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Escomb St. John Parish (Saxon Church)

Reference: EP/Es Catalogue Title: Escomb St. John Parish (Saxon Church) Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1543-2016

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  • Escomb St. John Parish (Saxon Church)
    • EP/Es Escomb St. John Parish (Ref: EP/Es)
    • 01 Registration (Ref: EP/Es Section 1)
    • Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (Ref: EP/Es section 01)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Es section 02)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Es section 03)
    • Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Es section 04)
    • Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Es section 05)
    • 02 Clergy (Ref: EP/Es Section 2)
    • Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Es section 01)
    • Registers of preachers and services (Ref: EP/Es section 02)
    • Registers of services (Ref: EP/Es section 01)
    • Registers of preachers (Ref: EP/Es section 02)
    • 04 Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Es Section 4)
    • Church (Ref: EP/Es section 01)
    • Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/Es section 02)
    • Vicarage (Ref: EP/Es )
    • 05 Vestry (Ref: EP/Es Section 5)
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/Es)
    • 06 Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Es Section 6)
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/Es )
    • 07 Overseers of the Poor (Ref: EP/Es Section 7)
    • Accounts (Ref: EP/Es)
    • 13 Church societies (Ref: EP/Es Section 13)
    • Mothers' Union (Ref: EP/Es)
    • 14 Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Es Section 14)
    • Parish magazines (Ref: EP/Es )
    • Visitors' books (Ref: EP/Es )

Catalogue Contents

EP/Es Escomb St. John Parish (Ref: EP/Es)01 Registration (Ref: EP/Es Section 1)Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (Ref: EP/Es section 01)

1-2

Ref: EP/Es 1

Register of baptisms, 1543 - February 1740/41; register of marriages, 1543 - August 1739; Register of burials, 1543 - March 1740/41 Note of the archdeacon's visitation, 1697
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Es 2

Register of marriages, 1742 - 1754; register of baptisms, 1741 - 1812; register of burials, 1741 - 1812 Population of Escomb Chapelry, 1811 Note of the purchase of some pews
(1 volume)

Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Es section 02)

3, 35

Ref: EP/Es 3

Register of baptisms, 1813 - 1860
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Es 35

Register of baptisms, 6 January 1861 - 14 June 1992
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Es section 03)

4-10, 18, 36, 73/1-2

Ref: EP/Es 4

Register of banns and marriages, 1754 - 1812 Plan of the graves in the churchyard with inscriptions. as they were in 1912 Note of pews repaired at the expense of the owners who are listed
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Es 5

Register of marriages, 1813 - May 1837
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Es 6

Register of marriages, 1838 - 1891
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Es 7

Register of marriages, 1891 - July 1937
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Es 8

Register of marriages, July 1937 - November 1945
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Es 9

Register of marriages, December 1945 - June 1950
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Es 10

Register of marriages, October 1950 - December 1952
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Es 18

Register of marriages, 27 December 1952 - 24 August 1968
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Es 36

Register of marriages, 12 April 1969 - 28 June 1980
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Es 73/1

Register of marriages, 30 August 1980 - 14 April 2007
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Es 73/2

Register of marriages, 21 July 2007 - 13 August 2016
(1 volume)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Es section 04)

13-14, 37

Ref: EP/Es 13

Register of banns of marriage, 1838 - 1864
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Es 14

Register of banns of marriage, 1864 - 1951
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Es 37

Register of banns of marriage, 10 June 1951 - 7 February 1993
(1 volume, card bound)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Es section 05)

11-12

Ref: EP/Es 11

Register of burials, 1813 - September 1859
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Es 12

Register of burials, September 1859 - January 1870 February 1919 - March 1925 December 1934 - May 1943 N.B. the burial ground became a public cemetery in 1865. A note in the register following the entry for January 1870 states that no entry had been made in that register since 'the burial ground in which this church stands became a public cemetery' and that the vicar has begun to keep a record of every funeral that he took since his appointment on 19 February 1919
(1 volume)

02 Clergy (Ref: EP/Es Section 2)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Es section 01)

74/1

Ref: EP/Es 74/1

Register of confirmations, 1 June 1960 - 26 May 2012
(1 volume)

Registers of preachers and services (Ref: EP/Es section 02)Registers of services (Ref: EP/Es section 01)

39-40, 62

Ref: EP/Es 39

Register of services, 23 September 1934 - 2 March 1952
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Es 40

Register of services, 9 March 1952 - 13 October 1968
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Es 62

Register of services, 20 October 1968 - 25 February 2000
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of preachers (Ref: EP/Es section 02)

38

Ref: EP/Es 38

Register of preachers, offertory and communicants, 11 August 1912 - 21 March 1920
(1 volume, cloth bound)

04 Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Es Section 4)

For churchwardens' accounts see EP/Es 15

Church (Ref: EP/Es section 01)

41-43, 61

Ref: EP/Es 41

Order of service for the restoration of Escomb church, 4 July 1965
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Es 42

Letter from the North Eastern Electricity Board, Trenchard Avenue, Thornaby, Cleveland, to Rev. M.A. Whitehead, The Vicarage, Escomb, concerning a wayleave agreement, 5 February 1976
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Es 43

21 April 1976 (1) Rev. Matthew Alexander Whitehead of The Vicarage, Escomb (2) North Eastern Electricity Board Wayleave agreement for the erection of electricity lines at Escomb Consideration: as specified
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Es 61

Scrapbook containing photographs of the church fabric and records, n.d. [1960s]
(1 volume)

Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/Es section 02)Vicarage (Ref: EP/Es )

44-46

Ref: EP/Es 44

Quinquennial report for Escomb vicarage, October 1972
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Es 45

Quinquennial report for Escomb vicarage, July 1987
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Es 46

Quinquennial report for Escomb vicarage, January 1992
(1 file)

05 Vestry (Ref: EP/Es Section 5)Minutes (Ref: EP/Es)

17
See also UB/BA 225

Ref: EP/Es 17

Vestry and parochial church council minutes, 1888 - 1930
(1 volume)

06 Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Es Section 6)Minutes (Ref: EP/Es )

47
See also EP/Es 17

Ref: EP/Es 47

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council and annual Vestry Meetings, 10 February 1933 - 1 November 1973
(1 volume, binding missing)

07 Overseers of the Poor (Ref: EP/Es Section 7)Accounts (Ref: EP/Es)

15-16

Ref: EP/Es 15

Overseers' and churchwardens' accounts, 1683 - 1784
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Es 16

Overseers of the poor accounts' 1822 - 1831
(1 volume)

13 Church societies (Ref: EP/Es Section 13)Mothers' Union (Ref: EP/Es)

48-50

Ref: EP/Es 48

Mothers' Union branch register, 1948-58
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Es 49

Minutes of the Mothers' Union, 22 January 1953 - 6 December 1954
(1 volume, paper bound)

Ref: EP/Es 50

Minutes of the Mothers' Union, 3 January 1955 - 1 October 1963
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

14 Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Es Section 14)Parish magazines (Ref: EP/Es )

19-34, 60

Ref: EP/Es 19

St. John, Escomb, and St. Paul, Witton Park, parish magazines, May - December 1980
(8 booklets)

Ref: EP/Es 20

St. John, Escomb, and St. Paul, Witton Park, parish magazines, January, March - December 1981
(11 booklets)

Ref: EP/Es 21

St. John, Escomb, and St. Paul, Witton Park, parish magazines, January - December 1982
(12 booklets)

Ref: EP/Es 22

St. John, Escomb, and St. Paul, Witton Park, parish magazines, January - December 1983
(12 booklets)

Ref: EP/Es 23

St. John, Escomb, and St. Paul, Witton Park, parish magazines, January - December 1984
(12 booklets)

Ref: EP/Es 24

St. John, Escomb, and St. Paul, Witton Park, parish magazines, January - December 1985
(12 booklets)

Ref: EP/Es 25

St. John, Escomb, and St. Paul, Witton Park, parish magazines, January - December 1986
(7 booklets and 5 papers)

Ref: EP/Es 26

St. John, Escomb, and St. Paul, Witton Park, parish magazines, January - December 1987
(12 papers)

Ref: EP/Es 27

St. John, Escomb, and St. Paul, Witton Park, parish magazines, January - December 1988
(12 papers)

Ref: EP/Es 28

St. John, Escomb, and St. Paul, Witton Park, parish magazines, January - December 1989
(12 papers)

Ref: EP/Es 29

St. John, Escomb, and St. Paul, Witton Park, parish magazines, January - December 1990
(12 papers)

Ref: EP/Es 30

St. John, Escomb, and St. Paul, Witton Park, parish magazines, January - December 1991
(12 papers)

Ref: EP/Es 31

St. John, Escomb, and St. Paul, Witton Park, parish magazines, January - July, September - December 1992
(12 papers)

Ref: EP/Es 32

St. John, Escomb, and St. Paul, Witton Park, parish magazines, January - December 1993
(12 papers)

Ref: EP/Es 33

St. John, Escomb, and St. Paul, Witton Park, parish magazines, January - December 1994
(12 papers)

Ref: EP/Es 34

St. John, Escomb, and St. Paul, Witton Park, parish magazines, January - December 1995
(12 papers)

Ref: EP/Es 60

Church magazine, September 1947
(1 paper)

Visitors' books (Ref: EP/Es )

51-59, 63-72

Ref: EP/Es 51

Visitors' book, 23 April 1898 - 2 June 1924
(1 volume, binding missing)

Ref: EP/Es 52

Visitors' book, 28 September 1924 - 15 July 1937 The volume was presented by Miss Ethel Escombe, The Old Rectory, Bishopstoke, Hampshire, 22 May 1924
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: EP/Es 53

Visitors' book, 10 February 1948 - 21 August 1965 The volume was presented by W.M.L. Escombe of Stanborough Bury, Hertfordshire
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/Es 54

Visitors' book, 15 January 1966 - 6 January 1968
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/Es 55

Visitors' book, 5[?] April 1974 - 28 August 1975
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Es 56

Visitors' book, 28 August 1975 - 29 June 1978
(1 volume, paper bound)

Ref: EP/Es 57-59

Loose papers recording visitors' names and addresses, 29 June 1978 - 24 July 1978 Originally enclosed in EP/Es 2
(3 papers)

Ref: EP/Es 63

Visitors' book, 5 August 1979 - 7 August 1981
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Es 64

Visitors' book, 6 August 1981 - 30 June 1984
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Es 65

Visitors' book, 1 July 1984 - 22 June 1986
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Es 66

Visitors' book, 22 June 1986 - 8 April 1988
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Es 67

Visitors' book, 8 April 1988 - 14 June 1989
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Es 68

Visitors' book, 15 June 1989 - 6 August 1990
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Es 69

Visitors' book, 6 August 1990 - 22 June 1992
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Es 70

Visitors' book, 22 June 1992 - 23 May 1994
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Es 71

Visitors book, 23 May 1994 - 24 May 1996
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Es 72

Visitors' book, 25 May 1996 - 2 January 1998
(1 volume, plastic bound)



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