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Sunderland Holy Trinity Parish

Reference: EP/Su.HT Catalogue Title: Sunderland Holy Trinity Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1712-1995

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Registration (Ref: EP/Su.HT 1/)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Su.HT 1/section 01)

1/1-24, 320, 326/1


Register of baptisms, 1 May 1719 - 30 August 1736
(1 volume, parchment, bound leather)


Register of baptisms, 4 September 1736 - 29 May 1754
(1 volume, parchment, bound leather)


Register of baptisms, 29 September 1754 - 31 December 1787
(1 volume, parchment, bound paper)


Register of baptisms, 1 January 1788 - 31 December 1797
(1 volume, parchment, bound calf)


Register of baptisms, 1 January 1798 - 30 December 1812
(1 volume, paper)


Register of baptisms, 1 January 1813 - 15 March 1818
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 15 March 1818 - 22 September 1822
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 22 September 1822 - 31 December 1826
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 1 January 1827 - 31 May 1831
(1 volume, paper, bound parchment, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 1 June 1831 - 27 September 1835
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 28 September 1835 - 10 July 1839
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 10 July 1839 - 16 January 1846
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 16 January 1846 - 19 January 1851
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 19 January 1851 - 2nd March 1856
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 25 February 1856 - 18 May 1862
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 18 May 1862 - 5 January 1870
(1 volume, paper. printed form)


Register of baptisms, 5 January 1870 - 19 October 1877
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 19 October 1877 - 30 December 1887
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 1 January 1888 - 14 August 1892
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 17 August 1892 - 17 December 1902
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 19 December 1902 - 3 January 1912
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 8 December 1911 - 23 February 1931
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 27 February 1931 - 26 February 1937
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 26 February 1937 - 28 November 1952
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 5 December 1952 - 3 October 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of baptisms, 3 October 1976 - 3 September 1995
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Su.HT 1/section 02)

1/30-31, 33-34, 40, 43-73, 323


Register of marriages, 17 May, 1719 - 30 January 1747
(1 volume, parchment, bound leather)


Register of marriages, 31 January 1746 - 31 December 1756
(1 volume, parchment, bound leather)


Register of marriages, 1 January 1761 - 28 February 1763
(1 volume, parchment)


Register of marriages, 1 January 1757 - 20 August, 1775
(1 volume, parchment)


Register of marriages, 2 October 1794 - 25 December 1812
(1 volume, paper, bound calf)


Register of marriages, 4 January 1813 - 14 April 1819
(1 volume, paper)


Register of marriages, 16 April 1819 - 6 April 1825
(1 volume, paper)


Register of marriages, 9 April 1825 - 31 October 1830
(1 volume, paper, bound calf)


Register of marriages, 31 October 1830 - 9 February 1836
(1 volume, paper, bound calf)


Register of marriages, 9 February 1836 - 25 June 1837
(1 volume, paper, kound calf)


Register of marriages, 4 July 1837 - 14 November 1839
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 16 November 1839 - 9 January 1842
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 10 January 1842 - 30 September, 1844
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 6 October 1844 - 6 October 1846
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 10 October 1846 - 13 December 1848
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 16 December 1848 - 3 March 1851
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 8 March 1851 -1 April 1853
(1 volume paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 17 April 1853 - 30 April 1895
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 3 May 1855 - 16 August 1857
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 16 August 1857 - 12 May 1860
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 13 May 1860 - 13 September 1862
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 14 September 1862 - 17 June 1865
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 21 January 1865 - 31 August, 1867
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 1 September 1867 - 1 August 1870
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 2 August 1870 - 20 April, 1873
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 27 April 1873 - 4 September 1876
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 5 September 1876 - 18 April 1881
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 18 April 1881 - 27 June 1886
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 29 June 1886 - 21 September 1892
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 24 September 1892 - 20 June 1899
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 21 June 1899 - 28 December 1908
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of rnarriages, 31 January 1909 - 27 April 1931
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages,11 May 1931 - 10 September 1949
(1 volume ,paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 10 September 1949 - 3 October 1964
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of marriages, 10 October 1964 - 14 July 1973
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Index to register of marriages, 17 May 1719 - 1746
(1 volume, paper)


Register of marriages, 21 July 1973 - 6 November 1987
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Su.HT 1/section 03)

1/32, 35-36, 39, 81-92, 321-322, 324-325


Register of banns, 7 April 1754 - 23 November 1760 and register of marriages, 29 April 1754 - 30 December 1760
(1 volume, paper)


Register of banns and marriage (intermixed), 3 March 1763 - 29 December 1774
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of banns, 18 December 1754 - 3 November 1782 and register of marriages, 3 January 1755 to 9 November 1782
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of banns, 20 October 1782 - 17 October 1784 and register of marriages, 25 November 1782 - 21 September 1794
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)


Register of banns of marriage, 6 June 1756 - 24 December 1769
(1 volume, paper, bound calf)


Register of banns of marriage, 7 January 1770 - 13 August 1778
(1 volume, paper, bound calf)


Register of banns of marriage, 13 September 1778 - 8 August 1784 and 28 March 1897 - 13 December 1927
(1 volume, paper, bound calf)


Register of banns of marriage, 1 August 1784 - 25 December 1791
(1 volume, paper, bound calf)


Register of banns of marriage, 8 December 1816 - 8 June 1823
(1 volume, paper, bound parchment, printed form)


Register of banns of marriage, 21 October 1849 - 11 October 1868
(1 volume, paper, bound leather)


Register of banns of marriage, 22 March 1852 - 16 October 1864
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of banns of marriage, 1 April 1865 - 31 July 1869
(1 volume, paper, bound leather)


Register of banns of marriage, 4 October 1868 - 28 March 1897
(1 volume, paper, bound leather, printed form)


Register of banns of marriage, 31 October 1869 - 14 June 1875
(1 volume, paper, bound leather, printed form)


Register of banns of marriage, 25 July 1875 - 26 March 1883
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)


Register of banns of marriage, 25 February 1883 - 5 January 1897
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of banns of marriage, 12 December 1762 - 6 February 1763 and certificates of residence, 1 April - 15 August 1822
(1 volume, vellum half-bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 29 July 1928 -­ 24 September 1950
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 3 November 1957 - 10 August 1986
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 12 July 1987 - 12 June 1988
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Su.HT 1/section 04)

1/93-114


Register of burials, 1 May 1719 - 21 December 1735
(1 volume, parchment, bound leather)


Register of burials, 2 January 1735 - 26 December 1753
(1 volume, parchment, bound leather)


Register of burials, 26 December 1753 - 31 May 1770
(1 volume, parchment, bound paper)


Register of burials, 2 June 1770 - 31 May 1783
(1 volume, parchment, bound paper)


Register of burials, 1 June 1783 - 31 December 1797
(1 volume, parchment, bound paper)


Register of burials, 3 January 1798 - 31 December 1812
(1 volume, paper, bound calf)


Register of burials, 3 January 1812 - 2 October 1318
(1 volume, paper, bound parchment, printed form)


Register of burials, 3 October 1818 - 31 December 1826
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of burials, 1 January 1827 - 28 June 1831
(1 volume, paper, bound parchment, printed form)


Register of burials, 29 June 1831 - 27 October 1835
(1 volume, paper, bound parchment, printed form)


Register of burials, 27 October 1835 - 4 December 1639
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)


Register of burials, 5 December 1839 - 6 November 1846
(1 volume, paper, bound leather, printed form)


Register of burials, 6 November 1846 - 31 March 1852
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of burials, 31 March 1852 - 10 February 1857
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)


Register of burials, 10 February 1857 - 12 August 1862
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)


Register of burials, 13 August 1862 - 11 May 1870
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)


Register of burials, 12 May - 26 June 1878
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Register of burials, 26 June 1878 - 12 February 1888
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)


Register of burials, 15 February 1888 - 30 December 1891
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)


Register of burials, 30 December 1891 - 14 March 1901
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)


Register of burials, 15 March 1901 - 30 December 1909
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)


Register of burials of unbaptised infants, mostly still-born, not entered in the burial registers, 5 August 1841 to 18 May 1857

Indexes to registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Su.HT 1/section 05)

1/25-29


Index to registers of baptisms, 1 May 1719 - 30 August, 1736
(1 volume, paper)


Index to registers of baptisms, September 1736 - 29 September 1754
(1 volume, paper)


Index to registers of baptism, 29 September 1754 - 31 December 1787
(1 volume, paper)


Index to registers of baptism, 1 January 1788 - 31 December 1797
(1 volume, paper)


Index to private baptisms.
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)

Indexes to registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Su.HT 1/section 06)

1/37-38, 41-42, 74-80


Chronological list of people married, 25 August, 1775 - 29 December 1798
(1 volume, paper, bound calf)


Chronological list of people married, 1 January 1799 to 15 November 1809
(1 volume, paper, bound calf, printed form)


List of marriages, 2 October 1794 - 30 November 1809
(1 volume, paper, bound calf)


List of marriages, 30 November 1809 - 2 November 1839
(1 volume, paper)


Index to register of marriages
(1 volume, paper)


Index to registers of marriage
(1 volume, paper)


Index to register of marriages
(1 volume, paper)


Index to registers of marriage
(1 volume, paper)


Index to registers of marriage
(1 volume, paper)


Index to registers of marriage
(1 volume, paper)


Index to registers of marriage, A - M and N - W
(2 volumes, paper)

Indexes to registers of burials (Ref: EP/Su.HT 1/section 07)

1/115-120


Index to registers of burial
(1 volume, paper)


Index to registers of burial
(1 volume)


Index to registers of burial
(1 volume, paper)


Index to registers of burial
(1 volume, paper)


Index to registers of burial
(1 volume, paper)


Index to registers of burial
(1 volume, paper)

Licences for marriage (Ref: EP/Su.HT 1/section 08)

1/121-272


Marriage licences, 13 November 1868 - 28 December 1869
(28 folios, paper)


Marriage licences, 15 February 1870 - 26 December 1871
(29 folios, paper)


Marriage licences, 5 January 1872 - 2 January 1873
(26 folios, paper)


Marriage licences, 7 October 1872 - 6 November 1875
(17 folios, paper)


Marriage licences, 12 January 1875 - 12 December 1877
(17 folios, paper)


Marriage licences, 15 April 1880 - 14 July 1883
(19 papers)


Marriage licences, 12 July 1883 - 4 October 1889
(16 papers)

Certificates for marriage without licence (Ref: EP/Su.HT 1/section 09)

1/273-318


Registrars' certificates for marriage without licence, 10 May 1893 to 19 September 1898
(21 papers)


Registrars' certificates for marriage without licence, 4 March 1899 - 7 July 1903
(25 papers)

Clergy (Ref: EP/Su.HT 2/)

(1) Lord Bishop of Bristol (2) His Majesty's Commissioners for building new churches Conveyance from (1) to (2) of land in Sunderland to be used to build a parsonage house Consideration: £100 Attached: Plan of area conveyed. No scale 26.9 x 18.2 cms., and letter from the Diocesan Office, Durham forwarding the qbove deed
(3 folios, paper)

Register of preachers and services (Ref: EP/Su.HT 2/section 01)Registers of preachers (Ref: EP/Su.HT 2/section 01)

2/2-3


Register of preachers, sermons, etc., 20 November 1859 - 29 July 1883
(1 volume, paper, bound leather)


Register of preachers, sermons, etc., 5 August 1883 - 29 December 1889
(volume, paper, bound leather)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/Su.HT 2/section 02)

2/10, 24-26


Register of services, 1 January 1929 -­ 17 October 1951
(1 volume, leather half­bound)


Register of services, 1 January 1904 ­- 13 June 1918
(1 volume, leather bound)


Register of services, 16 June 1918 ­- 31 December 1918
(1 volume, leather half­bound)


Register of services, 17 October 1951 - 10 August 1986
(1 volume, leather half bound)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/Su.HT 2/section 02)

2/7, 13-16,


Printed notification from the Ecclesiastical Commission re. the quarterly payment of incumbents
(1 folio, paper)


5 October 1880 (1) Rev. Richard Waters, Rector of Holy Trinity, Sunderland (2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne Mortgage for the purpose of rebuilding the parsonage house
(parchment, 1 membrane)


l December 1933 (1) William Riley Dawson, incumbent of Sunderland, Holy Trinity (2) Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne Mortgage, and counterpart, for making improvements to the parsonage house
(parchment, 2 membranes)


1 September 1935 (1) William Riley Dawson, incumbent of Sunderland, Holy Trinity (2) Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne Mortgage for altering the boundary wall of the parsonage house
(parchment, 1 membrane)


1 May 1944 (1) Robert Stanley Troop, incumbent of Sunderland, Holy Trinity (2) Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne Mortgage, and counterpart, for making improvements at the parsonage house
(parchment, 2 membranes)

Benefice (Ref: EP/Su.HT 2/section 03)

2/20, 27-28; 4/100-101


Scheme for the unification of the parishes of St. Michael and St. Peter, Bishopwearmouth and of St. John Sunderland and St. Thomas Bishopwearmouth, signed by J.F. Richardson and R. Stanley Troop, c. 1948
(1 file, printed)


Correspondence between the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle; P.C.C. Secretary of the parish of Holy Trinity, Sunderland; the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; concerning the uniting of the benefices of Hendon, St. Ignatius and Sunderland, Holy Trinity, 24 April - 13 November 1980
(8 papers)


Letter from the Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, to the P.C.C. Secretary of Holy Trinity, Sunderland, confirming that the suspension of the presentation to the benefice of Holy Trinity, Sunderland, is to be continued for a further five years, 9 November 1982
(1 paper)


Writ of sequestration of the parish of Sunderland, Holy Trinity, 8 October 1963
(1 paper)


Writ of sequestration of the parish of Sunderland, Holy Trinity, 10 January 1967
(1 paper)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Su.HT 2/section 04)

2/17-19, 21-22


Draft scheme for the re-organisation of the parishes of Bishopwearmouth St. Thomas and St. Peter, Sunderland Holy Trinity and Sunderland St. John, with covering letters from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 25 July and 1 August 1947
(2 papers, typescript, and 1 file, printed)


Plan of the parish of Sunderland, 1947
(1 plan, 38 cm. x 50 cm., printed, colour­wash)


Draft scheme for the re-organisation of the parishes of St. Michael, Bishopwearmouth, St. Thomas, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland Holy Trinity and Sunderland, St. John, c.1947
(2 papers and 1 file)


Plan of the parish of Bishopwearmouth, 1948
(1 plan, 39 cm. x 60 cm., printed, colour-wash)


Plan of the parish of Sunderland, 1948
(1 plan, 40 cm. x 50 cm., printed, colour-wash)

Licences to curacy (Ref: EP/Su.HT 2/section 05)

2/8, 11-12,


Copy licences to curacy of Rev. J.W. Parish, Rev. J.K. Mackenzie, and Rev. James Fell, 5 June 1887 - 2 September 1888
(6 papers)


Licence to the curacy of R. Thomson, 30 September 1951
(1 paper, printed)


Licence to the curacy of R. Gibbons, 13 June 1954
(1 paper, printed)

Rural Deanery (Ref: EP/Su.HT 2/section 06)

14/27


Rural Deanery of Wearmouth: street and parish list, 1 January 1901
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Su.HT 2/section 07)

2/1, 9, 23


Book of texts for sermons and lectures, 6 August 1843 - 10 July 1853
(1 volume, paper, bound calf)


Memorandum to clergy re marriage certificates and entries into registers, nd.
(1 paper)


Notes made by Thomas Randell on matters in the parish for his successor, Septimus Pater, 1910; copy letters, notes and confirmations, 1910­ - 1920; minutes of parochial church council, 12 April 1920 -­ 27 September 1932
(1 volume, leather half­bound)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/)Church (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/section 01)Bells (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/)

4/96, 114


Correspondence and receipts of the churchwardens re the church bells, 10 December 1829 - 29 August 1831
(8 papers, 1 file)


Bell Repair Fund accounts, 1 January 1955; Fabric Repair Fund accounts, 1 January 1950 - 29 July 1956; Organ Repair Fund accounts, 14 January 1951 - 29 July 1956
(1 volume, card bound)

Organ (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/)

4/98
See also EP/Su.HT 4/114


27 August 1889 (1) Alfred Monk of London (2) Churchwardens of the Parish Church, Sunder land Agreement for sale by (1) to (2) of church organ
(1 paper)


Letter from Seventeen Nineteen to the Archdeacon of Sunderland 24 June 2020 - informing him of their application for Listed Building Consent to remove the organ
(1 letter)

Memorial (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/)

4/102


Correspondence between the Diocesan Registry, Durham, the Rector of Holy Trinity, Sunderland and Lynn Miller, Ivy Avenue, Ryton, concerning the inscription on the Randell Memorial, 26 May ­ 4 June 1920
(3 papers)

Status (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/)

4/108


Letter from the Church Commissioners to Rev. R.S. Troop concerning the designation of the church building of Holy Trinity, Sunderland, as a building of special architectural or historic interest, 16 August 1950
(1 paper)


Copy order in council declaring Sunderland, Holy Trinity redundant 22 June 1988
(1 file)


Churches Conservation Trust guide to Sunderland, Holy Trinity 2003 - with photographs: the church from the south-west; the font and cover; memorial to Rev Robert Gray; the library; the churchwardens' stalls; the chancel arch seen from the west gallery; engraving of the exterior of the church in 1824
(1 file)


Churches Conservation Trust assessment of the significance of Holy Trinity, Sunderland 2010
(1 file)

Repairs and alterations (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/)

4/109, 112, 115


Letter from Thomas Randell, Rural Dean, to the incumbent and churchwardens of Holy Trinity, Sunderland, congratulating them on the condition of the building and suggesting minor improvements, 3 May 1909
(1 paper)


Plan of 'Hot Water Appratus for Sunderland Church' by Walker and Emley, Neville Iron Works, Newcastle­upon­Tyne, September 1873
(1 plan, 58.5cm x 76cm, colour­wash)


Correspondence between the parish of Holy Trinity, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear County Council and English Heritage concerning grant aid towards the restoration of Holy Trinity Church, 31 January 1985 - 10 March 1986
(13 papers)

Plate (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/)

4/113


Letter from the Director, Public Libraries, Museum and Art Gallery, Borough Road, Sunderland, to Rev. M.H. Whitehead, St. Ignatius' Vicarage, 17, Mowbray Road, Sunderland, enclosing list of plate belonging to the parish of Sunderland, Holy Trinity, on deposit with the museum, 12 November 1969
(3 papers)

Pews (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/)

4/18, 23-24


Book containing lists of reserved pews, subscriptions for church choir and church committee accounts, 4 December 1860 - 24 March 1862
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


7 January 1748 (1) Matthew Peacock of Sunderland, apothecary and surgeon (2) Rowland Greenhow of Sunderland, mariner Lease by (1) to (2) of a pew situated at the north side of the North Aisle in the parish church of Sunderland
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


1 June 1774 (1) John Thornhill of Thornhill, parish of Bishopwearmouth, Esq. (2) William Burlison of Sunderland, coal fitter Lease by (1) to (2) of a pew in the chapel at Sunderland
(Parchment, 1 membrane)

Building of church (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/)

14/2


List of subscribers and donations to a fund for building Holy Trinity church, 2 April 1712
(1 skin, parchment)

Churchyard (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/section 02)

1/319; 4/84-95, 97, 111


Alphabetical index of persons recorded on monuments in Sunderland parish churchyard, with monumental numbers and plans of the graveyard, c.1750 - c.1880 Gives date of death, age, and position in churchyard
(1 volume, leather bound)


Receipts re churchyard, 17 April 1888 - 31 March 1889
(10 papers)


Receipts re churchyard, 8 April 1895 - 30 March 1896
(65 papers)


Accounts re churchyard, 6 April 1896 - 15 March 1897
(56 papers)


Receipts re churchyard, 5 April 1897 - 1 December 1898
(70 papers)


Accounts re churchyard, 1 April 1898 - 31 March 1899
(80 papers)


Accounts re churchyard, 3 April 1899 - 26 March 1900
(1 file)


Accounts re churchyard, 18 April 1900 - 1 April 1901
(72 papers)


Receipts re churchyard, 8 April 1901 - 31 March 1902
(68 papers, 1 file)


Accounts re churchyard, 4 April 1903 - 30 March 1905
(76 papers)


Receipts re churchyard, 29 April 1905 - 14 April 1906
(35 papers)


Accounts re churchyard, 14 April 1906 - 30 March 1907
(31 papers)


Receipt for one weeks salary of the Superintendent of the Churchyard, 25 November 1908
(1 paper)


Order in Council closing burial grounds in Blackburn, Sunderland, Bishop Wearmouth and Monk Wearmouth, 13 September 1854
(1 paper)


20 March 1958 (1) Rev. Canon Robert Stanley Troop and the Parochial Church Council (2) Mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the County Borough of Sunderland Agreement whereby the burial ground of Holy Trinity, Sunderland is conveyed from (1) to (2) Plans attached [position of gravestones not marked]
(1 file)


Correspondence regarding ownership of the churchyard and plans to build on it 2005
(1 file)


Correspondence regarding reburial of human remains 2019
(1 file)

Faculties and Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/section 03)Faculties (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/section 01)

4/103-105, 107


Faculty for the introduction of an oak lectern in memory of Septimus Pater, rector, 1910 to 1923 and a plaque in memory of Jack Crawford, 23 February 1933
(1 paper)


Faculty for the removal and recasting of the eight bells in the tower, the replacement of the clock in the tower and renewal of altar hangings, 10 May 1947
(1 paper)


Faculty for the installation of additional electric lighting at the high altar, the renewal of the communion rails in the south side chapel and the introduction of a priest's stall in the chapel, 12 August 1954
(1 paper)


Faculty authorising the indefinite loan to the Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery of the communion plate belonging to St. John's Church, Sunderland, 22 October 1865
(1 paper)

Archdeacons' certificate (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/section 02)

4/106


Archdeacon's certificate authorising the replacement of the heating boiler, 19 September 1958
(1 paper)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/section 04)Church rate books (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/)

4/1-14, 21-22


Church rate book, 1738
(1 volume, parchment bound)


Church rate book, 1732
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church rate book, 1759
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church rate book, 1781
(1 volume, leather bound)


Church rate book, 1785
(1 volume, leather bound)


Church rate book, 1786
(1 volume, leather bound)


Church rate book, 1789
(1 volume, leather bound)


Church rate book, 1816
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Church rate book, 1817
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Church rate book, 1822
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Church rate cash book of Thomas Longstaff, 27 May 1822 - 17 October 1823
(1 volume, leather bound)


Church rate cash book of Thomas Nesbitt, 29 May 1822 - 22 December 1823
(1 volume, leather bound)


Church rate book, n.d.
(1 volume, calf bound)


Church rate book, nd.
(1 volume, parchment bound)


Church rate book, 1848
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Church rate book, 1850
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Collection books (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/)

4/15-16


Collection book, 7 July 1776 - 7 December 1873
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Collection book, 22 June 1856 - 30 April 1882
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Offertory book (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/)

4/17


Offertories book, 7 May 1882 - 29 March 1896
(1 volume, leather bound)

Churchwardens' accounts and receipts (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/)

4/19, 25-48, 50-51, 53, 57-80, 82-83, 99, 110


Account book of churchwardens, 26 July 1716 - 13 June 1738
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, January 1817 - 15 December 1818
(55 papers, 1 file)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 25 September 1817 - 3 July 1819
(50 papers, 1 file)


Accounts of churchwardens for church expenditure and salaries of singing-masters, clerks, labourers and bell-ringers, 17 January 1818 - 22 August 1823
(87 papers, 1 file)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 2 May 1818 - 22 August 1822
(57 papers, 4 files, 1 booklet)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 22 April 1820 - 21 May 1894
(46 papers, 8 files)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 4 June 1822 - July 1824
(40 papers, 4 files)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 1 April 1826 - 9 June 1827
(39 papers, 4 files)


Accounts of churchwardens, 15 March 1827 - 29 July 1828
(49 papers, 1 file)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 17 April 1827 - 5 December 1829
(45 papers, 5 files)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 30 April 1829 - 18 August 1830 (24 papers, 16 files)


Receipts of churchwardens, 16 March - 14 September 1931
(46 papers, 5 files)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 21 April 1831 - 25 August 1832
(67 papers)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 28 March 1837 - 10 September 1842
(22 papers)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 6 April 1837 - 2 June 1838
(45 papers)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 3 May 1837 - 12 April 1841
(85 papers)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 11 December 1837 - 13 June 1848
(54 papers)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 6 April 1838 - 21 March 1840
(46 papers, 1 file)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 31 July 1840 - 29 September 1845
(43 papers)


Accounts of churchwardens, 1 April 1842 - 2 November 1844
(22 papers, 6 files)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 2 May 1846 - 16 September 1848
(40 papers)


Accounts of churchwardens, 23 January 1858 - 30 July 1860
(1 file)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 14 March 1865 - 22 March 1866
(21 papers, 4 files)


Accounts of churchwardens, 5 May 1865 - 19 June 1867
(31 papers)


Accounts of churchwardens, 6 August 1866 - 31 December 1867
(paper, 1 file)


Receipts of churchwardens, 9 April 1888 - 30 March 1889
(85 papers, 4 files)


Receipts of churchwardens, 1 September 1888 - 28 February 1889
(60 papers, 5 files)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 8 April 1889 - 31 March 1890 (209 papers, 2 files)


Receipts of churchwardens, 14 April 1895 - 16 June 1896
(75 papers, 8 files)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 17 March 1896 - 1 April 1897
(84 papers, 2 files)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 1 April 1897 - 28 February 1898
(49 papers, S files)


Receipts of churchwardens, 5 January 1898 - 1 February 1899
(65 papers, 2 files)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 11 August 1898 - 10 January 1900
(110 papers, 2 files)


Receipts of churchwardens, 3 January 1900 - 31 December 1900
(2 files)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 9 January 1901 - 28 January 1902
(6 files)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 31 December 1901 - 31 December 1902
(83 papers, 2 files)


Receipts of churchwardens, 6 January - 31 December 1903
(90 papers)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 11 February 1904 - 30 January 1905
(75 papers, 1 file)


Receipts of churchwardens, 1 January - 30 December 1905
(83 papers, 3 files)


Accounts of churchwardens, 5 January - 31 December 1906
(83 papers, 1 file)


Accounts of churchwardens, 31 December 1906 - 31 December 1908
(120 papers)


Receipts of churchwardens, 31 December 1907 - 7 December 1908
(109 papers)


Receipts of churchwardens, 5 January 1909 - 31 December 1909
(6 files)


Receipts of churchwardens, 1 January 1910 - 31 March 1911
(171 papers)


Account book [of Church Hall], 18 December 1944 - November 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 4 January - 31 December 1946
(124 papers)


Accounts of churchwardens, 3 June - 31 December 1946
(1 file)


Account book [of churchwardens], 1 January 1947 - 15 July 1956
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 30 December 1949 - 5 February 1951
(4 files)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 5 January 1951 - 23 January 1952
(8 files)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 3 September 1951 - 6 January 1959
(10 files)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 31 December 1954 - 5 January 1959
(119 papers)


Accounts and receipts of churchwardens, 31 December 1956 - 31 January 1958
(2 files)


Accounts of churchwardens, 13 January -29 November 1817
(44 papers)


Churchwardens' account book, April 1888 -­ December 1897 At end: Accounts of collections for church expenses, 1891 -­ 1894
(1 volume, leather half­bound)


Churchwardens' account book, 2 January 1898 -­ 1942
(1 volume, leather half­bound)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Su.HT 4/)

4/20, 49, 52, 54-56, 81


Ledger, n.d.
(1 volume, calf bound)


Accounts and receipts re use of church institute including posters of Flower Show to be held there, 12 August 1885 - 1 March 1892
(11 papers, 1 file)


Accounts and receipts re a 'social gathering' held 27 December 1888, 27 December 1888 - 8 January 1889
(1 paper, 1 file)


Receipts for payment of salaries to church employees, 24 February 1890 - 31 March 1891
(208 papers)


Accounts and receipts for expenses of annual tea, 12 February - 23 February 1891
(1 file)


Receipts for payments of salaries to church employees, 4 April 1891 - 7 May 1892
(198 papers)


List of monies received [by church], 1 January - 31 December 1956
(1 booklet)

Vestry (Ref: EP/Su.HT 5/)Minutes (Ref: EP/Su.HT 5/section 01)

5/1-3


Vestry minute book, 15 June 1719 - 22 July 1735
(1 volume, parchment)


Vestry minute book, 15 June 1719 - 14 February 1919
(1 volume, paper)


Vestry minute book, 20 October 1752 - 11 April 1918
(1 volume, paper, leather bound)

Reports (Ref: EP/Su.HT 5/section 02)

5/7-8


Reports for vestry meetings re poor relief, 31 May 1827 - 12 March 1829
(1 file)


Reports to Select Vestry re poor relief, 9 April 1829 - 31 March 1831
(1 file)

Notices (Ref: EP/Su.HT 5/section 03)

5/4-6, 10-11


Notices of meetings of, and letters re same to the Gentlemen of the Vestry, 31 May 1824 - 25 August 1866
(1 bundle of 26 folios, paper)


Notice from Rev. Mr. Peters to the vestrymen re a forthcoming public meeting to discuss the formation of a burial board, 15 September 1855
(1 folio, paper)


Notice from Rev. Mr. Peters to the vestrymen re a meeting to elect a new vestryman, 6 April 1872
(1 folio, paper)


Notices of vestry meetings and resolutions passed by vestry meetings, and lists of vestrymen, 8 April 1836 - 8 February 1862
(8 papers)


Lists of Ancient Vestrymen, 1849
(184 papers)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Su.HT 5/section 04)

5/9


Correspondence re members of the vestry and vestry meetings, 26 March 1828 - 19 April 1888
(11 papers)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Su.HT 6/)Minutes (Ref: EP/Su.HT 6/section 01)

6/1-2, 7-8, 10


P.C.C. minute Book, 27 April 1916 - 10 May 1927
(1 volume, paper)


P.C.C. minute book, 6 March 1932 - 2 June 1952
(1 volume, paper)


Parochial Church Council [for the newly­formed parish of Sunderland combining Holy Trinity and St. John] minute book, 28 March 1949 -­ 10 May 1963
(1 volume, card bound)


Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 14 June 1963 -­ 3 May 1977
(1 volume, leather quarter­bound)


Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 14 June 1977 - 17 April 1990 At end: Minute of first joint annual general meeting with Bishopwearmouth Church, 22 April 1990
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Su.HT 6/section 02)

6/4, 6, 9, 11


P.C.C. account book and clergy fund, 1 January 1947 - 21 January 1965
(1 volume, paper, printed form)


Statements of account of the Parochial Church Council with Martins Bank Ltd., Sunderland, 29 March 1955 - 12 March 1959
(17 papers)


Accounts for the two years ending January 1970
(1 booklet)


Parochial Church Council account book, 21 January 1965 - 10 January 1972
(1 volume, card bound)

Electoral roll (Ref: EP/Su.HT 6/section 03)

6/12


Electoral roll, 1920 - 1940, 1934, 1948 (1 volume, card bound) Ninth Deposit
(Acc: 2385)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Su.HT 6/section 04)

6/3, 5; 14/3


Appendix to EP/Su.HT 6/2 re war damage at Holy Trinity and St. John's churches, c.1946 - September 1950
(1 volume, paper)


Notice re the election of representatives of the laity to the P.C.C., April 1960
(1 paper)


Parish notices re parish meetings, 1869 - 1873
(1 bundle of 18 folios, paper)

Overseers (Ref: EP/Su.HT 7/)Overseers accounts and receipts (Ref: EP/Su.HT 7/section 01)

7/2, 4-6, 8-13, 16-17, 19-26, 28


Accounts, receipts and correspondence of the overseers and poor relief, 18 June 1815 - 16 May 1818
(60 papers, 9 files)


Accounts and receipts of the Overseers, 1 September 1817 - 17 March 1820
(46 papers)


Receipts of overseers, 5 May 1818 -25 September 1819
(141 papers, 3 files)


Accounts and receipts of the Overseers, 6 May 1818 - 1 May 1828
(54 papers, 9 files)


Accounts and receipts of the overseers re advertising, 31 October 1820 - 9 January 1922
(7 papers)


Accounts of the overseers of the poor, 26 April 1821 - 30 April 1822
(1 paper)


Accounts and receipts of the overseers for payment of constables, 1 March 1821 - 21 June 1822
(25 papers)


Accounts and receipts of overseers, 25 April 1821 - 22 August 1827
(20 papers, 14 files, 2 booklets)


Accounts and receipts of the overseers for sundry items, 29 April 1821 - 12 June 1822
(17 papers, 2 files)


Accounts of the overseers for the workhouse and removals 1 May 1821 - 9 March 1822
(4 papers)


Accounts and receipts of the overseers for summonses, 30 June 1821 - 13 March 1822
(17 papers)


Accounts and receipts of the overseers, 6 April 1822 - 3 December 1823
(71 papers, 19 files)


Accounts of overseers, 19 April 1823 - 16 March 1829
(6 papers, 1 file, 1 booklet)


Accounts and receipts of overseers, 10 October 1823 - 24 February 1826 (101 papers, 2 files)


Accounts and receipts of the overseers, 10 February 1825 - 17 August 1826
(58 papers, 2 files)


Receipts for payments by overseers and orders to pay police constables, 16 May 1826 - 3 August 1827
(35 papers)


Accounts and receipts of overseers, 23 April 1828 - 14 November 1829 (76 papers, 6 files, 1 booklet)


Accounts and receipts of overseers, 3 January 1829 - 13 December 1830 (87 papers, 4 files)


Accounts and receipts of overseers, 2 February 1829 - 24 December 1933 (200 papers, 7 files)


Accounts and receipts of the overseers, 15 April 1831 - 27 March 1833 (133 papers, 9 files)


Accounts of overseers re inmates of workhouse, 23 April 1832 - 22 April 1833
(49 papers)

Poor and county rates (Ref: EP/Su.HT 7/section 02)

7/34-39


Writ of the High Constable to the overseers of the poor order the payment of £184 13s. 0d. being a proportion of the special County Rate for the building of a new gaol, house of correction and court houses, 2 June 1818
(1 paper)


Writ of distraint and summonses for non-payment of poor rates, 5 June 1818 - 3 September 1819
(29 papers)


Writ of the High Constable to the Constable of Sunderland ordering him to pay £4 being a proportion of the General County Rate, 24 August 1818
(1 paper)


Writs of the High Constable to the Constable of Sunderland ordering payment of General County Rate, 28 May 1821 - 28 January 1822
(4 papers)


Writs of the High Constable to the overseers of Sunderland ordering them to pay their portion of the County Rate, 14 April 1832 - 12 January 1833
(4 papers)


Letter from Jess Carraway, overseer to G. Wood, overseer at Sunderland re a case at Kings Bench concerning Margate Pier and Harbour Co. and whether they are liable to poor rates, 20 October 1818
(1 paper)

Bills and receipts (Ref: EP/Su.HT 7/section 03)

7/3, 5, 18, 29-32


Receipts of overseers, 5 January 1823 - 5 September 1824
(96 papers)


Bills of cost and receipts of the overseers of the poor, 26 April 1823 - 2 August 1824
(8 papers)


Bill of costs of overseers, 20 March - 9 June 1825
(1 paper)


Bill of costs of Ralph Laws to the overseers of the poor of Sunderland, 28 April 1827 - 2 April 1828
(1 paper)


Bill of cost for appeals against removal orders, poor rates and for selling unwholesome meat, 13 June 1827 - 15 March 1828
(paper, 1 booklet)

Poor relief assessment (Ref: EP/Su.HT 7/section 04)

7/33


Writ of the Chief Constable to the Constable of Sunderland ordering him to instruct the overseers of the poor to make a list of substantial householders within their districts, 17 February 1818
(1 paper)

Appeals for relief (Ref: EP/Su.HT 7/section 05)

7/40


Letter from Richard Emmerson of Sunder land to the overseers of the poor requesting parish relief or to be admitted to the work-house, 25 April 1819
(1 paper)

List of paupers (Ref: EP/Su.HT 7/section 06)

7/1


List of persons exempt from paying church assessment by reason of poverty, 1720
(paper, 1 booklet)

Poor relief (Ref: EP/Su.HT 7/section 07)

7/27


Accounts of casual relief paid, 8 March 1832 - 19 April 1833
(49 papers)

Workhouse (Ref: EP/Su.HT 7/section 08)

7/7


Accounts for work done for Sunderland workhouse, 19 October 1819 - 6 October 1824
(9 papers, 2 files)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Su.HT 7/section 09)

7/3, 14-15, 41-44


Tradesmen's bills and receipts of the overseers, 4 June 1816 - 15 September 1828
(80 papers)


Orders to the overseers to pay constables for work carried out on their behalf, 28 December 1821 - 15 July 1822
(14 papers)


Accounts of tradesmen with the overseers, 21 May 1821 - 16 June 1822 (17 papers)


Quarter Sessions order to pay overseers for making census returns, 20 November 1821
(1 paper)


Papers in the matter of John Crozier v the Overseers of the Poor of Sunderland, 25 September 1824 - 6 January 1925
(4 papers, 2 files)


Copy of letting of scavenging of Sunderland Parish to the Overseers, 1 May 1832
(1 paper)


Charity ticket for.1s. for Sailor Poor, n.d.
(1 paper)

Schools (Ref: EP/Su.HT 11/)

11/1


Accounts for Donnison's school at Sunderland, 31 December 1848 - 31 July 1886
(1 volume, paper, leather bound)

Charity (Ref: EP/Su.HT 12/)

12/1


List of recipients of the Williamson charity, 1912 - 1962
(1 booklet)

Church Societies (Ref: EP/Su.HT 13/)

13/1-5


Account book of subscriptions and collections to Sunderland Church Missionary Association, 12 January 1857 - May 1860, including report of Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth Ladies' Church Missionary Association, 1856
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Circular letter to Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth Sunday Schools subscribers, 13 January 1819
(1 paper)


Churchwardens' accounts re sunday school, church institute, parish teas and concerts, statements of church expenditure and lists of sunday schools and attendances, 31 December 1885 - 15 June 1896
(46 papers)


Clothing Club account book, 1 January 1957 - 27 January 1958
(1 volume, card bound)


Mothers' Union annual general meeting minutes, December 1970 - 9 February 1987 At end: List of members, 1970s
(1 volume, card bound)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Su.HT 14/)Church events (Ref: EP/Su.HT 14/)

14/6-8


Receipts, accounts, posters, etc. re the Flag Lane Concert and Tea Party held, 11 May 1886
(1 bundle of 26 folios, 1 booklet, paper)


Collection of tickets and correspondence re the congregational picnic at Jesmond Dene, 21 August 1888
(2 bundles of tickets, 1 folio, 1 booklet, paper)


List of information re the Sunderland Parish Church Tea and Concert, 10 February 1891
(1 folio, paper)


Notice regarding Sunderland Parish Church Tea and Concert, 1 March 1892
(1 folio, paper)

Friends of Durham Cathedral (Ref: EP/Su.HT 14/)

14/19


Third Annual Report of the "Friends of Durham Cathedral", 1935 - 1936
(1 booklet, paper)

St. Peter's chapel (Ref: EP/Su.HT 14/)

14/20


Printed copy of The Story of St. Peter's Chapel, Auckland Castle by Frederick Charles MacDonald, n.d., c.1935
(1 booklet, paper)

Maps (Ref: EP/Su.HT 14/)

14/10


Map of Sunderland, n.d., c. 1950
(paper, 18.4cm x 21.1cm)

Other records (Ref: EP/Su.HT 14/)

14/1, 4, 9, 11-18, 21-26, 28


Volume entitled "Visitation Book". Day to day lists of people mostly referred to as "woman at end of high street, man in workhouse etc.". Each is given a number and the letter "G" or "L". Most of the people and places mentioned seem to correspond with entries in the burial register 2 or 3 days later. Was the visitation a disease and the people victims or does the book refer to visits to the dying?
(1 volume, paper, leather bound)


Receipts of Service and Phillips for goods supplied to the Sunderland Clothing Society, December 1873
(1 folio, paper)


Printed notices re need of each worshipper to contribute 6d. per Sunday to the upkeep of the church
(1 folio, paper)


List of names (probably of church members) n.d., c.1950
(1 volume, paper)


Book of prayers, psalms and sermons, n.d., c .1800
(1 volume, paper, leather bound)


Copy of Epistles of the Apostolic Fathers and Martyrdoms of St. Ignatius and St. Polycap, n.d., c.1800
(1 volume, paper)


Printed copies of a translation of the Sunderland Borough Charter of 1634, 1823
(5 booklets, paper)


Church library book list with names of borrowers, n.d., c.1950
(1 volume, paper)


An act for making the town and township of Sunderland a distinct parish from the parish of Bishopwearmouth, 1 May 1719
(paper, booklet)


Notice to underwriters re payment of losses concerning Neptune insurance policy, 1 April 1819
(1 paper)


Notice of sale of 'the good Brig Mary', 11 April 1819
(1 paper)


Copy of land duty return of C. Shaw re property in Sunderland, 8 September 1910
(1 paper)


One Pound Note of the Commercial Banking Company of Scotland
(1 paper)


The Parish of Sunderland: being notes of Sunderland Parish Church and Sunderland St. John, January 1949, March 1949 - June 1950; August 1950 - August 1952; October 1952 - August 1953; October 1953 - October 1956; January 1957 - December 1959
(126 papers)