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Swalwell Holy Trinity Parish

Reference: EP/Swa Catalogue Title: Swalwell Holy Trinity Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1892-2002

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  • Swalwell Holy Trinity Parish
    • Swalwell Holy Trinity (Ref: EP/Swa)
    • Registration (Ref: EP/Swa 1/)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Swa 1/section 01)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Swa 1/section 02)
    • Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Swa 1/section 03)
    • Clergy (Ref: EP/Swa 2/)
    • Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Swa 2/section 01)
    • Registers of services (Ref: EP/Swa 2/section 02)
    • Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Swa 2/section 03)
    • Rural Deanery (Ref: EP/Swa 2/section 04)
    • Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Swa 4/)
    • Church (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 01)
    • Construction of church (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 01)
    • Plans (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 02)
    • Repairs (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 03)
    • Faculties and Archdeacons' Certificates (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 03)
    • Faculties (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 01)
    • Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 02)
    • Inspection of churches measure (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 04)
    • Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 05)
    • Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 06)
    • Vicarage (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 02)
    • Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Swa 6/)
    • Minutes of meetings (Ref: EP/Swa 6/section 01)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/Swa 6/section 02)
    • Electoral roll (Ref: EP/Swa 6/section 03)
    • Correspondence (Ref: EP/Swa 6/section 04)
    • Charities (Ref: EP/Swa 12/)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Swa 14/)

Catalogue Contents

Swalwell Holy Trinity (Ref: EP/Swa)Registration (Ref: EP/Swa 1/)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Swa 1/section 01)

1/1-4, 20, 1/21/1

Ref: EP/Swa 1/1

Register of baptisms, December 1905 - June 1913
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 1/2

Register of baptisms, June 1913 - June 1922
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 1/3

Register of baptisms, June 1922 - March 1931
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 1/4

Register of baptisms, April 1931 - February 1945
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 1/20

Register of baptisms, 8 February 1945 - 11 August 1963
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 1/21/1

Register of baptisms, 25 August 1963 - 23 February 1997
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Swa 1/section 02)

1/5-13, 1/22/1

Ref: EP/Swa 1/5

Register of marriages, February 1906 - May 1916
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 1/6

Register of marriages, June 1916 - July 1922
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 1/7

Register of marriages, September 1922 - December 1929
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 1/8

Register of marriages, January 1930 - July 1937
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 1/9

Register of marriages, August 1937 - June 1943
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 1/10

Register of marriages, June 1943 - July 1949
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 1/11

Register of marriages, July 1949 - December 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 1/12

Register of marriages, February 1957 - June 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 1/13

Register of marriages, June 1964 - May 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 1/22/1

Register of marriages, 8 June 1974 - 27 February 1988
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Swa 1/section 03)

1/14-16, 19

Ref: EP/Swa 1/14

Register of banns, January 1906 - September 1934
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 1/15

Register of banns, October 1934 - November 1954
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 1/16

Register of banns, October 1963 - September 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 1/19

Register of banns of marriage, 18 February 1973 [?] - 8 January 1989
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Clergy (Ref: EP/Swa 2/)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Swa 2/section 01)

2/5/1

Ref: EP/Swa 2/5/1

Register of confirmations, 13 May 1955 - 2 May 2000
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/Swa 2/section 02)

1/17-18; 2/1, 2/6/1

Ref: EP/Swa 1/17

Register of services, July 1948 - April 1967
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 1/18

Register of services, April 1967 - May 1973
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 2/1

Register of services, 6 May 1973 - 1 March 1987
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 2/6/1

Register of services, 2 January 1991 - 19 July 1998
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Swa 2/section 03)

2/2

Ref: EP/Swa 2/2

Letter from William Gibson, Newcastle, to Canon Carr, Whickham Rectory, concerning the codicils to his will, 16 May 1893
(1 paper)

Rural Deanery (Ref: EP/Swa 2/section 04)

2/4

Ref: EP/Swa 2/4

Pastoral Order creating the Rural Deanery of Gateshead West, to which Swalwell will belong, 12 June 1978
(2 papers)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Swa 4/)Church (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 01)Construction of church (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 01)

4/3, 4/16/1

Ref: EP/Swa 4/3

Notes concerning money raised for the new church, 1904 - 1928
(4 papers)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/16/1

Correspondence between Clayton & Gibson, solicitors, 7 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster; Rev. D. Pettitjean, The Vicarage, Swalwell and Caroe & Passmore, 3 Great College Street, Westminster, concerning the purchase of a site for a new church at Swalwell and a grant towards its construction to be provided by the Ecclesiastical Commission, 19 November 1931 - 31 May 1932
(6 papers, typescript)

Plans (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 02)

4/1-2, 4/17/1-2, 4/18/1, 4/19/1-3, 4/20/1, 4/21/1

Ref: EP/Swa 4/1

East and South elevations of the proposed mission church at Swalwell by Messrs Hicks and Charlewood, Newcastle, architects; recommended by H.W. Watkins, Archdeacon of Durham, 24 October 1892 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 56 cm x 38 cm, waxed linen)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/2

Internal plan and sections of the proposed mission church at Swalwell by Messrs Hicks and Charlewood, Newcastle, architects, n.d. [24 October 1892] Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 56 cm x 38 cm, waxed linen)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/17/1

Site plan, copied from a title deed, depicting [the church site] comprising Claxton Hall and garden, [Swalwell] bounded by a road and waste ground on the north west; a Wesleyan chapel and land belonging to Sir H. A. Clavering, bart., on the north east; Mr Ryle's cottages and other property on the south east and Sir H. A. Clavering's property on the south west, n.d. [c1900] Scale: 1 inch =16 feet [1: 192]
(1 plan, 20 cm x 33 cm, photocopied)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/17/2

Site plan, copied from the conveyance of the church site, 24 August 1904 Scale: 1 inch = 30 feet
(1 plan, 20 cm x 33 cm, photocopied)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/18/1

Roof details of the proposed church at Swalwell, by Wood & Oakley, architects, Newcastle upon Tyne, March 1932 Scale: 1/2 inch = 1 foot [1: 24]
(1 plan, 67 cm x 46 cm, colour wash)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/19/1

Elevations and plan of a new altar for Swalwell church, by W. H. Wood & E. Oakley, chartered architects, 9 Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, November 1932 Scale: ½ inch = 1 foot [1:24]
(1 plan, 33.5 cm x 38 cm, colour wash)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/19/2

Plan, elevations and section of a pulpit and lectern for Swalwell church, by W. H. Wood & E. Oakley, chartered architects, 9 Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, November 1932 Scale: 1 inch = 1 foot [1:12]
(1 plan, 33.5 cm x 37 cm, colour wash)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/19/3

Plan, elevation and section of an altar piece for the children's section of Swalwell parish church, by Wood & Oakley, chartered architects, Newcastle upon Tyne, February 1937 Scale: 1 inch = 1 foot [1:12]
(1 plan, 31 cm x 41 cm, colour wash)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/20/1

Copy plan showing proposed layout of land adjoining Holy Trinity church, Swalwell, by G. T. Mileham, Engineer, Whickham Urban District Council, n.d. [mid 20th century] Scale: 1 inch = 20 feet [1: 1:240]
(1 plan, 40 cm x 33 cm, duplicated)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/21/1

Plan and section of Holy Trinity, Swalwell and plan and elevations of the altar, showing additional lighting (none shown), n.d. [mid 20th century] No scale
(1 plan, 51.5 cm x 39.5 cm, waxed linen)

Repairs (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 03)

4/9, 11, 14

Ref: EP/Swa 4/9

Correspondence between Cordingley & McIntyre of Durham, architects, and Rev. T.A. Mackie, Swalwell Vicarage, concerning the necessary repairs to the church under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, 17 December 1957 - 21 January 1958
(4 papers)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/11

Correspondence between Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson of Newcastle upon Tyne, architects, Rev. Stanley Toward, Swalwell Vicarage and the Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, concerning the necessary repairs to the church following the quinquennial report [EP/Swa4/10], 12 December 1972 - 5 March 1973
(6 papers)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/14

Letter from Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson of Newcastle upon Tyne, architects, to Rev. J.M.H. Gibson, Swalwell Vicarage, concerning repairs to the church roof specified in the quinquennial report [EP/Swa4/13] and recommending specialist slating firms, 22 March 1982
(1 paper)

Faculties and Archdeacons' Certificates (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 03)Faculties (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 01)

4/22/1-5

Ref: EP/Swa 4/22/1

Faculty authorising the removal of the sanctuary lamp from the children's corner in the church to a central position in front of the high altar, 6 March 1957
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/22/2

Faculty authorising the introduction into the church of a book of remembrance in black Morocco binding, 19 February 1959
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/22/3

Faculty authorising the installation of a new electric organ blower, the introduction into the church of a new altar frontal and over frontal and the repair of the gutters, 25 January 1961
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/22/4

Faculty authorising the renewal of all the existing windows in the church, 27 December 1962
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/22/5

Faculty authorising the replacement of the notice board with one in Perspex, 1 May 1995
(1 paper, typescript)

Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 02)

4/23/1-9

Ref: EP/Swa 4/23/1

Archdeacon's certificate authorising the redecoration of the interior of the church, 6 November 1959
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/23/2

Archdeacon's certificate authorising unspecified maintenance at Holy Trinity church, 6 April 1973
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/23/3

Archdeacon's certificate authorising unspecified maintenance work at Holy Trinity church, 14 November 1986
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/23/4

Archdeacon's certificate authorising the redecoration of the interior of the church, 6 March 1987
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/23/5

Archdeacon's certificate authorising overglazing of windows at Holy Trinity church, 3 September 1987
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/23/6

Archdeacon's certificate authorising unspecified maintenance work at Holy Trinity church, 12 September 1988
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/23/7

Archdeacon's certificate authorising unspecified maintenance work at Holy Trinity church, 25 October 1989
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/23/8

Archdeacon's certificate authorising unspecified maintenance work at Holy Trinity church, 14 July 1992
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/23/9

Archdeacon's certificate authorising the treatment of dry rot in the timbers of the church roof, 16 June 1995
(1 paper, typescript)

Inspection of churches measure (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 04)

4/8

Ref: EP/Swa 4/8

Architect's report under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, 17 December 1957
(8 papers)

Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 05)

4/10, 12-13, 15

Ref: EP/Swa 4/10

Quinquennial report, 11 December 1972
(12 papers)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/12

Quinquennial report, 5 September 1977
(11 papers)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/13

Quinquennial report, 22 March 1982
(13 papers)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/15

Quinquennial report, 24 July 1987
(23 papers)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 06)Vicarage (Ref: EP/Swa 4/section 02)

4/4-7

Ref: EP/Swa 4/4

Surveyor's report under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 22 February 1941
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/5

Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 8 April 1941
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/6

Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 24 August 1956
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Swa 4/7

Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 23 November 1966
(1 paper)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Swa 6/)Minutes of meetings (Ref: EP/Swa 6/section 01)

6/1-8, 6/12/1-2

Ref: EP/Swa 6/1

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, annual vestry meetings and annual general meetings, 21 December 1943 - 6 December 1955
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 6/2

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, annual vestry meetings and annual general meetings, 26 April 1956 - 5 May 1966
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 6/3

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, annual vestry meetings and annual general meetings, 20 October 1966 - 5 February 1970
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 6/4

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, annual vestry meetings and annual general meetings, 5 March 1970 - 13 December 1973
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 6/5

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, annual vestry meetings and annual general meetings, 10 January 1974 - 14 April 1977
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 6/6

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, annual vestry meetings and annual general meetings, 10 March 1977 - 6 September 1979
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 6/7

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, annual vestry meetings and annual general meetings, 9 October 1979 - 4 May 1982
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 6/8

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, annual vestry meetings and annual general meetings, 22 June 1982 - 19 April 1988
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 6/12/1

Minutes of ordinary and Annual General Meetings of the Parochial Church Council and the Annual Vestry Meeting, 23 May 1988 - 21 April 1992
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Swa 6/12/2

Minutes and agenda papers of ordinary and Annual General Meetings of the Parochial Church Council and Annual Vestry meetings, 19 April 1994 - 27 November 2002
(1 file, typescript)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Swa 6/section 02)

6/9

Ref: EP/Swa 6/9

Financial statements, 31 March 1963; 31 March 1966 - 31 December 1988; 31 December 1990 - 31 December 1998
(80 papers)

Electoral roll (Ref: EP/Swa 6/section 03)

6/11

Ref: EP/Swa 6/11

Electoral roll, n.d.
(1 file)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Swa 6/section 04)

6/10

Ref: EP/Swa 6/10

Letter from Philip Wills, Diocesan Registry, Auckland Castle, to Rev. J.M.H. Gibson, Swalwell Vicarage concerning a pipe on Parochial Church Council land, 7 March 1991
(1 paper)

Charities (Ref: EP/Swa 12/)

12/1-2

Ref: EP/Swa 12/1

Letter from Swinburne & Jackson, Gateshead, solicitors, to Swalwell Parish Church concerning a legacy of £10, 27 March 1957
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Swa 12/2

Copy Charity Commission order establishing the Claxton Hall Charity [church hall], 21 February 1978
(2 papers)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Swa 14/)

2/3, 14/1

Ref: EP/Swa 2/3

Photocopied extracts from Whickham Parish Magazine relating to Swalwell Church, including the formation of a separate parish, April 1897 - 26 November 1906
(46 papers)

Ref: EP/Swa 14/1

Newsletters, August 1975 - December 1997
(248 papers)



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