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Allendale Methodist Church (co. Northumberland) Bi-centenary memorial booklet, 1847-1947, 1947

Notes (mss) on Methodism and Methodist Preachers in Aiston Moor (co. Cumberland), 1785-1894. Probably written by Mr. William Lee Hornsby whose name is inscribed on the front. Also written on the front, in a later hand is 'Stephen Atkinson'. Infolded is a fragment of a rough tracing of the interior and exterior of Alston Old Methodist Chapel, n.d. c.1894

Appeal for funds for new Day and Sunday Schools in King Street, Bishopwearmouth by the Committee of the Wesleyan Day and Sunday Schools. Includes a lithograph of the schools by J. H. Leonard and Day and Son Ltd. The schools were designed by J. Tillman, architect, June 1865 (2 copies)

Photo-tints of exterior of Dipton Primitive Methodist Church, by James Akerman of London W.C. The church was designed by Davidson & Phillipson, of Newcastle upon Tyne

Photograph of architect's drawing of the exterior of Fishburn Methodist Chapel (small drawing of ground plan inset). Designed by Hays & Grey of Darlington, n.d.

Booklet issued to commemorate the centenary of High West Street Chapel, Gateshead, and the Methodist Central Hall, Gateshead, October 1961

Photograph of farm building at Hindley or Hineley Hill, near Keenley, Allendale, (co. Northumberland). Associated with the story of John Wesley, Grace Murray and John Bennet

Newbiggin-in-Teesdale Wesley Chapel (Yorkshire,N.R.). Souvenir Brochure commemorating the bi-centenary of the chapel, June 1959

The Methodist Bell. The Shotley Bridge and Consett Wesleyan Circuit Magazine, May, 1924. Includes detailed description of a jubilee brochure containing a history of Methodism in Tanfield Lea

Durham Road Methodist Church, Sunderland Jubilee brochure, 1952 (church opened 12 March 1902)

Wesleyan Methodist Revival Mission, 1876. Sunderland (Fawcett Street) Circuit Plan of mission preachers and layworkers appointments.

Sunderland, Fawcett Street Wesleyan Sunday Schools. Guide and programme of the Venetian Bazaar, 22 and 23 March 1893

Sunderland Fawcett Street Circuit Wesleyan Methodist Church Record, July and October 1897

Fawcett Street, Wesleyan Circuit, Sunderland, Appeal for funds for Circuit Extension Scheme, June 1900

King Street Wesleyan Flower Mission, Sunderland. Third, fourth and eighth annual reports, 1886, 1887, 1891

Sunderland, St John's Methodist Circuit Plan, April-June, 1934

'Plan of the Preachers of the United Methodist Free Churches', September-December 1860. (MS copy Gives churches and preachers only) The circuit is not given but all the churches are in the Sunderland area, n.d.

The Teesdale Methodist. Journal of the Methodist Churches of Teesdale. No. 5, 1949 Includes an article on The Origin of Methodism in Teesdale by G. Clarkson Harker

Yarm Methodist Church, 1764-1964. Bi-centenary brochure, 1964

The Methodist Conference. Official handbooks, 1958, 1959, 1963

Cirplan - the Bulletin of the Society of Cirplanologists, vol. 3, No. 3 (No. 19), Michaelmas 1964

The Journal of the Cornish Methodist Historical. Association, a branch of the Wesley Historical Society. No. 7, May 1963

Wesley Historical Society, London branch. Minutes of a meeting held at Wesley's Chapel, City Road, 29th May 1965 (to form the branch), with a copy of Dr. Bowmer's lecture 'The Organisation of Methodism after the death of Wesley'.

Proceedings of the Plymouth and Exeter branch of the Wesley Historical Society, No. 2, July 1964

Bulletin of the South Wales branch of the Wesley Historical Society No. 1, 1964

Cutting from the [Sunderland] Echo newspaper entitled `The Story of the Durham Miners' being a review of the book of the same title by Sidney Webb, 15 April 1921

Cutting from unknown newspaper entitled `Sailor-Evangelist' containing an extract form the diary of George Woolcott (1778-1840), 17 November 1936

Cutting from Minutes of [Methodist] Conference 1921 being an obituary of Reverand Thomas Lawson

Cutting from unknown newspaper entitled `One of Methodism's Wonderful Women: "Mother Walker" of Sunderland' being a discussion of said Mrs. Walker on her 90th birthday, 24 June 1926

Cutting from the [Sunderland] Echo newspaper relating to the centenary of of Methodism in Haswell, 16 October 1931

Cutting from unknown newspaper entitled `Chapel Collection in Barrow' being some reminiscences of Mr Robert James Hays a Wesleyan [Methodist] local preacher on the Thornley circuit for 50 years, 14 October 1932

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `Sunderland's Historical Places of Worship' being a brief discussion of the historic churches in Sunderland, 16 December 1932

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `The Non-Established Churches of Wearside' being a correction of and elaboration on D/X 184/26/5 in relation to the historic non-conformist churches in Sunderland, 30 December 1932

Cutting from the [Sunderland] Echo newspaper entitled `Early Sunderland Free Churches' discussing potential problems with the history of non-conformist curches given in D/X 184/26/6, 6 January 1933

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newpaper entitled `Sunderland History' being a reply to D/X 184/26/7 further discussing the history of non-conformist chapels in Sunderland, 11 January 1933

Cutting from an unknown newspaper entitled "Ludgate Lane's History" being a summary of the previous nights meeting of the Sunderland Antiquarian Society, 18 December 35

Cutting from the Methodist Recorder newspaper entitled `A Church Diary' relating to the life of St. Bede, June 1936

Cutting from the Heslop's Local Advertiser and Monthly Recorder newspaper entitled `A Conference Handbook' being a review of the Conference Handbook for the 1936 Methodist Conference in Newcastle, 12 June 1936

Cutting from an unknown newspaper entitled `South Shields `New Area' Church Opened' relating to the dedication of a new Methodist Church in Harton, South Shields, 21 April 1937

Cutting from an unknown newspaper entitled `Village Church Opened in County Durham' relating to the dedication of a new Methodist Church in Fishburn, 8 May 1937

Cutting from an unknown newspaper entitled ` Tributes to Local Preacher' relating to the 80th Birthday and Diamond Jubilee as a Methodist local preacher of Mr. W. S. Swinburne, 2 January 1939

Cutting from an unknown newspaper entitled `Seaham Methodist Church Centenary' relating to the centernary of the Methodist Church in Seaham, 20 November 1939

Cutting from an unknown newspaper entitled `Seaham Methodist Centenary' being a response to and correction of D/X 184/26/15(1), 23 November 1939

Cutting from an unknown newspaper entitled `Centenary Celebrations at Seaham' relating to the centernary of the Methodist Church in Seaham, 21 December 1939

Cutting from the Teesdale Mercury newspaper, untitled, relating to the parish and Rectory at Wycliffe on the occasion of its amalgamation with the parish of Hutton Magna, June 1941

Cutting from the Sund[erland Echo] newspaper entitled `Wearsid[e]' relating to a jubilee of the Presbyterian Church on North Bridge Street, Sunderland, 21 July 1942

Cutting from the [Sunderland] Echo newspaper entitled `Methodist Reunion' relating to the centenary celebrations of Pittington Dixon Street Methodist Church, 27 July 1942

Cutting from an unknown newspaper, untitled, announcing a services to commemorate John Wesley's first Conference, [c. June 1944]

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `Echoes' relating to the history of Bishopwearmouth Parish Church between 1805 and 1819, [14 September 1942]

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `Over Two Centuries of Service to Sunderland' relating to the history of Sunderland Parish Church, 21 July 1956

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `The Power-house of a Changing Community' relating to the history of Whitburn Parish Church, 4 August 1956

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `Vital Links Between Work and Worship' relating to the history of Pallion Parish Church, 11 August 1956

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `Town Grew Up with its Parish Church' relating to the history of Houghton-le-Spring Parish Church, 18 August 1956

Cutting from the [Sunderland Echo] newspaper entitled `800 Years of Baptisms' being a continuation of D/X 184/26/23(2), [18 August 1956]

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `Parsons and People in Partnership' relating to the history of St. Gabriel's Anglican Church, Bishopwearmouth, 27 October 1956

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `In the Heart of a Busy Town' relating to the history of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Sunderland, 3 November 1956

Cutting from unknown newspaper entitled `Sunderland Ferry Spans the Centuries' relating to the history of ferries across the Wear at Sunderland, [1957]

Cutting from the Journal newspaper entitled `Methodists Look Back 100 years' relating to the centenary of the dedication of Sherburn Methodist Church, 28 March 1961

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `Shiney Row Remembers Sir George as "the Bonnie Pit Laddie"' relating to the history of Shiney Row, Houghton-le-Spring, 27 September 1962

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `And Little Folk Live in the Hill' relating to past residents of Penshaw, 1 November 1962

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `Pittington's Foundations Laid (by Invaders?) About 1,300 Years Ago' relating to the history of Pittington, 31 October 1963

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `Pittington Hill Quarry Provided Ampitheatre for Strikers - and Others' relating to the history of Pittington, 28 November 1963

Cutting from the Evening Chronicle newspaper entitled `Book Find Brings Old Tyneside to Life' relating to the history of the old Tyne Bridge, 1 February 1964

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `From Pit to Pulpit - The Story of Haswell's Peter Mackenzie' relating to the life of the Reverand Peter MacKenzie, the Wesleyan Methodist Minister, 14 May 1964

Cutting from the [Evening] Chronicle newspaper entitled `Methodists Want to Sell Church Site for Garage' relating to plans to replace Durham Road Methodist Church, Gateshead with a filling station, 7 July 1964

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `Preacher's "Bait Poke" in Pulpit was a Rebuke to Sherburn Hill Chapel' relating to the life of the Reverand Peter MacKenzie the Wesleyan Methodist Minister, 9 July 1964

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `Herrington Church is 125 Years Old' relating to the 125th anniversary of Middle Herrington Methodist Church, 19 November 1964

Cutting from an unknown newspaper entitled `Church Closes to Strengthen Work Elsewhere' relating to the history of Durham Road Methodist Church, Sunderland, c. 1964

Cutting from an unknown newspaper entitled `Friar Took in Wesley' relating to the tercentenary of the Catholic Chapel in Osmotherley, North Yorkshire, c. 28 June 1965

Cutting from the Methodist Recorder newspaper entitled `Home on Thursday' relating to the Old Rectory at Epworth, 4 November 1965

Cutting from an unknown newspaper entitled `Little as a Human Hand' relating to the Irish roots of American Methodism, c. 1965

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `A Wearside Rarity & Two Portraits' relating to a `lovefeast mug', 25 April 1966

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `Ascented Handkerchief was his "Gimmick"' relating to the preaching of the Reverand Peter MacKenzie, the Wesleyan Methodist Minister, 23 August 1966

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `Travels with a Donkey - in Lord's Name' relating to the life of the Reverand Peter MacKenzie, the Wesleyan Methodist Minister, 30 August 1966

Cutting from The Journal newspaper, untitled, relating to an open air service at Cambo for Wesley Day, 25 May 1967

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `An April Day When John Wesley Preached in Chester-le-St.' relating to the history of Non-Conformist Churches in Chester-le-Street, 20 July 1967

Cutting from an unknown newspaper, untitled, being a photograph of Blind Lane, Silksworth about the 1880s, c. 27 July 1967

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newpaper entitled `Lumley - The "Glade by the Pools" relating to the history of Great Lumley, 26 October 1967

Cutting from the Methodist Recorder newspaper entitled `Closed Pits are History's Landmark on the Durham Countryside: But Thornley Methodism is Far From Dying' relating to the state of the Methodist church in the Mining areas of County Durham, 25 April 1968

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `Family Keeps it Going' related to the centenary of the Waldridge Fell Methodist Church, 14 May 1968

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo newspaper entitled `The Golden Reign of Peter Lee' relating to life of Peter Lee, first Labour Chairman of Durham County Council, 21 May 1968

Cutting from an unknown newspaper [poss. Methodist Recorder] entitled `No Way Forward Here?' being a review of the Survival of Methodism by J. Brazier Green, n.d. [c. 1964-1965]

Letter to the Rev. J. C. Bowmer from Surtees Armstrong of Consett concerning an old Wesley pulpit at Newlands, 16 June 1956

Jarrow. Official guide,n.d. c.1949

Typescript extract from the 'History of Shotley Spa and the vicinity of Shotley Bridge' by the Rev. John Ryan, 1841, n.d.

Cuttings from the Sunderland Daily Echo, 8 - 11 July 1922, containing an article by the Rev. Ebenezer Rees on the history of the Congregational Church during the past century in Durham and Northumberland

St. Thomas' Church, Sunderland. Blotting calendar, 1926-1927. Includes a short history of the church

A Sketch of Sunderland by the Rev. F. F. Bretherton. Originally prepared for the Conference handbook in 1936 but revised and to some extent abridged, 1948

pp. 104 and 105 of Great Britain Illustrated describing the river Wear above Sunderland Bridge and the Pavilion, Brighton

Order of service of memorial service for William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury at Bishopwearmouth Parish Church, 2 November 1944