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Chester-le-Street Urban District Council

Reference: UD/CS Catalogue Title: Chester-le-Street Urban District Council Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Elected members; ledgers; correspondence; etc.

Covering Dates: 1909-1972

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  • Chester-le-Street Urban District Council
    • Chester le Street Urban District Council (Ref: UD/CS)
    • Corporate and legal (Ref: UD/CS)
    • Motion book (Ref: UD/CS 101)
    • Councillors' declarations of acceptance of office (Ref: UD/CS 187-191)
    • Year books (Ref: UD/CS 241)
    • Correspondence (Ref: UD/CS 120, 194-224)
    • Letter books (Ref: UD/CS 120)
    • Public health (Ref: UD/CS 194-195,198-199,207)
    • Transport (Ref: UD/CS 200,202,206,208-209,211)
    • Misc. (Ref: UD/CS 201,204,215,223-224)
    • Unemployment and housing (Ref: UD/CS 203,210,219-220)
    • Fire service (Ref: UD/CS 212-214,216-218)
    • Licensing (Ref: UD/CS 121)
    • Misc. (Ref: UD/CS 122,225)
    • Maps and Plans (Ref: UD/CS 226-240)

Catalogue Contents

Chester le Street Urban District Council (Ref: UD/CS)Corporate and legal (Ref: UD/CS)Motion book (Ref: UD/CS 101)Ref: UD/CS 101

Motion book, 1909 - 1912
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Councillors' declarations of acceptance of office (Ref: UD/CS 187-191)Ref: UD/CS 187

Declarations of acceptance of office, 1909 - 1927
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/CS 188

Declarations of acceptance of office, 1928 - 1948
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/CS 189

Declarations of acceptance of office, 1948 - 1962
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/CS 190

Declarations of acceptance of office, 1962 - 1972
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/CS 191

number not used

Year books (Ref: UD/CS 241)Ref: UD/CS 241/1

Year book, 1967 - 1968
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: UD/CS 241/2

Year book, 1968 - 1969
(1 booklet, printed)

Correspondence (Ref: UD/CS 120, 194-224)Letter books (Ref: UD/CS 120)Ref: UD/CS 120

Letter book, 1909 - 1911
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Public health (Ref: UD/CS 194-195,198-199,207)Ref: UD/CS 194

Correpondence re Medical Officer of Health, February 1910 - February 1926
(18 files)

Ref: UD/CS 195

Correspondence re care and treatment of tuberculosis, 30 January 1911 - 13 October 1936
(10 papers, 4 files)

Ref: UD/CS 198

Correspondence re prevention of mortality from measles, 6 May 1915 - 21 June 1917
(18 papers, 3 files)

Ref: UD/CS 199

Correspondence re maternity and child welfare centre, 8 December 1916 - 10 May 1945
(16 files, 30 papers)

Ref: UD/CS 207

Correspondence re the Medical Officer of Health, 7 February 1928 - 28 December 1949
(1 paper, 31 files)

Transport (Ref: UD/CS 200,202,206,208-209,211)Ref: UD/CS 200

Relief works: correspondence re footpath across dene at Newfield, 16 July 1923 - 14 October 1927
(3 files)

Ref: UD/CS 202

Claims and correspondence re vehicle licensing fees, 29 January 1924 - 26 November 1930
(12 papers, 13 files)

Ref: UD/CS 206

Correspondence re omnibus regulations, 26 July 1927 - 9 August 1928
(73 papers, 21 files)

Ref: UD/CS 208

Correspondence re bus services, 26 July - 5 November 1928
(15 papers, 8 files)

Ref: UD/CS 209

Relief works: correspondence re West Lane Road improvements, 16 May 1923 - 28 September 1935
(3 files)

Ref: UD/CS 211

Correspondence from the Disrict Commissioner for special areas re private street works, riverside works etc., 8 March 1937 - 31 March 1941
(8 files, 1 paper)

Misc. (Ref: UD/CS 201,204,215,223-224)Ref: UD/CS 201

Correspondence re resolutions passed by Chester-le-Street U.D.C., 31 May 1923 - 1 February 1936
(4 papers, 10 files)

Ref: UD/CS 204

Correspondence re council overdraft, 1 October 1926 - 26 October 1928
(55 papers, 26 files)

Ref: UD/CS 215

Correspondence between Chester-le-street U.D.C. and Durham County Water Board, 29 February 1940 - 30 August 1954
(3 papers, 28 files)

Ref: UD/CS 223

Correspondence re Festival of Britain, 29 January 1949 - 18 June 1951
(1 paper, 5 files)

Ref: UD/CS 224

Correspondence and accounts re Hungarian relief fund, 10 November 1956 - 15 January 1957
(10 papers, 8 files)

Unemployment and housing (Ref: UD/CS 203,210,219-220)Ref: UD/CS 203

Correspondence re Chester-le-Street Unemployed Association, 30 October 1925 - 7 April 1938
(15 papers, 17 files)

Ref: UD/CS 210

Correspondence re relief (of unemployed), December 1935
(10 papers, 19 files)

Ref: UD/CS 219

Correspondence re Coal Miners Hostels Scheme at Pelton Lane, Chester-le-Street, 9 November 1943 - 9 March 1944
(2 files)

Ref: UD/CS 220

Correspondence re parliamentary electors - war time registration, 14 January 1944 - 5 May 1949
(2papers, 14 files)

Fire service (Ref: UD/CS 212-214,216-218)Ref: UD/CS 212

Reports of emergency fire services, 31 May 1938 - 27 June 1941
(18 files)

Ref: UD/CS 213

General correspondence re emergency fire services, 22 December 1938 - 8 October 1941
(2 papers, 25 files)

Ref: UD/CS 214

Correspondence re premises for emergency fire services, 19 February 1940 - 24 November 1947
(10 files)

Ref: UD/CS 216

Emergency fire services correspondence re stirrup pumps for sale, 2 October 1940 - 30 October 1944
(7 files)

Ref: UD/CS 217

Correspondence re emergency fire services personnel, 24 February - 16 July 1941
(19 papers, 21 files)

Ref: UD/CS 218

Correspondence and accounts re Chester-le-Street Fire Brigade, 22 October 1941 - 5 November 1943
(22 papers, 17 files)

Ref: UD/CS 221

Correspondence re squatters at Roman Avenue military camp, 26 November 1946 - 28 October 1955
(5 papers, 28 files)

Licensing (Ref: UD/CS 121)Ref: UD/CS 121

Register of pawnbrokers' certificates, 1920 - 1940
(1volume, leather half-bound)

Misc. (Ref: UD/CS 122,225)Ref: UD/CS 122

Register of owners for Central North Durham Planning Scheme, 1933 - 1939
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: UD/CS 225

Booklet entitled "This is Your Town", March 1961
(1 booklet)

Maps and Plans (Ref: UD/CS 226-240)Ref: UD/CS 226

Ordnance plans of parish of Witton Gilbert, December 1858 Scale: 25.344" to 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 plan, 197 cm x 68 cm, paper on linen, ink)

Ref: UD/CS 227

Ordnance plan of parish of Chester-le-Street, December 1858 Scale: 25.344" to 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 plan, 680 cm x 66 cm, ink, partly coloured)

Ref: UD/CS 228

Diagram of sanitary districts in county of Durham, showing also civil parishes, 1888
(1 plan, 49 cm x 47 cm, ink, coloured)

Ref: UD/CS 229

Map of Witton Gilbert, n.d. Scale: 25.344" to 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 plan, 196 cm x 66 cm, paper on linen, ink, partly coloured)

Ref: UD/CS 230

Ordnance Survey plan of parish of Washington, September 1856 Scale: 25.344" to 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 plan, 196 cm x 66 cm, paper on linen, ink, partly coloured)

Ref: UD/CS 231

Map of Whickam, n.d. Scale: 25.344" to 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 plan, 500 cm x 66 cm, paper on linen, ink, partly coloured)

Ref: UD/CS 232

Map showing Bourn Moor, Chester-le-Street parish, n.d. Scale: 25.344" to 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 plan, 198 cm x 66 cm, paper on linen, ink, partly coloured)

Ref: UD/CS 233

Map of Cocken, n.d. Scale: 25.344" to 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 plan, 200 cm x 78 cm, paper on linen, ink, partly coloured)

Ref: UD/CS 234

Map of [Lamesley], n.d. Scale: 25.344" to 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 plan, 315 cm x 69 cm, paper on linen, ink, partly coloured)

Ref: UD/CS 235

Map of Washington Station, n.d. Scale: 25.344" to 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 plan, 294 cm x 66cm, paper on linen, ink, partly coloured)

Ref: UD/CS 236

Map of Willington and Barmston, n.d. Scale: 25.344" to 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 plan, 391 cm x 66 cm, paper on linen, ink, partly coloured)

Ref: UD/CS 237

Map of Great Usworth and Usworth Gallery, n.d. Scale: 25.344" to 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 plan, 391 cm x 66 cm, paper on linen, ink, partly coloured)

Ref: UD/CS 238

Map of Kimblesworth, n.d. Scale: 25.344" to 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 plan, 295 cm x 66 cm, paper on linen, ink, partly coloured)

Ref: UD/CS 239

Map of Great Lumley, Plawsworth and Edmondsley, n.d. Scale: 25.344" to 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 plan, 489 cm x 67 cm, paper on linen, ink, partly coloured)

Ref: UD/CS 240

Map of Bear Park, n.d. Scale: 25.344" to 1 mile [1:2500]
(1 plan, 198 cm x 66 cm, paper on linen, ink, partly coloured)



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