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Spennymoor and Ferryhill Methodist Circuit

Reference: M/SF Catalogue Title: Spennymoor and Ferryhill Methodist Circuit Area: Catalogue Category: Non-Conformist Church Records Description: 

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  • Spennymoor and Ferryhill Methodist Circuit
    • Sedgefield Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 208)
    • Spennymoor Primitive Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/SF 210)
    • Spennymoor and Ferryhill Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/SF 211-223)
    • Chilton Lane Ends Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 245-246)
    • West Chilton (United) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 247)
    • Dean Bank, Westcott (Wesleyan) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 248-251)
    • Dean Bank, Zion (Primitive) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 252-254)
    • East Howle (Primitive) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 255)
    • Ferryhill Station, Central (Wesleyan) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 262-263)
    • Ferryhill Village (Primitive) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 264-266)
    • Hett (Primitive) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 267-272)
    • Kirk Merrington Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 273)
    • Metal Bridge, Thinford Cottages (Primitive), Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 274-281)
    • Mordon Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 282)
    • Mount Pleasant, Half Moon Lane (Primitive) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 283-285)
    • Mount Pleasant, Weardale Street, (Wesleyan) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 286)
    • Page Bank (Wesleyan) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 287)
    • Sedgefield (Wesleyan) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 288-295)
    • Spennymoor Central (Wesleyan) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 296-297)
    • Spennymoor, Oxford Street, (New Connexion) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 298)
    • Spennymoor, Rosa Street (Primitive) Methodist Chapel (Ref: M/SF 299-300)
    • Spennymoor, Stratton Street, (United) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 301)
    • Tudhoe Central (Wesleyan) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 302-306)
    • Windlestone (Wesleyan) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 307-319)
    • Chilton Lane Ends Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 323-330)
    • Kirk Merrington Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 332)
    • Trinity Methodist Church, Spennymoor (Ref: M/SF 334)
    • Wesley Central Methodist Church, Spennymoor (Ref: M/SF 335-336)

Catalogue Description

Records of the Spennymoor and Ferryhill

Circuit, deposited on long-term loan

1. 20 March 1969 Acc: 386(D)
2. 7 August 1969 Acc: 420(D)
3. 15 September 1969 Acc: 430(D)
4. 24 July 1973 Acc. 701(D)
5. 21 July 1976 Acc 906(D)
6. 9 May 1977 Acc: 987(D)
7. 29 November 1977 Acc: 1033(D)
8. 31 August 1978 Acc: 1097(D)
9. 18 December 1978 Acc: 1131(D)
10. 11 June 1979 Acc: 1164(D)
11. 13 December 1979 Acc: 1206(D)
12. 15 January 1981 Acc: 1279(D)
13. 26 January 1982 Acc: 1354(D)
14. 9 August 1982 Acc: 1390(D)
15. 31 August 1978 Acc: 1097(D)
16. 28 April 1989 Acc: 1853(D)
17. 28 October 1988 Acc: 1831(D)
18. 27 September 1991 Acc: 2016(D)
19. 30 December 1991 Acc: 2026(D)
20. 24 January 1992 Acc: 2031(D)
21. 16 December 1992 Acc: 2102(D)
22. 23 March 1994 Acc: 2196(D)

County Record Office
County Hall
DURHAM
DH1 5UL

Telephone (091) 383 3253
Fifteenth Deposit

(Acc: 1097(D))

Catalogue Contents

Sedgefield Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 208)Ref: M/SF 208

Minute book of leaders' meetings, 31 August 1960 - 17 October 1974
(1 volume, card bound)

(Ref: M/SF 209)

Sixteenth Deposit

(Acc: 1853(D))

Spennymoor (Wesleyan?) Circuit

Ref: M/SF 209

Resolutions relating to the formation of the Spennymoor circuit, 23 March 1875
(1 paper)

Spennymoor Primitive Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/SF 210)Ref: M/SF 210

Correspondence from Darlington and Stockton District Primitive Methodist Committee to the authorities of Spennymoor circuit accepting annual report and Sunday School report, 28 April 1922
(2 papers, typescript)

Spennymoor and Ferryhill Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/SF 211-223)Ref: M/SF 211

Circuit plans and directories, April - October 1948; October 1958 - July 1979 [Some plans incomplete]
(77 booklets)

Ref: M/SF 212

Circuit Finance/General Purposes Committee minute book, 19 October 1949 - 2 March 1970 At rear: minutes of Circuit Planning Committee, 16 June 1959 - 7 November 1961
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 213

Circuit Schedule book (containing quarterly schedules, also names of trustees, connexional collections, and directory of trust documents), October 1950 - September 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: M/SF 214

Circuit Records book (containing annual schedules of membership, subscriptions and collections, trust property and trustees, October 1969 - December 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: M/SF 215

Circuit Schedule book of trust property (containing returns of investments and endowments, trust current accounts and capital debt accounts), March 1956 - December 1965
(1 volume, paper bound)

Ref: M/SF 216

Quarterly Meetings minute book, 4 March 1964 - 2 March 1977
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 217

Copy report of the special meeting of the Ferryhill societies to discuss the future of work in the area in the light of the District Commissioner's report, 10 March 1971
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: M/SF 218

Spennymoor and Ferryhill circuit schedules, in annual files, 1972 - 1986
(16 files)

Ref: M/SF 219

Account book of manses' trust, 4 October 1946 - 21 January 1978, and ministers' retirement fund, 1 December 1951 - December 1963
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: M/SF 220

Papers relating to Spennymoor manse, 59 Whitworth Terrace (now sold), 25 October 1878 - 7 January 1975
(27 papers)

Ref: M/SF 221

Papers relating to Ferryhill manse, 27 Church Lane, and sale of same, 27 April 1921 - 4 May 1972
(24 papers)

Ref: M/SF 222

Papers relating to purchase of Sedgefield manse, 29 Whitehouse Drive (now sold), 3 November 1966 - 22 October 1968
(39 papers)

Ref: M/SF 223

Sanction for sale of manse at 67 Whitworth Terrace, Spennymoor, and correspondence regarding same, 19 May and 19 July 1967
(2 papers)

(Ref: M/SF 224)

INDIVIDUAL CHURCHES

Bishop Middleham Methodist Church

Ref: M/SF 224

Correspondence regarding repairs to and sale of Bishop Middleham Methodist Church, 14 March 1977 - 21 September 1983
(35 papers)

(Ref: M/SF 225-244)

Broom (Primitive) Methodist Church
(church closed August 1986)

Ref: M/SF 225

Register of baptisms, 24 July 1938 - 16 August 1981
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: M/SF 226

Register of baptisms, 18 October 1981 - 29 September 1985
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 227

Trustees' account book of Broom Methodist Mission, January 1909 - December 1927 At end of volume: building fund accounts, 1912 - 1926 For enclosure see M/SF 237
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 228

Trustees' account book, January 1909 - December 1927. Duplicate of M/SF 227 above For enclosures see M/SF 229
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 229

Notes on the founding of Broom Primitive Methodist Church, 1909
(3 papers)

Ref: M/SF 230

Correspondence relating to the provision of a new church at Broom and sale of old iron chapel. Also golden jubilee celebration papers (1977), general correspondence, and papers relating to church closure, 10 December 1915 - 25 February 1987 For enclosed plan see M/SF 231
(174 papers)

Ref: M/SF 231

'Plan of proposed wood and zinc chapel for the trustees of Primitive Methodist Mission, Broom, Ferryhill', n.d. [early 20th c.] Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, waxed linen, ink and colour-wash, mutilated, remaining portion 29cm x 33.5cm)

Ref: M/SF 232

Sunday School account book, December 1925 - September 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: M/SF 233

Secretary's account book, 7 May 1927 - 30 August 1964
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 234

Treasurer's account book, May 1927 - May 1956
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 235

Treasurer's account book, January 1955 - August 1980
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 236

Treasurer's account book, September 1980 - September 1986
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: M/SF 237

Handbill advertising musical weekend at Broom, Ferryhill Methodist Church, 20 - 22 May 1933
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: M/SF 238

Society and Leaders' meetings minute book, 11 June 1935 - 30 November 1971
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 239

Women's Own account book, May 1969 - 1986
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 240

Church Council minute book, 15 December 1975 - 30 November 1986
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 241

Draft minute book of Church Council, 16 February 1981 - 26 February 1985
(1 volume, paper bound)

Ref: M/SF 242

Property Committee minute book, 15 July 1977 - 14 March 1981
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 243

Minute book of Women's Own annual meetings, 18 May 1970 - 17 May 1982
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 244

Minute book of Women's Own annual meetings, 20 June 1983 - 19 May 1986
(1 volume, card bound)

Chilton Lane Ends Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 245-246)Ref: M/SF 245

Collection journal, 17 May 1936 - 31 October 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: M/SF 246

Collection journal and Society Steward's record, 7 November 1965 - 17 December 1978
(1 volume, card bound)

West Chilton (United) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 247)Ref: M/SF 247

Correspondence regarding sale of chapel, 29 - 31 August 1956
(3 papers)

Dean Bank, Westcott (Wesleyan) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 248-251)Ref: M/SF 248

Specifications for proposed new Wesleyan Chapel and Sunday Schools at Dean Bank, by J. Walton Taylor, architect, of Newcastle, July 1905
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: M/SF 249

Worship certificate for Wesleyan Church, Merrington Road (24 October 1906), sanctions by Wesleyan Chapel Committee for grants towards Dean Bank Chapel, related promissory notes issued by church trustees and application for reduction of debt on the chapel, 16 May 1906 - 30 June 191l
(9 papers)

Ref: M/SF 250

Correspondence relating to the Memorandum of Choice and Appointment of trustees, March 1914 - June 1958
(4 papers)

Ref: M/SF 251

Correspondence regarding sale of Dean Bank (Westcott) Chapel, 3 October 1968 - 15 May 1970
(25 papers)

Dean Bank, Zion (Primitive) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 252-254)Ref: M/SF 252

Correspondence from Messrs. Bolckow Vaughan and Company Limited of Middlesbrough to Reverend Emerson Phillipson of Spennymoor regarding possible site for proposed church and Sunday School, 2 October 1903 - 10 April 1905
(6 papers, typescript)

Ref: M/SF 253

Memorandum of sanction from the Darlington and Stockton District Building Committee for the trustees of Dean Bank to accept a gift of land, 20 March 1906
(1 paper)

Ref: M/SF 254

Correspondence and related papers regarding the sale of Zion Methodist Church, May 1969 - 11 June 1980
(83 papers)

East Howle (Primitive) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 255)Ref: M/SF 255

Correspondence relating to lease of the chapel site and subsequent sale thereof with surrender of lease to Burn Hall Settled Estates, 26 May 1885 - 28 September 1886; 2 November 1950 - 19 August 1968
(36 papers)

(Ref: M/SF 256-261)

Ferryhill Station, Bethel Methodist Church
(church closed 31 December 1984)

Ref: M/SF 256

Register of baptisms, 27 March 1933 - 3 September 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: M/SF 257

Register of baptisms, 1 April 1979 - 17 June 1984
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 258

Society and Leaders' meetings minute book, 2 September 1934 - 28 January 1946
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 259

Society and Leaders' meetings minute book, June 1948 - 13 September 1966
(1 volume, paper bound)

Ref: M/SF 260

Minutes of Church Council meetings, 2 June 1977 - 12 March 1984 For enclosure see M/SF 259
(1 file, plastic bound)

Ref: M/SF 261

Sundry correspondence relating to church renovations, Youth Club, and disposal of church site to Sedgefield District Council, also church centenary (1977) celebration papers and press cuttings, 1976 - 1985
(116 papers)

Ferryhill Station, Central (Wesleyan) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 262-263)Ref: M/SF 262

Trustees' Treasurer's account book, January 1921 - February 1959
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: M/SF 263

Central Methodist Church organ fund accounts, June 1939 - January 1943, and renovation fund accounts, July 1947 - December 1951
(1 volume, card bound)

Ferryhill Village (Primitive) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 264-266)Ref: M/SF 264

Correspondence regarding application to rebuild and enlarge chapel, and presentation of balance sheet by trustees, 17 June 1909 - 16 March 1918
(5 papers)

Ref: M/SF 265

Collection journal, 9 August 1948 - 27 November 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: M/SF 266

Church account book, 1 September 1977 - 27 August 1985
(1 volume, card bound)

Hett (Primitive) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 267-272)Ref: M/SF 267

Sketches of bench and iron stove (for proposed church), by Speirs and Co., engineers and iron buildings contractors, Glasgow, 22 May 1900
(2 papers, pencil with colour-wash)

Ref: M/SF 268

Plan of proposed iron and wood church to be erected for Rev. D. McKinley of Spennymoor, by Speirs and Co., engineers and iron buildings contractors, Glasgow, 4 June 1900 Scale:
(1 plan, 50cm x 31cm, waxed linen, ink and colour-wash)

Ref: M/SF 269

Correspondence regarding proposed new chapel, 7 July - 31 August 1900
(7 papers)

Ref: M/SF 270

15 June 1901 (1) James Appleby Longden and John Swinbanke Thompson, both of Sunderland, gentleman (2) The trustees of the Spennymoor Primitive Methodist Chapel Copy conveyance of piece of ground at Hett [plan and dimensions of same endorsed] Consideration: £7
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: M/SF 271

Promissory note issued by chapel trustees, 7 November 1901, and receipt issued by the executors of Mr. T.J. Riddle to the Rev. John Bennett, 7 May 1908
(2 papers)

Ref: M/SF 272

Correspondence regarding the removal of the iron chapel from Hett village to Broom, and sale of the land at Hett, 30 May 1908 - 24 June 1922
(12 papers)

Kirk Merrington Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 273)Ref: M/SF 273

Minute book of trustees' meetings, 28 January 1902 - 15 November 1975 [Several pages cut from end of volume]
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Metal Bridge, Thinford Cottages (Primitive), Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 274-281)Ref: M/SF 274

8 March 1875 (1) M.C. Salvin and B.J. Salvin, esq., both of Burn Hall (2) Michael Price, miner, of Thinford Cottages, and others Lease of ground at Thinford for 99 years as the site of a Primitive Methodist chapel Rent: £1 10s. 0d. Plan of property endorsed
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: M/SF 275

Typescript copy of M/SF 274, with list of new trustees, 28 August 1906
(1 file)

Ref: M/SF 276

Worship certificate for Thinford Cottages chapel, 20 April 1882
(1 paper)

Ref: M/SF 277

Correspondence between the Carlton Iron Comapny Ltd. and Rev. D. McKinley regarding subsidence damage to Thinford Cottages Primitive Methodist Chapel, 6 April 1899 - 31 August 1899
(1 file)

Ref: M/SF 278

Promissory note for payment of £120 by the trustees and members of Thinford Cottages Chapel to Thomas Riddle, 27 July 1892. With receipt annexed, 2 May 1908
(2 papers)

Ref: M/SF 279

Memorandum of appointment of new trustees of chapel, 25 August 1906
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: M/SF 280

Memorandum of deposit of deeds by the trustees of Thinford Cottages Chapel as security for loan of £100, 7 November 1910 Endorsement of repayment of loan, 14 April 1920
(1 paper)

Ref: M/SF 281

Memorandum of appointment of new trustees at Metal Bridge, 5 March 1938. With covering letter
(2 papers)

Mordon Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 282)Ref: M/SF 282

Sanction for sale of chapel and related correspondence, 27 March 1969 - 29 May 1970
(17 papers)

Mount Pleasant, Half Moon Lane (Primitive) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 283-285)Ref: M/SF 283

Papers including worship certificate, equitable mortgages for loan of money by chapel trustees, correspondence regarding the sale of Merrington Hill Chapel (1917) and certificate of registration for the solemnization of marriages, 20 April 1882 - 11 January 1943
(8 papers)

Ref: M/SF 284

Correspondence relating to sale of church, 24 May 1974 - 25 January 1989
(51 papers)

Ref: M/SF 285

Trust Fund account book, January 1934 - August 1974
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)

Mount Pleasant, Weardale Street, (Wesleyan) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 286)Ref: M/SF 286

Papers, including worship certificate, correspondence relating to Mount Pleasant Wesleyan Day School (lease to Durham County Council in 1905, and sale of same, 1916), certificate of registration for solemnization of marriages, and correspondence relating to chapel closure, 17 May 1875 - 19 May 1971
(37 papers)

Page Bank (Wesleyan) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 287)Ref: M/SF 287

Correspondence regarding sale of chapel to Durham County Council under the Page Bank Compulsory Purchase Order. With related copy plans, 25 September 1975 - 8 June 1988
(30 papers)

Sedgefield (Wesleyan) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 288-295)Ref: M/SF 288

Correspondence regarding trust deed for chapel, and registration of same in Durham Consistory Court, 29 September - 5 December 1812
(3 papers)

Ref: M/SF 289

Accounts of gallery seat rents, 1814 - 1816, and chapel cash accounts, 1815 - 1822
(22 papers)

Ref: M/SF 290

Letter regarding repayment of loan by chapel trustees to the executors of Marianne Chilton, deceased, 3 November 1843
(1 paper)

Ref: M/SF 291

Bundle of accounts and correspondence regarding cost of erection of new chapel, and official sanction for same, 1856 - 1858
(44 papers)

Ref: M/SF 292

Correspondence regarding encroachment by new chapel boundary, 10 May - 13 September 1858; 25 March 1884
(8 papers)

Ref: M/SF 293

Correspondence relating to renewal of trust deed, December 1881 - July 1882, and Charity Commission order for removal and appointment of new trustees, September 1912 - July 1913
(17 papers)

Ref: M/SF 294

Correspondence relating to the appointment of a Methodist minister for Sedgefield Asylum, including statistics of the denominations of inmates, 29 September - 27 October 1890
(5 papers)

Ref: M/SF 295

Certificate of registration for the solemnization of marriages, 5 July 1907, with covering letter, and Registrar General's worship certificate, 13 June 1934
(1 parchment and 2 papers)

Spennymoor Central (Wesleyan) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 296-297)Ref: M/SF 296

28 January 1856 (1) Messrs. Joseph Cook, Ralph Parker and others, trustees of Spennymoor Primitive Methodist Chapel (2) Mr. Thomas Dakers of Coxhoe, coal viewer Mortgage by demise for 5000 years of chapel or schoolroom at Spennymoor [George Street] to secure £100 and interest
(parchment, 1 membrane, mutilated, right-hand portion missing)

Ref: M/SF 297

Worship and marriage registration certificates, and general correspondence, regarding Wesleyan Chapel Fund grant, appointment of trustees, agreement regarding use of Methodist Institute Hut, and sanctions for sale of schoolroom (1969) and chapel (1973), 12 February 1867 - 2 November 1973
(2 parchments, 53 papers)

Spennymoor, Oxford Street, (New Connexion) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 298)Ref: M/SF 298

24 November 1891 (1) Robinson Ferens of Oswald House, near Durham, esq.; William Hall of Middleton St. George, gent.; Thomas Dixon Stephinson of Willington, gent.; John Dickinson of 25 Westmorland Street, Darlington, and Matthew Geldard of 35 Strickland Street, Newcastle upon Tyne (2) The said Robinson Ferens; Thomas Dixon Stephinson; Isaac Bevan, miner; George Close, grocer; Thomas P. Herbert, insurance agent; Daniel Rogers, miner; Christopher Summergill, coke drawer; John Brass, farmer; James Ryder, miner; Richard Birchall, miner; James Birchall, miner; John Tindale, enginer driver; William Mortimer, miner; George Joyce, miner; James Dent, builder; William Jones, ironworker; and John Bennett, miner, all of Spennymoor Deed of appointment of new trustees
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Spennymoor, Rosa Street (Primitive) Methodist Chapel (Ref: M/SF 299-300)Ref: M/SF 299

6 December 1895 (1) The Trustees of Spennymoor Chapel, Spennymoor Circuit (2) The Primitive Methodist Chapel Aid Association Limited Equitable mortgage to secure £500 and interest. With promissory note
(2 papers, 1 printed)

Ref: M/SF 300

1 August 1930 (1) The Trustees of Spennymoor (Rosa Street) Chapel and School (2) The Primitive Methodist Chapel Aid Association Limited Equitable mortgage to secure £300 and interest
(1 paper, printed)

Spennymoor, Stratton Street, (United) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 301)Ref: M/SF 301

Correspondence concerning sale of land in Stratton Street, Spennymoor, site of former United Methodist Church, 20 February 1952 - 21 May 1958
(18 papers)

Tudhoe Central (Wesleyan) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 302-306)Ref: M/SF 302

Abstract of title (1852) to freehold land called Old Field at Tudhoe, 1860. Plan annexed
(1 file)

Ref: M/SF 303

Abstract of title (1842-1848) of Robert Duncombe Shafto, esq., M.P. to hereditaments at Tudhoe, 1860
(1 file)

Ref: M/SF 304

Copy abstract of lease (17 August 1869) of land at Tudhoe, 1870
(1 file)

Ref: M/SF 305

15 February 1871 (1) The Weardale Iron and Coal Company Limited (2) The trustees of Tudhoe Colliery Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Lease of ground in Tudhoe township as a site for a chapel Rent: ls. p.a. Plan of property in margin
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: M/SF 306

General correspondence, memoranda of appointment of new trustees (1891, 1920, 1938, 1954) and Registrar General's worship certificate, 4 April 1873 - 26 November 1954
(3 parchments, 19 papers)

Windlestone (Wesleyan) Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 307-319)Ref: M/SF 31l

Leaders' meetings and Annual Society meetings minute book, 13 February 1957 - 24 May 1977 At rear: quarterly accounts, 4 December 1955 - 22 February 1975
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 307

Trustees' Treasurer's account book, November 1910 - December 1942
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: M/SF 308

Trustees' meetings minute book, 10 December 1910 - 26 January 1977
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: M/SF 309

Letter of consent from the Wesleyan Chapel Committee to the erection of an organ in Windlestone Chapel, at a cost of £450, 27 May 1925
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: M/SF 310

Minute book of annual Sunday School meetings, 2 December 1956 - 21 November 1975
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 312

Minute book of Sunday School teachers' monthly meetings, 13 November 1968 - 10 February 1976
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 313

Trust account book, January 1957 - August 1974 At end of volume: organ fund account, 1969
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 314

Collection journal, 6 May 1957 - 2 June 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: M/SF 315

'Memories of Windlestone' by the Rev. C. Leslie Craig, 'Retrospect 1913-1963', and other historical notes written for golden jubilee brochure, 1963
(2 files and 1 paper)

Ref: M/SF 316

Church account book, 1 September 1974 - 26 August 1984
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 317

Copy working drawings of proposed extension to Social Hall, Windlestone Chapel, February 1978 Scale: 8 inches to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 84cm x 59cm, duplicated)

Ref: M/SF 318

Windlestone Methodist Church - 75th Anniversary 1913 - 1988, 1988
(1 booklet)

Ref: M/SF 319

Photograph of exterior of Windlestone Methodist Church, n.d. [c.1988]
(1 photograph, 16cm x 12cm, black and white)

(Ref: M/SF 320)

Spennymoor and Ferryhill Circuit

(Seventeenth Deposit)

(Acc: 1831(D))

Ref: M/SF 320

Plan and directory, 3 January - 27 March 1988
(1 booklet, printed)

(Ref: M/SF 321-322)

Eighteenth Deposit

(Acc: 2016(D)

Spennymoor and Ferryhill Circuit

Ref: M/SF 321

Circuit steward's audited account book, 4 March 1959 - 5 March 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: M/SF 322

Circuit overseas missions audited account book, April 1933 - December 1958
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Chilton Lane Ends Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 323-330)Ref: M/SF 323

Church log book containing annual property schedules, quinquennial inspections, fire and burglary precautions, insurance and details of maintenance and repairs, 8 November 1982 - 25 November 1988 For enclosures see M/SF/324
(1 file)

Ref: M/SF 324

Details of the projected circuit assessment for 1990/91 annotated for Chilton Lane Ends church, February 1990
(3 papers)

Ref: M/SF 325

Collection Journal, 6 March 1925 - 10 May 1936
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: M/SF 326

Collection Journal, 1 January 1979 - 25 August 1991 [Church closed 25 August 1991] For enclosures see M/SF/327 (1 volume, cloth bound) 327 Church balance sheet for 29 June - 23 November 1975
(1 paper)

Ref: M/SF 328

Church cash book, 20 December 1983 - 17 October 1991
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 329

Pulpit notices book, 27 March 1955 - 2 March 1958
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: M/SF 330

Pulpit notices book, 9 March 1958 - 26 June 1960
(1 volume, card bound)

(Ref: M/SF 331)

Nineteenth Deposit

(Acc: 2026(D)

Cassop Methodist Church

Ref: M/SF 331

Souvenir brochure of the opening of the new church by Rev. Arthur Simmons, Chairman of Darlington District, and a letter from Mrs. E. Burnip, Secretary to the Trustees, asking that he accept the brochure as a memento of the occasion, 7 March 1961
(4 papers)

Kirk Merrington Methodist Church (Ref: M/SF 332)Ref: M/SF 332

Souvenir illustrated brochure of the centenary celebrations, 1-23 July 1961
(1 booklet)

(Ref: M/SF 333)

Twentieth Deposit

(Acc: 2031(D)

Individual Churches

Rosa Street Methodist Church, Spennymoor

Ref: M/SF 333

Minute book of the Rosa Street Sisterhood, 10 January 1949 - 6 January 1964
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Trinity Methodist Church, Spennymoor (Ref: M/SF 334)Ref: M/SF 334

Minute book of Leaders' Meetings, 2 March 1964 - 15 October 1980
(1 volume, card bound)

Wesley Central Methodist Church, Spennymoor (Ref: M/SF 335-336)Ref: M/SF 335

Minute book of Trustees' Meetings, 10 February 1939 - 24 April 1966
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: M/SF 336

Minute book of Leaders' Meetings, 3 February 1949 - 12 March 1959
(1 volume, card bound)

(Ref: M/SF 337)

Twenty-First Deposit

(Acc: 2102(D))

Ref: M/SF 337

Circuit directory and plan of services, January 1992 - March 1992
(1 booklet, printed)

(Ref: M/SF 338-340)

Twenty-Second Deposit

(Acc: 2196(D))

Spennymoor and Ferryhill Circuit

Ref: M/SF 338

Minute book of General Purposes and Policy Committees, 6 April 1970 - 5 September 1990
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: M/SF 339

Minute book of Circuit Meetings, 7 December 1977 - 4 June 1986
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: M/SF 340

Minute book of Circuit Meetings, 3 September [1986] - 3 June 1987
(1 volume, leather half-bound)



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