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Spennymoor Urban District Council

Reference: UD/Sp Catalogue Title: Spennymoor Urban District Council Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Cemetery records and churchyards

Covering Dates: 1898-1959

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Tudhoe Cemetery (Ref: UD/Sp )

See also Tudhoe Burial Board

Cemetery administration (Ref: UD/Sp 154-155)

Draft of a letter from Spennymoor Urban District Council to the Bishop of Durham asking for a further part of the burial ground to be consecrated, 1902
(2 papers)


Grants of exclusive right of burial at Tudhoe Cemetery, 1920-1940 Purchased by David Troupe, Martin Brabban, Mrs Roe of Ferryhill, Margaret Brassell, Mrs Danby of Post Office Street, Mrs Smith of Barker Street, and Mrs Storey of King William Street Appear to have been returned to the council by the Post Office as undelivered
(7 papers)

Legal position of cemetery (Ref: UD/Sp 160-161)

Sealed order, no. 76, re alteration of the boundaries of Ferryhill and Chilton Burial district and Tudhoe Burial District, 12 January 1898 Adds Low Spennymoor and Merrington Lane into the Tudhoe district
(1 paper)


The Spennymoor Urban District (Parish Council Powers) Order, statutory order No. 1196, 22 July 1958 With covering letter from the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Gives UDC powers of a parish council with respect to funding the provision of a burial ground
(2 papers)

Byers Green Churchyard (Ref: UD/Sp 156)

Correspondence between Spennymoor Urban District Council, Gateshead Borough Council and Rev R Cartwright, rector of Gateshead, concerning the financial contribution of the council to the improvement of churchyards, March 1959 Spennymoor was able to give a grant to Byers Green church through the provisions of the Spennymoor Urban District (Parish Council Powers) Order, 1958, (enclosed); Gateshead was not in a position to offer the same support
(5 papers)