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West Hartlepool St. James Parish

Reference: EP/Ha.SJ Catalogue Title: West Hartlepool St. James Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1868-1956

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Registration (Ref: EP/Ha.SJ 1/1-5)

Register of baptisms, 4 May 1870 - 25 April 1923
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of baptisms, 7 September 1952 - 30 September 1956 [Includes baptisms performed in St. Nicholas' Seamen's Church, West Hartlepool and in The Seamen's Church, Town Wall, Hartlepool, 16 August 1929 - 20 November 1933]
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 11 July 1870 - 21 October 1893
(1 volume, vellum half-bound)


Register of marriages, 2 November 1893 - 6 August 1906
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 29 April 1923 - 10 June 1928
(1 volume, cloth bound)

 (Ref: EP/Ha.SJ 1/5-12)

Second Deposit

(Acc: 2140)


Register of baptisms, 17 June 1928 - 24 July 1933
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of baptisms, 26 July 1933 - 7 January 1941
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of baptisms, 12 January 1941 - 12 May 1946
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of baptisms, 27 May 1946 - 24 August 1952
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 6 August 1906 - 29 August 1917
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 1 September 1917 - 24 December 1927
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 26 December 1927 - 19 July 1945
(1 volume, cloth bound)

 (Ref: EP/Ha.SJ 1/13)

Third Deposit

(Acc: 2148)


Register of marriages, 4 August 1945 - 22 September 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Clergy (Ref: EP/Ha.SJ 2/1-7)

Letter from John Cundell (?), Durham, to Rev. J. Martin concerning consecration of church, 7 December 1869
(1 paper)


Bill for expenses for consecration of church, December 1869
(1 paper)


Instrument regulating right to nominate a minister to serve church of St. James, 10 February 1870
(1 file)


Letter from H.J. Martin to [blank] concerning patronage of St. James' church, n.d.
(1 paper)


Photograph of Rev. John Lake, 8 July 1928
(1 photograph, black and white)


Photograph of Rev. Mr. Prideaux, n.d.
(1 photograph, black and white)


Photograph of Rev. Mr. Coates, n.d.
(1 photograph, black and white)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Ha.SJ 4/1-36)

Letter from J.P. Pritchett, Darlington, to Rev. H. Martin, The Vicarage, West Hartlepool, concerning sittings in new church and grants, 25 March 1868
(1 paper)


Appeal for subscriptions to build new church with list of those already paid, 10 December 1868
(1 paper, printed)


Letter from J.P. Pritchett, Darlirigton, to Rev. H. Martin, The Vicarage, West Hartlepool, concerning work on church and subscriptions, 16 December 1869
(1 paper)


Letter from John D. Eade, Aycliffe Vicarage, Darlington, to Rev. Henry J. Martin, West Hartlepool, concerning The Bishop of Durham's Special Church Building Fund, 22 April 1868
(1 paper)


Letter from John D. Eade, Aycliffe Vicarage, Darlington, to Rev. Henry J. Martin, West Hartlepool, concerning money for church, 10 June 1869
(1 paper)


Letter from the Incorporated Society for Promoting the Enlargement, Building and Repairing of Churches and Chapels to Rev. H.J. Martin concerning grant of £100, 21 July 1868
(1 paper, printed)


Letter from the Incorporated Society for Promoting the Enlargement, Building and Repairing of Churches and Chapels to Rev. Henry J. Martin, West Hartlepool, concerning completion of church and grant, 20 December 1869
(1 paper)


Letter from Edward Prech, Aberdour, Fife to Mr. Martin concerning grant from Barrington Fund, 9 June 1868
(1 paper)


Letter from J. Rowlan[dson?], The College, Durham, to Rev. Henry J. Martin, The Vicarage, West Hartlepool, concerning grant by Barrington Fund of £50, 15 June 1869
(1 paper)


Letters from J.P. Pritchett, Darlington to Rev. H. Martin, The Vicarage, West Hartlepool, concerning payment for work on church, 21 October 1868 - 19 November 1869
(2 papers)


Bill for mason's work on church, May 1869
(2 papers)


Letter from J. Illingworth, joiner to Rev. H.J. Martin concerning payment for work, 3 November 1869
(1 paper)


Invoices for building church, 1869
(5 papers)


Invoice for architect's work, J.P. Pritchett, 1869 - 1870
(1 paper)


Receipt for £40, 5 November 1870
(1 paper)


23 November 1868 (1) Isaac Illingworth of Hartlepool, joiner (2) Rev. Henry J. Martin of Hartlepool Agreement for joiner's work on church Consideration: £440 11s.
(1 paper, printed)


Letter from R.H. Young, West Hartlepool, to Rev. H.J. Martin, The Vicarage, West Hartlepool, concerning payment for joiner's work, 18 January 1870
(1 paper)


Letter from J.P. Pritchett, Darlington, to Rev. H. Martin, The Vicarage, West Hartlepool, concerning wood for church, 15 May 1869
(1 paper)


Letter from J.P. Pritchett, Darlington, to Rev. H. Martin, The Parsonage, West Hartlepool, concerning plumbing and glazing work on church, 7 August 1869
(1 paper)


Letter from J.P. Pritchett, Darlington, to Rev. H. Martin, West Hartlepool, concerning plumbing work on church, 9 August 1869
(1 paper)


Letter from J.P. Pritchett, Darlington, to Rev. H. Martin, The Vicarage, West Hartlepool, concerning glazing and the bell, 10 August 1869
(1 paper)


Letter from J.P. Pritchett, Darlington, to Rev. H. Martin, The Vicarage, West Hartlepool, concerning slating and glazing, 5 November 1869
(1 paper)


Letter from J.P. Pritchett, Darlington, to Rev. H. Martin, The Vicarage, West Hartlepool, concerning ordering gas fittings, 29 September 1869
(1 paper)


Letter from J.P. Pritchett, Darlington, to Rev. J. Martin, The Vicarage, West Hartlepool, concerning work on roof of church, 20 October 1869
(1 paper)


Letter from G.N. Haden & Son, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, to Rev. H.G. Martin concerning fixing warming appliances at new church, 30 October 1869
(1 paper)


Letters from J.P. Pritchett, Darlington, to Rev. H. Martin, The Vicarage, West Hartlepool, concerning work on church, 3 November - 23 December 1869
(2 papers)


Letter from Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Rev. Henry J. Martin, The Vicarage, West Hartlepool, concerning conveyance of church site, 24 April - 2 June 1869
(3 papers, printed)


Bill for expenses of Messrs. White Borrett White & Borrett for conveyance of church site, 27 April - 18 May 1869
(1 paper)


Letter from White Borrett & Co., London, to Rev. Henry J. Martin, The Vicarage, West Hartlepool, concerning conveyance of church site, 29 May 1869
(2 papers)


Letter from Diocesan Registry, Durham, to Rev. Henry J. Martin, The Vicarage, West Hartlepool, concerning conveyance of church site and whether new church is chapel of ease, 18 November 1869
(1 paper)


Letter from Diocesan Registry, Durham, to Rev. Henry J. Martin, The Vicarage, West Hartlepool, concerning conveyance of church site and sentence of consecration, 4 December 1869
(1 paper)


Drawing of altar desk and lectern, n.d. [1869]
(1 paper)


Letter from Henry J. Martin, The Parsonage, West Hartlepool, to [J.P. Pritchett] concerning building church, 14 January [1869/1870]
(1 paper)


Certificate that church is complete and consecrated, n.d. [1869/1870]
(1 paper)


Letter from R.H. Young, West Hartlepool, to Rev. H.J. Martin, West Hartlepool, arranging a meeting, 20 January 1870
(1 paper)


Photograph of interior of church, n.d.
(1 photograph, black and white)

Church Societies (Ref: EP/Ha.SJ 13/1)

Photograph of football team, n.d.
(1 photograph, black and white)