Dunston St. Nicholas with Christ Church Parish
Reference: EP/Dun.SN Catalogue Title: Dunston St. Nicholas with Christ Church Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description:
Covering Dates: 1922 - 2011
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- Dunston St. Nicholas with Christ Church Parish
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Created as Dunston, St Nicholas parish in 1929, it reunited in 1977 with Dunston, Christ Church parish to become Dunston, St Nicholas with Christ ChurchCatalogue Contents
Dunston, St Nicholas (Ref: EP/Dun.SN)01 Registration (Ref: EP/Dun.SN )Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Dun.SN section 01)
Includes Dunston, Christ Church from 1 January 1978
1, 109/1-3
Register of baptisms, June 1929 - October 1948
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 109/1Register of baptisms, 17 October 1948 - 27 January 1985
Pages 25 and 26, covering the period 16 August - 21 September 1953, are missing from this register
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 109/2Register of baptisms, 24 February 1985 - 16 March 2003
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 109/3Register of baptisms, 16 March 2003 - 17 October 2011
(1 volume)
Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Dun.SN section 02)Includes Dunston, Christ Church from 1 January 1978
2-4, 110/1-3
Register of marriages, September 1937 - June 1940
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 3Register of marriages, June 1940 - June 1951
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 4Register of marriages, June 1951 - March 1967
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 110/1Register of marriages, 18 March 1967 - 27 September 1980
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 110/2Register of marriages, 4 October 1980 - 7 September 2002
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 110/3Register of marriages, 21 September 2002 - 8 March 2008
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Dun.SN section 03)5-6, 30, 104-105, 118/1
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 5Register of banns of marriage, 1937 - 1958
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 6Register of banns of marriage, 1958 - 1972
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 30Register of banns of marriage, 19 November 1972 - 17 September 1978
(1 volume, leather bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 104Register of banns of marriage, 10 September 1978 - 29 April 1984
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 105Register of banns of marriage, 6 May 1984 - 28 May 1990
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 118/1Register of banns of marriage, 3 June 1990 - 16 October 2011
(1 volume)
02 Clergy (Ref: EP/Dun.SN )Registers of services (Ref: EP/Dun.SN section 01)9-14, 31, 102-103, 112/1-3
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 9Register of services, May 1929 - May 1939
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 10Register of services, May 1939 - May 1956
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 11Register of services, March 1956 - November 1959
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 12Register of services, November 1959 - October 1962
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 13Register of services, October 1962 - July 1967
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 14Register of services, July 1967 - November 1971
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 31Register of services, 28 November 1971 - 24 June 1976
(1 volume, leather bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 102Register of services, 27 June 1976 - 24 February 1985
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 103Register of services, 20 January 1985 - 27 August 1988
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 112/1Register of services, 28 August 1988 - 29 July 1996
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 112/2Register of services, 4 August 1996 - 19 December 2004
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 112/3Register of services, 20 December 2004 - 31 August 2011
(1 volume)
Creation of parish (Ref: EP/Dun.SN section 02)84, 111/1
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 84Correspondence concerning the church hall; and the transition of the conventional district to a separate parish, 7 December 1929 - 16 August 1940
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 111/1Copy certificate of the Church Commissioners, approving the church of Dunston, St Nicholas as a parish church, 24 September 1965
(1 paper, typescript)
Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Dun.SN section 03)88, 95
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 88Map of the district of All Saints, Lobley Hill, 1949
Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1: 10560]
(1 plan, paper, 45 cm x 37 cm, coloured)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 952 October 1939
(1) Rev. William Usher, minister of St. Nicholas
(2) Rev. Frederick James Tackley, minister of All Saints, Lobley Hill
(3) Bishop of Durham
Agreement for establishing a conventional district of All Saints, Lobley Hill
(1 file)
Benefice income (Ref: EP/Dun.SN section 04)92
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 92Grant of endowment of specified tithe rent charges by the rector of Whickham to the incumbent of St. Nicholas, Dunston, 30 April 1936
(1 file)
Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Dun.SN section 05)87, 93
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 87Copy of a letter from the Bishop of Durham to the Rev. H.S. Stephenson R.D., The Rectory, Gateshead, advising clergy against joining the Local Defence Volunteers, 25 - 28 May 1940
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 93Declaration of assent to the Thirty-nine articles by Rev. William Usher, minister of the District of St. Nicholas, Dunston, 27 September 1936
(1 paper)
Licence for performance of divine service (Ref: EP/Dun.SN section 06)94
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 94Licence for the performance of divine service in the unconsecrated church of All Saints, Lobley Hill, 8 September 1939
(1 paper)
04 Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Dun.SN )Church (Ref: EP/Dun.SN section 01)Church site (Ref: EP/Dun.SN )83
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 834 December 1922
(1) Rector of Whickham
(2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners
Copy of conveyance of 3,150 sq. yrds. of ground as the site for a new church of St. Nicholas, Dunston
(1 file)
Plans (Ref: EP/Dun.SN )89-91
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 89-91Plans and observations of the new church of St. Nicholas, Dunston, by Messrs, Newcombe and Newcombe, 23 Eldon Square, Newcastle, chartered architects, October 1961 - September 1963
Scales: 16 feet to 1 inch [1:192], 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(3 plans, papers, 66 cm x 37 cm., 72 cm x 53 cm, and 70 cm x 54 cm)
Organ (Ref: EP/Dun.SN )98-99
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 98-99Report on the organ by Henry M. Johnson, 25 February 1950
(1 paper, 1 envelope)
Church plate (Ref: EP/Dun.SN )115/1-4, 116/1-2
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 115/1Photographs of church silver, taken for insurance purposes, n.d. [c1990]
1)Chalice with a flattened brim and hexagonal base
(1 photograph, 12.5 cm x 9 cm, black and white)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 115/2Photographs of church silver, taken for insurance purposes, n.d. [c1990]
2)Chalice with a broad, flattened brim and flower-shaped base, engraved in memory of [John S. Lee]
(1 photograph, 12.5 cm x 9 cm, black and white)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 115/3Photographs of church silver, taken for insurance purposes, n.d. [c1990]
3)Salver with a wafer box and two decanters resting on it
(1 photograph, 12.5 cm x 9 cm, black and white)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 115/4Photographs of church silver, taken for insurance purposes, n.d. [c1990]
4)A collection of silver, comprising 3 chalices, one with a lid; 2 salvers, 2 decanters resting on a tray and a wafer box
(1 photograph, 12.5 cm x 9 cm, black and white)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 116/1Photographs of church silver, taken for insurance purposes by Philipson Studios, 20 Oxford Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [1992]
1)Chalice with hexagonal base
(1 photograph, 21 cm x 16 cm, black and white)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 116/2Photographs of church silver, taken for insurance purposes by Philipson Studios, 20 Oxford Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [1992]
2)Salver engraved in memory of Thomas and Edith Fenbow
(1 photograph, 21 cm x 16 cm, black and white)
Repairs (Ref: EP/Dun.SN )33, 85-86
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 33Bills of quantities for proposed church and vicarage at Dunston for the Parochial Church Council of St. Nicholas, January 1964
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 85 - 86Specification for the painting and decorating of St. Nicholas Church, 22 May 1939
(2 papers)
Vicarage (Ref: EP/Dun.SN section 02)113/1
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 113/1Copy land certificate, certifying the registration of the title to 14 Park Avenue, Dunston (of the incumbent of the benefice of Dunston St Nicholas with Christ Church), 10 February 1987
(11 papers, printed form, photocopied)
Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Dun.SN section 03)107-108
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 107Inventory and terrier, 31 January 1966
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 108Inventory and terrier, 23 June 1992
(1 file)
Log books (Ref: EP/Dun.SN section 04)114/1
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 114/1Log book, October 1991 - May 2003
(1 booklet, printed form, cloth bound)
Quinquennial reports (Ref: EP/Dun.SN section 06)32, 100-101
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 32Correspondence file including: plans; quinquennial reports; schedules of maintenance; dilapidations reports; insurance; mortgages concerning church and vicarage, 19 January 1961 - 4 May 1973
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 100Quinquennial report on St. Nicholas' vicarage, March 1973
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 101Quinquennial report on St. Nicholas' vicarage, November 1978
(1 file)
Financial records (Ref: EP/Dun.SN section 07)15-25, 27-29, 34-36
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 15Building Fund account, 1929 - 1937
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 16-18Cash books, 1929 - 1959
(3 volumes)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 19-25Ledgers, 1961 - 1967 and n.d.
(7 volumes)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 27Deposit account, 1943 - 55
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 28Accounts, 1942 - 1968
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 29Accounts, 1960 - 1968
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 34Account book, 8 June 1970 - 2 February 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 35Account book, 1 January 1972 - 3 January 1973
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 36Account book, 1 January 1973 - 31 December 1975
(1 volume, cloth bound)
06 Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Dun.SN )Minutes of meetings (Ref: EP/Dun.SN section 01)7-8, 37-44, 106
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 7Annual Vestry and P.C.C. meetings' minutes, 1929 - 1936
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 8Annual Vestry and P.C.C. meetings' minutes, 1937 - 1948
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 37Minutes of the Parochial Church Council and Annual Church Meetings, 5 April 1948 - 13 September 1954
(1 volume, cloth quarter bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 38Minutes of the Parochial Church Council and Annual Church Meetings, 11 October 1954 - 12 October 1959
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 39Minutes of the Parochial Church Council and Annual Church Meetings, 2 November 1959 - 14 September 1964
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 40Minutes of the Parochial Church Council and Annual Church Meetings, 12 October 1964 - 12 May 1969
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 41Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 9 June 1969 - 28 April 1975
(1 volume, paper bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 42Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 29 September 1975 - 12 September 1983
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 43Minutes of Annual Church Meetings, 19 January 1970 - 3 March 1987
(1 volume, cloth quarter bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 44Minutes of the Standing Committee, 24 March 1975 - December 1975
(1 volume, cloth quarter bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 106Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 4 March 1985 - 14 March 1988
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Accounts (Ref: EP/Dun.SN section 02)26, 45-82
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 26Parochial Church accounts, 1969 - 1970
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 45Parochial accounts, January 1976 - August 1980
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 46-82Copies of annual reports and balance sheets, 1964, 1968 - 80
(37 papers)
12 Charities (Ref: EP/Dun.SN)96-97
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 96Copy of Charity Commissioners' order transferring the administration of the Mission Church and Hall in the parish of Christ Church to the Parochial Church Council of St. Nicholas, 4 February 1941
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 97Copy of Charity Commissioners' order transferring land in Ashwood Gardens, Gateshead, to the Parochial Church Council of All Saints, Lobley Hill, 11 March 1941
(1 paper)
14 Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Dun.SN Section 14)Visitors' books (Ref: EP/Dun.SN )117/1
Ref: EP/Dun.SN 117/1St Nicholas's church visitors' book, 8 May 1966 - 8 October 1973
(1 volume, cloth bound)
