Blackwell Civil Parish
Reference: CP/Bla Catalogue Title: Blackwell Civil Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description:
Covering Dates: 1854-1967
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Catalogue Contents
Blackwell Parish Council (Ref: CP/Bla 1-24)
Blackwell was a township of Darlington parish
- part of Darlington Poor Law Union 1834-1930
- a civil parish in 1866, with an elected council from 1894
- part of Darlington Rural Sanitary District 1875-1894
- part of Darlington Rural District 1894-1974
- part of Darlington District 1974-1997, then part of Darlington Borough
Minute book, December 1894 - March 1934, with minutes of Trustees of Blackwell Charity, 1927 - 1929, report on parish charities, 1895, minutes of committee on management of Blackwell Provident Club, 1897 - 1900, and balance sheet of Blackwell Charity, 1897 - 1927
For enclosure see CP/Bla 4
(1 volume, leather bound)
Ref: CP/Bla 2Minute book, March 1934 - May 1956, with balance sheet for Blackwell Charity, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1945, 1946
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: CP/Bla 3Minute book, August 1956 - March 1967
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Declarations of Acceptance of Office (Ref: CP/Bla 4)Ref: CP/Bla 4Declaration of acceptance of office of Parish Councillor, April 1928
(1 paper)
Financial records (Ref: CP/Bla 5-9)Ref: CP/Bla 5Treasurer's account, 1895 - 1933
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: CP/Bla 6Receipts and payments, 1895 - 1933
For enclosure see CP/Bla 8
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: CP/Bla 7Receipts and payments, 1957 - 1967
(1 volume, spine leather bound)
Ref: CP/Bla 8Financial statements, 1931 - 1933
(3 files)
Ref: CP/Bla 9Cheque book, partly used, 1895 - 1904
(1 volume, spine leather bound)
Rating (Ref: CP/Bla 10-19)Ref: CP/Bla 10Poor rate book, 1854 - 1862
For enclosure see CP/Bla 19
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: CP/Bla 11Poor rate book, 1862 - 1872
For enclosure see CP/Bla 19
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: CP/Bla 12Poor rate book, 1872 - 1879
For enclosure see CP/Bla 19
(1 volume, leather quarter bound)
Ref: CP/Bla 13Poor rate book, 1879 - 1885
For enclosure see CP/Bla 19
(1 volume, leather quarter bound)
Ref: CP/Bla 14Poor rate book, 1885 - 1894
For enclosure see CP/Bla 19
(1 volume, leather quarter bound)
Ref: CP/Bla 15Poor rate book, 1895 - 1896
(1 volume, leather quarter bound)
Ref: CP/Bla 16Poor rate book, 1897 - 1899
(1 volume, leather quarter bound)
Ref: CP/Bla 17Poor rate book, 1900 - 1903
(1 volume, leather quarter bound)
Ref: CP/Bla 18Special expenses rate book, 1881 - 1902
For enclosure see CP/Bla 19
(1 volume, leather quarter bound)
Ref: CP/Bla 19Letters about unpaid rate assessments, 1877 - 1885, collectors unpaid rate statements, 1872, 1879, 1885, 1897 and certificate excusing Joseph Worthy from payment of rate, 1872
(12 papers)
Charities (Ref: CP/Bla 20-21)Ref: CP/Bla 20Charity Commission scheme for the Poor's Close or Charity of John Cornforth and Arthur Prescot, 17 September 1889, with letters about overseers being appointed trustees of the charity, 1887 - 1900 and accounts, 1894 - 1898
(1 file, 6 papers)
Ref: CP/Bla 21Correspondence of Charity Commission, parish council and vicar and churchwardens of St. Cuthbert's about administration of Poor's Close, Buck's Charity, Dame Mary Calverley's Charity and Poor Moor with particular reference to appointment of trustees of Poor's Close Charity, 1889 - 1897, with List of Adoptive and Other Acts, Model Standing Orders, Forms prescribed by the Local Government Board and complete list of the Digests of Charities, 1894 General digest of Endowed charities for Durham, 1871 and 1894
(1 file)
Circulars (Ref: CP/Bla 22)Ref: CP/Bla 22Circulars from Durham County Council, the Local Government Board and the Charity Commission on the Local Government Act, 1894, 1894 - 1896
(1 file)
Utilities (Ref: CP/Bla 23-24)Ref: CP/Bla 2314 December 1933
(1) Mayor, alderman and burgesses of Darlington
(2) Blackwell Parish Council
Agreement for lighting by gas the village of Blackwell
(1 file)
Ref: CP/Bla 2413 April 1935
(1) London and North Eastern Railway Company
(2) Blackwell Parish Council
Agreement for electric lighting of Newstead tunnel, with plan
(1 file)
