Catalogue

Register of baptisms, 1631 - 1697; register of banns and marriages, 1655 - 1703; register of burials, 1657 - 1704 Includes: list of briefs, 1676 - 1695 (pp.27-36); list of churchwardens, collectors and surveyors, 1655 - 1715 (pp.37-42); memorandum re the Henry Watson Charity, 1668 (p.7); lists of members of the vestry. 1683 - 1702 (pp.72-73); orders of the rector and vestry re poor relief, 1793 (pp.76-81)

Register of baptisms, 1704 - 1781; register of marriages, 1703 - 1754; register of burials, 1704 - 1781 Includes: list of parishioners who were excommunicated, 1727 - 1736; list of members of the vestry, 1713; church terrier, 1734

Register of baptisms, January 1782 - December 1797; register of marriages, February 1782 - December 1800; register of burials, January 1782 - December 1797 Includes: numerical summary of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1782 - 1800; minutes of a meeting of the Trustees of the Grammar School, 1799; lists of candidates for confirmation, 1788, 1822

Register of baptisms, January 1798 - December 1812; register of burials, January 1798 - December 1812 Includes: plan and schedule of pews on the rebuilding of the church, 1849; lists of subscribers to church funds, 1849 - 1879; memorandum re the Miss Wilson bequest, 1866; church terrier, c.1871

Register of baptisms, January 1813 - December 1835

Register of baptisms, January 1836 - August 1872

Register of baptisms, August 1872 - October 1886

Register of baptisms, October 1886 - December 1902

Register of baptisms, December 1902 - January 1922

Register of baptisms, 1 January 1922 - October 1952

Register of baptisms, 29 October 1952 - 31 August 2000

Register of marriages, January 1813 - June 1837

Register of marriages, July 1837 - May 1867

Register of marriages, 1 May 1867 - January 1915

Register of marriages, January 1915 - July 1923

Register of marriages, July 1923 - December 1933

Register of marriages, May 1934 - January 1942

Register of marriages, 1 January 1942 - July 1953

Register of marriages, August 1953 - March 1965

Register of marriages, 8 May 1965 - 30 August 1975

Register of marriages, 18 October 1975 - 19 October 1996

Register of marriages, 27 December 1996 - 28 September 2019

Register of banns and marriages, May 1754 - June 1802

Register of banns and marriages, June 1802 - November 1812

Register of banns of marriage, May 1842 - December 1866

Register of banns of marriage, December 1866 - April 1909

Register of banns of marriage, April 1909 - December 1927

Register of banns of marriage, January 1928 - July 1951

Register of banns of marriage, 6 January 1974 - 3 November 1996

Register of burials, January 1813 - May 1850

Register of burials, May 1850 - November 1880

Register of burials, November 1880 - February 1900

Register of burials, February 1900 - June 1922

Register of burials, 13 June 1922 - 26 April 1947

Register of burials, 2 May 1947 - 26 July 1973

Marriage licence, Charles Peter Martin of Wolsingham and Lydia Esther Janzen of Wolsingham, 9 September 1982

Register of confirmations, 28 April 1937 - 4 June 1980

Preachers' Book, 25 December 1885 - 8 June 1890

Preachers' Book, 13 July 1912 - 2 November 1924

Preachers' Book, 9 November 1924 - 20 September 1936

Preachers' Book, 21 September 1936 - 30 December 1951

Preachers' Book, 1 January 1952 - 22 March 1964

Register of services, 1964 -1971

Register of services, 13 May 1971 ­ 31 January 1979; 2 ­ 30 January 1980

Register of services, 7 January 1979 - 25 March 1983

Register of services, 27 March 1983 - 1 September 1987

Register of services, 6 September 1987 - 28 February 1993

Copy of "A Bounder Roll of Wolsingham Parish" from a copy dated 1550, the boundaries being ridden again 17 May 1726, 22 May 1734 and 7 and 9 August 1758

"A Map of the Road, Farms, Etc. in the Parish of Wolsingham", showing District of Thornley, acreage and titheable area and census figures, 1831-1861, n.d. [19th century] No scale [c.1:2500]

The London Gazette , containing copy of an Order in Council assigning a district to the chapelry of St. Bartholomew, Thornley, 22 February 1848

A Bill for the future Appropriation of the Tithe or Tenth of Lead Ores in the Parishes of Stanhope and Wolsingham in the County of Durham belonging to the respective Rectors thereof, subject to the existing Incumbencies, and for making other Provisions for the Endowment of the said Rectories in lieu thereof, and for other Purposes connected therewith, 10 May 1808

Notice from Queen Anne's Bounty regarding First Fruits and Tenths payable, 6 March 1913

Mortgage of benefice income to the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty to secure £320, 1 July 1935

Certificate for £50 Luton Corporation 3 3/4% Redeemable Stock, 1964, 29 November 1938

Order of service for the licensing of Rev. Malcolm Goodall as priest in charge of the united benefice of Wolsingham and Thornley, 13 August 1998

Letter from J.B. Lazenby [Diocesan Registrar] declining for himself and the Chancellor to take fees in connexion with faculty EP/Wol 128 below

Communicants roll book and alms account book, 1827 - 1876

Map of altered tithe rentcharge, parish of Wolsingham, 30 October 1922 Scale: 1:2500

"Plan of the Parish of Wolsingham in the County of Durham", surveyed by Jonathan Roddam, Stanhope, and copied by John Laverick, land surveyor, Durham, for the apportionment of tithe rentcharge, 1839 Scale: 6 chains to 1 inch [1:4752]

Apportionment of tithe rentcharge for the parish of Wolsingham, 13 December 1839

Altered apportionment of tithe rentcharge, 6 February 1918

Altered apportionment of tithe rentcharge, 15 September 1920

Altered apportionment of tithe rentcharge, 14 November 1921

Altered apportionment of tithe rentcharge, with plan, 15 July 1922

Altered apportionment of tithe rentcharge, 28 December 1922

Altered apportionment of tithe rentcharge, with plan, 29 September 1923

Altered apportionment of tithe rentcharge, 27 August 1925

Altered apportionment of tithe rentcharge, with plan, 18 September 1935

Notices of deposit of drafts of altered apportionments for inspection, 26 June 1922 and 12 June 1923

Altered apportionment of tithe rent charge, 18 September 1936

Account book of tithe rent charge, 1 July 1867 - 1 January 1868

Account book of tithe rent charge, July 1868 - July 1869

Account book of tithe rent charge, January 1869 - January 1870

Account book of tithe rent charge, July 1870 - January 1871

Account book of tithe rent charge, July 1871 - January 1872

Account book of tithe rent charge, 1 July 1872 - 1 January 1873

Account book of tithe rent charge, July 1873 - 13 May 1874

Account book of tithe rent charge, July 1874

Account book of tithe rent charge, 1874 - 1880

Account book of tithe rent charge, 1 July 1880 - 1 January 1890

Account book of tithe rent charge, 1 July 1890 - 1 January 1897

Account book of tithe rent charge, 1 July 1897 - 1 January 1903

Account book of tithe rent charge, 1903 - 1910

Account book of tithe rent charge, 1910 - 1917

Account book of tithe rent charge, 1917 - 1923

Accounts of tithes due, J.P. Dolphin in account with Rev. Canon Gray, 1 July 1877 - 8 December 1880

Correspondence received by the Reverend H.A. Arnold from the Secretary to the No. l Area Collection Committee, Newcastle (formed pursuant to the provisions of the Tithe Act, 1925) regarding the collection of tithes at Wolsingham, 23 August 1932 ­ 14 May 1934

Order by Justices of the Peace to Edward Bruce to pay his share of tithe rent charge on certain lands in Wolsingham, and repay Thomas Robson who shares the land, 4 December 1877

Official notice of the occupiers' liability in accordance with the Tithe Act 1891, with covering letter, 29 December 1891 - 13 January 1893

List of tithe payers, February 1927

Applications by landowners for the redemption of tithe rent charges, 31 May 1920 ­ 5 November 1925

Circulars from the Bounty Office, 3 Dean's Yard, Westminster giving details of redemption of tithe rent charges by merger, 8 January and 29 August 1934

Certificate of redemption of tithe rent charge, 18 November 1920

Certificate of redemption of tithe rent charge, 31 December 1920

Certificate of redemption of tithe rent charge, 20 July 1921

Certificate of redemption of tithe rent charge, 10 April 1922

Certificate of redemption of tithe rent charge, 2 June 1923

Certificate of redemption of tithe rent charge, 9 July 1923

Certificate of redemption of tithe rent charge, 6 November 1923

Certificate of redemption of tithe rent charge, 23 November 1925

Certificate of redemption of tithe rent charge, 22 January 1926

Certificate of redemption of tithe rent charge, 21 January 1926

Plan of the seating in the church, 1780 Originally enclosed in EP/Wol 3

Letter from R.H. Gray, Kirkby Vicarage, to W.A.S. Newby concerning specifications and a contract, Easter Monday 1877

Correspondence received from John Wall, 3 Frederick Street, Bishop Auckland, concerning proposed carved stair rail for the pulpit, with illustrations of Wall's proposal, 28 ­ 31 October 1927

Correspondence received from John Lowes and Sons Ltd., 180 Gilesgate, Durham, monumental sculptors and others concerning proposed stone tablet for Wolsingham Church, 19 March ­ 7 April 1936

Order in Council closing Tow Law churchyard and Dan's Castle burial ground, 6 November 1883

Statement of accounts and list of subscribers to the Wolsingham churchyard extension, 16 October 1879

Plan, section and elevation of proposed fencing, Wolsingham, 21 October 1893 Scales: 20 ft. to 1 inch [1:240], 1/2 inch to 1 ft. [1:24], 1/2 full size [1:2]

Statement of subscriptions received and expenditure upon Wolsingham churchyard railings, 1894

Draft grant of a part of the glebe land (2655 sq. yds.) by the Worshipful Reverend Thomas Espinell Espin, D.O., D.C.L., Rector of Wolsingham, Canon of the Cathedral Church of Chester and Chancellor of the Diocese of Chester and Liverpool, to the Ecclesiastical Commissions, as an extension to the churchyard, 1898

Agreement with the Imperial War Graves Commission for the maintenance of war graves at Wolsingham, 19 March 1926

Correspondence received from the Ecclesiastical Commission and others relative to a further extension to the churchyard, with a circular inviting subscriptions to defray the cost and details of donations received by two of the collectors, 4 April ­ 18 September 1927

22 April 1954 (1) The Reverend Ernest Godfrey Morgan Evan, Clerk, Rector of Wolsingham (2) The Church Commissioners for England Copy conveyance of 2,673a. of land as a further addition to the churchyard. Plan attached

10 December 1853 (1) The Lord Bishop of Durham (2) Francis Staniford of Newcastle upon Tyne, shipbroker, and John Davison of Wolsingham, surgeon (3) Nicholas Chapman of Wolsingham, cordwainer and his wife, Ann (4) Thomas Chapman of Wolsingham, gent. (5) Rev. John Alexander Blackett, rector of Wolsingham (6) John Greenwell of Broomshields, esquire Conveyance by (3) to (5) of a parcel of land at the northern end of a field called the Great Croft, adjoining the old churchyard and comprising an area of 2,305 sq. yds., for use as a cemetery or churchyard Consideration: £173

Copy instrument of the chancellor of the diocese authorising the relaxation of specific provisions of the churchyard rules, 11 October 2000

Receipts and payments accounts of the parish hall, including annual statements of account, 1 January 1954 - 8 May 1970

Draft application for consent to the sale of a parsonage house, n.d. [1930s ­ 1940s]

Correspondence between Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Vicar of Wolsingham, The Rectory, Wolsingham; Frank Edward Hodgson Architects, Biddick Arts Centre, Biddick Lane, Washington, Tyne & Wear; Wear Valley District Council, Planning Department, Old Bank Chambers, 45 Market Place, Bishop Auckland; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; Mrs. J. Stephenson, Bradley Burn, Wolsingham; Northern Forestry Products Ltd., Helme Park, Tow Law; Ven. G.J.C. Marchant, Archdeacon of Auckland, 15 The College, Durham; Smith, Roddam & Co., solicitors, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; and Kevin W. Aldus, Demesne Hall, Rectory Lane, Wolsingham, concerning the sale of the old rectory and the construction of a new one, 25 July 1979 - 6 October 1984

Elevations of the proposed new rectory, by Frank Edward Hodgson, architect, Biddick Arts Centre, Washington, n.d., [1980] Scale: 1:100

Ground floor plan of proposed new rectory, by Frank Edward Hodgson, architect, Biddick Arts Centre, Washington, n.d., [1980] Scale: 1:50

First floor plan of the proposed new rectory, by Frank Edward Hodgson, architect, Biddick Arts Centre, Washington, n.d., [1980] Scale: 1:50

Revised first floor plan of the new rectory, by Frank Edward Hodgson, architect, Biddick Arts Centre, Washington, 6 February 1981 Scale: 1:50

Plans, sections and elevations of the Parochial Buildings, Wolsingham, March 1914 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Details of the Parochial Buildings, Wolsingham, March 1914 Scale: 1:2 and full size

Draft wayleave agreement for electric power line, [1929]

Plan of Wolsingham shewing proposed course of electric power lines, 21 March 1929 Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile

Correspondence received by the Reverend H.A. Arnold from The Cleveland and Durham County Electric Power Company, Carliol House, Newcastle and another relating to wayleave and substation at Wolsingham, 17 April ­ 30 September 1929

Agreement for letting land at Mill Lane, Wolsingham to The Wolsingham Welfare Athletic Football Club from year to year at £2 p.a., 18 May 1953 Plan attached

20 November 1929 (1) Rev. Henry A. Arnold, rector of Wolsingham (2) Cleveland and Durham County Electric Power Co., of Carliol House, Newcastle upon Tyne Wayleave agreement for 1 pole and 2 stays on land at Wolsingham belonging to (1) Includes: plan

11 December 1929 (1) Rev. Henry A. Arnold, rector of Wolsingham (2) Cleveland and Durham County Electric Power Co., of Carliol House, Newcastle upon Tyne Wayleave agreement for electricity wires and pole on land at Wolsingham belonging to (1) Includes: plan

26 September 1952 (1) Rev. Ernest Godfrey Morgan Evans of Wolsingham, clerk in holy orders (2) Church Commissioners (3) Right Reverend Father in God, Douglas Henry, Lord Bishop of Chester (4) North Eastern Electricity Board, of Carliol House, Newcastle upon Tyne Copy grant by (1) to (4) of leave to occupy 119 sq. yds. of land in Rectory Lane, Wolsingham, and carry out scheduled works on lands in Wolsingham belonging to (1) Includes: plan

21 September 1955 (1) Ernest Godfrey Morgan Evans of The Rectory, Wolsingham, clerk in holy orders (2) North Eastern Electricity Board Copy extract from a wayleave agreement for underground cable and pole on land at Wolsingham belonging to (1) Includes: plan

Faculty to rebuild organ chamber and refloor and reseat the nave, 2 July 1888

Faculty to reseat and refloor nave, build a baptistry, remove font and install heating, 11 May 1896

Faculty for the erection of a memorial tablet, 21 July 1919

Faculty for the erection of a memorial tablet to Hugh Cholmondeley Arnold (son of the Rector of Wolsingham), 27 October 1919

Faculty for the erection of an oak memorial tablet, 26 June 1926

Faculty for the improvement of the churchyard, 6 January 1936

Faculty for the erection of a brass tablet, 7 June 1937

Faculty for the installation of an oil fired heating system etc., 9 February 1959

Faculty for the erection of a tablet bearing the names of Rectors of Wolsingham, 21 February 1962

Faculty to remove reredos, move the altar, introduce a new electric lighting system and re­decorate the church, 5 June 1965

Faculty for the transfer of a cross and candlestick from Wolsingham to Thornley and their replacement by new ones at Wolsingham, 24 June 1966

Faculty assigning to Timothy Allison, gentleman, a pew in the Old Gallery of the parish church formerly belonging to Hendry Hopper, esq., 8 November 1783

Faculty for altering, repairing and enlarging the parish church, 10 August 1844

Faculty authorising the introduction of a new carpet into the sanctuary, 22 February 1967

Faculty authorising the enclosure of a piece of ground in the churchyard, and its appropriation as the burial space of Edwin Dan Wilkinson exclusively for 100 years, 13 June 1985

Faculty authorising the enclosure of a piece of ground in the churchyard, and its appropriation as the burial place of Jean Pearson, Sydney Pearson and Valerie Elizabeth Taylor exclusively for 100 years, 5 August 1985

Faculty authorising the introduction of an interior notice-board at the north-west corner of the nave, 17 March 1987

Faculty authorising the replacement of the central heating boiler and the re-piping of the system to provide additional panel radiators, 28 September 1994

Faculty authorising the fitting of an oak shelf to the east wall of the sanctuary immediately behind the altar, 26 April 1995

Faculty authorising the conversion of the clock to an electric auto-wind mechanism, 9 June 1997

Faculty authorising the installation of a sound-reinforcement system, together with an induction loop, 9 June 1997

Faculty authorising the replacement of the unmatched glass cruets and lavabo bowl with a matched set of cruets, together with a silver-plated tray, lavabo bowl and jug, 20 June 1997

Faculty authorising the introduction of a secured safe from the redundant church of St. Aidan, Blackhill, 15 October 1997

Faculty authorising the removal of a pile of soil from the churchyard, 24 May 1999

Faculty authorising the reservation of a double-depth grave space for the exclusive use of Christopher and Jean Preen for 30 years, 7 January 2002

Faculty authorising repairs to vandalised stained-glass windows in the north and south aisles, and the replacement of the grill protection, 24 March 2004

Faculty authorising the replacement of two chancel steps, 18 July 2005

Archdeacon's certificate authorising the re-laying of the choir-vestry roof, 23 June 2003

Terrier, [1918­-1925]

Notes for terrier and inventory, n.d. [1920s]

Terrier and inventory, 1977 - 12 April 1983

Terrier and inventory, April 1985 - 20 April 2001

Log book of building repairs to the parish church, 1963 - November 1984

Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Edwin F. Watson Associates, chartered architects, 56 Station Road, Stanley, 3 June 1980

Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Edwin F. Watson Associates, chartered architects, 56 Station Road, Stanley, May 1986

Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Niven & Niven Architects, The Old Hall, 57 Front Street, West Auckland, May 1996

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Wolsingham Rectory, by A.O. Lee, diocesan surveyor, Owengate House, Durham, June 1977

Surveyor's report, related correspondence and orders under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measure, 25 November ­ 31 December 1927

Orders under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, with reports, specifications, quotations and related correspondence, 14 March ­ 18 December 1935

Church account book, 1846 - 1878

Account book of churchwardens, 1713 - 1778 Includes: lists of the twenty-four, 1716 and 1730 - 1737; lists of collectors of the copyhold rent, 1738 - 1801; lists of churchwardens and overseers of the poor, 1715 - 1769; bond to serve in militia, 1745; poor money received 1718 - 1719; fine for non-attendance at vestry meetings, 1717; list of certificates given in by incomers, 1700 - 1716; agreement to prosecute for non-payment of church sess, 1716; and appointment of vestry clerk, 1762

Church rate book, 1859 - 1861

Church rate book, 1865 - 1866

Offertory book, 1903 - 1907

Offertory book, 1903 - 1962

Vestry minutes, 1796 - 1865 Includes: list of vicars since 1235; details of Acts of Parliament which affected the parish; accounts of the Great Flood of 1771 and the Wolsingham Riot of 1795; description of the various parish charities including the endowment of the Grammar School

Minute book of vestry, 13 November 1821 - 6 April 1835 Includes: accounts of churchwardens, overseers etc.

Notice of, and agenda for, Annual Vestry Meeting, 20 March 1913

Minute book, 1 November 1927 ­ 6 April 1948

Minute book, 28 May 1948 ­ 19 November 1964

Minute book, 13 January 1965 ­ 16 February 1978

Minutes of ordinary and annual meetings of the Parochial Church Council, and annual vestry meetings, 16 February 1978 - 17 March 1988

Minutes of ordinary and annual meetings of the Parochial Church Council, and annual vestry meetings, 14 April 1988 - 11 March 1993

Statement of income and expenditure for the year 1900 ­ 1901

Statement of income and expenditure for the year 1901 ­ 1902

Statement of income and expenditure for the year 1903 ­ 1904

Statement of income and expenditure for the year 1904 ­ 1905

Statement of income and expenditure for the year 1905 ­ 1906

Statement of income and expenditure for the year 1906 ­ 1907

Statement of income and expenditure for the year 1907 ­ 1908

Statement of income and expenditure for the year 1908 ­ 1909

Statement of income and expenditure for the year 1909 ­ 1910

Statement of income and expenditure for the year 1913 ­ 1914

Statement of income and expenditure for the year 1914 ­ 1915

Statement of income and expenditure for the year 1915 ­ 1916

Statement of income and expenditure for the year 1922

Statement of income and expenditure for the year 1925

Income and expenditure journal and analysis book, 1 January 1945 ­ 31 December 1953; statements of income and expenditure and cash account, 1954 ­ 1960

Cash book, 1 January 1974 ­ 31 December 1979

Electoral roll for 1921 and 1922

Electoral roll for 1928

Electoral roll, May 1982

Electoral roll, May 1984

Assessment book of poor rate and appointments of overseers of the poor, 11 March 1800 - 13 August 1811

Annual statements of income and expenditure for the Barrington (Eastgate) Educational Foundation, 1902-1959

Letters from the Committee of Council on Education, Privy Council Office, Dunning Street to the Hon. and Reverend John Grey, Wolsingham, concerning the religious instruction to be provided in the church school at Wolsingham, 31 December 1846 and 4 January 1847

Board of Education Scheme for Wolsingham Old National School, 15 October 1914

Letter from W.T. Knaggs, Willow Lodge, Wolsingham, to Rev. H.A. Arnold, The Rectory, Wolsingham, concerning accounts of National School and Parish Hall, 1911 - 1918, and tenancy of field adjoining churchyard, 18 January 1918

Memorandum concerning Parochial Church Councils Powers Measure, 1921, and Church of England schools, n.d.

Correspondence between Charity Commission and W.A.S. Newby, churchwarden, Wolsingham, concerning accounts of Wolsingham Parochial Charities and lease of Poors' Lands to Turnpike Trust, 6 June 1878 - 29 May 1879

Wolsingham Young Wives' Club: chairman's records, comprising minutes, accounts, annual programmes of meetings, membership lists and correspondence, 10 June [1986] - 20 October 1992

Parish magazine, January - December 1887

Parish magazine, January - December 1889

Wolsingham and Tow Law Parish Magazine, n.d., [February 1892]

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law Parish Magazine, n.d., [March 1897]

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law Parish Magazine, n.d., [August 1898]

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law Parish Magazine, n.d., [November 1901]

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law Parish Magazine, January - April, June - December 1902

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law Parish Magazine, January - December 1903

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law Parish Magazine, January - December 1904

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law Parish Magazine, January - August 1905

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law Parish Magazine, October - November 1905

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law Parish Magazine, n.d., [April 1907]

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law Parish Magazine, n.d., [May and September 1908]

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law Parish Magazine, n.d., [January - February, April and August 1909]

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law Parish Magazine, August and [October] 1912

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law Parish Magazine, January 1913 - December 1922

Parish magazine, July 1923

Parish magazine, October 1923

Parish magazine, April 1925

Parish magazine, July 1928

Parish magazine, December 1932

Parish magazine, August 1936

Parish magazine, January - July 1939

Parish magazine, September 1939

Parish magazine, November - December 1939

Parish magazine, September - December 1940

Parish magazine, January 1941

Parish magazine, May - October 1941

Parish magazine, December 1941

Parish magazine , January - December 1942

Parish magazine , January - December 1944 (12 booklets, printed) Ref No. EP/Wol 293 Parish magazine, January 1945

Parish magazine , March - April 1945

Parish magazine , June - December 1945

Parish magazine , January - February 1948

Parish magazine , June 1948

Parish magazine , August 1948 - August 1949

Parish magazine , January - December 1950

Parish magazine , January - December 1951

Parish magazine , January - April 1952

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, November - December 1980

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, September 1981

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, May 1982

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, March - July 1983

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, March 1984

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, March - December 1985

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1986

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1987

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1988

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1989

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - February 1990

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, April - December 1990

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1991

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1992

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1993

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1994

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1995

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1996

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1997

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - February 1998

Parish magazine, August 1928 - January 1929

Parish magazine, August 1939

Parish magazine, January - August 1940

Parish magazine, February - April 1941

Parish magazine, November 1941

Parish magazine, January - December 1943

Parish magazine, February 1945

Parish magazine, May 1945

Parish magazine, January - December 1946

Parish magazine, January - December 1947

Parish magazine, March - May 1948

Parish magazine, July 1948

Parish magazine, September - December 1949

Parish magazine, May - July 1952

Parish magazine, September - December 1952

Parish magazine, January - December 1953

Parish magazine, January - November 1954

Parish magazine, January - June 1955

Parish magazine, August - December 1955

Parish magazine, January - December 1956

Parish magazine, January - December 1957

Parish magazine, January - December 1958

Parish magazine, January - June 1959

Parish magazine, September 1959 - June 1960

Parish magazine, August - December 1960

Parish magazine, January - December 1961

Parish magazine, January - July 1962

Parish magazine, September - December 1962

Parish magazine, January - December 1963

Parish magazine, January - December 1964

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - October 1965

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, December 1965

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1966

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1967

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1968

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1969

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1970

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1971

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1972

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - February 1973

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, April - December 1973

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1974

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1975

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1976

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1977

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - December 1978

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, January - August 1981

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, October 1981 - April 1982

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, June 1982 - February 1983

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, August 1983 - February 1984

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, April - October 1984

Wolsingham and Thornley Parish Magazine, December 1984

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law parish magazine, February 1891

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law parish magazines, July and October 1895

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law parish magazine, August 1901 See also EP/Wol 268

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law parish magazines, July and August 1902 See also EP/Wol 269

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law parish magazine, September 1905 See also EP/Wol 272 - 273

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law parish magazine, November 1907 See also EP/Wol 274

Wolsingham, Thornley and Tow Law parish magazine, March 1908 See also EP/Wol 275

Wolsingham parish magazine, February 1916

Wolsingham parish magazines, February and August 1918

Wolsingham parish magazine, February 1921

Wolsingham parish magazine, January 1945 See also EP/Wol 293 - 295, 330 - 331

Wolsingham parish magazine, August 1952 See also EP/Wol 301, 337 - 338

Wolsingham parish magazine, December 1954 See also EP/Wol 340

Wolsingham parish magazine, July 1955 See also EP/Wol 341 - 342

Wolsingham and Thornley parish magazines, January - December 1979

Wolsingham and Thornley parish magazines, January - October 1980 See also EP/Wol 302

Wolsingham and Thornley parish magazines, November - December 1984 See also EP/Wol 306, 373 - 375

Wolsingham and Thornley parish magazines, January - February 1985 See also EP/Wol 307

Photographs of places and people in the parish of Wolsingham for an exhibition, by Ian Hilton Harrison This is an original bundle

Photograph number 1: [Wolsingham Grammar School], n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 2: Barclays Bank and Front Street, Wolsingham, n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 3: unidentified stream, probably the river Wear or a tributary, flowing under a bridge, n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 5: an unidentified [primary] school in Wolsingham, viewed from the school yard, n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 6: an unidentified family of 10 adults and children standing outside their house door, n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 7: an unidentified baby, n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 9: indoor swimming pool, n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 10: [Wolsingham Comprehensive School], n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 11: Wolsingham Library, n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 12: [Holbeck Mill], n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 13: a children's play area, n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 14: general view of Wolsingham and Weardale, n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 15: Wolsingham Methodist Church, from the street, n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 16: general view of Wolsingham and Weardale, n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 17: St. Thomas's of Canterbury Church, Wolsingham, n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 18: [Redgate Cross, Wolsingham], n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 19: Wolsingham, St. Mary and St. Stephen, with the rector standing in the churchyard, n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 20: [Wolsingham Sanatorium], n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 21: [Primitive Methodist chapel, Wolsingham], n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 22: [Rectory and church hall, Wolsingham], n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 23: Tunstall Reservoir, n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 24: [remains of a disused lead mine], n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 25: unidentified mineral extraction installation, n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 28: river Wear with Blue Circle Cement Works in the distance, n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 29: Wolsingham Working Men's Club, n.d., [1980s]

Photograph number 31: Black Bull public house, Wolsingham, n.d., [1980s]

First edition Ordnance Survey map of Wolsingham, sheet XXV.13, annotated, n.d. [c.1856] Scale: c.25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]

Second edition Ordnance Survey Map of Wolsingham, sheet XXV.13, 1897 Scale: c .25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]

Durham sheet XXXII, lst edition [with part of Wolsingham parish boundary added]: surveyed 1857, published 30 March 1861 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Ordnance Survey Plan, Durham, Sheet XXIV:16, c.1857 Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]

Ordnance Survey Plan, Durham, Sheet XXXII:7, c.1857 Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]

Ordnance Survey Plan, Durham, Sheet XXXII:8, c.1857 Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]

Ordnance Survey Plan, County Borough of Sunderland, (north), 1951 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Ordnance Survey Plan, County Borough of Sunderland, (south), 1951 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Memorandum book containing descriptions of the parish charities and details of land use and enclosures, 1800 - 1863

An Act for Dividing and Inclosing the Open and Common Fields, Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Grounds within the Manor and Parish of Wolsingham, in the County Palatine of Durham, with list of landowners, the land they hold and whether they are for or against the division, 1769

"A Plan of Moors and Commons in the Parish of Wolsingham in the County Palatine of Durham called Wolsingham North Moor, Wolsingham Park Moor and Wolsingham South Moor by John Greenwell, surveyor", for inclosure, 21 November 1768 Scale: 8 chains to 1 inch [1:6336]

"A Plan of Wolsingham East Town-fields within the Manor and Parish of Wolsingham in the County Palatine of Durham as divided in Pursuance of an Act of Parliament amongst the several Proprietors thereof", surveyed by John Greenwell, 1770 Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1584]

An Act for varying certain provisions contained in an Act, made in the thirteenth year of the reign of his present majesty, ' for dividing and inclosing certain moors, commons, or tracts of waste land within the parish and manor of Lanchester, in the County Palatine of Durham ', 19 Geo III, 1779