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Methodist Central

Reference: M/C 1 Catalogue Title: Methodist Central Area: Catalogue Category: Non-Conformist Church Records Description: Darlington District Home Mission Division

Covering Dates: 1935-1991

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Catalogue Description

Records received on long-term loan:

12 February 1997 Acc: 2428(D)

This record group consists of records dispersed by the Methodist Church headquarters in London.

Catalogue Contents

Home Mission Division files relating to Darlington District (Ref: M/C 1/1-14)

Correspondence between Methodist Church Home Mission Division, London, and district officers and superintendent ministers concerning Home Mission grants (including grant applications from Thornley, Durham and Deerness Valley, Weardale and Reeth circuits) (file no. 13), 5 May 1988 - 30 April 1990
(1 file)


Correspondence between General Secretary of Methodist Church Home Mission Division, London, and District Chairman, Darlington, on Home Mission grants, quinquennial inspections and personal matters (file no. 13), 28 November 1984 - 21 April 1989
(1 file)


Correspondence between General Secretary of Methodist Church Home Mission Division, London, and District Chairman, Darlington, superintendent minister of Darlington circuits, and Darlington circuit officers, concerning applications for Home Mission grants, appointments of ministers and consents to close churches (including correspondence and reports on Bondgate Church, Salt Yard, Darlington) (file no. 13/1), 9 November 1963 - 5 December 1991
(1 file)


Correspondence between General Secretary of Methodist Church Home Mission Division, London, and District Chairman, Darlington, superintendent minister of Stockton circuit, and Stockton circuit officers, concerning applications for Home Mission grants, appointments of ministers and consents to close churches (file no. 13/3), 11 March 1957 - 14 August 1985
(1 file)


Correspondence between General Secretary of Methodist Church Home Mission Division, London, and District Chairman, Darlington, superintendent minister of Hartlepool Circuit, and Hartlepool Circuit officers, concerning applications for Home Mission grants, appointments of ministers and consents to close churches (file no. 13/4), 20 May 1964 - 5 March 1987
(1 file)


Correspondence between General Secretary of Methodist Church Home Mission Division, London, and superintendent minister of Stokesley circuit concerning appointments of ministers and consents to close churches (file no. 13/5), 18 March 1966 - 18 March 1991
(1 file)


Correspondence between General Secretary of Methodist Church Home Mission Division, London, and Methodist Church Property Division, London, superintendent minister of Danby circuit, and Darlington District officers, concerning appointments of ministers, consents to close churches and use of interest from Circuit Advance Fund (file no. 13/6), 19 July 1963 - 9 August 1990
(1 file)


Correspondence between General Secretary of Methodist Church Home Mission Division, London, and superintendent minister of Loftus and Staithes circuit, District Chairman, Darlington, and Methodist Church Property Division, London, concerning consents to close churches, applications for Home Mission grants and use of interest for Circuit Advance Fund (file no. 13/7), 12 September 1969 - 10 May 1982
(1 file)


Correspondence between General Secretary of Methodist Church Home Mission Division, London, and superintendent minister of Durham Coast and Peterlee circuit, Durham Coast and Peterlee circuit officers, and District Chairman, Darlington, concerning Durham Coast Crusade, Peterlee Commission and use of interest from Circuit Advance Fund (including 'The Methodist Church in Shotley Bridge, Durham' by Geoffrey Fisher, May 1990) (file no. 13/9), 27 January 1960 - 20 October 1975
(2 files)


Correspondence between General Secretary of Methodist Church Home Mission Division, London, and District Chairman, Darlington, and Gilesgate Church Council Secretary, Durham, concerning Home Mission and other grants (file no. 13/11), 28 August 1986 - 21 April 1989
(1 file)


Correspondence between Methodist Church Home Mission Division, London, and Methodist Church Property Division, London, superintendent minister of Crook and Willington circuit, and District Chairman, Darlington, concerning consents to close churches and circuit funding (file no. 13/12), 16 March 1966 - 10 April 1990
(1 file)


Correspondence between Methodist Church Home Mission Division, London, and District Chairman, Darlington, superintendent minister of Weardale circuit, and Secretary of Methodist Conference, London; concerning consents to close churches, future of circuit and applications for grants (file no. 13/13), 17 October 1966 - 21 April 1989
(1 file)


Correspondence between Methodist Church Home Mission Division, London, and superintendent minister of Reeth circuit and District Chairman, Darlington, concerning consents to close churches, Home Mission grants and use of interest from Circuit Advance Fund (file no. 13/19), 19 March 1963 - 25 August 1989


Record of churches closed between 1935 and 1974 (listed by circuit and by date of closure)
(35 cards)