Catalogue

Register of baptisms, 1694 - May 1796 (one entry for 1661); marriages, 1698 - January 1794; and burials,1698 - 1795 Includes: Note of the rebuilding of the Church at the expense of Richard Burdon, lord of the manor, 1764 - 1765; Schedule of books and vestments of the Church, 1765; Note of a case in the Manor Court of a killing of a man by a mare, 1776; Note of the death of Richard Burdon, 1786; Terrier, 1792; Verdict of the jury of the Manor Court on the death of an innkeeper by a train, 1836; Copy of Lord Crewe's bequest; Opinions of inhabitants on the appointments of the Clerk and Sexton, n.d.

Register of baptisms, June 1720 - December 1812

Register of baptisms, January 1813 - 1869 (also a few entries for 1871 only) Includes papers of donations to charities, 1814, 1815, 1823, 1827, including the relief of prisoners of war

Register of baptisms, 20 March 1869 - 23 November 1919

Register of baptisms, 23 November 1919 - 3 April 2016

Register of marriages, 1754 - 1794 (1795 - 1812 very badly decayed)

Register of marriages, May 1813 - June 1837

Register of marriages, 2 June 1838 - 30 April 1912

Register of marriages, 22 June 1912 - 27 August 1922

Register of marriages, 4 November 1922 - 14 February 1942

Register of marriages, 7 February 1942 - 27 October 1951

Register of marriages, 16 February 1952 - 29 July 1961

Register of marriages, 9 September 1961 - 9 August 1974

Register of marriages, 31 August 1974 - 6 September 1980

Register of marriages, 6 March 1982 - 23 October 1999

Register of marriages, 28 July 2000 - 24 October 2015

Register of banns of marriages, 1885 - 1918

Register of banns, 28 July 1918 - 26 February 1956

Register of banns of marriage, 4 March 1956 - 7 July 1991

Register of banns of marriage, 15 December 1991 - 24 January 2016

Register of burials, July 1720 - July 1812

Register of burials, March 1813 - March 1912

Transcripts of register of baptisms, 1661 - 1796; marriages, 1698 - 1794 (taken from EP/CE 3); and burials, 1696 - 1795

Transcripts of register of baptisms, 1795 - 1812; and burials 1795 - 1812

Register of Castle Eden, 1661 - 1812 (transcribed and edited by Rev. F. Robinson for the Durham and Northumberland Parish Register Society, 1914)

Marriage licences, 1863 - 1911

Register of confirmations, 1849 - 1858; and transcript of marriages, 1754 - 1794 (taken from EP/CE 3)

Register of sermons and preachers, 1857 - 1904

Register of sermons and preachers, 1904 - 1922

Register of services, 1923 - 1932

Register of services, 1932 - 1942

Register of services, 3 May 1942 - 25 October 1953

Register of services, 5 October 1953 - 6 September 1959

Register of services, 13 September 1959 - 24 March 1967

Register of services, 26 March 1967 - 10 July 1977

Register of services, 17 July 1977 - 15 January 2006

Register of services, 16 January 2006 - 17 April 2016

Schedule of proposed union of benefices, 24 May 1962

Papers re union of benefices, 4 July 1961 - 16 October 1963

Order in Council re patronage of benefice, 28 October 1955

Notice of suspension of presentation to benefice of Blackhall, Castle Eden and Monkhesleden, 11 March 2013

Papers and correspondence re the perpetual curacy grant, 1851 - 1888

Deed of mortgage for loan from Queen Anne's Bounty, 1926

Correspondence from Church Commissioners and Queen Anne's Bounty Office re income of benefice and tithes, 1840 - 1959

Memorandum re Incumbents' and Churchwardens' Trusts, April 1965

London Gazette , 1925 (p. 4940), correspondence and plan re altered boundaries of the parish of Wingate Grange

Scheme and schedule of alteration to parish boundaries, with plan, 23 October - 18 November 1963

Plan showing parish boundaries, 1963

Map showing the alteration of the boundaries of the parishes of Castle Eden with St. John with St. Mary in Monkhesleden as well as the parishes of Deaf Hill - Cum - Langdale, Wingate Grange, Shotton with Haswell and Wheatley Hill, 1963

Photograph of Charles Robinson Bird (1860-1885), n.d. [c. 1865]

Photograph of [possibly] Frederick Godwin Johnson Robinson, n.d. [c. 1885]

Photograph of possibly the Reverend H. B. Tristram, n.d. [c. 1880s]

Photograph of the Reverend F. G. J. Robinson, St. James, Castle Eden (1885 - 1915), n.d. [early 1900s]

Photograph of the Reverend Yeoman, n.d. [c. 1900s]

List of incumbents: 1150 - 1724 (partial); 1763 - 1986 (complete)

Statistical returns of parochial work, 1906 - 1918

Parochial returns, 1966 - 1973

Statistics for mission, January - December 2003 and 2004

Parochial fees order, 1972

Articles of Enquiry at a visitation, n.d.; confirmations to be held in the diocese of Durham, 1885 - 1886; notice of presentation of new incumbent, 1925; marriage certificate, 1894; letter to Colonel Burdon re stones in churchyard, 1938

Tithe plan and apportionment for the parish of Castle Eden, 7 May 1846

London Gazette, 1853 (p. 2537) re transference of tithe rent charge to benefice

Release of a tithe rent charge, 1866 See EP/CE 31

Certificate of redemption of tithe rent charge, 1921

Photograph and order of service for the dedication of Burdon window, 5 February 1950

Photograph of the exterior of the church taken from the west showing the tower and spire, n.d. c.1973

Photograph of the exterior of the church with its spire, taken from the north-east, n.d. c.1973

Photograph of the exterior of the church without its spire, taken from the north-east, n.d. c.1973

Photographs of sections of stained glass window in the church, 8 March 2000

Photographs of the altar and chancel, n.d. [c. 1990s]

Photographs of the exterior and interior of the church, n.d. [c. 1990s]

Correspondence, bills, receipts, accounts, estimates, bank book and plan re alterations to church, 1882 - 1883, 1894 - 1896, 1908

Correspondence, receipts, reports, etc. re alterations to the church, 1956 - 1958

Correspondence between Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Charles Macfarlane, Eden Vale, Castle Eden; Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Rev. J.J. Graham, The Rectory, Castle Eden; Charities Aid Fund, 48 Pembury Road, Tonbridge, Kent; Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, The Vicarage, South Hylton; Gilbert Bunting & Co., Exchange Building, 66 Church Street, Hartlepool; Historic Churches Preservation Trust, Fulham Palace, London; Diocesan Registry, The College, Durham; Graham Miller, Sibilia & Co., 88 Borough Road, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire; concerning repairs to the church, 4 October 1973 - 18 April 1975 Includes : Quinquennial Report by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, 11 September 1972 : Records of meetings of appeals committee, 9 October 1973 - 29 January 1974 : specification for the repairs to the spire, by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, October 1973 : newsletter reporting the progress of the appeal, 28 February 1974 : archdeacon's certificate, 14 May 1974

Correspondence between Rev. G.L. Bunting, Tollgate House, Castle Eden; Frederick Dennison, Ltd., plumbers, 26 Crossgate, Durham; Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Stancliffe, Todd & Hodgson, stockbrokers, City House, 206/208 Marton Road, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire; Historic Churches Preservation Trust, Fulham Palace, London; Charities Aid Fund, 48 Pembury Road, Tonbridge, Kent; Harrison Brothers (Steeplejacks) Ltd., Borough Road, Darlington; A. Crozier, 20 Greenhills, Wingate; G.P.R. Murray, estate agents, Haswell; T. Wetherell & Son, Ltd., roofing contractors, New Herrington Industrial Estate, Houghton-le-Spring; Peggy Allison, Ashbrooke, Castle Eden; Laura Lee, Centre Cottage, Sheraton; Castle Eden Parish Council, 2 Dene View, Castle Eden; G.R. Seymour, Whitbread Brewery, Chiswell Street, London; J. & W. Lowry, Ltd., builders, 64 Bath Lane, Newcastle; Graham Miller, Sibilia & Co., 88 Borough Road, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire; R. Herron, The Bungalow, Castle Eden; C.J.N. Booth, Meadow Bank, Castle Eden; concerning the fund for, and details of, the restoration of the spire of the church, 23 July 1973 - 30 November 1977

Presentation of Chalice and Paten to Church, 1940

Letter re listing of church as building of special architectural or historic interest, 19 April 1967

Plan of proposed toilet in the church, January 2004

Plan and description of, and estimate for, churchyard stones, by John Oyston, Bishopwearmouth, 25 May 1803 Scale: 1 foot to 1.3 inches [1:9.2] Originally enclosed in EP/CE 4

Plan of graveyard, 1896

Plan of churchyard, 1913

Plan of churchyard, n.d.

Plan of extension to churchyard at Castle Eden, St James, showing locations of graves and names, September 1942 By H. Hamilton, Civil Engineer, Beech Grove, Castle Eden

Location plan of proposed additional burial ground showing outline of the church, paths and fencing, September 1916 By J. G. Heslop [provides plot numbers but no names]

Plan of graveyard providing names of individual burial plots, n.d. [c. 1970s]

Signed circulars re improvements in churchyard with ballot taken at Parish meeting, n.d.

Burial accounts, regulations and cremation forms, 1895 - 16 January 1940

Copy conveyance of additional burial ground, 24 November 1921

Letters re Dixon bequest for upkeep of graves, 9 October 1957 - 23 March 1959

Letters re reservation of grave spaces, 6 April - 11 April 1965

Correspondence with Church Commissioners and Bounty Office re repairs to rectory, 1926, 1951

Plans of proposed parsonage house, June 1959 - September 1959

Conveyance of site for parsonage house, 5 March 1958

Specification for proposed parsonage house, with plan, June 1959 - January 1960

Letters and plans re drive to parsonage, 1 January 1946 - 11 January 1946

Faculties (including plan of church and design for pulpit), 1895 - 1957

Faculty authorising repairs to the damaged stained glass in the second and third windows from the west door in the south nave and the porch door panel, 12 July 1999

Faculty Schedule B authorising the installation of 8mm lexan sheet window protection to the stained glass windows of the nave and to the remaining windows of the church with the exception of the two west gable windows, 14 February 2000

Faculty Schedule B authorising the removal of a fallen tree in the churchyard, 22 September 2011

Faculty authorising repairs to part of the churchyard wall, 22 August 2013

Terrier, n.d.

Terrier, n.d.

Inventory, n.d.

Terrier and inventory, September 2015

Charging assessment for dilapidations, 1 December 1942

Receipts re dilapidations, 11 April 1946

List of offertories and sundry accounts, 1914 - 1915

Account book, 1 January 1951 - 31 December 1959

Annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2000; 2003 - 2004; 2012; 2014

Particulars of fire insurance policy, 16 July 1941

Memorandum re increased values for fire insurance, February 1951

Form for fire insurances with related papers, 25 February 1952

Correspondence re insurances, 27 June - 9 July 1952

Vestry Book, 1794 - 1882 Including: Assessments of the Poor Rate, 1795 - 1841; Terrier of 1853; Various items copied from EP/CE 1 Notes from the service book of Thomas Pattison, clerk, 1766 - 1799 Copy of a presentment to the living, n.d. [c.1724]

Vestry minutes, 4 August 1882 - 20 April 2004 Note: from 1956 onwards the Parochial Church Council Annual General Meeting minutes are included. There are no Vestry or Annual General Meeting minutes for 1976.

Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 24 March 1941 - 16 February 1967

Parochial Church Council meetings minutes, 13 July 1967 - 19 February 1976

Minutes of meeting, 9 March 2005 Includes: Easington Deanery Synod minutes of meetings, 25 September 2003 - 19 April 2005 Annual reports and accounts, 31 December 2000 - 31 December 2003 Correspondence, 16 January 1997 - 8 February 2003 Parochial statement, n.d. [c. 1990s] See also EP/CE 112 and 123/1

Minutes of meetings, 1 February 2006; 16 May 2012 - 15 August 2012; 15 May 2013 - 9 December 2014

Minutes and reports of annual general meetings, 28 March 2012 - 13 April 2014

Reports of the Appeal Committee, 1 October and 1 December 1974

Account book of parochial church council, 6 January 1929 - 31 December 1950

Account book of parochial church council, 1 January 1959 - 29 January 1971

Account book of Parochial Church Council, 3 January 1971 - 21 January 1980 Includes deposit account, fabric fund account, covenants, Friends of the Church account and trust funds

Account book of Parochial Church Council, 1 January 1980 - 31 December 1986 Includes deposit account, fabric fund account, covenants, Friends of the Church covenants and trust funds

General correspondence of Parochial Church Council, 30 March 1949 - 8 November 1957

Electoral roll certificates, 8 April 2013 - 29 March 2015

Electoral roll lists, 2013 - 2014; 2016

Managers' minutes, 1905 - 1956

File containing: (i) Correspondence, 1932 - 1956 (ii) Circulars and pamphlets (iii) Temporary licence for Boys School room, 1895 (iv) Lease: Rowland Burdon and J.F. Baker-Baker, 1903 (v) Teachers' contracts, 1930 - 1938

Scheme and schedule re Church of England schools, 31 August 1959

Scheme of Lord Crewe's, and the Rev. John Sharp's charities, 1875; and Durham Diocesan Gazette, June 1894

Declaration and letters re Tyringham Trust, 9 May 1957 - 14 May 1957

Photograph of St. James' Choir, Castle Eden, 1924

File containing: (i) Correspondence, 1898 - 1941 (ii) Returns for Duties on land values, 1914 (iii) Accounts from Pease and Partners, 1904 - 1914 (iv) Grant of £300 from Inclosure Commissioners for draining land in Bishop Middleham, 1854 (v) Lease with plan of land in Bishop Middleham, 1905 (vi) Plan of Island Farm, Bishop Middleham, 1824 (vii) Plan showing tithe payable in Bishop Middleham, n.d. (viii) Portion of O.S. 6", 2nd Edition: Bishop Middleham, 1898

Book of Common Prayer, 1796 Endorsed: "Castle Eden May 26th 1805." Contains: a notice re Sunday Evening Sermons to be given at Castle Eden Church, Summer 1864

Book of Common Prayer, 1844

Book of Common Prayer, 20th century [Includes an illuminated parchment explaining that the book was a gift of Joan Burdon, 1916]

Book of Sermons and Homilies, 1766 Endorsed: "For the Public Use of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Castle Eden, Given Ash Wednesday 1779 by John Todd Curate."

Hopkin's Works - a Book of Sermons and Homilies , 1668 (frontispiece missing)

Hymn sheet, 20 September 1972

A history of St. James Church, Castle Eden, 1987

Roll of honour for St. James' Church, Castle Eden, in the European War, 1914 - 1916, n.d. [early 1900s]

Visitors book, 25 July 1926 - 16 August 2013

Deaccessioned 16 January 2020

Deaccessioned 16 January 2020