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Eldon St. Mark Parish

Reference: EP/El Catalogue Title: Eldon St. Mark Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1875-2007

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  • Eldon St. Mark Parish
    • Registration (Ref: EP/El Section 1)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/El section 01)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/El section 02)
    • Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/El section 03)
    • Registers of burials (Ref: EP/El section 04)
    • Indexes (Ref: EP/El section 05)
    • Clergy (Ref: EP/El Section 2)
    • Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/El section 01)
    • Registers of preachers and registers of services (Ref: EP/El section 02)
    • Registers of preachers (Ref: EP/El section 01)
    • Registers of services (Ref: EP/El section 02)
    • Benefice (Ref: EP/El section 03)
    • Benefice income (Ref: EP/El section 04)
    • Individual clergy (Ref: EP/El section 05)
    • Licences for curacy (Ref: EP/El )
    • Obituaries (Ref: EP/El )
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/El )
    • Parish statistics (Ref: EP/El section 06)
    • Correspondence (Ref: EP/El section 07)
    • Archdeacon's visitation articles (Ref: EP/El section 08)
    • Churchwardens (Ref: EP/El Section 4)
    • Church (Ref: EP/El section 01)
    • Church building and maintenance (Ref: EP/El )
    • Memorial cross (Ref: EP/El )
    • Organ (Ref: EP/El )
    • Plans (Ref: EP/El )
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/El section 04)
    • Churchyard (Ref: EP/El section 02)
    • Church hall (Ref: EP/El section 03)
    • Vicarage (Ref: EP/El section 04)
    • Church property (Ref: EP/El section 05)
    • Faculties (Ref: EP/El section 06)
    • Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/El section 07)
    • Inspection of Churches Measure (Ref: EP/El section 08)
    • Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/El section 09)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/El section 10)
    • Cash receipts book (Ref: EP/El )
    • Church accounts (Ref: EP/El )
    • Collections accounts (Ref: EP/El )
    • Offertory accounts (Ref: EP/El )
    • Sequestration (Ref: EP/El section 11)
    • Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/El Section 6)
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/El section 01)
    • Annual general meetings (Ref: EP/El section 02)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/El section 03)
    • Statements of accounts (Ref: EP/El )
    • Account books (Ref: EP/El section 02)
    • Electoral roll (Ref: EP/El section 04)
    • Correspondence (Ref: EP/El section 05)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/El section 06)
    • Schools (Ref: EP/El Section 11)
    • Church Societies (Ref: EP/El Section 13)
    • Girl's Friendly Society (Ref: EP/El section 01)
    • Minutes of meetings (Ref: EP/El section 01)
    • Sub-committee minutes of meetings (Ref: EP/El section 02)
    • Annual reports (Ref: EP/El section 03)
    • Order of service (Ref: EP/El section 04)
    • Picture (Ref: EP/El section 05)
    • Sunday School (Ref: EP/El section 02)
    • Other Societies (Ref: EP/El section 03)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/El Section 14)
    • Events (Ref: EP/El )
    • Parish magazines (Ref: EP/El )
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/El )

Catalogue Contents

Registration (Ref: EP/El Section 1)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/El section 01)

1-4, 14

Ref: EP/El 1

Register of baptisms, 1877 - 1895
(1volume)

Ref: EP/El 2

Register of baptisms, 1895 - 1907
(1volume)

Ref: EP/El 3

Register of baptisms, 1907 - 1924
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/El 4

Register of baptisms, 1924 - 1933
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/El 14

Register of baptisms, 22 June 1933 - 16 January 1946
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/El section 02)

5-7, 15, 149

Ref: EP/El 5

Register of marriages, 4 October 1879 - 21 June 1896
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/El 6

Register of marriages, 7 July 1896 - 19 April 1913
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/El 7

Register of marriages, 7 May 1913 - 4 July 1928
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/El 15

Register of marriages, 7 July 1928 - 6 March 1954
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/El 149

Register of marriages, 27 March 1954 - 23 August 1986
(1 volume, cloth bound)

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

16-23, 121

Ref: EP/El 16

Register of banns of marriage, 14 September 1879 - 25 December 1898
(1 volume, calf bound, badly damaged)

Ref: EP/El 17

Register of banns of marriage, 18 December 1898 - 1 November 1908
(1 volume, calf bound, badly damaged)

Ref: EP/El 18

Register of banns of marriage, 22 November [1908] - 19 July [1914]
(1 volume, vellum bound, badly damaged)

Ref: EP/El 19

Register of banns of marriage, 2 August 1914 - 15 August 1926
(1 volume, calf bound, badly damaged)

Ref: EP/El 20

Register of banns of marriage, 12 September [1926] - 23 December [1945]
(1 volume, cloth bound, badly damaged)

Ref: EP/El 21

Register of banns of marriage, 20 January 1946 - 19 August 1951
(1 volume, cloth bound, badly damaged)

Ref: EP/El 22

Register of banns of marriage, 26 August 1951 - 2 February 1958
(1 volume, cloth bound, badly damaged)

Ref: EP/El 23

Register of banns of marriage, 2 February 1958 - 8 May 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/El 121

Register of banns of marriage, 29 May 1966 - 19 September 1982
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/El section 04)

8, 24

Ref: EP/El 8

Register of burials, 1883 - 1902
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/El 24

Register of burials, 14 November 1902 - 14 March 1925
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Indexes (Ref: EP/El section 05)

25

Ref: EP/El 25

Index to registers of burials, 1883 - 1925
(1 volume, calf bound)

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

11

Ref: EP/El 11

Register of communicants, 1877 - 1906; confirmations, 1879 - 1906; accounts for Church Missionary Society collections, 1878 - 1909; census returns of Eldon parish taken by churchwardens, 1888
(1 volume)

Registers of preachers and registers of services (Ref: EP/El section 02)Registers of preachers (Ref: EP/El section 01)

9-10

Ref: EP/El 9

Register of preachers, collections, etc., 1879 - 1897. Includes details of building of church, school and vicarage, and list of churchwardens and sidesmen, 1878 - 1898
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/El 10

Register of preachers, collections, etc., 1897 - 1908
(1 volume)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/El section 02)

29-31, 122, 158/1

Ref: EP/El 29

Register of services, 12 July 1914 - 1 August 1926
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/El 30

Register of services, 4 December 1955 - 24 November 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/El 31

Register of services, 28 November 1965 - 2 February 1973
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/El 122

Register of services, 4 February 1973 - 24 May 1981
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/El 158/1

Register of services, 27 May 1981 - 7 August 2005
(1 volume)

Benefice (Ref: EP/El section 03)

27, 35, 69

Ref: EP/El 27

Extract from the London Gazette of 6 April 1877, concerning the constitution of the new district of Eldon
(1 file, parchment, typescript)

Ref: EP/El 35

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office, Bishop of Durham, Faculty of The Durham Colleges, J. Boyden, M.P., Rev. K. Bradford and others, concerning the future of Eldon, means of providing a priest to serve there and the Eldon Trust, 9 April 1961 - 13 July 1965
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 69

Correspondence of the churchwardens of Eldon with the Bishop of Durham, the Diocesan Registry, H.J. Boyden, M.P. for Bishop Auckland, and the Ecclesiastical Patronage Secretary etc. at 10 Downing Street, London, concerning the difficulty in filling the benefice and the use of the Benefices (Suspension of Presentation) Measure, 25 June 1960 - 29 August 1968
(1 file)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/El section 04)

36, 55, 57

Ref: EP/El 36

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office and Rev. K. Bradford concerning the Eldon Trust and payments from it towards curate's stipend, 1 October 1963 - 13 January 1964
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 55

Instrument fixing table of fees for the new parish of Eldon, 11 December 1924
(Parchment, 1 membrane, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 57

25 April 1906 (1) Rt. Hon. John Earl of Eldon (2) Rt. Rev. Handley Carr Glyn, Lord Bishop of Durham, and others, trustees of the Lightfoot Fund Copy declaration of trusts concerning the sum of £3,300 for the additional provision for the endowment of the benefice of Eldon, and for maintenance and support of Divine Service in the District
(1 file, parchment)

Individual clergy (Ref: EP/El section 05)Licences for curacy (Ref: EP/El )

41-54

Ref: EP/El 41

Licence to the curacy of Thomas Ormsby Douglas, 28 May 1893
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 42

Licence to the curacy of Stephen Howell, 29 February 1896
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 43

Licence to the curacy of William Sydney Daw, 18 June 1905
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 44

Licence to the curacy of Everard Digges Latouche, 22 September 1907
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 45

Licence to the curacy of John Lamb Howell, 13 October 1908
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 46

Licence to the curacy of Campbell Spence Colby Tanse, 19 December 1909
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 47

Licence to the curacy of Fred Brammall, 2 June 1912
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 48

Licence to the curacy of Jonathan Edward Rogers, 27 September 1914
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 49

Licence to the curacy of Robert Grant Colvin Graham, 17 October 1922
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 50

Licence to the curacy of Andrew Milligan, 16 March 1919
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 51

Licence to the curacy of Alfred Wilkinson Bell, 10 December 1924
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 52

Licence to the curacy of Alfred Edward Collinson, 13 October 1937
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 53

Licence to the curacy of Albert Stanley Banks, 19 May 1940
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 54

Licence to the curacy of Francis Edward Churchyard, 20 November 1946
(1 paper, printed form)

Photographs (Ref: EP/El )

156/1

Ref: EP/El 156/1

Photograph of Reverend W. Noble vicar of Eldon (1 June 1877 - 14 November 1909), n. d. [c. 1910]
(1 photograph, mounted on card, 36cm x 45cm)

Obituaries (Ref: EP/El )

56

Ref: EP/El 56

Newspaper obituary of Rev. C.J. Gray, M. A., Vicar of Eldon, n.d. [1924]
(1 paper)

Parish statistics (Ref: EP/El section 06)

32-33

Ref: EP/El 32

Official Parochial Register of church organisation and finance, 1902 - 1906
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/El 33

Statistical returns of parochial work, 27 June 1907 - 2 May 1909
(1 file, printed form)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/El section 07)

38-40

Ref: EP/El 38

Circulars and reports on the state of St. Mark, Eldon, the removal of Eldon from Category D, the state of the rural deanery and various notices regarding electoral rolls and the inauguration and functioning of synodical government, 1965 - 1972
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 39

Correspondence between Rev. B.S. Cockcroft, of Eldon and the leaders of St. Mark's Girls Friendly Society, various Sunday School teachers and members of the Parochial Church Council concerning their resignation and complaints about an article in the parish magazine, 5 - 25 May 1974
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 40

Correspondence with Diocesan Office and other papers concerning diocesan quotas, the Repair of the Benefice Buildings Measure, 1972; the Synodical Government Measure, 1969; background to the appointment of Rev. D.C. Hannam, and his career to that time; matters relating to Rev. B.S. Cockcroft; and sequestration, 23 July 1974 - 23 January 1976
(1 file)

Archdeacon's visitation articles (Ref: EP/El section 08)

139

Ref: EP/El 139

Archdeacon's visitation articles, 1977
(1 file)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/El Section 4)Church (Ref: EP/El section 01)Organ (Ref: EP/El )

68, 133

Ref: EP/El 68

Correspondence with William Sewell of Monkwearmouth, organ builder, The Vincent Organ Company Limited of Sunderland, and the Diocesan Registry, concerning the installation of an organ blower, 28 May 1960 - 15 March 1962
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 133

Church Organ Fund pass book, 1969 - 1970
(1 notebook, plastic bound)

Plans (Ref: EP/El )

154/1

Ref: EP/El 154/1

Plan showing the elevations of the proposed new church at Eldon Lane, 1878
(1 plan, colour, waxed linen, 70cm x 50cm)

Memorial cross (Ref: EP/El )

155/1

Ref: EP/El 155/1

Plan, sections and elevations of the planned granite memorial cross for Eldon, December 1919
(1 plan, colour, waxed linen, 94cm x 70cm)

Church building and maintenance (Ref: EP/El )

28, 63-64, 70-71, 83, 86

Ref: EP/El 28

Copy instrument of approval of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners on the erection of the new church of Eldon, 8 May 1879
(Parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: EP/El 63

Newspaper cutting concerning the subsidence threat to Eldon church, caused by underground mine workings, taken from The Northern [Echo] 4 July 1927
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: EP/El 64

Annotated plan of underground workings of Brockwell Pit and upcast pit at Eldon, n.d. [1927] No scale
(1 plan, ink and water colour on waxed linen, 91cm x 83cm)

Ref: EP/El 70

Correspondence with S.P.C.K., the Diocesan Registry, Minimax Limited, fire engineers, various central heating engineers and plumbers, and others, concerning the replacement of the central heating boiler, new copies of the prayer book, provision of fire extinguishers, and general church business, including industrial chaplaincy work with N.C.B., 15 July 1960 - 10 October 1963
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 71

Correspondence with Minimax Ltd., fire engineers, concerning protection for the church and church hall, 10 July 1969 - 8 May 1972
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 83

Correspondence, plans, quinquennial report and vouchers concerning St. Mark's Church, and work required and undertaken to the fabric, 9 November 1967 - 3 July 1972
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 86

Correspondence with Cordingley and McIntyre, and specifications, surveyor's report and plans, quinquennial report (1971), assessment under the Repair of the Benefices Measure, 1972, correspondence with Rentokil Ltd., miscellaneous advertising literature concerning the eradication of dry rot and woodworm, all relating to the new vicarage at 4 Eldon Bank, 15 December 1965 - 10 January 1974
(1 file)

Financial records (Ref: EP/El section 04)

62

Ref: EP/El 62

Provisional valuations of the church and vicarage under the Finance (1909 - 1910) Act, 30 April 1915
(4 papers, printed form)

Churchyard (Ref: EP/El section 02)

26, 65-67, 140-142, 152/1
See also 110

Ref: EP/El 26

Register of graves, kept by the verger, 16 October 1956 - 29 May 1962
(1 volume, cardboard bound)

Ref: EP/El 65

Plan of proposed extension to St. Mark's Churchyard, Eldon by W.A. Kellett of Bishop Auckland, architect, September 1910 Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet [1:192]
(1 plan, ink on waxed linen, 82 cm. x 60 cm.)

Ref: EP/El 66

Correspondence concerning design and erection of headstones in Eldon churchyard, 31 October 1960 - 21 October 1964
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 67

Correspondence with Shildon U.D.C. concerning a Special Environmental Assistance Scheme to tidy up the church and churchyard at Eldon, 18 November 1972 - 24 May 1973
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 140-142

Correspondence, plan and copy of Order in Council regarding clearance of church yard, June - December 1978
(3 files)

Ref: EP/El 152/1

Plan and sections of proposed burial ground for St. Mark's church, Eldon, 5 March 1883
(1 plan, colour, 95cm x 63cm)

Church hall (Ref: EP/El section 03)

102-104

Ref: EP/El 102

Order of the Charity Commissioners in the matter of the charity known as "The Church Hall", 12 November 1912
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/El 103

Letter from May, How and Chilver of London, [solicitors], to Rev. C.J. Gray at Eldon concerning the proceeds of the sale of Eldon Church Hall and position regarding repayment of value of works at Eldon School, 25 April 1911
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/El 104

Correspondence concerning Eldon Church Hall, including licences for music and dancing, bookings, discussions and disputes as to use, and payments to be made by Durham County Council, 26 July 1952 - 13 February 1976
(1 file)

Vicarage (Ref: EP/El section 04)

37, 58, 79, 85, 143

Ref: EP/El 37

Correspondence between Rev. K. Bradford, the Diocesan Office, Pigg and Son, surveyors and estate agents, Trotter, Bruce and Loft, solicitors and others, concerning the purchase of 4 Eldon Bank as new vicarage, and related topics, 19 March 1965 - 15 July 1965
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 58

25 October 1918 (1) Rev. Charles John Gray, incumbent of Eldon (2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne Mortgage for securing £62 and interest for making improvements to the parsonage house
(1 file, parchment, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 79

1 April 1972 (1) Rev. Canon J.S.G. Turnbull, Sidney Richardson and Cecil Thornton Howard, Sequestrators of Eldon (2) The Church Commissioners Counterpart mortgage for securing £625 and interest for improvements to the parsonage house
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 85

Correspondence with the Church Commissioners regarding diocesan dilapidations assessment and sale of the old vicarage, 17 January - 26 February 1962
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 143

Correspondence and application forms concerning rate relief on 4 Eldon Bank, 23 - 26 October 1979
(1 file)

Church property (Ref: EP/El section 05)

72

Ref: EP/El 72

Correspondence with builders, insurance company etc. concerning damage to 3 Thornecliffe, South Church, caused by a traffic accident, and notice to alter closet accommodation, under the Public Health Act (1936), 8 January 1962 - 3 May 1965
(1 file)

Faculties (Ref: EP/El section 06)

73-78

Ref: EP/El 73

Faculty for the erection of a reredos, 9 December 1911 and covering letter, 14 December 1911
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/El 74

Faculty for the erection of a choir vestry etc., 7 December 1922
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 75

Faculty for the erection of a lych gate in the churchyard, 29 May 1925
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/El 76

Faculty for the erection of a marble tablet, and receipt for fee, 30 April 1927
(2 papers, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 77

Faculty for the erection of a brass tablet, 13 June 1941
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 78

Faculty for the installation of an electric organ blower, 15 November 1960
(1 paper, typescript)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/El section 07)

123-128

Ref: EP/El 123

Terrier, 1888 - 1900
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 124

Terrier, 1901 - 1920
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 125

Terrier, 1928 - 1959
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 126

Terrier, n.d. [c .1960
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 127

Inventory, 12 April 1928
(1 file, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 128

Inventory, 25 February 1965
(1 booklet, printed form)

Inspection of Churches Measure (Ref: EP/El section 08)

80-82

Ref: EP/El 80

Inspection of the Churches Measure, 1955
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/El 81

Report No.1 of Cordingley and McIntyre of Durham, Chartered Architects, on Eldon parish church, under the Inspection of Churches Measure (1955), 30 December 1957
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/El 82

Architects' report by Cordingley and McIntyre, on Eldon, St. Mark under the Inspection of Churches Measure (1955), 11 April 1962
(1 file)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/El section 09)

84, 87

Ref: EP/El 84

Correspondence of the Church Commissioners with the Sequestrators as to dilapidations, and an assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measure, 20 July - 4 August 1960
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 87

Miscellaneous correspondence, statements of account, vouchers and assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures etc., 1 February 1972 - 30 December 1974
(1 file)

Financial records (Ref: EP/El section 10)Church accounts (Ref: EP/El )

131-132

Ref: EP/El 131

Church accounts, 17 August 1877 - 27 April 1 905
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/El 132

Church accounts, 1 January 1972 - 31 December 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Cash receipts book (Ref: EP/El )

60

Ref: EP/El 60

Cash receipts book, 26 September 1959 - 17 September 1967
(1 volume, cardboard bound)

Offertory accounts (Ref: EP/El )

89-90

Ref: EP/El 89

Offertory account book, 7 November 1886 - 21 November 1897
(1 volume, paper)

Ref: EP/El 90

Offertory account book, 30 April 1916 - 5 November 1933
(1 volume, cardboard bound)

Collections accounts (Ref: EP/El )

91-92, 101

Ref: EP/El 91

Record of collections for church expenses, 12 November 1933 - 3 January 1953
(1 volume, cardboard bound)

Ref: EP/El 92

Record of church collections, 11 October 1959 -28 May 1961
(1 volume, paper)

Ref: EP/El 101

Contributions account book for the Freewill Offering scheme, giving names of contributors, 1 April 1922 - August 1927
(1 volume, cardboard bound)

Sequestration (Ref: EP/El section 11)

34, 88, 136

Ref: EP/El 34

Correspondence between Rev. K. Bradford, Vicar of Shildon, the Diocesan Office and others concerning the Poor state of the sequestration account, with forecasts of impending bankruptcy, and the similarly undesirable state of the vicarage, 3 August 1960 - 4 May 1962
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 88

Sequestration accounts and vouchers, correspondence with Sedgefield District Council concerning grass cutting service, insurance and insurance claims, and repairs to church hall and vicarage, January 1958 - August 1974
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 136

Statement of account for sequestration, 1 January 1975 - 5 April 1976
(1 paper)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/El Section 6)

See also 110

Minutes (Ref: EP/El section 01)

93-95, 130, 150-151, 160/1

Ref: EP/El 93

Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 17 May 1915 - 7 December 1925
(1 volume, cardboard bound)

Ref: EP/El 94

Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 1 February 1926 - 2 February 1968
(1 volume, cardboard bound)

Ref: EP/El 95

Rough minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 8 March 1954 - 5 July 1967
(1 volume, paper)

Ref: EP/El 130

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, 29 April 1968 - 13 January 1978
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/El 150

Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 16 March 1978 - 9 April 1991
(1 volume, paper bound)

Ref: EP/El 151

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, including accounts, correspondence and plans, 3 May 1991 - 7 March 1996
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/El 160/1

Minutes of meetings, 9 April 1996 - 12 February 2007
(1 file)

Annual general meetings (Ref: EP/El section 02)

129, 159/1

Ref: EP/El 129

Minutes of annual vestry and parochial Church Meetings, 7 February 1948 - 7 April 1981
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/El 159/1

Minutes of meetings, 1 April 1982 - 27 April 1999
(1 file)

Financial records (Ref: EP/El section 03)Statements of accounts (Ref: EP/El )

99-100, 134-135, 137-138

Ref: EP/El 99

Annual accounts of the Parochial Church Council, 31 December 1969 - 31 December 1971
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 100

Accounts of the Parochial Church Council, parochial returns of membership and finance, correspondence with the University of Durham Faculty of Music and others, concerning organ repairs, minutes of, and reports on the activities of various church societies, 22 June 1960 - 21 June 1975
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 134

Statement of church accounts for year 1974
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/El 135

Statement of church accounts for year 1975
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/El 137

Statement of church accounts for year 1977, with remarks on church fabric and the use of the Church Hall, 1977 - 1978
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 138

Statement of church accounts for the year 1978
(1 paper)

Account books (Ref: EP/El section 02)

59, 61, 97-98

Ref: EP/El 59

Account book of income and expenditure, 18 January 1958 - 30 April 1961
(1 volume, cardboard bound)

Ref: EP/El 61

Account book of income and expenditure, 26 September 1959 - 8 April 1967 and correspondence concerning sequestration, 24 November 1967 - 2 April 1971
(1 volume, paper)

Ref: EP/El 97

Account book of income and expenditure of the Parochial Church Council, 7 January 1962 - 16 December 1974
(1 volume, cardboard bound)

Ref: EP/El 98

Account book of income and expenditure of the Parochial Church Council, 7 May 1961 - 31 December 1971
(1 volume, cardboard bound)

Electoral roll (Ref: EP/El section 04)

106

Ref: EP/El 106

Electoral roll, 1959
(1 volume, cardboard bound)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/El section 05)

105

Ref: EP/El 105

Correspondence concerning the resignation of the Parochial Church Council Secretary, 21 - 31 October 1973
(1 file)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/El section 06)

96

Ref: EP/El 96

A Measure passed by the National Assembly of the Church of England to confer powers on Parochial Church Councils and to amend the law relating to the parochial organisation of the Church of England, and for other purposes connected therewith, 1 July 1921
(1 booklet, printed)

Schools (Ref: EP/El Section 11)

13, 107-111, 114, 153/1-2

Ref: EP/El 13

Managers' Meetings minutes of Eldon C.E. Mixed & Infants' School, 1877 - 1894 (1 volume)

Ref: EP/El 107

27 February 1909 (1) Rev. William Noble of Eldon Vicarage, and others, managers of the Eldon Church of England School (2) The County Council of Durham Memorandum of an agreement for the transfer of Eldon C.E. School
(1 file, parchment, typescript)

Ref: EP/El 108

6 June 1930 (1) Rev. Samuel Henry Greenway of Eldon Vicarage, and others, trustees of Eldon C.E. School (2) The County Council of Durham Agreement as to the tenancy of Eldon C.E. School
(1 file, parchment)

Ref: EP/El 109

13 October 1950 (1) Rev. William Brown of Eldon Vicarage, and others, trustees of Eldon County School (2) The County Council of Durham Draft lease for a term of 21 years of school premises known as Eldon County School, no.74
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/El 110

Minutes of meetings concerning evening classes, of Eldon Church School, 6 August 1896 - 29 November 1904, also includes minutes concerning churchyard extension and church hall, 22 June 1910 - 3 September 1912; meetings of church workers, churchwardens, Sidesmen and communicants, 5 September 1910 - 20 September 1920; and annual parish meetings, 7 April 1921 - 9 February 1947
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/El 111

Provisional valuation of Eldon Day Schools and House, under the Finance (1909 - 1910) Act, 1910, 30 April 1915
(2 papers, printed form)

Ref: EP/El 114

Draft scheme framed by the Secretary of State for Education and Science, concerning certain Church of England educational foundations in the Diocese of Durham, including Eldon, October 1965
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 153/1

Plan showing the sections on line A - F of Eldon Church of England school, 24 March 1891
(1 plan, colour, 79cm x 62cm)

Ref: EP/El 153/2

Ground plan of Eldon Church of England school, 14 March 1891
(1 plan, colour, 58cm x 64cm)

Church Societies (Ref: EP/El Section 13)Girl's Friendly Society (Ref: EP/El section 01)

'The Girls Friendly Society' was officially established in England on 1st January 1875 by Mary Elizabeth Townsend, an Irish clergyman's daughter married to the wealthy Frederick Townsend, with the support of the Church of England.
The society in Durham was founded at Darlington within the Diocese of Durham in 1875 by a Mrs Hutchinson and by 1890 there were ten branches within the Diocese (then including both Durham and Northumberland). Each Diocese was represented at a Central Council in London where the Society's constitution was created in the same year.

Minutes of meetings (Ref: EP/El section 01)

165/1-10

Ref: EP/El 165/1

Minutes of meetings of the Durham Diocesan Girl's Friendly Society Council, 13 September 1881 - 28 October 1890
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/El 165/2

Minutes of meetings of the Durham Diocesan Girl's Friendly Society Council, 12 February 1891 - 8 November 1910
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/El 165/3

Minutes of meetings of the Durham Diocesan Girl's Friendly Society Council, 24 January 1911 - 18 February 1941
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/El 165/4

Minutes of meetings of the Durham Diocesan Girl's Friendly Society Council, 27 May 1941 - 22 July 1954
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/El 165/5

Minutes of meetings of the Durham Diocesan Girl's Friendly Society Council, 25 September 1954 - 16 February 1963
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/El 165/6

Minutes of meetings of the Durham Diocesan Girl's Friendly Society Council, 8 May 1963 - 28 October 1972
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/El 165/7

Minutes of meetings of the Durham Diocesan Girl's Friendly Society Council, 24 February 1973 - 25 May 1977
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/El 165/8

Minutes of meetings of the Durham Diocesan Girl's Friendly Society Council, 30 June 1986 - 12 September 1994
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 165/9

Minutes of meetings of the Durham Diocesan Girl's Friendly Society Council, 8 October 1994 - 18 October 1997
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 165/10

Minutes of meetings of the Durham Diocesan Girl's Friendly Society Council, 8 November 1997 - 13 November 2004
(1 file)

Sub-committee minutes of meetings (Ref: EP/El section 02)

161, 166-167

Ref: EP/El 161

Minutes of meetings of the Durham Branch Council Girl's Friendly Society Council, 27 April 1904 - 14 February 1933
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/El 166

Minutes of meetings of the Durham Diocesan Girl's Friendly Society Council - Members' Committee, 7 May 1941 - 15 December 1951
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/El 167

Minutes of meetings of the Durham Diocesan Girl's Friendly Society Council - Executive Committee, 3 December 1891 - 18 June 1980 Note: various sub - committee minutes 29 February 1924 - 20 September 1950 located at end of volume
(1 volume)

Annual reports (Ref: EP/El section 03)

164/1-9

Ref: EP/El 164/1

Girl's Friendly Society Durham Diocese, Annual Reports, 1883 - 1885; 1889
(4 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/El 164/2

Girl's Friendly Society Durham Diocese, Annual Reports, 1891; 1894 - 1896; 1898 - 1899
(6 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/El 164/3

Girl's Friendly Society Durham Diocese, Annual Reports, 1900 - 1910
(11 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/El 164/4

Girl's Friendly Society Durham Diocese, Annual Reports, 1911 - 1919
(9 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/El 164/5

Girl's Friendly Society Durham Diocese, Annual Reports, 1920; 1922 - 1929
(8 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/El 164/6

Girl's Friendly Society Durham Diocese, Annual Reports, 1930 - 1933; 1935 - 1939
(9 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/El 164/7

Girl's Friendly Society Durham Diocese, Annual Reports, 1940 - 1942; 1945; 1949
(5 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/El 164/8

Girl's Friendly Society Durham Diocese, Annual Reports, 1950; 1952 - 1953
(2 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/El 164/9

Girl's Friendly Society Durham Diocese, Annual Report, 1972 - 1973
(2 booklets, printed)

Order of service (Ref: EP/El section 04)

163/1

Ref: EP/El 163/1

Order of service for Girl's Friendly Society centenary 1875 - 1975 at Durham Cathedral, 12 July 1975
(1 booklet, typescript)

Picture (Ref: EP/El section 05)

162/1

Ref: EP/El 162/1

Girl's Friendly Society and Townsend Fellowship picture - reverse showing candidates trophy winners for grading competitions, 1955 - 1960; 1962 - 1978; 1980
(1 picture, colour, 31cm x 22cm)

Sunday School (Ref: EP/El section 02)

112-113, 147

Ref: EP/El 112

Account book of the Sunday School, 1 January 1929 - 13 October 1967
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/El 113

Rough account book of the Sunday School, January 1951 - December 1965
(1 volume, paper)

Ref: EP/El 147

Correspondence concerning resignation of Sunday School teachers, 15 - 23 May 1974
(1 file, typescript)

Other Societies (Ref: EP/El section 03)

12, 115-118

Ref: EP/El 12

Minutes of Eldon Young Women's Guild, 1907 - 1909, and Girl's Guild pf St. Agnes, 1910 - 1913, with concert programmes and organ specifications
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/El 115

Bank pass book for St. Mark's Church Youth Club, 2 September 1959 - 20 April 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/El 116

Bank pass book for St. Mark's Church Scouts Fund, 29 September 1959 - 20 April 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/El 117

Annual report, accounts and agenda for the A.G.M. of the Eldra United Football Club, 1965
(3 papers)

Ref: EP/El 118

Constitution of St. Mark's Playgroup, with accounts and letter of resignation of the supervisor, 1 August 1971 - 30 August 1973
(1 file)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/El Section 14)Parish magazines (Ref: EP/El )

119-120, 148

Ref: EP/El 119

St. Mark's Church Magazine, September 1960
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/El 120

Miscellaneous correspondence and papers concerning the Eldon Lane and District Re-development Association St. Mark's parish magazine, distribution of harvest gifts, times and details of services, and other matters, 13 July 1960 - 7 April 1976
(1 file)

Ref: EP/El 148

Parish Magazine, February 1979
(1 booklet, printed)

Events (Ref: EP/El )

144-146

Ref: EP/El 144

Garden Party receipts, 17 June 1978
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/El 145-146

Programmes for centenary celebrations and centenary concert, 1979
(2 papers)

Photographs (Ref: EP/El )

157/1

Ref: EP/El 157/1

Photographic prints of unidentified children engaging in craft activities, n. d. [c. 1990s]
(6 photographic prints, laminated paper, 43cm x 30cm)



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