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Correspondence received by Canon Cockin and Archdeacon Long from Hutchinson and Lucas, Darlington, solicitors, Alfred Boot, St. John's Vicarage, Darlington, Harrison and Son, 4 High Row, Darlington, goldsmiths and jewellers, and R.T. Jarvis, 22 Chancery Lane, London concerning communion plate bequeathed by the late Robert Henry Allen, administration of his estate in Chancery, disagreements over who gets what etc., 21 October 1881 - 12 June 1889

Extract from the will of [Robert Henry Allen], n.d. [1880s]

Description of church plate at Bishopwearmouth for a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 29 February 1888

Letter from the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Archdeacon Long concerning the church plate at Bishopwearmouth, 28 March 1888

Circular letter from the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne seeking to borrow church plate for an exhibition, 8 March 1897

Explanatory notes by J.M. Fallow, Chapel Allerton, Leeds on the assay marks etc. on the Bishopwearmouth church plate, 1880

Receipt for communion plate lent to Sunderland Central Museum, with descriptions and valuations, n.d. [1950s - 1970s]

Correspondence. etc. re church restoration, 1926 - 1933

4 November 1806 (1) Richard Hutton of Bishopwearmouth, house carpenter (2) Revd. Robert Grey, D.D., Rector of Bishopwearmouth (3) Anthony Hall, Robert Young and John Raine, Churchwardens (4) Stephen Pemberton, Bachelor of Physic and eight other named parishioners and the Revd. George Scurfield, Clerk, landholder in Bishopwearmouth Articles of agreement (contract) for the reconstruction of Bishopwearmouth church by (1). Plan of works endorsed on first membrane Consideration: £1,334 7s. in installments as specified

Circular seeking contributions to the Bishopwearmouth Church Building Fund and outlining progress to date, 23 March 1849

Estimate for the proposed restoration and refitting of Bishopwearmouth Parish Church, by Ewan Christian, 3 July 1871

Account of William Tone for building work for C. Richardson, 10 April 1835

Order of service for the consecration of the restored church of St. Michael and All Angels, Bishopwearmouth, 5 June 1935

List of subscribers to the renovation of Bishopwearmouth Parish Church and the railing and improvement of the churchyard, 1876

List of promised donations to special fund, 1892 - 1894

Report of the Repairs Committee, with tenders for work attached, 15 January - 26 February 1902

Report by Hicks and Charlewood, architects to the Rector and Churchwardens of Bishopwearmouth on the repairs needed to the church, 15 April 1902

Further report of the Repairs Committee, 17 April 1902

Copy letter from James F. Burnicle [for the Repairs Committee] to D. Nelson, Sunderland accepting tender for building work, 13 August 1902

Correspondence with the Ecclesiastical Commission, Caroe and Passmore, 3 Great College Street, Westminster, architects and others concerning repairs to the chancel of the church, with specification of work to be done there, 24 October 1908 - 22 June 1910

Preliminary list of donations received and promised, 12 July 1913

Report by S.E. Dykes Bower, 6 Little Cloister, Westminster Abbey, architect, upon the interior decoration and fittings of St. Michael's church, June 1964

Notes on repairs undertaken at Bishopwearmouth church (1808 - 1888), n.d.

Memorandum of the trustees of The Sir John Priestman Charity Trust appropriating £30,000 towards the rebuilding of Bishopwearmouth Parish Church, 24 August 1932

Police report on damage caused to Bishopwearmouth Parish Church, 12 June 1902

Letter from C. Hodgson Fowler, Durham, architect to the Vicar and Churchwardens of Bishopwearmouth, concerning the church and proposing improvements to it, 29 October 1908. Forwarded to the Ecclesiastical Commission, 13 May 1909

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission to the Reverend H. Gouldsmith, Bishopwearmouth, returning EP/Biw 737-740 and the report (attached), dated 18 May 1909, of Caroe and Passmore, 3 Great College Street, Westminster upon Fowler's proposal rejecting parts of it, 4 June 1909

Bishopwearmouth church restoration fund account book, 29 July 1932 - 4 February 1944

Letter from Caroe and Passmore, 3 Great College Street, Westminster, to N.D. Ritson, The Grove, Sunderland, concerning variations in the cost of alterations to the church, 3 October 1935

Letter from the Manager, National Provincial Bank, Ltd., Sunderland, to Rev. R.W. Stannard, Bishopwearmouth Rectory, concerning a sealed envelope containing money for the restoration of Bishopwearmouth church, held in the name of Rev. A.B. Wynne Wilson, 28 January 1936

Bishopwearmouth Church building fund summary accounts, 1933 - 1938

Note of group discussions concerning church alterations, 6 and 13 July 1972

Souvenir booklet marking the consecration and re-opening of the church after its rebuilding, restoration and enlargement between 1933 and 1935, May 1935

Report on the state of Bishopwearmouth Church by W.D. Caroe, 2 July 1924

Minutes of Bishopwearmouth Church Restoration Committee, 4 August 1932 - 30 September 1935

Correspondence between J.E. Barlow, Planning Officer, County Borough of Sunderland; Rev. D.N. Goldie, Bishopwearmouth Vicarage, Abbotsford Grove, Sunderland; A.J. Marr, The Hawthorns, Sea View Road, Sunderland; J. Storey, Town Clerk's Office, Town Hall, Sunderland; the Archdeacon of Durham; the Lord Bishop of Jarrow; D. Snow, Acting Town Clerk, Town Hall, Sunderland; the Lord Bishop of Durham; and the Rev. R.C. Unwin, The Close, Seaview Park, Whitburn, Sunderland; concerning new building development at Bishopwearmouth Church, 19 August 1964 - 6 July 1972

Correspondence between Hawkins, Heath and Nelson, architects, Stockton Road, Sunderland; Messrs. Elders Walker and Company, Glass Merchants and Glazing Contractors, Sunderland Road, Gateshead; the County Borough of Sunderland; the Historic Churches Preservation Trust, Fulham Palace, London; Right Rev. Bishop Skelton, Bishopwearmouth Rectory, Abbotsford Grove, Sunderland; Phyllis Carter, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; T. Wetherell and Son Limited, Slating, Tiling and Felt-Roofing Contractors, Close Street, Millfield, Sunderland; Incorporated Church Building Society, Queen Anne's Gate, London; Sir John Priestman Charity Trust; J. and W. Lowry Limited, Builders and Contractors, Bath Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne; Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Limited, Aldwych House, Aldwych, London; Canon D. Goldie, Bishopwearmouth Rectory, Abbotsford Grove, Sunderland; John Taylor and Company, The Bell Foundry, Loughborough, Leicestershire; Matkin and Hawkins, Architects, Grange Terrace, Stockton Road, Sunderland; David Evelyn Nye and Partners, architects, Trinity Churchyard, Guildford, Surrey; and the Council for the Care of Churches, London Wall, London; concerning repairs to Bishopwearmouth church, with enclosed estimates and reports, February 1965 - 17 May 1974

List of subscriptions for, and accounts of, the New Organ Fund, 1888 - 1891 Enclosed: related papers

Correspondence with William Gray, New Road, Fitzroy Square, London requesting him to build a new organ for Bishopwearmouth Church, with Gray's specification for the same, design of organ case, lists of subscribers to the organ fund etc., 20 June 1808 - 12 April 1811

Organ tuning agreement with Harrison and Harrison, Durham, 1 April 1936

Order of service for the opening of the new organ, with specification of the instrument and programmes for recitals, 31 October - 10 November 1887

Correspondence received by Charles J. Vincent, on behalf of the Organ Committee, Bishopwearmouth from various organ buildings regarding the purchase or building of an organ, tenders, specifications etc., 26 May - 15 October 1855

Notes on new organ and repairs to church (1887 - 1907), n.d., c.1910

A list of the seats in Bishopwearmouth Church 'as they were all first and also in the Year 1658', n.d. [c.1658]

1 December 1794 (1) William Hunter of Bishop Wearmouth, esq. (2) Eleanor Robinson of Bishop Wearmouth, widow Grant by (1) to (2) of a pew in the north gallery of Bishopwearmouth Church Consideration: £60

28 March 1808 (1) The Rector and Churchwardens of Bishopwearmouth and nine named parishioners (as EP/Biw 256 above) (2) William Hunter of Ford Cottage, Bishop Wearmouth, gentleman Agreement for the payment by (1) to (2) of compensation to be determined by three named assessors, for his pew in Bishopwearmouth Church

Award of Richard Markham of Sunderland near the Sea, mercer and draper and others, assessors named in EP/Biw 258 above, valuing Hunter's pews at £160, 8 August 1808

Tabulation of the owners of pews in the north, south and east aisles of Bishopwearmouth Church, n.d., c.1800

Advertisement of the sale by auction of a pew and seats in Bishopwearmouth Church and 12 large vaults under the school, 26 December 1814

Ground plan of the nave of Bishopwearmouth Church shewing names of pewholders, with notes on alterations, n.d., c.1808 No scale

Ground plan of the nave of Bishopwearmouth Church shewing names of pewholders, with notes on alterations, n.d., c.1808

Ground plan of Bishopwearmouth Church and gallery, with details of pew owners, n.d., c.1808 No scale

Ground plan and elevation of the rebuilt church at Bishopwearmouth, n.d. [post 1808] Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch [1:48]

Incomplete ground plan of Bishopwearmouth Church shewing pews and naming their owners, n.d., c.1808 No scale

Plan of the galleries of Bishopwearmouth Church shewing pews and naming their owners, n.d., c.1808 No scale

Plan of Bishopwearmouth Church, 1 January 1829 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Ground plan of Bishopwearmouth Church, 16 August 1859 No scale

Plan of the galleries of Bishopwearmouth Church, 16 August 1859 No scale

Plan and detail of oak lectern by W.H. Wood, architect, July 1926 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Design for stained glass windows, by Percy Bacon and Brothers, London, January 1903 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Plan of Bishopwearmouth Church and surrounding area, n.d., c.1800 No scale

Plan of Bishopwearmouth Church and churchyard, July 1874 Scale: 5 inches to 1 chain [1:1584]

Plans of allotment of sittings in Bishopwearmouth church, n.d. and August 1877 - 10 October 1896

Elevation of St. Michael's church, as existing, n.d., c.1875 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Cross section of church, after proposed restoration, n.d., c.1875 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Longitudinal section of church, after proposed restoration, n.d., c. 1875 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

East elevation of church, after proposed restoration, n.d., c.1875 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

South elevation of church, after proposed restoration, n.d., c.1875 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Ground plan of church, after proposed restoration, n.d., c.1875 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Ground plan of the church: as pre-1806 and as 1806 - 1849, n.d. [1886] Scale: 16 feet to 1 inch [1:192]

Ground plan of the church: 1886 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Gallery plan of the church, 1886 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Foundation plan of the church shewing proposed alterations, n.d., c. 1886 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Ground plan of the church, shewing proposed alterations, n.d., c.1886 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Gallery plan of the church, shewing proposed alterations, n.d., c.1886 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Roof plan of the church, shewing proposed alterations, n.d., c.1886 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

East elevation and section of the church, shewing proposed alterations, n.d., c.1886 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

North elevation of the church, shewing proposed alterations, n.d., c. 1886 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Section through church, shewing proposed alterations, n.d., c.1886 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Longitudinal section and section through nave, shewing proposed alterations, n.d., c.1886 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Longitudinal section through chancel and section through nave looking east, as proposed 12 January 1885 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Sections, and elevations, organ chamber and new vestry, as proposed 12 January 1885 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan, elevation and sections for proposed alteration to the chancel by C. Hodgson Fowler, F.S.A., October 1908. Received by the Ecclesiastical Commission, 13 May 1909 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Plan, elevation and sections for proposed alteration to the chancel, by C. Hodgson Fowler, F.A.S., [October 1908]. Received by the Ecclesiastical Commission, 13 May 1909 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Elevation of design for reredos and panelling, [October 1908]. Received by the Ecclesiastical Commission, 13 May 1909 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]

Ground plan of church (shews cracks) by Cackett and Burns Dick, architects, Newcastle, November 1924 Scale: 1/4" to 1 foot [1:48]

Longitudinal section of church (shews cracks) by Cackett and Burns Dick, architects, Newcastle, November 1924 Scale: 1/4" to 1 foot [1:48]

Sections across nave and through transept of church (shews cracks) by Cackett and Burns Dick, architects, Newcastle, November 1924 Scale: 1/4" to 1 foot [1:48]

Ground plan of the church in reconstruction proposed by Caroe and Passmore, architects, Great College Street, Westminster, September 1929

Gallery plan, with alternative design, in reconstruction proposed by Caroe and Passmore, architects, Great College Street, Westminster, August 1929

Cross section, with alternative design, in reconstruction proposed by Caroe and Passmore, architects, Great College Street, Westminister, July 1929

Longitudinal section in reconstruction proposed by Caroe and Passmore, architects, Great College Street, Westminster, September 1929

South elevation, with alternative design, in reconstruction proposed by Caroe and Passmore, architects, Great College Street, Westminister, July 1929

North elevation, in reconstruction proposed by Caroe and Passmore, architects, Great College Street, Westminster, September 1929

West elevation, with alternative design, in reconstruction proposed by Caroe and Passmore, architects, Great College Street, Westminister, July 1929

Portfolio of plans by W.D. Caroe (as EP/Biw 745-751), July - September 1929 Marked as approved by the Bishop of Durham

Ground plan of church under larger scheme of reconstruction by Caroe and Passmore, August 1932

Plan and elevation of revised design for north transept porch, by Caroe and Passmore, February 1933

Site plan of church shewing new paths, boundary walls, road widening etc., by Caroe and Passmore, December 1934 Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]

Plan, section and elevation for new entrance to church yard from Low Row, by Caroe and Passmore, December 1934

Revised plan and elevation for new entrance to church yard from Low Row, by Caroe and Passmore, 28 January 1935

Drainage plan of the church, 30 May 1935

'Plan of Bishopwearmouth Church showing additions and alterations completed in 1850: number of free sittings obtained by the addition of the north and south transepts and alteration as per plan', by John Dobson, 13 April 1850 The plan is annotated 'The above Plans are in conformity as to arrangement and amount of Accommodation with those approved of, and sealed by the Church Building Commissioners' [John Dobson designed the north and south transepts, which added 553 additional sittings to accommodate the rapidly expanding population of Sunderland]

Plan of a proposed re-ordering of the interior of St. Michael's Church, Bishopwearmouth, showing an elevation to south aisle screens, and a section looking west, produced by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson and Atkinson, architects, 20 August 1979

Floor plan showing a proposed re-ordering of the interior of St. Michael's Church, Bishopwearmouth, produced by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson and Atkinson, architects, 20 December 1980

Plan of pews and seat holders in Bishopwearmouth church in the year 1632 by Robert Barker, December 1971

Correspondence concerning a new peal of bells, 28 July 1809 - 10 September 1811

Order of service for the dedication of the new bells, 19 September 1894

Order of service of dedication of two new bells for the parish church, Bishopwearmouth, 19 September 1894

Schedule of Bellringing at Bishopwearmouth Church , published by the Durham Diocesan Association of Ringers, n.d.

Rough minutes of the Clock Committee, 17 August 1857

Lists of subscribers and subscriptions for new clock, statement of account and receipts from Smith and Company, clockmakers, n.d. - December 1859

Correspondence concerning the installation of the new clock, payment for it, details of it, 18 August 1857 - 7 February [1860]

Letter from the Sunderland Gas Company with illustration of proposed gas lighting fixtures for the chancel of Bishopwearmouth Church, 8 March 1910

Correspondence between Alfred Harrison and Heaton, Butler and Bayne, London, glass painters, regarding the Long memorial window, 16 - 27 October 1909

List of subscribers to war memorial window, n.d.

Order of service for the dedication of the new font, 11 April 1903

Order of service for the dedication of a lectern in memory of Major Robert Challis Hudson, O.B.E., T.D., 28 November 1926

Receipt for the transfer of Archdeacon Paley's pulpit, issued by the Wesleyan Mission, Trimdon Street, Sunderland, signed by Rev. W.A. Headey, 31 January 1925

Photograph of royal coat of arms on wall of church, 1980s

Photograph of a view of the altar at Bishopwearmouth Church, Sunderland, n.d.

Photograph of an exterior view of Bishopwearmouth Church, Sunderland, n.d.

The Parish Church of Bishopwearmouth, Restored 1933 - 1935, c.1935

Photograph of an exterior view of Bishopwearmouth Church, c.1935

Photograph of the font in Bishopwearmouth Church, c.1935

Photograph of the interior of Bishopwearmouth Church, c.1935

Photograph of the chancel of Bishopwearmouth Church, c.1935

Photograph of the nave of Bishopwearmouth Church, c.1935

Photograph of the interior of Bishopwearmouth Church, c.1935

Photograph of the pulpit of Bishopwearmouth Church, c.1935

Photograph of the interior of Bishopwearmouth Church, c.1935

Photograph of the high altar of Bishopwearmouth Church, c.1935

Photograph of the entrance lobby of Bishopwearmouth Church, c.1935

Photograph of the exterior of Bishopwearmouth Church, Sunderland, n.d., [c. 1970s]

Photograph of the interior of Bishopwearmouth Church, Sunderland, taken 'before screen was removed', n.d., [ c.1980]

Photograph of the exterior of Bishopwearmouth Church, Sunderland, n.d., [c. 1990s]

Recollections of Bishopwearmouth Church from 1864 to 1876, n.d., c.1910

Accounts, bills of costs and related papers concerning work done for the new burial ground, 1809 - 1811

Notice of meeting of the inhabitants of Bishopwearmouth to discuss the provision of a new burial ground, 11 April 1837

15 February 1840 (1) Edward Billam and Margaret Denton (devisees of John Denton the elder of Bishopwearmouth, master mariner) (2) John Ray of Bishopwearmouth, wharfinger Copy surrender by (1) to (2) of 7 yds. x 1.5 yds. of land in Bishopwearmouth Plan attached

License to perform burial service in the chapel at Gill Cemetery, 14 November 1849

Copies of Order in Council for the discontinuance of burials in the parish church vaults, the National School Cemetery, the Rectors Gill Cemetery and at other specified places in the parish of Bishopwearmouth, with subsequent Orders in Council varying the provisions of the above, 13 September 1854 - 22 October 1856

Home Office licence for the burial of Elizabeth Hopper in a vault in Bishopwearmouth churchyard, 6 September 1858 This document kept as specimen

Home Office licence for the burial of Mrs. Mary Walton in a vault in Bishopwearmouth Gill Cemetery, 24 April 1897 This document kept as specimen

Rules and regulations of the Bishopwearmouth Burial Board, 1859

Rules and regulations of the Bishopwearmouth Burial Board, 15 May 1868

Details of the objections and observations of the Bishopwearmouth Burial Board at a special meeting held to consider alterations in the fees proposed by the Rectory, 4 September 1867

Tables of fees payable to the Rector and others for burials in the consecrated portion of Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, 22 April 1868

Amended table of fees and charges payable to the Rector etc., n.d., c. 1868

'A letter from the Rev. Wm. Cockin, MA., Rector of Bishopwearmouth, to the Chairman of the Bishopwearmouth Burial Board, on the proposed alteration of the ecclesiastical fees on interments in the consecrated portion of Bishopwearmouth Cemetery', 1868

Newspaper cutting concerning the Bishopwearmouth Burial Board and the Rector's fees, n.d. [1867/68]

Fifteenth annual report and accounts of the Sunderland Burial Board, 25 March 1872

Agreement as to the duties and remuneration of the Sexton in respect of the churchyard and the cemetery, 30 April 1875

Copy of minutes of meetings of churchwardens, resolutions and correspondence regarding window opened up by Mr. Anderson looking across church yard, 1 June 1874 - 18 June 1883

Copy correspondence between the Rector of Bishopwearmouth, the Home Office and others regarding the complaint made at the disrepair of Gill Cemetery, with additional memoranda by the Rector , 24 January - 20 July 1877

Copy letter from [Councillor] Robert Brown, 7 St. George's Square, Sunderland to the Home Secretary complaining at the state of the Gill Cemetery and seeking action, 27 November 1876

Correspondence received by Canon Cockin from the Home Office, Robert Brown, the Burial Board, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and R. Brown and Son, Sunderland, solicitors, concerning Gill Cemetery, delinquencies of the Burial Board, judgement of the Court of Appeal etc., 2 January 1877 - 20 August 1879

Newspaper cuttings reporting proceedings and judgement in R. v The Burial Board for Bishopwearmouth, August - September 1879

21 November 1808 Copy admittance of Robert Gray, D.D., Rector of Bishopwearmouth and others to lands in Bishopwearmouth adjoining Wearmouth Burn (site for cemetery). Plan attached. [Copy c.1880s]

Correspondence received from the Diocesan Registry regarding search through documents for references to Bishopwearmouth churchyard and cemeteries (1795 - ), with extracts from such documents and notes upon other references to this matter, 12 November 1884 - 30 October 1886 and n.d.

Details of payments for labour at the Gill and National School Cemeteries, with vouchers attached, 14 November 1885 - 11 September 1886

Correspondence with F.M. Stobart, Lambton Office, Fence Houses, concerning raising the Gill Cemetery wall and the liability of the Earl of Durham in connexion therewith, 9 November - 12 December 1891

Correspondence concerning tenders to raise Gill Cemetery wall, 1 - 12 December 1891

Notice and minutes of vestry meeting to consider the state of the walls and fences of the Rector's Gill Cemetery, 29 January - 4 February 1892

Tenders, correspondence and invoice from William Scott, building and contractor, Eden Terrace, Durham Road, Sunderland, concerning the rebuilding of the Gill Cemetery wall, 13 June - 29 November 1901

Copy precept served upon the Overseers of the Poor of Sunderland by the Churchwardens of Bishopwearmouth for the maintenance of Gill Cemetery and the National School Cemetery, 10 November 1900 [Specimen]

13 July 1932 (1) The Rector and Churchwardens of Bishopwearmouth (2) The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the County Borough of Sunderland Agreement for the conveyance by (1) to (2) of the Gill Cemetery under the provisions of the Open Spaces Act, 1906 as a public recreation ground. Plan attached

21 November 1933 (1) The Reverend Prebendary Archdale Beaumont Wynne Willson, Clerk in Holy Orders; John George Mustard of 8 Mary Street, florist; and George Ronald Blount of 7 Belle Vue Park, Vice-Admiral R.N. (retired) (the rector and churchwardens of Sunderland) (2) The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the County Borough of Sunderland Conveyance of Gill Cemetery by (1) to (2). Restrictive covenants governing the use of the cemetery as a recreation ground. Plan attached

Notice under the Open Spaces Act, 1936 concerning clearance of monuments in the disused burial ground at St. Michael's Church, with plan and list of headstones to be cleared, 3 April 1936 and n.d.

Notice of consecration of an addition to Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, by the Bishop of Durham, 12 September 1890

Annual report and accounts of the Bishopwearmouth Burial Board for the year ending 25 March 1891, 26 March 1891

Annual report and accounts of the Bishopwearmouth Burial Board (for the year ending 25 March 1892), 30 March 1892

Annual report and accounts of the Bishopwearmouth Burial Board (for the year ending 25 March 1893), 28 March 1893

Rules and regulations of the Bishopwearmouth Burial Board, 1891

Bye-laws, regulations and tables of fees and charges for cemeteries provided by the County Borough of Sunderland, 1909

Notice of intended application by the County Borough of Sunderland (under the provisions of the Open Spaces Act, 1906) in respect of the disused Gill Cemetery, 12 November 1932

Correspondence received by Archdeacon Long from H. Tattersall and the Home Office regarding the proposed removal of the remains of Mr. R. Walton from the Gill Cemetery, 22 May - 6 June 1900

Cutting from the Sunderland Echo recounting a dispute between Sunderland Corporation and the rector and churchwardens of St. Michael and the latter's moving the wall of the National School to take in part of the burial ground, 31 August 1885

Cutting from the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle recounting the consecration of St. Thomas' Church and the consecration of an extra burial ground in 1829, 23 October 1886

Closed cemeteries account book, 1 January 1880 - 30 September 1927

Correspondence between George Hinde, The Vestry, Bishopwearmouth Church, and L.D. Chatt and Sons, Coal and Coke Contractors and Merchants, concerning the removal of an advertising board from Gill Cemetery, 21 February 1910 - 24 March 1910

Order of service for the laying of the foundation stone of the new church hall, with invitation, 28 July 1913

Circular inviting subscriptions towards the re-building of the Low Row mission premises as a parish hall, 23 October 1912

Blackett Institute account book, 30 August 1924 - 30 June 1933

Trustees of the Blackett Institute: income and expenditure account, January 1973 - April 1976

Corrected bills of quantities for Jos. Huntley's accepted tender for the proposed new church hall, March - May 1913 Inscribed: 'Received 15 July 1913 Alfred Harrison'

Bills of quantities for the men's institute and curates' house: proposed alterations to premises at the corner of Low Row and Side Street, April 1922

23 March 1950 (1) Rev. John Farquhar Richardson, rector of the parish of Bishopwearmouth, on behalf of Bishopwearmouth P.C.C. (2) Sir Myers Wayman, kt., and others, trustees of the Mayfair Welfare Fund Lease from (1) to (2) for one year of large downstairs hall, the stage, the kitchen and dressing room at Bishopwearmouth Church Hall at Low Row, Sunderland Rent: £3 3s. per evening

Summary of discussions at a meeting concerning the use of the church hall and 8 South Hill Crescent, Sunderland, 27 July 1973

Section and ground plan of proposed new parish hall, by W. & T.R. Milburn, F.F.R.I.B.A., architects, Sunderland, February 1911 Scale: 16 feet to 1 inch [1:192]

Ground plan, first floor plan and sections of new parish hall at Bishopwearmouth Church, scheme no. 3, by W.M. & T.R. Milburn, F.F.R.I.B.A., Architects, 14 February 1912

Elevation of proposed new parish hall, plan no. 1285-13, by W.M. & T.R. Milburn, F.F.R.I.B.A., architects, Sunderland, 15 April 1913 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Letter from Alfred Harrison, Scotia Engineworks, Sunderland, to Canon Gouldsmith advising against the purchase of the 'Green Property', 22 January 1912

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, Millbank, Westminster, to Rev. Canon Gouldsmith, Bishopwearmouth Rectory, concerning the legal title to the church's premises in Low Row, 18 December 1912

Invitation to the laying of the foundation stone of the new church hall, Long Row, 28 July 1913

Notice requesting contributions to the Frank W. Ritson Memorial Fund intended to place a tablet in his memory in the church and name the new church hall 'The Frank Ritson Hall', 26 December 1913

Statement of the financial position of the church hall building fund, 6 January 1914

Card announcing the opening ceremonies connected with the church hall, Low Row, 14 January 1914

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, Millbank, Westminster, to Rev. Canon Gouldsmith, Bishopwearmouth Rectory, enclosing £200 contribution towards the cost of rebuilding Low Row Church Hall, 10 February 1914

Correspondence between Rev. Canon Gouldsmith, Church House, Westminster, London; Rev. Canon D.N. Goldie, Bishopwearmouth Rectory, Abbotsford Grove, Sunderland; T.C. Squance and Sons, Chartered Accountants, John Street, Sunderland; C.H. Blackett, McKinley Road, Bournemouth; William and T.R. Milburn, Architects, Surveyors and Valuers, Fawcett Street, Sunderland; Williams Watts Moses, Solicitor, John Street, Sunderland; Middleton and Company, Solicitors, John Street, Sunderland; S. Campbell and Company, Accountants, Norfolk Street, Sunderland; and C. Lewis, Leechmere Road, Grangetown, Sunderland, concerning the administration of the Blackett Institute, 23 November 1921 - 9 July 1971

Secretary and treasurer's reports and balance sheets, concerning the Blackett Institute, 31 August 1923 - 30 June 1933

Minutes of the Blackett Institute, 18 September 1922 - 19 May 1931

Minutes of the Blackett Institute, 26 June 1931 - 13 June 1951

Minutes of the Church Hall Committee, 26 June 1916 - 1 March 1937

Plan of proposed alterations to Ritson Hall, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, n.d.

Sale particulars of the Rectory, Bishopwearmouth, 6 March 1855

Bill of costs and statement of account of Messrs. Robinson and Clarke with the Reverend John P. Eden, concerning purchase of site for a new rectory, April 1856 - 29 December 1857

Plan and sale particulars of Rectory Park, Sunderland (5a.2r.25p.), 12 October 1875

Correspondence received from the Bounty Office, Westminster, the Chapter Office, Durham and others, concerning the proposed purchase of a new rectory for Bishopwearmouth, memorandum concerning reasons for sale of existing rectory, 1 February 1908 - 7 April 1914

Old and new house account (1914 - 1915), 5 October 1915

Inventory of contents of Bishopwearmouth Clergy House, n.d. [1960s]

Plan of Rector's Park, Bishopwearmouth, n.d. [19th century] Scale: [c. 1:1000]

Correspondence and plans concerning lands to be taken by Sunderland Corporation for street widening at Hind's Bridge, 30 October 1885 - 22 January 1886

19 September 1929 (1) The Rector and Churchwardens of Bishopwearmouth (2) C. Vaux and Sons Ltd. Licence for (2) to lay a water main from the Wear Brewery to the Castle Street Brewery, Sunderland. Plan attached

Receipt for £6,000 and release by the Rector and Parochial Church Council of Bishopwearmouth for compensation paid by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for mining subsidence, 27 June 1932

1 March 1812 Copy grant by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, as Lords of the Manor of Houghton, of a parcel of land in Hind Street, Bishopwearmouth to the Rector and Churchwardens of Bishopwearmouth. Plan attached.

7 August 1970 (1) Parochial Church Council of the ecclesiastical parish of St. Michael with St. Hilda, Bishopwearmouth (2) Richard Skelton of 8 South Hill Crescent, Sunderland Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) for six months of 8 South Hill Crescent, Sunderland Rent: £6 50p. per week

Faculty for the erection of a gallery, 21 October 1763

Faculty to replace the roof of the church, rebuild the chancel arch, erect a gallery, re-pew the church, form a new west entrance etc., 18 July 1806

Faculty confirming decree of surrogate and for re-pewing the church, 13 March 1807

Faculty for the rebuilding and enlargement of Bishopwearmouth Church, 19 May 1849

Copy citation for faculty, May 1873

Faculty for removal and replacement of floor and pews, rebuilding roof, removing parts of the galleries, improving the heating and lighting and providing a fire-proof safe for the registers, 24 June 1873

Proceedings in the Consistory Court of Durham in the matter of an application from the Rector and Churchwardens of Bishopwearmouth and others for a faculty to authorise alterations to the church and churchyard, 11 March - 18 April 1885

Newspaper cuttings of Chancellor Cowie's judgement concerning the proposed alterations to Bishopwearmouth Church, [1885]

Faculty for the remodelling of Bishopwearmouth Church, 19 April 1886

Letters from J.B. Lazenby, Diocesan Registry confirming the Chancellor's approval of new works to be included in the next omnibus faculty, 18 February 1902 - 31 August 1904

Faculty for the reconstruction of the wall of the National School Cemetery and of the gate to the parish church, 27 February 1905

Faculty for the erection of a brass tablet, 20 April 1914

Faculty for a memorial tablet, 11 December 1918

Faculty for the introduction of a new altar and reredos, 18 August 1922

Faculty for the erection of four tablets, 16 July 1926

Copy faculty for giving up a portion of the churchyard for street improvements, 20 August 1935

Faculty for the insertion of stained glass in the east window, to erect a new clergy vestry, a wall plaque, oak panelling, a new credence table, war memorial etc., 26 April 1950

Faculty for the installation of an aumbry and the introduction of a silver pyx , 1 December 1958

Faculty for the introduction of a moveable altar, credence table and altar rails and the removal of pews to a new position, 2 May 1959

Faculty for the installation of two steel alms boxes, 7 October 1963

Faculty for the introduction of an oak cupboard and the erection of a steel offertory box, 30 November 1964

Faculty for the removal of pews from the transepts, 4 November 1965

Faculty for the introduction of silver plated cross and candlesticks for the high altar, 30 November 1965

Faculty for the removal and re-arranging of various fittings and for cleaning and whitening the ceilings and walls, 22 July 1966

Faculty for the removal of the bodies of Dr. and Mrs. Burn from the old cemetery at Bishopwearmouth to the new one, 22 June 1869

Faculty for the removal of the remains of Ralph Walton from Gill Cemetery to the new cemetery, Bishop Wearmouth, 6 September 1900

Copy of chancellor's notes in proceedings relative to an opposed faculty. In the Consistory Court of Durham, 22 May 1885

Newspaper cuttings concerning the opposition to the proposed changes to Bishopwearmouth Church and describing the proceedings in the Consistory Court of Durham, and on appeal therefrom, 29 May 1885 - 12 February 1886

Copy of proceedings in Fitzakerley v Long and others, on appeal in the Chancery Court of York, 5 November 1885

Faculty for the erection of a new inner west doorway, 11 May 1921

The Rector and Parochial Church Council of Bishopwearmouth v Adey Judgement of Chancellor Garth Moore, in the Consistory Court of Durham, 30 September 1958

Terrier, 1910

Terrier, 1911 - 1934

Quinquennial report on Bishopwearmouth church by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson and Atkinson, architects, Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 25 April 1980

Ordinary Assessments under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 15 January 1960 - 19 June 1969

An Address and Statement of accounts of the Religious and Charitable Institutions in connection with Bishopwearmouth Church , 1896

Report of the chairman of the committee appointed to consider the financial position of the church, 20 June 1899

Report accompanying Churchwardens' accounts (for the year to 31 March 1901), 29 April 1901

Statement of income and expenditure for the year to 31 October 1931

Statement of income and expenditure for the year to 31 October 1932

General parochial account book, 20 April 1908 - 21 May 1914

General parochial account book, 5 April 1914 - 31 March 1919

General parochial account book, 19 February 1925 - 15 January 1927

Account book, January 1966 - February 1970

Account book, January 1970 - December 1978

Rough accounts, December 1913

Parochial accounts balance sheets, 1912 and 1914 Originally enclosed in EP/Biw 759

Statement of accounts, 1970 - 1971, 1974, 1976 - 1979

Churchwardens' balance sheet, 31 March 1921, 31 December 1921, 31 December 1922 and 31 December 1923

Parochial return to the diocese of membership and finance, 1973

Income and expenditure account, 1976

Festival Fund account book, 13 September 1910 - 4 December 1911 At end: parochial funds account, September - December 1911; tea and concert account, October 1911

Ledger 1 January 1907 - 21 May 1914

Cash account book, 1 April 1910 - 19 January 1927

Church rate book, 1812 - 1813, 1819 - 1834, 1838 - 1841, 1847 - 1858

Church rate book, 1811 - 1812

Church rate book, 1813 - 1814

Church rate book, 1814 - 1816

Church rate book, 1818 - 1819

Church rate book, 1819 - 1820

Church rate book, 1820 - 1821

Church rate book, 1821 - 1822

Church rate book, 1822 - 1823

Church rate book, 1823 - 1824

Church rate book, 1824 - 1825

Church rate book, 1825 - 1826

Church rate book, 1826 - 1827

Church rate book, 1827 - 1828

Church rate book, 1829 - 1830

Church rate book, 1830 - 1831

Church rate book, 1831 - 1832

Church rate book, 1832 - 1833

Church rate book, 1833 - 1834

Church rate book, 1838 - 1839

Church rate book, 1839 - 1840

Church rate book, 1840 - 1841

Church rate book, 1847 - 1848

Church rate book, 1848 - 1849

Church rate book, 1849 - 1850

Church rate book, 1850 - 1851

Church rate book, 1851 - 1852

Church rate book, 1852 - 1853

Church rate book, 1853 - 1854

Church rate book, 1854 - 1855

Church rate book, 1856 - 1857

Church rate books, 1753 - 1775 Including churchwardens' accounts

Church rate books, 1775 - 1794 Including churchwardens' accounts

Church rate books, 1795 - 1804 Including churchwardens' accounts

Church rate books, 1804 - 1810 Including churchwardens' accounts Enclosed: marriage licence, 1840

Church rate books, 1810 - 1813 Including churchwardens' accounts

Church rate books, 1813 - 1816 Including churchwardens' accounts

Rate raised under Defence of Realm Act, 1805

Special rate book, 1821 - 1822

Special rate book, 1823

Correspondence and memoranda relating to the disposal of £400 bequeathed by Miss Langlands to the Rector of Bishopwearmouth for church purposes, 12 August 1878 - 18 July 1879

Will of Sarah Ann Wood of 44 Matlock Street, Sunderland, 12 April 1927

Will of Elizabeth Maddison of 9 Matlock Street, Sunderland, 12 April 1920 (1 paper) Fourth Deposit (Acc: 1679)

Deposit and withdrawal book on the Monkwearmouth Savings' Bank in the name of Mrs. Woodcock's bequest for repairing the tombs of her relations, 21 May 1842 - 20 November 1898

Churchwardens' accounts, 1661 - 1689

Churchwardens' accounts, 1816 - 1840

Churchwardens' accounts, 1840 - 1858/9 Including accounts of Dame Dorothy Williamson's Charity for the Poor of the Parish

Churchwardens' accounts, 1858 - 1884 Enclosed: reference book to vestry meetings, 1836 - 1859

Churchwardens' account book, 1 April 1884 - 31 March 1896

Churchwardens' account book, 1 April 1896 - 31 March 1910

Parochial Fund (formerly Domestic Mission) accounts, 1891 - 1904 Enclosed: receipts, 1908 - 1909 and n.d.

Illustrated brochure concerning Saint Michael's Church, Bishopwearmouth, published as part of a 'Christian Stewardship Campaign', c.1961

Copy writ of sequestration during the vacancy of the benefice, 4 December 1907

List of churchwardens (1795 - 1913), n.d., c.1914

Photograph of Dr. Yeld, Churchwarden, 1864 - 1874

Photograph of Bruce Smith, Churchwarden, 1875 - 1879

Photograph of F.W. Ritson, Churchwarden, 1884, 1902 - 1908

Photograph of Walter Scott, Churchwarden, 1886 - 1901

Photograph of F.J. Burnicle, Churchwarden, 1899 - 1904

Photograph of Alfred Harrison, Churchwarden, 26 April 1905 - 18 April 1910, taken 1909

Photograph of Arthur Ritson, Churchwarden, 1909 - 1920

Photograph of Thomas Robinson, Churchwarden, 1910

Photograph of William Watts Moses, Churchwarden, 1911 - 1920

Photograph of George Fewtrell, Churchwarden, 1921

Photograph of Herbert Squance, Churchwarden, 1921 - 1922

Photograph of J.E. Hutchinson, Churchwarden, 1923 - 1930

Photograph of J.G. Mustard, Churchwarden, 1926 - 1935

Photograph of Major W.J. Moor, Churchwarden, 1931 - 1932

Photograph of H.E. Nicholls, Churchwarden, 1936 - 1945

Photograph of A.S. Bowes, Churchwarden, 1938 - 1940

Photograph of N. Blakey, Churchwarden, 1945 - 1947

Photograph of P.M. Langley, Churchwarden, 1946 - 1953, 1973 - 1984

Photograph of E. Bowman, Churchwarden, 1948 - 1950

Photograph of John Iliff, Churchwarden, 1951 - 1963

Photograph of A.J. Marr, Churchwarden, 1954 - 1963

Photograph of E. Lewis, Churchwarden, 1963 - 1972

Application of John Wright for the post of verger, with references and related correspondence, 11 December 1908 - 4 January 1909

Number not used (now EP/Su.SA 20)

Number not used (now EP/Su.SA 21)

Number not used (now EP/Su.SA 22)

Number not used (now EP/Su.SPet 1/1)

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Number not used (now EP/Su.SPet 1/3)