Chester-le-Street Rural District Council
Reference: RD/CS Catalogue Title: Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Public Health; Reports; etc.
Covering Dates: 1864-1973
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- Chester-le-Street Rural District Council
- Chester-le-Street Rural District Council (Ref: RD/CS )
- Committee reports (Ref: RD/CS 187-219, 221, 222, 444, 503, 535, 555)
- Correspondence (Ref: RD/CS 241-244,...)
- General Correspondence (Ref: RD/CS 241-244, 392, 436, 456, 477, 491, 508, 520, 625-626)
- Legal correspondence (Ref: RD/CS 354, 381, 459, 466, 469, 470, 475, 512)
- Correspondence re Local Committees (Ref: RD/CS 379, 443, 479, 481, 496, 496a, 500, 504, 510, 542, 543)
- Miscellaneous Correspondence (Ref: RD/CS 386, 393, 476, 485, 488, 493, 513, 522, 544, 548)
- Railways (Ref: RD/CS 437, 453)
- Health Committee (Ref: RD/CS 447, 515, 521)
- Employees (Ref: RD/CS 282,439,450,460,461,465,467,467a,480,489,494,498,511,525-527,529,532,536,545-547)
- Second World War (Ref: RD/CS 283-353,628-640)
- Air Raid Precaution (ARP), billetting and Civil Defence (CD) (Ref: RD/CS 283-300,318-353)
- Government evacuation scheme - survey of accommodation (Ref: RD/CS 301-316)
- National Service (Ref: RD/CS 317)
- Women's Voluntary Services (WVS) (Ref: RD/CS 353a)
- Elizabethville (Ref: RD/CS 628-640)
- First World War (Ref: RD/CS 457,458,462)
- Property (Ref: RD/CS 468,490,658-669)
- Allotments (Ref: RD/CS 468)
- Misc. property (Ref: RD/CS 490)
- Bridge over the River Wear and Road from Chester-le-Street to Lumley Colliery (Ref: RD/CS 658-659)
- Steam Wagon Shed (Ref: RD/CS 660-661)
- Public Health (Ref: RD/CS 250a, 273...)
- Hospitals (Ref: RD/CS 273,383-385,440,627,657)
- Water (Ref: RD/CS 355,388,455,464,478,482,486,487,492,501,509,540)
- Bye laws (Ref: RD/CS 382,389,390,441,549,553,641-642,646-648)
- Misc. Public Health (Ref: RD/CS 391,449,451,463,530,534,537)
- Reports of the Medical Officer of Health (Ref: RD/CS 438,585-603)
- Waste disposal (Ref: RD/CS 471-474,519)
- Orders under Housing Act (Ref: RD/CS 516,523)
- Return of sanitary officers (Ref: RD/CS 552)
- Drains and sewage (Ref: RD/CS 250a, 387, 497, 514, 651-656)
- Ordnance Survey plans (Ref: RD/CS 282d, 649-650)
- Grange Villa and district Social Service Centre (Ref: RD/CS 282e)
- Washington New Town (Ref: RD/CS 282f)
- Licensing Authority for Public Service Vehicles (Ref: RD/CS 550)
- Central North Durham Joint Planning Scheme (Ref: RD/CS 584)
Catalogue Contents
Chester-le-Street Rural District Council (Ref: RD/CS )Committee reports (Ref: RD/CS 187-219, 221, 222, 444, 503, 535, 555)Ref: RD/CS 187
Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1924 - 1925
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 188Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1925 - 1926
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 189Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1926 - 1927
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 190Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1927 - 1928
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 191Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1928 - 1929
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 192Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1929 - 1930
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 193Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1930 - 1931
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 194Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1931 - 1932
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 195Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1932 - 1933
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 196Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1933 - 1934
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 197Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1934 - 1935
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 198Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1935 - 1936
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 199Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1936 - 1937
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 200Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1937 - 1938
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 201Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1938 - 1939
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 202Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1939 - 1940
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 203Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1940 - 1941
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 204Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1941 - 1942
(1 volume, leather half -bound)
Ref: RD/CS 205Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1942 - 1943
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 206Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1943 - 1944
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 207Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1944 - 1945
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 208Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1945 - 1946
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 209Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1946 - 1947
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 210Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1947 - 1943
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 211Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1948 - 1949
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 212Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1949 - 1950
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 213Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1950 - 1951
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 214Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1951 - 1952
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 215Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1952 - 1953
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 216Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1953 - 1954
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 217Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1954 - 1955
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 218Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1955 - 1956
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 219Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1956 - 1957
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 220Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1957 - 1958
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 221Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1958 - 1959
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 222Chester-le-Street Rural District Council Committee Reports, 1959 - 1960
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 444Highways Asphalting Committee papers, September 1913
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 503Draft sanitary committee expenses, 30 September 1925
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 535Bundle of reports of Health Committee as to areas listed for clearance, 31 March 1937
(81 files)
Ref: RD/CS 555Report of committee on "schemes of assistance to necessitous areas", 1926
(1 booklet)
Correspondence (Ref: RD/CS 241-244,...)General Correspondence (Ref: RD/CS 241-244, 392, 436, 456, 477, 491, 508, 520, 625-626)Ref: RD/CS 241Letter book, 1924 - 1926
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 242Letter book, 1939
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 243Register of correspondence, 1955
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: RD/CS 244Register of correspondence, 1957
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: RD/CS 392File of general correspondence re housing and town planning, sanitary surveyor's reports, rents, accounts, health visitors and other administrative matter, 1909 - 1911
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 436File of general correspondence re sanitary precautions, births acts and public health act, rates, private street works and general administration, 4 September 1911 - 16 September 1912
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 456File of general correspondence re rates, employment and private street works, 1 March 1915 - 10 April 1916
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 477File of general correspondence of Chester-le-Street R.D.C. re general administration, war pensions and salaries, 7 July 1919 - 17 March 1920
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 491File of general correspondence of Chester-le-Street R.D.C., 18 January 1921 - 2 March 1922
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 508File of general correspondence re Chester-le-Street R.D.C., 6 January 1926 - 15 February 1928
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 520File of general correspondence of Chester-le-Street R.D.C., 1931 - 1934
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 625Register of correspondence, 4 January 1960 - 30 December 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: RD/CS 626Register of correspondence, 2 January 1962 - 31 December 1962
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Legal correspondence (Ref: RD/CS 354, 381, 459, 466, 469, 470, 475, 512)Ref: RD/CS 354Copies of Newcastle and Gateshead Gas Acts and South Suburban Act, 1864 - 1912
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 381File of correspondence and accounts re Chester-le-Street Urban Powers, 1907 - 1910
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 459File of correspondence re Newcastle and Gateshead Gas Bill opposition, 17 December 1915 - 26 March 1925
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 466File of correspondence re Shaw v Chester-le-Street R.D.C. over claim for loss of cattle, 17 February - 27 July 1917
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 469Lists of urban powers in force in Chester-le-Street Urban District, including copy of Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907, 1918 - 1923
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 470File re Sunderland Gas Bill including copy of bill "to confer further powers upon the Sunderland Gas Company" 1919, accounts and related correspondence, 16 December 1918 - 3 February 1927
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 475File of papers re Profiteering Act 1919, 1919
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 512File of correspondence re a compensation case, 1927 - 1928
(1 file)
Correspondence re Local Committees (Ref: RD/CS 379, 443, 479, 481, 496, 496a, 500, 504, 510, 542, 543)Ref: RD/CS 379File of Chester-le-Street R.D.C. correspondence re Lumley Local Committee, 1905 - 1912
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 443File of correspondence re Lumley Local Committee, 13 September 1912 - 29 March 1927
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 479File of correspondence re Washington Local Committee, 3 November 1919 - 8 January 1925
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 481Pelton, Ouston and Urpeth local committee correspondence, 1919 - 1927
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 496File of correspondence re Witton Gilbert Local Committee, 2 January 1923 - 20 December 1926
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 496aFile of correspondence re Lamesley Local Committee, 1923 - 1928
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 500File of Harraton Local Committee correspondence, 1924 - 1926
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 504File of correspondence re Birtley local committee, 1925 - 1927
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 510File of correspondence re Lumley Local Committee, 1926 - 1933
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 542File of Pelton Local Committee correspondence, 1939 - 1947
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 543File of correspondence re Birtley Local Committee, 9 September 1943 - 11 June 1947
(1 file)
Miscellaneous Correspondence (Ref: RD/CS 386, 393, 476, 485, 488, 493, 513, 522, 544, 548)Ref: RD/CS 386File of circular letters from the Local Government Board re Workmen's Compensation Act 1906, Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907, Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1907 etc., 1907 - 1912
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 393File of correspondence and papers re Housing and Town Planning Act, 1909, 1909 - 1926
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 476File of correspondence re requests for copies of birth certificates, 1 December 1919 - 28 January 1920
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 485File of correspondence re Blythe's trustees and Lord Durham - land at Birtley, 8 September 1920 - 18 July 1922
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 488Correspondence re Hylton Aerodrome, 1921
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 493File of correspondence between J.R. Carr, clerk to Washington U.D.C. and Chester-le-Street R.D.C. re land at Spout Lane, 1922
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 513File of correspondence re Washington Biddick Council School, 1927 - 1930
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 522File of correspondence re schemes of regional and central north Durham joint town planning committees, October 1931 - January 1936
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 544File of mining correspondence, 1944
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 548File of Chester-le-Street R.D.C. public relations correspondence, September 1948 - June 1949
(1 file)
Railways (Ref: RD/CS 437, 453)Ref: RD/CS 437Correspondence re railway connection between Sunderland and Newcastle via Washington, 1911 - 1912
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 453Folder containing papers re railway bridge at New Lambton, 1914 - 1924
(1 bundle)
Health Committee (Ref: RD/CS 447, 515, 521)Ref: RD/CS 447File of Health Committee correspondence, 1913 - 1918
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 515File of Health Committee correspondence, 1927 - 1932
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 521File of Health Committee correspondence, 19 June 1931 - 3 December 1935
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 251Sanitary Surveyor's analysis of expenditure book, 1908 - 1917
(1 volume, calf half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 251aSanitary Surveyor's analysis of expenditure book, 1926 - 1929
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: RD/CS 271County Roads ledger, 1933 - 1934
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Employees (Ref: RD/CS 282,439,450,460,461,465,467,467a,480,489,494,498,511,525-527,529,532,536,545-547)Ref: RD/CS 282Allocation of wages in Highways Department, May - December 1941
(1 box file)
Ref: RD/CS 439Claims by workmen and others under the Compensation Act 1906, 1911 - 1923
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 450Applications for clerk of the works for Pelton houses, 6 - 21 March 1914
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 460Particulars of Chester-le-Street R.D.C. Highways and Sanitary workmen, 19 - 23 June 1916
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 461File of correspondence from Local Government Board re payment of a grant to an ex-officer, 29 June 1916 - 24 January 1917
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 465File of correspondence re workmens wages, 1916 - 1925
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 467File of correspondence re the appointment of a draughtsman to Chester-le-Street R.D.C., 1917
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 467aFile of correspondence re insurance of workmen under the Workmens Compensation Act 1908, 1917
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 480Selected applications for the post of Assistant Highway Surveyor and applications for post of junior clerk in Highways Department, 1919 and 1925
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 489Applications for post of 2nd assistant clerk to Chester-le-Street R.D.C., 31 January - 26 February 1921
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 494File of correspondence re Staff Organisation Committee, 3 January 1922 - 23 December 1925
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 498File of correspondence re the appointment of a medical officer of health, including application forms, 1924 - 1925
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 511File of correspondence and papers re Durham Local Authorities Superannuation Joint Committee, 1926 - 1935
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 525Bundle of applications for the posts of Building General Foreman and Building Costs Clerk, 1934
(1 bundle)
Ref: RD/CS 526Papers re Durham (Local Authorities) Superannuation joint committee, 1934 - 1938
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 527List of workmen employed at Birtley, 1935
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 529List of workmen and wages employed on housing scheme at Eighton Banks by Chester-le-Street R.D.C., 12 December 1935 - 16 January 1936
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 532List of employees of Chester-le-Street R.D.C., 16 January 1936
(1 bundle)
Ref: RD/CS 536File of correspondence re applications for position of timekeeper at Birtley and Barley Mow housing schemes, 6 February - 3 March 1937
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 545File of correspondence and application forms re Staff Organisation Committee, 1947 - 1948
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 546Papers re the Staff Organisation Committee, including applications for appointments, local government journal and correspondence, 1948
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 547File of correspondence re manual appointments with Chester-le-Street R.D.C., 9 June 1948 -April 1949
(1 file)
Second World War (Ref: RD/CS 283-353,628-640)Air Raid Precaution (ARP), billetting and Civil Defence (CD) (Ref: RD/CS 283-300,318-353)Ref: RD/CS 283Register of accommodation under Government Evacuation Scheme, Great and Little Lumley, Ouston and Pelton, [1939]
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 284Register of accommodation under Government Evacuation Scheme, South Biddick and Birtley, [1939]
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 285Register of accommodation under Government Evacuation Scheme, Bournmoor, Edmondsley, Harraton, Lambton and Lamesley, [1939]
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 286Register of accommodation under Government Evacuation Scheme, Plawsworth, Urpeth, Waldridge and Sacriston, [1939]
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 287Air Raid Precautions register of personnel, [1939]
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 288Record of Visitors' Government Evacuation Scheme, 1939
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 289List of volunteers and visitors, with related correspondence, 1939
(1 box file)
Ref: RD/CS 290Air Raid Precautions Committee stocks and stores ledger, 1940
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: RD/CS 291Register of billeting payments, 1941
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: RD/CS 292Emergency petrol supplies, 1939 - 1941
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: RD/CS 292Civil defence notes, 1944
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: RD/CS 293Emergency petrol supplies, 1939 - 1943
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: RD/CS 294Petrol consumption of A.R.P. vehicles, 1940 - 1942
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: RD/CS 295Petrol book, 1941 - 1942
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: RD/CS 296A.R.P. petrol analysis, 1942 - 1944
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: RD/CS 297A.R.P. "UXB.S. Reconnaissance Recognition Reporting", [1940 ]
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: RD/CS 299A.R.P. services enrolment cards, 1938
(1 bundle)
Ref: RD/CS 300Form A re reception of billeted school children, 1939
(43 booklets)
Ref: RD/CS 318File of correspondence re emergency petrol supplies, 1939 - 1942
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 319File of correspondence re government evacuation scheme, 25 October 1939 - 16 September 1941
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 320-321Files of correspondence re government evacuation scheme, 1944
(2 files)
Ref: RD/CS 322File of correspondence re government evacuation scheme, 1945 - 1946
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 323File of papers re government evacuation scheme, including billeting forms, 1944
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 324Bundle of papers re government evacuation scheme, including list of people willing to accommodate war workers, 1940 - 1941
(1 bundle)
Ref: RD/CS 325File of correspondence and papers re air raid precautions and civil defence, 25 August 1939 - 25 July 1941
Ref: RD/CS 326File of miscellaneous correspondence and papers re civil defence, air raid precautions, billeting and applications for national service, 1939 - 1942
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 327Folder containing correspondence re air raid procedure, civil defence, unexploded bombs, 1940 - 1942
(1 bundle)
Ref: RD/CS 328Folder containing air raid precautions correspondence, 1940 - 1943
(1 bundle)
Ref: RD/CS 329Bundle re air raid precautions including forms to retain equipment in personal custody, respirator returns and correspondence, 1940 - 1944
(1 bundle)
Ref: RD/CS 330-332Files of circular letters and respirator returns, 1941 - 1944
(3 files)
Ref: RD/CS 333File of receipts for bedding for miners, 1941 - 1944
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 334Bundle of miscellaneous letters and papers re aid raid precautions, civil defence, food coupons and petrol rationing, 1942
(1 bundle)
Ref: RD/CS 335File of forms for A.R.P. clothing coupons, 1942 - 1944
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 336List of Ministry of Food Messengers, 1942
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 337Bundle of miscellaneous correspondence and papers re air raid precautions and chevrons for war service, 1942 - 1944
(1 bundle)
Ref: RD/CS 338File of circulars re air raid precautions, civil defence, home guard, clothing coupons etc., 11 March - 9 October 1942
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 339File of correspondence re civil defence and air raid precautions, 7 June 1942 - 12 March 1943
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 340Lists of A.R.P. volunteers for difference services, n.d. [1942]
(4 papers)
Ref: RD/CS 341Bundle of papers re Chester-le-Street R.D.C. Invasion Committee, 1942 - 1944
(1 bundle)
Ref: RD/CS 342File of correspondence re air raid precautions, civil defence and Home Guard, 5 April - 7 December 1943
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 343Bundle of correspondence re air raid precautions and L.A.R.P. conference, 1943 - 1944
(1 bundle)
Ref: RD/CS 344A.R.P. conference expenses, 1943
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 345A.R.P. correspondence book, 1943 - 1944
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 346Air Raid Precautions Handbook, No. 1 - Personal Protection Against Gas, 1944
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 347A.R.P. [report book], 1944
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 348Bundle of returns and delivery notes re stocks received by rescue services of A.R.P., 1944 - 1945
(1 bundle)
Ref: RD/CS 349Bundle of unofficial billeting forms for Chester-le-Street Rural District, 1944
(74 papers)
Ref: RD/CS 350Register of billeting payments, n.d. [1944]
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 351Folder of Air Raid Precautions correspondence re civil defence measures, 1945
(1 bundle)
Ref: RD/CS 352Application forms for clothes rationing supplementary coupons, issued to employed workers, 1945 - 1946
(1 bundle)
Ref: RD/CS 353Cloth chevrons for use on war service uniforms, 1944
(1 bundle)
Government evacuation scheme - survey of accommodation (Ref: RD/CS 301-316)Ref: RD/CS 301Visitors' record forms for Birtley, 1939
(29 files)
Ref: RD/CS 302Visitors' record forms for Bournmoor, 1939
(5 files)
Ref: RD/CS 303Visitors' record forms for Edmondsley, 1939
(6 files)
Ref: RD/CS 304Visitors' record forms for Great Lumley, 1939
(5 files)
Ref: RD/CS 305Visitors' record forms for Harraton, 1939
(8 files)
Ref: RD/CS 306Visitors' record forms for Lambton, 1939
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 307Visitors' record forms for Lamesley, 1939
(11 files)
Ref: RD/CS 308Visitors' record forms for Little Lumley, 1939
(5 files)
Ref: RD/CS 309Visitors' record forms for Ouston, 1939
(3 files)
Ref: RD/CS 310Visitors' record forms for Pelton, 1939
(19 files)
Ref: RD/CS 311Visitors' record forms for Plawsworth, 1939
(4 files)
Ref: RD/CS 312Visitors' record forms for Sacriston, 1939
(14 files)
Ref: RD/CS 313Visitors' record forms for South Biddick, 1939
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 314Visitors' record forms for Urpeth, 1939
(6 files)
Ref: RD/CS 315Visitors' record forms for Waldridge, 1939
(3 files)
Ref: RD/CS 316Billeting forms for the parishes of Bournmoor, Harraton, Urpeth, Great Lumley, Ouston, Beamish, Pelton, Little Lumley, Edmondsley, Sacriston, Waldridge, Plawsworth, 1939
(27 files)
Ref: RD/CS 359Correspondence in the matter of Sunderland R.D.C. v Chester-le-Street R.D.C. in Gateshead County Court re pollution of river Don, 1906
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 360Local government board returns, receipts and expenditure, 1901 - 1914
(1 file)
National Service (Ref: RD/CS 317)Ref: RD/CS 317Application forms for National Service, 1939
(1 bundle)
Women's Voluntary Services (WVS) (Ref: RD/CS 353a)Ref: RD/CS 353aReport of Ten Year's Work for the Nation, of Women's Voluntary Services, 1938 - 1948
(1 booklet)
Elizabethville (Ref: RD/CS 628-640)Site of a Royal Ordnance Factory north of Birtley. The British Restaurants were established to feed those made homeless through air raids, etc.
Ref: RD/CS 628Papers, circulars and correspondence from Ministry of Food to British Restaurants, 4 March 1941 - 25 February 1947
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 629Correspondence 'M' authorisation forms, papers and timber licence forms of British Restaurant, Elizabethville, Birtley, 10 May 1941 - 8 June 1943
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 630Correspondence and quotations for supply of equipment to British Restaurant, Elizabethville, Birtley, 27 May 1941 - 1 February 1945
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 631Correspondence re staff conditions and salaries at British Restaurant, Elizabethville, Birtley, 24 July 1941 - 13 November 1944
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 633Correspondence re British Restaurant, Elizabethville, 7 March 1942 - 28 January 1946
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 634General correspondence re British Restaurants, 26 May 1942 - 20 November 1945
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 635Correspondence and papers showing operational costs of running British Restaurants, 17 June 1942 - 1 December 1944
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 636Correspondence and estimates re proposed British Restaurants at Kibblesworth, Pelton and Ouston, 5 February 1943 - 25 August 1943
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 637Records of meal tokens for British Restaurant, Birtley, 6 March 1943 - 17 July 1943
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 638List of stock and account of difference between Auditor's stock and that taken by manageress from head cook's sheets, Elizabethville Restaurant, March 1944
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 639Report of accountant for submission to British Restaurant Committee, 8 June 1944
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 640Accountant's supplementary report to British Restaurant Committee, 23 June 1944
(1 file)
First World War (Ref: RD/CS 457,458,462)Ref: RD/CS 457File of correspondence re housing in Birtley for munition workers and drainage in Birtley, 25 September 1915 - 6 May 1916
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 458Correspondence between Chester-le-Street R.D.C. and army authorities re the closing of a public footpath at Birtley, 1915 - 1916
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 462File of correspondence re Birtley Munition Factory, 14 April 1916 - 30 December 1919
(1 file)
Property (Ref: RD/CS 468,490,658-669)Allotments (Ref: RD/CS 468)Ref: RD/CS 468File of correspondence re allotment gardens at Washington, 1917 - 1918
(1 file)
Misc. property (Ref: RD/CS 490)Ref: RD/CS 490File of correspondence re sale of Shafto's land at Washington to R.D.C. and sale of land by Fenwick's Trustees; Lord Durham to R.D.C.; Varwell to R.D.C., 1921 - 1922
(1 file)
Bridge over the River Wear and Road from Chester-le-Street to Lumley Colliery (Ref: RD/CS 658-659)Ref: RD/CS 6584 June 1912
(1) Chester-le-Street Urban District Council
(2) Chester-le-Street Rural District Council
(3) The Lambton and Hetton Collieries Limited
(4) Rt. Hon. Aldred Frederick George Beresford Earl of Scarbrough
(5) The Clergy Mutual Assurance Society
(6) Rt. Hon. Josslyn Francis Baron Muncaster and Rt. Hon. Charles Gore Earl of Erroll
Agreement for (1) and (2) to construct a new bridge over the River Wear and a public road from Chester-le-Street to Lumley Colliery (2nd pit) over Lumley Castle Estate, of which (4) is tenant for life under a settlement of which (6) are trustees, and subject to a mortgage with (5); (3) will pay (6) £4063 15s. in compensation for loss of tolls from the ferry and private footbridge upon completion of the road.
Plan attached
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 65913 January 1916
(1) Rt. Hon. Aldred Frederick George Beresford Earl of Scarbrough
(2) Clergy Mutual Assurance Society (as mortgagees)
Deed of dedication of a public highway and bridge over the River Wear
Plan attached
(1 file)
Steam Wagon Shed (Ref: RD/CS 660-661)Ref: RD/CS 660Contract by Tom Coates of 16 Mountjoy, Durham, to build steam wagon shed with workshop, general store, coal, coke and oil store etc. for Chester-le-Street Rural District Council, at a cost of £557, with specifications and tender, 26 June - 31 July 1924
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 661Contract by Messrs. A. and J. Main and Co. Ltd. of Clydesdale Iron Works, Glasgow, to build steam wagon shed with workshop, general store, coal, coke and oil store etc. for Chester-le-Street Rural District Council, at a cost of £448, with specifications and tender, 26 June - 26 September 1924
(1 file, 9 papers)
Public Health (Ref: RD/CS 250a, 273...)Hospitals (Ref: RD/CS 273,383-385,440,627,657)Ref: RD/CS 273Sanatorium debtor account book, 1911 - 1916
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 383File of correspondence and reports re provision of consumption sanatorium at Birtley, 16 October 1907 - 1 November 1911
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 384File of correspondence re appointment of nurses at the consumption sanatorium, Birtley, 18 June 1910 - 4 August 1913
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 385File of correspondence re Hospital Committee, Smallpox Hospital at Black Fell and Infectious Diseases Hospital at Chester-le-Street R.D.C., 13 August 1907 - 17 July 1914
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 440File of Hospitals Committee correspondence, 1912 - 1913
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 627Accounts and correspondence re Chester-le-Street (dissolved) Hospital Board Isolation Hospital, 16 May 1913 - 12 June 1953
(61 files, 111 papers)
Ref: RD/CS 657Estimates and specifications by Speirs and Co., Glasgow, for iron and wood hospital buildings and caretaker's cottage situated 1 1/4 miles from Birtley Station, at a cost of £1022 and £99 10s. respectively, 4 October 1905
(2 papers)
Water (Ref: RD/CS 355,388,455,464,478,482,486,487,492,501,509,540)Ref: RD/CS 355Weardale and Consett Water Company meter agreements, 9 February 1893 - 12 August 1918
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 388File of correspondence re Lumley water supply scheme, 5 March 1908 - 3 June 1914
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 455File of correspondence re Lumley water supply, 3 June 1914 - 7 March 1927
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 464File of correspondence re Washington water supply, 9 March 1916 - 10 November 1921
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 478File of correspondence and papers of Durham County Water Board re muncipalisation of water supply, 15 July 1919 - 13 December 1922
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 482Copy of Durham County Water Board Bill 10 and 11 George V, 1920
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 486File of papers re Durham County Water Board 1920, including copy of a Bill to amend the Weardale and Consett Water Act 1915 - 10 & 11 George V 1920; and copy petition against the Bill, 1920 - 1927
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 487File of correspondence re Sunderland and South Shields Water Bill with copy of bill, 1920 - 1927
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 492File of correspondence re the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Bill 1922, 1921 - 1926
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 501File of correspondence re water supply to Fatfield housing site, 1924 - 1927
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 509Chester-le-Street R.D.C. file containing minutes of meetings of Works Committee for Durham County Water Board, 1926 - 1929
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 540File of "Durham County Water Board Sundry correspondence", including minutes of meetings, reports and accounts and correspondence, 1939 - 1944
(1 file)
Bye laws (Ref: RD/CS 382,389,390,441,549,553,641-642,646-648)Ref: RD/CS 382File of correspondence re local government orders concerning Plawsworth and slaughter houses in Chester-le-Street District, 5 April 1907 - 15 February 1910
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 389File of correspondence between Chester-le-Street R.D.C. and Local Government Board re adoption of new bye-laws relating to new streets and buildings, 1908 - 1914
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 390File of correspondence re the business of the Building Bye Laws Committee, 1 August 1908 - 29 July 1918
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 441File of correspondence re Bye Laws affecting Tents, Vans, Sheds etc., 1912 - 1913
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 549File of correspondence re building byelaws and town planning, 1948 - 1949
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 553Byelaws of Chester-le-Street R.D.C. re tents, vans, sheds and similar structures used for human habitation, 1913
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 641Building byelaws made under the Public Health Act 1936, 1954
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 642Byelaws made under section 15 of the Food and Drugs Act 1938, n.d.
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 646Food and Drugs Act 1938 Certificates of Registration, 21 December 1 939 - 15 May 19,41
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 647Food and Drugs Act 1938, Certificates of Registration, 19 June 1941 - 22 December 1949
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 648Food and Drugs Act 1938, Certificates of Registration, 23 December 1949 - 11 August 1955
(1 booklet)
Misc. Public Health (Ref: RD/CS 391,449,451,463,530,534,537)Ref: RD/CS 391File of correspondence re the supply of disinfectant powder, 1908 - 1923
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 449File of correspondence and papers re Infectious Disease Notification Acts, Public Health (Opthalmia Neonatorium) Regulations 1914, 1913 - 1926
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 451Correspondence re sanitary inspectors association, 21 April 1914 - 21 February 1921
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 463File of correspondence re Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1916 and Public Health (Notification of Infectious Diseases) Regulations, 1918, including copies of above acts, 13 May 1916 - 13 March 1919
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 530Orders and circular letters from the Ministry of Health, 1935 - 1938
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 534Medical Officer of Health Annual Reports, 1936 - 1946
(11 booklets)
Ref: RD/CS 537Folder containing orders for demolition of houses in Chester-le-Street Rural district, 1937
(1 bundle)
Reports of the Medical Officer of Health (Ref: RD/CS 438,585-603)Ref: RD/CS 438File of County Medical Officer's reports and related correspondence, 1911 - 1914
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 585Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1934
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 586Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1956
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 587Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1957
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 588Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1958
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 589Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1959
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 590Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1960
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 591Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1961
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 592Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1962
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 593Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1963
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 594Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1964
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 595Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1965
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 596Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1966
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 597Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1967
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 598Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1963
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 599Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1969
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 600Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1970
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 601Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1971
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 602Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1972
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 603Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, 1973
(1 file)
Waste disposal (Ref: RD/CS 471-474,519)Ref: RD/CS 471File of Chester-le-Street R.D.C. correspondence re scavenging by council in Usworth and Washington District, 1918 - 1919
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 472File of tenders submitted and related correspondence re scavenging contracts, 1924 - 1926
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 473File of scavenging contracts, 1926 - 1939
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 474Scavenging agreement between Chester-le-Street R.D.C. and R. Rutland of Chatershaugh, 1939
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 519File of correspondence re Edmondsley refuse tip, 1929 - 1935
(1 file)
Orders under Housing Act (Ref: RD/CS 516,523)Ref: RD/CS 516File containing orders and notices re Housing Act 1925, 1929 - 1930
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 523File containing orders and notices re Housing Act 1925, 1931 - 1936
(1 file)
Return of sanitary officers (Ref: RD/CS 552)Ref: RD/CS 552Return of sanitary officers in rural districts in England and Wales, 1907
(1 booklet)
Drains and sewage (Ref: RD/CS 250a, 387, 497, 514, 651-656)Ref: RD/CS 250aRegister of special charges for drains, 1921 - 1922
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: RD/CS 387File of correspondence re Birtley Local Committee concerning pollution in River Team and Birtley sewage farm, 4 July 1907 - 30 December 1914
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 497File of correspondence re Bourn Moor outfall sewer, August - November 1924
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 514File of correspondence re Washington South Yard Sewer, 16 March 1927 - 26 March 1931
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 65111 April 1889
(1) The Guardians of the Poor of Chester-le-Street Union (acting as Rural Sanitary Authority)
(2) Robert Philpot for the Public Works Loan Commissioners
Mortgage of the poor rates of Edmondsley to secure £200 as a first instalment of £630 to provide sewerage and sewage disposal works for Edmondsley at Craghead
(Parchment, 1 membrane)
Ref: RD/CS 652Declaration by Robert Dickinson of Chester-le-Street, Clerk to the Guardians of the Poor, that he was present at the meeting of the Rural Sanitary Authority on 11 April 1889 and witnessed the common seal being affixed to the mortgage [RD/CS651] for £630; and that the enclosed extracts from the minutes and register of securities of the Rural Sanitary Authority are true copies, 12 April 1889
(3 papers)
Ref: RD/CS 653Abstract of title, from 1840 to 1875, of George John and Henry Thomas Fenwick to copyhold at Ousterley, 1889
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 65413 May 1889
(1) John George Fenwick of Eaton Square, Middlesex, esquire
(2) Henry Thomas Fenwick of Southill, Lieutenant in H.M. Royal Horse Guards Blue, stationed at Regent's Park Barracks, Middlesex
(3) The Guardians of the Poor of Chester-le-Street Union, acting as the Rural Sanitary Authority
(4) The Guardians of the Poor of Lanchester Union acting as Rural Sanitary Authority
Conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) and (4) of 1r. 26p. land, and agreement to surrender 1a.2r.35p. land at Low Ousterley, with powers to build a road and sewer thereto
Plan endorsed
Consideration: £233 14s.
(Parchment, 2 membranes)
Ref: RD/CS 655Declaration by Robert Dickinson of Chester-le-Street, Clerk to the Guardians of the Poor of Chester-le-Street Union that he was present at the meeting of the Rural Sanitary Authority on 1 August 1889 and witnessed the common seal being affixed to the enclosed receipt for £630 from the Public Works Loan Commissioners for sewerage and sewage disposal works at Craghead; and that the enclosed extract from the minutes of the Rural Sanitary Authority is a true copy, 8 August 1889
(3 papers)
Ref: RD/CS 656Correspondence between the Public Works Loan Board and Chester-le-Street Rural District Council concerning payment of the loan of £630, 24 - 25 April 1919
(1 file)
Ordnance Survey plans (Ref: RD/CS 282d, 649-650)Ref: RD/CS 282dBook of reference to the parish of Chester-le-Street, 1864
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: RD/CS 649Ordnance Survey map, Durham sheet VII showing changes to district boundaries, [1932]
Scale: 1 inch to 880 feet [1:10560]
(1 plan, 153 cm. x 180 cm., printed, partly coloured)
Ref: RD/CS 650Ordnance Survey map, Durham sheet VII showing rights of way, 1932
Scale: 1 inch to 880 feet [1:10560]
(1 plan, 153 cm. x 180 cm., printed, partly coloured)
Grange Villa and district Social Service Centre (Ref: RD/CS 282e)Ref: RD/CS 282eMembership book for Grange Villa and District Social Service Centre, 1933
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Washington New Town (Ref: RD/CS 282f)Ref: RD/CS 282fWashington New Town master plan and report, 1966
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Licensing Authority for Public Service Vehicles (Ref: RD/CS 550)Ref: RD/CS 550File of notices and proceedings of licensing authority for public service vehicles, Northern traffic area, 1948 - 1949
(1 file)
Central North Durham Joint Planning Scheme (Ref: RD/CS 584)Ref: RD/CS 584Central North Durham Joint Planning Scheme: register of owners, 25 October 1933 - 9 March 1935
(1 file)
