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Register of baptisms, 3 April 1898 - 25 October 1906

Register of baptisms, 6 October 1906 - 23 July 1914

Register of baptisms, 30 July 1914 - 22 December 1940

Register of baptisms, 9 January 1941 - 9 April 2017

Register of marriages, 11 June 1898 - 17 August 1907

Register of marriages, 3 October 1907 - 12 November 1919

Register of marriages, 13 December 1919 - 28 May 1928

Register of marriages, 14 July 1928 - 26 December 1931

Register of marriages, 28 December 1931 - 6 January 1941

Register of marriages, 25 January 1941 - 27 March 1948

Register of marriages, 3 April 1948 - 4 October 1958

Register of marriages, 1 November 1958 - 6 September 1980

Register of marriages, 25 October 1980 - 30 October 2004

Register of marriages, 11 June 2016

Register of marriages, 14 May 2005 - 28 May 2016

Register of banns of marriage, 28 February 1937 - 8 February 1948

Register of banns of marriage, 1 February 1948 - 8 May 1960

Register of banns of marriage, 1 May 1960 - 17 June 1984

Register of burials, 1 April 1898 - 21 August 1913 In Front: Note by W.C. Cooke, vicar, that the Burial Ground was consecrated by Right Rev. Bishop Sandford, Assistant Bishop of Diocese and sometime Bishop of Tasmania, 30 March 1898

Register of burials, 24 August 1913 - 10 February 1925

Register of burials, 11 February 1925 - 20 September 1955

Register of burials, 9 January 1956 - February 1972

Register of funerals, 21 June 1972 - 24 June 1985

Register of funerals, 12 March 2002 - 14 March 2017

Number not used

Register of confirmations, 24 May 1961 - 22 November 2001

Register of confirmations, 30 October 1995 - 5 July 2015

Register of services, 2 December 1973 - 18 June 1977

Register of services, 30 November 1902 - 25 April 1916

Register of services, 30 April 1916 - 15 April 1923

Register of services, 1 January 1923 - 16 July 1944

Register of services, 1 January 1949 - 28 November 1953

Register of services, 29 November 1953 - 24 March 1967

Register of services, 26 March 1967 - 22 August 1970

Register of services, 23 August 1970 - 1 December 1973

Register of services, 19 June 1977 - 1 July 1982

Register of services, 1 July 1982 - 26 October 1991

Register of services, 27 October 1991 - 12 November 2000

Register of services, 15 November 2000 - 21 February 2010

Register of services, 24 February 2010 - 1 March 2020

Minute book of meetings held at Holmside parish in connection with the building of a Mission Church at South Moor, 13 May 1896 - 31 August 1898; minutes of meetings of various South Moor church organisations (Ladies Committee, Church Workers), 25 April 1898 - 26 June 1900; subscriptions and cash accounts of money raising activities at South Moor, 1896 - 1900

The London Gazette, concerning the assignment of a consolidated chapelry from the parishes of Holmside and Beamish to the consecrated church of St. George, South Moor, 17 May 1912

The London Gazette concerning a scheme for altering the boundaries of the new parish of St. George, South Moor, 14 May 1929

Correspondence from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster SW1, to the Rev. F.S. Myers, South Moor Vicarage, Stanley, concerning draft of a scheme which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners propose to lay before His Majesty in Council for altering the boundaries of the New Parishes of Beamish and St. George, South Moor, and of the District of St. Aidan, Annfield Plain, with draft of same, 12 March 1929

'Map showing the alteration of the boundaries of the New Parishes of Beamish, St. George, South Moor, and the District of St. Aidan, Annfield Plain', 1929 Gives railway line, street names and other local demographic features with the boundary changes shown in colour

Map showing the alteration of the areas of the parishes of Beamish and South Moor, St. George, issued by the Church Commissioners, 1982

Pastoral order transferring the parishes of Beamish and Tanfield from Chester-le-Street rural deanery to Durham rural deanery, 2 November 1970

Pastoral order transferring part of the parish of Beamish to the parish of St. George, South Moor, 2 March 1983

The London Gazette concerning a grant to the incumbent of the consolidated chapelry and benefice of St. George, South Moor a yearly sum or stipend of two hundred pounds, 31 May 1912

The London Gazette concerning a grant to the incumbent of the consolidated chapelry and benefice of St. George, South Moor a yearly sum or stipend of fifty pounds, 4 July 1913

The London Gazette concerning a grant to the incumbent of the consolidated chapelry and benefice of St. George, South Moor a yearly sum or stipend of fifty pounds , 24 July 1914

The London Gazette concerning a grant to the incumbent of the consolidated chapelry and benefice of St. George, South Moor a yearly sum or stipend of twenty pounds, 9 July 1915

The London Gazette concerning a grant to the incumbent of the consolidated chapelry and benefice of St. George, South Moor a yearly sum or stipend of sixty pounds, 23 July 1915

Proposal by the Bishop of Durham to admit the Rev. Stanley Royal to the benefice of South Moor, 17 January 1959

Certificate that the Rev. Stanley Royal has publicly declared assent to the 39 Articles in the Parish Church of St. George, South Moor, 3 May 1959

Returns of church membership for the years ended 31 December 1995 - 1999

Constitution of Churches Together in Stanley, May 1996

Minutes of the annual open meeting of Churches Together in Stanley , 15 September 1999

Minutes of an executive meeting of Churches Together in Stanley , 7 October 1999

Sketch ground plan of the proposed addition to the church of a choir and clergy vestry, by M. Wilson, architect, Sunny Terrace, Stanley, June 1924 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Ground plan showing proposed alterations to the chancel and sanctuary, by T.K.S., 20 September 1974 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]; 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:192]

Plan showing the location of the proposed site of a mission room in relation to the North Eastern Railway and workings in the main and five quarter seams of South Moor Colliery, 22 December 1899 Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1580]

'Proposed design for oak lectern', by R. Thompson's Craftsmen Ltd., Kilburn, York, n.d., [1996] Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Invoice issued by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen, Kilburn, York, for stools, 25 May 1990

Site inspection report on the church roof, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, 28 July 1998

Schedule of work for roof repairs to the church, by [Hayton, Lee & Braddock, architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham], October 1998

Order-in-Council closing the burial ground, 31 July 1981

Copy of declaration of purposes for the site for the building of a parochial hall at St. George, South Moor, with plan, 27 January 1911

Opinion concerning the declaration concerning the parish hall, c.1911

Correspondence between Rev. I.D. Hoskins, St. George's Vicarage, South Moor, and the Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, concerning the ownership of the church hall, 27 August 1973 - 17 January 1974

Copy Ordnance Survey plan showing the site of the church hall, with annotations concerning the area of the site, n.d. c.1974 Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]

Copy declaration of purposes concerning the parochial hall, 27 January 1911; copy made 1980 Attached: letter from the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, to Rev. J.R. Troop, St. George's Vicarage, South Moor, enclosing the copy declaration, 23 October 1980

16 August 1955 (1) Robert Walker of Cosy Cottage, South Moor, Stanley, farmer (2) The Church Commissioners for England (3) The Revd. Frank Thomas Barber, Vicar of South Moor, St. George Copy of conveyance of freehold land at South Moor from (1) to (3) paid by (2) from the parsonage fund for the building of South Moor Parish vicarage, with annexed plan Consideration: £194

Faculty for the erection of a parochial hall at South Moor in the parish of Holmside, 28 January 1911

Faculty to amend and vary a clause in a declaration of purposes (see EP/SM 4/1 above) of 27 January 1911, 28 September 1911

Faculty for the erection of a brass tablet on the north wall of the chancel dedicated to Lieutenant R.J.T. Ingram-Johnson of the 3 rd D.L.T., killed in action July 1915, 11 February 1916

Faculty for the removal of pitch pine choir seats from the chancel and their erection in the transept, and for the erection of new oak choir seats in the chancel, 23 January 1919

Faculty for the erection of a crucifix in the churchyard and for the erection of a stone tablet on the outside wall dedicated to those who fell in the Great War, 19 June 1919

Faculty for the erection of a marble tablet on the south chancel wall dedicated to Thomas William Wilson, 12 November 1920

Faculty for the erection of a stained glass window in the south side of the nave dedicated to Elizabeth Boucher, 1859 - 1923, 3 October 1924

Faculty for the erection of a brass tablet on the north wall dedicated to Dr. Reginald Edward Ingram-Johnson, physician in the parish for 30 years, died 1928, 7 June 1929

Faculty to insert stained glass in place of the present plain glass in the east window, to add two organ stops, to reseat the nave with English oak and affix an oak tablet on the west wall with dedication as here specified, 14 July 1937

Faculty to insert stained glass in place of the present plain glass in a small window dedicated to Nellie Lax, died 1936, 14 February 1938

Faculty to insert stained glass in place of the present plain glass in one window of the south wall of the chancel, 9 June 1938

Faculty to insert stained glass in place of the present plain glass in one window in the south wall of the chancel dedicated to James Pears, killed in action June 1942, 16 September 1946

Faculty to insert stained glass in a window in the north wall dedicated to Canon Frederick Stephenson Myers, first vicar of South Moor, 1903 - 1948, 27 July 1950

Faculty to erect oak panelling on the walls of the chancel with inscription of dedication to Canon Myers, 11 August 1950

Faculty for the installation of a gas boiler in the church cellar, for the re-leading of certain windows in the church and vestry and for the introduction of four new brass altar vases with dedications as specified, 28 April 1952

Faculty for the introduction of a brass sanctuary lamp in church, 15 December 1954

Faculty for the introduction of certain brass altar fittings - an altar cross, a processional cross, altar candlesticks, acolyte candlesticks and four pulpit and lectern falls, 16 January 1967

Faculty for the installation of a new electric light system, 2 October 1963

Faculty for the removal of the upper part of the chancel screen, the clergy and choir stalls, the introduction of movable communion rails, new carpets, and a sacrament house to be bolted to the shelf of the reredos and the transfer of two small pews and a kneeling desk to the sanctuary, 2 April 1975

Faculty for the introduction of fourteen stations of the cross and a book of remembrance in a glass-topped oak case, 25 May 1976

Faculty for the introduction of four oak stools into the sanctuary in memory of Renée Covill, 28 February 1991

Faculty for the introduction of a free-standing oak lectern in memory of Mildred and Marjorie Moir, 8 November 1996

Faculty for the introduction of a holy water stoup, 19 February 1998

Archdeacon's certificate authorising [roof repairs] at the church, 9 November 1998

Terrier, 22 May 1949 - 23 March 1969

Inventory, 22 May 1949 - n.d., [1981]

Quinquennial inspection by Hayton Lee and Braddock, Architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham City, DH1 3HB, December 1999

Quinquennial inspection by Hayton Lee and Braddock, Architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham City, DH1 3HB, November 2004

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection, by D.L. Renton, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, August 1994

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of the vicarage by M. Galley, diocesan surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, October 1999

Sequestration granted to the Rural Dean of Lanchester, John Bailes and William Craig, churchwardens, on the vacancy created by the resignation of Rev. Frank Thomas Barber, 20 February 1958

Sequestration accounts, 27 December 2000 - 20 February 2002

Minutes of vestry, 11 July 1912 - 29 March 1966

Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 27 April 1965 - 19 January 1978

Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 25 April 1933 - 9 June 1941

Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 28 July 1941 - 27 March 1949

Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 5 April 1949 - 17 February 1959

Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 12 May 1959 - 23 February 1965

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 28 February 1978 - 10 March 1992

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 16 April 1996 - 12 November 2002

Statement of accounts of St. George's church, for the year ended 31 December 2001

Account book of the Parochial Church Council: annual financial statements, deposit accounts etc., 1930 - 1962

Electoral roll, 2000

Register of members of the weekly church draw, 6 February - 31 December 1994 Includes: record of takings and winners, 5 February - 31 December 1994