Catalogue

Register of baptisms, April 1626 - 1647, 1649 - 1655, 1675 - 1685 and 1692 - December 1724; register of marriages, 1714 - June 1724; register of burials, 1678 and 1688 - January 1724/25 Note of a penance, 1624; note of the lighting of beacons to warn against the Scots, 1643; note of a plague at Barnard Castle, 1645; notes of the suspension of the curate, 1716 and the expulsion of his successor, 1724

Register of baptisms, June 1725 - December 1797; register of marriages, July 1727 - 1736 and one entry for 1753; register of burials, January 1725 - November 1797; register of banns and marriages, 1745; List of curates, 1636 - 1793; names of the landowners of Whorlton, 1667; note concerning the register books of Whorlton in which the minister had written over faded entries, and also in Gainford registers, 1724; note of an induction, 1793 population figures, 1788, 1801, 1831, 1841; list of families of Whorlton, 1806, with names, dates and notes for each family: Roantree, a Roman Catholic, 1750 - 1781; Johnson, 1697 - 1778; Wycliffe, 1650/51 - 1805; Dinsdale, 1626 - 1724; Souleby, 1627 - 1810; Darsey, 1634 - 1636; Moresby, 1677 - 1684; Witham, 1679 - 1696; Bainbridge, 1677 - 1731; Wilson, 1628 - 1706/07; Heighley, 1675; Hodgson, 1717 - 1809; Huck, 1687 - 1782; Coulton, 1693 - 1727 obituary of Admiral Roddam, 1808; list of subcurates, 1810 - 1829

Register of baptisms, March 1798 - December 1812; register of burials, February 1798 - December 1812

Register of baptisms, 10 January 1813 - 20 December 1981

Register of marriages, May 1754 - August 1812; Register of banns, August 1758 - June 1813

Register of marriages, March 1813 - May 1837

Register of marriages, May 1838 - October 1914

Register of marriages, April 1915 - May 1935

Register of marriages, October 1935 - March 1951

Register of marriages, 17 August 1951 - 6 April 1968

Register of marriages, 10 January 1970 - 17 July 1992

Register of banns, June 1824 - November 1921

Register of banns of marriage, 27 March 1938 - 18 August 1991

Register of banns of marriage, 16 July - October 1993

Register of burials, 19 July 1813 - 3 November 1982

Transcript and index of The Registers of Whorlton, 1908

Transcript of, and index to, the registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials, 1626-1812

Transcript of, and index to, the registers of baptisms and burials, 1813 - 1840; marriages and banns, 1813 - 1837 by L. M. Kenyon - Fuller for the Society of Genealogists

Register of confirmations, 29 March 1960 - 19 May 1992

Register of services, 26 March 1854 - 27 December 1859

Register of services, 1 January 1860 - 11 April 1868

Register of services, 12 April 1868 - 26 April 1874

Register of services, 1 May 1874 - 15 December 1883

Register of services, 1 January 1884 - 13 May 1888

Register of services, 3 December 1893 - 12 June 1904

Register of services, 22 June 1904 - 16 January 1908

Register of services, 17 January 1908 - 27 August 1914

Register of services, 28 August 1914 - 4 May 1927

Register of services, 8 May 1927 - 27 December 1942

Register of services, 3 January 1943 - 23 August 1953

Register of services, 27 August 1953 - 17 August 1999

Order in council concerning the union of the benefice of Barnard Castle and the benefice of Whorlton to create a new benefice called the benefice of Barnard Castle with Whorlton, 22 June 1983

Order in council concerning the union of the parish of Barnard Castle and the parish of Whorlton to create a new parish called the parish of Barnard Castle with Whorlton, 13 April 1994

Copy of a speech, given by the Vicar of Whorlton, thanking his parishioners for his leaving gifts and reviewing the changes that have taken place in the parish during his incumbency, n.d. [c.1992]

List of curates of Whorlton, 1501 - 6 June 1903

Tithe accounts, including tithe valuation, 1822; glebe accounts, 1826 - 1841; copy letters re commutation, 1826 - 1851 and 1862 - 1929

Tithe apportionment and plan, 1841

Tithe rent charge redemption certificates, 1896 - 1925

Deaccessioned 3 January 2018

Programme of the inaugural organ recital on the restored church organ by J. Lancelot, 17 October 2003

Inspection report on the church organ by Richard Hird, diocesan organs adviser, Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, 16 February 2001

Report on the church organ by Harrison and Harrison Limited, organ builders, September 2002

Schedule of work for the restoration of the pipe organ by J. R. Lightbown, organ builder, 2 Douglas Crescent, Swarland, Morpeth, Northumberland, n.d. [c. 2004]

Specification of repair works under the Church Inspection and Repair Measure 1955, 27 June 1979

Correspondence between Major L.M. Kenyon-Fuller, Arlow Banks, Winston, and Richard Brown and Partners, 64 Stanhope Road, Darlington, concerning repairs to the church, 22 February 1975 - 19 November 1980

24 September 1985 1) Reverend P. W. Lind - Jackson, the Vicarage, Barnard Castle 2) G. Smedley, Garden House, Whorlton 3) H. Calder, Coach House, Whorlton 4) Reverend R. Walter, 79 Harmire Road, Barnard Castle 5) P. Birkin, Raylene, Whorlton Creation of a trust for charitable purposes titled 'The Whorlton Parish Church Restoration Fund' to be administered by the above five trustees

4 June 1996 1) Reverend P. F. Lind - Jackson, Vicarage, Barnard Castle 2) G. Smedley, Garden House, Whorlton 3) Colonel K. D. Calder, Coach House, Whorlton 4) S. Stanwix, Granary, Whorlton 5) L. D. Headlam - Morley, Field House, Whorlton Supplemental deed altering the exercise of power by the above trustees as stated in clause 7 of the original deed [see EP/Who 89]

Church Restoration Fund including accounts, minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports and Charity Commission papers, 15 March 1986 - 17 June 2010

Correspondence between Colonel K.D. Calder, The Coach House, Whorlton; EP Services, 20 Beechburn Park, Crook; I.A. Richardson, Diocesan Office, Bishop Auckland; George Smedley, Garden House, Whorlton; and Paul Stringer, Diocesan Registry, Diocesan Office, Bishop Auckland, concerning the re-hanging of the church bells, 17 June 1993 - 26 November 1993

Correspondence between George Smedley, Garden House, Barnard Castle; W.K. Wills, Diocesan Registry, 21A Elvet Bridge, Durham; and Robert Huddleston, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; concerning the lack of plans or terriers for the church, 18 May 1985 - 7 June 1985. Includes: a copy of deed confirming the sale of land to the church for use as an additional churchyard, 26 September 1921; copy made, 1985

Plan of the new churchyard, drawn by J.E. Smith, 8 October 1936. Scale: 7/8th inch to 1 yard [1:41 approx.]

File concerning the removal and breaking up of kerbs surrounding graves in the churchyard, 30 May 1986 - 19 April 1989

Correspondence concerning the state of a family grave, 20 August - 19 September 1997

File concerning the church hall, 27 May 1969 - 19 October 1994 Includes: a brief history of the church hall, written by George Smedley, churchwarden, 1986

Ground plan of vicarage, n.d. Scale: 2.5 inches to 20 feet [1:96]

Plans of roof and first floor of vicarage, n.d. Scale: 2.5 inches to 20 feet [1:96]

Section plans of vicarage, n.d. Scale: 2.5 inches to 20 feet [1:96]

Elevation plans of vicarage, n.d. Scale: 2.5 inches to 20 feet [1:96]

Elevation plans of vicarage, n.d. Scale: 2.5 inches to 20 feet [1:96]

Petition for a faculty for the rewiring of the church, the replacement of pendant lights in the nave and the replacement of the heating system, 13 July 1987

Faculty for the introduction of a silver chalice and silver paten, 7 May 1996

Faculty authorising the restoration of the organ, 22 January 2003 See also EP/Who 84

Order of the Durham Consistory Court amending the faculty authorising the restoration of the church organ to include additional work, 20 August 2003 See also EP/Who 83

Church log book recording alterations and repairs undertaken as a result of the quinquennial inspection, 1978

Quinquennial report no. 1, under the Church Inspection and Repair Measure 1955, 23 August 1978

Quinquennial report no. 2, under the Church Inspection and Repair Measure 1955, 1983

Quinquennial report no. 3, under the Inspection and Repair Measure 1955, 27 August 1988

Quinquennial inspection by C. Downs, Chartered Architect, The Cathedral Architect's Office, The Great Kitchen, The College, Durham, 30 April 1999

Papers re Whorlton church during sequestration, 1968 - 1971

Church fund accounts, 1870 - 1911

Quarterly payments scheme, papers, 1939

Church account book, 1 July 1985 - 27 December 1991

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 15 September 1982 - 2 November 1993

Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 3 May 1984 - 17 March 1992

Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 7 April 1992 - 1 March 1994

Minutes of meetings, 8 April 1926 - 27 October 1969 Includes: annual general meeting minutes, 2 April 1937 - 10 April 1969

Minutes of meetings, 5 May 1970 - 19 March 1984 Includes: annual general meeting minutes, 1 April 1970 - 16 April 1984

Minutes of meeting, 2 November 1993

Agendas for Parochial Church Council meetings, 21 March 1983 - 2 October 1990.

Agendas for Parochial Church Council meetings, 29 January 1991 - 7 September 1993

Balance sheet for the parish of St. Mary, Whorlton, 31 December 1992

Whorlton Church School papers, including trust deed, 1848; plan and elevation, c.1863; and school managers' papers, including circulars and Diocesan Inspector's, Education Committee, and School Medical Officer's annual reports, 1848 - 1958

School cash book, 1878 - 1896

School managers' minutes, 1904 - 1957

Cash book, Whorlton School, 1 April 1897 - 25 September 1943

Lonsdale's charity, letter, 1863

Ann Hopps' Charity, papers, 1895 - 1899

Charity Commissioners' report, charities in Gainford and chapelries of Barnard Castle and Whorlton, 1902

Charity Commission Scheme concerning the joining of the Charity of Christopher Lonsdale and the Charity of an Unknown Donor to form a new and single charity, administered and managed as one, called the United Charity of Whorlton, St. Mary, 11 January 1993

Royal proclamation for general fast, 1832