Catalogue

Order-of-service for a service of celebration to inaugurate the East Durham Methodist Circuit, 8 September 1990

Circuit Directory, 1991-1992

Circuit directory, January 2002

Minute book of Quarterly Meetings and General Purposes Committee meetings, 14 May 1958 - 22 May 1964

Minute book of Quarterly Meetings and General Purposes Committee meetings, 3 June 1964 - 2 June 1969

Minute book of Quarterly Meetings and associated meetings, 6 March 1969 - 9 March 1990

Minutes of Annual Property Trustees' meetings, 4 March 1941 - 8 March 1973

Minute book of Manse Trustees' meetings, 27 October 1941 - 4 November 1976

Minute book of the Christian Citizenship Committee, 24 July 1957 - 24 September 1982 At end: balance sheets, 1961 - 1965/1966; 1967/68 - 1980/82 From 22 January 1975 this was the Social Responsibility Committee

Minute book of Mission Committee meetings, 19 September 1980 - 29 January 1990

Minutes of Ladies' Missionary Auxiliary Meetings, 10 September 1924 - 5 December 1955

Minutes of Women's Work Missionary Meetings, 9 September 1940 - 10 February 1958

Circuit Steward's account book, September 1959 - 7 September 1966 At end: accounts of Manse Furnishing Fund and stationery and postage fund, 1959 - 1966

Account of bank withdrawals and deposits, 31 December 1974 - 28 January 1981

Accounts of income from, and expenditure on, each manse, 6 March 1943 - 31 August 1980

Account book of the Methodist Missionary Society for the Seaham Circuit, 1940 - 1962

Account book of Methodist Missionary Society for the Seaham Circuit, 5 March 1967 - 21 August 1970

Women's Work account book, December 1975 - November 1986

Women's Work account book, 9 December 1986 - 30 September 1996

Minute book of Seaham and District Sunday School Union, 11 May 1962 - 14 December 1979

Constitution of the Seaham and District Sunday School Union, 11 April 1975 Originally enclosed in M/ED19

Minute book of meetings of the Seaham Council of Churches, 27 April 1967 - 6 April 1976

Register of baptisms, 9 April 1947 - 20 February 1966

Minute book of Trustees' meetings, March 1939 [sic] - 7 December 1971

Copy quinquennial inspection of the St. Paul's Methodist Church and church hall, by F. Blackwell, Buildings Manager, N.C.B., Devon House, Dalton-le-Dale, July 1985

St. Paul's Church Family Newsletter, nos. 121, 129-131, 133-135, 137, 154, June 1987; March - May, July - October, December 1988; September 1990

Programme commemorating the 25th Anniversary of St. Paul's Methodist Church, Murton, 1988

Programme for the 'New World Mission' in the Hetton and Seaham Methodist Circuits, 14 - 22 May 1988

Order-of-service for 'A Community Thanksgiving for Murton Colliery, 1838 - 1991' arranged by Murton Churches Together, 6 March 1992

Notes of meetings of 'Murton Churches Together', 24 February 1995 - 8 May 1998

Register of baptisms, 13 August 1944 - 19 September 1965

Register of baptisms, 26 September 1965 - 7 April 1996

Register of marriages, 17 May 1937 - 31 July 1948

Register of marriages, 2 October 1948 - 6 July 1957

Register of marriages, 28 June 1958 - 25 September 1965

Register of marriages, 2 October 1965 - 7 January 1976

Register of marriages, 17 July 1976 - 15 August 1992

Register of marriages, 10 July 1993 - 4 November 1995

Minute book of Annual Trustees' meetings, 15 October 1962 - 28 November 1976

Minute book of Leaders' meetings, 30 May 1963 - 4 June 1973

Minutes of the Church Council meetings, 28 February 1995 - 18 October 1995

Minute book of the Pastoral Sub-Committee, 2 November 1977 - 19 November 1981

List of members of the Pastoral Committee and individuals each is visiting, 18 November 1982

Account book of the Trust Fund, 3 October 1857 - 30 December 1893

Account book of Trustees' Treasurer, January 1928 - December 1958

Description of the Stewardship Campaign, 1962

Questionnaire on the finances of, and attendance at, the church, completed by W.L. Oliver, 20 March 1996

Community roll, 1980

Lists of members in class order, n.d.

Plan of the back premises in Jubilee Methodist Church, New Seaham, n.d., c.1930 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

4 September 1940 (1) W.S. Miller, Trustee of the Jubilee Methodist Church, New Seaham (2) His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the War Department Agreement whereby (2) will pay (1) £52 p.a. for the use of the Jubilee Methodist Church Hall, New Seaham

Circular letter from Rev. J.B. Wanless, 26 Cornelia Terrace, Seaham, concerning the requisitioning of church railings, 19 November 1941

Circular letter from Rev. J.B. Wanless, 1 Springfield Crescent, Seaham, concerning requisitioned premises, 26 January 1944

Schedule of damage incurred by the requisitioning of the Jubilee Methodist Hall, New Seaham, December 1944 Attached: letter from Lands Branch, Northern Command, 'Newham', Abbey Road, Darlington, to R. Paxton, 10 Stanley Street, Seaham, enclosing the form, 12 December 1944

'Jubilee Souvenir Handbook' - history of the church from 1887 to 1937, compiled by members of the church, 1937

Programme for the Jubilee, 1937

Cutting from an unidentified newspaper describing the celebrations at the church, 1937

Newspaper cutting from the Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette, showing a photograph of members of the church attending the Jubilee celebrations, February 1937 Attached: list identifying a number of the individuals in the photograph, 1990s

Newspaper cutting from the Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette, describing the history of the church and including a photograph of its exterior, 3 March 1937

Programme, including a short history of the church, for the centenary of the Jubilee Methodist Church, 1987

Programme for the reopening of Cornish Street Chapel, Seaham, as a Methodist school hall, 10 May 1952

Circular letter, issued by Rev. Dawn L. Hudson, announcing the merging of three Methodist churches in Seaham to form one church at Tempest Road, Seaham, 28 September 1966

Verses composed by J. McCutcheon, A Blind Miner, of New Seaham, printed by Moorhead & Young, Seaham Harbour, n.d., c.1920

Pulpit notice book, 15 December 1968 - 29 October 1972

Vouchers for goods and services purchased, 1904 - 1906

Correspondence between H.B. Wright & Co., 3, Tempest Place, Seaham Harbour; Francis Gibson, Treasurer, United Methodist Free Church, Seaham Harbour; James Burton, Skibo Castle, Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland; H.S. Vincent & Co., organ manufactory, Sheepfold North, Sunderland; Joseph Elgey, timber importer, coal exporter and shipbroker, Seaham Harbour; J. Pyburn, painter and decorator, Roker Park Road South, Monkwearmouth; Walter Macfarlane & Co., architectural, sanitary and engineering art founders, Saracen Foundry, Possilpark, Glasgow, Scotland; concerning the installation of a new organ, 6 March 1907 - 13 May 1908 Originally enclosed in M/ED 64

List of subscribers to the organ fund, n.d., [1907-1908] Originally enclosed in M/ED 64

Financial statement, 15 June 1907 - 12 April 1908 The statement includes a picture of the façade of the church Originally enclosed in M/ED 64

Correspondence between The Methodist Church Department for Chapel Affairs, War Damage and Rebuilding Fund Committee, Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester; Rev. F.C. Wilson, 1, Springfield Crescent, Seaham; Elders Walker & Co. Ltd., Sunderland Road, Gateshead; War Damage Commission, Technical Centre, Government Buildings, Spring Bank, Hull; concerning the repair of war damage to the stained glass windows, 23 April 1959 - 9 April 1962

Statement of objection by the Church Street Methodist Trustees of the proposal to make Church Street, Seaham, into a pedestrian right-of-way, 22 July 1959

Correspondence between G.H. Edkinson & Son, estate agents, 35, Saddler Street, Durham; Rev. F.C. Wilson, 1 Springfield Crescent, Seaham; Shepherd Building Group, Blue Bridge Lane, York; J. Foggins, 4, Antrim Gardens, Seaham; Department for Chapel Affairs, Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester, Lancashire; Rev. J.M. Yellowley, 1, Springfield Crescent, Seaham; Struchett & Son, surveyors, Stock Exchange Buildings, St. Nicholas Street, Bristol; W.H. Robinson Co., surveyors, 79, Mosley Street, Manchester, Lancashire; Rev. W. Dagg, 57, Killingworth Drive, Sunderland; Ashley-Winthrop & Associates Ltd., Ashwood House, Scotland Street, Ashton-under-Lyme, Lancashire; Shingler Ridon Associates, planning consultants, Lichfield House, Soho Square, London; Amalgamated Developers Limited, 17, Bedford Row, London; Rev. Jan M.R. Wills, 1, Springfield Crescent, Seaham; County Council of Durham; Nelson & Company (Organ Builders) of Durham Ltd., 2, Mayorswell Street, Gilesgate, Durham; Storey Sons & Parker, surveyors, Higham House, New Bridge Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; rev. B.R. Griffiths, 1, Springfield Crescent, Seaham; Charles Bell Sons & Barnes, surveyors, Manor House, Athenaeum Street, Sunderland; Conte & Sons, solicitors, 31, West Sunniside, Sunderland; The Methodist Church Home Mission Department, 1, Central Buildings, Westminster, London; Rev. J. Platten, 1, Springfield Crescent, Seaham; concerning the sale of Church Street Methodist Church, Seaham, 14 April - 17 May 1960; 11 May - 29 October 1965; 18 July 1968 - 23 April 1975

Announcement of the closure of Church Street Methodist Church, Seaham, 18 February 1969

Programme for a 'Grand Celebrity Concert', to be held in Church Street Methodist Church, Seaham, 10 January 1948

The Bulletin, September 1950

The Bulletin, January 1951

Newspaper cutting from the Sunderland Echo, showing a photograph of J. Foggin, trust treasurer; Mrs. Mary Paxton; Mrs. Bevan; Rev. T.W. Bevan, minister between 1951 and 1957; and Rev. J.M. Yellowley, Superintendent Minister of the Seaham Circuit, cutting a cake in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Church Street Methodist Church, 20 September 1965

Register of baptisms, 19 December 1943 - 26 July 1964

Register of baptisms, 30 August 1964 - 11 August 1996

Register of marriages, 14 August 1926 - 28 June 1930

Register of marriages, 12 July 1930 - 14 November 1942

Register of marriages, 28 December 1942 - 30 July 1955

Register of marriages, 24 December 1955 - 16 July 1977

Register of marriages, 30 July 1977 - 21 April 1984

Pulpit notice book, 20 December 1966 - 8 December 1968

Pulpit notice book, 5 November 1972 - 2 December 1976

Minute book of Leaders' meetings, 25 November 1947 - 30 April 1969 At end: minutes of Joint Meeting of Trustees, Leaders and Youth Council, 27 September 1949 - 6 December 1949; minutes of meetings concerning sales of work, 10 October 1950, 17 February and 13 May 1953

Minute book of Trustees' meetings, 5 February 1952 - 14 June 1976 At end: list of Trustees, 1953, 1969

Trustees' account book, 1 January 1956 - November 1974

Account book, 1 September 1975 - 31 August 1988

Account book, 1 September 1988 - 7 October 1996

Income and Expenditure Account of General Property and Benevolence Fund, 1976 - 1977

Balance sheets of the General Fund, 1982 - 1986; 1986 - 1996

Balance sheets of Development & Renewal Fund, 1988 - 1992

Accounts, 27 February 1988 - 12 October 1996

Methodist Trust Schedule 'B': Annual Property Account and Return of Investments, 1989, 1991 - 1995

Correspondence between Harry Massey Associates, architects, 24, Ridley Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Rev. J. Platten, Seaham Methodist Circuit, 1, Springwell Crescent, Seaham; The Methodist Church Division of Property, Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester; Miss M.E. Vasey, Sacred Heart International School, 4-3-1 Hiroo, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, Japan; The Joseph Rank Benevolent Trusts, 51, London Road, Reigate, Surrey; Samares Investments Limited, Normandy House, Grenville Street, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands; Londonderry Estates Office, Wynyard Park, Billingham, Cleveland; The Superintendent Minister, Brunswick Central Circuit, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; The Minister, Rowlands Gill Methodist Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne District, 8, Ancroft Way, Fawdon, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Baughans Foods Limited, East Street, Braintree, Essex; concerning the designing, financing and opening of the new Seaham Methodist Church, 16 November 1967 - February 1980

Architect's impression of the exterior of the new Seaham Harbour Methodist Church, by Harry Massey Associates, c.1975

Plan; cross and long sections; north, south, east and west elevations; block plan; of Seaham Harbour Methodist Church, drawing no. 119/12, by Harry Massey Associates Architects, May 1975 Scale: 1:100

Accounts rendered by Harry Massey Associates Architects, 24, Ridley Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for the building of Seaham Methodist Church, 23 July 1974 - 18 February 1977

Accounts of income and expenditure in connection with the new Seaham Methodist church building, 1 September 1974 - 30 April 1977

Summary of monies received for the building of Seaham Methodist Church, to 18 April 1976

Final accounts for the building of Seaham Harbour Methodist Church, September 1974 - February 1980

Blank invitation card to the opening ceremony and consecration of Seaham Methodist Church, 1976

Order-of-procession for the service marking the opening of Seaham Harbour Methodist Church, 1976

Napkin inscribed, 'Seaham Harbour Methodist Church Opening Day, 11 April 1976', 1976

Photograph of the plaque in Seaham Harbour Methodist Church commemorating those who have given help in the building of the church and the Methodist Churches in Seaham Harbour which preceded the current church, n.d., c.1976

Programme for the tea to mark the opening of Seaham Harbour Methodist Church, 1976

Order-of-service for the opening and consecration of Seaham Harbour Methodist Church, 17 April 1976

Notice of a garden party, in the grounds of Seaham Hall, arranged by the Wesley Guild of the Wesleyan Church, Seaham Harbour, 19 July 1924

Programme of a concert to be given by Owen Brannigan and the Wesley Choir, Wesley Methodist Church, Seaham Harbour, in the Spiritualist Hall, 5 February 1955 The programme is signed by Owen Brannigan

Booklet explaining the Christian Stewardship Campaign, 1963

Photograph of the members of the Stewardship Campaign Committee of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Tempest Place, Seaham Harbour, as used in M/ED 110, 1963

Photograph of the congregation in the interior of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Tempest Place, Seaham Harbour, c.1963

Photograph of a preacher in the pulpit in the interior of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Tempest Place, Seaham Harbour, c.1963

Photograph of the exterior of the west end of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Tempest Place, Seaham Harbour, as used in M/ED 110, 1963

Photograph of the exterior of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Tempest Place, Seaham Harbour, used in M/ED 110, 1963

Short history of Seaham Harbour Methodist Church, 1976

Presentation to the Coalfield Taskforce by the vicar of Dawdon, 1990s

'Millennium Update, as at 20 February 1997': details of 'The National Picture' derived from a meeting with Stephen Lynas, National Millennium Officer; and details of Local Initiatives, c.1997

Notes of meetings of 'Seaham Fraternal', 3 July 1996, 13 February 1997, 20 March 1997, 11 July 1997, 11 December 1997, 5 February 1998

Register of baptisms, 28 August 1966 - 25 August 1968

Register of baptisms, 6 October 1968 - 11 August 1996

Register of marriages, 12 October 1963 - 3 April 1976

Minute book of Leaders' meetings, 30 August 1960 - 23 February 1969 At beginning: minutes of informal meetings at Bourne Church, formerly Primitive Methodist, Tempest Place, Seaham Harbour, concerning Parkside Mission Chapel, 14 August 1953 - 13 November 1958

Minute book of Leaders' meetings, 28 February 1973 - 22 September 1992 At end: minutes of Church Family Committee, 22 January 1973 - 25 January 1977

Minute book of the Church Council, 29 September 1993 - 28 April 1996

Minute book of the Finance Committee, 22 January 1976 - 25 September 1979

Minute book of Property Committee, 20 September 1977 - 22 March 1995 From 29 September 1993 the minutes record discussions concerning property at Church Council meetings

Minute book of the Pastoral Committee, 20 February 1978 - 28 November 1981

Account book, February 1975 - August 1987

Account book, September 1987 - September 1996

Cash book, 1981 - 1996

Balance sheets, 1990 - 1996

Account book of Women's Bright Hour, March 1961 - September 1996

Account book of income and expenditure at coffee mornings, September 1995 - September 1996

Strategy for Growth: Some questions for our church: a questionnaire completed for the church concerning members attending, finance and activities in the church, 14 April 1996

Church Log Book, 1976 - 1993 Includes: inspections of the fabric of the church, 1976, 1983; accounts, 1987 - 1989; returns to the Methodist Church Property Division, 1986, 1990; correspondence and invoices concerning purchases, 1983, 1984

Report on quinquennial inspection of the church by Black Horse Surveying Services, 47, Frederick Street, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, 24 July 1995

Pulpit notice book, 5 December 1965 - 11 December 1966

Steward's book giving details of services and events at the church, 13 September 1992 - 28 May 1995

Order-of-service for evening service in the Primitive Methodist Church, Tempest Place, Seaham, 20 December 1925

Order-of-service for the stone-laying ceremony, 25 March 1961

Order-of-service for the opening ceremony and dedication, 27 January 1967

Register of baptisms, 23 July 1950 - 9 November 1969

Register of baptisms, 7 September 1939 - 6 December 1959

Register of baptisms, 21 February 1960 - 17 February 1985

Register of marriages, 26 January 1924 - 7 August 1933

Register of marriages, 1 October 1933 - 2 October 1948

Register of marriages, 6 October 1948 - 31 March 1962

Register of marriages, 21 April 1962 - 27 September 1975

Register of marriages, 13 August 1977 - 1 August 1981

Minute book of Leaders' meetings, 2 June 1955 - 6 March 1974

Minute book of Sunday School teachers' meetings, 6 January 1946 - 24 September 1967

Minute book of Sunday School Annual Teachers' Meetings, 3 October 1967 - 12 November 1974

Account book of Sunday School records, January 1927 - December 1951

Account book of Sunday School Treasurer, January 1952 - September 1973

Account book of Sunday School Treasurer, October 1973 - January 1976

Minute book of Building Fund Committee meetings, 24 January 1987 - 13 August 2002

Society Fund account book, 8 October 1961 - 30 June 1974

Society Fund account book, 1 July 1974 - 31 August 1989

Society Fund account book, 1 September 1989 - 31 August 2002

Balance sheets of church accounts, years ending 31 August 2003 and 31 August 2004

Collection journal, 4 January 1976 - 21 August 2005

Building Fund and Fund-raising Fund account book, 9 October 1984 - 4 December 2004

Register of subscriptions to the League of Light, in support of the National Children's Home, by members of Easington Lane Central Methodist Church, February 1955 - 1982

Correspondence between A.E. Priddin and Son, solicitors, Scruton House, Newbottle Street, Houghton-le-Spring, and H. Hall, 'Hilversum', Stockton Road, Easington, concerning the bequest of £6,769 to Easington Lane Central Methodist Church from the estate of Henry Bousfield (died 30 August 1989), late of Caldew Court, Easington Lane, 8 January - 20 February 1990

Quinquennial inspection report on Easington Lane Central Methodist Church, by W.B. Edwards and Partners, architects, Cathedral Buildings, Dean Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, January 1992

Quinquennial inspection report on Easington Lane Central Methodist Church by Messrs. Maughan, Reynolds and Partners, 15 Regent Terrace, Gateshead, 5 June 1996

Quinquennial inspection report on Easington Lane Central Methodist Church, by Messrs. Maughan, Reynolds and Partners, 15 Regent Terrace, Gateshead, 8 October 2001