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Tow Law United Reformed Church

Reference: UR/TL Catalogue Title: Tow Law United Reformed Church Area: Catalogue Category: Non-Conformist Church Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1883-1988

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  • Tow Law United Reformed Church
    • Tow Law United Reformed Church (Ref: UR/TL )
    • Registration (Ref: UR/TL section 01)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: UR/TL 1/1)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: UR/TL 17-22)
    • Minutes (Ref: UR/TL section 02)
    • Board of Managers, Deacons and Elders minutes (Ref: UR/TL 2/1-5, 8/1-14)
    • Kirk Session minutes (Ref: UR/TL 3/1-4)
    • Minutes of annual meetings (Ref: UR/TL 6)
    • Reports (Ref: UR/TL section 03)
    • Ministers' reports (Ref: UR/TL 4/1-4)
    • Elders' reports (Ref: UR/TL 5/1-2)
    • Ministers (Ref: UR/TL section 04)
    • Property (Ref: UR/TL section 05)
    • Visitations (Ref: UR/TL section 06)

Catalogue Description

Records of Tow Law Presbyterian Church
later Tow Law United Reformed Church

Catalogue Contents

Tow Law United Reformed Church (Ref: UR/TL )Registration (Ref: UR/TL section 01)Registers of baptisms (Ref: UR/TL 1/1)Ref: UR/TL 1/1

Register of baptisms, 4 February 1883 - 25 May 1986
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: UR/TL 17-22)Ref: UR/TL 17

Register of marriages, 26 June 1901 - 21 February 1925
(1 volume cloth bound)

Ref: UR/TL 18

Register of marriages, 28 February 1925 - 13 October 1940
(1 volume cloth bound)

Ref: UR/TL 19

Register of marriages, 12 April 1941 - 8 September 1947
(1 volume cloth bound)

Ref: UR/TL 20

Register of marriages, 3 April 1948 - 26 March 1955
(1 volume cloth bound)

Ref: UR/TL 21

Register of marriages, 30 July 1955 - 1 October 1960
(1 volume cloth bound)

Ref: UR/TL 22

Register of marriages, 4 March 1961 - 22 February 1986
(1 volume cloth bound)

Minutes (Ref: UR/TL section 02)Board of Managers, Deacons and Elders minutes (Ref: UR/TL 2/1-5, 8/1-14)Ref: UR/TL 2/1

Board of Managers of the Tow Law Presbyterian Church of England minute book and deacons' minute book, 29 October 1883 - 21 April 1902
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UR/TL 2/2

Diaconate meetings minute book, 19 May 1902 - 29 August 191l
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UR/TL 2/3

Diaconate meetings minute book, 25 September 191l - 7 January 1924
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UR/TL 2/4

Diaconate meetings minute book, 21 January 1924 - 23 March 1953
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UR/TL 2/5

Diaconate meetings minute book, 27 April 1953 - 22 February 1973
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: UR/TL 8/1-14

Minutes of Joint Elders' meetings, March 1972, October 1977, February 1978, May 1978, September 1978, February 1979, March 1980, March 1983, September 1983, September 1984, January 1986 and September 1986
(14 papers)

Kirk Session minutes (Ref: UR/TL 3/1-4)Ref: UR/TL 3/1

Session meetings minute book, 4 October 1903 - 11 January 1920
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UR/TL 3/2

Session meetings minute book, 8 February 1920 - 28 March 1937
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UR/TL 3/3

Session meetings minute book, 11 April 1937 - 10 September 1967
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UR/TL 3/4

Session meetings minute book, 2 October 1967 - 21 October 1986
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Minutes of annual meetings (Ref: UR/TL 6)Ref: UR/TL 6

Minutes of annual church meeting, 22 March 1982
(1 paper)

Reports (Ref: UR/TL section 03)Ministers' reports (Ref: UR/TL 4/1-4)Ref: UR/TL 4/1-4

Ministers' annual reports, 1982, n.d., 1985 - 1986
(5 papers)

Elders' reports (Ref: UR/TL 5/1-2)Ref: UR/TL 5/1-2

Elders' reports, 1984 - 1985, 1986
(2 papers)

Ministers (Ref: UR/TL section 04)

7, 11-14

Ref: UR/TL 7

Statement of basis for a joint pastorate between St. Andrew's, Crook and Tow Law Churches, c.1980
(1 paper)

Ref: UR/TL 11

Order of service for the induction of the Reverend J. Kenneth Bufton at Tow Law, 25 November 1959
(1 paper)

Ref: UR/TL 12

Order of service for the induction of the Reverend Edward Gwynfai Jones at Tow Law, 15 February 1964
(1 paper)

Ref: UR/TL 13

Order of service for the induction of the Reverend Norman Soulsby at Tow Law, 28 February 1968
(1 paper)

Ref: UR/TL 14

Order of service for the induction of the Reverend Alan W. Summers at Tow Law, 14 July 1973
(1 paper)

Property (Ref: UR/TL section 05)

15-16

Ref: UR/TL 15

Order of service for the unveiling of the clock in the tower and dedication of a memorial tablet, 9 April 1951
(1 booklet)

Ref: UR/TL 16

Correspondence and related papers concerning the closure and sale of The Manse and Bridge Street church, Tow Law, [March] 1985 - 6 December 1988
(17 papers)

Visitations (Ref: UR/TL section 06)

9-10

Ref: UR/TL 9

Schedules for Presbyterial visitations, October 1933 - January 1958
(19 papers)

Ref: UR/TL 10

Reports on spiritual oversight visits to the church, 4 December 1962 - October 1984
(13 papers)



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