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Durham St. Margaret Parish

Reference: EP/Du.SM Catalogue Title: Durham St. Margaret Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 06 Parochial Church Council

Covering Dates: 1870-2010

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  • Durham St. Margaret Parish
    • Durham, St Margaret (Ref: EP/Du.SM)
    • Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Du.SM )
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 01)
    • Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 01)
    • Finance Committee, Finance Advisory Committee, Stewardship and Christian Giving Committee (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 02)
    • Indexes (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 03)
    • Reports (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 02)
    • Notices of meetings (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 03)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 04)
    • Accounts (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 01)
    • Annual accounts (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 02)
    • Statements (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 03)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 04)
    • Correspondence (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 05)
    • Electoral rolls (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 06)
    • Parish officers (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 07)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 08)

Catalogue Contents

Durham, St Margaret (Ref: EP/Du.SM)Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Du.SM )Minutes (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 01)Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 01)

676-677, 772-774, 922, 924-925, 1095/1-2

Ref: EP/Du.SM 676

Minute book of Parochial Church Council, with index, 15 April 1920 - 28 April 1938
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 677

Minute book of Parochial Church Council, with index, 23 May 1938 - 14 March 1939
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 772

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, including annual vestry and parochial meeting, (indexed), 20 April 1939 - 11 March 1947
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 773

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, including annual vestry and parochial meetings, (for index see Np/1u. SM 772), 11 March 1947 - 10 March 1959
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 774

Minutes of Parochial Church Council, including annual vestry and parochial meetings, (for index see EP/Du. SM 772), 6 April 1959 - 6 April 1967
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 922

Minutes and index, of St. Margaret's Parochial Church Council, 26 April 1967 - 10 April 1973
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 924

Minutes of St. Margaret's Parochial Church Council and District Church Council, April 1973 - March 1978
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 925

Minutes of St. Margaret's Parochial Church Council, April 1978 - March 1984
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1095/1

Parochial Church Council minutes of meetings, 3 May 1984 - 8 March 1990 Includes: index to Parochial Church Council and Annual General Meetings minutes 17 April - 8 March 1990; Annual General Meetings minutes with reports and accounts, 17 April 1984 - 6 April 1989; various sub - committee minutes of meetings, 10 May 1984 - 14 September 1989
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1095/2

Parochial Church Council minutes of meetings, 10 May 1990 - 7 March 2000 Includes: index to Parochial Church Council minutes; Annual General Meetings minutes with reports and accounts, 5 April 1990 - March 2000; various sub - committee minutes of meetings, 11 May 1993 - 5 December 1999
(1 file)

Finance Committee, Finance Advisory Committee, Stewardship and Christian Giving Committee (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 02)

61, 678, 710-760, 775, 927-928

Ref: EP/Du.SM 61

Parochial Church Council finance committee minutes and accounts, 1936 - 1939
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 678

Minute book of Parochial Church Council finance committee, 23 May 1939 - 29 October 1959 Enclosures: EP/Du.SM 679, EP/Du.SM 687
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 710-759

Minutes and related papers of the Stewardship Group of St. Margaret's and St. John's, Neville Cross, 15 September 1971 - 9 December 1976
(47 papers, 3 files, typescript)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 760

Minutes of meetings and lists of members of the Christian Giving Committee of St. Margaret's and St. John's, 30 June 1971 - 3 March 1977
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 775

Minutes of Finance Advisory Committee, 12 February 1970 - 29 January 1974
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 927

Minutes of the Finance Advisory Committee, 10 October 1969-1970, and subsequent Stewardship and Christian Giving Committee, 1970- 5 June 1975
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 928

Minutes and correspondence concerning the Christian Stewardship Campaign, 10 October 1969 - 9 May 1975
(1 file)

Indexes (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 03)

923

Ref: EP/Du.SM 923

Index of minutes of St. Margaret's Parochial Church Council, 26 April 1973 - 17 March 1984
(1 volume, card bound)

Reports (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 02)

764-765, 1106/1

Ref: EP/Du.SM 764

Reports of Christian Giving Committee, 2 July 1971 - 6 January 1973
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 765

Reports of Christian Stewardship Group, 16 July 1971 - 7 February 1974
(1 file, printed)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1106/1

Annual reports and financial statements, 31 December 1995 - 31 December 2010
(1 file)

Notices of meetings (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 03)

74/5

Ref: EP/Du.SM 74/5

Notice of meeting of Parochial Church Council, 8 March 1955
(1 paper)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 04)Accounts (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 01)

681

Ref: EP/Du.SM 681

Account book of Parochial Church Council, 7 January 1937 - 1944
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Annual accounts (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 02)

60, 682-684, 687, 926

Ref: EP/Du.SM 60

Parochial Church Council accounts and annual reports, 31 December 1937 - 31 December 1952 and 31 December 1954
(10 booklets, 34 papers)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 682

Statements of account of Parochial Church Council, Parochial Institute, and St. John's Church, 31 December 1937 - 31 December 1945
(59 papers)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 683

Accounts of Parochial Church Council, St. John's Church, and St. Margaret's School Managers, 31 December 1946
(6 papers, 2 files)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 684

Accounts of Parochial Church Council and Institute, St. John's Church, and St. Margaret's School Managers, with related papers, 31 December 1947
(9 papers, 2 files)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 687

Statements of income and expenditure, donations, and estimates for Parochial Church Council and Institute, 1956 - 1964 Enclosed in EP/Du.SM 678 For 'Restoration Fund', 1950 - 1951, see EP/Du.SM 660
(13 papers, 1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 926

Parochial Church Council annual accounts, 1926-1928, 1930, 1935, 1937-1995, and fuller accounts, 1959, 1962, 1964-1973, 1975, 1982, 1985-1995
(1 file)

Statements (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 03)

74/4, 190-191, 195, 660

Ref: EP/Du.SM 74/4

Statement of Account of the Parochial Church Council to 31 December 1954
(4 papers)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 190

Statement of general account of St. Margaret's Parochial Church Council with Lloyds Bank and Midland Bank, 14 December 1945 - 31 December 1949
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 191

Statements of Charities Account of St. Margaret's Parochial Church Council with Lloyds and the Midland Banks, 14 December 1945 - 31 December 1949
(21 papers)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 195

Statements of Shafto Memorial Fund Account of St. Margaret's Parochial Church Council with Lloyds Bank, 4 March 1942 - 26 September 1946
(6 papers)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 660

Statements of account including Parochial Church Council 'Restoration Fund' and 'Parochial Institute Account', 9 January 1950 - 31 December 1951
(11 papers, 12 files)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 04)

685-686, 688

Ref: EP/Du.SM 685

Vouchers and receipts of Parochial Church Council, 1950
(41 papers, 129 files)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 686

Receipt for box deposited at Midland Bank Ltd., 27 October 1953
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 688

Copy of will and probate of Barbara Ada Watson, re bequest to Parochial Church Council, 13 September 1938 - 27 February 1945
(2 papers)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 05)

767-771, 782, 1064-1069

Ref: EP/Du.SM 767

Correspondence of Parochial Church Council, including alterations to parish boundaries, church fabric, finance, rectory, mission hall, verger and curate, 1921 - 66
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 768

Correspondence (indexed) of Parochial Church Council, January 1962 - March 1964
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 769

Correspondence of Parochial Church Council, 20 March 1964 - 3 February 1967
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 770

Correspondence (indexed) of Parochial Church Council, November 1964 - March 1970
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 771

Correspondence (indexed) of Parochial Church Council, 10 March 1970 - 18 December 1974
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 782

Parochial Church Council general correspondence, January 1975 - January 1981
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1064

Correspondence between Phyllis Carter, Honorary Treasurer of St. Margaret's Parochial Church Council, 13 Springwell Avenue, Durham; The Solicitor and Deputy Town Clerk, City of Durham Council, Byland Lodge, Hawthorn Terrace, Durham; and the Constitutional and Community Policy Directorate, The Home Office, Queen Anne's Gate, London; concerning the closure of a section of the churchyard, 1 February 1995 - 5 February 1997
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1065

Correspondence between Phyllis Carter, Honorary Treasurer of St. Margaret's Parochial Church Council, 13 Springwell Avenue, Durham; Christopher Downs, architect, 8 Holmside Place, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne; and the Diocesan Registry, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; concerning the installation of a new toilet and the repair of the lightning conductor, August 1995 - 25 February 1996
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1066

Correspondence between Phyllis Carter, Honorary Treasurer of St. Margaret's Parochial Church Council, 13 Springwell Avenue, Durham; Diocesan Registry, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, Beaufort House, Brunswick Road, Gloucester; and Abbey Stained Glass, 355 Rawling Road, Gateshead; concerning the repair of damaged stained glass windows caused by vandalism, 13 February - 23 September 1996
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1067

Correspondence between Phyllis Carter, Honorary Treasurer of St. Margaret's Parochial Church Council, 13 Springwell Avenue, Durham; Customs and Excise, Blackburn, Lancashire; and Durham City Council, Building Control Division, Ruth First House, Claypath, Durham; concerning the repayment of V.A.T. in respect of Building Regulation Fees, 12 September - 4 December 1996
(12 papers)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1068

Correspondence between Phyllis Carter, Honorary Treasurer of St. Margaret's Parochial Church Council, 13 Springwell Avenue, Durham; and Harrison and Harrison, Ltd., organ builders, St. John's Road, Meadowfield, Durham; concerning the repair of the organ, 25 March - 31 December 1997
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 1069

Correspondence between Phyllis Carter, Honorary Treasurer of St. Margaret's Parochial Church Council, 13 Springwell Avenue, Durham; Classic Masonry, Ltd., Springwell Quarry, Springwell, Gateshead; Durham Diocesan Registry, The Park Gate House, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; and Christopher Downs, architect, 8 Holmside Place, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne; concerning the replacement of the bottom flight of steps leading from St. Margaret's Church to Crossgate, April 1997 - 7 March 1998 Includes: plans of the existing and proposed steps, May 1992
(1 file and 2 plans, 60 cm. x 42 cm.)

Electoral rolls (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 06)

64

Ref: EP/Du.SM 64

Papers relating to electoral rolls, Parochial Church Council and church electorate committee, 1954 - 1955
(113 papers)

Parish officers (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 07)

67, 161-163

Ref: EP/Du.SM 67

Correspondence relating to the appointment of caretaker, verger and sexton, 12 September 1944 - 28 February 1953
(93 papers)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 161

Letter from W. Herbert Gardiner of Durham to the rector of St. Margaret's concerning the forthcoming vacancy for the office of sexton, 17 January 1870
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 162

Letter from Rev. John Cundell, rector of St. Margaret's, concerning appointment of a sidesman, 26 February 1875
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 163

Letter from Rev. John Cundill, Durham, to R. Peele, vestry clerk, concerning the appointment of a sidesman, 10 January 1881
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 08)

679-680

Ref: EP/Du.SM 679

Review of Church Commissioners for England, 16 October 1958 Enclosed in EP/Du.SM 678
(paper, 1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Du.SM 680

The Church Councillors Guide, n.d.
(1 booklet, card bound)



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