Catalogue

Register of baptisms, 8 November 1846 - 5 October 1874

Register of baptisms, 4 November 1874 - 10 March 1899

Register of baptisms, 5 July 1899 - 22 April 1923

Register of baptisms, 29 April 1925 - 20 February 1943

Register of marriages, 1 January 1848 - 17 May 1863

Register of marriages, 18 May 1863 - 26 April 1872

Register of marriages, 27 April 1872 - 29 May 1882

Register of marriages, 29 May 1882 - 21 November 1894

Register of marriages, 26 November 1894 - 4 March 1905

Register of marriages, 6 March 1905 - 12 June 1915

Register of marriages, 26 June 1915 - 27 May 1925

Register of marriages, 30 May 1925 - 26 December 1938

Register of marriages, 26 December 1938 - 27 February 1943

Register of banns of marriage,16 April 1922 - 21 August 1932

Register of banns of marriage, 12 August 1932 - 14 March 1943

Register of confirmations, 26 March 1902 - 22 May 1944 Confirmations for 1943-1944 were conducted at St. Peter's Church, Bishopwearmouth as St. Thomas' was unusable

Booklet of marriage certificate stubbs, 18 April 1938 - 20 June 1942

Preachers' book, 5 January 1941 - 13 April 1941

Preachers' book, 9 April 1917 - 26 July 1942

Preachers' book, 28 July 1942 - 14 March 1943

Parish terrier, n.d. c.1930

Plan of St. Thomas' Vicarage Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Letter to Rev. E.M. Williams from Ralph Hedley, artistic carver, re a desk and seat for the chancel, with photograph of same, 19 November 1935

Correspondence to Rev. Mr. Orton re a dispute over the vicarage garden wall bordering with the property of Cameron's, Brewers, 19 October 1942 - 12 November 1942

Churchwardens' minute book, 25 April 1871 - Easter 1885

Rough plan of St. Thomas' church roof, 20 November 1871 No scale Enclosed in EP/Su.STh. 4/1

Churchwardens' accounts, 15 April 1917 - Easter 1920

Churchwardens' accounts, 23 March 1921 - 9 June 1926

Churchwardens' account with Barclay's Bank, 11 June 1926 - 26 January 1935

number not used

Churchwardens' account book, 1 January 1923 - 25 November 1943

Parochial account book with Barclay's Bank, 1 January 1931 - 1 January 1935

Caretaker's wage book for Sussex Street Mission, 1940

Verger's wage book, 14 January 1940 - 30 December 1940

Holy Bible in three volumes presented to the church in 1896, n.d. c.1896

Papers including notification of duties due on St. Thomas' Mission, 15 December 1944; circular advising the churchwardens of the archdeacon's visitation at Durham, 1918; and printed reminder from Home Words Ltd. about Easter offering cards, February 1920

Provisional valuation of St. Thomas' church, 26 January 1915

Correspondence re a fire at St. Thomas' in July 1917 and the removal and repair of the church organ motor, 1 August 1917 - 8 October 1917

Correspondence re the church electricity supply; Durham Diocesan Finance Board assessment of the parish; a claim for compensation against the Great Northern, Great Central and Great Eastern Railway Companies, and miscellaneous correspondence re church disbursements, 27 August 1918 - March 1920

Faculty for the erection of a bronze tablet on the church wall, 15 March 1921

Church fire insurance policy, 2 April 1941

Correspondence and accounts re war damage to St. Thomas' church, 23 April 1941 - 28 February 1945

Papers re the closure of St. Thomas' Church and reorganization of the parish, with two maps of Bishopwearmouth parish, 19 April 1943 - 1948 No scale

Receipts re stationery purchases, 23 November 1916 - October 1938

Receipts re gas, electricity, laundry, insurance payments, catering, tax, stationery, etc. 1917 - 1918

Receipts as in EP/Su.STh 4/21, 16 April 1918 - 31 March 1919

Receipts as in EP/Su.STh 4/21, 12 November 1934 - 5 January 1943

Receipts as in EP/Su.STh 4/21, 11 December 1935 - 31 December 1937

Receipts as in EP/Su.STh 4/21, 13 April 1921 - 4 January 1937

Receipts as in EP/Su.STh 4/21, 31 December 1937- 4 January 1939

Receipts as in EP/Su.STh 4/21, 13 January 1939 - 10 January 1940

Receipts as in EP/Su.STh 4/21, 1 January 1940 - 3 January 1941

Parochial Account bank statements from Barclays Bank, 7 June 1937 - 5 January 1938

Parochial Account bank statements from Barclays Bank, 10 January 1938 - 2 January 1940

Bank statements from Lloyds Bank, 9 October 1939 - 27 April 1945; Lloyds Bank cheque book, 21 December 1943 - 2 May 1944; and file of letters to the vicar re the Nattrass charity, 1939 - 1945

Printed articles of enquiry re the Archdeacon's visitation, with letter notifying churchwardens of the date of same, 1917

Printed articles of enquiry re the Archdeacon's visitation, with letter notifying churchwardens of the date of same, 1918, 1919

11 May 1934 (1) Rev. Ernest Milton Williams, Vicar of the parish of St. Thomas, Bishopwearmouth, and others (2) Robert Saville Weatherley of 25 Side Cliffe Road, Roker, Sunderland (3) The new trustees Copy appointment by (1) with the consent of (2) of (3) as new trustees of premises in Sussex Street, Sunderland used as a Sunday school and mission room

2 July 1934 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Rev. Ernest Milton Williams, Vicar of St. Thomas', Bishopwearmouth, and others Agreement for the extinguishment of manorial incidents in the manor of Houghton payable on St. Thomas' church institute and Sunday school, Sussex Street, Sunderland

Parochial Church Council observations on the needs of the parish in relation to the appointment of a new vicar, 13 July 1938

Electoral roll of parish inhabitants, n.d. c.1900 - 1940

Sale of work book in account with Barclay's Bank, 27 April 1931 - 10 January 1935

Subscription account book for The Bulletin, 1940 - 1942

Printed and handwritten sidesmen's lists, 1917 - 1920