Catalogue

Parish Council minutes, 1894 - 1916 Parish Meeting only until May 1897

Parish Council minutes, 1916 - 1939

Parish Council minutes, 1939 - 1953

Parish Council minutes, 1953 - 1960

Minute book, 29 June 1960 - 3 June 1970

Minute book, 15 July 1970 - 4 March 1981

Minute book, 1 April 1981 - 12 March 1986

Declarations of Parish Councillors on accepting office, 1894 - 1943

Receipts and payments accounts, 1934 - 1943

Receipts and payments accounts, 1955 - 1960

Account book, General and Special Funds, 1900 - 1907

Account book, General and Special Funds, 1907 - 1913

Account book, General and Special Funds, 1913 - 1919

Account book, General and Special Funds, 1919 - 1923 Infolded: financial statements for the years ending 31 March 1922 and 1927 respectively

Account book, General and Special Funds, 1923 - 1932

Postage account book, 19 April 1934 - March 1969

Counterfoils for precept payments made by the parish of Plawsworth to Chester-le-Street R.D.C., 1 April 1953 - 15 April 1968

Receipt and payment book, April 1960 - March 1964

Plawsworth Parish Council audited and signed account book, 1 April 1964 - 31 March 1986

Allotments rent book, 1920 - 1930

Allotments rent book, 31 March 1942 - [31] March 1971

17 April 1921[2] (1) The Right Hon. John George, Earl of Durham (2) The Plawsworth Parish Council Copy of agreement for the tenancy of a piece of land at Plawsworth for garden allotments amounting to 2a. Rent: £8 p.a.

'Plawsworth Parish Council:- sketch shewing the 30 Allotments at Plawsworth Gate' by J.F. Hedley, 24 December 1921. Gives rough outline of the allotments in relation to the main road Scale: 1" to 20' [1:240]

Correspondence with the Ministry of Transport concerning lighting on the A1 passing through Plawsworth, 1937 - 1945

20 April 1914 (1) N.E.R. Company (2) The Plawsworth Parish Council Agreement for the erection of a pole and electric light wires near Plawsworth Station; including scale drawing Rent: 1s. p.a.

14 July 1949 (1) The Plawsworth Parish Council (2) The North Eastern Electricity Board Wayleave agreement for the erection of electric lines at Plawsworth Rent: 1s. per pole p.a.

4 July 1951 (1) The Plawsworth Parish Council (2) Universal Relay Ltd., Stanley Agreement for the use of (1)'s public lighting poles by (2) for a radio relay system; with correspondence and related papers Rent: £3 2s. 6d. p.a.

11 December 1962 (1) The North Eastern Electricity Board (2) The Plawsworth Parish Council Agreement for the maintenance of and supply of electrical energy to public lighting installation at Plawsworth; includes copy of the N.E.E.B.'s annual charges for public lighting and its maintenance, 1 April 1962

6"to 1 mile Ordnance Survey maps showing the Plawsworth Parish boundaries, 1923

Miscellaneous plans, 1948-1955 (i) Plan, based on 25" to 1 mile O.S., showing an additional bus stop in Plawsworth for Sacriston and Esh Winning, with covering letter, 1948 (ii) Plan, based on 25" to 1 mile O.S., showing the reinstatement of pre- war bus stops at Daisy Hill, Sacriston, with covering letter, 1949 (iii) Plan, based on 25" to 1 mile O.S., showing sewers to be constructed in Plawsworth by Chester-le-Street R.D.C., with notice of this, 1953 (iv) Restoration plan, based on 25" to 1 mile O.S., of Great Lumley War Restoration Zone No. 020577B, Area G, Plawsworth site (part), 1953 (v) Plan of Chester R.D.C. Nettlesworth Housing Development, 1954 (vi) Plan, based on O.S. of proposed transfer of N.C.B. electricity networks to the N.E. Electricity Board supply at Kimblesworth Grange, Nettlesworth, Plawsworth and Kimblesworth, 1955 (vii) Plan of Plawsworth, enlarged from O.S. maps, scale 1:1250, n.d. (viii) Photostat of part of 6" to 1 mile O.S., 1856, showing street lamps in Plawsworth, n.d. (ix) Plan based on 25" to 1 mile O.S., 1939 edition, showing proposed site for a cemetery at Plawsworth, n,d, (x) Plan, based on 25" to 1 mile O.S., showing bus stops in Plawsworth to be removed and amended stops, n.d. (2 copies)

Plan drawn on the fourth edition O.S. sheet of a plot of ground at Plawsworth about which a dispute [unspecified] took place between Plawsworth Parish Council and The Ministry of Works, 3 November 1951 Scale: 6" to 1 mile [1:10560]

Plan, drawn on the 1959 revision of the relevant O.S. sheet, showing an area of [road] which is to be dismantled between Plawsworth and Plawsworth Station. Area to be dismantled is outlined in red Scale: 25.344" to 1 mile [1:2,500]

Plan, drawn on the relevant O.S. sheet, showing the townships of Plawsworth, Kimblesworth and the vicinity, outlined in red with various reference numbers (key not included) in various locations, n.d. [early 1960s] Scale: 6" to 1 mile [1:10,560]

Plan, drawn on the relevant O.S. sheet showing the townships of Sacriston, Witton Gilbert and Langley Park, showing the area to the N.W. of Sacriston outlined in red with various reference numbers (key not included) in various locations, n.d. [early 1960s] Scale: 6" to 1 mile [1:10,560]

25 June 1917 (1) John Turnbull, solicitor, and John Turnbull, auctioneer, both of Chester-le-Street, agents for Colonel Henry Thomas Fenwick, London (2) The Parish Council of Plawsworth Agreement for the tenancy of a plot of land opposite Fowler's Terrace, Plawsworth Rent: £1 5s. p.a.

2 July 1917 (1) The Right Hon. John George, Earl of Durham (2) The Plawsworth Parish Council Copy of agreement for the tenancy of a garden at Nettlesworth amounting to 3.75a. Rent: £15 p.a.

24 January 1952 (1) The Parish Council of Plawsworth (2) The Minister of Works Agreement whereby (2) will pay (1) compensation amounting to £7 half yearly for (2)'s possession of land requsitioned under wartime emergency powers; includes related correspondence and notes

Sacriston Joint Burials Committee (consisting of Plawsworth, Kimblesworth and Sacriston Parish Councils) 'Table of fees, payments and sums' at Sacriston Cemetery, 1947