amended ground floor plan of Chilton church, March 1929
(1 plan, 49cm x 28cm)

Church site and building (Ref: EP/Ch 4/)

4/13-24, 28-30, 51-53, 58, 69


Letter from R.T. Snaith and Son Ltd., architectural woodworkers, Bondgate, Darlington, concerning church furnishings, with two catalogues, 30 July 1929
(1 paper, 2 booklets, printed and illustrated)


Architect's certificate for £900 for work done by G.W. Lazenby and Company Ltd., 21 May 1930
(1 paper, printed form)


Statement of payments made to C.W. Lazenby and Company Ltd. under contract to build St. Aidan's Church, Chilton, 15 July 1929 - 25 September 1930
(1 file)


Announcement of grant of £15 by the Durham Diocesan Board for Church Building, 26 October 1931
(1 paper, printed form)


Letters received from the Ecclesiastical Commission regarding donations towards cost of building church and parsonage, conveyance of site of St. Oswald's Mission Church and sale of land adjoining it, 5 May 1931 - 2 July 1934
(6 papers, typescript)


22 February 1900 (1) John, Earl of Eldon (2) Rev. Thomas Lomax, George James Welch, butcher, and John Thompson, butcher and farmer, all of Ferryhill Copy of conveyance in trust of 740 sq. yds. of land for building a meeting house and mission room at Chilton
(1 paper)


Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Rev. L. Wilkinson, Chilton Vicarage, enclosing instrument of approval of the new church at Chilton, 19 - 27 June 1930
(2 papers)


3 February 1928 (1) Rev. Mr. Wilkinson (2) The Post Office Grant from (1) to (2) of the right to place a stay at the front of St. Aidan' s church
(1 paper, printed form)


9 October 1929 (1) John, 4th Earl of Eldon (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Copy deed poll whereby (1) conveys to (2) 3460 sq. yds. of land at Chilton, as the site for a parish church No consideration Includes: plan
(1 booklet, typescript)


24 January 1931 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Rev. Lancelot Wilkinson, clerk in holy orders, vicar of the vicarage and new parish of Chilton (3) Durham County Council Conveyance by (1) to (3) of 382 sq. yds. of land at Chilton, part of the land conveyed by John, 4 th Earl of Eldon, to (1) on 9 October 1929 Consideration: £54 Includes: plan
(1 booklet, typescript)


Income and expenditure account of the building of Chilton parish church, 21 July 1931
(1 paper, typescript)


Assessment fixing annual payments towards church repairs, 11 February 1955
(1 paper, printed form)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Ch 4/)

4/56


Photograph of the first wedding at St. Aidan's parish church, 19 July 1930
(1 photograph, 35 cm. x 30 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Church hall (Ref: EP/Ch 4/section 02)

4/62


12 June 1940 (1) The Parochial Church Council of Chilton (2) H.M. Principal Secretary of State for the War Department Agreement for compensation to be paid by (2) to (1) following requisition of St. Aidan's church hall
(1 paper, printed form)

Vicarage (Ref: EP/Ch 4/section 03)

2/14, 4/59-61


14 June 1928 (1) The Right Honourable John, Earl of Eldon (2) The Right Honourable Gustavus William, Viscount Boyne, Herbert Ivo Dekenton Bond of St. Michael's House, Weybridge, Surrey, esq. and Charles Gibbons May of 49 Lincoln Inn's Fields, London, solicitor (3) The Reverend Lancelot Wilkinson, Clerk, Incumbent of Chilton (4) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Copy conveyance by (1) and (2) to (4) of 1.047 a. of land in Chilton with the house 'Chilton Vicarage' erected thereon, reserving minerals covenant to produce title deeds. Plan attached Consideration: £1050
(1 file, printed)


' Plan showing suggestion for bungalow', number 1, n.d., [1930s] Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 34 cm. x 21.5 cm.)


'Plan showing suggestion for bungalow' , number 2, n.d., [1930s] Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 34 cm. x 21.5 cm.)


' Plan showing suggestion for detached cottage', number 3, n.d., [1930s] Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 34 cm. x 21.5 cm.)

Church property (Ref: EP/Ch 4/section 04)

2/15


7 December 1951 (1) Cecil Thornton Howard of 'Hill Crest', Windlestone, Ferryhill, engineer (2) The Church Commissioners for England (3) The Right Reverend Maurice, Lord Bishop of Durham (acting for the Incumbent of Chilton, the benefice being vacant) Copy conveyance by (1) to (3) of 'Hi11 Crest', South View Terrace, Windlestone and 580 sq. yds. of land surrounding it. Plan attached Consideration: £3150 (2) to (1)
(1 file, typescript)

Faculties and Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/Ch 4/section 05)Faculties (Ref: EP/Ch 4/section 01)

4/25, 33-39, 41, 43


Faculty for the erection of a stained glass window, 18 September 1936
(1 paper, printed form, embossed seal)


Faculty for the erection of a tablet on the south wall of a church in memory of John Herriotts, 3 December 1937
(1 paper)


Faculty for the introduction of an oak reredos and panels in memory of an unspecified individual, 25 May 1939
(1 paper)


Faculty for the insertion of stained glass at the east end of the church in memory of those of the parish who died on active service in the Second World War, in memory of those who served in the Second World War, and in memory of Eric Savoy who died on H.M.S. Cossack in 1941; and for the installation of a Discus organ blower, 31 January 1947
(1 paper)


Faculty for the insertion of stained glass in one of the windows on the north side of the nave in memory of Thomas and Emily Burrow, 10 September 1948
(1 paper)


Faculty for the erection of two altar rail gates in oak, 19 November 1951
(1 paper)


Faculty for the replacement of the coke-fired boiler by an oil-fired boiler, 14 August 1963
(1 paper)


Faculty for the erection of a new door and glass screen at the west end of the church in memory of Rev. L. Wilkinson, first vicar of the parish, 3 January 1970
(1 paper)


Faculty for the installation of a silver ciborium and paschal candle, and the re-slating of the chancel roof ventilator, 13 March 1987
(1 paper)


Faculty for the introduction of a silver chalice, matching paten and brass-headed processional cross, used formerly in the mission church of St. Oswald, Ferryhill, 20 August 1987
(1 paper)

Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/Ch 4/section 02)

4/40, 42, 44-47


Archdeacon' s certificate for unspecified work, 14 June 1982
(1 paper)


Archdeacon' s certificate for unspecified work, 10 April 1987
(1 paper)


Archdeacon' s certificate for unspecified work, 3 March 1988
(1 paper)


Archdeacon' s certificate for unspecified work, 5 May 1988
(1 paper)


Archdeacon' s certificate for unspecified work, 8 July 1988
(1 paper)


Archdeacon' s certificate for unspecified work, 13 January 1989
(1 paper)

Log book (Ref: EP/Ch 4/section 06)

4/73/1


Log book, 1979 - 1998
(1 file)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Ch 4/section 07)

4/31-32, 70


Terrier, 8 June 1953
(1 booklet)


Inventory, 8 June 1953
(1 booklet)


Terrier and inventory, 6 September 1983 - 24 April 1989
(1 booklet, printed form)

Inspection of Churches Measure (Ref: EP/Ch 4/section 08)

4/74/1


Architect's report by A. O. Lee, Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects, Owengate House, Durham, DH1 3HB, June 1988
(1 file)

Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/Ch 4/section 09)

4/71, 4/75/1-3


Quinquennial inspection report on St. Aidan' s church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, architects and surveyors, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, 7 July 1993 (1 file, typescript)


Quinquennial inspection report by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, DH1 3HB, September 1993
(1 file)


Quinquennial inspection report by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, DH1 3HB, September 1998
(1 file)


Quinquennial inspection report by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects, Unit 139, Stockton Business Centre, 70 Brunswick Street, Stcokton, TS18 1DW, March 2007
(1 file)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Ch 4/section 10)

4/3-5, 50


Letter from the Durham Diocesan Dilapidations Board, concerning the assessment, 5 March 1929
(1 paper , typescript)


Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1 November 1934 and 1 January 1940
(2 papers)


Letter from the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London, to Rev. F.W. Emmott, Chilton Vicarage, concerning the cost of dilapidations in the parish, 19 September 1968 Attached: Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923 to 1951, 18 September 1968
(2 papers)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Ch 4/section 11)Freewill offerings (Ref: EP/Ch 4/)

4/63-68


Account of freewill offerings, 4 July 1943 - 27 June 1954
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Account of freewill offerings, 4 July 1954 - 28 December 1958
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Account of freewill offerings, 3 January 1959 - 29 December 1963
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Account of freewill offerings, 5 January 1964 - 30 June 1968
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Account of freewill offerings, 7 July 1968 - 20 July 1969
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Account of freewill offerings, 6 July 1969 - 28 December 1980
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Account book (Ref: EP/Ch 4/)

4/2


Church account book, 1 January 1926 - 26 December 1937
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Ch 6/)Minutes (Ref: EP/Ch 6/section 01)

6/1-2, 6, 6/8/1-4
For Parochial Church Council minutes from 2005 onwards the parish of Great Aycliffe and Chilton are combined together and divided into five districts: Aycliffe Village (St. Andrew); Chilton (St. Aidan); Woodham Village, Newton Aycliffe (St. Elizabeth); Horndale, Newton Aycliffe (St Francis of Assisi); Newton Aycliffe (St. Clare)


Parochial Church Council meetings minutes, 9 July 1973 - 20 November 1981 Includes: Annual General Meetings minutes, 2 April 1974 - 21 April 1981
(1 file)


Parochial Church Council meetings minutes, 29 January 1982 - 27 November 1989 Includes: Annual General Meetings minutes, 13 April 1982 - 24 April 1989
(1 file)


Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 28 January 2002 - 12 January 2004
(1 file, typescript)


Parochial church council meetings minutes, 29 January 1990 - 10 November 1997 Includes: annual general meetings minutes, 26 April 1990 - 13 April 1997
(1 file)


Parochial church council meetings minutes, 12 January 1998 - 12 January 2004 Includes: annual general meetings minutes, 26 April 1998 - 13 April 2003
(1 file)


Great Aycliffe and Chilton parochial church council minutes of meetings, 18 March - 10 November 2004 Includes: St. Francis, St. Aidan, St. Clare, St. Andrew and St. Elizabeth district church committee; Sedgefield deanery synod and sub - committee minutes of meetings
(1 file)


Great Aycliffe and Chilton parochial church council minutes of meetings, 1 February 2005 - 6 October 2008 Includes: St. Francis, St. Aidan, St. Clare, St. Andrew and St. Elizabeth district church committee; sub - committee minutes of meetings
(1 file)

Annual general meetings (Ref: EP/Ch 6/section 02)

6/7/1-5
See also EP/Ch 6/1-2, 8/1-2


Minutes of meeting, 28 April 2002 Includes Vestry meeting
(4 papers, typescript)


Minutes of meeting, 25 April 2004
(6 papers, printed)


Great Aycliffe and Chilton parochial church council minutes of meeting, 17 April 2005 Note: incomplete with final pages missing
(1 file)


Great Aycliffe and Chilton parochial church council minutes of meeting, 30 April 2006 Note: incomplete with final pages missing
(1 file)


Great Aycliffe and Chilton parochial church council minutes of meeting, 27 April 2008
(1 file)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Ch 6/section 03)

6/3-5


Account book, January 1981 - December 1989
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Account of income of the Parochial Church Council, 2 January 1966 - 7 January 1979
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Account of income of the Parochial Church Council, 14 January 1979 - 3 January 1993
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Schools (Ref: EP/Ch 11/)

4/26-27


31 December 1863 (1) Guardians of John, Earl of Eldon (2) Minister and Chapel Wardens of Ferryhill Conveyance in trust by (1) to (2) of land for a school at Little Chilton Consideration: £110
(parchment, 2 membranes)


Letter from P. Carter, Diocesan Office, Durham to Rev. E. Johnson forwarding EP/Ch 4/26, 22 December 1954 Originally enclosed in EP/Ch 4/26
(1 paper)

Church societies (Ref: EP/Ch 13/)

2/48; 4/57


Attendance register of St. Aidan's bible class, 1 January - 27 December 1920, 1 January 1922 - 30 December 1934 Choir attendance register, 1 January - 25 June 1922 (1 volume, cloth bound)


Photograph of three members of the 1st Chilton (St. Aidan' s) C.A. Girl Guides and Brownies at the dedication of the coronation altar book that they presented to the parish church to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 4 June 1953
(1 photograph, 25 cm. x 36 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Ch 14/)

14/1-3


Chilton parish magazine, May 1947
(1 booklet)


St. Aidan's church 75th anniversary card, 2005
(1 booklet)


Brief description of the church in Chilton before 1930, n.d. [c. 1960s]
(2 papers, typescript, photocopies)