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Brandon St. John Parish

Reference: EP/Brd Catalogue Title: Brandon St. John Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1875-2019

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EP/Brd Brandon St. John Parish (Ref: EP/Brd)01 Registration (Ref: EP/Brd 1/)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Brd 1/section 01)

1/1-6, 1/28/1-2


Register of baptisms, 23 December 1877 - 25 April 1888
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 8 May 1888 - 8 February 1899
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 12 February 1899 - 7 April 1915
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 1 April 1915 - 11 March 1926
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 13 March 1926 - 7 February 1943
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of baptisms, 14 February 1943 - 6 February 1977
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of baptisms, 6 February 1977 - 26 November 1995
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 31 December 1995 - 14 November 2004
(1 volume)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Brd 1/section 02)

1/7-15, 1/23, 1/29/1-2


Register of marriages, 19 January 1878 - 27 October 1888
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of marriages, 29 October 1888 - 23 February 1901
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of marriages, 2 March 1901 - 19 August 1912
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of marriages, 21 August 1912 - 20 December 1924
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 20 December 1924 - 24 September 1932
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 8 October 1932 - 1 January 1940
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 1 January 1940 - 2 June 1945
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 2 June 1945 - 30 September 1961
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 3 October 1961 - 15 July 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 22 July 1972 - 25 May 1985
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 1 June 1985 - 29 August 2010
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 11 September 2010 - 13 July 2019
(1 volume)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Brd 1/section 03)

1/24-26


Register of banns of marriage, 11 November 1951 - 16 September 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 2 September 1962 - 18 September 1966
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 4 September 1966 - 22 August 1971 (1 volume, cloth bound) [For banns of marriage, June 1971 - 21 March 1982, see EP/NB 1/8]

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Brd 1/section 04)

1/16-22, 1/27


Register of burials, 21 December 1877 - 6 April 1887
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of burials, 7 April 1887 - 19 March 1895
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of burials, 21 March 1895 - 28 March 1903
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of burials, 4 April 1903 - 19 September 1906
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of burials, 19 September 1906 - 1 August 1911
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of burials, 1 August 1911 - 3 December 1925
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of burials, 10 December 1925 - 26 September 1959
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of burials in the parish of Brandon at Meadowfield Cemetery and at crematoria, 14 May 1949 - 19 August 1976 At end: cremations, 21 February 1950 - 1 November 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)

02 Clergy (Ref: EP/Brd 2/)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Brd 2/Section 01)

2/8


Register of confirmations, 23 November 1949 - 29 January 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/Brd 2/Section 02)

2/1-7, 16-20, 2/21/1-3


Register of services, 5 November 1911 - 20 July 1924
(1 volume, paper)


Register of services, 6 January 1934 - 30 December 1942
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 1 January 1947 - 12 May 1949
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 12 May 1949 - 9 April 1959
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 10 May 1959 - 9 July 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 10 July 1960 - 18 March 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 12 September 1965 - 9 February 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 19 March 1962 - 10 September 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 9 July 1972 - 22 February 1981
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 23 February 1981 - 31 December 1983
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 18 December 1983 - 31 March 1990
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 1 April 1990 - 2 July 1995
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 9 July 1995 - 26 March 2000
(1 volume)


Register of services, 27 March 2000 - 21 September 2003
(1 volume)


Register of services, 28 September 2003 - 26 August 2007
(1 volume)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Brd 2/Section 03)

14/2


Schedule re the boundaries of St. John's parish, Brandon, n.d.
(1 paper)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/Brd 2/section 04)

2/12, 14-15


Assessments of the benefice of Brandon, 27 February 1956 - 1 April 1974
(1 file)


6 May 1880 (1) Rev. Joseph Lawson, vicar of St. John the Evangelist, Brandon (2) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the augmentation of the maintenance of the Poor Clergy Mortgage for the securing of payment of £600 with interest
(1 paper)


Counterpart mortgage between J.N. Ellwood of Brandon and the Church Commissioners to secure the payment of £220 with interest, 1 April 1952
(1 paper)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Brd 2/Section 05)

2/9-11


Letter from Jos. H. Straker at Corbridge to Bishop of Durham, concerning lease of a house at Brandon, 11 October 1895
(1 paper)


Letters from H.E. Ferens and Sons, solicitors, at Durham, to the Rev. J.N. Ellwood, re school house and village hall, Brandon 23 January - 4 September 1958
(1 file)


Letter from John Fenton, principal of St. Chad's College, Durham to Rev. J.N. Ellwood at Brandon, re collecting of pulpit from Mary-le-Bow church, 17 March 1969
(1 paper)

03 Tithe (Ref: EP/Brd 3/)

3/1


Tithe redemption certificates, 15 December 1941
(1 file)

04 Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Brd 4/)Records relating to the church (Ref: EP/Brd 4/Section 01)

see also 2/11

Organ (Ref: EP/Brd 4/)

Originally in Section 2 Clergy
2/13


1 August 1946 (1) Rev. George Halstead Greenfield of Brandon (2) Ambrose Hillery Agreement by (1) to appoint (2) Choirmaster and Organist of Brandon Parish Church
(paper, 1 file)

Heating system (Ref: EP/Brd 4/)

4/9, 4/11
See also 4/12


Bundle of correspondence and estimates for installation of new heating system to St. John's church, 14 June 1930 - 19 August 1930
(12 papers, 3 files)


Bundle of papers re proposed road widening at Sawmills Lane, Brandon, 9 - 31 January 1958
(4 papers, 1 file)

Records relating to the Churchyard/Brandon Village Cemetery (Ref: EP/Brd 4/Section 02)

4/12-17


Papers re the repair of the churchyard wall, heating system and other alterations to church, 3 June 1959 - 29 July 1966
(4 papers, 1 file)


Plans of graves in Section G of Brandon Village cemetery (approximately one third of plots identified by surname only), n.d.
(1 file)


Register of graves in Brandon Village graveyard (includes names, addresses, year of burial, but no details of grave locations), 1921 - 1935
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Letter from the Imperial War Graves Commission, Wooburn House, Wooburn Green, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, to Rev. G.H. Greenfield, St. John's Vicarage, Brandon, concerning the temporary marking of a war grave, 2 April 1943 Enclosed: leaflet issued by the Commission concerning war graves, August 1941
(2 papers)


Correspondence between the Imperial War Graves Commission, Hargreaves Buildings, 5 Chapel Street, Liverpool, and Rev. G.H. Greenfield, St. John's Vicarage, Brandon, concerning the permanent marking of the grave of Sergeant J. Potter and the upkeep of all the war graves in Brandon village cemetery, 24 July 1947 - 19 November 1948 Includes: lists of all war graves in Brandon village cemetery, 29 July and 5 November 1947
(16 papers)


Correspondence between Rev. M.C.E. Bootes, The Vicarage, Brandon; the Department of the Environment, 2 Marsham Street, London; the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 181 Pitt Street, Glasgow; Mrs. E. Chelkley, 60 Great Garnett, Welwyn Garden City, Herts.; R. Knight, churchwarden, 7 Moor Edge, Brandon, Durham; A.P. Mill-Cochrane, 476 Marview Drive, Solana Beach, California, U.S.A.; Mrs. M. Purvis, Victoria Cottage, Willington, Burton-on-Trent; Brandon and Byshottles Parish Council, 3 Grey Ridges, Brandon; City of Durham, Byland Lodge, Hawthorn Terrace, Durham; Archdeacon of Durham, 7 The College, Durham; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Mrs. N. Collins, 20 John Street South, Meadowfield, Durham; Ecclesiastical Insurance Office, Ltd., Beaufort House, Brunswick Road, Gloucester; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London, concerning the closure of Brandon village cemetery and the demolition of the cemetery chapel, 14 January 1976 - 8 June 1982
(56 papers)

Records relating to the church hall (Ref: EP/Brd 4/Section 03)

see also 2/10

Plans (Ref: EP/Brd 4/)

4/6-7


Plan and elevation of proposed parochial hall at Meadowfield, 15 November 1909 No scale
(1 plan, 46 cm. x 52 cm., ink, partly colour, tracing paper)


Plan of proposed parochial hall [at Meadowfield] showing heating arrangement, 22 December 1909 No scale
(1 plan, 33 cm. x 30 cm., pencil, tracing paper)

Charity Commission order (Ref: EP/Brd 4/)

4/8


Charity Commission Order re Parochial Hall, Meadowfield, 4 March 1913
(1 paper)

Records relating to the vicarage (Ref: EP/Brd 4/Section 04)Plans (Ref: EP/Brd 4/)

4/1-4


Block plan of Brandon vicarage, January 1880 Scale: 20 feet to 1 inch [1:240]
(1 plan, 31 cm. x 50 cm., ink, waxed linen)


Ground plan of Brandon vicarage, January 1880 Scale: 1:8
(1 plan, 31 cm. x 50 cm., ink, waxed linen)


Chamber plan of Brandon vicarage, January 1880 Scale: 1:8
(1 plan, 31 cm. x 50 cm., ink, waxed linen)


Cellar plan of Brandon vicarage, January 1880 Scale: 1:8
(1 plan, 31 cm. x 50 cm., ink, waxed linen)

Other church property (Ref: EP/Brd 4/Section 05)

4/18
See also 2/9


Copy petition of the incumbent and Parochial Church Council of the parish of St. John, Brandon, and the Urban District Council of Brandon and Byshottles, to Rev. E. Garth Moore, vicar general of the bishop of Durham and Official Principal of the Episcopal Consistory Court of Durham, requesting permission to grant an easement of 624.3 square yards of land belonging to the church of St. John, Brandon to Brandon and Byshottles U.D.C. for the construction of an access road, 18 December 1963 Originally enclosed in EP/Brd 6/3
(2 papers)

Faculties (Ref: EP/Brd 4/Section 06)

4/5, 4/10


Faculty for alterations at and in Brandon church, 13 March 1905
(1 paper)


Faculty for alterations and improvements to church, 6 October 1938
(1 paper)

Log books (Ref: EP/Brd 4/Section 07)

4/21


Log book, March 1975 - November 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Brd 4/section 08)Terriers (Ref: EP/Brd 4/)

4/19


Terrier, n.d., [c.1960]
(1 booklet, printed form)

Inventories (Ref: EP/Brd 4/)

4/20


Inventory, n.d., [c.1960]
(1 booklet, printed form)

05 Vestry (Ref: EP/Brd 5/)

5/1


Minute book of vestry, 27 December 1875 - 14 April 1925
(1 volume, calf bound)

06 Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Brd 6/)Accounts (Ref: EP/Brd 6/)

6/1-3


Offertory account book, 1 December 1954 - 7 November 1962
(1 volume, card bound)


Income and expenditure accounts, 9 January 1972 - 29 March 1977 At beginning: accounts of income from parish magazine, 1951
(1 volume, card bound)


Account book, 2 January 1977 - 24 December 1984
(1 volume, cloth bound)

14 Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Brd 14/)

see also: D/X 1496/2

Parish history (Ref: EP/Brd 14/)

14/1


Papers re the history of the parish of Brandon, n.d.
(13 papers, 6 files)