Etherley Civil Parish, formerly West Auckland Civil Parish
Reference: CP/Eth Catalogue Title: Etherley Civil Parish, formerly West Auckland Civil Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description:
Covering Dates: 1893-1965
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- Etherley Civil Parish, formerly West Auckland Civil Parish
- Etherley Parish Council, formerly West Auckland Parish Council (Ref: CP/Eth 1-29)
- West Auckland Parish Council (Etherley Parish Council from 1939) (Ref: CP/Eth Section 01)
- Minutes (Ref: CP/Eth section 01)
- Elected members (Ref: CP/Eth section 02)
- Financial records (Ref: CP/Eth section 03)
- Allotments (Ref: CP/Eth section 04)
- Etherley Parish Council (Ref: CP/Eth Section 02)
- Minutes (Ref: CP/Eth section 01)
- Financial records (Ref: CP/Eth section 02)
- Footpaths (Ref: CP/Eth section 03)
- Street lighting (Ref: CP/Eth section 04)
- Miscellaneous (Ref: CP/Eth section 05)
Catalogue Contents
Etherley Parish Council, formerly West Auckland Parish Council (Ref: CP/Eth 1-29)
West Auckland was a township in the Auckland St. Helen chapelry of Auckland St. Andrew parish, and a separate parish from 1834
- West Auckland was part of Auckland Poor Law Union 1834-1930
- West Auckland was a civil parish in 1866, with an elected council from 1894
- West Auckland was part of Auckland Rural Sanitary District 1875-1894
- West Auckland was part of Auckland Rural District 1894-1937
- West Auckland was part of Barnard Castle Rural District 1937-1939
- West Auckland town was absorbed into Bishop Auckland Urban District in 1939, and the remainder of the civil parish was renamed Etherley
- Etherley was part of Barnard Castle Rural District 1939-1974
- Etherley was part of Teesdale District 1974-2009
1-7
Ref: CP/Eth 1Minutes, 1894 - 1904
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/Eth 2Minutes, 1904 - 1912
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/Eth 3Minutes, 1913 - 1928
Infolded: 'byelaws made by the Rural District Council of Bishop Auckland with respect to new streets and buildings in the Rural District of Auckland 1926' and three copies of a poster issued by West Auckland Parochial Committee inviting tenders for scavenging, 1929
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/Eth 4Minutes, 1928 - 1934
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/Eth 5Minutes, 1934 - 1936
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/Eth 6Minutes, 1936 - 1944
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/Eth 7Parish Meeting minutes (Etherley Ratepayers' Annual meetings only from March 1939), 1895 - 1965
(1 volume)
Elected members (Ref: CP/Eth section 02)8
Ref: CP/Eth 8Declarations of acceptance of office by Parish Councillors, 1894 - 1912
(1 volume)
Financial records (Ref: CP/Eth section 03)9-11, 13-15
Ref: CP/Eth 9Financial statements, 1928 - 1940
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/Eth 10Receipts and payments, 1929 - 1934
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/Eth 11Receipts and payments, 1934 - 1939
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/Eth 13Bond binding William Dixon Dent, treasurer, to the Council, 20 September 1906
Note: the Treasurer had to give security for the faithful execution of his office
(1 document)
Ref: CP/Eth 14Accounts for tolls collected and banked, 1910 - 1935; bank book, 1918 - 1928; paying in slips (stubs only), 1930 - 1935; precept book authorising payment of portion of General District Rate into the Council's banking account, 1932 - 1939
(1 bundle containing 4 volumes)
Ref: CP/Eth 15Copper plate die for Council cheques, n.d.
(1 plate)
Allotments (Ref: CP/Eth section 04)12
Ref: CP/Eth 12Lease to the Council by Captain C.F. Dixon-Johnson, esq., of Oakwood, Croft-on-Tees, of 5.5 acres of land in West Auckland for allotments, 1 October 1919; includes two plans
(1 document)
Etherley Parish Council (Ref: CP/Eth Section 02)Minutes (Ref: CP/Eth section 01)16-18
Ref: CP/Eth 16Minutes, 1944 - 1950
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/Eth 17Minutes, 1950 - 1955
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/Eth 18Minutes, 1955 - 1963
(1 volume)
Financial records (Ref: CP/Eth section 02)19-23
Ref: CP/Eth 19Financial statements, 1940 - 1950
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/Eth 20Financial statements, 1954 - 1961
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/Eth 21Receipts and payments book, 1939 - 1954
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/Eth 22Receipts and payments book, 1954 - 1961
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/Eth 23Paying-in slips (stubs only), including one slip for West Auckland Parish Council, (May 1939), 1939 - 1960
(1 volume)
Footpaths (Ref: CP/Eth section 03)24
Ref: CP/Eth 24Letter to the Clerk from the Clerk to Barnard Castle R.D.C. concerning the proposed diversion of a footpath at Red House Housing Estate extension, Etherley and enclosing a plan showing the same and giving details of the diversion, 1957
(2 documents)
Street lighting (Ref: CP/Eth section 04)25
Ref: CP/Eth 25Papers relating to the supply of street lighting in West Auckland and then Etherley Civil Parish, 1934-1959
Including:
agreement between the North-Eastern Electric Supply Company and West Auckland Parish Council, 31 December, 1935, with plan (12 April 1934) attached;
plan of West Auckland Bridge and Road Improvement (A.68) showing street lamps, 1935;
25" to 1 mile O.S. map, Durham Sheet XIII.9, (1920), showing West Auckland;
copies of 25" to 1 mile O.S. maps of West Auckland, Toft Hill and High and Low Etherley showing L.V. networks (i.e. street lamps). Produced by the N.E. Electricity Board 1957 - 1959
(1 bundle)
Miscellaneous (Ref: CP/Eth section 05)26-29
Ref: CP/Eth 26Envelope containing:
(i) Registers of electors for Etherley and West Auckland respectively, 1930
(ii) The Parish Councillors' Election Rules, 1931
(iii) Knight's timetable for local elections in 1931
(iv) Statutory Rules and Orders 1936 no. 815, Local Government Elections in England and Wales Parish Meetings (Polls) Rules
(v) Extracts from the Parish Councillors Election Rules, 1931 for the guidance of chairmen of Parish Meetings for the election of Parish Councillors
(vi) Home Office circular letter to clerks of Parish Councils concerning the election of Parish Councillors in 1931
(vii) Home Office circular letter to chairmen of Parish Meetings concerning the election of Parish Councillors in 1931
(viii) Notice concerning County Review of Electoral Divisions, 1936
(1 bundle)
Ref: CP/Eth 27-28Durham County Counci1: Local Government Act, 1929 (S.1946); first General Review of County Districts; supplementary proposals of Durham County Council with an index to the report and supplementary proposals; also the report of Durham County Council on the first General Review with proposals as to the changes which the County Council considers desirable, 1933
(2 volumes)
Ref: CP/Eth 29Copy of Order in Council (26 August 1893) discontinuing burials in various parishes, including St. Helen's Auckland
(1 document)
