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South Shields St. Francis Parish

Reference: EP/SS.SF Catalogue Title: South Shields St. Francis Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1911-1977

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  • South Shields St. Francis Parish
    • Registration (Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/section 01)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/section 02)
    • Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/section 03)
    • Clergy (Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/)
    • Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/section 01)
    • Registers of services (Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/section 02)
    • Registers of boys' catechism (Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/section 03)
    • Benefice income (Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/section 04)
    • Glebe (Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/section 05)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/section 06)
    • Churchwardens (Ref: EP/SS.SF 4/)
    • Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/SS.SF 4/section 01)
    • Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/SS.SF 4/section 02)
    • Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/SS.SF 6/)
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/SS.SF 6/section 01)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/SS.SF 6/section 02)
    • Electoral roll (Ref: EP/SS.SF 6/section 03)
    • Church Societies (Ref: EP/SS.SF 13/)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/SS.SF 14/)

Catalogue Contents

Registration (Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/section 01)

1/1-3

Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/1

Register of baptisms, 2 March 1911 - 9 June 1948
(1 volume, vellim)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/2

Register of baptisms,17 June 1948 - 27 June 1965
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/3

Register of baptisms, 4 July 1965 - 21 November 1976
(1 volume, cloth)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/section 02)

1/7-11

Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/7

Register of marriages, 22 December 1923 - 25 December 1926
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/8

Register of marriages, 1 January 1927 - 10 September 1935
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/9

Register of marriages, 5 October 1935 - 14 August 1943
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/10

Register of marriages, 25 September 1943 - 2 March 1957
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/11

Register of marriages, 9 March 1957 - 18 December 1976
(1 volume, cloth)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/section 03)

1/4-6

Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/4

Register of banns of marriage, 2 December 1923 - 4 August 1940
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/5

Register of banns of marriage, 4 August 1940 - 15 November 1957
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 1/6

Register of banns of marriage, 3 January 1960 - 20 February 1976
(1 volume, full Rexine)

Clergy (Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/section 01)

2/19

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/19

Register of confirmations, 9 October 1943 - April 1974
(1 volume, cloth)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/section 02)

2/1-18

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/1

Register of services, 5 February 1911 - 3 October 1920
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/2

Register of services, 3 October 1920 - 31 March 1923
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/3

Register of services, 1 April 1923 - 2 June 1927
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/4

Register of services, 4 June 1927 - March 1933
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/5

Register of services, 30 July 1935 - 16 March 1940
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/6

Register of services, 17 March 1940 - 10 August 1946
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/7

Register of services, 11 August 1946 - 4 May 1949
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/8

Register of services, 5 June 1949 - 19 February 1955
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/9

Register of services, 20 February 1955 - 2 June 1956
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/10

Register of services, 3 June 1956 - 7 September 1957
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/11

Register of services, 8 September 1957 - 15 November 1958
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/12

Register of services, 16 November 1958 - 18 February 1961
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/13

Register of services, 19 June 1961 - 1 June 1963
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/14

Register of services, 2 June 1963 - 28 August 1965
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/15

Register of services, 29 August 1965 - 20 January 1968
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/16

Register of services, 4 February 1968 - 15 February 1969
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/17

Register of services, 16 February 1968 - 23 May 1973
(1 volume, cloth)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/18

Register of services, 5 May 1973 - 25 June 1976
(1 volume, vinyl)

Registers of boys' catechism (Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/section 03)

2/20

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/20

Register of Boys' Catechism
(half bound Red Basil [cloth sides])

Benefice income (Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/section 04)

2/23

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/23

Mortgage to the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty for securing £39, 1 October 1933
(1 paper, printed)

Glebe (Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/section 05)

2/24-30

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/24-30

Correspondence with the Church Commissioners, plans and copy conveyances concerning the construction of a garage on part of the glebe land and leasing it to Mr. Thomas Blythe, 13 May 1955 - 8 May 1974
(5 files, 2 papers)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/section 06)

2/31

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/31

Letter from Hiram Craven, Deerleaps, Painswick, Gloucestershire to Father Alderson concerning the history of the church, family matters etc., 7 November 1959 (2 papers)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/SS.SF 4/)Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/SS.SF 4/section 01)

4/3-4

Ref: EP/SS.SF 4/3-4

Terrier and inventory, 23 August 1950
(2 booklets)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/SS.SF 4/section 02)

4/1-2, 5-7

Ref: EP/SS.SF 4/1

Agreement of Durham Diocesan Dilapidations Board to alterations to South Shields, St. Francis, 8 June 1938
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 4/2

Dilapidations papers, August - September 1946 Formerly enclosed in EP/SS.SF 6/3
(1 file)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 4/5

Report on dilapidations noted at the Quinquennial Inspection of St. Francis' Vicarage, October 1971
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 4/6

Ordinary Assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measure, 12 November 1971
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 4/7

Letter from the Church Commissioners to the Sequestrators of St. Francis concerning dilapidations, 25 November 1971 (1 paper, typescript)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/SS.SF 6/)Minutes (Ref: EP/SS.SF 6/section 01)

6/1-5

Ref: EP/SS.SF 6/1

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, 20 April 1920 - 30 July [1929]
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 6/2

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, 26 November [1929] - 10 December 1936
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 6/3

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, 11 February [1937] - 10 April [1947]
(1 file)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 6/4

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, 5 May 1947 - 2 February 1960
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 6/5

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, 8 November 1970 - 22 March 1977
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Financial records (Ref: EP/SS.SF 6/section 02)

6/6-10

Ref: EP/SS.SF 6/6

Income analysis book, January 1958 - December 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 6/7

Income analysis book, January 1970 - February 1977
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 6/8

Expenditure analysis book, January 1958 - December 1968
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 6/9

Expenditure analysis book, January 1969 - March 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 6/10

Expenditure analysis book, March 1974 - February 1977 (1 volume, plastic bound)

Electoral roll (Ref: EP/SS.SF 6/section 03)

2/21-22

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/21

Electoral roll, 1955 - 1969
(1 file)

Ref: EP/SS.SF 2/22

Electoral roll, 1972 - 1974
(1 file)

Church Societies (Ref: EP/SS.SF 13/)

13/1

Ref: EP/SS.SF 13/1

Minutes of the branch of the Church of England Men's Society, 16 January 1959 - 8 October 1965 (1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/SS.SF 14/)

14/1

Ref: EP/SS.SF 14/1

Illustrated booklet published in connection a Christian Giving Campaign, n.d.
(1 booklet)



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