Chester-le-Street Poor Law Union
Reference: U/CS Catalogue Title: Chester-le-Street Poor Law Union Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description:
Covering Dates: 1840-1930
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- Chester-le-Street Poor Law Union
- Chester le Street Poor Law Union (Ref: U/CS 1-139/4)
- Minutes (Ref: U/CS section 01)
- Board of Guardians minutes (Ref: U/CS 1-15, 140)
- Relief Committees (Ref: U/CS 18-26)
- Workhouse Visiting Committee (Ref: U/CS 27-29, 344)
- Boarding Out Committee (Ref: U/CS 30-31)
- Special Committee (Ref: U/CS 32)
- School Attendance Committee (Ref: U/CS 33)
- Assessment Committee (Ref: U/CS 34-37, 141)
- Finance Committee (Ref: U/CS 142)
- Chester le Street parish overseers' minutes (Ref: U/CS 143)
- Agenda papers (Ref: U/CS section 02)
- Guardians' declarations on acceptance of office (Ref: U/CS section 03)
- Financial records (Ref: U/CS section 04)
- Financial statements (Ref: U/CS 57-61)
- Loan accounts (Ref: U/CS 62, 311-317)
- Treasurers' receipts and payments (Ref: U/CS 63)
- General ledgers (Ref: U/CS 64-90)
- Parochial ledgers (Ref: U/CS 91-102)
- Non-resident ledgers (Ref: U/CS 103-104)
- Parish contributions (Ref: U/CS 105)
- Collectors and Relieving Officers receipts and payments (Ref: U/CS 106-107)
- Precepts (Ref: U/CS 195, 304)
- Financial correspondence (Ref: U/CS 199, 223, 261, 271, 309, 318, 323)
- Insurance (Ref: U/CS 285)
- Correspondence (Ref: U/CS section 05)
- Correspondence re poor law buildings and contracts (Ref: U/CS 197, 225, 245, 256-257, 266, 278, 320, 326-329)
- General correspondence (Ref: U/CS 200, 205, 228, 254, 272, 279, 283, 286-290, 294, 297-302, 305-306, 310, 319)
- Correspondence re children in care (Ref: U/CS 201-203, 212, 224, 229-230, 270, 274, 276, 291, 307, 330, 335)
- Correspondence re health matters (Ref: U/CS 204, 324)
- Correspondence re Durham County Asylum [Winterton Hospital] (Ref: U/CS 213, 215, 227, 244, 253, 267-269, 292)
- Correspondence with Government departments (Ref: U/CS 222, 253, 265, 321, 333,)
- Circulars (Ref: U/CS 237-238, 284, 295, 308)
- Correspondence re First World War matters (Ref: U/CS 250-252, 260, 262-263)
- Miscellaneous (Ref: U/CS section 06)
Catalogue Contents
From 1837 the Chester le Street Poor Law Union had responsibility for poor law provision in the area covering: the parish of Chester le Street (including the chapelry of Lamesley but not the chapelry of Tanfield); Washington parish; Witton Gilbert parish (except Kimblesworth), and; the South Biddick and Cocken townships of Houghton le Spring parish.
In 1846 the union became the rural sanitary authority, until around 1875.
In 1862 the Guardians of the union gained responsibility for rating valuation/assessment. This devolved, in 1925, to Chester le Street Rural District Council and the Urban District Councils of Chester le Street and Washington.
In 1930 responsibility for Public Assistance was transferred to Durham County Council.
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Ref: U/CS 1617
Ref: U/CS 17see also CC/Tr
Financial statements (Ref: U/CS 57-61)Ref: U/CS 57136, 322
Ref: U/CS 136