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Bishopwearmouth St. Mary Parish

Reference: EP/Biw.SM Catalogue Title: Bishopwearmouth St. Mary Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1940-2009

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  • Bishopwearmouth St. Mary Parish
    • Bishopwearmouth, St Mary parish records (Ref: EP/Biw.SM)
    • Registration (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/section 1)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/section 2)
    • Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/section 3)
    • Registers of funerals (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/section 4)
    • Clergy (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/)
    • Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/section 1)
    • Registers of services (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/section 2)
    • Licence for the performance of divine service (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/section 3)
    • Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/section 4)
    • Clergy licences (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/section 5)
    • Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)
    • Church (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)
    • Building of the church (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)
    • Plans (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)
    • Church hall (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)
    • Alterations to the church hall (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)
    • Plans (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)
    • Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)
    • Vicarage (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)
    • Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/)
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/section 1)
    • Church building committee, later Church Committee, later Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/)
    • Finance Committee (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/section 2)
    • Account books (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/)
    • Budgets (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/)
    • Statements of accounts (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/)
    • Membership (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/section 3)
    • Parish statistics (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/section 4)
    • Youth services (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/section 5)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 14/)
    • Parish magazines (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 14/)

Catalogue Contents

Bishopwearmouth, St Mary parish records (Ref: EP/Biw.SM)Registration (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/section 1)

1/1-3

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/1

Register of baptisms, 9 May 1940 - 18 November 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/2

Register of baptisms, 25 November 1956 - 29 July 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/3

Register of baptisms, 5 August 1962 - 4 October 1987
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/section 2)

1/5-9

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/5

Register of marriages, 28 July 1951 - 16 August 1952
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/6

Register of marriages, 30 August 1952 - 18 June 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/7

Register of marriages, 18 June 1960 - 19 June 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/8

Register of marriages, 26 June 1965 - 18 December 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/9

Register of marriages, 8 January 1972 - 17 October 1981
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/section 3)

1/4, 10-11, 13/1

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/4

Register of banns of marriage, 2 April 1978 - 1 August 1982
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/10

Register of banns of marriage, 17 April 1966 - 1 July 1973
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/11

Register of banns of marriage, 18 July 1981 - 11 September 1988
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/13/1

Register of banns of marriage, 28 August 1988 - 7 June 2009
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Registers of funerals (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/section 4)

1/12

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 1/12

Register of funerals, 27 September 1988 - 22 May 1992
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Clergy (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/section 1)

2/10-11

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/10

Confirmation register, 4 April 1949 - 11 November 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/11

Confirmation register, 12 March 1965 - 17 November 1970
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/section 2)

2/1-9, 17-18

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/1

Register of services, 23 April 1940 - 19 December 1948
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/2

Register of services, 25 December 1948 - 24 April 1954
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/3

Register of services, 25 April 1954 - 17 May 1959
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/4

Register of services, 18 May 1959 - 25 August 1963
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/5

Register of services, 26 August 1963 - 26 April 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/6

Register of services, 27 April 1966 - 5 January 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/7

Register of services, 1 January 1969 - 26 February 1974
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/8

Register of services, 27 February 1974 - 17 April 1982
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/9

Register of services, 18 April 1982 - 14 December 1986
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/17

Register of services, 15 December 1986 - 2 September 1995
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/18

Register of services, 3 September 1995 - 7 November 1999
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Licence for the performance of divine service (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/section 3)

2/13

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/13

Licence for the performance of divine service in the temporary church of St. Mary the Virgin, on the Springwell estate in the parish of St. Nicholas, Bishopwearmouth, 21 July 1951
(1 paper)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/section 4)

2/12

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/12

15 December 1950 (1) Rev. Ieuan Samuel, perpetual curate of the perpetual curacy of St. Nicholas, Bishopwearmouth (2) Rev. William Gregory, about to be licensed as Curate-in-charge of the conventional district of St. Mary the Virgin, Humbledon (3) Rt. Rev. Alwyn Terrell Petre, Bishop of Durham Agreement for the creation of the conventional district of St. Mary the Virgin, Humbledon. Plan attached
(1 file)

Clergy licences (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/section 5)

2/14

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/14

Order of service for the licence of Rev. Colin Purvis to the conventional district of St. Mary, Humbledon [Springwell], 11 June 1953 (1 paper, printed) Second Deposit(Acc: 2369)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)Church (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)Photographs (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)

4/1

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/1

Photograph of the laying of the foundation stone of St. Mary the Virgin, Springwell, 1951
(1 photograph, 16.5 cm. x 22 cm., black and white)

Building of the church (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)

4/2, 5, 12-13, 23

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/2

Account by Robinsons, Todd, Hope and Wood, 35 West Sunniside, Sunderland, for legal charges incurred in the purchase by the church of St. Mary, Springwell of 115 Durham Road, Sunderland, December 1956
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/5

Copy letter from unidentified correspondent to W.R. Palmer, Assistant Divisional Chief Surveyor, National Coal Board, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, 11, discussing the proposal to build a new church in the parish of St. Mary, Springwell, 22 October 1964
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/12

16 February 1965 (1) Rev. J.C. Norton, St. Mary's Parsonage, Springwell Road, Sunderland (2) Joseph Huntley and Son, Ltd., building contractors, Marion Street, Sunderland Articles of agreement for the construction of a church with chapel and sacristy at St. Mary the Virgin, Springwell Road, Sunderland
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/13

Specification of labour and materials required for the church of St. Mary, Springwell Road, Sunderland in accordance with drawings nos. SMV/11/64/2, 3, 4, c.1965
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/23

Leaflet describing the church of St. Mary, Springwell, c.1968
(1 paper)

Plans (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)

4/3-4, 6-11

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/3

Photograph of artist's impression of the exterior of proposed church of St. Mary, Springwell, by Francis Johnson, Bridlington, 1960
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 18 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/4

Photograph of ground plan of the proposed church of St. Mary, Springwell, February 1960
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4//6

Site plan and elevations of proposed church of St. Mary the Virgin, Humbledon, Sunderland [drawing SMV/11/64/1B] by Peter Tong, 1964 Scale: ¹/16" to 1 foot [1:192]
(1 plan, 41 cm. x 76 cm., dyeline print, colour-wash)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/7

Site plan and elevations of proposed church of St. Mary, Springwell [drawing SMV/11/64/1] by Peter Tong, 3 November 1964 Scale: ¹/16" to 1 foot [1:192]
(1 plan, 42 cm. x 75 cm., dyeline print, colour-wash)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/8

Ground plan and elevations of proposed church of St. Mary, Springwell, [drawing SMV/11/64/1A] by Peter Tong, 10 November 1964 Scale: ¹/16" to 1 foot [1:192]
(1 plan, 42.5 cm. x 76.5 cm., dyeline print, colour-wash)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/9

Plan of joinery details for St. Mary's Church, Springwell, [drawing no. SMV 4] by Peter Tong, January 1965 Scale: 1/2" to 1 foot [1:24] and half full size
(1 plan, 62 cm. x 102 cm., dyeline print)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/10

Plan of sacristy furniture details for the church of St. Mary, Springwell, [drawing no. SMV/5] by Peter Tong, September 1965 Scales: 1/4" to 1 foot [1:48] and 1" to 1 foot [1:12]
(1 plan, 58 cm. x 75 cm., dyeline print)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/11

Artist's impression of the interior of the church of St. Mary, Springwell, c.1965
(1 paper, 31 cm. x 47 cm., colour-wash)

Vicarage (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)

4/24-26

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/24

Plan of St. Mary's Vicarage, Springwell Road, showing kitchen improvement and rewiring, by Hayton Lee and Braddock, architects, Owengate House, Durham City, January 1978 Scales: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96] and 1 inch to 2 feet [1:24]
(1 plan, 59.5 cm. x 84 cm., dyeline print)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/25

Specification of improvements and repairs at St. Mary's and St. Peter's Vicarage, [1978]
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/26

30 July 1986 (1) The Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland (2) Parochial Church Council of the parish of Sunderland Springwell, St. Mary the Virgin with Thorney Close, St. Peter (3) The Church Commissioners for England (4) Rev. Martin John Vaizey, clerk in holy orders, incumbent of the benefice of Sunderland Springwell, St. Mary the Virgin, with Thorney Close, St. Peter Copy conveyance from (1) to (4) of land and parsonage house thereon, known as St. Mary's Parsonage, Springwell, Sunderland
(1 file)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)

EP/BiW.SM 2/15-16 (formerly in section 2, Clergy)
EP/Biw.SM 14/3 (formerly in section 14, Miscellaneous)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/15

List of church plate, robes, ornaments and other property, n.d. [c. 1960]
(4 papers)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 2/16

Terrier and inventory of church property, March 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 14/3

'Record of the Memorial Gifts to the Church of St. Mary the Virgin Humbledon', post 1965
(1 file)

Church hall (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)Plans (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)

4/14-19

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/14

Part plan of alterations to the church hall at St. Mary's Church, Springwell Road, Humbledon, Sunderland, n.d. Includes calculation of costs involved, n.d.
(1 plan, 32 cm. x 45 cm., dyeline print, colour-wash)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/15

Sketch plan 'A' of proposed alterations to the church hall at St. Mary's Church, by Peter Tong, August 1965
(1 plan, 18.5 cm. x 65 cm., dyeline print, colour-wash)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/16

'Survey as existing': plan of church hall at St. Mary's Church, [drawing no. C.H./1] by Peter Tong, August 1965
(1 plan, 52.5 cm. x 72 cm., dyeline print)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/17

Elevations, sections, ground and site plans of proposed alterations to the church hall at St. Mary's Church, [drawing no. C.H./2] by Peter Tong, October 1965
(1 plan, 59.5 cm. x 72 cm., dyeline print, colour-wash)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/18

Plan of heating installation, part of proposed conversion to church hall at St. Mary's Church, [drawing no. 755/1] by Peter Tong and T.G. Armstrong and Partners, June 1966 Scale: ¹/8" to 1 foot [1 : 96]
(1 plan, 64 cm. x 84 cm., dyeline print)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/19

Plan showing the layout of the suspended ceiling at Humbledon, Sunderland, drawn by Peter Tong, 18 July 1966
(1 plan, 47.5 cm. x 76 cm., dyeline print)

Alterations to the church hall (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/)

4/20-22, 22a

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/20

Specification issued by Peter Tong for alterations to the church hall at St. Mary's Church in accordance with drawings C.H./1 and C.H./2, [1966]
(1 file)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/21

Account submitted by Edward Almond and Son, 7 Church Villas, Durham for alterations to the church heating boiler, 17 November 1966
(4 papers)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/22

Quotation issued by Edward Almond and Son for plumbing and electrical work in the church hall at St. Mary's Church, 17 November 1966
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 4/22(a)

Letter from P. Tong, architect, 19A Old Elvet, Durham, to Rev. J.C. Norton, St. Mary's Parsonage, Springwell Road, Sunderland, enclosing H. Kay's final account for alterations to the church hall, 20 December 1966
(2 papers)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/)Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/21

number not used

Minutes (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/section 1)Church building committee, later Church Committee, later Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/)

6/1-4, 16-18 24/1-2

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/1

Plains Farm Church Building Committee minutes, 19 January 1940 - 10 May 1940; St. Mary, Springwell Church Committee minutes, 16 May 1940 - 11 April 1950 At end: list of gifts for the new church and social centre, 1940
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/2

Church Committee Meetings minute book, 4 May 1950 - 18 February 1957
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/3

Church Council and A.G.M. minute book, 16 February 1959 - 14 September 1965
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/4

Church Council minute book, 19 November 1965 - 16 September 1969
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/16

St. Mary and St. Peter Parochial Church Council and A.G.M. minute book, 17 November 1958, 1 December 1958 - 5 May 1970 At beginning: St. Mary, Springwell, A.G.M. and P.C.C. meetings minutes, 18 February 1957 - 17 September 1958
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/17

St. Mary with St. Peter Parochial Church Council minute book, 4 June 1970 - 30 April 1975
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/18

St. Mary with St. Peter Parochial Church Council minute book, 28 May 1975 - 1 May 1979
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/24/1

Minutes of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 15 April 1980 - 5 September 1984
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/24/2

Minutes of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 3 October 1984 - 18 February 1994
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Finance Committee (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/)

6/5

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/5

Finance Committee report, 27 November 1956
(5 papers)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/section 2)Account books (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/)

6/7-9

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/7

Account book, December 1939 - December 1946
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/8

Account book, January 1946 - December 1950
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/9

Receipt and payment account book, 1962 - 1966
(1 volume, card bound)

Statements of accounts (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/)

6/10-11, 13-14, 15, 20

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/10

Statements of account, 1955 and 1956
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/11

Sunday School account, appeal fund account and curate's house fund account, 1956
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/13

Income and expenditure accounts, 1963 - 1967 and 1969
(6 papers)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/14

Hall and social accounts, 1963 - 1966
(4 papers)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/15

Statement of accounts, 1969
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/20

St. Mary with St. Peter Parochial Church Council statements of accounts, 1963 - 1969
(9 papers)

Budgets (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/)

6/12, 19

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/12

Budget, 1962
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/19

St. Mary with St. Peter Parochial Church Council budgets, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969
(4 papers)

Membership (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/section 3)

6/6

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/6

List of members of the church council and officials, 1954 - 1955
(2 papers)

Parish statistics (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/section 4)

6/22

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/22

St. Mary with St. Peter statistics, 1968 and 1969
(1 paper)

Youth services (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/section 5)

6/23

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 6/23

"For Youth in the Name of Christ: a review of the service to youth carried out by the Churches subscribing to the Sunderland New Estates Youth Venture", compiled by David W. Sandick, youth leader, c.1965
(4 papers)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 14/)Parish magazines (Ref: EP/Biw.SM 14/)

14/1-2

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 14/2

Parish magazines, January - May 1944, November - December 1944, January 1945
(8 booklets)

Ref: EP/Biw.SM 14/1

St. Mary, Springwell: Parish magazines, October 1941 - September 1942
(1 volume, card bound)



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