Catalogue

Plan of pews and their occupants, n.d. [1813?] No scale

Account book of pews sold, 1815

Account book of arrears uncollected of church sess under faculty for new pewing of church, 17 July 1817 Includes: amount of poor, emptys, dead, overcharges etc., n.d.; amount of arrears collected, October 1821

Plan of pews and occupants, n.d. No scale

Estimates of amount required to complete church restoration, 1859 - 1870

Papers re restoration of church and tower, 1867 - 1875

Papers re repairs needed to church, 3 November 1875

List of subscriptions for Church Restoration Fund, 27 August 1868 - 3 December 1874 Includes: accounts of Bazaar Fund, August 1874

Correspondence between Samuel Rowlandson, The College, Durham and J.D. Holmes, Barnard Castle concerning 10 guineas donation promised by late Dean of Durham for church restoration, 29 - 30 July 1869

Lists of subscriptions towards restoration of church, 1870

Specifications for work to restore church, 11 March 1869

Specifications for plumbers, glaziers and masons work to restore church, 23 April 1869

Specifications for carpenters and joiners work to restore church, n.d. [1869]

Letter from E. Dixon, cabinet maker and upholsterer, Barnard Castle to H. Boazman, with account for work on church, 26 February 1875

Newspaper article re re-opening services after church restoration, December 1870

Ticket for social gathering on 25th anniversary of re-opening of church after restoration, 7 December 1895

Papers re completion of church restoration by restoring tower, 1869 - 1881

Letters from C. Hodgson Fowler to Henry Boazman and Rev. Brown concerning church tower, 12 July 1872 - 5 December 1874

Ryders to agreement for building work [on tower], 1873

List of subscriptions to Tower Fund, n.d. [c.1873]

Circular letter from Henry Boazman concerning church tower restoration and intention to hold bazaar to raise money, 18 October 1873

Notice of bazaar in aid of church tower restoration, n.d. [c.1873]

Notice of meetings of Committee for Promoting the Polytechnic, church tower restoration, n.d. [ c.1873]

Papers re bazaar and loan exhibition to raise money for church tower restoration, August and September 1874

Circular letter from Committee of Church Tower Rebuilding Fund concerning success of bazaar and polytechnic exhibition held to raise funds, 31 August 1874

Letter from William Watson junior to newspaper concerning church tower restoration, n.d. [1873/4]

Rough list of church expenses [re tower restoration ?], n.d. [c .1873]

Letter from William Watson, Spring Lodge, Barnard Castle to H. Boazman, Esq., concerning positioning of tablets in new tower, 25 June 1874

Newspaper cutting, Teesdale Mercury, concerning dry rot in church, n.d.

Receipts, 18 July 1892 - 4 August 1898

Rough account of money spent on building work and restoring the church fabric, 1838 - 1875

Correspondence between The Vicar, Barnard Castle; Smith-Woolley, Collingham, Newark, Nottinghamshire; The Archdeacon of Durham, 15 The College, Durham; Durham County Council, County Planning Department, County Hall, Durham; Diocese of Durham Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches; Forsyth and Stastny, Britannia Chambers, 18A Horsemarket, Barnard Castle; concerning the repair of the church roof, 5 August - 28 November 1980 Originally enclosed in EP/BC 4/189

Specification of work for the formation of a children's corner in the church, January 1996

Report and plans concerning roof repairs, 13 February 1979 - 28 October 1982 Includes report of Appeal Director for finance for the restoration of St. Mary's Church, Barnard Castle, January 1983

Preliminary timber treatment survey report on roof timbers at St. Mary's church, by Peter Cox Ltd., Unit B1, Commerce Way, Skippers Lane Industrial Estate, Middlesbrough, 28 October 1982

Detailed timber treatment survey report on roofing timbers over the south wall of the nave, by Peter Cox Ltd., Unit B1, Commerce Way, Skippers Lane Industrial Estate, Middlesbrough, 18 November 1982

Plans of church before and after restoration, 1868 Scale: 20 feet to 1 inch [1:240] (4 plans, 24cm x

Plan of proposed additional vestry accommodation, July 1924

Plan of proposed heating apparatus in church, January 1875

Plan of vestry safe, n.d.

Plan of proposed cross and candlesticks for chapel of St. Margaret, December 1957 Scales: 1" to 1 foot [1:12]; full size

Ground plan of church, n.d. Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan showing the proposed alteration, to form a children's corner in the church by Forsyth and Stastny, chartered architects, 18A Horsemarket, Barnard Castle.

Diagrammatic roof plan of St. Mary's church, by Forsyth & Stastny, chartered architects, Britannia Chambers, 18A Horsemarket, Barnard Castle, 4 March 1980

Plan of chancel grassed area showing location of urns and memorial plaques, 1 October 1981

Plan of St. Mary's church by Browne Lloyd and Partners, Architects [quinquennial inspection], December 1973

Photograph of the interior of the church decorated with flowers, fruit and vegetables for the Harvest Festival, 1964

Photographs of church, 1955 and n.d.

Photograph of St. Anthony with boar, now in church, with explanatory note, n.d.

Photograph of the church roof, 12 March 1980

Photograph of the church roof, 26 February 1980

Photograph of the church roof, 26 February 1980

Photograph of the church roof, 26 February 1980

Photograph of the church roof, 26 February 1980

Photograph of the church roof, 26 February 1980

Photograph showing guttering detail on the roof, 26 February 1980

Photograph of the church roof, 26 February 1980

Photograph of the church roof showing details of lead sheeting joins, 12 March 1980

Photograph of the church roof, 12 March 1980

Photograph of the church roof, 12 March 1980

Photograph of the interior of the church looking from the side of the nave towards the choir and altar, 26 February 1980

Photograph of the interior of the church looking down the nave towards the altar, 26 February 1980

Photograph of the interior of the church showing the choir and altar, 26 February 1980

Photograph of the exterior of St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle, n.d. [1910]

Photographs of the exterior of St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle, n.d.

Photograph of the exterior of St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle, n.d. [1960]

Photograph of the exterior of St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle, n.d. [1960]

Photograph of the interior of St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle, looking towards the altar, n.d.

Photographs of the interior of St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle, looking towards the chancel decorated with flowers, n.d.

Photographs of flower arrangements in the church, as part of the Centenary flower festival [September 1966]

Photograph of church memorial plaque, designed by John Skelton, n.d. [1960]

Letter from Joan and Sarah, Brighton to John (Vicar of St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle) concerning the work of John Skelton [30 October 1967]

Photograph of the exterior of St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle n.d.

Photograph of the font, St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle, n.d.

Photograph of an interior view of St Mary's church, Barnard Castle, showing the nave, chancel and altar, n.d.

Photograph of the altar with floral decorations and stained glass window, St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle, n.d.

Photograph of a tomb effigy in St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle, of Robert de Northam, vicar of Gainford, n.d.

Photograph showing five loaves of bread, a book with a pencil and a key, in St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle, n.d.

Printer's block depicting St. Mary's Church, the old vicarage and cottage, n.d. [1990s]

Photograph of the congregation standing during a Lent church service, n.d. [ c.1970-1980]

Photograph of the congregation during a Lent church service, n.d. [c .1970-1980]

Photograph of the choir and congregation singing during a Lent church service, n.d. [ c.1970-1980]

Photograph of a small unidentified child receiving an unidentified object from an unidentified celebrant with the congregation looking on, n.d. [c. 1970-1980]

Photograph of three small unidentified children with an unidentified celebrant during a Lent church service, n.d. [ c.1970-1980]

Photograph of several unidentified children receiving an unidentified object from an unidentified celebrant during a Lent service, n.d. [ c.1970-1980]

Photograph of the congregation standing during a Lent church service as the procession approaches the nave from the choir, n.d. [ c.1970-1980]

Photograph of the congregation standing during a Lent church service as the procession moves down the nave towards the rear of the church, n.d. [ c. 1970-1980]

Photograph of group of people, including clergy in front of St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle, n.d. [1950s]

Assessment of rate for new bells, 28 August 1823 Includes: account of subscriptions, 1823 - 1824; note of arrival of 6 bells, 23 December 1823; accounts, subscriptions etc. for purchase of organ, 28 March 1822 - 1823

Papers re bells, 1874 - 1932

Bank passbook, Bells Fund, 3 May 1911 - 25 January 1912

Papers re bellringers, 1971

Letter from W. Bernard East to Mr. Holmes concerning cheque for Organ Fund, 20 December 1870

Account book of Organ Restoration Fund, 1895 - 1896

Papers re organ, 1895 - 1903

Bank passbook, Organ Fund, 23 May 1916 - 19 January 1925

Bank passbook, Organ Fund, 14 January 1925 - 22 February 1926

Papers re vestry enlargement and organ renovation, 1926

Papers re rebuilding organ, 1955

Photograph of the church organ pipes, n.d.

Papers re repairs to clock, 30 January - 8 November 1875

Extract from will of Miss Isabel Gent re bequest of £500 to maintain clock and bells, died 3 March 1954

Letter from William Potts & Sons Ltd., Leeds to Rev. A.B. Webster, concerning fitting Westminster Chimes to clock, 28 September 1956

Papers re oak panelling and tiling in church, 1892

Letter from W. Eaden Lilley & Co. Ltd., Cambridge to Rev. A.B. Webster concerning supply of oak chairs, 26 June 1958

Correspondence concerning introduction of panelling and dorsal curtain behind altar, 1962

Specification for a proposed replacement of decayed internal lintels to the easternmost window in the north wall of the north transept, 26 February 1998

Papers re installation of electric lighting in church, including plan, June - July 1939

Papers re church lighting, 26 - 28 April 1949

Letters from J. Longbottom & Co., Belgrave Foundry, Leeds, heating apparatus manufacturers, to Henry Boazman, Barnard Castle, concerning heating church, 23 December 1874 - 6 January 1875

Letters from Joseph A. Somerset, iron founder, smith, bellhanger etc., Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Committee for Warming Church, concerning heating church, 26 December 1874 - 3 February 1875

Letters from Dinning & Cooke, Hot Water Engineers etc., Newcastle-upon-Tyne to H. Boazman, esq., concerning installation of church heating, 26 December 1874 - 25 February 1875

Advertisement for J.E. Hainsworth's "improved upright boilers", Dewsbury, Yorkshire, n.d. [1874]

Papers and plans concerning new chapel, 1956

Notes re history of architecture of church, n.d. (1 file, typescript) Fourth Deposit (Acc: 1424)

Drawings depicting the tower of Barnard Castle, St. Mary, and the belfry and porch of Whorlton, St. Mary, n.d. [late 1990s]

Order in council closing St. Mary's detached churchyard, 8 October 2003

13 May 1806 (1) John Adamson of Barnard Castle, gent. (2) William Benning and Thomas Taylor of Barnard Castle, gents., churchwardens (3) William Hutchinson of Egglestone, esq., John Bourn of Walker Hall, esq., William Emm of Bishop Auckland, esq., and Thomas Scarth of Staindrop, esq., Bargain and sale by (1) to (3) as trustees of 1157 sq. yds of land adjoining churchyard to extend burial ground Consideration: £150 (2) to (1)

Letter from Secretary of State to Rev. George Dugard, concerning new burial ground, 3 June 1859

Form of consecration of a burial ground, 1859

Sentence of consecration of additional burying ground, 1 December 1859

Letter from Secretary of State, Home Department, to H.C. Watson, esq., concerning approval of proposed new burial ground, 23 March 1895

Letters concerning donations to Cemetery Extension Fund, July 1910

Newspaper cutting re public meeting to consider cemetery extension, n.d.

Plan of cemetery extension, n.d. Scales: 30 feet to 1 inch [1:360]; 1:2500

Papers concerning cemetery, 1833 - 1978

Minute book of Cemetery Extension Committee, 18 September - 18 October 1907

Minute book of Cemetery Extension Committee, 18 September 1907 - 7 January 1929 Includes: list of subscriptions, 1910

Rules and regulations for Cemetery of Darlington, Darlington Burial Board, 1858

Regulations of the Burial Board for the townships of Northallerton and Romanby, n.d.

Minute book of Burial Ground Committee, 7 March 1859 - 7 March 1905

Notice to interested parties under section 10(1) of the Pastoral Measure 1983 of the completion of a pastoral scheme concerning the transfer of part of the burial ground vested in the incumbent of the benefice of Barnard Castle with Whorlton in the Diocese of Durham to the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance on behalf of Barnard Castle with Whorlton for parochial purposes, 29 June - 6 July 2009

Report on the state of the cemetery grounds, 14 April 1873

Notes re poor condition of graveyard, n.d.

Letter to D. McIvor concerning termination of his employment to maintain cemetery chapel and church grounds, 18 March 1940

List of subscriptions for draining and keeping the cemetery in repair, n.d.

List of requirements for churchyard and to heat church, n.d.

Correspondence between Sheila Burne, 2 Normoss Road, Blackpool, Lancashire; Rev. P. Lind-Jackson, The Vicarage, Barnard Castle; and Canon Michael Perry, Bishop of Durham's Senior Chaplain, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; concerning the maintenance of a gravestone in the churchyard, 9 October - 27 October 1997

File concerning Barnard Castle Mortuary Chapel, Victoria Road, 31 October 1991 - 29 March 1996

Notification that the mortuary chapel, Victoria Road, Barnard Castle, has been added to the list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest, 29 November 1993

Correspondence between Rev. Peter Lind-Jackson, The Vicarage, Barnard Castle; Jim McTaggart, Teesdale Mercury, Barnard Castle; Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Tilly, Bailey & Irvine, 8 Newgate, Barnard Castle; Home Office, Queen Anne's Gate, London; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; P.W. Coverdale, Levy Pool Farm House, Sled Dale, Bowes; Forsyth and Stastny, chartered architects, Britannia Chambers, 18a Horsemarket, Barnard Castle; Ven. Granville Gibson, Archdeacon of Auckland, Glebe House, Sunderland Bridge; Teesdale District Council, Galgate, Barnard Castle; Chief Fire Officer, Durham County Fire Brigade, Framwellgate Moor, and Smith, Roddam & Co., solicitors, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, concerning the sale of the Victoria Road mortuary chapel and its proposed conversion into a house, 30 July 1984 - 18 July 1996

Order empowering the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance to dispose of the Victoria Road churchyard and mortuary chapel for residential and access purposes, 21 August 1995

Notice to cease trespassing on churchyard by hanging clothes on rails, November 1867

Letter from John D. Holmes, Barnard Castle to W. Graham, Barnard Castle instructing him not to make a doorway into churchyard, 14 October 1871

Papers re notice to Richard Pearson to quit house in cemetery, 15 August 1873 - 19 March 1874

Petty sessions warrant to take and give possession of [house in churchyard] from Richard Pearson to churchwardens, 26 August 1874

Notice by vicar and churchwardens to Richard Pearson of intention to apply to Petty Sessions for warrant of ejectment from house in cemetery, 21 January 1875

Notice to churchwardens of intention to quit possession of house in cemetery, n.d. [1875]

Notice to Richard Pearson that he can continue occupation of house in cemetery on condition that he looks after cemetery, November 1875

Duties of tenant of cemetery chapel house, n.d.

17 January 1898 (1) Churchwardens (2) Messrs. Blenkinsop Memorandum of arrangement for tenancy of cottage in churchyard rented by (1) from Mrs. Eyles for church caretaker's residence

Papers re erection of telegraph poles in churchyard, 1895 - 1904

List of subscriptions received from Stainton for cemetery, 10 December 1873

Licence (and copy) to inter remains of five members of Mr. Watson's family at their decease in his family vault in the old churchyard, 12 December 1859

Newspaper cutting, Darlington and Stockton Times , including article on new parish hall, 30 May 1957

Newspaper cutting concerning proposed parish hall in Newgate, n.d.

Printing block of proposed parish hall, n.d.

Letter from P. Carter, Diocesan Office, Durham to Rev. A.B. Webster concerning proposed alterations to church hall, 31 May 1954

Circular appeals to build new parish hall, n.d. [1955/6]

Replies to appeal for donations towards new church hall, 31 August 1955 - 5 November 1956

Papers re proposed rebuilding of church hall, 1956 - 1963

Letter from John Lawton, Startforth, chartered architect to Rev. A.B. Webster, concerning proposed site for new church hall, 18 February 1956

Letter from H. Cecil Ferens, Diocesan Registry, Durham to Rev. A.B. Webster, concerning refusal to grant faculty to build church hall on closed churchyard, 6 July 1956

Letters from Meredith, Hardy and Hutchinson, London, solicitors, to Rev. A.B. Webster, concerning application for assistance from William Johnston Yapp Charitable Trust [for new church hall], 3 September - 16 October 1956

Lists of subscriptions for new church hall, n.d. [c.1956]

Order of ceremony for laying foundation stone of new hall, 30 May 1957

Negatives of stone-laying ceremony of new hall, n.d. [1957]

Letter from Sir Robert Hutchings, K.C.I.E., C.M.G., Glaxo Laboratories, Greenford, Middlesex to Rev. A. Webster, concerning his performing opening ceremony of new parish hall, 12 September 1957

Ticket for Easter Ball in new parish hall, 25 April 1958

General Summary of proposed rebuilding of church hall, n.d.

"Report of the Executive Committee as to Conveyance and Legal Holding of Church Halls and Parish Rooms, with Recommendations and Form of Model Deed as Adopted", n.d.

Newspaper cutting, Darlington and Stockton Times , including article on plans to build new Church Institute, 14 April 1956

Plan of St Mary's Church Institute, Proposed Rebuilding, n.d. Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

First floor plan of proposed mission room, [Thorngate Mission] by Hicks Charlewood, architects, 67 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [ c.1905]

Elevations and section of proposed [Thorngate] Mission, by Hicks Charlewood, architects, 67 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [ c.1905]

Sections of proposed [Thorngate] Mission, by Hicks Charlewood, architects, 67 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [ c.1905]

Minute book and Journal of Proceedings of the Trustees, Bridgegate Mission Room, 26 March 1895 - 23 September 1914

Mission Hall property file, 1947-2002 Includes: correspondence, 18 May 1992 - 1 November 2002; specification for the modernisation of the employment service - phase 2, n.d. [c. 1990s]; minutes of meetings at Mission Hall, 30 April 1996 - 19 February 1998; draft deed of grant between Reverend P. W. Lind - Jackson and others to Mr. K. Graham relating to the Mission Hall, The Bank, Barnard Castle, 1995; report and valuation of access and easement provisions to the rear of 47 The Bank, Barnard Castle on behalf of The Vicar and Churchwardens of St. Mary's parish church, the Church Missions Hall, Barnard Castle by S. W. Nixon, Addisons Surveyors, 13 Galgate, Barnard Castle, 5 January 1996; lease agreement between the Vicar and Churchwardens of St. Mary's parish church and the Minister of Works relating to the Mission Hall, The Bank, Barnard Castle from 25 December 1947 - 25 December 1957 for £125 per annum; condition survey by Peter Fall Cowie Associates, Chartered Building Surveyors, 194 Portland Road, Newcastle, NE2 1DJ, 4 April 1991; lease agreement between the Vicar and Churchwardens of St. Mary's parish church and the official custodian for charities relating to a five year lease of Mission Hall, The Bank, Barnard Castle starting at £4000 per annum, 4 November 1993

Correspondence between Reverend A. Harding, The Vicarage, Parsons Lonnen and George Stastny, Chartered Architect, Britannia Chambers, 18a The Horsemarket, Barnard Castle, DL12 8LZ and Trevor Watson, Head of Planning and Building Control, Teesdale House, Galgate, Barnard Castle DL12 8EL concerning the use of, and alterations to, The Mission Hall, 16 - 19 May 2006

16 January 1899 (1) Canon Frederick Brown of Houghton-le-Spring, late vicar of Barnard Castle; Robert Taylor Richardson, solicitor; William James Watson, solicitor; Harry Crawford Watson, solicitor; Robert Wood, solicitor's clerk, and Joseph Lowes, railway yardsman, of Barnard Castle (2) William Gayles of Barnard Castle, leader and milkman Agreement to sell house in Bridgegate Consideration: £130

14 January 1899 (1) John George Johnson of Barnard Castle, butcher (2) Rev. John Trevannan Penrose, vicar; Robert Taylor Richardson, solicitor; William James Watson, solicitor; Harry Crawford Watson, solicitor; Robert Wood solicitor's clerk, and Joseph Lowes, railway yardsman Agreement (and draft) to sell land on w. side of Thorngate, with buildings thereon Consideration: £630

1899 (1) John George Johnson of Barnard Castle, butcher (2) The Trustees (named) Draft conveyance of land on w. side of Thorngate, with buildings thereon, in trust by mortgege to raise money to build Mission Room and to be used for Mission Room or Sunday School Consideration: £630

1899 (1) John George Johnson of Barnard Castle, butcher (2) Vicar and churchwardens (named) (3) Trustees of the Bridgegate Mission Draft conveyance of land on w. side of Thorngate, with buildings thereon, in trust by mortgage to raise money to build Mission Room and to be used for Mission Room or Sunday School Consideration: £630

1901 (1) John George Johnson of Barnard Castle, butcher (2) Vicar and churchwardens (named) (3) Trustees (named) Draft conveyance of ground on w. side of Thorngate, with buildings thereon, in trust to build Mission Hall or Sunday School

24 August 1909 (1) John George Johnson of Barnard Castle, butcher (2) Vicar and churchwardens (named) Draft conveyance of land on w. side of Thorngate, with Mission Hall, butchers shop and two cottages thereon, in trust to be used as Mission Hall or Sunday School or other church purposes only Consideration: £630Consideration: £630

29 November 1898 (1) John George Johnson of Barnard Castle, butcher (2) Stephen Kirtley of Barnard Castle, wood turner Tenancy agreement for house in the Bank, Barnard Castle, with workrooms etc. Rent: £14

28 February 1899 (1) John George Johnson of Barnard Castle, butcher (2) Elizabeth Sheppard, wife of George Sheppard Tenancy agreement for house in Thorngate Rent: £15 p.a.

23 May 1931 (1) Church Institute Committee (2) Alfred Winter Dye of 10 George Street, Barnard Castle, shoemaker Tenancy agreement for lock-up shop at 4 The Bank, Barnard Castle

Notice to William Wilson to quit house in Mission Hall Yard, by solicitors of Mission Hall Trustees, 5 September 1914

Letter from Charity Commission to Rev. A.B. Webster, Barnard Castle concerning sale of Mission Room property, 26 March 1954

Charity Commission Orders re Mission Room, 6 April 1900 - 17 August 1910

Letter from Charity Commission concerning investment account of Mission Room Charity, 16 February 1915

Plan of drainage at vicarage [never fully carried out], n.d. No scale

Plan [incomplete] of house [vicarage?], n.d. No scale

Plan showing the proposed division of the vicarage into a vicarage and cottage, 27 November 1962

Site plan of proposed new vicarage and dwellings, Parsons Lonnen, Barnard Castle, May 1997

Floor plans, elevations and sections of the proposed new vicarage, by Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, Alan House, 48 Bootham, York, December 1997

Ground floor plans of proposed new vicarage, by Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, Alan House, 48 Bootham, York, August 1998

First floor plans of proposed new vicarage, by Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, Alan House, 48 Bootham, York, August 1998

Ground floor, plumbing and electrical layout of proposed new vicarage, by Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, August 1998

Heating and electrical layout of first floor of proposed new vicarage, by Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, 48 Bootham, York, August 1998

Section, A-A of proposed new vicarage, by Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, Alan House, 48 Bootham, York, September 1998

Section B-B of proposed new vicarage, by Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, Alan House, 48 Bootham, York, September 1998

Sections C-C and D-D of the proposed new vicarage, by Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, Alan House, 48 Bootham, York, September 1998

Proposed kitchen layout of proposed new vicarage, by Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, Alan House, 48 Bootham, York, January 1999

21 February 1852 (1) Rev. George Dugard, curate of Barnard Castle (2) Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty Mortgage for £350 plus interest to purchase parsonage house, with related papers

Papers re division of vicarage, 1952 - 1955

Mortgage for £500 to divide parsonage house into two dwellings, with consent for loan, 1 June 1953

Papers re vicarage, 1965 - 1969

Letter from Robert Richardson, Barnard Castle to Mr. Penrose concerning making available ground for minister's residence and mission hall in Barnard Castle, plus £1000 to provide stipend for Marwood and Streatlam, 27 November 1902

Correspondence between Ven. Granville Gibson, Archdeacon of Auckland, Glebe House, Sunderland Bridge; Smiths Gore, 26 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Rev. P.W. Lind-Jackson, The Vicarage, Barnard Castle; and Durham Constabulary, Aykley Heads, Durham, concerning the construction of a new vicarage and two houses for sale at Parsons Lonnen, Barnard Castle, 28 August 1996 - 15 September 1999

Specification and schedule of works for the proposed new vicarage and ground works, Parsons Lonnen, Barnard Castle, for the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, by Smiths Gore, Alan House, 48 Bootham, York, September 1998

Letter from Reverend Peter Lind-Jackson, The Vicarage, Barnard Castle, DL12 8NW to Mr. W. Heslop, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland concerning the future of the vicarage, 25 January 1991

Letter from G. W. Heslop, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ to Reverend P. Lind-Jackson, The Vicarage, Barnard Castle, DL12 8NW concerning the future of the vicarage, 4 February 1991

Letter from G. W. Heslop, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ to Reverend P. W. Lind-Jackson, The Vicarage, Barnard Castle, DL12 8NW concerning the future of the vicarage, 16 September 1996

File concerning the scheduling of the former stable, outbuildings and walls of the vicarage and glebe cottage, Newgate (south side), Barnard Castle, under The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act, 1990, 11 November 1991

Amendment to the list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest, adding the vicarage and Glebe Cottage; the walls to the vicarage and Glebe Cottage, and the former stable, outbuildings and walls to the vicarage and Glebe Cottage, all on the south side of Newgate, Barnard Castle, 14 October 1991

Notes of a visit made to Kinninvie Mission Room by G. W. Heslop, Diocesan Secretary, Diocese of Durham prior to the withdrawal of a licence for worship, 17 September 2010 Includes: written descriptions of the interior and exterior of the church, the church's furnishings, the future of the building and photographs [colour prints] of the interior and exterior of the church

Photographs of the christening font and altar of Kinninvie church, n.d. [c. 2002]

Photograph of the exterior of Kinninvie church, March 2002

Photograph of a plaque marking the ordination of Jane Grieve on 30 June 2002, n.d. [c. 2002]

Photograph of the Kinninvie church display at St. Mary's church, 29 June 2002

Photograph of the interior of Kinninvie church for the wedding of Gayle Ward and Christopher Lowe, 6 June [c. 2002]

Correspondence re church property in Barnard Castle, 1919 - 1930

Correspondence re repairs to church property, 1959 - 1971

Report and valuation of access and easement provisions to the rear of 47 The Bank, Barnard Castle, County Durham on behalf of the Vicar and Churchwardens of St. Mary's Parish Church, Barnard Castle, County Durham by S. W. Nixon, Addisons Surveyors, 13 Galgate, Barnard Castle, County Durham, 5 January 1996

Copy faculty to erect gallery, and list of those renting pews, 28 November 1719

Faculty to erect gallery containing ten pews in north porch, 16 May 1795

Faculty to repair and erect new pews, 23 July 1813

Faculty to alter, restore, reseat and remove the galleries of church, 23 March 1869

Faculty to erect new choir vestry, 26 January 1925

Faculty to install electric organ blower, 2 November 1949

Faculty to erect chancel screen, 23 November 1911

Faculty to erect oak screen, 30 March 1922

Faculty to introduce oak pulpit and rail, 9 February 1923

Faculty to introduce pair of brass candlesticks, 7 April 1941

Faculty to extend paved roadway at north-west entrance to church, with related papers, 13 March 1961

Petition for faculty to replace reredos with panelling, 17 January 1962

Faculty to erect plain oak panelling and hang dorsal curtain behind altar, 7 September 1962

Faculty to convert organ chamber into side chapel, remove font to new position and introduce regimental colours, 1 February 1957

Faculty for the introduction into the north wall of the side chapel dedicated to St. Margaret, of an aumbry and sanctuary lamp, 20 November 1985

Faculty for the replacement of the church roof with stainless steel, the replacement of defective timbers and the eradication of dry and wet rot, 11 July 1991

Faculty to conserve the thirteenth century clerestory window in the north side of the church, 21 October 1991

Faculty for the creation of a children's corner, 18 December 1995

Faculty for the installation of a sound reinforcement system, 4 December 1996

Faculty authorising the removal of two oak lintels above the north transept affected by dry rot fungus and to replace the oak lintels with concrete lintels faced with oak to replicate the original appearance and to treat the surrounding area to prevent further dry rot contamination, 18 September 1998

Archdeacon's certificate, 6 August 1947

Terrier, 1676, copied 1866

Terrier, 26 July 1806

Terrier, 4 August 1909

Typescript copy of terrier of all the lands, houses, implements and other rights belonging to Chapelry of Barnard Castle, 18 August 1792; copy made, 20th c.

Inventory, 1939

Inventory of goods in the parish church, 1939-1989

Report of inspection, made in November 1978, under the Inspection of Churches Measure, 1955 by Forsyth and Stastny, Britannia Chambers, 18A Horsemarket, Barnard Castle, 8 December 1978

Report on the church under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, December 1984

Report on inspection under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955 , May 1990

Quinquennial inspection by Forsyth and Stastny Limited, Chartered Architects, Britannia Chambers, 18a Horsemarket, Barnard Castle, DL12 8LZ, October 1995

Quinquennial inspection of the vicarage under the Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure, 1972, September 1985

Schedule of Ecclesiastical Dilapidations of vicarage, with covering letter, July 1973

Schedule of dilapidations by D. L. Renton, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ, noted at the quinquennial inspection of February 1996

Papers re archdeacon's visitation, 1868

Ledger of churchwardens, overseers of the poor and surveyors, November 1823 - 1877

Rough accounts for work in church, 4 March 1870

List of income received for: grave maintenance and cemetery upkeep, coal charities, income for the poor, income to provide groceries for the poor and income for "miscellaneous purposes", n.d. [ post 1945]

Churchwardens accounts, 23 May 1928 - 31 March 1945

Churchwardens accounts, 31 December 1945 - 31 December 1947

Churchwarden's accounts, 1 January 1937 - 9 December 1951

Churchwarden's accounts, 10 December 1959 - 31 December 1975

Churchwarden's accounts, 31 December 1975 - 11 January 1991

Assessment of rate for repair of church, 29 July 1814

An Act for the Abolition of Compulsory Church Rates , with related papers, 31 July 1868 - 5 February 1869

Assessment of rate for repairing church, 7 February 1855

Notice of vestry meeting to levy rate for repairs to church, 27 August 1859

Papers re levying rate to pay for church repairs, 16 - 21 February 1861

Papers re Ecclesiastical Dilapidations and rates, 1959 - 1971

Statements of accounts, 1871 - 1970

Balance sheets for maintenance of church and mission rooms, 1887 - 1893

Statement of accounts, Church Restoration Fund, 1 April 1872

Statements of accounts, Parish Church Institute Committee, 1915 - 1930

Papers re legacy by Edwin Sandys Bain, deceased, 29 October 1874 - 11 May 1876

Correspondence between Rev. P.W. Lind-Jackson, Vicarage, Newgate, Barnard Castle; Blackett, Hart and Pratt, solicitors, 12 Houndgate, Darlington; and Tilly Bailey and Irvine, (formerly Watsons), 8 Newgate, Barnard Castle; concerning the estate of James Tunstall, dec'd., 6 February 1994 - 27 September 1995

Newspaper cutting, Teesdale Mercury , concerning sale of work raising £460, 4 November 1953

Newspaper cutting concerning church bazaar raising £457, n.d.

Account book of treasurer of Cholera Relief Fund, September 1849 - 30 October 1852

Account of bedding etc., granted to poor persons in Barnard Castle area from Cholera Relief Fund, 1849

Regulations to be observed by persons depositing money in Savings Fund of Barnard Castle Provident Society, with deposit to Cholera Relief Fund endorsed, 25 October 1852

Stock certificates, £3 per cent annuities, 30 September 1785 - 13 February 1862

Bank passbook, Vestry Enlargement Fund, 19 January - 26 September 1925

Accounts of deficit balances of Rent Fund, 1886 - 1893

Letter to churchwardens concerning return of population and burial places, 28 September 1875

Circular letter from W. Frank Curtoys asking for subscriptions to Rent Fund (to obtain rooms for parish work), November 1886

Correspondence between Isabella Allison, Middleton-in-Teesdale and Rev. B. Selwyne-Smith, concerning compensation for injury to her son while working on church, 19 - 22 September 1941

Minute book of Rent Fund Committee, 7 May 1889 - 29 March 1901 and 29 April 1904 - 2 April 1908 Includes: minutes of Sale of Work Committee, 5 July 1901 - 2 April 1908

Minute book of Sale of Work Committee, 6 May 1908 - 10 November 1914 Includes: minutes of Rent Fund Committee, 10 August 1908 - 28 June 1915; and Church Institute Building Committee (later Church Institute Committee), 18 March 1910 - 20 April 1931

Case for the opinion of counsel concerning disputes over election of chapelwardens for Barnard Castle, n.d.