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Stella St. Cuthbert Parish

Reference: EP/Ste Catalogue Title: Stella St. Cuthbert Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1838-2010

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Stella St Cuthbert (Ref: EP/Ste)Registration (Ref: EP/Ste Section 1)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Ste section 01)

1-15, 319, 321/1-2


Register of baptisms, 1845 - 1868 Enclosed: Certificate for marriage without licence between Foress Leslie Brown and Jane Green, 1871
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 1868 - 1877
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 1877 - 1886
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 1886 - 1893
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 1893 - 1898
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 1898 - 1902
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 1902 - 1909
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 1909 - 1912
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 1912 - 1915
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 1915 - 1920
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 1920 - 1924
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 1924 - 1929
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 1929 - 1936
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 1936 - 1945
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 1945 - 1955
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 4 September 1955 - 6 November 1983
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of baptisms, 6 November 1983 - 9 September 1990
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of baptisms, 23 September 1990 - 20 June 1999
(1 volume)

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

16-21, 37, 323/1


Register of marriages, 1845 - 1906 Enclosed: Certificate for marriage without licence, between Peter Melling and Eleanor Prudhoe, 1900
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 1906 - 1917
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 1917 - 1924
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 1924 - 1932
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 1932 - 1941
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 1941 - 1947
(1 volume)


Register of marriages, 4 October 1947 - 15 March 1975
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 31 May 1975 - 25 July 2009
(1 volume, cloth bound)

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

22, 131, 322/1


Register of banns of marriage, 1948 - 1962
(1 volume)


Register of banns of marriage, 20 May 1962 - 11 December 1983
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of banns of marriage, 8 January 1984 - 25 June 1995
(1 volume, plastic bound)

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

109


Register of burials, 3 September 1845 - 15 February 1956 [Entries nos. 1649-1661 are out of order at the back of the volume]
(1 volume, calf bound)

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

45-46


Register of confirmation candidates, 17 May 1942 - 26 February 1954
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Register of confirmation candidates from Axwell Park School, 1950 - 1959
(1 volume, card bound)

Registers of services and preachers (Ref: EP/Ste section 02)Registers of services, Stella, St Cuthbert (Ref: EP/Ste section 01)

23-31, 136-138, 320, 325/1


Register of services, 1897 - 1902
(1 volume)


Register of services, 1907 - 1910
(1 volume)


Register of services, 1911 - 1934
(1 volume)


Register of services, 1934 - 1944
(1 volume)


Register of services, 1944 - 1949
(1 volume)


Register of services, 1949 - 1955
(1 volume)


Register of services, 1955 - 1961
(1 volume)


Register of services, 1961 - 1964
(1 volume)


Register of services, 1964 - 1966
(1 volume)


Register of services, 17 July 1966 - 1 May 1968
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of services, 5 May 1968 - 31 December 1975
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Register of services, 1 January 1976 - 25 August 1985
(1 volume, card bound)


Register of services, 1 September 1985 - 29 December 1993
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Register of services, 1 January 1994 - 11 April 2010
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Registers of services, Blaydon Haugh Mission Room (Ref: EP/Ste section 02)

36


Register of services at Blaydon Haugh Mission Room, 1910 - 1939
(1 volume)

Registers of preachers (Ref: EP/Ste section 03)

40


Register of preachers, offertory and Communicants, 5 October 1902 - 14 April 1907
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Ste section 03)

41-42, 132-134, 324/1-2


Plans showing proposed alterations of parish boundaries on creation of parish of Hedgefield, St. Hilda, 1 January 1908 Scale: 6 inch to 1 mile [1:10560]
(2 plans, 54cm x 38cm, printed)


Order in Council altering parish boundaries, with map and covering letter, 16 March 1960
(3 papers, printed)


Copy order-in-council to annex a portion of the parish of Winlaton to the parish of Stella, and to annex a portion of the parish of Stella to the parish of Swalwell, 4 September 1918
(1 booklet, printed)


Copy scheme of the Church Commissioners for altering the boundaries of the parishes of St. Cuthbert, Stella, and Winlaton, n.d. [c.1959]
(1 paper)


Letters from the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, to Rev. W.W. Tymms, concerning the proposed alteration of boundaries between Stella and Winlaton parishes, 20 March - 10 August 1959
(4 papers)


Plan of the District of St Cuthbert, Stella, copied from an order in council held in the Durham Diocesan records, depicting the area from Ryton Haugh in the west to Swalwell in the east; the river Tyne in the north to Haggerston's Mill, Mill Lane, Blaydon in the south, n.d. [30 June 1845] Scale: 10 chains = 1 inch [1:7920]
(1 plan, 60 cm x 30.5 cm, photostatted)


Ordnance Survey plan, Durham sheet NZ 16 SE, covering Blaydon, Ryton and the south part of Newburn, with the parish boundary marked on it, 1974 Scale: 1:10000
(1 plan, 67.5 cm x 56 cm, printed)

Benefice (Ref: EP/Ste section 04)

38-39, 135, 330/1


The London Gazette , including items relating to parish, 8 August 1845 - 8 June 1906
(1 volume, leather bound, printed)


The London Gazette , including an Order in Council effecting an exchange between the Crown and the Bishop of Durham of patronage of 45 benefices, including Stella, with covering letter, 28 July 1925
(1 file, and 1 paper, printed)


Copy pastoral order for altering certain rural deaneries in the archdeaconries of Durham and Auckland, including the transfer of the parish of St. Cuthbert, Stella, from Chester-le-Street rural deanery to the new rural deanery of Gateshead West, 12 June 1978
(2 papers)


Correspondence between Rev. Tom Jamieson, Rector of Ryton with Hedgefield, Barmoor House, Main Road, Ryton, Tyne and Wear; Mr M. C. Harrison, Secretary to the Parochial Church Council, 14 Staith Lane, Stella Park, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear; Paul Stringer, Secretary to Durham Diocesan Pastoral Committee, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland and the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London, concerning a draft scheme to unite the parishes and benefices of Swalwell and Stella, 3 February 2003 - 6 January 2004
(15 papers, typescript)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/Ste section 05)

43-44, 113, 237


Letters from Ecclesiastical Commission to Rev. E.V. Simpkinson, Stella Rectory, converting 4% funding stock held in trust for benefice from sale of land to George Browell, 17 February - 14 April 1920
(2 papers, printed)


Statement of annual amounts payable by Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 1 April 1939
(1 paper, printed)


Correspondence between the Ecclesiastical Commission, the Church Commissioners and the Bounty Office and the incumbent of Stella, St. Cuthbert concerning the income of the benefice, 23 June 1933 - 1 July 1955
(7 papers)


Ordinary assessment for the benefice of Stella, 21 August 1959
(1 paper)

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

142-153, 326/1


Photograph portrait of Rev. Henry Percy Napier-Clavering, n.d. [1900-1907]
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 10 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Photograph portrait of Rev. Mr. Browning, curate, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 11 cm. x 17 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Photograph portrait of Rev. Charles Clark Snell, n.d. [1910-1913]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)


Photograph portrait of Rev. Charles Clark Snell, in profile, n.d. [1910-1913]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the children (daughter and two sons) of Rev. Charles Clark Snell, n.d. [1910-1913]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)


Photograph portrait of Rev. Edwyn Vaughan Simpkinson, n.d. [1913-1929]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)


Photograph portrait of Rev. Harold Osmond Duncan, n.d. [c.1942]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm.,black and white)


Photograph of Rev. Wilfrid Widdas Tymms and family, n.d. [1953-1959].
(1 photograph, 11 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Rev. John Verity Schofield and family, Summer 1963
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Photograph of unidentified clergyman in front of the altar in the church of Stella, St. Cuthbert, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Photograph of unidentified clergyman at the lectern in the church of Stella, St. Cuthbert, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Photograph of unidentified clergyman in the church of Stella, St. Cuthbert, conducting a ceremony of infant baptism, n.d. [1970s - 1980s]
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Portrait of Rev. Alan Oates: a section reproduced from a larger photograph, n.d. [c1995]
(1 photograph, 8 cm x 13.5 cm, colour)

Licences to the curacy (Ref: EP/Ste )

47


Licence to curacy, Herbert Walter Langford, 8 June 1952
(1 paper, printed)

Parish profiles (Ref: EP/Ste section 07)

328/1


Parish profile, n.d. [1997]
(3 papers, typescript)

Orders of service (Ref: EP/Ste section 08)

139-140, 327/1-2


Order of civic service of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council at the parish church of St. Cuthbert, Blaydon, 19 May 1974
(1 booklet, printed)


Order-of-service for 150th anniversary rededication eucharist, 25 August 1995
(1 paper)


Order of service for a re-dedication Eucharist to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Blaydon parish church, 25 August 1995
(1 paper, printed)


Order of service for the Deanery Mother's Union Lady Day service, 27 March 2006
(1 paper, printed)

Tithe (Ref: EP/Ste Section 3)Tithe maps and apportionments (Ref: EP/Ste section 01)

48-50


Copy tithe apportionment of township of Stella, parish of Ryton, 23 November 1838
(1 paper)


Copy plan of that part of the township of Stella in the parish of Ryton on which tithe rent-charge agreed to be paid in lieu of tithes has been apportioned, Thomas Bell, surveyor, July 1839 Scale: 1 inch to 4 chains [1:3168]
(1 plan, 53cm x 52cm, tracing paper)


Tithe plan and apportionment of township of Stella in the parish of Ryton, 1839 Scale: 1 inch to 4 chains [1:3168]
(1 file)

Tithe accounts (Ref: EP/Ste section 02)

154


Account of C. Leatham with the Rev. C.C. Snell for payment of Stella tithe rentcharge for the year 1912, 1 January 1913
(1 paper)

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

88, 169, 333/1-11


Plan of proposed alterations to sanctuary, February 1956 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]
(1 plan, 56cm x 38cm, tracing paper)


Copy ground plan of the church of Stella, St. Cuthbert, by 'H.E.S.', 28 April 1980 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 47 cm. x 42 cm., duplicated)


Floor plan of St Cuthbert's church, Stella, n.d. [1980s] Scale: 1/8 inch = 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 48.5 cm x 42 cm)


Revised plan, key plan and section of proposed toilet facility at St Cuthbert's church, 21 October 1990 Scale: 1:100 and 1:20
(1 plan, 70.5 cm x 48 cm, waxed paper)


Plan of electrical services installation at St Cuthbert's church, by Stenhouse & Partners, consulting mechanical and electrical engineers, Tyne View House, 9 Grange Road, Newburn, Tyne and Wear, May 1994 Scale: 1:100
(1 plan, 83.5 cm x 59.5 cm, duplicated)


Ground floor plan of the proposed re-ordering of St Cuthbert's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, 3 July 2000 Scale: 1:50
(1 plan, 42 cm x 29.5 cm, printed)


Re-ordering of St Cuthbert's church: proposed sections, A-A and B-B, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, 3 July 2000 Scale: 1:50
(1 plan, 42 cm x 29.5 cm, printed)


Plan of proposed mezzanine storage at St Cuthbert's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, 3 July 2000 Scale: 1:50
(1 plan, 42 cm x 29.5 cm, photocopied)


Plan and section, as existing and as proposed, of vestry and WC alterations at St Cuthbert's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, 30 May 2001 Scale: 1:50
(1 plan, 59 cm x 42 cm, duplicated)


Plans of the servery at the west end of the church, as existing and as proposed, and proposed sections, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, 10 October 2001 Scale: 1:50
(1 plan, 84 cm x 59.5 cm, duplicated)


Plan of glass door details, part of the project to re-order the west end of St Cuthbert's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, Owengate House, Durham, 30 November 2001 Scales: 1:2; 1:10
(1 plan, 83 cm x 59 cm, duplicated)


Vestry and WC alterations at St Cuthbert's church: proposed ceiling and electrical layout, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, 29 January 2004 Scale: 1:50
(1 plan, 42 cm x 29.5 cm, printed)


Vestry and WC alterations at St Cuthbert's church: proposed vestry screen details, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, 29 January 2004 Scales: 1:20 and 1:2
(1 plan, 49 cm x 42 cm, printed)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Ste)

170-204, 331/1-2


Photograph copy of a sketch of the exterior of the original church of St. Cuthbert, Blaydon, drawn by John Liddell, August n.y. [ c.1850]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Enlarged copy of EP/Ste 170
(1 photograph, 24 cm. x 17 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Postcard photograph of the exterior of the church, and view along Shibdon Road, Blaydon, sent to Mrs. Ditchburn, 4 Bleach Green, Blaydon-on-Tyne, by her grandson Philip, postmark 29 January 1914
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Copy photograph of the church tower, taken from a souvenir church booklet, n.d. [20th c.]
(1 paper, 12 cm. x 16 cm., printed)


Photographs of the church and rectory, Blaydon, n.d. [c.1967]
(8 photographs, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the exterior of the church and tower, n.d. [1980s]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 12 cm., colour, card mounted)


Photograph of the exterior of the church, looking towards the River Tyne, August 1995
(1 photograph, 17 cm. x 13 cm., colour)


View of the exterior of the church after nightfall, n.d. [1990s]
(1 photograph, 24 cm. x 17 cm., colour, in card mount)


Photograph of the interior of the church, looking towards the chancel, by Alex. B. Cunninghame, 99 Thomas Terrace, Blaydon-on-Tyne, 1899
(1 photograph, 16 cm. x 20 cm., black and white, card mounted, defective)


Photograph of memorial font dedicated to the fallen of the Great War, 1914-1918, n.d. [ c.1920]
(1 photograph, 11 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the interior of the church, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the interior of the church, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 11 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the interior of the church looking towards chancel, n.d. [mid 20th c]
(2 photographs, 15 cm. x 18 cm., and 15 cm. x 19 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Photograph of the altar and reredos, n.d. [mid. 20thc.]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the altar and chancel steps decorated for harvest festival, n.d [mid 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the altar in the church, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 19 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Copy photograph of the interior of the church, showing the high altar, (taken from a souvenir church booklet), n.d. [20th c.]
(1 paper, 12 cm. x 16 cm., printed)


Photograph of the altar and chancel, c.1978
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the interior of the church, reproduced in St. Cuthbert, Stella: Blaydon and its Church , by D. Howd and F.J.B. Blackburn, 1987
(8 photographs, 11 cm. x 11 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the interior of the church, Blaydon-on-Tyne, n.d. [c. 1980s]
(1 photograph, 12 cm. x 8 cm., colour, card mounted)


Photograph of the interior of St Cuthbert's church, looking eastwards along the nave towards the altar, n.d. [c1950]
(1 photograph, 9 cm x 10.5 cm, black and white)


Close-up of the east end of the church, depicting the altar with the lower portion of the east window behind; processional cross, candlesticks and communion rail, n.d. [c1950]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Repairs and alterations (Ref: EP/Ste)

165-166, 334/1-6, 336/1, 337/1, 338/1, 339/1


Correspondence between Rev. W.W. Tymms; Rev. F.J.B. Blackburn; Ven. Michael Perry, Archdeacon of Durham; diocesan authorities; Charlewood, Curry Wilson and Atkinson, architects, Newcastle upon Tyne; Hayton, Lee and Braddock, architects, Durham City; George Browell Limited, Blaydon on Tyne; Paul Silcock, Blaydon on Tyne; Rentokil Limited, Crawcrook, Ryton; Elders, Walker, Millican, Limited, Gateshead; Community Industry, Hebburn; Harrison Brothers (Steeplejacks) Ltd., Darlington; the Ecclesiastical Insurance Office; and the Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, concerning repairs to church fabric, including renewal of church flooring, and repair of storm damage, 2 June 1958 - 2 December 1986 Includes: architect's specifications of work, 1975, and application for confirmatory faculty, 1982
(138 papers)


Correspondence between Rev. F.J.B. Blackburn; Tyne and Wear County Council, and building contractors, concerning repairs to church roof and church tower door, including an application for grant aid, 28 July 1977 - 7 February 1979, 17 September - 23 October 1986
(23 papers)


Technical specification for the electrical services installation at St Cuthbert's church, by Stenhouse & Partners, consulting mechanical and electrical engineers, Tyne View House, 9 Grange Road, Newburn, Tyne and Wear, May 1994
(1 file, typescript)


Specification and schedule of work for interior decoration at St Cuthbert's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, April 1995
(1 file, typescript)


Specification and schedule of work for a new external concrete ramp at St Cuthbert's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, April 1995
(1 file, typescript)


Specification and schedule of work for the re-ordering of the west end of St Cuthbert's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, October 2001
(1 file, typescript)


Specification and schedule of work for valley gutter repairs (lead covered) option 1, at St Cuthbert's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, June 2002
(1 file, typescript)


Draft specification and schedule of work for a disabled toilet and vestry re-ordering at St Cuthbert's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, January 2004
(17 papers, typescript)


Budget cost statement for the proposed vestry and WC alterations at St Cuthbert's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, 4 July 2002
(1 file, typescript)


Correspondence between Rev. Canon Hazel Ditchburn, The Rectory, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear; Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Gateshead Council, Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead; J. Simons, Bessie Surtees House, Sandhill, Newcastle upon Tyne; Durham Diocesan Registry, The Park Gate House, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; G. Weir Construction Ltd., 1 Back Front Street, North Shields, Tyne and Wear; Tait Walker, Bulman House, Regent Centre, Gosforth, Tyne and Wear and Harrison Holt Partnership, 36 Elsden Close, Oakerside Park, Peterlee, concerning the design of, fund raising for and management of the construction work during the re-ordering of the west end of St Cuthbert's church, 24 July 2000 - 2 April 2003
(76 papers, typescript)


Tender report on the re-ordering to the west end of St Cuthbert's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, November 2001
(1 file, typescript)


Correspondence between Rev. Hazel Ditchburn, The Rectory, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear; Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; HM Customs and Excise, Dobson House, Regent Centre, Gosforth, Tyne and Wear; Gateshead Council, Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; Tyne and Wear Metropolitan Fire Brigade, South Division Headquarters, Railway Row, Sunderland; Tomlinson & Longstaff Ltd., Chapel Street, West Auckland and Watson Building Services, Unit 1, Hetton Lyons Industrial Estate, Hetton le Hole, Tyne and Wear, concerning the planning and implementation of a project to re-order the vestry at St Cuthbert's and provide toilet facilities for the disabled, 5 June 2002 - 1 September 2004
(50 papers, typescript)

Organ (Ref: EP/Ste)

167, 259-260, 267


Report and estimate for restoration work to Blaydon parish church organ, as an alternative to work by Harrison and Harrison, by D.G. Jones, 29 April 1970
(3 papers)


Five Hymn Tunes and One Kyrie Eleison , music composed by William Forster, organist of Stella, St. Cuthbert's, Blaydon-on-Tyne, and dedicated variously to Rev. and Mrs. M. Greene of Blaydon Rectory, Rev. and Mrs. J.W. Napier Clavering of Axwell Hall, and Rev. W.C. Harris, vicar of Kyloe [ ], n.d. [ c.1900] Endorsed: manuscript music for a hymn tune, autographed by W[illiam] F[orster]
(2 papers, printed)


Copy photograph of Bob, Tom, Mat, William and Nichol Forster at the funeral of their brother Jack [at Stella St. Cuthbert's church], n.d. [early 20thc.]
(1 photocopy, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)


Photograph of unidentified church organist standing beside organ console in the church of Stella, St. Cuthbert, mid 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 12 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)

Clock (Ref: EP/Ste )

164


Correspondence between Blaydon Urban District Council; the Diocesan Registry; and incumbents of Stella, St. Cuthbert, concerning the installation of a new electrical church clock, and repair and maintenance of the same, 22 September - 1 November 1933; 15 May 1959 and 9 June 1975
(7 papers)

Windows (Ref: EP/Ste )

168


Correspondence between Rev. F.J.B. Blackburn; Reed, Millican and Company Limited, Gateshead; Elders, Walker, Millican Limited, Gateshead; the Ecclesiastical Insurance Office, and others; concerning damage to stained glass window and the overglazing of church windows, 10 March 1975 - 21 February 1986
(41 papers)

Churchyard (Ref: EP/Ste section 02)

110, 141, 243, 253, 340/1, 341/1


Certificates of the grant of right of burial by the Burial Board for the parish of St. Cuthbert, Stella, 30 January 1935 - 20 June 1939
(1 volume, leather half-­bound)


Photograph of headstones erected in the churchyard of Stella, St. Cuthbert, in memory of Jeremiah Brown late of Carlisle, Cumberland, (father of Rev. William Brown, first incumbent of Stella parish) died 24 December 1855, and of Elizabeth, only child of Rev. William Brown, died 7 October 1863, n.d. [post 1863]
(1 photograph, 11 cm. x 15 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Letter from the Clerk of Blaydon Urban District Council to Rev. W.W. Tymms, approving of a proposal for the setting aside of a portion of the cemetery just inside the gates for the burial of cremated remains, 21 March 1959
(1 paper)


Grant by Blaydon Urban District Council to the Parochial Church Council of right of burial in a section of the consecrated ground at Blaydon Cemetery, 10 March 1972 Consideration: £444
(1 paper)


Correspondence between the rector of Stella, St Cuthbert, St Cuthbert's Rectory, Shibdon Road, Blaydon; Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; Diocesan Registry, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Blaydon Urban District Council, Council Offices, Blaydon; Councillor R. M. Baker, 45 Berryhill Close, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear; Councillor R. Fursdon, The Old Manse, Barmoor, Tyne and Wear; Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, Beaufort House, Brunswick Road, Gloucester; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland and Lorna O. Gardner, 1 Kirkstone Close, Winlaton, Tyne and Wear, negotiating with Gateshead Council to establish its responsibility for maintaining the churchyard as a closed churchyard and dealing with subsequent maintenance issues, 1972 - 16 June 2007
(49 papers)


Order in council confirming a pastoral scheme, appropriating part of St Cuthbert's churchyard for use by the Parochial Church Council, 7 June 1990
(2 papers, typescript, photocopied)

Church hall (Ref: EP/Ste section 03)Plans (Ref: EP/Ste )

73-78, 212, 214


Plan of central heating, St. Cuthbert's Hall, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, 4 May 1948 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
(1 plan, 73cm x 34cm)


Plan of alterations and additions to central heating system, St. Cuthbert's Church Hall, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, January 1955 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 97cm x 69cm)


Plan of central heating, St. Cuthbert's Hall, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, n.d. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
(1 plan, 72cm x 33cm)


Plan of proposed alterations to St. Cuthbert's Church Hall for reallocation of Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, 20 July 1954 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
(1 plan, 60cm x 65cm)


Plan of electrical installation, St. Cuthbert's Church Hall, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, 14 December 1954 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 100cm x 76cm)


Plan of alterations to toilets at St. Cuthbert's Church Hall, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, with covering letter from Ministry of Works to A. Parry Esq., Consett, 14 January 1958 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
(1 plan, 52cm x 37cm and 1 paper, typescript)


Copy proposed site layout of new parish room, by Browne Smith Baker & Partners, architects, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 22 September 1989 Scale: 1:100
(1 plan, 84 cm. x 59 cm., duplicated)


Copy ground floor plan and elevations of proposed new parish room, by Browne Smith Baker & Partners, architects, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, November 1989 Scale: 1:50
(1 plan, 84 cm. x 59 cm., duplicated)

Lease (Ref: EP/Ste )

258


18 June 1957 (1) The Official Trustee of Charity Lands (2) Rev. Wilfrid Widdas Tymms, of The Rectory, Blaydon, clerk in Holy Orders; Alfred Parry of 6 Deer Park Way, Axwell Park, Blaydon, engineer; Sarah Watkin of 16 Loup Terrace, Blaydon, widow; Joseph Dodd of 13 Storeys Lane, Stella, Blaydon, manager; and William Thoburn of 35 Polmaise Street, Blaydon, foreman; trustees of the Church Hall, Stella (3) H.M. Minister of Works Copy underlease for seven years, from 29 September 1954, to (3) of the Pillar Room and Meeting Room on the ground floor, and the large room on the lower ground floor, of the Church Hall, Shibdon Road, Blaydon Rent: £250 p.a. Endorsed: copy renewal of lease for seven years, 12 February 1962
(1 file)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Ste )

211


Correspondence between the rector and churchwardens; Browne, Smith, Baker and Partners, architects, Newcastle upon Tyne; A.J. Bennett, Ltd., building contractors, Newcastle upon Tyne; Smiths Gore, surveyors, Darlington; and the Diocesan Office, concerning the construction of a new parish room in Shibdon Road, Blaydon, 20 September 1989 - 4 October 1990
(46 papers)

Vicarage (Ref: EP/Ste section 04)Plans (Ref: EP/Ste )

51, 79-81, 208-209, 213


Plans of parsonage, approved by Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 5 July 1849 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96] 1 inch to 16 feet [1:192]
(1 file)


Plan of proposed alterations to Curatage, Blaydon Bank, Blaydon-on-Tyne, 9 September 1952 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]
(1 plan, 49cm x 40cm, waxed linen)


Sketch of plan on back of deed relating to curate's house, with covering letter from R. Chapman, Diocesan Office to Rev. J.V. Schofield, 17 October 1961 Scale: 1:500
(1 plan, 23cm x 30cm, tracing paper, and 1 paper, typescript)


Plan of curate's house, Blaydon on Tyne, n.d. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96] 1 inch to 43 feet [1:516]
(1 plan, 61cm x 42cm)


Copy plans of proposed house and garden for Stella parsonage (copied from Queen Anne's Bounty mortgage no. 68 in Durham Diocesan Records), 1854 - 29 January 1866; copy made, 1985 Attached: covering letter from the University of Durham Department of Palaeography and Diplomatic, to Rev. F.J.B. Blackburn, 6 September 1985
(4 papers)


Copy plan of proposed alterations to the Rectory, Blaydon, for the Parochial Church Council, by Arthur and Kirkup, architects, 13 Swinburne Street, Gateshead, July 1967 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
(1 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm., duplicated)


Copy south west and north east elevations of proposed new rectory, by Browne Smith Baker & Partners, architects, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 14 September 1989 Scale: 1:50
(1 plan, 84 cm. x 59 cm., duplicated)

Reports and repairs (Ref: EP/Ste )

205-206, 230


Survey and inspection reports, estimates, and correspondence between Rev. R. Stephenson; Rev. F.J. B. Blackburn; the Diocesan Office; the Archdeacon of Auckland; Hayton, Lee & Braddock, architects, Durham City; Arthur and Kirkup, architects, Gateshead; Peter Fall Cowie Associates, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; and others, concerning major repairs to the existing rectory, consideration of its future suitability, and proposals for a replacement building in the rectory garden, 6 July 1959 - 15 March 1989
(132 papers)


Surveyor's report on, and valuation of, the Rectory, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, including site plan and views of the exterior, by Messrs. Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, 10 May 1987
(1 file; 4 photographs, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Copy notice for the execution of repairs to The Curatage, Blaydon Bank, Blaydon, 2 April 1987
(1 paper)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Ste )

215-229


Photographs taking during the construction of the new rectory, by Rev. Clive Murrie, 1990
(15 photographs, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)

Sale (Ref: EP/Ste )

207


Sale particulars of the Rectory, Blaydon-on-Tyne, n.d. [1990]
(1 file)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Ste )

210


Correspondence between Rev. C. Murrie; architects; the Church Commissioners; and the Diocese of Durham, concerning the new rectory and parish room at Shibdon Road, Blaydon, 5 January 1989 - 5 April 1990 Includes: copy pastoral measure, 1983; and scheme for the appropriation of part of the churchyard for use by the Parochial Church Council, 1990
(34 papers)

Tenancy agreements (Ref: EP/Ste )

252


16 August 1954 (1) The Parochial Church Council of St. Cuthbert, Stella (2) Ernest Forster Counterpart tenancy agreement for The Curatage, Blaydon Bank, Blaydon Rent: £1 7s. 6d. per week
(1 paper)

Faculties and Archdeacons' Cerificates (Ref: EP/Ste section 05)Faculties (Ref: EP/Ste section 01)

52-69, 157-158, 161-163, 332/1-3


Faculty to introduce new Holy Table, 4 March 1911
(1 paper, applied seal)


Faculty to introduce a new font, 1 June 1919
(1 paper, printed, embossed seal)


Faculty to erect a marble tablet, 11 November 1920
(1 paper, printed, embossed seal)


Faculty to convert the present time movement clock into one with electronically controlled mechanism, 28 November 1933
(1 paper, printed, embossed seal)


Faculty to introduce a second Holy Table etc, 15 May 1939
(1 paper, printed, embossed seal)


Faculty to remove old and unused font, 7 June 1944
(1 paper, embossed seal)


Faculty for alterations and improvements, 14 August 1945
(1 paper, embossed seal)


Faculty to renew electric lighting system, 1 September 1949
(1 paper, typescript, applied seal)


Faculty to remove screen at west end and introduce a credence table and communion rail, 23 January 1950
(1 paper, typescript, applied seal)


Faculty for alterations and improvement, 7 November 1951
(1 paper, typescript, applied seal)


Faculty for repairs to windows, 3 May 1951
(1 paper, typescript, applied seal)


Faculty to introduce into the Lady Chapel a picture of the Raphael Madonna and Child, 29 August 1952
(1 paper, typescript, applied seal)


Faculty to remove wooden bench and introduce four oak chairs into sanctuary, 27 April 1954
(1 paper, typescript, applied seal)


Faculty to introduce a sanctuary lamp, 6 January 1955
(1 paper, typescript, applied seal)


Faculty to inter cremated remains of Isaac Clark in closed churchyard, 10 February 1956
(1 paper, typescript, applied seal)


Faculty to rebuild the boiler flue in the tower and make alterations in sanctuary, 18 June 1956
(1 paper, typescript, applied seal)


Faculty to introduce font cover, 6 September 1965
(1 paper, printed, embossed seal)


Form of confirmatory faculty in unopposed proceedings for works carried out in accordance with the quinquennial inspection report, 26 January 1983
(1 paper)


Copy application for a faculty for repair of the church floor, and related correspondence from Rev. F.J.B. Blackburn and from Rev. J.E. Ruscoe, honorary secretary to the Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, to Mr. Wills, Diocesan Registrar, 23 May - 3 June 1983
(8 papers)


Form of faculty in unopposed proceedings for the replacement of the electric organ with a new electronic organ, and accompanying citation, 30 March and 26 April 1989
(2 papers)


Form of faculty in unopposed proceedings for the construction of a parish meeting room onto the north east corner of the church of Stella, St. Cuthbert, 12 April 1990
(1 paper)


Form of faculty in unopposed proceedings for the conversion of a small rear vestry to provide toilet, washing and flower-arranging facilities, 2 January 1991
(1 paper)


Faculty authorising the removal of asbestos from the church boiler house; the removal of the existing heating installation in the church, including all pipes and radiators and replacing it with balanced flue heaters in the church, choir vestry and committee room; the installation of an electric fan heater in the lobby and the removal of three pews in the north aisle under the war memorial and the modification of pews in the south aisle to provide the necessary clearance for the heaters, 9 February 1994
(1 paper, printed form)


Copy faculty authorising the re-ordering of the west end of the church, the provision of two notice boards and the removal of a single choir pew, 8 November 2001
(1 paper, typescript, photocopied)


Order amending the faculty issued on 8 November 2001 to include turning the remaining extraneous pew on the main aisles to face the font and tidying up the wood panelling in line with the new west end panelling, 5 March 2002
(1 paper, printed)

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

68, 159-160


Archdeacon's certificate for redecoration of chancel, 1 May 1963
(1 paper, typescript)


Archdeacon's confirmatory certificate authorising works in the parish church proposed in an application of 23 May 1983, 25 October 1983
(1 paper)


Archdeacon's certificate for works [unspecified] in the church of Stella, St. Cuthbert, as proposed in an application of 11 June, 17 September 1985
(1 paper)

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

112


Terrier and inventory, 8 February 1910 - January 1982
(1 volume, 1 paper)

Inspection of Churches Measure (Ref: EP/Stesection 07)

89-90, 234-236


Architect's report on church under Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, 18 November 1964
(1 file, typescript)


Architect's report on church under Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, 1 August 1969
(1 file, typescript)


Architect's report on the church by A.O. Lee, Owengate House, Durham City, February 1980
(1 file)


Architect's report on the church by A.O. Lee, of Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, October 1984
(1 file)


Architect's report on the church by A.O. Lee, of Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, October 1989
(1 file)

Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/Ste section 08)

232-233, 335/1


First quinquennial report on the condition of the church, and recommendations for its conservation and repair by G.E. Charlewood, architect, 6 April 1959
(1 file)


Copy quinquennial report on the church, by Ian Curry, architect, 30 September 1974
(1 file)


Quinquennial inspection report on St Cuthbert's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, October 1999
(1 file, typescript)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Ste section 09)Vicarage (Ref: EP/Ste )

71-72, 238-242, 342/1


Assessment of Ecclesiastical Dilapidations, 10 September 1944
(1 paper, printed)


Assessment of Ecclesiastical Dilapidations, 7 December 1954
(1 paper, printed)


Schedules of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspections, May 1959, May 1969, March 1974, April 1979 and September 1984
(5 files)


Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Stella Rectory, by M. Galley, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, March 2002
(1 file, typescript)

Wayleave agreements (Ref: EP/Ste section 10)

70, 231


1 March 1920 (1) Rev. Edwyn Vaughan Simpkinson of The Rectory, Blaydon-on-Tyne (2) The County of Durham Electrical Power Distribution Company Ltd. Wayleave agreement for underground electric cables
(1 file, printed)


12 June 1980 (1) Rev. F.J.B. Blackburn, T.D., St. Cuthbert's Rectory, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, Tyne & Wear (2) The North Eastern Electricity Board Wayleave agreement for underground and overhead electric power cables near St. Cuthbert's Rectory Includes: plan of cable routes Attached: covering letter from (2) to (1), 4 July 1980
(2 papers)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Ste section 10)Accounts of freewill offerings and stewardship schemes (Ref: EP/Ste section 01)

82-87


Account book of freewill offerings, 4 April 1955 - 28 December 1958
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Account book of stewardship scheme, 2 April - 31 December 1961
(1 volume, card bound)


Account book of stewardship scheme, 7 January 1962 - 24 March 1963
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Account book of stewardship scheme, 31 March 1963 - 22 March 1964
(1 volume, card bound)


Account book of stewardship scheme, 29 March 1964 - 21 March 1965
(1 volume, card bound)


Account book of stewardship scheme, 1 April 1973 - 7 September 1975
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Bequests (Ref: EP/Ste section 02)

155-156


Letter from the executor of Edith Gregory, late of 4 Shibdon Way, Axwell Park, Blaydon, deceased, to Rev. Mr. Blackburn, enclosing a cheque for £500 bequeathed to the rector of St. Cuthbert's church, 19 July 1983
(1 paper)


Copy will of Miss Ann Lee of 28 Springwell Close, Bleach Green, Blaydon on Tyne, spinster, including a bequest of the residue of her estate to be divided equally between the rectors of Blaydon, St. Cuthbert, and Winlaton, St. Paul, 30-31 January 1980 Attached: covering letters between Waugh, Moody and Mulcahy, solicitors, of 116 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Rev. F.J. B. Blackburn, 26 November 1976
(4 papers)

Vestry (Ref: EP/Ste Section 5)

91-92
See EP/Ste 94 and 96 for additional minutes of meetings


Minute book of meetings of pew-holders, 8 April 1857 - 5 November 1860 and of vestry and annual vestry, 6 April 1863 - 14 June 1905
(1 volume, leather bound)


Minute book of vestry and annual vestry, 20 April 1906 - 25 November 1962
(1 volume, leather bound)

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

93-96, 111, 244-246, 344/1-7, 345/1


Minute book of Parochial Church Council, [November] 1933 - 6 April 1949 and annual meetings, 26 January 1934 - 4 April 1948
(1 volume, paper)


Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 2 May 1949 - 6 December 1954 and vestry and annual parochial meetings, 24 April 1949 - 17 February 1955
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 4 May 1959 - 6 September 1965 and annual parochial meetings, 6 April 1961 - 12 March 1964
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 4 October 1965 - 12 March 1974 and annual vestry, 29 April 1965 - 9 April 1974
(1 volume, card bound)


Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 3 January 1955 -­ 6 April 1959
(1 volume, card bound)


Parochial Church Council meetings and annual church meetings minute book, 30 April 1974 - 17 April 1983 For enclosures see EP/Ste 247 and 249
(1 volume, card bound)


Parochial Church Council meetings and annual church meetings minute book, indexed, 22 May 1983 - 13 June 1989 For enclosures see EP/Ste 249
(1 volume, card bound)


Junior Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 24 May 1965 - 12 April 1967
(1 volume, card bound)


Minutes of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, indexed, 13 September 1989 - 28 March 1993: 16 November 1998 - 29 February 2000
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minutes of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 15 February 1993 - 18 January 1994 Includes: index, correspondence and financial statements
(1 file)


Minutes of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 17 May 1994 - 21 March 1995 Includes: correspondence and financial statements
(1 file)


Minutes of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 25 April 1995 - 19 March 1996 Includes: correspondence and financial statements
(1 file)


Minutes of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 7 May 1996 - 18 March 1997 Includes: correspondence and financial statements
(1 file)


Minutes and agenda papers, including correspondence, relating to ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 20 May 1997 - 3 April 2001
(1 file, typescript)


Minutes and agenda papers for ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 5 June 2001 - 2 March 2004
(83 papers, typescript and 1 booklet, printed)


Minutes and agenda papers for ordinary and Annual General meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 28 March 2004 - 3 April 2006
(1 file, typescript)

Annual general meetings (Ref: EP/Ste section 02)

343/1-4


Minutes of Annual General Meetings of the Parochial Church Council and Annual Meetings to elect churchwardens, 26 April 1987 - 20 April 1993
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Minutes of Annual General Meetings of the Parochial Church Council and Annual Meetings to elect churchwardens, 20 April 1994 - 15 April 1997 Originally enclosed in EP/Ste 343/1 and EP/Ste 344/1
(25 papers)


Agenda papers for the Annual General Meeting of the Parochial Church Council, 31 March 1998
(8 papers)


Agenda papers for the Annual General Meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 4 April 2000 - 23 March 2003
(5 booklets, 26 papers, printed)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Ste section 02)

32-34, 97-103, 248-249, 346/1-4


Parochial Church Council accounts, 1933 - 1950; Abroad Duplex and Sunday School collections, 1945 - 1956
(1 volume)


Parochial Church Council accounts, 1950 - 1955
(1 volume)


Parochial Church Council accounts, 1956 - 1968
(1 volume)


Ledger of Parochial Church Council, 1948 - 1953
(1 volume, card bound)


Ledger of Parochial Church Council, 1954 - 1976
(1 volume, card bound)


Bank passbook, Parochial Church Council Sinking Fund, 5 March 1955 - 4 November 1960
(1 booklet)


Bank passbook, Parochial Church Council Sinking Fund, 2 January 1965 - 26 March 1970
(1 booklet)


Bank passbook, Parochial Church Council Sinking Fund, 26 May 1970 - 10 June 1975
(1 booklet)


Bank passbook, Parochial Church Council Sinking Fund later Reserve Fund, 5 March 1955 - 21 September 1976
(1 booklet)


Account book of Parochial Church Council, 1 January 1969 - 31 December 1976
(1 volume, card bound)


Statements of account, y/e 31 December 1966 - 31 December 1972
(7 papers, printed)


Statements of account, 1980-1987 Originally enclosed in EP/Ste 244-245
(35 papers)


Annual report and statement of accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 1999
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report and statement of accounts of the Parochial Church Council, for the year ended 31 December 2002
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual reports and statements of accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the years ended 31 December 2003 - 2005
(3 booklets, printed)


Annual report and statement of accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 2005
(1 booklet, printed)

Reports (Ref: EP/Ste section 03)

247


Annual reports of the rector to the Parochial Church Council, 1976-1983 Attached: cutting from the Blaydon and Tyneside Courier , concerning the development scheme for the area surrounding the church, 19 January 1968
(24 papers)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Ste section 04)

250-251, 347/1, 348/1


Correspondence, notices and returns concerning the assessment of the parish share and calculation of the potential parish income, 1975-1985
(18 papers)


Correspondence between the Parochial Church Council and the Bishop of Durham, concerning the vacancy of the benefice on the resignations of Rev. John Schofield and Rev. Robert Stephenson, 12 May 1966 - 1 June 1967 and March 1974
(9 papers)


Correspondence between Miss L. Hutchinson, Secretary to the Parochial Church Council, 4 Edith Avenue, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear; Ven. M. C. Perry, Archdeacon of Durham, 7 The College, Durham and the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland concerning the proposal to suspend presentation to Stella parish, to allow time for the consideration of a proposal to appoint a part-time priest-in-charge, 16 October - 27 November 1991
(8 papers, typescript)


Correspondence between Michael C. Henderson, Secretary to the Parochial Church Council,14 Staith Lane, Stella Park, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear; Paul Stringer, Secretary to the Durham Diocesan Pastoral Committee, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; the Durham Diocesan Registry, The Park Gate House, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland and the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, concerning the proposed renewal of the suspension of presentation to the benefice of Stella, St Cuthbert, 2 May - 8 October 2002
(9 papers, typescript)

Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/Ste section 05)

104-106, 254, 329/1-2


Parochial return of membership and finance, 1960
(2 papers, printed)


Parochial return of membership and finance, 1962
(1 paper, printed)


Parochial return of membership and finance, 1964
(1 paper, printed)


Register of members of the Parochial Church Council, 9 April 1946 - 3 April 1990
(1 volume, card bound)


Parochial statistics for the year ended 31 December 1998 Originally enclosed in EP/Ste 344/1
(1 paper, printed form)


Parochial statistics for the year ended 31 December 1999
(1 paper, printed form)

Christian stewardship campaign (Ref: EP/Ste section 06)

255


Booklet for a Christian Stewardship Campaign in the parish of Stella, Blaydon-on-Tyne, 1961
(1 booklet, printed)

Charities (Ref: EP/Ste Section 12)

107-108

Church Hall Charity (Ref: EP/Ste section 01)

See also Churchwardens

Trustees (Ref: EP/Ste )

353/1


Copy correspondence between the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Mr J. R. Armstrong, 22 Chesmond Drive, Loup Farm Estate, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear; Mr T. E. Young, 26 Falsgrave Place, Whickham, Tyne and Wear and Canon H. Ditchburn, The Rectory, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear, concerning the formal appointment of Trustees of Stella church hall, 21 May - 24 June 1999
(3 papers, typescript, photocopied)

Charity Commission (Ref: EP/Ste )

257


Copy Charity Commission order in the matter of the charity known as 'The Church Hall' in the ecclesiastical parish of Stella, for vesting a plot of land fronting to the north side of Shibdon Road, Stella, in the Official Trustee, 16 August 1912
(2 papers)

Minutes (Ref: EP/Ste )

349/1-4


Minutes and annual statements of account, of the Church Hall Trustees, 15 June 1934 - 22 October 1958 Includes: inventory of furnishings, 5 May 1954 - April 1955 and Secretary's memoranda and copy out-letters, 4 July 1955 - 6 December 1958
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minutes of the Church Hall Trustees, 28 January 1959 - 13 February 1998
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minutes of the Church Hall Trustees, 27 April 1998 - 8 February 1999
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minutes of the church Hall Trustees, 22 February - 9 August 1999 Originally enclosed in EP/Ste 349/3
(12 papers, typescript)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Ste )

350/1


Cash book of the Blaydon, St Cuthbert church Hall Trustees, 13 March 1950 - 9 January 2001
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Ste )

351/1


Correspondence file of the secretary to the Trustees of St Cuthbert's Stella Parish Hall relating to the management of the Hall and the negotiation of leases of parts of it to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Blaydon Urban District Council and Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, 18 August 1954 - 15 April 1985
(1 file, typescript)

Leases (Ref: EP/Ste )

352/1-3


17 September 1973 1)The Official Custodian for Charities 2)Rev. Robert Stephenson of The Rectory, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, clerk in holy orders; George Buchan of 6 Shibdon Way, Axwell Park; Joseph Dodd of 93 Hanover Drive, Winlaton; Derrick Howd of 68 Shibdon Road, Blaydon and William Martin Tulip of Northcote, 64 Shibdon Road, Blaydon, Trustees of the Blaydon, St Cuthbert's Stella Church Hall 3)Secretary of State for the Environment Counterpart lease, for 5 years, by (1) to (3), of part of the Church Hall, Shibdon Road together with the right to use the forecourt of and entrances to the building; staircases, corridors and passages within it; lavatories and WCs and the car park in common with other tenants and the right to erect nameplates and a letter box, install services and machinery and make structural alterations, provided that all such alterations are made good at the end of the lease. Consideration: annual rent of £225 Includes: plan
(1 file, typescript)


8 January 1974 1)The Official Custodian for Charities 2)Rev. Robert Stephenson of The Rectory, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, clerk in holy orders; George Buchan of 6 Shibdon Way, Axwell Park, Blaydon; Joseph Dodd of 93 Hanover Drive, Winlaton; Derrick Howd of 68 Shibdon Road, Blaydon and William Martin Tulip of Northcote, 64 Shibdon Road, Blaydon, Trustees of the Blaydon, St Cuthbert's Stella Church Hall 3)Blaydon Urban District Council Counterpart lease, for 3 years, by (1) to (3) of part of the Church Hall, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, together with the right to use the forecourt of and entrances to the building; staircases, corridors and passages within it; lavatories and WCs and the car park in common with other tenants and the right to erect nameplates and a letter box, install services and machinery and make structural alterations, provided that all such alterations are made good at the end of the lease. Consideration: annual rent of £675 Includes: plan
(1 file, typescript)


5 November 1976 1)The Official Custodian for Charities 2)Rev. Frederick John Barrie Blackburn of The Rectory, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear, clerk in holy orders; George Buchan of 6 Shibdon Way, Axwell Park, Tyne and Wear; Derrick Howd of 68 Shibdon Road, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear; William Critchley of 19 The Avenue, Parklands, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear and Henry Eric Stamper of Eber, The Avenue, Axwell Park, Tyne and Wear, Trustees of the Blaydon, St Cuthbert's Stella Parish Hall 3)Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council Counterpart lease, for 5 years, by (1) to (3) of part of the Parish Hall, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, together with the right to use the forecourt of and entrances to the building; staircases, corridors and passages within it; lavatories and WCs and the car park in common with other tenants and the right to erect nameplates and a letter box, install services and machinery and make structural alterations, provided that all such alterations are made good at the end of the lease. Consideration: annual rent of £675 Includes: plan
(1 file, typescript)

Site and building (Ref: EP/Ste )

256


15 April 1912 (1) Rev. Charles Clark Snell of Stella, clerk (2) The Rt. Rev. Handley Carr, Lord Bishop of Durham, patron (3) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (4) The said Charles Clark Snell; Charles Napier Clavering of Axwell Park, Blaydon, colonel in H.M. Army; William Dodds of Shibdon Road, Blaydon; Howard Morrison of Thorneyholme Terrace, Blaydon; and William Sidney Jude, [of Blaydon, clerk], trustees Copy lease for 99 years by (1), with consent of (2) and (3), to (4) of a piece of land in the parish of Stella, bounded on the north and east by other land belonging to the benefice of Stella and on the south by Shibdon Road [Blaydon], for the purpose of erecting a parish building Rent: £5 2s. p.a.
(1 file)

Other charities (Ref: EP/Ste section 02)

107-108, 354/1


Letter from Charity Commission to Rev. E.V. Simpkinson, St. Cuthbert's Rectory concerning investment of funds of charities of John Mulcaster and Elizabeth Brown, 14 March 1918
(1 paper, printed)


Correspondence and Board of Education Schemes concerning the educational charities of Elizabeth Brown and John Mulcaster, 2 November 1938 - 15 December 1939
(17 papers, printed and typescript)


Napier Clavering Memorial District Nursing Trust, cash book, 1 January 1924 - 31 December 1926; minutes of meetings of the Trustees, 9 March 1931 - 2 March 1970; annual reports and statements of account of the Trustees, 1 January 1933 - 31 December 1956 and of the Blaydon Sick Poor Fund, 1 January 1957 - 2 July 1959
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Church Societies (Ref: EP/SteSection 13)Church choir (Ref: EP/Ste section 01)

261-266


Group photograph of the church choir of Stella, St. Cuthbert, and Rev. H.P. Napier-Clavering, outside the church; signed J.E. Blain, n.d. [1900-1907]
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Group photograph of the church choir of Stella, St. Cuthbert and Rev. C.C. Snell, 1910
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the church choir of Stella, St. Cuthbert and unidentified clergyman, n.d. [1930s]
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 14 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Group photograph of the church choir of Stella, St. Cuthbert, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the church choir of Stella, St. Cuthbert, and unidentified clergyman, outside the rectory, n.d. [ c.1950]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the church choir of Stella, St. Cuthbert, including Rev. Mr. Tymms, n.d. [1953-1959] Endorsed: names of most individuals appearing in photograph
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 19 cm., black and white)

Church Lads' Brigade (Ref: EP/Ste section 02)

269-282, 355/1-2
The St. Cuthbert's Boys' Brigade Company became the Church Lads' Brigade in 1910
In 1912, Brigade members were affiliated as cadets of the King's Royal Rifle Corps


Photograph of [St. Cuthbert's] Boys' Brigade presentation ceremony, n.d. [c .1900-1910]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 7 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the 11th Newcastle Blaydon Company of the Boys' Brigade, winners of the Newcastle Boys' Brigade Battalion colours and football cup, 1906
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., sepia tint, mounted on card)


Group photograph of the Church Lads' Brigade and a member of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, n.d. [1912]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 7 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of Stella, St. Cuthbert's. Church Lads' Brigade and affiliated cadets of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, n.d. [ c.1912-1914]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of affiliated cadets of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, n.d. [ c.1912-1914]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of members of the King's Royal Rifle Corps with cadets from Stella, St. Cuthbert's Church Lads' Bridge, n.d. [ c.1912-1914]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the Church Lads' Brigade cadets engaged in rifle practice, n.d. [ c.1912-1914]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 7 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the Church Lads' Brigade cadets on parade for rifle inspection, n.d. [ c.1912-1914]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 7 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the Church Lads' Brigade, 1914
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the ChurchLads' Brigade leaders and band, 1914
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Group photograph (incomplete) of the Church Lads' Brigade, 1914
(1 photograph, 7 cm. x 9 cm., black and white, defective)


Group photograph of the Church Lads' Brigade, winners of football trophy and sports trophy, n.d. [ c.1914]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the Church Lads' Brigade football team, early 1920s
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the Church Lads' Brigade reunion meeting in Lucy Street Chapel Hall, [ ], 10 October 1980
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Photograph of St Cuthbert's, Stella, Church Lads Brigade, with Rev. E. Simpkinson, showing off a football trophy and a sports trophy, n.d. [1920s]
(1 photograph, 25 cm x 20 cm, black and white, mounted on board)


Photograph of the Church Lads Brigade re-union, 1995
(1 photograph, 20 cm x 15 cm, colour, mounted in a presentation folder)

Girls' Friendly Society (Ref: EP/Ste section 03)

285-291
Formed in 1914. Drama was a very popular activity of the Society


Photographs of a dramatic production on a fairytale theme, by the Girls' Friendly Society, n.d. [1920s]
(3 photographs, 10 cm. x 7 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the principal characters in a dramatic production by the Girls' Friendly Society, including Misses Frances and Ada Colling, Miss Scott and Miss Gregory, n.d. [1920s] See also EP/Ste 285-287
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)


Photograph of an historical costume drama production by the Girls' Friendly Society, n.d. [1950s]
(1 photograph, 16 cm. x 11 cm., black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified dramatic production by the Girls' Friendly Society, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 17 cm. x 12 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a nativity play production, possibly by the Girls' Friendly Society, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 17 cm. x 12 cm., black and white)

Scouts (Ref: EP/Ste section 04)

283-284


Group photograph of the Boy Scout troop leaders, 1920
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Group photograph of the Boy Scout troop, in the rectory garden, early 1920s
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

St. Cuthbert's Amateur Football Club (Ref: EP/Ste section 05)

268


Group photograph of St. Cuthbert's Amateur Football Club, including Rev. Mr. Browning, curate, and Rev. Mr. Greenwood, n.d. [1907-1910]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Ste section 06)

292-302


Group photograph of infant school or Sunday school children (several in costume) and teachers outside Stella, St. Cuthbert's church, n.d. [ c. 1890-1900]
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Photograph of an unidentified Stella, St. Cuthbert's church ladies' group and Rev. H.P. Napier-Clavering, in the rectory garden, n.d. [1900-1907] This may possibly be the Sewing guild, connected with 1903 church bazaar. See EP/Ste 306-307
(1 photograph, 36 cm. x 20 cm., sepia tint, mounted on card)


Group photograph of unidentified church ladies' group, and Rev. C.C. Snell and curate, probably on a church outing, n.d. [1910-1913]
(1 photograph, 16 cm. x 11 cm., black and white)


Photograph of male group from the church of Stella, St. Cuthbert, including an unidentified clergyman, seated in open-topped omnibus, registration BB329, outside J. Brown and Sons outfitters' shop on the corner of Church Street and Tyne Street, Blaydon, n.d. [ c.1910]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of three young men in a rural setting, probably on a church outing, n.d. [ c.1910-1913]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)


Photograph of three men, including the curate of Stella, St. Cuthbert, in a rural setting, probably on a church outing, n.d. [ c.1910-1913]
(1 photograph, 7 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the cast of a Pageant of the Prayer Book, produced by Deaconess Lakey, outside Stella, St. Cuthbert's church, 1943
(1 photographic print, 16 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the cast of a dramatic production on a religious theme, by an unidentified church group, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
(2 photographs, 19 cm. x 13 cm., and 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the cast of a dramatic production being congratulated by an unidentified clergyman, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
(2 photographs, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Ste Section 14)Parish magazines (Ref: EP/Ste )

114-130, 303-305, 357/1-2


Parish magazine, August 1925
(1 paper, printed)


Copy of parish magazine, March 1927
(1 file, xerox)


Parish magazines, January 1930 -­ December 1934
(1 volume, card bound)


Parish magazine, January 1935 - December 1939
(1 volume, card bound)


Parish magazines, January - December 1940
(1 volume, card bound)


Parish magazines, January - December 1941
(1 volume, card bound)


Parish magazines, January -­ December 1942
(1 volume, card bound)


Parish magazines, January -­ December 1944
(1 volume, card bound)


Parish magazines, January 1945 - December 1949
(1 volume, card bound)


Parish magazines, January 1950 - December 1953
(1 volume, card bound)


Parish magazines, January 1954 - December 1956
(1 volume, card bound)


Parish magazines, January 1957 - September 1961
(46 booklets, printed)


Blaydon Crossroads , the parish newspaper of St. Cuthbert's, Blaydon, December 1961, October 1963 and June 1965
(3 papers, printed)


Impact , the joint parish magazine of Greenside, Hedgefield, Blaydon, Swalwell and Marley Hill, January 1966 - December 1974
(97 booklets)


Blaydon Parish News, January 1975 - December 1979
(52 booklets)


Blaydon St. Cuthbert Parish News , January 1980 -­ June 1987
(89 booklets)


Parish magazines, October 1913, March 1915, August 1916, May 1920, May 1922
(5 booklets)


Parish magazine, October 1918
(1 paper, printed)


Parish News, 150th anniversary edition, August 1995
(1 booklet)


Programme of 150th anniversary celebrations, 25-27 August [1995]
(1 paper, printed)


Copy parish magazine, September 1919
(4 papers, printed, photocopied)


Parish magazine, October 1935
(1 paper, printed)

Church history (Ref: EP/Ste )

35, 306-307, 358/1, 359/1, 361/1, 362/1


Yearbook of St. Cuthbert's Parish Church, 1943
(1 volume)


'The Book of the Bazaar', programme of a bazaar held in the Cooperative Hall, [Blaydon], on behalf of St. Cuthbert's church, to increase the funds towards provision of a parish hall, 25-26 November 1903 Includes: photograph views of St. Cuthbert's church exterior, c. 1903; photograph of church exterior and Rev. Mr. Brown and family, pre 1877; front elevation of Axwell Hall; and photograph portraits of Rev. William Brown, Rev. M. Greene, Rev. H.P. Napier-Clavering and Rev. J.W. Napier-Clavering, n.d.
(2 booklets, printed)


History of St Cuthbert's church, compiled by Rev. H. O. Duncan, to commemorate the centenary of the church, 1945
(1 booklet, printed)


St Cuthbert, Stella: Blaydon and its Church, by Frederick J. B. Blackburn and Derrick Howd, n.d. [1987]
(1 volume, paper bound)


Centrefold from the Gateshead Post, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of St Cuthbert's church, 31 August 1995
(1 paper, printed)


Report of twinning between the parish of Blaydon and Swalwell and the Ev. Luth. Kirchengemeinde St Eirene, Hamburg, Langenhorn, Germany, 1-6 March 2006
(1 booklet, printed)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Ste )

308-316


Photograph of stone-faced terraced housing and several adult and child residents standing outside, with allotment or garden area in foreground, probably St. Cuthbert's Place, Blaydon, n.d. [1890s] See EP/Ste 309 for extension of photograph on right hand side
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 15 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Photograph of school, single-storey housing and allotment or garden area, probably St. Cuthbert's Place, Blaydon (behind St. Cuthbert's church), n.d. [1890s]
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 16 cm., black and white, mounted on card)


Photograph of the exterior of Blaydon Roman Catholic Church, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the front elevation of Stella Hall [Blaydon], n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 paper, 15 cm. x 10 cm., printed)


Photograph of Church Street, Blaydon, n.d. [c.1960]
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Scotswood Bridge and the River Tyne, viewed from Blaydon, n.d. [ 1960s]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)


Photograph of view across East Blaydon and the River Tyne, n.d. [1960s]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph portrait of Rev. William Hetherington, of Fatfield, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)


Photograph of three celebration cakes made for an unidentified anniversary or centenary occasion at Stella, St. Cuthbert's church, n.d. [mid-late 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and white, mounted on card)

Local history (Ref: EP/Ste )

317-318, 360/1


Centenary of Blaydon Races, official souvenir brochure issued by the City and County of Newcastle upon Tyne and Blaydon Urban District Council, 1962
(1 booklet, printed)


A Century and a Half, 1828-1978, celebration booklet to mark the 150th anniversary of St. Paul's Church, Winlaton, 1978
(1 booklet, printed)


The Bellman, newsletter of Blaydon Urban District Council, no. 3, April 1963
(2 papers, printed)

Ordnance Survey maps (Ref: EP/Ste )

356/1-3


Copy Ordnance Survey plan, Durham sheet 6.1, 1st edition, covering Winlaton and Blaydon Burn, n.d. [1850s] Scale: 25.344 inches = 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 plan, 99 cm x 67 cm, printed, duplicated)


Copy Ordnance Survey plan, Durham sheet 11.13, 1st edition, covering Stella and Blaydon, n.d. [1850s] Scale: 25.344 inches = 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 plan, 101 cm x 68 cm, printed, duplicated)


Copy Ordnance Survey plan, Durham sheet 11.13, covering Stella and Blaydon, 1891 Scale: 25.344 inches = 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 plan, 85.5 cm x 59 cm, printed, photostatted)