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Pennywell, St Thomas Parish

Reference: EP/Pny Catalogue Title: Pennywell, St Thomas Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1950-2007

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Sunderland (Pennywell) St Thomas (Ref: EP/Pnysection 01)Registration (Ref: EP/Pny 1/)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Pny 1/section 01)

1/1-3, 15, 21, 1/22/1


Register of baptisms, 25 March 1951 - 24 July 1955
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of baptisms, 24 July 1955 - 28 February 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of baptisms, 28 February 1960 - 3 January 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of baptisms, 13 July 1980 - 17 May 1992
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of baptisms, 10 January 1965 - 8 June 1980
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of baptisms, including baptisms that took place at Grindon, St Oswald, 31 May 1992 - 19 September 2004
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Pny 1/section 02)

1/4-8, 16


Register of marriages, 21 July 1951 - 13 June 1953
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 17 June 1953 - 26 November 1955
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 10 December 1955 - 14 December 1957
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 21 December 1957 - 10 September 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 17 September 1966 - 6 February 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 13 February 1971 - 3 March 1979
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages 1979-2020 On the flyleaf is written: 'Entries 1-85 refer to marriages solemnised when St Thomas was a Conventional District. Entries 86-94 refer to marriages solemnised after the formation of the Parish of Sunderland Pennywell St Thomas. Entries from 95 refer to marriages solemnised after the consecration of St Thomas' as the Parish Church on July 3rd 1986
(1 volume)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Pny 1/section 03)

1/9-13, 17-20


Register of banns of marriage, 6 May 1951 - 13 February 1955
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 14 February 1971 - 18 June 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 4 June 1972 - 2 June 1974
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 26 May 1974 - 14 August 1977
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Notice of banns of marriage, 21 October 1965
(1 paper, printed form)


Register of banns of marriage, 3 September 1967 - 28 February 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 7 August 1977 - 15 February 1981
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 1 March 1981 - 19 August 1984
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 5 August 1984 - 27 November 1988
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Marriage licence (Ref: EP/Pny section 04)

1/14


Licence for the marriage of Elsie Berry and Ralph Cullerton, 22 August 1972
(1 paper, printed form)

Clergy (Ref: EP/Pny 2/)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Pny 2/section 01)

2/8


Register of confirmations, 10 November 1957 - 28 November 1993
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/Pny 2/section 02)

2/1-6, 9-12, 19-20


Register of services, 22 January 1950 - 26 May 1957
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 29 May 1957 - 28 November 1959
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 29 November 1959 - 31 December 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 1 January 1965 - 5 March 1971
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 7 March 1971 - 9 March 1975
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Regster of services, 16 March 1975 - 23 July 1977
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 24 July 1977 - 15 December 1979
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 16 December 1979 - 11 August 1984
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 12 August 1984 - 22 November 1986
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 23 November 1986 - 25 February 1989
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 26 February 1989 - 22 October 1994
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 23 October 1994 - 24 December 2000
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Creation of the parish (Ref: EP/Pny 2/section 03)

2/23/1-2


Order of service for the consecration of St Thomas, Pennywell, 3 July 1986
(1 file, typescript, duplicated)


Order of service for the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the parish church of St Thomas, Pennywell, 12 May 1991
(1 paper, printed)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Pny 2/section 04)

2/16-17, 2/22/1


Agreement between Rev. Hector Bamlett, vicar of St. Mary, South Hylton; Rev. Hilary Martin Connop Price, curate of St. Gabriel, Bishopwearmouth; Rev. William Lloyd Richards about to be licensed curate of the conventional district of St. Thomas, Pennywell; Rev. John Farquhar Richardson, rector of Bishopwearmouth and the Bishop of Durham concerning the conventional district known as Pennywell, 31 January 1951 Includes map of the proposed district, n.d.
(1 paper, 1 plan)


Correspondence between the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance; the Church Commissioners; Borough of Sunderland; Smith, Roddam and Company and the vicars of Penshaw and Pennywell, concerning boundary changes to the conventional district of Pennywell and the setting up of the new parish of Sunderland, Pennywell, St. Thomas, 17 February 1978 - 23 October 1987 Includes copy of a conveyance of church of St. Thomas, Petersfield Road, Pennywell and the land annexed, 1 July 1986
(80 papers)


Map of the Parishes of Sunderland, Pennywell, St Thomas and Sunderland, Springwell. St Mary the Virgin with Thorney Close, St Peter, Also Showing the Alterations of the Areas of the Parishes of St Gabriel, Bishopwearmouth and St Nicholas, Bishopwearmouth, published by The Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, Westminster, 6 March 1985 Scale: 9 inches = 1 mile [1:7040]
(1 plan, 69 cm x 78.5 cm, colour wash, printed)

Licence to perform divine service (Ref: EP/Pny 2/section 05)

2/18


Grant of temporary licence to perform divine service in the church hall adjoining St. Thomas' Church, Pennywell, 5 May 1964
(1 paper)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Pny 2/section 06)

2/24/1


Photograph of a gathering of clergymen in the grounds of one of the parish properties, possibly to commemorate the induction of a new vicar, n.d. [1980s]
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm colour)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Pny 4/)Church (Ref: EP/Pny 4/section 01)Organ (Ref: EP/Pny 4/)

4/33/1


Specification and estimate for the proposed cleaning, overhaul and removal of the church organ, by the Vincent Organ Co. Ltd., 30 Villiers Street, Sunderland, 16 May 1962
(3 papers, typescript)

Repairs and alterations (Ref: EP/Pny 4/)

4/38/1, 4/39/1


Report on security at St Thomas's church, by the Community Crime Prevention Department, Northumbria Police, Gillbridge Avenue, Sunderland, 16 March 1993
(2 papers, typescript, photocopied)


Copy of the judgement of the Chancellor of the Consistory Court of Durham, concerning the legality of granting a faculty for a sacrament house in the Lady Chapel at St Thomas's church, 26 November 1994
(18 papers, typescript, photocopied)

Plans (Ref: EP/Pny 4/)

4/37/1-2


Lighting layout plan for the chapel at St Thomas's church, by Lighting Design & Consultancy, independent professional lighting practice, Newcombe House, Market Place, Wolsingham, 13 May 1992
(1 plan, 42 cm x 29.5 cm)


Incomplete series of drawings relating to the proposed re-ordering of the Lady Chapel in St Thomas's church, together with a schedule, n.d. [c1992] No scale. 1)Sheet 1: general arrangement of the wooden altar screens 2)Sheet 2: wooden altar screen, number 1 3)Sheet 4: wooden altar screen, number 2 4)Sheet 5: wooden altar screen, number 2, general notes 5)Sheet 6: wooden altar screen, number 2, general dimensions 6)Sheet 6: central altar screen, number 3 7)Sheet 8: altar screen, number 3, general dimensions 8)Sheet 12: wooden altar screen, number 4 9)Sheet 13: wooden altar screen, number 4, general notes 10)Sheet 14: wooden altar screen, number 4, general dimensions 11)Sheet 15: wooden altar screen, number 5 12)Sheet 16: dimensions of wooden altar screens 1 and 5
(1 paper and 12 plans, 21 cm x 29.5 cm, photocopied)

Church hall (Ref: EP/Pny 4/section 02)Maternity and child welfare sessions (Ref: EP/Pny 4/)

2/13-15


Agreement between the vicar and church wardens of St. Thomas' Church, Pennywell and the mayor, alderman and burgesses of the County Borough of Sunderland, relating to the use of St. Thomas' Church hall for the purpose of maternity and child welfare sessions, 5 November 1951
(3 papers)


Agreement between the vicar and church wardens of St. Thomas' Church, Pennywell and the mayor, alderman and burgesses of the County Borough of Sunderland relating to the use of St. Thomas' Church hall for the purpose of maternity and child welfare sessions, 7 August 1952
(4 papers)


Agreement between the vicar and churchwardens of St. Thomas' Church, Pennywell and the mayor, alderman and burgesses of the County Borough of Sunderland concerning the use of St. Thomas' Church hall for maternity and child welfare clinic sessions, 15 October 1965
(2 papers)

Plans (Ref: EP/Pny 4/)

4/1


Plan of proposed fencing and gates at Pennywell church hall, Sunderland, drawing no. 4247-D-26, S.W. Milburn and Partners, architects, 12 June 1954 Scale: 16 feet to 1 inch [1 : 192]
(1 plan, 62cm. x 45 cm.)

Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/Pny 4/section 03)

4/36/1-4


Archdeacon's certificate authorising the external decoration of the church, 12 August 1987
(2 papers, printed form)


Archdeacon's certificate authorising the construction of an office in the meter house, 21 September 1987
(2 papers: 1 typescript, 1 printed form)


Archdeacon's certificate authorising the refurbishment of the vestry, 14 June 1989
(1 paper, printed form)


Archdeacon's certificate authorising repairs to the roof, guttering, down pipes and external waste pipe at St Thomas's church, 23 November 1990
(2 papers: 1 printed form, 1 typescript)

Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/Pny 4/section 04)

4/34/1-4


Quinquennial inspection report on St Thomas's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, chartered architects and surveyors, Owengate, Durham, October 1975
(1 file, typescript, duplicated)


Quinquennial inspection report on St Thomas's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, June 1980
(1 file, typescript, duplicated)


Quinquennial inspection report on St Thomas's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, July 1985
(1 file, typescript, duplicated)


Quinquennial inspection report on St Thomas's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, September 1990
(1 file, typescript, duplicated)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Pny 4/section 05)

4/40/1-2


Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of St Thomas's parsonage, by A. O. Lee, Diocesan Surveyor, Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, November 1980
(1 file, typescript, photocopied)


Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Pennywell vicarage, by A. O. Lee, Diocesan Surveyor, Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, October 1985
(1 file, typescript)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Pny 6/)Minutes (Ref: EP/Pny 6/)Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Pny 6/section 01)

6/2-7


Parochial Church Council meetings minute book (indexed), 11 April 1951 - 10 February 1955
(1 volume, card bound)


Parochial Church council meetings minute book, 15 March 1955 - 12 November 1959
(1 volume, card bound)


Parochial Church council meetings minute book, 15 December 1959 -31 May 1967
(1 volume, card bound)


Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 19 September 1967 - 7 July 1972
(1 volume, card bound)


Parochial Church Council meetings minutes, 1 May 1973 - 15 November 1982
(1 file)


Parochial Church Council meetings minutes, 17 January 1983 - 21 November 1988 Includes : correspondence, 1983-1988 : map of the parishes of Pennywell, St. Thomas; Springwell, St. Mary the Virgin with Thorneyclose St. Peter; showing the alterations of the boundaries of the parish of Bishopwearmouth, St. Nicholas; and Bishopwearmouth St. Gabriel, c. 1985 : schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection, October 1985
(1 file)

Annual general meetings (Ref: EP/Pny 6/section 02)

6/1


Annual general meetings, and, from 9 February 1966, Annual General Meetings, minute book, 1 April 1951 - 23 April 1979
(1 volume, card bound)

Church Societies (Ref: EP/Pny 13/)Sunderland West Locality Churches Family Outreach Project (Ref: EP/Pny 13/)

13/2-5


Application to the Durham Diocesan Mission Fund on behalf of Sunderland West Locality Churches Family Outreach project, 2003
(1 file, typescript)


Minutes and agendas for meetings of Sunderland West Locality Family Outreach Project, 22 October 2003 - 3 May 2007
(21 papers, typescript)


Statements of account for years 2 and 3 of the Family Outreach Project, October 2005 - September 2007
(3 papers, typescript)


Final report, reviewing and evaluating Sunderland West Locality Churches Family Outreach Project, by Rev. Dr. Rod Allon-Smith and Rev. Canon Caroline Dick, April 2007
(1 file, typescript)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Pny 14/)

14/1, 14/2/1


Sunderland New Estates Youth Venture, cash book, 19 April 1963 - 31 March 1966
(1 booklet)


The Bridge, magazine of Pennywell, St Thomas and Grindon, St Oswald, July 1984
(1 file, typescript, duplicated)