Esh St. Michael Parish
Reference: EP/Esh Catalogue Title: Esh St. Michael Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description:
Covering Dates: 1556-2019
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- Esh St. Michael Parish
- Esh, St Michael (Ref: EP/Esh)
- 01 Registration (Ref: EP/Esh )
- Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (Ref: EP/Esh section 01)
- Registers of baptisms and burials (Ref: EP/Esh section 02)
- Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Esh section 03)
- Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Esh section 04)
- Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Esh section 05)
- Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Esh section 06)
- Transcripts and printed registers (Ref: EP/Esh section 07)
- 02 Clergy (Ref: EP/Esh)
- Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Esh section 01)
- Registers of services (Ref: EP/Esh section 02)
- Benefice (Ref: EP/Esh section 03)
- Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Esh section 04)
- Glebe (Ref: EP/Esh section 05)
- 04 Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Esh)
- Church (Ref: EP/Esh section 01)
- Alterations (Ref: EP/Esh)
- Plans (Ref: EP/Esh )
- Churchyard (Ref: EP/Esh section 02)
- Vicarage (Ref: EP/Esh section 03)
- Financial records (Ref: EP/Esh section 04)
- 05 Vestry (Ref: EP/Esh)
- 06 Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Esh)
- 07 Overseers (Ref: EP/Esh)
- 09 Constables (Ref: EP/Esh)
- 10 Highways (Ref: EP/Esh)
- 11 Schools (Ref: EP/Esh)
- 14 Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Esh)
Catalogue Contents
Esh, St Michael (Ref: EP/Esh)01 Registration (Ref: EP/Esh )Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (Ref: EP/Esh section 01)
1-2
Ref: EP/Esh 1Register of baptisms, 1567 - February 1695/96 One burial entry 1645; register of marriages, 1570 - 1694; register of burials, 1585 - February 1695/96. First page of burials cut out
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Esh 2Register of baptisms, marriages and burials, February 1695/96 - 1698; register of baptisms and marriages, March 1697/98 - 1797; register of marriages, 1670 - 1778; register of burials, December 1697 - 1797; register of births of Papists and Dissentors, 1732 - 1798
Sheet of sums of money collected, 1812
Letter from Robert Blair, Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concerning the printing of the registers, with part of a proof, 1895
Note of archdeacon's visitation
(1 volume)
Registers of baptisms and burials (Ref: EP/Esh section 02)3
Ref: EP/Esh 3Register of burials, July 1800 - October 1812; register of baptisms, 1799 - October 1812; register of baptisms of Roman Catholics, 1790 - 1819
(1 volume)
Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Esh section 03)4-7, 65
Ref: EP/Esh 4Register of baptisms, January 1813 - March 1874
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Esh 5Register of baptisms, March 1874 - March 1883
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Esh 6Register of baptisms, March 1883 - October 1893
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Esh 7Register of baptisms, October 1893 - July 1902
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Esh 65Register of baptisms, 15 July 1902 - 16 January 1927
[includes two entries from November 1901]
(1 volume, vellum bound)
Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Esh section 04)9-10, 66-68, 75, 77/1-2
Ref: EP/Esh 9Register of marriages, March 1813 - June 1837
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Esh 10Register of marriages, October 1838 - January 1903
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Esh 66Register of marriages, 11 March 1903 - 22 June 1927
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Esh 67Register of marriages, 16 July 1927 - 17 November 1951
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Esh 68Register of marriages, 22 December 1951 - 29 August 1981
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Esh 75Register of marriages, 11 December 1982 - 27 November 1995
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Esh 77/1Register of marriages, 26 July 1996 - 14 April 2012
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Esh 77/2Register of marriages, 14 June 2013 - 27 July 2019
(1 volume)
Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Esh section 05)8, 64
Ref: EP/Esh 8Register of banns of marriage, 1756 - 1812
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Esh 64Register of banns of marriage, 4 April 1897 - 5 December 1909
(1 volume, calf bound)
Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Esh section 06)11-13
Ref: EP/Esh 11Register of burials, January 1813 - May 1875
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Esh 12Register of burials, May 1875 - October 1890
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Esh 13Register of burials, October 1890 - February 1901
(1 volume)
Transcripts and printed registers (Ref: EP/Esh section 07)26, 28, 69
Ref: EP/Esh 26Printed registers, 1567 - 1812
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Esh 28Printed registers, 1567 - 1812, 1896
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Esh 69A transcript with index of the registers of baptisms, marriages and burials of the "Ancient Chapelry of Esh" 1567 - 1812
Also a transcript with index of the registers of baptisms, marriages and burials of the "Ancient Parish Church of Dinsdale" 1556-1813
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
02 Clergy (Ref: EP/Esh)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Esh section 01)71
Ref: EP/Esh 71Register of confirmations, 26 November 1935 - 4 May 1955 [1956 entries in All Saints, Langley Park register]
(9 papers)
Registers of services (Ref: EP/Esh section 02)56-61, 70, 76
Ref: EP/Esh 56Register of services, 13 April 1909 - 30 March 1918
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: EP/Esh 57Register of services, 31 March 1918 - 14 April 1929
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: EP/Esh 58Register of services, 21 April 1929 - 28 December 1938
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Esh 59Register of services, 1 January 1939 - 28 December 1947
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Esh 60Register of services, 1 January 1948 - 9 October 1955
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Esh 61Register of services, 2 October 1955 - 29 December 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Esh 70Register of services, 1 January 1966 - 24 February 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Esh 76Register of services, 3 March 1974 - 30 May 1998
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Benefice (Ref: EP/Esh section 03)20-22
Ref: EP/Esh 20-22Grants and agreement (copies) re right of nomination, etc. 1834
(3 files)
Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Esh section 04)24, 35
Ref: EP/Esh 24Order in Council (copy) establishing a separate district of St. John the Baptist, Hamsteels and setting out bounds, 1873
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Esh 35Plan showing parish boundaries, n.d. (pre 1875)
(1 drawing)
Glebe (Ref: EP/Esh section 05)23
Ref: EP/Esh 23Byers Green. Lease of wayleave over glebe land, 1840
(1 file)
04 Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Esh)Church (Ref: EP/Esh section 01)Alterations (Ref: EP/Esh)31
Ref: EP/Esh 31Specifications for work to be done in alterations to the church, c.1850
(1 file)
Plans (Ref: EP/Esh )29-30, 36
Ref: EP/Esh 29Plan showing two south chancel windows altered into a single four light one, n.d. c.1850
(1 drawing)
Ref: EP/Esh 30Plans showing steps and altar rail, c.1850
(2 drawings)
Ref: EP/Esh 36Plan of Esh Mission Chapel, Ushaw Moor, by J. Henry, architect, of Durham, n.d. c.1870
(1 drawing)
Churchyard (Ref: EP/Esh section 02)34
Ref: EP/Esh 34Plan showing enlargement of churchyard in 1870, n.d.
(1 drawing)
Vicarage (Ref: EP/Esh section 03)32-33
Ref: EP/Esh 32Plans of the vicarage by J. Henry, architect, of Durham, 1870
(1 bundle containing 2 drawings)
Ref: EP/Esh 33Plans of drainage, bathroom and lavatory at the Vicarage by J. Wilson Hays, architect, of Wingate, 1910
(1 bundle containing 3 drawings)
Financial records (Ref: EP/Esh section 04)14-15, 62-63
Ref: EP/Esh 14Overseers', churchwardens', constables'. highway surveyors' accounts, 1711 - 1804
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Esh 15Churchwardens' accounts, 1805 - 1876
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Esh 62Accounts of income and expenditure, 1 January 1950 - February 1974
(1 volume, calf half-bound)
Ref: EP/Esh 63Account of income and expenditure, 1 January 1960 - December 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)
05 Vestry (Ref: EP/Esh)16-18
Ref: EP/Esh 16-18Vestry minutes, 1851 - 1939
(3 volumes)
06 Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Esh)19, 72-74
Ref: EP/Esh 19Parochial Church Councils minutes, 1921 - 1925
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Esh 72Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 13 September 1935 - 24 January 1977
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Esh 73Parochial Church Accounts book, 5 January 1970 - 30 December 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: EP/Esh 74Balance sheet of Saint Michael and All Angels for 1976
(1 paper)
07 Overseers (Ref: EP/Esh)See also churchwardens' accounts
40-54
Poor rate valuation lists for the township of Esh, 1866 - 1875
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/Esh 41-53Poor rate assessments, 1860 - 1861, 1863 - 1870, 1872 - 1873, 1875 - 1876, 1878
(13 volumes)
Ref: EP/Esh 54Overseers Collecting and Deposit Book, 1874 - 1876
(1 volume)
10 Highways (Ref: EP/Esh)See also churchwardens' accounts
55
Statement or expenditure on highways in the Lanchester Highway Board's district for the year ending 31 December, 1876
(1 bundle)
11 Schools (Ref: EP/Esh)37
Ref: EP/Esh 37Plans of school at Langley Park, n.d. and 1910. (The 1910 plan is by Thomas E. Taylor, architect, of Lanchester)
(1 bundle containing 2 drawings)
14 Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Esh)25, 27, 38
Ref: EP/Esh 25Hamsteels Moor Enclosure Act, 1771
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Esh 27Eastern writings
(1 file)
Ref: EP/Esh 38Plan extracted from the Hamsteels Inclosure Award, 7 January 1774
(1 plan, 23cm x 15cm, waxed linen)
Ref: EP/Esh 39number not used
09 Constables (Ref: EP/Esh)See churchwardens' accounts
