Catalogue

Register of baptisms, 1863 - 1874

Register of baptisms, 1874 - 1885

Register of baptisms, 1885 - 1895

Register of baptisms, 1895 - 1903

Copy register of baptisms, 14 January 1894 - 6 January, 1895

Copy register of baptisms, 20 January 1895 - 23 April 1896

Register of baptisms, 12 January 1903 - 24 December 1911 Includes at front: note of need for repair of tower by Rural Dean, 7 November 1906

Register of baptisms, 9 January 1912 - 19 February 1922

Register of baptisms, 9 April 1922 - 27 March 1934

Register of baptisms, 29 March 1934 - 22 April 1950

Register of baptisms, 27 April 1950 - 20 August 1959

Register of baptisms, 13 September 1959 - 14 September 1975

Register of marriages, 1863 - 1891

Register of marriages, 1891 - 1914

Register of marriages, 13 April 1914 - 3 September 1927

Register of marriages, 5 November 1927 - 1 January 1940

Register of marriages, 10 January 1940 - 25 March 1950

Register of marriages, 1 April 1950 - 6 February 1960

Register of marriages, 31 March 1960 - 28 June 1969

Register of marriages, 5 July 1969 - 28 October 1972

Register of marriages, 25 November 1972 - 25 September 1976

Register of marriages, 25 September 1976 - 17 June 1989

Register of marriages, 15 July 1989 - 1 September 1990

Register of marriages, 8 September 1990 - 23 July 1994

Register of marriages, 30 July 1994 - 23 December 2020

Register of banns, 30 August 1863 - 30 October 1881

Register of banns, 6 November 1881 - 17 July 1898

Register of banns of marriage, 28 April 1918 - 31 November 1945

Register of banns of marriage, 7 November 1948 - 1 April 1956

Register of banns of marriage, 15 April 1956 - 24 September 1966

Register of banns of marriage, 3 September 1967 - 13 May 1977

Register of banns, 1 May 1977 - 8 February 1981

Register of banns of marriage, 22 March 1981 - 8 November 1987

Register of banns of marriages, 28 February 1988 - 15 June 2014

Register of burials, 1863 - 1873

Register of burials, 1873 - 1882

Register of burials, 1882 - 1892

Register of burials, 1892 - 1901

Register of burials, (nos.151-234) , 4 January - 22 December 1894

Register of burials, (nos.235-343) , 1 January 1895 - 6 May 1896

Register of burials, 16 September 1901 - 14 December 1911

Register of burials, 22 December 1911 - 25 February 1925

Register of burials, 26 February 1925 - 6 February 1941

Register of burials, 19 February 1941 - 9 July 1957

Register of burials, 17 July 1957 - 26 May 1982

Register of confirmations, 27 March 1935 - 13 November 1984

Register of services, 19 April 1914 - 15 July 1925

Register of services, 1 October 1925 - 30 December 1936

Register of services, 1 January 1937 - 25 November 1945

Register of services, 29 November 1945 - 13 June 1954

Register of services, 19 June 1954 - 2 October 1960

Register of services, 3 October 1960 - 26 November 1972

Register of services, 28 November 1972 - 17 September 1978

Register of services, 18 September 1977 - 14 October 1984

Register of services, 15 October 1984 - 15 July 1990

Register of services, 18 July 1990 - 28 August 1996

Register of services, 28 August 1996 - 9 April 2000

Licence for the use of chapelry of Framwellgate Moor as place of worship and for the administration of the sacraments of the eucharist and baptism, 17 January 1871

Licence for the performance of divine service in schoolroom on Framwellgate Moor by incumbent of Durham, St. Margaret, 15 January 1847 and administration of sacrament, 25 March 1868

Licence for the performance of divine service in the mission church at Brasside, 14 October 1907

Statement of annual amounts payable to parish of St. Cuthbert by Ecclesiastical Commissioners and included in Quarterly Payments Scheme, 1 April 1939

Examination certificate for Richard E. Tolliday in the First Stage of mathematics issued by the Privy Council on Education, 11 May 1892 Richard E. Tolliday was vicar of St. Cuthbert's Church

Examination certificate for Richard E. Tolliday in the Elementary Stage of inorganic chemistry issued by the Privy Council on Education

Examination certificate for Richard E. Tolliday, 82 Vine Street, South Shields, in the preliminary examination of the University of Cambridge (Paper, 1 folio, printed form)

Examination certificate for Richard E. Tolliday in the Elementary Stage of practical plane and solid geometry issued by the Privy Council on Education

Licence for Edward James Taylor as assistant curate in the parish of St. Cuthbert, Durham, 22 September 1894

Licence to Thomas Francis Palmer as stipendiary curate, 13 April 1904

Licence to Harold Francis Wilson as stipendiary curate, 18 October 1904

Licence to Herbert Stanesby Gilbert as stipendiary curate, 23 September 1906

Licence to Arthur William Lister as stipendiary curate, 11 February 1908

Licence to Edward Medland White as assistant stipendiary curate, 10 January 1911

Licence to the curacy of Durham, St. Cuthbert granted to Lawrence Finch, 24 September 1911

Licence to Frank Arthur Youngman as assistant stipendiary curate, 21 September 1935

Licence to John George Northcote as stipendiary curate, 8 June 1952

Licence to John Robert Marsden as stipendiary curate, 21 September 1958

Licence to William La Barre Russell as stipendiary curate, 9 October 1959

Licence to Richard John Davison as stipendiary curate, 13 April 1961

Order of service for the institution of Reverend Robert Lawrence as Team Rector of Durham North Team, 12 November 2008

Order of service for the celebration of the ministry and licensing of Reverend Canon Caroline Dick as Team Vicar of Durham North Team Ministry, 22 March 2009

Report on state of the parish of St. Cuthbert with St. Aidan, c. 1993

Order of service of re-dedication concerning the visit of the Priory Chapter of the Priory of England and the Islands of the Most Venerable Order of St. John, 23 September 2006

Order of service for morning prayer by Durham North Team at St. Aidan's church, 7 February 2009

Order of service for the second Sunday before Lent by the Durham North Team Ministry, 12 February 2012

Order of service for the re-commissioning of the parish as a shared ministry parish by Durham North Team Ministry, 11 March 2012

Order of service for the Holy Eucharist on the feast of Pentecost, 27 May 2012

Order of service for the festival evensong to mark the end of the Flower Festival, 23 June 2013

Public Worship in the Church of England: A guide to the law governing worship and doctrine in the Church of England, 5th ed., 1986 Originally enclosed in EP/Du.SC 134

Invitation card for the 125th anniversary dinner of St. Cuthbert's church, 15 October 1988

Copy report on the tower of St. Cuthbert's Church by Robert J. Johnson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 30 May 1878

Copy report on condition of St. Cuthbert's Church tower by C. Hodgson Fowler, 22 December 1884

Order of service of thanksgiving for the restoration of the tower, 21 March 2004

Church tower development plan and appeal for funds, 1999

Note of repairs and alterations to St Cuthbert's Church, 1904-1914 Endorsed: Note of consecration of St. Cuthbert's Church, Durham, 1863 and of incumbents, 1856 - 1978

External and internal pictures of St. Cuthbert's church, c. 1988 [scanned at 6000dpi, 6 April 2012]

Picture of the south-west view of St. Cuthbert's church

Letter from Church Commissioners to Rev. J.A. Cass, Vicar of St. Cuthbert, Durham, informing the latter that St. Cuthbert's Church had been listed as a building of special architectural or historic interest under Section 30 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, 29 July 1952

Plan and illustration of St. Cuthbert's church in 'The Builder' magazine, 1 August 1863

Order in Council closing the graveyard, 18 November 1983

List of names of those serving in H.M. Forces during the War on Lych Gate war memorial, 1914 - 1918, n.d.

Order of service for re-dedication of the lych gate, and list of names of those serving in H.M. Forces during the War, 1914-1918, 6 November 1988

Order in Council discontinuing all burials in the Churchyard of St. Cuthbert, Durham, 8 February 1984 Includes: accompanying terrier with map and plan of area of land affected by Order in Council

Invitation card to the re-dedication of the Lychgate war memorial at St. Cuthbert's church, 6 November 1988 Includes: list of men from the parish who died during the First and Second World Wars

30 September 1898 (1) Cuthbert Greenwood Dixon-Johnson of Oakwood Croft, Yorkshire, Esq. (2) Charles Lawrence Pemberton Robinson, late of Brettanby Manor but now of Littlethorpe near Ripon, Yorkshire, Esq., George Duberly of Plawsworth Cottage, mining engineer (3) Rev. Thomas Forster Dodd of St. Cuthbert1s Vicarage, clerk, and others, trustees Conveyance from (1) to (3) of parcel of land (258 sg. yds.) situate at Framwellgate in the City of Durham for the purposes of the erection of church hall Consideration: £70 from (3) to (2) Plan endorsed

14 March 1899 (1) Rev. Thomas Forster Dodd of St. Cuthbert's Vicarage, Western Hill, clerk in holy orders and others (2) Cuthbert Francis Dixon-Johnson of Oakwood Croft, Yorkshire, Esq. Mortgage from (2) to (1) of parcel of land (258 sg. yds.) at Framwellgate [as in EP/Du.SC 82] Endorsed: repayment of principal, 1889 and 1902 Consideration: £200

Disclaimer by Hugh Mackay, 11 Western Hill, Durham City, accountant, of the office of trustee as defined in indenture of 30 September 1898 [EP/Du.SC 82] , 30 July 1899

21 February 1902 (1) Cuthbert Francis Dixon-Johnson of Oakwood Croft, Yorkshire, Esq. (2) Rev. Thomas Forster Dodd, of St. Cuthbert's Vicarage, Western Hill, clerk, and others Reconveyance from (1) to (2) as cancellation of mortgage [see EP/Du.SC 83]

Newspaper article concerning the building of an award winning church hall as an extension to St. Cuthbert's church in the Northern Echo, October 1991

Ground plan, section and elevation of St. Cuthbert's parish hall, Framwellgate by Plummer and Burrell, architects, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Durham, n.d., c.1899 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Plan of the proposed alterations to St. Aidan's church hall and vestry, December 1990

Plans for the alteration of St. Aidan's church hall by Jane Darbyshire Associates, Chartered Architects, Millmount, Ponteland Road, February 1991

External and internal photographs of St. Cuthbert's church hall provided for an exhibition of various parishes at Brancepeth Castle, 1970 - 1984

Faculty for extending the vestry northwards for installation of marble altar steps, two drop gas chandeliers in the sanctuary and completion of oak panelling in the chancel, 25 April 1913

Faculty for the introduction of two candlesticks on the retable of the altar, 7 June 1913

Faculty for the alteration to the lighting system, 12 December 1936

Faculty for the conversion of part of the south west corner of the church into a childrens' corner, 9 April 1946

Faculty for the introduction of a new silver chalice and paten, 9 October 1957

Faculty for the reservation of a gravespace in the churchyard, for William Lisgo and his wife Frances Alice Lisgo, 21 June 1960

Faculty for the installation of an additional heating radiator in the porch and removal of the interior porch and a small radiato , 19 January 1961

Faculty for the installation of gas-fired boiler and heating system, 2 June 1972

Archdeacon's certificate for the relaying of wooden floor blocks, 23 February 1954

Terrier, 1888 - 1893

Terrier, 1933 - 1942, 1945 - 1977

Notice of variation of assessment of parish of Durham, St. Cuthbert under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923-1929, 24 April 1935

Notice of ordinary assessment of Durham, St Cuthbert for dilapidations, 25 January 1960

Letter and schedule from Church Commissioners altering assessment of Durham, St. Cuthbert for dilapidations, 20 and 22 May 1969

Churchwardens' account book, 9 October 1863 - 31 December 1924

Letter from the Clerk to the Framwellgate Moor School Board to Rev. T.F. Dodd, St. Cuthbert's Vicarage informing the latter that the proposed burial ground is too near the school buildings and playground, 3 July 1901

Letter from Clerk to Framwellgate Moor Parish Council to Rev. T.F. Dodd refusing permission for the creation of a burial ground round the chapelry of St Aidan, 10 July 1901

Letter from William Lodge, Dryburn View, Durham to Vicar and Churchwardens of chapelry of St. Aidan requesting the use of a convenience in the schoolroom belonging to St. Aidan's, 4 May 1925

21 August 1907 (1) William Hopper Williamson of Sockburn Hall near Darlington, Esq. (2) John Ewer Jefferson Hogg and Alfred Adams of Lincoln's Inn, London (3) Joseph Percival Day of St. Cuthbert's Vicarage, Durham, clerk in holy orders, Vicar of the parish of St. Cuthbert,and Robert Albert Wheatley of Springwell Villas, Durham City, solicitor, and Robert Atkinson Stokoe of Western Hill, draper, both churchwardens of the parish of St Cuthbert Conveyance from (1) and (2) to (3) of parcel of land (1640 sq. yds.) for use as a site for a parsonage house and of another parcel of land (1065 sq. yds.) subject for a right of way for (1) Plan endorsed Consideration: £70

Order of the Charity Commissioners in the matter of St. Aidan's parsonage, Framwellgate Moor in the parish of St. Cuthbert, 3 December 1907

1959 (1) Durham County Council (2) Parochial Church Council of the parish of St Cuthbert, Durham Draft licence from (1) to (2) to lay drain pipe over land belonging to (1) to provide drainage for St. Aidan's Parsonage, Framwellgate Moor Plan attached

19 March 1908 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Rev. Joseph Percival Day, Vicar of the parish of St. Cuthbert; Robert Albert Wheatley of Springwell Villa, Durham and Robert Atkinson Stokoe of Western Hill, Durham, all trustees Conveyance from (1) to (2) of parcels of land (252 sq. yds.) bounded on the north west by Frankland Lane; on the north east by a back road and on all other sides by land belonging to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for use as a site for a mission room and Sunday school

Vestry meetings minute book, 11 September 1863 - 13 April 1892

Vestry and Annual Parochial Church Council Meeting minute book, 30 April 1946 - 17 April 1985

Parochial Church Council minute book, November 1920 - 23 October 1930 At end: Annual parish meetings minutes, 31 March 1921 - 6 March 1930

Parochial Church Council minute book, 11 December 1930 - 9 July 1945; Annual Parochial Church Council meeting minutes, 16 April 1931 - 11 April 1945

Parochial Church Council minute book, 11 September 1945 - 14 May 1964

Parochial Church Council minute book, 14 September 1964 - 2 March 1972

Parochial Church Council minute book, 5 June 1972 - 21 January 1980

Parochial Church Council minute book, 28 January 1980 - 28 February 1984 For enclosures see: EP/Du.SC 135/1-2

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council of St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan, 20 September 2006 Includes: highlighted annotations

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council of St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan, 17 March 2009

Annual report for the parish of St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan, 1998 Includes: legal and administrative information, aims and organisation, review of progress and achievements, review of financial activities and affairs, development planning, accounts, independent examiner's report, Churchwarden's report, report of the Electoral Roll Officer, reports from other miscellaneous committees and groups connected to St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan

Annual report for the parish of St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan, 2003 Includes: legal and administrative information, parish profile, aims and organisation, review of progress and achievements, review of financial activities and affairs, Treasurer's report, independent examiner's report, accounts, churchwarden's report, report of the Electoral Roll Officer, reports from other miscellaneous committees and groups connected to St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan

Annual report for the parish of St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan, 2006 Includes: legal and administrative information, parish profile, aims and organisation, Team Rector's report, Secretary's report, Treasurer's report, Churchwarden's report, report of the Electoral Roll Officer, reports from other miscellaneous committees and groups connected to St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan

Annual report for the parish of St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan, 2007 Includes: legal and administrative information, parish profile, aims and organisation, Lay Vice - Chair's report, Secretary's report, Treasurer's report, Churchwarden's report, report of the Electoral Roll Officer, accounts, reports from other miscellaneous committees and groups connected to St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan

Annual report for the parish of St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan, 2008 Includes: legal and administrative information, parish profile, electoral roll, aims and organisation, Lay Vice - Chair's and Chairman's report, Secretary's report, Treasurer's report, Churchwarden's report, accounts, reports from other miscellaneous committees and groups connected to St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan

Annual report for the parish of St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan, 2009 Includes: legal and administrative information, parish profile, electoral roll, aims and organisation, Team Rector's report, Secretary's report, Treasurer's report, Churchwarden's report, accounts, reports from other miscellaneous committees and groups connected to St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan

Annual report for the parish of St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan, 2011 Includes: legal and administrative information, parish profile, electoral roll, aims and organisation, Lay Vice - Chair's and Chairman's report, Secretary's report, Treasurer's report, Churchwarden's report, accounts, reports from other miscellaneous committees and groups connected to St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan

Annual report for the parish of St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan, 2012 Includes: legal and administrative information, parish profile, electoral roll, aims and organisation, Shared Ministry Development Team and Social and Events Team, Vicar's report, Secretary's report, Treasurer's report, Churchwarden's report, reports from other miscellaneous committees and groups connected to St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan

Annual report for the parish of St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan, 2013 Includes: legal and administrative information, parish profile, electoral roll, aims and organisation, Shared Ministry Development Team and Social and Events Team's reports, Team Rector's report, Vicar's report, Secretary's report, Treasurer's report, Churchwarden's report, accounts, reports from other miscellaneous committees and groups connected to St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan

Parochial accounts, 1 January 1952 - 31 December 1956

Parochial accounts, 4 January 1957 - 22 November 1962

Parochial accounts, 22 November 1962 - 31 December 1968

Letter from Barbara Petrie (secretary) to P.C.C. members concerning a meeting to discuss the Way Ahead questionnaire, one copy of the Way Ahead questionnaire and a summary of responses to the questionnaire, 14 January 1984 Originally enclosed in EP/Du.SC 134

Electoral roll, 1997 - 1998

Christian Stewardship Development Campaign brochure, 1962

Christian Stewardship Development Campaign brochure, August 1968

Christian Stewardship Development Campaign brochure, n.d. [c. 1960s]

Parish development plan, April 2000 - April 2001

6 April 1840 (1) William Coulson of New Elvet, near the City of Durham, publican (2) Rev. George Townsend, prebendary of Durham and perpetual curate of chapel of St. Margaret, Durham (3) William Lloyd Wharton of Dryburn, Esq., and Francis Dixon-Johnson of Aykley Heads, Esq. Bargain and sale from (1) to (2) and (3) of a parcel of land (41 feet long and 48 feet wide) bounded on the east by turnpike from Durham to Newcastle; on the west by a cottage recently erected by Joseph Love; on the south by the other part of the close intended for a street; on the north by premises owned by Joseph Peacock in trust for the erection of a school for the poor children of the chapelry of St. Margaret Consideration: £32 Attached: 'List of Subscriptions for the Building of Framwellgate Moor School, 1839, 1840 and 1841' and report of treasurers, June 1841

27 November 1894 (1) Cuthbert Dixon-Johnson of Oakwood Croft, Yorkshire, Esq. (2) Francis Coulson of Aykley Heads, Esq., John Shiel of Sniperly, Esq., and George Hauxwell of Durham, ironfounder Appointment by (1) of (2) as trustees of parcel of land [as in EP/Du.SC 91] and schoolroom erected thereon

Copy of Diocese of Durham (Educational Endowments) Order, 1975 concerning, among others, St. Margaret's Chapelry School, Durham, 18 November 1975 and covering letter to Rev. A.P. Herbert, Vicar of St. Cuthbert, 9 December 1975

Order issued by the Charity Commission in the matter of the mission church at Brasside in the parish of St. Cuthbert, Durham, 4 August 1908

Scheme issued by the Charity Commission in the matter of the parish hall in the parish of St. Cuthbert, 27 March 1903

Scheme issued by the Charity Commissioners concerning the sale of the parish hall of St. Cuthbert, Durham and investment of the proceeds, 15 October 1948

Authority issued by the Charity Commission for the sale of the parish hall of St. Cuthbert, Durham, 13 December 1949

Letter from the Secretary, Charity Commission to H.E. Feren & Son, detailing the investment of the proceeds of the sale of the parish hall, 19 June 1950

St. Cuthbert's Parish Magazine, January 1920

St. Cuthbert's Parish Magazine, February 1920

St. Cuthbert's Parish Magazine, April 1920

St. Cuthbert's Parish Magazine, September 1920

St. Cuthbert's Parish Magazine, October 1920

St. Cuthbert's Parish Magazine, January 1921

St. Cuthbert's Parish Magazine, February 1921

St. Cuthbert's Parish Magazine, March 1921

St. Cuthbert's Parish Magazine, April 1921

St. Cuthbert's Parish Magazine, May 1921

St. Cuthbert's Parish Magazine, June 1921

St. Cuthbert's Parish Magazine, July 1921

St. Cuthbert's Parish Magazine, August 1921

St. Cuthbert's Parish Magazine, September 1921

St. Cuthbert's Parish Magazine, November 1921

St. Cuthbert's parish magazine, November 1908

St. Cuthbert's parish magazine, May 1909

St. Cuthbert's parish magazine, October 1910

St. Cuthbert's parish magazine, February and December 1911

St. Cuthbert's parish magazine, March 1912

St. Cuthbert's parish magazine, February 1914

St. Cuthbert's parish magazine, February 1915

St. Cuthbert's parish magazine, December 1916

St. Cuthbert's parish magazine, April 1941

St. Cuthbert's parish magazine, January 1942

St. Cuthbert with St. Aidan Parish Magazines, January 1980 - December 1980

St. Cuthbert with St. Aidan Parish Magazines, January 1981 - December 1982

St. Cuthbert with St. Aidan Parish Magazines, January 1983 - January 1984

St. Cuthbert with St. Aidan Parish Magazines, February 1984 - January 1985

St. Cuthbert with St. Aidan Parish Magazines, February 1985 - December 1985

St. Cuthbert with St. Aidan Parish Magazines, January 1986 - December 1986

St. Cuthbert with St. Aidan Parish Magazines, January 1987 - December 1987

St. Cuthbert with St. Aidan Parish Magazines, January 1988 - December 1988

St. Cuthbert with St. Aidan Parish Magazines, January 1989 - December 1989

St. Cuthbert with St. Aidan Parish Magazines, January 1990 - December 1990

St. Cuthbert with St. Aidan Parish Magazines, January 1991 - December 1991

St. Cuthbert with St. Aidan Parish Magazines, January 1992 - December 1992

St. Cuthbert with St. Aidan Parish Magazines, January 1993 - December 1993

Parish News, the magazine of the parish of St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan, Durham, January - December 1994

Parish News, the magazine of the parish of St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan, Durham, January - December 1995

Parish News, the magazine of the parish of St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan, January - December 1996

Parish News, the magazine of the parish of St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan, Durham, January - December 1997

Parish News, the magazine of the parish of St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan, Durham, January - December 1998

Parish News, the magazine of the parish of St. Cuthbert and St. Aidan, Durham, January - December 1999

Parish News magazine, May 1975

Parish News magazine, July 1979

Pilgrim magazine, September 1965

Pilgrim magazine, November 1966

Pilgrim magazine, December 1966

Pilgrim magazine, March 1967

Pilgrim magazine, April 1967

Pilgrim magazine, May 1967

Talking Point magazines, September and November 2005

Talking Point magazines, November and December 2007

Talking Point magazines, February - July 2008; September 2008 - January 2009

Talking Point magazines, February - November 2009

Talking Point magazines, December 2009 - January 2011

Talking Point magazines, February 2011 - March 2012

Interchange magazines, September and November 2012

Interchange magazines, February - March; May - December 2013

Interchange magazines, January - June, August 2014

St. Aidan's church centenary year booklet, 1870 - 1970

St. Cuthbert with St. Aidan parish guide book, 1998

A historical guide to the parish of St. Cuthbert, 2013