Catalogue

Register of baptisms, September 1845 - March 1869

Register of baptisms, March 1869 - September 1884

Register of baptisms, August 1898 - November 1911

Register of baptisms. November 1911 - August 1928

Register of baptisms, 24 September 1884 - 10 August 1898

Register of baptisms, 25 July 1928 - 5 September 1934

Register of baptisms, 9 September 1934 - 5 February 1942

Register of baptisms, 25 February 1942 - 19 June 1949

Register of baptisms, 26 June 1949 - 27 October 1957

Register of baptisms, 27 October 1957 -­ 28 November 1965

Register of baptisms, 12 December 1965 - 26 March 1972

Register of baptisms, 2 April 1972 - 26 October 1980

Register of marriages, January 1889 - Apri1 1900

Register of marriages, April 1900 - September 1910

Register of marriages, September 1910 - July 1920

Register of marriages, May 1847 - July 1873

Register of marriages, July 1873 - January 1889

Register of marriages, July 1920 - November 1931

Register of marriages, November 1931 - September 1940

Register of marriages, October 1940 - July 1947

Register of marriages, 19 July 1947 - 20 October 1951

Register of marriages, 3 November 1951 - 27 December 1958

Register of marriages, 10 January 1959 - 14 September 1968

Register of marriages, 14 September 1968 - 15 March 1975

Register of marriages, 5 April 1975 - 9 September 1978

Register of marriages, 23 September 1978 - 29 August 1981

Register of marriages, 12 September 1981 - 24 August 1985

Register of marriages, 24 August 1985 - 19 December 2020

Register of banns of marriage, 16 February 1941 - 29 September 1946

Register of banns of marriage, 15 September 1946 - 12 August 1951

Register of banns of marriage, 29 July 1952 - 20 May 1956

Register of banns of marriage, 10 June 1956 - 1 October 1961

Register of banns of marriage, 24 September 1961 - 3 October 1965

Register of banns of marriage, 4 August 1974 - 20 April 1980

Register of banns of marriage, 31 October 1965 -­ 21 July 1974

Register of banns of marriage, 4 May 1980 - 18 May 1986

Register of banns of marriage, 11 May 1986 - 12 June 1994

Register of burials, December 1841 - February 1872

Register of burials, February 1872 - 1936 Very few entries after 1888 Note of an earlier burial register, 1841 - 1844

Register of funerals, 23 March 1981 - 18 December 1989

Register of confirmations, 7 March 1949 - 9 February 1961

Registers of services, 1925 - 1932

Register of services, 1933 - 1941

Register of services, 6 April 1941 - 9 March 1955

Register of services, 13 March 1955 - 15 September 1965

Register of services, 1 January 1860 - 30 March 1866

Register of services, 1 April 1866 -­ 29 December 1872

Register of services, 1 January 1873 -­ 28 December 1879

Register of services, 1 January 1880 -­ 27 December 1885

Register of services, 3 January 1886 -­ 27 December 1891

Register of services, 1 January 1892 -­ 27 December 1896

Register of services, 1 January 1897 -­ 29 December 1901

Register of services, 7 July 1912 -­ 18 September 1918

Register of services, 19 September 1965 - 5 April 1986

Register of services, 6 April 1986 - 26 November 2000

Register of services, 1 December 2000 - 31 December 2008

Register of services, 1932 - 1945

Letters from various correspondents concerning grants by the Durham Diocesan Church Building Society for the building of Dawdon church, 30 October 1908 - 20 January 1911

Correspondence from various parties to Rev. James Colling, Seaham Harbour, concerning the provision of church accommodation at Dawdon, 10 November 1908 -­ 26 February 1909

Correspondence from various parties to Rev. James Colling, Seaham Harbour, relating to the design and building of the new church at Dawdon, 11 March 1909 -­ 20 May 1912

Letters from C. Hodgson Fowler, The College, Durham, architect, and others, to Rev. James Colling, Seaham Harbour, concerning the design of the new church at Dawdon, 24 March -­ 14 June 1909

Letter from Lady Londonderry, Wynyard Park, to Rev. James Colling, Seaham Harbour, together with draft reply concerning the urgency of the church building project, 6- 8 May 1909

Papers relating to a meeting arranged at the Londonderry Institute, Seaham Harbour, on behalf of the Commission appointed by the Bishop of Durham to consider the spiritual needs of the diocese containing recommendations for the establishment of a new parish and the building of a new church at Dawdon, 21 June - 14 July 1909

Letters from C. Hodgson Fowler, The College, Durham, architect, to Rev. James Colling, Seaham Harbour, concerning design matters and advising that work on the plans and drawings has been completed, 6 August -­ 3 September 1909

Letters from Frank Thorman, Lucerne Farm, Tadcaster, to Rev. James Colling, requesting permission to submit plans for the new church, 15-24 September 1909

Letters from C. Hodgson Fowler, The College, Durham, to Rev. James Colling, Seaham Harbour, concerning plans for the new church, 9 October 1909 -­ 8 January 1910

Letters from Rev. Sydney Reynolds, Burnmoor Rectory, Fencehouses, to Rev. James Colling, Seaham Harbour, concerning application for a grant towards the cost of building a new church at Dawdon, 20 November 1909 -­ 7 January 1910

Note of the population and rateable value of the property of the South Bradhill Railway, 15 December 1909

List of tenders for building the church, 24 February 1910

Letters from Frank Eyre of the Church Building Society, London, and Rev. S. Reynolds, Burnmoor Rectory, Fencehouses, to Rev. James Colling, Seaham Harbour, concerning a grant of £500 towards the cost of building Dawdon Church, 28 January -­ 8 March 1910

Correspondence from various parties to Rev. James Colling, Seaham Harbour, concerning the succession of Mr. W.H. Wood to the architectural practice of the late Mr. Hodgson Fowler, 21 December 1910 -­ 9 January 1911

Correspondence between Malcolm Dillon, Londonderry Offices, Seaham Harbour, and Rev. James Colling, The Vicarage, Seaham Harbour, concerning the Building Committee, parochial boundaries and funding of the stipend for the incumbent at Dawdon, 31 October -­ 20 December 1911

The London Gazette , publishing the Order in Council setting up the District Chapelry of St. Hild and St. Helen, Dawdon, 2 April 1912

Correspondence between J. Morley Longden, Superintendent Registrar, Easington and Rev. James Colling, Seaham Harbour, concerning the boundaries of the district chapelry of Dawdon, 24 April - 4 May 1912

Dawdon parish magazine, September 1948

Papers relating to grants to incumbents, enhancement of the living and the curate's fund, July 1861 - 24 December 1910

Licence to the curacy of Seaham with Seaham Harbour of Victor Lewis Banks, 13 June 1954

Letter from Crute and Sons, solicitors, to Rev. N. Maddison re Miss Dora Wilson, deceased, 16 August 1950

Specification of works for enlarging the church by Thomas Austin, architect, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with seating plan and elevation of new aisle and estimate of costs, 26 November 1860 -­ 17 December 1860

Certificate of consecration and papers concerning grants, relating to church building, 4 December 1841 - 5 November 1891

Plan of church site, 20 January 1909 Scale: 1: 2500

Plan of church site by C. Hodgson Fowler, April 1909 Scale: 1:720

Alteration plans of church by C. Hodgson Fowler, April 1909 Scale: 1: 96

Plans of church site with draft acknowledgement by Rev. James Colling, 5 June 1914 Scales: and

Specification and estimate for the installation of an organ by Messrs. Harrison and Harrison, of Durham and Glasgow, organ builders, 6 December 1906

Correspondence between Messrs. Harrison and Harrison of Durham, organ builders, and S.J. Ditchfield, Dene House, Seaham Harbour, concerning the blowing installation for the new organ, 29 May -­ 11 December 1907

Letter from Messrs. Harrison and Harrison of Durham, organ builders, and estimate for the installation of electric organ blowing equipment, 30 November ­ 4 December 1928

Correspondence between Malcolm Dillon, Londonderry Offices, Seaham Harbour, and Rev. J. Colling, The Vicarage, Seaham Harbour, and others, concerning a memorial tablet to the 6th Marquis of Londonderry, 20 March 1915 - 15 June 1916

Order of service for the dedication of a rerodos to the memory of the 6th Marquis of Londonderry, 18 December 1915

Order of service for the dedication of a memorial tablet to the 6th Marquis of Londonderry, 15 April 1916

Accounts of the Committee and list of subscribers to the Londonderry Memorial, 16 June 1916

Correspondence between various parties concerning the installation and operation of a clock in the church tower, 14 December 1929 - 27 February 1951

Orders in Council with covering letters from the Privy Council Office and a copy of the London Gazette, concerning the closure of the churchyard, 7 March -­ 20 May 1887

Ground plan of proposed new parish halls and conversion of existing hall into a gymnasium, by J.W. Claxton, architect, Seaham, October 1938

3 July 1860 (1) Rev. George Howard Wilkinson (2) Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty Mortgage for 35 years by (1) to (2) of glebe, tithes and rents to service the building of a vicarage Consideration: £696

Accounts and correspondence relating to the building of the vicarage, 1 May 1860 -­ 14 February 1865

Faculty for altering and enlarging the church, 14 April 1885

Faculty for the erection of a memorial tablet to the 6th Marquis of Londonderry, 22 October 1915

Faculty for the insertion of stained glass in three windows on the south side of the nave and for the insertion of hand-made antique glass in three windows in the north side of the nave, 18 August 1951

Faculty for the insertion of stained glass in the east window, 8 July 1952

Faculty for the conversion of the north aisle into a Lady Chapel, for the introduction of two brass candlesticks on the High Altar, and for the removal of two rows of pews in the front of the nave, 14 April 1954

Faculty for the insertion of stained glass in two lights of the window in the north-east corner of the north aisle, 1 October 1954

Faculty for the removal of the inner porch from the west end of the nave, the replacement of the doors between the main porch and the nave with a revolving door, the removal of two pews from each side of the centre aisle and one front pew from the south aisle, and the replacement of sandstone slabs at the west end with hardwood block flooring, 8 August 1959

Terrier, 18 April 1895

Terrier, n.d. c.1900

Terrier, n.d. c.1904

Terrier, n.d. c.1930

"Record of church offertories gathered out of Preacher's Books", by Rev. D.M. Cust, 1860 -­ 1897

Vestry minutes, 7 June 1866 - 10 February 1926

P.C.C. minutes, 1930 - 1959

Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 14 April 1959 - 29 May 1981 Includes: Annual Parochial meetings minutes, 24 March 1960 - 29 February 1981

Secretary's correspondence, 1 July 1921 -­ 28 November 1942

Secretary's correspondence, 27 March 1944 -­ 14 August 1953

Secretary's correspondence, 18 January 1957 -­ 30 April 1965

13 April 1849 (1) Sir Charles Ferguson Forbes; Charles, Marquess of Londonderry; and Frances Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry (2) Minister and Chapel Wardens of the Chapelry District of Seaham Harbour Copy of conveyance of a messuage and buildings for a school for the education of children "of the labouring, manufacturing and other poorer classes" and a residence for the schoolmaster at Seaham Harbour (areas and boundaries given) Consideration: nil

7 March 1903 (1) Charles Stewart, Marquess of Londonderry (2) Rev. James Colling, Vicar of Seaham Harbour Lease for a year of the New Cottages School, Seaham Harbour, and the Infant School, Seaham Harbour Consideration: peppercorn rent

Report on the general arrangements and sanitary conditions of the Infants' Department of the Seaham Harbour C.E. School, 31 January 1910

Copy of letter from Rev. James Colling, The Vicarage, Seaham Harbour, to the Clerk to the Education Committee, Shire Hall, Durham, commenting on the report of the Board of Education on the buildings and premises of the Boys' and Girls' Departments, 6 April 1911

Correspondence between Rev. James Colling, The Vicarage, Seaham Harbour, and the Clerk to the Education Committee, Shire Hall, Durham, concerning the provision of additional school accommodation, 9 June -­ 7 December 1911

Application by Seaham Harbour Parochial Church Council to the National Fitness Council for England and Wales for a grant towards converting part of the former school buildings into a gymnasium with plans of the proposed conversion by J.W. Claxton of Seaham, chartered architect, and A. Llewellyn Smith, 17 Bedford Square, London WC1, consulting architect, October 1938 -­ 17 March 1939

Letter from Miss P. Carter, Diocesan Office, Durham, to Rev. V.R. Brain, The Vicarage, Seaham Harbour, enclosing legal opinion concerning the original title deeds to the school, 10-11 December 1963

Seaham Harbour National School, managers' minutes, 1905 - 1930

Miscellaneous papers and correspondence re the transfer of the National School to Durham County Education Committee, 1924 - 1936 and acquisition of a house for the curate, 1927 - 1928

Application to the Board of Education for an Order constituting a body of Foundation Managers under section 11 of the Education Act (1902), 10 March 1903

Statement addressed to the Marquess of Londonderry advising that Seaham Harbour (Ropery Walk) School should continue as a non-­provided school, 18 January 1905

Letters from Rev. W.T. Jupp, St. Columba's Vicarage, Sunderland, to Rev. James Colling, The Vicarage, Seaham Harbour, concerning the possible transfer of the schools at Seaham, 2-4 June 1914

Correspondence between Rev. Edgar Boddington, Greatham Vicarage and Rev. James Colling, The Vicarage, Seaham Harbour, concerning the establishment of an emergency fund for Durham Church schools, with analysis of school attendance figures in North Eastern District no.l, March - 2 May 1914

Circular letter from Rev. W.T. Jupp, St. Columba's Vicarage, Sunderland, concerning loss to the church of school accommodation in the diocese of Durham with a more detailed analysis of losses in the period 1903-19­13, 22 December 1913

Mothers' Union meetings' notebooks and accounts, 1901 - 1923

Rough copy of epitaph to Thomas Surtees Raine of Hurworth, died 18 July 1845 [1930]

numbers not allocated