Letter from G. W. Heslop, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland DL14 7QJ to Reverend G. Hepple, St. Aidan’s Vicarage, Laburnum Avenue, Blackhill, Consett, DH8 5TB concerning the merging of the parishes of Benfieldside, Blackhill and Consett, 20 January 1995 Includes: draft proposals under the Pastoral Measure 1983 concerning the parish of Benfieldside, the parish and benefice of Blackhill, and the parish and benefice of Consett all in the Diocese of Durham