Catalogue

Register of baptisms, June 1863 - January 1874

Register of baptisms, January 1874 - August 1889

Register of baptisms, September 1889 - June 1908

Register of baptisms, June 1902 - March 1911

Register of baptisms, March 1911 - July 1923

Register of baptisms, July 1923 - August 1951

Register of baptisms, September 1951 - April 1962

Register of baptisms, 29 April 1962 - 3 February 1985

Register of baptisms, 24 February 1985 - 21 June 1992

Register of baptisms, 5 July 1992 - 1 July 2001

Register of marriages, November 1863 - February 1922

Register of marriages, March 1922 - July 1939

Register of marriages, July 1939 - March 1950

Register of marriages, June 1950 - October 1959

Register of marriages, January 1960 - March 1966

Register of marriages, April 1966 - October 1971

Register of marriages, 9 October 1971- 7 July 1979

Register of marriages, 14 July 1979 - 8 July 1989

Register of marriages, 29 March 2014 - 17 October 2020

Register of banns of marriage, 1931 - 1949

Register of banns of marriage, 1949 - 1955

Register of banns of marriage, 1955 - 1963

Register of banns of marriage, 1963 - 1970 (1 vo1ume

Register of banns, 26 April 1970 - 23 April 1978

Register of banns of marriage, 7 May 1978 - 30 August 1981

Register of banns of marriage, 16 August 1981 - 25 May 1986

Register of banns of marriage, 8 June 1986 - 15 August 1993

Register of burials, January 1857 - 5 December 1900

Register of burials, 8 December 1900 - 14 February 1918

Register of burials, 27 February 1918 - 12 September 1935

Register of burials, 21 September 1935 - 25 July 1961

Register of burials, 3 August 1961 - 15 November 1998

Photograph of a group of young people at their confirmation by the Bishop of Jarrow, at Usworth, 3 May 1959

Photographs of confirmation candidates, after their first communion, n.d. [early 1960s] 1) A group of girls 2) A group of boys 3) A group of young women 4) Mixed group of candidates: men, women, girls and boys 5) Confirmation candidates with the Bishop of Jarrow and the vicar

Photograph of a group of young people at their confirmation, 1965

Photograph of a group of young people, outside the church, following their first communion, May 1966

Photograph of confirmation candidates, after their first communion, 21 May 1967

Registers of services,1909 - 1966

Register of services, 3 July 1966 - 6 May 1979

Register of services, 9 May 1979 - 22 February 1989

Register of services, 26 February 1989 - 28 January 1993

Register of services, 30 January 1993 - 21 February 1997

Papers re the creation of the new ecclesiastical parish at Eighton, 1862

Notes on the parish of Eighton Banks describing the Church, parish boundaries, charities and schools, 1898

Map showing the Alteration of the Boundaries of the Parishes of St Thomas, Eighton Banks and Gateshead Fell, published by the Church Commissioners, Millbank, Westminster, 6 December 1963

Draft pastoral scheme of the Church Commissioners, altering the boundaries of the parishes of Gateshead Fell and Eighton Banks, St Thomas, n.d. [1963]

Pastoral order creating two new rural deaneries, called 'the Rural Deanery of Gateshead West' and 'the Rural Deanery of Sedgefield' and altering the boundaries of rural deaneries in the diocese of Durham, 12 June 1978

Map of the Parish of Gateshead, Harlow Green, St Ninian, published by the Church Commissioners, Millbank, Westminster, 20 December 1983 Scale:

Letter from P. W. Stringer, Acting Secretary to Diocesan Pastoral Committee, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ to Parochial Church Council Secretary, 16 Linden Way, Eighton Banks, Gateshead, NE9 7BL concerning proposed extension of suspension to presentation of benefice of Eighton Banks, 9 October 2003

Letter from P. W. Stringer, Administrative Secretary to Diocesan Pastoral Committee, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ to Parochial Church Council Secretary, Blackwell Shield, Mount Lane, Springwell Village, Gateshead, NE9 7UQ concerning proposed extension of suspension to presentation of benefice of Eighton Banks with accompanying pastoral measure 1983 section 67 notice 14 - 29 April 2009

Extracts from the London Gazette re grants from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Eighton Banks Parish, 1863 - 1881

Letter from the Vicar of Lamesley Parish to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners requesting an endowment for Eighton Banks Church, 1861

Licence of Florence Beresford of 5 West View, Wrekenton, as a deaconess in the parish of Eighton Banks, 3 May 1984

Copy photograph of Rev William Atkinson and Rev. Philp, incumbent and curate of the parish of Gateshead, St John, n.d. [mid 19th century]

Head and shoulders portrait of Rev. King, curate of St Thomas's, [c1913 - c1918], by Franks & Sons, Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, n.d. [c1912]

Postcard depicting a full length portrait of Rev John Leonard Wilson, vicar of St Thomas's, during the 1930s, standing on the church steps, n.d. [early 1930s]

Head and shoulders portrait of Rev Herbert Hancock, n.d. [early 1940s]

Photograph of the vicar, [Rev. Frederick John Barrie Blackburn] supervising choir boys practicing for the carol concert, n.d. [c1975]

Head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified clergyman, possibly Rev Frederick John Barrie Blackburn, n.d. [1970s]

Photograph of a group of adults and children, holding crosses, including the vicar, [Rev F. Eastwood] outside the entrance to St Thomas's church, taken on Palm Sunday, 1979

Correspondence re the investment of a bequest from Isabella Allison of Wrekenton to the Rector, 1887

Programme for the dedication ceremony of the war memorial, cross and panel, 1948

An Act for facilitating the Annexation of Tithes to District Churches (28 Victoria), 1865

Plan, titled 'Eighton Banks No. 1', showing land set out for church and yard, also for parsonage', at the junction of the road to Wrekenton and the road from Mr. Davison's lands, n.d., [c.1865] Scale: 48 feet = 1 inch [1:576]

Plan, labelled 'Gallery', of an exterior feature to be constructed at the church, together with specification of work to be carried out, n.d., [1960s]

Ground plan of St Thomas' church, Eighton Banks, showing the number and position of appropriated and free sittings, n.d. [late 19th century] Scale: 8 feet = 1 inch [1:96]

Plans and elevations of alterations to the sacristry and vestry, to install new cupboards, May 1977

Postcard depicting the memorial tablet in St Thomas' church, commemorating the dead of the First World War, n.d. [1921]

Postcard depicting the interior of St Thomas' church, looking along the nave towards the altar, n.d. [mid 1930s]

Photograph of the interior of St Thomas' church, looking along the choir stalls towards the altar, taken by Philipson & Son Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne, 1949

Photograph, copied from a postcard depicting St Thomas' church and churchyard, viewed from the south, n.d. [c1950]

Photograph of St Thomas' church, viewed from the south east, n.d. [c1950s]

Photograph of the memorial to the dead of the Second World War, in St Thomas' church, n.d. [1950s]

Photograph of the porch and bell turret of St Thomas' church, n.d. [1970s]

Photograph of the interior of St Thomas' church, looking east towards the altar, 1979

Photograph of St Thomas' church and churchyard, viewed from the south east, n.d. [1980s]

Organ tuning contract between Harrison and Harrison Limited and St. Thomas's Church, Eighton Banks, 1 June 2006

Copy of a statement re the church at Eighton Banks sent to Mr. Liddell and including details of building costs etc. 1856

Copy account of the consecration of St. Thomas' Chapel, Eighton Banks, c.1855; copy made, c.1950

Order of service for the dedication of the vestry and gallery built to commemorate the centenary of the church, 30 April 1952

Order of service for the centenary of the consecration of St Thomas' church, Eighton Banks, 6 September 1954

Letters from William Johnson, Ravensworth, to Rev. Fleetwood re Eighton Banks burial ground, 1907 - 1908

Letter from J.B. Lazenby, Diocesan Registrar, to J.W. Anderson, Eighton Banks, re the church yard cross, 1922

Churchyard log book, 1914 - 1952

Plan showing proposed extension of churchyard, October 1909 Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]

27 September 1911 (1) Thomas Milnes Favell of Fairwood, Pine Grove, Weybridge, Surrey; Emily Milnes Favell of Long View, Heathside, Knutsford, Cheshire, spinster; Elizabeth Milnes Favell of Fairwood, aforesaid, spinster; Frances Milnes Pooley of 33 Queen Anne's Grove, Bedford Park, Middlesex, widow; and Louisa Milnes Pooley of Ayton, Glebelands Road, Knutsford, Cheshire. (2) Philip Kirkup of Leafield House, Birtley, mining engineer; Robert Blenkinsop Clark of Mount House, Springwell, mining engineer; Thomas Lawther of 2 Hawthorn Terrace, Eighton Banks, schoolmaster; and Thomas Bainbridge of Wrekenton, grocer (3) Ecclesiastical Commissioners Conveyance by (1) to (2) and (2) to (3) of 6629 sq. yds. of land adjoining s. and w. side of St. Thomas, Eighton Banks church and churchyard to be used as an extension of the churchyard. Recites will of Thomas Davison of Durham and Monk End, near Croft, Yorkshire, 11 May 1850, and indenture by Susannah Edwardes of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, widow, 14 September 1908, whereby (1) came to possess land in question Consideration: £200 to (1), £40 to each of them as tenants in common

Churchyard log book, recording details of occupants of burial plots, in the churchyard extension, 5 November 1911 - 17 August 1955

Record of memorial gifts, (trees planted in the churchyard), made to Eighton Banks, St. Thomas, but not recorded on the church inventory, 12 March 1983 - 14 April 1984

Order in council discontinuing burials in St Thomas's churchyard, apart from additional family burials in existing graves or vaults,17 March 1976

Plans and elevations of Eighton Banks vicarage by Peter Tong, of 19A Old Elvet, Durham, architect, n.d., [1980s]

Fragment of an album of photographs and one loose photograph, depicting the first ever garden party at St Thomas's vicarage, August 1926 1)A group of men and women, in two rows, some standing and others seated on the grass 2)A group of men and women, including Rev. Thomas Bailey, and one girl, standing in the garden 3)Copy of EP/EB 100/1(2) 4)Group of people, including Rev. Thomas Bailey, crowding around a tea table 5)Rev. Thomas Bailey, surrounded by a group of women 6)A group of people seated at a tea table, eating 7)A group of people, including Rev. Thomas bailey, seated at a tea table, with others standing behind them and two children sitting on the grass 8)A group of men and women, gathered around Rev. Thomas Bailey

Photograph of a group of people, including Rev. John Leonard Wilson and his wife, in the vicarage garden, n.d. [1930]

1 April 1972 (1) Church Commissioners (2) Rev. Frederick John Barrie Blackburn, incumbent of Eighton Banks, St. Thomas Mortgage by (1) to (2) of £2,000

9 September 1986 1)James Arthur Taylor and Joyce Taylor, both of 4 Southlands, Eighton Banks, Tyne and Wear 2)The Church Commissioners for England 3)The Bishop of Durham Certified copy of an assignment by (1) to (3) of the remainder of a lease for 999 years of 4 Southlands, Eighton Banks, as a parsonage house for the parish of Eighton Banks, St Thomas. Consideration: £35,000 from (2) to (1)

Copy of the entry in the Land Registry's records, relating to the title of 4 Southlands, Eighton Banks, Tyne and Wear, 16 March 1987

Report on the site for a parsonage at Eighton Banks by Edward Prest, Archdeacon of Durham, 1866

Notice issued by Rev. F Eastwood, of his intention to re-acquire a small piece of land, as an addition to the curtilage of the parsonage, on land to the south of the parsonage house grounds, for the construction of a house, 7 October 1980

Copy of the entry in the Land Registry's records relating to the title of plot 8, Norwood Court, Eighton Banks, Tyne and Wear, 29 October 1992

Faculties for the erection of a War Memorial marble tablet, stone cross etc. and the replacement of the organ, 1920 - 1961

Faculty authorising the removal of some gravestones from the churchyard and the levelling of the ground surface, 1 October 1965

Faculty authorising the introduction, into the east end of the nave, of choir pews recently obtained from the church of Windy Nook, St Alban, 25 August 1976

Faculty authorising the removal of kerbstones, surrounding graves in the older part of the churchyard, except where a written request has been made for their retention, 9 December 1976

Faculty authorising the introduction of a new altar cover, a pair of glass crystal cruets, a silver pyx and a pair of oil stocks in a case and the re-gilding of the lettering on the 1939 - 1945 war memorial, 11 January 1983

Faculty authorising the replacement of the existing worn carpet in the chancel with a new, red one, 13 December 1990

Faculty authorising the installation of a screen wall and a pair of doors across the entrance porch, between the existing inner and outer doors and the introduction of a plaque commemorating the gift of the doors by Lamesley Parish Council, 13 July 1994

Faculty authorising the introduction of two stained glass windows on the north side of the chancel, depicting the risen Christ and St Thomas, 14 March 1995

Faculty authorising the removal of the roof of the former fuel store, the filling-in of the store and the treatment of its remaining steelwork with rust inhibitor and paint; the renewal of the path, the insulation of the pipe work, the replacement of the frame to the access hatch and the re-pointing of the wall to the access steps, 27 November 1996

Faculty authorising the removal and disposal of communion rails, old choir pews and redundant prayer desks, 29 August 2002

Certificates of the Archdeacon of Durham for repair work to the Parish Church, 1938

Archdeacon's certificate authorising unspecified maintenance work, 18 June 1990

Archdeacon's certificate authorising the protection of the church windows with Lexan polycarbonate sheets, 14 June 1995

Log book, 5 March 1975 - March 1991

Terriers and inventory of church property, 1888 - 1938

Parish inventory, 3 October 1977 - 10 February 1985

Inventory, 24 April 1994

Quinquennial inspection by P. M. Brown, Architect, Darbyshire Architects, Hawthorn Cottage, Hawthorn Road, Gosforth, Newcastle - Upon - Tyne, NE3 4DE, October 2006

Schedule of dilapidations by M. Galley, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ, August 2009

Register of Church Collections, 1877 - 1908

Correspondence re parish investments in Preference Shares with the North Durham Building Society. 1931

Special Expenses Fund, 'ME 84' cash book, 9 June 1958 - 25 July 1961

Special Expenses Fund, 'ME 84' cash book', 6 June 1958 and 1 January 1961 - 31 December 1962

Letter from Smiths, Gore and Co., London, to Rev. Fleetwood re the site of the Mission Room, 1912

Newspaper cutting from The Illustrated Chronicle, showing views of the dedication and unveiling of war memorials at Lemington Cemetery and Eighton Banks Parish Church, 1921

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, indexed, 30 August 1957 - 29 January 1967 Includes: vestry meetings and annual parish meetings minutes, accounts and vicar's reports

Minutes of ordinary and Annual General meetings of the Parochial Church Council and Annual Vestry Meetings, 25 November 1990 - 13 April 2003

Parochial Church Council minutes and supporting papers, 18 September 1997 - 31 December 2001 Originally enclosed in EP/EB 104/1

Agenda papers for annual meetings of the Vestry and Parochial Church Council, 27 April 2003 - 20 April 2008 Includes: signed minutes, 22 April 2007 - 20 April 2008

Minutes of ordinary and special meetings of the Parochial Church Council and its Standing Committee, 11 May 2003 - 30 March 2008

Cash book, 1 January 1950 - 31 December 1959

Cash book, 31 December 1959 - 31 December 1964

Cash book, 3 January 1965 - 31 December 1980

Copy of the will, dated 11 May 1984, of John George Burrow of Flat 4, Hornby House, 6 Hedlam Road, Darlington, retired stores clerk, bequeathing part of his estate to Eighton Banks, St. Thomas' Parochial Church Council, for charitable purposes, 5 October 1984 Attached: a letter of explanation from Swinburne & Jackson, of Cestria House, High Chare, Chester-le-Street, solicitors, to the secretary of the Parochial Church Council, 5 October 1984

Parish Electoral Roll, 1965 - 1971

Electoral roll, April 1996

Electoral roll, 2007

Memorandum of the appointment of the incumbent of Eighton Banks as a trustee of Barrington Schools, 1863

Order of discharge from the Charity Commissioners to the Trustees of Wrekenton Charity School and appointment of School Managers under the rules of the National Society, 1866

Inspector's report on Eighton Banks Barrington Church of England School, 1869

Letter from A.T. Cory, Education Department, to Rev. S. Atkinson re the holding of a night school for young women in Barrington Boys' School, 1871

17 December 1841 (1) Right Hon. Thomas Henry, Lord Ravensworth (2) The Hon. Henry Thomas Liddell of Eslington House, Northumberland; Rev. William Atkinson, rector of Gateshead Fell.; John Grace of Deckham Hall; Robert Davis of Wreckenton, surgeon; Michael Hall of Beacon Lough; Thomas Sowerby of Gateshead Lough, timber merchant; James Smith of Gateshead Lough, draper Bargain and sale by (1) to (2) of a piece of ground near Wrekenton, part of a field called the Boggs, 32 yards x 18 yards (on north) 10 yards 2 feet (on south), boundaries given, in trust to use land to build school to educate poor children and adults of Gateshead Fell. School to be operated on principles of Incorporated National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor, to be under control of committee of subscribers and to be open to inspection of Government Inspectors. Endorsed: receipt by (1) of £48; inrollment in Chancery 15 December 1857; note by Lord Commissioner of Treasury of a grant of £132 10s. to managers of school to build residence for teacher, 27 February 1858 Consideration: £48 to (1) by (2) from moneys subscribed for the purpose Enclosed: letter from P. Carter, Diocesan Secretary, to Rev. Eastwood concerning above land

Letter from the Charity Commission to Rev. Samuel Atkinson re the annual payment from Sir Leonard Greenwell's charity to the parish, 1868

Correspondence between the Charity Commission, 8 York Street, St James's Square, London and Rev. S. A. Atkinson, Kells Field, Low Fell concerning the management of the Sir Leonard Greenwell Charity, following the creation of the parish of Eighton Banks out of the parish of Lamesley, 22 December 1865 - 18 December 1866

Copy order of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales appointing the incumbent and churchwardens of the parish of Eighton Banks, as trustees of the Eighton Banks share of the Sir Leonard Greenwell Charity and establishing a scheme for the management of the charity, 21 January 1870

Extract from the register of unreported charities, concerning the history of the Sir Leonard Greenwell Charity, 9 January 1845 - 14 June 1888, n.d. [c1900]

Extract from a return of endowed charities, made to the Charity Commissioners, relating to the Sir Leonard Greenwell Charity, 1904

Statement of accounts of the Sir Leonard Greenwell Charity in the parish of Eighton Banks, for the year ended 31 January 1908

Minutes of the trustees of the Eighton Banks branch of the Sir Leonard Greenwell Charity, 27 July 1931 -27 July 1996

Photograph of the Gateshead, St Thomas scouts, guides and brownies parading with their banner, outside the entrance to the church, n.d. [1960s]

Sunday School attendance register, 10 September 1978 - 31 May 1981

Tom Tom: a monthly newsletter published by the parish church of Eighton Banks, St. Thomas, June 1998

'Tom Tom' parish magazines, July; September - November 1989

'Tom Tom' parish magazines, January; March - April; September - December 1990

'Tom Tom' parish magazines, January - December 1991

'Tom Tom' parish magazines, January - December 1992

'Tom Tom' parish magazines, January - December 1993

'Tom Tom' parish magazines, January - March; May - December 1994

'Tom Tom' parish magazines, January - December 1995

'Tom Tom' parish magazines, January - December 1996

'Tom Tom' parish magazines, January - December 1997

'Tom Tom' parish magazines, January - December 1998

'Tom Tom' parish magazine, January 1999

Parish magazines, February - December 2001

Parish magazines, January - December 2002

Parish magazines, January - December 2003

Parish magazines, January - December 2004

Parish magazines, January - December 2005

Parish magazines, January - September 2006

Parish magazines, January - December 2007

Parish magazines, January - December 2008

Parish magazines, January - December 2009

Parish magazines, January - December 2010

Parish magazines, January - June 2011

Postcards depicting the unveiling of the war memorial at Eighton Banks, presided over by Rev. Charles Fleetwood, vicar of Eighton Banks, and Canon Stephenson, the Rural Dean, 1 May 1921 1)Rev Fleetwood blesses the memorial, watched by a large crowd 2)Rev Fleetwood addresses the crowd gathered around the memorial, in front of the church

Photograph of Miss Frances Davis, Miss Jane Davis and Miss Mary Davis, with their niece, in a garden, n.d. [early 1920s]

A group of people, waiting by the roadside at the start of a church outing, n.d. [c1950]

Photograph of a church outing to Middleton in Teesdale, 1955

Photograph of the [Mayoress of Gateshead] examining a sale of work at Wrekenton Welfare Hall, taken by N. Davison, Wingrove Studio, 11 Wingrove Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, November 1960

A group of six unidentified women, gathered under a stone archway, n.d. [c1960]

Photographs depicting parish activities, n.d. [1970s] 1)A presentation on cake decoration to a group of women in the vestry 2)Two women, chatting on the doorstep over a leaflet one has just delivered to the other 3)A gathering in a domestic living room to sort donated gifts 4)A meeting taking place, possibly the Parochial Church Council

Photograph of the cast of a Christmas performance, gathered around a Christmas tree, n.d. [1980s]