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Barnard Castle St. Mary Roman Catholic Parish

Reference: RC/BC Catalogue Title: Barnard Castle St. Mary Roman Catholic Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Non-Conformist Church Records Description: 

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  • Barnard Castle St. Mary Roman Catholic Parish
    • REGISTRATION (Ref: RC/BC 1/1-9)
    • Catholic Records Classification Scheme (Ref: RC/BC 1-15)
    • Prenuptial enquiries (Ref: RC/BC 2/2-4)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: RC/BC 2/5-6)
    • PARISH ACCOUNTS (Ref: RC/BC 4/1)
    • SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION (Ref: RC/BC 9/1-4)
    • MISCELLANEOUS (Ref: RC/BC 15/1)

Catalogue Description

Records of the Roman Catholic parish of Barnard Castle,

St. Mary, deposited on long-term loan

17 October 1995 Acc: 2330(D)

County Record Office
County Hall
DURHAM
DH1 5UL

Catalogue Contents

REGISTRATION (Ref: RC/BC 1/1-9)Ref: RC/BC 1/1

Register of baptisms, 29 March 1847 - 11 November 1869
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: RC/BC 1/2

Register of baptisms, 15 January 1870 - 27 May 1883
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: RC/BC 1/3

Register of baptisms, 3 June 1883 - 10 November 1907
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: RC/BC 1/4

Register of marriages, 4 October 1856 - 9 October 1869
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: RC/BC 1/5

Register of marriages, 11 May 1870 - 14 June 1950
(1 volume, leather, quarter-bound)

Ref: RC/BC 1/6

Register of deaths, January 1860 - 11 May 1874
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: RC/BC 1/7

Register of deaths, 14 July 1874 - 25 July 1896
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: RC/BC 1/8

Register of burials for Barnard Castle RC Cemetery, 13 February 1886 - 2 May 1892
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: RC/BC 1/9

Register of deaths, with plan of St. Mary's RC Cemetery, 19 September 1896 - 2 August 1974
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Catholic Records Classification Scheme (Ref: RC/BC 1-15)Ref: RC/BC 1

Registration

Ref: RC/BC 2

Clergy

Ref: RC/BC 3

Church fabric and property

Ref: RC/BC 4

Parish accounts

Ref: RC/BC 5

Parish organisations

Ref: RC/BC 6

Fraternities, sodalities and church societies (including S.V.P.)

Ref: RC/BC 7

Charities

Ref: RC/BC 8

Deanery

Ref: RC/BC 9

Schools and education

Ref: RC/BC 10

Not used 11 Not used

Ref: RC/BC 12

Not used

Ref: RC/BC 13

Not used 14 Not used

Ref: RC/BC 15

Miscellaneous

(Ref: RC/BC 2/1)

CLERGY

Confirmations

Ref: RC/BC 2/1

Register of confirmations, 18 July 1861 - 16 May 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Prenuptial enquiries (Ref: RC/BC 2/2-4)Ref: RC/BC 2/2

Pre-nuptial enquiry forms (completed), 1949-1951
(1 volume, paper bound)

Ref: RC/BC 2/3

Pre-nuptial enquiry forms (completed), September 1952 - March 1957
(1 volume, paper bound)

Ref: RC/BC 2/4

Prenuptial enquiry forms (completed), 24 September 1952 - 3 March 1957
(1 volume, card bound)

Miscellaneous (Ref: RC/BC 2/5-6)Ref: RC/BC 2/5

Journal originally kept by Rev. Thomas Knuckley, concerning events in the parish, 1928-1967 Includes: list of priests formerly serving the parish, 1847-1929; notes relating to the previous RC church in Ware Street and the priests' house in Queen Street, Barnard Castle, 1849-1931 For enclosures see: RC/BC 2/6, RC/BC 15/1
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: RC/BC 2/6

Notice of Visitation by the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle to St. Mary, Barnard Castle, 25 September 1932
(1 paper)

PARISH ACCOUNTS (Ref: RC/BC 4/1)Ref: RC/BC 4/1

Parish collection book, 1929 - 1947
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION (Ref: RC/BC 9/1-4)Ref: RC/BC 9/1

Minute book of the meetings of managers of St. Mary's Catholic School, 30 November 1904 - 24 March 1969
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: RC/BC 9/2

Agenda and minutes of the governors of St. Mary's School, 11 April 1973 - 27 July 1981
(1 file)

Ref: RC/BC 9/3

Agenda and minutes of the governors of St. Mary's School, head-teacher's reports, agenda of St. Mary's School annual meeting of parents, minutes of St. Mary's school staffing committee meeting; also notes and circulars relating to the various meetings, 10 June 1986 - 13 September 1991
(1 file)

Ref: RC/BC 9/4

Agenda and minutes (with annotations) of the governors of St. Mary's RC School, head-teacher's reports; also notes relating to the meetings, 10 June 1986 - 8 November 1991

MISCELLANEOUS (Ref: RC/BC 15/1)Ref: RC/BC 15/1

Newspaper cutting [from Teesdale Mercury?], containing an article 'Teesdale Record Society - proceedings; a papal indulgence for Barnard Castle', n.d. [1938]
(1 paper)



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