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Register of baptisms, 10 June 1880 -15 May 1897

Register of baptisms, 16 May 1897 -12 December 1909

Register of baptisms, 23 November 1909 -26 April 1925

Register of baptisms, 26 April 1925 - 1 May 1955

Register of marriages, 7 August 1880 -11 April 1906

Register of marriages, 14 March 1906 -16 July 1919

Register of marriages, 26 July 1919 -27 December 1930

Register of marriages, 10 January 1931 -13 June 1942

Register of marriages, 11 July 1942 - 3 March 1956

Register of marriages, 24 March 1956 - 16 December 2000

Register of marriages, 28 June 2018 - 24 August 2019

Register of banns of marriage, 18 July 1880 - 8 February 1920

Register of banns of marriage, 1 February 1920 - 16 May 1926

Register of banns of marriage, 13 June 1926 - 17 December 1944

Register of banns of marriage, 31 December 1944 - 5 July 1964

Register of banns of marriage, 19 July 1964 - 13 November 1977

Register of banns of marriage, 11 December 1977 - 26 April 1998

Register of burials, 12 June 1880 -16 October 1904

Register of burials, 16 October 1904 -27 October 1921

Register of burials, 29 October 1921 - 14 March 1960

Register of services, 31 October 1903 -17 August 1916

Register of services, 20 August 1916 -9 May 1926

Register of services, 13 May 1926 -29 September 1937

Register of services, 3 October 1937 -29 June 1945

Register of services, 1 July 1945 - 3 May 1950

Register of services, 5 May 1950 - 28 October 1956

Register of services, 30 October 1956 - 22 March 1963 [includes summary budget for St. Paul's West Pelton, and St. Columba's Grange Villa, 1957]

Register of services, 24 March 1963 - 30 December 1972

Register of services, 1 January 1973 - 31 August 1997

Record of acts of communion, maintenance costs, and collections at West Pelton and Grange Villa churches, 1950 - 1957 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 2/26

Approval of Ecclesiastical Commissioners for church or chapel, 10 June 1880

Extract from London Gazette re grant for curate, 23 October 1919

Letter of Ecclesiastical Commission re grants for curates, 12 November 1920

Letter of Ecclesiastical Commission re grant to benefice, 14 April 1932

Order in Council re alteration of parish boundaries, 28 July 1916

London Gazette, 27 October 1876

Order of service for the admission to the curacy of West Pelton, St. Paul, of Rev. Joseph McManners, 21 December 1933

Order of service for the admission of Rev. Charles Frederick Porteous to the perpetual curacy of West Pelton, St. Paul, 31 October 1940

Order of service for the admission of Rev. John Shannon to the perpetual curacy of West Pelton, St. Paul, 14 September 1945

Order of service for the admission of Rev. Ronald Halstead to the perpetual curacy of West Pelton, St. Paul, 5 May 1950

Order of service for the admission of Rev. Oswald Clare Dickenson to the perpetual curacy of West Pelton, St. Paul, 30 October 1956

Order of service for the admission of Rev. James Walter Halls to the perpetual curacy of West Pelton, St. Paul, 13 April 1964

Licence for curacy, 20 May 1883

Licence for curacy, 26 January 1888

Licence for curacy, 30 March 1901

Licence for curacy, 21 March 1904

Licence for curacy, 11 May 1909

Licence for curacy, 12 March 1911

Licence for curacy, 19 December 1915

Licence for curacy, 15 June 1940

Order of service for the institution of Rev. Leonard Constantine to the vicarage of West Pelton, St. Paul, 22 September 1969

Order of service for the collation of Rev. David Murphy to the vicarage of West Pelton, St. Paul, 18 October 1973

Statistical return, 25 August 1886

Parochial register containing statistical summaries, January 1892 - 14 April 1895

Form of service in commemoration of Edward VII, 1910

Order of service for the dedication of the War Memorial, 19 November 1921

Order of service for the licensing of Rev. Rob, and Deaconess Margaret, Bianchi to serve at West Pelton, St. Paul, 17 June 1983

Bill to provide Church Boards in parishes, 7 January 1881

Parochial Fees Order with schedule, 8 November 1962

Year book of West Pelton, St. Paul and Grange Villa, St. Columba, 1962

Apportionment of site value from Commissioners of Inland Revenue, 4 April 1919 - 7 April 1919

Letter of Ecclesiastical Commission re apportionment, 16 April 1919

Dedication of organ and programme of recital, 7 December 1905

Specification and estimate for church organ, 28 January 1883

Designs of stained glass windows by George J. Baguley, n.d.

Letters of Robert J. Johnson and others re church fabric, 16 July 1877 - 18 April 1882

Aerial photograph of West Pelton, St. Paul's church, viewed from the south, n.d., c.1983 Originally part of a bundle with EP/WPe 4/40; 13/3-7

Aerial photograph of West Pelton, St. Paul's church, viewed from the north west, n.d., c.1983 Originally part of a bundle with EP/WPe 4/40; 13/3-7

Aerial photograph of West Pelton, St. Paul's church, viewed from the east, n.d., c.1983 Originally part of a bundle with EP/WPe 4/40; 13/3-7

Photograph of the Joicey Memorial Window, in the church of West Pelton, St. Paul, with caption describing the window and its inscription, n.d., c.1983 Originally included in a bundle with EP/WPe 4/39; 13/3-7

Copy conveyance by Slingsby Duncombe Shafto to Ecclesiastical Commissioners for addition to churchyard, 14 February 1918

Order of service for opening of parish hall, 11 February 1911

Order of service for the opening of the parish hall, 11 February 1911

Abstract of the title of Slingsby Duncombe Shafto to Beamish and other estates in Durham, 31 January 1888 - 3 March 1905

Conveyance by Slingsby Duncombe Shafto to trustees of Church Institute, 3 September 1912

Plan of proposed parish hall, 18 July 1910

Plan of vicarage, n.d.

Plan of the vicarage by Messrs. Cordingley & McIntyre, Owengate, Durham, chartered architects, December 1955 Scale: 1/8 inches to 1 foot [1 : 96]

Correspondence re parsonage, 23 May 1877 -20 March 1894

Wayleave agreement with the North Eastern Electricity Board for supplying electricity to the Old Vicarage, West Pelton, with covering letter to R. Dodds, churchwarden, 10 August - 9 October 1987

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Mr R. Dodds, 11 Plantation View, West Pelton and the North Eastern Electricity Board, South Tyne District, Eighth Avenue, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, concerning the grant of a wayleave to take an electricity supply to a rest home, 29 July - 3 August 1987

Church log book, 1979

Terrier and account of church property and funds, 7 June 1892

Terrier for St. Paul's and St. Columba's Mission Church, 1946

Terrier, 1974

Terrier and inventory, 1988

Inventory, 1964

Inventory, 1973

Faculty for screen, 16 April 1892

Letter of faculty for Mathwin Memorial, 31 May 1905

Faculty for War memorial tablet, 13 May 1920

Faculty for altar rails, with plans, 21 November 1930

Faculty for childrens' corner, 8 March 1944

Quinquennial report, December 1990

Quinquennial inspection report on St Paul's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, December 1995

Quinquennial inspection report on St Paul's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, June 2001

Quinquennial report and schedule of dilapidations, December 1980

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of West Pelton vicarage, by M. Galley, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, July 2001

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of West Pelton vicarage, by M. Galley, Diocesan surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, March 2006

Questionnaire for ordinary visitation of Archdeacon, n.d.

Offertory account, 28 January 1934 - 27 April 1941 Includes: monthly summaries of income and expenditure at the church and Sunday School, January - December 1934

Offertory book, 4 January 1885 - 29 March 1903

Offertory book, 31 January 1960 -21 January 1962

Offertory book, 28 January 1962 - 19 January 1964

Offertory book, 26 January 1964 - 31 December 1972

Ledger, 1 January 1936 - 1 April 1946

Receipt of Joicey Memorial Fund, 11 November 1882 - 21 November 1882

Receipt of C.E. Kempe for Joicey Memorial Window, 21 November 1882

Receipt for carving of cross for chancel screen, with related papers, 16 June 1905

Notice re price of gas, 31 December 1880

Letter from H.M. Inspector of Taxes, Gateshead, to the sequestrator of West Pelton, concerning assessment for income tax, 31 December 1963 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Sequestration account, 1963-64 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Writ of sequestration, 10 January 1969 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Correspondence re erection of Mission Church at Grange Villa, 31 May 1938 - 4 September 1939

Minute book, 29 April 1881 - 7 April 1921

Minute book, 3 September 1929 - 18 November 1943

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 2 December 1943 - 5 January 1970

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 2 February 1970 - 11 October 1982 Includes: Annual Parochial Church Meetings minutes, 31 March 1970 - 26 April 1982

Minutes of the sub-committee on donations, 18 September 1967 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Churchyard Appeal Sub-Committee, 14 May 1955 - 2 June 1957

Report on proceeding of the Parochial Church Council to the Annual Meeting, 8 March 1960 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Report on the fabric of the church, the mission church and the church hall, 9 March 1960 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Report on proceedings of the Parochial Church Council to the Annual Meeting, 21 March 1961 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Report on proceedings of the Parochial Church Council to the Annual Meeting, 23 March 1962 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Report on proceedings of the Parochial Church Council to the Annual Meeting, 16 April 1963 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Report on proceedings of the Parochial Church Council to the Annual Meeting, 31 March 1964 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Report on proceedings of the Parochial Church Council to the Annual Meeting, 20 April 1965 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Report on proceedings of the Parochial Church Council to the Annual Meeting, 18 April 1966 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Report on proceedings of the Parochial Church Council to the Annual Meeting, 28 March 1967 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Report on proceedings of the Parochial Church Council to the Annual Meeting, 16 April 1968 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Report on proceedings of the Parochial Church Council to the Annual Meeting, 15 April 1969 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Report of proceedings of the parochial church council to the annual church meetings, 1970-1973 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/63

Reports on the fabric of the church, church hall and St. Columba's mission to the annual church meetings, 1969, 1970, 1973 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/63

Reports on fundraising to the annual church meetings, 1969, 1970, 1974 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/63

Accounts for Bell Appeal Fund account, 20 March 1952 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Balance sheet for St. Paul's and St. Columba's Churches for year ending 31 December 1964 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Parochial accounts including St. Columba's Mission Church, 5 January 1946 - December 1961

Parochial accounts, including St. Columba's Mission Church, January 1962 - 30 December 1970

Parochial accounts, including St. Columba's Mission Church, 7 March 1971 - 25 December 1977

Parochial accounts [St. Paul only], 1 January 1978 - January 1985

Accounts ledger, January 1964 - December 1981

Accounts ledger, January 1982 - December 1984

Accounts and balance sheets, 1970 - 81

Income and expenditure accounts for the parish church, 1970-1972, 1975, 1977, 1980 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/63

Income and expenditure accounts for St. Columba's Mission, 1970-1972, 1975, 1977, 1980 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/63

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office and the Secretary of West Pelton Parochial Church Council concerning a grant for the improvement of the vicarage, 3 February - 27 April 1956 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Letter from the Area Estates Manager, National Coal Board, Whitburn, to D. McDonald, 17 Plantation View, Beamish, concerning repairs to damage to St. Paul's church fabric resulting from subsidence, 8 October 1968 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Copy letter from the Secretary of the Parochial Church Council, 102 Hilda Park, Chester-le-Street, to L. Porter, 83 Lambourne Close, Bournmoor, accepting the latter's estimate for the re-wiring of the church hall, 5 June 1973 Attached: estimate and sketch lighting diagram, 1973 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/63

Letter from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission United Kingdom Region, 40-42 High Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire, to the Secretary, West Pelton, St. Paul, Parochial Church Council, listing the names of those buried in Commonwealth War graves in West Pelton churchyard and requesting permission to remove the headstones and commemorate the individuals on the Screen War Memorial at Saltwell Cemetery, 8 June 1970 and draft reply rejecting the suggestion, n.d., 1970 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/63

Electoral roll, 1982

Contract between the incumbent, churchwardens and parochial church council and Norman Toomer for employment as caretaker and gravedigger, 18 April 1945

Letter re Rev. William Hetherington's charity to the blind, 8 December 1877

Order and schedule of Charity Commission re Church Institute, 3 January 1913

Mothers' Union pledge card, 29 August 1911

Newspaper cutting reporting the 'Pilgrim Pageant' presented by West Pelton Mothers' Union in the church hall, n.d., [1930s]

Mounted photographs of the interior of the church and members of St. Paul's Church Tapestry Group, taken to promote an exhibition of embroidered hassocks made by the group (1) Photograph of Ruth Johnson, Betty Purvis, Mollie Whitty and Beatrix Salovsky, posed by the font, holding the Baron Joicey hassock, n.d., [May 1983] (2) Photograph of three unidentified members of St. Paul's Church Tapestry Group, posed by the font in St. Paul's Church, holding embroidered hassocks, n.d., [May 1983] (3) Photograph of the interior of the church looking along the nave towards the altar, n.d. [May 1983] Originally part of a bundle with EP/WPe 4/39-40; and 13/4-7

Photograph of Mrs. Betty Purvis and Mrs. Beatrix Salovsky, members of St. Paul's Church Tapestry Group, standing in the churchyard holding embroidered hassocks, n.d., [1983] Originally part of a bundle with EP/WPe 4/39-40; 13/3; 13/5-7

Photographs of 4 embroidered hassocks made by members of St. Paul's Church Tapestry Group, n.d., [1983]

Photograph of 6 hassocks made by members of St. Paul's Church Tapestry Group, n.d., [1983]

Cutting from the Evening Chronicle newspaper of a report concerning the display of embroidered hassocks at the John George Joicey Museum, 10 May 1983 Originally part of a bundle with EP/WPe 4/39-40; 13/3-5; 13/7

Letters to Mrs. B. Salovsky, 29 Gladstone Street, Beamish, from W.W. Wake, curator at John George Joicey Museum, 1 City Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, and from James Joicey, Downstead Mews, Morestead, Winchester, Hampshire, concerning a display at the museum of hassocks made by West Pelton, St. Paul, Ladies' Tapestry Group, 13 May 1983 - 27 September 1984 Originally part of a bundle with EP/WPe 4/39-40; 13/3-6

West Pelton Church News, April 1963 Originally enclosed in EP/WPe 6/2

Parish magazines, February 1880 - December 1885 Originally bound together as a volume

Parish magazines, January - November 1887; January 1890 - December 1891; January - December 1894; January - July, September - December 1897; January - December 1898; February, April, June - December 1899; January 1900 - December 1901 Originally bound together as a volume

Parish magazine, November 1929

Parish magazine, January 1930

Parish magazines, January - December 1946

Parish magazines, January - December 1947

Parish magazines, January - December 1948

Parish magazines, January - December 1949

Parish magazines, January - December 1950

Parish magazines, January - December 1951

Parish magazine, January 1952

Parish magazine, February 1952

Parish magazine, June 1952

Parish magazine, January 1953

Parish magazine, February 1953

Parish magazine, March 1953

Parish magazine, April 1953

Parish magazine, May 1953

Parish magazine, June 1953

Parish magazine, July 1953

Parish magazine, August 1953

Parish magazine, October 1953

Parish magazine, November 1953

Parish magazine, January 1954

Parish magazine, February 1954

Parish magazine, April 1954

Parish magazine, May 1954

Parish magazine, June 1954

Parish magazine, July 1954

Parish magazine, August 1954

Parish magazine, September 1954

Parish magazine, October 1954

Parish magazine, November 1954

Parish magazine, January 1955

Parish magazine, February 1955

Parish magazine, May 1955

Parish magazine, November 1955

Parish magazine, December 1955

Parish magazine, January 1956

Parish magazine, March 1956

Parish magazine, May 1956

Parish magazine, June 1956

Parish magazine, September 1956

Parish magazine, October 1956

Parish magazine, November 1956

Parish magazine, December 1956 Includes: programme of services for Christmas and New Year, 1956

Parish magazines, January - December 1957 Includes: programme for a production of Hearth and Charing Cross by Aubrey Danvers-Walker, November 1953; letter from Rev. F. Chace, Rural Dean, Greenside Vicarage, Ryton, inviting clergy wives to a quiet afternoon, 2 December 1958; circular advertising a Mail Order Bazaar, 1957; tickets to a dance, 21 November 1958 and a ticket to a minstrel show, 29 November 1959; programme for The Three Hours' Service, Good Friday, 1957; Churchyard Appeal, 1958; notice of New Life in Christ Crusade, West Pelton Methodist Church, 21 April - 9 September 1957

Parish magazines, January - December 1958 Includes: estimate for heating for West Pelton Parish Hall, 14 August 1958; No Place News: Magazine of Beamish Methodist Youth Club, August, October-December, 1958; statistics of communicants and income, 1950-1957

Parish magazine, January 1959

Parish magazine, March 1959

Parish magazine, November 1959

Parish magazine, December 1959

Parish magazines, January - December 1960

Parish magazines, January - December 1961

Parish magazines, January - December 1962

Parish magazines, January - December 1963

Parish magazines, January - December 1964

Parish magazines, January - December 1965

Parish magazines, January - December 1966

Parish magazines, January - December 1967

Parish magazine, April 1969

Album of photographs of the centenary Flower Festival, 1980

Photograph of seven girls, June 1973

Photograph of a fancy dress parade, June 1973

Photograph of nine boys, June 1973

Photograph of a girls' group of confirmation candidates, June 1973

Report of the Wells Organisation for fund raising, 1960-62

Report and recommendations of the Christian Stewardship Mission, 1981

Brochure publicising the parish's planned giving scheme, 1960