Catalogue

Register of baptisms, May 1574 - May 1762 Register of marriages, November 1574 - March 1754, except 1637, 1639 - 1641, 1643 - 1645, 1650 - 1651 Register of burials, May 1574 - June 1762, except 1642 - 1646 Notes of inductions, 1621, 1631, 1662, 1690 and 1717 Note of appointment of the parish clerk, 1656 Note of the registers being used in case in the Court of Exchequor between James Miller and Thomas Jackson in 1824

Register of baptisms, August 1762 - July 1809 Special entry page for the seven children of Ralph Shipperdson 1780 - 1787 Register of burials, March 1770 - April 1810

Register of baptisms, September 1809 - June 1819 Register of burials, April 1810 - December 1812 Account of a case concerning the select vestry of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, March 1834

Register of baptisms, January 1813 - June 1833 Extracts of the entries of the baptisms of the children of Henry Tower, 1817 - 1820

Register of baptisms, June 1833 - October 1838

Register of baptisms, April 1838 - November 1846 Loose sheets of entries from 1841 - 1846 later copied into the register

Register of baptisms, January 1847 - April 1856

Register of baptisms, April 1856 - October 1876

Register of baptisms, October 1876 - January 1899

Register of baptisms, January 1899 - September 1917

Register of baptisms, September 1917 - May 1949

Register of baptisms, 1917 - 1934

Registers of baptisms, 8 May 1949 - 11 January 1998

Register of banns and marriages, April 1754 - August 1807

Register of marriages, November 1807 - December 1812

Register of marriages, February 1813 - February 1836

Register of marriages, February 1836 - June 1837

Register of marriages, 1837 - 1849

Register of marriages, 1849 - 1862

Register of marriages, 1862 - 1905

Register of marriages, 1923 - 1932

Register of marriages, 1905 - 1913

Register of marriages, 1913 - 1923

Register of marriages, 1932 - 1940

Register of marriages, 1940 - 1946

Register of marriages, 1946 - 1957

Register of marriages, 1954 - 1956

Register of marriages, 1956 - 1968

Register of marriages, 1962 - 1967

Register of marriages, 1977 - 1978

Registers of marriages, 30 March 1957 - 18 March 1978

Register of marriages, 20 May 1978 - 5 November 1988

Register of marriages, 1 May 1989 - 8 August 1997

Register of marriages, 12 September 1997 - 7 July 2007

Register of marriages, 14 July 2007 - 22 July 2017

Register of marriages, 19 July - 12 December 2020

Register of marriages, 29 July 2017 - 20 March 2020

Register of banns, April 1834 - April 1860 Accounts relating to the upkeep of the church, 1842 - 1845

Register of banns, April 1905 - April 1940

Register of banns, 1940 - 1977

Registers of banns, 19 February 1978 - 15 July 2007

Register of burials, January 1813 - February 1838

Register of burials, February 1838 - May 1847

Register of burials, May 1847 - December 1867

Register of burials, December 1867 - May 1899 Burial notice according to Burial Amendment Act 1886

Copies of parish registers, as follows: (i) baptisms: April 1829 - September 1832, 1863-71 (ii) marriages: February - October and December 1829, February - December 1832 (iii) burials: random entries dating between 1737 and 1837; 1829, 1832, November 1862 - May 1871

Notification from the Archdiocese of Luxembourg, of the marriage of Christopher John Wright (baptised Pittington 22 July 1990) and Elena Cuesta Urquia, in the church Saint Alphonse, Luxembourg, 26 June 2021

Register of confirmations, 1921 - 1930

Register of sermons, preachers, etc. 1859 - 1870

Registers of services, 1894 - 1920, 1934 - 59

Register of services, 1921 - 1934 and Official Parochial Register, 1904 - 1913

Register of services, 30 August 1959 - 5 April 1987

Register of services, 5 April 1987 - 28 July 1993

Register of services, 26 July 1993 - 18 October 2007

Papers, correspondence, etc. re. formation of new district of Lyons, and proposed church and burial ground at Sherburn, c 1868; alteration of boundaries of new parish of Belmont, 1918; (including letters from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, London Gazette February 1869, etc.) 1868 - 1920

Plan showing an 'eye sketch of Pittington parish', n.d. c.1843 No scale

Plan showing the boundaries of the parishes of Easington Lane, Pittington and Hetton-le- Hole, n.d. No scale

Plan of boundaries of Pittington, West Rainton, Hetton-le-Hill, Elemore and Littletown, traced from the tithe map, 21 August 1868 Scale: 6 chains to 1 inch [1:48]

Order of suspension of the presentation of the benefice of Pittington, 1 June 1960 Attached: letter from the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, to H. Hutchinson, Snippersgate Farm, South Hetton, explaining the suspension, 21 April 1960

Correspondence between Ven. Michael Perry, Archdeacon of Durham, 7 The College, Durham, and Rev. J.R. Scorer, St. Mary's Vicarage, 11 Meldon Avenue, Sherburn Village, discussing the need of the united benefice of Sherburn and Pittington for a curate in addition to a vicar, and inviting Pittington to accept a part-time deaconess, 2 May 1984 - 5 December 1986

Order in council whereby the benefice of Pittington and the benefice of Sherburn shall be united to create a new benefice which will be named the benefice of Sherburn with Pittington, 11 February 1983

Order in council whereby the benefice of Sherburn with Pittington and the benefice of St. Cuthbert, Shadforth shall be united to create a new benefice called the benefice of Pittington, Shadforth and Sherburn, 16 July 2002

Copy of the new entry in the patronages (benefices) register, 9 September 2002

Parish profile of the parish including Sherburn, Pittington and Shadforth with accompanying person and aptitude specification for the appointment of the next incumbent, n.d. [c. 2000s]

Tracing of O.S. plan, sheet XX:15, showing vicar's field at Hallgarth, n.d. c.1939 Scale: 1 : 2500

Copy of a water-colour portrait of Rev. Dr. James Miller, vicar of Pittington, 1822 - 1854, by an unidentified artist, n.d., [ c.1830] Attached: descriptive caption

Copy of a water-colour portrait of Mr. Hunter Robson, sexton to Rev. Dr. James Miller, by an unidentified artist, n.d., [ c.1830] Attached: descriptive caption

Head and shoulders portrait of Rev. Dr. James Miller, n.d., [early 1850s] Attached: descriptive caption

Three-quarter length portrait of [Rev. J.G. Edwards, vicar, 1854 - 1862], n.d., [ c.1860]

Photograph of a large group of unidentified Anglican clergymen, posing outside an unidentified building, n.d., [1860s] Endorsed: 'Rev. Guest Williams',

Full-length portrait of A.P. Stokes, vicar, 1862 - 1875, n.d., [c.1870]

Three-quarter length portrait of Dr. James L. Barmby, vicar, 1875 - 1894, n.d., [ c.1890] Attached: descriptive caption

Head and shoulders portrait of Ralph Henry Cleasby of Broomside Hall, churchwarden, 1866 - 1901, n.d., [1901] Attached: descriptive caption

Notice of the institution of Rev. Donald Jon Bell to the united benefice of Sherburn with Pittington, 6 June 1989

Miscellaneous legal papers, including: (a) note of 1863 lease, n.d. (b) copy of Close Roll enrollment of 1654, conveyance from trustees to sale of Dean and Chapter lands to Richard Bell of London, mercer, of coal mines in Pittington, etc. (c) brief, with added notes, in an appeal by Houghton-le-Spring parish against Pittington parish concerning Rainton Low Pit and High Pit houses, in connection with poor relief, at the Sessions of the Peace, 1688 - 1691 (d) award between Ecclesiastical Commissioners and Lord Londonderry, 1894 (e) "remarks suggested by the second opinion of the solicitor general", in support of the minor canons, n.d. (f) "case opinion, and remarks on the effect of the Act 57 Geo. III c 99 in the case of a minor canon doing the duty of his benefice and keeping a curate", n.d. (g) case for opinion and counsel's opinion re. claim of minor canons of Durham Cathedral to an increase of salary, 1826 (h) copy deed of trust respecting living of Stanton juxta Dale, Co. Derby, 1779

Correspondence between Rev. J. Scorer, 89 Front Street, Sherburn, and Maxwell Deas, Co-ordinator, Religious Programmes, and Bryan Doyle, Head of Location Operations, both at Tyne Tees Television Ltd., Television Centre, City Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, concerning preparations for an outside broadcast from St. Lawrence's church, including an outline of the programme, and a script, 9 July - 4 November 1987

Return of parochial statistics for the year ended 31 December 1987

Articles of enquiry at the archdeacon's visitation, 4 January 1987

Order of service for a Harvest Eucharist broadcast by Tyne Tees Television for the national network, 27 September 1987

Order of Holy Communion service for the parish of St. Mary, Sherburn and St. Laurence, Pittington and St. Cuthbert, Shadforth for the season of Lent, n.d. [c. 2000s]

Papers re. tithes (including account books, 1823, and for Billingham, 1831; notebook of legal authorities; Tithes Composition Bill, 1831; copies of vicars' receipts 1645 - 1700, n.d.; extract of a 1622 case, 1822; part of file including counsel's opinion re. claim to tithes in kind, 1823; accounts, 1827 - 1835; papers re. Miller v. Jackson, 1828, and other cases; Declaration of Merger, 1843; Order of Exchange, 1864; copy apportionment of rentcharge, 1868; Board of Agriculture printed circulars and correspondence re. redemption, 1898 et seq.; correspondence re. tithes on certain lands; Deed of Merger 1915; correspondence, circulars reports and accounts from Bounty Office re. application of 1925 Tithe Act and 1928 Tithe (Administration of Trusts) Measure; Certificates of Redemption, 1926; copy altered apportionments 1936; schedule of the yearly average account of vicarial tithes, n.d.) 1645, 1822 - 1935

Legal papers re. tithes (copy Exchequer bills of Miller v. Jackson, n.d.) c 1828

Plan for the enlargement of St. Lawrence's church, Pittington, showing the new east end extension, January 1836 No scale

Plan showing proposed extension of chancel, n.d., c.1904 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan of revised scheme for the extension of the chancel, 18 October 1904 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan of church, showing proposed alterations and new organ chamber, n.d., c.1895 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan of the interior of the church showing seating arrangements, n.d. No scale

Plan of church, showing survey of tower, n.d., c.1895 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan of church, showing revised scheme for extension of chancel, n.d. Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan of sections through nave, north aisle, chancel, vestry and organ- chamber, showing proposed alterations, n.d., c.1895 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan showing proposed extension of chancel, 12 September 1904 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan showing design for a window in the north aisle, n.d. Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Plan showing proposed new organ chamber and extension of choir n.d. Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan showing alternative arrangements for new organ chamber and extension of choir, n.d. No scale

Plan of land at Hallgarth showing site of escaping sewage and proposed cesspool, n.d. No scale

Plan and external elevations of the church tower, May 1979

Plan of lighting scheme in nave, 16 April 1996

Plan and elevations of proposed masonry and glazing repairs, January 2001

Correspondence, accounts, surveys, specifications, etc., re. repairs and improvements to church and vicarage, 1823 - 1958

Correspondence, newspaper cuttings etc. re. the reredos and pictures, 1878 - 1925 The reredos was the subject of much dispute, culminating in a case in the Consistory Court in 1880

Copy specification for re-slating and associated repairs to the roofs of the south aisle and porch, November 1984

Correspondence between Charlewood, Curry, Wilson and Atkinson, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle; Rev. Dr. C. Havens, St. Laurence Church, Pittington; Bewley and Scott, Ellison Road, Dunston; T. Wetherell and Son, New Herrington Industrial Estate, Houghton-le-Spring; concerning the roofing of the south aisle and porch, 18 December 1984 - 28 February 1985

Specification and schedule of works for structural repairs and pointing of masonry to the tower of the church, January 1980

Specification and schedule of work for repairs to masonry and glazing of the south side of the church, February 2001

Specification of work for renewal of clock chamber floor (floor over baptistry at base of tower), n.d. [c. 1960s]

Minutes of site meeting concerning the re-slating of the chancel roof and masonry repairs, 18 October 1999

Schedule of repair work on the south aisle and organ chamber roof by M. Atkinson, Architect, 47 Kitchener Terrace, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE30 2HH, February 2011

Plan of 'Kirbys patent two stage blower', by Devereux & Moudre, engineers, Newcastle, n.d. Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot [1:4]

Plan of proposed organ chamber, n.d. Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan of proposed new organ chamber and vestry, n.d. Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Letter from Reg. Palmer, 15 Hallgarth Lane, to Mr. Chadwick, describing the repairs undertaken by the writer of the organ in Pittington church, 2 October 1978

Photograph of the church tower from the west, n.d., [1987]

Photograph of the view of the church from the south-west, n.d., [1987]

Photograph of the tower and of the church graveyard from the west, n.d., [1987]

Photograph of the west end of the church viewed from the south-west, n.d., [1987]

Photograph of columns inside the church, n.d. [1910s]

Picture of Pittington church by J. E. Crawford with a transcription on the rear of the picture of the epitaph on a vicar's tomb in the churchyard, n.d. [early 1900s]

Photographs of the windows of the church, 14 May 2003

Notices from City of Durham District Council, Byland Lodge, Hawthorn Terrace, Durham, that the gate piers and gates at the entrance to the churchyard, the Fenwick Tomb, and the Scorer Tomb in the churchyard have been included in a list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest, 20 October 1988

Note describing the bells in the church of Pittington, St. Lawrence, giving their sizes, weights and inscriptions, 10 August 1978

Papers, correspondence, etc. re. the burial ground (including closure of churchyard, 1858; printed Rules & Regulations, 1897; printed Burial Act, 1900; etc.), 1856 - 1944

Note from James Tyner of High Pittington stating that Michael Forth, who died on 27 April 1886 would be buried on 29 April in the burial ground of the Pittington parish church, 27 April 1886 Originally enclosed with EP/Pi 19

Papers, correspondence, and accounts, etc., re. the Parish Institute, Reading Room, etc., (including printed rules and m.s. catalogue of the library of the Reading Society, n.d.), 1893 - 1968

Cash book end inventory of Low Pittington Coffee Room (1884 - 1885) and minutes and lists of members of the new Reading Society, 1886 - 1894

Plan of proposed cottage and fence adjoining the reading room at Low Pittington, n.d. Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan of proposed parish institute, 1906 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan of church institute, reading room, lecture hall and library, n.d. No scale

Plan of cow byre at Hallgarth Vicarage, 1876 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]

Plans of attic, first floor and ground floor of vicarage, showing heating arrangements, 16 December 1900 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]

Plan of proposed alterations to the attic, at Pittington Vicarage, n.d., c. 1900 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

Plan of sections of vicarage, showing proposed alterations, n.d., c. 1900 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan of elevations of vicarage, showing proposed alterations, n.d., c. 1900 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan of interior of vicarage, showing proposed alterations to bedrooms, n.d., c.1900 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan of ground floor of vicarage, showing proposed alterations, n.d., c. 1900 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan of vicarage, showing drains, n.d. c.1900 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan of vicarage, showing drains, 9 February 1892 Scale: 29 feet to 1 inch [1:240]

Plan of ground and first floors at Pittington Vicarage, n.d. No scale

Specification and works schedule for proposed study/utility extension to 2 Priors Grange, Pittington, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, chartered architects and surveyors, Owengate House, Durham, September 1987

Circular letter issued by Hayton Lee and Braddock, requesting tenders for the building of a proposed new study and utility extension at 2 Priors Grange, Pittington, 15 September 1987

Front, side and rear elevations; ground floor plan; site and location plan; as existing, of proposed alteration at 2 Priors Grange, Pittington, plan no. Dva 55/04, by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, September 1987

Front, side and rear elevation; ground floor plan; site plan; as proposed, plan no. Dva 55/05, by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, September 1987

Sections 1:1 and 1:2 of proposed alterations to 2 Priors Grange, Pittington, plan no. Dva 55/06, by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, September 1987

Faculty authorising repairs to the roof following the theft of lead with 'ubiflex' to be used in preference to 'masterform', 7 June 2011

Faculty authorising the design and installation of a new accessible toilet to the area between the Vestry and south aisle, incorporating facilities for additional storage space above; drainage from the accessible toilet to be in the form of a trench-arch shallow excavation system; a new timber access ramp from the south aisle to aid use of the accessible toilet; refurbishment of the existing Vestry space including redecoration of plastered walls in white lime wash, exposed roof timbers in micro porous wood stain and floor covering with durable loop pile carpeting, 2 August 2011

Archdeacon 's certificate for unspecified work, 17 September 1977

Parish book, including inventories of church goods, vestry minutes, church-wardens' and overseers' accounts, 1584 - 1699 (Also notes re. vicarage and tithes, 1772 - 1808)

Papers, correspondence, etc. re. property owned by the church (including the Island Farm and wayleave at Bishop Middleham; cottages at Hallgarth; proposed recreation ground; sale of glebe land to Sherburn Hill Co-op Society, etc.; also inventories of ornaments and documents, 1883 - 1923; terriers 1892 and c 1900; sketch plan of parish and valuation of tithable land, n.d.), 1841 - 1947

Architect's report by Cordingley and McIntyre, Architects, Owengate House, Durham, 17 September 1965

Architect's report by I. Curry, Charlewood, Curry, Wilson and Atkinson, Architects, 32 - 34 Mosley Street, Newcastle - upon - Tyne, 4 November 1978

Quinquennial report under the Inspection of Churches Measure, 1955 , by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson and Atkinson, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 4 November 1978

Copy quinquennial report under the Inspection of Churches Measure, 1955 , by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson and Atkinson, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 25 July 1983

Quinquennial inspection report on St. Lawrence's church, by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 25 July 1983

Quinquennial report by Charlewood and Curry Partnership, Architects, 32 - 34 Mosley Street, Newcastle, NE1 1DF, 24 February 1989

Quinquennial report by I. Curry and Associates, Architects, 30 West Park, Middle Herrington, Sunderland, SR3 3SY, 8 November 1993

(a) Annual balance sheets, 1895 - 1958 (b) Other accounts, correspondence, etc., (including re. Rebecca Hussey's Book Charity, Barrington Society, grocery accounts, Church Commissioners, etc.), 1865 - 1958 (c) Queen Anne's Bounty (including mortgages, 1833 - 1876), 1833 - 1947 (d) Inland Revenue valuations, etc. 1914 (e) Insurance policies and correspondence, 1923 - 1940 (f) Fabric, improvement, and organ funds etc., (accounts and correspondence) 1856 - 1954

Miscellaneous vouchers (mainly from Durham firms)

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle; Smith, Roddam and Co., solicitors, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; Rev. P. Sedgwick, 18 Manor View, Pittington; concerning the legacy left to the church by Mrs. Amy Staniland Hewitt, 2 December 1977 - 19 April 1978

Writ of sequestration, 10 August 1959

Sequestration accounts, 1 January 1976 - 19 July 1978

Correspondence mainly re. the local application of the Education Act, 1902, 1884 - 1917

Papers, correspondence, etc. (including Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Diocesan Conference, Statistical Returns of Parochial Work, Diocesan Finance Board, National Assembly, Notices of Appointments to the benefice, faculties, etc.), 1872 - 1959

Correspondence, surveys, etc. re. mining damage to church property, 1894 - 1958

Miscellanea:- Correspondence, choir attendance lists, confirmation lists, roll of honour, etc.; (including letters from soldiers in the 1914 - 1918 war, letters re. the Church lads' Brigade, and re. proposed removal of marble font; notebook of extracts from Phillipps' Law of Evidence, n.d.), 1872 - 1941

Correspondence between Charlewood, Curry, Wilson and Atkinson, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; R. Chadwick, 12 Heatherdale Crescent, Belmont, Durham; J. & W. Lowry, builders and contractors, 64 Bath Lane, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; the Department of the Environment, 25 Savile Row, London; the Ven. Michael Perry, 7 The College, Durham; the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Rev. P. Sedgwick, 18 Manor View, Pittington; City of Durham Planning Office, Byland Lodge, Hawthorn Terrace, Durham; County Planning Department, County Hall, Durham; concerning the repair of the roof of the north aisle, 22 August 1977 - 24 April 1978

Vestry minutes, rate assessments, churchwardens' accounts, etc., 1838 - 1922

Papers re. the Vestry, Burial Board, Parish Council, and their relationships with the incumbent, etc., (including notices, minutes correspondence), 1890 - 1938

Parochial Church Meeting & Church Council Minutes, (including reports of various parochial organisations and Sunday Schools), 1921 -1931

Minutes of meetings, 19 February 1981 - 22 April 1982 Includes annual general meeting minutes

Minutes of meetings, 7 January 1982 - 16 July 1987

Minutes of meetings, 17 September 1987 - 12 December 1991 Includes annual general meeting minutes

Minutes of a meeting, 16 June 1995

Minutes of meetings, 13 May 1999 - 21 November 2002

Minutes of meetings, 22 April 1982 - 24 April 1986

Easter vestry and annual parochial church meeting minutes, 22 April 1999 Includes balance sheet and deposit accounts

Vestry meeting, annual parochial church meeting and annual reports, 13 April 2000

Vestry meeting, annual parochial church meeting and annual reports, 15 March 2001

Easter vestry meeting and annual parochial church meeting agenda and reports, 14 March 2002

The united parish of St. Laurence, Pittington and St. Cuthbert, Shadforth and St. Mary, Sherburn: vestry meeting, annual parochial church meeting and annual reports, 13 March 2003

Minutes of annual general meeting, 10 April 2011

Account book, 1 January 1974 - 31 December 1983

Balance sheet, 1997

Report of a sub-committee of the parish council appointed to enquire into parish charities and other parish property, signed by J.B. Taylor, c.1930

Draft scheme for the establishment of district church councils and separate representation of the congregations for the parish of Pittington, Shadforth and Sherburn, n.d. [c. 2000s]

Electoral roll, 1969

Papers, correspondence, accounts, printed circulars, newspaper cuttings etc. re. Pittington schools and the 1902 Education Act, 1865 - 1956

Plan of proposed porch to school room, November 1900 No scale

Plan showing location of low tension overhead network 'stay' in schoolhouse garden, Low Pittington, 1923 Attached: letter from Electrical Power Distribution Co. Ltd., 24 October 1923 No scale

(a) Poor Fund and charities, papers, accounts, vouchers, etc., (including Notice of Decree and Statement re. Attorney General v. Liddell et al., in connection with Lord Crewe's and Rev. John Sharp's charities, 1865; printed Scheme of the same charities, 1875; printed circulars from Charity Commission, 1895) 1865 - 1926 (b) The Unknown Donor's Charity, correspondence, accounts, etc., 1858 - 1928

List of donors of money to charities in Pittington, c.1930

Account book of the 'Charity of Donor Unknown', 10 February 1863 - 1966 [ sic]

Note recording an enquiry by the Charity Commission into the Unknown Donor's Charity, 19 June 1900 Originally enclosed in EP/Pi 90

List of recipients of funds from the Unknown Donor's Charity, 1932, 1934 Originally enclosed in EP/Pi 90

Mothers' Union income and expenditure accounts, 1944-1973

Mothers' Union, income and expenditure account, 7 February 1975 - 23 February 1976 Originally enclosed in EP/Pi 97

Mothers' Union, accounts of income from subscriptions, collections at meetings and sales of magazines, 22 January 1968 - [January] 1980

Let' s Plan a Programme: The Mothers' Union and its New Look , by Muriel Jones, published by The Mothers' Union, 24 Tufton Street, London, and printed by Clare, Son & Co. Ltd., Wells, Somerset, March 1975

Our Aim and Objectives: The New Charter of the Mothers' Union, by Nancy le P. Warner, published by The Mothers' Union, 24 Tufton Street, London, and printed by the Church Army Press, Cowley, Oxford, n.d., [ c.1975]

Annual Report of Durham Diocesan Mothers' Union, 1976

Prayer leaflet issued by Durham Diocesan Mothers' Union, for use between 16 - 20 January 1977

Mother's Union branch register, 1974 - 1980

Friends of Hallgarth Church, income and expenditure account, 1973 Originally enclosed in EP/Pi 97

G[irls'] F[riendly] S[ociety] minutes, 1923 - 1927

Church service sheets, posters, programmes, etc., (including "The Church Times", 1880, and parish magazines, 1898, 1905, 1908), c 1880 - c 1950

Parish Review: Sherburn, Shadforth and Pittington, September 2001

Memoranda (private) c 1823, and historical notes on tithes, n.d.

Historical notes (including brief ms. history of the church); newspaper cuttings on the history of the church, visit of the Newcastle Society of Antiquaries, and other events; printed lists of fifty interesting items and of vicars, 1147 - 1894, etc.)

Index to the rolls of the Bishop of Durham's Halmot Court, compiled c. 1617 The years covered are as follows: /1 F: The time of William Dudley, bishop of Durham, 1476 - 1483 /2 G: The time of John Shirwood, bishop of Durham, 1485 - 1494 /3 [H]: The time of Richard Fox, bishop of Durham, 1494 - 1501 /4 I: The time of William Sinewes [Seahouse], bishop of Durham 1502 - 1505 /5 K: The time 23 Henry to 14 Bishop Ruthall, 1506/1508 - 1523 /6 O: The time of 29 Elizabeth to 41 Elizabeth, 1586 - 1598/9 /7 P: The time of 41 Elizabeth to 12 James, 1598/99 -1614/15 /8 Q: The time of 11 James to 14 James, 1613/14 - 1616/17 /9 [X]: The time of 41 Elizabeth to 12 James, 1598/99 - 1614/15 [This is not a duplicate of EP/Pi 58/7] /10 [Y]: The time of 41 Elizabeth to 10 James, 1598/99 - 1612/13 [This is not a duplicate of EP/Pi 58/7]

Welcome leaflet to Pittington and St. Lawrence's church, n.d., [mid 1980s]

Information leaflet about St. Lawrence's church's Norman features, by Northumbria Christian Heritage, n.d., [1980s]

Varied collection of articles concerning the history of Pittington and Pittington church, n.d. [c. 1900s]

1829 case of Thomas Drumond of New Penshaw, Co. Durham, claiming the honours and estates of the Earldom of Perth

Reminiscences of life in Pittington possibly by Dorothy Dodds, n.d. c. 1960 and newspaper cutting referring to Dorothy Dodds, n.d. c.1960

Brief history of Pittington by Peter A.G. Clack, 24 June 1978

Plan of proposed nurses' home, showing scheme A and alternative scheme B, 1902 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan of proposed recreation ground, Low Pittington, n.d. Scale: 1 : 2500

Plan of coal workings between Lady Durham Pit and Sherburn House Beck, n.d. No scale

Plan of Littletown and Hallgarth, n.d. No scale