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Consett Methodist Circuit

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Catalogue Description

Consett Methodist Circuit became part of the North West Durham Methodist Circuit c2013

Catalogue Contents

Ramshaw Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

(formerly Primitive Methodist)
169-174
See also M/Co 203 and 204


Certificate authorising public worship in the church, 8 March 1938
(1 paper)


Trustees' meetings minutes, 1941 - 1952
(1 volume)


Accounts, 1922 - 1959
(2 volumes)


Miscellaneous trusteeship papers, 1933 - 1964, includes papers relating to the church which were among the papers of the late Miss Annie Pears, Jeffries House, Ramshaw, 1945 - 1962
(1 bundle)


Plan of the church, architect and date not given
(1 plan)

Shildon Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

175-176


Certificates authorising worship, 31 December 1860, and marriages, 8 July 1864
(1 parchment, 1 paper)

Shotley Bridge Wesleyan Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

151, 177-184, 256-257


Plan with related correspondence concerning the improvement of the C.263 road, involving the demolition of a dwelling house at Kilnpit Hill near Shotley Bridge with a burial ground belonging, formerly used as a Methodist Chapel, 1961
(1 bundle)


Baptisms in Shotley Bridge and District, 1919 - 1950, and at the Church, 1950 - 1963
(1 volume)


Marriages register, 1865 - 1893
(1 volume)


Certificates authorising worship, 9 May 1854, and marriages, 30 August 1864
(1 parchment, 1 paper)


Schedule of deeds of church property in Shotley Bridge mortgaged to secure £200, 1846 - 1851, 2 copies
(2 papers)


Miscellaneous trusteeship papers, 1930 - 1949, includes declaration by the trustees of the Sunday School and Manse adopting the New Model Deed in accordance with s.17 of the Methodist Church Union Act, 1929
(1 bundle)


Plan of proposed additions of schools etc. by William T. Spence, architect & surveyor, Shotley Bridge, 1903
(1 plan)


Trustees' minutes, 1906 - 1949
(1 volume)


Miscellaneous photographic plates of churches, individuals and groups, n.d.
(1 bundle)

Shotley Field Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

(formerly Wesleyan Methodist)
185


Miscellaneous papers, mainly concerning the purchase and sale of the church, a former Baptist church, 1911 - 1935
(1 bundle)

South Moor Wesleyan Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

186-188


Trustees' meetings minutes, 1887 - 1900, with accounts, 1887 - 1889
(1 volume)


Trustees' meetings minutes, 1900 - 1920
(1 volume)


Sunday School teachers' meetings minutes, 1912 - 1926
(1 volume)

Stanley Wesleyan Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

189


Application to the Extension of Methodism Fund for aid in building a church, 2 May 1898
(1 paper)

Westwood United Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

(United Methodist Free Church before 1907)
190


Church meetings minutes, 1898 - 1922
(1 volume)

Westwood, Newlands Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

(formerly Wesleyan Methodist)
191-194


Trustees' meetings minutes, one meeting only, 4 July 1924
(1 volume)


Miscellaneous trusteeship papers, includes certificate authorising public worship in the church, 3 August 1870 and assignment of the church to new trustees, 30 July 1891, 1872 - 1955
(1 bundle)


30 April 1859 (1) Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital (2) Trustees Lease of the site of the church by (1) to (2) for 80 years Rent: 2s.0d. annual
(1 parchment)


Correspondence relating to the closure of the church and the surrender of the lease to Lord Gort, 1964 - 1966
(1 bundle)

Whittonstall Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

(formerly Wesleyan Methodist)
195, 229, 605


Baptisms register, 1933 - 1964
(1 volume)


Whittonstall Wesleyan Chapel, Deed of transfer of Mrs. Oley's legacy to the Board of Trustees for Wesleyan Methodist Chapel purposes, 1892
(1 paper)


Photograph of the old chapel at West End, Whittonstall, n.d.
(1 postcard, black and white)

Unspecified Churches (Ref: M/Co)

206-207, 413


Annual Society meetings minutes, 1940 - 1962
(1 volume)


Class book, n.d.
(1 volume)


Attendance register, 1967 - 1969
(1 volume)

Shotley Bridge, Trinity and Front Street Methodist Churches (Ref: M/Co)

287-294

Trinity Methodist Church was built in 1855 at the West end The Terrace. Later, in 1905 a large Sunday School building was built alongside it (Village Hall nowadays). In 1950 it was agreed to close Trinity Church and retain the Front Street premises as the sole Methodist Church in the village. The Trinity Methodist Church was pulled down in the mid 1950's.

The Foundation Stones of the Primitive Methodist Church on Front Street were laid on Saturday the 25th August 1894. Church was completed in 1895 and replaced the Old Chapel built in 1822. After 1950 Front Street was the sole of the Methodist Church in the village. By the sale of the old Trinity Sunday School building many improvements in the church were made.

Minutes (Ref: M/Co)

Joint Leaders' Meeting minute book, including copy of roll of membership, 1940, 17 February 1937 - 24 February 1949
(1 volume, cardboard)

Financial records (Ref: M/Co)

Collection Journal, 5 January 1941 - 28 December 1952
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Society Stewards' account book 9 September 1942 - 2 September 1949
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Society Stewards' account book, 4 September 1949 - 11 November 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Joint Funds account book, 1 January 1942 - 26 January 1955
(1 volume, cardboard)


Methodist Society envelope collection contributions account book, January 1942 - December 1952
(1 volume, paper bound)


Cheque book and pay - in slip stubs, 1 July 1947 - 2 June 1956
(11 booklets, paper)


General accounts, containing invoices and receipts, March 1949 - December 1956
(paper, 8 files)

Registers of baptisms (Ref: M/Co 916/1-2)

Register of baptisms, 8 December 1963 - 26 October 1980
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 2 November 1980 - 28 August 2010
(1 volume)

Registers of marriages (Ref: M/Co 917/1-8)

Register of marriages 27 November 1915 - 12 December 1925
(1 volume)


Register of marriages 19 December 1925 - 16 September 1939
(1 volume)


Register of marriages 6 April 1940 - 14 September 1960
(1 volume)


Register of marriages 4 July 1962 - 16 April 1983
(1 volume)

Individual Churches (Ref: M/Cosection 06)Bradley Cottages Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

99-100, 490-493
Bradley Cottages Methodist Church
(formerly Primitive Methodist)


Trustees' Meetings minutes, 1911 - 1941
(1 volume)


Plan of proposed school hall by Thomas W. Richardson, architect, Stockton-on-Tees, 1937
(1 plan)


Trustees Annual Meeting minute book, 13 February 1943 - 6 June 1976
(1 volume, cardboard bound, and 14 folios)


Christian Endeavor Society minute book, 12 December 1932 - 11 October 1962
(1 volume, cardboard bound, 2 folios)


Christian Endeavor Society minute book, 18 July 1963 - 26 October 1978
(1 volume, cardboard bound, 1 folio)


Christian Endeavor Society account book, 18 July 1963 - 26 October 1978
(1 volume, cardboard bound)

Burnhope Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

101-102

Burnhope Methodist Church
(formerly Wesleyan Methodist)


Trustees' Meetings minutes, 1908 - 1941
(1 volume)


Certificate authorising public worship to take place in the church, 16 October 1936
(1 paper)

Castleside, Consett Road Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

103, 346-348


Class book, 1947
(1 volume)


Trustees' meetings minute book, 14 January 1919 - 5 April 1965; account book, 1882 - 1964; notes on the history of the church
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Trustees' meetings minute book, 15 February 1959 - 20 March 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Trustees' meetings minute book, 29 December 1964 - 15 October 1976
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Castleside, Watergate Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

104-105, 200, 238, 258-259


Baptisms register, 1889 - 1964
(1 volume)


Class book, 1947
(1 volume)


Church rolls for Middle Street, Crookhall, Gibson Street, The Grove, Castleside (Watergate) and Castleside (Consett Road), 1938 - 1945
(1 volume)


Trustees' Meetings minutes, 1862 - 1929
(1 volume)


Trustees' Minute Book, 28 May 1929 - 11 February 1959
(1 volume)


Trustees' Minute Book 28 January 1960 to 5 April 1965.
(1 volume)

Consett, The Avenue Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

106-111, 214, 239, 250-252
(formerly Primitive Methodist)


Baptisms register, 1927 - 1947
(1 volume)


Quarterly guide to services and the activities of the various church organisations, January - March 1929
(1 volume)


Trustees' Meetings minutes, 1933 - 1955
(1 volume)


Accounts, 1940 - 1954
(1 volume)


Plans of the church and school, with seating plan of the church by T.E. Davidson & Son, architects, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, n.d.
(1 bundle containing 7 plans)


Plans of the church and school by J. W. F. Phillipson, architect & surveyor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, n.d.
(1 bundle containing 5 plans)


Trustees' Meetings minutes, 1956 - 1969
(1 volume)


Quarterly Meetings minutes and General Purposes Committee minutes, 1963 - 1969
(1 volume)


Accounts, 1954 - 1969
(1 volume)


Leaders' meetings minutes, 1932 - 1967
(2 volumes)

Consett, Delves Lane Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

112-113


Baptisms register, 1941 - 1960
(1 volume)


Plan of extensions to the church, 1961, architect not given
(1 plan)

Consett, Gibson Street Methodist Mission Hall and Schools (Ref: M/Co )

114-115, 253-255
(formerly Wesleyan Methodist)
See also M/Co 200


Minutes of meetings of Trustees of the Day and Sunday Schools, 1878 - 1913
(1 volume)


Papers relating to the sale of the hall and schools and the investment of the proceeds, includes certificate authorising public worship in the hall, 11 July 1924, 1911 - 1924, 1957
(1 bundle)


Committee minutes, 1909 - 1910
(1 volume)


Accounts, 1915 - 1957
(2 volumes)

Consett, The Grove Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

116, 240-241
See also M/Co 200


Correspondence and related papers concerning the building of a school chapel, 1933 - 1938, includes a poster advertising the opening of the church, 10 December 1938
(1 bundle)


Trustees' Meetings minutes, 1938 - 1967, with details of the building of the School Chapel, 1938
(1 volume)


Leaders' Meetings minutes, 1939 - 1953
(1 volume)

Consett, Middle Street Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

117-140, 242, 285-286
(formerly Wesleyan Methodist)
See also M/Co 200


Baptisms register, 1872 - 1892
(1 volume)


Baptisms register, 1893 - 1925
(1 volume)


Baptisms register, 1941 - 1957
(1 volume)


Leaders' and Society meetings minutes, 1909 - 1944
(1 volume)


Trustees' meetings minutes, 1893 - 1912
(1 volume)


Trustees' meetings minutes, 1913 - 1937
(1 volume)


Trustees' meetings minutes, 1937 - 1956
(1 volume)


New Chapel Building Committee minutes, 1890 - 1896
(1 volume)


Statement of accounts for building the church and schools, 1898 - 1900, 5 copies
(5 papers)


Accounts, 1890 - 1955
(5 volumes)


Miscellaneous vouchers, 1937 - 1938
(1 file)


Sunday School accounts, 1922 - 1941
(1 volume)


Sunday School Primary Department accounts, 1933 - 1949
(1 volume)


Poor Fund accounts, 1938 - 1964
(1 volume)


Church register, c.1899 - c.1903
(1 volume)


Miscellaneous correspondence, mainly draft agendas for various church meetings, 1959 - 1963
(1 file)


Souvenir programme commemorating the opening of the new church, 1908
(1 volume)


Photograph of exterior and ground plan of the new church by Lamb, Armstrong and Knowles, Architects, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, n.d. 8 copies
(1 bundle)


Programme and photographs of the 'Festival of Methodism' held at the church 30 September - 6 October 1963
(1 bundle)


Counterfoils of marriage certificates, 1924 - 1960
(1 bundle)


Trustees' treasurers' accounts, 1953 - 1971
(1 volume)


Pulpit Notices, 28 November 1965 - 7 May 1970
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Papers, including summary of position concerning amalgamation of Middle Street and Avenue churches, minutes of trustees, and finance committee, and correspondence concerning sale of Middle Street property and development of the Avenue site, 25 April 1967 - 7 October 1968
(paper, 73 folios)

Derwent Cottages Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

141-147
(formerly Wesleyan Methodist)


Baptisms register, 1918 - 1964
(1 volume)


Certificate authorising public worship in the church, 22 November 1899
(1 paper)


Certificate authorising marriages in the church, 12 November 1926
(1 parchment)


Trustees' meetings minutes, 1929 - 1965
(1 volume)


Accounts, 1932 - 1965
(2 volumes)


Insurance policies, 1931 - 1962
(1 bundle)

Dipton Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

148-149
(formerly Wesleyan Methodist)


Trustees' meetings minutes, 1877 - 1930, includes list of subscriptions for building the new church, n.d., c.1879
(1 volume)


Correspondence principally concerning land at Hare Law and Dipton bequeathed to the church under the will of Michael Johnson, 1930 - 1932
(1 bundle)

Edmondbyers Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

150


Trustees' meetings minutes, 1945 - 1950
(1 volume)

Kilnpit Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

152-154


Lease by John Eden (formerly John Methold) of Beamish Park, esquire, to the trustees of a piece of land at Kip Hill as a site for a chapel, for 21 years at 2s.6d. annual rent, 21 March 1866
(1 paper)


Lease by Thomas Duncombe Eden, of Beamish Park, esquire, to the trustees of land at Kip Hill with the chapel built on it, for 21 years at 2s.6d. annual rent, 26 July 1867
(1 parchment)


Miscellaneous correspondence mainly concerning the restoration of the church after damage by mining by Messrs. James Joicey & Co., 1900 - 1923
(1 bundle)

Knitsley, Salem Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

155


Correspondence relating to a dispute over the ownership of the church with Mr. Haansbergen, the owner of the Butsfield estate on which it was built, 1884 - 1898
(1 bundle)

Leadgate, Front Street Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

(formerly Wesleyan Methodist)
156-157, 215, 234, 244-245, 604


Deeds of the church with related papers, 1847 - 1909, includes certificates authorising public worship, 3 June 1854, and marriages, 23 July 1889
(1 bundle)


Miscellaneous trusteeship papers, 1900 - 1957, includes guarantees with the North Eastern Banking Company Ltd., 1900, 1909; President's consent to sell Wesley Hall, 1914; and correspondence with the Methodist Chapel Committee re grant for renovations, 1936
(1 bundle)


Accounts, 1922 - 1946
(1 volume)


Baptisms register, 1943 - 1954
(1 volume)


Leaders' Meetings minutes, 1940 - 1954
(1 volume)


Collection accounts, 1936 - 1958
(1 volume)


Centenary booklet of Front Street Methodist Church, Leadgate, 1948
(1 booklet, printed)

Leadgate, Watling Street Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

(formerly Primitive Methodist)
158-161, 216-224, 232-233


Memoranda of the choice and appointment of new trustees, 5 March 1898, 18 June 1910, 6 December 1924, 24 June 1933'
(1 bundle)


Equitable mortgages to the Primitive Methodist Chapel Aid Association Ltd., 11 August 1893, 3 October 1922
(2 papers)


Sanction of the General Chapel Committee to the sale of the church, with related correspondence, 1954 and 1959
(1 bundle)


Trustees' Meetings minutes, 1923 - 1941
(1 volume)


Trustees' Meetings minutes, 1942 - 1948
(1 volume)


Trustees' Meetings minutes, 1949 - 1954
(1 volume)


Accounts, 1927 - 1958
(2 volumes)


Bank Book, 1939 - 1946
(1 volume)


Miscellaneous papers, principally bills and correspondence, mainly concerning the manse, the organ and alterations to the church, 1904, 1927 - 1954, 1962
(3 bundles)


Baptisms registers, 1925 - 1954
(2 volumes)

Leadgate Churches (unspecified) (Ref: M/Co)

162-163


Certificate authorising public worship by assembly or congregation of Protestants' in 'a school room belonging to the Derwent Iron Company, 8 April 1846
(1 paper)


Certificate authorising public worship by an assembly or congregation of Protestants' in a chapel erected at Leadgate', 23 September 1847
(1 paper)

Milkwellburn Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

(formerly United Methodist, and before 1907, United Methodist Free Church)
166-168


Memoranda of the choice and appointment of new trustees 22 November 1899, 10 February 1937, 4 November 1953
(1 bundle)


Declaration adopting the New Model Deed in accordance with s.17 of the Methodist Church Union Act, 15 June 1953
(1 paper)


Correspondence and related papers concerning the closure and demolition of the church, 1959 - 1960
(1 bundle)

Allendale Cottages, West Lane (formerly Primitive Methodist) Church (Ref: M/Co)

85-87, 209-212, 404-405


Sunday School meetings minutes, 1915 - 1941
(1 volume)


Christian Endeavour Meetings minutes, 1923 - 1940
(1 volume)


Plan of the church by D. McIntosh, 1896, with specifications, 1895 - 1896
(1 bundle)


Trustees' Meetings minutes, 1889 - 1902, includes Society and Chapel Committee Meetings minutes until 1895
(1 volume)


Trustees' Meetings minutes, 1902 - 1919, includes minutes of a Trustees' & Leaders' Meeting, 2 March 1910
(1 volume)


Trustees' Meetings minutes, 1920 - 1938, includes minutes of a Society Meeting, 15 June 1937
(1 volume)


Trustees' Meetings minutes, 1938 - 1960
(1 volume)


Sunday School teachers' meetings minutes, 1941 - 1958, with minutes of the teachers of the combined Wesley & West Lane Sunday Schools, 1958 - 1963
(1 volume)


Envelope collection register, March 1935 - December 1948
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Account book, January 1933 - September - 1974, includes notes concerning Centenary Services and decision to close chapel and merge with Medomsley Methodist Church, 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Iveston Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

(formerly Wesleyan Methodist)
243, 361, 524-532


Accounts, 1887 - 1969, Trustees' Meetings minutes, 1902 - 1913
(1 volume)


Register of baptisms, 20 February 1958 - 15 September 1974
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)


Certificate of worship, 9 May 1854
(paper, 1 folio)


Certificate of registration for the solemnisation of marriages, 27 October 1965
(1 card)


Grant for the enlargement of C.A., and Vestry, 3 February 1904
(paper, 1 folio)


Memorandum of choice and appointment of new trustees, 6 December 1947
(1 file, paper)


Memorandum of choice and appointment of new trustees, 31 March 1967
(1 file, paper)


Certificate for re-naming of chapel, issued by Consett U.D.C., 19 February 1970
(paper, 1 folio)


Papers relating to the Deposit Account of Iveston trustees from the Methodist Chapel Aid Association, 1 December 1971 - 30 September 1972
(paper, 3 folios)


Insurance policy for chapel, 15 December 1971
(1 file, paper)


Schedule B for chapel insurance policy, 25 March 1975
(paper, 1 folio)

Consett, Park Road Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

349-351, 533


Sunday School minute book, 18 December 1915 - 16 February 1941
(1 volume, leather half - bound)


Sunday School minute book, 18 May 1941 - 5 February 1958
(1 volume, card bound)


Sunday School minute book, 5 May 1958 - 25 November 1974
(1 volume, card bound)


Pulpit notices, 4 August 1974 - 30 May 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Crookhall Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

355-359, 501-522


Register of baptisms, 23 April 1944 - 29 May 1977
(1 volume, printed form, cloth bound)


Cradle roll, 9 October 1936 - 23 May 1976
(1 booklet, printed form, paper)


Women's Fellowship and Sisterhood account book, 1958 - 1978, includes: receipts, 1977 - 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound, paper, 5 folios)


Account book, 1974 - 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Roll book, 1975 - 1976
(1 volume, printed form, card bound)


Cradle Roll, 9 October 1936 - 29 May 1977
(1 roll, linen backed paper and 1 roll, paper)


Correspondence and papers re sale of land by Consett Iron Co. Ltd., to Trustees of Crookhall, 10 February 1914 - 16 March 1925
(paper, 5 folios)


Grant from Wesleyan Chapel Committee for erection of chapel at Crookhall, 7 February 1923
(paper, 1 folio)


Specification of the Mission Hall, 6 April 1923
(paper, 4 folios)


Certificate of worship, 8 October 1923
(paper, 1 folio)


Certificate of registration for solemnisation of marriages, 18 July 1969
(paper, 1 folio)


n.d., c.1924 (1) Consett Iron Company Ltd. (2) Trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist, Crookhall Part of a contract for sale from (1) to (2) of a building site at Crookhall, with plan
(1 file, paper)


Memorandum of choice and appointment of new trustees, 23 May 1924
(1 file, paper)


Trustees Retirement forms, 27 February - 5 March 1924
(1 file, paper)


Trustees Retirement forms, 17 August 1943 - 9 March 1944
(1 file, paper)


Memorandum of choice and appointment of new trustees, 9 March 1944
(1 file, paper)


Trustees Acceptance forms, 19 December 1943 - 31 January 1944
(1 file, paper)


Papers connected with the renewal of the trust, 22 February - 16 December 1944
(paper, 2 folios)


Trustees Retirement form, 2 March 1956
(1 file, paper)


Memorandum of choice and appointment of new trustees, 21 June 1956
(1 file, paper)


Papers connected with the renewal of the trust, 4 March - 30 July 1956
(paper, 2 folios)


Trustees Retirement forms, 29 January - 21 March 1966
(1 file, paper)


Trustees Acceptance forms, 31 January - 3 June 1966
(1 file, paper)


Memorandum of choice and appointment of new trustees, 3 November 1966
(1 file, paper)


Insurance policy for chapel, 5 March 1931
(1 file, paper)


Insurance policy for chapel, 2 August 1962
(1 file, paper)


Schedule B for chapel insurance policy, 25 March 1975
(paper, 1 folio)

Ebchester Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

360, 598-602


Trustees' meetings minute book, 1 June 1931 - 3 November 1975
(1 volume, card bound)


Minutes of meetings of Finance Committee, 19 March 1942 - 8 March 1945
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Pulpit notices, 4 August 1974 - 25 April 1976
(1 booklet)


Order of service for laying of foundation stone, 8 December 1956
(1 paper, printed)


Order of service for opening and dedication of the church, 6 July 1957
(1 paper, printed)


Newsletter of Ebchester Methodist Church, March 1981
(1 paper, typescript)

Leadgate Wesleyan Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

362-365


Trustees' meetings minute book, 12 March 1878 - 11 November 1901 , includes: List of donations for altering chapel and erecting an organ, 1872 - 1873
(1 volume, card bound)


Trustees' meetings minute book, 20 February 1909 - 14 November 1950
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Stewards' accounts, November 1889 - January 1922
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Leaders' meetings minutes, 20 November 1954 - 18 August 1964
(1 volume, card bound)

Medomsley Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

164-165, 366, 406


Correspondence and related papers concerning the building of the new church, 1960 - 1961
(1 bundle)


Report on survey of general structure carried out by C. K. Luke, architect, Stanley, 1960, with related correspondence, 1953 - 1961
(1 file)


Order of service for opening and dedication of the New Hall, 16 September 1978
(1 booklet, paper, typescript)


Pulpit notices, 7 August 1977 - 3 June 1979
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Consett Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

371, 500


Church magazine, Autumn 1979
(paper, 1 file)


Church Magazine, no. 5, Spring 1980
(1 booklet, printed)

Crookhall Methodist Mission (Ref: M/Co )

372-388


Trustees' meetings minute book, December 1904 - October 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)


(i) Trustees' meetings minute book, October 1962 - May 1978 (1 volume, cloth bound) (ii-iii) Forms of resolution appointing new trustees, 1956 - 1966 (Paper, 2 folios, printed) (iv) Letter of J.B. Stewart, circuit steward enclosing cheque, 15 November 1968 (Paper, 1 folio) (v-ix) Letters and invoices from William and B. Millhouse Ltd. about repairs at the church, 1962 - 1967 (Paper, 5 folios) (x-xi) Invoices from Minimax Ltd., December 1967 (Paper, 2 folios) (xii) Letter concerning the 50th anniversary of the building of Crookhall, 9 October 1973 (Paper, 1 folio) (xiii) General and Trust fund accounts, 1954 (Paper, 1 folio) (xiv-xv) Letters from the National Coal Board concerning subsidence at the church, 1 November 1965 - 15 July 1966 (Paper, 2 folios) (xvi-xviii) Letters from Consett U.D.C. concerning a local enquiry, 16 July - 3 August 1971 (paper, 3 folios) (xix) Letter from Consett U.D.C. thanking the church for the use of premises as a polling station, June 1973 (Paper, 1 folio) (xx) Plan of mission, n.d. No scale
(Paper, 1 folio)


Crookhall Wesleyan Mission minute book, 1904 - 1912
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Crookhall Wesleyan Mission minute book, November 1912 - April 1924
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Leaders' meetings and general meetings minute book, August 1945 - November 1951
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Leaders' meetings minute book, 1951 - 1972 (1 volume, cloth bound) Includes: Account of new boiler fund, 1968 - 1970 (1 folio, paper) Circular letter concerning golden jubilee of Crookhall Methodist Mission, n.d. (paper, 1 folio) List of details of sale of Crookhall Mission, c. 1955 (paper, 1 folio) Collect envelopes for Leadgate - Medomsley Methodist Church, 1967
(Paper, 2 folios)


Leaders' meetings minute book, 1972 - 1977 (1 volume, cloth bound) Includes: Letter from G. Dawson of Patchogue-Plymouth (Ainsco) Band concerning attendance at concert, 18 March 1973 (Paper, 1 folio) Agenda for Church Council/Church meeting, 17 March 1977 (Paper, 1 folio) Receipt for renewing heating boiler, 8 November 1968 (Paper, 1 folio) Letter from Will Redshaw concerning general news, 8 November 1968 (paper, 1 folio) Reflections on Crookhall Church, 1976,
(Paper, 1 folio)


Minute book, August 1924 - April 1930, with accounts, 1919 - 1924
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Account book, 1905 - 1916
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Account book, 1905 - 1918
(1 volume, cloth bound)


General and trust accounts, 1928 - 1947
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Accounts book, 1948 - 1963 (1 volume, cloth bound) Includes: photograph of B. Harwood, Rev. J. Anderson, W.R. Redshaw, Colin Victor with new communion rail, July 1960
(1 photograph)


Class book, 1954 - 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Class book, 1958
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Society Stewards' book, 1957
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Roll book, 1957 - 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound)


(i-xiii) Mission plans, 1928 - 1939 (paper, 13 folios, printed) (xiv-xvii) Letters from Robert Gallacher Ltd., Blackhill, to the trustees of Crookhall Methodist mission concerning alterations and enclosing an estimate for the work by W.R. Redshaw, Consett, 6 - 21 February 1933 (Paper, 4 folios) (xviii-xix) Receipted invoices of W.R. Redshaw concerning work done for Crookhall Mission, 13 October 1938 - 17 August 1939 (Paper, 2 folios) (xx) Notice about dedication of a New Pulpit, 18 October 1952 (Paper, 1 folio) (xxi) General and Trust Accounts, 1953 (Paper, 1 folio) (xxii) Circular letter concerning Crookhall Methodist Mission's Jubilee Celebration, 1954 (Paper, 1 folio) (xxiii-xxx) Newspapers cuttings concerning Crookhall Methodist Mission, 9 March 1944 - December 1963
(Paper, 8 folios)

Blackhill, Park Road Church (Ref: M/Co)

275-284, 484-489


Trustees' Meeting minute book, including list of trustees, 1907, 11 December 1907 - 10 September 1918
(1 volume, cloth/leather bound)


Trustees' Meeting minute book, including lists of trustees 1933, 1951, 1952 and 1954, 25 January 1919 - 19 July 1966
(1 volume, cloth/leather bound)


Trustees' Meeting minute book (Board of trustees ceased to exist on 28 March 1976), 30 August 1966 - 28 March 1976
(1 volume, cloth/leather bound)


Annual balance sheets and Treasurers' reports, 31 August 1964 - 31 August 1973
(paper, 28 folios)


General Correspondence, including debt reduction scheme, specification etc., for installation of organ, plans for heating apparatus in church and school, and statements of accounts, 29 September 1902, and 6 May 1933 - 31 August 1965
(paper, 24 files)


Correspondence concerning the Church Anniversary Services, being mainly invitations to and acceptances or rejections from preachers, 25 February 1947 - 15 November 1974
(paper, 130 folios)


Correspondence concerning the caretaker of the church premises, including list of duties, 5 April 1949 - 28 February 1975
(paper, 61 folios)


Correspondence concerning the upkeep of the church fabric, including a coloured plan of the interior of the chapel, showing the organ and pulpit, 27 February 1954 - 1 November 1974
(paper, 162 folios, 1 booklet, 1 plan)


General Correspondence file, 9 October 1954 - 7 June 1975
(paper, 101 folios)


Papers concerning "The Ship Effort"; a contribution by clubs, classes and individuals, presented at the Church Anniversary [for Overseas Missions], 13 October 1956 - 1970
(paper, 122 folios)


Pulpit notices 7 April - 9 June 1963
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Pulpit notices, 24 September 1972 - 14 October 1973
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Pulpit notices, 12 January - 21 December 1975 and 1 April - 27 May 1979
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Pulpit notices, 5 January - 30 March 1975 and 5 June 1977 - 19 March 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Pulpit notices, 30 May 1976 - 5 June 1977
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Pulpit notices, 19 March 1978 - 29 March 1979
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Butsfield (Ref: M/Co)

494-499


List of those willing to act as trustees, 28 April 1970 - 8 July 1973
(Paper, 1 folio)


Trustees Retirement forms, 11 April 1970 - 9 July 1973
(paper, 4 folios)


Memorandum of choice and appointment of new trustees, 20 July 1973
(1 file, paper)


Plan and elevation of temporary church hall, n.d., c.1940 Scale: 8 feet to an inch [1:96]
(pencil, paper, 39 x 30 cm.)


Insurance policy for school and church, 30 July 1947
(1 file, paper)


Schedule B for chapel insurance, 24 June 1975
(paper, 1 folio)

Durham Road (Ref: M/Co )

523


Annual Society Meetings and Leaders' Meetings minute book, 11 February 1947 - 1 October 1955
(1 volume, cardboard bound)

Blackhill, The Grove Methodist Chapel (Ref: M/Co )

536-537


Minute book of the trustees' meetings, 14 August 1968 - 4 June 1979
(1 volume, cardboard bound)


Correspondence and papers relating to the trustees including: Letter enclosing final account for building the Grove Methodist chapel, with block plan, 20 October 1939 Guarantee in favour of the trustees, 4 March 1948 Papers concerning the connection of a sewer, 17 - 30 April 1952 Estimate for painting the chapel, June 1957 Special trustees' meeting minutes, 1 February 1960 Fire prevention inspection report, 7 February 1962 Note of deposits with Methodist Chapel Aid, 1 October 1962 Minutes of annual trustees' meeting, 15 November 1962 Silver jubilee programme and notes, 1938 - 1963 Estimate concerning the installation of the organ, 11 February 1965 Correspondence from N.E.E.B., February 1966 - 13 February 1967 Correspondence concerning the use of the Chapel for a blood donor session, 23 February 1968 - 2 March 1969 Letter from J.B. Stewart giving thanks for £50 donation to the Manse Furnishing Appeal, 17 August 1970 Restructuring report of the Methodist Conference Nottingham, 1972 Correspondence and tuning agreement for the Chapel organ, 17 May 1972 - 1975
(1 file, paper)

High Westwood Methodist Chapel (Ref: M/Co )

538-541


Register of baptisms, 1 February 1927 - 28 April 1963
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Account book of the trustees, 31 December 1944 - 29 October 1963
(1 notebook)


Pass book for the Newcastle Savings Bank, 28 January 1955 - 15 May 1964
(1 notebook)


Printer's block for a photograph of High Westwood chapel, n.d.
(1 block, copper on wood)

Darlington Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co )

542-543


Trustees' Treasurer's account book, 19 March 1916 - 23 January 1958
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Collection journal, 11 November 1923 - 17 January 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Derwent View Methodist Church, Dipton (Ref: M/Co )

544-545


Contributions Record Book, 7 January 1951 - 7 April 1957
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Balance book, 2 June 1957 - March 1966
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Dipton and Greencroft Free Methodist Chapel (Ref: M/Co )

546


Baptism Register, 28 July 1887 - 11 February 1934
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ebchester Wesleyan Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co )

548-553


Minute book of leaders' meetings, 17 February 1927 - 19 March 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minutes of leaders' meetings, 4 April 1966 - 18 November 1974
(1 booklet)


General correspondence and accounts, 29 July 1953 - 24 August 1963
(40 papers, 8 files)


Correspondence and accounts re construction of new building at Ebchester, 14 December 1954 - 15 July 1960
(26 papers, 3 files)


Sale accounts, 17 May 1958 - 22 June 1963
(1 file)


Pulpit notice book, 15 May 1977 - 14 May 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ebchester Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co )

554


Souvenir booklet of the Silver Jubilee of Ebchester Methodist Church, May 1982
(1 booklet)

Blanchland, Bay Bridge Providence Chapel (Ref: M/Co )

555


"Providence Chapel, A Tale of the North Country" by Rev. Thomas M'Cullagh: the history of Providence Chapel at Bay Bridge, Blanchland copied from Methodist Recorder, Christmas 1893
(1 file, typescript)

Annfield Plain Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

Annfield Plain Methodist Church
(formerly Wesleyan Methodist)
88-93
See also M/Co 31/1, 31/2, 32 and 33


Trustees' Meetings minutes, 1878 - 1889, includes minutes of meeting 14 October 1865, and minutes of the Trustees and Building Committee and of the Trustees and Chapel Committee meetings; and accounts 1878 - 1884. Infolded are: (1) Handbill advertising the opening of Annfield Plain Royal Jubilee Wesleyan Sunday School, 12 October 1887 (1 paper) (2) Handbill advertising the Royal Jubilee Sunday School bazaar, 3 October 1888 (1 paper) (3) Handbill advertising two sermons to be preached to clear debt, 26 and 27 May 1889 (1 paper) (4) Balance sheet for the Sunday School Building and Trust Funds 1889, 2 copies (2 papers)
(1 volume)


Trustees' Meetings minutes, 1889 - 1900, includes subscription list for renovations, n.d., c.1890
(1 volume)


Accounts, 1917 - 1938
(1 volume)


Plans of the proposed reconstruction of the church by George Thomas Wilson, architect, of Blackhill, 1899
(1 bundle containing 2 plans)


Plans of the church by J. J. Hill, architect and surveyor, Newcastle, with plan of proposed alterations and extensions to the heating system by Henry Walker & Son, heating engineers, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1926
(1 bundle containing 5 plans)


Plan showing line of main sewer near the church (n.d. or architect given) and photographs of the interior and exterior of the church, n.d.
(1 bundle)

Blackhill Primitive Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

94-95


Contracts and agreements for building the Sunday School with front elevation of the church and school by George Race, architect, of Westgate, Weardale, 1906
(1 bundle)


Trustees' Meetings minutes, 1898 - 1922
(1 volume)

Blackhill, Park Road Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)

97-98


Baptisms register, 1941 - 1964
(1 volume)


Ordnance Survey sheets Durham XI 6 and Northumberland CVIII 6, and Durham XI 10 and Northumberland, 4th edition, 1939 One sheet is endorsed 'Park Lane' and both sheets have houses and people's names marked Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 bundle containing 2 plans)

Allendale Cottages Wesleyan Methodist Church (Ref: M/Co)Class books (Ref: M/Co)

915/1-3


Class book, n.d. [1880s]
(1 booklet, printed)


Class book, n.d. [c.1900]
(1 booklet, printed)


Class book, n.d. [1900s]
(1 booklet, printed)