Catalogue

Register of baptisms, 18 July 1880 - 19 July 1888

Register of baptisms, 26 July 1888 - 20 August 1896

Register of baptisms, 23 August 1896 - 28 January 1904

Register of baptisms, 4 February 1904 - 27 November 1913

Register of baptisms, 4 December 1913 - 20 June 1926

Register of baptisms, 10 June 1926 - 22 June 1939

Register of marriages, 20 December 1880 - 17 February 1935

Register of marriages, 5 August 1935 - 10 April 1939

Register of banns of marriage, 17 August 1913 - 22 April 1956 (1 volume, vellum bound)

Register of services, 20 April 1930 - 9 July 1939 At end: churchwardens' account, 1939

The London Gazette defining the area of the chapelry of St. Cuthbert, 26 November 1880

Copy of the scheme for uniting the benefices of St. Peter and St. Cuthbert with accompanying letter from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the Hon. Secretary of the P.C.C. of St. Cuthbert, 8 March 1935

Copy draft order-in-council for the union of the benefices of St. Cuthbert, Monkwearmouth and St. Peter, Monkwearmouth, c.1935 Originally enclosed in EP/Mo.SC 6/2

Order-in-council for the union of the benefices of St. Peter and St. Cuthbert, Monkwearmouth, 29 March 1935

The London Gazette recording the granting of a stipend and a sum for a parsonage house, 10 December 1880

The London Gazette recording the granting of a stipend to the incumbent, 5 August 1881

The London Gazette recording the grant of income for an assistant curate, 10 November 1882

Notice announcing the consecration of the church of St. Cuthbert, July 1880

21 May 1935 (1) Rev. John Kendall Hawke, incumbent of the united benefice of St. Peter with St. Cuthbert, Monkwearmouth (2) Rev. Henry Wilfred Watson, the minister licensed to officiate in the church of St. Cuthbert, Monkwearmouth (3) Herbert Hensley, Bishop of Durham Agreement for the establishment of the conventional district of St. Cuthbert, Monkwearmouth

Letter from the Chapter Office, The College, Durham, to Rev. J. Hawke, St. Peter's Vicarage, Monkwearmouth, concerning the appointment of the first minister to the conventional district of St. Cuthbert, 23 September 1935

Letter from Rev. A.A. Wynne Willson, curate-in-charge of the conventional district of St. Cuthbert, Monkwearmouth, 14 Park Place, Sunderland, to the Ecclesiastical Commission, Millbank, Westminster, requesting information on the status of the P.C.C. and churchwardens of a conventional district, 4 December 1935

Photograph of Rev. M. Magonigle, taken by Chas. E. Cowper, Holmeside, Sunderland, c.1910

Photograph (and duplicate, both annotated) of Rev. E.F. Baker, formerly engineer captain in the Royal Navy, c.1913

Photograph of Rev. H.J. Lovejoy at the age of seventy, n.d. c.1920

Photograph and duplicate of Mrs. Lovejoy, wife of incumbent, H.J. Lovejoy, c.1920

Photocopy of typescript of verse written to form part of the celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the incumbency of Rev. H.J. Lovejoy, 1905 - 1930, 1930 (1 paper)

Order-in-council for the transfer of £300, previously part of the stipend for the curate at the church of St. Cuthbert, Monkwearmouth, to the new district of Humbledon and order for the demolition of the church of St. Cuthbert, 6 February 1940

The London Gazette ordering the demolition of the parish church of St. Cuthbert, Monkwearmouth, 9 February 1940

List of fittings from St. Cuthbert's, Monkwearmouth, giving the names of churches to which they are to be transferred, May 1940

Notice taken from the Sunderland Echo informing people that they may remove remains of friends or relatives from the churchyard of Monkwearmouth, St. Cuthbert, 18 January 1941 (1 paper)

Annual vestry meetings minutes, 28 March 1910 - 4 April 1929; annual parochial church meetings minutes, 8 April 1926 - 4 April 1929; church council meetings minutes, 22 April 1926 - 7 April 1930

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 27 January 1938 - 19 August 1939 [last meeting of council on the winding-up of the parish]

Copy letter from St. Cuthbert's P.C.C. to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the Durham Diocesan Benefices Committee objecting to the union of the parishes of St. Peter and St. Cuthbert, 1933, and letter from the chaplain to the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, to the Hon. Secretary of St. Cuthbert's P.C.C. replying to the P.C.C.'s objection to the union of parishes, 20 September 1933

Letter from the Bishop of Jarrow, The College, Durham, to the Hon. Secretary of the P.C.C. of St. Cuthbert's, Monkwearmouth, commenting on the representations concerning the uniting of the parishes of St. Cuthbert and St. Peter and enclosing a copy of minutes of a meeting concerning the matter, 3 October 1933

Correspondence between the P.C.C. of St. Cuthbert, Monkwearmouth; the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Millbank, London; Rural Dean of Wearmouth, St. John's Vicarage, Sunderland; Bishop of Jarrow, The College, Durham; the Chapter Office, The College, Durham, concerning the creation of St. Cuthbert's as a conventional district, 29 December 1934 - 4 February 1935

Letter from Ecclesiastical Commission, Millbank, London, to Hon. Secretary of P.C.C. of St. Cuthbert, Monkwearmouth, acknowledging the P.C.C.'S withdrawal of its objections to the union of the benefices, 14 February 1935

Draft letter from the Hon. Secretary to the Parochial Church Council to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners protesting at the proposal to merge the parish with that of St. Peter, Monkwearmouth and to demolish the church c.1939 Originally enclosed in EP/Mo.SC 6/2

Letter from W.G. Barston, 5 Melrose Gardens, Roker, Sunderland, to Mr. Moore thanking him for his help during the dissolution of St. Cuthbert's Monkwearmouth, 11 September 1940

Draft report of the annual parochial church meeting concerning the union of the parish with St. Peter's, Monkwearmouth and the demolition of the church and expressing disquiet at the parish not having been consulted, [April] 1939 Originally enclosed in EP/Mo.SC 6/2

Photograph, and duplicate, of the last meeting of St. Cuthbert's P.C.C. with annotation identifying the occasion and (on duplicate) names and histories of the individuals, c.1939 (2 photographs, 16.5 cm. x 21.5 cm., black and white)

Photograph of the final party held by the Mothers' Union before the closure of the church, 1939

Postcard photograph of St. Cuthbert's football team, 1913 - 1914

Photograph of members of St. Cuthbert's rowing club (individuals identified on back of photograph), c.1913

Photograph of crowd and photographers watching H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, and others, coming from St. Cuthbert's boys' club into Back Lane, after the opening ceremony, c.1930

Photograph (and two copies, all annotated) of H. Archer [superintendent of the Sunday School], Rev. Wynne Willson, Rev. E.F. Baker, the Duke of Gloucester and the Mayor of Sunderland, Alderman Summerbell, at the opening of the St. Cuthbert's boys' club in Hamilton Street, c. 1930

Photographs of a children's concert party at St. Cuthbert's, November 1910

Photograph of unidentified concert party or fancy dress party, 1930s

Photograph, and duplicate, of New Year party held on New Year's day with annotation explaining the organisation of the party and (on duplicate) identifying a number of the individuals present, n.d.