Catalogue

Faculty authorising alterations to the chancel steps; removal of the front pews, the re-arrangement of the furnishings and the introduction of new lighting and new carpets, 15 September 1972

Faculty authorising the complete re-ordering of the interior of St Nicholas's church, the installation of a three manuel Hart organ and the installation of a small chamber organ constructed from parts of the previous Binns Church organ, 14 May 1981

Faculty authorising the conversion of the former vicar's vestry in the south west corner of the church for the purpose of a retail sales area for goods made by disabled or disadvantaged people, or organisations which support such groups, 29 October 1981

Church visitors' book, 12 July 1996 - 6 July 2001

Ref No: EP/Du.SN 2/313 Temp No: Acc No: 3037 Order-of-service for the dedication of the 'rebuilt church of St. Nicholas' Durham City', 23 October 1981 (1 booklet)

Correspondence between City of Durham, directorate of Technical and Leisure Services, Ruth First House, Claypath, Durham; St Nicholas's church, Market Place, Durham and Stringer & Jones, architects, The Old School, Stainton, Middlesbrough, concerning the local authority's request that the church fence off a dangerous access to open space around the church and cut back overgrown trees, 23 July - 13 November 1997

Plan of proposed railings at St Nicholas's church, by Stringer & Jones, architects, The Old School, Stainton, Middlesbrough, 28 August 1997 Scales: 1:20 and 1:2

Correspondence between Rural Developments [Beckett] Ltd., Holme House, Eastgate, Bishop Auckland; Rev. Dr. George Carey, St Nicholas Vicarage, Claypath, Durham; A. R. Middleton, Bellevue Bungalow, 76 Claypath, Durham; Dr. Paul Truelove, 77 Claypath, Durham; Hayton, Lee & Braddock, chartered architects, Owengate, Durham; Peter Cox Ltd., Factory 5, Armstrong Estate, Washington, Tyne and Wear; Archdeacon of Durham, 7 The College, Durham and Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland documenting problems with the accommodation at the vicarage in Claypath, leading to the conclusion that it is no longer fit for purpose and needs replacing, 11 October 1976 - 18 February 1982

Floor plans, elevations and site plan of proposed St. Nicholas' parsonage, Bakehouse Lane, Durham, by Eric Newsham, architect, Allan House, City Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, January 1984 Scales: 1:50, 1:200

Sections and plumbing diagrams of proposed St. Nicholas' parsonage, Bakehouse Lane, Durham, by Eric Newsham, architect, Allan House, City Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, January 1984 Scale: 1:50

Copy land certificate relating to land adjoining the north side of 17 Gilesgate, Durham, 22 April 1985

Correspondence between Mr. and Mrs. N Leake, 15 Gilesgate, Durham; Rev. M.J. Wilcock, St. Nicholas' Vicarage, Bakehouse Lane, Durham; Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; Harding & Handy, solicitors, 35 West Sunniside, Sunderland and Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, 26 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, concerning a claim that a right of way exists from 15 Gilesgate across the vicarage garden to Bakehouse Lane, 23 April 1987 - 31 December 1991

1 January 1988 (1) Rev. Michael Wilcock, St Nicholas' Vicarage, Durham (2) Mr. N. Leake, 15 Gilesgate, Durham Licence from (1) to (2) allowing access on foot over part of the vicarage garden for 364 days Includes plan

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of St Nicholas' vicarage, by A.O. Lee, Diocesan Surveyor, Owengate House, Durham, June 1978

Report of the surveyor, A.O. Lee, following the quinquennial inspection, listing repairs at the vicarage that need immediate attention, 13 July 1978

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of St Nicholas' vicarage, by A.O. Lee, Diocesan Surveyor, Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, May 1983

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of St Nicholas' vicarage, by D.L. Renton, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, February 1989

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of St Nicholas' vicarage, by D.L. Renton, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, November 1993

Specification of repairs identified as necessary during the quinquennial inspection of St Nicholas' vicarage, by D.L. Renton, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, November 1993

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of St Nicholas's vicarage by D.L. Renton, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, January 1998

Archdeacon's enquiries, in anticipation of the departure of the incumbent, 20 April 1981

Correspondence between Ven. G.J.C. Marchant, Archdeacon of Auckland, 15 The College, Durham; Hayton, Lee & Braddock, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham; Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Rev M. Wilcock, St. Nicholas Vicarage, Claypath, Durham; Mr. Peter Green, 12 Gilesgate, Durham; Wilsons (North East) Ltd., Thrislington; A.R. Middleton, Bellevue Bungalow, 76 Claypath, Durham; R.A. Abernethy, 21 Westcott Drive, Durham; Dr. P. Truelove, 77 Claypath, Durham; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; Dr. D. Gregory-Smith, 4 Hastings Avenue, Durham; M.J. Williams, 4 Crossgate, Durham; Church Pastoral Aid Society Patronage Trust, Falcon Court, 32 Fleet Street, London; Bishop of Jarrow, Melkridge House, Gilesgate, Durham; Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, 26 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington; Durham City Building Supplies, Frankland Lane End, Framwellgate Waterside, Durham; H.E. Ferens & Son, solicitors, 38 Saddler Street, Durham; Northern Forestry, Helme Park, Bishop Auckland and F. Peart & Co. Ltd., Baltic Works, Baltic Street, Hartlepool, Cleveland concerning the identification of a site for a new vicarage and its construction, 9 August 1982 - 25 February 1987

Correspondence between the City of Durham, Environmental Health Department, Browney House, Browney, Durham; vicar of Durham, St. Nicholas, St Nicholas' Vicarage, Claypath, Durham; Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; S.T. Coulson Estates Ltd., builders and contractors, Whitwell Villas, Langley Moor; H.E. Ferens & Son, solicitors, 38 Saddler Street, Durham; City of Durham, Planning Department, Byland Lodge, Hawthorn Terrace, Durham; R. & B.H. Alderson Ltd., building contractors, Whitehouse Lane, Ushaw Moor; G.A. Wood & Sons, 10 Coniston, Vigo; Close & Weston, chartered surveyors, 36 Saddler Street, Durham; P. Welsh & Co, solicitors, Bridge End, Front Street, Chester le Street; Clive Rook, estate agents and surveyors, 5 Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; North East Damp-proofing Services, Unit 22D, Dragonville Industrial Estate, Durham; E. Gilderoy (Durham) Ltd., builders, contractors and developers, 11 Allergate, Durham; David Weeks, builder and contractor, Mount House, Springwell, Gateshead; General Dampcourse & Woodworm Co. Ltd., Stepney Bank, Newcastle upon Tyne; B. Dobson, Grey College, South Road, Durham; Smith Roddam, solicitors, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; Alan H. Smith, St Nicholas Church, Market Place, Durham; J.W. Wood, chartered valuation surveyors, 7 Old Elvet, Durham and Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, 26 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, concerning the purchase, maintenance and improvement of 14/15 Providence Row and eventual sale of the property, 6 April 1977 - 11 September 2001

Inspection report on 15 Providence Row, Durham and opinion on the building's ability to support an extension, by Ian Smales, chartered surveyor and valuer, Black Horse Cottages, Old Cornsay, 10 May 1977

'Project Providence' leaflets appealing for donations to help raise £30,000 to purchase and renovate 14 Providence Row, Durham, purchase Christian literature for Spain and renovate St Nicholas's church, 1985

12 September 1994 (1) Stephen Hey, representing St Nicholas's church (2) Imogen Taylor Short-term tenancy agreement whereby (1) agrees to let to (2) 14/15 Providence Row, Durham for 1 month at a rent of £25 per week

28 September 1994 (1) Stephen Hey, representing St Nicholas's church (2) Alan Ingram Short-term tenancy agreement whereby (1) agrees to let to (2) 14/15 Providence Row, Durham for 1 month at a rent of £25 per week.

1 October 2001 (1) St Nicholas's church (2) Isaac Bartholomew and Piers Dobson Tenancy agreement whereby (1) agrees to let to (2) 15 Providence Row, Durham for 9 months at a rent of £160 per month

Specification and quotation for an intruder alarm system at 15 Providence Row, Durham, by CDS Security Ltd, Unit 7, Dragonville Industrial Estate, Durham, 23 May 1996

Plans of the proposed St Nicholas Church Youth Centre refurbishment, comprising location plan, existing floor plan and section and floor and roof plans; sections, M+E services, floor and loft plans and roof details; details of doors and frames and sliding folding screen, by Stringer & Jones, architects, The Old School, Stainton, Middlesbrough, March 2003 Scales: 1:1250, 1:100 and 1:50; 1:5, 1:20 and 1:2

Building contract between St Nicholas Parochial Church Council and Harris Construction, 18 Commercial Road East, Coxhoe, for re-roofing of the existing youth centre, expansion into the roof space, internal alterations and general refurbishment of the building both internally and externally, 4 July 2003

Health and safety plan, prepared April 2003, for the proposed Youth Centre refurbishment at St Nicholas's church, by Teigh & Co, planning supervisors, The Granary, 17a High Street, Yarm, Cleveland, 4 July 2003

Contract bills of quantity, prepared April 2003, for the Youth Centre refurbishment at St Nicholas's church, by Stringer & Jones, architects, The Old School, Stainton, Middlesbrough and Teigh & Co, chartered quantity surveyors, The Granary, 17a High Street, Yarm, Cleveland, 4 July 2003

Basement and attic plan of Belle Vue House, Claypath, proposed vicarage for the parish of St. Nicholas, Durham, by George Ord, architect and surveyor, 26 The Avenue, Durham, May 1898 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Ground and first floor plan of proposed vicarage of Belle Vue House, proposed vicarage for the parish of St. Nicholas, Durham, May 1898

27 October 1917 (1) The Trustees of the Saint Nicholas Church Estate (2) Very Rev. Herbert Hensley Henson, Dean of Durham Memorandum of agreement whereby (1) agrees to remove any advertising hoarding from 34 Framwellgate which (2) considers obstructs the view of the city Consideration: £12 p.a. for 7 years

Abstract of title of the Official Trustee of Charity Lands to 34 Framwellgate in the City of Durham, 1902 - 1937

Correspondence between the City of Durham; Hargreaves and Joblin, solicitors, Durham; J.T. Pegge, St. Nicholas' Court, Market Place, Durham; the Inland Revenue Valuation Office, Government Buildings, 81 St. Mary's Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; G.A. Carpenter and Son, 3 North Bailey, Durham, solicitors; the Charity Commission; concerning the compulsory purchase of 34 Framwelgate, 28 January 1937 - 13 July 1938

Statements of rents of, and expenditure on, property situate at 34 Framwellgate and Paradise Lane, Durham, November 1921 - June 1947

Correspondence between City of Durham, Town Hall, Durham, and J.H. Mitchinson, 162 Gilesgate, Durham, concerning repairs to property in Paradise Lane, 19 November 1927 - 29 June 1928 (5 papers) Records of land at Whitesmocks

24 November 1919 (1) Trustees of The Church Estate in the Parish of St. Nicholas in the City of Durham (2) Abram Appleton of Western Cottage, Durham City, market gardener Lease for 7 years from 23 November 1919 from (1) to (2) of a parcel of land (1a.2r.5p.) adjoining the highway leading from Crossgate Moor to the Newcastle Road Plan enclosed Consideration: £6 p.a.

Plan of St. Nicholas' church land at Whitesmocks laid out for small villas by J.T. Pegge, June 1933

Plan of St. Nicholas' Land at Whitesmocks, Durham, for St. Nicholas Church Trustees, for sale to J.L. Forster and Son of Crook, 1933

1933 (1) Francis Edward Joblin of the City of Durham, solicitor, on behalf of the trustees of charities known as St. Nicholas Church Estate and The Hole House Farm Charity in the Parish of St. Nicholas in the City of Durham (2) Albert Forster and Son, builders and contractors, Peases West, Crook Draft conveyance from (1) to (2) of land (1a.1r.30p.) at Whitesmocks Consideration: £700

Correspondence between J.T. Pegge, architect, building, estate, land and quantity surveyor, St. Nicholas Court, Market Place, Durham; Messrs. Hargreaves and Joblin, solicitors, Durham; the Charity Commission, Ryder Street, St. James', London; Durham County Council, Shire Hall, Durham; Albert Forster and Son, builders and contractors, Peases West, Crook; concerning the sale of the St. Nicholas' estate at Whitesmocks, Durham, 17 October 1932 - 30 December 1933

Correspondence between Messrs. J. Mawson and Son; The Tithe Redemption Commission, Finsbury Square House, London; and the Rev. F.H. Pickering, St. Nicholas Vicarage, Durham, concerning the allocation of part of an annuity charged on land at Wittion Gilbert, 18 June 1942 - 22 February 1943

Correspondence between Messrs. J. Mawson and Son, solicitors, Exchequer Offices, North Bailey, Durham; Tithe Redemption Commission, Finsbury House, London; Charity Commission, Ryder Street, St. James's London; concerning the extinguishment of an annuity on land at Witton Gilbert, 29 October - 6 December 1950

Assessment of development land value on land at Witton Gilbert, belonging to the St. Nicholas Church Estate, 22 December 1950

Correspondence between the Ministry of Works, Broadway West, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Messrs. J. Mawson and Son, solicitors, Exchequer Buildings, Durham, concerning the proposal by the National Coal Board to mine on land at Sniperley, 6 July 1955 - 14 February 1957 Plan attached (7 papers

19 April 1773 (1) Robert Richardson of Stockton-on-Tees, master and mariner, and William Richardson of Wapping Wall in the parish of Shadwell, Middlesex, apothecary, children and devisees of George Richardson, late of Sunderland near the Sea, master and mariner (2) John Kirtley of Wolviston, schoolmaster, and wife, Ann, daughter and devisee of William Richardson, late of Wolviston, yeoman, deceased (3) John Collins of Droitwich, Co. Worcester, salt officer, and wife, Mary; William Burden of Watlington, Co. Oxford, innkeeper, and wife, Faith; Ann Finch of Charles Street, London, spinster; Mary Collins, Faith Burden and Ann Finch, nieces and co-heirs of Gascoyne Finch late of Norton, gent., deceased (4) Ann Harrison and Elizabeth Harrison, both of Yarm, Co. York, spinsters, grand daughters and heirs of Robert Shaw, late of Newsham, in the parish of Egglescliff, yeoman, deceased (5) Robert Gibson of Newsham, gent (6) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy (7) Rev. Jonathan Branfoot, curate of the curacy of St. Nicholas Copy bargain and sale from (3) and (4) at the direction of (1) and (2) and with the approbation of (6) and (7) of a messuage in Easington, formerly in the occupation of Christopher Paxton, with two parcels of land known as Three Burn Ends and Gosling Letch and two parcels of land known as East Turbat Knowle and West Turbat Knowle; (7) to hold the property for the perpetual augmentation of the curacy of St. Nicholas. Robert Richardson (1) agrees to surrender three acres of land to the Lord of the Manor of Easington to the use of (7) Consideration: £500 by (6) to (5) for the redemption of a mortgage; £300 by (6) to (1) and (2); 5s. each to (1), (2), (3) and (4)

'Plan of Lands near Easington appropriate to the Lectureship of St. Nicholas in Durham' [Rymers Moor and Kippon Bank] and 'Plan of Lands near Easington and a Tenement in Easington belonging to George Robinson Esqr. NB These Lands were formerly in the same lease with Lecureship [ sic] Lands, but now in a seperate [sic ] Lease', by W.E. Walker, July 1815 Includes: list of acreages and names of fields Scale: 5 inches to 20 chains [1 : 3168]

1 August 1854 (1) Edward Shipperdson of the City of Durham, esq., and Robert Waugh of the City of Durham, esq. (2) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham (3) John Bramwell of the City of Durham, solicitor; Alan William Hutchinson of the said city, merchant; Henry John Marhsall of the said city, solicitor; William Shields, late of the said city and now of Lanchester, gent., William Darling of the said city, gent.; William Lloyd Wharton of Dryburn near the said city, esq.; James Brooksmith of the said city, esq., Robert Hoggett of the said city, gent; John Trotter of the said city, doctor of medicine; Henry John Spearman of Newton Hall, near the said city, esq.; John Shields of the said city, merchant; John Tiplady of the said city, gent Bargain and sale from (1) to (3) at the request of (2) of a messuage, and one main and a half containing 13.5 acres, both in Easington, now in the tenure of John Stephenson, subject to a lease for lives from the Bishop of Durham dated 18 September 1830; lease taken upon trust for the lecturers of St. Nicholas, the advowson of which is vested in the Mayor and Aldermen of the City; Bargain and sale from (1) to (3) at the request of (2) of a messuage, and one main and a half containing 13.5 acres, both in Easington, now in the tenure of John Stephenson, subject to a lease for lives from the Bishop of Durham dated 18 September 1830; lease taken upon trust for the lecturers of St. Nicholas, the advowson of which is vested in the Mayor and Aldermen of the City; bargain and sale also of a close (4.5 a.) near the town of Easington subject to a lease from the Bishop of Durham of 28 August 1789

1 August 1854 (1) Henry John Spearman of Newton Hall, near the City of Durham, esq.; Henry Shipperdson of the said city, esq; Robert Waugh of the said city, esq.; John Wetherall Hays of the said city, gent. (2) Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham (3) John Henry Forster of the said city, gent. Assignment from (1) to (3) at the direction of (2) of the residue of a lease of 99 years from 19 October 1797, of 5a, 16p. and 1r. of land in a close called Ellis Leazes in St. Giles'; 2r.27p. in a certain close called Broad Close in St. Giles, £3 6s.8d. p.a. of their profit to be devoted to the upkeep of Framwellgate and Elvet Bridges and the residue to the lectureship of St. Nicholas Endorsed: 2 August 1854 (1) John Hey Foster (2) John Bramwell and others Reassignment from (1) to (2) of property as defined in assignment of 1 August 1854

2 August 1854 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (3) John Bramwell, of the said city, solicitor; William Hutchinson of the said city, wine merchant; Henry John Marshall of the said city, solicitor; William Shields late of the said city, now of Lanchester, gent.; William Darling of the said city, gent.; William Lloyd Whartonof Dryburn near the said city, esq.; James Brooksbank of the said city, esq.; Robert Hoggett of the said city, gent.; Robert Hoggett of the said city, gent.; John Trotter of the said city, doctor of medicine; Henry John Spearman of Newton Hall, near the said city, esq.; John Shields of the said city, merchant; John Tiplady of the said city, gent.; all trustees (4) Rev. Edward Davison of the said city, clerk (5) George Smith of the said city, gent. Conveyance from (1) to (4) of the advowson of the Lectureship of the parish of St. Nicholas, Durham Consideration: £350

'Valuation of land at and near Easington belonging to the incumbent of St. Nicholas' Church, Durham', signed by Matthew Ryle, 3 February 1859

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 11 Whitehall Place, London, to Rev. G.T. Fox, Durham, informing the latter that the lectureship of St. Nicholas may be annexed to the vicarage of St. Nicholas if the endowments of the lectureship are transferred to the Ecclesiastical Commission, 21 May 1859

London Gazette publishing the order-in-council, of 26 October 1860, uniting the perpetual curacy of St. Nicholas with the office of the lecturer of St. Nicholas and uniting their sources of income, 30 October 1860 At end: engraving of old St. Nicholas' church and new St. Nicholas' church and final report of the committee for the re-building of St. Nicholas' church, final accounts and list of subscribers, 30 June 1859 Account by Rev. G.T. Fox of the re-building of the church, c.1861 Account by Rev. G.T. Fox of the new burial ground, c.1861 Account of the 'Instructions given to the Sexton of St. Nicholas' on the opening of the New Burial Ground', 10 April 1861 with pencilled addendum, 12 September 1874 'Record of the Purchase of the St. Nicholas' Lectureship & its presentation to the Living by me, together the steps taken to unite them in one' by Rev. G.T. Fox, c.1861 'Record of the Callaghan Lectureship', by G.T. Fox, c.1861 'Schedule of the Property originally belonging to the Living of St. Nicholas - being Copyhold Land under the Bishop in and near the Village of Easington in the County of Durham ...', by G.T. Fox, c.1861 'Schedule of the Property originally belonging to the Lectureship of St. Nicholas, being Leasehold under the Bishop in & near the Village of Easington, but which was franchised & annexed to the Living ...', by G.T. Fox, c.1861 'Schedule of all the Property now belonging to the Living of St. Nicholas Durham', by G.T. Fox, c.1861 'Copy of Valuation of the Easington Land made by Mr. Ryle', 3 February 1859 Cutting from The Illustrated London News , describing the re-building of St. Nicholas' church, including an engraving of the interior and exterior from the south, 25 December 1858

London Gazette, 30 October 1860

Plan of Bakehouse Leas in the parish of St. Giles, Durham, c.1860 Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1 : 3168]

Schedule of 'Property originally belonging to the Lectureship of St. Nicholas' Durham, being Leasehold under the Bishop in and near the Village of Easington in the County of Durham - but which was franchised and annexed to the Living by Order in Council dated 30 Octr. 1860 and is coloured Red on the Ordnance Maps' and schedule of 'Property originally belonging to the Living of St. Nicholas Durham - being Copyhold Land under the Bishop in and near the Village of Easington in the County of Durham - and Coloured Blue on the Ordnance Maps', n.d. c.1880

'Description of land situate at Easington in the County of Durham belonging to the Reverend Dr. Bruce', n.d. c.1900

Correspondence between Booth and Lazenby, Palace Green, Durham, solicitors; Longden, Mann and Longden, 25 John Street, Sunderland, solicitors; Rev. Cannon Tristram, The College, Durham; Joseph Mawson, Exchequer Offices, North Bailey, concerning mineral rights under glebe land at Easington, purchased for the parish by Queen Anne's Bounty, 5 February 1900 - 24 October 1903

Plan of route of drain and plan of proposed roadway in field 353 on O.S. sheet XIX:16, part of the property at Earl's House, belonging to the St. Nicholas Church Estate, by Wm. & T.R. Milburn, architects, Sunderland, December 1926 Scale: 10 feet to 5/16 inch [1 : 384]

Correspondence between the County Agricultural Committee, Shire Hall, Durham; Hargreaves and Joblin, solicitors, Durham; Charity Commission, Ryder Street, St. James's, London; concerning the sale to Durham County Council of land at Earl's House, part of the Church Estate of the parish of St. Nicholas, 13 July 1926 - 12 April 1927

Order issued by the Charity Commission for the payment to the Official Trustees of Charitable Funds of £11 10 shillings, the purchase price of part of the St. Nicholas Church Estate at Earl's House, and for its investment by the Official Trustees, 8 March 1927

Schedule of property belonging to the living of St. Nicholas, n.d. c. 1930

Correspondence between the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster; Rev. H. Pickering, St. Nicholas' Vicarage, Durham; Hargreaves and Joblin, solicitors, Durham; concerning the ownership of minerals under land belonging to the benefice of St. Nicholas, Durham, 16 January 1937 - 6 December 1938

Plan of Belle Vue Estate, Durham, belonging to the executor of the late Robert Robson, by E.E. Robson, Palace Chambers, 9 Bridge Street, Westminster, December 1895 Scale: 4 3/4 inches to 100 feet [1:252]

Plan of Belle Vue House Estate, Durham, belonging to the executor of the late Robert Robson, showing site of proposed house, 17 November 1903 Scale: 2 3/4 inches to 50 feet [1:218] (1 plan, 25.5cm. x 33cm., tracing paper, colour-wash

Plan of Durham Estate by E.R. Robson, Palace Chambers, 9 Bridge Street, Westminster, 17 October 1903 No scale given

Statements of account of the St. Nicholas Church Estate and Hole House Farm Charities, 1917, 1920-1962

Rental of the St. Nicholas Glebe Estate, 13 May 1927 - 13 May 1930

Copy letters from Thomson & Co., to Wilson Maddison, solicitors, Durham, concerning a dispute over a right-of-way at Earl's House Hospital, which involves the St. Nicholas Church Estate, 13 July 1993 and 10 January 1994

Writs issued to Stephen Hey to attend as a witness in the case of George Moore, and others, versus George Robert Savage Nelson; and in the case of Robert Henry Stephenson versus George Robert Savage Nelson, 7 January 1994

Note by W. Bothamley concerning the drains leading into the vicarage, c. 1929

Report on the quinquennial inspection, under the Inspection of Churches Measures 1955 , by Ronald G. Sims, architect, Saint William's College, York, 24 April 1978

Development Project: copy estimate of expenditure, 1980

Terrier, 14 May 1892

Inventory of equipment in the church and vestries, n.d., c. 1979

Terrier and inventory, 25 May 1986

Churchwardens' accounts including rents, pew rents and collections on briefs, 1666 - 1703

Churchwardens' account Book, 1 May 1769 to 29 May 1820

Churchwardens' accounts, 1773, 1779 - 1780

Churchwardens' account book, 1 November 1820 to 2 October 1845

Churchwardens' accounts including rents, pew rents and collections on briefs, 1845 - 1937

Churchwardens' account book, 7 April 1918 to 16 October 1966

Churchwardens' Ledger, 1 January 1944 to 20 June 1951 (examined 8 Jan. 1952)

List of propietors and occupiers of pews, 1822

Church rent assessment for 1767 made 5 April 1768

Church rent assessment for 1769 made 20 March 1770

Church sess for 1770 made 25 March 1771

Church rent assessment for 1771 made 28 February 1779

Church rent assessment for 1773 made 15 March 1774

Church rent assessment for 1775 made 13 March 1776

Church rent assessment for 1779 made 15 March 1780

Church rent assessment for 1781 made 2 April 1782

Church sess book for 1 May 1786 to 1 May 1787

Church rent assessment for 1788 made 29 April 1789

Church rent assessment for 1792

Church rate book 1800

Church rate book, 31 October 1805

Church rate book, 8 May 1817

Church rate book, 20 September 1839

Church rate book, 15 September 1840

Church rate book, 3 September 1844

Church rate book, 2 October 1845

Church rate book, 21 May 1857

Church rate book, 22 October 1858

Church rate book, 3 November 1859

Church rate book, 8 November 1860

Church rate book, 7 November 1861

Church rate book, 13 November 1862

Church rate book, 3 December 1863

Part of church rate assessment, 3 December 1863

Church rate book, 1 December 1864

Church rate book, 1 December 1865

Church rate book, 28 February 1867

Church rate book, 16 April 1868

Church rate book, 1 April 1869

Church rate book, 17 April 1873

Borough rate precepts, 1891 - 1893

Account book of sequestrators, 18 November 1974 - 22 September 1975

Ref No: EP/Du.SN 2/9 Temp No: Acc No: 1436 Licence for the performance of the burial service at the chapel in the new burial ground for the parish of St. Nicholas, 26 March 1861 (Parchment, 1 membrane, pendant water seal) Ref No: EP/Du.SN 2/10 Temp No: Acc No: 1436 Sentence of consecration for the new burial ground, 26 March 1861 (Parchment, 1 membrane)

'St. Nicholas Church, Durham - Proposal for a two year programme of modernisation and development, October 1976 - April 1978; c. 1976

Report to the Parochial Church Council by the working party on the appointment of the architect, 8 November 1976

'A new area of ministry for St. Nicholas'?' by Peter West, 2 January 1977

'Notes on Evangelism by the Rev. John Gladwin', January 1977

'Notes on Worship by the Rev. George Carey', January 1977

'St. Nicholas Church - Durham City': 'The Future of our Church', a description of the way the church should change, February 1977

'St. Nicholas Church - Durham City', 'The Future of our Church', description of the proposed alterations, February 1977

'Our ministry as a caring church' by PeterWest, 5 February 1977

'The Future of Our Church', 6 April 1977

'Ministry at St. Nicholas; and its implications for church and vestries', c. 1977

Sample questions, and results, of a questionnaire designed to discover what facilities and services interviewees would like in the church of Durham, St. Nicholas, 11 May 1977

Correspondence between Richard A. Briggs, 21 Ferens Close, The Sands, Durham; Ronald G. Sims, St. William's College, York; Rev. G. Carey, The Vicarage, Claypath, Durham; G.M. Brooke, 32 Hill Meadows, High Shincliffe; J.D. Ledger, 85, Willowtree Avenue, Durham; E.C. Hart, Copeman Hart & Co., Ltd., 60 Pretoria Road, Leytonstone, London; concerning the re-ordering of the church, 14 May 1977 - 12 March 1982

'St. Nicholas Church'; 'Buildings for the Future', describing the proposed alterations to the church, July 1977

Copy summary calendar of events concerning the re-ordering of the church from 12 September 1977 to 2 February 1979; copy estimate of the costs of that scheme, 9 January 1979; copy plans of the scheme, 1979

Letter from Ronald G. Sims, St. William's College, York, to Rev. G. Carey, St. Nicholas' Vicarage, Claypath, Durham, commenting on his quinquennial report, 2 May 1978

'The Buildings' by John Ledger; 'The Buildings' by Gerard Blake', 'The Buildings' by an unidentified author, c. 1979

Comment by Gerald Blake on the proposed alterations to the church, 12 January 1979

'St. Nicholas' Durham': 'a church for the eighties', booklet describing the proposed alterations, 15 February 1979

Draft brief for the alterations to the church, by an unidentified author, n.d., c. 1979

Note of 'Details of Reduced Scheme', n.d.

'St. Nicholas Durham'; 'a church for the market place', a leaflet describing the proposed alterations, c. 1980

Checklist of proposed changes in the church, n.d., c. 1980

Schedule of the stages of the building project, c. 1979

Circular letter referring to the alterations to the church, issued by George Carey, vicar of Durham, St. Nicholas, c.1975

Proposals concerning alterations to the church by J.D. Ledger, c. 1979

Note setting out the terms under which the money for the building project may be raised, c. 1979

Note setting out the questions to be considered concerning the alterations to the church and giving dates of meetings at which those questions are to be considered, 1979

Petition for a faculty for the re-ordering of the church, 1979

Building Project: breakdown of building costs, n.d., c. 1980

Notes on the planned giving programme for the financing of the re-ordering of the church, n.d., c. 1980

Development Project: budget revisions, nos. 1 and 2, n.d., c. 1980

Copy report by the Diocesan Advisory Committee for the care of churches on the scheme for the re-ordering of the interior of the church, 17 March 1980

Leaflet entitled 'Crucial Decisions Concerning the Building Project', setting out the cost of the proposed alterations to the building, and asking for money and prayers in their support, 3 July 1980

'Breakdown of R. Blackett's Tender' by Thompson & Alexander, quantity surveyors, Harrogate, Yorkshire, July 1980.

'Development Project Appeal': statements of estimated expenditure and income, 1 September - 28 November 1980

Report on the building project in the Christmas Newsletter , December 1980

Lists of invitees to the celebrations marking the end of the re-ordering of the church, c. 1981

List of working parties set up to accomplish the building project and details of the terms of reference of each, c. 1979

Building Project: lists of members of the working parties designed to carry out the project, n.d., c. 1979

Report of the Architecture Working Party on the visit of the architect, Ronald Sims, 29 October 1979

Report of the ad-hoc Committee on Buildings, 12 February 1979

Minutes [unsigned] of the Co-ordinating Committee of the Building Project, 5 June 1979 - 30 November 1981

Minutes of a meeting of the Finance Committee, 4 December 1978 Attached: details of the budget of 1979

Minutes [unsigned] of the Building Project Finance Group, 22 September 1979 - 26 January 1981

Notes of meetings of the Finance Group, n.d., and 9 October 1979

List of questions formulated by the Building Project Furnishings Group, 5 January 1981, and minutes [unsigned] of a meeting, 23 April 1980

Notes of meetings of the Building Project Furnishings Group, 27 March and 24 April 1981

Notes of the third meeting of the Logistics Working Party, 19 November 1979

Report of the Ministry Working Party, 16 February 1981

Notes of the eighteenth meeting of the Building Project Publicity Working Party, 4 December 1980

Reports of the Steering Committee to the Parochial Church Council on the replanning and refurbishing of the church and vestries, 17 January and 24 October 1977

Minutes [unsigned] of meetings of the Project Steering Committee, 18 November 1976 - 22 December 1977

Notes of meeting between the Building Project Steering Committee and the members of a 'diocesan sub-committee looking into the problems and outreach of city centre churches', to discuss the changes considered necessary at St. Nicholas's church, 20 April 1977

Notes of the 'St. Nicholas Project Steering Committee Finance Sub-Committee', 31 May 1977

St Nicholas' Church, Durham: Building Project Diary, 1976 - 1981, by Alison Moore and John Ledger

Correspondence between Rev. Michael Vasey, St John's College, Durham; Rev. Dr. George Carey, St. Nicholas Vicarage, Claypath, Durham; K. C. White & Partners, architects, surveyors and planning consultants, 45 Queen Anne Street, London; Secretary to the Diocese of Durham Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, The Vicarage, South Hylton, Sunderland; Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St. William's College, York; 'Stephen', 34 Hallgarth Street, Durham; Gerald Blake, 4 Wood View, Shincliffe; 'Clive and Faith',' Silvan Croft Cottage, Rectory Terrace, Shincliffe; 'Tony', 37 Orchard Drive, Durham and Chief Assistant Editor, The Northern Echo, P.O. Box 14, Priestgate, Darlington, concerning the early development of proposals to radically re-order the interior of St. Nicholas's church, opposition to the proposal and a spat with the local newspaper over its coverage of the funding of the project, 25 June 1976 - 20 June 1981

Plan of variation in layout near the north-eastern entrance, drawing no. 19, by G. Sims, architect, York, October 1979 Scale: ¹/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Ground and first floor plan; sections A-A, B-B, C-C, D-D, E-E, F-F, G-G; external elevation and section of entrance and notice boards, of St. Nicholas's church, drawing no. 21, by G. Sims, York, February 1980 Scale: ¹/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Ground floor and first floor plans; sections A-A, B-B, C-C, D-D, E-E, F-F, G-G, and site plan of proposed re-ordering, drawing no. 21 R2, by Ronald G. Sims, St. William's College, York, February 1980 No scale given

Ground plan of proposed new toilet and screens to entrance area in hall, by G. Sims, architect, York, November 1980 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

Elevation, ground and first floor plans, and section of proposed screen in the south aisle, drawing no. 41 by Ronald G. Sims, York, December 1980 Scale: 1/2 full size

Ground floor plan, elevation and section of proposed revision to the screen in the south aisle, drawing no. 50, by Ronald G. Sims, York, March 1981 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

Details of screens to north of chapel, drawing no. 51, by G. Sims, architect, York, March 1981 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

Ground and first floor plan showing draft electrical scheme, drawing no. 51R/2, by Ronald G. Sims, York, March 1981 No scale given

Elevation, side elevation, and plan of the case for the pipe organ sited in the chapel beneath the east window, drawing no. 52, by Ronald G. Sims, York, 1981 No scale given

Plan of proposed kitchen layout, drawing no. 61, by Ronald G. Sims, York, April 1981 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

Plan of 'proposed kitchen layout', drawing no. 61R, by G. Sims, architect, York, April 1981 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

Elevation, and plan, of proposed chancel arch screen and wrought iron cross, drawing no. 61, by Ronald G. Sims, York, May 1981 Scale: 1/2 inch scale [1:24]

Plan of detail of sound box for electric organ at the north-west corner of the north aisle, drawing no. 63, by Ronald G. Sims, York, n.d., c. 1981 Scale: 1/2 inch scale [1:24]

Detail of kitchen fittings, drawing no. 64, by G. Sims, architect, York, May 1981 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Side elevation and sectional plan of proposed arrangement of sound boards at the west end of the nave, drawing no. 64, by Ronald G. Sims, York, May 1981 Scale: 1/2 full size; 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Plan of proposed arrangements of soundboards at the west end of the nave, drawing no. 64/R/3, by Ronald G. Sims, York, May 1981 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]; 1/2 full size

Plan and elevation of proposed furniture for the sanctuary, drawing no. 73, by Ronald G. Sims, York, 1981 Scale: 1/2 inch scale [1:24]

Detail of display boards to south aisle, drawing no. 74, by Ronald G. Sims, architect, York, c. 1981 Scale: 1/2 inch scale [1:24]

Details of proposed candle flower vase stands, drawing no. 83, by G. Sims, architect, York, 1981 Scale: full-size

Sketch of top of flower container and candlesticks, n.d., c. 1981 No scale given

St Nicholas's church reordering: survey of the church as existing, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William's College, York, November 1976 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

St. Nicholas's church reordering scheme A: drawing 2, ground floor plan and section looking east, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William's College, York, February 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

St Nicholas's church reordering scheme A: first floor plan and section looking west, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William's College, York, February 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

St. Nicholas's church reordering scheme B: drawing 4, ground floor plan and section A-A, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William's College, York, June 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

St. Nicholas's church reordering scheme B: drawing [5], first floor plan and section B-B, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William's College, York, June 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

St Nicholas's church reordering scheme B: drawing 6, sections C-C and D-D, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William's College, York, June 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

St Nicholas's church reordering scheme B: drawing 7, east elevation and section E-E, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William's College, York, June 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

St Nicholas's church reordering scheme C: drawing 11, ground floor plan and section A-A, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St. William's College, York, June 1979 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

St Nicholas's church reordering scheme C: drawing 12, first floor plan and section B-B, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William's College, York, June 1979 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

St Nicholas's church reordering scheme C: drawing 13R, east elevation and section C-C, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William's College, York, revised January 1980 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Three dimensional representation of the proposed internal reordering of St. Nicholas's church, n.d. [c1980] No scale

Floor plans of St. Nicholas's church showing heating installation, by H. Pickup Ltd, heating and ventilating engineers, Roscoe Works, Scarborough, Yorkshire, December 1980 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Plan of Multibeton underfloor heating installation at St Nicholas's church, by H. Pickup Ltd, heating and ventilating engineers, Roscoe Works, Scarborough, Yorkshire, 17 February 1981 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]

Design for a fish emblem for the window in the doorway of St Nicholas's church, n.d. [mid 1980s] No scale

St Nicholas's church reordering: drawing 126, full size detail of bars for west window of porch, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William's College, York, December 1983 Scale: 1:1

Re-ordering, Scheme A; ground floor plan and section, February 1977, revised May 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Re-ordering Scheme A: first floor plan and section, February 1977, revised May 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Re-ordering Scheme B: ground floor plan and section, June 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Re-ordering Scheme B: first floor plan and section, June 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Re-ordering Scheme B: sections, June 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Re-ordering Scheme B: section and east elevation, June 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Sketch of proposed sanctuary arrangements, June 1977 No scale

Sketch of proposed organ, June 1977 No scale

Photograph depicting the Market Place, Durham, St. Nicholas's church and the town hall, n.d. [1970s]

Photograph of the interior of St Nicholas's church, looking east, taken before the re-ordering of the interior, n.d. [c1977]

Postcard depicting the interior of St Nicholas's church, looking east, after the renovation, published by Judges Postcards Ltd, Hastings, Sussex, n.d. [early 1980s]

Photographic negative depicting the interior of St Nicholas's church, looking east, before the renovation, n.d. [1977]

Slide depicting Durham Market Place and St Nicholas's church, [June 1994]

Photographic negatives depicting plans of the re-ordering of St Nicholas's church, by Ronald G Sims, chartered architect, St William's College, York

Press releases relating to the renovation project, 7 September 1979 - October 1981

Newspaper cuttings and copies of magazine articles reporting the progress of the project to re-order the interior of St Nicholas's church, 12 September 1979 - 29 April [1983]

A Church for the Eighties, newsletter reporting on the progress of the re-ordering of the church interior, 13 January 1980

Building renovation project Christmas newsletter, December 1980

Leaflet publicising events to celebrate the re-opening of the renovated church, 23 October - 1 November 1981

Poster advertising the events celebrating the re-opening of St Nicholas's church after its renovation, 23 October - 1 November 1981

Set of acetate slides prepared for a presentation reviewing accommodation at the church, n.d. [1990s]

Slide 1: Needs of the church

Slide 3: Meeting the need

Slide 4: Option C - church site only, ground and first floor plans

Slide 5: Option C - church site only, costs

Slide 6: Option C - church site only, advantages and disadvantages

Slide 11: option D - church site and Youth Centre, advantages and disadvantages

Slide 12: Option E - church site and new building, ground and first floor plans

Slide 13: Option E - church site and new building, first floor plan and section

Slide 14: Option E - church site and new building, ground floor plan

Slide 15: Option E - church site and new building, artist's impression of the building's exterior

Slide 16: Option E - church site and new building, costs, advantages and disadvantages

Slide 19: Recommendations

Photographic negative of a drawing entitled, 'The Market Place and church, Durham', 1790, copied from an old drawing by S. H. Grimm in the British Museum, n.d. [c1977]

Correspondence between Rev. Dr. G.L. Carey; H.E. Prested, organ builder, 27 Lawson Terrace, Durham City; D.G. Gregory-Smith, 4 Hastings Avenue, Durham; E.C. Hart, Copeman, Hart & Company Limited, 60 Pretoria Road, Leytonstone, London; concerning the installation of the new organ, 29 April - 29 August 1980

Petition for a faculty for the purchase of a new organ and the rebuilding of the present organ, 19 May 1980

Letter from Copeman Hart and Company Ltd., church organ builders, 60 Pretoria Road, Leytonstone, London, to Dr. D. Gregory-Smith, 4 Hastings Avenue, Durham, concerning the cost of one of the firm's organs for the church, 5 September 1980

Copy letter from Harrison & Harrison, organ builders, Durham, to T. Gardiner, 6 Alexandra Close , Framwellgate Moor, Durham, concerning the organ and the re-ordering of the church, 20 February 1980

Notes concerning discussions on the organ, headed 'Organ Speaker Baffles, from 27 October 1980 to 21 July 1981'; notes concerning the baffles; notes of work to be done, 19 - 27 November [1981]

Notes of on-site meeting concerning the pipe organ, made by Ronald S. Sims, 27 October 1980

Report by H. Stewart and T. Gardiner arguing that the present organ be retained, n.d., c. 1981

Lists of suggested stops for the new organ, n.d., c. 1981

Letter from H.E. Prested, organ builder, 27 Lawson Terrace, Durham, to D.G. Gregory-Smith, 4 Hastings Avenue, Durham, concerning work on the organ, 23 September 1981

'Report of a meeting concerning the Copeman-Hart Organ', 18 November 1981

Report by the Architecture Working Party to the Parochial Church Council, on the alternative types of organ suitable for the church, 8 January 1980

Report of the Architecture Working Party to the Co-ordinating Committee on the position of the kitchen and the removal of the present organ, 19 February 1980

Report of the Architecture Working Party on the organ, 24 January 1980

Report by the Co-ordinating Committee of the Building Project to the Parochial Church Council on the advantages of the alternative types of organ recommended, 4 February 1980

Additional information supplied, concerning the organ and the re-ordering of the interior of the church, in response to a request made by the Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, as in EP/Du.SN 4/440, by the Chairman of the Building Project Co-ordination Committee, c. April 1980

Report to Co-ordinating Committee on organ specification, 5 May 1980

Photograph of Ernest Hart, organ builder, seated at the instrument he built for St Nicholas's church, 17 February 2000

Ref No: EP/Du.SN 14/502 Temp No: Acc No: 2447 Photograph of the south side of the exterior of the church of St. Nicholas, showing carts in the market place and shops at the bottom of Claypath, c.1850 (1 photograph, 29 cm. x 33.5 cm., sepia)

A burgage tenement and shop adjoining the east end of the church (1632 - 1656)

Two burgage tenements on the south side of Claypath, 1663 - 1803

Howb or Hob House Farm, Wolsingham 1667 - 1769

Miscellaneous deeds to property in Durham and Ferryhill, 1691 - 1839

Miscellaneous receipts, letters, etc., containing: (a) Letter from Mr. Dixon, Holbeck House, 26 October 1821, and reply from church concerning rent for land (b) Letter dealing with court appeal concerning John Langton addressed to Mr. Dixon, (churchwardens) 13 October 1821 (c) Note to Churchwardens informing them that John Wilson was to take Hob House Farm, 31 December (d) Rent receipt, 14 October, 1808 from Mr. Wilde, Claypath. (e) Receipt for rent of 3 shillings (f) List of rates collected.

House and garth on the north side of Claypath, formerly part of the site of vestry and stable, 10s. rent, 1683 - 1852

House and garth on the north side of Claypath, 6s. rent, 1683 - 1793

House and garth on the north side of Claypath, 6s.8d. rent, 1668 - 1866

House and garth on the south side of Claypath, 1660 - 1867

House and allotment on Framwellgate Moor, 1778 - 1862

Hole House Farm, Wolsingham, 1801 - 1853

Faculty for the erection of a mural tablet, 26 April 1918

Faculty for the erection of a mural tablet, 22 March 1922

Faculty for the introduction of electric lighting etc. 20 June 1930

Faculty for the removal of the organ etc., 27 July 1934

Faculty for the removal and re-erection of the font, 22 March 1935

Faculty for the erection of a stained glass window, 13 August 1937

Faculty for the introduction of a new holy table, 29 September 1939

Letter from J.R. Lazenby, Diocesan Registrar, at the College Durham forwarding citation and discussing new altar etc, 9 August 1939 Formerly enclosed in EP/Du.SN 4/58

Faculty for the erection of a clergy vestry, 15 May 1945

Faculty for the erection of a communion rail etc., 5 June 1947

Archdeacon's Certificate for the interior decoration of the church, 9 February 1952

Faculty for the removal of defective stonework and repairs to the tower, 11 August 1955

Faculty for the conversion of part of the church into a children's corner and the introduction of an oak table, 4 February 1957

Archdeacon's Certificate for the repair of the stone prayer desk, 8 March 1957

Faculty for the installation of a new organ, 21 April 1958

Faculty for the insertion of stained glass in a window and the setting aside of portions of the burial ground for interment and strewing of cremated human remains, 1 April 1960

Faculty confirming the execution of an agreement providing for the grant of a perpetual right of user of part of the burial ground for the purpose of widening and improving the roadway, 3 January 1961

Archdeacon's Certificate for the re-decoration of the interior of the church, 4 January 1963

Faculty for the insertion of stained glass in a window in the south aisle, 28 May 1963

Faculty authorising the erection of a parochial hall for youth work on a piece of consecrated ground forming part of the St. Nicholas Burial Ground, 23 February 1965

Faculty, in unopposed proceedings, for the erection of a bronze plaque on the outside wall of the vestry, 26 April 1971

Assessments under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 29January - 10 February 1959

Sequestration during vacancy following the resignation of Revd. J.W. Wenham, 8 April 1953

1 February 1954 (1) Jack Norwood, Ernest Strickland Hodgson and Thomas Hetherington, Sequestrators of Durham, St. Nicholas (2) The Church Commissioners for England Counterpart Mortgage charging the benefice with the repayment of £1805 by 15 yearly installments raised for improvements to the parsonage house Consideration: £1805 (1 paper, printed form, embossed seal of (2) )

Correspondence regarding church bells and organ including: report and estimate of John Taylor and Company of The Bell Foundry, Loughborough (1948); circulars issued by The Federation of Master Organ Builders; reports, specifications and estimates of J.W. Walker and Sons Ltd., Organ Builders of Ruislip (1974), of the Vincent Electric Organ Co., Sunderland, (1952), Harrison and Harrison of Durham (1932), Nelson and Company of Durham (1969-70): organ appeal and purchase of instrument from Burbank Street Methodist Church W. Hartlepool, 1932 - 1974

Papers relating to modernisation of vicarage including: specification by Cordingley and Mcintyre, Architects of The College, Durham: correspondence between the architects, the vicar and churchwardens and the Diocesan office: plan and elevation of the property, 12 August 1953 - 23 August 1954

Papers regarding church burial ground including: correspondence with Durham City Council and the Diocesan Registry regarding the widening of Providence Row and taking land from the church yard with plan attached; head stone specifications and correspondence from the Imperial War Graves Commission; burial fees; use of ground by persons not resident in the parish; advertising brochure of sculptured memorials and headstones, 27 March 1931 - 3 January 1961

Papers regarding alterations to the chancel including correspondence from Hayton and Lee, Chartered Architects of Durham and the Diocesan Registry and plans shewing proposed changes, 16 June 1970 - 25 February 1974

Papers regarding church fabric including: church security, protection against fire and theft; quinquennial report for 1968 and correspondence regarding the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955; correspondence, estimates etc regarding cleaning the church, church furnishings; listing of church building as of 'Special Architectural or Historic Interest'; correspondence relating to citations and faculties; floodlighting of the church; structural alterations; solutions to the pigeon problem; report of Rentokil; installation of a memorial window; construction of children's corner; heating systems; steeplejack work, 7 March 1937 - 4 July 1974

Correspondence regarding installation of central heating; oil supplies; insurance; rating; Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures; quinquennial inspection; renovation of the vicarage; estimates bills and receipts for repair work, 1949 - 5 July 1974

23 November 1814 (1) John Redhead of St. Giles, Durham, gentleman (2) John Thwaites the elder of Durham, innkeeper (3) John Bland of Durham, hairdresser (4) Benjamin Burnell of Dumham, tallow chandler Assignment by (1) and (2) to (4) of a burgage on the east side of St. Nicholas' church vestry for the remainder of a term of 21 years upon trust to raise and retain £100 and interest and otherwise in trust for (3) Consideration: £160 (3) to (2) and £100 (4) to (2) Rent: 3s.4d. p.a.

22 November 1841 (1) Matthew Thompson of Durham, cabinet maker and upholsterer and Thomas Wick of Durham, stationer and printer (Churchwardens of St. Nicholas) and James Chambers of Claypath, Durham, cordwainer and James Wallace of Durham, grocer (Overseers of the Poor of the said parish) (2) John Bland of Durham, hairdresser Copy of lease by (1) to (2) for 21 years of a burgage and shop lately erected on the site of the old church vestry with a cellar underneath the public highway and lying to the east of the present vestry Rent: 3s.4d. p.a.

15 May 1858 Probate of the will of John Bland of Durham, hairdresser (7 January 1842) devising his burgage to his daughter for life with the remainderof various grandchildren and kin as specified as tenants in common charged with a legacy of 19 gns. to his grand-daughter Catherine Bland

Legacy Duty papers of John Bland, deceased, 15 May - 9 August 1858

15 April 1858 (1) Bland's beneficiaries (2) The Reverend George Townsend Fox Agreement for the sale of their reversionary interest in the burgage to (2) subject to the life interest of Ester Castlehow and Sopia Bland Consideration: £5 each

15 April 1858 (1) Esther Castlehow of Durham, widow, and Sophia Bland of Durham, spinster (daughters of John Bland, deceased) (2) The Reverend George Townsend Fox Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of their late father's burgage Consideration: £40 to each of (1) and £6 per quarter for life to each of (1) and arrangement to pay the legace of 19 grns. to Catherine Bland after the death of such survivor

13 May 1858 (1) Esther Castlehow and Sophia Bland (2) Thomas Chamberlain of Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, carpet weaver and Margaret his wife (late Margaret Stephenson); Matthew Stephenson of Pittington; Michael Danks of Dyers Street, Southwark, London, carpet weaver and Mary his wife (late Mary Stephenson); John Rutherford of Westmorland Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, clerk and Margaret his wife (late Mary Bland); Robert Pearson of Pand Street, Sunderland, hairdresser; Joseph Bland Pearson of Chester-le-Street, hairdresser; Margaret Pearson of Crossgate, Durham, spinster; and Mary Pearson of Pans Street, Sunderland, spinster (3) The Reverend George Townsend Fox Assignment by (1) and (2) to (3) of the burgage adjoining St. Nicholas' church vestry for the remainder of a term of 21 years as specified Consideration: £120 plus annual payments etc. as specified in the above agreements

Correspondence received by the Churchwardens of St. Nicholas concerning renewal of leases of allotments at Crossgate Moor and other matters regarding church property, 1 December 1881 - June 1883

List of contributors to church rates levied, 3 May 1881 - April 1883

Receipt book for church rates, 1 October 1931 - 4 August 1932

Covering letters and receipts for church rates, 4 June 1932 - 2 February 1938

Bills and receipts for church accounts passed on 1 December 1865, 1864 - 1865

Bills and recipts for church accounts, 1 April 1869 - 21 April 1870

Bills and receipts for church accounts, 1875 - 1876

Bills and receipts for church accounts, 1883 - 1884

Pass book of the Churchwardens of St. Nicholas with Barclays Bank Ltd., 1 July 1933 - 17 November 1934

Offertory account book, 5 April 1886 - 29 November 1903

Faculty for appropriating and annexing three pews in the church to Mr. William Shield's dwellinghouse, 11 July 1823

Bill of costs of Robert Burrell to William Shieids in connexion with EP/Du.SN 4/104, 27 June - 29 December 1823

Letter from the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, concerning faculty, donations to the building fund and other matters, 13 April 1857

List of donors to the rebuilding fund with appeal for further subscriptions, nd. [1858]

Cutting from The Durham Chronicle listing subscribers to the re-building fund with appeal for further donations, 5 February 1858

Final report of the committee for re-building St. Nicholas' Church with an audited statement of accounts, list of contributors and sketches of the old and new churches, 30 June 1859

List of subscripitions towards the St. Nicholas Church Organ Fund, n.d. [c .1868]

Pass book of the St. Nicholas Church Organ Fund with Jonathan Backhouse and Company, Durham, 13 March 1868 - 10 October 1870

Report upon the condition of the church tower and spire by John Henry, architect and James Coldwall, Borough Surveyor, 23 June 1888

Minutes of meetings of the coniinittee formed relative to the rebuilding and restoration of the tower and spire, 25 July 1888 - 14 November 1889

List of contributions to the fund for repairing the spire, n.d. [1888 - 1889]

List of subscriptions to the fund for repairing the spire, October 1888

Circular inviting subscription to the fund for repairing the spire, n.d. [1888]

List of subscriptions to the fund for repairing the spire, n.d. [early 1889]

List of subscriptions to the fund for repairing the spire with appeal for further donations with proof of same, 4 April 1889

Report by J.P. Pritchett, architect, 24 High Row, Darlington to the Vicar and Churchwardens of St. Nicholas, Durham on the state of the spire, 7 July 1888

Letter from J.P. Pritchett to John Shields, Durham, offering advice on structural repairs, 11 July 1888

Report by J.P. Pritchett on the damage caused by the collapse of scaffolding during the rebuilding of the spire, 19 November 1888

Specification for repairs to mason's work by J.P. Pritchett , 6 August 1888

General conditions to be observed by those tendering for the contract, 24 September 1888

24 September 1888 (1) Thomas Coates of Durham, builder (2) The Vicar and Churchwardens of Durham, St. Nicholas Contract for restoration of the tower and spire for £135

Case with the opinions of counsel (F. Greenwell of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and John Gent) thereupon concerning liability etc. for the collapse of the scaffolding and part of the spire in high wind, 4 November - 5 December 1889

Case papers comprising originals and copies of pertinent documents - certificate of architect as to cost of completing works, notices to Coates of intention to employ another to finish the work, abstract of accounts for restoration, details of Coates' accounts, extracts from the proceedings of the restoration committee, copy of correspondence and list of same, 27 August 1888 - January 1890

Bills of costs of solicitors' and account of architect in the above business, 1888 - January 1890

Correspondence and memoranda between J.P. Pritchett, architect, 24 High Row, Darlington; Thomas Coates, builder, 76 Claypath, Durham; F.W. Shields, solicitor, 47 North Bailey, Durham; the vicar and churchwardens of St. Nicholas; and others concerning restoration works and the lawsuit against the contractor, 2 July 1888 - 11 April 1890

Letters received from John Booth, manufacturer, erector and fixer of improved copper lightning conductors, Albert Street, Shildon regarding work done on St. Nicholas' spire, 24 July 1893 and n.d.

Advertising literature of S.P. Bidder and Company, contractors, Bury Old Road, Manchester, 1886 - 1887

Correspondence, specifications and plans received from James Laidler, Durham Brass and Lead Works, New Elvet, regarding the proposed heating of the church by a hot water apparatus, 9 May - 7 June 1892

List of subscribers to heating apparatus fund, n.d. [1892]

St. Nicholas' Parish Magazine containing a report on church repairs, July 1904

Circular to the parishioners and friends of St. Nicholas seeking donations to the Repair Fund, November 1904

Correspondence received from the Reverend H.E. Fox and others with rough notes and sketch plans for general repairs to St. Nicholas' Church, 12 April - 13 October 1906

Correspondence, certificates and accounts of Cordingley and McIntyre, architects, The College, Durham; Harrison and Harrison, organ builders, Durham; and others regarding the re-ordering of St. Nicholas' church, 18 October - 30 November 1934

Specification and accounts for work done on St. Nicholas' church, 29 April 1930 - 11 November 1937

Letters received from the Richardson Peele, solicitor, Chapter Clerk, concerning dilapidations, 9 April and 6 June 1891

Surveyor's report under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measure, 14 July 1928

Ordinary Assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measure, 1 December 1928

Order under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measure, for the installation of electric light (see EP/Du.SN 2/109), 11 February 1930

Ordinary Assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1 May 1939

Number not allocated

Order under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures confirming surveyor's report, 9 December 1943

Copy of writ of sequestration, 1 January 1904 with letter from the Ecclesiastical Commision to George Chapman, 56 Claypath, Durham (one of the sequestrators) returning it, 30 January 1904

Letter from Patrick and Son, solicitors, 39 Silver Street, Durham to Mr. Chapman concerning properties in Paradise Lane with copy of advertisement for their sale, 13 April 1905

Letter from Wilkinson, Marshall and Company, solicitors, Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne concerning legacy to the vicar and Churchwardens under the will of Miss Mary Summers, 3 December 1924

Report of J.T. Pegge, architect and surveyor, St. Nicholas' Court, Market Place, Durham to Alderman Smith concerning St. Nicholas' land at Sniperley, 17 July 1933

Water-colour sketch of St. Nicholas, by C. Hodgson Fowler, n.d. [late 19th century]

Correspondence received from L.J. Heron, solicitor, 11 Market Place, Durham regarding the bequest to the Vicar and Churchwardens of St. Nicholas under the will of Joseph Preece, deceased, 15 May 1958 - 22 April 1959

Letters from Keenlyside and Forster, solicitors, Collingwood Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne concerning Miss Heron's bequest of £100 for chuch repairs, 25 - 29 September 1958

Letter from L.J. Heron, solicitor forwarding bequest under will of Miss Isabella Alderson, 22 June 1962

Letter from H.E. Ferens Son, solicitors, 38 Saddler Street, Durham regarding legacy under will of R.G. Peace deceased, 4 May 1964

Miscellaneous correspondence with the Inland Revenue concerning recovery of tax and other matters relating to deeds of covenant, May 1948 - 14 December 1965

Deeds of covenant, 23 July 1948 - 14 December 1965

Offertory slips, 4 January 1953 - 25 December 1955

Offertory slips, 1 January 1967 - 25 December 1963

Offertory slips, 2 January - 30 December 1972

Collecting box account book, 1944 - 1953

Duplex envelope scheme offertory account book, July 1963 - June 1967

Duplex envelope scheme record book, July 1967 - June 1970

General account book, 1964 - 1967

Organ tuning contract with Nelson and Company, with covering letter, 14 April 1965

General correspondence, 16 November 1964 - 6 November 1973

Trustees' meetings minute book, 23 June 1902 - 25 April 1993 Includes: statements of account, 1992

Trustees' cash book, 9 May 1902 - 3 December 1968

Bank pass book, in the name of St. Nicholas' Church Estate, with Barclay's Bank, 1 January 1915 - 30 June 1934

Bank pass book in the name of the Vicar and Churchwardens of St. Nicholas' Church (Fabric Account), with the National Provincial Bank, Ltd., 12 December 1956 - 22 March 1972

Statement of accounts of the St. Nicholas Church Estate and Hole House Farm, 31 December 1910 - 31 December 1916

Summaries of cash accounts, 1952, 1955 - 1958, 1960, 1962 - 1964 Originally enclosed in EP/Du.SN 4/437

Statements of accounts, 1964 and 1965 Originally enclosed in EP/Du.SN 4/437

Annual account, 1981 - 1982

Statements of accounts, 1993 and 1994 Originally enclosed in EP/Du.SN 4/346

Notice issued by the Charity Commission of the investment of money on behalf of St. Nicholas' Church Estate, 2 September 1921

Letter from the Charity Commission, Ryder Street, St. James', London, to Messrs. Hargreaves and Joblin, solicitors, Durham, questioning whether the capital of the charity should be used to purchase a new organ at St. Nicholas' church, 29 March 1932

Correspondence between the Charity Commission, Ryder Street, St. James's London; Cordingley and McIntyre, The College, Durham, architects; Ford Clarke, Snowdon Road, Middlesbrough; George Gradon and Son, North Road, Durham; Hargreaves and Joblin, Durham, solicitors; concerning the investment of the money belonging to the church estate, including the release of money for church repairs, 16 November 1936 - 10 October 1939

Notification by the Official Custodian for Charities, Wellington House, Buckingham Gate, London, of the redemption of, and purchase of, 3% Savings Bonds on behalf of the St. Nicholas Church Estate, 17 June and 29 August 1965 Originally enclosed in EP/Du.SN 4/347

Copy responses to a questionnaire issued by the Charity Commission on the St. Nicholas church charity, compiled by Francis E. Joblin, 14 Market Place, Durham, clerk to the trustees, 27 February 1921

Letter from the Charity Commission, Ryder Street, St. James', London, to Messrs. Hargreaves and Joblin, solicitors, Durham, refuting the idea that the power of appointing representative trustees of the charity is transferrable from the vestry to the parochial church council, 25 May 1922

Correspondence between Maughan and Hall, Lloyds Bank Chambers, Collingwood Street, Newcastle; The Charity Commission, Ryder Street, St. James', London; Messrs. J. Mawson and Son, solicitors, Exchequer Offices, North Bailey, Durham; concerning the legacy of J.A. Pattison which was to be added to the charity of the church of St. Nicholas, Durham, 17 January 1947 - 23 June 1948

Letters from the National Westminster Bank, Trustee and Income Tax Department, 26 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to the Vicar and Churchwardens, St. Nicholas Church, Durham, concerning the legacy of Elsie May Lowes to the church, 9 November 1970 and 8 March 1971

Letter from Henry Fenwick, 32 Carr House Drive, Framwellgate Moor, to Rev. G.J.C. Marchant, The Vicarage, Claypath, Durham, enclosing the gift of £100 for the church, 21 March 1971

Notice of meeting of the rated inhabitants of the parish for the purpose of making a voluntary church rate, 21 April 1938

Letter from the Hon. Secretary, St. Nicholas' Parochial Church Council, to Rev. V.N. Cooper, St. John's Vicarage, Carlisle, outlining the policy on various matters pursued by the parish, which the latter should consider before accepting the living, 24 June 1953