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Billingham St. Cuthbert Parish

Reference: EP/Bi Catalogue Title: Billingham St. Cuthbert Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: Schools

Covering Dates: 1897-1975

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  • Billingham St. Cuthbert Parish
    • Schools (Ref: EP/Bi /11)
    • Billingham Church of England School (Ref: EP/Bi 11/)
    • Minutes and accounts (Ref: EP/Bi 11/section 01)
    • Deeds (Ref: EP/Bi 11/section 02)
    • Correspondence relating to school buildings (Ref: EP/Bi 11/section 03)
    • School Masters House (Ref: EP/Bi 11/section 04)
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/Bi 11/section 05)
    • Cowpen Bewley Church of England School (Ref: EP/Bi /11)

Catalogue Description

Billingham, St Cuthbert is an ancient parish which covered the area including what are now the separate parishes of Billingham, St Aidan and Wolviston.

The earliest parts of the church, including the tower and the nave, date from before the Norman Conquest.

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42620&strquery=billingham extracted 25 April 2014

Catalogue Contents

Schools (Ref: EP/Bi /11)Billingham Church of England School (Ref: EP/Bi 11/)Minutes and accounts (Ref: EP/Bi 11/section 01)

11/1

Ref: EP/Bi 11/1

Minutes and accounts of the Committee for building a new classroom for Billingham C.E. School, 23 September 1897 - 13 April 1898; Schoolmasters ' House Fund, to 22 April 1899; Organ Committee minutes, 25 January 1900 - 12 January 1901; vestry minutes, 25 March 1901 - 1 April 1902
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)

Deeds (Ref: EP/Bi 11/section 02)

11/7, 26-8

Ref: EP/Bi 11/7

8 November 1928 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) The minister and churchwardens of Billingham Copy of conveyance of 2 r. 25 p. of land in Billingham for a school (5 papers)
(parchment, 1 file)

Ref: EP/Bi 11/26-28

26 July 1967 (1) The vicar and churchwardens of Billingham, St. Cuthbert (2) Durham County Council Copy of lease for 21 years of land and premises, formerly Billingham Church of England Infants' School Consideration: £1 p.a. for first ten years
(3 papers)

Correspondence relating to school buildings (Ref: EP/Bi 11/section 03)

11/29-32

Ref: EP/Bi 11/29-32

Letters form the Rev. Canon Graham Foley, Hallgarth House, Durham; the Director of Education, Teesside County Borough, Middlesbrough, and the Rev. H. E. Simpson, St. Cuthbert's Vicarage, Billingham, concerning the old premises of Billingham C.E. (Controlled) Primary School, 23 October 1969 - 17 April 1970
(4 papers)

School Masters House (Ref: EP/Bi 11/section 04)

4/216, 217, 11/3-6, 8

Ref: EP/Bi 4/216-217

Letter from T. W. T. Richardson, 57 High Street, Stockton, architect and surveyor, to the Rev. F. C. Tymms, The Vicarage, Billingham, proposing adjustments to the boundary between the schoolmaster's house and the Methodist Hall, 20 July 1932 Enclosed: plan showing the proposed adjustment, c.1932 Scale: 1:96
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Bi 11/3

Letter from the Department of Education and Science, London, to Rev. J.B. Browne, Billingham, confirming the inclusion of the Teacher ' s House of the former Billingham Church of England School in the schedule to the Diocese of Durham (Educational Endowments) Order 1975, together with a copy of the Order, 8 September 1975
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Bi 11/4-6

Letters addressed to the Rev. Thomas Rudd, The Vicarage, Billingham, from various parties, concerning a grant towards the building of a schoolmaster's house, 25 April 1898 - 19 June 1899 (3 papers)
(parchment, 1 file)

Ref: EP/Bi 11/8

23 July 1936 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) The incumbent and churchwardens of Billingham Conveyance by (1) to (2) of 450 sq. yds. for an addition to the schoolmaster's residence
(parchment, 1 file)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Bi 11/section 05)

11/9

Ref: EP/Bi 11/9

Photograph endorsed 'The School Yard K. M. Concert, Mary; Mrs. Forster, Whitestone Avenue', 1950s
(1 photograph, 8.2 cm. x 5.7 cm., black and white)

Cowpen Bewley Church of England School (Ref: EP/Bi /11)

11/2, 10-25

Ref: EP/Bi 11/2

1952 (1) Trustees of former Cowpen Bewley School (2) Durham County Council Draft copy of lease by (1) to (2) of former Cowpen Bewley Church of England School Consideration: rent of £10 p.a.
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Bi 11/10-22

Correspondence between the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; the Rev. H. E. Simpson, The Vicarage, Billingham; the Charity Commissioners, 14 Ryder Street, London; and others, concerning the purchase of the old school at Cowpen Bewley for a parish hall and caretaker's house, and 7 Church Road for a curate's house, 27 May 1961 - 14 January 1964
(13 papers)

Ref: EP/Bi 11/23-25

Correspondence between the Rev. H. E. Simpson and R. J. Bradshaw, Gloucester House, Church Road, Stockton, concerning the use of Cowpen Bewley School as a clubhouse for an experimental boys' club, 11-21 July 1961 (3 papers)
(3 papers)



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