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Register of baptisms, 22 September 1907 - 6 February 1921

Register of baptisms, 10 February 1921 - 29 April 1951

Notices of baptisms, 23 October 1943 - 2 July 1946 and 27 February 1954 - 27 September 1957; notices of baptisms, including particulars for register, 5 July 1954 and 1 December 1956; notice to godparent giving notice of Sunday Schools (incomplete), n.d.

Register of marriages, 31 July 1912 - 19 November 1917

Register of marriages, 24 November 1917 - 4 June 1927

Register of marriages, 1 August 1927 - 20 April, 1940

Register of marriages, 4 May 1940 - 4 June 1949

Register of marriages, 11 June 1949 - 19 September 1964

Correspondence concerning the maintenance of war graves in Craghead Churchyard, 9 November 1961

Register of burials, 12 November 1907 - 19 March 1923

Register of burials, 29 March 1923 - 21 September 1937

Register of baptisms, 29 April 1951 - 1 September 1985

Register of baptisms, 1 December 1985 - 6 October 1996

Register of marriages, 26 September 1964 - 29 August 1992

Register of marriages, 3 April 1993 - 23 September 1995

Register of banns of marriage, 6 March 1967 - 18 August 1985

Register of banns of marriage, 17 November 1985 - 19 May 1996

Register of burials, 30 September 1937 - 20 January 1956

Notes of locations of graves in Craghead churchyard, n.d. [c.1980] Originally enclosed in EP/Cra 1/18

Lists of Craghead participants in 1914 - 1918 War and 1939 - 1945 War Originally enclosed in EP/Cra 1/18

Combined register of preachers, offertory and communicants, 18 April 1897 - 21 April 1908

Register of services, 23 April 1905 - 14 April 1916

Register of services, 23 April 1916 - 28 December 1924

Register of services, 1 January 1925 - 27 August 1930

Register of services, 31 August 1931 - 3 February 1936

Register of services, 1 January 1936 - 1 October 1941

Register of services, 20 October 1941 - 21 October 1945

The Order of the Administration of the Lord's Supper or Holy Communion, by Robert Bussey, c.1910

Communicants' roll, 1937

List of those confirmed, 1 January 1917 - 25 March 1942

Programme for service to lay foundation stone of St. Thomas' church by Mrs. Foster Armstrong of Denton Hall, assisted by Bishop of Jarrow, 8 October 1910, and tickets for the dedication of St. Thomas' church by the Bishop, 15 July 1911

Ordination certificate of James Bennett Eddon B.A., by Handley Carr Glyn, Lord Bishop of Durham, 1 September 1912

Induction of Bennett Eddon into St. Thomas, Craghead, by George, Lord Bishop of Jarrow, on behalf of Glyn, Lord Bishop of Durham, 1912

Notice of services celebrating the Silver Jubilee of the dedication of St. Thomas (in 1911), 15 July 1936

Correspondence concerning repairs including schedule of dilapidations noted at quinquennial inspection of the vicarage and recommendations concerning the vicarage repairs by the Diocesan Surveyor, 7 October 1952

Details of proposed loan (£1,658, over a period of 25 years), to provide the cost of building a new parsonage, with consent given by Rev. Mr. Brown and appointment of Messrs. Cordingley and McIntyre as architects, 1956

Details of loan given by Church Commissioners of £1,658, with consent given by Rev. W.S. Brown, 4 December 1956

Mortgage for securing the payment of £1,658 for the building of the new vicarage, 1957

Letters and reports concerning the building of the new vicarage and architect's plan of proposed site, 1954 - 1956

19 September 1956 (1) National Coal Board (2) Church Commissioners (3) Rev. W.S. Brown Agreement for (1) to lay pipelines under vicarage at Craghead Plan attached

19 September 1956 Statement of the terms of Ep/Cra 2/20 Plan of Craghead attached

Fire Insurance Policy for the vicarage at Craghead, St. Thomas, from 29 October 1957 - 1 January 1959

Bill from Ecclesiastical Insurance Office for the Fire Insurance Policy taken out upon the vicarage and adjoining garage, 6 January 1958 Attached: letters to the churchwardens giving details about the payments due each month, 22 January 1958

Correspondence between Phyllis Carter and Rev. W.S. Brown, concerning the Fire Insurance Policy on the Vicarage, 1958 - 1959

Correspondence between Rev. Brown and the Diocesan Office, Durham, regarding the revaluation of the vicarage, including a completed schedule, 1961

Admission of Rev. Derrick Charles Darley, B.A. to the Benefice of St. Thomas, 18 April 1963

Minutes of Lanchester Deanery Synod, 1971 - 1975

Confirmation returns, 20 May 1914 - 15 April 1943

Register of confirmations, 1953 - 12 September 1990

Register of services, 7 October 1945 - 27 April 1997

Invitation card for the Silver Jubilee services, tea and social evening at Craghead Parish Church, 15 - 19 July 1936

Order of service of the dedication festival and thanksgiving for the restoration of the church, 15 July 1951

Correspondence between various parties concerning the appointment of an incumbent, and later arrangements for administering the parish, 24 October 1975 - 23 December 1981

Parochial statistics for the year ending 31 December 1976

Copy of a letter from Rev. Norman Shaw, The Vicarage, Craghead, to the Bishop of Durham, Auckland, Castle, inviting him to preach at the 75th anniversary festal evensong, together with the Bishop's letter of acceptance, 4 - 7 March 1986

Order of service for the festal evensong to mark the 75th anniversary of the dedication of St. Thomas's Church, 15 July 1986

Invitation and order of service for a festival of praise at St. Thomas's Church, 5 July 1987

Faculty for overhauling and improving the electric lighting system and introducing a Credence Table in memory of Bennett Eddon, 4 September 1948

Insurance policy for the new boiler, 1950

Faculty relating to new altar cross and candlesticks in silvered wood (not introduced), altar frontal and various internal structural changes, 1951

Faculty for the introduction of a new processional cross in silver bronze, 27 August 1954

Faculty for the use of consecrated land as the site for a new vicarage, 25 November 1954

Faculty for the disinternment and the reinternment of the remains of John William Willis in the parish churchyard, 1955

Faculty for introduction of chalice, paten and a flower stand, 11 December 1961 Includes an explanatory letter and a formal receipt from Maurice Henry, Lord Bishop of Durham, 21 November and 11 December 1961

Correspondence concerning purchase of a Methodist Church at Craghead as a new church hall, 10 February 1965 - 22 January 1969 Includes lists of expenditure and cost of upkeep, January - March 1969

License for erection of Craghead Mission Room, 22 January 1884

Notice of ceremony of laying foundation stone of mission church by William Hedley, 9 January 1888

Extract from report of Diocesan Consulting Architect [on Craghead Church?], 22 October 1910

Letter from the Incorporated Society for promoting the Enlargement, Building and Repairing of Churches and Chapels to Rev. J.B. Eddon, concerning design for Craghead Church, 19 December 1910

Letter from J.W. Kirsopp, Maritime Buildings, Quayside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning donation to Craghead Church, 28 October 1910

Order of service for laying foundation stone of St. Thomas' Church, Craghead, 8 October 1910

Extract from Northern Echo reporting dedication of Craghead Church by Bishop of Durham, 17 July 1910

Deed of endowment of £100 on Craghead parish by James Fairley of Shafto House, Craghead, and covering letter to Lloyds Bank Ltd., 4 - 6 July 1911

Memorandum of consecration of St. Thomas', Craghead, 17 May 1912

Newspaper cutting recording induction of first vicar of Craghead St. Thomas, Rev. J.B. Eddon, n.d. [c.1911]

Notes on story of Craghead Parish [compiled by Rev. J.B. Eddon?], n.d. [c.1913]

Letter to Rev. Mr. Eddon concerning contributions to curates' stipend, 14 May 1913

Letter from Bishop of Durham to Rev. J.B. Eddon, concerning changes to the liturgy to be introduced by the latter, 24 October 1913

Copy of Order-in-Council changing boundaries of parish of Craghead to incorporate part of the parish of West Pelton, 28 July 1916

Accounts of Memorial Screen Fund, n.d. [c.1919]

Letter from Thomas Hedley and Brothers, Ltd., Colliery Offices, South Moor, Stanley, concerning contributions to church funds, 8 May 1923

Order of service for unveiling and dedication of Craghead War Memorial, 11 November 1922

Letters from Holmside and South Moor Collieries Ltd., Colliery Offices, South Moor, Stanley to Rev. J.B. Eddon, concerning loan for renovating church hall, 1 - 2 April 1941

Statement of account for Rev. J.B. Eddon Memorial Fund and St. Thomas Church Vicarage Fund, April 1946

Bill for church ornaments and fittings, 9 December 1946

Order of service for the dedication of a memorial to the late Rev. James Bennett Eddon, 28 November 1946

Extract from The Bishoprick giving obituary of Rev. J.B. Eddon, n.d. [c.1946]

Letter from Messrs. Harrison and Harrison, Durham to J.G. Carr, esq., Craghead, enclosing copy of agreement for tuning of organ, 26 July 1946

Report and copy, by George Raw, Pilgrim House, Newcastle addressed to Rev. P.G.M. Dennis, Craghead, concerning proposal of Holmside and South Moor Collieries to mine coal near St. Thomas' Church, 17 April 1946

Letter from the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham to the Rev. P.G.M. Dennis, giving consent to proposal to mine coal, 4 June 1946 [See EP/Cra 4/31]

Account for church furniture and devotional books, 30 June 1947

Letter from A.R. Mowbray & Co., concerning account (in EP/Cra 4/33), 11 July 1947

Letter from N.C.B. to W. Scott, esq., Craghead, enclosing balance of J.B. Eddon Memorial and Vicarage Funds, 8 August 1947

Programme for concert on rededication of organ, September 1947

Account from W.S. Whitfield, builder and contractor, for repairs to Church Hall (and Church), April - October 1947

Letter from Aidan C.P. Ward, Craghead Vicarage to J.P. Carter, Diocesan Office, Durham expressing concern over permission granted to mine coal under St. Thomas' Church, 13 October 1947

Letter from J.P. Carter, Diocesan Office to Rev. A. Ward, concerning help given to parish by colliery company, 29 May 1948

Letter from Diocesan Registry, Durham to Rev. A.C.P. Ward, requesting fee for faculty for new lighting and credence table, 4 August 1948

Report of architect's inspection on repairs necessary to Craghead church, 31 August 1949

Order of service for rededication of Craghead Church, n.d. [c.1951]

Letter from Cordingley and McIntyre, architects to Rev. A.C.P. Ward, giving details of tenders for repairs to St. Thomas' Church, 30 June 1950

Papers concerning granting of faculty for repairs to St. Thomas, Craghead, July 1950

Estimate from Northern Gas Board for provision of gas supply to St. Thomas' church and hall, 8 November 1950

Letters from S.E. Dykes Bower, Quendon Court, Essex, concerning his report as architect on St. Thomas' Church, March - May 1951

Estimate for repairs to St. Thomas, Craghead, and covering letter from F.W. Goodyear and Son, Durham, June 1951

Letter from A. Hector Graham Ltd., painting contractors to Rev. A.C.P. Ward, thanking him for payment of account, 18 July 1951

Letters from Rev. P.G.M. Dennis, Heworth Vicarage to Rev. A.C.P. Ward, concerning removal of standards given to Craghead Church by the former in memory of his brother, 3 and 11 August 1951

Newspaper cutting from Evening Chronicle concerning contributions by laity to financing of Church of England, 25 September 1951

Letter from N.C.B. to Rev. A.C.P. Ward, enclosing contribution to vicar's stipend and church expenses, 19 November 1951

Correspondence between St. Thomas' P.C.C., Diocesan Registry Durham and N.C.B, concerning grant of easement for footpath through Craghead churchyard, September - October 1952

Order of service for the institution of the Rev. W.S. Brown to the Vicarage of St. Thomas, Craghead, 7 May 1953

Estimate from F.W. Goodyear and Son, builders and contractors, for repair of roof of St. Thomas, Craghead, 22 July 1953

Correspondence between the Ecclesiastical Insurance Office, F.W. Goodyear and Sons, Llewellyn Bradshaw and Hartley and St. Thomas' P.C.C., concerning insurance claim for damage to St. Thomas Church, July - August 1953

Correspondence between A.R. Mowbray and Co. Ltd., Rev. W.S. Brown, Craghead Vicarage and Diocesan Registry, Durham, concerning introduction of processional cross to the memory of William Scott, January 1954 - May 1955

Letter from Llewellyn Bradshaw and Hartley, concerning lightning damage to St. Thomas Church, 15 January 1954

Letter from Secretary to the Bishop of Durham to Rev. W.S. Brown, granting permission to celebrate Holy Communion in Social Service Hall at Blackhouse, 5 October 1953

Circular from Royal School of Church Music requesting affiliation of church choirs, n.d. [c.1954]

Circular from Diocesan Office informing parish councils of terms of Parish Councils and Coal Mining (Subsidence) Acts (1957), 22 November 1957

Newspaper obituary of Rev. W.S. Brown, August 1962

Correspondence concerning installation of aumbry and tabernacle at St. Thomas, Craghead, January - October 1964

Proposed design for base to metal light bracket and proposed aumbry for Craghead parish church., n.d. [c.1964]

Faculty for installation of aumbry, 7 October 1964

Receipt from A.R. Mowbray and Co. for aumbry, 10 October 1964

Receipt from Burns Oates Retail Ltd. for payment for tabernacle curtains and lamp, 2 December 1964

Archdeacon's certificate of authorisation for work in St. Thomas', 22 February 1967

Faculty for removal of choir stalls and introduction of new furnishings, 28 April 1967

Newspaper cutting reporting removal of altar from St. Silas' Church, Hull to St. Thomas, Craghead, n.d. [c.1968]

Archdeacon's certificate for cleaning and painting exterior of church, 16 May 1973

Diocesan Miscellany, duplicated newsletter issued to clergy, March 1975

Homewards, parish magazine of St. Thomas, Craghead, February, September and December 1942, and October 1943

The Shaft, parish magazine of St. Thomas, Craghead, June 1954

Photographs of St. John's, Burnhope, St. Thomas, Craghead and St. George, Southmoor, in Holmside parish, n.d. [c.1910]

Photograph of Primitive Methodist Church, Craghead (later St. Thomas' Church Hall), [1904/05]

Invitation card to dedication of St. Thomas, 15 July 1911

Photograph of interior of St. Thomas' church, showing decorations for Harvest Festival, 1912

Photograph of altar in St. Thomas, Craghead, n.d. [c.1920]

Invitation to Service commemorating twenty fifth anniversary of dedication of St. Thomas' church, 1937

Photograph showing interior of St. Thomas, n.d. [c.1963]

Photograph showing first changes to interior of St. Thomas, 1966

Churchwardens account book, 1949 - 1959

Draft specification for proposed new church at Craghead in the parish of Holmside, by James W. Thompson, architect, 63 Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 10 November 1909

Account for the building of the new church at Craghead, n.d. [1911]

Churchwardens' sequestration file, 22 October 1943 - 18 April 1963

29 September 1947 (1) Holmside and South Moor Collieries, Ltd. (2) Rev. A.C.P. Ward, vicar of Craghead (3) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners Copy of conveyance by (1) to (3) of Craghead Vicarage Consideration: £400

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, Ordinary Assessments, 4 July 1963 - 6 June 1973

Craghead Vicarage: schedule of dilapidations, March 1963

Craghead Vicarage: schedule of dilapidations, March 1968

Craghead Vicarage: schedule of dilapidations, April 1973

Craghead Vicarage: schedule of dilapidations, May 1978

Craghead Vicarage: schedule of dilapidations, April 1982

Additional specification of repairs to Craghead Vicarage, April 1982

Craghead Vicarage: schedule of dilapidations, June 1987

Quinquennial report, April 1979

Quinquennial report, April 1984

Correspondence between the Rev. J.R. Troop, St. George's Vicarage, South Moor, and others, concerning the sequestration account for Craghead, 27 February - 9 May 1981

Correspondence relating to the sale of the church hall, 14 March 1982 - 18 February 1983

Ground plan of St. Thomas's Church, Craghead, with plans and elevations of proposed modifications to the chancel, 18 October 1985 Scales: 1:100 and 1:50

Archdeacon's certificate, 11 May 1987

Church log book, including inventory, 16 April 1993 - June 1994

Letter from E.P. Services, 20 Beechburn Park, Crook, to the incumbent, St. Thomas' Vicarage, Lowery Lane, Craghead, Stanley, enclosing a certificate of the effectiveness of the lightning conductor on the church and photographs of defects in the fabric of the church found during the inspection of the lightning conductor, 30 September 1993 Originally enclosed in EP/Cra 4/99

Negatives of photographs of the exterior of the church, the church plate, statues in the church and the exterior and interior of unidentified houses, n.d. Originally enclosed in EP/Cra 4/99

Photographs of statues in the church, printed from two negatives in EP/Cra 4/101, n.d. Originally enclosed in EP/Cra 4/99

Negatives showing interior of church, exterior of church, seaside and woman caring for child, n.d.

General correspondence, [pre 1953]

Recent correspondence, 1953 - 1973

Insurance file containing details of policies, inspections and payments, 25 June 1949 - December 1953

Chairman's file contaning documents about church furnishings, faculties, Archdeacon's certificates and boiler maintenance, 2 July 1965 - 11 October 1976

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 26 May 1955 - 19 April 1972

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 17 May 1972 - 10 January 1989

Financial statements, 31 December 1961 - 31 December 1980

Accounts of the Parochial Church Council, 1 January 1966 - 31 December 1976

Annual accounts and balance sheets of the Parochial Church Council, 1980 - 1987

Letter from the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, to J. Greenwell, 19 Weardale Terrace, Annfield Plain, concerning future staffing of the parish, 26 June 1975 Originally enclosed in EP/Cra 6/9

Recommendations of the Diocesan Pastoral Committee concerning the future organisation of the parish, n.d. Originally enclosed in EP/Cra 6/9 (1 paper) Fourth Deposit(Acc: 2662)

Correspondence concerning the charity for poor communicants established under the will of William Hedley of Burnhopeside Hall, 22 July 1889 - 13 January 1977

Minutes and accounts of the trustees of the William Hedley Charity, 13 March 1913 - 26 November 1996

Memoranda of accounts, 1945 - 1951 Originally enclosed in EP/Cra 12/2 (5 papers) Fourth Deposit(Acc: 2662)

Programme of The Durham Mothers' Union Pageant, produced by Mrs. Cradock at Brancepeth Castle, Durham, 1938

Office of Dedication of St. Thomas' church by Lord Bishop of Durham in 1911

Dedication of the Memorial Screen in Craghead, 14 April 1922

Deposit account book of Craghead Church Mother's Union in the Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited Bankers, Newcastle, 1944

The London Gazette, 28 June 1912

Photograph of interior of church looking up towards the altar, n.d. [c.1925]

Two 6" O.S. plans, second edition, Durham sheet XII S.E., showing St. Thomas' parish boundary, 1898

Craghead parish magazine, September 1916

Craghead parish magazine, October 1942

Parish magazine of St. Thomas the Apostle, Craghead, September 1945

The Shaft, magazine of the parish of Craghead, January - December 1948

The Shaft, January - December 1949

The Shaft, January - July, September - December 1950

The Shaft, January - December 1951

The Shaft, January - February, April - May, 1952

The Shaft, January - March, May - December 1954

The Shaft, January - December 1955

The Shaft, January - August, October - December 1956

The Shaft, January - March, May - December 1957

The Shaft, January - February, May - October, December 1958

The Shaft, January - July, September, November - December 1959

The Shaft, January - December 1960

The Shaft, January - April, June, August - December 1961

The Shaft, January, March - December 1962

The Shaft, January - December 1963

The Shaft, January - December 1964

The Shaft, January - October 1965

The Shaft, January, May - July, September - December 1966

The Shaft, January - April, June - August, October - December 1967

The Shaft, January - May, August - December 1968

The Shaft, January - March, May, Summer, Autumn and Christmas 1969

The Shaft, Lent 1970

The Angle, the monthly magazine of the parishes of Beamish, St. Andrew, with St. Stephen; Stanley, St. George; South Moor; and St. Thomas, Craghead, January - December 1971

The Angle, January - December 1972

The Angle, January - December 1973

The Angle, January - August, October - November 1974

The Angle, January 1975

Quarterly newsletter of the parish of St. Thomas the Apostle, Craghead, issue no. 2, Christmas and New Year edition, 1976 - 1977

Quarterly newsletter of St. Thomas the Apostle, Craghead, issue no. 3, Easter, and issue no. 4, Summer 1977

Quarterly newsletter of St. Thomas the Apostle, Craghead, issue no. 7, Easter and issue no. 8, Summer 1978

Quarterly newsletter of St. Thomas the Apostle, Craghead, issue no. 9, Christmas and New Year edition, 1978 - 1979

Quarterly newsletter of St. Thomas the Apostle, Craghead, issue no. 10, Easter, and issue no. 11, Autumn 1979

Craghead Christian News, April 1985

The Link, parish magazine of St. Thomas' and the Methodist Church, Craghead, May - December 1985

The Link, January, March - December 1986

The Link, January 1987 - January 1988

The Link, parish magazine, February 1988

number not used

Photograph of a group of Brownies, their leaders and a clergyman, n.d.

Sedgefield parish magazine, April 1986

Stanley Methodist Circuit magazine, Summer 1983

Derwentside District: Official Guide, second edition, n.d. [1970s]

Derwentside District: Official Street and Area Map, n.d. [1970s] Includes: street plans of Consett, Lanchester and Stanley

Church year book, 1958 - 1959

Programme for South Moor Summer Fair, 14 June 1986

Programme of events to mark the 75th anniversary of the dedication of the church of St. Thomas, Craghead, July 1986

Programme of a concert at St. Thomas's Church, Craghead, performed by the Ever Ready Band, 12 July 1986

Internal and external views of St. Thomas's Church, including photographs taken during a band concert, n.d. [1986]

Programme of a concert by the Ever Ready Band and the Newcastle Male Chorus at the Civic Hall, Stanley, 7 February 1987

Some notes on the history of Craghead and Holmside by Fred Wade, n.d.

Photograph of St. Thomas's Church, Craghead, n.d.

Photograph, possibly of Craghead School, 1900