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Register of baptisms, 1 November 1868 - 19 November 1891

Register of baptisms, 24 September 1891 - 9 August 1903

Register of baptisms, 13 August 1903 - 15 September 1910

Register of baptisms, 15 September 1910 - 4 July 1918

Register of baptisms, 4 July 1918 - 22 October 1925

Register of baptisms, 22 October 1925 - 23 October 1949

Register of baptisms, 23 October 1949 - 8 March 1998

Register of marriages, 25 December 1869 - 10 June 1905

Register of marriages, 12 June 1905 - 7 April 1923

Register of marriages, 16 June 1923 - 30 May 1942

Register of marriages, 6 June 1942 - 18 February 1950

Register of marriages, 25 February 1950 - 13 March 1976

Register of marriages, 3 April 1976 - 17 October 1998

Register of banns of marriage, 27 August 1939 - 1 September 1946

Register of banns of marriage, 25 August 1946 - 12 June 1953

Register of banns of marriage, 28 June 1953 - 19 November 1967

Register of banns of marriage, 3 December 1967 - 20 September 1998

Register of burials, 5 November 1868 - 19 May 1892

Register of burials, 21 May 1892 - 18 December 1894

Register of burials, 23 August 1903 - 3 June 1913

Register of burials, 13 June 1913 - 29 May 1923

Register of burials, 14 June 1923 - 2 May 1934

Register of burials, 9 May 1934 - 24 December 1945

Register of burials, 4 January 1946 - 5 October 1959

Register of burials, 17 October 1959 - 11 December 2006

Register of funerals, 5 September 1986 - 31 August 1999

Register of confirmations, 19 March 1923 - 14 November 1966

Register of confirmations, 1969 - 24 November 1992

Register of services, 1 November 1923 - 3 November 1929

Register of services, 4 November 1929 - 16 January 1936

Register of services, 19 January 1936 - 4 July 1943

Register of services, 11 July 1943 - 6 April 1952

Register of services, 7 April 1952 - 30 July 1961

Register of services, 31 July 1961 - 31 December 1969

Register of services, 4 January 1970 - 25 December 1994

Register of services, 1 January 1995 - 1 November 1998

'A Map of the Consolidated Chapelry of All Saints New Shildon, 1869' No scale given

Notice from the Ecclesiastical Commission to Rev. P.K. Francis, All Saints' Vicarage, New Shildon, confirming that a deed of 12 June 1922 conveying land to the benefice of All Saints' New Shildon, has been sealed by the Commission, 20 June 1922

Letter from the Census Office, Millbank, London, to Rev. J.W. Milner, All Saints Vicarage, New Shildon, concerning the mistaken assumption that all of the civil parish of Redworth was in the ecclesiastical parish of All Saints, New Shildon, 3 January 1902 Details of the population are noted in the margin

The London Gazette, including notice of the creation of All Saints, New Shildon, as a consolidated chapelry, 13 July 1869

Copy order-in-council uniting the parishes of Shildon and New Shildon and creating the benefice of Shildon with Eldon, 12 October 1999 Originally enclosed in EP/NSh 2/31

Copy entry in the Patronage (Benefices) Register for the benefice of Shildon with Eldon, 5 November 1999 Originally enclosed in EP/NSh 2/31

Letters from the Ecclesiastical Commission to the Rev. Thomas Cooper at New Shildon regarding grants to supplement his stipend, 29 August 1879 - 2 January 1880

The London Gazette, including a notice of the grant of a stipend of £300 to the incumbent of All Saints, New Shildon, 30 July 1869

The London Gazette, including a notice of a grant by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the building of the parsonage house, 17 August 1869

The London Gazette, including notice of the grant of a sum of £100 towards building a parsonage house at New Shildon, 16 June 1871

The London Gazette, including a notice of the payment of a yearly stipend of £60 for the employment of two assistant curates, 25 October 1912

Notice issued by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of the quarterly payment to be made to All Saints, New Shildon, 1 April 1939

Notice issued by the Ecclesiastical Commission concerning payments to the benefice of All Saints, New Shildon, 30 August 1944

Agreements for the lease of the glebe field for grazing, 1979, 1980s

Licence for the performance of divine service in the mission room at New Shildon, 30 November 1894

Booklet issued by New Shildon parish church, consisting of devotional articles by Rev. H. G. Hastings Shaddick (vicar of New Shildon, All Saints, 1922 - 1927); Rev.Thomas Woods (curate, 1924 - 1927); Rev. R. Richardson (curate, 1925 - 1927); c. 1926

Copy licence to the curacy of All Saints, New Shildon, issued to William Mulholland, 29 May 1904

Copy licence to the curacy of All Saints, New Shildon, issued to John Brunner Purvis, 15 October 1907

Copy licence to the curacy of All Saints, New Shildon, issued to Thomas Woods, 10 December 1924

Copy licence to the curacy of All Saints, New Shildon, issued to Rothwell Richardson, 7 June 1925

Copy licence to the curacy of All Saints, New Shildon, issued to Harold Tuff, 29 September 1930

Copy licence to the curacy of All Saints, New Shildon, issued to John Hooper Price, 13 February 1935

Copy licence to the curacy of All Saints, New Shildon, issued to Reginald George Hickman, 13 October 1937

Notification of the presentation to the benefice of New Shildon of Thomas Frederic Hampton, 16 December 1957

Notification of the presentation to the benefice of New Shildon of H. M. Brook, 11 December 1967

Copy notice of the suspension of presentation to the benefice of New Shildon, All Saints, 11 March 1996

Scale of fees in the parish of All Saints, New Shildon, 1908

Returns of church membership, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1985

Returns of church membership 1995 - 1998

Cards giving names and descriptions of members of the congregation of New Shildon, All Saints, c. 1977 - 1985

Completed questionnaire concerning the parish, submitted to the diocese of Durham, 1979

Profile of the parish, supplied to the Archdeacon of Auckland, 28 January 1996

Shildon Council of Churches: order-of-service for a Remembrance Day service at the church of Shildon, St. John, 10 November 1985

Programmes for Lent and Holy Week Pilgrimage, for services for Christmas, and for usual Sunday Services, issued by the churches of New Shildon, All Saints; Shildon, St. John; and Eldon, St. Mark, 1996, 1997, n.d.

Letter from May, Chilver, May and Deacon, 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to Rev. P.W. Francis, All Saints Vicarage, New Shildon, concerning the redemption of tithes on land conveyed by Lord Eldon for the church, parsonage and churchyard at New Shildon, 1 May 1922

Plan of church showing 'Hot Water Heating Apparatus on the Low Pressure System to the Parish Church, New Shildon', by W. Richardson & Co., heating engineers, Darlington, June 1906 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1 : 96]

Ground plan of the church of New Shildon, All Saints, showing the position of a heating boiler and heating pipes, by Edward Thompson, hot water engineer and sanitary plumber, Bishop Auckland, 11 November 1902 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Ground plan of the church of New Shildon, All Saints, showing the installation of a hot-water heating apparatus on the low pressure system, by W. Richardson & Co., Darlington, October 1906

Photograph of the interior of the church taken from the west end looking along the nave to the altar, n.d., c. 1950

Slide of stained glass rose window, n.d.

Slide of two chalices and wine jug, n.d.

Slide of cross, n.d.

Slide of chalice and two communion plates, n.d.

Slide of church plate displayed on altar table, n.d.

Photograph of a processional cross, April 1977

Photograph of a processional cross, April 1977

Photograh of a silver chalice, April 1977

Photograph of a silver platen, April 1977

Photograph of the base of a chalice inscribed 'Presented to the Parishioners of New Shildon in Loving Memory of the Rev. H. Greene, M.A., 1910', April 1977

Photograph of a silver trophy cup, April 1977

Photograph of a silver box inscribed 'All Saints Church, New Shildon, 1909', April 1977

Photograph of two stained glass windows depicting, respectively, Christ carrying the cross and a female saint, April 1977

Photograph of a stained glass window depicting a blue-robed female figure and the text 'Blessed are the pure in heart', April 1977

Photograph of two stained glass windows depicting, respectively, St. George and St. Mary, April 1977

Photograph of a stained glass window depicting Christ healing the lame man, April 1977

Photographs of a stained glass window depicting Christ as the light of the world, April 1977

Photograph of a rose window, April 1977

Photograph of a stained glass window, depicting a saint with an open book and a sword, April 1977

Photograph of a stained glass window depicting Christ with a child, April 1977

Photograph of a stained glass window depicting a King and the Lamb of God, April 1977

Photograph of a stained glass window depicting Christ carrying the cross, April 1977

Statement of account, list of subscribers and circular inviting further subscriptions to the New Shildon Church Building Fund, 20 February 1869

Balance sheet in connexion with the erection of the church, 1 November 1871

Circular inviting subscriptions for the proposed new porch, May 1881

Receipt issued by Dinning & Cooke, Percy Iron Works, Percy Street, Newcastle, 12 March 1885

Correspondence between Sedgefield District Council, Green Lane, Spennymoor; Rev. R.W. Crook, All Saints Vicarage, New Shildon; Rev. J.E. Ruscoe, Hon. Secretary of the Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owergate House, Durham, architects; concerning the conversion of the vestry into a kitchen and lavatory, 22 July 1977 - 14 November 1978 Includes: plans, 21 August 1977 and February 1978

Agreement concerning the Shildon Town Community Programme's project to repair the wall of the church of New Shildon, All Saints, 3 July 1985

Estimate, and invoice, for repair of damage to the east and west elevations of the church caused by vandals, issued by E.P. Services, Grey Street (Industrial), Crook, 5 March 1996 and 30 June 1996

Authorisation issued by the Archdeacon of Auckland for repairs to the east and west elevations of the church, 29 March 1976

Correspondence between Hayton Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham; B. Hunter, 62 Redworth Road, Shildon; David France, stone masonry contractor, 40, The Stray, Darlington; Nebridge (Engineers) Limited, Lindsey Park, Bowburn North Industrial Estate, Durham; Sedgefield Borough Council, Council Offices, Spennymoor; Diocesan Advisory Committee, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; concerning the walling up of the vestry door, 3 February 1997 - 9 February 1998

Account issued by W. Richardson & Co., heating and ventilating engineers, Darlington, for the installation of a low pressure hotwater heating apparatus in All Saints Church, New Shildon, 31 October 1906 and receipts for payment, 21 January - 24 December 1907

Reports on the boiler, 1956 - 1968

Open letter to the parishioners of New Shildon, All Saints, from the churchwardens, concerning the possible closure of the church, April 1997

Correspondence between the Archdeacon of Durham, Glebe House, Sunderland Bridge; B. Hunter, churchwarden, 62 Redworth Road, Shildon; Dr. J. Hodgson, 50, The Oval, Hartlepool; Rev. J. S. Bain, St. Paul's Vicarage, Horswell Gardens, Spennymoor; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Durham Diocesan Pastoral Committee, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Durham Diocesan Advisory Committee, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; L. Matson, 6 Thickly Terrace, Shildon; Council for the Care of Churches, Fielden House, Little College Street, London; Robert Simpson, Ornamental Ironwork, Hartford House, 48 Darlington Road, West Auckland; Rev. R. Cuthbertson, St. John's Vicarage, Central Parade, Shildon; the Ven. & Mrs D. Hodgson, 45, Woodside, Barnard Castle; Rev. P. McMahon, St. Joseph's Presbytery, Coundon; Rev. R. W. Crook, St. Luke's Vicarage, Winnington, Northwich, Cheshire; Rev. M. Hampel, Precentor, Chapter Office, The College, Durham; Rev. R. Cavagan, Stamfordham Vicarage, Northumberland; Rev. L. Potter, 6 Hillcrest, Castleside, Consett; Rev. R. V. Stapleton, The Rectory, Lower Road, Stone Albany, Market Harborough, Leicestershire; J. Bowe, 3 Gill Lane, Startforth; P. Johnson, 12 Foundry Street, Shildon; S. Richardson, 32 West View, Darlington; G. Bowes, Glenheir, 99a Low Etherley, Bishop Auckland; R. Tillotson, 43 Central Parade, Shildon; concerning the redundancy of the church of New Shildon, All Saints, the disposal of the contents of the church, arrangements for the final service in the church, arrangements for the union of the benefices of New Shildon, All Saints, and Shildon, with Eldon, 9 September 1997 - 8 March 1999

Circular letter issued by the Vicar, Wardens and P.C.C., and addressed to the parishioners' asking for financial contributions to the running of All Saints' parish, n.d., c. 1970

Report by Nation Steeplejacks, 73 Hunterfield Road, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland, on the condition of the steeple at New Shidon, All Saints and photographs of the condition of the stonework, 30 May 1995

Letters from William Potts & Sons, Ltd., The Guildford Clock Works, Bankfield Terrace, Leeds, Yorkshire, to Rev. H. M. Brook, All Saints' Vicarage, Shildon, and A. Brown, 41 Alma Road, Shildon, concerning the repair and maintenance of the church clock, 6 July 1959, 30 October 1967 - 8 February 1968

Specification, and estimate, for cleaning and overhauling the organ, by J. J. Binns, Organ Building Co. Ltd., Warrel's Organ Works, Town Street, Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire, 18 May 1960 Attached: correspondence from J. J. Binns and L. Beard, 18 Bouch Street, Shildon, concerning payment for the overhaul, 27 April - 31 August 1961

Letter from Rushworth and Draper, Ltd., organ builders, Great George Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, to Rev. H. M. Brook, All Saints' Vicarage, New Shildon, concerning repairs to the organ, 9 November 1967

Report on the organ by R. D. Hird, Diocesan Organs Advisor, Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, 46 Hallgarth Street, Durham, 8 October 1996

Letter from Brian Brighton, organ builder, 94, Buckinghamshire Road, Belmont, Durham, to B. Hunter, 62 Redworth Road, Shildon, endorsing an estimate for cleaning and overhauling the organ, 31 October 1996

24 January 1916 (1) Earl of Eldon (2) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Conveyance from (1) to (2) of a parcel of land (2a.), part of a close numbered 14 on the Ordnance Survey map, adjoining the southern side of the church and churchyard of New Shildon, All Saints; and a parcel of land (1088 sq. yds.), part of a close numbered 14 on the Ordnance Survey plan, on the eastern and southern sides of the parsonage of All Saints, New Shildon, both parcels to be used as additions to the graveyard

Letter from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 2, Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, to the Secretary, All Saints' Parish Council, New Shildon, concerning four war graves and four memorial headstones in the churchyard, 17 January 1975 Attached: plan showing position of war graves and memorials with names of individuals concerned, drawing no. UK/3455/1, by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, August 1974

Letter from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 2, Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, to the Secretary, All Saints' Parish Council, New Shildon, concerning the addition of two new memorial stones in the churchyard, 19 August 1975 Attached: plan showing amended positions of war graves and memorials with names of individuals concerned, drawing no. UK/3455/1A, by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, August 1974

Letter from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 26 Hamilton Terrace, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, to the incumbent of the parish of All Saints, Shildon, announcing that a number of memorials are to be erected in the churchyard, 21 October 1976

Letter from Shildon Town Council, Council Offices, Burke Street, Shildon, to Rev. R. W. Crooks, informing the latter that no assistance is available for the maintenance of the churchyard, 13 June 1978

Forms giving judgement on the condition of the churchyard in the Durham Diocesan Tidy Churchyard Competition, 16 June 1982 and 24 August 1982 Attached: completed entry form, c. May 1982

Letters from the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, to Rev. R. W. Crook, informing the latter of the performance of New Shildon, All Saints, in a Tidy Churchyards Competition, 9 October 1979, and 3 October 1983

Certificate recording the fact that the parish of New Shildon, All Saints, has won the second prize in the Town Class of the Diocese of Durham's Churchyard Competition, 1981, and letter from the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop of Auckland, to Rev. R. Crook, All Saints' Vicarage, Shildon, congratulating the parish, 6 October 1981

Letter from Sedgefield District Council, Green Lane, Spennymoor, to Rev. R. W. Crook, All Saints' Vicarage, New Shildon, concerning the felling and pruning of trees in the churchyard, 18 December 1981

Correspondence between P. Hodgson; L. E. & P. Wrightson, 109 Lunedale Road, Darlington; and Rev. R. V. Stapleton, All Saints' Vicarage, Shildon, concerning the condition of the churchyard at New Shildon, All Saints', 29 April 1993 - 4 February 1994

Newspaper cuttings concerning vandalism in the churchyard, 16 and 18 April 1997

Correspondence between Rev. S. Bain, St. Paul's Vicarage, Horswell Gardens, Spennymoor, and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Jenton Road, Sydenham, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, concerning the condition of the grave of G. R. G. Smeddle, 1 - 4 August 1997

Ground plan, east and south elevations, cross section and longitudinal section of the proposed mission room and infants' school at New Shildon by F.R.N. Haswell, South Shields, architect, 8 March 1894 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1 : 96]

Ground plan, east and south elevation, longitudinal section, section A.B., and section looking east of the proposed mission room and infants' school at New Shildon by F.R.N. Haswell, South Shields, architect, 6 April 1894 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1 : 96]

29 January 1895 (1) Rev. Henry Greene, vicar of All Saints, New Shildon, and others, trustees (2) Yorkshire Penny Bank Mortgage in £400 by (1) to (2) of a parcel of ground in Chapel Street and church institute and school erected thereon

December 1897 (1) Matthew Willey of New Shildon, engine driver (2) Rev. Henry Green, clerk in holy orders Draft agreement concerning a spout on the church mission room projecting over the property of (1)

Account of receipts and payments in the building and running of the mission room, July 1890 - 30 June 1900

Account of the mortgage on the All Saints mission room, 1 November 1900

9 September 1904 (1) Rev. Henry Greene, vicar of Saint Johns in the City and County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, formerly vicar of All Saints, New Shildon and others, trustees (2) Rev. Lilford Gervaise Causton, vicar of the parish of All Saints, New Shildon, George Robson, turner, and William Troughton, engine driver, churchwardens of the parish of All Saints, New Shildon Conveyance from (1) to (2) of a parcel of land in Chapel Street, New Shildon and the mission room and school erected thereon in trust as specified

Copy scheme issued by the Charity Commission for the church institute at All Saints, New Shildon, 4 May 1966

Correspondence between Sedgefield District Council, Green Lane, Spennymoor; Rev. R.W. Crook, All Saints Vicarage, New Shildon; Municipal Mutual Insurance Limited, 11-12 Portland Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; concerning damage to the mission hall and alterations to area surrounding the hall, 1 March 1977 - 6 January 1981

Correspondence between the Rural District Council of Auckland, Union Offices, Bishop Auckland; Rev. C.J. Milner, The Vicarage, New Shildon; The Shildon and East Thickley Urban District Council, 12 Market Place, Bishop Auckland, concerning the drainage of the vicarage, schools and school house at New Shildon, 16 November 1899

Plan showing extensions to the vicarage garden, the churchyard and the school yard, n.d. Scale: 25.344 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]

Ground floor, first floor and roof plans, section through kitchen wing, section A.A., front, side and back elevations of curate's house for the parish of New Shildon, All Saints, by Kitching & Lee, architects, Darlington & Middlesbrough, May 1912 No scale given

Letter from F.I. Snowball, Seaton Burn House, Dudley, Northumberland, to Rev. C.J. Milner, All Saints' Vicarage, New Shildon, concerning ground rent payable to Lord Eldon, 1 September 1899

5 August 1974 (1) Rev. Raymond Carragan, All Saints Vicarage, chairman of, and acting on behalf of, the Parochial Church Council (2) Leonard and Patricia Warner of 76 Oldfield, Newton Aycliffe Tenancy agreement on All Saints House, All Saints Road, New Shildon Rent: £10 per week

5 April 1905 (1) Rev. Lilford Jervaise Causton, vicar of the parish of New Shildon, All Saints, and others (2) Thomas Jennings of New Shildon, solicitor Mortgage in £200 of a piece of land south of Redworth Road and fronting on All Saints' Road, New Shildon Endorsed: reconveyance, 9 October 1911

Schedule of insurance values for the buildings belonging to the parish of New Shildon, All Saints, 16 June 1961

Correspondence between Smith, Roddam & Co., solicitors, 56, North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; Rev. R. W. Crook, All Saints' Vicarage, Shildon; S. J. McDaid, 28 Sutherland Court, Bognor Regis, Sussex, and 83, Burnfoot Road, Hawick, Scotland; Trevor Southern, estate agent, 5, Main Street, Ferryhill; V. Cail, 15 Oxford Street, Shildon; Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; concerning the sale of 32 All Saints' Road, Shildon, the creation of a charity to administer the property, and its investment by the Diocesan Board of Finance, 9 May 1977 - 21 November 1978 Includes: copy scheme issued by the Charity Commission, 1 March 1978; and copy deed of trust for the administration of the property, 26 October 1978

Faculty for the installation of two stained glass windows in the chancel, one in memory of Rev. Harry Greene and the other in memory of his son, Charles Christopher Greene, 15 March 1910

Faculty for rebuilding and enlarging the organ and installing an electric blower in memory of Mrs. J. Jameson, 19 November 1923

Faculty for the installation of a brass tablet on the south wall in memory of George R. Graham Smeddle, lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps, killed on 10 March 1918, 3 June 1927

Faculty for the installation of a stained glass window in the nave in memory of Mary Wearmouth, Elizabeth Ann Wearmouth and Isabella Midgley, 14 August 1928

Faculty for the fixture of an oak frontal to the Holy Table bearing the insription 'I.H.S.', 22 November 1929

Faculty for the reservation of a grave space by Lily Augustin Margaret Hannah Raper, 40 Bereford Street, New Shildon, widow, 4 August 1936

Faculty for the reservation of a grave space by Thomas James, 18 Beresford Street, New Shildon, L.N.E.R. Works Checker, 20 December 1937

Faculty for the reservation of a grave space by Jane Ann McLeod, 171 Byerley Road, New Shildon, widow, 13 June 1940

Faculty for the erection of a white marble tablet in memory of Mary Williams, Church Army sister, killed by enemy action on 17 August 1942, 6 January 1947

Faculty for the installation of a new system of electric lighting, 15 February 1949

Faculty for the introduction of a processional cross, 19 February 1958

Faculty for the installation of a new toilet and sink unit in part of the choir vestry, 23 August 1978

Faculty for the replacement of the existing oil-fired central heating system and its replacement with a gas-fired system; the removal of all light fittings, except the organ console and pulpit, and existing electric wiring; and the installation of a new lighting system, 8 November 1990

Faculty for the repair of the rose window in the church of New Shildon, All Saints, 23 August 1993

Faculty for the cleaning and overhaul of the pipe organ, 12 February 1997

Faculty for the walling up of the external west end vestry door and the removal of the steps outside the door, 28 August 1997

Confirmatory Archdeacon's certificate, 25 April 1984

Archdeacon's certificate, 12 October 1984 Envelope marked 'Tower repairs'

Archdeacon's certificate annotated 're Churchyard Wall', 16 May 1985

Archdeacon's certificate for unspecified work, 12 August 1992

Logbook, 1977-1992

Inventory, 10 May 1928 - 1940

Inventory, 1975

Terrier, 1976

Terrier and inventory, 1994

Architect's report on the inspection of the church of New Shildon, All Saints by Cordingley & McIntyre, Owengate House, Durham, 28 April 1967

Architect's report, under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, by J. A. G. Niven, The Old Hall, West Auckland, October 1982

Architect's report, under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, by John A. G. Niven, The Old Hall, West Auckland, October 1982

Architect's report, under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, by Niven & Niven Architects, The Old Hall, West Auckland, June 1987

Report by Fox & Hinch, architects, 17a Post House Wynd, Darlington, on the condition of the church of New Shildon, All Saints, n.d.

Specification of repairs required in connection with the quinquennial inspection of 1983, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham City, 1983

List of repairs required at the quinquennial inspection, June 1997

Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923 to 1951, 7 May 1963

Schedule of dilapidations, noted under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures 1923 to 1951, by D. McIntyre, Owengate House, Durham City, April 1968

Surveyor's report under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures 1923 to 1951, 10 April 1968

Order under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923 to 1951, 12 July 1968

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures 1923 to 1951, March 1973

Surveyor's report under the Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972, 17 May 1978

Schedule of dilapidations, and specification of work required, under the Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972, May 1978

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection under the Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972, January 1983

Schedule of dilapidations noted under the Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972 by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, March 1988

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection under the Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972, March 1988

Schedule of dilapidations noted under the Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972 by D. L. Renton, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, March 1993

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection under the Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972, March 1993

Schedule of dilapidations, noted under the Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972, at 20, Station Street, Shildon, by D. L. Renton, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, April 1996

Schedule of dilapidations, noted under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures 1923 to 1951 by D. McIntyre, Owengate House, Durham City, March 1963

Ordinary Assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapaidations Measures, 1923 to 1951, 26 July 1968

Letter from the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, to A. Brown, 41 Alma Road, Shildon, concerning repairs to the vicarage, 30 September 1968 Attached: letter from Peter Tong, 19A Old Elvet, Durham City, concerning tenders for work at the vicarage, 20 September 1968

Information concerning 'All Saints Vicarage, Grounds and Church Property'; 'Parish Events' and 'Parish Information', supplied to assist a new incumbent, 1980s

Sequestration accounts, 11 March 1996 - 31 December 1998

Notices, issued by the Archdeacon of Durham, concerning the progress of the interregnum, particularly progress in appointing a new priest, of the parish of New Shildon, All Saints, 16 May 1996 - 7 July 1997

Vestry meetings minute book, 29 January 1869 - 26 April 1911 At end: list of grave spaces reserved in the churchyard, September 1890 - May 1895

Vestry meetings minute book, 10 April 1912 - 30 March 1932

Church Council meetings minute book, 18 March 1913 - 13 May 1919; Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 14 April 1920 - 31 May 1922 At end: list of members of the Parochial Church Council, 14 April 1920 - 11 January 1922

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 27 February 1936 - 8 July 1952 At end: lists of members of the Parochial Church Council, 1937/38 - 1952

Parochial Church Council committees' meetings minute book, 10 July 1922 - 11 July 1960

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 11 October 1922 - 13 January 1936 At end: lists of members of the Parochial Church Council, 1927-1936

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 23 September 1952 - 11 January 1960 At end: lists of members of the Parochial Church Council, 1953 - 1960

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 14 March 1960 - 9 October 1967 At end: lists of members of the Parochial Church Council, 1960 - 1966

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 15 November 1967 - 20 November 1981

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 19 January 1982 - 1 November 1988

Annual Parochial Church Meetings minute book, 1 February 1923 - 15 March 1983

Parochial Church Council Meetings minute book, 1 November 1988 - 9 November 1999

Annual Parochial Meetings minute book, 3 April 1984 - 26 April 1999

Vicar's report to the Annual General Meeting of New Shildon, All Saints, compiled, during the interregnum, by the churchwardens, 1996 - 1998

Report of a meeting of the joint standing committees of New Shildon, All Saints; Shildon, St. John; and Eldon, St. Mark, 25 January 1994

Churchwardens' account book, April 1905 - December 1920; Parochial Church Council account book, January 1921 - December 1930

Account book, 1 January 1931 - 31 December 1947

Account book, 1 January 1948 - 31 December 1967

Account book, 3 January 1960 - 29 December 1964

Account book, 3 January 1965 - 29 December 1969

Account book, 1 January 1970 - 28 December 1976

Account book, 1 January 1977 - December 1982

Accounts, January 1983 - December 1994 At end: receipts and payments accounts, 1983 - 1994

Accounts, January 1995 - October 1999 At end: receipts and payments accounts, 1995 - 1998, and Independent Examiner's report, 1999

Receipts and payments accounts, 1976

Receipt and payment accounts, 1979 - 1982 Originally enclosed in EP/NSh 6/21

Receipts and payments accounts and statements of accounts, 1978 - 1985

Receipts and payments accounts, 1997

Receipts and payments accounts, 1989, 1996, 1998

Statements of account for the year ending Easter 1919, Easter 1920, December 1923 - December 1926, December 1928 - December 1930

Returns of income and expenditure, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985

Financial statement for the year ending 31 December 1998 Originally enclosed in EP/NSh 5/3

Summary of accounts at 1 November 1999 Originally enclosed in EP/NSh 6/20

Electoral roll, 1923

Electoral roll, 1967-1970

Electoral roll, c. 1975 - 1988

Electoral rolls, 1988 - 1992, 1995 - 1998

Electoral rolls, March 1997, February 1998, April 1998

Lists of churchwardens and members of the Parochial Church Council with their proposers and seconders, 1981-1983 Originally enclosed in EP/NSh 6/11

Managers' meetings minute book, 27 April 1876 - 26 June 1894 At end: note of dimensions of the school, n.d.; index of six entries, n.d.; transcript of letter from William Hayton to the Shildon Coal Company asking for a subscription to the school, 1877

School managers' meetings minute book, 8 January 1895 - 26 August 1898 At end: minutes of meeting of the church council, 10 September 1895

Draft application by All Saints' National School to the Board of Education, under section 11 of the Education Act 1902, for an order constituting a body of Foundation Managers, 23 February 1903

17 June 1872 (1) Rt. Hon. John, Earl of Eldon (2) Vicar and Churchwardens of the Consolidated Chapelry of All Saints, New Shildon Conveyance from (1) to (2) of a piece of land (420 sq. yards) in New Shildon, bounded on the east by the turnpike road from New Shildon to Heighington, on the north by a private road leading from the turnpike road to New Shildon church and parsonage, and on the south and west by lands belonging to (1), for the erection thereon of a school. (1) undertakes to compensate H.M. Government for damage to the buildings caused by mining; (1) defines the government of the school and the terms of appointment of its staff Plan in margin

Notes re 'Shildon All Saints Church of England School', describing the legal status of the school's property, 1950s

Letters from Messrs. Bell Stewards & May, 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to Rev. H. Greene, Shildon Vicarage, concerning the provision of a schoolmaster's house on a site lease from the Earl of Eldon, 30 January - 13 February 1885

Draft form, T.D.4, issued by the Board of Education, requesting details of the teacher's residence at All Saints' School, New Shildon, post 1885

12 February 1885 (1) Rt. Hon. John, Earl of Eldon (2) Rev. Henry Greene, vicar, and William Stubbs of Alma Road, New Shildon, joiner, and Robert Stoddart of Adelaide Street, New Shildon, boilersmith, churchwardens of the Chapel of All Saints, New Shildon Lease for 80 years from (1) to (2) of land in New Shildon for the erection of a house for the teacher at the school Rent: 1 shilling per annum Plan in margin

Invoice issued by John Moore and Sons, builders, contractors and monumental masons, New Shildon, to the managers of All Saints' School, for repairs to the schoolteacher's house, February 1920

Vouchers for payments for the construction of the teacher's house at New Shildon to R.H. Haswell, architect and J.F. Adamson, builder, 17 September 1884 - 26 August 1886

Cash book, 5 July 1876 - 14 August 1887

School cash book, May 1887 - February 1896 At end: balance sheets, 1888 - 1896

Circular letter from the Diocesan Training College for Schoolmistresses, St. Hild's College, Durham, to the incumbent of All Saints' Church, New Shildon, informing him of a grant of £20 'towards the cost of meeting the requirements of the Local Education Authority', 21 September 1905

Letter from the Board of Education, Whitehall, London, to Rev. L.J. Causton, New Shildon Vicarage, enquiring about the fate of a legacy by William Bouch to the school, 17 January 1907

Letter from the Board of Education, Whitehall, London, to Rev. L.J. Causton, New Shildon Vicarage, announcing a change in the name of All Saints' School, 7 March 1907

Statement of information requested by the County Council, on New Shildon, All Saints' National School and New Shildon Infants' School, 23 February 1903 Gives details of numbers of children, area of premises, names and qualifications and salaries of teaching staff

10 March 1905 (1) Managers of All Saints' National School, New Shildon (2) Sarah Urwin Memorandum of agreement whereby (2) is to be employed by (1) as an uncertificated assistant teacher

2 April 1912 (1) Managers of All Saints' National School, New Shildon (2) Emma Jane Ramsden Memorandum of agreement whereby (2) is to be employed by (1) as an uncertificated assistant teacher

22 August 1916 (1) Mangers of All Saints' National School, New Shildon (2) Leonora Hind Memorandum of agreement whereby (2) is to be employed by (1) as a certificated assistant teacher

Correspondence between Smith, Roddam & Co., solicitors, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; Rev. J. W. Crook, All Saints' Vicarage, New Shildon; and Board of Education of the Diocese of Durham, Carter House, Pelaw Leazes Lane, Durham; concerning the closure of the school, 26 September - 16 December 1985

'All Saints C.E. (Controlled) Junior & Infant School: Why It Must Not Close' by All Saints Action Committee, January 1986

1 April 1910 (1) Managers of All Saints' National Infants' School, New Shildon (2) Annie Bennison Memorandum of agreement whereby (2) is to be employed by (1) as principal teacher of the school

Draft application by All Saints' Infant School to the Board of Education, under Section 11 of the Education Act 1902, for an order constituting a body of Foundation Managers, 23 February 1903

Accounts of the estate of Elizabeth Vickerman of 3 Pilmoor Drive, Richmond, North Yorkshire, who left, inter alia, £5,974 54p. to the parish of New Shildon, All Saints, 5 June 1985

An Account of the Charities As Left to Shildon by Messrs. Medcaffe, Walton and Bouch with Correspondence Between Charity Commissioners & Wm. Davison, of Shildon, Together with Copies of the Wills of the Above Charities And other Information on the Subject Shildon: Printed at the Office of H. Blamire, 25 Garbut Street, 1896

Sunday School Committee meetings minute book, 22 November 1932 - 5 March 1946

Lawn tennis club general and committee meetings minute book, 21 January 1937 - 14 October 1949 At end: list of members, 1946; list of addresses of dance bands, n.d.; list of persons purchasing dance tickets, January 1950

All Saints' Youth Fellowship meeting and minute book, 15 June 1952 - 3 June 1964

Photograph of All Saints' Bible Class football team, 1909 - 1910

Photograph of All Saints' school football team, 1923 - 1924

Photograph of a football team, n.d., c. 1930

Parish magazines, January 1894 - December 1896

Parish magazines, January 1897 - December 1899

Parish magazines, January 1900 - December 1902

Parish magazines, January - December 1906

Parish magazines, January 1917 - December 1919

Parish magazine, December 1946

Parish magazines, January - December 1947

Parish magazines, January - December 1948

Parish magazines, January - December 1949

Parish magazines, January - December 1950

Parish magazines, January - December 1951

Parish magazines, January - December 1952

Parish magazines, January - December 1953

Parish magazines, January - December 1954

Parish magazines, January - December 1955

Parish magazines, March - December 1956

Parish magazines, January - December 1957

Parish magazines, January - December 1958

Parish magazines, January - December 1959

Parish magazines, January - December 1960

Parish magazines, January, March - December 1961

Parish magazines, January - May, December 1962

Parish magazines, January - August 1963

Parish magazine, April 1964

Parish magazines, April - June, August - December 1965

Parish magazines, January - May, August 1966

Parish magazines, August - December 1967

Parish magazines, June and August 1968

Proposal for a draft constitution of the Shildon Council of Churches, issued by Rev. Mr. Corden, St. John's Vicarage, Shildon, 23 July 1968

'Joint Meeting of Local Authorities and Shildon Council of Churches: Facilities for Youth Work in Shildon; Report of Joint Officer Team', 8 January 1981

Shildon Council of Churches Meetings minutes, 17 March 1983 - 14 November 1989

Notes of a working party convened by Rev. J. Stevinson to consider ministry with the unemployed, 26 September 1986

Constitution of the Shildon Council of Churches, adopted 11 February 1987

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project Management Group Meetings minutes, 1 March 1985 - 2 November 1988

New Shildon Unemployed/Unwaged Group Meeting minutes, 24 September 1986

Number not used

Church Unemployment Project: for First Progress Report, 1983 - 1986, September 1986

Reports on the Shildon Churches Unemployment Project, April 1984, May 1984, May 1985, April 1987

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: Objectives, c. 1984

Statement explaining the Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project, May 1985

List of developments leading to the formation of the Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project, 1986

Correspondence between the Manpower Services Commission, Valley Street North, Darlington, and Rev. J. Rimmer, 13, Oxford Street, Shildon, concerning the progress and success of the Unemployment Project, 26 February 1986 - 24 December 1986

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: project evaluation after six months by T. E. Williams, May 1986

Reports on the progress of the Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project to the British Council of Churches, 2 Eaton Gate, London, 30 June 1986 - 22 November 1988

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: review of the year's work, c. 1987

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: Project Worker's report, 27 July 1987

Part of description of the background to, and activities of, the Shildon Churches Unemployment Project, 1988

Progress report on the Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project, submitted to the British Council of Churches, Inter-Church House, 35-41 Lower Marsh, London, June 1988 Attached: letter from the British Council of Churches asking for the report, 20 May 1988; and letter from the Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project enclosing the report, 20 June 1988

Proposal concerning what could happen after the end of the Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project, 1988

Description of the role and activities of the Volunteer Bureau, c. 1988

Letters from Tindale Crescent Hospital, Greenfields Road, Bishop Auckland; the Coordinator of the After Stroke Club, 44, Princes Court, Spennymoor; Shildon Town Council, Council Offices, Burke Street, Shildon; the Shildon Centre, 20 Main Street, Shildon; Shildon Grange Nursing Home, Redworth Road, Shildon; the Secretary, Shildon Old People's Welfare Committee, West Leigh, West Road, Shildon; A. E. Young-Patterson, 39 Queensway, Shildon; praising the work of the Volunteer Bureau and lamenting its imminent demise, 23 November 1989 - 22 January 1990

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: Volunteer Bureau: newsletter no 1, 3 November 1986, January 1987, March 1987

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: Information leaflet, c. 1984

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: Information leaflet, c. 1986

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: Information leaflet, c. 1986

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: Leaflet entitled 'Unemployment Has It Affected You? Or Someone Close To You?', c. 1986

List of organisations in Newton Aycliffe, produced by the Churches Unemployment Project, c. 1987

List of organisations in Shildon, produced by the Shildon Centre, n.d., 1980s

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: job description for project officer, April 1985

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: draft advertisement for project worker, c. 1985

List of duties of the organiser of the Volunteer Bureau, c. 1986

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: advertisement for organisers of the volunteer bureau, 17 March 1986

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: job descriptions of lay workers, c. 1987

Notes of a visit by the members of the Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project to the Rev. R. Stapleton, concerning the contribution to the project made by the church of New Shildon, All Saints, c. 1987

Description of the visit by Pat Dearnley, Archbishop's Officer for Urban Priority Areas, to the Shildon Churches Unemployment Project, 29 January 1987

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: notes of a visit by members of the project to Grapevine, c. 1987

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: notes of a visit to the Methodist church by members of the project, March 1987

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: notes of the proceedings at a consultation/training day at Darlington Arts Centre, 12 March 1987

Notes, by T. E. Williams, on possible new initiatives by the Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project, including a group for Bible study, a credit union, and a musical workshop, 10 April 1987

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: programme of C. P. induction course, May 1987

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: description by Rachel Jane Brown, Ben Hardaker, Jean Wilson, Ian Ansbro, Field Workers, of the advantages they have gained from working on the project, c. 1987

Photograph of an individual mending a window frame, part of the Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project, c. 1987

Photograph of an individual digging a garden, part of the Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project, c. 1987

Photograph of an individual mending a door frame, part of the Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project, c. 1987

Photograph of an individual standing in front of a van belonging to Sedgefield District Council, part of the Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project, c. 1987

Correspondence between Rev. J. Rimmer, 13 Oxford Street, Shildon, and Mission Alongside The Poor, Methodist Church Home Mission Division, 1, Central Buildings, Westminster, London, concerning the Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project and the award of a grant of money for the project, 24 November 1984 - 29 April 1985

Letters from the Beatrice Laing Trust, 133 Page Street, London; The Rothley Trust, Mea House, Ellison Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Greatham Hospital, Estate Office, Greatham, Hartlepool; to Rev. J. Rimmer, Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project, 13, Oxford Street, Shildon, concerning grants of money towards the project, 21 June 1985

Application for a grant from the British Council of Churches, 2, Eaton Gate, London, for the Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project, c. 1986

Copy completed application form for finance from the D.H.S.S., October 1988

Copy completed application to the Charities Aid Foundation, 40, Pembury Road, Tonbridge, Kent, for financial help for the bureau, 8 October1988 Includes: accounts of the bureau, 1986-1988

Correspondence between the Volunteer Bureau, Methodist Church Hall, Civic Square, Main Street, Shildon; the Charities Aid Foundation, 48, Pembury Road, Tonbridge, Kent; Shildon Town Council, Council Offices, Burke Street, Shildon; The British Council of Churches, Inter-Church House, 35-41 Lower Marsh, London; The Charity Commission, Graeme House, Derby Square, Liverpool, Merseyside; concerning future sources of finance for the Bureau, 10 November 1988 - 17 March 1989

Open letter from the Organiser of the Volunteer Bureau, part of the Churches Unemployment Project, soliciting financial help for its continuation, 16 May 1989 Includes: list of recipients of the letter and accounts of the bureau, April 1988 - March 1989 Attached: booklet describing the work of the Bureau, 1989

List of monies received for the bureau, c. 1989

Shildon Council of Churches Unemployment Project: account of funding for the bureau, April 1986 - March 1987, April 1988 - March 1989

Account book of Shildon Community Programme, May 1986 - July 1987

Account book of the Shildon Unemployed Centre, March 1986 - December 1988

All Saints' New Shildon, 1868 - 1968: history of the church, 1968

Shildon: Official Guide and Industrial Handbook published with the authority of the Urban District Council by Ed. J. Burrows & Co., Ltd., Cheltenham and London, 1960s

Tickets for a garden party and dance at the vicarage, 15 June 1946; ticket for whist drive and dance, 19 June 1946

Statement of accounts and sample menus of All Saints Caterers, 1977