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Darlington St. Cuthbert Parish

Reference: EP/Da.SC Catalogue Title: Darlington St. Cuthbert Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: Churchwardens

Covering Dates: 1630-1997

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Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Da.SC)Church (Ref: EP/Da.SC section 01)Pew books (Ref: EP/Da.SC)

33


Pew book, 1697 - 1856
(1 volume)

Restoration and repairs (Ref: EP/Da.SC)

51, 228


Restoration fund, including subscriptions list, reports, etc., 1863 - 1865
(1 bundle)


Letters concerning repairs to church and memorials, 1952
(16 papers, typescript)

Church Clock (Ref: EP/Da.SC)

53, 55, 202-203


Correspondence etc. re church clock, 1896 - 1909
(1 bundle)


Correspondence re restoration of chimes, 1906 - 1907
(1 bundle)


Letters concerning clock, 7 October 1914 - 21 July 1915
(1 file)


Letters concerning maintenance of clock, 14 June - 20 December 1922
(1 file)

Church Spire (Ref: EP/Da.SC)

57, 223-224


Correspondence re Church spire, 1922
(1 bundle)


Letters from V.G. Morris of London, church spire restorer, to J. Forster, Darlington, concerning repairs to spire, 28 November 1905 -29 October 1907
(11 papers, typescript)


Letter concerning repairs to church spire, 11 September 1926
(2 papers, typescript)

Lighting, flooring, alarms (Ref: EP/Da.SC)

54, 56, 208, 394


Correspondence re installation of electric light in church, including subscriptions, tenders, specifications, etc., 1901 - 1907
(1 bundle)


Correspondence re fire alarms in Church, 1907 - 1921
(1 bundle)


Papers and plans concerning lanterns for church, 1945
(9 papers and 1 booklet)


Description, by Thomas Baigent, of the flooring of the vestry, 9 March 1876
(1 paper)

Altar and furniture (Ref: EP/Da.SC)

211, 215, 393
See also two volumes in the Library area of the catalogue: C 377/1 and C 377/2, St. Cuthbert's Church Darlington, Co. Durham: Record of church furnishings, volumes 1 and 2.


Letters concerning altar frontals, 1948 - 1951
(22 papers, typescript)


Letters concerning church furniture - communion rails, kneelers, bishop's chair etc., 1949 - 1952
(19 papers, typescript)


Description, signed by Thomas Baigent, of the reredos, 9 March 1876
(1 paper)

Organ (Ref: EP/Da.SC)

52, 229-233


Correspondence re church organ, including estimates, specifications and plans, 1879 - 1902
(1 bundle)


Resolutions of vestry and organ commitee concerning placing of new organ, 5 - 17 August 1880
(1 paper)


Specification, estimate and plan of electrical blowing apparatus, 19 March 1914
(1 file and 1 paper)


Papers concerning new blowing plant for organ, 1925
(3 papers)


Plan of organ, n.d. Scale: ³/4" to 1 foot [1:16]
(1 plan, 52.5 cm. x 47 cm.)


Specification of organ, St. Andrew's Parish Church, Rugby, n.d.
(1 paper, printed)

Plans (Ref: EP/Da.SC)

276-277, 279


Blueprint plan of church, July 1931 Scale: ¹/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 75 cm. x 47 cm.)


Blueprint plan of heating apparatus at church, with covering letter, 20 May 1933 Scale: 10 feet to 1.5 inches [1:80]
(1 plan, 72 cm. x 52 cm.)


Plan of gates, n.d. Scale: 1 inch
(1 plan, 49 cm. x 27 cm.)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Da.SC)

278, 416/1-2


Photographs of church railings, with covering letter, 16 October 1941
(6 photographs, black and white and 1 paper)


Photograph of the inside of the church, n.d. [c. 19th century]
(1 photograph, 21cm x 17cm, mounted on card, sepia)


Photograph album containing colour photographs predominantly of the pews inside St. Cuthbert's church, n.d. [c. 1980s]
(1 album, plastic bound, 40 colour photographs)

Reports (Ref: EP/Da.SC)

222, 418


Architect's report on church, 23 July 1880
(5 papers)


Archaeological assessment of St. Cuthbert's church, Darlington by P. F. Ryder, Historic Buildings Consultant, 1 Ford Terrace, Broomhaugh, Riding Mill, Northumberland, NE44 6EJ, June 1997
(1 file)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Da.SC)

73


Newspapers containing miscellaneous reports, including burglary of church; bazaar; extension of reredos, etc., 1876 - 1880
(1 bundle)

Churchyard (Ref: EP/Da.SC section 02)

189-198, 410, 422/1


Papers concerning discontinuance of burials and exhumation of child's body, 9 February 1855 - 17 June 1871
(1 file)


Order in Council closing churchyard, 30 January 1856
(1 paper, printed)


Letters concerning closed churchyard, 4 March 1908 - 31 July 1909
(8 papers)


Local Government Board Order re maintenance of closed churchyard, 22 March 1910
(1 paper, printed)


Demands on overseers for maintenance of churchyard, March 1901 - 7 March 1902
(5 papers)


Letter from Town Clerk's Department, County Borough of Darlington to Alderman W.G. Chandler, concerning maintenance of churchyard, 9 October 1947
(2 papers)


23 June 1908 (1) Joseph Forster of Darlington, solicitor, agent for vicar and churchwardens (2) The National Telephone Co. Ltd. Draft agreement to erect telephone pole, wires and stays on churchyard
(1 file)


23 June 1908 (1) Joseph Forster of Darlington, solicitor, agent for vicar and churchwardens (2) The National Telephone Company Limited Memorandum of agreement that (2) can erect and affix telephone pole, wires and stays on churchyard Consideration: 1s. p.a.
(2 paper)


Notice concerning speed limit in churchyard, February 1913
(2 papers)


Letters from United Automobile Services, Newcastle, to H. Stewart, Darlington, concerning damage to churchyard wall by bus, 8 December 1926 - 27 July 1927
(14 papers, typescript)


Register of inscriptions and plan of tombstones in the graveyard of St. Cuthbert's Church, Darlington, compiled by Henry Masterman and surveyed by Joshua Henry Dickinson, indexed, 1911 Includes: plan Scale: 20 feet to 1 inch [1:240]
(1 volume, leather bound)


Plan of churchyard, surveyed by Joshua H Dickinson, architect and surveyor, Darlington, 1911 Numbers only, no names Note on plan: the numbers refer to the register of inscriptions compiled by Henry Masterman, pharmacist, Darlington [see EP/Da.SC 410]
(1 plan, 80cm x 57cm)

Parochial hall (Ref: EP/Da.SC section 03)

61, 234-236, 406, 419


Parochial hall, minute book, 1896 - 1898
(1 volume)


Papers concerning building of parochial hall, 1896 - 1900
(60 papers, 2 files and 1 volume, cloth bound)


Papers concerning parochial hall, 1897 - 1922
(29 papers and 1 file)


Tender for distempering etc. at parochial hall, 15 January 1925
(1 paper, typescript)


Account book of St. Cuthbert's Parochial Hall Maintenance Fund, 4 January 1908 - 4 February 1946
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Minute book and attendance register of the trustees and management committee of the parochial hall, 27 June 1922 - 25 July 1966
(1 volume)

Vicarage (Ref: EP/Da.SC section 04)

58, 265-266


Correspondence re repairs to vicarage, 1926 - 1927
(1 bundle)


Mortgages to make sanitary improvements to parsonage house, with covering letter, 30 December 1901
(3 papers, printed)


Letter from W.S. Boyd, Horden Collieries Ltd., Darlington, to 'Wilf', concerning payment of tax on manse, with covering letter, 5 - 8 June 1942
(2 papers)

Other church property (Ref: EP/Da.SC section 05)

176-188, 260-264, 351


Table of St. Paul's Rents, with covering letter, 24 November 1818 - 10 December 1900 [See transcript/index 650 in microfilm room]
(2 papers)


List of subscribers to proposed avenue of shrubs to be planted on main walk and list of St. Paul's Rents, 26 October 1896 - Easter 1898 [See transcript/index 650 in microfilm room]
(1 booklet)


Notes concerning rents on property belonging to benefice, 1 May 1897
(11 papers)


Letters from Edw. Wooler, Darlington, solicitor, to Mr. T. Metcalfe, concerning collection of St. Paul's Rents, 1 May - 24 September 1897 [See transcript/index 650 in microfilm room]
(3 papers, typescript)


List of rents paid, Easter 1898
(1 paper)


List of rents due and paid, 1898
(1 paper)


24 September 1894 (1) Vicar and Churchwardens (named) (2) William Watson of Croft-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, market gardener Lease of garden, 'Stick Bitch', in Blackwell
(1 file)


Papers concerning drainage at White House Farm, June - July 1906
(11 papers)


11 March 1931 (1) Rev. Robert Ferry Drury, vicar and churchwardens (named) (2) Sidney Jenkinson of 24 Cleveland Street, Darlington, bricklayer Tenancy agreement of 10 Bridge Street, Darlington
(1 paper, typescript)


12 August 1940 (1) Rev. William Charles Jordan and churchwardens (named) (2) Frederick Atkinson Inness of Highthorn, Monk End, Croft Spa, Darlington, market gardener Memorandum of agreement to let land on Blackwell Lane, Darlington Rent: £2 per acre
(1 paper, typescript)


Papers concerning 65 Carmel Road South, 1942 -1943
(1 file, typescript)


Plan of proposed garage at 91 Stanhope Road South, 28 November 1951 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 36 cm. x 24 cm.)


Papers concerning land at Poor Close including Geneva Road Relief Sewer and new byre and dairy, with plan, 30 September 1955 - 6 February 1956
(5 papers, typescript)


Papers concerning private road improvement expenses, 1899 - 1906
(11 papers)


Letter from John Robinson, surveyor of highways, Darlington R.D.C., to Joseph Forster, concerning flooding on Croft Road, 16 October 1900
(1 paper)


Letter from Darlington R.D.C. to Jos. Forster, Darlington concerning drain to carry off water [on Croft Road?], 28 December 1900
(1 paper, typescript)


Notice of improvements to East Swinburne Road Back Street, 10 May 1911
(1 paper, printed)


Notice of apportionment of private improvement expenses for Swinburne Road East back, 17 December 1912
(1 paper, typescript)


4 January 1894 (1) Edward Wooler of Darlington, gentleman (2) Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Borough of Darlington Conveyance of land and buildings in Churchgate, Darlington and covenant to surrender copyhold land and the Hat and Feathers public house, plan attached Consideration: 5s.
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Da.SC section 06)

42-44, 409


Church terriers, 1806, 1887, 1902
(1 volume, 1 file, 1 paper)


Terrier and inventory, 21 April 1933 - 19 March 1964
(1 booklet and 4 papers)

Faculties (Ref: EP/Da.SC section 07)

199-221


Faculty to remove organ and erect new one, 6 September 1879
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Faculty to renovate organ, with related papers, 11 July 1939
(3 papers, typescript)


Letters from Diocesan Registry concerning faculties, 1903 - 1907
(9 papers and 1 file)


Petition for faculty for memorial tablet, 9 August 1920
(1 paper, typescript)


Faculty to erect marble tablet, 3 September 1920
(1 paper, printed)


Faculty to erect tablet, 9 November 1922
(1 paper, printed)


Faculty to introduce silver altar cross, 28 December 1938
(1 paper, printed)


Faculty to install electric lighting, with related papers, 9 January - 18 August 1947
(6 papers)


Faculty to erect two tablets, with related correspondence, 3 March - 22 May 1948
(4 papers)


Faculty to convert south transept into baptistry and use old font and canopy, with related papers, 11 February 1949
(3 papers, typescript)


Faculty to introduce stone statue above west door, 4 October 1949
(1 paper, typescript)


Faculty to introduce oak communion rail, 2 December 1949
(1 paper, typescript)


Faculty to introduce carved oak Bishop's Chair, with related papers, 28 November 1952
(3 papers, typescript)


Faculty to erect memorial tablet, with related papers, 11 May 1954
(3 papers, typescript)


Faculty to erect new altar rail gates and introduce three alms boxes, 7 May 1959
(1 paper, t pescript)


Faculty to install oil firing unit and erect oil storage tank, 18 February 1960
(1 paper, typescript)


Faculty to remove four pews and to introduce new table and notice board, with related papers, 14 February 1961
(3 papers, typescript)


Faculty to convert font cover into canopy and to remove pews from west end of church, with covering letter, 21 February 1972
(2 papers, printed)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Da.SC section 08)

225-227


Papers concerning dilapidations, 1937 - 1938
(9 papers, typescript)


Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Assessment, with covering letter, 30 November - 29 December 1953
(2 papers, printed)


Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Assessment, with covering letter, 23 - 30 June 1958
(2 papers, printed)

Minutes and annual reports (Ref: EP/Da.SC section 09)

41, 272


Churchwardens' minutes, 1866 - 1870
(1 volume)


Annual report of churchwardens, 1914
(1 paper)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Da.SC section 10)

35-40, 237-259, 273

Churchwardens' accounts (Ref: EP/Da.SC section 01)

35-40, 237, 273


Churchwardens' accounts, 1630 - 1692
(1 volume)


Churchwardens' accounts, 1696 - 1767
(1 volume)


Churchwardens' accounts, 1767 - 1802
(1 volume)


Churchwardens' accounts, 1802 - 1873
(1 volume)


Churchwardens' accounts, 1874 - 1926
(1 volume)


Churchwardens' accounts, 1926 - 1948
(1 volume)


Accounts of churchwardens, 31 March 1897 - 24 March 1910
(1 file, printed)


Book of names of church officials and accounts, 1920
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Statements of accounts (Ref: EP/Da.SC section 02)

238-242


Financial statements and accounts, 1946 - 1956
(1 file, typescript)


Church accounts, including organ, heating and presentation appeal fund, c.1955
(1 file, typescript)


Church accounts, 1960
(8 papers)


Statements of accounts, 31 December 1923
(2 papers, printed)


Statement of accounts, 31 December 1924
(1 paper, printed)

Ledgers and cash books (Ref: EP/Da.SC section 03)

258-259


Cash book, 31 December 1927 - 31 December 1932
(1 volume, card bound)


Ledger, 1939 - 1947
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Offertory accounts (Ref: EP/Da.SC section 04)

244-256


Account book of offertory, 23 April 1900 - 25 July 1906
(1 volume, ve:ilum bound)


Account book of offertory, 6 April 1902 - 4 December 1904
(1 booklet)


Account book of offertory, 27 July 1906 - 30 June 1912
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Account book of offertory, 11 August 1907 - 27 June 1911
(1 booklet)


Account book of offertory, 15 April - 29 November 1912
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Account book of offertory, 18 November 1912 - 11 December 1914
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Account book of offertory, 28 April 1914 - 19 April 1915
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Account book of offertory, 3 May 1915 - 8 August 1917
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Account book of offertory, 25 November 1915 - 23 May 1922
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Account book of offertory, 17 April 1917 - 30 June 1919
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Account book of offertory, 31 October 1921 - 13 April 1923
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Offertory account, n.d.
(1 paper, printed)


List of freewill offering subscribers, n.d.
(3 papers)

Investments (Ref: EP/Da.SC section 05)

257


Correspondence with Bank of England concerning 5% war stock, 7 - 10 June 1926
(5 papers, typescript)

Invoices (Ref: EP/Da.SC section 06)

243


Bill from J. Forster for solicitor's services, 24 September - 15 October 1897
(1 paper)

Bequests (Ref: EP/Da.SC section 07)

280-281, 349-350


Will of Miss Mary Barron, 2 February 1935
(1 file, typescript)


Letter from Martins Bank Ltd., Newcastle, to vicar, concerning bequest of Miss Barbara Mildred Guthe, deceased, 6 January 1942
(1 paper, typescript)


Administration with will annexed to effects of Rev. James Topham, deceased, with charges, 28 February 1852
(parchment, 2 membranes and 1 paper)


Administration to effects of George Homer, deceased, 17 March 1852
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Sequestration (Ref: EP/Da.SC section 11)

267-271


Papers concerning sequestration, 1905 - 1906
(14 papers)


Bank book, sequestrators' account, 6 March 1906 - 31 January 1907
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Account book of sequestrators, 6 March 1906 - 31 December 1906
(1 booklet)


General correspondence during sequestration, 1942 - 1943
(1 file, typescript)


Papers concerning sequestration, 1955
(1 file, typescript)

Mortimer Testimonial Committee (Ref: EP/Da.SCsection 12)

62, 407-408


Mortimer Testimonial Fund, including minutes of meetings, collection books, etc., 1905
(1 bundle)


Minute book of the Rev. Francis W. Mortimer Testimonial Committee meetings, 6 November 1905 - 22 October 1906
(1 volume, card bound)


Invoices for a memorial tablet, newspaper advertising, and printing supplied to the Mortimer Memorial Committee, November 1905 - 26 October 1906
(1 file)