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Lyons St. Michael Parish

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Registration (Ref: EP/EL.SM 1/1-17)

Register of baptisms, 24 August 1869 - 15 August 1878
(1 volume, vellum)


Register of baptisms, 15 August 1878 - 2 January 1887
(1 volume, vellum)


Register of baptisms, 10 February 1887 - 6 December 1894
(1 volume, vellum)


Register of baptisms, 6 December 1894 - 6 August 1902
(1 volume, vellum)


Register of baptisms, 7 August 1902 - 27 May 1909
(1 volume, vellum)


Register of baptisms, 27 May 1909 - 22 April 1915
(1 volume, vellum)


Register of baptisms, 29 April 1915 - 8 August 1922
(1 volume, vellum)


Register of baptisms, 10 August 1922 - 16 March 1930
(1 volume, cloth)


Register of baptisms, 16 March 1930 - 9 November 1939
(1 volume, cloth)


Register of marriages 20 November 1870 - 2 October 1909
(1 volume, cloth)


Register of marriages, 16 October 1909 - 3 October 1925
(1 volume, cloth)


Register of marriages, 3 October 1925 - 29 March 1937
(1 volume, cloth)


Register of marriages, 3 April 1937 - 1 February 1946
(1 volume, cloth)


Register of burials, 6 April 1876 - 12 March 1903
(1 volume, vellum)


Register of burials, 14 March 1908 - 16 September 1926
(1 volume, vellum)


Register of burials, 26 September 1926 - 3 November 1965
(1 volume, vellum)


Register of banns of marriages 10 January 1960 - 6 June 1973
(1 volume, cloth)

 (Ref: EP/EL.SM 1/18-25)

Seventh Deposit

(Acc: 2674)


Register of baptisms, 11 November 1939 - 9 August 1951
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of baptisms, 19 August 1951 - 2 April 1961
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of baptisms, 16 April 1961 - 6 March 1988
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 13 May 1973 - 11 July 1982
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of marriages, 16 February 1946 - 31 March 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 19 May 1956 - 21 January 1967
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 4 February 1967 - 29 September 1984
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of funerals, 10 November 1965 - 9 December 1992
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Clergy (Ref: EP/EL.SM 2/1-32)

Register of services, 11 April 1898 - 24 July 1910
(1 volume, cloth)


Register of services, 28 August 1927 - 23 October 1927
(1 volume, cloth)


Register of services, 30 October 1927 - 28 December 1934
(1 volume)


Register of services, 1 January 1942 - 27 September 1953
(1 volume)


Register of services, 6 September 1953 - 24 December 1964
(1 volume, cloth)


Register of services, 25 December 1964 - 24 December 1971
(1 volume, cloth)


Admittance of Richard Hinsley Taylor, D.D. to the benefice of Lyons (paper, 1 folio)


Notice from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the Rev. R.G. Hutt, Lyons Vicarage, Fencehouses, Durham of endowment of Lyons Parish with rent charge out of the rectory of Houghton-le-Spring of £118.lls. 6d.
(Paper, 1 folio)


Terrier of church property and funds belonging to the benefice
(Paper, 1 folio)


Faculty for the introduction of hot water heating apparatus in the memory of John Peet Riley into Lyons parish church
(Paper, 1 folio)


Faculty for the erection of a new organ in Lyons parish church
(Paper, 1 folio)


Faculty for the erection of an oak reredos and two clergy stalls in memory of the dead of World War 1
(Paper, 1 folio)


Faculty for the erection of a new Holy Table in oak on the south side of Lyons parish church
(Paper, 1 folio)


Faculty for the erection of a door leading from the clergy vestry
(Paper, 1 folio)


Faculty for the erection of a stained glass window at the east end of Lyons parish church in mernory of the dead of World War 2
(Paper, 1 folio)


Faculty for the installation of an electric organ
(Paper, 1 folio)


Faculty for the introduction of ornaments and furnishings including a chair presented to Lyons parish by the Baker Baker family on their leaving Elemore Hall, 1947 and a tablet commemorating incumbents of Lyons parish
(Paper, 1 folio)


Faculty for the introduction of a new altar, standard candlesticks, cupboard, table and font cover
(Paper, 1 folio)


Certificate issued by the Archdeacon of Durham authorising redecoration of the interior of Lyons parish church
(Paper, 1 folio)


Faculty for the erection of light fittings and the redecoration of the interior of the church
(Paper, 1 folio)


Agreement between Harrison and Harrison, Organ Builders, Durham and the Rev. J.R. Brown for the tuning of the church organ
(Paper, 1 folio)


Estimate and specification of new organ from H.S.V. Vincent and Co. (Sunderland)
(Paper, 1 file)


Copy plan of vicarage attached to deed (deed not found)
(Linen, colour wash)


Plan and elevation of parish room, Easington Lane by J.E. Oliver, Hetton Colliery (Scale: 4 feet to one inch)
(Paper, colour wash)


Pain of heating of parish church, signed J.T.L (Scale: 4 feet to one inch)
(Paper, 1 folio)


Plan of proposed improvement to parish hall, Easington Lane by W.J. Merrett, County Engineer and Surveyor, Durham Scale: 41.66 feet to one inch
(Paper, 1 folio)


Plan showing land required by Durham County Council at Lyons old Parish Hall Scale: 1:500
(Paper, 1 folio)


Agreement, correspondence and plan concerning acquisition by Durham County Council of land near Lyons Rectory for road widening
(Paper, 1 file)


Correspondence between the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham and the Parochial Church Council, Lyons Parish, concerning the erection of shelters near the Parish Hall
(Paper, 7 folios)


Drawing of Lady Chapel altar at St. Michael's Hetton-le-Hole by unknown artist at Tufton Street, Westminster
(Paper, 1 folio)


Terrier of church property and funds belonging to the benefice
(Paper, 2 folios)

 (Ref: EP/EL.SM 2/33-41)

Second and Third Deposits

(Accs: 969 and 1151)


Order of service, 31 May 1953
(paper, 1 booklet)


Order of service, 7 June 1959
(paper, 1 file)


Order of service, 22 - 29 September 1970
(paper, 1 booklet)


Pastoral order re rural deaneries in diocese of Durham, 12 June 1978
(paper, 2 files)


Mortgage and counterpart mortgage of Sequestrators to Church Commissioners for improvements to parsonage house, 1 July 1957
(2 papers, 1 file)


Undertaking of parochial church council re road charges to benefice, 18 December 1958
(1 paper)


Mortgage of Rev. Robert William Bell to Church Commissioners for road charges, 1 January 1959
(paper, 1 file)


Counterpart mortgage of Rev. Robert William Bell to Church Commissioners for road charges, 1 January 1959
(2 papers)


Wayleave agreement for Houghton-le-Spring and district Electric Lighting Co. Ltd., to attach a wire stay to land at Easington Lane, with plan, 16 October 1926
(1 paper, 2 files)

 (Ref: EP/EL.SM 2/42-43)

Fourth Deposit

(Acc: 1606)


Order of service of the formal opening of the new Elemore Colliery Welfare Hall by the Chairman of the Divisional Welfare Committee, 16 August 1958
(1 paper, printed)


Order of service for the unveiling ceremony and re-dedication service for the Easington Lane Clock Memorial, 9 November 1952 (1 paper, printed) Second and Third Deposits
(Accs: 969 and 1151)

Fifth Deposit(Acc: 1969) (Ref: EP/EL.SM 2/44-46)

Order of service for evensong and the dedication of the war memorial window, 25 January 1948
(1 booklet, printed)


Order of service for the unveiling ceremony and re-dedication service of the clock war memorial, 9 November 1952
(1 booklet, printed)


Order of service for a memorial service on the occasion of the centenary of the Elemore Colliery explosion, 2 December 1986
(1 booklet, duplicated)

 (Ref: EP/EL.SM 2/47-49)

Seventh Deposit

(Acc: 2674)


Register of services, 25 December 1971 - 2 November 1978
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 5 November 1978 - 9 August 1984
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 12 August 1984 - 5 December 1993
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Tithe (Ref: EP/EL.SM 3/1-2)

Plan to show tithes payable to Lyons parish, May 1934
(2 papers)


Schedules of tithe rent charge, n.d.
(paper, 2 files)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/EL.SM 4/1-14)

Churchwarden's account book, November 1870 - 25 January 1895
(1 volume, cloth)


Church accounts
(paper, 12 folios)


Parochial statistics
(paper, 1 folio)

 (Ref: EP/EL.SM 4/15-32)

Second and Third Deposits

(Accs: 969 and 1151)


Correspondence, accounts, reports, specifications and related papers, re general business of Lyons parish, June 1950 - 26 May 1960
(paper, 1 file)


Correspondence, accounts, reports, specifications and related papers, re general business of Lyons parish, 18 July 1950 - 5 March 1956
(paper, 1 file)


Correspondence, accounts, reports, specifications and related papers, re general business of Lyons parish, September 1955 - 15 February 1960 (paper, 1 file)


Correspondence, accounts, reports, specifications and related papers, re general business of Lyons parish, 21 February 1956 - 16 June 1961 (paper, 1 file)


Correspondence, accounts, reports, specifications and related papers, re general business of Lyons parish, 20 May 1960 - 7 November 1966 (paper, 1 file)


Balance sheets for church bazaar, 1959 - 1968
(paper, 1 file)


Insurance policies, 20 November 1929 - 12 November 1970
(10 papers, 2 files)


Receipts for premiums of County Fire Office Ltd., 29 September 1892 - 14 October 1907
(1 paper, 2 files)


Faculty for heating system, 14 March 1967
(1 paper)


Petition for faculty for altar set, vases and gate, 1 April 1967
(2 papers)


Faculty for toilet and cloakroom, 31 July 1974
(1 paper)


Copy conveyance of addition to parsonage site, with related correspondence, 5 June 1912
(3 papers, 1 booklet)


Ordinary assessment of Ecclesiastical Dilapidations, 2 January 1973
(1 paper)


Plan of heating in parish church, 11 June 1910
(1 paper)


Plan of proposed parish hall, 24 September 1920
(1 paper)


Plan of war memorial and bus shelters, October 1953
(1 paper)


Plan of rectory, March 1957
(1 paper)


Plan showing parishes of Easington Lane, n.d.
(1 paper)

 (Ref: EP/EL.SM 4/33)

Fourth Deposit

(Acc: 1606)


Plan of the ground floor and basement of the parsonage, 24 June 1871 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 50cm x 65cm, oiled linen, colour-wash)

Fifth Deposit(Acc: 1969) (Ref: EP/EL.SM 4/34-38)

Photograph of interior of the church decorated for harvest festival, c.1900
(1 photograph, 25cm x 30cm, sepia, mounted on card)


Photograph of south side of the exterior of the church, c.1900
(1 photograph, 25cm x 30cm, sepia, mounted on card)


Photograph of clock war memorial unveiled, 1921, c.1930
(1 postcard)


Church hall account book, January 1965 - December 1979
(1 volume, card bound)


Leaflet explaining the church roof restoration appeal, c.1983
(1 card, printed)

Sixth Deposit(Acc: 2012) (Ref: EP/EL.SM 4/39-48)

Sketch scheme of proposed w.c. in choir vestry by Messrs. Hayton & Lee, architects, of Durham City, 20 November 1973 Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch [1:48]
(1 plan, 82cm x 48cm, paper)


Proposed re-ordering of chancel by Messrs. Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, of Newcastle, September 1976 Scale: 1:50
(1 plan, 60cm x 36cm, paper)


Proposed re-ordering of the north aisle by Messrs. Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, of Newcastle, September 1976 Scale: 1:50
(1 plan, 60cm x 36cm, paper)


Plan of church as existing, by Messrs. Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, of Newcastle, September 1976 Scale: 1:100
(1 plan, 40cm x 34cm, paper)


Details for screens to north arcade by Messrs. Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, of Newcastle, December 1976 Scale: 1:2
(1 plan, 90cm x 74cm, paper)


Plan and elevation of proposed new altar and altar rails by Messrs. Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, of Newcastle, December 1976 Scale: 1:20
(1 plan, 72cm x 23cm, paper)


Designs for proposed church windows and tracery light by L.C. Evetts, M.A., A.R.C.A., 1981 Scale: 1:10
(3 papers)


Plan and elevation of proposed screen and doors between porch and inner lobby, by Messrs. Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, of Newcastle, December 1981 Scale: 1:20
(1 plan, 55cm x 41cm, paper)


Details for EP/EL.SM 4/46 above, February 1982 Scale: 1:1
(1 plan, 59cm x 42cm, paper)


Details for bookrests and choir stalls, by Messrs. Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, of Newcastle, February 1982 Scale: 1:1
(1 plan, 83cm x 59cm, paper)

War Memorial (Ref: EP/EL.SM 4/49)

Plan showing land proposed to be given to Hetton Urban District Council for the Easington Lane War Memorial, December 1930 Scale: 20 feet to 1 inch [1:240]
(1 plan, 33cm x 22cm, cloth)

Parish Room (Ref: EP/EL.SM 4/50)

Letter from Messrs. Wilson & Co., solicitors, of 5 North Bailey, Durham, to Rev. W.L.M. Law of The Rectory, Lyons, concerning vesting of the Parish Room at Easington Lane in the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, 30 April 1937 See also EP/EL.SM 11/2-8
(1 paper)

Vestry (Ref: EP/EL.SM 5/1)

Vestry minute book, April 1871 - March 1910
(1 volume)

Sixth Deposit(Acc: 2012) (Ref: EP/EL.SM 5/2)

Minutes of vestry meetings, 26 February 1954 - 30 March 1979
(1 volume, paper covered boards)

Parochia1 Church Council (Ref: EP/EL.SM 6/1-6)

Church Council Minute book, 4 May, 1931 - 19 January 1931
(1 volume)


Church Council Minute book, 10 February 1948 - 11 October 1955
(1 volume)


Church Council Minute book, 14 October 1948 - 28 February 1955
(1 volume)


Church Council Minute book, 28 March 1955 - 28 April 1960
(1 volume)


Church Council Minute book, 29 April 1960 - 20 February 1970
(1 volume)


Electoral roll
(1 volume)

 (Ref: EP/EL.SM 6/7-8)

Second and Third Deposits

(Accs: 969 and 1151)

For accounts, correspondence etc. see EP/EL.SM 4/15-19


Electoral roll, 1963, revised 1969, revised 1970
(paper, 1 file)


Electoral roll, n.d. [post 1970]
(paper, 1 file)

 (Ref: EP/EL.SM 6/9-11)

Sixth Deposit

(Acc: 2012)


Lyons Parochial Church Council, Church and Church Hall accounts, 1 January 1939 - 31 December 1952
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Lyons Parochial Church Council, Church and Church Hall accounts, 1 January 1953 - 31 December 1964
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Lyons Parochial Church Council, Church and Church Hall accounts, 1 January 1965 - 31 December 1972 (1 volume, cloth quarter-bound) Fourth Deposit
(Acc: 1606)

Sixth Deposit(Acc: 2012) (Ref: EP/EL.SM 6/12)

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, 20 February 1970 - 21 November 1977 (1 volume, paper covered boards) Fifth Deposit(Acc: 1969)

 (Ref: EP/EL.SM 6/13-28)

Seventh Deposit

(Acc: 2674)


Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 11 January 1978 - 21 January 1982
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Financial statement for the year ended 31 December 1978 Originally enclosed in EP/EL.SM 6/13
(1 paper)


Annual report of the Parochial Church Council, 1978-79 Originally enclosed in EP/EL.SM 6/13
(2 papers)


Reports to the Annual General Meeting, 1981; and balance sheet for the year ended 31 December 1980 Originally enclosed in EP/EL.SM 6/13
(3 papers)


Quinquennial report on the church fabric, 9 July 1982 Originally enclosed in EP/EL.SM 6/13
(1 file)


Reports to the Annual General Meeting, 1985; and balance sheet for the year ended 31 December 1984 Originally enclosed in EP/EL.SM 6/13
(3 papers)


Final report to the Parochial Church Council on the restoration appeal, March 1985 Originally enclosed in EP/EL.SM 6/13
(1 file)


Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 15 February 1982 - 13 April 1986
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Reports to the Annual General Meeting, 1982; and balance sheet for the year ended 31 December 1981 Originally enclosed in EP/EL.SM 6/20
(3 papers)


Reports to the Annual General Meeting, 1983; and balance sheet for the year ended 31 December 1982 Originally enclosed in EP/EL.SM 6/20
(3 papers)


Reports to the Annual General Meeting, 1984; and balance sheet for the year ended 31 December 1983 Originally enclosed in EP/EL.SM 6/20
(3 papers)


Reports to the Annual General Meeting, 1985; and balance sheet for the year ended 31 December 1984 Originally enclosed in EP/EL.SM 6/20
(3 papers)


Reports to the Annual General Meeting, 1986; and balance sheet for the year ended 31 December 1985 Originally enclosed in EP/EL.SM 6/20
(4 papers)


Results of elections of parish officers and members of the Parochial Church Council, 1983-85 Originally enclosed in EP/EL.SM 6/20
(3 papers)


Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 22 April 1986 - 20 May 1991
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Accounts of the Parochial Church Council, 1 January 1973 - 31 December 1983
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Schools (Ref: EP/EL.SM 11/1)

Plan and section of old schools, by W. & T.R. Milburn, architects, Sunderland and London, July 1929 Scale: 8' to 1" [1:96]
(1 plan, 56.5cm x 96.5cm, duplicated)

Sixth Deposit(Acc: 2012) (Ref: EP/EL.SM 11/2-8)

'Proposed alterations to Old Schools, Easington Lane for Lyons Parish Church Council', by Messrs. W. & T.R. Milburn, architects, Sunderland and London, August 1929 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 85cm x 59cm, paper, coloured)


Letters between the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, the Rev. W.L.M. Law, rector of Lyons, and Messrs. Western & Sons, solicitors, of 35 Essex Street, London WC2, concerning the gift of the former Easington Lane Schools by the Hon. Francis Bowes Lyon to Lyons Church, 28 July - 11 August 1930 See also EP/EL.SM 4/50 above
(6 papers)

Church Societies (Ref: EP/EL.SM 13/1)

List of members of, and history of, the Lyons branch of the Girls' Friendly Society, 1975 (1 paper) Second and Third Deposits
(Accs: 969 and 1151)

Sixth Deposit(Acc: 2012) (Ref: EP/EL.SM 13/2-4)

Church of England Men's Society, minutes of branch meetings, 24 January 1977 - 12 December 1977
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Church of England Men's Society, minutes of branch meetings, 9 January 1978 - 9 December 1985
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Lyons Men's Fellowship, minutes of meetings, 27 January 1986 - 9 February 1987 [The C.E.M.S. ended officially on 31 December 1985. The branch members agreed to continue meeting as the Lyons Men's Fellowship]
(1 volume, cloth bound)

 (Ref: EP/EL.SM 13/5-8)

Seventh Deposit

(Acc: 2674)


Minutes of the annual meetings of the Mothers' Union, 27 January 1958 - 13 February 1972
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Minutes of annual and committee meetings of the Mothers' Union, 15 February 1973 - 11 September 1978
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Minutes of the annual meeting of the Mothers' Union, 5 February 1973 Originally enclosed in EP/EL.SM 13/6
(4 papers)


Minutes of annual and committee meetings of the Mothers' Union, 25 September 1978 - 25 April 1983
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/EL.SM 14/1-7)

History of parish of Lyons, 1869 - 1944
(paper, 1 file)


Minutes of a meeting of Durham Diocesan Synod, 7 June 1975
(paper, 1 file)


Minutes of a meeting of Houghton-le-Spring deanery synod, 19 September 1975
(paper, 1 file)


List of subscribers to the memorial windows, 1948
(paper, 1 file)


Accounts and correspondence of memorial fund for Rev. W.L.M. Law, 14 January 1954 - 20 March 1954
(paper, 1 file)


Estate account of Oltress May Bowman, including legacy to rector and churchwardens of Lyons parish church, 1966
(paper, 1 file)


Estate accounts of C.M. Lawson, 4 December 1972 - 18 December 1973
(paper, 1 file)

Fifth Deposit(Acc: 1969) (Ref: EP/EL.SM 14/9)

Copy photograph of unidentified man with horse and cart, c.1910. Copy made c.1988
(1 photograph, black and white)

 (Ref: EP/EL.SM 14/10)

Eighth Deposit

(Acc: 2963)


Book of condolence on the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, 5 September 1997
(1 volume, plastic bound)