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South Shields St. Hilda Parish

Reference: EP/SS.SH Catalogue Title: South Shields St. Hilda Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: South Shields, St Mark

Covering Dates: 1876-1960

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  • South Shields St. Hilda Parish
    • South Shields St. Hilda Parish - South Shields, St Mark (Ref: EP/SS.SH)
    • Registration (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 01)
    • Clergy (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 02)
    • Correspondence (Ref: EP/SS.SH)
    • Individual clergy (Ref: EP/SS.SH )
    • Pastoral Reorganisation (Ref: EP/SS.SH)
    • Programmes of services (Ref: EP/SS.SH)
    • Benefice income (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 04)
    • Churchwardens (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 04)
    • Church (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 01)
    • Church site (Ref: EP/SS.SH)
    • Furniture and plate (Ref: EP/SS.SH)
    • Plans (Ref: EP/SS.SH)
    • Church hall (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 02)
    • Vicarage (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 03)
    • Faculties and Archdeacons' Certificates (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 04)
    • Faculties (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 01)
    • Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 02)
    • Financial records (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 05)
    • Accounts (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 01)
    • Other financial records (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 02)
    • Sequestration (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 06)
    • Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 06)
    • Church membeship (Ref: EP/SS.SH )
    • Electoral rolls (Ref: EP/SS.SH)
    • Schools (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 11)
    • St Mark's School (Ref: EP/SS.SH)
    • Church Societies (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 13)
    • Choir (Ref: EP/SS.SH)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 14)
    • Parish magazines (Ref: EP/SS.SH)

Catalogue Description

See also EP/SS.SM, South Shields, St Mark parish

Catalogue Contents

South Shields St. Hilda Parish - South Shields, St Mark (Ref: EP/SS.SH)Registration (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 01)

1/175, 14/459

Ref: EP/SS.SH 1/175

Application for banns of marriage between Robert Henry Collins and Rita Overton, both of St. Mark's Parish, 3 January 1955
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/SS.SH 14/459

Receipt for a register of marriages of St. Mark's Church containing entries from 4 April 1928 - 9 October 1943
(1 paper, printed)

Clergy (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 02)Programmes of services (Ref: EP/SS.SH)

14/454

Ref: EP/SS.SH 14/454

Programme for an evening service at the Children's Church, St. Mark's Parish, n.d. [c.1930]
(1 booklet, printed)

Pastoral Reorganisation (Ref: EP/SS.SH)

2/272b, 14/465, 467

Ref: EP/SS.SH 2/272b

Letter of P. Carter of the Diocesan Office to Rev. D.H.C. Rudd re a meeting of the Pastoral Reorganisation Committee, 14 March 1957
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/SS.SH 14/465

Letter of P. Carter, Diocesan Office, to Rev. D.H.C. Rudd re the proposed opposition to the plan to close St. Mark's Church, 19 July 1957
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/SS.SH 14/467

Copy letter of P. Carter, Diocesan Office, to South Shields Town Clerk re the decision of the Pastoral Reorganisation Committee to make the parish of St. Mark redundant, 14 March 1957
(1 paper)

Correspondence (Ref: EP/SS.SH)

14/468-469

Ref: EP/SS.SH 14/468

Circular letter of Rev. D. Evans, vicar of St. Marks, appealing for subscription towards liquidating the debt on St. Mark's church. The letter is written on the dorse of a printed list of subscriptions and subscribers, January 1876
(2 papers)

Ref: EP/SS.SH 14/469

Letter of W.H. Tayleur, Highgate Village London, to the vicar of St. Mark's, 1958
(1 paper)

Individual clergy (Ref: EP/SS.SH )

2/272, 272a

Ref: EP/SS.SH 2/272

Schedule of assistant clergy at St. Mark's, 5 May 1924
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/SS.SH 2/272a

Pamphlet printed in memory of Rev. Thomas Henry Hurrell, Vicar of St. Mark's Church, 1924 - 1933. Includes a photograph of Rev. Hurrell
(1 paper)

Benefice income (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 04)

14/455

Ref: EP/SS.SH 14/455

Printed statements of stock standing to the credit of St. Mark's, in the books of the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, 30 November 1933 and 11 June 1935
(1 paper)

Churchwardens (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 04)Church (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 01)Plans (Ref: EP/SS.SH)

4/797

Ref: EP/SS.SH 4/797

Elevation sketches of the interior walls of St. Mark's Church and the interior and exterior of the vergers' cottage, showing cracks and areas of damp, n.d. [c.1940]
(2 papers)

Church site (Ref: EP/SS.SH)

4/796

Ref: EP/SS.SH 4/796

Letter of A. Teeford of the Diocesan Registry to Rev. W.F. McCready, St. Mark's Vicarage, re. the land surrounding the church, 10 April 1937
(1 paper)

Furniture and plate (Ref: EP/SS.SH)

4/800-801

Ref: EP/SS.SH 4/800-801

Letters of J.B. Lazenby, Diocesan Registrar, to Rev. W.F. McCready re the introduction of a new holy table and two flood lights at the church, 13 October and 26 November 1936
(1 paper)

Church hall (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 02)

4/798

Ref: EP/SS.SH 4/798

Builder's report on the general condition of St. Mark's Church Hall, vestry and school, n.d. [c.1950]
(1 paper)

Vicarage (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 03)

2/267-270

Ref: EP/SS.SH 2/267

27 February 1877 (1) Rev. David Evans, vicar of St. Mark's (2) Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty Mortgage on the glebe tithes and rents of St. Mark's living for securing £700 to build a parsonage
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/SS.SH 2/268

26 March 1931 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of South Shields (2) Rev. Thomas Henry Hurrell, vicar of St. Mark's. Agreement for the re-erection of the palisading and gate before St. Mark's Vicarage at 183 Laygate in return for an annual rent of 2/6. Includes a plan of the vicarage showing the proposed conversion
(29 cms. x 19 cms., coloured)

Ref: EP/SS.SH 2/269-270

Receipted accounts of Milton Swales Ltd., to Building Contractors, for building work at St. Mark's Vicarage, 19 July 1955 and 12 March 1956
(1 paper)

Faculties and Archdeacons' Certificates (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 04)Faculties (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 01)

4/799, 802

Ref: EP/SS.SH 4/799

Faculty for the erection of a stained glass window, donated by the Mothers' Meeting, 19 April 1924
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/SS.SH 4/802

Faculty for the introduction of a new holy table and two flood lights, 26 January 1937
(1 paper)

Archdeacons' certificates (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 02)

4/803

Ref: EP/SS.SH 4/803

Certificate of the Archdeacon of Durham under the Faculty Jurisdiction Measure, 1938, for the repair of the central heating boiler at the church, 15 November 1957
(1 paper)

Financial records (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 05)Accounts (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 01)

4/794-795

Ref: EP/SS.SH 4/794

St. Mark's Parish accounts: balance sheet, 1910
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: EP/SS.SH 4/795

Statement of accounts of St. Mark's church for the year ending 31 December 1958
(1 paper)

Other financial records (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 02)

14/457, 464

Ref: EP/SS.SH 14/457

Certificates for preference shares in the South Shields 'Nelson' Permanent Building Society, held on behalf of St. Mark's Church Mission, 29 March 1938 and 27 June 1939
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/SS.SH 14/464

Share account book of St. Mark's Church with the Jarrow and Hebburn Co-operative Society Ltd. 26 June 1956 - 19 April 1958
(1 booklet, printed)

Sequestration (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 06)

2/271

Ref: EP/SS.SH 2/271

Letter of S. Downing of the Ecclesiastical Commission to R.W. Adamson re payments made by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners during the sequestration of the benefice, 2 May 1924
(1 paper)

Parochial Church Council (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 06)Electoral rolls (Ref: EP/SS.SH)

14/456, 458, 460

Ref: EP/SS.SH 14/456

Electoral Roll for St. Mark's Parish, n.d. [c. 1933]
(1 volume)

Ref: EP/SS.SH 14/458

Applications for enrolment on St. Mark's church electoral roll, 11 May 1941 - 3 May 1959
(33 papers)

Ref: EP/SS.SH 14/460

Notices to cancel entries in the electoral roll of St. Mark's Parish, 15 January 1947
(1 paper)

Church membeship (Ref: EP/SS.SH )

14/462, 470

Ref: EP/SS.SH 14/462

List of names and addresses of the members of the congregation in connection with the revision of the electoral roll, n.d. [c.1956]
(1 file)

Ref: EP/SS.SH 14/470

List of names and addresses of members of the congregation, n.d. [c.1960]
(1 paper)

Schools (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 11)St Mark's School (Ref: EP/SS.SH)

11/291-293

Ref: EP/SS.SH 11/291

Letter of Rev. Jack Norwood, St. Giles Vicarage, Durham, to Rev. Rudd re Mr. Malaugh's tenancy of St. Mark's School, 13 May 1957
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/SS.SH 11/292

Letter of Trotter, Bruce and Loft, Solicitors, of Bishop Auckland to Rev. Rudd re the temporary occupation of St. Mark's School by Messrs. Malaugh, 12 June 1957
(1 paper)

Ref: EP/SS.SH 11/293

Letters of J.F. Smith of Trotter, Bruce and Loft to Rev. Rudd re the sale of the school, 25 June and 14 August 1957
(1 paper)

Church Societies (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 13)Choir (Ref: EP/SS.SH)

14/461

Ref: EP/SS.SH 14/461

Certificate of enrollment of the choir of St. Mark's Church as an affiliated choir of the Royal School of Church Music, 29 December 1953
(1 paper)

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

14/463, 466

Ref: EP/SS.SH 14/463

Copies of St. Mark's Parish Magazine, January - September and November - December 1955; April - December 1956; January - December 1957
(32 booklets, printed)

Ref: EP/SS.SH 14/466

Copies of 'The Lion', the news sheet of the parish, December 1957 and February 1958
(2 pamphlets, printed)



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