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Collierley St. Thomas Parish

Reference: EP/Col Catalogue Title: Collierley St. Thomas Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1840-2019

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Collierley, St Thomas (Ref: EP/Col)Registration (Ref: EP/Col Section 1)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Col section 01)

1-5, 17, 97


Register of baptisms, 1841 - 1866
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 1866 - 1881
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 1881 - 1890
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 1890 - 1900
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 1900 - 1908
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 20 May 1908 - 6 June 1917
(1 volume, parchment bound)


Register of baptisms, 6 June 1917 - 2 May 1948
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Colsection 02)

6-8, 98-99, 118-120, 216/1-2


Register of marriages, 1842 - 1878 Notification of the death of Rev. George Thompson, 1840
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 1879 - 1901
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 1901 - 1915
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 18 December 1915 - 6 July 1929
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 24 July 1929 - 27 April 1950
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 24 June 1950 - 9 October 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 27 November 1971 - 16 April 1988
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 7 May 1988 - 24 July 1993
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 8 January 1994 - 19 December 2014
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 1 August 2015 - 18 May 2019
(1 volume)

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

18-25, 100


Register of banns of marriage, 6 November 1842 - 23 April 1871
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 23 April 1871 - 27 January 1884
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 27 January 1884 - 1 April 1900
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 3 June 1900 - 24 May 1908
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 17 May 1908 - 8 August 1915
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 25 July 1915 - 17 December 1922
(1 volume, calf bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 7 January 1923 - 19 March 1939
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 12 March 1939 - 14 June 1953
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 23 July 1978 - 20 May 1990
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Col section 04)

9-11


Register of burials, 1842 - 1874 Account of the dispute over the position of Hill Top, 1862
(1 volume)


Register of burials, 1873 - 1879
(1 volume)


Register of burials, 1879 - 1919, 1925 - 1949 Small number of entries only, 1925 - 1949
(1 volume)

Clergy (Ref: EP/Col Section 2)

Deaccessioned 21 March 2018


Deaccessioned 21 March 2018

Registers of services (Ref: EP/Col section 01)

14, 30-32, 101-103, 210/1


Register of services, 1950 - 1959
(1 volume)


Register of services, 1 January 1941 - 31 December 1949
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 22 February 1959 - 9 November 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 13 November 1966 - 3 July 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of preachers, 11 December 1904 - 30 April 1911
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of preachers, 31 December 1930 - 29 December 1940
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of services, 7 July 1974 - 20 March 1983
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 27 March 1983 - 31 December 2006
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Col section 02)

33-34, 47, 73-84, 132-136, 147, 222/1


The London Gazette concerning a scheme for the creation of a new district by taking portions of land from the parochial chapelry of Tanfield, in the parish of Chester - le - Street; from the parish of Lanchester, of the chapelry of Medomsley, in the last-named parish; from the parish of Whickham and from the district parish of Collierley, 22 December 1871 Pages 5713 - 5714 which contain the relevant references to St. Thomas are missing but can be viewed at www.gazette.co.uk
(1 file, printed)


The London Gazette concerning a scheme for the alteration of parish boundaries, 2 September 1873
(1 file, printed)


Letter from the Church Commissioners' Office to Revd Thomas Jackson formerly enclosing draft proposal for assigning a district to Collierley Church, 7 July 1842
(1 paper)


Letters from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Rev. John Gornall, vicar of Collierley, concerning the establishment of the Parochial District of Dipton, St. John the Evangelist, including draft of the proposed petition to the Privy Council, 14 August 1883 - 31 July 1886
(7 papers, 1 parchment, 1 file)


Return made to the Church Commissioners (with draft by Rev. Joseph Thompson, incumbent of Satley) in connection with the establishment of Collierley Parochial District, 9 July 1841
(1 file, 1 paper)


Opinion of J. Hutchinson of Durham on the relationship of Lanchester parish and its officers to the new Parochial District of Collierley, 12 June 1843
(2 papers)


Draft scheme to alter the boundaries of the parishes of Burnopfield; Dipton, St. John the Evangelist; Marley Hill, St. Cuthbert; Tanfield; Collierley; Medomsley, and Whickham, n.d., [1952]
(3 papers, typescript)


'Map showing the alteration of the boundaries of the parishes of Burnopfield; St. John the Evangelist, Dipton; St. Cuthbert, Marley Hill; Tanfield; Collierley; Medomsley, and Whickham', 7 July 1952
(1 plan, 80 cm. x 71.5 cm., colour wash)


Order in council altering the boundaries of the parishes of Burnopfield; St. John the Evangelist, Dipton; St. Cuthbert, Marley Hill; Tanfield; Collierley; Medomsley, and Whickham, 11 February 1953
(1 paper, printed)


number not used


Pastoral order creating the rural deanery of Gateshead West, and the rural deanery of Sedgefield, and altering the boundaries of the rural deaneries of Houghton-le-Spring; Hartlepool; Easington; Wearmouth; Jarrow and Chester-le-Street, 29 June 1978
(2 papers, typescript)


Grant, by Annfield Plain Urban District Council, of planning permission for a proposed extension to West Kyo church mission for 3 years, 20 November 1935
(1 paper, printed form)


Letter from D. Green, Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 10 Whitehall Place, London, SW to Reverend B. Hurst, Collierley, Durham concerning the ratification of of the scheme for constituting the district of Burnopfield and for assigning the patronage of the new Cure to the See of Durham, 29 December 1871 Note: the letter mentions that it includes an accompanying copy of the London Gazette to be deposited in the Parish Chest but it has not survived
(1 paper)

Benefice (Ref: EP/Col section 03)

29, 137, 140-141


Notification by the bishop of the vacancy of the benefice of Lanchester, under act of 58 George III, 3 April 1847
(1 paper)


Order in council uniting the benefices of Collierley and Annfield Plain, St. Aidan, 22 January 1980
(1 paper, printed)


Notice of transfer of patronage of the benefice from the Bishop of Manchester to the Bishop of Durham, 2 August 1979
(1 paper, typescript, photocopy)


Order in council transferring the advowson of the benefices of Collierley, Etherley, Penshaw, Sadberge, and Washington, from the Bishop of Manchester to the Bishop of Durham, 19 December 1979
(1 paper, printed)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/Col section 04)

35, 38-39, 85, 123-125, 138


The London Gazette concerning a grant to the incumbent a stipend of one hundred and twenty pounds a year, 3 February 1882
(1 file, printed)


The London Gazette concerning a grant to the incumbent an additional stipend of ten pounds a year for as long as the current incumbent remains at St. Thomas Collierley, 3 January 1888
(1 file, printed)


The London Gazette concerning a scheme for establishing a new district called the district of Saint Aidan, Annfield Plain from the existing parishes of Collierley, Lanchester and Holmside, 13 March 1914
(1 file, printed)


Regulations concerning grants in augmentation of livings and receipt of Rev. Thomas Jackson, first incumbent of Collierley, 1 May 1842
(1 paper)


Notification from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster, to Rev. F.A. Betts, Collierley Vicarage, Annfield Plain, concerning a grant to the benefice of £200, 26 March 1931
(1 paper, printed form)


Statement of quarterly payments and annual total of money payable to the benefice by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 1 April 1939
(1 paper, printed form)


Notification from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster, of the withdrawal of grants for 2 curates, 9 August 1946
(1 paper, typescript)


Lloyds Bank Ltd., Annfield Plain, pass book of the discretionary account of the vicar of Collierley, 2 August 1962 - 20 June 1970
(1 booklet, cloth bound)

Licences for performance of divine service (Ref: EP/Col section 05)

26, 121


Licence for performance of divine service, 17 June 1841
(1 paper)


Licence to perform services at the Mission Room, Annfield Plain, 13 September 1907
(1 paper)

Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Col section 06)

139, 208/1-2


Notification from the Bishop of Durham to the churchwardens of his intention to admit Rev. Michael James Smith to the benefice, 31 March 1978
(1 paper, printed form)


Order of service for the institution of Reverend G. L. C. Mitchell to the vicarage of St. Thomas, Collierley by Right Reverend Lord Bishop of Durham and induction by Rural Dean of Lanchester on 19 July 1954
(1 booklet, printed)


Order of service for the institution of Reverend C. G. Huggins to the vicarage of St. Thomas, Collierley by Right Reverend Lord Bishop of Durham and induction by Venerable Archdeacon of Durham on 28 March 1957
(1 booklet, printed)

Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/Col section 07)

126-129


Parochial statistics, 1937
(1 paper, printed form)


Parochial statistics for the church of Collierley, St. Thomas, 1956-1964
(8 papers, printed form)


Parochial statistics for Greencroft Mission Room, 1956-1958
(3 papers, printed form)


Parochial statistics for West Kyo Mission Room, 1956-1962
(6 papers, printed form)

Orders of service (Ref: EP/Col section 08)

130-131, 143


Leaflet listing centenary celebration services at the church of Collierley, St. Thomas, and appealing for donations to the Centenary Fund, July 1941
(1 paper, printed)


'Centenary hymns' sung at the church of Collierley, St. Thomas, printed by Mordue, printer, Dipton, n.d., [1941]
(1 booklet, printed)


Order of service for the service to commemorate the church's 150th anniversary, 16 September 1990
(1 booklet, typescript)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Col Section 4)Church (Ref: EP/Col section 01)Establishment and consecration of Church (Ref: EP/Col section 01)

27-28, 40-46, 48, 122


Notice of dedication and consecration of the church by the Bishop of Durham on 4 August 1841, 19 July 1841
(1 paper)


Extract from John Bull containing short report of the consecration of Collierley church, 21 August 1841
(1 paper, printed)


Correspondence received from the Incorporated Society for Promoting the Enlargement, Building and Repairing of Churches and Chapels, concerning grant for proposed church at Collierley, 3 and 22 July 1840
(2 papers)


Specification and description of works required in building a chapel at Collierley with contractors, vouchers and related papers, 1840 - 1841
(3 papers, 2 files)


Draft letter from Rev. Thomas Jackson, Collierley to Rev. I. Fanshawe, concerning church rates, payments for works, registrar's fees etc., 13 March 1845
(1 paper)


Certified copy of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England's instrument approving the church erected in the district of Annfield Plain, St. Aidan, 11 February 1929
(1 paper, typescript)

Plans (Ref: EP/Col section 02)

58-65, 87, 94-95, 170-171, 185, 188


Plan of Collierley church by W.H. Wood, April 1914 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 45 cm. x 34 cm., waxed linen)


Plan of nave seats etc, by W.H. Wood, April 1914 Scale: 1 foot to 1 inch [1:12]
(1 plan, 52 cm. x 36 cm., waxed linen)


Plan, section and elevation of present vestry by W.H. Wood, [April 1914] Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch [1:48]
(1 plan, 68 cm. x 48 cm., waxed linen)


Plan and sections of proposed ceiling boarding and ribs to roof, by W.H. Wood, April 1914 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]
(1 plan, 70 cm. x 53 cm., waxed linen)


Plan and sections of nave and chancel roofs at present, by W.H. Wood, April 1914 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]
(1 plan, 69 cm. x 52 cm., waxed linen)


Plan of proposed remodelling of hot water heating system, by Henry Walker & Son Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 5 March 1929 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 61 cm. x 39 cm.)


Plan of heating installation at Collierley church by Dinning and Cooke, Percy Ironworks, Newcastle, 12 March 1931 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 37 cm. x 24 cm., tracing paper)


Plan of heating installation, n.d. [ c.1930] Scale: 1/ 8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 49 cm. x 24 cm., tracing paper)


Plan of proposed alteration to Collierley Vicarage, by Cordingley and Mcintyre, January 1957 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 64 cm. x 50 cm.)


Plan of vestry, organ chamber, chancel etc. for tiling, 8 December 1885 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]
(1 plan, 70 cm. x 38 cm., tracing paper)


Side elevation of, possibly, St. Thomas's church by Bonomi and Cory, architects, Durham, July 1844 No scale N. Pevsner: Buildings of England: County Durham states that the church was designed by G. Jackson in 1840
(1 plan, 18.5 cm. x 22.5 cm., colour-wash)


Letter from Blythe Hurst, snr., Brackley Beach, Prince Edward Island, Canada, to the vicar of Collierley, enclosing EP/Col 94, which the writer has found in the back of a copy of Coverdale's translation of the bible and making the hypothesis that the sketch depicts St. Thomas's church, Collierley, 7 June 1946
(1 card)


'St. Thomas' Collierley parish church: proposed new vestry, plans as at present', including elevations, plan, sections and block plan, by John Routh, architect, 21 Northgate, Annfield Plain, 18 February 1933 Scales: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]; 1 inch to 400 feet [1:4800]
(1 plan, 57 cm. x 40 cm., waxed paper, colour wash)


Elevations, plan and sections of proposed new vestry at St. Thomas's church, by J. Routh, architect, 21 Northgate, Annfield Plain, 18 February 1933 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]
(1 plan, 69 cm. x 40 cm., colour wash)


Plan of a proposed drainage scheme at Collierley church, by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham, September 1963 Scale: 1/16 inch to 1 foot [1:192] and 1:2500
(1 plan, 35 cm. x 39 cm.)


'Design of new oak altar-candlesticks', by R. Thompson's Craftsmen, Kilburn, York, n.d., [1967] Scale: half full size [1:2]
(1 plan, 40 cm. x 27 cm., linen-backed paper, colour wash)

Maintenance and repairs (Ref: EP/Col section 03)

49-52, 54-57, 67, 86, 151-153, 172, 175, 184, 186-187, 189


Letter from R.A. Douglas Gresley, Bishop Auckland to the Revd Thomas Jackson, Pontop Hall, Collierley, forwarding the Bishop of Durham's contribution towards redecorating Collierley church, 5 December 1849
(1 paper)


Estimate and receipted bill of J. Richardson and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne for redecorating Collierley Church, 12 April - 19 October 1850
(2 papers)


Minutes of meeting of inhabitants to consider repairs to the church following storm damage, 8 January 1855
(1 paper)


Receipted bill of Robert Preston of Sunderland, slate merchant, 1866 - 1869
(1 paper)


Correspondence with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, concerning the leaving of pillars of coal to support Collierley church, vicarage and school, 22 November - 17 December 1883
(1 file)


Correspondence with Ecclesiastical Commission, Lindsay Wood, Mining Office, Hermitage, Chester-le-Street, and others, concerning damage to church, etc., due to mineral workings, 26 July 1888 - 30 September 1902
(1 file)


Estimate for proposed new vestry and alterations and repairs to Collierley church, W.H. Wood, F.R.I.B.A., 47 North Bailey, Durham, July 1914
(1 file)


Specification for decorating and altering [Collierley Church], n.d. [early 20th Century]
(1 file, typescript, incomplete)


Subscriptions towards a church spire and memorandum of agreement (incomplete) between the churchwardens and Joseph Herron of Lanchester, builder, for construction of a belfry, n.d. and 3 July 1856
(2 papers)


Ordinary assessment by the Church Commissioners, setting the parish's annual payments towards repairs and administrative costs, following the quinquennial survey, 24 November 1943
(1 paper, printed form)


Ordinary assessments by the Church Commissioners, setting the parish's annual payments towards repairs and administrative costs, following quinquennial surveys, 15 December 1953 - 29 August 1963
(3 papers, printed form)


Ordinary assessment by the Church Commissioners, setting the parish's annual payments towards repairs and administrative costs, following the quinquennial survey, 4 September 1973
(1 paper, printed form)


Specification and estimate for the proposed new vestry, by John Routh, architect, 21 Northgate, Annfield Plain, 1 March 1933
(1 file, typescript)


Architect's report and specification of work required and repairs to the church, n.d., [ c.1968]
(9 papers, typescript)


Specification for a proposed new drainage system at the church, prepared by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham, 5 September 1963
(3 papers, typescript, duplicated)


'Suggested specification for the interior redecoration of St. Thomas, Collierley...', prepared by Manders Paints Ltd., Technical Service Department, St. John's Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, 15 May 1964
(6 papers, typescript)


'Suggested interior design for St. Thomas, Collierley...', prepared by Manders Paints Ltd., Architectural Service Department, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, 25 May 1964
(3 papers, typescript)


Copy specification for the conversion of the solid-fuel central heating system at the church to gas, drawn up by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham, 20 June 1968
(3 papers, typescript)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Col section 04)

179-183


Photograph of the nave and chancel looking towards the altar, by D. Gales, 20 Front Street, Colliery Row, Fencehouses, n.d., [early 1960s]
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a clergy-seat and eagle lectern in the nave, taken by D. Gales, 20 Front Street, Colliery Row, Fencehouses, n.d., [early 1960s]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the chancel, looking towards the altar, taken by Arthur Philipson, photographer, 4 Front Street, Consett, n.d., [1967]
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm. x 13 cm., black and white, mounted on board)


Photograph of the chancel, looking towards the altar, taken by Arthur Philipson, photographer, 4 Front Street, Consett, n.d., [1967]
(1 photograph, 26 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the chancel, looking towards the altar, by Arthur Philipson, photographer, 4 Front Street, Consett, n.d., [1967]
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 26 cm., black and white)

Meeting room (Ref: EP/Col section 05)

190-192


St. Thomas and St. Aidan Building Committee's file of correspondence, architect's reports, sketch plans, grant of planning permission and invoices, relating to the planned upgrade of the parish room at St. Aidan's church, the fire which destroyed St. Thomas's Mission Room, Collierley, and the subsequent sale of the site, 12 September 1980 - 20 September 1982
(1 file, typescript)


Specification and work schedule for a proposed new meeting room at the church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, October 1980
(1 file, typescript)


Correspondence between Hayton, Lee & Braddock, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham; Rev. J. Smith, The Vicarage, Front Street, Annfield Plain; Mrs. M. Dufton, 34 South View Gardens, Annfield Plain, Stanley; Norman Hart (Newcastle) Ltd., 10 Redburn Road, Westerhope Industrial Estate, Newcastle upon Tyne; Derwentside District Council, Council Offices, Consett; Chief Fire Officer, Fire Brigade Headquarters, Framwellgate Moor; Henry Ayton & Sons Ltd., George Street, Blackhill, Consett; and Diocesan Office, Bishop Auckland; concerning the construction of a new meeting room at the church of Collierley, St. Thomas, 9 September 1980 - 27 May 1981
(1 file, typescript)

Organ (Ref: EP/Col section 06)

88-89


Specification and estimate from Harrison & Harrison, organ builders of Durham for a church organ, 6 June 1885
(3 papers)


Report by J.A. Ridgway of the Foundation School, Beverley, on the church organ, 12 August 1886
(1 paper)

Church plate (Ref: EP/Col section 07)

221/1


Photographs of church plate, n.d. [c. 1970s]
(7 photographs, various size, colour and black and white)

Churchyard (Ref: EP/Col section 02)

90-91, 193-194


Correspondence between the Home Office and the Rev. J. Gornall, vicar of Collierley, concerning closure of the churchyard, 30 April 1875 - 11 July 1885
(2 papers, 1 file)


Copy of memorandum of W.K. Willis, Diocesan Registrar to the Chancellor of the Diocese, concerning disturbance of the burial ground as a result of new building works, 23 November 1981 - 5 December 1981
(1 file)


Correspondence between the vicar of Collierley, The Vicarage, Harelaw, Annfield Plain; Annfield Plain Urban District Council, Council Offices, Annfield Plain; and Diocesan Registry, The College, Durham; concerning the consecration of sections of the churchyard, April [1905] - 27 January 1936
(4 papers)


Correspondence between the Diocesan Registry, The College, Durham; Rev. H.W. Jackson, St. Andrew's Vicarage, Stanley; W. Barnes, Secretary of St. Thomas's Parochial Church Council, 22 Heathfield Gardens, Catchgate; and Stanley Urban District Council, Council Offices, Stanley; concerning the transfer of responsibility for the maintenance of the closed churchyard at St. Thomas's church, from the Parochial Church Council to the local authority, 27 February 1957 - 3 December 1958
(2 papers, typescript)

Vicarage (Ref: EP/Col section 03)

53, 92, 96, 195-197


Plans, sections and elevations of the Parsonage House, Collierley, approved by the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1858 Scales: 1:96 and 1:288
(1 file, 44 cm. x 36 cm., linen backed, water colour and ink)


Letter from Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the Rev. Blythe Hurst, and statement of cost for building a parsonage house, 20 March 1856 and n.d. (3 papers)


Plan of land adjoining Collierley Vicarage, by 'R.R.', May 1891 Scale: 40 feet to 1 inch [1:480]
(1 plan, 60 cm. x 62 cm., tracing paper, colour-wash)


Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of the vicarage, by Alan O. Lee, diocesan surveyor, Owengate House, Durham, June 1973
(1 file, typescript)


Specification of repairs required at the vicarage following the quinquennial inspection, June 1973
(9 papers, typescript)


Estate agent's particulars of Moorfield, Front Street, Annfield Plain, by J.W. Wood & Son, chartered surveyors, West Road, Annfield Plain, n.d., [ c.1980]
(2 papers, typescript, photocopied)

Other parish property (Ref: EP/Col section 04)

154-155


Grant, by Derwentside District Council, of outline planning consent for residential development on land at the junction of North Road and Kyo Road, Catchgate, 4 November 1985
(3 papers, printed form photocopied)


1986 (1) Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, (2) Collierley Parochial Church Council (3) Nancy Brennan of 'Catra', Flint Hill, Dipton, Stanley Copy conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of land at Annfield Plain, conveyed to (1) on 18 November 1927
(4 papers, typescript, photocopied)

Faculties and Archdeacons' Certificates (Ref: EP/Col section 05)Faculties (Ref: EP/Col section 01)

156-165


Faculty authorising the erection of a brass tablet, inscribed in memory of Rev. John Maxwell, in the centre pillar of the south side of the church, 11 November 1925
(1 paper, printed form)


Faculty authorising the construction of an additional vestry adjoining the present vestry, 1 June 1933
(1 paper, printed form)


Faculty authorising the removal of a stained glass window from the east end of the church to the south wall of the nave; the insertion of stained glass in three windows at the east end; the removal of pitch-pine panelling, stalls and screen in the chancel, and the installation of oak panelling and stalls; the introduction of an oak sanctuary-chair, and the removal of 3 pews from the nave, 15 November 1948
(1 paper, typescript)


Faculty authorising the removal of the font to a new position in the south-west corner of the church, 14 August 1953
(1 paper, typescript)


Faculty authorising the replacement of the light fittings in the chancel and nave; the raising of the area of the aisle in front of the pews to the level of the chancel; the removal of one pew and commandment tables; the renewal of the inner-lobby doors; the redecoration of the church interior and completion of other sundry repairs, 4 January 1965
(1 paper, printed form)


Faculty authorising the introduction of a new altar-frontal and matching pulpit fall, and 2 altar candlesticks in English oak, 5 January 1968
(1 paper, printed form)


Faculty authorising the conversion of the existing solid fuel heating system to gas-fired central heating, and the demolition of the existing semi-basement boiler house and toilet block, 11 September 1968
(1 paper, printed form)


Faculty authorising the introduction of a new oak bookcase to be fixed on the wall at the west end of the church; the replacement of the carpet, and general repairs to stonework and the roof, 8 July 1975
(1 paper, printed form)


Faculty authorising the erection of a meeting room, with toilet and kitchen facilities, adjoining the rear of the existing parish church and sited on a portion of the closed consecrated churchyard, 5 May 1982
(1 paper, printed form)


Faculty authorising the setting aside of a plot of ground in the churchyard, between the chancel and path, as a garden of remembrance, to be used for the interment of ashes, and the introduction into the south side of the church of a memorial book and bookcase to record the names of those whose ashes are interred in the garden, 5 July 1990
(1 paper, printed form)

Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/Col section 02)

166-168


Archdeacon's certificate authorising general repairs to the church, 2 September 1960
(1 paper, typescript)


Archdeacon's certificate authorising the cleaning of the church's exterior stonework, 16 May 1973
(1 paper, printed form)


Archdeacon's certificate authorising unspecified work at the church, 26 February 1982
(1 paper, printed form)

Log books (Ref: EP/Col section 06)

142, 169


Parish 'Black Book', n.d., [c.1984]
(1 file, typescript)


Schedule of documents relating to the church and school, n.d., [1929] Originally enclosed in EP/Col 146
(1 paper)

Terriers (Ref: EP/Col section 07)

144-146


Terrier, 1888-1912
(1 paper, printed)


Terrier, 1901-1919
(1 paper, printed form)


Account and schedule [terrier], 3 February 1930 - 14 March 1950
(1 file, printed form)

Quinquennial reports (Ref: EP/Col section 08)

173-174, 176-178, 209/1-2


Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, Owengate, Durham, December 1958
(10 papers, typescript, duplicated)


Quinquennial inspection report on Collierley church, by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham, 22 August 1963
(9 papers, typescript, duplicated)


Quinquennial inspection report on Collierley church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham, November 1973
(1 file, typescript)


Quinquennial inspection report on Collierley church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham, August 1983
(1 file, typescript)


Quinquennial inspection report on Collierley church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, architects and surveyors, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, 15 October 1993
(1 file, typescript)


Quinquennial inspection report by C. Downs, Chartered Architect, The Cathedral Architect's Office, The Great Kitchen, The College, Durham, DH1 3EQ, 24 August 2000
(1 file)


Quinquennial report by C. Downs, Architect, Ecclesiastical and Historic Buildings Consultant, The Cathedral Architect's Office, The Great Kitchen, The College, Durham, DH1 3EQ, 17 May 2010
(1 file)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Col section 09)

12-13


Churchwarden's accounts, 1904 - 1914 See also EP/Col 68-69
(1 volume)


Free will offering ledger, 1926 - 1943
(1 volume)

Sequestrations (Ref: EP/Col section 10)

148-150


Writ of sequestration during the vacancy in the benefice following the resignation of Rev. George Leslie Clark Mitchell, 23 September 1955
(1 paper, printed form)


Writ of sequestration during the vacancy following the cessation of Rev. Frederick Arthur Betts, 12 February 1937
(1 paper, printed form)


Copy writ of sequestration during the vacancy following the death of Rev. Charles Gilmore Huggins, 2 May 1977
(2 papers, printed form, photocopied)

Vestry (Ref: EP/Col Section 5)

68-69


Minutes of vestry meetings, with churchwardens' accounts, 20 April 1843 - 19 April 1877 See also EP/Col 12
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Minutes of vestry meetings, with churchwardens' accounts, 27 April 1878 - 6 April 1904 See also EP/Col 12
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Col Section 6)Minute books (Ref: EP/Col section 01)

15, 70, 104-105, 213/1


Minute book, 1937 - 1956
(1 volume)


Minutes of Parochial Church Council and of annual vestry, 29 June 1922 - 26 January 1937
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 26 January 1956 - 24 July 1968
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 22 January 1969 - 3 December 1989
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Minutes of meetings, 8 May 1994 - 25 November 2001 Includes standing sub - committee minutes of meeting, 27 November 1994
(1 file)

Annual general meetings (Ref: EP/Col section 02)

214/1-2


Minutes of meetings, 17 April 1994; 21 April 1996; 29 March 1998 - 27 April 2000 Note: includes vestry minutes of meetings
(1 file)


Minutes and reports, 18 March 2018 Includes Vestry meeting
(1 file)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Col section 03)Receipts and payments (Ref: EP/Col )

215/1, 217/1, 219/1


Receipts and payments accounts 1994; 1996 - 1997; 1999 - 2000 Includes: church expenses account; church trustee accounts; general deposit account
(5 papers, printed)


Receipts and payments book, 22 May 1975 - 9 April 2015
(1 volume)


Receipts and payments book, 29 June 1997 - 11 May 2015
(1 volume)

Income and expenditure accounts (Ref: EP/Col )

113, 115, 117, 218/1


Income and expenditure accounts, 1942 Originally enclosed in EP/Col 107
(2 papers)


Income and expenditure accounts, December 1956 Originally enclosed in EP/Col 107
(3 papers)


Income and expenditure accounts, 1970-1972, 1974 Originally enclosed in EP/Col 109
(6 papers)


Weekly income and expenditure accounts, 2 January 2005 - 30 December 2012
(1 volume)

Account books (Ref: EP/Col section 01)

16, 106-110


Account book, 1951 - 1962
(1 volume)


Account book, 1 January 1926 - 31 December 1942 Includes : accounts of Greencroft Mission, January 1929 - December 1942 : accounts of Kyo Mission, January 1929 - December 1942 : accounts of Church Institute, January 1928 - December 1942
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Account book, January 1943 - December 1957 Includes : accounts of Institute, January 1943 - December 1957 : accounts of Greencroft Mission, January 1943 - December 1957 : accounts of Kyo Mission, January 1943 - December 1957
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Account book, May 1966 - December 1974
(1 volume, card bound)


Account book, November 1966 - December 1974
(1 volume, card bound)


Account book, January 1975 - June 1997
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Cash books (Ref: EP/Col section 02)

205/1, 206/1-2


Charities and special funds cash book, 1 January 1958 - 23 November 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)


General cash book, 1 January 1962 - 28 April 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)


General cash book, 1 November 1980 - 30 May 1982
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Statements of accounts (Ref: EP/Col section 03)

111-112, 114, 116


Statements of account, 1935 - 1939 Originally enclosed in EP/Col 106
(4 papers)


Institute accounts, December 1941 Originally enclosed in EP/Col 106
(1 paper)


'Parochial Church Balances', 4 April 1944 Originally enclosed in EP/Col 107
(1 paper)


Institute account, 1958
(2 papers)

Membership (Ref: EP/Col section 04)

199


Register of members of the Parochial Church Council, 1950-1959
(1 booklet)

Parish officers (Ref: EP/Col section 05)

71-72, 198


Letters from the organist and the choir master, concerning reduction in their emoluments, 4 - 5 May 1935
(2 papers)


Parochial Church Council's agreement with J. Phillips to employ him as church institute caretaker, 1 April 1938
(1 paper, typescript)

Schools (Ref: EP/Col Section 11)

93, 200-202


Correspondence etc. concerning the building and management of Collierley School [Hare Law Council school] (including plan and elevation of school and master's house by George Walton, 1845) Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(13 papers, 1 file; 2 plans, each 24 cm. x 29 cm.)


3 February 1845 (1) Bishop of Durham, Lord of the manor of Lanchester (2) Dorothea Clayton of Hyde Park Street, Middlesex, spinster (3) Rev. Thomas Jackson, clerk, minister of the District Parish of Collierley and Venerable Charles Thorp, archdeacon of Durham Draft grant by (2) to (3) of 2420 sq. yds. of land at Collierley, in the manor of Lanchester, part of Park Field, North Harelaw Farm, to be used as a site for a school; reserving to (1) all mineral rights
(1 paper)


Correspondence between Rev. Graham Foley, Director of Religious Education, Diocese of Durham, Hallgarth House, Hallgarth Street, Durham; and Rev. C.G. Huggins, Collierley Vicarage, Hare Law, Stanley; concerning the lease of the school to the local education authority for use as a youth club, 1-2 April 1963
(2 papers, typescript)


Scheme for the governance of Church of England educational foundations in the diocese of Durham, including Stanley Collierley Old National School [Hare Law County Primary School], 20 September 1966
(4 papers, typescript)

Charities (Ref: EP/Col Section 12)

203-204


Letter from the Charity Commission, Ryder Street, St. James's, London, to Rev. F.A. Betts, Collierley Vicarage, Annfield Plain, setting out the assets the charity of Miss E. Fenwick and the charity of John Scott, 11 February 1929
(1 paper, typescript)


Correspondence between Cooper & Jones, 94A King Street, Manchester, Lancashire; the vicar of Collierley, St. Thomas's Vicarage, Annfield Plain; and Charity Commission, Whitehall, Westminster; concerning the administration of the charity of John Scott and the value of its assets, 20 January 1865 - 2 July 1968
(10 papers)

Church societies (Ref: EP/ColSection 13)Mother's Union (Ref: EP/Col)Branch registers (Ref: EP/Colsection 01)

211/1-4
Note that there is some overlap in the date ranges of the Mother's Union branch registers due to the multiple functions the registers were used for and the dates for each register reflect that


Mother's Union register, 1931 - 1957
(1 volume)


Mother's Union branch register, 1950 - 1963
(1 volume)


Mother's Union branch register, 1955 - 1970
(1 volume)


Mother's Union register, 1980 - 1987
(1 volume)

Records of meetings (Ref: EP/Colsection 02)

212/1-2


Mother's Union record of meetings, 10 January 1938 - 15 July 1966 Note: records of meetings are entered inconsistently in the volume i.e. 10 January 1938 - 8 July 1959; 20 July 1959 - 20 July 1964; 14 September 1964 - 15 July 1966
(1 volume)


Mother's Union record of meetings, 5 September 1966 - 6 September 1971
(1 volume)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Col Section 14)Parish magazines (Ref: EP/Col)1900-1950 (Ref: EP/Col section 01)

207/10-12


Collierley Church Monthly parish magazine, June 1900
(1 booklet, printed)


Collierley Church St. Thomas parish magazine, May - June 1946
(2 booklets, printed)


Collierly St. Thomas parish magazine, March 1950
(1 booklet, printed)

1953-1963 (Ref: EP/Col section 02)

207/1-9


Collierley St. Thomas parish magazine, April 1953
(1 booklet, printed)


Collierley St. Thomas parish magazines, April and November 1954
(2 booklets, printed)


Collierley St. Thomas parish magazines, January; April - May; July 1955
(4 booklets, printed)


Collierley St. Thomas parish magazines, May - June; September; December 1957
(4 booklets, printed)


Collierley St. Thomas parish magazines, January; March - April; July - August; September - November 1958
(8 booklets, printed)


Collierley St. Thomas parish magazines, January - February; March - May; September - December 1959
(9 booklets, printed)


Collierley St. Thomas parish magazines, February - October; December 1960
(10 booklets, printed)


Collierley St. Thomas parish magazines, March - June; November 1962
(5 booklets, printed)


Collierley St. Thomas parish magazines, April and November 1963
(2 booklets, printed)