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Birtley St. John Parish

Reference: EP/Bir Catalogue Title: Birtley St. John Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 04 Churchwardens

Covering Dates: 1889-1995

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  • Birtley St. John Parish
    • Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Bir)
    • Church (Ref: EP/Bir 4/section 01)
    • Church building (Ref: EP/Bir 4/)
    • Church site (Ref: EP/Bir 4/)
    • Heating (Ref: EP/Bir 4/)
    • Windows (Ref: EP/Bir 4/)
    • Burial ground (Ref: EP/Bir 4/section 02)
    • St Aidan's Mission Church (Ref: EP/Bir 4/section 03)
    • Church Institute (Ref: EP/Bir 4/section 04)
    • Parsonage house (Ref: EP/Bir 4/section 05)
    • Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Bir 4/section 06)
    • Faculties (Ref: EP/Bir 4/section 07)
    • Inspection of Churches Measure (Ref: EP/Bir 4/section 08)
    • Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Birsection 09)

Catalogue Contents

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Bir)Church (Ref: EP/Bir 4/section 01)Church building (Ref: EP/Bir 4/)

4/23, 4/44/1

Ref: EP/Bir 4/23

Notification from the Church Commissioners that the church of St. John the Evangelist, Birtley had been scheduled under section 32 of Town and Country Planning Act 1932 as of special architectural or historic interest, 31 March 1967
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/44/1

Restoration and renewal programme newsletter, [April 1995]
(1 paper, typescript, photocopied)

Windows (Ref: EP/Bir 4/)

4/5

Ref: EP/Bir 4/5

Letter from the Diocesan Registry to Rev. L.L. Barclay approving addition to inscription in memorial window to Rev. F..D. Brookes, 12 August 1925
(1 paper)

Church site (Ref: EP/Bir 4/)

4/41-42

Ref: EP/Bir 4/41

30 November 1906 (1) Rev. Reginald Heart Yeld and the churchwardens of Birtley (2) Chester-le-Street R.D.C. Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of 23 sq. yds. of land for the widening of Birtley Lane, Birtley
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/42

Map of the environs of St. John's Church, Birtley, n.d. [1930's] Scale: 1:2500
(63cm x 68cm, paper, printed)

Heating (Ref: EP/Bir 4/)

4/43

Ref: EP/Bir 4/43

Vouchers, accounts and correspondence with Dinning and Cooke, The Percy Iron Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, regarding the installation of a new boiler etc., at the church, 29 August 1921 - 1 February 1922
(paper, 1 file)

Burial ground (Ref: EP/Bir 4/section 02)

4/40

Ref: EP/Bir 4/40

Copy of deed of exchange between Charles Perkins and others and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England and parcels of land in Birtley to provide additional land for the burial ground there, as shown on the attached plans with related correspondence from Pelaw Main Collieries and the Ecclesiastical Commission, 6 February - 4 April 1903
(paper, 1 file)

St Aidan's Mission Church (Ref: EP/Bir 4/section 03)

4/32-36

Ref: EP/Bir 4/32

31 December 1889 (1) Rt. Hon. John George, earl of Durham (2) Rev. Reginald Heart Yeld of Birtley, clerk in holy orders, and the churchwardens of Birtley Copy of lease by (1) to (2) for 63 years from 13 August 1883 of a plot of land at Brown's Buildings in the township of Birtley with the mission room erected thereon. Covenant to insure the premises against fire Rent: £1 p.a.
(paper, 1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/33-35

Correspondence received from the Lambton Estate Office, Fence Houses, regarding insurance of the Mission Church with the policy for same, 19 November 1907 - 8 February 1922
(3 papers)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/36

Statement on the future of St. Aidan's Mission Church, Brown's Buildings, 1923
(1 paper, typescript)

Church Institute (Ref: EP/Bir 4/section 04)

4/37-39

Ref: EP/Bir 4/37

7 January 1899 (1) Charles Perkins of Middleton Hall, Northumberland, esquire; Eden, Lady Rookwood, wife of the Rt. Hon. Henry John Baron Rookwood of Down Hall, Harlow, Essex; and Francis Faulkner Sheppee of Birtley House, late a colonel in Her Majesty's Army (2) Rev. Reginald Heart Yeld and others, trustees of the Birtley Church Institute Lease by (1) to (2) for 99 years, from 1 January 1898, of 874 sq. yds. of land in Birtley with the institute built thereon. Plan endorsed Note of enrolment in the Supreme Court, 12 January 1899 Rent: 2s.6d. p.a.
(parchment, 2 membranes)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/38

Correspondence with the Pelaw Main Collieries Company, Birtley, regarding the Birtley Church Institute and forwarding deeds for same, 13 January - 8 February 1922
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/39

Correspondence between Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd., the Rev. A.M. Stephens at Birtley Vicarage and Wilson and Company, solicitors, at Durham, regarding purchase of freehold of the institute in view of likely nationalisation of the colliery company (lessors), 23 April - 3 September 1945
(paper, 1 file)

Parsonage house (Ref: EP/Bir 4/section 05)

30-31

Ref: EP/Bir 4/30-31

Surveyor's report and covering letter concerning parsonage house at Birtley, 10 August 1979
(1 file, paper and 1 paper)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Bir 4/section 06)

4/8-9

Ref: EP/Bir 4/8

Terrier and inventory of the parish of Birtley, 9 April 1937 with additions, 27 March 1941 and July 1946
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/9

Terrier and inventory of the parish of Birtley, 9 April 1937 with additions, 27 March 1941, July 1946 and 13 January 1962
(1 file, typescript with ins. additions)

Faculties (Ref: EP/Bir 4/section 07)

4/1-4, 6-7, 10-22, 24, 27

Ref: EP/Bir 4/1

Faculty for the placing of a peal of bells in the parish church at Birtley, 7 March 1911
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/2

Faculty for the erection of a clock in the tower of the parish church at Birtley, 13 July 1911
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/3

Faculty for the installation of a brass memorial tablet in the parish church at Birtley, 1 May 1916
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/4

Faculty for the insertion of a stained glass window in memory of F.D. Brookes, a former vicar of the parish in the church at Birtley, 31 July 1925
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/6

Faculty for the insertion of a stained glass window in memory of Alexander B. Fleet in the parish church at Birtley, 20 February 1926
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/7

Faculty for the introduction of ornaments and furniture into the parish church at Birtley, 7 August 1936
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/10

Faculty for the introduction of a new Holy Table and other furniture into the church at Birtley, 26 May 1937
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/11

Faculty for the introduction of a sanctuary lamp into the church at Birtley, 27 November 1940
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/12

Faculty for the introduction of a sanctuary lamp, 22 August 1942
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/13-14

Faculty for the introduction of crucifix and candlesticks, 31 October 1947
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/15

Faculty for the removal of stained glass windows and introduction of a credence table, 4 October 1950
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/16

Faculty for the installation of an oil firing unit and storage tank, 27 January 1956
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/17

Faculty for the cleaning, overhauling and repairing of the organ and removal of organ blower to a new position, 14 July 1958
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/18

Faculty for the insertion of stained glass and installation of new electric lighting system, 8 August 1959
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/19

Faculty for the renewal of the heating boiler, 4 November 1959
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/20

Faculty for the introduction of a nave altar and other furnishings, 16 August 1963
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/21

Faculty for the removal of pews and their replacement with pews from the redundant church of St. Cuthbert, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 24 July 1964
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/22

Faculty authorising the execution of an agreement for the laying out and maintaining of the churchyard, 7 March 1966
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/24

Faculty for the introduction of a sanctuary lamp, 7 June 1968
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Bir 4/27

Faculty for the introduction of brass candlesticks on the nave altar, 5 May 1977
(1 paper)

Inspection of Churches Measure (Ref: EP/Bir 4/section 08)

4/26

Ref: EP/Bir 4/26

Architect's report on parish church of St. John the Evangelist, Birtley, August 1973
(1 file, paper)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Birsection 09)

4/29

Ref: EP/Bir 4/29

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection made in July 1979
(1 file, paper)



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