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Dunston Christ Church Parish

Reference: EP/Dun.CC Catalogue Title: Dunston Christ Church Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1872-1982

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  • Dunston Christ Church Parish
    • Dunston Christ Church Parish (Ref: EP/Dun.CC)
    • Registration (Ref: EP/Dun.CC Section 01)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 01)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 02)
    • Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 03)
    • Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 04)
    • Clergy (Ref: EP/Dun.CC Section 02)
    • Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 01)
    • Registers of services (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 02)
    • Creation of parish (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 03)
    • Benefice income (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 04)
    • Licence for the performance of divine service (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 05)
    • Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 06)
    • Correspondence (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 07)
    • Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Dun.CC Section 04)
    • Church (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 01)
    • Church hall (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 02)
    • Vicarage (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 03)
    • Faculties and Archdeacons' Certificates (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 04)
    • Vestry (Ref: EP/Dun.CC Section 05)
    • Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Dun.CC Section 06)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Dun.CC Section 14)

Catalogue Description

The parish and benefice of Dunston, Christ Church merged with the parish and benefice of Dunston, St Nicholas in 1977, to form a new parish and benefice called Dunston, St Nicholas with Christ Church.

For records after 1 January 1978 SEE Dunston, St Nicholas with Christ Church (EP/Dun.SN)

Catalogue Contents

Dunston Christ Church Parish (Ref: EP/Dun.CC)Registration (Ref: EP/Dun.CC Section 01)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 01)

1-9, 22-23

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 1

Baptisms, June 1872 - October 1884
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 2

Baptisms, October 1884 - April 1895
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 3

Baptisms, February 1894 - April 1902
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 4

Baptisms, April 1902 - September 1907
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 5

Baptisms, September 1907 - July 1915
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 6

Baptisms, July 1915 - July 1923
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 7

Baptisms, July 1923 - August 1934
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 8

Baptisms, September 1934 - May 1950
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 9

Baptisms, June 1950 - November 1958
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 22

Register of baptisms, 2 November 1958 - 24 March 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 23

Register of baptisms, 18 March 1974 - 7 September 1976
(1 volume, leather bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 02)

10-16, 24, 29

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 10

Marriages, June 1876 - September 1907
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 11

Marriages, September 1907 - August 1916
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 12

Marriages, August 1922 - August 1928
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 13

Marriages, August 1928 - August 1934
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 14

Marriages, August 1934 - November 1945
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 15

Marriages, November 1945 - August 1956
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 16

Marriages, August 1956 - April 1973
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 24

Register of marriages, 26 August 1916 - 1 July 1922
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 29

Register of marriages, 17 April 1973 - 16 October 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 03)

25

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 25

Register of banns, 21 April 1974 - 26 September 1976
(1 volume, leather bound)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 04)

17-21

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 17

Burials, May 1876 - February 1894
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 18

Burials, February 1894 - December 1902
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 19

Burials, December 1902 - September 1910
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 20

Burials, September 1910 - March 1918
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 21

Burials, March 1918 - January 1962
(1 volume)

Clergy (Ref: EP/Dun.CC Section 02)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 01)

27-28

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 27

Register of confirmations, 21 December 1958 - 26 November 1973
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 28

Register of confirmations, 11 May 1975 - 14 May 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 02)

26

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 26

Register of services, 1 October 1967 - 22 February 1977
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Creation of parish (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 03)

35

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 35

Memorandum of the cost of erecting and completing Christ Church parish hall, n.d. [c. 1914]
(1 paper)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 04)

36

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 36

22 August 1923 (1) Rector of Whickham (2) Vicar of Christ Church, Dunston Copy of conveyance of 4.415a. at Dunston for augmenting the endowments of the vicarage and parish of Christ Church
(1 file)

Licence for the performance of divine service (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 05)

34

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 34

Bishop's licence for the performance of divine service in the parish hall during the closure of the church for renovation, 17 July 1914
(1 paper)

Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 06)

32

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 32

[Enclosed in EP/Dun.CC30] Rough statement of parish expenses for 1976
(1 paper)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 07)

44

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 44

Correspondence between Messrs, Ramage and Corkin, 45 West Street, Gateshead, surveyors and estate agents, and the vicar of Dunston concerning the proposed lease of land near Dunston Power Station. Includes plan of proposed lay-out of buildings at Cross Lane, Dunston, for John Menzies and Co., 6 April 1946 Scale: 40 feet to 1 inch [1:480]
(1 file)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Dun.CC Section 04)Church (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 01)

37, 39

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 37

Correspondence concerning the demolition of the church (includes faculty, 30 May 1977), 7 October 1974 - 13 April 1978
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 39

Correspondence concerning the disposal of the church and churchyard sites, 15 April 1975 - 12 February 1980
(1 file)

Church hall (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 02)

40

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 40

Copy of lease, 19 February 1962, of church hall; and correspondence relating to its subsequent sale, 29 April 1977 - 9 March 1982
(1 file)

Vicarage (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 03)

38

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 38

Correspondence relating to the acquisition and maintenance of no. 1 Bracken Drive, Dunston, 11 October 1974 - 1 April 1982
(1 file)

Faculties and Archdeacons' Certificates (Ref: EP/Dun.CC section 04)

41

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 41

Faculty for extending the chancel, introducing a new organ and choir stalls, extending the vestry and erecting a new pulpit, 23 August 1905
(1 paper)

Vestry (Ref: EP/Dun.CC Section 05)

42

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 42

Minutes of vestry meetings, 12 April 1912 - 30 June 1975
(1 volume, paper bound)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Dun.CC Section 06)

30-31, 33, 45-46

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 30

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 10 May 1954 - 14 November 1977
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 31

[Enclosed in EP/Dun.CC30] Manuscript of vicar's annual report, 2 February 1976
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 33

Electoral roll, n.d. [c. 1960]
(1 volume, cloth quarter bound)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 45-46

Letter from the Church Commissioners to the Secretary of the Parochial Church Council inviting representations on enclosed proposals for uniting the parishes of Christ Church and St. Nicholas, 22 March - 12 April 1977
(2 papers)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Dun.CC Section 14)

21a, 43

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 21a

Parish magazines, July 1947 - November 1957
(8 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/Dun.CC 43

Copy of plan of building land on the Whickham Glebe estate showing plots and owners at 23 November 1920; copy, 26 April 1944 Scale: 60 feet to 1 inch [1:720]
(1 plan, 75 cm x 44 cm, 1 paper)



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