Catalogue

Register of baptisms, 8 June 1873 - 16 May 1880

Register of baptisms, 16 May 1880 - 26 July 1885

Register of baptisms, 26 July 1885 - 4 August 1897

Register of baptisms, 4 August 1897 - 1 May 1901

Register of baptisms, 5 May 1901 - 30 July 1914

Register of baptisms, 30 July 1914 - 11 December 1927

Register of baptisms, 15 December 1927 - 17 September 1944

Register of baptisms, 21 September 1944 - 18 August 1955

Register of baptisms, 25 August 1955 - 28 January 1962

Register of marriages, 7 June 1873 - 25 December 1888

Register of marriages, 25 December 1888 - 4 March 1899

Register of marriages, 21 March 1899 - 13 June 1908

Register of marriages, 20 June 1908 - 23 February 1918

Register of marriages, 9 March 1918 - 5 April 1926

Register of marriages, 12 April 1926 - 17 July 1937

Register of marriages, 31 July 1937 - 3 September 1949

Register of marriages, 3 September 1949 - 27 January 1962 (1 volume, cloth bound)

Register of burials, 10 July 1875 - 2 September 1879

Register of confirmations, 14 March 1900 - 16 December 1959

The London Gazette defining the boundaries of the parish, 16 May 1871

'Map Showing the Alteration of the Boundaries of the Parishes of St. Andrew, Monkwearmouth, The Venerable Bede, Monkwearmouth, All Saints, Monkwearmouth, St. Columba, Southwick', 1961 Scale: 12 inches to 1 mile [1:5280] (1 plan, 81 cm. x 56 cm., colour-wash)

The London Gazette recording the grant of income to the incumbent of the vicarage of the Venerable Bede, Monkwearmouth, 14 June 1872

The London Gazette recording an additional endowment for the living and a sum for the parsonage house, 30 December 1873

The London Gazette recording additional income for the living, 30 July 1875

The London Gazette recording the provision of income for a curate, 3 March 1876

The London Gazette recording the grant of £60 for second curate, 10 February 1882

The London Gazette recording the provision of income for a second curate, 1 February 1884

Correspondence between the bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle; the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; the Secretary of the Parochial Church Council; concerning the augmentation of the benefice under Durham Diocese's Scheme K, March 1953 - 2 October 1953

Letter from the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, to Rev. A.G. Curtis, informing him of a grant for a 'lady worker', 31 March 1955

Licence of Rev. Birman Nottingham as assistant curate, 5 June 1955

Table of fees, 19 February 1948

Schedule of furniture and fittings transferred from the church of the Venerable Bede, Monkwearmouth, to the church of St. Peter, Monkwearmouth, March 1962

Correspondence between Rev. C.C. Barclay, Accra Diocesan Association, 17 The Medway, Felpham, Bognor Regis; B. Cheeseman; The Prioress, St. Hilda's Priory, Sneaton Castle, Whitby, concerning the conveyance by one of the sisters of the priory of the wafer box belonging to the church of the Venerable Bede, Monkwearmouth, to a church in Accra, 15 May - 6 July 1962 (2 papers)

Correspondence between Miss P. Carter, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; C.W. Wilson and Sons, Ltd., Low Street, Sunderland; Rev. A.R. Pugh, St. Peter's Vicarage; Hon. P.C.C. Secretary, St. Mary with St. Peter, Bishopwearmouth; Smiths, Gore and Co., surveyors and land agents, Bondgate, Darlington, concerning the demolition of the church of, and the disposal of the fittings of, the church of Monkwearmouth, Venerable Bede, 13 March 1962 - 23 March 1965

Correspondence between the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, Westminster; the secretary of the P.C.C. of the parish of the Venerable Bede, Monkwearmouth and the secretary of the P.C.C. of the parish of St. Peter, Monkwearmouth, concerning the closure of the church of the Venerable Bede and of its parsonage house, 10 May 1961 - 20 February 1962 (6 papers)

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; the Secretary of the Parochial Church Council; William and T.R. Milburn, architects, 17 Fawcett Street, Sunderland, concerning war damage to the church, 14 February 1949 - 24 June 1952

Letter from T. Scrafton and Sons, Ltd., Brooke Street, Sunderland, to Rev. B. Nottingham, Venerable Bede Vicarage, Sunderland, giving a quotation for repairs to the church, 30 September 1957

Copy letter from the incumbent of the parish of the Venerable Bede, Monkwearmouth, to the archdeacon of Durham concerning repairs to the church, 18 September 1958

Postcard depicting the interior of Venerable Bede church, looking down the nave towards the altar, photographed by R.C.S. Houseman, n.d. [1920s]

Photograph of the high altar in Venerable Bede church, n.d. [1950s]

Photograph of the font, decorated with flowers, n.d. [1950s]

Photograph of Hedworth Place and the Newcastle Road roundabout, viewed from The Wheatsheaf public house, with the church of Monkwearmouth, Venerable Bede in the background and Suttons Esso garage in the foreground, n.d. [ c.1960]

Licence by the Ministry of Works for the repair of the floor at the vicarage, 2 October 1946

Correspondence between the Honorary Secretary, P.C.C. of the Venerable Bede, and the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, concerning repairs to the vicarage, 16 January - 5 February 1955

Correspondence between P. Carter, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, and W. Barker, Prince George Avenue, Sunderland, concerning the sale of the vicarage at the Venerable Bede, 6 May - 29 June 1961

Correspondence between Miss P. Carter, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; B. Cheeseman, Blanchland Drive, Sunderland; McKenzie, Bell and Sons, solicitors, John Street, Sunderland; concerning the disposal of the Jeffrey Memorial Hall, property in Eden Street and investment of the proceeds, 28 July 1960 - 31 October 1963

Notes of meetings of the Jeffrey Hall Management Committee, 16 September 1960, 24 February, 28 April 1961, 26 January 1962

Correspondence between McKenzie Bell and Sons, solicitors, John Street, Sunderland; B.D. Cheeseman, Blanchland Drive, Sunderland; Miss P. Carter, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Rev. A.R.G. Pugh, St. Peter's Vicarage, Monkwearmouth, concerning the disposal of the property at 7 Wearmouth Street, Sunderland, 18 March 1961 - 4 October 1962

Correspondence between Simey, Iliffe and Byers, John Street, Sunderland; the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; the incumbent of the parish of the Venerable Bede, concerning the sale of the Eden Street Mission Room, 20 July 1950, 29 December 1961 - 17 February 1962

Correspondence between the Charity Commission, Ryder Street, London; Miss P. Carter, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Rev. A.R.G. Pugh, St. Peter's Vicarage, Monkwearmouth, concerning the Brooke Street fund and the Sunday School, 30 April 1962 - 4 June 1964

Inventory, 14 April 1942

Inventory, 15 July 1952

Terrier, 15 July 1952

Schedule of dilapidations at the vicarage of Monkwearmouth, Venerable Bede, 18 November 1949

Schedule of dilapidations at the vicarage of Monkwearmouth, Venerable Bede, 11 October 1954

Notice of cost of repairs needed under Ecclesiastical Dilapidation Measures, 21 November 1939, 1 May 1940, 14 December 1944

Assessment of annual dilapidations, 6 April and 16 June 1950

Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923-51, 7 June 1955

Freewill offerings account book, 1897 - 1901

Parochial Church Council and annual church meetings minute book, 16 March 1937 - 12 March 1951

Parochial Church Council and annual church meetings minute book, 2 April 1951 - 2 March 1962

Parochial Church Council account book, 2 October 1956 - 31 December 1960

Parochial Church Council account book, 1 January 1961 - 15 March 1963

Statements of income and expenditure, 1951 - 1957

Letters from the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, to A. Sheriff, 9 Burnhope Drive, Sunderland, concerning the proposed closure of the church of the Venerable Bede, 1 December 1959 and 6 January 1960 Includes: copy of resolution passed at a meeting of the P.C.C. of the Venerable Bede, 1 December 1959

Letter from Anthony Lamb, Hon. Secretary of the P.C.C. of St. Peter, Monkwearmouth, to B. Cheeseman, Hon. Secretary of the P.C.C. of the Venerable Bede, Monkwearmouth, concerning the joint use of the Jeffrey Hall, 20 July 1960

Letter from the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, Westminster, to the Secretary of the P.C.C. of the Venerable Bede, Monkwearmouth, enclosing a copy of a list of proposals including the union of the two parishes of St. Peter and the Venerable Bede and the demolition of the church of the Venerable Bede, and draft reply, 10 August and 4 September 1960

Parochial return of staff and membership to the Central Board of Finance, 1956, 1958, and return of income and expenditure, 1960

Copy electoral roll certificate returned to the National Assembly of the Church of England indicating the number on the electoral roll, 7 April 1959

'Planimetric of Existing Heating System. Venerable Bede's Schoolroom', drawing no. H/746/1, by Steel and Company, Ltd., engineers, Sunderland, January 1938 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Letter from Rev. J.J. Moore, 31 Ashwood Terrace, Sunderland, to Mr. Park explaining the current use of the school buildings, 2 June 1944 Originally enclosed in EP/Mo.SC 6/2 (1 paper)

Church Year Book, 1956

Church Year Book, 1956

Church Year Book, 1959

Church Year Book, 1960

Venerable Bede Parish Magazine, August 1956

Letter from Canon A.H. Couratin, Librarian to the Dean and Chapter, The Cathedral Library, Durham, to Rev. Tony Hart, Bishop's Chaplain, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, outlining the history of the parish of Monkwearmouth, Venerable Bede, 25 May 1967