Catalogue

Register of baptisms, 12 April 1685 - 29 December 1774; register of marriages, 21 November 1686 - 29 July 1753; register of burials, 7 November 1681 - 1 July 1770; notes upon the keeping of parish registers and the laws relating thereto, of the valuation of first fruits and tenths, upon the incumbents of Wycliffe and the form of presentation of incumbents, upon the law relating to the presentation to livings, relevant court cases etc., memorandum that the first stone of the new parsonage was laid, 19 July 1733

Register of baptisms, 18 April 1775 - 24 May 1812; register of burials, 15 March 1772 - 11 March 1812; terrier of the Rectory of Wycliffe, 18 August 1789; catalogue of books given to the Rectors of Wycliffe by Thomas Zouch, 4 July 1796

Register of baptisms, 31 January 1813 - 27 September 1997

Register of marriages, 16 May 1754 - 26 November 1812; register of banns, 14 April 1754 - 25 December 1853, 27 April 1879 - 30 May 1897

Register of marriages, 19 April 1813 - 10 June 1837

Register of marriages, 13 May 1838 - 28 October 1989

Register of marriages, 26 October 1991 - 30 March 2016

Register of marriages, 15 September 2018 (one entry only)

Register of banns of marriage, 23 November 1902 - 8 October 1989

Register of burials, 6 July 1813 - 25 April 1989 For enclosure see: EP/Wy 4/45

Register of confirmations, 17 April 1916 - 22 May 1941

Register of services, 27 July 1941 - 14 May 1961

Register of services, 21 May 1961 - 28 February 1971

Draft scheme of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for uniting the benefices of Wycliffe and Hutton Magna, with covering letter, 12 August 1921

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission notifying the Rector of Wycliffe of the transfer of the patronage of the benefice to the Bishop of Ripon, 14 May 1925

Correspondence received from the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ecclesiastical Commission relating to the investment of purchase money under the provisions of the Glebe Lands Act, 1888, 6 September - 22 November 1912

Correspondence between Christopher Cradock, Hartforth, and the Reverend John Erskine, Wycliffe, concerning fence between the glebe farm and Thorpe Park, 13 - 22 March 1879

Copy return of parochial statistics to the Central Board of Finance giving the number of baptisms, communicants, women church workers and children attending Sunday School, December 1953

Copy parochial return of finance and membership to the Central Board of Finance, 18 April 1963

Copy of Instrument (dated 23 May 1878) of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners transferring Procurations and Synodals to the incumbent of Wycliffe, with covering circular letter, August 1878

'Notabilia', with details of the tithes and rates of the parish of Wycliffe, of the institution of Erskine, glebe properties, dilapidations etc., by the Reverend John Erskine, M.A., Rector, 1878

List of rectors of St. Mary's Church, Wycliffe from 1362 to 1985, 12 December 1996

Income Tax assessment of the Reverend John Erskine, 10 October 1888

Wycliffe tithe plan (1841) and apportionment (by William Watson) pursuant to an agreement of 1 July 1840. Sealed 26 May 1842

Note by Morley Headlam, Wycliffe Rectory, concerning water supply, 20 March 1878

Analysis by Dr. Stevenson Macadam, Analytical Laboratory, Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh, of water supply, with his bill for the same and a letter from Andrew Wilson, l18 Gilmore Place, Edinburgh, forwarding both to the Reverend John Erskine, 20 - 23 March 1878

Certificate of C.R. Chorley of the completion of the repairs, with covering letters and account, 15 June 1891

Circular seeking subscriptions towards the cost of restoring the church at Wycliffe, 1892

Account for £1 11s.6d. due to C.R. Chorley from the Reverend John Erskine, as rendered on 15 June 1891, January 1893

Assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measure, with related correspondence from Guy D. Channon, Malton, Yorkshire, Surveyor to the Diocese of Ripon, and bills from the contractors for work done to Wycliffe Church roof, 31 January - 16 June 1938

Letter from the Church Commissioners to the Reverend R. Alderson concerning the liability for repairs to chancel, 13 April 1950

Wayleave agreement for overhead electric wires at Wycliffe, with plan attached, 5 March 1956

Specification and schedule of work for re-roofing of the nave and chancel as well as re-pointing the west gable wall and other associated work, July 1993

Letter from T.M. Fallow, Coatham House, Coatham, Redcar, Yorkshire, to unidentified addressee, concerning the date of the church's chalice and platen, 28 October 1910

Plan and sections of the re - roofing and associated repairs, July 1993

Plan of external elevations of the church, July 1993

Plan for laying yorkstone paving to replace timber boarding in the Baptistry, 1 February 1996

Topographical survey of church land, 21 March 1997

Plan, section and elevation of the proposed lavatory and kitchen extension - scheme 3, September 2002

Plan of St. Peter's Church, n.d. [c. 1980s]

Photographs of the stained glass east window in the church, 4 March 1997

Photographs of the exterior of the church, n. d. [c. 1990s]

Photograph of interior of Wycliffe church, n.d. [20th century]

Statutory record of consecration of addition to churchyard, 31 October 1933

Correspondence received from the Diocesan Registrar, Leeds, and from various local builders, with estimates and tenders for the proposed alterations and extensions to Wycliffe churchyard, 29 May - 21 September 1933

Schedule of graves in churchyard, October 1954

Receipt of W.J. and H.C. Watson, solicitors, Barnard Castle for deeds deposited with them relating to Ovington Mission Room, 16 October 1929

Report (under the provisions of the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Act) by Charles Robert Chorley, surveyor, 15 Park Row, Leeds, upon the state of the old rectory and the glebe farm (26 September 1890), with bill and receipt for same, 26 - 30 September 1890

Details of fire insurance upon Wycliffe Rectory and outbuildings, 1 November 1928

Copy citation to ground faculty for making alterations in the parish church of Wycliffe, with abstract of specification of work and plan attached. Headlam and others v all of Wycliffe, in the Consistory Court of Ripon, 25 June 1853

Faculty for making alterations in the parish church of Wycliffe, with abstract of specification of work and plan attached, 7 July 1853

Faculty for various works at Wycliffe, 25 April 1962

Faculty for the installation of an organ in the church in memory of Percy Allison, William Brown, Thomas Spence, John William Stockdale, the four parishioners who died in the First World War, 5 March 1920

Faculty for the lowering of the sanctuary floor, the alteration of the sedilia, the paving of the church floor, the increasing of the oak panelling behind the pulpit, the addition of a pew on the south side of the church, the construction of an oak bench round the walls at the west end of the church, the placing of a small oak shelf beneath the memorial plate and the provision of handrails beside the steps leading from the west door into the church, 20 July 1954

Faculty for the placing of two poles in the churchyard to carry electric wires, 23 December 1955

Terrier, 7 April 1953

Terrier and inventory, n.d. [post 1932]

Quinquennial inspection by Hill Rowe Partnership, Architects, 26A Kirkgate, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 1PB, July 1991

Quinquennial inspection by Hill Rowe Partnership, Architects, North Yorkshire, HG4 1PB, November 1996

Quinquennial inspection by S. R. T. Rowe, Hll Rowe Partnership, Architects, North Yorkshire, HG4 1PB, July 2001

Letter from J.L. Hawksley, Thorpe Hall, to the Reverend C.H. Hutchinson, Wycliffe, concerning rights of way, 24 November 1934

Minutes of vestry meetings, 29 August 1844 - 8 April 1890; statement of receipts and distribution of Tunstall Charity monies and details of other charitable gifts, 1828 - 1890; statement of receipts from rates levied and disbursements, 25 March 1827 - 25 March 1860 See also EP/Wy 6/1/4

Minutes of meetings, September 1978 - 19 October 1998 Includes annual general meetings and accounts, 1980 - 1997

Vestry and annual general meeting minutes, 22 April 1996 Includes accounts for year ending 31 December 1996

Minutes of meetings, 18 January 1999 - 17 September 2007 Includes annual general meetings, 1999 - 2007; accounts, 1998 - 2006

Minutes of meetings, 1891 - 26 April 1957 Note: mainly consists of minutes of Vestry meetings and, from 1942 onwards, annual general meetings; brief overview of annual church accounts in rear of voume, 1891 - 1894 See also EP/Wy 5/1

Minutes of meetings, 8 April 1958 - 17 January 1980 Note: mainly consists of the minutes of Vestry and annual general meetings

Minutes of fundraising sub - committee meetings, July 1974; 8 June - 15 December 1993; 13 January - 16 November 1994; 20 February - 20 November 1995; 3 April - 9 December 1996; 3 February - 7 April 1997; 23 February - 9 November 1998; 26 April - 3 June 1999

Minutes of fundraising sub - committee meetings, 21 July 1995 - 29 March 1999

Income and expenditure accounts for the years ending 1992 - 1994; 1997 - 1998

Accounts for the years ending 31 December 1957; 1959 - 1970

Accounts for the year ending 31 December 1981 Note: includes Treasurer's comments on likely income and expenditure for the year ending 1982

Letter from the Archdeacon of Richmond, K. R. Good, 62 Palace Road, Ripon, HG4 1HA to Mr K. S. H. Miller, The Old Rectory, Wycliffe, Barnard Castle, DL12 9TS concerning the sandblasting of the church walls and south door, responsibility of the Parochial Church Council for the fabric of the church, the use of faculties and the legal context, 25 April 1999

Letter from the National Provincial Bank Ltd., Barnard Castle, and mandate to them, concerning the Tunstall Charity account, 6 February 1951 and n.d. [1951]

Parish magazines for St. Mary's Wycliffe, St. Mary's Hutton Magna, St. Michael's Barningham and Scargill Church, March - April; October 1994

Parish magazines for the parishes in the Rural Deanery of Richmond including Barningham, Bowes, Brignall, Hutton Magna, Laithkirk, Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Startforth and Wycliffe, March - April 1960

A history of Wycliffe, n. d. [1980s]