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Durham St. Nicholas Parish – 04 Churchwardens

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Durham St. Nicholas Parish – 04 Churchwardens records

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EP/Du.SNDurham, St Nicholas
EP/Du.SN 4/Churchwardens (including Church fabric)
EP/Du.SN 4/Faculties
EP/Du.SN 4/5021 paper, printed formFaculty authorising alterations to the chancel steps; removal of the front pews, the re-arrangement of the furnishings and the introduction of new lighting and new carpets, 15 September 1972
EP/Du.SN 4/5031 paper, printed formFaculty authorising the complete re-ordering of the interior of St Nicholas’s church, the installation of a three manuel Hart organ and the installation of a small chamber organ constructed from parts of the previous Binns Church organ, 14 May 1981
EP/Du.SN 4/5041 paper, printed formFaculty authorising the conversion of the former vicar’s vestry in the south west corner of the church for the purpose of a retail sales area for goods made by disabled or disadvantaged people, or organisations which support such groups, 29 October 1981
EP/Du.SN 4/Church building
EP/Du.SN 4/Plans
EP/Du.SN 4/Visitors’ books
EP/Du.SN 4/5361 volume, paper boundChurch visitors’ book, 12 July 1996 – 6 July 2001
EP/Du.SN 4/1 booklet, printedRef No: EP/Du.SN 2/313 Temp No: Acc No: 3037 Order-of-service for the dedication of the ‘rebuilt church of St. Nicholas’ Durham City’, 23 October 1981 (1 booklet)
EP/Du.SN 4/457-499Records of working parties concerned with the re-building
EP/Du.SN 4/Church grounds
EP/Du.SN 4/5374 papers, typescriptCorrespondence between City of Durham, directorate of Technical and Leisure Services, Ruth First House, Claypath, Durham; St Nicholas’s church, Market Place, Durham and Stringer & Jones, architects, The Old School, Stainton, Middlesbrough, concerning the local authority’s request that the church fence off a dangerous access to open space around the church and cut back overgrown trees, 23 July – 13 November 1997
EP/Du.SN 4/5381 plan, 84 cm. x 59 cm.Plan of proposed railings at St Nicholas’s church, by Stringer & Jones, architects, The Old School, Stainton, Middlesbrough, 28 August 1997 Scales: 1:20 and 1:2
EP/Du.SN 4/Vicarage
EP/Du.SN 4/53919 papersCorrespondence between Rural Developments [Beckett] Ltd., Holme House, Eastgate, Bishop Auckland; Rev. Dr. George Carey, St Nicholas Vicarage, Claypath, Durham; A. R. Middleton, Bellevue Bungalow, 76 Claypath, Durham; Dr. Paul Truelove, 77 Claypath, Durham; Hayton, Lee & Braddock, chartered architects, Owengate, Durham; Peter Cox Ltd., Factory 5, Armstrong Estate, Washington, Tyne and Wear; Archdeacon of Durham, 7 The College, Durham and Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland documenting problems with the accommodation at the vicarage in Claypath, leading to the conclusion that it is no longer fit for purpose and needs replacing, 11 October 1976 – 18 February 1982
EP/Du.SN 4/Dilapidations
EP/Du.SN 4/Vicarage
EP/Du.SN 4/Plans
EP/Du.SN 4/5491 plan, 84 cm. x 59 cm., duplicatedFloor plans, elevations and site plan of proposed St. Nicholas’ parsonage, Bakehouse Lane, Durham, by Eric Newsham, architect, Allan House, City Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, January 1984 Scales: 1:50, 1:200
EP/Du.SN 4/5501 plan, 84.5 cm. x 59.5 cm., duplicatedSections and plumbing diagrams of proposed St. Nicholas’ parsonage, Bakehouse Lane, Durham, by Eric Newsham, architect, Allan House, City Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, January 1984 Scale: 1:50
EP/Du.SN 4/Vicarage grounds
EP/Du.SN 4/5514 papers, printed form, photocopiedCopy land certificate relating to land adjoining the north side of 17 Gilesgate, Durham, 22 April 1985
EP/Du.SN 4/55233 papers, typescriptCorrespondence between Mr. and Mrs. N Leake, 15 Gilesgate, Durham; Rev. M.J. Wilcock, St. Nicholas’ Vicarage, Bakehouse Lane, Durham; Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; Harding & Handy, solicitors, 35 West Sunniside, Sunderland and Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, 26 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, concerning a claim that a right of way exists from 15 Gilesgate across the vicarage garden to Bakehouse Lane, 23 April 1987 – 31 December 1991
EP/Du.SN 4/5531 file, typescript1 January 1988 (1) Rev. Michael Wilcock, St Nicholas’ Vicarage, Durham (2) Mr. N. Leake, 15 Gilesgate, Durham Licence from (1) to (2) allowing access on foot over part of the vicarage garden for 364 days Includes plan
EP/Du.SN 4/54012 papers, typescript, duplicatedSchedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of St Nicholas’ vicarage, by A.O. Lee, Diocesan Surveyor, Owengate House, Durham, June 1978
EP/Du.SN 4/5412 papers, typescriptReport of the surveyor, A.O. Lee, following the quinquennial inspection, listing repairs at the vicarage that need immediate attention, 13 July 1978
EP/Du.SN 4/5421 file, typescript, photocopiedSchedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of St Nicholas’ vicarage, by A.O. Lee, Diocesan Surveyor, Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, May 1983
EP/Du.SN 4/54321 papers, typescriptSchedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of St Nicholas’ vicarage, by D.L. Renton, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, February 1989
EP/Du.SN 4/54429 papers, typescriptSchedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of St Nicholas’ vicarage, by D.L. Renton, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, November 1993
EP/Du.SN 4/5456 papers, typescript, photocopiedSpecification of repairs identified as necessary during the quinquennial inspection of St Nicholas’ vicarage, by D.L. Renton, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, November 1993
EP/Du.SN 4/54620 papers, typescriptSchedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of St Nicholas’s vicarage by D.L. Renton, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, January 1998
EP/Du.SN 4/5476 papers, printed formArchdeacon’s enquiries, in anticipation of the departure of the incumbent, 20 April 1981
EP/Du.SN 4/548156 papersCorrespondence between Ven. G.J.C. Marchant, Archdeacon of Auckland, 15 The College, Durham; Hayton, Lee & Braddock, chartered architects, Owengate House, Durham; Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Rev M. Wilcock, St. Nicholas Vicarage, Claypath, Durham; Mr. Peter Green, 12 Gilesgate, Durham; Wilsons (North East) Ltd., Thrislington; A.R. Middleton, Bellevue Bungalow, 76 Claypath, Durham; R.A. Abernethy, 21 Westcott Drive, Durham; Dr. P. Truelove, 77 Claypath, Durham; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London; Dr. D. Gregory-Smith, 4 Hastings Avenue, Durham; M.J. Williams, 4 Crossgate, Durham; Church Pastoral Aid Society Patronage Trust, Falcon Court, 32 Fleet Street, London; Bishop of Jarrow, Melkridge House, Gilesgate, Durham; Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, 26 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington; Durham City Building Supplies, Frankland Lane End, Framwellgate Waterside, Durham; H.E. Ferens & Son, solicitors, 38 Saddler Street, Durham; Northern Forestry, Helme Park, Bishop Auckland and F. Peart & Co. Ltd., Baltic Works, Baltic Street, Hartlepool, Cleveland concerning the identification of a site for a new vicarage and its construction, 9 August 1982 – 25 February 1987
EP/Du.SN 4/Other church property
EP/Du.SN 4/Providence Row
EP/Du.SN 4/55475 papersCorrespondence between the City of Durham, Environmental Health Department, Browney House, Browney, Durham; vicar of Durham, St. Nicholas, St Nicholas’ Vicarage, Claypath, Durham; Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; S.T. Coulson Estates Ltd., builders and contractors, Whitwell Villas, Langley Moor; H.E. Ferens & Son, solicitors, 38 Saddler Street, Durham; City of Durham, Planning Department, Byland Lodge, Hawthorn Terrace, Durham; R. & B.H. Alderson Ltd., building contractors, Whitehouse Lane, Ushaw Moor; G.A. Wood & Sons, 10 Coniston, Vigo; Close & Weston, chartered surveyors, 36 Saddler Street, Durham; P. Welsh & Co, solicitors, Bridge End, Front Street, Chester le Street; Clive Rook, estate agents and surveyors, 5 Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; North East Damp-proofing Services, Unit 22D, Dragonville Industrial Estate, Durham; E. Gilderoy (Durham) Ltd., builders, contractors and developers, 11 Allergate, Durham; David Weeks, builder and contractor, Mount House, Springwell, Gateshead; General Dampcourse & Woodworm Co. Ltd., Stepney Bank, Newcastle upon Tyne; B. Dobson, Grey College, South Road, Durham; Smith Roddam, solicitors, 56 North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; Alan H. Smith, St Nicholas Church, Market Place, Durham; J.W. Wood, chartered valuation surveyors, 7 Old Elvet, Durham and Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, 26 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, concerning the purchase, maintenance and improvement of 14/15 Providence Row and eventual sale of the property, 6 April 1977 – 11 September 2001
EP/Du.SN 4/5554 papers, typescriptInspection report on 15 Providence Row, Durham and opinion on the building’s ability to support an extension, by Ian Smales, chartered surveyor and valuer, Black Horse Cottages, Old Cornsay, 10 May 1977
EP/Du.SN 4/5562 papers, printed‘Project Providence’ leaflets appealing for donations to help raise £30,000 to purchase and renovate 14 Providence Row, Durham, purchase Christian literature for Spain and renovate St Nicholas’s church, 1985
EP/Du.SN 4/5571 paper, printed form12 September 1994 (1) Stephen Hey, representing St Nicholas’s church (2) Imogen Taylor Short-term tenancy agreement whereby (1) agrees to let to (2) 14/15 Providence Row, Durham for 1 month at a rent of £25 per week
EP/Du.SN 4/5582 papers, printed form28 September 1994 (1) Stephen Hey, representing St Nicholas’s church (2) Alan Ingram Short-term tenancy agreement whereby (1) agrees to let to (2) 14/15 Providence Row, Durham for 1 month at a rent of £25 per week.
EP/Du.SN 4/5597 papers, printed form1 October 2001 (1) St Nicholas’s church (2) Isaac Bartholomew and Piers Dobson Tenancy agreement whereby (1) agrees to let to (2) 15 Providence Row, Durham for 9 months at a rent of £160 per month
EP/Du.SN 4/5601 file, typescriptSpecification and quotation for an intruder alarm system at 15 Providence Row, Durham, by CDS Security Ltd, Unit 7, Dragonville Industrial Estate, Durham, 23 May 1996
EP/Du.SN 4/St Nicholas’ Youth Centre
EP/Du.SN 4/5611 file, 42 cm. x 30 cm., printedPlans of the proposed St Nicholas Church Youth Centre refurbishment, comprising location plan, existing floor plan and section and floor and roof plans; sections, M+E services, floor and loft plans and roof details; details of doors and frames and sliding folding screen, by Stringer & Jones, architects, The Old School, Stainton, Middlesbrough, March 2003 Scales: 1:1250, 1:100 and 1:50; 1:5, 1:20 and 1:2
EP/Du.SN 4/5621 file, typescriptBuilding contract between St Nicholas Parochial Church Council and Harris Construction, 18 Commercial Road East, Coxhoe, for re-roofing of the existing youth centre, expansion into the roof space, internal alterations and general refurbishment of the building both internally and externally, 4 July 2003
EP/Du.SN 4/5631 file, typescriptHealth and safety plan, prepared April 2003, for the proposed Youth Centre refurbishment at St Nicholas’s church, by Teigh & Co, planning supervisors, The Granary, 17a High Street, Yarm, Cleveland, 4 July 2003
EP/Du.SN 4/5641 file, typescriptContract bills of quantity, prepared April 2003, for the Youth Centre refurbishment at St Nicholas’s church, by Stringer & Jones, architects, The Old School, Stainton, Middlesbrough and Teigh & Co, chartered quantity surveyors, The Granary, 17a High Street, Yarm, Cleveland, 4 July 2003
EP/Du.SN 4/344-345Belle Vue House plans
EP/Du.SN 4/3441 plan, 55cm x 74cm, paper, colour washBasement and attic plan of Belle Vue House, Claypath, proposed vicarage for the parish of St. Nicholas, Durham, by George Ord, architect and surveyor, 26 The Avenue, Durham, May 1898 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/3451 plan, 55cm x 74cm, paper, colour washGround and first floor plan of proposed vicarage of Belle Vue House, proposed vicarage for the parish of St. Nicholas, Durham, May 1898
EP/Du.SN 4/364-372Records of property at 34 Framwellgate and Paradise Lane
EP/Du.SN 4/3641 paper27 October 1917 (1) The Trustees of the Saint Nicholas Church Estate (2) Very Rev. Herbert Hensley Henson, Dean of Durham Memorandum of agreement whereby (1) agrees to remove any advertising hoarding from 34 Framwellgate which (2) considers obstructs the view of the city Consideration: £12 p.a. for 7 years
EP/Du.SN 4/3652 papersAbstract of title of the Official Trustee of Charity Lands to 34 Framwellgate in the City of Durham, 1902 – 1937
EP/Du.SN 4/36615 papers and 1 fileCorrespondence between the City of Durham; Hargreaves and Joblin, solicitors, Durham; J.T. Pegge, St. Nicholas’ Court, Market Place, Durham; the Inland Revenue Valuation Office, Government Buildings, 81 St. Mary’s Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; G.A. Carpenter and Son, 3 North Bailey, Durham, solicitors; the Charity Commission; concerning the compulsory purchase of 34 Framwelgate, 28 January 1937 – 13 July 1938
EP/Du.SN 4/366a51 papersStatements of rents of, and expenditure on, property situate at 34 Framwellgate and Paradise Lane, Durham, November 1921 – June 1947
EP/Du.SN 4/367Correspondence between City of Durham, Town Hall, Durham, and J.H. Mitchinson, 162 Gilesgate, Durham, concerning repairs to property in Paradise Lane, 19 November 1927 – 29 June 1928 (5 papers) Records of land at Whitesmocks
EP/Du.SN 4/3681 paper24 November 1919 (1) Trustees of The Church Estate in the Parish of St. Nicholas in the City of Durham (2) Abram Appleton of Western Cottage, Durham City, market gardener Lease for 7 years from 23 November 1919 from (1) to (2) of a parcel of land (1a.2r.5p.) adjoining the highway leading from Crossgate Moor to the Newcastle Road Plan enclosed Consideration: £6 p.a.
EP/Du.SN 4/3691 plan, 52 cm. x 50 cm., colour-washPlan of St. Nicholas’ church land at Whitesmocks laid out for small villas by J.T. Pegge, June 1933
EP/Du.SN 4/3701 plan, 53 cm. x 28.5 cm., oiled linenPlan of St. Nicholas’ Land at Whitesmocks, Durham, for St. Nicholas Church Trustees, for sale to J.L. Forster and Son of Crook, 1933
EP/Du.SN 4/3713 papers1933 (1) Francis Edward Joblin of the City of Durham, solicitor, on behalf of the trustees of charities known as St. Nicholas Church Estate and The Hole House Farm Charity in the Parish of St. Nicholas in the City of Durham (2) Albert Forster and Son, builders and contractors, Peases West, Crook Draft conveyance from (1) to (2) of land (1a.1r.30p.) at Whitesmocks Consideration: £700
EP/Du.SN 4/37249 papersCorrespondence between J.T. Pegge, architect, building, estate, land and quantity surveyor, St. Nicholas Court, Market Place, Durham; Messrs. Hargreaves and Joblin, solicitors, Durham; the Charity Commission, Ryder Street, St. James’, London; Durham County Council, Shire Hall, Durham; Albert Forster and Son, builders and contractors, Peases West, Crook; concerning the sale of the St. Nicholas’ estate at Whitesmocks, Durham, 17 October 1932 – 30 December 1933
EP/Du.SN 4/373-376Records of land at Witton Gilbert
EP/Du.SN 4/3734 papersCorrespondence between Messrs. J. Mawson and Son; The Tithe Redemption Commission, Finsbury Square House, London; and the Rev. F.H. Pickering, St. Nicholas Vicarage, Durham, concerning the allocation of part of an annuity charged on land at Wittion Gilbert, 18 June 1942 – 22 February 1943
EP/Du.SN 4/3745 papersCorrespondence between Messrs. J. Mawson and Son, solicitors, Exchequer Offices, North Bailey, Durham; Tithe Redemption Commission, Finsbury House, London; Charity Commission, Ryder Street, St. James’s London; concerning the extinguishment of an annuity on land at Witton Gilbert, 29 October – 6 December 1950
EP/Du.SN 4/3751 paperAssessment of development land value on land at Witton Gilbert, belonging to the St. Nicholas Church Estate, 22 December 1950
EP/Du.SN 4/376Correspondence between the Ministry of Works, Broadway West, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Messrs. J. Mawson and Son, solicitors, Exchequer Buildings, Durham, concerning the proposal by the National Coal Board to mine on land at Sniperley, 6 July 1955 – 14 February 1957 Plan attached (7 papers
EP/Du.SN 4/380-397Records concerning the Lectureship of St. Nicholas
EP/Du.SN 4/3801 file, typescript19 April 1773 (1) Robert Richardson of Stockton-on-Tees, master and mariner, and William Richardson of Wapping Wall in the parish of Shadwell, Middlesex, apothecary, children and devisees of George Richardson, late of Sunderland near the Sea, master and mariner (2) John Kirtley of Wolviston, schoolmaster, and wife, Ann, daughter and devisee of William Richardson, late of Wolviston, yeoman, deceased (3) John Collins of Droitwich, Co. Worcester, salt officer, and wife, Mary; William Burden of Watlington, Co. Oxford, innkeeper, and wife, Faith; Ann Finch of Charles Street, London, spinster; Mary Collins, Faith Burden and Ann Finch, nieces and co-heirs of Gascoyne Finch late of Norton, gent., deceased (4) Ann Harrison and Elizabeth Harrison, both of Yarm, Co. York, spinsters, grand daughters and heirs of Robert Shaw, late of Newsham, in the parish of Egglescliff, yeoman, deceased (5) Robert Gibson of Newsham, gent (6) The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy (7) Rev. Jonathan Branfoot, curate of the curacy of St. Nicholas Copy bargain and sale from (3) and (4) at the direction of (1) and (2) and with the approbation of (6) and (7) of a messuage in Easington, formerly in the occupation of Christopher Paxton, with two parcels of land known as Three Burn Ends and Gosling Letch and two parcels of land known as East Turbat Knowle and West Turbat Knowle; (7) to hold the property for the perpetual augmentation of the curacy of St. Nicholas. Robert Richardson (1) agrees to surrender three acres of land to the Lord of the Manor of Easington to the use of (7) Consideration: £500 by (6) to (5) for the redemption of a mortgage; £300 by (6) to (1) and (2); 5s. each to (1), (2), (3) and (4)
EP/Du.SN 4/3811 plan, 53 cm. x 74 cm.‘Plan of Lands near Easington appropriate to the Lectureship of St. Nicholas in Durham’ [Rymers Moor and Kippon Bank] and ‘Plan of Lands near Easington and a Tenement in Easington belonging to George Robinson Esqr. NB These Lands were formerly in the same lease with Lecureship [ sic] Lands, but now in a seperate [sic ] Lease’, by W.E. Walker, July 1815 Includes: list of acreages and names of fields Scale: 5 inches to 20 chains [1 : 3168]
EP/Du.SN 4/382Parchment, 1 membrane1 August 1854 (1) Edward Shipperdson of the City of Durham, esq., and Robert Waugh of the City of Durham, esq. (2) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham (3) John Bramwell of the City of Durham, solicitor; Alan William Hutchinson of the said city, merchant; Henry John Marhsall of the said city, solicitor; William Shields, late of the said city and now of Lanchester, gent., William Darling of the said city, gent.; William Lloyd Wharton of Dryburn near the said city, esq.; James Brooksmith of the said city, esq., Robert Hoggett of the said city, gent; John Trotter of the said city, doctor of medicine; Henry John Spearman of Newton Hall, near the said city, esq.; John Shields of the said city, merchant; John Tiplady of the said city, gent Bargain and sale from (1) to (3) at the request of (2) of a messuage, and one main and a half containing 13.5 acres, both in Easington, now in the tenure of John Stephenson, subject to a lease for lives from the Bishop of Durham dated 18 September 1830; lease taken upon trust for the lecturers of St. Nicholas, the advowson of which is vested in the Mayor and Aldermen of the City; Bargain and sale from (1) to (3) at the request of (2) of a messuage, and one main and a half containing 13.5 acres, both in Easington, now in the tenure of John Stephenson, subject to a lease for lives from the Bishop of Durham dated 18 September 1830; lease taken upon trust for the lecturers of St. Nicholas, the advowson of which is vested in the Mayor and Aldermen of the City; bargain and sale also of a close (4.5 a.) near the town of Easington subject to a lease from the Bishop of Durham of 28 August 1789
EP/Du.SN 4/383Parchment, 2 membranes1 August 1854 (1) Henry John Spearman of Newton Hall, near the City of Durham, esq.; Henry Shipperdson of the said city, esq; Robert Waugh of the said city, esq.; John Wetherall Hays of the said city, gent. (2) Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham (3) John Henry Forster of the said city, gent. Assignment from (1) to (3) at the direction of (2) of the residue of a lease of 99 years from 19 October 1797, of 5a, 16p. and 1r. of land in a close called Ellis Leazes in St. Giles’; 2r.27p. in a certain close called Broad Close in St. Giles, £3 6s.8d. p.a. of their profit to be devoted to the upkeep of Framwellgate and Elvet Bridges and the residue to the lectureship of St. Nicholas Endorsed: 2 August 1854 (1) John Hey Foster (2) John Bramwell and others Reassignment from (1) to (2) of property as defined in assignment of 1 August 1854
EP/Du.SN 4/384Parchment, 4 membranes2 August 1854 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (3) John Bramwell, of the said city, solicitor; William Hutchinson of the said city, wine merchant; Henry John Marshall of the said city, solicitor; William Shields late of the said city, now of Lanchester, gent.; William Darling of the said city, gent.; William Lloyd Whartonof Dryburn near the said city, esq.; James Brooksbank of the said city, esq.; Robert Hoggett of the said city, gent.; Robert Hoggett of the said city, gent.; John Trotter of the said city, doctor of medicine; Henry John Spearman of Newton Hall, near the said city, esq.; John Shields of the said city, merchant; John Tiplady of the said city, gent.; all trustees (4) Rev. Edward Davison of the said city, clerk (5) George Smith of the said city, gent. Conveyance from (1) to (4) of the advowson of the Lectureship of the parish of St. Nicholas, Durham Consideration: £350
EP/Du.SN 4/3851 paper‘Valuation of land at and near Easington belonging to the incumbent of St. Nicholas’ Church, Durham’, signed by Matthew Ryle, 3 February 1859
EP/Du.SN 4/3861 paperLetter from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 11 Whitehall Place, London, to Rev. G.T. Fox, Durham, informing the latter that the lectureship of St. Nicholas may be annexed to the vicarage of St. Nicholas if the endowments of the lectureship are transferred to the Ecclesiastical Commission, 21 May 1859
EP/Du.SN 4/3871 volume, leather half-boundLondon Gazette publishing the order-in-council, of 26 October 1860, uniting the perpetual curacy of St. Nicholas with the office of the lecturer of St. Nicholas and uniting their sources of income, 30 October 1860 At end: engraving of old St. Nicholas’ church and new St. Nicholas’ church and final report of the committee for the re-building of St. Nicholas’ church, final accounts and list of subscribers, 30 June 1859 Account by Rev. G.T. Fox of the re-building of the church, c.1861 Account by Rev. G.T. Fox of the new burial ground, c.1861 Account of the ‘Instructions given to the Sexton of St. Nicholas’ on the opening of the New Burial Ground’, 10 April 1861 with pencilled addendum, 12 September 1874 ‘Record of the Purchase of the St. Nicholas’ Lectureship & its presentation to the Living by me, together the steps taken to unite them in one’ by Rev. G.T. Fox, c.1861 ‘Record of the Callaghan Lectureship’, by G.T. Fox, c.1861 ‘Schedule of the Property originally belonging to the Living of St. Nicholas – being Copyhold Land under the Bishop in and near the Village of Easington in the County of Durham …’, by G.T. Fox, c.1861 ‘Schedule of the Property originally belonging to the Lectureship of St. Nicholas, being Leasehold under the Bishop in & near the Village of Easington, but which was franchised & annexed to the Living …’, by G.T. Fox, c.1861 ‘Schedule of all the Property now belonging to the Living of St. Nicholas Durham’, by G.T. Fox, c.1861 ‘Copy of Valuation of the Easington Land made by Mr. Ryle’, 3 February 1859 Cutting from The Illustrated London News , describing the re-building of St. Nicholas’ church, including an engraving of the interior and exterior from the south, 25 December 1858
EP/Du.SN 4/3881 bookletLondon Gazette, 30 October 1860
EP/Du.SN 4/3891 plan, 27 cm. x 35.5 cm., oiled linenPlan of Bakehouse Leas in the parish of St. Giles, Durham, c.1860 Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1 : 3168]
EP/Du.SN 4/3901 paperSchedule of ‘Property originally belonging to the Lectureship of St. Nicholas’ Durham, being Leasehold under the Bishop in and near the Village of Easington in the County of Durham – but which was franchised and annexed to the Living by Order in Council dated 30 Octr. 1860 and is coloured Red on the Ordnance Maps’ and schedule of ‘Property originally belonging to the Living of St. Nicholas Durham – being Copyhold Land under the Bishop in and near the Village of Easington in the County of Durham – and Coloured Blue on the Ordnance Maps’, n.d. c.1880
EP/Du.SN 4/3911 paper‘Description of land situate at Easington in the County of Durham belonging to the Reverend Dr. Bruce’, n.d. c.1900
EP/Du.SN 4/3925 papers, 1 fileCorrespondence between Booth and Lazenby, Palace Green, Durham, solicitors; Longden, Mann and Longden, 25 John Street, Sunderland, solicitors; Rev. Cannon Tristram, The College, Durham; Joseph Mawson, Exchequer Offices, North Bailey, concerning mineral rights under glebe land at Easington, purchased for the parish by Queen Anne’s Bounty, 5 February 1900 – 24 October 1903
EP/Du.SN 4/3931 plan, 28 cm. x 36 cm., colour-washPlan of route of drain and plan of proposed roadway in field 353 on O.S. sheet XIX:16, part of the property at Earl’s House, belonging to the St. Nicholas Church Estate, by Wm. & T.R. Milburn, architects, Sunderland, December 1926 Scale: 10 feet to 5/16 inch [1 : 384]
EP/Du.SN 4/3941 fileCorrespondence between the County Agricultural Committee, Shire Hall, Durham; Hargreaves and Joblin, solicitors, Durham; Charity Commission, Ryder Street, St. James’s, London; concerning the sale to Durham County Council of land at Earl’s House, part of the Church Estate of the parish of St. Nicholas, 13 July 1926 – 12 April 1927
EP/Du.SN 4/3951 paperOrder issued by the Charity Commission for the payment to the Official Trustees of Charitable Funds of £11 10 shillings, the purchase price of part of the St. Nicholas Church Estate at Earl’s House, and for its investment by the Official Trustees, 8 March 1927
EP/Du.SN 4/3961 paperSchedule of property belonging to the living of St. Nicholas, n.d. c. 1930
EP/Du.SN 4/3971 papersCorrespondence between the Ecclesiastical Commission, 1 Millbank, Westminster; Rev. H. Pickering, St. Nicholas’ Vicarage, Durham; Hargreaves and Joblin, solicitors, Durham; concerning the ownership of minerals under land belonging to the benefice of St. Nicholas, Durham, 16 January 1937 – 6 December 1938
EP/Du.SN 4/398-456Records of the property of the parish
EP/Du.SN 4/3981 plan, 32cm. x 46.5cm., glazed linenPlan of Belle Vue Estate, Durham, belonging to the executor of the late Robert Robson, by E.E. Robson, Palace Chambers, 9 Bridge Street, Westminster, December 1895 Scale: 4 3/4 inches to 100 feet [1:252]
EP/Du.SN 4/399Plan of Belle Vue House Estate, Durham, belonging to the executor of the late Robert Robson, showing site of proposed house, 17 November 1903 Scale: 2 3/4 inches to 50 feet [1:218] (1 plan, 25.5cm. x 33cm., tracing paper, colour-wash
EP/Du.SN 4/4001 plan, 15cm. x 25.5cm., tracing paper, colour-washPlan of Durham Estate by E.R. Robson, Palace Chambers, 9 Bridge Street, Westminster, 17 October 1903 No scale given
EP/Du.SN 4/40154 papersStatements of account of the St. Nicholas Church Estate and Hole House Farm Charities, 1917, 1920-1962
EP/Du.SN 4/4021 volume, cloth boundRental of the St. Nicholas Glebe Estate, 13 May 1927 – 13 May 1930
EP/Du.SN 4/4032 papersCopy letters from Thomson & Co., to Wilson Maddison, solicitors, Durham, concerning a dispute over a right-of-way at Earl’s House Hospital, which involves the St. Nicholas Church Estate, 13 July 1993 and 10 January 1994
EP/Du.SN 4/4042 papersWrits issued to Stephen Hey to attend as a witness in the case of George Moore, and others, versus George Robert Savage Nelson; and in the case of Robert Henry Stephenson versus George Robert Savage Nelson, 7 January 1994
EP/Du.SN 4/4061 paperNote by W. Bothamley concerning the drains leading into the vicarage, c. 1929
EP/Du.SN 4/42122 papersReport on the quinquennial inspection, under the Inspection of Churches Measures 1955 , by Ronald G. Sims, architect, Saint William’s College, York, 24 April 1978
EP/Du.SN 4/4483 papersDevelopment Project: copy estimate of expenditure, 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/Terriers and Inventories
EP/Du.SN 4/3111 paper, printed formTerrier, 14 May 1892
EP/Du.SN 4/4237 papersInventory of equipment in the church and vestries, n.d., c. 1979
EP/Du.SN 4/5001 file, printed formTerrier and inventory, 25 May 1986
EP/Du.SN 4/Financial Records
EP/Du.SN 4/11 volumeChurchwardens’ accounts including rents, pew rents and collections on briefs, 1666 – 1703
EP/Du.SN 4/21 volume, calf boundChurchwardens’ account Book, 1 May 1769 to 29 May 1820
EP/Du.SN 4/31 file and 8 papersChurchwardens’ accounts, 1773, 1779 – 1780
EP/Du.SN 4/41 volume, cloth boundChurchwardens’ account book, 1 November 1820 to 2 October 1845
EP/Du.SN 4/51 volumeChurchwardens’ accounts including rents, pew rents and collections on briefs, 1845 – 1937
EP/Du.SN 4/61 volume, cloth boundChurchwardens’ account book, 7 April 1918 to 16 October 1966
EP/Du.SN 4/71 volume, cloth boundChurchwardens’ Ledger, 1 January 1944 to 20 June 1951 (examined 8 Jan. 1952)
EP/Du.SN 4/81 volume, cloth boundList of propietors and occupiers of pews, 1822
EP/Du.SN 4/91 paper bookletChurch rent assessment for 1767 made 5 April 1768
EP/Du.SN 4/101 paper bookletChurch rent assessment for 1769 made 20 March 1770
EP/Du.SN 4/111 paper bookletChurch sess for 1770 made 25 March 1771
EP/Du.SN 4/121 paper bookletChurch rent assessment for 1771 made 28 February 1779
EP/Du.SN 4/131 paper bookletChurch rent assessment for 1773 made 15 March 1774
EP/Du.SN 4/141 paper bookletChurch rent assessment for 1775 made 13 March 1776
EP/Du.SN 4/151 paper bookletChurch rent assessment for 1779 made 15 March 1780
EP/Du.SN 4/161 paper bookletChurch rent assessment for 1781 made 2 April 1782
EP/Du.SN 4/171 paper bookletChurch sess book for 1 May 1786 to 1 May 1787
EP/Du.SN 4/181 paper bookletChurch rent assessment for 1788 made 29 April 1789
EP/Du.SN 4/19paper, unboundChurch rent assessment for 1792
EP/Du.SN 4/201 paper bookletChurch rate book 1800
EP/Du.SN 4/211 paper volumeChurch rate book, 31 October 1805
EP/Du.SN 4/221 paper bookletChurch rate book, 8 May 1817
EP/Du.SN 4/231 paper bookletChurch rate book, 20 September 1839
EP/Du.SN 4/241 paper bookletChurch rate book, 15 September 1840
EP/Du.SN 4/251 paper bookletChurch rate book, 3 September 1844
EP/Du.SN 4/261 paper bookletChurch rate book, 2 October 1845
EP/Du.SN 4/271 paper bookletChurch rate book, 21 May 1857
EP/Du.SN 4/281 paper volumeChurch rate book, 22 October 1858
EP/Du.SN 4/291 paper volumeChurch rate book, 3 November 1859
EP/Du.SN 4/301 paper volumeChurch rate book, 8 November 1860
EP/Du.SN 4/311 volume, cloth boundChurch rate book, 7 November 1861
EP/Du.SN 4/321 volume, cloth boundChurch rate book, 13 November 1862
EP/Du.SN 4/331 paper volumeChurch rate book, 3 December 1863
EP/Du.SN 4/341 paperPart of church rate assessment, 3 December 1863
EP/Du.SN 4/351 paper volumeChurch rate book, 1 December 1864
EP/Du.SN 4/361 paper volumeChurch rate book, 1 December 1865
EP/Du.SN 4/371 paper volumeChurch rate book, 28 February 1867
EP/Du.SN 4/381 paper bookletChurch rate book, 16 April 1868
EP/Du.SN 4/391 paper bookletChurch rate book, 1 April 1869
EP/Du.SN 4/401 paper bound bookletChurch rate book, 17 April 1873
EP/Du.SN 4/411 bundleBorough rate precepts, 1891 – 1893
EP/Du.SN 4/4051 volume, card boundAccount book of sequestrators, 18 November 1974 – 22 September 1975
EP/Du.SN 4/1 booklet, printedRef No: EP/Du.SN 2/9 Temp No: Acc No: 1436 Licence for the performance of the burial service at the chapel in the new burial ground for the parish of St. Nicholas, 26 March 1861 (Parchment, 1 membrane, pendant water seal) Ref No: EP/Du.SN 2/10 Temp No: Acc No: 1436 Sentence of consecration for the new burial ground, 26 March 1861 (Parchment, 1 membrane)
EP/Du.SN 4/Church
EP/Du.SN 4/Re-ordering of church accommodation
EP/Du.SN 4/1976-1981
EP/Du.SN 4/Reports, notes, correspondence
EP/Du.SN 4/4071 paper‘St. Nicholas Church, Durham – Proposal for a two year programme of modernisation and development, October 1976 – April 1978; c. 1976
EP/Du.SN 4/4081 paperReport to the Parochial Church Council by the working party on the appointment of the architect, 8 November 1976
EP/Du.SN 4/4092 papers‘A new area of ministry for St. Nicholas’?’ by Peter West, 2 January 1977
EP/Du.SN 4/4101 paper‘Notes on Evangelism by the Rev. John Gladwin’, January 1977
EP/Du.SN 4/4111 paper‘Notes on Worship by the Rev. George Carey’, January 1977
EP/Du.SN 4/4122 papers‘St. Nicholas Church – Durham City’: ‘The Future of our Church’, a description of the way the church should change, February 1977
EP/Du.SN 4/4132 papers‘St. Nicholas Church – Durham City’, ‘The Future of our Church’, description of the proposed alterations, February 1977
EP/Du.SN 4/4142 papers‘Our ministry as a caring church’ by PeterWest, 5 February 1977
EP/Du.SN 4/4151 paper‘The Future of Our Church’, 6 April 1977
EP/Du.SN 4/4163 papers‘Ministry at St. Nicholas; and its implications for church and vestries’, c. 1977
EP/Du.SN 4/4175 papersSample questions, and results, of a questionnaire designed to discover what facilities and services interviewees would like in the church of Durham, St. Nicholas, 11 May 1977
EP/Du.SN 4/41842 papersCorrespondence between Richard A. Briggs, 21 Ferens Close, The Sands, Durham; Ronald G. Sims, St. William’s College, York; Rev. G. Carey, The Vicarage, Claypath, Durham; G.M. Brooke, 32 Hill Meadows, High Shincliffe; J.D. Ledger, 85, Willowtree Avenue, Durham; E.C. Hart, Copeman Hart & Co., Ltd., 60 Pretoria Road, Leytonstone, London; concerning the re-ordering of the church, 14 May 1977 – 12 March 1982
EP/Du.SN 4/4191 booklet‘St. Nicholas Church’; ‘Buildings for the Future’, describing the proposed alterations to the church, July 1977
EP/Du.SN 4/4209 papersCopy summary calendar of events concerning the re-ordering of the church from 12 September 1977 to 2 February 1979; copy estimate of the costs of that scheme, 9 January 1979; copy plans of the scheme, 1979
EP/Du.SN 4/4222 papersLetter from Ronald G. Sims, St. William’s College, York, to Rev. G. Carey, St. Nicholas’ Vicarage, Claypath, Durham, commenting on his quinquennial report, 2 May 1978
EP/Du.SN 4/4243 papers‘The Buildings’ by John Ledger; ‘The Buildings’ by Gerard Blake’, ‘The Buildings’ by an unidentified author, c. 1979
EP/Du.SN 4/4251 paperComment by Gerald Blake on the proposed alterations to the church, 12 January 1979
EP/Du.SN 4/4261 booklet‘St. Nicholas’ Durham’: ‘a church for the eighties’, booklet describing the proposed alterations, 15 February 1979
EP/Du.SN 4/4271 paperDraft brief for the alterations to the church, by an unidentified author, n.d., c. 1979
EP/Du.SN 4/4282 papersNote of ‘Details of Reduced Scheme’, n.d.
EP/Du.SN 4/4291 card, printed‘St. Nicholas Durham’; ‘a church for the market place’, a leaflet describing the proposed alterations, c. 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4301 paperChecklist of proposed changes in the church, n.d., c. 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4311 paperSchedule of the stages of the building project, c. 1979
EP/Du.SN 4/4321 paperCircular letter referring to the alterations to the church, issued by George Carey, vicar of Durham, St. Nicholas, c.1975
EP/Du.SN 4/4332 papersProposals concerning alterations to the church by J.D. Ledger, c. 1979
EP/Du.SN 4/4341 paperNote setting out the terms under which the money for the building project may be raised, c. 1979
EP/Du.SN 4/4351 paperNote setting out the questions to be considered concerning the alterations to the church and giving dates of meetings at which those questions are to be considered, 1979
EP/Du.SN 4/4367 papersPetition for a faculty for the re-ordering of the church, 1979
EP/Du.SN 4/4371 paperBuilding Project: breakdown of building costs, n.d., c. 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4381 paperNotes on the planned giving programme for the financing of the re-ordering of the church, n.d., c. 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4394 papersDevelopment Project: budget revisions, nos. 1 and 2, n.d., c. 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4401 paperCopy report by the Diocesan Advisory Committee for the care of churches on the scheme for the re-ordering of the interior of the church, 17 March 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4431 paperLeaflet entitled ‘Crucial Decisions Concerning the Building Project’, setting out the cost of the proposed alterations to the building, and asking for money and prayers in their support, 3 July 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4449 papers‘Breakdown of R. Blackett’s Tender’ by Thompson & Alexander, quantity surveyors, Harrogate, Yorkshire, July 1980.
EP/Du.SN 4/4453 papers‘Development Project Appeal’: statements of estimated expenditure and income, 1 September – 28 November 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4471 paperReport on the building project in the Christmas Newsletter , December 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4541 paperLists of invitees to the celebrations marking the end of the re-ordering of the church, c. 1981
EP/Du.SN 4/4571 paperList of working parties set up to accomplish the building project and details of the terms of reference of each, c. 1979
EP/Du.SN 4/4581 paperBuilding Project: lists of members of the working parties designed to carry out the project, n.d., c. 1979
EP/Du.SN 4/4592 papersReport of the Architecture Working Party on the visit of the architect, Ronald Sims, 29 October 1979
EP/Du.SN 4/4632 papersReport of the ad-hoc Committee on Buildings, 12 February 1979
EP/Du.SN 4/46446 papersMinutes [unsigned] of the Co-ordinating Committee of the Building Project, 5 June 1979 – 30 November 1981
EP/Du.SN 4/4686 papersMinutes of a meeting of the Finance Committee, 4 December 1978 Attached: details of the budget of 1979
EP/Du.SN 4/46930 papersMinutes [unsigned] of the Building Project Finance Group, 22 September 1979 – 26 January 1981
EP/Du.SN 4/4702 papersNotes of meetings of the Finance Group, n.d., and 9 October 1979
EP/Du.SN 4/4712 papersList of questions formulated by the Building Project Furnishings Group, 5 January 1981, and minutes [unsigned] of a meeting, 23 April 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4723 papersNotes of meetings of the Building Project Furnishings Group, 27 March and 24 April 1981
EP/Du.SN 4/4736 papersNotes of the third meeting of the Logistics Working Party, 19 November 1979
EP/Du.SN 4/4741 paperReport of the Ministry Working Party, 16 February 1981
EP/Du.SN 4/4751 paperNotes of the eighteenth meeting of the Building Project Publicity Working Party, 4 December 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4765 papersReports of the Steering Committee to the Parochial Church Council on the replanning and refurbishing of the church and vestries, 17 January and 24 October 1977
EP/Du.SN 4/47744 papersMinutes [unsigned] of meetings of the Project Steering Committee, 18 November 1976 – 22 December 1977
EP/Du.SN 4/4781 paperNotes of meeting between the Building Project Steering Committee and the members of a ‘diocesan sub-committee looking into the problems and outreach of city centre churches’, to discuss the changes considered necessary at St. Nicholas’s church, 20 April 1977
EP/Du.SN 4/4793 papersNotes of the ‘St. Nicholas Project Steering Committee Finance Sub-Committee’, 31 May 1977
EP/Du.SN 4/5051 booklet, printedSt Nicholas’ Church, Durham: Building Project Diary, 1976 – 1981, by Alison Moore and John Ledger
EP/Du.SN 4/50622 papersCorrespondence between Rev. Michael Vasey, St John’s College, Durham; Rev. Dr. George Carey, St. Nicholas Vicarage, Claypath, Durham; K. C. White & Partners, architects, surveyors and planning consultants, 45 Queen Anne Street, London; Secretary to the Diocese of Durham Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, The Vicarage, South Hylton, Sunderland; Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St. William’s College, York; ‘Stephen’, 34 Hallgarth Street, Durham; Gerald Blake, 4 Wood View, Shincliffe; ‘Clive and Faith’,’ Silvan Croft Cottage, Rectory Terrace, Shincliffe; ‘Tony’, 37 Orchard Drive, Durham and Chief Assistant Editor, The Northern Echo, P.O. Box 14, Priestgate, Darlington, concerning the early development of proposals to radically re-order the interior of St. Nicholas’s church, opposition to the proposal and a spat with the local newspaper over its coverage of the funding of the project, 25 June 1976 – 20 June 1981
EP/Du.SN 4/Plans
EP/Du.SN 4/4801 plan, 21cm. x 29.7cm., duplicatedPlan of variation in layout near the north-eastern entrance, drawing no. 19, by G. Sims, architect, York, October 1979 Scale: ¹/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/4811 plan, 109cm. x 76cm., duplicatedGround and first floor plan; sections A-A, B-B, C-C, D-D, E-E, F-F, G-G; external elevation and section of entrance and notice boards, of St. Nicholas’s church, drawing no. 21, by G. Sims, York, February 1980 Scale: ¹/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/4821 plan, 78cm. x 76cm., duplicatedGround floor and first floor plans; sections A-A, B-B, C-C, D-D, E-E, F-F, G-G, and site plan of proposed re-ordering, drawing no. 21 R2, by Ronald G. Sims, St. William’s College, York, February 1980 No scale given
EP/Du.SN 4/4831 plan, 46.5cm. x 49cm., duplicatedGround plan of proposed new toilet and screens to entrance area in hall, by G. Sims, architect, York, November 1980 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]
EP/Du.SN 4/4841 plan, 44cm. x 76cm., duplicatedElevation, ground and first floor plans, and section of proposed screen in the south aisle, drawing no. 41 by Ronald G. Sims, York, December 1980 Scale: 1/2 full size
EP/Du.SN 4/4851 plan, 44cm. x 76.5cm., duplicatedGround floor plan, elevation and section of proposed revision to the screen in the south aisle, drawing no. 50, by Ronald G. Sims, York, March 1981 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]
EP/Du.SN 4/4861 plan, 145cm. x 76cm., duplicatedDetails of screens to north of chapel, drawing no. 51, by G. Sims, architect, York, March 1981 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]
EP/Du.SN 4/4871 plan, 68cm. x 70.5cm., duplicatedGround and first floor plan showing draft electrical scheme, drawing no. 51R/2, by Ronald G. Sims, York, March 1981 No scale given
EP/Du.SN 4/4881 plan, 44cm. x 41.5cm., duplicatedElevation, side elevation, and plan of the case for the pipe organ sited in the chapel beneath the east window, drawing no. 52, by Ronald G. Sims, York, 1981 No scale given
EP/Du.SN 4/4891 plan, 73cm. x 29.5cm., duplicatedPlan of proposed kitchen layout, drawing no. 61, by Ronald G. Sims, York, April 1981 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]
EP/Du.SN 4/4901 plan, 61cm. x 29.5cm., duplicatedPlan of ‘proposed kitchen layout’, drawing no. 61R, by G. Sims, architect, York, April 1981 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]
EP/Du.SN 4/4911 plan, 39cm. x 66cm., duplicatedElevation, and plan, of proposed chancel arch screen and wrought iron cross, drawing no. 61, by Ronald G. Sims, York, May 1981 Scale: 1/2 inch scale [1:24]
EP/Du.SN 4/4921 plan, 39cm. x 49cm., duplicatedPlan of detail of sound box for electric organ at the north-west corner of the north aisle, drawing no. 63, by Ronald G. Sims, York, n.d., c. 1981 Scale: 1/2 inch scale [1:24]
EP/Du.SN 4/4931 plan, 76.5cm. x 50.3cm., duplicatedDetail of kitchen fittings, drawing no. 64, by G. Sims, architect, York, May 1981 Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12]
EP/Du.SN 4/4941 plan, 65cm. x 36cm., duplicatedSide elevation and sectional plan of proposed arrangement of sound boards at the west end of the nave, drawing no. 64, by Ronald G. Sims, York, May 1981 Scale: 1/2 full size; 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/4951 plan, 76cm. x 30.5cm., duplicatedPlan of proposed arrangements of soundboards at the west end of the nave, drawing no. 64/R/3, by Ronald G. Sims, York, May 1981 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]; 1/2 full size
EP/Du.SN 4/4961 plan, 56cm. x 98cm., duplicatedPlan and elevation of proposed furniture for the sanctuary, drawing no. 73, by Ronald G. Sims, York, 1981 Scale: 1/2 inch scale [1:24]
EP/Du.SN 4/4971 plan, 64cm. x 76.5cm., duplicatedDetail of display boards to south aisle, drawing no. 74, by Ronald G. Sims, architect, York, c. 1981 Scale: 1/2 inch scale [1:24]
EP/Du.SN 4/4981 plan, 75cm. x 188cm., duplicatedDetails of proposed candle flower vase stands, drawing no. 83, by G. Sims, architect, York, 1981 Scale: full-size
EP/Du.SN 4/4991 plan, 39cm. x 76cm., duplicatedSketch of top of flower container and candlesticks, n.d., c. 1981 No scale given
EP/Du.SN 4/5071 plan, 76 cm. x 60.5 cm., duplicatedSt Nicholas’s church reordering: survey of the church as existing, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William’s College, York, November 1976 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/5081 plan, 72 cm. x 45 cm., duplicatedSt. Nicholas’s church reordering scheme A: drawing 2, ground floor plan and section looking east, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William’s College, York, February 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/5091 plan, 70.5 cm. x 45 cm., duplicatedSt Nicholas’s church reordering scheme A: first floor plan and section looking west, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William’s College, York, February 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/5101 plan, 71 cm. x 45 cm., duplicatedSt. Nicholas’s church reordering scheme B: drawing 4, ground floor plan and section A-A, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William’s College, York, June 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/5111 plan, 71 cm. x 45 cm., duplicatedSt. Nicholas’s church reordering scheme B: drawing [5], first floor plan and section B-B, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William’s College, York, June 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/5121 plan, 71 cm. x 45 cm., duplicatedSt Nicholas’s church reordering scheme B: drawing 6, sections C-C and D-D, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William’s College, York, June 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/5131 plan, 71 cm. x 45 cm., duplicatedSt Nicholas’s church reordering scheme B: drawing 7, east elevation and section E-E, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William’s College, York, June 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/5141 plan, 71.5 cm. x 45 cm., colour wash, duplicatedSt Nicholas’s church reordering scheme C: drawing 11, ground floor plan and section A-A, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St. William’s College, York, June 1979 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/5151 plan, 71 cm. x 45 cm., duplicatedSt Nicholas’s church reordering scheme C: drawing 12, first floor plan and section B-B, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William’s College, York, June 1979 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/5161 plan, 71 cm. x 45 cm., duplicatedSt Nicholas’s church reordering scheme C: drawing 13R, east elevation and section C-C, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William’s College, York, revised January 1980 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/5171 plan, 41.5 cm. x 53 cm., duplicatedThree dimensional representation of the proposed internal reordering of St. Nicholas’s church, n.d. [c1980] No scale
EP/Du.SN 4/5181 plan, 84 cm. x 59.5 cm., duplicatedFloor plans of St. Nicholas’s church showing heating installation, by H. Pickup Ltd, heating and ventilating engineers, Roscoe Works, Scarborough, Yorkshire, December 1980 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/5191 plan, 83 cm. x 59 cm., duplicatedPlan of Multibeton underfloor heating installation at St Nicholas’s church, by H. Pickup Ltd, heating and ventilating engineers, Roscoe Works, Scarborough, Yorkshire, 17 February 1981 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]
EP/Du.SN 4/5201 plan, 29.5 cm. x 21 cm., photocopiedDesign for a fish emblem for the window in the doorway of St Nicholas’s church, n.d. [mid 1980s] No scale
EP/Du.SN 4/5211 plan, 76 cm. x 120 cm.St Nicholas’s church reordering: drawing 126, full size detail of bars for west window of porch, by Ronald G. Sims, chartered architect, St William’s College, York, December 1983 Scale: 1:1
EP/Du.SN 4/528(1)Re-ordering, Scheme A; ground floor plan and section, February 1977, revised May 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/528(2)Re-ordering Scheme A: first floor plan and section, February 1977, revised May 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/528(3)Re-ordering Scheme B: ground floor plan and section, June 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/528(4)Re-ordering Scheme B: first floor plan and section, June 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/528(5)Re-ordering Scheme B: sections, June 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/528(6)Re-ordering Scheme B: section and east elevation, June 1977 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Du.SN 4/528(7)Sketch of proposed sanctuary arrangements, June 1977 No scale
EP/Du.SN 4/528(8)8 negatives, 15.5 cm. x 12 cm., black and whiteSketch of proposed organ, June 1977 No scale
EP/Du.SN 4/Photographs
EP/Du.SN 4/5231 photograph, 18 cm. x 24 cm., black and whitePhotograph depicting the Market Place, Durham, St. Nicholas’s church and the town hall, n.d. [1970s]
EP/Du.SN 4/5241 photograph, 12.5 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotograph of the interior of St Nicholas’s church, looking east, taken before the re-ordering of the interior, n.d. [c1977]
EP/Du.SN 4/5261 postcard, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colourPostcard depicting the interior of St Nicholas’s church, looking east, after the renovation, published by Judges Postcards Ltd, Hastings, Sussex, n.d. [early 1980s]
EP/Du.SN 4/5251 negative, 12.5 cm. x 10 cm., black and whitePhotographic negative depicting the interior of St Nicholas’s church, looking east, before the renovation, n.d. [1977]
EP/Du.SN 4/5271 transparency, 5 cm. x 5 cm., colour, mountedSlide depicting Durham Market Place and St Nicholas’s church, [June 1994]
EP/Du.SN 4/528Photographic negatives depicting plans of the re-ordering of St Nicholas’s church, by Ronald G Sims, chartered architect, St William’s College, York
EP/Du.SN 4/5293 papers: 1 printed, 2 photocopiedPress releases relating to the renovation project, 7 September 1979 – October 1981
EP/Du.SN 4/53014 papers, printedNewspaper cuttings and copies of magazine articles reporting the progress of the project to re-order the interior of St Nicholas’s church, 12 September 1979 – 29 April [1983]
EP/Du.SN 4/5311 paper, printedA Church for the Eighties, newsletter reporting on the progress of the re-ordering of the church interior, 13 January 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/5321 paper, printedBuilding renovation project Christmas newsletter, December 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/5331 paper, printedLeaflet publicising events to celebrate the re-opening of the renovated church, 23 October – 1 November 1981
EP/Du.SN 4/5341 paper, 29.5 cm. x 41.5 cm., printedPoster advertising the events celebrating the re-opening of St Nicholas’s church after its renovation, 23 October – 1 November 1981
EP/Du.SN 4/1990s
EP/Du.SN 4/53513 acetate slides, 21 cm. x 29.5 cm., black and whiteSet of acetate slides prepared for a presentation reviewing accommodation at the church, n.d. [1990s]
EP/Du.SN 4/535(1)Slide 1: Needs of the church
EP/Du.SN 4/535(2)Slide 3: Meeting the need
EP/Du.SN 4/535(3)Slide 4: Option C – church site only, ground and first floor plans
EP/Du.SN 4/535(4)Slide 5: Option C – church site only, costs
EP/Du.SN 4/535(5)Slide 6: Option C – church site only, advantages and disadvantages
EP/Du.SN 4/535(6)Slide 11: option D – church site and Youth Centre, advantages and disadvantages
EP/Du.SN 4/535(7)Slide 12: Option E – church site and new building, ground and first floor plans
EP/Du.SN 4/535(8)Slide 13: Option E – church site and new building, first floor plan and section
EP/Du.SN 4/535(9)Slide 14: Option E – church site and new building, ground floor plan
EP/Du.SN 4/535(10)Slide 15: Option E – church site and new building, artist’s impression of the building’s exterior
EP/Du.SN 4/535(11)Slide 16: Option E – church site and new building, costs, advantages and disadvantages
EP/Du.SN 4/535(12)Slide 19: Recommendations
EP/Du.SN 4/Photographs
EP/Du.SN 4/5221 negative, 16 cm. x 12 cm., black and whitePhotographic negative of a drawing entitled, ‘The Market Place and church, Durham’, 1790, copied from an old drawing by S. H. Grimm in the British Museum, n.d. [c1977]
EP/Du.SN 4/Organ
EP/Du.SN 4/4416 papersCorrespondence between Rev. Dr. G.L. Carey; H.E. Prested, organ builder, 27 Lawson Terrace, Durham City; D.G. Gregory-Smith, 4 Hastings Avenue, Durham; E.C. Hart, Copeman, Hart & Company Limited, 60 Pretoria Road, Leytonstone, London; concerning the installation of the new organ, 29 April – 29 August 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4426 papersPetition for a faculty for the purchase of a new organ and the rebuilding of the present organ, 19 May 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4461 paperLetter from Copeman Hart and Company Ltd., church organ builders, 60 Pretoria Road, Leytonstone, London, to Dr. D. Gregory-Smith, 4 Hastings Avenue, Durham, concerning the cost of one of the firm’s organs for the church, 5 September 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4493 papersCopy letter from Harrison & Harrison, organ builders, Durham, to T. Gardiner, 6 Alexandra Close , Framwellgate Moor, Durham, concerning the organ and the re-ordering of the church, 20 February 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4503 papersNotes concerning discussions on the organ, headed ‘Organ Speaker Baffles, from 27 October 1980 to 21 July 1981’; notes concerning the baffles; notes of work to be done, 19 – 27 November [1981]
EP/Du.SN 4/4512 papersNotes of on-site meeting concerning the pipe organ, made by Ronald S. Sims, 27 October 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4521 paperReport by H. Stewart and T. Gardiner arguing that the present organ be retained, n.d., c. 1981
EP/Du.SN 4/4532 papersLists of suggested stops for the new organ, n.d., c. 1981
EP/Du.SN 4/4551 paperLetter from H.E. Prested, organ builder, 27 Lawson Terrace, Durham, to D.G. Gregory-Smith, 4 Hastings Avenue, Durham, concerning work on the organ, 23 September 1981
EP/Du.SN 4/4561 paper‘Report of a meeting concerning the Copeman-Hart Organ’, 18 November 1981
EP/Du.SN 4/4601 paperReport by the Architecture Working Party to the Parochial Church Council, on the alternative types of organ suitable for the church, 8 January 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4611 paperReport of the Architecture Working Party to the Co-ordinating Committee on the position of the kitchen and the removal of the present organ, 19 February 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4622 papersReport of the Architecture Working Party on the organ, 24 January 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4651 paperReport by the Co-ordinating Committee of the Building Project to the Parochial Church Council on the advantages of the alternative types of organ recommended, 4 February 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4662 pagesAdditional information supplied, concerning the organ and the re-ordering of the interior of the church, in response to a request made by the Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, as in EP/Du.SN 4/440, by the Chairman of the Building Project Co-ordination Committee, c. April 1980
EP/Du.SN 4/4672 papersReport to Co-ordinating Committee on organ specification, 5 May 1980
EP/Du.SN 14/5221 photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm., colourPhotograph of Ernest Hart, organ builder, seated at the instrument he built for St Nicholas’s church, 17 February 2000
EP/Du.SN 4/2 papersRef No: EP/Du.SN 14/502 Temp No: Acc No: 2447 Photograph of the south side of the exterior of the church of St. Nicholas, showing carts in the market place and shops at the bottom of Claypath, c.1850 (1 photograph, 29 cm. x 33.5 cm., sepia)
EP/Du.SN 4/42-45Title deeds to church property 1632 – 1839
EP/Du.SN 4/423 ParchmentsA burgage tenement and shop adjoining the east end of the church (1632 – 1656)
EP/Du.SN 4/4331 parchments and papersTwo burgage tenements on the south side of Claypath, 1663 – 1803
EP/Du.SN 4/444 parchmentsHowb or Hob House Farm, Wolsingham 1667 – 1769
EP/Du.SN 4/454 parchmentsMiscellaneous deeds to property in Durham and Ferryhill, 1691 – 1839
EP/Du.SN 14/15 papersMiscellaneous receipts, letters, etc., containing: (a) Letter from Mr. Dixon, Holbeck House, 26 October 1821, and reply from church concerning rent for land (b) Letter dealing with court appeal concerning John Langton addressed to Mr. Dixon, (churchwardens) 13 October 1821 (c) Note to Churchwardens informing them that John Wilson was to take Hob House Farm, 31 December (d) Rent receipt, 14 October, 1808 from Mr. Wilde, Claypath. (e) Receipt for rent of 3 shillings (f) List of rates collected.
EP/Du.SN 4/46-51Leases by the St. Nicholas Churchwardens of various portions of the church property 1660 – 1867
EP/Du.SN 4/469 parchments and papersHouse and garth on the north side of Claypath, formerly part of the site of vestry and stable, 10s. rent, 1683 – 1852
EP/Du.SN 4/477 parchments and papersHouse and garth on the north side of Claypath, 6s. rent, 1683 – 1793
EP/Du.SN 4/4813 parchments and papersHouse and garth on the north side of Claypath, 6s.8d. rent, 1668 – 1866
EP/Du.SN 4/496 parchments and papersHouse and garth on the south side of Claypath, 1660 – 1867
EP/Du.SN 4/504 papersHouse and allotment on Framwellgate Moor, 1778 – 1862
EP/Du.SN 4/515 parchments and papersHole House Farm, Wolsingham, 1801 – 1853
EP/Du.SN 4/52-81Various
EP/Du.SN 4/521 paper, printed form, embossed sealFaculty for the erection of a mural tablet, 26 April 1918
EP/Du.SN 4/531 paper, printed form, embossed sealFaculty for the erection of a mural tablet, 22 March 1922
EP/Du.SN 4/541 paper, printed form, embossed sealFaculty for the introduction of electric lighting etc. 20 June 1930
EP/Du.SN 4/551 paper, printed form, embossed sealFaculty for the removal of the organ etc., 27 July 1934
EP/Du.SN 4/561 paper, printed form, embossed sealFaculty for the removal and re-erection of the font, 22 March 1935
EP/Du.SN 4/571 paper, printed form, embossed sealFaculty for the erection of a stained glass window, 13 August 1937
EP/Du.SN 4/581 paper, printed form, embossed sealFaculty for the introduction of a new holy table, 29 September 1939
EP/Du.SN 4/59paper, 1 file, typescriptLetter from J.R. Lazenby, Diocesan Registrar, at the College Durham forwarding citation and discussing new altar etc, 9 August 1939 Formerly enclosed in EP/Du.SN 4/58
EP/Du.SN 4/601 paper, embossed sealFaculty for the erection of a clergy vestry, 15 May 1945
EP/Du.SN 4/611 paper, embossed sealFaculty for the erection of a communion rail etc., 5 June 1947
EP/Du.SN 4/621 paper, typescriptArchdeacon’s Certificate for the interior decoration of the church, 9 February 1952
EP/Du.SN 4/631 paper, typescript, embossed sealFaculty for the removal of defective stonework and repairs to the tower, 11 August 1955
EP/Du.SN 4/641 paper, typescript, embossed sealFaculty for the conversion of part of the church into a children’s corner and the introduction of an oak table, 4 February 1957
EP/Du.SN 4/651 paper, typescriptArchdeacon’s Certificate for the repair of the stone prayer desk, 8 March 1957
EP/Du.SN 4/661 paper, typescript, embossed sealFaculty for the installation of a new organ, 21 April 1958
EP/Du.SN 4/671 paper, typescript, embossed sealFaculty for the insertion of stained glass in a window and the setting aside of portions of the burial ground for interment and strewing of cremated human remains, 1 April 1960
EP/Du.SN 4/681 paper, typescript, embossed sealFaculty confirming the execution of an agreement providing for the grant of a perpetual right of user of part of the burial ground for the purpose of widening and improving the roadway, 3 January 1961
EP/Du.SN 4/691 paper, typescriptArchdeacon’s Certificate for the re-decoration of the interior of the church, 4 January 1963
EP/Du.SN 4/701 paper, typescript, embossed sealFaculty for the insertion of stained glass in a window in the south aisle, 28 May 1963
EP/Du.SN 4/711 paper, typescript, embossed sealFaculty authorising the erection of a parochial hall for youth work on a piece of consecrated ground forming part of the St. Nicholas Burial Ground, 23 February 1965
EP/Du.SN 4/721 paper, printed formFaculty, in unopposed proceedings, for the erection of a bronze plaque on the outside wall of the vestry, 26 April 1971
EP/Du.SN 4/732 papers, printed formAssessments under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 29January – 10 February 1959
EP/Du.SN 4/741 paper, printed form, embossed sealSequestration during vacancy following the resignation of Revd. J.W. Wenham, 8 April 1953
EP/Du.SN 4/751 February 1954 (1) Jack Norwood, Ernest Strickland Hodgson and Thomas Hetherington, Sequestrators of Durham, St. Nicholas (2) The Church Commissioners for England Counterpart Mortgage charging the benefice with the repayment of £1805 by 15 yearly installments raised for improvements to the parsonage house Consideration: £1805 (1 paper, printed form, embossed seal of (2) )
EP/Du.SN 4/76paper, 1 fileCorrespondence regarding church bells and organ including: report and estimate of John Taylor and Company of The Bell Foundry, Loughborough (1948); circulars issued by The Federation of Master Organ Builders; reports, specifications and estimates of J.W. Walker and Sons Ltd., Organ Builders of Ruislip (1974), of the Vincent Electric Organ Co., Sunderland, (1952), Harrison and Harrison of Durham (1932), Nelson and Company of Durham (1969-70): organ appeal and purchase of instrument from Burbank Street Methodist Church W. Hartlepool, 1932 – 1974
EP/Du.SN 4/77paper, 1 filePapers relating to modernisation of vicarage including: specification by Cordingley and Mcintyre, Architects of The College, Durham: correspondence between the architects, the vicar and churchwardens and the Diocesan office: plan and elevation of the property, 12 August 1953 – 23 August 1954
EP/Du.SN 4/78paper, 1 filePapers regarding church burial ground including: correspondence with Durham City Council and the Diocesan Registry regarding the widening of Providence Row and taking land from the church yard with plan attached; head stone specifications and correspondence from the Imperial War Graves Commission; burial fees; use of ground by persons not resident in the parish; advertising brochure of sculptured memorials and headstones, 27 March 1931 – 3 January 1961
EP/Du.SN 4/79paper, 1 filePapers regarding alterations to the chancel including correspondence from Hayton and Lee, Chartered Architects of Durham and the Diocesan Registry and plans shewing proposed changes, 16 June 1970 – 25 February 1974
EP/Du.SN 4/80paper, 1 filePapers regarding church fabric including: church security, protection against fire and theft; quinquennial report for 1968 and correspondence regarding the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955; correspondence, estimates etc regarding cleaning the church, church furnishings; listing of church building as of ‘Special Architectural or Historic Interest’; correspondence relating to citations and faculties; floodlighting of the church; structural alterations; solutions to the pigeon problem; report of Rentokil; installation of a memorial window; construction of children’s corner; heating systems; steeplejack work, 7 March 1937 – 4 July 1974
EP/Du.SN 4/81paper, 1 fileCorrespondence regarding installation of central heating; oil supplies; insurance; rating; Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures; quinquennial inspection; renovation of the vicarage; estimates bills and receipts for repair work, 1949 – 5 July 1974
EP/Du.SN 4/82-318Various
EP/Du.SN 4/82Parchment, 2 membranes23 November 1814 (1) John Redhead of St. Giles, Durham, gentleman (2) John Thwaites the elder of Durham, innkeeper (3) John Bland of Durham, hairdresser (4) Benjamin Burnell of Dumham, tallow chandler Assignment by (1) and (2) to (4) of a burgage on the east side of St. Nicholas’ church vestry for the remainder of a term of 21 years upon trust to raise and retain £100 and interest and otherwise in trust for (3) Consideration: £160 (3) to (2) and £100 (4) to (2) Rent: 3s.4d. p.a.
EP/Du.SN 4/831 file22 November 1841 (1) Matthew Thompson of Durham, cabinet maker and upholsterer and Thomas Wick of Durham, stationer and printer (Churchwardens of St. Nicholas) and James Chambers of Claypath, Durham, cordwainer and James Wallace of Durham, grocer (Overseers of the Poor of the said parish) (2) John Bland of Durham, hairdresser Copy of lease by (1) to (2) for 21 years of a burgage and shop lately erected on the site of the old church vestry with a cellar underneath the public highway and lying to the east of the present vestry Rent: 3s.4d. p.a.
EP/Du.SN 4/84Parchment, 2 membranes, pendand wafer seal15 May 1858 Probate of the will of John Bland of Durham, hairdresser (7 January 1842) devising his burgage to his daughter for life with the remainderof various grandchildren and kin as specified as tenants in common charged with a legacy of 19 gns. to his grand-daughter Catherine Bland
EP/Du.SN 4/851 file, printed formLegacy Duty papers of John Bland, deceased, 15 May – 9 August 1858
EP/Du.SN 4/861 paper15 April 1858 (1) Bland’s beneficiaries (2) The Reverend George Townsend Fox Agreement for the sale of their reversionary interest in the burgage to (2) subject to the life interest of Ester Castlehow and Sopia Bland Consideration: £5 each
EP/Du.SN 4/871 paper15 April 1858 (1) Esther Castlehow of Durham, widow, and Sophia Bland of Durham, spinster (daughters of John Bland, deceased) (2) The Reverend George Townsend Fox Agreement for the sale by (1) to (2) of their late father’s burgage Consideration: £40 to each of (1) and £6 per quarter for life to each of (1) and arrangement to pay the legace of 19 grns. to Catherine Bland after the death of such survivor
EP/Du.SN 4/881 file13 May 1858 (1) Esther Castlehow and Sophia Bland (2) Thomas Chamberlain of Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, carpet weaver and Margaret his wife (late Margaret Stephenson); Matthew Stephenson of Pittington; Michael Danks of Dyers Street, Southwark, London, carpet weaver and Mary his wife (late Mary Stephenson); John Rutherford of Westmorland Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, clerk and Margaret his wife (late Mary Bland); Robert Pearson of Pand Street, Sunderland, hairdresser; Joseph Bland Pearson of Chester-le-Street, hairdresser; Margaret Pearson of Crossgate, Durham, spinster; and Mary Pearson of Pans Street, Sunderland, spinster (3) The Reverend George Townsend Fox Assignment by (1) and (2) to (3) of the burgage adjoining St. Nicholas’ church vestry for the remainder of a term of 21 years as specified Consideration: £120 plus annual payments etc. as specified in the above agreements
EP/Du.SN 4/89-924 papersCorrespondence received by the Churchwardens of St. Nicholas concerning renewal of leases of allotments at Crossgate Moor and other matters regarding church property, 1 December 1881 – June 1883
EP/Du.SN 4/93-952 papers and 1 fileList of contributors to church rates levied, 3 May 1881 – April 1883
EP/Du.SN 4/961 volume, card boundReceipt book for church rates, 1 October 1931 – 4 August 1932
EP/Du.SN 4/971 fileCovering letters and receipts for church rates, 4 June 1932 – 2 February 1938
EP/Du.SN 4/9819 papers and 3 filesBills and receipts for church accounts passed on 1 December 1865, 1864 – 1865
EP/Du.SN 4/9921 papers, and 2 filesBills and recipts for church accounts, 1 April 1869 – 21 April 1870
EP/Du.SN 4/10023 papersBills and receipts for church accounts, 1875 – 1876
EP/Du.SN 4/1011 fileBills and receipts for church accounts, 1883 – 1884
EP/Du.SN 4/1021 volume, cloth boundPass book of the Churchwardens of St. Nicholas with Barclays Bank Ltd., 1 July 1933 – 17 November 1934
EP/Du.SN 4/1031 volume, card boundOffertory account book, 5 April 1886 – 29 November 1903
EP/Du.SN 4/104Parchment, 1 membrane, pendant wafer sealFaculty for appropriating and annexing three pews in the church to Mr. William Shield’s dwellinghouse, 11 July 1823
EP/Du.SN 4/1051 paperBill of costs of Robert Burrell to William Shieids in connexion with EP/Du.SN 4/104, 27 June – 29 December 1823
EP/Du.SN 4/1061 paperLetter from the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, concerning faculty, donations to the building fund and other matters, 13 April 1857
EP/Du.SN 4/1071 paper, printedList of donors to the rebuilding fund with appeal for further subscriptions, nd. [1858]
EP/Du.SN 4/1081 paper, printedCutting from The Durham Chronicle listing subscribers to the re-building fund with appeal for further donations, 5 February 1858
EP/Du.SN 4/1091 paper, printedFinal report of the committee for re-building St. Nicholas’ Church with an audited statement of accounts, list of contributors and sketches of the old and new churches, 30 June 1859
EP/Du.SN 4/1101 bookletList of subscripitions towards the St. Nicholas Church Organ Fund, n.d. [c .1868]
EP/Du.SN 4/1111 volume, parchment boundPass book of the St. Nicholas Church Organ Fund with Jonathan Backhouse and Company, Durham, 13 March 1868 – 10 October 1870
EP/Du.SN 4/1121 paperReport upon the condition of the church tower and spire by John Henry, architect and James Coldwall, Borough Surveyor, 23 June 1888
EP/Du.SN 4/1131 bookletMinutes of meetings of the coniinittee formed relative to the rebuilding and restoration of the tower and spire, 25 July 1888 – 14 November 1889
EP/Du.SN 4/1141 book1etList of contributions to the fund for repairing the spire, n.d. [1888 – 1889]
EP/Du.SN 4/1151 bookletList of subscriptions to the fund for repairing the spire, October 1888
EP/Du.SN 4/1161 paper, printedCircular inviting subscription to the fund for repairing the spire, n.d. [1888]
EP/Du.SN 4/1171 paperList of subscriptions to the fund for repairing the spire, n.d. [early 1889]
EP/Du.SN 4/118-1192 papers, printedList of subscriptions to the fund for repairing the spire with appeal for further donations with proof of same, 4 April 1889
EP/Du.SN 4/1201 paperReport by J.P. Pritchett, architect, 24 High Row, Darlington to the Vicar and Churchwardens of St. Nicholas, Durham on the state of the spire, 7 July 1888
EP/Du.SN 4/1211 paperLetter from J.P. Pritchett to John Shields, Durham, offering advice on structural repairs, 11 July 1888
EP/Du.SN 4/1221 fileReport by J.P. Pritchett on the damage caused by the collapse of scaffolding during the rebuilding of the spire, 19 November 1888
EP/Du.SN 4/1231 fileSpecification for repairs to mason’s work by J.P. Pritchett , 6 August 1888
EP/Du.SN 4/1241 fileGeneral conditions to be observed by those tendering for the contract, 24 September 1888
EP/Du.SN 4/1251 file24 September 1888 (1) Thomas Coates of Durham, builder (2) The Vicar and Churchwardens of Durham, St. Nicholas Contract for restoration of the tower and spire for £135
EP/Du.SN 4/126-1282 files and 1 paperCase with the opinions of counsel (F. Greenwell of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and John Gent) thereupon concerning liability etc. for the collapse of the scaffolding and part of the spire in high wind, 4 November – 5 December 1889
EP/Du.SN 4/129-1376 papers and 3 filesCase papers comprising originals and copies of pertinent documents – certificate of architect as to cost of completing works, notices to Coates of intention to employ another to finish the work, abstract of accounts for restoration, details of Coates’ accounts, extracts from the proceedings of the restoration committee, copy of correspondence and list of same, 27 August 1888 – January 1890
EP/Du.SN 4/138-1393 papersBills of costs of solicitors’ and account of architect in the above business, 1888 – January 1890
EP/Du.SN 4/140-277139 papersCorrespondence and memoranda between J.P. Pritchett, architect, 24 High Row, Darlington; Thomas Coates, builder, 76 Claypath, Durham; F.W. Shields, solicitor, 47 North Bailey, Durham; the vicar and churchwardens of St. Nicholas; and others concerning restoration works and the lawsuit against the contractor, 2 July 1888 – 11 April 1890
EP/Du.SN 4/278-2792 papersLetters received from John Booth, manufacturer, erector and fixer of improved copper lightning conductors, Albert Street, Shildon regarding work done on St. Nicholas’ spire, 24 July 1893 and n.d.
EP/Du.SN 4/280-2812 papersAdvertising literature of S.P. Bidder and Company, contractors, Bury Old Road, Manchester, 1886 – 1887
EP/Du.SN 4/282-2865 papersCorrespondence, specifications and plans received from James Laidler, Durham Brass and Lead Works, New Elvet, regarding the proposed heating of the church by a hot water apparatus, 9 May – 7 June 1892
EP/Du.SN 4/2871 paperList of subscribers to heating apparatus fund, n.d. [1892]
EP/Du.SN 4/2881 paper, printedSt. Nicholas’ Parish Magazine containing a report on church repairs, July 1904
EP/Du.SN 4/2891 file, printedCircular to the parishioners and friends of St. Nicholas seeking donations to the Repair Fund, November 1904
EP/Du.SN 4/290-30010 papers, 1 fileCorrespondence received from the Reverend H.E. Fox and others with rough notes and sketch plans for general repairs to St. Nicholas’ Church, 12 April – 13 October 1906
EP/Du.SN 4/3011 fileCorrespondence, certificates and accounts of Cordingley and McIntyre, architects, The College, Durham; Harrison and Harrison, organ builders, Durham; and others regarding the re-ordering of St. Nicholas’ church, 18 October – 30 November 1934
EP/Du.SN 4/3021 fileSpecification and accounts for work done on St. Nicholas’ church, 29 April 1930 – 11 November 1937
EP/Du.SN 4/303-3042 papersLetters received from the Richardson Peele, solicitor, Chapter Clerk, concerning dilapidations, 9 April and 6 June 1891
EP/Du.SN 4/3051 paper, printed formSurveyor’s report under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measure, 14 July 1928
EP/Du.SN 4/3061 paper, printed formOrdinary Assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measure, 1 December 1928
EP/Du.SN 4/3071 paper, typescriptOrder under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measure, for the installation of electric light (see EP/Du.SN 2/109), 11 February 1930
EP/Du.SN 4/3081 paper, printed formOrdinary Assessment under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1 May 1939
EP/Du.SN 4/309Number not allocated
EP/Du.SN 4/3101 paper, printed formOrder under the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures confirming surveyor’s report, 9 December 1943
EP/Du.SN 4/312-3132 papersCopy of writ of sequestration, 1 January 1904 with letter from the Ecclesiastical Commision to George Chapman, 56 Claypath, Durham (one of the sequestrators) returning it, 30 January 1904
EP/Du.SN 4/314-3152 papers, 1 printedLetter from Patrick and Son, solicitors, 39 Silver Street, Durham to Mr. Chapman concerning properties in Paradise Lane with copy of advertisement for their sale, 13 April 1905
EP/Du.SN 4/3161 paper, typescriptLetter from Wilkinson, Marshall and Company, solicitors, Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne concerning legacy to the vicar and Churchwardens under the will of Miss Mary Summers, 3 December 1924
EP/Du.SN 4/3171 paperReport of J.T. Pegge, architect and surveyor, St. Nicholas’ Court, Market Place, Durham to Alderman Smith concerning St. Nicholas’ land at Sniperley, 17 July 1933
EP/Du.SN 4/3181 paperWater-colour sketch of St. Nicholas, by C. Hodgson Fowler, n.d. [late 19th century]
EP/Du.SN 4/319-343Various
EP/Du.SN 4/3191 file, typescriptCorrespondence received from L.J. Heron, solicitor, 11 Market Place, Durham regarding the bequest to the Vicar and Churchwardens of St. Nicholas under the will of Joseph Preece, deceased, 15 May 1958 – 22 April 1959
EP/Du.SN 4/320-3212 papers, typescriptLetters from Keenlyside and Forster, solicitors, Collingwood Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne concerning Miss Heron’s bequest of £100 for chuch repairs, 25 – 29 September 1958
EP/Du.SN 4/3221 paper, typescriptLetter from L.J. Heron, solicitor forwarding bequest under will of Miss Isabella Alderson, 22 June 1962
EP/Du.SN 4/3231 paper, typescriptLetter from H.E. Ferens Son, solicitors, 38 Saddler Street, Durham regarding legacy under will of R.G. Peace deceased, 4 May 1964
EP/Du.SN 4/3241 fileMiscellaneous correspondence with the Inland Revenue concerning recovery of tax and other matters relating to deeds of covenant, May 1948 – 14 December 1965
EP/Du.SN 4/3251 file, printed formDeeds of covenant, 23 July 1948 – 14 December 1965
EP/Du.SN 4/3261 fileOffertory slips, 4 January 1953 – 25 December 1955
EP/Du.SN 4/3271 fileOffertory slips, 1 January 1967 – 25 December 1963
EP/Du.SN 4/3281 fileOffertory slips, 2 January – 30 December 1972
EP/Du.SN 4/3291 volume, cloth boundCollecting box account book, 1944 – 1953
EP/Du.SN 4/330-3373 bookletsDuplex envelope scheme offertory account book, July 1963 – June 1967
EP/Du.SN 4/3381 volume, cloth boundDuplex envelope scheme record book, July 1967 – June 1970
EP/Du.SN 4/3391 volume, cloth boundGeneral account book, 1964 – 1967
EP/Du.SN 4/340-3412 papersOrgan tuning contract with Nelson and Company, with covering letter, 14 April 1965
EP/Du.SN 4/3421 fileGeneral correspondence, 16 November 1964 – 6 November 1973
EP/Du.SN 4/346St. Nicholas Charity Minute Book
EP/Du.SN 4/3461 volume, leather half-boundTrustees’ meetings minute book, 23 June 1902 – 25 April 1993 Includes: statements of account, 1992
EP/Du.SN 4/347-349Cash and bank pass books
EP/Du.SN 4/3471 volume, leather half-boundTrustees’ cash book, 9 May 1902 – 3 December 1968
EP/Du.SN 4/3481 bookletBank pass book, in the name of St. Nicholas’ Church Estate, with Barclay’s Bank, 1 January 1915 – 30 June 1934
EP/Du.SN 4/3491 bookletBank pass book in the name of the Vicar and Churchwardens of St. Nicholas’ Church (Fabric Account), with the National Provincial Bank, Ltd., 12 December 1956 – 22 March 1972
EP/Du.SN 4/350-354Statements of accounts
EP/Du.SN 4/3507 paperStatement of accounts of the St. Nicholas Church Estate and Hole House Farm, 31 December 1910 – 31 December 1916
EP/Du.SN 4/3519 papersSummaries of cash accounts, 1952, 1955 – 1958, 1960, 1962 – 1964 Originally enclosed in EP/Du.SN 4/437
EP/Du.SN 4/3522 papersStatements of accounts, 1964 and 1965 Originally enclosed in EP/Du.SN 4/437
EP/Du.SN 4/3533 papersAnnual account, 1981 – 1982
EP/Du.SN 4/3542 papers, typescriptStatements of accounts, 1993 and 1994 Originally enclosed in EP/Du.SN 4/346
EP/Du.SN 4/355-358Correspondence concerning the management of the capital of the charity
EP/Du.SN 4/3551 paperNotice issued by the Charity Commission of the investment of money on behalf of St. Nicholas’ Church Estate, 2 September 1921
EP/Du.SN 4/3561 paperLetter from the Charity Commission, Ryder Street, St. James’, London, to Messrs. Hargreaves and Joblin, solicitors, Durham, questioning whether the capital of the charity should be used to purchase a new organ at St. Nicholas’ church, 29 March 1932
EP/Du.SN 4/35731 papersCorrespondence between the Charity Commission, Ryder Street, St. James’s London; Cordingley and McIntyre, The College, Durham, architects; Ford Clarke, Snowdon Road, Middlesbrough; George Gradon and Son, North Road, Durham; Hargreaves and Joblin, Durham, solicitors; concerning the investment of the money belonging to the church estate, including the release of money for church repairs, 16 November 1936 – 10 October 1939
EP/Du.SN 4/3582 papersNotification by the Official Custodian for Charities, Wellington House, Buckingham Gate, London, of the redemption of, and purchase of, 3% Savings Bonds on behalf of the St. Nicholas Church Estate, 17 June and 29 August 1965 Originally enclosed in EP/Du.SN 4/347
EP/Du.SN 4/359-360Correspondence concerning the administration of the charity
EP/Du.SN 4/3591 fileCopy responses to a questionnaire issued by the Charity Commission on the St. Nicholas church charity, compiled by Francis E. Joblin, 14 Market Place, Durham, clerk to the trustees, 27 February 1921
EP/Du.SN 4/3601 paperLetter from the Charity Commission, Ryder Street, St. James’, London, to Messrs. Hargreaves and Joblin, solicitors, Durham, refuting the idea that the power of appointing representative trustees of the charity is transferrable from the vestry to the parochial church council, 25 May 1922
EP/Du.SN 4/361-363Correspondence concerning legacies to the church
EP/Du.SN 4/36113 papersCorrespondence between Maughan and Hall, Lloyds Bank Chambers, Collingwood Street, Newcastle; The Charity Commission, Ryder Street, St. James’, London; Messrs. J. Mawson and Son, solicitors, Exchequer Offices, North Bailey, Durham; concerning the legacy of J.A. Pattison which was to be added to the charity of the church of St. Nicholas, Durham, 17 January 1947 – 23 June 1948
EP/Du.SN 4/3622 papersLetters from the National Westminster Bank, Trustee and Income Tax Department, 26 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to the Vicar and Churchwardens, St. Nicholas Church, Durham, concerning the legacy of Elsie May Lowes to the church, 9 November 1970 and 8 March 1971
EP/Du.SN 4/3631 paperLetter from Henry Fenwick, 32 Carr House Drive, Framwellgate Moor, to Rev. G.J.C. Marchant, The Vicarage, Claypath, Durham, enclosing the gift of £100 for the church, 21 March 1971
EP/Du.SN 4/378-379Miscellaneous
EP/Du.SN 4/3781 paper, typescriptNotice of meeting of the rated inhabitants of the parish for the purpose of making a voluntary church rate, 21 April 1938
EP/Du.SN 4/3791 paperLetter from the Hon. Secretary, St. Nicholas’ Parochial Church Council, to Rev. V.N. Cooper, St. John’s Vicarage, Carlisle, outlining the policy on various matters pursued by the parish, which the latter should consider before accepting the living, 24 June 1953
EP/Du.SN 4/500Terriers and inventories
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