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South Stanley St. Stephen Chapel

Reference: EP/SSt Catalogue Title: South Stanley St. Stephen Chapel Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1952-2006

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  • South Stanley St. Stephen Chapel
    • South Stanley St. Stephen Chapel (Ref: EP/SSt)
    • Registration (Ref: EP/SSt Section 1)
    • Register of marriages (Ref: EP/SSt section 01)
    • Clergy (Ref: EP/SSt Section 2)
    • Dedication of church (Ref: EP/SSt)
    • Licence for performance of divine service (Ref: EP/SSt)
    • Registers of services (Ref: EP/SSt)
    • Churchwardens (Ref: EP/SSt Section 4)
    • Church (Ref: EP/SSt section 01)
    • Altar (Ref: EP/SSt)
    • Building and maintenance of church (Ref: EP/SSt)
    • Organ (Ref: EP/SSt)
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/SSt)
    • Plans (Ref: EP/SSt)
    • Church hall (Ref: EP/SSt section 02)
    • Vicarage (Ref: EP/SSt section 03)
    • Construction and maintenance (Ref: EP/SSt )
    • Plans (Ref: EP/SSt)
    • Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/SSt section 04)
    • Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/SSt section 05)
    • Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/SSt Section 6)
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/SSt section 01)
    • Parish officers (Ref: EP/SSt section 02)
    • Church societies (Ref: EP/SSt Section 13)
    • St. Stephen's Fellowship (Ref: EP/SSt)
    • Sunday School (Ref: EP/SSt )
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/SSt Section 14)
    • Annual summer fayre (Ref: EP/SSt)
    • Deaccessioned (Ref: EP/SSt )

Catalogue Contents

South Stanley St. Stephen Chapel (Ref: EP/SSt)Registration (Ref: EP/SSt Section 1)Register of marriages (Ref: EP/SSt section 01)

1/1

Ref: EP/SSt 1/1

Register of marriages, 11 December 1954 - 5 August 2006
(1 volume)

Clergy (Ref: EP/SSt Section 2)Registers of services (Ref: EP/SSt)

2/1-2, 6-8

Ref: EP/SSt 2/1

Register of services, 27 June 1954 - 8 January 1961
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SSt 2/2

Register of services, 11 January 1961 - 24 May 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SSt 2/6

Register of services, 27 May 1964 - 31 October 1982
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SSt 2/7

Register of services, 3 November 1982 - 29 December 1993
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/SSt 2/8

Register of services, 1 January 1994 - 18 May 2001
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Licence for performance of divine service (Ref: EP/SSt)

2/3

Ref: EP/SSt 2/3

Licence for the performance of divine service at St. Stephen's church, 26 June 1954
(1 paper, typescript)

Dedication of church (Ref: EP/SSt)

2/4-5; 14/1-2

Ref: EP/SSt 2/4

Order of service for the dedication of the new church of St. Stephen, 26 June 1954
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/SSt 2/5

Newspaper account, including photographs, of the dedication of St. Stephen's by Dr. A.M. Ramsey, Bishop of Durham, taken from the Journal and North Mail, 28 June 1954
(1 card)

Ref: EP/SSt 14/1

Programme for the tenth anniversary of the dedication of St. Stephen's church, 21 - 28 June 1964
(1 paper, 1 card, printed)

Ref: EP/SSt 14/2

Newspaper account of the tenth anniversary of the dedication of St. Stephen's church, taken from the Stanley News, n.d. [June 1964]
(1 paper)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/SSt Section 4)Church (Ref: EP/SSt section 01)Photographs (Ref: EP/SSt)

4/5-9

Ref: EP/SSt 4/5

Photograph of the exterior of St. Stephen's church, c. 1955
(1 photograph, black and white)

Ref: EP/SSt 4/6-9

Photographs of the interior of St. Stephen's church, c. 1955
(4 photographs, black and white)

Organ (Ref: EP/SSt)

4/4

Ref: EP/SSt 4/4

Correspondence concerning the servicing and repair of the organ at St. Stephen's church, 14 September 1962 - 23 April 1963
(1 file, paper)

Altar (Ref: EP/SSt)

4/2

Ref: EP/SSt 4/2

Correspondence and papers concerning the purchase of altar ornaments for St. Stephen's church, 22 April - 5 August 1964
(1 file, paper)

Building and maintenance of church (Ref: EP/SSt)

4/1, 3, 14-17

Ref: EP/SSt 4/1

General correspondence and plans concerning the building and maintenance of St. Stephen's church, 8 February 1952 - 23 April 1963
(1 file, paper)

Ref: EP/SSt 4/3

Correspondence concerning the electrical installation at St. Stephen's church, 2 - 6 May 1965
(3 papers)

Ref: EP/SSt 4/14

Specification for general repairs in the church by Charlewood Curry Partnership, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, October 1990
(1file, typescript)

Ref: EP/SSt 4/15

Specification and schedule of work for internal redecoration and external repainting of the church by Charlewood Curry Partnership, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, May 1991
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/SSt 4/16

Specification for improvements to male toilet facilities in the church, by Charlewood Curry Partnership, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, July 1991
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/SSt 4/17

Copy of the will, dated 11 November 1991, of Marjorie Tyreman, 23 Girvan Close, Stanley, which includes a legacy to St. Stephen's church for the re-installation of a bell or maintenance of the church buildings, n.d., [1992] Includes: executors' accounts of the settlement of Mrs. Tyreman's estate, n.d., [1992]
(5 papers, typescript, photocopied)

Plans (Ref: EP/SSt)

4/12-13

Ref: EP/SSt 4/12

Floor plan, section and location plan of proposed improvement to male toilet facilities in the church, June 1990
(1 plan, 42 cm x 29.5 cm, duplicated)

Ref: EP/SSt 4/13

Sketch plan of proposed alterations to male toilets to provide w.c. in the church, May 1991
(1 plan, 21 cm x 29.5 cm, photocopied)

Church hall (Ref: EP/SSt section 02)

4/28

Ref: EP/SSt 4/28

Letter from Durham County Council, County Emergency Planning Unit, Fire and Rescue Brigade Headquarters, Framwellgate Moor, to Rev. Robson, [St. Stephen's House, Holly Hill Gardens East, South Stanley] concerning the possible use of the church hall as a designated emergency centre, 25 September 1995 Includes: diagrammatic floor plan, contact details and schedule of the hall's resources and facilities, n.d., [1995]
(3 papers, typescript)

Vicarage (Ref: EP/SSt section 03)Plans (Ref: EP/SSt)

4/20-26

Ref: EP/SSt 4/20

Proposed site plan for the team vicarage, January 1990
(1 plan, 42 cm x 29.5 cm, duplicated)

Ref: EP/SSt 4/21

Sketch plan of ground and first floors of the vicarage, January 1990
(1 plan, 42 cm x 29.5 cm, duplicated)

Ref: EP/SSt 4/22

Sketch plan of the site depicting the arrangement of the vicarage with other buildings, the proposed access, trees, new drive and turning, parking, sewers and boundary fencing, n.d., [1990] No scale
(1 plan, 42 cm x 30 cm, duplicated)

Ref: EP/SSt 4/23

Elevations and floor plans of the vicarage, January 1990 Scale: 1:100
(1 plan, 83.5 cm x 59.5 cm, duplicated)

Ref: EP/SSt 4/24

Site and location plans of the vicarage, January 1990
(1 plan, 84 cm x 59.5 cm, duplicated)

Ref: EP/SSt 4/25

Ground and first floor plans of the vicarage, 20 June 1990
(1 plan, 84 cm x 59 cm, duplicated)

Ref: EP/SSt 4/26

Site meetings minutes during construction of the vicarage, 24 September 1990 - 14 March 1991
(19 papers, typescript)

Construction and maintenance (Ref: EP/SSt )

4/19

Ref: EP/SSt 4/19

Correspondence between the Housing Department, Derwentside District Council, Civic Centre, Consett; Taylor Tulip & Hunter, 29-30 Kingsway House, Team Valley, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear; Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Canon A.J. Meakin, senior chaplain and executive officer for diocesan affairs, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Rev. J.P. Richardson, St. Thomas's Vicarage, Craghead; Smith, Roddam & Co., 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; Venerable Michael Perry, Archdeacon of Durham, 7 The College, Durham; and Rev. S.T. Robson, St. Stephen's House, Holly Hill Gardens East, South Stanley; concerning the planning, construction and maintenance of the team vicarage, 24 July 1989 - 3 April 1996
(32 papers, typescript)

Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/SSt section 04)

4/11

Ref: EP/SSt 4/11

Quinquennial inspection report by Charlewood Curry Partnership, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 19 April 1990
(1 file, typescript)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/SSt section 05)

4/27

Ref: EP/SSt 4/27

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection, by D. L. Renton, diocesan surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, February 1996
(1 file, typescript)

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

4/10

Ref: EP/SSt 4/10

Minutes of ordinary and annual meetings of St. Stephen's Management Committee, 16 July 1954 - 28 September 1969; 26 May - 31 December 1972; 20 June 1978 - 16 January 1979
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Parish officers (Ref: EP/SSt section 02)

6/1

Ref: EP/SSt 6/1

List of duties of the verger/caretaker, n.d., [c.1960]
(1 paper, typescript)

Church societies (Ref: EP/SSt Section 13)St. Stephen's Fellowship (Ref: EP/SSt)

13/1-2

Ref: EP/SSt 13/1

Minutes of St. Stephen's Fellowship Committee, 29 November 1976 - November 1994
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SSt 13/2

Income and expenditure account of St. Stephen's Fellowship for the year ended 31 December 1993
(1 paper)

Sunday School (Ref: EP/SSt )

13/3-5

Ref: EP/SSt 13/3

Sunday School register of 4 - 6 year olds, 29 September 1991 - 25 October 1992
(1 booklet, printed form)

Ref: EP/SSt 13/4

Sunday School register of 7 - 8 year olds, 6 October 1991 - July 1993
(1 booklet, printed form)

Ref: EP/SSt 13/5

Sunday School register of 9 - 10 year olds, 29 September 1991 - 27 September 1992
(1 booklet, printed form)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/SSt Section 14)

13/6

Annual summer fayre (Ref: EP/SSt)

13/6

Ref: EP/SSt 13/6

Income and expenditure accounts of St. Stephen's annual summer fayre, 12 September 1992 - 7 September 1996
(5 papers)

Deaccessioned (Ref: EP/SSt )Ref: EP/SSt 4/18

EP/SSt 4/18 deaccessioned 15 January 2019



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