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Sherburn St. Mary Parish

Reference: EP/She Catalogue Title: Sherburn St. Mary Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1863-2019

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  • Sherburn St. Mary Parish
    • Sherburn St. Mary Parish (Ref: EP/She)
    • Registration (Ref: EP/She Section 1)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/She section 01)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/She section 02)
    • Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/She section 03)
    • Registers of burials (Ref: EP/She section 04)
    • Marriage licences (Ref: EP/She section 05)
    • Clergy (Ref: EP/She Section 2)
    • Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/She section 01)
    • Registers of services (Ref: EP/She section 02)
    • Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/She section 03)
    • Benefice income (Ref: EP/She section 05)
    • Individual clergy (Ref: EP/She section 06)
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/She )
    • Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/She section 07)
    • Correspondence (Ref: EP/She section 08)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/She section 09)
    • Tithe (Ref: EP/She Section 3)
    • Churchwardens (Ref: EP/She Section 4)
    • Church (Ref: EP/She section 01)
    • Furniture (Ref: EP/She )
    • Insurance (Ref: EP/She )
    • Organ (Ref: EP/She )
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/She )
    • Plans (Ref: EP/She )
    • Churchyard (Ref: EP/She section 02)
    • Church hall (Ref: EP/She section 03)
    • Vicarage (Ref: EP/She section 04)
    • Faculties and Archdeacons' Certificates (Ref: EP/She section 05)
    • Faculties (Ref: EP/She section 01)
    • Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/She section 02)
    • Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/She section 06)
    • Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/She section 07)
    • Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/She section 08)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/She section 09)
    • Vestry (Ref: EP/She Section 5)
    • Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/She Section 6)
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/She section 01)
    • Schools (Ref: EP/She Section 11)
    • Church Societies (Ref: EP/She Section 13)
    • Youth Club (Ref: EP/She )
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/She Section 14)
    • Parish magazines (Ref: EP/She section 01)
    • Diocesan newsletter (Ref: EP/She section 02)
    • Parish history (Ref: EP/She section 03)
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/She section 04)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/She section 06)

Catalogue Contents

Sherburn St. Mary Parish (Ref: EP/She)Registration (Ref: EP/She Section 1)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/She section 01)

1, 140/1

Ref: EP/She 1

Register of baptisms, 1872 - 1933
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/She 140/1

Register of baptisms, 17 December 1933 - 5 July 1998
(1 volume)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/She section 02)

2-6, 27, 119, 123, 145/1-2

Ref: EP/She 2

Register of marriages, 1872 - 1925
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/She 3

Register of marriages, 1940 - 1945
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/She 4

Register of marriages, 1945 - 1953
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/She 5

Register of marriages, 1953 - 1962
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/She 6

Register of marriages, 1962 - 1971
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/She 27

Register of marriages, 18 July 1925 - 16 March 1940
(1 volume, paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/She 119

Register of marriages, 1 April 1972 - 30 April 1983
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/She 123

Register of marriages, 28 May 1983 - 2 October 1999
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/She 145/1

Register of marriages, 8 October 1999 - 20 August 2011
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/She 145/2

Register of marriages, 8 June 2013 - 3 August 2019
(1 volume)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/She section 03)

8, 29, 120

Ref: EP/She 8

Register of banns, 1873 - 1947
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/She 29

Register of banns of marriage, 13 April 1947 - 4 March 1973
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/She 120

Register of banns of marriage, 1 April 1973 - 19 February 1989
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/She section 04)

7, 144/1

Ref: EP/She 7

Register of burials, 1872 - 1947
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/She 144/1

Register of burials, 29 January 1947 - 29 January 1997
(1 volume)

Marriage licences (Ref: EP/She section 05)

30-33

Ref: EP/She 30-33

Marriage licences, 12 November 1970 - 23 July 1977
(4 papers, printed form, each with embossed seal)

Clergy (Ref: EP/She Section 2)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/She section 01)

126

Ref: EP/She 126

Register of confirmations, 10 May 1906 - 22 May 1958
(1 booklet, plastic bound)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/She section 02)

9-12, 28, 34-35, 118, 121-122, 124-125, 141/1-2

Ref: EP/She 9-12

Registers of Services, 1872 - 1879, 1916 - 1925, 1942 - 1971
(4 volumes)

Ref: EP/She 28

Register of services, 21 April 1905 - 13 April 1916
(1 volume, paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/She 34

Register of services, 4 October 1925 - 20 November 1933
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/She 35

Register of services, 26 November 1933 - 6 December 1942
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/She 118

Register of services, 7 October 1971 ­ 29 December 1983
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/She 121

Register of services, 1 January 1984 - 31 December 1986
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/She 122

Register of services, 1 January 1987 - 30 September 1990
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/She 124

Register of services, 2 October 1990 - 31 December 1995
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/She 125

Register of services, 4 January 1996 - 21 September 2000
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/She 141/1

Register of services, 22 September 2000 - 15 June 2004
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/She 141/2

Register of services, 16 June 2004 - 5 December 2008
(1 volume)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/She section 03)

16, 36, 40, 127, 128

Ref: EP/She 16

Application form for constitution into a separate parish, n.d. (c . 1870)
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/She 36

Ordnance Survey 3rd edition sheets XXVII N W and XXVII N.E. with Sherburn parish boundaries added, 1923 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(90cm x 30cm, linen backed paper, printed with annotations)

Ref: EP/She 40

Pastoral Order for the transfer of Sherburn, Pittington and Shadforth parishes from the rural deanery of Easington to that of Durham, 2 November 1970
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/She 127

Pastoral order transferring the parishes of Sherburn, Pittington, Shadforth, and the extra-parochial place of Sherburn House, from Easington Rural Deanery to Durham Rural Deanery, 20 November 1970
(1 paper, typescript, photocopied)

Ref: EP/She 128

Order in council confirming a scheme uniting the benefices of Pittington and Sherburn to form the benefice of Sherburn with Pittington, 11 February 1983
(1 paper, printed)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/She section 05)

23/1-3, 38-39

Ref: EP/She 23/1

The London Gazette, Ecclesiastical Commission grant to the benefice of Sherburn of one thousand and five hundred pounds towards defraying the cost of a house of residence for the said benefice, 27 December 1872
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/She 23/2

The London Gazette Ecclesiastical Commission grant of the annual tithe commutation rent charges and also all that close, piece or parcel of land and hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging containing one acre, three roods and thirty - eight perches situated at Sherburn in the parish of Pittington as described in the first and second parts of the annexed schedule, 4 December 1873 Ecclesiastical Commission grant to the incumbent of the vicarage of Sherburn and to his successors a yearly sum or stipend of one hundred and ninety pounds, 4 December 1873
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/She 23/3

The London Gazette, Ecclesiastical Commission grant to the incumbent of the Vicarage of Sherburn and his successors all that piece or parcel of land and hereditaments, with the appurtenances thereunto belonging containing two acres and comprising two fields known as Middle Field and Town Field situated at Sherburn in the parish of Pittington as described in the annexed schedule, 8 August 1978
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/She 38

1 June 1970 (1) David Edward Davison and others, Sequestrators of the benefice of Sherburn, St. Mary (2) The Church Commissioners for England Counterpart mortgage by (1) to (2) of the glebe, rents etc. of the benefice to secure the repayment of £5160 by two instalments
(1 paper, printed form, embossed seal)

Ref: EP/She 39

Circular from the Church Commissioners listing securities held under the Benefice (Stabilization of Incomes) Measure, 1951, 1 July 1952
(1 paper, printed)

Individual clergy (Ref: EP/She section 06)Photographs (Ref: EP/She )

37

Ref: EP/She 37

Photograph of Rev. W.E. Latimer, late vicar of Sherburn, receiving a presentation cheque, taken from the Durham Advertiser, n.d. [ c.1970]
(1 paper, printed)

Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/She section 07)

18, 95-100

Ref: EP/She 18

Returns of parochial statistics, 1891
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/She 95-100

Parochial statistics, 1937 - 1940, 1950 and 1953
(6 papers, printed form)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/She section 08)

80-87

Ref: EP/She 87

Letter from T. Murray Ltd., Estate Offices, Haswell to Rev. W.E. Latimer, at Sherburn Vicarage regarding compensation under the Town and Country Planning Act, 3 October 1951
(1 paper, typescript)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/She section 09)

80-85, 143

Ref: EP/She 80-85

Returns and provisional valuations for duties on land values under the Finance (1909 - 1910) Act, 1910, 30 March - 7 April 1914
(paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/She 143

Instrument fixing the table of fees for the parish of Sherburn, 22 July 1937
(2 papers)

Tithe (Ref: EP/She Section 3)

41-44

Ref: EP/She 41-44

Correspondence received from Smiths, Gore and Company, surveyors at Darlington and the Ecclesiastical Commission regarding mistaken claim for payment of tithe rent charge upon the churchyard and parsonage, 21 - 25 July 1913
(4 papers)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/She Section 4)Church (Ref: EP/She section 01)Plans (Ref: EP/She )

89

Ref: EP/She 89

Plan showing course of a drain leading from St. Mary's church, n.d. Scale: 1 to 2500
(33cm x 32cm, tracing paper, ink)

Photographs (Ref: EP/She )

26, 101-102, 108, 142

Ref: EP/She 26

Photographs of St. Mary's Church
(1 bundle)

Ref: EP/She 101

Photograph of Sherburn Church, n.d. [late 19thC]
(1 photograph, 18cm x 6cm, sepia tinted)

Ref: EP/She 102

Photograph of font [decorated for harvest festival], 1913
(1 photograph, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Ref: EP/She 108

Photograph of the interior of Sherburn Church looking towards the altar, n.d. [post 1947]
(1 photograph, 15cm x 21cm, black and white)

Ref: EP/She 142

Photograph of the interior of St. Mary's Church, 1958
(1 photograph, 20cm x 25cm, black and white, mounted on card)

Organ (Ref: EP/She )

60-62

Ref: EP/She 60-61

Correspondence received from the Ecclesiastical Commission and H.S. Vincent and Company, organ builders of Hylton Road, Sunderland regarding restoration, improvements and modifications to the church organ, 26 July 1909 - 4 September 1911
(paper, 2 files, typescript)

Ref: EP/She 62

Organ tuning agreement at £5 p.a. from 1 January 1945 with Harrison and Harrison, with covering letter from them, 18 October 1944
(paper, 1 file, typescript)

Insurance (Ref: EP/She )

90-93

Ref: EP/She 90-93

Fire insurance policies and related correspondence, 22 July 1912 - 23 June 1937
(4 papers)

Furniture (Ref: EP/She )

63-71

Ref: EP/She 63

Vouchers relating to the construction of an altar table, prayer desk and related furnishings in Sherburn church, April 1928 - 23 June 1930
(1 file)

Ref: EP/She 64-71

Correspondence between Charles S. Errington, chartered architect, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the Diocesan Registry at Durham and the Rev. W.E. Latimer at Sherburn regarding modifications to the chancel screen as a war memorial, with various illustrations and plans, 10 - 16 October 1946
(8 papers)

Churchyard (Ref: EP/She section 02)

72-79, 86, 134

Ref: EP/She 72-79

Correspondence received from the Imperial War Graves Commission regarding the kinds of headstone to be erected and future maintenance with miscellaneous plans of same, 15 October - 8 June 1959
(8 papers)

Ref: EP/She 86

Letter from the Clerk to Sherburn Parish Council to the Rev. C. Parkinson at Sherburn Vicarage regarding the provision of burial ground for Shadforth Ecclesiastical Parish, 23 December 1936
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/She 134

'Burial roll', recording names of people buried in St. Mary's churchyard, each person's reference number in the burial register and each person's grave space reference, 1926 - n.d., [ c.1950]
(2 papers, 76 cm. x 56 cm.)

Church hall (Ref: EP/She section 03)

19, 94

Ref: EP/She 19

Correspondence and plans re the building of the parish hall, 1905
(1 bundle)

Ref: EP/She 94

Letter from Smiths, Gore and Company, London, surveyors, to the Rev. C. Parkinson regarding site for proposed church hall, 13 November 1905
(1 paper)

Vicarage (Ref: EP/She section 04)

17, 20, 88

Ref: EP/She 17

Mortgage of Sherburn living to the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty for money to erect a vicarage, 1874. with letter of consent from the Bishop of Durham, 1873
(1 parchment, 1 paper)

Ref: EP/She 20

Correspondence re complaints of damage to the vicarage due to colliery workings, 1922
(1 bundle)

Ref: EP/She 88

7 January 1965 Agreement between the Reverend W. B. Latimer and others with Durham County Council concerning the dedication of 14 square yards of land belonging to the benefice fronting the road B1283 and forming part of a paddock adjoining St. Mary's Vicarage, Sherburn to be taken for road widening in consideration for the sum of one pound and the execution of works to the permanent advantage of the benefice at the expense of Durham County Council
(paper, 1 file)

Faculties and Archdeacons' Certificates (Ref: EP/She section 05)Faculties (Ref: EP/She section 01)

47-52, 54, 55

Ref: EP/She 47

Faculty for the introduction and use of certain ornaments, 27 October 1883
(1 paper, printed form, embossed seal)

Ref: EP/She 48

Faculty for the erection of a stained glass window, 4 December 1919
(1 paper, printed form, embossed seal)

Ref: EP/She 49

Faculty for the erection of a chancel screen, 26 July 1920
(1 paper, printed form, embossed seal)

Ref: EP/She 50

Faculty for the conversion of the east end of the south aisle into a side chapel, 27 October 1927
(1 paper, printed form, embossed seal)

Ref: EP/She 51

Faculty for the insertion of stained glass in the centre light of the west window, 23 October 1953
(1 paper, typescript, embossed seal)

Ref: EP/She 52

Faculty for the renewal of the electric lighting system, 20 November 1956
(1 paper, typescript, embossed seal)

Ref: EP/She 54

Unopposed faculty for renewing boiler and radiators, 6 April 1971
(1 paper, printed form, embossed seal)

Ref: EP/She 55

Unopposed faculty for the removal of headstones and improvements to the churchyard, 1 May 1973
(1 paper, printed form)

Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/She section 02)

53

Ref: EP/She 53

Archdeacon's certificate for repairs and interior decoration, 15 July 1961
(1 paper, typescript)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/She section 06)

45-46

Ref: EP/She 45

Terrier, 1888 - 1895
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/She 46

Terrier, 1901 - 1934
(1 paper, printed form)

Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/She section 07)

132-133

Ref: EP/She 132

Quinquennial survey report by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 27 January 1978
(13 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/She 133

Quinquennial survey report by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 24 June 1983
(15 papers, typescript)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/She section 08)

56-59, 135-138

Ref: EP/She 56

Surveyor's report under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measure, 1923, 11 September 1925
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: EP/She 57

Order under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923 to 1929 for the installation of a central heating system at the vicarage, with related correspondence and quotations from W. Harold Fairclough, heating engineers, at Sunder land, 31 January - 14 July 1931
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: EP/She 58

Assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923 to 1951, 9 December 1966
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: EP/She 59

Assessment, amended assessment, and covering letter from the Church Commissioners, under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923 to 1951, 8 June - 30 September 1971
(paper, 1 file, printed form)

Ref: EP/She 135

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection, by D.L. Renton, diocesan surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, November 1988
(24 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/She 136

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection, by D.L. Renton, diocesan surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, October 1993
(27 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/She 137

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection, by M. Galley, diocesan surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, September 1999
(24 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/She 138

Specification of repairs required following the quinquennial inspection, prepared by M. Galley, diocesan surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, 6 October 1999
(8 papers, typescript)

Financial records (Ref: EP/She section 09)

13, 129-131

Ref: EP/She 13

Collections' accounts, 1924 - 1939
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/She 129

Cash book, 1 January 1951 - 31 December 1967
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/She 130

Cash book, 4 January 1984 - 8 January 1991
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/She 131

Cash book, 18 January 1991 - 27 January 1996
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Vestry (Ref: EP/She Section 5)

14

Ref: EP/She 14

Vestry and parish meetings' minutes, 1872 - 1936, with electoral lists, 1937 - 1940
(1 volume)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/She Section 6)Minutes (Ref: EP/She section 01)

15, 139

Ref: EP/She 15

Parochial Church Council meetings' minutes, 1920 - 1965, with electoral lists, 1920 - 1936
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/She 139

Minutes of ordinary and annual meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 21 April 1966 - 7 September 1987
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Schools (Ref: EP/She Section 11)

21-22, 115-117

Ref: EP/She 21

Correspondence re the use of the church school room, 1957
(1 bundle)

Ref: EP/She 22

Conveyance, from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the Vicar and Churchwardens of Pittington parish, of land in Sherburn for the erection of a school, 1863
(1 parchment)

Ref: EP/She 115

The School Guardian containing articles on the Caerphilly School case, 29 November 1913
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/She 116

The Public Schools Act, 1868
(1 file, printed)

Ref: EP/She 117

The Endowed Schools Act, 1869
(1 file, printed)

Church Societies (Ref: EP/She Section 13)Youth Club (Ref: EP/She )

110

Ref: EP/She 110

Sherburn Youth Club deposit account pass book, 20 December 1957 - 9 January 1965
(1 booklet)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/She Section 14)Parish magazines (Ref: EP/She section 01)

111-112

Ref: EP/She 111

Sherburn Parish Magazine, July 1895
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: EP/She 112

Sherburn Parish Magazine, September 1903
(1 booklet, printed)

Diocesan newsletter (Ref: EP/She section 02)

114

Ref: EP/She 114

Durham Diocesan Gazette, volume 1, 1887
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Parish history (Ref: EP/She section 03)

25, 113

Ref: EP/She 25

History of Sherburn and St. Mary's Church by Rev. H. L. Neat
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/She 113

Sherburn, the story of our village by Agnes Cowley, February 1960
(1 booklet, printed)

Photographs (Ref: EP/She section 04)

103-107, 109

Ref: EP/She 103-107

Photographs of Sherburn Hospital buildings, gateway and grounds, n.d. [c .1955]
(5 photographs, 12cm x 8cm, black and white)

Ref: EP/She 109

Photograph of unidentified farm buildings with cattle in front, n.d. [c .1930s?]
(1 photograph, 10cm x 7cm, black and white)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/She section 06)

24

Ref: EP/She 24

Miscellaneous papers, including a table of kindred affinity, an episcopal circular re the licensing of lay readers, 1882, Sherburn Cottage Almanack, 1869; manuscript extracts from obituaries of Thomas Charles Thompson of Sherburn Hall, d. 1892
(1 bundle)



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