Diocesan Church Buildings Appeal

The records are divided into 5 series as follows:

• Minute book, 1955-1977
• Papers of the Church Buildings Appeal Committee (Unlisted correspondence papers & reports), 1955-1977
• General files relating to new parishes, 1940-1965
• Files on individual or new churches, 1947-1973
• Humberside Church Buildings Appeal, financial records (unlisted), 1955-1976

The Diocesan Church Buildings Appeal was launched in 1955 to raise 150,000 for church buildings in the new housing areas of the diocese (concentrating on York, Scarborough, Humberside, Teesside & Bridlington). Included in the Church Buildings Appeal were the local appeals for Teesside and Humberside, being the areas that required the greatest amount of investment.