Catalogue

Register of baptisms, July 1580 - September 1647, January 1662 - March 1673 Very few entries, 1649 - 1680; register of marriages, June 1580 - August 1650; register of burials, May 1580 - April 1612, November 1653 - December 1671 Note of the removal of the monument to James Bellasis, 1850 Note of restoration of parts of the church interior, 1852

Register of baptisms, October 1681 - April 1797; register of marriages, July 1681 - April 1755; register of burials, August 1681 - April 1797 Note of archdeacon's visitation, 1697 Note of induction of Rev. James Noble, 1710

Register of baptisms, June 1797 - January 1813; register of marriages, June 1797 - August 1812; register of banns, October 1797 - May 1799; register of burials, May 1797 - February 1813 Copy of glebe terrier, 1734 Account of a dispute in Dorset over the ownership of the church key, 1820 Population statistics, 1821 - 1831 Notes on the history of tithe, n.d.

Register of baptisms, January 1813 - September 1842 Copy of the glebe terrier, 1834 Court judgement in the case Gagnier, vicar of Stranton, v. Stonehouse re tithes, 1783

Register of baptisms, October 1842 - November 1858

Register of baptisms, November 1858 - November 1867

Register of baptisms, November 1867 - April 1882

Register of baptisms, April 1882 - May 1886

Register of baptisms, May 1886 - July 1892

Register of baptisms, July 1892 - June 1897

Register of baptisms, June 1897 - July 1901

Register of baptisms, 11 July 1901 - 10 May 1903

Register of baptisms, 10 May 1903 - 4 November 1906

Register of baptisms, 4 November 1906 - 5 June 1910

Register of baptisms, 5 June 1910 - 19 March 1914

Register of baptisms, 19 March 1914 - 23 June 1918

Register of baptisms, 23 June 1918 - 20 Nay 1920

Register of baptisms, 20 May 1920 - 3 January 1924

Register of baptisms, 10 January 1924 - 6 June 1929

Register of baptisms, 9 June 1929 - 23 May 1946

Register of baptisms, 23 May 1946 - 17 July 1949

Register of baptisms, 17 July 1949 - 31 March 1957

Register of baptisms, 31 March 1957 - 29 August 1965

Register of baptisms, 29 August 1965 - 5 June 1977

Register of baptisms, 19 June 1977 - 8 July 1990

Register of banns and marriages, April 1754 - May 1797; register of banns, 1823 - 1824

Register of marriages, April 1813 - May 1837

Register of marriages, November 1837 - February 1859

Register of marriages, February 1859 - October 1872

Register of marriages, October 1872 - September 1878

Register of marriages, September 1878 - May 1883

Register of marriages, May 1883 - March 1888

Register of marriages, March 1888 - September 1892

Register of marriages, September 1892 - January 1898

Register of marriages, 29 January 1898 - 26 December 1903

Register of marriages, 26 December 1903 - 23 October 1910

Register of marriages, 31 October 1910 - 28 February 1916

Register of marriage, 4 March 1916 - 4 January 1921

Register of marriages, 5 January 1921 - 8 October 1927

Register of marriages, 13 October 1927 - 14 July 1934

Register of marriages, 14 July 1934 - 25 March 1940

Register of marriages, 25 March 1940 - 22 November 1944

Register of marriages, 22 November 1944 - 24 September 1949

Register of marriages, 1 October 1949 - 26 May 1954

Register of marriages, 5 June 1954 - 25 July 1959

Register of marriages, 25 July 1959 - 8 September 1962

Register of marriages, 8 September 1962 - 2 October 1965

Register of marriages, 2 October 1965 - 12 October 1968

Register of marriages, 12 October 1968 - 25 September 1971

Register of marriages, 2 October 1971 - 7 December 1974

Register of marriages, 14 December 1974 - 23 August 1975

Register of marriages, 23 August 1975 - 18 August 1979

Register of marriages, 25 August 1979 - 5 May 1984

Register of marriages, 18 May 1984 - 18 March 1989

Register of marriages, 25 March 1989 - 2 July 1994

Register of marriages, 16 July 1994 - 3 September 2005

Register of marriages, 10 September 2005 - 20 March 2010

Number not used

Register of marriages, 17 June 2017 - 14 November 2020

Register of banns of marriage, 5 May 1957 - 16 July 1961

Register of banns of marriage, 28 June 1970 - 7 September 1975

Register of banns of marriage, 24 August 1975 - 7 May 1978

Register of banns of marriage, 23 April 1978 - 3 August 1980

Register of banns of marriage, 20 July 1980 - 10 May 1987

Register of banns of marriage, 26 April 1987 - 16 July 1995

Register of banns of marriages, 6 August 1995 - 10 August 2014

Register of burials, February 1813 - November 1847

Register of burials, November 1847 - June 1855

Register of burials, June 1855 - November 1893 Coroner's certificate for burial in the case of a suicide, 1856

Transcript of the register of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1580-1837, n.d., [20 th century]

Register of confirmations, 11 March 1945 - 6 March 1959

Register of confirmations, 24 February 1960 - 13 May 1980

Register of services, June 1935 - May 1958

Register of service, including details of collections, 18 May 1958 - 2 January 1983

Register of services, 2 January 1983 - 8 September 1996

Register of services, 9 September 1996 - 15 March 2008

Copy order-in-council uniting the parishes and benefices of Hartlepool, Christ Church, and All Saints, Stranton, to create a new parish of All Saints, Stranton, 18 April 1973

Leaflet issued by the parish of Stranton, detailing a dispute between the parish and the parish of West Hartlepool, Christ Church, concerning the practice of the incumbent of the latter parish of describing himself as the 'Vicar of West Hartlepool', August 1900

Correspondence between A.E.J. Rawlinson, The College, Durham; Rev. C.S. Wallis, St. John's College, Durham; H.A. Thompson, St. Aidan's Vicarage, West Hartlepool; Rev. P.J.H. Kirner, The Vicarage, Stranton; concerning alterations to the boundaries of the parish, and those of the parish of Hartlepool, St. Aidan, 26 May - 21 October 1931

Correspondence between Rev. H. Hancock, The Vicarage, Stranton; the Bishop of Jarrow, The College, Durham; R.R. Williams, St. John's College, Durham; Rev. P.J.H. Kirner, The Rectory, Haughton-le-Skerne; The Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Rev. R. Bosley, Hart Vicarage, 'The Church Commissioners, 1, Millbank, Westminster; concerning disputes over changes in the boundaries of parishes in Hartlepool, 21 September 1951 - 2 April 1957

Editorial from the parish magazine, written by Rev. H. Hancock, appealing for support on the annual gift day, and referring to a leaflet distributed by the parish of Hartlepool, St. Aidan, in the parish of Stranton in anticipation of changes in the boundaries of the parishes, 1 October 1954 Attached: leaflet circulated by the parish of Hartlepool, St. Aidan, September 1954, and letter from Rev. H.G. Defty, St. Aidan's Vicarage, West Hartlepool, to Rev. H. Hancock, The Vicarage, Stranton, concerning the leaflet, 12 October 1954

Map showing the alteration of boundaries of the parishes of Hartlepool, St. Luke; West Hartlepool, St. Aidan; Stranton; Hart; issued by the Church Commissioners, 1956 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Map showing the alterations to the areas of the parishes of Stranton, All Saints; Hartlepool, Christ Church; Hartlepool, St. Oswald; Hartlepool, St. Paul; Hartlepool, St. Aidan; issued by the Church Commissioners, 4 September 1972 Scale: 10 inches to 1 mile [1:6336]

'Map showing the alteration of the boundaries of the Parishes of Stranton and St. James, West Hartlepool', 5 June 1956 Scale: 9 inches to 1 mile [1:7040]

Ordnance Survey plan, Durham sheet XXXVII.SE, 1923 edition, depicting the parish boundary, n.d., [1957] Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Ordnance Survey plan, Durham sheet XLV.NW, 1923 edition, depicting the parish boundary, n.d., [1957] Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Note of meeting in Stranton vestry to accept the resignation of Rev. J. Rudd and note of the revenue of the benefice of Stranton, 4 November 1885

Statement of the income payable by the Ecclesiastical Commission to the benefice of Stranton, 1 April 1939

Statement by the Ecclesiastical Commission concerning the purchase of stock belonging to the benefice of Stranton, 3 March 1947

Statement by the Ecclesiastical Commission that the income of the benefice of Stranton has been increased as the result of a bequest to the church by Elizabeth Lushforth, 30 July 1958

Letters from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster, to Rev. J. Bennett, The Vicarage, Stranton, giving him details of funds available for the employment of an assistant curate, 26 August 1921 - 31 January 1922

Statements, issued by the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1, Millbank, Westminster, addressed to Rev. P.J.H. Kirner, The Vicarage, Stranton, of the funds available for the employment of an assistant curate, 21 June 1929 - 25 May 1938

Statement, issued by the Ecclesiastical Commission, 'Culmleigh', Stone Canon, Exeter, Devon, of the moneys available for a first and second assistant curate, 7 July 1942

Statement, issued by the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1, Millbank, Westminster, of funds held for the endowment of the curacy, 1 January 1947

Parochial statistics, 1953-1960

Tithe plan of Township of Stranton, 1839 Scale: 8 chains to 1 inch [1:6336]

Letter from the Bounty Office, 3 Dean's Yard, Westminster, London, enclosing a record of ascertainments made by the Tithe Redemption Commission, under the Tithe Act 1936 , concerning landowners liable for repairs to the chancel of the church, 1 December 1944

Plan of pews in Stranton Church, 1690, copied 1793, with covering letter from H. Conyers Surtees, 26 September 1918

'A Plan of the Pews within the Body of Stranton Church, belonging to Stranton, Tunstall, Seaton, Oughton and Brearton'. 'N.B. The following is the same as one taken from a plan dated 1690, and the (then) proprietors inserted, as in the said old Plan', plan copied 1793

Drawing of the east window in Stranton church, giving dimensions of the lights, n.d., c. 1920 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

Ground plan of Stranton church showing a proposed lighting scheme, drawing no. 24/27, by the Electricity Department of the County Borough of West Hartlepool, 28 June 1924 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Plan of proposed lighting scheme, by General Electric Co. Ltd., 52-60 Corporation Road, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, n.d., [1959] Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Existing ground floor plan and existing section A-A, of a creche at the church, by Brian Watson, building surveyor, and Richard Fisher, architectural consultant, 28 Church Street, Hartlepool, June [1994] Scale: 1:20

Proposed ground floor plan of a creche at the church, by Brian Watson, building surveyor, and Richard Fisher, architectural consultant, 28 Church Street, Hartlepool, July 1994 Scale: 1:20

Proposed sectional elevation of a creche at the church, by Brian Watson, building surveyor, and Richard Fisher, architectural consultant, 28 Church Street, Hartlepool, n.d., [July 1994] No scale

Proposed sectional elevation of a creche at the church, by Brian Watson, building surveyor, and Richard Fisher, architectural consultant, 28 Church Street, Hartlepool, July 1994 Scale: 1:20

Perspective view of a creche at the church, by Brian Watson, building surveyor, and Richard Fisher, architectural consultant, 28 Church Street, Hartlepool, n.d., [July 1994] No scale

Photograph of the church, floodlit, reproduced from the Northern Daily Mail, [25 November 1960]

List of subscribers to Stranton parish church war memorial, n.d., 1920s

Letters to the Rev. H. Hancock, vicar of All Saints Church, Stranton, from Professor Nikolaus Pevsner at Penguin Books Ltd., 18 Gower Street, London WC2 concerning some architectural details of the church for the County Durham Volume of The Buildings of England Series and annotated by the vicar with the relevant information, 27 November and 17 December 1951

Notification from the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, Westminster, to Rev. H. Hancock, Stranton Vicarage, West Hartlepool, that All Saints Church has been included in the list of buildings of special architectural or historical interest, 9 June 1950

Letter from Geo Pickering, Durham to Mr. Metcalfe concerning design and building of east window of chancel, with estimate, 20 August - 21 November 1844

Specification, and schedule, of fittings and accessories for an electric light installation at the church, by the Borough Electrical Engineers' Office, West Hartlepool, September 1924

Correspondence between Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Rev. H. Hancock, Stranton Vicarage, West Hartlepool; North Eastern Electricity Board, Electra House, 22-23 Church Street, West Hartlepool; Burton Hankey Ltd., 229 York Road, West Hartlepool; and County Borough of West Hartlepool, Borough Engineer's Office, West Hartlepool; concerning the installation of a new electric lighting scheme in the church, and floodlighting the exterior, 14 December 1956 - 12 July 1960

Correspondence to the vicar from the Bishop of Jarrow, The College, Durham; G and W.H. Carter, brickmerchants and slaters, of 36 Tower Street, West Hartlepool and Cordingley & McIntrye, The College, Durham, concerning estimates of restoration work to be done, 30 August 1947 - 6 May 1948

Correspondence between the vicar and Mr. D. McIntrye of Cordingley & McIntrye, Chartered Architects, concerning the specification, subsequent changes and tenders for the church repairs, 7 June 1948 - 9 December 1949

Specification of the labour and materials required in the restoration and the repair of certain portions of Stranton and the repair of certain portions of Stranton Parish Church, according to the specification and under the direction of Cordingley & McIntrye, F.R.I.B.A. Chartered Architects, The College, Durham City, June 1948

Letters from the correspondence column of the Northern Daily Mail concerning possible changes to Stranton Green, 30 December 1947 - 5 January 1948

Notes on organisation of the restoration appeal including a list of collectors and their street areas, n.d. [1948]

Vicar's notes for the appeal committee including a copy of a reprint from the Northern Daily Mail of an appeal to complete the restoration, 1948-49

Record of expenses, mainly postage, 12 March - October 1949

Leaflet, poster and donation form for the Stranton Church Restoration Appeal, n.d. [1948]

Letter to the vicar from Mr. C. Gilbert Bunting, concerning fund raising and the Restoration Appeal, 4 March 1948

Letter to the vicar from the Rev. W.S. Cowans, Rector of Hartlepool, offering information about organisations which could be approached for grant and for the Restoration Appeal, 30 May 1948

Correspondence between the vicar and the Pilgrim Trust, Milbanke House, 2 Great Peter Street, Westminster SW1, concerning the possibility of a grant towards the church restoration [ultimately the application was unsuccessful], 1 June 1948 - 28 January 1949

Correspondence between the vicar and the Incorporated Church Buildings Society concerning a grant towards the restoration of the church, 1 June 1948 - 6 June 1950

A letter to the vicar from the manager of Ecclesiastical Insurance Office, Ltd., 11 Norfolk Street, Strand, London WC2, giving details of a sinking fund policy, 8 November 1948

Order of service for a Masonic service held in All Saints' Church, Stranton, when the offertory was to be given to the Restoration Fund, 23 May 1948

Correspondence between the vicar and Mr. Carter of the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, applying to the board for church building for a grant towards the Restoration Appeal, 1 June 1948 - 12 May 1949

Correspondence between the vicar and H.C. Ferens, M.A. L.L.B. Diocesan Registrar, Diocesan Registry, The College, Durham, concerning the need for a faculty and its subsequent issue, 23 September 1948 - 20 January 1949

Letters to the vicar from Rev. Canon P.J.H. Kirner, Rural Dean, and others enclosing donations for the Restoration Fund, 18 February 1948 - 15 December 1948

List of donations to restoration fund, 23 June 1949

List of donations given through Stranton Church Mission, Rokeby Street, West Hartlepool, n.d. [1949]

Draft letter from the vicar making a special appeal for the Annual Gift Day on October 29th 1949 so that the cost of the restoration work can be completed, 19 October 1949

Letters enclosing donations for the Restoration Fund, 15 June 1949 - 22 March 1950

Letter from J.W. Cameron & Co. Ltd., Lion Brewery, West Hartlepool, sending a further donation for the costs of restoration to the vicar and his acknowledgment of it, 18 - 19 July 1951

Photograph and article in the Northern Daily Mail about the start of the restoration work on Stranton Church, 12 November 1948

Northern Daily Mail photograph of workmen renovating the tower of Stranton Church, 20 November 1948

Estimate from John Proud Ltd., 102 York Road, West Hartlepool, for the painting and decorating of the church, 10 November 1948

Letter to the vicar from Thomas Bell (late Ford Clarke) Chimney Builder and Contractor, 48A Grange Road, West Middlesbrough, enquiring if their services were needed and enclosing a leaflet detailing previous ecclesiastical work including the pointing of Fountains Abbey, 2 December 1948

Letter to the vicar from Arthur Errington, Artistic House and Church Decorator, expressing an interest in decorating the church and cleaning the stonework and offering to give a demonstration of his work, 4 May 1949

Northern Daily Mail article 'The Old church on the Hill' by John O'Heugh commending the 'New Look' of Stranton Church, 26 January 1949

Letter to the vicar from Burton Hankey Ltd., 229 York Road, West Hartlepool, enclosing a provisional estimate for the repair of the tower from Walter Simpson, Joiners & Builders, Robinson Street, West Hartlepool, 10 September 1949

Correspondence between the vicar and Mr. D. McIntyre of Cordingley & McIntrye, Chartered Architects, The College, Durham, concerning the repairs to the tower of Stranton parish church, 12 September 1949 - 9 July 1951

Letter to the vicar from Rev. W.S. Cowans, Rector of Hartlepool, giving information about the practical details of their service of thanksgiving, 18 July 1949

Letter from the vicar to Mr. Atkinson (also sent to all members of the Appeal Committee) informing him of the state of the restoration work and the appeal and inviting him to the Thanksgiving Service, 18 October 1949

Order of Service for the Thanksgiving Service and Commemoration of Restoration 1948-49, 30 October 1949

Report by C. Hodgson Fowler, Durham, on the condition of Stranton church and recommendations for its improvement, 10 February 1886

Draft report on the re-opening of Stranton church after partial restoration, n.d., 1890s

Leaflet appealing for money for the restoration of the Stranton church, c . 1948

Advertisement in the Northern Daily Mail appealing for a further £600 to complete the restoration of Stranton church, 1950s Attached: note of amount raised as a result of the advertisement, 1950s

Order of service for the thanksgiving for, and commemoration of, the restoration, 30 October 1949

Church restoration appeal leaflet, 1948

Stranton church restoration appeal pledge card, n.d., [1948]

Correspondence between William Potts & Sons Ltd., clock manufacturers and precision engineers, The Guildford Clock Works, Bankfield Terrace, Leeds, Yorkshire; Rev. H. Hancock, Stranton Vicarage, West Hartlepool; W. Barlow & Son Ltd., Park Road, West Hartlepool; and Charles H. Potts & Co. Ltd., clock manufacturers, Marshall Mills, Leeds, Yorkshire; concerning repairs to, and maintenance of, the church clock, 28 September 1948 - 14 March 1969

Correspondence between Bell & Bell, chartered architects and surveyors, Central Chambers, Whitby Street, West Hartlepool; J. Longmore & Son, builders and contractors, Whitburn Street, West Hartlepool; G. & W.H. Carter Ltd., brick manufacturers, slating and tiling contractors, 36 Tower Street, West Hartlepool; Rev. H. Hancock, Stranton Vicarage, Westbourne Road, West Hartlepool; Joseph Squince, 106 Cornwall Street, West Hartlepool; and Borough Engineer, County Borough of West Hartlepool; concerning repairs to the flat roof of Stranton Mission, Burbank Street, West Hartlepool, and the danger posed to the building by the gable end of a neighbouring property, 6 November 1952 - 23 May 1953

Specification of vestry extension works, by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, The College, Durham, March 1953

Correspondence between Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, The College, Durham, and Rev. H. Hancock, Stranton Vicarage, Westbourne Road, West Hartlepool, concerning the construction of the extension to the vestry, 11 April 1953 - 2 December 1954

Contract between the Parochial Church Council and Dunhouse Quarry Co. Ltd., South Church Road, Bishop Auckland, to carry out the restoration of the tower and south clerestory, 13 January 1982

Specification, and work schedule, for the restoration of the tower and south clerestory, drawn up by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, 13 January 1982

Cutting from the Northern Daily Mail, reporting a thanksgiving service to commemorate the completion of restoration work at the church, 31 October 1949

Letters to the vicar from William Potts and Sons Ltd., concerning the repair of Stranton Church clock, 9 September 1948 - 15 October 1949

Correspondence between the vicar and Mr. Sydney J. Goldsmith of J.J. Binns, Fitton and Haley Ltd., organ works, of Leeds and Glasgow, concerning the overhaul of the organ, 28 December 1948 - 15 October 1949

Report by John Taylor & Co., The Bell Foundry, Loughborough, on the state of Stranton parish church bells and a 'specification and estimate for rehanging the peal with new gudgeons and ball bearing', 11 October 1948

Correspondence between the Whitechapel Bell Foundary, 32 Whitechapel Road, London E1, concerning the repairs and rehanging of the church bells of Stranton parish church, 4 November 1948 - 4 September 1951

Letter from the Home Office, enclosing a copy of the order-in-council, of 15 July 1856, closing Stranton churchyard, 15 October 1885

Provisional valuation under the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910 of the land value of Stranton church and churchyard, 12 April 1916

Copy order for vesting in the Official Trustee of Charity Lands the site for the mission room of the ecclesiastical district of Hartlepool, St. James, in Lynn, Crossley and Cromwell Streets, Hartlepool, 17 November 1911

Correspondence between Rev. H. Hancock, The Vicarage, Stranton; The Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; T. W. Barff, 140 Colwyn Road, West Hartlepool; Trotter, Bruce & Loft, solicitors, 56, North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; Norman Hope & Partners, 22 South Road, Hartlepool, concerning the sale of the mission hall in Lynn Street, West Hartlepool and of the vicarage of St. James, Hartlepool, 13 April 1956

Scheme issued by the Charity Commission for the appointment of trustees of the moneys resulting from the sale of the mission room in the former ecclesiastical parish of Hartlepool, St. James, 16 September 1958

31 December 1939 (1) Rev. Percy John Henry Kirner, incumbent of the benefice of Stranton, All Saints, Clerk in Holy Orders; Albert Edward Baker and Tom Dale, both churchwardens of Stranton, All Saints (2) Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the County Borough of West Hartlepool Annual lease, from 1 September 1939, from (1) to (2) of the church hall, parlour and cub room, yard and curtilage, at Stranton Green in the county borough of West Hartlepool Rent: £225 p.a.)

Scheme issued by the Charity Commission for the appointment of trustees, and vesting of moneys resulting from the sale of property at 70 and 72 Whitby Street, West Hartlepool, in the former parish of Hartlepool, St. James, 21 July 1959

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Rev. H. Hancock, Stranton Vicarage, Westbourne Road, West Hartlepool;and Gilbert Bunting & Co., solicitors, Exchange Building, 66 Church Street, West Hartlepool; concerning the purchase of 41 Arncliffe Gardens, West Hartlepool, as a curate's house, 29 April 1952 - 5 February 1953

Faculty authorising the reconstruction of the organ by installing electro-pneumatic action, a detached console, and a new electric organ blower, 24 January 1961

Faculty authorising the restoration of the Fulthorpe Chapel to its original state, by erecting wooden double-glazed screens into the arches not at present screened, removing the pews and furnishing the area with new upholstered chairs, 31 May 1978

Terrier, 11 February 1950

Inventory, 13 February 1950-[1981]

Inventory, April 1982

Inventory, April 1982-[1986]

Report by Cordingley and McIntrye, F.R.I.B.A. Chartered Architects, The College, Durham City, of an inspection of Stranton Parish Church, 7 August 1947

Inspection report on the church, by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, The College, Durham, 7 August 1947

Survey report on, and schedule of repairs required at, the church, prepared by C.L. Heslop, chartered architect, surveyor and valuer, 7 Upper Church Street, West Hartlepool, February 1959

Correspondence between Rev. H. Hancock, Stranton Vicarage, Westbourne Road, West Hartlepool; Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; and C.L. Heslop, chartered architect, surveyor and valuer, 7 Upper Church Street, West Hartlepool; concerning the appointment of an architect to undertake inspections of the church under the Inspection of Churches Measure, 1955 , the first such inspection, and the necessary repair work it identified, 17 January 1957 - 1 May 1959

Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Hayton & Lee, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham, April 1973

Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923 to 1951, 18 August 1958

Ordinary Assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923 to 1951, 10 June 1963

Churchwardens' accounts, 1697 - 1818, with rate assessments, 1823 - 1825

Churchwardens' accounts, 1819 - 1867, with vestry minutes, 1824 - 1866

Circular letter, issued by Rev. H. Hancock, appealing for contributions to church funds for the church's annual gift day, October 1951

Vestry meeting minute book, 27 April 1886 - 24 April 1906

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, its committees, and annual vestry meetings, 5 December 1961 - 21 October 1981

Parochial Church Council cash book, 2 January 1944 - 31 December 1960

Parochial Church Council cash book, 1 January 1961 - 31 December 1968

Parochial Church Council cash book, 1 January 1969 - 31 December 1972

Parochial Church Council cash book, 30 May 1972 - 31 December 1976

Parochial Church Council indexed summary accounts book, 1944 - 1979

Parochial Church Council summary accounts book, 1969 - 1972

Specification of brickwork, stone work, and plastering work, and ground plan of Stranton school, c. 1862

Scheme, issued by the Board of Education, for All Saints' National School, Stranton, 15 June 1908

Copy letter from Benjamin Corby to Rev. P.J.H. Kirner, The Vicarage, Stranton, concerning the title deeds, and scheme, of All Saints' school, 18 January 1926

Letter from the Board of Education, Whitehall, London, to Rev. P.J.H. Kirner, The Vicarage, Stranton, concerning the terms under which the All Saints' National School, Stranton, could be sold, 28 August 1937

Correspondence between the County Borough of Hartlepool, Municipal Buildings, West Hartlepool; Rev. H. Hancock, The Vicarage, Stranton; Durham Diocesan Board for Religious Education, 22 North Bailey, Durham; Norman Hope, estate agent, South Road, Hartlepool; Gilbert Bunting & Co., solicitors, Exchange Buildings, 66, Church Street, West Hartlepool; G.W.H. Carter, Ltd., slating & tiling contractors, 36, Tower Street, West Hartlepool; Charity Commission, Ryder Street, St. James, London; Ministry of Education, Curzon Street, London; concerning the sale of All Saints' National School, Stranton, 20 November 1945 - 28 March 1956

Scheme for Church of England educational foundations, including Stranton, All Saints Old National School and St. James, West Hartlepool, school building, 8 February 1960

Minutes of the Fulthorpe Educational Charity Trustees, 24 January 1887 - 17 December 1915

Minutes of the Fulthorpe Educational Charity Trustees, 21 January 1916 - 15 September 1989

Extract from History of Durham , concerning the origin and purpose of the Fulthorpe Charity, extracted by R.H. Young, 18 March 1884

Letter from the Education Department, Whitehall, London, to Rev. J. Bennett, Stranton Vicarage, West Hartlepool, judging the Fulthorpe School as inefficient, and quoting, in full, H.M. Inspector's highly critical report, 11 May 1885

Order of the Charity Commission establishing a new scheme for the management of the Fulthorpe Educational Charity, 9 February 1886

Order of the Charity Commission approving the appointment of trustees of the Fulthorpe Educational Charity, 22 October 1887

Order of the Charity Commission authorising the Trustees to sell the property of the Fulthorpe Educational Charity, 21 December 1887

Order of the Charity Commission amending the scheme of management of the Fulthorpe Educational Charity, and appointing a trustee, 2 June 1891

Order of the Board of Education approving the appointment of a trustee of the Fulthorpe Educational Charity, 6 March 1917

Correspondence between the Charity Commission, Whitehall, London; Rev. Joseph Bennett, The Vicarage, Stranton, West Hartlepool; John Richardson, Estate Office, West Hartlepool; George T. Walker, Milburn Lodge, Stockton Road, West Hartlepool; R.H. Young, solicitor and notary, 2 Church Street, West Hartlepool; W.R. Owen, South Terrace, West Hartlepool; William Wass, Stranton; J.W. Cameron, Greenbank, West Hartlepool; A. Robson, Alwent Hall Farm, Winston; George Turnbull, 92 Musgrave Street, West Hartlepool; and R.H. Robson Cat Cote, West Hartlepool; concerning the Trustees' attempts to recover rent-charge arrears owed to the Charity, the sale of the Fulthorpe School buildings and the amendment of the Charity's scheme of management, 24 January 1887 - 14 December 1891

Treasurer's income and expenditure accounts, 31 December 1888 - 31 December 1951

Statements of account for the years ended 31 March 1914 - 31 March 1923

National and Provincial Bank of England Ltd., West Hartlepool, pass book of the Trustees, 31 December 1914 - 7 January 1926

National Provincial Bank Ltd., West Hartlepool, pass book of the Trustees, 17 June 1925 - 20 December 1927

National Provincial Bank Ltd., West Hartlepool, pass book of the Trustees, 20 December 1927 - 28 March 1928

List of recipients of grants, 1925

List of applications for grants, 20 December 1927

Correspondence between C. Houghton, headmistress of the Municipal High School for Girls, Eldon Grove, West Hartlepool; C. and E. Forster, 39 Tristram Avenue, West Hartlepool; Mrs. D. Hunter, 59 Middleton Road, West Hartlepool; Thomas J. Martin, headmaster of Brougham Senior School, West Hartlepool; Ralph Todd, headmaster of West Hartlepool Secondary School for Boys; Mrs. J. Watson, 6 Shakespeare Avenue, West Hartlepool; Chief Education Officer, County Borough of West Hartlepool, Education Offices, Park Road, West Hartlepool; and Rev. P.J.H. Kirner, Stranton Vicarage, Westbourne Road, West Hartlepool; concerning applications for grants, 26 May 1934 - 27 May 1941

Photograph of the members of Stranton church choir on a visit to Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, 1895

Page from the Northern Daily Mail containing a plan of streets to be cleared in West Hartlepool, 9 October 1953

Lists of streets to be cleared in the centre of West Hartlepool, 1950, and 1954

Newspaper cutting from the Northern Daily Mail reporting on plans for the re-development West Hartlepool, 27 January 1956

Page from the Northern Daily Mail containing a plan and artist's impression of proposed developments in the centre of West Hartlepool, 27 June 1961

Postcard depicting soldiers posing with unexploded German shells found after the bombardment of the Hartlepools, 16 December 1914

Postcard depicting damage at Union Road, Central Estate, Hartlepool, resulting from the bombardment of the town, 16 December 1914

Postcard depicting damage at the Central Estate, Hartlepool, resulting from the bombardment of the town, n.d., [December 1914]

From the Sea Comes Industry , a memento of the Borough Jubilee of West Hartlepool, 1937

Handbook for the County Borough of West Hartlepool local government exhibition at the Town Hall, West Hartlepool, 17-22 June 1946

Hartlepool Charter Celebrations Brochure, published by Hartlepool Borough Council, 1951

Photograph, and key to the photograph, of the members of Stranton parish church, November 1898

Newspaper cutting of an article by John O'Heugh, concerning the history of Stranton church, 1 October 1959

Cutting from Northern Daily Mail, depicting Stranton parish church, floodlit, 25 November 1960

Reprint from Archaeologia Aeliana , of an article describing the plate of parish churches in County Durham, including Stranton, n.d., [ c.1950] Includes: scaled line-drawing

Copy transcription and translation, made 15 September 1779, of the inscription on the Bellasis monument, n.d., [mid 20 th century]

Copy of The Story of Stranton Parish Church by Canon P.J.H. Kirner, published by the British Publishing Co. Ltd., Gloucester, 1967