Durham City Council (1179 - 1974)
Reference: Du Catalogue Title: Durham City Council (1179 - 1974) Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Additional records
Covering Dates: 1910-1976
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- Durham City Council (1179 - 1974)
- Durham City Council (1179-1974) (Ref: Du)
- Environmental Health Records (Ref: Du)
- Registers and certificates of registration of housing and premises (Ref: Du 1/65/1-7)
- Infectious diseases (Ref: Du 1/65/8)
- Clearance orders (Ref: Du 1/65/9-19)
- Financial records (Ref: Du 1/66/1-53)
- Developments (Ref: Du 1/67-68)
- The Kinema, Meadowfield (Ref: Du 1/67/1-3)
- Milburngate, Durham (Ref: Du 1/68/1)
- Wharton Park, Durham (Ref: Du 1/68/2/1-5)
Catalogue Contents
Durham City Council (1179-1974) (Ref: Du)Environmental Health Records (Ref: Du)Registers and certificates of registration of housing and premises (Ref: Du 1/65/1-7)Ref: Du 1/65/1
Register of houses in clearance area, 31 August 1938 - 1 February 1940
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: Du 1/65/2Displacement register: houses in clearance areas and houses purchased under Section 26 of the Housing Act, 1937, and Section 44 of the Housing Act, 1944, 26 November 1955 - 21 January 1967
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: Du 1/65/3Displacement register: individual unfit houses not in clearance or redevelopment areas, 21 January 1956 - 16 January 1971
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: Du 1/65/4Register listing houses and owners in Durham City, street by street, 8 June 1937 - 30 November 1938
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: Du 1/65/5Register of factories under Section 8 of the Factories Act, 1961, c.1961 - 7 June 1974
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/65/6Certificates of registration of premises for the sale of ice cream under Section 14 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, 12 October 1939 - 7 June 1950
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: Du 1/65/7Certificates of registration of premises for the sale of ice cream under Section 14 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, 5 July 1950 - 3 April 1957
(1 volume, card bound)
Infectious diseases (Ref: Du 1/65/8)For register of notifications of infectious diseases to December 1977 see RD/Du 266
Ref: Du 1/65/8Register of notifications of infectious diseases, 3 January 1967 - 29 April 1973
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Clearance orders (Ref: Du 1/65/9-19)Ref: Du 1/65/9Notices of the making of a clearance order, issued to the owners and occupiers of property at Millburngate, Durham, by G. A. Carpenter, Town Clerk, 13 October and 20 November 1933
(17 papers)
Ref: Du 1/65/10City of Durham (Millburngate) Housing Confirmation Order, confirming a clearance order made under Part I of the Housing Act, 1930, 5 March 1934
(1 papers, printed)
Ref: Du 1/65/11Notice of confirmation of the City of Durham (Millburngate) Clearance Order, 1933, 13 March 1934
(1 papers, printed)
Ref: Du 1/65/12Notice of the City of Durham (Millburngate) Clearance Order 1933, published in the Durham County Advertiser and Durham Chronicle newspaper, 16 March 1934
(1 papers, printed)
Ref: Du 1/65/13Copy abridged report of the shorthand writer at the inquiry into the Millburngate Clearance Order, held by the Ministry of Health, at the Town Hall, Durham, 5 December 1933
(1 file, printed)
Ref: Du 1/65/14Report on the Framwellgate Clearance Area (No. 1), numbered 119 to 126 Millburngate and 5 Lambton Walk, comprising forty six dwellings in tenements and one self-contained house, one common lodging house, one slaughter house, and one stable, by G. W. Ragg, Sanitary Inspector of the City of Durham, 10 February 1934
Includes: tenants' names, occupations and weekly rents
(1 file, printed)
Ref: Du 1/65/15Duplicate of Du 1/65/14, lacking individual property reference numbers, 10 February 1934
(1 file, printed)
Ref: Du 1/65/16Sealed plan of the City of Durham Millburngate Improvement Scheme area, by John W. Green, City Engineer, 1933
Scale: 10 feet to 1 inch [1:120]
(1 plan, 120 cm. x 76 cm., colour wash)
Ref: Du 1/65/17Sealed plan of the City of Durham Millburngate Clearance Area, by
John W. Green, City Engineer, 1933
Scale: 1 inch to 40 feet [1:480]
(1 plan, 32 cm. x 21 cm., printed)
Ref: Du 1/65/18Plan of the City of Durham Millburngate Improvement Scheme, by John W. Green, City Engineer, 1933
Scale: 10 feet to 1 inch [1:120]
(1 plan, 120 cm x 76 cm, coloured)
Ref: Du 1/65/19Plan of the City of Durham Millburngate Clearance Scheme, 1933, as amended, showing the properties excluded from the clearance area, by John W. Green, City Engineer, n.d. [1934]
Scale: 1 inch to 40 feet [1:480]
(1 plan, 32 cm x 21 cm)
Financial records (Ref: Du 1/66/1-53)Ref: Du 1/66/1Private streets accounts [possibly Charges Register] for Crossgate Peth, Laburnum Avenue, Lawson Terrace, Mistletoe Street, Holly Street, Hawthorn Terrace, Albert Street, Victoria Terrace, Princess Street, Obelisk Lane, Durham, 31 March 1910 - 31 March 1918
Includes: Nevilledale Terrace, Durham, 31 March 1936 - 31 March 1938
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/2Housing account ledger, 31 March 1920 - 31 March 1931
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/3Housing account ledger, 31 March 1931 - 31 March 1935
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/4Housing account ledger, 31 March 1933 - 31 March 1941
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/5Housing account ledger, 1 April 1940 - 31 March 1943
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/6Housing account ledger, 31 March 1949 - 31 March 1952
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/7Housing account ledger, 31 March 1953 - 31 March 1956
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/8Housing account ledger, 31 March 1956 - 31 March 1959
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/9Housing rent account book for The Moorlands, quarter ending 30 September 1925 - quarter ending 30 June 1933
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/10Housing rent account book for The Moorlands, quarter ending 30 September 1933 - 31 March 1937
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/11Rent account book for The Moorlands, New Elvet housing estate, and New Elvet shops, quarter ending 30 June 1937 - quarter ending 31 March 1941
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/12Housing rent account book for The Moorlands, quarter ending June 1941 - quarter ending 31 March 1942
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/13Housing rent account book for Whinney Hill (Insanitary Area), quarter ending 30 June 1926 - quarter ending 31 March 1934
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/14Housing rent account book for Whinney Hill (Insanitary Area), quarter ending 30 June 1934 - quarter ending 31 March 1938
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/15Housing rent account book for Whinney Hill (Insanitary Area), quarter ending 30 June 1938 - 31 March 1942
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/16Housing rent account book for Whinney Hill, quarter ending December 1926 - quarter ending 31 March 1935
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/17Housing rent account book for Whinney Hill, Hallgarth View, The Moorlands and St. Leonards, quarter ending 30 June 1935 - quarter ending 31 March 1940
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/18Housing rent account book for Whinney Hill, quarter ending 30 June 1940 - quarter ending June 1941
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/19Housing rent account book for Musgrave Gardens, quarter ending 31 December 1927 - quarter ending 31 March 1932
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/20Housing rent account book for Musgrave Gardens, quarter ending 30 June 1932 - quarter ending 30 June 1936
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/21Housing rent account book for Musgrave Gardens, quarter ending 30 June 1936 - quarter ending September 1942
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/22Housing rent account book for Musgrave Gardens, quarter ending June 1940 - quarter ending 31 March 1942
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/23Housing rent account book for New Elvet (Insanitary Area), New Elvet Estate, quarter ending 30 June 1928 - quarter ending 31 March 1939
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/24Housing rent account book for Framwellgate Moor, quarter ending 30 December 1928 - quarter ending 31 December 1929
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/25Housing rent account book for Sherburn Road Estate, Framwellgate and Millburngate slum clearance, quarter ending 30 September 1934 - quarter ending 30 June 1936
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/26Housing rent account book for Sherburn Road, quarter ending 30 September 1936 - quarter ending 31 March 1938
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/27Housing rent account book for Sherburn Road, quarter ending 30 June 1939 - quarter ending 31 March 1940
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/28Housing rent account book for Sherburn Road, quarter ending 30 June 1940 - 31 March 1942
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/29Housing rent account book for Sherburn Road, 30 June 1941 - 31 March 1942
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/30Housing rent account book for Framwellgate tenements, quarter ending 30 June 1939 - quarter ending September 1944
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/31Housing rent account book for Elvet Crescent, quarter ending 30 June 1941 - quarter ending 31 March 1942
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/32Rate accounts ledger, 31 March 1928 - 31 March 1937
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/33Cash account book, 31 March 1928 - 31 March 1959
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/34Cash account book, 1936/37 - 1971/72
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/35Housing cash book, 1 April 1930 - 14 February 1935
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/36Housing cash book, Assisted Schemes, 1 April 1932 - 31 March 1938
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/37Loans ledger (housing, public health, general), 31 March 1931 - 31 March 1947
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/38Loans ledger (housing), 31 March 1947 - 31 March 1961
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/39Accounts ledger, Insanitary Area, 31 March 1931 - 31 March 1939
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/40Accounts ledger, 1 April 1955 - 31 March 1964
(1 file)
Ref: Du 1/66/41Accounts ledger, 1 April 1969 - 31 March 1974
(1 file)
Ref: Du 1/66/42Service and superannuation register, 31 December 1935 - 31 December 1941
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/43Register of rate contributions, year ending 31 March 1936 - year ending 31 March 1957
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/44Housing account treasurer's cash book, 31 March 1941 - 31 March 1954
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/45Housing account treasurer's cash book, 5 November 1954 - 31 March 1959
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/46Consolidated housing accounts ledger, 31 March 1942 - 31 March 1944
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/47Consolidated housing accounts, ledger, 31 March 1945 - 31 March 1948
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/48Expenditure accounts, financial year ending 31 March 1943 - year ending 31 March 1954
(1 file)
Ref: Du 1/66/49Rental register for Elvet Ward, Pelaw Ward, Gilesgate Ward, Framwellgate Ward, St. Nicholas Ward, Crossgate Ward, 21 December 1943 - 9 April 1966
(1 file)
Ref: Du 1/66/50Register of new dwellings, 20 February 1950 - 12 July 1957
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/51City of Durham Old People's Welfare Committee cash book, 26 August 1953 - 1 September 1964
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: Du 1/66/52Revenue account ledger, 1 April 1959 - 31 March 1931
(1 file)
Ref: Du 1/66/53Lenders' accounts ledger, 31 March 1969 - 31 March 1976
(1 volume)
Developments (Ref: Du 1/67-68)The Kinema, Meadowfield (Ref: Du 1/67/1-3)A cinema was reopened in the Co-operative Hall, Meadowfield, Brandon and Byshottles, on 29 September 1913. It closed in 1917, but was again in operation in 1924 and was known as the Kinema. It closed on 16 July 1961. The Co-operative Hall later became offices of Brandon and Byshottles District Council, and, later, Durham City Council.
Ref: Du 1/67/1Programmes for the 'Kinema', John Street, Meadowfield, 23 March 1959 - 11 June 1961
(1 file)
Ref: Du 1/67/2Programmes for the 'Kinema', John Street, Meadowfield, 12 June 1961 - 25 June 1961
(1 paper)
Ref: Du 1/67/3Programme for the 'Kinema', John Street, Meadowfield, 26 June 1961 - 16 July 1961
(1 paper)
Milburngate, Durham (Ref: Du 1/68/1)Ref: Du 1/68/1Photographs of proposed development at Milburngate, John W Green, architect, c1920s
(1) Photograph of proposed flats, Milburngate, c1920s
(2) Photograph of site at Milburngate as existing, c1920s
(2 photographs, mounted on single black card)
Wharton Park, Durham (Ref: Du 1/68/2/1-5)Ref: Du 1/68/2/1Specification for construction of houses and ladies lavatory, Wharton Park, Durham, January 1926
(1 file, printed)
Ref: Du 1/68/2/2Ground and first floor plans, elevations and sections of proposed house at Wharton Park, Durham, by John W Green, City Engineer, 6 February 1929
(1 plan, 79 cm x 65 cm)
Ref: Du 1/68/2/3Estimate from Wm Smith, Builder and Contractor, Auton Park, Bearpark to Durham City Council for the sum of £423 for the cost of Park Keeper's house according to the plans and specifications, 29 October 1928
(1 paper)
Ref: Du 1/68/2/46 February 1929
(1) Durham Urban District Council
(2) William Smith, of Auton Stile, Bearpark
Tender and contract for construction of Park Keeper's house and lavatory at Wharton Park, Durham with drawings and specification to be prepared by John W Green, Esq., City Engineer, Town Hall, Durham, their Architect, and the said drawings no 1 and the specification attached and marked A-B have been signed by or on behalf of the parties.
Consideration £423
(1 file, printed)
Ref: Du 1/68/2/56 February 1929
(1) Mr William Smith and Sureties
(2) The City of Durham Urban District Council
Bond, in £100 to fulfil contract of 6 February 1929
(1 paper)
