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Coxhoe St. Mary Parish

Reference: EP/Cox Catalogue Title: Coxhoe St. Mary Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1852-2020

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Catalogue Description

Numbers 4/22 and 4/25 no longer in use as deaccessioned on 6 March 2018.

Catalogue Contents

EP/Cox Coxhoe St. Mary Parish (Ref: EP/Cox)01 Registration (Ref: EP/Cox 1/)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Cox 1/section 01)

1/1-5, 1/26/1


Register of baptisms, 17 May 1868 - 4 March 1877
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 14 March 1877 - 20 June 1895
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 17 July 1895 - 10 October 1912
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 24 October 1912 - 14 December 1941
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 16 December 1941 - 26 September 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of baptisms, 3 October 1965 - 15 November 2009
(1 volume)

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

1/6-10, 24, 1/27/1


Register of marriages, 14 June 1868 - 27 March 1933
(1 volume, vellum half-bound)


Register of marriages, 8 April 1933 - 21 September 1940
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 5 October 1940 - 8 May 1943
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 22 May 1943 - 11 October 1947
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 29 November 1947 - 9 March 1963
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 15 June 1963 - 10 October 1987
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 18 June 1988 - 21 March 2020
(1 volume)

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

1/11-13, 23


Register of banns of marriage, 2 August 1903 - 17 December 1939
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 17 December 1939 - 16 February 1958
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 2 February 1958 - 10 August 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 14 September 1969 - 28 February 1982
(1 volume, plastic bound)

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

1/14-18, 25


Register of burials, 16 May 1868 - 9 July 1884
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of burials, 18 July 1884 - 2 July 1906
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of burials, 12 August 1906 - 17 March 1920
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of burials, 13 October 1920 - 21 October 1939
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of burials, 11 November 1939 - 22 July 1961
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of burials, 31 July 1961 - 23 September 1986
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Marriage licences and consents (Ref: EP/Cox 1/section 05)

1/19-20


Marriage licences, 17 September 1945 - 8 August 1974
(12 papers)


Consent to marriage of minor, 25 November 1943
(1 paper)

Certificates of burial (Ref: EP/Cox 1/section 06)

1/21-22


Burial certificate, 8 January 1960
(1 paper)


Certificate re cremated remains, 24 August 1972
(1 paper)

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

2/8, 27


Register of confirmations, 1940 - 5 November 1956
(1 volume, paper quarter-bound)


Register of confirmations, 13 March 1957 - 11 April 1999
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Preachers' books and registers of services (Ref: EP/Cox 2/section 02)Preachers' books (Ref: EP/Cox 2/section 01)

2/2


Special preacher's book, 3 July 1892 - 30 March 1917
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/Cox 2/section 02)

2/3-7, 24-26


Register of services, 7 April 1918 - 29 September 1935
(1 volume, vellum quarter-bound)


Register of services, 6 October 1935 - 26 December 1948
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 2 January 1949 - 22 December 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 24 December 1965 - 4 February 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 7 February 1971 - 30 May 1979
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 3 June 1979 - 15 November 1987
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 17 November 1987 - 25 May 1991
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 26 May 1991 - 5 February 1995
(1 volume, plastic bound)

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

2/1


Proposed scheme and schedule for alteration of new parish boundaries presented to H.M. the King in Council, 193[7]
(1 file)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/Cox 2/section 04)

2/19-21


Mortgage and counterpart mortgage to church commissioners for loan for improvements to vicarage, with related correspondence, 1 September 1954 - 31 October 1958
(6 papers)


Counterpart mortgage to church commissioners for loan for improvements to parsonage house, 1 September 1965
(2 papers)


Mortgage to church commissioners for loan for improvements to parsonage house, 1 September 1965
(1 paper, 1 file)

Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/Cox 2/section 05)

2/9-14


Statement of parochial statistics, 1 January - 31 December 1953
(1 paper)


Parochial returns, 1956
(2 papers)


Parochial returns, 1958
(2 papers)


Notice re accidents on ecclesiastical premises, n.d.
(1 paper)


Parochial returns with letters, 1960 - 16 January 1962
(3 papers)


Parochial returns with notes and letter, 1960 - March 1963
(4 papers)

Parochial fees (Ref: EP/Cox 2/section 06)

2/22-23


Letter of General Register Office re increase of fees, 16 June 1952
(1 paper)


Parochial fees order with notes, 1962
(2 papers)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Cox 2/section 07)

2/15


Letter re Colin Campbell, 17 April 1978
(1 paper)

Rural deanery (Ref: EP/Cox 2/section 08)

2/16-18


Pastoral order re rural deaneries, 20 November 1970
(2 papers)


Statement of account for Easington rural deanery, 1 January - 31 December 1976
(1 paper)


Pastoral order re rural deaneries, 29 June 1978
(1 paper, 1 file)

Tithe (Ref: EP/Cox 3/)

3/1


Valuation of apportionment with related letter, 10 March 1920
(1 file)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Cox 4/)Church (Ref: EP/Cox 4/section 01)Heating and lighting (Ref: EP/Cox 4/)

4/3, 7, 34-35


Agreement with Cornforth and Coxhoe Co-operative Society Ltd. as to use of lights, with related correspondence, 30 May 1882 - 15 March 1920
(4 papers)


Schedule of lights, specification and estimate, 16 November 1925
(1 file)


Bill of costs for central heating, 30 October 1970
(1 file)


Agreement with Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd. re sale of oil fuel, 15 January 1973 - 1 February 1973
(1 file)

Building of church (Ref: EP/Cox 4/)

14/1-3, 5


Letter and list of subscriptions promised re proposed church, 31 May 1852 Originally enclosed in EP/Cox 14/4
(2 papers)


Application for aid toward building church, 1852 Originally enclosed in EP/Cox 14/4
(1 paper)


Notice re church extension in new ecclesiastical district of Coxhoe, 20 February 1866 Originally enclosed in EP/Cox 14/4
(2 papers)


Report re building and enlargement of churches and chapels, with list of electors of South Durham, May 1866 Originally enclosed in EP/Cox 14/4
(2 papers)

Church Building Committee (Ref: EP/Cox 4/)

14/4, 7


Minute book of Church Building Committee, 3 March - 3 May 1866 Enclosures: EP/Cox 14/1-3, EP/Cox 14/5-8
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Report of Church Building Committee, 27 February 1868 Originally enclosed in EP/Cox 14/4
(1 paper)

Bells (Ref: EP/Cox 4/)

4/36


Letter and notes re bell, 3 August -9 October 1977
(2 papers)

Plans (Ref: EP/Cox 4/)

4/61/1


Plan of proposed vestry and toilet within the church by Darnton, Elgee, Wrightson, Jackman and O'Connor, Architects and Surveyors, 'Chesterfield', Mill Lane, Norton, Stockton, Teesside, July 1980
(1 plan, paper, 84cm x 59cm)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Cox 4/)

4/63/1-2


Photographs of church silver, n.d. [c. 1960s]
(6 photographs, 25cm x 20cm)


Photographs of church plate, 1994
(12 photographs, colour, 13cm x 18cm)

Extension of church (Ref: EP/Cox 4/)

4/64, 67


Letters with accompanying certificate from City Planning Officer, Byland Lodge, Hawthorn Terrace, Durham, DH1 4TD granting planning permission for the erection of a single storey pitched roof extension to side of the church, 4 - 23 September 1980
(3 papers, typescript)


General correspondence concerning the extension to the church, 17 June 1980 - 10 November 1982
(1 file)


Deaccessioned on 6 March 2018


Deaccessioned on 6 March 2018

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

4/1, 4/46, 4/62/1-2, 4/66/1-2


Copy conveyance by Cornforth and Coxhoe Co-operative Society Ltd. of addition to churchyard, 2 August 1919
(paper, 1 booklet)


Photocopy of plan of part of the graveyard in the parish of Coxhoe showing graves reserved for Mr. & Mrs. J. Shufflebottom, copy made 1994
(3 papers)


Plan of churchyard including new portion developed in 1952, n.d. [c. 1940s - 1950s]
(1 booklet)


Plan of proposed land drainage in the churchyard by City of Durham, Directorate of Technical and Leisure Services, Ruth First House, Claypath, Durham, DH1 1XE, November 1998
(1 plan, 42cm x 30cm)


Application and authorisation for an inscription to be placed on the grave of John Robert Ward, 8 - 10 September 2008
(3 papers, printed)


Application and authorisation for a monument and inscription for Eliza Richards, 14 - 30 September 2008
(3 papers, printed)

Vicarage (Ref: EP/Cox 4/section 03)

4/2, 47-48


Letter re sale of site adjoining vicarage, 19 October 1970
(1 paper)


6 December 1974 (1) James Jeffrey Rackham of 58 Western Hill, Durham, and Elizabeth Judith Rackham, his wife, of 7 Downs Park East, Westbury Park, Bristol (2) Church Commissioners for England (3) Rev. Ian Simpson Pelton, incumbent of the benefice of Coxhoe, St. Mary Copy conveyance by (1) to (3) of Quarry House, 16 The Avenue, Coxhoe, as a parsonage house Consideration: £15,250 from (2) to (1)
(3 papers, typescript, photocopied)


Notice to the owner of 17 The Avenue, Coxhoe, to pay an annual acknowledgement of 25p to Rev. I.S. Pelton, in respect of a shed in the vicarage garden, 6 December 1974 Originally enclosed in EP/Cox 4/48
(1 paper, typescript)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Cox 4/section 04)

4/40-44, 58


Terrier, 1888 - 1906
(1 paper)


Terrier, 1907 - 1935
(1 paper)


Terrier and inventory, 1943 - 1957
(1 booklet)


Inventory, 1960 - 1968
(1 booklet)


Terrier, 1960 - 1968
(1 booklet)


Terrier and inventory, 20 May 1984 - 5 February 1995
(1 booklet, printed form)

Faculties (Ref: EP/Cox 4/section 05)

4/4-6, 8-20, 23-24, 26-31, 33, 49-57, 4/65/1-9


Faculty for organ, 7 February 1913
(1 paper)


Faculty for altar rails, tablet and electric lights, 24 May 1918
(1 paper)


Faculty for stained glass window, 1 April 1921
(1 paper)


Faculty for rood screen, 11 December 1934
(1 paper)


Faculty for processional cross, 18 December 1942
(1 paper)


Faculty for credence table, 9 November 1943
(1 paper)


Faculty for litany desk, 16 December 1944
(1 paper)


Faculty for pulpit, 14 May 1945
(1 paper)


Faculty for oak stand, 23 June 1947
(1 paper)


Faculty for relaying floors, prayer desks, font cover, and interior decoration, 20 November 1953
(1 paper)


Faculty for electric organ blower, 7 June 1956
(1 paper)


Faculty for relaying floors and matting, 8 March 1957
(1 paper)


Faculty for cleaning of organ, removing pews and general repairs, 31 December 1958
(1 paper)


Faculty for general repairs, 15 October 1959
(1 paper)


Faculty for repair of windows, 5 September 1960
(1 paper)


Faculty for processional cross, 14 December 1960
(1 paper)


Faculty for window-glass and carpet, 13 July 1961
(1 paper)


Faculty for candlesticks and stained glass, 28 January 1963
(1 paper)


Faculty for flower vase stands, 3 May 1963
(1 paper)


Faculty for general repairs, 9 September 1963
(1 paper)


Faculty for book cupboard, flower vase stand and tablet, 20 May 1964
(1 paper)


Faculty for bench and carpet, 18 February 1965
(1 paper)


Faculty for removal of seat, and new seat, 17 April 1965
(2 papers)


Faculty for new wiring and fittings, 23 November 1968
(1 paper)


Faculty authorising the construction of an extension to the church to provide a meeting room, kitchen and toilets, and the removal of pews from the west end of the nave to give access to the extension, 16 April 1981
(1 paper, printed form)


Faculty authorising the introduction of an aumbry into the north wall of the sanctuary, together with an overhead bracket and lamp in brass and a memorial plate in gilding metal, 29 June 1987
(1 paper, printed form)


Faculty authorising the introduction into the porch of a hardwood memorial-bench, inscribed in memory of Reginald Dee, 20 December 1989
(1 paper, printed form)


Faculty authorising the erection of a wrought-iron gate to the entrance of the vicar's vestry and porch on the west side of the church, 28 September 1988
(1 paper, printed form)


Faculty authorising the introduction of reinforced flooring at the west end in the area created by the removal of pews 25 years previously, and the carpeting of the area, 20 August 1992
(1 paper, typescript)


Faculty authorising the reservation of a grave space for the use of Violet and John Robert Ward, for 100 years, 28 April 1995
(1 paper, typescript)


Faculty authorising the reservation of a grave space for the use of Mr. A. and Mrs. S. Stoker, of 'Shirlea', 7 Blackgate East, Coxhoe, 18 November 1998
(1 paper, typescript, photocopied)


Faculty authorising the decoration of the church interior with emulsion paint, 26 February 1999
(1 paper, typescript)


Faculty authorising the reservation of a grave space for the use of Frank and Christine Ann Taylor, for 25 years, 23 October 2003
(1 paper, typescript, photocopied)


Faculty authorising the reservation of a double depth grave space for the use of Barry Ward and Tracey Cooper exclusive of all others for a period of one hundred years, 7 January 1997
(1 paper, printed, photocopy)


Faculty schedule B authorising the repointing of the Chancel roof with the technique and mortar mix as agreed with the quinquennial inspector, 6 June 2001
(1 paper, printed)


Faculty authorising the reservation of a grave space in Coxhoe churchyard for Kevin Ward, 23 November 2006
(1 paper, printed)


Faculty authorising the reservation of a grave space in Coxhoe churchyard for Davie Ward, 23 November 2006
(1 paper, printed)


Faculty authorising the reservation of grave space number 1, row F in the churchyard of St. Mary, Coxhoe for the exclusive use of Josephine and Terence Knox for a term of 25 years from the date hereof or such extended period as may be allowed, 22 July 2008
(1 paper, printed, copy)


Faculty authorising the introduction of a flower stand, 24 November 2009
(1 paper, printed)


Faculty authorising the introduction of a loop system; an enhanced sound system complete with six speakers; installation of a sound desk at rear of church, 26 November 2009
(1 paper, printed)


Faculty authorising the introduction of a flower stand with inscription on a brass plaque titled 'In loving memory of Jimmy and Frances Valks' on condition that the memorial plaque is unobtrusive, 26 November 2009
(1 paper, printed)


Faculty authorising the reservation of a grave space in row 101 for Norman Smalley in the churchyard of St. Mary, Coxhoe, being the adjacent space to that of his late wife, Mary Smalley, 17 May 2011
(1 paper, printed, copy)

Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/Cox 4/section 06)

4/16, 32, 45, 59, 4/60/1


Scheme for inspection of churches, October - November 1956
(1 paper, 1 booklet)


Architect's report on church, 10 May -3 July 1967
(1 file)


Architect's report on Coxhoe parish church under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, May 1983
(1 booklet)


Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Christopher Downs, ecclesiastical and historic buildings consultant, 8 Holmside Place, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, 12 August 1993
(35 papers, typescript)


Quinquennial inspection by C. Downs, Chartered Architect, The Cathedral Architect's Office, The Great Kitchen, The College, Durham, DH1 3EQ, 22 February 2003
(1 file)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Cox 4/section 07)

4/37-38


Ordinary assessment of Ecclesiastical Dilapidations, 12 June 1964
(1 paper)


Ordinary assessment of Ecclesiastical Dilapidations, 19 June 1969
(1 paper)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Cox 4/section 08)

4/21, 39


Letter re rules for children in Lent, [February] 1960
(1 paper)


Letter to churchwardens, August 1973
(1 paper)

Vestry (Ref: EP/Cox 5/)Minutes (Ref: EP/Cox 5/)

5/1
For later minutes see EP/Cox 6/ Parochial Church Council minutes


Minute book of vestry, 29 May 1868 - 18 April 1923 Includes Parochial Church Council minutes from 3 May 1922
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

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

6/1-3, 13-14


Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 3 April 1924 - 11 January 1928 Includes annual vestry meetings N.B. this volume is incomplete and the first (loose) page is undated apart from being signed off at the following meeting of 7 May 1924
(paper, 1 booklet)


Minute book of Parochial Church Council, containing vestry meetings, 9 April 1934 -26 May 1943
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 25 August 1943 - 11 September 1951
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)


Parochial Church Council meetings minutes, 18 September 1973 - 22 November 1977 Includes: Annual Vestry and Annual General meeting minutes, 2 April 1974 - 5 April 1977
(1 file)


Parochial Church Council meetings minutes, 9 May 1978 - 27 May 1986 Includes: Annual Vestry and Annual General meeting minutes, 18 April 1978 - 15 April 1985
(1 file)

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

6/9-12


Account book, 1 January 1973 - 31 December 1979
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Statements of income and expenditure, 1973 - 1979 Originally enclosed in EP/Cox 6/9
(18 papers)


Financial statement, 1985
(1 paper)


Return of church finance and membership, (for the year ending 1990), 15 March 1991 Originally enclosed in EP/Cox 2/24
(1 paper)

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

6/8


Licence of Performing Right Society Ltd. for payment of royalties by Parochial Church Council, with related letters, 20 February -19 March 1964
(3 papers)

Electoral roll (Ref: EP/Cox 6/section 04)

6/4-7


Application re electoral roll, 14 April 1943
(1 paper)


Letter re application for membership on electoral roll, 25 January 1944
(1 paper)


Applications re electoral roll, January - February 1947
(8 papers)


Applications re electoral roll, January - February 1951
(7 papers)

Schools (Ref: EP/Cox 11/)Coxhoe National School (Ref: EP/Cox 11/)

11/1-9


Minute book of managers of Coxhoe National School, 24 November 1904 - 8 November 1949 Enclosure: EP/Cox 11/2-6
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Memorandum of agreement for employment of Mary Dawson as teacher, 4 November 1943 Originally enclosed in EP/Cox 11/1
(1 paper)


Letters re application for grant from Betton's Charity, 16 July 1940 - 29 September 1943 Originally enclosed in EP/Cox 11/1
(2 papers)


Letter re grading of school, 17 December 1942 Originally enclosed in EP/Cox 11/1
(1 paper)


Letters re transfer of B.H. Morley to Dean Bank school, 28 - 29 January 1943 Originally enclosed in EP/Cox 11/1
(2 papers)


Letter re payment for repairs, 19 October 1943 Originally enclosed in EP/Cox 11/1
(1 paper)


Letter from Robert Burrell, 59 Old Elvet, Durham, to Rev. D.R. Evans, The Vicarage, Coxhoe, concerning title to the Coxhoe C.E. School, 10 May 1929
(2 papers)


Correspondence between Jack Norwood, St. Giles' Vicarage, Durham; Rev. W.P. Stone, The Vicarage, Coxhoe; Durham County Council, Education Department, Shire Hall, Durham; National Society for Promoting Religious Education in Accordance with the Principles of the Church of England, 69 Great Peter Street, Westminster; Coxhoe Co-operative Society, Ltd., Commercial Road, Coxhoe; Trotter, Bruce and Loft, solicitors, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; Public Record Office, Chancery Lane, London; Margaret M. Evans, The Beeches, Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire; J.W. Wood & Son, Auction and Estate Offices, North Road, Durham; The Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Rev. E.B. Pateman, The Vicarage, Coxhoe, concerning the closure and sale of Coxhoe C.E. School and its purchase by the parochial church council, 16 March 1955 - 14 January 1961
(69 papers)


Scheme framed by the Ministry of Education for Church of England schools, including that at Coxhoe, 8 February 1960
(1 booklet)

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

13/1


Order of service for re-dedication and affirmation of Mothers' Union, 1947
(1 paper)

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

14/12/1-2


Parish magazine, January 1955
(1 booklet)


Parish magazine, December 1956
(1 booklet)

Public health (Ref: EP/Cox 14/section 02)

14/6, 8


Letter re outbreak of cholera, and ecclesiastical district of Coxhoe, 29 January 1867 Originally enclosed in EP/Cox 14/4
(2 papers)


Newspaper cuttings re outbreak of cholera in Coxhoe in 1860s, 23 January 1962 Originally enclosed in EP/Cox 14/4
(4 papers)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Cox 14/section 03)

14/9-11


Papers re United Society for Propagation of Gospel, n.d.
(3 papers)


2 May 1896 (1) Abraham John Howlin of Woking, Surrey, physician and surgeon (2) Robert Muir Gilchrist Bunne of Woking, Surrey, doctor of medicine Surrender from (1) to (2) of (1)'s reversionary interest in Ryde House, Woking, Surrey
(parchment, 1 membrane)


29 September 1890 (1) Rev. John Stroud Maber of Ross, Herefordshire, clerk, and wife, Theophila Maria Dorothea (2) Abraham John Howlin of Woking, Surrey, surgeon Covenant whereby (2) agrees to increase the rent of Ryde House, Woking, co. Surrey, from £60 p.a. to £74 p.a. for the residue of a term of 14 years from 10 September 1884
(parchment, 1 membrane)