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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: 12 Charities

Covering Dates: 1649-2010

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Charities (Ref: EP/Du.SM )History of St Margaret's Charities (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 01)

691, 1105


History of the charities in the City of Durham, 1872
(1 volume, paper bound)


A summary of charities, trusts and funds of the parish of St. Margaret, Durham by P. Carter, 2001 Includes: introduction to the summary; current trusts / funds; properties both vested and not vested in the Parochial Church Council and Diocesan Board of Finance; Church Estate Charity; closed trusts / funds; ancient charities and an overall index
(1 file)

Charity Commisssion: general (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 02)

74/2, 75-76, 206, 208, 218-219, 245


Report of the Charity Commission on the Endowed Charities of the City and suburbs of Durham, 20 June 1900
(1 file)


Explanatory memorandum issued by the Charities Official Investment Fund, April 1971
(1 booklet)


Report on the Charities Official Investment Fund, 7 January 1970 - 5 January 1971
(1 booklet)


Letter from Richardson Peele, vestry clerk, to the Charity Commission, London, requesting a reply to an earlier letter, 24 October 1887
(1 paper)


Notice of a vestry meeting concerning communication with the Charity Commission, written on dorse of printed sale of property advertisement, 24 June 1871
(1 paper)


Letter from Walker Skinner, Inspector of the Charity Commission, London, to the churchwardens of St. Margaret's, concerning a visit to Durham to enquire into the city's endowed charities. Endorsed with notes on church funds, 19 July 1870
(1 paper)


Correspondence between the Charity Commission, London, and Richardson Peele, vestry clerk, concerning their report on Durham Charities and the legal appointment of trustees, November 1870 - May 1871
(2 papers)


Letter from Charity Commission, London, to Richardson Peele, vestry clerk, concerning the validity of leases since the Charitable Trusts Amendment Act 1855 and the sale of property, 6 July 1872
(1 paper)

St. Margaret's Church Estate (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 03)Meetings (Ref: EP/Du.SM )

209-216, 690, 1107/1


Notice of meeting of the Trustees of St. Margaret's Church Estate, 25 September 1872
(1 paper)


Letters from Richardson Peele, vestry clerk, concerning select vestry meetings for Church Estate business, 9 January 1872 - 5 January 1887
(3 papers)


Memorandum concerning a meeting with the architect at Mr. Sarsfield's house, 19 May 1888
(1 paper)


Letter from George Legge, clerk to the Trustees concerning a meeting of the Trustees, 1 April 1926
(1 paper)


Minutes (draft) of a committee meeting at the vestry, 10 January 1887
(1 paper)


Minutes of a meeting of the Trustees to consider correspondence with the Charity Commission, proposing meeting with leaseholders on 16 October, 30 September 1872
(1 paper)


Letters from Richardson Peele, vestry clerk, concerning a meeting of the Trustees to discuss the position of leaseholders under the Charity, 3 October 1872
(2 papers)


Minutes of a meeting of the Trustees, concerning the position of the leaseholders of St. Margaret's Church Estate, 16 October 1872
(1 paper)


Minute book of Church Estate charity, with index, 12 January 1872 - 18 June 1974
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Minutes of meetings of the trustees of the Church Estate Charity with accompanying accounts, reports and correspondence as well as extracts, 26 June 1990 - 31 October 2000 Includes: minutes of a special meeting of the Parochial Church Council concerning the Church Estate Charity, 2 June 1991
(1 file)

Investments (Ref: EP/Du.SM )

223-225


Letter from A. Chiles, Holloway, London, to Richardson Peele, vestry clerk, concerning dividends from the North Eastern Railway Company and statement by Richardson Peele that the chapelwardens and overseers of St. Margaret's are entitled to them, 15 April 1870
(2 papers)


Draft Petition to the High Court of Justice Chancery Division drawn up by Gamlen and Son, Grays Inn Square, London, for payment to St. Margaret's Church Estate by the North Eastern Railway Company, n.d. [1879?]
(1 file)


Post Office Telegraph from Poole and Gamlet, Grays Inn, London, to Richardson Peele, vestry clerk, concerning the cash on St. Margaret's account, 14 April 1870
(1 paper)

Benefactions (Ref: EP/Du.SM )

217


List of benefactions to St. Margaret's Church Estate, n.d.
(1 paper)

Maintenance of estate (Ref: EP/Du.SM )

267, 1023


Correspondence concerning the unsanitary condition and a contract for necessary repairs to cottages in Framwellgate Moor belonging to St. Margaret's Church Estate, 1912 - 1913
(1 file)


Correspondence between R. Birch, 2 Darlington Road, Durham City; H. Barlow, Green Cottage, Nevilles Cross Bank; A.J. Wilks, White House, Nevilles Cross Bank, and others, concerning problems of flooding caused by blockage of open ditch in access strip to field no. 495 at Nevilles Cross, 18 July 1961 - 8 May 1969
(1 file)

Plans of estate (Ref: EP/Du.SM )

1030-1038


Plan traced from a plan lent by Mr. Legge, showing proposed link to existing sewer on the existing road from Nevilles Cross to Stonebridge, 24 January 1927
(1 plan, 51 cm. x 30 cm., colour-wash)


Plan of sections of proposed front and back street on Crossgate Moor and existing road from Durham to Farewell Hall, prepared by Plummer and Burrell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Durham, architects and surveyors, n.d. [1920s] Vertical scale: 1" to 6' [1 : 72] Horizontal scale: 1" to 44' [1 : 528]
(1 plan, 29.5 cm. x 41.5 cm., coloured)


Plan of St. Margaret's Church Estate, Nevilles Cross, showing sections of sewers, drawn by J.G. Burrell, architect, Durham, 26 March 1928 Vertical scale:1" to 10' [1 : 120] Horizontal scale:1" to 44' [1 : 528]
(1 plan, 69.5 cm. x 29 cm., waxed paper)


Plan showing the layout of St. Margaret's Church Estate, Nevilles Cross, Durham, by J.G. Burrell, Crossgate Chambers, Durham, architect, April 1928
(1 plan, 40 cm. x 48 cm., waxed paper)


Letter to J.G. Burrell, Crossgate Chambers, Durham, architect, from J.N. Adams, Surveyor's Office, 38 Saddler Street, Durham, surveyor to Durham Rural District Council, giving details of extra information and alterations required for the layout plans and sections of St. Margaret's Church Estate, Nevilles Cross, 11 April 1928
(2 papers)


Plan showing layout of St. Margaret's Church Estate land at Nevilles Cross, n.d.
(1 plan, 44 cm. x 55 cm., colour-wash)


Plan of land belonging to St. Margaret's Church Estate (Nevilles Cross) Trustees, Durham, showing a new fence line drawn by Plummer and Burrell, Newcastle and Durham, architects, n.d. [1928?]
(1 plan, 54 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour-wash)


Copy of a plan attached to a deed loaned by Mr. Carter, showing the land next to St. John's Church with a proposed future road, possibly part of St. John's church land, 10 January 1927
(1 plan, 31.5 cm. x 33.5 cm., colour-wash)


Copy of a plan submitted by Durham County Council to St. Margaret's Church Estate Trustees, showing an area of land opposite Fenwick Terrace, Nevilles Cross, in connection with the road widening scheme of the A690 road, 27 June 1927
(1 plan, 21 cm. x 60.5 cm., colour-wash)

Leases and lessees (Ref: EP/Du.SM )Lessees (Ref: EP/Du.SM )

242, 244, 246-249


Letter from R. Dent of Streatlam Castle, Darlington to Richardson Peele, vestry clerk, concerning rent charge due from Mr. Bowes to the churchwardens, 16 May 1881
(1 paper)


Letter from H. Greenwell at Durham to Richardson Peele, vestry clerk, concerning a licence to assign a lease to George Swinburne, Durham, clock and watchmaker, 8 April 1872
(1 paper)


Letter from Thomas Sarsfield and William Pallister, churchwardens, to James Greenwell of Neville Street, Durham, giving him notice to quit and deliver up possession of an allotment garden in Crossgate, 13 May 1892
(1 paper)


List of lessees of St. Margaret's Church Estate, n.d.
(1 paper)


List of names, possibly tenants of St. Margaret's Church Estate, n.d.
(1 file)


Notes concerning rents due and received for property belonging to St. Margaret's Church Estate, 1882
(1 paper)

Leases (Ref: EP/Du.SM )

Each of the following documents takes the form of an indenture between the Chapelwardens and sometimes also the Overseers, who are individually named and their occupations given, and the lessee.
All the leases are for 21 years and have the following conditions in common: the lessee is made responsible for maintenance and repair of the property, the chapelwardens often reserving the right to inspect the premises at any time; arrears of rent for more than 20 days will terminate lease; the lessee is unable to grant, alien or assign the lease or sub-let without written permission of chapelwardens and vestry; and occasionally there is a condition that trees must not be cut without permission.
In each case details are given of boundaries and occupants of the property and unless specifically mentioned otherwise it is situated in the parish of St. Margaret's, Durham.
The consideration which is given consists of an entry fine and/or an annual rent, the latter being paid in two equal portions, unless otherwise specified at Pentecost [7th Sunday after Easter] and the feast of St. Martin the Bishop in Winter [11 November].

Allergate (Ref: EP/Du.SM )

308-319


15 April 1718 (2 Andrew Weddell of Crossgate, joiner Lease of a tenement and garth in Alvertongate Consideration: 8 shillings then 2 shillings p.a.
(1 parchment)


27 April 9 George II [1736] (2) Clement Wilkinson of Crossgate, maltster, and Mary his wife Lease of a tenement and garth in Alvertongate Consideration: 4 shillings p.a.
(1 parchment)


11 May 1750 (2) Ralph Holmes of Crossgate, yeoman Lease of a burgage in Allergate Consideration: 8 shillings then 2 shillings p.a.
(1 parchment)


15 April 1782 (2) George Hackforth of Crossgate, yeoman Lease of a burgage, close and garth in Alvertongate Consideration: 8 shillings then 2 shillings p.a.
(1 parchment)


3 May 1797 (2) Thomas Hopper of Durham, Esq. Lease of a burgage, close and garth in Alvertongate Consideration: 8 shillings then 2 shillings p.a.
(1 paper)


10 December 1805 (2) Martin Wilkinson of Framwellgate, gentleman Lease (counterpart) of a tenement and garth in Allerton Gate and 2 allotments on Crossgate Moor Consideration: 6 shillings p.a.
(1 paper)


19 January 1826 (2) Jane Fulthorp of Crossgate, spinster Lease of a burgage in Allergate Consideration: £2. 1shillings then 4 shillings p.a.
(1 paper)


31 December 1833 (2) Rev. Peter Penson of Church Street, clerk, and Louisa Elizabeth his wife Lease of a house in Allergate Consideration: 16 shillings then 4 shillings p.a.
(1 parchment)


24 July 1839 (2) George Naggs of Allergate, gentleman Lease of a burgage and garth in Allergate Consideration: 8 shillings then 2 shillings p.a.
(1 parchment)


11 March 1848 (2) Isaac Todd of Shincliffe, clerk in orders, and Thomas Christopher Maynard of Durham, gentleman Lease of a messuage in Allergate Consideration: 16 shillings then 4 shillings p.a.
(1 paper)


16 March 1848 (2) Isaac Todd of Shincliffe, clerk in orders, and Thomas Christopher Maynard of Durham, gentleman Lease of a tenement in Allergate Consideration: 16 shillings then 4 shillings p.a.
(1 parchment)


29 March 1862 (2) Charles Macknally of Allergate, teacher Lease of a burgage in Allergate Consideration: 16 shillings then 4 shillings p.a.
(1 paper)

Framwellgate and Framwellgate Moor (Ref: EP/Du.SM )

250-252, 306-307


24 August 1844 (1) Chapelwardens and Overseers (named) (2) James Bent Summers of Newton Grange, township of Framwellgate, farmer and Thomas Summers of Market Place, Durham, tanner Lease by (1) to (2) of 2 allotments on Framwellgate Moor for 21 years Consideration: 16 shillings then 4 shillings per year at the feasts of Pentecost and St. Martin the Bishop in Winter
(1 paper)


13 August 1868 (1) Chapelwardens and Overseers (named) (2) Thomas Fenwick of Leeds, Yorkshire, engineer, James Flint of Richmond, Yorkshire, ironfounder and Thomas Trewhitt of West Hartlepool, agent Lease (counterpart) by (1) to (2) (reciting lease and will of James Atkinson West) of a tenement and garth in Framwellgate for 21 years Consideration: £1 9s. then 4s.10d. per year at the feasts of Pentecost and St. Martin the Bishop in Winter
(1 file)


Licence to Thomas Fenwick, James Flint and Thomas Trewhitt to assign lease of a tenement in Framwellgate (recital of lease) to the City of Durham Gas Works Company, 19 October 1868
(1 paper)


9 May 1 Charles II [1649] (1) John Duck, alderman, and William Heslop, both of Durham (2) Michael Hall and John Hutchinson of Framwellgate, gentlemen, Ambrose Heighingdon and Thomas Skinner of Crossgate, gentlemen, Simon Burnop of Framwellgate and Francis Midleton of Crossgate Bond of obligation by (1) to (2) to observe the conditions of a lease Consideration: £40
(1 parchment)


Receipt for £3. 8s. 6d. from Mr. Tobias Child for renewal of a lease of an allotment on Framwellgate Moor for 21 years, 19 April 1808
(1 paper)

Trustees (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 01)

77/13, 77/22, 220


Instructions from the Charity Commission for the setting up of trustees to administer the Church Estate Charity, 17 November 1871
(1 file)


Board of Charity Commissioners scheme for the appointment of Trustees for the Church Estate Charity, of St. Margaret, Durham, 1878
(1 booklet)


Correspondence between the Charity Commission, London, and Richardson Peele, vestry clerk, concerning the funds of St. Margaret's Church Estate and the appointment of trustees, 5 November 1870 - 29 January 1872
(10 papers)

Charity Commission (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 03)

74/1, 221, 692, 779, 843, 1027, 1094, 1103


Report of the Charity Commission on Church Estate of St. Margaret's, Durham, giving permission for fencing and draining land acquired as a burial ground, 31 January 1888
(1 paper)


Scheme by the Charity Commission for the legal appointment of trustees and the method of running St. Margaret's Church Estate, including a list of property and lessees, 17 November 1871
(5 papers)


Scheme for Church Estate charity, 1878
(2 volumes, cloth bound)


Charity commission scheme for the charity called St. Margaret's Church Estate, Durham, 1878 EP/Du.SM 780, 781 originally enclosed in EP/Du.SM 779
(1 booklet, printed)


Copy scheme issued by the Charity Commission for the Church Estate in the parish of St. Margaret, Durham, 29 May 1974 See also: EP/Du.SM 221
(1 paper, printed)


Scheme (including a schedule) for St. Margaret's Church Estate, Durham, approved by the Charity Commissioners, 17 November 1871 Enclosed: a copy of a letter to Miss P. Carter, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham City, from the Charity Commission, 14 Ryder Street, St. James, London S.W.1, confirming that the income of the charity must be used only for St. Margaret's Church, 1 July 1969
(1 volume)


Charity Commission order for a new scheme to govern the charity known as 'The Church Estate', 8 January 2001 Includes a history of the Church Estate charity, May 2001
(1 file)


Papers principally consisting of correspondence relating to a new scheme to govern the charity known as 'The Church Estate', 31 January 2000 - 30 August 2001
(1 file)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 04)Statements of account (Ref: EP/Du.SM )

74/3, 228-232, 780-781


Statement of account of St. Margaret's Church Estate, 9 March 1940
(1 file)


Statement of accounts of St. Margaret's church estate, 25 March 1884; 25 March 1892 - 25 March 1895, 25 March 1898 - 25 March 1899, 25 March 1902 - 25 March 1920, 25 March 1922 - 31 March 1939
(45 files)


Statements of Investment Account established under order for St. Margaret's Church Estate by Charity Commission, 31 January 1907 - 31 January 1912
(5 papers)


Statements of Investment Account established under order for St. Margaret's Church Estate by Charity Commission, 31 January 1907 - 12 February 1915
(8 papers)


Statements of Investment Account established under order for St. Margaret's Church Estate by Charity Commission, 8 January 1919 - 31 December 1934
(17 papers)


Statements of investments made by Charity Commission for St. Margaret's Church Estate, 25 June 1921 - 2 February 1922 and 16 February 1927
(3 papers)


Statement of account of the charity called St. Margaret's Church Estate, 31 March 1944
(1 paper, typescript)


Statement of account of the charity called St Margaret's Church Estate, 31 March 1946
(1 paper, typescript)

Accounts (Ref: EP/Du.SM )

693-695, 1108/1-6


Accounts of Church Estate charity, 13 October 1962 - 6 April 1972
(20 papers, 18 files)


Account book of Church Estate charity, 4 April 1914 - 31 March 1972
(1 volume, leather bound)


Accounts of Church Estate charity, 6 April 1972 - 31 March 1974
(paper, 2 files)


Accounts of Church Estate Charity, 2004 - 2005 Includes: dividend tax vouchers and sale statements, 1 January - 25 October 2004; statements of accounts and receipts and payments account, 23 April 2004 - 29 March 2005; investment statements, 6 October 2004 - 5 April 2005; investment statements, 27 October 2004; list of grants paid in twelve months, 31 March 2005; dividend income, April 2005
(1 file)


Accounts of Church Estate Charity, 2005 - 2006 Includes: list of shares in Charifund, 31 March 2005 - 31 March 2006; statements of account, 25 April 2005 - 27 March 2006; list of grants paid in year ending, 31 March 2006
(1 file)


Accounts of Church Estate Charity, 2006 - 2007 Includes: list of grants paid year ending 31 March 2006; statements of accounts, 25 April 2006 - 26 March 2007; receipts and payments account, 31 March 2007; statements of accounts and liabilities, 31 March 2007
(1 file)


Accounts of Church Estate Charity, 2007 - 2008 Includes: list of Charifund income units, 1981 - 2007; investments in Charifund, 31 March 2007 - 30 September 2008; statements of assets and liabilities ending 30 September 2007 - 30 September 2008; receipts and payments accounts 30 September 2007 - 30 September 2008; Secretary's report, 7 November 2007 - 7 November 2008; minutes of a meeting of the trustees, 5 May 2007; statements of account, 25 April 2007 - 25 March 2008; review of charity procedures and risk policies, 5 November 2008
(1 file)


Accounts of Church Estate Charity, 2008 - 2009 Includes: statements of accounts, 25 April 2008 - 26 March 2009; list of grants paid year ending 31 March 2009; receipts and payments account, 31 March 2009; statements of accounts and liabilities, 31 March 2009
(1 file)


Accounts of Church Estate Charity, 2009 - 2010 Includes: Charifund statements, 1 April - 31 December 2009; statements of accounts for CAF Bank Gold Account, 27 April 2009 - 27 April 2010; statements of accounts for CAF Bank Cash Account, 27 April 2009 - 6 April 2010 [missing March 2010]; list of grants paid year ending 31 March 2010; receipts and payments account, 31 March 2010; statements of accounts and liabilities, 31 March 2010; independent examiner's report on accounts by Charity Commission, 31 March 2010; annual report 31 March 2010
(1 file)

Bills (Ref: EP/Du.SM )

234-241


Bill from Mr. Macknally to J.E. Marshall and chapelwardens of St. Margaret's, concerning the renewal of a lease, 1862
(1 paper)


Bill from chapelwardens and overseers of St. Margaret's to Mr. John Smith of Durham, butcher, for renewal of a lease, 7 December 1868
(1 paper)


Bills for rent payable on property on Crossgate Moor and Framwellgate Moor by Thomas Scarvin Esq. and Mr. Thomas Summers, 15 October - 23 November 1876
(2 papers)


Draft bill from Richardson Peele, vestry clerk, to the Trustees of St. Margaret s Church Estate for expenses, 5 November 1878 - 14 May 1881
(3 papers)


Draft bill for expenses of the Trustees of St. Margaret's Church Estate addressed to Richardson Peele, vestry clerk, 5 November 1878 - 6 June 1883
(14 papers)


Bills and receipts, including building materials and repairs to property, tax and house duty, water rent and repairs to water fittings, rent, fire insurance, stationery and tithe redemption, 30 May 1909 - 18 March 1913
(70 papers)


Bill from John G. Burrell of Durham, architect and surveyor, to the Trustees of St. Margaret's Church Estate, 1912 - 25 March 1913
(2 papers)


Bill from Wilson Ornsby and Cadle of Durham to the Trustees of St. Margaret's Church Estate, 1914
(2 papers)

Legal proceedings (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 05)

77/18-21, 205


Case for counsel's opinion concerning leases of land made by the chapelwardens of St. Margaret's after the Charitable Trusts Act, 1855 with reference to Thomas Scawen and Thomas Summers, 1 September 1876
(1 file)


Authorisation by the Charity Commission that Trustees of the church estate may take action in law against Thomas Scawen and Thomas Summers for the recovery of lands and tenements belonging to the charity, 21 November 1876
(1 paper)


Statement of claim in the High Court of Justice Chancery Division in the case of Cundill and Others v. Thomas Scawen, re claims against Scawen for the recovery of lands and hereditaments, 21 March 1877
(1 file)


Statement of defence in the High Court of Justice Chancery Division, in the case of Cundell and Others v. Thomas Scawen, for the recovery of lands and hereditaments owned by Cundell and others and leased to Scawen, 1 June 1877
(1 file)


Letter from Messrs. Wilson and Ornsby of Durham, solicitors, to Richardson Peele, vestry clerk concerning the agreement of the University of Durham to construct and use the Fearon Footpath, 8 March 1887
(1 paper)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 06)

202, 204, 207, 226-227, 243, 265-266, 1018, 1025-1026


Letters from George Legge, clerk to the trustees, to the Charity Commission, London, and tenants of the Church Estate, concerning his appointment as clerk, 28 October 1813
(2 papers)


General file relating to St. Margaret's Church Estate including correspondence concerning property, leases, funds, accounts and court proceedings involving the charity, 1875 - 1891
(1 file)


Correspondence between George Legge, A. Harrison, H.T. Bowyer and others concerning church estate property in Framwellgate Moor, and the appointment of George Legge as clerk to the trustees, 1 February - 23 December 1913
(1 file)


Letters from the Charity Commission to St. Margaret's Church Estate concerning Charity Accounts for 2 years ending March 1886 and a blank form for statement, 24 May 1886
(4 papers)


Letters from the Charity Commission to St. Margaret's Church Estate concerning accounts for 4 years ending March 1913 and blank forms for statements, August - September 1913
(4 papers)


Correspondence concerning annual rent charges on St. Margaret's Church Estate property and accounts to be sent to the Charity Commission, 20 October 1938 - 3 January 1949
(26 papers)


Letter from Frank Ives Scudamore, second secretary to General Post Office, to St. Margaret's Church Estate concerning the erection of a telegraph post and wire on their ground called "Rack of Mutton" near the railway station, 9 April 1874
(1 paper)


Letters from H. Kitchen at Gateshead, engineer for Post Office Telegraphs, to John Dodds of Durham, agent for St. Margaret's Church Estate, concerning the fixing of a stay in the field occupied by Miss Strong near Bearpark Road End, Durham, 25 April - 3 May 1912
(5 papers)


Correspondence between Miss P. Carter, 13 Springwell Avenue, Durham, Treasurer of St. Margaret's Parochial Church Council; W. Hurworth, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, Diocesan Secretary, concerning the closure of two small trust funds (Alice Park, Lumsden, Watson) and the transfer of their holdings to trust fund 30/11 known as the Durham, St. Margaret (Church) Trust, 20 October 1989 - 22 May 1990
(1 file)


Correspondence between Richard Birch, 2 Darlington Road, Durham City, Secretary of St. Margaret's Church Estate, and the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales, 14 Ryder Street, St. James, London, concerning the establishment of an official charity investment fund, 26 September 1963 - 30 October 1968
(1 file)


Correspondence between R. Birch, 2 Darlington Road, Durham City, Secretary of St. Margaret's Estate, and the Charity Commissioners, 14 Ryder Street, St. James, London, S.W.1, concerning the registration of St. Margaret's Church Estate as an official charity, 4 April 1963 - 9 March 1967
(1 file)

Sale of land (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 07)

253-264, 1020-1022, 1024, 1028-1029, 1109/1-2, 1110


20 January 1877 (1) Henry Morgan Vane Esq. of Whitehall, City of Westminster, "Official Trustee of Charity Lands" (2) Rev. John Cundill, rector, the churchwardens and trustees (named) of St. Margaret's Church Estate (3) Richard Simpson Johnson of Durham, prison warder Draft Conveyance in fee simple by (1) and (2) to (3) of 3 tenements in Crossgate Endorsed with the approval of (1) and (2) Consideration: £800 (2 copies)
(2 files)


Correspondence between the Charity Commission, London, and Richardson Peele, vestry clerk, concerning the sale of St. Margaret's Church Estate property, 22 April 1870 - 13 August 1872
(9 papers)


Copy correspondence between the Charity Commission and Richardson Peele, vestry clerk, concerning the enfranchisement of St. Margaret's Church Estate property, 10 May 1872
(1 file)


Letter from the Charity Commission to George Legge Esq., Nevilles Cross, Durham, concerning authorisation and advertising of proposed sales of St. Margaret's Church Estate property, 8 December 1927
(1 paper)


Notice from the Charity Commission concerning sale of land belonging to St. Margaret's Church Estate, January 1928
(1 paper)


Correspondence between Richardson Peele, vestry clerk, and Charles Chapman Esq. of Durham, solicitor, and the Charity Commission, London concerning the sale of 2 tenements in Crossgate to Mr. Richard Simpson Johnson, 24 March 1874 - 12 February 1877 Including: 20 January 1877 (1) Henry Morgan Vane of Whitehall, Official Trustee of Charity Lands (2) Rev. John Cundill, rector, churchwardens and trustees (named) of St. Margaret's Church Estate (3) Richard Simpson Johnson of Durham, prison warder Feoffment by (1) and (2) to (3) of 2 tenements in Crossgate Consideration: £800
(1 file)


Letters from the Charity Commission, London, to St. Margaret's Church Estate concerning sale of a stable at Framwellgate Moor, 2 July 1894 - 12 August 1901
(7 papers)


Notice from the Charity Commission authorising sale of land at junction of Lanchester Road with road from Framwellgate Moor to Nevilles Cross, 22 April 1921
(1 paper)


Letter from the Clerk of the County Council to George Legge Esq. concerning sale of land at junction of Lanchester Road with road from Framwellgate Moor to Nevilles Cross, plan attached, 5 May 1921
(2 papers)


Letters concerning sale of building ground at Nevilles Cross belonging to St. Margaret's Church Estate: J. Hutchinson at the College, Durham to Rev. H. Roberson, April - May 1896 William Rhodes at Nevilles Cross, 27 March 1906
(4 papers)


Draft notice from the Charity Commission concerning authorization to St. Margaret's Church Estate to sell land in Nevilles Cross, 12 January 1928
(3 papers)


Letters to Charles Chapman Esq. of Durham, solicitor, from John Watson and Alfred Smith concerning the sale of property on North Road, Durham, 10 June and 22 November 1876
(2 papers)


Correspondence between E.G. Jones, Whitecroft, Crossgate Moor, Durham City, Clerk to the Trustees of St. Margaret's Church Estate Charity; C. Elgey, 7A North Bailey. Durham, chartered architect; and others, concerning the sale of land at Redhills Lane, Crossgate Moor, 27 June 1950 - 15 August 1957
(1 file)


Correspondence between E.Jones, Whitecroft, Crossgate Moor, Durham City, Clerk to St. Margaret's Church Estate; C. Elgey, 7A North Bailey, Durham City, chartered architect; and others, concerning the proposed sale of field no. 495 at Nevilles Cross, 22 May 1954 - 9 December 1964
(1 file)


Correspondence between R. Birch, Darlington Road, Nevilles Cross, Durham City, Secretary to St. Margaret's Church Estate; Mr. Tryhorn, District Valuer's Office, 10 Gray Road, Sunderland; and others, concerning the sale to the County Council of a small piece of field no. 494, to facilitate the improvement to road A690 at Nevilles Cross, 25 October 1954 - 23 November 1955
(1 file)


Valuation and analysis of the St. Margaret's Church Estate portfolio made by Mitton, Butler, Priest & Co., 55 Moorgate, London, E.C.2, 13 July 1967
(1 file)


Correspondence between T.F. Turnbull, Post Office Chambers, Tenters Street, Bishop Auckland, solicitor; Miss P. Carter, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; and others, concerning the sale of church estate land at Framwellgate Moor in 1917, 16 November 1972 - 2 June 1973
(1 file)


Correspondence between the trustees, and others, concerning the charity known as St. Margaret's Estate Charity and the possible sale of land at Nevilles Cross, 10 October 1958 - 15 August 1994
(1 file)


First report concerning the sale of land at Neville's Cross by Smiths Gore, Chartered Surveyors, 10 October 1991
(1 file)


Second report concerning the sale of land at Neville's Cross by Smiths Gore, Chartered Surveyors, 22 November 1991
(1 file)


Sale of land at Neville's Cross, Durham City, 14 May 1992 Includes: abstract of title, 1871; conveyance, 1950; correspondence, 4 November 1991 - 10 July 1992; Trustees of Church Estate Charity minutes of meetings, 2 June 1991; Land Registry forms, 1 - 9 July 1992; agreement of sale, 14 May 1992; Parochial Church Council minutes of meeting, 2 June 1991
(1 file)

Gilligate Church Estate (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 04)

77/9, 222


Scheme for the management and regulation of the Gilligate church estate charity in the parish of St. Giles, 28 February 1866
(1 booklet)


Letter from the Official Trustees of Charitable Funds, London, to the Governor of the Bank of England concerning the recovery of a sum of £75 consolidated £3 per cent annuities in trust for "Jane Smith's Charity"to benefit the Charity School, Gilligate, Durham, 11 February 1868
(1 file)

Hutchinson, Andrews and Simon Charities (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 05)

776-778, 1017, 1100


Registration certificate, with notes and statement of account (incomplete), Catherine Andrews and Rev. John Simon Charities, 14 February - 4 March 1966
(4 papers, printed)


Registration certificate, with statement of account (incomplete), John Hutchinson Charity, 15 February 1966
(2 papers, printed)


Letter from P. Carter, Diocesan Office, Durham to Rev. S.C. Davis, St Margaret's Rectory, Durham concerning registration and wording of trusts of Hutchinson, Park, Goodwin and Andrews and Simon Charities, 5 August 1966
(1 paper, typescript)


Correspondence between Miss P. Carter, 13 Springwell Avenue, Durham, St. Margaret's churchwarden, and the Charity Commission, St. Alban's House, 57/60 Haymarket, London, concerning the amalgamation of two small charities (Hutchinson, Andrews and Simon)and including the formal concurrence of the Charity Commission, 9 September 1989 - 2 October 1990
(1 file)


Correspondence principally between P. Carter, 13 Springwell Avenue, Durham, DH1 4LX and the Charity Commission, 2nd Floor, 20 Kings Parade, Queens Dock, Liverpool, L3 4DQ concerning the winding - up of the Reverend J. Simon Trust, 5 March 1998 - 19 January 1999 Includes: minutes of a meeting of the trustees of above trust, 22 May 1998
(17 papers)

Bequests (Ref: EP/Du.SM section 06)

135/3, 1019


Received of Mr. and Mrs. John and Mary Robinson, joint executors of Mr. Ralph White, deceased, late of West Auckland, the sum of ten pounds, a charity to the poor of the township of Crossgate, 7 March 1801
(1 paper)


Statements prepared by Barclay's Bank Trust Company, Ltd., concerning the will and estate of Miss Lina Grace Yeoman (deceased), 19 February 1979
(1 file)