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Darlington Presbyterian Church

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Catalogue Description

Records of St. George's Presbyterian Church and
Union Street Congregational Church,
deposited February 1985
(Acc: 112(D))(Ref: C/Da; P/Da)

County Record Office,
County Hall,
DURHAM.
DH1 5UL

In the late seventeenth and eighteenth century non-conformists of the congregational and presbyterian persuasion met together in rooms in Darlington. In 1806 the Congregationalists, who were a majority, seceded and met in rooms till 1812 when Bethel Chapel, Union Street, was opened. New premises built on the old site were opened in 1862 and remained in use until the congregation moved to Northgate United Reformed Church. Presbyterian meetings seem to have ceased till 1863 when services were held in the Mechanics Hall under the direction of Newcastle Presbytery and a separate preaching station was established in 1865. In 1869 St. George's Church, Northgate, opened, and when the Congregational Church united with them in 1975 it became Northgate United Reformed Church.

Catalogue Contents

Session (Ref: Pr/Da 1-3)

Minute book of the Kirk Session, November 1863 - February 1903
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Minute book of the Kirk Session, Mar.1903 - Sept. 1920
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Minute book of the Kirk Session, with list of trustees and elders (1868 - 1950), December 1933 - October 1951
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Deacons' Court (Board of Management) (Ref: Pr/Da 4-15)

Minute book of Deacons' court, with note on establishment of Presbyterian Church in Darlington, August 1863 - September 1874
(1 volume, leather bound)


Minute book of Deacons' court, October 1874 - October 1881
(1 volume, leather bound)


Minute book of Deacons' court, November 1881 - June 1887
(1 volume, leather bound)


Minute book of Deacons' court, indexed, July 1887 - September 1893
(1 volume, leather bound)


Minute book of Deacons' court, April 1900 - November 1906
(1 volume, leather bound)


Minute book of Deacons' court, December 1906 - January 1915
(1 volume, leather bound)


Minute book of Deacons' court, February 1915 - September 1926
(1 volinne, leather bound)


Minute book of Deacons' court, October 1926 - May 1932
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of Deacons' court, June 1932 - March 1936
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of Deacons' court, with minutes of Annual Meeting of the Congregation (February 1936), indexed, April 1936 - December 1946 Including list of trustees, and note that trust deeds at Barclay's Bank and inventory of deed box, deposited at Barclay's Bank, 1933
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Minute book of Deacons' court, January 1947 - March 1953
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Minute book of Deacons' court, March 1953 - March 1962
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Communicants Roll Books (Ref: Pr/Da 16-37/1-8)

Communicants' roll book, indexed, 1869 - 1901
(1 volume, spine leather bound)


Communicants' roll book, indexed, 1907 - 1910
(1 volume, calf quarter-bound)


Communicants' roll book, 1911 - 1914
(1 volume, leather quatrter-bound)


Communicants' roll book, indexed, 1915 - 1918
(1 volume, leather quatrter-bound)


Communicants' roll book, 1919 - 1926; with Springfield Mission Roll, 1919 - 1920
(1 volume, spine leather bound)


Communicants' roll book, 1927 - 1932
(1 volume, spine leather bound)


Communicants' roll book, 1933 - 1937
(1 volume, spine leather bound)


Communicants' roll book, 1938 - 1945
(1 volume, spine leather bound)


Communicants' roll book, 1946 - 1962
(1 volume, spine leather bound)


Minute book of Sunday School Teachers' Meetings, January 1883 - December 1887; with list of teachers
(1 volume, leather bound)


Minute book of Choir Meetings, October 1929 - February 1950
(1 volume, card bound)


Annual Reports, 1874 - 1876, 1878 - 1881, 1883 - 1886, 1895 - 1905, 1908 - 1915, 1923 - 1938, 1946 - 1956 (from 1895 reports list communicants)
(55 printed booklets)


Treasurer's cash book, March 1869 - December 1894
(1 volume, spine leather bound)


Treasurer's cash book, February 1956 - June 1963
(1 volume, spine leather bound)


Statement of Accounts, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1944, 1945, 1956, 1957, 1962
(10 papers)


Copy of trusts in conveyance, of 31 December 1881, relating to manse, 15 March 1910
(1 file)


Reports and correspondence relating to: Centenary procession for Temperance Movement, Bank of Hope n.d.; Afternoon Sunday School, 1981; weekly free will offering system, 1926; Sale of Work, 1927; Building and Finance Committee on St. George's Hall Building Fund, with list subscribers, 1928; Sunday School statistics, 1943 and 1944; Committee on the Welfare of Youth (1929) on employment of Church Sister 1932; statistical return on Rise Carr Mission, 1939; contents of deed box at Barclays Bank, 1984
(4 files, 13 papers)


Papers relating to districts for which elders responsible, and membership of church, 1922 - 1966
(1 file, 45 papers)


Programmes for the Young Men's Guild, 1893 - 1894; re-opening of Church Hall, 1910; Jubilee Celebrations, 1913; laying of Foundation Stone of new halls, 1924; Choir Festival, 1926; organ recita1, 1931; Sunday School Anniversary, 1932; concert in aid of Church Funds, 1934; Grand Highland Bazaar, 1935; Darlington Burns Association Ninth Annual Church Service 1935; Choir Sunday, 1935; Order of Service for Parade of No.1 Company 50th Divisional Royal Corps. of Signallers, C. Company 5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, and Ex Service Members of 5th D.L.I., 1936; Anniversary Service, 1936; Social Gathering, 1936; Young People's Council Conference, 1936; Order of Service in Commemoration of King George V, 1936; Form of Prayer and Consecretion for Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 1937; Darlington Burns Association Service, 1947; Sunday Evening Fellowship, n.d.; and Directory of Church Officers and Organisation, c.1920; with My Wife's Relations, a domestic farce by W.F. Chapman, published by Abel Heywood and Son Ltd., Manchester, n.d.
(25 papers, 1 booklet printed)


Plans of St. George's Presbyterian Church (original plans at church); John Ross, architect Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch
(7 plans, photocopies)


Correspondence on insurance for Church 1893 - 1894; accounts for St. George's Sunday School and Hall, 1925 - 1927; specification and estimate for redecoration of Manse, 1933, estimates for renewing guttering on Church, 1933
(3 files, 2 papers)


Bazaar Accounts and Vouchers' 1966 - 1974
(8 files)

Springfield Mission (Ref: Pr/Da 38-42)

Minute book of Springfield Committee, January1904 - November 1908
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of the Springfield Committee, December 1908 - March 1912
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of Mothers Meetings, with list of speakers, January 1933 - June 1935
(1 volume, card bound)


Annual Report of Springfield Sunday School, 1907
(1 volume, printed, paper bound)


Springfield Mission and Springfied Sunday School Annual Accounts, 1950
(2 papers)

 (Ref: Pr/Da 43/1-10-69)

St. George's Presbyterian Church(Additional Records)(Acc 127(D))

Treasurers' Papers


Financial statements, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1881, 1907, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922 Statement for 1907 lists office bearers and names and addresses of members
(17 papers, 1 printed booklet)


Treasurers' cash book for General Sustentation Fund, January 1873 - October 1879
(1 volume, paper bound)


Treasurer's cash book for General Sustentation Fund, January 1880 - December 1887
(1 vo1ume, paper bound)


Collector's book for District 1 and 2 for General Sustentation Fund, 1878 - 1880
(1 volume, paper bound)


Collector's book for District 3 for the General Sustentation Fund, 1878 - 1887
(1 volume. paper bound)


Collector's book for District 4 for the General Sustentation Fund, 1879 - 1881
(1 volume, paper bound)


Collector's book for District 4 for the General Sustentation Fund, 1881 - 1884
(1 volume, paper bound)


Collector's book for District 5 for the General Sustentation Fund, 1879 - 1882
(1 volume, paper bound)


Collector's book for District 5 for the General Sustentation Fund, 1885 - 1887
(1 vo1ume, card bound)


Collector's book for District 6 for the General Sustentation Fund, 1879 - 1883
(1 volume, card bound)


Collector's book for District 7 for the General Sustentation Fund, 1877 - 1879
(1 volume, paper bound)


Collector's book for District 7 for the General Sustentation Fund, 1880 - 1884
(1 votume, paper bound)


Collector's book for District 8 for the General Sustentation Fund, 1876 - 1879
(1 volume paper 1bound)


Collector's book for District 8 for the General Sustentation Fund, 1880 - 1884
(1 volume, binding lost)


Collector's book for District 9 for the General Sustentation Fund, 1877 - 1888
(1 volume, paper bound)


Collector's book for District 9 for the General Sustentation Fund, 1880 - 1882
(1 volume, paper bound)


List of members and subscriptions to Weekly Offering Fund, 1889 - 1890 (1 volume, spine leather bound) 60 List of members and subscriptions to Weekly Offering Fund, 1891 - 1893
(1 volume, spine leather bound)


Building site account, list of members and subscriptions, 1924 - 1927, and Building Fund account, October - December 1925
(1 volume, spine leather bound)


Collecting cards for Debt Extinction Fund, July 1882
(20 cards)


Financial statement of tract distribution, 1883; receipts from missionary homes, 1883, 1884; circular letter asking for the contribution of the Presbytery to the Synod Fund, 20 February 1883; three letters about contributions to the Sustentation Fund, April 1883 - January 1884; account of Women's Working Association for sale of work, 1884, with a few vouchers; subscription lists for contributions to watch gift of Rev. A.L. Rentoul, 1886
(10 papers, 1 file)


Organ Fund account, December 1893 - June 1894; collection card for the fund; vouchers, 1894
(1 volume, card bound, 1 paper, 1 file)


Bazaar Fund account, March - September 1894; cash book of receipts from stalls, 6 - 8 March 1894; cash received from advertising in catalogue, 6 - 8 March 1894; vouchers, 1894
(2 volumes, card bound, 2 papers, 1 file)


Manse purchase account with Barclays Bank, January 1910 - February 1916
(1 volume, card bound)


Statement of membership numbers; receipts from collections, seat rents, sustentation fund, etc., 1894 - 1896, 1913 - 1916
(1 file)


Recommendations for grant from Christmas Distribution of Bucks Charity, n.d. [c.1950]
(15 cards)


Voucher, 1871 - 1872, Sunday School accounts, 1881 - 1885, and restoration fund
(7 files)

Church Fabric (Ref: Pr/Da 70-75)

Tenders for painting the Church, 1880
(1 file)


Statement of particulars concerning the repair of the Church Spire damaged by gale, with list of subscriptions, tenders and account for repair by Joseph Blackburn of Nottingham, 11 December 1883; minute of Deacons Court which resolved to repair spire, 18 December 1883; tenders, 1883; correspondence and testimonials for Joseph Blackburn, November 1883 - May 1884; specification and drawings of spire by Neil Macara, architect, January 1884; specifications and tenders for repair of church spire, March - August 1903
(52 papers)


Specifications for lighting the church, contract with Messrs Cox, Walkers and Plan, July 1901
(2 papers)


Specification, tenders and plan for lighting the schoolroom, 1906
(1 file)


Tenders for organ blowing apparatus, with photographs of two organs installed by W.T. Alexander, and plan, 1908 - 1909
(1 file)


Sketch of proposed panelling in vestibule by J. Victor Deas, with letter suggesting improvements to vestibule, 24 September 1936
(2 papers)

Springfield Mission (Ref: Pr/Da 76-78)

Annual Report, 1907
(1 volume, printed, paper bound)


Minutes of two meetings, November and December, n.y.
(1 volume, paper bound)


Statistical returns on Mission and Sunday School, 1938 - 1948
(16 papers)

Miscellaneous (Ref: Pr/Da 79-89)

Fire Insurance Policy on Church and Fittings with Caledonian Fire and Life Insurance Company, 10 December 1878
(1 paper)


Copy of conveyance selling for parcel of land, No. 41 on Building Plan of Hopetown Estate, from Rev. Johnson to William Ferguson, George Cairns and G.C. Callendar, 13 September 1881
(1 paper)


Agreement for sale of house in Barry Street, from William Ferguson and George Cairns to John Clark, for £105, 26 January 1894
(1 paper)


Organists contracts, 1894, 1905, 1908
(3 papers)


Notice from Darlington Borough ordering paving of back street on east side of Northgate, 9 July 1901
(2 papers)


Programme for re-opening the Church Hall, 2 July 1910
(1 paper, printed)


Notices of Sale of Work, 24 March 1920 and 6 December 1922
(2 papers, printed)


List of marriages solemnized at St. George's, 1 January 1937 - 18 October 1947
(1 file)


Report on Quinquennial Visitation of Sandringham Road Church, West Hartlepool, 3 June 1942, and report on St. George's, Sunderland, n.d.
(2 papers)


Notice of services at St. George's and Rise Carr and Springfield Mission., n.d.
(2 papers, printed)


The First 100 Years at St. George's, 1865 - 1965
(1 volume, printed, paper bound)