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Burnmoor Civil Parish

Reference: CP/Bu Catalogue Title: Burnmoor Civil Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1894-1957

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  • Burnmoor Civil Parish
    • Bournmoor Parish Council (Ref: CP/Bu 1-5)

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Bournmoor Parish Council (Ref: CP/Bu 1-5)

Burnmoor, or Bournmoor, was a township of the Penshaw chapelry of Houghton le Spring parish, and a separate parish from 1866
- part of Chester le Street Poor Law Union 1834-1930
- a civil parish in 1866, with an elected council from 1894
- part of Chester le Street Rural Sanitary District 1875-1894
- part of Chester le Street Rural District 1894-1974
- part of Chester le Street District 1974-2009

Ref: CP/Bu 1

Parish council minutes, 1894 - 1911 Enclosed: correspondence re the water supply, 1899 - 1900 (7 letters)
(1 volume)

Ref: CP/Bu 2

Parish council minutes, 1911 - 1933
(1 volume)

Ref: CP/Bu 3

Parish council minutes, 1933 - 1946
(1 volume)

Ref: CP/Bu 4

Parish council minutes, 1946 - 1957
(1 volume)

Ref: CP/Bu 5

Miscellaneous papers: (i) Lease and conveyance of land at New Lambton for a recreation ground, 25 September 1929 (ii) Arrangement for the extension of telephones to Burnmoor, 12 November 1934 (iii) Agreement for the tenancy of a field at Burnmoor for the purpose of a recreation ground, 13 July 1939 (iv) Agreement to let land at Burnmoor for allotments, 24 December 1942 (v) Letter: D.A. Gray, p.p. the Earl of Durham, to the Clerk of Burnmoor Parish Council re the erection of a street light, 24 May 1946 (vi) Agreement for tenancy of land, 14 February 1950 (vii) Draft agreement to provide the services of the Durham and Northumberland Collieries Fire and Rescue Brigade, n.d.
(1 bundle)



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