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Consett, St Pius Roman Catholic Parish

Reference: RC/Con.SPi Catalogue Title: Consett, St Pius Roman Catholic Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Non-Conformist Church Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1926 - 2003

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  • Consett, St Pius Roman Catholic Parish
    • Consett, St Pius Roman Catholic Parish (Ref: RC/Con.SPi)
    • Registration (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 1/)
    • Registers of Baptisms (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 1/1/1)
    • Clergy (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/)
    • Church Notices (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/1/1-12)
    • Church notice books and registers of banns of marriage (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/1/1-12)
    • Notices digests (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/8/1)
    • Prenuptial enquiries (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/2/1-9)
    • Mass Intention Books (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/3/1-2)
    • Correspondence (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/4/1)
    • Ecumenism (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/5/1)
    • Marriage Convalidations (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/1-51)
    • Questions to parliamentary candidates (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/7/1)
    • Registration of priest as authorised person to register marriages (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/9/1)
    • Visitation reports (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/10/1)
    • Church fabric and property (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/1-11)
    • Church (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/)
    • Site and Construction (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/1-4, 6-8)
    • Plans (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/5/1-9)
    • Church hall (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/9)
    • Church property (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/10-11)
    • Parish Accounts (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 4/1-2)
    • Parish organisations (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 5/1)
    • Charities (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 7/1)
    • Schools and Education (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/1/1)
    • St Pius X Roman Catholic Primary School, The Grove, Consett (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/1-13)
    • Managers' Minutes (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/1/1)
    • Notice of intention to provide a Roman Catholic school (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/2/1)
    • Managers' correspondence (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/3)
    • Construction and maintenance (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/4-6, 10-12)
    • Plans (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/7/1-14)
    • Teachers' contracts (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/8/1-5)
    • Inspections (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/9, 13)
    • Religious inspection reports (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/9/1-2)
    • OFSTED (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/13/1)

Catalogue Contents

Consett, St Pius Roman Catholic Parish (Ref: RC/Con.SPi)Registration (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 1/)

For registers of marriages see RC/MR 26 and 44
For registers of banns of marriage see RC/Con.SPi 2/1/1-12

Registers of Baptisms (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 1/1/1)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 1/1/1

Register of baptisms of Consett, St. John, 26 June 1938 - 28 January 1961
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)

Clergy (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/)Church Notices (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/1/1-12)Church notice books and registers of banns of marriage (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/1/1-12)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/1/1

Church notice book and register of banns, 1 May 1938 - 16 May 1942
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/1/2

Church notice book and register of banns, 17 May 1942 - 1 June 1946
(1 volume, printed form, leather bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/1/3

Church notice book and register of banns, 2 June 1946 - 27 May 1951
(1 volume, printed form, leather bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/1/4

Church notice book and register of banns, 2 June 1951 - 21 April 1956
(1 volume, printed form, leather bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/1/5

Church notice book and register of banns, 22 April 1956 - 2 May 1959
(1 volume, printed form, leather bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/1/6

Church notice book and register of banns, 24 April 1960 - 5 June 1965
(1 volume, printed form, leather bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/1/7

Church notice book and register of banns, 27 June 1965 - 8 August 1970
(1 volume, printed form, leather bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/1/8

Church notice book and register of banns, 9 August 1970 - 17 August 1974
(1 volume, printed form, leather bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/1/9

Church notice book and register of banns (no banns recorded), 18 August 1974 - 30 August 1975
(1 volume, printed form, plastic bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/1/10

Church notice book and register of banns (one entry only, undated), 14 September 1975 - 3 September 1977
(1 volume, printed form, plastic bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/1/11

Church notice book and register of banns (no banns recorded), 4 September 1977 - 25 August 1979
(1 volume, printed form, plastic bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/1/12

Church notice book and register of banns, (no banns recorded), 26 August 1979 - 29 August 1981
(1 volume, printed form, plastic bound)

Notices digests (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/8/1)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/8/1

Church notices digest, of Father John Meagher, parish priest, and Father James Burke, assistant parish priest, 22 April 1956 - 2 August 1981
(1 file, typescript)

Prenuptial enquiries (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/2/1-9)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/2/1

Prenuptial enquiries, 1947
(1 volume, printed form, paper bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/2/2

Prenuptial enquiries, 8 April 1948 - 4 July 1955
(1 volume, printed form, paper bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/2/3

Prenuptial enquiries, 1967 - 1970
(1 volume, printed form)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/2/4

Prenuptial enquiries, 1970 - 1973
(1 volume, printed form, paper bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/2/5

Prenuptial enquiries, 1973 - 1977
(1 volume, printed form, paper bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/2/6

Prenuptial enquiries, [1977] - [1981]
(1 volume, printed form, paper bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/2/7

Prenuptial enquiries, 1981 - 1985
(1 volume, printed form)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/2/8

Prenuptial enquiries, 1985
(1 volume, printed form)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/2/9

Prenuptial enquiries, 1986
(4 papers, printed form)

Mass Intention Books (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/3/1-2)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/3/1

Register of mass intentions, 4 April 1959 - 16 June 1968
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/3/2

Register of mass intentions, [June] 1968 - 19 May 1977
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)

Correspondence (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/4/1)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/4/1

Parish priest's in-letters, including circulars, Ad Clerums and pastoral letters from the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, relating to Catholic education, parish management, ecumenical and doctrinal issues, 11 December 1934 - 18 June 1953
(10 booklets, printed and 231 papers)

Ecumenism (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/5/1)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/5/1

Questionnaire on co-operation with non-Catholics, enclosing a joint statement on co-operation with other denominations and a copy of the Constitution of the Movement of the Sword of the Spirit, published by Richard Madley Ltd., 7 Fitzroy Court, London, annotated with comments by the parish priest, n.d. [1942]
(3 papers, printed)

Marriage Convalidations (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/1-51)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/1

Marriage convalidations, 1947
(5 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/2

Marriage convalidations, 1948
(16 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/3

Marriage convalidations, 1949
(6 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/4

Marriage convalidations, 1950
(9 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/5

Marriage convalidations, 1951
(1 packet)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/6

Marriage convalidations, 1953
(4 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/7

Marriage convalidations, 1956
(5 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/8

Marriage convalidations, 1957
(15 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/9

Marriage convalidations, 1958
(9 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/10

Marriage convalidations, 1959
(16 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/11

Marriage convalidations, 1960
(10 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/12

Marriage convalidations, 1961
(7 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/13

Marriage convalidations, 1962
(14 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/14

Marriage convalidations, 1963
(12 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/15

Marriage convalidations, 1965
(11 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/16

Marriage convalidations, 1964
(22 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/17

Marriage convalidations, 1966
(9 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/18

Marriage convalidations, 1967
(8 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/19

Marriage convalidations, 1968
(20 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/20

Marriage convalidations, 1969
(18 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/21

Marriage convalidations, 1970
(15 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/22

Marriage convalidations, 1971
(13 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/23

Marriage convalidations, 1972
(18 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/24

Marriage convalidations, 1973
(12 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/25

Marriage convalidations, 1974
(2 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/26

Marriage convalidations, 1977
(10 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/27

Marriage convalidations, 1978
(10 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/28

Marriage convalidations, 1979
(15 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/29

Marriage convalidations, 1980
(12 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/30

Marriage convalidations, 1981
(10 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/31

Marriage convalidations, 1982
(12 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/32

Marriage convalidations, 1983
(6 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/33

Marriage convalidations, 1984
(7 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/34

Marriage convalidations, 1985
(6 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/35

Marriage convalidations, 1986
(4 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/36

Marriage convalidations, 1987
(7 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/37

Marriage convalidations, 1988
(5 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/38

Marriage convalidations, 1989
(6 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/39

Marriage convalidations, 1990
(2 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/40

Marriage convalidations, 1991
(3 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/41

Marriage convalidations, 1992
(2 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/42

Marriage convalidations, 1993
(6 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/43

Marriage convalidations, 1994
(6 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/44

Marriage convalidations, 1995
(3 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/45

Marriage convalidations, 1996
(8 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/46

Marriage convalidations, 1997
(4 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/47

Marriage convalidations, 1998
(4 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/48

Marriage convalidations, 1999
(3 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/49

Marriage convalidations, 2000
(5 packets)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/50

Marriage convalidations, 2001
(1 packet)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/6/51

Marriage convalidations, 2002
(3 packets)

Questions to parliamentary candidates (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/7/1)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/7/1

Letter from Frank Hughes, Heatherbrae, Aynsley Terrace, Consett to Rev. Meyer, enclosing a statement made to parliamentary candidates in the Consett Division, on behalf of the Roman Catholics of the constituency, together with copies of the responses of those candidates to questions concerning support for the Roman Catholic church's position on funding of Roman Catholic schools, 8 February 1950
(5 papers)

Registration of priest as authorised person to register marriages (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/9/1)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/9/1

Certificate of registration of Rev. Father James Docherty, as the responsible authorised person to register marriages at St Pius X Roman Catholic church, Sussex Road, Moorside, Consett, 25 June 1981
(1 paper, printed form)

Visitation reports (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/10/1)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 2/10/1

Visitation report, including inventory, on the parish of Consett, St Pius X, 20 June 2000
(8 papers, printed form)

Church fabric and property (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/1-11)Church (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/)Site and Construction (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/1-4, 6-8)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/1/1

Letter from the Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Consett to Rev. J. O'Donoghue, St Mary's, Blackhill, outlining the terms on which the company will agree to sell 1½ acres of land on the Grove Estate, as the site for a church and school, 28 January 1926
(2 papers, typescript)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/2/1

Grove church savings account of Rev. L. B. Landreth, St John's Presbytery, Castleside and Canon J. O'Donoghue, Oban House, Consett, with Martins Bank Ltd., Consett, 29 April 1938 - 13 August 1942
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/3/1

Correspondence between Consett Urban District Council, Palm Lodge, Consett; Rev. J. J. Meagher, St John's Presbytery, 22 Consett Park Terrace, Castleside; Rev. J. O'Donovan, St Mary's, Bridge Street, Sunderland; Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, Bishop's House, East Denton Hall, 800 West Road, Newcastle upon Tyne; Sanderson, Townend and Gilbert, Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; Anthony Rossi, chartered architect, 15 Melbourne Street, Consett; District Valuer (Newcastle), Room 155 Government Buildings, Benton Park Road, Newcastle upon Tyne; Hearne & Co. Ltd., school and church furniture manufacturers, 63 - 66 Quay, Waterford, Ireland; C. D. Forster & Co., solicitors, Bank Chambers, 51 Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; John Smyth & Sons (Dublin) Ltd., ecclesiastical art manufacturers, 1 - 5 Wicklow Lane, Wicklow Street, Dublin, Ireland; T. E. Gorting, Anchor Works, Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, Shropshire; Ministry of Works, Broadway West, Newcastle upon Tyne; Cabinets (Warwick) Ltd., Cliffe Hill Cabinet Works, Warwick; J. P. McGinity, 188 New Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; The North of England School Furnishing Co. Ltd., Darlington; Durham County Water Board, 43 Old Elvet, Durham; HM Customs and Excise, Custom House, Liverpool; Reavell & Cahill, chartered architects, Alnwick, Northumberland; John Tully & Sons, Hope Street, Blackhill and Archie Armstrong Ltd., building materials specialists, Northumbria House, Portland Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, concerning the acquisition of land at Moorside, Consett, as a site for a Roman Catholic church and presbytery, the planning, construction and fitting out of the buildings, 4 February 1942 - 7 February 1956
(99 papers)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/4/1

Bills of quantities for a proposed Roman Catholic church and presbytery at Moorside, Consett for Rev. J. J. Meagher, by A. Rossi, chartered architect, 15 Melbourne Street, Consett and Richard S. Malloch, chartered quantity surveyor, 6 Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, November 1953
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/6/1

17 February 1954 1) Rev. J. J. Meagher, St John's, Consett Park Terrace, Castleside 2) John Tully & Sons, Hope Street, Blackhill Articles of agreement for a building contract for the construction of a Roman Catholic church and presbytery for (1) by (2.) consideration: £21, 339.
(1 booklet, printed form)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/7/1

Specification for proposed electrical lighting, heating and power installation to the Roman Catholic church and presbytery, Moorside, by A. Rossi, chartered architect, 15 Melbourne Street, Consett, July 1954
(1 file, typescript, duplicated)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/8/1

Final account for the construction and fitting out of the Roman Catholic church and presbytery at Moorside, Consett for Rev. J. J. Meagher, by A. Rossi, chartered architect, 15 Melbourne Street, Consett and Richard S. Malloch, chartered quantity surveyor, 6 Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, February 1956
(1 file, typescript)

Plans (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/5/1-9)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/5/1

Elevations, plans and sections of a proposed Roman Catholic church and presbytery at Moorside, by A. Rossi, architect, Consett, 21 August 1953
(1 plan, 100.5 cm x 67.5 cm, colour wash)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/5/2

Site plan of a proposed Roman Catholic church and presbytery at Moorside, by A. Rossi, architect, Consett, 21 January 1954
(1 plan, 28.5 cm x 46.5 cm, colour wash)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/5/3

Plan of the baptistery for the Roman Catholic church at Moorside, showing the baptismal font in the centre, by Hearne & Co. Ltd., school and church furniture manufacturers, 63 - 66, Quay, Waterford, Ireland, n.d. [May 1954]
(1 plan, 21 cm x 29.5 cm, waxed paper)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/5/4

Sectional end views of bench types B and F for the Roman Catholic church at Moorside, Consett, by Hearne & Co. Ltd., school and church furniture manufacturers, 63 - 66, Quay, Waterford, Ireland, n.d. [1954]
(1 plan, 32 cm x 19.5 cm)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/5/5

Sectional end view of church seat type H for the Roman Catholic church at Moorside, Consett, by Hearne & Co. Ltd., school and church furniture manufacturers, 63 - 66, Quay, Waterford, Ireland, n.d. [1954]
(1 plan, 16 cm x 19.5 cm, waxed paper, colour wash)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/5/6

Suggested car park and landscape layout, scheme 1, at St Pius church hall, Moorside, by [A. Rossi], 21 April 1965
(1 plan, 72 cm x 50.5 cm, colour wash)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/5/7

Suggested car park and landscape layout, scheme 2, at St Pius church hall, Moorside, by A. Rossi, 12 May 1965
(1 plan, 72 cm x 50 cm, colour wash)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/5/8

Car park and landscape layout plan, St Pius church hall, Moorside, based on CPO scheme 2, by A. Rossi, architect, Medomsley Road, Consett, 9 February 1966
(1 plan, 73 cm x 56.5 cm)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/5/9

Plan of a heating installation at Consett, St Pius X church, Sussex Road, Moorside, Consett, by Dietz Lyons Associates, architects and surveyors, 49 St George's Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, August 1988
(1 plan, 76 cm x 51 cm)

Church hall (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/9)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/9/1

13 August 1963 1) Consett Urban District Council 2) Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, Right Rev. Charles Philip Cronin, Very Rev. Ernest Canon Wilkinson, Very Rev. Cecil Wainwright Canon Phillips, Very Rev. Lithgow Vincent Canon Smith and Rev. Martin Cassidy, all of Bishop's House, 800 West Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, clerks in holy orders Copy conveyance by (1) to (2) of 1904 square yards of land on the east side of Surrey Crescent and the south side of Sussex Road, Consett for use as the site of a church hall. Consideration: £55
(3 papers, typescript, photocopied)

Church property (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/10-11)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/10/1

Correspondence between Harvey & Marron, solicitors, 8a Saville Row, Newcastle upon Tyne; Canon A. H. Barrass, St Vincents, The Roman Way, West Denton, Newcastle upon Tyne; Derwentside District Council, Civic Centre, Consett and Rev. J. Doherty, St Pius X Presbytery, Moorside, Consett, concerning negotiations for the surrender, by the church to the District Council, of 522 square yards of land, which was leased to the church for 60 years from 29 September 1965, on which to build an estate management office, 10 March 1988 - 24 April 1989
(22 papers, typescript)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 3/11/1

Survey report on the church, presbytery and school at St Pius X, Sussex Road, Moorside, Consett, 16 May 2001
(13 papers, typescript)

Parish Accounts (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 4/1-2)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 4/1/1

Parish cash book, 1 May 1938 - 16 February 1952; 5 May - 24 November 1957
(1 volume, leather half bound)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 4/2/1

Accounts of family contributions to the building fund, collected by named collectors, 15 March 1953 - 18 December 1955
(3 papers)

Parish organisations (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 5/1)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 5/1/1

Correspondence between Mrs A. Milburn, 3 Rothley Terrace, Medomsley, Consett; Rev. J. Doherty, St Pius X Presbytery, Moorside, Consett and Jennie Cutting, 9 Hydenside, The Grove, Consett, concerning the Consett Churches Detached Youth Project, 27 January - 21 May 1984
(3 papers)

Charities (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 7/1)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 7/1/1

North Eastern Basque Children Refugee Fund, box collection issue and return sheets, recording donations box number, name and address of the donor, date issued and amounts received, 12 July 1937 - 21 March 1938
(3 papers, printed form)

Schools and Education (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/1/1)St Pius X Roman Catholic Primary School, The Grove, Consett (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/1-13)

The school was established, around 1928, as St John's Roman Catholic Junior Mixed and Infants School. It was re-designated as St Pius X Roman Catholic Junior and Infant School in 1982.

Managers' Minutes (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/1/1)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/1/1

Minutes of meetings of the managers of St. John's School, Consett, 3 December 1931 - 1 April 1982
(1 volume, leather half bound)

Notice of intention to provide a Roman Catholic school (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/2/1)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/2/1

Notice under the Education Act, 1921 of the intention of the Managers to provide a Roman Catholic aided public elementary school for 120 children at the Grove Estate, Consett, 16 April 1928
(1 paper, printed)

Managers' correspondence (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/3)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/3/1

In-letters to the chairman of the Board of Managers of St John's Roman Catholic school, The Grove, Consett, together with some copy replies, concerning the day-to-day management of the school and plans to expand the accommodation, 2 July 1928 - 11 October 1949
(42 papers)

Construction and maintenance (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/4-6, 10-12)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/4/1

Correspondence between Rossi McCann Partnership, architects, Durham Road, Birtley, Tyne and Wear; Rev. H. Higgins, St Pius X Presbytery, Sussex Road, Moorside, Consett; Department of Education and Science, Elizabeth House, York Road, London; William C. Harvey, chartered quantity surveyor, Harford House, Station Road, Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear; Diocesan Treasurer, Bishop's House, East Denton Hall, 800 West Road, Newcastle upon Tyne; Mr Grimes, St John's School, The Grove, Moorside, Consett; R. C. Williamson (Builders) Ltd., Station Works, Station Road, Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear; Director of Education, Durham County Council, County Hall, Durham and P. Noone & Co., associated insurance brokers, 14 Regent Terrace, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, concerning the construction and subsequent maintenance of St John's School, Moorside, Consett, 6 May 1974 - 12 May 1977
(48 papers, typescript)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/5/1

Correspondence between Rev. J. Doherty, St Pius X Presbytery, Moorside, Consett; William C. Harvey, chartered quantity surveyor, Harford House, Station Road, Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear; Director of Education, Durham County Council, County Hall, Durham and the Department of Education and Science, Elizabeth House, York Road, London, concerning negotiations over the remediation of flooding problems at St Pius X Roman Catholic Junior and Infant School, 5 July 1979 - 31 May 1985
(26 papers, typescript)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/6/1

Correspondence between Wm. C. Harvey Ltd., quantity surveyors, building surveyors and design consultants, Harford House, Cowen Road, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear; Rev. J. Docherty, St Pius X Presbytery, Sussex Road, Moorside, Consett; Durham County Council, County Hall, Durham; Diocesan Schools' Commission, Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, St Vincent's, The Roman Way, West Denton, Newcastle upon Tyne; Northern Fencing Contractors Ltd., Parkhill, Walton Road, Wetherby, West Yorkshire and the Department for Education and Employment, Mowden Hall, Staindrop Road, Darlington, concerning the renewal of security fencing at St Pius school, 25 November 1996 - 5 September 2000
(27 papers, typescript)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/10/1

Schedule of accommodation for the future adaptation of St John's Roman Catholic (Aided) Junior and Infant School, as a 6 class junior and infant school, providing 240 places, with explanatory letter from the [Director of Education, Durham County Council] to A. Rossi, chartered architect, 88 Medomsley Road, Consett, 4 July 1969
(2 papers, typescript)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/11/1

Specification and schedule of work for roof repairs to school buildings and improvements to drainage at St John's Junior and Infant school, Moorside, Consett, by William C. Harvey, chartered quantity surveyor, Harford House, Station Road, Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear, June 1976
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/11/2

Specification and schedule of work for re-roofing at St Pius X Roman Catholic Primary School, Thornfield Road, The Grove, Consett, by William C. Harvey, chartered quantity surveyor, Harford House, Cowen Road, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear, January 1987
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/12/1

Final measured account for re-roofing St Pius X Roman Catholic Primary School, The Grove, Consett, by William C. Harvey, chartered quantity surveyor, Harford House, Cowen Road, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear, August 1990
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/12/2

Final measured account for general repairs and external redecoration at St Pius X Roman Catholic Junior and Infant School, The Grove, Consett, by William C. Harvey Ltd., quantity surveyors, building surveyors and design consultants, Harford House, Cowen Road, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear, March 1998
(9 papers, typescript)

Plans (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/7/1-14)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/7/1

Block plan of Canon O'Donoghue's Grove Estate School, Consett, by Frank A. Coyle, chartered architect, Consett, 14 September 1931
(1 plan, 38 cm x 34.5 cm, waxed linen, colour wash)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/7/2

Axonometric plan and layout of a Roman Catholic junior mixed and infants school at The Grove Estate, Consett, for Canon J. O'Donoghue, by Frank A. Coyle, chartered architect, 11 Saville Row, Newcastle upon Tyne, 20 April 1935
(1 plan, 57 cm x 65 cm, duplicated, colour wash)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/7/3

Elevations, as existing and as proposed, of proposed extensions to the Roman Catholic Junior Mixed and Infants School, Grove Estate, Consett, for Canon J. O'Donoghue, by Frank A. Coyle, chartered architect, 11 Saville Row, Newcastle upon Tyne, 27 May 1935
(1 plan, 69 cm x 20 cm, waxed paper, colour wash)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/7/4

Consett, St John's Roman Catholic School: block plan and scullery plan, showing proposed provision for school meals, by F. Willey, 34 Old Elvet, Durham, for Durham County Education Committee, September 1943 Scales: 1 inch to 20 feet [1:120] and 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 69.5 cm x 37 cm, duplicated, colour wash)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/7/5

Survey as existing of St John's Junior and Infant School, Moorside, Consett: floor plans, by Rossi McCann Partnership, architects, Durham Road, Birtley, Tyne and Wear, 6 May 1974
(1 plan, 84 cm x 59 cm, duplicated)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/7/6

Survey as existing of St John's Junior and Infant School, Moorside, Consett: elevations, by Rossi McCann Partnership, architects, Durham Road, Birtley, Tyne and Wear, 6 May 1974
(1 plan, 84 cm x 59 cm, duplicated)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/7/7

Existing plan, location plan and floor plans of St John's Junior and Infant School, Moorside: outline scheme 4, by A. Rossi, 88a Medomsley Road, Consett, 6 May 1974 Scales: 1 inch to 20 feet [1:120], 1:100 and no scale
(1 plan, 84.5 cm x 59 cm, colour wash, duplicated)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/7/8

Provision of indoor toilets and hall at St John's Junior and Infant School, Moorside: elevations, by A. Rossi, 88a Medomsley Road, Consett, 6 May 1974
(1 plan, 83.5 cm x 59 cm, duplicated)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/7/9

Provision of indoor toilets and hall at St John's Junior and Infant School, Moorside: floor plans, by A. Rossi, 88a Medomsley Road, Consett, 6 May 1974
(1 plan, 84 cm x 59 cm, duplicated)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/7/10

Block plan and key plan of Consett, St John's Roman Catholic School, n.d. [c1974] Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet [1:120] and no scale
(1 plan, 44 cm x 54.5 cm, duplicated)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/7/11

Plan and sections of proposed re-roofing of the flat roof at St Pius X Roman Catholic School, The Grove, Moorside, by William C. Harvey, chartered quantity surveyor, Harford House, Cowen Road, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear, September 1986
(1 plan, 59 cm x 42 cm, duplicated)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/7/12

Plans and section of proposed alterations to stores at St Pius X Roman Catholic Junior and Infants School, The Grove, Moorside, by William C. Harvey, chartered quantity surveyor, Harford House, Cowen Road, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear, May 1989 Scales: 1:100 and 1:20
(1 plan, 84 cm x 59.5 cm, duplicated)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/7/13

St Pius X Roman Catholic Junior and Infant School, The Grove, Consett: site plan, as existing, by William C. Harvey Ltd., quantity surveyors, building surveyors and design consultants, Harford House, Cowen Road, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear, 15 April 1997
(1 plan, 84 cm x 81 cm, duplicated)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/7/14

Plan of proposed security fencing and gates at St Pius X Roman Catholic Junior and Infant School, The Grove, Consett by William C. Harvey Ltd., quantity surveyors, building surveyors and design consultants, Harford House, Cowen Road, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear, July 1999
(1 plan, 83.5 cm x 59 cm, duplicated)

Teachers' contracts (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/8/1-5)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/8/1

29 December 1931 1) Managers of St John's Roman Catholic school, Thornfield Road, The Grove, Consett 2) Mary Ellen McLarey Agreement for the employment of (2) by (1) as Head Teacher in the junior department of the school at an annual salary of £318
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/8/2

29 December 1931 1) Managers of St John's Roman Catholic school, Thornfield Road, The Grove, Consett 2) Anne McGrath Agreement for the employment of (2) by (1) as an assistant teacher in the junior department of the school at an annual salary of £162.
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/8/3

22 February 1935 1) Managers of St John's Roman Catholic school, The Grove, Consett 2) Mary McAloon Agreement for the employment of (2) by (1) as an assistant teacher at the school at an annual salary of £162.
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/8/4

24 October 1943 1) Managers of St John's Roman Catholic Junior Mixed School, Thornfield Road, The Grove, Consett 2) Mary W. Rafferty Agreement for the employment of (2) by (1) as a certified assistant teacher in the junior mixed department of the school at an annual salary of £200 5s.
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/8/5

14 October 1949 1) Managers of St John's Roman Catholic School, the Grove, Consett 2) Margaret Mary N. Dowd Agreement for the employment of (2) by (1) as an assistant teacher in the junior and infants department of the school at an annual salary of £270.
(1 paper, printed form)

Inspections (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/9, 13)Religious inspection reports (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/9/1-2)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/9/1

Report on a religious inspection of St John's Roman Catholic School Consett, on behalf of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, 13 June 1947
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/9/2

Report on a religious inspection of St John's Roman Catholic School, Consett, on behalf of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, 21 June 1949
(1 paper, printed form)

OFSTED (Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/13/1)Ref: RC/Con.SPi 9/13/1

Press release reporting the results of an OFSTED (Office for Standards in Education) inspection of St Pius X Roman Catholic School, together with newspaper cuttings reporting the school's achievements, February 1996
(1 paper, typescript, 1 paper, photocopied and 2 papers, printed)



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