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Dawdon St. Hild Parish

Reference: EP/Daw Catalogue Title: Dawdon St. Hild Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1911 - 2008

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  • Dawdon St. Hild Parish
    • Dawdon St. Hild Parish (Ref: EP/Daw)
    • Registration (Ref: EP/Daw 1/)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Daw 1/section 01)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Daw 1/section 02)
    • Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Daw 1/section 03)
    • Transcriptions of baptisms and marriages (Ref: EP/Daw 1/section 04)
    • Clergy (Ref: EP/Daw 2/)
    • Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Daw 2/section 01)
    • Registers of services (Ref: EP/Daw 2/section 02)
    • Benefice income (Ref: EP/Daw 2/section 03)
    • Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Daw 2/section 04)
    • Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Daw 2/section 05)
    • Admissions and appointments (Ref: EP/Daw 2/)
    • Licences to the curacy (Ref: EP/Daw 2/section 07)
    • Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/Daw 2/section 06)
    • Orders of service (Ref: EP/Daw 2/section 07)
    • Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Daw 4/)
    • Church (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 01)
    • Bells (Ref: EP/Daw 4/)
    • Building and maintenance (Ref: EP/Daw 4/)
    • Organ (Ref: EP/Daw 4/)
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/Daw 4/)
    • Plans (Ref: EP/Daw 4/)
    • Church hall (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 02)
    • Vicarage and curate's house (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 03)
    • Faculties and Archdeacons' Certificates (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 04)
    • Faculties (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 01)
    • Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 02)
    • Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 05)
    • Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 06)
    • Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 07)
    • Vicarage (Ref: EP/Daw 4/)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 08)
    • Sequestration (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 09)
    • Vestry (Ref: EP/Daw 5/)
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/Daw 5/)
    • Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Daw 6/)
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/Daw 6/section 01)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/Daw 6/section 02)
    • Charities (Ref: EP/Daw 12/)
    • Dawdon Mission Room Charity (Ref: EP/Daw 12/)
    • Church Societies (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)
    • Choir (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)
    • Church Lads' Brigade (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)
    • Church of England Men's Society (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)
    • Mothers' Union (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)
    • Publications (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)
    • Scouts (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)
    • Sunday School (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)
    • Youth Fellowship (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Daw 14/)
    • Church history (Ref: EP/Daw 14/)
    • Parish magazines (Ref: EP/Daw 14/)
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/Daw 14/)

Catalogue Contents

Dawdon St. Hild Parish (Ref: EP/Daw)Registration (Ref: EP/Daw 1/)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Daw 1/section 01)

1/4-8, 16, 1/19/1

Ref: EP/Daw 1/4

Register of baptisms, 11 February 1912 - 13 July 1919
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 1/5

Register of baptisms, 16 July 1919 - 28 July 1940
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 1/6

Register of baptisms, 11 August 1940 - 4 November 1945
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 1/7

Register of baptisms, 7 November 1945 - 11 January 1953
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 1/8

Register of baptisms, 14 January 1953 - 30 May 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 1/16

Register of baptisms in Dawdon Mission Room, 15 March 1911 - 8 May 1912
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Daw 1/19/1

Register of baptisms, 9 June 1971 - 17 June 2007
(1 volume)

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

1/10-15, 17-18

Ref: EP/Daw 1/10

Register of marriages, 6 June 1912 - 9 October 1915
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 1/11

Register of marriages, 16 November 1915 - 6 June 1927
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 1/12

Register of marriages, 12 June 1927 - 4 July 1942
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 1/13

Register of marriages, 4 July 1942 - 25 June 1952
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 1/14

Register of marriages, 5 July 1952 - 12 September 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 1/15

Register of marriages, 12 September 1964 - 5 October 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 1/17

Register of marriages, 5 October 1974 - 1 September 1990
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 1/18

Register of marriages, 16 February 1991 - 21 July 2007
(1 volume, cloth bound)

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

1/1-3, 9, 1/20/1

Ref: EP/Daw 1/1

Register of banns of marriage, 17 January 1954 - 19 June 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 1/2

Register of banns of marriage, 12 June 1960 - 23 February 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 1/3

Register of banns of marriage, 16 February 1969 - 26 October 1980
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 1/9

Register of banns of marriage, 12 October 1980 - 14 June 1987
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 1/20/1

Register of banns of marriage, 7 June 1987 - 24 June 2007
(1 volume)

Transcriptions of baptisms and marriages (Ref: EP/Daw 1/section 04)

1/21/1-2

Ref: EP/Daw 1/21/1

Transcriptions of baptisms at: Dawdon Mission church, 15 March 1911 - 4 February 1912 St. Hild and St. Helen's church, 11 February 1912 - 14 November 1999
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Daw 1/21/2

Transcriptions of marriages at St. Hild and St. Helen's church, 6 June 1912 - 28 August 1999
(1 file)

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

2/6-7, 2/43/1

Ref: EP/Daw 2/6

Register of confirmations, 5 April 1911 - 12 March 1925
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/7

Register of confirmations, 15 March 1934 - 23 February 1994
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/43/1

Register of confirmations, 24 July 1995 - 16 July 2003
(1 volume)

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

2/2-5, 8-13, 2/42/1

Ref: EP/Daw 2/2

Register of services, 7 March 1943 - 10 July 1949
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/3

Register of services, 17 July 1949 - 4 March 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/4

Register of services, 7 March 1962 - 4 April 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/5

Register of services, 6 April 1969 - 23 November 1983
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/8

Register of services, 27 November 1983 - 16 November 1988
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/9

Register of services, 17 November 1988 - 7 February 1992
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/10

Register of services, 8 February 1992 - 29 March 1995
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/11

Register of services, 30 March 1995 - 20 February 1998
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/12

Register of services, 21 February 1998 - 30 December 2000
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/13

Register of services, 3 January 2001 - 20 July 2003
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/42/1

Register of services, 1 August 2003 - 16 December 2007
(1 volume)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/Daw 2/section 03)

2/35-39

Ref: EP/Daw 2/35

Notification from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster, to Rev. James Duncan, Dawdon Vicarage, Seaham Harbour, of a grant to augment the income of the benefice, 5 July 1933
(2 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/36

Correspondence between the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster, and the incumbent, (Rev. James Duncan, and subsequently Rev. A.J. Ibbitson), Dawdon Vicarage, Seaham Harbour, concerning changes in payments of stipend resulting from investment decisions, 15 February 1935 - 1 April 1947
(5 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/37

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster, to Rev. James Duncan, Dawdon Vicarage, Seaham Harbour, listing the payments that the Commissioners make annually towards the incumbent 's stipend, 9 April 1935
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/38

Statement of the annual stipend of, and dividends paid to, the benefice by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, as at 1 April 1939
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/39

Notice from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster, to the incumbent at Dawdon, of the withdrawal of a direct grant to support a curate, 9 August 1946
(1 paper, typescript)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Daw 2/section 04)

2/1, 40-41

Ref: EP/Daw 2/1

The London Gazette including an Order in Council altering the boundaries of "The new parish of Seaham Harbour, of the new parish of Christ Church, New Seaham, and of the new parish of St. Hild and St. Helen, Dawdon, all in the county and diocese of Durham on 17 July 1940", 19 July 1940 Originally enclosed in EP/Daw 1/5
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/40

Draft scheme for altering the boundaries of the parishes of Seaham Harbour; New Seaham, Christ Church; and Dawdon, St. Hild and St. Helen, 28 May 1940
(7 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/41

Map showing the alteration of the boundaries of the new parishes of Seaham Harbour; New Seaham, Christ Church; and Dawdon, St. Hild and St. Helen, 1940
(1 plan, 73 cm. x 55 cm., colour wash)

Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Daw 2/section 05)Admissions and appointments (Ref: EP/Daw 2/)

2/19-20, 34

Ref: EP/Daw 2/19

Order of service for the admission of Rev. James Duncan to the perpetual curacy, 16 December 1925
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/20

Order of service for the admission of Rev. Anthony John Ibbitson to the perpetual curacy, 30 April 1943
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/34

Notification of the Bishop of Durham' s intention to admit Rev. Thomas Swinney to the benefice of Dawdon, 16 July 1954
(1 paper, printed form)

Licences to the curacy (Ref: EP/Daw 2/section 07)

2/30-33

Ref: EP/Daw 2/30

Licence to Sidney George Key to perform the office of assistant stipendiary curate, 15 January 1923
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/31

Licence to Robert Tindale to perform the office of assistant stipendiary curate, 31 May 1931
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/32

Licence to Ronald Alfred Beddoes to perform the office of assistant stipendiary curate, 29 September 1936
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/33

Licence to Carl August Albert Mortensen to perform the office of assistant stipendiary curate, 25 September 1949
(1 paper, printed form)

Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/Daw 2/section 06)

2/28-29

Ref: EP/Daw 2/28

Returns of parochial statistics for the years ended 31 December 1920 - 1923
(1 file, printed form)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/29

Parochial statistics, 1933; 1937 - 1939
(1 file, printed form)

Orders of service (Ref: EP/Daw 2/section 07)

2/15-18, 21-25; 6/7

Ref: EP/Daw 2/15

Order of service in memory of the members, and sons of members, of the Dawdon Lodge of the Durham Miners ' Association, killed during the war, 2 December 1917 Includes: a list of names, 1914 - 1917
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/16

Order of service for the unveiling and dedication of the war memorial and window, 24 July, [ c.1920] Includes: transcript of the inscription and list of names, 1914 - 1918
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/17

Order of service for the armistice memorial service, printed by J. Greenwood & Sons, North Terrace, Seaham, n.d., [1920s]
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/18

Order of service for civic occasions, n.d., [1920s]
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/21

Order of service for a special service of evensong, to commemorate the golden jubilee of Dawdon County Primary Schools, 10 July [1960]
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/22

Order of service of the Durham Diocesan Union of the Church of England Men' s Society's annual festival, 8 October 1960
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/23

Order of service for a concelebrated sung Eucharist, 10 February 1987
(1 booklet, typescript, photocopied)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/24

Order of service of concelebrated sung Eucharist to mark the solemnity of St. Helen, 18 August 1987
(1 booklet, typescript, photocopied)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/25

Order of service of concelebrated sung Eucharist to mark the solemnity of St. Hilda, 17 November 1987
(1 booklet, typescript, photocopied)

Ref: EP/Daw 6/7

Programme for united services during Holy Week in Seaham, Dawdon and New Seaham, 26 - 30 March 1956 Originally enclosed in EP/Daw 6/4
(1 paper, printed)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Daw 4/)Church (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 01)Photographs (Ref: EP/Daw 4/)

4/44-46

Ref: EP/Daw 4/44

Photograph of the nave looking towards the altar, decorated with flowers, n.d., [late 1980s]
(1 photograph, 12.5 cm. x 12.5 cm., colour)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/45

Copy of two photographs of the altar frontal: one showing the whole altar, and the other a close-up of the figures depicted on it, that is St. Cuthbert, St. Helen, King of Glory, St. Hild and St. Oswald, n.d., [1990s]
(1 photograph, 30 cm. x 21 cm., colour, laminated)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/46

Aerial photograph of the church and vicarage and surrounding streets, n.d., [1990s]
(1 photograph, 30 cm. x 21 cm., colour)

Plans (Ref: EP/Daw 4/)

4/9-12

Ref: EP/Daw 4/9

Design for screens at both sides of chancel and permanent low chancel screen, and ambones in oak at the church, by W.H. Wood, architect, Newcastle upon Tyne, November 1911 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]
(1 plan, 68.5 cm. x 48 cm., colour wash)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/10

Plan showing details of an oak credence table, by [Robert Thompson' s Craftsmen Ltd., Kilburn, York], 25 June 1959 No scale
(1 plan, 20 cm. x 24 cm., waxed paper)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/11

Design for proposed oak screen and credence table, by R. Hedley, 30 June 1959 Scales: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]; 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]; 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12] and full size [1:1]
(1 plan, 42 cm. x 38.5 cm.)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/12

Design for proposed font cover, by C.H. Gillom & Sons Ltd., Sheffield, Yorkshire, n.d., [1963] Scales: 1:4 and 1:1
(1 plan, 41 cm. x 46 cm., waxed paper)

Organ (Ref: EP/Daw 4/)

2/14, 4/35

Ref: EP/Daw 2/14

Correspondence, and a specification and estimate, concerning the commissioning and installation of an organ, by Harrison & Harrison, organ builders, Durham, 5 January 1911 - 8 October 1920; a description of the new church at the date of its consecration, 10 February 1912; correspondence and a description of the figures and subjects depicted in the stained-glass windows, by W.H. Wood, architect, 20 Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 19 August 1915 - 30 September 1920; correspondence relating to the stipends of the vicar and curate, 22 May 1913 - 7 December 1922; and a plan approval notice and order of the Charity Commission, relating to the Mission Room, 29 March - 7 November 1922 This is an original file
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/35

Correspondence between Daniel R. Newman, 14 Randolph Street, Sunderland, and Rev. J. Duncan, The Vicarage, Dawdon, concerning a report on the condition of the church organ, 30 May - 2 June 1936
(3 papers)

Building and maintenance (Ref: EP/Daw 4/)

2/26-27, 4/13, 36-37

Ref: EP/Daw 2/26

Order of service of a sung Eucharist for the dedication festival commemorating the church' s 90th anniversary, 10 February 2002
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Daw 2/27

Order of service for a sung Eucharist to mark the Feast of St. Helen, in the church' s 90th anniversary year, 18 August 2002
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/13

Correspondence between Joseph Wilson, Newcastle upon Tyne; the Vicar of Dawdon, Dawdon Vicarage, Seaham Harbour; Robert Thompson ' s Craftsmen Ltd., Kilburn, York; Ralph Hedley (Craftsmen) Ltd., artistic and architectural carver, 52 St. Mary ' s Place, Newcastle upon Tyne; J.W. Alder & Sons (Sunderland) Ltd., decorative specialists, 5 Western Hill, Sunderland; Diocesan Registry, The College, Durham; Gordon Bell Ltd., building and public works contractors, 14 Viewforth Terrace, Newcastle Road, Sunderland; W.M. Glass Ltd., building contractors, Melrose House, Ryhope; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, Westminster; S.P.C.K., publishers and booksellers, 8 Ridley Place, Newcastle upon Tyne; J. & T. Parker Ltd., builders and contractors, St. Oswald ' s House, Commercial Road, Sunderland; Rev. J.E. Ruscoe, secretary to the Durham Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, The Vicarage, South Hylton, Sunderland; Durham County Fire Brigade; John G. Lunn, 1 Egham Road, Chapel House Estate, Newcastle upon Tyne; Wm. Scott & Sons (Sculptors) Ltd., architectural and monumental masons, Princess Road, Seaham; D.N. Oliver, plumbing and heating engineer, 29 Greenbank Drive, South Hylton, Sunderland; Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Ltd., Beaufort House, Brunswick Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire; William Patterson Ltd., The City Wire Works, Walker Gate, Newcastle upon Tyne; and Radiant Superjet Ltd., Station Buildings, Maclure Road, Rochdale, Lancashire; concerning repairs and maintenance to the church, 25 September 1914 - 12 August 1981 This is an original bundle
(70 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/36

Article, reprinted from Seaham Weekly News, concerning the success of Dawdon Church Restoration Fund in raising £1000 in nine months, 1 August 1941
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/37

Correspondence between Ministry of Town and Country Planning, 38 Onslow Gardens, London; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, Westminster; and Rev. R.W.B. Richards, Dawdon Vicarage, Dawdon; concerning the inclusion of the church in the list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest, 8 - 21 August 1950
(3 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 14/1

Newspaper cutting reporting the Bishop of Durham's sermon, preached on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the consecration of the church of Dawdon, St. Hild and St. Helen, n.d., [1933]
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: EP/Daw 14/3

Copy of a cutting, from the Sunderland Echo , reporting events commemorating the 90th anniversary of the consecration of the church of Dawdon, St. Hild and St. Helen, 28 January 2002
(1 paper, printed, photocopied)

Bells (Ref: EP/Daw 4/)

4/34

Ref: EP/Daw 4/34

Quotation for adding 3 bells to peal to complete the octave, by Harrington, Holland and Co., tubular bell manufacturers, 164 Earlsdon Avenue, Coventry, Warwickshire, 9 March 1921
(1 paper)

Church hall (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 02)

4/47, 49-56

Ref: EP/Daw 4/47

Correspondence between the Church Army, 55 Bryanston Street, London; Rev. Graham White, Dawdon Vicarage, Seaham Harbour; Rev. S.K. Knight, The Rectory, Houghton le Spring; W.J. Knowlden, secretary to the Durham Diocesan Board of Training and Maintenance of the Ministry, Clerical and Lay, St. Aidan 's Vicarage, West Hartlepool; Bishop of Durham' s Chaplain, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Captain Charles F. Mills, Church Army Social Centre, Chadwin Road, London; Janie Candlish, 30 Bramham Gardens, London; Rev. T. Verney, St. Cedd ' s Church, Canning Town, London; Rev. Canon A.H. Patterson, Durham Diocesan Lay Helpers ' Association, St. Helen' s Vicarage, Low Fell, Gateshead; Ella Campbell, property agent and insurance agent, 6 Marlborough Street, Seaham Harbour, and the agent to Lord Londonderry, Londonderry Offices, Seaham Harbour; concerning the conversion of the Robert Candlish Memorial Hall into a church army social centre, 10 October 1923 - 29 May 1925
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/49

Quotation for repairs to the Mission Hall, Dawdon, by Stewart Bros., builders and contractors, 10 Lambton Street, Sunderland, 7 June 1944
(2 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/50

Quotation for repairs to the Mission Hall, Dawdon, by Stewart Bros., builders and contractors, 10 Lambton Street, Sunderland, 16 August 1944
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/51

Quotation for repairs to the parish hall, by Stewart Bros., builders and contractors, 10 Lambton Street, Sunderland, 1 October 1945
(5 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/52

Ministry of Works licence for general repairs and minor alterations to the parish hall, Queen Alexandra Road, Seaham, 18 January 1947
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/53

Correspondence between T.S. Wright, chartered architect, Londonderry Offices, Seaham; Rev. H.T. Rushford, Dawdon Vicarage, Seaham; Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; J.M. Clark & Sons, chartered land agents, 11 Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne; Langden, Mann & Wright, solicitors, 6 Tempest Road, Seaham; Seaham Urban District Council, Council Offices, Seaham; Charles Bell, Sons and Barnes, surveyors & valuers, Manor House, Athenaeum Street, Sunderland; A.J. Siris Products Ltd., Lanchester; Charity Commission, Graeme House, Derby Square, Liverpool, Lancashire; and Smith, Roddam & Co., solicitors, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; concerning alterations to the scheme of management of the Dawdon Mission Room Charity; the conveyance by the Londonderry Estate to the parish, of land adjoining the church in Melbury Street, Seaham, as the site for a new parish hall and an abortive attempt subsequently to sell the land as a building plot; the sale of the parish hall and verger 's house in Queen Alexandra Road, Seaham, 10 August 1961 - 19 May 1982 This is an original bundle
(110 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/54

31 December 1962 (1) Harry Louis, Baron Nathan of Churt (2) The Parochial Church Council of Dawdon, St. Hild and St. Helen (3) Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, The College, Durham Conveyance by (1) to (3) of a piece of land on the south west side of Melbury Street, Dawdon Includes: plan
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/55

Planning permissions, estimates, and schedules of works, required in connection with alterations to the parish hall, 28 November - 29 December 1967
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/56

Music, singing and dancing licences granted annually to the parish hall, 1 February 1967 - 7 February 1973
(7 papers, printed form)

Vicarage and curate's house (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 03)

4/57-59, 62, 64-66

Ref: EP/Daw 4/57

12 June 1913 (1) Charles Stewart, Marquis of Londonderry (2) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Conveyance by (1) to (2) of 3005 sq. yds. of land in the parish of Dawdon, St. Hild and St. Helen, with the house erected on it, for use as a parsonage house Plan attached
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/58

Elevations, plans, and section, of a proposed house near Princess Road, Seaham Harbour, for the Dawdon Parochial Church Council, by J.W. Claxton, architect, February 1924 Scales: 60 feet to 1 inch [1:720]; 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 47 cm. x 46.5 cm.)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/59

Floor plans, and block plan, of a proposed curate's house, by J.W. Claxton, architect, February 1924 Scales: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]; 60 feet to 1 inch [1:720]
(1 plan, 47 cm. x 33 cm., colour wash)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/62

Quotation for replacing the kitchen range at the vicarage, by Stewart Bros., builders and contractors, 10 Lambton Street, Sunderland, 29 March 1946
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/64

Correspondence between Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Rev. H.T. Rushford, The Vicarage, Dawdon; and Mrs. D. Saunders, 32 Ilchester Street, Dawdon; concerning the design and construction of a new vicarage, 8 September 1982 - 6 May 1983
(7 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/65

Preliminary design report on a new vicarage, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, March 1983
(3 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/66

Elevations, floor plans, section, site plan, and location plan, of the proposed new vicarage at Dawdon Colliery, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, chartered architects and surveyors, Owengate House, Durham, February 1983 Scales: 1:100; 1:200; 1:500
(1 plan, 84 cm. x 59.5 cm., duplicated)

Faculties and Archdeacons' Certificates (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 04)Faculties (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 01)

4/14-29

Ref: EP/Daw 4/14

Faculty authorising the installation of stained glass in the clerestory windows, five windows in the south aisle, and four windows in the north aisle, a west window, windows at the west end of the north and south aisles, three windows in the baptistery, and four windows in the Lady Chapel, 14 July 1916
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/15

Faculty authorising the installation of electric lighting to replace the existing gas lighting, 23 August 1927
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/16

Faculty authorising the introduction of a plain blue carpet, 4 April 1951
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/17

Faculty authorising the introduction of standard candlesticks, a new altar-superfrontal and cupboard, 29 May 1953
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/18

Faculty authorising the interment of cremated remains in the Lady Chapel and the introduction of an oak table, 28 March 1958
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/19

Faculty authorising the introduction of a carved oak table at the west end, 24 January 1959
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/20

Faculty authorising the introduction of a credence table, erection of a screen and re-decoration of the church, 29 October 1959
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/21

Faculty authorising the installation of a new heating boiler and the introduction of an altar cross, two vases and a strip of carpet, 30 August 1960
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/22

Faculty authorising the introduction of a clergy seat and desk, 9 March 1962
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/23

Faculty authorising the introduction of a sanctuary lamp into the Lady Chapel, 10 January 1964
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/24

Faculty authorising the cleaning and overhaul of the organ, the completion of the stops for which the organ was originally designed, and the replacement of the present painted front with a plain, panelled casework in light oak, 25 March 1965
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/25

Faculty authorising the installation of a sound amplification system, 8 September 1969
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/26

Faculty authorising the introduction of two baptistry seats and two flower-vase stands, 9 December 1970
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/27

Faculty authorising the erection of two memorial screens on either side of the sanctuary, 5 April 1972
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/28

Faculty authorising the introduction of a sanctuary lamp in the sanctuary, 24 August 1983
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/29

Faculty authorising the introduction of an aumbry and white light into the north wall of the sanctuary, 12 June 1985
(1 paper, printed form)

Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 02)

4/30-33

Ref: EP/Daw 4/30

Archdeacon' s certificate authorising work at the church, 10 August 1950
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/31

Archdeacon' s certificate authorising repairs to the church chimney, 13 September 1954
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/32

Archdeacon' s certificate authorising the pointing and re-decoration of the church' s exterior, 26 June 1961
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/33

Archdeacon' s certificate authorising the re-decoration of the interior and exterior of the church, and general repairs and maintenance, 9 January 1978
(1 paper, printed form)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 05)

4/1-3, 4/67/1

Ref: EP/Daw 4/1

Terrier, n.d., [1912 - January 1924]
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/2

Terrier, 3 March 1967
(1 booklet, printed form)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/3

Inventory, 4 February 1939 - 10 May 1954
(1 file, printed form)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/67/1

Terrier and inventory, 1998
(1 file)

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

4/38-42, 60

Ref: EP/Daw 4/38

Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Cordingley and McIntyre, chartered architects, Owengate, Durham, 30 December 1957
(9 papers, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/39

Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Cordingley and McIntyre, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham, 25 April 1963
(8 papers, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/40

Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Hayton & Lee, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham, January 1973
(14 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/41

Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by A.O. Lee, Diocesan Architect, Owengate House, Durham, August 1977
(10 papers, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/42

Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, June 1982
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/60

Quinquennial survey report on dilapidations at the vicarage and detached outbuildings, by Richard Wylie, diocesan surveyor, 51 Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 26 April 1941
(1 paper, printed form)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 07)Vicarage (Ref: EP/Daw 4/)

4/61, 63

Ref: EP/Daw 4/61

Schedule of dilapidations at the vicarage, noted at the quinquennial inspection by A.O. Lee, diocesan surveyor, Owengate House, Durham, March 1982
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/63

Church Commissioners' assessment of the parish's annual payments towards repairs, identified at the quinquennial inspection of the vicarage, 23 November 1966
(1 paper, printed form)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 08)

4/6, 48, 68; 13/8

Ref: EP/Daw 4/6

Statement of accounts of the Church Fund, for the year ended December 1939
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/48

Statement of accounts of Dawdon parish hall, for the years ended 31 December 1933 - 1938
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/68

Weekly collection accounts, 2003 - 2008
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Daw 13/8

Accounts of Dawdon Church bazaar, 1936 - 1938
(3 papers)

Sequestration (Ref: EP/Daw 4/section 09)

4/7-8

Ref: EP/Daw 4/7

Sequestration order during the vacancy following the cessation of the Rev. Robert William Bruce Richards, 23 June 1954
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/8

Sequestration Fund receipts and payments accounts, 20 January - 3 October 1984
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

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

5/1

Ref: EP/Daw 5/1

Vestry meetings minute book, 7 May 1912 - 2 April 1921
(1 volume)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Daw 6/)Ref: EP/Daw 6/6

Canvasser's guide in the Christian Responsibility campaign by the church of Dawdon, St. Hild and St. Helen, May 1961 Originally enclosed in EP/Daw 6/4
(4 papers, printed)

Minutes (Ref: EP/Daw 6/section 01)

6/1-5

Ref: EP/Daw 6/1

Church Council meetings minute book, 9 December 1911 - 4 March 1919 Includes: Annual General Meetings minutes, 24 February 1912 - 22 February 1919 At end: minutes of joint meetings of the church council and working party, 8 July 1914 and 1 December 1914 and joint meeting of Church Council and Mothers' Union, 12 January 1915
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 6/2

Church Council meetings minute book, 27 March 1919 - 19 February 1920; Parochial Church Council meetings minutes, 29 July 1920 - 3 December 1930 Includes: annual meetings minutes, 10 April 1920 - 1 April 1930
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 6/3

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 22 January 1931 - 16 March 1949 Includes: Annual General Meetings minutes, 14 January 1931 - 11 November 1949
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 6/4

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 29 March 1965 - 28 January 1974
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Daw 6/5

Page recording part of the minutes of the Parochial Church Council meetings of 13 June 1961 Originally enclosed in EP/Daw 6/4
(1 paper)

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

4/4-5; 6/8, 6/9/1-3

Ref: EP/Daw 4/4

Income and expenditure accounts of the Parochial Fund, the Church Fund and the parish hall, for the year ended December 1938
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 4/5

Income and expenditure accounts of the Parochial Fund and the Parish Hall Fund, for the year ended 31 December 1939
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Daw 6/8

Income and expenditure account, for the year ended 31 December 1983
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: EP/Daw 6/9/1

Income and expenditure accounts for the years ended 31 December 1998 - 2002 Includes balance sheet for 2002
(6 papers)

Ref: EP/Daw 6/9/2

Monthly income and expenditure accounts, January 2003 - November 2007
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Daw 6/9/3

Yearly income and expenditure accounts for the years 2005 - 2007
(1 file)

Charities (Ref: EP/Daw 12/)Dawdon Mission Room Charity (Ref: EP/Daw 12/)

12/1-2

Ref: EP/Daw 12/1

Order of the Charity Commissioners establishing a scheme, including appointment of trustees and vesting, for the Dawdon Mission Room Charity, 5 July 1962
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/Daw 12/2

Order of the Charity Commission establishing an amended scheme for the Dawdon Mission Room Charity, 18 March 1982
(1 paper, typescript)

Church Societies (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)Church Lads' Brigade (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)

13/9-10

Ref: EP/Daw 13/9

Photograph of members of the Church Lads' Brigade at Whitby Camp, Yorkshire, including members of Dawdon church: John Seth, Don Richardson, Sid Howarth, Charles Johnston and Gordon Gascoigne, 1948
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 9.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/Daw 13/10

Cash book of 3753 St. Hild and St. Helen (Dawdon) Company of the Durham Regiment of the Church Lads' Brigade, 1 January 1960 - 1 February 1965
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Sunday School (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)

13/11

Ref: EP/Daw 13/11

Sunday School cash book, [January] 1962 - 11 March 1987
(1 volume)

Mothers' Union (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)Photographs (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)

13/3-7

Ref: EP/Daw 13/3

Photograph of [Mothers' Union] picnic, in the parish of Dawdon, depicting Rev. R. Tindale, seated, with Mary, Emily Mersall, Nalda Mackey, Babsie Blackburn, Rachel Reed, Freda Johnson and Evelyn Brown, n.d., [ c.1930]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 6.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/Daw 13/4

Photograph of Alma Doughty and Elsie Dent, in costume for their role in the Mothers' Union production of The Gradely Day in London , photographed by the Princess Studio, 86 Princess Road, Seaham, 1957
(1 photograph, 11 cm. x 15.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/Daw 13/5

Photograph depicting 12 members of the cast of the Mothers' Union minstrel show, photographed by W. Oughtred, commercial and portrait photographer, 3 North Railway Street, Seaham, 1958 Caution: the original photograph caption 'Nigger Minstrels (Gwyneth and Judith, centre front)' uses words considered offensive, outdated and upsetting today
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 8.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/Daw 13/6

Photograph depicting 14 members of the cast of the Mothers' Union minstrel show, photographed by W. Oughtred, commercial and portrait photographer, 3 North Railway Street, Seaham, 1958 Caution: the original photograph caption 'Nigger Minstrels (Judith and Gwyneth, centre front)' uses words considered offensive, outdated and upsetting today
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm. x 8.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/Daw 13/7

Photograph of the Mothers' Union with Rev. Harold Tilney Rushford, in the vicarage garden, 1975
(1 photograph, 19 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

Publications (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)

13/2

Ref: EP/Daw 13/2

The Mothers' Union Golden Book: a Remembrance of the Building of the Mary Sumner House, 1923-1924, compiled by Mary G. Woodward, editorial secretary of the Mothers' Union, 8 Dean's Yard, Westminster, and printed by Harrison & Sons Ltd., 44 - 47 St. Martin's Lane, London, n.d., [1924]
(1 booklet, printed)

Youth Fellowship (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)

13/1, 14/11

Ref: EP/Daw 13/1

Minute book for Youth Fellowship, 25 October 1942 - 10 September 1944
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound, 4 papers)

Ref: EP/Daw 14/11

Photograph of the Youth Club, carol singing in Park Street, Seaham, [c. 1962]
(1 photograph, 27 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)

Church of England Men's Society (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)

14/10

Ref: EP/Daw 14/10

Copy of a photograph of Joe Bell as a server, n.d., [c. 1930], and of a photograph of Joe Bell in procession with the Church of England Men's Society, n.d., [1960s]
(1 photograph, 16 cm. x 16.5 cm., black and white)

Scouts (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)

14/6

Ref: EP/Daw 14/6

Copy of a group portrait of the scout troop featuring the leader, Bill Farn, back row, third left, and of a photograph of the scouts on church parade outside the parish hall, n.d., [ c.1949]
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm. x 27.5 cm., black and white)

Choir (Ref: EP/Daw 13/)

14/7-8

Ref: EP/Daw 14/7

Photograph of the choir with choir-master, Mr. Pollock, at the entrance to the vestry, c.1949
(1 photograph, 22 cm. x 19 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/Daw 14/8

Photograph of Rev. Carl Mortensen, on an outing with the church choir, 1950
(1 photograph, 12 cm. x 13.5 cm., black and white)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Daw 14/)Church history (Ref: EP/Daw 14/)

4/43, 14/2, 16

Ref: EP/Daw 4/43

Church year book, 1962
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Daw 14/2

Cutting, from the Sunderland Echo, of an article by C.A. Smith on the parish of Dawdon, St. Hild and St. Helen, 22 July 1965
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: EP/Daw 14/16

History of the church and its clergy, by Tom McNee, compiled to commemorate the church's 75th anniversary, [1987]
(1 booklet, printed)

Parish magazines (Ref: EP/Daw 14/)

14/15

Ref: EP/Daw 14/15

Parish magazine, May 1940
(1 paper, printed)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Daw 14/)

14/4-5, 9, 12-14

Ref: EP/Daw 14/4

Photograph of a cake produced to celebrate the 21st birthday of the church of Dawdon, St. Hild and St. Helen, 1933
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/Daw 14/5

Photograph of maypole dancing on the vicarage lawn at a garden party, photographed by W. Oughtred, commercial and portrait photographer, 3 North Railway Street, Seaham, 1945
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm. x 8.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/Daw 14/9

Copy of five photographs depicting a pilgrimage to Holy Island, Northumberland, 11 June 1960
(1 photocopy, 21 cm. x 30 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/Daw 14/12

Photograph of a harvest festival display, photographed by the Princess Studio, 86 Princess Road, Seaham, n.d., [ c.1964]
(1 photograph, 12 cm. x 16.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/Daw 14/13

Photograph of a display of miners' equipment arranged on the chancel steps, put together to mark Harvest Festival, photographed by the Princess Studio, 86 Princess Road, Seaham, 1969
(1 photograph, 16.5 cm. x 12 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/Daw 14/14

Photograph of Rev. Graeme Pollock with confirmation candidates, standing on the chancel steps, n.d., [late 1980s]
(1 photograph, 12.5 cm. x 17 cm., colour)



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