Tow Law St. Philip Parish

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Tow Law St. Philip Parish records

id	title id	ref	sorting number	level	title	item physical	item accession no	description
649808	165532	EP/TL 1/1-11	470289	S	Registration
215219	165532	EP/TL 1/1	470290	I		1 volume, vellum bound	560	Register of baptisms, 30 June 1878 – 9 June 1886
215220	165532	EP/TL 1/2	470291	I		1 volume, vellum bound	560	Register of baptisms, 9 June 1886 – 28 December 1893
215221	165532	EP/TL 1/3	470292	I		1 volume, vellum bound	560	Register of baptisms, 18 January 1894 – 26 August 1902
215222	165532	EP/TL 1/4	470293	I		1 volume, calf bound	560	Register of baptisms, 26 August 1902 – 5 February 1914
215223	165532	EP/TL 1/5	470294	I		1 volume, vellum bound	560	Register of baptisms, 5 February 1914 – 8 January 1931
215224	165532	EP/TL 1/6	470295	I		1 volume, cloth bound	560	Register of baptisms, 15 January 1931 – 20 July 1969
215225	165532	EP/TL 1/7	470296	I		1 volume, leather half-bound	560	Register of marriages, 3 January 1876 – 27 August 1927
215226	165532	EP/TL 1/8	470297	I		1 volume, cloth bound	560	Register of marriages, 31 August 1927 – 12 February 1938
215227	165532	EP/TL 1/9	470298	I		1 volume, cloth bound	560	Register of marriages, 9 April 1938 – 14 June 1947
215228	165532	EP/TL 1/10	470299	I		1 volume, cloth bound	560	Register of marriages, 21 June 1947 – 25 May 1957
215229	165532	EP/TL 1/11	470300	I		1 volume, vellum bound	560	Register of burials, 29 June 1878 – 6 December 1934 [After 18 June 1889 there are 6 entries only: in 1890, 1894, 1897, 1900, 1903 and 1934 respectively]
176514	165532	EP/TL 1/12-14	470301	S				Second Deposit (Acc: 1226)
378153	165532	EP/TL 1/12	470302	I		1 volume, calf bound	1226	Register of banns of marriage, 19 December 1875 – 23 September 1933
378154	165532	EP/TL 1/13	470303	I		1 volume, cloth bound	1226	Register of banns of marriage, 21 October 1934 – 23 December 1945
378155	165532	EP/TL 1/14	470304	I		1 volume, cloth bound	1226	Register of banns of marriage, 13 January 1946 – 4 March 1956
176618	165532	EP/TL 1/15-16	470305	S				Eighth Deposit (Acc: 3088)
382257	165532	EP/TL 1/15	470306	I		1 volume, cloth bound	3088	Register of marriages, 20 June 1957 – 5 December 1970
382258	165532	EP/TL 1/16	470307	I		1 volume, cloth bound	3088	Register of marriages, 26 June 1971 – 27 May 1989
176515	165532	EP/TL 2/1-8	470308	S	Clergy
378156	165532	EP/TL 2/1	470309	I		1 volume, leather half-bound	560	Register of services, 16 June 1878 – 26 May 1892
378157	165532	EP/TL 2/2	470310	I		1 volume, leather half-bound	560	Register of services, 24 April 1892 – 28 December 1904
378158	165532	EP/TL 2/3	470311	I		1 volume, leather half-bound	560	Register of services, 1 January 1905 – 14 April 1914
378159	165532	EP/TL 2/4	470312	I		1 volume, leather half-bound	560	Register of services, 16 April 1914 – 30 July 1922
378160	165532	EP/TL 2/5	470313	I		1 volume, leather half-bound	560	Register of services, 3 August 1922 – 29 March 1932
378161	165532	EP/TL 2/6	470314	I		1 volume, cloth bound	560	Register of services, 31 March 1932 – 4 July 1940
378162	165532	EP/TL 2/7	470315	I		1 volume, cloth bound	560	Register of services, 7 July 1940 – 3 April 1949
378163	165532	EP/TL 2/8	470316	I		1 volume, cloth bound	560	Register of services, 10 April 1949 – 29 March 1959
176516	165532	EP/TL 2/9-23	470317	S				Second Deposit (Acc: 1226)
378164	165532	EP/TL 2/9	470318	I		1 file, parchment	1226	Licence to publish banns and solemnize marriages in the chapel at Tow Law, 3 December 1875
378165	165532	EP/TL 2/10	470319	I		4 papers	1226	Papers concerning consecration of church, 26 September 1868 – July 1869
378166	165532	EP/TL 2/11/1-6	470320	I		6 papers	1226	Letters from Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Rev. George P. Wilkinson, Harperley Park concerning proposed assignment of district of Tow Law and transfer of patronage to the Bishop of Chester, 28 April 1877 – 23 February 1878
378167	165532	EP/TL 2/12	470321	I		1 file, parchment	1226	31 January 1878 (1) Rev. George Pearson Wilkinson, vicar of Thornley (2) Right Rev. William Bishop of Chester (3) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (4) Right Rev. Charles Bishop of Durham Agreement and instrument of surrender whereby (1) with consent of (3) and (4) transfers to (2) the right to nominate a minister to serve church of Tow Law
378168	165532	EP/TL 2/13	470322	I		1 paper, printed	1226	Order in Council transferring advowson of Tow Law and other parishes from Bishop of Chester to Bishop of Durham, 18 December 1974
378169	165532	EP/TL 2/14	470323	I		1 file, printed	1226	The London Gazette, including Order in Council assigning consolidated chapelry to Tow Law church, 2 April 1878
378170	165532	EP/TL 2/15	470324	I		4 papers	1226	Order in Council altering parish boundaries, including draft and map, 29 October 1965
378171	165532	EP/TL 2/16	470325	I		1 paper, typescript	1226	Description of proposed new parish boundary, n .d.
378172	165532	EP/TL 2/17	470326	I		1 file, Printed	1226	The London Gazette , including grant of stipend of £120 for an assistant curate, 25 February 1881
378173	165532	EP/TL 2/18	470327	I		1 paper, printed	1226	Licence to curacy, Thomas Bertram Weatherell, B.A., 12 December 1911
378174	165532	EP/TL 2/19	470328	I		3 papers, printed	1226	Licence to curacy, Thomas Brynmor Davies, B.A., including certificates of his having made declarations etc. and having read Thirty-Nine Articles in church, 22 June 1959
378175	165532	EP/TL 2/20	470329	I		1 paper, printed	1226	Statement of annual amounts payable by Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 1 April 1939
378176	165532	EP/TL 2/21	470330	I		1 volume, cloth bound	1226	Register of services, 1 January 1936 – 11 May 1939
378177	165532	EP/TL 2/22	470331	I		1 volume, cloth bound	1226	Register of services, 29 March 1959 – 24 September 1964
378178	165532	EP/TL 2/23	470332	I		1 volume, cloth bound	1226	Register of services, 27 September 1964 – 9 May 1971
176517	165532	EP/TL 2/24	470333	S				Third Deposit (Acc: 1642)
378179	165532	EP/TL 2/24	470334	I		Acc: 1226	1642	Programme for the Rev. T.H.E.C. Espin Memorial Weekend (1858-1934): Vicar of this parish for 1888-1934: An appreciation of and thanksgiving for his life and ministry displayed in floral art, photographs and words, 14, 15, 16, September 1984 (1 booklet, duplicated) Second Deposit
176613	165532	EP/TL 2/25	470335	S				Sixth Deposit (Acc: 2590)
382246	165532	EP/TL 2/25	470336	I		Acc: 2590	2590	Register of services, 11 May 1971 – 29 December 1986 (1 volume, cloth bound) Sixth Deposit
176619	165532	EP/TL 2/26-36	470337	S				Eighth Deposit (Acc: 3088)
382259	165532	EP/TL 2/26	470338	I		1 booklet	3088	Order-of-service for the admission of the Reverend Garland Bevan Lloyd to the perpetual curacy of Tow Law, 30 May 1950
382260	165532	EP/TL 2/27	470339	I		1 booklet	3088	Order-of-service for the admission of the Reverend Thomas Brynmoor Davies to the perpetual curacy of St. Philip and St. James, Tow Law, 22 June 1959
382261	165532	EP/TL 2/28	470340	I		1 booklet	3088	Order-of-service for the admission of the Reverend Philip Wright to the perpetual curacy of St. Philip and St. James, Tow Law, 12 May 1964
382262	165532	EP/TL 2/29	470341	I		1 booklet	3088	‘A form of humble prayer to Almighty God to be used on Sunday, the third of January, 1915, being the day appointed for intercession on behalf of the Nation and Empire in this time of war’, January 1915
382263	165532	EP/TL 2/30	470342	I		1 paper	3088	Programme for the Service of Thanksgiving for the Ten Years of the Beneficent work of the British Legion, 5 July 1931
382264	165532	EP/TL 2/31	470343	I		2 papers	3088	‘A form of Divine Service commended by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York for general use on Sunday, 9 May 1937 being the Sunday preceding the Coronation of their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth’, May 1937
382265	165532	EP/TL 2/32	470344	I		1 booklet	3088	Order-of-service for the dedication of two stained glass windows in memory of the men of Tow Law who died in the war of 1914 – 1918 and the war of 1935 – 1945, 21 October 1950
382266	165532	EP/TL 2/33	470345	I		1 paper	3088	Special Forms of Service in Commemoration of His Late Majesty King George VI of Blessed and Glorious Memory’, 1952
382267	165532	EP/TL 2/34	470346	I		1 paper	3088	Programme for the dedication of a stained glass window of St. Cuthbert in memory of Anthony and Elizabeth Gill by the Bishop of Jarrow, 23 May 1965
382268	165532	EP/TL 2/35	470347	I		1 booklet	3088	Order-of-service for the centenary festival service, 24 July 1969
382269	165532	EP/TL 2/36	470348	I		2 papers	3088	Typescript order of service for a centenary service, 20 July 1969
176623	165532	EP/TL 2/37-40	470349	S				Ninth Deposit (Acc: 3483)
382309	165532	EP/TL 2/37	470350	I		2 photographs, 18 cm. x 25 cm., black and white, mounted on 1 board	3483	Head and shoulders portrait of Rev. Michael Henry Simpson, vicar of Tow Law, 1878 – 1888, and photograph of the east window of the church, given by Rev. M.H. Simpson in 1882 Both photographs were given to the vicar and churchwardens by Mrs. [Pease-Ella], daughter of Rev. M.H. Simpson, 1940
382306	165532	EP/TL 2/38	470351	I		1 plan, 37.5 cm. x 45.5 cm., colour wash, duplicated	3483	‘Map showing the alteration of the boundaries of the parishes of St. Philip and St. James, Tow Law, and Thornley’, 29 April 1965 Scale: 9 inches to 1 mile [1:7040]
382310	165532	EP/TL 2/39	470352	I		1 paper, printed	3483	Order in council establishing a scheme to transfer the ownership, from the Bishop of Chester to the Bishop of Durham, of the advowson of the benefices of Frosterley, St. Michael; Long Newton; Norton; Tow Law, St. Philip and St. James; Winlaton; and Wolsingham and Thornley, 18 December 1974
382311	165532	EP/TL 2/40	470353	I		1 volume, plastic bound	3483	Register of services, 1 January 1987 – 27 April 2002
176518	165532	EP/TL 4/1-32	470354	S	Churchwardens
378180	165532	EP/TL 4/1	470355	I		1 paper	1226	Licence to bury in the additional burial ground at Thornley prior to consecration, 9 March 1848
378181	165532	EP/TL 4/2	470356	I		1 file, printed	1226	Order in Council discontinuing burials in church, churchyard and Dan’s Castle burial ground, 19 July 1883
378183	165532	EP/TL 4/3	470357	I		1 file, printed	1226	Order in Council discontinuing burials in church, churchyard and Dan’s Castle burial ground, 6 November 1883
378184	165532	EP/TL 4/4	470358	I		1 paper, printed	1226	Order in Council postponing discontinuance of burials in Dan’s Castle burial ground, 30 December 1884
378185	165532	EP/TL 4/5/1-16	470359	I		30 papers	1226	Letters to Rev. G.P. Wilkinson, Harperley Park concerning subscriptions towards building church, including transcripts, 8 January 1867 – 2 June 1869
378182	165532	EP/TL 4/6	470360	I		40 papers	1226	Invoices, receipts, estimates and correspondence concerning building and furnishing church, 4 February 1867 – 14 December 1872
378186	165532	EP/TL 4/7	470361	I		24 papers	1226	Invoices for work on church, 1 January 1879 -June 1898
378187	165532	EP/TL 4/8/1-2	470362	I		2 papers	1226	Letters from Bishop of Durham to Rev. G.P. Wilkinson concerning church site, 5 March – 14 August 1867
378188	165532	EP/TL 4/9/1-2	470363	I		2 papers	1226	Letters from Charles Attwood, Wolsingham, to Rev. G.P. Wilkinson, Harperley Park, concerning church site, 7 March – 6 September 1867
378189	165532	EP/TL 4/10/1-2	470364	I		2 papers	1226	Letters from William Smith, Tow Law, to Rev. G.P. Wilkinson concerning church site, 9 August 1867 – 15 June 1869
378190	165532	EP/TL 4/11	470365	I		1 paper	1226	Letter from Lady Boyne, Burwarton, Bridgnorth, to Rev. G.P. Wilkinson granting permission to build church on Thornley Common, 27 September 1867
378191	165532	EP/TL 4/12/1-3	470366	I		3 papers	1226	Letters from A. Storey, Durham, to Rev. G.P. Wilkinson concerning conveyance of church site, 29 July – 8 December 1868
378192	165532	EP/TL 4/13	470367	I		1 paper	1226	Letter from Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Rev. George P. Wilkinson, Harperley Park concerning conveyance of church site, 9 December 1868
378193	165532	EP/TL 4/14	470368	I		1 paper	1226	28 May 1869 (1) The North Eastern Railway Company (2) George Pearson Wilkinson of Harperley Park, clerk Agreement that (1) will sell to (2) 530 sq. yds. of land at Tow Law (plan annexed)
378194	165532	EP/TL 4/15/1-4	470369	I		4 papers	1226	Letters from the North Eastern Railway Company to Rev. G.P. Wilkinson, Harperley Park concerning conveyance of land for church, 31 May – 21 July 1869
378195	165532	EP/TL 4/16	470370	I		1 file	1226	22 July 1884 (1) The North Eastern Railway Company (2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Conveyance of 1a.33p. land in Tow Law (boundaries specified and plan attached) with wayleave Consideration: £200
378196	165532	EP/TL 4/17	470371	I		1 paper	1226	Letter from William Stobart, Etherley Lodge, Darlington, to Rev. G.P. Wilkinson concerning sale of additional land near church, 3 December n.y.
378197	165532	EP/TL 4/18/1-5	470372	I		5 papers	1226	Letters from Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Rev. G.P. Wilkinson, Harperley Park, concerning provision of parsonage house, 19 June – 19 August 1878
378198	165532	EP/TL 4/19	470373	I		1 file, printed	1226	The London Gazette , including grant of £1500 towards providing parsonage, 23 August 1878
378199	165532	EP/TL 4/20	470374	I		1 paper and 1 plan, 44.5 cm. x 32 cm., waxed linen	1226	16 July 1885 (1) The North Eastern Railway Company (2) Rev. Michael Henry Simpson of the Vicarage, Tow Law Agreement that (1) will lay a sanitary pipe to the vicarage and that (2) will lay another pipe to drain surface water (plan attached)
378200	165532	EP/TL 4/21	470375	I		1 paper	1226	Letter from John Dooth, Diocesan Registry, to Chancellor Espin concerning working of coal under parsonage, 16 October 1890
378201	165532	EP/TL 4/22	470376	I		1 paper	1226	Letter from Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Rev. Chancellor Espin, D.D., Wolsingham Rectory, concerning proposed working by Weardale Iron and Coal Company of coal under church and parsonage, 28 November 1890
378202	165532	EP/TL 4/23	470377	I		1 paper	1226	Balance sheet, Easter 1881
378203	165532	EP/TL 4/24	470378	I		1 volume, card bound	1226	Account book of church, 11 May 1939 – 30 December 1945
378204	165532	EP/TL 4/25	470379	I		1 volume, card bound	1226	Account book of church, 6 January 1946 – 31 December 1956
378205	165532	EP/TL 4/26	470380	I		1 paper, printed	1226	Notice of dedication festival and opening of new organ, 27 April 1885
378206	165532	EP/TL 4/27	470381	I		1 paper	1226	Terrier, n.d. [c.1901]
378207	165532	EP/TL 4/28	470382	I		1 paper	1226	Terrier, 1915
378208	165532	EP/TL 4/29	470383	I		1 paper	1226	Terrier, 1926
378209	165532	EP/TL 4/30	470384	I		3 papers, typescript	1226	Inventory, June 1938
378210	165532	EP/TL 4/31	470385	I		1 plan, 50 cm. x 34.5 cm., coloured	1226	Plan of proposed new boiler at church, 31 July 1935 Scale: 1 inch : 8 feet [1:96]
378211	165532	EP/TL 4/32	470386	I		Acc: 1226	1226	Site plan of church, church hall and vicarage, showing water pipes and drains, n.d. Scale: 66 feet to 1 inch [1:792] (1 plan, 30.5 cm. x 19 cm., coloured) Second Deposit
176620	165532	EP/TL 4/33-59	470387	S				Eighth Deposit (Acc: 3088)
382285	165532	EP/TL 4/33	470388	I		1 file	3088	Architect’s report no. 4, made under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955 , by Hayton and Lee, Owengate House, Durham, September 1972
382286	165532	EP/TL 4/34	470389	I		1 file	3088	Architect’s report no. 5, made under the Inspection of Churches Measure 1955 , written by A. O. Lee, Diocesan Architect, Owengate House, Durham, April 1977
382287	165532	EP/TL 4/35	470390	I		3 papers	3088	Correspondence between Rev. Andrew Scott, The Vicarage, Tow Law and Hayton, Lee and Braddock, architects, Owengate House, Durham, concerning the quinquennial inspection of the church, 30 April 1974 – 12 April 1977
382288	165532	EP/TL 4/36	470391	I		1 paper	3088	Archdeacon’s certificate for carrying out repairs to the church, 18 September 1974
382289	165532	EP/TL 4/37	470392	I		1 paper	3088	Archdeacon’s certificate for carrying out repairs to the church, 2 February 1979
382290	165532	EP/TL 4/38	470393	I		40 papers	3088	File concerning the maintenance of the churchyard, 14 November 1884 – 24 September 1980 Includes: a list of tombstones in Tow Law churchyard, giving name, date of death and age, n.d., 20th c.
382291	165532	EP/TL 4/39	470394	I		1 plan, 40cm. x 36.6cm.	3088	Plan of the first floor of Tow Law vicarage, showing the existing and proposed plumbing and central heating systems, 16 March 1935 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
382292	165532	EP/TL 4/40	470395	I		1 plan, 40cm. x 36.6cm.	3088	Plan of the attic and roof of Tow Law vicarage showing the existing and proposed plumbing systems and central heating, 16 March 1935 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
382293	165532	EP/TL 4/41	470396	I		1 plan, 40cm. x 36.6cm.	3088	Plan of the basement of the vicarage showing the existing and proposed plumbing and central heating systems, 16 March 1935 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
382294	165532	EP/TL 4/42	470397	I		1 plan, 40cm. x 36.6cm.	3088	Plan of the ground floor of the vicarage showing the existing and proposed plumbing and central heating systems, 16 March 1935 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
382295	165532	EP/TL 4/43	470398	I		4 papers	3088	Estimate, with covering letter, to Rev. P. W. Slater, Tow Law Vicarage, from Henry Walker & Son Ltd., Central Domestic Engineering Works, 113 New Bridge Street, Newcastle, concerning the installation of a new boiler, 31 July 1935
382296	165532	EP/TL 4/44	470399	I		8 papers	3088	Correspondence between Rev. Andrew Scott, The Vicarage, Tow Law, and Eric Whitfield (Durham) Ltd., 12 Front Street, Broompark, concerning the church central heating system, 4 May 1972 – 14 September 1981
382271	165532	EP/TL 4/45	470400	I		6 papers	3088	Correspondence between the Rev. Andrew Scott, The Vicarage, Tow Law, and Harrison and Harrison Ltd., organ builders, Durham, concerning repairs to the church organ, 12 December 1961 – 21 December 1979
382272	165532	EP/TL 4/46	470401	I		5 papers	3088	Correspondence between J. Gill, Windyridge, Tow Law; H. Cecil Ferens, Diocesan Registry, The College, Durham; and the Rev. P. Wright, The Vicarage, Tow Law, concerning the design of a new stained glass window dedicated to St. Cuthbert, 3 September 1964 – 30 October 1964 Includes: a copy of a drawing of the proposed window, c.1964
382273	165532	EP/TL 4/47	470402	I		16 papers	3088	Correspondence between the Rev. P. Wright, The Vicarage, Church Lane, Tow Law; the National Coal Board, Green Lane, Spennymoor; and Cordingley and McIntyre, architects, Owengate House, Durham; concerning coalmining subsidence in the church, 20 January 1965 – 14 February 1972
382270	165532	EP/TL 4/48	470403	I		16 papers	3088	Correspondence between Rev. Andrew Scott, The Vicarage, Tow Law and H. J. Banks and Company, Inkerman Colliery, Tow Law, concerning dirt and drainage problems next to the church caused by opencast mining at the Thornley Pithouse site, 24 November 1971 – 21 December 1979
382274	165532	EP/TL 4/49	470404	I		4 papers	3088	Correspondence between the Rev. P[hilip] Wright, The Vicarage, Tow Law, and the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, 32 and 34 Whitechapel Road, London, concerning the church bells, 6 September 1966 – 31 October 1967
382275	165532	EP/TL 4/50	470405	I		5 papers	3088	Correspondence between Rev. Philip Wright, The Vicarage, Tow Law, and the Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, The Vicarage, South Hylton, concerning the church font canopy, 27 June 1967 – 19 July 1967
382276	165532	EP/TL 4/51	470406	I		1 paper	3088	Copy letter from the Rev. P[hilip] Wright, The Vicarage, Tow Law, to S.P.C.K., Newcastle, concerning the design for a Mothers’ Union banner case, 10 December 1968
382277	165532	EP/TL 4/52	470407	I		28 papers	3088	File concerning the maintenance and running of the church hall, October 1970 – 31 December 1980
382278	165532	EP/TL 4/53	470408	I		3 papers	3088	Correspondence between Rev. Andrew Scott, [no address given], and L. W. Stowell, Senior Conservation Officer, Furniture Conservation Department, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, concerning the possible restoration of the church choir screen which is covered in fir cones, pine cones, acorns, hazelnuts and conkers, 10 September – 10 October 1973
382279	165532	EP/TL 4/54	470409	I		2 papers	3088	Correspondence between Rev. Andrew Scott, The Vicarage, Tow Law and the Rev. John Ruscoe, Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, The Vicarage, South Hylton, Sunderland, concerning the disposal of litany desks, 25 – 29 October 1973
382280	165532	EP/TL 4/55	470410	I		6 papers	3088	Correspondence between Rev. Andrew Scott, The Vicarage, Tow Law, and Fred Warren (Electrical) Ltd., concerning the re-wiring of the church, 23 November 1974 – 24 September 1979
382281	165532	EP/TL 4/56	470411	I		7 papers	3088	Correspondence between Rev. A. Scott, The Rectory, Tow Law, and A. Lax and Sons, Steel’s House Yard, West Road, Crook, concerning the repair of the church roof, 10 March 1976 – 18 June 1979
382282	165532	EP/TL 4/57	470412	I		2 papers	3088	Letters to Rev. Andrew Scott, The Vicarage, Tow Law, from Harrison Brothers (Steeplejacks) Ltd. concerning the church lighting conductor, 9 November – 7 December 1977
382283	165532	EP/TL 4/58	470413	I		16 papers	3088	Correspondence between Rev. Andrew Scott, The Vicarage, Tow Law; P. L. Smith and Co. (Durham) Ltd., Elvet Waterside, Durham; the Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, The Vicarage, South Hylton, Sunderland; British and Foreign Bible Society, 146 Queen Victoria Street, London; and Mrs. Melrose, 5 Teesdale Road, Startforth, concerning her proposed donation to the church of a board listing the names of the vicars of the parish, and a lectern bible, 8 January 1979 – 16 September 1981
382284	165532	EP/TL 4/59	470414	I		6 papers	3088	Petition for a faculty to fix a glass-fronted oak case to a wall on the north side of the nave, to hold the Sunday School banner; and for the erection of a board recording the names of vicars and curates of the parish of Tow Law, on the south west corner of the nave, near the font, 21 January 1979
176624	165532	EP/TL 4/59A-78	470415	S				Ninth Deposit (Acc: 3483)
382312	165532	EP/TL 4/59A	470416	I		1 paper, printed form	3483	Faculty authorising the erection of oak panelling along the north wall of the sanctuary and so much of the south wall not occupied by the sedilia, and along the south wall of the chancel; the insertion, into the panels, of brass plates commemorating the dead of the First World War; William Atkinson, churchwarden; and Mary Potts, district visitor, 15 March 1921
382313	165532	EP/TL 4/60	470417	I		1 paper, printed form	3483	Faculty authorising changes to the communion rails, 12 June 1931
382314	165532	EP/TL 4/61	470418	I		1 paper, printed form	3483	Faculty authorising the replacement of the gas lighting with electric lighting, 13 February 1941
382315	165532	EP/TL 4/62	470419	I		1 paper, printed form	3483	Faculty authorising the erection of a brass tablet on an oak mount near the east window, and an oak panel in the sanctuary, inscribed in memory of Rev. Michael Henry Simpson, to commemorate the gift, by Rev. M.H. Simpson, of the east window, 20 July 1939
382316	165532	EP/TL 4/63	470420	I		1 paper	3483	Faculty authorising the erection in the north wall of the chancel of an oak tablet inscribed in memory of Robert Milburn Wheatley, 21 May 1947
382317	165532	EP/TL 4/64	470421	I		1 paper, typescript	3483	Faculty authorising the installation of a wash bowl and water supply in the vestry, the re-pointing of the walls, and the strengthening of the roof beams, 8 May 1953
382318	165532	EP/TL 4/65	470422	I		1 paper, typescript	3483	Faculty authorising the installation of a new boiler, oil-firing unit and storage tank, 7 August 1958
382319	165532	EP/TL 4/66	470423	I		1 paper, printed form	3483	Faculty authorising the installation of a stained-glass window, depicting St. Cuthbert, in the north wall of the church, inscribed in memory of Anthony and Elizabeth Gill, 21 December 1964
382320	165532	EP/TL 4/67	470424	I		1 paper, printed form	3483	Faculty authorising the reservation of a triangular plot of ground at the west end of the closed consecrated churchyard for the interment of cremated remains, 22 April 1975
382321	165532	EP/TL 4/68	470425	I		1 paper, printed form	3483	Faculty authorising the re-wiring of the church, the provision of a new power circuit and the introduction of new light fittings, 9 July 1976
382322	165532	EP/TL 4/69	470426	I		1 paper, printed form	3483	Faculty authorising the introduction into the church of a framed tapestry depicting the Last Supper, to hang on the south wall near the Espin memorial windows, 2 December 1985
382323	165532	EP/TL 4/70	470427	I		1 paper, typescript	3483	Faculty authorising the removal of 3 pews from both the north and south sides of the east end of the nave; the re-siting of book rests; the adaptation of pews on either side of the nave to allow wheelchair access; and the sale of the redundant pews, 26 February 1996
382324	165532	EP/TL 4/71	470428	I		1 photograph, 34 cm. x 25 cm., black and white, mounted on board	3483	Photograph of the altar, by T. Melrose, November 1964
382325	165532	EP/TL 4/72	470429	I		1 booklet, printed form	3483	Inventory, [1961] – 17 September 1981
382326	165532	EP/TL 4/73	470430	I		3 papers, typescript	3483	List of church property in addition to what is shown in the inventory, October 1980
382327	165532	EP/TL 4/74	470431	I		1 file, typescript	3483	Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, architects, Owengate House, Durham, July 1982
382328	165532	EP/TL 4/75	470432	I		1 file, typescript	3483	Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Niven & Niven Architects, The Old Hall, 57 Front Street, West Auckland, May 1992
382329	165532	EP/TL 4/76	470433	I		3 papers, typescript	3483	Report on an earth test on the lightning conductor on the church spire, carried out by E.P. Services, 20 Beechburn Park, Crook, as part of the quinquennial inspection, 7 April 1992
382330	165532	EP/TL 4/77	470434	I		1 file, typescript	3483	Quinquennial inspection report on the church, by Niven & Niven Architects, The Old Hall, 57 Front Street, West Auckland, June 1997
382331	165532	EP/TL 4/78	470435	I		5 papers, typescript	3483	Notices from the Department of the Environment that the church of St. Philip and St. James, and the gate piers and gates to the west of the church, have been included in a list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest, 30 November 1987
176614	165532	EP/TL 5/1-2	470436	S	Vestry
382247	165532	EP/TL 5/1	470437	I		1 volume, calf bound	2590	Vestry meetings minute book, 11 July 1878 – 2 April 1940 At beginning: notes of details of the organisation of the beginning of the parish, 26 May – 2 July 1878 At end: graphs of annual totals of communicants and offertories, 1879-1933
382248	165532	EP/TL 5/2	470438	I		Acc: 2590	2590	Annual parochial meetings minute book, 1 February 1937 – 2 April 1984 (1 volume, card bound) Sixth Deposit
176615	165532	EP/TL 6/1-4	470439	S	Parochial Church Council
382250	165532	EP/TL 6/1	470440	I		1 volume, card bound	2590	Parochial Church Council meetings minute book, 2 April 1936 – 27 February 1967
382251	165532	EP/TL 6/2	470441	I		5 papers	2590	Statements of accounts, 1985 – 1989
382252	165532	EP/TL 6/3	470442	I		15 papers	2590	Copy questionnaire addressed to the P.C.C. and designed to elicit a description of the parish to assist in the appointment of a suitable incumbent, and comments thereon by members of the P.C.C., December 1990
382249	165532	EP/TL 6/4	470443	I		5 papers	2590	Copy circular letter from Les Manchester, Vine House, Hedley Hope, Tow Law, addressed to members of the P.C.C. enclosing a draft description of the parish, January 1991
176617	165532	EP/TL 6/5	470444	S				Seventh Deposit (Acc: 2653)
382256	165532	EP/TL 6/5	470445	I		1 volume, leather half-bound	2653	Parochial Church Council minute book, 26 June 1967 – 7 September 1992
176519	165532	EP/TL 11/1-17/1-2	470446	S	Schools
378212	165532	EP/TL 11/1	470447	I		parchment, 1 membrane, pendant seal	1226	28 June 1847 (1) Thomas Baring of Bishopsgate Street, London, Esq., and Right Rev. Edward Lord Bishop of Durham, Lord of the Manor of Wolsingham (2) The Ven. Charles Thorp Archdeacon of Durham and Rev. John Alexander Blackett, clerk, rector of Wolsingham Conveyance of 3696 sq. yds. of land at Tow Law (boundaries specified and plan attached) on trust that it be used as a school under principles of The National Society
378213	165532	EP/TL 11/2	470448	I		1 paper, printed	1226	21 August 1923 (1) The Managers of Tow Law Church of England School (2) Margaret Annie Calland Memorandum of agreement appointing (2) as assistant teacher
378214	165532	EP/TL 11/3	470449	I		1 paper, printed	1226	21 August 1923 (1) The Managers of Tow Law Church of England School (2) Edna Mary Minto Memorandum of agreement appointing (2) as assistant teacher
378215	165532	EP/TL 11/4	470450	I		1 paper, printed	1226	4 November 1923 (1) The Managers of Tow Law Church of England Junior Mixed School (2) Elizabeth Westgarth Hutton Memorandum of agreement appointing (2) as assistant teacher
378217	165532	EP/TL 11/5	470451	I		1 paper, printed	1226	30 June 1924 (1) The Managers of Tow Law Church of England School (2) Edith Winifrid Woodhead Memorandum of agreement appointing (2) as assistant teacher
378218	165532	EP/TL 11/6	470452	I		1 paper, printed	1226	4 November 1929 (1) The Managers of Tow Law Church of England Junior Mixed School (2) Jennie Weatherell Memorandum of agreement appointing (2) as head teacher
378219	165532	EP/TL 11/7	470453	I		1 paper, printed	1226	4 November 1929 (1) The Managers of Tow Law Church of England Junior Mixed School (2) Isabella Atkinson Memorandum of agreement appointing (2) as assistant teacher
378216	165532	EP/TL 11/8	470454	I		1 paper, printed	1226	4 November 1929 (1) The Managers of Tow Law Church of England Junior Mixed School (2) Margaret Annie Calland Memorandum of agreement appointing (2) as assistant teacher
378220	165532	EP/TL 11/9	470455	I		1 paper, printed	1226	4 November 1929 (1) The Managers of Tow Law Church of England Junior Mixed School (2) Joseph Pattison Memorandum of agreement appointing (2) as assistant teacher
378221	165532	EP/TL 11/10	470456	I		1 paper, printed	1226	4 November 1929 (1) The Managers of Tow Law Church of England Junior Mixed School (2) John Richardson Memorandum of agreement appointing (2) as assistant teacher
378222	165532	EP/TL 11/11	470457	I		1 paper, printed	1226	4 November 1929 (1) The Managers of Tow Law Church of England Junior Mixed School (2) Edith Winifred Woodhead Memorandum of agreement appointing (2) as assistant teacher
378223	165532	EP/TL 11/12	470458	I		1 paper, typescript	1226	15 June 1938 (1) The Managers of Tow Law Church of England School (2) Mrs. A.E. Pickering of Tow Law Agreement for duties and salary of (2) as caretaker
378224	165532	EP/TL 11/13	470459	I			1226	Invoices and receipts re work on school, 1938 – 1943 (30 papers)
378225	165532	EP/TL 11/14	470460	I		1 file, typescript	1226	26 January 1942 (1) Rev. Sidney William Golding of the Vicarage, Tow Law and the other managers of Tow Law Church of England School (2) Durham County Council Agreement that (2) will maintain school
378226	165532	EP/TL 11/15	470461	I		1 paper, typescript	1226	Letter from J.K. Hope, clerk of the peace and the County Council, to Rev. T.B. Davies, The Vicarage, Tow Law, concerning damage by fire to Tow Law Dan’s Castle County School and the L.E.A.’s proposal to cease to maintain school, 30 June 1960
378227	165532	EP/TL 11/16	470462	I		1 paper, typescript	1226	Letter from Rev. Graham Foley, Director of Religious Education, Durham to Rev. T. Davies, The Vicarage, Tow Law concerning purchase of village hall and the fire at Thornley School, 7 October 1960
378228	165532	EP/TL 11/17/1-2	470463	I		Acc: 1226	1226	Letters from Trotter, Bruce & Loft, Bishop Auckland, solicitors, to Rev. P. Wright, The Vicarage, Tow Law, concerning sale of old church school, 17 November – 4 December 1964 (2 papers, typescript) Second Deposit
176625	165532	EP/TL 12/1-5	470464	S				Ninth Deposit (Acc: 3483) Charities
382332	165532	EP/TL 12/1	470465	I		1 paper, printed form	3483	Form transferring funds of the Gill Trust to the Diocesan Board of Finance for investment, 29 November 1957
382334	165532	EP/TL 12/2	470466	I		3 papers: 2 typescript, 1 printed form\|	3483	Correspondence between Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; and Mrs. E. Jackson, The Vicarage, Tow Law, concerning the management of the Bushby Trust, 6 February 1962 – 21 October 1974
382335	165532	EP/TL 12/3	470467	I		7 papers: 6 typescript, 1 printed form	3483	Correspondence between R.R. Heslop, 46 High Street, Tow Law; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Rev. P. Wright, The Vicarage, Tow Law; and Rev. A.C.G. Scott, The Vicarage, Tow Law, concerning the management of the Minnie Heslop Trust, 16 March 1962 – 16 August 1972
382336	165532	EP/TL 12/4	470468	I		5 papers: 4 typescript, 1 printed form	3483	Correspondence between Diocesan Office, The College, Durham; Rev. P. Wright, The Vicarage, Tow Law; and Stanley Baldwin, 13 Oakley Square, London, concerning the management of the Stuart Trust, 12 January 1965 – 9 June 1969
382333	165532	EP/TL 12/5	470469	I		3 papers, typescript	3483	Correspondence between Geo. W. Hodgson & Angus, solicitors, Stanhope; Rev. P. Wright, The Vicarage, Tow Law; and Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, concerning the management of the Rawes Trust, 20 November 1969 – 12 March 1970
176520	165532	EP/TL 13/1-2	470470	S	Church Societies
378229	165532	EP/TL 13/1	470471	I		1 volume, card bound	1226	Account book of Tow Law Church of England Youth Fellowship, 22 January 1948 – June 1952
378230	165532	EP/TL 13/2	470472	I		Acc: 1226	1226	Minute book of Tow Law Church of England Youth Fellowship, 20 January 1949 – 25 October 1951 (1 volume, card bound) Second Deposit
176616	165532	EP/TL 13/3-5	470473	S				Sixth Deposit (Acc: 2590)
382253	165532	EP/TL 13/3	470474	I		1 volume, card bound	2590	Church of England Men’ s Society meetings minute book, 13 September 1937 – 21 March 1972
382254	165532	EP/TL 13/4	470475	I		1 paper	2590	Account of the Church of England Men’s Society’ s annual social, 15 February 1969 Originally enclosed in EP/TL 13/3
382255	165532	EP/TL 13/5	470476	I		4 papers	2590	Description of the structure of the Junior Training Corps of the Church Lads’ and Church Girls’ Brigade c. 1985 and annual balance sheet for the year ending 31 December 1986
176621	165532	EP/TL 13/6	470477	S				Eighth Deposit (Acc: 3088)
382297	165532	EP/TL 13/6	470478	I		1 paper	3088	Enrolment certificate for Church Lads’ Brigade Company, 11 December 1935
176521	165532	EP/TL 14/1	470479	S	Miscellaneous
378231	165532	EP/TL 14/1	470480	I		1 paper, printed	1226	Newspaper cutting re a girder cast at Weardale Iron and Coal Company’s Tow Law Works, n.d.
176611	165532	EP/TL 14/2-37	470481	S				Rev. Thomas Henry Espinell Compton Espin M.A. and the Wolsingham Observatory His father, Thomas Espin (1824 1912) was Chancellor of the dioceses of Chester and Durham, Proloctor of the lower house of York Convocation and Rector of Wolsingham, 1885-1912 After graduating from Oxford in 1881, Rev T.H.E.C. Espin served as curate at West Kirby, Cheshire (1882-5) and at Wolsingham with his father, 1885-8. In 1888 he became vicar of Tow Law (1888-1934). He studied astronomy for 61 years and was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1878, founder member of Liverpool Astronomical Society and President of Newcastle Astronomical Society. 2575 new stars were discovered and measured by him. He discovered a new star in the constellation of Lacerta on 30 December 1910. He founded Wolsingham Observatory in 1885 and continued its work in a new observatory at Tow Law when he became vicar there. He had as his assistant and successor Mr. W. Milburn.
382209	165532	EP/TL 14/2	470482	I		1 volume	2190	Wolsingham Observatory visitors’ book (illustrated with photographs of the observatory and its work), 16 August 1919 27 July 1947 For enclosures see EP/TL 14/39
382210	165532	EP/TL 14/3	470483	I		2 papers, printed	2190	Wolsingham Observatory report by Rev. T.E. Espin, vicar of Tow Law, Darlington, 1 February 1895
382211	165532	EP/TL 14/4	470484	I		1 newspaper cutting, 6cm x 11cm	2190	Recipes for rhubarb and celeriac, n.d.
382212	165532	EP/TL 14/5	470485	I		1 newspaper cutting, 11.5 cm x 6.5 cm	2190	“The Eccentric Man; or The World v Eccentricity”, a verse following a quotation from Shelley, n.d.
382213	165532	EP/TL 14/6	470486	I		1 newspaper cutting, 7cm x 4 cm	2190	‘Till I Come’ , a comic story about a woman and her husband’ s gravestone, contributed to a newspaper by N. Thompson of Spennymoor, n.d.
382214	165532	EP/TL 14/7	470487	I		1 newspaper cutting, 6cm x 4.5cm	2190	‘Free Traders’ Harvest Thanksgiving’, an extract from an unidentified newspaper, n.d.
382215	165532	EP/TL 14/8	470488	I		1 newspaper cutting, 6cm x 16cm	2190	Newspaper report of the funeral of the Rev. T.H.E.C. Espin, [December] 1934
382216	165532	EP/TL 14/9	470489	I		1 photograph, black and white 8.5 cm. x 14 cm.	2190	Photograph of two men [Mr. Richardson and ?] and a dog taken against the observatory wall at Tow Law, n.d. Also see: EP/TL 14/11 for another photograph probably taken at the same time
382217	165532	EP/TL 14/10	470490	I		1 volume, leather quarter bound	2190	Illustrated scrapbook of the Rev. T.H.E.C. Espin, 13 October 18778 December 1934 The scrapbook includes newspaper cuttings relating to the Rev. Mr. Espin’ s father, Rev. Thomas Espin, (1824 1912); theological debates; his own astronomical work including his discovery of a new star in 1910; a certificate of thanks from the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, for his help as a special constable in 1926; visits abroad and correspondence from foreign astronomical societies; early civilizations; contemporary cartoons; radium in Weardale, and a new chancel screen in Tow Law Church (29.9.34) For enclosures: see EP/TL/14/1137
382218	165532	EP/TL 14/11	470491	I		1 photograph, black and white, 8.5 cm. x 14 cm.	2190	Photograph of two men (Mr. Richardson and Rev. Slater) and a dog taken against the observatory wall at Tow Law, n.d. Also see: EP/TL 14/9 for another photograph taken at the same time
382219	165532	EP/TL 14/12	470492	I		2 papers	2190	Four printed black and white photographs of West Kirby parish church, North Promenade, general view from Grange Hill and the lower light house, n.d. [late 1880 ‘s]
382220	165532	EP/TL 14/13	470493	I		1 photograph, black and white, 10.5 cm. x 15 cm.	2190	Photograph of telescope, n.d.
382221	165532	EP/TL 14/14	470494	I		1 photograph, black and white, 14 cm. x 9 cm.	2190	Photograph of two men walking away along a valley, n.d.
382223	165532	EP/TL 14/15	470495	I		1 newspaper cutting, 12 cm. x 62 cm.	2190	Report by The Times of a test case heard in the King’ s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice between the Council of the County Palatine of Lancaster v Crowe on the issue of local education authorities and playgrounds, 24 November 1928
382224	165532	EP/TL 14/16	470496	I		3 papers	2190	Three barometric readings, 289 October 1927 and 25 August 1934
382225	165532	EP/TL 14/17	470497	I		4 papers	2190	Two reports made to Tow Law Urban District Council by Dr. J.H. Naismith, Medical Officer of Health for the quarters ending 30 June and 30 September 1913, 7 July and 8 October 1913
382222	165532	EP/TL 14/18	470498	I		1 paper	2190	‘ The Very Nearly Happy Family’, a Punch cartoon illustrating difficulties at the time of the Statute of Westminster, 17 August 1932
382226	165532	EP/TL 14/19	470499	I		1 newspaper cutting, 6 cm. x 12 cm.	2190	Durham County News report of the popularity of Bradley Burn spa waters with tourists, following Rev. T.H.E.C. Espin ‘s discovery of their medicinal qualities, n.d.
382227	165532	EP/TL 14/20	470500	I		1 newspaper cutting, 6 cm. x 21.5 cm.	2190	A report from the Durham County News about the effect of Rev. T.H.E.C. Espin’ s opinion that there was a possibility of radium in Weardale, 17 March 1932
382228	165532	EP/TL 14/21	470501	I		1 newspaper cutting, 6 cm. x 21 cm.	2190	Report from the Yorkshire Post (supplied by Woolgar and Roberts’ press cutting agency, London, EC4) of the Rev., T.H.E.C. Espin’ s new observatory at Tow Law, 24 September 1934
382229	165532	EP/TL 14/22	470502	I		1 newspaper cutting 5.5 cm. x 4.5 cm.	2190	Report of the retirement from telescope observation work of Rev. T.H.E.C. Espin, n.d. [1932]
382230	165532	EP/TL 14/23	470503	I		1 newspaper cutting, 11.5 cm. x 28.5 cm.	2190	Illustrated report from the Northern Echo (supplied by Woolgar and Roberts’ press cutting agency, London EC4) of the new observatory at Tow Law, 22 September 1934
382231	165532	EP/TL 14/24	470504	I		1 newspaper cutting, 6 cm. x 14.5 cm.	2190	Report from Church of England Newspaper , London, (supplied by International Press-Cutting Bureau, London EC4) of the new observatory of Rev. T.H.E.C. Espin at Tow Law, 28 September 1934
382232	165532	EP/TL 14/25	470505	I		1 newspaper cutting, 6.5 cm. x 5.5 cm.	2190	Report from the Daily Mail of the building of the Rev. T.H.E.C. Espin’ s new observatory at Tow Law, 26 September 1934
382233	165532	EP/TL 14/26	470506	I		1 newspaper cutting, 7 cm. x 14 cm.	2190	Report from the Durham County News of the building of the Rev. T.H.E.C. Espin’ s new observatory at Tow Law, 27 September 1934
382234	165532	EP/TL 14/27	470507	I		1 newspaper cutting, 10.5 cm. x 39 cm.	2190	Illustrated report from the Northern Echo (supplied by Woolgar and Roberts Press Cutting Agency, London EC4) of the new chancel screen made by the Rev. T.H.E.C. Espin for the church of St. Philip and St. James, Tow Law, 29 September 1934
382235	165532	EP/TL 14/28	470508	I		1 newspaper cutting, 6.5 cm. x 16 cm.	2190	Report from the Sunday Times (supplied by Woolgar and Roberts’ press cutting agency, London EC4) of the new chancel screen made by the Rev. T.H.E.C. Espin for the church of St. Philip and St. James, 7 October 1934
382236	165532	EP/TL 14/29	470509	I		1 newspaper cutting, 6 cm. x 7.5 cm.	2190	Report from Durham County News of the cancellation of the Rev. T.H.E.C. Espin’ s holiday owing to ill health, 12 July 1934
382237	165532	EP/TL 14/30	470510	I		1 newscutting, 6.5 cm. x 7.5 cm.	2190	Report from the Manchester Guardian (supplied by the Temple Press Cutting Offices, London EC2) of the death of the Rev. T.H.E.C. Espin, 4 December 1934
382238	165532	EP/TL 14/31	470511	I		1 newscutting, 6.5 cm. x 7.5 cm.	2190	Illustrated report from the Daily Mail (supplied by the Temple Press Cutting Offices, London EC2) of the death of the Rev T.H.E.C. Espin, 4 December 1934
382239	165532	EP/TL 14/32	470512	I		2 newspaper cuttings, 6.5 cm. x 13.5 cm. and 5.5 cm. x 5 cm.	2190	Two reports of a bequest left by Mr. W.H.St.Quentin Gage, of Newquay, a Cornish astronomer, to the Rev. T.H.E.C. Espin [who had died five years previously unknown to Mr. Gage], 1939
382240	165532	EP/TL 14/33	470513	I		1 newspaper cutting, 13 cm. x 13.5 cm.	2190	Photograph of Miss Saleha Mohemed Ali from Malaya, with members of Durham County Association of Girls ‘ Clubs and Youth Clubs at the International Youth week at Vine House Youth Hostel, Tow Law, 29 July 1947
382241	165532	EP/TL 14/34	470514	I		1 newspaper cutting, 11.5 cm. x 28 cm.	2190	Correspondence from the Northern Echo concerning the origins of Tow Law, from Mr. Arthur W. Emerson, 8 Station Road, Easington Colliery and H. Askew, 21 Whitworth Terrace, Spennymoor, 6 March 1935
382242	165532	EP/TL 14/35	470515	I		1 card, 19.5 cm. x 11.5 cm.	2190	Membership card of the Weardale and District Naturalists’ Field Club including details of a talk on ‘Stars’ by Mr. W. Milburn on 19 October 1938, 1938 1939
382243	165532	EP/TL 14/36	470516	I		1 card 12 cm. x 19 cm.	2190	Membership card of the Bishop Auckland Literary and Debating Society including details of a talk on ‘Astronomy’ given by Mr. W. Milburn on 24 March 1939, 1938 – 1939
382244	165532	EP/TL 14/37	470517	I		1 newspaper cutting, 60 cm. x 38 cm.	2190	Centre page of the Daily Mirror , including an article about the pigrearing activities of the vicar of Satley which mentions the Rev. William Milburn of Tow Law who combines the hobbies of pigkeeping and astronomy, 6 February 1941
176612	165532	EP/TL 14/38	470518	S				Fifth Deposit (Acc: 2223)
382245	165532	EP/TL 14/38	470519	I		1 volume, card bound	2223	Notebook of Mr. W. Milburn, Secretary to Rev. Mr. Espin, Tow Law, 1916 1930 [Contains poems and quotations copied from various publications]
176622	165532	EP/TL 14/39-48	470520	S				Eighth Deposit (Acc: 3088)
382298	165532	EP/TL 14/39	470521	I		1 photograph, 10.8cm. x 14.9cm., black and white, framed	3088	Photograph showing the interior of the church, n.d.
382299	165532	EP/TL 14/40	470522	I		1 photograph, 8.8cm. x 13.1cm., colour	3088	Photograph of the staircase in Tow Law vicarage showing a wall-painting of a man looking at a signpost of ‘Tow Law’, n.d., 20th c.
382300	165532	EP/TL 14/41	470523	I		1 photograph, 13.1cm. x 8.8cm., colour	3088	Photograph of the staircase in Tow Law vicarage showing a wall- painting of a goat and a wall-painting of a country scene with a building to one side, n.d., 20th c.
382301	165532	EP/TL 14/42	470524	I		1 photograph, 13.1cm. x 8.8cm., colour	3088	Photograph of the staircase in Tow Law vicarage showing a wall-painting of a country scene with tall thin trees in the foreground, n.d., 20th c.
382302	165532	EP/TL 14/43	470525	I		1 photograph, 8.8cm. x 13.1cm., colour	3088	Photograph of the staircase in Tow Law vicarage showing a wall-painting of a man holding an unidentified object, n.d., 20th c.
382303	165532	EP/TL 14/44	470526	I		1 photograph, 8.8cm. x 13.1cm., colour	3088	Photograph of the staircase in Tow Law vicarage showing a wall-painting of an old man, smoking a long clay pipe, standing outside a thatched cottage, n.d., 20th c.
382304	165532	EP/TL 14/45	470527	I		1 photograph, 8.8cm. x 13.1cm., colour	3088	Photograph of the staircase in Tow Law vicarage showing a wall-painting of the face of an unidentified male with a long grey beard, n.d., 20th c.
382305	165532	EP/TL 14/46	470528	I		1 photograph, 8.8cm. x 13.1cm., colour	3088	Photograph of the staircase in Tow Law vicarage showing a wall-painting of the face of an unidentified male with a long grey beard, n.d., 20th c.
382307	165532	EP/TL 14/47	470529	I		1 plan, 20.3cm. x 32.7cm.	3088	Sketch plan of the church with notes on the scenes depicted in each stained glass window, location of the war memorial, Mothers’ Union banner and the Hull and Longstaff memorials, n.d. No scale
382308	165532	EP/TL 14/48	470530	I		1 plan, 97cm. x 84.5cm.	3088	Map of Tow Law and the area to the north east, showing Hedleyhope Colliery, based on ordnance survey sheets Durham XXV.7, XXV.11 and XXV.15. Scale: 1:2500 This map is referred to in the Hedley Hope extension application (020625aB) n.d., 1960s
176626	165532	EP/TL 14/49	470531	S				Ninth Deposit (Acc: 3483)
382337	165532	EP/TL 14/49	470532	I		1 volume, leather bound, printed	3483	Bible, reputedly once the property of Rev. T.H.E.C. Espin, inscribed ‘Mary Anne Jessop, February 25th 1846’ on flyleaf, published by British and Foreign Bible Society, printed by George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1839