Durham Record Office

Durham County Record Office: the official archive service for County Durham and Darlington

You are here: Home / Search options / Search the catalogue / Catalogue search results / Catalogue

Catalogue

Bishop Auckland Methodist Circuit

Reference: M/BA Catalogue Title: Bishop Auckland Methodist Circuit Area: Catalogue Category: Non-Conformist Church Records Description: 

Return to your search results

Catalogue Index

Use Expand image and Expanded image to reveal/hide the structure of the catalogue index (requires Javascript to be enabled in your internet browser options). Click to jump directly to information at a specific level of the catalogue.

Catalogue Description

Fourteenth Deposit

(Acc: 2225(D))

Catalogue Contents

Bishop Auckland Wesleyan Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/BA 959)

Photocopy of preachers' plan, 6 August - 29 October 1871
(1 paper)

 (Ref: M/BA 960-965)

Fifteenth Deposit

(Acc: 2353(D))

Evenwood Methodist Church
(formerly Wesleyan Methodist)


Register of marriages, 28 May 1913 - 11 March 1939
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 5 August 1939 - 30 September 1950
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 30 September 1950 - 28 July 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 18 August 1962 - 21 July 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 2 October 1971 - 2 June 1990
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 12 October 1991 - 13 August 1994
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Darlington and Stockton Primitive Methodist District (Ref: M/BA 966-967)

Account of [Darlington and Stockton Primitive] District meeting, May 1904
(1 paper)


Official handbook of annual synod, held at Central Church, Bishop Auckland, 2 - 5 May 1924
(1 booklet)

Bishop Auckland Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/BA 968-971)

Minute book of Overseas Missionary Committee, 8 February 1974 - 7 March 1980
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of the Circuit General Purposes Committee, 15 September 1978 - 27 February 1987
(1 volume, card bound)


Circuit Schedule of Methodist Trust property, March 1960 - March 1976
(1 volume, paper cover)


Circuit collection book for [Junior Missionary Association], 1971 - 1979
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Bildershaw Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 972)

Deposit account pass book, 1938 - 1964 (1 volume, card bound) Central Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland
(formerly Primitive Methodist)

General Accounts (Ref: M/BA 973-974/1-2)

Day book, April 1898 - 1909
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Statements of receipts and payment account, year ended 31 December 1948 - 31 December 1949
(2 papers)

Church Trustees (Ref: M/BA 975-979)

Copy letter book of the Secretary of the Trustees, 28 April 1910 - 15 March 1920
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of Methodist trustees, 12 November 1912 - 26 November 1931
(1 volume, card bound)


Letters from J.T. Proud, Clerk to Bishop Auckland Urban District Council, to R. Curtis, Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland, concerning the sum owed by the Trustees of Central Methodist Church in respect of road making at Acacia Road, Bishop Auckland, 29 April 1910 - 1 August 1911
(3 papers)


Demand for payment issued by Bishop Auckland Urban District Council to the Trustees of Central Primitive Methodist Church, in respect of road making at Acacia Road, Bishop Auckland, 31 January 1911
(1 paper)


Letter from John Wren, Bishop Auckland, Secretary of the Central Church Choir, to Mr. Curtis, enquiring whether the suggestion to increase the seating accommodation of the choir could be put before the Trustees of Central Primitive Methodist Church at their next meeting, 29 October 1912
(1 paper)

Methodist Society (Ref: M/BA 980)

Minute book of Methodist Society meetings, 27 October 1903 - 12 January 1904 Includes: minutes of the General Committee in connection with the debt reduction scheme, 18 December 1916 - 27 April 1917
(1 volume, card bound)

Mens' meetings (Ref: M/BA 981)

Minute book of men's' meetings, 11 March 1950 - 16 March 1957 Includes: lists of money collected by members and expenses, related to the 'Mens' effort', n.d., and includes programme for church jubilee celebrations and details of money collected for jubilee celebrations, 1953
(1 volume, card bound)

Womens' Own meetings (Ref: M/BA 982-985)

Womens' Own meetings treasurers' book, December 1924 - 11 December 1950
(1 volume, card bound)


Womens' Own meetings cash book, 1962 - 1985
(1 volume, card bound)


Photograph of members of Womens' Own meeting in fancy dress, endorsed 1926
(1 photograph, 20.9 cm. x 15.8 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Womens' Own meeting members, endorsed early [19]30s
(1 photograph, 21.6 cm. x 16.7 cm., black and white)

Central Methodist Youth Club (Ref: M/BA 986-997)

Minute book of the Committee of Central Methodist Youth Club, 27 November 1957 - 14 December 1962 For enclosures see: M/BA 995
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of the Committee of the Central Methodist Youth Club, 8 March 1963 - 7 May 1973 For enclosures see: M/BA 988
(1 volume, card bound)


Membership list, 1963-1964
(2 papers)


Cash and subscription book, 1936-1959
(1 volume, card bound)


Attendance and subscription register, 1957-1971
(1 volume, card bound)


Membership and subscription book, 7 September 1973 - May 1976
(1 volume, card bound)


Deposit account bank book, March 1944 - October 1954
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Current account bank book, October 1954 - June 1959
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Account book, January 1959 - December 1994
(1 volume, card bound)


Balance sheets, 1965-1966
(2 papers)


Tuck shop account book, 1978-1979
(1 volume, card bound)


Rules, constitution and draft constitution, n.d.
(5 papers)

Building of church (Ref: M/BA 998-1005)

Plan of proposed site for Primitive Methodist Church and Schools, Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland, n.d., [ c.1902] Scale: 41.66 feet to 1 inch [1 : 499.92]
(1 plan, waxed cloth, 55.6 cm. x 35.5 cm.)


Sketch view of the P[rimitive] M[ethodist] caretaker's house, Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland, n.d., [ c.1902] No scale
(1 plan, 24.1 cm. x 24.3 cm.)


Plan of 'proposed P[rimitive] M[ethodist] Caretaker's House, Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland', n.d., [ c.1902] Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1 : 96]
(1 plan, 34.2 cm. x 36.5 cm.)


Alternative plan of 'proposed P[rimitive] M[ethodist] Caretaker's House, Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland', n.d., [ c.1902] Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1 : 96]
(1 plan, 32.1 cm. x 36.5 cm.)


Copy conditions and specifications of labour and materials required in the erection and completion of proposed Primitive Methodist church, schools and vestries, Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland, by T.E. Davidson, Newcastle, architect, with memorandum of agreement, 1902
(7 papers, printed)


Letters from Davidson and Phillipson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, architects, to B.C. Spoor, Primitive Methodist Church, Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland, concerning the building of the new church, schools and other buildings at Cockton Hill, 17 March 1904 - 12 January 1905
(7 papers)


Account issued to the Trustees of the Primitive Methodist Church, Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland, by T.E. Davidson [Newcastle], architect, concerning the building of the new Primitive Methodist church, schools and caretaker's building at Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland, 1905
(1 paper)


Statement of contract and extra costs relating to the building of the new Primitive Methodist church, schools [and other buildings] by T.E. Davidson, Newcastle, architect, 9 January 1905
(1 file)

Building of church organ (Ref: M/BA 1006/1-6-1029)

Specifications of organs built by Messrs. Peter Conocher and Co., Huddersfield, for various churches throughout England, 1901
(6 papers, printed)


Testimonials concerning organs built at various locations in England and Scotland by Messrs. Harrison and Harrison, Durham, n.d., [ c.1904]
(7 papers, printed)


List of organs opened in the last 12 months by Harrison and Harrison, Durham and London, n.d., [ c.1904]
(1 paper, printed)


Specifications for the restoration and enlargement by Harrison and Harrison of the organ at Durham Cathedral, 1904
(1 paper, printed)


Specifications and descriptions of new organs throughout Great Britain and the colonies built by Messrs. Harrison and Harrison of Durham and London, n.d., [ c.1904]
(19 papers, printed)


Specification and estimate by Harrison and Harrison of Durham for an organ for the Central Primitive Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland, 1904
(1 file)


Specification and estimate from James J. Binns, Bramley Organ Works, Leeds, for a new organ to be erected in [Central Methodist Church], Bishop Auckland, 5 March 1904
(1 file)


Specification by H.J. Nelson and Co., Durham, organ builders, for the proposed organ at Central Primitive Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland, with note from H.J. Nelson, Durham, sent to accompany the above, 15 March 1904
(1 file, 1 paper)


Specification by P. Conacher and Co., Huddersfield, organ builders, for the proposed organ at Central Primitive Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland, with letter from P. Conacher and Co., Huddersfield, to B.C. Spoor, Bishop Auckland, sent to accompany the above, 15 March 1904
(7 papers)


Specification by Blackett and Howdon, Newcastle, organ builders, for the proposed new organ at Central Primitive Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland, and accompanying letter, 17 March 1904
(2 files)


Letters from James J. Binns, Bramley Organ Works, Leeds, to B.C. Spoor, Craigmore, Bishop Auckland, concerning the recent estimate for an organ at Central Primitive Methodist Church, 21 - 23 March 1904
(2 papers)


Specification and estimate by Norman and Beard, organ builders, Norwich, for the proposed organ at Central Primitive Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland, with letter from Norman and Beard, Norwich, to B.C. Spoor, Bishop Auckland, sent to accompany the above, 22 March 1904
(1 file)


Letters from Harrison and Harrison, Durham, to B.C. Spoor, Bishop Auckland, concerning the specification and estimate for the new organ at the Central Primitive Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland, 23 - 25 March 1904 Includes: list of organs erected by Harrison and Harrison in Primitive Methodist Churches, n.d., [1904]
(5 papers)


Specification and estimate by H.S. Vincent and Co., Sunderland, organ builders, for a proposed new organ to be built for the Central Primitive Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland, 15 April 1904
(1 file)


Specification by Forster and Andrews, Hull, organ builders, for the proposed organ at Central Primitive Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland and letter from Forster and Andrews, Hull, to B.C. Spoor, Bishop Auckland, sent to accompany the above, 28 - 29 April 1904
(3 papers)


Report compiled by N. Kilburn and T.E. Robinson, Ninefields, Bishop Auckland, for the trustees of the Central Primitive Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland, giving guidance on which tender for a new organ to accept, 7 May 1904
(1 file)


Specification and estimate from James J. Binns, Bramley Organ Works, Leeds, for a new organ to be erected in Central Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland and letter from James J. Binns, Bramley Organ Works, Leeds, to B.C. Spoor, Craigmore, Bishop Auckland, sent to accompany the above, 18 May 1904
(1 file, 1 paper)


Copy letter [unsigned] on behalf of the trustees of Central Primitive Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland, to N.K[ilburn], concerning the reasons why the trustees chose Messrs. Binns to build the church organ rather than Messrs. Harrison and Harrison as Mr. Kilburn had advised, June 1904
(1 paper)


Copy letter from B.C. Spoor, Central Primitive Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland, to N. Kilburn and T.E. Robinson, thanking Messrs. Kilburn and Robinson for giving their opinion on the various specifications for the proposed new organ at Central Primitive Methodist Church, 24 June [19]04
(1 paper)


Letters from Ja[me]s Bertram, p[ersonal] secretary [of Andrew Carnegie] to James Bell, Arcot Villa, Durham, advising that Mr. Carnegie will pay for half the cost of the new organ at Central Primitive Methodist Church, 6 August 1904 - 22 May 1905
(3 papers)


'Amended sketch of organ case for [the proposed organ at Central] Primitive Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland' by J.J. Binns, Bramley Organ Works, [Leeds], September 1904 Scale: 7.5 inches to 15 feet [1 : 24]
(1 plan, 37.3 cm. x 49.1 cm.)


Revised specification and estimate from James J. Binns, Bramley Organ Works, Leeds, for a new organ to be erected in Central Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland, 2 - 22 September 1904
(1 file, 1 paper and 1 envelope)


Letter from James H. Binns, Leeds, organ builder, to B.C. Spoor, Bishop Auckland, advising that the new organ should be ready for opening no later than the end of March [1905],
(1 paper)


Letter from J.T. Proud, Clerk, Bishop Auckland Urban District Council, to B.C. Spoor, Bishop Auckland, advising that the council have agreed to the request of the trustees of Central Primitive Methodist Church for a pipe to be connected to the Council's water main for the purpose of driving the hydraulic engine for blowing the church organ, 8 February 1905
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous (Ref: M/BA 1030-1035)

Letter from Will Finlay, Darlington, pianist, to Mr. R. Curtis, Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland, concerning the engagement of Mr. Finlay and his orchestra to play at [Central Primitive Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland], 5 October 1910
(1 paper)


Book of Remembrance for members of the church on National Service, n.d., [1939-1945]
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Programme for a concert by the Lyons Male Voice Choir, 15 March [1957]
(1 paper)


Pulpit notices, 18 April 1976 - 17 September 1978
(1 volume, card bound)


Pulpit notices, 24 September 1978 - 20 July 1983
(1 file)


Notice signed by 31 young people of Bishop Auckland Circuit, to the members and friends of Central Methodist Church, thanking them for supporting their sponsored walk during the International Year of Youth, April 1985
(1 paper)

 (Ref: M/BA 1036-1045)

Wesley Church, Bishop Auckland
(formerly Wesleyan Methodist)


Minute book of Church Family Committee, 13 December 1974 - 10 April 1978
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of Wesley Church Council, Bishop Auckland, 2 September 1977 - 17 May 1988
(1 volume, card bound)


Cash book, March 1902 - January 1957
(1 volume, leather bound)


Financial statements for years ending, 31 December 1933 - 31 December 1934
(2 papers, printed)


Account book of Methodist Trustees treasurers', January 1951 - April 1977
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Methodist Missionary Society account book, 1957 - 1977
(1 volume, paper bound)


Society Stewards' account book, 1969 - 1977
(1 volume, card bound)


Roll book of Women's Own Fellowship, 1962 - 1973
(1 volume, card bound)


Roll book of Women's Own Fellowship, 1973 - 1986
(1 volume, card bound)


List of sick, bereaved and housebound requiring flowers to be sent, 1982-1983
(1 notebook)

Cockfield Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1046-1048)

Minute book of Cockfield Methodist Sunday School, 21 June 1939 - 13 May 1962
(1 volume, card bound)


Cash book, 1959 - 1971
(1 volume, card bound)


Brochure commemorating the centenary of the building of the church, 1988
(1 booklet)

 (Ref: M/BA 1049-1050)

Escomb Methodist Church
(formerly Wesleyan Methodist)


Sunday School account book, 1892 - 1939
(1 volume, card bound)


Trust account book, December 1947 - 1972
(1 volume, card bound)

 (Ref: M/BA 1051-1056/1-8)

Evenwood Methodist Church
(formerly Wesleyan Methodist)


Collection journal, 15 March 1914 - 11 June 1924
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Society Stewards' account book, 28 February 1954 - 7 June 1961
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church envelope collection book, 1 March 1970 - 25 June 1989
(1 volume, card bound)


Church envelope collection book, 2 June 1989 - 17 September [1995]
(1 volume, card bound)


Cradle Roll, 1957 - 1974
(1 volume, card bound)


Photographs of the interior and exterior of Evenwood Methodist Church, n.d., [1980s]
(8 colour photographs, 15 cm. x 10.1 cm.)

 (Ref: M/BA 1057-1058)

Lands Methodist Church
(formerly Wesleyan Methodist)


Trust account book, 1916 - 1991
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Collection journal, 2 August 1964 - 5 August 1973
(1 volume, cloth bound)

 (Ref: M/BA 1059-1060)

St. Helen's Auckland Methodist Church
(formerly Primitive Methodist)


Collection journal, 4 March 1917 - 27 February [1928]
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Envelope collection register, March 1964 - February 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound)

 (Ref: M/BA 1061-1068)

Witton Park Methodist Church
(formerly Wesleyan Methodist)


Minutes of leaders' meetings, 16 June 1925 - 6 December 1938
(1 volume, card bound)


Minutes of leaders' meetings, 10 January 1939 - 31 August 1948
(1 volume, card bound)


Trust account book, 1900 - 1988
(1 volume, card bound)


Collection journal, 9 April 1916 - 18 September 1927
(1 volume, card bound)


Collection journal, 4 December 1927 - 15 October 1939
(1 volume, card bound)


Collection journal, 22 October 1939 - 5 August 1951
(1 volume, card bound)


Notebook containing choir subscription list, 1907, Harvest Home donations and subscriptions, 1970-1928, list of collections made for missions, 1913-1915, and notes relating to accounts presented to annual trustees' meetings, 1930-1935
(1 booklet)


Estimates by H.J. Nelson, Durham, organ builders, and The Vincent Electric Organ Co., Sunderland, for the overhauling and removal of the organ at Westgate ex-Wesleyan Methodist Church and its re-erection at Witton Park Methodist Church; and letters from J.J. Graham, secretary to trustees of Wesleyan Chapel, Westgate, and F. Hewitson, Witton Park, concerning the purchase of the organ at Westgate by Witton Park Methodist Church, 12 May 1937 - 22 May 1937
(1 file)

Woodhouse Close Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1069)

Minutes of trustees' meetings, 14 March 1962 - 26 November 1993
(1 volume, card bound)

Unidentified Church (Ref: M/BA 1070-1072)

Young disciples' roll, 18 October 1928 - Easter 1948
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Young disciples' roll, 18 October 1928 - 6 May 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Cradle roll, January - June 1976 (1 volume, card bound) Sixteenth Deposit (Acc: 2438(D))

West Auckland Circuit (Ref: M/BA 1073)

Plan and directory, 1 January - 26 March 1933
(1 paper)

Bishop Auckland Circuit (Ref: M/BA 1074-1075)

Circuit directory, 1997
(1 paper)


Plan and circuit newsletter, 1 December 1996 - 23 February 1997 (2 papers) Seventeenth Deposit (Acc: 2682(D))

Circuit Records (Ref: M/BA 1076)

Register of baptisms kept by Superintendent, 21 October 1962 - 16 March 1975 Includes:baptisms at the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, 23 December 1956 - 30 August 1959
(1 volume, card bound)

Bishop Auckland, Newgate Street, Wesleyan Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1077-1089)

Register of baptisms, 31 October 1954 - 15 August 1993
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of marriages, 17 March 1906 - 23 October 1907
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of marriages, 30 October 1907 - 9 January 1909
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of marriages, 13 February 1909 - 29 April 1911
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of marriages, 3 June 1911 - 23 August 1913
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of marriages, 30 August 1913 - 5 June 1915
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of marriages, 12 June 1915 - 21 September 1918
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of marriages, 28 September 1918 - 22 May 1920
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of marriages, 5 June 1920 - 4 October 1922
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of marriages, 7 December 1922 - 12 August 1940
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of marriages, 5 October 1940 - 29 March 1952
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of marriages, 5 July 1952 - 22 March 1969
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of marriages, 19 June 1969 - 30 March 1996
(1 volume, card bound)

Bishop Auckland, Central Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1090-1092)

Register of baptisms, 8 January 1961 - 30 April 1972
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of baptisms, 18 June 1972 - 8 February 1987
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of baptisms, 1 March 1987 - 8 August 1993
(1 volume, card bound)

Butterknowle, Front Street, Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1093-1096)

Register of baptisms, 8 July 1979 - 11 May 1997
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of marriages, 14 June 1952 - 9 October 1965
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of marriages, 12 November 1966 - 25 March 1967
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of marriages, 20 May 1967 - 29 May 1993
(1 volume, card bound)

Witton Park, Wesleyan Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1097)

Register of baptisms, 3 April 1878 - 25 December 1944 (1 volume, leather bound) Eighteenth Deposit (Acc: 2747(D)

 (Ref: M/BA 1098-1099)

West Auckland Primitive Methodist Church
[later West Auckland, Station Road Methodist Church]


Programme of the Organ Anniversary Concert at West Auckland Primitive Methodist Church, 2-3 April 1932
(1 paper)


Souvenir programme of the re-opening and re-dedication of West Auckland, Station Road, Methodist Church, 20 September 1952
(1 paper)

 (Ref: M/BA 1100-1111)

Nineteenth Deposit

(Acc: 3163(D))
Bishop Auckland Methodist Circuit


Baptism register, 8 December 1945 - 4 December 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minute book of the Circuit Property Committee, 2 March 1978 - 1 December 1993
(1 booklet)


Register of deeds, compiled c.1906
(1 volume, leather bound)


Register of deeds, 24 January 1907
(1 volume, leather bound)


Register of deeds, compiled c.1969
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of deeds, compiled c. 1970
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of deeds, compiled c.1999
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Circuit Manses Trust account book, 1944 - 1977
(1 volume, card bound)


Composite photograph of ninety six Wesleyan Methodist ministers and preachers from the Bishop Auckland Circuit, 1871
(1 photograph, 35 cm. x 30 cm., sepia, card-mounted)


Bishop Auckland Wesleyan Methodist Circuit Messenger, and The British Messenger, January 1889 - December 1890
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Bishop Auckland and Shildon Methodist Church Messenger, January 1940
(1 booklet, printed)


Bishop Auckland and Shildon Methodist Church Messenger, May 1940
(1 booklet, printed)

West Auckland, formerly Primitive, Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/BA 1112)

Baptism register, 12 September 1948 - 12 March 2000
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Bondgate, later Newgate, Wesleyan Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland (Ref: M/BA 1113-1123)

Account book of Bondgate Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1912 - 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Programme of a Grand Forest Bazaar at Bishop Auckland Town Hall, in aid of the removal of the Wesleyan Church from Bondgate to Newgate, Bishop Auckland, 3 - 6 March 1913
(1 booklet, printed)


Photograph of the interior of the Wesley Church, Newgate, Bishop Auckland, c.1920
(1 photograph, 22 cm. x 17 cm., sepia, card-mounted)


4 December 1941 (1) Jeffrey Ernest Ayre, Joseph Lamb Hilton, John Robert Wilkinson and Herbert George Kaines (2) Joseph Lingford and Son Limited Lease from (1) to (2) of a schoolroom at Newgate Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland
(1 file)


4 November 1955 (1) Herbert George Kaines and John Robert Wilkinson (2) The County Council of Durham Copy of agreement between (1) and (2) relating to the use of the Methodist Church schoolroom, Newgate, Bishop Auckland
(1 file)


Minute book of the Church Property Committee, 20 June 1977 - 30 November 1988
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of the Church Finance and Property Committee, 26 September 1989 - 2 March 1993
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of the Methodist Local Youth Council and Sunday School Committee, 24 July 1959 - 26 June 1967
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Minute book of the Wesley Methodist Local Youth Council and Junior Church, 16 October 1967 - 24 September 1976
(1 volume, card bound)


Memories of Wesley , a history of Wesley Church, Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, published by Bishop Auckland Community Partnership, c.2003
(1 volume, paper bound)


Account book, Russell Street Wesleyan Sunday School, Bishop Auckland, 1957 - 1977
(1 volume, card bound)

Central, formerly Primitive, Methodist Church, High Tenter Street, Bishop Auckland (Ref: M/BA 1124-1138)

Centenary Celebrations of the Primitive Methodist Church, High Tenter Street, Bishop Auckland, September - November 1922
(1 booklet, printed)


Cradle roll of the Central Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland, 11 February 1958 - 4 July 1980
(1 volume, card bound)


Cradle roll of the Central Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland, 29 September 1972 - 22 April 1993
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of the Central Methodist Church Society, 25 September 1945 - 22 February 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minute book of the Central Methodist Church Society, 17 May 1971 - 22 March 1976
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of the Central Methodist Church Council, 14 December 1976 - 10 May 1990
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of the Central Methodist Church Council, 21 January 1991 - 21 June 1993
(1 volume, card bound)


Annual statements of accounts for the Central Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland, 1946 - 1990
(38 papers)


Plan showing suggested refurbishment of the Central Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland, February 1984 Scale: 1:96
(1 plan, 60 cm. x 32 cm., tracing paper)


Minute book of the Central Methodist Church Men's Group, 9 October 1972 - 6 October 1986
(1 volume, card bound)


Income and expenditure account book for the Central Methodist Church Men's Group, 1976 - 1987
(1 volume, card bound)


Order of service for the unveiling of a memorial window at the Central Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland, 18 September 1949
(1 booklet, printed)


Jubilee Handbook 1903-1953 of the Central Methodist Church, 1953
(1 booklet, printed)


Order of service for Youth Sunday at Central Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland, 3 May 1987
(1 booklet, printed)


Souvenir brochure for the 75th anniversary of the Central Methodist Church, 1978
(1 booklet, printed)

Butterknowle Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1139-1140)

Minute book of the Butterknowle Methodist Church Council, 11 September 1974 - 18 June 1998
(1 volume, card bound)


Photograph of an exterior view of Butterknowle Methodist Church, 1990s Attached: an extended caption detailing the history of the church
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 14 cm., colour, card mounted)

Cockfield Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1141-1142)

Brochure commemorating the centenary of the building of Cockfield Methodist Church, 1988
(1 booklet, printed)


Photograph of an exterior view of Cockfield Methodist Church, 1990s Attached: caption detailing the history of the church
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour, card-mounted)

Escombe, formerly Wesleyan, Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1143)

Minute book of Escombe Wesleyan Sunday School, 10 February 1918 - 14 October 1970
(1 volume, card bound)

Etherley Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1144-1145)

Photograph of an exterior view of Etherley Methodist Church, 1990s Attached: caption detailing the history of the church
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour, card-mounted)


The History of a Village Methodist Church, Etherley, by D.E. Jude, September 1992
(1 booklet, printed)

Evenwood Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1146-1147)

Souvenir brochure for the centenary of Evenwood Methodist Church, 1876 - 1976, 1976
(1 booklet, printed)


Photograph of an exterior view of Evenwood Methodist Church, 1990s Attached: caption detailing the history of the church
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour, card-mounted)

Hamsterley Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1148)

Photograph of an exterior view of Hamsterley Methodist Church, 1990s Attached: caption detailing the history of the church
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour, card-mounted)

Ingleton Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1149)

Photograph of an exterior view of Ingleton Methodist Church, 1990s Attached: caption detailing the history of the church
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm., colour, card-mounted)

Lands Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1150)

Photograph of an exterior view of Lands Methodist Church, 1990s Attached: caption detailing the history of the church
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour, card-mounted)

Ramshaw Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1151)

Photograph of an exterior view of Ramshaw Methodist Church, 1990s Attached: caption detailing the history of the church
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour, card-mounted)

West Auckland Primitive Methodist Circuit (Ref: M/BA 1152-1154)

Minute book of the Quarterly Meeting, 6 December 1861 Includes: list of preachers in this station, 1863; list of missionary collections, n.d.; list of collections for connexional funds, 1863; list of collections for conference funds, 1862; list of missionary expenses and collections, 1863; list of Staindrop members, 1862
(1 booklet)


Minute book of the Quarterly Meetings, 6 September 1862 - 7 June 1863
(1 booklet)


Minute book of the Quarterly Meeting, 6 April 1864
(1 booklet)

West Auckland, Station Road, formerly Primitive, Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1155)

Income and expenditure account book for Station Road Methodist Church, West Auckland, 1961 - 1983
(1 volume, card bound)

West Auckland Wesleyan Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1156)

Photograph of an exterior view of West Auckland Methodist Church, c. 1990s Attached: caption detailing the history of the church
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour, card-mounted)

South Church, formerly Wesleyan, Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1157-1159)

Account book of the United Sunday School, 1902 - 1958
(1 volume, leather half-bound, front cover detached)


Income and expenditure account book, South Church Methodist Homemakers, 1985 - 2003
(1 volume, card bound)


Photograph of an exterior view of South Church Methodist Church, c. 1990s Attached: caption detailing the history of the church
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm., colour, card-mounted)

Toft Hill , formerly Primitive, Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1160-1168)

Marriage register of Toft Hill Methodist Chapel, 27 January 1910 - 21 December 1920
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Marriage register of Toft Hill Methodist Chapel, 4 July 1922 - 25 April 1944
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Marriage register of Toft Hill Methodist Chapel, 11 March 1946 - 16 December 1950
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Marriage register of Toft Hill Methodist Chapel, 10 June 1951 - 22 July 1981
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Marriage register of Toft Hill Methodist Chapel, 7 August 1982 - 16 October 1999
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minute book of Toft Hill Methodist Chapel Sisterhood, 13 September 1948 - 22 September 1958
(1 volume, card bound)


Account book of Toft Hill Methodist Chapel Sisterhood, 1955 - 1959
(1 volume, card bound)


Souvenir brochure for the centenary of Toft Hill Methodist Church, 1879 - 1979, 1979
(1 booklet, printed)


Photograph of an exterior view of Toft Hill Methodist Church, 1990s Attached: caption detailing the history of the church (1 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm., colour, card-mounted

Toronto Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1169)

Souvenir brochure for the centenary of Toronto Methodist Church, 1877 - 1977, 1977
(1 booklet, printed)

Wind Mill Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1170-1171)

Souvenir brochure for the diamond jubilee of Wind Mill Primitive Methodist Church, 1869 - 1929
(1 booklet, printed)


Photograph of an exterior view of Wind Mill Methodist Church, 1990s Attached: caption detailing the history of the church
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour, card-mounted)

Woodhouse Close Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1172-1173)

Order of service for the opening and dedication of Woodhouse Close Methodist Church, 24 March 1962
(1 booklet, printed)


Photograph of a view of Woodhouse Close Church, 1990s Attached: caption detailing the history of the church
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)

Woodland Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1174-1175)

Souvenir brochure for the centenary of the enlargement of premises at Woodland Methodist Church, 1868 - 1968, 1968
(1 booklet, printed)


Photograph of an exterior view of Woodland Methodist Church, 1990s Attached: extended caption detailing the history of the church
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour, card-mounted)

 (Ref: M/BA 1176-1187)

Twentieth Deposit

(Acc: 3332(D))
Bishop Auckland Circuit


Directory and plan of services for the Bishop Auckland Circuit, 12 July - 4 October 1981
(1 booklet)


Minutes of circuit meetings, lists of members, circuit directories, and appointments and lists of representatives to the District Synod, 1998 - 2005
(3 files and 164 papers)


Circuit policy for Bishop Auckland Circuit, adopted 15 June 2000
(1 file)


Circuit Steward's account book, September 1967 - September 1977
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Circuit Steward's account book, December 1977 - December 1987
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Circuit Steward's account book, March 1988 - September 1988
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Circuit Steward's account book, September 1988 - February 1995
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Details of deposit and individual funds held by churches within the circuit, 1973 - 1987
(1 file)


'A Way of Giving: A Financial Model for the Bishop Auckland Circuit of Methodist Churches', July 1986
(1 volume)


'Independent Evaluation for the Church Urban Fund on the post of Crisis Response and Welfare Worker (Bishop Auckland), June/July 2001'
(1 volume)


Minutes of, and reports to, church council of the Missions and Srvice Committee, 22 January 1991 - 25 February 2005
(1 file)


Order of service sheet for the service of welcome for Rev. Keith Phipps and Rev. Rosa Leto to the Bishop Auckland Methodist Circuit, 30 August 2005
(1 booklet)

Butterknowle Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1188)

Correspondence between Bishop Auckland Methodist Circuit and Methodist Insurance; representatives of Butterknowle Methodist Church; Smith Roddam; The Methodist Church Connexional Property Committee; Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes; Sanderson Townend and Gilbert, relating to the closure and sale of Butterknowle Methodist Church, 28 February 1995 - 12 January 2000
(153 papers)

Etherley Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1189-1212)

Minute book of Church Council meetings, 25 September 1962 - 9 February 1978 The volume is marked 'Bankwell Drive Church'
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of Etherley Methodist Church, 1978 - 1986
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minutes of Church Council meetings at Etherley Methodist Church, 19 February 1981 - 3 March 1983
(11 papers)


Minutes of Church Congregational meeting, Etherley Methodist Church, 22 January 1981
(1 paper)


Minutes and agenda of General Church Meetings and Church Congregational meetings of Etherley church, 18 April 1991 - 26 April 2004
(29 papers)


Account book for events, including fayres and suppers, possibly at Bankwell Drive [Etherley] Church, 31 December 1963 - 5 November 1983
(1 volume, card bound)


Account book for Etherley Methodist Church, 26 August 1938 - August 1985
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Account book for Etherley Methodist Church, September 1985 - December 1998
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Record of collections of Etherley Methodist Church, December 1968 - 1985
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Notice of planning permission, from Teesdale District Council, for the insertion of three windows at Etherley Methodist Church, November 1983 Includes sketch plan
(2 papers)


Correspondence between the Methodist Church Property Division, Central Buildings, Oldham, Manchester; Roddam Angus, solicitors, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, and the superintendent minister, Rev. L.J. Turner, concerning breaking the covenant on a plot of land adjacent to Etherley Methodist Church, 18 April 1990 - 6 February 1991
(19 papers)


Correspondence between Bishop Auckland Methodist Circuit and Etherley Methodist Church Representatives; The Methodist Church Property Division and Methodist Insurance; concerning permission for, and implementation of, a scheme of improvement and modernisation at Etherley Methodist Church, including minutes of Etherley Methodist Church Property Committee, discussing the proposals and minutes of the Fundraising Committee, 1 September 1992 - 28 June 2004
(84 papers)


Correspondence between Bishop Auckland Methodist Circuit and Smith Roddam, solicitors; Reeds Rains, surveyors; the Methodist Church Property Division; and The Methodist Chapel Aid Association, relating to the purchase of 23 Witton Way, High Etherley, Bishop Auckland as a manse, November 1995 - October 1997
(1 file and 85 papers)


Fellowship meeting syllabi at Etherley Methodist Church, 1978 - 1981
(3 papers)


Papers relating to the new Saturday Club for children at Etherley Methodist Church, begun on 7 October [1978], n.d. [c. September - December 1978]
(1 card and 2 papers)


Saint Cuthbert's parish church, Etherley, and Etherley Methodist Church joint parish magazine, August 1980
(1 booklet)


St. Cuthbert's parish church, Etherley, and Etherley Methodist Church joint parish magazine, September 1980
(1 booklet)


St. Cuthbert's parish church, Etherley, and Etherley Methodist Church joint parish magazine, October 1980
(1 booklet)


St. Cuthbert's parish church, Etherley, and Etherley Methodist Church joint parish magazine, December 1980
(1 booklet)


St. Cuthbert's parish church, Etherley, and Etherley Methodist Church joint parish magazine, January 1981
(1 booklet)


St. Cuthbert's parish church, Etherley, and Etherley Methodist Church joint parish magazine, February 1981
(1 booklet)


St. Cuthbert's parish church, Etherley, and Etherley Methodist Church joint parish magazine, March 1981
(1 booklet)


St. Cuthbert's parish church, Etherley, and Etherley Methodist Church joint parish magazine, June 1981
(1 booklet)


St. Cuthbert's parish church, Etherley, and Etherley Methodist Church joint parish magazine, July 1981
(1 booklet)

Evenwood Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1213-1215)

Quinquennial inspection certificate and summary of report for Evenwood Methodist Church, 15 October 1987
(5 papers)


Quinquennial inspection certificate and summary of report for Evenwood Methodist Church, 14 November 1991
(1 file)


Correspondence, insurance policies and reports for Evenwood Methodist Church, including the sale of the church to the Evenwood Assemblies of God Pentecostal Church, July 1981 - 22 December 1997
(1 file, 1 booklet and 244 papers)

Newgate Street Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland (Ref: M/BA 1216-1219)

Register of members' names and addresses for Wesley Newgate Street Church, Bishop Auckland, 1 March 1976 - 22 August 1987
(1 volume, card bound)


Cradle roll, 26 December 1944 - 10 August 1980
(1 volume, card bound)


numbers not used

Toft Hill Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1220)

Correspondence, insurance policies and reports concerning Toft Hill Methodist Church, including claims against storm damage and the sale of the church, 6 July 1978 - 7 February 2002
(8 files and 215 papers)

Wesley Church, Bishop Auckland (Ref: M/BA 1221-1222)

Correspondence, agendas and minutes of the Wesley Church Council, Bishop Auckland, 13 July 1988 - 28 July 1993
(1 card, 2 booklets and 178 papers)


Minutes, reports, correspondence, insurance policy and plans for the Wesley church, Bishop Auckland Finance and Property Committee, 30 May 1989 - 2 March 1993
(3 cards and 120 papers)

Witton Park Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1223-1224)

Account book, February 1885 - 10 January 1959
(1 book, cloth bound)


Correspondence, receipts, savings book for the Yorkshire Penny Bank Limited, and notes relating to Witton Park Primitive Methodist Church, 10 April 1945 - 31 December 1959 Bishop Auckland Primitive Methodist Circuit preachers' plan, 1906 Originally enclosed in M/BA 1223
(1 booklet and 14 papers)

30 Cleveland Avenue, Bishop Auckland (Ref: M/BA 1226)

Correspondence between Bishop Auckland Methodist Circuit and Smith Roddam, solicitors, Nigel Jenkins, valuers, the District Property Secretary, Methodist Church Property Division and Methodist Chapel Aid Association, concerning the sale and two abortive sales of 30 Cleveland Avenue, Bishop Auckland, June 1995 - September 1997
(150 papers)

Bishop Auckland Circuit (Ref: M/BA 1227-1234/1-16)

The Primitive Methodist Messenger, for Bishop Auckland Circuit, July 1907
(1 booklet)


'The Signpost: Methodism West of Auckland', January 1963
(1 booklet)


Annual property accounts (Schedule B) for the circuit and individual churches, 1988/89 - 1992/93
(37 papers)


Annual return of church accounts and balance sheets (Schedule B) for the circuit and individual churches, 1993/94
(17 papers)


Statements of financial affairs (Schedule B and supplement) for the circuit and individual churches, 1994/95
(26 papers)


Statements of financial affairs (Schedule B) for the circuit and individual churches, 1995/96
(42 papers)


Statements of financial affairs (Schedule B) for the circuit and individual churches, 1996/97
(21 papers)


Statements of financial affairs (Schedule B) for the circuit and individual churches, 1997/98
(23 papers)

Toft Hill Methodist Church (Ref: M/BA 1235-1259)

Collections account book, 21 February 1926 - 31 August 1941
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Collection journal and society steward's record, 5 March 1972 - 26 August 1984
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Collections account book, 2 September 1984 - 11 March 2001
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Pulpit notices book, 6 July 1941 - 26 July 1942
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Pulpit notices book, 14 July 1946 - 13 July 1947
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Pulpit notices book, 1 May 1949 - 14 May 1950
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Pulpit notices book, 3 January 1954 - 1 January 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Pulpit notices book, 1 January 1956 - 29 December 1957
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Pulpit notices book, 24 December 1978 - 14 March 1982
(1 volume, no binding)


Pulpit notices book, 2 April 1989 - 18 October 1992
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Pulpit notices book, 25 October 1992 - 14 August 1994
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Pulpit notices book, 21 August 1994 - 8 June 1997
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Pulpit notices book, 23 August 1998 - 16 April 2000
(1 volume, spiral bound)


Minute book of Sunday School teachers' meetings, 11 March 1951 - 19 January 1969
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Trustees' treasurer's account book, 24 January 1956 - 31 August 1989 With annual summaries of receipts and payments, 1956 - 1967/68
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Church account book, 1 September 1989 - 31 August 2000
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Minute book of leaders' meetings, 23 October 1968 - 27 September 1991
(1 volume, cloth bound)


List of members of Toft Hill church (with addresses), August 1978, with subsequent amendments
(1 paper)


Centenary handbook and souvenir of celebration services, 1979
(1 booklet)


Register of services, 1 September 1985 - 30 September 2001
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Minute book of church council meetings, 22 April 1992 - 5 March 2001
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Quinquennial inspection report by Niven & Niven Architects, The Old Hall, 57 Front Street, West Auckland, 20 August 1992
(1 booklet, spiral bound)


Order of service for Teesdale District Scout Council for St. George's Day, 18 April 1993
(1 file)


Statements of accounts, 1993/94 -1995/96 and 1998/99
(4 papers)


Correspondence between Sandersons Estate Agents, 12 Horsemarket, Barnard Castle; Rev. Michael Thompson, 23 Cockton Hill Road, Bishop Auckland; Rev. Brian Ridley, Wesley Manse, Horsemarket, Barnard Castle; and Amanda Hoffen, Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes, Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester; concerning the closure and sale of Toft Hill Methodist Church, 20 February 2001 - 12 September 2001
(6 papers)

Methodist School, 10 Russell Street, Bishop Auckland (Ref: M/BA 1225A/1-7-1225/1-4)

Correspondence, reports and plans, between Bishop Auckland Methodist Circuit Methodist Insurance; Simpson Coulson Associates Ltd.; and John Shaw, builders, concerning repair of 10 Russell Street; and Smith Roddam re action against former tenant of schoolhouse; with G.H. Edkin and Sons and Wear Valley District Council Conservation Area consent to demolish and subsequent planning consent for conversion of 10 Russell Street and former schoolhouse to apartments; and with Smith Roddam and Methodist Church Property Division concerning sale of both premises to Edwin Pye & Son, March 1990 - June 1997
(4 files)


Photographs forming a panoramic view of the front of the Methodist School, Russell Street, Bishop Auckland, n.d.
(7 photographs, 10 cm. x 15 cm. colour)


Photograph of the front door leading into the hall, of the Methodist School, Russell Street, Bishop Auckland, n.d.
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm. colour)


Photograph of the exterior of the headmaster's study and anteroomr with bathroom and bedroom above, adjoining the Methodist School, Russell Street, Bishop Auckland, n.d.
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm. colour)


Photographs forming a panoramic view of the Methodist School hall and adjacent classroom, taken from the junction of West Road and Russell Street, Bishop Auckland, n.d.
(2 photographs, 10 cm. x 15 cm. colour)


Photograph of the Methodist School hall and adjacent classroom, taken from West Road, Bishop Auckland, n.d.
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm. colour)


Photograph of the Methodist School classroom, taken from West Road, Bishop Auckland, n.d.
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm. colour)


Photograph of the Methodist School classrooms and out-buildings, taken from West Road, Bishop Auckland, n.d.
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm. colour)


Photograph of the rear of the Methodist School, Russell Street, Bishop Auckland, n.d.
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm. colour)


Photograph of the rear of the Methodist School, Russell Street, Bishop Auckland, showing the dining room with bedroom above in the master's house, n.d.
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm. colour)


Photographs forming a panoramic view of the interior of the Methodist School, Russell Street, Bishop Auckland, n.d.
(2 photographs, 15 cm. x 10 cm. colour)


Photograph of the interior, looking towards the mezzanine, of the Methodist School, Russell Street, Bishop Auckland, n.d.
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm. colour)


Photograph looking along the mezzanine above the classrooms of the Methodist School, Russell Street, Bishop Auckland, n.d.
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm. colour)