Catalogue

Register of baptisms, 1845 - after October 1947 Parts of the register are illegible because of damage to the volume

Register of baptisms, Harwood, a chapelry of Middleton-in-Teesdale, 6 January 1833 - 18 February 1838 Harwood baptisms are also included in EP/MT 1/8

Register of marriages, 6 November 1875 - 2 August 1986

Register of marriages, 29 April 1995 - 8 June 2019

Register of banns of marriage, 17 October 1875 -17 May 1970 (1 volume, vellum half-bound)

Register of burials, 11 January 1846 - 18 October 1941 Parts of the register are illegible because of damage to the volume

List of confirmation candidates, 1925 - 10 May 1959; 20 April 1977 - 28 May 1982 Communicants' roll, 15 May 1929

Register of services, 29 August 1948 - 25 May 1969

Order in council confirming a scheme to unify the benefice of Middleton-in-Teesdale and the benefice of Saint James, Forest and Frith, 17 April 1985

22 April 1875 (1) The Reverend John Milner, Rector of Middleton in Teesdale (2) The Rt. Hon. Benjamin Disraeli; the first Lord of Her Majesty's Treasury (Patron on behalf of the Crown) (3) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (4) The Rt. Reverend Charles, Bishop of Durham (5) The Most Noble Harry George, Duke of Cleveland, K.G. Certified copy of instrument regulating the right to nominate a minister to serve at Forest and Frith and granting it to (5) absolutely

Correspondence between the Ecclesiastial Commission and the Incumbent of Forest regarding patronage of the benefice, stipend and augmentations, 11 June 1875 - 2 March 1899

Correspondence received from the Ecclesiastical Commission and the Diocesan Office regarding investments made for the benefit of the benefice, augmentation of benefice income and transfer of right of presentation, 4 July 1913 - 3 May 1937

Statement of annual amounts payable by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 1 April 1939

Letter from Church Commissioners giving details of the amount to be received by the benefice under 'The Archbishop of Canterbury's Challenge to the Laity', 25 May 1948

Letter from the Bishop's Legal Secretary (H. Cecil Ferens), Diocesan Registry, Durham, concerning intended transfer of the right of presentation to the benefice from Lord Barnard to his son, 8 March 1951

Circular from the Church Commissioners concerning the Benefices (Stabilization of Incomes) Measure and investments held for the parish, 1 July 1952 (1 paper, printed)

Order of service for the 150th anniversary of the church, 25 June 1995

Transverse section of chapel proposed for Forest in Teesdale by J.W. Raby, architect, June 1844 Sealed, 3 July 1844 No scale

Longitudinal section of chapel at Forest in Teesdale, June 1844. Sealed, 3 July 1844 No scale

Ground plan and south elevation of proposed chapel in the township of Forest, Teesdale, by J.W. Raby, architect, 3 July 1844 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 feet [1:96]

Elevations of west and east ends of the chapel in EP/FF 4/61, 3 July 1844

Ground plan of church and drawing of proposed alterations to the south and west elevations, n.d. [ c.1960]

Letter from Burlison Grylls, 23 Newman Street, London, to Rev. W.H. Philpott regarding the cost of window installed in the church, 10 December 1896

Letter from Archdeacon Price at Inchmarlo Cottage, Banchory, N.B., concerning faculty applications, 9 August 1910

Correspondence received from A.R. Mowbray and Company Ltd., regarding oil lamp, with design 'C' for same, 9 - 23 June 1936,

Tulip-bowled chalice and dish with stand

Chalice and plate

General specification of artificer's work required in the erection of the chapel, 1844

Miscellaneous correspondence concerning the maintenance of the church and churchyard, dilapidations, contributions to the Bishop of Durham's appeal, 14 July - 14 September 1949

List of names in a frame displayed on the church wall Copy list of names of soldiers, who took part in the First World War and in the Second World War and the ones, who never returned, n.d. [1970s] J. Allinson, C. Allinson, W. Allinson, F. Allinson, R. Anderson, J.R. Anderson, A. Bainbridge, J. Bainbridge, J.C. Barker, W. Barker, G. Collinson, S. Collinson, C. Dowson, J. Dowson, W. Hebdon, J. A. Hodson, R. Hutchinson, E. Ireland, C. Ireland, W. Jackson, M. E. Lee, J. Nixon, N. Nixon, T. Nixon, R. Redfearn, F. Scott, J. Scott, T. Scott, F. Smith, H. Staley, J. Staley, D. Tallentire, T. Tallentire, G. Toward, R.H. Toward, T. Toward, A. L. Walton, E. Ward, G. H. Watson, W. Wearmouth, W. Wright Fallen soldiers: J.R. Anderson, J.C. Barker, S. Collinson, R. Hutchinson, M. E. Lee, J. Nixon, F. Scott, W. Wearmouth

Copy certificate from the British Institute of Organ Studies for the church organ built by Postill of York in 1859 making it 'an instrument of importance to the national heritage' with accompanying letter from Michael Sayer, Organs Certificate Scheme Administrate, 23 Saint John's Hill, Shrewsbury to R. A. Bell, Middleton in Teesdale, 8 June 1997

Correspondence regarding tombstones and an extension to the churchyard, with the costs of the Diocesan Registry in this matter, 24 May 1894 - 12 July 1895

Correspondence received from the Imperial War Graves Commission with maintenance agreement for war graves in Forest churchyard, 12 January 1926 - 3 October 1935

Plan of vicarage septic tank, by A. Anderson, engineer and surveyor, Barnard Castle Rural District Council, 45 Galgate, Barnard Castle, 1 February 1966

Faculty for the erection of a memorial window, 14 September 1893

Faculty for insertion of stained glass windows from the chapel at Raby Castle and for redecorating, tiling the floor and making damp-proof the building, 20 September 1910

Faculty for the erection of oil lamps, 27 July 1936

Faculty for the installation of gas lighting, repairs to organ and interior decoration, 10 July 1953

Archdeacon's certificate authorising unspecified work at the church, 7 July 1983

Terrier and inventory, 1890 - 1948

Terrier and inventory, 4 June 1965 - December 1993 (1 booklet, printed form)

Architect's report by A. O Lee, Diocesan Surveyor, Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Owengate House, Durham City, DH1 3HB, March 1983

Architect's report by A. O Lee, Diocesan Surveyor, Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Owengate House, Durham City, DH1 3HB, September 1989

Surveyor's quinquennial report and schedule of dilapidations, with related correspondence and notices from or to the Diocesan Office and Hayton, Lee and Braddock, architects (Diocesan Surveyors), 30 July 1975 - 22 November 1976

Ordinary Assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 24 October 1949

Order, Ordinary Assessment and other papers relating to ecclesiastical dilapidations, 7 October - 8 December 1954

Correspondence with the Diocesan Office, Cordingley and McIntyre, Architects and others regarding dilapidations at Forest Vicarage, 7 November 1955 - 6 February 1956

Ordinary Assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, with covering letter and correspondence from the Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Ltd. concerning revised fire insurance following upon the dilapidations survey, 2 - 18 November 1959

Ordinary Assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 30 June 1965

Schedule of dilapidations by A. O Lee, Diocesan Surveyor, Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Owengate House, Durham City, DH1 3HD, August 1980

Churchwardens' Expenses Fund, statement of account, 1948

Churchwardens' Expenses Fund, account book, 9 January 1951 - 5 April 1963

Balance sheet of improvement fund, October 1889 - March 1891

Offertory accounts ledger, indexed, 24 March 1953 - 31 December 1979

Agenda, report on fabric and ornaments and chairman's address for the Annual Parochial Church Meeting, 26 April 1949

Report of the chairman to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting, 1950 See also 6/7

Notes of resolution at P.C.C. meeting, 14 December 1950

Statement of accounts for Forest and Frith (including Harwood, St. Jude) for 1949

Correspondence, electoral roll, parochial returns, Ecclesiastical Dilapidations etc., 'selected from annual files', relating to Forest and Frith and Harwood, 29 November 1949 - 31 December 1966 See also 6/5

General correspondence, parochial returns, vouchers, P.C.C. accounts and reports to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting etc., 'selected from annual files', 6 January 1967 - 29 December 1969

General correspondence, parochial returns, vouchers, P.C.C. accounts, report to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting etc., 15 January 1970 - 24 December 1970

General correspondence, parochial returns, vouchers, P.C.C. accounts, report to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting, 8 March - 13 December 1971

General correspondence, parochial returns, vouchers, P.C.C. accounts, report to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting, archdeacon's certificate, electoral roll (1966) etc., 22 November 1971 - 29 December 1972

General correspondence, parochial returns, vouchers, P.C.C. accounts, report to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting etc., 24 January 1973 - 29 December 1973

General correspondence, parochial returns, P.C.C. accounts and report to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting etc., 9 January - 21 December 1974

General correspondence, parochial returns, P.C.C. accounts and report to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting, 5 December 1974 - 28 November 1975

General correspondence, parochial returns, P.C.C. accounts and report to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting etc., 18 November 1975 - December 1976

General correspondence, parochial returns, P.C.C. accounts and report to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting etc., 20 November 1976 - 25 November 1977

General correspondence, parochial returns, P.C.C. accounts and report to the Annual Parochial Church Meeting etc., November 1977 - 29 November 1978

Correspondence of the Secretary to the Parochial Church Council, 3 September 1970 - [April] 1979

Correspondence of the Secretary to the Parochial Church Council, 14 April 1982 - March 1989

Correspondence of the Secretary to the Parochial Church Council, 6 October 1989 - 11 October 1994

Copy of letter from Durham County Council to Miss Carter at the Diocesan Office concerning Harwood County School, 19 July 1965

Receipt of the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance with covering letter and related papers concerning the Forest and Frith (Nixon) Trust, 17 September - 10 October 1962

Newsletter of the churches of Upper Teesdale, November 1982 - January 1983

Newsletter of the churches of Upper Teesdale, March - April 1983

Newsletter of the churches of Upper Teesdale, June 1983 - May 1984

Newsletter of the churches of Upper Teesdale, July - September 1984

Newsletter of the churches of Upper Teesdale, November 1984

St. James the Less Forest and Frith: A History of a Dales Church and Community, by Richard A. Bell, 1995

Notes copied from Lord Barnard's written statement concerning Forest and Harwood churches and schools, 17 December 1901

Notes of conveyance of 1845 by T.F. Scarth under the Church Building Acts of lands at Harwood etc., n.d. [late 19th century]

Letter from the Hon. Secretary, Youth Hostels Association to J. Bolton, Langdon Beck Youth Hostel (secretary of Forest P.C.C.), concerning outside use of the hostel, 22 October 1949