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Evenwood Civil Parish

Reference: CP/Ev Catalogue Title: Evenwood Civil Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1868-1987

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Changes in administration leading towards modern structures in the local government system, as we see them today, began before the Local Government Act 1894 came into life. The Representation of the People Act 1832 initiated the whole system of changes in English administration in the 19th Century. Many ancient parishes were turned into new administrative units following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1866. Generally, ecclesiastical parishes were substituted by civil parishes, which became the smallest administrative units. Urban and Rural districts were also introduced in 1894 and, together with Municipal Boroughs already in existence, created a middle tier in the administrative system, each comprising several civil parishes. Therefore, at the end of the century, there were three main levels in the local government hierarchy: counties, districts and civil parishes.

Civil parishes at first were organised the way the old poor law union and ecclesiastical parishes were. Boundaries of most were identical with ecclesiastical parishes, but with time they changed due to several local government reorganisations.

The 1894 Act introduced elected councils on a parish level, having been established in counties first in 1888. Parishes with a population of over 300 had an obligation to elect a council, and parishes over 200 could decide whether they needed one or not. If they chose not to, then all decisions on their behalf were made by a relevant district council and the same procedure applied to small parishes. Initially, members of the parish council were elected from the local government electors for the parish during the parish annual meeting, but this changed after the Representation of the People Act 1948 came into force, making the election process more clear and transparent.

Parish council functions focus on everyday life of the local community and, as we can see in the records they create, they mainly dealing with matters relating to footpaths, village greens, allotments, bus shelters, lighting, libraries and local entertainment and leisure centres. Occasionally they deal with cases of public order disturbances and rural crime. Some look after closed churchyards and manage burial grounds after burial boards were abolished under the 1894 Act.

Evenwood was a township in chapelry of Auckland St Helen's before it became a separate civil parish in 1866 known as Evenwood and Barony and was included in Bishop Auckland Poor Law Union and Darlington Ward.

Following the main local authority reorganisation in 1894, when urban and rural districts were created, it became part of Auckland Rural District in County Durham until 1937, after which it became part of Barnard Castle Rural District.

After local government reorganisation in 1974, Barnard Castle RDC was absorbed into Teesdale District Council until 2009, when all the districts within the county were amalgamated with the County Council to create a unitary authority, which Evenwood is still part of.

Catalogue Contents

CP/Ev Evenwood Civil Parish (Ref: CP/Ev )Minutes (Ref: CP/Ev section 01)

1-8, 69-71, 72, 73


Minute book, 25 March 1879 - 21 September 1894
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Minute book, 4 December 1894 - 22 March 1911
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Minute book, 19 April 1911 - 21 March 1932
(1 volume, leather bound)


Minute book, 11 April 1932 - 9 November 1943
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Minute book, 22 November 1943 - 22 March 1955
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Minute book, 24 May 1955 - 9 October 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Minute book, 30 October 1962 - 11 March 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rough notes of minutes, accounts etc. of the parish clerk, 12 June 1973 - 12 October 1976
(1 volume, covers missing)


Parish council meeting minute book, 8 April 1868 - 9 December 1975
(1 volume)


Parish council meeting minute book, 13 January 1976 - 12 July 1983
(1 volume)


Parish council meeting minute book, 12 July 1983 [noted as continuation of meeting of 14 July 1983] - 10 March 1987
(1 volume)


Parish council minute book 1987-1991
(1 volume)


Parish Council minute book 1991-1995
(1 volume)

Membership (Ref: CP/Ev section 02)Declarations of acceptance of office (Ref: CP/Ev )

10-12


Forms of Declaration of Acceptance of Office, 16 April 1907 - 20 April 1931
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Forms of Declaration of Acceptance of Office, 16 April 1924 - 11 September 1973
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Forms of Declaration of Acceptance of Office, 12 June - 11 September 1973
(1 file)

Rules (Ref: CP/Ev section 03)

67


Rules of Evenwood and Barony Parish Council, n.d.
(1 booklet, printed)

Financial records (Ref: CP/Ev section 04)Account books (Ref: CP/Ev )

20-23


Account book of receipts and payments, 31 March 1924 - 31 March 1934
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Account book of receipts and payments, 31 March 1935 - 31 March 1955
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Account book of receipts and payments, 31 March 1956 - 3 March 1969
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Postage and petty expenses account book, 31 March 1955 - 11 July 1970
(1 volume, card bound)

Allotments (Ref: CP/Ev )Allotment rents (Ref: CP/Ev )

24-25


Allotments rent book, 31 March 1926 - 31 March 1934
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Allotment rent book, 31 March 1935 - 31 March 1947
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Allotments cash book (Ref: CP/Ev )

26


Allotment Gardens cash book, March 1943 - 31 March 1969
(1 volume, card bound)

Financial statements (Ref: CP/Ev )

13-18


Financial statements, 31 March 1901 - 31 March 1915
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Financial statements, 31 March 1916 - 31 March 1927
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Financial statements, 31 March 1928 - 31 March 1938
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Financial statements, 31 March 1939 - 31 March 1948
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Financial statements, 31 March 1949 - 31 March 1958
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Financial statements, 31 March 1959 - 31 March 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Cash books (Ref: CP/Ev )

19


Cash book, 31 March 1896 - 31 March 1924
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Clerk's correspondence (Ref: CP/Ev section 05)Planning applications (Ref: CP/Ev )

30-34


Correspondence and papers concerning planning applications, including notifications, forms of consent, plans etc., July 1969 - November 1976
(1 file)


Correspondence and papers concerning planning applications, including notifications, consent forms etc., January 1974 - February 1975
(1 file)


Correspondence and papers concerning planning applications, including notifications, consent forms etc., 28 March - 3 September 1974; 29 June - 11 July 1977
(1 file)


Correspondence and papers concerning planning applications, including notifications, consent forms, plans etc., 10 December 1976 - March 1978
(1 file)


Correspondence and papers concerning planning applications, including notifications, consent forms, plans etc., January 1978 - April 1980
(1 file)

County Planning Officer (Ref: CP/Ev )

35-36


Recommendations of the County Planning Officer for consideration for Barnard Castle R.D.C., July 1966 - February 1969
(1 file, typescript)


Recommendations of the County Planning Officer for consideration of Barnard Castle R.D.C., March 1969
(1 file, typescript)

General correspondence (Ref: CP/Ev )

37-41, 78


Copy letter book, 3 December 1952 - 1 May 1954
(1 volume, card bound)


General correspondence, January - July 1964
(1 file)


General correspondence, February - December 1966
(1 file)


General correspondence, January - November 1967
(1 file)


General correspondence, January 1972 - December 1979
(1 file)


Enquiries of Local Authority (Barnard Castle Rural District Council) and Requisition for Official Search 1951 - regarding 4.272 acres of land at Evenwood and Barony
(1 file)

Parish clerk (Ref: CP/Ev )

44-45


Correspondence and related papers concerning appointment of parish clerk, 8 March - 13 April 1962
(1 file)


Correspondence and papers concerning appointment of parish clerk, February - March 1969 and January - March 1975
(1 file)

Allotments (Ref: CP/Ev )

28, 57


Correspondence concerning allotments, 13 August 1964 - 23 July 1969
(1 file)


Correspondence concerning garages at Copeland Allotments, 13 April 1968 - 8 January 1969
(1 file)

Ramshaw School (Ref: CP/Ev )

49-51


Correspondence concerning possible closure of Ramshaw School, 12 November 1965 - 8 February 1966
(1 file)


Correspondence and papers concerning appointment of school managers at Ramshaw, 26 May 1964 - 15 March 1979
(1 file)


Correspondence concerning the closure of Ramshaw School, 18 May 1971 - 6 June 1974
(1 file)

Street lightning (Ref: CP/Ev )

46-48


Correspondence and papers concerning street lighting, 3 January 1962 - 17 January 1966
(1 file)


Correspondence concerning street lighting, 9 February 1966 - 24 March 1969
(1 file)


Correspondence concerning public lighting installation, 1 April 1962 - 21 September 1963
(1 file)

Private street works (Ref: CP/Ev )

42-43


Correspondence concerning Private Street Works, 5 October 1951 - 23 July 1970
(1 file)


Correspondence and papers concerning Private Street Works, 11 March 1953 - January 1955
(1 file)

Bus shelters (Ref: CP/Ev )

52


Correspondence concerning provision of bus shelters, 15 July 1963 - 22 December 1966
(1 file)

Village green (Ref: CP/Ev )

53, 66


Correspondence concerning parking of vehicles on the village green, 12 February 1964 - 24 February 1969
(1 file)


Byelaws for the Regulation of the Village Green, Evenwood and Barony, 1903
(1 booklet, printed)

Oaks Bank Quarry Reclamation Scheme (Ref: CP/Ev )

56


Correspondence and papers, including plan, concerning Oaks Bank Quarry Reclamation Scheme, 18 August 1966 - 10 January 1980
(1 file)

Rights of way (Ref: CP/Ev )

54, 74-77


Correspondence and papers, including plans, concerning rights of way, 21 February 1964 - 12 January 1970
(1 file)


Correspondence between the parish council and agents of the Earl of Strathmore and North Eastern Railway 1901-1904 - regarding closure of a level crossing over the railway at Station Row, substituting a footpath along the north side of the railway to the highway
(1 volume)


Agreement 4 July 1914 Parties: (1) North Eastern Railway Company; (2) Parish Council of Evenwood and Barony Operative Part: - agreement for (2) to use footpath as shown on included plan between Gordon Lane and Norwood Colliery
(1 deed)


Correspondence between Barnard Castle Rural District Council and London & North Eastern Railway 1943 - regarding dilapidated condition of foot bridge over the railway near Evenwood station as shown on included map
(1 file)


Copy agreement 17 July 1944 Parties: (1) London & North Eastern Railway Company; (2) Evenwood & Barony Parish Council Operative Part: - (1) granted (2) permission for members of the public to use (1)'s private road near Evenwood Station as shown on included map for 5 shillings per annum paid by (2)
(1 file)

Shale heap (Ref: CP/Ev )

55


Correspondence concerning burning of shale heap at Ramshaw, 12 March 1964 - 19 July 1968
(1 file)

Vandalism (Ref: CP/Ev )

Correspondence and papers from Durham Constabulary concerning complaints of vandalism etc., 4 February - 23 July 1974
(1 file)

Drainage (Ref: CP/Ev )

60


Correspondence concerning drainage, 22 February 1975 - 14 September 1979
(1 file)

Plans (Ref: CP/Ev section 06)Evenwood Gate Garden Allotments (Ref: CP/Ev )

Plan of Evenwood Gate Garden Allotments, March 1917 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 yard [1:288]
(1 plan, 72cm x 5lcm, ink)

Bus shelters (Ref: CP/Ev )

64-65


Plan, section and elevation of proposed bus shelter at Ramshaw by K. Tweddle, surveyor, n.d. [20th century] Scale: 2 feet to 1 inch [1:24] 1:2500 1:500
(1 plan, 65cm x 30cm, printed)


Plan, section and elevation of proposed bush shelter at High Lands, Cockfield, May 1977 Scale: 1/2 inch to 1 foot [1:25] 1:2500 1:250
(1 plan, 60cm x 41cm, duplicated)

Parish boundaries (Ref: CP/Ev )

61-62


Plan showing boundary of Evenwood and Barony Civil Parish, n.d. [20th century] Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 plan, 93cm x 65cm, printed)


Plan of Evenwood and Barony Civil Parish, showing ward boundaries, n.d. {20th century] Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 plan, 108cm x 77cm, waxed linen, ink and colour wash)

High Lands (Ref: CP/Ev )

63


Sketch plan of land proposed to be let to Evenwood Parish Council at High Lands, n.d. [early 20th century] No scale: [1:2500]
(1 plan, 40cm x 29cm, waxed linen, ink and colour wash)

Burial Board and cemetery (Ref: CP/Ev section 07)Evenwood Burial Board (Ref: CP/Ev )

9
see also BB/Ev


Minute book of the Burial Board, 20 May 1913 - 13 August 1956
(1 volume, leather bound)

Evenwood Cemetery (Ref: CP/Ev )

58


Correspondence and papers concerning Evenwood Cemetery, December 1973 - December 1975
(1 file)

Miscellaneous (Ref: CP/Ev section 08)

27, 68


Agreement for garden ground, August 1959 - November 1965
(6 papers, printed form)


Durham County Playing Fields Association, Annual Report, 1964 - 1965
(1 booklet, printed)