Catalogue

Register of baptisms, December 1581 - December 1659; register of marriages, February 1581/2 - April 1659; register of burials, December 1581 - December 1658

Register of baptisms, 10 July 1659 - December 1701; register of marriages, 8 November 1659 - 28 November 1701; register of burials, 3 January 1659 - post July 1701 Note of briefs, 1679

Register of baptisms, 14 December 1701 - 28 December 1786; register of burials, 6 December 1701 - 29 December 1726; register of marriages, 25 November 1701 - 29 December 1726 Includes: List of briefs read November 1782 - June 1787; list of Charities, September 1786

Register of baptisms, 1 January 1726 - 28 December 1748; register of burials, 1 January 1726 - 29 December 1748; register of marriages, 3 January 1726 - 14 December 1748 Includes: List of persons declared excommunicate, 4 December 1743 - 16 November 1746; list of Briefs read in Ryton church, 1743 - 1748

Register of marriages, 6 January 1748 - 20 July 1771; register of baptisms, 1 January 1748 - 14 March 1771; register of burials, 2 January 1748 - 21 February 1771 Includes: List of briefs read May 1749 - June 1774; list of persons excommunicate, 4 December 1743 - 9 December 1781

Register of burials, 22 February 1771 - 29 October 1787; register of marriages, 12 September 1771 - 22 February 1787; register of baptisms, 17 March 1771 - 18 November 1787

Register of baptisms, 18 November 1787 - 25 December 1808; register of burials, 30 October 1787 - 28 December 1808; register of marriages, 17 February 1787 - 9 August 1807 Includes: Register of baptisms, at Winlaton Mill and places adjacent, 8 January 1787 - 19 April 1812; briefs read in Ryton church, July 1792 - November 1805

Register of burials, 5 January 1809 - 5 January 1813; register of baptisms, 1 January 1809 - 31 December 1813 Includes: Register of baptisms at Winlaton Mill and parts adjacent, 22 January 1809 - 2 January 1813

Register of baptisms, 1 January 1809 - 31 December 1812

Register of baptisms, 3 January 1813 - 11 November 1827

Register of baptisms, 11 November 1827 - 1 February 1863

Register of baptisms, 4 February 1863 - 2 April 1898

Register of baptisms, 14 April 1898 - 28 June 1908

Register of baptisms, 12 July 1908 - 11 February 1921

Register of baptisms, 16 February 1921 - 17 September 1950

Register of baptisms, 23 July 1950 - 27 February 1972

Register of marriages, 15 April 1754 - 3 January 1758; register of banns of marriage, 31 March 1754 - 25 December 1757

Register of marriages, 9 January 1758 - 23 February 1762; register of banns of marriage, 25 December 1757 - 11 April 1762

Register of marriages, 26 April 1762 - 11 May 1767; register of banns of marriage, 4 April 1762 - 17 May 1767

Register of marriages, 3 February 1776 - 17 May 1783; register of banns of marriage, 7 January 1776 - 1 June 1783

Register of marriages, 22 May 1783 - 19 March 1798; register of banns of marriage, 25 May 1783 - 18 February 1798

Register of marriages, 5 May 1798 - 31 December 1808; register of banns of marriage, 15 April 1798 - 1 January 1809

Register of marriages, 8 January 1809 - 27 December 1812

Register of marriages, 2 January 1813 - 24 June 1837

Register of marriages, 3 July 1837 - 29 July 1893

Register of marriages, 5 August 1893 - 2 March 1935

Register of marriages, 22 April 1935 - 27 March 1943

Register of marriages, 10 April 1943 - 3 December 1949

Register of marriages, 31 December 1949 - 9 May 1970

Register of marriages, 16 May 1970 - 6 June 1987

Register of banns of marriage, 1 January 1809 - 29 November 1818

Register of banns of marriage, 29 November 1818 - 1 February 1852

Register of banns of marriage, 7 March 1852 - 17 October 1909

Register of banns of marriage, 27 October 1946 - 5 December 1971

Register of banns of marriage, 5 December 1971 - 17 July 1977

Register of banns of marriage, 31 July 1977 - 5 October 1986

Register of banns of marriage, 5 October 1986 - 16 May 1999

Register of burials, 5 January 1809 - 24 December 1812

Register of burials, 5 January 1813 - 8 January 1837

Register of burials, 8 January 1837 - 9 August 1874

Register of burials, 12 August 1874 - 11 November 1941 (EP/Ryt 1/28 ii-x enclosed in EP/Ryt 1/28 i)

Register of burials, 18 November 1941 - 17 July 1997

Copies of entries from the registers relating to the Nixon family, 1701 - 1755

Copies of entries from the registers relating to members of the family of Haswell, 1697 - 1699

Details of parish registers, 1581/2 - 1874

Catalogue of parish registers deposited in an iron chest in the vestry, 1 January 1813

Copy of EP/Ryt 1/30

The Registers of Ryton, in the County of Durham, marriages: 1581 - 1812, transcribed, indexed and edited by Rev. Johnson Baily, published for the Durham and Northumberland Parish Register Society, by Hills & Co., 19 Fawcett Street, Sunderland, 1902

Death certificate of William James Reed of Ryton

Death certificate of Ann Crale

Death certificate of Eliza Campbell

Death certificate of Walter Elliott Nicholson

Death certificate of John Leslie Harrison

Death certificate of Jane Altringham

Death certificate of Jane Archer

Certificate for burial of ashes of James Thomson Nisbet

Death certificate of Jane Nesbit of Ryton

Register of services, 8 December 1878 - 24 June 1894

Register of services, 6 August 1905 - 22 April 1919

Register of services, 29 April 1919 - 17 April 1930

Register of services, 2 June 1964 - 3 April 1977

Register of services, 10 April 1977 - 28 May 1988

Register of services, 29 May 1988 - 12 August 2000

The London Gazette, including Order in Council creating parish of Winlaton, St. Paul, 7 October 1834

The London Gazette, including Order in Council creating parish of Stella, St. Cuthbert, 8 August 1845

Letter from the Church Commissioners to Rev. Archdeacon Thorpe referring to the order-in-Council dividing the parish of Ryton, 9 October 1834

Letter and cover from George Death, Greenside Vicarage, to Dr. Randall, The Rectory, Ryton, enclosing a schedule describing the extent of the chapelry of St. John, Greenside, 1 June 1910

Copy of Order in Council confirming the pastoral scheme for uniting the benefices of Hedgefield, St. Hilda, and Ryton, 29 April 1986

Letter from the Queen Anne's Bounty Office, Dean's Yarm, Westminster, to the Rector of Ryton giving the sum due for the year Tenths of the benefice, 16 June 1886

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster, to Rev. W.C.D. Fedden, The Rectory, Ryton, detailing payments made under instruction in respect of the benefice, 5 March 1929

Papers re glebe and property, including: case papers Blakiston v Stokoe 1663, 1730; Blackett v Finney, 1725; Hunter v Blakiston, 1729; 1663 - 1735

Award of Commissioners of copyhold land in Ryton in the Broome Field (100a. 6p.) and Upper Hedge Field (62a. 1r. 5p), 19 October 1669

1740 (1) Jacob Readshaw, gent, demandant (2) Hendry Hopper, gent, deforceant Exemplification of a common recovery of 4 messuages, 2 orchards, 2 gardens, 300a. land, 1200a. meadow, 200a. pasture and common of pasture in Hurworth

22 March 1787 (1) Richard Byron, rector (2) David Crawford of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, goldsmith and Robert Edington of Stella, gent Lease for 21 years of coalmines under glebe

"A plan of a Field near Ryton called West Field in the parish of Ryton ... being the property of the Rector of Ryton", surveyed by Matthew Fleck, 15 July 1795

Plans of glebe lands surveyed by Matthew Fleck, 15 July 1795: (1) Plot of ground at Ryton called the Rectors-Banks (2) Field in Ryton called The Strothers (3) Field in Ryton called Star-Flat (4) Comb Hills Farm together with Shepherd Field, Siddles Close and Newtons Close at Woodside (5) Sealburns Farm, Ryton Includes: plan of Sealbourn drawn by "Mr. Forster the Crawcrook Schoolmaster about November 1755"

1809 (1) Charles Thorp, rector (2) Barnabas Fenwick of Ryton, Esq. Lease (and copy) for 12 years of Comb Hill Farm, Ryton (57a.1r.17p.), a cottage at Woodside and the tithes from land belonging to Joseph Hepple

25 April 1810 (1) Charles Thorp, rector (2) George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Northumberland, Esq. Lease for 21 years of coalmines under glebe land

1 May 1811 (1) Rev. Charles Thorp, rector of Ryton (2) Barnabas Fenwick of Ryton, gent Lease for 10 years of Strothers North Close (11a.3r.36p.), Strothers Middle Close (9a.2r.36p), Strothers South Close (6a.1r.21p) and Newton Close (8a.3r.1p.)

Plan of an estate at Woodside formerly belonging to Joseph Heppel and purchased by Rev. Charles Thorp, 1820

2 July 1834 (1) Charles Thorp, rector (2) Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Conveyance of.1r. 21p. land, with related papers 1834

6 April 1841 (1) Charles Thorp, rector (2) Robert Thorp of Alnwick, Northumberland, Esq. Lease for 3 lives of a cottage and garth called Chrissops Cottage and Croft (1a.1p.), a close called Liddels Close (10a.2r.26p.) in Ryton and passage to Liddels Close from the highway from Winlaton to Crawcrook

1 March 1860 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Elizabeth Jane Thorp of Alnwick, Northumberland, widow and William Dickson of the same place, Esq. (3) Ven. Charles Thorp D.D., Archdeacon of Durham and Rector of Ryton Deed of enfranchisement of 2r.14p. land in Ryton by (1) to (2) in trust for (3)

Letter from Chris. Johnson, Durham to Rev. Mr. Lloyd, Ryton forwarding a lease, 10 October 1764

Order of Chancery re payment of dividends on surplus stock after sale of glebe to redeem land tax, re Rev Robert Thorp, clerk, D.D., 22 December 1808

1824 (1) Thomas Bell of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gent., Commissioner for Inclosing lands in Ryton (2) Rev. Charles Thorp, rector of Ryton Draft release of rights of intercommon on the Hall Banks, the Paddock Hill Field and the Three Strother Closes in Ryton

Plan of Seal Burn House as it now stands, 10 May 1879 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]

Plan of proposed alterations to Seal Burn House, 10 May 1879 Sca1e: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]

Notice under Public Health Act 1875 by Ryton Local Board to Rev. W.C. Streatfield to supply farm buildings at Woodside with spouts and cisterns to collect rain water and a well to collect liquid refuse from stables and byers, with extract from Medical Officer's report, 13 October 1879, 21 October 1879

Notice under Public Health Act 1875 by Ryton Local Board to Rev. W.C. Streatfield, rector of Ryton, to discontinue use of cottage above stable or else discontinue use of stable, 31 May 1880

31 December 1881 (1) Ven. Edward Prest, Archdeacon of Durham and Rector of Ryton (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (3) Rt. Rev. Joseph Barber, Bishop of Durham, patron (4) The Ryton (Parish) Local Board Copy conveyance by (1) with approval of (2) and consent of (3) to (4) of 20p. glebe land as specified on plan Consideration: £20

30 September 1889 (1) Rev. Thomas Henry Chester of Ryton, clerk (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (3) Rt. Rev. Joseph Barber, Bishop of Durham, patron (4) Sir Benjamin Chapman Browne of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Knight, Robert Simpson of Moor House, Ryton, mining engineer, John Bell Simpson of Hedgefield, Ryton, mining engineer, William Rutherford Lamb of Ryton Hall, Esq. and Edward Granville Browne of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gent Copy conveyance by (1) with approval of (2) and consent of (3) of coal under a close of land (1r.6p.) in Ryton Consideration: £2500

19 June 1885 (1) Rev. Thomas Henry Chester, rector of the Parish Church of Ryton (2) Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne (3) Joseph Keach Aston of the City of Westminster, esq. Counterpart mortgage of £387 from (2) to (1) of the income belonging to Ryton church for the rebuilding of two cottages on the farm on the glebe belonging the Rectory of Ryton

6 August 1885 (1) Rev. Thomas Henry Chester, M.A., rector of Ryton (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (3) Rt. Rev. Joseph Barber, bishop of Durham (4) Ryton Local Board Conveyance from (1) to (4) with the consent of (2) and (3) of a parcel of land, part of the glebe of the rectory of Ryton for the construction of a road from Ryton railway station to the village

Letter from the Board of Agriculture, 3 St. James's Square, London, to the Rev. Johnson Baily, granting provisional approval for the sale of certain glebe lands, 30 March 1897

Letter from Oswin J. Charlton, solicitor, 1 Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Canon Baily, The Rectory, Ryton, enclosing EP/Ryt 2/41, 5 November 1904

17 October 1904 (1) Matthew Kirsop of Browsholme House, Winlaton, contractor (2) Rev. Johnson Baily, Rector of Ryton Undertaking by (1) that he will provide (2) with copies of the deed of approval, issued by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, of the sale by (2) to (1) of a parcel of glebe land Attached: copy deed of approval, 9 July 1904 Plan attached

Letters from G. Aynsley Smith, Halmote Court Office, New Exchequer Buildings, Durham, to Rev. Thomas Randell, The Rectory, Ryton, concerning Ryton Glebe, 14-18 July 1913

Copy of a report and valuation made by Seymour Bell, 7 Summerhill Grove, Newcastle, on the proposed sale by the Rev. Thomas Randell, rector, of the major portion of the glebe lands attached to the rectory of Ryton, 21 November 1913

Copies of correspondence concerning the offer by the Stella Coal Company for the purchase of the Ryton Glebe, 24 February 1914 - 13 November 1914

Mortgage to secure £80 to alter farmhouse on glebe, 8 September 1879

Letter from Bounty Office to Rev. E. Prest concerning payments of mortgage and application for another mortgage, 9 September 1881

Letters from Robert J. Johnson, 49 New Bridge Street, Newcastle -upon-Tyne to Archdeacon Prest concerning improvements to Ryton Rectory and Ryton Woodside Farm, 19 April - 20 October 1882

Letter from W.J. Jobson, Woodside, Ryton-on-Tyne to Archdeacon Prest, Durham thanking him for placing curacy house at Greenside at his disposal and work to be done to Ryton Woodside Farm, 19 June 1882

Mortgage to secure £676 towards alterations to parsonage house and alterations and enlargement of farm house and buildings on glebe, 15 September 1882

Circular letter from Bounty Office to incumbent concerning repayment of mortgage, 27 September 1882

Correspondence between the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster, and Rev. W.C.D. Fedden, The Rectory, Ryton, concerning registration of coal ownership, 14-23 May 1938

Head and shoulders portrait of Ven. Edward Prest, sketched in pencil, 1881 - 1882

Book of Rev. John Lloyd including copies of documents relating to parish, e.g. ordinations, inductions, licences, rents, wills, tithes etc. 1314 - 1739, 1738 - 1765 Title: 'Liber in usum Rectorum Ecclesia de Ryton in perpetuum'

Letter from the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, to the churchwardens of Ryton, Holy Cross, concerning the possible offer of the benefice to the Rev. Stanley Toward, vicar of Swalwell, 3 July 1974

Copy of the return of parochial statistics for 1932, n.d. [1933]

Order of service for the Winston Churchill Memorial Appeal Fund, 28 March 1965

Order of service for service of Christmas music, 18 December 1970

Tithe apportionment and plan, Ryton Woodside, 1840 and 1843

Tithe apportionment and plan, Crawcrook, 1841

Tithe apportionment and plan, Ryton, 1841

Altered tithe apportionments, Ryton, 1900

Altered tithe apportionment and plan, Ryton, 1901

Altered tithe apportionment and plan, Ryton, 1914

Altered tithe apportionment, Ryton, 1929

Account book of tithes, 1593 - 1594

Account book of tithes, 1595

Account book of tithes, 1608 - 1610

Account book of tithes, 1693 - 1700

Account book of tithes, 1712 - 1723

Account book of tithes, 1724 - 1729

Account book of tithes, 1730 - 1740

Account book of tithes, 1707 - 1713

Account book of tithes, 1741 - 1747

Account book of tithes, 1748 - 1758

Tithe redemption certificates, 1892 - 1912

Notes re tithes, 1753

Case of the rector of Ryton, Rev. Mr. Byron, as to his tithe of potatoes, with opinions of Chr. Fawcett and Ja. Wallace, Lincolns Inn, 14 September and 31 October 1774

Case of the copyholders of Ryton for non-payment of tithe of turnips, n.d. [post - 1771]

Assessment of rate and vouchers for repair of church spire and clock, 1752

Description of A Clock and Memorial Tablet, erected in Ryton Parish Church in memory of William Webb, M.A., Rector of Ryton; also of a bell, in memory of Charles Bains, Bishop of Durham, 1882

Estimate for building new organ chamber and other alterations to Ryton church, submitted by Robert J. Johnson, 14 August 1883, with additional estimates, 8 December 1884

Specification for building an organ in Ryton parish church by Lewis & Company Ltd., Manufactory, Shepherds Lane, Brixton, 13 January 1885, and attached correspondence, 5 - 15 January 1885

Correspondence with various parties relating to the cleaning and improvement of the church organ, 22 September 1905 - 10 October 1911

Printed appeal for the restoration of the church spire, 20 February 1948

Correspondence relating to repairs to the church fabric following the quinquennial inspection of March 1979 [copy of report included] and thefts of lead from the church roof, March 1979 - March 1980

Correspondence concerning repairs to the vestry roof, wall, and doorway, 5 March 1980 - 26 May 1981

Copy correspondence with various parties and reports concerning restoration work to the interior of the church walls, March 1979 - 8 February 1983

Printed posters for an auction gift sale and a grand concert in aid of the steeple repair fund, 4 October [?] and 17 November [?]

Register of pews, 1815 - 1874

Letter and cover from W.A. Cocks, Barmoor Lane, Ryton, to A.H. Nichol, 23 May Avenue, Ryton, concerning a small model of the original font donated to the church, 19 May 1963

Description of carved wooden images in Holy Cross church, extracted from Imported Images: Netherlandish Late Gothic Sculpture in England, c.1400-c.1550, by Kim W. Woods, published by Shaun Tyas, 1 High Street, Donnington, Lincolnshire, n.d. [c2005]

Photograph of gas-light fittings in Ryton Church, n.d. [c.1968]

Photographs of the church, n.d. [late 19th century f.]

Postcard views of the church exterior, n.d. [possibly 1920, 1950]

Aerial views of Ryton church, n.d. [1960s]

Photograph of the Bishop of Durham, various clergy and the choir, outside Ryton church, n.d.

Plan of proposed electric lighting system, December 1967 Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet [1 : 192]

Register of graves, 18 September 1930 - 29 November 1961

'Plan of the Ground attached to St. John's Church, Greenside, Parish of Ryton, July 1856' Scale: 1 chain to l inch

List of persons buried in the church choir, and plan of the vault marking locations of Silvertop and Simpson families' burials, n.d.

Plan of Ryton, Holy Cross churchyard, showing the location of gravestones, whose inscriptions are transcribed in EP/Ryt 4/76/1, n.d. [1976] Scale: 1:220

'Monumental Inscriptions in Ryton, Holy Cross church and churchyard,' compiled by G. Nicholson on behalf of Ryton Heritage Group, 1976

21 September 1820 (1) Charles Thorp, rector (2) Barnabas Fenwick of Ryton, Esq. Bargain and sale of 2r. 6p. glebe land as an addition to the churchyard

Bishop's licence to bury in additional churchyard, 13 October 1853

Order in Council closing churchyard, 2 March 1881

Order in Council to alter EP/Ryt 4/15, exempting vault of John Bell Simpson, 29 June 1882

Correspondence relating to the transfer of responsibility for the churchyard to the local authority, 12 February 1976 - 9 December 1977

An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually contained in Acts authorizing the making of Cemeteries, 9 July 1847. An Act to amend the Laws Concerning the Burial of the Dead in the Metropolis, 1 July 1852. An Act to amend the Laws concerning the Burial of the Dead in England beyond the limits of the Metropolis, and to amend the Act concerning the Burial of the Dead in the Metropolis, 20 August 1853. An Act to make further Provision for the Burial of the Dead in England beyond the Limits of the Metropolis, 10 August 1854. An Act to amend Act of 1 July 1852 so far as it relates to the City of London and the Liberties thereof, 10 August 1857. An Act to amend the Burial Acts, 25 August 1857. An Act more effectually to prevent Danger to the Public Health from Places of Burial, 25 March 1859. An Act to make further Provisions for the expenses of Local Boards of Health and Improvement Commissioners acting as Burial Boards, 6 August 1860. An Act to authorize Improvement Commissioners acting as Burial Boards to mortgage certain Rates for the Purposes of the Burial Acts, 7 August 1862. An Act to make further Provisions for the Registration of Burials in England, 29 July 1864. An Act to explain and amend the Burial Acts, 29 June 1871. An Act to amend the Public Health Act 1875, as to Interments, 21 July 1879. Burial Laws Amendment Act, 1880. An Act to remove Doubts as to the operation and effect of so much of the Burials Laws Amendment Act, 1880, as relates to the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1874, 17 February 1881. An Act to amend the Law with respect to Contested Elections of Burial Boards, 25 June 1885. Burial Act, 1900

23 October 1924 (1) Rev. Charles Bernard Roderick Hunter, rector of Ryton (2) Herbert Reinhard Engelbach of Little Corby, Cumberland, manager engineer; Francis Garven Dillon Johnston of Whitburn, engineer; and William Rochester of Ryton, colliery manager (3) (1); the said William Rochester; Charles William Forster Archbold, clerk; Pearson Knowles, civil servant; and Hugh Rochester, all of Ryton Appointment of Charles William Forster Archbold, Pearson Knowles, and Hugh Rochester, as new trustees of Ryton Church Hall, in place of John Guy, dec'd., and Herbert Reinhard Engelbach and Francis Garven Dillon, both retired

Photograph of the church hall, n.d.

Faculty to make certain alterations in the church, 6 April 1878

Citation to lead a faculty for the restoration of Ryton parish church, 14 February 1885

Faculty for the restoration of Ryton parish church, 21 March 1885

Faculty for the erection of a wall tablet in memory of John Nixon, J.P., 'pioneer of the development of the South Wales steam coal industry: Born at Barlow in this Parish 18 May 1815; baptized in this Church, 26 August 1818; died 3 June 1899', 29 July 1912

Faculty for the erection of a brass memorial tablet for William James Weeks 'born at Ryton, 29 October 1848, died at Surbiton, 16 June 1912', 5 September 1913

Faculty for the erection of a memorial tablet to commemorate the restoration of the steeple, 13 December 1963

Faculty for the conversion of the oil-fired central heating system to gas-fired, 7 March 1980

Archdeacon's certificate authorising restoration work to the interior walls, 18 May 1981

Log book, 1974 - 7 May 1991

An inventory of the utensils of the parish church of Ryton, 22 April 1734

Terrier and inventory, n.d. [post1932]

Terrier and inventory, January 1974 - 31 October 1991

Quinquennial report, 7 July 1993

Quinquennial inspection report on Holy Cross church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, July 1983

Quinquennial inspection report on Holy Cross church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, November 1988

Quinquennial inspection report on Holy Cross church, by Peter M. Brown, architect, July 1993

Specification for dilapidation repairs, 26 February 1932

Account book of churchwardens, 1597 - 1638 Includes: notes of sess for ploughs, n.d. [17th century]; and agreements and accounts for work done in church, 1626 - 1627

Account book of churchwardens, 1638 - 1682 Includes: details of pew rents and sales of pews, 1636 - 1698

Account book of churchwardens and minute book of vestry, 1683 - 1790 Includes: poor rate assessments, 1702 - 1712; details of sales of pews, 1722 - 1769

Account book of churchwardens, 1808 - 1822 Includes: register of burials 1812 - 1813

Churchwardens' vouchers, 1735 - 1766

Assessment of rate for repair of church, 1751

Account book of sacramental collections, 25 December 1823 - 9 April 1882

Churchwardens' account book, 30 April 1916 - 31 December 1938

Churchwardens' account book, 1 January 1939 - 31 December 1966

Abstracts of churchwardens' accounts, Easter 1904 - Easter 1911, Easter 1917 - Easter 1918

Lists of churchwardens and overseers, 1683 - 1764

Duties of sexton as agreed at vestry meeting, 25 June 1747

Minute book of vestry, 23 December 1791 - 22 December 1826 Includes: lists of churchwardens etc.; accounts of distribution of charity monies; census figures 1821 and 1831

Minute book of vestry, 21 January 1827 - 14 March 1849 Includes: copy of the King's Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury for a collection in aid of the ... relief of the manufacturing classes, 16 December 1826

Minute book of vestry, 21 February 1850 - 16 August 1866 Includes: list of preachers, 1359 - 1368

Minute book of vestry, 2 February 1866 - 14 April 1882 Includes: report on repairs to church, 1877 - 1878

Vestry meetings minute and account book, 1 November 1882 - 20 April 1911 Attached: plan of alterations to the choir seating, 1881 and drawing of wrought-iron entrance gate, n.d.

Vestry meetings minute and account book, 11 April 1912 - 6 April 1972

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 27 March 1939 - 24 April 1957

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 25 September 1957 - 3 September 1970

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 28 September 1970 - 9 December 1982

Minutes of ordinary and annual meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 13 January 1993 - 26 March 1998

Minutes and agenda papers of ordinary, extraordinary and Annual General Meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 23 April 1998 - 29 July 2004

Statement of accounts, year ending 31 December 1973 Originally enclosed in EP/Ryt 5/7

Accounts of the Church Hall, 4 January 1935 - 27 December 1950

Statement of accounts for the Church Hall for the year ended 31 December 1945 Originally enclosed in EP/Ryt 6/5

Statement of accounts for the Church Hall for the year ended 31 December 1946 Originally enclosed in EP/Ryt 6/5

Statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1949 Originally enclosed in EP/Ryt 6/5

Electoral roll, c.1965 - 1971

Electoral roll, 1992 - 1995

Electoral roll, 2006 - 2009

Correspondence of the Treasurer to the Parochial Church Council, including annual statements of account and parochial statistics, 31 December 1990 - 31 July 1997

Printed appeal to support a planned giving scheme, May 1963

Leaflet containing further details of the voluntary finance scheme, June 1963

Account book of overseers, including assessments of poor rate, receipts and memoranda, 1745 - 1771

Details of poor relief, 1811 - 1816

Account book of overseers of the poor, 1728 - 1743 Includes: apprenticeship agreements

3 January 1826 Copies of admittance of Rev. Charles Thorp, rector of Ryton, to 2r. 5p. land at Greenside with schoolhouse thereon (boundaries given) and land at west end of village of Ryton with schoolhouse thereon (boundaries given) in trust to be used by appointed schoolmasters

1 March 1860 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Ven. Charles Thorp D.D., archdeacon of Durham and rector of Ryton (3) William Dickson of Alnwick, Northumberland, gent Recites: EP/Ryt 11/1 Copy conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of land and schoolhouses to which (2) was admitted as above and of 4a. land allotted in inclosure award of 29 June 1829, in trust to be used as a school for the poor of Ryton. Plan attached

Letter from Charity Commission to Rev. W.C. Streatfield, Ryton Rectory concerning £210 new £3% stock for benefit of Ryton School, 6 January 1879

8 July 1912 (1) The Managers of Ryton Church of England School (2) Durham County Council Copy of memorandum of agreement for the use by (2) of the school house as a teacher's residence Includes: covering letter of 10 May 1933 Consideration: 5s. p.a.

Accounts and receipts for the sale of Greenside School, with order of the Charity Commission for the use of the residue of the proceeds, 4 November 1913 - 12 March 1914

Photographs of Greenside [disused] church school, April 1913

List of charity money left to the parish of Ryton, with a note as to whose hands the money is in, 1748

Letter from Lambton & Co., Bank, Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Rev. W.C. Streatfield, Ryton Rectory concerning sums received from Charity Commission to his credit, 20 December 1878

Minute book of annual meetings for distribution of the charity monies, including distribution lists, 23 December 1828 - 24 December 1877 Includes: list of parish officers 1806 - 1820 and 1826; rentals of townships in parish, Easter 1826

Ryton charity lists from Dividends 3%, Ann Simpson's legacy, Alderman Simpson's bequest, John Simpson's legacy and Mrs. Cox's legacy, with a note by the schoolmaster that he receives interest on bequest of Walker Lawson, 1853 - 1854

Lists of poor receiving charity money, Christmas 1877 - Christmas 1879

Charity Commission papers re Ryton Parochial Charities: appointment of trustees and establishment of scheme, 7 May 1880 - 10 September 1887

List of the poor who ought to be visited and those who receive occasional aid from Robert Simpson, 1 December 1878

List of receipients of Ryton charities, 23 December 1886

Lists of persons to whom charity was distributed, 23 December 1878 -1886/87

Lists of persons to whom charity was distributed giving the address of each individual and the tradesman's name, 1885/86 - 1887/88 Originally enclosed in EP/Ryt 12/23

List of persons who received charity at Christmas, 1877

Ryton parochial charities trustees' minute book, 20 December 1880 - 6 December 1951

Ryton parochial charities trustees' treasurer's account book, 20 December 1880 - 7 October 1960

Copy of the order of the Local Government Board conferring the powers and duties of a parish council, in respect of charities, on Ryton Urban District Council, 5 November 1896

Printed extracts from the scheme of 1880 for Ryton Parochial Charities, 1 June 1899

Minutes of the Trustees of Ryton Parochial Charities, 19 December 1952 - 29 March 1990. Includes income and expenditure accounts of the Trustees for the years ended 31 December 1961 - 1989; 1995 - 1996

Account book of distribution of Surtees Charity, 1742 - 1758

Account book of distribution of Surtees Charity, 1757 - 1766

Memorandum that the will of Robert Surtees was given to George Surtees of Ryton to show to Hauxley Surtees to try to get the money due to the poor, 1705

Extract from the will of Anthony Surtees of the Hollings, deceased, including bequest of £50 to be invested, the interest to be distributed to the poor of Chopwell Quarter, died c.1720

29 September 1748 (1) Sir Thomas Clavering of White House, Bart (2) Rev. John Lloyd, rector and the vestry of Ryton, trustees for the poor of Chopwell Quarter Bond in £100 to repay £50 Endorsed: note that this is the £50 bequeathed by Anthony Surtees (see EP/Ryt 12/16), the interest to be distributed to the poor

Extract from the will of Thomas Young Hall of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, colliery owner, including bequest of £400 to be invested, the interest to be distributed annually to the poor, proved 6 April 1870

Charity Commission papers re Thomas Young Hall's Charity and investment of his bequest of £400 (see EP/Ryt 12/19), 7 March 1877 - 12 November 1880

Account of receipts and payments of Thorp's Educational Foundation, 1 January 1935 - 23 January 1984

19 December 1733 (1) John Simpson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Esq. (2) Rev. Robert Stillingfleet, rector of Ryton Bond in £100 to repay £50 Endorsed: note that interest should be distributed annually to the poor of Ryton

13 October 1758 (1) Sir Thomas Clavering of Axwell Park, Bart (2) Rev. John Lloyd, rector of Ryton, and the vestry Bond in £130 to repay £65 Endorsed: note that this money was left by Sir John Clavering, Mr. Harrison of Bryan's Leap and Jane Grey, the interest to be distributed to the poor

Will of Thomas Humble senior of Ryton Woodside, yeoman, 31 December 1718 as follows: To Thomas Humble, his son, copyhold tenement with 24a. land at Ryton Woodside. To the poor of Ryton Woodside £20 to be invested, the interest to be distributed at Christmas. James Finney of Durham, gent, and Jacob Readshaw, yeoman, are constituted executors

Extract from the will, 27 November 1803, of Walker Lawson of Ryton, gent, including bequest of £100 3% consolidated annuities to the poor of Ryton and Ryton Woodside and £60 3% consolidated annuities to the schoolmaster at Ryton, proved 16 January 1804

Resolutions of the Society for the Relief of the Industrious Poor, 17 - 24 January 1757

List of subscribers to the Charitable Society, 29 January 1757

Copy of An Act for the registering and securing of Charitable Donations 9 July 1812, with covering letter from Deputy Clerk of the Peace, 4 February 1815

Photograph of the choir and clergy grouped outside the church, taken by Lyd Sawyer, Singleton House, Newcastle, n.d., c.1900

Photograph of the choir grouped against trees, taken by Stuart and Whinfield, Royal Art Studio, Y.M.C.A. Buildings, Blackett Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, August 1905

Parish magazines, November 1966, February 1968, June 1968

A Guide to Holy Cross Church, Ryton-on-Tyne, by D.A. Briggs and N.I. Dugdale, n.d. [1950s]

'A Brief History of Ryton Holy Cross' compiled by James Maughan, n.d.

A Short Guide to Holy Cross Church, Ryton by Rev. Tom Jamieson, September 2010

"Collections made for preventing Felonies and to encourage the Prosecution of Felons and Petty Larcenie Rogues", 1741 Includes: receipt of money for conviction of Walter Munroe, 1743; note re "money for the conviction of Wickison", 1746

Plan of rector's allotments on inclosure of Ryton Bar Moor and Woodside Green, by T. Bell, 1825

Plan of allotments on inclosure of Ryton Bar Moor and Woodside Green, n.d. [post - 1831]

Sale particulars of land in Ryton Woodside, Crawcrook, Ryton, Winlaton and Spital Tongues to be sold 6 March 1849

Sale particulars, including plan, of Bradley Hall and estate in parishes of Ryton and Ovingham, to be sold 11 October 1853

Copy of an order of the Court for Conservation of the River of Tyne allowing James Finney D. D., rector of Ryton to build wears across the river, 4 April 1720

An Act for Inclosing Lands in the Parish of Ryton, in the County of Durham, 23 May 1823

Off-print from the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, [Ser.3, vol iv, no. 6] reporting on the first country meeting of the 1909 season at Heddon, Newburn and Ryton, 3 July 1909

Ryton in 1895, n.d. [1984]

Notes about the Wood family of Daniel Farm, near Ryton, compiled by Christian Miller, 1986

Antiquarian notes relating to Ryton, n.d.

'A Celebration of One Hundred Years of Methodist Worship at Ryton Lanehead Church', 1981

Programme for the 750th anniversary of Holy Cross Church, Ryton, 1970

Flower Festival programme, 12-13 september 1970

Programme of events to celebrate the 750th anniversary of Holy Cross church, 1970