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South Shields St. Oswin Parish

Reference: EP/SS.SO Catalogue Title: South Shields St. Oswin Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1904-2000

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  • South Shields St. Oswin Parish
    • Registration (Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/)
    • Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/section 01)
    • Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/section 02)
    • Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/section 03)
    • Marriage licences (Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/section 04)
    • Clergy (Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/)
    • Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/section 01)
    • Registers of services (Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/section 02)
    • Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/section 03)
    • Individual clergy (Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/section 04)
    • Jarrow Deanery (Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/section 05)
    • Churchwardens (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/)
    • Church (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/section 01)
    • Building and extension of church (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/)
    • Font (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/)
    • Organ (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/)
    • Church property (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/section 02)
    • Log books (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/section 03)
    • Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/section 04)
    • Faculties (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/section 05)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/section 06)
    • Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/)
    • Minutes (Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/section 01)
    • Annual general meetings (Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/section 02)
    • Reports (Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/section 03)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/section 04)
    • Parish officers (Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/section 05)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/section 06)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/)
    • Parish magazines (Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/section 01)
    • Other records (Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/section 02)

Catalogue Contents

Registration (Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/)Registers of baptisms (Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/section 01)

1/1/-2, 15

Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/1

Register of baptisms, 21 August 1904 - 14 December 1923
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/2

Register of baptisms, 23 December 1923 - 11 August 1963
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/15

Register of baptisms, 1 September 1963 - 18 June 1997
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/section 02)

1/3-7, 16

Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/3

Register of marriages, 6 October 1910 - 7 August 1915
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/4

Register of marriages, 22 August 1915 - 18 November 1925
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/5

Register of marriages, 25 November 1925 - 5 August 1940
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/6

Register of marriages, 10 August 1940 - 29 July 1950
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/7

Register of marriages, 2 September 1950 - 14 September 1968
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/16

Register of marriages, 14 September 1968 - 24 August 1985
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Registers of banns of marriage (Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/section 03)

1/8-10, 13-14, 17

Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/8

Register of banns, 30 July 1939 - 28 September 1949
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/9

Register of banns, 28 August 1949 - 8 November 1953
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/10

Register of banns, 25 October 1953 - 18 January 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/13

Register of banns of marriage, 4 January 1970 - 19 September 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/14

Register of banns of marriage, 5 September 1976 ­ 16 February 1986
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/17

Register of banns of marriage, 16 March 1986 - 31 May 1998
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Marriage licences (Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/section 04)

1/11-12

Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/11

Marriage licence for James D. Preston and Olive Rising, 1 September 1952
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 1/12

Marriage licence for James A. Armsworth and Doris Snaith, 23 September 1974
(1 paper, printed)

Clergy (Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/)Registers of confirmations (Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/section 01)

2/12

Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/12

Register of confirmations, 22 March 1911 - 17 March 1989
(1 volume, card bound)

Registers of services (Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/section 02)

2/1-9, 11, 13-14

Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/1

Register of services, 18 September 1910 - 28 December 1928, including notes on the consecration of the church, 1910
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/2

Register of services, 4 January 1925 - 26 July 1936
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/3

Register of services, 3 August 1936 - 15 May 1938
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/4

Register of services, 18 May 1938 - 1 February 1942
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/5

Register of services, 11 February 1942 - 26 January 1946
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/6

Register of services, 27 January 1946 - 9 October 1948
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/7

Register of services, 10 October 1948 - 10 January 1954
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/8

Register of services, 12 January 1954 - 16 July 1961
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/9

Register of services, 14 July 1961 - 12 July 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/11

Register of services, 13 July 1969 ­ 26 December 1982
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/13

Register of services, 17 December 1995 - 28 June 1998
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/14

Register of services, 1 January 1983 - 10 December 1995
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Parish boundaries (Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/section 03)

4/15

Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/15

Papers relating to the alteration of the boundaries of the parishes of St. Jude and St. Oswin South Shields, 19 October - 12 November 1959
(3 papers)

Individual clergy (Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/section 04)

2/10

Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/10

Order of service for the admission of Rev. S.H. Atkins, A.K.C., to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Oswin, 29 October 1946
(1 booklet, printed)

Jarrow Deanery (Ref: EP/SS.SO 2/section 05)

14/2

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/2

Notice of public meeting of Jarrow Deanery Moral Welfare Association, Speaker: The Marchioness of Londonderry, 2 February n.d., [ c. 1930s]
(1 paper, printed)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/)Church (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/section 01)Building and extension of church (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/)

4/1-5, 12, 14/16

Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/1

Correspondence from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners concerning a grant of £1000 towards the erection of St. Oswin's Church, 2 April 1907 and 31 July 1908
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/2

Durham Diocesan Church Building Society announcement of a grant of £500 towards the erection of St. Oswin's church, 19 October 1908
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/3

Letter from the Incorporated Society for Promoting the Enlargement, Building and Repairing of Churches and Chapels, concerning a grant of £100 for the erection of St. Oswin's church, 19 November 1908
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/4

List of names [of subscribers towards the erection of St. Oswin's Church] n.d. [ c 1908]
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/5

Copy Instrument of Approval from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the church erected for the district of St. Oswin, South Shields, 20 September 1910
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/12

Papers relating to the extension of the church including the architects report and tender and bill from the builder, 17 July 1937 - 20 April 1940
(17 papers, 1 file, paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/16

Certificate, signed by the Bishop of Durham, the Bishop of Jarrow, the Rural Dean of Jarrow, the Vicar and churchwardens of the parish of South Shields, St. Oswin, recording the laying of the foundation stone of extensions to the church at the East end, 18 September 1937
(Parchment, 1 membrane)

Font (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/)

4/6

Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/6

Letter from the Dean and Chapter of Durham to Rev. H.J.S. Cooke concerning the loan of the stone font from the Cathedral to St. Oswin's Church, 23 December 1936
(1 paper)

Organ (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/)

4/13

Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/13

Part of a letter detailing maintenance work carried out on the organ by George Blair, organ builder, South Shields, March - September 1937
(1 paper)

Church property (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/section 02)

14/3, 5

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/3

12 March 1931 (1) Rev. Arthur Bowcock, vicar (2) Rt. Hon. James Ramsay MacDonald, patron (3) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Conveyance from (1) to (3) with the consent of (2) of a piece of land about 452 square yards, bound by Kent St., St. Oswin Ave. and Back St., South Shields, as on the enclosed plan Consideration: £5
(1 file, paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/5

Sketch plan of an area bounded by Wantage St., Birchington Ave., Kent St., and Stanhope Rd., South Shields, n.d. Scale 1 inch to 44 feet
(ink, tracing paper, 27.3cm. x 22.5cm.)

Log books (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/section 03)

4/18

Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/18

Log book, 1976
(1 volume, card bound)

Terriers and inventories (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/section 04)

4/16-17

Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/16

Inventory of goods, furnishings etc. in St. Oswin' s Church, Brinkburn, 26 March 1938 - June 1984 and in St. Oswin' s Parish Hall, 7 July 1940 - 1981
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/17

Inventory, May 1985
(1 file)

Faculties (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/section 05)

4/7-11

Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/7

Faculty for the addition of a sanctuary, chancel, side chapel, vestries, organ and heating chambers, 9 September 1937
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/8

Faculty for the introduction of a new carpet, crucifix, hymn boards and bookcase, and to affix a new figure of Christ to the processional cross, 22 November 1957
(2 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/9

Faculty for the removal of the existing crucifix and candlesticks and replacing them with silver ones, 21 July 1965
(2 papers, typescript)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/10

Faculty for the introduction of a new oak table bearing a small inscription plate, 28 September 1971
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/11

Faculty to install a new gas fired heating system and additional radiators, and to introduce a new brass cross, 1 October 1973
(2 papers, typescript)

Financial records (Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/section 06)

4/14

Ref: EP/SS.SO 4/14

Account book of collections, 4 January 1959 - 20 April 1969
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/)Minutes (Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/section 01)

6/1, 4-7, 10-11

Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/1

Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 5 May 1925 - 6 March 1941
(1 volume, cardboard bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/4

Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 17 April 1941 - 10 October 1952
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/5

Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 19 November 1952 - 18 March 1961
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/6

Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 6 April 1961 - 27 February 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/7

Minute book of Parochial Church Council, 17 March 1969 - 6 December 1976
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/10

Parochial Church Council meetings minutes, 1 July 1982 - 31 December 1987
(1 file)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/11

Parochial Church Council meetings minutes, 7 February 1988 - 19 April 1998
(1 file)

Annual general meetings (Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/section 02)

6/9

Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/9

Text of Vicar' s remarks to Annual General Meeting, 22 March 1977
(2 papers, typescript)

Reports (Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/section 03)

6/8

Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/8

Report on dilapidations at St. Oswin's Church, South Shields, 12 July 1971 Originally enclosed in EP/SS.SO 6/7
(1 file)

Financial records (Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/section 04)

6/3

Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/3

Treasurers' statement of accounts for the year ending 31 December 1947
(1 paper)

Parish officers (Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/section 05)

14/4

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/4

Copy letter from the vicar to Mr. Edmunds [caretaker] setting out his conditions of service, 1 January 1946
(1 paper, typescript)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/section 06)

6/2

Ref: EP/SS.SO 6/2

Miscellaneous papers concerning the Parochial Church Council, 1926 - 1947
(4 papers)

Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/)Parish magazines (Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/section 01)

14/6-15, 17

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/6

Parish magazines, January - December 1952
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/7

Parish magazines, January 1953 - December 1954
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/8

Parish magazines, January 1955 - December 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/9

Parish magazines, January 1957 - December 1958
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/10

Parish magazines, January 1959 - December 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/11

Parish magazines, January 1961 - December 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/12

Parish magazines, January 1963 - December 1964
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/13

Parish magazines, January 1965 - December 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/14

Parish magazine, January 1967
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/15

Parish magazine, April 1967
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/17

Copy of the magazine of the parish of South Shields, St. Oswin, September 1937
(1 booklet)

Other records (Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/section 02)

14/1, 18-20

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/1

Notice of St. Oswin's Bazaar, to be held 19 - 21 October 1909
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/18

List of bricklayers, cartmen and joiners written on a workman's time sheet for the firm of James Young, builder and contractor, Tyne Dock, 2 October 1909
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/19

Velvet pouch containing one penny, three half pennies and two farthings, 1937
(1 pouch and six coins)

Ref: EP/SS.SO 14/20

A jar, in which EP/SS.SO 14/16 - 14/19 were contained to form a 'time capsule', buried when the extensions at the East end of the church were begun in 1937, and removed at the closure of the church, 2000
(1 glass jar)



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