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Billingham St. Cuthbert Parish

Reference: EP/Bi Catalogue Title: Billingham St. Cuthbert Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: Charities

Covering Dates: 1923-1966

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Catalogue Description

Billingham, St Cuthbert is an ancient parish which covered the area including what are now the separate parishes of Billingham, St Aidan and Wolviston.

The earliest parts of the church, including the tower and the nave, date from before the Norman Conquest.

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42620&strquery=billingham extracted 25 April 2014

Catalogue Contents

Charities (Ref: EP/Bi 12/)Charity Commissioners reports for all parish charities (Ref: EP/Bi 12/)

12/1-3


Extracts from Charity Commissioners Reports relating to Billingham, 30 October 1930
(3 papers)

Mary Trotter Charity (Ref: EP/Bi 12/)

12/4-5


Declaration of trust of the Mary Trotter charity for the benefit of the poor in the parish of Billingham, St. Cuthbert, 24 November 1923
(1 paper)


Copy of letter from Wilson & Co., 5 North Bailey, Durham, forwarding a cheque for £800 from the Rev. John Robert Trotter of Freiston Priory, Boston, Lincolnshire, on trust to pay the income therefrom in equal parts to the rectors of Durham, St. Oswald, and Billingham, St. Cuthbert, for the upkeep of their churches and churchyards, 4 March 1937
(1 paper)

F.M. Bell Bequest (Ref: EP/Bi 12/)

12/6-14


Correspondence between Birkbeck, Julius, Edwards and Coburn, 49 Moorgate, London, solicitors, and the vicar and churchwardens of Billingham, concerning a bequest in the will of Mrs. F. M. Bell, 24 January 1946 - 12 May 1947 (7 papers)
(1 file)


28 March 1947 (1) Kenneth Lilly Hyslop Bell of 100 Gilling Court, London, journalist (2) The Durham Diocesan Board of Finance Copy of deed of appointment of (2) as trustee in respect of a legacy under the will of Mrs. F. M. Bell (1 file)
(1 file)


28 March 1947 (1) Billingham Parochial Church Council (2) The Durham Diocesan Board of Finance Copy of the deed of indemnity concerning maintenance of the churchyard, and a headstone, under a bequest of the late Mrs. F. M. Bell
(1 file)

Church Lands Charity (Ref: EP/Bi 12/)

12/15-21


Correspondence between the Durham Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; the Rev. Canon F. C. Tymms, and others, concerning the status of no. 48 The Green, Billingham, and whether it constituted part of the Church Lands Charity, 21 January - 14 July 1949
(18 papers)


Correspondence between Wilsons, Ormsby & Cadle, 5 North Bailey, Durham; the Rev. F. C. Tymms, The Vicarage, Billingham; and others, concerning the sale of land in Cowpen Lane, Billingham, to the Billingham Urban District Council, 14 May - 1 October 1931
(6 papers)


Copy of statutory declaration by Emily Dent of 4 The Hollies, Billingham, concerning a field on the west of the road from Billington to Wolviston, forming part of the charity known as Church Lands, Billingham, 23 November 1934
(2 papers)


Correspondence between the Charity Commissioner, 14 Ryder Street, London; Rev. H. E. Simpson, St. Cuthbert's Vicarage, Billingham; Billingham Urban District Council; and others, concerning the sale and purchase of land at the junction of Cowpen Lane and Greenwood Road, 11 March 1963 - 21 March 1966
(27 papers)