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Register of baptisms, June 1559 - March 1663; register of marriages, July 1559 - November 1662; and register of burials, August 1559 - December 1662 Includes: Note of a bequest to the poor by Catherine Myers, 1614 Extract from the will of Lady Freville establishing a charity for the poor, 1629 Insertion recording rebinding of register by George Andrews of Durham, bookseller, at expense of Thomas Henry Yorke, Vicar, and Robert Surtees, gentleman [Robert Surtees of Mainsforth (1779-1834), author of History of Durham , whose name appears several times in the vestry minutes], with heraldic shields of Yorke and Surtees, 1814

Register of baptisms, April 1663 - December 1793; register of marriages, May 1663 - October 1791; and register of burials, April 1613 - December 1793 Includes: Note of Archdeacon's visitation Note of repair of the vicarage house, 1744 Note of appointment of the parish clerk, 1790

Register of baptisms, February 1794 - October 1812; register of marriages, May 1794 - December 1812; and register of burials, January 1794 - October 1812

Register of baptisms, January 1813 - January 1842

Register of baptisms, January 1842 - October 1859

Register of baptisms, October 1859 - July 1874

Register of baptisms, 26 July 1874 - 14 May 1995

Register of banns and marriages, March 1754 - December 1793 Includes: Notes for the clergy explaining the Marriage Act of 1754

Register of marriages, January 1813 - May 1837

Register of marriages, November 1837 - August 1914

Register of marriages, August 1914 - August 1931

Register of marriages, August 1931 - August 1945

Register of marriages, August 1945 - July 1957

Register of marriages, 7 December 1957 - 12 September 1970

Register of marriages, 3 October 1970 - 23 April 1988

Register of marriages, 14 May 1988 - 2 August 2003 (1 volume, cloth bound)

Register of marriages, 24 August 2003 - 21 August 2010

Register of marriages, 4 September 2010 - 19 May 2018

Register of marriages, 23 June 2018 - 1 May 2021

Register of banns, 1853 - 1903

Register of banns, 1904 - 1958

Register of burials, January 1813 - September 1856

Register of burials, October 1856 - December 1877

Register of burials, December 1877 - October 1946

Register of funerals, 15 January 1991 - 22 December 2004 Includes: list of cremated remains scattered in the churchyard, 21 November 1983 - 12 February 1986

Register of confirmations, 24 April 1934 - 16 June 2010

Register of services, 1 May 1898 - 9 April 1916

Register of services, 12 April 1916 - 31 March 1929

Register of services, 7 April 1929 - 19 March 1937

Register of services, 21 March 1937 - 8 October 1944

Register of services, 11 October 1944 - 5 May 1949

Register of services, 8 May 1949 - 23 May 1954

Register of services, 24 May 1954 - 5 October 1961

Register of services, 8 October 1961 - 28 December 1980

Register of services, 4 January 1981 - 25 May 2003

1923 Edition 6" scale Ordnance Survey map, sheet XXXV, showing parish boundaries

The London Gazette , 26 February 1875 Contains an order by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England granting and conveying to the incumbent of the vicarage of Bishop Middleham, and to his successors, the annual sum or pension of two pounds, payable in respect of the said vicarage and formerly received by the Dean and Chapter of Durham, 18 February 1875

The London Gazette, 9 February 1900 Contains an order by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England granting and appropriating out of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England's common fund to the vicarage of Bishop Middleham the capital sum of one thousand pounds to be applicable towards defraying the cost of a new parsonage or house for the said vicarage, 1 February 1900

The London Gazette, 18 June 1909 Contains an order by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England granting and conveying to the incumbent of the vicarage of Bishop Middleham, and to his successors, the annual sum or stipend of twenty pounds to be paid out of the common fund under the control of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England and to be calculated from the first day of May 1909 and paid quarterly on the first day of February, May, August and September every year, 10 June 1909

Notice of the Rosedale and Ferryhill Iron Company (in liquidation) to terminate a lease of the glebe, 22 July 1879

Award by Thomas Gow of Cambo, land agent, for damage to glebe by the Rosedale and Ferryhill Iron Company, 3 February 1883

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, London to Rev. C.A. Cartledge, Bishop Middleham, concerning the investment of the balance of the sum received for damage to the glebe, 2 July 1883

Correspondence concerning vicarial tithe rent-charges arising from the glebe, 7 January 1938 - 15 February 1951

Copies of returns of parochial statistics, 1 January 1933 - 31 December 1940

Parochial statistics, 1994

Parochial statistics, 1995

Parochial statistics, 1997 - 1998 (2 papers, printed form)

Letter from Rev. A.R. Fausset, St. Cuthbert's Rectory, York, to Rev. M.B. Parker, The Vicarage, Bishop Middleham, concerning preaching and enclosing a translation of a Greek inscription, 10 September 1906

An Act for the better preventing of Clandestine Marriages, 1753

Supplement to The London Gazette, 17 October 1941 Contains the despatches of General the Viscount Gort, Commander-in-chief, British Expeditionary Force, for the period 3 September 1939 - 3 June 1940

Bishop Middleham township tithe apportionment and plan, 1839

Cornforth township tithe apportionment and plan, 1839

Thrislington township tithe apportionment and plan, 1839 (copy of 1860)

Mainsforth township tithe apportionment and plan, 1843

Tithe accounts, 1866 - 1912; glebe rent accounts, 1869, 1876

Copy of a decree re the custom of tithing lambs, n.d.

Specification and schedule of work for the restoration of the fabric of the church, by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Owengate House, Durham City, November 1997; revised January 1998

General preliminaries and schedule of work required to restore the fabric of St. Michael's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, March 1997

Revised general preliminaries specification and schedule of work for the restoration of the fabric of St. Michael's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, January 1998

Specification for an archaeological assessment and evaluation work at St. Michael's church, with a letter of explanation from Niall Hammond, archaeology officer, Durham County Council, County Hall, Durham, to Rev. Valerie Shedden, The Vicarage, 1 Broadoak, Bishop Middleham, 18 September 1997

Interlocutory order authorising repairs to roof timbers and re-lining of stone gutters with lead, 8 January 1998

Interlocutory order authorising the re-slating of the north aisle roof and other additional restoration and repair work, 10 June 1998

Minutes of meeting between Rev. V. Shedden, officers of the Parochial Church Council and J. B. Kendall from Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Architects, concerning the new porch gate, outstanding work and costs of repairs identified by the Quinquennial Inspection [September 1993] and the interior re - ordering to provide toilet and kitchen facilities, 24 July 1996

Correspondence between Hayton and Lee, architects, Owengate House, Durham; Rev. H. O. Duncan, Bishop Middleham Vicarage, Ferryhill; the Durham Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches; Diocesan Registry, The College, Durham; concerning alterations to the side altar, 21 April - 10 August 1973

Correspondence between Hayton, Lee & Braddock, architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham; Rev. Valerie Shedden, The Vicarage, 1 Broadoaks, Bishop Middleham; Peter Lowell, Museums and Galleries Consultancy Ltd., Burnhope Hall, Burnhope; Sedgefield Borough Council, Council Offices, Spennymoor; English Heritage, 23 Savile Row, London; Diocesan Registry, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; A. Moody, Little Walwick, Walwick, Hexham, Northumberland; Matthew Charlton & Sons (Slaters) Ltd., Station Road, Hexham, Northumberland; and Thompson's of Prudhoe Environmental Trust, Princess Way, Low Prudhoe, Northumberland; concerning the planning, financing and completion of restoration work at St. Michael's church, 3 December 1996 - 20 October 1998 This is an original bundle

Photographs documenting the condition of the roof of St. Michael's church, and restoration work, n.d., [March 1997 - August 1998]

Photograph of rotten roof-timbers, n.d., [March 1997]

Photograph of rotten timber wall-plate at the south-east end of the chancel, n.d., [March 1997]

Photograph of rotten roof-joists, n.d., [March 1997]

Photograph of rotten roof-timbers, n.d., [March 1997]

Photograph of close-up of rotten timber and guttering stripped of lead lining, over the south aisle, n.d., [1997]

Photograph of view of the lower half of the south aisle roof showing guttering stripped of lead lining, n.d., [1997]

Photograph of chancel roof with replacement timbers in place, n.d., [1997]

Photograph of close-up of new lead-lined guttering along south aisle roof, n.d., [1997]

Photograph of south aisle roof showing new lead flashing and gutter lining, n.d., [1997]

Photograph of close-up of north aisle roof partially re-slated, n.d., [1997]

Photograph of chancel roof, roof-timbers replaced and partially re-slated, n.d., [1997 - 1998]

Photograph of close-up of replacement timbers and new eaves strip on the south aisle roof, n.d., [1997 - 1998]

Photograph of south aisle roof, new lead gutter-linings in place, and partially re-slated, n.d., [1997 - 1998]

Photograph of close-up of new rainwater goods, n.d., [1998]

Photograph of south aisle roof showing replacement slates and lead flashing, n.d., [1998]

Photograph of south aisle roof, clerestory and coping showing new rainwater goods, new flashing and re-pointed cills, n.d., [1998]

Photograph of east end of the south side of the nave roof showing replacement downcomer and re-bedded coping, n.d., [1998]

Estimate of Messrs. Stephen Wilkinson and Crowley, Newcastle, for restoration work at Bishop Middleham Church, 23 May 1905

An archaeological assessment of St. Michael's church, by Peter F. Ryder, historic buildings consultant, 1 Ford Terrace, Broomhaugh, Riding Mill, Northumberland, July 1993

Design report on the proposed re-ordering scheme for the west end of St. Michael's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, November 1996

Condition report on lead-lined gutters at St. Michael's church, by [Hayton, Lee & Braddock, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham], 9 December 1996

Tender report on the proposed restoration works at St. Michael's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, conservation and historic building consultants, February 1998

Account of income generated by the 'Buy a Tile' scheme to raise funds to repair the church roof, 1999 Originally enclosed in EP/BM 253

Ground plan and elevation of proposed rearrangements in the side chapel, drawing no. Dch 252/4, by Hayton and Lee, Owengate House, Durham, April 1973 Scale: 1 inch to 2 feet [1:24]

Ground plan and elevation of proposed rearrangements in the side chapel, drawing no. Dch 252/4A, by Hayton and Lee, Owengate House, Durham, April 1973 Scale: 1 inch to 2 feet [1:24]

Plan of alternative options for proposed porch gates, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, 22 August 1996 Scale: 1:20 and 1:10

Roof plan of St. Michael's church showing repair work required, n.d., [December 1996]

Sections and isometric views of chancel wall eaves and gutter, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, consultant architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, 25 February 1997

Roof plan of St. Michael's church, annotated with details of additional repair work, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, March 1997

Plan showing the existing condition of the north-west gable buttress, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, consultant architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, 19 June 1998

Plan of St. Michael's church showing provisional phasing of window-mullion repairs, 12 November 1998

Letter from the Church Commissioners, London, advising on the implications of the scheduling of the church as a building of special architectural or historic interest, 7 March 1968

Letters from Messrs. Harrison & Harrison, organ builders, Durham, to Rev. F.W.S. Moore, Bishop Middleham, concerning restoration work on the organ, 21 May 1937 - 4 June 1940

Register of graves in St. Michael's churchyard, 13 September 1909 - 6 July 1998

Register of graves in Bishop Middleham churchyard, 13 September 1909 - 7 March 2003

Copy of the conveyance of land for extending the churchyard, 22 October 1908

Tree survey of St. Michael's churchyard, by Houghall Enterprises Ltd., Durham College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Houghall, Durham, 27 April 1999

Edited tree survey and site plan, by Houghall Enterprises Ltd., Durham College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Houghall, Durham, 6 May 1999

Balance sheet for new churchyard fund, n.d., [post 1908]

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, London, to Rev. M.B. Parker, Bishop Middleham, concerning acquisition of land for a new parsonage house, 21 December 1898

Attested copy of conveyance by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Rev. M.B. Parker of a plot of land in Bishop Middleham, 15 September 1900

4 November 1914 (1) Rev. M.B. Parker, vicar of Bishop Middleham (2) Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty Mortgage to improve the parsonage house and offices Consideration: £36

Order of service for the opening of the Church Institute by the Bishop of Durham, 6 November 1897

Copy of plan and elevation of proposed village hall by Messrs. Cordingley and McIntyre, chartered architects, Durham, 21 January 1947 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

24 March 1948 (1) Rev. F.W.S. Moore, vicar of Bishop Middleham (2) Visiting Committee of the Durham County Mental Hospital Counterpart agreement for the tenancy of two fields adjoining at Spruceley Farm, Bishop Middleham Consideration: £5 p.a.

Inspection report on Cornforth vicarage, [1 Broadoaks, Bishop Middleham] by G.W. Heslop, 17 May 1994

Quinquennial inspection report on St. Michael's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, architects and surveyors, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, September 1993

Quinquennial review of the fabric of St. Michael's church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, September 1996

Quinquennial inspection by A. O. Lee, Architect, Owengate House, Durham, DH1 3HD, November 1978

Quinquennial inspection by A. O. Lee, Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, DH1 3HB, November 1983

Quinquennial inspection by A. O. Lee, Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, DH1 3HB, December 1988

Quinquennial inspection by A. O. Lee, Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, DH1 3HB, 25 August 1993

Quinquennial inspection by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Conservation and Historic Building Consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, DH1 3HB, September 1996

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Cornforth vicarage [1 Broadoaks, Bishop Middleham] by D.L. Renton, diocesan surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, February 1996

Schedule of dilapidations by A. O. Lee, Diocesan Surveyor, Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, DH1 3HB, October 1984

Schedule of dilapidations by D. L. Renton, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DH14 7QJ, February 1996

Faculty for restoring the church, 4 November 1905

Faculty for the erection of a reredos and tablet, 31 March 1919

Faculty for the erection of a churchyard cross and war memorial, 6 October 1921

Faculty for the erection of a tablet to the memory of Brigadier-General Sir Herbert Conyers Surtees, 25 March 1937

Faculty for re-roofing the church, with related correspondence, 20 September - 12 November 1948

Faculty for adding the names of those killed in the Second World War to the churchyard cross, 11 November 1949

Faculty for rewiring the church, 28 June 1977

Faculty authorising the floodlighting of the church, 21 February 1983

Faculty authorising the erection of porch gates, 24 January 1997

Faculty authorising the restoration and repair of gutters, stonework and interior wood panelling, 18 February 1998

Faculty authorising the re-slating of the roofs of the north aisle, south aisle and nave; north and south slopes of the chancel and the clergy vestry and porch, repairing roof timbers where necessary; replacement of lead flashing; re-pointing where the north aisle roof joins the nave; rebuilding and restoration of the north buttress on the west gable end; replacement of rainwater goods, and renewal of lead flashings to the abutments, executing any necessary timber or masonry repairs, 6 July 1998

Terrier, 1888

Churchwardens' accounts, 1933 - 1947

Account book for the general fund, Side Chapel Fund, Parkers' Fund, Stacey Memorial Fund, 1 January 1950 - 31 December 1990

S. Michael 's : Our Church, Our Future , booklet produced for a Christian Stewardship Campaign, August 1960

Receipts and payments accounts, 1973 - 1995

Articles of visitation and enquiry at the ordinary visitation of the Bishop, 1770, 1783

Queries addressed to the parochial clergy at the ordinary visitation, 1801, 1814

Articles to be enquired of the churchwardens and sidesmen at the ordinary visitation, 1801, 1814

Vestry minutes, churwardens' accounts and rate book (including accounts for the apportionment of Lady Freville's and other charities for the poor, 1747 - 1817), 1747 - 1817 Includes: Details of repairs to church, 1801 - 1802 Notes re will of Lady Freville (1629) Extract re bequest of Elizabeth Ambler to Bishop Middleham Endowed School, n.d.

Vestry minutes, churchwardens' accounts and rate book (including accounts for the apportionment of Lady Freville's and other charities for the poor, 1817 - 1859), 1817 - 1916 Includes: Copy extract of Lady Freville's will (1629)

Annual vestry meeting minutes, 1908 - 1920

Annual vestry and P.C.C. meetings' minutes, 1921 - 1934

Annual vestry and P.C.C. meetings' minutes, 1934 - 1939

Minute book of meetings of parochial church council, 15 June 1939 - 10 March 1955 Includes: minutes of annual parochial meeting, 1 February 1939 - 11 March 1954

Minute book of meetings of parochial church council, 25 April 1955 - 3 March 1982 Includes: minutes of annual parochial meeting, 17 March 1955 - 1 April 1981 At end: list of ruri-decanal representatives, 1957 - 1979; parochial contributions to work of the church overseas, 1959 - 1980; numbers on electoral roll, 1955 - 1981; statement of trust fund, 1961; notes of trust funds, 1965 - 1971

Minute book of meetings of parochial church council, 5 May 1982 - 6 November 1991 Includes: minutes of annual parochial meeting, 7 April 1982 - 10 April 1991 At beginning: list of members of P.C.C. with their length of service, 1989; accounts of ministerial contributions, 1988 - 1990; trust funds, 1980's

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 4 December 1991 - 1 October 1995

Minutes and agenda papers for ordinary and annual meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 29 March 1995 - 20 January 1999 Includes: correspondence, circulars, accounts

Minutes of the Parochial Church Council, 2 May 2000 - 1 February 2005 Includes: minutes of Vestry and Annual General Meetings, 5 April 2000 - 1 April 2004

Parish accounts, 1894 - 1895

Parish accounts, 1898 - 1899

Parish accounts, 1900 - 1901

Parish accounts, 1905 - 1910

Parish accounts, 1914 - 1915

Parish accounts, 1931 - 1933

Audited parish accounts, 1952 - 1953

Audited parish accounts, 1954

Audited parish accounts, 1955

Audited parish accounts, 1956 - 1958

Audited parish accounts, 1959

Audited parish accounts [magazine account only], 1963

Audited parish accounts, 1964

Statement of accounts, 31 December 1947 Originally enclosed in EP/BM 157

Statement of accounts, 1986 Originally enclosed in EP/BM 156

Monthly accounts, January - March, May - June, September - December 1990; February - March 1991 Originally enclosed in EP/BM 156

Account book, 1 January 1949 - 31 December 1968

Account book, 1 January 1969 - 31 December 1982

Account book, 5 September 1982 - 2 January 1989

Appeal to support a weekly free will offering scheme, September 1949 [includes a summary estimate of church expenses in 1949 - 1950]

List of donations to charities by the parish of Bishop Middleham, 1982 - 1991 Originally enclosed in EP/BM 156

Register of gifts to St. Michael's church of furniture, plate, windows, vestments and books, n.d., [ c.1990]

Assessments of the potential income of the parish, 1985 and 1990 Originally enclosed in EP/BM 156

Letter from the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, to Rev. J. Porteous, The Vicarage, Bishop Middleham, concerning trusts in the parish of Bishop Middleham, 5 October 1965 Originally enclosed in EP/BM 156

Copy letter from the Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, to Rev. R.P. Pearson, The Vicarage, Bishop Middleham, concerning trusts in the parish of Bishop Middleham, 4 February 1988 Originally enclosed in EP/BM 156

Secretary's reports, 1978/79 - 1991

Township of Bishop Middleham Select Vestry minutes re Poor Relief, 1826 - 1888, and overseers' accounts, 1838 - 1889 (1 volume)

Lease and release of one acre in Pelaw Leazes, Durham, part of the estate of Jane Finney of Durham, to George Spearman, Robert Surtees and Humphrey Hutchinson, trustees of the poor of Bishop Middleham, 1742

Bastardy examination certificate of Jane Copeland of Bishop Middleham, naming Thomas Moggison as reputed father, signed by Robert Surtees of Mainsforth, 5 September 1805 Originally enclosed in EP/BM 5/1

Bastardy examination certificate of Mary Dieghton of Cornforth, naming George Gill of Beamish Red Row as reputed father, signed by Robert Surtees of Mainsforth, 4 November 1808 Originally enclosed in EP/BM 5/1

Bastardy examination certificate of Dorothy Page of Stockton, naming John Erthwait as reputed father, signed by Robert Surtees of Mainsforth, 14 December 1809 Originally enclosed in EP/BM 5/1

Notification by the Charity Commission, London, to Rev. T.H. Yorke, Bishop Middleham, of stock held on behalf of Elizabeth Ambler's bequest to the school, 17 March 1860

Letter from the Charity Commissioners, London, to Rev. T.H. Yorke, Bishop Middleham, concerning the stock held under the Elizabeth Ambler bequest, 5 October 1860

Letter from the Charity Commissioners, London, to Rev. T.H. Yorke, Bishop Middleham, concerning the payment of dividends under the Elizabeth Ambler bequest, 23 October 1860

Letter from the Charity Commissioners, London, to Rev. T.H. Yorke, Bishop Middleham, forwarding dividends from investments under the Ambler bequest, 14 October 1865

Letter from the Charity Commissioners, London, to Rev. C.A. Cartledge, Bishop Middleham, concerning dividends from investments under the Ambler bequest, 4 September 1882

Notification from the Charity Commissioners, London, to the Vicar and Churchwardens of Bishop Middleham of dividends payable under the Ambler bequest, 10 August 1896

Bishop Middleham school building account, 5 September 1875 - 15 April 1884

Account and receipt of Messrs. Middleton and Appleton, solicitors, for work undertaken in connection with the acquisition of a site for the school, 5 June 1884

Appointment of Alfred Mossop Haile as head teacher of Bishop Middleham School, 19 April 1909

Appointment of Mary Smart Gregson as head teacher of Bishop Middleham School, 1 February 1946

Letter from the Charity Commissioners, London to Rev. C.A. Cartledge, Bishop Middleham, concerning the granting of an order for contributing towards the cost of enlarging the school, 5 August 1882

Order of the Charity Commissioners allowing the trustees of the parochial school charity in Bishop Middleham to contribute towards the cost of enlarging the school, 11 August 1882, covering letter, 17 August 1882

12 August 1905 (1) Bishop Middleham school managers (2) Andrew Mann of Bishop Middleham, builder Agreement for use of the school yard wall to support a greenhouse Consideration: 1s. per year

Covenant by Newcastle Breweries Ltd. to subscribe £25 annually for 7 years to the trust fund established for retaining the Church Day School at Bishop Middleham, 11 October 1951

Copies of letters from the Local Education Authority to Henry Mann of Bishop Middleham, builder, concerning the safety of the school yard wall, 15 March 1926 - 28 March 1929

Accounts of trustees, 3 January 1934 - 20 January 1974

Letter from the Treasurer of the Bishop Barrington School Charity Trust to Rev. F.W.S. Moore, Bishop Middleham, forwarding a donation of £10 for the school, 1 May 1952

Stewardship Campaign literature, 1960 (1 booklet, 1 paper)

Lady Freville's Charity accounts, 1896 - 1949, with trustees' meetings minutes, 1919 - 1949

Summary of the provisions of Elizabeth Freville's charity (1 July 1631), n.d., [19th century]

Charity Commissioners' scheme for the Elizabeth Freville charity, 3 April 1901

Minute book of meetings of the vicar and churchwardens in connection with the Palmer Trust, 25 January 1955 - 1958 [ sic]

Account book of Palmer's Trust, 6 July 1954 - 1973 [sic]

Order of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales establishing a scheme for the governance of the charities previously known as Bishop Middleham Relief in Need; Sedgefield and District Relief in Need; Thomas Cooper's Charity; and Sedgefield District Relief in Need, 7 January 1998

Correspondence received by Rev. M.B. Parker, Bishop Middleham from the Manorial Surveyor at the Halmote Court Office, Durham, and the Charity Commissioners, London, concerning the provisions of various parochial charities, 7 November 1893 - 3 January 1912

Register of attendance at services and choir practice of members of the church choir, 5 January 1969 - 31 December 1992

Choir attendance register, 3 January 1993 - [July] 2000

Programme for the pantomime 'Jack and the Beanstalk', written and produced by Newton Haile, performed by Bishop Middleham Musical & Dramatic Society, 27 - 28 December 1946 (1 paper)

The Bishop Middleham Calendar by Newton Haile, 1988 The calendar outlines the history of Bishop Middleham and the flora and fauna found in the parish (1 booklet)

Bishop Middleham Parish Council: the First Five Years, 1894 - 1899 , by L.D. Cockayne, June 1994

Parish magazine (including The Dawn of Day), May 1895

Parish magazine (including The Church Magazine), January 1901

Parish magazine, July 1901

Parish magazine (including The Dawn of Day), April 1908

Parish magazines (including The Dawn of Day), May and June 1913

Parish magazine, October 1917

Parish magazine (including The Dawn of Day), February 1918

Parish magazine, May - June, August - November 1918

Parish magazines, January, March - December 1955

Parish magazines, January, March - June, August - December 1956

Parish magazines, January, April - December 1957

Parish magazines, January - April, June - October, December 1958

Parish magazines, May, June, October 1959

Parish magazines, January and December 1960

Parish magazines, January, March - December 1961

Parish magazines, January - September, November - December 1962

Parish magazines, January - May, August, October - December 1963

Parish magazines, January - December 1964

Parish magazines, January - December 1965

Parish magazines, January - October, December 1966

Parish magazines, January - September, November, December 1967

Parish magazines, January - December 1968

Parish magazines, January - December 1969

Parish magazines, January - December 1970

Parish magazines, January - December 1971

Parish magazines, January - December 1972

Parish magazines, January - December 1973

Parish magazines, January - December 1974

Parish magazines, January - December 1975

Parish magazines, January - December 1976

Parish magazines, January - December 1977

Parish magazines, January - December 1978

Parish magazines, January - December 1979

Parish magazines, January - December 1980

Parish magazines, January - December 1981

Parish magazines, January - December 1982

Parish magazines, January - December 1983

Parish magazines, January - December 1984

Parish magazines, January - December 1985

Parish magazines, January - December 1986

Parish magazines, January - December 1987

Parish magazines, January - December 1988

Parish magazines, January - December 1989

Parish magazines, January - December 1990

Parish magazines, January - July, October 1991

Parish News, May - December 1996

Parish News , January 1999

Parish News , March - July, September - October 1999

Account of takings at the 'Xmas Fayre', November 1990 Originally enclosed in EP/BM 156