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Register of baptisms, 8 October 1826 - 21 June 1868

Register of baptisms, 12 July 1868 - 24 February 1947

Register of marriages, 22 December 1827 - 27 March 1837

Register of marriages, 1 October 1837 - 7 December 1896

Register of marriages, 30 December 1896 - 17 March 1951

Register of marriages, 28 April 1951 - 10 July 1965

Register of marriages, 17 July 1965 - 18 April 1981

Register of marriages, 2 May 1981 - 16 March 1991

Register of marriages, 27 April 1991 - 10 August 2002

Register of marriages, 11 August 2002 - 10 October 2009

Register of marriages, 13 February 2010 - 4 June 2016

Register of marriages, 11 June 2016 - 29 August 2020

Register of banns of marriage, 2 December 1827 - 24 October 1858

Register of banns of marriage, 25 June 1899 - 7 October 1951

Register of banns of marriage, 20 January 1952 - 24 February 1985

Register of burials, 28 December 1827 - 5 June 1884

Register of burials, 10 June 1884 - 31 January 1931

Register of services, 12 February 1899 - 27 February 1929

Register of services, 3 March 1929 - 3 October 1937

Register of services, 7 October 1937 - 29 February 1948

Register of services, 2 March 1948 - 26 October 1958

Register of services, 1 November 1958 - 15 September 1968

Register of services, 22 September 1968 - 23 December 1973

Register of services, 24 December 1973 - 25 February 1979

Register of services, 28 February 1979 - 23 May 1991

Register of services, 26 May 1991 - 19 May 2002

Register of services, 22 May 2002 - 4 August 2010

Description of the boundaries of the district assigned to the church at Shincliffe in the parish of St Oswald in the county and diocese of Durham, n.d. [watermark 1825]

Copy draft scheme for altering the boundaries of the parish of St Giles, Durham; of the new parish (sometime district) of Belmont, and of the parish of Shincliffe; with covering letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 5 December 1938 and 8 February 1940

Copy notice of certification of a scheme for altering the parishes of Belmont, St Giles, and Shincliffe, with covering letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission to the secretary of the Parochial Church Council, 12 April 1940

Copy draft scheme for altering the boundaries of the parishes of Cassop-Cum-Quarrington, Shincliffe, and the extra parochial place known as Whitworth House, 1959

Maps showing Shincliffe parish boundaries prior to the boundary alterations of 1940 and 1959, marked on Durham Ordnance Survey sheets XXVII.N.W. and XXVII.S.W., 1923 edition, n.d. [ c.1923-1939] Scale: 1:10560

Map showing the alterations to the parish boundaries of Durham St Giles, Belmont and Shincliffe, St Mary, 1940 Scale: 25.344 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]

Map showing the alterations of the boundaries of the parishes of Shincliffe and Cassop-Cum-Quarrington and the extra-parochial place of Whitwell House, marked on a copy Ordnance Survey map, issued by the Church Commissioners, 1959 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Extract from The London Gazette, containing copy order in council for altering the boundaries of the parishes of Durham, St Giles, Belmont, and Shincliffe, and covering letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 19 and 27 April 1940

Letter from the Church Commissioners to Dr. C. W. Gibby of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland concerning the creation of the rectory of Shincliffe parish, 20 May 1975

Letter from P.W. Stringer, Administrative Secretary, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ to J. A. E. Morris, Parochial Church Council Secretary, 11 St. Oswald's Way, Durham, DH1 3TE concerning the suspension of presentation to the benefice of Durham St. Oswald and Shincliffe St. Mary with accompanying notice, 25 May 2007

Extract from The London Gazette, including notice of a grant from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of a stipend of £60 p.a. to the rectory of Shincliffe for the employment of an assistant curate, and covering letter, 19 and 27 December 1873

Letter from E. Peele, registrar, Dean and Chapter Office, Durham, to Rev. Isaac Todd, Shincliffe Vicarage, advising of the continued payment of the £50 p.a., formerly allowed to Mr Stoker as non-resident curate, for the support of a resident curate, and sanctioning the alteration of services, 27 December 1862

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission to Rev. G. R. Bulmer, Shincliffe Rectory, advising of publication in The London Gazette of an instrument securing to Shincliffe living a small strip of land adjoining and beneath the eastern side of the parsonage house, which was intended to be given by the Dean and Chapter of Durham, but had never been legally annexed to the living, 6 January 1874

Abstract of title of William Ridley to a leasehold message and land in Shincliffe, for the residue of a term of 21 years from the Dean and Chapter of Durham, 20 September 1828 - 23 August 1832, n.d. [1832]

21 January 1841 (1) Rev. Isaac Todd of Shincliffe, clerk, and John Lowe of the same place, butcher (executors of William Ridley of Shincliffe, yeoman, deceased) (2) John Brown of Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, land agent (3) Mary Marshall of the city of Durham, widow (4) Henry Donkin of the city of Durham, gent. (5) The Very Rev. George Waddington, Dean, and the Chapter of Durham (6) Rev. Isaac Todd, incumbent of the perpetual curacy of Shincliffe Surrender by (4), (2), (3) and (1) to (6) of a garden (2a. 3r.) in Shincliffe, bounded on the east by the footpath from Shincliffe town street to the back lane of Shincliffe [other boundaries specified] Consideration : £260

30 March 1854 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) The Rev. Isaac Todd, clerk Office copy order of exchange of land and tithe rent charges, in the parishes of Durham, St Oswald, and Lanchester, in the County of Durham In margin: plan of lands exchanged Scale: 12 chains to 1 inch [1:9504]; 8 chains to 1 inch [1:6336]

Notice of glebe assessment for Shincliffe benefice under the Repair of Buildings Measure, 1972 , and related correspondence, 4 - 8 April 1975

8 March 1851 (1) Edward, Lord Bishop of Durham (2) Rev. Isaac Todd, clerk, and his curates Licence for (2) to perform divine service in the new church erected at Shincliffe until consecrated

Order of service for the institution and induction of the Rev. Samuel Moore, to the rectory of Shincliffe, 29 September 1945

Letter from the Census Office, Whitehall, London, to Rev. George R. Bulman requesting return of the statement respecting census enumeration in the ecclesiastical parish in April 1891, and a note recording the latter's opinion as to its accuracy, 16 July 1892

Tithe plan, 1839 EP/Sh 3/2 was formerly EP/Shi 2

Tithe apportionment, 21 October 1839 EP/Shi 3/1was formerly EP/Shi 1

Schedule of apportionment for Shincliffe small tithes, n. d. [19th c.]

Extract from the tithe apportionment for the township of Elvet, payable to the curate of Shincliffe, c.1850

Altered apportionment of tithe rent charge under Tithe Acts 1836 - 1918 of the Township of Shincliffe in the parish of St. Oswald, 22 December 1921

Sealed copy certificate of redemption of tithe rent charge on plot nos. 161, 172-178, 213-214, 214a, in the township of Shincliffe in the parish of [Durham] St Oswald, 20 June 1919 and covering letter from the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 20 June 1919

Sealed copy certificate of redemption of tithe rent charge on plot nos. 159A, 160A, 179A, 180A, 184A, 185A, 203A, 212B, in the township of Shincliffe in the parish of [Durham] St Oswald, 14 November 1922, and covering letter from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 14 November 1922

Copy of a memorandum recording the establishment of a chapel for Shincliffe and Old Durham, within the parish of Durham, St Oswald, by conversion of the former tithe barn at Shincliffe, and its consecration for public worship, 24 September 1826

Memorandum that the church of St Mary, Shincliffe, is to be erected by voluntary contributions, listing the principal contributors, and signed by the incumbent, curate, church wardens, architect and principal contractors, 20 March 1850

Memorandum of the consecration by the Bishop of Durham, of the tithe barn at Shincliffe as a chapel, 23 September 1826

Schedule of proposed restoration and improvements to the Lady Chapel, and quotations for same, 10 May 1974 - 11 March 1975

Revised quotation for Lady Chapel curtains and confirmation of order, 6 March and 16 May 1975

Correspondence between Rev. Canon W.A. Lathaen; the Diocesan Registrar and others, concerning the petition for a faculty for a new altar and improvement of the Lady Chapel in Shincliffe parish church, 2 January 1974 - 29 May 1975 See also: EP/Sh 4/32

Shincliffe Parish Church Restoration Appeal leaflet and explanatory letter from the rector, n.d. [1980]

Copy plan and elevation no 1 of suggested alterations to the Lady Chapel of St Mary's Church, Shincliffe, n. d. [1975] Scale: 1:20

Copy main plan, sections and details of improvements to the Lady Chapel, Shincliffe, by C. E. Dowse, St. Mary's Close, Shincliffe, n.d. [1975] Scales: 1:50 and 1:20

Copy elevation of proposed alterations to the Lady Chapel, Shincliffe, n.d. [1975] No scale

Order of service for the unveiling and dedication of a memorial window, with a panel in thanksgiving and memory of those who served and gave their lives in the World War, 1939 - 1945, 9 November 1947

Order of service for the unveiling and dedication of a memorial window to the memory of Frederick Sidney Dennett, head master of Durham Cathedral Choristers' School, 1914 - 1929, and rector of Shincliffe, 1929 - 1938, by the Rev. P. R. Frost in St Mary, Shincliffe, 9 June 1948

Order of service for the dedication of a window to mark the centenary of Shincliffe parish church, by the Dean of Durham, Easter Day, n.y. [1950]

Drawing of stained glass memorial window by W.H. Wood, architect, n.d. [late 19th - early 20th c.] No scale

Letter from W.H. Wood, 20 Collingwood Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, architect, to Mr Ouseley, enclosing drawing of credence table to go with the new altar, supplying estimates, and reporting on progress with construction of the altar, 30 April 1917

Drawing showing side and front views of an oak credence table for Shincliffe parish church, by W.H. Wood, Newcastle-on-Tyne, architect, April [1917] Originally enclosed in EP/Shi 4/44 Scale: 1" [to 1 foot] [1:12]

Correspondence with Keswick Industrial Arts, Greta Bridge, Keswick, Cumbria, concerning the supply of candlesticks for the new altar at Shincliffe church, 26 April - 12 May 1975

Order of service for the dedication of the new ring of six bells in Shincliffe parish church by the Dean of Durham, 20 December 1969

A message from the rector of Shincliffe, Rev. Canon W. A. Lathaen, and a poem by H. Beevers, to mark the dedication of the new peal of bells, n.d. [December 1969]

Minute book of Shincliffe Parish Church Bell Fund Committee, 9 May 1965 - 29 April 1971

Correspondence between Shincliffe Parish Church Bell Fund Committee and Whitechapel Bell Foundry, London, and others, concerning the installation of a new peal of six bells, 21 November 1964 - 31 January 1971

Souvenir Brochure on the occasion of the dedication of the new ring of six bells in Shincliffe parish church, 20 December 1969

Copy layout plan for a ring of six tenor bells in Shincliffe church by Whitechapel Bell Foundry, 14 November 1968 Scale: 1/2" to 1 foot [1 : 24]

Sketch plan of bell frame details for a new ring of six bells at St Mary's, Shincliffe from Whitechapel Bell Foundry 12 August 1969 No scale

Letter from Philip Wills, Durham Diocesan Registry, The Park Gate House, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, to Miss B. Stephenson, 1 Robson Terrace, Shincliffe, authorising the provision of a handrail into the church's heating chamber, without issuing a faculty, 4 August 1999

Plan of foundations of Shincliffe church, 1849 Scale: 8 ft. to 1 inch [1:96]

Longitudinal section, 1849 Scale: 8 ft. to 1 inch [1:96]

North elevation, 1849 Scale: 8 ft. to 1 inch [1:96]

South elevation, 1849 Scale: 8 ft. to 1 inch [1:96]

East end elevation and section of chancel looking east, 1849 Scale: 8 ft. to 1 inch [1:96]

West elevation, 1849 Scale: 8 ft. to 1 inch [1:96]

Transverse sections looking east and west, 1849 Scale: 8 ft. to 1 inch [1:96]

Ground plan of Shincliffe church showing number of appropriated and free sittings, n.d. c.1850 Scale: 8 ft. to 1 inch [1:96]

Ground plan of Shincliffe church, 1973 Scale : 8 feet to 1 inch [1 : 96]

Notice of service of dedication of the chancel screen in St Mary, the Virgin, Shincliffe, by the Rev. Wilmore Hooper, Rector of Shadforth, 25 August 1912

Order of service for the unveiling and dedication of a memorial reredos, with a panel to the memory of the members of the parish and congregation who fell in the Great War, 1914 - 1918, by the Rt. Hon. The Lord Ravensworth, 9 May 1920

Embroidered picture of St. Mary's, n.d. [c. 1980s]

Notice of service of dedication of the new organ in St Mary the Virgin, Shincliffe, by Rev. Canon Body, 9 June 1907

Newspaper cuttings from the Durham Chronicle and the Durham Advertiser, reporting the dedication of the new organ at Shincliffe church, 9 June 1907

Account of Harrison and Harrison, organ builders, Durham, for the supply of a two-manual organ to Shincliffe parish church, 13 June 1907

Copy letter from Harrison and Harrison, organ builders, Durham, to Rev. Canon Lathaen, containing recommendations for the overhaul of the church organ and notes recounting the comments of the organist and choirmaster, 17 April 1973

Letter from the Imperial War Graves Commission, Wooburn House, Wooburn Green, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, to Rev. J. Moore, Shincliffe Rectory, enclosing details of war graves in Shincliffe churchyard, 28 October 1949

Correspondence between the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire; J. Jopling, 8 Willow Tree Avenue, Shincliffe; Canon W.A. Lathaen, The Rectory, Shincliffe; concerning possible removal of headstones and kerbs of war graves, 27 April - 9 May 1973

Correspondence between Commonwealth War Graves Commission, United Kingdom Region, 40-42 High Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire; Canon W.A. Lathaen, Shincliffe Rectory, Shincliffe; Richard Minto, timber merchant and tree-felling contractor, 79 North Road, Ponteland, Northumberland; William Stewart, timber merchant, 20 Ward Terrace, Wolsingham; Northern Forestry Products Ltd., Helme Park, Tow Law; P.V. Handrick, timber contractor, 21 Osborne Terrace, Ferryhill; and Rev. R. Brown, The Rectory, Shincliffe, concerning the maintenance of the churchyard, and a war grave within it, 19 April 1968 - 31 March 1980

Notices setting out the details of the work to be undertaken under 'Operation Eyesore' to clear up the graveyard, 14 and 28 January 1973 Attached: plan of sites of graveyards, plotted on O.S. plan, c.1973

Correspondence between Rev. W.A. Lathaen, The Rectory, Shincliffe; the Diocesan Registry, The College, Durham; G. Oliver, 89 Laburnum Road, Redcar, Yorkshire; D. Warriner, 42 Marlene Avenue, Bowburn; C. Robinson, 'Oaklea', High Shincliffe; N. Bell, Cassop Grange Farm, Old Quarrington; concerning proposals to remove kerbs and headstones in the churchyard, 5 February - 6 March 1973

Correspondence concerning upkeep and improvement of churchyard and burial ground, under 'Operation Eyesore', 28 September 1972 - 22 January 1973

Photograph of old burial ground, looking north, before 'Operation Eyesore', 1973 Originally enclosed in EP/Shi 4/78

Photograph of the west side of burial ground, looking north, after 'Operation Eyesore', 1973 Originally enclosed in EP/Shi 4/78

Photograph of the east side of burial ground, looking north, after 'Operation Eyesore', 1973 Originally enclosed in EP/Shi 4/78

Location plan of St. Mary's Church old burial ground, and plan showing grave spaces with headstones and kerbs, named graves, spaces with kerbs only and headstones only, plain graves and overgrown graves, February 1973 Scales: 1:2500 and 1:200 Originally enclosed in EP/Shi 4/78

Licence of Edward, Bishop of Durham, for the interment of bodies in a piece of ground [boundaries specified] contiguous to the burial ground of Shincliffe church and intended as an additional burial ground, until consecrated, 13 October 1853

Licence issued by the Bishop of Durham for the use of an extension of the burial ground at Shincliffe, needed because of the increase in population occasioned by the sinking of a coal pit nearby, until it can be consecrated, 30 May 1842

Letter from Joshua Davison to Rev. J. Todd, enclosing an account of the latter's expenses in arranging the consecration of the new burial ground, 30 December 1843

Letters between S.M. Rowlandson, The College, Durham, and the Dean and Chapter Office, The College, Durham, agreeing to the extension of the churchyard at Shincliffe, and enclosing a tracing of the proposed extension, 22 December 1921 and 9 January 1922 Includes: plan of proposed extension, c.1921

14 August 1946 (1) Rev. Samuel Moore, Clerk in Holy Orders, Rector of Shincliffe (2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne (3) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Copy conveyance from (1) to (3), with the consent of (2), of a piece of land (808 sq. yds.), part of the glebe land of the rectory of Shincliffe, as an addition to the churchyard Plan attached

1 June 1939 (1) Thomas Henry Lilburn, Clerk in Holy Orders, incumbent of the Rectory of Shincliffe (2) The Church Commissioners for England Counterpart mortgage in £237 of the income of the benefice for improvement of the parsonage house

1 August 1955 (1) Rev. Samuel Moore, Clerk in Holy Orders, incumbent of the Rectory of Shincliffe (2) The Church Commissioners for England Mortgage in £184 10s., and counterpart, of the income of the benefice for the alteration and improvement of the parsonage house

Consent of the Bishop of Durham to the loan by the Church Commissioners of £184 10s. to the benefice of Shincliffe for alterations and improvements to the parsonage house, n.d.

Photograph of exterior frontage of The Rectory, Shincliffe, n.d. [c. 1960]

Correspondence between Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; J.A.E. Morris, 11 St. Oswald's Drive, Farewell Hall, Durham; Smiths Gore, 26 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington; Ven. Trevor Willmott, Archdeacon of Durham, 15 The College, Durham; Mrs. B.E. Stephenson, 1 Robson Terrace, Shincliffe; M. Algar, 26 Canterbury Road, Newton Hall, Durham; Smith Roddam, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; W. Purvis, 10 Whitwell Acres, High Shincliffe; Rev. S.M. Sandham, Shincliffe House, Sherburn Hospital, Durham; and Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; concerning the sale of Shincliffe Rectory, Rectory Cottage and grounds, 10 December 1998 - 8 December 1999

Correspondence between: 1) Smith Roddam, Solicitors, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7PG 2) P. Willis, Durham Diocesan Registry, The Park Gate House, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7NP 3) I. Milburn, Secretary, Parochial Church Council, South View, Shincliffe Village, Durham, DH1 2PB 4) M. Galley, Property Manager, Diocesan Surveyor, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ concerning the sale of the rectory and rectory garden with accompanying plans, 27 November 2001 - 8 June 2005

Location plan, floor plans and sections of proposed alterations to Shincliffe rectory by Cordingley and McIntyre, chartered architects, The College, Durham, 4 April 1954 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Plan of proposed improvements at Shincliffe Rectory by Cordingley and Mc.Intyre, Chartered Architects, The College, Durham City, n.d. [c. 1939]

Plan of proposed alterations at Shincliffe Rectory by Cordingley and Mc.Intyre, Chartered Architects, The College, Durham City, n.d. [c. 1945]

23 June 1900 (1) The Reverend George Robert Bulman, 15 Oswald Street, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire (2) Joseph Smith of Shincliffe, gardener Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a cottage and land in Shincliffe Consideration: £70

Conditions for letting a small grass field at Shincliffe belonging to the Rev J. Grove Ousery, to John Alfred Bond of 73 Hallgarth Street, Durham, 23 November 1916

Letter from the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham to Rev. Canon Lathaen, requesting estimates for the rewiring of the Rectory Cottage, for submission to the Dilapidations Board, and associated notes, 6 February 1973 - May 1977

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, the Rev. Canon W. A. Lathaen, and the tenant of the Rectory Cottage at Shincliffe Parsonage, concerning a tenancy agreement and rent increase under the Housing Rents and Subsidies Acts, 1975 , for Rectory Cottage, 1 April 1974 - 23 February 1977

12 February 1975 (1) Rev. Canon William Alan Lathaen, The Rectory, Shincliffe (2) Marjorie Reeves of Rectory Cottage, Shincliffe, wife of George Jardine Reeves Tenancy agreement for Rectory Cottage, Shincliffe

Faculty for erecting a stained glass window, in memory of Thomas Hutton of the City of Durham, in the most westerly window in the south aisle 24 December 1891

Faculty for the erection of an organ chamber, the placing of a new organ therein, and the removal and sale of the old organ, 2 July 1906

Faculty to place a cross with the figures of Our Lord, St Mary, and St John, above the existing chancel screen; to erect in place of a temporary reredos an oak reredos with paintings of St Martin, St George, and the Annunciation; and to affix a mahogany panel facing the door of the church in remembrance of the fallen of the Great War, 1914 - 1918; varying a faculty of 31 May 1912; 16 October 1919

Faculty to erect a screen, in memory of Elizabeth Hannah Alderson, in the north aisle, 7 November 1928

Faculty for the introduction of electric lighting to replace lighting by oil lamps, 19 October 1939

Faculty to restore the fabric by pointing; to redecorate the church; to instal an electric organ blower; to rearrange the seating in part of the nave and north aisle; and to redistribute the stained glass in several windows to admit more light at the east end and in the pulpit, 2 May 1946

Faculty for the erection of a stained glass window in the south side of the church, with an inscription in memory of those who fell in, and of those who returned in safety from, the war of 1939 to 1945, 14 August 1947

Faculty for the erection of a stained glass window in the south wall, in memory of Frederick Sidney Dennett, head master of Durham Cathedral Choristers' School, 1914 - 29, and Rector of Shincliffe, 1929 - 38, 24 March 1948

Faculty for the insertion of a stained glass window in the north wall to mark the 100th anniversary of the church, as rebuilt and enlarged in 1850, 6 February 1950

Faculty for the repair and restoration of the eaves, gutters and stonework; the installation of a clock in the tower; interior decoration; and improvement of part of the churchyard; 23 October and 28 December 1962

Form of faculty in unopposed proceedings for the removal of existing solid fuel heating system and the introduction of a new oil fired heating system, and accompanying correspondence, 16 June - 24 October 1969

Form of faculty in unopposed proceedings for the removal of the existing three bells in the church tower and for the installation of a peal of six new bells, and covering letter, 18 August 1969

Form of faculty in unopposed proceedings to introduce a new altar and restorations in the Lady Chapel at the east end of the north aisle, and covering letter, 14 January 1975

Copy petition for a faculty for the installation of two memorial notice boards at the west end of the church, in memory of Edith and Leonard Whitfield, and of C.V. and L.K.G. Williams, with related correspondence and copy drawing showing details of the boards, by C.E. Dowse, Shincliffe, 5 - 7 November 1984

Form of faculty in unopposed proceedings for the introduction of two oak-framed notice boards at the west end of the nave near to the main entrance, 22 January 1985

Form of faculty in unopposed proceedings for the felling of a tree with Dutch elm disease on the north side of the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Shincliffe, 26 January 1987

Form of faculty in unopposed proceedings for the installation of an aumbry on the north wall of the side chapel, 6 February 1992

Form of faculty in unopposed proceedings for the installation of a stained glass window in the second window from the east in the north aisle, 14 April 1993

Faculty for the clearing, levelling and tidying of the churchyard, particularly the area between the A177 and the back of the north side of St. Mary's Close, the removal of kerbstones and the re-siting of certain headstones, 1 May 1973

Faculty authorising the repointing of the church's external stonework, 6 March 1996

Faculty authorising the provision of a paled timber gate in the churchyard's boundary fence, 28 October 1996

Faculty authorising the erection of a plaque in naturally-seasoned English oak, inscribed in memory of Colonel N.M. Dillon M.C., R.T.R., 11 October 1999

Faculty authorising the replacement of the plain glass in the westernmost window of the north aisle with a stained-glass window, by Cate Watkinson, 2 November 1999

Archdeacon's certificate for general repairs to the parish church, 23 December 1960

Archdeacon's certificate for works [unspecified] proposed on 10 December 1972, and covering letter, 23 January 1973

Archdeacon's certificate for works [unspecified] proposed on 14 June 1973, 9 July 1973

Archdeacon's certificate for unspecified works, 7 March 1983

Archdeacon's certificate authorising unspecified works, 7 February 1990

Archdeacon's certificate authorising the installation of a P.I.R. detector with photocell, to operate the existing luminiere over the main entrance to the church, 2 October 1995

Terrier and inventory, compiled 1940 and signed each year by the rector until 23 April 1968

Terrier and inventory, compiled March 1977 and checked and annotated until 3 March 1986

Copy architect's report no 3 on Shincliffe parish church, by C. E Dowse, Shincliffe, February 1973

Copy will, dated 6 January 1932, of Robert Wilkinson of Shincliffe Bank Foot near the city of Durham, sexton, bequeathing £25 for the repair of the fabric of Shincliffe parish church and for the erection of a small memorial to the testator's memory; copy made 29 May 1942

Parochial cash book, 3 January 1988 - 29 December 2000

Sequestration order, 2 December 1938

Vestry minute book, 29 April 1830 - 10 July 1888

Vestry minute book, 25 April 1889 - 12April 1928

Appointment, by H.M. Commissioners For Building New Churches, of a select vestry for the new parish of Shincliffe, 17 July 1832

Parochial church council meetings minute book, 8 April 1920 - 25 July 1939

Minute book of Shincliffe Parochial Church Council meetings and annual church meetings, 1 April 1940 - 12 July 1964 For enclosures: see EP/Shi 6/26

Minutes (signed) of Shincliffe Parochial Church Council meetings and annual church meetings, 19 February 1965 - 1 December 1969

Minutes (signed) of Shincliffe Parochial Church Council meetings and annual church meetings, 3 April 1967; December 1969 - 6 February 1978

Minutes (signed) of Shincliffe Parochial Church Council meetings and annual church meetings, 6 February 1978 - 1 March 1982

Minutes (signed) of Shincliffe Parochial Church Council meetings and annual church meetings, 6 April 1981 - 6 February 1984

Minute book of Shincliffe Parochial Church Council meetings and annual church meetings, 5 March 1984 - 4 February 1991 At end : register of P.C.C. members, 1983 - 1986

Minutes (signed) of Shincliffe Parochial Church Council meetings and annual church meetings, 8 April 1991 - 7 February 1995

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 7 February 1994 - 6 February 1995

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 6 March 1995 - 5 February 1996

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 11 March 1996 - 3 February 1997

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 3 March 1997 - 16 March 1998

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 30 March 1998 - 1 February 1999

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 8 March 1999 - 31 January 2000

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 13 March 2000 - 5 February 2001

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, 21 April 2001 - 6 March 2006; Annual General Meetings, 26 March 2001 - 11 April 2005

Audited accounts (receipts and payments account and alms account) for 1979

Audited accounts (receipts and payments account) for 1980

Audited accounts (receipts and payments account, restoration account and alms account) for 1981

Audited accounts (receipts and payments account, restoration account and alms account) for 1982

Audited accounts (receipts and payments account and alms account) for 1983

Audited accounts (receipts and payments account) for 1984

Audited accounts (receipts and payments account and alms account) for 1985

Audited accounts (receipts and payments account and alms account) for 1986

Audited accounts (receipts and payments account and alms account) for 1987

Audited accounts (receipts and payments account and alms account) for 1988

Audited accounts (receipts and payments account and alms account) for 1989

Audited accounts (receipts and payments account and alms account) for 1990

Audited accounts (receipts and payments account and alms account) for 1991

Audited accounts (receipts and payments account and alms account) for 1992

Audited accounts (receipts and payments account and alms account) for 1993

Audited accounts (receipts and payments account and alms account) for 1994

Audited accounts (receipts and payments account and alms account) for 1995

Annual statements of income and expenditure for Shincliffe parish church, 1958 - 1963

Account book, 2 January 1929 - 31 December 1953

Account book, 1 January 1977 - 31 December 1979

Parochial accounts, 6 January 1980 - 29 December 1987

Annual report and statement of accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 1997

Annual report and statement of accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 1998

Annual report and statement of accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 1999

Annual report and statement of accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 2000

Annual Report and Financial Statements, years ended 31 December 2001 - 2005

Correspondence, notes of meetings, and report of Shincliffe Parochial Church Council Liturgical Committee, formed to consider all aspects of worship in the parish church, 7 July 1972 - April 1976

Miscellaneous collection of Parochial Church Council administrative papers: Minutes of meetings between representatives of the councils of St. Mary's, Shincliffe and Shincliffe Methodist Church, 14 November 1996 - 13 October 1998; Church Hall management Committee notes and reports, 29 March - 22 June 1996; minutes and overview of meetings of Churchyard Group including proposals, letters, reports, reviews and surveys, 19 November 2000 - 9 July 2003; Links Group minutes of meetings, 25 November 1996; Worship Sub - Group minutes of meeting and recommendations, 2 December 1996 - 13 May 1997; Sub - Group for Reserved Grave Spaces minutes of meeting, 17 October 1997; Goods and Fabric report, 2002; Building Missionary Congregations - collated responses from questionnaire, 27 September 1996; agreements for the use of the Church Hall for out of school clubs, n.d. [c. 2001]; report of the legacy of Jean Blunt of twenty thousand pounds, n.d. [c. 2000s]; reviews of fees and charges, November 2001 - 2002, 2004 - 2005; policies for working with children / young people and disclosure through Criminal Records Bureau, n.d. [c. 2000s]; Health and Safety Committee minutes of meeting, 28 July 2003; Health and Safety regulations for work with children and young people, n.d. [c. 2000s]

Copy parish stewardship list, including electoral roll, 1978

Report on the Christian Stewardship campaign in Shincliffe parish, 7 June 1971

Progress report on the parish plan, December 1999

Overseers' account book, 1833 - 1848

Receipt of W[illia]m Caldcleugh for payment of £8. 12s. 2½d county rate from the overseers of Shincliffe, 5 August 1848

Notice of appointment of John Lowe and Robert Smith as overseers of the poor for the township of Shincliffe, 29 March 1849

Letter from the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham to Rev. Canon Lathaen, confirming the deposit with the Diocesan Board of Finance of deeds relating to the new school site at Shincliffe, and acknowledgement of temporary loan of deeds by Canon Lathaen, 24 July 1968 and 16 June 1970

Letter from Samuel Moore on behalf of [Shincliffe School] Trustees to Miss Chapelow, confirming the terms of tenancy of the School House, 1 August n. y. [c. 1940 - 1950]

14 September 1871 (1) Joseph Love of Beulah House, Durham, colliery owner (2) The minister and churchwardens of the parish of Shincliffe Conveyance of land at Shincliffe for a school for the poor. Includes: plan and specifications concerning the governing and running of the school

School House Trustees' cash book, 1939 - 1945; 1956 - 1966

Plan of proposed improvements to Shincliffe School House, by Cordingley & McIntyre, architects, Owengate, Durham, 22 November 1955 Scale : 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1 : 48]

Site plan of Shincliffe School House, n.d. No scale

Correspondence, invoices, architect's certificates, and copy minutes of meetings concerning Shincliffe Church of England Controlled School, including improvements to the school house, report by H. M. Inspectors (November 1956), and opposition to proposed school closure, 16 July 1949 - 12 October 1966

Letters from the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham to Rev. Canon Lathaen, concerning the location of missing deeds to Shincliffe Church Hall, enclosing copy Charity Commission order for vesting a plot of land on the north side of the main road in the village of Shincliffe in the Official Trustee of Charity Lands, 12 September 1919, and a questionnaire concerning the location of parish records, completed by F. S. Dennett c. 1937, 9 May 1968 - 9 October 1969

Certificate of registration for the Church of England's Men's Society in the parish of St. Mary the Virgin, Shincliffe, 5 February 1969

Community newsletter, numbers 7 - 8, November 1978 - January 1979

Community newsletter, number 10, July 1979

Community newsletter, numbers 12 - 16, November 1979 - January 1981

Community newsletter, numbers 18 - 20, September 1981 - March/April 1982

Community newsletter, numbers 22 - 30, October 1982 - October 1984

Community newsletter, numbers 31 - 40, January 1985 - May 1987

Community newsletter, numbers 41 - 44, July 1987 - April 1988

Community newsletter, numbers 46 - 50, October 1988 - October 1989

Community newsletter, numbers 51 - 60, January 1990 - April 1992

Community newsletter, numbers 61 - 70, July 1992 - November 1994

Community newsletter, numbers 71 - 80, January/February 1995 - August 1997

Community newsletter, numbers 81 - 90, November 1997 - January/February 2000

Community newsletter, numbers 91 - 100, April/May 2000 - Autumn 2002

Community newsletter, numbers 101 - 110, Winter 2002 - Spring 2005

The Parish Review : St Mary's, Shincliffe, published by the Diocese of Durham, n.d. [June 1999]

Photograph of Joanna R. M. Burton, Runner - up of the BBC 'Choirgirl of the Year' competition, 18 October 1986

First edition Ordnance Survey plan , sheets XXVII: 5, 6, 9, 10 Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]

Draft pedigree, showing the descent from John Hopper of Shincliffe, of Rev. Ralph Hopper of Bishop Middleham, 1594 - 1834; pedigree compiled mid 20th c. (4 papers)

Typescript notes on the history of Shincliffe Colliery, accompanying copy geological survey of strata sunk through at Shincliffe Colliery east of the turnpike road, and copy plans of Low Main Seam, Hutton Seam, Top Busty Seam and Bottom Busty Seam workings, 22 June 1970 and n.d. Scale : 6 inches to 1 mile [1 : 10560]

Copy print of Houghall Hall, Durham, from an original in Sunderland Museum and Central Library collection, n.d. [19th c.]