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Register volume, 1795-1864 containing: (1) 'Register of interments in the burying ground in the front of Claypath Chapel situated in the parish of St. Nicholas in the City of Durham and belonging to the Church and Congregation of Protestant Dissenters of the Independent Denomination' There is also a note that 'the above piece of ground was first opened for an interment at the request of the first named person that follows this note which she made some time previous to her death. The ground has been enclosed with an iron railing at the expense of her brother John Lampson'. The only burial entry reads 'Margaret Lampson, died on Wednesday [sic] the eighth Day of December 1830 and was interred on the following Wednesday the fifteenth Day of the same Month by me James Matheson. The tombstone is marked ML' (2) Letters of dismission from other churches recommending people as suitable for membership (pasted in the volume), 1795-1842 (3) 'Articles of Faith and Rules of Practice, Entered into and Believed by the Church of Christ called Independent, assembling in Framwell Gait Meeting House ...'. Signed by the original members who were admitted by Joseph Booker, minister and David Gardiner, elder. There are 16 'Articles of Faith' and three 'Rules to be observed by the Church', 16 February 1783 (4) Lists of members c.1795-1840, including lists of 'those added 1783, and notes of elections of deacons, elders and admission of members, 1796-1864 (5) Register of births and baptisms 1810-1844 with note that the old register which belonged to Claypath Chapel when Presbyterian (1751-1804) was sent to the Commissioners 'for inquiry into the state, custody and authenticity of Non-Parochial Registers', 21 November 1837 (6) Infolded are: (1) Answers to questions asked by the Registration Commissioners, 12 July 1837 (2) Copy of worship certificate for a meeting house in Gilesgate, issued by the Bishop of Durham, 23 July 1867 (3) Copy of application to the Bishop of Durham for registration of the Claypath Chapel for worship as the late minister, Rev. Wm. Pringle 'is removed and we have solicited Lewis Jones to officiate in his room'. The applicants are 'uncertain whether our Meetinghouse has been registered when it was opened for Divine Service upwards of fifty years ago', 2 May 1804

Miscellaneous papers, 1778-1847 (i) 'The Register of Infants baptized at the Independent Meeting, Framwellgate, Durham', recording children's names, parents' names, where born, date of birth, date of baptism and pastor's name, 29 March 1778 - 29 September 1809; (ii) receipt for £430 12s.6d. for purchase of £500 of consolidated £3 per cent annuities by William Marley, William Shadforth and John Wallace [Mrs. Lampson's bequest], 13 April 1847; (iii) letter commending Mrs. Anne Goodall (nee Ogilvie), formerly of St. Andrew's Chapel, North Shields, to the congregation at Claypath, 27 October 1843; (iv-v) miscellaneous papers, 1833 and n.d. [early 19th century]

Register volume, 1841-1980 Contains: Register of membership with dates [of joining church] and details of termination of membership, 25 July 1841 - 25 April 1881; register of membership and attendance with dates [of joining church] and addresses, May 1882 - 1 March 1888; minutes of proceedings at church meetings, 3 November 1847 - 14 June 1880; register of membership with dates of joining church and details of termination of membership, November 1889 - December 1932; register of baptisms, 5 January 1890 - 19 October 1980; register of marriages, 31 January 1891 - 30 September 1930

Minutes of Deacons Meetings and Church Meetings, 1860-1932

Minutes of Deacons Meetings, 1926-1931

Rolls of members, 1890-1904

Roll of members, 1930-1954

Roll of members, 1955

Register of the Congregational Sabbath School, Durham, 1865-1870

Treasurers' accounts for work done in alterations at the chapel and for liquidating the debt incurred in the same, including receipted bills (pasted in) and minutes of committee meetings concerning the alterations, 1854-1857

Treasurer's account book , 29 September 1821 - January 1853 with various memoranda: the clearing of debts, ordinations, registration of chapel and bequests, including copy codicil to the will of Mrs. Ann Lampson of Northampton, widow, deceased, 1848, note of replacement of chapel ceiling and roof, 1848 Includes at front: minutes relating to ordination of Rev. James Matheson as pastor of Claypath, February 1821; memoranda re the opening of Claypath chapel, 24 June 1821, and the ordination of Rev. J. Matheson, 12 September 1821; resolution for the payment of an annual salary of £100 to Rev. J. Matheson, 16 September 1822 Includes at end: [Framwellgate] chapel accounts, 'previous to the introduction of Mr. Matheson', October 1819 - November 1820; description of the annual gathering of the Durham and Northumberland Association of Congregational Ministers and Delegates, in Durham, 17 - 18 April 1865 For enclosures see C/Du 17

Deeds and related papers of a messuage in Claypath, 1642-1825 Includes: (1) 27 February 1642 Will of Nicholas Ladleby (Endorsed Ladler), chandler, Durham (Copy 24 September 1653) (2) 19 February 1713/14 Will of Matthew Richardson, cordwainer, Claypath (copy) (3) 29 June 1720 Will, with probate 24 December 1726, of Nicholas Spark, Durham (4) 20 February 1743/4 Will, with probate 24 December 1776, of Richard Hutchinson, blacksmith, Claypath (5) 24 March 1770 Will, with probate 13 April 1770, of John Hutchinson, Goldsmith, Sadler Street (6) 29 July 1773 Will, with probate 4 October 1775, of Jane Hutchinson (wife of Richard Hutchinson mentioned above) widow, Claypath (7) 14 June 1819 Will of Thomas White, gent, Bishop Middleham (copy 30 October, 1821) (8) 11 August 1824 Will, proved 28 January 1825, of William Raine, malster, Claypath (copy)

Bond to indemnify (Robert Dobson, merchant, Durham, bound to Nicholas Spark, dyer, Durham), concerning a moiety of a house and stable in Saddler Street called the Old Black Horse, 16 May 1720

A History of the Congregational Church, Durham, by Harold Derbyshire, 1933