Kirkwall, St. Magnus Cathedral Kirk Session
- Reference:GB 241 OCR/KC/14
- Dates of Creation:1626-1993
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- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:2.54 Linear Metres
Scope and Content
Minutes, 1626 - 1649, 1655 - 1659, 1669 - 1975; Accounts, 1704 - 1723, 1793 - 1856, 1858 - 1944; Scroll collections, 1888 - 1905; Seat rent accounts, 1827 - 1837, 1840 - 1845; Letter book, 1919 - 1944; Communion roll, 1831, 1834 - 1842, 1857 (including baptisms and marriages, 1857 - 1858), 1876 - 1950, 1952 - 1969; Electoral roll, 1903, 1936, 1954; Roll of members, 1921, 1935, 1936; List of communicants, 1639 - 1654; Deaths, 1670 - 1672; Marriages, 1651 - 1653, 1662 - 1677; Baptismal register, 1687 - 1688, 1856 - 1926; Baptismal counterfoils, 1831 - 1837; Proclamation register, 1855 - 1904, 1907 - 1977; Scroll proclamation register, 1861 - 1873; Proclamation cash book, 1861 - 1885; Proclamation counterfoils, 1831 - 1836, 1873 - 1897, 1913 - 1916, 1923 - 1935; Burial register, 1813 - 1821; 1845 - 1886; Poor's roll, 1826 - 1841; Young Men's Guild minutes, 1893 - 1907; Music for bells, nd; Scroll minutes, 1669 - 1677, 1812 - 1899; Cash books, 1632 - 1653, 1655 - 1680, 1944 - 1986; Poor's disbursements, 1668 - 1679; Decreet, valuation and locality, ministers of St. Ola or Kirkwall versus Heritors, 1816; Volume of sermons by Thomas Traill, 1775; Volume of sermons by Thomas Baikie (vol.2), n.d.; Miscellaneous papers, including seating plans of cathedral, 1769, 1824, 1617 - 19th century; Correspondence, boxed, 1944 - 1974; Collection certificates, 1939 - 1945; Applications for banns, 1970 - 1972; Ledger, 1925 - 1941; Congregational Board minutes, 1965 - 1984; Statements of accounts, 1944 - 1959; Property register, 1957 - 1980; Folder of annual statements of accounts, 1946 - 1984; Folder of printed Church of Scotland financial statistics, 1940 - 1984; St. Magnus Cathedral Sunday School cash book (including annual statements of accounts, 1960 - 1973), 1957 - 1986; Quinquennial Reports on St. Magnus Cathedral by Ferrey and Mennim, Architects, York, June 1979, July 1984, September 1989; Folder of miscellaneous printed leaflets, correspondence, press cuttings, statements of receipts and payments, including press cutting of article by Ian MacInnes (late rector, Stromness Academy), with his personal view of religious education in Scottish schools, 'Times Educational Supplement', 12 March 1976, 1976 - c.1994; Teind roll, parish of Kirkwall and St. Ola (3 copies), 1951; Minute book of Committee for Erection of Church Hall, 1896 - 1900.St. Magnus Cathedral Women's Guild: Minutes, 1900 - 1982; Folder of miscellaneous papers: branch schedules, correspondence, membership lists, etc., 1968 - 1993.
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