Catalogue

Register of baptisms, 6 January 1897 - 7 August 1907

Register of baptisms, 7 August 1907 - 16 August, 1916

Register of baptisms, 23 August 1916 - 16 June 1927

Register of baptisms, 23 June 1927 - 27 March 1949

Register of baptisms, 27 March 1949 - 26 September 1965

Register of marriages, 11 February 1893 - 16 October 1918

Register of marriages, 19 October 1918 - 1 July 1922

Register of marriages, 5 August 1922 - 21 March 1936

Register of marriages, 21 March 1936 - 6 May 1944

Register of marriages, 29 May 1944 - 13 March 1954

Register of marriages, 5 June 1954 - 21 July 1973

Register of marriages, 8 September 1973 - 20 August 1975

Register of marriages, 9 August 1975 - 18 February 1989

Register of marriages, 23 April 1989 - 2 September 2000

Register of marriages, 21 October 2000 - 7 September 2013

Register of banns of marriage, 1 January 1893 - 20 November 1904

Register of banns of marriage, 20 November 1904 - 29 October 1922

Register of banns of marriage, 29 October 1922 - 21 April 1940

Register of banns of marriage, 7 April 1940 - 5 June 1955

Register of banns of marriage, 22 May 1955 - 20 January 1985

Register of banns of marriage, 3 February 1985 - 16 July 2000

Register of burials, 3 January 1897 - 25 May 1910

Register of burials, 4 June 1910 - 15 November 1920

Register of burials, 27 November 1920 - 27 January 1932

Register of burials, 11 February 1932 - 1 February 1943

Register of burials, 18 March 1943 - 17 April 1951

Register of burials, 1 May 1951 - 15 December 1973

Licence to marry in St. Patrick's Church, Edgar Payling of Rosehill near Rotherham, Yorks., and Jessie Ford Smith of Highfield, 10 March 1943

Licence to marry in St. Patrick's Church, Gordon J. Dobinson of Dipton Parish and Sonia C. Hughes of Winlaton Parish, 28 March 1961

Certificate of banns of marriage, Thomas Laing Padget of Bishop Hatfield, Herts., and Mary Waters of Winlaton, 14 June 1937

Certificate of banns of marriage, Albert Watson Elliott of Consett and Maid Clarke of Winlaton, 12 July 1938

Certificate of banns of marriage, Andrew McPherson of Medomsley and Mary College of High Spen, 20 March 1939

Certificate of banns of marriage, Richard Baikie of Delaval and Mary Briggs of High Spen, 1 April 1939

Certificate of banns of marriage, Gordon Graham of Hetton-le-Hole and Margaret Cosker of High Spen, 11 June 1939

Certificate of banns of marriage, Edward Thompson of Greenside and Lena Lintern of Winlaton, 12 June 1939

Certificate of banns of marriage, Clifford M. Langley of Kings Langley, Herts., and Mary A. Gardner of High Spen, 11 July 1939

Certificate of banns of marriage, Wilfred Adamson of Chopwell and Sadie Armstrong of Winlaton, 24 July 1939

Certificate of banns of marriage, Leslie H. Rolph of Clapham Park and Marion Forster of Winlaton, 6 August 1939

Certificate of banns of marriage, Leslie Rispin of Ebchester and Ethel Wilson of High Spen, 14 August 1939

Certificate of banns of marriage, Joseph Stoppard of Gateshead and Dorothy Stoppard of Winlaton, 20 December 1939

Certificate of banns of marriage, Joseph Freek of Consett and Margaret Teasdale of High Spen, 28 March 1940

Register of confirmations, 8 December 1940 - 8 February 1968

Register of Preachers, Offertory and Communicants, 17 April 1898 - 29 June 1907

Register of Preachers, Offertory and Communicants, Easter 1918 - 31 July 1921

Register of Preachers, Offertory and Communicants, 7 August 1921 - 25 May 1924

Register of Services, 31 March 1907 - 21 April 1918

Register of Services, 8 June 1924 - 30 June 1930

Register of Services, 1 July 1930 - 25 September 1938

Register of Services, 2 October 1938 - 14 June 1942

Register of Services, 17 June 1942 - 1 September 1946

Register of Services, 2 September 1946 - 26 August 1951

Register of Services, 2 September 1951 - 19 August 1956

Register of Services, 15 March 1964 - 1 August 1974

Register of services, 4 August 1974 - 12 April 1981

Register of services, 13 April 1981 - 15 February 1989

Register of services, 19 February 1989 - 6 November 2012

Copy of Order in Council and pastoral scheme for the creation of the new benefice of High Spen and Rowlands Gill, 11 September - 5 November 1986

Parish profile for High Spen, St Patrick and Rowlands Gill, St Barnabas, n.d. [1994]

Letter of A. Pearson, Painter, of Rowlands Gill to Mr. Twizell, Secretary of St. Patrick's Church Committee, apologising for not submitting a tender for decorating the church, 14 June 1945

Letter of R.C. Williamson Ltd., Builder of Rowlands Gill to Mr. Twizell re. the cost of painting the church, 9 July 1945

Letters of Rowells Ltd., of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to S. Twizell re. the proposed installation of a complete heating system in St. Patrick's Church Hall. Attached to Number 4/5 is a brief specification of the proposed heating, 16 November - 4 December 1945

Three designs for a door handle, incorporating the St Patrick theme, by Ron Field, with covering letter from Altech Services, engineers and metalworkers, Langley Park Industrial Estate, Witton Gilbert, to Rev. C. Collins, St Patrick's Vicarage, High Spen, Tyne and Wear, 8 January 1984

Specification and plan for the rewiring and lighting of the church, 1 June 1993

Plan of St. Patrick's burial ground showing the position of the plots, n.d., c 1890 Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet

Register of graves. Includes number of grave, name of person buried, size of grave, date of burial, name of officiating clergyman and fees paid, 6 April 1909 - 28 September 1965

Index to Registers of graves, 6 April 1909 - 28 September 1965

Plan of St. Patrick's Church Hall showing the proposed heating scheme by Roswells Ltd., 4 November 1945 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Faculty authorising the installation of an aumbry in the east wall of the church, 16 May 1977

Faculty authorising firstly, the introduction into the church of 9 balanced flue gas convector heaters, 1 radiant panel heater and the provision of a Calor gas bulk storage cylinder and secondly, a gas pipe to be laid along the northern perimeter of the north west section of the consecrated churchyard, under the parsonage drive and into the church, 6 December 1982

Archdeacon's certificate authorising unspecified general maintenance work at St Patrick's church, 15 February 1990

Quinquennial report, 11 August 1978

Quinquennial inspection report on St Patrick's church, by the Charlewood Curry Partnership, architects, 32 - 34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 10 October 1989

Quinquennial inspection report on St Patrick's church, by Christopher Downs, chartered architect, ecclesiastical and historic buildings consultant, 8 Holmside Place, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, 18 June 1994

Quinquennial inspection report on St Patrick's church, by Christopher Downs, chartered architect, ecclesiastical and historic buildings consultant, The Cathedral Architect's Office, The Great Kitchen, The College, Durham, 25 August 2003

Quinquennial inspection by 1. Ness, Architect, 26 Grosvenor Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 2RE, 11 February 2008

Brochure publicising the church's Christian Stewardship initiative and planned giving campaign, 1966

Vestry, Parochial Church Council and Church Committee Minute Book, 30 April 1919 - 16 July 1928. Only those meetings held 1919 - 1921 are termed "vestry" meetings. Church Committee meetings were generally held in the vestry of St. Patrick's Church while the P.C.C. meetings were held at the mother rather church of Winlaton, 1919 - 1928

Church Committee Minute Book, 20 August 1928 - 17 October 1938

Church Committee Minute Book, 7 November 1938 - 14 January 1946. Also contains minutes of the Jubilee Committee meetings, 1940

Church Committee Minute Book, 11 February 1946 - 11 October 1954

Church Committee Minute Book, 11 October 1954 - 24 July 1961

Minutes of the Church Committee, 15 October 1961 - 5 April 1966

Minutes of the Church Committee, 3 May 1966 - 18 July 1973

Minutes of Church Committee, 7 April 1974 - 9 December 1986

Minutes of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council of High Spen and Rowlands Gill, 17 December 1986 - 17 October 1990

Minutes and agenda papers of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council of the parish of High Spen and Rowlands Gill, 25 June 1991 - 29 January 1997

Minutes of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council of the parish of High Spen and Rowlands Gill, 1 May 1997 - 12 November 2002 and minutes of Annual Vestry and Annual General Meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 9 April 1995 - 22 April 2001

Minutes and agenda papers of Annual Meetings of parishioners and Annual General Meetings of the Parochial Church Council of the parish of High Spen and Rowlands Gill, 5 April 1992 - 21 April 1996

Draft agreement for the employment of Mrs. McWalker as the church caretaker with a list of her duties, 2 November 1940

Draft agreement for the appointment of a verger with a list of duties, 2 November 1940

'High Spen Area Study and Local Plan Brief,' a joint report published by R. C. Scarlett, Director of the Environment, Tyne and Wear County Council and J. L. Hurrell, Director of Planning, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, October 1974

The Future of Your Area, a leaflet, published jointly by Tyne and Wear County Council and Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, inviting comments on the future development of the areas of High Spen, Chopwell and Barlow; Highfield, Blackhall Mill and Rowlands Gill, n.d. [1974]

'High Spen Area Study: Local Opinion on the Future of the Area,' a joint report on the results of initial-stage public participation, published by M. Hague, Executive Director of Planning, Tyne and Wear County Council, and J. L. Hurrell, Director of Planning, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, January 1975

'High Spen Area Study', a consultation document published by M. Hague, Executive Director of Planning, Tyne and Wear County Council and J. L. Hurrell, Director of Planning, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, March 1975

Leaflet publicising the findings of the High Spen Area Study, published by M. Hague, Executive Director of Planning, Tyne and Wear County Council and J. L. Hurrell, Director of Planning, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, March 1975

High Spen Area Study Policy Statement, published by M. Hague, Executive Director of Planning, Tyne and Wear County Council and J. L. Hurrell, Director of Planning, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, March 1976

'High Spen Action Area Plan Brief,' a local plan for the development of High Spen village, published by J. L. Hurrell, Director of Planning, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council and M. Hague, Executive Director of Planning, Tyne and Wear County Council, April 1976

'High Spen Action Area Plan Draft Proposals,' published jointly by J. L. Hurrell, Director of Planning, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council and M. Hague, Executive Director of Planning, Tyne and Wear County Council, July 1976

'High Spen Action Area Plan: Opinion on the Draft Proposals,' a joint report by J. L. Hurrell, Director of Planning, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council and M. Hague, Executive Director of Planning, Tyne and Wear County Council, December 1976

High Spen Action Area Plan, Plan 1: Community Facilities, by J. L. Hurrell, Director of Planning, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, n.d. [1976] Scales: 1:1250 and 1:5000

High Spen Action Area Plan, Plan 2: Constraints on Development, by J. L. Hurrell, Director of Planning, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, n.d. [1976] Scale: 1:5000

High Spen Action Area Plan, Plan 4: Draft Proposals, by J. L. Hurrell, Director of Planning, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, n.d. [1976] Scale: 1:5000

'High Spen Action Area Plan Policy Statement,' published jointly J. L. Hurrell, Director of Planning, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council and M. Hague, Executive Director of Planning, Tyne and Wear County Council, January 1977

St. Patrick's Church, High Spen: a hundred years, 1890 - 1990 by Rev. Martin Jackson, n.d. [1990]

Parish magazines, September 1986 - February 1993

Letter of (?) F. Fry, Rowlands Gill, to Miss Bell re. the garden fete, 6 June 1961

Sales brochure for the Minimax fire extinguishers, 1940

Typescript copy of the words of the song "Amazing Grace", n.d., c 1960