Stella St. Cuthbert Parish

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EP/SteStella St Cuthbert
EP/Ste Section 1Registration
EP/Ste section 01Registers of baptisms1-15, 319, 321/1-2
EP/Ste 11 volumeRegister of baptisms, 1845 – 1868 Enclosed: Certificate for marriage without licence between Foress Leslie Brown and Jane Green, 1871
EP/Ste 21 volumeRegister of baptisms, 1868 – 1877
EP/Ste 31 volumeRegister of baptisms, 1877 – 1886
EP/Ste 41 volumeRegister of baptisms, 1886 – 1893
EP/Ste 51 volumeRegister of baptisms, 1893 – 1898
EP/Ste 61 volumeRegister of baptisms, 1898 – 1902
EP/Ste 71 volumeRegister of baptisms, 1902 – 1909
EP/Ste 81 volumeRegister of baptisms, 1909 – 1912
EP/Ste 91 volumeRegister of baptisms, 1912 – 1915
EP/Ste 101 volumeRegister of baptisms, 1915 – 1920
EP/Ste 111 volumeRegister of baptisms, 1920 – 1924
EP/Ste 121 volumeRegister of baptisms, 1924 – 1929
EP/Ste 131 volumeRegister of baptisms, 1929 – 1936
EP/Ste 141 volumeRegister of baptisms, 1936 – 1945
EP/Ste 151 volumeRegister of baptisms, 1945 – 1955
EP/Ste 3191 volume, cloth boundRegister of baptisms, 4 September 1955 – 6 November 1983
EP/Ste 321/11 volume, plastic boundRegister of baptisms, 6 November 1983 – 9 September 1990
EP/Ste 321/21 volumeRegister of baptisms, 23 September 1990 – 20 June 1999
EP/Ste section 02Registers of marriages16-21, 37, 323/1
EP/Ste 161 volumeRegister of marriages, 1845 – 1906 Enclosed: Certificate for marriage without licence, between Peter Melling and Eleanor Prudhoe, 1900
EP/Ste 171 volumeRegister of marriages, 1906 – 1917
EP/Ste 181 volumeRegister of marriages, 1917 – 1924
EP/Ste 191 volumeRegister of marriages, 1924 – 1932
EP/Ste 201 volumeRegister of marriages, 1932 – 1941
EP/Ste 211 volumeRegister of marriages, 1941 – 1947
EP/Ste 371 volume, cloth boundRegister of marriages, 4 October 1947 – 15 March 1975
EP/Ste 323/11 volume, cloth boundRegister of marriages, 31 May 1975 – 25 July 2009
EP/Ste section 03Registers of banns of marriage22, 131, 322/1
EP/Ste 221 volumeRegister of banns of marriage, 1948 – 1962
EP/Ste 1311 volume, cloth boundRegister of banns of marriage, 20 May 1962 – 11 December 1983
EP/Ste 322/11 volume, plastic boundRegister of banns of marriage, 8 January 1984 – 25 June 1995
EP/Ste section 04Registers of burials109
EP/Ste 1091 volume, calf boundRegister of burials, 3 September 1845 – 15 February 1956 [Entries nos. 1649-1661 are out of order at the back of the volume]
EP/Ste Section 2Clergy
EP/Ste section 01Registers of confirmations45-46
EP/Ste 451 volume, cloth quarter-boundRegister of confirmation candidates, 17 May 1942 – 26 February 1954
EP/Ste 461 volume, card boundRegister of confirmation candidates from Axwell Park School, 1950 – 1959
EP/Ste section 02Registers of services and preachers
EP/Ste section 01Registers of services, Stella, St Cuthbert23-31, 136-138, 320, 325/1
EP/Ste 231 volumeRegister of services, 1897 – 1902
EP/Ste 241 volumeRegister of services, 1907 – 1910
EP/Ste 251 volumeRegister of services, 1911 – 1934
EP/Ste 261 volumeRegister of services, 1934 – 1944
EP/Ste 271 volumeRegister of services, 1944 – 1949
EP/Ste 281 volumeRegister of services, 1949 – 1955
EP/Ste 291 volumeRegister of services, 1955 – 1961
EP/Ste 301 volumeRegister of services, 1961 – 1964
EP/Ste 311 volumeRegister of services, 1964 – 1966
EP/Ste 1361 volume, cloth boundRegister of services, 17 July 1966 – 1 May 1968
EP/Ste 1371 volume, leather quarter-boundRegister of services, 5 May 1968 – 31 December 1975
EP/Ste 1381 volume, card boundRegister of services, 1 January 1976 – 25 August 1985
EP/Ste 3201 volume, plastic boundRegister of services, 1 September 1985 – 29 December 1993
EP/Ste 325/11 volume, plastic boundRegister of services, 1 January 1994 – 11 April 2010
EP/Ste section 02Registers of services, Blaydon Haugh Mission Room36
EP/Ste 361 volumeRegister of services at Blaydon Haugh Mission Room, 1910 – 1939
EP/Ste section 03Registers of preachers40
EP/Ste 401 volume, cloth boundRegister of preachers, offertory and Communicants, 5 October 1902 – 14 April 1907
EP/Ste section 03Parish boundaries41-42, 132-134, 324/1-2
EP/Ste 412 plans, 54cm x 38cm, printedPlans showing proposed alterations of parish boundaries on creation of parish of Hedgefield, St. Hilda, 1 January 1908 Scale: 6 inch to 1 mile [1:10560]
EP/Ste 423 papers, printedOrder in Council altering parish boundaries, with map and covering letter, 16 March 1960
EP/Ste 1321 booklet, printedCopy order-in-council to annex a portion of the parish of Winlaton to the parish of Stella, and to annex a portion of the parish of Stella to the parish of Swalwell, 4 September 1918
EP/Ste 1331 paperCopy scheme of the Church Commissioners for altering the boundaries of the parishes of St. Cuthbert, Stella, and Winlaton, n.d. [c.1959]
EP/Ste 1344 papersLetters from the Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, to Rev. W.W. Tymms, concerning the proposed alteration of boundaries between Stella and Winlaton parishes, 20 March – 10 August 1959
EP/Ste 324/11 plan, 60 cm x 30.5 cm, photostattedPlan of the District of St Cuthbert, Stella, copied from an order in council held in the Durham Diocesan records, depicting the area from Ryton Haugh in the west to Swalwell in the east; the river Tyne in the north to Haggerston’s Mill, Mill Lane, Blaydon in the south, n.d. [30 June 1845] Scale: 10 chains = 1 inch [1:7920]
EP/Ste 324/21 plan, 67.5 cm x 56 cm, printedOrdnance Survey plan, Durham sheet NZ 16 SE, covering Blaydon, Ryton and the south part of Newburn, with the parish boundary marked on it, 1974 Scale: 1:10000
EP/Ste section 04Benefice38-39, 135, 330/1
EP/Ste 381 volume, leather bound, printedThe London Gazette , including items relating to parish, 8 August 1845 – 8 June 1906
EP/Ste 391 file, and 1 paper, printedThe London Gazette , including an Order in Council effecting an exchange between the Crown and the Bishop of Durham of patronage of 45 benefices, including Stella, with covering letter, 28 July 1925
EP/Ste 1352 papersCopy pastoral order for altering certain rural deaneries in the archdeaconries of Durham and Auckland, including the transfer of the parish of St. Cuthbert, Stella, from Chester-le-Street rural deanery to the new rural deanery of Gateshead West, 12 June 1978
EP/Ste 330/115 papers, typescriptCorrespondence between Rev. Tom Jamieson, Rector of Ryton with Hedgefield, Barmoor House, Main Road, Ryton, Tyne and Wear; Mr M. C. Harrison, Secretary to the Parochial Church Council, 14 Staith Lane, Stella Park, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear; Paul Stringer, Secretary to Durham Diocesan Pastoral Committee, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland and the Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London, concerning a draft scheme to unite the parishes and benefices of Swalwell and Stella, 3 February 2003 – 6 January 2004
EP/Ste section 05Benefice income43-44, 113, 237
EP/Ste 432 papers, printedLetters from Ecclesiastical Commission to Rev. E.V. Simpkinson, Stella Rectory, converting 4% funding stock held in trust for benefice from sale of land to George Browell, 17 February – 14 April 1920
EP/Ste 441 paper, printedStatement of annual amounts payable by Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 1 April 1939
EP/Ste 113/1-77 papersCorrespondence between the Ecclesiastical Commission, the Church Commissioners and the Bounty Office and the incumbent of Stella, St. Cuthbert concerning the income of the benefice, 23 June 1933 – 1 July 1955
EP/Ste 2371 paperOrdinary assessment for the benefice of Stella, 21 August 1959
EP/Ste section 06Individual clergy
EP/Ste Photographs142-153, 326/1
EP/Ste 1421 photograph, 6 cm. x 10 cm., black and white, mounted on cardPhotograph portrait of Rev. Henry Percy Napier-Clavering, n.d. [1900-1907]
EP/Ste 1431 photograph, 11 cm. x 17 cm., black and white, mounted on cardPhotograph portrait of Rev. Mr. Browning, curate, n.d. [early 20th c.]
EP/Ste 1441 photograph, 8 cm. x 13 cm., black and whitePhotograph portrait of Rev. Charles Clark Snell, n.d. [1910-1913]
EP/Ste 1451 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm., black and whitePhotograph portrait of Rev. Charles Clark Snell, in profile, n.d. [1910-1913]
EP/Ste 1461 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and whitePhotograph of the children (daughter and two sons) of Rev. Charles Clark Snell, n.d. [1910-1913]
EP/Ste 1471 photograph, 8 cm. x 6 cm., black and whitePhotograph portrait of Rev. Edwyn Vaughan Simpkinson, n.d. [1913-1929]
EP/Ste 1481 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm.,black and whitePhotograph portrait of Rev. Harold Osmond Duncan, n.d. [c.1942]
EP/Ste 1491 photograph, 11 cm. x 8 cm., black and whitePhotograph of Rev. Wilfrid Widdas Tymms and family, n.d. [1953-1959].
EP/Ste 1501 photograph, 9 cm. x 9 cm., colourPhotograph of Rev. John Verity Schofield and family, Summer 1963
EP/Ste 1511 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and whitePhotograph of unidentified clergyman in front of the altar in the church of Stella, St. Cuthbert, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
EP/Ste 1521 photograph, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and whitePhotograph of unidentified clergyman at the lectern in the church of Stella, St. Cuthbert, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
EP/Ste 1531 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colourPhotograph of unidentified clergyman in the church of Stella, St. Cuthbert, conducting a ceremony of infant baptism, n.d. [1970s – 1980s]
EP/Ste 326/11 photograph, 8 cm x 13.5 cm, colourPortrait of Rev. Alan Oates: a section reproduced from a larger photograph, n.d. [c1995]
EP/Ste Licences to the curacy47
EP/Ste 471 paper, printedLicence to curacy, Herbert Walter Langford, 8 June 1952
EP/Ste section 07Parish profiles328/1
EP/Ste 328/13 papers, typescriptParish profile, n.d. [1997]
EP/Ste section 08Orders of service139-140, 327/1-2
EP/Ste 1391 booklet, printedOrder of civic service of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council at the parish church of St. Cuthbert, Blaydon, 19 May 1974
EP/Ste 1401 paperOrder-of-service for 150th anniversary rededication eucharist, 25 August 1995
EP/Ste 327/11 paper, printedOrder of service for a re-dedication Eucharist to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Blaydon parish church, 25 August 1995
EP/Ste 327/21 paper, printedOrder of service for the Deanery Mother’s Union Lady Day service, 27 March 2006
EP/Ste Section 3Tithe
EP/Ste section 01Tithe maps and apportionments48-50
EP/Ste 481 paperCopy tithe apportionment of township of Stella, parish of Ryton, 23 November 1838
EP/Ste 491 plan, 53cm x 52cm, tracing paperCopy plan of that part of the township of Stella in the parish of Ryton on which tithe rent-charge agreed to be paid in lieu of tithes has been apportioned, Thomas Bell, surveyor, July 1839 Scale: 1 inch to 4 chains [1:3168]
EP/Ste 501 fileTithe plan and apportionment of township of Stella in the parish of Ryton, 1839 Scale: 1 inch to 4 chains [1:3168]
EP/Ste section 02Tithe accounts154
EP/Ste 1541 paperAccount of C. Leatham with the Rev. C.C. Snell for payment of Stella tithe rentcharge for the year 1912, 1 January 1913
EP/Ste Section 4Churchwardens
EP/Ste section 01Church
EP/StePlans88, 169, 333/1-11
EP/Ste 881 plan, 56cm x 38cm, tracing paperPlan of proposed alterations to sanctuary, February 1956 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:24]
EP/Ste 1691 plan, 47 cm. x 42 cm., duplicatedCopy ground plan of the church of Stella, St. Cuthbert, by ‘H.E.S.’, 28 April 1980 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Ste 333/11 plan, 48.5 cm x 42 cmFloor plan of St Cuthbert’s church, Stella, n.d. [1980s] Scale: 1/8 inch = 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Ste 333/21 plan, 70.5 cm x 48 cm, waxed paperRevised plan, key plan and section of proposed toilet facility at St Cuthbert’s church, 21 October 1990 Scale: 1:100 and 1:20
EP/Ste 333/31 plan, 83.5 cm x 59.5 cm, duplicatedPlan of electrical services installation at St Cuthbert’s church, by Stenhouse & Partners, consulting mechanical and electrical engineers, Tyne View House, 9 Grange Road, Newburn, Tyne and Wear, May 1994 Scale: 1:100
EP/Ste 333/41 plan, 42 cm x 29.5 cm, printedGround floor plan of the proposed re-ordering of St Cuthbert’s church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, 3 July 2000 Scale: 1:50
EP/Ste 333/51 plan, 42 cm x 29.5 cm, printedRe-ordering of St Cuthbert’s church: proposed sections, A-A and B-B, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, 3 July 2000 Scale: 1:50
EP/Ste 333/61 plan, 42 cm x 29.5 cm, photocopiedPlan of proposed mezzanine storage at St Cuthbert’s church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, 3 July 2000 Scale: 1:50
EP/Ste 333/71 plan, 59 cm x 42 cm, duplicatedPlan and section, as existing and as proposed, of vestry and WC alterations at St Cuthbert’s church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, 30 May 2001 Scale: 1:50
EP/Ste 333/81 plan, 84 cm x 59.5 cm, duplicatedPlans of the servery at the west end of the church, as existing and as proposed, and proposed sections, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, 10 October 2001 Scale: 1:50
EP/Ste 333/91 plan, 83 cm x 59 cm, duplicatedPlan of glass door details, part of the project to re-order the west end of St Cuthbert’s church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, Owengate House, Durham, 30 November 2001 Scales: 1:2; 1:10
EP/Ste 333/101 plan, 42 cm x 29.5 cm, printedVestry and WC alterations at St Cuthbert’s church: proposed ceiling and electrical layout, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, 29 January 2004 Scale: 1:50
EP/Ste 333/111 plan, 49 cm x 42 cm, printedVestry and WC alterations at St Cuthbert’s church: proposed vestry screen details, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, 29 January 2004 Scales: 1:20 and 1:2
EP/StePhotographs170-204, 331/1-2
EP/Ste 1701 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and white, card mountedPhotograph copy of a sketch of the exterior of the original church of St. Cuthbert, Blaydon, drawn by John Liddell, August n.y. [ c.1850]
EP/Ste 1711 photograph, 24 cm. x 17 cm., black and white, card mountedEnlarged copy of EP/Ste 170
EP/Ste 1721 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePostcard photograph of the exterior of the church, and view along Shibdon Road, Blaydon, sent to Mrs. Ditchburn, 4 Bleach Green, Blaydon-on-Tyne, by her grandson Philip, postmark 29 January 1914
EP/Ste 1731 paper, 12 cm. x 16 cm., printedCopy photograph of the church tower, taken from a souvenir church booklet, n.d. [20th c.]
EP/Ste 174-1818 photographs, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotographs of the church and rectory, Blaydon, n.d. [c.1967]
EP/Ste 1821 photograph, 8 cm. x 12 cm., colour, card mountedPhotograph of the exterior of the church and tower, n.d. [1980s]
EP/Ste 1831 photograph, 17 cm. x 13 cm., colourPhotograph of the exterior of the church, looking towards the River Tyne, August 1995
EP/Ste 1841 photograph, 24 cm. x 17 cm., colour, in card mountView of the exterior of the church after nightfall, n.d. [1990s]
EP/Ste 1851 photograph, 16 cm. x 20 cm., black and white, card mounted, defectivePhotograph of the interior of the church, looking towards the chancel, by Alex. B. Cunninghame, 99 Thomas Terrace, Blaydon-on-Tyne, 1899
EP/Ste 1861 photograph, 11 cm. x 16 cm., black and whitePhotograph of memorial font dedicated to the fallen of the Great War, 1914-1918, n.d. [ c.1920]
EP/Ste 1871 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and whitePhotograph of the interior of the church, n.d. [early 20th c.]
EP/Ste 1881 photograph, 15 cm. x 11 cm., black and whitePhotograph of the interior of the church, n.d. [early 20th c.]
EP/Ste 189-1902 photographs, 15 cm. x 18 cm., and 15 cm. x 19 cm., black and white, mounted on cardPhotographs of the interior of the church looking towards chancel, n.d. [mid 20th c]
EP/Ste 1911 photograph, 8 cm. x 10 cm., black and whitePhotograph of the altar and reredos, n.d. [mid. 20thc.]
EP/Ste 1921 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotograph of the altar and chancel steps decorated for harvest festival, n.d [mid 20th c.]
EP/Ste 1931 photograph, 19 cm. x 14 cm., black and whitePhotograph of the altar in the church, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
EP/Ste 1941 paper, 12 cm. x 16 cm., printedCopy photograph of the interior of the church, showing the high altar, (taken from a souvenir church booklet), n.d. [20th c.]
EP/Ste 1951 photograph, 21 cm. x 16 cm., black and whitePhotograph of the altar and chancel, c.1978
EP/Ste 196-2038 photographs, 11 cm. x 11 cm., black and whitePhotographs of the interior of the church, reproduced in St. Cuthbert, Stella: Blaydon and its Church , by D. Howd and F.J.B. Blackburn, 1987
EP/Ste 2041 photograph, 12 cm. x 8 cm., colour, card mountedPhotograph of the interior of the church, Blaydon-on-Tyne, n.d. [c. 1980s]
EP/Ste 331/11 photograph, 9 cm x 10.5 cm, black and whitePhotograph of the interior of St Cuthbert’s church, looking eastwards along the nave towards the altar, n.d. [c1950]
EP/Ste 331/21 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and whiteClose-up of the east end of the church, depicting the altar with the lower portion of the east window behind; processional cross, candlesticks and communion rail, n.d. [c1950]
EP/SteRepairs and alterations165-166, 334/1-6, 336/1, 337/1, 338/1, 339/1
EP/Ste 165138 papersCorrespondence between Rev. W.W. Tymms; Rev. F.J.B. Blackburn; Ven. Michael Perry, Archdeacon of Durham; diocesan authorities; Charlewood, Curry Wilson and Atkinson, architects, Newcastle upon Tyne; Hayton, Lee and Braddock, architects, Durham City; George Browell Limited, Blaydon on Tyne; Paul Silcock, Blaydon on Tyne; Rentokil Limited, Crawcrook, Ryton; Elders, Walker, Millican, Limited, Gateshead; Community Industry, Hebburn; Harrison Brothers (Steeplejacks) Ltd., Darlington; the Ecclesiastical Insurance Office; and the Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, concerning repairs to church fabric, including renewal of church flooring, and repair of storm damage, 2 June 1958 – 2 December 1986 Includes: architect’s specifications of work, 1975, and application for confirmatory faculty, 1982
EP/Ste 16623 papersCorrespondence between Rev. F.J.B. Blackburn; Tyne and Wear County Council, and building contractors, concerning repairs to church roof and church tower door, including an application for grant aid, 28 July 1977 – 7 February 1979, 17 September – 23 October 1986
EP/Ste 334/11 file, typescriptTechnical specification for the electrical services installation at St Cuthbert’s church, by Stenhouse & Partners, consulting mechanical and electrical engineers, Tyne View House, 9 Grange Road, Newburn, Tyne and Wear, May 1994
EP/Ste 334/21 file, typescriptSpecification and schedule of work for interior decoration at St Cuthbert’s church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, April 1995
EP/Ste 334/31 file, typescriptSpecification and schedule of work for a new external concrete ramp at St Cuthbert’s church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, consultant architects, surveyors, interior designers and project managers, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, April 1995
EP/Ste 334/41 file, typescriptSpecification and schedule of work for the re-ordering of the west end of St Cuthbert’s church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, October 2001
EP/Ste 334/51 file, typescriptSpecification and schedule of work for valley gutter repairs (lead covered) option 1, at St Cuthbert’s church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, June 2002
EP/Ste 334/617 papers, typescriptDraft specification and schedule of work for a disabled toilet and vestry re-ordering at St Cuthbert’s church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, January 2004
EP/Ste 336/11 file, typescriptBudget cost statement for the proposed vestry and WC alterations at St Cuthbert’s church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, 4 July 2002
EP/Ste 337/176 papers, typescriptCorrespondence between Rev. Canon Hazel Ditchburn, The Rectory, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear; Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Gateshead Council, Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead; J. Simons, Bessie Surtees House, Sandhill, Newcastle upon Tyne; Durham Diocesan Registry, The Park Gate House, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; G. Weir Construction Ltd., 1 Back Front Street, North Shields, Tyne and Wear; Tait Walker, Bulman House, Regent Centre, Gosforth, Tyne and Wear and Harrison Holt Partnership, 36 Elsden Close, Oakerside Park, Peterlee, concerning the design of, fund raising for and management of the construction work during the re-ordering of the west end of St Cuthbert’s church, 24 July 2000 – 2 April 2003
EP/Ste 338/11 file, typescriptTender report on the re-ordering to the west end of St Cuthbert’s church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, November 2001
EP/Ste 339/150 papers, typescriptCorrespondence between Rev. Hazel Ditchburn, The Rectory, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear; Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; HM Customs and Excise, Dobson House, Regent Centre, Gosforth, Tyne and Wear; Gateshead Council, Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; Tyne and Wear Metropolitan Fire Brigade, South Division Headquarters, Railway Row, Sunderland; Tomlinson & Longstaff Ltd., Chapel Street, West Auckland and Watson Building Services, Unit 1, Hetton Lyons Industrial Estate, Hetton le Hole, Tyne and Wear, concerning the planning and implementation of a project to re-order the vestry at St Cuthbert’s and provide toilet facilities for the disabled, 5 June 2002 – 1 September 2004
EP/SteOrgan167, 259-260, 267
EP/Ste 1673 papersReport and estimate for restoration work to Blaydon parish church organ, as an alternative to work by Harrison and Harrison, by D.G. Jones, 29 April 1970
EP/Ste 2592 papers, printedFive Hymn Tunes and One Kyrie Eleison , music composed by William Forster, organist of Stella, St. Cuthbert’s, Blaydon-on-Tyne, and dedicated variously to Rev. and Mrs. M. Greene of Blaydon Rectory, Rev. and Mrs. J.W. Napier Clavering of Axwell Hall, and Rev. W.C. Harris, vicar of Kyloe [ ], n.d. [ c.1900] Endorsed: manuscript music for a hymn tune, autographed by W[illiam] F[orster]
EP/Ste 2601 photocopy, 30 cm. x 21 cm., black and whiteCopy photograph of Bob, Tom, Mat, William and Nichol Forster at the funeral of their brother Jack [at Stella St. Cuthbert’s church], n.d. [early 20thc.]
EP/Ste 2671 photograph, 12 cm. x 16 cm., black and whitePhotograph of unidentified church organist standing beside organ console in the church of Stella, St. Cuthbert, mid 20th c.]
EP/Ste Clock164
EP/Ste 1647 papersCorrespondence between Blaydon Urban District Council; the Diocesan Registry; and incumbents of Stella, St. Cuthbert, concerning the installation of a new electrical church clock, and repair and maintenance of the same, 22 September – 1 November 1933; 15 May 1959 and 9 June 1975
EP/Ste Windows168
EP/Ste 16841 papersCorrespondence between Rev. F.J.B. Blackburn; Reed, Millican and Company Limited, Gateshead; Elders, Walker, Millican Limited, Gateshead; the Ecclesiastical Insurance Office, and others; concerning damage to stained glass window and the overglazing of church windows, 10 March 1975 – 21 February 1986
EP/Ste section 02Churchyard110, 141, 243, 253, 340/1, 341/1
EP/Ste 1101 volume, leather half-­boundCertificates of the grant of right of burial by the Burial Board for the parish of St. Cuthbert, Stella, 30 January 1935 – 20 June 1939
EP/Ste 1411 photograph, 11 cm. x 15 cm., black and white, mounted on cardPhotograph of headstones erected in the churchyard of Stella, St. Cuthbert, in memory of Jeremiah Brown late of Carlisle, Cumberland, (father of Rev. William Brown, first incumbent of Stella parish) died 24 December 1855, and of Elizabeth, only child of Rev. William Brown, died 7 October 1863, n.d. [post 1863]
EP/Ste 2431 paperLetter from the Clerk of Blaydon Urban District Council to Rev. W.W. Tymms, approving of a proposal for the setting aside of a portion of the cemetery just inside the gates for the burial of cremated remains, 21 March 1959
EP/Ste 2531 paperGrant by Blaydon Urban District Council to the Parochial Church Council of right of burial in a section of the consecrated ground at Blaydon Cemetery, 10 March 1972 Consideration: £444
EP/Ste 340/149 papersCorrespondence between the rector of Stella, St Cuthbert, St Cuthbert’s Rectory, Shibdon Road, Blaydon; Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; Diocesan Registry, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Blaydon Urban District Council, Council Offices, Blaydon; Councillor R. M. Baker, 45 Berryhill Close, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear; Councillor R. Fursdon, The Old Manse, Barmoor, Tyne and Wear; Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, Beaufort House, Brunswick Road, Gloucester; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland and Lorna O. Gardner, 1 Kirkstone Close, Winlaton, Tyne and Wear, negotiating with Gateshead Council to establish its responsibility for maintaining the churchyard as a closed churchyard and dealing with subsequent maintenance issues, 1972 – 16 June 2007
EP/Ste 341/12 papers, typescript, photocopiedOrder in council confirming a pastoral scheme, appropriating part of St Cuthbert’s churchyard for use by the Parochial Church Council, 7 June 1990
EP/Ste section 03Church hall
EP/Ste Plans73-78, 212, 214
EP/Ste 731 plan, 73cm x 34cmPlan of central heating, St. Cuthbert’s Hall, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, 4 May 1948 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
EP/Ste 741 plan, 97cm x 69cmPlan of alterations and additions to central heating system, St. Cuthbert’s Church Hall, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, January 1955 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Ste 751 plan, 72cm x 33cmPlan of central heating, St. Cuthbert’s Hall, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, n.d. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
EP/Ste 761 plan, 60cm x 65cmPlan of proposed alterations to St. Cuthbert’s Church Hall for reallocation of Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, 20 July 1954 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
EP/Ste 771 plan, 100cm x 76cmPlan of electrical installation, St. Cuthbert’s Church Hall, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, 14 December 1954 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
EP/Ste 781 plan, 52cm x 37cm and 1 paper, typescriptPlan of alterations to toilets at St. Cuthbert’s Church Hall, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, with covering letter from Ministry of Works to A. Parry Esq., Consett, 14 January 1958 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
EP/Ste 2121 plan, 84 cm. x 59 cm., duplicatedCopy proposed site layout of new parish room, by Browne Smith Baker & Partners, architects, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 22 September 1989 Scale: 1:100
EP/Ste 2141 plan, 84 cm. x 59 cm., duplicatedCopy ground floor plan and elevations of proposed new parish room, by Browne Smith Baker & Partners, architects, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, November 1989 Scale: 1:50
EP/Ste Lease258
EP/Ste 2581 file18 June 1957 (1) The Official Trustee of Charity Lands (2) Rev. Wilfrid Widdas Tymms, of The Rectory, Blaydon, clerk in Holy Orders; Alfred Parry of 6 Deer Park Way, Axwell Park, Blaydon, engineer; Sarah Watkin of 16 Loup Terrace, Blaydon, widow; Joseph Dodd of 13 Storeys Lane, Stella, Blaydon, manager; and William Thoburn of 35 Polmaise Street, Blaydon, foreman; trustees of the Church Hall, Stella (3) H.M. Minister of Works Copy underlease for seven years, from 29 September 1954, to (3) of the Pillar Room and Meeting Room on the ground floor, and the large room on the lower ground floor, of the Church Hall, Shibdon Road, Blaydon Rent: £250 p.a. Endorsed: copy renewal of lease for seven years, 12 February 1962
EP/Ste Correspondence211
EP/Ste 21146 papersCorrespondence between the rector and churchwardens; Browne, Smith, Baker and Partners, architects, Newcastle upon Tyne; A.J. Bennett, Ltd., building contractors, Newcastle upon Tyne; Smiths Gore, surveyors, Darlington; and the Diocesan Office, concerning the construction of a new parish room in Shibdon Road, Blaydon, 20 September 1989 – 4 October 1990
EP/Ste section 04Vicarage
EP/Ste Plans51, 79-81, 208-209, 213
EP/Ste 511 filePlans of parsonage, approved by Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 5 July 1849 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96] 1 inch to 16 feet [1:192]
EP/Ste 791 plan, 49cm x 40cm, waxed linenPlan of proposed alterations to Curatage, Blaydon Bank, Blaydon-on-Tyne, 9 September 1952 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]
EP/Ste 801 plan, 23cm x 30cm, tracing paper, and 1 paper, typescriptSketch of plan on back of deed relating to curate’s house, with covering letter from R. Chapman, Diocesan Office to Rev. J.V. Schofield, 17 October 1961 Scale: 1:500
EP/Ste 811 plan, 61cm x 42cmPlan of curate’s house, Blaydon on Tyne, n.d. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96] 1 inch to 43 feet [1:516]
EP/Ste 2084 papersCopy plans of proposed house and garden for Stella parsonage (copied from Queen Anne’s Bounty mortgage no. 68 in Durham Diocesan Records), 1854 – 29 January 1866; copy made, 1985 Attached: covering letter from the University of Durham Department of Palaeography and Diplomatic, to Rev. F.J.B. Blackburn, 6 September 1985
EP/Ste 2091 plan, 84 cm. x 60 cm., duplicatedCopy plan of proposed alterations to the Rectory, Blaydon, for the Parochial Church Council, by Arthur and Kirkup, architects, 13 Swinburne Street, Gateshead, July 1967 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
EP/Ste 2131 plan, 84 cm. x 59 cm., duplicatedCopy south west and north east elevations of proposed new rectory, by Browne Smith Baker & Partners, architects, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 14 September 1989 Scale: 1:50
EP/Ste Reports and repairs205-206, 230
EP/Ste 205132 papersSurvey and inspection reports, estimates, and correspondence between Rev. R. Stephenson; Rev. F.J. B. Blackburn; the Diocesan Office; the Archdeacon of Auckland; Hayton, Lee & Braddock, architects, Durham City; Arthur and Kirkup, architects, Gateshead; Peter Fall Cowie Associates, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; and others, concerning major repairs to the existing rectory, consideration of its future suitability, and proposals for a replacement building in the rectory garden, 6 July 1959 – 15 March 1989
EP/Ste 2061 file; 4 photographs, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colourSurveyor’s report on, and valuation of, the Rectory, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, including site plan and views of the exterior, by Messrs. Smiths Gore, chartered surveyors, 10 May 1987
EP/Ste 2301 paperCopy notice for the execution of repairs to The Curatage, Blaydon Bank, Blaydon, 2 April 1987
EP/Ste Photographs215-229
EP/Ste 215-22915 photographs, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colourPhotographs taking during the construction of the new rectory, by Rev. Clive Murrie, 1990
EP/Ste Sale207
EP/Ste 2071 fileSale particulars of the Rectory, Blaydon-on-Tyne, n.d. [1990]
EP/Ste Correspondence210
EP/Ste 21034 papersCorrespondence between Rev. C. Murrie; architects; the Church Commissioners; and the Diocese of Durham, concerning the new rectory and parish room at Shibdon Road, Blaydon, 5 January 1989 – 5 April 1990 Includes: copy pastoral measure, 1983; and scheme for the appropriation of part of the churchyard for use by the Parochial Church Council, 1990
EP/Ste Tenancy agreements252
EP/Ste 2521 paper16 August 1954 (1) The Parochial Church Council of St. Cuthbert, Stella (2) Ernest Forster Counterpart tenancy agreement for The Curatage, Blaydon Bank, Blaydon Rent: £1 7s. 6d. per week
EP/Ste section 05Faculties and Archdeacons’ Cerificates
EP/Ste section 01Faculties52-69, 157-158, 161-163, 332/1-3
EP/Ste 521 paper, applied sealFaculty to introduce new Holy Table, 4 March 1911
EP/Ste 531 paper, printed, embossed sealFaculty to introduce a new font, 1 June 1919
EP/Ste 541 paper, printed, embossed sealFaculty to erect a marble tablet, 11 November 1920
EP/Ste 551 paper, printed, embossed sealFaculty to convert the present time movement clock into one with electronically controlled mechanism, 28 November 1933
EP/Ste 561 paper, printed, embossed sealFaculty to introduce a second Holy Table etc, 15 May 1939
EP/Ste 571 paper, embossed sealFaculty to remove old and unused font, 7 June 1944
EP/Ste 581 paper, embossed sealFaculty for alterations and improvements, 14 August 1945
EP/Ste 591 paper, typescript, applied sealFaculty to renew electric lighting system, 1 September 1949
EP/Ste 601 paper, typescript, applied sealFaculty to remove screen at west end and introduce a credence table and communion rail, 23 January 1950
EP/Ste 611 paper, typescript, applied sealFaculty for alterations and improvement, 7 November 1951
EP/Ste 621 paper, typescript, applied sealFaculty for repairs to windows, 3 May 1951
EP/Ste 631 paper, typescript, applied sealFaculty to introduce into the Lady Chapel a picture of the Raphael Madonna and Child, 29 August 1952
EP/Ste 641 paper, typescript, applied sealFaculty to remove wooden bench and introduce four oak chairs into sanctuary, 27 April 1954
EP/Ste 651 paper, typescript, applied sealFaculty to introduce a sanctuary lamp, 6 January 1955
EP/Ste 661 paper, typescript, applied sealFaculty to inter cremated remains of Isaac Clark in closed churchyard, 10 February 1956
EP/Ste 671 paper, typescript, applied sealFaculty to rebuild the boiler flue in the tower and make alterations in sanctuary, 18 June 1956
EP/Ste 691 paper, printed, embossed sealFaculty to introduce font cover, 6 September 1965
EP/Ste 1571 paperForm of confirmatory faculty in unopposed proceedings for works carried out in accordance with the quinquennial inspection report, 26 January 1983
EP/Ste 1588 papersCopy application for a faculty for repair of the church floor, and related correspondence from Rev. F.J.B. Blackburn and from Rev. J.E. Ruscoe, honorary secretary to the Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, to Mr. Wills, Diocesan Registrar, 23 May – 3 June 1983
EP/Ste 1612 papersForm of faculty in unopposed proceedings for the replacement of the electric organ with a new electronic organ, and accompanying citation, 30 March and 26 April 1989
EP/Ste 1621 paperForm of faculty in unopposed proceedings for the construction of a parish meeting room onto the north east corner of the church of Stella, St. Cuthbert, 12 April 1990
EP/Ste 1631 paperForm of faculty in unopposed proceedings for the conversion of a small rear vestry to provide toilet, washing and flower-arranging facilities, 2 January 1991
EP/Ste 332/11 paper, printed formFaculty authorising the removal of asbestos from the church boiler house; the removal of the existing heating installation in the church, including all pipes and radiators and replacing it with balanced flue heaters in the church, choir vestry and committee room; the installation of an electric fan heater in the lobby and the removal of three pews in the north aisle under the war memorial and the modification of pews in the south aisle to provide the necessary clearance for the heaters, 9 February 1994
EP/Ste 332/21 paper, typescript, photocopiedCopy faculty authorising the re-ordering of the west end of the church, the provision of two notice boards and the removal of a single choir pew, 8 November 2001
EP/Ste 332/31 paper, printedOrder amending the faculty issued on 8 November 2001 to include turning the remaining extraneous pew on the main aisles to face the font and tidying up the wood panelling in line with the new west end panelling, 5 March 2002
EP/Ste section 02Archdeacons’ certificates68, 159-160
EP/Ste 681 paper, typescriptArchdeacon’s certificate for redecoration of chancel, 1 May 1963
EP/Ste 1591 paperArchdeacon’s confirmatory certificate authorising works in the parish church proposed in an application of 23 May 1983, 25 October 1983
EP/Ste 1601 paperArchdeacon’s certificate for works [unspecified] in the church of Stella, St. Cuthbert, as proposed in an application of 11 June, 17 September 1985
EP/Ste section 06Terriers and inventories112
EP/Ste 112/1-21 volume, 1 paperTerrier and inventory, 8 February 1910 – January 1982
EP/Stesection 07Inspection of Churches Measure89-90, 234-236
EP/Ste 891 file, typescriptArchitect’s report on church under Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, 18 November 1964
EP/Ste 901 file, typescriptArchitect’s report on church under Inspection of Churches Measure 1955, 1 August 1969
EP/Ste 2341 fileArchitect’s report on the church by A.O. Lee, Owengate House, Durham City, February 1980
EP/Ste 2351 fileArchitect’s report on the church by A.O. Lee, of Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, October 1984
EP/Ste 2361 fileArchitect’s report on the church by A.O. Lee, of Hayton, Lee & Braddock, Owengate House, Durham, October 1989
EP/Ste section 08Quinquennial inspections232-233, 335/1
EP/Ste 2321 fileFirst quinquennial report on the condition of the church, and recommendations for its conservation and repair by G.E. Charlewood, architect, 6 April 1959
EP/Ste 2331 fileCopy quinquennial report on the church, by Ian Curry, architect, 30 September 1974
EP/Ste 335/11 file, typescriptQuinquennial inspection report on St Cuthbert’s church, by Hayton, Lee & Braddock Architects, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Saddler Street, Durham, October 1999
EP/Ste section 09Ecclesiastical Dilapidations
EP/Ste Vicarage71-72, 238-242, 342/1
EP/Ste 711 paper, printedAssessment of Ecclesiastical Dilapidations, 10 September 1944
EP/Ste 721 paper, printedAssessment of Ecclesiastical Dilapidations, 7 December 1954
EP/Ste 238-2425 filesSchedules of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspections, May 1959, May 1969, March 1974, April 1979 and September 1984
EP/Ste 342/11 file, typescriptSchedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Stella Rectory, by M. Galley, Diocesan Surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, March 2002
EP/Ste section 10Wayleave agreements70, 231
EP/Ste 701 file, printed1 March 1920 (1) Rev. Edwyn Vaughan Simpkinson of The Rectory, Blaydon-on-Tyne (2) The County of Durham Electrical Power Distribution Company Ltd. Wayleave agreement for underground electric cables
EP/Ste 2312 papers12 June 1980 (1) Rev. F.J.B. Blackburn, T.D., St. Cuthbert’s Rectory, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, Tyne & Wear (2) The North Eastern Electricity Board Wayleave agreement for underground and overhead electric power cables near St. Cuthbert’s Rectory Includes: plan of cable routes Attached: covering letter from (2) to (1), 4 July 1980
EP/Ste section 10Financial records
EP/Ste section 01Accounts of freewill offerings and stewardship schemes82-87
EP/Ste 821 volume, leather half-boundAccount book of freewill offerings, 4 April 1955 – 28 December 1958
EP/Ste 831 volume, card boundAccount book of stewardship scheme, 2 April – 31 December 1961
EP/Ste 841 volume, leather half-boundAccount book of stewardship scheme, 7 January 1962 – 24 March 1963
EP/Ste 851 volume, card boundAccount book of stewardship scheme, 31 March 1963 – 22 March 1964
EP/Ste 861 volume, card boundAccount book of stewardship scheme, 29 March 1964 – 21 March 1965
EP/Ste 871 volume, plastic boundAccount book of stewardship scheme, 1 April 1973 – 7 September 1975
EP/Ste section 02Bequests155-156
EP/Ste 1551 paperLetter from the executor of Edith Gregory, late of 4 Shibdon Way, Axwell Park, Blaydon, deceased, to Rev. Mr. Blackburn, enclosing a cheque for £500 bequeathed to the rector of St. Cuthbert’s church, 19 July 1983
EP/Ste 1564 papersCopy will of Miss Ann Lee of 28 Springwell Close, Bleach Green, Blaydon on Tyne, spinster, including a bequest of the residue of her estate to be divided equally between the rectors of Blaydon, St. Cuthbert, and Winlaton, St. Paul, 30-31 January 1980 Attached: covering letters between Waugh, Moody and Mulcahy, solicitors, of 116 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Rev. F.J. B. Blackburn, 26 November 1976
EP/Ste Section 5Vestry91-92 See EP/Ste 94 and 96 for additional minutes of meetings
EP/Ste 911 volume, leather boundMinute book of meetings of pew-holders, 8 April 1857 – 5 November 1860 and of vestry and annual vestry, 6 April 1863 – 14 June 1905
EP/Ste 921 volume, leather boundMinute book of vestry and annual vestry, 20 April 1906 – 25 November 1962
EP/Ste Section 6Parochial Church Council
EP/Ste section 01Minutes
EP/Ste section 01Parochial Church Council minutes93-96, 111, 244-246, 344/1-7, 345/1
EP/Ste 931 volume, paperMinute book of Parochial Church Council, [November] 1933 – 6 April 1949 and annual meetings, 26 January 1934 – 4 April 1948
EP/Ste 941 volume, card boundMinute book of Parochial Church Council, 2 May 1949 – 6 December 1954 and vestry and annual parochial meetings, 24 April 1949 – 17 February 1955
EP/Ste 951 volume, card boundMinute book of Parochial Church Council, 4 May 1959 – 6 September 1965 and annual parochial meetings, 6 April 1961 – 12 March 1964
EP/Ste 961 volume, card boundMinute book of Parochial Church Council, 4 October 1965 – 12 March 1974 and annual vestry, 29 April 1965 – 9 April 1974
EP/Ste 1111 volume, card boundMinute book of Parochial Church Council, 3 January 1955 -­ 6 April 1959
EP/Ste 2441 volume, card boundParochial Church Council meetings and annual church meetings minute book, 30 April 1974 – 17 April 1983 For enclosures see EP/Ste 247 and 249
EP/Ste 2451 volume, card boundParochial Church Council meetings and annual church meetings minute book, indexed, 22 May 1983 – 13 June 1989 For enclosures see EP/Ste 249
EP/Ste 2461 volume, card boundJunior Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 24 May 1965 – 12 April 1967
EP/Ste 344/11 volume, cloth boundMinutes of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, indexed, 13 September 1989 – 28 March 1993: 16 November 1998 – 29 February 2000
EP/Ste 344/21 fileMinutes of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 15 February 1993 – 18 January 1994 Includes: index, correspondence and financial statements
EP/Ste 344/31 fileMinutes of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 17 May 1994 – 21 March 1995 Includes: correspondence and financial statements
EP/Ste 344/41 fileMinutes of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 25 April 1995 – 19 March 1996 Includes: correspondence and financial statements
EP/Ste 344/51 fileMinutes of ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 7 May 1996 – 18 March 1997 Includes: correspondence and financial statements
EP/Ste 344/61 file, typescriptMinutes and agenda papers, including correspondence, relating to ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 20 May 1997 – 3 April 2001
EP/Ste 344/783 papers, typescript and 1 booklet, printedMinutes and agenda papers for ordinary meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 5 June 2001 – 2 March 2004
EP/Ste 345/11 file, typescriptMinutes and agenda papers for ordinary and Annual General meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 28 March 2004 – 3 April 2006
EP/Ste section 02Annual general meetings343/1-4
EP/Ste 343/11 volume, leather half-boundMinutes of Annual General Meetings of the Parochial Church Council and Annual Meetings to elect churchwardens, 26 April 1987 – 20 April 1993
EP/Ste 343/225 papersMinutes of Annual General Meetings of the Parochial Church Council and Annual Meetings to elect churchwardens, 20 April 1994 – 15 April 1997 Originally enclosed in EP/Ste 343/1 and EP/Ste 344/1
EP/Ste 343/38 papersAgenda papers for the Annual General Meeting of the Parochial Church Council, 31 March 1998
EP/Ste 343/45 booklets, 26 papers, printedAgenda papers for the Annual General Meetings of the Parochial Church Council, 4 April 2000 – 23 March 2003
EP/Ste section 02Financial records32-34, 97-103, 248-249, 346/1-4
EP/Ste 321 volumeParochial Church Council accounts, 1933 – 1950; Abroad Duplex and Sunday School collections, 1945 – 1956
EP/Ste 331 volumeParochial Church Council accounts, 1950 – 1955
EP/Ste 341 volumeParochial Church Council accounts, 1956 – 1968
EP/Ste 971 volume, card boundLedger of Parochial Church Council, 1948 – 1953
EP/Ste 981 volume, card boundLedger of Parochial Church Council, 1954 – 1976
EP/Ste 991 bookletBank passbook, Parochial Church Council Sinking Fund, 5 March 1955 – 4 November 1960
EP/Ste 1001 bookletBank passbook, Parochial Church Council Sinking Fund, 2 January 1965 – 26 March 1970
EP/Ste 1011 bookletBank passbook, Parochial Church Council Sinking Fund, 26 May 1970 – 10 June 1975
EP/Ste 1021 bookletBank passbook, Parochial Church Council Sinking Fund later Reserve Fund, 5 March 1955 – 21 September 1976
EP/Ste 1031 volume, card boundAccount book of Parochial Church Council, 1 January 1969 – 31 December 1976
EP/Ste 2487 papers, printedStatements of account, y/e 31 December 1966 – 31 December 1972
EP/Ste 24935 papersStatements of account, 1980-1987 Originally enclosed in EP/Ste 244-245
EP/Ste 346/11 booklet, printedAnnual report and statement of accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 1999
EP/Ste 346/21 booklet, printedAnnual report and statement of accounts of the Parochial Church Council, for the year ended 31 December 2002
EP/Ste 346/33 booklets, printedAnnual reports and statements of accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the years ended 31 December 2003 – 2005
EP/Ste 346/41 booklet, printedAnnual report and statement of accounts of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 2005
EP/Ste section 03Reports247
EP/Ste 24724 papersAnnual reports of the rector to the Parochial Church Council, 1976-1983 Attached: cutting from the Blaydon and Tyneside Courier , concerning the development scheme for the area surrounding the church, 19 January 1968
EP/Ste section 04Correspondence250-251, 347/1, 348/1
EP/Ste 25018 papersCorrespondence, notices and returns concerning the assessment of the parish share and calculation of the potential parish income, 1975-1985
EP/Ste 2519 papersCorrespondence between the Parochial Church Council and the Bishop of Durham, concerning the vacancy of the benefice on the resignations of Rev. John Schofield and Rev. Robert Stephenson, 12 May 1966 – 1 June 1967 and March 1974
EP/Ste 347/18 papers, typescriptCorrespondence between Miss L. Hutchinson, Secretary to the Parochial Church Council, 4 Edith Avenue, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear; Ven. M. C. Perry, Archdeacon of Durham, 7 The College, Durham and the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland concerning the proposal to suspend presentation to Stella parish, to allow time for the consideration of a proposal to appoint a part-time priest-in-charge, 16 October – 27 November 1991
EP/Ste 348/19 papers, typescriptCorrespondence between Michael C. Henderson, Secretary to the Parochial Church Council,14 Staith Lane, Stella Park, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear; Paul Stringer, Secretary to the Durham Diocesan Pastoral Committee, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; the Durham Diocesan Registry, The Park Gate House, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland and the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, concerning the proposed renewal of the suspension of presentation to the benefice of Stella, St Cuthbert, 2 May – 8 October 2002
EP/Ste section 05Parochial statistics104-106, 254, 329/1-2
EP/Ste 1042 papers, printedParochial return of membership and finance, 1960
EP/Ste 1051 paper, printedParochial return of membership and finance, 1962
EP/Ste 1061 paper, printedParochial return of membership and finance, 1964
EP/Ste 2541 volume, card boundRegister of members of the Parochial Church Council, 9 April 1946 – 3 April 1990
EP/Ste 329/11 paper, printed formParochial statistics for the year ended 31 December 1998 Originally enclosed in EP/Ste 344/1
EP/Ste 329/21 paper, printed formParochial statistics for the year ended 31 December 1999
EP/Ste section 06Christian stewardship campaign255
EP/Ste 2551 booklet, printedBooklet for a Christian Stewardship Campaign in the parish of Stella, Blaydon-on-Tyne, 1961
EP/Ste Section 12Charities107-108
EP/Ste section 01Church Hall CharitySee also Churchwardens
EP/Ste Trustees353/1
EP/Ste 353/13 papers, typescript, photocopiedCopy correspondence between the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Mr J. R. Armstrong, 22 Chesmond Drive, Loup Farm Estate, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear; Mr T. E. Young, 26 Falsgrave Place, Whickham, Tyne and Wear and Canon H. Ditchburn, The Rectory, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear, concerning the formal appointment of Trustees of Stella church hall, 21 May – 24 June 1999
EP/Ste Charity Commission257
EP/Ste 2572 papersCopy Charity Commission order in the matter of the charity known as ‘The Church Hall’ in the ecclesiastical parish of Stella, for vesting a plot of land fronting to the north side of Shibdon Road, Stella, in the Official Trustee, 16 August 1912
EP/Ste Minutes349/1-4
EP/Ste 349/11 volume, cloth boundMinutes and annual statements of account, of the Church Hall Trustees, 15 June 1934 – 22 October 1958 Includes: inventory of furnishings, 5 May 1954 – April 1955 and Secretary’s memoranda and copy out-letters, 4 July 1955 – 6 December 1958
EP/Ste 349/21 volume, cloth boundMinutes of the Church Hall Trustees, 28 January 1959 – 13 February 1998
EP/Ste 349/31 volume, cloth boundMinutes of the Church Hall Trustees, 27 April 1998 – 8 February 1999
EP/Ste 349/412 papers, typescriptMinutes of the church Hall Trustees, 22 February – 9 August 1999 Originally enclosed in EP/Ste 349/3
EP/Ste Financial records350/1
EP/Ste 350/11 volume, cloth boundCash book of the Blaydon, St Cuthbert church Hall Trustees, 13 March 1950 – 9 January 2001
EP/Ste Correspondence351/1
EP/Ste 351/11 file, typescriptCorrespondence file of the secretary to the Trustees of St Cuthbert’s Stella Parish Hall relating to the management of the Hall and the negotiation of leases of parts of it to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Blaydon Urban District Council and Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, 18 August 1954 – 15 April 1985
EP/Ste Leases352/1-3
EP/Ste 352/11 file, typescript17 September 1973 1)The Official Custodian for Charities 2)Rev. Robert Stephenson of The Rectory, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, clerk in holy orders; George Buchan of 6 Shibdon Way, Axwell Park; Joseph Dodd of 93 Hanover Drive, Winlaton; Derrick Howd of 68 Shibdon Road, Blaydon and William Martin Tulip of Northcote, 64 Shibdon Road, Blaydon, Trustees of the Blaydon, St Cuthbert’s Stella Church Hall 3)Secretary of State for the Environment Counterpart lease, for 5 years, by (1) to (3), of part of the Church Hall, Shibdon Road together with the right to use the forecourt of and entrances to the building; staircases, corridors and passages within it; lavatories and WCs and the car park in common with other tenants and the right to erect nameplates and a letter box, install services and machinery and make structural alterations, provided that all such alterations are made good at the end of the lease. Consideration: annual rent of £225 Includes: plan
EP/Ste 352/21 file, typescript8 January 1974 1)The Official Custodian for Charities 2)Rev. Robert Stephenson of The Rectory, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, clerk in holy orders; George Buchan of 6 Shibdon Way, Axwell Park, Blaydon; Joseph Dodd of 93 Hanover Drive, Winlaton; Derrick Howd of 68 Shibdon Road, Blaydon and William Martin Tulip of Northcote, 64 Shibdon Road, Blaydon, Trustees of the Blaydon, St Cuthbert’s Stella Church Hall 3)Blaydon Urban District Council Counterpart lease, for 3 years, by (1) to (3) of part of the Church Hall, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, together with the right to use the forecourt of and entrances to the building; staircases, corridors and passages within it; lavatories and WCs and the car park in common with other tenants and the right to erect nameplates and a letter box, install services and machinery and make structural alterations, provided that all such alterations are made good at the end of the lease. Consideration: annual rent of £675 Includes: plan
EP/Ste 352/31 file, typescript5 November 1976 1)The Official Custodian for Charities 2)Rev. Frederick John Barrie Blackburn of The Rectory, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear, clerk in holy orders; George Buchan of 6 Shibdon Way, Axwell Park, Tyne and Wear; Derrick Howd of 68 Shibdon Road, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear; William Critchley of 19 The Avenue, Parklands, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear and Henry Eric Stamper of Eber, The Avenue, Axwell Park, Tyne and Wear, Trustees of the Blaydon, St Cuthbert’s Stella Parish Hall 3)Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council Counterpart lease, for 5 years, by (1) to (3) of part of the Parish Hall, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, together with the right to use the forecourt of and entrances to the building; staircases, corridors and passages within it; lavatories and WCs and the car park in common with other tenants and the right to erect nameplates and a letter box, install services and machinery and make structural alterations, provided that all such alterations are made good at the end of the lease. Consideration: annual rent of £675 Includes: plan
EP/Ste Site and building256
EP/Ste 2561 file15 April 1912 (1) Rev. Charles Clark Snell of Stella, clerk (2) The Rt. Rev. Handley Carr, Lord Bishop of Durham, patron (3) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (4) The said Charles Clark Snell; Charles Napier Clavering of Axwell Park, Blaydon, colonel in H.M. Army; William Dodds of Shibdon Road, Blaydon; Howard Morrison of Thorneyholme Terrace, Blaydon; and William Sidney Jude, [of Blaydon, clerk], trustees Copy lease for 99 years by (1), with consent of (2) and (3), to (4) of a piece of land in the parish of Stella, bounded on the north and east by other land belonging to the benefice of Stella and on the south by Shibdon Road [Blaydon], for the purpose of erecting a parish building Rent: £5 2s. p.a.
EP/Ste section 02Other charities107-108, 354/1
EP/Ste 1071 paper, printedLetter from Charity Commission to Rev. E.V. Simpkinson, St. Cuthbert’s Rectory concerning investment of funds of charities of John Mulcaster and Elizabeth Brown, 14 March 1918
EP/Ste 10817 papers, printed and typescriptCorrespondence and Board of Education Schemes concerning the educational charities of Elizabeth Brown and John Mulcaster, 2 November 1938 – 15 December 1939
EP/Ste 354/11 volume, leather half-boundNapier Clavering Memorial District Nursing Trust, cash book, 1 January 1924 – 31 December 1926; minutes of meetings of the Trustees, 9 March 1931 – 2 March 1970; annual reports and statements of account of the Trustees, 1 January 1933 – 31 December 1956 and of the Blaydon Sick Poor Fund, 1 January 1957 – 2 July 1959
EP/SteSection 13Church Societies
EP/Ste section 01Church choir261-266
EP/Ste 2611 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white, card mountedGroup photograph of the church choir of Stella, St. Cuthbert, and Rev. H.P. Napier-Clavering, outside the church; signed J.E. Blain, n.d. [1900-1907]
EP/Ste 2621 photograph, 21 cm. x 16 cm., black and whiteGroup photograph of the church choir of Stella, St. Cuthbert and Rev. C.C. Snell, 1910
EP/Ste 2631 photograph, 20 cm. x 14 cm., black and white, mounted on cardGroup photograph of the church choir of Stella, St. Cuthbert and unidentified clergyman, n.d. [1930s]
EP/Ste 2641 photograph, 8 cm. x 6 cm., black and whiteGroup photograph of the church choir of Stella, St. Cuthbert, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
EP/Ste 2651 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and whiteGroup photograph of the church choir of Stella, St. Cuthbert, and unidentified clergyman, outside the rectory, n.d. [ c.1950]
EP/Ste 2661 photograph, 21 cm. x 19 cm., black and whiteGroup photograph of the church choir of Stella, St. Cuthbert, including Rev. Mr. Tymms, n.d. [1953-1959] Endorsed: names of most individuals appearing in photograph
EP/Ste section 02Church Lads’ Brigade269-282, 355/1-2 The St. Cuthbert’s Boys’ Brigade Company became the Church Lads’ Brigade in 1910 In 1912, Brigade members were affiliated as cadets of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps
EP/Ste 2691 photograph, 10 cm. x 7 cm., black and whitePhotograph of [St. Cuthbert’s] Boys’ Brigade presentation ceremony, n.d. [c .1900-1910]
EP/Ste 2701 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., sepia tint, mounted on cardGroup photograph of the 11th Newcastle Blaydon Company of the Boys’ Brigade, winners of the Newcastle Boys’ Brigade Battalion colours and football cup, 1906
EP/Ste 2711 photograph, 10 cm. x 7 cm., black and whiteGroup photograph of the Church Lads’ Brigade and a member of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, n.d. [1912]
EP/Ste 2721 photograph, 10 cm. x 8 cm., black and whiteGroup photograph of Stella, St. Cuthbert’s. Church Lads’ Brigade and affiliated cadets of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, n.d. [ c.1912-1914]
EP/Ste 2731 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whiteGroup photograph of affiliated cadets of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, n.d. [ c.1912-1914]
EP/Ste 2741 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whiteGroup photograph of members of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps with cadets from Stella, St. Cuthbert’s Church Lads’ Bridge, n.d. [ c.1912-1914]
EP/Ste 2751 photograph, 10 cm. x 7 cm., black and whitePhotograph of the Church Lads’ Brigade cadets engaged in rifle practice, n.d. [ c.1912-1914]
EP/Ste 2761 photograph, 10 cm. x 7 cm., black and whitePhotograph of the Church Lads’ Brigade cadets on parade for rifle inspection, n.d. [ c.1912-1914]
EP/Ste 2771 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whiteGroup photograph of the Church Lads’ Brigade, 1914
EP/Ste 2781 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotograph of the ChurchLads’ Brigade leaders and band, 1914
EP/Ste 2791 photograph, 7 cm. x 9 cm., black and white, defectiveGroup photograph (incomplete) of the Church Lads’ Brigade, 1914
EP/Ste 2801 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whiteGroup photograph of the Church Lads’ Brigade, winners of football trophy and sports trophy, n.d. [ c.1914]
EP/Ste 2811 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whiteGroup photograph of the Church Lads’ Brigade football team, early 1920s
EP/Ste 2821 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colourGroup photograph of the Church Lads’ Brigade reunion meeting in Lucy Street Chapel Hall, [ ], 10 October 1980
EP/Ste 355/11 photograph, 25 cm x 20 cm, black and white, mounted on boardPhotograph of St Cuthbert’s, Stella, Church Lads Brigade, with Rev. E. Simpkinson, showing off a football trophy and a sports trophy, n.d. [1920s]
EP/Ste 355/21 photograph, 20 cm x 15 cm, colour, mounted in a presentation folderPhotograph of the Church Lads Brigade re-union, 1995
EP/Ste section 03Girls’ Friendly Society285-291 Formed in 1914. Drama was a very popular activity of the Society
EP/Ste 285-2873 photographs, 10 cm. x 7 cm., black and whitePhotographs of a dramatic production on a fairytale theme, by the Girls’ Friendly Society, n.d. [1920s]
EP/Ste 2881 photograph, 21 cm. x 16 cm., black and whitePhotograph of the principal characters in a dramatic production by the Girls’ Friendly Society, including Misses Frances and Ada Colling, Miss Scott and Miss Gregory, n.d. [1920s] See also EP/Ste 285-287
EP/Ste 2891 photograph, 16 cm. x 11 cm., black and whitePhotograph of an historical costume drama production by the Girls’ Friendly Society, n.d. [1950s]
EP/Ste 2901 photograph, 17 cm. x 12 cm., black and whitePhotograph of an unidentified dramatic production by the Girls’ Friendly Society, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
EP/Ste 2911 photograph, 17 cm. x 12 cm., black and whitePhotograph of a nativity play production, possibly by the Girls’ Friendly Society, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
EP/Ste section 04Scouts283-284
EP/Ste 2831 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whiteGroup photograph of the Boy Scout troop leaders, 1920
EP/Ste 2841 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whiteGroup photograph of the Boy Scout troop, in the rectory garden, early 1920s
EP/Ste section 05St. Cuthbert’s Amateur Football Club268
EP/Ste 2681 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whiteGroup photograph of St. Cuthbert’s Amateur Football Club, including Rev. Mr. Browning, curate, and Rev. Mr. Greenwood, n.d. [1907-1910]
EP/Ste section 06Miscellaneous292-302
EP/Ste 2921 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white, mounted on cardGroup photograph of infant school or Sunday school children (several in costume) and teachers outside Stella, St. Cuthbert’s church, n.d. [ c. 1890-1900]
EP/Ste 2931 photograph, 36 cm. x 20 cm., sepia tint, mounted on cardPhotograph of an unidentified Stella, St. Cuthbert’s church ladies’ group and Rev. H.P. Napier-Clavering, in the rectory garden, n.d. [1900-1907] This may possibly be the Sewing guild, connected with 1903 church bazaar. See EP/Ste 306-307
EP/Ste 2941 photograph, 16 cm. x 11 cm., black and whiteGroup photograph of unidentified church ladies’ group, and Rev. C.C. Snell and curate, probably on a church outing, n.d. [1910-1913]
EP/Ste 2951 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotograph of male group from the church of Stella, St. Cuthbert, including an unidentified clergyman, seated in open-topped omnibus, registration BB329, outside J. Brown and Sons outfitters’ shop on the corner of Church Street and Tyne Street, Blaydon, n.d. [ c.1910]
EP/Ste 2961 photograph, 8 cm. x 10 cm., black and whitePhotograph of three young men in a rural setting, probably on a church outing, n.d. [ c.1910-1913]
EP/Ste 2971 photograph, 7 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotograph of three men, including the curate of Stella, St. Cuthbert, in a rural setting, probably on a church outing, n.d. [ c.1910-1913]
EP/Ste 2981 photographic print, 16 cm. x 10 cm., black and whitePhotograph of the cast of a Pageant of the Prayer Book, produced by Deaconess Lakey, outside Stella, St. Cuthbert’s church, 1943
EP/Ste 299-3002 photographs, 19 cm. x 13 cm., and 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotographs of the cast of a dramatic production on a religious theme, by an unidentified church group, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
EP/Ste 301-3022 photographs, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotographs of the cast of a dramatic production being congratulated by an unidentified clergyman, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
EP/Ste Section 14Miscellaneous
EP/Ste Parish magazines114-130, 303-305, 357/1-2
EP/Ste 1141 paper, printedParish magazine, August 1925
EP/Ste 1151 file, xeroxCopy of parish magazine, March 1927
EP/Ste 1161 volume, card boundParish magazines, January 1930 -­ December 1934
EP/Ste 1171 volume, card boundParish magazine, January 1935 – December 1939
EP/Ste 1181 volume, card boundParish magazines, January – December 1940
EP/Ste 1191 volume, card boundParish magazines, January – December 1941
EP/Ste 1201 volume, card boundParish magazines, January -­ December 1942
EP/Ste 1211 volume, card boundParish magazines, January -­ December 1944
EP/Ste 1221 volume, card boundParish magazines, January 1945 – December 1949
EP/Ste 1231 volume, card boundParish magazines, January 1950 – December 1953
EP/Ste 1241 volume, card boundParish magazines, January 1954 – December 1956
EP/Ste 12546 booklets, printedParish magazines, January 1957 – September 1961
EP/Ste 1263 papers, printedBlaydon Crossroads , the parish newspaper of St. Cuthbert’s, Blaydon, December 1961, October 1963 and June 1965
EP/Ste 127/1-9797 bookletsImpact , the joint parish magazine of Greenside, Hedgefield, Blaydon, Swalwell and Marley Hill, January 1966 – December 1974
EP/Ste 128/1-5252 bookletsBlaydon Parish News, January 1975 – December 1979
EP/Ste 129/1-8989 bookletsBlaydon St. Cuthbert Parish News , January 1980 -­ June 1987
EP/Ste 130/1-55 bookletsParish magazines, October 1913, March 1915, August 1916, May 1920, May 1922
EP/Ste 3031 paper, printedParish magazine, October 1918
EP/Ste 3041 bookletParish News, 150th anniversary edition, August 1995
EP/Ste 3051 paper, printedProgramme of 150th anniversary celebrations, 25-27 August [1995]
EP/Ste 357/14 papers, printed, photocopiedCopy parish magazine, September 1919
EP/Ste 357/21 paper, printedParish magazine, October 1935
EP/Ste Church history35, 306-307, 358/1, 359/1, 361/1, 362/1
EP/Ste 351 volumeYearbook of St. Cuthbert’s Parish Church, 1943
EP/Ste 306-3072 booklets, printed‘The Book of the Bazaar’, programme of a bazaar held in the Cooperative Hall, [Blaydon], on behalf of St. Cuthbert’s church, to increase the funds towards provision of a parish hall, 25-26 November 1903 Includes: photograph views of St. Cuthbert’s church exterior, c. 1903; photograph of church exterior and Rev. Mr. Brown and family, pre 1877; front elevation of Axwell Hall; and photograph portraits of Rev. William Brown, Rev. M. Greene, Rev. H.P. Napier-Clavering and Rev. J.W. Napier-Clavering, n.d.
EP/Ste 358/11 booklet, printedHistory of St Cuthbert’s church, compiled by Rev. H. O. Duncan, to commemorate the centenary of the church, 1945
EP/Ste 359/11 volume, paper boundSt Cuthbert, Stella: Blaydon and its Church, by Frederick J. B. Blackburn and Derrick Howd, n.d. [1987]
EP/Ste 361/11 paper, printedCentrefold from the Gateshead Post, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of St Cuthbert’s church, 31 August 1995
EP/Ste 362/11 booklet, printedReport of twinning between the parish of Blaydon and Swalwell and the Ev. Luth. Kirchengemeinde St Eirene, Hamburg, Langenhorn, Germany, 1-6 March 2006
EP/Ste Photographs308-316
EP/Ste 3081 photograph, 21 cm. x 15 cm., black and white, mounted on cardPhotograph of stone-faced terraced housing and several adult and child residents standing outside, with allotment or garden area in foreground, probably St. Cuthbert’s Place, Blaydon, n.d. [1890s] See EP/Ste 309 for extension of photograph on right hand side
EP/Ste 3091 photograph, 20 cm. x 16 cm., black and white, mounted on cardPhotograph of school, single-storey housing and allotment or garden area, probably St. Cuthbert’s Place, Blaydon (behind St. Cuthbert’s church), n.d. [1890s]
EP/Ste 3101 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotograph of the exterior of Blaydon Roman Catholic Church, n.d. [early 20th c.]
EP/Ste 3111 paper, 15 cm. x 10 cm., printedPhotograph of the front elevation of Stella Hall [Blaydon], n.d. [early 20th c.]
EP/Ste 3121 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotograph of Church Street, Blaydon, n.d. [c.1960]
EP/Ste 3131 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and whitePhotograph of Scotswood Bridge and the River Tyne, viewed from Blaydon, n.d. [ 1960s]
EP/Ste 3141 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotograph of view across East Blaydon and the River Tyne, n.d. [1960s]
EP/Ste 3151 photograph, 8 cm. x 13 cm., black and whitePhotograph portrait of Rev. William Hetherington, of Fatfield, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
EP/Ste 3161 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and white, mounted on cardPhotograph of three celebration cakes made for an unidentified anniversary or centenary occasion at Stella, St. Cuthbert’s church, n.d. [mid-late 20th c.]
EP/Ste Local history317-318, 360/1
EP/Ste 3171 booklet, printedCentenary of Blaydon Races, official souvenir brochure issued by the City and County of Newcastle upon Tyne and Blaydon Urban District Council, 1962
EP/Ste 3181 booklet, printedA Century and a Half, 1828-1978, celebration booklet to mark the 150th anniversary of St. Paul’s Church, Winlaton, 1978
EP/Ste 360/12 papers, printedThe Bellman, newsletter of Blaydon Urban District Council, no. 3, April 1963
EP/Ste Ordnance Survey maps356/1-3
EP/Ste 356/11 plan, 99 cm x 67 cm, printed, duplicatedCopy Ordnance Survey plan, Durham sheet 6.1, 1st edition, covering Winlaton and Blaydon Burn, n.d. [1850s] Scale: 25.344 inches = 1 mile [1:2500]
EP/Ste 356/21 plan, 101 cm x 68 cm, printed, duplicatedCopy Ordnance Survey plan, Durham sheet 11.13, 1st edition, covering Stella and Blaydon, n.d. [1850s] Scale: 25.344 inches = 1 mile [1:2500]
EP/Ste 356/31 plan, 85.5 cm x 59 cm, printed, photostattedCopy Ordnance Survey plan, Durham sheet 11.13, covering Stella and Blaydon, 1891 Scale: 25.344 inches = 1 mile [1:2500]