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Middleton St. George Parish

Reference: EP/Mi.SG Catalogue Title: Middleton St. George Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1616-2012

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Middleton St. George Parish (Ref: EP/Mi.SG)

Middleton St George is an ancient parish.
According to the Victoria County History for Durham:
"The site is an ancient one, but no portion of the existing structure is older than the latter half of the 13th century. The only parts of this date now standing are the chancel arch and the south and west walls of the nave."
From: 'Parishes: Middleton St. George', A History of the County of Durham: Volume 3 (1928), pp. 293-299. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42633 Date accessed: 17 October 2013.
The Church is described as follows in Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1902:
"The Church of St George is a small and plain building of stone, chiefly in the Early English style, consisting of chancel and nave, divided by a very fine arch of red sandstone, and an embattled western tower with pinacles, added in 1883, and containing one bell...in 1889 the church was restored and reseated with open benches, at a cost of £150, and has sittings for 120 persons."
In 2012 the church was rededicated and resumed its role as the main parish church. Before that date the church of St Lawrence was used for the main Sunday service and St George was used for Christmas Carol Services and funerals.
EP/Mi.SG 11, 12 numbers not used.

Registration (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 1/)Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 1/section 01)

1


Register of baptisms, 1654? - December 1754; register of marriages, 1616 - May 1753; register of burials, 1616 - September 1754 Note of the order for seating the parishioners, 17th century Note on the value of the living, 1746 List of people responsible for the churchyard hedge Note of the glebe land and its acreage
(1 volume)

Registers of baptisms and burials (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 1/section 02)

2


Register of baptisms, April 1755 - July 1812; register of burials, May 1755 - September 1812 Printed letter from the bishop, 1797
(1 volume)

Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 1/section 03)

4


Register of baptisms, 1813 - 1871
(1 volume)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 1/section 04)

3, 5-6, 108/1


Register of marriages, 21 May 1754 - 4 June 1811; register of banns, 5 May 1754 - 14 November 1813 and 3 October 1876
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 23 November 1813 - 4 December 1838
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 13 May 1838 - 5 June 1897; 15 April 1933
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 12 May 1934 - 25 March 2006
(1 volume)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 1/section 05)

8-10
See also EP/Mi.SG 3


Register of banns, 18 April 1824 - 10 May 1829, 20 August 1939 - 13 November 1949
(1 volume, calf bound)


Certificate of publication of banns aboard H.M.S. Frobisher, 23 September 1946 Originally enclosed in Ep/Mi.SG 8
(1 paper)


Register of banns, 20 November 1949 - 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 1/section 06)

7, 107, 109/1


Register of burials, 27 February 1813 - 11 December 1903
(1 volume)


Register of burials, 1 February 1904 - 19 January 1949
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of burials, 5 Feb 1949 - 5 May 1993 Sketch plan of burial plots on back fly-leaf.
(1 volume)

Clergy (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 2/)Registers of services (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 2/section 01)

114/1


Register of services, 4 April 1999 - 10 December 2006
(1 volume)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 2/section 02)

20-22


Correspondence concerning the proposal of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to alter the boundaries of the parish of Middleton St. George and objections to the proposals raised by the P.C.C. of Middleton St. George, 20 February - 10 November 1928
(46 papers)


Plan showing the northern part of the parish of Dinsdale proposed to be transferred to the parish of Middleton St. George, 1928
(1 plan, 40cm x 39cm, linen, colour-wash)


The London Gazette containing order altering the boundaries of the parishes of Middleton St. George and Dinsdale, 1 January 1929
(1 file, printed)

Benefice (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 2/section 03)

15


The London Gazette containing transfer of advowson of benefice of Middleton St. George from Thomas Metcalfe Barron and Henry William Graham to the Bishop of Durham, 22 May 1900
(1 file, printed)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 2/section 04)

16-17


The London Gazette containing notice of additional payment of £6 p.a. to be made to the incumbent of the parish of Middleton St. George, 6 April 1906
(1 file, printed)


The London Gazette containing notice of increase in the stipend of £52 for the incumbent of the parish of Middleton St. George, 30 April 1909
(1 file, printed)

Glebe (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 2/section 05)

23-28


7 December 1898 (1) Rev. William Garmonsway Wrightson of Hurworth-on-Tees (2) Rev. Christopher Jackson of Middleton St. George Copy agreement whereby (1) will convey to (2) and Rev. Robert Long, Archdeacon of Auckland, land coloured red on plan and (2) to (1) land coloured blue both shown on annexed plan (2) to obtain conveyance to (1) piece of glebe of Middleton St. George also coloured blue on annexed plan. (1) to relinquish right of cart road over glebe and to have right of road as shown on plan Plan attached
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Correspondence and memorandum of interview with Rev. Picton W. Francis concerning repair of road to Middleton St. George parish church, 2 March - 27 July 1926
(2 files)


Correspondence concerning the adoption of Chapel Street, Middleton St. George by Durham County Council, 25 November 1948
(3 papers)

Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 2/section 05)

18, 40


Correspondence and accounts concerning the sequestration of the benefice of Middleton St. George and induction of the Rev. R.A. Bell to the living, 2 November 1948 - 24 May 1949
(9 papers)


Extract from the register of Bishop Neile recording the presentation of Joseph Cradocke to the parsonage of Middleton St. George, 27 September 1625
(1 file)

Orders of service (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 2/section 06)

115/1


Order of service for 'The Forgotten Hero' the unveiling ceremony of the statue of the pilot officer Andrew Mynarski, RCAF, V.C. at St. George's Hotel, Durham Tees Valley Airport, 4 June 2005
(2 papers, printed)

Archdeacons' visitations (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 2/section 07)

116/1-2


Archdeacons' visitation, 26 April 2009
(5 papers, printed photocopies)


Archdeacons' visitation, 22 April 2012
(2 papers, printed)

Tithes (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 3/)Tithe apportionments (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 3/section 01)

29


Copy tithe apportionment for the parish of Middleton St. George, 7 February 1838 Copy made 1865
(1 file)

Altered apportionments (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 3/section 02)

31, 33, 36


Altered tithe apportionment for Middleton St. George, 14 September 1901
(Parchment, 1 file)


Altered tithe apportionment for Middleton St. George, 16 January 1902
(1 file, parchment and paper)


Altered tithe apportionment, 6 June 1921 Plan attached
(1 file)

Tithe redemption (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 3/section 03)

30, 32, 34, 37-39


Sealed copy certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charge on plots 134 - 146, 16 February 1901
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charge, 18 December 1901
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Sealed copy of redemption of tithe rent-charge on plot 15, 9 December 1902
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Sealed copy certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charge on plot 110A, 14 November 1921
(1 paper, typescript)


Sealed copy certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charge on plot 107A, 25 November 1921
(1 paper, typescript)


Certificate of redemption of tithe rent-charge on plot 122A, 31 December 1921
(1 paper, typescript)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 3/section 04)

35


Note of tithe rent-charges, 1904
(1 paper)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/)Church (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/section 01)Church building (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/)

67-69


Report on inspection of St. George's church by Matthew Trotter and Miller, Chartered Architects, High Street, Stockton, including ground plan and photographs of interior and exterior, September 1963
(2 booklets)


Letter from Church Commissioners, Millbank, London, SW1, to Rev. P.W.B. Richard, Middleton St. George Rectory, Darlington, informing him that the parish church of St. George has been declared a building of special architectural and historic interest, 19 April 1967
(1 paper)

Plans (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/)

65-66


South elevation and section of the new tower at the west end of the old church, c.1883 No scale
(1 plan, 28.5cm x 36cm, waxed linen)


Ground plan and south and west elevation and section of west end of old church with new tower, c.1883 Scale: 1inch to 4 feet [1:48]
(1 plan, 37cm x 56cm, waxed linen)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 14/)

112-113


Printer's blocks of photographs of the church and village of Middleton St. George, n.d. [19th century]
(4 copper plates set on wooden blocks; 2 measuring 11cm x 8cm x 2cm; 1 measuring 12cm x 8cm x 2cm; 1 measuring 14cm x 9cm x 2cm)


Glass negatives of the interior and exterior of the church of Middleton St. George, n. d. [c. 19th century]
(9 glass negatives, 6cm x 9cm)

Churchyard (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/section 02)

70, 110


27 June 1974 (1) Martin John Michell Hall of the park, Barton near Richmond in the North Riding of Yorkshire, farmer (2) The Church Commissioners for England (3) Rev. Canon Wilfrid Widdas Tymms, incumbent of the benefice of Middleton St. George (4) Parochial Church Council of Middleton St. George Copy conveyance from (1) to (2) with consent of (3) and (4) of a parcel of land (270 feet long and 15 feet wide) for use as an additional burial ground in Middleton St. George Plan attached
(1 file)


Sketch plan of burial plots, nd [1949 - 1993] Originally enclosed in EP/Mi.SG 109/1
(1 item)

Church hall (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/section 03)Minutes of meetings (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/)

75-76


Minute book of Parochial Hall Committee, 16 July 1926 - 3 June 1931
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minute book of Parochial Hall Committee, 3 July 1931 - 19 January 1948
(1 volume, card bound)

Accounts (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/)

86, 99


Parish Hall account book, 1925 - 1948
(1 volume, cloth bound)


First annual report and balance sheet of Raike's Hall Mission and Reading Room, Fighting Cocks, 1899
(1 booklet)

Vicarage (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/section 04)

41, 43-46


Extract from the will of William Killinghall of Middleton St. George, Esquire, concerning his bequest of the presentation of part of the parsonage, 8 July 1642
(1 paper)


Costs of Messrs. White, Barnet relating to conveyance to the Ecclesiastical Commission of additional land for the parsonage, March 1899
(1 file)


The London Gazette containing notice of payment of £400 towards the cost of providing a parsonage for the rectory of Middleton St. George, 28 March 1901
(1 file, printed)


The London Gazette containing notice of the payment of £100 towards the cost of providing a parsonage for the rectory of Middleton St. George, 2 May 1902
(1 file, printed)


1 September 1970 (1) Wilfrid Widdas Tymms (2) Church Commissioners for England Counterpart mortgage for £2,340 of the income of the benefice of Middleton St. George for the cost of improvements at the parsonage house
(1 paper)

Faculties and Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/section 05)Faculties (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/section 01)

54-63


Copy citation to lead to a faculty for the erection of a tower at the west end of St. George's church, 29 March 1883
(1 paper)


Faculty for alterations to the parish church of Middleton St. George, 13 August 1888
(1 paper)


Faculty for the erection of a clergy and choir vestry at the west end of the parish church of Middleton St. George, 23 April 1926
(1 paper)


Faculty for the introduction of three tubular bells and a brass memorial tablet into the parish church of St. George, 24 December 1932
(1 paper)


Faculty for the installation of an electric organ blower into the parish church of Middleton St. George, 19 July 1939
(1 paper)


Faculty for the installation of radiators into the parish church, 7 December 1940
(1 paper)


Faculty for the erection of an oak tablet and the introduction of a prayer desk, 13 May 1953
(1 paper)


Faculty for the introduction of an altar cross into the parish church of Middleton St. George, 11 March 1954
(1 paper)


Faculty for the reservation of a grave space for George Binks and his brother-in-law, Thomas Walter Legg in the churchyard at Middleton St. George, 4 November 1959
(1 paper)


Faculty for the demolition of the tower of the church of St. George, 7 January 1961
(1 paper)

Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/section 02)

60, 64


Archdeacon's certificate for interior decoration at St. George's, 21 February 1951
(1 paper)


Archdeacon's certificate for general repairs to the parish church, 15 February 1964
(1 paper)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/section 06)Inventories (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/)

87-88, 93-96


Schedule of registers and communion plate in the parish of Middleton St. George, 31 August 1886
(1 paper)


Inventory of the parish of Middleton St. George, 1950
(1 booklet)


Inventory of St. George's and St. Laurence's churches, 1965
(4 booklets)

Terriers (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/)

89-92


Terrier, 1950
(1 volume, card bound)


Terrier, 1955
(3 booklets)

Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/section 07)

105


Quinquennial inspection, 18 August 1978
(1 file)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/section 08)Church (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/)

19


Ordinary assessment of the dilapidations due from Middleton St. George, 21 October 1965
(1 paper)

Vicarage (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/)

117/1


Schedule of dilapidations noted at the 2010 quinquennial inspection by Billinghurst George and Partners, Waterloo House, Teesdale South, Thornaby, Stockton - on - Tees, TS17 6SA, 2 February 2010
(10 papers, printed)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/section 09)Accounts (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/section 01)

77, 79-80, 85


Accounts of St. George's church, 22 March 1847 - 1875; Killinghall mission room, 1888; St. Laurence s church, 1877 - 1895, abstract of sums paid to the Rector by the Churchwardens as an increase of stipend, 1888 - 1901
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Churchwardens' account book, 1895 - 1920
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Churchwardens' account book, 1920 - 1940 At end St. Laurence's Mission Hall fund accounts, 1920 - 1923
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Magazine account book, 1931 - 1976
(1 volume, card bound)

Offertory (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 4/section 02)

78


Offertory account book, 17 October 1875 - 31 March 1887
(1 volume, leather bound)

Vestry (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 5/)

71


Minute book of vestry meetings, 31 May 1864 - 1 April 1921
(1 volume, leather bound)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 6/)Minutes (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 6/section 01)

72-74, 106


Minute book of P.C.C., 14 June 1921 - 16 December 1924
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Minute book of P.C.C. and annual parochial church meeting, 23 January 1925 - 25 February 1931
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Minute book of annual vestry and parochial church meetings, 15 April 1931 - 23 May 1941
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Minutes of the ordinary and annual meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 23 April 1941 - 20 March 1950
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 6/section 02)

81-84


P.C.C. account book, 1 January 1933 - December 1941
(1 volume)


P.C.C. account book, July 1958 - December 1965
(1 volume, card bound)


P.C.C. account book, January 1966 - December 1971
(1 volume, card bound)


P.C.C. account book, January 1972 - December 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Electoral roll (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 6/section 03)

97, 119


Electoral roll, 1958
(1 file)


Electoral roll for the parish of Middleton St. George, 2008
(3 papers, printed)

Schools (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 11/)St George's National School (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 11/)Deeds relating to school buildings (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 11/)

49-50


24 April 1925 (1) Rev. Picton Williams Francis and others, the Rector and Churchwardens of the parish of Middleton St. George (2) Robert Seymour Benson of Middleton St. George, gentleman and George Frederick Lucas of Middleton St. George, solicitor, Managers of the Schools (3) Parochial Church Council of Middleton St. George Agreement between (2) and (3) with the consent of (1) that (3) shall lease the Middleton St. George Schools in Chapel Street, Middleton St. George
(1 paper)


4 September 1953 (1) The Parochial Church Council of Middleton St. George (2) Durham County Council Agreement that (1) shall allow (2) to have the church hall at Middleton St. George as temporary accommodation for Middleton St. George County Infants School
(1 file)

Governance (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 11/)

47, 51-53


National School managers' minute book, 30 December 1895 - 11 March 1907
(1 volume, leather bound)


Draft scheme relating to the former Church of England school and now church hall at Middleton St. George with covering letter from Department of Education and Science, 6 August 1965
(2 papers)


Scheme for the regulation of Church of England educational foundations including Middleton St. George Church of England School, c.1966
(1 file)

Charities (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 12/)

48


Scheme for the charities of the parish of Middleton St. George, July 1900
(1 file, printed)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 14/)Parish history (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 14/section 01)

14, 42, 100-103


Volume inscribed 'Presented by W.A. Wooler, Middleton St. George Records of Interest 1887, Rev. John Groves, Rector' containing notes of appointment of incumbents, alterations to the church etc., 1883 - 1909
(1 volume, leather bound)


Extract from State Papers, Domestic, Vol. G54, p.480 concerning the case of John Killinghall of Middleton St. George, gentleman who was fined £48 for bearing arms against Parliament, 2 July 1646
(1 file)


Notes on churches copied from Surtees' History of Durham, 1820 - 1840. Notes made c.1900
(4 papers)

Photograph albums (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 14/section 02)

111/1-4


Photograph album containing photographs with accompanying information and printed extracts relating to the unveiling of the statue of the Canadian pilot Andrew Mynarski at Durham Tees Valley airport by Edna Hugill, June 2005
(1 volume)


Photograph album containing photographs with accompanying information relating to the unveiling of the statue of the Canadian pilot Andrew Mynarski at Durham Tees Valley airportby Edna Hugill, 2005
(1 volume)


Photograph album containing photographs with accompanying information about the various churches of Middleton St. George by Edna Hugill, n. d. [c. 1960s]
(1 file)


Photograph album containing photographs relating to the churches of St. Laurence and St. George as well as the village by Edna Hugill, n. d. [c. 1970s]
(1 volume)

Visitors book (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 14/section 03)

13


Visitors' book, 13 June 1931 - 7 August 1961
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Parish Council (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 14/section 04)

98


Plan of proposed recreation ground for Middleton St. George Parish Council, c.1950
(1 plan, 19cm x 18cm, paper)

Miscellaneous correspondence (Ref: EP/Mi.SG 14/section 05)

104


Letter to Messrs. Croudace and Dunn, 3 Cross Lane, St. Margaret Hill, London, from J.C. Car, Lambton Office, Sunderland, concerning the payment of bills, 14 July 1836
(1 paper)