Catalogue

Register of baptisms, January 1611 - May 1680; register of marriages, November 1579 - June 1680; register of burials, May 1579 - March 1680 Includes: notes of elections of the Select Vestry, 1643, 1652, 1656 and the Churchwardens, 1631 - 1653, 1656 - 1667, 1675 - 1676; list of pauper children apprenticed under Dr. Triplett's Charity, 1665 - 1666; notes re the erection of pews, 1616 - 1637; notes of the inductions of Thomas Triplett, 1631, Thomas Dockray, 1667, and Samuel Speed, 1672

Register of baptisms, March 1680 - June 1798; register of marriages, May 1679 - October 1770; register of burials, May 1679 - April 1798 Includes: list of rectors, 1352 - 1791; list of pauper children apprenticed under Dr. Triplett's Charity, 1703 - 1736; list of parish clerks, 1713 - 1794; list of persons responsible for the upkeep of the church garth wall, 1714; list of pew owners, 1757 - 1789 note of church fees, 1704 list of briefs, 1730 - 1776 note of repairs to the rectory, etc., made by Rev. B. Pye, 1770 - 1778; list of closes which paid tithes to Houghton School, 1736, with copy of a Durham Chancery Court decree, 1616

Register of marriages, June 1754 - March 1801; register of banns, May 1754 - November 1801

Register of baptisms, January 1813 - October 1841

Register of baptisms, November 1841 - August 1866

Register of baptisms, August 1866 - December 1906

Register of baptisms, 1 July 1798 - 25 December 1812; register of burials, 26 June 1798 - 24 December 1812; Includes plan of churchyard and grave spaces, n.d. [c.1812] (1 volume, card bound) Third Deposit

Register of baptisms, 19 December 1906 - 26 September 1918

Register of baptisms, 13 October 1918 - 16 May 1931

Register of baptisms, 11 June 1931 - 18 January 1948

Register of baptisms, 8 February 1948 - 14 April 1957

Register of baptisms, 14 April 1957 - 18 June 1978

Register of baptisms, 18 June 1978 - 25 March 2001

Register of marriages, May 1801 - December 1812

Register of marriages, May 1813 - April 1837

Register of marriages, August 1837 - August 1904

Register of marriages, 27 August 1904 - 31 August 1918

Register of marriages, 29 September 1918 - 27 June 1931

Register of marriages, 14 July 1931 - 23 May 1942

Register of marriages, 30 May 1942 - 7 February 1953

Register of baptisms, 14 February 1953 - 5 June 1965

Register of marriages, 5 June 1965 - 27 May 1978

Register of marriages, 17 June 1978 - 11 June 1988

Register of marriages, 25 June 1988 - 21 August 2004

Register of marriages 2004-2020

Register of banns, February 1802 - April 1906

Register of banns of marriage, 8 April 1906 - 20 November 1927

Register of banns of marriage, 13 November 1927 - 19 May 1946

Register of banns of marriage, 5 May 1946 - 21 December 1957

Register of banns, 4 January 1959 - 17 June 1973

Register of banns, 20 May 1973 - 13 May 1979

Register of banns, 20 May 1979 - 26 August 1984 [names from the last 3 months are scribbled on the covers]

Register of banns, 19 August 1984 - 16 September 1990

Register of burials, January 1813 - April 1852

Register of burials, May 1852 - October 1882

Register of burials, November 1882 - February 1936 Very few entries after 1888

Copy draft scheme for altering the boundaries of the new parishes of Harton Colliery, All Saints, and Cleadon, All Saints, including the annexation of a portion of Boldon parish to Cleadon, All Saints, and covering letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission to the Rev. W.P. Mayor, 1930 and 4 November 1930

Copy draft scheme for constituting the new parish of East Boldon, St. George, from portions of Boldon parish, and of the new parishes of Hedworth and Cleadon, All Saints, 1930

Copy order-in-council altering the boundaries of the parishes of Bishopwearmouth, St. Michael; Bishopwearmouth, St. Thomas; Bishop-wearmouth, St. Peter; Sunderland, Holy Trinity; Sunderland, St. John, 1 January 1949

Copy order-in-council transferring part of the parish of Whitburn into the parish of Cleadon Park, St. Cuthbert, 25 June 1958

Plan showing that part of the parish of Whitburn which is to be transferred to the parish of Cleadon Park, St. Cuthbert, issued by the Church Commissioners, 26 March 1958 Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]

Order of service for the dedication of war memorials by the Bishop of Durham at St. Andrew's Church, Marsden, 22 December 1919

Order of service for the institution and induction of the Rev. John Phillips Inman, M.A., to the vicarage of Cleadon, 21 May 1943

An Act for vesting the Glebe Lands and Endowments of the Rectory of Bishop Wearmouth in the County and Diocese of Durham in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, and for making Provision for the Endowment of the said Rectory in lieu thereof; and for the Promotion of other Ecclesiastical Purposes connected therewith, 31 May 1867

Correspondence between the sequestrators; the Church Commissioners; and the Diocesan Office; concerning Whitburn benefice sequestration fund income, 25 January 1974 - 20 October 1975

30 January 1912 (1) Rev. Charles Girdlestone Hopkinson, rector of Whitburn, honorary canon of Durham Cathedral, and, in right of his rectory, patron of the vicarage and church of the new parish of Cleadon, All Saints, formerly a district chapelry of Whitburn parish. (2) The Rt. Rev. Handley Carr Glyn, Bishop of Durham, and patron of Whitburn rectory (3) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (4) Rev. Robert Pearson Moorsom, vicar of the new parish of Cleadon, All Saints Copy grant by (1), with the consent of (2) and (3), to (4) of an annual sum of £100 charged on the revenues of the rectory of Whitburn under 1 & 2 Wm IV Cap.45 as an additional endowment of the vicarage of Cleadon, All Saints

26 March 1924 (1) Rev. Robert Pearson Moorsom, vicar of Cleadon, All Saints, (2) The Rt. Rev. Herbert Hensley, Bishop of Durham (3) Rev. William Peter Mayor, rector of Whitburn Release by (1), with the consent of (2), to (3) of the glebe lands of Whitburn from an annual rentcharge of £100 Includes: plan of Whitburn glebe estate Scale: 1:2500

Letter from the Secretary and Treasurer of the Bounty Office, Westminster, to the Rev. Canon Jackson, concerning an order to extinguish the annual payment of £100 from Whitburn rectory to the incumbent of Cleadon, by the transfer to Cleadon of £3200 endowment capital from Whitburn benefice, 28 July 1945

Copy certificate of the redemption of land tax on a farm house; 58 acres of land; the parsonage house, barns, stables, etc.; 130 acres of land; a farm house and 130 acres in the occupation of William Broomhead; six cottages in the occupation of several tenants all at Whitburn, 13 November 1798; copy made 24 February 1812 Endorsed: letter from Mr. Symons, West Isley, Berkshire to Rev. Mr. Baker, Whitburn, concerning the redemption of the tax, 11 July 1812

Office copy certificate for the redemption of land tax on lands belonging to Rev. Mr. Jelinger Symonds, rector of Whitburn, as described in EP/Whit 54 above, 13 November 1798; copy made 1857

Letter from Tho[mas] Swinburne, Gateshead, to [the rector of Whitburn] providing information concerning the redemption of Whitburn land tax, 30 August 1842

Prospectus of the Lands Improvement Company, 17 January 1855

Explanation issued by the Lands Improvement Company whereby landowners may borrow money to drain their land, 17 January 1855

Conveyances and agreements re glebe property, 1879 - 1909

Account of drainage executed under the Public Money Drainage Acts, on Whitburn Glebe, on plots 160, 359, 362, 363, 437, 438, 25 June 1868

Account of drainage executed under the Public Money Drainage Acts on Whitburn Glebe, on plots 161, 163, 168, 299, 326, 360, 361, 363, 25 June 1868

Copy absolute order issued by the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales, for repayments of the loan made by the Lands Improvement Company for drainage on Whitburn Glebe, 30 June 1868

Copy absolute order, issued by the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales, for repayments of the loan made by the Lands Improvement Company for drainage on Whitburn Glebe, 24 March 1870

Note of amounts expended on the drainage of Whitburn Glebe, n.d. [1870s]

19 December 1826 (1) Rev. Thomas Baker, clerk, rector of Whitburn (2) The Bishop of Durham, patron of rectory of Whitburn, and Lord of the Manor of Chester (3) Sir Hedworth Williamson, of Whitburn, bart., and John Adamson of the town and county of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gent. (in whom the legal estate and inheritance of and in the copyhold land and hereditaments hereinafter described is now vested but as a trustee thereof for and for the benefit of the said Sir Hedworth Williamson) Copy grant, in exchange, from (1), with the consent of (2), to (3) a parcel of land (1a. 2p.) bounded on the north and south by lands of (3) and on the east by a road from the shore to Whitburn and on the west by farm buildings belonging to (1); a parcel of land (2r. 4p.) with four cottages bounded on the west by a cottage belonging to (3), on the north by the Backlane, on the east by a house belonging to Richard Graydon, on the south by the waste and Whitburn Town Street; both part of the glebe of the parish of Whitburn; grant from (3) to (1) of two parcels of land (4a. 1r. 25p.) bound on the west and south by land belonging to (3), on the east partly by land belonging to (3) and partly by land belonging to Thomas Barnes, on the north partly by land belonging to Thomas Barnes and partly by the churchyard, both in the township of Whitburn

1 May 1873 (1) Rev. William Maunder Hitchcock, rector of Whitburn (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (3) The Rt. Rev. Charles Baring, Bishop of Durham (4) Cuthbert Hutchinson of Whitburn, gent. Certified copy duplicate conveyance by (1), with the consent of (2) and (3), to (4) of a parcel of ground [on the corner of Sandy Chare and the Village Green] in the parish of Whitburn, as the site for a substantial dwelling house according to plans approved by (1) and (4); minerals reserved to (1) Consideration: perpetual rentcharge of £21 p.a. Includes: plan of property No scale

30 December 1879 (1) Rev. William Maunder Hitchcock, rector of Whitburn (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (3) The Rt. Rev. Joseph Barber, Bishop of Durham (4) Sir Hedworth Williamson of Whitburn Hall, bart. Attested copy conveyance by (1), with consent of (2) and (3), to (4) of a messuage and garden on the south side of the garden belonging to Whitburn Rectory, and a parcel of land, partly pasture and partly plantation, lying to the south west of the premises first described, in Whitburn; part of the premises secondly described subject to a trust to allow the incumbent to occupy the same for 99 years subject to payment of rent of £14 p.a. to (4) Consideration: £1000 Includes: plan of property No scale

Memorandum of an agreement between Rev. George Frederic Price, D.D., rector of Whitburn, and William Airey Bowman of Whitburn, accountant, for the sale of a parcel of glebe land [on the west side of Church Lane], Whitburn, in consideration of a perpetual rentcharge of £15 p.a., 26 February 1889 Includes: plan of property Scale: 1:2500 approx.

7 June 1889 (1) Rev. George Frederic Price, D.D., rector of Whitburn (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (3) The Rt. Rev. Joseph Barber, Bishop of Durham (4) The Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty (5) William Airey Bowman of Whitburn, accountant Copy counterpart conveyance by (1), with the approval and consent of (2) and (3), and (4) to (5) of a parcel of glebe land and cottages, bounded on the north by the village green, on the east by Church Lane, on the south by the churchyard, and on the west by land belonging to Edward Bowman, in the parish of Whitburn; minerals reserved to (2); covenant for the number of dwellings not to exceed six Consideration: perpetual rentcharge of £15 p.a. Includes: plan of property Scale: 33 feet to 1 inch [1:396]

23 March 1897 (1) Rev. George Frederic Price, D.D., rector of Whitburn (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (3) The Rt. Rev. Brooke Foss, Bishop of Durham (4) The Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty (5) John Windsor Ord of No. 11 Dock Street East, Monkwearmouth, county borough of Sunderland, gent. Certified copy duplicate conveyance by (1), with the approval and consent of (2) and (3), and (4) to (5) of half an acre of land in Whitburn, bounded on the north and west by glebe land, on the south by Moor Lane, and on the east by land belonging to Mr. Anthony Gregson. Minerals reserved to (2). Covenant for the erection of a dwelling house Consideration: perpetual rentcharge of £10 p.a. Includes: plan of property Scale: 1:2500

Correspondence between the Ecclesiastical Commission, 10 Whitehall Place, London; Henry Ritson, solicitor, 44 West Sunniside, Sunderland; Rev. G.G. Price, The Rectory, Whitburn; Rev. W.M. Hitchcock, The Vicarage, Romford, Essex; Ellis & Boulton, solicitors, County Court Office, Sunderland; Wearmouth Coal Company, Wearmouth Colliery, Sunderland; the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; E.F. and R.F. Boyd, Moor House, Leamside; Jennings, White and Willis, 8 Whitehall Place, Westminster; unidentified name and Wood, Sothill, Chester-le-Street; Smiths & Gore, 16 Whitehall Place, London; George Beher & Co., 2 Circus Place, London Wall, London; Hedworth Williamson, Whitburn Hall, Sunderland; W. Givern, Manor Office, Monkwearmouth Shore, Sunderland; Kidson, McKenzies & Kidson, Sunderland; unidentified correspondent, Thornhill Park, Sunderland; Trewhitt & Robson, 58 Fawcett Street, Sunderland; A.E. Bailes, Thorncliffe, Whitburn; H.W. Stutfield, 49 & 50 Parliament Street, Westminster; H. Colley, Harton Moor House, unidentified place; A. Crauford Hick, 3 Arcade, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; J.C. Wilson, 5 North Bailey, Durham City; Robert M. Lamb, Grange Road, Jarrow; The Industrial & Provident Permanent Building Society, Chief Offices, Sunderland; John Adamson, Whitburn; Ranson, Nelson & Maling, 43 West Sunniside, Sunderland; W. Pinkney, Dunaivan, Whitburn; concerning the disposal of various parts of the glebe belonging to the Rectory of Whitburn, 18 February 1871 - 19 November 1901

Correspondence between the Ecclesiastical Commission, 10 Whitehall Place, London; Rev. G.F. Price, Whitburn Rectory; E.F. & R.F. Boyd, Moor House, Leamside; concerning coal under Whitburn glebe land, 21 May - 12 June 1883

Correspondence between the Rev. Dr. G.F. Price, Whitburn Rectory; the Bishop of Durham; Sir Hedworth Williamson, 14 Eaton Place [London], and J. Tait and L. Blumer of the Manor Office, Monkwearmouth Shore, Sunderland, concerning negotiations for the sale of rectory land to Sir Hedworth Williamson, 30 July 1887; 1 May - 10 October 1890

Correspondence between W.A. Bowman; Smiths and Gore, land agents, 16 Whitehall Place, London; Rev. G. Price, The Rectory, Whitburn; the Ecclesiastical Commission, 10 Whitehall Place, London; R. Ellis, County Court, Sunderland; [Hemming, Smith & Miller], 8 Whitehall Place, Westminster; concerning the sale of part of Whitburn glebe to W.A. Bowman, 26 December 1888 - 23 May 1889

Draft application to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for permission to sell part of Whitburn glebe land, 1889

Correspondence between Milles, Jennings-White & Foster, 8 Whitehall Place, Westminster, solicitors, and Rev. G.F. Price, D.D., concerning the terms of a conveyance of the glebe minerals belonging to Whitburn rectory to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1883, the execution of a supplemental deed, and assurance that the minerals under the church and vicarage will not be worked, 15 February - 24 June 1895

Application by Rev. G.F. Price, D.D. for the consent of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the proposed sale to William Pickering of Sunderland, of glebe land belonging to Whitburn benefice, 28 October 1898

Correspondence between Gillespie Brothers and Company, chartered accountants, Newcastle upon Tyne; A.S. Bowes, 'North Holme', Whitburn; D.B. Jackson, of Cooper and Jackson, solicitors, Newcastle upon Tyne; the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and the rector of Whitburn, concerning the purchase of land adjoining Whitburn church from the trustees of the estate of P.S. Haggie, deceased, and arrangements for the management of the same, 8 November 1929 - 24 March 1930 Includes: plan of 'The Limes', Whitburn, showing position of kitchen garden, 1929 Scale: 1:2500

Plan of a parcel of land, part of Whitburn glebe land, sold to W.A. Bowman, drawn by John C. Boutland, surveyor, North Eastern Railway Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 17 May 1889 Scale: 33 feet to 1 inch [1:396] Attached: letter from W.E. Bowman, 30 Front Street, Sunderland, to H.M. Lawson & Co., Baltic Chambers, Sunderland, concerning payment of ground rent to the rector of Whitburn, 19 May 1933

Plan showing areas of minerals conveyed on 22 November 1883 between Rev. G.F. Price, and others, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, plotted on Ordnance Survey plan, NZ 46 SW, 1951

Plan of a portion of the rectory garden at Whitburn, by J. Tait, for Sir Hedworth Williamson, bart., 12 June 1890 Scale: 44 feet to 1 inch [1:528]

Plan of parcels of land at Whitburn, part of the glebe land, n.d. [19th c.]

27 March 1882 (1) Rev. George Frederic Price, Whitburn Rectory, clerk, and doctor of divinity (2) Joseph Smith of Glebe Farm, Whitburn, farmer Copy annual lease from (1) to (2) of Whitburn Glebe Farm and Leggard Fields in the parish of Whitburn (209a.) Detailed terms of cultivation given Rent: £410 p.a.

20 January 1885 (1) Rev. George Frederic Price, clerk, Rector of the parish of Whitburn (2) John D. Ridley of Whitburn, farmer Annual lease from (1) to (2) of part of Whitburn glebe (30a.) lying between the road to Cleadon and Moor Lane Rent £120 p.a.

Correspondence between John Prior, Bridge End, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, and Rev. G.F. Price, concerning the tenancy of Whitburn glebe lands called West, Middle and East fields, 15 October 1896 - 21 June 1897

Letters from William & T.R. Milburn, architects, surveyors and valuers, 17&18 Fawcett Street, Sunderland, to Rev. W.P. Mayor, Whitburn Rectory, enclosing copy correspondence from Captain G.D.W. Douglas, York, for the Command Land Agent of Northern Command, concerning the continued occupation of Lizards Glebe, Whitburn, as a B[attery] C[ommand] Post, and postponement of negotiations for the purchase of the same by the War Department, 30 July - 9 August 1930

Letter from Joseph Potts and Son, architects, surveyors and valuers, 57 John Street, Sunderland, to Rev. W.P. Mayor, Whitburn Rectory, enclosing a copy letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, concerning the removal of fences by a tenant of Whitburn glebe estate, 27 March and 6 April 1933

Correspondence between Rev. G.F. Price, Whitburn Rectory, and the Ecclesiastical Commission, 10 Whitehall Place, London, concerning the purchase of glebe land by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 1 April 1885 and 20 April 1885

Reports and site plans by Clutton, 5 Great College Street, Westminster, and Ray and Cheney, 50 Belgrave Road, Westminster, concerning the sale of the rector's freehold interest in Whitburn rectory glebe estates in Haydons Park Road, Wimbledon; Elms Road, Clapham; Franconia Road and Leppoc Road, Clapham Park; and Belmont Road and Linden Road, Tottenham, 3 January 1950 - 20 June 1962

18 October 1884 (1) Joseph Galliford of Hereward Road, Tooting, Surrey, builder (2) Mary Jane Barker, 12, Cranley Place, Onslow Gardens, Middlesex, widow, mortgagee (3) George William Thomson, 121 Coldharbour Lane, Camberwell, Surrey, gent. Copy assignment, for the residue of a term of 99 years, by (1) and (2) to (3) of a messuage in Elms Road, Clapham Park, Surrey Consideration: £550 Rent: £9 9s. p.a.

30 May 1885 (1) Joseph Galliford, 18 Hereward Road, Tooting, Surrey, builder (2) William John Fraser, 159 Elms Road, Clapham Park, Surrey, accountant Copy assignment, for the residue of a term of 99 years, by (1) to (2) of a messuage in Elms Road, Clapham Park, Surrey, subject to a mortgage of £400 Rent: £9 9s. p.a.

28 August 1885 (1) Alfred Cleveland, 43 Elliott Road, North Brixton, Surrey, builder (2) Walter Biffen, 1 Linour Road, Bedford Road, Clapham, Surrey, gent. Copy assignment, for the residue of a term of 99 years, by (1) to (2) of 14 Leppoc Road, Elms Park, Clapham, Surrey Consideration: £400 Rent: £7 p.a.

17 September 1885 (1) Alfred Cleveland, 43 Elliott Road, North Brixton, Surrey, builder (2) George Drumgold, 48 Hollydale Road, Peckham, Surrey, storekeeper to a gas company Copy assignment, for the residue of a term of 99 years, by (1) to (2) of 18 Leppoc Road, Elms Park, Clapham, Surrey Consideration: £400 Rent: £6 p.a.

22 June 1886 (1) Charles Leathley, 12 Bromar Road, Denmark Park, Surrey, builder (2) Elizabeth Court, Ashford, Kent, widow, mortgagee (3) Thomas Richardson Cole, 34 Arthur Road, Brixton, Surrey, gent. Draft assignment, for the residue of a term of 99 years, by (1) and (2) to (3) of 57 Elms Road, Elms Park, Clapham, Surrey Consideration: £620 Rent: £10 p.a.

10 July 1886 (1) Alexander Johnston, 44 Finsbury Pavement, City of London, gent. (2) George Frederick Pollock, James Ewing Mathieson, George Hanbury, and Charles Churchill, all of 81 King William Street, City of London, esqs., mortgagees (3) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (4) Rev. George Frederick Price, D.D., rector of Whitburn Certified copy conveyance by (2), by direction of (1) and (3), to (4), of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 28 Leppoc road; 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 22 Franconia Road; 56, 57 and 58 Elms Road; and nine [named] messuages on the south west side of Elms Road, all in Elms Park, Clapham, Surrey, subject to several leases Consideration: £6967 14s. 9d. Includes: plan of property No scale

6 April 1887 (1) William Hodson, Downhills, Tottenham, Middlesex, esq. (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (3) Rev. George Frederick Price, D.D., rector of Whitburn Certified copy conveyance by (1), at the request of (2), to (3) of 3, 4, 5 and 6 Milford Terrace, Belmont Road; 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20 and 21 Belmont Road; and 1, 3, 5 and 7 Linden Road, all in Tottenham, Middlesex, as part of the endowments of the rectory of Whitburn, subject to several leases Consideration: £3537 10s. Includes: plan of property No scale

Particulars of freehold ground rents situate at Elms Park, Clapham, Surrey, purchased for the Whitburn rectory, 1885

Copy schedule of leases of property at West Green, Tottenham, Middlesex, being the second purchase of ground rents for Whitburn rectory, 1887

Correspondence between G. Frederic Price, D.D., rector of Whitburn; the Ecclesiastical Commission; and H.W. Stutfield, solicitor, of 49 & 50 Parliament Street, Westminster, concerning an Ecclesiastical Commission scheme for extending the leases of its property, and application of the scheme to the London ground rents payable to Whitburn rectory, 16 February 1893 - March 1894

Inland Revenue provisional valuations, under the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910 of 33 Elms Road; 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 20 and 28 Leppoc Road, Clapham South; 55 and 57 Haydons Park Road, Wimbledon South, 19 February 1912 and 31 March 1914

Licence for the performance of divine service in Marsdon mission room, 28 November 1884

Copy licence to the curacy of Whitburn of Charles Browning Snell, 7 December 1933

Copy licence to the curacy of Whitburn of Neville Charles Wood Brooks, 7 June 1953

Licence to the curacy of Whitburn of John Nelson, 23 September 1956

Licence to the curacy of Whitburn of Anthony John Watts, 12 June 1960

Copy licence to the curacy of Whitburn of John Ernest Ruscoe, 1 November 1963

Letter from R.W. Swinburne, Parkstone, Dorset, to Mrs. Price, concerning a box of books despatched by the writer for the use of the rector [of Whitburn] in perpetuity, 29 August 1884

Newspaper report and photograph of the farewell presentation ceremony for Canon Edgar Jackson, rector of Whitburn, 26 May 1949

1 December 1946 (1) Edgar Jackson, incumbent of the rectory of Whitburn (2) Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne Mortgage in £1,280 for the purchase of a house known as The Hermitage, Whitburn for use as a parsonage house

30 January 1947 (1) Martin's Bank, Ltd., Water Street, Liverpool, Lancashire (2) The Bishop of Durham, ordinary of the benefice of the rectory of Whitburn (3) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of Poor Clergy (4) Rev. Canon Edgar Jackson, incumbent of the benefice of Whitburn Copy conveyance from (1) to (4) at the direction of (3), of The Hermitage, no. 51 Front Street, Whitburn, as a parsonage house Plan attached Consideration: £1,025

1 October 1963 (1) William Stanley Thorpe Wright, incumbent of the benefice of Whitburn (2) Church Commissioners Counterpart mortgage in £101 for heating improvements to the parsonage house

Certificates, accounts and receipts of Joseph Potts and Son, architects, Sunderland, concerning the construction of the Curate's House, Cleadon, and a letter from C.W. Anderson, Cleadon Park, Sunderland, to the Rev. Canon W. Moore Ede, contributing towards the cost of the same, 12 June 1902 - 19 July 1904

Letter from the Diocesan Office to the Rev. Canon Wright requesting the transfer of three documents relating to Cleadon vicarage to safe custody in the Diocesan Office, 28 May 1962

12 February 1914 (1) Rev. Canon Charles Girdlestone Hopkinson of Whitburn Rectory (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (3) The Rt. Rev. Handley Carr Glyn, Bishop of Durham (4) The County of Durham Electric Power Supply Company, Royal Exchange Buildings, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Copy duplicate lease for 21 years by (1), with the consent and approval of (2) and (3), to (4) of an easement for underground electric cables on a close of land at The Lizards, Whitburn Rent: £2 10s. p.a. Includes: plan of property No scale

26 November 1952 (1) Rev. William Stanley Thorpe Wright, Rector of the parish and benefice of Whitburn (2) The Church Commissioners for England (3) The Bishop of Durham (4) North Eastern Electricity Board, Carliol House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Lease for 21 years from (1) to (4) of a piece of land near Lizard Lane in Whitburn Rent: 10s. p.a. Plan attached

Letters from Samuel Storey, Antibes, London, and Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, to the Rev. Canon Moore Ede, concerning the proposed Durham Concordat, 16 February - 4 October 1903

Letter from the Bishop of St. Asaph to the Rev. Canon Moore Ede concerning the proposed Durham Concordat, 4 July 1903

Letter from the Secretary of the National Society, Westminster, to the Rev. Canon Moore Ede, thanking the latter for his paper, and expressing his objection to any concordat involving the abandonment of church men and church women as head teachers, 5 December 1903

Letters from the Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Rev. Canon Moore Ede concerning the proposed Durham Concordat, 11 and 19 December 1903

Letter from the National Society, Sanctuary, Westminster, to Canon Ede, The Rectory, Whitburn, concerning the implementation of the Education Act 1902, 18 December 1903 Attached: newspaper cutting concerning the Durham County Education Scheme, 30 July 1903

Letters to the Rev. Canon W. Moore Ede, Whitburn Rectory, from S. Storey, Paxton House, Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland; the Bishop of Durham; Rev. J. Haworth, Principal of St. Hild's Training College, Durham; H. Watkins, Archdeacon of Durham; Thomas E. Espin, Wolsingham Rectory; and H.E. Savage, on the subject of the Durham Concordat prior to a meeting on 5 February of church school managers summoned by the Bishop of Durham, 7-31 January 1904

Newspaper cuttings containing copies of correspondence exchanged between the Rev. Canon Moore Ede, of Whitburn, and the Rev. Arthur T. Guttery, of Newcastle, on the issue of the Education Act, 1902 and clerical domination, 14-24 August 1903

Newspaper cuttings concerning the proposed 'Concordat' between the managers of non-provided schools and Durham County Council, in respect of undenominational religious instruction in denominational schools, including contributions from Rev. Canon W. Moore Ede, Whitburn Rectory, answering objections to the proposed concordat, 15 December 1903 - 6 January 1904

Notes concerning proposals and objections to the Durham Concordat, n.d. [1903]

'Reply to Letter from the Archdeacon of Auckland Dated November 21st 1903' by H.W. Watkins, Archdeacon of Durham from 1882, 4 January 1904

Wearmouth rural deanery conference minutes, 1891 - 1901

Wearmouth deanery street and parish list, 1901

Annual accounts of the sequestrators of Whitburn parish church, for the years ending 31 March 1975 - 31 March 1978

Memoranda, and correspondence between the churchwardens of Whitburn parish; the Bishop of Durham, Bishop Kenneth Skelton, of Sunderland; the secretary to the Diocesan Pastoral Committee; and the Diocesan Registrar, concerning the suspension of presentation to Whitburn benefice for seven years, 21 April 1973 - 21 January 1981

Letters from the Diocesan Office, Bishop Auckland, and the Ven. Michael Perry, Archdeacon of Durham, to J. Hunt, sequestrator, concerning improvements to Whitburn Rectory, 29 January - 21 November 1974

Correspondence re Rev. J. Symons, 1909

Plan and valuation of lands to be exchanged between the rector and Sir Hedworth Williamson, 1825

Bishop's visitation articles 2012

Archdeacon's visitation articles 2015-2018

Register of confirmations, 9 June 1937 - 8 February 1960

Registers of services, 1900 - 1926, 1940 - 1948

Register of services, 6 July 1948 - 28 September 1952

Register of services, 30 September 1952 - 26 September 1958

Register of services, 14 September 1958 - 26 July 1965

Register of services, 1 August 1965 - 29 August 1984

Register of services, 2 September 1984 - 1 November 2004

Correspondence of Rev. Thomas Baker of Whitburn with the Tithe Commissioners protesting against the principle of the Tithe Commutation Act and the Commissioners' interpretation of his protest; draft petitions of Mr. Baker to the Bishop of Durham, the Archbishop of York, and both Houses of Parliament, against the Act; Report of the Tithe Commissioners for England and Wales to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Act 6 & 7 Will IV, c. 71, London, 1838; and newspaper cuttings concerning clerical protests, 27 September 1838, 7-15 February 1840

Copy deed of the merger of two tithe rentcharges of £31 13s. 6d. and £1 10s. 6d. on land in the parish of Whitburn (nos. 557-566 and no. 492a on the tithe plan) belonging to Rev. George Frederic Price, D.D., 1 April 1885

Certificate of redemption, by the Burial Board of Whitburn, of a tithe rent charge of £1 11s. on land in Whitburn parish taken for the purpose of making a cemetery (no. 413 on the tithe plan), 5 January 1888

Certificate of redemption of a tithe rentcharge of 14s. 6d. on land in Whitburn parish (no. 647 on the tithe plan), 6 February 1901

Copy certificate of redemption of tithe rentcharge on plot no. 647, 12 February 1901; copy made n.d.

Certificate of redemption of a tithe rentcharge of £5 17s. 6d. on land in Whitburn parish (nos. 427 and 422A on the tithe plan), 23 January 1929

Letters from Queen Anne's Bounty, Bounty Office, 3 Dean's Yard, Westminster, to Rev. W.P. Mayor, The Rectory, Whitburn, concerning the redemption of tithe rentcharges, 28 February 1924 and 14 April 1926

Applications addressed to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries for the redemption of tithe rentcharges in Whitburn, 22 February 1924, 19 June and 13 October 1925

Particulars of funds standing to the credit of the benefice of Whitburn in the books of the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, 18 November 1926

Particulars of tithe annuities payable by landowners to the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty on behalf of the benefice of Whitburn, 19 November 1926

Statement of the half year's tithe recharge which fell due on 1 April 1927, issued by the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, October 1927

Particular of the redemption of tithe rentcharge, issued by the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, 2 July 1929

Statements of arrears of tithe rentcharges payable to Whitburn benefice, issued by Queen Anne's Bounty Office, 9 August 1932 and 21 February 1933

Letters from the Ravensworth Estate Office, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; J.B. Lazenby, collector for the No. 1 Area Collection Committee (Tithe Act, 1925), Newcastle upon Tyne; and the Monkwearmouth and Whitburn Estates Office, Sunderland, to Rev. W.P. Mayor, concerning the identification of owners and tenants responsible for the payment of Whitburn tithe rent charges on apportionment nos. 554-556 and nos. 668-670, 17 September 1932, 27 September and 12 October 1933 Includes: 2 sketch plans of property Scales: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168] and 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Letters from the No. 1 Area Collection Committee (Tithe Act, 1925), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and the Bounty Office, Westminster, to Rev. W.P. Mayor, concerning the valuation and redemption of tithe rentcharges in Whitburn benefice, including a tithe collection list, and plan of land near Field House Farm, 16 November 1933 - 8 March 1934 Scale: 1:2500 approx.

Copy plan, showing Whitburn Red House, Whitburn Blue House, and plot no. 507, n.d. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Faculty for the introduction of a brass cross on the stone ledge running along the eastern wall of the church, 11 March 1909

Faculty for the introduction of stained glass in the second window from the eastern wall of the south aisle in memory of Peter Sinclair Haggie, 29 July 1909

Faculty for the erection on the north wall of the chancel of a tablet in memory of the forty seven men of Whitburn who died in the Great War, 28 May 1920

Faculty for the addition of three extra choir seats, the installation of an oak communion rail, the erection of oak panelling from the ends of the choir seats to the east wall of the church, and the erection of an oak chancel screen, 30 December 1929

Faculty for the introduction of a gilded candlestick of sycamore wood, 3 July 1946

Faculty for the introduction of an oak litany desk in memory of Stanley Eden Percy, 1937 - 1949, 1 December 1950

Faculty for the raising of the sill of the east window, the insertion of stained glass in the damaged lights of the east window, the insertion of stained glass in the south-east window, and plain glass in the belfry window, 8 March 1951

Faculty for the introduction of an altar cross, candlesticks and vases, 3 April 1952

Faculty for the alteration of the east end of the church, the introduction of a carved oak pulpit, the erection of carved and illuminated bosses at intersections of the roof panelling, the removal of the war memorial to the west end of the north aisle and the redecoration of the walls, 11 May 1953

Archdeacon's certificate for repairs to the south aisle of the parish church, 17 May 1956

Archdeacon's certificate for interior decoration, 16 December 1957

Faculty for the establishment of a side chapel in the south aisle of the church, 21 May 1960

Faculty for the rebuilding of the organ, 7 October 1960

Archdeacon's certificate for the repair of the tower and bells, 23 January 1964

Faculty for the interment of the ashes of George Thomas Bainbridge in the churchyard, 5 November 1965

Archdeacon's certificate for the installation of a new boiler, 1 October 1966

Faculty for the removal of a pew and bookshelves and the introduction of a new oak cupboard, and erection of a church notice board, 17 March 1967

Correspondence between Rev. E. Jackson, The Hermitage, Whitburn; A.S. Bowes, surveyor, 15 Waterloo Place, Sunderland; W.D. Allison, builder, Whitburn; concerning repairs to Whitburn Rectory and to the stained glass in the church, damaged in an air-raid, 9 July 1940 - 29 June 1942

Copy particulars of war damage to the windows in Whitburn church, extracted from Mr. A.S. Bowes' report; estimates for repair of east gable wall and window on the south aisle; and correspondence between the Diocesan Office, F.W. Newby, architect, of South Shields, A.S. Bowes and Barnes, surveyors, of Sunderland, and others, concerning the same, 10 March 1949 - 21 May 1951

Estimates and invoices for the repair and replacement of church windows damaged by enemy action, and correspondence between the Diocesan Registrar, Rev. W.S.T. Wright, and building contractors, concerning the design for the east window, 23 June 1950 - 19 November 1951

Correspondence between G.E. Charlewood, architect; Rev. W.S. Wright, Whitburn Rectory; and others, concerning the replacement of the existing pulpit, the provision of a new altar, the removal of the war memorial to the wall of the north aisle, and flooring work, 11 September 1952 - 20 May 1954 Includes: specification, tenders and accounts

Newspaper cuttings concerning the moving of a plaque commemorating the dead of the First World War from the chancel to the nave of Whitburn church, 19 and 20 October 1953, and covering letter from Woodham Grant, Northolme, Moor Lane, Whitburn, to Rev. W.S.T. Wright, The Rectory, Whitburn, 20 October 1953

Copy report on the condition of the south aisle roof in Whitburn parish church by G.E. Charlewood, architect, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and architect's correspondence, summary of tenders, contractors' accounts and receipts for roof repair, December 1954 - 29 May 1957

Estimate, sketch plan, and correspondence between the Rev. W.S.T. Wright and J. & W. Lowry, builders and contractors, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning repairs to the drainage of the church boiler house, 25 April - 3 June 1958

Letter from J. & W. Lowry, builders, 64 Bath Lane, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Rev. W.S.T. Wright, and the latter's copy reply, concerning treatment of the doors of the vestry and south porch to reduce draughts, 18 and 24 September 1958 Includes: plan of proposed treatment, 18 September 1958

Correspondence between G.E. Charlewood and Curry, architects, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Rev. Canon W.S.T. Wright, Whitburn Rectory, concerning the new south aisle chapel and paving works, 23 April 1959 - 20 January 1961 Includes: specifications, estimates and accounts

Correspondence between Hall and Broadfield, organ builders, Arnold Street, Hull; Trustees of the Sir John Priestman Charity, 19 John Street, Sunderland; Rev. W.S.T. Wright, The Rectory, Whitburn; the Diocesan Registry, The College, Durham; concerning the rebuilding of the organ in Whitburn church, 7 July - 21 October 1960

Correspondence between G.E. Charlewood and Curry, architects; the Whitechapel Bell Foundry; building contractors; and Rev. Canon W.S.T. Wright, concerning repairs to the tower and bells, 23 May 1963 - 28 April 1964

Specification of works and materials for the renewal of the belfry floors and repairs and treatment of the bell frame at Whitburn parish church, by Ian Curry, for G.E. Charlewood and Curry, architects, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and covering letter, 18 September and 2 October 1963

Correspondence between Rev. Canon Wright; George G. Pace, architect, 18 Clifton Green, York; and church authorities, concerning proposals for a replacement font as a memorial to church benefactors, including the late churchwarden, George Bainbridge, and abandonment of the project, 21 October 1965 - 3 October 1966

Correspondence between G.E. Charlewood and Curry, architects, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Rev. Canon W.S.T. Wright, Whitburn Rectory; J. & W. Lowry, Ltd., builders, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; and the Diocesan Office, concerning repairs to the church tower, 19 April 1968 - 30 April 1970 Includes: estimates and final accounts

Correspondence between Rev. Canon W.S.T. Wright, Whitburn Rectory; the Historic Churches Preservation Trust; and the Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, concerning a grant towards the repair of the church tower, 16 December 1968 - 5 January 1970

Correspondence between Rev. H.H.S.L. Hall and William Potts and Sons, Ltd., Bankfield Terrace, Leeds, Yorkshire, concerning restoration of fire damage to Whitburn church clock, 18 January 1984 - 6 March 1985

Correspondence between Hayton, Lee and Braddock, architects, Durham City; Graham Miller, Sibilia and Co., loss adjusters, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; J. & W. Lowry, Ltd., builders and contractors, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Rev. H.H.S.L. Hall, Whitburn Rectory; the Diocesan Office; the Ecclesiastical Insurance Office; and the Historic Churches Preservation Trust; concerning the restoration of fire damage and the reroofing of the nave and chancel of Whitburn church, 17 September 1984 - 10 March 1986 Includes: tenders and final accounts

Plan of rearrangement of the chancel in Whitburn parish church, showing present and proposed east elevations and ground plans, by G.E. Charlewood, architect, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, November 1952 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48] and no scale

Plan of rearrangement of the chancel showing present and proposed elevations looking south, and inside plan of roof by G.E. Charlewood, architect, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, November 1952 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]

Elevation and plan of a design for an oak pulpit in Whitburn parish church, by G.E. Charlewood, architect, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, revised February 1953 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Survey of tower and bell frame as existing, drawing no. 1, Whitburn parish church, by G.E. Charlewood and Curry, architects, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, August 1963 Scale: 2 feet to 1 inch [1:24]

Details for renewal of belfry floors, drawing no. 2, Whitburn parish church, by G.E. Charlewood and Curry, architects, August 1963 Scale: 2 feet to 1 inch [1:24]

Survey of tower and bell frame as existing, amended to show new beams, floors, etc., drawing no. 3, Whitburn parish church, by G.E. Charlewood and Curry, architects, August 1963 Scale: 2 feet to 1 inch [1:24]

Plan and east elevation of proposed font for Whitburn church by George Pace, of York, architect, June 1966 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1 : 24]

Elevations, cross section and plan of proposed tower vestry screen, by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, architects, Durham City, 1 May 1985 Scale: 1:20

Proposed screen sketches, as EP/Whit 167 above, with amendment, 1 May 1985 Scale: 1:20

Alternative front elevation of tower vestry screen, n.d. [1985] No scale

Plan of tower vestry furniture details and layout, by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, architects, Durham City, 17 July 1985 Scale: 1:10

Copy drawing of alternative baluster details and existing organ chamber detail, n.d. [1985]

Insurance policies for the church hall, 1914 - 1936

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; the Sunderland Echo; Trotter, Bruce & Loft, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; Rev. W.S.T. Wright, The Rectory, Whitburn; Boldon Urban District Council, Council Offices, East Boldon; Sam Pace, builder, Wear Street, Southwick, Sunderland; Beechcroft Estates, Mill House, West End, Ponteland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Sanderson, Townend & Gilbert, 3 & 5 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; J.D. Frail, Ivy Lodge, Whitburn; S.W. Milburn and partners, architects, 9 The Esplanade, Sunderland; concerning alterations to the parish hall, 30 September 1960 - 21 June 1965

Ground plan and sections A-A and B-B, of the church hall as existing, drawing no. 8383, by S.W. Milburn and Partners, 9 The Esplanade, Sunderland, 15 February 1963 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan of the church hall showing proposed alterations and additions, n.d. [1963] Scale: 8 feet 1 inch [1:96]

Grant by William Maunder Hitchcock, clerk, Rector of the parish of Whitburn, of a parcel of land (1,322 yards) to be part of the churchyard of the parish of Whitburn, 13 August 1868 Plan endorsed

Note by Rev. James Carr, South Shields, concerning the qualifications conferring the right of burial in a parish churchyard, November 1843

Letters from C. Hutchinson, Rock Lodge, Roker, Sunderland, to the Rev. Canon Moore Ede and the Rev. Canon Hopkinson, concerning his family burial plot in Whitburn churchyard, 15 February 1907 and 30 January 1911

Correspondence between Boldon Urban District Council, Council Offices, East Boldon; Rev. W.S.T. Wright, The Rectory, Whitburn; the Diocesan Registry, The College, Durham; the General Post Office; concerning the upkeep of the churchyard, the interment of ashes in the closed portion and the siting of a telegraph pole in the churchyard, 8 March and 19 May 1951; 16 December 1953; 27 April - 4 August 1959; 11 May 1961; 18 and 21 September 1965

Specification of Jones and Willis, Ltd., of Birmingham, for the decoration of, and reredos for, Cleadon Church, 12 September 1907

Specifications and estimates of William D. Allison, builder and contractor, Whitburn, for the lowering of floors in the nave and chancel and other works, at Cleadon Church, and covering letters to the Rev. Canon Moore Ede, including an estimate for the erection of two houses, 18 September - 9 December 1907

Letters from Jones and Willis, Ltd., ecclesiastical furnishers, of Birmingham, to the Rev. Canon W. Moore Ede, concerning the decoration of, and reredos for, Cleadon Church, 12 September 1907 - 31 January 1908

Letters from [Mrs.] A Ewing Kirkley of The Hall, Fairlight, Sussex, Cleadon Park, and 14 Bryanston Street, Portman Square, London, to the Rev. Canon Moore Ede, concerning the designs for the redecoration of, and reredos in, Cleadon Church; and advising of her decision not to place a memorial in the church on account of the ill feeling generated by her proposal, and expressing her sense of grievance that her son-in-law could not attend the church re-opening service, 19 September 1907 - 29 May 1908

Copy letters from the Rev. Canon Moore Ede to Mrs. Kirkley, regretting their disagreement concerning the seats at Cleadon Church, explaining the principle of free and unappropriated seating, and justifying arrangements for the Ascension Day re-opening service, 20 February - 1 May 1908

Letter from James Kirkley, Cleadon Park, to the Rev. Canon Moore Ede, referring to the proposed re-opening of Cleadon Church and to Mrs. Kirkley's refusal to attend divine service there in future, 26 April 1908

Notice from the rector and churchwardens of Cleadon Church, requiring William Milburn to resign from his office as verger, and accompanying letter of resignation, 15 and 22 January 1894

A resolution of the directors of Whitburn Coal Company for the lease for 90 years of a site for the temporary structure built by Sophia Harrison of Whitburn; the assignment of Sophia Harrison's interest in the site and structure to the rector and churchwardens of Whitburn; correspondence between Sophia Harrison, Rev. G.F. Price, Mr. Daglish and Mr. Vaughan, concerning financial and administrative matters; and copy application of Rev. G.F. Price to Mr. Peele for a licence to perform divine service, 1 October - 18 November 1884

1903 (1) Sir Hedworth Williamson of Whitburn Hall, Whitburn, bart.; by William Sewell his agent (2) Rev. William Moore Ede of Whitburn Rectory, clerk; William Johnson of the Green, Whitburn, merchant and manufacturer; and George May of Simonside Hall, colliery manager Copy agreement for the sale to (2) of a piece of copyhold land in Sea Lane, Whitburn Consideration: perpetual rent of £5 p.a. limited to the trustees of the settlement of the late Sir Hedworth Williamson, father of (1)

13 May 1903 (1) Sir Hedworth Williamson of Whitburn Hall, Whitburn, bart. (2) Rev. William Moore Ede of Whitburn Rectory, clerk in Holy Orders; William Johnson of The Green, Whitburn; George May of Simonside Hall, colliery manager Agreement for the sale from (1) to (2) of (1)'s interest in a piece of copyhold land in Sea Lane, Whitburn; (2) to use the land for the erection of a church

Marsden Church Building Fund Executive and General Committees meetings minute book, 20 January 1903 - 28 October 1904

Appeal from the Marsden Church Building Fund Committee for subscriptions towards a new mission church, Whitburn, February 1903

Account for the construction of Marsden mission church, 4 March 1904

Correspondence between the Ecclesiastical Commission, 10 Whitehall Place, London, and Rev. Canon Moore Ede, The Rectory, Whitburn, concerning a contribution by the former towards the cost of building the mission church at Marsden, 5 May 1902 - 24 September 1903

Correspondence between the Harton Coal Company, Ltd., South Shields; Rev. Canon Moore Ede, Whitburn Rectory; Joseph Potts and Son, architects and surveyors, 57 John Street, Sunderland; and the Secretary of Marsden Workmen's Institute, concerning the building of St. Andrew's Church, Marsden, as a new church for Whitburn Colliery, and the conversion of the existing church into a working men's institute, 16 July 1902 - 29 September 1904 Includes: account of Marsden Church Building Fund

Letter from Henry Miller Potts, architect, Sunderland, to the Rev. Canon Moore Ede, acknowledging the latter's care for the writer's future prospects with reference to his work on his first church at Marsden, 12 December 1903

Letters from the Ecclesiastical Commission, London, to the Rev. Canon Moore Ede, concerning the conveyance to the former of the site and fabric of the proposed church of St. Andrew, Marsden, 5 November 1904 and 13 January 1905

Faculty for the demolition of the mission church of Marsden, St. Andrew, 10 August 1961

Notes of meetings concerning the future running of the mission church at Marsden, 17 July and 16 October 1953; correspondence between Rev. W.S.T. Wright, The Rectory, Whitburn, and the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, 3 and 4 August 1953

Correspondence between the County Planning Department, 10 Church Street, Durham; Rev. W.S.T. Wright, The Rectory, Whitburn; the Archdeacon of Durham, The College, Durham; concerning the possible demolition of the mission church at Marsden, 5 February - 18 March 1957

Correspondence between Rev. W.S.T. Wright, Whitburn; Northern Gas Board, Tyneside Division, Readhead Street, South Shields; the Archdeacon of Durham; The Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; The Diocesan Registry, The College, Durham; Josephine Collins, 4 Case Gardens, Seaton, Devon; Reed, Millican & Co., Market Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Rev. J.G. Bates, Holy Trinity Vicarage, Stockton on Tees; Sam Page, contractor, Wear Street, Southwick, Sunderland; National Coal Board, Durham Division, Whitburn, Sunderland; T.H. Cooper (Sand and Gravel) Ltd., Monkwearmouth, Sunderland; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, Westminster; The Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; General Register Office, Somerset House, London; concerning the closing and demolition of Marsden church, and the storage of its stones at Marsden Quarry, 13 December 1960 - 19 October 1965 Includes: list of memorials in Marsden church, 1961

Correspondence between the National Coal Board, Whitburn, Sunderland; Rev. W.S.T. Wright, The Rectory, Whitburn; A. Slater, The Limes, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, Yorkshire; concerning the storage of the stone from the dismantled church at Marsden, 20-22 October 1965

Hymns, Psalms and Anthem to be used at the services in connection with the opening of the new church of St. Andrew, Marsden, 30 November and 7 December [1903]

Fire insurance policy for the church of Marsden, St. Andrew, in the parish of Whitburn, 7 December 1914

Photograph of the exterior of the church of Marsden, St. Andrew, n.d. [c.1904]

Photograph of the interior of the church of Marsden, St. Andrew, view towards altar, n.d. [c.1904]

Newspaper cuttings concerning the closure of the church of Marsden, St. Andrew, October 1953

Newspaper cutting concerning the appointment of Miss Edith Dickinson as vicar's warden of St. Andrew's Church, Marsden, the first woman warden in the district, n.d. [1940s]

Examination certificates for completion of the Diocesan Certificate of the Diocese of Durham, awarded to Edith Dickinson, 11 July 1931 - 14 July 1934

Lists of parish documents contained in the tin and wooden boxes, n.d. [post 1903]

List of documents, from 1812 to 1933, relating to Whitburn parish, n.d. [20th c.]

Correspondence between Rev. W.S.T. Wright, Whitburn Rectory; the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; H.C. Ferens; concerning the dedication of the church of Whitburn, 10-21 November 1960

Letter from Graham Price, Westmount, Pit Farm Road, Guildford, Surrey, to Rev. W.S.T. Wright, The Rectory, Whitburn, concerning the dedication of the church at Whitburn, 16 November 1950

Minute book of Organ Fund Committee, 15 September 1877 - 15 October 1878 The organ was rebuilt in 1961 and there is an account of its rebuilding and rededication, culminating in a recital by Conrad Eden, organist and master of the choristers at Durham Cathedral, 16 September 1961

Proposals for a two manual and pedal pipe organ 1998

Churchwardens' accounts and vestry minutes, 1813 - 1887, with lists of rate-paying inhabitants

Churchwardens' accounts, 1941 - 1952

Church hall accounts, 1934 - 1953

Terriers of church property, 1788, 1806

Balance sheets of church receipts and payments, including special offertories, Easter 1899 - Easter 1900

Account book, April 1905 - 31 December 1934 At end: accounts of income from collections for special objects, May 1905 - December 1935

Parochial Church Council minutes, 1953 - 1966

Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 21 June 1934 - 11 September 1953

Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 27 September 1966 - 14 April 1977

Letter from Mrs. J.L. Dixon, Whitburn, to D. Guthrie, The Rectory, Whitburn, concerning the proposed increase in rent for the nursery to use the church hall, 24 April 1975 Originally enclosed in EP/Whit 349

Letters from Marjorie Thubron, Whitburn, to the churchwardens and the Parochial Church Council, concerning her and Mrs. Frail's resignation as sacristans, 14 August - 26 September 1976 Originally enclosed in EP/Whit 349

Whitburn parish church group reports 11 March 2000

Parochial church council minutes 1978-1990

Signed minutes, accounts and agenda papers for PCC minutes 1998-2002

Magazine notes - brief notes of decisions taken at parochial church council meetings April 2001-March 2003

Lists of members of the parochial church council 1999-2003

Additional parochial church council correspondence 1998-2003

Parochial church council minutes 1997-1998

Signed parochial church council minutes, accounts and agenda items 1997-2006

Account book, 8 January 1926 - 27 March 1939

Annual statements of account of St. Andrew's Church and Church Hall, Marsden, y/e 31 December 1943, 1946-1947, 1950-1953

Letter from the Secretary of the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance to Rev. W.P. Mayor, Whitburn Rectory, concerning the rights of parochial church councils in relation to timber in churchyards, 21 November 1925

Electoral roll of St. Andrew's Church, Marsden, c.1933-1950

Electoral roll for Whitburn and Marsden, February 1950 - March 1955

Annual parochial church meeting minutes 1886-1990

Parochial church council minutes 1991-1997

Whitburn parish schools' committee minutes, 1855 - 1906

Parish schools' accounts, 1856 - 1879

Parish schools' cash books, 1882 - 1904

26 April 1824 (1) Shute, Bishop of Durham (2) Rector of Whickham Grant from (1) as Lord of the Manor, to (2), in trust for the use of the parochial school, a parcel of waste land near the Horse Pond Includes : 'A plan of the North hedge of Chalters Garth and the waste ground about the pond by measurement by John Young Schoolmaster Whitburn, December 1823' : watercolour drawing of the parochial school at Whitburn, 1824 For draft plan see EP/Whit 261

Draft of EP/Whit 228, 1824 (Parchment 1 membrane) Records of schoolmasters

22 September 1841 (1) Rev. Thomas Baker (2) George William Rapier Agreement whereby (2) is to be master of the parochial school of Whitburn and the Sunday School, at a salary of £30 p.a. and the payment of 1d. per week from fifteen children [further details of his conditions of employment given]

Correspondence between the Rev. G.F. Price, Mr. A. Grundy, and others, concerning the customary appointment of the parochial schoolmaster as parish clerk of Whitburn, and the delegation of that office, 8 February 1887 - 24 March 1890

Duplicate memorandum of agreement for the appointment of Alfred Grundy as schoolmaster of Whitburn School, 1 June 1900 (1 paper) Reports on, and accounts of, the school

Annual report on Whitburn Parochial School, submitted to Rev. T. Baker by G.W. Rapier, 23 September 1842 Includes: list of children attending the school, 1841-1842

Account book of Whitburn Parochial Schools , October 1838 - 5 May 1846

Cash account book [of Whitburn School], 4 August 1858 - 9 January 1864

Cash account book of Whitburn School, 1 February 1871 - 10 June 1882

Vouchers for Whitburn School, September 1842 - December 1845

Account of expenditure for the school and Triplett's Charity, 1843

Receipt for printing work, undertaken for Rev. T. Baker, 13 February 1845

Receipts issued by Joseph Potts & Sons, architects, 57 John Street, Sunderland, for work done on the Whitburn schools, 9 June and 20 July 1898 and 11 January 1900

Certificates, receipts, and statement of account, issued by Joseph Potts and Son, architects, Sunderland, for the enlargement of Whitburn Schools, 7 September 1899 - 18 May 1900

Correspondence between the Education Department, Whitehall, and Rev. G.F. Price, Whitburn Rectory, concerning the assessment of grant, and appointment of teachers, at Whitburn National School, 17 July 1890 - 21 July 1891

Correspondence from the Education Department and Board of Education, Whitehall, to Rev. G.F. Price, Rev. Canon Moore Ede, and Durham County Council, concerning the assessment of grants to Whitburn National School, and a trust deed dated 1857, 16 January 1899 - 18 May 1906 (3 papers) Records of the school buildings 244 Letter from the Rev. Canon W. Moore Ede to the Secretary of the Education Department, Whitehall, requesting a reconsideration of the reduction in aid grant for Whitburn C.E. School, and referring to plans for a school extension, 21 November 1902

Copy form of application to the Board of Education for an order constituting a body of foundation managers for Whitburn Church of England Mixed and Infants' School, and Board of Education memorandum concerning foundation managers, 1902 and 20 December 1902

Correspondence between the managers of Whitburn C.E. School; the Education Department of Durham County Council; the Board of Education; the rector of Whitburn; and Canon Howarth, concerning the proposed closure of the school, 24 October 1924 - 16 September 1925 Includes: report of architect and copy minutes of school managers

Letters from the Director of Education, Durham County Council, and T.R. Sewell, Manor Office, Sunderland, to the Rev. W.P. Mayor, concerning repairs to, and financial information regarding, Whitburn Old C.E. Schools, 3 May and 6 September 1932

Sealed scheme of the Board of Education, under the Charitable Trusts Acts, 1853-1925, for the use of Whitburn Old Church of England School premises, and covering letter from MacKenzie and Co., solicitors, Sunderland, to the Rev. W.P. Mayor, 20 and 22 September 1932

Correspondence between Trotter, Bruce and Loft, solicitors, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; Rev. W.S.T. Wright, The Rectory, Whitburn; the Ministry of Education, Curzon Street, Westminster; The Master of Sherburn Hospital, The Master's House, Sherburn; the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; concerning the proposed sale of the smaller of the Whitburn Old School buildings, and the renovation of the school house as a curate's residence, 21 May 1955 - 13 April 1960

Memorandum concerning Whitburn Church school house in Sandy Chare, Whitburn, January 1956

Copy schedule of deeds, from 1824 to 1857, relating to Whitburn Schools, 14 May 1949 (1 paper) Records of children at the schools

Returns to the Trustees of Lord Crewe's Charity listing the number of children educated at Whitburn School, March 1839, December 1841, January 1846

Note of number of Sunday scholars at Cleadon and Whitburn schools, February and December 1840

List of children in the Whitburn day school who are to receive 'rewards', 7 April 1841

Note by the Rector of Whitburn that rewards may be given only to those Sunday scholars who have attended church and have a ticket of good conduct, 19 November 1842

List of 'Children who do not attend the Sunday School', 1844

List of 'Isabella Kirton's Scholars', and of 'Mrs. Holmes' Scholars', December 1845

'List of Day Scholars', January 1846

Note of the number of girls at Mrs. Metcalf's School, January 1846

List of scholars and Sunday scholars, n.d. (1 paper) Plans of the school

'A plan of the North wall of Chalters Garth' surveyed by John Young, Whitburn, 14 October 1823 Scale: 1 inch to 2 feet [1:24] This is a draft of EP/Whit 228

Plan of 'Proposed Alterations to Out-Offices, Whitburn National Schools', 5 September 1891 Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch [1:48] and 1/2 inch scale [1:24]

Agreement to build the school at Cleadon by Robert Allison and Robert Hunter, 26 August 1830

Cleadon School account book, January 1838 - December 1846

Cash account book of Cleadon National School, 31 May 1872 - 10 June 1882

Note ordering zinc spouts for Cleadon Schools, 9 February 1844

Receipt for work done at Cleadon School, 29 January 1845

Correspondence between the Rev. G.F. Price, Whitburn Rectory; H.C. Abbs, Cleadon; and the secretary of South Shields Savings Bank; concerning the proposed withdrawal of funds from the Cleadon Parochial School account, 12 December 1893 and 7 August - 7 October 1896

Estimate of Robert Allison, builder and contractor, of Whitburn, for additional work at Cleadon schools and the curate's house, 16 December 1902

Account of the cost of building a new school at Cleadon, submitted by the Rev. Canon Moore Ede to the executors of the late Robert Allison, 31 August 1903

Receipts issued by Robert Allison, builder, Whitburn, for work done on Cleadon schools and Cleadon institute, 15 October and 31 December 1903

Letter from Henry Miller Potts, architect, of Sunderland, to the Rev. Canon Moore Ede, concerning minor works at Cleadon schools, 11 April 1903 (1 paper) Records of the children at the school

List of pupils at Cleadon schools, 1840

Rough note of lessons at Cleadon school, 1840s

Schedules of work to be done at Whitburn C.E. Mixed and Infants' School, and Cleadon C.E. School, as required by Durham County Council, 1 March 1904

Memoranda, from the Secretary for Elementary Education, Durham County Council, to the Rev. Canon Moore Ede, giving notice of the official names, from 1 April, of Whitburn National, and Whitburn, Cleadon C.E. Schools, 27 March 1906

Correspondence between the Rev. G.F. Price, Whitburn Rectory, and John Daglish, Marsden Colliery, Marsden, South Shields, concerning the erection of Marsden Schools by the directors of the Whitburn Coal Company, and the management of Marsden Schools, 2 November 1883 - 6 November 1885

Managers' minute book of Whitburn C.E. School, 5 January 1907 - 12 January 1932

Correspondence between Rev. G.F. Price, Whitburn Rectory; the Charity Commission; and J. Salmon, South Shields, concerning the transfer to the Official Trustee of Charitable Funds of the funds of the Richard Shortridge charities for Whitburn and Cleadon Schools, and of the Rev. Thomas Baker's charity for Cleadon School, 9 January 1885 - 23 January 1902

Correspondence between the Rev. Dr. G.F. Price, Whitburn Rectory; John Brodrick Dale, Cleadon Meadows; J. Edward White, Charity Commission, Whitehall; and an unidentified correspondent, Parkend, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, discussing trusteeship and Charity Commission affairs concerning Whitburn School and Cleadon School savings bank account, 21 December 1887 - 13 December 1893

Correspondence between Dale, Young, Nelson and Co., South Shields Bank, South Shields; Rev. G.F. Price, and Mrs. Price, Whitburn Rectory; the Secretary of South Shields Savings Bank; and Rev. Canon Moore Ede, concerning the trusteeship of investments of Shortridge's and Baker's charities, 25 August 1885 - 2 January 1901

Charity Commission sealed order, and draft, concerning the charity founded by Richard Shortridge, for the maintenance and support of the Church of England School at Cleadon, in the parish of Whitburn, 1904 and 2 August 1904

Copy extract from the Returns of Endowed Charities: Administrative County of Durham, County Boroughs of Gateshead and Sunderland, relating to the charity of Richard Shortridge, for Cleadon and Whitburn C.E. Schools, n.d. [1904]

29 August 1820 (1) Elizabeth Woodcock, late of Mill End, Middlesex, and now of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, widow (2) Rev. Robert Gray, D.D., Rector of Bishopwearmouth; Rev. Robert Gray [sic], clerk, Rector of Sunderland; Rev. Thomas Baker, clerk, Rector of Whitburn; Charles Simpson of Westhouse in the parish of Whitburn, esq.; Nathan Horn of Bishopwearmouth, esq., John Davison of Bishopwearmouth, esq. Copy deed of appointment of (2) by (1) as trustees of a parcel of copyhold land bounded on the west by a lane called Back Garths or Crow Tree Lane, on the east by part of a garden, on the south by a public highway, on the north by a back lane; ten almshouses built thereon for ten poor women; £3,333 6s. 8d. in 3% Consolidated Bank Annuities; and £833 6s. 8d. in 3% Reduced Annuities, upon trust forever to permit the ten almshouses to be held by ten women of age 56 years or upward, each to be of irreproachable moral character, a member of the Church of England, and a widow or an unmarried daughter of a master mariner who shall have been resident either in the parish of Sunderland or the parish of Bishopwearmouth, and shall have been or shall be commander of a ship belonging to the port of Sunderland; each woman to be resident at the time of her nomination in Sunderland or Bishopwearmouth, but not receiving any relief from the poor rates or having an income of more than £20 p.a.; the said ten women to hold the charity until their death, resignation or removal; one of the ten poor women to be appointed matron; and upon trust to pay the interest of the £3,333 6s. 8d. to the ten women in equal portions, and to pay the interest of the £833 6s. 8d. to insure the premises against fire; to pay the matron the extra sum of £4 p.a.; to pay the treasurer £5 p.a.; and to pay the funeral expenses of such of the ten women as shall die in the almshouses without leaving effects of sufficient value for that purpose. Includes: schedule of rules and regulations for the conduct of the matron and other pensioners

Copy of the Deed of Endowment of the Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth Marine Alms-Houses Founded and Endowed by Mrs. Elizabeth Woodcock MDCCCXX, printed by Thomas Reed and Co., Sunderland, 1844

Extract from the will of Mrs. Elizabeth Woodcock, July 1833; extract made, n.d.

Receipt from Cuthbert Dixon for payment for erecting pews for the use of parishioners who own no sittings, the gift of Mrs. Woodcock, 13 September 1842

Receipts issued by tradesmen for the making of clothes and for fabric for the poor and for the schools, February 1843 - February 1846

Receipt for the payment of Elizabeth Purvis's rent, 23 November 1844

List of people receiving gifts of clothing, meat and soup, December 1845

List of people receiving gifts of clothing, 1845-1846

List of recipients of Mrs. Woodcock's legacy, January 1846

Charity Commission order and scheme for the charity called Mrs. Susan Peareth's School, at Usworth, in the parish of Washington, 13 February 1883

Charity Commission scheme for the regulation of the educational charity of Mrs. Susan Peareth, in the ancient parish of Washington, 24 October 1899

Register of briefs collected, 1800 - 1828, and of children apprenticed under Dr. Triplett's Charity, 1800 - 1840

Charity Commission draft scheme transmitted to Whitburn Parish Council, for the administration of the charity of the Rev. Thomas Triplett, D.D., in the parishes of Whitburn and Washington, Co. Durham, and the parish of Woodhorn, Northumberland, 23 March 1897

Charity Commission order and scheme for Triplett's Charity, 15 July 1898

Letter from W.A. Hutchinson, secretary to Dr. Triplett's Charity, parish of Whitburn, to Rev. G.F. Price, D.D., Whitburn Rectory, regretting the latter's resignation as a trustee, 24 February 1900

Sunday School accounts, 1936 - 1953

Copy statement of sums received by the widow of James William Wilson dec'd from the profits of the firm Wilson and Son, under the partnership deed dated 28 August 1871, 1894-1903

Statement of monies received from Wilson and Son, or from Mr. Porter Wilson and his trustees, in respect of money owing to his late father, J.W. Wilson, 23 December 1903

Inland Revenue affidavit and estate duty account for probate of the will of James William Wilson of Louth, Lincolnshire, gent., dec'd., by Robert J.H. Parkinson of Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, esq., and Isabella Wilson of Louth, spinster, 5 March 1905

Draft particulars of Mr. Wilson's estate as per affidavit for probate, compared with statement of account rendered, July 1906

Particulars of the outstanding estate of J.W. Wilson, dec'd., 16 July 1907

Supplementary cash account regarding J.W. Wilson's trust, June 1907

Account of the sale of the real estate of J.W. Wilson, dec'd., c.1909

Copy trust accounts of Robert J.H. Parkinson, esq., and Isabella Wilson, trustees under the will of James William Wilson, dec'd., December 1894 - March 1904

Account of the trustees of the will of the late J.W. Wilson, esq., of the realization of the estate and payments to beneficiaries [including Mrs. Mayor], February 1909

Account of Isabella Wilson with the executors and trustees of J.W. and L.M. Wilson, July 1907

Account of Mrs. Dickson with the executors and trustees of J.W. and L.M. Wilson, July 1907

Copy income account regarding J.W. and L.M.A. Wilson, deceased, September 1906

Income account regarding J.W. Wilson, dec'd, to 16 January 1907

Draft income accounts of J.W. Wilson, dec'd., and L.M.A. Wilson, dec'd., 17 January 1907

Income account regarding J.W. Wilson, dec'd., for the half year ending July 1907

Income account of the Wilson Will Trust for the half years to 1 June 1922, 1 June 1923, and 1 June and 1 December 1924

Particulars of the estate of Lavinia Mary Anne Wilson, dec'd., 13 July 1906

List of debts due at the death of Mrs. Wilson, n.d. [post 1906]

Executors' account regarding L.M.A. Wilson dec'd., July 1907

Executors' accounts, regarding L.M.A. Wilson deceased, 1906-1909; copy made, 23 January 1909

Statement of the trustees of the will of L.M.A. Wilson, dec'd.; regarding Mrs. Dickson's share, 4 February 1909

Letters between F.J. Ingoldby, solicitor, of Louth, Lincolnshire; R. Dickson, esq., of Ropley, Alresford, Hampshire; Metcalfe, Hussey and Hulbert, solicitors, of Lincoln's Inn, London, and Alan C. Dickson of Buck and Dicksons, Preston, Lancashire, concerning the trusteeship of, and claims on, the estate of J.W. Wilson, dec'd., 6 May 1907 - 10 January 1927

Copy letter from Collyer - Bristow, 4 Bedford Row, London, to Messrs. Wilson, Bell and Ingoldby, Louth, Lincolnshire, solicitors, concerning the estate of J.W. Wilson, deceased, and the appointment of trustees by the latter's beneficiary clients, 23 July 1915

Letters from the Public Trustee Office, Kingsway, London, to R. Dickson, and Agnes Dickson, both of Ropley, Alresford, Hampshire, and Isabella Wilson of Tower House, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, concerning the administration of the J.W. Wilson Will Trust, 13 September 1916 - 22 February 1921

Notes of solicitor's correspondence, and financial calculations relating to the Wilson estate, n.d. [c.1901]

Church Bell Founding during Four Centuries at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, 2nd edition, reprinted 1960 (1 booklet, printed, illustrated) Fourth deposit

Miscellaneous papers, including plans of Whitburn, n.d.; papers re the village green, case and opinion re tithes due from fishermen, 1805; extracts from the registers, 1633 - 1794; faculties for erecting pews, 1812, and enlarging the church, 1867

Miscellaneous papers, including appointment of school managers at Cleadon and Whitburn, 1904; report on religious instruction in the schools, 1905; return re parish schools to Lord Crewe's trustees, 1846; correspondence re the teacher at Cleadon school, 1846 - 1847

Bent' s reading room accounts, 1875 - 1879

Letters from the Clerk of South Shields Union Rural Sanitary Authority to the Local Government Board, Whitehall, and the Rev. Dr. G.F. Price, Whitburn Rectory, concerning the undertaking of scavenging in Whitburn parish, 28 October 1892 - 20 June 1893

Draft notes by the incumbent of Whitburn Rectory concerning the proposal for the erection of a jubilee fountain on the village green, n.d. [late 19th c.]

Copy of part of a declaration by the trustees of the Barnes Institute concerning its running, 19 June 1905

Order of proceedings for the rededication of Whitburn and Marsden war memorial and ceremony of unveiling the names of those who died in the 1939-1945 War, 6 July 1952

Newspaper cuttings concerning the unveiling of two war memorial tablets at Whitburn, 7 July 1952

Photograph of Whitburn war memorial dedication ceremony, 6 July 1952