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Correspondence between the Rev. F. C. Tymms, The Vicarage, Billingham, and Cordingley & McIntyre, The College, Durham, architects, and others, concerning repairs to the roof of the north aisle, 12 June 1933 - 10 May 1934

Correspondence between the Rev. F. C. Tymms, The Vicarage, Billingham, and various parties, concerning extensions to the church, 17 August 1936 - 21 March 1939

Letters from Herbert Hensley Henson, Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, to Rev. F. C. Tymms, St. Cuthbert's, Billingham, concerning alterations to St. Cuthbert's church, 11 September 1936 - 16 July 1937

Printed appeal for building an extension to the church, December 1936

Correspondence between Cordingley and McIntyre, The College and Owengate, Durham, and the Rev. Canon F. C. Tymms, The Vicarage, Billingham, concerning building and plumbing works at the church, 16 December 1954 - 18 June 1957

Press cuttings and typescript notes concerning the extension of the church, 6 - 8 November 1937

Log book of repairs and additions to the church compiled from the parish records, 860 - 1958, with additions 1980 - 1985

List of subscribers contributing towards the erection of an organ in the parish church of Billingham, November 1853

Correspondence from Summers and Barnes, Ambrose Street, York, organ builders, to the Rev. F. C. Tymms, The Vicarage, Billingham, concerning schemes for the renovation and reconstruction of the church organ, 6 September 1937 - 10 May 1938

A detailed description of the East Window, a memorial to those who fell in the World War, 1939 - 1945, prepared by D. Marion Grant, December 1946

A detailed description of the east windows, a memorial to those who fell in the war of 1939 - 1945, by Marion Grant, December 1946

Letter from D. Marion Grant, 9 Seymour Mews, Portman Square, London, to the Rev. Canon Tymms, with notes concerning her design for a stained glass window in the chapel of St. Oswald, 4 December 1951 - 17 December 1952

Photograph of a design for stained glass in the east window of St. Oswald's Chapel by D. Marion Grant, 9 Seymour Mews, Portman Square, London, December 1952

Diagram, and key, by D. Marion Grant identifying the saints depicted in the east window, 13 July 1981

Letter from Leonard Evetts, The Stead, Woolsington Bridge, Newcastle, to Miss Waring concerning the subjects of the window in the north aisle, 27 July 1981

Letter from H. C. White, 48 Hall Drive, Acklam, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, to the vicar of Billingham, enclosing a typescript description of the turret clock in the church at Billingham, 2 September 1952

Correspondence between the Rev. Canon F. C. Tymms, The Vicarage, Billingham; Cordingley & McIntyre, The College, Durham, architects; and William Potts & Sons Ltd., The Guildford Clock Works, Bunkfield Terrace, Leeds, Yorkshire, clock manufacturers; and others, concerning restoration and maintenance of the church clock, 23 May 1955 - 20 May 1958

Coloured photograph of church exterior showing the old chancel, n.d. [pre-1936]

Photographs of the rebuilding of the chancel etc., 1937 - 1941

Photographs of church interior during the Flower Festival, July 1979

Photographs of the location of the turret clock and outside dial, 1981

Photograph of the interior of the church showing the font, pews and stonework, c. 1920

Photograph of the interior of the church showing the altar and choir stalls, c. 1920

Photograph of the interior of the church looking east, showing the sanctuary screen and the nave, c. 1920

Photograph of the exterior of 'The Old Parish Church, Billingham' by Frith & Co. Ltd., Reigate, Kent, no. BLM39, 1930s

Copy photograph of the exterior of St. Cuthbert's Church, taken from the north-east, c. 1950

Aerial photograph of the church of Billingham, St. Cuthbert, 1973

Photographs of the interior and exterior of the church, n.d.

Photographs of the external masonry, 1981

Photographs showing details of the church exterior, 1981

Photographic negatives of the interior and exterior of the church, n.d.

Photographs of the exterior and interior of the church showing the porch and tower, and the nave looking towards the altar, n.d.

Copies of pen and ink drawings of St. Cuthbert's church and of the tower windows, the priest's door, St. Cuthbert's statue, and a gargoyle, n.d.

Plans and elevations of proposed scheme of enlargement by G.E. Charlewood, architect, Newcastle, August 1936 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plans and elevations of proposed scheme of enlargement by G.E. Charlewood, architect, Newcastle, September 1936 Scale: ¹/8 " to 1 foot [1:96]

Plan and elevation of proposed alterations by Messrs. Middleton, Fletcher & Partners, architects, Middlesbrough, April 1970 Scale: 1/2" to 1 foot [1:24]

Arrangement of seating by G.E. Charlewood, architect, Newcastle, October 1938 Scale: ¹/8 " to 1 foot [1:96]

Estimate, correspondence, photographs and wood sample for a Hanging Rood to be supplied by Ralph Hedley, Newcastle, 13 - 14 February 1952

Full-size detail of processional cross by Messrs. J. Wippell and Co. Ltd., Cathedral Yard, Exeter, designed for Rev. Canon Tymms, n.d. [1957]

Scheme for reseating, n.d. Scale: ¹/ 8 " to 1 foot [1:96]

Drawing of electrical layout of the church of Billingham, St. Cuthbert, by Elder Lester Associates, High Street, Yarm, Cleveland, architects, December 1985 Scale: 1:100

Order in Council for the discontinuance of burials in part of the churchyard, 26 February 1962

Letter from the Clerk, Billingham Urban District Council, to Rev. H. E. Simpson, St. Cuthbert's Vicarage, Billingham, concerning the drainage of, and boundary walls of, the churchyard, 28 November 1961 - 1 November 1962

Notification of, and order for, the discontinuance of burials in part of St. Cuthbert's churchyard, 13 November 1967 and 26 January 1968

Letters from the Clerk, Teesside Borough Council, Middlesbrough, to R. Fawcett, 1 Woodhall Grove, Hartburn, secretary of St. Cuthbert's Parochial Church Council, concerning maintenance of the churchyard, 19 February 1969 - 1 May 1969

Particulars of kerbstones to be sunk, and broken memorials removed, at St. Cuthbert's churchyard, n.d., [ c. 1970]

Specification and schedule of works for repairs to two sections of churchyard boundary wall for Stockton on Tees Borough Council, March 1997

Accounts of the Church Hall Building and Alteration Fund, 1 January 1951 - 31 December 1977

Copy application to the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance to accept in trust a parcel of freehold land in Church Road, Billingham, for a parish hall, 7 September 1939

Plans of proposed church hall, 18 - 24 May 1956 Scales: 1/8 in. to 1 ft. [1:96]; 1/16 in. to 1 ft. [1:192]

Papers concerning the authorisation of a loan of £1,100 from the Church Commissioners for improvements to the vicarage, 4 August 1960 1 November 1960 (4 papers)

First and ground floor plans, south and east elevations, section and block plan of proposed alterations to the vicarage, Billingham, by John Fletcher, builder and contractor, Builders Yard, Page Terrace, Norton-on-Tees, July 1930 Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch [1 : 96] and 1 : 500

Correspondence between the Secretary of the Parochial Church Council; Cordingley and McIntyre, Owengate, Durham, architects; and the Diocesan Secretary, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, concerning repairs to the vicarage during the interregnum, 9 November 1959 - 23 February 1960

Summary of the cost of building 22, Tintern Avenue, Billingham, to house a curate to work on the Roseberry Estate, 1950s

11 June 1947 (1) North Eastern Electric Supply Co. Ltd (2) Rev. Frederick Charles Tymms, vicar of Billingham Wayleave agreement for electric lines at Norton

Letters from Plews & Sons, Darlington, wine merchants and brewers, to the Rev. Philip Rudd, Billingham Vicarage, accepting an offer of a lease of the Half Moon Inn, Billingham, with an option to purchase during the term of the lease, 27 May 1896, 1 June 1896

Correspondence between the Rev. H. E. Simpson, St. Cuthbert's Vicarage, Billingham, and J. W. Cameron & Co. Ltd., Lion Brewery, West Hartlepool, concerning the sale to the latter of land adjoining the Smiths Arms, Billingham, 3 June 1966 - 6 January 1969

Faculty for the appropriation of 15 square yards of the graveyard, to create a dry area for the gable wall of the vicarage house, 17 September 1927

Faculty for the introduction into the south aisle of a second Holy Table, and the placing thereon of a brass cross and two brass candlesticks, 6 April 1929

Faculty for the introduction of two oak candlesticks in memory of Mary Tymms, 26 June 1931

Faculty for the erection of a stone statue over the entrance porch and the erection of a lantern on the porch, 4 July 1935

Faculty for the lengthening and widening of the east end of the church, the removal of the Holy Table to the east end of the new chancel, the construction of side chapels, each with Holy Table, cross and candlesticks, and the removal of the organ from the north to the south side of the church, 4 August 1937

Faculty for the erection of a reredos in the north side chapel, 16 November 1946

Faculty for the installation of stained glass in a window in the middle of the east wall, 18 April 1947

Faculty for the installation of an aumbry with a sanctuary lamp, on the north wall, 6 February 1950

Faculty for the installation of a stained glass window on the south side of the church, in memory of Ethel Clarkson and Robert Heppell Clarkson, 15 January 1951

Faculty for the insertion of stained glass in the north-east window, 22 February 1951

Faculty for the erection of a hanging rood in oak, 25 April 1952

Faculty for the insertion of stained glass into the window in the south-east corner, 25 February 1953

Faculty for the introduction of stained glass into a window on the north side of the nave, 23 April 1956

Faculty for the introduction of twelve oak desks and seats to replace the present chairs in the side chapel on the south side of the church, 11 March 1958

Faculty for the removal of the brass sanctuary lamp from its present position to the side chapel of St. Oswald, and for the introduction of a new sanctuary lamp in sterling silver and rhodium plate, in memory of Arthur, Mary Ann, Herbert Leslie and Ruby Ann Williams, 27 February 1963

Faculty for the removal of the wooden cross and candlesticks from the main altar to the side chapel of St. Oswald, and for the introduction of a new cross inscribed 'To the Glory of God. Presented by the Botcherby Family, Billingham 1962', and for the introduction of two candlesticks and two vases in Staybrite metal to be placed on the main altar, 13 March 1963

Faculty for the introduction of a sanctuary lamp in brass into the Lady Chapel, 4 October 1963

Faculty for the installation of a second processional cross in rhodium or rhodium-plate, in memory of Alan Darbyshire, 20 May 1968

Faculty for the installation of a sound amplification system, 4 January 1969

Faculty for the installation of automatic bell-ringing equipment, 25 February 1969

Archdeacon's certificate for unspecified work in the church, 13 August 1954

Copy of architect's report on the church, 18 July 1960

Extract from and summary of architect's report on the church, 4 August 1965

Architect' s report and recommendations on church, 26 June 1975

Surveyor's report under Section 18 of the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measure 1923 by Richard Wylie, 24 Grainger Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 30 April 1927

Report on a survey of the western tower, and specifications for its proposed restoration, March 1955

First architect's report under the Inspection of Churches Measure, 1955 , by Cordingley and McIntyre, Durham, 12 July 1960

Extracts from the architect's report, and recommendations by Philip R. Middleton and Partner, including details of costs and payments from the restoration fund, 4 August 1965

Report of architect on the inspection of the church of Billingham, St. Cuthbert, 6 July 1970

Report on new lighting and electrical installations, 26 March 1986

Quinquennial report, 8 August 1985

Quinquennial report for Billingham vicarage, and assessment for ecclesiastical dilapidation, 3 July 1967 - 31 August 1967

Quinquennial inspection report, 1997

Quinquennial inspection report, 2002

Schedule of dilapidations for the vicarage, July 1967

Churchwardens' account book, 1682 - 2 April 1782 Details of bequests, 1673 - 1680; Lists of churchwardens and overseers, 1668 - 1782; Memoranda concerning gifts of silver plate etc. to the church, 1750, 1758 and 1761; Resolution concerning expenses to be granted to churchwardens for going to visitation courts, 24 April 1750; Resolution regarding payment for new bells, 8 February 1760; Memorandum concerning demarcation of functions between churchwardens, incumbent and vestry, 1 May 1766; Resolutions regarding payment for church restorations, 3 September 1771 and concerning church redecoration, 18 April 1773 Upside down at rear of volume: Annual distribution of charity funds, 1687 - 1781; Agreements to let church lands and charity properties, 7 October 1701 - 21 December 1764; Details of public collections made in response to appeals from without the parish, December 1689 - 14 January 1716/7; Extracts from Mrs. Ann Chapman's will making charitable bequests, 1725; Agreement for re-roofing south aisle, 28 May 1728; Note on tenancy and repair of Mary Thorp's house, 9 April 1765

Churchwardens' account book with minutes, details of charitable distributions, names of churchwardens and sidesmen of vestry meetings, 2 April 1782 - 24 April 1832 Agreement to let church property, 20 December 1782 (p. 3); Resolution of the vestry regarding repairs to bells, 18 May 1792 (p. 30); Agreement to let church lands, 20 December 1794 (p. 44); Extract from accounts for 1750 and 1767 concerning repair of churchyard wall and church cess, [1797] (p. 58); Extracts from wills of benefactors (p. 60-61); Agreement to let church lands, 20 December 1800 (p. 67); Appointment of parish clerk, 12 July 1803 (p. 81); Resolution of vestry as to tenancy of church property, 20 December 1808 (p. 100); Note of borrowing money for repairs, 23 November 1809 (p. 102); Note of resolution to pay expenses to churchwardens to attend visitation (p. 104); Resolution to repair church tower, 16 April 1811 (p. 113); Agreement to let church property, 21 December 1812 (p. 117); Memoranda concerning interest on charity money and charitable distributions, 29 April 1818 (p. 141) Memorandum concerning authority to ring church bells, 13 January 1821 (p. 148); Details of lands with obligation to repair churchyard wall, 1825 (p. 167); Agreement for letting church property, 29 January 1825 (p. 168)

Churchwardens' account book with details of annual charitable distributions, income from church land, names of churchwardens and sidesmen, details of vestry resolutions, 24 April 1832 - April 1874 Extracts from accounts for 1750 and 1767 regarding repair of churchyard wall etc. (p. 1) Agreement to let church lands, 20 December 1836 (p. 13) Resolution altering arrangements for the ancient parish dinner, 13 April 1841 (p. 33) Agreement to let church lands, 20 December 1842 (p. 31) Specifications for new organ, list of subscribers and accounts, 9 March 1851 (p. 77) Agreement to let church lands, 1 May 1857 (p. 109) Accounts relating to recasting bells, Christmas 1857(p 117) List of subscribers to church restorations, with an account of, and the accounts of, same, 1864 - 1865 (p. 111) Details of bequests for the repair of vaults and tomb stones, October 1967 (p. 171)

Churchwardens' account book, including details of annual charity distributions, July 1874 - 2 April 1907 (1 volume, calf half-bound)

Churchwardens' accounts, April 1907 - 1960 [includes notes on parochial endowments; confirmation lists, 1908 - 1926; accounts of churchyard extension fund, 1926 - 1927; accounts of church extension fund, 1936 - 1939; accounts of parish hall building fund, 1945 - 1959; accounts of St. Aidan 's building fund, 1952 - 1956; minutes of vestry meetings, 1908 - 1926]

Parochial accounts, 1 July 1902 - 30 December 1962

Parochial accounts, 7 January 1963 - 7 October 1980

Annual accounts, 1965 - 1971

Annual accounts, 1982 - 1983

Printed appeal for funds for alterations to the church, December 1936

Printed appeal for planned giving by becoming a Friend of St. Cuthbert, n.d.

Programme for the parish mission, 17 - 24 October 1965

Leaflets advertising the parish mission, 10 - 24 October, n.y.

Proposed treatment for east end of St. Aidan' s Church, Billingham, by G.E. Charlewood, architect, Newcastle, 11 November 1954 Scale: 1/2" to 1 foot [1:24]

Plans and elevations of St. Aidan' s Church, Billingham (Roseberry Road Development Area) by G.E. Charlewood, architect, Newcastle, 31 December 1954 Scale: ¹/8 " to 1 foot [1:96]

Summary of the cost of building Billingham, St. Aidan, n.d., [1950]