Catalogue

Parish magazine, May 1920

Parish magazines, January 1892 - December 1902

Bishopwearmouth Messenger, February 1943

Bishopwearmouth Parish Magazine, March 1896 - December 1907

Bishopwearmouth Parish Magazine, January 1904 - December 1914

Bishopwearmouth Parish Magazine, January 1915 - December 1924

Bishopwearmouth Parish Magazine, January 1923

Bishopwearmouth Parish Magazine, February 1924

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , May, July 1925

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - March 1926

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , February, April, June, August - September 1927

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , February - May 1931

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - March 1932

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , June, August - September, November - December 1935

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - February, April - December 1936

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - August, October - November 1937

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - February, April, June - December 1938

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - March, May - June, August - December 1939

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - February, April, August - October 1940

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - March, May - December 1941

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1942

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1943

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January, March, May - December 1944

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1945

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1946

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - April, June - December 1947

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1948

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - November 1949

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1950

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - October 1951

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January, March - April 1952

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1953

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - July, September - December 1954

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - April, June - December 1955

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January, March - December 1956

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1957

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1958

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1959

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1960

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1961

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1962

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , February, April - December 1963

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1964

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1965

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1966

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1967

Bishopwearmouth Messenger, January - December 1968

Bishopwearmouth Messenger, January, March - December 1969

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1976

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1977

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1978

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1979

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1980

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1981

Bishopwearmouth Messenger, January - December 1982

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - May, July - December 1983

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - March, May - December 1984

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - September 1985

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , June - December 1989

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , January - December 1990

The Messenger , January - September, December 1991

The Messenger, January - April, July - September, November - December 1992

The Messenger, February - April, June - November 1993

The Messenger , February - May, September, December 1994

The Messenger , January - May, July - December 1995

The Messenger , February, May - June, August - September, November - December 1996

The Messenger, January - October, December 1997

The Messenger, February - December 1998

The Messenger , January - December 1999

The Messenger, January - December 2000

The Messenger, February - December 2001

The Messenger , January - July, September, November - December 2002

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , the parish magazine for St. Michael's Church, January - December 1970

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , the parish magazine of St. Michael's Church, January - March, May - October 1971

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , the parish magazine for St. Michael's Church, March 1972

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , the parish magazine for St. Michael's Church, May - December 1973

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , the parish magazine for St. Michael's Church, January - March, May - December 1974

Bishopwearmouth Messenger , the parish magazine of St. Michael's Church, January, March - July, September - December 1975; Bishopwearmouth and West Park, February 1975

The Messenger , parish magazine, December, January 2002/3

The Story of a Mother Church, Saint Michael and All Angels, Bishopwearmouth , 1964

Bishopwearmouth Parish Church, a Brief History of the first church of South Wearmouth , c.1982

'The Making of the Minster', a booklet produced for the inauguration of Sunderland Minster, 11 January 1998

26 October 1801 Admittance of Richard White of Bishop Wearmouth, esq., and Thomas Scarth of Hendon House, Bishop Wearmouth, esq., to a messuage and parcel of ground (8 yds. x 22yds. 2ft. 8ins.) adjoining lands of Jacob Maude of Sunniside at Bishopwearmouth, upon the surrender of Jacob Maude, William Maude Ogden and Thomas Scarth Defeasance that White and Scarth will pay £2 16s. p.a. (ground rent) to Jacob Maude, that they will raise £250 by way of mortgage and pay the said sum to White, and subject thereto will hold the premises upon the trusts declared in EP/Biw 695. Manor of Bishopwearmouth Rectory

26 October 1801 (1) Jacob Maude of Sunniside, Bishop Wearmouth, esquire (2) Edward Grimes of Sunniside, joiner and cabinet maker (3) Richard White of Bishop Wearmouth, esquire (4) Thomas Scarth, late of Flatts, now of Hendon House, esquire Covenant by (1) to surrender to (3) and (4) a messuage etc. in Bishopwearmouth as specified, adjoining a back street leading from Sunniside upon trust to raise and pay the annual rent of £2 16s. to (1), upon further trust to raise £250 by way of mortgage, and subject thereto upon trust for (2) Consideration: £250 by (3) to (2)

12 February 1803 (1) Edward Grimes of Bishopwearmouth, joiner and cabinet maker (2) Thomas Nicholson of Bishopwearmouth, Esquire and Elizabeth Nicholson of Bishopwearmouth, spinster Covenant by (1) with (2) to surrender to them the messuage etc. in Bishopwearmouth upon trust to pay £2 16s. p.a. rent to Jacob Maude and to raise the sum of £250 to be paid to Richard White, and subject thereto, to raise and retain £100 and thence in trust for (1) and his sequels in right. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £71 owed by (1) to (2) and £29 paid by (2) to (1)

12 February 1803 Admittance of Thomas Nicholson and Elizabeth Nicholson to a messuage etc. in Bishopwearmouth upon the surrender of Edward Grimes, with defeasance declaring trusts as EP/Biw 696 above, but ultimately upon the trusts appointed by Grimes in his will, which failing, upon trust for Grimes and his sequels in right

2 July 1810 Admittance of Richard White of Bishop Wearmouth, gentleman, to a messuage in Bishop Wearmouth, upon the surrender of Thomas Nicholson, Elizabeth Nicholson and Edward Grimes, with defeasance declaring trusts in respect of £2 16s. annual rent to Jacob Maude and the £250 and interest secured to Richard White, and subject thereto upon such trusts as Ralph Weatherburn of Bishop Wearmouth, plumber (the purchaser of the equity of redemption) shall appoint in his will, failing which, upon trust for Wetherburn and his sequels in right

2 July 1810 (1) Edward Grimes of Bishop Weremouth, joiner and cabinet maker (2) Thomas Nicholson of Bishop Weremouth, esq. and Elizabeth Nicholson of Bishop Weremouth, spinster (3) Ralph Weatherburn of Bishop Weremouth, plumber and glazier (4) Richard White of Bishop Weremouth, gent. Covenant of (1) and (2) with (3) to surrender the property in Bishopwearmouth, charged with the payment of the annual rent of £2 16s. and the payment of £250 to (4), and subject thereto upon such trusts as (3) shall appoint in his will and, failing that, in trust for (3) and his sequels in right. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £100 by (3) to (2) and £140 by (3) to (1) and £250 still due to (4)

14 July 1818 Admittance of Thomas Scarth, late of Hendon House now of Staindrop, esq. (who hath survived Richard White) to a messuage in Bishop Wearmouth as specified, on the surrender of William Cockerill of Bishop Wearmouth, rope maker, and John White of East Cowton, Yorkshire, farmer (the executors of Richard White), in trust for Ralph Weatherburn of Bishop Wearmouth, plumber (subject to trusts declared in a defeasance attached to the admittance EP/Biw 694)

14 July 1818 Admittance as EP/Biw 700

Copy of the will (dated 15 March 1815) of Richard White of Bishopwearmouth, esq., devising a copyhold messuage in Bishopwearmouth to his servant, Isabella Wright, for life, thence to Thomas Thompson of Bishopwearmouth, attorney-at-law, Elizabeth, wife of William Cockerill of Bishopwearmouth, rope maker, Mary Ann wife of Thomas Harrison of Sunderland, gent., Richard White of Ereal Park, farmer, Thomas White of Durham, farmer, Isabella Maynard of East Cowton, Yorks., widow, Jane White of Trimdon, spinster, and John White of East Cowton, farmer, as tenants in common; £320 to trustees to pay the interest to Isabella Wright for life, thence to pay the capital sum to various nieces and nephews; £800 to trustees to pay the income to Elizabeth Thompson, testator's sister, for life, thence as she shall appoint etc.; £1000 to Mary Elizabeth Pearson of Trimdon, the natural daughter of the testator's late niece Frances White deceased, with provision if she die a minor etc.; £2000 to trustees to be divided between Grace Shaftoe and Margaret Shafto, great nieces of the testator, upon their marriage or majority, with further provisions in case they die minors. Devises all other real estate upon trust for sale. Res iduary legatees: Thomas Thompson, Elizabeth Cockerill, Mary Ann Harrison, Richard White, Thomas White, Isabella Maynard, Jane White and John White, n.d., c.1862

Copy of the will of Ralph Weatherburn of Bishopwearmouth, plumber (dated 2 February 1824) devising two copyhold messuages in Norfolk Street, one in Tatham Street and one in Nile Street, all Bishopwearmouth, and a moiety of a freehold messuage on the west of Burleigh Street, Sunderland to his wife Barbara. Proved 1831, n.d., c.1862

Copy of the will of Barbara Weatherburn of Bishopwearmouth, widow (dated 27 September 1833) devising her freehold and copyhold messuages to trustees, in trust, as to one moiety, for her son-in-law, William Kight of Norwich, mercer and draper, and as to the other moiety, charged with an annuity for her daughter-in-law, Ann Hodgson (wife of Leonard Hodgson), for a term of 15 years, in trust for her testatrix's son, Leonard "in case [he] shall at any time previously have returned to Sunderland or been found alive", and Ann Hodgson and their issue as specified. Miscellaneous legacies and bequests, n.d. [1862]

Copy of the will of George Davison of Norfolk Street, Sunderland, gentleman (dated 4 January 1845) devising all property to trustees who are to allow his wife, Rachael, to occupy the dwellinghouse in Norfolk Street for life; thence to pay all rents and income for testator's daughter, Mary, wife of Jacob Husdell of Monkwearmouth Shore, coalfitter, and for her issue as specified, n.d., c.1862

Copy of the will of George Davison of the borough of Sunderland, innkeeper (dated 4 July 1849) devising real estate in trust for wife for life, thence in trust for testator's only child, Elizabeth, n.d., c.1862

1862 (1) Subscribing owners of houses in East and West Sunniside and Norfolk Street, Bishopwearmouth (2) Robert Thomas Wilkinson of Bishopwearmouth, gentleman Attested copy of an agreement (of 21 January 1850) for the purchase by (1) of a parcel of ground adjoining Sunniside and Norfolk Street 234-256 yds. in length and 23 yds. in breadth for the formation of pleasure grounds Rent: £110 p.a. perpetual ground rent Attested, 29 September 1862

1862 (1) William Kight of High Street, Aldgate, London, mercer and draper (2) James Dannatt of Bishopwearmouth, plumber (3) Thomas Moore of Bishopwearmouth, builder and Joseph John Wright of Sunderland near the Sea, gent. (4) William Drysdale of Sunderland, builder and George Drysdale of Sunderland, cooper (5) Thomas Scarth of Staindrop, esq. (6) William Jameson of Bishopwearmouth, joiner and cabinet maker (7) William Croudace of Bunker Hill, Houghton le Spring, gent. (8) Thomas Purvis of Lincon's Inn, Middlesex, esq. (9) George Stephenson of Bishopwearmouth, gent. and John Hunter of Bishopwearmouth, coalfitter Copy conveyance (dated 28 December 1853) by (1) to (3) of the copyhold messuage formerly in the possession of Edward Grimes near Sunniside in Bishopwearmouth, a parcel of ground 23 yds. x 7 yds. at Sunniside with a messuage thereupon, another parcel of ground 7 yds. x 16 yds. 2 ft. and the messuage erected thereupon on the west side of Nile Street, a further parcel of land 24 ft. x 14 ft. 3 ins. adjoining the last mentioned house and land, a parcel of land 19 yds. x 31 yds. adjoining Tatham Street, Bishopwearmouth, with a messuage thereupon, and a moiety of a messuage in Burleigh Street, Sunderland, and all other realty in which (1) has an interest under the will of Barbara Weatherburn, subject to the payment of ground rents and to a term of 15 years created by the will of Barbara Weatherburn, upon trust to allow (2) to receive the annual rents of all the above property subject to his paying an annuity of £70 to (1) for life, with further trusts declared to secure the annuity. Declaration by (4),(5),(6),(7),(8) and (9) to stand seized of the various portions of the premises in which they are interested upon trust for (2). Recites previous deeds and wills Consideration: an annuity of £70 to (1) for life Attested, 14 June 1862

Abstract of title (26 October 1801 - 28 December 1833) to 11 Norfolk Street, Bishopwearmouth, with marginal comments and observations, 1862

Declaration of James Dannatt of Bishopwearmouth, plumber, and Matthew Allison, attorney-at-law, as to payment of annuity of £70 to Mr. Kight, with copy death certificate of William Kight attached, 6 November 1862

13 October 1862 Admittance of Thomas Freshfield Scarth of Keverston, esq., as eldest son and customary heir of Thomas Scarth to a messuage etc. as in EP/Biw 694 above

6 November 1862 (1) James Dannatt of Bishopwearmouth, plumber (2) George Drysdale of Sunderland near the Sea, cooper (3) Thomas Moore of Bishopwearmouth, builder, and Joseph John Wright of Sunderland, gent. (4) Barbara Davison of Sunderland, widow (5) Robert Brewis of Sunderland, butcher (6) Thomas Freshfield Scarth of Keverston, esq. (7) George Scurfield of Bishopwearmouth, gent. Conveyance by (1), (2), (3) and (4) to (5) of a parcel of ground and messuages in Norfolk Street, and (1)'s interest in the property described in EP/Biw 707, charged with annual ground rents of £2 16s. and £2 4s. respectively. Declaration that (6) and (7) shall stand seized of the legal estates in the respective premises in trust for (5). Recites previous deeds Consideration: £780 by (5) to (1)

6 November 1862 (1) James Dannatt of Bishopwearmouth, plumber (2) Robert Brewis of Sunderland near the Sea, butcher Bond of indemnity of (1) to (2) in £1560 for peaceable enjoyment of the premises conveyed to him by EP/Biw 712. Recites previous deeds and wills, 1811 - 1853

Copy will of Robert Brewis of Sunderland, butcher (dated 22 September 1871) devising all real estate upon trust for sale for the benefit of his wife and issue as specified, n.d., c.1900

14 January 1922 (1) Robert Bolton Brewis of Sunderland, commercial traveller (2) Frederick Robert Seager Nesbitt and James William Hall, both of Sunderland, gentlemen Appointment of (2) as new trustees of the will of Robert Brewis in the place of W.E. Brewis and Mrs. Mary Brewis, deceased. Recites previous deeds 15 March 1941 (1) Frederic Robert Seager Nesbitt of Buxton, Derbyshire (2) Alexander Wallace Nesbitt, M.A., of King Edward VI Grammar School, Spilsby, Lincolnshire and Alfred Edward Snell of Sunderland, solicitor's managing clerk Appointment of (2) as new trustees in the place of Hall deceased

4 March 1949 (1) Frederic Robert Seager Nesbitt of 20 Hardwick Street, Buxton, Derbyshire, solicitor; Alexander Wallace Nesbitt of King Edward VI School, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, schoolmaster; and Alfred Edward Snell of 27 East Whickham Street, Sunderland, solicitor's clerk (2) Isadore Levine of 32 Alexandra Park, Sunderland, wholesale warehouseman Conveyance by (1) to (2) of 11 Norfolk Street, Sunderland. Covenant for the production of title deeds specified in annexed schedule Consideration: £1500

Abstract of title (14 January 1922 - 15 March 1941) of the trustees of Robert Brewis deceased to 11 Norfolk Street, Sunderland, n.d.

Bazaar Handbook Committee: statement of accounts, 1938

Account book of Handbook Committee, May 1938 - January 1939

List of prospective advertisers in the handbook, 1938

Advertisement for the annual Easter Festival at Bishopwearmouth, 9 April 1896

Posters, programmes, circulars, and tickets for the annual festivals at Bishopwearmouth, 29 September 1908 - 29 September 1913

Account book of Festival Fund, 10 September - 4 December 1912

Pass book with the National Provincial Bank of England Ltd. for the Festival account, 6 September 1912 - 29 March 1913

Official record of the Durham Diocesan Excursion to Holy Island, 31 August 1896

Report from The Newcastle Daily Journal concerning the postponement of the Coronation, and its effect on various towns in the North East, 25 June 1902 Originally enclosed in EP/Biw 832

Festival programme for 60th Anniversary of the Re-dedication of St. Michael's Church, 4 June 1995

Programme for a 'Roses and Rossini' festival at Bishopwearmouth Church, 2 - 4 July 1982

Programme for a concert by Bishopwearmouth Choral Society at Sunderland Minster, 13 June 1998

Notes on the non-conformist chapels of Sunderland, their dates, removals etc., n.d. [1880s]

Constitution and rules fo the choir of Bethany Chapel, n.d. [later 19th century]

Steward's cash book for the Ebenezer Independent Methodist Church, November 1919 - November 1933

Secretary's book containing accounts of receipts and expenditure for the Ebenezer, Cairo Street, Independent Methodist Sunday School, 1929 - 1949

Secretary's book containing accounts of receipts and expenditure for the Ebenezer, Cairo Street, Independent Methodist Sunday School, 1949 - 1958

Sunderland Royal Infirmary Patients' Library cash book, 7 March 1944 - 1 August 1959

Letter from Benjamin Rotch, Lowlands to Mrs. M. Richardson, Olive Lodge, Bishopwearmouth concerning latter's state of health, gossip, private matters etc., 8 November 1883; covering letter from M.A. Richardson, Thornholme, 16 November 1919

Book recording anniversaries of dates of death, n.d.