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Register of baptisms, marriages and burials, January 1719 - December 1791 Births of children of dissenters of all denominations, April 1752 - January 1791

Register of baptisms, marriages and burials, January 1792 - December 1812

Register of baptisms, January 1813 - July 1831

Register of baptisms, July 1831 - December 1848

Register of baptisms, December 1848 - October 1868

Register of baptisms, October 1868 - July 1887

Register of baptisms, July 1887 - March 1915 Parish inspected by Rural Dean, 1890

Register of baptisms, 14 March 1915 - 10 September 1989

Register of baptisms, 5 November 1989 - 7 May 2006

Register of banns and marriages, March 1754 - July 1785 Entry for a marriage in Lamesley Chapelry, 1759

Register of marriages, September 1785 - December 1812

Register of marriages, January 1813 - July 1837

Register of marriages, July 1837 - March 1876

Register of marriages, April 1876 - March 1906

Register of marriages, March 1906 - February 1917

Register of marriages, March 1917 - April 1927

Register of marriages, April 1927 - May 1939

Register of marriages, June 1939 - July 1951

Register of marriages, 4 August 1951 - 1 October 1966

Register of marriages, 22 October 1966 - 14 May 1994

Register of marriages, 25 June 1994 - 29 August 2020

Registers of banns of marriage, 1796 - 1959

Register of banns of marriage, 3 January 1960 ­ 12 April 1970

Register of banns of marriage, 5 April 1970 ­ 2 May 1982

Register of burials, January 1813 - May 1841

Register of burials, May 1841 - June 1860

Register of burials, June 1860 - May 1876

Register of burials, May 1876 - May 1908

Register of burials, May 1908 - August 1932

Register of burials, August 1932 - January 1960

Marriage licences and miscellaneous registration papers, 1934 -1938

Register of confirmations, 1906 - 1978

Register of services, 2 December 1917 - 9 August 1931

Register of services, 26 April 1942 - 31 December 1952

Register of services, 1 January 1953 - 22 October 1959

Register of services, 29 November 1959 - 30 December 1973

Register of services, 2 January 1974 - 31 December 1995 Includes: record of sick calls, 12 April - 5 December 1982

Register of services, 7 January 1996 - 16 September 2014

Parish boundary changes: orders, draft orders, plans and copies of the London Gazette, 1865 - 1953

Copy approval by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of the church at West Pelton, 10 June 1880

Copy approval by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of the church of St. John, Dipton, 9 July 1886 Copy made 29 July 1896

Plan showing the alteration of the boundaries of the parishes of Burnopfield, St. John the Evangelist, Dipton, St. Cuthbert, Marley Hill, Tanfield, Collierley, Medomsley and Whickham, issued by the Church Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster, 7 July 1952

Draft order-in-council for the alteration of the boundaries of the parishes of Burnopfield, Dipton, Marley Hill, Tanfield, Collierley, Medomsley and Whickham, c.1952

Copy pastoral order, issued by the Church Commissioners, transferring the parishes of Tanfield and Beamish from the rural deanery of Chester-le-Street to that of Lanchester, 2 November 1970

Correspondence between the Clerk to Tanfield Parochial Church Council, 27 Errington Drive, Easter Leith Park, Tanfield Lea; the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle; the Diocesan Registry, 21A Elvet Bridge, Durham; the Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle; concerning the suspension of the benefice of Tanfield, 27 March 1978 - 8 December 1982

Notice extending the suspension of the living of St. Margaret, Tanfield, 1 July 1983

Benefice income papers, 1938 - 1952

Licence for the Rev. John Mathwin to officiate in the New Schoolroom at Stanley, 1868

Papers concerning the resignation of the Rev. John Gornall of Collierley, 1904

Names of the incumbents of Tanfield from 1291 [with additions to 1979], 1 March 1918

Parochial statistics, 1994

Letter from Hillary Roddam Clinton, The White House, Washington D.C., U.S.A., to Mr. A.N. Carr, 9 The Hayricks, Tanfield, thanking him for genealogical information relating to the Roddam family, 10 January 1994

Survey of grounds in manor of Winlaton and other grounds in parish of Ryton, 1808 and 1809

Valuation and particulars of farms and premises in chapelry of Tanfield and in townships of Stella, Ryton and Ryton Woodside, 1842

Tithe rent charge on land at New Ewehurst and Loud Hill, purchased by Annfield Plain R.D.C, letter and plans, 1921

Tithe redemption certificates, 1923 - 1926

Plans of Tanfield Church in 14th century, 1749 and 1929

Processional cross, drawing and letter, 1922

Church roof, sections, 1927

Plan of new room in the north-east corner of the church, as existing, by Roger Watson, architect, February 1994 Scale: 1:50

Plan of new room in the north-east corner of the church, as proposed, by Roger Watson, architect, June 1994 Scale: 1:50

Plan of north and east elevations of the church showing new sash window, by D.Y. Davies and Roger Watson, July 1994 Scale: 1:50

Tenders for new vestries and order of service for dedication of same, 1906 - 1907

Report on the inspection of the fabric of Tanfield church, 9 June 1948

Correspondence between Cordingley & McIntyre, architects, The College; the hon. secretary of Tanfield Parochial Church Council, Mayo House, Tantobie and Rev. W.E. Swinney, The Vicarage, Tanfield, concerning repairs to the church, 10 June - 14 September 1948

Correspondence between the Urban District Council of Stanley; Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Rev. P. Wright, The Vicarage, Tanfield; concerning the clearing of the external stone work of St. Margaret's church, Tanfield, 27 February - 9 April 1973

Correspondence, including plans and specifications, between the Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches of the Diocese of Durham; Hayton, Lee & Braddock, architects, Owengate House, Durham City; Cairns and Byles, engineers, 8 Osborne Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Beacon Builders, Ltd., Earlsway, Eastern Avenue, .T.V.T.E., Gateshead; James Brennan (Construction), Ltd., Flinthill Bank, Dipton; Norham Combustion Limited, 8 East Street, Gateshead; Rev. R. Shaw, The Vicarage, Tanfield; Aysgarth Engineering, Ltd., 56 North road, Darlington; Clerk to Tanfield Parochial Church Council, 33 Trefoil Road, Tanfield Lea, Stanley; Diocesan Registry, 21A Elvet Bridge, Durham; T. Martin, 13 Epworth, Tanfield Lea, Stanley; Venerable M.C. Perry, Archdeacon of Durham, 7 The College, Durham; Matthew Chadforth, plumbers, heating and sanitary engineers, 106 Corporation Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; concerning the installation of a new heating system in St. Margaret's church, 30 October 1985 - 21 November 1988

Correspondence between the Electrical Installation Company, 500 Durham Road, Gateshead, and Rev. R. Shaw, The Vicarage, Tanfield, concerning the re-wiring of Tanfield church, 5 December 1988 - 27 September 1989

Estimate and specification by T.B.C. Preservation, Limited, Cumberland House, Cumberland Road, North Shields for the removal of wall panelling affected by dry rot and the treatment of affected rear wall, 13 July 1990

Copy invoice and guarantee issued by T.B.C. Preservation Limited, Cumberland House, Cumberland Road, North Shields, for the treatment of dry rot in panelling in Tanfield church, 20 July 1990

Correspondence between the Durham and Newcastle Diocesan Association of Church Bellringers, Burnt House, Blaydon-on-Tyne; Rev. R. Shaw, St. Margaret's Vicarage, Tanfield; J. Crowther, Northumbria Computer Print, No. 1 Estate, Consett; concerning the installation of a new floor in the tower of Tanfield church, 12 February 1989 - 18 January 1991

Estimate and specification by Northern Steeplejacks Limited, 41-43 Westmorland Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for repairs to the tower and roof of St. Margaret's church, 10 October 1990 Includes: colour photographs of exterior of church and details of repairs needed, 1990

Order of service for the dedication of an altar and other furnishings, 3 October 1957

Specification of works required at Tanfield church to make good damages arising from subsidence, and letters from W.J. Moscrop, diocesan surveyor, Feethams, Darlington, to Rev. T.H. Archdale, Tanfield Vicarage, reporting his findings and estimating the cost of repairs, 2 July 1913 - 6 February 1914 Originally enclosed in EP/Ta 185

Postcard depicting a memorial to S.A. Shafto of Beamish Park, dedicated on 25 February 1906, 1940s Originally enclosed in EP/Ta 185

Specification of remedial work at the church, for fungal decay, by Protim Services Ltd., Arisdale Avenue, South Ockenden, Essex, 6 January 1994

Specification for remedial works and alterations, to eradicate dry rot in the boiler house roof and convert the boiler house and adjacent passage into a single room, by D.Y. Davies and Roger Watson, architect and landscape architects, 32 Saltwell View, Gateshead, August 1994

Cutting from the Consett and Stanley Advertiser , reporting Tanfield, St. Margaret's need to raise £100,000 for repair work, 4 June 1987

Instructions and letter relating to the conveyance of church property, 1899

Letters re scheduling church as of historic interest, 1950

Report on inspection of the bells at Tanfield church, by John Taylor & Co., The Bell Foundry, Loughborough, 1 June 1962

Plan of bell chamber, section of bell chamber floor as existing and as proposed, drawn up for the renewal of the floor and support of bell frame by G.E. Charlewood & Curry, architects, 14 Neville Street, Newcastle, July 1962 Scale: 2 feet to 1 inch [1 : 24]

Specification for the renewal of the belfry floor and support of the bell frame in the tower of Tanfield church, by G.E. Charlewood & Curry, architects, 14 Neville Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 28 August 1962

Order of service for the dedication of a stained-glass window, 22 December 1963 Originally enclosed in EP/Ta 185

Specification of work to be done to repair and re-glaze four stained glass and four plain windows in the nave, and the tower windows, 12 September 1913 Originally enclosed in EP/Ta 185

Postcard depicting the Canon Archdale memorial window, unveiled on 26 December 1925, 1940s Originally enclosed in EP/Ta 185

Register of war graves in North Durham, 1930

Draft petition for a faculty to authorise Stanley U.D.C. to manage the churchyard at Tanfield, 1965

List of inscriptions on headstones in Tanfield church, 1965

1965 (1) Rev. Arthur James Gabriel Ellery, of The Vicarage, Tanfield, Clerk in Holy Orders (2) Stanley Walker of St. Margaret's Cottage, Tanfield and Robert Pattison of 2 Larch Terrace, Tantobie, churchwardens (3) Parochial Church Council of the parish of St. Margaret, Tanfield (4) Urban District Council of Stanley Draft agreement between (1) - (3) and (4) whereby (4) will maintain the burial ground of St. Margaret, Tanfield, as a public open space

Correspondence between Rev. P. Wright, The Vicarage, Tanfield; the Urban District Council of Stanley, Council Offices, Stanley; Rev. R.E. Ruscoe, Hon. Secretary of the Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches; the Diocesan Registry, The College, Durham; concerning the upkeep of Tanfield churchyard, 13 June 1972 - 8 January 1974

Correspondence between the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 181 Pitt Street, Glasgow and Rev. P. Wright, The Vicarage, Tanfield, concerning the upkeep of war graves in Tanfield churchyard, 27 March - 10 June 1975

Newspaper cutting from the Stanley News, concerning the closure of the graveyard at St. Margaret, Tanfield, 24 October 1985

Correspondence between Derwentside District Council, Civic Centre, Consett; Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Diocesan Registry, 21A Elvet Bridge, Durham; Department of the Environment, 2 Marsham Street, London; The Privy Council Office, Whitehall, London; the incumbent and churchwardens of the parish of Tanfield, concerning the closure of the extension to the graveyard, 6 March 1985 - 12 March 1986

Correspondence between Rev. R. Shaw, The Vicarage, Tanfield; Derwentside District Council, Civic Centre, Consett; Department of the Environment, 2 Marsham Street, London; concerning the closure of the original churchyard at Tanfield, 6 October 1987 - 4 February 1988

Notice in The Journal , 3 May 1988 and Order-in-Council for the closure of the churchyard, 7 February 1989

Letter from the Chief Leisure Officer, Derwentside District Council, to Rev. R. Shaw, Tanfield Vicarage, confirming that the council would continue to be responsible for the upkeep of the churchyard, 20 March 1989

Tanfield parish hall: title deeds, plans, order and pass book, 1898 - 1943

Ground plan, site plan, section and elevations of proposed church hall at St. Margaret's Tanfield, by C.K. Luke, architect, 28 Fowler Street, South Shields, December 1967 Scales: 1/8 inch and 1/16 inch to 2 foot [1 : 96 and 1 : 192]

Fire inspection report on St. Margaret's church hall, Tanfield, by Durham County Fire Brigade, 18 January 1972

Correspondence between Rev. P. Wright, The Vicarage, Tanfield and the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, concerning the ownership of the church hall at Tanfield, 22 November - 19 December 1972

Correspondence between Rev. P. Wright, The Vicarage, Tanfield; Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle; Derwentside District Council, Civic Centre, Consett; concerning alterations to property in Maud Terrace which may affect the church hall, 23 October 1973 - 7 February 1975

Sketch plans of the proposed reconstruction of the Old House at Tanfield as an institute, by Hill and Honeyman, architects, 6 Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, 19 July 1927 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96] Originally enclosed in EP/Ta 185

Insurance policy for the vicarage, 1883

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 10 Whitehall Place, London, to Rev. T.H. Archdale, Tanfield Vicarage, concerning the papering of new plasterwork and the pointing of boundary walling at Tanfield Vicarage, 6 October 1884

Letter from the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, to Rev. W.E. Swinney, Tanfield Vicarage, enclosing a report by Arthur M. Hedley, consultant mining engineer, on subsidence to Tanfield Vicarage of 12 January 1948, 16 January 1948 Includes: sketch showing wall cracks, tie rods and concrete buttresses, 12 January 1948 plans of underground workings in relation to Tanfield Vicarage and church, 12 January 1948 plan of Tanfield vicarage showing underlying coal workings in the vicinity, 12 January 1948 elevations of Tanfield church showing areas of erosion and cracks, prepared by G.E. Charlewood & Curry, architects, 14 Neville Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d.

16 May 1966 (1) Rev. Arthur James Gabriel Ellery, incumbent of the benefice of Tanfield, St. Margaret (2) The Church Commissioners for England (3) George Draper and John Gowland Draper of 6 Hill Crest, Sheephill, Burnopfield Copy deed of variation of right of way by (1) over land belonging to (3) and previously conveyed by (1) to (3) Plan attached

Copy letter from Hayton, Lee and Braddock, architects, Owengate House, Durham, to R. and B.H. Alderson, Whitehouse Lane, Ushaw Moor, enclosing a report on the paintwork of Tanfield Vicarage, 10 November 1986

Plans, elevations and sections of proposed alterations to Tanfield vicarage, by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham, April 1965 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96] (1 plan, 74 cm. x 66 cm., colour wash, duplicated)

7 April 1938 (1) Thomas Swinburn of Tanfield Village, estate agent (2) Parochial Church Council of the parish of Tanfield (3) Durham Diocesan Board of Finance Copy conveyance from (1) to (3) at the direction of (2) of 42 Tanfield Village, Tanfield [the Gatehouse] for use as sexton's house Consideration: £40

Description of the Gatehouse, Front Street, Tanfield, for its listing as a Grade II building on the statutory list, c.1980

25 August 1955 (1) Rev. Robert Race, The Vicarage, Tanfield (2) North Eastern Electricity Board, Carliol House, Newcastle upon Tyne Wayleave agreement whereby (1) grants to (2) the right to place electric apparatus on land belonging to (1) at Tanfield Includes: plan Originally enclosed in EP/Ta 185 (1 file, printed form)

31 December 1964 (1) Durham Diocesan Board of Finance (2) Rev. Arthur James Gabriel Ellery, incumbent of the benefice of Tanfield, St. Margaret (3) Tanfield Parochial Church Council (4) Church Commissioners for England Copy conveyance by (1) to (4) of Church House, Tanfield No consideration Includes: plan

Faculties, 1936 - 1957

Faculty for the installation of a clock and brass tablet in memory of those from the parish who died in the First World War, 1914-1919, 6 October 1919

Correspondence between A.J. Shimeld, Ltd., Stanley; Diocesan Registry, The College, Durham; K.W. Cheeseman, Church House, Tanfield; concerning a petition for a faculty to move a memorial tablet, to introduce a side altar, to replace the floor covering, to install gates in the high altar rails, to acquire two processional candlesticks and replace some louvres in the tower, 7 August 1956 - 15 April 1957

Faculty for the insertion of a stained glass window, 3 September 1963

Draft petition for a faculty for the erection of a war memorial tablet formerly in Causey United Methodist Church and including nine names, 1960s

Citation and faculty for the removal and replacement of the panelling of the south wall of the sanctuary and the removal of a wooden window ledge, all infected with dry rot, 12 June 1990 and 5 July 1990

Faculty and citation for the construction of a new floor in the tower and the repositioning of a clock weight at St. Margaret's Church, Tanfield, 21 March 1990

Copy letter from the Diocesan Registry, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, to Rev. R. Shaw, The Vicarage, Tanfield, enclosing copy citation for the installation of a plaque in the tower of the church in memory of Bill Tyson, 17 March 1992

Faculty authorising the replacement of an unused door and frame with a sliding sash window to match an existing window in the organ chamber; the installation of a matching stone cill for the window and to match the gap below the cill with stonework matching the existing stonework; the plastering inside around and below the window ledge to blend with the existing plasterwork, and the execution of any necessary decoration, 1 February 1995

Faculty authorising the introduction of a remembrance book and bookcase, 30 November 2000

Faculty authorising the restoration of the organ, 20 July 2001 (1 file, typescript)

Faculty authorising: The replacement of the wrought iron gates at the entrance to the churchyard The introduction of a crucifixion on the wall of the lady chapel The introduction of a small crucifix on the pillar adjacent to the pulpit The installation of a metal cross to the exterior of the wall of nave near the main entrance The introduction of a prickett stand in wrought iron Adjustments to the sanctuary steps The introduction of a wrought iron paschal candle holder The introduction of a reading lamp to illuminate the lectern The replacement of the external doors to the vestry and the cellar The redecoration of the interior of the church 6 November 1985

Faculty authorising the removal of the old heating system and its replacement with Vulcana Kestrel gas fired heaters, 5 August 1988

Faculty schedule B authorising a like for like redecoration of the outer church doors, 14 August 2001

Archdeacon's certificate for repairs to the church tower, 10 January 1964

Note of application for, and archdeacon's certificate for, replacement panelling in the sanctuary wall, 21 October 1990 and 9 November 1990

Archdeacon's certificate authorising work to the [Lady Chapel floor], 4 November 1982

Archdeacon's certificate authorising the treatment of dry rot in the organ-loft roof and conversion of the store and access corridor to form a single room, 15 July 1994

Draft terrier inventory, n.d. (20th cent.)

Terrier and inventory, 16 May 1941 - 30 September 1954

Inventory, August 1971 - 27 April 1987

Report on the first quinquennial inspection of Tanfield church by G.E. Charlewood & Curry, 6 August 1959

Report on the second quinquennial inspection of Tanfield church by Ian Curry, 23 July 1964

Report on the fourth quinquennial inspection of Tanfield church by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, 16 April 1974

Report on fifth quinquennial inspection of Tanfield church, by A.O. Lee, September 1980

Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures 1923-1951, 23 August 1965 and covering letter from the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London, to Rev. A.J.G. Ellery concerning its payment, 26 August 1965

Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923-1951, 18 June 1971

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Tanfield vicarage, by D. McIntyre, chartered architect, Owengate House, Durham, March 1965

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Tanfield vicarage, by Matthew Hayton, diocesan architect, Owengate House, Durham, March 1971

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of the vicarage, by A.O. Lee, diocesan surveyor, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, May 1975

Churchwardens' accounts (including rate assessment and Mitchinson Charity accounts, 1916 - 1924), 1879 - 1921

Tanfield Chapel Book containing: churchwarden's accounts, 1722 - 1729, 1732 - 1751, 1755 - 1760; resolutions of Vestry Meetings fixing poor cess and appointing officers, 1750 - 1788; memorandum concerning Wetheritt's Charity, 23 April 1750; resolution to institute proceedings against the executors of Robert Robinson for the implementation of his legacies to the poor of Tanfield, 1753; memorandum of use of £150 belonging to the poor of Tanfield in mortgage of £300 on freehold estate known as Byershall in Byers Creen and Hermitheugh in the lordship of Brancepeth, 23 December 1752; memorandum of dispute concerning the right of nomination of a chapel clerk for the chapelry of Tanfield, 1736 and 1738; extract from the will of Robert Robinson making bequests to the poor of Tanfield, 26 April 1736; lists of names of the Twelve, 1724 - 1760; schedule of land, owner, tenants and sum liable to poor rate 'taken out of the old Book Easter Monday 1724'; copy of faculty to rebuild body of the chapel at Tanfield and copy of plan and elevation of new chapel with new plan and names of pew holders, 3 January 1748/9, copy made April 1752; note of appointment of new master of the Free School at Tanfield, 1760 - 1789 note of rate to be levied on parish to pay for upkeep of James Ellish, a lunatic, and other arrears, 1775; index Included at end in EP/Ta 95: i-xi lists of vicars in Northumberland, 1701 - 1778, n.d. c.1930 (paper, 11 folios) xii-xix copies of entries in EP/Ta 95, n.d. c.1930 (paper, 8 folios) xx-xxi list of churchwardens of Tanfield, 1722 - 1788, n.d. c.1950 (paper, 2 folios)

Annual accounts, 1944-1957, 1961-1967, 1969-1975, 1978-1980, 1982-1983, 1985-1987

Offertory accounts, including circular letters, 1871 - 1887

Offertory accounts, including circular letters, 1888 - 1921

Offertory account for the year ended 31 December 1895 Originally enclosed in EP/Ta 185

Offertory account for the year ended 31 December 1898 Originally enclosed in EP/Ta 185

Offertory account for the year ended 31 December 1900 Originally enclosed in EP/Ta 185

Offertory account for the year ended 31 December 1906 Originally enclosed in EP/Ta 185

Offertory account for the year ended 31 December 1916 Originally enclosed in EP/Ta 185

Offertory account for the year ended 31 December 1920 Originally enclosed in EP/Ta 185

Vouchers re church expenses, 1921

Copy receipt for will of Septimus Oliver, n.d. (20th cent.)

Compulsory church rate abolition, papers, 1868

Journal, 1961 At end: expenses, 16 March 1945 - 9 March 1946

Certificates for £227 12s 1d of £3 10s. per cent conversion stock belonging to the parish of Tanfield, 1 February 1934 and 13 July 1943

Copy accounts of the executors of the estate of William Robert Johnson, part of which was bequeathed to the restoration fund of the church, 28 December 1955

Select vestry minutes, 4 July 1819 - 21 March 1825

Select vestry minutes, 18 April 1825 - 6 February 1837

Minutes of meetings, 24 February 1859 - 14 April 2008 Note: Annual General Meeting minutes begin 22 April 1925

Minutes (copies) of Parochial Church Council, 23 July 1962 ­ 7 May 1968 [incomplete]

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 8 April 1920 - 28 January 1931

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 11 March 1931 - 16 June 1964

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 23 July 1962 - 27 September 1965 At end: annual accounts, 1964 and newspaper cutting concerning the Causey Arch, 6 February 1964

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 29 September 1969 - 29 March 1981

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 27 April 1981 - 7 May 1987

Minutes of meetings, 13 December 2004 - 4 March 2009

Parochial Church Council cash book, 1937 - 1945

Balance sheets, 1920-21, 1923-1924, 1935-1939, 1942, 1961, 1963 Originally enclosed in EP/Ta 111

Return of income and expenditure and church membership, 1984

Statement of account of the Parochial Church Council for the years ended 31 December 1982 - 1988

Analysis of the annual accounts of the Parochial Church Council as at 31 December 1990

Statement of accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 1991

Statement of accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 1996

Income and expenditure accounts as at 31 December 1987 - 1990; 1992 - 1994; 1996 - 2007

Secretary's and treasurer's report for the year ending 31 December 1957 Originally enclosed in EP/Ta 112

Electoral roll, 1980

Poor rate book, 1838

Poor rate book, 1852

Applications for subscriptions (drafts), 1858 - 1859

Correspondence and papers, 1858 - 1961

Cash book, 1889 - 1894

Vouchers, 1891 - 1894

Inspector's report, 1893

Papers re extensions, 1884

Pass-book, 1899 - 1905

Leases and draft lease to County Council, 1928 - 1958

Parish charity accounts, 31 December 1854 - 26 December 1892

Parish charity accounts, 26 December 1895 - 31 December 1943

Mitchinson Charity papers, 1915 - 1921

Order of the Charity Commission establishing a scheme for the administration of the Church House Charity, 6 February 1931

Photograph of the church choir, posing robed and with processional cross outside the church entrance, n.d., [1960s] Originally enclosed in EP/Ta 185

Parish magazine, August 1937 Originally enclosed in EP/Ta 185

Cartoon, 'Our National Church', by F.C. Gould, 1883

Notice of 'Northe Countrie Fayre' [sic ] for the repair of Gateshead Fell church, n.d. (19-20th cent.)

The Tanfield Churchman, December 1978

Handbill advertising St. Margaret's church Summer Fayre, 19 July 1986

Brochure publicising St. Margaret's church Summer Fayre, 18 July 1987

Handbill advertising St. Margaret's church flower festival, 25 - 27 May 1996

Tanfield Moor Colliery, pay sheets, 1892

Coal holding at Stanley, papers, 1938 - 1944

Letters re making Lintz Green Lane a public road, 1868

Letter from Charles E. Ellison, Blabury Lodge, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, to Rev. J. Mathieson, incumbent of the parish of Tanfield and George H. Gooch, churchwarden, rejecting a petition for a road across his property to become a public road, to give greater access to Lintz Green Station, 20 June 1868

Plan of proposed landscaping of Tanfield parish village green by Derwentside District Council, 10 June 1987