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Castleside St. John Parish

Reference: EP/Cas Catalogue Title: Castleside St. John Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1863-2019

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  • Castleside St. John Parish
    • Registration (Ref: EP/Cas 1/Section 1)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Cas 1/section 01)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Cas 1/section 02)
    • Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Cas 1/section 03)
    • Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Cas 1/section 04)
    • Clergy (Ref: EP/Cas 2/Section 2)
    • Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Cas 2/section 01)
    • Registers of services and preachers' books (Ref: EP/Cas 2/section 02)
    • Preachers' books (Ref: EP/Cas 2/section 01)
    • Registers of services (Ref: EP/Cas 2/section 02)
    • Benefice income (Ref: EP/Cas 2/section 03)
    • Licences for the performance of divine service (Ref: EP/Cas 2/section 04)
    • Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/Cas 2/section 05)
    • Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Cas 4/Section 4)
    • Church (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 01)
    • Building Fund Committee (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 01)
    • Organ (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 02)
    • Heating (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 03)
    • Maintenance (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 04)
    • Churchyard (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 02)
    • Registers of graves (Ref: EP/Cas 4/)
    • Church hall (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 03)
    • Faculties (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 04)
    • Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 05)
    • Log books (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 06)
    • Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 07)
    • Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 08)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 09)
    • Vestry (Ref: EP/Cas 5/Section 5)
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/Cas 5/section 01)
    • Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Cas 6/Section 6)
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/Cas 6/section 01)
    • Annual General Meetings (Ref: EP/Cas 6/section 02)
    • Financial papers (Ref: EP/Cas 6/section 03)
    • Schools (Ref: EP/Cas 11/Section 11)
    • Log books (Ref: EP/Cas 11/section 01)
    • Premises (Ref: EP/Cas 11/section 02)
    • Plans (Ref: EP/Cas 11/section 03)
    • Correspondence (Ref: EP/Cas 11/section 04)
    • Charities (Ref: EP/Cas 12/Section 12)
    • Charity Commission (Ref: EP/Cas 12/section 01)
    • Church Societies (Ref: EP/Cas 13/Section 13)
    • Sunday School (Ref: EP/Cas 13/section 01)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Cas 14/Section 14)
    • Parish magazines (Ref: EP/Cas 14/section 01)
    • Photographs (Ref: EP/Cas 14/section 02)

Catalogue Contents

Registration (Ref: EP/Cas 1/Section 1)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/Cas 1/section 01)

1/1-2

Ref: EP/Cas 1/1

Register of baptisms, 1864 - 1923 Contains: London Gazette, 1863, p.3743, re creation of the parish
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Cas 1/2

Register of baptisms, 1923 - 1966
(1 volume)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/Cas 1/section 02)

1/5, 10-12, 1/13/1

Ref: EP/Cas 1/5

Register of marriages, 28 September 1867 - 10 August 1968
(1 volume, vellum half-bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 1/10

Register of marriages, 24 August 1968 - 11 June 1983
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 1/11

Register of marriages, 25 June 1983 - 1 December 1990
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 1/12

Register of marriages, 4 May 1991 - 28 August 1999
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 1/13/1

Register of marriages, 13 November 1999 - 17 August 2019
(1 volume)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/Cas 1/section 03)

1/6-9

Ref: EP/Cas 1/6

Register of banns of marriage, 28 July 1867 - 7 December 1930 Includes register of services, 8 March 1867 - 18 June 1893
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 1/7

Register of banns of marriage, 19 July 1931 - 4 March 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 1/8

Register of banns of marriage, 11 March 1956 - 22 June 1975
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 1/9

Register of banns of marriage, 15 June 1975 - 27 March 1983
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Registers of burials (Ref: EP/Cas 1/section 04)

1/3-4

Ref: EP/Cas 1/3

Register of burials, 1867 - 1915
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Cas 1/4

Register of burials, 1915 - 1950
(1 volume)

Clergy (Ref: EP/Cas 2/Section 2)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/Cas 2/section 01)

2/10

Ref: EP/Cas 2/10

Confirmation register, 10 July 1938 - 17 April 1966
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Registers of services and preachers' books (Ref: EP/Cas 2/section 02)Preachers' books (Ref: EP/Cas 2/section 01)

2/2

Ref: EP/Cas 2/2

Preachers' book, 7 April 1912 - 6 April 1920
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/Cas 2/section 02)

2/1-8, 14-19, 2/21/1-2

Ref: EP/Cas 2/1

Register of services, 13 November 1892 - 30 September 1906
(1 volume, vellum quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 2/3

Register of services, 11 April 1920 - 25 December 1932
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 2/4

Register of services, 1 January 1933 - 28 June 1944
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 2/5

Register of services, 2 July 1944 - 10 November 1957
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 2/6

Register of services, 5 October 1957 - 23 August 1961
(1 volume, paper bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 2/7

Register of services, 24 August 1961 - 31 December 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 2/8

Register of services, 5 May 1974 - 29 September 1976
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 2/14

Register of services, 1 January 1967 - 3 May 1974
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Cas 2/15

Register of services, 30 September 1976 - 3 March 1979
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 2/16

Register of services, 4 March 1979 - 28 January 1984
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 2/17

Register of services, 29 January 1984 - 24 December 1988
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 2/18

Register of services, 25 December 1988 - 20 November 1993
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 2/19

Register of services, 21 November 1993 - 1 May 1996
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 2/21/1

Register of services, 5 May 1996 - 24 August 2001
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/Cas 2/21/2

Register of services, 26 August 2001 - 7 April 2009
(1 volume)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/Cas 2/section 03)

2/12, 4/46

Ref: EP/Cas 2/12

Letters of Ecclesiastical Commissioners and Church Commissioners re grants and funding stock for benefice, 10 April 1924 - 31 March 1950 (paper, 1 file)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/46

1 October 1957 (1) William Walls, Rev. Stanley Valentine Green and Frederick John Corkless, sequestrators of the benefice of the vicarage of Castleside, St. John (2) Church Commissioners for England Mortgage by (1) to (2) of the income of the benefice for 10 years Consideration: £1194
(3 papers, printed form)

Licences for the performance of divine service (Ref: EP/Cas 2/section 04)

2/13, 20

Ref: EP/Cas 2/13

Licence for performance of divine service, 2 November 1971
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 2/20

Licence for the performance of divine service in the church hall, Derby Drive, Moorside, 2 November 1971
(1 paper, typescript)

Parochial statistics (Ref: EP/Cas 2/section 05)

2/11

Ref: EP/Cas 2/11

Copies of parochial returns, 1960 - 1966
(9 papers)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/Cas 4/Section 4)Church (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 01)Building Fund Committee (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 01)

14/2

Ref: EP/Cas 14/2

Minute book of Building Fund Committee, 23 May 1955 - 6 February 1958
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Organ (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 02)

4/18

Ref: EP/Cas 4/18

Memorandum of agreement for maintenance of organ, with related correspondence, 7 September 1938 - 20 September 1938
(paper, 1 file)

Heating (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 03)

4/27

Ref: EP/Cas 4/27

Guarantee, specification and letters re oil-fired central heating system, 25 June 1962 - 6 November 1962
(paper, 1 file)

Maintenance (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 04)

4/11, 24-25, 28, 30

Ref: EP/Cas 4/11

Licence of the Council of Durham Colleges in University of Durham for erection and use of septic tank, 31 December 1949
(paper, 1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/24

Guarantee from Charles H. Pugh Ltd., Atco Works, 27 June 1955
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/25

Leaflets and letters of Fire Brigade re use and maintenance of fire precautions
(paper, 2 files)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/28

Agreement for maintenance of fire appliances, 1 May 1963
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/30

Letter re maintenance of boilers, 12 November 1964
(1 paper)

Churchyard (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 02)Registers of graves (Ref: EP/Cas 4/)

4/45

Ref: EP/Cas 4/45

Register of grave spaces, 23 June 1869 - 24 March 1892
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Church hall (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 03)

2/9, 4/6, 8-9, 17
See also section 11 Schools

Ref: EP/Cas 2/9

Order of service for new church hall, Moorside, 26 April 1966
(4 papers)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/6

Letters of Durham Diocesan Board of Finance and others re proposal to use site of Old National School for church hall, 25 June 1928 - 13 July 1932
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/8

Correspondence re building work for new church hall, 3 April 1935 - 15 September 1936
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/9

Correspondence re extension and fittings for schoolroom or church hall, 24 March 1936 - 5 November 1937
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/17

Specifications for proposed extensions to church school room, October 1936
(paper, 1 file)

Faculties (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 04)

4/12-16, 19-23, 26, 29, 31-35

Ref: EP/Cas 4/12

Faculty for new pulpit, 23 January 1912
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/13

Faculty for stained glass window, 25 November 1918
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/14

Faculty for brass tablet, 1 April 1920
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/15

Faculty for removal and reinterment of the remains of Eva Thompson, 27 May 1931
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/16

Faculty for installation of electric light, 10 October 1931
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/19

Faculty for stained glass windows, 21 August 1945
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/20

Faculty for heating system, 14 January 1947
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/21

Faculty for stained glass windows, 5 September 1947
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/22

Faculty for oak table, 4 May 1949
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/23

Faculty for oak door and tablet, 11 August 1950
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/26

Faculty for oil-fired central heating, 9 November 1962
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/29

Faculty for Ciborium and carpet, 4 May 1963
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/31

Faculty for font cover, 15 November 1965
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/32

Faculty for aumbry and light, 18 November 1966
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/33

Faculty, 16 June 1967
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/34

Faculty for notice board, display panels, and general repairs, 13 July 1970
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/35

Faculty for processional cross, 1 May 1973
(2 papers)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 05)

4/39-44

Ref: EP/Cas 4/39

Terrier, 1 May 1951
(paper, 1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/40

Terrier, reviewed at Easter Vestry: 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, n.d.
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/41

Terrier, n.d.
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/42

Terrier, n.d.
(paper, 1 booklet)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/43

Inventory, 3 May 1939
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/44

Inventory, 1 May 1951
(paper, 1 booklet)

Log books (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 06)

4/47

Ref: EP/Cas 4/47

Log book, 15 November 1978 - August 1999
(1 booklet, printed form)

Quinquennial inspections (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 07)

4/48-50, 4/52/1

Ref: EP/Cas 4/48

Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 29 October 1979
(1 file, transcript)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/49

Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Charlewood, Curry, Wilson & Atkinson, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 3 March 1984
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/50

Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Charlewood Curry Partnership, architects, 32-34 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, 18 September 1990
(1 file, typescrip0t)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/52/1

Quinquennial inspection by C. Downs, Chartered Architect, Ecclesiastical and Historic Buildings Consultant, 8 Holmside Place, Heaton, Newcastle - Upon - Tyne, NE6 5AJ, 3 February 1997
(1 file)

Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 08)

4/36, 51, 4/53/1

Ref: EP/Cas 4/36

Ordinary assessment of ecclesiastical dilapidations, 23 September 1965
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/51

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of the vicarage, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock, diocesan surveyors, Owengate House, Durham, March 1985
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/53/1

Schedule of dilapidations concerning Castleside Vicarage by M. Galley, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QJ, n.d. [c. 1990s]
(1 file)

Financial records (Ref: EP/Cas 4/section 09)

4/1, 5

Ref: EP/Cas 4/1

Account book, 16 April 1899 - 31 December 1926
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/5

Announcement of grant from Durham Diocesan Church Building Society, 29 January 1930
(1 paper)

Vestry (Ref: EP/Cas 5/Section 5)Minutes (Ref: EP/Cas 5/section 01)

5/1-2

Ref: EP/Cas 5/1

Minute book, 7 April 1888 - 26 April 1919
(1 booklet, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 5/2

Minute book, also including Parochial Church Council meetings, 11 March 1919 - 12 April 1934
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/Cas 6/Section 6)Minutes (Ref: EP/Cas 6/section 01)

6/1-4, 6/7/1

Ref: EP/Cas 6/1

Minute book, 12 April 1921 - 26 January 1934
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 6/2

Minute book, 26 January 1934 - 9 September 1955
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 6/3

Minute book, 30 January 1956 - 25 November 1963
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 6/4

Minute book, 10 June 1963 - 8 November 1966
(1 volume, paper bound)

Ref: EP/Cas 6/7/1

Minute book, 14 February 1983 - 2 April 1989
(1 file)

Annual General Meetings (Ref: EP/Cas 6/section 02)

6/8/1-2

Ref: EP/Cas 6/8/1

Minutes and reports of Annual General Meeting, 31 December 2008
(10 papers)

Ref: EP/Cas 6/8/2

Minutes and reports of Annual General Meeting, 26 April 2009
(11 papers and 1 booklet)

Financial papers (Ref: EP/Cas 6/section 03)

6/5-6

Ref: EP/Cas 6/5

Agreement with Wells Organizations Ltd. re fund-raising, 24 January 1963
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/Cas 6/6

Agreement with Wells Organizations Ltd. re building fund canvass, 13 July 1965
(1 paper)

Schools (Ref: EP/Cas 11/Section 11)

See also section 4 Church hall

Log books (Ref: EP/Cas 11/section 01)

11/1

Ref: EP/Cas 11/1

Log book of Castleside Church School, 1 June 1863 - 18 June 1878
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Premises (Ref: EP/Cas 11/section 02)

4/3-4

Ref: EP/Cas 4/3

Letters re use of property assigned by Trust Deed (18 June 1961), 5 November 1908 - 7 January 1909
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/4

Scheme by the Board of Education re Old National School premises, 14 September 1909
(2 papers)

Plans (Ref: EP/Cas 11/section 03)

4/37

Ref: EP/Cas 4/37

Plan of proposed extension to schoolroom, 1936
(1 paper)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/Cas 11/section 04)

4/2, 4, 7

Ref: EP/Cas 4/2

Letter of Education Department re school finance, 22 July 1873
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/7

Letters re proposal for Parochial Church Council and Board of Finance to take over Old National School, 22 August 1933 - 23 September 1933
(paper, 1 file)

Charities (Ref: EP/Cas 12/Section 12)Charity Commission (Ref: EP/Cas 12/section 01)

12/1

Ref: EP/Cas 12/1

Return for parish of Lanchester of reports to Charity Commissioners on endowed charities in Durham
(1 booklet)

Church Societies (Ref: EP/Cas 13/Section 13)Sunday School (Ref: EP/Cas 13/section 01)

4/10, 38

Ref: EP/Cas 4/10

Letter of Ecclesiastical Insurance Office re policy for Castleside C. of E. Sunday School, 20 April 1959
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/Cas 4/38

Plan of Castleside area showing land adjoining Sunday school, n.d.
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/Cas 14/Section 14)Parish magazines (Ref: EP/Cas 14/section 01)

14/1

Ref: EP/Cas 14/1

Magazine for Consett and Castleside, January 1865
(paper, 1 booklet)

Photographs (Ref: EP/Cas 14/section 02)

14/3

Ref: EP/Cas 14/3

Photograph postcard of children attending a confirmation service at Castleside Parish Church, 13 May 1914
(1 photograph, 14cm x 9cm)



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