Catalogue

Number not used

Register of baptisms, 12 March 1914 - 10 January 1929

Register of baptisms, 3 February 1929 - 14 December 1952

Register of baptisms, 28 December 1952 - 18 October 2015

Register of marriages, 21 July 1926 - 14 January 1932

Register of marriages, 20 February 1932 - 16 September 1939

Register of marriages, 25 September 1939 - 27 May 1945

Register of marriages, 30 June 1945 - 10 January 1970

Register of marriages, 3 October 1970 - 20 September 2012

Register of banns of marriage, 25 April 1926 - 26 October 1941

Register of banns of marriage, 9 November 1941 - 29 February 1948

Register of banns of marriage, 29 February 1948 - 11 November 1955

Register of banns, 25 December 1955 - 15 May 2016

Number not used

Register of confirmations, 1934 - 5 July 2015

Register of preachers, 12 March 1905 - 31 December 1911

Register of services, 1 January 1923 - 20 January 1929

Preachers' book, 23 January 1929 - 29 July 1934

Register of services, 1 August 1934 - 31 December 1939

Register of services, 1 January 1940 - 4 September 1946

Register of services, 8 September 1946 - 30 December 1951

Register of services, 1 January 1952 - 18 March 1956

Register of services, 21 March 1956 - 30 December 1960

Register of services, 1 January 1961 - 6 February 1966

Register of services, 9 February 1966 - 30 June 1971

Register of services, 4 July 1971 - 4 July 1976

Register of services, 7 July 1976 - 9 September 1984

Register of services, 12 September 1984 - 28 July 2004

Register of services, 1 August 2004 - 17 July 2016

The London Gazette, including copy order-in-council creating the conventional district of Annfield Plain, St. Aidan, 13 March 1914

The London Gazette, including a copy order-in-council altering the boundaries of the parish, 14 May 1929

Copy map showing the boundaries of the new parishes of Beamish, and South Moor, St. George; and of the district of Annfield Plain, St. Aidan, 1929 Scale: 12 inches to 1 mile [1:5280]

Pastoral order transferring the parishes of Beamish and Tanfield from Chester-le-Street rural deanery to Lanchester rural deanery, 2 November 1970

Order in council uniting the benefice of Collierley and the benefice of Annfield Plain, St. Aidan, to create the benefice of Collierley with Annfield Plain, 13 February 1980

The London Gazette, including a copy order-in-council transferring the patronage of the benefice of Annfield Plain, St. Aidan, to the Crown, 28 July 1925

Notice of extension of suspension of presentation for the benefice of Collierley with Annfield Plain under Pastoral Measure 1983 section 67, 14 October 2010

Pastoral scheme, 10 February 2015: terminating the team ministry created in 2001 and the 2012 group ministry which was amended in 2014 the dissolution of the benefices of Christ the King and Burnopfield and Dipton the parish of Stanley and the parish of South Moor shall be united to create a new parish and benefice called Stanley and South Moor the creation of a new benefice called the benefice of Tanfield with Burnopfield and Dipton the establishment of a group ministry called The Derwentside East Group Ministry for the new benefice of Stanley and South Moor, the new benefice of Tanfield with Burnopfield and Dipton and the new benefice of Collierley with Annfield Plain

The London Gazette, including a copy order-in-council granting a sum of £50 and a sum of £150 per annum as stipends for the incumbents of the vicarage of Annfield Plain, 25 June 1914

Statement of benefice endowment fund, 1952-1953 Originally enclosed in EP/An 6/14

Grant of £50 yearly stipend by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, 24 October 1918

Grant of £120 a year by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, to fund a curate for the benefice, 24 October 1918

Statement by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, of annual payments towards the vicar's stipend, 1 April 1939

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, Westminster; and Rev. H.E. George, The Vicarage, Annfield Plain; concerning the Parochial Church Council's offer of £500 to augment the income of the benefice, and a general rise in clerical stipends in the diocese, 22 January 1952 - 27 January 1953

Licence for the performance of divine service at St. Aidan's church, 9 June 1914

Licence of Norman Ross Edmondsey to perform the office of assistant stipendiary curate, 21 September 1939

Notice of the Bishop of Durham's intention to admit Rev. Ian Stanley Palmer to the benefice, 15 July 1983

Order of service for the licensing by the Bishop of Durham, Right Reverend J. Welby of Reverend H. Murray as priest-in-charge of the parishes of St. Aidan, Annfield Plain and St. Thomas, Collierly, Harelaw, 11 January 2012

Photograph of Reverend P. Robertson, n.d. [c. 2000]

Statement by the Diocese of Durham relating to the ministerial contribution for the year 1 April 1982 - 31 March 1983 for the benefice of St. Aidan's Church for £1,517 per annum

Letters, forms and orders relating to parsonages, ministerial and administrative shares for St. Aidan's parish of Annfield Plain and Collierley Includes: letters from W. Hurworth, Secretary Diocesan Board of Finance to J. Wake, 13 March 1984; W. Hurworth to R. Collicott [member of Collierley Parochial Church Council], 13 March 1984; L. A. Brown, Acting Treasurer, Lanchester Deanery to J. Wake, 16 December 1983; L. A. Brown to Treasurer of Annfield Plain Parochial Church Council, 20 February 1984; W. Hurworth to all Parochial Church Council Treasurers, July 1984

Statement from Diocese of Durham to St. Aidan's Church concerning parish shares for 1 January 1988 - 31 December 1988

Letter from D. A. Bayles, Chairman of Assessors to incumbents/priests in charge regarding the assessment of potential incomes of parishes, May 1989 Form from Diocese of Durham stating the assessment of potential incomes for St. Aidan's Church for 1990 Letter from W. Hurworth, Secretary Diocesan Board of Finance to Parochial Church Council Treasurers regarding parish shares Form from Diocese of Durham to St. Aidan's Church regarding parish shares [amended 16 November 1988] for the year 1 January - 31 December 1989

Form from Diocese of Durham regarding the parish share and the apportionment of the parish share for St. Aidan's Church for the year 1 January - 31 December 1990

Form from Diocese of Durham to St. Aidan's Church regarding parish share for the year 1 January - 31 December 1991

Form from Diocese of Durham regarding the parish share and the apportionment of the parish share for St. Aidan's Church for the year 1 January - 31 December 1992

Return of parish finance form, January - December 2000

Return of parish finance form, January - December 2015

Leaflet detailing services included in the 'Light of the World' campaign programme, 5 - 26 February 1960

Order of service for the Louisa-Morrison north pit disaster 1947, 23 August 1997

Letter from Boult, Son & Maples, estate agents, valuers, surveyors and property auctioneers, 5 Cook Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, to Rev. W.S. Cowans, The Vicarage, Annfield Plain, concerning tithe redemption annuities for the church hall and St. Aidan's church, 9 October 1940

EP/An 4/52 number not used

South east and west elevation, longitudinal and cross sections, and ground plan of the proposed mission church at Annfield Plain, by Hicks and Charlewood, 4 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, January 1928 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan, sections and elevations of altar and chancel screens details, by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, The College, Durham, May 1937 Scale: full size [1:1]

Plan of proposed panelling to the chancel and west end screen, by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, The College, Durham, May 1937 Scales: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]; 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Plan, elevations, sections and details of a proposed side chapel, by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, The College, Durham, 12 June 1945 Scales: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]; 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

Plan depicting 2 alternative schemes for proposed re-arrangement of seating in the side chapel, by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, The College, Durham, October 1949 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]

Plan of proposed new seating by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, The College, Durham, October 1949 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Drawing of a base for the lectern with suggested raised platform at the back, n.d., [mid-20 th century] No scale

Revision A plan of proposed kitchen and toilets at St. Aidan's Church, 29 January 1981

Original plan of proposed kitchen and toilets at St. Aidan's Church, December 1981

Plan of proposed partition at St. Aidan's Church, January 1982

Revision B plan of proposed kitchen and toilets at St. Aidan's Church, 19 January 1982

Plan of proposed kitchen and toilets at St. Aidan's Church, 15 February 1982

Plan of proposed partition and kitchen at St. Aidan's Church, 19 February 1982

Amended plan of proposed partition and kitchen at St. Aidan's Church, 19 February 1982

Revision C plan of proposed kitchen and toilets at St. Aidan's Church, 11 March 1982

Plan of St. Aidan's Church by C. Downs, Chartered Architect, Ecclesiastical and Historic Buildings Consultant, 8 Holmside Place, Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, November 1994

Plan of St. Aidan's Church, c. 1994 Includes: substantial annotations on the front

Plan of St. Aidan's Church, c. 1994

Specification for the proposed mission church at Annfield Plain, by Hicks & Charlewood, 4 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, March 1928

Specification, and quotation, for the erection of the Mission Room at Annfield Plain, by Thomas Mordue, joiner, Dipton, July 1903

Letter from C. Downs, Chartered Architect, Ecclesiastical and Historic Buildings Consultant, 9 Holmeside Place, Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Revd. G. H. Lawes, Collierley Vicarage, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham concerning the specification for work at St. Aidan's Includes: plan [42cm x 29.5cm], for the repairs to the decayed floors, etc., 8 December 1994

General plan showing proposed repairs to decayed flooring etc., by Christopher Downs, chartered architect, 8 Holmside Place, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, December 1994 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Specification for repairs to decayed flooring etc., by Christopher Downs, chartered architect, ecclesiastical and historic buildings consultant, 8 Holmside Place, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, December 1994

Tender for repairs to decayed flooring etc., by Brown Developments Ltd., 6 Dene Avenue, Rowlands Gill, Tyne & Wear, December 1994

Letter from C. Downs, Chartered Architect, Ecclesiastical and Historic Buildings Specialist, 8 Holmside Place, Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Revd. G. H. Lawes, Collierley Vicarage, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham concerning tenders for repairs to flooring at St. Aidan's Church, 15 June 1995

Specification and schedule of work for repairs to decayed flooring etc., at St. Aidan's Church by C. Downs, Chartered Architect, Ecclesiastical and Historic Buildings Consultant, 8 Holmside Place, Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, December 1994

Plan for repairs to decaying flooring etc., at St. Aidan's Church by C. Downs, Chartered Architect, Ecclesiastical and Historic Buildings Consultant, 8 Holmside Place, Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, November 1994 Originally enclosed in EP/An 4/75

Letter from M. Errington, Service Manager, Drugasar Ltd. Dean's Road, Swinton, Manchester to J. A Williams, 21 Durham Road, Annfield Plain, County Durham concerning a quotation for the installation of heaters at St. Aidan's Church, 2 October 2003

Diocesan Advisory Committee Visit minutes concerning key repairs, 2 October 2003

Diocesan Advisory Committee Certificate recommending that repairs be undertaken at St. Aidan's, signed by Secretary of the Diocesan Advisory Committee, 12 January 1995

Letter from The Venerable I. Jagger, Archdeacon of Durham, 15 The College, Durham to J. Williams, 21 Durham Road, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham concerning a faculty authorising roof repairs to the kitchen extension, 31 March 2008

Letter from The Venerable T. Willmott, Archdeacon of Durham, 15 The College, Durham to Revd. G. Lawes, Collierley Vicarage, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham concerning a faculty authorising the repointing of the east side of the church; the reforming of the flat roof above the toilets; the renewal of the toilet ceilings, 10 July 2001

Letter from The Venerable S. Conway, Archdeacon of Durham, 15 The College, Durham to Revd. G. Lawes, Collierley Vicarage, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham concerning a faculty authorising the resetting of existing plastic guttering on east side of Chancel; the replacement of a broken length of cast iron guttering on west side of Nave above kitchen roof; the patching of the gutter on the east side of Nave between southernmost two windows; the replacement of the south end of gutter on west side of Chancel; the re-pointing of the felt flashing where kitchen roof meets its western parapet; the fixing of the downpipe beside the entrance projection on east side of Chapel and the shoe; the provision of new fixing at top of Nave downpipe above kitchen roof and the shortening of the pipe on the west side of Chancel 18 November 2003 Includes: annotations

Letter from G. W. Heslop on behalf of C. Downs, Archdeacon of Durham, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, County Durham to Revd. G. Lawes, Collierley Vicarage, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham concerning a visit to St. Aidan's Church by the Diocesan Advisory Committee on 2 October 2003 and an accompanying report from that visit relating to repairs to St. Aidan's Church, 14 October 2003 Originally enclosed in EP/An 4/101

Letter from Revd. G. Lawes, Collierley Vicarage, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham to Archdeacon Stephen [no surname], The College, Durham concerning repairs and the need for a faculty at St. Aidan's Church, 17 November 2003 Originally enclosed in EP/An 4/101

Letter from S. Condren, 49 Birch Crescent, Burnopfield, Newcastle-upon-Tyne to M. Dufton, 34 South View Gardens, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham concerning an estimate for repairs to St. Aidan's Church, 21 February 1995

Letter from C. Downs, Chartered Architect, Ecclesiastical and Historic Buildings Consultant, 8 Holmside Place, Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Revd. G. Lawes, Collierley Vicarage, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham concerning a specification and repairs to St. Aidan's Church, 8 December 1994

General citation concerning the treatment and replacement/strengthening of decaying timber flooring; installation of damp-proof course to selected walls and provision of new air bricks; replacement of timber flooring with concrete construction; relaying of concrete paving adjacent to the building together with improvements to surface water, 19 February 1995 Certificate of execution certifying that a copy of the general citation was affixed during the period 28 April 1995 - 19 May 1995 at St. Aidan's Church, 23 June 1995

Letter from C. Downs, Chartered Architect, Ecclesiastical and Historic Buildings Consultant, 8 Holmside Place, Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Revd. G. H. Lawes, Collierley Vicarage, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham concerning repairs to St. Aidan's Church, 1 March 1995

Letter from C. Downs, Chartered Architect, Ecclesiastical and Historic Buildings Consultant, 8 Holmside Place, Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Revd. G. H. Lawes, Collierley Vicarage, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham concerning the completed repairs to St. Aidan's Church; final account from Brown Development Ltd, 6 Dene Avenue, Rowlands Gill, Tyne & Wear for the repairs; invoice for fees and expenses from C. Downs; interim certificate and direction for payment to Brown Development Ltd from C. Downs, 27 November 1995 - 28 November 1995

Note listing repair requirements from previous Quinquennial inspection, c. 1994 Originally enclosed in EP/An 4/65/1

List of names on memorial tablets in St. Aidan's Church, Annfield Plain, n.d.

Plan of proposed memorial inscription on panelling to the south wall of the chancel, by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, The College, Durham, 23 January 1948 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Photograph of the church exterior, 1963

Photograph of the interior of the church, showing the altar, curtain and stained-glass windows behind, and the first two rows of pews, n.d., [ c.1965]

Photograph album containing 8 photographs of church silverware, oak candle sticks and wrought iron flower stands, n.d. [c. 1960]

Order of service at the ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone of the new church, 25 July 1928

Correspondence between Wood & Oakley, 4 Cloth Market, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; The Holmside and South Moor Collieries, Ltd., Colliery Offices, South Moor, Stanley; Cooper & Jackson, solicitors, 18 Market Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Durham Diocesan Board for Church Building and Church Extension, 37 Saddler Street, Durham; Hicks & Charlewood, architects, 4 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; the Bishop of Jarrow, The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, London; the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster; H. J. Nelson, organ builders, Holly Street, Durham; Rev. D. T. Dick, the Vicarage, Annfield Plain; The Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster; Smith & Co., Wholesale & Export Chair Manufacturers, 33 Richardson Street, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, Comeby Park House, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland; John Jackson & Sons, 72 Corporation Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Annfield Plain Urban District Council, Electricity Offices, West Road, Annfield Plain; the Bishop's Chaplain, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; General Register Office, Somerset House, London; the Diocesan Registry, Palace Green, Durham; concerning details of building the church at Annfield Plain, 11 July 1927 - 11 February 1929

Grant of £150 towards the construction of the Mission Church, by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 19 July 1928

Copy letter from Education Department, Whitehall, London, to W.H. Ritson, clerk to Kyo Urban District School Board, Lanchester, granting permission for the sale of 1213 2/3 sq. yds. of land belonging to Annfield Plain Board School, 6 October 1898

Abstract of title of land at Annfield Plain belonging to Messrs. Gornall, Stewart and Brown, all of Annfield Plain, reciting deeds dating 1898 to 2 October 1899, n.d.

Order of the Charity Commission, vesting in the official Trustee of Charity Lands, property of the Parish Room Charity, Lanchester, comprising 1213 2/3 sq. yds. of land at Annfield Plain, 28 June 1904

List of donations for St. Aidan's Church building fund, 2001

Order of service for the closing of St. Aidan's church, 17 July 2016

Estimates for proposed building at St. Aidan's Church, 16 February 1982

Letter from G. Kerswell, Site Senior Supervisor, Durham County Interchurch to M. Dufton, 34 South View Gardens, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham concerning estimates for proposed building at St. Aidan's Church, 16 February 1982 Originally enclosed in EP/An 4/65/1

Plan of elevation of proposed parish hall, Annfield Plain, Alnwick Construction and Engineering Co. Ltd, n.d. [early 20th century] Scales: 8ft to 1 inch [1:96]; 40ft to 1 inch [1:480]

1959 (1) Leslie Howe of St. Aidan's Vicarage, Annfield Plain, Clerk in Holy Orders; William Graham of 7 Durham Road, Annfield Plain, colliery cashier; Frank Sowden of 15 Tynedale Terrace, Annfield Plain, miner; trustees of St. Aidan's Church Hall (2) The County Council of Durham Copy lease, for 3 years from 1 January 1959, from (1) to (2) to use St. Aidan's Church Hall as temporary dining accommodation for pupils at Annfield Plain County Infants' School Rent: £52 p.a.

30 August 1962 (1) The Parochial Church Council of the parish of St. Aidan, Annfield Plain (2) The County Council of Durham Counterpart lease, for one year from 1 January 1962, of Annfield Plain Church Hall for use as a temporary dining room for children attending school Rent: £72 p.a.

23 May 1949 (1) Hubert Edgar George of The Vicarage, Annfield Plain, clerk in holy orders; Thomas Surtees Watchman of 8, Old Durham Road, Annfield Plain, Co-operative Society employee; and Frank Sowden of 15 Tynedale Terrace, Annfield Plain, miner; trustees of St. Aidan's church hall (2) Durham County Council Agreement for (2) to use the church hall as temporary dining facilities for Annfield Plain County Infants' School, for 5 years Rent: £52 a year Endorsed: renewal of the agreement for a further 5 years, 22 December 1953

Specification, and quotation, for a new parish hall at Annfield Plain, by Alnwick Construction and Engineering Co. Ltd., The Foundry, Alnwick, Northumberland, 22 November 1926

Specification for repairs to decayed flooring at St. Aidan's church by C. Downs, Architect, 8 Holmside Place, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 5AJ, December 1994

Plan of proposed lean-to garage at St. Aidan's vicarage, 3 November 1953 Scales: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]; 1:2500

Surveyor's report on the vicarage and attached offices, by Richard Wylie, ecclesiastical surveyor for the diocese, 14 November 1940

Correspondence between Rev. H.E. George, The Vicarage, Annfield Plain; H.E. Ferens & Son, solicitors, 38 Saddler Street, Durham; Stanley Urban District Council, Stanley; Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; James Turnbull & Son, auctioneers, land agents and valuers, Estate Offices, Station Road, Chester-le-Street; and S.L. Hetherington, Park View, Annfield Plain; concerning the sale of a portion of the vicarage garden, 30 November 1951 - 19 February 1953

Faculty authorising the erection of an oak reredos; the improvement of the electric lighting system; the introduction of a new oak litany-desk; and the placement of a small brass tablet on the panelling at the side of the organ chamber, 20 September 1934

Faculty authorising the introduction of an oak chancel screen and prayer desk, necessitating the slight removal of the pulpit, 19 September 1935

Faculty authorising the removal of the present holy table and its replacement with a new one in oak; the erection of oak panelling on the chancel and sanctuary walls; the erection of an oak screen at the west end; the alteration of the interior porch at the south-west entrance; and the replacement of the chancel floor with oak stripping, 28 October 1937

Faculty authorising the insertion of stained glass in the south window in the sanctuary; the introduction of a new credence table in the sanctuary; the conversion of the south transept into a side chapel and the erection therein of a new holy table, cross, flower vases and communion rail, all in oak; the placement in the nave of 2 new hymn boards; and the placement in the baptistry of an offering box and hymn-book case, both in oak, 23 August 1945

Faculty authorising the insertion of stained glass in the window in the south wall nearest the door in the south transept, 18 April 1947

Faculty authorising the insertion of stained glass in a pair of windows in the east wall of the south transept, 20 June 1947

Faculty authorising the introduction into the sanctuary of a kneeling desk, and the completion of the organ by adding one stop to the swell department, 25 June 1948

Faculty authorising the introduction into the Lady Chapel of two new frontals and eight seats; the repair and redecoration of the church interior and exterior; and the replacement of the fencing of the ground surrounding the church, 25 April 1950

Faculty authorising the insertion of stained glass in a window in the south wall of the Lady Chapel, 19 October 1954

Faculty authorising the removal of the pulpit 6 inches to the south of its present position; the renewal of the existing stairs and rails; and the erection of oak panelling adjacent to the pulpit, 6 March 1957

Faculty authorising the introduction of a processional cross in painted and gilded wood, 11 March 1958

Faculty authorising the introduction of 2 oak candlesticks, bearing a small plate inscribed in memory of Susan and Nora Temperley, 15 June 1963

Faculty authorising the rewiring of the electric lighting system; the introduction of new light fittings; and the introduction of 4 wrought-iron flower stands, 9 November 1967

Faculty authorising the introduction of 2 brass candlesticks to stand on the Lady Chapel altar, 27 January 1977

Faculty authorising the construction of a kitchen on the north elevation of the church; the division of the north transept from the nave to provide a general-purpose room adjoining the new kitchen; and improvements to the existing toilet facilities, 28 July 1982

Faculty authorising the lease, to Interchurch , of a piece of land, forming part of the church curtilage, for the purpose of erecting a greenhouse and potting sheds for agricultural purposes, 26 September 1983

Faculty authorising the treatment and replacement, or strengthening, of decaying timber flooring; the installation of a damp-proof course to selected walls; the provision of new air-bricks to ventilate the sub-floor void; the replacement of timber flooring with a concrete construction where practicable; the re-laying of the concrete paving adjacent to the church; and the improvement of surface water drainage, 19 July 1995

Faculty authorising the removal of an external toilet and the construction of two toilets on the northern elevation of St. Aidan's Church, 18 May 1984

Faculty authorising the removal of the obsolete chimney on the church of St. Aidan's Church to a level below the roof of the church with the re-slating of the roof where necessary, 13 July 1989 Archdeacon's certificate authorising unspecified work to be carried out, 14 October 1988

Faculty authorising the construction of a toilet block on the unconsecrated churchyard of St. Aidan's Church, 25 February 1991 General citation concerning the erection of a toilet block on the unconsecrated churchyard of St. Aidan's Church, 29 January 1991

Faculty authorising the erection of two greenhouses and the erection of two polythene growing tunnels on a part of the unconsecrated churchyard of St. Aidan's Church, 25 February 1991 General citation concerning the erection of two greenhouses and the erection of two growing tunnels on the unconsecrated churchyard of St. Aidan's Church, 29 January 1991

Petition for faculty to authorise the treatment and replacement/strengthening of decaying timer flooring; the installation of damp-proof course to selected walls and provision of new air bricks; the replacement of timber flooring with concreate construction in rectory; the relaying of concrete paving adjacent to the building with improvements to surface water, 20 December 1994

Faculty authorising the introduction of a small, dark, grey granite memorial to mineworkers lost in the local colliery disaster on 23 August 1947, dated 12 September 1997 Interlocutory order in the Consistory Court, Diocese of Durham allowing the introduction of a small, dark, grey granite memorial to mineworkers lost in the local colliery disaster on 23 August 1947, dated 22 August 1997 Letter from P. Wills, Durham Diocesan Registry, The Park Gate House, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, County Durham to Revd. G. Lawes, Collierley Vicarage, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham concerning a petition for a faculty, 15 September 1997

Faculty authorising remedial work to eliminate dry rot, woodworm, and the replacement of heaters in the church, 2 September 2004 Letter from P. Wills, Durham Diocesan Registry, The Park Gate House, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, County Durham to Revd. G. H. Lawes, Collierley Vicarage, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham concerning petition for faculty for remedial work and heating, 2 September 2004 Certificate of completion of works authorised by faculty [partially completed], n.d. Letter from M. Errington, Service Manager, Drugasar Ltd. Dean's Road, Swinton, Manchester to J. A. Williams, 21 Durham Road, Annfield Plain, County Durham concerning a quotation for the installation of heaters at St. Aidan's Church, 8 March 2004

Faculty authorising the removal of the turning stone from the church curtilage of the church of St. Aidan and its subsequent relocation and use in accordance with the terms of the letter dated 26 March 2004 from the Annfield Plain Community Partnership, 11 February 2005 Certificate of completion of works authorised by faculty, 13 May 2005 Letter from M. Hodgson, Secretary of Annfield Plain Community Partnership to Mr Heslop 24 Railway Gardens, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham concerning the turning stone, 26 March 2004 Letter from P. Wills, Durham Diocesan Registry, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, County Durham to Revd. G. H. Lawes, Collierley Vicarage, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham concerning the turning stone, 11 February 2005

Faculty authorising the treatment and replacement or strengthening of decaying timber flooring; installation of a damp-proof course to selected walls; provision of new air bricks to ventilate the sub-floor void; replacement of timber flooring with a concrete construction where practicable; re-laying of the concrete paving adjacent to the said church together with the execution of improvements to surface water drainage, 19 July 1995

Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 2000 authorising repairs to the kitchen extension roof, 31 March 2008

Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 2000 authorising the laying of the British Legion banner in the south east corner of the chancel, by leaning it, without fixings, in the corner, 20 July 2013

Faculty authorising the removal and disposal of sixty eight chairs from the rear of the nave and the removal of two pew fronts, 12 May 2014

Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 2000 authorising minor repairs to the roof following damage by a storm, 11 December 2015

Archdeacon's certificate authorising the re-decoration of the church interior, 19 November 1962

Archdeacon's certificate authorising unspecified work at the church, 9 July 1973

Letter from D. M. Robertson, Diocesan Registrar, Diocesan Registry, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, County Durham to Revd. G. Lawes, Collierley Vicarage, Annfield Plain, Stanley, County Durham concerning a certificate signed by the Archdeacon of Durham authorising works to be carried out at St. Aidan's Church, 26 March 1992 Archdeacon's certificate authorising work to be carried out in the outside windows at St. Aidan's Church [small annotation on reverse], 23 March 1992 Archdeacon's certificate authorising work to be carried out on the doors at St. Aidan's Church, 4 September 1990 Includes: annotation on reverse Archdeacon's certificate authorising work to be carried out on a second new door at St. Aidan's Church, 27 June 1991 Includes: small annotation on reverse Originally enclosed in EP/An 4/79/2

Inventory, 1953

Terrier and inventory for the parish of St. Aidan's Church, 16 April 1934

Terrier and inventory, 28 March 1986 - 4 March 2014

Log book, 1922 - 17 July 2016 Includes a list of incumbents and curates during the life of the church; list of ministers who conducted services during the period of sequestration, 31 August - 18 December 1983

Quinquennial report under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 15 May 1972

Quinquennial report under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955 , by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 7 July 1975

Quinquennial report under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 14 May 1979

Quinquennial report under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 24 May 1984

Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Charlewood Curry Partnership, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 8 October 1989

Quinquennial inspection report on St. Aidan's Church, by H. H. Atkinson, Chartered Architect, Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson Architects, 32 - 34 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 24 May 1984

Quinquennial inspection report on St. Aidan's Church, by C. Downs, Chartered Architect, Charlewood Curry Partnership, 32 - 34 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 8 October 1989

Quinquennial inspection report on St. Aidan's Church, by C. Downs, Chartered Architect, Ecclesiastical and Historic Buildings Consultant, The Cathedral Architect's Office, The Great Kitchen, The College, Durham, 23 December 1994

Quinquennial inspection report on St. Aidan's Church, by C. Downs, Chartered Architect, Ecclesiastical and Historic Buildings Consultant, The Cathedral Architect's Office, The Great Kitchen, The College, Durham, 26 July 2003

Quinquennial inspection on St. Aidan's church by C. Downs, Chartered Architect, Ecclesiastical and Historic Buildings Consultant, The Cathedral Architect's Office, The Great Kitchen, The College, Durham, 28 February 2009

Quinquennial inspection on St. Aidan's church by C & C Granger, Architects, September 2014

Note highlighting the areas of St. Aidan's Church that were not inspected by the Quinquennial inspection; issues that require action; that the report should be read to the Parochial Church Council, c.2003 Originally enclosed in EP/An 4/65/4

Surveyor's report, order, and ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures 1923-1951, 31 May, 12 July, 31 July 1961

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of the vicarage, by Matthew Hayton, diocesan architect, Owengate House, Durham, July 1971

Schedule of dilapidation noted at the quinquennial inspection of November 2001 by M. Galley, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ

Schedule of dilapidation noted at the quinquennial inspection of 17 March 2011 by M. Galley, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ

Statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1968

Statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1969

Statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1972

Income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 December 1973

Statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1978

Statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 1979

Letter from Nicholson & Martin, solicitors, Stanley, to the vicar, The Vicarage, Annfield Plain, concerning a £50 legacy to the vicar and churchwardens, from Mrs. Alice Thompson, 5 Northgate, Annfield Plain, 9 February 1935

List of donations made to churchwardens, 2003

Sequestration account for St. Aidan's, 31 July - 18 December 1983

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 29 July 1920 - 16 May 1934 Includes: Annual Parochial Meetings minutes, 6 April 1921 - 10 April 1934

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 23 June 1934 - 27 January 1941 Includes: Vestry and Annual Parochial Meetings minutes, 30 April 1935 - 19 February 1940

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 10 February 1941 - 21 January 1952

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 5 February 1952 - 4 March 1965

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 9 March 1965 - 29 January 1974

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 30 April 1974 - 14 October 1980

Parochial Church Council meeting minutes, 25 November 1980 - 23 January 1986 Includes: attendance register for Parochial Church Council meetings, 25 November 1980 - 17 March 1986

Parochial Church Council meetings minutes book, 25 February 1990 - 16 November 1997 Includes: statements of general accounts, 1990, 1992 - 1994

Parochial Church Council meeting minutes [vestry meeting minutes preceding annual general meeting minutes], 9 April 1995 - 29 April 2001

Parochial Church Council meeting minutes, 29 June 2003

Parochial Church Council meeting minutes, 14 September 2003

Parochial Church Council meeting minutes, 29 February 2004

Parochial Church Council meeting minutes, 18 April 2004 Includes: extensive annotations on reverse

Vestry and Annual Parochial Meetings minute book, 10 February 1941 - 10 March 1964

Vestry and annual general meetings minutes, 9 March 1965 - 21 April 1991

Agenda for the annual general meeting; minutes of the Parochial Church Council meeting [held prior to the annual general meeting]; minutes of the annual general meeting, 29 March 1998

Parochial Church Council annual general meeting minutes, 6 April 2003

Vestry meeting minutes [held prior to annual general meeting], 6 April 2003

Vestry and annual parochial church council minutes of meetings, 29 April 2001 - 22 April 2012

Annfield Plain and Dipton Council of Churches minute book, 19 April 1982 - 30 October 1986 Includes: mailing list of churches involved in the Council of Churches

Account book, January 1924 - December 1930

Account book, January 1931 - December 1935

Account book, January 1935 - December 1946

Account book, November 1945 - 31 December 1954

Account book, January 1947 - December 1953

Account book, January 1954 - December 1961

Account book, January 1962 - December 1967

Account book, January 1968 - December 1973

Account book, February 1978 - March 1985

Account book, January 1981 - December 1988

Account book, January 1989 - December 2004

Account book, 1 January 1974 - 31 December 1980 Includes balance sheet and fabric fund for the end of each year

Statements of income and expenditure, 1951 - 1958

Income and expenditure account, 1934 Originally enclosed in EP/An 6/10

Financial report for the year ending 31 December 1933, c. April 1934 Originally enclosed in EP/An 6/10

Statement of accounts, 1940-1944 Originally enclosed in EP/An 6/12

Statements of income and expenditure, 1947-1954 Originally enclosed in EP/An 6/14

Statement of account for the year ended 31 December 1981 Includes: annotations on the front

Statement of account for the year ended 31 December 1982 Includes: minor annotations on front and reverse Originally enclosed in EP/An 6/64/5

Statement of account for the year ended 31 December 1983 [typescript with annotations]

Statement of account for the year ended 31 December 1984 Includes: annotations

Statement of account for the year ended 31 December 1985 Includes: extensive annotations

Statement of account for the year ended 31 December 1986

Statement of account for the year ended 31 December 1987 Includes: annotations

Statement of account for the year ended 31 December 1988

Statement of account for the year ended 31 December 1989 Includes: extensive annotations on one of the statements

Statement of account for the year ended 31 December 1990

Statement of account for the year ended 31 December 1991 Includes: annotation on reverse

Statement of account for the year ended 31 December 1992

Statement of account for the year ended 31 December 1997 Includes: draft report and notes on reverse Originally enclosed in EP/An 6/64/5

Statement of account for the year ended 31 December 1998

Statement of account (general funds, receipts, and payment accounts) for the year ended 31 December 1998 and 31 December 1999

Statement of account for the year ended 31 December 2000 Includes: extensive annotations on front; message on reverse of paper, 7 September 2001

Statement of account for the year ended 31 December 2002 Includes: annotations

Statement of account for the year ended 31 December 2004 Includes: comprehensive annotations

Account of repayments made from the Repairs Loan Fund, 25 March 1936 - 30 May 1939

Financial report to the annual general meeting, 29 March 1998

Report on youth work in the parishes of St. Aidan's Church and St. Thomas's Church by P. Tyler, April 1988 Originally enclosed in EP/An 6/64/5

Working paper regarding a Curate for St. Thomas's Church and St. Aidan's Church and appended to the agenda for Parochial Church Council meetings, October and November 1985 Originally enclosed in EP/An 6/64/5

Vicar's annual report presented to annual general meeting, 1995 Includes on reverse: statement to account for year ended 31 December 1995

Vicar's annual report presented to annual general meeting, 1997

Vicar's annual report presented to annual general meeting, 30 April 2000 Originally enclosed in EP/An 6/51/1

Vicar's annual report presented to annual general meeting, 6 April 2003

General correspondence of the secretary to the Parochial Church Council, including agenda papers of Lanchester Deanery Synod, newspaper cuttings and quarterly statements of account, March 1979 - 10 March 1981 This is an original bundle

General correspondence of the secretary to the Parochial Church Council, covering all aspects of parish business, including agenda papers of Lanchester Deanery Synod and newspaper cuttings, 24 April 1981 - 28 October 1982 This is an original bundle

General correspondence of the secretary to the Parochial Church Council, covering all aspects of parish business, particularly the appointment and institution of a new vicar, and negotiations for the grant of a licence to Interchurch to establish a nursery garden on church property, 8 June 1982 - 6 February 1984 This is an original bundle

Letter from I. A. Richardson, Secretary of the Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, Diocesan Office to M. Dufton, Secretary of the Parochial Church Council regarding repairs to St. Aidan's Church, 30 December 1994

Electoral roll, 1943, revised 1949, 1963-1971

Electoral roll, 1972 - 1999

Applications for enrolment on the Church Electoral Roll, 2002 - 2003

Electoral roll, April 2012

Byelaws or standing orders of the parochial church council, adopted 18 August 1941 Originally enclosed in EP/An 6/3

Agreement for the employment of Edith Telford as caretaker and James E. Telford as boiler attendant, February 1943

Order of the Charity Commission establishing a scheme for the management of the assets of the Parish Room charity, 17 December 1935

Bank pass book for the Sunday School account, 1 September 1943 - 27 December 1956

Report on St. Aidan's Church Sunday School, 1998

Order of service celebrating 125 years of the Mother's Union, 24 September 2001

Parish magazines, February and May 1928 and May 1930 Originally enclosed in EP/An 6/1

Annfield Plain parish magazine, December 1919

Annfield Plain parish magazine, January 1920

Parish church of St. Aidan, Annfield Plain, The Monthly Recorder, November 1947

Parish profile of St. Aidan's church, 1 October 2007

St. Aidan's Story: Memories of 75 years of worship in Annfield Plain, n.d. [c. 2004]

Roll of honour compiled/displayed for A Commemoration of Remembrance, 1914-1918

Roll of honour compiled/displayed for A Commemoration of Remembrance, 1939-1945