South Shields St. Aidan Parish
Reference: EP/SS.SA Catalogue Title: South Shields St. Aidan Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description:
Covering Dates: 1888 - 1997
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- South Shields St. Aidan Parish
- South Shields St. Aidan Parish (Ref: EP/SS.SA)
- 01 Registration (Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/)
- Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/section 01)
- Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/section 02)
- Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/section 03)
- 02 Clergy (Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/)
- Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/section 01)
- Registers of services (Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/section 02)
- Preachers' books (Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/section 03)
- Benefice income (Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/section 04)
- Benefice (Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/section 05)
- Visitations (Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/section 06)
- 04 Churchwardens (Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/)
- Church (Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/section 01)
- Churchyard (Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/section 02)
- Church hall (Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/section 03)
- Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/section 04)
- Log books (Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/section 05)
- Faculties (Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/section 06)
- Accounts (Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/section 07)
- Other financial records (Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/section 08)
- 05 Vestry (Ref: EP/SS.SA 5/)
- Minutes (Ref: EP/SS.SA 5/)
- 06 Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/)
- Accounts (Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/)
- Electoral rolls (Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/)
- Minutes (Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/)
- Other records (Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/)
- 12 Charities (Ref: EP/SS.SA 12/)
- Parish Social Centre (Ref: EP/SS.SA 12/)
- 13 Church Societies (Ref: EP/SS.SA 13/)
- 14 Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/SS.SA 14/)
Catalogue Description
St Aidan's Church have been declared redundant and amalgamated with St Stephen in 1996 creating St Aidan and St Stephen Parish.Catalogue Contents
South Shields St. Aidan Parish (Ref: EP/SS.SA)01 Registration (Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/section 01)
1/1-1/4, 1/22
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/1Register of baptisms, 5 March 1888 - 2 April 1899
(1 volume, vellum bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/2Register of baptisms, 5 April 1899 - 14 April 1907
(1 volume, calf bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/3Register of baptisms, 17 April 1907 - 24 December 1944,
including notes of inspections by the Rural Dean of Jarrow, 1913, 1926 and 1931
(1 volume, calf bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/4Register of baptisms, 24 December 1944 - 21 February 1963
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/22Register of baptisms, 17 March 1963 - 26 February 1995
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/section 02)1/5-1/10, 1/21/1-2
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/5Register of marriages, 20 June 1888 - 12 May 1897
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/6Register of marriages, 24 May 1897 - 30 July 1905
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/7Register of marriages, 1 August 1905 - 25 December 1915
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/8Register of marriages, 31 December 1915 - 2 February 1928
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/9Register of marriages, 27 February 1928 - 14 April 1941
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/10Register of marriages, 14 April 1941 - 17 November 1953
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/21/1Register of marriages, 19 December 1953 - 21 July 1990
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/21/2Register of marriages, 21 July1990 - 11 February 1995
(1 volume)
Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/section 03)1/11-1/20, 1/23
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/11Register of banns of marriage, 17 June 1888 - 24 April 1892
(1 volume, vellum bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/12Register of banns of marriage, 17 April 1892 - 7 June 1896
(1 volume, calf bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/13Register of banns of marriage, 14 June 1896 - 24 March 1901
(1 volume, calf bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/14Register of banns of marriage, 24 March 1901 - 9 June 1907
(1 volume, vellum bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/15Register of banns of marriage, 2 June 1907 - 6 February 1921
(1 volume, vellum bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/16Register of banns of marriage, 6 February 1921 - 31 May 1931
(1 volume, calf half-bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/17Register of banns of marriage, 17 May 1931 - 14 July 1940
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/18Register of banns of marriage, 23 June 1940 - 27 February 1949
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/19Register of banns of marriage, 13 February 1949 - 18 February 1962
(1 volume, vellum bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/20Register of banns of marriage, 4 February 1962 - 26 June 1983
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 1/23Register of banns of marriage, 19 June 1983 - 17 September 1995
(1 volume, plastic bound)
02 Clergy (Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/section 01)2/14-2/16
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/14Register of confirmations, 19 March 1939 - 5 December 1956
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/15Lists of those confirmed during incumbency of Rev. T. Anderson, 1925 - 1938
Originally enclosed in EP/SS.SA 2/14 above
(1 booklet, paper)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/16Register of confirmations, 25 November 1979 - 7 October 1991
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Registers of services (Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/section 02)2/9-2/13, 2/17
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/9Register of services, 19 September 1918 - 13 January 1926
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/10Register of services, 3 January 1926 - 9 June 1935
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/11Register of services, 7 July 1935 - 24 May 1942
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/12Register of services, 16 September 1956 - 24 September 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/13Register of services, 28 September 1962 - 13 October 1977
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/17Register of services, 16 October 1977 - 26 November 1995
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Preachers' books (Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/section 03)2/7-8
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/7Preacher's book, 3 May 1886 - 26 April 1903
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/8Preacher's book, 19 April 1903 - 18 September 1918
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Benefice income (Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/section 04)2/1-3, 2/6
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/1The London Gazette, concerning payment of stipend of £200, 5 February 1886
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/2The London Gazette, concerning payment of stipend of £100, 20 April 1888
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/3The London Gazette, concerning payment of stipend of £100, 27 June 1890
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/5The London Gazette, concerning payment of a pension of £32 p.a. to retired incumbent, 29 April 1910
(1 booklet, printed)
Benefice (Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/section 05)2/4, 2/6
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/4The London Gazette, concerning the conveyance of a parcel of land in the township of South Shields, 6 February 1891
(1 booklet, printed)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/6The London Gazette, concerning the right of patronage of St Aidan's and other Co. Durham parishes, 28 July 1925
(1 booklet, printed)
Visitations (Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/section 06)Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/18Bishop's visitation articles 2012
(1 sheet)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/19Bishop's visitation articles 2014
(1 sheet)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/20Archdeacon's visitation articles 2015-2017
(1 file)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 2/21Bishop's visitation articles 2018
(1 sheet)
04 Churchwardens (Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/)Church (Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/section 01)4/5, 4/16-19, 4/21, 4/24
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/5Copy of the order of approval by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for St. Aidan's church, 1 March 1888
(parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/16Condition report on St. Aidan's church by L.J. Couves and Partners, Grainger Chambers, Hood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, including plan, September 1972
This is an original bundle
(3 papers, typescript, and 1 plan, 39 cm. x 53 cm.)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/17Photograph of stained glass windows at [St. Aidan's] church, n.d., [1980s]
(1 photograph, 12.5 cm. x 18 cm., colour)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/18Letters to Rev. Canon J.M. Hancock, St. Michael's Vicarage, Westoe Road, South Shields, together with his copy replies, concerning the decision to close St. Aidan's church, 8 October 1992 - 25 May 1994
This is an original bundle
(22 papers, typescript)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/19South Shields, St. Aidan and St. Stephen (The Lawe): specification of repairs required in connection with the quinquennial inspection of August 1997, including plans, n.d., [1997]
(11 papers)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/21Report on St. Aidan's church hall, St. Aidan's Road, South Shields, by Smiths Gore, 26 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, recommending its demolition, together with a letter from Smiths Gore to Rev. Canon J.M. Hancock at The Vicarage, Westoe Road, South Shields, discussing outstanding issues relating to the demolition, 23 February - 12 March 1993
(1 booklet; 2 papers, typescript)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/24File on sale of the church 2002-2003
(1 file)
Churchyard (Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/section 02)4/15
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/151 December 1964
(1) Rev. David Hyland Lawes of St. Aidan's vicarage, 156 Beach Road, South Shields, clerk in holy orders, vicar of South Shields, St. Aidan
(2) Douglas Albert Bridgett of 64A South Woodbine Street, South Shields, leading fireman and Thomas Houlsby of 21 George Scott Street, South Shields, foreman shipwright, churchwardens of South Shields, St. Aidan
(3) Parochial Church Council of South Shields, St. Aidan
(4) Mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the Borough of South Shields
Agreement that (4) shall lay out and maintain St. Aidan's churchyard as a
public open space
Includes plan, dated June 1962
(1 file)
Church hall (Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/section 03)4/20-4/22, 4/25
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/20St. Aidan's Parish Hall and Institute, South Shields: plans, elevations and sections by John M. Dingle of South Shields, architect, August 1902
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
This is an original bundle
(4 plans, 52 cm. x 38 cm., waxed linen, and 1 plan, 46 cm. x 32.5 cm., waxed paper)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/22Interlocutory orders granting to the curate-in-charge of the parish of South Shields, St. Aidan, the liberty to demolish the church hall and provide protective guards for the east windows of the church, 26 May - 3 June 1993
(2 papers, typescript)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/25File on sale of the church hall 2003-2006
(1 file)
Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/section 04)4/7, 4/9
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/7Terrier and inventory, 14 March 1978 and 1993
(1 booklet)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/9Terrier and inventory of property belonging to St. Aidan's vicarage and parish church, n.d., [1950]
(1 booklet, printed form)
Log books (Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/section 05)4/8
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/8Log book, 1979 - 1994
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Faculties (Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/section 06)4/11-4/14, 4/23
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/11Faculty authorising the conversion of part of the south aisle of St. Aidan's church into a side chapel, 28 December 1949
(1 paper, typescript)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/12Faculty authorising the replacement of the stained glass window at the east end of St. Aidan's church, 24 March 1950
(1 paper, typescript)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/13Faculty authorising the demolition of St. Aidan's church hall and the protection of the windows at the east end of the church, 1 June 1993
(2 papers, typescript)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/14Archdeacon's certificate authorising redecoration of the church, 29 October 1952
(1 paper, typescript)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/23Certificate of completion of works authorised by faculty 29 March 2010
- works in west nave: removal of partition and former reredos; light boxing of three east windows; relocation to two lifeboat memorial plaques; installation of fixed bookcase; upgrade to public system
(1 sheet)
Accounts (Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/section 07)4/1, 4/6
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/1Account book of the churchwardens, 19 April 1903 - 23 April 1916
(1 volume, leather half bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/6Churchwardens' account book, 3 April 1917 - 31 December 1925
(1 volume, leather bound)
Other financial records (Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/section 08)4/2-4/4, 4/10
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/2Account book of St. Aidan's Church staff fund, October 1910 - December 1925
(1 volume, calf half-bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/3Account book of free-will offering, 4 May 1969 - 7 December 1975
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/4Account book of free-will offering, 1977
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 4/10Income and expenditure accounts of St. Aidan's church for the years ended 31 December 1989, 1991 - 1994, and 5 September 1995
This is an original bundle
(9 papers, typescript)
05 Vestry (Ref: EP/SS.SA 5/)Minutes (Ref: EP/SS.SA 5/)5/1-5/2
Ref: EP/SS.SA 5/1Minute book of vestry and annual church meetings, 31 May 1888 - 24 April 1930
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 5/2Minute book of annual church meetings, 9 April 1931 - 10 April 1958
(1 volume, card bound)
06 Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/)Other records (Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/)6/7-6/10
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/7Ledger of the Parochial Church Council, 31 December 1958 - 31 December 1968
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/8196[2]
(1) The Vicar, Churchwardens and P.C.C. of the parish of St Aidan, South Shields
(2) The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of South Shields
Agreement to apply for a faculty to execute a deed in the form contained in the schedule, to enable the church grounds to be laid out and maintained as an open space, with plan annexed
(1 file, typescript)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/91962
The Vicar and Churchwardens of the parish of St Aidan, South Shields and the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of South Shields:
Petition for a faculty as at EP/SS.SA 6/8 above, with plan annexed
EP/SS.SA 6/8, 6/9 originally enclosed in
EP/SS.SA 6/3 above
(1 file, typescript)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/10Licence from the County Borough of South Shields for the performance of stage plays at St Aidan's Church Hall, 9 November 1983, with rules for ensuring order and decency annexed
(2 papers, printed)
Minutes (Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/)6/1-6/3, 6/11-6/13, 6/19
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/1Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 24 September 1924 - 14 September 1927
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/2Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 9 November 1927 - 25 March 1937
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/3Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 28 November 1957 - 16 February 1967
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/11Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 5 May 1920 - 28 July 1924
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/12Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 27 May 1938 - 31 October 1957
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/13Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 27 June 1967 - 26 January 1977
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/19Parochial Church Council minutes, including annual meetings and Emergency Standing Committee meetings, 18 September 1992 - 19 October 1995
(34 papers, printed)
Accounts (Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/)6/4-6/6, 6/14-6/17
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/4Account book of the Parochial Church Council, 1 January 1926 - 28 December 1943
(1 volume, calf half-bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/5Account book of the Parochial Church Council, 1 January 1947 - 20 October 1959
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/6Account book of the Parochial Church Council, 28 November 1959 - 20 January 1966
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/14Account book, 1969 - 1976
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/15Account book, 2 January 1972 - 29 December 1978
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/16Account book, January 1979 - December 1982
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/17Account book, January 1987 - October 1992
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Electoral rolls (Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/)6/18
Ref: EP/SS.SA 6/18Electoral roll, May 1980 - June 1992
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)
12 Charities (Ref: EP/SS.SA 12/)Parish Social Centre (Ref: EP/SS.SA 12/)12/1-12/3
Ref: EP/SS.SA 12/1Scheme for the management of the Parish Room charity, 11 March 1968
(1 paper, typescript)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 12/212 March 1968
(1) South Shields, St. Aidan Parochial Church Council
(2) Durham Diocesan Board of Finance
(3) David Hyland Lawes of St. Aidan's vicarage, South Shields, clerk in holy orders; Nancy Martin of 14 Woodlands Terrace, South Shields, married woman; Ivy Bullock of 39 Allendale Drive, South Shields, married woman; Thomas Houlsby of 55 Benton Road, South Shields, foreman shipwright; James Grieves of 9 Pollard Street, South Shields, fitter, and Donald Polam of 53 Ambleside Avenue, South Shields, accountant, (Trustees of South Shields St. Aidan Youth Centre)
Lease for 28 years by (1) and (2) to (3) of two pieces of land forming part
of St. Aidan's church hall, known as St. Aidan's Youth Centre, at an
annual rent of one shilling
(1 file, typescript)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 12/3Inventory of the contents of [St. Aidan's] Social Centre, 1978 - 1988
(3 papers)
13 Church Societies (Ref: EP/SS.SA 13/)13/1-13/3
Ref: EP/SS.SA 13/1Register of attendances of St Aidan's Church Choir, 31 December 1934 - 28 June 1949
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 13/2Register of attendances of St Aidans Mothers' Union, January 1938 - February 1944
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: EP/SS.SA 13/3Subscription book of the Altar Guild, May 1938 - 19 November 1946
(1 volume, card bound)
14 Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/SS.SA 14/)14/2
Ref: EP/SS.SA 14/2Photographs of the interior of the church showing people performing a play depicting the passion of Our Lord, 1980s
(1 album, plastic bound)
