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Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit

Reference: M/DDV Catalogue Title: Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit Area: Catalogue Category: Non-Conformist Church Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1860-2018

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Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/DDV )

Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit was formed in September 1972 from the amalgamation of Brandon and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit and Durham Methodist Circuit.

Brandon and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/DDV )

for marriages see also: M/BDV 22-28, 108

Registers of deeds (Ref: M/DDV )

1781-1782


Register of deeds, compiled c.1955
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of deeds, compiled c. 1976
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Plans and directories (Ref: M/DDV )

889-891


Plan and directory, October - December 1935
(1 paper)


Plan and directory, 24 January - 18 April 1971
(1 booklet)


Plan and directory, 23 April - 16 July 1972
(1 booklet)


Combined preaching plan, 23 July - 27 August 1972
(1 booklet)

Newsletters (Ref: M/DDV )

892


Circuit newsletter, June 1944- November 1945
(18 booklets)

Minutes (Ref: M/DDV )Circuit Executive minutes (Ref: M/DDV )

2098/1


Minute book, 22 September 1927 - 17 December 1953
(1 volume)

Quartlerly meetings (Ref: M/DDV )

372, 559-560


Quarterly Meetings, including several lists of ministers in Darlington District, 1899 - 1920
(1 volume)


Minutes of quarterly meetings, September 1935 - September 1960
(1 volume)


Minutes of quarterly meetings, December 1960 - June 1972
(1 volume)

Circuit committees (Ref: M/DDV )

53, 561-562


Minutes of Circuit Committee meeting re community roll, church visitors and fellowship groups, 13 November 1970
(1 file)


Minutes of circuit committees, September 1935 - February 1964
(1 volume)


Minutes of circuit committees, June 1964 - June 1972
(1 volume)

Circuit meetings (Ref: M/DDV )

373


Minute Book, 1935 - 1972
(1 volume)

Church Societies (Ref: M/DDV )Home Missionary (Ref: M/DDV )

548


Home Missionary account book, 1936 - 1972
(1 volume)

Women's Fellowship (Ref: M/DDV )

549


Women's Fellowship Committee minute book, 27 April 1944 - 5 November 1971
(1 volume)

Trustees (Ref: M/DDV )

50, 51-52, 54, 550


Schedules re individual churches annual trustees' meetings including details of trustees, documents, leasehold property, insurances and general administration, 1956 - 1969
(1 bundle)


Schedules re annual united trustees' meetings including details of documents, trustees, leasehold property, general administration and circuit enquiries, 1956 - 1966
(11 papers)


Schedule re annual meeting of the Circuit Chapel Committee including details of trustees, documents, leasehold property, insurances, general administration and circuit enquiries, n.d.
(1 paper)


Trust property schedules 'C' re current account, capital debt account, society and mission accounts of individual chapels, 1955 - 1971
(161 papers)


Lists of trustees of churches and manses, 1937 - 1964
(1 volume)

Statistics (Ref: M/DDV )

49, 55, 57


Schedules for quarterly and annual return of membership in individual churches, 1957 - June 1972
(1 bundle)


Schedules 'D' re statistical summary of trust property schedules 'C', 1947 - 1971 See also M/DDV 54
(1 booklet, 1 paper)


Forms re return of endowments, investments and other funds under Charities Act, 1960, [c. 1969]
(3 papers)

Financial records (Ref: M/DDV )

56, 58-60


Financial statements re individual churches, March 1956 - August 1972
(1 file)


Papers concerning connexional funds, 1965 - 1975
(3 papers)


File of accounts re quarterly assessments of individual churches, based upon membership, with related correspondence, 1959 - 1971
(1 file)


Circuit steward's accounts re annual and quarterly ministerial stipends, pension contributions, allowances etc., with related correspondence, February 1963 - May 1972
(1 file)

Registration (Ref: M/DDV section 01)

For marriages see: M/BDV 22-28 and M/BDV 108

Registers of baptisms (Ref: M/DDV )

Baptism register, 20 August 1942 - 31 December 1950 See also M/DDV 45
(1 volume)

Durham Wesleyan Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/DDV )

1288


Photocopy of Durham Wesleyan Circuit Plan of Appointments, August - October 1860
(1 paper, 42 cm. x 29.5 cm.)

Individual churches (Ref: M/DDV )Durham, Newton Hall, All Saints', Ecumenical Church (Ref: M/DDV )

1705-1719, 2090/1

Registration (Ref: M/DDV )Registers of marriages (Ref: M/DDV )

Register of marriages, 1 May 1971 - 19 August 1978
(1 volume)

Minutes (Ref: M/DDV )Church Committee/Council (Ref: M/DDV )

Minutes of the Newton Hall, All Saints' Church Committee, 16 February 1981 - 18 June 1985
(152 papers)


Minutes of Newton Hall, All Saints' Church Council, 15 February 1990 - 28 September 1998
(244 papers)

Miscellaneous (Ref: M/DDV )Church history (Ref: M/DDV )

Note, written by Ralph Smith, concerning the existing church centre at Newton Hall, April 1989
(1 paper)


Note concerning the role played in the Blue Coat School, Newton Hall, by the Anglican clergyman at Newton Hall, All Saints', 1990
(1 paper)


Note by Michael Hardy, 'Anglican Minister' in Newton Hall, concerning the history of the church in Newton Hall, December 1995
(1 paper)

Roles of church officers (Ref: M/DDV )

List of duties and responsibilities of stewards and wardens at Newton Hall, All Saints', n.d., 1990s
(7 papers)


Description of the roles of the teams at Newton Hall, All Saints', n.d., 1990s
(8 papers)


List of duties of the Traidcraft representative, n.d., 1990s
(1 paper)

Financial records (Ref: M/DDV )Church giving (Ref: M/DDV )

Note concerning church giving at Newton Hall, All Saints', by Eric Bennett and Audrey Mitchell, n.d., 1990s
(1 paper)

Church Societies (Ref: M/DDV )Youth organisations (Ref: M/DDV )

Notes on replies to the Durham Diocesan Lent Youth Survey, giving details of youth organisations in Newton Hall, All Saints', 22 and 24 March 1994
(1 paper)

Drop In Centre (Ref: M/DDV )

Circular letter from John Fairburn, church steward, to members of the church council, concerning a 'drop-in centre', c.1991
(1 paper)


Draft letter from Rev. M.J. Hardy, 31, York Crescent, Newton Hall, Durham, to Rev. M.G. Ryan, St. Bede's Presbytery, Newton Hall, Durham, concerning the possibility of a joint 'drop-in centre', 29 October 1991
(1 paper)

Ministry (Ref: M/DDV )

Note concerning the working of the ordained ministry in Newton Hall, n.d., 1990s
(1 paper)


Note concerning the possibility of using the 'Alpha' course at Newton Hall, All Saints', 1995
(1 paper)


Responses made by Newton Hall, All Saints', to a questionnaire for all churches in the Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit, 1996
(3 papers)

Broompark Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV )

478, 1820-1821, 2093-2097

Registration (Ref: M/DDV )

478

Registers of baptisms (Ref: M/DDV )

478


Register of baptisms, 26 August 1903 - 22 July 1973
(1 volume, card bound)

Quinquennial Inspections (Ref: M/DDV 1820)

Quinquennial report on Broompark Methodist Church, by Maughan, Reynolds and Partners, Regent Terrace, Gateshead, 12 September 2000
(1 file)

Property (Ref: M/DDV 1821)

Correspondence between the Methodist Property Office, Oldham Street, Manchester; J.W. Wood, surveyors, Old Elvet, Durham; Swinburne, Maddison, solicitors, North Bailey, Durham; concerning the sale of Broompark Methodist Church, 22 August 2001 - 21 March 2003 Includes: related valuation report, by J.W. Wood, 15 January 2003
(94 papers and 1 file)

Minutes (Ref: M/DDV 2093)

Rev. R. Pickney of Broompark Methodist Church's copy of agenda and related papers for Church Council meeting of St Andrew's Methodist Church, Brandon, 12 February 2001 Includes: minutes of Church Council meeting held on 16 October 2000; financial statement for 4 months ending 31 December 2000; figures for Finance and Property meeting of St Andrew's Methodist Church, Brandon, 5 Febuary 2001
(8 papers)

Financial records (Ref: M/DDV 2094/1-2097)

Cash book, 1 September 1981 - 31 August 2000
(1 volume)


Cash book, 1 September 2000 - 31 August 2001 Includes financial statement, 1 September 2000-April 2001 [when the church closed]
(4 papers)


Collection journal, 7 March 1976 - 15 March 2001
(1 volume)


Financial statements and related correspondence, 17 November 1999 - 31 August 2001 Includes notes from a meeting of Broompark and Brandon Methodist Churches regarding Broompark becoming a 'class' of Brandon, 7 June 1999; 'Concern for Life', newsletter from Public Issues and World Development Team of Darlington District, Sept 1999; Minutes of Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit Annual Meeting of Circuit Treasuers, 16 May 2000; Church Council meeting [of St Andrew's Methodist Church, Brandon] with financial statement, 16 October 2000;
(41 papers)


Statements of financial affairs of managing trustees and related correspondence, 16 October - 2 November 2000
(13 papers)

Brandon, St. Andrew Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV )

1915-1929, 2075, 2091-2092, 2099, 2100-2108

Church Societies (Ref: M/DDV )Women's Work Department (Ref: M/DDV )

2092/1


Treasurer's account book, 5 January 1970 - 2 August 1993
(1 volume)

Wednesday People (Ref: M/DDV )

1929


Programmes of 'Wednesday People' meetings at St. Andrew's Methodist Church, Carr Avenue, Brandon, 1996 and 1999
(2 papers, duplicated)

Women's World Day of Prayer (Ref: M/DDV )

2119


Women's World Day of Prayer minutes, 12 June 1964 - 3 March 2018 This volume was last stored in Brandon, St Andrew Methodist Church, but relates to an ecumenical initiative in the Brandon area
(1 volume)

Membership (Ref: M/DDV )Membership lists (Ref: M/DDV )

1915-1917, 2107/1


Membership roll book of Brandon, St. Andrew, Methodist Church, March 1981 - November 1986
(1 booklet, card bound)


Membership roll book of Brandon, St. Andrew's Methodist Church, September 1987 - April 1996
(1 booklet, card bound)


Membership lists of Brandon, St. Andrew's Methodist Church Council, 1996 - 2002
(22 papers)


Membership list including names and addresses, 27 July 1987
(3 papers)

Membership campaigns (Ref: M/DDV )

2106


'Your church needs you', a review of gifts and resources at St Andrew's, 1998 Questionnaires and responses
(11 papers)

Community rolls (Ref: M/DDV )

2108/1


Community roll including names and addresses, 27 July 1987
(2 papers)

Minutes (Ref: M/DDV )Church Council (Ref: M/DDV )

1919-1920


Minutes of church council meetings of Brandon, St. Andrew's Methodist Church, 5 October 1987; 18 October 1993 - 4 February 2002
(141 papers)


Minutes of Church Council meeting of Brandon, St. Andrew's Methodist Church, 20 October 1988
(18 papers)

Annual church meetings (Ref: M/DDV )

1918


Minutes of annual church meetings of Brandon, St. Andrew's Methodist Church, 13 April 1997 - 14 April 2002
(47 papers)

Finance and Property Committee (Ref: M/DDV )

1921


Minutes of the Finance and Property Committee of Brandon, St. Andrew's Methodist Church, 23 October 1995 - 28 January 2002
(136 papers)

Church Family Committee (Ref: M/DDV )

1923


Minute book of the Church Family Committee, Brandon, St. Andrew's Methodist Church, 19 September 1983 - 5 October 1992
(1 volume, card bound)

Worship Consultation meetings (Ref: M/DDV )

1924


Minutes of worship consultation meetings of Brandon, St. Andrew's Methodist Church, 2 June 1998 - 29 April 2002
(17 papers)

Financial records (Ref: M/DDV )Loans (Ref: M/DDV )

1925


Letters from the William Leech Property Trust, 4 St. James Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, to the Rev. Robert G. Wakefield, Meadowfield Area Methodist Church, and A. Aspinall, Meadowmount, Sleetburn Lane, Langley Moor, concerning loans of £5,000 to St. Andrew's Methodist Church, Brandon, 12 August 1982 and 19 September 1986
(2 papers)

Financial statements (Ref: M/DDV )

1926


Financial statements and annual accounts of St. Andrew's Methodist Church, Brandon, January 1990 - December 2001
(45 papers)

Cash books (Ref: M/DDV )

2099/1-2


Cash book, 2 September 1979 - 15 October 1989
(1 volume)


Cash book, 6 September 1989 - 20 July 1992
(1 volume)

Sections cash books (Ref: M/DDV )

2100/1
Including youth club, mother and toddler club


Cash book, 1991 - 31 August 2003
(1 volume)

Collections journals (Ref: M/DDV )

2101/1


Collections journal, 17 May 1992 - 28 February 1999
(1 volume)

Quinquennial inspections (Ref: M/DDV )

1927


Quinquennial inspection report on St. Andrew's Methodist Church, Brandon, by the Howarth Litchfield Partnership, architects, 4 Old Elvet, Durham, 10 January 1992
(3 papers)

Services (Ref: M/DDV )

1928


Programmes of services, St. Andrew's Church, Brandon, 1996 - 1998
(4 papers and 6 booklets)

Miscellaneous (Ref: M/DDV )

Thanks for the Memories: Eight Became One, February 2007 The publication describes the history of the eight churches in the Brandon area, which were closed and replaced by the Methodist Church of Brandon, St. Andrew, in 1983
(1 file, printed)

Stewardship (Ref: M/DDV )Agendas (Ref: M/DDV )

2102/1


Agendas of the Stewardship Committee, 30 January 1984 - 27 July 1987
(14 papers)

Correspondence etc (Ref: M/DDV )

2103-2105


Letters from the regional director Stewardship Steering Committee meetings and reports names and addresses of present and past church attenders members of various church groups including women's work, church choir, home fellowship, bible study, cleaning and gardening Stewardship campaigns Stewardships Family Meal, including gust list and table plan commissioning of visitors 1 November 1983 - 6 October 1987
(1 file)


Christian Stewardship at St Andrews, explaining changes that have taken place and an invitation to the Stewardship meal, n.d. [c. 1984]
(3 papers)


Invitation to the Family Meal from the minister and stewards of St Andrews Methodist Church, Brandon, 25 February 1984
(1 paper)

Stewards' meetings (Ref: M/DDV )

1922


Copy minutes of stewards meetings, Brandon, St. Andrew's Methodist Church, 4 February 1997 - 15 April 2002
(32 papers)

Registration (Ref: M/DDV section 01)Registers of baptisms (Ref: M/DDV )

2091/1


Register of baptisms, 21 September 1958 - 23 May 1993 Brandon St Andrew (before 1982 Brandon, Mount Calvary)
(1 volume)

Browney Lane Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV )

173-186, 1932, 2109
(church opened as the Browney Lane Primitive Methodist Church, 1929)
For baptisms see: M/DDV 242
For marriages see: M/BDV 115

Church Societies (Ref: M/DDV )Sunday School (Ref: M/DDV )Minutes (Ref: M/DDV )

2109/1


Sunday School minutes, 11 November 1968 - 30 January 1978
(1 volume)

Financial records (Ref: M/DDV )Trustees' accounts (Ref: M/DDV )

175-176


Trustees' account book, January 1928 - 17 March 1958
(1 volume)


Trustees' account book, 15 January 1958 -28 September 1976
(1 volume)

Collection journals (Ref: M/DDV )

177-178


Collection journal, 19 April 1959 - 8 December 1968
(1 volume)


Collection journal, 15 December 1968 - 27 November 1977
(1 volume)

Envelope collections (Ref: M/DDV )

180


Envelope collection register, no.2, 1962 - 1977
(1 volume)

Society cash books (Ref: M/DDV )

Society cash book, 1950 - 1977
(1 volume)

Correspondence (Ref: M/DDV )

181-183


Correspondence of J. Bell, Circuit Steward; R. Clough, Trustees' Secretary to Willington Methodist Church; C. Bartlett, Overseas Missions Treasurer; Rev. E.L. Minshull, Chairman of Darlington District of the Methodist Church; Rev. R. Davison, South Shields Methodist Church; M. Skelton; Robert Muckle, Son & Hall, solicitors at Newcastle upon Tyne and others to Rev. L. Long, re appointment of Rev. R. Waller at Elvet Methodist church, appointment of Overseas Missions Secretary at Brandon Lane Methodist Church, transfer of Willington Methodist Church property to Custodian Trust, donation of M. Skelton, and invitations to Brandon Lane Methodist Church's 40th anniversary celebrations, 10 March 1969 - 6 April 1968
(24 papers)


Correspondence of A. Gilmore Ltd. to Rev. T. Hall re estimate of alterations to church, 13 November 1950
(1 paper)


Brandon and Byshottles U.D.C. notice of approved plan for proposed erection of vestry and lavatories with related correspondence, 3 April 1951
(1 file)

Plans (Ref: M/DDV )

184


Plan of proposed primitive Methodist chapel and school, 12 March 1928 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan)

Miscellaneous (Ref: M/DDV )

185-186


Programme of 40th anniversary celebrations including list of ministers (1929 - 1969), 4 October 1969
(1 paper)


Child's prayer card, n.d.
(1 booklet)

Minutes (Ref: M/DDV )Church Family Committee (Ref: M/DDV )

1932


Minutes of the Church Family Committee meetings, Browney Lane Methodist Church, 12 December 1978 - 14 February 1980
(1 file)

Leaders and Society (Ref: M/DDV )

173-174, 179


Leaders and Society meetings minutes, 12 January 1954 - 10 November 1972
(1 volume)


Constitution of the leaders' meeting, 18 November 1969 Originally enclosed in M/DDV 173
(1 file)

Langley Moor Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV )

2110-2114

Formerly Wesleyan Methodist and previously known as Boyne Methodist Church.

In 1954 the amalgamation took place of the three churches in Langley Moor, High Street South, Rehoboth and the Boyne, to form the Langley Moor Methodist Church. The premises at the Boyne were retained while High Street South and Rehoboth were sold in 1958.

Financial records (Ref: M/DDV )Collection journals (Ref: M/DDV )

211, 2110/1-2


Collection journal, 1958 - 1970
(1 volume)


Collection journal, 28 June 1970 - 25 September 1977 [final service held at Langley Moor, 25 September 1977]
(1 volume)


Collection journal, 6 June 1971 - 1 January 1978
(1 volume)

Account books (Ref: M/DDV )

417-419, 2111/1


Account Book of High Street South Methodist Church, Langley Moor, 1934 - 1945
(1 volume)


Account Book of High Street South Methodist Church, Langley Moor, 1935 - 1949
(1 volume)


Account Book of High Street South Methodist Church, Langley Moor, 1950 - 1955
(1 volume)


Account book, January 1955 - 7 December 1974
(1 volume)

Cash books (Ref: M/DDV )

2112/1


Cash book, 3 September 1967 - 27 November 1977
(1 volume)

Vestry cash books (Ref: M/DDV )

Vestry cash book, no.1, 13 October 1963 - 10 September 1967
(1 volume)


Vestry cash book, no.1, 17 September 1967 - 28 August 1971
(1 volume)

Collection accounts (Ref: M/DDV )

Collection accounts, 12 November 1966 - 21 June 1970
(1 volume)

Membership (Ref: M/DDV )Membership lists (Ref: M/DDV )

416, 2113/1


Register of Names and Addresses of High Street South Methodist Church, Langley Moor, 1960's
(1 volume)


Membership list, September 1976 Originally enclosed in M/DDV 2112/1
(1 paper)

Church Societies (Ref: M/DDV )Sunday School (Ref: M/DDV )Financial records (Ref: M/DDV )

2114/1


Sunday School cash book, 26 September 1954 - March 1974
(1 volume)

Minutes (Ref: M/DDV )

Sunday school meetings minute book, 26 January 1941 - 7 January 1952
(1 volume)


Minute Book of Teachers at a Sunday School (title page missing). Associated with papers of High Street South Methodist Church, Langley Moor, 1949 - 1954
(1 volume)

Record book (Ref: M/DDV )

Sunday school record book with index, 1954 - 1964
(1 volume)

Attendance registers (Ref: M/DDV )

Sunday school boys' attendance register, 1949 - 1954
(1 volume)


Sunday school girls' attendance register, 1949 - 1953
(1 volume)


Sunday school girls' attendance register, 1954
(1 volume)


[Sunday school] attendance register, 1952
(1 file)


Sunday school boys' register, 1954
(8 photographs, 9 cm x 6.5 cm, black and white, mounted on paper and 1 photograph, 10.5 cm x 8 cm, black and white)


Sunday school register for beginners, primary and juniors, c.1965
(4 folders)


Attendance Register of Sunday School. No identification. Amongst records of High Street South Methodist Church, Langley Moor, 1933 - 1939
(1 volume)

Registration (Ref: M/DDV )Registers of baptisms (Ref: M/DDV )

221-222
For register of baptisms 1951-1958 see M/DDV 242


Baptism register, 17 March 1927 - 27 September 1953
(1 volume)


Baptism register, 26 October 1958 - 4 January 1976
(1 volume)

Reports (Ref: M/DDV )

Report of a joint meeting of the leaders of Boyne, High Street South and Rehoboth churches re their amalgamation, 10 September 1954
(2 papers)

Stewards (Ref: M/DDV )

Church steward's diary, 1977
(1 volume)

Correspondence (Ref: M/DDV )

236-238, 241, 422-423


Correspondence between the Rev. A.C. Langford; Department for Chapel Affairs at Manchester; F. Hedley, chartered architect at Durham and others re amalgamation of the High Street, Rehoboth and Boyne churches in Langley Moor and retention, repairs and extension of Boyne chapel including plan of proposed extension, 21 September 1954 - 14 November 1962
(3 files, 14 papers, 1 plan)


Correspondence between Rev. D.E. Wright, Superintendent Minister; Rev. O. Phillipson, Secretary to the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes, at Manchester and Rev. J.S.B. Phippen, Secretary to the Methodist Chapel Aid Association Ltd., re securing of financial aid, 9 September - 8 December 1958
(8 papers)


Correspondence received by Rev. J. Williams and Rev. F.H. Sutton, successive Superintendent Ministers, from the Methodist Insurance Company at Manchester and Llewellyn Bradshaw & Hartley, Loss Adjusters at Newcastle upon Tyne re fire damage and repairs to the church organ, 9 May 1969 - 20 June 1972
(1 file)


Notice of receipt signed by Rev. H. Saunders, Superintendent Minister, re deeds and documents from Boyne and Brandon, Trinity, churches upon their transfer from the [Durham Methodist Circuit], 6 December 1935 Originally enclosed in M/DDV 82
(1 file)


Correspondence concerning upkeep of High Street South Methodist Church, Langley Moor, 1949 - 1953
(1 file, 10 papers)


Correspondence, all conveying apologies for inability to attend and perform at Methodist entertainments, of high Street South Methodist Church, Langley Moor, 1952 - 1954
(8 papers)

Insurance (Ref: M/DDV )

239


Expired insurance policies re chapel and school buildings with related correspondence, 10 November 1933 - 1961
(1 file)

Photographs (Ref: M/DDV )

424-426


Photograph of group dressed for Christmas story. Associated with high Street Methodist Church, Langley Moor papers, 1937
(1 photograph, black and white)


Photograph of amateur theatrical group. Endorsed 1937, no further identification associated with high Street Methodist Church, Langley Moor papers, 1937
(1 photograph, black and white)


Photograph of unidentified group, 2 adults, 16 children in front of an organ. Associated with photographs dated 1937, in high Street South Methodist Church, Langley Moor, 1930's, n.d.
(1 photograph, black and white)

Miscellaneous (Ref: M/DDV )

2021


Tree of Memory, painted by P. Robertson, 1957
(1 paper, 38 cm. x 49.5 cm., colour)

Minutes (Ref: M/DDV )Trustees' minutes (Ref: M/DDV )

413-414, 497


Minute Book of Trustees of High Street South Methodist Church, Langley Moor, Including extracts from Spennymoor Circuit Records, 1871 - 1875 concerning history of Brandon Circuit, 1919 - 1935
(1 volume)


Minute Book of Trustees of High Street South Methodist Church, Langley Moor, 1935 - 1954
(1 volume)


Minutes of Trustees' Meetings of Langley Moor Church, 16 March 1963 - 30 September 1976
(1 volume)

Leaders' minutes (Ref: M/DDV )

415, 496


Minute Book of Leaders of High Street South Methodist Church, Langley Moor, 1939 - 1948
(1 volume)


Minutes of Leaders' Meetings of Langley Moor Church, 4 January 1955 - 7 July 1977
(1 volume)

Brandon, Trinity Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV )

435-436, 440-447, 1017-1042, 2065, 2115-2117

Financial records (Ref: M/DDV )Building Fund accounts (Ref: M/DDV )

2115


Meadowfield Area Building Fund accounts, 3 August 1977 - April 1991 [Original church opened in May 1983 and its extension in May 1989]
(1 volume)

Account books (Ref: M/DDV )

2116-2117


Accounts, including Sunday School anniversary collections, sales of work, repairs and excursions, 1929-1977
(1 volume)


Accounts, 10 January 1948 - 1 August 1977
(1 volume)

Accounts of the Poor (Ref: M/DDV )

440


Account book of the Poor Fund, February 1957 - 1974
(1 booklet)

Other financial records (Ref: M/DDV )

445-447


Bank statement for Brandon Trinity Methodist Church in account with Lloyds Bank, 9 January 1978 and 10 January 1978 Originally enclosed in M/DDV 448
(2 papers)


Account book [Brandon Trinity Methodist Church?]. unspecified society, 30 November 1974 - December 1977 For enclosures see M/DDV 445
(1 volume)


Letter from Co-operative Bank to Miss E. Bailey concerning closure of bank accounts, 25 August 1977. Originally enclosed in M/DDV 8
(1 paper)

Minutes (Ref: M/DDV )

Minute Book of Leaders, 1947 - 1977
(1 volume)


Minute Book of Society, 1953 - 1977
(1 volume)

Correspondence (Ref: M/DDV )

Letter from Wesleyan Chapel Committee, Manchester, to Rev. T.H. Bailey [superindendent minister of circuit] consenting to the opening of a new Wesleyan Methodist church at Brandon, 25 April 1905
(1 paper)


Letter from J.P. Addison, Surveyor of Brandon and Byshottles District Council to Rev. Mr. Kitching [superintendent minister of circuit], concerning an application made by [Trinity] Methodist Church to the Methodist Chapel Committee for a grant towards the extinction of a debt on the property, 15 December 1933; also copy letter from [Rev.] H.H. Ashby [superintendent minister of Durham Circuit] to Mr. [J.P.] Addison [Surveyor of Brandon and Byshottles District Council], concerning the same matter, 14 March 1932
(2 papers)


Consent for the alteration of vestries etc. at Trinity Methodist Church as granted by the Wesleyan Chapel Committee, Manchester, 4 May 1932
(1 paper)


Letters and memorandum from Methodist Chapel Committee, Manchester, to Rev. William T. Kitching [superintendent minister of circuit], concerning a grant paid by the committee toward the extinction of the debt on Trinity Methodist Church, 18 December 1933 - 24 July 1934
(5 papers)


Grant made by the General [Methodist] Chapel Committee, Manchester, toward the extinction of the debt on Trinity Methodist church, 10 January 1934
(1 paper)


Letters from Crute and Sons, Sunderland, solicitors, to Rev. J. Henderson [superintendent minister of circuit], concerning the purchase by the Methodist church of the freehold of Trinity Methodist Church and also Rehoboth Methodist Church, Langley Moor, which have both previously been leasehold; also included: solicitor's receipted bill for legal fees paid in respect of the purchase of the freehold of Trinity Methodist Church, 2 March 1948 - 9 June 1950
(6 papers)


Letter from the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes, Manchester to Rev. Wm. Daglish [superintendent minister of circuit], concerning a refund of excess duty paid in respect [of the purchase of the freehold of] Trinity Methodist Church, 31 August 1950
(1 paper)


Letters from the North East Electricity Board to Rev. H. Davison, [superintendent minister of the circuit], concerning the wayleave agreement as described in M/DDV 1040, 15 December 1961 - 31 January 1962
(2 papers)


Wayleave agreement between the trustees of Trinity Methodist Church and North Eastern Electricity Board, concerning apparatus erected on the trustees property; also attached plan of proposed electricity supply to police houses and office at Meadowfield, 11 January 1962
(1 file)


List of deeds and other documents relating to Trinity Methodist Church, 20 November 1965
(1 paper)


Copy letter from Rev. R.G. Wakefield, superintendent minister of the circuit, to Messrs. Wilson, Maddison and Co., Durham, solicitors, sent to accompany various deeds and documents (not attached) required for the sale of Trinity Methodist Church to B. Knight, The Oaks, Bearpark, 25 August 1981
(1 paper)

Trustees (Ref: M/DDV )

Letter from Wesleyan Chapel Committee, Manchester, to Rev. C. Bone, [superintendent minister of circuit], concerning a memorandum of choice and appointment [of trustees] for [Trinity] Methodist Church, 5 February 1920
(1 paper)


Forms of resignation of trustees of [Trinity] Methodist Church, 1919, also memorandum from Wesleyan Chapel Committee, Manchester, to Rev. C. Bone [superintendent minister of circuit] concerning the above resignations, 19 February 1920
(8 papers)


Forms of resignation of trustees of [Trinity] Methodist church, 1942
(5 papers)


Form signed by persons consenting to act as trustees of [Trinity] Methodist Church, 1942
(1 paper)


Forms of resignation for trustees at Trinity Methodist Church, 1952
(3 papers)


Form signed by persons consenting to act as trustees of Trinity Methodist Church, 1953
(1 paper)


Letter from Methodist Church Department for Chapel Affairs, Manchester, to Rev. W. Daglish [superintendent minister of circuit], concerning the completion of a memorandum of choice and appointment [of trustees] at Trinity Methodist Church, August 1953
(1 paper)


Acknowledgement of receipt by the Methodist Church Department for Chapel Affairs, Manchester, for a renewal of trust by memorandum of choice and appointment for Trinity Methodist Church, 21 September 1953
(1 paper)


Letter from Methodist Church Department for Chapel Affairs, Manchester, to Rev. W. Daglish, superintendent minister of the circuit, concerning the completion of a memorandum of choice and appointment [of trustees] at Trinity Methodist Church, 17 November 1953
(1 paper)


Form signed by persons consenting to act as trustees at Trinity Methodist Church, 1957
(1 paper)


Letter from Methodist Church Department for Chapel Affairs, Oldham Street, Manchester, to Rev. Hugh A. Davison, superintendent minister of the circuit, concerning the completion of a memorandum of choice and appointment [of trustees] of Trinity Church, 12 September 1957
(1 paper)

Registration (Ref: M/DDV )Registers of baptisms (Ref: M/DDV )

169


Register of baptisms, 25 March 1927 - 26 February 1956
(1 volume)

Church Societies (Ref: M/DDV )Sunday school (Ref: M/DDV )Minutes (Ref: M/DDV )

441


Minute book of Sunday School, 12 January 1950 - 16 December 1974
(1 volume)

Financial records (Ref: M/DDV )

444


Bank statement for Brandon Trinity Methodist Sunday School in account with Co-operative Bank Ltd. 12 August 1977 and 23 August 1977 Originally enclosed in M/DDV 8
(2 papers)

Membership (Ref: M/DDV )

Cradle roll for Brandon, Trinity Sunday School, 1953 - 1975
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Women's Fellowship (Ref: M/DDV )

442-443


Account book of Women's Fellowship, 1 November 1972 - 13 October 1976
(1 volume)


Accounts of Women's Fellowship, 1971-1976
(6 papers)

Registration of church (Ref: M/DDV )

Letters from the Superintendent Registrar of Durham District Register Office to Rev. F. Humble, Langley Moor, concerning an application made by Trinity Methodist Church for registration for the solemnisation of marriages, 10 May 1944 - 14 May 1945
(2 papers)


Certificate registering Trinity Methodist Church as a place of meeting for religious worship, 2 May 1945
(1 paper)


Certificate of registry for the solemnization of marriages at Trinity Methodist Chapel, 12 May 1945
(1 membrane, parchment)


Letters from General Register Office, Blackpool, Lancs., to Rev. F. Humble, Langley Moor, concerning the application for appointment of an authorised person under the provisions of The Marriage Act, 1898 at Trinity Methodist Church, 7 September 1945 - 8 October 1945
(3 papers)

Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/DDV )Circuit plans and directories (Ref: M/DDV )

Circuit plan and directory, January - March 1995
(1 booklet)


Circuit plan and directory, April - June 1995
(1 booklet)


Circuit plan and directory, July - October 1995
(1 booklet)


Circuit plan and directory, October - December 1995
(1 booklet)


Circuit plan and directory, January - March 1996
(1 booklet)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit plan and newsletters, January 2006 - June 2006, October 2006 - March 2007
(4 booklets)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1294-1378)

Individual Churches

Elvet Methodist Church
(formerly Wesleyan Methodist)


Weekly church notices, 24 December 1994 - 25 December 1995
(66 papers)


Elvet year book for 1983-84
(2 papers)


Elvet year book for 1995-6
(1 booklet)


Elvet year book for 1996-7
(1 booklet)


Elvet Newsletter , February 1995 - January 1996 August-September edition includes colour photographs from the morning service televised by I.T.V. on 14 May 1995
(6 booklets)


Elvet Newsletter, February 1996 - November 1996
(5 booklets)


Address list of Elvet Methodist Church, August 1991
(2 papers)


Address list of Elvet Methodist Church, September 1995
(2 papers)


Audited Church Accounts (signed), 1 September 1980 - 31 August 1983
(1 volume)


Audited Church Accounts (signed), 1 September 1983 - 31 August 1988
(1 volume)


Audited Church Accounts (signed), 1 September 1988 - 31 August 1992
(1 volume)


A guide to pledge giving envelopes and covenanting, issued by Elvet Methodist Church, 1996
(1 paper)


Amendments to Clause 4 of the deed of union clarifying the position of the diaconal order, to be considered by Elvet Church Council, 23 February 1995 (1 paper) Contact prints from a set of glass negatives taken by Mr. W.A. Bramwell


View of the interior of Elvet Methodist Church showing the pulpit on the left side and a piano on the right; also showing the brass handles on the pew ends for umbrellas, parasols or sticks, n.d., [1920s - 1930s] See also: M/DDV 772 and M/DDV 1308
(1 photograph, 7.5 cm. x 9.5 cm., black and white)


Enlargement of view of the interior of Elvet Methodist Church, n.d., [1920s - 1930s] See also: M/DDV/772 and M/DDV 1307
(1 photograph, 19 cm. x 22 cm., black and white)


Portrait of an Elvet Methodist Church member, C.F. Dawson, esq., n.d., [early 20th c.] See also: M/DDV 777 and M/DDV 1310
(1 photograph, 7.5 cm. x 9.5 cm., black and white)


Enlargement of the portrait of an Elvet Methodist Church member, C.F. Dawson, esq., n.d., [early 20th c.] See also: M/DDV 777 and M/DDV 1309
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm. x 20.5 cm., black and white)


Portrait of Miss Windross, an Elvet Methodist Church member who ran a fancy work shop at 9 Saddler Street in the 1890s and early 1900s, n.d., [late 1890s and early 1900s] See also: M/DDV 778 and M/DDV 1312
(1 photograph, 7.5 cm. x 9.5 cm., black and white)


Enlargement of the portrait of Miss Windross, an Elvet Methodist Church member, n.d., [late 1890s and early 1900s] See also: M/DDV 778 and M/DDV 1311
(1 photograph, 12 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)


Portrait of James Chambers, an Elvet Methodist Church member and trustee who was a solicitor at 40 Saddler Street, n.d., [early 1900s] See also: M/DDV 779 and M/DDV 1314
(1 photograph, 7.5 cm. x 9.5 cm., black and white)


Enlargement of the portrait of James Chambers, n.d., [early 1900s] See also: M/DDV 778 and M/DDV 1313
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)


Portrait of Mr. Tripcony, Elvet Methodist Church member and cafe manager at 5 Saddler Street, n.d., [early 1900s] See also M/DDV 780 and M/DDV 1316
(1 photograph, 7.5 cm. x 9.5 cm., black and white)


Enlargement of the portrait of Mr. Tripcony, n.d., [early 1900s] See also: M/DDV 780 and M/DDV 1315
(1 photograph, 12 cm. x 18.5 cm., black and white)


An Elvet Wesleyan group of men outside Elvet Church, n.d., [?1913-14] See also: M/DDV 787
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 7.5 cm., black and white)


An Elvet Wesley Guild group taken at Blanchland, 1923 See also: M/DDV 778 and M/DDV 1319
(1 photograph, 9.5 cm. x 7.5 cm., black and white)


Enlargement of the photograph of an Elvet Wesley Guild group taken at Blanchland, 1923 See also: M/DDV 788 and M/DDV 1318
(1 photograph, 17 cm. x 11 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Elvet Youth Fellowship with incomplete key to names, n.d., [1940s] See also: M/DDV 790
(1 paper and 1 photograph, 10 cm. x 7.5 cm., black and white)


Elvet scouts, guides and cubs taken outside Elvet Methodist Church, November 1940 See also: M/DDV 792 and M/DDV 1322
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 7.5 cm., black and white)


Enlargement of the photograph of Elvet Methodist Church scouts, guides and cubs, November 1940 See also: M/DDV 792 and M/DDV 1321
(1 photograph, 20.5 cm. x 12.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Elvet Methodist Church members playing bowls, n.d., [1920s] See also M/DDV 793 and enlargement M/DDV 1324
(1 photograph, 9.5 cm. x 7.5 cm., black and white)


Enlargement of photograph of Elvet Methodist Church members playing bowls, n.d., [1920s] See also: M/DDV 793 and M/DDV 1323
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Elvet Bowling Group of E.W. Claughan, J. Shepherd, M. Mawson and --- Mangle, n.d., [1920] See also: M/DDV 794
(1 photograph, 9.5 cm. x 7.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Elvet choir, outside Elvet Methodist Church, with incomplete numbered key, 1926 See also: M/DDV 737 and M/DDV 789
(1 paper and 1 photograph, 10 cm. x 7.5 cm.)


Photograph taken outside unidentified building on the annual outing of the members of "The Henpecked Club" of Elvet Methodist Church, photographer Mr. A. Bramwell, n.d., [1920s]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Copy of the terms, conditions and duties of the caretaker of Elvet Methodist Church, 1948-9
(1 file)


Photograph of Elvet Methodist Junior Church with the Rev. Ralph Waller taken outside the church, n.d., [1976-7?]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Elvet Methodist Junior Church with the Rev. Ralph Waller taken outside the church, November 1979
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9.5 cm., black and white)


Photocopy of the illustrated programme for the services celebrating the centenary of the second Elvet Church (Chapel Passage), 15-29 November 1908
(1 booklet)


Report on funding the reordering of Elvet Methodist Church given by Cecil Claxton at the annual church meeting when the decision was taken to reorder the church, May 1991
(6 papers and 9 mounted overhead transparencies, 33.5 cm. x 33 cm.)


Records of E.R.A. (Elvet Renewal Action - for the reordering of the church) including correspondence by Dr. J.V. Major of 5 Percy Terrace, Neville's Cross, DH1 4DY, with David Myles of Pattison Myles Partnership, architects and design consultants, 8 Osborne Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1NE; K. Swales, Director of Technical Services, City of Durham; Methodist Church Property Division, Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester, M1 1JQ, and others; draft plans of the proposed alterations and minutes of the Reordering Committee, the Church Council and the annual church meeting, 1985 - 1991, dealing with the period up to acceptance of the reordering scheme, and 1991 - 1993, dealing with period prior to the beginning of the work, 21 May 1985 - 21 December 1993
(1 file)


Card illustrated with a view in colour of the interior of Elvet Methodist Church inviting members and friends to celebrate the end of the recordering of the buildings, June 1994
(1 paper with 1 photograph, 12.5 cm. x 8 cm. colour)


Programme for a concert given in Elvet Methodist Church by the Northern Sinfonia Ensemble as part of the celebration of the completion of the reordering of the church and its ancillary buildings, 22 November 1994
(1 paper)


Introduction leaflet including city plan and programme for the 'Celebration of Flowers' to mark Elvet's 225th Anniversary, 17-20 November 1995 and advance booking form, October 1995
(1 paper)


Leaflet advertising the events of the celebration of 225 years of Methodism in Durham City and at Elvet, 16-20 November 1995
(1 paper)


Photographs of the 'Celebration in Flowers' celebrating the 225th Anniversary of Durham Methodism at Elvet Methodist Church, 16-20 November 1995
(32 photographs, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


View of Elvet Methodist Church schoolroom with (left to right) Judith James, Pat Johnson and Margaret Russell at the buffet preview party for the 'Celebration of Flowers', 16 November 1995
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


View of plants for sale (from Houghall Agricultural College) during the 'Celebration of Flowers' with Helen Major, November 1995
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Programme for 'A Celebration in Flowers', a flower festival in Elvet Methodist Church to commemorate 225 years of Methodism in Durham City, 17-20 November 1995
(1 booklet)


Ticket for the celebration dinner marking the 225th anniversary of Methodism in Durham City, 18 November 1995
(1 paper)


Group taken at the 225th Anniversary dinner held in Elvet Methodist Church schoolroom (from left to right) Audrey Gourd, Russell Gourd, Norma Bawden (hostess), Margaret Russell (hostess), George Scott, Emily Scott; in the background, Gillian Brown, Douglas and Anne Holland, 18 November 1995
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


View of Elvet Methodist Church from the gallery showing preparations for the Hill-Wiltschinsky Guitar Duo concert, 20 November 1995
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Photograph of Keith Johnson (Chairman of E.R.A. Committee), John Major (Treasurer and Secretary of E.R.A. Committee) with Bob Winter in the outer foyer of Elvet Methodist Church before the Hill-Wiltschinsky Guitar Duo concert which concluded the 225th Anniversary celebrations, 20 November 1995
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


List of ministers and local preachers known to have preached at the first Elvet Meeting House between 1770 and 1808, displayed as part of the 225th anniversary archive exhibition, November 1995
(1 paper)


List of ministers of the second Elvet Methodist Church in Chapel Passage, 1808 - 1903, displayed as part of the 225th anniversary archive exhibition, November 1995
(2 papers)


List of ministers of the third Elvet Church on Old Elvet, 1903-1995, displayed as part of the 225th anniversary archive exhibition, November 1995
(1 paper)


Table cloth with embroidered signatures of Elvet members and visitors, which commemorates the 225th anniversary of Elvet Methodism (1770-1995), 1995-96 The cloth was used for fund raising: £2 was charged for each signature which was then embroidered by Nanci Johnson. The first person to sign was the Rev. Leslie Griffiths, President of the Methodist Conference, 1994-5, who was preaching at the circuit service on 5 March 1995; the cloth was also signed by the Right Reverend Michael Turnbull, Bishop of Durham, who was the guest preacher at the 225th Anniversary weekend on the 19 November 1995 and by Mrs. Susan Howdle, Vice-President of the Methodist Conference, 1993-94, who was guest preacher at the 226th Anniversary weekend
(1 tablecloth, cotton, 113 cm. x 115 cm. and 1 paper)


Talent directories, August, September and October 1995 In 1995 a talents scheme offered members the opportunity to increase the £5 given to prime their fund raising schemes in the 225th anniversary year; periodically talents directories were issued to inform people what was available.
(3 papers)


Illustrated article from the Northern Echo concerning the celebrations of the 225th anniversary of Methodism in Durham City at Elvet, 10 November 1995
(1 newspaper cutting, 30.5 cm. x 16 cm.)


Methodist Recorder account of the 225th anniversary celebrations at Elvet Methodist Church (November 1995) and the subsequent stewardship review (January 1996) illustrated by a photograph of Bob Raymond's sculpture of 'The Good Shepherd', 22 February 1996
(1 newspaper cutting, 14 cm. x 41.5 cm.)


Circular letter to members from the Rev. G. Carter, 9 The Peth, Durham, concerning the stewardship renewal programme with notification of the family gathering and meal to be held on 19 January 1996 at the Three Tuns Hotel, Durham City, October 1995
(1 paper)


Circular letter to members from the Rev. G. Carter, 9 The Peth, Durham, giving details of the church gathering and meal on 19 January 1996 and of other meetings in January 1996, December 1995
(1 paper)


Introductory leaflet about stewardship renewal programme 'Higher, Wider, Deeper' at Elvet Methodist Church, January 1996
(1 paper)


Stewardship programme diary of events, January - February 1996
(1 paper)


Prayer card in connection with Elvet Christian Stewardship programme, 1995-96
(1 paper)


Invitation to be a host/hostess at the church gathering on 19 January 1996 and guidance notes for hosts/hostesses, January 1996
(2 papers)


Invitation to the family gathering and meal (to include presentations, drama and music) at the Three Tuns Hotel, New Elvet, on 19 January 1996
(1 paper)


Introduction and menu for the family gathering and meal held at the Three Tuns Hotel in New Elvet, 19 January 1996
(1 paper)


Order of service for the commissioning of visitors for the stewardship renewal programme led by the Rev. Graham Carter, preacher William Swires, 21 January 1996
(1 paper)


Director's report of the Elvet Methodist Church's Stewardship Renewal Programme 1996 by William Swires, January 1996
(1 file)


Report of meeting held at Elvet Methodist Church to discuss formation of a lunch club and report of survey to assess possible support, 28 March 1996
(1 paper)


Timetable of events connected with the morning service televised by I.T.V. from Elvet Methodist Church on 14 May 1995
(1 paper)


Order of service for a Good Friday service held by Elvet, North Road and Gilesgate Methodist Churches at North Road Methodist Church, 14 April 1995
(1 paper)


Card giving details of the Christmas services for Elvet churches together, 17 - 25 December 1995
(1 paper)


Durham Churches Together programme of Holy Week services, 1996
(1 paper)


Bulletin of news items from the 1995 Methodist Conference supplied to Elvet Methodist Church members with the weekly church notices, July 1995
(1 paper)


Programme for the Elvet Methodist Church Away Day held at Minsteracres Monastery on the theme of 'Paths to Prayer: an exploration', 6 July 1996
(1 paper)


Order of communion service used at the Elvet Methodist Church Away Day at Minsteracres Monastery, 6 July 1996
(1 paper)


Ticket for a quiz night at Elvet Methodist Church to raise funds for church project, 4 November 1994
(1 paper)


Ticket for One World Week lunch held in Elvet Methodist Church schoolroom after the morning service, 29 October 1995
(1 paper)


Programme for 'Follow the Star' a musical and dramatic family entertainment performed at Elvet Methodist Church, 15-16 December 1995
(1 paper)


List of forthcoming musical occasions at Elvet Methodist Church, 3 March - 3 August 1996
(1 paper)


Ticket for Elvet Methodist Church barbecue held in aid of Elvet Renewal Action, 8 September 1996
(1 card, 9 cm. x 6 cm.)


Programme for E.T.N.A. (Elvet Tuesday Night Alternative), 1995-96
(1 paper)


Programme for Thursday Club, 1995-96
(1 paper)


Programme for Thursday Club, 1996-97
(1 paper)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1379-1382)

Jubilee Primitive Methodist Church, Durham City
(United with Bethel (New Connexion) Methodist Church to form North Road Methodist Church in 1961)


Illustrated memorial booklet for Mr. John Coward, J.P., including an extract from the Durham County Advertiser obituary and an appreciation by the Rev. R. Harrison, ex-president of the Primitive Methodist Conference, 26 April [1914-16?]
(1 booklet)


Photocopy of the centenary handbook for Jubilee Methodist Church, 1961
(6 papers)


Photographic print of the pulpit, organ and interior of Jubilee Primitive Methodist Church on North Road taken from a photograph printing block and used in the interior of the centenary handbook for Jubilee Church, 1961 See also: M/DDV 635
(1 print, 14.5 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)


Photographic print of the exterior of Jubilee Primitive Methodist Church on North Road taken from a photographic printing block and used on the cover of the centenary handbook for Jubilee Church, 1961 See also: M/DDV 635
(1 print, 14.5 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1383-1411)

Thirty-sixth Deposit

(Acc: 2417(D)
Gilesgate Methodist Church, Durham


Sunday School teachers' monthly meetings minute book, 1 February 1948 - 5 February 1956 At end: List of teachers, 1955 and list of guides, 1957
(1 volume, card bound)


Sunday School teachers' monthly meetings minutes, 8 January 1956 - 11 October 1987
(203 papers)


Attendance register, 1 January - 31 December 1950
(1 booklet, card bound)


Attendance register, January 1952 - December 1956
(1 volume, card bound)


Attendance register, January 1951 - September 1960
(1 volume, binding missing)


Cradle roll, 1955 - 1971
(1 booklet, cloth bound)


Attendance register, 1962 - 1963
(1 booklet, card bound)


Teachers' roll, 1964 - 1970
(1 volume, card bound)


Attendance register, 1966 - 1979/80
(35 papers)


Attendance register, 1967, 1968, 1981, 1982
(1 volume, card bound)


Attendance register, 1978 - 1979
(1 booklet, card bound)


Attendance registers for the primary department, October 1984 - September 1987 and n.d.
(5 booklets, card bound)


Attendance register for juniors, October 1984 - September 1985
(1 booklet, card bound)


Attendance register for staff, 1984 - 1985
(1 booklet, card bound)


Attendance registers for staff, seniors and juniors, October 1985 - September 1987
(2 booklets, card bound)


Attendance register for the junior department and staff, October 1987 - September 1988
(1 booklet, card bound)


Attendance register for juniors and seniors, n.d.
(1 booklet, card bound)


Attendance registers, n.d.
(10 papers)


Newspaper cuttings concerning the Sunday School, December 1955 - 5 September 1980
(79 papers)


Treasurer's account book, 11 June 1922 - 7 December 1939
(1 booklet, paper bound)


Treasurer's account book, 17 January 1935 - 26 September 1977
(1 booklet, leather bound)


Treasurer's account book, 1 January 1940 - 24 May 1964
(1 volume, card bound)


Treasurer's account book, 24 September 1964 - 17 July 1988
(1 volume, card bound)


Trip Fund account book, 16 August 1927 - 22 August 1939
(1 booklet, card bound)


Collections account book, 1 October 1960 - 29 June 1979
(1 volume, card bound)


Statements of account, 1957/1958 - 1987/1988
(35 papers)


List of marks obtained by named pupils at Gilesgate Methodist Sunday School in the scripture examinations organised by the Methodist Youth Department, 1955 - 1972
(18 papers)


Lists of marks obtained by named pupils at the Gilesgate Methodist Sunday School in the annual bible contest organised by the Scripture Union, 1974 - 1982, 1984
(19 papers)


Correspondence between F.J. Bull, Training and Scripture Examination Secretary for the Methodist Youth Department, Darlington District, 7 Henry Street, Redcar, Yorkshire, N. Riding; L. Maughan, 66 Annand Road, Gilesgate, Durham; Geoffrey Kemp, Bethel Manse, The Avenue, Durham; Eileen Tresidder, Methodist Youth Department, concerning the disappointing results in the scripture examination in 1962, 10 May - 14 June 1962 (6 papers) Thirty-seventh Deposit (Acc: 2449(D))

Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit (Ref: M/DDV 1412)

Circuit plan and directory, including circuit news and prayer diary, 5 January - 30 March 1997
(1 booklet)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1413-1418)

Individual Churches

Elvet Methodist Church


Weekly church notices, 7 January 1996 - 22 December 1996
(7 papers)


Illustrated Life of John Wesley by John Telford (published 1899) inscribed 'Presented to Miss Watson on the occasion of her laying a foundation stone of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in the City of Durham on Wednesday, 23 July 1902'
(1 volume, leather bound)


Photocopy of no. 5 of the Elvet Review, the magazine of Old Elvet Methodist Church, Durham, January 1940
(8 papers)


Elvet Newsletter , December 1996 - May 1997
(3 booklets)


Order of service for Maundy Thursday Supper and Communion at Elvet Upper Room, 27 March 1997
(1 paper)


Illustrated leaflet for 'A Gastronomic Gambol', a progressive supper with maps showing houses involved, 19 April 1997
(1 paper)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1419-1422)

Thirty-eighth Deposit

(Acc: 2438(D))
Durham Circuit


Illustrated programme for Durham County Methodist Big Meeting, 28 June 1958
(1 booklet)


Programme for the 25th Durham County Methodist Big Meeting, 17 June 1972
(1 booklet)


Plan and Directory, 4 May - 2 August 1969
(1 booklet)


Plan and Directory, 1 April - 30 June 1978
(1 paper)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1423-1429)

Thirty-ninth Deposit

(Acc: 2458(D))
North Road Methodist Church, Durham


Young Wives' Group annual meetings minute book, 17 January 1963 - 30 October 1970
(1 volume, card bound)


Young Wives' Group [from 1975 Friday Group] annual meetings minute book, 12 November 1971 - 19 November 1982
(1 volume, card bound)


Friday Group annual meetings minute book, 18 November 1983 - 1 November 1991
(1 volume, card bound)


Secretary's reports, 1967-1970 Originally enclosed in M/DDV 1423
(12 papers)


Secretary's reports, 1966, 1972-1976, 1978-1983 Originally enclosed in M/DDV 1424
(27 papers)


Secretary's report, 1969 - 1970 Originally enclosed in M/DDV 1425
(1 paper)


Certificate issued by the Methodist Church to Thomas William Moyan on his completion of forty-five years as a local preacher, April 1946
(1 card, 28 cm. x 36 cm.)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1430)

Fortieth Deposit

(Acc: 2489(D))


'Notes on Early Methodism in the Durham Circuit By J.L.', abstracted and compiled from the Durham Chronicle of 1871/72 by J.V. Major, Elvet Methodist Church, Durham, 1997
(1 booklet, printed)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1431-1441)

Forty-first Deposit

(Acc: 2399(D)
North Road Methodist Church


Sunday School Council meetings minutes, 27 June 1957 - 20 October 1966; Bethel and Jubilee Sunday School Councils' Joint meetings minutes, 10 December 1959 - 10 September 1961; Sunday School Teachers' meetings minutes, 10 September 1961 - 2 May 1965; Youth Council meetings minutes, 14 June 1963 - 7 November 1966
(1 file)


Sunday School Teachers' meetings minutes, 29 January 1967 - 10 November 1969 Sunday School Council meetings minutes, 2 February 1967 - 23 September 1977; Youth Council meetings minutes, 6 December 1967 - 13 January 1969; Junior Church meetings minutes, 10 September 1981 - 8 September 1983; Junior Church staff meetings minutes, 10 September 1981 - 10 October 1991
(1 file)


Account book, 1 September 1977 - 31 August 1985
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Account book, 1 September 1985 - 31 August 1993
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Sunday School attendance register, 6 October 1968 - 27 September 1970
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Sunday School class register, 1 October 1961 - 29 September 1968
(1 volume, card bound)


Sunday School class register, 6 October 1968 - 28 September 1975
(1 volume, card bound)


Sunday School class register, 5 October 1975 - 30 September 1979
(1 volume, card bound)


Sunday School class register, 7 October 1979 - 24 July 1983
(1 volume, card bound)


Sunday School account book, 3 September 1961 - 31 August 1994
(1 volume, card bound)


Sunday School balance sheets, 30 September 1962 - 31 August 1991
(1 volume, card bound)

Gilesgate Wesleyan Methodist Church, Durham (Ref: M/DDV 1442-1454)

Memorandum of the choice and appointment of new trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Gilesgate, Durham, 29 November 1911
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Memorandum of the choice and appointment of new trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Gilesgate, Durham, 27 February 1931
(1 paper)


Declaration by the trustees of the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Gilesgate, Durham, adopting the New Model Deed, pursuant to Section 17 of the Methodist Church Union Act 1929, 18 July 1945
(1 paper)


Memorandum of choice and appointment of new trustees of the Methodist Chapel, Gilesgate, Durham, 3 June 1947
(1 paper)


Memorandum of choice and appointment of new trustees of the Methodist Chapel, Gilesgate, Durham, 9 March 1956
(1 paper)


30 January 1985 (1) The Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes, Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester (2) The Managing Trustees of Gilesgate Methodist Church (3) The Council of the City of Durham Mortgage by (3) to (1) in £2,500, of Gilesgate Methodist Church, Durham
(1 file)


Certificate of succession duty due on two cottages behind the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Gilesgate, 31 January 1882
(1 paper)


Correspondence between J. Mawson, solicitor, Exchequer Offices, North Bailey, Durham, and Mr Nattrass, Leybourne Villa, The Peth, Durham, concerning the purchase of two cottages by the Gilesgate Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, 19 April - 28 September 1912
(5 papers)


Application to the Wesleyan Chapel Committee for permission to purchase two cottages, 9 May 1912
(1 paper)


Sanction by the Wesleyan Chapel Committee of the purchase of two cottages, 26 June 1912
(1 paper)


Correspondence between the Wesleyan Chapel Committee, Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester; Rev. T. J. Hillary, Leybourne Villa, The Peth, Durham; Rev. H. H. Ashby, Leybourne Villa, The Peth, Durham; Thomas Ross, Ardardan, Torquay, Devon; F. W. Goodyear, The Gables, Durham; Rev. W. T. Kitching, Leybourne Villa, The Peth, Durham; F. Backhouse, Holly Hock Farm; Rev. J. C. Sutcliffe, Holmdale, The Avenue, Durham; F. W. Goodyear & Son, builders, contractors and brick manufacturers, 60 Claypath, Durham; concerning alterations to the chapel and loans to the chapel, 25 January 1929 - 4 August 1937
(47 papers)


Correspondence between G. Kirtley Fawell, 65 North Road, E., Wingate; the Department for Chapel Affairs, Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester, Lancashire; Rev. T. Bullock, Durham; Rev. A. W. Harrison, Westbury-on-Trim, Somerset; J. W. Green, City Engineer and Surveyor, Town Hall, Durham; Walter J. Weddell, Superintendent Minister, Durham Methodist Circuit; H. L. Cawood, 17 Field House Lane, Durham; G. Bull, Town Clerk, 32 Claypath, Durham; Miss Nicholson, Lorraine Terrace, Lemington-on-Tyne, Northumberland; concerning the provision of new housing at Gilesgate and Dragon Villa and the provision of a Methodist Church there, 3 February 1944 - 21 June 1946
(22 papers)


Balance sheets and accounts, 1927 - 1933
(11 papers)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1455-1463)

Forty-second Deposit

(Acc: 2482(D)
Minutes and agenda


Methodist Big Meeting Committee minutes, 5 July 1946 - 7 February 1970
(130 papers)


Methodist Big Meeting Committee minutes, 21 March 1970 - 27 March 1979
(48 papers)


Methodist Big Meeting Committee minutes, 6 October 1979 - 8 October 1988
(49 papers)


Methodist Big Meeting Committee minutes, 11 February 1989 - 15 February 1997
(36 papers)


Agendas, 6 October 1979 - 8 October 1988
(13 papers)


Music Committee minutes, 1956, 1958, 1960 - 1962, 1965 - 1967, 1969, 1980
(17 papers)


Secretary's reports, 1958 - 1975, 1978 - 1987, 1989 - 1990, 1996
(1 file)


Articles for the Methodist Recorder , written by the secretary of the Big Meeting Committee, describing the Big Meeting , 1989 - 1990
(4 papers)


Cuttings from the Methodist Recorder, featuring an account, by the secretary of the Methodist Big Meeting, 1992 and 1993
(2 papers, printed)

Circular Letters (Ref: M/DDV 1464-1465)

Annual circular letters from the secretary of the Methodist Big Meeting Music Committee to the choirmaster and secretaries of the individual Methodist Churches, concerning the arrangements of the Big Meeting service in the cathedral, 7 March 1980 - 4 April 1984
(8 papers)


Circular letters, addressed to individual Methodist circuits, issued by the secretary of the Methodist Big Meeting Committee, 1967 - 1968, 1970 - 1971, 1973 - 1976, 1983 - 1984, 1997
(13 papers)

Lists of duties of the secretary (Ref: M/DDV 1466-1468)

Lists of duties of the assistant secretary of the Methodist Big Meeting Committee, July 1966
(2 papers)


Schedule and notes of duties of the secretary of the Methodist Big Meeting, 1970s
(5 papers)


List of duties of the secretary, c 1990
(7 papers)

Financial Statements (Ref: M/DDV 1469)

Financial statements, 1948 - 1949, 1957, 1959 - 1962, 1964 - 1976, 1981 - 1990, 1991 - 1992, 1993 - 1994, 1995 - 1997
(4 papers)

Programmes and posters (Ref: M/DDV 1470-1474)

Programmes for the Durham Big Meeting, 1957 - 1965, 1968 - 1969, 1971 - 1977, 1979 - 1997
(37 booklets)


Programmes for the Youth 'Highlight' Event, 1972 and 1973
(3 papers)


Posters for the Big Meeting, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1982 - 1984, 1986 - 1987, 1990, 1992 - 1993, 1995 - 1997 and n.d.
(20 papers)


Photograph of a speaker standing at a microphone near the steps of the statue of the third Marquess of Londonderry, facing the town hall, with the façade of St Nicholas' church in the background, 1980s
(1 photograph, l1 cm. x 8.8 cm. coloured)


Slides showing same scene as M/DDV1473, 1980s
(2 slides, 5 cm. x 5 cm. coloured)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1475-1479)

Forty-third Deposit

(Acc: 2496(D))


Methodist Big Meeting Music Sub-Committee minutes, 16 February 1963 - 13 November 1995
(1 file)


Circular letters, issued by the secretary of the Big Meeting Music Sub-Committee, addressed to choirmasters, and detailing the music to be sung, 1965 - 1996
(1 file)


List of introits and anthems sung in the cathedral on the occasion of the Methodist Big Meeting, 1947 - 1974, and list of contacts in each circuit, c 1970
(1 booklet)


List of introits and anthems sung in the cathedral on the occasion of the Methodist Big Meeting, 1947 - 1997
(1 paper)


List of introits and anthems sung in Elvet Methodist Church on the occasion of the Methodist Big Meeting, 1974 - 1997
(2 papers)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1480-1483)

Forty-fourth Deposit

(Acc: 2555(D))
Methodist Big Meeting


Cash book, 6 December 1946 - 8 October 1979
(1 volume, card bound)


Cash book, 20 June 1981 - 5 October 1997 Includes: Financial statements, 1982 - 1997; letter from Lloyds Bank, plc, Skinnergate, Darlington, to C. A. Ardron, treasurer of the Methodist Big Meeting, closing the Big Meeting accounts, 27 November 1997
(1 paper, card bound)


Reports on the Methodist Big Meeting, 1991 - 1992
(2 papers)


Photograph of the members of the Methodist Big Meeting Committee taken on the occasion of the committee's final meeting, 15 October 1997 Each member is identified on the reverse of the photograph (1 photograph, 14.8 cm. x 10 cm., coloured) Forty-fifth Deposit (Acc: 2587(D))

Circuit Records (Ref: M/DDV 1484)

Plans of the Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit, 5 January 1997 - 31 December 1998
(8 booklets)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1485-1497)

Individual Churches

Durham, Elvet Methodist Church


Weekly church notices of Elvet Methodist Church, Durham, 5 January 1997 - 10 January 1999
(97 papers)


Orders of services held at Elvet Methodist Church, Durham, 12 January 1997 - 20 December 1998
(21 papers and 8 booklets)


Programme of Easter services of the Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit, 23-30 March 1997
(1 paper)


Programme of the Easter services of the Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist circuit, 5-12 April 1998
(1 paper)


Prayer diaries of the Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit, January - December 1998
(3 papers, 1 booklet)


Annual reports of Elvet Methodist Church, Durham, 1996-1998
(2 booklets)


Yearbooks of Elvet Methodist Church, Durham, 1996-1999
(3 booklets)


Newsletters of Elvet Methodist Church, Durham, August 1997 - March 1999
(10 booklets)


Brochure of the Elvet Methodist Church, Durham, entitled 'This is Elvet ...', 1998
(1 booklet)


Programmes of concerts held at Elvet Methodist Church, Durham, 17 June - 12 December 1998
(2 papers and 3 booklets)


Cuttings from the Methodist Recorder concerning the 50th Durham Methodist Big Meeting, 3 July - 4 September 1997
(2 papers)


Photograph of the congregation of Elvet Methodist Church, Durham, taken after the Junior Church Celebration Service, 22 June 1997
(1 photograph, colour, 30 cm. x 20 cm.)


Newsletter of Elvet Methodist Church, Durham, April - May 1999
(1 booklet)

Circuit Records (Ref: M/DDV 1498-1500)

Circuit Ministries Committee meetings minutes, 11 June 1986 - 5 September 1994
(1 file)


Statement on requests for assistance addressed by churches to the Circuit Ministries Committee, n.d. c.1990
(2 papers)


Programme, papers for discussion, and evaluation sheet, for a workshop 'Let the People worship', 6 November 1993
(15 papers)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1501-1503)

Individual churches

Durham, North Road Methodist Church


Joint meeting of the Leaders and Trustees of the Jubilee and Bethel Churches, 3 June 1959 - 27 June 1968 The Jubilee Methodist Church was closed December 1961 and the church sold in 1962
(1 volume, card bound)


Trustees of the North Road Methodist Church meetings minute book, 16 October 1968 - 4 December 1972
(1 volume, card bound)


Trustees of the North Road Methodist Church meetings minute book, 27 March 1973 - 3 March 1977
(1 volume, card bound)

Kimblesworth, Trinity Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1504)

Society meetings minutes, 12 September 1966
(1 paper)

Langley Park, St. Andrew's Methodist Church, Front Street (Ref: M/DDV 1505-1510)

World Service and Missions Committee minute book, n.m., 1978 - 29 April 1985
(1 volume, card bound)


Site, and ground plan, and sections A-A, B-B, and C-C, of alterations to St. Andrew's Methodist Church, Front Street, Langley Park, drawing no. 759/79/3, by Page, Hill & Reed, architects, 75 King Street, South Shields, c.1979 Scale: 1:100
(1 plan, 59.1 cm. x 41.7 cm., colour-wash)


Sketch plan of alterations to St. Andrew's Methodist Church, Front Street, Langley Park, drawing no. 759/79/1, by Page, Hill & Reed, architects, 75 King Street, South Shields, April 1979 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 59.4 cm. x 41.7 cm., colour-wash)


Correspondence between Rev. C.D. Wiltsher, 10 Glebeside, Witton Gilbert; Page, Hill & Reed, 75 King Street South Shields; Derwentside District Council, Civic Centre, Consett; Elders Walker Millican, Sunderland Road, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear; Chaytor Electrics, Boyne Garden Farm, Trimdon Village; Interior Buildings Services, William Street, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; T.G. Armstrong & Partners, 20 Old Elvet, Durham City, 17 July 1979 - 21 November 1980
(30 papers)


Costings for the proposed alterations and extensions at St. Andrew's Methodist Church, Langley Park, August 1979 - March 1980
(7 papers)


Note of renovation fund, 28 February 1981
(1 paper)

Nettlesworth, Trinity, Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1511-1521)

Class book, n.d., c.1980
(1 booklet)


List of trustees of Nettlesworth Methodist Church, 29 May 1945
(2 papers)


Correspondence between Rev. K.A. Wade, 90 Rothbury Road, Newton Hall, Durham; T. & W.D. Maddison, 44 Sadler Street, Durham; Chester-le-Street Rural District Council, Union Offices, Chester-le-Street; Rev. R. Crawford, Secretary of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Synod; S.W. Milburn & Partners, architects, 9 The Esplanade, Sunderland; Rev. R.S. Thompson, 27 Findon Hill, Sacriston; Department for Chapel Affairs, Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester; concerning the demolition of the Methodist churches at either Kimblesworth or Nettlesworth and the possible re-opening of the church at Sacriston, 2 January 1964 - 5 April 1967; 20 July - 18 October 1971
(29 papers)


Leaders' Annual Meetings minutes, 27 November 1967 - 19 November 1973
(9 papers)


Leaders' meetings minutes, 27 May, 14 October 1968; 15 September 1969; 23 February, 16 August 1970; 7 February 1972; 12 February - 12 August 1973; 25 February 1974
(11 papers)


Teachers' Annual Meetings minutes, 26 September 1969 - 28 October 1974
(8 papers)


Trustees' Annual Meetings minutes, 15 October 1969 - 29 November 1976
(16 papers)


Trustees' meetings minutes, 8 February 1971 - 7 February 1972 and 8 July 1974
(4 papers)


Church Council meetings minutes, 13 May, 18 November 1974; 15 November 1977; 19 November 1979; 4 November 1985
(10 papers)


Church Property Committee meetings minutes, 30 October 1978 and 31 March 1980
(3 papers)


Statements of accounts, 1974/75 - 1979/80
(17 papers)

Sacriston, Zion, Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1522)

List of trustees of Zion Methodist Church, Sacriston, c.1945
(2 papers)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1523-1524)

Forty-seventh Deposit

(Acc: 2631(D))
Bearpark Primitive Methodist Church


Account book, 25 April 1908 - 30 September 1943
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Ground and site plan, front, rear, side and end elevations, sections A-A, B-B, and C-C, of proposed Methodist church at Auton Stile, Bearpark, n.d., c.1980 Scales: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]; 20 feet to 1 inch [1:240] (1 plan, 82 cm. x 54.1 cm., transparency, colour-wash) Forty-eighth Deposit (Acc: 2697(D))

Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit (Ref: M/DDV 1525-1526)

Plans and newsletters of the Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit, 3 January - December 1999
(4 booklets)


Plans and newsletters of the Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit, January - June 2000
(2 booklets)

Elvet Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1527-1535)

'Welcome to worship' newsletters, 3 January 1999 - 2 January 2000
(48 papers)


'Welcome to worship' newsletters, 2 January - 10 September 2000
(33 papers)


Newsletters of Elvet Methodist Church, April - November 1999
(4 booklets)


Newsletters of Bowburn, Shincliffe and Elvet Methodists, December 1999 - July 2000
(4 booklets)


Yearbook of Elvet Methodist Church, 1999 - 2000
(1 booklet)


Yearbook of Elvet Methodist church, 2000 - 2001
(1 booklet)


Annual report of Elvet Methodist Church, 1998 - 1999
(1 booklet)


Annual report of Elvet Methodist Church, April 1999 - April 2000
(1 booklet)


Orders of services held at Elvet Methodist Church, 29 January 1999 - 3 September 2000 (23 papers and 4 booklets) Forty-ninth Deposit (Acc: 2771(D))

Circuit Records (Ref: M/DDV 1536-1539)

Directory of the Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit, n.d., [late 20th c.]
(5 papers)


Roll book of the Methodist Churches of Carrville, Leamside, Rainton Gate and Dragon Villa, December 1963 - September 1970
(1 volume, card bound)


Roll book of the Methodist Churches of North Road, Durham, Ushaw Moor and Broom Park, n.d., [late 20th c.]
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of members of the Methodist Churches of Bearpark, Ushaw Moor and Broom Park, 1971 - 1989
(1 volume, card bound)

Bowburn Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1540)

Church register of Bowburn Methodist Church, n.d., [late 20th c.]
(1 booklet)

Carrville Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1541-1549)

Minute book (signed) of the Young Wives' Group of Carrville Methodist Church, 11 November 1969 - 24 November 1992
(1 booklet)


Accounts and treasurer's reports of the Young Wives' Group of Carrville Methodist Church, 1968 - 1986
(1 volume, card bound)


Accounts of the Young Wives' Group, later the Ladies' Group, of Carrville Methodist Church, 1986 - 1993
(1 volume, card bound)


Correspondence between the Rev. C.D. Wiltsher, 55 The Avenue, Durham; Pattison Myles Partnership, architects, 8 Osborne Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Dr. F. Storr, Church Council Secretary, 14 Herefordshire Drive, Belmont, Durham; and the Planning Department, Durham City Council, Ruth First House, Claypath, Durham; concerning the extension to Carrville Methodist Church, 29 March 1989 - 24 March 1993 Includes: plan of proposed extension, n.d., [1989 - 1993] Scale: 1:240
(74 papers and 1 plan, 20cm. x 25cm.)


Survey of the site of Carrville Methodist Church produced by Anthony Walker Land Surveys, July 1990 Scale: 1:100
(1 plan, 84cm. x 60cm., printed)


Sketch proposal of the extension to Carrville Methodist Church (Phase One, Scheme A) produced by the Pattison Myles Partnership, 8 September 1990 Scale: 1:100
(1 plan, 85cm. x 60cm., printed)


Sketch proposal of the extension to Carrville Methodist Church (Phase Two, Scheme A) produced by the Pattison Myles Partnership, 8 September 1990 Scale: 1:100
(1 plan, 85cm. x 60cm., printed)


Sketch proposal of the extension to Carrville Methodist Church (Phase Two, Scheme B) produced by the Pattison Myles Partnership, 8 September 1990 Scale: 1:100
(1 plan, 85cm. x 60cm., printed)


Programme of the centenary celebrations of the Carrville Methodist Church, 1969
(5 papers)

North Road Methodist Church, Durham (Ref: M/DDV 1550)

Roll book of North Road Methodist Church, Durham, 14 August 1980 - 1987
(1 volume, card bound)

Leamside Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1555-1559)

Income and expenditure account of Leamside Methodist Church, 1964 - 1976
(1 volume, card bound)


Account book of Leamside Methodist Church, 1959 - 1965
(1 booklet)


Account book of Leamside Methodist Church, 1966 - 1971
(1 booklet)


Letter from the Secretary to the Trustees of Leamside Methodist Church to Mr. Watkin, concerning the closure of the church, 17 September 1975
(1 paper)


Letter from Green and Minto, accountants, Hayton House, 6 Old Elvet, Durham, to [the Treasurer of Leamside Methodist Church], concerning the credit balances for Leamside Methodist Church, 26 July 1976
(1 paper)

Rainton Gate Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1560-1570)

Minutes of the Society Meetings of Rainton Gate Methodist Church, 26 November 1963 - 13 December 1973
(24 papers)


Minutes of the Church Council of Rainton Gate Methodist Church, 13 March 1974 - 7 November 1980
(66 papers)


Minute book of the Teachers' Meetings at Rainton Gate Methodist Church, 17 January 1930 - 13 September 1978
(1 volume, card bound)


Minutes of the Centenary Sub-Committee of Rainton Gate Methodist Church, November 1974 - 1 September 1975
(5 papers)


Leaflet concerning the centenary of Rainton Gate Methodist Church, 28 September 1975
(1 paper)


Note concerning the centenary of Rainton Gate Methodist Church, 1975
(1 paper)


Cutting from the Durham Advertiser concerning the centenary celebrations of Rainton Gate Methodist Church, 10 October 1975
(1 paper)


Income and Expenditure Account, probably of Rainton Gate Methodist Church, 1951 - 1966
(1 volume, card bound)


Cash book of the Renovation Fund of Rainton Gate Methodist Church, 1958 - 1969
(1 volume, card bound)


"Record Book of Personnel holding Official Positions in Branch" relating to Rainton Gate Methodist Church, 1954 - 1959, 1972
(12 papers)


Photograph of the interior of the church, n.d. [1975] (1 photograph, 20cm. x 20cm., black and white) Fiftieth Deposit (Acc: 2812(D))

Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit (Ref: M/DDV 1571-1594)

Minutes of quarterly circuit meetings, 6 March 1985 - 11 March 1987
(1 file)


Minutes of quarterly circuit meetings, 16 September 1987 - 8 March 1989
(1 file)


Minutes of quarterly circuit meetings, 13 September 1989 - 11 March 1994
(1 file)


Minutes of quarterly circuit meetings, 15 June 1994 - 4 March 1999
(78 papers)


Minutes of the circuit General Purposes Committee meetings, 28 November 1984 - 17 June 1987
(1 file)


Minutes of the circuit Finance and General Purposes Committee meetings, 15 February 1989 - 9 September 1992
(1 file)


Minutes of Circuit Policy Group meetings, 12 November 1987 - 21 May 1993, 26 February 1996
(1 file)


Circuit directory, 1990 - 1991
(1 booklet)


Circuit directory, 1992 - 1993
(1 booklet)


Circuit directory, 1994 - 1995
(1 booklet)


Circuit plan, July - September 1991
(1 paper, printed)


Circuit plan, October - December 1991
(1 paper, printed)


Circuit plan, January - March 1992
(1 paper, printed)


Circuit plan, April - June 1992
(1 paper, printed)


Circuit plan, January - March 1994
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, October - December 1994
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, April - June 1996
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, July - September 1996
(1 paper, printed)


Circuit plan, October - December 1996
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, January - March 1999
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, April - June 1999
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, July - September 1999
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, October - December 1999
(1 booklet, printed)


'Towards 2000 - Church Growth, Opportunity and Challenge', a circuit consultation of the Durham and Deerness Valley circuit, 23 April 1988
(1 booklet)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1595-1605)

Individual Churches

Newton Hall, Durham
(Ecumenical Joint Anglican and Methodist)

Minutes of the Church


Minute book of the general meetings and leaders' meetings of Newton Hall Methodist Church, Durham, 15 September 1964 - 17 February 1971
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of the meetings of Newton Hall Methodist Church trustees, 8 April 1965 - 24 May 1977 (1 volume, card bound) Minutes of Joint Council and records relating to the experiment


Copy minutes and reports of the Joint Church Council for Newton Hall, All Saints' Church, 18 February 1976 - 28 January 1978
(10 papers)


Copy minutes of meetings of the Sponsoring Body of Newton Hall, All Saints' Church, 3 December 1979 and 15 November 1982
(4 papers)


Extracts from the sharing agreement relating to Newton Hall, All Saints' Church, Durham, October 1975
(2 papers)


Revised constitution, fourth draft, of the Newton Hall area of ecumenical experiment, n.d., [ post 1975] (2 papers) Accounts of Methodist Church


Annual statements of account of Newton Hall Methodist Church, 1968 - 1974 Originally enclosed in M/DDV 1596 (8 papers) Orders-of-service


Order-of-service for the presentation and licensing of Rev. Peter Townsend as Anglican priest in the area of ecumenical experiment at Newton Hall, by the Bishop of Durham, 12 September 1975 (1 booklet, printed) Records concerning the church


Souvenir brochure of the official opening and dedication of Newton Hall Methodist Church, Durham, 9 December 1967
(1 booklet, printed)


Copy insurance inventory and valuation of the church plate belonging to All Saints' Church, Newton Hall, Durham, 14 February 1984
(1 paper, duplicated)


Photographs of the Holy Communion vessels of All Saints' Church, Durham, n.d., [ c. 1984]
(1 album containing 11 photographs, 13cm. x 9cm., colour)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1606-1608)

Study Wesley Centre

The Wesley Study Centre was established in October 1988 within Cranmer Hall, an open evangelical theological college of the Church of England, part of St. John's College, University of Durham, for the ministerial and lay training of Methodist students in the North East. A substantial proportion of the student placements were made within the Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit


Minutes of the meetings of the Local Committee of the Wesley Study Centre, Durham, 10 July 1987 - 29 October 1998
(87 papers)


Reports of the Director of the Wesley Study Centre, Durham, 14 October 1988 - January 1999 These reports were produced at four monthly intervals
(61 papers)


Order-of-service to mark the inauguration of the Wesley Study Centre, Durham, 14 October 1988
(2 papers)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1609)

Fifty-first Deposit

(Acc: 2814(D))
Individual Churches

Carrville Methodist Church, Durham


Correspondence between the Pattison Myles Partnership, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, architects; H.M. Customs and Excise; City of Durham Council; Dr. Frank Storr, 14 Herefordshire Drive, Belmont, Durham; and the Methodist Chapel Aid Association Limited, Albermarle Road, York, concerning Phase 1 (Ancillary Premises) of the replacement of the existing church premises by a new church and ancillary premises, 8 February 1993 - 8 January 1996 Includes: copy minutes of pre-contract and site meetings, c.1993 - 1996 Scale: 1:100
(1 file)

Gilesgate Methodist Church, Durham (Ref: M/DDV 1610-1612)

Minute book of Gilesgate Methodist Church Pastoral Committee, 6 November 1985 - 18 July 1988
(1 volume, card bound)


Copy schedules of church property, 1984 - 1990; quinquennial inspection report, 1984; certificate and summary of quinquennial inspection report, 1987; and log book diary of church repairs, 1984 - 1986
(1 file)


Reports, estimates and correspondence between the Pattison Myles Partnership, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, architects; the Methodist Church Trustees, Central Buildings, Manchester; City of Durham Council; and Messrs. Wilson, Maddison, North Bailey, Durham, solicitors, concerning proposed repairs and alterations to, and the sale of, Gilesgate Methodist Church, 21 June 1982 - 15 July 1992
(93 papers)

Witton Gilbert Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1613)

Account book, 13 September 1974 - 16 March 1997 (1 volume, card bound) Fifty-second Deposit (Acc: 2881A(D))

Circuit (Ref: M/DDV 1614-1620)

'Report of Laymen's Conference held in Elvet Methodist Church, Durham', 26 February 1955
(1 paper)


Contact: The Magazine of the Durham Circuit Local Preachers, January 1968
(1 booklet)


'A Letter to the Methodist People': a circular letter issued by C. Kingsley Barrett and Leslie A. Newman, disagreeing with proposals for the union of the Anglican and Methodist churches, c.1969
(1 paper, printed)


Recommendations to be put to the circuit meeting following the circuit survey, September 1975
(3 papers)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit: Towards 2000 - Church Growth, Opportunities and Challenges: a circuit consultation on Saturday 23 April 1988
(1 booklet)


Order-of-service for the Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Service, 3 September 1989
(1 paper)


Order-of-service for the Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Welcome Service, 3 September 1995
(1 booklet)

Gilesgate Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1621)

Brief history of, and centenary celebration programme for the centenary of, Gilesgate Methodist Church, 2 February - 2 March 1969
(1 booklet)

Pittington, St. John, Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1622-1625)

Programme for the laying of a foundation stone at Pittington, St. John, Methodist Church, 9 June 1962
(1 paper)


Programme for the opening ceremony and dedication of the new Methodist Church of Pittington, St. John, 12 January 1963
(1 paper)


Notice of a Holy Week service to be presented by Pittington Mid-Week Group, 1975
(1 paper)


Notice of a display by young people, called Together in a Divided World: Programme for World Mission, and to be presented at Pittington, St. John, Methodist Church, 16 November 1977
(1 paper)

Sacriston Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1626)

Programme for a performance of The Messiah at Sacriston Methodist Church, 11 April 1981 (1 paper) Sherburn Hill Methodist Church, formerly Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Church

Society Meeting Minutes (Ref: M/DDV 1627)

Society meetings minute book, 27 November 1967 - 4 June 1990
(1 volume, card-bound)

Pulpit Notices (Ref: M/DDV 1628)

Pulpit notices, 3 March 1968 - 23 April 1978
(1 volume)

Community Roll (Ref: M/DDV 1629)

Community Roll, pre-1974
(2 papers)

Records of Societies (Ref: M/DDV 1630-1635)

Mother and Toddler Group register, 7 February 1992 - 17 September 1996
(1 volume, paper-bound)


Mother and Toddler Group register, 26 April 1993 - 30 October 1995
(1 volume, paper-bound)


Mother and Toddler Group account book, 11 April 1993 - 17 September 1996
(1 volume, card-bound)


List of children attending the Mother and Toddler Group, 1 April 1996 Originally enclosed in M/DDV 1630
(1 paper)


Sunday School record of payments by pupils, 6 October 1985 - 25 March 1990
(1 booklet)


Women's Circle account book, January 1968 - 31 May 1990
(1 volume, card-bound)

Records of Services and Spiritual Life of the Church (Ref: M/DDV 1636-1647)

Letter from Rev. Ronald Rose, Bethel Manse, The Avenue, Durham, to Ernie [E. Everett] concerning the writer's intention of starting church membership classes for senior and junior Sunday School scholars, 6 April 1959
(1 paper)


Invitation to members of the Bethel and Ebenezer churches, Sherburn Hill, to attend an industrial service in the Welfare Hall, where the preacher was to be Lord Lawson of Beamish, 10 May 1959
(1 paper)


Letter from R.J. Lawson, House of Lords, to E. Everett, emphasising the importance of the spiritual life of a community, 11 June 1959
(1 paper)


Invitation, issued by Ernest Everett and Fred Wynn, to a Sunday School service, n.d.
(1 paper)


Circular letter, issued by Sherburn Hill Methodist Church, inviting parents to send their children to Sunday School, 1970s
(1 paper)


Programme of Christmas services at Sherburn Hill Methodist Church, 1972
(1 paper)


Circular letter, issued by Sherburn Hill Methodist Church, inviting parents of recently baptised babies to a Cradle Roll service on 9 December 1973, 1973
(1 paper)


Invitation to a concert in the Sherburn Hill Methodist Church, 16 March 1974
(1 paper)


Circular letter, issued by the minister, concerning the future of Sherburn Hill Methodist Church, 1976
(1 paper)


Order-of-service for the silver jubilee of Sherburn Hill Methodist Church, 9 December 1989
(1 paper)


'Churches Together: Pentecost Praise and Commissioning of Representatives', at Sherburn Hill Methodist Church, 3 June 1990
(1 booklet)


Order-of-service for the service of thanksgiving for, and dedication of, new windows in Sherburn Hill Methodist Church, 28 April 1996
(1 booklet)

Records concerning finance (Ref: M/DDV 1648-1654)

Circular letter, issued by Jack Cole, Treasurer of Sherburn Hill Methodist Church, concerning the distribution of gift envelopes at Harvest Festival, n.d.
(1 paper)


Circular letter, issued by Jack Cole, Treasurer of Sherburn Hill Methodist Church, asking for an increase in donations to the church, n.d.
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter from E. Everett, Trustees' Secretary, requesting donations, May 1970
(1 paper)


Letter from C.W. Smith, The Manse, Sherburn, to E. Everett, concerning the purchase by Mrs Dawson of new hymn books, 3 November 1970
(1 paper)


Receipts and payments account for overseas missions, 1973
(1 paper)


Circular letter concerning a government state of emergency affecting the heating and lighting of the church, n.d., 1974
(1 paper)


Circular letter, issued by Jack Cole, concerning the retirement of the church organist, Bob Shaw, and concerning the increase in the annual assessment for the church, May 1983
(1 paper)

Records concerning the fabric of the church (Ref: M/DDV 1655-1658)

Notice concerning the proposal to build a new church at Sherburn, 1964
(1 paper, printed)


Description of the fabric of Ebenezer Methodist Church, Sherburn Hill, by S.W. Milburn and Partners, 9 The Esplanade, Sunderland, 15 January 1965
(2 papers, typescript)


Letter from Geoffrey Kemp, Bethel Manse, The Avenue, Durham, to 'Mr. Winn', describing the land on which the church stands and the date of the church's being registered for the solemnization of marriages, 31 October 1967
(1 paper, typescript)


Letter from the Area Estates Manager, National Coal Board, Green Lane, Spennymoor, to J.F. Watson, 4 Churchill Terrace, Sherburn Hill, concerning the lease by Sherburn Hill Methodist Church of a piece of land belonging to the National Coal Board, 27 November 1968
(1 paper)

Sherburn Hill Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1659-1663)

Specification for repairs to Sherburn Hill Methodist Church, 1969
(3 papers)


Correspondence between Jos.W. Perrin, joiner and builder, 100 Gilesgate, Durham and E. Everett, Secretary to the Trustees, 9 West View, Sherburn Hill, concerning repairs to Sherburn Hill Methodist Church and disputes concerning their progress, 20 July 1969 - November 1973
(14 papers)


Report on the quinquennial inspection of the church by Messrs. Waggot and Fawell, 5 September 1974
(1 paper)


Quotation for re-wiring the church, c.1975
(2 papers)


Correspondence between Rev. Geoffrey Kemp, Bethel Manse, The Avenue, Durham; E. Everett, 9 West View, Sherburn Hill; T. and C.W. Maddison, 44 Sadler Street, Durham; R. Stead, 3 Cooperative Villas, Sherburn Hill; The Commanding Officer, Sherburn Hill Corps, The Salvation Army, 5 West View, Sherburn Hill; concerning the purchase of Bethel Church, Sherburn Hill, by the Salvation Army, 1 December 1967 - 15 May 1968
(7 papers)

Sherburn Hill, Bethel, formerly Wesleyan Methodist, Church (Ref: M/DDV 1664-1670)

Trustees' minute book, 15 January 1958 - 9 October 1969
(1 volume, card-bound)


Programme, including a brief history of the church, for the celebration of the centenary of Bethel Methodist Church, Sherburn Hill, 12 - 26 May 1957
(1 paper)


Sunday School attendance register, 4 January 1953 - 14 June 1973
(1 volume, card-bound)


Women's Bright Hour minute book, September 1925 - 25 September 1950
(1 volume, card-bound)


Women's Bright Hour account book, 20 September 1948 - 4 December 1967
(1 volume, card-bound)


'Plan of Proposed Kitchen at Wesleyan Chapel, Sherburn Hill, Co. Durham, April 1950' Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]
(1 plan, 39.5 cm. x 34.5 cm., colour)


A Brief History of Methodist Witness in Sherburn, 1861-1961, by J. Kidd, c.1961 (1 booklet, duplicated) Fifty-third Deposit (Acc: 2882 (D))

Durham, Gilesgate Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1671-1704)

Résumé of the History and Work of the Gilesgate Methodist Church, by E. Akenhead and J.R. Gilderoy and Centenary Celebration Programme, 2 February - 2 March 1969; published to mark the centenary of Gilesgate Methodist Church, 1969
(1 booklet, printed)


Notes of a meeting to discuss Gilesgate's response to the circuit questionnaire, 18 February 1988
(3 papers)


Correspondence between the Connexional Property Committee, Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester; Rev. E.A. Oliver, 52, The Avenue, Durham; Slater, Smith, Sherwood-Smith & Co., solicitors, P.O. Box 4, Newbottle Street, Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne & Wear; Rev. R. Graham Carter, 9, The Peth, Durham; Durham Central Registration District, 40, Old Elvet, Durham; Rev. T.A. Anderson, 52, The Avenue, Durham; Smith Roddam, solicitors, 56, North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; Rev. T. Thubron, St. Giles' Vicarage, Gilesgate, Durham; the Diocesan Registrar, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Wilson Maddison, solicitors, 5, North Bailey, Durham; the Assistant Secretary of the Conference and Ecumenical Officer, Conference Office, 1, Central Buildings, Westminster, London; Rev. M.J. Hardy, 31, York Crescent, Newton Hall, Durham; Jean Hudson, 20, Rowantree Avenue, Durham; Rev. C. Wiltsher, 55, The Avenue, Durham; Rev. R. Wakefield, 52, The Avenue, Durham; D.R. Nicholls, Secretary to the Durham City Baptist Church, 51, Edge Court, Gilesgate, Durham; concerning the agreement for the sharing of the church of Durham, St. Giles, with the Gilesgate Methodist Society, 5 March 1989 - 21 October 1997
(72 papers)


Letter from Jean Hudson, Church Council Secretary, 20, Rowantree Avenue, Durham, to Bob, concerning the future of the church building, 26 April 1989 Attached: minutes of Gilesgate Methodist Church Open Meeting, 13 March 1989; list of needs of the church, 1989; proposals for the possible reconstruction of the chapel, 1989; letter from the Laing Employment Training Organisation, Skill Centre, Littleburn Trading Estate, Langley Moor, to Mrs. Shepherd, 23 Ellis Leazes, Gilesgate, Durham, informing the latter that the organisation is unable to take part in the church project, 4 April 1989; estimate of the cost of reflooring the main hall in the church, 31 March 1989; letter for The William Leech Charity, 4, St. James Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Jean Hudson, 20, Rowantree Avenue, Durham, informing the latter that the charity is prepared to make a grant towards the cost of church repairs, 20 March 1989; note of considerations to be taken into account when considering plans for the church, 1989; minutes of the Church Council meeting, 5 April 1989
(10 papers)


Costing for the possible reconstruction of the chapel by Mary & Edmund Tribe, 1989
(2 papers)


List of costs, by an unidentified hand, for alterations to Gilesgate Methodist Church, 1989
(2 papers)


Notes prepared by Jean Hudson for Rev. C. Wilsher, concerning possible uses for the Methodist Church in Gilesgate, 1989
(2 papers)


Minutes of a General Church Meeting at Gilesgate Methodist Church, 21 June 1989
(1 paper)


Draft notes on changes to be made in Durham, St. Giles', church, particularly in working with other churches, n.d., 1990s
(1 paper)


Covenant between Durham, St. Giles', church and the Gilesgate Methodist Church, 17 May 1992 Signatures: Stephen Keene, James Moore, Geoffrey Elliott, Jen Key, Paul Thubron, D. Madden, Onesimus Auirin(?), Arin Frint(?), J. Alan Anderson [Minister], E. Hewitt, J. Kay [Churchwarden], Anne M. Dunlop, Kerry Anne Whatty, Philip Thurron, Norma Egglestone, Robert Dean, J. Mollon, Lee Dower, Katherine Pearce, Ann Chifchase, Marion Dobson, E. Clark, J. Fawcett, H. Broughton, Gillian Major, M. Shepherd, B.D. McGregor, E. Collins, K. Helm, D. Moody, Torfrida, H. [?]rani, R. Donnel, J. D. Eulin(?), M. Hope, W. A. Patteson, O. Brunskell, Rita Curry, David Carter, Doreen Bantin, Witness Ward Dunelm(?): John H. Platts, John Hudson, Alf Jerry, Simon, A. E. Metcalfe, M. Gleason, N. Chemist, [?] Harrison, Mark Pearce, K. R. Arckless, L. Hodgson, E. Hutchintson, Rowena Arliworth, Doreen Dunkeld, J. Sheen, G. W. Rostway(?), E. Poulson, Tom Thubron [Vicar], Dorothy Wilson [Parish Deacon], J. R. Helm [Churchwarden], W. Leamas [Rural Dean], Diane Thubron, Ruth Thomas, W. Moore, D. Eden, A. Loughlin, Jamie Itamori, D. J. Coates, John Dunkeld, Philip Keene, Daniel, Alastair Chipchase, Christopher E., M. Rowell, Don Kay
(1 paper)


Summary of discussions between representatives of St. Giles' Parish Church and Gilesgate Methodist Church, 1990s
(3 papers)


Notice of a General Church Meeting at which the sharing of Durham, St. Giles', church is to be discussed, 1990s
(1 paper)


Newsletter of Gilesgate Methodist Church, incorporating letters from the Minister, and others, concerning the decision to sell the church, November 1990
(2 papers)


Copy application to advertise Gilesgate Methodist Church for sale, 1 March 1991
(1 paper)


Minutes of the meeting held at St. Giles' Church Hall between representatives of St. Giles' Methodist Church and St. Giles' Parish Church, 18 June 1991
(2 papers)


'History of Anglican/Methodist Sharing', from 19 October 1988 to 30 October 1994, n.d., c.1994
(3 papers)


Minutes of Joint Church Council 'away-days', 22 May 1993 and 12 June 1994
(2 papers)


5 April 1994 (1) Rev. Thomas William Thubron, Clerk in Holy Orders, incumbent of the benefice of Durham, St. Giles (2) The Durham Diocesan Board of Finance (3) The Parochial Church Council of the ecclesiastical parish of Durham, St. Giles (4) Marion Shepherd of 23, Ellis Leazes, Gilesgate, Durham; Dr. Leslie Clark of 8 Pilgrims Way, Gilesgate, Durham; and others, members of Gilesgate Methodist Church Council (5) Rev. David Frederick Wilkie, Secretary of the Methodist Church Committee, known as 'the Committee for Local Ecumenical Development', of 1, Central Buildings, Westminster, London Sharing agreement for the use by Durham, St. Giles, and the Gilesgate Methodist Society, of the church of Durham, St. Giles, including the establishment of a joint council
(12 papers)


Minutes of St. Giles' Anglican and Methodist Joint Church Council meetings, 30 October 1994, 19 February 1995, 21 January 1996 and 27 April n.y.
(7 papers)


Minutes of St. Giles' Anglican and Methodist Together Outreach meetings, 24 January and 9 February 1995
(2 papers)


Minutes of St. Giles' Anglican and Methodist Together Joint Committee meetings, 30 November n.y.
(1 paper)


Outreach Planning Committee meeting minutes, 29 November n.y.
(1 paper)


Cradle roll, Gilesgate, 1 September 1996
(1 paper)


Minutes of the Stewardship Steering Committee, 26 June 1997 - 18 January 1998
(29 papers)


Minutes of the first joint meeting of the Anglican and Methodist Church Councils, at St. Giles' Church, Durham, 26 October 1997
(1 paper)


Copy letter from Marion Dobson to the Chairman of the Stewardship Steering Group, concerning the campaign, n.d., 1997
(1 paper)


Programme for a Discovery Day run by the Methodist Stewardship Organisation at Gilesgate Methodist Church, and notes of its outcome, 6 September 1997
(6 papers)


Draft circular letter from the clergy concerning the stewardship campaign, October 1997
(1 paper)


Note concerning the stewardship campaign, February 1998
(1 paper)


Campaign director's report on the St. Giles' Anglicans and Methodists Together Stewardship Campaign, February 1998
(6 papers)


Report, prepared by Marion Dobson, of a meeting between the district Ecumenical Officers of the Anglican and Methodist Churches and the clergy and other members of the Gilesgate Methodist Society and the parish of Durham, St. Giles, April 1998
(2 papers)


Class lists, Gilesgate, May 1998
(1 paper)


Note, prepared by M. Dobson, concerning the stewardship campaign, June 1998
(2 papers)


Gilesgate Belmont Churches Together: list of activities, n.d., 1990s
(1 paper)

Rainton Gate Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1720)

List of events taken from Trust records, 30 December 1874 - 15 March 1960, and programme for the centenary weekend, 27 - 29 September 1975, published to mark the centenary of Rainton Gate Methodist Church, 1975
(1 paper, printed)

Miscellaneous (Ref: M/DDV 1721)

Leaflet compiled by Dorothy Meade, describing the East window in St. Giles' Church, Durham, which was dedicated on 20 November 1898
(1 paper)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1722-1738)

Fifty-Fourth Deposit

(Acc: 3003(D))


Statistics concerning churches in the circuit, giving the following details: date built; number of members; members per minister; costs per minister; attendances, May 1983
(1 paper)


Report of the Circuit General Purposes Working Party on the rationalisation of churches in the circuit, 6 July 1983
(1 paper)


Notes for discussion by circuit ministers and stewards, on the need for a circuit policy on the number of ministers required, 27 November 1985
(4 papers)


Circuit directory, November 1986
(15 papers)


Circuit directory, 1987 - 1988
(1 file)


Letter from Robert G. Wakefield, Superintendent Minister, to Circuit Treasurers, Church Treasurers, and Circuit Auditors, concerning the keeping and auditing of accounts, August 1984
(2 papers)


Circuit assessments and annual costs per minister, 1981 - 1991
(1 paper)


Account of receipts and expenditure: Manse Account, September 1976 - 27 October 1989
(1 volume, card bound)


Account of manse expenditure, 9 September 1997 - 1 August 2000
(1 booklet)


Annual statement of Manse Account, 31 August 1987 - 31 August 1991
(5 papers)


Letter from J.W. Wood, chartered valuation surveyors, Durham, to J. Parker, Durham, concerning valuation of the following Methodist manses: 52 The Avenue, Durham City; 10 Glebeside, Witton Gilbert; 9 The Peth, Durham City; 25 Cavendish Court, Brandon; 90 Rothbury Road, Newton Hall; 1 Grange Road, Belmont; and Methodist Manse, Sherburn; and the sale or lease of 10 Glebeside, Witton Gilbert, 31 March 1999
(8 papers)


Photocopy of location plans of proposed Methodist manse and future church, Sherburn, March 1960 Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet [1:192]; 1:2500; 1:500
(3 plans)


Log book of Methodist manse, 10 Glebeside, Witton Gilbert, 12 October 1983 - 29 March 2000 Includes: lease and sale
(1 file, 19 papers)


Plans, elevations, and sections of the proposed extension to the Methodist manse, 9 The Peth, Durham City, as existing and as proposed, by C. Donkin, Rainton Gate, October 1985
(1 plan, 83 cm. x 60 cm.)


Approval of building plans by the City of Durham Engineer, for utility room and w.c. at Methodist manse, 9 The Peth, Durham, 12 November 1985
(1 paper)


Correspondence between Howarth Litchfield Partnership, chartered building surveyors, Durham; Clough & Kearns, estate agents, Durham; Wilson Maddison, solicitors, Durham; the Methodist Church Property Division; and R. Dunn, circuit steward, concerning the purchase of 1 Grange Road, Belmont, for use as a manse, 30 October 1992 - 15 April 1993 Includes: copy conveyance by R.E. Coleman Limited, to John Cecil and Emily Joan Mann of Cambridge, 19 September 1957
(32 papers)


Correspondence between J.W. Wood, chartered valuation surveyors, Durham; C.R. Gilroy, builder and joiner, Durham; Swinburne Maddison, solicitors, Durham; The Methodist Church; Deacon Elizabeth Timmins; and Mr. J. Parker, circuit steward, concerning the purchase of 25 Broadmeadows, Bowburn, for use as a manse, 12 April - 17 August 1999
(29 papers)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1739-1752)

Fifty-Fifth Deposit

(Acc: 3011(D))
Circuit records


Circuit plan, 113, and newsletter, July - September 2000
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, 114, and newsletter, October - December 2000
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, 115, and newsletter, January - March 2001
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, 116, and newsletter, April - June 2001
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, 118, and newsletter, October - December 2001
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, 119, and newsletter, January - March 2002
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, 120, and newsletter, April - June 2002
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, 121, and newsletter, July - September 2002
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, 123, and newsletter, January - March 2003
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, 124, and newsletter, April - June 2003
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan, 126, and newsletter, October - December 2003
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit review of the year's work, 2000-2001
(1 booklet, printed)


Order of service for circuit service at Elvet Methodist Church, 9 September 2001
(1 booklet, printed)


Order of service for circuit service at Elvet Methodist Church, 7 September 2003
(1 booklet, printed)

Elvet Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1753-1780)

Welcome to Worship, weekly newsletters, 10 September 2000 - 27 October 2002
(100 papers, printed)


Welcome to Worship, weekly newsletters, 17 November 2002 - 13 July 2003
(30 papers, printed)


Welcome to Worship, weekly newsletters, 27 July - 21 December 2003
(16 papers, printed)


Welcome to Worship, weekly newsletters, 4 January - 1 February 2004
(4 papers, printed)


Annual report, April 2000 - April 2001
(1 booklet, printed)


Yearbook, 2000-2001
(1 booklet, printed)


Yearbook, 2001-2002
(1 booklet, printed)


Address list, May 2002
(1 booklet, printed)


South East Durham Methodist newsletters for Bowburn, Shincliffe and Elvet Methodist Churches, August 2000 - November 2003
(20 booklets, printed)


Durham Christian Partnership newsletter, Winter 2000
(2 papers, printed)


A Message from the President of Methsoc, 22 March 2002
(1 paper, printed)


Orders of service for Advent and Christmas services, 19 November 2000 - 4 January 2004
(25 papers, 1 booklet, printed)


Orders of service for children's services, 10 December 2000 - 22 June 2003
(6 papers, 2 booklets, printed)


Orders of service, 18 March 2001 - 2004
(11 papers, 1 booklet)


Orders of service for Lent and Easter services, 2001-2003
(8 papers, printed)


Orders of service for the Passover meal, 10 April 2001
(1 paper, 1 booklet, printed)


Orders of service for Christian Aid Week and One World Week, 13 May 2001 - 27 October 2002
(3 papers, printed)


Order of service for a Festival of Flowers in aid of St. Chad's, Gateshead Child Care, 29 June - 1 July 2001
(1 paper, printed)


Orders of service for baptisms, marriages, funerals, and thanksgivings, 29 July 2001 - 31 August 2003
(4 papers, 3 booklets)


Orders of service for civic services, 23 September 2001 - 5 October 2003
(2 booklets, printed)


Order of service for the 65th anniversary of Durham University Methodist Society, 27 October 2002
(2 papers, printed)


Order of service for Centenary Worship, 2 November 2003
(2 papers, printed)


Proposal for a new service at Elvet Methodist Church, at 9.30 a.m. on Sundays, 20 November 2002
(2 papers, printed)


Prayers and liturgies, c.2003
(4 papers, 2 booklets, printed)


Programmes for concerts in Elvet Methodist Church, 9 December 2000 - 28 June 2003
(12 papers, 5 booklets, printed)


Appeal for Elvet Methodist Church Project in aid of the Malawi Burns Trust, with details of the Malawi Burns Unit, 2001-2002
(3 papers, printed)


Leaflet concerning The Durham Town Trail, a sponsored walk in support of Christian Aid, 11 May 2003
(2 papers, printed)


Leaflet concerning Durham Family Welfare, n.d., [c.2003]
(1 paper, printed)

Durham Circuit (Ref: M/DDV 1783-1785)

Schedule of trust deeds, documents and insurances covering the Elvet, North Road, Gilesgate, Sacriston, Langley Park, and Sherburn sections of Durham Methodist Circuit, compiled November 1963
(1 file)


Register of deeds, Durham circuit, compiled c.1979
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of deeds, Durham circuit, compiled c.1993
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit (Ref: M/DDV 1786-1818)

Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 8 May 1989
(3 papers)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 11 September 1989
(1 paper)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 13 November 1989
(2 papers)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 12 February 1990
(1 paper)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 14 May 1990
(1 paper)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 10 September 1990
(1 paper)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 12 November 1990
(1 paper)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 18 November 1991
(1 paper)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 10 February 1992
(1 paper)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 11 May 1992
(2 papers)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 12 September 1994
(2 papers)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 13 February 1995
(1 paper)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 1 May 1995
(1 paper)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 11 September 1995
(1 paper)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 13 November 1995
(1 paper)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 12 February 1996
(2 papers)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 13 May 1996
(1 paper)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 9 September 1996
(1 paper)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 11 November 1996
(1 paper)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 12 May 1997
(3 papers)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 8 September 1997
(2 papers)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 11 May 1998
(1 paper)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 14 September 1998
(3 papers)


Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit Education and Youth Committee meeting minutes, 8 February 1999
(2 papers)


Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit Youth Team meeting minutes, 13 September 1999
(3 papers)


Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit Youth Team meeting minutes, 14 February 2000
(2 papers)


Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit Youth Team meeting minutes, 11 September 2000
(2 papers)


Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit Youth Team meeting minutes, 13 November 2000
(3 papers)


Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit Youth Team meeting minutes, 15 January 2001
(2 papers)


Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit Youth Team meeting minutes, 9 July 2001
(3 papers)


Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit Youth Team meeting minutes, 10 September 2001
(1 paper)


Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit Youth Team meeting minutes, 12 November 2001
(2 papers)


Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit Youth Team meeting minutes, 14 January 2002
(2 papers)

Bearpark, Durham Road, Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1819)

Income and expenditure account book, 30 September 1943 - 4 October 1963
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Durham, All Saints, Newton Hall Ecumenical Church (Ref: M/DDV 1822-1841)

Register of services, 31 January 1971 - 26 May 1982
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Terrier and inventory, May 1980
(1 booklet)


Minutes of Church Council, 10 February 1998 - 6 December 2001
(1 file)


Minutes of Worship Team meetings, 30 September 1997 - 9 January 2002
(1 file)


Advance, parish magazine of All Saints; Church, Newton Hall, November - December 1982
(2 booklets)


Advance , parish magazine of All Saints' Church, Newton Hall, January - April, September, November 1983
(6 booklets)


Advance , parish magazine of All Saints' Church, Newton Hall, April/May - June/July, October/November 1985, December 1985/January 1986
(4 booklets)


Advance , parish magazine of All Saints' Church, Newton Hall, June/July 1986
(1 booklet)


Advance, parish magazine of All Saints' Church, Newton Hall, August/September 1998
(1 booklet)


Advance , parish magazine of All Saints' Church, Newton Hall, February/March, June/July - August/September 1989, December 1989/January 1990
(4 booklets)


Advance , parish magazine of All Saints' Church, Newton Hall, February/March - October/November 1990, December 1990/January 1991
(6 booklets)


Advance , parish magazine of All Saints' Church, Newton Hall, February/March - October/November 1991, December 1991/January 1992
(6 booklets)


Advance , parish magazine of All Saints' Church, Newton Hall, February/March, August/September - October/November 1992, December 1992/January 1993
(4 booklets)


Advance , parish magazine of All Saints' Church, Newton Hall, February/March, October/November 1993
(2 booklets)


Advance , parish magazine of All Saints' Church, Newton Hall, February/March, October/November 1994
(2 booklets)


Advance , parish magazine of All Saints' Church, Newton Hall, April/May 1995
(1 booklet)


Advance , parish magazine of All Saints' Church, Newton Hall, February/March, August/September - October/November 1997
(3 booklets)


Advance , parish magazine of All Saints' Church, Newton Hall, February/March - June/July 1998
(3 booklets)


Advance , parish magazine of All Saints' Church, Newton Hall, April/May - June/July 1999
(2 booklets)


Register of services, St. Finan's Church, Newton Hall, January 1966 - August 1970
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Kimblesworth Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1842)

Register of baptisms, Kimblesworth Methodist Church, 21 January 1917 - 13 September 1965; Nettlesworth Methodist Church, 11 October 1992 - 22 August 1993
(1 volume, cloth bound)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1843-1852)

Nettlesworth, Trinity Methodist Church
For baptisms, 1992 - 1993 see M/DDV/1842


Register of baptisms, Nettlesworth Methodist Church, 12 October 1980 - 15 October 2000
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minutes of Nettlesworth Methodist Church Trustees meetings, with related papers, 15 October 1969 - 29 November 1976
(1 file)


Minutes of Nettlesworth Methodist Church Society, 9 March 1964 - 25 February 1974
(1 file)


Minutes of Nettlesworth Methodist Church Council meetings, 13 May 1974 - 10 March 1996
(1 file)


Minutes of Nettlesworth Methodist Church Leaders' meetings, 14 February 1966 - 25 February 1974
(1 file)


Minutes of Nettlesworth Methodist Church Property Committee, 24 August 1975, 30 October 1978, 31 March 1980
(1 file)


Accounts of income and expenditure, Nettlesworth Trinity Methodist Church, 1 January 1948 - 26 August 1992
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Statements of accounts, Nettlesworth Trinity Methodist Church, 1972 - 1991 [originally enclosed in M/DDV 1849]
(39 papers)


Minutes of annual meetings of Nettlesworth Methodist Church Sunday School Teachers, 26 September 1969 - 28 October 1974
(1 file)


Plan of Nettlesworth Church, drawn by S.W. Milburn and Partners, chartered architects, The Esplanade, Sunderland, July 1964 Scale: 1:96
(1 plan, 44 cm. x 31 cm.)

Pittington, St. John, Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1853-1855)

Account book of Overseas Missions, Pittington, 1969 - 1990
(1 booklet)


Minute book of Sunday School Teachers' meetings, 4 October 1964 - 16 October 1990
(1 volume, card bound)


Accounts of income and expenditure of the Sunday School, 23 December 1956 - 20 November 1989
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Rainton Gate Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1856-1862)

Register of baptisms, 19 July 1970 - 24 February 2002
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of confirmations, 29 November 1992 Two entries only
(1 volume, card bound)


Church Council meeting minutes, 9 February 1994
(1 paper)


Church Council meeting minutes, 19 October 1995
(1 paper)


Minutes of the annual Church Council meeting, 24 February 1998
(3 papers)


Church Council meeting minutes, 6 October 1998
(2 papers)


Church Council minutes of the annual meeting, 24 February 1999
(3 papers)

Sacriston Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1863-1881)

Sacriston and District Council of Churches meeting minutes, 19 April 1993
(1 paper)


Account book, 1 September 1977 - 31 August 1982
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Account book, 31 August 1982 - 31 August 1986
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Account book, 1 September 1986 - 31 August 1990
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Account book, Sacriston Methodist Church, 1 September 1990 - 31 August 1996
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Sacriston and District Council of Churches meeting minutes, 28 June 1993
(2 papers)


Sacriston and District Council of Churches meeting minutes, 20 October 1993
(1 paper)


Sacriston and District Council of Churches meeting minutes, 11 April 1994
(1 paper)


Sacriston and District Council of Churches meeting minutes, 20 June 1994
(2 papers)


Sacriston and District Council of Churches meeting minutes, 14 September 1994
(2 papers)


Sacriston and District Council of Churches meeting minutes, 7 November 1994
(2 papers)


Sacriston and District Council of Churches meeting minutes, 10 May 1995
(1 paper)


Sacriston and District Council of Churches meeting minutes, 12 July 1995
(2 papers)


Sacriston and District Council of Churches meeting minutes, 27 September 1995
(2 papers)


Sacriston and District Council of Churches meeting minutes, 22 November 1995
(2 papers)


Sacriston and District Council of Churches meeting minutes, 24 January 1996
(2 papers)


Sacriston and District Council of Churches meeting minutes, 22 January 1997
(2 papers)


Sacriston Council of Churches meeting minutes, 9 June 1997
(2 papers)


'Churches Together', Sacriston and Witton Gilbert, meeting minutes, 11 December 2001
(1 paper)

Waterhouses Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1882)

19 October 1871 (1) The Right Honourable Viscount Boyne and the Honourable Gustavus Russell Hamilton Russell (2) James Wild, Richard Cowell, William Walton, Ralph Hayson, John Ashman, George Linley, Thomas Hooper, Thomas Johnson, George Emmerson, James Wilson, John Bestford, Samuel Yates, Theodore Horter, James Fell and Adam Suddick Copy of deed in which (1) agrees to lease to (2), for fifty years, a plot of ground at Waterhouses as a building site for a Primitive Methodist chapel.
(1 file)

Unidentified church (Ref: M/DDV 1883)

Photograph of a view of the altar of an unidentified church, showing a young girl in the congregation, c.1990s
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 14 cm., colour)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1884-1885)

Fifty-seventh Deposit

(Acc: 2830(D))
Broompark Methodist Church

Minutes


Minute book of Church Council meetings, 29 October 1965 - 4 February 1991
(1 booklet)


Minute book of Church Council meetings, 28 October 1991 - 21 November 1999
(1 volume, card bound)

Financial records (Ref: M/DDV 1886-1887)

Income and expenditure account book, 1932 - 1977
(1 volume, leather bound)


Financial statements and summaries, 1986 - 1992, 1994 - 1998
(10 papers)

Service records (Ref: M/DDV 1888-1889)

Record of services, 16 August 1978 - 22 September 1991
(1 volume, card bound)


Order of service for the Closing Service, 15 April 2001
(1 booklet)

Class book (Ref: M/DDV 1890)

Class book, 1907
(1 volume, card bound)

Property records (Ref: M/DDV 1891-1892)

Quinquennial report by R. Alderson and J.K. Fawell, 12 September 1984
(4 papers)


Quinquennial report by Maughan, Reynolds and Partners, 6 November 1995
(1 file)

Photographs (Ref: M/DDV 1893-1906)

Photograph of a woman standing beside a church altar [possibly at Broompark Methodist Church], c.1990s
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Photograph of a view of a church altar [possibly at Broompark Methodist Church], c.1990s
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Photograph of four women sitting in a church [possibly Broompark Methodist Church], c.1990s
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Photograph of a woman addressing a church congregation [possibly at Broompark Methodist Church], c.1990s
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Photograph of four women sitting at a table during a social event in a church hall [possibly Broompark Methodist Church], c.1990s
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Photograph of two men and a girl standing in a church hall during a social event [possibly taken at Broompark Methodist Church], c.1990s
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Photograph of people attending a social event in a church hall [possibly at Broompark Methodist Church], c.1990s
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Photograph of people attending a social event in a church hall [possibly at Broompark Methodist Church], c.1990s
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Photograph of people attending a social event in a church hall [possibly at Broompark Methodist Church], c.1990s
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Photograph of people attending a social event in a church hall [possibly at Broompark Methodist Church], c.1990s
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Photograph of people attending a social event in a church hall [possibly at Broompark Methodist Church], c.1990s
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Photograph of people attending a social event in a church hall [possibly at Broompark Methodist Church], c.1990s
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Photograph of a woman attending to a young child during a social event in a church hall [possibly at Broompark Methodist Church], c.1990s
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Photograph of a woman working in the kitchen of a church hall [possibly Broompark Methodist Church], c.1990s
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1907-1914)

Fifty-eighth Deposit

(Acc: 2965(D))
Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit


Minutes of the Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit meetings, 8 June 1999 - 20 June 2002
(64 papers)


Notes from the December meeting of Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit, 1999
(1 paper)


Copy minutes of Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit Finance and General Purposes Committee meetings, including discussions on circuit and sectional reorganisation, 6 July 1983; 17 February 1988 - September 1994
(74 papers)


Ministry and Finance in the Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit: Submissions to the Circuit Policy Committee and the Circuit meeting from St. John 's Methodist Church, Pittington, by H.M. Townson, March 1991, including amendments, March 1991
(15 papers)


Minutes of local preachers' meetings of the Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit, 7 December 1994 - 28 May 2002
(98 papers)


Copy minutes of the Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit South West Area Group meetings, 28 April 1998 - 14 May 2002
(25 papers)


Trustees' and financial reports, 1997 - 2002
(92 papers)


Order of service to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit, 7 September 1997
(1 booklet and 2 papers, duplicated)

Broompark Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1930-1931)

Membership roll book of Broompark Methodist Church, c.1994 - April 1996
(1 booklet, card bound)


Correspondence between Rev. M. Roe, 25 Cavendish Court, Brandon, and W.E. Higham, Circuit Treasurer, Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit, concerning the proposal to amalgamate Broompark and Brandon Churches, 20 December 1999 - 7 January 2000
(3 papers)

Browney Lane Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1932)Esh Winning, Acton Road, Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1933-1949)

Register of members of Esh Winning and Waterhouses Methodist Churches, April 1971 - May 1983
(1 booklet, card bound)


Register of members of Esh Winning, Acton Road, Methodist Church, November 1976 - October 1985
(1 booklet, card bound)


Membership roll book of Esh Winning Methodist Church, October 1985 - June 1996
(1 booklet, card bound)


Copy local church profile supplement concerning Acton Road Methodist Church, Esh Winning, c.1998
(2 papers)


Property reports for Church Council meetings, 13 October 1997 - 6 June 2001
(12 papers)


Minutes of an informal trustees' meeting held at Esh Winning, 31 August 1973
(2 papers)


Minutes, and agendas, of Acton Road Methodist Church, Esh Winning, Church Council meetings, 7 February 1995 - 16 October 2001
(67 papers)


Minutes of the General Church meetings, Acton Road Methodist Church, Esh Winning, 17 May 1996 - 13 June 2000
(15 papers)


Correspondence between Wilson, Maddison and Co., solicitors, 5 North Bailey, Durham, and Rev. R.A. Fox, minister, Esh Winning Methodist Church, concerning a legacy from Walter Rand (deceased), 11 January 1990 - 15 March 1990
(3 papers)


Correspondence between Mr. R.J. Todd, Watson Burton, solicitors, Bishop Auckland, and the Methodist Church, concerning the will of the late Robert Henry Todd, 26 October 1993 - 29 September 1998
(5 papers)


Letter from R.R. Ferguson, Esh Winning Methodist Church, to Mr. S. Carmedy, Secretary to Brandon and Byshottles Parish Council, concerning proposed pavements scheme and an access road adjacent to Acton Road Methodist Church, with plan, 10 June 1998 and 7 September 1998 Scale: 1:200
(1 paper, and 1 plan, 42 cm. x 29 cm., coloured)


Correspondence between Rev. Margaret Roe, Acton Road Methodist Church, and Robin Street, Esh Winning, Connexion Property Committee, concerning a grant from the Vandalism Fund, 14 October - 18 November 1998
(3 papers)


Letter from Methodist Insurance plc. to Rev. E.A. Wells, concerning the insurance policy on Esh Winning Methodist Church, 25 February 2000
(2 papers)


Letter from Mr. N. McMurtry, Disability North, to Mr. R. Ferguson, Sycamore Lodge, Esh Winning, concerning proposed access improvements to Esh Winning Methodist Church, 11 May 2000
(2 papers)


Balance sheets for Esh Winning Methodist Church, 1 September 1976 - 31 August 1983, 1995 - 2001
(22 papers)


List from the central finance board of the Methodist Church of contributions paid by covenant to Esh Winning Methodist Church for the year 1977, 17 March 1978
(1 paper)


Copy schedules for local churches, 1972 - 1983
(15 papers)

New Brancepeth Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1950-1963)

Register of members of New Brancepeth Methodist Church, c. September 1980 - July 1996
(1 booklet, card bound)


Minutes, and agendas, of meetings of the New Brancepeth Church Council, c. 1995 - 2000
(18 papers)


Minutes of New Brancepeth Methodist Church property meeting, 18 October 1999
(1 paper)


Correspondence and reports, including a copy of the Quinquennial Inspection by Howard Litchfield Partnership, 10 January 1992, and estimates for repairs, including the installation of a new roof, to New Brancepeth Methodist Church, January 1992 - 16 February 1998
(51 papers)


Balance sheets of New Brancepeth Methodist Church, 1978 - 1983, 1993
(6 papers)


Draft copy letters of thanks for donations towards roof appeal, for time spent at the Chapel and for use of land behind the chapel as access, 1989 - 1994
(3 papers)


Draft posters for events held by New Brancepeth Methodist Church, c. 1992
(7 papers)


Minutes and agendas of the New Brancepeth Youth Club annual general meetings, 29 January 1990 - 16 February 1993
(12 papers)


Minutes of the New Brancepeth Youth Club Management Committee, 10 January 1991 and 1 February 1995
(5 papers)


Minutes of the New Brancepeth Youth Club Development Committee, 29 April 1992 - 18 April 1994
(24 papers)


Proposals for the building of a new youth club in New Brancepeth, 24 September 1991 - 3 April 1995
(12 papers)


List of members and activities of the New Brancepeth Holiday Club, August 1992
(6 papers)


Copy of completed form, entitled Directory and Statistics, 1990 - 1991
(2 papers)


Copy of a completed questionnaire for Church Councils, September 1992
(2 papers)

Ushaw Moor Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1964-1965)

Minutes of Ushaw Moor Methodist Church Council meetings, 9 February 2000 - 25 February 2002
(20 papers)


Ushaw Moor Methodist Church accounts, 1998 - 2001
(30 papers)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1966)

Fifty-ninth Deposit

(Acc: 3188(D))
Brandon, Mount Calvary, Methodist Church


Account book of Mount Calvary Methodist Church Sunday School, 6 January 1911 - 31 August 1976
(1 volume, card bound)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1967-1968)

Sixtieth Deposit

(Acc: 3214(D))
Brandon, Mount Calvary, Primitive Methodist Church


18 October 1871 (1) Gustavus Frederick, Viscount Boyne and Baron Brancepeth, and the Hon. Gustavus Russell Hamilton Russell, his son (2) James Robson of Brandon, shoemaker; John Pratt, labourer; Thomas Watson, coke burner; Rowland Richardson, George Maddison, Daniel Evans, Richard Kirsip, Frederick Leighton, Ralph Marley, miners; John Fawell, mason, and James Watson, grocer, all of Brandon Colliery Copy lease for 50 years to (2) of a plot of land [as specified] for building a Primitive Methodist chapel in Brandon Rent: 5s. 0d. p.a. Includes: plan of property
(3 papers, duplicated)


1 November 1923 (1) Gustavus William, Viscount Boyne (2) Rev. John Dyson of 'Burnbrae', Langley Moor, superintendent minister of the Primitive Methodist circuit (3) Charles Boast of Ross Street, Brooms, Ferryhill, miner; John Stanton of 7 Wylam Road, Shield Row, Stanley, retired miner; Ralph Crosby Maddison of 43 Princess Street, Brandon Colliery, miner; Roger Halliday of 21 Albert Street, Brandon Colliery, miner; James Richardson of 15 Princess Street, Brandon Colliery, ex-signalman; George Michael Cook of 21 Queen Street, Brandon Colliery, miner; John Maddison of Princess Street, Brandon Colliery, miner; and John Mothersell Thornton of Dawdon Colliery, miner (trustees) Copy deed of gift from (1) to (3) of 827 sq. yds. of ground, and chapel, at Brandon
(5 papers, duplicated)

 (Ref: M/DDV 1969-1975)

Sixty-First Deposit

(Acc: 3219(D))
Durham and Deerness Valley Circuit


Circuit plan 128 and newsletter, April - June 2004
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan 129 and newsletter, July - September 2004
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan 130 and newsletter, October - December 2004
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan 131 and newsletter, January - March 2005
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan 132 and newsletter, April - June 2005
(1 booklet, printed)


Circuit plan 133 and newsletter, July - September 2005
(1 booklet, printed)


Order of service for circuit service, 11 September 2005
(1 booklet, printed)

Elvet Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 1976-2011)

Welcome to Worship weekly newsletters, 11 January - 19 December 2004
(41 papers and 6 booklets, printed)


Welcome to Worship weekly newsletters, 2 January - 18 December 2005
(46 papers and 9 booklets, printed)


Welcome to Worship weekly newsletters, 1 January - 19 February 2006
(8 papers, printed)


Monthly update, January 2006
(1 paper, printed)


Monthly update, February 2006
(1 paper, printed)


Centenary Review, 1903 - 2003
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report, April 2003 - April 2004
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report, April 2004 - April 2005
(1 booklet, printed)


Year book, 2001 - 2002
(1 booklet, printed)


Year book, 2003 - 2004
(1 booklet, printed)


Year book, 2004 - 2005
(1 booklet, printed)


Concert programme, Rossini's Petite Messe Solenelle, 24 April 2004
(1 paper, printed)


Liturgy for Pentecost and order of service for Pentecost, 30 May 2004
(2 booklets, printed)


Programme of a concert of light music given by Kempston Musical Society, 4 June 2005
(1 paper, printed)


Flower Festival programme, June 2004
(1 booklet, printed)


Programme for Junior Church celebration, 13 June 2004
(1 paper, printed)


Order of service for the funeral of Stan Foster, 3 September 2004
(1 paper, printed)


Order of service for Remembrance Sunday, 14 November 2004
(1 paper, printed)


Order of service for The Jesse Tree, Advent 2004
(1 booklet, printed)


Order of service for the Gift Service, 12 December 2004
(1 booklet, printed)


Order of service for the Carol Service, 19 December 2004
(1 paper, printed)


Order of service for the wedding of Sally Robinson and Keith Mallard, 18 December 2004
(1 booklet, printed)


Orders of service for Covenant Services with St. Oswald's Anglican Church, Durham, 2 January 2005 and 8 January 2005
(2 booklets, printed)


Order of service for a service in the style of the Taize Community, 6 February 2005
(1 paper, printed)


Leaflet concerning circuit service in the style of Taize worship, 6 March 2005
(1 paper, printed)


Order of service for St. Luke Passion, by J.S. Bach, 13 March 2005
(1 booklet, printed)


Order of service for Easter Sunday and baptisms of Matthew George Powell and Courtney Tyler Holt, 27 March 2005
(1 booklet, printed)


Order of service for Harvest Thanksgiving, 9 October 2005
(1 booklet, printed)


Programme of an Evening of Christmas Music, 7 December 2005
(1 paper, printed)


Order of service of readings and carols, 18 December 2005
(1 booklet, printed)


Order of service for Christmas Day, 25 December 2005
(1 paper, printed)


Order of service for a Covenant Service with St. Oswald's, Durham, 8 January 2006
(1 booklet, printed)


Leaflet for Ash Wednesday, 1 March 2006
(1 paper, printed)


Leaflets, entitled Building Futures in Angola, n.d.
(5 papers, printed)


Leaflet on The Elvet Project, n.d.
(1 paper, printed)


Leaflet for a Christmas Concert, 19 December 2005
(1 paper, printed)

Elvet and Shincliffe (Ref: M/DDV 2012-2019/12)

Holy Week services, 2004
(1 paper, printed)


Christmas services, 2005
(1 paper, printed)


Holy Week services, 2005
(1 paper, printed)


Lenten meetings, 2005
(1 paper, printed)


Order of service for One World Week, 23 October 2005
(1 booklet, printed)


Leaflet for the Candlelight Procession, 31 December 2004
(1 paper, printed)


Leaflet for the Candlelight Procession, 31 December 2005
(1 paper, printed)


South East Durham Methodist newsletters for Bowburn, Shincliffe and Elvet Methodist churches, December 2003 - January 2004
(1 booklet)


South East Durham Methodist newsletters for Bowburn, Shincliffe and Elvet Methodist churches, February 2004 - March 2004
(1 booklet)


South East Durham Methodist newsletters for Bowburn, Shincliffe and Elvet Methodist churches, April 2004 - May 2004
(1 booklet)


South East Durham Methodist newsletters for Bowburn, Shincliffe and Elvet Methodist churches, June 2004 - July 2004
(1 booklet)


South East Durham Methodist newsletters for Bowburn, Shincliffe and Elvet Methodist churches, August 2004 - September 2004
(1 booklet)


South East Durham Methodist newsletters for Bowburn, Shincliffe and Elvet Methodist churches, October 2004 - November 2004
(1 booklet)


South East Durham Methodist newsletters for Bowburn, Shincliffe and Elvet Methodist churches, December 2004 - January 2005
(1 booklet)


South East Durham Methodist newsletters for Bowburn, Shincliffe and Elvet Methodist churches, February 2005 - March 2005
(1 booklet)


South East Durham Methodist newsletters for Bowburn, Shincliffe and Elvet Methodist churches, April 2005 - May 2005
(1 booklet)


South East Durham Methodist newsletters for Bowburn, Shincliffe and Elvet Methodist churches, June 2005 - July 2005
(1 booklet)


South East Durham Methodist newsletters for Bowburn, Shincliffe and Elvet Methodist churches, August 2005 - September 2005
(1 booklet)


South East Durham Methodist newsletters for Bowburn, Shincliffe and Elvet Methodist churches, October 2005 - November 2005
(1 booklet)

 (Ref: M/DDV 2020)

Sixty-Second Deposit

(Acc: 3266(D))
Brandon, Mount Calvary, Methodist Church


Tree of Memories, painted by N. Lightfoot, 1952
(1 canvas, 50.5 cm. x 59.5 cm., colour)

 (Ref: M/DDV 2022-2028)

Sixty-Third Deposit

(Acc: 3276(D))


Photograph of Esh Road Wesley Guild, 1939 L-R back row: Agnes Alderson, Mrs. Ratcliffe, Mr. R.W. Alderson, Mr. J. Ratcliffe, Raymond Watson, Robbie Alderson, Harold Watson, Margaret Ratcliffe, Evelyn Earnshaw, Tom Earnshaw, Arthur Wren, Mrs. Nightingale, Mr. T. Nightingale L-R front row: Ruth Alderson, Nathan Penistone, Louisa Lowery, Tallentire Dent, Rev. M. Burnett, Victor Dent, Mary Ratcliffe, Norman Passfield, Doris Jackson
(1 photograph, 30 cm. x 24.5 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Photograph of an unidentified minister, n.d.
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Photograph of an unidentified minister, endorsed Brown, n.d.
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 15.5 cm., black and white)


Certificate of merit awarded to Ushaw Moor Methodist Youth Club for gaining third place in the annual netball competition, 1970
(1 paper)


Certificate commemorating the union of Esh Road Society and Durham Road Society, to be known as the Methodist Church, Ushaw Moor, 28 July 1954
(1 paper)


Certificate from the Methodist Youth Department to certify that Ushaw Moor Methodist Youth Centre has full membership of the Methodist Association of Youth Clubs, 14 April 1948
(1 paper)


Roll of Honour, 1939 - 1945, Ushaw Moor Methodist Church, embroidered by F. Genner, n.d.
(1 embroidered cloth)

 (Ref: M/DDV 2029-2043)

Sixty-Fourth Deposit

(Acc: 3321(D))
Bearpark, Durham Road, Methodist Church


Register of baptisms, 29 January 1940 - 16 July 1967
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 13 August 1966 - 31 October 1970
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 13 January 1971 - 13 December 1975
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 18 September 1976 - 29 March 1986
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 18 October 1986 - 21 September 1991
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 27 June 1992 - 10 October 2000
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minute book of Trust Meetings, 17 April 1964 - 1 November 1966
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Minute book of Trustees' Meetings, 9 February 1967 - 8 October 1967
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Account book of Trustees' Treasurer, 1 November 1964 - 18 September 1976
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Minute book of New Church Building Fund Committee, 27 February 1956 - 21 November 1961
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Minute book of the Annual Meeting of Christian Endeavour, 21 December 1950 - 6 February 1962 At the end: income and expenditure accounts, 1951 - 1961
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Account book of Christian Endeavour, January 1951 - June 1964
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Minute book of Sunday Teachers' Annual Meetings, 6 January 1944 - 15 June 1944
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Admission register of the Sunday School, 1945 and 1979 - 1981
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Attendance register of the Sunday School, c.1970 - 1979
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Durham, Bethel, Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 2044-2057)

Register of marriages, 14 November 1936 - 18 December 1937
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 25 December 1937 - 14 April 1941
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 26 April 1941 - 19 March 1949
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 19 March 1949 - 1 October 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minute book of Leaders' meetings, 18 September 1961 - 30 November 1966 At the beginning: Annual Society meetings, 27 January 1964 - 31 January 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minute book of Leaders' meetings, 20 February 1967 - 22 May 1972 Includes: Annual Society meetings minutes, 8 February 1967 - 26 January 1972
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Minute book of Leaders' meetings, 6 September 1972 - 26 November 1972 Includes: Church Council meetings minutes, 17 February 19974 - 26 January 1977
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Minutes of Church Council meetings, 6 May 1977 - 27 April 1980 Includes at beginning: lists of members of the Church Council, 1978 and n.d.; at end: notes of an interview to appoint a church caretaker, 9 July 1980; list of recommendations from Property Committee to Church Council, 7 October 1980
(1 file)


Minute book of Church Council meetings, 8 October 1980 - 15 June 1983
(1 volume, card bound)


Minutes of Church Council meetings, 10 October 1983 - 1 March 1989
(1 file)


Minutes of the Family Committee, 28 January 1988 and 26 January 1989 Originally enclosed with M/DDV 2053
(2 papers)


List of members of church committees, March 1988 Originally enclosed with M/DDV 2053
(1 paper)


Return for North Road Methodist Church, Durham, to the Methodist Church Property Division, 31 October 1987 Originally enclosed with M/DDV 2053
(3 papers)


Return made on behalf of North Road Methodist Church, Durham, to a questionnaire connected with Towards 2000 - A Policy for Church Growth, 31 July 1986 Originally enclosed with M/DDV 2053
(3 papers)

Witton Gilbert Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 2058-2062)

Register of baptisms, 26 March 1961 - 1 May 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of baptisms, 1 May 1969 - 8 November 1981
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 13 December 1981 - 24 June 2001
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Pulpit notice book, 22 February 1981 - 18 March 1990
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Pulpit notice book, 25 March 1990 - 10 March 1996
(1 volume, cloth bound)

 (Ref: M/DDV 2063-2064)

Sixty-Fifth Deposit

(Acc: 3344(D))


Tablecloth embroidered with names to commemorate the opening of Browney Primitive Methodist Church, by J. Phillipson, 1929
(1 cloth, 112 cm. x 112 cm., linen, red thread)


Alphabetical list of the names to be found on M/DDV 2063, compiled by Mary Tribe, 2007
(5 papers, typescript)

 (Ref: M/DDV 2066-2073)

Sixty-Seventh Deposit

(Acc: 3382(D))
Durham, Elvet, Methodist Church


Weekly newsletters, 26 February 2006 - 2 July 2006; 16 July 2006 - 1 October 2006; 15 October 2006 - 25 March 2007; 15 April 2007 - 17 June 2007
(7 booklets and 59 papers)


Elvet Monthly Update, March 2006 - June 2007
(16 papers)


Orders of service, 18 December 2005 - 17 June 2007
(20 booklets, 8 papers)


Programmes for concerts held in Elvet Methodist Church, 10 May 2006 - 11 March 2007
(2 booklets; 5 papers)


Elvet Methodist Church: Yearbook, 2006 - 2007
(1 booklet)


Elvet Methodist Church Annual Report, April 2005 - April 2006
(1 file)


Churches Together in Elvet and Shincliffe: programmes for Holy Week and Easter, 2006 and 2007
(2 cards)


South East Durham Methodist Newsletter, December 2005 - March 2007
(8 booklets)

 (Ref: M/DDV 2075)

Sixty-Eighth Deposit

(Acc: 3390(D))
Brandon, St. Andrew, Methodist Church

Sacriston, Jubilee, formerly Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/DDV 2076)

Souvenir Handbook of Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, 4 March 1942 The handbook includes a history of the church and a programme of special services for the Jubilee
(1 booklet, printed)

 (Ref: M/DDV 2077-2083)

Sixty-Ninth Deposit

(Acc: 3435(D))
Gilesgate (formerly Wesleyan) Methodist Church


Register of baptisms, 13 January 1931 - [?] April 2006
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Cradle roll, 1959 - 28 July 2006
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Accounts of receipts and expenditure, Gilesgate Methodist Sisterhood, January 1987 - August 2000
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Printing block of unidentified clergyman, n.d. [early 20th century]
(1 printing block)


Printing block of the exterior of [Gilesgate Methodist Church ?], n.d. [early 20th century]
(1 printing block)


Printing block of the interior of [Gilesgate Methodist Church ?], n.d. [early 20th century]
(1 printing block)


Printing block of eight unidentified men in an office, n.d. [early 20th century]
(1 printing block)

 (Ref: M/DDV 2084-2089/1-6)

Seventieth Deposit

(Acc: 7325)
Gilesgate (formerly Wesleyan) Methodist Church, Durham


Account book, 1 September 1974 - 24 September 1991
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Account book, 1 September 1991 - 24 August 2003
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Account book, 4 September 2003 - 27 August 2007
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Balance sheets, 1997/98 - 2006/07
(11 papers)


Statements of financial affairs (Schedule B), 1999/2000 - 2006/07
(13 papers)


Financial reports, 2001/02 - 2005/06
(6 papers)