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Newton Aycliffe St. Clare Parish

Reference: EP/NA Catalogue Title: Newton Aycliffe St. Clare Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1930 - 2017

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  • Newton Aycliffe St. Clare Parish
    • Newton Aycliffe, St Clare (Ref: EP/NA)
    • Registration (Ref: EP/NA 1/section 01)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/NA 1/section 01)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/NA 1/section 02)
    • Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/NA 1/section 03)
    • Registers of funerals (Ref: EP/NA 1/section 04)
    • Clergy (Ref: EP/NA 2/section 02)
    • Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/NA 2/section 01)
    • Registers of services (Ref: EP/NA 2/section 02)
    • St Clare (Ref: EP/NA 2/section 01)
    • Aycliffe Young People's Centre (Ref: EP/NA 2/section 02)
    • Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/NA 2/section 03)
    • Individual clergy (Ref: EP/NA 2/section 04)
    • Churchwardens (Ref: EP/NA 4/section 04)
    • Church (Ref: EP/NA 4/section 01)
    • Building, extension and maintenance (Ref: EP/NA 4/)
    • Church history (Ref: EP/NA 4/)
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/NA 4/)
    • Plans (Ref: EP/NA 4/)
    • Vicarage (Ref: EP/NA 4/section 02)
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/NA 4/)
    • Plans (Ref: EP/NA 4/)
    • Church hall (Ref: EP/NA 4/section 03)
    • Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/NA 4/section 04)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/NA 4/section 05)
    • Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/NA 6/section 06)
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/NA 6/section 01)
    • Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/NA 6/section 01)
    • Committees (Ref: EP/NA 6/section 02)
    • Annual meetings (Ref: EP/NA 6/section 03)
    • Correspondence (Ref: EP/NA 6/section 02)
    • Church Societies (Ref: EP/NA 13/section 13)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/NA 14/section 14)
    • Parish magazines (Ref: EP/NA 14/section 01)
    • HMS Eskimo (Ref: EP/NA 14/section 02)
    • Royalty (Ref: EP/NA 14/section 03)

Catalogue Contents

Newton Aycliffe, St Clare (Ref: EP/NA)Registration (Ref: EP/NA 1/section 01)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/NA 1/section 01)

1/5-9, 20, 22, 25-27, 1/31/1

Ref: EP/NA 1/5

Register of baptisms, 7 May 1950 -­ 23 November 1958 Includes a list of confirmations in the church, 1951 - 1956, in front cover
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/6

Register of baptisms, 7 December 1958 - 1 December 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/7

Register of baptisms, 21 April 1963 - 26 April 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/8

Register of baptisms, 7 May 1972 - 4 June 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/9

Register of baptisms, 4 June 1978 - 6 January 1983
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/20

Register of baptisms, 16 January 1983 - 6 December 1987
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/22

Register of baptisms, 3 January 1988 - 27 August 1989
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/25

Register of baptisms, 17 January 1988 - 5 July 1992 This volume contains entries recording baptisms performed in the church of St. Clare only, and, therefore, duplicates a number of entries in EP/NA 1/22 which contains entries for the churches of St. Elizabeth, Woodham, and St. Francis, Horndale, as well as St. Clare, Newton Aycliffe. From 1 September 1989 baptism entries were recorded in individual church registers only.
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/26

Register of baptisms, 5 July 1992 - 1October 1995
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/27

Register of baptisms, 1 October 1995 - 12 December 1999
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/31/1

Register of baptisms, 5 March 2000 - 4 June 2017
(1 volume)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/NA 1/section 02)

1/10-17, 21, 1/30/1

Ref: EP/NA 1/10

Register of marriages, 16 October 1954 ­-16 July 1955
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/11

Register of marriages, 24 September 1955 - 30 March 1959
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/12

Register of marriages, 18 April 1959 ­- 25 July 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/13

Register of marriages, 1 August 1964 - 7 October 1967
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/14

Register of marriages, 7 October 1967 - 14 March 1970
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/15

Register of marriages, 14 March 1970 ­- 24 May 1975
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/16

Register of marriages,24 May 1975 ­- 25 August 1979
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/17

Register of marriages, 25 August 1979 - 20 August 1983
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/21

Register of marriages, 27 August 1983 - 6 August 1988
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/30/1

Register of marriages, 13 August 1988 - 7 September 1996
(1 volume)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/NA 1/section 03)

1/1-4, 18-19, 23-24, 29

Ref: EP/NA 1/1

Register of banns of marriage, 16 May 1954 ­-18 August 1968
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/2

Register of banns of marriage, 28 July 1968 ­- 25 August 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/3

Register of banns of marriage, 18 August 1974 - 29 May 1977
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/4

Register of banns of marriage, 22 May 1977 ­- 30 May 1979
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/18

Register of banns of marriage, 6 May 1979 - 15 March 1981
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/19

Register of banns of marriage, 1 March 1981 - 30 January 1983
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/NA 1/23

Register of banns of marriage, 23 January 1983 - 23 June 1985
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/24

Register of banns of marriage, 9 June 1985 - 13 September 1987
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/NA 1/29

Register of banns, 6 September [1987] - 21 September [1997]
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of funerals (Ref: EP/NA 1/section 04)

1/28

Ref: EP/NA 1/28

Register of funerals, 7 October 1997 - 20 February 2003
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Clergy (Ref: EP/NA 2/section 02)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/NA 2/section 01)

2/5, 7
see also EP/NA 1/5

Ref: EP/NA 2/5

Register of confirmations, 1951 - 9 May 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 2/7

Register of confirmations, 8 May 1973 - 30 April 1991
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/NA 2/section 02)St Clare (Ref: EP/NA 2/section 01)

2/1-4, 6, 8, 2/17/1-2

Ref: EP/NA 2/1

Register of services, 1 January 1957 - 25 February 1963
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 2/2

Register of services, 27 February 1963 - 28 October 1970
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 2/3

Register of services, 18 September 1970 ­- 23 April 1977
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 2/4

Register of services, 1 May 1977 ­- 6 February 1982
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/NA 2/6

Register of services, 7 February 1982 - 22 November 1986
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/NA 2/8

Register of services, 22 November 1986 - 22 July 1992
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/NA 2/17/1

Register of services, 23 July 1992 - 2 November 2000
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/NA 2/17/2

Register of services, 3 December 2000 - 1 November 2008
(1 volume)

Aycliffe Young People's Centre (Ref: EP/NA 2/section 02)

2/18/1

Ref: EP/NA 2/18/1

Register of services at Aycliffe Young People's Centre, 16 December 1998 - 30 May 2004
(1 volume)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/NA 2/section 03)

2/11-16

Ref: EP/NA 2/11

'Map of the Parish of St. Clare, Newton Aycliffe, also showing the alteration of the boundaries of the parishes of Shildon; St. Andrew, Auckland, Heighington and Aycliffe, 28 May 1957 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 plan, 64.5 cm. x 62.5 cm., colour wash, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 2/12

Order in council approving a scheme to alter the boundaries of the parishes of Aycliffe; Heighington; Shildon, and St. Andrew, Auckland, and create a new parish of Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, 23 September 1957
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 2/13

Correspondence between Rev. G. Gibson, St. Clare's Vicarage, Newton Aycliffe; Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Kathleen M. Oates, Secretary to Chilton Parochial Church Council, Greencroft, 4 Charlotte Terrace, Chilton, Ferryhill; Rev. Hugh Corden, St. John's Vicarage, Shildon; Rev. Hilary W. Jackson, Heighington Vicarage, Heighington, and Archdeacon of Auckland, 15 The College, Durham, concerning the alteration of St. Clare's parish boundaries so as to take in the whole of Newton Aycliffe, 27 June 1977 - 20 May 1983 This is an original bundle
(34 papers)

Ref: EP/NA 2/14

Order in council confirming a pastoral scheme terminating the Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare team ministry; uniting the benefices of Aycliffe and St. Clare, Newton Aycliffe, to create the benefice of Great Aycliffe and the parishes to form a new parish of Great Aycliffe; establishing a team ministry in the area of the new benefice and establishing arrangements for the designation of a rector and the selection of vicars, 15 May 1996
(1 file, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 2/15

Notice of registration of the patron of the benefice, 4 January 1989
(2 papers, photocopied)

Ref: EP/NA 2/16

Team Ministry of Great Aycliffe parish review, group reports, 30 October 1999
(1 booklet, printed)

Individual clergy (Ref: EP/NA 2/section 04)

2/9-10

Ref: EP/NA 2/9

Album relating to the life and career of Rev. Thomas Anderson Drewette, the first vicar of Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, and the church after his death, 1935 - 1976 Includes: order of service and cuttings relating to Rev. T.A. Drewette's ordination, 19 January 1935; reception menu and cuttings relating to his marriage to Freda Muriel Annie Burford at Paisley, Scotland, 10 July 1937; order of service of the dedication of Aycliffe New Town, 9 November 1948; church notices of St. Clare's Chapel, Clarence Farm, Aycliffe, and newspaper cuttings about Rev. T.A. Drewette's appointment to the parish, 1950; order of service for the consecration of St. Clare's Church, 30 November 1957; newspaper cuttings relating to the history of the church, and parish, 1957 - 9 July 1980; cuttings relating to the death of Rev. T.A. Drewette, 1961 - 1962; cuttings relating to the work of Mrs. Drewette, the vicar's wife, 1946 - 1976, and the following photographs:
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(1)

Photograph of Freda Burford and younger sister, n.d. [c.1930]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(2)

Photograph of Freda Burford in the garden of her parents' home, n.d. [early 1930s]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(3)

Photograph of three-quarter length portrait of Tom Drewette, n.d. [c. 1935]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(4)

Photograph of Freda Burford, full-length, outdoor portrait, n.d. [c. 1935]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(5)

Photograph postcard depicting the interior of St. Paul's Church, York Place, Edinburgh, n.d. [ c.1935]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(6)

Photograph of the exterior of an unidentified church, possibly St. Paul and St. George, Edinburgh, n.d. [ c.1935]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(7)

Photograph of a different exterior view of the same, unidentified, church, n.d. [ c.1935]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(8)

Photograph of Calvary at an unidentified location, possibly Edinburgh, n.d. [ c.1935]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(9)

Photograph of an unidentified ruined church and graveyard beyond, n.d. [c. 1935]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(10)

Photograph of Tom Drewette sitting on a harbour wall, n.d. [1937]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(11)

Photograph of an unidentified harbour, n.d. [1937]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(12)

Photograph of unidentified rocky coastline and headland, n.d. [1937]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(13)

Photograph of Tom and Freda Drewette sitting on an unidentified beach, with beach huts behind, n.d. [1937]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(14)

Photograph of the ruins of an unidentified abbey church, n.d. [1937]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(15)

Photograph of a Romanesque doorway and windows, possibly part of the same ruins, n.d. [1937]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(16)

Photograph of unidentified church ruins, n.d. [1937]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(17)

Photograph of two women and a cat posing in the porch of one of the first new homes opened at Aycliffe New Town, n.d. [9 November 1948]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(18)

Photograph of Clarence Green, Newton Aycliffe, n.d. [9 November 1948]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(19)

Photograph of a close-up of a pair of newly-built semi-detached houses at Clarence Green, Newton Aycliffe, n.d. [9 November 1948]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(20)

Photograph of Clarence Farm before renovation, n.d. [1948]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(21)

Photograph of Clarence Farm after renovation for use as St. Clare's Chapel, n.d. [ c.1950]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(22)

Photograph of Clarence Farm, n.d. [c.1950]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(23)

Photograph of the Chapel of St. Clare, Clarence Farm, with a covering of snow, n.d. [ c.2950]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(24)

Photograph of Rev. and Mrs. Drewette with clergy and members of the congregation, n.d. [1951]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(25)

Photograph of members of the congregation meet with Rev. Drewette at Clarence Farm to discuss the building of a new church, with B.B.C. radio reporter, n.d. [1951]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(26)

Photograph of a reporter recording an interview with Rev. Drewette for B.B.C. Radio, n.d. [1951]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(27)

Photograph of Rev. Drewette ringing the former ship's bell at the Clarence Farm Chapel, following installation, [1951]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(28)

Photograph of a procession along the side of the church to the dedication ceremony, [9 July 1955]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(29)

Photograph of the Bishop of Durham, Right Rev. Michael Ramsey, with Rev. Drewette, and other guests posing outside St. Clare's church following the dedication ceremony, 9 July 1955

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(30)

Photograph of the new church of St. Clare on completion, n.d. [1955]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(31)

Photograph of the altar of St. Clare's Church, n.d. [1955]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(32)

Photograph of the newly-built vicarage, n.d. [1955]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(33)

Photograph of Mrs. Drewette and black Labrador outside the vicarage front door, n.d. [1955]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(34)

Photograph of Drewette's black Labrador outside the new vicarage, n.d. [1955]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(35)

Photograph of Rev. Drewette with a group of children and a prize-winning cabbage, n.d. [ c.1955]

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(36)

Photograph of Rev. Drewette leading the procession to the service of consecration of St. Clare's church, 30 November 1957

Ref: EP/NA 2/9(37)

Photograph of Rev. Drewette and invited guests outside the [Boys' Club, Central Avenue, Newton Aycliffe] due to be officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II, n.d. [27 May 1960]

Ref: EP/NA 2/10

Tom Drewette seated on a rustic bench with a crescent of social housing behind, possibly at Newton Aycliffe, n.d. [late 1940s] Originally enclosed in EP/NA 2/9)
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/NA 4/section 04)Church (Ref: EP/NA 4/section 01)Building, extension and maintenance (Ref: EP/NA 4/)

4/1, 16-19, 21-22, 32-35

Ref: EP/NA 4/1

Final bill of quantities and prices for the new church at Newton Aycliffe, n.d.[ c.1954 ­ 1955]
(paper, 1 booklet)

Ref: EP/NA 4/16

Correspondence between Rev. T.A. Drewette, 1 Clarence Chare, Newton Aycliffe; Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Aycliffe Development Corporation, Newton Aycliffe; Miss E. Bell, Secretary, Parochial Church Council, 15 Clarence Chare, Newton Aycliffe; Cordingley & McIntyre, architects, The College, Durham; Rev. Canon P.J.H. Kirner, The Rectory, Haughton-le-Skerne; Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; The Admiralty, London, SW; Turner & Ing, chartered surveyors, 2 Garden Street, Darlington; Bishop of Jarrow, The College, Durham; Trotter, Bruce & Loft, solicitors, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, Westminster; Lord Beveridge, Staverton House, 104 Woodstock Road, Oxford; The John Compton Organ Co. Ltd., Chase Road, North Acton, London, and Hollingsworths, auctioneers, surveyors and valuers, Bank Chambers, 329 High Holborn, London, concerning the planning, financing and construction of St. Clare's Church and vicarage, 11 January 1950 - 1 March 1960
(1 file)

Ref: EP/NA 4/17

30 September 1953 (1) Aycliffe Development Corporation (2) Parochial Church Council of the Conventional District of Newton Aycliffe (3) Durham Diocesan Board of Finance Conveyance by (1) to (3) of a piece of ground situate at the junction of St. Cuthbert's Way and Central Avenue, Newton Aycliffe, containing 1.35/100 acres, as the site for a church, vicarage and parish hall Consideration: £1100
(6 papers, typescript, photostatted)

Ref: EP/NA 4/18

22 July 1954 (1) Durham Diocesan Board of Finance (2) Parochial Church Council of the Conventional District of Newton Aycliffe (3) Aycliffe Development Corporation Copy deed of exchange whereby (1) conveys to (3) 0.69 acres of land in Central Avenue, Newton Aycliffe, and (3) conveys to (1) 0.34 acres of land in St. Cuthbert's Way, Newton Aycliffe Includes: deed of confirmation of the above executed by the same parties and endorsed on 4 November 1958 by the Charity Commissioners for England, 22 December 1958 Plan Memorandum of agreement between the same parties recording that part of the exchanged land shall be highway verge, 2 August 1955
(1 file, typescript, photostatted)

Ref: EP/NA 4/19

21 September 1957 (1) Durham Diocesan Board of Finance (2) Parochial Church Council of the Conventional District of Newton Aycliffe (3) Church Commissioners for England Conveyance by (1) to (3) of a piece of land at the junction of Central Avenue and St. Cuthbert's Way, Newton Aycliffe and the church of St. Clare erected on it Includes: plan
(3 papers, photocopied)

Ref: EP/NA 4/21

Specification for external painting of St. Clare's church, n.d. [January 1961]
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 4/22

Correspondence between Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects and surveyors, Owengate House, Durham; Rev. J.J. Graham, The Vicarage, Newton Aycliffe; Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Harrison & Harrison Ltd., organ builders, Durham, and Rev. P. Lund, The Rectory, Cockfield, concerning the planning, financing and construction of extensions to St. Clare's church, 6 October 1964 - 23 October 1967
(35 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 4/32

Circular from the rector of the Great Aycliffe team ministry, 'Towards 2000 Appeal', appealing for donations towards refurbishing St. Clare's church and church hall, n.d. [1992]
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 4/33

Correspondence between Aycliffe Development Corporation (later Aycliffe and Peterlee Development Corporation), Newton Aycliffe; Durham Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; F.W. Gunter, 33 Greville Way, Newton Aycliffe; Trotter, Bruce and Loft, solicitors, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, and the Vicar of Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, concerning the maintenance of St. Clare's church grounds and a flagpole in the grounds, 21 April 1956 - 25 October 1982
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 4/34

25 October 1956 (1) Aycliffe Development Corporation (2) Parochial Church Council of the Conventional District of Newton Aycliffe (3) Thomas Anderson Drewette of The Vicarage, Newton Aycliffe, clerk in holy orders Duplicate agreement for (1) to assume responsibility for landscaping and subsequent maintenance of St. Clare's church grounds as open space Consideration: £4 a year from (2) to (1)
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 4/35

Construction details of the flagpole base and surrounds at St. Clare's Garden, by D.E. Metcalfe, planner, Aycliffe Development Corporation, Churchill House, Newton Aycliffe, March 1980 Scale: 1:20
(1 plan, 84 cm. x 69.5 cm., duplicated)

Plans (Ref: EP/NA 4/)

4/23, 36-37

Ref: EP/NA 4/23

Elevations, sections and location plan of proposed furniture for St. Clare's Church, by Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects, Owengate, Durham, December 1965 Scales: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96] and 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]
(1 plan, 58 cm. x 74.5 cm., colour wash)

Ref: EP/NA 4/36

Plan showing proposed wording to bronze tablet of war memorial at St. Clare's Garden, Newton Aycliffe, by The Sandpiper Ltd., 17 September 1980 No scale
(1 plan, 59 cm. x 42 cm., duplicated)

Ref: EP/NA 4/37

Plan of St. Clare's Garden, Newton Aycliffe, showing brick-built base to flagpole and wreath-laying area, n.d. [1980]
(1 plan, 41 cm. x 29.5 cm., colour wash)

Photographs (Ref: EP/NA 4/)

4/13-14, 26
see also EP/NA 2/9

Ref: EP/NA 4/13

Photograph of Clarence Farm, Newton Aycliffe, n.d. [c.1948] Originally enclosed in EP/NA 2/9
(1 photograph, 10.5 cm. x 8.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/NA 4/14

Photograph of St. Clare's parish church viewed from Central Avenue, n.d. [1955] Originally enclosed in EP/NA 2/9
(1 photograph, 29 cm. x 25 cm., mounted on board)

Ref: EP/NA 4/26

Photograph of the altar in St. Clare's church decorated for the 25th anniversary flower festival, [September], 1980 Originally enclosed in EP/NA 2/9
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., colour)

Church history (Ref: EP/NA 4/)

4/2, 25, 27-30

Ref: EP/NA 4/2

Silver Jubilee souvenir brochure, celebrating the church of Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, 1955-1980, n.d. [1980]
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 4/25

Programme for St. Clare's silver jubilee flower festival and exhibition, 18 - 21 September 1980 Originally enclosed in EP/NA 2/9
(1 paper, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/NA 4/27

Silver Jubilee souvenir brochure of St. Clare's church, 1980
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 4/28

'Silver Jubilee Appeal News', February 1981 Originally enclosed in EP/NA 2/9
(1 paper, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/NA 4/29

Jubilee Appeal Newsletter, September 1981 Originally enclosed in EP/NA 2/9
(1 paper, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/NA 4/30

Newspaper cuttings relating to the history of St. Clare's church, July 1983 - October 1986 Originally enclosed in EP/NA 2/9
(3 papers, printed)

Vicarage (Ref: EP/NA 4/section 02)

see also Church

Photographs (Ref: EP/NA 4/)

4/15
see also EP/NA 2/9

Ref: EP/NA 4/15

Photograph of St. Clare's vicarage and surroundings, n.d. [c.1960]
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm. x 6.5 cm., black and white)

Plans (Ref: EP/NA 4/)

4/31

Ref: EP/NA 4/31

Plan and elevation of proposed porch at the front door of St. Clare's vicarage, n.d. [1970s - 1980s] Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 35.5 cm. x 47.5 cm., waxed paper)

Church hall (Ref: EP/NA 4/section 03)

4/20, 24
see also EP/NA 2/9

Ref: EP/NA 4/20

Correspondence between Rev. T.A. Drewette, 1 Clarence Chare, Newton Aycliffe; Cordingley & McIntyre, chartered architects and surveyors, Owengate, Durham; F.W. Gunter, 33 Greville Way, Newton Aycliffe; Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; J.B. Francis, 12 Ritson Road, Newton Aycliffe; Aycliffe Development Corporation, Corporation Offices, Newton Aycliffe; Smith & Co. (School Furnishers) Ltd., Richardson Street, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; Durham County Council, Education Department, Shire Hall, Durham, concerning the planning, financing and construction of St. Clare's Church hall, and negotiations with the County Council to use it as a temporary school, 23 July 1956 - 9 June 1961
(32 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 4/24

Correspondence between Stephenson Developments (Huddersfield) Ltd., Grosvenor Works, Leeds Road, Huddersfield, Yorkshire; Rev. Peter Lund, The Vicarage, Newton Aycliffe; Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; H. Dobinson, builder and contractor, 29 Cobden Street, Darlington; Q. Phillips, 21 Vane Road, Newton Aycliffe; Durham County Council, County Hall, Durham; Darlington Rural District Council, Surveyor's Office, 'Craig Lea', Uplands Road, Darlington; J.R. Teasdale, Front Street, Cockfield; K. Belton, 4 Mills Close, Newton Aycliffe; Marshall's Charity, Marshall House, 9 Newcomen Street, London; Terrapin Ltd., Denbigh Road, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire; Sir John Priestman Charity Trust, 9 John Street, Sunderland; The Incorporated Church Building Society, 7 Queen Anne's Gate, London; Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, and Aycliffe Development Corporation, Newton Aycliffe, concerning the planning, financing and construction of St. Clare's church hall, 13 February 1967 - 1 August 1968
(1 file, typescript)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/NA 4/section 04)

4/6-8

Ref: EP/NA 4/6

Terrier, 16 March 1962 - 26 April 1970
(1 booklet, printed form)

Ref: EP/NA 4/7

Inventory, 16 March 1962 - 26 April 1970
(1 booklet, printed form)

Ref: EP/NA 4/8

Terrier and inventory, 8 May 1977 - 14 April 1985
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Financial records (Ref: EP/NA 4/section 05)

4/3-5, 9-12, 14/9

Ref: EP/NA 4/3

Statements of account of St. Clare's Church for the years ended 31 December 1958 - 1960
(14 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 4/4

Statement of accounts of the parish of Great Aycliffe for the year ended 31 December 2000
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 4/5

Statement of accounts of Great Aycliffe parish for the years ended 31 December 2001 - 2002
(2 files, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 4/9

Parochial cash book, 14 March 1988 - 28 June 2001
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/NA 4/10

Great Aycliffe parochial cash book, 1 January - 31 December 2001
(1 file, printed form)

Ref: EP/NA 4/11

Parochial ledger, 31 December 1992 - 25 April 1999
(1 file, printed form)

Ref: EP/NA 4/12

Account of church fee income, 17 July 1999 - 23 August 2003
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/NA 14/9

Brochure publicising St. Clare's Christian Giving Campaign, 1962
(1 booklet, printed)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/NA 6/section 06)Minutes (Ref: EP/NA 6/section 01)Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/NA 6/section 01)

6/5-15

Ref: EP/NA 6/5

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 31 May 1950 - 25 August 1954
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/NA 6/6

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 29 September 1954 - 20 March 1959
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/NA 6/7

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 8 April 1959 - 17 July 1961
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/NA 6/8

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 9 October 1961 - 1 November 1964
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 6/9

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 21 March 1965 - 10 December 1969
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 6/10

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 9 January 1970 - 21 December 1973
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 6/11

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 8 February 1974 - 18 December 1977
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 6/12

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 13 January 1978 - 5 December 1979
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 6/13

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 29 January 1978 - 25 November 1983
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 6/14

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 13 January 1984 - 20 January 1994
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 6/15

Minutes of the Great Aycliffe Parochial Church Council; the Standing Committee and the District Church Councils of St. Andrew, St. Francis, St. Elizabeth and St. Clare, 17 January 2000 - 13 November 2002
(1 file, typescript)

Committees (Ref: EP/NA 6/section 02)

6/16

Ref: EP/NA 6/16

Minutes of sub-committees of the Parochial Church Council, 12 November 1966 - 19 November 1971; minutes of meetings of Darlington Deanery Synod, 2 June 1970 - 12 May 1971; minutes of annual vestry meetings, 17 March 1967 - 29 April 1973; lists of members of the Parochial Church Council, 1971 - 1976
(1 file, typescript)

Annual meetings (Ref: EP/NA 6/section 03)

6/1-4

Ref: EP/NA 6/1

Minutes of annual meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 5 April 1951 - 13 April 1955
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 6/2

Minutes of annual meetings of the Parochial Church Council and the vestry, 17 March 1961 - 17 April 1977
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 6/3

Minutes of annual meetings of the Parochial Church Council and vestry, 19 March 1978 - 16 April 1989
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 6/4

Minutes of annual general meetings of the Great Aycliffe Team Ministry, and annual vestry meetings, 29 April 1990 - 19 April 1998
(1 file, typescript)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/NA 6/section 02)

6/17-18

Ref: EP/NA 6/17

General correspondence of the Secretary to the Parochial Church Council, 31 May 1949 - 29 January 1962
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 6/18

File of correspondence and meeting papers of the treasurer of the Parochial Church Council, 22 July 1997 - 11 December 2001 (1 file) Seventh Deposit
(Acc: 3541)

Church Societies (Ref: EP/NA 13/section 13)

13/1

Ref: EP/NA 13/1

Registration certificate of the St. Clare, Newton Aycliffe, branch of the Church of England Men's Society, 5 October 1961
(1 paper, printed form)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/NA 14/section 14)Parish magazines (Ref: EP/NA 14/section 01)

14/1-7, 20-49

Ref: EP/NA 14/1

Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis, St. Elizabeth, parish magazine, July 1995
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/2

Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis, St. Elizabeth, parish magazine, August 1995
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/3

Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis, St. Elizabeth, parish magazine, September 1995
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/4

Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis, St. Elizabeth, parish magazine, October 1995
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/5

Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis, St. Elizabeth, parish magazine, November 1995
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/6

Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis, St. Elizabeth, parish magazine, December 1995
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/7/1-12

Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis, St. Elizabeth, parish magazine, January - December 1996
(12 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/20

Parish magazine of St. Clare and St. Francis, Newton Aycliffe, November 1978 - December 1981
(1 file, typescript, photocopied)

Ref: EP/NA 14/21

Parish magazine of St. Clare and St. Francis, Newton Aycliffe, January 1982 - December 1983; October 1984; May - December 1985
(1 file, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/NA 14/22

Parish magazine of St. Clare and St. Francis, Newton Aycliffe, January 1984
(1 file, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/NA 14/23

Parish magazine of St. Clare, St. Francis and St. Elizabeth, Newton Aycliffe, June - September 1984
(4 files, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/NA 14/24

Parish magazine of Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis and St. Elizabeth, November 1984 - January 1985
(3 files, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/NA 14/25

Parish magazine of Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis and St. Elizabeth, March 1985
(1 file, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/NA 14/26

Parish magazine of Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis and St. Elizabeth, January 1986 - August 1987; November 1989; September 1990; November 1990 - October 1991
(1 file, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/NA 14/27

Parish magazine of Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis and St. Elizabeth, September 1987 - January 1988
(4 files, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/NA 14/28

Parish magazine of Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis and St. Elizabeth, February 1988
(1 booklet, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/NA 14/29

Parish magazine of Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis and St. Elizabeth, May - August 1988
(4 booklets, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/NA 14/30

Parish magazine of Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis and St. Elizabeth, October - November 1988
(2 booklets, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/NA 14/31

Parish magazine of Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis and St. Elizabeth, May - October 1989
(5 booklets, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/NA 14/32

Parish magazine of Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis and St. Elizabeth, May - June 1990
(2 booklets, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/NA 14/33

Parish magazine of Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis and St. Elizabeth, October 1990
(1 file, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: EP/NA 14/34

Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis and St. Elizabeth, parish magazine, November - December 1991
(2 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/35

Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis and St. Elizabeth, parish magazine, January - December 1992
(12 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/36

Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis and St. Elizabeth, parish magazine, January - December 1993
(12 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/37

Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis and St. Elizabeth, parish magazine, January - December 1994
(12 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/38

Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis and St. Elizabeth, parish magazine, January - December 1995
(12 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/39

Newton Aycliffe, St. Clare, St. Francis and St. Elizabeth, parish magazine, January - December 1996
(12 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/40

Team Ministry of Great Aycliffe parish magazine, January - December 1997
(12 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/41

Team Ministry of Great Aycliffe parish magazine, January - November 1998
(11 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/42

Great Aycliffe parish magazine, February - May 1999
(4 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/43

Great Aycliffe parish magazine, September - December 1999
(4 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/44

Great Aycliffe parish magazine, May - July 2000
(3 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/45

Face of Great Aycliffe , vol. 1, number 3, November 2000
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/46

Face of Great Aycliffe , vol. 1, numbers 5 - 7, February - April 2001
(3 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/47

Face of Great Aycliffe , vol. 1, number 10, July 2001
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/48

The New Face of Great Aycliffe , parish magazine of St. Francis, St. Andrew, St. Clare and St. Elizabeth's churches, February - December 2003
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 14/49

The New Face of Great Aycliffe , newsletter of the parish of Great Aycliffe and Chilton, January - December 2004
(1 file, typescript)

HMS Eskimo (Ref: EP/NA 14/section 02)

14/10-18

Ref: EP/NA 14/10

Pictorial History of the Second World War , published by George Newnes Ltd., Tower House, Southampton Street, London, including a photograph of H.M.S. Eskimo in action, 1964
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/11

Programme of the informal visit of H.M.S. Eskimo to Great Aycliffe, 14 - 19 July 1977
(4 papers, typescript, photocopied)

Ref: EP/NA 14/12

Letters to the vicar, Rev. Granville Gibson, St. Clare's Vicarage, Newton Aycliffe, from Commander C.C. Morgan, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Eskimo ; Lieutenant Robin Johns, Royal Navy, Marine Engineer Officer, H.M.S. Eskimo; Rev. Richard Thomas, Royal Navy, chaplain, H.M.S. Eskimo and the ship's company of H.M.S. Eskimo thanking him for the welcome the ship's company received on their visit, and conveying Christmas and New Year greetings, 18 July - 27 December 1977
(4 papers)

Ref: EP/NA 14/13

Translation from Norwegian of a memorial of Admiral St. John Aldrich Micklethwait, D.S.O., R.N., captain of H.M.S. Eskimo during the Narvik battle, 13 April 1940, by Hartvig Sverdrup, 5 August 1977
(1 paper, printed, photocopied)

Ref: EP/NA 14/14

Souvenir programme of the H.M.S. Eskimo Freedom ceremony, 14 July 1979
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/15

Copy letters from Rev. Granville Gibson, St. Clare's Vicarage, Newton Aycliffe, to the Town Clerk, Council Offices, Newton Aycliffe, and Mr. J. Ewing, Social Development Officer, Aycliffe Development Corporation, Churchill House, Newton Aycliffe, appealing for a donation to help defray the cost of mounting for display a Union Jack given to the church by H.M.S. Eskimo, 2 August - 2 October 1979
(3 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/NA 14/16

Copy newspaper cutting reporting problems encountered during the visit to Aycliffe of H.M.S. Eskimo, n.d. [1979]
(1 paper, printed, photocopied)

Ref: EP/NA 14/17(1)

Photograph of H.M.S. Eskimo at sea, viewed from off the starboard side, n.d. [1979]
(1 photograph, 25 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/NA 14/17(2)

Photograph of H.M.S. Eskimo at sea, viewed from off the port bow, n.d. [1979]
(1 photograph, 25 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/NA 14/18

Programme of a visit to Aycliffe by H.M.S. Eskimo , 31 July - 4 August 1980
(2 papers, typescript)

Royalty (Ref: EP/NA 14/section 03)

14/8, 19

Ref: EP/NA 14/8

Great Aycliffe: Coronation 1953, souvenir handbook and programme
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/NA 14/19

Souvenir programme, produced by Great Aycliffe Town Council, of the visit to Aycliffe of H.R.H. Prince of Wales, 31 May 1978
(1 booklet, printed)



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