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Heighington Church. Plan of proposed extension and restoration, 1871

Heighington Church. Section of proposed extension and restoration looking west, 1871

Report of proposed chancel repairs (File Number 42456) by Ewan Christian, Architect, submitted to The Secretary, Ecclesiastical Commission, 20 June, 1870

Estimate for proposed restoration and enlargement of Heighington Church, by Ewan Christian, Architect, 20 December, 1870

Report on the condition of the parish church prior to restoration, by Ewan Christian, Architect, 7 July, 1873

Income and expenditure account of Heighington Church Restoration Fund, n.d. [January 1873] - February 1877 Income and expenditure account of the School Enlargement Fund, 1877 - 1878 Extracts, dated 1613 - 1721, from parish records of Heighington, St. Michael, mostly relating to clergymen and other local worthies, n.d. [ c.1880]

Receipts and payments account of the restoration of Heighington parish church as at 24 August 1877

Poster advertising a bazaar and sale of work for liquidating the debt on St. Michael 's church and admission ticket to the event, 26 - 28 July 1877

Minutes of meetings of a Committee for the Restoration of St. Michael's Parish Church, 9 July 1873 - 24 August 1877

Photograph of the interior of Heighington Church, prior to restoration, presented by Rev. H.D. Jackson, 1916, n.d., pre 1916

Letter from John Taylor and Company, Bell Foundry, Loughborough, to Rev. C. Clinton Chevallier, Heighington, enclosing estimate for new hanging and quartering and addition of new bells to belfry at Heighington, 27 January, 1882

Order of service for the dedication of the bells at St. Michael's church, 19 June 1883 Originally enclosed in EP/He 714/1

Order of service for 'Ringing in the Buds of May', a service of thanksgiving and re-dedication following the completion of St. Michael's Bell Tower Project, 1 May 2005

Leaflet publicising a ' Living Game of Chess' at Redworth Park, in aid of the fund for restoring Heighington church bells, 7 - 8 September 1882 Originally enclosed in EP/He 714/1

Receipts and payments account in connection with the three new bells presented to St. Michael ' s church, placing the three old ones in a place of safety and providing surplices for the clergy, n.d. [1883]

Receipted invoices, both with decorative bill heads, for goods purchased in connection with the church bells luncheon, June 1883 Originally enclosed in EP/He 714/1

Receipts and payments account of the church bells luncheon, n.d. [June 1883] Originally enclosed in EP/He 714/1

Quotation for re-painting and gilding of the dials of the church clock, by T. Cooke & Sons, Buckingham Works, York, 1 June 1883 Originally enclosed in EP/He 714/1

Heighington Parochial Hall, Minutes and Accounts, 1913 - 1967

Correspondence between Leigh, Gold & Co., solicitors, 39 Cauldwell Lane, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear; Rev. Hilary W. Jackson, The Vicarage, Heighington; Smith, Roddam & Co., (formerly Trotter, Bruce & Loft) solicitors, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; the Diocesan Office, Bishop Auckland; Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, 81 Bondgate, Darlington; the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; Chief Planning Officer, Borough of Darlington, Town Hall, Darlington; E. Wilkinson, 27 West Gree n, Heighington; Douglas E. Metcalfe, chartered town planner, 20 Clanny Road, Newton Aycliffe; R.A. Thompson, North Weke, 8 Hall Lane, Heighington; J.W. Stenson, builder and contractor, 178 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington; William Lax & Son, builders and contractors, 74 & 76 The Green Cockerton; T. Manners & Sons Ltd., builders and contractors, Peel Street, Bishop Auckland and Geoffrey Townsend, 'Merrigale' , Snackgate Lane, Heighington, concerning the demolition of the church hall and sale of the site; construction of a garage for the vicarage and the sale of parts of the vicarage garden, 24 June 1964 - 3 September 1979

Correspondence between Smith, Roddam & Co., solicitors, (formerly Trotter, Bruce & Loft) 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; Rev. Hilary W. Jackson, The Vicarage, Heighington; Smiths Gore, surveyors, 81 Bondgate, Darlington; the Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; H. Robinson, 2 Blackwell Grove, Darlington; Douglas E. Metcalfe, 20 Clanny Road, Newton Aycliffe and P. Nattress, 23 Barrett Road, Darlington, c oncerning an agreement to lease part of the vicarage garden to Mr. Metcalfe and the subs equent sale of the land to him, 27 January 1970 - 26 March 1976

Ground and site plans, elevations and section of a proposed garage at The Vicarage, Heighington, n.d. [ c.1967] Scales: 1:2500 and 1 inch = 8 feet [1:96]

Churchwardens' accounts, including the names of parishioners who received a dole each quarter, the appointment of churchwardens and the minutes of the meetings of the vestry (1831 - 1869), 1651 - 1755

Churchwardens' accounts, 1720 - 1755

Churchwardens' accounts, n.d.

Churchwardens' accounts, 1778 - 1871

Churchwardens Account Book, 1922 - 1932

Church Accounts, 1938 - 1948

Church Accounts, 1949 - 1960

Church Accounts, 1960 - 1964

Income and expenditure account of St. Michael' s church for the year ended 31 December 1957

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