Weardale Rural District Council and predecessors
Reference: RD/We Catalogue Title: Weardale Rural District Council and predecessors Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Minutes and committee reports
Covering Dates: 1873-1974
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Catalogue Contents
Stanhope Bailiwick was the central township (one of the four "quarters") of Stanhope Parish
- the centre of Weardale Poor Law Union 1834-1930
- part of Stanhope Civil Parish 1866-1874
- a Local Government District (Local Board of Health) 1874-1894
- an Urban District 1894-1937,
- then absorbed back into Stanhope Civil Parish, in Weardale Rural District [see CP/St and RD/We for later records]
Weardale RDC
- Weardale Poor Law Union 1834-1930, included townships for parishes and chapelries of: Stanhope, St. John's Chapel; Wolsingham; Edmundbyers
- Weardale Highway District 1862-1894
- Weardale Rural Sanitary District 1875-1894, not including Stanhope town
- Weardale Rural District 1894-1974, including Stanhope from 1937
- part of Wear Valley District 1974-2009