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Weardale Rural District Council

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

Covering Dates: 1917-1950

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  • Weardale Rural District Council
    • Weardale Rural District Council (Ref: RD/We)
    • Electricity supply (Ref: RD/We)
    • Street lighting (Ref: RD/We)
    • Water supply and drainage (Ref: RD/We)
    • Gas supply (Ref: RD/We 261)

Catalogue Description

Records of Weardale Rural District Council and its predecessors

Catalogue Contents

Weardale Rural District Council (Ref: RD/We)Street lighting (Ref: RD/We)

182, 208-213

Ref: RD/We 182

Weardale Rural District Council correspondence concerning electric lighting in Wolsingham, 1922 - 1926
(1 file)

Ref: RD/We 208

Plan of street lighting at Boltsburn, 16 November 1950
(1 plan, paper)

Ref: RD/We 209

Plan of street lighting at Eastgate, 16 November 1950
(1 plan, paper)

Ref: RD/We 210

Plan of street lighting at Ireshopeburn, Wearhead and Cowshill, 14 November 1950
(3 plans, paper)

Ref: RD/We 211

Plan of street lighting at Stanhope, 1 December 1950
(1 plan, paper)

Ref: RD/We 212

Plan of street lighting at St. John's Chapel, Daddry Shield and Westgate, 14 November 1950
(2 plans)

Ref: RD/We 213

Plan of street lighting at Frosterley, 1 December 1950
(1 plan, paper)

Electricity supply (Ref: RD/We)

181, 183, 196-197, 236/1-2, 239

Ref: RD/We 181

Weardale Rural District Council correspondence concerning electricity schemes, March 1924 - August 1927
(1 file)

Ref: RD/We 183

Weardale Rural District Council Electricity Committee, December 1924 - January 1926
(1 volume)

Ref: RD/We 196

Plan of Weardale and Stanhope electricity, October 1927
(11 plans)

Ref: RD/We 197

Plan of Wear Valley electricity scheme, 1928
(1 file)

Ref: RD/We 236/1-2

Plans relating to Weardale Electricity Supply Order [1928] - Ordnance Survey sheets XXV, XXXIII, 1924 edition Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10,560]
(2 plans)

Ref: RD/We 239

Correspondence relating to the supply of electricity, 23 September 1925 - 30 January 1926
(1 file)

Water supply and drainage (Ref: RD/We)

238, 249-252, 258-260, 262
See also RSA/We

Ref: RD/We 238

Correspondence relating to drainage and water supply at Newhouse, Stanhope, 25 January 1917 - 13 May 1918
(1 file)

Ref: RD/We 249

Map prepared for Durham County Waterworks, showing Burnhope Reservoir catch water, including land at Burnhope acquired by the Durham County Water Board, as well as footpath and road crossings plotted on a joined third edition Ordnance Survey map, including Durham sheet XXI, New Northumberland NCXV, Cumberland XLII and LII, (c.1923 edition) Scale: 6 inches to 1mile [1:10560]
(1 Plan, 68cm x 70 cm, printed)

Ref: RD/We 250

Map showing the "Spring and assumed track of 2" pipeline, church commissioners" from Brownley Hill to Noah's Ark, also showing Keeper's Lodge, spring and storage tank, together with 3" pipeline to Stanhope, plotted on Ordnance Survey sheet XXIV:N.W., (1923 edition) Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 Plan, 57 cm x 42cm)

Ref: RD/We 251

Map prepared for Weardale Rural District Council showing the existing and proposed new water scheme for Daddry Shield and West Gate, also a proposed new sewer and sewerage disposal works for Eastgate, plotted on a joined third edition Ordnance Survey map, including Durham sheet XXIII:S.W., S.E. and XXXI, dated 1923 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
(1 plan, 100cm x 101cm, printed)

Ref: RD/We 252

Map (no.5258) prepared by D. Balfour & Sons, Newcastle upon Tyne, consulting engineers, for Weardale Rural District Council (water supply), showing the boundaries and existing mains of Weardale Rural District Council and of Durham County Water Board, 19 July 1946 Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile [1:63360]
(1 plan, 80cm x 59cm, printed)

Ref: RD/We 258

Report on existing water supplied (outside Durham County Water Board area) for Weardale R.D.C., 31 July 1946
(2 papers)

Ref: RD/We 259

Report on the proposals for the future supply of water to the Weardale area with the total estimated cost, and list of existing supplies, 11 March 1947
(10 papers)

Ref: RD/We 260

Report on the sewerage system in the area covered by Weardale R.D.C., c.1948
(2 papers)

Ref: RD/We 262

Report on water supplies in the area covered by Weardale R.D.C., c.1948
(2 papers)

Gas supply (Ref: RD/We 261)Ref: RD/We 261

Report on gas supplied in the area covered by Weardale R.D.C., c.1948
(1 paper)



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