Parish records of Acomb, St Aidan, Ridgeway

Includes baptism register, 1965-1997; service registers, 1965-1984, 1995-2006; electoral roll, 1982, with revisions to 1990; minutes books of the St Aidan's Committee, a sub committee of the joint St Stephen's and St Aidan's Parochial Church Council, 1979-1987; inventory, 1970.

The church of St Aidan was built in 1965 as a chapel of ease to Acomb parish, serving the new Chapelfields housing estate.
St Aidan and St Stephen's, Acomb later combined to become a two church parish.

This arrangement was designed to reflect the principal activities of the parish and its associated organisations, and to aid researchers in identifying the records these activities generate. This arrangement was introduced in 2020. Records are arranged within the following alphabetical series but retain their original archival reference at file/item level:
A: Parish Registers
B: Church Ceremonial
C: Parish Clergy
D: Property - Religious
E: Property - Secular
F: Parish Administration and Officers
G: Parish Social and Evangelical Activities
H: Overseer of the Poor and Parish Charity
J: Schools
K: Promotional and Informational Material

Records are open to the public, subject to the overriding provisions of relevant legislation, including data protection laws.

The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute in 1989 by the incumbent. Further additions were made to the archive in 1992, 1997 and 2013.

The church of St Aidan was built in 1965 as a chapel of ease to Acomb parish, serving the new Chapelfields housing estate.
St Aidan and St Stephen's, Acomb later combined to become a two church parish.

A typescript finding aid, to file level, is available for consultation in the searchroom of the Borthwick Institute. This includes all material received up to and including 2013. Later material has not yet been catalogued, please contact the Borthwick Institute for further information.

Created 09.11.15
Revised (Schema arrangement and retroconversion) 01.2021 by N Adams

A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the document. Copies are supplied in accordance with the Borthwick Institute for Archives' terms and conditions for the supply of copies, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of documents in the custody of the Borthwick Institute must be sought.

Further accruals are expected.

The parish records of Acomb, St Stephen and Acomb, St James the Deacon are also deposited at the Borthwick Institute.

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