Historical Records

Wedding (1957-Present) and Baptism (1966-Present) records available on request (Statutory Fee Payable). For older records please contact the Durham County Record Office.

Vicars of Christ Church

1866 – 1878         Revd. James Schofield
1878 – 1899         Revd. Edward Haythornthwaite
1899 – 1917          Revd. S.H. Greenway
1917 – 1928          Revd. Wm. T.B. Hoystead
1928 – 1932         Revd. W.L. Betts
1932 – 1937          Revd. A. Marchant
1937 – 1954          Revd. J.R. Lindsay
1954 – 1974          Revd. H.V. Wroe
1974 – 1986          Revd. Martin L Stevens
1987 – 1996          Revd. Michael Hough
1997 - 2014          Revd. Trevor Davidson

Historical articles and photos of Christ Church and The Felling

1812 Mining Disaster
1844 Map of Newcastle
1851 Places of Worship Census
1856 Felling Map
1866 Notice of Dedication and Consecration
1884 Christ Church Magazine
1900 Felling Church Institute and Working Men’s Club
1901 Letter from Claude Palmer to Christ Church
1906 Christ Church Bill
1910 Felling
1910 Sunderland Road
1910 The Blink Bonny Public House
1912 Brandlings Garden House
1912 Pit Disaster Centenary
1914 to 1918 Slum Kids
1914 to 1939 Social Survey
1925 Felling Colliery
1930 Felling Map
1930′s Mothers Union Concert
1930′s Mothers Union Concert
1930 Christmas
1930 to 1936
1932 Festival Queen Rene
1932 or 1933 Men’s Bible Class
1934 Mothers Union Outing Penshaw Monument
1946 Pit Disaster Memorial Article
1948 Church Magazine Page 1
1948 Church Magazine Page 2
1948 Church Magazine Page 3
1948 Church Magazine Page 4
1948 Church Magazine Page 5
1948 Church Magazine Page 6
1948 Church Magazine Page 7
1948 Church Magazine Page 8
1948 Church Magazine Page 9
1948 Church Magazine Page 10
1948 Church Magazine Page 11
1948 Church Magazine Page 12
1948 Church Magazine Page 13
1948 Church Magazine Page 14
1948 Church Magazine Page 15
1948 Church Magazine Page 16
1949 San Marino Page 1
1949 San Marino Page 2
1949 Gretchen Page 1
1949 Gretchen Page 2
1950′s Friday Night Institute Meetings
1951 Merrie England Page 1
1951 Merrie England Page 2
1951 Mother’s Union Concert
1956 Mothers Union Outing Chatsworth House
1958 Sunday School Concert
1958 to 1960 Choir
1964 Planned Giving Campaign Page 1
1964 Planned Giving Campaign Page 2
1964 Planned Giving Campaign Page 3
1964 Planned Giving Campaign Page 4
1964 Planned Giving Campaign Page 5
1964 Planned Giving Campaign Page 6
1964 Planned Giving Campaign Page 7
1964 Planned Giving Campaign Page 8
1968 List of Streets in Parish
1970 Mother’s Union The Vicarage
1974 Stone Cleaning
1981 The Beeswing Hotel
1986 Gateshead Post

Undated:

Brandling Family Tree
Brandling Memorial Tablet
Burial Fee Rise
Caxton House
Caxton House Felling
Chancel Lights
Child Welfare Document
Child Welfare Document 2
Christ Church and St Peters Felling Photo
Christ Church History Part 1
Christ Church History Part 2
Christ Church History Part 3
Church Army Bible Class
Cinderella
Council Offices 2
Decline of Felling Hall
Dont Quit Poem
Easter Communion Card
Felling Colliery Map
Felling Police Station
Gateshead Post 40th Anniversary
Gateshead Post 40th Anniversary 2
Harold Venn Chisholm Funeral
Harvest Time
Low Felling
Low Felling Board School
Miners Late 19th Century
Monkton Coke Works Closure
Mother’s Union Concert
Mr Walter Scott
Mrs Lynsey Vicars Wife
Old Felling Pictures
Parish Boundaries
Park House and The Durham Lamp
Park Works
Picture of Felling Colliery
Saint Nicholas Cathedral Parish Profile
Sunday School Proposal
Sunderland Road
The Evenn Chisholm Memorial
The Malting House
The Metrocentre
The Ordination of Women to Priesthood
The Refuse Destructor
The Scott Library
Two Terraces