Catalogue

Minutes of church meetings, 28 April 1831 - 24 March 1880 At back: membership lists, 28 April 1831 - January 1872 Includes: notes on possession of trust deeds, 21 October 1834 and 30 September 1850 The church was established in April 1831 by Staindrop residents who had previously attended the church at Newgate Street, Barnard Castle, but 'deem it our duty now to separate from our Brethren there and form ourselves into a distinct Church'

Minutes of church meetings, 17 December 1879 - 31 March 1909; rolls of church members, 1 January 1880 - 24 February 1909; register of marriages, 14 July 1885 - 8 October 1949; register of baptisms, 18 April 1886 - 12 September 1935; register of burials, 1949 - 20 December 1950 [only dates of death given]

Church accounts, 1847/48 - 1905 Reversed at back: membership subscription lists, January 1841 - 1849

Statement of information on Staindrop Church (details of church buildings endowments, congregations, membership and income) with a financial statement and general report on the past year's activities, supplied to the Congregational Church-Aid and Home Missionary Society, 1906 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/2

Balance sheet for 1906 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/2

Statement of information on Staindrop Church (details of church buildings endowments, congregations, membership and income) with a financial statement and general report on the past year's activities, supplied to the Congregational Church-Aid and Home Missionary Society, 1907 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/2

Statement of information on Staindrop Church (details of church buildings endowments, congregations, membership and income) with a financial statement and general report on the past year's activities, supplied to the Congregational Church-Aid and Home Missionary Society, 1908 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/2

Statement of information on Staindrop Church (details of church buildings endowments, congregations, membership and income) with a financial statement and general report on the past year's activities, supplied to the Congregational Church-Aid and Home Missionary Society, 1909 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/2

Balance sheet for 1909 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/2

Statement of information on Staindrop Church (details of church buildings, membership and minister's stipend) with a financial statement and general report on the past year's activities, supplied to the Congregational Union of England and Wales as an application for grant, 1921 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/2

Statement of information on Staindrop Church (details of church buildings, membership and minister's stipend) with a financial statement and general report on the past year's activities, supplied to the Congregational Union of England and Wales as an application for grant, 1922 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/2

Balance sheet for 1922 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/2

Statement of information on Staindrop Church (details of church buildings, membership and minister's stipend) with a financial statement and general report on the past year's activities, supplied to the Congregational Union of England and Wales as an application for grant, 1924 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/2

Affidavit by John Belough jun. of Newcastle upon Tyne, tailor, and William Wilson of Newcastle upon Tyne, gentleman, that (1) John Belough and Richard Carr Belough of Newcastle upon Tyne, house carpenter, were mortgagees of property in Staindrop, (2) John and Richard Belough agreed, following defaults in the payment of interest and capital on the mortgage, to sell the property, (3) the property was sold on 24 July 1832 to John Simpson who was believed to be the agent for John Bowman of Staindrop, innkeeper, (4) Richard Belough concurred in the sale, (5) William Wilson was the solicitor of John and Richard Belough, and (6) Richard Belough authorised John Belough to execute the sale agreement on his behalf, 18 December 1832 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/2

Certificate of registration of the Congregational Church at Staindrop by Quarter Sessions under 52 George III c.155 (An Act to repeal certain Acts, and amend other Acts relating to Religious Workship and Assemblies ...), 3 April 1837 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/2

Bazaar account balance sheet, September - October 1867 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/3

Account of James Woodward with the Church Treasurer, 5 November 1868 - 7 January 1869 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/3

Fire insurance policy for church buildings with Atlas Assurance Co., 1 January 1869 Describes church building in detail Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/3

Letter from A. Copeland, Staindrop, to F.C. Atkin, Staindrop, concerning Copeland's appointment as a church official and his refusal to accept such appointment, 5 February 1909 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/3

Church anniversary account balance sheet, 1924 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/3

Statement from John Fawcett, 19 Roslyn Street, Darlington, as to the names of church trustees from the trust deed and details of those surviving, 1 September 1924 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/3

Account book of Henry Bearpark showing weekly takings at Black Swan Inn, Staindrop (3 January 1863 - 27 May 1865), Black Lion Inn [Staindrop] (13 May 1866 - 17 May 1869 and 25 May 1870 - 8 May 1875), King's Arms, Staindrop (1 August 1846 - 7 May 1853), Black Bull Inn, Richmond (21 May 1853 - 8 September 1855), Black Swan Inn, Staindrop (23 November 1858 - 13 May 1859), Raby Bridge Inn, Staindrop (13 May 1859 - 13 May 1861), Black Swan Inn, Staindrop (18 May 1861 - 27 December 1862) At front of volume: recipes for shoeblacking, plum cake, almond cake, sponge cake, gingerbread, brandy snaps and 'Cow Drink for Fellon' At rear of volume: details of births, marriages, deaths and burials of Bearpark family, 2 January 1808 - 5 October 1895

Receipt by William Watson for rent received from Mr. Bearpark, 13 May 1848 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/22

Receipt by William Watson for rent received from Mr. Bearpark, 21 December 1848 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/22

Receipt by William Watson for rent received from Mr. Bearpark, 15 May 1849 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/22

Receipt by William Watson for rent received from Catherine Lindsay, 3 December 1849 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/22

Receipt by William Watson for rent received from Catherine Lindsay, 13 May 1850 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/22

Receipt by William Watson for rent received from Catherine Lindsay, 29 November 1851 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/22

Photograph [of members of the Bearpark family], n.d. [c.1890] Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/22

Account book of William Dent, of Allens Yard, Staindrop, carrier, 26 May 1879 - 19 December 1892

Notes on births and deaths of members of the Walker and Bearpark families, 1 August [pre-1845] - 17 May 1891 Originally enclosed in D/X 1228/30