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Register of baptisms, 27 April 1866 - 22 March 1888

Register of baptisms, 22 March 1888 - 6 June 1897

Register of baptisms, 10 June 1897 - 16 July 1905

Register of baptisms, 20 July 1905 - 28 August 1913

Register of baptisms, 31 August 1913 - 13 November 1921

Register of baptisms, 16 November 1921 - 16 June 1932

Register of baptisms, 16 June 1932 - 6 November 1949

Register of baptisms, 9 November 1949 - 11 September 1966

Register of marriages, 14 January 1867 - 23 October 1909

Register of marriages, 6 November 1909 - 3 April 1926

Register of marriages, 3 April 1926 - 14 November 1936

Register of marriages, 24 November 1936 - 19 May 1945

Register of marriages, 21 May 1945 - 31 August 1957

Register of marriages, 14 September 1957 - 20 October 2018

Register of banns of marriage, 23 December 1866 - 25 July 1915

Register of banns of marriage, 4 July 1915 - 22 July 1928

Register of banns of marriage, 19 April 1942 - 27 July 1952

Register of banns of marriage, 27 July 1952 - 22 February 1970

Register of services, 2 December 1883 - 28 May 1891

Register of services, 31 May 1891 - 8 April 1898

Register of services, 10 April 1898 - 5 March 1916

Register of services, 31 December 1929 - 31 December 1933

Register of services, 1 January 1934 - 28 October 1941

Register of services, 1 November 1941 - 1 May 1949

Register of services, 8 May 1949 - 1 March 1964

Register of services, 2 March 1964 - 8 February 1970

Register of services, 11 February 1970 - 18 May 1988

Register of services, 22 May 1988 - 9 March 1994

Register of services, 13 March 1994 - 14 July 2002

21 June 1866 (1) Robert Robey Redmayne of Bellevue, Gateshead, manufacturer; Hugh Lee Pattinson of Scots House, Gateshead, manufacturer; John Marriner Redmayne South Dene, Gateshead, manufacturer (2) Rt. Rev. Charles, Bishop of Durham (3) Ecclesiastical Commissions of England (4) Robert Robey Redmayne; Hugh Lee Pattinson; John Marriner Redmayne; Giles Redmayne of 25 Gloucester Gardens, Hyde Park, silk mercer; William Watson Transfer from (1) to (4) with consent of (2) and (3) of right to nominate the minister of Felling, Christ Church

Order in council endowing the incumbent of the perpetual curacy of Felling, Christ Church, with a stipend of £300 a year, The London Gazette, 15 January 1867

Order in council granting the incumbent of the perpetual curacy of Felling, Christ Church, the sum of £120 for the employment of an assistant curate, The London Gazette, 22 November 1867

Order in council granting £60 a year towards the cost of employing two assistant curates, The London Gazette, 2 May 1884

Return of the income of the benefice of Felling, Christ Church, to the Ecclesiastical Commission, October 1962

Correspondence, mainly with Robert Redmayne, Felling Chemical Works, Gateshead, and accounts, concerning the creation of the parish and building of the church of Felling, Christ Church, September 1858 - January 1867

Handbill announcing the date of dedication and consecration of the new church of Felling, Christ Church, 26 April 1866

Order in council assigning a district chapelry to the church of Felling, Christ Church, The London Gazette, 18 September 1866

Letter from J.H. Colley, Hon. Secretary of the Bishop's Commission on Parochial Boundaries, within the Rural Deanery, 6 Earl's Dene, Low Fell, to Rev. A. Marchant, Christ Church Vicarage, Felling, concerning proposed changes to the boundaries of the parish, 11 February 1933

Licence for the performance of divine service in the Felling Church Institute, Mission Room and Sunday School, 15 October 1885

Licence for the performance of divine service in the church institute during the closure of the church, 20 May 1905

Licence for the performance of divine service in St. Peter's church in the parish of Felling, Christ Church, 25 January 1913

Letters from Tom J. Ison, 11, Lansdowne Place, Blackheath Hill, London; Nasik, India; Munmar, Bombay Residency, India; Rugby Hotel, Matheran, B.P., India; and T. Ison, 11, Richmond Terrace, Felling-on-Tyne; to Rev. Mr. Greenaway, concerning Tom Ison's career, 16 May 1902, 29 November 1908 - 21 October 1909

Condensed comments in retrospect, on 'Mission Impossible,' by Rev H. Wroe, 11 October 1978

'An Analysis of a Placement at Christchurch, Felling, July 14th - 28th; September 1st - 27th' by Daniel H. Young of Cranmer Hall, 1979

Results of the parish survey of worship, n.d. [c1994]

'Praying Together Starter Pack,' n.d. [c1994]

Copy licence of Robert Harry Townend as assistant curate, 21 December 1890

Copy licence of Frederick Oberlin Ellis as assistant curate, 21 December 1893

Copy licence of George William Thompson as assistant curate, 21 December 1895

Copy licence of Lawrence Knyvett Morton as assistant curate, 19 September 1897

Copy licence of William Livingstone Reed as assistant curate, 2 November 1899

Copy licence of Arthur Button as assistant curate, 21 December 1901

Copy licence of James Birkett Atkinson as assistant curate, 19 March 1905

Copy licence of Walter Livingstone Reed as assistant curate, 4 May 1906

Copy licence of Edward Edmund Pearson as assistant curate, 13 February 1923

Licence of Albert Simmons to the curacy of Felling, Christ Church, 30 May 1915

Licence of William Murray to the curacy of Felling, Christ Church, 24 September 1919

Notice issued by Rev. W.F.B. Hoystead to the churchwardens of the parish of Felling, Christ Church, that he is to be absent from the parish on the grounds of ill-health, 12 September 1925 Includes: copy licence issued by the Bishop of Durham to Rev. W.F.B. Hoystead for him to be non-resident in the parish, 8 September 1925

Institution of John Robert Lindsay as vicar of Felling, Christ Church, 26 May 1937

Letter from the legal secretary to the Bishop of Durham, Chapter Office, The College, Durham to the church wardens of Felling, Christ Church, announcing the Bishop's intention to institute Rev. John Robert Lindsay to the benefice of Felling, Christ Church, 26 April 1937

Parochial statistics for the year ended 31 December 1934

Parochial statistics for the year ended 31 December 1984

Agreement for the employment of W. Alderson as organist at the church of Felling, Christ Church, 1 May 1901

Letters from T. Beswick, 43&45 Grey Street, Newcastle, to Rev. S.H. Greenway, The Vicarage, Felling, concerning the organ in the church, 22 January - 19 March 1906

Correspondence between Blackett and Howden, Snowdon Street, Oxford Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, organ builders and tuners, and Rev. S.H. Greenway, The Vicarage, Felling, concerning work on the organ, 19 July 1906

Letter from J. Percy Ison, 11 Richmond Terrace, Felling, to the churchwardens and incumbent of the parish of Felling, Christ Church, describing the reason for the difficulties which have been experienced with the organ in the church, 17 September 1910

"Specifications ... in building a new church at Felling Shore near Heworth, by the River Tyne, Durham", n.d. [watermark, 1843]

Certificates of provisional valuation under the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910 of the institute and school, the church, a house and garden, and St. Peter's church, 7 August 1913

Specification and bill of quantities for the restoration and enlargement of the church of Felling, Christ Church, March 1905 and approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 23 June 1905

Rough sketch of stone, listing vicars and founders of Christ Church, to be placed in the north wall, c.1905

14 December 1905 (1) Vicar and Churchwardens of the parish of Felling, Christ Church (2) William Horvitt, 19 Stainton Street, Felling, painter Agreement whereby (2) agrees to clean and paint the railings round the church, the two gas lamp standards near the doors of the church and vestry, the notice board, and two doors

Estimates for, and costs of, the restoration and the building of the new aisle, 18 April 1905

Vouchers for the work of restoration submitted by Joseph Potts and Son, architects, John Street, Sunderland, 1 May 1905 - 2 March 1906

Vouchers for the work of restoration, submitted by various tradesmen, 9 June 1905 - 28 July 1906

Statement of accounts for the restoration, 30 August 1905

Notes, in the hand of Rev. S.H. Greenway, of the expenses incurred in the restoration of the church and other church expenses, and bill submitted by A. Laidler and Company, 2 Quarry Row, Felling, 1905-1906

Correspondence between Rev. S.H. Greenway, The Vicarage, Felling; R. Redmayne; and Felling Urban District Council, Surveyor's Office, Felling, discussing the details of the new aisle and the restoration of the church, 21 January - 2 December 1905 and 25 October 1907

Correspondence between Cooper and Goodger, 27 Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; J.G. Wilson, Ormsby and Cadle, 5 North Bailey, Durham; Rev. S.H. Greenway, Christ Church Vicarage, Felling; Joseph Potts and Son, 57 John Street, Sunderland; concerning compensation for damage to Felling, Christ Church, church and parsonage house, 6 February - 3 November 1904, 5 January 1905

Letters addressed to Rev. S.H. Greenway responding to his request for subscriptions towards the cost of restoring the church of Felling, Christ Church, 2 March 1905 - 5 March 1906

Correspondence between Sir Alfred de Brock Porter; the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; the Diocesan Registry, Durham; Rev. S.H. Greenway, Felling Vicarage; R.R. Redmayne, 43 Brittany Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex; Ethel Pattinson, Denewell Avenue, Low Fell; F. Redmayne, Well Vicarage, Bedale, Yorkshire; E.B. Haythornthwaite, 148 Vernon Gardens, Gateshead; John Hare, 43&45 Grey Street, Newcastle; concerning the application for the faculty for the new aisle, contributions to the cost of the alterations, and invitations to the formal re-opening of the church, 7 April 1905 - 16 May 1906

Copy letter from Joseph Potts and Sons, 57 John Street, Sunderland, to Rev. S.H. Greenway, The Vicarage, Felling, advocating the construction of the new aisle and the restoration, 4 April 1905, and list of resolutions passed at a meeting of the Church Council, 10 April 1905

Note concerning Mr. Laidler's tender, c.1905

Correspondence between Joseph Potts and Sons, architects and surveyors, 57 John Street, Sunderland; Rev. S.H. Greenway, The Vicarage, Felling; Henry Miller Potts, 4 The Elms, Sunderland, and 57 John Street Sunderland, concerning the alterations and additions to the church of Felling, Christ Church, 18 April - 26 May 1906

Letters from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 10 Whitehall Place, London, to Rev. S.H. Greenway, The Vicarage, Felling, promising a contribution towards the cost of the restoration of the church, 25 April - 19 May 1905

Correspondence from John B. Stott, builder, Easington Street, Sunderland, to Rev. S.H. Greenway, Christ Church Vicarage, Felling, giving routine details of the progress of the work of restoration of the church of Felling, Christ Church, 6 May 1905 - 4 April 1906

Letter from Rev. S.H. Greenway, The Vicarage, Felling, to R. Redmayne, discussing the proposed restoration of the church, 15 May 1905 Endorsed: list of costs and contributions, 1905

Letter from Henry Miller Potts, 57 John Street, Sunderland, to Rev. S.H. Greenway, Christ Church Vicarage, Felling, concerning the restoration of the church, 26 May, 19 and 24 August 1905

Letters from Rev. Sydney M. Reynolds, Burnmoor Rectory, Fencehouses; C. Hodgson Fowler, The College, Durham; Incorporated Society for Promoting the Enlargement, Building, and Repairing of Churches and Chapels, 7 Dean's Yard, London; C. Rowlandson, The Barrington Society, Durham; T.H. Leathart, Bracken Dene, Low Fell; concerning architectural details and financing of church restoration and extension, 29 May 1905 - 19 March 1906

Letters from John B. Stott, builder, to Rev. S.H. Greenway, concerning washing the walls and laying the floor in the church, 1 August and 6 December 1905

Correspondence between Rev. S.H. Greenway, The Vicarage, Felling; E.N. Hodges, The Tower, Durham; the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; F. Redmayne, Well Vicarage, Bedale, Yorkshire; Rev. T. Brocas Waters, Jesmond Vicarage, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; F.A. Gott, 7 Kensington Terrace, Gateshead; L. Pattinson, Low Fell; Rev. E.J. Taylor, West Pelton; Rev. G.H. Schofield-Frobisher, 36 St. Charles Square, North Kensington, London; J.A.J. Redmayne, Harewood, Low Fell; concerning attendance at the formal re-opening of the church, 26 January - 11 March 1906

Correspondence between the Air Raid Precautions Department - Wardens' Service, A.R.P. Headquarters, Chief Warden's Office, Holly Hill Hall, Felling, and the Rev. R.S. Chapman, 23, Helmdale Avenue, Felling, concerning firewatching at the church of Felling, Christ Church, 16 January - 12 May 1942

Photographs of Christ Church, showing cracks in the stonework, caused by subsidence, taken by C. T. Bulman, photographer, Gateshead, 5 March 1901 1)Crack below a clerestory window in the exterior north wall of the church, 2)South west corner of the exterior of the church 3)Two views of the interior of the church depicting cracks below a double lancet window in the south aisle and through a decorative arch in the north wall. 4)Crack in the exterior north wall of the church, from a clerestory window through a decorative arch to the ground 5)Crack in the exterior north wall of the church, running from the roof through a double lancet window

Photographs of the interior of the church, following re-ordering, decked out for a Christmas music event, n.d. [1980s] 1)South aisle and part of the nave 2)Altar and east end of the nave 3)West end of the nave and north aisle

Letter from Dinning and Cooke, heating engineers, Percy Ironworks, Newcastle, to Messrs. T. Crossling and Company, Ltd., Clayton Street, Newcastle, concerning the boiler at Felling, Christ Church, 20 August 1919

Ground plan of the church of Felling, Christ Church, by Richard Wylie, architect, Newcastle, June 1929 Scale: 5 inches to 40 feet [1:96]

General plan of the church of Felling, Christ Church, at present and as proposed; detail plan of proposed north aisle; north elevation as proposed and at present; end elevation; section through new aisle; section looking into new aisle, by Joseph Potts and Son, architects and surveyors, 57 John Street, Sunderland, approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Dean's Yard, London, 23 June 1905 Scales: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]; 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:4]; 16 feet to 1 inch [1:192]

Letters from Hicks and Charlewood, 67, Westgate Road, Newcastle, to Rev. S.H. Greenway, concerning alterations to the pulpit in the church of Felling, Christ Church, 18 September - 28 October 1907

Tenders submitted for alterations to the pulpit in the church of Felling, Christ Church, 21 September - 9 October 1907

Correspondence between Rev. S.H. Greenway, Christ Church Vicarage, Felling; Joseph Potts and Son, 57 John Street, Sunderland; J.G. Wilson, Ormsby and Cadle, 5 North Bailey, Durham; A. Crawford Hick, 8A Whitehall Place, London; Blackett and Howden, Oxford Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; concerning plans of the church, the assessment of the damage caused by subsidence, and the possibility of overhauling the organ, 2 September 1900 - 1 March 1901

Correspondence between Rev. W. Moore Ede, The Rectory, Gateshead; the Ecclesiastical Commission, Whitehall Place, London; Joseph Potts and Son, 57 John Street, Sunderland; J.G. Wilson, Ormsby and Cadle, 5 North Bailey, Durham; Rev. S.H. Greenway, Christ Church Vicarage, Felling; Bowes and Partners, Felling Colliery; C.B. Palmer, The Union Club, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; R.R. Redmayne, Carlton House, Low Fell; Rev. R.H. Townend, Christ Church, Felling; concerning subsidence of Christ Church, Felling, caused by the operation of Felling Colliery, 9 March 1901 - 24 December 1902

Correspondence between Joseph Potts and Sons, 57 John Street, Sunderland; Rev. S.H. Greenway, Christ Church Vicarage, Felling; J.G. Wilson, Ormsby and Cadle, 5 North Bailey, Durham; concerning the assessment of compensation for the subsidence at Felling, Christ Church, 14 January - 6 December 1904

Letter from Thomas, silversmiths and electroplaters, 153 New Bond Street, London, to R.R. Redmayne, recommending the correct way to clean the church's gilt communion service, 23 May 1866

Correspondence between the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 10 Whitehall Place, London; Rev. George Hans Hamilton, Eglingham Vicarage, Alnwick, Northumberland; Lindisfarne Archdeaconry Registry, Durham; N.H.D. Longstaffe, Gateshead; R.R. Redmayne, Felling Chemical Works; S.P. Boutflower, V.A. [ sic ], Valpy & Chaplin, 19 Lincolns Inn Fields, London; M. Plummer, Heworth Vicarage; the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; concerning the right of burial in Heworth churchyard of people in the conventional district of Felling, Christ Church, 17 November 1866 - 27 April 1874

Case as to the burial rights of the inhabitants of Felling in Heworth churchyard, and opinion of Charles Bowen, 20 March 1871 Attached: sketch map of Jarrow parish 1871

Copy opinion of Charles Bowen on the right to burial in Heworth churchyard of the inhabitants of the conventional district of Felling, Christ Church, 20 March 1871

Additional information in the matter of the right of burial in Heworth churchyard of the inhabitants of Felling, and opinion thereon of Charles Bowen, March 1871

Copy of Mr. Bowen's remarks on the additional information concerning the right of burial of the inhabitants of Felling in Heworth churchyard, March 1871

Correspondence between Felling Urban District Council, Council Buildings, Felling-on-Tyne; Rev. J.R. Lindsay, Christ Church Vicarage, Felling; Mrs. S. Paxton, P.C.C. Secretary, 44, The Avenue, Felling; District Valuer, Government Buildings, 81, St. Mary's Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; concerning compensation for the use of the church hall as a mortuary, 27 August 1939 - 8 October 1940

Order in council granting the sum of £1,400 for the erection of a parsonage house, The London Gazette, 5 April 1867

Order in council conveying to the incumbent of the vicarage of Christ Church land as the site for the parsonage house, The London Gazette, 22 January 1875

2 November 1899 (1) Rev. Samuel Henry Greenway (2) Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne Counterpart mortgage for 13 years for sanitary improvements to the parsonage house and officers upon the glebe Consideration: £91 and interest

Certificate of the redemption of land tax on Christ Church Vicarage and its grounds, 5 May 1905

Correspondence between R. Scott-Chapman, 23, Helmsdale Avenue, Felling-on-Tyne; the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Flight Lieutenant Howard, 12, South Drive, Hebburn; Captain J.R. Lindsay, Brancepeth Castle; Richard Wylie, architect, 51, Grainger Street, Newcastle; concerning the use of Felling Vicarage as Flight H.Q. for the Balloon Barrage Flight, 6 December 1941 - 21 October 1942

Log book, 5 April 1975 - 22 April 1985

Terrier and inventory, 9 September 1935

Terrier, n.d. [c1904] Originally enclosed in EP/Fe 4/82/1

Faculty for boarding the roof in a semi-circular line following the main timbers, in harmony with the roof of the apse or chancel, which is boarded, 14 July 1890

Faculty for the restoration and enlargement of the church of Felling, Christ Church, 23 September 1905

Faculty for the erection of a tablet in the chancel in the memory of the three founders of the church, 2 March 1909

Faculty for the installation of an electric lighting system, 21 October 1922

Letters from the Diocesan Registry, Palace Green, Durham, to Rev. W.F.B. Hoystead, Christ Church Vicarage, Felling, commenting on the design of the tablets which are to be erected in the church, 24 January and 6 February 1924

Faculty for the removal of the wood mount on the tablet erected to the memory of Arthur Sutton and the installation of two brass tablets, 3 April 1924

Faculty for the erection of new doors from the clergy vestry to the church and of new sanitary arrangements in the choir vestry, 21 November 1929

Faculty for the installation of an electronic bell ringing system in the vestry and for the fitting of deaf aid equipment in three positions in two pews, 6 February 1950 Includes: restrictions on the use of the bells

Faculty authorising the replacement of the lead flashing stolen from the roof of the clerestory and porch, with zinc alloy flashing, 20 June 1980

Quinquennial inspection report on Felling vicarage together with the order of Durham Diocesan Dilapidations Board for the completion of repairs, 29 August - 27 October 1939

Quinquennial inspection report on Christ Church, Felling, by D. H. Dickinson, architect, 26 Fairisle, Wentworth Park Estate, Ouston, 26 April 1980

Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures 1923 to 1929, 1 November 1934

Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923 - 1951, 25 May 1955

Surveyor's report under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923 to 1951, 1 July 1964

Schedule of dilapidations under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923 - 1951, July 1964

Order under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923 - 1951, 4 August 1964

Sequestration of the living of Felling, Christ Church, 27 April 1937

Copy writ of sequestration of the benefice and parish of Felling, Christ Church, 28 February 1899

Letters from the Archdeaconry Registry, Durham, to Rev. S.H. Greenway, The Vicarage, Felling, concerning the compilation by the former of a list of churchwardens of the parish of Felling, 1 and 3 March 1905

List of churchwardens, 1866-1883

Vestry meetings minute book, 30 March 1883 - 22 March 1927

Receipt book of voluntary church and burial rate, 10 April 1871

Balance sheets, 1892-1900; 1911-1912; 1916

Account submitted to the vicar and churchwardens by Hough and Forrestal, law accountants, 1 Newgate Street, Newcastle, for investigating the church accounts of 1 April 1917 to 8 May 1921, 1 June 1921

Accounts, 1919-1921

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 16 November 1927 - 10 March 1940 Includes : Easter Vestry and Annual Parochial meetings minutes, 21 April 1927 - 29 March 1939 : copy insurance policies for the church, church institute and St. Peter's mission church, 1904-1931

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 14 July 1940 - 13 November 1978 Includes : Easter Vestry and Annual Church meeting minutes, March [sic ] 1940 - 13 March 1978

Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 8 January 1979 - 9 June 1992 Includes: Annual General Meetings minutes, 30 April 1979 - 7 April 1992

Minutes of Annual General Meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 7 April 1992 - April 1995

Minutes of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 14 July 1992 - 8 May 1996

Agenda papers for meetings of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 18 June 1996 - 14 October 1997

Statement of accounts for the parish of Felling, Christ Church, with St. Peter's Mission, for the year ending 31 December 1941

Income and expenditure account of Christ Church, Felling for the year ended 31 March 1918

Statements of accounts of Christ Church, Felling with St Peter's Mission Hall, for the years ended 31 December 1928 - 1930

Statement of account of Christ Church, Felling with St Peter's Mission Hall, for the year ended 31 December 1933

Account book for St. Peter's Mission Hall, 3 November 1937 - 31 December 1962 From 1943 the accounts are for a repair fund

Account book, 1 January 1936 - 31 December 1951

Account book, 1 January 1952 - 31 December 1959

Account book, 1 January 1960 - 31 December 1967

Account book, 1 January 1968 - 31 December 1986

Parochial cash book, 1 January 1934 - 31 December 1935

Sales of work account book, 31 May 1935 - 16 January 1977

Sales of work balance sheets, 1936, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1951-1955, 1960-1970 Originally enclosed in EP/Fe 6/3

Brochure publicising Christ Church's Planned Giving Campaign, printed by CWS Printing Works, Pelaw, January 1964

'Christ Church, Felling, Planned Giving Campaign Plan,' January 1964

'Christ Church, Felling, Planned Giving Campaign Final Report,' 27 January 1964

Planned Giving Recorder's reports on Christ Church's Planned Giving Campaign, for the years 1977/1978 - 1985/1986

Printer's blocks of photographs, taken by J. K. Crilly, and other illustrations featured in the Planned Giving Campaign publicity brochure (EP/Fe 4/78/1), January 1964 1)Double block depicting two views of Christ Church, used on the front cover of the brochure 2)Vicar, Rev. Harry Wroe, speaking at the lectern in the church 3)Signature of Rev. Harry Wroe 4)Crack in the church wall 5)The altar and the apse at the east end of the church 6)Study group of mothers and children in the Church Institute 7)Church roof with slates missing 8)Church roof with damaged down pipes and guttering 9)A few of the church women at a hostess meeting early in the campaign

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1, Millbank, Westminster, London, to Mrs. R.F. Paxton, 44, The Avenue, Felling, concerning the grants made by the Ecclesiastical Commission to the parish of Felling, Christ Church, and arrangements for their payment during a sequestration, 24 May 1937

Letter from Mrs. S.A. Paxton, P.C.C. Secretary, 44, The Avenue, Felling, to Rev. B.W. Isaacs, regretting that the parish of Felling, Christ Church, is unable to make a charitable contribution because of the parish's lack of money, 4 April 1940

Letter from J.P. Carter, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, to Rev. R.S. Chapman, 23, Helmsdale Avenue, Felling, setting out grants made by the diocese to the parish of Felling, Christ Church, 13 September 1941

Electoral rolls, 1992 - 1993

Correspondence between Robert R. Redmayne, Carlton House, Low Fell and 22 Dam Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire; the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, 10 Whitehall Place, Westminster; George Bolam, South View, Felling; Rev. S. H. Greenway, The Vicarage, Felling; Rev. W. M. Ede, The Rectory, Gateshead; Robert Hebron, North View, Felling and H. Swinburne, solicitor, 12 West Street, Gateshead, concerning the management of the Church Institute, particularly the assignment of the lease of the building to new trustees, a dispute over supplies of fuel and the tax status of the institute, 19 January 1900 - 25 January 2002

Minutes of ordinary and Annual General Meetings of the Management Committee of Felling Church Institute and Working Men's Club, 3 October 1930 - 16 July 1948

Income and expenditure account of Felling Church Institute, for the year ended 31 December 1930

Order of the Charity Commission approving a scheme for the management of the charity consisting of the proceeds of sale of the Mission Church of St Peter in the parish of Felling, Christ Church, 4 March 1976

Church Institute Committee meetings minute book, 3 December 1948 - 15 February 1962 Includes : Annual General meetings minutes, 24 September 1948 - 26 October 1961

Notice soliciting contributions towards the cost of erecting a Sunday school and church institute at Felling, c.1884

Rules of the Felling Church Institute and Working Men's Club, 1894

Felling Church Institute and Working Men's Club balance sheets, 1897, 1899, 1900

Correspondence between Rev. S.H. Greenway, The Vicarage, Felling; R. Redmayne, Carlton House, Low Fell; R. Hebron, Felling Church Institute, and 3 North View, Felling; G. Bolam, South View Felling; I. Ison, 11 Richmond Terrace, Felling; J.W. Pattinson, Beechgrove, Barnsley, Yorkshire; concerning the deeds of, and running of, the church institute, and disputes concerning its running, 20 November 1899 - 5 October 1901

27 September 1901 (1) Joseph Watson Pattinson of Beechgrove, Barnsley, Yorkshire, esq., and others, trustees of the Sunday School, Mission Room and Church Institute, Felling (2) Rev. Samuel Henry Greenway, clerk, incumbent of the vicarage of the parish of Felling, Christ Church Appointment by (1) of (2) as trustee of the Sunday School, Mission Room and Church Institute

27 September 1901 (1) Joseph Watson Pattinson of Beechgrove, Barnsley, Yorkshire, esq.; George Bolam of South View, Felling, accountant; Robert Robey Redmayne of Carlton House, Low Fell, esq., William Brown of Greenhead House, Heworth, store-merchant (2) The said J.W. Pattinson, George Bolam, Robert Redmayne, William Brown and Rev. Samuel Henry Greenway, clerk, incumbent of the vicarage of Felling, Christ Church Notice of assignment from (1) to (2) of the residue of a lease for 99 years, from 10 April 1884, of a parcel of land (2420 sq. yds.) and the Sunday school, mission room and church institute erected thereon

Terms of tenancy, and rules, of the Felling Church Institute and Working Men's Club, 1 October 1901

Scheme, issued by the Charity Commission, for the church institute in the parish of Felling, Christ Church, 26 September 1913

Rules of the Felling Church Institute and Working Men's Club, printed by Branch's Printing Works, Felling, 1894 Includes: signatures of members and secretary; acknowledgement that the club was registered under the Friendly Societies Act, 1875, 14 June 1894

Photograph of Christ Church Mothers Union members on an outing to Durham Cathedral, n.d. [early 1950s]

Income and expenditure account of Christ Church Sunday School, for the year ended 31 December 1937

Photographs donated by Elsie Cuthbertson, depicting performances by Christ Church Opera 1)Betty Ducker, Elsie Cuthbertson and Winnie Murray; Doris Ison, Ina, N. Watson and Winnie Dent, posing on set and in costume for a performance of [Seven Brides for Seven Brothers], taken and published by Newcastle Chronicle Ltd, n.d. [late 1930s] 2)Billy Copeland, Emily Elvin and Fred Thompson; Elsie Cuthbertson, Bob Ross and Florrie McDonald; Casson Brown and Winnie Dent, taking a bow at the end of a performance of The Pirates of Penzance, November 1938 3)The cast of The Pirates of Penzance, on stage, November 1938 4)Elsie Cuthbertson and Tom Stuart, posing on stage and in costume for an un-named production, n.d. [late 1930s]

Photographs depicting members of Christ Church Concert Party, n.d. [1950s] 1)Group, in costume for an un-named production, comprising Mrs Purvis, Mrs Ritchie and Mrs Smith; Mrs Turner, Mrs Ross and Mrs Milburn; Mrs Southen, S. Brown and A. Wildish; Mrs Newton, Rene [Marr] and Betty [Marr]; Mrs Fish, L. Oram and P. Doran. 2)Two members of the group, including Mrs Ross, blacked up and in costume for an un-named production, n.d. [1950s]

Correspondence between R.S. Chapman, Priest-in-Charge, 23, Helmsdale Avenue, Felling, and Felling Local Youth Sub-Committee, Durham County Council, Council Buildings, Felling, detailing the youth organisations in the parish of Felling, Christ Church, 28 October 1942

Felling Parochial Magazine , including an obituary of Rev. E. Haythornthwaite, vicar of Felling from 1879 to 1899, March 1899

Felling Parochial Magazine, 1 April 1905

Groupvine '89 , magazine of the Felling group of churches, including Windy Nook, St. Alban; Heworth, St. Mary; Leam Lane, St. Andrew and Felling, Christ Church, January - May 1989

Groupvine '89, August - September 1989

Groupvine '89 , November - December 1989

Plan of the area of Felling from the North Eastern Railway line to the Hole in the Wall public house, showing existing drainage and options for connecting the present end of sewage pipes to the river Tyne, n.d. [c1870] No scale Originally enclosed in EP/Fe 4/82/1

'Petition of the ratepayers, etc., of the districts proposed to be added to the borough of Gateshead, against the Boundary Commissioners' report in reference to the Borough of Gateshead, in Parliament, session 1868'; list of objections of the districts, and draft list of objections, 1868

'Local History Notes,' articles relating to Felling, copied by Mr Charles C. Taylor from the Tyne Mercury, 1810 - 1813, together with an inventory of local history resources donated to the Felling Local History Society, October 1972

Notes on the derivation of local place names, compiled by Mrs J. M. Hewitt, September 1973

Newspaper cutting of an appeal for information about a children's party, with presentation of commemorative medals and cards, to make Queen Victoria's golden jubilee in 1887, n.d. [1972]

Cutting from an unidentified magazine, and a copy of an article from The Forbes Magazine Collection, both relating to 'A Birthday Picnic: Portraits of the Children of William and Anne Pattison of Felling,' by Arthur Hughes, depicting Norman Percy Pattison's fifth birthday party, set in Felling Wood, a painting, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1867, n.d. [1970s]

Photograph depicting 'Doris, Elsie, Peg and Dad' outside Jack's grocery shop, n.d. [late 1930s]

Photograph depicting four adults, one of them a clergyman (possibly Rev R. S. Chapman) and one in uniform (possibly Captain F. R. Lindsay) with two children, endorsed, 'T Temple,' n.d. [c1942]

Wedding photograph of Elsie McLaren and Norman Hughes, taken by W. H. Harvey & Son, photographer, South Shields, 2 July 1949

Wedding photograph, endorsed, 'Winnie and Joe's wedding,' with Elsie [Cuthbertson] as bridesmaid, n.d. [late 1940s]

5 copy photographs and 1 original, used to illustrate an unidentified publication. 1)Christ Church, viewed from the east, n.d. [mid 20th century] 2)Old vicarage, n.d. [mid 20th century] 3)Table in the church, decorated for Harvest Festival, n.d. [c1980] 4)Christ Church Mens Group, n.d. [1940s] 5)Mens visiting group, comprising, Rev Wroe, churchwardens J. Milburn and Mr Anderson, Ken Burns and Stephen Wroe, n.d. [c1980] 6)The new altar frontal, n.d. [1980s]

A series of postcards, depicting 'Old Felling and Heworth', published by Gateshead Public Libraries and Arts Department, n.d. [c1980] 1)Felling colliery, c1925 2)Sunderland Road, Heworth, c1924 3)Heworth Village, c1925 4)High Street, Felling, c1910 5)Gosforth Street, Felling, c1910

Photographs of members of the Christ Church congregation outside the church, n.d. [1980s] 1)Large group of, mainly, women, at the east end of the church 2)Large group of women and children, standing outside the church porch

Photograph of a group of women gathered around the cake stall at the Christ Church Christmas Fair, displaying their contributions to the stall, n.d. [1980s]

Leaflet appealing for contributions to the Christ Church Coronation Thanksgiving Fund, c.1953 Originally enclosed in EP/Fe 4/65

Alphabetical list of servicemen, giving their regiments, n.d.