Catalogue Item

Register of baptisms, October, 1586 - July 1673 Few entries 1679 - 1703; register of marriages, February 1579 - October 1703; register of burials, September 1576 - March 1671 Few entries 1684 - 1697

Transcript of Volume 1, 1843

Register of baptisms, November 1673 - May 1684, October 1695 - August 1812; register of marriages, November 1673 - October 1684, November 1695 - August 1752; register of burials, September 1673 - August 1684 November 1695 - March 1812 Note of repairs to the Chancel, 1700 Agreements re the vicar's stipend, 1837 - 1865

Register of baptisms, March 1813 - June 1850

Register of baptisms, July 1850 - Ocbober 1947

Register of banns and marriages, May 1755 - May 1812

Register of marriages, May 1813 - May 1837

Register of banns, August 1814 - July 1823

Churchwardens' accounts, 1767 - 1884, with plans of the church

Registers of services, 1918 - 1971

Confirmation register, 1892 - 1945

Register of visiting clergy, 1887 - 1909

Photographs of the old church, 1889, and Rev. William Apter, c 1930

Miscellaneous papers re the rebuilding of the church, 1889 - 1892; times of service sheet, n.d.; form of service for consecration of St. Mary's church, Denton, 1891; form of prayer for coronation of King George V and Queen Mary, 1911; manuscript history of Denton Church, 1929; correspondence and plan of the National School, 1930; miscellaneous correspondence, including letters of Rev. Thomas Peacock re a dispute with the vicar of Gainford and the choice of his successor, 1739 - 1835

MSS History (Photocopy) of Denton and St. Mary's Church by H. Rowell (Diocesan Reader in Durham and Ripon Diocese), n.d., c 1930

Register of banns of marriage, 4 January 1824 - 31 May 1981

Register of burials, 12 April 1813 - 2 August 1976

Account of fees payable to the Chancellor and Registrar of the Diocese upon the consecration of Denton Church, October 1891

Terrier, 1932 - 1973

Terrier, 3 April 1944 - 28 April 1976

The London Gazette containing an Order in Council altering the boundaries of Denton and neighbouring parishes, 23 November 1928

Minutes of the Vestry and annual church meetings, 23 April 1935 - 15 April 1948; minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 5 June 1946 - 16 March 1948

Register of marriages, 14 May 1838 - 12 December 1987

Register of banns of marriage, 18 July 1982 - 24 June 1993

Form of service to be used at the consecration of the church of St. Mary, Denton, by the Bishop of Durham, 22 October 1891

Order of service of 'A Final Service of Thanksgiving for the centuries of Worship and Witness in the church of St. Mary the Virgin, Denton, Darlington', 8 October 1995

Estimate for the rebuilding of Denton church by J.P. Pritchett, architect, Darlington, January 1890

Contracts for the rebuilding of Denton church, January 1890 Stamped with the approval of the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890

List of general conditions to be observed by contractors for the rebuilding of Denton church, initialled by the various contractors, and approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890

Block plan of the new church of St. Mary at Denton, plan no. 1, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 31/8 inches to 100 feet [1:384]

Ground plan and sections of the new church of St. Mary at Denton, plan no.2, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet [1:96]

North, South, East and West elevations of the new church of St. Mary at Denton, plan no. 3, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet [1:96]

Foundation plan, roof plan, section through porch, section through organ chamber, longitudinal section looking south, of the new church of St. Mary at Denton, plan no. 4, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Includes plan of 'church as at present', February 1890 Scale: 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet [1:96]

Elevations, sections and plans of the side windows of the nave and of the chancel windows of Denton church, plan no. 5, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Elevations, sections and plans of the chancel door, porch windows and vestry windows, of Denton church, plan no. 6, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Sections, half-elevations, and plans of vestry doors at Denton church, plan no. 7, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Elevations, sections, and plans of the east and west windows, plan no. 8, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Elevation and section of bell gable to Denton church, plan no. 9 by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Elevations of buttress slopes, chimney tops, weather moulding on vestry roof, and elevation and section of air inlets to Denton church, plan no. 10, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 2 inches to 1 foot [1:6]

Section of eaves, apex stone, bond stone, upper and lower corbets, tabling and drawings of the cross at the east end of the nave and at the east end of the chancel for Denton church, drawing no. 11, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 2 inches to 1 foot [1:6]

Elevations looking east and west, plan and section of the chancel arch and elevation looking in and looking out, plan and section of the arch of the organ chamber to Denton church, drawing no. 12, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

Elevations of label terminations to Denton church, plan no. 13, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Full size

Elevation and plan of font and details of cap and base of font in Denton church, plan no. 14, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Section and elevation of the roof at Denton church, plan no. 15, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

Details, sections and elevations of the chancel roof at Denton church, plan no. 16, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

Sections, elevations and plans of nave seats in Denton church, plan no. 17, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 2 inches to 1 foot [1:6]

Section, elevation and plan of chancel stalls in Denton church, plan no. 18, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 2 inches to 1 foot [1:6]

Elevations, section and details of the prayer desk in Denton church, drawing no. 19, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 1.5 to 1 foot [1:8] [elevations and sections] Scale: full size [details]

Plans, elevation and section of pulpit in Denton church, plan no. 20, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Details, section and elevation of the chancel screen in Denton church, plan no. 21, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12] [elevation] Scale: full size [details and sections]

Elevation, plan and details of the reredos in Denton church, plan no. 22, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12] [plan and elevation] Scale: full size [details]

Details of pulpit at Denton church, plan no. 23, by J.P. Pritchett, architect and surveyor, Darlington, February 1890 Signed by the contractors, n.d., and stamped as approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 21 March 1890 Scale: full size

Working drawing of details of the screen and tracery on the reredos at Denton church, drawing no. 25, c.1890 Scale: full size

Working drawings of the cross on the screen at Denton church, drawing no. 26, c.1890 Scale: full size

Working drawing of reredos cross at Denton church, drawing no. 27, c.1890 Scale: full size

Working drawing of the centre panels of the reredos at Denton church, drawing no. 28, c. 1890 Scale: full size

Working drawing of details of the gates to the screen at Denton church, drawing no. 29, c.1890 Scale: full size On reverse: drawing of details of finials, drawing no. 58, c.1890 No scale given

Working drawing of details of panelling on the reredos at Denton church, drawing no. 30, c. 1890 Scale: full size (1 plan, 38 cm., x 56 cm., pencil) 60 Working drawing of the top tracery on the screen at Denton church, drawing no. 31, c. 1890 Scale: full size

Working drawing of details of chancel stalls at Denton church, drawing no. 32, c. 1890 Scale: full size

Working drawing of details of prayer desk in Denton church, drawing no. 33, c. 1890 Scale: full size

Working drawing of details of the pulpit in Denton church, drawing no. 34, c. 1890 Scale: full size

Working drawing of details of the lower part of the tracery on the screen at Denton church, drawing no. 35, c. 1890 Scale: full size

Working drawing of details described as 'circlet', 'boss', 'boss for carving' and 'top of cornice', at Denton church, drawing no. 36, c. 1890 No scale given

Working drawing of sections of sills and jamb to nave and chancel windows at Denton church, drawing no. 37, c. 1890 Scale: full size

Working drawing of sections of sills, jamb, arches and latches to vestry, porch, nave and chancel windows, drawing no. 38, c. 1890 Scale: full size

Working drawing of section of west window, of section of jamb and chancel arch, of section of bell gable arch, of section of latch to porch, chancel and vestry doors, at Denton church, drawing no. 39, c. 1890 Scale: full size

Working drawing of sections of jambs to doors in porch, to organ chamber arch and to vestry and chancel doors in Denton church, drawing no. 40, c. 1890 Scale: full size

Working drawing of sections of frame and boarding in Denton church, drawing no. 42, c. 1890 No scale given

Working drawing of sections of the porch, roof, vestry roof and organ chamber roof in Denton church, drawing no. 43, c. 1890 No scale given

Working drawing of details of the bell gable and vestry roof in Denton church, drawing no. 44, c. 1890 No scale given

Working drawing of elevation and sections of piscina in Denton church, drawing no. 44 [sic], c. 1890 Scale: full size

Working drawing of section of cornice, detail of roof and sections of ribs in Denton church, drawing no. 45, c. 1890 Scale: full size

Working drawing of elevations of shield to be used at chancel and vestry doors, at the east and on the bell gable in Denton Church, drawing no. 45 [sic], c. 1890 No scale given

Working drawing of details of corbels in Denton church, drawing no. 46, c. 1890 No scale given

Sketch of latch termination at Denton church, drawing no. 46 [sic], c. 1890 No scale given

Working drawing of corbels to tabling and nosing of buttresses at Denton church, drawing no. 47, c. 1890 Scale: full size

Working drawing of bell gable sill, at Denton church, drawing no. 48, c. 1890 No scale given

Working drawing of plan of chimney and details of plinth, splay, necking and cornice, at Denton church, drawing no. 49, c. 1890 No scale given

Working drawing of cross on east end of chancel at Denton church, drawing no. 50, c. 1890 No scale given

Working drawing of cross on east end of nave at Denton church, drawing no. 51, c. 1890 No scale given

Working drawing of cross on bell turret at Denton church, drawing no. 52, c. 1890 Scale: full size

Working drawing of horizontal rib to chancel roof in Denton church, drawing no. 54, c. 1890 No scale given

Working drawing of elevation, plan and section of closet in vestry at Denton church, drawing no. 55, c. 1890 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1 : 12] (1 plan, 38 cm. x 56 cm., pencil) For drawing no. 58 see EP/De 58

Sketches of carving of patterns to screen and reredos, leaves at end of cusping, crocket, cresting to screen and reredos and boss to gable of reredos, at Denton church, drawing no. 59, c. 1890 No scale given

Sketch of carving of bosses at Denton church, unnumbered, c. 1890 Scale: full size On reverse: ground plan and sketch elevation of house, n.d.

Working drawing of details of part of roof at Denton church, unnumbered, c. 1890 No scale given

Working drawing of details of lectern at Denton church, unnumbered, c. 1890 No scale given

Working drawing of lectern at Denton church, unnumbered, c. 1890 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Sketches of details of the lectern at Denton church, unnumbered, c. 1890 Scale: full size

Working drawing of console to organ at Denton church, unnumbered, c. 1890 Scale: 1 inch to 2 feet [1:24]

Tracing of plan and side view of organ in Denton church, unnumbered, c. 1890 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Working drawing of details of straps and hinges to vestry doors in Denton church, unnumbered, c.1890 No scale given

Working drawing of hinges to vestry door and chancel door at Denton church, unnumbered, c. 1890 No scale given

Working drawing of hinges to porch door at Denton church, unnumbered, c. 1890 No scale given

Working drawing of strap to porch door at Denton church, unnumbered, c. 1890 No scale given On reverse: working drawing of outer hinge to chancel door and of strap to font cover, c. 1890 Scale: not given [hinge] Scale: full size [strap]

Sketch of the lay-out of footpaths round Denton church, unnumbered, c. 1890 Scale: 6 1/4 inches to 100 feet

Tracing of the elevation of Denton church from 'a Working Drawing of the Present Church Dating 1810' and a tracing of an elevation from 'Working Drawing of Transept Dating 1835' and ground plan, of Denton church as it existed before the rebuilding of the 1890s, c. 1890 Scale: 3 inches to 30 feet [1:10] : 5 inches to 20 feet [1:48]

Faculty for the insertion of a stained glass window in the nave in memory of Rev. W. Apter, Vicar of Denton, 1884 - 1931, 29 June 1934

Faculty for the installation of an electric lighting system, 10 December 1947

Faculty for the installation of a bronze tablet in the chancel in memory of Rev. Albert Leslie Davies, vicar of the parish from 1931 to 1947, 15 July 1949

Faculty for the installation of four infra-red electric heaters, 6 September 1963 (1 paper) Records concerning the church fabric

Second architect's report under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, by Cordingley and McIntyre, Owengate House, Durham, 12 June 1963

Correspondence between the North Eastern Electricity Board, Haughton Road, Darlington; Rev. W.P. Stone, The Vicarage, Ingleton; Diocesan Advisory Committee, 16 The College, Durham; concerning the installation of infra-red electric heaters in the church, 8 July - 1 October 1963

Third architect's report under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, by Cordingley and McIntyre, Owengate House, Durham, 19 August 1968

Record of repairs, 1969-1975

Survey report and specification on Denton church by Rentokil Laboratories, Ltd., Lansdowne Terrace, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 13 January 1969

Visitors' book, 2 August 1992 - 7 November 1995

Statements of account, 1957-1966, 1968-1976, 1979-1980, 1983-1985, 1987

Elevation and section of font and cover to be erected as a memorial to Rev. William Newton, M.A., vicar of Rotherham Church, Yorkshire, drawn by John P. Seddon, architect and printed in The Building News, 20 February 1880

Register of baptisms, 23 March 1948 - 19 November 1995

Register of services, 2 January 1972 - 19 November 1995

Order of service for harvest thanksgiving and celebration of one hundred years of church life since the consecration of the church on 22 October 1891, 20 October 1991

Account book, 1884 - 1995 At beginning: account of cost of re-building the church and list of subscribers, 1890-1891

Offertory account book, 22 April 1906 - 16 April 1922, 13 December 1932 - 8 October 1995; churchwardens' accounts, 1 January 1921 - 23 August 1931

Table of fees, c.1891

Return of church finance and membership made to the Diocese of Durham, 1987 - 1989, 1991, 1993-1994

Return concerning church membership and finance, part of the diocesan survey, for the parish of Denton, 4 July 1988

Assessment of the parish share of the costs of the Diocese of Durham to be made by the parish of Denton, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994

Ground plan of St. Mary's Church, Denton, c. 1890 Scale: 5 inches to 40 feet [1:96]

Terrier, 1932-1984

'Denton and St. Mary's Church' by Herbert Rowell, Diocesan Reader, Durham and Ripon Diocese, n.d. c. 1955 Includes: drawing of the tomb of wife of Aubrey Coynners sketch of the bell of 1846 sketch ground plan of the church and the churchyard sketch map of the course of the Cocken Beck sketch elevation and ground plan of unidentified church sketch ground plan of the church of 1910 sketch elevation of the north transept of 1835 added to the 1810 church and sketch ground plan of the seating in the transept list of successive churches at Denton from 1190-1891 list of vicars of Denton, 1190-1995 sketch of exterior of church and a number of gravestones identified by name and date history of Denton and its church list of curates or vicars of Denton, 1190-1948 history of Denton Hall transcript of memoranda in the parish register, 1700-1810 account of alterations to, and re-buildings of, the church in the nineteenth century newspaper cutting of 1952 concerning, and history of, Walworth Castle extracts from the vestry books description of communion plate and the windows description of 'ancient stones' extracts from churchwardens' account book list of churchwardens, 1578-1955 description of the endowment of the living history of Walworth Hall

Note concerning the desirability of uniting the livings of Ingleton and Dent, n.d. Originally enclosed in EP/De 123

Correspondence between Rev. J. Boocock, The Vicarage, Ingleton; Durham Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Mrs. D. Kenyon, West End Farm, Ingleton; The Council for the Care of Churches, Fielden House, Great College Street, London and 83 London Wall, London; Durham Diocesan Pastoral Committee; Canon T.J.D. Ollier, The Vicarage, Gainford; Department of Development Services, Darlington Borough Council, Town Hall, Darlington; The Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; concerning the closure of Denton Church, including a report on the church by the Council for the Care of Churches, and the future of the graveyard, November 1994 - 20 December 1995

Order-of-Service for a final Service of Thanksgiving for the centuries of Worship and Witness in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Denton, Darlington, Harvest Thanksgiving and Holy Communion celebrated by the Bishop of Durham, 8 October 1995

Cutting from The Northern Echo containing an article on the last service on 8 October 1995 in the church at Denton, 14 October 1995

Cuttings from unidentified newspapers concerning the closure of the church, October 1995