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Durham County Library Collection

Reference: D/CL 19 Catalogue Title: Durham County Library Collection Area: Catalogue Category: Antiquarian and Composite Records Description: Lanchester parish records

Covering Dates: 1859-1970

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  • Durham County Library Collection
    • Lanchester Parish records (Ref: D/CL 19/1-18)
    • Clergy (Ref: D/CL 19/section 01)
    • Glebe (Ref: D/CL 19/section 01)
    • Individual clergy (Ref: D/CL 19/section 02)
    • Orders of service (Ref: D/CL 19/section 03)
    • Tithe (Ref: D/CL 19/section 02)
    • Churchwardens (Ref: D/CL 19/section 03)
    • Church (Ref: D/CL 19/section 01)
    • Churchyard (Ref: D/CL 19/section 02)
    • Vicarage (Ref: D/CL 19/section 03)
    • Terrier (Ref: D/CL 19/section 04)
    • Charities (Ref: D/CL 19/section 04)

Catalogue Description

Records of the Parish of Lanchester collected by Canon F.S.M. Chase, Rector of Lanchester
For parish records see EP/La

Catalogue Contents

Lanchester Parish records (Ref: D/CL 19/1-18)Clergy (Ref: D/CL 19/section 01)Glebe (Ref: D/CL 19/section 01)Ref: D/CL 19/7

Copy plan showing glebe land belonging to the vicarage of Lanchester sold to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1909; plan drawn, c.1945 Scale: 1:2500 Attached: correspondence between A.M. Hedley, The Deanery, Lanchester, and the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, London, concerning the plan, 19, 21 and 25 April 1945
(1 plan, 48.2 cm. x 51.3 cm., tracing paper; 3 papers)

Individual clergy (Ref: D/CL 19/section 02)Ref: D/CL 19/1

Order-of-service for the institution of Rev. Eric Knowles, to the vicarage of Lanchester, 11 May 1945
(2 papers, printed)

Orders of service (Ref: D/CL 19/section 03)Ref: D/CL 19/2

Order-of-service for the service of Holy Communion for the first Sunday in Lent, to be broadcast by Tyne Tees Television, 15 February 1970
(4 papers, printed)

Tithe (Ref: D/CL 19/section 02)Ref: D/CL 19/6

Details of tithes on land between the church and Peth House Farm, plots 466, 465, 464 and 470; on land south of Peth Lane, plots 468, 469 and 471; land near vicarage, plots 27, 28, 29, 453, 454; details of sale of lands south of Peth Lane, written by A.M. Hedley, 9 April 1945 Scale: 1:2500
(2 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/CL 19/8

Copy of part of tithe plan, showing plots nos. 470, 464, 465, 466, by A.M. Hedley, 13 April 1945 Scale: 1:2500
(1 plan, 33.3 cm. x 21 cm., tracing paper)

Ref: D/CL 19/9

Copy of part of tithe plan, showing plots no. 27, 28, 29, 436-438, 444, 445, 447-449, 464-466, 470, by A.M. Hedley, 13 April 1945 Scale: 6 chains to 1 inch [1:4752]
(1 plan, 45.2 cm. x 22 cm., tracing paper)

Ref: D/CL 19/10

Copy of part of tithe plan, showing plots 471, 526, 359, 379, 380, by A.M. Hedley, 13 April 1945 Scale: 6 chains to 1 inch [1:4752]
(1 plan, 33 cm. x 38.5 cm., tracing paper)

Churchwardens (Ref: D/CL 19/section 03)Church (Ref: D/CL 19/section 01)Ref: D/CL 19/4

Plan and elevation of a pulpit, a lectern, and alterations to the pews in the church, by William Cummings, April 1893 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]
(1 plan, 102 cm. x 68 cm., colour-wash)

Churchyard (Ref: D/CL 19/section 02)Ref: D/CL 19/5

Transcript of an inscription on 'the one Tombstone in the isolated Burial Ground in Peth Lane', 1859 - 1875; transcript made, 20th c.
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/CL 19/11

Plan of the churchyard based on the Ordnance Survey plan, drawn by A.M. Hedley, October 1946 Scale: 1:2500
(1 plan, 21 cm. x 24 cm., colour)

Vicarage (Ref: D/CL 19/section 03)Ref: D/CL 19/3

Plan of Lanchester Vicarage and adjoining fields, copied from the Ordnance Survey plan, 9 August 1934
(1 plan, 20.3 cm. x 33 cm., colour-wash)

Terrier (Ref: D/CL 19/section 04)Ref: D/CL 19/12

Terrier of the property of the parish, 25 September 1945, and list of plate belonging to the parish, 12 March 1945
(6 papers, typescript)

Charities (Ref: D/CL 19/section 04)Ref: D/CL 19/13

Copy of the section relating to the charities of the parish of Lanchester from Endowed Charities (Administrative County of Durham), H.M.S.O., 1900
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/CL 19/14

Draft copy order, issued by the Charity Commission, vesting the rent charge of £3, belonging to the Charity of Cuthbert Atkinson, in The Official Trustee of Charity Lands, 1909
(1 paper, duplicated)

Ref: D/CL 19/15

Extracts from the 'Lanchester Parish Record Book' concerning the Satley, Hedley, Clavering and Burke, Greenwell, Sir Thomas Clavering and Woodside, charities, and the school, c.1930
(2 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/CL 19/16

'Particulars of Charities as ascertained by Arthur M. Hedley from documents in the Safe in March, 1945'
(3 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/CL 19/17

Correspondence between Arthur M. Hedley, The Deanery, Lanchester; The Secretary, Charity Commission, Ryder Street, St. James', London; The Secretary, Ecclesiastical Commission, Millbank, Westminster; The Secretary, Ministry of Education, Belgrave Square, London; Rev. E. Knowles, The Vicarage, Lanchester; The Secretary, Consett Iron Company, Ltd., Consett; concerning the charities of the parish of Lanchester, 12 April 1945 - 26 June 1947
(30 papers)

Ref: D/CL 19/18

Draft report on the charities of the parish of Lanchester by the Charity Review Organiser of the Council of Social Services for Durham County, September 1970
(5 papers, duplicated)



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