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Whitworth Parish

Reference: EP/Whi Catalogue Title: Whitworth Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1569-2020

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Whitworth Parish (Ref: EP/Whi)Registration (Ref: EP/Whi 1/Section 01)Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (Ref: EP/Whi 1/section 01)

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Register of baptisms, 1569 - July 1810; register of marriages, 1569 - May 1753; register of burials, 1570 - May 1810 Includes: list of books belonging to the church, 1629 notes on improvements to the church, 1636 - 1662, and to church lands and barns, 1769 appointments of parish officers, 1659 - 1774 note of briefs collected, including for the relief of protestants in Lucerne, 1662 - 1767 entry of a death from a smallpox innoculation, 1779 letter concerning the infringement of rights over burials from the curate, 1802 permission for leave of absence for the curate, 1807 page of civil marriages, and births and burials of Quakers terrier of glebe land list of surplice fees
(1 volume, leather bound)

Registers of baptisms and burials (Ref: EP/Whi 1/section 02)

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Register of baptisms, 22 July 1810 - 27 December 1812; register of burials 25 January 1811 -28 November 1812
(1 volume, calf bound)

Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Whi 1/section 03)

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Register of baptisms, 31 January 1813 - 3 June 1860
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 3 June 1860 - 21 December 2002
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Whi 1/section 04)

1/4-12, 19-21, 1/22/1-4


Register of marriages and banns of marriage, 23 July 1754 - 18 July 1812
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of marriages, 29 May 1813 - 30 December 1837
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of marriages, 30 December 1837 - 16 July 1898
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of marriages, 30 July 1898 - 25 July 1906
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of marriages, 31 October 1906 - 21 August 1920
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 31 July 1920 - 9 April 1928
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 26 May 1928 - 24 October 1936
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 26 December 1936 - 24 June 1948
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 14 August 1948 - 27 November 1954
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 29 January 1955 - 31 July 2003
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 2 August 2003 - 12 August 2005
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 13 August 2005 - 16 June 2007
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 14 July 2007 - 28 March 2009
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 6 June 2009 - 21 February 2015
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 14 March 2015 - 10 August 2018
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 30 August 2018 - 27 September 2020
(1 volume)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Whi 1/section 05)

1/13-14, 1/23/1


Register of banns of marriage, 30 January 1825 - 4 March 1866
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 4 June 1865 - 17 May 1942
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns, 16 May 1943 - 18 November 2012
(1 volume)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Whi 1/section 06)

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Register of burials, 13 January 1813 - 15 November 1861
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of burials, 14 December 1861 - 19 April 1958
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Certificates (Ref: EP/Whi 1/section 07)

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Certificate of marriage without licence of Joseph Ogden and Isabel Graham, 17 May 1906
(1 paper)

Clergy (Ref: EP/Whi 2/)Registers of services (Ref: EP/Whi 2/section 01)

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Register of services, 3 January 1937 - 30 December 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 1 January 1956 - 27 September 1981
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Whi 2/section 02)

2/4-5


Copy order in council outlining details for the union of Whitworth with the benefices of Byers Green and Spennymoor, 7 August [1940s]
(1 file)


Correspondence and newspaper cutting re the division of benefice between Spennymoor and Byers Green, 4 September 1951 - 15 February 1952
(5 papers, 1 file)

Benefice (Ref: EP/Whi 2/section 03)

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3 June 1875 (1) Rev. Charles Carr, vicar of Whitworth (2) Dean and Chapter of Cathedral Church Durham, patrons of Whitworth vicarage (3) Ecclesiastical Commissioners (4) Rt. Rev. Charles, Bishop of Durham Instrument of agreement whereby (1) surrenders to (2) the right to nominate a minister to serve in the Church of St. Paul, Spennymoor
(1 paper)

Glebe (Ref: EP/Whi 2/section 04)

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Valuation and report on approximately 19 acres of glebe land adjoining Stanner's Farm, Page Bank, 16 May 1950
(1 file)


Correspondence re sale of glebe land, 26 June 1952 - 24 February 1954
(69 papers)


Map showing glebe lands, n.d. Scale: 1:2500
(32cm x 28cm, paper, ink, partly coloured)

Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Whi 2/section 05)

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Order of service for the institution and induction of Rev. Thomas Sydney Groser, 15 December 1927
(1 booklet)


Order of service for the institution of the Reverend C. Brennen to the united benefice of Whitworth with Spennymoor by the Right Reverend The Lord Bishop of Jarrow, 18 April 1958
(1 booklet, printed)

Parish statistics (Ref: EP/Whi 2/section 06)

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Return of parochial statistics, July 1954
(1 paper)


Copy parochial return, 9 July 1957
(1 file)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Whi 4/)Vicarage (Ref: EP/Whi 4/section 01)

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Correspondence re disposal of the proceeds of sale of the vicarage, 1 September 1950 - 16 April 1951
(8 papers, 4 files)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Whi 4/section 02)

4/2, 7/1


Terrier and inventory, 11 December 1950
(2 booklets)


Terrier and inventory, 24 April 1986 - 19 April 2006
(1 file)

Log books (Ref: EP/Whi 4/section 03)

4/8/1


Church log book, 1980 - 1987; 1990 - 2005 Includes: Faculty authorising the carpeting of the aisle and the introduction of a silver - plated Durham pattern chalice together with a paten and fitted case. The underside of the base will have the inscription 'A gift to Whitworth Church from Olive and Eric Mather 1991', 2 November 1992 Faculty schedule B's authorising repairs to the entrance porch and the partial rewiring of the existing lighting system in church and the replacement of some luminaries and the new distribution board, 27 March 1994 Faculty schedule B authorising the renewal of the felt weathering to the roof of the church vestry, 13 June 1997 Faculty schedule B authorising redecoration of the walls of the nave and chancel repainted exactly as before in white matt emulsion, 3 March 1998 Faculty schedule B authorising the replacement of the existing boiler with a Boulter Camray Classic; the removal of the existing flue outside of church; the replacement of the existing steel oil tank with 22,500 litre pvc oil tank in current position, 14 February 2002 Faculty authorising the introduction of a sound reinforcement and induction loop system, 12 April 2005 Inspection of Churches Measure 1955 - Architect's report: November 1983; September 1990; March 1995 Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of the Vicarage on March 1996 Order in council that burials be discontinued in Whitworth churchyard with certain exceptions and accompanying map, 5 November 1986 Order in council that a union of the benefices of Whitworth with Spennymoor and the benefice of Merrington be united to create a new benefice called the benefice of Spennymoor, Whitworth and Merrington and the area of the new parish shall comprise the parish of St. Paul, Spennymoor, the parish of Whitworth and the parish of Merrington with accompanying maps, 12 February 1997 Schedule of a pastoral scheme to establish a group ministry called Spennymoor Group Ministry for the benefice of Spennymoor, Whitworth and Merrington with accompanying map, 18 March 1998
(1 file)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Whi 4/section 04)

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Correspondence re dilapidations and repairs to church, 5 January 1955 - 24 May 1956
(41 papers, 1 file)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Whi 4/section 05)

4/1, 5-6


Statements of church accounts, 31 December 1947 - 31 December 1954
(10 papers, 1 file)


Churchwardens' accounts, 1 April 1918 - 12 April 1968; Whitworth repair fund accounts, 23 February 1960 - 21 January 1962; Curate's House, Binchester, accounts, 8 May 1922 - 2 July 1927; Receipts and payments accounts of 'various church funds', including Whitworth church vestry, Binchester church, Binchester churchyard and the Curate's house, 27 February 1917 - 1 August 1920
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Receipts and payments accounts of Whitworth church for the years ended 31 December 1941; 1943; 1947; 1951; 1955 - 1956; 1958 - 1963 Originally enclosed in EP/Whi 4/5
(12 papers)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Whi 6/Section 06)Minutes (Ref: EP/Whi 6/section 01)

6/1, 6/3, 6/4, 6/5/1


Minutes of Parochial Church Council and annual reports, 1950 - 29 January 1958
(2 papers, 5 files)


Minutes of Parochial Church Meeting, 10 April 1920 - 16 July 1947
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 14 September 1947 - 26 February 1981
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 23 April 1981 - 22 March 1995
(1 volume)

Electoral rolls (Ref: EP/Whi 6/section 02)

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Church electoral roll, n.d.
(1 booklet)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Whi 14/Section 14)

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A history of the parishes of Whitworth and St. Paul, Spennymoor by the Reverend G. R. Berriman, first edition, n.d. [c. 1949]
(1 booklet)


A history of the parishes of Whitworth and St. Paul, Spennymoor by the Reverend G. R. Berriman, second edition, n.d. [c. 1959]
(1 booklet)


A history of the parishes of Whitworth and St. Paul, Spennymoor by the Reverend G. R. Berriman and revised by Reverend C. Brennen, n.d. [c. 1960s]
(1 booklet)