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Trimdon St. William Roman Catholic Parish

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Catalogue Description

Records of the Roman Catholic parish of Trimdon,

St. William, deposited on long-term loan

24 May 1996 Acc: 2375(D)

County Record Office
County Hall
DURHAM
DH1 5UL

Catalogue Contents

REGISTRATION (Ref: RC/Tr 1/1-7)

Register of baptisms, 14 September 1902 - 26 August 1908 Note inside front cover, September 1902, that registers prior to this are kept at West Cornforth For enclosure see RC/Tr 1/6
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Register of baptisms, 29 August 1908 - 11 August 1918 For enclosure see RC/Tr 1/7
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of marriages, 27 September 1902 - 5 January 1926 Note inside front cover, November 1902, that registers prior to this are kept at West Cornforth
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Register of deaths, 11 September 1902 - 15 February 1917 Note inside front cover, September 1902, that registers prior to this are kept at West Cornforth
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Register of deaths, 24 May 1917 - 7 February 1960
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Index of baptisms in RC/Tr 1/1. 1902 - 1908
(2 papers)


Index of baptisms in RC/Tr 1/2. 1908 - 1918
(3 papers)

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

Registration


Clergy


Church fabric and property


Parish accounts


Parish organisations


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


Charities


Deanery


Schools and education


Not used 11 Not used


Not used


Not used 14 Not used


Miscellaneous

 (Ref: RC/Tr 2/1-13)

CLERGY

Church Notices


Notice book, including banns, 3 November 1907 - 28 February 1915
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Noticebook, including banns, 7 March 1915 - 9 July 1922 [Marked 'Day Book' on spine]
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Notice book, including banns, 16 July 1922 - 25 December 1927 At end: monthly mass attendance figures
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Notice book, including banns, 1 January 1928 - 30 July 1933 At end: monthly mass attendance figures, 1928 - 1929 For enclosure see RC/Tr 2/15
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 3 January - 26 December 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 2 January - 25 December 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 1 January - 31 December 1967
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 7 January - 29 December 1968
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 5 January - 28 December 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Notice book, including banns, 4 January 1970 - 26 December 1971
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Notice book, 2 January 1972 - 30 December 1973
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Notice book, 6 January 1974 - 25 October 1976
(1 volume, card bound)


Notice book, 31 October 1976 - 15 October 1978
(1 volume, card bound)

Parish Returns (Ref: RC/Tr 2/14)

Draft 'Status Animarum' annual returns, 1964 - 1967
(4 papers)

Rev. Denis Hughes (parish priest 1901 - 1906) (Ref: RC/Tr 2/15)

'Panegyric preached at the Solemn Requiem Mass for the Rev. Denis Hughes, at Trimdon, October 6th, 1906, by the Revd. R. Taylerson, St. Mary's, Stockton-on-Tees' On front cover: black and white photograph of Rev. Denis Hughes, n.d.
(1 booklet, printed)

CHURCH FABRIC AND PROPERTY (Ref: RC/Tr 3/1-2)

Photograph of Trimdon church interior, n.d. [c.1900]
(1 postcard, sepia tint)


Bills of quantities for proposed presbytery at Trimdon Village, for the Rev. Father Brady, amended scheme, prepared by C.L. Heslop, chartered architect, surveyor and valuer, of 7 Upper Church Street, West Hartlepool, April 1952 Attached: statement of account and copy invoice, 1952
(2 files; 1 paper)

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

Day book, January 1984 - December 1990
(1 volume, card bound)

 (Ref: RC/Tr 9/1)

SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION

St. William's R.C. Mixed School, Trimdon was opened in 1904; replaced by a new school in 1978

School Managers


Managers' minute book, 5 September 1904 - 31 July 1964
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

School Building Estimates and Accounts (Ref: RC/Tr 9/2-9)

Estimate for the erection and completion of a new Roman Catholic mixed school at Trimdon for the Rev. Fr. Hughes, by Harrison and Hunter, architects, of Stockton-on-Tees, October 1903
(1 file)


Architects' certificates and receipts for payment due to Mr. Thomas Hanby, builder, for work executed at new Roman Catholic mixed school, Trimdon, 13 April - 13 December 1904
(10 papers)


Receipt from G.E. Howe, diocesan treasurer, for payment by Rev. Fr. Hughes of legal costs regarding new school site, 26 April 1904
(1 paper)


Receipts from Harrison and Hunter, architects, of Stockton-on-Tees, for payments by Rev. Fr. Hughes on account of professional services regarding new school, and statement of account, 11 May - 17 October 1904
(3 papers)


Estimate, specification and account for 2 sliding partitions for new school from the North of England School Furnishing Co. Ltd., Darlington, 29 June - 19 September 1904
(5 papers)


Receipt from John Nixon of Village Farm, Trimdon, for payment by Mr. Hughes of £5 for damages to grass field, 26 September 1904
(1 paper)


Receipt from Thomas Hanby, builder and contractor, of 5 Lightfoot Grove, Stockton-on-Tees, for payment by Rev. D. Hughes on account of work at new school, Trimdon, 2 November 1905
(1 paper)


Builder's balance sheet for new Roman Catholic mixed school, Trimdon: G. Hanby, builder in account with Rev. Fr. D. Hughes, 24 November 1905
(1 paper)

Letters to Rev. Denis Hughes concerning the building of the new school (Ref: RC/Tr 9/10-49)

Correspondence from Harold Iliff, land and estate agent, of 51 Fawcett Street, Sunderland, regarding lease of 1 acre of land by Mr. Beckwith as site for the new school, with sketch plan of site, 25 October 1902 - 18 January 1904
(11 papers)


Correspondence from Geo. Roper of The Grove, Richmond, Yorkshire, refusing request for sale of land for school site, 19 February- 20 June 1903
(3 papers)


Letter from Anthony Wilkinson of Sheraton, Castle Eden, refusing to sell land at White Hurworth, 21 May 1903
(1 paper)


Correspondence from H.J. Peirson, of Brancepeth Estate Office, regarding site for proposed school and quoting price for land at Park House Farm, Trimdon, 8 May - 31 July 1903
(3 papers)


Letter from Thomas Watson of Deafhill Colliery, Trimdon Grange, quoting the price of land for proposed school site, 23 July 1903
(1 paper)


Correspondence from G.E. Howe, Diocesan Treasurer, of Tynemouth, Northumberland, regarding finance for new school, 15 January 1904 - 1 May 1905
(18 papers)


Correspondence from Richard, Bishop of Phocaea [bishop-auxiliary to the diocese of Hexham and Newcastle], of Bishop's House, Tynemouth, regarding building of new school, 25 January - 4 April 1904
(3 papers)


Letter from Watson, Newby and Robson, solicitors, of Stockton-on-Tees, regarding draft conveyance, 17 March 1904
(1 paper)


Letter from S. Tate of Walter Scott Ltd., Trimdon Grange Colliery, advising that the coal has recently been worked from under the [school] buildings now being erected, and that they may suffer in consequence, 31 March 1904
(1 paper)

Other correspondence concerning the new school (Ref: RC/Tr 9/50-61)

Letter from Rev. D. Hughes of Trimdon to [Mr. Beckwith] agreeing to purchase of 1 acre of land and attendant conditions, 26 December 1903
(1 paper)


Letter from T. & W.G. Maddison, solicitors, of Durham, to Watson, Newby and Robson, solicitors, of Stockton-on-Tees, regarding draft conveyance, Beckwith to Hughes, 16 February 1904
(1 paper)


Correspondence from Leadbitter and Harvey, solicitors, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Rev. G.E. Howe, regarding conveyance of land at Trimdon from Beckwith to the R.C. Diocesan Trustees, 23 February - 22 April 1904
(2 papers)


Abstract of deed [conveying land for new school, Trimdon], compiled by diocesan treasurer, 19 April 1904
(1 paper, typescript)


Board of Education correspondence regarding proposed enlargement of Trimdon R.C. School (to provide for 50 additional children), 19 September - December 1910 Attached: outline specification of works for proposed additions by Edward J. Kay, architect, Stockton-on-Tees
(5 papers)


Letter from A.W.F. Eade of Darlington, to Rev. J. Dwyer of Trimdon, reminding him of the school owners' liability for repair of the fence by the footpath, 6 October 1913
(1 paper)


Memorandum from C.A. Eade of Blackwellgate, Darlington, to Rev. D. Westendorp of Trimdon regarding sale of a few yards of the school site to the Council for road improvements, 2 April 1924
(1 paper)

MISCELLANEOUS (Ref: RC/Tr 15/1-2)

List of persons buried beside the church at Trimdon, based on the evidence of Mrs. Larkin, Trimdon Grange, made by L. B[urke], n.d. [1906-7]
(1 paper)


Canon W. Fee, 'History of Catholicism in the Trimdons and its surrounds', n.d. [c.1994] (1 booklet) isto