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Durham St. Margaret Parish

Reference: EP/Du.SM Catalogue Title: Durham St. Margaret Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 02 Clergy

Covering Dates: 1828-2010

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  • Durham St. Margaret Parish
    • Durham, St Margaret (Ref: EP/Du.SM)
    • Clergy (Ref: EP/Du.SM )
    • Registers of services (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 01)
    • Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 02)
    • Benefice income (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 03)
    • Glebe (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 04)
    • Fees (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 05)
    • Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 06)
    • Accounts (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 01)
    • Licences to the Curacy (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 02)
    • Presentation and Induction (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 03)
    • Orders of service (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 07)
    • Communion cards (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 08)
    • Rural Deanery Chapter (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 09)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 10)

Catalogue Contents

Durham, St Margaret (Ref: EP/Du.SM)Clergy (Ref: EP/Du.SM )Registers of services (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 01)

42-49, 150-153, 1063, 1079/1

Ref: EP/Du.SM 42

Register of services, 1887 - 98
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 43

Register of services, 1898 - 1908
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 44

Register of services, 1908 - 17
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 45

Register of services, 1918 - 26
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 46

Register of services, 1927 - 33
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 47

Register of services, 1933 - 40
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 48

Register of services, 1941 - 50
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 49

Register of services, 1950 - 56
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 150

Register of services, 8 December 1912 - December 1913
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 151

Register of services, 6 January 1918 - 26 January 1919
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 152

Register of services, 2 February 1919 - 29 February 1920
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 153

Register of services, 14 March 1920 - 24 April 1921
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1063

Register of services, 14 July 1956 - 5 May 1995
(1 volume, leather half bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1079/1

Register of services, 7 May 1995 - 22 September 2006
(1 volume)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 02)

68, 70, 71/1-3, 78, 762, 916, 919-920, 1104

Ref: EP/Du.SM 68

Tracings of Durham City showing the various parishes Tracings of St. Cuthbert's parish, 1858, and St. Edmund's parish, Bear Park, 1878
(3 plans, 2 tracings)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 70

The London Gazette, concerning the new parish of St. Cuthbert, 10 September 1858
(10 papers)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 71/1

The London Gazette, listing alterations to parish boundary, 26 October 1920
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 71/2

Plan showing alteration of the boundaries of the parishes of St. Oswald and St. Margaret, 1962
(1 plan, 63 cm. x 58 cm., dyeline)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 71/3

Letter from Church Commissioners to Rev. H.C. Duncan enclosing a copy of an order of Her Majesty in council notice on parish boundaries, 20 September 1962
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 78

Ordnance Survey plans showing boundaries of St. Margaret's parish 2nd edition 1896 (1 plan) 3rd Edition 1919 - 1920 (3 plans)
(4 plans)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 762

Plan showing alterations to parish boundaries, 4 February 1919 Scale: 1 inch to 900 feet [1:10800]
(1 plan, 59cm x 67cm, linen, coloured)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 916

14 March 1990 (1) Rev. Ian David Hoskins, incumbent of the benefice of Durham, St. Margaret (2) Right Reverend David Edward, Lord Bishop of Durham Copy agreement for the formation of the conventional district of St. John, Nevilles Cross, and covering letter to the Rev. L.D. Hoskins from D.M. Robertson, Diocesan Registrar
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 919

A typed copy of the order-in-council altering the boundaries of the parishes of St. Margaret and St. Oswald, Durham, 1962
(1 paper, 20 cm. x 33 cm.)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 920

Map showing the alteration of boundaries of the parishes of St. Oswald and St. Margaret's, Durham, issued by the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, Westminster, 9 April 1962
(1 plan, 63 cm. x 57.5 cm. dyeline)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1104

Correspondence principally relating to the creation of a new united benefice called Durham, St. Margaret and Neville's Cross, St. John, 10 January 1999 - 15 May 2000
(1 file)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 03)

58, 645-646, 650, 655

Ref: EP/Du.SM 58

Assistant clergy fund accounts, 1914 - 1936
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 645

Statements and correspondence re investments for benefice, 28 February 1912 - 1 July 1950
(12 papers)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 646

Charging Assessment for benefice, 1 December 1948, discharged 1 January 1954
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 650

Mortgage and counterpart mortgage of Rev. H. Roberson to the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, 13 May 1907
(3 papers)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 655

Mortgage, counterpart mortgage and deed of covenant, by Rev. H.O. Duncan to Church Commissioners, 1 July 1953 - 23 September 1953
(8 papers, 1 file)

Glebe (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 04)

653, 666
See also Churchwardens: churchyard

Ref: EP/Du.SM 653

Copy of conveyance of glebe to Gordon Frederick Alderson, 31 July 1939 (paper, 1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 666

Copy deed of appropriation addition to glebe, 28 April 1938
(paper, 1 booklet)

Fees (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 05)

647-649

Ref: EP/Du.SM 647

Scale of fees, n.d.
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 648

Parochial fees order and notes, 1972
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 649

Parochial fees order and notes, 1976
(3 papers)

Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 06)Accounts (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 01)

658-659

Ref: EP/Du.SM 658

Account book of Rev. Ralph Watson, 6 January 1920 - 9 October 1924
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 659

Account of R. Carroll to Meadowfield Motor Co. Ltd., 25 September 1948
(1 file)

Licences to the Curacy (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 02)

82/2/1-11, 88/5, 99/2, 104/2, 130/3,

Ref: EP/Du.SM 82/2/1

Licence from Herbert Hensley, Lord Bishop of Durham to James Hutton Baldwin Darling to perform the office of Assistant Stipendiary Curate in St. Margaret's Durham, 8 October 1937
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 82/2/2

Licence from Herbert Hensley, Lord Bishop of Durham to William Portsmouth to perform the office of Assistant Stipendiary Curate at St. Margaret's Durham, in charge of St. John Neville's Cross, 2 December 1937
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 82/2/3

Licence from Alwyn Terrell Petre Lord Bishop of Durham to Kenneth Thomas Street, to perform the office of Assistant Stipendiary Curate at St. Margaret's Durham, 12 May 1942
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 82/2/4

Licence from Alwyn Terrell Petre, Lord Bishop of Durham to William Herbert Jefferson to perform the office of Assistant Stipendiary Curate at St. Margaret's Durham, 12 November 1943
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 82/2/5

Licence from Alwyn Terrell Petre, Lord Bishop of Durham to Sydney Arthur Chetwynd to perform the office of Stipendiary Curate at St. Margaret's Durham in charge of St. John's Neville's Cross, 16 December 1948
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 82/2/6

Licence from Alwyn Terrell Petre, Lord Bishop of Durham to Mervin Shorthouse to perform the office of Stipendiary Curate at St. Margaret's Durham in charge of St. John Neville's Cross, 5 May 1950
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 82/2/7

Licence from Alwyn Terrell Petre, Lord Bishop of Durham to Brian Henry Smythe to perform the office of Stipendiary Curate at St. Margaret Durham, 30 September 1951
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 82/2/8

Licence from Alwyn Terrell Petre to Charles William Clarke to perform the office of Assistant Stipendiary Curate at St. Margaret Durham, in charge of St. John, Neville's Cross, 30 April 1952
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 82/2/9

Licence from Arthur Michael Lord Bishop of Durham to Thomas Henry Paul Wigfield to perform the office of Assistant Stipendiary Curate at St. Margaret Durham, in charge of St. John Neville's Cross, 16 October 1953
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 82/2/10

Licence from John Alexander, Lord Bishop of Jarrow to Kenneth Unwin to perform the office of Assistant Stipendiary Curate of St. Margaret Durham in charge of St. John Neville's Cross, 25 March 1955
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 82/2/11

Licence from Maurice Henry, Lord Bishop of Durham to Henry Lee to perform the office of Assistant Stipendiary Curate of St. Margaret Durham in charge of St. John Neville's Cross, 11 March 1964
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 88/5

Licence issued to Frederick Harold Bartlett to perform the office of Assistant Stipendiary curate in St. Margaret's Church and to take charge of St. John's Church, Neville's Cross, 12 May 1926
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 99/2

Licence from William, Bishop of Durham, to Patrick George, to perform the office of stipendiary curate in St. Margaret's with a yearly stipend of £150, 10 May 1828
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 104/2

Licence from Edward Bishop of Durham to Henry Boyick Scougall, to perform the office of stipendiary curate in the parish church of St. Margaret's with a yearly stipend of £74, 18 July 1847
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 130/3

Licence from Edward, Bishop of Durham, to William Thomas Shields, to perform the office of stipendiary curate in the parish church of Crossgate, with a yearly stipend of £50, 14 July 1829

Presentation and Induction (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 03)

87/5, 887, 892, 1084, 1092

Ref: EP/Du.SM 87/5

General form of induction service, Tuesday 30 July 1889
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 887

Order of service of the collation and induction of Rev. Ralph Watson to the rectory of Houghton-le-Spring, 14 September 1924
(1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 892

Newspaper cutting, 'New Rector: Ralph Watson inducted at Houghton - Dr. Henson and the church's critics', Durham County Advertiser, 19 September 1924
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1084

Order of service for the institution and induction of the Reverend D. Glover as Rector of the parishes of Durham, St. Margaret and Neville's Cross, St. John, 18 June 2000
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1092

List of subscribers to the presentation to the Reverend C. J. Thurlow, n.d. [c. early 1900s]
(1 volume)

Orders of service (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 07)

1083/1-5

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1083/1

Order of service for Easter Vigil and Celebration, 3 April 2010
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1083/2

Order of service for a Reunion Service for St. Margaret's Church 850th anniversary, 23 May 2010
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1083/3

Order of service for Patronal Festival Eucharist for St. Margaret's Church 850th anniversary, 18 July 2010
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1083/4

Order of service for 'A Medieval Mass Re - imagined: Full Latin Text' for St. Margaret's Church 850th anniversary, 4 November 2010
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1083/5

Order of service for 'A Medieval Mass Re - imagined: English Translation Abridged' for St. Margaret's Church 850th anniversary, 4 November 2010
(1 booklet, printed)

Communion cards (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 08)

882-885

Ref: EP/Du.SM 882

Communion card, Christmas 1912
(1 card)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 883

Communion card, Easter day 1913
(1 card)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 884

Communion card, Whit Sunday, 11 May 1913
(1 card)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 885

Communion card, Christmas day, 1913
(1 card)

Rural Deanery Chapter (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 09)

164, 918

Ref: EP/Du.SM 164

Letter from Ralph Watson, rural dean, to the incumbent and churchwardens of St. Margaret's concerning the Durham diocesan and rural-decanal conferences, 1912
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 918

Copy of pastoral order (published in the London Gazette on 20 November 1970) altering the boundaries of the rural deaneries of Easington and Durham, 2 November 1970
(1 photocopy, 20 cm. x 33 cm.)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 10)

77/28, 88/4, 644, 763

Ref: EP/Du.SM 77/28

Letter from C. Harrison to Rev. H. Robertson, concerning papers of the late Canon John Cundill, 1 January 1896
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 88/4

Correspondence relating to the consecration of the church and licence to officiate, 7 March - 7 April 1896
(5 papers)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 644

Canons of the Church of England, August 1969
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 763

Minutes of Joint Committee of North Road Methodist Church and Saint Margaret of Antioch Parish Church, 21 November 1969 - 9 February 1973
(1 file, typescript)



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