Penshaw All Saints Parish
Reference: EP/Pen Catalogue Title: Penshaw All Saints Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description:
Covering Dates: 1754-2003
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- Penshaw All Saints Parish
- Penshaw All Saints (Ref: EP/Pen )
- Registration (Ref: EP/Pen (01))
- Registers of baptisms and burials (Ref: EP/Pen section 01)
- Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Pen section 02)
- Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Pen section 03)
- Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Pen section 04)
- Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Pen section 05)
- Clergy (Ref: EP/Pen (02))
- Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Pen section 01)
- Registers of services and preachers (Ref: EP/Pen section 02)
- Registers of services (Ref: EP/Pen section 01)
- Registers of preachers (Ref: EP/Pen section 02)
- Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Pen section 03)
- Benefice (Ref: EP/Pen section 04)
- Benefice income (Ref: EP/Pen section 05)
- Glebe (Ref: EP/Pen section 06)
- Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Pen section 07)
- Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Pen )
- Licence to the curacy (Ref: EP/Pen )
- Parochial returns (Ref: EP/Pen section 08)
- Tithe (Ref: EP/Pen (03))
- Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Pen (04))
- Church (Ref: EP/Pen section 01)
- Churchyard (Ref: EP/Pen section 02)
- Church hall (Ref: EP/Pen section 03)
- Vicarage (Ref: EP/Pen section 04)
- Other parish property (Ref: EP/Pen section 05)
- Faculties (Ref: EP/Pen section 06)
- Financial records (Ref: EP/Pen section 07)
- Investments (Ref: EP/Pen )
- Offertory (Ref: EP/Pen )
- Receipts (Ref: EP/Pen )
- Statements of account (Ref: EP/Pen )
- Sequestration (Ref: EP/Pen section 08)
- Vestry (Ref: EP/Pen (05))
- Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Pen (06))
- Minutes (Ref: EP/Pen section 01)
- Financial records (Ref: EP/Pen section 02)
- Photographs (Ref: EP/Pen section 03)
- Overseers of the Poor (Ref: EP/Pen (07))
- Schools (Ref: EP/Pen (11))
- Church Societies (Ref: EP/Pen (13))
- Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Pen (14))
- Local history (Ref: EP/Pen )
- Parish magazines (Ref: EP/Pen )
Catalogue Contents
Penshaw All Saints (Ref: EP/Pen )Registration (Ref: EP/Pen (01))Registers of baptisms and burials (Ref: EP/Pen section 01)
1
Ref: EP/Pen 1Register of baptisms and burials, 1754 - 1812; register of burials, 1816 - 1851
includes entries for the baptisms of the children of Christopher Thomson, born in France, 1790, and burial entries for those killed in a pit disaster at Lumley, 1799
(1 volume)
Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Pen section 02)2, 99-102, 123, 133/1
See also EP/Pen 4
Register of baptisms, 1813 - 1829
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Pen 99Register of baptisms, 7 October 1860 - 11 December 1895
(1 volume, vellum bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 100Register of baptisms, 18 December 1895 - 30 August 1905
(1 volume, vellum bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 101Register of baptisms, 10 September 1905 - 1 June 1929
(1 volume, vellum bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 102Register of baptisms, 1 June 1929 - 6 March 1966
(1 volume, vellum bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 123Register of baptisms, 13 March 1966 - 5 June 1994
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 133/1Register of baptisms, 3 July 1994 - 4 May 2003
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Pen section 03)3-6, 103-108, 114, 124
Ref: EP/Pen 3Register of banns and marriages, 1754 - 1807
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Pen 4Register of marriages, 1808 - 1812
Includes register of baptisms, 1830 - 1860
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Pen 5Register of marriages,1813 - 1836
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Pen 6Register of marriages, 1837 - 1874
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Pen 103Register of marriages, 8 June 1874 - 26 May 1906
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 104Register of marriages, 2 June 1906 - 10 June 1916
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 105Register of marriages, 12 August 1916 - 11 February 1928
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 106Register of marriages, 21 March 1928 - 4 August 1943
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 107Register of marriages, 4 September 1943 - 19 June 1957
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 108Register of marriages, 29 June 1957 - 11 April 1970
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 114Register of marriages, 16 May 1970 - 4 January 1986
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 124Register of marriages, 22 March 1986 - 18 May 1991
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Pen section 04)12-15, 115
Ref: EP/Pen 12Register of banns of marriage, 12 January 1902 - 26 May 1929
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 13Register of banns of marriage, 9 June 1929 - 27 November 1949
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 14Register of banns of marriage, 18 December 1949 - 28 February 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 15Register of banns of marriage, 11 April 1965 - 10 September 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 115Register of banns of marriage, 17 September 1978 - 29 June 1986
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Pen section 05)7, 109-113
Ref: EP/Pen 7Register of burials, 1813 - 1846
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Pen 109Register of burials, 24 November 1851 - 18 October 1903
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 110Register of burials, 29 October 1903 - 12 December 1915
(1 volume, vellum bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 111Register of burials, 18 December 1915 - 23 July 1958
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 112Register of burials in the new burial ground, 25 November 1912 - 3 October 1949 (Includes some burials in reserved spaces up to 1959)
(1 volume, vellum bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 113Register of burials (in the new burial ground), 23 November 1949 - 10 February 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Clergy (Ref: EP/Pen (02))Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Pen section 01)126
Ref: EP/Pen 126Register of confirmations, 28 March 1957 - 14 February 1990
(1 volume, card bound)
Registers of services and preachers (Ref: EP/Pen section 02)Registers of services (Ref: EP/Pen section 01)18-25, 116, 125
Ref: EP/Pen 18Register of services, 17 August 1918 - 12 November 1933
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 19Register of services, 19 November 1933 - 10 November 1943
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 20Register of services, 11 November 1943 - 10 May 1953
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 21Register of services, 31 May 1953 - 15 April 1959
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 22Register of services, 16 April 1959 - 7 February 1963
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 23Register of services, 10 February 1963 - 14 February 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 24Register of services, 16 February 1972 - 31 July 1974
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 25Register of services, 4 August 1974 - 14 April 1979
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 116Register of services, 15 April 1979 - 23 February 1982
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 125Register of services, 23 February 1982 - 21 October 1992
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Registers of preachers (Ref: EP/Pen section 02)16-17
Ref: EP/Pen 16Register of Sermons, Preachers etc., 30 March 1890 - 2 April 1899
(1 volume, leather bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 17Offertory and Preachers' book, 12 March 1899 - 4 August 1918
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Pen section 03)88-92, 121, 127
Ref: EP/Pen 88Plan of proposed new parish of Shiney Row, n.d. [c 1913]
Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 plan, 73 cm. x 64 cm., waxed linen, ink and watercolour)
Ref: EP/Pen 89Draft Order in Council concerning the formation of Shiney Row St. Oswald, 1913
(6 papers)
Ref: EP/Pen 90Letter concerning the Instrument of Approval of Shiney Row, St. Oswald, 12 December 1929
(1 paper, printed form)
Ref: EP/Pen 91Copy Instrument of Approval dated 5 December 1929 for Shiney Row, St. Oswald parish, 12 December 1929
(Parchment, 1 membrane, typescript)
Ref: EP/Pen 92Third Edition Ordnance Survey plan XIII:NE, showing Penshaw, Washington, Offerton and West Herrington, 1921
Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 plan, 57 cm. x 43 cm., printed)
Ref: EP/Pen 121Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, Millbank, Westminster, S.W., to Rev. G.F. Holme, concerning the establishment of the proposed District of St. Oswald, Shiney Row, 24 June 1913
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Pen 127Correspondence between G.W. Heslop, Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Miss D. Cummings, 22 The Cedars, Penshaw; N.D. Tonge, Inverdene, Manor Road, Sulgrave, Washington; Sam Heath, vice chairman of Penshaw, All Saints, Parochial Church Council; and the Bishop of Jarrow; concerning the proposal to dissolve the plurality of the parishes of Shiney Row and Herrington and form the new benefices of Penshaw with Shiney Row, and Newbottle with Herrington, 10 March - 5 November 1993
Originally enclosed in EP/Pen 131
(9 papers, typescript)
Benefice (Ref: EP/Pen section 04)30
Ref: EP/Pen 30Notification by the bishop of the imminent vacancy of Penshaw, 21 June 1957
(1 paper, printed form)
Benefice income (Ref: EP/Pen section 05)29
Ref: EP/Pen 29London Gazette, containing award of stipend, 15 February 1910
(1 booklet, printed)
Glebe (Ref: EP/Pen section 06)31, 38-48
Ref: EP/Pen 31Plan of Hulands, part of Penshaw glebe, n.d. [post 1856]
No scale [approx. 1:2500]
(1 plan, 46 cm. x 22.5 cm., waxed linen, ink and watercolour)
Ref: EP/Pen 3812 March 1857
(1) Rev. James Waters, Rector of Painshaw/Penshaw
(2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne
Mortgage of glebe lands etc. for securing £285 and interest
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: EP/Pen 396 July 1869
(1) Rev. Philip Thompson, Rector of Penshere/Penshaw
(2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne
(3) John Burder of 27 Parliament Street, Westminster, gent
Mortgage from (1) to (3) in trust for (2) of all glebe lands etc. for securing £240 and interest
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: EP/Pen 406 July 1869
(1) Rev. Philip Thompson
(2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne
(3) John Burder, gent
Counterpart mortgage as at EP/Pen 39 above
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: EP/Pen 4112 December 1871
(1) Rev. Philip Thompson
(2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne
(3) Simon Dunning of 27 Parliament Street, Westminster, gent
Mortgage from (1) to (3) in trust for (2) of all glebe lands etc. for securing £100 and interest
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: EP/Pen 4212 December 1871
(1) Rev. Philip Thompson
(2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne
(3) Simon Dunning, gent
Counterpart mortgage as at EP/Pen 41 above
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: EP/Pen 4324 June 1899
(1) Rev. William Joseph Lowenberg, Rector of Penshaw
(2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne
Mortgage of all glebe lands etc. for securing £150 and interest
(Parchment, 1 membrane, printed form)
Ref: EP/Pen 4424 June 1899
(1) Rev. William Joseph Lowenberg
(2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne
Counterpart mortgage as at EP/Pen 43 above
(Parchment, 1 membrane, printed form)
Ref: EP/Pen 453 October 1901
(1) Rev. George Frederick Holme, Rector of Penshaw
(2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne
Mortgage of all glebe lands etc. for securing £133 and interest
(Parchment, 1 membrane, printed form)
Ref: EP/Pen 463 October 1901
(1) Rev. George Frederick Holme
(2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne
Counterpart mortgage as at EP/Pen 45 above
(Parchment, 1 membrane, printed form)
Ref: EP/Pen 47Letter Burder and Dunning, solicitors, to the Governors [of the Bounty of Queen Anne], concerning a mortgage, 19 January 1872
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: EP/Pen 48Letter from the Bounty Office concerning mortgage repayments, 8 October 1901
(1 paper, printed)
Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Pen section 07)Licence to the curacy (Ref: EP/Pen )120
Ref: EP/Pen 120Licence for the Rev. Audley Alfred Ost as assistant stipendiary curate in the parish of All Saints, Penshaw, 19 December 1886
(1 paper)
Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Pen )26-28
Ref: EP/Pen 26Letters from Hugh Lowenberg and J.G. Wilson, Ornsby and Cadle of Durham, solicitors, concerning death of Rev. W.J. Lowenberg, 2 - 20 September 1899
(3 papers)
Ref: EP/Pen 27Letter from J.G. Wilson, Ornsby and Cadle of Durham, solicitors, to W.H. Chatt, re. affairs of late Rev. W.J. Lowenberg, 21 September 1799
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Pen 28Certificate of having read the Thirty-Nine Articles in Church of Rev. George F. Holme, 3 December 1899
(1 paper, printed form)
Parochial returns (Ref: EP/Pen section 08)98
Ref: EP/Pen 98Parochial Returns for the year ending 31 December 1978
(2 papers, printed form)
Tithe (Ref: EP/Pen (03))32-37, 93/1-4
Ref: EP/Pen 32Book of tithe rentcharges, 1 January 1851 - 11 January 1898
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 33Letter from Nathaniel Clark at Beamish Park to W.H. Chatt concerning payment of tithe, 12 July 1899
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Pen 34Correspondence from the Inland Revenue and the Bounty Office, concerning payment of tithes, 5 October 1903 - 16 May 1927
(3 papers)
Ref: EP/Pen 35Correspondence from the Bounty Office concerning dilapidations and tithe rentcharges, 20 August - 16 November 1929
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Pen 36Certificate of Redemption of Tithe Rentcharge, 7 February 1908
(parchment, 1 membrane, printed form)
Ref: EP/Pen 37Statement of half-years tithe rentcharge, 1935
(1 paper, printed form)
Ref: EP/Pen 93/1-3Plans of proposed railway through the townships of Offerton, West Herrington and Penshaw by North Eastern Railway Estate Office, York, 13 July 1909
Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:288]
(3 plans, 39 cm. x 23.5 cm., 36.5 cm. x 37 cm. and 63 cm. x 41. cm, waxed linen, ink and water-colour)
Ref: EP/Pen 93/4Extract from Appointment of Rentcharge in lieu of Tithes in the township of Offerton, West Herrington and Penshaw, 12 July 1842, as it relates to the North Eastern Railway Company, 4 January 1909
(3 papers, printed form)
Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Pen (04))Church (Ref: EP/Pen section 01)58-60, 62-63
Ref: EP/Pen 58Correspondence and papers concerning the installation of electric lighting in the parish church, 15 November - 13 December 1910
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Pen 59Correspondence concerning the installation of electric lighting in the parish church, 14 November - 17 December 1910
(3 papers)
Ref: EP/Pen 60Letter from F. Oates of Gateshead to rector of Penshaw concerning erection of memorial in church, 28 September 1958
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Pen 62Correspondence and papers concerning the decoration of the interior of the parish church, 21 December 1961 - 13 July 1962
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Pen 63Correspondence and papers, including catalogues, concerning the purchase of chairs, August 1961 - 8 August 1962; and quotation for replacing windows in parish church, 16 May 1968
(1 file)
Churchyard (Ref: EP/Pen section 02)51-54, 97, 117-118, 129
Ref: EP/Pen 51Plan of extension to burial ground, 1885
Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]
(1 plan, 90 cm. x 48.5 cm., ink and water-colour)
Ref: EP/Pen 52Letter from Ecclesiastical Commission concerning grant toward cost of churchyard extension, 11 November 1910
(1 paper, typescript)
Ref: EP/Pen 53Correspondence concerning the addition to the churchyard, 7 June 1955 - 23 September 1958
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Pen 5428 June 1956
(1) The Hon. Claud Lambton of Westnewton, Kirknewton, Northumberland; David Alexander Gray of Pelaw Cottage, Chester-le-Street, land agent; and Arthur James Robert Collins of Howard House, 4 Arundel Street, Strand, London, solicitor
(2) The Parochial Church Council of Penshaw All Saints
(3) The Church Commissioners for England
Conveyance from (1) to (3) with the consent of (2) of a parcel of land in the parish of Penshaw, as specified on the annexed plan, and for an extension of the churchyard, with covering letter, 26 November 1956
(1 file, parchment and 1 paper, typescript)
Ref: EP/Pen 97Transcript and index of the pre-1851 Monumental Inscriptions in Penshaw churchyard, by G. Nicholson, April 1976
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Pen 117-118Order in Council relating to appropriation of part of the churchyard with forwarding letter from the Church Commissioners to the rector, 7 - 14 June 1990
(2 papers)
Ref: EP/Pen 129Order in council to discontinue burials in Penshaw, All Saints, churchyard, 16 March 1992
Plan attached, 1991
Scale: 1:2500
Originally enclosed in EP/Pen 131
(1 paper, printed; 1 plan, 21 cm. x 15 cm., printed)
Church hall (Ref: EP/Pen section 03)68-71, 74, 130
Ref: EP/Pen 68Receipts and invoices concerning Penshaw Church Hall, 6 January - December 1909
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Pen 69Correspondence concerning the old parish hall, Penshaw, 29 August 1918 - 30 January 1920
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Pen 70Plan of proposed heating scheme to church hall, Old Penshaw by R.T. Vaux and Son of Sunderland, Heating Engineers, 11 May 1928
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 41 cm. x 39 cm., ink and tracing paper)
Ref: EP/Pen 71Plan of proposed additions to Church Hall, Old Penshaw, by Jas. Talliser, January 1928
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 63 cm. x 45 cm., waxed linen, ink and watercolour)
Ref: EP/Pen 74Plan, section and elevations of proposed Sunday School Hall at Old Penshaw, n.d.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 54 cm. x 48.5 cm., waxed linen, ink and water-colour)
Ref: EP/Pen 130Letter from Rev. Keith Walker, The Rectory, Penshaw, to Lord Lambton, Villa Cetinale, Civically, Siena, Italy, requesting his assistance in clearing legal obstacles to the sale of part of the churchyard to raise funds to build a church hall, 12 February 1994
Originally enclosed in EP/Pen 131
(2 papers, typescript)
Vicarage (Ref: EP/Pen section 04)11, 57, 65-67, 119/1-2
Ref: EP/Pen 11Plan of land and buildings purchased by the Bishop of Durham from Lord Londonderry for Penshaw Rectory, 1851
(1 plan)
Ref: EP/Pen 57Tenders for building a wall at Penshaw Vicarage, 25 November - 20 December 1910
(4 papers)
Ref: EP/Pen 65Letter from Bounty Office concerning conveyance by Lord Durham to benefice of 1020 square yards of land adjoining rectory garden, 9 July 1908
(1 paper, typescript)
Ref: EP/Pen 66Correspondence concerning sale of part of garden of old Penshaw Rectory to Houghton-le-Spring U.D.C. for Penshaw Lane Improvement, 7 January - 11 July 1939
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Pen 67Correspondence concerning improvements to the parsonage house, 20 July - 19 November 1929
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Pen 119/1-2Seal of the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, originally attached to a mortgage for £285 for the rectory, and description of the mortgage, 12 March 1857
(2 papers)
Other parish property (Ref: EP/Pen section 05)8-9, 49
Ref: EP/Pen 8Bargain and sale of annuity of 40s. derived from lands in Stanhope, for the use of repairs to Penshaw Chapel
(1) Benezer Powell of Shield Ash, gent
(2) Cuthbert Ward of Newlandside Hall, gent
(3) Richard Stonhewer of Middlesex, Esq.
(4) Rev. John Rotheram of Houghton-le-Spring
Consideration of £50, 24 June 1774
(1 parchment)
Ref: EP/Pen 9Bargain and Sale of land and premises in Penshaw for the use of the Minister of Penshaw Chapelry
(1) George Coats of Newbottle, Wheelwright
(2) Rev. John Rotheram, Rector of Houghton-le-Spring
Consideration of £120, 13 November 1776
(1 parchment)
Ref: EP/Pen 49Letter from Calthrop, White and Ruckston at Westminster to Rev. James Waters, concerning the [Bowes Quarry] lease, 3 May 1865
(1 paper)
Faculties (Ref: EP/Pen section 06)55-56, 61
Ref: EP/Pen 55Faculty for a memorial tablet, 22 December 1892
(Parchment, 1 membrane, printed form)
Ref: EP/Pen 56Faculty for a sanctuary lamp and bronze tablet on the south wall, 23 November 1948
(Parchment, 1 membrane, typescript)
Ref: EP/Pen 61Faculty for the installation of an oil fired heating unit etc., 21 October 1961, and correspondence concerning maintenance etc., 13 September 1960 - 1 February 1973; archdeacon's certificate for the redecoration of the parish church, with covering letter, 13 August 1962, and estimate for painting Coxgreen Mission Hall, 6 November 1962
(1 file)
Financial records (Ref: EP/Pen section 07)For churchwardens' accounts, 1881 - 1945 see EP/Pen 75
Offertory (Ref: EP/Pen )50
Ref: EP/Pen 50Account book of offertories and collections, 1 January 1881 - 30 December 1883
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Receipts (Ref: EP/Pen )72
Ref: EP/Pen 72Receipt from J. and W. Lowry of Newcastle upon Tyne, Builders etc., 1 June 1911
(1 paper)
Investments (Ref: EP/Pen )64
Ref: EP/Pen 64Papers concerning investment of £240 to purchase securities, 20 March 1902 - 30 May 1905
(5 papers)
Statements of account (Ref: EP/Pen )122, 128
Ref: EP/Pen 122First annual statement of accounts of the churchwardens and church council, 1924
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: EP/Pen 128Church income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 December 1986
Originally enclosed in EP/Pen 131
(2 papers, typescript)
Sequestration (Ref: EP/Pen section 08)73
Ref: EP/Pen 73Appointment of sequestrators during a vacancy, 5 and 24 February 1959
(parchment, 2 membranes, printed form)
Vestry (Ref: EP/Pen (05))75-76
Ref: EP/Pen 75Minute book of vestry meetings, 18 April 1881 - 26 July 1897, and churchwardens' accounts, 17 April 1898 - 30 December 1945
(1 volume, calf half-bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 76Minute book of vestry meetings, 25 April 1898 - 10 February 1948 and Parochial Church Council, 14 April 1920 - 27 January 1925
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Pen (06))Minutes (Ref: EP/Pen section 01)77-79, 131, 134/1-5
For Parochial Church Council minutes, 1920 - 1925 see EP/Pen 76
Minute book of Parochial Church Council, January 1925 - 8 April 1941
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 78Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 13 May 1941 - 12 December 1950
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 79Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 12 February 1951 - 21 October 1968
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 131Minutes of ordinary and annual meetings of the Parochial Church Council, and annual vestry meetings, 10 December 1968 - 18 March 1996
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: EP/Pen 134/1Minutes and agenda papers of ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 9 April - 11 November 1996
(72 papers)
Ref: EP/Pen 134/2Minutes and agenda papers of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 7 April - 18 November 1997
(45 papers, typescript)
Ref: EP/Pen 134/3Minutes and agenda papers of ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 24 March 1998 - 19 January 1999
(41 papers)
Ref: EP/Pen 134/4Minutes and agenda papers of ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 29 March 1999 - 29 February 2000
(82 papers)
Ref: EP/Pen 134/5Minutes and agenda papers for ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 4 April 2000 - 12 March 2001
(109 papers)
Financial records (Ref: EP/Pen section 02)80
Ref: EP/Pen 80P.C.C. accounts for the years ending 31 December 1958 - 1961, 1963 - 1968
(13 papers, printed)
Photographs (Ref: EP/Pen section 03)132
Ref: EP/Pen 132Photograph of the members of the first Parochial Church Council, c.1923
A list of the names of those pictured is attached to the photograph
(1 photograph, 38.5 cm. x 28.5 cm., black and white)
Overseers of the Poor (Ref: EP/Pen (07))81
Ref: EP/Pen 81Lists of paupers admitted to Houghton-le-Spring Union Workhouse, with statement of amounts credited and debited to the parish in the Union accounts, 29 March 1897
(2 papers, printed form)
Schools (Ref: EP/Pen (11))10, 82-84
Ref: EP/Pen 10Papers re. Penshaw National School, 1863 - 1867
(4 papers)
Ref: EP/Pen 82Letter from the Education Department concerning plans for Penshaw School, 31 January 1867
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Pen 83Notice of grant of £30 in aid of building schools at Penshaw by the National Society, 1867
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: EP/Pen 84Form of conveyance of school sites, n.d. [c 1867]
(1 paper, printed)
Church Societies (Ref: EP/Pen (13))85
Ref: EP/Pen 85Account book of the Sunday School, 27 December 1880 - 26 September 1897
(1 volume, card bound)
Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Pen (14))Parish magazines (Ref: EP/Pen )96/1-55
Ref: EP/Pen 96/1-55Parish Magazines, January 1975 - July 1979
(55 booklets, printed)
Local history (Ref: EP/Pen )86-87, 94-95
Ref: EP/Pen 86Account of receipts and expenditure for the manor of Bowes, 1882
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: EP/Pen 87Letter from W.H. Alderson at Old Penshaw to Mr. Chatt arranging a meeting, 7 October 1899
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/Pen 94Newspaper cuttings and other papers concerning the history of Penshaw, including postcards of Old Pensher and Penshaw Rectory, 1908 - 1977
(7 papers, 2 postcards)
Ref: EP/Pen 95Copy of the Sunderland Echo, with article on Penshaw Church, 25 October 1962
(1 newspaper)
