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Register of marriages, 16 July 1966 - 1 January 1983

Register of marriages, 3 September 1983 - 13 August 2011

Register of banns of marriage, 17 April 1966 - 28 January 1968

Register of banns of marriage, 13 July 1980 - 29 June 1997

Register of services, 7 June 1964 - 8 August 1971

Register of services, 15 August 1971 - 8 May 1980

Register of services, 11 May 1980 - 21 July 1992

Register of services, 23 July 1992 - 28 December 2003

List of 'proposals being considered by all the churches concerned with the Low Grange Ecumenical Scheme', n.d.

Correspondence between the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Registrar General, Somerset House, London; Rev. E.J. Whiteley, St. Aidan's Vicarage, Tintern Avenue, Billingham; Church of England Enquiry Centre, Church House, Dean's Yard, London; World Council of Churches, 10 Eaton Gate, Sloane Square, London; The Evangelical Alliance, 30 Bedford Place, London; Pastor D.P. Collins, 195 Low Grange Avenue, Billingham; the Bishop of Jarrow, Melkridge House, Gilesgate, Durham; St. Luke's House, 181 Low Grange Avenue, Billingham; concerning ecumenical worship at Billingham, St. Luke, 28 November 1967 - 24 March 1970

Programme for a day-conference entitled 'Christians in the Community' in Low Grange Social Hall, 14 March 1970

Report of a working party on Christian education leading to Christian initiation in Billingham, n.d.

Correspondence between Rev. T.J. Trotter, St. Luke's House, 181 Low Grange Avenue, Billingham; the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Peter Tong, 19A Old Elvet, Durham, concerning defects in the heating system at the church of Billingham, St. Luke, 18 - 20 October 1971

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office, Bishop Auckland, and Rev. D. Tickner, 22 Tintern Avenue, Billingham, concerning the foundations of the church of Billingham, St. Luke, 4 May - 1 September 1977

Letters from Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham City, to Rev. P.T. Hirst, St. Aidan's Rectory, 12a Tintern Avenue, Billingham, concerning repairs at St. Luke's church, 12 - 26 January 1981

Specification of labour and materials required for the church of St. Luke, Low Grange Road, Billingham, in accordance with drawings B.S.L. /4/64/1, 2, & 3, drawn up by Peter Tong, 28 Market Place, Durham City, and initialled by Rev. R.D. Jenkins and B. Dixon, 1965

Specification as in EP/Bi.SL 4/19, stamped with the approval of the Incorporated Church Building Society, 4 March 1965

Interim, and final, accounts for the building of the church of Billingham, St. Luke, 17 June 1965 - 2 May 1966

Correspondence between Billingham Urban District Council, Haverton Hill, Billingham; Rev. R.O. Bowlby, St. Aidan's House, 22 Tintern Avenue, Billingham; The Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Rev. R.G. Smith, The Rectory, Wolviston, Billingham; Rev. N.C. Wardle-Harpur, Stockton Vicarage, 6 Yarm Road, Stockton; the Archdeacon of Auckland, The College, Durham; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance; concerning the purchase of a site for the church of Billingham, St. Luke, in the Low Grange area, 23 November 1961 - 27 September 1963

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Rev. R.O. Bowlby, St. Aidan's Vicarage, Billingham; Rev. R.D. Jenkins, 69 Edghill Way, Billingham; concerning the financing of, and building of, the church of St. Luke, Billingham, 3 April 1963 - 21 June 1966

Notes on interviews with proposed architects, c.1964

Circular letter, issued by Rev. R.O. Bowlby, describing progress on the establishment of St. Luke's church, c.1964

Correspondence between R. Bell, 'Lowcroft', 28 Shadforth Drive, Billingham; P. Tong, 28 Market Place, Durham City; Billingham Urban District Council, Haverton Hill, Billingham; Rev. R.C. Bowlby, St. Aidan's Vicarage, Billingham; Dixon and Nice, Marsh House Avenue, Billingham; Elite Equipment Company Ltd., 45-46 Portland Place, Hull, concerning the building of the church of Billingham, St. Luke, 1966

27 February 1965 (1) Rev. R.D. Jenkins, 69 Edgehill Way, Billingham (2) Dixon and Nice (Builders) Ltd., Marsh House Avenue, Billingham Agreement for the erection of a church with vestry, study, meeting hall and toilets at St. Luke's Church site, Low Grange Avenue, Billingham

Certificate of approval of the drawings and specifications for the church of St. Luke, Billingham, issued by the Incorporated Church Building Society, 4 March 1965

Letters from Advent Hunstone, Ecclesiastical Art Workers, Market Square, Tideswell, Derbyshire, to Rev. R.D. Jenkins, 69 Edgehill Way, Billingham, concerning a credence table and flower stands, 3 February - 4 September 1966

Letter from Lakeland Rural Industries, Grange-in-Borrowdale, Nr. Keswick, Cumberland, to Mrs. M.H. Binney, Billingham, concerning candlesticks and a chalice, 29 March 1966 Enclosed: invoice for candlesticks, 29 March 1966

Plan of 'Low Grange Radburn System Development', drawing no. 5149/109, by Edward Shaw [sic], engineer and surveyor, Council Offices, Billingham, annotated, possibly by Rev. R.D. Jenkins, c.1964 Scale: 1:2500

Site plan of St. Luke's church, Billingham, by Edwin Shaw [sic], engineer and surveyor, Billingham Urban District Council, c.1964 Scale: 1:500

Details of the timber cross for the church of Billingham, St. Luke, by Peter Tong, 28 Market Place, Durham City, c.1964

Ground plan, and east, west and south elevations, of the church of Billingham, St. Luke, by Peter Tong, 28 Market Place, Durham City, c.1964

Ground and site plan, south, east and west elevations and section A-A of the church of Billingham, St. Luke, drawing no. B.S.L./4/64/1, approved by the Incorporated Church Building Society, drawn by Peter Tong, 28 Market Place, Durham City, 13 November 1964 Scale: ¹/8" to 1 foot [1:96]

Entrance and sanctuary roof plan, ground plan, foundation plan, and sections A-A, B-B, C-C, of the church of Billingham, St. Luke, drawing No. B.S.L./4/64/2, initialled by B. Dixon and Rev. R.D. Jenkins, drawn by Peter Tong, 28 Market Place, Durham City, November 1964 Scale: 1/4" to 1 foot [1:48]

Details of altar rail and details of windows, drawing no. B.S.L. 4/64/3, initialled by B. Dixon and Rev. R.D. Jenkins, drawn by Peter Tong, 28 Market Place, Durham City, November 1964 Scales: 1/4" to 1 foot [1:48]; 1/2" to 1 foot [1:24]; 1/2 full size [1:2]

Plan showing site of St. Luke's Church, n.d. c.1965

Plan of the site of the church showing the route of sewers, February 1965 Scale: 1:500

Plan of the site of the proposed church showing the route of electricity cables, 19 September 1966 No scale given

Sketch of the sanctuary of the church of Billingham, St. Luke, by Peter Tong, 12 June 1964

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Cordingley & McIntyre, architects, Owengate House, Durham; Rev. R.D. Jenkins, 69 Edgehill Way, Billingham; concerning the acquisition of a vicarage for Billingham, St. Luke, 28 April - 2 November 1966

Correspondence between Rev. R.O. Bowlby, St. Aidan's Vicarage, Tintern Avenue, Billingham; Billingham Urban District Council, Haverton Hill, Billingham; Rev. R.D. Jenkins, 69 Edgehill Way, Billingham, concerning the purchase of a house for use as a vicarage for the parish of Billingham, St. Luke, 6 January 1963 - 15 May 1967

Letter from the Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, to Rev. P.T. Hirst, St. Aidan's Rectory, 12a Tintern Avenue, Billingham, enclosing a report on, and plan of, 17 Shadforth Drive, Billingham, 18 October 1985

Quinquennial inspection by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects, Conservation and Historic Building Consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham City, DH1 3HB, February 1996

Quinquennial inspection by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects, Conservation and Historic Building Consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham City, DH1 3HB, March 2001

Quinquennial inspection by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects, Conservation and Historic Building Consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham City, DH1 3HB, April 2007

Copy architect's report on the church of St. Luke, Billingham, under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, by D.K. Davies, Glebe House, Danby Wiske, Northallerton, N. Yorkshire, 6 August 1975

Architect's report on St. Luke's church under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Durham, August 1980

Architect's report on St. Luke's church under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Durham, June 1985

Architect's report on St. Luke's church under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Durham, October 1990

Schedule of dilapidations, and specification of repairs, on 17 Shadforth Avenue, Billingham, under the Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972, by A.O. Lee, Owengate House, Durham, February 1978

Schedule of dilapidations at 17 Shadforth Drive, Billingham, under the Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972, February 1990

Programme of the St. Luke and St. Aidan's parish stewardship campaign, 1967

Administration accounts relating to the late Rev. Margaret Kane, 21 June 2005

List of churchwardens at St. Aidan's church, Billingham, c.1990

St. Luke's Church Committee meetings minutes (signed), 4 July 1964 - 21 July 1965

St. Luke's Church Committee meetings minute book, 16 September 1964 - 31 May 1967

St. Luke's District Church Council and the scout leaders' special meeting minutes (signed), 15 June 1969

St. Luke's District Church Council meetings minutes (signed), 30 October 1969 - 13 July 1971

St. Luke's District Church Council meetings minute book, 13 September 1971 - 16 January 1978

St. Luke's District Church Council meetings minute book, 20 February 1978 - 20 February 1984

St. Luke's District Church Council meetings minute book, 16 April 1984 - 12 November 1990

St. Luke's Committee and St. Luke's District Church Council meetings minutes (signed), 1 December 1969 - 19 October 1970

United Church of St. Luke, Billingham: meetings of representatives of Anglican, Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches, minutes (signed), 17 January 1968 - 8 October 1969

St. Luke's Church, Billingham: account of income and expenditure, January - August 1971

St. Luke's Church, Billingham: account of predicted expenditure in 1972

St. Aidan and St. Luke's Parochial Church Council: build-up of estimate for 1971

Proposals for a system of district church councils under the Pastoral Measure 1968 and under the Synodical Government Measure No. 2, 1969, c.1970

List of names of parishioners, n.d.

'Low Grange Location List', n.d.

Lists of streets in areas with names of member of staff responsible for each area, n.d.

Alphabetical list of names and addresses, taken from the electoral register, with annotations indicating religious affiliations, n.d.

List of contributors, with addresses, to St. Luke's Share Scheme, n.d.

Copy minutes of a meeting of St. Luke's District Church Council, concerning the establishment of a scout troop, 10 February n.y.; and notes of a meeting between the St. Luke's District Church Council and leaders of youth organisations, n.d.

List of parents on the council of 6th Billingham (St. Luke's) Scout Group, and of officers of the group, n.d.

Letter from the District Commissioner, Boy Scout Association, 45 Queen's Drive, Billingham, concerning the establishment of a scout group in St. Luke's parish, 14 February 1965

Copy certificate of registration of the 6th Billingham, St. Luke's Boy Scout group, 1966

St. Luke's 6th Boy Scout Group: receipts and payments account, 28 February 1970

St. Luke's 6th Boy Scout Group: receipts and payments account for the year ended 28 February 1973

Agreements whereby the District Church Council of St. Luke's Church, Billingham, agrees to sponsor the 6th Billingham (St. Luke's) Group of the Scout Association, 8 February 1981 and 12 October 1986

The United Church of St. Luke, Low Grange, Billingham: News Sheet, February 1969

New Star: the newspaper of St. Aidan's and St. Luke's Churches, Billingham, May 1969 and February 1970