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Correspondence between Thomas J. Armstrong, 14 Hawthorn Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne; Canon F.J. Greenwell, Greenwell Ford, Lanchester; and W.S. Hicks, Hicks & Charlewood, architects, University Chambers, 67 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, concerning the restoration of the chancel, 13 June 1898 - 6 June 1899

'Report on proposed scheme for re-arrangement of chancel etc.', n.d., [1899]

Correspondence between J.M. Napier Clavering, Axwell Park, Blaydon-on-Tyne; Judge J.F. Greenwell, Greenwell Ford, Lanchester; Lord Durham, Lambton Castle, Fencehouses; F.A. Aikenhead, Otterington Hall, Northallerton, North Yorkshire; Tom Davison, Skene House, Dunecht, Aberdeen, Scotland; North Eastern Banking Co. Ltd., Blackhill; J.B. Lazenby, Diocesan Registry, Durham; Rev. George Jepson, The Vicarage, Lanchester; Robert Beall, architectural and monumental sculptor, Granite, Stone & Marble Works, High Level Approach, Newcastle upon Tyne; and Hicks & Charlewood, architects, University Chambers, 67 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne; concerning the financing of the restoration of the church; the Diocesan Registry's concerns about plans to close the Clavering vault and remove the font; and the design and cost of a new font, 28 June 1900 - 21 February 1902

Plan entitled: 'various suggestions for treatment of chancel steps', by Hicks & Charlewood, architects, 67 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d., [1899]

Plan of the proposed alterations to the south entrance gates viewed from the south porch, 4 October 1945

Internal plan of the Church, n.d. [c. 1940s]

Internal plan of the Church by A. M. Hedley and H. L. Honeyman, Architects, 6 Eldon Square, Newcastle - upon - Tyne, 14 February 1951

Ground plan of church, H Sinton, 1911

Order of service at the dedication of the new organ, and programme of a recital by the Revd. A.D. Culley, organist of Durham Cathedral, 23 May 1907 Originally enclosed in EP/La 146

Document de - accessioned 19 January 2017

Specification of the new organ, by Harrison & Harrison, organ builders, Durham & London, n.d., [1900]

Letters from Harrison & Harrison, organ builders, Durham, to the vicar and churchwardens of Lanchester, concerning the replacement of the church organ and measures to enable it to be blown satisfactorily, 20 July 1900 - 27 September 1906

Correspondence between J. Clark, 28 Eslington Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne; Judge J.F. Greenwell, Greenwell Ford, Lanchester; and William Logan, Langley Park; concerning the restoration of the church clock, 28 September - 9 December 1901

Letter from Reid and Sons, Gem Buildings, Blackett Street, Newcastle - upon - Tyne to the Reverend R. R. Fenning, The Vicarage, Lanchester, Durham concerning the assessment of the Church chalice and paten cover, 9 November 1911

Order of service for the opening of the gates, n.d. [c. 1940s]

Order of service for the dedication of a memorial garden to the memory of those who gave their lives in the two World Wars, 11 November 1951 Note: includes rolls of honor for World War One and World War Two

Letters from J. E. Downing, Ecclesiastical Commission, Millbank, Westminster to F. E. Shipley Esq., Ford Road, Lanchester, Durham and the Reverend L. Heatherington, Lanchester Vicarage, Durham concerning the financing of the construction of footpaths in Lanchester church yard, 18 April 1913 - 1 April 1914

Plan of isolated burial ground reproduced from Lanchester Church Vestry by A. M. Hedley, 13 April 1945

Plan of the Churchyard by A. M. Hedley and copied from an ordnance survey map of Durham, October 1946 [Shows church and churchyard, incorporating 1860 extension to northeast and 1904 extension of this further to north; also shows location of two graves in 'isolated plot' further up Peth Bank, north side, before Peth Farm]

Plan of burial ground (numbers only, no names), Thomas E Taylor, architect, Prospect House, Lanchester, September 1904

Account of the churchwardens for the additional burial ground at Lanchester, 1856 - 1857

Licence to bury in the additional burial ground at Lanchester, 6 November 1857

Sentence and consecration of additional burying ground at Lanchester, 17 April 1860

Burial Laws Amendment Act, 1880

Correspondence and papers concerning burial returns, 19 January - 5 December 1876

Plan of the Church hall, n.d. [c. 1940s]

Plan of the Church hall and village green.d. [c. 1940s]

Plan of the Church hall, n.d. [c. 1940s]

Plan of the Church hall with seating for 190, n.d. [c. 1940s]

Plan of the western elevation of the proposed Church hall , n.d. [c. 1940s]

Rough plan showing proposed site for Church hall, n.d. [c. 1940s]

Plan of proposed Church hall with seating for 150, n.d. [c. 1940s]

Plan of the vicarage, its grounds and the adjoining fields, copied from an Ordnance Survey map, 9 August 1934

Correspondence between the Reverend R. R. Fleming, The Vicarage, Lanchester, Durham and the Ecclesiastical Commission, Millbank, Westminster concerning contributions towards the rebuilding of the boundary wall of the Parsonage house and the condition of the fabric of the Church and Parsonage House, 27 February 1909

Valuation of farm at Satley belonging to the churchwardens of Lanchester, 13 February 1857

28 March 1752 (1) Caleb Jopling of Langley, yeoman, and Ann, his wife (2) William Greenwell of Ford, gent.; Thomas Greenwell of Broom Sheals, yeo.; and William Wheatley of Lanchester Mill, carpenter Release of several messuages in Satley with closes called the Backgarth and Lintlands, with boundaries as specified Consideration: £140

Letter from G. S. [Bowld?], District Valuer, Valuation Department, Inland Revenue, 32 West Street, Gateshead to the Reverend L. Heatherington, The Vicarage, Lanchester concerning the provisional valuation of the Church and Vicarage, 18 June 1913

Parish book, 1631 - 1704

Parish book, 1705 - 1802

Parish record book, 1885 - 1893

Terrier, 1889 - 1892

Terrier, 1901

Terrier and inventory originally reviewed at Easter 1901 and subsequently updated during the period, 3 March - 25 September 1945 Includes: papers concerning memorial inscriptions on flags or gravestones and mural tablets on walls of nave, past incumbents, list of registers and other church books

Churchwardens' accounts and vestry minutes, 1805 - 1831 Includes: resolutions of Lanchester Armed Association, 1798 Plan of church seating, n.d.

Churchwardens' accounts and vestry minutes, 1832 - 1876

Churchwardens' accounts and vestry minutes, 1876 - 1912

Church book containing churchwardens' accounts and lists of the Four and Twenty (Vestry), 1912 - 1939

Certificates of redemption of, and exoneration from land tax, 15 November 1798 - 23 March 1814

Faculty for removing the roof of the church and chancel and putting on a new roof covered with Westmorland slate, and selling lead, etc., 15 November 1805

Notification of the grant of a faculty authorising the erection of a new organ in the organ chamber, 23 January 1907

Letter from Edward Prest at Gateshead giving opinion on election and powers of churchwardens, 14 April 1869

Vicar's statement outlining the circumstances in which 2 separate vestry meetings elected 7 churchwardens, and stating the arrangements for carrying out wardens' business, pending the settlement of the dispute, n.d., [May 1904]

Resolution of the vicar and all 7 churchwardens appointing managers of Lanchester Parochial School, n.d., [May 1904]

Letter from Judge F.J. Greenwell, Greenwell Ford, Lanchester, to Rev. R.R. Fanning, The Vicarage, Lanchester, giving his opinion that it is necessary to hold another annual vestry meeting, 11 May 1904

Copy letter from [The Vicar, The Vicarage, Lanchester] to Mr. Brotherhood, one of the 7 churchwardens, acknowledging receipt of stock receipts, will extracts and bank books relating to parish charities, 7 June 1904

Signed extracts from minutes of churchwardens' meetings, 25 May 1904 - 4 April 1905