Catalogue

Baptisms, 1589 - 1640; marriages, 1580 - 1639; burials, 1581 - 1640

Baptisms, 1643 - 1685; marriages, 1643 - 1685; burials, 1643 - 1685 Includes: p.19, details of pews, 1653; p.20, accounts of the poor stock, 1667, and briefs collected, 1659, 1663; p.41, memoranda re erection of pews, 1757 and 1769 with names of pewholders, 1668

Baptisms, 1685 - 1747; marriages, 1685 - 1745; burials, 1685 - 1746 Includes: Entries relating to the Anabaptists pp.23-25, Births, 1714 - 1726; burials, 1721 - 1727; pp.39-40, Births, marriages, burials, 1743 - 1746; p.52, Births, 1689 - 1720; burials, 1721; p.62, Births, marriages, burials, 1733 - 1738; The above are specifically stated to relate to the Anabaptists but many of their births, marriages and burials seem to be included with the other entries; marriages and burials are often recorded as having taken place at the Meeting House; p.64, Names of the vestrymen, 1727; p.65, Memorandum that the living of Hamsterley was augmented from Queen Anne's Bounty and that certain sums were also donated by the Bishop of Durham and parishioners to further increase the living, 1724; At the end of the book, resolutions of the vestry re the poor stock, distribution of poor relief, provision for pauper children, keeping of proper accounts and the re - building of Houlel (Howl Eel) Bridge, 1685 N.B. The baptism, marriage and burial entries in this book are not always in chronological order

Baptisms, 1747 - 1817; marriages, 1745 - 1753; burials, 1746 - 1813 Includes: entries relating to the Anabaptists:, pp. 171-175, Births, marriages, burials, 1746 - 1777; At the end of the book, vestry meeting minutes giving archdeacon's injunctions, 1765 and 1809

Baptisms, 1813 - 1835

Register of baptisms, 22 February 1835 -­ 24 November 1991 register closed 25 June 1992

Marriages, 1754 - 1794; banns, 1795 - 1846

Marriages, 1795 - 1813; banns, 1795 - 1846

Marriages, 1813 - 1837

Marriages, 1837 - 1957

Register of marriages, 30 November 1957 -­ 28 March 1964

Register of marriages, 29 August 1964 - 28 November 1970

Register of marriages, 5 June 1971 - 31 January 1981

Register of marriages, 6 June 1981 - 8 June 1990

Register of marriages, 4 August 1990 - 17 April 1999

Register of marriages, 14 September 2001 - 24 September 2016

Register of banns of marriage, 29 March 1846 - 21 July 1991 register closed 25 June 1992

Burials, 1813 - 1850

Register of burials, 1 January 1851 -­ 20 March 1992 register closed 25 June 1992

Register of services, 1 December 1957 - 13 May 1973

Register of services, 6 May 1973 -­ 10 July 1983

Register of services, 17 July 1983 - 30 May 1991

The London Gazette, including (p1736) the creation of Lynesack District Chapelry, 1850

Consultation paper on the future provision of ministry in the area covered by the parishes of Hamsterley, St. James; Witton-le-Wear, St. Philip and St. James; Howden-le-Wear, St. Mary the Virgin; Hunwick, St. Paul; Crook, St. Catherine; Stanley, St. Thomas, and Willington and Sunnybrow, St. Stephen, 21 March 1994 Includes: plan, 1994

Draft pastoral scheme to provide for the creation of the new benefices and parishes of Howden-le-Wear and Hunwick; and Hamsterley and Witton-le-Wear, together with the alteration of the areas of the parishes of Crook; Fir Tree; Hunwick; and Willington and Sunnybrow, and the transfer of the benefice and parish of Willington and Sunnybrow to the deanery of Stanhope, n.d., [1994]

'Map showing the Alteration of the Areas of the Parishes of Crook; Fir Tree; Hunwick; and Willington and Sunnybrow', 7 November 1994 Scale: 4 inches : 1 mile [1:15840] Originally part of a bundle with EP/Ham 159, 160

Order-in-Council confirming the pastoral scheme creating the new benefices of Fir Tree; Howden-le-Wear and Hunwick; and Hamsterley and Witton-le-Wear, 28 June 1995 Originally part of a bundle with EP/Ham 158, 160

Letters from the Diocesan Registry, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, to E. Bloor, Secretary to the Parochial Church Council, and copies of his replies, relating to the creation of the new benefice of Hamsterley and Witton-le-Wear and the collation of Rev. Geoffrey William Webster, 21 July - 27 August 1995 Originally part of a bundle with EP/Ham 158, 159

The London Gazette, including (p5238) the transfer of advowson of Hamsterley, 1887

The London Gazette, including (p4012) the stipend of the curate of Hamsterley, 1906

Copy notice of suspension of presentation to the benefice of Hamsterley, 1 September 1992, copy made, n.d.

Correspondence between the secretary to the Parochial Church Council; Venerable Derek Hodgson, Archdeacon of Auckland, 15 The College, Durham; Canon Tony Meakin, senior chaplain to the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; and Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; concerning the benefice of Hamsterley, St. James, including the proposed suspension of presentation following the retirement of Rev. Desmond Leaming; the creation of a united benefice of Hamsterley and Witton-le-Wear and a new pastoral scheme, 15 December 1991 - 12 December 1994 This is an original bundle

Account of the annual profits of the curacy of Hamsterley with an account of the fell rent and reserved stipend paid half-yearly to the curates, 1774; Account of rents received with names and acreages of fields (part only), 1783; Terrier of lands, tenements and other rights belonging to the chapelry of Hamsterley, 1788

File re fell rents due to the vicar of Hamsterley as part of his stipend, comprising letter re redemption of some of the rents, 1925; correspondence re non - payment of rents and statements of rents received, 1934 - 1938

Miscellaneous papers including: list of names and properties in the parish with sums of money to be collected, 1872, and draft appeal for subscriptions, 1877; correspondence re rights of burial, grave spaces, erection of tombstones etc., 1928 - 1934; letter re money left for enlarging the churchyard, 1935; certificate of redemption of a manorial free rent on Hamsterley Common, 1936; estimate of income of benefice by Queen Anne's Bounty, 1938; letter re investment of stock for the stipend, 1947; letter re application to close part of churchyard, 1960; MSS notes re the history of the parish and church of Hamsterley, n.d. [probably c. 1931]; typewritten notes re the income of the benefice, the mission room and the parish magazine, n.d. [probably c.1937]

Return of benefice income under the Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure, 1936, made to the Church of England Pensions Board, 13 December 1936

Correspondence, between the Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Close, estate agent, 63 Cockton Hill Road, Bishop Auckland; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; Smith, Roddam & Co., 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, solicitors; H.E. Ferens & Son, 38 Saddler Street, Durham, solicitors; and A.W. Donnelly, Orchard View, Hamsterley, relating to the management of the parish glebe, including updating the schedule of glebe lands; valuations; estimating the likely rental value of 2 fields compared to their disposal value and negotiations for the sale of 1.46 acres to Mr. Thompson and the sale of a piece of the vicarage garden to Mr. Donnelly, 1 October 1972 - 30 October 1979 Originally part of a bundle with EP/Ham 162-166

4 November 1972 (1) Rev. Eric Victor Johnston of Hamsterley Vicarage, clerk in holy orders (2) Anthony William Donnelly of Orchard View, Hamsterley Licence by (1) to (2) of the right to occupy the garden ground lying immediately to the south of Orchard View, bounded on west partly by the Mission Room and partly by the vicarage gardens, on a rolling monthly tenancy at a nominal rent Originally part of a bundle with EP/Ham 161, 163-166

31 October 1974 (1) Rev. Eric Victor Johnston of Hamsterley Vicarage, clerk in holy orders (2) Richard Peacock of Wellgarth, Hamsterley Licence from (1) to (2) to occupy garden ground to the east of the Mission Room, Hamsterley, bounded partly by the vicarage gardens and partly by land belonging to John Thompson, on a rolling monthly tenancy at a nominal rent Originally part of a bundle with EP/Ham 161-162; 164-166

1 July 1975 (1) Rev. Eric Victor Johnston of Hamsterley Vicarage, clerk in holy orders (2) John Beadnell of Glenshiel, Saunders Villas, Hamsterley Licence by (1) to (2) of the right to occupy the garden ground lying to the east of the Mission Room, Hamsterley, bounded partly by the vicarage gardens, partly by land tenanted by Richard Peacock and partly by land belonging to John Thompson on a rolling monthly tenancy at a nominal rent Originally part of a bundle with EP/Ham 161-163; 165-166;

Surveyor's report on two glebe fields, East Glebe and West Glebe, at Hamsterley, 26 October 1976 Includes: location plans produced by Smiths Gore, 81 Bondgate, Darlington, surveyors, Originally part of a bundle with EP/Ham 161-164, 166

Valuation report on 435 square metres of the vicarage garden on the east side of the house and main garden, by J.A. Close & Son, 63 Cockton Hill Road, Bishop Auckland, surveyors and estate agents, 19 May 1978 Includes: location plan Originally part of a bundle with EP/Ham 161-165

Draft order of service for the collation of Rev. John MacGowan, L.Th., 2 November 1927

Notice issued by the Bishop of Durham signifying his intention to appoint Gerald Hylsop Linnell to the benefice of St. James, Hamsterley, 30 May 1930

Order of service for the collation and induction of Rev. G.H. Linnell to the vicarage of Hamsterley, 1 July 1930

Notice that the benefice of Hamsterley has become vacant by the cession of the Rev. G.H. Linnell, 16 April 1938

Notice issued by the Bishop of Durham signifying his intention to appoint John Delme Smith to the benefice of St. James, Hamsterley, 28 July 1938

Order of service for the collation and induction of John Delme Smith to the vicarage of Hamsterley, 8 September 1938

Notice that the benefice of Hamsterley has become vacant by the resignation of Rev. J.D. Smith, 3 September 1968

Notice issued by the Bishop of Durham signifying his intention to appoint Eric Victor Johnston to the benefice of St. James, Hamsterley, 6 December 1971

Certificate that the Rev. E.V. Johnston has subscribed to the declaration of assent and the declaration against simony, has taken the oath of allegiance and the oath that he would pay canonical obedience to the Bishop of Durham, 15 June 1972

Mandate for the induction of Rev. E.V. Johnston to the to the vicarage of St. James, Hamsterley, 15 June 1972

Institution of Rev E.V. Johnston to the vicarage of St. James, Hamsterley, 15 June 1972

Order of service for the institution and induction of Rev. E.V. Johnston to the vicarage of St, James, Hamsterley, 15 June 1972

Certificate that Rev. E.V. Johnston has read the Thirty Nine Articles, 18 June 1972

Notice that the benefice of St. James, Hamsterley, has become vacant by the death of Rev. J.V. Johnston [sic], 2 March 1976

Notice to the churchwardens of the Bishop of Durham' s intention to admit Rev. Colin Brennen to the benefice of Hamsterley, 12 September 1977

Notification from the Bishop of Durham to the Parochial Church Council of the resignation of Canon C. Brennen from the benefice of Hamsterley, 3 August 1982 Originally part of a bundle with EP/Ham 150, 151

Notice to the churchwardens of the Bishop of Durham' s intention to admit Rev. Ralph Desmond Leaming to the benefice of Hamsterley, 5 December 1983 Originally part of a bundle with EP/Ham 149, 151

Invitation to the institution and induction of Rev. Ralph Desmond Leaming, 5 March 1984 Originally part of a bundle with EP/Ham 149, 150

Letters from correspondents, including: the Archdeacon of Auckland, Venerable Granville Gibson; Barbara Donnelly, Orchard View, Hamsterley, churchwarden; Bishop of Durham, Right Reverend D.E. Jenkins; Canon Peter Crick, the Bishop ' s adviser for continuing ministerial education; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance and Diocesan Registry, both at Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; D.L. Renton, Diocesan surveyor; and Bishop of Jarrow, The Old Vicarage, Pittington, sent to Rev. Geoffrey Webster, 45 Shotley Gardens, Low Fell, Gateshead, arranging his transfer from the parish of Gateshead Fell, St. John, to be Priest-in-charge of Hamsterley, St. James and Witton-le-Wear, St. Philip and St. James, 3 June 1994 - 10 October 1995 This is an original bundle

Copy notice from the Bishop of Durham, informing the Secretary to the Parochial Church Council of his intention to collate Rev. Geoffrey William Webster to the benefice of Hamsterley and Witton-le-Wear, 30 October 1995

Letters to the churchwardens, from the secretary to the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, and Rev. Mervyn Sweet, Upper Wickham Lane, Welling, Kent, concerning Rev. M. Sweet's appointment to the living of Hamsterley, St. James, 12 - 25 March 1976

Letters to the churchwardens from the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, concerning the appointment of Rev. Colin Brennen to the living of Hamsterley, St. James, including newspaper cutting, 11 July - [September] 1977

Correspondence between C.W. Robson, churchwarden of the parish of Hamsterley, St. James; the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Rev. Peter Wood, The Vicarage, Kirkby Wharfe, Yorkshire; Canon T.H. Corden, 29 Watling Road, Bishop Auckland; the Bishop of Jarrow, Melkridge House, Gilesgate, Durham; and Rev. Neville D. Baker, St. Andrew's Vicarage, Tudhoe Grange; relating to the management of the parish during the interregnum, attempts to find a new vicar, and the eventual selection and appointment of Rev. Ralph Desmond Leaming to the benefice, 16 August 1982 - 6 December 1983 Includes: C.W. Robson's brief diary of events during the interregnum, 31 October 1982 - 27 February 1984, and list of vicars, 1835 - 1976 This is an original bundle

Statistical returns of parochial work, 1905 - 1926, 1930 - 1937

List of parishes in the Auckland Rural Deanery listing their average income from church collections for 1924 to 1926 and their diocesan quota for 1927

Parochial Statistics, 1938 and 1939

Tables of fees, 1931

Tithe and fell rent accounts with summaries, 1888 - 1918

Quotation from Protim Services Ltd., Cleveland Trading Estate, Darlington, for treating internal roof timbers at St. James's church against wood-boring insects, 19 February 1986

Letter from Rev. R.D. Leaming, The Vicarage, Hamsterley, to L.C. Evetts, The Stead, Main Road, Woolsington Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, requesting information about the windows at the east end of the church, (designed by Evetts) for a guide to the church, 21 February 1992 Attached: reply from L.C. Evetts, 22 February 1992

Bazaar accounts for Organ Fund, 1939 -­ 1940

Correspondence and estimates, together with brochures from Harrison and Harrison of Durham, organ builders, relating to the proposed purchase of a new or restored organ for St. James's church, and subsequent repairs to it, 27 February 1980 - 6 June 1991 This is an original bundle

Accounts of income generated for the Church Fund from church garden fetes, Christmas fayres, garden parties and flower festivals, 1965 - 23 November 1985 Includes: list of burials in the new graveyard, 1966 - 1967 and 1969 - 1970 and a rough location plan

Burial Certificates for 27 German prisoners of war who died of influenza at the prisoner of war camp, Harperley Station, and were buried in Hamsterley churchyard, November 1918, with correspondence re the deaths and maintenance of graves and list of all prisoners buried, 1918 - 1931 See also EP/Ham 82

Copy faculty for the disinterment of the bodies of twenty-seven German war casualties and their removal to the German War Cemetery at Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, 15 November 1961 and letter from the Home Office, Whitehall, London, to the vicar of Hamsterley concerning the removal and listing the names and dates of death of the dead whose bodies were to be moved, 3 May 1963

Correspondence between Teesdale District Council Works Department, Stainton Grove, Barnard Castle; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire; Rev. R.D. Leaming, The Vicarage, Hamsterley; South Bedburn Parish Council, Dryderdale Lodge, Hamsterley; and Hamsterley Parish Council, Prospect House, Hamsterley, relating to the routine maintenance of the churchyard, including frequency of grass cutting and a proposal to remove uninscribed grave kerbstones to facilitate maintenance, 10 May 1974 - 21 August 1997 Originally part of a bundle labelled 'Churchyard' with EP/Ham 174

Letter from the vicar, The Vicarage, Hamsterley, to J.E. Brown-Humes, chairman, Hamsterley Parish Council, Prospect House, Hamsterley, concerning liability of the local authority to maintain the road to St. James' church, 19 September 1989

Copy application by John Emmerson Harrison of Hedley Hill Farm, Cornsay Colliery, for the removal of the remains of Esther Jane Blackett from one grave in Hamsterley churchyard into another, 19 July 1977 Originally part of a bundle with EP/Ham 177-179

Petition of Mrs. Tabatha Esther Nattress of Hedley Hill Farm, Cornsay, for a faculty to disinter the remains of Esther Jane Blackett and re-inter them in a neighbouring grave in Hamsterley churchyard, August 1977, and faculty for the disinterment and re-interment of Esther Jane Blackett, 12 October 1977 Originally part of a bundle with EP/Ham 176, 178-179

Copy Home Office licence for the removal of the remains of Esther Jane Blackett from one grave in Hamsterley churchyard and re-burial in another, 5 August 1977 Originally part of a bundle with EP/Ham 176-177; 179

Copy correspondence sent to the churchwardens, relating to the exhumation and re-burial of the remains of Mrs. E.J. Blackett, 11 August - 2 September 1977 Originally part of a bundle with EP/Ham 176-178

Order-­in-­Council for the closure of the graveyard of St, James, Hamsterley, 30 October 1985

Correspondence between Rev. R.D. Leaming, The Vicarage, Hamsterley, and the Department of the Environment, Marsham Street, London, relating to the closure of the churchyard at Hamsterley, 12 July 1984 - 11 July 1985

Order-in-council closing Hamsterley churchyard to all burials except in existing family graves, 31 July 1985

Order in council discontinuing burials in St. James's churchyard, 30 October 1985

Letters to the secretary to Hamsterley Parochial Church Council from Barnard Castle Rural District Council, 43 Galgate, Barnard Castle, concerning the provision of a new burial ground at Hamsterley, 20 April 1965 - 4 September 1970 Originally part of a bundle labelled 'Churchyard' with EP/Ham 175

Notice from Teesdale District Council that the gate piers, gates and lamp and a number of tombs in the churchyard have been listed as buildings of special architectural or historic interest, 26 November 1987

Correspondence between Rev. R.D. Leaming, The Vicarage, Hamsterley; the Secretary to the Parochial Church Council; Hamsterley Parish Council, Westholme, Hamsterley; Teesdale District Council, Council Offices, 43 Galgate, Barnard Castle; and Hamsterley Village Hall Association; relating to the decision to demolish the Mission Room, 9 May - 18 July 1990

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; P. Tong, chartered architect, 19A Old Elvet, Durham City; Hamsterley Parish Council; and the Church Commissioners, 1 Mill Bank, London, concerning repairs to Hamsterley Vicarage, May 1968 - 24 January 1973

Correspondence between the vicar and churchwardens; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, architects; Rev. Mervyn Sweet, Upper Wickham Lane, Welling, Kent; and various roofing and building contractors; relating to repairs and maintenance work at Hamsterley vicarage, as a result of quinquennial inspections, and in preparation for occupation by a prospective new vicar, Rev. Mervyn Sweet, 19 July 1973 - 13 April 1981 Originally part of a bundle labelled 'Hamsterley dilapidations' with EP/Ham 185-186

Specification of repairs, in-going works and repairs identified at the quinquennial inspection of Hamsterley Vicarage, by D.L. Renton, Diocesan surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, August 1994

Copy specification of repairs required at Hamsterley Vicarage, following the quinquennial inspection, together with conditions of contract sent out to contractors with an invitation to tender, from Michael Galley, diocesan surveyor, 6 July 2000

Correspondence, addressed to J.C.N. Donald, Tees Stone, Hamsterley, Treasurer to P.C.C., and to the vicar, Rev. E.V. Johnston, concerning dilapidations at Hamsterley Vicarage, 5 March 1971 - 30 August 1973 Originally enclosed in EP/Ham 205

Faculties for the erection of memorial tablets, 1946, 1947, 1961

Faculty for a new oak lectern, 19 September 1933

Faculty for a new organ, 15 November 1940

Faculty for new stained glass in the East window, 8 August 1949

Faculty for the repair of the roof, 12 July 1960

Faculty for an oak font cover in memory of William Jones, 17 March 1970

Faculty for a new heating boiler and electric light fittings, 18 December 1980 Attached envelope is annotated 'work not implemented'

Faculty for new organ, 23 July 1985

Faculty for new electric lighting and heating system, 27 November 1985

Faculty for free ­standing lectern in memory of Herbert Henry and Florence Cowley, 16 January 1986

Faculty for lightning conductor, anti-woodworm treatment, cat-walk, fibre-glass installation, 15 October n.y.

Faculty for two replacement hymn boards, 6 July 1987

Faculty for the re-siting of the board listing incumbents and the installation of a notice-board in memory of Morris Smith, 5 April 1990

Faculty for a notice board in the porch, 16 August 1990 and note of recommendation by Durham Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, 5 July 1990

Faculty for the replacement of the existing vestry, the installation of a new safe, the moving of the font and the erection of a cupboard around electrical switch gear, 5 March 1992

Faculty for the removal of uninscribed grave headstones, artificial grave surfaces, one set of dilapidated iron railings, and level grave mounds, 23 April 1992

Archdeacon' s certificate for lead valley guttering, 8 January 1988 and covering letter from Diocesan Registry, 21A Elvet Bridge, Durham, 12 January 1988

Archdeacons' certificate for the redecoration of the church and accompanying annotated envelope, 9 May 1990

Terrier, c. 1929

Terrier and inventory, 1938

List of church property, c.1970

Terrier and inventory, January 1978 - 2 April 1984

Terrier and inventory, May 1985 - 15 March 1998

Report on the quinquennial inspection of St. James' church, Hamsterley, 22 March 1965 & n.d.

Smiths Gore's report on quinquennial survey of Hamsterley Vicarage, including schedule of repairs required and suggested improvements, 8 December 1999

Surveyor's reports on dilapidations of the vicarage, 1885 and 1904; bishop's order for repairs to vicarage, 1885; specifications for an iron mission church (subsequently erected adjoining the vicarage), 1891 and n.d.; reports on inspections of the church, 1958 and 1965

Assessment and surveyor's report on dilapidations at Hamsterley Vicarage, 27 December 1927 - 21 February 1928

Assessment, order and surveyor's report on dilapidations at Hamsterley Vicarage, 16 May - 21 September 1938

Order and surveyor's report on dilapidations at Hamsterley Vicarage, 26 & 27 August 1943

Assessment, order and surveyor's report on dilapidations at Hamsterley Vicarage, 5 November -­ 6 December 1948

Assessment, order and surveyor's report on dilapidations at Hamsterley Vicarage, 14 December 1953 - 21 May 1954

Order and surveyor's report on dilapidations at Hamsterley Vicarage, November 1958

Assessment of dilapidations at Hamsterley Vicarage, 5 and 9 March 1959

Order and surveyor's report on dilapidations at Hamsterley Vicarage, July and 7 August 1963

Assessment, order and surveyor's report on dilapidations at Hamsterley, 3 December 1968 - 18 March 1969

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Hamsterley Vicarage, including specification of work required, July 1978 Originally part of a bundle labelled 'Hamsterley dilapidations' with EP/Ham 184, 186

Surveyor's report on Hamsterley Vicarage, together with schedule of quinquennial repairs, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, architects, 4 August 1978 Originally part of a bundle labelled 'Hamsterley dilapidations' with EP/Ham 184-185

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Hamsterley Vicarage, including specification of works required, October 1982 Attached: letter from C.W. Robson, churchwarden, to the Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, querying some of the items on the schedule, 7 January 1983

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Hamsterley Vicarage, including specification of repairs required, May 1989

Churchworkers' accounts, Whit Monday gathering, 1905

Envelope scheme (?) collection book, n.d.

Account of church collections, 1903 - 1904, 1905 - 1906, 1907 - 1908

Expenditure account, 1904 - 1905, 1906 -­ 1907

Income and expenditure account, 1905 - 1906, 1907 - 1908, 1909 - 1910, 1910 - 1911, 1911 - 1912, 1912 - 1913, 1913 - 1914, 1917 - 1918, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1937 - 1946, 1970

Writ of the sequestration of the benefice of St. James, Hamsterley, 7 May 1930

Writ of the sequestration of the benefice of St. James, Hamsterley, 28 July 1938

Writ of sequestration of the benefice of St. James, Hamsterley, 11 September 1968

Statement of income of the parish of Hamsterley, compiled by the Church Commissioners for the sequestrators of the parish, 18 March 1969

Vestry minutes and churchwardens' accounts, 1728 - 1819

Vestry minutes and churchwardens' accounts, 1820 - 1871 Includes: copy of the admittance of trustees to land called Bull Piece Farm and an allotment of common land both in the parish of Hamsterley and manor of Wolsingham, for the use of the poor, 1819; accounts of the distribution of the rent of Bull Piece Farm to the poor, 1828 - 1858; church rate, 1837

Vestry minutes and churchwardens' accounts, 1870 - 1905 Includes: pp.65-73, an account of repairs and restorations at Hamsterley Church during the incumbencies of the Rev. J.G. Milner (1825 - 1885) and his successor, the Rev. H.T. Lovejoy (1885 - 1906); p.136-162, citation, letters (copies) and newspaper cuttings re a disagreement over pews, 1900; p.181f, accounts of the institution and induction of vicars, 1905 - 1938; account of Miss Alderson (d.1937) servant to the Rev. J.G. Milner and newspaper cuttings re deaths of the Rev. W. Kirkbank Milner (d.1882) and his father, the Rev. J.G. Milner (d.1885); subscriptions and accounts for building the mission room, 1891 - 1892

South Bedburn township account book containing the Hamsterley parish churchwardens' accounts and vestry minutes and the accounts for the distribution of Bull Piece Farm rents (copied from EP/Ham 12 with indexes to 1838), 1820 - 1865

Lynesack and Softley township account book, containing Hamsterley parish churchwardens' accounts and vestry minutes (1820 - 1856) and the accounts for the distribution of Bull Piece Farm rents (1820 - 1904) (copied from EP/Ham 12, with indexes to 1860), 1820 - 1904

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, 5 April 1921 - 15 October 1935

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, 28 November 1935 - 27 March 1969

Parochial Church Council minutes, including minutes of annual vestry meetings, 16 June 1969 - 18 March 1985

Parochial accounts, 3 May 1931 -­ 31 October 1937

Parochial accounts, 7 November 1937 -­ 24 June 1945

Parochial accounts, 1 July 1945 - 27 December 1953

Parochial cash book, 1 January 1967 - 31 December 1973 Includes: summary income and expenditure accounts for the years ended 31 December 1967 - 1973, and treasurer's annual report to Parochial Church Council, 1973

Parochial cash book, 1 January 1974 - 31 December 1975 Includes: treasurer's annual reports to Parochial Church Council 1974 - 1975, and summary income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 December 1975

Parochial cash book, 1 January 1976 - 31 December 1977 Includes: summary income and expenditure accounts for the years ended 31 December 1976 - 1977, and treasurer's annual report to Parochial Church Council, December 1977

Parochial cash book, 1 January - 31 December 1978 Includes: summary income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 December 1978

Parochial cash book, 1 January 1979 - 31 December 1981 Includes: summary income and expenditure accounts for the years ended 31 December 1979 - 1981

Parochial cash book, 1 January 1982 - 31 December 1984 Includes: income and expenditure account for the years ended 31 December 1982 - 1984

Parochial cash book, 6 January 1985 - 30 December 1988 Includes: Mission Hall accounts from 1 January 1988

Treasurer's report to the Parochial Church Council, for the year ended 31 December 1983, April 1984 Originally enclosed in EP/Ham 201

Treasurer's report to the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 1984, February 1985

Income and expenditure accounts of Hamsterley Church for the years ended 31 December 1978; 1985 - 1987; 1991 - 1992

'Hamsterley Church Fund' income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 December 1988

Income and expenditure accounts of St. James's church, for the years ended 31 December 1989 - 1990

Parochial Church Council treasurer's file, labelled 'Church Fund', containing correspondence; receipts; invoices; Diocesan circulars; accounts of income from bequests, donations and church events; returns of membership; parish quota apportionments and summary annual income and expenditure accounts, 28 May 1958 - 18 February 1976

Parochial Church Council treasurer's file, labelled 'Hamsterley Church', containing correspondence; advertisements; receipts; invoices; annual reports; Diocesan circulars; parish quota apportionments; P.C.C. agendas; and accounts of income from donations, events and parish magazine sales; 10 November 1975 - 9 January 1978

Provisional electoral roll, Easter 1920

Provisional electoral roll, Easter 1921

Electoral roll, Easter 1922

Electoral roll, Easter 1924

Electoral roll, March 1939

Alphabetical list of parishioners with addresses, n.d.

Correspondence, etc., relating to Bull Piece charity trust and farm, 3 June 1966 - 6 September 1967

Parish magazines, January 1906 - December 1909, February 1910 - August 1912, October 1912 - June 1927, August 1927, January - April 1929, December 1929, January & April 1930 Some include copies of 'The Sign', although most are just covers with newsletter printed on the verso.

Parish magazines, January - December 1978

Parish magazines, January -­ December 1979

Parish magazines, January - December 1980

Parish magazines, January -­ December 1981

Parish magazines, January -­ December 1982

Parish magazines, January -­ December 1983

Parish magazines, January - December 1984

Parish magazines, January -­ December 1985

Parish magazines, January - December 1986

Parish magazines, January - December 1987

Parish magazines, January - December 1988

Parish magazines, January - December 1989

Parish magazines, January - December 1990

Parish magazines, January - December 1991

Parish magazines, January - March, May, December 1929

Parish magazine, March 1930

Parish magazines, March, June, July, December, 1931

Parish magazines, January -­ December, 1932

Parish magazines, January -­ March, May, October, 1933

Parish magazines, January - June, August -­ October 1934

Parish magazines, February - March, May, August, October -­ December, 1935

Parish magazines, January -­ April, June -­ December, 1936

Parish magazines, January -­ October, 1937

Parish magazines, January -­ February, April -­ May, 1938

Parish magazines, February -­ March, May 1939

Parish magazines, January -­ May 1940

Parish magazine, January 1946

Parish magazines, April, July, November 1948

Parish magazines, May, September 1949

Parish magazines, April, May, August, October, 1950

Parish magazines, April, June, September 1951

Parish magazines, March - July, November,­ December 1952

Parish magazines, May, July - August, October, December 1953

Parish magazines, February, June -­ November 1954

Parish magazines, January, March, April, December 1955

Account of the ancient British camp at Hamsterley by Edward Wooler (re-printed from the Newcastle Journal, 30 July 1903)

Acts of Parliament: 6 and 7 William IV (1836) caps.lxxi, lxxv, lxxvi; 1 Victoria (1837) cap.xxii

Reports of the Social Service Committee of the Durham Diocesan Conference Papers re: Home Life in the County of Durham I - VII (No.III is missing), n.d. [probably c.1912]