Catalogue Item

Register of baptisms, 10 September 1843 - 5 April 1876

Register of baptisms, 30 April 1876 ­ 5 April 1915

Register of baptisms, 14 April 1915 ­ 6 March 1929

Register of baptisms, 7 April 1929 ­ 10 October 1948

Register of baptisms, 24 October 1948 - 15 June 2003

Register of marriages, 11 November 1844 - 27 June 1881

Register of marriages, 30 July 1881 ­ 2 January 1909

Register of marriages, 13 January 1909 ­ 8 May 1915

Register of marriages, 1 June 1915 ­ 5 April 1947

Register of marriages, 5 April 1947 ­ 1 November 1947

Register of marriages, 22 November 1947 ­ 20 February 1960

Register of marriages, 5 March 1960 ­ 4 June 1977

Register of marriages, 4 June 1977 - 4 February 1989

Register of marriages, 11 March 1989 - 15 September 2001

Register of banns of marriage, 4 August 1865 - 29 November 1908

Register of banns of marriage, 6 December 1908 ­ 1 April 1928

Register of banns of marriage, 18 March 1928 ­ 20 November 1949

Register of banns of marriage, 4 December 1949 ­ 1 January 1956

Register of banns of marriage, 1 January 1956 ­ 22 July 1962

Register of banns of marriage, 5 August 1962 ­ 24 June 1984

Register of burials, 23 September 1843 - 8 July 1881

Register of burials, 9 July 1881 ­ 11 March 1895

Register of burials, 20 March 1895 ­ 15 March 1903

Register of burials, 21 March 1903 ­ 16 March 1913

Register of burials, 16 March 1913 ­ 8 September 1929

Register of burials, 17 September 1929 ­ 8 December 1977 (1 volume, vellum bound)

Register of burials, 9 December 1977 - 3 September 1985

Register of confirmations, 20 May 1952 - 3 December 1998

Preachers' Book/register of services, 23 July 1905 ­ 18 April 1930

Register of services, 20 April 1930 ­ 20 April 1941

Register of services, 6 April 1941 ­ 7 December 1947

Register of services, 23 November 1947 ­ 22 May 1953

Register of services, 24 May 1953 ­ 31 December 1967

Register of services, 1 January 1968 ­ 29 December 1975

Register of services, 1 January 1975 - 29 December 1991 (1 volume, plastic bound)

Receipt from W.R. Le Fanu, Treasurer, for the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty that £6 2s. has been received from the Incumbent of Thornley as one year's interest and final instalment of money advanced by the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, 16 July 1920 [see EP/Tho 2/7 above]

Schedule for Queen Anne's Bounty payments to the Vicar of Thornley, 5 October 1922

Statement of annual amounts payable by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Thornley Vicarage in Kelloe and included in the Quarterly Payments Scheme at 1 April 1939

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster, to Rev. H. Blackwood, The Vicarage, Thornley, concerning an augmentation to the income of the Cure of Thornley to the sum of £37 p.a., 10 April 1924

Printed letter for J.R. Brown, Secretary, Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, Westminster, informing Rev. H.W. Jackson, Vicar of Thornley, of the effect of the Benefices (Stabilization of Incomes) Measure 1951 with regard to the living of Thornley, and a Schedule of Securities in respect of which orders have been made under the above Measure, 1 July 1952

18 April 1905 (1) Rev. Ernest Coltier Briggs, Vicar of Thornley in Kelloe, Incumbent (2) Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy Mortgage of glebe lands etc. for 18 years from (1) to (2) to secure the payment of £89 with interest to be expended in making improvements to the Parsonage House and Offices upon the glebe belonging to the Vicarage of Thornley and in payment of charges and expenses of the architect or surveyor employed in such improvements. Endorsed by W.R. Le Fanu, Treasurer, on behalf of the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty that the above secured principal, with interest, has been discharged, 16 July 1920

1 August 1938 (1) Rev. William Alan Lathaen, Vicar of Thornley (2) Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty Counterpart mortgage of glebe lands etc. for 10 years from (1) to (2) to secure the payment of £40 with interest to be expended in making improvements to the parsonage house and offices and for paying Diocesan costs

Copy of Pastoral Order made pursuant to the Pastoral Measure 1968 (Rural Deaneries in the Diocese of Durham) concerning alteration of rural deanery boundaries of the parishes of Sherburn, Pittington, Shadforth and the extra parochial place of Sherburn House, 2 November 1930

Two copies of Pastoral Orders made pursuant to the Pastoral Measure 1968 (Rural Deaneries in the Archdeaconries of Durham and Auckland in the Diocese of Durham) concerning the alteration of Rural Deanery boundaries: creation of Gateshead West Rural Deanery, creation of Sedgefield Rural Deanery, the transfer of certain parishes to form part of the rural deaneries of Easington, of Jarrow and of Lanchester, 12 June 1978 (4 papers, typescript, xerox copy)

Copy instrument fixing the table of fees for the "New Parish of Thornley", 22 May 1930

Correspondence between the vicar of Thornley church and Messrs. Steel & Co. Ltd., Heating Engineers etc., Sunderland, relating to the renovation of the heating system in the church, 4 March ­ 8 April 1933

Correspondence from Messrs. Cordingley & McIntyre, The College, Durham to Rev. W.A. Lathaen, The Vicarage, Thornley, concerning improvements to the interior of Thornley Church, enclosing plans (EP/Tho 4/28-29 above), and providing estimates for the required work, 16 August and 18 August 1939

Measurements of plate, crosses, candlesticks and other sacramentals held in Thornley church; gives accurate measurements of each item, n.d., c.1960

Photograph of a Processional Cross (measurements given in EP/Tho 4/15), n.d., c.1960

Photograph of a silverware flagon dedicated to the memory of William Mayor, 1896 (measurements given in EP/Tho 4/15), n.d., c.1960

Photograph of a ciborium (measurements given in EP/Tho 4/15), n.d., c .1960

Photograph of a glass water cruet and a silver wafer box presented to the church by Thomas Henry Ashford in Easter 1914 (measurements given in EP/Tho 4/15), n.d., c.1960

Photograph of one ciborium and two chalices (measurements of each given in EP/Tho 4/15), n.d., c.1960

Photograph of an altar cross and two candlesticks (measurements given in EP/Tho 4/15), n.d., c.1960

Photograph of an altar cross and two candlesticks (measurements given in EP/Tho 4/15), n.d., c.1960

Photograph of a ciborium (measurements given in EP/Tho 4/15), n.d., c .1960

Photograph of a silver chalice and two patens (measurements given in EP/Tho 4/15), n.d., c.1960

'Thornley Church, Co. Durham, survey of chancel' by Cordingley & McIntyre, Chartered Architects, The College, Durham, June 1939 Gives floor plan of the nave and chancel showing lectern, pulpit, choir stalls, organ etc.; gives section plans of the chancel, chancel with store and vestry and elevation of the chancel screen Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48]

'Thornley Church, Co. Durham. Proposed alterations ­ new vestries etc.' by Cordingley & McIntyre, Chartered Architects, The College, Durham, August 1929 Gives floor plan of chancel as presently existing; gives section plan showing proposed developments of new altar, new altar rails and vestries Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48]

'Thornley Church, Co. Durham. Proposed children's corner' by Cordingley & McIntyre, Chartered Architects, The College, Durham, 24 January 1946 Gives floor plan of the proposed corner, elevations of the panelling and bookshelves, detail of kneeler, table and chairs used to furnish the corner; includes correspondence from Cordingley & McIntyre to the Vicar of Thornley enclosing the plan and making observations on the design, 25 January 1946 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

Correspondence between R. Dawson, Sexton, Thornley, The Rev. P.G. Mold, The Vicarage, Thornley, and officials of the Imperial War Graves Commission, Woodburn House, High Wycombe, concerning the maintenance of two war graves by the Commission at Thornley churchyard, 5 August and 13 August 1959

Correspondence between the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Maidenhead, Berkshire, and The Vicar, Thornley, concerning payment for the maintenance of war graves at Thornley churchyard, 15 June 1976

Correspondence between Miss Phyllis Carter, The Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, The Rev. P.G. Mold, The Vicarage, Thornley, and The Charity Commission, 14 Ryder Street, St. James's, London SW1, concerning the Thornley Church Hall Trust, 10 August 1965 ­ 13 September 1966

Faculty for the erection of a tablet on the south wall of Thornley church dedicated to the memory of Albert Heckles Oswald, died 24 January 1929, church organist, 11 October 1929

Faculty for the placing on the retable above the Holy Table two new brass vases, 2 April 1931

Faculty for the introduction of a Sanctuary Lamp in the church, 9 April 1952

Faculty for the introduction of two coffin stools and a silver chalice in Thornley church, 12 October 1955

Faculty for the introduction of an oak cupboard and for the re-decoration of the church, 4 November 1960

Faculty for the introduction of a Book of Remembrance and an oak bookcase in the church to commemorate those who fell in the two World Wars, 31 July 1961

Faculty to lay out and maintain the churchyard at Thornley as an open space and other works in the churchyard as here specified, 7 February 1977; with related correspondence from the Diocesan Registry of same date

Certificate of the Archdeacon of Durham authorising the execution of work proposed in an application of 28 March 1950, 6 April 1950

Certificate of the Archdeacon of Durham authorising the execution of work proposed in an application of 12 November 1950, 29 November 1950

Certificate of the Archdeacon of Durham authorising the execution of work proposed in an application of 31 March 1953, 20 April 1953

Inventory, 1947, 1952

Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures amounting to £47 17s.2d. p.a., 26 May 1952

Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measure amounting to £63 18s. p.a., 2 January 1962

Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures amounting to £109 p.a., 20 December 1971

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 17 September 1974 - 30 March 1984 Includes: annual parochial meetings minutes, 20 March 1975 - 30 April 1984

Electoral roll, 1993 - 2002

Andrew Willet, Hexapla: That is a six-fold commentarie upon the most Divine Epistle of the holy Apostle S. Paul to the Romanes ... book l, printed by Cantrell Legge, Printer to the University of Cambridge, 1611. Inscribed on the front page as belonging to Thomas Hall, 1632