Catalogue

Register of baptisms, 27 September 1795 - 30 May 1813 and register of burials 28 June 1796 - September 1812 Also includes: Extract from Romaldkirk register, 8 December 1608 Census 1801,1811,1821,1841,1851 Memorandum of induction of Rev. Richard Thompson, 1828 Memorandum of induction of Rev. Wilse Braun, 12 Apri11835 Petition for a new bell and list of subscribers, 27 August 1841 Memorandum of installation of organ and list of subscribers, 21 October 1849 Declaration of Mary Foster concerning date of birth of daughter Sarah on 18 August 1811 taken from Romaldkirk register, 27 April 1856 Memorandum of induction of Rev. Thomas Evan Jones, 19 July 1857 and Rev. William Augustus Beaufort, 5 August 1877

Register of baptisms, 17 January 1813 - 17 April 1852

Register of baptisms, 17 April 1852 - 5 October 1902

Register of marriages, 10 April 1993 - 10 August 2008

Register of marriages, 21 December 2008 - 18 August 2017

Register of banns of marriage, 25 September 1859 - 5 December 1920

Register of burials, 15 March 1813 - 12 January 1884

Marriage licence, Joseph Allinson of Foggarthwaite, Eggleston and Ethel Selina Bainbridge of Foggarthwaite, Eggleston, 6 January 1908

Marriage licence, Robert Foster of North Lodge, Eggleston Hall and Jessie Edwards of Rose Cottage, Eggleston Hall, 10 February 1909

Marriage licence, Mark Lee of Lynesack and Frances Nicholson of Egglestone, 3 February 1949

Marriage licence, Thomas Alfred Ainsley, Barnard Castle and Margaret Stephenson of Heatherlea, Egglestone, 13 May 1950

Marriage licence, Thomas Ridley of Barnard Castle and Audrey Bell of Egglestone, 7 April 1959

Register of strange preachers, 16 October 1859 - 19 July 1863

Register of services, 5 August 1877 - 1 September 1889

Register of services, 6 August 1893 - 7 January 1906

Register of services, 1 January 1906 - 1 April 1917

Register of services, 6 April 1917 - 20 September 1931

Register of services, 27 September 1931 - 10 March 1946

Register of services, 24 March 1946 - 26 April 1959

Register of services, 10 May 1959 - 10 December 1970

Register of services, 29 November 1970 - 6 March 1994 Includes: newspaper cuttings re Rev. Gregory Linden's retirement, November 1995

"An Act ... to provide for the Formation and Endowment of separate and distinct Parishes", 29 July 1856

The London Gazette , including Order in Council assigning district chapelry to Egglestone, 5 August 1859

Draft pastoral scheme for the union of the benefices of Middleton in Teesdale and St. James, Forest and Frith to create a new benefice titled 'The Benefice of Middleton in Teesdale with Forest and Frith, n.d. [c. 1980s]

Order in Council concerning the union of the benefices of Middleton in Teesdale and St. James, Forest and Frith to create a new benefice titled 'The Benefice of Middleton in Teesdale with Forest and Frith', 17 April 1985

Notification under Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 that the new benefice titled 'The Benefice of Middleton in Teesdale with Forest and Frith has been registered, 4 January 1989

Letter from Ecclesiastical Commission to Rev. Thomas Evan Jones, Egglestone Vicarage concerning London Gazette including Order in Council transferring patronage, 22 May 1875

Notice to patron of registration under the Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986, to the Right Honourable Lord Barnard, 9 November 1987

Notice under the Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 to the Right Honourable Lord Barnard and Her Majesty the Queen concerning the registration of the right of presentation to the benefice of Egglestone, Holy Trinity and Middleton in Teesdale with Forest and Firth, n.d. [1980s]

3 May 1743 (1) Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty (2) John Emerson, rector of Middleton in Teesdale Agreement that (2) will pay £6 p.a. to curate of Egglestone

The London Gazette, including augmentation of benefice, 3 May 1844

The London Gazette , including grant by Ecclesiastical Commission of £3 6s. 8d., 22 November 1867

Letter from Ecclesiastical Commission to Rev. Thomas E. Jones, Egglestone Parsonage concerning grant of £33 6s. 8d., 16 March 1875

The London Gazette , including grant by Ecclesiastical Commission of £33 6s. 8d., 4 June 1875

Letter from Ecclesiastical Commission to Rev. T.E. Jones, Egglestone concerning London Gazette including instrument securing grant of £33 6s. 8d., 9 June 1875

The London Gazette , including Order in Council transferring patronage from rector of Middleton in Teesdale to Crown and concerning stipend, 14 May 1875

Letter from Bounty Office to Rev. F.H.H. Ladell concerning benefice not being charged with payment of first fruits and tenths, 30 June 1924

Letter from Bounty Office to incumbent of Egglestone concerning repayment of loan, 4 October 1928

Letter from Bounty Office to Rev. R.C. Thornton concerning charge on revenues of Middleton in Teesdale, 24 October 1947

Letter from Church Commissioners to Rev. R.C. Thornton concerning charge on revenues of Middleton in Teesdale, 24 May 1951

Annual value of benefice, n.d.

6 October 1836 (1) Rev. Wilse Brown (2) John Foster of Middleton in Teesdale Agreement to let land near Snaisgill on inner pasture of Middleton

18 May 1858 (1) Rev. Thomas Evan Jones (2) John Todd of Middleton in Teesdale Agreement to let farm on Middleton Moor

Letters from John Todd, Snaisgill Head, Middleton in Teesdale to Rev. T.E. Jones re repairs, 2 October 1875 - 7 November 1876

18 November 1876 (1) Rev. Thomas Evan Jones (2) John Todd of Snaisgill Head, Middleton in Teesdale Agreement to let farm near Snaisgill late in occupation of (2)'s father

3 April 1858 (1) Rev. Thomas Evan Jones (2) John Palmsley of Middleton in Teesdale Agreement to let 3 fields with buildings at Middleton in Teesdale

10 April 1878 (1) Rev. William A. Beaufort (2) John Palmsley of Middleton in Teesdale Agreement to let 3 fields with buildings at Middleton in Teesdale

28 March 1899 (1) Rev. Charles Edward Osborne Griffith (2) William Kidd of Middleton in Teesdale Agreement to let 3 fields with buildings at Middleton in Teesdale

Letters from T. Richardson, Barnard Castle to Rev. T.E. Jones, Eggleston asking to buy glebe land, 3 January - 25 July 1876

28 March 1890 (1) Rev. Charles Edward Osborne Griffith (2) Thomas Walton of 5 Redworth Road, New Shildon Agreement to lease land to build privy, with letter of 12 May 1910 repossessing land

Papers re work on property at Shildon and rent, 2 December 1898 - 3 December 1902

Letters from Edwin Williamson, Cockerton concerning rent for paddock and byre and repairs, 12 May - 21 November 1896

Letters from Naaman Philipson, East White Ridge, Allendale, Northumberland to Mr. Griffith concerning work on farm buildings, 16 May 1899 - 17 November 1902

Letters from Joseph William Robson, Rope Haugh, Allenheads, Northumberland to Mr. Griffith concerning repairs at White Rigg, 5 July - 19 October 1899

Letters from Bounty Office to Rev. E.O.J. Butler concerning sale of land, 1 October 1918 - 12 April 1921

Letter from Bounty Office to Rev. E.O.J. Butler concerning interest plus additions due to sale of land, 10 September 1920

12 August 1921 (1) Rev. Eldon Ormond Judkin Butler (2) Matthew Raine of Gordon Bank, Egglestone, mineral water manufacturer Agreement that (1) will grant to (2) right to place clothes posts on certain land, plan attached

Licence to curacy of Walter Yelverton Craig, 15 October 1886

Photograph of Reverend W. Brown, perpetual curate during the period 1835 - 1857, n.d. [19th century]

Photograph of Reverend T. E. Jones, perpetual curate during the period 1857 - 1875 and vicar during the period 1875 - 1877, n.d. [19th century]

Photograph of Reverend C. E. D. Griffith, 1912

Photograph of Reverend R. Rankin and H. Adamson, Churchwarden, n.d. [1940s]

Photograph of Reverend A. Freestone, 21 September 2008

Order of service for the ordination to the priesthood of A. E. Freestone, 21 September 2008

Letter from Registrar General to Rev. C.E.D. Griffiths, Egglestone Vicarage concerning census districts, 19 December 1901

Letter from C.E. Griffith, St. James' Vicarage, Norwich to Rev. B. Johnson concerning parochial matters, 28 December 1904

Parochial return, January - December 1911

Return of Church Finance and Membership forms, 1990 - 1995 Note: no membership forms for 1994 - 1995

Order of service for centenary festival service, 12 July 1969

Order of service for a festival of readings and carols, 19 December 2010

Order of service for thanksgiving and reflection on All Saints Day, 1 November 2011

Order of service for a festival of carols and readings, 18 December 2011

Order of service for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, 2012

Schedule of documents relating to tithe payable by rector of Middleton in Teesdale to vicar of Egglestone, n.d.

Letter from Doves (Darlington) Ltd., electrical engineers and contractors, to Rev. R.C. Thornton, Eggleston Vicarage, concerning quotation for contractor and time clocks for heating installation at church, 7 February 1959

Letters from Niven and Niven, Architects, The Old Hall, West Auckland, DL14 9HL to Reverend G. Linden, St. Mary's Rectory, The Hude, Middleton - in - Teesdale and J. Eccleston, Parochial Church Council Secretary, Green View, Eggleston, Bardnard Castle, DL12 OAL concerning dry rot in the church, 2 January 1989 - 27 June 1990

Letters from S. H. Turnbull, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ to J. Eccleston, Parochial Church Council Secretary, Green View, Eggleston, Bardnard Castle, DL12 OAL concerning financial assistance for repairs to the church, 4 December 1989 - 12 March 1990

Letters from D. J. Newbegin, Director of Environment, Durham County Council, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UQ to J. Eccleston, Parochial Church Council Secretary, Green View, Eggleston, Bardnard Castle, DL12 OAL concerning financial assistance for repairs to the church, 15 January - 15 March 1990

Correspondence between Niven and Niven, Architects, The Old Hall, West Auckland, Durham DL14 PHL and Protim Services Limited, Unit 1, Cleveland Trading Estate, Cleveland Street, Darlington concerning repair work at the church, 31 January - 15 June 1990

Letter from Niven and Niven, Architects, The Old Hall, West Auckland, DL14 9HL to H. Wearmouth, Belle Vue, Eggleston, Barnard Castle concerning payment of accounts, 15 June 1990

Letters from M. R. Pease, Chief Planning Officer, Teesdale District Council, Council Offices, 43 Galgate, Barnard Castle, DL12 8EL to J. Eccleston, Parochial Church Council Secretary, Green View, Eggleston, Barnard Castle, DL12 OAL concerning financial assistance for repair work to the church, 26 July - 2 August 1990

Letter from Sir John Priestman Charity Trust, Mckenzie, Bell and Sons, 19 John Street, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR1 1JG to J. Eccleston, Parochial Church Council Secretary, Green View, Eggleston, Barnard Castle, DL12 OAL concerning financial assistance for repairs to the church, 3 August 1990

Report and recommended action on the outbreak of dry rot in the church by Niven and Niven, Architects, The Old Hall, West Auckland, DL14 9HL, 6 October 1989

Letters from Drake & Gorham Ltd., Manchester, electrical, mechanical and hydraulic engineers, to Rev. F.H.H. Ladell, Eggleston Vicarage, concerning installation of electric lighting, 11 September 1924 - 20 February 1925

Estimate for installation of electric lighting, 7 November 1924

Notes on carved oak memorial screen, 3 September 1918

Letter from T. Neal, Pewter Craftsman, 28 Adkin Way, Wantage, Oxford, OX12 9HW to J. Eccleston, Parochial Church Council Secretary, Green View, Eggleston, Barnard Castle, DL12 OAL concerning design sketches for replacement of the communion vessels as well as a quotation, 24 February 1993

Letter from J. Eccleston, Parochial Church Council Secretary, Green View, Eggleston, Barnard Castle, DL12 OAL to Diocesan Registrar, Auckland Castle, Durham concerning the replacement of communion vessels, 17 March 1993

Notice to Reverend G. Lindon, The Rectory, Middleton - in - Teesdale, Barnard Castle from Teesdale District Council stating that Holy Trinity Church, Church Bank (West side) and the gates, piers and walls to the east side of the church has been included in a list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest under section 54 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971, 26 November 1987

Photograph of the old church, n.d. [c. 1968]

Photograph of the new church built and taken 1869

Photograph of the interior of the church, 1896

Photograph of the interior of the church, 6 March 1897

Photograph of the church, 1898

Licence to inter in new churchyard pending consecration, 20 August 1868

Register of grave spaces on square in churchyard, 11 February 1900 - 1940

1 April 1934 (1) Sir William Gray of Egglestone (2) Rev. Francis Herbeit Henry Ladell, vicar, Hugh Adamson of Stobb Green, Egglestone and Walter Smith of The Shop, Egglestone, churchwardens Lease for 99 years of 1277 sq. yards of land at Egglestone to build parish hall Rent: 1s. p.a.

Letter from Bounty Office to Rev. F.H.H. Ladell concerning expenditure of capital to provide bathroom at parsonage, including details of funds held for benefice, 28 June - 5 July 1924

Letter from Bounty Office to Rev. H.H. Ladell concerning payment of £35 to Messrs. Lishman & Sons [for bathroom?], 26 August 1924

Letters from Bounty Office to Rev. F.H.H. Ladell concerning loan to improve parsonage house, 2-9 December 1924

Letter from Bounty Office to Rev. F.H.H. Ladell concerning interest on funds held for benefice and capital expenditure on bathroom in parsonage, 8 April 1925

Mortgage to improve parsonage house, 30 January 1928

Letter from Bounty Office to Rev. F.H.H. Ladell concerning repayment of mortgage, 14 September 1928

Mortgage to improve parsonage house, 1 October 1935

Letter from Bounty Office to Rev. F.H. Ladell concerning repossession of leased land, 11 July 1924

Notice to the Parochial Church Council under Parsonages Measure 1938 of the intention to sell the parsonage house and grounds at Eggleston, 1 April 1982

Advertisement for the sale of Eggleston Vicarage, Middleton - in - Teesdale by Smiths Gore, Chartered Surveyors, 26 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, DL3 7JX n.d. [c. 1980s] Includes: colour photograph and plan of local area

Photograph of the vicarage, built and photograph taken 1861

Faculty to erect oak reredos, 10 December 1913

Faculty to erect oak chancel screen, 31 August 1920

Faculty to install electric lighting, 27 December 1924

Faculty to install electric heating system, 4 March 1948

Faculty to introduce new carved oak lectern, 7 August 1952

Faculty authorising the introduction of a chalice, paten and ciborium in pewter, 1 June 1993

Archdeacon's certificate authorising interior and exterior decoration; removal and breaking up of kerbstones in the churchyard; renewal of plaster in the organ chamber, 20 December 1989

Terrier, 1886 - 1899

Terrier, 1900

Schedule of registers and communion plate in the parish of Eggleston, 7 September 1886 - 21 December 1899

Terrier of the parish of Eggleston, 1909 - 1910

Architect's Report by Niven and Niven, Architects, The Old Hall, West Auckland, DL14 9HL, April 1985

Architect's Report by Niven and Niven, Architects, The Old Hall, West Auckland, DL14 9HL, October 1991

Architect's Report by Niven and Niven, Architects, The Old Hall, West Auckland, DL14 9HL, May 1996

Surveyor's report on Ecclesiastical Dilapidations, 28 July 1900

Papers concerning Ecclesiastical Dilapidations, 28 March - 15 October 1929

Assessment of Ecclesiastical Dilapidations, 1 November 1934

Churchwardens' account book, 17 April 1900 - 18 December 1966 At end: accounts of special collections, 1900 - 1964

Account of bazaar in aid of fund for new church, 23 June 1869

Receipts for repayment of loan to The Lands Improvement Company, 25 March 1908 - 25 September 1927

Balance sheets, 1916 - 1919

Bank book, 2 December 1935 - 30 October 1947

Bank book, 18 April 1961 - 30 July 1970

Balance sheet, "Old Tea Tent", 13 May 1925

Parochial Church Council and Annual General Meeting minutes, 9 April 1948 - 9 April 1975

Parochial Church Council and Annual General Meetings minutes, 2 July 1975 - 15 February 1995

Income and expenditure accounts for the years ended 31 December 1983 - 1993, 1994-1995

Correspondence between Niven and Niven, Architects, The Old Hall, West Auckland, DL14 9HL and J. Eccleston, Parochial Church Council Secretary, Green View, Eggleston, Barnard Castle, DL12 OAL concerning quinquennial inspections, 21 September 1990 - February 1996

Communicants' roll, 1895 - 1906

Attendance register, 1897 - 1916

Letters from Estates Office, Staindrop to Rev. Beaumont Johnson, Eggleston Vicarage concerning lease of school buildings, 25 June - 26 August 1907

Letter from National Society to Rev. B. Johnson concerning tenancy of Eggleston school buildings, 13 August 1907

Letter from Estates Office, Staindrop to Rev. Beaumont Johnson, Eggleston Vicarage concerning purchase of school buildings, 16 August 1907

Letter from Estates Office, Staindrop to Rev. Beaumont Johnson, Eggleston Vicarage concerning sale of Eggleston Schools, 20 September 1907

Letters from County Education Department to Rev. R.C. Thornton, Eggleston Vicarage concerning transfer of school to new site, 18 October 1960 - 18 January 1961

Agreement that if County Education Authority move Eggleston C.E. (Controlled) School to new site, old premises can be used as tar-paved area for new school, n.d. [1960/61]

Programme for formal opening of Eggleston C.E. (Controlled) School and Hamsterley County School, 10 December 1964

Letters: H. Wearmouth, Belle Vue, Eggleston, Barnard Castle, DL12 OAD to Charity Commission, Graeme House, Derby Square, Liverpool, L2 7SB; letter from A. M. Wilshae, Smith Roddam and Company, Solicitors, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, Durham, DL14 7PG to Department of Education and Science, Elizabeth House, York Road, London, SE1 7PH both concerning the sale of Eggleston Church of England School, 22 May 1986 - 26 April 1990 Charity Commission schedule authorising the trustees of the Eggleston Church of England School charity to sell the school property for not less than £18,000, 13 November 1985 The Diocese of Durham (Educational Endowments) Order 1989 concerning the sale of Eggleston Church of England School n.d. [c.1989]

Letter from Durham Diocesan Board of Education to Rev. Beaumont Johnson concerning grant to school, 23 October 1907

Letter from J. Forster, High Row, Darlington to Rev. W. Beaumont Johnson concerning grant of £50 by Board of Education, 1 November 1907

Letter from J. Haworth, St. Hild's College, Durham to Rev. W.B. Johnson concerning grant of £50 by Board of Education towards purchase of Eggleston School, 2 November 1907

Letters concerning grants and subscriptions to purchase Eggleston School, 13 December 1907 - 25 September 1908

Letter from National Society to Rev. B. Johnson concerning grant for school, 25 July 1908

Letters from Bettons Charity Trustees to Rev. Beaumont Johnson, Eggleston Vicarage concerning grants to Eggleston School, 24 October 1908 - 23 March 1910

Circular letter concerning retirement of Mr. Fawcett as headmaster of Eggleston School, asking for subscriptions, 15 January 1913

Notes on Eggleston charities, June 1888

Minute book of trustees of Eggleston charities, 9 February 1897 - 8 July 1944

Letter from Charity Commission to Rev. F.H.H. Ladell, Eggleston Vicarage, concerning investment of charity money, 21 March 1929

Report of review on local charities for poor and sick in Barnard Castle Urban and Rural Districts, n.d. [1960s]

Charity Commission Order re management of William Sanderson and Unknown Donor Charities, 9 February 1897

Letters from Charity Commission to Rev. E.O. Butler, Egglestone Vicarage, concerning Order for management of Sanderson and Unknown Donor Charities, 16 May - 19 July 1922

Letter from Charity Commission to Rev. E.O. Butler, Egglestone Vicarage, concerning appointment of trustees to Sanderson's and Unknown Donor's Charities, 12 January 1917

Charity Commission Order re appointment of trustees for Sanderson and the Unknown Donor Charities, 16 May 1922

Papers re Sanderson's and Unknown Donor's Charities, 21 March 1919 - 27 April 1923

Account book of Sanderson and Unknown Donor Charities, 1919 - 1941

Statement of accounts of Sanderson' s and Unknown Donor's Charities, 5 December 1949

Letter from Charity Commission to Rev. R.C. Thornton, Egglestone Vicarage concerning beneficiary of Sanderson and Unknown Donor Charities, 4 March 1955

Extracts from "An Account of the Charities belonging to the Parish of Barnard Castle" (1882) concerning Sanderson's Charity, 7 April 1900

Letter from Charity Commission to Rev. E.O. Butler, Eggleston Vicarage concerning beneficiaries of Sanderson' s Charity, 6 May 1919

Notice re appointment of trustees to Sanderson's Charity, 20 May 1919

Letter from Charity Commission to Rev. E.O. Butler, Eggleston Vicarage concerning sales of Sanderson's Charity property, 19 January 1921

Statement of accounts of William Sanderson Charity, 31 December 1954 - 31 December 1956

Notification of loan of Unknown Donor's Charity money, 26 August 1965

Notes on Dent's Charity, n.d.

Declaration of Trust re Egglestone Reading Room, 27 March 1895

Poster for British & Foreign Bible Society meeting, n.d.

Parish magazines, March - December 1928

Parish News - Upper Teesdale Churches [St. James the Less, Forest and Frith; St. Mary's, Middleton in Teesdale; Holy Trinity, Eggleston], April - December 2008

Parish News - Upper Teesdale Churches, January - December 2009

Parish News - Upper Teesdale Churches, January - September; November - December, 2010

Parish News - Upper Teesdale Churches, January - December 2011

Parish News - Upper Teesdale Churches, January; May - August; October - December, 2012

Parish News - Upper Teesdale Churches, March - August 2013

Egglestone parish church magazines, June - August; September; December 1953

Egglestone parish church magazines, March - June; August; October - December, 1954

Egglestone parish church magazines, February - November 1955

Egglestone parish church magazines, March - April; June; August - September; December 1956

Egglestone parish church magazines, January - February; April - May; July - October, 1957

Egglestone parish church magazines, April; July; September - December 1958

Egglestone parish church magazines, January; May; August - December 1959

Egglestone parish church magazines, January - October 1960

Egglestone parish church magazines, January - February 1961

Egglestone parish church magazines, July 1966

Teesdale Mercury , containing account of opening of new church, 14 July 1869

Teesdale Mercury , containing account of centenary celebrations, 16 July 1969

Teesdale Mercury , containing account of centenary celebrations, 27 August 1969

Letters from Henry Grove, London, to vicar of Eggleston concerning history of church, 31 May - 31 August 1878