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Register of baptisms, 5 March 1961 - 4 April 1971

Register of baptisms, 9 April 1971 - 15 May 2005

Register of baptisms, 19 June 2005 - 28 July 2013

Register of marriages, 1 July 1961 - 26 October 1967

Register of marriages, 28 October 1967 - 21 August 1971

Register of marriages, 25 September 1971 - 26 October 1974

Register of marriages, 15 March 1975 - 31 March 1979

Register of marriages, 21 May 1979 - 2 June 1984

Register of marriages, 30 June 1984 - 1 December 2006

Register of banns of marriage, 9 September 1962 - 21 June 1970

Register of banns of marriage, 5 July 1970 - 24 February 1974

Register of banns of marriage, 7 April 1974 - 1 June 1980

Register of banns of marriage, 25 May 1980 - 23 April 1995

Register of banns of marriage, 7 May 1995 - 6 September 2015

Register of funerals, 12 September 1984 - 18 January 2001 (1 volume, plastic bound)

Register of services, 10 February 1961 - 27 February 1966

Register of services, 9 April 1966 - 23 January 1974

Register of services, 24 January 1974 - 21 September 1984

Register of services, 23 September 1984 - 25 December 2005

Register of services, 1 January 2006 - 9 March 2014

'Map of the Parish of Stockton-on-Tees, St. James (Hardwick), Also Showing the Alteration of the Areas of the Parishes of St. Chad, Stockton-on-Tees; St. Paul, Stockton-on-Tees and Stockton-on-Tees, St. John the Baptist', 11 July 1989 Scale: 10 inches to 1 mile [1:6336] (1 plan, 68 cm. x 75.5 cm., colour wash)

Plan of housing estates at Hardwick showing the proposed parish boundary, n.d. [1989] Scale: 1:1250

Order in council confirming a scheme to create a new benefice and parish of Stockton-on-Tees, St. James (Hardwick), and altering the areas of the parishes of Stockton-on-Tees, St. Chad; Stockton-on-Tees, St. John the Baptist, and Stockton-on-Tees, St. Paul, 19 December 1989

Licence for the performance of divine service at St. James's mission church, 10 February 1961

Articles of enquiry at the archdeacon's visitation, 14 October 1989

Hardwick churches' advent survey of religious affiliation, 1982

Questionnaire about opportunities for service, [June 1984]

Parochial statistics, 1990 - 1997

'Hardwick Churches Social Survey', an audit to establish what Anglican, Methodist and Roman Catholic churches in Hardwick, are doing, n.d. [ c.1999] (1 file, typescript)

Return of average adult attendance 2004

Order of service for the commissioning of visitors for the stewardship mission, 1 April [1984]

Christian stewardship mission, invitation to house group discussions, May [1984]

Invitation to the Christian stewardship mission parish gathering, 24 June 1984

Booklet outlining the results of discussions amongst church members about what the mission of the church should be in the future, n.d. [1984]

Christian stewardship campaign appeal leaflet, n.d. [1984]

Christian stewardship mission leaflet, 'Caring and Serving', n.d. [1984]

Christian stewardship mission leaflet, 'Understanding and Communication', n.d. [1984

Christian stewardship mission leaflet, 'Worship and Prayer', n.d. [1984]

Circular letter to parishioners from Rev. William Griffiths, 243 Darlington Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, appealing to them to join the parish's planned giving scheme, 'Family Purse', n.d. [1991], and lists of subscribers to the scheme, 11 February 1992 - 1998

Correspondence concerning two marriages that took place in the church of English Martyrs , Hardwick Road, Stockton on Tees which was not previously licensed or registered, 12 August 2002 - 17 September 2003

Sections, layout and block plan of new church, Hardwick, by Braddock and Martin-Smith, architects, East Gallery, St. John's Church, St. John's Wood, London, July 1959 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]; 1:500 and 1:2500

Plan and elevations of the church of St. James, Hardwick, by Braddock & Martin-Smith, architects, East Gallery, St. John's Church, St. John's Wood, London, n.d., [1959] Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Extension to St. James's church: general arrangement of [reinforced concrete] and structural steelwork, by Bylander, Waddell & Partners, consulting engineers, 169 Wembley Park Drive, Wembley, Middlesex, 25 February 1965 No scale

Revised plans, sections and elevations of St. James's church, by Braddock & Martin-Smith, architects, East Gallery, St. John's Church, St. John's Wood, London, 27 May 1965 Scales: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96] and 1:2500

General details (1) of the completion of St. James's church, by Braddock & Martin-Smith, architects, East Gallery, St. John's Church, St. John's Wood, London, 27 May 1965 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

General details (2) of the completion of St. James's church, by Braddock & Martin-Smith, architects, East Gallery, St. John's Church, St. John's Wood, London, 29 June 1965 No scale

Pulpit details, by Braddock & Martin-Smith, architects, East Gallery, St. John's Church, St. John's Wood, London, n.d., [1965] Scales: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]; 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

East elevation of St. James's church, second revision, by Braddock & Martin-Smith, architects, East Gallery, St. John's Church, St. John's Wood, London, n.d., [1965] Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Details of the [reinforced concrete] cross, part of the extension to St. James's church, by Bylander, Waddell & Partners, consulting engineers, 169 Wembley Park Drive, Wembley, London, 1 September 1965 Scales: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12] and 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

Plan of St. James's church, as existing, by Blackbell & Rooker, chartered architects, 58 John Street, Sunderland, 25 January 1977 Scale: 1:100

Plan of St. James's church showing roof finishes, as existing, by Blackbell & Rooker, chartered architects, 58 John Street, Sunderland, 28 January 1977 Scale: 1:100 (1 plan, 42 cm. x 29.5 cm., colour wash)

Plan of a stationary bell in a steel wall bracket frame, by John Taylor & Co., bellfounders, Loughborough, Leicestershire, n.d. [1979] No scale

Plan of the installation of a direct-fired air heater at the west end of the church through clerestory window, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, architects and surveyors, Owengate House, Durham, 26 June 1987 Scales: 1:100 and 1:200

Section and roof-level plan of proposed new heating installation, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham, 26 June 1987 Scale: 1:50

Photographs of St. James's church showing defects identified at the quinquennial inspection, n.d. [1982]

West end of the nave showing new eaves and fascia in need of painting

Damaged render at the east end of the church, below the relief sculpture

Main entrance showing cracked panes of glass and shabby varnish

West end of the roof showing felt in place of copper

West end showing damaged copper flashing and peeling paintwork around area where rain water pipe discharges onto the flat roof

Main entrance

Main roof showing cracked mastic strips across copper joints

Cracked copper guttering at the west end of the roof

Cracked brickwork on the south wall

North-west corner of the main roof showing water discharge point

Interior of the church, looking east

Photographs documenting work to replace the church roof, n.d. [1983]

General view of roof before repair

Contractors stripping off the old roof covering

Damaged guttering

Split and patched underfelt

Entrance to the church, with scaffolding erected

Contractors fitting the new roof

East end of the church showing scaffolding erected along the south elevation

East end of the church showing scaffolding erected along the north elevation

West end of the roof with new lining and battens in place

View of the completed roof, North Tees General Hospital in the background

South side of the roof showing new guttering

Photographs of church plate, 1997

Collection of all eleven pieces together

Silver dish with inscription around the rim

Two silver chalices and two small plates

Wafer box and two flagons, all silver

Silver chalice and small plate

Silver ciborium

Estimate for the proposed erection of St. James's church and vicarage at Hardwick, by Braddock & Martin-Smith, chartered architects, East Gallery, St. John's Church, St. John's Wood, London, and A.W. Shambrook & Partners, quantity surveyors, 14 John Street, Bedford Row, London, October 1959

Correspondence between Braddock, Martin-Smith & Lipley, chartered architects, 30 South Street, Wareham, Dorset; N.V.C. Peary, 11 Elstob Close, Hardwick, Stockton upon-Tees; Rev. John Williams, St. James's Vicarage, Hardwick, Stockton-on-Tees; Tennet, building and civil engineers, Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees, and Rev. Trevor Beeson, St. Chad's Vicarage, Ragpath Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, concerning the design and construction of the new St. James's church at Hardwick, 24 September 1962 - 10 November 1968

Quotation for remedial work to the roof of St. James's church, by Broderick Structures, Forsyth Road, Sheerwater, Woking, Surrey, 17 February 1983

Report of an investigation into roof leaks and roof structure at St. James's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham, 2 November 1983 - 24 January 1984

Site inspection report on the condition of the felted flat roof over toilets and kitchen at St. James's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, consultant architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, 18 July 1997

Report on the roof of St. James' church by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, DH1 3HB, 23 February 2001

Correspondence between the vicar of Stockton, St. James (Hardwick), St. James's Vicarage, Hardwick, Stockton-on-Tees; Rev. J. Ruscoe, redundant churches and furnishings officer, The Vicarage, South Hylton, Sunderland; Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Harold Reay, Bishopsgarth School, Harrowgate Lane, Stockton-on-Tees; Dr. D.E. Wright, diocesan advisor on organs, 'The Willows', Station Approach, Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne; J. Adrian Cook, pipe organ builder and restorer, 'The Hollies', 188 Durham Road, Stockton-on-Tees; John R. Lightbown, organ builders, 23 Esplanade Place, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, and Malcolm Newby, organ builder and piano tuner, 2 Tregarth Close, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, concerning the installation of, and subsequent repairs and maintenance to, the church organ, 10 October 1978 - 30 January 1998

Correspondence between Rev. A.W. Hodgson, St. James's Vicarage, Hardwick, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland; Eayre & Smith Ltd., bellhangers and engineers, 18-20 Derby Road, Kegworth, Derby; and Blackbell & Rooker, chartered architects, 28/29 Brus House, Mitchell Avenue, Thornaby, Cleveland, concerning the possible installation of a bell, 13 November 1978 - 30 January 1979

Correspondence concerning the organisation Hardwick Tomorrow Limited taking on the tenancy of the former church of St. James and, separately, the storage of the organ in the former church, 30 November 1997 - 10 September 2001

Correspondence concerning the closure and subsequent sale of St. James' church, 19 September 2000 - 22 March 2005

Correspondence concerning the parish of St. James sharing the Roman Catholic church of English Martyrs, 13 December 2000 - 12 October 2006

Posters featuring the move of St James's church to a shared church with English Martyr's Roman Catholic church, n.d. [c. 2000s]

Plan of proposed extension to St. James's vicarage, by James J. Sharp & Partners, chartered architects and surveyors, 29 Albert Road, Middlesbrough, 6 August 1969 Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48]

Discussion document on the future of St. James's vicarage, December 1982 (1 paper, typescript)

Correspondence, discussion document, survey and analysis; minutes of meetings, architect's brief and funding applications; project proposal and outline of feasibility study, relating to the project to establish an Enterprise Centre at Hardwick, January 1987 - 30 August 1989

Hardwick Enterprise Centre feasibility study, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, April 1988

Copy of an internal memorandum from the Director of Planning and Development, Teesside County Borough Council, to the Town Clerk, concerning the boundaries of land adjacent to St. James's church, enclosing a site plan and location plan, 15 January 1969

28 June 1990 (1) Durham Diocesan Board of Finance (2) Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Copy deed of dedication by (1) to (2) of a strip of land belonging to (1) on the south side of Newham Road, Stockton-on-Tees, to form a parking lay-by Consideration: work to create the lay-by Includes: plan

Correspondence between the Chief Engineer, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, P.O. Box 35, Gloucester House, Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, and Rev. A.W. Hodgson, St. James' Vicarage, Hardwick, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, concerning the problems that imposing parking restrictions on High Newham Road, would pose for St. James's church, 17 January - 24 April 1980

Terrier and inventory, 1 May 1987 - 6 June 1995

Log book, February 1977 - March 1992

Quinquennial inspection report on St. James's church, by Blackbell & Rooker, 28/29 Brus House, Mitchell Avenue, Thornaby-on-Tees, Cleveland, February 1977

Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Blackbell & Rooker, architects, 28/29 Brus House, Mitchell Avenue, Thornaby-on-Tees, Cleveland, February 1977

Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, architects, Owengate House, Durham, April 1987

Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, architects and surveyors, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, June 1992

Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, architects, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, June 1997

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of the vicarage by A.O. Lee, diocesan surveyor, Owengate House, Durham, March 1980

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of the vicarage by D.L. Renton, diocesan surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, September 1988

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of September 2004 by M. Galley, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ

Minutes of ordinary and annual general meetings of the Parochial Church Council and its Standing Committee, 30 September 1974 - 10 October 1985

Minutes of annual general meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 18 February 1987 - 26 April 1998

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 15 June 1988 - 25 April 1993

Minutes and agenda papers for meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 9 June 1993 - 20 May 1996

Minutes and agenda papers for meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 7 July 1996 - 10 February 2003

Minutes of meetings, 25 April 1999 - 9 May 2004 Includes: annual general meeting minutes, 25 April 1999; standing committee minutes, 27 June 2000; Hardwick Churches Together minutes, 28 October 2002

Minutes of a meeting, 12 August 2000

Minutes of a meeting, 10 November 2003

Minutes of meetings, 1 March 2004 - 29 April 2007 Includes: minutes of annual general meeting, 29 April 2007

Parochial accounts, 4 January 1970 - 29 December 1975

Parochial accounts, 31 December 1984 - 31 December 1988

Parochial accounts, 29 November 1987 - 15 January 1995

Parochial accounts, 27 November 1994 - 23 April 2000

Return of parish finance, January - December 1998

Income and expenditure accounts, 1997 - 2000

Electoral roll, n.d. [1992]

Electoral roll, April 1993

Electoral roll, 1994

Electoral roll, 1996

Electoral roll, 1997 (2 papers, typescript)

Electoral rolls, 2002, 2004 - 2013

Runners-up certificate for the Cleveland County Final of the National Fire Prevention Youth Quiz, awarded to St. James Friday Focus Youth Group, 1980

Photograph of St. James Friday Focus Youth Group, with runners-up trophy for the Cleveland section of the National Fire Prevention Youth Quiz, 1980

Winner's certificate for the Cleveland County Final of the National Fire Prevention Youth Quiz, awarded to St. James Friday Focus Youth Group, 1981

Stockton Deanery Youth Association Sports winner's certificate, 1981 (1 card, colour wash)

The Match, February/March - August 1976

The Match , October - November 1976

Parish newsletter, August 1982

Parish newsletter, October 1982

Parish newsletter, May - June 1983

Parish newsletter, August 1983

Parish newsletter, October 1983 - January 1984

Wildfire, March - June 1984

Wildfire, August - September 1984

Wildfire, March - December 1985

Wildfire, January - September 1986

Wildfire, November - December 1986

Wildfire, January - December 1987

Wildfire, January - June 1988

Wildfire, October 1988

Wildfire, December 1988 - March 1989

Wildfire, May - September 1989

Wildfire, November 1989 - June 1990

Wildfire, September - December 1990

Wildfire, January - December 1991

Wildfire, January - March 1992

Wildfire, May - August 1992

Wildfire, October 1992 - October 1993

Wildfire, January - June 1994

Wildfire, September 1994 - February 1995

Wildfire, May 1995 - January 1996

Wildfire, February - December 1996

Wildfire, January - October 1997

Parish newsletter, November 1997 - May 1998

Parish newsletter, July 1998

Brief history of St. James, Hardwick, n.d. [1995]