Crook and Willington Methodist Circuit

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M/CWCrook and Willington Methodist Circuit
M/CW Sunnybrow Methodist Church
M/CW 20, 135Registers of baptisms
M/CW 201 volume, cloth boundRegister of baptisms, 29 July 1973-30 January 1983
M/CW 1351 volume, cloth boundRegister of baptisms, 6 March 1983-15 February 2009
M/CWDawson Street Methodist Church, CrookDawson Street and Hope Street Methodist Churches amalgamated to form the Crook Central Methodist Church in 1964
M/CWTrustees’ minutes
M/CW 121 volume, leather half-boundDawson Street Methodist Church, Crook, Trustees’ minute book, 19 January 1949-6 November 1964
M/CWFinancial records
M/CW 231 volume, leather quarter-boundAccount book, 20 November 1846-26 December 1868 Includes an inscription by William Trotter, Superintendent Registrar, giving notice that from 4 February 1861 the church was registered for solemnising marriages, 13 February 1861
M/CW 241 paperReceipted bill from John Proud to the trustees of Crook Primitive Methodist Church concerning the conveyance and protection from coal workings of a site for a chapel at Crook, 17 January 1867
M/CW 252 papersReceipted bill from John Proud to the trustees of Crook Primitive Methodist Church concerning negotiations for a mortgage on the Dawson Street Chapel, 15 September 1868
M/CWOver Sixty Friendly Hour
M/CW 261 volume, card boundMinute book of the Over- Sixty Friendly Hour, 25 November 1976 ­ 16 October 1990
M/CW 271 volume, card boundAccount book of the Over-Sixty Friendly Hour, 1964 ­ October 1990
M/CW133Photographs
M/CW 1331 photograph, 20cm x 14cm, black and white, mounted on cardPhotograph of a mock wedding, 18 October 1950 Includes left to right: Back row: J. Smith; A. Bowes; A. Fawell; T. Hall; A. Turner; A. Bowser Front row: J. Elms; S. Turner; G. Downs; M. Corner; F. Waite; N. Hall; E. Maker; B. Nattrass; E. Stevens; J. Gardiner; E. M. Stevens
M/CWStanley Crook Methodist ChurchAlso known as Wooley Terrace Methodist Church and Mount Pleasant, Wooley Terrace Methodist Church
M/CWPhotographs
M/CW 1301 photograph, 17 cm. x 12 cm., black and white, mounted on cardPhotograph of the 50th anniversary of the installation of the electric organ, 1971 Back row: Mr. Jack Ainsley of Crook; Mr. D. Baker; Miss Joan Armstrong of Billy Row; Rev. A. Bowes Front row: Mr. Thomas Simmons of Tow Law; Miss Nellie Birkbeck of Stanley; Mrs. Florrie Ayre (nee Birkbeck) of Billy Row; Mrs. Jean Cowing of Stanley
M/CWClosure of the church, 2009
M/CW 1375 papersLetters from friends and members of the church showing support after learning about its closure, 7-11 November 2009
M/CWRegistration138/1
M/CW 138/11 volumeStanley, Crook, Wooley Terrace Methodist Church register of baptisms, 23 September 1973 – 10 August 2008 Originally deposited together with D/X 1343
M/CW 1394 papersAd hoc list of baptisms signed by minister, 13 September 1970 – 11 March 1973 Originally enclosed with M/CW 138/1
M/CW 134/1-4, 136Cradle rolls
M/CW 134/11 roll, 50 x 65 cm, paper backed with cloth, colouredStanley Crook Methodist Church Cradle Roll, 23 December 1952-9 March 1964
M/CW 134/21 roll, 54 cm x 69 cm, paper backed with cloth, colouredStanley Crook Methodist Church Cradle Roll, 10 March 1964-24 September 1974
M/CW 134/31 roll, 50.5 cm x 65.5 cm, paper backed with cloth, colouredStanley Crook Methodist Church Cradle Roll, 4 October 1974-2 February 1997
M/CW 134/41 roll, 49 cm x 64.5 cm, paper, colouredStanley Crook Methodist Church Cradle Roll, 10 February 2000-5 December 2006
M/CW 1361 roll, 50 cm x 65 cm, paper backed with cloth, colouredSunday School cradle roll, May 1935-23 November 1952
M/CW 103-104Willington, Lydia Street (formerly Wesleyan) Methodist ChurchFor baptisms see also M/Cr 16-19, 317/1 and M/Wi 76 For marriages see M/D/Da 644-646 and M/MR 522/1-4
M/CW 1031 volume, vellum boundBaptism register, 3 January 1907 – 10 June 1936 and 8 July 1951 – 7 March 1982
M/CW 1041 volume, cloth quarter-boundSisterhood minute book, 11 September 1962 – 18 October 1993
M/CW 1/1­5-2-5Records of the Crook and Willington Methodist Circuit (Formed by the amalgamation of the Crook Circuit and the Willington Circuit in 1983) (Acc: 1926(D))
M/CW 1/1­55 papers, printedCircuit plans, April 1989 ­ July 1990
M/CW 2-5numbers not used
M/CW 6Second Deposit (Acc: 1831(D))
M/CW 61 paper, printedPreaching plan, 10 January ­ 3 April 1988
M/CW 7-9Third Deposit (Acc: 1973(D)) Circuit Records Crook Methodist Circuit Amalgamated with Willington Circuit, 1 September 1983 See also: M/CR for earlier Crook Circuit records
M/CW 71 volume,cloth boundCrook Circuit Steward’ s account book, 9 September 1953 ­ 4 September 1963
M/CW 81 volume, cloth boundCrook Circuit Steward’ s account book, 14 December, 1963 ­ 7 March 1973
M/CW 91 volume, cloth boundCrook Circuit Steward’s account book, 6 June 1973 ­ 2 June 1982
M/CW 10-11Willington Methodist Circuit Amalgamated with Crook Circuit, 1 September 1983 See also: M/Wi for earlier Willington Circuit records
M/CW 101 volume, cloth boundWillington Circuit Steward’ s account book, March 1971 ­ March 1981
M/CW 111 volume, cloth boundWillington Circuit Steward’s account book, June 1981 ­ June 1983
M/CW 12-15Individual Churches
M/CW 131 volume, cloth boundFir Tree Methodist Church baptisms register, 26 April 1964 ­ 20 May 1984
M/CW 141 volume, cloth boundTrinity Methodist Church, Howden-le-Wear Trustees’ meeting minute book, 23 January 1956 ­ 27 March 1977 For enclosure see : M/CW/15
M/CW 151 plan 45.5cm x 33cm, waxed paper, ink and colour washA plan of the south boundary of Wesley Chapel, Howden-le-Wear [Originally enclosed in M/CW 14 beside the minutes of 27 November 1957] Scale:
M/CW 16-18Fourth Deposit (Acc: 1996(D)) Willington Methodist New Connexion School
M/CW 16parchment, 1 membrane11 December 1875 (1) Gustavus Russell, Viscount Boyne of Brancepeth Castle (2) Robinson Ferens (coal owner), Thomas Dixon Stephenson (decorator), Henry Arrowsmith Brogdon (agent), Matthew Geldard (joiner), Michael Martin (deputy overman), George Hodgson (teacher), and George James (miner), all of Willington Lease for 99 years by (1) to (2) of 1327 sq. yds. of land in Willington (dimensions given and plan endorsed) for the erection of a school -house Rent: £1 p.a.
M/CW 171 paper28 December 1891 Memorandum of appointment of new trustees of Methodist New Connexion Sunday Schools in Willington
M/CW 181 paper28 December 1891 Licence from Gustavus Russell, Viscount Boyne, to Robinson Ferens and others to assign their interests in the residue of the 99 year lease to new trustees
M/CW 19Fifth Deposit (Acc: 2011(D)) Newfield Methodist Church
M/CW 191 volume, cloth boundRegister of baptisms, 8 March 1959 ­ 27 October 1985
M/CW 21Sixth Deposit (Acc: 2026 (D)) Crook Market Place Methodist Church (Formerly Crook Methodist New Connexion Church)
M/CW 214 papersBrief history and programme of the centenary celebrations 1859­1959, 6­27 September 1959
M/CW 22Seventh Deposit (Acc: 2040(D)) Individual Churches Byers Green Central Methodist Church (formerly United Methodist)
M/CW 221 volume, cloth boundBaptism register, 4 October 1934 ­ 10 November 1991
M/CW 28-30Fir Tree Methodist Church (formerly Wesleyan Methodist)
M/CW 281 volume, card boundTrustees’ minute book, 27 June 1910 ­ 17 July 1985
M/CW 291 paper, typescriptLetter from trustees of the Fir Tree Methodist Church to the Registrar General relinquishing the appointment of an authorised person to perform marriages in the church, 6 November 197[5]
M/CW 301 paper, typescriptLetter to the Rev. H. Taylor, vicar of Witton-le- Wear and Fir Tree, from the Rev. J. F. Collinson on behalf of the Fir Tree Methodist Church Council, confirming an agreement to make the Fir Tree Methodist Church available for the purpose of holding evensong on the last Sunday of each month, October 1980
M/CW 31-35Newfield, Stonebank Methodist Church (formerly Primitive Methodist) (United with Challies Street Church in 1937)
M/CW 311 volume, card boundAudited account book, 23 January 1925 ­ 8 September 1970
M/CW 321 volume, card boundTrustees’ meetings minute book, 12 June 1930 ­ 12 May 1977
M/CW 331 volume, card boundLeaders’ meetings minute book, 23 February 1937 ­ 12 November 1969
M/CW 341 volume, card boundSunday School attendance and Golden Text register, 4 January 1953 ­ 10 February 1963
M/CW 351 paperRecord of proposed new trustees for Newfield Methodist Church, 1 December 1967 ­ 10 April 1969
M/CW 36Tow Law Methodist Church
M/CW 36parchment, 1 membraneMemorandum of the choice and appointment of new trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist School at Tow Law, 8 July 1914
M/CW 37Willington Wesleyan Methodist Church (formerly Wesleyan Methodist)
M/CW 371 volume, leather half­boundCollection journal, 15 November 1896 ­ 23 August 1908
M/CW 38-46Witton-le-Wear Methodist Church (formerly Primitive Methodist)
M/CW 381 volume, cloth boundSeat rent book, [?1905]­1908
M/CW 391 volume, cloth boundCollection journal, 7 June 1925 ­ 14 September 1935
M/CW 401 booklet, card boundSunday School attendance register for the girls’ bible class, 7 January ­ 30 December 1934
M/CW 411 booklet, card boundSunday School attendance register for the junior girls’ class, 5 January ­ 27 December 1936
M/CW 421 booklet, card boundSunday school attendance register for the primary boys’ class, 3 January ­ 26 December, 1937
M/CW 431 booklet, card boundSunday School attendance register for the junior girls’ class, 2 January ­ 25 December 1938
M/CW 441 booklet, card boundSunday School attendance register for the boys’ first bible class, 1 January ­ 31 December 1939
M/CW 451 booklet, card boundSunday School attendance register for the junior girls’ class, 1 January ­ 31 December 1939
M/CW 461 booklet, card boundSunday School attendance register for the junior boys’ class, 1 January ­ 31 December 1939
M/CW 47-49Miscellaneous
M/CW 471 booklet, printedMissionary prayer manual of the Helpers’ Union of the Methodist Missionary Society, 1939 ­ 1940
M/CW 481 framed paper, 29.5cm x 24.5cmLocal preacher’ s long service certificate presented to Edward Hall for forty years service, November 1963
M/CW 491 paper, 50cm x 76cmPoster advertising Bishop Auckland Agricultural Society, 3 September 1895
M/CW 50Eighth Deposit (Acc: 2049(D)) Willington High Street Methodist Church (formerly Primitive Methodist)
M/CW 501 volume, leather bound“Book of Remembering” recording the names of the officials, members and ministers from the opening of the church, 14 August 1880 ­ 1968
M/CW 51-55Willington Wesley Methodist Church (formerly Wesleyan Methodist)
M/CW 511 volume, leather half­boundCollection journal, 23 October 1881 ­ 6 September 1896
M/CW 521 volume, leather half­boundCollection journal, 30 August 1908 ­ 31 December 1919
M/CW 531 volume, cloth boundCollection journal, 28 December 1919 ­ 1 November 1936
M/CW 541 volume, leather half­boundCollection journal, 8 November 1936 ­ 14 February 1960
M/CW 551 volume, cloth boundSunday School teachers’ attendance roll, 2 January 1938 ­ 26 December 1948
M/CW 56-69Ninth Deposit (Acc: 2102(D))
M/CW 561 booklet, printedPreaching plan, April 1988 ­ July 1988
M/CW 571 booklet, printedWorship plan, July 1988 ­ October 1988
M/CW 581 booklet, printedWorship plan, October 1988 ­ January 1989
M/CW 591 booklet, printedWorship plan, January 1989 ­ April 1989
M/CW 601 booklet, printedWorship plan, July 1990 ­ October 1990
M/CW 611 booklet, printedWorship plan, October 1990 ­ January 1991
M/CW 621 booklet, printedWorship plan, January 1991 ­ April 1991
M/CW 631 booklet, printedWorship plan, April 1991 ­ July 1991
M/CW 641 booklet, printedWorship plan, July 1991 ­ October 1991
M/CW 651 booklet, printedWorship plan, October 1991 ­ January 1992
M/CW 661 booklet, printedWorship plan and newsletter, January 1992 ­ April 1992
M/CW 671 booklet, printedWorship plan and newsletter, April 1992 ­ July 1992
M/CW 681 booklet, printedWorship plan and newsletter, July 1992 ­ October 1992
M/CW 691 booklet, printedWorship plan and newsletter, October 1992 ­ January 1993
M/CW 70-71Tenth Deposit (Acc: 2100(D))
M/CW 701 booklet, printedCircuit plan and directory, January 1984 ­ April 1984
M/CW 711 booklet, printedCircuit plan and directory, April 1985 ­ July 1985
M/CW 72-74Eleventh Deposit (Acc: 2121(D)) Crook Central Methodist Church
M/CW 721 volume, card boundTrust account book, 11 January 1965 ­ 5 April 1977 At end: Building fund and renovation fund accounts, 23 November 1965 ­ 1 May 1977
M/CW 731 volume, card boundTrust account book, 1 May 1977 ­ 7 May 1986 At beginning: list of income from collections and donations, 1 September 1974 ­ 24 March 1977
M/CW 741 volume, card boundSunday school account book, 10 January 1965 ­ 1985
M/CW 75-80Twelfth Deposit (Acc: 2137(D)) Crook and Willington Methodist Circuit
M/CW 751 volume, plastic boundMinutes of the Crook and Willington circuit meeting, 7 September 1983 ­ 30 September 1992 Attached at end: Report to circuit meeting made by the superintendent minister concerning the closure of small chapels, 14 April 1994
M/CW 761 paper, typescriptMinute of appreciation of secretary of the circuit meeting, c.1992 Originally enclosed in M/CW 75
M/CW 772 papers, typescriptCircular letter from Superintendent Minister and Circuit Finance Secretary, concerning local preachers, c.1990 Originally enclosed in M/CW 75
M/CW 786 papersCircuit accounts, 1992 Originally enclosed in M/CW 75
M/CW 79number not used Howden -le-Wear, Bridge Street Methodist Church
M/CW 801 volume, leather half­boundMinute book of society meetings, leaders ‘ meetings and church council meetings, 22 February 1933 ­ 24 September 1978
M/CW 81-101Willington, Lydia Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
M/CW 811 volume, leather half­boundTrustees’ meetings minute book, 9 November 1938 ­ 5 February 1957
M/CW 821 volume, leather half­boundTrustees’ meetings minute book, 7 February 1957 ­ 4 March 1974
M/CW 831 volume, card­boundVigilant Band minute book, 19 April 1878 ­ 8 April 1898
M/CW 842 papers, duplicatedTrustees’ accounts for the years ending 31 December 1945 and 31 December 1946 Originally enclosed in M/CW 80
M/CW 85/1,23 papers, printedProgramme for harvest festival celebrations, 1948; programme for Meet the Family, by John J. Melluish, performed at the November Fayre n.d.; and programme of concert at November Fayre, 25 November 1950 Originally enclosed in M/CW 80
M/CW 86/11 fileCorrespondence concerning the November Fayre, 1965 ­ 1971
M/CW 86/2­32 filesLists of money raised by the November Fayres, 1951 ­ 1973
M/CW 871 fileCorrespondence concerning the renovation of the church, 1966 ­ 1971
M/CW 881 plan, 45 cm. x 60 cm., waxed linen, colour-washGround plan and elevation of ‘ Wesleyan Church Willington Proposed New Porch’, late 19th century Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
M/CW 891 plan, 69 cm. x 49 cm., waxed linen, colour-washGround plan of ‘ Proposed Alterations to the Wesleyan Chapel Willington’, February 1923
M/CW 901 plan, 64 cm. x 63 cm., duplicatedGround plan and sections of proposed extension and alterations at Willington Church by Cordingley and McIntyre, Durham, October 1968 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
M/CW 911 plan, 42 cm. x 43 cm., duplicatedSections of alterations to the Methodist church, Willington, by Cordingley and McIntyre, Durham, August 1969 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot and 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:96 and 1:48]
M/CW 921 plan, 50 cm. x 48 cm., duplicatedSections and details of alterations to the Methodist Church, Willington, by Cordingley and McIntyre, Durham, August 1969 Scales: 1/8 inch to 1 foot; 1/2 inch to 1 foot; 3 inches to 1 foot [1:96;1:24;1:4]
M/CW 9356 plans, 42 cm. x 30 cm., duplicatedDiagram of proposed electrical installation at the Methodist Church, Willington, 1960s Scales: 1:100 and 1:50
M/CW 941 plan, 45 cm. x 73 cm., waxed linenGround plan, sections and elevations of Wesleyan schools in Lydia Street, Willington, c.1896
M/CW 951 plan, 62 cm. x 589 cm., tracing paperGround plan, sections and elevations of suggested alterations at the Wesleyan Methodist Schools, Willington, by H.J. Gradon, Durham, 6 March 1897 Scale: 10 feet to 1 inch [1:120]
M/CW 961 plan, 35.5 cm. x 49 cm., tracing paper‘ Willington W.M. School – Suggested Alterations to Plans’ showing ground and first floor plans and longitudinal section, by H.J. Gradon, Durham, 20 March 1897 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
M/CW 971 plan, 70 cm. x 48 cm., tracing paperGround and first floor plans, longitudinal and transverse sections of proposed alterations to the Wesleyan Methodist Schools, Willington, by H.J. Gradon, Durham and marked ‘ Mr. Milburn’s, Plan for Warming’, 22 May 1897 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
M/CW 981 plan, 28 cm. x 38 cm., tracing paper‘ Plan shewing Heating Apparatus ­ W.M. Schools, Willington’, n.d. c.1897 Scale: 1/8 scale: [1:96]
M/CW 991 plan, 19 cm. x 14.5 cm., tracing paperRough sketch of proposed heating system at Willington Wesleyan Methodist Schools, c.1897 No Scale
M/CW 1001 plan, 52 cm. x 74 cm., tracing paperGround plans and sections of proposed additions to the Wesleyan Methodist Schools at Willington, by H.J. Gradon, Durham, 15 November 1905 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
M/CW 1011 plan, 53 cm. x 71 cm., waxed linen, colour-washPlan of proposed alterations to the Wesleyan Methodist Schools, Willington: the addition of a kitchen and w.c.s, n.d. [ c.1911] Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
M/CW 102Thirteenth Deposit (Acc: 2174 (D)) Crook Central Methodist Church
M/CW 1021 volume, plastic boundTrustees’ minute book, 29 September 1964 – 6 September 1983
M/CW 105-107Fourteenth Deposit (Acc: 2194(D)) Byers Green Primitive Methodist Church
M/CW 1051 volume, cloth quarter-boundTrustees’ minute book, 20 May 1873 – 7 July 1885
M/CW 1061 volume, cloth boundTrustees’ account book, 1 January 1909 – 29 August 1981
M/CW 1071 volume, cloth quarter-boundTrustees’ minute book, 9 November 1964 – 11 October 1976
M/CW 108Willington Wesleyan Methodist Church
M/CW 1081 volume, cloth quarter-boundYoung Wives’ Fellowship minute book, 5 January 1954 – [23 October 1981]
M/CW 109-117Fifteenth Deposit (Acc: 2200(D)) Tow Law Wesley Methodist Church (formerly Wesleyan Methodist)
M/CW 1091 volume, vellum boundRegister of marriages, 21 July 1885 – 27 February 1915
M/CW 1101 volume, cloth boundRegister of marriages, 6 June 1920 – 6 August 1949
M/CW 1111 volume, cloth boundRegister of marriages, 24 December 1949 – 16 March 1957
M/CW 1121 volume, cloth boundRegister of marriages, 23 March 1957 – 25 November 1961
M/CW 1131 volume, cloth boundRegister of marriages, 2 December 1961 – 6 November 1965
M/CW 1141 volume, cloth boundRegister of marriages, 12 March 1966 – 24 March 1973
M/CW 1151 paperCertificate registering Tow Law Wesleyan Methodist Church as a place of worship, 11 February 1854
M/CW 116parchment, 1 membraneCertificate registering Tow Law Wesleyan Methodist Church for the solemnization of marriages, 3 February 1885
M/CW 1171 paperNotice from General Register Office of the requirement to amend the designated church name for the purposes of marriage registers and other records as a consequence of the Methodist Church Union Act, 1929, 13 April 1933
M/CW 118Sixteenth Deposit (Acc: 2206(D) Crook and Willington Methodist Circuit
M/CW 1181 volume, card boundMinute book of the steering committee of the stewardship campaign, 29 November 1988 – 8 May 1991
M/CW 119Tow Law Methodist Church (Chapel closed, 3 April 1994)
M/CW 1191 volume, cloth boundRegister of baptisms, 16 August 1962 – 1 August 1993 At end: note of funeral of Mrs. Eva Moore, 15 April 1994
M/CW 120-121Seventeenth Deposit (Acc: 2225(D)) Willington Circuit (Amalgamated with Crook Circuit 1 September 1983)
M/CW 1201 paperProgramme for a pageant of bible women as an anniversary meeting for women’s missionary work at Wesley Church, Willington, 13 October 1943
M/CW 1217 bookletsPlans and directories, 14 July – 6 October 1991, 10 January 1993 – 3 July 1994
M/CW 122-124Eighteenth Deposit (Acc: 3027(D)) North Bitchburn Methodist Church
M/CW 1221 bookletAttendance register of North Bitchburn Methodist Sunday School, January 1922 – December 1926
M/CW 1231 cardList of contributors to the electric light installation in North Bitchburn Methodist Church, October 1935
M/CW 1241 cardCertificate of long service presented to James S. Peake, local preacher since 1917, February 1959
M/CW 125-126Nineteenth Deposit (Acc: 3296(D)) Mount Pleasant, Wooley Terrace, Methodist Church
M/CW 1251 paper, 29.6 cm. x 21 cm.Long service certificate presented by Wooley Terrace Methodist Church Music Society to Nellie Birkbeck, the church organist, 17 May 1998
M/CW 1261 paper, 34.3 cm. x 25.8 cm.Long service certificate presented by the Methodist Church Sunday School Department to Frederick William Birkbeck for 26 years ‘ service in the Wooley Terrace Methodist Sunday School, February 1936
M/CW 127-129Twentieth Deposit (Acc: 3367(D)) Tow Law Methodist Church
M/CW 1271 volume, cloth boundMinute book of the Church Council, 22 October 1983 – 22 March 1994
M/CW 12849 papersCorrespondence, reports, agreements and contract relating to the inspection, letting and subsequent sale of the manse at 34 Greenways, Sunnybrow, Crook, 28 November 1984 – 21 September 2006
M/CW 1291 paper‘ Keeping Faith with the Countryside – A Series of Events Encouraging Rural Partnerships in the North-East ‘, produced by the Churches’ Regional Commission in the North-E ast, 2001

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