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Hamsterley Colliery Christ Church Parish

Reference: EP/HC Catalogue Title: Hamsterley Colliery Christ Church Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1895-2018

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  • Hamsterley Colliery Christ Church Parish
    • Registration (Ref: EP/HC 1/)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/HC 1/section 01)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/HC 1/section 02)
    • Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/HC 1/section 03)
    • Registers of burials (Ref: EP/HC 1/section 04)
    • Clergy (Ref: EP/HC 2/)
    • Registers of services (Ref: EP/HC 2/section 01)
    • Churchwardens (Ref: EP/HC 4/)
    • Church (Ref: EP/HC 4/section 01)
    • Churchyard (Ref: EP/HC 4/section 02)
    • Church hall (Ref: EP/HC 4/section 03)
    • Faculties (Ref: EP/HC 4/section 04)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/HC 4/section 06)
    • Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/HC 6/)
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/HC 6/section 01)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/HC 6/section 02)

Catalogue Contents

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

1/1, 3-4

Ref: EP/HC 1/1

Register of baptisms, 21 June 1896 - 20 July 1910
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/HC 1/3

Register of baptisms, 27 July 1910 - 8 October 1924
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/HC 1/4

Register of baptisms, 23 October 1924 - 1 May 1949
(1 volume, vellum bound)

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

1/5-9, 1/13/1

Ref: EP/HC 1/5

Register of marriages, 2 June 1906 - 14 August 1920
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/HC 1/6

Register of marriages, 25 September 1920 - 28 August 1930
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/HC 1/7

Register of marriages, 30 August 1930 - 20 December 1941
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/HC 1/8

Register of marriages, 14 April 1942 - 15 June 1946
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/HC 1/9

Register of marriages, 3 August 1946 - 12 February 1966
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/HC 1/13/1

Register of marriages, 2 April 1966 - 18 August 2018
(1 volume)

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

1/11-12

Ref: EP/HC 1/11

Register of banns of marriage, 26 December 1915 - 15 December 1957
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/HC 1/12

Register of banns of marriage, 26 January 1958 - 15 May 1979
(1 volume, card bound)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/HC 1/section 04)

1/2, 10

Ref: EP/HC 1/2

Register of burials, 30 April 1895 - 19 February 1914 With alphabetical index
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/HC 1/10

Register of burials, 25 February 1914 - 22 May 1940 (1 volume)

Clergy (Ref: EP/HC 2/)Registers of services (Ref: EP/HC 2/section 01)

2/1-3

Ref: EP/HC 2/1

Register of services, 15 February 1925 - 27 December 1938
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/HC 2/2

Register of services, 1 January 1939 - 30 April 1949
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/HC 2/3

Register of services, 1 May 1949 - 27 December 1949
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/HC 4/)Church (Ref: EP/HC 4/section 01)

4/2, 8

Ref: EP/HC 4/2

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Insurance Co. Ltd. regarding the claim for damage and theft at church, 16 October 1979
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/HC 4/8

Ground plan, elevations, and section of the proposed extension to the chancel of Hamsterley [Colliery] Mission Church, by Hicks and Charlewood, architects, 67 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, 15 October 1903 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 50.5 cm. x 33.5 cm., waxed linen, colour wash)

Churchyard (Ref: EP/HC 4/section 02)

4/3-4

Ref: EP/HC 4/3

Order in Council and plan relating to the closure of Christ Church Burial Ground, Low Westwood, 13 October 1980 (2 papers, mounted on card)

Ref: EP/HC 4/4

Ground plan of the church of Christ Church and its burial ground by Gilbert Jensson, mine and land surveyor, 17 May 1917 [The graves are not identified by numbers or names] Scale: 5 inches to 100 feet [1:240]
(1 plan, 50 cm. x 80 cm., colour-wash)

Church hall (Ref: EP/HC 4/section 03)

4/5

Ref: EP/HC 4/5

Note certifying that the Rev. R.E. Carr had handed the original trust deed of Hamsterley Colliery church hall to the trustees, 13 May 1926
(1 paper)

Faculties (Ref: EP/HC 4/section 04)

4/7

Ref: EP/HC 4/7

Faculty authorising the erection of a free-standing external notice-board in the grounds of Hamsterley [Colliery], Christ Church, 20 February 1985
(1 paper, printed form)

Financial records (Ref: EP/HC 4/section 06)

4/1, 6

Ref: EP/HC 4/1

Churchwardens' account book, 1912 - 1966
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/HC 4/6

25 October 1926 (1) Mabel Marion Watson, formerly of Burnopfield House, now of the city and county of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, spinster; Williamson Curry Longstaff of Hamsterley, mining engineer; and Robert Chaytor of Hamsterley, retired colliery official; all the Committee (2) John Cummings of Highbury in the city and county of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, mining engineer; Thomas Robinson of Woodville, Medomsley, joiner; Rev. Robert Edmund Parr of Glebe House, Medomsley, clerk in holy orders; Mabel Marion Watson and William Curry Longstaff; all the trustees Copy agreement whereby (1) agrees to keep account books for the management of the Hamsterley Colliery church hall and that any surplus shall be used in repaying the interest and capital on a mortgage of £450 taken out on 23 October 1926
(1 file)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/HC 6/)Minutes (Ref: EP/HC 6/section 01)

6/1

Ref: EP/HC 6/1

Minutes of the Hamsterley Colliery subcommittee of Medomsley Parochial Church Council, 20 March 1950 - 25 September 1967 Log of events, November 1977 - 25 February 1981
(1 volume, card bound)

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

6/2-5

Ref: EP/HC 6/2

Annual accounts, 1978
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/HC 6/3

Number not used
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/HC 6/4

Number not used

Ref: EP/HC 6/5

Balance sheet for the parish of Christ Church, Hamsterley Colliery, for the year ending 31 December 1949
(1 paper)



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