Catalogue

Existing site plan, May 2000 Scale: 1:100

Plan of the church as existing, May 2000 Scale: 1:50

Elevations as existing, May 2000 Scale: 1:50

Section of the north aisle and Lady Chapel (Section 1:1) as existing, May 2000 Scale: 1:50

Proposed site plan and details of paving and handrails, May 2000 Scales: 1:20 and 1:100

Proposed plan, May 2000 Scale: 1:50

Proposed north and east elevations, May 2000 Scale: 1:50

Roof plan as existing, 12 April 2000 Scale: 1:50

Roof plan as proposed, 12 April 2000 Scale: 1:50

Roof details as existing, 1 June 2000 Scales: 1:10 and 1:100

North aisle section (west) as existing, 6 June 2000 Scale: 1:10

North aisle section (east) as existing, 6 June 2000 Scale: 1:10

North aisle section as existing, 6 June 2000 Scale: 1:10

Roof details, as proposed, 1 June 2000 Scales: 1:10 and 1:100

Roof details, as proposed, 1 June 2000 Scale: 1:10

Section and roof details of the north aisle roof, as proposed, 1 June 2000 Scale: 1:10

Section and north aisle roof plans, as proposed, 1 June 2000 Scales: 1:10 and 1:50

Section of north aisle roof as proposed, 1 June 2000 Scale: 1:10

Plan of gargoyle, chute and down pipe, 20 July 2000 No scale

Plans, sections and details, as existing and as proposed, of the clergy vestry roof restoration, 13 December 2000 Scales: 1:5, 1:10 and 1:50

Site plan, as existing, April 1997 Scale: 1:100

North and east elevations as existing, May 1997 Scale: 1:50

Sections, as existing and as proposed, May 1997 Scale: 1:50

Roof plan, as existing, March 1997 Scale: 1:50

Site plan, as proposed, October 1997 Scale: 1:100

Scheme B: proposed plan, March 1997 Scale: 1:50

Scheme B: proposed elevations, March 1997 Scale: 1:50

Roof plan as proposed, June 1997 Scale: 1:50

Location plan of St. Mary' s church, rectory and parochial hall, based on the Ordnance Survey, n.d. [1998]

Tracing of the Huthwaite memorial window in the north wall of the chancel, n.d. [ c.1951] Scale: 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:9]

Front and side elevations of designs for two altar tables [by Anthony Salvin?] 10 September, 1862 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Ground plan of Whickham, St. Mary, August 1959 No scale

Church Restoration Fund, including accounts, list of voluntary subscribers and donations etc. 1859 - 1864

Accounts of Whickham Church Restoration Committee, 1 December 1863

Tradesmen' s accounts and receipts for payment for work on the restoration of the church, 1861 - 1866

Correspondence from various parties concerning subscriptions and accounts for restoring the church, 1 December 1862 - 20 June 1864

Leaflet publicising the restoration of the church of Whickham, St. Mary, September 2000 - April 2001

Draft of a brochure appealing for donations towards the restoration of the church, n.d. [1964]

Photographs for inclusion in the appeal brochure [EP/Whm 433]

File comprising plans, reports and minutes of site meetings; job programmes, accounts and architect ' s instructions; costings, grant application and quotations; planning and building regulation approval certificates, and correspondence concerning the 'All Under One Roof' project to renovate the church interior and exterior and improve access and facilities for the disabled, January 1998 - 11 April 2001

Newspaper cuttings from the Gateshead Herald, Gateshead Post, Evening Chronicle and Sunday Sun , reporting the launch of and events during the campaign to raise funds to restore the church roof, 7 October 1998 - 24 January 1999

Leaflet publicising the 'Buy a Slate Scheme' to raise funds for the ' All Under One Roof' project, n.d. [1998]

Specification and schedule of work for the roof restoration and new disabled access at St. Mary ' s church, by Hayton Lee & Braddock, architects, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, June 2000

Letter from English Heritage, North East Region, Bessie Surtees House, 41-44 Sandhill, Newcastle - upon - Tyne, NE1 3JF to the Reverend D. Reed, The Rectory, Church Chare, Whickham, Gateshead, NE16 4SH conerning the approval of a grant for restoration work to the church with accompanying architect's report for inclusion with letter, 26 August - 26 October 1999

Tender report for roof restoration and new disabled access by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham City, DH1 3HB, June 2000

Specification and schedule of work for restoration and associated works by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham City, DH1 3HB, August 2000

Report on an inspection of the church tower by Cordingley and McIntyre, architects, The College, Durham, Ma rch 1953 Attached: a letter from the architect to Rev. S. Wade, The Rectory, Whickham, considering the possibility of staging the recommended repair work, 15 June 1953

Correspondence between J. Blontrock, director, City Tourist Office, Bruges, Belgium; Michael E. Kerrigan, 3 Fellside Road, Whickh am; Marcel Michiels Bell Foundry, Tournai, Belgium; Rector of Whickham, The Rectory, Whickham; John Taylor & Co., The Bell Foundry, Loughborough, Leicestershire; Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, and Lambert & Lambert, solicitors, 40 Half Moon Lane, G ateshead, concerning Mr. Kerrigan's proposal to bequeath £ 4000 to the parish to fund the installation of a carillon of 11 bells in St. Mary 's church tower, and the parish' s subsequent decision to decline the bequest, 24 January 1955 - 23 March 1967

Correspondence between Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, Owengate, Durham; Rev. Canon G. Lamb, The Rectory, Whickham; R.C. Williamson (Durham) Ltd., building and civil e ngineering contractors, Station Works, Rowlands Gill; Harrison Brothers (Steeplejacks) Ltd., 20 Langholm Crescent, Darlington, and William Potts & Sons Ltd., clock manufacturers and precision engineers, the Guildford Clock Works, Bankfield Terrace, Leeds, Yorkshire, concerning repairs and maintenance at the church, 7 August 1959 - 18 October 1965

Report, specification and estimate for remodelling, recasting, tuning and refitting the church bells, by John Taylor & Co., The Bell Foundry, Loughborough, Leicestershire, 29 July 1968

Photograph of six bells displayed on a tarpaulin, September 1983

Photograph of a man inspecting 8 church bells on the back of a truck, n.d. [ c.1985]

Budget estimates, advice and suggested contract conditions relating to the project to recast, tune and rehang the church bells, drawn up by Eayre & Smith Ltd., bellhangers and engineers, Bay 4, The Iron Warehouse, The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, 26 July 1984

Specification and estimate for removing the bells and old bellframe; recasting, turning and tuning the bells; providing new ringing fittings and a set of new bellropes, b y Eayre & Smith Ltd., bellhangers and engineers, Bay 4, The Iron Warehouse, The Wharf, Shardlow, Derby, 3 October 1984

Inspection report, specifications and estimates for the restoration of the ring of six bells; providing new clock hammers; providing two new treble bells and hanging all in a new eight-bell frame, by John Taylor & Co. (Bellfounders) Ltd., The Bell Foundry, Freehold Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, 5 September 1984

Copy report on the restoration of the bells at St. Mary' s church, from the letters page of The Ringing World, 26 April 1985

Rev. Peter Crawford baptising a baby, viewed from the front, taken by J. Hunter, photographer, 17A Newbottle Street, Houghton-le-Spring, 9 February 1964

Rev. Peter Crawford baptising a baby, viewed from the side, n.d. [9 February 1964]

Congregation leaving the church past an honour guard of scouts and guides bearing union flags, n.d. [1964]

Curate leaving the church past the honour guard of scouts and guides bearing union flags, n.d. [1964]

Women and children leaving the church past an honour guard of scouts and guides bearing union flags, n.d. [1964]

Congregation milling about outside the church door, n.d. [1964]

Boy scouts and cubs leaving the church past an honour guard of scouts and guides bearing union flags, n.d. [1964]

Church entrance with broken stone cross on the flags in front of it, n.d. [1964]

Photographs depicting a church service being held in St. Mary's church, n.d. [1980s - 1990s] Note: includes significant images of interior of St. Mary's

Photographs of church life at St. Mary's parish church, 2000 - 2001

Draft agreement between the Parochial Church Council of St. Mary's Church, Whickham and B. Addison, Artist, 23 Wordsworth Avenue, Whickham, NE16 4BS concerning the deisgn, preparation and installation of a stained glass window in the church, 2004

Agreement between the Parochial Church Council of St. Mary's Church, Whickham and B. Addison, Artist, 23 Wordsworth Avenue, Whickham, NE16 4BS concerning the deisgn, preparation and installation of a stained glass window in the church, 5 December 2005

Photographs showing the installation of a new stained glass window to replace plain glass in the north aisle depicting the boy Jesus talking to elders in the temple as designed by B. Addison, 30 November 2004

Photograph of the stained glass windows in the Lady Chapel within the church, n.d. [c. 2008]

File containing information regarding the installation of a stained glass window in memory of John Smith in June 2018 Includes: interior and exterior photographs of the church windows; designs for the new church window; application form for the window; plan of theb interior of church; minutes of a meeting considering the installation of the window; faculty approving the installation of the window and related correspondence, 4 February 2016 - 19 June 2018

Artist drawings of stained glass windows in the Lady Chapel within the church, 2008

Photographs of church plate, c. 1986 Attached: a letter from Jeremy Smith, Blackthorn, 5 Front Street, Whickham, to Rev. A. Meakin, Whickham Rectory, relating information he has discovered about the plate, 20 January 1986

Insurance valuation of church plate by Davidsons the Jewellers Ltd., 94 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 25 June 1993

A history of the organs, past and present, in the church of St. Mary The Virgin, Whickham by Michael Grave, n.d. [c. 1983]

Report from the Diocesan Organs Adviser, Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches on repairs to the organ, 1 October 2005

Notification from the Ministry of Town and Country Planning, 38 Onslow Gardens, London that St. Mary ' s church has been included in the list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest, 1 February 1950

Specification and estimate for the replacement of the central heating boiler at the church, by J.T. Leake and Co. Ltd., heating engineers, Forth Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d., 24 January 1957 Enclosed: leaflets illustrating two alternative boilers, and a sketch plan Scale: 3/4 inch to 1 foot [1:16] This is an original bundle

Quotation for a new electrical installation at the church by F. Reid, Ferens and Co. Ltd., electrical engineers, Orchard Street Buildings, Newcastle upon Tyne, 23 April 1961 Includes: schedule of light fittings and plan, April 1960

Sentence of dedication of additional burial ground at Whickham, 3 July 1855

Order in council for the consideration of representations that the burial ground at Whickham be closed, 19 February 1910

Order in council prohibiting any further burials in the portion of Whickham churchyard which existed before 1853, 22 April 1910

Transcript of proceedings at an inquiry held at Whickham to consider an application for an order to discontinue burials in Whickham churchyard, 8 January 1909

Collection of newspaper cuttings, assembled by Group Captain E.A. Hodgson of Cropthorne, Burnt Yates, Yorkshire, relating to the Hodgson family of Whickham, particularly John Hodgson, M.P.; Rev. John Hodgson, historian; and George Hodgson and his daughter, Aibiah, both Quakers, whose gravestones were removed from the former Society of Friends' burial ground to the churchyard in 1784, 26 July 1913 - 9 May 1925

Grave plan of ' Plot B', n.d., [2005] No scale Gives names

Grave plan of Plot number 1, n.d., [2005] Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96] Gives names

Grave plan of Plot number 2, n.d., [2005] Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96] Gives names

Archdeacon's permission, following a request filed on 27 July 2009, authorising the pruning of a mature ash tree on the boundary between lower chruchyard and St. Mary's House in order to reduce shading and dampness in the side garden of St. Mary's House, 28 July 2009

Photograph of the gravestone of Henry Harry Clasper, n.d. [c. 1960s]

Whickham, St. Mary, parochial hall minute book, 3 November 1948 - 17 April 1951

Accounts for St. Mary's Centre, 31 December 2009 - 31 December 2011

Leaflet appealing for donations to a fund to build a church hall, October 1921 Includes: ground plan and front elevation

Leaflet appealing for donations to a fund to build a church hall, 1970 Includes ground plan and first floor plan

Minutes of meetings between the Parochial Church Council of St. Mary's Church, Whickham and Clarance Solomon, Architect, 30 St. Mary's Place, Newcastle - upon - Tyne concerning the building of a new church hall, NE1 7QA, 29 September 1974 - 14 March 1978

A development plan for St. Mary's Community Centre, 2004 edition

End of grant report to the Big Lottery Fund on the project 'All in the Centre' at St. Mary's Church, 5 January 2012

Plan of alternative seating arrangements for the main and second hall within the church hall, 23 January 1974

Proposed plan, cross sections and elevations of the church hall, 2 October 1974

Proposed ground floor and first floor plans, 14 February 1975

Plan of St. Mary's Church community hall proposed ground floor plan, 15 November 1976

Plans, elevations and cross section of the serving hatch in the church hall, 20 May 1977

Plan, sections and elevation of the stage in the church hall, 27 May 1977

Plan of a section of the first floor construction, May 1977

Plans and elevations of the proposed extension to the church hall, May 2010

Plan of the new church centre garden at St. Mary's, Whickham, July 2011

Plan of proposals for the layout of the kitchen in the church hall, n.d. [c. 1976]

Proposed alterations and extensions at St. Mary's community hall by Clarance Solomon, Chartered Architects, 30 St. Mary's Place, Newcastle - upon - Tyne and Robert Lamb and Associates, Corporate Quantity Syrveyors, 3/5 Hotspur Street, Alnwick, Northumberland, April 1976

'All in the Centre' the refurbishment of St Mary's Centre presentation folder, 2009 - 2011 Includes: list of grants received including from the Big Lottery Fund; donations; legacies and sponsorship; project plan and description; plan of the proposed alterations to St. Mary's Centre; plan and project description for the creation of a community garden next to St. Mary's Centre; guided tour through the new community garden; photographs showing St. Mary's Centre before, during and after the refurbishment work was completed; list of individuals who provided help and support during the life of the project

Certificate of planning permission for the erection of a porch on the north elevation of St. Mary's Centre including landscaping to existing courtyard from Gateshead Council, 6 September 2010

Photograph montages of the church centre garden, 2011

Photographs of the old parochial hall (condemned in May 1974) being demolished, n.d. [c. 1974]

Photographs of the old church hall; the building of the new church hall; the opening of the new church hall, n.d. [c. 2010]

Pictures of the church hall before, during and after its renovation, n.d. [c. 2010]

Proposed improvements to Whickham Rectory, October 1938

Correspondence between Cordingley and McIntyre, architects and surveyors, Owengate, Durham; Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, Westminster; L.H. Cline, sequestrator, 18 Larkspur Road, Whickham; various building contractors; and the Rector of Whickham, St. Mary, concerning repairs to the Rectory and St. Anne' s Cottage, carried out following quinquennial inspections, 8 June 1956 - 30 September 1976 Originally part of a bundle with EP/Whm 234-240

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Whickham Rectory including specification of works, by D. McIntyre, architect, Owengate, Durham, June 1956 Originally part of a bundle with EP/Whm 233, 235-240)

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Whickham Rectory, including specification of works required, by D. McIntyre, surveyor to the Diocese of Durham, Owengate, Durham, February 1961 Originally part of a bundle with EP/Whm 233-234, 236-240

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Whickham Rectory, including specification of works required, by D. M cIntyre, chartered architect, Owengate House, Durham, February 1966 Originally part of a bundle with EP/Whm 233-235 and 237-240

List of dilapidations at St. Mary's Rectory and St. Anne' s Cottage, Whickham, n.d., [1976] Originally part of a bundle with EP/Whm 233-238, 240

Specification of proposed improvements at Whickham Rectory, by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, Owengate, Durham, October 1958

1 March 1959 (1) Rev. Canon G. Lamb, clerk in holy orders, incumbent of Whickham (2) Church Commissioners for England Mortgage by (1) to (2) of the property and income of his benefice to secure a loan of £2,850 for alterations and improvements to the rectory Endorsed: certification of the discharge of the loan, 31 March 1970

Correspondence between Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Miss M. Jackson, 22 Oakfield Road, Whickham; T.H. Armstrong, 87 Broom Lane, Whickham; Mr. J.G. Smith, 5 Warwick Avenue, Grange Estate, Whickham; Rowells (1924) Ltd., Byron Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; W.N. Gray, heating engineer, Long Rigg Road, Swalwell, Whickham; Hayton & Lee, chartered architects and surveyors, Owengate House, Durham; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; Rev. A.J. Meakin, St. Paul ' s Vicarage, Alnwick, Northumberland; and A.O. Dodd, The Sheiling, 3a Broom Lane, Whickham, concerning the management of dilapidations at the rectory, 5 February 1972 - 28 February 1973

Plan of proposed improvements to Whickham Rectory, Richard Wylie architect, November 1938 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

'Whickham Vicarage (sic ): Proposed Improvement of Existing Central Heating' , plans, elevations and sections, by Hayton & Lee, architects and surveyors, Owengate House, Durham, March 1971 Scales: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]; 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24] Originally part of a bundle with EP/Whm 233-236, 238-240

Floor plans, elevations and block plan of proposed improvements to Whickham Rectory, by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, Owengate, Durham, 6 October 1958 Scales: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96] and 1:2500

Amended plan of alterations to the proposed bathroom at Whickham Rectory, by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, Owengate, Durham, n.d. [1958] No scale

29 November 1933 (1) Rev. Marcus Henry Huthwaite, rector of Whickham, for and on behalf of the rector and churchwardens (2) North-Eastern Electric Supply Company, Ltd Wayleave agreement for underground electric cables at Whickham Rent: 3s p.a.

Letters to Rev. A.J. Meakin, Whickham Rectory, from the Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; John Ross & Son, chartered surveyor s, 40 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; and D. Hickford, builder, 67 Dene Crescent, Ryton; relating to a proposal to sell part of the Rectory garden as a building site, 23 August 1974 - 14 August 1975 Originally part of a bundle with EP/Whm 233-237, 239-240

Correspondence between Rev. A.J. Mea kin, Whickham Rectory; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; and Venerable G.J.C. Marchant, Archdeacon of Auckland, 15 The College, Durham; concerning the decision to sell St. Anne ' s Cottage, and plans for the possible future development of the Rectory garden, 10 June 1981 - 7 December 1982 Originally part of a bundle with EP/Whm 233-239

Wayleave agreement between the Rector and churchwardens, and the North Eastern Electric Supply Co. Ltd., for underground cables to pass through the grounds of Whickham Rectory, 29 November 1933 Includes: plan

17 January 1933 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, lords of the manor of Whickham (2) Catherine Jane Little of Tynemouth, widow of Rev. Charles Edward Little, late of Whickham Rectory Compensation agreement relating to Whickham Rectory Hall extinguishing manorial incidents without payment of any valuable consideration

Letter from Gateshead and District Hospital Management Committee concerning the Whickham Cottage Hospital and enclosing a copy of a letter from the College of Arms concerning the arms above the Rectory door, 26 November 1954

Floor plan, block plan and north elevation of the Christian Workshop, Whickham, by Middleton, Fletcher and Partners, chartered architects, 309 Marton Road, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, October 1969 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]

Correspondence between John T. Bell & Sons Ltd., building contractors, Archbold House, Archbold Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne; Rector of Whickham, St. Mary, The Rectory, Whickham; Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Middleton, Fletcher & Partners, chartered architects, 309 Marton Road, Middlesbrough, Teesside; James Turnbull, Son & Parkinson, chartered surveyors, chartered auctioneers and estate agents, 152 Front Street, Chester-le-Street; J.M. Clark & Partners, chartered land agents, surveyors and valuers, 5 Hencotes, Hexham, Northumberland; Ven. Michael Perry, Archdeacon of Durham, The Grove, Quarry Heads Lane, Durham; Davies, Bell & Co., solicitors, 24 Northumberland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne; Durham County Council Estates Department, County Hall, Durham; Rev. D. Sutherland, The Manse, Ashfield Avenue, Whickham; William Mark Pybus & Sons, solicitors, Milburn House, Dean Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; Smith, Roddam & Co., solicitors, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; Miss M.H. Jackson, 22 Oakfield Road, Whickham, Newcastle upon Tyne; W.S. Davey, clerk to Presbyterian Church of England, Whickham, 12 Westacres Avenue, Whickham; E.R. Elliot, convenor, Newcastle District United Reformed Church, 8 Amble Avenue, Whitley Bay; Department of the Environment, Room 1308, Tollgate House, Houlton Street, Bristol, and John Ross & Son, chartered surveyors, 40 Mosley Street, Newcastl e upon Tyne, concerning the purchase of a piece of land at Clavering Park Estate, Whickham, for the purpose of erecting a church building; subsequent negotiations about the development of a Christian Centre and possible ecumenical experiment; and the final abandonment of the scheme and the sale of the land to Bellway Homes, 2 September 1963 - 12 September 1978

Floor plan, elevation and block plan of a Christian Workshop at Clavering Park Estate, Whickham, by Middleton, Fletcher & Partners, chartered architects, 309 Marton Road, Middlesbrough, Teesside, October 1969 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48] and no scale

7 October 1970 (1) Parochial Church Council of Whickham, St. Mary (2) Durham Diocesan Board of Finance Copy deed of covenant, supplemental to a conveyance, also dated 7 October 1970, relating to the Clavering Park Estate, Whickham, concerning the construction of any building on the land and any future disposal of it, giving (3) first refusal

3 May 1756 (1) Rev. William Williamson, rector of Whickham, and Michael Ainsley, John Morton, James Tone, churchwardens of Whickham (2) John Pescod of Swalwell, yeo. Lease for 21 years of a messuage in Swalwell Rent: 50s p.a.

27 July 1899 (1) Rev. Arthur Allwork, rector of Whickham, clerk (2) Rt. Hon. Hardinge Stanley, Earl of Halsbury, Lord High Chancellor (3) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (4) David Davies of Redheugh Ironworks, Gateshead, iron manufacturer, Johann Valdemar Faber of Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant, and Philip Merhin Britton of Shotley Bridge, coalowner Lease of coal and fireclay in Whickham for 63 years Consideration: to be decided hereafter

Letter from Lambert and Lambert, solicitors, 40 Half Moon Lane, Gateshead, to Rev. Spencer Wade, Whickham Rectory, confirming the terms of an agreement about land at Church Chare, Whickham, 6 June 1957

Notice, issued by the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, of its intention to release a restrictive covenant relating to 90/92 Glebe Terrace, Dunston, 25 July 1990

Notices vesting the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, as custodian trustee of the Rectory Hall, the Parochial Hall, and the Church Institute and Institute Cottages, 2 July 1970

23 March 1990 (1) Rev. Geoffrey Stephen Pedley of The Rectory, Whickham; Dr. Malcolm Mace of 91 Whaggs Lane, Whickham, and Sheila Jolly of 15 Oakfield Road, Whickham, rector and churchwardens of Whickham, St. Mary (2) John Edmund Emmerson of 18 Holme Rise, Whickham; John Anthony Easton of 21 Laburnum Grove, Sunniside, and Peter James Maughan of 24 Whaggs Lane, Whickham, trustees for the 32nd Gateshead (1st Whickham) St. Mary 's Scouts Group Lease for 25 years by (1) to (2) of the south-east portion of the field immediately to the north of St. Mary 's Church, known as Church Lands, at a peppercorn rent Includes: plan, and particulars of instruments transferring or leasing land

Terrier of church property, n.d., [1900]

Terrier of rectory and parish church property, n.d., [1949-1971]

Inventory of all the books, utensils and goods belonging to the parish of Whickham, 14 June 1803

Inventory of parish records and church plate, 29 April 1968 - 15 January 1971

Faculty for the building of a gallery at the west end of the church of Whickham, the profits arising from which are in trust for the benefit of the charity school, 5 October 1725

Faculty for restoration and enlargement of the parish church of Whickham, 18 July 1861

Faculty for the erection of a stained glass window, 1 October 1946

Faculty for the insertion of stained glass in the north light window of the sanctuary of the church of Whickham, in memory of Marcus Henry Huthwaite, rector 1925 - 1948, 15 July 1950

Faculty authorising renewal of electric wiring, the re-siting of light fittings, interior decoration, and external repairs, 31 July 1961

Faculty authorising the installation of an oil-fired central heating boiler and oil storage tank, 15 June 1963

Faculty authorising essential repairs, maintenance of the bells and bell frame, and replacement of 8 pairs of clerestory windows, 1 June 1973

Faculty authorising the removal of the first 3 pews on either side of the nave, the installation of a wooden dais to accommodate the nave alt ar, the provision of new communion rails, carpeting and kneeler cushions, and adjustments to the central heating pipework, 30 June 1978

Faculty authorising the creation of a paved path to the vestry on the north si de of the church and the installation of two electric fan heaters above the inner entrance door, 31 January 1980

Faculty authorising the construction of an extension on the eastern elevation of the chancel to provi de a toilet and storage facilities, and repairs and renewal of the church organ, 14 June 1982

Faculty authorising the installation of a solid pine door with five lever mortice lock to separate the vestry from the e xit passage, replacement of the vestry safe, and the installation of a grille separating the vestry from the organ chamber and church, the installation of an alarm system, a flag pole and an information board in the ringing chamber, 27 August 1986

Faculty authorising minor repairs to stonework and glazing, the introduction of brass font ewer, an oak credence table and doors to aumbry; treatment to various doors; cleaning and re-lettering of marble m emorial tablets; re-siting of brass plates; interior and exterior redecoration; repair to the 1662 chalice; installation of a clock in the vestry; restoration of a table tomb in the churchyard; laying stone paving and restoration of the Henry Clasper monument, 10 July 198 7

Faculty confirming the replacement of 7 diseased elm trees with 4 flowering cherry, and 1 lime, tree, 17 February 1988

Faculty authorising the intorudction of a standing sacrament lamp on the north side of the chancel, 12 May 1989

Faculty authorising the removal of pews and screen from an area west of the organ to create space using the covelock display system for notice and / or exhibition material, 31 May 1990

Faculty authorising the installation of a speech reinforcement system and induction loop, 14 March 1991

Faculty authorising the introduction of a crucifix comprising of a light oak cross on which will be set a bronze corpus fixed against the blank wall behind the pulpit, 22 November 1991

Faculty authorising: 1) Carpeting of an area in the north east corner of the church which is to be a Lady Chapel 2) Use in Lady Chapel of a seventeenth century altar already in the church 3) Positioning of a carving of the incarnation against the central pillar dividing the two windows which are to form the reredos of the said chapel. The carving to be in English lime and finished with sanding sealer and waxed 4) Positioning of a pricket stand next to the above carving 5) Altering the lighting scheme in the Lady Chapel 6) Introducing a credence table 7) Placing a small crucifix above the credence table 8) Introducing a pair of altar candlesticks 9) Disposing permanently the pews removed from the Lady Chapel area 7 September 1992

Faculty authorising the introduction of an oak case for two books of remembrance, 5 January 1993

Faculty authorising the rearrangement of the pews in the south west corner; replacement of the existing service bookcases with new oak bookcases; the removal of a radiator and the addition of a finned pipe, 1 February 1995

Faculty authorising the introduction of an oak altar table to replace the existing table which is to be retained in the vestry, 6 February 1998

Faculty authorising the re - roofing of the south proch with salvaged stone slates; re - roofing of the nave with new Westmoreland green slates; re - roofing of the south aisle, chancel, organ, vestry and Lady Chapel with salvaged Westmoreland slates; replacement of the existing flat north aisle roof with a pitched roof using Westmoreland slates in order to reflect the existing south aisle roof; provision of a new disabled ramp / footpath to the north access, 20 September 2000

Faculty authorising the redecoration of the church, 14 February 2001

Faculty 'Schedule B' authorising repairs to the cast iron gutter on the front (south aisle elevation) of the church using the same materials as those already in place, 1 March 2001

Faculty 'Schedule B' authorising the re- pointing of the clergy vestry walls and parapet, 3 December 2011

Faculty authorising the replacement of the carpet and the introduction of a sound and loop system, 24 December 2004

Faculty authorising the introduction of a new stained glass window to replace plain glass depicting the boy Jesus talking to elders in the temple as designed by Brian Addison with the window being in the north aisle, second from the right, 30 November 2004

Faculty authorising the introduction of a new stained glass window to replace the plain glass situate in the north wall, first window on the left entitled 'The Magnificat' from the design by Brian Addison showing the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent visit to Elizabeth and Zachariah from Luke, Chapter One, 23 November 2005

Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 2000 - De Minimis Rules authorising repairs to the lightening conductor; repairs to the crack in the baptistery ceiling; repairs to the marble step at the high altar; repairs to the quoin stone on the roof above the vestry; inspection of two stone crosses on gable ends for signs of instability, 31 January 2006

Faculty authorising the introduction of an additional chalice with an inscription on the underside of the base, 10 May 2006

Faculty authorising the full restoration of the clock on the tower of the church including the complete re - glazing of the clock with opal acrylic, full paint restoration, withdrawal of dials works and spindles, full stripping and servicing, removal of all corrosion, rebalancing and resetting of gears, 12 July 2006

Faculty authorising the repair and maintenance of the organ including the replacement of the piston action, installation of a new piston capture system, removal of dried out leathers and restoration of primary motors, fitting of a concussion and associated cut out control to the swell wind and the removal, full restoration of the pedal board, removal of the pipe work to the principle of the great stop, removal of the upper board to plane it and re - grooving and re - coating in graphite, 7 March 2007

Faculty authorising the replacement of a free standing aumbry light with a wall mounted bracket lamp on condition that the fixings are into the joints between the stones and the candle is kept well away from the aumbry curtains, 7 March 2007

Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 2000 - De Minimis Rules authorising repairs to the church tower including the cutting out of joints to the lead flashings and re - pointing to the south and east of the tower roof; refurbishing and making vertical the tower flagpole; replacing the holding down bolts with stainless steel bar; replacing the single halogen light bracket and sealing the underside of the flagpole fixing with silicone sealant, 2 April 2007

Confirmatory faculty authorising the replacement of lead stolen from the church roof with terned stainless steel and the repair of damaged masonry; the redecoration of internal areas of the church damaged and stained due to the ingress of water after the theft of lead from the roof, 30 July 2008

Faculty authorising the purchase and introduction of six new silver candle holders by Barry Thomas, 11 September 2008

Faculty authorising the introduction of a new stained glass window to replace plain glass in the Lady Chapel based on the theme of Mary designed and made by Cate Watkinson, 9 October 2008

Faculty authorising the introduction of a pair of acolyre candle holders, 7 August 2009

Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 2000 - De Minimis Rules authorising treatment to be applied to the timber wooden floor adjacent to the font at the base of the tower, 23 April 2010

Faculty authorising work to the Turnbull grave within the churchyard including the careful removal of defective stone plinth walls; cleaning them down and setting them aside for reuse; excavation and removal of tree and stripping of all vegetation of grave area; excavation and laying of a perimiter strip foundation incorporation steel mesh reinforcement and tie bars; careful rebuilding of grave perimiter stones; cleaning down and pointing of stone mortar; laying over fill grave a fill of wood bark chippings with the proposed excavation relating merely to the removal of top soil and vegetation not the grave itself, 26 April 2010

Faculty authorising the recovering of the back vestry and toilet roof with asphalt, 18 October 2010

Confirmatory faculty authorising the introduction of two candle holders as per the illustration filed with the papers, 10 October 2011

Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 2000 - De Minimis Rules authorising repairs to the collapsed ceiling area which will involve the sheeting and protection of all immediate areas; erection of scaffolding to enable removal of remaining loose plaster and disposal of rubble; replacement of the stripped areas using lime based backing and finish coat trowel to a smooth surface in preperation for painting once dry, 29 November 2011

Faculty authorising the upgrading of the sound system, 3 August 2012

Faculty authorising the rebuilding of the gate pier on the Park Drive entrance to the church using the salvaged stone with re - pointing of part of the wall and replacement of the concrete capping on the stone wall, 3 June 2013

Archdeacon's certificate authorising the replacement of stone steps and interior decoration, 17 July 1957

Archdeacon' s certificate authorising the repair of the church organ, 15 November 1957

Archdeacon' s certificate authorising the restoration of the church fabric and the renewal of lead gullies, 17 July 1964

Archdeacon's certificate authorising alterations to the electrical installation in the church, 21 December 1989

Interlocutory order to execute works to the roof of the church, 30 May 2008

Interlocutory order concerning the restoration of the roof and construction of a disabled access facility, 24 August 2000

Architect' s report on visit of inspection to Whickham church, 12 September 1947

Architect's report by A. O. Lee, Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects, Owengate House, Durham, DH1 3HB, March 1985

Architect's report by J. B. Kendall, Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects, Owengate House, Durham, DH1 3HB, March 1990

Architect's report by A. O. Lee, Architect, Owengate House, Durham, DH1 3HD, February 1980

Quinquennial inspection report on St. Mary' s church, by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, Owengate, Durham, 13 July 1960

Quinquennial inspection report by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects and Surveyors, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, DH1 3HB, March 1995

Quinquennial inspection report by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, DH1 3HB, 2002

Quinquennial inspection report by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects, Unit 139, Stockton Business Centre, 70 Brunswick Street, Stockton - on - Tees, TS18 1DW, November 2007

Churchwardens' accounts, 1699 - 1719 Includes vestry minutes Includes Land Tax accounts 1750

Churchwardens' accounts, 1753 - 1798 Includes vestry minutes

Churchwardens' accounts, 1829 - 1873 Includes vestry minutes

Churchwardens' and overseers of the poor accounts, 1787 - 1827

Churchwardens' and overseers of the poor accounts, 1827 - 1921

Offertory accounts, 23 March 1986 - 13 July 1987

Offertory accounts, 9 August 1987 - 12 June 1988

Fellside rate collector's book, 1855

Swalwell rate collector's book, 1855

Parish rate collections book, 1855

Receipts and payments account of the sequestrators of Whickham for the year ended 30 April 1972