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Shildon Methodist Circuit

Reference: M/Sh Catalogue Title: Shildon Methodist Circuit Area: Catalogue Category: Non-Conformist Church Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1812-1987

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M/Sh Shildon Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/Sh)Plans and directories (Ref: M/Sh )

171-174


Plan and Directory, (13/17), 18 January 1976
(Booklet, printed)


Plan and Directory, (13/17), 17 July 1977
(Booklet, printed)


Plan and Directory, (13/17), 15 January 1978
(Booklet, printed)


Plan and Directory, (13/17), 16 October 1977
(Booklet, printed)

New Shildon Wesleyan Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 28-29)

(Church closed 1960)


Trustees' Meeting Minute book, 14 December 1898 - 22 March 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Certificate of valuation (under Finance Act 1910) of site of Wesleyan Sunday School, Redworth Road, New Shildon, 30 April 1915
(paper, 2 folios)

Shildon and New Shildon Wesleyan Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/Sh 1-8(1-3))

Register of baptisms, 27 February 1885 - 16 November 1893
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 28 November 1893 - 9 June 1905
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 4 June 1905 - 20 February 1917
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 22 February 1917 - 6 December 1935
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)


Local Preachers' Meeting minute book, 20 September 1893 - 13 June 1906
(1 volume, cloth)


Quarterly Meeting minute book, 3 December 1924 - 9 September 1943
(1 volume, cloth)


Circuit plans, January - April 1867; April - July 1867; August - October 1868; February - October 1877; 1880; 1882 - 1885; 1887 - 1893; 1896 - 1897; 1914; 1917; 1918; 1924 - 1935; 1936 - 1938; 1939; 1940 - 1949; 1950 - 1955
(paper, 135 booklets)


Copy agreement concerning use by the Church of England, the Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist Churches, of a building provided by the North Eastern Railway at Brusselton, 21 March 1877 Attached: Extract from minutes of a quarterly meeting, 13 December 1893 and letter concerning services at Brusselton, 5 November 1895
(paper, 3 folios)

Main Street Methodist Church, Old Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 9-16(1-2))

Baptism register, 19 December 1876 - 23 April 1893
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)


Trustees' and Leaders' Meetings minute book, 6 March 1875 - 28 November 1891
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Annual Leaders' Meeting minute book, 22 January 1951 - 1 March 1960
(1 volume, cardboard)


Account book, 27 February 1871 - 21 December 1878
(1 volume, quarter leather)


Account book 8 December 1878 - 1 July 1881 At beginning: Description of new chapel, 8 June 1878
(1 volume, half leather)


Account book, 22 March 1875 - 10 March 1890
(1 volume, leather)


Souvenir programme for Golden Jubilee Celebrations, Wesleyan Methodist Church, Shildon, March - April 1921
(1 booklet, paper)


Rules and draft of Shildon Wesleyan Methodist Church Choir, 21 February 1922
(1 card, printed and paper, 1 folio)

Dean Street Sunday School, Old Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 17-21(1-12))

Shildon Wesleyan Sunday School account book, 26 March 1880 - 15 December 1936
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Shildon School Trustees' treasurer's account book, 8 March 1898 - 1938
(1 volume, half leather)


Sunday School Building Fund accounts; Renovation Scheme accounts; Caretaker's house accounts, 1891 - 1908
(1 volume, quarter leather)


Valuation (under Finance Act, 1910) of Wesleyan Sunday School, Dean Street, Shildon, 31 March 1915
(paper, 1 file)


Shildon Wesley Sunday School, Wesley Hall Adult Bible Class Teachers' Plans, 1920, 1921, 1926, 1927, 1932, 1934
(paper, 12 folios)

Soho Street Wesleyan Methodist Church, New Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 22-26)

Register of baptisms, 3 November 1875 - 19 February 1885
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 23 February 1936 - 19 October1938
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 1 November 1938 - 18 July 1954
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)


Trustees' Meeting minute book, 26 January 1901 - 7 February 1912
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Leaders' Meeting minute book, 21 December 1904 - 13 February 1929
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Heighington Wesleyan Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 27)

Annual Trustees' Meeting minute book, 8 January 1896 - 11 February 1932 Includes Renovation Account, 1905 - 1912
(1 volume, half leather)

 (Ref: M/Sh 30-92(1-3))

Garbutt Street United Methodist Church, Shildon
[M/Sh 88 - 92 were found in account book M/Sh 52]


Register of baptisms, 21 October 1875 - 17 September 1885
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 22 September 1885 - 6 November 1900
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 13 November 1900 - 17 July 1914
(1 volume, printed form, cloth)


Register of baptisms, 28 July 1914 - 9 March 1921
(1 volume, printed form, cloth)


Register of baptisms, 18 March 1921 - 10 December 1925
(1 volume, printed form, cloth)


Register of baptisms, 22 January 1926 - 27 June 1937
(1 volume, printed form, cloth)


Register of baptisms, 4 July 1937 - 10 January 1952
(1 volume, printed form, vellum)


Counter foils of certificates of baptism, 1934 - 1951
(paper, 15 booklets)


Church meeting minute book 7 June 1864 - 12 April 1878
(1 volume, half leather)


Quarterly Church Meeting minute book, 2 June 1887 - 30 November 1897
(1 volume, paper)


Yearly Church Meeting minute book, 9 December 1897 - 13 December 1913
(1 volume, cloth)


Quarterly and special meeting minute book, 5 January 1914 - 6 February 1930
(1 volume, half leather)


Local Preachers' Meeting minute book, 9 December 1893 - 24 February 1906
(1 volume, cloth)


Quarterly Leaders' Meeting minute book 26 October 1904 - 5 September 1933
(1 volume, paper)


Church Trustees' Meeting Minute book, 1 June 1906 - 11 February 1932
(1 volume, cloth)


Pulpit Notice Book, 16 October 1921 - 24 November 1924 1924
(1 volume, cloth)


Pulpit notice book, 30 November 1924 - 20 June 1926
(1 volume, cloth)


Register of members, March 1915 - February 1931
(1 volume, cloth)


Society Steward's account book, 18 March 1867 - June 1887 At end: Note of numbers of Church Members, 1868 - 1869
(1 volume, cloth)


Account book, 1887 - 1905
(1 booklet, cloth)


Account book, 11 March 1905 - 27 September 1931
(1 volume, paper)


Account book, 1 January 1874 - 20 November 1906
(1 volume, leather)


Account book, 2 December 1907 - 31 December 1950
(1 volume, cloth)


Account book, 1950 - 1957
(1 booklet, paper)


Renovation and Heating Fund subscription book, 1919 - 1920
(1 volume, cloth)


Pew rents account book, 1878 - 1922
(1 booklet, cloth)


Circuit Fund Treasurer's Account Book, January 1905 - December 1931
(1 volume, cloth)


Notebook containing subscription to chapel debt, 1898 - 1901
(1 booklet, paper)


Notebook contining subscription for Missions Fund, n.d. [c.1896]
(1 booklet, paper)


Notebook containing: subscription list for acknowledging the services of the late secretary, Mr. T. Wearmouth; rough minutes of Council Meeting, 14 August 1905; Circuit Committee Meeting, 26 August 1905; Free Church Council Committee Meeting, 9 September 1905; Trades and Labour Council, 2 October 1905; Special Lodge Meeting, 16 October 1905; Trades and Labour Council, 6 November 1905; Trade and Labour Council Meetings, 1906
(1 volume, paper)


Notebook containing rough jottings concerning collections and rough minutes of meetings, 1906 - 1909
(1 booklet, paper)


Rough account and minute book containing subscription lists for Shildon Lane, Eldon Terrace, Magdala Terrace, Craddle Terrace, n.d. [c.1907]
(1 booklet, paper)


Notebook containing subscriptions from Main Street, Cottage Row, Maughan Street, Metcalfe Street, Garden Street, York, Iley, Wharton and Nevison Streets, n.d. [c.1906]
(1 booklet, paper)


Notebook containing subscription lists for Low Garbutt Street, Pit Row and Auckland Terrace, n.d. [c.1910]
(1 booklet, paper)


Notebook containing subscription lists for Temperance Street, Railway Terrace East, Pear Street and Pears Street, n.d. [c.1911]
(1 booklet, paper)


Notebook containing subscription to Free Church Council, 1911
(1 booklet, paper)


Copy of the Methodist Recorder and General Christian Chronicle containing history of Timothy Hackworth and Methodism in Shildon (pp. 13 - 15), 14 May 1903
(paper, 1 folio)


Photographic blocks showing Garbutt Street Methodist Church, Shildon; of a group of members of Garbutt Street Church; of The Mart, F. Moody and Sons, Auctioneers and Valuers, Furniture Saleroom, n.d. [c.1910]
(3 photographic blocks)


Souvenir booklet of Shildon Independent Methodist Church issued for its Diamond Jubilee, 1930
(1 booklet, cloth)


United Methodist Sunday School Teachers' Meeting minute book, 3 April 1869 - 9 August 1877
(1 volume, half leather)


Sunday School Teachers' Meeting, 28 September 1877 - November 1884
(1 volume, paper)


Monthly Teachers' Meeting minute book, 1893 - 1903
(1 volume, paper)


Teachers' Meeting minute book, 2 December 1932 - 16 October 1967
(1 volume, paper)


Sunday School account book (Secretary's Book) 1 January 1882 - 31 December 1906
(1 volume, quarter leather)


Sunday School account book, 1 January 1887 - 13 October 1906
(1 volume, quarter leather)


Sunday School class book, 1929 - 1933
(1 volume)


Letters between the Trustees of the United Methodist Church, Shildon and F.E. Gibson and others, concerning payment of interest on the mortgage on the chapel, 1878
(paper, 16 folios)


Letters between the Trustees of Shildon United Methodist Chapel and F.E. Gibson, The Willows, Middleton-in-Teesdale, concerning a mortgage on the chapel previously held by William Gibson of Bishop Auckland, father of the latter, 1882 - 1892
(paper, 5 folios)


Correspondence between the Trustees of the United Methodist Church, Garbutt Street, Shildon, and the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, Dunfermline, concerning aid towards the purchase of a new organ and J.H. Nelson and Co., organ builders, 1 and 4 Holly Street, Durham, concerning the building of the organ, 1919 - 1921
(1 bundle)


Souvenir programme of the Organ opening at Mount Zion United Methodist Church, Fairtown, Pudsey (Yorkshire), 20 April 1912
(paper, 1 booklet)


Souvenir programme of Organ opening at Baring Street Primitive Methodist Church, South Shields, 20 April 1921
(paper, 1 booklet)


Souvenir programme of opening of Harehills Avenue Primitive Methodist Church, 6 December 1905
(paper, 1 booklet)


Programme of organ recital at Witton-le-Wear Wesleyan Methodist Church, n.d. [c.1920]
(paper, 1 folio)


Receipt for fee for registering the United Methodist Church, Garbutt Street, Shildon for the solemnization of marriages, 7 February 1914
(paper, 1 folio)


Receipts addressed to the Trustees, United Methodist Church, Garbutt Street, Shildon, 1917, 1919, 1931 - 1934
(paper, 13 folios)


Paying-in book of Shildon United Methodist Church to an account with the Midland Bank, Ltd., (3 stubs only completed), 1928 - 1929
(1 volume, paper)


Receipts addressed to the Trustees, Garbutt Street United Methodist Church, Shildon, 1936 - 1937
(paper, 39 folios)


Insurance policy issued by the Methodist Insurance Co. Ltd., Manchester, on United Methodist Chapel, Garbutt Street, Shildon, 1937 - 1938
(paper, 2 folios)


Collection book for Organ Completion Fund, 1926
(1 volume, paper)


Methodist Trust Schedule for Garbutt Street Methodist Church, Shildon, 1938
(paper, 2 folios)


Receipts addressed to the Trustees of Garbutt Street Methodist Church, 1938 - 1939, 1947
(paper, 7 folios)


Correspondence between the Trustees and Nelson and Company, City Organ Works, 1-4 Holly Street, Durham, concerning the installation of electrical blowing equipment in the organ, 1946 - 1974
(paper, 7 folios)


Annual accounts of the United Methodist Church, Garbutt Street, Shildon, n.d. [c.1950]
(paper, 3 folios)

United Methodist Free Church Young Peoples' Society For Christian Endeavour (Ref: M/Sh 93-100)

Christian Endeavour Society Meeting Minutes 28 May 1946 - 13 December 1956 Enclosed: Printed Manifesto of Young Peoples' Society of Christian Endeavour, published by the Christian Endeavour Book Room, Belsey House, 53 Old Bailey, London, E.C.4., n.d. [c.1950]
(1 volume, paper, 1 folio)


Account Book, 1898 - 1940
(1 volume, paper)


Roll Book (Register of members' attendances), 1924 - 1953
(1 volume, paper)


Roll Book, 1956 - 1957
(1 volume, paper)


Receipts addressed to the Young Peoples' Society for Christian Endeavour, Garbutt Street, Shildon, 1950 - 1956
(paper, 4 bundles)


Adult Bible Class Account Book, 9 February 1930 - 21 September 1941
(1 volume, paper)


Circular letter from the Rev. G. Eric Goodison concerning the holding of a 'Men's Weekend' at Garbutt Street Methodist Church, 14 September 1956
(paper, 2 folios)


Christian Social Union, Darlington and Stockton District Centre, minutes of Executive Meeting, 1921 - 1932
(1 volume, cloth)

Shildon Primitive Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/Sh 101-121)

Baptism register, 20 March 1866 - 3 August 1904 [Described as Thickley to 1870, St. Andrews Auckland to 1890 and thereafter unnamed. Endorsed: Book No.1]
(1 volume, printed form, vellum)


Baptism register, 19 January 1905 - 18 April 1913 [Described as Shildon, Coundon Grange, St. Andrews Auckland]
(1 volume, printed form, vellum)


Baptism register, 11 May 1931 - 25 August 1957 [Shildon Church Street Circuit]
(1 volume, printed form, vellum)


Baptism register, 28 April 1863 - 17 October 1880 [Endorsed: Shildon Station]
(1 volume, printed form, vellum bound)


Baptism register, 22 December 1880 - January 1893 [Endorsed: Shildon St. John Methodist]
(1 volume, printed form, vellum)


Baptism register, 18 January 1893 - 28 April 1931 [Endorsed: St. John Shildon]
(1 volume, printed form, vellum)


Primitive Methodist Quarter Day and Branch Committee minute book, Old Shildon Branch, 15 June 1867 - 1 October 1885 At end: List of Circuit House Trustees, n.d. [c.1870]
(1 volume, cloth)


Quarterly Meeting minute book, Shildon Circuit, 5 December 1885 - 18 June 1896
(1 volume, half leather)


Quarterly Meeting minute book, 5 September 1896 - 2 December 1905
(1 volume, half leather)


Quarterly Meeting and Circuit Committee minute book, 3 March 1906 - 3 June 1922 At end: Lists of Shildon, Shildon Road and Leeholme Trustees, 1920 - 1921 Attached: Notice of laying of Foundation and Memorial Stones of Primitive Methodist New Chapel, St. John's Road, New Shildon, 19 August 1876
(1 volume)


Quarterly Meeting minute book, 2 September 1922 - 30 August 1930 [Endorsed: Church Street Circuit]
(1 volume, cloth)


Circuit Committee minute book, 27 September 1930 - 29 August 1934 [Endorsed: Shildon PQM6]
(1 volume, cloth)


Circuit Quarterly Meeting and Local Preachers Meeting minute book, 19 September 1934 - 29 November 1947 [Church Street]
(1 volume, cloth)


Quarterly Meeting Minute book, 27 February 1948 - 1 June 1955 Attached: Report on District Synod held at Trinity Church, Redcar, 14 May 1955
(1 volume, cloth)


Old Shildon Station Sunday School Committee Meeting minute book, 1875 - 1886
(1 volume, paper)


Sunday School Union Committee Shildon Station Annual Meeting minute book, 26 February 1887 - 21 May 1898
(1 volume, cloth)


Sunday School Union Shildon Station Annual and Quarterly Statistical reports, 1877 - 1906 At End: Accounts of Sunday School Union Fund 1879 - 1901
(1 volume, cloth)


List of trustees of churches in Shildon Primitive Methodist Circuit, n.d. [c.1907 - c.1951]
(1 volume, cloth)


Local Preachers' Meetings minute book, 12 June 1947 - 26 August 1955
(1 volume, cloth)


Primitive Methodist Shildon Circuit Preachers' Plan, 1876
(paper, 1 folio)


Primitive Methodist Connexion, Stockton and Darlington District, Temperance and Social Welfare Committee minute book, 11 December 1925 - 10 September 1932
(1 volume, cloth)


Primitive Methodist Connexion Darlington and Stockton-on-Tees District Psalmody Association: Programme for 22nd Annual Choral Festival held in the Town Hall, Middlesborough, 8 March 1911
(1 booklet, printed)

Church Street Primitive Methodist Church, Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 122-124)

Annual Trustees' Meetings minute book, February 1925 - 7 December 1938
(1 volume, paper)


Annual Trustees' Meetings minute book, 19 February 1939 - 12 August 1964
(1 volume)


Account book, 20 August 1939 - 24 July 1965
(1 volume, cloth)

St. John's Road Primitive Methodist Church, New Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 125-141)

Register of baptisms, March 1913 - 19 September 1937
(1 volume, printed form, vellum)


Register of baptisms, 15 October 1950 - 21 April 1963
(1 volume, printed form, cloth)


Chapel Committee, Trustees' Teachers' and Members' Meetings minute book, 6 October 1838 - 18 February 1881 At end: Accounts of Primitive Methodist Chapel, New Shildon, 1859 - 1874
(1 volume, cloth)


Chapel Committee and Trustees Meetings minute book, 27 May 1889 - 26 July 1897 At end: List of trustees
(1 volume, cloth)


Trustees' Meetings minute book, 9 August 1897 - 28 February 1910
(1 volume, quarter leather)


Trustees' Meetings minute book, 7 February 1918 - 1 December 1925
(1 volume, cloth)


Trustees' Meetings Minute book, 12 February 1926 - 17 February 1943
(1 volume, cloth)


Society Meetings, Leaders' Meetings, Choir Committee Meetings minute book, 7 May 1906 - 28 February 1910 and 3 December 1916 - 1 March 1955
(1 volume, cloth)


Monthly Teachers' Meeting minute book, 2 November 1884 - 31 March 1895
(1 volume, cloth)


Choir account book, 14 March 1912 - 31 December 1960
(1 volume, cloth)


Chapel Trust Fund Account book, 1 January 1890 - 25 November 1900
(1 volume, cloth)


Circular commemorating the laying of the foundation stone for the new chapel, 1876
(paper, 1 folio)


Elevation of Primitive Methodist Schoolroom, New Shildon, 11 June 1895 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch
(52 cm. x 47 cm., oiled cloth, colour-wash)


Sections of Primitive Methodist Schoolroom, New Shildon, 11 June 1895 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch
(60 cm. x 47 cm., oiled cloth, colour-wash)


Letter and plan from Percy Ironworks, Newcastle, to J.W. Taylor, architect, Westgate Road, Newcastle, giving an estimate for the installation of a hot-water system at the Primitive Methodist Schoolroom, New Shildon, 5 August 1895
(paper, 3 folios)


Ground plan and elevation of proposed additions to the Primitive Methodist Chapel and Schools, New Shildon, 10 October 1903 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch
(87 cm. x 35 cm., oiled cloth, colour-wash)


Specification of works required to be done in the erection of the new C.E. and Caretaker's House at New Shildon, 10 October 1903
(paper, 1 file)

Coundon Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 142-148)

Register of baptisms, 31 July 1898 - 23 August 1909
(1 volume, printed form, vellum)


Register of baptisms, 17 August 1909 - 20 November 1928
(1 volume, printed form, vellum)


Leaders' and Annual Trustees' Meeting minute book, 5 January 1893 - 17 October 1963
(1 volume, cloth)


Ground plan of schoolroom at Coundon Primitive Methodist Church, n.d. [c.1895] Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch
(30 cm. x 26 cm., oiled cloth, colour-wash)


Plan of alterations to Coundon Primitive Methodist Church, by J.W. Taylor, F.R.I.B.A., 31 Westgate Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 4 September 1895 Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch ((1) 40 cm. x 49 cm., oiled cloth, colour-wash; (2) 38 cm. x 47 cm., oiled cloth, colour-wash)


Plan of alterations to Coundon Primitive Methodist Chapel showing the organ, 4 September 1895 Scale: 2 feet to 1 inch
(68 cm. x 47 cm., oiled cloth, colour-wash)


Plan of alterations to Coundon Primitive Methodist Church, 4 September 1895
(46 cm. x 26 cm., oiled cloth, colour-wash)

 (Ref: M/Sh 149)

Close House Methodist Church
(Church closed 1969)


Trustees' Meetings minute book, 24 January 1950 - 18 May 1971
(1 volume, cloth)

Eldon New Chapel (Ref: M/Sh 150)

Trustees' Meeting minute book, 30 September 1903 - 6 February 1913
(1 volume, cloth)

Middridge Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 151)

Trustees' Meetings Minute book, 1 January 1924 - 9 January 1932 and 28 June 1947 - 16 October 1956
(1 volume, cloth)

Leasingthorne Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 152)

Register of baptisms 18 March 1958 - 2 August 1964
(1 volume, printed form, cloth)

Primitive Methodist Church, Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 153)

Plan of proposed alterations to the Primitive Methodist Church Shildon, by R. Bayles, Shildon, 1913 Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch
(72 cm. x 51 cm., paper, colour-wash)

Primitive Methodist Church, South Church, Bishop Auckland (Ref: M/Sh 154-157)

Elevation and section of the Primitive Methodist Chapel, 1 March 1897 Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch
(66 cm. x 48 cm., paper, colour-wash)


Sections, elevations and plans of alterations to chapel, 5 July 1897 Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch
(63 cm. x 44 cm., paper, 3 folios)


Working drawing and tracing of plans for alterations (marked 'discarded'), July and October 1897 ((1) 36 cm. x 42 cm., oiled cloth, colour-wash; (2) 39 cm. x 44 cm., paper, colour-wash)


Tracing of sections of chapel and schoolroom, by J.W. Taylor, n.d. [c.1897] Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch
(63 cm. x 34 cm., paper, colour-wash)

Auckland Park Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 158)

Plan of proposed alterations, 1919
(60 cm. x 48.5 cm., oiled paper, colour-wash)

Chilton Buildings Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 159-160)

Plan of site at chapel [at Chilton Buildings], 1890 Scale: 6 feet to 1 inch
(28.5 cm. x 29 cm., oiled cloth, colour-wash)


Plan of hall and classrooms at Chilton Buildings Primitive Methodist Church, by J.W.F. Phillipson, architect and surveyor, Murton Chambers, Newcastle, n.d. [c.1890] Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch
(65 cm. x 48 cm., oiled cloth, colour-wash)

Shildon Methodist Church (formed 1955) (Ref: M/Sh 161-163)

Draft resolution concerning amalgamation of Methodist Circuits in Shildon, 1943
(paper, 1 folio)


Quarterly Meeting minute book, 10 March 1943 - 2 March 1966
(1 volume, cloth)


Suggestions for the formation of Shildon Methodist Circuit, n.d. [c.1950]
(paper, 1 folio)

Miscellaneous (Ref: M/Sh 164-165-170(1-3))

Photographs of Newcastle-upon-Tyne showing Grey Street and view from south of the river Tyne, n.d. [c.1910]
(2 photographs mounted on card)


Photographs of the exterior of Durham Cathedral, n.d. [c.1910]
(2 photographs, mounted on card)


Photograph of the deer house, Bishop Auckland, n.d. [c.1910]
(1 photograph)


Photograph of the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, n.d. [c.1910]
(1 photograph)


Photographs of Christ Church, West Hartlepool, n.d. [c.1910]
(1 photograph)


Postcard views of Barnard Castle, Abbey Bridge Tollgate, Barnard Castle Deepdale Viaduct and High Force on the River Tees, n.d. (3 postcards, colour-washed) Second Deposit(Acc. 1131 (D))

 (Ref: M/Sh 175-179)

Third Deposit(Acc:

SHILDON METHODIST CIRCUIT

Shildon Wesleyan Methodist Circuit


Church Record, Bishop Auckland, Shildon and New Shildon Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, October 1900
(1 file, paper, printed)


Local Preachers' Quarterly Meeting minute book, September 1906 - 12 September 1923
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Local Preachers' Meeting minute book, 12 December 1923 - 3 June 1955
(1 volume, card bound)


Circuit Stewards' account book, March 1929 - December 1951
(1 volume, cloth bound)


List of contents of safe, 23 September 1924 and 1 August 1947
(1 booklet, paper)

Main Street Wes1eyan Methodist Church, Old Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 180-192(1-2) -)

Collection journal, December 1948 - May 1960
(1 volume)


Extract from agreements and letters concerning the rental of Wesley Hall and with the Ministry of Works for the rental of Wesley Hall Institute, n.d. [c.1950], 1962 - 1963
(paper, 5 folios)


Letters from the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes concerning investment of a sum of money, 1965 - 1968
(paper, 5 folios)


Letter from Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church concerning deposit of £1,000, 26 July 1968
(paper, 1 folio)


Letter from Methodist Church Department of Commercial Funds concerning withdrawal of £500, 13 October 1969
(paper, 1 folio)


Letters from the Midland Bank informing the Trustees of new deposit 193 and current account numbers and enclosing leaflet concerning use of computers in handling cheques, 1968 - 1969
(paper, 2 folios)

Wesley Methodist Church, Old Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 194-196)

Pew rent book, 1871 - 1874, and New Chapel Scheme Account, 1876
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Pew rent book, 1879 -1891, and accounts, 1881 - 1897
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Letter from Mr. Adamson to Mr. Hopps concerning work to be done, n.d. [c.1890]
(paper, 1 folio)


Receipts for repairs, 1901 - 1903
(7 files, paper, and 11 folios, paper)


Income and expenditure accounts concerning Christmas Festivities, 1902 - 1903
(paper, 8 folios)


Bills of quantity for the Wesleyan School, March 1895
(paper, 4 folios)


Letter from A. Clayton, Twentieth Century Fund, London to Mr. Watson giving list of collections received for the fund from the circuit, 8 February 1904
(paper, 1 folio)


Receipts for monies sent to The Twentieth Century Fund, February 1899 - March 1902
(paper, 16 folios)


Pew rent book, 1892 - 1942
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Soho Street Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, New Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 197)

Michaelmas Fair Handbook, 13 October 1937
(1 booklet, printed)

Wesleyan Methodist Church, New Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 198-201)

Treasurers' statement of account for Adult Bible class, 14 March 1909 - 1910 and Stewards' account book, January 1912 - November 1929
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Wesley Hall debt fund accounts, 1914 - 1931, and receipts for repairs, 1924 - 1931
(paper, 5 folios)


Account book, 1922 - 1934
(1 volume)


Jubilee celebrations souvenir programme 28 April - 21 May 1928
(1 booklet, paper, printed)

Redworth Road Wesleyan Methodist Church, Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 202-296)

Trustees' account book, 1917 - 1938, including loan account, 1917 - 1925
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Account book, 1924 - 1935
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Receipt by J. Moore & Sons, Shildon, for payment for repairs, 1933
(paper, 1 folio)


Trustees' treasurer's account book, 1931 - 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rules and regulations for the caretaker of the church, n.d.
(paper, 1 folio, typescript)


Society Steward's account book, March 1935 - June 1938
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Loan account book, May 1915 - March 1939
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Sunday School Lenten Fund account book, November 1922 - May 1924
(1 booklet, paper)


Sunday School teachers' meetings minutes, 9 November 1919 - 4 May 1924
(1 booklet, paper)


Sunday School and Guild Fund account, 1931
(1 booklet, paper)


Sunday School Treasurer's account book, 1953 - 1959
(1 volume, card-covered)


Registration form for registering chapel as place of worship, 19 August 1878
(paper, 1 folio)


Account book, 1890 - 1891
(1 booklet, paper)


Correspondence and application form concerning alteration of the chapel, 1891 - 1905
(paper, 8 folios)


List of trustees and their addresses and occupations, July 1903
(paper, 2 folios)


Correspondence of Thomas Cross concerning payment of sums of money, 1906 - 1912
(paper, 3 folios)


Provisional valuation of chapel under the provisions of the Finance (1909 - 1910) Act, April - November 1915
(paper, 2 folios)


Sunday School Lantern Fund account book, November 1922 - May 1924
(1 booklet, paper)


Letter from W.J. [Anson] to Mr. Burnett concerning fire insurance on the chapel, 1938
(paper, 1 folio)


Papers concerning the sale of the chapel, including correspondence, list of deeds, valuation and report, 1946 - 1949
(1 file, paper and 27 folios)


Receipts of John Moore, builder, of New Shildon to trustees of Redworth Wesleyan Chapel for work done, 1898 - 1906
(1 file, paper)


Copy form of application for permission to erect a chapel, 30 September 1903; financial statements, 1905 and 1908; Wesleyan Trust Schedule, 1909; notice (under the Public Health Act, 1875) concerning work carried out, 21 February 1906
(paper, 8 folios)


Letters from Wesleyan Chapel Committee, Manchester, to Rev. Job Gilbert concerning grant towards purchase of site for further building, 24 March 1910 - 13 April 1911
(paper, 19 folios)


Letters from Methodist Church General Chapel Committee, Manchester, to Rev. W.J.P. White, Shildon, concerning Redworth Road Trust debt, 1936 - 1939
(paper, 5 folios)


Postcard of Methodist Chapel Committee at Manchester to Rev. W.H. Burnett, acknowledging receipt of memorandum enclosing receipt for expenses, 15 and 16 August 1941
(1 postcard and paper, 1 folio)


Receipt of Ministry of Works and Buildings for railings for Wesleyan Sunday School, Redworth Road, Shildon, 21 July 1942
(paper, 1 folio)


Letters of A.C. Welding Co., Darlington, to S. Corner, Shildon, concerning railways and gate for Redworth Road church, 1951
(paper, 2 folios)


Correspondence between G.H. Edkins & Son, estate agents, Bishop Auckland, Rev. G.A. Lofthouse, Shildon and Department for Chapel Affairs, Manchester, concerning the sale of Redworth Road church and vacant site adjoining Midland Bank, 1958 - 1960
(paper, 30 folios)

 (Ref: M/Sh 297(1)-298)

Shildon Primitive Methodist Circuit
[M/Sh 297(2) and (3) are enclosed in M/Sh 297(1)]


List of title deeds, December 1834 - June 1950
(1 volume)


List of chapels registered and those registered for marriages, n.d. [19th century]
(paper, 2 folios)


List of deeds received from Primitive Methodist Chapel Aid Association frorn the trustees, Close House Chapel, Shildon, 4 July 1902
(paper, 1 folio)


Preachers' plan, January - April 1904
(paper, 1 folio, printed)

Church Street Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 299(1)-299(5))

Women's Meetings minutes, 17 March 1930 - 9 February 1959
(1 volume)


Receipts, 1935 - 1937
(paper, 3 folios)


Letter concerning Billy Smart's Circus, September 1957
(paper, 2 folios)

St. John's Road Primitive Methodist Church, New Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 300-301)

Abstract of title to 48 Onward Place, St. John's Road, New Shildon (the Old Manse) belonging to Mr. Watson Taylor, reciting deeds, (16 September 1876 - 24 March 1887), 1888
(paper, 7 folios)


Trustees' Treasurer's account book, 1948 - 1953
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Close House Primitive Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland (Ref: M/Sh 302-313)

Account of Smith and Watkins with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners concerning the conveyancing of land to the Trustees of the Primitive Methodist Church for the erection of a chapel, 1869 - 1872
(paper)


1 January 1873 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Bishop of Durham (3) Trustees of the Primitive Methodist Chapel Counterpart lease from (1) to (3) with the consent of (2) for 99 years from 15 March 1870 of a parcel of land adjoining the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Close House, Coundon Grange in the parish of St. Andrew Auckland Rent: £3 1s.4d.
(parchment, 3 membranes)


28 July 1898 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Bishop of Durham (3) Bolckow Vaughan & Co. Ltd (4) Trustees of the Primitive Methodist Chapel Lease by (3) at the direction of (1) and (2) to (4) of (a) parcel of land containing 401 sq. yards with the chapel, and (b) a further plot of 401 sq. yards lying due north, both lying to the west of the Eldon to Howlish road, at Close House in the parish of St. Andrew Auckland, as shown in plan included, upon trust to the use of (4) as contained in deed, 2 April 1864, for a term of 71 years from 25 March 1898 at an annual rent of £5 0s.6d. Parties agree that (b) should be used for the erection of the Sunday School Recites previous deeds, 13 May 1879 - 17 July 1890, and order in Council 18 March 1880
(parchment, 3 skins)


Account from White Barret & Co., solicitors, for the conveyancing of the chapel and school site, 11 November 1897 - October 1898
(paper, 4 folios)


30 June 1902 (1) Trustees of Close House School and Chapel (2) Primitive Methodist Chapel Aid Association Ltd. Memorandum of an Equitable Mortgage by (1) to (2) to secure £900 with interest, on deposit for deeds as specified in annexed schedule Endorsed: Repaid, 15 September 1947
(paper, 3 folios, printed)


Summary of account and statement of extra work, 25 July 1903
(paper, 2 folios)


Memorandum of the choice and appointment of new trustees of the Primitive Methodist Church and School, 1 December 1923
(parchment)


Declaration by Trustees of Close House Methodist Church at Coundon Grange adopting the New Model Deed pursuant to Section 17 of the Methodist Church Union Act, 1929, concerning the holding of church lands, 10 October 1946
(paper, 1 folio)


Memorandum of the choice and appointment of New Trustees of the Methodist Chapel with letters of resignation attached and enclosing list of those willing to be appointed, 25 March 1947
(paper, 7 folios)


Correspondence concerning closure of the church and the surrender of the site, 4 June 1963 - 14 March 1970
(paper, 1 file)

Middridge Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 314-315)

Trust Property account book, January 1943 - February 1959
(1 volume, card-covered)


Trustees of Trust Property meetings minute book, 10 February 1958 - 27 February 1959
(1 booklet, paper)

Leasingthorne Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 316-326)

Collection journal and Society Stewards' summary, 1902 - 1912
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Collection Journal and Society Stewards' summary, September 1912 - 1923
(1 volume, cloth bound)


10 August 1920 (1) Trustees of Leasingthorne Chapel and School (2) Primitive Methodist Chapel Aid Association, Ltd. Memorandum of mortgage by (1) to (2) to secure £150 with interest on deposit of deeds as specified in annexed schedule Endorsed: Repaid, 21 March 1924
(paper, 1 folio)


Correspondence concerning purchase of freehold to chapel in 1926 and concerning permission to close and sell chapel, (1969), 23 March 1926 - 8 December 1969
(1 file, paper)


17 May 1926 (1) Sir Timothy Calvert Eden of Windlestone Hall, baronet (2) Trustees of Leasingthorne Primitive Methodist Chapel Acknowledgement by (1) to (2) of production of vesting deed, dated 1 March 1926, of Leasingthorne Primitive Methodist Chapel
(paper, 1 folio)


1 September 1926 (1) Trustees of Leasingthorne Chapel and School (2) Primitive Methodist Chapel Aid Association Memorandum of a mortgage by (1) to (2) to secure £60 with interest on the deposit of deeds as specified in annexed schedule Endorsed: Repaid, 15 October 1942
(paper, 1 folio)


Certificate of Registration of Leasingthorne Methodist church as place of religious worship, 27 February 1934
(paper, 1 folio)


List of those willing to be appointed as Trustees of Leasingthorne Methodist Chapel and School and letters of resignation of trustees, 18 April - 28 May 1950
(paper, 5 folios)


Declaration by Trustees of Leasingthorne Methodist Church of adoption of the new Mode Deed pursuant to Section 17 of the Methodist Church Union Act, 1929 concerning the holding of church lands, 20 April 1950
(1 folo)


Directions concerning the choice and appointment of trustees, 12 December 1950
(paper, 1 folio)


Letter from Frank Atkinson, Director of Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle to Rev. L. Oliver at Coundon, about the organ and seating from Leasingthorne Chapel's being preserved in Beamish Park Open-Air Museum, 17 November 1969
(paper, 1 folio)

Bolam Chapel (Ref: M/Sh 327-340)

License of non-conformist place of worship at Bolam occupied by Mary Turner, 5 August 1812
(paper, 1 folio)


Letter from the Wesleyan Chapel Committee, Manchester to Theodore Bishop, concerning the choice and appointment of trustees of Bolam Chapel, 5 August 1892
(paper, 1 folio)


Letter from Joseph Shin at Bolam to Rev. Job Gilbert at St. John's Road, New Shildon about the offer of a site for an Institute for Bolam, 1 June 1911
(paper, 1 folio)


Correspondence concerning the purchase of a cottage and land at Bolam, 16 January - 30 May 1912
(paper, 7 folios)


Letters of Farebrother, Ellis & Co. at London to Rev. T.C. Hillard at St. John's Road, Shildon concerning Durham fee form rent received of the Trustees of Bolam Chapel, 21 December 1921 - 25 January 1922
(paper, 4 folios)


Minutes of metings of Trustees of the Bolam Wesleyan Methodist Chapel held to appoint new trustees, 26 April 1928
(paper)


Form of abstract of Annual Accounts of Methodist Trust property at Bolam, 1935
(paper, printed form)


Correspondence between Rev. W.C. Jackson of the Methodist Church General Chapel Committee, Manchester and Rev. W.H. Burnett at St. John's Road, Shildon, about the proceeds of the sale of Bolam Chapel's reducing the debts, at Soho Street and Wesley Methodist Chapels at Shildon, 21 October 1940
(paper, 4 folios)


Rough sketch plan, by E.R. Hanby Holmes, of chapel and garden at Bolam, n.d. [1930's]
(paper, 1 folio)

Riseburn Methodist Chapel (Ref: M/Sh 341-342)

Receipt of J. Moore & Sons, Shildon, for repairs, December 1934
(paper)


Form of abstract of annual accounts of Methodist trust property at Riseburn, 1935
(paper, 1 folio)

Brusselton Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 343-344)

Minutes of meeting with representatives from the Church of England, Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist, to discuss with the N.E. Railway Co. premises to be set aside for religious purposes, 21 March 1877
(paper, 1 folio)


Receipt for costs of seating and decorating of the Sabbath School, 24 April 1877
(paper, 1 folio)

Leeholme Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 345-517)

Collection Journal and Society Stewards' records, 1937 - 1949
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Debt reduction fund account, January 1943 - April 1944
(1 volume, cardcovered)


Teachers' meetings minutes, 12 December 1941 - 10 October 1960
(1 volume)


Sunday School Teachers' Roll, January 1949 - December 1957
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Leaders' meeting minute book, 11 May 1943 - 23 May 1956
(1 volume)


Bank statements, 1958 - 1979
(paper, 59 folios)


Paying-in books for Midland Bank, September 1947 - May 1978
(3 booklets, paper)


Miscellaneous receipts, n.d. [20th century]
(paper, 94 folios)


Cheque book stubs, n.d. [20th century]
(5 booklets, paper)


Papers relating to the insurance of the chapel, May - June 1978
(paper, 7 folios)

Records of unidentified churches in Shildon Circuit (Ref: M/Sh 518-519)

Receipt for professional services of John Proud to the Trustees of the Primitive Methodist Circuit, Shildon, 14 February 1884
(paper, 1 folio)


Receipts of Jennings and Bowser for rent and conveyancing of house in St. John's Road, New Shildon to Shildon Primitive Methodists, 21 - 22 February 1889
(paper, 2 folios)

Coundon Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 520-524)

Correspondence of J. Walton Taylor, (architect) and Ernest B. Storr to Rev. W. Gelley, concerning the building of a minister's house, 9 October - 3 December 1902
(paper, 4 folios)


Letter from L.M. Dennis, joiner and cartwright, concerning work carried out on the Temperance Hall, 24 August 1895
(paper, 1 folio)

Church Street Primitive Methodist Church, Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 525-591)

Correspondence and accounts chiefly of J. Walton Taylor, architect, Newcastle to Rev. W. Gelley, relating to renovation and reseating of the chapel, 21 March 1903 - 1 January 1905
(paper, 94 folios)

Primitive Methodist Chapel, Old Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 592)

1 August 1885 (1) Bolckow Vaughan & Co. Ltd. of Middlesbrough (2) Rev. Joseph Robson on behalf of Trustees of Binchester Methodist Chapel (3) Rev. Richard Lush on behalf of Trustees of Old Shildon Primitive Methodist Chapel Agreement of (1) to convey to (2) premises near Binchester Colliery and building materials for erecting chapel for consideration of £213 9s.4d.
(paper, 1 folio)

Leasingthorne Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 593)

Account of Trotter, Bruce and Trotter for work on a lease from Sir William Eden to Leasingthorne primitive Methodist Chapel Trustee of land at Leasingthorne as a site for a chapel and school, 26 April 1875
(paper, 1 folio)

Records of Unspecified Churches in Shildon Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/Sh 594)

Account for legal fees to Durham Bishopric Permanent Estates, St. Andrews, Auckland Parish Trustees of Primitive Methodist Chapel, 24 March 1893
(paper, 1 folio)

Main Street Wesleyan Methodist Church, Shildon, including Dean Street Sunday School (Ref: M/Sh 595-622)

19 May 1939 (1) Ralph Watson of Shildon on behalf of Shildon Main Street (Wesley) Methodists (2) Leo Lewin, Bishop Auckland on behalf of the West Auckland Clothing Co. Ltd. Agreement for tenancy of Dean Street Sunday School for a term of 20 weeks from 1 May 1939 Rent: £40
(paper, 1 folio)


Papers concernirig the requesitioning of the Dean Street Sunday School and Wesley Hall, Main Street, during the Second World War, 24 October 1939 - 29 April 1948
(paper, 22 folios)


Schedule of the condition and fittings of the Clothing Factory, formerly Sunday School, November 1939
(1 file, 9 folios)


Letter of the Trust Secretary to West Auckland Brewery Company concerning damage to church wall, 20 January 1943
(paper, 1 folio)


Reply from Royal Insurance Co. Ltd. concerning damage of church wall, 25 January 1943
(paper, 1 folio)


Letters from 'The Shildon Youth Choir and Hackworth Singers' and 'Shildon Boys Club' concerning premises for their meetings, 1945 - 1954
(paper, 2 folios)

 (Ref: M/Sh 624-625)

623 Letter from E. Cartwright, Sunday School Secretary to trustees requesting use of Dean Street Schoolrooms for school services, 10 March 1946
(paper, 1 folio)


Notice from Central Land Board of development value of 540 sq. yds. of land in Dean Street, turning down the trustees' claim, 29 December 1950
(paper, 1 folio)


Papers concerning the leasing of Dean Street Sunday School, 1947
(paper, 7 folios)

Wesley Methodist Church, Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 626-642)

26 October 1928 (1) Trustees of Wesley Methodist Church, Shildon (2) Midland Bank Limited Guarantee from (1) to (2) in respect of the Account and Liabilities of Shildon Wesley Hall Building Fund
(paper, 1 folio)


Accounts for Shildon Wesleyan Brass Band, Wesley Trust, Wesley Hall, Main Street, Methodist Church Trust, Dean Street Sunday School and Soho Street Methodist Church, 1928 - 1946
(1 file, paper, 11 folios,)


Central Methodist Church Youth Club, Bishop Auckland, report, 1945 - 1946
(1 booklet, paper)


Letter to Rev. Hicks from 'The Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes' concerning investment, 30 December 1947
(paper, 1 folio)


List of Shildon methodist churches with statistics of memberships, average congregations, collections, October 1955
(paper, 1 folio)

Shildon Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/Sh 643-663)

Trustees' financial schedules, 1953 - 1954
(paper, 18 folios)


Bank book for deposit account at Barclays Bank, 31 January 1969 - 21 June 1979
(1 booklet, paper)

Records of Unidentified Churches in Shildon Circuit (Ref: M/Sh 664-667)

Class book, 1924
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minutes of meetings, 8 April 1946 - 13 April 1953
(1 volume, card-covered)


Envelope Collection Scheme accounts, 1955 - 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Sunday School accounts, 1934 - 1937
(1 volume, card-covered)

Miscellaneous (Ref: M/Sh 668-669)

Catalogue of records held, n.d. [20th century]
(1 booklet, paper)


Methodist New Connexion Magazine and Evangelical Repository, Vol. XXVI, 1858 Copy belonged to John Coates, and contains notes of births and deaths of the Coates and Newby families 1833 - 1889 (1 volume, printed, leather half-bound) Fourth Deposit(Acc:

 (Ref: M/Sh 670-676)

SHILDON METHODIST CIRCUIT

Shildon Wesleyan Methodist Circuit


Schedule of Sunday Schools, 1899 - 1905
(1 booklet, paper)


Schedule of Sunday Schools, 1906 - 1909
(1 booklet, paper)


Schedule book, including numbers in Society, subscriptions and public collections, list of stewards and trustees and subscriptions to Wesleyan publications, 1893 - 1910
(1 volume, leather quarter bound)


Schedule book, as M/Sh 672, 1911 - 1929
(1 volume, leather quarter bound)


Schedule of Methodist Trust property, 1895 - 1912
(1 booklet, paper)


Schedule of Methodist Trust property, 1913 - 1935
(1 booklet, paper)


Schedule of Methodist Trust property, 1936 - 1953
(1 booklet, paper)

 (Ref: M/Sh 678)

Main Street Wesleyan Church

677 Trustees' Treasurers' account book, 1954 - 1973
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Trustees' Meetings minute book, 8 September 1964 - 14 December 1975
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Shildon Primitive Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/Sh 679)

Schedule of Methodist Trust property, 1933 - 1935 Enclosed: Letter from J.S. Potts thanking Mr. Hodgson for particulars of insurance, 26 March 1953
(1 booklet, paper and 1 folio, paper)

Eldon Lane Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 680(1-12)-681(4))

Trustees' account book, 1956 - 1970 Enclosed: Receipts, 13 December 1968 - 31 December 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound, paper, 13 folios)


Secretarys' account book, 1934 - 1967
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Wayleave agreement concerning attachment of electric wires to the church, September 1954
(paper)


Receipt from Pentland & Sons, February 1966
(paper, 1 folio)


Account of Christmas Fayre, December 1966
(paper, 1 folio)

Leasingthorne Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 682(1)-682(2-23))

Trustees' Treasurers' account book, January 1955 - May 1970
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Receipts, 1967 - 1970
(paper, 22 folios)

St. John's Road Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 683(1)-684)

Trustees' meetings minute book, 8 April 1957 - 16 March 1975
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Membership roll and list of trustees, 1959
(paper, 2 folios)


Letter from A.E. Brewster concerning gift to St. John's Church, February 1960
(paper, 1 folio)


Agreement between Trustees and Women's Institute on use of church hall, September 1964
(paper, 2 folios)


Letter concerning ground rent, n.d.
(paper, 1 folio)


Trustees' Treasurers' account book, 1960 - 1977
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Leeholme Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 685(1)-689)

Sunday School Account book, 1973 - 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Receipts, 1973 - 1974
(paper, 6 folios)


General account book, 1938 - 1977
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Receipts, 1976 - 1979
(paper, 43 folios)


General account book, December 1955 - February 1974
(1 volume,cloth bound)


General account book, February 1974 - April 1978
(1 volume, card covered)


Sunday School Annual General Meetings minute book, 10 October 1960 - 8 November 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Garbutt Street United Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 690-691)

Trustees' meetings minute book, 18 May 1939 - 20 September 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Trustees' account book, 1971 - 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Shildon United Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 692)

Poor Steward's account book, 1922 - 1973
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Records of Unidentified Churches in the Shildon Circuit (Ref: M/Sh 693-696)

General account book, 1971 - 1979
(1 volume, card bound)


General account book, 1926 - 1952
(1 volume, leather bound)


Weekly envelope collection account book, 7 April 1957 - 25 September 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Weekly envelope collection account book, 1 January 1967 - 28 May 1978
(1 volume, card bound)

 (Ref: M/Sh 697-702)

Fourth Deposit(Acc: 1273(D))

Shildon Methodist Circuit


Circuit plan, 22 July - 20 October 1979
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, 21 October 1979 - 13 January 1980
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, 20 January - 13 April 1980
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, 20 April - 13 July 1980
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, 20 July - 12 October 1980
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, 19 October 1980 - 11 January 1981
(1 booklet, printed)

 (Ref: M/Sh 703-712)

Fifth Deposit(Acc: 1297(D))

Shildon Methodist Circuit otherwise Shildon (Church Street) Circuit


Register of baptisms, 27 August 1950 - 29 September 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minutes of the General Purposes Committee and Finance Sub-Committee, 20 September 1955 - 25 February 1966
(1 volume, card bound)


Circuit plan and accounts, July - September 1954
(1 paper, printed)


Circuit plan and directory, 20 January - 13 April 1980
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan and directory, 20 April - 13 July 1980
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan and directory, 20 July - 12 October 1980
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan and directory, 19 October 1980 - 11 January 1931
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan and directory, 18 January - 12 April 1981
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan and directory, 19 April - 12 July 1981
(1 booklet, printed)


List of churches in the circuit with details of membership and problems facing them, n.d. [c.1970]
(1 paper, typescript)

 (Ref: M/Sh 713-722)

Individual Churches

Coundon, Collingwood Street, Methodist Church (formerly in Bishop Auckland Circuit)


Minutes of leaders' meetings, 11 January 1934 - 18 February 1970
(1 volume, card bound)


Minutes of trustees' meetings, 30 January 1959 - 1 April 1977
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Pulpit notices, 15 September 1968 - 5 December 1971
(1 volume, card bound)


Pulpit notices, 2 January 1972 - 14 January 1973
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Society Stewards' account book, 2 March 1949 - September 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Class book, March 1950 - September 1952
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Class book, 4 September 1951 - 28 February 1955
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Schedule of deeds and papers (1857 - 1969) relating to the church and preserved in the circuit safe, n.d. [c.1970]
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


Notes given to Mr. Spybey regarding maintenance of the oil fired boiler, n.d. [1970s]
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


Y.M.C.A. Adult School, attendance register, January 1930 - December 1931
(1 booklet)

Eldon Methodist Church (formerly Primitive Methodist) (Ref: M/Sh 723-724)

Minutes of trustees' meetings, 22 January 1934 - 1 April 1968
(1 volume, card bound)


Circular to trustees of the former Eldon Lane Methodist Church regarding future of the site, 1970
(1 paper, typescript)

Leasingthorne Methodist Chapel (Ref: M/Sh 725-726)

Letter from the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, to Rev. L. Oliver at Coundon, regarding possible re-erection of Leasingthorne Chapel at the Open Air Museum, Beamish, 19 November 1968
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter from Smith, Roddam and Company, solicitors at Bishop Auckland to Rev. W.R. Simpson at Shildon, regarding sale of the chapel, 30 October 1969
(1 paper, typescript)

Leeholme Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 727-728)

Minutes of trustees' meetings (minutes of church council from 1977), 14 February 1921 - 31 May 1978
(1 volume, card bound)


Correspondence between Napper, Errington, Collerton and Associates, architects, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Rev. M. Corney at Coundon, regarding future of Leeholme Methodist Church and proposal under Bishop Auckland U.D.C.'s Leeholme General Improvement Area, 16 - 17 August 1972
(paper, 1 file, typescript)

Newton Aycliffe, Neville Parade, Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 729-742)

Minutes of leaders' meetings, 18 August - 8 December 1955; minutes of annual society meetings, 3 February 1971 and 22 March 1972
(1 volume, card bound)


Minutes of leaders' meetings, 4 January 1956 - 21 November 1961
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minutes of leaders', society and subcommittee meetings, 20 January 1962 - 1 December 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Trustees' Treasurer's account book, 6 January 1958 - 8 January 1971
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


List of church members, July 1959
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


Correspondence between the Methodist Church Department for Chapel Affairs at Manchester, Aycliffe Development Corporation, the Rev. W.R. Gunstone at Newton Aycliffe and others, regarding the construction, planning and fitting out of the church, tenders, estimates, appeals, relationship to the Master Plan for the town, also miscellaneous minutes and accounts enclosed, 11 January 1963 - 23 September 1971
(paper, 1 file)


Miscellaneous correspondence between Durham County Council, the Methodist Church Department of Chapel Affairs and Central Finance Board, Aycliffe Development Corporation and various contractors and the Rev. W.R. Gunstone at Newton Aycliffe, concerning construction of car park, accommodation for Vane Road County Infant School in the church hall, with draft agreement, fire detection and prevention systems, insurance of the buildings, also minutes of trustees' meetings, lists of trustees, accounts, agendas etc., 1959 - 19 March 1971
(paper, 1 file)


Miscellaneous correspondence of E. Musgrave, Trust Secretary with Formetric Ltd., at Aycliffe, Nilfisk Ltd. at Slough, Buckinghamshire and others, regarding church furnishings, insurance, choir, organ and fencing, 14 September 1968 - 22 October 1971
(paper, 1 file)


Papers relating to the Anglican-Methodist partnership in the Williamfield Area of Newton Aycliffe, the Community House there and future policy; includes minutes, statements etc., May 1970 - May 1971
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


Minutes and agendas of trustees' meetings with miscellaneous related correspondence, 8 February 1972 - 3 October 1974
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


Correspondence regarding church affairs and with the Aycliffe Development Corporation regarding the church car park and various rights to wayleaves, plans, reports and minutes and agendas of leaders' meetings, 14 September 1970 - 20 November 1974
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


Correspondence with Sedgefield District Council regarding use of church hall as a polling station at various elections, general correspondence regarding the church heating system, amplifying equipment in use, 15 December 1971 - 14 February 1975
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


Miscellaneous minutes and agendas of trustees' meetings and statements of trust accounts, 23 July 1971 - 21 June 1972
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


Reports of inspections of boilers and heating plant by the Methodist Insurance Co. Ltd., with maintenance schedules, September 1968 - 30 July 1970
(paper, 1 file)

Newton Aycliffe, Burnmill Way, Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 743-933)

Miscellaneous correspondence with Fox & Hinch, architects, at Darlington and Leeds, Talbot & Armstrong, quantity surveyors at Durham, Goldun Builders Ltd., Aycliffe Development Corporation, the Methodist Church Property Division and others with reports, estimates, quotations, maps and building plans regarding the design and construction of the church, 29 October 1973 - 7 September 1977
(1 bundle)

Shildon, Garbutt Street, Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 934)

Agendas and rough minutes for leaders' and trustees' meetings, 17 May 1972 - 13 November 1973
(1 booklet)

Shildon, St. John's Road Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 935-936)

Trustees' bank pass book, 5 March 1936 - 4 September 1950
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Roll book, 1936 - 1937
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Shildon Main Street (Wesley) Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 937-941)

Roll book, n.d. [c.1960 - 1962]
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Class book, 1954 - 1970
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Class book, 1977 - 1979
(1 booklet)


Class book, n.d. [1970s]
(1 booklet)


Rough agendas and minutes of trustees' meetings, fellowship meetings etc., 9 May 1971 - June 1974
(1 booklet)

Shildon, Garbutt Street, St. John's Road and Main Street Churches (Ref: M/Sh 942-948)

Roll book, pre-1961 - 1963
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Roll book, December 1962 - June 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Roll book, December 1962 - March 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Roll book, May 1965 - 1968
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Roll book, 1969 - 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Roll book, September 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Visitors' notebook, n.d. [1960s]
(1 volume, card bound)

Simpasture Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 949-950)

Collection journal, 29 March 1925 - 30 January [1987]
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Account book, 1951 - 1959
(1 volume, cloth bound)

 (Ref: M/Sh 951-964)

Sixth Deposit(Acc: 1453(D))

SHILDON METHODIST CIRCUIT


Quarterly meeting minute book, 1 March 1966 - 7 December 1972
(1 file, card bound)


Minutes of the 82nd meeting of the Shildon circuit, 6 December 1979 and 84th meeting, 12 June 1980
(3 papers)


Memorandum of the visits of Home Mission and Chapel Committee Secretaries to the Shildon Circuits, 3 May 1940
(1 paper)


Circuit plan, January - March 1951
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, July - September 1955
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, July - December 1956
(2 booklets, printed)


Circuit plans, January 1957 - December 1964
(32 booklets, printed)


Circuit plans, January - September 1965
(3 booklets, printed)


Circuit plans, January 1966 - December 1975
(40 booklets, printed)


Circuit plans, January - April 1976
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plans, January - December 1978
(4 booklets, printed)


Circuit plans, January - July 1979
(2 booklets, printed)


Circuit plans, January 1981 - October 1983
(11 booklets, printed)


List of proposed assessments for the Shildon Methodist Church Circuit, 1975 - 1976
(1 paper)

Elmfield Methodist Church, Newton Aycliffe (Ref: M/Sh 965)

Minute book of Sunday School teachers, 31 October 1968 - 16 June 1975
(1 volume, card bound)

Garbutt Street Methodist Church, Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 966)

Minute book of Leaders' meetings, 6 March 1934 - 23 May 1973
(1 volume, card bound)

Haughton le Side Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 967)

Minute book of trustees' meetings, 30 October 1964 - 16 March 1977
(1 volume, card bound)

Heighington and Haughton le Side Methodist Churches (Ref: M/Sh 968)

Membership roll book, December 1967 - November 1977
(1 volume, card bound)

Howlish Terrace Methodist Church, Coundon (Ref: M/Sh 969-971)

Minute book of trustees' meetings, 12 October 1950 - 18 February 1972
(1 volume, card bound)


Sunday School account book, 1 January 1901 - 14 December 1941
(1 volume, card bound)


Sunday School Treasurer's account book, 5 January 1952 - 18 March 1971
(1 volume, card bound)

Middlestone Methodist Church, Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 972-983)

Minute book of trustees' meetings, 24 January 1955 - 13 March 1980
(1 volume, card bound)


Collection account book, 8 January 1939 - 28 February 1954
(1 volume, card bound)


Account book, 1 January 1954 - 25 February 1983
(1 volume, card bound)


Society account books, 7 March 1954 - 31 August 1979
(1 volume, card bound)


Society account book, 24 June 1978 - 31 August 1982
(1 volume, card bound)


Middlestone Chapel Treasurer S Account Book, 2 June 1895 - 1 January 1954
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


List of estimates, payments and proposed assessments, (1978 - 1979, 1979 - 1980), 7 February 1979
(2 papers)


Schedule of Church Contributions, 13 March 1961 - 14 March 1981
(1 file, plastic bound)


Letter from A. Candeland concerning report on inspection of Middlestone Methodist Church and school property, 26 November 1977
(1 paper)


Greetings card with drawing of Middlestone Methodist Church, n.d.
(1 card)


Sunday School attendance register, 1 January 1932 -9 May 1941
(1 volume, card bound)


Middlestone Village School attendance register, 16 May 1933 - 15 April 1937
(1 volume, card bound)


Members and Class Book, December 1953 - January 1977
(1 volume, card bound)

Middridge Methodist Chapel (Ref: M/Sh 984-986)

Letters concerning acquisition of land and building the chapel at Middridge, 10 February 1901 - 19 February 1903
(24 papers)


Letters concerning sale of properties at Middridge, 3 October 1958 - 29 December 1958
(13 papers)


Plan, section, east and west elevation of Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at South Middridge, n.d. Scale: ¹/8" to 1 foot
(1 plan, 42 cm. x 62.5 cm., colour-wash)

Neville Parade Methodist Church, Newton Aycliffe (Ref: M/Sh 987(1)-994)

Minute book of Newton Aycliffe Conference Commission, 5 March 1963 - 1 March 1974
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of Newton Aycliffe Conference Commission, 1 March 1975 - 23 February 1979
(1 volume, card bound)


Envelope system cash book , 14 December 1969 - 11 April 1971
(1 volume, card bound)


Envelope system cash book, 2 April 1972 - 30 June 1974
(1 volume, card bound)


Wesley Hill Adult Bible Class book, 1 January 1935 -31 December 1955
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of Management Committee Meeting at Wesley Community House, 6 October 1971 - 31 March 1976
(1 volume, card bound)


Letters concerning building and upkeep of Wesley House, 29 January 1971 - 23 August 1971
(13 papers)


Letters of application for grants for upkeep of Wesley Community House, 4 June 1970 - 17 February 1976
(110 papers)


Letters concerning alterations to Community House, 21 February 1973 - 26 June 1973
(9 papers)


Letters concerning closing of Wesley Community House, 6 November 1974 - 17 February 1977
(14 papers)

Riseburn Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 995-1006)

Minute Book of Trustees' meetings, 1 May 1936 - 9 February 1938
(1 volume, card bound)


Riseburn Wesley Trust account book with The London Joint Stock Bank Limited, 10 June 1912 - 14 October 1914
(1 volume, card bound)


Account of income and expenditure of Church, January 1928 - June 1938
(1 volume, card bound)


Memorandum of choice and appointment of New Trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, 18 February 1915
(parchment, 1 membrane)


Letters concerning memorandum of choice and appointment of trustees, 26 February 1915
(2 papers)


2 April 1903 (1) Francis Gill of Middridge, retired miner and Joseph Bevon of Middridge, miner (2) Rev. Mortimer Allen, Superintendant Minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion (3) William Ralph Hopps, butcher, and others Conveyance from (1) to (3) of land in Riseburn for erection of Wesleyan Methodist Church Plan endorsed
(parchment, 1 membrane)


Letters concerning building a new chapel, 17 April 1903 - 25 June 1903
(9 papers)


Letters concerning construction of Riseburn Chapel, 3 February 1904 - 11 April 1907
(9 papers)


Form of Application for a grant towards the reduction or extinction of debt on Wesleyan Methodist Chapel trust at Riseburn, 25 April 1914
(2 papers)


Letters and papers concerning sale of church premises, 9 December 1936 - 21 August 1937
(9 papers)


Letters and papers concerning sale of church land, 7 April 1937 - 8 July 1938
(3 papers)


Letters from H. Dunn concerning demolition of Riseburn Chapel, 1 July 1938 - 6 July 1938
(2 papers)

Wesleyan Methodist Church, New Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 1007-1008)

Letters issued on behalf of the Shildon trustees promising to pay £500 to ministers of Weardale Wesleyan Circuit, 5 July 1895 Letter to Mr. Allan Jackson from Trustees of Shildon Wesleyan Chapel, concerning repayment of loan, 28 November 1917 and 5 January 1918
(4 papers)


Application for enlargement of chapel at New Shildon, 4 June 1874
(1 paper)

Wesleyan Chapel, Old Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 1009-1036)

Receipts for expenditure by the Chapel Committee and details of balance, 12 April 1876 - 14 October 1876
(5 papers)


Receipts for purchase of land, 25 March 1876 - 16 May 1876
(4 papers)


Balance sheet for Wesleyan School trust fund, October 1884
(1 paper)


New Chapel for Old Shildon, letter of recommendation to apply to Mr. Woolmer's Fund, 8 July 1878
(2 papers)


Bill for repairs to chapel roof by Robert Mascall, 11 April 1878
(1 paper)


Bill and receipt for heating apparatus for the chapel, 28 May 1878 - 22 August 1878
(2 papers)


Bills and receipts to and from F.R.N. Haswell, architect, 10 August 1878 - 17 October 1878
(1 bundle)


Old Shildon Chapel Account as presented in 1878 and relating to Mr. Toward, 19 August 1878
(1 paper)


Letter from Rev. J. Simpson in Kendal concerning postponing payment of £300 to Wesleyan Chapel, 13 April 1881
(2 papers)


Letter from Rev. J. Simpson enclosing a copy of the promissory note of the Trustees of Old Shildon Wesleyan Chapel (of 10 October 1878), 20 May 1881
(2 papers)


Letter from A.J. Pope of the Wesleyan Chapel Committee, Manchester concerning promised aid to Old Shildon, 11 November 1886
(1 paper)


Letter from J. Hornabrook of Wesleyan Chapel Committee concerning the issuing of a grant for Eldon, 4 February 1904
(1 paper)


Souvenir programme of Jubilee Celebrations of Wesleyan Methodist Church, Old Shildon, 21 May 1928
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of Local Preachers' Quarterly Meetings, 30 August 1955 - 3 June 1974
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Minute book of Leaders' Meetings, 16 May 1960 - 25 November 1965
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of Leaders' Meetings, 19 January 1966 - 27 February 1968
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of Leaders' Meetings, 19 November 1969 - 10 November 1972
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of Leaders' Meetings, 7 February 1973 - 6 June 1978
(1 volume, card bound)


Membership book, 1969
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of members, 5 December 1974 - October 1979
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of Homemakers' Club, 14 October 1954 - 27 October 1955
(1 volume, card bound)


Estimate for new ceiling for chapel from A. Metcalfe, and plan of railings, 14 July 1960
(3 papers, 1 plan, 37.5cm x 50.6cm, ink)


Letters concerning damage and repair to organ, 4 February 1947 - 11 January 1961
(38 papers)


Letters concerning repair of Wesley Methodist Church Shildon, 15 December 1949 - 30 December 1970
(86 papers)


Letters concerning demolition and enlargement of church, 3 October 1961 - 9 August 1965
(55 papers)


Letters and reports concerning heating of church, 29 July 1954 - 23 August 1971
(8 bundles)


Letters concerning gifts bequeathed to church and care of them, 9 December 1946 - 30 September 1958
(13 papers)


Letters concerning tuning and repair of piano, 20 October 1957 - 7 September 1959
(15 papers)


Estimated statement of accounts for Main Street Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1959 and 1962
(1 paper)


Returns of accommodation as at 1 July 1940 for Wesley Methodist Church Shildon, 26 May 1941
(1 paper)


Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Old Shildon, statement of accounts, 17 April 1876 - 6 October 1884
(4 papers)

Wesley Hall and Institute Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 1037-1040)

Letters concerning application for a grant to reduce debts on Wesley Hall, 23 April 1914 - 15 November 1918
(7 papers)


Posters giving details of Shildon Wesleyan Sunday School, Wesley Hall Adult Bible Class, 1 January 1928 - 21 December 1930
(2 posters, coloured)


Letters concerning overdraft and debt at Wesley House, 3 September 1937 - 20 October 1937
(3 papers, typed)


Statement of accounts of the Shildon Wesley Trust, 31 December 1941 - 31 December 1942
(2 papers)

Wesleyan Methodist Church, Dean Street, Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 1041-1043)

Letters concerning sale of land in Dean Street, 15 July 1958 - 6 February 1959
(12 papers)


Letter from Llewellyn Bradshaw and Hartley to R. Watson concerning fire at Dean Street Sunday School, 19 November 1947
(1 paper)


Statement of money promised and received for renovation of school, n.d.
(2 papers)

Primitive Methodist Church, St. John's Road, New Shildon (Ref: M/Sh 1044-1045)

Correspondence between J. Parker, Darlington and W.R. Hopps, Shildon, concerning the need for a new chapel and school, 25 May - 22 June 1907
(3 papers)


Plan, section and front and end elevation of new seating at P.M. Chapel, Old Shildon, n.d. Scale: 1/2" to 1 foot (1 plan, 18.7cm x 54cm, ink) Seventh Deposit(Acc: 1543(D))

SHILDON METHODIST CIRCUIT (Ref: M/Sh 1046-1050)

Circuit plan and directory, 17 April - 10 July 1983
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan and directory, 15 January - 8 April 1984
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan and directory, 15 April - 8 July 1984
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan and directory, 15 July - 14 October 1984
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan and directory, 21 October 1984 - 13 January 1985
(1 booklet, printed)

 (Ref: M/Sh 1051-1064)

Eighth Deposit(Acc: 1615(D))

SHILDON METHODIST CIRCUIT

Circuit


Policy Committee minute book, 6 November 1973 - 16 May 1979
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Women's Work Committee minute book, 5 January 1977 - 9 March 1983
(1 volume, ring file)


Overseas Missions Committee minute book, 21 February 1956 - 15 September 1979
(1 file)


Circuit Steward's account book, 5 March 1952 - December 1957
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)


Circuit Steward's account book, March 1958 - December 1965
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)


Circuit Steward's account book, March 1965 - June 1974
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)


Bishop Auckland and Shildon Methodist Church Messenger, Volume 48, May 1936
(1 booklet, printed)


Bishop Auckland and Shildon Methodist Church Messenger, Volume 51, September 1939
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan and directory, 15 July - 14 October 1984
(1 booklet, printed)


Plan and directory, 21 October 1984 - 13 January 1985
(1 booklet, printed)


Plan and directory, 20 January - 14 April 1985
(1 booklet, printed)


Plan and directory, 21 April - 14 July 1985
(1 booklet, printed)


Plan and directory, 21 July - 13 October 1985
(1 booklet, printed)


Women's Work Committee minute book, 26 May 1955 - 21 October 1976
(1 volume, ring file)

Auckland Park Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 1065)

Seventh Annual Concert programme, 30 March 1923
(1 paper, printed)

Coundon Grange Valley Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/Sh 1066-1068)

Wesleyan Society Leaders' minute book, 15 January 1931 - 21 September 1961
(1 volume, card bound)


Account book, 6 December 1953 - 22 May 1966
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Centenary Celebrations souvenir programme, (1871 - 1971), 13 - 20 June 1971
(1 booklet, printed)

Heighington Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 1069)

Minute book containing minutes of: Leaders' meetings, 24 March 1969 - 8 May 1974; Church Council meetings, 10 October 1974 - 12 October 1978; Pastoral Sub-Committee meetings, 9 December 1976 - 19 January 1979
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

New Shildon, Soho Street Wesleyan Chapel (Ref: M/Sh 1070-1071)

Trustees' minute book, 7 May 1912 - 16 April 1935
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Trustees' minute book, 11 October 1935 - 9 April 1961
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Newton Aycliffe Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 1072)

Sunday School account book, 1958 - 1968
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Page Bank, Shildon and Albert Road, Darlington (Ref: M/Sh 1073)

Register of baptisms, Page Bank, 28 January 1869 - 31 January 1875; register of baptisms, Shildon, 1 May 1883 - 26 May 1908; register of baptisms, Albert Road, Darlington (United Church), 6 July 1927 - 15 April 1931
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Shildon Methodist Church (Ref: M/Sh 1074-1078)

Cradle roll, 1964 - 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Cradle roll, 1963 and 1978-1983
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Trustees' minute book, 20 October 1938 - 30 July 1964
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)


Minute book containing: General church meetings, 5 April 1978 - 24 April 1983; Church Council meetings, 6 June 1978 - 16 March 1983
(1 volume, card quarter-bound)


Reflections, compiled by Stanley Mitchell, 2nd edition, January 1952
(1 booklet, printed)

Other Churches (Ref: M/Sh 1079-1081)

Oath Card to abstain from drink, tobacco, gambling and swearing, Lewis Strong of Close House, Bishop Auckland, 4 August 1882
(1 card)


'Lived in five reigns', life of Henry Wilkinson, reprinted from Northern Echo, 25 October 1902
(1 booklet, printed)


All Saints Parish Church New Shildon, centenary programme, 1868 - 1968
(1 booklet, printed)