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Durham St. Margaret Parish

Reference: EP/Du.SM Catalogue Title: Durham St. Margaret Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 12 Schools

Covering Dates: 1861-2011

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  • Durham St. Margaret Parish
    • Durham, St Margaret (Ref: EP/Du.SM)
    • Schools (Ref: EP/Du.SM)
    • St. Margaret's Old School, Margery Lane (Ref: EP/Du.SM Section 1)
    • Inspection reports (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 01)
    • Leases (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 02)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 03)
    • Correspondence (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 04)
    • Plans (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 05)
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 06)
    • School history (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 07)

Catalogue Contents

Durham, St Margaret (Ref: EP/Du.SM)Schools (Ref: EP/Du.SM)St. Margaret's Old School, Margery Lane (Ref: EP/Du.SM Section 1)Inspection reports (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 01)

87/7

Ref: EP/Du.SM 87/7

Durham Diocesan Board of Education report of organising secretary on schools examined in March - June 1896
(1 paper)

Leases (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 02)

670, 988, 990, 1096

Ref: EP/Du.SM 670

Agreement re tenancy of land adjoining St. Margaret's Church of England School, 1962
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 988

30 August 1986 (1) Parochial Church Council of St. Margaret's, Durham (2) Andrew Mark Jones and his wife, Rachel Elizabeth Jones Lease by (1) to (2) of the School House, Margery Lane Rent: £20 per week
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 990

6 January 1991 (1) Parochial Church Council of the parish of St. Margaret (2) The Durham Diocesan Board of Finance (3) Waddington Street Centre Ltd. Lease for 7 years by (1) and (2) to (3) of the former junior school of St. Margaret's Church of England School and the school master's house Rent: £2,000 per annum
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1096

23 February 1995 (1) Parochial Church Council of St. Margaret, Durham City (2) Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland (3) Waddington Street Centre, 3 Waddington Street, Durham City (4) John Thompson Montgomery Ayton, Hillcrest Potters Bank, Durham City; Ian David Hoskins, St. Margaret's rectory, South Street, Durham City; Anthony John Walker, 18 Ferndale, Belmont, Durham City; Margaret Tonks, 3 Howlcroft Villa, Nevilles Cross, Durham City; Margot Waddle, 5 Fieldhouse Lane, North End, Durham City Consideration: unknown Lease extension of 6 years of a piece or parcel of land situated in Margery Lane, Durham City, with the premises erected thereon or on part thereof formerly used as the Junior School of St. Margaret's Church of England School and the Schoolmaster's house attached thereto after the creation of St. Margaret's Centre as a separate charity
(3 papers, printed)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 03)

87/6

Ref: EP/Du.SM 87/6

Parochial Schools Extension Fund, balance sheet, April 1891
(1 paper)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 04)

689, 983-987, 989, 992

Ref: EP/Du.SM 689

Letter re proposed new Infants' School, January 1898
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 983

Correspondence between G.V. Smith, "South Lawn", 2 Aykley Green, Durham, churchwarden; Miss P. Carter, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Smith Roddam and Co., 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, solicitors; and others, concerning the sale of St. Margaret's Infant and Junior Schools to the parish, and the subsequent use of the infant school as a church hall and the lease of the junior school to Durham School, and other matters, 27 April 1972 - 23 January 1990
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 984

Correspondence between G.V. Smith, "South Lawn", 2 Aykley Green, Durham City, churchwarden; Miss P. Carter, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, and others, concerning the purchase of St. Margaret's Schools, planning permission for change of use and the proposal to let the junior school to Durham School, 2 May 1972 - 12 February 1977
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 985

Correspondence between Miss P. Carter, 13 Springwell Avenue, Durham City, Hon. Secretary of St. Margaret's Parochial Church Council; F. Widdas, and N.J. Prynn, Bursars of Durham School, concerning the lease of the old St. Margaret's Junior School by Durham School, 31 July 1980 - 9 February 1990
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 986

Correspondence between Miss P. Carter, 13 Springwell Avenue, Durham City; Ecclesiastical Insurance Office PLC, Beaufort House, Brunswick Road, Gloucester; and others, concerning the Old School House, Margery Lane, Durham City, 29 April 1981 - 13 April 1982
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 987

Correspondence between Miss P. Carter, 13 Springwell Avenue, Durham, treasurer of St. Margaret's Parochial Church Council; Meikle, Skeine & Co., 2 Clyde Terrace, Spennymoor, solicitors; and others, concerning the letting of the School House, Margery Lane, 4 June 1981 - 17 November 1988
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 989

Correspondence between Miss P. Carter, 13 Springwell Avenue, Durham, Treasurer of St. Margaret's Parochial Church Council; A.N. Fairclough of Roddam Angus, 56 North Bailey, Bishop Auckland, solicitors; J.T.M. Ayton, Hillcrest, Potters Bank, Durham, Treasurer of St. Margaret's Centre; and others, concerning the lease of the former St. Margaret's Junior School to St. Margaret's Centre, 26 January 1990 - 7 August 1992
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 992

Correspondence between Miss P. Carter, 13 Springwell Avenue, Durham; Graham Woodford, Three Rivers Housing, Hallgarth House, 17 Hallgarth Street, Durham, development services manager; Jane Darbyshire and David Kendal Ltd., Millmount, Ponteland Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, chartered architects and landscape architects; and others, concerning the sale of the site of St. Margaret's Church of England Infant School to the Three Rivers Housing Association, September 1991 - 31 October 1995
(1 file)

Plans (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 05)

991

Ref: EP/Du.SM 991

Site survey of St. Margaret's School by Anthony Walker Land Surveys, 2 Granville Road, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, December 1993 Scale: 1 : 100
(1 plan, 84 cm. x 59.5 cm., dyeline)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 06)

1044

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1044

Colour slide showing the old St. Margaret's Schools, n.d.
(1 slide, 5 cm. x 5 cm., coloured)

School history (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 07)

868, 1097-1098

Ref: EP/Du.SM 868

St. Margaret's School Durham, 1861 - 1961, by W.B. Robson
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1097

Order of service marking the 150th anniversary celebration and reunion service, 17 July 2011
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1098

History of St. Margaret's Church of England Primary School, 1861 - 2011 by Mrs D. Mowbray - Pape [Head Teacher], July 2011
(5 papers, printed)



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