Belmont Civil Parish
Reference: CP/Bel Catalogue Title: Belmont Civil Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description:
Covering Dates: 1894-2011
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- Belmont Civil Parish
- Belmont Civil Parish (Ref: CP/Bel)
- Minutes (Ref: CP/Bel 1-11)
- Broomside Lane Cemetery (Ref: CP/Bel 12-17)
- Finance (Ref: CP/Bel 18-22, 25-26, 30)
- Mortgages (Ref: CP/Bel 23)
- Belmont parish hall (Ref: CP/Bel 24, 33-34)
- Miscellaneous (Ref: CP/Bel 27)
- Declarations of acceptance of office (Ref: CP/Bel 28)
- Attendance at meetings (Ref: CP/Bel 29)
- Staff wages (Ref: CP/Bel 31-32)
- War Memorial (Ref: CP/Bel 35-38)
- War Memorial minutes (Ref: CP/Bel 35)
- Friends of Belmont War Memorial (Ref: CP/Bel 36/1-3, 37/1-4, 38/1)
Catalogue Description
Belmont Parish CouncilBelmont Parish Council was established in 1894 under part 1 of the Local Government, 1894 (56 and 57 Victoria, c.73), from the area of Durham, St. Giles civil parish not within the boundaries of the City of Durham. The parish boundaries were extended in October 1896 by the addition of part of Pittington civil parish, and in August 1957 by the addition of part of Sherburn civil parish.
Catalogue Contents
Belmont Civil Parish (Ref: CP/Bel)Minutes (Ref: CP/Bel 1-11)Ref: CP/Bel 1
Minute book of the parish council and annual parish meetings, 4 December 1894 - 10 April 1906
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 2Minute book of the parish council and annual parish meetings, 30 May 1906 - 13 March 1928
(1 volume, calf half-bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 3Minute book of the parish council and annual parish meetings, 18 April 1928 - 7 March 1934
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 4Minute book of the parish council and annual parish meetings, 18 April 1934 - 1 June 1939
(1 volume, calf half-bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 5Minute book of the parish council and annual parish meetings, 6 July 1939 - 4 December 1947
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 6Minute book of the parish council and annual parish meetings, 8 January 1948 - 4 September 1958
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 7Minute book of the parish council and annual parish meetings, 2 October 1958 - 19 September 1967
Minute book of the annual parish meetings, 7 March 1968 - 14 May 1993
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 8Minute book of the parish council, [5 October 1967] - 6 March 1975
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 9Minutes of the parish council, 10 April 1975 - 1 April 1982
(1 file)
Ref: CP/Bel 10Minutes of the parish council, 22 April 1982 - 7 April 1988
(1 file)
Ref: CP/Bel 11Minutes of the parish council, 5 May 1988 - 7 May 1992
Minutes of the parish council and annual parish meetings, 7 May 1992 - 5 May 1994
(1 file)
Broomside Lane Cemetery (Ref: CP/Bel 12-17)Ref: CP/Bel 12Register of burials at Broomside Lane cemetery, 12 July 1937 - 15 January 1949
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 13Register of burials at Broomside Lane cemetery, 19 January 1949 - 21 July 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 14Register of burials at Broomside Lane cemetery, 21 July 1966 - 6 January 1995
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 15Rules and regulations for Broomside Lane cemetery, n.d. [circa 1937]
Originally enclosed in CP/Bel 13
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: CP/Bel 16Notes of corrections made to grave space references, n.d. [circa 1950]
Originally enclosed in CP/Bel 13
(1 file)
Ref: CP/Bel 17Table of fees payable for burials in Broomside Lane cemetery, April 1953
Originally enclosed in CP/Bel 13
(1 paper, printed)
Finance (Ref: CP/Bel 18-22, 25-26, 30)Ref: CP/Bel 18General receipt and payment book, March 1911 - 14 June 1938
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 19General receipt and payment book, 1 April 1938 - 31 March 1968
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 20General receipt and payment book, 1 April 1968 - 31 March 1977
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 21General receipt and payment book, 1 April 1983 - 31 March 1988
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 22General receipt and payment book, 1 April 1988 - 31 March 1994
Burial account receipt and payment book, 1 April 1986 - 31 March 1988;
(1 volume, plastic bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 25Street lighting account receipt and payment book, 1 July 1947 - 5 January 1967
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 26Street lighting account receipt and payment book, 5 January 1967 - 6 April 1978
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 30Counterfoil for precepts for Belmont Parish Council, 13 March 1928 - 2 February 1978
(1 booklet, cloth bound)
Mortgages (Ref: CP/Bel 23)Ref: CP/Bel 23Register of mortgages, 16 December 1924 - 28 May 1936
(1 volume, card bound)
Belmont parish hall (Ref: CP/Bel 24, 33-34)Ref: CP/Bel 24Belmont parish hall management committee account book, 18 January 1946 - 31 March 1968
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CP/Bel 33Minutes of Belmont Parish Hut Management Committee, 17 January 1946 - 28 May 1958
(1 volume, plastic)
Ref: CP/Bel 34Revised scale of charges for hire of Belmont parish hall from 1 January 1956, n.d. [1955]
Originally enclosed in CP/Bel 31
(1 paper)
Miscellaneous (Ref: CP/Bel 27)Ref: CP/Bel 27Minute book of the committee and annual meetings of the Belmont Red Triangle Club, 24 February 1919 - 20 January 1927
The Red Triangle Club was established in 1919 to provide a Y.M.C.A. hut, library and sporting facilities in Belmont
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Declarations of acceptance of office (Ref: CP/Bel 28)Ref: CP/Bel 28Declarations of Acceptance of Office by Belmont Parish councillors, 15 April 1937 - 11 May 1995
(1 volume, plastic)
Attendance at meetings (Ref: CP/Bel 29)Ref: CP/Bel 29Meetings attendance book for Belmont Parish Council, 1 July 1982 - 4 April 1991
(1 volume, plastic)
Staff wages (Ref: CP/Bel 31-32)Ref: CP/Bel 31Wages ledger for Belmont Parish Council, 5 April 1949 - 31 March 1968
(1 volume, plastic)
Ref: CP/Bel 32Letter from F.E. Sarsfield, clerk to Belmont Parish Council to T.W. Booth, esq., clerk, Pittington Parish Council, enquiring whether the wages ledger of Belmont Parish Council has been sent by mistake to Pittington Parish Council, 18 July 1966
Originally enclosed in CP/Bel 31
(1 paper)
War Memorial (Ref: CP/Bel 35-38)War Memorial minutes (Ref: CP/Bel 35)Ref: CP/Bel 35Belmont Parish War Memorial minute book, 28 November 1946 - 11 November 1947
(1 booklet)
Friends of Belmont War Memorial (Ref: CP/Bel 36/1-3, 37/1-4, 38/1)Ref: CP/Bel 36/1Correspondence between Friends of Belmont War Memorial, Durham County Council and War Memorials Trust, October 2008 - June 2009
(1 file)
Ref: CP/Bel 36/2Correspondence between Friends of Belmont War Memorial, Durham County Council and War Memorials Trust, March 2009- September 2009
(1 file)
Ref: CP/Bel 36/3Correspondence between Friends of Belmont War Memorial, Durham County Council and War Memorials Trust, July 2009 - August 2011
(1 file)
Ref: CP/Bel 37/1-4Photographs of Belmont War Memorial standing next to St Mary's church in Belmont, Durham, n.d. [c. 2009]
(4 photographs, 10 cm x 13 cm, colour)
Ref: CP/Bel 38/1Digital photographs of Belmont War Memorial being removed from St Mary's Church to be placed by the main road in Belmont and a Remembrance services performed next to it, November 2008 - November 2009
(1 CD)
