Darlington Baptist Church
Reference: B/Da Catalogue Title: Darlington Baptist Church Area: Catalogue Category: Non-Conformist Church Records Description:
Covering Dates: 1845-1996
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- Darlington Baptist Church
- Darlington, Grange Road (formerly Archer Street) Baptist Chapel (Ref: B/Da 1-161)
- Registration (Ref: B/Da section 01)
- Minutes (Ref: B/Da section 02)
- Minutes of church meetings (Ref: B/Da 9-17)
- Minutes of deacons' meetings (Ref: B/Da 18-27)
- Minutes of general business meetings (Ref: B/Da 28)
- Minutes of committees (Ref: B/Da 29-31)
- Annual reports (Ref: B/Da section 03)
- Communion registers and records of church membership (Ref: B/Da section 04)
- Records concerning church members (Ref: B/Da section 05)
- Correspondence (Ref: B/Da section 06)
- Financial records (Ref: B/Da section 07)
- Church buildings and property (Ref: B/Da section 08)
- Pastors (Ref: B/Da section 09)
- Photographs (Ref: B/Da section 10)
- Church Societies (Ref: B/Da section 11)
- Sunday School (Ref: B/Da 107-123)
- Band of Hope (Ref: B/Da 124-125)
- Women's Society (Ref: B/Da 126-128)
- Miscellaneous (Ref: B/Da section 12)
- Church magazines (Ref: B/Da 137-153)
- Church history (Ref: B/Da 154-161)
- Darlington and District Fellowship of Baptist Churches (Ref: B/Da 162-166)
- Darlington Evangelical Free Church Council (Ref: B/Da 167)
Catalogue Contents
Darlington, Grange Road (formerly Archer Street) Baptist Chapel (Ref: B/Da 1-161)Registration (Ref: B/Da section 01)
1
Ref: B/Da 1Register of baptisms, 27 November 1955 - 15 October 1961
(1 volume, card bound)
Minutes (Ref: B/Da section 02)Minutes of church meetings (Ref: B/Da 9-17)Ref: B/Da 9Minute book of church meetings, 30 May 1846 - 17 June 1874, and register of members of Archer Street Chapel, 10 May 1846 - 10 April 1873
Includes: annual statistics of membership of Archer Street and Grange Road, as returned to the Northern Baptist Association, 1846-1909
For enclosure see B/Da 83
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: B/Da 10Minute book of Archer Street church meetings, 10 February 1865 - 12 April 1867
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: B/Da 11Minute book of Grange Road church meetings, 23 April 1874 - 23 November 1893
Includes: at front, a brief record of the rise and progress of the Church of Jesus Christ meeting in Grange Road Chapel, n.d.
For enclosures see B/Da 32
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: B/Da 12Minute book of church meetings, 31 January 1894 - 27 March 1899
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 13Minute book of church and special meetings, 24 April 1899 - 13 December 1905
(1 volume, leather, quarter-bound)
Ref: B/Da 14Minute book of church meetings, 13 December 1905 - 8 July 1919
Includes: at end, list of preachers, 1917-1919
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: B/Da 15Minute book of church meetings, 26 August 1919 - 17 October 1950
For enclosure see B/Da 33
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: B/Da 16Minutes of church meetings, 27 September 1972 - 31 March 1980
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 17Minutes of church members' meetings, 13 May 1980 - 18 March 1991
(1 file)
Minutes of deacons' meetings (Ref: B/Da 18-27)Ref: B/Da 18Minute book of deacons' meetings, 14 October 1880 - 5 March 1904
(1 volume, leather bound)
Ref: B/Da 19Minute book of deacons' meetings, 11 April 1904 - 28 December 1923
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: B/Da 20Minute book of deacons' meetings, 27 February 1924 - 28 June 1942
For enclosures see B/Da 27 and 165
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: B/Da 21Minute book of deacons' meetings, 17 August 1942 - 11 January 1951
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: B/Da 22Minutes of deacons' meetings and church meetings, 11 January 1951 - 15 November 1955
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 23Minutes of deacons' and church meetings, 9 January 1956 - 10 November 1963
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 24Minutes of deacons' and church meetings, 2 December 1963 - 31 July 1972
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 25Minutes of deacons' meetings, 31 July 1972 - 11 April 1983
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 26Minutes of deacons' meetings, 11 April 1983 - 31 January 1991
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 27Minutes of deacons' meeting, 18 May 1936
(8 papers)
Minutes of general business meetings (Ref: B/Da 28)Ref: B/Da 28Minute book of general business meetings (for the activities of the Prayer and Social, Lookout, Missionary, and Sunshine Committees), 6 June 1907 - 26 October 1913; and Grange Road Literary Society Committee meetings, 11 September 1919 - 16 May 1928
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Minutes of committees (Ref: B/Da 29-31)Ref: B/Da 29Minute book of Building Committee meetings, 5 February 1913 - 7 February 1916
(1 volume, hessian bound)
Ref: B/Da 30Minute book of Finance Committee meetings, 4 February 1919 - 3 October 1920
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: B/Da 31Minute book of Working (later Management) Committee meetings of the Geneva Road branch of Grange Road Baptist Church, 24 June 1932 - 29 November 1944
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Annual reports (Ref: B/Da section 03)32-33
Ref: B/Da 32Copy annual reports of Grange Road Church to the Northern Association of Baptist Churches meetings, 22 April 1880 and 13 May 1888; statistics of church membership, 1880 and 1883; letter from P.W. Grant, Inveraron Bank, Perth, to his successor, Rev. H.J. Betts, conveying good wishes for the future, 30 July 1874; letter from H.J. Betts to the deacons of Grange Road, concerning the church's financial crisis, October 1879; obituary of Mrs. Frances Emery Ward, Blackwellgate, Darlington, 7 December n.y.; draft rules for the nomination and election of deacons, n.d.; and Northern Echo newspaper report of the farewell presentation to Rev. H.J. Betts, 4 March 1881
(10 papers)
Ref: B/Da 33Annual church report, 1950
(5 papers)
Communion registers and records of church membership (Ref: B/Da section 04)2-8
Ref: B/Da 2Register of admissions to church membership, 25 April 1859 - 25 December 1892, and attendance at communion, January 1890 - December 1901
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: B/Da 3Register of church membership and attendance at communion, January 1875 - July 1906
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: B/Da 4Communion register, January 1938 - December 1965
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 5Communion register, January 1966 - December 1972
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 6Communion register, January 1973 - December 1983
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 7Communion register, April 1984 - December 1989
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 8Index of church members, c.1893-1905
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Records concerning church members (Ref: B/Da section 05)129-131
Ref: B/Da 129Order of service for the induction of Rev. Malcolm A. Beaton to Castlegate Baptist Church, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 7 September 1968
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: B/Da 130Order of service in memory of John Addison Birkbeck, died 7 January 1936
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: B/Da 131Order of valedictory service and act of commissioning of Miss Vivienne A. Green for service with the Baptist Missionary Society, 21 December 1974
(1 paper, printed)
Correspondence (Ref: B/Da section 06)34-46
Ref: B/Da 34Letters to the trustees and pastors of Archer Street Baptist Chapel, from representatives of the Baptist Home Missionary Society, and the Baptist Building Fund, London; James Fyfe, Shotley Bridge; R.B. Lancaster, South Shields; Joseph Fuller Sparke, Aylsham, Norfolk, and Rye, Sussex, minister; J. Lewis, and the deacons of Salem Chapel, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; James Smith, junior, Loughborough, Leicestershire; Josiah Green, Cardiff; the deacons of Newcourt Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; John D. Carrick, North Shields; P.W. Grant, Perth, Scotland; James Kay, Brough, Westmorland, minister; concerning general chapel affairs, including the appointment of ministers, the engagement of preachers, and financial assistance; and appeals from various missionary societies, 13 December 1845 - 16 September 1858
Includes: copy addresses of the Archer Street trustees to meetings of the Northern Association of Baptist Churches, 1846 and 1849, and resolution of the members and seatholders requesting financial assistance from the Northern Association, 1856
Originally filed on string with B/Da 37 and 80
(86 papers)
Ref: B/Da 35Letters to the pastors, deacons and secretaries of Grange Road Baptist Church from representatives of the Baptist Missionary Society, the Northern Baptist Association, and the Baptist Union; James Rhodes, Bethel Church, Bradford, Yorkshire; Rev. P.R. Macmaster, Darlington; James Duncan, Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire, Scotland; J. Miller Hamilton, Lowestoft, Norfolk; Rev. George Evans, Commercial Road Baptist Church, Newport, Monmouthshire; Rev. Herbert H. Thompson, Shepshed, Leicestershire; Rev. W. Hussey Griffith, Woodgate Road Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; W.D. Forster, Middleton St. George; Messrs. Blackett and Howden, Organ Works, Heaton, Newcastle; Rev. Alexander Hay Sutherland, Leeds, Yorkshire; J. Wilkinson, president of Darlington Quartering Committee; Rev. H.E. Barrell, Fulham Baptist Church, London, and Eastbourne, Sussex; J.W. Bartlett, Darlington; A.R. Doggart, Red House, Carmel Road, Darlington; Rev. Ernest W. Godfrey, Minehead, Somerset; Rev. John Kerrigan, Stockton-on-Tees; Rev. Alex A. Wilson, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland; Rev. Arthur J. Hallworth, Dagenham, Essex; A.G. Doggart, London; Rev. A.J. Symonds, Trinity Road Baptist Church, Halifax, Yorkshire; E.W. Anderson, Baptist Tabernacle, Corporation Road, Darlington, and others, concerning appointments to the pastorate, preaching engagements, the dismissal of congregation members, condolences on the death of Rev. Mr. Macmaster's wife, transfer of the Church Trust to the Baptist Union Corporation, and the legacy from Miss Emily Emmerson, 8 April 1868 - 13 October 1941
(148 papers and 1 file)
Ref: B/Da 36Letters from the pastors, deacons and secretaries of Grange Road Baptist Church to the Metropolitan Tabernacle Church, London; Mr. Guthrie; Rev. G. Evans; R.S. Weathers, North Lodge Terrace, Darlington; J.B. Duncan, Hotspur Street, Tynemouth, Northumberland; Rev. Ernest W. Godfrey; the Manager of Yorkshire Penny Bank, Darlington; Rev. Mr. Sutherland, and others, concerning the appointment of pastors, copy resolutions of church meetings, copy addresses to the Northern Association of Baptist Churches (1877 and 1878), and a list of men from Grange Road Church who died in the Great War, May 1877 - 1 January 1940
(22 papers)
Ref: B/Da 37Notice, by the Committee of Management of Archer Street Baptist Chapel, Darlington, of the intention to replace pew rents and public collections by free seating and free will offering boxes, n.d.; rules of a society formed among the children of the Sabbath School at the Baptist Chapel, Archer Street, Darlington, to promote habits of industry and economy, and afford them assistance in time of sickness, nd.; handbill for a course of lectures on 'The Fools of the Bible' by Rev. J.W. Lance, in New Court Chapel, Westgate Street, [Newcastle], 29 November - 28 February n.y.; address by the Hon. Baptist W. Noel, late chaplain to the Queen, at his baptism in John Street Chapel, Bedford Row, [London], 9 August 1849; 'The Constitution of Baptist Churches, considered in its difference from that of all other churches', by John Bates, Baptist missionary, Ireland, n.d.; and advertisement for the selection of hymns for the use of Baptist congregations, published by J. Haddon, Castle Street, Finsbury, London, n.d., c.1845-1858
Originally filed on string with B/Da 34 and 80
(6 papers, printed)
Ref: B/Da 38Out-letter book of James Barker, deacon, concerning the vacancy of the pastorate, 27 September 1906 - 28 August 1907
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: B/Da 39Correspondence between the District Barrack Offices, Northern Command Headquarters, York; W.D. Foster, Manager, Lloyds Bank, Ltd., Darlington; Lieutenant W.H. de Rusett, War Department Valuation, 5 Roseberry Crescent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning the occupation of Grange Road Baptist Church premises during World War I, 13 October - 13 December 1916
(7 papers)
Ref: B/Da 40Copy agreement for the temporary occupation, by the Secretary of State, of the Baptist Church hall and schools, and related correspondence between Captain W.H. de Rusett, 28 St. Mary's Place, Newcastle, War Department valuer; Lieutenant G.M. Colman, R.E.; and Arthur Haward and
E. Graham of Darlington, 25 September 1917 - 2 March 1918
(11 papers)
Ref: B/Da 41Letter from Ernest Graham, church treasurer, 39 Grainger Street, Darlington, to J. Haward, 80 Northgate, Darlington, concerning payment by the War Office for damages to rented property and enclosing relevant copy letters, 3-28 October 1918
(6 papers)
Ref: B/Da 42Correspondence between the church secretaries, the Baptist Union, and ministers, concerning appointments to the pastorate of Grange Road Church, 28 September 1955 - 22 July 1972
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 43Correspondence of the church secretary, concerning church centenary celebrations, the legacy of Robert Thomlinson Hardy, dec'd., and general church affairs, April 1967 - 20 January 1975
(107 papers and 1 file)
Ref: B/Da 44Correspondence between the church secretary and Durham County Council, the Borough of Darlington, and others, concerning the provision of an access road and parking for Grange Road Baptist Church, as part of the fourth stage of the Darlington Inner Ring Road development, January 1972 - 17 December 1981
Includes: aerial photograph and duplicated plans of church site, n.d.
(102 papers, and 1 photograph, 25 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)
Ref: B/Da 45In letters of church secretary, May 1975 - 17 March 1978
(67 papers)
Ref: B/Da 46Out letters of church secretary, 10 January 1979 - 18 November 1980
(64 papers)
Financial records (Ref: B/Da section 07)47-82
Ref: B/Da 47General cash book of Archer Street Chapel, 18 December 1845 - 31 December 1867
(1 volume, vellum bound)
Ref: B/Da 48Cash account book of Archer Street and Grange Road Baptist Chapel, 5 January 1868 - 2 June 1879; 1881
(1 volume, leather bound)
Ref: B/Da 49Account book of church receipts and payments, 8 March 1915 - 31 December 1929
Includes: at end, list of subscriptions to Grange Road War Memorial, 1920
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: B/Da 50Treasurer's cash book, 23 November 1952 - 23 April 1956
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 51Treasurer's cash book, 1 April 1956 - 31 March 1960
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 52Cash account book, 3 April 1966 - 31 March 1969
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 53Income account book, 9 April 1969 - 9 July 1975
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 54Expenditure account book, 14 April 1969 - 21 July 1975
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 55Annual statements of church accounts, 1913-1917, 1922, 1924, 1930-1931, 1934, 1938-1941, and y.e. 31 March 1964 - 31 March 1968
(20 papers, 2 files and 1 booklet)
Ref: B/Da 56Seat rents collection book, 12 August 1847 - November 1864
(1 volume, leather bound)
Ref: B/Da 57Seat rents collection book, July 1871 - October 1875
(1 volume, leather bound)
Ref: B/Da 58Seat rents collection book, January 1886 - October 1917
(1 volume, leather bound)
Ref: B/Da 59Bankbook of Grange Road Baptist Church in account with Lloyds Bank, Ltd., Darlington, 8 March 1915 - 19 February 1918
(1 booklet, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 60Bankbook of Grange Road Baptist Church with Lloyds Bank, Ltd., Darlington, 21 February 1918 - 23 August 1922
(1 booklet, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 61Bankbook of Grange Road Baptist Church with Lloyds Bank, Ltd., Darlington, 28 August 1922 - 25 January 1927
(1 booklet, leather bound)
Ref: B/Da 62Investment shareholder's pass book of Grange Road Baptist Church, Darlington, with the Durham and Yorkshire Building Society, Darlington, 12 March - 25 November 1931
(1 booklet, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 63Borrower's pass book of the Baptist Union Corporation, Ltd., with the Durham and Yorkshire Building Society, Darlington, 25 January 1932 - 31 December 1935
(1 booklet, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 64Deposit pass book of Grange Road Baptist Church Sunday School with Barclay's Bank, Ltd., Darlington Branch, 24 March 1952 - 29 February 1964
(1 booklet, cloth bound)
Ref: B/Da 65Bankbook of Grange Road Baptist Church Organ Fund with Lloyds Bank, Ltd., Darlington, 27 November 1913 - 14 January 1921
(1 booklet, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 66Bankbook of Grange Road Bapatist Church Belgian Refugees Fund with Lloyds Bank, Ltd., Darlington, 20 October 1914 - 30 December 1916
(1 booklet, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 67Account book of contributions towards liquidating the debt on Archer Street Chapel, 1 August 1850 - 26 February 1851
For enclosure see B/Da 68
(1 volume, leather bound)
Ref: B/Da 68Summary of contributions from Darlington and other Baptist chapels for the liquidation of debt on Archer Street Chapel, n.d. [c.1852]
(1 paper)
Ref: B/Da 69Bankbook of Grange Road Baptist Church Building Fund, in account with Lloyds Bank, Ltd, Darlington, 5 June 1913 - 4 April 1916
(1 booklet)
Ref: B/Da 70Bankbook of Grange Road Baptist Church Building Fund, in account with Lloyds Bank, Ltd., Darlington, 30 June 1916 - 2 July 1918
(1 booklet)
Ref: B/Da 71Bankbook of Grange Road Baptist Church Building Fund in account with Lloyds Bank, Ltd., Darlington, 29 July 1918 - 4 July 1921
(1 booklet)
Ref: B/Da 72Bankbook of Grange Road Baptist Church Building Fund loan account with Lloyds Bank, Ltd., Darlington, 13 October 1913 - 4 July 1921
(1 booklet)
Ref: B/Da 73Estimates of costs of heating, lighting and ventilation of Grange Road Baptist Church and extensions, and calculation of repayment of debt to 1915, March 1908
(2 papers)
Ref: B/Da 74Guarantee of Arthur Haward, A.R. Doggart, and others, to Lloyds Bank, Darlington, for a loan of £1,000 to Grange Road Baptist Church Building Fund, and letter of confirmation of guarantee, 30 December 1913 and 7 October 1920
(2 papers)
Ref: B/Da 75Statement of account of church building fund, 5 October 1914
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: B/Da 76Account book of Grange Road School Building Fund, 30 March 1913 - 4 May 1917
(1 volume, leather bound)
Ref: B/Da 77Building account for Grange Road Sunday School, and notes detailing the progress of the scheme to extend the Sunday School accommodation, 1914
(7 papers)
Ref: B/Da 78Account book of the Geneva Road East Building Fund, including a list of subscribers, a borrower's account of the Baptist Union Corporation, Ltd., with the Durham and Yorkshire Building Society, and order of service for stone-laying ceremony, 12 March 1931 - 31 December 1939
For enclosures see B/Da 102-103
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 79Receipts, issued by the Baptist Building Fund, London, for the repayment of loan instalments by the trustees of Grange Road Baptist Church, in respect of Geneva Road Church, and related correspondence between the trustees, and the secretary of the Baptist Building Fund, 29 November 1932 - 21 May 1937
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 80Bills and receipts for payment by the Grange Road Baptist Church trustees, concerning building work and repairs, loans to the church building fund, rent of schoolroom, salaries, printing and general expenses, 13 December 1845 - 17 November 1860
Originally filed on string with B/Da 34 and 37
(149 papers)
Ref: B/Da 81Bills and receipts for church expenditure, 1 March 1878 - March 1894
(72 papers)
Ref: B/Da 82Treasurer's account of Grange Road Baptist Church bazaar, held October 1891, 16 March 1892
(1 paper, printed)
Church buildings and property (Ref: B/Da section 08)92-106
Ref: B/Da 92Fire insurance policy, with the Yorkshire Fire and Life Insurance Company, for Archer Street Baptist Chapel, Darlington, 24 March 1855
(1 paper)
Ref: B/Da 93Draft minutes of church meetings authorising the steps taken by the Church Building Committee, and acknowledging the support for the bazaar held in the Central Hall, Darlington, 6-8 April n.y., in aid of the building fund, n.d. [c.1871]
(2 papers)
Ref: B/Da 94Copy of a clause in the conveyance of land for Grange Road Baptist Church from Jonathan B. Pease to Rev. P.W. Grant and others, restricting use as business premises or for the sale of alcohol, 7 May 1872; copy made post 1901
(1 paper)
Ref: B/Da 95Appeal for subscriptions to Grange Road Baptist Church improvements and school extension, 6 June 1908
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: B/Da 96Notice of a public meeting, addressed by Dr. Clifford, M.A., in connection with the extension of school premises at Grange Road Baptist Church, 28 May n.y. [c.1912]
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: B/Da 97Specification of works for the erection of Sunday School premises and alterations to caretaker's house for Grange Road Baptist Church, April 1913
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 9824 June 1913
(1) Grange Road Baptist Church, Darlington
(2) John Guthrie & Son, Corporation Road, Darlington
Agreement for the erection of additional school buildings and for the alteration of the caretaker's house
Consideration: £1326
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 99Copy [incomplete] of plan and section of proposed additions to Grange Road Baptist Chapel, by Clark and Moscrop, architects, Darlington, March 1913
No scale
(1 plan, 40 cm. x 61 cm., duplicated)
Ref: B/Da 100Memorandum concerning the sale of land in Geneva Road East to the trustees of Grange Road Baptist Church, and the calculation of interest and income tax payable by the trustees, November 1931
(1 paper)
Ref: B/Da 101Certificates, issued by John Wills and Sons, architects, Derby and London, and receipts, issued by J.W. and M. MacKenzie, builders and contractors, Darlington, for the construction of Geneva Road Baptist Schools, 23 November 1931 - 9 January 1935
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 102An appeal from Grange Road Baptist Church for donations to cover the £1,000 remaining to be raised for the cost of construction of the A.R. Doggart Memorial Sunday Schools, Geneva Road, 7 April 1932
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: B/Da 103Newspaper cuttings concerning the opening of the A.R. Doggart Memorial Sunday Schools at the Geneva Road East branch of Grange Road Baptist Church, 8 April 1932
(2 papers)
Ref: B/Da 104Memorandum and grant application papers concerning proposed improvements to the caretaker's house at Grange Road Baptist Church, 1 December 1971 - 30 March 1972
(4 papers)
Ref: B/Da 105Ground, first floor, and block plans of existing caretaker's house at Grange Road Baptist Church, Darlington, n.d. [1972]
Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 55 cm. x 41 cm., duplicated)
Ref: B/Da 106Ground and first floor plans, block plan, and rear elevation of proposed improvements to caretaker's house, n.d. [1972]
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 66 cm. x 37 cm., duplicated)
Pastors (Ref: B/Da section 09)83-91
For correspondence see B/Da 38 and B/Da 42
Copy invitation to Rev. W.T. Adey to serve as co-pastor with Rev. P.W. Grant, post 12 July 1867
(1 paper)
Ref: B/Da 84Order of service in memory of Rev. E.W. Godfrey, 22 June 1939
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: B/Da 85Order of service for the induction of Rev. C.J. Sutherland, 12 September 1964
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: B/Da 86Order of service for the induction of Rev. C.J. Sutherland to Osmaston Road Baptist Church, Derby, 18 September 1971
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: B/Da 87Order of service for the induction of Rev. Robert S. Smart, B.D., 22 July 1972
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: B/Da 88Order of service for the ordination and induction of Andrew MacKenzie Swanson to Geneva Road Baptist Church, 30 August 1971
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: B/Da 89Photograph portraits of the ministers of Grange Road Baptist Church: Rev. P.W. Grant, 1858-1873; Rev. H.J. Betts, 1874-1881; Rev. R.P. Macmaster, 1881-1884; Rev. H.H. Pullen, 1885-1888; Rev. J. Duncan, M.A., 1889-1899; Rev. J.M. Hamilton, 1900-1906; Rev. H.H. Thompson, 1907-1918; Rev. H.E. Barrell, 1919-1926, and Rev. E.W. Godfrey, 1926; 1858-1926
(9 photographs, mounted on one card, 34 cm. x 41 cm.)
Ref: B/Da 90Photograph portrait of Rev. E.H. Daniell, taken by Sydney H. Wood, Darlington, n.d. [1941]
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 21 cm., black and white, mounted on card)
Ref: B/Da 91Photograph portrait of Rev. A.W. Francis, taken by Sydney H. Wood, n.d. [c.1947]
(1 photograph, 16 cm. x 21 cm., black and white, mounted on card)
Photographs (Ref: B/Da section 10)132-136
For photographs of pastors see B/Da 85-91
Photograph half-portrait of John Guthrie, J.P., taken by S.E. Taylor, n.d. [c.1920]
(1 photograph, 12 cm. x 20 cm., black and white, mounted on card)
Ref: B/Da 133Photograph half-portrait of Arthur Haward, n.d. [c.1920]
(1 photograph, 12 cm. x 19 cm., black and white, mounted on card)
Ref: B/Da 134Photograph portrait of Mr. A.R. Doggart, J.P., president of the Baptist Union, 1928, taken by Reginald Haines, 4 Southampton Row, London, 1928
(1 photograph, 18 cm. x 24 cm., black and white, mounted on card)
Ref: B/Da 135Copy photographs of church groups and activities, including an exterior view of Corporation Road Church, c.1905; winners of the Scripture Exam Shield, 1917; Sunday School rally in North Lodge Park, 1930; Darlington Baptist Centenary civic service, 1947; Northern Baptist Assembly meeting at Grange Road, Easter 1948; a women's group at Sewerly Park, Bridlington, 1949; Mr. Skinner, Sunday School superintendent, 1929; church members at Blackwell Tennis Club, c.1950; church renovations, n.d.; and 1st Darlington Scout Group and 18th Darlington Guides and Brownies; 1917-1980s
(38 photocopies and papers)
Ref: B/Da 136Photograph of a service in progress at Grange Road Church, showing the organ, pulpit, minister, church leaders and congregation, viewed from the gallery, nd. [c.1967]
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 19 cm., black and white)
Church Societies (Ref: B/Da section 11)Sunday School (Ref: B/Da 107-123)Ref: B/Da 107Minute book of the Archer Street Sabbath School, 30 December 1847 - 14 April 1850
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: B/Da 108Minute book of Sunday School teachers' meetings, 30 March 1897 - 12 October 1919
For enclosure see B/Da 111
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: B/Da 109Minute book of Sunday School teachers' meetings and annual meetings, 14 December 1919 - 8 May 1958
For enclosures see B/Da 110 and 118
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: B/Da 110Minutes of Sunday School annual teachers' meeting, 11 February 1953
(3 papers)
Ref: B/Da 111Annual report of the Sunday School, 3 March 1915
(2 papers)
Ref: B/Da 112Annual report of the Sunday School, 1922
(8 papers)
Ref: B/Da 113Annual report of the Sunday School, January 1925
(10 papers)
Ref: B/Da 114Account book of Sunday School collection receipts, 5 November 1899 - September 1921
For enclosures see B/Da 123
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 115Cash account book of Grange Road Sunday School, 1 January 1901 - February 1964
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: B/Da 116Cash account book of Grange Road Sunday School, 7 January 1946 - 16 March 1962
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: B/Da 117Account book of Geneva Road Sunday Schools receipts and expenditure, April - July 1931
(1 booklet)
Ref: B/Da 118Annual balance sheets of the Sunday School, y/e March 1952-1954, 1956, 1958
(5 papers)
Ref: B/Da 119Class admission register of Grange Road Sunday School, 1891-1893
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: B/Da 120Attendance register of the Raventhorpe branch of Grange Road Sunday School, October 1959 - December 1966
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 121Attendance register of junior church and bible classes, 9 September 1973 - 1 May 1977
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 122Annual statistical returns from Grange Road Sunday School to the Sunday School Union, January 1910 - January 1919
(10 papers)
Ref: B/Da 123Lists of Sunday School awards, 1913, 1917, 1919 and n.d.
(4 papers)
Band of Hope (Ref: B/Da 124-125)Ref: B/Da 124Register of members of Grange Road branch of the Band of Hope Union, 3 November 1875 - 21 November 1888
For enclosure see B/Da 125
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 125Certificate of parental consent for Emily Emmerson, 7 Backhouse Street, Darlington, age 7, to sign the Band of Hope pledge of abstinence, 27 February 1883
(1 paper)
Women's Society (Ref: B/Da 126-128)Ref: B/Da 126Register of attendance of Grange Road Baptist Church women's meetings, January 1928 - December 1938
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 127Register of attendance of Grange Road Baptist Church Women's Own society, January 1939 - June 1959
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: B/Da 128Register of attendance of women's meetings, 7 September 1959 - June 1976
(1 volume, card bound)
Miscellaneous (Ref: B/Da section 12)Church magazines (Ref: B/Da 137-153)Ref: B/Da 137The Outlook, the official magazine of the Grange Road Baptist Church, January 1950 - December 1951
(1 file, printed)
Ref: B/Da 138The Outlook, the official magazine of the Grange Road Baptist Church, January 1952 - December 1953
(1 file, printed)
Ref: B/Da 139The Outlook, the official magazine of the Grange Road Baptist Church, January 1954 - December 1955
(1 file, printed)
Ref: B/Da 140The Outlook, the official magazine of the Grange Road Baptist Church, January 1956 - December 1957
(1 file, printed)
Ref: B/Da 141The Outlook, the official magazine of the Grange Road Baptist Church, January 1958 - December 1959
(1 file, printed)
Ref: B/Da 142The Outlook, the official magazine of the Grange Road Baptist Church, January 1960 - December 1961
(1 file, printed)
Ref: B/Da 143The Outlook, monthly magazine of the Grange Road Baptist Church, January 1962 - December 1963
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 144The Outlook, monthly magazine of the Grange Road Baptist Church, January 1964 - December 1965
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 145The Outlook, monthly magazine of the Grange Road Baptist Church, January 1966 - January 1967
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 146The Outlook, monthly magazine of the Grange Road Baptist Church, February - December 1967
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 147The Outlook, monthly magazine of the Grange Road Baptist Church, January - December 1968
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 148The Outlook, monthly magazine of the Grange Road Baptist Church, January - December 1969
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 149The Outlook, monthly magazine of the Grange Road Baptist Church, January - December 1970
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 150The Outlook, monthly magazine of the Grange Road Baptist Church, January 1971 - January 1972
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 151The Outlook, monthly magazine of the Grange Road Baptist Church, February - December 1972
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 152The Outlook, monthly magazine of the Grange Road Baptist Church, January 1973 - January 1974
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 153The Outlook, monthly magazine of the Grange Road Baptist Church, February - December 1974
(1 file)
Church history (Ref: B/Da 154-161)Ref: B/Da 154The Baptist Church in Darlington: A Centenary Record of Its Rise and Progress, by G.W. Bartlett, published by Curtis and Beamish, Ltd., Coventry, 1910
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: B/Da 155'A Centenary Miscellany, 1871-1971', compiled from the Church records by Mrs. C.J. Sutherland, 1971
(1 booklet)
Ref: B/Da 156'Landmarks in the History of Grange Road Baptist Church, Darlington, 1810-1985', compiled for the anniversary celebration of the opening of the present church building, 1-2 June 1985
(1 booklet)
Ref: B/Da 157Still in the Midst: 'The story of a continuing witness', by Theo Howells and Peter King, published by Grange Road Baptist Church, Darlington, 1996
(1 booklet)
Ref: B/Da 158Copy newspaper cuttings concerning the opening of Grange Road Sunday Schools, 150 years of Baptist history in Darlington, the appointment of Rev. C.J. Sutherland, and the history of Grange Road, 29 January 1914 - post 1991
(5 papers)
Ref: B/Da 159Copy notes on the history of the church organ, written by 'R.A.L.', to mark its sixtieth anniversary, March 1957
(1 paper)
Ref: B/Da 160Footprints on Sand: A collection of Prayers and Meditations by John P. Elliston, Grange Road Baptist Church, December 1991
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: B/Da 161Cheetham's Psalmody by J. Houldsworth, Whitley and Booth Printers, Halifax, 1850
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Darlington and District Fellowship of Baptist Churches (Ref: B/Da 162-166)Ref: B/Da 162Minute book of Darlington and District Fellowship of Baptist Churches executive committee, 23 February 1948 - 27 October 1961.
Includes: minutes of the Assembly and Youth Sub-Committees, 1948
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: B/Da 163Correspondence file of the secretary to the Darlington Fellowship of Baptist Churches, 26 March 1954 - 24 June 1961
(1 file)
Ref: B/Da 164Cash account book of Darlington Fellowship of Baptist Churches,
16 October 1959 - 30 September 1961
The book contains few entries
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: B/Da 165Proposals for a suggested fellowship scheme for the Baptist Church in Darlington, 25 July 1939
(3 papers)
Ref: B/Da 166Suggestions for a fellowship of Baptist churches in Darlington, statement of the basis for fellowship, n.d. [c.1939-1948], and letter from Rev. C.J. Sutherland, Grange Road Baptist Church, to Mr. Oyston, concerning the disposal of funds following the cessation of the Fellowship in 1961, 3 July 1968
(5 papers)
Darlington Evangelical Free Church Council (Ref: B/Da 167)Ref: B/Da 167Minute book of Darlington Evangelical Free Church Council meetings, 23 March 1926 - 16 November 1951
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
