Catalogue

Register of baptisms, 31 January 1971 - 12 July 1981

Register of baptisms, 12 July 1981 - 22 October 1989

Register of Anglican marriages, 24 March 1973 - 9 April 1983 Includes: a marriage conducted by the vicar of Oxclose Church at Washington, Holy Trinity, 24 March 1973

Register of United Reformed and Methodist marriages, 9 August 1975 - 12 September 1987

Register of United Reformed and Methodist marriages, 17 September 1988 - 9 September 2006

Register of banns of marriages, 21 January 1973-27 June 1997

Register of funerals, 25 January 1973 - 24 July 1982

Register of services held in the Oxclose area of Washington, including Blackfell Village, and Oxclose Village, 17 January 1971 - 2 July 1975

Register of services, 5 July 1975 - 28 February 1980

Register of services, 2 March 1980 - 10 September 1989

Register of services, 12 September 1989 - 12 May 1999

Register of services, 13 May 1999 - 5 June 2007

'Map of the parish of Oxclose, showing the alterations of the boundaries of the parishes of Washington, Birtley, Fatfield, Penshaw and Burnmoor', 3 August 1971 Scale: 10 inches to 1 mile [1:6336]

Order in council confirming a pastoral scheme creating the new benefice and parish of Oxclose, and establishing a group ministry for the benefices of Fatfield, Oxclose, Usworth, and Washington, 6 October 1972

Notice from the Church Commissioners to Rev. P.G. Croft, rector of Washington, of the submission of a scheme to create a new benefice and parish of Oxclose, and establish a group ministry comprising the benefices of Fatfield, Oxclose, Usworth and Washington, 17 October 1972

Licence of an unconsecrated building for public worship and designating it as a parish centre for Oxclose Church Centre, 5 July 1975

Oxclose Ecumenical Centre: estimates, 14 September 1972 - 4 March 1976; minutes / reports / memoranda, 14 April 1970 - 13 March 1974; Washington New Town Development Plans, n.d.; report, 15 February 1974; Oxclose Church Service of Confirmation and Membership, n.d.; ministry costing, n.d. Annual General Meetings: reports from Rev. L. Green and J. Marsh, 24 April 1972 - 31 March 1976 Letters: Oxclose Community Centre, 24 February 1970 - 1 April 1976; staff / ministry, 14 April - 3 December 1970; finance, 26 February 1974 - 14 June 1976 Parochial Church Council: Oxclose Church budget cash - flow for twelve months ended 31 December 1976; Oxclose Church balance sheet at 31 December 1975; Team Ministry three - year budget from base of 1976 for 1977, 1978 and 1979 Washington Oxclose Comprehensive School: minutes of meeting, 6 February 1973 Miscellaneous: financial structures relevant to the Oxclose Church Washington and the Church and Ministry at Oxclose, n.d.; broadsheet prepared by the Oxclose Church for the Washington New Town Commission of the Methodist Church, 13 March 1976

List of regular church attenders, September 1986

Dedication services: A Service of Welcome and Dedication to Ministry for Rev. S. Kent, 2003 Licensing of the Rev. S. Kent, c. 2003 Welcome Service for the Licensing of Rev. K. H. Dunne and Induction of Rev. D. Whiting, 1994 Service of Farewell for Rev. S. Kent, 11 May 2008 Oxclose Church Service to Celebrate Thirty Years, 10 July 2005 Oxclose Church Centre - Day of Dedication, 5 July 1975 Order of Service for the Licensing of Rev. D. C. Hawtin, 1993 Order of Service for the Institution and Induction of Rev. D. A. Roberts, 2 September 1981

Service for the licensing of Rev. K. Dunne and induction of D. Whiting on 8 November 1994: invitation card; order of service booklets; list of persons to be invited to the service; letters and an attached list relating to invitations to the service, 29 September - 4 October 1994

Service for the licensing of Rev. S. Kent on 8 September 2004: invitation card; order of service; order for processing in to church; list of some people expected to attend; list relating to invitations to the service

Benefice of Oxclose - Surveyor's Report, 21 March 1978

Correspondence between Rev. L. Green, 37 Brancepeth Road, Oxclose, Tyne & Wear; Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Rev. D.N. Tindall, Fatfield Vicarage, Harraton, Tyne & Wear; Washington Development Corporation, Usworth Hall, Washington, Tyne & Wear; Ven. Michael Perry, The Grove, Quarryheads Lane, Durham; Crawford Contractors Ltd., building and civil engineering contractors, Cedric Works, Sunderland; Smith, Roddam & Co., solicitors, 55 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; Chadwick & Walter Ltd., design and construction specialists, Nursery Factory 14, Crowther Industrial Estate, Washington; Rev. Howard Williams, Synod Office, St. James's Church, Northumberland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne; L.W. Evans (Contractors) Ltd., builders and public works contractors, Norfolk House, Commercial Road, Sunderland; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; National Westminster Bank Ltd., Washington Branch, 4 Front Street, Washington; The British Council of Churches, 10 Eaton Gate, London; and County of Durham Education Committee, Divisional Education Office, Myre Hall, Houghton le Spring, Tyne & Wear; concerning the planning, financing, construction, and repair and maintenance of the Oxclose Church Centre and two clergy houses, 16 February 1971 - 20 April 1977 Includes: notes, outline briefs and plans

Diagrammatic layout plan of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, February 1974 No scale

Layout plan of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, n.d., [1974] No scale

Layout plan of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, n.d., [1974] No scale

Site plan of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, n.d., [1974] No scale

Artist's impressions of views from the north-east and south-east of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, n.d., [1974] No scale

Internal perspective of nave, foyer and ambulatory of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington n.d., [1974] No scale

[Internal perspective of the worship area] of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, n.d., [1974] No scale

West elevation of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, n.d., [1974] No scale

West elevation of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, n.d., [1974] No scale

North elevation of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, n.d., [1974] No scale

North elevation of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, n.d., [1974] No scale

Cross-section of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington n.d., [1974] No scale

Site plan showing external works of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV 3,54, March 1974 Scale: 1:100

Elevations of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV 3,69, May 1974 Scale: 1:50

Elevations, with manuscript amendments of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington reference: FV 3,69, May 1974 Scale: 1:50

Floor plan of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV 3,71, n.d., [1974] Scale: 1:50

Floor plan, with manuscript amendments of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, n.d., [1974] No scale

Sections of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV 3,73, May 1974 Scale: 1:50

Elevations of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV 3,74, May 1974 Scale: 1:50

Plans of alternative layouts for the worship area of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, n.d., [1974] No scale

Plan of Oxclose Village Centre , reference: FV 2.07, n.d., [1974] Scale: 1:100

Artist's impression of Oxclose Village Centre by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, n.d., [1974] No scale

Approval notice from City of Sunderland of a planning application to brick-up windows and remove brickwork to create one window at Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, 27 October 1998 Includes: approved elevations showing the affected windows and location plan, 27 October 1998 Scales: 1:50 and no scale

Elevations of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, December 1972 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Ground floor plan of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, December 1972 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

First floor plan of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, December 1972 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

First floor plan of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, fixtures and fittings, plumbing and electrical, reference: FV5.06, March 1973 Scale: 1:50

North elevation of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference FV5.07, March 1973 Scale: 1:50

West elevation of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference FV5.08, March 1973 Scale: 1:50

South elevation of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference FV5.09, March 1973 Scale: 1:50

East elevation of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV5.10, March 1973 Scale: 1:50

Garage details of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV5.17, May 1973 Scale: 1:20

Wardrobe details of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV5.18, May 1973 Scales: 1:5; 1:20

Kitchen/dining unit of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV5.19, March 1973 Scales: 1:20; 1:5

External window and screen details of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV5.21, n.d., [1973] Scale: full size

Vertical sections: external window and screen details, entrance hall door and rear entrance (utility) of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV5.22, n.d., [1973] Scale: full size

Vertical sections: external window and screen details, lobby and entrance hall, of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV5.23, n.d., [1973] Scale: full size

External window and screen details, first floor cill fixed light of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV5.24, n.d., [1973] Scale: full size

Window and screen details: head detail, top hung casement of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington reference: FV5.25, n.d., [1973]

External window and screen details: fixed light cill of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV5.26, n.d., [1973] Scale: full size

External window and screen details: ground floor cill detail, fixed light, of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV5.27, n.d., [1973] Scale: full size

External window and screen details: typical casement head, ground floor, of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV5.28, n.d., [1973] Scale: full size

External window and screen details: typical casement head, first floor, of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV5.29, n.d., [1973] Scale: full size

External window and screen details of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV5.30, n.d., [1973] Scale: full size

External window and screen details of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV5.31, n.d., [1973] Scale: full size

External window and screen details of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV5.32, n.d., [1973] Scale: full size

Details of external windows and screens of 2 clergy houses at Oxclose Village Centre, by Washington Development Corporation, Architects' Department, Usworth Hall, Washington, reference: FV5.33, n.d., [1973] Scale: full size

Land Registry certificate detailing the title of 37 Brancepeth Road, Oxclose Village, Washington, 29 April 1981

4 October 1982 (1) Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland (2) Rev. David Alan Roberts, incumbent of the benefice of Oxclose Transfer by (1) to (2) of 37 Brancepeth Road, Oxclose Village, Washington, for use as a parsonage house

Oxclose Church Centre, Architect's report by A. O. Lee, Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, DH1 3HB, March 1981

Oxclose Church Centre, Architect's report by A. O. Lee, Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, DH1 3HB, February 1986

Oxclose Church Centre, Architect's Report by Mr. S. M. Hacker, registered Architect, John Niven Architects, The Old Hall Practice, The Old Hall, 57 Front Street, West Auckland, County Durham, DL14 9HL, June 1996 Includes: letter from J. A. G. Niven, John Niven Architects, The Old Hall Practice, The Old Hall, 57 Front Street, West Auckland, County Durham, DL14 9HL to Rev. K. H. Dunne, 38 Brancepeth Road, Oxclose, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE38 OLA, 17 June 1996

Oxclose Church Centre, Architect's Report by Mr. S. M. Hacker, registered Architect, John Niven Architects, The Old Hall Practice, The Old Hall, 57 Front Street, West Auckland, County Durham, DL14 9HL, June 2002

Schedule of Dilapidation noted at the Quinquennial Inspection and including specification of work required in repairs by Mr. A. O. Lee, Diocesan Surveyor, Owengate House, Durham, DH1 3HD, March 1978

Schedule of Dilapidation noted at the Quinquennial Inspection by Mr. D. L. Renton, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ, March 1989 Includes: letter from Mr. G. W. Heslop, Asistant Secretary, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ to Mrs Dawson, 154 Thirlmere, Blackfell, Washington, 14 June 1989

Schedule of Dilapidation noted at the Quinquennial Inspection by Mr. M. Galley, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ, January 2000 Includes: copy of letter from Ms. J. Kashouris, Acting Parsonages Committee Secretary to Rev. K. H. Dunne, 38 Brancepeth Road, Oxclose, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE38 OLA, 20 March 2000

Schedule of Dilapidation noted at the Quinquennial Inspection by Mr. M. Galley, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ, August 2004 Includes: copy of a letter from Mr. M. Galley, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ to Rev. S. E. Kent, 37 Brancepeth Road, Oxclose, Washington, NE38 OLA, 4 February 2005

Minutes and agenda papers of meetings of Oxclose Church Council, 27 February 1972 - 3 March 1974

Minutes and agenda papers of meetings of Oxclose Church Council and House Groups Sub-Committee; Church Centre Sub-Committee; Charity Appeals Sub-Committee; Budget Committee; Special Efforts Committee; Church Conference Sub-Committee; Usworth Proposed Team Ministry Sub-Committee, 3 March 1974 - 3 February 1976

Minutes and agenda papers of meetings of Oxclose Church Council, including reports from Church Conference Committee; Objectives Committee; Social Committee; Church Centre Committee, 2 March 1976 - 7 March 1978

Minutes and agenda papers of meetings of Oxclose Church Council, including reports from sub-committees and representatives on outside bodies, 7 March 1978 - 3 March 1981

Minutes and agenda papers of meetings of Oxclose Church Council and Managing Trustees of Oxclose Church Centre, 29 March 1981 - 2 March 1982

Minutes of meetings of the Oxclose Church Council and managing trustees of the Oxclose Church Centre, 23 March - 5 October 1982 Includes: Objectives, 31 December 1977 - 1 January 1982; correspondence, 20 September 1980 - 24 July 1982; visiting lists, 30 June - 1 July 1982; accounts for the years ended 31 December 1979 - 1981; budget proposals, February - December 1981; inventory, 20 June 1973 - July 1980; annual returns of baptisms, confirmations, communicants and donations, 1980 - 1981; copy of Sharing Agreement, 28 October 1974; copy of the Trust Deed of Oxclose Church, 16 July 1976; copy licence of the Oxclose Church Centre as a building for public worship, and a parish centre, 5 July 1975; occasional policy papers concerning the re-marriage of divorced persons within the church, and the organisational structure of Oxclose Church, January 1972 - 29 March 1977

Inter - denominational committee minutes of meetings, 4 March 1968 - 29 January 1969

Parochial Church Council, 1970 - 1981: Reports; budgets; balance sheets; parish shares; reference notes; ministerial contribution forms; memorandums; agendas, 1971 - 1981 Oxclose Sponsoring Body: minutes; accounts; reference notes, 1980 - 1981; Letters: charities appeal; confirmation of ministers; inter - denominational work; Washington Blackfell County Infants School; Oxclose Church Council; agendas; Oxclose Ecumenical Centre; quotas; policy papers; Oxclose Sponsoring Body; Washington Sponsoring Body; Oxclose Ecumenical Centre land; stipends; Ayton Village Project; ministers; building; accounts; fees; finance; ministerial contributions; Oxclose Comprehensive School; Baptist Church; expenses, 1971 - 1981 Washington Sponsoring Body: minutes; reference notes; financial statements; reports; accounts, 1970 - 1980 Miscellaneous: reference notes on ecumenical decision-making; response to questionnaire; reference notes concerning the Baptist Union; report on Oxclose Church and Baptist Union; Charity Commission order; Oxclose Church bulletins; Methodist broadsheet newsletters; pamphlets; Oxclose (Washington) Ecumenical Centre sharing agreement; memorandum on United Reformed Church; County of Durham Education Committee form, 1971 - 1978

Oxclose Parochial Church Council, 1971 - 1981: Budget outline for the year 1977 - 1978; report of the Objectives sub - committee, 6 November 1979; list of retiring members, 1976 - 1978; list of officers and appointments, n.d.; list of representatives to various bodies, 1975 - 1976; budget cash - flow for twelve months ended 31 December 1975 - 31 December 1976; Oxclose Church objectives for 1981, 14 November 1980; balance sheet as at 31 December 1975 / 32 December 1979; income and expenditure account, 1978 - 1980; duplicating account, 31 December 1979; Team Ministry three - year budget, 1981, 1982 and 1983 based on agreed budget for 1980; Team Ministry three - year budget from base of 1976 for 1977, 1978 and 1979; three - year budget forecast in base budget for 1974 - years 1974 - 1976; reports from Rev. L. Green and J. Marsh, 3 January 1972 - 8 January 1981; running costs for the Oxclose Church nine months ended, 31 December 1973; expenditure on building programme for nine months ended 31 December 1973; accounts, January - June 1973 Letters: remarriage of divorced persons, 12 October 1973; quotas, 8 July 1974; finance, 23 May 1975 - 30 September 1977; ministry, 28 May 1979 Washington Sponsoring Body: 19 April 1971 - 1 October 1979; liabilities and assets, 1974; budget, 1974; income and expenditure account, 1972 - 1973 and 1975; Oxclose Church Team Ministry report to Washington Sponsoring Body, 25 May 1979; furnishings account, 1979; financial statements, 31 December 1976 - 31 December 1979; accounts 1975 Oxclose Sponsoring Body: minutes of meetings, 19 May 1980 - 2 June 1981; financial statement year ending, 31 December 1980; proposed accounts to 29 May and 30 June 1981 United Reformed Church: Durham District Council - Spiritual Oversight Visitation to Oxclose Church Washington, 23 May 1978 Miscellaneous: external financial support for the Oxclose Ecumenical Experiment for nine months ended 31 December 1973

Oxclose Parochial Church Council, 1971 - 1991: Income and expenditure accounts / duplicating accounts / budgeted cash flow accounts / budget outline / balance sheet / financial statements, 1972 - 1979; minutes, 2 August 1971 - 18 January 1981; statistics, 5 March 1977 - 13 March 1976; team - ministry reports, accounts and ecumenical training, 1975 - 1980; ministerial contributions, November 1977; report from Objectives sub - committee regarding assessment for year 1978; list of officers and representatives to various bodies, 1978 - 1979; membership list, 19 March 1978; memorandum broadsheet of day conference for members of Oxclose Parochial Church Council, 3 December 1977 Letters: Washington Sponsoring Body, 24 July 1972 - 23 January 1980; Oxclose Parochial Church Council, 17 May 1974 -12 January 1981; building / repairs, 1 October 1974 - 9 August 1978; quota, 1 April 1974 - 29 January 1975; ecumenical partnerships, 7 October 1974 - 20 November 1974; finance, 17 March 1975- 28 December 1977 Washington Sponsoring Body: stipends, 26 May 1972 - 10 January 1979; minutes and reports, 7 December 1970 - 10 December 1980; income and expenditure accounts / list of assets and liabilities / cost sheet / financial statements, 1972 - 31 December 1979; membership, 30 September 1980; reference notes, 16 October - 20 December 1979 Miscellaneous: ministerial confirmation, 5 - 20 February 1975; Charity Commission, 14 June 1976; Oxclose Comprehensive School, 14 - 26 June 1976; Oxclose Sponsoring Body, 12 - 15 January 1981; stipends, 18 December 1977 - 17 December 1979; Project for Ayton Village, 8 January 1980; probation minister, 8 January 1980; report relating to a meeting between Oxclose Church and Baptist Church, 18 June 1976; Washington and Springwell Local Ecumenical Project policy for joint confirmation and church membership, 3 March 1991; Washington Blackfell County Infants School, 16 November 1971; analysis of replies to Local Ecumenical Partnerships with Baptist involvement along with Church of England, Methodist and United Reformed Church, 6 October 1975 - 4 January 1978; research into subject of ecumenical decision-making, August 1978; response to Norman Thornton's questionnaire, 14 February 1978 [questionnaire not included]; reference notes on disbanding of Oxclose Sponsoring Body and incorporation of Oxclose Sponsoring Body procedures in the structures of new Washington Sponsoring Body, 28 October 1974 - 17 December 1980; Team - Ministry budget, 1980 - 1983; parish shares, 22 April 1980 Washington Group of Churches: minutes, 20 September 1972 Oxclose Sponsoring Body: minutes, 6 November 1979 - 2 June 1981; projected accounts / finance / budget / balance sheet / financial statements, 31 December 1979 - 30 June 1981

Information for the arrival of Rev. D. Roberts, 1973 - 1983: Official inventory of all items purchased by, and gifted to, Oxclose Church, 20 June 1973 - 5 October 1974; capital funding - Oxclose Church Centre and houses, n.d.; parish statistics, January 1979; balance sheet, 1981; income and expenditure account, 1981; duplicating account, 1981; Oxclose Church objectives for 1982, 1 January 1982; list of members, 1982 - 1983; Fellowship, Mission and Worship sub - committee minutes of meeting, 18 March 1982; Diocese of Durham, Oxclose Church Centre, licence of an unconsecrated building for public worship and designating it as a parish centre, 5 July 1975; The Council of the Borough of Sunderland and Washington Development Corporation and The Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Deed of Trust relating to Oxclose School, Washington, 16 July 1976; letters relating to redecoration of 37 Brancepeth Close, Oxclose, 18 June - 7 July 1982 Ayton Community Association: agreement between Washington Development of Usworth Hall, Stephenson, Washington in the Metropolitan County of Tyne and Wear of the one part and Frank Capeling of 2 Roche Court, Glebe, District 4, Washington, aforesaid Terence Francis Healy of 29 Talley Court, Glebe, District 4, aforesaid Yvonne Audrey Irving of 14 Barrington Drive, Glebe, District 4 aforesaid and Susan Ann Pender of 48 Talley Court, Glebe, District 4 aforesaid together acting for and on behalf of the Glebe Village Community Association to let the premises for the purpose of Ayton Community Association; Ayton Study Group minutes of meetings, 2 July - 10 October 1983; objectives, liabilities and responsibilities of Ayton Study Group, n.d.; Ayton Village Hall minutes of meetings, 27 April - 18 May 1983; layout plans of Lambton Primary School, 15 November 1977

Oxclose Parochial Church Council, 1980 - 1985: Oxclose Church and managing trustees of Oxclose Church minutes of meetings, 23 March 1980 - 4 May 1982; Fellowship, Mission and Worship sub - committee minutes of meetings, 22 September 1981 - 11 May 1982; Education and Worship sub - committee minutes of, 29 April 1981 - 19 April 1982; Business Group sub - committee minutes of meetings, 2 February 1981 - 21 April 1982; day conference report, 4 April 1981; Covenant Secretary's report, 14 May 1981; budget proposals, 1982; projected accounts, 30 June 1981; Church Centrenight reports and accounts, 28 May 1981 - 16 February 1982; parish statistics, 30 June 1981 - 1 January 1982; basic information for end of financial year, 28 December 1981; Oxclose Parish Church 'Oracle' newsletter, June 1976 - July / August 1981; review of objectives for 1981; Team Ministry three - year budget, 1983 - 1985; expenditure account, 1982; objectives for 1982; church council appointments, 1981 - 1983; balance sheet, income and expenditure account and duplicating accounts, 31 December 1980 - 31 December 1981; financial reports, 1 January - 31 March 1982; Joint Budget / Appeal committee minutes of meeting, 15 February 1981; list of members, 1982 - 1983; Oxclose Parish Church newsletter, n.d. Letters: repairs, 4 April 1982; housing, 14 May 1982; Oxclose Comprehensive School, 30 June 1971 - 1 March 1978; donations, 21 April - 7 May 1981; finance, 2 June - 14 December 1981; quotas / shares / assessments, 25 August 1981; estimates, 2 June 1982 Washington Group Council: minutes of meetings, 17 October 1981 - 1 March 1982; statement of accounts, 3 February 1982; balance sheet, 31 December 1981 Oxclose Sponsoring Body: minutes of meeting, 2 June 1981 Oxclose Comprehensive School: minutes of meetings, 6 February 1973 - 17 July 1980; trust deed, n.d.; trust deed, 16 July 1976; recommendations for use of sports complex at Oxclose School, 26 November 1975; newspaper article, 21 October 1976; Trust Deed Steering sub - committee minutes of meetings, 22 March - 21 June 1976 Miscellaneous: Washington Council of Churches minutes of meeting, 27 April 1982

Oxclose Parochial Church Council, 1980 - 1985: Oxclose Church and managing trustees of Oxclose Church minutes of meetings, 3 March 1981 - 2 February 1982; Education sub - committee minutes of meetings, 27 January 1982 - 27 January 1982; Worship, Fellowship and Mission sub - committee minutes of meetings, 22 September 1981 - 18 March 1982; Social Responsibility sub - committee minutes of meeting, 7 June 1981; Financial Control Procedures Report by Mr A. W. Proctor, April 1973; Business Group sub - committee minutes of meetings, 29 June 1981 - 2 February 1982; lists of appointments, 1981 - 1982; lists of members, 1981 - 1982; Team ministry three - year budget for 1983, 1984 and 1985 from base line of 1982 including duplicating charges effective from 7 December 1981; income and expenditure account, 1981; balance sheet, 1981; duplicating account, 1981; Centrenight income and expenditure accounts, 13 October 1981 - 16 February 1982; financial reports, 1982 - 1983; income and expenditure budget proposals, 1982; agreed budget expenditure, 1982; statement of account for Keld event, 1 June 1981; parish statistics, 30 June - 7 September 1981 Letters: repairs, 10 June - 11 September 1981 Washington Group of Churches: minutes of meetings, 11 February 1981 - 3 February 1982; statement of accounts, 3 February 1982; balance sheet, 1981 Oxford Sponsoring Body: minutes of meetings, 2 June 1981; provisional accounts, 30 June 1981; financial statement, 1980 Miscellaneous: Oxclose Church Centre, Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, architects report no. 1 made in March 1981; notes of a youth conference held at Oxclose Church Centre, 20 February 1982; review of objectives, 1981 - 1982

Oxclose Parochial Church Council, 1982 - 1984: Oxclose Church and managing trustees of Oxclose Church minutes of meetings, 1 March 1982 - 1 November 1983; Fellowship, Mission and Worship sub - committee minutes of meetings and reports, 10 September 1982 - 7 January 1983; Education and Worship sub - committee minutes of and reports, 13 May 1982 - 13 May 1983; Business Group sub - committee minutes of meetings and reports, 5 October 1982 - 26 October 1983; Church Centrenight reports and accounts, 22 October 1983; Sunday School report, 6 September 1983; parish statistics, January - August 1983; balance sheet, income and expenditure account, liquidity statement and duplicating accounts, 31 December 1982; church council appointments, 1983 - 1984; list of members, 1982 - 1983; church electoral roll certificate, 28 March 1983; proposed assessments for Oxclose Church, 1985; assessment of proposed incomes of parishes for 1985; United Reformed Church minutes of meetings and reports, 5 - 23 November 1983 Letters: Washington Local Ecumenical Partnership, 5 August - 10 October 1983; Washington Community Resource Group, 27 October 1983

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Oxclose Parochial Church Council, 1985 - 1987: Oxclose Church and managing trustees of Oxclose Church minutes of meetings, 5 March 1985 - 3 February 1987; Outreach sub - committee minutes of meetings and reports, May 1985 - 23 February 1987; Social sub - committee minutes of meetings, 16 November 1986; Education sub - committee minutes of meetings, 7 January 1986 - 16 February 1987; Finance sub - committee minutes of meetings, 7 May 1985 - 5 February 1987; Thursday Officers' minutes of meetings, 9 October 1986 - 26 February 1987; list of appointments, 1986 - 1987; list of members, 1985 - 1986; income and expenditure accounts, 3 June 1986; audited net assets [appendix A] and audited income and expenditure for three years to 31 December 1985 [appendix B]; Pastoral Care Report, 3 - 9 June 1986 Letters: Durham Ecumenical Relations Group, February 1987; quinquennial inspection, 20 January 1986; estimates, 17 January - 2 April 1985; finance, 15 December 1986 - 15 January 1987; Local Ecumenical Partnership, 23 April 1986; Methodist Church, 26 May - 1 July 1986; Northern Baptist Association, 2 April - 24 June 1985; building / repairs, 17 June 1985 - 25 February 1986 Washington Council of Churches: minutes of meetings and reports, 14 May 1985 - May 1986; income and expenditure accounts, 1 January - 31 December 1985 Miscellaneous: minutes of meetings of Church officers and wardens, 12 June 1986; United Reformed Church, 18 September 1985

Oxclose Parochial Church Council, 1986 - 1990: Oxclose Church and managing trustees of Oxclose Church minutes of meetings, 7 April 1987 - 6 March 1990; Outreach sub -committee minutes of meetings and reports, 11 May 1987 - March 1990; Social sub - committee minutes of meetings, 12 April 1987 - 31 October 1989; Education sub - committee minutes of meetings, 2 February 1988 - 6 February 1990; Finance sub - committee minutes of meetings, 23 March 1988 - 2 February 1990; Thursday Officers' minutes of meetings, 5 March 1987 - March 1990; Fundraising sub - committee minutes of meetings, 1987 - 1989; Piano sub - committee minutes of meetings, 7 November 1989 - 11 February 1990; list of appointments, 1987 - 1989; lists of members, 1987 - 1990; income and expenditure accounts, 1986 - 1990; balance sheets, 1986 - 1989; parish statistics, 1987 - 1989 Letters: finance, 12 June 1987; donations, 5 May - 18 July 1989; invoices, 6 June 1989; quotations, 22 May 1987 - 2 February 1989 United Reformed Church: minutes of meetings, 18 January - 20 September 1989 Miscellaneous: Declaration of Intent by Washington Area Local Ecumenical Partnership, 5 January 1988; Washington Association of Church Councils minutes of meeting, 8 September 1989

Oxclose Parochial Church Council, 1990 - 1992: Church council appointments, 1990-1992; parish statistics, 1990 - 1992; Oxclose Church and managing trustees of Oxclose Church minutes of meetings, 6 March 1990 - 4 February 1992; Finance sub - committee reports and minutes of meetings, 22 March 1990 - 17 February 1992; Education sub - committee report and minutes of meetings, 23 April 1990 - 8 June 1992; Outreach sub - committee, minutes of meeting, 1 May 1990 - 3 March 1992; Worship sub - committee minutes of meetings and reports, 3 April 1990 - 25 February 1992; Thursday's Officers meetings for Council reports, 15 March 1990 - 27 February 1992; Finance, 18 May 1990 - 3 March 1992 United Reformed Church - Durham District Council minutes of meetings and report, 21 March 1990 - 7 July 1991; Durham Ecumenical Relations Group, 6 - 21 January 1992; quotations, 29 October 1991 Contract: The Council of the Borough of Sunderland and Washington Development Corporation and The Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, deed of trust relating to Oxclose School, Washington, 16 July 1976 Letters: Durham Ecumenical Relations Group, 15 October 1991; finance, 1 August - 17 September 1991; quinquennial inspection, 13 August - 13 September 1991; ecumenical partnerships, 28 July 1991; parish quota, 10 June 1991; Rainbow group, 30 March 1990; repairs, 4 April - 30 October 1991

Oxclose Parochial Church Council, 1992 - 1996: List of members, 1992 - 1995; list of appointments, 1992 - 1995; minutes of meetings of Oxclose Church and managing trustees of Oxclose Church, 3 March 1992 - 7 March 1995; income and expenditure accounts, 1993 - 1995; Finance sub - committee, 25 March 1992 - 25 January 1995; Social sub - committee, 24 November 1992 - 20 October 1994; Staffing Advisory Report for Oxclose Church, 4 January 1994; Education sub - committee minutes of meetings, 18 May 1992 - 16 September 1996; Outreach sub - committee minutes of meetings, 19 August 1992 - 22 April 1993; Worship sub - committee minutes of meetings, 31 March 1992 - 31 January 1995; Thursday Officers' minutes of meetings, 12 March 1992 - 16 February 1995 United Reformed Church: Durham District Council minutes of meetings, 18 March 1992 - 18 January 1995; United Reformed Church report to Oxclose Parochial Church Council, 12 April 1994 Letters: United Reformed Church, 8 October 1992 - 28 February 1995; Oxclose Comprehensive School, 5 May 1994 - 28 February 1995; finance, 14 June 1993 - 26 January 1995; institution and licensing of Rev. D. Whiting and Rev. K. Dunne, 19 September 1994; repairs, 23 November 1992 - 29 July 1994; estimates, 9 March 1993 Miscellaneous: Kitchen sub - committee minutes of meetings, 30 June 1993 - 3 March 1995; Oxclose constitution - revised draft, June 1994 Durham Ecumenical Relations Group Working Party minutes of meetings, 7 January 1993

Oxclose Parochial Church Council, 1994 - 1998: Lists of appointments, 1995 - 1998; lists of members, 1995 -1997; Oxclose Church and managing trustees of Oxclose Church minutes of meetings, 4 April 1995 - 5 February 1998; Finance sub -committee minutes of meetings and reports, 12 May 1995 - 18 February 1998; Fabric sub - committee minutes of meetings, 18 January 1996 - 19 June 1997; Education sub - committee minutes of meetings, 25 April 1997 - 3 February 1998; Outreach sub - committee minutes of meetings, 20 May 1996 - 19 May 1997; Thursday Officers' minutes of meetings and reports, 16 March 1995 - 26 February 1998; Worship sub - committee minutes of meetings and reports, 21 March 1995 - 26 November 1997; Social sub - committee minutes of meetings, 20 May 1996 - 19 January 1998; Junior Church Leaders' minutes of meeting, 23 November 1995 - 20 February 1997; Kitchen sub - committee minutes of meeting, 15 January 1996; church quotas, 1997 - 1998; review meeting for parents and toddlers group at Oxclose Church, 12 August 1997; report from R. Warren's conference held at Oxclose Church, 28 October 1995; Northumbrian Police Crime Prevention Survey Report for Oxclose Church, 8 August 1997 Letters: estimates, 30 November 1994 - 2 July 1997; finance, 18 October 1995; donations, 18 May 1995 United Reformed Church: Durham District Council minutes of meetings, May 1997 Durham Ecumenical Relations Group - Review of the Local Ecumenical Partnerships in Washington New Town, April - May 1995; Review of Washington Local Ecumenical Partnerships - Response of Oxclose Church, 19 April 1995

Oxclose Parochial Church Council, 1998 - 2001: Attendance sheet, 1998 - 2001; list of members, 1998 - 2001; list of appointments, 1998 - 2001; minutes of meetings of Oxclose Church and managing trustees of Oxclose Church, 5 March 1998 - 7 December 2000; Finance and Building / Fabric and Finance / Finance sub - committee minutes of meetings, 28 April 1998 - 6 February 2001; Pastoral sub - committee minutes of meetings, 22 April 1998 - 12 February 2001; Fellowship sub - committee minutes of meetings, 15 April 1998 - 4 July 2000; Thursday Officers' minutes of meetings, 12 March 1998 - 22 February 2001 Letters: Junior Church, 8 May 2000; donations, 25 September 1998 - 9 October 1999; proposed renewal of suspension of presentation, 10 February 1999; United Reformed Church, 21 July - 19 August 2000 United Reformed Church: minutes of meetings, June - September 1999 Miscellaneous: reference notes to the new three committee structure adopted by Oxclose Parochial Church Council, 5 March 1998; Junior Church minutes of meeting, 19 October 1998 - 14 February 2001; Church Development Group minutes of meeting, 23 January 2001; Oxclose Local Advisory Group minutes of meeting, 17 February 2000; Millenium Group minutes of meeting, 22 March 1999 - 17 January 2000; reports by Rev. C. Patterson, 6 February - 2 October 1999; Community Help minutes of meeting, 30 November 1998; Gateshead and Jarrow Methodist Circuit Church Review, 7 October 1999

Oxclose Parochial Church Council, 1998 - 2004: Reports and minutes of meetings of Oxclose Church and managing trustees of Oxclose Church, 8 March 2001 - 5 February 2004; Finance and Building sub - committee reports and minutes of meetings, 16 June 2001 - 10 February 2004; Pastoral sub - committee reports and minutes of meetings, 26 March 2001 - 25 September 2003; Fellowship sub - committee reports and minutes of meetings, 4 October 2001 - 27 May 2003; Thursday Officers' reports and minutes of meetings, 15 March 2001 - 26 February 2004; annual report and financial statements of the Parochial Church Council year ended, 31 December 2001 - 31 December 2003; meetings attendance sheet, 2001 - 2004; membership list, 2001 - 2004; list of appointments, 2001 - 2004; notes on new three committee structure adopted, 5 March 1998 Letters: Gateshead and Jarrow Methodist Circuit, 9 December 2003; liturgy and worship, 23 May 2001 - 11 December 2003; United Reformed Church, 1 September - 2 December 2003; donations, 27 March 2002 - 12 September 2003; appointment of Rev. S. Kent, 2 June 2003; finance, 22 - 27 April 2003; North East Christian Churches Together, 19 June - 1 November 2002; property, 21 March 2002; Youth Group, 22 January 2002; authorisation of ministry, 24 May 2001; extension of suspension of presentation to the benefice of Oxclose, 9 October 2003 Miscellaneous: parish profile - Oxclose Local Ecumenical Partnership, Washington, 2002; Junior Church minutes of meetings, 11 October 2001 - 15 January 2002; report from Local Advisory Group, February 2002; North East Christian Churches Together - Local Advisory Group minutes of meeting, 9 January 2002

Oxclose Church Annual General Meeting Agendas, 1973 - 1974; Oxclose Church Annual General Meetings and Vestry Meetings minutes, accounts and reports, 1975 - 2007 [excluding 1984 - 1985 and 1999]

Report to Oxclose Church Council from J. M. Marsh, 13 May 1979 Note: This report was normally made by the Vicar / Minister at Annual General Meetings and more reports of this kind can be found in EP/Ox 6/58

Correspondence of the Chairman of Oxclose Sponsoring Body, documenting the designation of Washington as an area of ecumenical experiment, and the planning and construction of the Oxclose Church Centre, 3 July 1968 - 4 October 1976

Secretary's general correspondence file, 1972 - 1975 Includes: minutes of Oxclose Church Conference, 20 February 1972 - 4 March 1975; annual statistical returns for the Washington group of churches, 1973 - 1974; reports to the Church Council from outside bodies, 15 August 1972 - 4 March 1975; budget projections and monthly receipts and payments accounts, 4 December 1971 - 23 February 1975; objectives, January 1973 - 3 December 1974

Secretary's general correspondence file, 1975 - 1977 Includes: minutes of Oxclose Church Conference, 22 March 1975 - 6 December 1977; objectives, 1976 - 1977; visiting lists, 27 March 1974 - July 1977; budget projections, monthly balance sheets and receipts and payments accounts, 23 March 1975 - 21 September 1977; annual returns, 1975 - 1977; membership reports, January 1976 - January 1977; reports from members serving on outside bodies, 8 March 1975 - 6 December 1977

Secretary's general correspondence file, 1978 - 1981 Includes: membership lists and visiting lists, 31 December 1977 - July 1980; financial reports and accounts for the years ended 31 December 1978 - 1979; budget proposals, 1979 - 1981; correspondence, 27 January 1978 - 28 May 1981; annual returns, 1978 - 1979

Letters, 1967 - 1982: Oxclose Ecumenical Church, 17 October 1967; Local Ecumenical Partnership, 16 July 1968 - 28 July 1969; membership / communion / confirmation of ministers, 16 March 1981; parish boundaries, 26 - 30 September 1969; stipends, 21 November 1969 - 3 May 1970; Oxclose Sponsoring Body, 6 October 1969 - 18 September 1970; Washington Group of Parishes, 20 May 1980; appointment of Anglican priest, 10 April 1970; Washington Council of Churches, 2 June 1980; patronage of Oxclose, 24 November - 1 December 1970; population statistics, 6 September 1973; Washington Group Ministry, 30 June 1969 Ecclesiastical: order of service for the institution and induction of the Rev. L. Green as the first vicar of the new parish of Oxclose, 14 January 1973; Gateshead and Jarrow Methodist Circuit, minutes, 7 March 1973 Newspapers: Washington New Town Post, Spring 1973 Washington Group of Parishes: reference notes, October 1976; legal notice of the intention of the Lord Bishop of Jarrow, Comissionary, to institute the Rev. L. J. Green to benefice of Oxclose, 7 December 1972 Washington Sponsoring Body: minutes, 18 February 1981 - 18 May 1982 Oxclose Parochial Church Council: Oxclose Objectives sub - committee, 14 November 1980; Oxclose Team - Ministry report to Washington Sponsoring Body concerning proposed revisions to agreements about payments of quotas / assessments, 25 May 1979; Education and Worship sub - committee minutes and reports, 8 November 1977 - 8 May 1981; Social Responsibility sub - committee minutes and reports, 6 December 1977 - 10 June 1980; Finance sub - committee reports, 18 April 1978; reports, 10 June 1980 - 1982; membership directory, 1981 - 1982; newsletters - 'Roundabout', January 1978 - January 1980; income and expenditure accounts and balance sheets, 31 December 1976 - 10 June 1980 Washington Council of Churches: minutes, 19 April 1977 - 9 March 1982 Miscellaneous: Washington Forum Steering Committee to Washington Council of Churches, 10 November 1981

Letters between Ms. P. Carter and Rev. P. G. Croft concerning a letter from Church Commissioners [attached] and accompanying map, 3 - 4 March 1971

Letters, 1972 - 1977: Estimates, 12 July 1974 - 23 April 1977; orders, 11 November 1974 - 4 March 1975; donations, 24 March 1975; Charities Aid Foundation enquiry as to charitable status, 4 March 1975; building, 29 April 1976 Miscellaneous: payments and donations relating to the fundraising appeal of 1972 - 1973; furnishing accounts, 17 March - 16 June 1975; income and expenditure accounts for Dedication Week, June - July 1975

Letters, 1972 - 1978: Repairs, 24 April 1978; development of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre 18 July 1972 - 15 March 1974; Washington Sponsoring Body, 16 October 1972; Ecumenical partnership and sharing agreement, 15 January - 19 June 1973; Oxclose Comprehensive School, 13 June 1972 - 15 March 1974 Oxclose Comprehensive School: trust deed relating to the use of a comprehensive school on land at Oxclose Village, Washington in the County of Durham, 1973; policy statement on Oxclose Comprehensive School - management of shared facilities by Social Development Department, Washington Development Corporation, 6 February 1973

Letters, 1972 - 1986: Oxclose Parish income, 1985; Gateshead & Jarrow Methodist Circuit's estimated cost of minister for 1984 - 1985; minutes of meetings; statement of income; reports, 1984 - 1986 Oxclose Parochial Church Council: financial report; parish share questionnaire; ministerial contribution form for year 1984 - 1985; ministerial administrative form for year 1985; accounts for missionary giving boxes; proposed budget for 1985; costing of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, 1972 - 1985 Miscellaneous: reference notes on Oxclose bank accounts; proposal for Project for Ayton Village Oxclose Ecumenical Parish, 1981 - 1985

Letters, 1973 - 1978: Chester - le - Street Deanery Synod, 15 July 1974; Inland Revenue, 13 July 1973; charitable status, 25 April 1973; deeds of covenant, 21 February 1974; pastoral committee, 7 May 1975; Oxclose Ecumenical Experiment's relationship to Methodist Church, 28 January - 7 February 1973; Oxclose Day Club, 18 October 1977 - 3 February 1978; United Reformed Church, 28 January 1973 - 26 June 1974 Miscellaneous: notes for a meeting between Mr. T. Donnelly, Rev. J. Marsh and Rev. L. Green regarding Oxclose Day Club at Health Centre, Washington Centre, 23 June 1977; United Reformed Church form regarding church records annual return, c. 1974

Letters, 1974 - 1978: Donations, 4 August 1977; estimates, 17 January - 6 June 1978; insurance, 7 January 1975; finance, 25 May - 18 October 1977; maintenance, 18 March 1975; pedestrian access, 28 November 1974 - 13 January 1976

Letters, 1986 - 1990: Finance, 10 December 1986 - 14 August 1990; parish statistics, 19 January 1987 - 10 May 1990; orders, 22 February - 17 March 1990; repairs, 3 June 1986 - 13 November 1990; Police, 3 - 5 February 1988; Oxclose Comprhensive School, 22 July 1988; estimates, 20 January 1988

Letters, 1990 - 1995: Appointment of clergy, 11 June - 20 July 1994; repairs, 20 October 1990 - 30 September 1995; estimates, 6 March 1991 - 19 September 1994; finance, 5 June 1991 - 18 September 1995; Local Ecumenical Partnership, 10 July 1995; sharing agreement, 18 May 1995; quota, 17 November 1990 - 1 September 1995; millenium book, c. 1994; Songs of Praise, 12 October 1993; quinquennial inspections, 25 September 1990 - 29 June 1993; parish statistics, 12 July 1992; Police, 4 December 1991 Miscellaneous, 14 July 1991 - 14 September 1995; Minutes of a meeting concerning the development of links between Oxclose Church and Oxclose Comprehensive School, 26 January 1995

Letters, 1995 - 2002: Sharing of ecclesiastical services; quinquennial inspections; donations; ministerial funding; finance; work on Oxclose Village Centre; building work; insurance; refuse collection; flooding, 16 October 1995 - 28 February 2002

Letters, 2002 - 2007: Donations; anti - social behaviour; vandalism; parish share assessments; questionnaires / surveys and responses; retirement of Rev. P. Poulter; parking restrictions; Child Protection Policy; planning applications; missionary giving; building / repair work; finance; marriage certificate request; complaint relating to Oxclose Church play group, 13 March 2002 -20 March 2007

Church Council cash book, 1 January 1990 - 31 January 1995

Church Council cash book, 1 February 1995 - 31 December 1998

Balance sheet, income and expenditure account and duplicating account as at 31 December 1978

Balance sheet, income and expenditure account and duplicating account as at 31 December 1979

Balance sheet, income and expenditure account and duplicating account as at 31 December 1980

Oxclose Church balance sheet as at 31 December 1985 [with significant annotations], and proposed budget for 1985

Account book, January 1999 - April 2003

Statement of expenses for tax year 1978 / 1979 by R. K. Hopper

Analysis of expenses incurred in the year ending 5 April 1979 by Rev. L. J. Green

Oxclose Church estimated and actual budgets 1978 - 1980

Oxclose Church: report to the Church Council, 4 September 1979 Report by Chairman and Treasurer of expenditure and gifts made to the Vietnamese families on behalf of the Oxclose Church Council and congregation, 11 August 1979

Oxclose Church: Keld account for 1979

Oxclose Parish share form, 22 April 1980

Oxclose Church Appeals Committee recommendations for 1980

Joint Budget Appeal meeting minutes, 15 February 1981

Business Plan for Oxclose Church and Community Centre, 2000

Oxclose Church conference / Centrenight financial statement, 12 July 1979

Oxclose Church Centrenight account, 3 October 1979

Oxclose Church Centrenight with Third World themes accounts, 6 November 1979

Oxclose Church: Church Centrenight accounts, 10 July 1980

Report to Oxclose Church Council on Centrenight, 1 July 1980

Oxclose Church: Report on Exhibition Centrenight, 16 September 1980

Preliminary draft team three-year budget on base of 1979 for 1980, 1981 and 1982

Preliminary outline draft of Oxclose Church Team Ministry three - year budget 1980 - 1982

Team Ministry three - year budget-1981, 1982 and 1983 - based on agreed budget for 1980

Consideration of Team - Ministry expenses of office and monthly payments made by the Oxclose Church Council, 6 July 1980

Recommendations of the budget committee, 26 August 1980

Notes for the meeting of the budget committee, 17 October 1980

Oxclose Church budget committee proposals 1980 - 1981

Notes on budget committee report and recommendations to the Church Council and Oxclose Church external auditor, 21 October 1980

Oxclose Church budget committee report on stipends, 15 February 1981

Oxclose Church estimated expenditure accounts for 1980

Oxclose Church estimated income accounts for 1980

Members of Oxclose Church Council and managing trustees of Oxclose Church for the year 1991 - 1992

Minutes and agenda papers of meetings of Washington Council of Churches and of the Social Responsibility Sub-Committee; Education and Worship Sub-Committee; Christian Aid Sub-Committee; and Clergy Fraternal Sub-Committee, 19 April 1977 - 8 June 1982 Includes: constitution and rules, 23 April 1974

Minutes of meetings of Washington Council of Churches and of the Social Responsibility Committee; Community Magazine Management Committee; Christian Aid Committee; Third World Stall Committee; Forum Committee; Clergy Fraternal Committee; Education and Worship Committee; and Social Responsibility Committee, 27 April 1982 - 13 January 1987 Includes: correspondence, reports, questionnaires, notes, circulars and publicity leaflets, 1982 - 1986

Minutes and agenda papers, including reports, circulars and correspondence of meetings of Washington Area Council of Churches, 12 May 1987 - 12 June 1990

Minutes of Washington Council of Churches Social Responsibility Committee, 15 June 1977 - 21 March 1985 Includes correspondence and reports dealt with by the committee, as follows: International Year of Disabled People, Ockenden Venture Vietnamese Resettlement Programme, Neighbourhood Councils, recycling, National Health Service cuts, apartheid, and bus de-regulation, 30 July 1974 - 10 November 1985

Minutes of Washington Council of Churches Social Responsibility sub-committee, 4 July - 3 October 1985

Washington Council of Churches, 1970 - 1982: Washington Development Corporation report on Oxclose Village Ecumenical Centre, c. 1972; Washington New Town scheme for Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, 13 June 1972; Washington New Town report on Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, January 1971 - November 1972; Washington Sponsoring Body minutes of meetings, 6 January - 17 February 1982; Anglican Group Council minutes of meetings, 9 September - 10 October 1971; Washington Council of Churches newsletter 'Roundabout', July 1975 Washington Group Council: minutes of meetings, 4 April 1974 - 1 March 1982; statement of accounts, 3 February 1982; receipts and payments account, 1981; newsletter 'Window', February 1974; report on An Experiment in Education - The Case for a Specialist Ministry in Washington, 1974; membership list, 1973; Oxclose Church's list of objectives, 1974 - 1975, 1977 and 1981; Oxclose Church parish statistics, 1973 - 1981 Letters: Washington Group Council, 25 April 1974 - 9 January 1981; finance, 7 January 1981; team ministry, 20 October - 28 November 1975; benefice of Oxclose Church, 11 August 1970 -14 May 1975

Washington Christian Council (Washington Council of Churches from May 1974) general correspondence, 8 January 1973 - 21 May 1974 Includes: agenda papers

Washington Council of Churches (Washington Christian Council until April 1974) general correspondence, 14 January 1974 - 29 April 1975 Includes: agenda papers

Washington Council of Churches general correspondence, 11 March 1975 - 27 April 1976 Includes: agenda papers

Washington Council of Churches general correspondence, 27 April 1976 - 19 April 1977 Includes: agenda papers and copy minutes of meetings, financial reports and reports from representatives on outside bodies

Washington Council of Churches general correspondence, February 1977 - 14 March 1978 Includes: agenda papers and copy minutes of meetings

Washington Council of Churches general correspondence, 13 March 1978 - 24 April 1979 Includes: agenda papers and copy minutes of meetings, and reports of proceedings of sub-committees and outside bodies

Washington Council of Churches general correspondence, 24 April - 4 November 1979 Includes: minutes and agendas of meetings, correspondence, reports, circulars and monthly balance sheets

Washington Council of Churches general correspondence file, 13 November 1979 - 31 March 1981

Washington Area Council of Churches general correspondence file, 9 December 1986 - 8 December 1987

Oxclose Church Centre: 'Broadhseet' newsletter, 11 March 1984 - 16 December 1985 Parish statistics, 1981 - 1983

Oxclose Church newsletter: 'This Week', 1994 - 1998

Oxclose Church newsletter: 'This Week', 1999 - 2000, 2001 - 2003, 2009 - 2010 Oxclose Church newsletter: 'Oxclose Church News', 1999 Letter from Oxclose Parochial Church Council to parishioners concerning an appeal to raise money, n.d.

Oxclose Church newsletter: 'This Week', 2005 - 2009 Oxclose Church newsletter: 'What's Going On?', 2007 Letter of resignation from Rev. S. Kent, 24 February 2008 Oxclose Interim Ministry report: A Report of some Aspects of the Ministry by Rev. P. Hood, 6 November 2008

Durham Ecumenical Relations Group: Review of the Local Ecumenical Projects in Washington New Town, April - May 1995

Review of Oxclose Church by Durham Church Relations Group, September - December 2000 Presentation of review report 7 December 2000 Reference notes on review of Oxclose Church and building localities in Diocese of Durham, 1 December 2001

Washington Group of Parishes Report: annual returns for 1979

Washington Group Council, 1966 - 1986: Minutes of meetings / reports / recommendations, 1966 - 11 February 1981; Usworth Proposed Team Ministry sub - committee minutes of meeting, 8 January 1975; report on group council finances for the years 1971, 1972 and part of 1973; report on parish finances from forms of direct giving and special efforts, 1970 - 1972; parish statistics, 1970 - 1974, 1978 and 1979 Miscellaneous: Washington Group of Parishes - An Experiment in Education - The Report of a Working Party on the Case for a Specialist Ministry in Washington, n.d.; Washington Town Ecumenical Project Evaluation, July - November 1985; Washington Town Ecumenical Project Proposals for the Assessment, n.d.; An Introduction to Washington Town Ecumenical Project, September 1984; Washington Town Ecumenical Project - membership list, 1985 - 1986

Oxclose Church 21st birthday celebrations, 17 January 1992: birthday cards; 'This Week' parish magazines; lists of persons invited who did and did not attend

Washington Sponsoring Body / Oxclose Sponsoring Body, 1969 - 1981: Minutes of a meeting concerning the establishment of Oxclose Church, 13 June 1969; scheme for Oxclose Ecumenical Experiment, 13 June 1969 - 15 January 1973; list of members of Washington Sponsoring Body, c. 1969; minutes of meetings of Washington Sponsoring Body / Oxclose Sponsoring Body, 15 December 1969 - 31 March 1981; reference note concerning the creation of sponsoring body for Washington New Town and Springwell, 22 January 1980; project for Ayton Village with Oxclose Ecumenical Parish, n.d.; reports from Oxclose Church to Washington Sponsoring Body, 9 February 1971 - 8 January 1981; declaration of intent by Washington and Springwell churches, 24 January 1979; Oxclose - Occasional Case Studies No. 1 by Consultative Committee for Local Ecumenical Partnerships in England, n.d.; general report and visitation in Washington by Mr. R. K. Hopper, April 1975; minutes and report from Washington Sponsoring Body's Objectives sub-committee, 16 November 1978; income and expenditure accounts for Washington Sponsoring Body, 1971 - 1977; Washington Sponsoring Body accounts, 1972 - 1973; Washington Sponsoring Body budget, 1973 - 1974; Washington Sponsoring Body assets and liabilities account, 1974; three - year budget forecasts on base budget for 1974 for the years 1974 - 1976 and 1976 for the years 1977 -1979; Washington Sponsoring Body furnishings accounts, 1975 - 1977; Oxclose Church budget cash flow for twelve months ended 31 December 1976; Oxclose Church balance sheets, 1975 - 1977; Washington Sponsoring Body financial statements, 1976 - 1980; Oxclose Church budget outlines, 1977 - 1978; Oxclose Church budgeted and actual income and expenditure accounts, 1978 - 1980 Letters; finance, 15 March 1970 - 1 October 1974; building, 25 June 1971 - 15 April 1972; Washington Sponsoring Body, 1 May - 2 October 1972; Oxclose Church, 2 January 1978; communion, 16 March 1981

Washington Sponsoring Body, 1971 - 1976: Minutes of meetings, 29 March 1974 - 23 September 1976; reference notes - objectives for 1976; assessment of objectives set for 1975, 4 November 1975; finance - three year budget forecast on base budget for 1974, years 1974 - 1976; budget, 1974; balance sheet, January - June 1973 Washington Group of Parishes: parish statistics, 1973 Oxclose Parochial Church Council: reports from Rev. L. Green and J. Marsh, 15 January - 26 November 1973 Oxclose Ecumenical Experiment: external financial support for the Oxclose Ecumenical Experiment for 9 months ended 31 December 1973 Letters: Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, 7 April 1973 - 22 March 1974; finance, 28 February 1973 - 20 March 1974; quotas, 15 December 1973; re - marriage of divorced persons within the church, 12 October 1973; Oxclose Comprehensive School, 13 - 21 March 1974 Miscellaneous: report on Experiment in Ecumenical Relations involving the Church of England, Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches in the New Town of Washington, County Durham, January 1971 - November 1972; report on Consultation on Areas of Ecumenical Experiment, 28 - 29 November 1972; Oxclose Washington Ecumenical Centre Sharing Agreement, March 1973; report on Oxclose Church Financial Control Procedures, April 1973; official inventory of all items purchased by and gifted to the Oxclose Church, 20 June 1973 - 16 October 1974; occasional policy paper - Re - marriage of Divorced Persons within the Church, c. 1971 - 1973

Washington Sponsoring Body, 1976 - 1985: Minutes of meetings, 16 June 1982 - 27 February 1985; Washington Town Ecumenical Project's Fifth Annual Review of Co - operation between Holy Trinity, Washington and Glebe Methodist Churches, November 1983 - October 1984; income and expenditure account for year 1981 - 1982, ended 16 September 1982 Parochial Church Council minutes of meetings, 6 November 1979; reference notes, 4 December 1979 - 4 June 1980; United Reformed Church minutes of meetings, 30 January 1980 Letters: Ayton School, 21 January 1980 - May 1983; community building, 9 April 1979 The Elms [Washington Voluntary Service Centre]: minutes of meetings and reports, 14 October 1981 - 16 November 1983; Washington Voluntary Service Centre newsletter, Winter 1982/1983 - Summer 1983 Iona: letter from S. Morrison, The Iona Community, 18 Walker Crescent, Glasgow G51 1AT to Rev. D. Roberts, 37 Brancepeth Close, Oxclose, Washington concerning a visit to the Iona Community, 2 February 1982 Oxclose School: Oxclose School Management Committee minutes of meetings and reports, 19 December 1977 - 30 November 1981; Bolof steering sub - committee minutes of meeting, 30 January 1978; statement of current account, 28 November 1981 - 26 March 1982; Community Education Handbook, n.d.; financial statement for Sports Activities Week, 30 July - 4 August 1979; report on reasons for not sending children from Oxclose Village to Lambton Primary School, 27 March 1979; school statistics, 1976 - March 1979

Declaration of Intent by Washington and Springwell Churches, Tyne & Wear [attached to Washington Sponsoring Body meeting minutes for 10 January 1979] Declaration of Intent by, and a Constitution for, Washington Area Local Ecumenical Project, c. 1978 - 1979

Report to Washington Sponsoring Body concerning Local Ecumenical Partnerships by Canon D. Pink, 15 October - 15 November 1985

Washington Sponsoring Body, 1967 - 1981: Washington New Town - Scheme for Oxclose Ecumenical Experiment, c. 1970; scheme for Oxclose Ecumenical Experiment by Washington Sponsoring Body, revised 15 January 1973; minutes of meetings, 15 December 1969 - 12 July 1973; resume of discussions concerning meeting of Washington Sponsoring Body with Rev. G. Sinclair-Walker and meeting of Washington New Town Commission, 28 November 1970; Washington New Town Commission minutes of meeting, 1969 - 28 February 1970; reference notes, 19 November 1969 Oxclose Sponsoring Body: minutes of meeting 8 January 1981; reference notes on disbanding of Oxclose Sponsoring Body and incorporation of Oxclose Sponsoring Body procedures into the structure of new Washington Sponsoring Body, 28 February 1974; financial statements, 31 December 1980; reference notes on costs of building Oxclose Ecumenical Centre, 15 September 1972; brief for Architect based on discussion in house group minutes of attached questionnaire, c. 1970; report on a visit to the planning department concerning development of Oxclose Village, 16 February 1971 Washington Oxclose Comprehensive School: minutes of meeting, 6 February 1973 Oxclose Church Centre: reference note and plan, March 1970 Letters: land purchase; building and development of Oxclose Ecumenical Centre; Oxclose Ecumenical Experiment; Washington Sponsoring Body; re - marriage of divorced persons, March 1967 - 12 October 1973