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Brooms Our Lady Roman Catholic Parish

Reference: RC/Brm Catalogue Title: Brooms Our Lady Roman Catholic Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Non-Conformist Church Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1745-1991

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RC/Brm Brooms Our Lady Roman Catholic Parish (Ref: RC/Brm)Registration (Ref: RC/Brm 1/)Registers of baptisms (Ref: RC/Brm 1/1-9)

Partial copy of Pontop baptism register, 8 November 1778 - 4 July 1806 Includes: list of those confirmed, 14 September 1788 list of priests serving the parish, 1778 - 1806 recipe for remedy for typhus and yellow fever, n.d. At end: list of baptisms carried out by J. Bell at Kippax, West Yorkshire, 1834 - 1836
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of baptisms, 1 August 1841 - 2 March 1851
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of baptisms, 2 March 1851 - 30 December 1855
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of baptisms, including index, 1 January 1856 - 30 November 1861
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of baptisms, 10 December 1861 - 5 May 1878
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of baptisms, 12 May 1878 - 4 August 1897
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of baptisms, 8 August 1897 - 6 May 1908
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of baptisms, 10 May 1908 - 23 July 1922
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of baptisms, 6 August 1922 - 17 January 1934
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: RC/Brm 1/10-14)

See church notice books for details of banns of marriage


Register of marriages, 18 April 1842 - 3 December 1855
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of marriages, 7 January 1856 - 7 April 1894
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of marriages, 7 April 1894 - 16 July 1914
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of marriages, 30 June 1914 - 7 January 1933
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of marriages, 3 June 1933 - 30 October 1953
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Registers of deaths (Ref: RC/Brm 1/15-19)

Register of deaths, 3 January 1856 - 5 October 1877
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of deaths, 25 November 1877 - 2 April 1908
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of deaths, 5 April 1908 - 21 September 1926
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of deaths, 29 September 1926 - 24 March 1945
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of deaths, 6 April 1945 - 18 May 1983
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Indexes (Ref: RC/Brm 1/20-22)

Index of baptism registers [RC/Brm 1/2-8], 1841 - 1922
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Index of baptisms [incomplete], 1841 - 1924
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Index of marriage registers [RC/Brm 1/10-12], 1842 - 1914
(1 volume, card bound)

Certificates and notes (Ref: RC/Brm 1/23-24)

Notes relating to deaths and marriages among the congregation of Brooms, 8 January 1828 - 1842
(1 notebook)


Retrospective certification by Rev. Car. Hoghton of the baptism of Joanna Bell, born on 5 September 1767 and baptised on the same day at the house of her g odparents by Rev. Thomas Maynel, 9 June 1794
(1 paper)

Clergy (Ref: RC/Brm 2/)Registers of confirmations (Ref: RC/Brm 2/1)

Register of confirmations, 8 September 1859
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Mass intention books (Ref: RC/Brm 2/2)

Mass Intention book, 1 June 1972 - 16 April 1982
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Church notice books (Ref: RC/Brm 2/3-18)

Church notice book, including banns and school attendance figures, 21 May 1893 - 29 December 1895
(1 volume, card bound)


Church notice book, including banns and school attendance figures, 5 January 1896 - 26 December 1897 Includes: statistical summary of parish, 1895 - 1897
(1 volume, leather bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 2 January 1898 - 1 January 1899 Includes: statistical summary of parish, 1898
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 8 January 1899 - 13 December 1903 For enclosure: see RC/Brm 15/13
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Church notice, 3 January 1904
(1 paper)


Church noticebook, including banns, 10 January 1904 - 27 December 1908 Includes: statistical summary of parish, 1908 For enclosures: see RC/Brm 15/14
(1 volume, no cover)


Church notice book, including banns, 2 November 1913 - 29 September 1918 For enclosure: see RC/Brm 15/15
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 21 May 1933 - 13 May 1934
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 16 June 1935 - 5 July 1936
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church notice book, 19 July 1936 - 1 August 1937
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 15 August 1937 - 2 November 1941
(1 volume, leather bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 28 January 1945 - 17 February 1946
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 24 February 1946 - 3 December 1950
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 30 December 1956 - 31 December 1961
(1 volume, leather bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 1 January 1967 - 30 November 1969
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Number not used

Pre-nuptial enquiries (Ref: RC/Brm 2/19-22)

Pre-nuptial enquiry forms (completed), 1948 - 1950
(1 volume, card bound)


Pre-nuptial enquiry forms (completed), 1950 - 1953
(1 volume, card bound)


Pre-nuptial enquiry forms (completed), 1969 - 1971
(1 volume, card bound)


Pre-nuptial enquiry forms (completed), 1972 - 1974
(1 volume, card bound)

Registration of church and clergy (Ref: RC/Brm 2/23)

Order issued by the Court of Quarter Sessions at Durham for the recording of William Fletcher of Brooms as minister of the Roman Catholic Chapel at Brooms, 26 June 1837
(1 paper)

New parishes and parish boundaries (Ref: RC/Brm 2/24-27)

Order issued by the Court of Quarter Sessions at Durham for the recording of the Roman Catholic Chapel at Brooms as a place of Roman Catholic worship, 26 June 1837
(1 paper)


Certificate of registration with the Superintendent Registrar, of St. Cuthbert 's [R.C. church], Brooms, for the solemnization of marriages, 9 October 1837
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Extract from the schedule of mission boundaries for Stanley, 29 March 1879
(1 paper)


Notes relating to a proposed new mission church and school at Dipton, to be served initially from Brooms parish, n.d. [ c.1906?]
(1 paper)

Papers relating to Rev. James Thompson (Ref: RC/Brm 2/28-30)

Book of sermons by Rev. James Thompson of St. Joseph' s R.C. Church, Stanley 1886 - 1888 For enclosures: see RC/Brm 2/29
(1 volume, card bound)


Notes for sermons by Rev. James Thompson of St. Joseph' s R.C. Church, Stanley, n.d. [c.1886 - 1888]
(1 booklet, 15 papers)


Copy letter book of Rev. James Thompson, 5 December 1902 - 23 March 1914
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Miscellaneous (Ref: RC/Brm 2/31-35)

List of clergy who have served the Brooms district, 1745 - 1926, n.d.
(1 paper)


Register of 'anniversar ies of the faithful departed' of the parish, n.d. [pre 1925]
(1 volume, leather bound)


Copy memorandum of Mary Eliot stating that she had given to John Smith of Brooms various household items, endorsed on the same date by John Smith to the effect th at the said items were for the use of the priest at Brooms, 21 January 1832
(1 paper)


Letter from [Rev. F.] Kearney, Brooms, to [Rt. Rev. James Chadwick, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle], concerning the reason for his delay in completing the neces sary paperwork in preparation for the Bishop's visitation, 19 June [18]68 Includes: list of answers to questions [set by the Bishop' s Office prior to the visitation of the parish], 1868
(2 papers)


Memorandum of opinion given by John Wm. Bewick, Wil liam Markland and Charles Eyre on the matter of certain questions pending between Rev. Francis Kearney and Rev. George Dunn as submitted to them by Rt. Rev. Dr. Chadwick, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, 28 January1868
(1 paper)

Church fabric and property (Ref: RC/Brm 3/1-15)

Copy plan of Lanchester Common of 13 June 1781, with additions showing [Brooms] R.C. Church, Brooms cottage and railway, additions taken from Durham O.S. sheet XI.II, 1855 edition, n.d. [ c.1855]
(1 plan, 48.5 cm. x 35.5 cm.)


Specification by C. Walker, Newcastle, architect, for stone work to be done in enlarging two existing butresses and building new butresses at Brooms R.C. Church, n.d. [1895]
(1 paper)


Correspondence between Jos[eph] Eltringham, Blackhill, builder; C. Walker, Newcastle, architect, and Rev. Fr. Magill, Brooms, 2 April [18]95 - 24 June [18]96
(6 papers)


Copy letters from C. Walker, [Newcastle, architect], to J.E. Eltringham, Blackhill, builder, concerning the building work required at Brooms R.C. church, 17 May [18]95 - 16 July [18]95
(5 papers)


M emorandum of observations of Charles E. Oliver, F.S.I.,[surveyor], upon the structure of the roof at Brooms R.C. Church, and also upon the proposed work to support the roof and aisle wall, 12 July 1895
(1 file)


29 July 1896 (1) Ralph Conyston of Shirley, Muswell Hill, London (2) Rev. Augustin Magill of Brooms Counterpart agreement in which (1) agrees to lease to (2) three fields at Broom Cottage for the term of three years Rent: £20 p.a.
(1 file)


Copy letter from Clayton and Gibson, Newcastle, solicitors, to Leadbitter and Haney, Newcastle, solicitors, advising that the Consett Iron Company had made no provision in the conveyance of land at the site of [Brooms] R.C. Church for leaving support for the building or paying compensation for any damage which may result in the future, 14 September 1896
(1 paper)


Letter from Henry Palmer, Consett Iron Company, to Rev. Fr. Magill, [Brooms], concerning the conveyance of land on which it is proposed to build a school and other buildings at Low Westwood, and the coal underlying the site, 16 November 1896
(1 paper)


Correspondence between Rev. Augustine Magill, Brooms; Consett Iron Company Ltd.; Jos[eph] Eltringham, Blackhill, valuer; and John McCartan, Durham, solicitor, concerning subsidence to church and cemetery caused by underground mine workings, 15 July 1907 - 16 March 1908
(1 file, 8 papers)


18 October 1918 (1) The North eastern Railway Company (2) Rev. Canon Augustine Magill, Brooms Agreement in which (1) is to allow (2) to build a new gas pipe and to maintain existing gas and water pipes which encroach on the property of (1) Plan attached Rent: 1s. per annum
(1 file)


Letter from Consett Iron Company, Ltd., to John Pallister and Son, Estate Offices, Crook, advising that it is willing to consider the purchase of land [at Brooms R.C. Church], 17 September 1921
(1 paper)


30 November 1928 (1) The London and North Eastern Railway Company (2) Rev. William Rickaby, Brooms Agreement in which (1) allows (2) to build an electric cable over the railway at Brooms Plan attached Rent: £2. 10s. per annum
(1 file)


Photograph of interior of church, n.d. (endorsed '1930')
(1 photograph, 13.9 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Ack nowledgement issued by the Eccesiastical Commissioners, London, for a sum paid by Rev. William Rickaby, Brooms, for the redemption of two manorial rents in respect of copyhold estates at Brooms, in the manor of Lanchester, 3 October 1936
(1 paper)


Certificate of consecration of the new altar, 19 July 1991
(1 paper)

Fraternities, sodalities and church societies (Ref: RC/Brm 6/1-2)

Confraternity of Sacred Heart minute book, 4 July 1893 - 5 July 1902
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Confraternity of Sacred Heart enrolment book, 1893 - 1900
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Schools and education (Ref: RC/Brm 9/)Log books (Ref: RC/Brm 9/1-6)

Brooms Roman Catholic Schools
[ Unless otherwise indicated, the record relates to the whole school]


Log book of infants' school, 2 May 1873 - 10 February 1911
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Log book of infants' school, 17 February 1911 - 19 July 1974
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Log book of mixed school, 9 January 1871 - 12 July 1895
(1 volume, leather half bound)


Log book of mixed school, 19 July 1895 - 31 March 1925
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Log book of mixed school, 1 April 1925 - 21 July 1978 For enclosures: see RC/Brm 9/37, 9/35, 9/40
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Log book of evening continuation class, 4 October 1897 - 15 April 1904
(1 volume, card bound)

Admission registers (Ref: RC/Brm 9/7-16)

Admission register of infants' school, 26 April 1897 - 8 April 1906
(1 volume, card bound)


Admission register of infants' school, 23 February 1910 - 13 April 1928
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Admission register of infants' and junior mixed school, 17 April 1928 - 3 September 1945
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Admission register of infants' and junior mixed schools, 3 September 1945 - 15 May 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Admission register of junior mixed school, 1 October 1894 - 22 May 1900
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Admission register of junior mixed school, 1 June 1900 - 3 May 1905
(1 volume, card bound)


Admission register of junior mixed school, 1 May 1905 - 16 August 1910
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Admission register of senior mixed school, 23 August 1932 - 3 September 1945
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Admission register of senior mixed school, July 1945 - 27 June 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Punishment book of infants' school, 16 January 1921 - 12 December 1941
(1 volume, card bound)

Syllabus books (Ref: RC/Brm 9/17)

Syllabus book of infants' and junior school, April 1925 - October 1937
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Staff Conference minute books (Ref: RC/Brm 9/18)

Staff Conference minute book, 15 November 1927 - 16 July 1936
(1 volume, card bound)

Reports and returns (Ref: RC/Brm 9/19-25)

Reports of H.M. Inspector of Schools on infants' school, 1921, 1924
(6 papers)


Reports of H.M. Inspectors of Schools on mixed school, 1921-22, 1924
(17 papers, 1 file)


Report of H.M. Inspector of Schools on junior mixed school, 1926
(3 papers)


Returns for infants' and mixed schools to Durham County Council Local Education Authority, 1904 - 1918, 1921 - 1922
(18 files)


Returns of mixed school to Durham County Local Education Authority, 1923 - 1924
(4 papers)


Reports on infants' and mixed schools by H.M. Inspectors of Schools and Durham County Council' s Inspector of Schools, 1905 - 1911, 1913 - 1914
(1 file)


Religious inspection report on junior mixed school, 1926
(1 paper)

Financial records (Ref: RC/Brm 9/26-28)

Cash book, August 1874 - June 1892
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Cash book, 14 November 1891 - 29 September 1900 Includes: balance sheets for years ending 30 September 1892 - 1900
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cash book, 1 November 1900 - 1 January 1907
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Plans (Ref: RC/Brm 9/29-30)

Plan showing proposed extensions at school, 8 November 1927 Scale: 1 1/4 inch to 10 feet [1 : 96]
(1 plan, 72.5 cm. x 60 cm.)


Plan showing proposed heating scheme at the school, 11 August 1934 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1 : 96]
(1 plan, 40.7 cm. x 28.3 cm.)

Photographs (Ref: RC/Brm 9/31-35)

Photograph of class at Brooms school, n.d. (endorsed '1910?')
(1 black and white photographs, 13.8 cm. x 8.8 cm.)


Photograph of school boys holding various horticultural implements with [Canon Magill] and female [teacher?], n.d. [endorsed '1921')
(1 black and white photograph, 14.2 cm. x 9.8 cm.)


Photograph of senior pupils with Rev. Canon Magill, 1922
(1 black and white photograph, card mounted, 33.5 cm. x 24.3 cm.)


Photograph of staff at school, n.d. [endorsed '1933')
(1 black and white photograph, 16.6 cm. x 12 cm.)


Photograph of Christmas party for Standards 5H, 5R and 4, with Rev. J. Thompson and Rev. Michael Corbett in attendance, 13 December 1974
(1 black and white photograph, 16.8 cm. 12 cm.)

Miscellaneous records (Ref: RC/Brm 9/36-40)

2 July 1918 (1) Very Rev. Augustine Canon Magill of Brooms (2) County Council of Durham Agreement in which (1) agrees to lease to (2) a plot of ground as shown on plan for the purposes of a school garden at Brooms R.C. School Plan endorsed Rent: £1 per annum Attached: letter from Rt. Rev. Richard [Collins], Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, to Canon Magill, concerning the above matter, 28 July 1918
(1 file, 1 paper)


Press cuttings concerning the school, 1950 - 1974
(18 papers)


Sermon delivered on the occasion of the centenery of Brooms R.C. School, 19 July 1960 Attached: press cutting [from unknown newspaper] concerning the centenery of Brooms School and the attendant celebrations, n.d. [July 1960]
(4 papers)


Chronological notes [by unknown author] on the history of Brooms R.C. School from 1860 to 1966, n.d. [c.1966]
(3 papers, duplicated typescript)


Order of service for a concelebrated mass of thanksgiving for Brooms R.C. School, 11 July 1978
(1 booklet)

Miscellaneous (Ref: RC/Brm 15/)Parish History (Ref: RC/Brm 15/1-12)

Newspaper cutting from unidentified paper of an article ' History of the Brooms, the church of St. Mary and St. Joseph - turning back the pages of history ', n.d.
(1 paper)


Notes on the history of the Roman Catholic seminaries at Douai, Crook Hall and Ushaw College, n.d.
(1 file)


Chronological notes relating to the history of Catholicism in the Brooms area from 1745 to 1849, n.d.
(2 papers)


Notes on the history of the church at Brooms, including the Rt. Rev. Thomas Smith, D.D., Bishop of Bolina and Vicar Apostolic of the North District, who was born at Brooms in 1763, n.d.
(1 paper, typescript)


Notes relating to the history of Medomsley parish church and of Brooms R.C. church, and the evolution of various parishes in the north-east of the county, n.d.
(1 volume, card bound)


Notes taken from various sources relating to the history of Catholicism in the Brooms area, n.d.
(11 papers)


Copy chronological notes relating to the history of Brooms R.C. parish from 1745 to 1926, n.d.
(1 paper)


Transcript of the diary of Thomas Smith of Brooms from 1778 to 1811, n.d.
(22 papers)


Notes [by unknown author] on the history of Brooms parish from 1748 to 1968, n.d. [ c.1968]
(2 papers)


Extract from the Consett Guardian , showing article on p.8, cols. 1-4, entitled ' Great Day at Brooms-Diamond Jubilee of Church'. 1 November 1929
(1 paper)


Letter from W. Vincent Smith, St. Andrew ' s Church, Newcastle, to [Rev. F] Rickaby, [Brooms], concerning various published and manuscript references relating to Roman Catholic history, 25 May 1932
(2 papers)


Letter from Geo[rge] A. Bellam, Consett, to [Rev. W. Rickaby, Brooms], concerning local history matters, 23 June [19]33 - 3 February [19]35
(4 papers)

Parish statistics (Ref: RC/Brm 15/13-15)

Statistics relating to the parish for year ending 31 December 1903
(1 paper)


Statistical summary of parish, 1904 - 1907
(4 papers)


Statistical summary of parish, 1913
(1 paper)

Sketches and photographs (Ref: RC/Brm 15/16-21)

Sketches of Medomsley parish church, n.d.
(3 papers)


Photograph of a drawing of Crook Hall, n.d.
(1 black and white photograph, mounted on card, 28.7 cm. x 23.2 cm.)


Photograph of Pontop Hall, n.d.
(1 black and white photograph, mounted on card, 28.8 cm. x 24.3 cm.)


Photograph of three nuns, n.d. (endorsed '1962')
(1 black and white photograph, 8.9 cm. x 12.8 cm.)


Press cuttings book, containing cuttings relating to the Education Bill of 1906, the Irish University Bill 1908, and general news relating to the parish, 1906 - 1908
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Note written by [Rev.] W. Fletcher concerning the loan of nine volumes of Calmet from Brooms Chapel Library to Cha[rle]s Amersham, Ushaw College, 3 October 1831
(1 paper)

Correspondence (Ref: RC/Brm 15/22-23)

Copy letter from [Rev.] Thomas Eyre, Wooler, to [Rev.] J. Smith, Brooms, concerning a plan made between the correspondents, Mr. Silvertop and Mr. Rutter, and the writer 's intention of visiting Pontop Hall, 24 March 1794 [Copy made 20th c.]
(1 paper)


List of parishioners arranged by street, giving age, place of work and other details, January 1909
(1 volume, cloth bound)