Byers Green St. Peter the Apostle Parish
Reference: EP/BG Catalogue Title: Byers Green St. Peter the Apostle Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description:
Covering Dates: 1842-2018
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- Byers Green St. Peter the Apostle Parish
Catalogue Description
St Peter's church in Byers Green is the only surviving church in the parish which once included Newfield, Todhills and Binchester. Consequently records relating to other churches while they were still functioning have been specifically split up into individual sections to allow users to differentiate between the records of Byers Green and the records of previously functioning other churches.See also EP/New for the catalogue of Newfield Parish.
Catalogue Contents
Byers Green, St Peter (Ref: EP/BG)Registration (Ref: EP/BG Section 1)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/BG section 01)
1-4
Ref: EP/BG 1Register of baptisms, July 1845 - September 1857
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/BG 2Register of baptisms, October 1857 - April 1884
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/BG 3Register of baptisms, April 1884 - April 1928
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/BG 4Register of baptisms, April 1928 - December 1955
(1 volume)
Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/BG section 02)5-9, 21, 133, 155/1
Ref: EP/BG 5Register of marriages, October 1845 - November 1890
(1 volurne)
Ref: EP/BG 6Register of marriages, March 1891 - April 1931; with leaflet of the duties of clergy relating to the Marriages Acts, 1836 - 1856
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/BG 7Register of marriages, May 1931 - March 1941
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/BG 8Register of marriages, May 1941 - August 1948
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/BG 9Register of marriages, September 1948 - August 1956
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/BG 21Register of marriages, 4 August 1956 - 29 June 1968
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/BG 133Register of marriages, 5 October 1968 - 31 July 1993
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/BG 155/1Register of marriages, 14 August 1993 - 4 August 2018
(1 volume)
Registers of banns of marriages (Ref: EP/BG section 03)22
Ref: EP/BG 22Register of banns, 25 September 1870 - 7 February 1965
(1 volume, leather bound)
Registers of burials (Ref: EP/BG section 04)10-12
Ref: EP/BG 10Register of burials, August 1845 - August 1862
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/BG 11Register of burials, August 1862 - June 1885
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/BG 12Register of burials, June 1885 - January 1957, with two letters re burials in 1887 and 1894
(1 volume)
Clergy (Ref: EP/BG Section 2)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/BG section 01)118
Ref: EP/BG 118Register of confirmations of candidates from Byers Green and Newfield, 1891 - 1902
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Registers of services (Ref: EP/BG section 02)Byers Green (Ref: EP/BG section 01)23-24, 112, 134, 153/1
Ref: EP/BG 23Register of services, 13 March 1949 - 25 July 1954
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/BG 24Register of services, 16 February 1964 - 12 October 1975
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/BG 112Register of services, 12 October 1975 - 29 July 1982
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/BG 134Register of services, 1 August 1982 - 4 October 1995
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/BG 153/1Register of services, 5 October 1995 - 4 March 2001
(1 volume)
Newfield (Ref: EP/BG section 02)19-20, 113-117
See also EP/New 2/1
Register of services, 1914 - 1940
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/BG 20Register of services, 1940 - 1954
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/BG 113-117Pages from the last register of service, 3 December 1972 - 25 June 1975
(5 papers)
Binchester (Ref: EP/BG section 03)16
Ref: EP/BG 16Register of services, 1938 - 1954
(1 volume)'
Benefice (Ref: EP/BG section 03)41, 45, 103-105, 127-129, 136
Ref: EP/BG 41London Gazette stating that the church in the new parish of Byers Green shall be deemed a rectory, 20 November 1866
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 45Extract from London Gazette: scheme for the benefice of Byers Green with the remaining part of the said benefice of Whitworth becoming a united benefice titled 'The Benefice of Byers Green' and church to be titled ' Parish Church of the United Parish of Byers Green', 9 August 1940
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: EP/BG 103-105Minutes of a Joint Standing Committee to discuss proposals for a united benefice with Whitworth and Spennymoor, together with a brief description of the parish of St. Peter's, Byers Green, and the background to the proposals, 14 January 1985
Enclosed in EP/BG 101
(3 papers)
Ref: EP/BG 127Photocopy of minutes of a meeting of the 'joint standing committee' concerning the proposed united benefice of Whitworth, Spennymoor, St. Paul, and Byers Green, St. Peter, 14 January 1985
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 128Photocopy of a pastoral measure creating the united benefice of Whitworth with Spennymoor and Byers Green, 8 May 1985
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 129Copy letter from St. Paul's Vicarage, Spennymoor, to the Secretary of the Parochial Church Council of Byers Green, St. Paul, suggesting that a team ministry would be the most appropriate way of staffing the new united benefice, 28 October 1985
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 136Notes of a meeting held at the residence of the Archdeacon of Auckland between representatives of the parishes of Whitworth, Spennymoor, and Byers Green, concerning proposals for a united benefice, 12 December 1983
(1 paper)
Benefice income (Ref: EP/BG section 04)40, 42-44, 46, 122
Ref: EP/BG 40London Gazette awarding a grant of £114 per year to the incumbent of Byers Green, 15 October 1861
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 42London Gazette: a grant to the incumbent of the rectory of Byers Green and successors,
two pieces or parcels of land and hereditaments, with the appurtenances belonging, described in the schedule hereunto to have and to hold, 30 June 1871
Note: the relevant page has been removed from the volume
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/BG 43London Gazette: grant to the incumbent of Byers Green the yearly sum of £120, 25 January 1878
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/BG 44London Gazette: grant to the rectory of Byers Green the capital sum of £50 to be applicable towards defraying the costs of providing a new water supply for the vicarage, 3 March 1893
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/BG 46Statement by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of stock held in trust for the benefice, 1 July 1898
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 122Correspondence between the Bounty Office, 3 Dean's Yard, Westminster; the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster; the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; the Rector of the parish of Byers Green; the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; The Church Army, 55 Bryanston Street, Marble Arch, London; concerning the curate's fund, 30 August 1940 - 14 September 1956
(92 papers)
Licences for the performance of divine service (Ref: EP/BG section 05)Newfield (Ref: EP/BG )47-48
Ref: EP/BG 47Licence for the performance of divine service in the National School at Newfield, 2 December 1882
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 48Licence for the performance of divine service at St. Andrew's Mission Church, Newfield, 10 May 1900
(1 paper)
Licence for the solemnization of marriages (Ref: EP/BG section 06)25
Ref: EP/BG 25Licence for the solemnization of marriages at the new church of St. Peter at Byers Green, 21 August 1845
(1 paper)
Correspondence (Ref: EP/BG section 07)Binchester (Ref: EP/BG section 02)86-89
Ref: EP/BG 86-89Correspondence between Rev. G.W.R. Harper, rector of Byers Green, the Archdeacon of Auckland and the Diocesan Secretary, concerning St. Barnabas iron church, Binchester, 14 August - 6 September 1982
(4 papers)
Photographs (Ref: EP/BG section 08)Ref: EP/BG 154/1Photograph of clergy and members of the congregation gathered in front of old vicarage, n.d. [1920s]
(1 photograph, 30 cm x 19 cm, black and white)
Churchwardens (Ref: EP/BG Section 4)Church (Ref: EP/BG section 01)Plans (Ref: EP/BG section 01)Byers Green (Ref: EP/BG section 01)26, 39
Ref: EP/BG 26Sealed copies of the ground plan (shewing free and appropriated sittings), north, south, east and west elevations, transverse and longitudinal sections of the proposed church at Byers Green, by G.Y. Wall, 28 December 1842
Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
(1 file, each plan 31cm x 27cm, ink and colour-wash)
Ref: EP/BG 39Plan of additional panelling to pulpit, c.1949
(1 plan, 43cm x 45cm, colour-wash)
Newfield (Ref: EP/BG section 02)90
Ref: EP/BG 90Plan and drawing of proposed church at Newfield by J.W. Taylor, architect, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d.
(1 paper)
Organ (Ref: EP/BG section 02)66-68
Ref: EP/BG 66-67Letter from Nelson & Co., City Organ Works, Holly Street, Durham, enclosing an agreement for the tuning of the organ, 20 - 21 June 1967
(2 papers)
Ref: EP/BG 68Detailed specification and estimate by Nelson & Co., of Durham, organ builders, for cleaning, overhauling and repairing the organ, 29 November 1968
(1 file)
Plate (Ref: EP/BG section 03)139
Ref: EP/BG 139List of communion plate, signed by Neville Baker, Rural Dean of Auckland, 5 October 1985
(1 paper)
Repairs (Ref: EP/BG section 04)65
Ref: EP/BG 65Survey and report on the church roof by Rentokil Laboratories Ltd., 18 May - 10 November 1965
(1 file)
Churchyard (Ref: EP/BG section 02)60, 69, 73-79, 132
Ref: EP/BG 6015 February 1910
(1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners
(2) Stanford Edwin Downing of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
Conveyance by (1) to (2) of 3r. of land for use as an extension to the churchyard at Byers Green
Consideration: none
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 69Accounts of the churchyard fund, 4 December 1943 - 30 December 1950
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/BG 73-79Correspondence with the Imperial War Graves Commission concerning war graves at Byers Green, 7 September 1955 - 25 March 1965
(7 papers)
Ref: EP/BG 132Copy letter from a churchwarden to the Bishop of Durham describing the state of the churchyards at Byers Green, Binchester and Newfield, n.d. [1980s]
(1 paper)
Vicarage (Ref: EP/BG section 03)31, 62, 80-85, 130-131
Ref: EP/BG 31Letter from P. Carter, Diocesan Office concerning repair of Byers Green Rectory, 2 December 1961
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 622 February 1922
(1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners
(2) Stanford Edwin Downing of Westminster, barrister
Conveyance by (1) to (2) of 2,400 sq. yds. of land for use as site for a clergy house at Binchester
Consideration: £4 p.a.
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 80-85Correspondence concerning the rectory, 25 January - 7 February 1983
(6 papers)
Ref: EP/BG 130Copy description and history of the parish of Byers Green, St. Peter, and petition against the sale of the parsonage at Byers Green signed by the Secretary and Vice-Chairman of the Parochial Church Council and churchwardens, c.1985
(2 papers)
Ref: EP/BG 131Copy list of signatures protesting against the sale of the parsonage at Byers Green, c.1985
(14 papers)
Other parish property (Ref: EP/BG section 04)58-59, 61, 63
Ref: EP/BG 5827 October 1882
(1) Rev. R.E. Hooppell, rector of Byers Green
(2) Thomas Hutchinson of Byers Green, tailor
Agreement by (1) to let to (2) 4a. of meadow at Byers Green
Consideration: £19 p.a. [to be reduced to £16 p.a. from 13 May 1884]
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 5924 June 1898
(1) The Weardale & Shildon District Waterworks Company
(2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners
Deed of apportionment of annual rent charge for easements over lands at Byers Green
Consideration: £1 10s.
(parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: EP/BG 612 December 1920
(1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners
(2) Rev. F.E. Loxley, rector of Byers Green
Conveyance by (1) to (2) of 338 sq. yds. of land adjoining the Church Institute at Newfield
Consideration: none
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 6312 April 1951
(1) Rector of Byers Green
(2) North Eastern Electricity Board
Wayleave agreement for 5 years for fixing a wire stay over and to lands at Byers Green
Consideration: 1s.
(1 paper)
Faculties (Ref: EP/BG section 05)Newfield (Ref: EP/BG )49-57
Ref: EP/BG 49Faculty for the reservation of grave spaces for Frederick Charles Hambling and Margaret Jane Hambling, 25 January 1949
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 50Faculty for the reservation of grave spaces for Nicholas Richardson and Florence Richardson, 8 December 1949
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 51Faculty for introducing a brass processional cross presented by Mrs. C. Cradock and family, 30 July 1952
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 52Faculty for installing electric lighting, 15 August 1953
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 53Faculty for installing an electric organ blower, 8 January 1965
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 54Faculty for introducing two brass vases inscribed 'Remember Harriet Armstrong died 1968' for the altar, 25 June 1968
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 55Faculty for repairing and renovating the pedal organ, 5 July 1978
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 56Faculty for erecting a notice board in the churchyard, 20 October 1982
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 57Faculty for removing kerbs and badly damaged headstones from a section of the churchyard, 4 March 1983
(1 paper)
Log book (Ref: EP/BG section 06)64
Ref: EP/BG 64Log book containing architects' quinquennial reports for October 1957, April 1964, December 1981 and May 1987
(1 file)
Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/BG section 07)32-38, 137-138
Ref: EP/BG 32-33Terrier, 1891
(2 papers)
Ref: EP/BG 34Terrier, 1901
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 35Draft terrier, 1931
(1 booklet)
Ref: EP/BG 36Terrier, 31 December 1937
(1 booklet)
Ref: EP/BG 37Terrier, 26 October 1943
(3 files)
Ref: EP/BG 38Terrier, 10 January 1944
(2 files)
Ref: EP/BG 137Terrier and inventory, 1980; schedule of chattels, goods and ornaments in the church, 1980, with additions, 1981
(5 papers)
Ref: EP/BG 138Terrier and inventory, c. 1985
(1 paper)
Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/BG section 08)30, 140
Ref: EP/BG 30Correspondence concerning dilapidations at Byers Green, 12 July 1961
(3 papers)
Ref: EP/BG 140Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923 to 1951, 25 April 1967
(1 paper)
Financial records (Ref: EP/BG section 09)Byers Green (Ref: EP/BG section 01)70-72, 119-121
Ref: EP/BG 70Parochial accounts, 2 January 1955 - 20 March 1965
(1 volume, cardboard bound)
Ref: EP/BG 71Freewill offering, January 1953 - July 1961
(1 volume, cardboard bound)
Ref: EP/BG 72Accounts of offertory and fees, 30 December 1964 - June 1982
(1 volume, cardboard bound)
Ref: EP/BG 119Assessments of quota required from the parish of Byers Green for diocesan funds, 1941 - 1947
Attached: rough calculations of how quota are to be met, 1941 - 1947
(18 papers)
Ref: EP/BG 120Assessment of quota required from the parish of Byers Green for diocesan funds, 1959 - 1960, 1974, 1982, 1983 - 1984
Assessment for 1974 originally enclosed in EP/New 4/4
(10 papers)
Ref: EP/BG 121Statements of account, 1950 - 1955; 1979 - 1983
(13 papers)
Binchester (Ref: EP/BG section 02)17
Ref: EP/BG 17Church accounts, 1939 - 1944
(1 volume)
Vestry (Ref: EP/BG Section 5)13
Ref: EP/BG 13Minutes of the Vestry and Parochial Church Council for Binchester, Newfield and Byers Green, 1903 - 1949
(1 volume)
Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/BG Section 6)Minutes (Ref: EP/BG section 01)27, 101-102, 106
Ref: EP/BG 27Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 21 February 1944 - 9 March 1964
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: EP/BG 101Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 3 April 1964 - 10 February 1986
(1 volume, cardboard bound)
Ref: EP/BG 102Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 11 August 1983
Enclosed in EP/BG 101
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 106Minutes of a special meeting of the Parochial Church Councils of Spennymoor St. Paul, Whitworth and Byers Green St. Peter, concerning proposals for a united benefice, 9 December 1984
(1 paper)
Reports (Ref: EP/BG section 02)91-100
Ref: EP/BG 91-100Reports of the Parochial Church Council, 1940 - 1947, 1950 - 1951
(10 files)
Electoral roll (Ref: EP/BG section 03)107-108
Ref: EP/BG 107Electoral roll, 12 April 1981
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 108Electoral rolls for Binchester, Byers Green, Newfield and Todhills, 1986
(1 file)
Correspondence (Ref: EP/BG section 04)28, 123-125, 135
Ref: EP/BG 28Letter from the Bishop of Durham to Mrs. Robinson, Secretary of the P.C.C., concerning the priest-in-charge, 7 January 1960
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 123Copy letter from the Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, to Mrs. B. O'Callaghan, 48 High Street, Byers Green, explaining the trust funds belonging to the parish of Byers Green, 14 April 1983
(2 papers)
Ref: EP/BG 124Correspondence between the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; the churchwardens of Byers Green, St. Peter; the Diocesan Registry, 21A Elvet Bridge, Durham; the Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle; concerning the suspension of the living of Byers Green, 22 April 1975 - 11 May 1976
(26 papers)
Ref: EP/BG 125Letter from the Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, to R. Bestford, 95 High Street, Byers Green, concerning the suspension of the living of the parish of Byers Green, 25 March 1980
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 135Letter from Barclaytrust, Barclays Bank Trust Company, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Area Office, 5 Market Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to R. Bestford, 95 High Street, Byers Green, informing the latter of a legacy to the church of £1,000 from Henry Rupert Wilkinson, 6 May 1977
(1 paper)
Stewardship (Ref: EP/BG section 05)141-142
Ref: EP/BG 141Notes on stewardship sub-committee meetings, 5 March 1981, 12 August 1981, 3 February 1982, 10 March 1982
(5 papers)
Ref: EP/BG 142Sample letters, sample form, and notes on procedure in a stewardship campaign, c. 1981
(6 papers)
Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/BG section 06)126, 143
Ref: EP/BG 126Photocopy of minutes of a meeting between the Archdeacon of Auckland, the rural dean, the churchwardens, vice-chairman and secretary of the parochial church council, concerning the future staffing of the parish of Byers Green, 11 August 1983
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 143Description of the functions of various committees of the Parochial Church Council, c. 1982
(1 paper)
Schools (Ref: EP/BG Section 11)29, 109
Ref: EP/BG 29Letter from Trotter, Bruce and Loft, solicitors, concerning purchase of school and house by the parish, 3 December 1960
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/BG 109Correspondence between various parties relating to schools at Byers Green and Newfield, 28 January 1936 - 16 January 1961
(1 file)
Charities (Ref: EP/BG Section 12)110-111
Ref: EP/BG 110-111Copy of the accounts of the executors of the estate of Mary Bishop, Weardale House, Stanhope, containing details of legacy to St. Barnabas Church, Binchester, n.d. [1971]
(2 papers)
Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/BG Section 14)Parish magazines (Ref: EP/BG )144-151, 152/1-8
Ref: EP/BG 144Parish magazines, January 1901 - November 1902
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 145Parish magazines, December 1902 - December 1904
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 146Parish magazines, January 1905 - December 1906
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 147Parish magazines, January 1907 - December 1908
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 148Parish magazines, January 1909 - December 1910
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 149Parish magazines, January 1911 - December 1912
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 150Parish magazines, January 1913 - December 1914
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 151Parish magazines, January 1915 - December 1916
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 152/1Parish magazines, May - December 2005
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 152/2Parish magazines, January, July, October - December 2006
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 152/3Parish magazines, January - June, August, October - November 2007
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 152/4Parish magazines, January - February, April - December 2008
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 152/5Parish magazines, January - December 2009
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 152/6Parish magazines, January - December 2010
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 152/7Parish magazines, January - March, May - December 2011
(1 file)
Ref: EP/BG 152/8Parish magazines, January - March 2012
(1 file)
numbers not used (Ref: EP/BG Section 15)Ref: EP/BG 14number not used (now EP/Bin 1/1)
Ref: EP/BG 15number not used (now EP/Bin 1/2)
Ref: EP/BG 18number not used (now EP/New 1/1)
