Newbottle St. Matthew Parish
Reference: EP/Ne Catalogue Title: Newbottle St. Matthew Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description:
Covering Dates: 1850 - 2009
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- Newbottle St. Matthew Parish
- Newbottle St Matthew (Ref: EP/Ne)
- 01 Registration (Ref: EP/NeSection 1)
- Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Nesection 01)
- Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Nesection 02)
- Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Nesection 03)
- Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Nesection 04)
- 02 Clergy (Ref: EP/NeSection 2)
- Register of confirmations (Ref: EP/Nesection 01)
- Registers of services (Ref: EP/Nesection 02)
- Register of preachers (Ref: EP/Nesection 03)
- Benefice (Ref: EP/Nesection 04)
- Benefice income (Ref: EP/Nesection 05)
- Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Nesection 06)
- Licences for the performance of divine service (Ref: EP/Nesection 07)
- Centenary service (Ref: EP/Nesection 08)
- Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Nesection 09)
- 04 Churchwardens (Ref: EP/NeSection 4)
- Church (Ref: EP/Nesection 01)
- Building of church (Ref: EP/Ne)
- Photographs (Ref: EP/Ne)
- Churchyard (Ref: EP/Nesection 02)
- Parish hall (Ref: EP/Nesection 03)
- Inventories (Ref: EP/Nesection 04)
- Faculties (Ref: EP/Nesection 05)
- Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/Nesection 06)
- Financial Records (Ref: EP/Nesection 07)
- Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Nesection 08)
- 05 Vestry (Ref: EP/NeSection 5)
- 06 Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/NeSection 6)
- Minutes (Ref: EP/Nesection 01)
- Annual general meetings (Ref: EP/Nesection 02)
- Financial records (Ref: EP/Nesection 03)
- Attendance (Ref: EP/Nesection 04)
- 14 Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/NeSection 14)
- Parish magazines (Ref: EP/Nesection 01)
- Jack Jacques (Ref: EP/Nesection 02)
Catalogue Contents
Newbottle St Matthew (Ref: EP/Ne)01 Registration (Ref: EP/NeSection 1)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Nesection 01)
1-5, 31, 137
Ref: EP/Ne 1Register of baptisms, 1850 - 1883
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 2Register of baptisms, 1883 - 1889
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 3Register of baptisms, 1889 - 1905
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 4Register of baptisms, 1905 - 1922
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 5Register of baptisms, 1922 - 1956
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 31Register of baptisms, 10 June 1956 - 14 September 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Ne 137Register of baptisms, 28 September 1969 - 2 August 1998
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Nesection 02)6-11, 138-140, 151/1-4
Ref: EP/Ne 6Register of marriages, 1851 - 1898
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 7Register of marriages, 1898 - 1910
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 8Register of marriages, 1910 - 1921
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 9Register of marriages, 1921 - 1931
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 10Register of marriages, 1931 - 1943
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 11Register of marriages, 1943 - 1953
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 138Register of marriages, 19 December 1953 - 20 July 1968
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Ne 139Register of marriages, 19 October 1968 - 7 July 1984
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Ne 140Register of marriages, 21 July 1984 - 25 June 1994
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Ne 151/1Register of marriages, 9 July 1994 - 30 May 2009
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Ne 151/2Register of marriages, 18 July 2009 - 20 August 2016
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Ne 151/3Register of marriages, 3 September 2016 - 30 October 2019
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Ne 151/4Register of marriages, 28 December 2019 - 19 December 2020
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Nesection 03)14-18, 32, 141-142
Ref: EP/Ne 14Register of banns, 1842 - 1930
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 15Register of banns, 1930 - 1945
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 16Register of banns, 1950 - 1957
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 17Register of banns, 1957 - 1964
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 18Register of banns, 1965 - 1970
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 32Register of banns of marriage, 1 February 1970 - 28 January 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Ne 141Register of banns of marriage, 11 January 1976 - 29 July 1984
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Ne 142Register of banns of marriage, 3 February 1985 - 25 August 1996
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Nesection 04)12-13, 24
Ref: EP/Ne 12Register of burials, 1851 - 1900
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 13Register of burials, 1900 - 1920
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 24Register of burials, 1920 - 1945
(1 volume)
02 Clergy (Ref: EP/NeSection 2)For parochial statistics, 1892 - 1901 see EP/Ay 4/34
Register of confirmations (Ref: EP/Nesection 01)143
Ref: EP/Ne 143Register of confirmations, 18 March 1897 - 22 March 1965
(1 volume, card bound)
Registers of services (Ref: EP/Nesection 02)19-23, 26-28, 144-146, 152/1
Ref: EP/Ne 19Register of services, 1921 - 1930
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 20Register of services, 1930 - 1938
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 21Register of services, 1938 - 1948
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 22Register of services, 1948 - 1958
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 23Register of services, 1958 - 1962
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 26Register of Church Services, 1962 - 1965
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 27Register of Church Services, 1965 - 1968
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 28Register of Church Services, 1968 - 1972
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 144Register of services, 3 January 1973 - 25 March 1976
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Ne 145Register of services, 25 March 1976 - 27 May 1982
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Ne 146Register of services, 31 May 1982 - 4 January 1998
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Ne 152/1Register of services, 4 January 1998 - 4 August 2004
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Register of preachers (Ref: EP/Nesection 03)29
Ref: EP/Ne 29Preachers Book, 1890 - 1912
(1 volume)
Benefice (Ref: EP/Nesection 04)33-34, 55
Ref: EP/Ne 33Copy extract from The London Gazette containing schedule for the creation of the parish of St. Matthew, Newbottle, 10 January 1865
(1 file, paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 34The London Gazette containing schedule for the augmentation of the benefice of St. Matthew, Newbottle, 8 August 1865
(1 file, paper, printed)
Ref: EP/Ne 55Assessment of payments for dilapidations imposed on benefice of St. Matthew, Newbottle, 28 October 1935
(1 paper)
Benefice income (Ref: EP/Nesection 05)52, 56-57
Ref: EP/Ne 52Copy notice of the augmentation of the benefice of Newbottle by the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, 14 April 1926
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 56-57Letter from Ecclesiastical Commission to Rev. R.W. Bruce, Richard, Newbottle Vicarage, enclosing copy of extract from The London Gazette, 17 December 1943 substituting £200 p.a. from their common fund for charge on endowments of Houghton-le-Spring, 6 January 1944
(2 papers)
Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Nesection 06)35-36, 48-51, 53-54
Ref: EP/Ne 353 July 1884
(1) Rev. Alfred John Blagden, vicar of the parish of St. Matthew, Newbottle
(2) Rt. Rev. Joseph Barber, Bishop of Durham patron of the parish of St. Matthew, Newbottle
(3) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England
(4) Rt. Rev. Joseph Barber
Copy assignment of part of the parish of Newbottle to district chapelry of Herrington and of patronage of chapelry at Herrington from (1) to (2)
(Parchment, 5 membranes)
Ref: EP/Ne 36The London Gazette containing schedule creating district chapelry of Herrington, 15 August 1884
(1 file, paper, printed)
Ref: EP/Ne 48Letter from Ecclesiastical Commission to Rev. E.J. Day, Newbottle Vicarage, informing the latter of scheme to constitute district of St. Oswald, Shiney Row, 28 October 1913
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 49-50The London Gazette containing scheme creating parish of St. Oswald, Shiney Row, 25 November 1913 and covering letter, 3 December 1913
(1 file, paper, printed and I paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 51Letter from the Chapter Office, The College, Durham to Rev. E.J. Day, Newbottle Vicarage, concerning the latter's consent to St. Oswald's Church, Shiney Row's being licensed for the solemnization of marriages, 10 August 1916
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 53-54Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission to Rev. C.J. Lockyer, Newbottle Vicarage enclosing copy of instrument approving chapel at Saint Oswald, Shiney Row, 12 December 1929
(2 papers)
Licences for the performance of divine service (Ref: EP/Nesection 07)46-47
Ref: EP/Ne 46-47Licence to perform divine service in St. John's, Philadelphia, 29 November 1888 and covering letter, 4 December 1888
(2 papers)
Centenary service (Ref: EP/Nesection 08)95, 135-136
Ref: EP/Ne 95Centenary history of the parish of Newbottle, 1950
(1 booklet, paper, printed)
Ref: EP/Ne 135Video of Centenary Service, 4 May 1986
(1 video tape)
Ref: EP/Ne 136Order of service for Centenary Service, 4 May 1986
(1 booklet)
Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Nesection 09)87-88
Ref: EP/Ne 87Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission to Rev. E.J. Day concerning control of Newbottle village green, 17 July 1899
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 88Letter from Rev. E.J. Day, The Vicarage, Newbottle to A. de Bock-Porter expressing the opinion that the village green should be vested in the inhabitants, 27 July 1899
(1 paper)
04 Churchwardens (Ref: EP/NeSection 4)Church (Ref: EP/Nesection 01)37-45
Building of church (Ref: EP/Ne)37-45
Ref: EP/Ne 37Correspondence between the Ecclesiastical Commission and Rev. A.J. Blagden, Newbottle Vicarage, concerning contribution to be made by the former to the cost of erection of church at Newbottle, 11 June 1885 - 8 December 1886
(1 file, paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 38Faculty confirming the rebuilding of the parish church of Newbottle, 19 June 1886
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 39Memorandum giving contributions to Newbottle church building fund, n.d. [c 1886]
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 40Accounts rendered by J. Hirst and Sons, contractors and builders, Sunderland for re-erection of Newbottle parish church, 10 November 1886
(1 file, paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 41Plan of south elevation of Newbottle chapel, signed by John Brown and Christopher Harrison and sons, n.d. [c 1884]
Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
(1 plan, paper, 24cm. x 30cm., ink, colour-wash)
Ref: EP/Ne 42Longitudinal section of Newbottle chapel, n.d. [c 1884]
Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
(1 plan, paper, 24cm. x 28cm., ink, colour-wash)
Ref: EP/Ne 43East elevation of Newbottle chapel, n.d. [c 1884]
(1 plan, paper, 24cm. x 29cm., ink, colour-wash)
Ref: EP/Ne 44West elevation of Newbottle chapel, n.d. [c 1884]
(1 plan, paper, 24cm. x 30cm., ink, colour-wash)
Ref: EP/Ne 45Elevation and plan of belfry at Newbottle chapel, n.d. [c 1884]
(1 plan, paper, 45cm. x 30cm., ink, colour-wash)
Photographs (Ref: EP/Ne)94
Ref: EP/Ne 94Photograph of lectern in Newbottle church, n.d. [c 1950]
(1 photograph, 16cm. x 11cm., mounted on card)
Churchyard (Ref: EP/Nesection 02)84-86, 89-92, 153
Ref: EP/Ne 84-86Correspondence and receipts concerning consecration of additional churchyard at Newbottle, 19 November 1898
(3 papers)
Ref: EP/Ne 89-92Correspondence between Rev. E.J. Day and Houghton-le-Spring R.D.C. concerning the inhabitants of Grasswell's being allowed the right to be buried in Newbottle churchyard, 1 - 15 April 1914
(4 papers)
Ref: EP/Ne 153Newbottle Churchyard Monumental Inscription. Recording of inscriptions made in 2001, 2007
(1 booklet, printed)
Parish hall (Ref: EP/Nesection 03)71-83
Ref: EP/Ne 71Minutes of meeting held in Paddock Stile school to consider possibility of erecting church hall at Newbottle, n.d.[c 1897]
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 72Estimate signed by R.D. Harrison of cost of erecting proposed parish hall at Newbottle, December 1897
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 73Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Rev. Edwin J. Day offering contribution of £100 towards erection of church hall at Newbottle, 20 May 1899
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 74Estimate for cost of erection of church hall at Newbottle by G. Wardropper, Penshaw, 23 February 1900
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 75-77Estimate for erecting church hall by P. Balmer and Sons, Houghton-le-Spring, 19 February 1900
(3 papers)
Ref: EP/Ne 78Letter from the Lambton Collieries Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Rev. E.J. Day undertaking to put the latter's proposal to the directors of the colliery company, 27 February 1900
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 7916 March 1900
(1) Rev. E.J. Day, vicar of Newbottle
(2) George Wardropper, builder and contractor
Agreement for the erection of a church hall in Newbottle
Consideration:£608 10s.
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 80Letter from the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge to Rev. E.J. Day proposing that the latter's plan be put to the Sunday School Committee of the Society, 22 May 1900
(1 paper
Ref: EP/Ne 81Letter from F. Stobart, Lambton Office, Fence Houses to Rev. E.J. Day, Newbottle Vicarage promising a contribution of £25 from Lord Durham to the Newbottle church hall fund, 25 June 1900
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 82Letter from S.P.C.K. to Rev. E.J. Day informing the latter of the former's grant of £90 towards a Sunday School, 21 July 1900
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 83Letter from Rev. E.J. Day, Newbottle Vicarage, to S.P.C.K. acknowledging grant of £90, n.d.[c. 1900]
(1 paper)
Inventories (Ref: EP/Nesection 04)58
Ref: EP/Ne 58Inventory of the parish of Newbottle, June 1945 with annotations, 1972 - 1974
(1 file, paper)
Faculties (Ref: EP/Nesection 05)62-70
Ref: EP/Ne 62Faculty for the erection of a stained glass window and tablet, 28 July 1922
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 63Faculty for the erection of wrought iron rails in the chancel and other furniture in St. Matthew's church, 31 March 1928
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 64Faculty for the erection of a stained glass window, 3 November 1936
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 65Faculty for the introduction of a second Holy Table etc., 9 December 1937
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 66Faculty for the conversion of the north transept into a children's corner, 22 August 1941
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 67Faculty for the introduction of a hanging cross in the chancel arch, 9 August 1943
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 68Certificate issued by the Archdeacon of Durham authorising work in the parish church at Newbottle, 31 January 1950
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 69Faculty authorising the installation of a new organ and other improvements in the church, 16 March 1966
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 70Faculty authorising the removal of headstones in the churchyard at Newbottle, 2 June 1972
(1 paper)
Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/Nesection 06)149-150
Ref: EP/Ne 149First quinquennial report under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955 by Clarance Solomon, 30 St. Mary's Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 20 April 1980
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Ne 150Second quinquennial report under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, by Richard T. Bulmer, John Potter Architect, 10 Portland Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 17 July 1986
(1 file)
Financial Records (Ref: EP/Nesection 07)25, 59-61
Ref: EP/Ne 25Vestry Minutes and Churchwardens' Accounts, 1870 - 1932
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 59-61Letter from the Tithe Redemption Commission requesting payment of redemption charge on site of church, 25 June 1956
(3 papers)
Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Nesection 08)93
Ref: EP/Ne 9324 September 1940
(1) Rev. Robert William Bruce Richards, Vicar of Newbottle
(2) North-Eastern Electric Supply Company Ltd.
Wayleave Agreement for attaching electric wires to buildings at Newbottle
Plan attached
(1 paper)
05 Vestry (Ref: EP/NeSection 5)107, 112
See also EP/Ne 25
Rough minutes of vestry meeting, 24 April 1924
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 112Minute book of annual vestry meeting, 8 March 1932 - 26 April 1978
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
06 Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/NeSection 6)106,108-111,147-148
Minutes (Ref: EP/Nesection 01)106, 108-110, 147
Ref: EP/Ne 106Rough minutes of Parochial Church Council, n.d.[c 1923]
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Ne 108Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 1 April 1930 - 31 July 1950
(1 volume, cardboard bound)
Ref: EP/Ne 109Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 7 May 1951 - 3 May 1965
(1 volume, cardboard bound)
Ref: EP/Ne 110Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 31 May 1965 - 2 April 1973
(1 volume, cardboard bound)
Ref: EP/Ne 147Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 7 May 1973 - 6 March 1989
(1 volume, card bound)
Annual general meetings (Ref: EP/Nesection 02)148
Ref: EP/Ne 148Annual General Meetings minute book, 23 April 1979 - 3 April 1989
(1 volume, leather half bound)
Financial records (Ref: EP/Nesection 03)96-105
Ref: EP/Ne 96-99Newbottle church accounts, 1933
(4 papers, typescript)
Ref: EP/Ne 100-105Newbottle church accounts, 1922, 1927 and 1928
(6 papers)
Attendance (Ref: EP/Nesection 04)111
Ref: EP/Ne 111Lists of attendances at P.C.C. meetings, 1965 - 1972
(1 file, paper)
14 Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/NeSection 14)Parish magazines (Ref: EP/Nesection 01)30,113-132
See D/X 450/1-5 for parish magazines, 1962 - 1973
Newbottle Parish Magazines, 1890 - 1892 containing the Church Monthly
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Ne 113Parish magazines, 1974
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Ne 114Parish magazines, 1975
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Ne 115Parish magazines, 1976
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Ne 116Parish magazines, 1977
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Ne 117Parish magazines, 1978
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Ne 118Parish magazines, 1979
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Ne 119Parish magazines, 1980
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Ne 120Parish magazines, 1981
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Ne 121Parish magazines, 1982
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Ne 122Parish magazines, 1983
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Ne 123Parish magazines, 1984
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Ne 124Parish magazines, 1985
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Ne 125-129Parish magazines, 1986
(5 booklets)
Ref: EP/Ne 130-132Parish magazines, December 1986 - May 1987
(3 booklets)
Jack Jacques (Ref: EP/Nesection 02)112-136
Ref: EP/Ne 133Video of pastel drawings by Jack Jacques
(1 video tape)
Ref: EP/Ne 134Transcript of commentary to EP/Ne 133
(1 file)
