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Weardale Rural District Council

Reference: RD/We Catalogue Title: Weardale Rural District Council Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Legal

Covering Dates: 1943-1974

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  • Weardale Rural District Council
    • Weardale R.D.C. (from January 1895); formerly Weardale Union Rural Sanitary Authority (Ref: RD/We 15-17,22-183,186-218,220-242)
    • Legal (Ref: RD/We )
    • Seal registers (Ref: RD/We 62-63)

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Weardale R.D.C. (from January 1895); formerly Weardale Union Rural Sanitary Authority (Ref: RD/We 15-17,22-183,186-218,220-242)

Weardale RDC
- Weardale Poor Law Union 1834-1930, included townships for parishes and chapelries of: Stanhope, St. John's Chapel; Wolsingham; Edmundbyers
- Weardale Highway District 1862-1894
- Weardale Rural Sanitary District 1875-1894, not including Stanhope town
- Weardale Rural District 1894-1974, including Stanhope from 1937
- part of Wear Valley District 1974-2009

Legal (Ref: RD/We )Seal registers (Ref: RD/We 62-63)Ref: RD/We 62

Weardale Rural District Council seal register, 7 April 1943 - 7 March 1973
(1 volume, leather half bound)

Ref: RD/We 63

Weardale Rural District Council seal register, 4 April 1973 - 27 March 1974 (I volume, leather half bound)



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