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Bearpark St. Edmund Parish

Reference: EP/BP Catalogue Title: Bearpark St. Edmund Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1879-2017

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For more records relating to St. Edmund's, Bearpark please see catalogue EP/Du.SO Part 1

Catalogue Contents

Bearpark, St Edmund parish records (Ref: EP/BP)Registration (Ref: EP/BP 1/)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/BP 1/section 01)

1/1-6, 1/34/1


Register of baptisms, 15 June 1879 - 21 August 1892 Includes memoranda of visitations of the rural dean, 1880, 1884, 1893, and 1914
(1 volume, vellum bound, printed form)


Duplicate register of baptisms, 15 June 1879 - 24 December 1889
(1 volume, vellum bound, printed form)


Duplicate register of baptisms, 4 January 1890 - 27 June 1909
(1 volume, paper bound, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 28 August 1892 - 27 June 1906
(1 volume, vellum bound, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 1 July 1906 - 16 July 1919
(1 volume, vellum bound, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 13 July 1919 - 20 December 1964
(1 volume, vellum bound, printed form)


Register of baptisms, 10 January 1965 - 25 September 2011
(1 volume)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/BP 1/section 02)

1/7-10, 33, 1/36/1


Register of marriages, 25 October 1879 - 3 October 1908
(1 volume, cloth bound, printed form)


Register of marriages, 24 October 1908 - 15 March 1924
(1 volume, cloth bound, printed form)


Register of marriages, 20 April 1924 - 25 December 1941 Includes National Insurance Act, 1913 Memorandum re Section 35: Provision as to marriage certificates, 25 August 1913
(1 volume, cloth bound, printed form, and paper, 2 folios)


Register of marriages, 6 April 1942 - 30 September 1961
(1 volume, cloth bound, printed form)


Register of marriages, 28 October 1961 - 31 August 1996
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 13 September 1996 - 29 December 2017
(1 volume)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/BP 1/section 03)

1/26-30, 1/35/1


Register of banns of marriage, 5 October 1879 - 14 April 1907
(1 volume, calf bound, printed form)


Register of banns of marriage, 14 April 1907 - 15 March 1914 (1 volume, vellum bound, printed form


Register of banns of marriage, 10 May 1914 - 7 March 1943 Includes pencil notes relating to banns for Vera Knowles/Ronald Ayre, Jennie Leasdale/William Allan and Sidney Young/Doris Elcoat, n.d.
(1 volume, vellum bound, printed form, and paper, 3 folios)


Register of banns of marriage, 7 March 1943 - 4 November 1951
(1 volume, cloth bound, printed form)


Register of banns of marriage, 11 November 1951 - 4 September 1977
(1 volume, cloth bound, printed form)


Register of banns of marriage, 4 September 1977 - 23 November 2014
(1 volume)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/BP 1/section 04)

1/17, 19-23
See also EP/BP 2/59


Register of burials, 25 July 1879 - 23 July 1895
(1 volume, vellum bound, printed form)


Duplicate register of burials, 1 January 1890 - 16 June 1914
(1 volume, paper bound, printed form)


Register of burials, 30 July 1895 - 3 May 1908 Includes sketch plan of graves belonging to Bell, Ransome, Spencer and Hunter families
(1 volume, vellum bound, printed form)


Register of burials, 5 May 1908 - 25 November 1919
(1 volume, vellum bound, printed form)


Register of burials, 29 November 1919 - 8 January 1938
(1 volume, vellum bound, printed form)


Register of burials, 8 January 1938 - 27 September 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound, printed form)

Marriage licences (Ref: EP/BP 1/section 06)

1/16


Marriage licences, 24 December 1940 - 6 June 1970
(38 papers)

Notes of publication of banns (Ref: EP/BP 1/section 07)

1/31-32


Notes of publication of banns 1 October 1961 - 3 September 1961
(2 papers)


Note of publication of banns, 6 September 1970
(1 paper)

Certificates of burial or cremation (Ref: EP/BP 1/section 08)

1/24-25


Certificates of burial or cremation, 16 October 1947 - 2 November 1971
(482 papers)


Certificates of burial or cremation, 27 September 1971 - 12 January 1979
(86 papers)

Clergy (Ref: EP/BP 2/)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/BP 2/section 01)

2/58


Register of confirmations, 1913 - 6 March 1996
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/BP 2/section 02)St Edmund (Ref: EP/BP 2/section 01)

2/1-7, 49, 57, 59


Register of services, 27 May 1879 - 19 April 1908
(1 volume, leather bound)


Register of services, 26 April 1908 - 20 January 1916
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services ('Preachers' book'), 23 January 1916 - 8 January 1941
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 5 January 1941 - 11 November 1949
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 6 November 1949 - 30 March 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 1 April 1956 - 18 March 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 19 March 1962 - 11 October 1967
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 15 October 1967 - 17 May 1981
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 18 May 1981 - 5 July 1989
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 9 July 1989 - 31 December 2000 At end: list of cremations, 23 October 1989 - 1 April 1995; list of funerals in church, 11 December 1989 - 5 May 1995
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Broompark, St Catherine (Ref: EP/BP 2/section 02)

2/8


Rough copy of register of services for St. Catherine's, Broompark, 30 November 1902 - 3 November 1908 Including a list [of communicants?], n.d., at back of volume.
(1 volume, paper bound)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/BP 2/section 03)

2/20, 44-47, 51


Notification of proposed assignment of the Consolidated Chapelry of St. Luke's, Ushaw Moor, 31 July 1914
(paper, 1 paper)


Papers regarding draft scheme for altering the parish boundaries of Ushaw Moor, Bearpark, Esh, Witton Gilbert and Brandon, containing: letter from Church Commissioners (22 February 1962); draft scheme (1962); coloured plan (A) of the alteration of the boundaries of Esh, Bearpark and Witton Gilbert, scale 12 inches to 1 mile (1962); coloured plan (B) of the alteration of the boundaries of Bearpark, Ushaw Moor and Brandon, scale: 12 inches to 1 mile (1962)
(paper, 4 folios, 2 plans)


A map of the District Chapelry of St. Edmund, Bearpark, 1879, showing St. Edmunds Church, Bearpark Colliery, Hollinside Cottages, White House, Auton House, Aldin Grange, Stotgate, Arbour House, Baxter Wood, Broom, Broom Hall, Bracken Hill, Relley Paper Mill, rivers Browney and Deerness, N.E.R. Lanchester valley branch and the portion cut off in 1914 to form part of the parish of Ushaw Moor, stamped by Diocesan Registry, Durham, 12 February 1918 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(Waxed linen, ink and water colour, 66 cm. x 62 cm.)


Six inch Ordnance Survey plan showing Witton Gilbert, part of Langley Park, Hill Top, Bearpark, Ushaw Moor, Brancepeth, Broom, Langley Moor and part of Brandon Colliery, 1923
(paper, printed, 71 cm. x 57 cm.)


Map of the parish boundary of St. Edmund, Bearpark [copied from EP/BP 2/46 above] showing portions of parish transferred to the districts of Esh and St. Margaret's, Durham, n.d. [ c.1923] Scale: 6 inches:1 mile
(Waxed linen, ink and water colour, 68 cm. x 59 cm.)


Order in Council altering the parish boundaries of Ushaw Moor, St. Luke; Bearpark, St. Edmund; Witton Gilbert; Esh, and Brandon, St. John, 23 May 1962
(1 paper, printed)

Benefice (Ref: EP/BP 2/section 04)

2/60-61


Order in Council joining the benefice of Bearpark, St. Edmund and the benefice of Ushaw Moor, St. Luke together to create the new benefice of Bearpark and Ushaw Moor, 28 June 1995
(2 papers)


Copy of entry in the Patronage Register for the benefice of Bearpark and Ushaw Moor, 1 August 1995
(1 paper)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/BP 2/section 05)

2/30-31, 4/36


Correspondence regarding registration of coal interests attached to benefice, 8 August - 19 September 1938
(paper, 4 papers)


Correspondence regarding augmentation of the benefice, 22 December 1926 - 8 April 1927
(paper, 5 papers)


Letter from North Brancepeth Coal Co. Ltd. re subscription to stipend of the curate at Broompark, 26 July 1912
(paper, 1 folio)

Individual clergy (Ref: EP/BP 2/section 06)

2/11-13, 15, 52-56


Notification of admission of Harold Clarke into the benefice, 30 April 1940
(paper, 1 folio)


Certificate of proposed admission of Rev. H.L. Neat into benefice, 7 February 1949
(paper, 1 folio)


Archdeacons enquiry into state of benefice of Rev. H.L. Neat, on his leaving the benefice, n.d. [ c.1970]
(paper, 3 folios)


Programme of the institution and induction of Rev. Orlando Alfred Waller, 2 February 1971
(1 booklet, printed)


Correspondence concerning the appointment of Rev. R. Hay as priest-in-charge at St. Edmund's church on a part-time basis, 23 September 1976 - 22 October 1976
(9 papers, type-script)

Parochial returns (Ref: EP/BP 2/section 07)

2/22


Parochial Returns of membership, finance, staff, income and expenditure, 1956 - 1968
(paper, 13 folios)

Fees (Ref: EP/BP 2/section 08)

2/16-19, 21, 50


Surplice fees to be taken at St. Edmund's, fixed by the Chancellor of the Diocese, 6 September 1879
(paper, 1 folio)


Correspondence of William Firth, The Vicarage, Esh re fees for calling banns and marriages at St. Luke's, Ushaw Moor, and recognition for the consolidation of that chapelry as a parish, 11 July 1913 - 8 May 1914
(paper, 10 folios)


Letter from J.B. Lazenby, Diocesan Registry, Newcastle, re entitlement of Vicar of Bearpark to fees for calling banns and marriages at Ushaw Moor, 7 March 1914
(paper, 1 folio)


Letter from Chapter Office, Durham as EP/BP 2/18 above, 24 March 1914
(paper, 1 folio)


Table of fees for St. Edmunds (23 September 1947) and related papers, 8 November 1962 - January 1963
(paper, 3 folios)


Table of fees, 23 September 1947
(1 paper, typescript)

Deanery Synod (Ref: EP/BP 2/section 09)

14/5


Correspondence and related papers concerning the Durham Deanery Synod, the diocesan quotas, the Archdeacon's visitation fee, income and expenditure accounts for the years 1972 - 1973, 6 April 1971 - 8 March 1974
(25 papers)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/BP 4/)Church (Ref: EP/BP 4/section 01)Building and restoration (Ref: EP/BP 4/)

2/23-26; 4/63-65, 77


17 September 1892 (1) The Warden, Masters and Scholars of Durham University (2) Rev. Thomas Callinan, clerk in Holy Orders, and others Lease for a term of 99 years from (1) to (2) for land (approximately 550 sq. yds.) adjoining Primitive Methodist Chapel, Bearpark, as specified on enclosed plan Rent: £3 8s.9d. per annum Includes: summary of conditions of lease, n.d.; correspondence concerning surrender of lease to Park Ground Rents Ltd., 4 - 25 November 1966
(parchment, 4 membranes, and paper, 5 folios)


Letter from the Diocesan Registry re the fact that there is no reference to "decoration" in the deed conveying the site of Bearpark church, 8 August 1912
(paper, 1 folio)


13 February 1913 (1) The Council of the Durham Colleges in the University (2) Rev. T.F. Palmer, The Vicarage, Bearpark Agreement between (1) and (2) of tenancy of a building at Bearpark, lately occupied as a Methodist New Connexion Chapel, including a sketch plan of the site Rent: £2 0s.0d. per annum
(paper, 2 folios)


Provisional valuation under the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910, for the mission church at Broompark, and covering letter, 2 March 1914
(paper, 2 folios)


Papers re church restoration, 1963 - 1964
(1 file)


Letters from Durham Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches and Diocesan Registry, with archdeacon's certificate, concerning interior decoration of church, 24 February - 2 March 1978
(3 papers)


Letters from Diocesan Office and Bearpark Parish Council to Mrs. M. Bland, Parochial Church Council Secretary, concerning donations to cost of restoration and repairs to church, 15 - 29 June 1978
(3 papers)


List of subscriptions towards Bearpark church, n.d., [1870s]
(1 paper)

War memorials (Ref: EP/BP 4/)

4/30-31


Correspondence with the Imperial War Graves Commission re erection of memorial headstones, and related papers, 21 November 1928 - 23 November 1931
(paper, 9 folios)


War Memorial Fund balance sheet, 12 December 1953
(paper, 1 folio)

Organ (Ref: EP/BP 4/)

4/17, 67


Specification, estimate and related papers for installation of a Harrison organ at St. Edmund's, 18 September 1912
(paper, 4 folios)


Letter from Dr. P.E. Wright, organs adviser to the D.A.C., concerning work required to Bearpark organ, 23 May 1978
(1 paper, typescript)

Photographs (Ref: EP/BP 4/)

4/44/1-12


Photographs of the interior of St. Edmund's Church, including the baptistry memorial candlestick and communion vessels, n.d., c.1970s
(12 photographs, black and white, 16 cm. x 12 cm.)

Church fittings (Ref: EP/BP 4/)

4/15-16, 18, 20-21


Correspondence from H.L. Hicks, architects, Newcastle, re work to be done by Thomas Mowbray, Durham, on fitting-out the church including the pulpit, lectern, panelling on the sanctuary walls, reredos, oak work, chancel screen, faldestool and carpeting, 3 September 1912 - 31 July 1916
(paper, 34 folios)


Correspondence from Thomas Mowbray, Western Hill, Durham, concerning work done in Bearpark Church, 24 November 1913 - 18 July 1916
(paper, 6 folios)


Letter from Thomas Walker and Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool, timber merchants, regarding estimate for oak work in church 11 January 1913
(paper, 1 folio)


21 January 1920 (1) J.W. Mowbray of Durham, joiner and woodcarver (2) Vicar and churchwardens of Bearpark Agreement between (1) and (2) re panelling the chancel, (2) to pay (1) £4.00
(paper, 1 folio)


Correspondence, invoices and drawings re oak panelling on side walls of chancel, stained glass windows and side lights, January - March 1920, 5 May 1921 and 11 December 1928
(paper, 9 folios)

Electricity supply (Ref: EP/BP 4/)

4/32-34


18 June 1918 and n.d. (1) Bearpark Coal and Coke Co. Ltd. (2) Vicar of Bearpark Agreements between (1) and (2) re supply of electric light to the Mission Room and Institute at 3½d. and 4d. per unit
(paper, 2 folios)


28 March 1929 (1) Bearpark Coal and Coke Co. Ltd. (2) Vicar and Churchwardens of Bearpark Agreement between (1) and (2) for the supply of electric current to St. Edmund's Church, Auton Stile, at 4d. per unit
(paper, 1 folio)


28 September 1930 (1) Bearpark Coal and Coke Co. Ltd. (2) Vicar and Churchwardens of Bearpark Agreement between (1) and (2) for the supply of electric current to Broompark Church at 4d. and 2½d per unit as specified
(paper, 1 folio)

Licensing and consecration of church (Ref: EP/BP 4/)

2/9


Order of hymns sung in St. Edmund's Church, with a note re licensing (26 January 1879) and consecration (27 May 1879), 26 January 1879 - 13 January 1884
(1 volume, paper bound)

Churchyard (Ref: EP/BP 4/section 02)

2/28, 33-35, 48


Letter from C.G. Priest, Bearpark Colliery, re area of vicarage garden churchyard and graveyard, taken from the O.S. plan, 3 November 1921
(paper, 1 folio)


3 October 1958 (1) Durham Rural District Council (2) Rev. H.L. Neat, Vicar of Bearpark (3) Bearpark Parish Church Council (4) Church Commissioners for England Copy conveyance from (1) to (2) of c .15 perches of land, in the parish of Durham, St. Oswald, as shown on enclosed plan, for an extension of St. Edmund's churchyard, under the New Parishes Measure, 1943
(paper, 5 folios)


5 July 1972 (1) Church Commissioners for England (2) Rev. O.A. Waller, The Vicarage, Bearpark Deed of appropriation of the unconsecrated churchyard extension for use as glebe land, enclosing 1:2500 O.S. plan of Bearpark, 23 June 1972 Includes correspondence with the Solicitor to the Church Commissioners, 1 June and 5 July 1972
(paper, 6 folios)


14 March 1973 (1) Rev. O.A. Waller, The Vicarage, Bearpark (2) Durham R.D.C. Tenancy agreement for 0.845 acres of land adjoining churchyard at Bearpark, enclosing a copy of the 1962, 1:2500 O.S. plan for Bearpark Rent: 50p per annum Includes correspondence from Durham County Council, 14 March 1973, and Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, 14 March 1975, re agreement
(paper, 3 folios)


Dyeline copies of the plan of St. Edmund's churchyard, December 1962 Scale: 1:96
(paper, printed, 62 cm. x 58 cm.)

Church hall (Ref: EP/BP 4/section 03)

4/6-9


Church Hall account book, January 1931 - 11 December 1961
(1 volume, paper bound)


Church Hall deposit account book with Barclays Bank Ltd., 8 December 1955 - 11 December 1961
(1 booklet, cloth bound)


Account for works at the Church Hall due to Mr. H. Mole, 27 February 1958
(paper, 1 folio)


Correspondence with Cordingley and McIntyre, architects, Durham, re maintenance of the Church Hall, 4 February - 30 October 1958
(paper, 4 folios)

Vicarage (Ref: EP/BP 4/section 04)

2/29; 4/69-71


28 March 1929 (1) Bearpark Coal and Coke Co. Ltd. (2) Rev. J. Riding, The Vicarage, Auton Stile Agreement between (1) and (2) for supply of electric current to the vicarage, at 4d. per unit
(paper, 1 folio)


Correspondence between Ven. Michael Perry, Archdeacon of Durham; Mrs. N. Bland, Secretary of the P.C.C.; Church Commissioners; P. Carter, Diocesan Office; Dean and Chapter of Durham; David Bridgeman-Sutton, Diocesan Secretary; and the Bishop of Durham concerning the sale of the vicarage and consequent necessary extension of oil-fill line for church, 26 May 1978 - 30 July 1979
(27 papers)


Letters from Diocesan Office to Mrs. Bland, P.C.C. Secretary, and Barry Knight concerning raising height of dividing wall between church and old vicarage, 4 July 1979 - 28 January [1980]
(4 papers, typescript)


Correspondence between Sillars Road Construction Ltd., Hartlepool, and Rev. Mr. Hay and Mrs. Elliott, P.C.C. Secretary, Bearpark, concerning the laying of a new footpath around church, 6 June 1979 - 26 February 1981
(8 papers)

Other church land (Ref: EP/BP 4/section 05)

2/27, 32


Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission re reduction of rent on land bought from Durham University, 15 August 1917
(paper, 1 folio)


17 August 1956 (1) Church Commissioners for England (2) Durham Rural District Council Photocopy of a tenancy agreement between (1) and (2) for an allotment of 0.845 acres in Bearpark Rent: 5s. per annum Includes letter from Godfrey Charters, Surveyor to Durham R.D.C., concerning tenancy of allotment in Bearpark, 20 September 1972
(paper, 4 folios)

Faculties and Archdeacons' Certificates (Ref: EP/BP 4/section 06)Faculties (Ref: EP/BP 4/section 01)

4/14, 19, 22-29, 4/80/1-8, 4/81/1-6


Faculty to install the electric light in the parish church, 8 November 1911
(paper, 1 folio)


Faculty for the erection of an oak reredos, etc., 16 June 1913
(paper, 1 folio)


Faculty for the erection of a stained glass window etc., 18 February 1921
(paper, 1 folio)


Faculty for the insertion of stained glass in two lights and erection of an oak tablet, 19 June 1951
(paper, 2 folios)


Faculty for the erection of a carved oak war memorial, 4 October 1952
(paper, 2 folios)


Faculty for the erection of two altar rail gates, 10 March 1961
(paper, 2 folios)


Faculty for the installation of an oil fired central heating system 2 April 1962
(paper, 2 folios)


Faculty for the installation of an aumbry and sanctuary lamp, 15 March 1963
(paper, 2 folios)


Faculty for the re-decoration of the interior of the parish church 10 July 1963
(paper, 2 folios)


Faculty for improvements in the baptistry and the introduction of oak panelling, rails and a candle- stick, 10 June 1970
(paper, 1 folio)


Faculty authorising the renewal of the churchyard paths with timber edging and a dolomite base of four inches, 13 December 1990
(1 paper)


Faculty authorising the introduction of a memorial book display case, 2 April 1992
(1 paper)


Faculty authorising the provision of gas to the church through the western edge of the churchyard and into the boiler house with a gas meter inside the boiler house, 2 September 1992
(1 paper)


Faculty authorising the replacement of the existing aumbry lamp with a new lamp; to install a brass plaque measuring three and a half inches by two inches alongside the existing plaque under the aumbry, 9 November 1995
(1 paper)


Faculty authorising the introduction of a votive candlestand in memory of the late James Carter, 21 September 1998
(1 paper)


Faculty authorising the replacement of the existing notice board with a notice / map board at the site of the existing board, 23 December 1998
(1 paper)


Faculty authorising the installation of a gas - fired LPHW condensing boiler with balanced flue and to remove the existing boiler and oil storage tank, 15 September 2003
(1 paper)


Faculty authorising the execution of work to the memorials, 19 April 2004
(1 paper)


Faculty jurisdiction measure, Schedule B, authorising the replacement of the vestry exterior door, 20 October 1994
(1 paper)


Faculty jurisdiction measure, Schedule B, authorising the re - surfacing of the churchyard path, 20 January 1995
(1 paper)


Faculty jurisdiction measure, Schedule B, authorising the replacement of the remaining eroded stone window cills, 27 May 1997
(1 paper)


Faculty jurisdiction measure, Schedule B, authorising repairs to the slate and roofs, 21 March 2000
(1 paper)


Faculty jurisdiction measure, Schedule B, authorising the polycarbonate glazing to east and west windows, 25 April 2000
(1 paper)


Faculty jurisdiction measure, Schedule B, authorising the repair to damaged glass, 2 November 2000
(1 paper)

Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/BP 4/section 02)

4/68


Archdeacon's certificate for repairs to organ, 10 November 1978
(1 paper, printed)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/BP 4/section 07)

4/66, 76


Inventory, 7 April 1975
(4 papers)


Terrier and inventory, 1990-2001
(1 booklet)

Inspection of Churches Measure (Ref: EP/BP 4/section 08)

4/82/1


Architect's report by A. O. Lee, Owengate House, Durham, DH1 3HD, November 1978
(1 file)

Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/BP 4/section 09)

4/72, 4/79/1-5


Report of architect on inspection of Bearpark parish church, 1 October 1964
(10 papers, typescript)


Quinquennial inspection by A. O. Lee, Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, DH1 3HB, November 1983
(1 file)


Quinquennial inspection by A. O. Lee, Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, DH1 3HB, August 1988
(1 file)


Quinquennial inspection by C. M. Padgett, Padgett Lavender Associates, 10a Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 7EG, August 1993
(1 file)


Quinquennial inspection by C. M. Padgett, Padgett Lavender Associates, Kingsway Court, 54 Kingsway, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 7JF, December 1998
(1 file)


Quinquennial inspection, by C. M. Padgett, Architect Limited, 1 The Old School, Billy Row, Crook, County Durham, DL15 9SZ, December 2003
(1 file)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/BP 4/section 10)

4/42, 4/78/1-2


Ordinary assessments, surveyors reports and related papers, under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923 to 1951, 10 December 1951 - 4 January 1967
(paper, 8 papers)


Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of February 1987 by A. O. Lee, Diocesan Surveyor, Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, DH1 3HB
(1 file)


Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of March 1992 by D. L. Renton, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 7QJ
(1 file)

Financial records (Ref: EP/BP 4/section 11)Churchwardens' accounts (Ref: EP/BP 4/)

4/1-4


Churchwarden's account book, 16 April 1914 - December 1946 Includes cemetery account, 28 December 1920 - 1939
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Churchwarden's account book, 5 January 1947 - 19 April 1971 Includes lists of insurance policies, 1947 and 1953, and letter from Ecclesiastical Insurance Co. Ltd., concerning rates of commission, 13 March 1951
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Churchwarden's account book, 6 January 1952 - 10 June 1958
(1 volume, paper bound)


Churchwarden's account book, 12 April - 28 December 1971
(1 volume, paper bound)

Church accounts (Ref: EP/BP 4/)

4/45-49, 60, 62, 73-75


Statements of accounts and balance sheets for St. Edmund, St. Catherine and Mission Hall, 1920, 1922 - 1924, 1927 - 1930
(paper, 22 folios)


Church Accounts, 1956 - 1957
(paper, 3 files, 5 booklets, 87 folios)


Church Accounts, January - December 1962
(paper, 1 file)


Church Accounts, January - December 1965
(paper, 3 booklets, 250 folios)


Church Accounts, January - December, 1967
(paper, 2 files, 2 booklets)


Account book, 16 July 1950 -1 January 1962
(1 booklet)


Statements of accounts and vouchers for centenary year ended 31 December 1979
(1 file)


Parochial accounts, 1 January 1980 ­ 31 December 1983
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Receipt and payments account for year ending 31 December 1983 Enclosed in EP/BP 4/73
(1 paper)


Budget estimate for 1984 Enclosed in EP/BP 4/73
(1 paper)

Broompark accounts (Ref: EP/BP 4/)

4/5


Broompark church account book, 7 April 1918 - 1 July 1962 Includes bundle of miscellaneous receipts, 20 February - 1 July 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound, and paper, 10 folios)

Freewill offerings (Ref: EP/BP 4/)

4/10-13, 61


Free-will offering account books, November 1952 - September 1961
(1 volume, paper bound)


Free-will offering fund balance sheet, 1934 - 1948
(paper, 1 folio)


Free-will offering fund balance sheet, 1948
(paper, 1 folio)


Answers to questionnaire concerning Free Will Offering Fund, n.d. [c .1950's]
(paper, 2 folios)


Account book of freewill offerings, 3 January 1971 - 28 September 1980
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Legacies (Ref: EP/BP 4/)

4/43


Letter re discharge of legacy under the will of Mrs. Clara Joslin, to Rev. Mr. Neat, 23 September 1969
(paper, 1 folio)

Christian Stewardship (Ref: EP/BP 4/)

14/85


Christian Stewardship Campaign for St. Edmund, Bearpark, 1961
(1 booklet)

Sequestration (Ref: EP/BP 4/section 12)

2/10, 14


Sequestration during the vacancy caused by death of Rev. John Riding, vicar of Bearpark, 5 February 1940
(paper, 1 folio)


Sequestration during the vacancy caused by the cession of Rev. Harry Lewis Neat, 29 September 1970
(paper, 1 folio)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/BP 4/section 13)

4/35, 37-41


Correspondence and papers relating to: churchyard extension and fees for covering grave spaces; charges for the use of Welfare Hall and rooms; table of fees for the parish; Inspection of Churches Measure 1955; total burials in the churchyard, 1879 - 1953; report on proceedings of the PCC, April 1956 - April 1957; St. Aidans Church Free Will Offering scheme, 1930; transfer of electricity supply, 1954; photograph of interior of church, c.1955
(paper, 30 folios)


Letter from Bearpark Coal and Coke Co. Ltd. re contribution to parish expenses, 12 April 1916
(paper, 1 folio)


Letter from Bearpark Coal and Coke Co. Ltd. re interests of the church and social needs of the district, 19 April 1916
(paper, 1 folio)


Letter from Littleburn Colliery re inspection of Mission Church for alleged damage from operations at Littleburn, 15 May 1918
(paper, 1 folio)


Letter from Bearpark Coal and Coke Co. Ltd. re subscription, 28 September 1926
(paper, 1 folio)


Correspondence with Chief Fire Officer and inspection report re parish church, 17 September 1957
(paper, 4 folios)

Vestry (Ref: EP/BP 5/)

5/1


Vestry Meeting Minute book, 7 July 1909 - 16 April 1925, including minutes of Parochial Church Council, 6 August 1886
(1 volume, paper bound)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/BP 6/)Minutes (Ref: EP/BP 6/section 01)

6/23-29, 6/30/1-2


Minute book of Parochial Church Council and annual meetings, 10 March 1965 - 26 April 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 11 April 1935 - 27 May 1953
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 10 June 1953 - 22 November 1964
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 8 September 1982 ­ 10 September 1986
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 8 October 1986 ­ 11 October 1989
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 8 November 1989 ­ 9 September 1992
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 24 May 1978 - 14 July 1982 Includes: minutes of Annual Meetings, 23 April 1979 - 17 March 1982
(1 volume, card bound)


Minutes of ordinary and Annual General Meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 13 October 1992 - 23 March 1997
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Minutes of ordinary and Annual General Meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 9 April 1997 - 8 July 2003
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Financial records (Ref: EP/BP 6/section 02)

6/3, 5-6, 20-22, 6/31/1


Barclays Bank Ltd., pass book for deposit account, 18 December 1934 - 27 February 1954
(1 booklet, cloth bound)


Abstracts of accounts for the years ending, 1950 - 1969
(paper, 45 folios)


Statement of income of P.C.C. for the years 1959 - 1961 as a basis for the apportionment of the quota, and covering letters from the Diocesan Office, Durham, 28 December 1961 - 7 May 1962
(paper, 5 folios)


Account book of Parochial Church Council, 1 January 1959 - 1975
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Account book of Parochial Church Council, 2 January 1972 - 30 December 1975
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Account book of Parochial Church Council, 1 January 1976 - 31 December 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Receipts and payments accounts for the years ended 31 December 1997 - 2002 Originally enclosed in EP/BP 30/2
(1 file, typescript, photocopied)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/BP 6/section 03)

6/1-2


Secretary's notes re freewill offering, confirmation, insurances, etc., n.d. post 1924
(paper, 3 folios)


Duplicate application to Durham Diocesan Board of Finance for P.C.C. to accept trusteeship of a parcel of land in Bearpark, 18 January 1954
(paper, 2 folios)

Schools (Ref: EP/BP 11/)

11/1-2


Liabilities of School Mangers re accidents in schools, prepared by the Ecclesiastical Insurance Office, and covering letter from G. Jarrow, The College, Durham, 14 July 1936
(3 papers)


Copies of Rules for the Durham Ruri-Decanal Sunday School Teachers' Association, n.d. [c.1950s]
(1 paper)

Church Societies (Ref: EP/BP 13/)Mothers' Union (Ref: EP/BP 13/)

13/1-5, 14/4


Account book, Mothers' Union, 1 January 1962 - 4 July 1975
(1 volume, card bound)


Account book of contributions to Mothers' Union Overseas, 1970 - 1974
(1 booklet)


Letter from Isobel Jefferson, The Vicarage, Belmont, Durham, Presiding Member, to Mrs. H. Strongroom, 24 Kingston Avenue, Bearpark, concerning Bearpark Branch of Mothers' Union being in abeyance, 3 May 1975
(2 papers)


Letter from Isobel Jefferson, The Vicarage, Belmont, Durham, to Rev. C.A. Waller, The Vicarage, Bearpark concerning Bearpark Mothers' Union books, June 1975
(1 paper)


Minute book of Mothers' Union, 14 April 1949 - 22 April 1953
(1 booklet)


Typescript of the Mothers' Union Prayer, as accepted by Central Council, November 1967
(paper, 1 folio)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/BP 14/)Parish magazines (Ref: EP/BP 14/section 01)

14/6-78, 14/87/1-8


Bearpark parish magazine, June 1969
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, February 1970
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, March 1970
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, July 1970
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, August 1970
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, September 1970
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, October 1970
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, December 1970
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, April 1971
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, May 1971
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, June 1971
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, July 1971
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, August 1971
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, September 1971
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, November 1971
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, December 1971
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, January 1972
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, February 1972
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, March 1972
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, April 1972
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, May 1972
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, June 1972
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, July 1972
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, August 1972
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, September 1972
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, October 1972
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, November 1972
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, December 1972
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, January 1973
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, February 1973
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, March 1973
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, April 1973
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, May 1973
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, June 1973
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, July 1973
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, August 1973
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, September 1973
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, October 1973
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, November 1973
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, December 1973
(1 booklet)


Bearpark Parish magazine, January 1974
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, February 1974
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, April 1974
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, May 1974
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, July 1974
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, September 1974
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, October 1974
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, December 1974
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, January 1975
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, April 1975
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, August 1975
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, November 1975
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, September 1976
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, November 1976
(1 booklet)


Bearpark Parish magazine, December 1976
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, March 1977
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, June 1977
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, July and August 1977
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, September 1977
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, October 1977
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, November 1977
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, December 1977
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, January 1978
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, February 1978
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, March 1978
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, April 1978
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, May 1978
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, June 1978
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, July 1978
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, August and September 1978
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, October 1978
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, November 1978
(1 booklet)


Bearpark parish magazine, December 1978
(1 booklet)


Bearpark Church News parish magazine, December 2011 - January 2012
(1 booklet, printed)


Bearpark Church News parish magazine, April - May 2012
(1 booklet, printed)


Bearpark Church News parish magazine, December 2012 - January 2013
(1 booklet, printed)


Bearpark Church News parish magazines, October - January 2014
(2 booklets, printed)


Bearpark Church News parish magazines, June 2014 - January 2015
(4 booklets, printed)


Bearpark Church News parish magazine, October - November 2015
(1 booklet, printed)


Bearpark Church News parish magazine, February - March 2016
(1 booklet, printed)


Bearpark Church News parish magazines, December 2016 - May 2017
(3 booklets, printed)

Centenary (Ref: EP/BP 14/section 02)

14/80-84


Appeal for gifts in honour of the centenary of Bearpark parish church, 1979
(1 paper, printed)


List of centenary events, n.d. [1979]
(1 paper, printed)


Leaflet concerning special re-union service and tea, 1979
(2 papers, typescript)


Order of service for Centenary service, 20 May 1979
(1 paper, printed)


Order of service for Centenary re-union service, united with Bearpark Methodist Church, 24 June 1979
(1 paper, printed)

Church history (Ref: EP/BP 14/section 03)

14/86


The Story of Bearpark by the Revd. H. L. Neat, Vicar of Bearpark, February 1950
(1 booklet)

Societies (Ref: EP/BP 14/section 04)

14/1-2, 79


100th Annual Report of Durham Church Missionary Associations, 1929 - 1930
(paper, 1 booklet)


Rules for the Durham City and District Boy Scouts Local Association for the Lonsdale Cup Competition, 1938 and 1940
(paper, 3 folios)


Programme for a choral concert by Bearpark and District Male Voice Choir, 21 February 1977
(1 paper, printed)

Coronation (Ref: EP/BP 14/section 05)

14/3


Balance sheet of Coronation Festivities held at Bearpark, June 1953
(paper, 1 folio)

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