Catalogue

Society account book, 2 January 1955 - 29 September 1973

Pulpit notices, 25 October 1981 - 31 October 1982

Pulpit notices, 31 October 1982 - 9 October 1983

Pulpit notices, 7 October 1984 - 6 October 1985

Registrar General's certificate registering the Providence Wesleyan Chapel as a place of worship, 7 August 1867

Superintendent Registrar's certificate of the registry of a building for the solemnization of marriages, 15 March 1911

List of trustees of Bay Bridge Methodist Church, 15 - 16 January 1958

Preliminary report, by G.J. Fisher, architect, as to the feasibility of converting part of the building to form a church conference and retreat centre, n.d. [1983]

Copy letter from Geoffrey Fisher, 11 The Briary, Shotley Bridge, to Mr. Staton (no address given), concerning the contents of the preliminary report he wrote concerning the possible conversion of the church, to form a church conference and retreat centre, 8 April 1983

Correspondence between Rev. T. Hurst, 67 Villa Real Road, Consett; Mr. and Mrs. D. Crellin, 22 Armstrong Road, Willington Quay, Wallsend; J.W.G. Cameron, Lowther Scott-Harden, chartered surveyors, Monkend Estate Office, Croft, Darlington; Rev. K.E. Street, General Secretary, Methodist Church Property Division, Manchester; Alan Tucker, Snowball, Tucker and Bibby, solicitors, 6 Aynsley Terrace, Consett; Alex Patrick, Newbiggin Lodge, Blanchland, Northumberland; Alan Baty, Chief Executive, Tynedale Council, Hexham House, Hexham, Northumberland, concerning the sale of the church and its proposed conversion to a dwelling house, 15 April 1991 - 23 April 1994. Includes: preliminary response on Bay Bridge Methodist Church, by possibly G. Fisher, n.d. c.1983; report on 'Methodist Church Premises at Bay Bridge based on a detailed report submitted by Mr. G. Fisher, ARIBA ACI Arb, and carried out during the Summer of 1983', n.d. c.1984; return to the Methodist Church Property Division, c.1984

Correspondence from Lowther Scott-Harden, chartered surveyors, Monkend Estate Office, Croft, Darlington, to Rev. T. Hurst, 67 Villa Real Road, Consett, concerning the sale of Bay Bridge Methodist Church and its proposed conversion to a residential dwelling, 15 June 1992 - 12 January 1993

Copy plan of Bay Bridge Methodist Church "as existing", surveyed by G.J. Fisher, March 1983 Scale: 1/8" to 1" [1:96]

Plan, showing the existing site layout, drawn up by Lowther Scott-Harden, chartered surveyors, for the proposed conversion of the church into a dwelling house, August 1992 Scale: 1:100

Plan, showing the existing floor layout, by Lowther Scott-Harden, chartered surveyors, for the proposed conversion of the church to a dwelling house, July 1992 Scale 1:50

Plan, showing existing elevations, drawn up by Lowther Scott-Harden, chartered surveyors, for the proposed conversion of the church into a dwelling house, August 1992 Scale: 1:100

Plan, showing the proposed ground floor layout, drawn up by Lowther Scott-Harden, chartered surveyors, for the proposed conversion of the church into a dwelling house, July 1992 Scale 1:50

Plan, showing the proposed first floor layout, drawn up by Lowther Scott-Harden, chartered surveyors, for the proposed conversion of the church into a dwelling house, July 1992 Scale 1:50

Plan, showing the existing and proposed sections, drawn up by Lowther Scott-Harden, chartered surveyors, for the proposed conversion of the church into a dwelling house, August 1992 Scale: 1:50

Plan, showing proposed elevations, drawn up by Lowther Scott-Harden, chartered surveyors, for the proposed conversion of the church into a dwelling house, August 1992 Scale 1:100

Plan, showing the proposed site layout plan, drawn up by Lowther Scott-Harden, chartered surveyors, for the proposed conversion of the church into a dwelling house, August 1992 Scale: 1:100

Copy minutes of church council meetings, 16 October 1974 - 11 December 1974

Agenda for a meeting of the chuch council, 16 October 1974

Copy statement of accounts for twelve months ended 31 August 1974

Lists of members of the church family committee, pastoral sub-committee, finance committee, world service and mission committee, neighbourhood committee, property committee, and list of representatives to circuit meetings and committees, n.d. [20th c.]

Copy list of church officials, with addresses and telephone numbers, n.d. [20th c.]

List of members of the Church Council, n.d. [20th c.]

Women's Fellowship: speaker and flower plan, 1974

Letter from T.M. Davies, Chief Technical Officer, Derwentside District Council, Council Offices, Stanley, to Rev. Mr. Stanton, The Manse, Church Bank, Shotley Bridge, concerning the dangerous condition of the gable abutting the street between 60 Park Road and the church, 24 October 1974

Report on the state of the rear gable wall of the Sunday School building attached to Park Road Methodist Church at Blackhill, County Durham, October 1974

Supplementary report on the state of the rear gable wall of the Sunday School building at Park Road Methodist Church at Blackhill, County Durham, October 1974

Specification of work in connection with demolition of Methodist Church Hall, Park Road, Blackhill, November 1974

Block plan showing Park Road Methodist Church and church hall in relation to adjacent streets, n.d. [20th c.] Scale: 1 inch to 30 feet [1:360]

Copy open letter from the Minister, The Manse, Shotley Bridge, concerning the proposed amalgamation with Durham Road Methodist Church, Blackhill, December 1974

Copy minutes of the Amalgamation Steering Committee, 8 January 1975 (1 paper) /35 Copy minutes of a Joint Church Council meeting, 15 January 1975

Order-of-service for Easter Morning service, 30 March 1975

Newspaper cutting concerning the amalgamation of Park Road and Durham Road Methodist Churches to form Blackhill Methodist Church, n.d. [April 1975]

List of church officers; lists of members of the church council, family committee, neighbourhood committee, world service and mission committee, finance committee, property committee; representatives to circuit committees, 1975

Registrar General's certificate registering the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Consett Road, Castleside, as a place of worship, 9 February 1886

Superintendent Registrar's certificate of the registry of a building for the solemnization of marriages, 15 November 1893

Correspondence between Rev. B. Holland, 28 Aynsley Terrace, Consett and Department for Chapel Affairs, Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester, concerning a missing Memorandum of Choice and Appointment of New Trustees dated 1 June 1908, 16 August and 22 August 1966

Trust account book, 1 September 1973 - August 1993

Treasurer's account book, 8 June 1977 - 3 September 1990

Society account book, 4 September 1983 - August 1993

Schedules of general fund accounts submitted to the circuit treasurer, 31 December 1969 - 31 August 1990 Originally enclosed in D/X1362/43

Medical opinions sent to Messrs Welford and Jackson, solicitors, Consett, from W. Bratton, Parliament Street, Consett and from A.D.M. Macintyre, Rosemount, Consett, concerning the soundness of mind of Dorothy Strong, of Consett Road, Castleside, in regard to the sale of land to the Methodist church, 20 March and 25 March 1908

Letters between J.G. Raine, Derwent View, Castleside and T. Clarkson, Clerk to the Council, Lanchester Rural District Council, Council Offices, Lanchester, concerning the proposed sale of land adjacent to the church at Rowley Bank, Castleside, for the purpose of building a public convenience, 26 January 1938 - 19 September 1938

Copy plans showing the site of the proposed public convenience at Castleside, n.d. [1938] No scale given

Letter to Rev. F. Purdy, 28 Aynsley Terrace, Consett, from T. Clarkson, Clerk to the Council, Lanchester Rural District Council, Lanchester, concerning the re-numbering of Consett Road, Castleside, and the allocation of the number three to the Consett Road Methodist Church, 15 May 1961. Attached: notice to occupier of house in a street to mark it with a number, 15 May 1961; schedule listing all properties in Consett Road, giving old number, new number, name of occupier, name of owner, 11 May 1961

Correspondence between Rev. Chris Ambler, 10 West View, Blackhill, Consett; D.A. Toes, J.W. Wood, estate agents, 7 Old Elvet, Durham; Rev. Terence Hurst, 67 Villa Real Road, Consett; Methodist Church Property Division, Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester; W. Crinson, 31 Humber Hill Drive, Lanchester; Lloyd Langley, Assistant Keeper of Social History, Beamish North of England Open Air Museum; A. Tucker, Snowball, Tucker and Bibby, 6 Aynsley Terrace, Consett; Mike Everitt, Methodist Church Central Finance Board - Covenants Section, P.O. Box 20, Rayleigh, Essex; Peter Hunter, Chief Environmental Services Officer, Derwentside District Council, Consett; Methodist Insurance, Brazennose House, Brazennose Street, Manchester; R.A. Bibby, Snowball, Tucker and Bibby, 6 Aynsley Terrace, Consett; J. Mike Eaton, Methodist Church Property Division, Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester; concerning the closure of Castleside Methodist Church and the sale of the church premises, 11 April 1990 - 27 July 1995 Includes: quinquennial inspection report, 17 November 1992; report on Chapel House, Church Row, Castleside, by Geoffrey Fisher, 12 April 1976; quinquennial inspection report, 18 November 1987

Copy plan of Castleside Methodist Church, n.d. [late 20th c.] Scale: 1:100 approx.

List of the contents of the church to be removed, with names of recipients of each item alongside, n.d. [late 20th c.]

Letter to Rev. A.C. Dawkins, no address given, from Reverend W.C. Jackson, Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes, Central Building, Oldham Street, Manchester, concerning the transfer of £200 3.5% War Stock to the Connexional Board acting as Trustees, 20 May 1940. On reverse of letter: rough minutes of a special meeting of the Trustees of the Castleside (Watergate) Methodist Church agreeing to the transfer of the above stock to be held in trust by the Connexional Board, 18 June 1940