Easington Colliery The Ascension Parish
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Covering Dates: 1913-2018
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- Easington Colliery The Ascension Parish
- Easington Colliery, The Ascension parish (Ref: EP/EC)
- Registration (Ref: EP/EC 1/Section 1)
- Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/EC 1/section 01)
- Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/EC 1/section 02)
- Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/EC 1/section 03)
- Registers of funerals (Ref: EP/EC 1/section 04)
- Clergy (Ref: EP/EC 2/Section 2)
- Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/EC 2/section 01)
- Registers of services (Ref: EP/EC 2/section 02)
- Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/EC 2/section 03)
- Benefice income (Ref: EP/EC 2/section 05)
- Photographs (Ref: EP/EC 2/section 06)
- Churchwardens (Ref: EP/EC 4/Section 4)
- Church (Ref: EP/EC 4/section 01)
- Church site (Ref: EP/EC 4/)
- Photographs (Ref: EP/EC 4/)
- Plans (Ref: EP/EC 4/)
- Church hall (Ref: EP/EC 4/section 02)
- Vicarage (Ref: EP/EC 4/section 03)
- Faculties and Archdeacons' Certificates (Ref: EP/EC 4/section 04)
- Faculties (Ref: EP/EC 4/section 01)
- Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/EC 4/section 02)
- Terriers and Inventories (Ref: EP/EC 4/section 05)
- Vestry (Ref: EP/EC 5/Section 5)
- Minutes (Ref: EP/EC 5/)
- Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/EC 6/Section 6)
- Minutes (Ref: EP/EC 6/section 01)
- Financial records (Ref: EP/EC 6/section 02)
- Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/EC 14/Section 14)
- Parish magazines (Ref: EP/EC 14/)
- Easington, St Mary the Virgin (Ref: EP/EC 14/section 01)
- Second World War (Ref: EP/EC 14/)
Catalogue Contents
Easington Colliery, The Ascension parish (Ref: EP/EC)Registration (Ref: EP/EC 1/Section 1)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/EC 1/section 01)
1/1, 13-14, 1/17/1
Ref: EP/EC 1/1Register of baptisms, 20 May 1962 - 21 March 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/EC 1/13Register of baptisms, 11 April 1948 - 13 May 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/EC 1/14Register of baptisms, 4 April 1976 - 27 November 1994
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/EC 1/17/1Register of baptisms, 4 December 1994 - 9 December 2012
(1 volume)
Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/EC 1/section 02)1/2-5, 16, 1/18/1
Ref: EP/EC 1/2Register of marriages, 25 February 1956 - 18 October 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/EC 1/3Register of marriages, 10 October 1970 - 12 June 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/EC 1/4Register of marriages, 12 June 1971 - 24 May 1975
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/EC 1/5Register of marriages, 7 June 1975 - 4 November 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/EC 1/16Register of marriages, 23 December 1978 - 24 July 1993
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/EC 1/18/1Register of marriages, 21 August 1993 - 26 October 2018
(1 volume)
Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/EC 1/section 03)1/6-11, 15
Ref: EP/EC 1/6Register of banns of marriage, 2 June 1929 - 8 October 1933
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/EC 1/7Register of banns of marriage, 24 September 1933 - 19 March 1944
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/EC 1/8Register of banns of marriage, 18 July 1948 - 17 July 1955
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/EC 1/9Register of banns of marriage, 10 July 1955 - 18 August 1963
(1 volume, paper bound)
Ref: EP/EC 1/10Register of banns of marriage, 11 August 1963 - 11 March 1973
(1 volume, paper bound)
Ref: EP/EC 1/11Register of banns of marriage, 23 October 1977 - 24 October 1982
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/EC 1/15Register of banns of marriage, 18 March 1973 - 23 October 1977
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Registers of funerals (Ref: EP/EC 1/section 04)1/12
Ref: EP/EC 1/12Register of funerals, 19 May 1980 - 2 February 1981
(1 volume, card bound)
Clergy (Ref: EP/EC 2/Section 2)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/EC 2/section 01)2/1-2, 22/1
Ref: EP/EC 2/1Register of confirmations, 1925 - 16 March 1940
(1 volume, paper bound)
Ref: EP/EC 2/2Register of confirmations, 16 March 1941 - 1 March 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/EC 2/22/1Register of confirmations, 21 March 1963 - 12 May 1992
(1 volume)
Registers of services (Ref: EP/EC 2/section 02)2/3-8
Ref: EP/EC 2/3Register of services, 2 April 1919 - 14 August 1927
(1 volume, vellum quarter-bound)
Ref: EP/EC 2/4Register of services, 21 August 1927 - 10 April 1934
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)
Ref: EP/EC 2/5Register of services, 15 April 1934 - 13 July 1939
(1 volume, cloth quarter bound)
Ref: EP/EC 2/6Register of services, 1 October 1944 - 17 February 1948
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)
Ref: EP/EC 2/7Register of services, 1 January 1965 - 24 December 1983
(1 file)
Ref: EP/EC 2/8Register of services, 31 August 1983 - 28 August 1994
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/EC 2/section 03)2/9-10, 12-13
Ref: EP/EC 2/9The London Gazette, including a copy of the order-in-council creating the district of Easington Colliery, 15 August 1924
(1 file, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 2/10Copy map of the district of Easington Colliery, 1924
Scale: 26 chains to 4 inches [1:5148]
(1 plan, 65.5 cm. x 89 cm., waxed linen)
Ref: EP/EC 2/12Letter from the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, Westminster, to the incumbent, Easington Colliery, enclosing a draft proposal to alter the boundaries of the parishes of Horden, Easington, Easington Colliery, and Shotton, to create a separate district of St. Cuthbert, Peterlee, 3 October 1956
(4 papers)
Ref: EP/EC 2/13Map of the district of St. Cuthbert, Peterlee, and the alteration of the boundaries of the parishes of Easington Colliery, Easington, Horden and Shotton, 1956
Scale: 9 inches to 1 mile [1:7040]
(1 plan, 103 cm. x 63 cm., coloured)
Benefice income (Ref: EP/EC 2/section 05)2/11
Ref: EP/EC 2/11Letters from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster, to Rev. G.R. Herbert, Glebe House, Easington Colliery, concerning financial contributions by the former towards the cost of building a church in Easington Colliery, 9 December 1925, 9 and 16 May 1928, 16 October 1930, 16 July 1931
(5 papers)
Photographs (Ref: EP/EC 2/section 06)2/17-19, 21
Ref: EP/EC 2/17Photograph of a clergyman and a group of children outside the mission church of Easington Colliery, The Ascension, n.d., c.1914
(1 photograph, 14.6 cm. x 9.1 cm., black and white, mounted on card)
Ref: EP/EC 2/18Photograph of a clergyman and a group of men outside the mission church at Easington Colliery, The Ascension, n.d., c.1914
(1 photograph, 13.6 cm. x 8.8 cm., black and white)
Ref: EP/EC 2/19Photograph of eight clergymen outside the mission church of Easington Colliery, The Ascension, on the occasion of its dedication, March 1913
Clergymen left to right: 'Self'; Rev G. A. West, Rector; Bishop of Jarrow; Rev. S. B. Guest-Williams, Rural Dean; Canon Haworth, Vicar of South Hetton; Rev. H. B. Parker, Vicar of Bishop Middleham; Dr. Short, Vicar of Spennymoor; Rev. G. O. Ribus, Curate of Easington
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 11 cm., mounted on card)
Ref: EP/EC 2/21Photograph of Ramsay Macdonald, Member of Parliament for the Seaham Constituency, and Rev. G.A. West, Rector of Easington, c.1932
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white, mounted on card)
Churchwardens (Ref: EP/EC 4/Section 4)Church (Ref: EP/EC 4/section 01)Church site (Ref: EP/EC 4/)2/14
Ref: EP/EC 2/14Copy conveyance by the Ecclesiastical Commission of a parcel of land (3,346 sq. yds.) as a site for a church, 22 November 1928
Plan attached
(1 file)
Plans (Ref: EP/EC 4/)4/3-5, 9, 18, 27-28
Ref: EP/EC 4/3-5Plan and elevations of the proposed new church at Easington Colliery by Messrs. Wood & Oakley of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, architects, April 1928
Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
Originally enclosed in EP/EC 4/2
(3 plans, 51 cm. x 32 cm., paper, coloured)
Ref: EP/EC 4/9Ground plan of the proposed new church at Easington Colliery, by Wood and Oakley, architects, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, September 1929
Scale: 1/4 inch to 10 feet [1:480]
(1 plan, 55 cm. x 39.9 cm., colour-wash)
Ref: EP/EC 4/18Elevation and side view of the chancel screen by J. Sebastian Comper, May 1950
Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48]
(1 paper, 28 cm. x 23 cm.)
Ref: EP/EC 4/27Diagram of a stationary bell and fittings supplied by John Taylor and Co., bellfounders, Loughborough, [Leicestershire], drawing 1872/B, n.d. [c.1960]
Scale: no scale
(1 paper, 23 cm. x 26 cm.)
Ref: EP/EC 4/28Diagram of a stationary bell on a steel wall bracket frame by John Taylor and Co., bellfounders, Loughborough, [Leicestershire], drawing 1903/B, n.d. [c.1960]
Scale: no scale
(1 paper, 41 cm. x 40 cm.)
Photographs (Ref: EP/EC 4/)2/20, 4/19-26, 32, 33, 34
Ref: EP/EC 2/20Newspaper cutting containing a photograph of the Bishop of Durham cutting the first sod for the new church at Easington Colliery and photographs of members of the choir processing to the site, n.d., c.1930
(1 paper, 17.5 cm. x 25 cm., printed)
Ref: EP/EC 4/19Photograph of the dedication plaque to the chancel screen, listing the miners killed in the Easington Colliery disaster, 29 May 1951, n.d. [c.1955]
(1 photograph, 9.5 cm. x 17 cm., black and white)
Ref: EP/EC 4/20Photograph of the panels in the chancel screen showing St. Paul, St. John, St. Luke and St. John the Baptist, n.d. [c.1955]
(1 photographs, 15.5 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: EP/EC 4/21Photograph of the panels in the chancel screen showing Isaiah, King Solomon, Moses and Eve, n.d. [c.1955]
(1 photographs, 15.5 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: EP/EC 4/22Photograph of the panels in the chancel screen showing Adam, Abraham, King David and Samuel, n.d. [c.1955]
(1 photographs, 15.5 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: EP/EC 4/23Photograph of the panels in the chancel screen showing Elijah, St. Matthew, St. Mark and St. Peter, n.d. [c.1955]
(1 photographs, 15.5 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)
Ref: EP/EC 4/24Photograph of the chancel screen arch and altar, n.d. [c.1955]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 15.5 cm., black and white)
Ref: EP/EC 4/25Photograph of the altar, n.d. [c.1955]
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 16 cm., black and white, mounted on card)
Ref: EP/EC 4/26Aerial photograph of the area around the church, showing the church, church hall and vicarage, n.d. [c.1960]
(1 photograph, 16 cm. x 12 cm., black and white)
Ref: EP/EC 4/32Photographs of panels in the chancel screen, n.d. [c.2000]
Ref: EP/EC 4/32(1)Photograph of panels showing Elijah, St. Matthew, St. Mark and St. Peter, n.d. [c.2000]
Ref: EP/EC 4/32(2)Photograph of panels showing St. John the Baptist, Isaiah and King Solomon, n.d. [c.2000]
Ref: EP/EC 4/32(3)Photograph of panels showing Adam, Abraham and King David, n.d. [c.2000]
Ref: EP/EC 4/32(4)Photograph of panels showing St. Paul, St. John, St. Luke and St. John the Baptist, n.d. [c.2000]
(4 photographs on 1 paper, each 13 cm. x 9 cm., coloured)
Ref: EP/EC 4/33Photographs of panels in the chancel screen, n.d. [c.2000]
Ref: EP/EC 4/33(1)Photograph of panels showing St. Paul, St. John, St. Luke and St. John the Baptist, n.d. [c.2000]
Ref: EP/EC 4/33(2)Photograph of two unidentified church members, n.d. [c.2000]
Ref: EP/EC 4/33(3)Photograph of panels showing Elijah, St. Matthew, St. Mark and St. Peter, n.d. [c.2000]
Ref: EP/EC 4/33(4)Photograph of panels showing St. John the Baptist, Isaiah and King Solomon, n.d. [c.2000]
(4 photographs on 1 paper, each 13 cm. x 9 cm., coloured)
Ref: EP/EC 4/34Photographs of church fittings, n.d. [c.2000]
Ref: EP/EC 4/34(1)Photograph of two silver flagons and ciborium, n.d. [c.2000]
Ref: EP/EC 4/34(2)Photograph of two unidentified female church members standing in front of the altar, n.d. [c.2000]
Ref: EP/EC 4/34(3)Photograph of the organ console and pipes, n.d. [c.2000]
Ref: EP/EC 4/34(4)Photograph showing a silver cross in front of a painting of the 'Last Supper', n.d. [c.2000]
(4 photographs on 1 paper, each 13 cm. x 9 cm., coloured)
Church hall (Ref: EP/EC 4/section 02)4/1-2, 6-8, 29-31
Ref: EP/EC 4/1Minute book of Easington Colliery Church Institute Committee, 3 February 1913 - 19 July 1926
Includes: accounts of Easington Colliery Parish Church Hall Fund, 5 June 1929 - 27 March 1937
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: EP/EC 4/2Minute book of the Management Committee of Easington Colliery Church Centre, 20 November 1944 - 14 June 1948
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/EC 4/6-7Letter from the Police Superintendent, Castle Eden, to the Rev. Meadows [sic], The Vicarage, Easington Colliery, forwarding a report on the inspection of the Church Centre by the police and fire services, 13 May 1948
Originally enclosed in EP/EC 4/2
(2 papers)
Ref: EP/EC 4/8Church Centre balance sheet for 1945
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/EC 4/29Specification for a church hall, n.d. [1973]
(1 file)
Ref: EP/EC 4/30Plan, elevations, site plan and location plan of a proposed church hall, n.d. [1973]
Scales: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96], 1:500 and 1:2500
(1 plan, 74 cm. x 56 cm.)
Ref: EP/EC 4/31Estimate from Kenkast Buildings Ltd. for the construction of a church hall, 18 April 1973
(1 file)
Vicarage (Ref: EP/EC 4/section 03)2/15-16
Ref: EP/EC 2/157 June 1934
(1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners
(2) Rev. George Reginald Herbert, Clerk in Holy Orders, Vicar of Easington Colliery
Copy deed of appropriation whereby (1) will hold a parcel of land (405 sq. yards), as a site for a parsonage house, part of a parcel of land formerly conveyed by (1) to (2) as a site for a church
Plan attached
(1 file)
Ref: EP/EC 2/1624 January 1935
(1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England
(2) Rev. George Reginald Herbert, Clerk in Holy Orders, Vicar of Easington Colliery
Copy conveyance by (1) to (2) of a parcel of land (7p.) adjoining the parsonage site
Plan attached
(1 file)
Faculties and Archdeacons' Certificates (Ref: EP/EC 4/section 04)Faculties (Ref: EP/EC 4/section 01)4/12-13, 15-16
Ref: EP/EC 4/12Faculty for the introduction of new pews, 12 July 1967
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/EC 4/13Faculty for the installation of a reading lamp for the pulpit in memory of Fred Rutter, 4 March 1967
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/EC 4/15Faculty for the installation of eight Prometheus fanless flue convector heaters fed from a propane gas storage tank to be erected to the south-west of the church, 12 June 1985
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/EC 4/16Faculty for the replacement of a row of chairs with a pew bearing the inscription 'The Halcrow Memorial', 13 August 1985
(1 paper)
Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/EC 4/section 02)4/14
Ref: EP/EC 4/14Archdeacon's certificate for unspecified work, 19 April 1982
(1 paper)
Terriers and Inventories (Ref: EP/EC 4/section 05)4/10-11
Ref: EP/EC 4/10Terrier, 1963, 1985, 1994
(1 file)
Ref: EP/EC 4/11Inventory, 1963, 1971, 1984, 1985, 1994
(1 booklet)
Vestry (Ref: EP/EC 5/Section 5)Minutes (Ref: EP/EC 5/)5/1-2
Ref: EP/EC 5/1Minute book of annual church meetings, 8 April 1913 - 26 April 1987
Includes: Building Fund accounts, n.d. [1913]; list of gifts to the church, n.d. [1913]
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: EP/EC 5/2Minute book of annual church meetings, 24 April 1988 - 23 April 1989
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/EC 6/Section 6)Minutes (Ref: EP/EC 6/section 01)6/1, 7-13
Ref: EP/EC 6/1Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 23 September 1941 - 30 September 1969
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: EP/EC 6/7Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 12 September 1924 - 13 May 1941
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: EP/EC 6/8Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 28 October 1969 - 26 April 1977
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/EC 6/9Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 28 June 1977 - 24 August 1982
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/EC 6/10Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 28 September 1982 - 24 June 1986
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/EC 6/11Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 26 August 1986 - 28 August 1990
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/EC 6/12(1-5)Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 25 September 1990 - 26 February 1991
Originally enclosed in EP/EC 6/11
(5 files)
Ref: EP/EC 6/13Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 26 March 1991 - 22 October 1991
(1 volume, card bound)
Financial records (Ref: EP/EC 6/section 02)6/2-6
Ref: EP/EC 6/2Account book of the Parochial Church Council, 6 January 1941 - 3 December 1977
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)
Ref: EP/EC 6/3Account book, January 1957 - December 1973
At beginning: accounts, 1945
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: EP/EC 6/4Account book, January 1962 - April 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/EC 6/5Account book, January 1974 - December 1981
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: EP/EC 6/6Balance sheets for the year ending 1973, 11 March 1974
(3 papers)
Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/EC 14/Section 14)Parish magazines (Ref: EP/EC 14/)Easington, St Mary the Virgin (Ref: EP/EC 14/section 01)14/1-24
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/1Parish magazines, July, September - November 1985
(4 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/2Parish magazines, February, May - June, August - December 1986
(8 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/3Parish magazines, May - August, December 1988
(5 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/4Parish magazines, July, September - December 1989
(5 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/5Parish magazines, April, June and September 1992
(3 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/6Parish magazines, February - December 1993
(10 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/7Parish magazines, February - March; May - July; September - December 1994
(9 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/8Parish magazines, January - February; summer; September - December 1995
(7 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/9Parish magazines, February - June; summer; December 1996
(7 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/10Parish magazines, January - April; June - July; October - December 1997
(7 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/11Parish magazines, January - June; summer; October 1998
(8 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/12Parish magazines, January - June; summer; October - November 1999
(8 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/13Parish magazines, January - June; summer; October - November 2000
(9 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/14Parish magazine, March 2001
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/15Parish magazines 'Parish Patch', Summer - Christmas 2002
(3 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/16Parish magazines 'Parish Patch', Easter - Christmas 2003
(4 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/17Parish magazines 'Parish Patch', Easter - Christmas 2004
(4 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/18Parish magazines 'Parish Patch', Easter - Christmas 2005
(4 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/19Parish magazines 'Parish Patch', Easter - Christmas 2006
(4 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/20Parish magazines 'Parish Patch', Easter - Christmas 2007
(4 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/21Parish magazines 'Parish Patch', Easter - Christmas 2008
(3 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/22Parish magazines 'Parish Patch', Summer - Christmas 2009
(2 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/23Parish magazines 'Parish Patch', Easter - Christmas 2010
(3 booklets, printed)
Ref: EP/EC 14/1/24Parish magazines 'Parish Patch', Spring - Christmas 2011
(3 booklets, printed)
Second World War (Ref: EP/EC 14/)4/17
Ref: EP/EC 4/17Alphabetical list of those serving in H.M. forces during the 1939-1945 War
Includes: Subscription list for the War Memorial, 1947
(1 volume, cloth bound)
