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Register of baptisms, 15 April 1574 - 24 March 1712/13; register of marriages, 14 September 1574 - 4 November 1712; register of burials, 11 June 1574 - 16 March 1712/13 Includes: Note of what Bishop Tanner has to say relating to Norton in his Notitia. Notes that James Pilkinton was Bishop of Durham when register began 1574 (died in 1575). Tobias Matthew was Bishop of Durham 1595 to 1606. 1602/3 King James I began his reign 1606 Rev. J. Round M.A. vicar of Norton preferred Prebend to first Stall in Durham Cathedral William James was Bishop, resigned 7 October 1620 Richard Neyle was Bishop 1616 Thos. Blackston of Norton created bar. on 27 May 1625 Charles I began his reign 1640 Everard Graver, vicar, next year made rector of Stanhope 7 November 1653 Nicholas Jefferson of Norton elected as registrar of births, marriages and burials 1661 List of briefs published and collected for Salop, Somerset, Henry Merrison and Rippon,Yorks 1684 Receipt for one pound 8 shillings to Francis Kitching for ringing 6 and 8 o'clock morning and evening 22 April 1697 memos of Archdeacon Robert Boothe's visitation to Norton Church At back:of volume Charter for the ordination of the chapel of Stockton n.d. 17th century (Latin) Pencil note relating to Act of Parliament, 1711, making Stockton, Hartburn and Preston a district parish from 1713 1644 - 1645 Philip Malleriei was vicar 1645 - 1660 Robert Brough, was an intruder. In 1660 he was turned out for Dr. Allan Smallwood. Note of suit between Stockton and Norton referred to arbitraters, 27 September 1602. Recommendation from J. Cradocke, Archdeacon, to vicar of Norton to grant Robert Davison approval. Notes of times limited for marriages in 17th century Faculty and Allotment of seats in church, 1635. Note that Christopher Wilkinson gives up right to 2 seats in Norton church to John Farrow, 3 Auqust 1751. Memo. of induction of Thomas Davison M.A. to parish of Norton, 8 March 1663/4 1635 Decree in the Spititual Court in case of Marmaduke Chapman and Richard Hallyman, Churchwardens of Norton, V. John Lambot and Robert Burdon, chapel wardens of Stockton. 1598 Decree in Spititual Court in case of Blaxton and Kitchin, Churchwardens of Norton, v Anderson, Chapel warden of Stockton, re. contribution to rebuild Norton church, 1665 - 1669. Memorand re. payment of £8 which was part of the vicar, Robert Thompson's, penance as prescribed by the Archdeacon of Durham and statements of how this money was used

Register of baptisms, marriages and burials. Register of baptisms, 9 April 1700 - 24 December 1797; register of burials, 24 April 1700 - 19 December 1797; register of marriages, 22 April 1700 - 18 January 1818 Includes; At front list of vicars of Norton, 1496 - 1890 In between pages 154 and 155 copy of extract from Act (original held by consistory court of Durham) to remove the pews and build new ones, 13 March 1792. pp. 156 - 165 list of Stalls and Pews and for whom erected. P.178 Note that Rev. C. Plumer presented the church with 2 solid silver dishes for collections, 1884 The Hon. and Rev. Francis Clements gave two solid oak seats to be placed within the communion rails, 1849 p.179 Note that the Hon. and Rev. Francis Clements presented the church with a Brussels Carpet placed on the Pulpit and Reading Desk Steps, 1850. The Hon. and Rev. Francis Clements presented a stone font, 11 May 1857. List of ladies who at the Easter Festival presented a carpet of their own needlework placed within the Communion Rails and needlework of 2 stools at either side of the communion table, 1850

Register of baptisms, 11 March 1798 - 7 February 1813; register of burials, 12 January 1798 - 18 January 1813

Register of baptisms, 7 February 1813 - 23 December 1838

Register of baptisms, 6 January 1839 - 1 June 1856

Register of baptisms, 29 June 1856 - 4 October 1894

Register of baptisms, 19 October 1894 - 21 June 1922

Register of baptisms, 21 June 1922 - 15 February 1933

Register of baptisms, 1 March 1933 - 6 May 1948

Register of baptisms, 30 May 1948 - 3 March 1963

Register of baptisms, 7 April 1963 - 22 September 1970

Register of baptisms, 27 September 1970 - 6 July 1980

Register of baptisms, 20 July 1980 - 5 September 1993

Register of baptisms, 5 September 1993 - 19 November 2000

Register of baptisms, 3 December 2000 - 8 June 2008

Register of marriages and banns, 5 May 1754 - 16 December 1790 At back: Marriage licence of Thomas Watson of Norton and Ann Bowson of the same parish, 17 January 1814

Register of marriages and banns, 20 February 1791 - 19 May 1817

Register of marriages, 24 February 1813 - 21 December 1837

Register of marriages, 26 December 1837 - 14 February 1885

Register of marriages, 26 March 1885 - 27 July 1907

Register of marriages, 1 August 1907 - 2 September 1925

Register of marriages, 26 September 1925 - 22 September 1934

Register of marriages, 1 October 1934 - 8 March 1941

Register of marriages, 10 March 1941 - 19 November 1949

Register of marriages, 10 December 1949 - 24 July 1959

Register of marriages, 1 August 1959 - 6 August 1966

Register of marriages, 10 August 1966 - 22 April 1972

Register of marriages, 29 April 1972 - 7 January 1978

Register of marriages, 14 January 1978 - 5 November 1983

Register of marriages, 5 November 1983 - 20 August 1988

Register of marriages, 27 August 1988 - 27 August 1994

Register of marriages, 3 September 1994 - 25 May 2002

Register of marriages, 1 June 2002 - 28 July 2007

Register of marriages, 28 July 2007 - 8 April 2013

Register of banns of marriage, 21 December 1823 - 8 December 1867

Register of banns of marriage, 5 May 1901 - 6 March 1910

Register of banns of marriage, 5 January 1939 - 30 May 1954

Register of banns of marriage, 6 March 1910 - 21 September 1919

Register of banns of marriage, 14 September 1919 - 5 August 1928

Register of banns of marriage, 29 July 1938 - 1 January 1939

Register of banns of marriage, 9 May 1954 - 13 May 1962

Register of banns of marriage, 31 January 1965 - 8 April 1973

Register of banns of marriage, 8 April 1973 - 19 June 1977

Register of banns of marriage, 5 June 1977 - 3 August 1980

Register of banns of marriage, 20 July 1980 - 7 August 1983

Register of banns of marriage, 31 July 1983 - 18 June 1989

Register of banns of marriage, 4 June 1989 - 18 October 1998

Register of banns of marriage, 21 March 1999 - 11 March 2007

Register of banns of marriage, 4 March 2007 - 26 April 2015

Register of burials, 14 February 1813 - 22 November 1838 Includes: List of burials loose in the book, 8 May 1838 - 22 November 1838 and register of baptisms, 20 May 1838 - 18 November 1838 (paper, 1 folio)

Register of burials, 28 January 1839 - 16 September 1859

Register of burials, 11 October 1859 - 2 October 1911

Register of burials, 21 September 1911 - 2 November 1928 including a separate list of Norton men who fell in the Great War, 1914 - 1918 Also includes: Newspaper cuttings re various Acts concerned with fees, n.d. List of streets from which burials are permitted in the parish churchyard in accordance with a resolution passed at the Easter Vestry, 1918; Royal proclamation re conserving of grain, 6 May 1917; Forms of Prayer and Thanksgiving to be used on Sunday 4 August 1918; Burials Laws Amendment Act, 1880; Burial Grounds Bill, 1900; Circular letter concerning Burial Act, 1900, 17 December 1900; Burial Act, 1900; Naval Marriages Act, 1915; Newspaper cutting re fixing of burial fees by Consistory Court of Liverpool, 22 March 1919; Special Burial Service for use when the Office for the Burial of the Dead may not be or is not used, n.d.

Register of burials, 8 November 1928 - 19 November 1938

Registers of burials, 21 November 1938 - 17 April 1958 Includes burials in the "Old Ground", others include a plot reference number.

Register of burials, 21 April 1958 - 20 November 1991 Includes burials in "Old Ground", other include plot reference numbers.

Register of burials (After Cremation), 10 September 1965 - 28 January 1993

Licence for the marriage of James Reginald Spencer Rhodes of Norton High Street and Marion Alexander Thompson of Market Street, Hetton-le-Hole, 18 November 1827

Marriage licence between George S. Dring of Norton and Elsie M. Trenberth of Norton, 2 August 1924

Marriage licence between Edwin Vincent of Norton and Elizabeth Dixon Wass of Norton, 5 August 1924

Marriage licence between Wendy M. Harrison of Norton and Ian D. Prosser of Stockton, 9 December 1982

Marriage licence between Caroline Chesworth of Norton and Andrew Brannen of Stockton, 5 December 1983

Certificate of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the marriage between Robert D. Sansum of Swansea, West Glamorgan and Winifred S. Justin of Stockton, 18 June 1984

Marriage licence between Hayley Lucinda Rose Wrightson of Stockton and David Seamna of Stockton, 12 July 2004

Marriage licence between Emma Jane Dobie of Stockton and Sean Alexander Wiseman of Stockton, 17 November 2005

Circular from the Rt. Rev. Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham giving details of the format of parish registers to be used hereafter in the Diocese of Durham, 30 September 1797

Confirmation Register, 15 October 1891 - 8 March 1927

Register of confirmations, 26 February 1948 - 15 March 1967

Register of confirmations, 14 March 1968 - 12 November 2003

Preachers Book, 6 October 1912 - 30 October 1931 In the front: list of registers in the Parish chest in 1891 and Plate belonging to the Parish

Register of services, 5 September 1971 - 31 March 1977

Register of services, 3 April 1977 - 21 January 1985

Register of services, 19 May 1991 - 26 June 1999

Register of services, 27 June 1999 - 31 August 2008

Register of services, 1 September 2008 - 15 July 2013

Register of services, 17 July 2013 - 9 September 2018

Correspondence between the Ecclesiastical Commission, Westminster; Canon Scott, Norton Vicarage; the Bishop of Durham; and others regarding the establishment and endowment of the new parish of St. Michael and All Angels, Norton, with related extracts from Orders in Council and The London Gazette, 25 October 1909 - 6 February 1918

Correspondence received by the Rev. J.R. Fuller, Norton Vicarage from the Ecclesiastical Commission regarding proposals for altering the boundaries of the new parishes of St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Paul and St. Peter, all at Stockton with draft Order in Council and copy of St. John's parish magazine, 28 February - 27 August 1928

The London Gazette containing Order in Council altering parish boundaries in the area of Stockton-on-Tees, 17 July 1928

Map shewing the alterations to boundaries of parishes at Stockton-on-Tees, 1928 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Correspondence and a memorandum concerning the proposed link between the parishes of Norton, St. Mary and Grindon, 28 September - 17 November 1973

Copy of Pastoral Order establishing the rural deaneries of Gateshead West and Sedgefield, 12 June 1978

13 September 1876 (1) The Rev. John Ridley (2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne (3) Joseph Keech Aston of Dean's Yard, Westminster, Esquire Mortgage by demise of 35 years by (1) to (3), in trust for (2), of the income of the benefice of Norton to secure £103 and interest (to be expended on enlarging a labourer's dwelling house)

Correspondence from the Bounty Office to Rev. T. Errington Scott, Vicar of Norton, regarding the liquidation of mortgages with receipts for the relevant payments, 9 January - 5 February 1897

1 February 1940 (1) The Rev. Dudley Elliott Scott, Vicar of Norton (2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne... Mortgage (and counterpart mortgage) by demise of 7 years by (1) to (2) of the income of the benefice of Norton to secure £86 and interest

Statements from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England shewing the amount of stock held by them in trust for the benefice of Norton, with related correspondence, 6 January 1874 - 22 July 1936

Correspondence received from the Pay Office of the Supreme Court concerning dividends payable and investments made for the Vicar of Norton in exparte Clarence Railway Company and the Vicar of Norton, 30 April 1888 - 6 September 1924

Correspondence and notices received from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners regarding the stipend for an assistant curate, 19 December 1890 - 20 November 1924

The London Gazette containing the grant of a yearly stipend of £15 by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England for an assistant curate at Norton, 21 October 1910

The London Gazette containing the grant of a yearly stipend of £45 by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England for an assistant curate at Norton, 26 December 1913

1 May 1948 Charging assessment by the Church Commissioners for England for £70 and interest repayable over 5 years

Correspondence between The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England; Halmote Court Office, Durham; Smiths, Gore and Company, surveyors, Bondgate, Darlington; Frederick A. Scott, Kingston-upon-Hull; and Rev. T. Errington Scott, Norton Vicarage regarding the unsuccessful attempt of the Commissioners to claim quit rent, 20 August - 24 November 1902

Letters from the Bounty Office, 3 Dean's Yard, Westminster to Rev. J.R. Fuller concerning first fruits and tenths and the income of the benefice, 4 November and 6 December 1924

Rough statement of the income of the parish of Norton, May 1924

13 December 1917 (1) The Rev. Canon Thomas Errington Scott, Vicar of Norton (2) The Rt. Rev. Francis John, Lord Bishop of Chester, Patron of the said Vicarage (3) The Rt. Rev. Handley Carr Glyn, Lord Bishop of Durham, Ordinary of the said Vicarage (4) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Copy grant by (1) to the incumbent of the new parish of St. Michael and All Angels, Norton, under the New Parishes Acts, of the two perpetual yearly rent-charges of £100 and £50 issuing out of the Vicarage of Norton by way of endowment

Miscellaneous correspondence between the Bishop of Durham, the Rev. T. Errington Scott, Vicar of Norton and others regarding the endowments of the benefice, mortgages, Clarence Railway case etc., 29 January 1896 - 23 May 1902

Copy of Pastoral Order for the payment of endowment income from the benifice of Norton to the diocesan stipends fund, 11 November 1974

18 February 1826 (1) Christopher Anstey, Vicar of Norton (2) Jacob Bowron Memorandum of agreement as to the boundary hedge between Lower Tofts (part of Norton Glebe) and the lands of (2)

11 September 1871 (1) The Rev. John Ridley, Vicar of Norton (2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne Mortgage by demise of 35 years by (1) to (2) of the glebe lands, tithes, rents, stipends etc. of the benefice of Norton to secure £500 and interest (which is to be expended on improvements to the vicarage)

11 September 1872 (1) The Rev. John Ridley (2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne (3) John Burder of Parliament Street, Westminster, gentleman Mortgage by demise of 35 years by (1) to (3), in trust for (2), of the income of the benefice of Norton to secure £535 and interest (to be expended on rebuilding a farm house)

3 September 1879 (1) The Lands Improvement Company (2) The Rev. John Ridley, Vicar of Norton Provisional contract for the advance of £220 by (2) to (1) for improvements to the Norton Glebe Estate, repayable over 25 years. Schedule of lands to be charged annexed

Plan of Norton Glebe as in 1828, 24 September 1870 No scale

Sketch plan of glebe and other lands near Darlington Lane, n.d., [c.1900] No scale

Plan of Rosedale Farm, Norton, n.d., [c.1920] No scale

Half-yearly statements of account rendered by Henry J. Curry and Company, land agents, Stockton-on-Tees for Norton Glebe rentals, 13 August 1896 - 29 June 1928

Correspondence between Thomas Nelson, Burnhamthorpe, Norton; Frederick Scott, solicitor, Parliament Street, Kingston upon Hull etc; and Rev. T. Errington Scott regarding the proposed sale or lease of glebe lands at Norton, 25 November - 12 December 1900

Draft notice to the bishop of intention to sell glebe lands (Rosedale Farm) with return of information to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 20 August 1919 and n.d.

Proposals for the sale of a parcel of glebe land in Darlington Lane, Stockton-on-Tees as the site for a house, with plan and covering letter from Cordingley and McIntyre, Chartered Architects, Durham, October 1953

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Ralph Appleton and Hall, and Henry J. Curry and Company, surveyors and valuers, High Street, Stockton-on-Tees; Moore and Cartwright, builders and contractors, High Street, Norton; the Rev. L.E. Evans, Vicar of Norton; and others concerning the proposed sale of the Glebe Farm and development of it by Moore and Cartwright (Properties) Limited, including sale particulars, plans etc., also proposals by the Church Commissioners to take over all glebe land, 18 November 1956 - 7 December 1960

Correspondence between Ralph Appleton and Hall, Chartered Surveyors, High Street, Stockton-on-Tees; Rev. L.E. Evans, Norton Vicarage; The Church Commissioners; the Diocesan Office, Durham; Stockton-on-Tees Corporation; and Archer, Parkin and Townsend, Solicitors, Yarm Road, Stockton-on-Tees, concerning the purchase of glebe land at Portrack by the British Railways Board for their Freightliner Depot, with various plans of the site attached, 9 August 1965 - 2 November 1973

Copy of Absolute Order of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales charging Norton Glebe with the repayment of £434 and interest to The Lands Improvement Company by 50 half-yearly payments, 24 June 1880

Copy of Absolute Order of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales charging Norton Glebe with the repayment of £80 and interest to The Lands Improvement Company by 50 half-yearly payments, 23 June 1881

Details of the two rent-charges granted by EP/ Nor 2/191-2, 24 June 1880 - 23 June 1881

Letter from The Lands Improvement Company, Westminster, to the Rev. T. Errington Scott, Norton Vicarage giving details of expenditure on drainage of Norton Glebe, 26 August 1896

Correspondence received from The Lands Improvement Company, Westminster, with receipt for last payment under EP/Nor 2/191-2, 10-13 March 1905

Plan of Norton Waste (which adjoins the vicarage), n.d., [later 18th century] Scale: 1 to 500

Petition of owners of copyhold lands in Norton in the Manor of Stockton to the Rt. Rev. Richard Trevor, Bishop of Durham for the construction of a workhouse on waste in Norton Green, n.d., [1752 - 1771]

Letter from the Rt. Rev. Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham to Robert Clarke, Stockton as to grant of a parcel of waste ground, 25 March 1802

Correspondence received from The National Telephone Company Limited, Middlesbrough and from the G.P.O. with various wayleave agreements for the erection of telephone poles, 3 November 1893 - 16 September 1930

Correspondence between the Ecclesiastical Commission, London; the Rev. J.R. Fuller and Canon T. Errington Scott, Vicars of Norton; John Fletcher, builder and contractor, Norton; Sir Lindsey Wood, The Hermitage, Chester-le-Street; and Henry J. Curry and Company, land agents, Stockton-on-Tees, regarding the Norton Glebe sand quarry with copies of licences to work it, 1 August 1896 - 17 June 1925

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, London to Rev. T. Errington Scott, Norton stating their lack of authority in the matter of using part of the glebe as the site of a school, 31 October 1891

Notice from the North Eastern Railway Company to Rev. T. Errington Scott regarding their intention to apply to Parliament for powers to extend their railway from Haverton Hill to Stockton, 5 December 1896

Notice to treat from the North Eastern Railway Company to Rev. T. Errington Scott and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England as to land required (as shewn on the attached plan) for the Haverton Hill to Stockton railway, 11 July 1900

Nomination of Arthur Gavin Stevenson of York (by the North Eastern Railway Company and Henry John Curry of Stockton (by the Rev. Thomas Errington Scott, as surveyors) with their award of £150 for 3r. 28p. of land in the parish of Norton required by the company under their Act of 1897, 7 November 1905

Notice from the North Eastern Railway Company to Rev. T. Errington Scott of the intention to apply to Parliament for powers to build a railway from Stockton to Billingham Beck, 10 December 1912

Nomination of Arthur Gavin Stevenson of York (by the North Eastern Railway Company) and Henry John Curry of Stockton (by the Rev. T. Errington Scott, as surveyors) with their award of £65 for land required by the company under their Act of 1897

Plan shewing land to be purchased from the Rev. Thomas Errington Scott and The Ecclesiastical Commissioners by the North Eastern Railway, n.d. [c 1900] Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1584]

8 November 1905 (1) The Rev. Thomas Errington Scott of Norton, Clerk in Holy Orders (2) Thomas Henry Faber and George Newby, both of Stockton, solicitors (3) The North Eastern Railway Company Duplicate conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of 3r.28p. of land in Norton Plan attached. Consideration: £150 to (2)

29 October 1913 (1) The Rev. Thomas Errington Scott of Norton, Clerk in Holy Orders (2) Thomas Henry Faber and George Newby,both of Stockton, solicitors (3) The North Eastern Railway Company Duplicate conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of 1r.24p. of land at Norton Plan attached. Consideration: £65

Printed address of Rev. R.M. Thornton, St. Joseph's Presbytery, Norton, to mark the 50th anniversary of his ordination, 1 November 1967

Copy of curacy licence of Eric Leslie Fuller, M.A., 10 December 1924

Letters received by the Rev. J.R. Fuller, Norton Vicarage from the Diocesan Registry and others regarding his appointment as a surrogate, 12 November - 9 December 1924

Letter of resignation by the Rev. H.B. Ferris of the living of St. Michael and All Angels, Norton, 18 October 1927 (1 paper)

Certificate of institution for Paul Lawrence Walker, 24 January 1999

n.d., [c.1230's] (1) Bartholomew, Vicar of Norton and Priest of Stockton, Preston and Hartburn (2) Richard, Bishop of Durham Early 19th century copy of the charter of ordination of the Chapel of Stockton Agreement between (1) and (2) regarding the employment of a chaplain to serve the Chapel of Stockton. The chaplain will visit Norton with his oblations on the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (15 August) each year; will pay to the Vicar of Norton 50s. in four equal installments on the Feast of St. Martin in Winter (11 November), of St. Cuthbert (20 March and 4 September) and of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (24 June) for all the obligations of Adam son of Adam Preston, Walter Ruffus, High Nasuc, Richard Poher of Preston, Walter son of Walter of Hartburne, William son of Rober the bailiff, Eudo of Norton, Roger Cornesed, William Smith (Faber), Thomas Giser, Adam Carpenter, John Lealam, Thomas Sprott, Walter of Stockton, clerk Witnesses: Master William Dolam, Archdeacon of Durham, William of Karlebere, Dean, Master William of Berforde, Master William of Manfeld, John Parson of Middleton, Nicholas Parson of Distinhill, John of Ricelings, Lord William of Promham, Dominus Thomas Parson of Norton

Report by the Deputy Librarian of the Dean and Chapter Library, Durham, to the Rev. Canon M. Simmons, Norton, on the Surtees manuscripts from Red House School, Norton, 6 November 1986

Returns of parochial statistics, 1924 - 1927

Haverton Hill, 24 January 1962 - 21 April 1975

Long Newton, 26 October 1967 - 28 August 1987

Norton, St. Mary, 19 December 1973 - 2 December 1974

Norton, St. Michael, 30 July 1981 - 28 December 1987

Stillington, 2 July 1963 - 2 December 1977

Stockton, Holy Trinity (St. Mark's Conventional District), 26 February 1960 - 23 August 1987

Stockton, Holy Trinity, 16 May 1960 - 7 February 1987

Stockton, St. Chad (Roseworth), 20 December 1963 - 21 May 1976

Stockton, St. James, 2 March 1970 - 15 May 1984

Stockton, St. James Community Care Centre (Hardwick), 24 July 1983 - 14 October 1988

Stockton, St. John, 6 March 1961 - 4 June 1986

Stockton, St. Thomas, 22 December 1970 - 25 November 1974

Report on the parish of St. Aidan, Billingham, considering future arrangements for pastoral care, 22 March 1967

Architect's report on the church of St. Aidan, Billingham, 28 June 1965

Architect's report on the church of St. Aidan, Billingham, 12 October 1971

Architect's report on the church of St. Aidan, Billingham, 6 August 1975

The Star, published by the churches of St. Aidan and St. Luke, Billingham, March 1968, January 1971, August 1971 and October 1976

Confidential minutes of a meeting at Auckland Castle to consider financial and property arrangements for St. Aidan's and St. Luke's Billingham, 28-29 March 1967

Copies of the rector's and rural dean's responses to the archdeacon's enquiries for the Billingham Team Ministry, 1976 and 1986

Architects' reports on the church of St. Luke, Billingham, 23 September 1971 and 6 August 1975

8 November 1928 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) Minister and churchwardens of Billingham Copy of conveyance by (1) to (2) of a piece of land for a school in Billingham

Rev. H.E. Simpson: A Short History and Guide to the Parish Church of St. Cuthbert, Billingham, 1964-67

Parish magazines of St. Cuthbert's Billingham, November 1970, November - December 1974

20 July 1967 (1) Vicar and churchwardens of Billingham (2) Durham County Council Copy of lease by (1) to (2) of the former Billingham Church of England Infants' School

Copies of incumbent's responses to archdeacon's enquiries for the parish of St. Cuthbert, Billingham, n.d. and 29 April 1980

Annual accounts for St. Cuthbert's, Billingham, 1979, 1984

Architect's reports on the church of St. Cuthbert, Billingham, 4 August 1965, 6 July 1970 and 26 June 1975

Sequestrators' accounts for St. Cuthbert's, Billingham, 1971-72

Minutes of a meeting of clergy from Billingham, Haverton Hill and Wolviston to consider the Billingham town planning map and proposed redevelopment, 19 March 1965 and a letter from the Diocesan Secretary, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, to Rev. H.E. Simpson, St. Cuthbert's Vicarage, Billingham, concerning the minutes, 24 March 1965

Letter from Rev. D.R. Webster, Billingham, to Canon Wardle-Harpur, concerning the burial of a new-born baby without the attendance of a clergyman, 6 November 1959

Architect's reports on the church of Elton, St. John, July 1966, July 1970

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Correspondence between the Bishop of Jarrow, Melkridge House, Gilesgate, Durham; the Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle; D..L. Bowron, Elton Manor, Elton, Stockton; the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle; Ralph Appleton and Hall, surveyors, High Street, Stockton; Rev. T.F.R. Wheeldon, The Rectory, Redmarshall; Rev. T. Williams, St. Mary's Rectory, Long Newton; Canon A.C. Dumper, St. Peter's Vicarage, Stockton; Mrs. D. Wright, Long Newton; Rev. N.C. Jones, Holy Trinity Vicarage, Stockton, concerning the organisation of pastoral care in parishes in the south east of the diocese, particularly Elton and Long Newton, 18 June 1973 - 22 December 1975

Memorandum concerning a pastoral scheme for Elton, Longnewton and Stockton, St. Peter's, n.d. [1974]

Copy of return to the archdeacon's enquiry for the parish of Elton, 19 June 1975

Sequestrators' account for Elton parish, 1975

Copy return by the incumbent to the archdeacon's enquiry into the parish of St. Paul, Stockton, 21 January 1975

Copy return by the rural dean to the archdeacon's enquiry into the parish of St. Paul, Stockton, 28 January 1975

Copy return by the incumbent to the archdeacon's enquiry into the parish of St. Paul, Stockton, 10 June 1987

Parish magazines for St. Paul, Stockton, December 1970, July 1975, March 1976

Architect's report on St. Paul's church, Stockton, June 1963, August 1971

Schedule of dilapidations for St. Paul's Vicarage, Stockton, October 1983

Order of service at a centenary eucharist for the Feast of the Consecration, St. Peter's, Stockton, 6 October 1981

Half-yearly accounts and balance sheets for St. Peter's, Stockton, December 1987 - June 1988

Copy return by the churchwardens to the archdeacon's enquiry for the parish of St. Peter, Stockton, 31 July 1988

Correspondence between Rev. R.G. Smith, 22 Kipling Walk, Basingstoke, Hampshire, and the Rectory, Wolviston; Rev. L. Evans, Norton Vicarage; the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Canon Wardle-Harpur, Stockton Vicarage, concerning the construction of a new church in Wolviston Court estate and the sale of the rectory, 19 March 1963 - 17 May 1967 Includes: reports of meetings of Stockton Deanery Reorganisation Committee, 21 May and 8 December 1964; report on 'Proposed Ecclesiastical Development, Wolviston Court, Billingham' by Dainton Elgee and Wrightson, architects and surveyors, Middlesbrough, n.d.

Architect's reports on the church of Wolviston, St. Peter, 25 September 1969, 14 May 1975, 29 May 1984

The Net, Wolviston parish magazine, February 1971

Copy of return to the archdeacon's enquiry for the parish of Wolviston, 10 October 1974

Order of service for the institution and induction of Rev. David George Biles as rector of Wolviston, 11 December 1974

Certified copy of the apportionment of tithe rent-charge for the parish of Norton, excepting the hamlet of Blackiston, 22 June 1841

Certified copy of the altered apportionment of tithe rent-charge for the parish of Norton, 28 November 1889

Certified copy of the altered apportionment of tithe rent-charge for the parish of Norton, 29 May 1922

Certified copy of the altered apportionment of tithe rent-charge for the parish of Norton, plan attached, 9 March 1931

Certified copy of the altered apportionment of tithe rent-charge for the parish of Norton, plan attached, 5 July 1934

Notice of re-apportionment of tithe rent-charge and deposit of draft for inspection, 11 July 1930

Tithe account for the parish of Norton, 1887

Tithe account for the parish of Norton, 1889

Tithe account for the parish of Norton, 1892

Half-yearly statements of account of the Norton and East Hartburn (rectorial) tithes, 1 January 1910 - 31 December 1925

Statements of account of the Norton and East Hartburn (rectorial) tithes, 31 March and 30 September 1926

Annual statements of account of the Norton (vicarial) tithes and manorial rents due 1 January 1913 - 1 January 1920

Statements of account of the Norton (vicarial) tithes and manorial rents due 1 January 1922 and 1 January 1923

Statement of account of the Norton (vicarial) tithes and manorial rents for the year ending 31 December 1925

Statement of account of the Norton (vicarial) tithes and manorial rents due 31 March 1926

Declaration of the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty and Rev. Dudley Elliott Sturt, Vicar of Norton, merging several tithe rent-charges of £5 18s.9d. in the freehold of the lands on which they are charged, 12 August 1936

Correspondence received from W.W. Gibson, Convenor of the Area Collection Committee under the Tithe Act, 1925, regarding revised collection lists, their chaotic state, arrears etc., 18 November 1930 - 12 October 1934

Copy declaration of trust by the Rev. Thomas Errington Scott for the payment of £100 p.a. out of the tithe rent-charge to the Vicar of Norton for the time being and the balance to an assistant curate in charge of the southern district of the parish of Norton, or to the incumbent of any new parish formed therefrom, 8 June 1910

Letters received from John Bell, Barrister-at-Law, Clerk to the Guardians of the Stockton Union as to tithe assessments and rateable values, 27 October 1917 and 21 February 1918

Letter from Canon T. Errington Scott, Hatfield Heath, Harlow, Essex to Rev. Mr. Fuller regarding whereabouts of tithe statements, and general discussion of Norton tithes, 11 February 1925

Correspondence with the Ecclesiastical Commission as to the possibilities of converting the Vicarage at Norton into a Rectory following the reconveyance of Rectorial Tithe by the Rt. Hon. John Lloyd Wharton, 4 December 1909 - 10 December 1913

Correspondence between the Rt. Hon. John Lloyd Wharton, Dryburn, Durham City, Boston Spa, Yorkshire etc.; Faber Fawcett and Faber, solicitors, Stockton-on-Tees; the Bishop of Durham; the Vicar of Norton; K.C. Bayley, Bank Chambers, Durham; and others regarding Wharton's gift of his rectorial tithes at Norton and East Hartburn, appeal for money for new church in South Norton, dispute with Stockton, St. Peter, Wharton's intention to transfer £500 North Eastern Railway Consols towards the stipend of a curate and related matters, 2 June 1908 - 2 June 1913

Correspondence between Faber, Fawcett and Faber, solicitors, Stockton-on-Tees; Rt. Hon. John Lloyd Wharton; the Ecclesiastical Commission; Warlow and Patey, solicitors, London regarding Wharton's gift of tithes to the vicar and to augment the curacy fund, preparation of deeds etc., 3 June 1910 - 29 March 1912

Notes on Norton rectorial tithe, 1917

Notes on the means of conveying tithes, n.d., [c.1910 - 1913]

28 April 1910 (1) The Rt. Hon. John Lloyd Wharton of Bramham, Boston Spa, Yorkshire, P.C. (2) The Rev. Thomas Errington Scott, Honorary Canon of Durham Cathedral and Vicar of Norton Copy of conveyance of tithe rent-charges arising from lands in the parish of Norton and township of East Hartburn. (2) covenants to indemnify (1) from all claims for the maintenance of the chancel of Norton church

31 May 1913 (1) Charles Waring Darwin, C.B., of Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire, a Colonel (retired) in H.M.'s Army and Kennett Champaim Bayley of Bank Chambers, Durham, solicitor (executors of the Rt. Hon. J.L. Wharton) (2) Mary Dorothea Darwin, wife of C.W. Darwin (3) The Rev. Thomas Errington Scott, Honorary Canon of Durham Cathedral and Vicar of Norton (4) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Copy conveyance and assurance by (1) and (3) to (4) of tithe rent-charges arising out of lands in the parish of Norton and township of East Hartburn in augmentation of the endowments of the benefice in consideration of which (4) will provide £60 p.a. towards the stipends of assistant curates. Recites previous agreements

23 December 1843 (1) The Rev. Charles John Plumer, Vicar of Norton (2) The University Life Assurance Society Mortgage by demise of 20 years by (1) to (2) of a title rent-charge of £86 p.a. to secure £348 and interest Consideration: £348

Certification by the Tithe Commissioners of the expenses of the Rev. C.J. Plumer relating to the commutation of Norton tithes, 25 November 1843

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of a tithe rent-charge of.1s. payable to the vicar, 30 July 1920

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charges of 12s. 6d. payable to the vicar and.1s. payable to the impropriators, 31 December 1921

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charges of £4 2s.6d. payable to the vicar and of £7 6s. 6d. payable to the impropriators, 31 December 1921

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of a tithe rent-charge of 11s.5d. payable to the vicar, 12 July 1922

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of a tithe rent-charge of 10s.10d. payable to the vicar, 13 July 1922

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charges of 3s. payable to the vicar and of 6s. payable to the impropriators, 30 November 1922

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charges of 17s.5d. payable to the vicar and of £3 15s. 2d. payable to the impropriators, 1 March 1923

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charges of £1 16s. payable to the vicar and of £10 9s.6d. payable to the impropriators, 24 July 1923

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charges of 12s.6d. payable to the vicar and of £5 payable to the impropriators, 24 July 1923

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charges of 4s. payable to the vicar and £1 6s. payable to the impropriators, 9 April 1924

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charges of 3s.8d. payable to the vicar and of £1 7s. payable to the impropriators, 30 November 1925

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of a tithe rent-charge of 2s.6d. payable to the vicar, 26 March 1926

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charges of 8s. payable to the vicar and of £2 7s.6d. payable to the impropriators, 20 May 1926

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of a tithe rent-charge of £1 2s.6d. payable to the impropriators, 5 December 1927

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charges of 7s.6d. payable to the vicar and of 9s. payable to the impropriators, 6 March 1928

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charges of 10s. payable to the vicar and of 16s. payable to the impropriators, 13 September 1929

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of a tithe rent-charge of 3s.1d. payable to the vicar, 6 November 1930

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of a tithe rent-charge of 4s.6d. payable to the vicar, 11 April 1932

Sealed copy of the certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charges of 18s.10d. payable to the vicar and of £1 8s. payable to the impropriators, 31 March 1937

Copies of applications by landowners for the redemption of tithe rent-charges, 16 December 1920 - 27 January 1926

Letters and notices received from the Director General, Land and Supplies Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, regarding applications for the redemption of tithe rentcharges, 6 October 1921

Draft copy of order for redemption of tithe rentcharges of £1 16s., £1 and £10 9s.6d., 1922

Letters received from the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, with statements of account and explanatory circulars, relating to the redemption of tithe rent-charges, 18 June 1920 - 19 February 1936

Correspondence between Archer, Parkin and Archer, solicitors, Stockton-on-Tees, Rev. T. Errington Scott and others regarding the redemption of tithe rent-charges, 23 June - 30 July 1900

Correspondence between Faber, Fawcett and Faber, solicitors, Stockton-on-Tees and the Vicar of Norton relating to Norton tithes and tithe redemption, July 1918 - 26 November 1927

Correspondence and calculations of redemption annuities under the Tithe Act, 1936 received from J.B. Lazenby, Collector for the Tithe Redemption Commission, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 10 May - 14 June 1937

Receipt of J.W.P. Page for £6 9s. 7d. tithe rent-charge from the Vicar of Norton, 16 January 1889

Minutes of the Fabric Committee, 13 May 1964 - 6 June 1969

Minutes of the Fabric Committee [Building Committee from 23 September 1982], 7 March 1977 - 24 January 1984

Minute book of fabric committee, 28 July 1969 - 22 November 1976

Correspondence of the Fabric Committee, 2 January 1978 - 15 October 1980

Correspondence and reports of the Fabric Committee, 9 January 1981 - 17 February 1983

Plan of Norton Church after the alterations and enlargements made in 1822 - 1823 Scale: 1 inch to 6 feet [1:72]

Plan of the new galleries in Norton Church, n.d., [c.1822 - 1823] Scale: 1 inch to 6 feet [1:72]

North and west elevations of proposed extension to the church, by C. Hodgson Fowler, October 1903 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Plan and sections of proposed extension to the church, C. Hodgson Fowler, October 1903 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Design for proposed extension to the church, C. Hodgson Fowler, n.d., [c.1903] No scale

Section of Norton Church shewing proposed ventilation system, n.d., [1907] No scale

Plan of the church with details of seating accommodation, 18 March 1907 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Plan, sections and elevations for proposed restoration of the church tower, January 1934 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]

Design for proposed tiling of sanctuary floor, n.d. [c.1930's] Scale: 3/4 inch to 1 foot [1:16]

Correspondence with Robert Bayle and Son, ventilating and heating engineers, London regarding the ventilation of Norton Church and the estimated cost of the work, 20 March - 5 July 1907

Report of the Select Committee on Ventilation, 1904

The 'Boyle' System of ventilation (natural) as applied to churches and schools, an advertising trace with copious illustrations, 1903

List of subscriptions to the restoration fund, 25 March 1878

Correspondence between Cordingley and McIntyre, architects, The College, Durham and Rev. D.E. Sturt, Norton regarding essential restoration work to the church tower, 27 January - 19 April 1934

Correspondence concerning repairs and alterations to the chancel, 30 December 1939 - 12 July 1963

Correspondence concerning the remodelling of the chancel, 4 March 1948 - 8 January 1965

Correspondence and plans concerning the restoration of the fabric, 13 April 1957 - 26 June 1970

Conservation report on the relocation of two memorials, 1997 Includes photographs (iii - viii) of work which are labelled on the back

Lightning conductor report, 2006

Plan and elevation of proposed litany desk, credence table and bishop's chair, by Brierley and Rutherford, York, August 1922 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Illustration of proposed gospel light, n.d., [1930's] Scale: 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:8]

Benefactor's book, n.d. [c.1980] Contains the names of those who contributed items to the church.

Photographs and photographic negatives of the church silver, n.d. [1980?]

Layout of headstone, Imperial War Graves Commission, n.d., [1920's] Full scale

Plan of gravespaces in sections of churchyard filled in the years 1902-1915, by Arthur Harrison, surveyor, September 1915 Scale: 6 feet to 1 inch [1:72]

Plan of gravespaces in the west sections of the churchyard by Arthur Harrison, surveyor, September 1915f Scale: 6 feet to 1 inch [1:72]

Plan of gravespaces, n.d. Scale: 10 feet to 1 inch [1:120]

Plan of churchyard showing levelled graves, n.d. Scale: 10 feet to 1 inch [1:120]

Copy of plan of churchyard by Arthur Harrison, surveyor, August 1931 Scale: 41.66 feet to 1 inch [1:490]

Copy of part of 25in Ordnance Survey plan marking land ownership in area adjoining proposed road development in Norton, n.d. [note: plan amended, 21 June 1962] Scale: 1:2500

Receipt and deposit book for Norton burial ground extension, 24 March 1900 - 4 July 1902

Receipts and payments book for Norton burial ground extension, 31 March 1900 - 1 December 1902

Bills and receipts for work done in connection with Norton burial ground extension, 1 January 1900 - 22 November 1902

Rate book for Norton burial ground extension, 1900 - 1901

Statement of receipts and payments of a voluntary rate of 8d. in the pound for Norton burial ground extension, 19 November 1902

18 May 1867 (1) John Hogg of Norton, Esquire, and William Manners of Norton, gentleman (2) James Johnson of Norton, gentleman Charge of £500 upon the rates to be raised in the parish of Norton under authority granted by EP/Nor 4/66 to secure £500 and interest to (2)

15 December 1899 (1) George Roe of Stockton-on-Tees, innkeeper (2) George Newby of Stockton-on-Tees, gentleman Agreement giving (2) the option (expiring 1 February 1900) to purchase 1 acre of land, delineated on the attached plan, to be used as an extension of Norton churchyard for £600

28 November 1900 (1) George Roe of Stockton-on-Tees, innkeeper (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Copy conveyance by (1) to (2) of 1 acre of land adjoining Norton churchyard to be used as an extension thereto Plan attached Consideration: £600

29 February 1928 (1) The Rev. James Robert Fuller, Clerk in Holy Orders, Vicar of Norton (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Copy conveyance of 970 square yards of land in Norton adjoining the churchyard as an addition to it Plan attached

Bill of costs from Dodds and Trotter, solicitors, to the Churchwardens of Norton concerning enlargement of the churchyard, 24 April 1865 - 28 October 1868

Authority from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to borrow £500 for the purchase of 2430 square yards of land (delineated) as an addition to the churchyard, 7 May 1867

Correspondence regarding the acquisition and conveyance of the site for the additional burial ground at Norton, 7 November 1899 - 14 January 1903

Correspondence between the Rev. Thomas E. Espin, The Rectory, Wolsingham and Canon T. Errington Scott, Norton as to leaving part of the churchyard extension unconsecrated, 16 - 20 November 1899

Miscellaneous memoranda and correspondence relating to the extension of the churchyard, views of the rate-payers, effect of local government legislation etc., 12 June - 4 August 1899 and n.d.

Correspondence between the Diocesan Registry, Durham; the Ecclesiastical Commission; Wilsons, Ornsby and Cadle, solicitors, Durham; the Rev. J.R. Fuller, Vicar of Norton; and others regarding acquisition of land for an extension to churchyard, consecration of same, rights to burial there, with related vouchers, 14 July 1926 - 25 July 1928

Computation by B.S. Cockroft of the area of Norton parish churchyard required to be maintained, 18 June 1970

Register of graves, 5 March 1886 - 6 March 1904

Correspondence between the Local Government Board and Canon T. Errington Scott, Norton regarding the effect on Norton churchyard of the extension of the boundaries of the Borough of Stockton, 31 May - 7 June 191

Correspondence between the Bishop's Secretary, the Local Government Board, Canon T. Errington Scott and others regarding the formation of the new parish in South Norton and the likely effect on rights to burial in St. Mary's churchyard, 30 May - 17 July 1917

Correspondence between the Imperial War Graves Commission and Canon T. Errington Scott regarding war graves in St. Mary's churchyard, with maintenance agreement for same, 28 March 1922 - 21 March 1955

Correspondence concerning the churchyard, 27 December 1897 - 24 July 1972

List of works done to graves, nd Includes plot reference number, burial reference and surname.

Survey of gravestones in churchyard by St Joseph's RC Primary School, nd [post-1992]

Correspondence received by Rev. T. Errington Scott from the Bounty Office regarding loan for improvements proposed for Norton Vicarage, 16 December 1903 - 8 March 1904

15 March 1904 (1) The Rev. Thomas Errington Scott (2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne Mortgage by demise of 13 years by (1) to (2) of the income of the benefice of Norton to secure £46 and interest (to be expended on improvements to the sanitary arrangements of the vicarage)

17 November 1927 (1) Henry J. Curry and Company, on behalf of the Rev. J.R. Fuller (2) Joseph Moodie Walls of Town End Farm, Norton Copy agreement to let 1/4a. of garden with a greenhouse, part of Norton Vicarage garden, to (2) on a yearly tenancy at a rent of £5 p.a.

Plan of vicarage grounds at Norton, December 1891 Scale: 1 inch to 32 feet [1:384]

Press cuttings, correspondence and a petition in favour of the restrictive covenants on the use of the old vicarage and adjoining grounds, 2 October - 4 November 1979

Counterpart mortgage to secure £27,654 for building a new vicarage, 1 March 1974

Faculty to restore and reseat the church, 15 August 1874

Faculty for the installation of a clock in the church tower, stained glass windows and a memorial tablet, 27 February 1917

Faculty for the removal of the remains of John Henry Startup (a soldier) from the churchyard at Norton, where they had been wrongfully interred in the name of Private Albert Smith, and for their re-interment in Keighley Cemetery, Yorkshire, 28 November 1918

Faculty for the installation of the electric light and for the erection of two tablets, 28 July 1923

Faculty for the installation of a stained glass window, 2 May 1924

Copy of faculty to enclose and reserve grave spaces in the churchyard in confirmation of the actions of the Vicar General, 9 July 1927

Faculty for alterations and improvements in the churchyard, 11 August 1931

Faculty for the introduction of an extractor fan, 14 April 1934

Faculty for improvements to the churchyard, 19 August 1937

Faculty for the introduction of a processional cross, 20 August 1955

Faculty for the removal of the screen from the chancel, 28 October 1957

Faculty for the removal and replacement of the communion rails, lowering the sanctuary to its former level and paving it, introducing a picture of the Madonna and Child into the north transept, moving the altar, removing oak panelling and cleaning stonework, 3 July 1964

Faculty (sede vacante) for the disinterment and re-interment of the cremated remains of John Skelton Phillips, 12 September 1966

Unopposed faculty for the renewal of the central heating and electrical installations and for the introduction of oak pews, with draft certificate of completion and related papers, 29 July 1969

Faculty to enclose and reserve two grave spaces, with related correspondence, 16 March - 9 July 1927

Faculty for the introduction of a new pulpit, 20 September 1968

Faculty for the disinterment of the cremated remains of Mrs. M.J. Richardson, 19 May 1983

Faculty for the construction of a gas meter chamber, the installation of a mains supply, and the conversion to gas of the boiler, 4 November 1983

Faculty for the introduction of an aumbry, 8 May 1984

Faculty to carry out window repairs and protection, 8 September 2006

Confirmatory faculty to carry out repair and re-building of south-west corner of churchyard wall, 2007

Archdeacon's certificate for general repairs to the church, 8 May 1964

Archdeacon's certificate, 20 August 1987

Interlocutory order to replace gutters following theft of lead, 2006 with architect's email

Inventory with schedule and plans of glebe (1910f) [c.1948]

Quinquennial report on church fabric, 3 June 1976

Quinquennial inspection report, 1992 Also includes "Summary of Architect's Recommendations and Action taken" with sketch plans

Quinquennial inspection report, 1997

19 January 1927 Charging assessment by the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne (under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measure, 1923) for £61 14s.4d. and interest, repayable within one year

1 January 1938 Charging assessment by the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne... for £40 and interest, repayable over five years

Report of surveyor on dilapidations at Norton Vicarage, 4 September 1886

Report of surveyor on dilapidations at Rosedale Farm, Norton, 20 December 1889

Report of surveyor on dilapidations [at Norton Vicarage?], 12 August 1890

List of matters still requiring to be done under the report of 4 September 1886 (EP/Nor 4/21), 12 August 1890

Correspondence received by Rev. T. Errington Scott from various builders, architects, solicitors and others regarding dilapidations at Norton and the liability of the executors of his predecessor with regard to these, includes various bills for work done, 16 August 1890 - 8 February 1893

Report of surveyor on dilapidations at Norton Vicarage and Rosedale Farm, 19 September 1905

Report of surveyor on dilapidations at Norton Vicarage with bills and receipts for work done, 31 July 1912 - 31 August 1913

Report of surveyor on dilapidations at Norton with bills and receipts for work done, 19 January 1920 - July 1921

Report of surveyor, assessment and order under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, estimate for carrying out required work by John Poole and Son and related correspondence, 8 January - 8 April 1941

Certificates of completion of works under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Act, 1 December 1892 - 15 June 1921

Assessments and related correspondence under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures; correspondence with the Church Commissioners concerning stock held in trust for benefice; papers relating to the listing of the church as a building of special architectural or historic interest, 16 February 1949 - 20 August 1956

Norton Vicarage, schedule of dilapidations, March 1976 - January 1981

Churchwardens accounts, 1833 - 1915 Includes list of churchwardens (1775 - 1878)

Account book of churchwardens, 30 March 1755 - 7 April 1833 List of recipients of Snowden's Charity, 1783 - 1824

Pass book of the Churchwardens of Norton with J. Backhouse and Company, Bankers, Stockton-on-Tees, 18 May 1867 - 10 January 1877

Papers relating to sequestration of the benefice, 6 December 1973 - 31 January 1975

Archdeacon's visitation articles, 1931

Vestry Minute Book, 28 July 1887 - 7 December 1894

Minute book of vestry meetings, 22 August 1827 - 27 April 1886 Includes: statement of account of Norton Grammar School, 31 December 1881; Charity Commissioners' scheme regarding Thomas Newton's Charity and notes regarding Snowdon' s Charity; Orders for the preservation of parish muniments, 1842 and 1867

Minute book of vestry meetings, 12 April 1887 - 11 April 1928 Minutes of parochial church meetings and of joint meetings with the vestry, 13 April 1921 - 22 April 1924 Thompson's Charity accounts, 1890 - 1915; Norton Grammar School accounts, 1891 - 1898; churchwardens' accounts, 1915 - 1922 List of vicars of Norton with biographical and historical notes, 1228 - 1923

Solemn declaration of the Hon. and Rev. Francis Nathaniel Clements, Vicar of Norton, as to proceedings at the annual vestry of 23 April 1867, 25 July 1867 (1 paper)

Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 20 June 1922 - 10 January 1936

Minutes and papers of the Parochial Church Council, 16 March 1972 - 4 May 1976

Minutes and papers of the Parochial Church Council, 15 March 1976 - 29 April 1978

Minutes and papers of the Parochial Church Council, 21 May 1978 - 5 March 1979

Minutes and papers of the Parochial Church Council, 5 April 1979 - 25 March 1980

Minutes and papers of the Parochial Church Council, 31 December 1979 - 11 March 1981

Minutes and papers of the Parochial Church Council, 2 April 1981 - 8 March 1982

Minutes and papers of the Parochial Church Council, 1 April 1982 - 9 March 1983

Minutes and papers of the Parochial Church Council, 14 January 1983 - 10 March 1984

Minutes and papers of the Parochial Church Council, 14 March 1984 - 14 March 1985

Minutes and papers of the Parochial Church Council, 13 February 1985 - 4 March 1986

Minutes and papers of the Parochial Church Council, 18 March 1986 - 10 March 1987

Minutes and papers of the Parochial Church council, 30 April 1987 - 22 March 1987

Minutes and papers of the Parochial Church Council, 31 December 1987 - 6 March 1989

Minutes and papers of the Parochial Church Council, 10 April 1989 - 6 March 1990

Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 22 April 1965 - 17 April 1972

Minutes and papers of the Parochial Church Council, 7 February 1990 - 12 March 1991 Including report on church groups.

Accounts of Parochial Church Council, 1946

Accounts of Parochial Church Council, 1949 - 1956

Accounts of Parochial Church Council, 1959

Accounts of Parochial Church Council, 1962 (1 file, typescript)

List of Parochial Church Council members, 1990 Includes address, telephone number and date due to retire

Electoral roll, 31 December 1931

Draft electoral roll, n.d. [1940 - 1945]

Electoral roll, February 1971 - March 1977

Electoral roll, 1978-83

Copy of the examination of Robert Wilson, pitman, residing at Middle Rainton, upon the complaint of the Overseers of East Rainton, 20 July 1847

Copy of the examination of William Welsh, Overseer of the Poor for West Rainton, William Archbold of Newcastle, magistrate's clerk and John Elliott of East Rainton, Relieving Officer of the Houghton-le-Spring Union as to the place of settlement of Robert Wilson and Elizabeth his wife, 20 July 1847 (1 paper, printed form) Second Deposit

Copy of removal order for Robert Wilson and Elizabeth his wife from West Rainton to Norton, 22 July 1845

Order book of Norton Grammar School, being a log of events, February 1831 - February 1848

Cash book of Norton Grammar School, 7 February 1832 - 28 October 1867

Account book of Norton Grammar School, 1 January 1898 - 31 March 1924

Income and expenditure account of Norton Grammar School for the year ending 31 December 1857

Income and expenditure accounts of Norton Grammar School for the years ending 31 December 1860 - 1862

Income and expenditure account of Norton Grammar School for the year ending 31 December 1864

Statements of account of Norton Grammar School for the years ending 31 December 1879 and 1880

Statement of account rendered by Henry J. Curry and Company, Stockton, to the Trustees of Norton Grammar School for the year ending 31 December 1907

Statement of account of the Norton Grammar School Educational Endowment for the year ending 31 March 1919

Statement of account of the Norton Grammar School Educational Endowment for the year ending 31 March 1923

Statements of account of the Norton Grammar School Educational Endowment for the years ending 31 March 1925 - 1930

Statement of account of the Norton Grammar School Educational Endowment for the year ending 31 March 1934

Financial statement for the Trustees of Norton Grammar School for the year ending 31 December 1934

Statements of account of the Norton Grammar School Educational Endowment for the years ending 31 March 1935 and 1937

23 March 1839 (1) Thomas Robinson Grey of Norton, Esquire (on behalf of the Trustees of Norton Grammar School) (2) Thomas Wiley of Stockton, yeoman Memorandum of agreement to let 2 closes of tillage called Grammar School Land (4a. 3r. 37p.) to (2) for 6 years from Candlemas (2 February) 1839 at a rent of £13 p.a.

26 November 1853 (1) Thomas Robinson Grey of Norton, Esquire (on behalf of the Trustees of Norton Grammar School) (2) William Manners of Norton, Esquire Memorandum of agreement to let the Grammar School Land (4a. 3r. 37p.) to (2) on a yearly tenancy at a rent of £13 p.a.

5 January 1854 (1) Thomas Robinson Grey of Norton, Esquire (on behalf of the Trustees of Norton Grammar School) (2) Jonathan Jackson of Norton, gardener Memorandum of agreement to let a parcel of tillage ground called Long Close (4a. 3r. 20p.) to (2) on a yearly tenancy at a rent of £10 p.a.

Affidavit of John Burder of Parliament Street, Westminster, Solicitor as to the execution of a deed of declaration of trust (relating to copyholds in Norton) by the Bishop of Durham, 7 February 1832

Particulars and valuation of dwelling houses and lands in the parish of Norton belonging to Norton Grammar School, by Robert Rayson of Stockton, 16 January 1832

Correspondence received from the Ecclesiastical Commission and the Charity Commission relating to the maintenance income of Norton Grammar School, 9 August 1856 - 13 March 1902

List of occupiers of [Norton Grammar School] lands with rents paid and expenditure for the year ending 23 November 1857

Draft and final version of the Charity Commission Scheme for the government of Norton Grammar School, November 1897 and 18 March 1898

Order by the Charity Commission for the payment of various sums of money and authorisation of various expenditures, Norton Grammar School, 24 July 1867

Memorandum of expenditure on repairs and new buildings at Norton Grammar School, 31 December 1852

Invoice from the S.P.C.K.to Rev. C.J. Plumer for books supplied for use in school during 1847

Plan of the National School, Norton, n.d. [c.1890?] No scale (1 plan, 34cm x 42cm, ink) Second Deposit

Plan of proposed extension of classroom at the National School, Norton, with notice of intention to build and letter of approval, 19 May - 7 June 1928 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Letters from the Ecclesiastical Commission, London, to Rev. T. Errington Scott, Norton, regarding part of the Durham Bishoprick Estates at Norton Green which are to be used in extension of the school and Sunday school buildings, 30 January and 23 February 1891

Cash book and list of payments to beneficiaries of Thompson's Charity, 3 July 1867 - 31 December 1896; Cash book and list of payments to beneficiaries of Thompson's Charity (non-ecclesiastical section), 1 January 1897 - 9 July 1957

Cash book of John Thompson's Ecclesiastical Charity, 1 January 1897 - 4 October 1955

Schemes of the Charity Commission (1867 and 1897) for the management of John Thompson's Charity, 1898

Scheme for the Charity Commission for the management of John Thompson's Charity, 30 April 1867

Order by the Charity Commission under the Local Government Act, 1894 for the management of John Thompson's Ecclesiastical Charity, 2 July 1897

Correspondence between the Charity Commission and the Rev. T. Errington Scott concerning the membership of the body of trustees of Thompson's Ecclesiastical Charity, 3 December 1896 and 30 January 1897

Certificates of approval by the Charity Commission and notice of the appointment of new trustees of Thompson's Ecclesiastical Charity, 4 May 1900 - 21 March 1933

Notice of the appointment of Arthur Burgess Crosby of Norton to be a trustee of John Thompson's [Ecclesiastical or non-Ecclesiastical?] Charity, 19 November 1917

Minute book of Thompson's Charity, 28 June 1867 - 3 August 1897; Minute book of Thompson's Charity (non-ecclesiastical section), 18 March 1898 - 27 June 1956

Minute book of John Thompson's Ecclesiastical Charity, 3 August 1897 - 27 June 1956

Notes and extracts from the minutes of vestry meetings relating to John Thompson's Charity, compiled by Samuel Longstaffe, 14 April 1887

Details of the charitable bequest of Christiana Nelson Bray to the poor widows of Norton, 1888

Letters from the Charity Commission to Canon T. Errington Scott concerning the substitution of the Vicar of St. Michael and All Angels, Norton, for the Vicar of Norton as trustee of Elizabeth Clifton's Charity for the organist, with scheme attached, 20 June and 29 November 1921

Miscellaneous papers relating to Newton's Charity for the benefit of Norton, Newton Bewley, Wolviston and Billingham, with Charity Commission scheme and related correspondence and extracts from relevant papers compiled by Samuel Longstaffe, 26 June 1886 - 12 March 1889

Miscellaneous papers relating to John Snowdon's Charity, comprising correspondence relating to the endowment of the charity received from the Charity Commission, notes and extracts from miscellaneous documents compiled by Samuel Longstaffe and copy of a power of attorney from the Vicar of Norton to Barclay and Company, bankers, to receive dividends, 18 June 1878 - 17 August 1896

Endowed Charities (County of London). Return to the House of Commons of charities in the parish of St. Anne, Westminster, which includes Snowden's Charity, 1900

Copy letter from the Charity Commission to the Clerk to Norton Parish Council concerning the appointment of trustees for the charities of Thomas Newton, John Snowden and John Thompson, 28 April 1896

Letter from the Town Clerk of Stockton-on-Tees to Canon T. Errington Scott giving details of the new trustees to be appointed by the council to the three charities, 2 June 1917

Letter from the Charity Commission to Canon T. Errington Scott, with a draft of his reply, confirming that Stockton Corporation is not empowered to appoint trustees to the Newton and Snowden Charities, 1 June 1918

Copy letter from the Vicar of Norton to the Charity Commissioners concerning the Newton, Snowden and Thompson Charities, now know as the Non-Ecclesiastical Charity of John Thompson, and composition of the body of trustees, 3 June 1958

Draft scheme of the Charity Commission for the management of the Newton, Snowden and Thompson (non-ecclesiastical) Charities, 1919

Copy of the order of the Charity Commission to bring into effect the scheme for the combined management of the Newton, Snowden and Thompson (non-ecclesiastical) Charities, 20 January 1920

Endowed Charities (County of Durham). Return to the House of Commons of charities in the above county, 1894 (1 file, printed)

Letters received by the Vicar of Norton from Samuel Longstaffe regarding Norton Parochial Charities, the present state of Norton Grammar School, suggestions for new trustees, writing up the history of the school etc., 16 April 1887 and 15 April 1889

Copy of correspondence between the Charity Commission and Samuel Longstaffe, The Green, Norton during May 1886 relating to Norton Parochial Charities, compiled by Longstaffe, April 1889

Report of the committee appointed by Norton Parish Council to investigate the Norton Parochial Charities, n.d. [mid 1890's]

List of [recipients of Norton Charities?], n.d., [1960's]

Scheme for the management and regulation of the Hospital of God in Greatham and of the application of the income thereof. Approved by the High Court of Chancery, 31 July 1866

Endowed Charities (Administrative County of Durham). Return to the House of Commons of charities in the parish of Greatham, 1901

A Short Guide to St. Mary the Virgin, Norton, by Angela Barker, 1975

The Times, Peace Number, 21 July 1919

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, London to Rev. T. Errington Scott, Norton regarding the appointment of a grieve for the parish of Norton, and the preservation of the village green, 4 February 1892

Site plans, building plans and elevations for the Norton Green Community Centre, 17 November 1971 - 3 December 1975

Notice of a meeting in the Borough Hall, Stockton to support the just claims of the Church in Wales, n.d., [c.1920]

Pre-Enclosure Fields and Roads at Norton-on-Tees, 1971 Copy made from report by D W Pattenden in the Bulletin of the Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society, Number 7, December 1969

Part of Tithe Commissioners' Map of the Parish of Norton-on-Tees, excepting Blakiston, 1971 Copy of 1842 original