Catalogue

Register of baptisms, April 1835 - November 1876 Details of the erection of the church and list of subscribers

Register of baptisms, January 1877 - May 1902

Register of baptisms, 18 May 1902 - 17 May 1919

Register of baptisms, 18 May 1919 - 19 August 1942

Register of baptisms, 30 August 1942 - 3 May 1953

Register of baptisms, 10 May 1953 - 7 July1963

Register of baptisms, 7 July 1963 - 2 March 1986

Register of baptisms, 2 March 1986 - 16 October 1997

Register of baptisms, 1 June 1997 - 18 December 2005

Register of marriages, September 1835 - June 1837

Register of marriages, July 1837 - April 1889

Register of marriages, April 1889 - August 1911

Register of marriages, 26 August 1911 - 1 November 1924

Register of marriages, 8 November 1924 - 11 May 1940

Register of marriages, 11 May 1940 - 6 March 1954

Register of marriages, 6 March 1954 - 26 June 1960

Register of marriages, 2 July 1960 - 17 June 1967

Register of marriages, 24 June 1967 - 26 May 1973

Register of marriages, 26 May 1973 - 26 June 1976

Register of marriages, 26 June 1976 - 6 July 1985

Register of marriages, 13 July 1985 - 21 November 1998

Register of marriages, 15 May 1999 - 24 December 2020

Register of banns of marriage, 15 August 1948 - 26 May 1957

Register of banns of marriage, 21 March 1965 - 18 April 1971

Register of banns of marriage, 4 April 1971 - 22 July 1979

Register of banns of marriage, 15 July 1979 - 10 July 1983

Register of banns of marriage, 24 July 1983 - 13 September 1992

Register of banns of marriage, 13 September 1992 - 18 August 2002

Register of burials, April 1835 - February 1877

Register of burials, March 1877 - January 1901

Register of burials, 27 January 1901 - 4 December 1929

Register of burials, 14 December 1929 - 14 January 1943

Register of burials, 3 February 1943 - 9 February 1952

Register of burials, 13 February 1952 - 23 July 2004

Register of burials by nonconformist ministers in Usworth churchyard, 9 October 1880 - 12 August 1978 The Burial Laws Amendment Act, 1880 , allowed notice to be given for burials to take place in a churchyard without the rites of the Church of England

Register of funerals, 26 July 2000 - 23 June 2004

Register of funerals, 5 April 2001 - 12 November 2007

Register of confirmations, 27 May 1930 - 28 March 1977

Register of services, 31 March 1918 - 17 July 1930

Register of services, 20 July 1930 - 23 October 1937

Register of services, 24 October 1937 - 16 January 1944

Register of services, 1 January 1944 - 20 August 1949

Register of services, 21 August 1949 - 31 December 1955

Register of services, 1 January 1956 - 30 December 1960

Register of services, 1 January 1961 - 25 August 1968

Register of services, 1 September 1968 - 5 September 1976

Register of services, 9 September 1976 - 20 March 1983

Register of services, 26 March 1983 - 10 December 1989

Register of services, 17 December 1989 - 13 April 1998

Register of services, 16 April 1998 - 27 March 2005

Forms naming the registered patrons for the benefice of Usworth Holy Trinity, 1 January 1989 [photocopies]

Licence to the curacy of Usworth, Holy Trinity, of Rev. Frank Lumsden, 20 December 1953

Licence to the curacy of Usworth, Holy Trinity, of Rev. Herbert Butler, 27 May 1956

Institution certificate of Rev. J.W. Elliott as rector of the Usworth Team Ministry, 20 November 1978

Admission of Anne Melton as rector, 10 January 1996

Redemption certificate relating to a rent charge payable to the incumbent of Usworth in respect of property at Great Usworth, Little Usworth and North Biddick, 23 March 1920

Specification of a manual pedal organ to be situated in the gallery at the west end of the church, n.d., [1936]

Plan of fan extractor unit, showing the method of fitting in the steel sash frame, by Colt Ventilation Ltd., Surbiton, Surrey, 10 March 1953

Plan of ground floor, east and west sides and front of church by D. W. Johnson, Architect, 9 Concord House, Speculation Place, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AS, February 1983

Plan of proposed extension to church by D. W. Johnson, Architect, 9 Concord House, Speculation Place, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AS, April 1983

Plan consisting of elevation [schedule A and B], ground floor [schedule A and B], and first floor plan and arrangement by D. W. Johnson, Architect, 9 Concord House, Speculation Place, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AS, March 1986

Plan of ground floor and first floor by D. W. Johnson, Architect, 9 Concord House, Speculation Place, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AS, October 1986

Plan of north, south and west elevations by D. W. Johnson, Architect, 9 Concord House, Speculation Place, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AS, October 1986

Plan of ground floor, balcony and basement by D. W. Johnson, Architect, 9 Concord House, Speculation Place, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AS, March 1987

Plan of east and west elevation by D. W. Johnson, Architect, 9 Concord House, Speculation Place, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AS, April 1987

Plan of north and south elevations by D. W. Johnson, Architect, 9 Concord House, Speculation Place, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AS, April 1987

Plan of front of church by D. W. Johnson, Architect, 9 Concord House, Speculation Place, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AS, April 1987

Plan of ground floor by D. W. Johnson, Architect, 9 Concord House, Speculation Place, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AS, April 1987

Plan of drainage systems surrounding church by D. W. Johnson, Architect, 9 Concord House, Speculation Place, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AS, April 1987

Plan of foundations and roof truss layout by D. W. Johnson, Architect, 9 Concord House, Speculation Place, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AS, April 1987

Plan of north and south elevations by D. W. Johnson, Architect, 9 Concord House, Speculation Place, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AS, April 1987

Plan of east and west elevations as well as first floor plan by D. W. Johnson, Architect, 9 Concord House, Speculation Place, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AS, April 1987

Plan of disabled toilets and first floor joist plan by D. W. Johnson, Architect, 9 Concord House, Speculation Place, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AS , September 1988

Plan of church grounds by D. W. Johnson, Architect, 9 Concord House, Speculation Place, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AS, n.d. [1980s]

Plan of fire damage alterations by D. W. Johnson, Architect, 9 Concord House, Speculation Place, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AS , n.d. [1980s]

Letters: building extension, 2 August 1983 - 4 September 1990; quinquennial inspection, 3 March - 2 December 1984 Basic material specification for proposed extension to Holy Trinity Church, n.d. [1980s] Diocesan Advisory Committee's comments on proposed church extension, n.d. [1980s]

Letters concering the extension of Holy Trinity church, 19 June 1986 - 9 June 1988

Letters: burglary, 7 December 1987 - 15 January 1988; closure of church hall, 10 December 1987; insurance claim, 11 January - 15 February 1988

Safer Cities Project Letters: grant application and payment, evaluation, 14 January 1993 - 26 February 1994 Northumbria Police security report, 21 September 1992 Crime prevention specifications, n.d. [1990s] Safer Cities Programme application form, n.d. [1990s]

Schedule of defects and specification of work, n.d. [1970s]

Letters: National Coal Board remedial work and repairs, 8 July 1972 - 5 August 1976

Letter concerning refurbishment of the back vestry, 25 March 1986

Index of graves, 19 April 1860 - 20 January 1978

Record of graves (includes war graves), 1915 - 1962

Record of graves, 1949 - 1971

Record of graves, 1949 - 1953

Letter from Geoffrey Key, Chief Executive, Borough of Sunderland to the vicar of Holy Trinity church informing him that a monument in the churchyard has been listed as a building of special architectural and historic interest (with attached Department of the Environment legislation guide), 14 January 1986 [This is the Memorial to 42 miners killed in Usworth Colliery Disaster 2 March 1885. By Emley and Sons of Newcastle; erected by the miners of Usworth Colliery. Inscribed with names of miners buried here and at (Church of our Blessed Lady Immaculate) Washington]

Newspaper cutting re churchyard maintenance, Sunderland Echo , 4 December 1979

Photograph album representing the damage and decay of the churchyard, n.d. [1980s]

Correspondence between Usworth Parochial Church Council, Borough of Sunderland and Secretary of State for the Environment relating to closure of the parish churchyard, 12 October 1978 - 2 November 1981 Includes Order in Council to close churchyard, 23 May 1979

23 February 1897 (1) Sir Wilfrid Lawson of Brayton, Cumberland, bart., M.P. (2) Rector and churchwardens of the parish of Usworth, [Holy Trinity] Copy conveyance by (1) to (2) of 1020.5 sq. yds. of land at Usworth as a site for a Mission Room Includes: plan No scale

Brief specification for the erection of a church hall at High Usworth, n.d., [January 1956]

Brief specification for electrical work at the church hall at High Usworth, n.d., [January 1956]

27 February 1956 (1) Frederick William Archer & Son, Trenethia Croft, Western Terrace, Washington, building contractor (2) The Parochial Church Council of the parish of Usworth, Holy Trinity Contract whereby (1) will erect a church hall at Wellbank Road, Washington

17 September 1968 (1) Rev. R.D.A. Wouldham, Usworth Rectory, Wellbank Road, Washington, (2) The North Eastern Electricity Board Wayleave agreement authorising equipment on parish property at Wellbank Road

Building of church hall Letters: building work, 30 April 1988 Community Chest Grant, 3 March - 15 November 1995 insurance, 26 April 1990 Community Chest Grant application form, 13 October 1995 Notes on the building of the church hall, 1988 - 15 January 1990

Faculty authorising the erection of a chancel screen, a war memorial tablet, and a screen across the organ arch, 11 November 1918

Faculty authorising the augmentation of the cross surmounting the chancel screen, 9 December 1919

Faculty authorising the introduction of 2 candlesticks onto the holy table, and the placing of a marble tablet on the nave wall, commemorating Usworth church troop of boy scouts, 4 February 1922

Faculty authorising a variation to the wording on the Begg memorial, 8 December 1948

Faculty authorising the erection of a wooden font-cover, 24 May 1949

Faculty authorising the introduction into the church of 6 altar candlesticks, 2 standard candlesticks, and two portable candlesticks, 29 December 1958

Faculty authorising work to improve the east end of the church by removing the painting behind the altar and the step below the altar; the installation of a new oak altar, new altar cross and candlesticks in coloured and gilded limewood, new altar-frontals and a curtain hung behind the altar; and the redecoration of the chancel, 27 May 1960

Faculty authorising the introduction into the priests' vestry of vinyl floor tiles, 2 cupboards and a mirror, and the erection of a hardboard partition, 31 December 1962

Faculty authorising the introduction into the church of a hanging sanctuary-lamp in brass, 9 May 1963

Faculty authorising the introduction into the church of an inscribed, silver ciborium, 7 August 1963

Faculty authorising the introduction of sound reinforcement system together with induction loop, 15 December 1994 Letter: faculty, 4 December 1994

Faculty authorising the repainting of the interior church walls and ceiling, painting the chancel ceiling, painting the west facing chancel arch wall and repainting the window trims, 20 November 1995 Certificate of completion of works authorised by faculty, 24 January 1996 Letter: petition for faculty, 21 November 1995 Note: originally enclosed in EP/Us 4/124

Archdeacon's certificate authorising work proposed in an application dated 23 April 1950, 2 June 1950

Archdeacon's certificate authorising the exterior painting of the church, 22 August 1953

Archdeacon's certificate authorising repairs and interior decoration, 24 June 1960

Archdeacon's certificate authorising the repair of wall cracks and loose stonework and the redecoration of walls, 13 October 1976 Includes: application for Archdeacon's certificate, 28 September 1976

Terrier, n.d., [1902]

Inventory, April 1953 - 3 November 1963

Terrier and inventory, April 1984

Ordinary assessment fixing annual payments towards repairs identified by the last quinquennial inspection, 28 November 1960

Quinquennial report, July 1984

Quinquennial report by D. L. Renton, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ, November 1989

Quinquennial report, October 1992

Quinquennial report, October 1997

Quinquennial report, October 2002

Quinquennial report by I. Ness, Architect, 26 Grosvenor Place, Newcastle - upon - Tyne, NE2 2RE, 22 May 2007

Churchwardens' accounts, church rate assessments and vestry meetings minutes, 1853 - 1921

Sequestration order during the vacancy following the resignation of Rev. David George Alexander Clarke as rector, 12 December 1961

Notice to the churchwardens of the Bishop's intention to admit Rev. Ralph Douglas Astley Wouldham to the benefice, 1 March 1962

Notice to the churchwardens of the Bishop's intention to admit Rev. Albert George Ward to the benefice, 18 July 1969

Minute book of Parochial Church Council and annual church vestry meetings, 29 April 1930 - 8 November 1945

Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 27 February 1946 - 7 December 1965

Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 13 January 1966 - 12 October 1977

Parochial Church Council minute book, 17 November 1977 - 10 December 1980

Parochial Church Council minutes, 19 February 1981 - 11 February 1986 Includes: minutes of Holy Trinity District Church Committee and St. Michael and All Angels District Church Committee, 1981 - 1986

Parochial Church Council minutes of meeting, 13 July 1983 Note: originally enclosed in EP/Us 117

Parochial Church Council minutes of meeting, 8 September 1983 Note: originally enclosed in EP/Us 117

District Church Committee minutes of meeting, 8 May 1986

Parochial Church Council minutes of meeting, 27 October 1987 Note: originally enclosed in EP/Us 115

Parochial Church Council minutes of meeting, 12 October 1995 Note: originally enclosed in EP/Us 124

Annual General Meeting, minutes of meeting, 20 April 1997 Includes: District Church Council's report, Churchwarden's report, Chairman of the Finance Group's report, Treasurer's report, Toddler Group report and 3 to 5's Sunday Group report

Account book of Parochial Church Council, 16 April 1963 - 22 December 1973

Income and expenditure accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the years ended 31 December 1978 - 31 December 1979 Originally enclosed in EP/Us 79

Account book of Parochial Church Council, January 1978 - October 1989

Parochial Church Council accounts for year ended, 31 December 1996

Parochial Church Council statement of accounts at 31 December 1996

Parochial church council income and expenditure account at 31 December 1996

Electoral roll, March 1989

Electoral roll, 1978 - 1981

Robinson Memorial Gift Charity Trustees minutes of meetings, 17 March 1971 - 12 November 1996

Robinson Memorial Gift Charity Trustees minutes of meetings, 28 April 2008

Robinson Memorial Gift Charity Trustees minutes of meetings, 6 October 2008

Robinson Memorial Gift Charity Trustees minutes of meetings, 6 July 2009

Financial report from Lloyds TSB Private Banking Ltd, 6 March 2002 Note: report concerns the setting up of an investment scheme for The Robinson Memorial Gift Trust

Portfolio valuation by Rathbones Investment Management Ltd, 30 September 2010

Portfolio valuation by Rathbones Investment Management Ltd, 5 April 2011

Portfolio valuation by Rathbones Investment Management Ltd, 30 September 2011

Statement of Financial Affairs by Lloyds TSB Private Banking Ltd., up to 28 March 2002

Statement of Financial Affairs by Lloyds TSB Private Banking Ltd., up to 28 March 2003

Statement of Financial Affairs by Lloyds TSB Private Banking Ltd., up to 29 March 2004

Statement of Financial Affairs by Lloyds TSB Private Banking Ltd., up to 29 March 2005

Statement of Financial Affairs by Lloyds TSB Private Banking Ltd., up to 29 March 2006

Statement of Financial Affairs by Lloyds TSB Private Banking Ltd., up to 28 March 2007

Statement of Financial Affairs by Lloyds TSB Private Banking Ltd., up to 27 March 2009

Statement of Financial Affairs by Lloyds TSB Private Banking Ltd., up to 29 March 2010

Account book of Robinson Memorial Gift Trust detailing receipts and payments, 1971 - 2009

Income and disposals account, 6 April 1995 - 5 April 1996

Income and disposals account, 6 April 1996 - 5 April 1997

Income and disposals account, 6 April 1997 - 5 April 1998

Income and disposals account, 6 April 1998 - 5 April 1999

Income and disposals account, 6 April 1999 - 5 April 2000

Income and disposals account, 6 April 2000 - 5 April 2001

Income and disposals account, 6 April 2001 - 5 April 2002

Income and disposals account, 5 April 2001 - 12 November 2002

Income and disposals account, 6 April - 25 Sugust 2010

Income and expenditure account for the year ending 31 December 1997

Cards: containing messages of thank you for donations made from the Robinson Memorial Gift Trust to members of the community, n.d. [2000 - 2001]

Letters: Robinson Memorial Gift Trust, 8 June 1983 - 26 June 1996 Notice regarding the transfer of property of the Robinson Memorial Gift Trust, 14 June 1993 Model Resolution for the Transfer of Property under Section 43 (2) (a) or (b) [form CC44 - A 1 - A3], 14 - 24 June 1993

Letters: changes to Robinson Memorial Trust investments, 6 March - 7 March 2002; opening of trustees account, 18 May 1994; divestment, 17 November 1992 - 13 December 1993 Charity Commission Schemes for the regulation of the Robinson Memorial Gift Trust, 22 April 1938 - 29 November 1974 Resolution by the trustees of the Robinson Memorial Fund giving notice of a transfer of investments, 13 December 1993

Letters: Charity Commission annual reports [including annual retruns 28 March 1994 and 12 May 1995], 24 November 1993 - 20 December 1995; open and closure of Lloyds TSB Private Banking Asset Management Service, 4 January 2002 - 9 September 2010; transfer of Robinson Memorial Gift Trust to Rathbones Investment Management Ltd., 15 Janaury - 18 May 2010; trustees, 6 June 1995 - 28 May 2010; transfer of Robinson Memorial Gift Trust to Lloyds TSB Private Banking Discretionary Management Service, 17 August 2001; transfer of Robinson Memorial Gift Trust to Lloyds TSB Private Banking Investment Portfolio Service, 17 September 2007

Parish newsletter, July 1975

Parish newsletter, October1975

Parish newsletter, December 1975

Parish newsletter, January 1976

Parish newsletter, February 1976

Parish newsletter, March 1976

Parish newsletter, April 1976

Parish newsletter, May 1976

Entertainment Licence and Records book, Borough of Sunderland, 22 October 1993 - 9 July 1999