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Monkwearmouth Venerable Bede Parish

Reference: EP/Mo.VB Catalogue Title: Monkwearmouth Venerable Bede Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1871-1967

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  • Monkwearmouth Venerable Bede Parish
    • EP/Mo.VB Monkwearmouth Venerable Bede Parish (Ref: EP/Mo.VB)
    • Registration (Ref: EP/Mo.VB Section 1)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 01)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 02)
    • Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 03)
    • Clergy (Ref: EP/Mo.VB Section 2)
    • Registers of confirmation (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 01)
    • Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 02)
    • Benefice income (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 03)
    • Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 04)
    • Parochial fees (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 05)
    • Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Mo.VB Section 4)
    • Church (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 01)
    • Closure (Ref: EP/Mo.VB)
    • Furniture, plate and fittings (Ref: EP/Mo.VB)
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/Mo.VB)
    • Repairs (Ref: EP/Mo.VB)
    • Vicarage (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 02)
    • Other church property (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 03)
    • Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 04)
    • Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 05)
    • Vicarage (Ref: EP/Mo.VB )
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 06)
    • Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Mo.VB Section 6)
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 01)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 02)
    • Correspondence (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 03)
    • Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 04)
    • Electoral roll (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 05)
    • Schools (Ref: EP/Mo.VB Section 11)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Mo.VB Section 14)
    • Church yearbooks (Ref: EP/Mo.VB)
    • Parish history (Ref: EP/Mo.VB)
    • Parish magazine (Ref: EP/Mo.VB)

Catalogue Contents

EP/Mo.VB Monkwearmouth Venerable Bede Parish (Ref: EP/Mo.VB)Registration (Ref: EP/Mo.VB Section 1)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 01)

1/1-3, 7-8, 12-15

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 1/1

Register of baptisms, 8 June 1873 - 16 May 1880
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 1/2

Register of baptisms, 16 May 1880 - 26 July 1885
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 1/3

Register of baptisms, 26 July 1885 - 4 August 1897
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 1/7

Register of baptisms, 4 August 1897 - 1 May 1901
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 1/8

Register of baptisms, 5 May 1901 - 30 July 1914
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 1/12

Register of baptisms, 30 July 1914 - 11 December 1927
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 1/13

Register of baptisms, 15 December 1927 - 17 September 1944
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 1/14

Register of baptisms, 21 September 1944 - 18 August 1955
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 1/15

Register of baptisms, 25 August 1955 - 28 January 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 02)

1/4-5, 9-11, 16-18

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 1/4

Register of marriages, 7 June 1873 - 25 December 1888
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 1/5

Register of marriages, 25 December 1888 - 4 March 1899
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 1/9

Register of marriages, 21 March 1899 - 13 June 1908
(1 volume, vellum half-bound)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 1/10

Register of marriages, 20 June 1908 - 23 February 1918
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 1/11

Register of marriages, 9 March 1918 - 5 April 1926
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 1/16

Register of marriages, 12 April 1926 - 17 July 1937
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 1/17

Register of marriages, 31 July 1937 - 3 September 1949
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 1/18

Register of marriages, 3 September 1949 - 27 January 1962 (1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 03)

1/6

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 1/6

Register of burials, 10 July 1875 - 2 September 1879
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Clergy (Ref: EP/Mo.VB Section 2)Registers of confirmation (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 01)

2/1

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 2/1

Register of confirmations, 14 March 1900 - 16 December 1959
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 02)

2/2, 13

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 2/2

The London Gazette defining the boundaries of the parish, 16 May 1871
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 2/13

'Map Showing the Alteration of the Boundaries of the Parishes of St. Andrew, Monkwearmouth, The Venerable Bede, Monkwearmouth, All Saints, Monkwearmouth, St. Columba, Southwick', 1961 Scale: 12 inches to 1 mile [1:5280] (1 plan, 81 cm. x 56 cm., colour-wash)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 03)

2/3-8, 10-11

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 2/3

The London Gazette recording the grant of income to the incumbent of the vicarage of the Venerable Bede, Monkwearmouth, 14 June 1872
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 2/4

The London Gazette recording an additional endowment for the living and a sum for the parsonage house, 30 December 1873
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 2/5

The London Gazette recording additional income for the living, 30 July 1875
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 2/6

The London Gazette recording the provision of income for a curate, 3 March 1876
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 2/7

The London Gazette recording the grant of £60 for second curate, 10 February 1882
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 2/8

The London Gazette recording the provision of income for a second curate, 1 February 1884
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 2/10

Correspondence between the bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle; the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; the Secretary of the Parochial Church Council; concerning the augmentation of the benefice under Durham Diocese's Scheme K, March 1953 - 2 October 1953
(5 papers)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 2/11

Letter from the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, to Rev. A.G. Curtis, informing him of a grant for a 'lady worker', 31 March 1955
(1 paper)

Individual clergy (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 04)

2/12

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 2/12

Licence of Rev. Birman Nottingham as assistant curate, 5 June 1955
(1 paper)

Parochial fees (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 05)

2/9

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 2/9

Table of fees, 19 February 1948
(1 paper)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Mo.VB Section 4)Church (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 01)Furniture, plate and fittings (Ref: EP/Mo.VB)

4/21, 23

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/21

Schedule of furniture and fittings transferred from the church of the Venerable Bede, Monkwearmouth, to the church of St. Peter, Monkwearmouth, March 1962
(6 papers)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/23

Correspondence between Rev. C.C. Barclay, Accra Diocesan Association, 17 The Medway, Felpham, Bognor Regis; B. Cheeseman; The Prioress, St. Hilda's Priory, Sneaton Castle, Whitby, concerning the conveyance by one of the sisters of the priory of the wafer box belonging to the church of the Venerable Bede, Monkwearmouth, to a church in Accra, 15 May - 6 July 1962 (2 papers)

Closure (Ref: EP/Mo.VB)

4/22; 6/11

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/22

Correspondence between Miss P. Carter, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; C.W. Wilson and Sons, Ltd., Low Street, Sunderland; Rev. A.R. Pugh, St. Peter's Vicarage; Hon. P.C.C. Secretary, St. Mary with St. Peter, Bishopwearmouth; Smiths, Gore and Co., surveyors and land agents, Bondgate, Darlington, concerning the demolition of the church of, and the disposal of the fittings of, the church of Monkwearmouth, Venerable Bede, 13 March 1962 - 23 March 1965
(23 papers)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 6/11

Correspondence between the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, Westminster; the secretary of the P.C.C. of the parish of the Venerable Bede, Monkwearmouth and the secretary of the P.C.C. of the parish of St. Peter, Monkwearmouth, concerning the closure of the church of the Venerable Bede and of its parsonage house, 10 May 1961 - 20 February 1962 (6 papers)

Repairs (Ref: EP/Mo.VB)

4/18-20

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/18

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; the Secretary of the Parochial Church Council; William and T.R. Milburn, architects, 17 Fawcett Street, Sunderland, concerning war damage to the church, 14 February 1949 - 24 June 1952
(7 papers)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/19

Letter from T. Scrafton and Sons, Ltd., Brooke Street, Sunderland, to Rev. B. Nottingham, Venerable Bede Vicarage, Sunderland, giving a quotation for repairs to the church, 30 September 1957
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/20

Copy letter from the incumbent of the parish of the Venerable Bede, Monkwearmouth, to the archdeacon of Durham concerning repairs to the church, 18 September 1958
(4 papers)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Mo.VB)

4/24-27

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/24

Postcard depicting the interior of Venerable Bede church, looking down the nave towards the altar, photographed by R.C.S. Houseman, n.d. [1920s]
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/25

Photograph of the high altar in Venerable Bede church, n.d. [1950s]
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/26

Photograph of the font, decorated with flowers, n.d. [1950s]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/27

Photograph of Hedworth Place and the Newcastle Road roundabout, viewed from The Wheatsheaf public house, with the church of Monkwearmouth, Venerable Bede in the background and Suttons Esso garage in the foreground, n.d. [ c.1960]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Vicarage (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 02)

4/5, 8, 9

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/5

Licence by the Ministry of Works for the repair of the floor at the vicarage, 2 October 1946
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/8

Correspondence between the Honorary Secretary, P.C.C. of the Venerable Bede, and the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, concerning repairs to the vicarage, 16 January - 5 February 1955
(4 papers)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/9

Correspondence between P. Carter, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, and W. Barker, Prince George Avenue, Sunderland, concerning the sale of the vicarage at the Venerable Bede, 6 May - 29 June 1961
(3 papers)

Other church property (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 03)

4/10-14

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/10

Correspondence between Miss P. Carter, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; B. Cheeseman, Blanchland Drive, Sunderland; McKenzie, Bell and Sons, solicitors, John Street, Sunderland; concerning the disposal of the Jeffrey Memorial Hall, property in Eden Street and investment of the proceeds, 28 July 1960 - 31 October 1963
(39 papers)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/11

Notes of meetings of the Jeffrey Hall Management Committee, 16 September 1960, 24 February, 28 April 1961, 26 January 1962
(5 papers)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/12

Correspondence between McKenzie Bell and Sons, solicitors, John Street, Sunderland; B.D. Cheeseman, Blanchland Drive, Sunderland; Miss P. Carter, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Rev. A.R.G. Pugh, St. Peter's Vicarage, Monkwearmouth, concerning the disposal of the property at 7 Wearmouth Street, Sunderland, 18 March 1961 - 4 October 1962
(11 papers)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/13

Correspondence between Simey, Iliffe and Byers, John Street, Sunderland; the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; the incumbent of the parish of the Venerable Bede, concerning the sale of the Eden Street Mission Room, 20 July 1950, 29 December 1961 - 17 February 1962
(3 papers)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/14

Correspondence between the Charity Commission, Ryder Street, London; Miss P. Carter, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Rev. A.R.G. Pugh, St. Peter's Vicarage, Monkwearmouth, concerning the Brooke Street fund and the Sunday School, 30 April 1962 - 4 June 1964
(6 papers)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 04)

4/2-4

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/2

Inventory, 14 April 1942
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/3

Inventory, 15 July 1952
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/4

Terrier, 15 July 1952
(1 file)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 05)Vicarage (Ref: EP/Mo.VB )

4/6-7, 15-17

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/6

Schedule of dilapidations at the vicarage of Monkwearmouth, Venerable Bede, 18 November 1949
(6 papers)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/7

Schedule of dilapidations at the vicarage of Monkwearmouth, Venerable Bede, 11 October 1954
(9 papers)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/15

Notice of cost of repairs needed under Ecclesiastical Dilapidation Measures, 21 November 1939, 1 May 1940, 14 December 1944
(3 papers)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/16

Assessment of annual dilapidations, 6 April and 16 June 1950
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/17

Ordinary assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923-51, 7 June 1955
(3 papers)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 06)

4/1

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 4/1

Freewill offerings account book, 1897 - 1901
(1 volume, leather bound)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Mo.VB Section 6)Minutes (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 01)

6/1-2

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 6/1

Parochial Church Council and annual church meetings minute book, 16 March 1937 - 12 March 1951
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 6/2

Parochial Church Council and annual church meetings minute book, 2 April 1951 - 2 March 1962
(1 volume, card bound)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 02)

6/3-5

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 6/3

Parochial Church Council account book, 2 October 1956 - 31 December 1960
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 6/4

Parochial Church Council account book, 1 January 1961 - 15 March 1963
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 6/5

Statements of income and expenditure, 1951 - 1957
(7 papers)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 03)

6/8-10

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 6/8

Letters from the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, to A. Sheriff, 9 Burnhope Drive, Sunderland, concerning the proposed closure of the church of the Venerable Bede, 1 December 1959 and 6 January 1960 Includes: copy of resolution passed at a meeting of the P.C.C. of the Venerable Bede, 1 December 1959
(3 papers)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 6/9

Letter from Anthony Lamb, Hon. Secretary of the P.C.C. of St. Peter, Monkwearmouth, to B. Cheeseman, Hon. Secretary of the P.C.C. of the Venerable Bede, Monkwearmouth, concerning the joint use of the Jeffrey Hall, 20 July 1960
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 6/10

Letter from the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, Westminster, to the Secretary of the P.C.C. of the Venerable Bede, Monkwearmouth, enclosing a copy of a list of proposals including the union of the two parishes of St. Peter and the Venerable Bede and the demolition of the church of the Venerable Bede, and draft reply, 10 August and 4 September 1960
(5 papers)

Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 04)

6/7

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 6/7

Parochial return of staff and membership to the Central Board of Finance, 1956, 1958, and return of income and expenditure, 1960
(3 papers)

Electoral roll (Ref: EP/Mo.VB section 05)

6/6

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 6/6

Copy electoral roll certificate returned to the National Assembly of the Church of England indicating the number on the electoral roll, 7 April 1959
(1 paper)

Schools (Ref: EP/Mo.VB Section 11)

11/1-2

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 11/1

'Planimetric of Existing Heating System. Venerable Bede's Schoolroom', drawing no. H/746/1, by Steel and Company, Ltd., engineers, Sunderland, January 1938 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
(1 plan, 34 cm. x 45 cm., colour-wash)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 11/2

Letter from Rev. J.J. Moore, 31 Ashwood Terrace, Sunderland, to Mr. Park explaining the current use of the school buildings, 2 June 1944 Originally enclosed in EP/Mo.SC 6/2 (1 paper)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Mo.VB Section 14)Church yearbooks (Ref: EP/Mo.VB)

14/2-5

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 14/2

Church Year Book, 1956
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 14/3

Church Year Book, 1956
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 14/4

Church Year Book, 1959
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 14/5

Church Year Book, 1960
(1 booklet, printed)

Parish magazine (Ref: EP/Mo.VB)

14/1

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 14/1

Venerable Bede Parish Magazine, August 1956
(1 booklet, printed)

Parish history (Ref: EP/Mo.VB)

14/6

Ref: EP/Mo.VB 14/6

Letter from Canon A.H. Couratin, Librarian to the Dean and Chapter, The Cathedral Library, Durham, to Rev. Tony Hart, Bishop's Chaplain, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, outlining the history of the parish of Monkwearmouth, Venerable Bede, 25 May 1967
(3 papers, typescript)



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